"Last time on Total Drama Island," Chris recapped, "Our contestants were subjected to the ever-so-mysterious process of hypnosis." The scene flashed back to everyone watching the swirling screen. "And while half the cast had enough brain matter to resist, the other half fell like flies." The scene changed to some of the hypnotized campers. "We had everything," Chris continued, "From Goat Owen to Princess Corey to Zombie Amy to literal Bat Trent."
...
The scene changed to Lucas getting hit in the head by Sol. "After getting a sticking awakening of his bear-y day courtesy of Sol," Chris continued, "Lucas went to be a hero to save the claustrophobic Jasmine, along with Carly and Trent." The scene changed to Lucas falling until Samey caught his leg with the rope. "Only to be saved by Samey with a lucky rope catch that also seemed to catch his masked heart."
...
The scene changed to the Frogs' victory. "It was Sol's hoodoo-voodoo that gave the Frogs of Death victory," Chris continued. The scene changed to Rodney and Nikki's talk. "Rodney got a little heartbreak when Nikki revealed to him she was a lesbian, but they're pals now. Aw...so boring!"
...
The scene changed to the elimination ceremony. "Carly was inches away from being eliminated," Chris continued. The scene changed to Dean's return. "But not only did her intrigue focus Dean returned to work thanks to her daddy's money on my...I mean, the network's account, but she was also spared since the Gophers considered a certain influencer more useless than her."
...
The scene changed to Chris standing on the dock in the middle of the night as he carried a candle in his hand. "What was his name again?" he thought. "Aiden? Andrew? Eh, I forgot. But he did put up a cool video of new pop sensation 'Dumb' Damien."
"I HEARD THAT, MCLEAN!" 'Dumb' Damien shouted off-screen. "I HEARD THAT!"
"And now...tonight's challenge is about fear, and everyone knows fear is a dish best served...in the dark!" Chris gave an ominous moan and cackle until he noticed Chef was standing by his side and wearing a...festive peacock outfit. "Chef," Chris complained.
"Wardrobe was out of vampire costumes," Chef explained.
"It's all scary, other than that, right here, right now on Total...Drama...Island!"
(cue commercial)
It was the next night. On the porch of the Gophers' cabin, Gwen was adjusting a telescope. "Evening, Gwen," Trent greeted as he joined her side. "Whatcha doing?"
"Prepping my old telescope," Gwen explained. "There's supposed to be a full moon out tonight along with some constellations. I'm hoping to catch a glimpse of it before whatever stupid thing Chris has planned next."
"Sounds cool. Let's hope the creatures of the night decide to stay indoors."
"How old are you? Six? There's no 'creatures of the darkness', you know."
"You mind keeping it down?" Paul groggily told the duo as he and Melody sat on the porch of the Bears' cabin. "We can't sleep with that racket."
"Sorry, man," Trent apologized.
"How intriguing," Melody noted as she meditated. "I've never seen a soul of that kind before."
"Could you talk your cryptic talk a little more quietly?" Paul asked. "I'm as tired as a dog. Speaking of which, I've got a few bits of info on what happened while I was hypnotized to be a dog."
"Mmm-hmm..."
"But to be honest, being a dog wasn't as bad as...some of the others I heard about. It was actually a little fun."
"Be careful what you wish for," Melody warned as she entered the Bears' cabin, "You might just get it."
"Uh, okay?" Paul replied with some confusion. He let out a yawn before entering the cabin. Over by the Rats' cabin, a firefly flew over to a sleeping Dawn (in a lavendar pajama set), waking her up. "What's that, little one?" she asked as she cradled the creature close to her ear. "Evil is lurking? Let me guess: Chris?" A loud siren blared out, spooking everyone awake. "RUN!" Chris shouted. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Everyone started to dash out of the cabins. "Move it or lose it!" Jo declared as she shoved Ella aside.
"What's happening?!" 'Smart' Damien shouted as the Frogs rushed out of the spa hotel.
"Me first!" Scott demanded as he pushed Sam away before sliding down the rail. Once everyone was outside, Chris motioned Dean to stop blowing the air horn. "Thanks, intern!" he shouted as he removed his headphones.
"Huh?" Dean wondered. "What did you say?"
"He said 'Thanks, intern'!" Echo screamed out in his ears.
"OW!"
Confessional: Dean
"So after Chris agreed to let me stay, he then put this stupid gag order on me regarding Echo's actions! If I try to say anything about what a bitch she is to the others, Chris will end up firing me! So apparently, his idea of 'bringing up the ratings' is to let a literal psychopath run loose on this camp! How is he not in prison by now?!"
End Confessional
"Hi, Dean," Carly greeted.
"Huh?" Dean asked in a loud tone. "Speak up!" He was pushed aside by a large chart. "Challenge time!" Chris announced.
"What?" Brick nervously replied. "Now? In the middle of the night? When it's all...you know...dark?"
Confessional: Brick (Frogs of Death)
"Ever since I was born, I hated the dark, with the creaks and the 'Who's that?' and the 'Get away!'." The lights switched off, making him scream. A trinkling liquid was then heard.
End Confessional
"Your challenge," Chris explained, "A scavenger hunt for three creepy souvenirs. Your locations: a haunted forest, a scary pet cemetery and an extra spooktastic cave. First team to each location gets a special clue, but watch out for booby traps. I really went to town with them. So move fast and stick together. You'll be penalized for each player you lose."
"Um, what does the spider represent?" Cameron gulped.
"Oh, yeah. There's some gigantic mutated spider sort of running around loose on the island." Most of the campers started to panic. "Huh?" Dean asked, still half-deaf. "What's on the loose?"
"A GIGANTIC MUTATED SPIDER!" Echo shouted in his ear.
"Where?" Cameron asked as he ducked down. "Where?"
Confessional: Cameron (Frogs of Death)
"I have a severe case of arachnophobia. Spiders are just so creepy, literally. Anything with that many legs must be evil." He screamed as a spider popped down.
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
She was bobbing a fishing line with a spider on the end like a yo-yo. "A mutated spider? Wicked. It reminds me of the film Kingdom of the Spiders. Or Arachnophobia. They even used REAL spiders for that one, not like this rubber dummy. Even more wicked."
End Confessionals
"There's nothing to fear but mortal terror itself," Chris announced. "Talk soon." He blew his air horn, making the others run off. However, a still-tired Phoebe, still in her pajamas and holding her stuffed penguin, simply yawned before groggily walking ahead. "Get to work, lackey," Chris told Dean.
"What?" Dean asked. A few minutes later, the Rats were first to the first location. "Whoo!" Lightning cheered. "First! That's right!"
"Alright, team!" Wayne cheered. "We're getting it made!"
"Welcome to the haunted forest," Chris announced over a loudspeaker. "Your clue can be found at the base of this tree." Wayne reached down but quickly cried out in pain. "In a bear trap," Chris finished with a laugh.
