Total Drama World Tour Rewrite

Chapter 2: Walk Like an Egyptian Part II

Beginning AN:

I can't really think of anything to put here for this specific chapter, so I will instead describe some of the big changes between this and the old version:

- The elimination order (sort of. You'll see later).
- The humor (getting rid of some of the more unfitting, catchphrase-meme using humor).
- The character bias (I'm being a bit nicer to Duncan this time, if memory serves. And arguably Owen).
- The main villain (still the same, just less "complete and total mastermind").
- And finally, a certain... "romantic subplot" that will still ultimately stay the same (after the first Aftermath it should be similar to what anyone who has read the old version has seen), but the way it starts is toned down and made less suddenly.

I also kinda removed an OC, though she never got the chance to do anything in the old version so far and it was easy enough so write her out without making any large changes at all. In addition, she's not completely gone, but she's instead... "hidden," and will make a cameo appearance much later into the story. Much.

"Alright, this is the second part of your challenge." Chris said. "Some distance from here lies the Nile River. Your task is to make it over there, where I will give you further instructions. You must keep your reward item with you at all times. Now, BEGIN!"

Ezekiel started petting the goat. "Hey there, little guy. Look, to win this we have to-"

The goat suddenly butted into him and started taking off, with Ezekiel barley managing to ride on it. Team Victory started their walk through the desert right after.

"Oh great, only one person gets to ride on the goat and it's him." Duncan snarled.

"Better him than you." Heather spat.

"Really? You think Homeschool deserves to get that million thrown at him?"

"Well, if that goat was yours, YOU would commit animal cruelty for the fun of it!"

"Well, if you had the ride, the goat would toss you off for being so annoying!"

"You're calling me annoying as an insult? Have you heard your girlfriend?"

"Hey!" Courtney shouted, her team being unable to get their camel to move.

"Jeez, forget about them!" Harold shouted, lightly pushing the animal. "We have to win this challenge!" He, along with the other seven teammates, continued to struggle. "Aw crap!"

The camel's eyes widened after hearing that last word. Several farting noises were then heard while all fifteen contestants still in the area gasped in horror.

"Oh, that is disgusting!" Duncan shouted. "And it stinks, too!"

"For once, I agree with you!" Heather said, "Let's get out of here!"

Team Chris took off, in roughly the same direction that Ezekiel went. Team Fire, in reaction to the camel's act of waste removal, started pushing more roughly. Noah and Tyler began dashing aimlessly into the sand. Gwen was about to follow them, before Courtney shouted to her. Unlike the two guys, Gwen was either within earshot or did not ignore her.

"What are you doing? Get back here! We need to bring this to the Nile, and the more people around to help us, the better! It's bad enough that Tyler and Noah ditched us, and that's saying a lot!"

(Confessional)

Duncan: I smelled a dead body once, and that camel's crap is still the worst thing I smelled in my life.

Owen: So, um... nobody will mind my farts now? Nobody? *Darts eyes back and forth, then farts.* Heh heh...

Noah: I could hear Courtney, all right. It's just that- do I even need to explain?

Tyler: Me running even when Courtney was telling us to go back was partly because of the sheer stink, and partly because I wanted to settle a few things with the guys...

(Team Chris)

"Hey guys!" Owen called, "Trent and I are gonna take a leak together! We're gonna go kinda far away, so that we won't bother you. Oh, um... don't listen in, either! Yeah!"

Duncan slapped himself.

"You think they're up to something?" Heather asked.

"If they're not, I'll eat one of my piercings."

Behind a large dune, Owen and Trent ducked into the sand.

"So..." The musician said, "Why did you call me here?"

"I think I see Tyler running over to us."

Sure enough, the jock had dashed over to the small alliance. When he reached them, he bent down and started panting.

"Hey Tyler! You're just in for us to start talking about how we can get ourselves back together!"

Trent and Tyler both gave him akward looks.

"I mean, um... with our girlfriends! Yeah! Er... ex-girlfriends!"

"So how do you think it's even possible?" Trent said.

