"Last time on Total Drama Island," Chris recapped, "Dave made sure things with he and Sky were okay..." The scene flashed back to Dave and Sky during the challenge, then to Sky accidentally kicking the horn towards Dave. "And they kinda were until a mistake made him think they weren't," Chris continued with a laugh. "Nice." The scene changed to Phoebe scolding Keith after he shooed the lion away. "Phoebe and Keith also weren't okay as Phoebe was upset that Keith went easy on her by saving her when it wasn't necessary and making her cry." The scene changed to Phoebe whacking the bear and her and Keith reconciling. "But Phoebe still came back for him in the end. Aw, niceness. Boring!"
...
The scene changed to Chef firing his bazooka and the Frogs walking past a lion. "My insane challenge put the teams in some crazy-dangerous situations," Chris continued. The scene changed to Duncan calming the baby he held. "We saw a side of Duncan that was even softer than the side of the pillows I sleep on." The scene changed to Topher talking with a person with a gruff voice. "And Topher got a very important phone call from the network, saying he was taking over as host." The scene changed to Sierra taking off the disguise. "Sadly for Topher, the calls were from Sierra and she's actually a decent liar." The scene changed to Topher in the Cannon of Shame. "Topher got the blame, but he wasn't the only one..." The scene changed to Carly snapping a photo of Oliver helping Blainley. "Mildred tried with getting help from the interns but was caught red-handed by Carly." The scene changed to Topher and Blainley's elimination. "So the Cannon went BANG and two irritating people are now gone."
...
The scene returned to Chris on the dock of Camp Wawanakwa. "Now it's back to the game and only fifty remain!" he narrated. "Who's next to go? Just watch the show. It's time for Total...Drama...Island!"
(cue commercial)
It was the dead of night back at Camp Wawanakwa. Inside the Bear cabin, Carly was scribbling in her notebook as she hid under the covers. "Let's see..." she muttered as she glanced down at her notes, "We know Heather and Max are two of the members of the Villain Alliance and one more member lingers on the Gophers...Julia is also a member, and from what Priya and Millie told me, so is Bowie, and Bridgette's outburst practically confirms Scott's involvement...Sugar's the most likely suspect on the Bears...and the Frogs' villains are most likely Scarlett and Jo, from what I've seen. Still, that third Gopher villain..." She noticed some footsteps outside and quickly shut off her flashlight. She looked outside and saw a hatch getting lifted up before Greg popped his head out. He looked around before ducking back inside, unaware of Carly's spying eye.
Confessional: Carly (Confused Bears)
"Why was Greg sneaking around like that? Does he have some sort of secret agenda? Or...could he be another member of the Villain Alliance? It makes too much sense. He has tried some underhanded tactics."
End Confessional
Inside the spa hotel, everyone was sleeping soundly...save for one empty bed. A figure now cloaked in black and a ski mask crept around the bedrooms in absolute silence. The figure then noticed a black bag tucked away and reached for it when the flutter of feathers started to get closer. The figure quickly ducked underneath a bed just before the window opened. At the window, an owl blinked as he looked around the room, then changed back to Trent, to the figure's surprise. Trent heard a rustle coming from outside the bedroom. "Hello?" he called out as he stepped into the hallway. The figure took the opportunity to swipe the bag and slip out through the window. Once out of the sight, the figure pulled off the mask, revealing Echo's face. "Got it," she snickered as she held up the bag.
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
She was holding up the bottles from the bag. "Definitely an interesting cache I've gotten this time. But what the hell was that with Trent just now? Perhaps I should..." She pulled out the phone of confessionals and started playing them. "Heather's awfully lucky that assault and battery is against the law," Lacey grumbled.
"No."
"S-Sky...Why?!" Dave whined.
"Ugh. So pathetic that not even I can enjoy it."
"Sha-licious," Lightning gushed as he rubbed his tummy.
"Come ON! Did everyone on this stupid island just decide to come up and drop useless shit today?! There's gotta be some dirt here. Aha! Finally found what I was looking for!"
"That was bad," Trent breathed out as he tightly clutched the bag and nervously rubbed his neck. "I'm already having trouble keeping this blood substitute around, especially with the smell. But I need it. If it's gone...things could get really bad."
"There's the dirt I'm looking for. So, the bird changing and blood in a bottle...looks like Trent is more of a Nosferatu. Maybe let this bag stay missing for a while, hmm?"
End Confessional
The next morning, Priya was sleeping in her bunk. "Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Millie exclaimed.
"What?" Priya mumbled. "What are you-? What are you wearing?" Millie now had on a superhero costume clad in pink, purple and gold colors. "We're halfway through, baby!" she exclaimed. "We are now the Super Alliance!" She did a few poses but fell over. "Okay, okay," Priya giggled, "I'm up. I'm up."
"Morning, girls!" Carly cheered as she walked in with a hero costume identical to Millie's. "Sweet outfit, Millie."
"Let's make you a costume," Millie suggested as she got to her feet again.
"Oh," Priya slowly replied, "One for me, too. Um..."
"Well, yeah. You're part of the Super Alliance. Would you rather be robots? Blop, bloop, bleep. I'll go find some cardboard boxes."
"No, no. Let's go with the Super Alliance."
"Yay!" Millie and Carly cheered.
Confessional: Millie, Priya and Carly (Confused Bears)
"We're probably the strongest alliance here on the island," Millie bragged.
"I'm honestly not as confident," Carly admitted. "We have Sugar, Keith and now Greg is acting sketchy."
"No worries," Priya, now with an identical costume, assured her. "It just means that they'll try to persuade us to vote their way."
"The nerds have the power!" Millie and Priya cheered, making Carly giggle.
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
"I overheard those nerds boasting about they 'have the power'. Let's see how confident they'll be if Millie's notebook gets thrown into the mix. Lot of emotional hand grenades in here. Doubt their little friendship will survive."
End Confessional
"Okay, guys," Bowie whispered to Dawn, Scott and Sam as they all huddled by the communal bathrooms, "You've got the plan?"
"We convince the others to team up to take down the Rats," Scott replied with determination.
"Bowie and I talk to the Bears," Sam recalled, "Dawn with the Gophers and Scott with the Frogs."
"What about Lightning?" Dawn thought. "He's part of the group, too. It wouldn't be fair to exclude him."
"No worries," Bowie assured her. "I've got a job for him, too."
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"My plan with Lightning is to stage a fight between him and Dawn. He's definitely the most emotional of the group and Dawn already talked about Courtney becoming 'corrupted'. If I tell him Dawn's changing her vote to Courtney, he'll lash out with anger at the 'betrayal'. But Dawn's also savvy enough to know it's simply a ruse and not really change her vote. With the very public split, Julia will think our side is more fractured than it really is and drop her guard, leaving me the time to swoop in and go for the kill. Metaphorically, that is."
End Confessional
Dawn walked over to the spa hotel and knocked on the door. "Hello, Screaming Gophers," she called out. "Permission to enter?"
"Why?" Gwen asked as she opened the door. "We won. You lost."
"Weird Goth Girl makes a point," Heather agreed. "You losers are staying out in the cold where you belong." She started to shut the door. "What if I told you what I have to say can guarantee you safety at the next challenge?" Dawn inquired. The door was yanked open again. "Come in, come in," Heather sweetly told Dawn as she led her inside. "I apologize for Weird Goth Girl's rudeness earlier. Make yourself at home." Gwen rolled her eyes before following the duo. In the kitchen, most of the Gophers were eating breakfast when they noticed Dawn walking in. "Uh, what's a Rat doing in the kitchen?" Helen asked with a snicker. "Sorry, but I had to do that joke."
"I'm sure Elias is chuckling away as we speak," Trent told her. "In all seriousness, why are you here, Dawn?"
"She dragged her in," Gwen blandly informed the group while pointing to Heather.
"I'll get to the point," Dawn said. "But, um, where's Lacey?"
"Out chatting with one of the Frogs," Owen muffled through bites of egg. "No worries. We'll fill her in. Speaking of fill, can someone pass the bacon?"
"Better speak now. Okay, I propose that everyone here works together to take down the biggest threat on the island."
"A team-up?" Trent asked. "Sounds cool. Could you maybe bring in the Bears, too?"
"Oh, and Tracey really likes one of the Frogs," Lindsay happily pitched in.
"Hold it, you two," Leshawna cut in. "Dawn here hasn't even told us who the threat on those two teams was."
"I'm not referring to them," Dawn informed the Gophers.
"Uh, I'm no math genius," Owen thought, "But aren't there only four teams? It has to be someone from the Bears or Frogs."
"Wait, wait, wait," Gwen reasoned. "You're not seriously suggesting your own team? What is there to gain from sabotaging yourself?"
"It works for everyone," Dawn explained. "You guys are safe for another round, and the alliance I'm in with the Rats can take out a powerful threat."
"It could still be a trick," Bryan pointed out.