"Here, wizard dude," Wayne told Leonard as he passed the clue to him. "Read the clue."
"Well, well, well," Keith taunted as the Frogs met up with the Rats. "What do we have here?"
"Find your own piece of paper," Courtney argued. "We were here first."
"She makes a valid point," Shane agreed.
"Whatever," Keith scoffed. "My team will still kick your asses, Rats."
"At least our team's fully awake and dressed," Duncan countered before the Rats walked off.
"What is he-?" Jane began to ask. "Wait. Where's Phoebe?"
"PHOEBE!" Brick shouted.
"I'm here," Phoebe yawned as she caught up with her teammates. "Did I miss something?"
"Ha!" Valerie laughed. "You're still in your pj's!"
"And you still sleep with a stuffed animal?" Ripper teased. "Talk about lame!" He snatched the stuffed penguin away from Phoebe. "Hey!" Phoebe protested as she tried to grab the toy. "Don't!"
"Give him back to Phoebe," Brick sternly told Ripper.
"Or what, nerd?" Ripper countered. He cried out in pain as Brick stomped on his foot, releasing his grip on the stuffed penguin. "Pete!" Phoebe gasped as she caught the stuffed penguin and tightly hugged him. "You're safe!"
"Now that kiddie theater is over," Keith scolded, "We have a challenge to win, remember?"
"We do?" Phoebe yawned again. "I'm sorry," she drowsily apologized. "I'm still a little sleepy..."
"Fine, then," Keith decided. "Go search the base of the tree for another clue."
"Could you guard Pete for me, Brick?"
"Uh, yes, ma'am," Brick replied as he held the stuffed penguin, earning a few snickers from Ripper, Valerie, Amy, Anne-Maria and Keith. Phoebe reached inside the tree's base and pulled out a slip of paper. "Is this it?" she asked as she held it up. It was suddenly snatched out of her hands. "Hey!" She looked up to see Max, Chase and 'Dumb' Damien swinging on a vine. "Thanks for the tip, dorkus!" 'Dumb' Damien taunted.
"Take that, hero!" Max mocked. "You cannot hope to defeat TRUE EVIL like-" The three boys screamed as the vine snapped and they fell into a thorn bush. "Let's grab those little bastards!" Keith declared as he readied his fists.
"Language, sir!" Phoebe scolded. "And we can't! That'd be stealing!"
"They stole from us first," Anne-Maria pointed out. "Those three are getting a beat-down!"
"Hang on," Jane interrupted as she looked down the tree base. "We may not have to." She noticed the Bears were soon approaching the Frogs. "We're gonna tie for dead last," Valerie complained. Jane quickly reached down and grabbed something. "Let's move, team!" she ordered as she jogged ahead. "And stick together!"
"Looks like the other teams got here first," Lara noted.
"Let the runts have their clue," Jo thought. "I've got a plan. Run ahead and find a place to hide so we follow the other teams and their clue to our first souvenir."
"Wouldn't that be cheating, Miss Jo?" Ethan asked with concern.
"We're doing it, like it or not. And don't you dare call me 'Miss' anymore, got it?"
"Yes, ma'am." Ethan sighed in defeat as the other Bears, save for Sky and Paul, ran ahead. "I understand your wishes to play fair," Sky told Ethan. "I want to, too, even if other people don't see it that way. Just try to ignore her. That's what I'm trying to do."
"Are you sure?" Ethan thought.
"The girl's a more villainous version of Eva," Paul put in. "Hanging out with her will only bring you trouble; trust me."
"But..."
"Move it already!" Blainley shouted off-screen.
"We'd better go," Ethan advised before walking off. Paul sighed as he saw the knight leaving. "Everything okay?" Sky asked him.
"Just leave me alone," Paul grumbled as he walked off.
Confessional: Paul (Confused Bears)
"Ethan's a nice guy. Like, really nice..." He quickly cleared his throat. "I'm just concerned that a chick like Jo or Valerie might take advantage of his kindness. Especially Valerie. At least Jo is upfront with her bitchy attitude and isn't that underhanded."
End Confessional
The Bears hid inside a huge thorny bush just as the Rats walked past. "'Inside a knot is a nest,'" Leonard read off. "'Your souvenir lives with a pest. Find Polaris to travel northwest.'"
"Polaris is the North Star," Dawn explained.
"The North Star is right there," Courtney reasoned, "So this way's northwest."
"Are you sure that's the right star?" Scott asked. "There's millions of them."
"I know my directions. I was a C.I.T., you know."
"You could be wrong."
"She ain't," DJ defended. "Look. There's a path."
"Let's go already!" Duncan ordered. "Before the others catch up!" The Rats ran off. "They're getting away!" Jo complained from the bush. "Move!" The Bears struggled to move from the bush. "Be quiet!" Greg advised. "I hear someone coming!"
"I thought I heard noise," Helga remarked as the Frogs walked near the bush.
"It was probably just a small animal," Laney informed her. She gave a cry as an asleep Phoebe fell on top of her. "Can we do something about Sleeping Beauty here?"
"Come on," Brick said as he gently nudged Phoebe. "Up and at 'em, soldier."
"You're being too gentle," Keith grumbled as he walked over before shouting, "WAKE UP!" Phoebe screamed as she jolted awake, making herself and Brick crash into the bush. "Hey!" Blainley complained from the bush. "Watch the hair extensions!"
"That did not sound like small animal," Helga realized. She yanked the bush up, revealing Ethan dangling from a thorn. "Um, hello, ma'am," he nervously greeted. Helga simply threw the heavy bush away like it was a tennis ball, making the Bears, Brick and Phoebe crash into the base of another tree. "Let's move before they recover," Keith ordered.
"Hang on, you big gorilla," Jane cut in. "What about Brick and Phoebe?"
"The scaredy-cat cadet and Wonder Wimp? We'll be better off without them."
"But what about-?" A web was wrapped around Jane's mouth before she was yanked up. "Jane?" Shane asked. "Jane?! Where did she go?!"
"Probably flew off to find those losers," Keith scoffed. "Now get moving." He started to drag Shane by the arm as he walked ahead. "Anyone else thinking he's becoming a jackass?" Jasmine thought.
"The feeling's mutual," Laney told her with a frown. The Frogs reluctantly trudged ahead. Brick soon recovered when he heard a hooting owl and several eyes inside the knot of a tree. He screamed in fright before dashing off. "Brick?" Phoebe asked with a yawn. "What's happening?" Brick quickly went back and picked up Phoebe and her stuffed penguin before running off again.
"'Inside the knot is a nest,'" Sam repeated as the Rats ran ahead. "Hey, Dawn, what was the middle part?" However, he noticed that Dawn had vanished. "Dawn? Dawn? Dawn?!"
"What, did we lose the weirdo?" Courtney demanded.
"We get a penalty for each lost player, right?" DJ gulped.