"Oh, um... I was kind of hoping we would exchange ideas. Like, Tyler gives advice to Trent, Trent gives advice to me, you know, kinda like we're actually hitting on eachother's ex-girlfriends instead of our own!"

(Confessional)

Trent: *Looks down for several seconds, before looking up at the camera, surprized.* ...Am I really this desperate for a second chance?

(Team Fire)

Izzy was seated at the front of the camel, close by its head, holding a fishing rod with a dollar bill on the end. Behind her was Harold, trying to get comfterable while being crushed up between five other people. Directly behind Harold was Leshawna, and behind her was Bridgette, the last contestant actually on the camel. Gwen was trying to hold on from the very back, and Courtney was trying to ride on Izzy's shoulders, yet had been slipping down and occasionally stretching out the crowded group. Courtney and Gwen were staring at the dollar on the fishing rod.

"I still can't believe your idea actually worked." Courtney said.

"What did I tell you?" Izzy laughed. "I speak camel!"

Harold looked between his remaining five teammates.

"Alright, since we're all not in the middle of trying to survive or anything, I think we should talk a few things out. Like what happened in the pyramid."

"What do you mean?" Courtney said, turning her head around to face him.

"Gwen, Courtney, you two were totally gonna get into a fight over Duncan until Leshawna broke in."

Gwen tensed up at Duncan's name, nervous, and as a result fell off of the camel. Bridgette turned around the stuck a hand out, only for Gwen to dismiss it.

"I'll just walk from here on. After all, I don't want to risk this thing taking another giant dump while I am pretty much right there when the cannons fire."

"'Here on' can mean anything." Courtney broke in. "We still have no idea where the Nile is, and our only way of finding where we have been before is the set of camel tracks that are wearing off in the wind!"

Gwen frowned, rubbing the back of one hand.

"Come on Gwen," Courtney continued, "We need to conserve our energy for the next part of the challenge!"

Gwen glared. "Well, it's better than to risk smelling like that smell from the end of the pyramid."

"No, it's not. Look, I was a CIT, I know how to organize this team. Maybe we could all band together and-"

"Look, I know Izzy let you ride on her shoulders, but I don't think Bridgette or Leshawna would do the same."

Harold opened his mouth before Gwen interrupted him.

"And I'm not even going to think about getting on Harold's shoulders."

"Oh," Courtney continued, "But you sure would love to get on Duncan's shoulders, would you?"

"See, look!" Harold broke in. "This conversation started out about camel cra-" he cut himself off when the camel's eyes starting to widen, "feces, and then it turned to Duncan! Two completely unrelated subjects-"

(Confessional)

Harold: *Snickers.* I had a hard time saying that with a straight face!
*Looks down and sighs* Okay, to be honest I said this next part in an effort to try to break Courtney up with Duncan. It's bad enough that she hates me by herself, but if I have to deal with her teaming up with him for another, third season... yeah, I had to be a little drastic, you know?
*Looks around.* I mean come on, what do you expect from the only person on here to cheat in a show ran by Chris McClean?

"-Which shows how much of an issue this is deep down! Courtney, you're being overly paranoid, and Gwen, I'm gonna be honest, you might like him-"

"You're admitting that?" Courtney asked, turning around and hopping off Izzy's shoulders to the next spot behind her, which spreaded the team out along the camel and pushed Bridgette off. The CIT and the uber geek were now almost face-to-face.

"Yes! That's part of this process! Admitting the problem! And for one way to fix it I think you should all spend more time together, the three of you! You know, at once!"

Courtney and Gwen looked at eachother.

"...Bridgette?" Courtney asked.

"Well..." the blonde one said, "It's the best suggestion I heard."

Izzy akwardly turned her head around to face Harold. "Yeah, and you gave me an idea too! Since I broke up with Owen, I always wanted to hang out with more guys. My team is the only option right now, and Noah's kind of unfun and boring, while Tyler's dating Lindsay-"

"Not anymore." Bridgette said. "I think I overheard them breaking up on the pyramid."

"Oh. Well, my team is the only option right now, and Noah's kind of unfun and boring, while Tyler's dealing with girl problems right now." She 'corrected' herself.