"But that power player needs to be out sooner rather than later," Heather argued. "If that person reaches the merge, they'll be unstoppable!"
"Eh, fair point," Helen admitted. "And an extra win never hurt us before. You got a deal, Dawn!"
"Thank you," Dawn replied. "And may I just say that I love your aura. It's radiating with positivity. I'm sure that will serve you well." She left the kitchen, though one pair of eyes was still on her.
Confessional: Echo (Screaming Gophers)
"If Dawn and her cronies are rallying everyone against the Rats, then dropping the notebook would be pointless right now. I'll just wait til the Rats vote off whoever it is they want, then drop the notebook and let the misery sink in."
End Confessional
"Uh, what are you girls supposed to be?" Destiny asked as she walked in.
"The Super Alliance," Priya, Millie and Carly confidently replied.
"Last I checked, you aren't that super. I think I even heard Shawnnie mentioning you guys being in the minority. Or was it-?"
"Your attempts to psych us out are cute at best and pathetic at worst," Millie commented while writing on a clipboard. "You're now excused."
"Don't make us repeat it," Carly firmly told Destiny before the latter started to speak again. Destiny huffed as she walked out just as Bowie and Sam reached the doorway. "I'm not even gonna ask," Sam decided.
"Hey," Bowie greeted. "Ooh, love the costumes! Serving superhero realness."
"You're here to suggest some sort of arrangement with us," Priya theorized.
"Is mind reading one of your powers?"
"Oh, that'd be pretty cool," Sam gushed. "Unless it can't be turned off or-"
"And why should we work with you?" Carly skeptically asked.
"In four words," Bowie replied, "I. Am. Not. Julia. I had to use my thumb, but it counts."
"That's actually a pretty good answer," Priya quietly told Millie and Carly.
"Not...Julia..." Millie noted as she wrote it down on her clipboard.
"Still..." Carly thought.
"To be clear," Bowie explained, "I'm not suggesting we work together."
"Come again?"
"The plan was to partner with Julia, then throw the challenge," Sam told them. "That way, when we lose, we get the chance to vote off Julia. In return, you guys get immunity."
"But self-sabotage sounds counterintuitive to TD strategy," Priya explained.
"You do want Julia out, don't you?" Bowie asked the girls. "I can't count on one hand how many times she's pulled through for the Rats. Plus, she's proven to do anything to win."
"At least you can trust us to fight fair most of the time," Sam added.
"The Super Alliance agrees to your terms," Priya decided.
"Do you want a superhero costume?" Millie inquired.
"I do not."
"Your loss. All the cool kids are wearing them right now."
"What are you doing?" Priya whispered to Millie as the latter adjusted her pants.
"Trying to...fix a wedgie."
"You understand that once Julia's gone," Carly told the boys, "It's back to us being rivals, and we won't show mercy."
"It's true," Sam told Bowie. "They won't go easy with us even if we're super pals."
Confessional: Sam (Toxic Rats)
"Luckily I don't take rivalries too seriously. A lot of rounds of Mario Kart taught me not to hold a grudge for too long lest you get hit with a Blue Shell."
End Confessional
Back in the woods, Lacey and Zoey were discussing the last challenge as they sat on some stumps. "And then she accidentally stepped on the horn," Zoey finished explaining.
"That's rough," Lacey breathed out. "Has she tried talking to him?"
"No. She says she's here to win... I think she's just trying to ignore her feelings."
"Well, that's a big assumption of-" Lacey stopped and frowned when she saw Scott approaching them. "Hi, ladies," he greeted.
"Oh, hi, Scott," Zoey replied with a warm smile.
"Seems you woke up on the right side of the bed. It's good to-"
"Cut the BS and say what you want," Lacey interrupted.
"Lacey," Zoey scolded with a slight nudge.
"I don't know what you're-" Scott defended. However, Lacey's hard glare was enough to make his spine as tense as a guitar chord. "Okay, okay, I'll admit it," he confessed. "I wanted to talk with you two about forming a special short-term alliance between teams."
"What?" Zoey asked with confusion at the very specific request.
"Why would you look for our help?" Lacey questioned as she kept her stone-cold stare.
"To get rid of Julia," the dirt farmer explained. "She's been nothing but MAJOR troubles. Me and a group of the team want to get rid of her, but we need to lose the challenge for that."
"Hmm... And why would we trust you?"
"Cause it's either that or leave Julia around. You saw how vicious she is...plus, she now has an alliance with Courtney." Lacey gasped in shock before growling with anger. "Oh, you have a deal, then," she said with a mix of fury and glee. "Anything to cut that stuck-up annoyance."
"Isn't this kinda...mean?" Zoey thought.
"Julia was literally allied with Luna," Scott reminded her. "LUNA! She's not someone to have around, Zoey."
"Um...okay, I guess. I'm-I'm gonna go grab some breakfast."
"See you there, Red," Lacey replied as Zoey walked off. Once she was out of sight, the biker grabbed Scott by his tank top. "Try anything and I'll make you regret it as long as you breathe," Lacey threatened.
"Understood," Scott gulped.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"Hey, no point angering the girl who could break you like a twig. Plus, if everything works out, I could have an ally on the Gophers."
End Confessional
Bowie was walking past the bathrooms. "So," Julia began as she leaned against the building, "Is it me against the butt-knuckles you were talking with?"
"No," Bowie scoffed, "They told me I could only join them if I wore one of those ridiculous costumes and that is not happening. Um, maybe we should consider..." Julia just laughed in response. "Wait, wait," she said before regaining her composure, "Now you're gonna beg me to team up? Why would I?"
"Because the other teams are more united," Bowie explained. "Plus, the alliance I once had is crumbling. And worse, the others think they can win. That makes them dangerous!"
"I'll take my chances. After all, I tend to win immunity, like, a lot. Bye!" Julia started to walk off. "You're right," Bowie sighed. "The other teams definitely see you as the bigger threat." Julia paused a moment. "Good luck in the next vote!" Bowie called out with a wink.
"Wait," Julia told him as she ran over. "Maybe your idea isn't completely idiotic. I mean, we have a better shot in the challenge if we work together."
"I agree." The duo shook hands.
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"That was easier than taking a ring light from an influencer."
End Confessional
"BREAKFAST!" Chef shouted as he rang a bell. "You don't come now, you don't eat!"
"Gee, what slop are you torturing us with today?" Valerie sarcastically remarked.
"Hey, it actually smells...good?" Keith thought as he walked closer to the main lodge. Inside, Dean and Stan were flipping hamburger patties. "Oh, hey, guys," Stan greeted as he saw the campers walking inside. "Got a special surprise for the Final Fifty here: a hamburger bash for breakfast."
"You seriously were allowed to do this?" Paul skeptically asked.
"Well, we had to ask Chef first, and he said okay. Just ask what you want and we'll fix the burger up."
"Sounds like a done deal to me," Austin replied as he scooted to the front of the line. "A well-done patty with pepper jack cheese, jalapenos and the potentest hot sauce you can find."
"Uh, okay. And here I thought Sugar's taste buds were odd. Dean?"
"One cremated tongue!" Dean shouted as he slid a hamburger over on the counter. "Hope you like scotch bonnet sauce. And just remember that you asked for it."
"Thank you kindly," Austin said as he took his plate. "Mmm-mmm!"
"Just a regular burger with extra onions and garlic," Shawn shrugged.
"One cryin' Dracula!" Dean shouted as he passed another plate. "You need a side of mouthwash with that, kid?"
"Save the sarcasm for someone else, Grease Boy," Jo warned. "Well-done burger." Dean awkwardly slid her a burger. He and Stan got a shocked look as they saw Barry sitting on the counter. "Naughty doggy!" Phoebe scolded as she scooped him up. "Sorry, Mister Dean and Mister Stanley. We didn't mean to skip the line. We'll go back." She stepped back just as Dawn and Sky stepped forward. "Gotta admire that politeness," Dawn noted. "Um, I'll have a grilled mushroom with extra veggies on a wheat bun, please. Sky, what do you want?"
"I'll be fine with just two tomatoes," Sky decided.
"One Woodstock special and two comic balls coming your way!" Dean shouted as he slid the food towards the duo. "Enjoy." As the girls walked off, Stan noticed Barry back on the counter. "Obviously, your dog's getting hungry," he noted as Phoebe scooped Barry up again.
"It's not a dog!" Austin shouted off-camera.
"Let's get your order over with, shall we? Then maybe that mutt will leave us alone. What will it be?"
"I'll take a mooer from the Alps with rabbit food in the basement," Phoebe listed off, "A pinned rose and Bubble Bass's tongue, ghost guts on the roof, really make it hemorrhage and hold back the tears. Oh, and some Capricorn dragged through Wisconsin for Barry, please." Stan just blinked with confusion. "Uh, we're cooks, not cannibals," he told her.