"And there's some kind of whacked-out spider crawling around, right?" Lightning realized with fright.
"No worries, team," Wayne assured the group. "We'll be safe. We got a wizard, remember?"
"If you two can leave fiction aside-" Courtney began.
"Go on, Leonard!" Raj cheered. "You got this!"
"Um...thank you," Leonard nervously replied.
Confessional: Leonard (Toxic Rats)
"I'll admit that my various spells can go a little...sideways. But I don't want to let my comrades down, especially Wayne and Raj. They've backed me up since day one. I must try my best, no matter how perilous the journey may-" He noticed that a spider landed on his nose. "AHH!"
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
She was bobbing the spider again. "I wonder why people hate spiders so much. All they are are tiny bodies that are crawling on eight legs and are filled with a deadly venom that can kill in moments with a single bite. Hmm, maybe that's why."
End Confessionals
"Stay focused!" Duncan told the Rats. "We're looking for a knot with a nest, right?"
"There it is!" Lightning exclaimed as he pointed to a tree with the team colors painted on. "Sha-score!"
"Wait!" Sam shouted as the others ran up to the tree. "What about Dawn?" Lightning climbed up the tree to where the knot was. As he searched, he suddenly noticed a huge eye in the knot. He and the Rats screamed as a bunch of blue tentacles popped out. One of the tentacles grabbed Lightning and proceeded to slap him in the face. "Ah, my eye!" he cried out as he got poked in the eye. He soon started to choke. "What do we do?" Dakota asked as she hid behind Sam.
"I've seen this in Sea Creatures 5," Sam declared. "To fight a squid, you have to duck, duck, jump, punch!"
"Or we can throw rocks," Scott suggested.
"I'll take the rocks," Duncan agreed as he picked one up. The duo tossed them, but they only hit Lightning. The tentacle tree slammed Lightning into the ground before hissing at the Rats. "Duck!" Sam shouted as he, Dakota and Scott dodged the tentacles. "Duck! Jump! Punch!" Scott was flung back by a tentacle. "No, you're not doing it right," Sam informed him. "It's-" He and Dakota were grabbed by a tentacle. "Uh-oh."
"Any more bright ideas?" Courtney spat out as she and most of the other Rats were caught by a tentacle.
"Let go, calamari!" Dakota cried out. Soon, only Leonard and Lightning were left uncaught. "Let go of them!" Leonard cried out as he held his staff. "Begone!" His staff shot out a green bolt of energy that hit the squid tree in the eye, making it hiss in pain before dropping everyone. "Sha-bam!" Lightning cheered. "Let's grab that-" He was suddenly pulled up by a web. "Lightning?" DJ asked as he looked around. "Oh, no. Did that huge spider get him?"
"Quit worrying," Duncan assured him as he climbed the tree. "That spider thing's just Chris yanking your chain." He pulled out a key from the tree knot. "Got it!" He was suddenly grabbed by another web, making him drop the key to the ground. "This must be the first souvenir," Bridgette thought as Scott picked up the key.
"Jackpot!" Scott exclaimed.
"What happened?" Sam groaned.
"I suppose one of those Boo Mushrooms would've been helpful, huh?" Dakota thought with a giggle, taking the gamer by surprise.
Confessional: Sam (Toxic Rats)
"She remembers that? Wow. She's more awesome than I thought!"
Confessional: Dakota (Toxic Rats)
"What? The guy's worth at least listening to. The Boo Mushroom makes you float and be able to pass through walls. And the Bee Mushroom makes you fly like a bee and stick to honey-coated walls. And...well, I won't bore the viewers too much more."
End Confessionals
"Wait," DJ realized, "Where's Duncan? Duncan! Duncan!" Unknown to the Rats, something was watching them with infrared vision. "Guess he's gone," Scott said.
"So's the squid and we've got the key!" Julia cheered. "Selfie time, everyone!"
"Not now," Dakota told her. "You realize we've lost three people."
"Three people that suck at this game," Courtney commented. "Let's go already."
"We can't leave the dudes behind," DJ argued.
"Fret not," Leonard assured them, "For I shall search for our lost comrades."
"And make it four people lost?" Dakota pointed out. "Uh, I don't think you should-"
"It's actually a good idea," Bowie cut in. "But Leonard, return straight to us after you're finished looking, got it?"
"Yes," Leonard replied before running off. "I shall succeed!"
"Whoo-hoo," Scott sarcastically cheered. "Go, Magic Man."
"YAY!" Luna exclaimed.
"Weirdo," Dakota grumbled under her breath as she shot Luna a glare. She then noticed the Gophers and Frogs running up. "Gee, maybe we should search for the object over there," Bowie thought out-loud. "See ya." The Rats quickly ran off. "That was odd," Heather thought.
"Are you guys missing a few people?" 'Smart' Damien thought as he looked at the Gophers.
"You mean Crazy Girl and Echo? Who cares where those weirdos went."
"They're still people, Heather," Rose defended. "Perhaps we should-"
"Look!" Cameron gasped as he pointed to the tree. "Team colors!"
"Wait," Keith thought as he held Ripper back. "It could be a trap. We should send in our most expendable player."
"No one's expendable," Brick argued.
"Do you wanna play nice or do you wanna win?"
"I pick play nice," Phoebe spoke up. Keith simply picked her up and tossed her at the tree knot. "Ooh, keys!" Phoebe gushed as she pulled two keys out, one which had a small spider on it. "Thank you, Mister Spider."
"AHH!" Cameron screamed as the spider dropped down. "Keep it away from me!"
"Your arachnophobia is irrational," Scarlett informed him, "As phidippus audax is not a venomous species of arachnid."
"It looks kinda cute," Gwen remarked as she let the spider crawl onto the palm of her hand. "See? Harmless. Now will you quit being so scared, Cameron?"
Confessional: Phoebe (Frogs of Death)
"I get Cameron's worry. I was scared of spiders for a while, but I managed to overcome my fear. With Pete's help, as well." She picked up the stuffed penguin and hugged it.
End Confessional
"Hey, Gophers," Phoebe offered as she got down to the ground, "You want a key? I accidentally picked up two." Keith quickly pushed her to the ground. "Don't help them, Wonder Wuss!" he scolded. "They're the enemy!"
"But we only needed one," Phoebe weakly pointed out.
"She was just trying to be nice," Shane defended as he helped Phoebe to her feet. "Maybe you outta take a few pointers."
"Thanks for the key," Heather taunted as she and the other Gophers jogged off with one of the keys. "We'll thank you at the Frogs' elimination ceremony!" Keith could only groan in response. "Grab the key and get moving, maggots," he ordered.
"Hey, Zoey," Mike asked as he picked the key off the ground, unaware that Zoey and Jasmine were scooped up by a web, "You think this key's gonna open something later on in the challenge?" He quickly noticed that she had vanished. "Zoey? Whoa. Where's Zoey?"