"Wait a minute..." Harold said, "Are you saying that..."

"Yeah, we should hang out more."

"Hang out?" He shook his head as though he was getting out of a daze, "Wait, what do you mean by that?"

"What do you think it means, dummy?"

"I- I- I don't know... that you think I have a death wish?"

Izzy giggled. "You're actually kinda close!"

(Team Victory)

"Hey," Lindsay said, "I see footprints! Ooh, look, there's like, eight sets of them! We should follow them!"

Lindsay took off running. Before anyone (specifically, a confused DJ) could follow, Alejandro stuck an arm out in front of them.

"Hold on," he said, "Compare these to what he leave behind. See? Their really our footprints. We're going in circles."

Lindsay came running back, from the other side. She stopped, panted for a bit, then looked at her teammates. "Oh hey guys, how did you get here so fast?"

"Those are our own footprints, Lindsay." Justin said. "We're lost."

"Oh, come on!" Lindsay shouted, looking up skyward.

"Say..." Cody said, "Where's the stick?"

"I kept it in my skirt pocket."

"Um, Lindsay, you lost your skirt-"

"OH NO!"

"Before you got the stick."

"Oh. Oh!" She cheered, "So that's what was scratching my boobs!"

She stuck her hand in her clevage and got out the team's reward. Justin facepalmed.

"Really?" Eva said.

Cody started staring at the prize. "Say, can I see that for a second?"

"Why?"

"I think I know why we were given a stick! In fact, I don't even have to touch it to show you!" He pointed at the piece of wood, still in her hand. "Look, that looks like a diving rod! Lindsay, drop the stick on the floor and see if it moves!"

Confused, their team's sole blonde dropped the item, and as Cody predicted it shifted slightly.

"See?" Cody yelled, grabbing the stick in excietment and running to the direction it was pointing-

Only to run right into a camel. He fell to the sand, and looked up at the opposing team.

"Oh, hey guys." He said nervously. The rest of Team Victory followed him shortly after. "Team... Amazon, was it?"

"Team Fire." Courtney groaned.

After staring at the stick for a moment, he continued. "Yeah, Team Fire. Listen, I want to make a deal with all of you-"

"Forget it."

"No look! This stick is actually a diving rod. My deal is that we will team up - just this once! - and I'll guide you through the desert. After all, if there's one thing we can agree on, it's that we both want to get to Team Chris as fast as possible."

"What's the point in making a two-team alliance?" Eva asked.

Cody put on a sly grin. "It wouldn't make any sense if this was a season with two teams, yeah, but since there's three, it's more like a strategic move than it is like cheating.

"Plus, I'm sure some of you would want to see someone on Team Chris."

Bridgette and Courtney looked down and frowned. Gwen blushed, and got met by a glare from both Sierra and Courtney.

"And some of you would want to beat someone on Team Chris."

Harold and Leshawna put on determined smirks, and Izzy cheered, "YEAH! Owen, my new friend and I are taking you down!"

"So, what do you say?" Cody finished.

"Well, Izzy says yes, and as the captain of this ride I-"

"YOU'RE NOT THE CAPTAIN!" Courtney yelled. "I am!"

"I beg to differ!" The one in green shouted, then making bizarre noises. The camel responded to these noises by lying down. "Would one of you please get off? I know how to make camels run faster. When Cody gets on and shows me which way to go, I'll just point my dollar bill in the same direction and this baby will zoom right after it!"

Courtney sighed and got off, with Cody putting his arms over the camel's back to get on. However, as he did this, Alejandro broke in.

"Hold on. I have some skills in engineering. If you all order in the exact formation I tell you to, I'm sure all fourteen of us can fit."

First the three members of Team Fire got off, then Alejandro gave extremely specific directions as to how the two teams should be organized. Izzy remained in the front with Harold right behind her, the red headed guy in question surrouned in a what made a triangular shape by, in order from closest to Izzy to farthest, Leshawna, Bridgette, Gwen, Courtney, Lindsay, and Beth. On the side of the triangle closer to the camel's rear, Sierra and Eva were bunched together, the other side having DJ and Justin, which evened out the total shape. On top of this was Cody, Alejandro himself seated comfterably behind him. As before, Cody was holding out the stick and Izzy stuck her fishing rod in front of the animal.