"I got it already, dude," Dean assured him as he passed Phoebe a plate. "It's a rare burger with Swiss, lettuce at the bottom, tomato, pickle, mayo on the top bun, extra ketchup and no onions. And for Barry..." He tossed Phoebe a small bag of crumbled cheese. "Some goat cheese for the, uh, pet."
"Thank you!" Phoebe cheered as she walked off with her plate. "Let's go, Barry. No more bothering the cooks."
"That actually looks pretty tasty," Keith noted as she walked past. "I'll take what she's having."
"Me, too," Paul and Mike agreed. Keith simply shoved the duo back. "I asked first!" he scolded. Keith got a burger and walked off. "Over here, coach!" Phoebe called out as she waved outside. "Sit with me!"
"Sure, squirt," Keith replied as he sat on the steps next to her. "I see Barry's enjoying the cheese."
"Yeah, he seems to like goat stuff the best. So, the new team treating you okay, coach?"
"Eh, I'm just observing from afar, seeing who's best to ally with. Not trying to make too many waves at once, you know. Mmm, this burger's good. You have good tastes, squirt. But what was that gibberish you were saying earlier?"
"Diner lingo. My Aunt Bonita uses it all the time."
"Oh. Hey, about the last challenge, you mentioned during that adrenaline rush that you didn't want..." Keith noticed Phoebe getting a depressed look. "Or we can wait until you feel up to talking about it," he decided.
Confessional: Keith (Confused Bears)
"That cadet kid told me after that dream challenge, he saw a glimpse of what gave Phoebe so much trauma. Something about a little girl and horns... Anyway, I shouldn't press too hard or the squirt might get another relapse like last time."
End Confessional
"Okay, campers," Chris began as the campers stood in front of a cave, "Today's challenge is...The Cave of Horrors!"
"Campers must navigate the maze of tunnels snaking through Total Drama Mountain and collect TDI tokens in the backpacks we've provided you."
"These little babies will be hidden everywhere inside the mountain. The team who makes it out with the most tokens wins immunity."
"I don't care if we have to spend all week in those caves," Priya whispered to Millie.
"Speaking of spending a week in a cave..." Millie groaned as she adjusted her pants.
"What ridiculous costumes!" Heather laughed.
"It does look a bit silly," Sol noted. "Who in their right mind would wear that?" He then noticed Sam in a similar superhero outfit, albeit with a green and blue color scheme. The gamer did a few poses but fell over his own feet. "Looks like we found our replacement for Lucas," Sol muttered.
"Side note," Chris continued, "You do NOT want to stay in one place very long in there."
"You've gotta warn them!" Chef sternly told him. "If you don't, I will."
"Warn us about what?" Zoey nervously asked.
"This is barely worth mentioning," Chris added with a sigh, "But Chef seems to be under the impression that there's some sort of giant monster in there."
"It was real," Chef protested, "And big and it was eating tokens faster than I could hide 'em!"
"Fine. There's a 'monster' in the cave. It eats tokens and children. No one will survive!"
"A real-life Kaiju?" Sam gushed. "Cool."
"You find the idea of getting eaten alive to be 'cool'?" Courtney scoffed.
"No, I never said-"
"More importantly," Chris cut off before blowing his air horn, "It's challenge time! Head on in."
"Wait," Dawn spoke up, "What happens if we all refuse to do this challenge?"
"Yeah," Scott agreed as he and Dawn removed their backpacks, "I really don't wanna get eaten and die in this attire. It's one of my better tanks."
"Well," Chris explained, "You still have to go all the way through the caves to reach the other exit because this one is closed!" He pressed a button, and a rock slide rumbled down, splitting up the group. Geoff, Harold, Austin, Zee and Sol were pushed out of the caves while everyone else ducked inside. "Looks like a few are already out," Chris noted as Chef had a gasped expression. "And go!"
"You're insane, McLean," Harold scoffed. Inside the caves, Julia, Courtney and Bowie were recovering from the rock slide. "Where are the others?" Julia thought. "Did they get buried? That means...I'm in the finals!" She started to dance and cheer. "I'm in the finals! Yeah, I'm in the finals! Whoo! I'm in the fi-"
"Ahem," Tyler cut off as the remaining campers returned to their feet. "Were you seriously just celebrating us getting crushed?"
"What?" Julia fibbed. "No!"
Confessional: Julia and Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"I was," Julia said with a smile.
"You totally were," Bowie agreed.
"But you were thinking it."
"Maybe a little bit."
End Confessional
The campers started walking down the tunnels. "Come on!" Julia complained as she saw Bowie lying on the ground. "Let's go!"
"Wait," Bowie coughed out, "I inhaled too much rubble dust. Maybe you can rub my back?" Julia moaned before punching Bowie's back. "Will you slackers move it?!" Courtney scolded as she dragged the duo with her. "Next time this happens, you're done, got it?"
"Yes, ma'am," Bowie coughed out.
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"Operation: Slow Julia Down commence."
End Confessional
Priya, Millie, Carly, Shawn, Keith and Dave reached a bridge over a lake of green goop. "Oh, great," Shawn sarcastically whipped. "Toxic waste."
"Just follow me and be careful," Priya warned the group. They stepped forward, though Dave was clinging onto Keith's back. Priya stepped on a plate, triggering a faucet and a monitor. "Hi," Chris greeted. "Welcome to the Toxic Sludge Room. Careful. That green stuff can melt a car, so probably not great for your skin. Hmm, maybe this stuff can be reused for later... Good luck!"
"Wait," Chef cut in, "Is that why you borrowed my car? My insurance won't cover-" The monitor switched off and pulled up, revealing tokens dangling down. "We better get out of here," Millie reasoned.
"We can't pass up that many tokens!" Priya protested.
"Uh, yeah, we can."
"Priya, we should be careful around this gunk," Carly told her. "Did you not just say-?" However, Priya was already running towards the tokens. "Why did you guys let that idiot linger around for that long?" Keith muttered.
"This thing is really up in there," Millie groaned as she adjusted her pants. Priya swung over and grabbed the tokens. "Tokens coming your way!" she exclaimed as she started tossing them towards her teammates.
"Hang on," Millie said. However, a token smacked her in the face. "Wait!" Carly warned. Another token hit her in the nose and knocked her over on the bridge. Priya grabbed the remaining tokens and landed on a rock, then flung the tokens to her teammates. "Hey!" Shawn shouted as he missed a token and it dissolved in the toxic waste. Keith missed an incoming token and slipped, with him landing on top of Dave. "Ow..." the germaphobe groaned.
"Priya!" Millie and Carly cried out. Another token knocked Millie over but she caught the last one. "I got one!" she cheered.
"You got one?!" Priya cried out in disbelief.
"Priya," Carly breathed out as she regained her footing, "Have you considered that we're not as skilled as you are with challenges?"
"Which is why I put in hard work training Millie. She should've caught all of the tokens!" Carly could only fall over, with her face hitting the bridge. "Keep doing that and you'll bust your nose, Morningstar," Keith scoffed.
Confessional: Carly (Confused Bears)
"Maybe Keith has a point. A reality pro like Priya would know to pocket the tokens in her pack rather than risk losing them to amateurs, which includes me, but she didn't. We better hope Bowie's idea works or it might be curtains for Priya at the Bears' next elimination."
End Confessional
"I'm seriously experiencing hungry bum here," Millie complained as she adjusted her pants again.
"Hey, Bears!" Chef called out in a panic over the monitor. "Quick, you're running out of time! Do you see a green four-door sedan in there?"
"Got bigger concerns right now," Shawn gulped as the toxic waste started dissolving the bridge.
"Come on!" Carly rallied. "We gotta go!" The group rushed out of the room. Inside another room, the remaining Bears and most of the Frogs gasped in amazement as they saw a room stuffed with tokens. "Jackpot!" Tyler cheered. "Let's start bagging them up!"
"Hold on," Alejandro told him as he held him back. "There might be some sort of deception at play here. Chris would never make the challenge easy and straightforward as this."
"You're just trying to psych us out like always," Destiny argued. "If there was a trick, we would already see it or know about it. Stop trying to ruse us, Mister Oily Snake!"
"Whoa, calm down," Nikki cut in as she stepped between the duo. "Alejandro has a point. A room filled to the brim with gold...I really doubt Chris would let any team get an easy win."
"Oh, of course you would think that, Pale Slim Shady."
"Desi!" Greg cried out as he covered her mouth. He turned to Nikki and shared the same confused look as she had.
Confessional: Nikki (Frogs of Death)
"Okay, why the Shady reference? I didn't roast her or tell her to disappear abracadabra-style."
Confessional: Greg (Confused Bears)
"Seriously, why did Desi lash out like that? Al or Val or Ethan I get, but Nikki? She didn't do anything wrong!"
End Confessionals
"Still," Ethan thought as he picked a token up, "We mustn't look a gift horse in the mouth. To sweet victory for us all!"