"Jasmine's missing, too," Samey realized.
"Zoey?! ZOEY?!" Mike ran off to search for her. "And we call off the search and forge ahead," Keith decided.
"That's against the cadet code!" Brick protested. "Never leave a soldier behind!"
"First Jane," Shane thought, "Now Jasmine and Zoey...we have to find them!"
"No, we don't," Keith argued. "THEY left us. That means they're AWOL. Now start moving, G.I. Joke and Super Lame."
Confessional: Brick (Frogs of Death)
"Keith is like this bug: he's always trying to get under everyone's skin." A bug went under his skin, making him yelp in pain.
Confessional: Shane (Frogs of Death)
"No wonder Jane hates Keith so much. He's such a jerk to everyone."
End Confessionals
"We're last to the landmark," Jo grumbled as the Bears arrived at the squid tree. "Oh, that's just fantastic!"
"It's only the first one, Jo," Sky pointed out. "We can still catch up."
"The clue said that the souvenir was in a knot and living with a pest," Priya reasoned. "Well, the knot is the tree hole, but what about the pest part?" The squid tree gave a hiss as it shot out its tentacles again. "You just HAD to ask," Blainley scolded.
"Go get the souvenir, Punk Princess," Jo ordered before tossing Destiny at the tree. The squid tree hissed as Destiny landed in the tree knot. "Desi!" Greg gasped.
"Wow!" Destiny exclaimed. "You've got a Blue Oyster Cult CD, Squid Tree? Swiller! What's your favorite song? 'Godzilla'? '(Don't Fear) The Reaper'? Oh, I know!" The squid tree pulled her free while Destiny started playing her guitar. "Burn out the day," she sang, "Burn out the night
"I can't see no reason to put up a fight
"I'm living for givin' the devil his due
"And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
"I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you."
"Is that girl crazy?" Jo scolded. "She's-"
"Shh," Alejandro quietly advised. "Let's let this play out."
"Glad you like it, Squid Tree," Destiny told it as it placed her on the ground. "Oh, I just remembered! We gotta find these souvenir things. Know where the first one is?" The squid tree pulled out a key and tossed it to her, much to the Bears' surprise. "Thanks!" Destiny happily replied. "Well, come on, Bears! We gotta go to that cemetery now!" A loud hissing made everyone freeze up. "Squid Tree, was that you?" Destiny asked. However, the squid tree simply retracted its tentacles. "Whatever it is must be bad if that squid thing's hiding," Tyler thought.
"Should we investigate, comrades?" Ethan asked the group.
"With a dangerous creature running around?" Millie thought. "No, thanks."
"That 'dangerous creature' is probably Chris just trying to scare us," Priya put in.
"Stop," Paul cut in. "I'll go check it out."
"By yourself?" Ethan asked.
"If Priya's right, then there's nothing to worry about."
"Okay...but be careful."
"Fine." Paul pulled out a flashlight from his tool belt and headed off. "Melody," Tyler began as he nudged her, "Do you think you can use your weird powers to see if everything will be okay?"
"I cannot see anything in the immediate future," Melody replied. "It's too fuzzy."
"Come on," Ethan advised. "We have to keep moving."
Confessional: Ethan (Confused Bears)
"I hate the idea of abandoning Paul, but I have to trust his sense of judgement with this. Besides, Chris has proven before to neglect information regarding the challenges. It'll be alright...right?"
End Confessional
Meanwhile, the Rats were jogging ahead. "Not that I don't like this leisurely pace," Harold spoke up, "But shouldn't we be going faster?"
"Relax," Scott assured him. "We're still in first place. I know what I'm doing."
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
He was whittling a piece of wood with a pocket knife. "It's getting harder and harder to throw the challenges, mainly because there's too many people around to actually do anything. Kinda hard to be sneaky with everybody watching you."
End Confessional
Over in another area, Echo was observing the forest through a pair of binoculars. "Come on, you little rascals," she muttered as she looked around. "What kind of trouble are you stirring up?" She spotted Leonard walking around, then spotted Mike up in a thin tree. "Perfect," Echo decided with a smirk.
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
"I managed to ditch those lame-o Gophers so I can work out my plan. Chris said that there's a penalty for each lost player, so I'll make sure the other strays stay lost."
End Confessional
Echo crept over to the thin tree Mike was up in. "Zoey!" Mike shouted as he stepped on a weak branch. "Zoey! Tell me where you are!" The branch snapped, making him fall and crash into the ground below. "It's almost too easy," Echo snickered as she stood over the unconscious Mike. "Don't worry, friend. I'll help." She gave a sinister laugh as she started to drag Mike away.
"Let's go, dudes!" Geoff rallied.
"Easy," Bowie advised. "Chris said there were traps around here."
"Chillax. I've got laser focus and plenty of energy. Watch this!" Geoff hopped over a rock and stump when the dirt beneath him suddenly exploded. "YAY!" Luna squealed. "Now it's getting FUN!"
"Maybe a certain someone should check the rest of the field," Dakota suggested as she eyed Luna.
"Yeah! You and Gamer Guy!" Luna picked up the duo and tossed them ahead. They ended up setting off a series of explosions, and soon, the duo were left charred. "Thanks for clearing the way!" Keith taunted as the Frogs and Gophers ran ahead.
"I was talking about YOU, Luna!" Dakota coughed out. "Sam, you okay?"
"I think I can taste my liver," Sam moaned.
"What happened here?" Sky asked as she and the other Bears jogged over.
"Doesn't matter," Jo told her. "We gotta keep moving."
"But Jo-" Ethan spoke up.
"But nothing." Jo grabbed Ethan and Sky by the arm and dragged them off. The Frogs and Gophers soon reached the pet cemetery. "Welcome to the Wawanakwa Pet Cemetery," Chris announced over the loudspeakers.
"First place," Keith noted. "String Bean, go get the clue." He pushed Cameron ahead. Cameron opened a coffin with some numbers. "Aren't three sixes supposed to be evil?" he thought as he saw three red 6's and a red 18.
"Numbers," Leshawna thought as she looked at the coffin. "They must mean something."
"Fan out and look for numbers, Frogs," Keith ordered.
"Um, you mean by ourselves?" Brick gulped.
"Oh, grow up!" A moment later, Brick was nervously searching the cemetery when he fell down a shallow grave. "AHHH!" he cried out. "HELP! HELP TOO DARK! TOO DARK!"
"We gotta help, Pete!" Phoebe told her stuffed penguin as she looked down the grave. "Brick, grab onto Pete's hands." Brick grabbed the stuffed penguin as Phoebe pulled him up. "What now?" Valerie complained as the other Frogs walked over.
"So dark..." Brick stammered, "So dark..."
"Pull! Yourself! Together!" Keith ordered as he slapped Brick's face. They all noticed a wet spot on Brick's pants. "It-it was wet down there and I landed on my crotch," he nervously explained. "I'm gonna go dry off."