"ALRIGHT!" Cody cheered, holding the stick in the air. "Everyone, prepare to fear Team Burning Gold!"

Izzy somehow commanded the camel to rise up again, and they went off.

"Say, Harold..." Lindsay said from behind, "I broke up with Tyler - did I tell you that? Yeah, well, I did. So, I've been thinking about finding a new love life. Can you give me a recommendation?"

"Well, I think you should..." he looked over to Leshawna, "Get back with Tyler!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Why did you break up with him in the first place?"

"Well... when we dated, it didn't feel like actual dating. It was more like he loved me because of my boobs. But you think he's better than that?"

"...Is that why you're asking me to hook you up with someone?"

"Pfft." Izzy laughed. "I already said I think you're way better than that weirdo. In fact, Lindsay, I would tell you to hook up with him, if I wasn't asking him out right now!"

Leshawna gasped.

"Sorry," Harold said, "My sights are on Leshawna."

"But..." Izzy's expression suddenly grew a more frustrated tone. "Didn't you break up?"

"Well, we did, but I'm still going to try to go after her heart."

The readhead rolled her eyes. "Like that will work."

"Hey!" Beth cried. "Let me remind you that Harold's one of my best friends. In fact, we even had a thing! Remember back in season two when I started dating him?"

Izzy hissed at her, getting the attention of practically all of Team Victory. "Nuh-uh! You ended that when you got back with Brady!"

"But then I broke up with him, and now I want a rebound!"

"Well you're too late! Harold you agree with me right?"

Harold was about to object before Beth interrupted. "Harold should be my boyfriend, not yours, since we have a lot more in common and I kinda claimed him first."

"Claimed him first? He's not a trophy!"

"That's not what you think, lunatic!"

Izzy gasped. "Okay, that is below the belt and you know it!"

"Funny you should mention things below the belt! 'Cuz according to Sierra, some fans think you have boy parts in that region!"

From a higher part of the pile, Sierra hung her head down in shame.

(Confessional)

Courtney: No... way. Beth and Izzy... arguing over Harold? *Stares at the camera for a few seconds, before finally narrowing her eyes and pointing an acusing finger upward.* There has to be something behind this!

Bridgette: The longer everyone talked about their relationships, the more I started to think about when I would be able to see Geoff, and then I was thinking if we're really starting to become too dependant of eachother. Duncan thinks so! So, the next time I saw him, I told myself to try to tell him that.

Gwen: As anyone can guess, I was pretty interested in what those two idiots were saying. It really makes for a nice 'what if' scenerio, on what if I admitted I really liked Duncan. *Laughs* Courtney and Sierra's bickering would- wait, what am I saying? That's sadistic! *Looks around the room.* Urgh, it's this stupid confessional! I see what Owen meant back on Wawanakwa.

Leshawna: *Chuckled.* Lil' string bean is starting to get lucky. I'm glad I'm not caught in the crossfire.

Justin: It's been less than twelve hours, and I already HATE the new guy. So, I know that the only way I can one-up him is by convincing enough people to do that. Anyone from another team is out of the question, because... um... *looks down* I really don't know how to use people on other teams for schemes. I'm bad at it! Sierra knows too much about me, and Lindsay and Beth are pretty much on Team Fire right now. My best options would be those other three guys. *Shudders.*

(Nile River)

The camel stopped right in a patch of reeds and the combination of two teams climbed off. Ezekiel was standing by the water, with a small wooden boat and several weapons made of wood and reeds becides him. These weapons in question were arrows, bows, and even one catapult, with three large stone boulders being rolled in.

"ALRIGHT CONTESTANTS." Chris announced in a megaphone, now across the river. "THIS IS THE NEXT PART OF THE CHALLENGE. YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT OUT OF ANY SURROUNDINGS AND USE IT TO CROSS THE NILE. YOUR REWARD MUST THEN BE TAKEN TO THE OTHER SIDE. OH, AND YOU MIGHT WANNA WATCH OUT FOR CROCODILES."