"Speaking of sweet," Paul told him, "Is it just me or do these tokens smell like the inside of a Hershey's factory?"
"Oil Man is right," Helga realized as she picked a token up. "They smell and feel like shokolad."
"Chocolate?" Nikki thought. "The tokens are chocolate?"
"Right you are," Chris announced as a monitor flicked on. "The Cocoa Cavern is the jackpot for these chocolate-y treats. Only a few tokens are the real deal, and there's also one you do NOT wanna pull. Hope you enjoy the chocolate haystack."
"How can we figure out which tokens are real?" Zoey asked. "They all look the same."
"Just gather them up anyway," Cameron shrugged. "We'll get lucky soon enough. If not, well, we have some decent food for a bit instead of what Chef fixes." He picked up his backpack. "Hey, I think I'm getting a bit stronger. I can lift a whole bag of tokens."
"All you're lifting is air," Scarlett corrected. "Your bag's ripped."
"Huh? How did that happen?"
"AH!" Tyler screamed as he saw some shadows moving. "There's a creep in the cave!"
"It's just our own shadows, you wimp," Valerie scoffed.
"But-"
"Just focus on finding real tokens," Helga told Tyler. "We cannot let Rats win again, remember?" In the shadows, a figure cloaked in black silently giggled before creeping off, but not before slashing Sierra and Valerie's backpacks with a pocket knife. Meanwhile, the campers were trying to sort the tokens. "Still nothing to tell the chocolate from the real McCoy," Valerie grumbled as she tossed a token away.
"Maybe..." Paul thought as he tapped a finger on the token. He picked up another and heard a slight CLANG! sound. "Hey, guys!" he realized. "The real tokens are harder and will make a clinking sound. Scoop up a token and let it fall. If it clinks, it's the real deal."
"Excellent reasoning, my friend," Alejandro complimented. However, the two boys were cut off by a loud belch. They turned to see Sugar covered with chocolate. "Tell me you didn't swallow a token whole like a python," Ethan moaned.
"Hush up, Knighty-Whitey!" Sugar scolded. "You ain't getting my chocolate! Ugh, damn. One's stuck." She tugged on a token stuck on the ground. "Wait!" Cameron warned. "That's the token Chris said would-" Sugar yanked it up, which triggered a trap door beneath the group. They screamed as they fell down a long slide until they crash landed on some lumpy mattresses. "Great work," Paul sarcastically told Sugar.
"Yeah," Tyler agreed, "And also, OW!"
Confessional: Tyler (Confused Bears)
He was scratching himself. "Man, what a fall. And why am I so itchy? Was there something in those mattresses?" He lifted his arm and was shocked to see bugs crawling up it. "Oh. Uh, hi?"
End Confessional
Bowie, Julia, Courtney, Lightning, Dawn, Scott, Duncan and DJ skid to a stop in another area. "Ugh," Bowie groaned as he tried to shake off some gunk on his shoes, "I am 100% asking production to reimburse me for these shoes."
"Wh-why are there so many bones?" Scott stammered.
"BONES?!" DJ cried out. Julia quickly clammed DJ and Bowie's mouths shut. "Shh..." Courtney scolded. "If there are this many bones, something must have-" The group looked up to see bats and tokens hanging from the ceiling. Bowie and DJ started to panic. "Will you two calm down?" Duncan quietly scolded.
"Hey," Chris whispered on a monitor, "Stay quiet. You're in the...BAT CAVE!" The noise was enough to wake the bats, making them hit Bowie and DJ. The duo ran off and screamed as the bats chased them. "Keep distracting the bats," Julia ordered. "I'll grab the tokens." She hopped up towards the tokens. "Forget the tokens!" DJ cried out. "RUN!" Julia simply grabbed the tokens and hopped down. "She's got the tokens already!" Courtney shouted as she ran ahead, unaware that the shadow figure slashed her backpack. "Let's go!" Bowie and DJ screamed as the bats dragged them away.
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
He groaned. "Julia didn't even break a sweat. Throwing this challenge is gonna be harder than I thought. Maybe it's time for Lightning to take his role now." He noticed a bat in the confessional and screamed as he backed away from it.
End Confessional
"Let go of them!" Dawn groaned as she, Duncan, Lightning and Scott pulled on DJ and Bowie. The bats soon released the duo, making the group crash into a pile. "Thanks, guys," DJ groaned as he stood up. "Aw, man. The bats got into my bag and tore it up."
"I think they're gone," Scott breathed out. "Phew."
"I like bats," Duncan noted as he leaned against a rock, "But not when they're that close to me."
"We gotta get going," Lightning told the group. "Lightning won't lose this challenge just cause of some stupid bats."
"Agreed," Bowie replied as he brushed off his shirt. "It will give us time to form our plan to boot Courtney."
"What?" Duncan, Scott and Lightning questioned as Dawn gave him a quizzical stare.
"I thought Dawn already told you. We have a solid alliance after all and she's been nothing but troubles."
Confessional: Dawn (Toxic Rats)
"This must be the plan Bowie was talking about. I think I can play along."
End Confessional
"Bowie is right," Dawn said. "Much as I hate to admit it, I fear Courtney is far too lost to the demon known as 'the game' to be saved right now."
"I can't sha-lieve this!" Lightning angrily screamed before storming off. Scott was about to say something but Bowie merely dragged him off. "What do we do, man?" DJ worriedly asked Duncan.
"How about not just standing here," Duncan told him. "Let's move." He dragged DJ behind him as he ran ahead. "Hope that worked," Dawn muttered while walking ahead.
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"Awesome," Priya told her group. "It's a waterslide and a bunch more tokens. This will be fun."
"Are you sure?" Dave gulped. "We can't even see where this slide ends."
"It ends with us getting all these tokens and winning the challenge. Right?"
"Right!" Millie rallied.
"You ready?"
"One sec." Millie adjusted her pants again. "Let's do this!" she cheered. However, rocks started raining down from above. "We gotta go!" Shawn shouted as he slid down the water. Priya, Millie and Carly hopped down next and slid past the tokens dangling down. "Grab them, twig!" Keith ordered as he held Dave above his head while sliding down. Dave managed to grab two and pocket them in his backpack. Meanwhile, the girls were sliding past when they approached more tokens. Priya grabbed them and tossed them towards Millie. However, Millie and Carly were struggling to keep themselves above water and missed the tokens. "Did you catch them?" Priya asked.
"Again, Priya?" Carly scolded. "Didn't I just say-?"
"Girls!" Shawn shouted from afar. "Look!" The girls screamed as they saw the waterfall up ahead. Priya and Carly jumped onto a rope holding a token, with Priya quickly grabbing Millie by her pants, all while the tokens fell down below. "Nice catch," Carly breathed out. "Millie, you okay?"
"I think my wedgie went supernova," Millie moaned.
"Hey, guys," Shawn greeted. "No tokens, huh?"
"We can still make this work," Priya assured the group. "We just have to lower ourselves down there and gather up all those tokens..."
"Is-is something moving down there?" Millie nervously asked. A large creature slithered its purple scales in the water. "Scratch that," Shawn decided. "Hey, I can see Dave and Keith. Hold on!" He swung the rope towards the boys, which they caught just in time. "Too close," Keith breathed out. "You guys get any tokens?"
"More focused on surviving," Carly informed him. "You?"
"Two tokens!" Dave cheered. "I got two! I bet it's two more than Sky! Yeah! Winner, winner, chicken dinner!"
"Two ain't gonna cut it," Keith sternly told him. "We'd better keep moving." Down another path, the Gophers, Sam and Phoebe reached an area filled with giant mushrooms and tokens dangling from the ceiling. "Oh, I get it," Helen realized. "Gotta bounce on the mushrooms and grab the tokens. Leave it to me!" She climbed up and bounced on one mushroom. She tried once, twice to grab the tokens and ended up crashing to the ground. "Where did the mushroom go?" Helen dazedly asked as stars twirled around her head.
"Looks like the Mushroom Pod already has some ouchies," Chris teased from the monitor. "As you can see, you need to jump up high to collect the tokens, but like in baseball, three strikes will have you go SPLAT."
"That's not how baseball works," Phoebe thought.
"McLean probably said that to irritate us on purpose," Gwen reasoned. "Now, how about the tokens?"
"I got a better idea," Lacey thought. "Gwen, on my shoulders. Helen, get on Owen's. It'll help us better than those mushrooms."
"Is that even allowed?" Phoebe asked. "Mister Chris said we-"
"Since when has Chris ever cared for the rules? If you and Game Guy wanna go ahead and jump, go ahead. Helen proved that there's ground underneath, so it'll make a path easier."
"Gotcha," Sam replied. "Just imagine this place as an underground level from Super Mario." He hummed a bit as he started jumping from mushroom to mushroom. "Cha-ching!" he exclaimed as he collected the tokens.