"Hang on," Phoebe offered, "We'll help." The duo quickly ran off. Brick grabbed a clump of leaves and struggled to dry himself. "Dry," he muttered, unaware of something stalking the duo with its infrared vision, "Dry!" The Frogs suddenly heard the duo screaming. "Brick?" 'Smart' Damien thought. "Phoebe?" They rushed over to see that the duo had vanished. "They were here a moment ago," Cameron said.
"Where did they go?" Anne-Maria asked.
"Oh, well," Keith shrugged. "Two words: dead weight."
"Hey, Brick or Phoebe may not be attractive in any way, but they are still people."
"Yeah," Rodney agreed, "Your cutthroat attitude stinks worse than pig barf!"
"It's called a winning attitude," Keith told them. "You better get used to it or get out of the way!" Meanwhile, the Gophers were also searching for the souvenir. "All we're looking for is numbers," 'Dumb' Damien complained. "How fucking hard can it be?"
"It's not just any numbers," Rose reminded him. "It's three sixes and an eighteen."
"Aren't those numbers a bad omen?" Lucas thought. However, he noticed that both Rose and 'Dumb' Damien had vanished. "Guys?" Lucas gulped. "Where are you? Si esto es algun tipo de maldita broma, Damien, entonces-" A hand suddenly shot up from underneath the ground close to where Lucas was. He let out a loud scream before running off. Another hand shot up from the dirt, then Luna rose up from the ground. "Ahh..." she giggled. "What a nice dirt bath. Wonder who that boy was. Oh, well." She buried herself back underneath the dirt.
Echo finished dragging Mike into a cave. "Still out cold," she thought, "But I need to make sure he stays put or preoccupied." She noticed Leonard still walking around. "Perfect," she decided. She ruffled her hair up a bit before running over to Leonard. "Is thou alright, madam?" Leonard asked as he saw Echo.
"Oh, it's horrible!" Echo cried out. "A dangerous beast just tried to attack me!"
"What? Where is thy beast? I must slay it before it harms anyone else!"
"In-in that cave. Uh, maybe you can trap him with some rocks."
"Great idea! With great warmth more than woolly socks, cage this monster with some heavy rocks!" Leonard's staff glowed, then a bunch of huge boulders fell down and covered the mouth of the cave up. "Huzzah!" Leonard cheered, unaware that Echo was creeping behind with a stone in her hand. "The monster has been vanquished!" Leonard was quickly hit with the stone, making him drop his staff, which Echo quickly scooped up. "Hey!" he protested. "What was that for?!"
"Sorry, wizard," Echo sneered, "But I'll be needing this more than you right now. Gotta make sure the kid in the cave stays put."
"What? But you said it was a monster!"
"Oops. I lied. The monster's still loose." Echo pointed the staff at Leonard and shot a blast of blue energy at him, making him shut his eyes with worry. He peeked his eyes open to see himself floating in a bubble. "I wouldn't waste time screaming," Echo taunted. "That's a soundproof bubble, not to mention sturdier than the rocks you summoned." Leonard tried to pound his fists at the bubble as he shouted something but it only came out in a muffled blur. Echo simply cackled at his fruitless attempts. "I better tidy up the trash, as well," she decided as she aimed the staff at a shocked Leonard. "Take him away where no one will miss him." The staff glowed again, and a moment later, Leonard was transported to the top of the large cliff. "You know what?" Echo thought. "Trap ALL the Rats in those same bubbles!" Over where the Rats were, they were taken off-guard as they became encased in the same bubbles Leonard was in. "Hey!" Courtney protested as she and Scott pounded on their bubble.
"Weird," Raj noted as he and Wayne floated in their bubble.
"I bet Luna's behind this!" Dakota spat out as she and Sam sat in their bubble.
"WHEE!" Luna giggled as she bounced around in her bubble.
"Now," Echo declared as she turned her attention to the blocked-off cave, "Plague and torment Mikey in there with the most horrendous and nightmarish images possible!" A purple mist spilled out of the staff and drifted inside the cracks of the cave. Echo smirked before snapping the staff in half and tossing it aside.
"Hey," Carly noted as she looked down in another grave, "This grave smells like French fries." Lucas ran by and knocked both Carly and himself into the grave. A moment later, Dean walked over and dumped a bucket of grease down the grave. "Hey!" Lucas shouted.
"Lucas?" Dean wondered.
"Hey, Dean!" Carly greeted. "Everything okay?"
"Carly? Oh. Sorry about the booby trap. Chris made me fill it with kitchen grease."
"That explains the giant maggots," Lucas noted as some maggots crawled into the grave.
"Uh-oh. I'd better find a ladder or some rope. Hold still." Dean tried to run off but slipped on a patch of grease and ended up falling into the grave. "Ow..." he moaned. "Uh, nice maggots." The trio ended up screaming in pain as the maggots started to bite them. Chris simply laughed as he watched the challenge from his studio room. "Will anyone even make it to the spooky cave?" he narrated. "And if so, how can they possibly make it all the way to the finish line? Less brain, more pain when we return!"
"OW!" Lucas cried out as he was bitten again. "MCLEAN, TE VOY A MATAR!"
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"Come on, you stupid clue," Valerie grumbled. "Where are you?"
"Hey, Frogs!" Anne-Maria exclaimed. "I found something!" Most of the remaining Frogs gathered at the grave Anne-Maria was standing near. "Uh, aren't we missing some people?" Zee thought.
"Sierra, Topher, Scarlett, Ripper, Nikki, Helga, Shane and Rodney," Laney listed off.
"What if that mutated spider grabbed them?!" 'Smart' Damien panicked. "I don't wanna be food for an arachnid!"
"Do you think we should look for them?"
"You're wasting your time," Keith scolded.
"And going by yourself sounds like a bad idea," 'Smart' Damien added.
"Samey," Amy ordered, "Go with Laney. Now." Samey sighed before following Laney. "Anyway," Keith continued, "What did you call us here for, Hairspray?"
"Look at this grave," Anne-Maria noted. "June 6, 1806. I'm no algebra expert, but ain't that six, six, eighteen, six?"
"That's right!" Cameron exclaimed. "Anne-Maria, you found it!"
"And check it out. There's a keyhole. Yeah! Who's the sharpest tool on the Christmas tree now?"
"Just use the key already!" Amy ordered.
"Yeesh! Okay! Keep your skirt on." Anne-Maria placed the key in the keyhole, which made a spring-loaded coffin pop out and knock her back. "Flashlights," Cameron noted as he opened the coffin. "These will come in handy."