"Yeah," Ezekiel said, "I bet you're all wondering why I haven't started working on the boat for my team-"

"We're not." Gwen said flatly.

"Well, it's because I'm kind of bad at building boats - one of my FEW weaknesses - but I am awesome at making weapons. I was able to build this little thing, though," he guestured at the small wooden boat, "In case of emergencies."

Gwen turned back and found that her team had been starting to piece their boat together, weaved out of reeds. Oddly, Team Victory was almost finished even at this rate, having a large boat made out of reeds with a small room in the center.

"What?" The Goth said at the team's boat, "How did you-"

Cody laughed. "Get this, Sierra is actually really good at basket weaving!"

Bridgette looked to him too. "Wait! Can't she weave a little for us? You know, Team Burning Gold!"

"I only said that we will merge together for this challenge. Sorry ladies, you're on your own."

"Don't worry," Harold said, bending over and picking up several reeds. "I'm also pretty good at weaving."

(Team Victory)

By this point, all eight contestants were already on the boat (a good three times the size of what it would be to normally hold all team members and stocked with a safe room in the center), which had been pushed out into the water.

"Amigos," Alejandro said, "If you will let me, I think I should be the one to take the stick and keep it safe. I am a proud fighter, and if any of the crocodiles get into the center room I can calmly, swiftly fight them off."

Cody nodded nervously and handed him the team's reward. Shortly after this, he was pulled away by Justin, onto the very front end of the vehicle (as in, the side facing where the boat was going), where DJ and Eva were at.

"Dude!" The geek shouted. "What was that for?"

Justin glared over to see Alejandro closing the door to the boat's small inner area. Beth was rambling to herself about Izzy and Harold, Lindsay was trying to confort her, and Sierra was on the far back, looking out into the desert.

"I don't trust the new guy. Listen, and this goes for you too, DJ and Eva, I'm thinking of making an alliance dedicated to voting him off."

Cody shrugged, then nodded.

"Alright," Eva said, "I'm going to ally with you, but only because I don't like Alejandro's style. People give him way more credit than he deserves."

"And you, DJ?"

"Well, I don't know. The guy seems pretty smooth and harmless."

"Dude, just trust me." Justin said sternly, crossing his arms over. "I noticed there's a lot of things... off about him."

"I think it's just a hunch." DJ said, "Nothing to be sure about."

(Team Chris)

They had finally managed to get something sembling a boat together, but to call it that wouldn't be that accurate. It was mostly made out of the wood of the trees that decorated the area, and tied together with reeds. But hey, it floated, and it was (barely) large enough to keep all of them on, so it counts for something at least, right?

"Owen!" Duncan cried from the ship's top, "Are you done carving yet? Ezekiel's already finished loading the weapons!"

"Yep!" Owen cheered, hopping onto the boat, and looking at the 'S.S. Izzy' he carved on the side, "I'm ready!"

Trent lightly touched the catapult attatched to the back. "Um, Duncan, remind me again why we went with adding Ezekiel's weapons to this thing?"

Duncan smirked. "The other guys are way ahead of us. There's no way we can beat them with speed alone, but if we added a little more fire power..."

"Um," Ezekiel said, "None of them use fire."

Duncan rolled his eyes, got off of the boat, and gave it a push into the water.

"Izzy, Izzy!" Owen called out to Team Fire's boat, which was pretty decently sized and, like Victory's, made entirley out of reeds, "Why'dja break up with me?"

From that boat in question, Tyler ran as close to the side facing the other end of the river as possible and called out to the boat in front of them. "Lindsay! Why did you break up with me?"

"Because you seemed to only be interested in my body!" Lindsay cried back. After she said that statement, a crocodile jumped out of the water and lunged after her. She ducked back to avoid getting completely eaten, but her top and undertop were both ripped off by the creature's teeth, leaving her in a bra matching her panties.

"See, look!" She continued to Tyler, "I want a boyfriend who doesn't get distracted by this! Um... I think Cody will fit that description?"