"Hey!" Heather complained. "You're supposed to help US, you traitor!"
"Already got a plan for that," Sam assured her.
Confessional: Sam (Toxic Rats)
"My plan to help the others is simple: collect as many tokens as I can, then swap my bag for someone else's. That way, I still look useful to the Rats and also help out the other teams. My bag looks most like Millie's, so I'll swap hers. Plus, I kinda doubt that she got many tokens compared to the others."
End Confessional
"Fifty tokens!" Sam cheered after jumping off the mushrooms. "Don't worry, guys. I made sure to save you some."
"I think we can reach them," Gwen noted. "Hang on." She and Helen started grabbing tokens and put them in their bags. "Looks like a lot, guys," Owen complimented. "Nice."
"Whee!" Phoebe exclaimed as she hopped on the mushrooms. "This is fun!" She slipped on one mushroom and fell to the ground. "Ow. My butt bone's bruised. Hope the others are doing good." In another area, the Frogs and remaining Bears were recovering from their long fall down. "Okay, that hurt," Jasmine groaned as she stood up.
"I think everyone is accounted for," Alejandro noted. "And so are our tokens."
"Uh-oh," Sierra moaned. "My token isn't. My bag must've ripped during the fall."
"Ugh, same with mine," Valerie groaned as she slammed her backpack on the ground. "It's nothing but junk weighing me down now."
"Wait a minute," Greg realized as he examined Helga and Ethan's ripped backpacks. "There's too many tears for it to be accidental. Someone intentionally tore these bags while we weren't looking."
"What?" Zoey gasped in shock. "But why?"
"To keep us from winning this challenge," Sky reasoned. "Julia has to be the one behind it. That or someone allied with her. She must know by now that everyone's gunning for her."
"It could easily be sabotage from our own team," Valerie pointed out as she shot a glare towards Zoey, "If the last challenge was anything to go by."
"Me?" Zoey thought. "N-no! I didn't-"
"She unfortunately makes a valid point," Alejandro noted. "We are quick to assume Julia, but it also could easily be someone with an ax against someone and using the other people as a diversion."
"Guess that rules out Ethan and Desi," Greg put in. "Your bag and Sugar's are untouched."
"Of course Sugar's bag is untouched," Sierra said. "No one's gonna mess with someone who can punch your lights out with their pinkie."
"Yet they did dare," Helga pointed out as she motioned to her ripped backpack. "Saboteur has guts. Guts that Helga will rip out."
"It's got to be this Nicole character," Destiny declared.
"You mean me?" Nikki asked. "What? Okay, this is nuts. Why would I do that? We're way behind, as far as we know."
"Yeah, Desi," Greg defended. "Nikki wouldn't sabotage her own team, and especially not Helga."
"Yes, she would!" Destiny argued.
"What makes you even think that?"
"Because she's a no-good, bitchy little whore is why!" The group gasped in shock at Destiny's accusation. "Okay," Ethan thought, "Not even I called Sugar that."
"Destiny Howowitz," Greg seethed, "You have officially crossed the line. You'd better take that back if you know what's good for you."
"Why?!" Destiny argued back. "She clearly warped your innocent noggin! I'm not gonna let her get away with it!"
"There is no proof of any maliciousness from Nikki! You have no ground to stand on!"
"Uh, should we get involved?" Nikki quietly asked Helga.
"Not unless you want to die," Paul told the duo. "Trust the guy that knows how volatile these two can get when they're pissed off."
"We'd better leave them be," Alejandro recommended. "Come on." The group crept off, leaving Destiny and Greg behind.
Confessional: Alejandro (Confused Bears)
"I am loving this tension. If we lose, one of those two former pals will get cut. It doesn't matter which one. They're both a splinter to my plans."
End Confessional
"Those bats better be the monster Chef was talking about," DJ gulped as the majority of the Rats ran ahead. Bowie started to panic after running into a big spider web. "Whoa," Julia gasped as she pointed to a spider web full of tokens, "Look at that!"
"No way," Bowie protested. "I can't even win this. Let's keep moving!"
"We are NOT leaving these tokens for the others to find," Courtney sternly told him. "Julia, grab them."
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"One time, I saw a spider in the basement of our house. I ran upstairs screaming and haven't been back down there in four years...and that's where my bedroom is!" He shuddered. "But I have to slow Julia down or this plan falls apart."
End Confessional
Julia reached for a token... "Wait!" Bowie warned as he pulled her back. "Don't you know anything about spiders? You move a strand of this web and it'll alert the obviously huge beast that made it."
"Oh, please," Courtney scoffed. "You're just making excuses for not grabbing the tokens."
"He's not wrong about the spider," Duncan countered. "That's how the web-builders work to catch and drain their prey dry like Owen does a juice box."
"So what do you suggest?" Julia asked.
"We need to move very, VERY slowly," Bowie advised, "Like those hot cat burglars who do yoga poses to avoid laser grids in the movies. Plus, it'll give me a chance to show off how hot I look in these pants."
"Very impressive," Courtney said with an eye roll, "But..." She tossed Bowie to the web, flinging the tokens off. "Those yoga poses are really paying off," Julia noted.
"Courtney!" DJ scolded. "Why did you do that?!"
"Oh, come on!" Bowie groaned as he struggled in the web.
"Bowie, stop struggling," Julia reminded him as she put the tokens in her backpack. "Remember, any movement can alert the-" She looked up. "Oh, heh-heh, there she is." A giant spider slid down, sending Bowie into a panic. "Aw, I think she likes you," Julia teased. Bowie screamed as the spider wrapped him up in sticky webs.
Confessional: Julia (Toxic Rats)
"Plot twist: I don't really care if Bowie gets eaten. As long as I beat the nerds, I'm safe."
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"What has eight legs and is the worst thing on this planet? Four Julias."
End Confessionals
The spider finished wrapping up Bowie and zipped up. "Now that was teamwork," Julia complimented as she and Courtney walked over to him. "I never would've gotten all these tokens without your help."
"I think it's best if we go alone now," Courtney decided.
"You're gonna leave him?" DJ asked.
"Wait!" Bowie shouted, stopping the two girls. "My vote! If we somehow lose, you'll need my vote to take out the threat."
"That's because you're MAKING US LOSE!" Courtney argued. "Scott put you up to this, didn't he?"
"No," Scott defended. "I didn't put him up to anything." Julia just groaned before using her fingernail to slice Bowie free. "Slow us down again," she warned as she and Courtney glared at them, "We'll leave you behind. Duncan, watch over Scott. Courtney, with me and Bowie." The two girls and Bowie ran off.
Confessional: Julia (Toxic Rats)
"I am unbeatable. The money is already practically mine, so all day, I've been saying my three favorite words: Add. To. Cart.
End Confessional
The spider slid down with silverware and pouted when it saw the emptiness in its web. "Poor kid," DJ sighed. "Uh, maybe I have... Yep. Leftover hamburger. Eat up." He tossed the spider the burger, which it caught and happily ate. "At least it'll leave us alone," Scott breathed out.
"Let's keep moving," Duncan ordered as he dragged Scott by the arm. "Yo, love couple, hurry up."
"Yeah, Little Miss Sha-Traitor," Lightning bitterly told Dawn as he joined the boys. "Move. Uh, that another spider?" He pointed to a shadow figure creeping down. "Maybe it's Sam or Geoff," DJ reasoned. "Hey, man. Join up."
"But...the aura seems too dark for it to be them," Dawn thought before gasping. "Don't go near it! Whoever it is is brimmed with EVIL!"
"Like I'm gonna listen to you," Lightning scoffed. "It's just-" He was yanked back by Dawn and screamed as he narrowly avoided the blade of a pocket knife to the stomach by the shadow figure. "The fuck?!" Scott cried out. "That could've KILLED him!" The shadow figure stepped out of the shadows, revealing a person cloaked all in black with a ski mask and piercing blue eyes. "I can't detect an ounce of empathy from that guy," Dawn gulped. "We must escape!"
"I'll hold this sucker off," Duncan told her as he cracked his knuckles. "Make a break for it." He noticed Scott backing up. "Not you. You're staying with me. The rest of you go." DJ helped Dawn carry Lightning away. The cloaked figure threw another thrust towards the boys, but Duncan quickly caught the arm and flung the pocket knife away. He then kicked the figure in the stomach, pushing the figure away. The figure charged at Duncan and the duo started getting in a fist brawl, all while Scott hid behind a rock and the spider covered its eyes with its arms.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"Okay, I know the show is cutthroat by nature, but stabbing someone? It's like whoever that is is deliberately trying to kill us just like Luna did! Could it-? No. Luna didn't have blue eyes and Duncan isn't struggling against whoever that is."
Confessional: Duncan (Toxic Rats)
He was covered with bruises and had a black eye. "Whoever that creep was, they sure knew how to fight."