"Move back," Keith ordered as he approached the coffin. "I'm gonna knock the coffin back so those wimps won't know where to look." He punched the coffin back down into the grave. "Let's move." The Frogs headed off, unaware that Beardo and Lucas were watching from behind a tree. "Caw!" Lucas sounded out. "Caw!" He kept making various noises until Heather, Jo, Lacey and Lara (now cosplaying as Lucy Loud) approached him. "Zip it!" Heather snapped as she slapped Lucas's face. "What the heck are you doing?"
"Using animal calls to signal you guys," Lucas explained. "The Frogs found a souvenir over there by the tombstone and-"
"That one's mine!" Jo interrupted as she ran over to the grave.
"No, it's mine!" Heather argued as she raced over.
"Uh, girls?" Lucas spoke up. "I'd be careful cause-"
"SHUT UP!" Jo and Heather shouted. Lacey and Lara tried to walk over but Beardo held them back. "I wouldn't," he advised.
"Why not?" Lacey demanded.
"Just watch," Lucas replied. The group winced as they heard Heather and Jo get flung back by the coffin. "What the hell happened?" Jo moaned.
"Tried to warn you two," Lucas chuckled with a smirk.
Back in the cave, Mike was groaning as he came to. "What happened?" he moaned as he rubbed his head. "Where am I?" He noticed a purple snake hissing at his feet. "Shoo!" he shouted as he kicked it away. "Okay. Okay, I'm in some sort of cave...but I remember being up a tree last...so how did-" He noticed some more purple creatures crawling towards him. "Hey!" Mike protested as they tried to claw and bite at him. "Get back! Hey!" He tried fighting them off but they kept clawing and biting him. One of the larger creatures knocked him back into the wall with its hand. Mike struggled to stand up but the creature knocked him back again, making a few cracks of moonlight slip through the rocks. Mike's breaths became more shallow as the creatures continued to slice at his skin. He weakly raised himself up as his soft brown eyes slowly turned a bright yellow and a low growl escaped his throat. The rays of moonlight showed a silhouette of Mike slowly and painfully changing until he was almost unrecognizable before letting out an inhumane cry.
"What the fuck was that noise?" Paul wondered as he heard the noise. He shined his flashlight towards the direction of the blocked cave. "Came from in there," he reasoned, "But it's blocked off. Maybe..." Suddenly, the rocks were destroyed and flown back towards him. Paul coughed as the dust cleared and looked over to the mouth of the cave. He froze as he saw a pair of eyes glowing in the darkness.
"Did you find the souvenir, guys?" Ezekiel asked as Lara, Beardo and a battered Jo returned to the Bears.
"In a sense," Beardo replied. "Hey, aren't we missing a couple of people? Uh, Sky, Al, Melody and Sugar?"
"Do you think that spider got them?"
"Please," Blainley scoffed. "It's just some BS to psych us out."
"And besides," Jo added, "The Grease Monkey said he would find out the creature himself." The group suddenly heard Paul's screams echoing across the forest. "That sounded like Paul!" Ethan gasped.
"Paulie!" Destiny shrieked.
"We need to find him!"
"Uh, 'we'? No way am I letting your pretty boy cooties get near him!"
"But Miss Destiny-"
"Enough!" Greg cut in. "Desi, go find Paul. The rest of us will continue with the challenge."
"Aye-aye, Greggy!" Destiny replied before running off.
"Hurry!" Ethan rallied with concern. Back at a different cave, the remaining Frogs, Keith and Cameron, were standing at the mouth of the cave. "Welcome to your final destination," Chris announced over the loudspeakers. "The clue is just inside the entrance and down the tunnel into total darkness. Good luck. You'll need it."
"Follow my lead," Keith ordered as he snagged a flashlight from Cameron. Cameron noticed Lucas, Bryan, Carly and Gwen panting as they reached the cave. "Where are your teammates?" he asked them.
"Don't know," Carly breathed out. "Disappeared. Can't find them. You?"
"Well..."
"Move it, Pencil Neck!" Keith shouted off-screen. Cameron quickly ran off towards his voice. "Onward and upwards, I suppose," Bryan nervously reasoned. Inside, Keith spied the clue on a skeleton stuck to a web. "A little creepy," he admitted, "But a clue's a clue. Let's see...'By hook or by crook, the end is near if you look.' Who wrote these, William Shakespeare?" He was suddenly bound by a web. "HEY!" Keith protested, blinded by the web over his eyes. "Let go!" He was suddenly pulled away.
Back by the other cave, Paul was struggling to defend himself from the relentless assault he faced. As he was quickly knocked down to the ground, he looked up to see his attacker: a large wolf with razor-sharp fangs and claws, glowing yellow eyes and its dark fur matted with blotches of fresh blood. Paul managed to knock the creature back with a swift kick before weakly lifting himself up. The wolf snarled before it lunged at Paul, sinking its fangs into his shoulder. Paul let out a painful scream as his chest and limbs were clawed at before he quickly blacked out. "Paulie!" Destiny gasped as she ran up to the site. The wolf turned its attention towards her and let out a threatening snarl. "Leave him alone, you mutt!" Destiny shouted as she raised her guitar up like a weapon. She swung it a few times until the wolf was knocked unconscious. She then rushed over to Paul, still bleeding from his wounds. "Hang on, Paulie," Destiny assured him as she cradled him in her arms, "I'll make sure you're fixed up."
"Still no word from Destiny?" Ethan thought as the group entered the other cave.
"Who cares?" Jo shrugged.
"I care!" Greg protested. He and Jo were suddenly grabbed by a web. "Guys!" Beardo cried out. Soon, the rest of the Bears, save for Ethan, were snatched up by the webs. "Oh, no!" Ethan gasped. "Don't worry! I'll rescue you!"
Deeper down the cave, Cameron, Carly, Bryan, Lucas and Gwen soon spotted a skull with hooks in it. "These hooks must be the last souvenirs!" Cameron gasped as he ran over to it. "Wonder what they're for."
"Cameron, look out!" Carly warned. A web binded Cameron while a giant spider snatched him up, making him scream. It tossed him into the web with the other captured campers. "Who's landed in the web now?" Keith asked. "Gothie? Miss Millions? Punk Princess? Come on; I can't see."
"It's just me," Cameron moaned, "String Bean."
"Wow. You lasted way longer than I expected."
Confessional: Cameron (Frogs of Death)
"That's the nicest thing Keith has ever said to me! Hey, I'll take what I can get."
End Confessional
"Hey, our teammates!" Lucas exclaimed just as Ethan joined the group. "Hey, a gigantic spider! Ugh, all this news is making my head spin."
"I get why Cameron got so spooked," Gwen reasoned as she looked up. She soon bumped into Lucas, knocking them, Carly and Bryan to the ground. They were quickly bound by a web. "Just my luck," Gwen muttered.
"Come on..." Sky muttered as she struggled to free herself.
"Hang on, Ethan assured her as he climbed up a stalactite. "I'll free you."
"No!" Jo argued. "Get the hook, not the schnook!"