(Confessional)

Ezekiel: I would recommend myself for dating Lindsay now that she's broken up with Tyler, but I already have my sights set on a certain someone. Heh heh.

Bridgette: Okay, first I was worried that Geoff and I won't work out, but thinking about it, Lindsay isn't the brightest light and Izzy is just... weird. I'm sure we'll last.

"Oh, and Owen!" Izzy cried. "I broke up with you because you were kind of dull and didn't seem to have that feel for adventure that I do!"

"But... I like you!"

"Yeah, but you're not as adventurous! Do something not lazy before I settle my sights for another person I'm interested in and then I'll reconsider!"

"Can we still be friends?"

"No! In fact, we're enemies now!"

Owen frowned, turned his back to Team Fire's boat, and sulked in the smaller lifeboat attatched to his team's boat. Ezekiel looked at him, frowning himself, and then went over to the giant.

"Look," the homeschooler said, "What Izzy did was not cool. Back in the country, I was taught that the man in the relationship does not let himself get broken up with over petty reasons."

"Are..." he sniffed, "You calling me a woman?"

"Well... not... quite-"

"Are you saying that I should try to get her to love me again?"

"...Nah, that's a little creepy, eh. Instead, you should fight. Finally put these weapons to use on that little team of punks. Also, there's like three guys on it, any of those could be Izzy's new boyfriend if you don't act fast enough."

"But, Duncan said that if we use them on Team Victory, there's a slightly bigger chance that we can make it to first place if they go down and we pass Team Fire!"

"Pfft. I overheard Heather and Duncan saying that you had some deal with Trent and Tyler. You're a leader, in a way. Who are you gonna be bossed around by, Duncan, Izzy, or yourself?"

The large blonde looked at Team Fire's boat. Noah did some silent impersonation of Izzy, which Tyler laughed at, before Harold smacked both of them.

"My... MYSELF!" Owen cried, jumping from the life boat to the main vessel. The other six members of the team all turned their attention away from what they were doing to Owen: Duncan from a conversation with Geoff, Trent from gloomily looking at Team Fire's boat, and Heather from bickering with Katie and Sadie.

"Katie, Sadie!" He shouted, "Tie up Duncan! I'm not gonna let him try to tell me how to run my own team, holding the biggest alliance out of any of the three teams so far!"

"What?" Duncan asked, just as Katie and Sadie quickly grabbed a long, strong reed and wrapped it around his chest like a rope. Duncan fell to his feet shortly after.

"We're not sorry," Katie said.

"Yeah, you're kind of mean." Sadie added.

"Yeah, I was gonna keep this a secret," Owen said, "But I have formed an alliance with Tyler and Trent!"

On Team Fire's boat, Courtney turned around and glared at the jock.

"AlRIGHT NOW!" Owen cheered, lifting up one of the three stone boulders. "I will be Team Chris's leader for this challenge! First, I want all of you to load up these weapons and fire them at Team... uh... heh... Fire. GO!"

(Team Fire)

"HEY GWEN! LESHAWNA!" Heather's voice was heard from the short distance across the water between the two teams.

Almost right after, a barrage of arrows flew from the rival boat and rained in their direction. Most of them hit the water nearby, which drew the attention of the crocodiles away from Team Victory's boat and towards Team Fire's. Those that didn't go into the water had head towards the side of the team's reward, causing the contestants within the jump behind it for protection. Afte being hit, the camel didn't even seem to flinch.

"Okay, really?" Courtney shouted. "What's gotten into them?"

"Let me tell you what," Noah said, "Most of their teammates are savages. Ezekiel keeps bragging about his hunting, Heather is self-explanitory, and Duncan-"

"Duncan wasn't doing this." Courtney said. "I saw him getting tied up in a reed by Katie and Sadie. Look! There he is right now! You can all see him, ri-"

A second rain of arrows came down, prompting the team to duck down even more and put their hands over their heads.

"We need to find a way to stop them!" Harold cried.

"Ooh, ooh, I know!" Izzy cheered.

"What?"

"Let's move this boat over to theirs and fight them like we're defending against pirates!"

The wave ended after Izzy said that, and Courtney was the first to rise back up, darting a statement at her. "What? No! We're already ahead of them! Going backwards just puts us at risk of losing!"