End Confessionals
Soon, the Frogs and Gophers and most of the Bears met up in a large room. "Hey, guys," Ethan greeted. "How are you doing?"
"Grabbed quite a few tokens," Helen confidently replied. "Bet you guys did, too."
"Not really," Tyler admitted. "Someone keeps slashing our bags and swiping our tokens."
"Seriously?! Oh, man!"
"Julia must've gotten wind of our plan and is trying to sabotage the others," Sam reasoned.
"I wouldn't put it past Courtney, either," Lacey put in. "She's just as bad as Julia, if not worse."
"Oh, I see more tokens!" Lindsay exclaimed while pointing ahead. The group ran over to a podium where a sparking silver token rested inside a clear bag. "Just one token?" Heather scoffed. "It's hardly even worth the effort!"
"Wait a second," Nikki noted. "Something's written here. It says that whoever grabs the Supreme Token of Awesomeness here guarantees safety for their team!"
"That is so ours," Valerie declared.
"Uh-uh," Phoebe protested as she inched away from the podium "No touching the token. Uh-uh. No way."
"And give up an easy win?!" Jo shouted. "You-"
"Hold on," Ethan advised. "Remember that booby-trapped token? We might trigger another trap if we take that silver token."
"I can see a pressure plate," Scarlett noted as she examined the podium. "Whatever trap was designed in here will release if the token is taken."
"Pressure plate?" Lacey reasoned. "Well, that's easy. Just quickly swap the token with something just as heavy. The tokens us Gophers collected should be enough."
"No," Phoebe whimpered. "It won't work."
"I've gotta side with her on this," Gwen agreed. "I don't think we should risk losing the tokens we have for some chance. We're going." She and Phoebe started walking off. "Uh, I should probably go, too," Sam spoke up. "I gotta deliver these tokens to the other Bears. Bye." He soon dashed off. "Good luck, guys," Trent called out.
Confessional: Gwen (Screaming Gophers)
"Are those guys gullible or something? Anyone who's seen Raiders of the Lost Ark knows that the item swap trick never worked. It just caused the room to cave in. Hopefully they come to their senses and bail."
End Confessional
"So, what do we do?" Bryan asked. "Do we swap our tokens for that one? And if we do swap it, how will we decide which team gets the token?"
"Sam mentioned delivering a bunch of tokens to the other Bears," Helen thought, "So they'll be safe."
"I don't mind declining the token," Alejandro humbly replied. "Come on, Bears. Let's leave our friends be."
"Bye!" Lindsay exclaimed as she waved to them.
"Well," Heather decided, "Since it's our tokens being given up, I'd say we get the silver token."
"Hold it, Hag Queen," Jo argued. "It should be the Frogs since we have zero tokens!"
"Both of you shut up," Lacey ordered as she readied her team's tokens. "We'll decide after the swap. Now, absolute silence." She examined the podium and held up the backpack of tokens. Helen, Lindsay, Zoey and Owen watched with bated breath as Lacey reached for the silver token...then quickly swapped it for the bag of tokens. "Whoo-hoo!" Leshawna cheered. "You did it, girl!" The group froze as they felt the room shake and the roof start to crumble. "Oh, she did it, alright," Mike gulped. "We gotta get out of here!" Everyone started running towards the exit and barely escaping before the rocks blocked the doorway. "Please tell me someone has that token," Scarlett moaned. Lacey smirked before holding up the silver token.
"Thanks for saving me back there," Bowie panted as he, Julia and Courtney ran ahead.
"It wasn't personal," Julia explained. "I need your vote."
"At least let me carry this bag of tokens as a thank-you."
"No way!" Courtney scolded as she slapped Bowie's hand away. "Keep those grumpy hands to yourself!"
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"Crud."
Confessional: Courtney (Toxic Rats)
"No way do I trust him. Have you seen how he's been acting? He's trying to throw the challenge! After Scott, he'll be the next to go."
End Confessionals
"Would you really have let that spider eat me?" Bowie asked.
"I don't know," Julia shrugged, "Probably. We're the villains. We were created by nature for balance." They crashed into the other campers and landed in a heap. "Way to get in our way!" Courtney complained.
"Like you're one to talk," Lacey whipped back.
"Don't forget this," Julia told Millie as she picked up the backpack. However, she quickly realized the weight of it. "This feels light. Did you guys forget that the challenge is to take the tokens?" Julia laughed as she, DJ, Lightning and Dawn and Courtney ran off past the Gophers. "Hey!" Millie shouted. "Give us back our token!" The bag was tossed away, which Bowie caught. "Token?!" Bowie seethed. "Singular?! I almost got eaten by a spider and this is all you've got?!"
"You're blaming all of us for the failure?" Nikki thought. "Not fair! It's all on this one person messing up our game!"
"Not sure if we're thinking the same person," Carly reasoned, "But in the Bears' case, it's definitely Priya's fault we're so far behind."
"Carly!" Priya gasped. "How dare-"
"I'm sorry, but something HAS to be said! We were supposed to be collecting tokens and our group put trust in the so-called reality TV pro, but instead of being smart and pocketing the tokens, you tossed the tokens around like a monkey tosses its feces!"
"You were supposed to catch them!"
"And you are clearly overestimating everyone! But I guess that makes sense since you were raised by the most God-awful parents on Earth to act like you are right now!" Carly gave a cry as her headband was ripped off by Priya. "Consider yourself expelled from the Super Alliance," Priya angrily told her.
"What, for opening your eyes?!" Carly lashed back.
"Both of you calm down," Sam instructed as he stepped between the two girls. "Fighting gets us nowhere, does it? We need unity if we're gonna take Julia down."
"Easier said than done," Helga scoffed. "Some saboteur is ripping our bags and even cause two friends to be at each others' throats."
"Destiny even called me a whore," Nikki added with shock. "Can you imagine?"
"'Vengeance-driven' was my first choice of words to describe you after our last elimination," Bryan put in. "How you hurt Helen like that..."
"Can we get back to the task at hand?" Cameron cut off. "Bowie, I assumed you would try to slow down Julia."
"Scott said the same thing," Zoey added.
"I've been trying!" Bowie seethed. "She's gone full Crypt Raider in here! Plus, Duncan's guarding Scott like Fort Knox!" He tossed Millie's backpack back to her. "Go find tokens. Now. Julia! Wait up!" Bowie ran off. "Oh, man," Shawn moaned. "We are so done."
"I, uh, wouldn't be too sure of that," Sam assured him as he passed him his backpack. "Here you go. Keep an eye on it."
"It's full of tokens! You sure about this?"
"Someone has to help you guys. Might as well be me. Gotta go." Sam soon ran off. "A sweet effort and all," Zoey sighed, "But there's no way we're gonna get more tokens than Julia."
"Why?" Echo asked.
"She did collect a bunch of tokens," Ethan noted, "And she's got a lead on us."
"Oh. Yeah. Julia is definitely a fast runner...especially without all that weight weighing her down."
"Weight?" Dave asked. "Julia's one of the skinniest girls here." Echo simply pointed to Julia's backpack, now lying on the dirt. "All of Julia's tokens!" Zoey gasped as she picked up the bag. "She must've lost it when we crashed. We still have a-"
"Mine!" Sugar barked out as she snatched the bag and ran off. "Hello, spa hotel!"
"Hey! We needed that!"
"We'll deal with her," Paul assured her. "Let's move on and see if there's more tokens to find." Up ahead, Julia was halfway across a rope bridge. "The exit!" she exclaimed. "We made it!"
"Yes," Bowie breathed out as he rushed ahead, "Let me out of this nightmare factory."
"Wait up!" Courtney shouted as she ran after him. Lightning and Dawn joined them when they noticed something twinkling below. "Hey, there's tokens down there!" Julia gasped as she looked down.
"So?" Dawn asked.
"So go get-" Julia, Dawn and Lightning got a shocked look as they saw something huge in the water. "Chef's monster was sha-real?" Lightning gulped.
"Uh, yeah," Julia decided, "I think I have enough tokens."
"Oh, no!" Zoey moaned as the Frogs, Bears and Gophers reached the bridge. "We're at the exit already?!"
"Yep. Looks like one of you will be voting someone off."
"Not us, though," Heather decided as she rushed ahead with the silver token. "Move, Gophers!"
"Same with us, Bears," Alejandro instructed. "Um, anyone have you-know-who?"
"Yeah," Paul sighed as he carried Destiny in one hand and Greg in another. "I got them. Hopefully they can clear things up soon." The Bears, save for Millie and Priya, walked across the bridge and headed outside. "Good luck, girls," Dawn told them.
"Yeah, sure," Julia sarcastically agreed before turning to the Frogs, "But since I'm a nice person, there's some tokens in this pond. Not enough to win, but enough to lose a little less embarrassingly."
"So why aren't you going after them?" Scarlett asked with suspicion.