"Hey!" Jane snapped back as the web around her mouth loosened. "That's my sister you're insulting!"
"Uh, Jane?" Cameron cut in.
"Yes?"
"SPIDER!"
"Somebody do something!" Zoey cried out. Cameron nervously looked at the spider before breaking free of the web. He gave a cry as he jumped onto the spider and started to punch it. "Wow," Scarlett commented with a hint of surprise.
Confessional: Cameron (Frogs of Death)
"Ah, adrenaline. Nature's super-strength formula. Someone should really bottle it."
End Confessional
As Ethan jumped onto the webs, he accidentally freed Brick, Phoebe, Jane and Keith. "Hang on, men," Brick declared. "I'm coming to get you."
"No," Keith countered as he held him back, "Get the hook!"
"I need to rescue our teammates!"
"No, we need to win! Before the others can!"
"But my code! I can't leave them behind!"
"Yeah," Jane pitched in, "You're forgetting about-"
"Cut and run, soldier," Keith sternly told Brick. "That's an order!"
"Sir, yes, sir!" Brick replied with a salute.
"Brick, please wait!" Phoebe begged as Brick scooped her up bridal-style. "We gotta make sure everyone's okay!"
"Move it!" Keith ordered as he dragged Jane behind him. He and Brick grabbed a hook each before noticing a zip line. "Hold on tight, ma'am," Brick told Phoebe before sliding down with the hook.
"Go on, Lucas!" Carly encouraged as he staggered to the hook. "You can do it!"
"Oh, please," Gwen scoffed. "They beat us. We're hosed."
"She has a bit of a point, Carly," Bryan agreed.
"Got it!" Lucas exclaimed as he pulled out a hook.
"Quit trying to be a hero, Lance-a-dolt," Jo argued as Ethan sliced through the Bears' webs. "They're gaining the lead! Grab the hook!"
"Not until I know everyone's okay," Ethan told her. He soon freed the last of the Bears. "Grab a hook and go!" he shouted.
"Stop being such a bully!" Cameron shouted as he jumped on the spider's abdomen. "I mean it! GET LOST!" The rock holding the spider up started to crack and break, sending a wave of rocks coming down. "MOVE!" Jo ordered as he pulled Ethan towards the zip line. The entire web collapsed, sending the remaining teens to the ground. "Oh, my," Echo noted as she rushed into the cave. "What happened? Is everybody alright?"
"Just have a pounding headache, is all," Shane moaned as he rubbed his head.
"Hey, I don't see Mike," Zoey noticed. "Is he okay?"
"He wasn't in that web," Sol noted. "I guess he, Laney and Sammy weren't caught. Hope they're alright." Over in another area, Laney and Samey were looking around. "Still no sign of them," Laney noted. "Think we should rejoin the others?"
"If you think so," Samey sighed. She noticed a few faint drops of red. "Uh, what's that?"
"Don't know," Laney replied, "But there's a trail. See?" The duo followed the drops, which grew into splotches and then pools. The girls gasped as they saw an unconscious and battered Mike lying in a pool of red. "Mike!" they cried out as they ran over to his side. Laney gently touched him, making him give a soft moan. "Oh, he's still alive," she breathed out.
"Huh?" Mike mumbled as he came to and sat up. "What?" Laney could only stare in shock as he faced her while Samey ended up fainting. "Mike, what the hell happened to you?" Laney demanded. The camera moved to show Mike with blood stained on his chest, hands and teeth. "I..." he stammered as he looked down at himself in absolute disbelief and ran a hand through his matted hair, "I...I have no idea."
Brick and Phoebe screamed as they zipped down in the dark tunnel, with Keith and Jane, the group of Lucas, Gwen, Carly and Bryan and the rest of the Bears following behind. They all ended up crashing at the end of the tunnel. "Why do I smell pee?" Gwen asked as she sniffed the air.
"I-I don't smell anything," Brick fibbed.
"Everyone alright?" Ethan asked as he sat up.
"I'm not!" Jo snapped. "Thanks to your little 'heroism', we came in dead last! You're out of here!"
"Well, well, well," Chris noted as he walked over to the group, "Three teams made it to the finish line, some wetter than others."
"Hey, that cave was leaky," Brick defended.
"Save it," Keith barked out. "Chris, just announce my team as the winner already."
"Whatever," Chris shrugged. "Today's winning team is...the Bears!"
"WHAT?! No way! My team came first!"
"Remember when I said stick together cause there'd be a penalty for each team member you lost? Yeah, Brick lost twenty. Lucas lost seventeen, but Ethan only lost two, so the Bears totally win."
"Guess being a hero helped in more ways than one," Sky told Jo, who only rolled her eyes in response.
"NO!" Brick cried out as he fell to his knees. "I should've just followed my own code!" He started to sob. "There, there," Phoebe coaxed as she knelt down to him. "Pete and I will help you feel better."
"It was your stupid suggestion that cost us the win!" Jane argued as she glared at Keith. "I know you'll be voted out tonight, you big ape!"
"Actually, you're not voting anyone out," Chris informed her. "You may have lost twenty people, but at least you arrived. The Rats, however, failed to show, so they'll get to boot someone out."
Back in the cave, Cameron coughed as he took a look around the wreckage. "Huh?" he gasped as he saw the spider, now damaged. He looked up to see Izzy moaning in the tattered spider costume. "BOO!" she exclaimed before giggling.
"IZZY?!" everyone else cried out with a mixture of anger and shock.
Confessional: Cameron (Frogs of Death)
"Turns out it was just one of the Gophers in a spider costume." He let a spider crawl onto his finger. "Thankfully, it cured me of my arachnophobia, although now I'm completely terrified of Izzy."
End Confessional
Later that night, most of the Bears were relaxing in the spa hotel. "Ah, it's nice to be back," Jo sighed in content.
"I suppose," Ethan absentmindedly agreed.
"What's bugging you now?" Ezekiel asked.
"There's still no word from Paul, and now Miss Destiny seems to have just...vanished! I'm starting to get worried. If Miss Izzy didn't catch them in her spider costume..."
"Desi can handle anything," Greg boasted. "Even stuff twice her size. She and Paul should be fine."
"Bears!" Dean gasped as he burst through the front door. "There you are!"
"Is everything okay?" Ethan asked. "Where's Paul and Destiny?" Dean sighed as he got a saddened look. "You better sit down, everyone," he instructed.
Later, the Rats, save for Leonard, managed to get themselves free from the bubbles and were gathered at their cabin. "I still can't believe we lost because of those shitty bubbles," Scott grumbled. "So, who's leaving tonight?"
"Luna, obviously," Dakota scoffed. "It's her fault we were stuck in the first place!"
"But Luna was in a bubble, too," Julia pointed out.
"So?" Sam argued. "She could've trapped herself."
"H-hello, Rats," Echo stammered as she approached them. "I...I heard what happened to you. My deepest condolences. It was so unfair of you losing because of that."