"Well fine then!" Izzy sprung up, and dived off of the boat. Emerging from the water, she continued, "I'll just fight them myself!"

She swam over to Team Chris's boat, battling any crocodiles that got near her. The other seven teammates just stared and gasped, hands on the side and leaning as far as they could.

A little after, Harold dove in as well. He surfaced and saw that Izzy had already crossed half of the distance.

"Izzy!" He cried. "They're almost out of arrows! Get back!"

"Nope! Either help me or just sit there in the water getting wet! Hee hee!"

Sighing, he began swimming over there as well. Tyler glared at him and dove in after.

Upon reaching Team Chris's boat, Izzy went underwater, and Harold followed to see that she was trying to pull out a piece of wood at the absolute bottom of the vessel. When she did finally get it out, she swam in through the opening and looked around the interior of the ship. Harold surfaced inside too.

"Jeez," Izzy said to the other redhead, "Why didn't they decorate this part of the boat?"

"Because this isn't a real part!" He shouted, "This is, like, the inside of it, but it's not supposed to be one of those boats with an inside!"

Water began to fill the interior, and the two members of Team Fire climbed up to the interior. Izzy shook the water off herself like a dog, causing a guarding reaction from Harold.

"So, Harold," she said, "This is a pretty exciting season! Don't you think?"

"Um..."

Before he could answer, Tyler swam in and climbed up into one of the sides of the interior as well. He gritted his teeth, then shoved Izzy towards the wall, which caused her to be pushed through it, her head and right arm sticking out on the other side. Harold whipped his head around just as Tyler jumped up, and stuck his head through the underside of the boat's top, and climbed out.

"Tyler!" He cried. "You traitor!"

(Confessional)

Tyler: Well... I never wanted to be on that team in the first place, soooo... yeah, I guess that's not really betraying them. Is it?

"Owen!" Tyler cried, "Izzy and Harold have snuck on here, and they dismantled part of your boat! We're slowly sinking! But look, I pushed Izzy and got her stuck in the boat so that you can have your big moment when you save her!"

"What?"

"Come on, Owen! Maybe if you get her unstuck, she will forgive you?" He said, though uncertain.

Inside, Harold looked over at Izzy, who'se medsection and one arm were sticking out from his side, legs kicking furiously. The ship was still filling with water, but remained steady.

That is, until he grabbed Izzy's legs and tried to pull her out, which caused the ship to rock back. Harold was thrown off after a failed attempt at the rescue, the boat responding by rocking back and forth repeatedly. On the exterior, Izzy went from being emerged to alternating between getting submerged and being on the surface as the boat rocked.

Ezekiel jumped on the life boat, taking the goat with him, and just after Tyler and Team Chris fell off and into the water. Using an exceptionally sharpened stick, he cut the thin reed connection the smaller boat to the main hull.

"Aw, great!" Duncan cried.

"Someone, anyone!" Izzy called, "HELP! Oh, Tyler, you're there. Hey, in that boat I sorta tripped and fell-" She was dipped under water. Emerging again, she continued, "So can you please help a teammate out?"

"Um..." He nervously laughed. "I think Owen would do the job better. Owen?"

He grabbed Izzy by the free arm, and was about to pull before she said, "Wait! I think Harold's trying to get me out! Don't pull, or else you'll rip me in half!"

Owen sighed, and looked up at the catapult on the boat. "Wait, Izzy! What if I impress you some other way?"

"Impress?"

"Yeah! Look, I'll fend off all of these alligators-"

"Crocodiles!" Harold called from inside, in between heaves. "Alligators live in the Northern regions!"

"With this awesome catapult that... um, I built!"

Owen grabbed on to the walls of the sinking SS Izzy and rose up to the device in question. Once he reached the top, Ezekiel turned back from his boat and shouted, "No! I built that, eh!"

After taking a glance at the source of that comment, Owen loaded the catapult with one of the stones, turned it in a direction that he thought was facing the crocodiles, and fired.