"And get my hair wet before my victory selfie? Not a chance. See you later." Julia ran outside. "Don't worry, guys," Dawn assured the Frogs. "I believe you'll have better luck with the challenge...but worse luck romantically."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Sky asked.
"I suppose we should just march ahead," Scarlett reasoned. "At best, we can force a tie with the Rats." Most of the Frogs walked ahead, though Mike noticed Zoey looking down at the tokens. "Even if I can't carry them all," she muttered, "We must at least try to get some."
"Uh, Zoey," Mike spoke up, "I don't think that's a good idea. I'm sure we'll be okay at elimination. Don't take an unnecessary risk."
"Well, Mike, sometimes we have to take risks."
"She's right," Millie added as she and Zoey slipped to the other side of the rope of the bridge. "We could've had more tokens if we had tried harder. Let us try to get these. Maybe there's more than we think down there."
"Don't," Priya protested. "It looks dangerous and there aren't enough tokens to change things anyway, so-"
"We need to try," Zoey cut off. "If we lose, the villains will try to cut one of us."
"Or they might vote you, Priya," Millie added. "Despite what Carly said, you're definitely good at this game. At least, compared to someone like me."
Confessional: Priya (Confused Bears)
"She's right. I'm done. I did kinda mess up by assuming Millie could catch the tokens." She sighed. "Maybe getting those tokens will boost Millie's confidence enough to get her through the next challenge without me. Ugh, that's not gonna happen, either. Poor Millie."
End Confessional
Just then, Duncan and a tired Scott reached the bridge. "Seriously?" Duncan complained. "There's more?" He looked down to see tokens lying below. "Oh, lucky me!" He was quickly restrained by Scott. "Go, girls!" the dirt farmer rallied. "Hurry!" Zoey and Millie quickly jumped down before landing in the water. "There's a lot of tokens here," Zoey noted as she grabbed some. Unknown to the duo, a giant purple fin rose up from the water. "WHOA!" Priya gasped in shock. "MILLIE!"
"Zoey, get out of there!" Mike warned. Zoey and Millie turned but saw nothing. "SWIM!" Priya and Mike shouted. "SWIM!" A humongous fish leaped up and swallowed Zoey and Millie whole. "MILLIE!" Priya cried out.
"ZOEY!" Mike shouted. "That fish is about to become sushi if it harms a hair on her!"
"We gotta do something," Scott reasoned. He was nudged away by Duncan. "Did something," the delinquent said.
"That's not funny, guys!" Mike scolded. "They-" The bridge started to shake, making them grab onto the rope. "What's going on?" Priya worriedly asked. Duncan looked over and saw the shadow figure from earlier sawing the ropes to the bridge until they were cut, making the group fall into the water.
"285," Chef counted from the Bears' coins, "286."
"Wow," Chris complimented, "286! That's quite a haul from the Bears."
"Ha," Julia boasted. "That's nothing compared to what I- Hey! My backpack! It's gone! The Bears must've stolen it!"
"So what if we did?" Sugar taunted while shaking her hips. "Nothing against doing that."
"She's right," Chris replied just as Julia was about to speak. "No rules against stealing another team's tokens." Julia stifled a small groan before turning her attention to her phone. "No worries about us, Chris," Heather said as she held up the silver token. "This is enough for the Gophers."
"You got the Supreme Token of Awesomeness and survived?" Chris thought. "Impressive. Consider that token being valued at 286 tokens, as well. Bears and Gophers are safe. Frogs and Rats currently have zero. You must be very-"
"Shh," Julia shushed. "Your fellow winner is shopping."
"You know you haven't won anything yet, right?" Cameron questioned. "We can force a tiebreaker."
"Even if the Rats lose, Bowie, Geoff, Courtney, Duncan, Austin and I are voting off Scott tonight. The other teams will crumble without his challenge-throwing butt saving them and I've already beaten these losers more times than I can count." DING! "White kitten heel booties! Yes, I will."
Inside the giant fish, Zoey was walking around. "Millie?" she called out. "Millie, where are you?" Inside another area, Millie was sitting down when she heard Priya's scream. "Priya!" Millie gasped as she hugged her. "He got you, too?"
"Well, I wasn't gonna let some silly fish monster split up the Super Alliance," Priya replied. Back with Zoey, she noticed Duncan and Scott's screams as they fell into the fish. "Duncan! Scott!" Zoey cried out. "Are you okay?"
"Smell a bit like fish," Scott groaned as he stood up, "But I'm good."
"Look what I found." Zoey motioned to a huge pile of tokens. "Look at all those tokens!" Scott gasped with excitement. "There must be a thousand here! This challenge is yours, Zoey!" He was knocked over by Duncan's punch. "What was that for?" Zoey scolded.
"This whole mess is all his fault!" Duncan argued. "His stupid challenge-throwing is messing all of us up!"
"Says the guy that willingly sides with the biggest bitch on the Rats," Scott countered. "Zoey, step back. This is gonna get messy."
"Guys, please," Zoey begged as she took a few steps back, "Don't fight over this."
"Why not?" Duncan scoffed. "I warned you this guy's a scumbag and you didn't listen."
"So you're saying Julia's better to have?" Scott argued. "She'll dump us all like flies!"
"Guys..." Zoey warned them.
"At least she isn't sabotaging us like you," Duncan pointed out as he shoved Scott away.
"Better me than that bitch!" Scott shouted as he shoved Duncan back. However, his push was hard enough to cause Duncan to stumble over and crash into Zoey, with the two accidentally sharing a kiss. "Duncan!" Zoey gasped in shock. "Wh-why-?"
"Oh, crap," Duncan gulped as he quickly got up and got an embarrassed look.
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"I swear I didn't mean to do that! Another enemy on my ass now. Great."
Confessional: Zoey (Frogs of Death)
"That's not how I wanted my first kiss to go. I was thinking of it being in the rain with Mike, not inside a fish with Duncan. Oh, God. What will Mike or Lacey think if they found out?"
Confessional: Duncan (Toxic Rats)
"Lacey's gonna kill me, but not before I kill Scott for setting this up!"
End Confessionals
"We found you," Millie breathed out as she and Priya reached the trio. "And wow. Tokens."
"Sorry, ladies," Scott told them. "Zoey got dibs on these."
"No, she-" Duncan protested. However, a swift kick to the groin silenced him. "You just signed your death warrant, Scott."
"It won't matter if we can't get out of here," Millie told them. "Mike was lucky to not get swallowed, but he can't help. Last I checked, he's clinging to that fish monster's back."
"I can get us out of here," Priya confidently replied.
"How?" Zoey asked.
"One summer, my parents brought me to Aqua Ocean Park every day and made me escape from inside a whale."
"Yikes. Either you must've gotten in major trouble or your parents seriously hated you. Why else would they-?" Millie quickly gagged Zoey's mouth. "Ignore her, Priya," she nervously laughed. "Just work your magic." She then whispered to Zoey, "Don't bring that subject up again. It's pretty sensitive and even caused a fight between Carly and Priya."
Confessional: Millie (Confused Bears)
"See? Not even writing it down. I am officially done judging people. But that is weird and concerning, right?"
End Confessional
"Ready?" Priya asked the group as she hung from the fish monster's uvula.
"Ready," Millie replied. "I think."
"Sit tight. I'll have us all out in a jiffy." Priya started punching the uvula. Back outside, the rest of the campers were waiting for the group. "How much longer are we gonna wait for these losers to show up?" Julia demanded.
"I guess the monster did eat some of the contestants," Chris sighed as he passed Chef some money.
"Thank you very much," Chef replied as he pocketed the money.
"That means the winner of immunity is..." Just then, the cave started to rumble. "What is that?" Nikki asked. The fish monster emerged from the cave and opened its jaws. "This...is...your...monster!" Priya groaned as she fully opened the jaws up.
"Yeah!" Millie cheered as she and Priya ran over to the teams.
"You're alive!" Carly gasped as she hugged the duo. "Oh, thank goodness! Priya, sorry if I was harsh earlier. Millie and I care about you, is all."
"Does that mean the others are alive?" Sky asked. Zoey stepped out of the fish monster next. "Here I am," she assured them.
"Okay," Chris said, "But do you have any tokens?"
"Doubt it," Valerie scoffed. "She's incompetent at best."
"Sorry about this, huge fish," Zoey said. She stomped in the fish monster's tongue, making it spit out the thousand tokens, along with Scott and Duncan. "The Frogs of Death win!" Chris announced. "For a change."
"Yay!" Zoey cheered. "Ya-" She noticed Lacey smiling at her and shrank up a bit. "Uh, Mike's still missing," Paul noted. "He didn't get digested, did he?"
"Nope," Millie replied. "He's acting more like Captain Ahab, last I checked." She pointed to the top of the fish monster, where Mike was clutching on for dear life. "I'll save you, Zoey," he shakily breathed out.