"Save it, girlie," Lightning scolded. "Lightning's too upset right now."
"I sense a great darkness is behind this," Dawn warned. "Perhaps connected to black magic."
"Oh, is that what that Leonard guy was chanting about?" Echo thought out-loud.
"Spill, Echo," Bowie ordered. "What was Leonard doing?"
"He-he-he was saying these funny words and waving his funny stick around. Next thing I know, I'm caught in a soundproof bubble."
"So Leonard is the reason we lost?!" Courtney complained. "Ugh! I knew he would be trouble!"
"Guys, think!" Dakota reasoned. "It's Luna, not Leonard!"
"She's right," Raj defended. "Leonard's a good wizard, not a bad one."
"Well, have any of you seen Leonard recently?" Echo asked the Rats. They noticed Leonard panting as he ran up to them. "Man, I wish I had Hermes' speed," he breathed out. He noticed the Rats were all staring at him. "What?" He gasped as he noticed Echo. "What lies has thou told?!"
"Lie?" Echo innocently asked. "I wouldn't try to lie. Why would you think such a thing?"
"What you did got us in last place, Leonard!" Scott scolded.
"So we're gonna boot you!" Luna giggled. Leonard looked at his teammates again, with some looking angry while others looked unsure. Later that night, the Rats were sitting at the campfire ceremony. Duncan, Courtney, Geoff, Dakota, Sam, Julia, Bowie, Austin, Anthony, Bridgette and Leonard were in the back row while Emma, Raj, Wayne, Lightning, MK, Harold, Dawn, DJ and Luna in the front row. "I was kinda expecting you Rats to show up again," Chris began as he sat down a plate of marshmallows. "Now, let's see who's on the chopping block."
"Courtney," Chef stated, "You were willing your teammates behind with Izzy Spider on the loose."
Confessional: Wayne and Raj (Toxic Rats)
"That's kinda true, eh?" Raj began.
"Oh, for sure," Wayne agreed.
"Plus, I don't think Leonard's a bad wizard. So, uh, yeah, I voted for her."
"Same here, bud. Courtney's kinda cutthroat."
End Confessional
"Luna," Chef continued, "A lot of people think you're too crazy. And well, I can't really blame them." Luna just grinned in response. "And Leonard," Chef finished, "You trapped your own teammates in bubbles, which cost your team the win."
Confessional: Leonard (Toxic Rats)
"I have done no such thing! It was that siren-lipped devil!"
End Confessional
"The following Rats are safe," Chris announced. "DJ, Sam, Dawn, Anthony, Lightning, Bridgette, Geoff, Bowie, Dakota, Harold, Duncan, Julia, MK, Wayne and Raj, Austin, Emma and Scott. The next marshmallow goes to..." Courtney raised her eyebrow while Leonard shut his eyes with worry and Luna fiddled with her hair. "..."
"..."
"...Courtney." Courtney smiled as she caught her marshmallow. "And the irritating oddball going home tonight is..." Chris announced.
"Wobbleby-doo, wobbleby-dee, don't pick me," Leonard muttered as Luna flicked her cornrows. Chris smirked as he held up the last marshmallow. "Don't pick me!" Leonard begged. "Don't pick me!"
"Leonard," Chris announced as he tossed the last marshmallow to Luna. "Yeah, pack your potions. You're going flying."
"Me?"
"NOOOO!" Wayne and Raj protested.
"Good riddance, weirdo," Courtney scoffed between bites of marshmallow.
"You can't be the bad wizard dude, wizard dude!" Raj defended.
"Because I am not!" Leonard declared. "For there is someone more vile behind this!"
"Luna!" Dakota yelled out with exasperation. "I keep telling you guys!"
"Nay, thy witch is not Luna, but someone far more sinister. The serpent in the shadows, the creator of chaos, the harbinger of discord and strife!"
"Chef," Chris decided with an annoyed look, "Escort him, if you could." Chef started to walk over with a black trash bag. "The scoundrel among you men is-" Leonard announced. He was suddenly scooped up by Chef's bag and carried off. A moment later, he was placed inside the Hurl of Shame. "Wait!" Leonard muffled. "I must warn my team about Echo!" He screamed as he was flung off. "Better," Chris narrated. "Who am I gonna fling off next? Find out on the next episode of Total...Drama...Island!"
Over by the medical tent, Destiny was sound asleep by the entrance when a hooded figure walked past. Once inside, the figure removed her hood, revealing herself to be Melody. "Oh, how did I not see this?" she thought as she approached a stretcher that had a bandaged and unconscious Paul laying on it. "You were...nice." She pulled a small sewing needle out of her pocket and started engraving a strangle symbol on his arm. "Heal thy wounds so he may live," she chanted, "And fleeting memory in return we give." Melody soon left the tent, but not before placing her coat over the still-asleep Destiny like a blanket. "Rest up, friend," Melody quietly told Paul before leaving. A few moments after she left, Paul's eyes shot open, though they were now bright yellow instead of gray.
Votes:
Voted for Leonard: Bridgette, Courtney, Scott, Lightning, Emma, Bowie, Julia, MK, Geoff, Duncan, Harold, Luna, Austin, Anthony
Voted for Luna: Dakota, Sam, Leonard, Dawn
Voted for Courtney: Wayne, Raj
Eliminated: Leonard (15-4-2)
100) Caleb (Toxic Rats)
99) Staci (Toxic Rats)
98) B (Toxic Rats)
97) Axel (Frogs of Death)
96) Elias (Screaming Gophers)
95) Eva (Confused Bears)
94) Olivia (Screaming Gophers)
93/92) Katie/Sadie (Confused Bears)
91) Noah (Confused Bears)
90) Justin (Screaming Gophers)
89) Nichelle (Toxic Rats)
88) Lauren (Confused Bears)
87) Dean (Confused Bears)
86) Alan (Screaming Gophers)
85) Leonard (Toxic Rats)
Episode 15, everybody! Now, let me warn you: it's episodes like this why I upped the rating to T. Just giving you guys the heads up.
So, the elimination first. I intended Leonard to be an earlier victim of a villain (Echo, in this case) and he ended up getting sort of the Dawn treatment. But he did have his moments to shine, like in the skull challenge.
I expanded a bit more on the interactions, such as Sam and Dakota, Keith and his teammates, a bit of Brick and Phoebe, along with some others.
Now the elephant in the room: what exactly happened to Paul and Mike. Yes, it was brutal. Yes, some of you might scold me for being somewhat repetitive. But those scenes will definitely be very, very important to the story. (And if you don't like it, well, that's fine.)
The song Destiny sang was "Burnin' For You" by Blue Oyster Cult.
Next will have everyone partnering up for a race. Oh, I hope there isn't any infighting. Until next time, enjoy and happy first day of autumn! Or spring for the folks below the Equator.