"Dude, the challenge is over," DJ told him. "Let me get you-" He yelped in fright as Mike growled back. "Zoey's safe," Paul informed Mike as he yanked him free, much to the fish monster's discomfort. "Look."
"Zoey!" Mike gasped with relief as he ran over and hugged her. "I was worried that that thing-"
"I'm okay now," Zoey squeaked out. "But, um, I should probably get washed first."
"Toxic Rats," Chris told them, "With a grand total of zero tokens, you're today's losers."
"NO!" Julia cried out as she fell to her knees.
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"Well, I set out not to win the challenge, and we didn't. Yes! I kind of wish I was wearing one of those costumes now."
Confessional: Scott (Toxic Rats)
"While losing was the plan, I'm kinda worried. The scuffle between Lightning and Dawn, that kiss dilemma with Duncan and Zoey...I hope I survive."
End Confessionals
Priya and Millie started to dance with joy while the Frogs cheered at their underdog victory. Later that night, the Toxic Rats were at the campfire ceremony. DJ, Lightning, Austin, Harold, Geoff, Duncan and Courtney were seated in the back row while Scott, Sam, Dawn, Bowie and Julia were seated in the front row. "Tonight's elimination ceremony will be a little different because someone left the bag of marshmallows in the sun and they melted into one big clump," Chris began.
"I made a mistake," Chef admitted before chomping into the marshmallow clump, "A delicious mistake."
"This time, I'm just gonna read the votes. Julia, Julia." Julia looked towards Scott and Lightning, who shared a fist bump. "Julia," Chris continued, "Julia."
"Why am I not surprised?" Courtney grumbled.
"Next vote...Scott. Scott. Scott. Scott the Nerd."
"I can guess where that vote came from," Scott reasoned as he glanced towards Julia.
"Next vote...Duncan."
"What?" Duncan protested. "Did Scott get two votes?"
"No," Chris replied. "Next vote...Courtney. Another Courtney. And this one has a drawing of Courtney's stinky butt. Nice touch."
"Wish I thought of something like that," Scott chuckled.
"Thank you," Austin replied as he did a bow.
"Sit down!" Courtney scolded, knocking the cowboy over.
"That leaves Scott and Julia tied," Chris informed the group. "And only one vote left. Now-"
"Wait," Lightning cut off. "What if the last vote ain't for either of them and we're still sha-tied?"
"That's a good point," DJ agreed.
"It says so in the TD rule book, section 4 of Eliminations," Courtney smugly informed the group. "'In the event of a tie of votes during the pre-merge phase, the player who stays will be determined alphabetically.'"
"What?!" Scott and Sam gasped in shock.
"Yes!" Julia cheered as she did a little dance.
Confessional: Julia (Toxic Rats)
"I was hoping for a fight to the death, but this works, too."
Confessional: Courtney (Toxic Rats)
"Actually, no such rules exists. They don't know that, though. And besides, Chris wouldn't keep skunk Scott over the girl that creates drama as easily as she breathes."
End Confessionals
"Without further ado," Chris announced, "The final vote is for..." Julia got a confident smirk while Scott watched with worry. "..."
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"...Julia," Chris replied with shock. Julia also got a shocked look. "What?" she protested. "No! You read it wrong! It's Scott or a tie! Bowie agreed to vote for..." She gasped in realization. "YOU!" she seethed as she pointed to the smirking Bowie.
Confessional: Bowie (Toxic Rats)
"Me!"
End Confessional
"Like you said," Bowie confidently told Julia, "We're the villains."
"I'm gonna find you," Julia threatened, "And I am gonna-"
"Julia," Chris instructed, "Dock of Shame. Let's go." Julia gave an angry huff as she stormed off. "Uh, I'm kinda confused," Lightning admitted. "Lightning thought it was three votes Courtney."
"No, Lightning," Dawn informed him. "The alliance all voted for Julia."
"But you and Bowie said-"
"Sorry for the deception, Lightning. Bowie wanted to make sure that Julia dropped her guard. Seeing us apparently split on votes was the best way. Plus, we wanted to make sure you were included. I do feel bad leaving you out of the loop."
"Just warn us next time," Scott told Dawn and Bowie. "You had me worried." Back at the Dock of Shame, Julia was typing on her phone as she walked down.
Confessional: Julia (Toxic Rats)
"If a double-crosser can't trust a double-crosser, who can they trust, huh?! The answer is no one, and I FORGOT THAT! Now, if you'll excuse me...I have some...orders to cancel."
End Confessional
The Drone of Despair picked Julia up by her phone. "Hey!" she cried out as she flew off. "No! This is my last phone! Chris!"
"I'm gonna miss her," Chris commented, "But don't you miss the next exciting episode of Total...Drama...Island!"
Back at the cabins, Millie walked in with Priya and Carly. "Whoo!" Millie cheered. "I can't believe Julia's gone! We did it! Yay!" As she and Carly walked off, Priya noticed a present on her bed.
Confessional: Priya (Confused Bears)
"Aw, this must be from my parents. 'Thought you might want to see what your bestie really thinks of you.'"
End Confessional
"So what happens next?" Millie asked as she started brushing her teeth and Carly started brushing her hair. "You gonna go easy on me in the finale?" She giggled a bit. "I hope you're not too mad at what I said earlier," Carly put in. "It's just that us besties want the best for you." Priya opened the present and found a familiar notebook inside. She started to read it and got a look of utter betrayal. "I'm not counting on us splitting the money," Millie continued, "I mean, unless you wanna, but I know you have plans for med school and-"
"Priya?" Carly gasped with shock. "What are you reading? Millie..."
"Is...is that my notebook?" Priya slammed the notebook to the floor. "This is what you were writing this whole time?" she demanded with anger. "Horrible stuff about me? About my family?"
"Let her explain," Carly pleaded.
"Stay out of it! You're no better!"
"I..." Millie tried to explain, "When I...when I...first got it, I...before I knew-"
"I've carried you through EVERY SINGLE CHALLENGE," Priya angrily shouted, "And THIS is what you think of me?! You are going down!" Just outside the cabin, Echo listened in with an evil smile on her face and cloaked in a black body suit. "Oh, my," she innocently said. "Did I do that?" She put on a ski mask, letting her piercing blue eyes shine through. "Yes, I did!" she sing-songed. She then started to cackle as she walked off. "This is MY time! No one can stop me!" She continued her evil laugh as the camera panned out to the island.
Votes:
Voted for Julia: Scott, Dawn, Lightning, Sam, Bowie
Voted for Scott: Julia, Courtney, Duncan, Geoff
Voted for Courtney: Austin, DJ
Voted for Duncan: Harold
Eliminated: Julia (5-4-2-1)
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)
84) 'Dumb' Damien (Screaming Gophers)
83/82) Corey (Screaming Gophers)/Laney (Frogs of Death)
81) Jane (Frogs of Death)
80) 'Smart' Damien (Frogs of Death)
79) MK (Toxic Rats)
78/77) Wayne/Raj (Toxic Rats)
76) Dakota (Toxic Rats)
75) Lara (Confused Bears)
74) Beardo (Confused Bears)
73) Amy (Frogs of Death)
72) Ripper (Frogs of Death)
71) Chase (Screaming Gophers)
70) Emma (Toxic Rats)
69) Izzy (Screaming Gophers)
68) Cody (Screaming Gophers)
67) Beth (Screaming Gophers)
66) Rose (Screaming Gophers)
65) Ezekiel (Confused Bears)
64) Anthony (Toxic Rats)
63) Luna (Toxic Rats)
62/61) Brick (Frogs of Death)/Melody (Confused Bears)
60) Max (Screaming Gophers)
59) Rodney (Confused Bears)
58) Sarah (Screaming Gophers)
57) Bridgette (Toxic Rats)
56) Lucas (Screaming Gophers)
55) Samey (Frogs of Death)
54/53) Shane (Frogs of Death)/Ella (Confused Bears)
52) Anne-Maria (Frogs of Death)
51/50) Topher (Frogs of Death)/Blainley (Confused Bears)
49) Julia (Toxic Rats)
Episode 46 and boy, was it stuffed with drama! So, another villain falls, with it being Julia due to Bowie's scheming. From trying to slow her down to making her guard drop by saying the split on votes story with Dawn and Lightning, he played her like a fiddle. But unfortunately, he wasn't the only schemer rooted in. Not only did Echo steal Trent's bag in the dead of night and sabotage the backpacks, but she also fractured Priya and Millie's friendship by dropping the notebook. Like she said, it was her time.
I also touched more on Carly's role with Priya and trying to call her and her parents' behavior out, though it unfortunately fell on deaf ears. Like Millie said, it's a sensitive subject. Another focus was the drama between Destiny and Greg, with them even getting into their first real fight over Destiny thinking that Nikki's manipulating Greg.
Next episode will have delicious goat milk, wonderfully crafted boats and...LAVA RIVERS?! Ahem. Until next time, enjoy and have a good day.