It missed, and lightly grazed the right wall of Team Victory's boat. The vessel didn't suffer any real damage at all, but it was enough to draw Alejandro out of the mini room.

"Okay, team meeting." He said, waiting for the other contestants to gather. He glared over at Justin, seeing how him, DJ, Cody, and Eva were still gathered at the side facing the nearing shore.

"What is it?" Lindsay asked.

"Yeah, does it involve Duncan?" Sierra commented. "Do you know how I can, like, switch teams? That totally happened before, you know."

"You're not gonna say something that will jinx us, will you?" Beth stated.

Right after that, the boat hit the sand at the other side. Chris did not notice as Team Victory began stepping off, his gaze fixed directly at the other two teams and their conflict.

"Alright, everyone. Look at Team Chris. As I was brutally reminded by Owen's offence, they are a rather unpredictable group. We have Owen himself, who is acting really barbaric for some mysterious reason; Trent, who has never struck me as the stable one after his breakup; Geoff, who does have some tendencies to be rude when the show calls for it; Duncan, who I'm sure is self-explanitory-"

"Hey!" Sierra cried.

"And Heather, who has great potential to make an alliance with Katie and Sadie... eventually."

"What about me, yo?"

Alejandro jumped a little upon hearing Ezekiel, suddenly near him with the goat. The homeschooler continued,

"I'm like, the badest playa of them all!"

"We... um... have no concern about you. ...When did you get here?"

"A little after you guys did!"

Chris finally looked over at Team Victory and Ezekiel, and took out his megaphone.

"ATTENTION CONTESTANTS. MADE UP OF ALEJANDRO THE CHARMER, JUSTIN THE FORMER CHARMER, EVA THE RAGE-A-HOL, SIERRA THE STALKER, CODY THE GEEK, DJ THE GENTILE GIANT, BETH THE APPARANTLY NICE GIRL, AND LINDSAY THE HALF-NAKED BEAUTY, TEAM VICTORY ARE THE WINNERS FOR THIS CHALLENGE. TEAM FIRE, TEAM ME, IT'S DOWN TO YOU GUYS. WHOEVER LOSES THIS LITTLE SHIP TO SHIP COMBAT IS SENDING SOMEONE HOME."

(Confessional)

Alejandro: I should be glad that our team won the first real challenge, and that we get to ride in first class, but... with Team Chris still out there, I'm doubting so much about this season. Plus, there's Justin.

DJ: I didn't expect this much conflict already! Right now, Justin wants me to plot against Alejandro, and Alejandro thinks we should plot against Team Chris- but my friends are on that team! And Team Chris is at war with Team Fire...

Eva: This is the first time I've ever gotten invincibility. Do I plan on letting my team drag me to the finals? NO. I am going to break away from BOTH Justin and Alejandro's little "plans" to go after one person or another, and start taking down my own team. *Jerks thumb to self.* There is no way this girl is playing cheaply.

Justin: I think I'm starting to make a comeback here! Now, all I need is a solid plan... hrm...

Sierra: *Sobbing.* I wish I can trade teams with someone on Team Chris! Anyone! Oh, um... yeah, except Duncan.

Beth: "Apparantly" nice? "Apparantly" nice? Why, I can show him that I'm better than that!

Lindsay: Half-naked? No, Cody convinced me that this is like a bikini. *Sighs,* He's so supportive...

Cody: *Laughs.* Things are going pretty well for me. First I stumped Harold and five of the ladies, and even after that I still got to convince them to tag team with our team! Now, all I have to do is get rid of Justin and this season will be mine!

Ezekiel: *Laughs.* This is without a doubt a huge improvement over what happened last time I was in the biz. I got myself placing first of my team, and I'm totally planning on getting even further, if they would stop worrying about romance and the like and get to the stupid game! Heh. Because of that, I didn't get to spend the first day in first class, but hey, at least I can talk them into doing better next time! I mean, I clearly got the voice here. Check out what I convinced Owen to do! All I have to do is get rid of Duncan somehow and this season will be mine!

The second of the boulders flew over in the direction of Team Fire's boat, very slightly missing.

"Alright, that's it." Courtney said, "I'm going in myself to give them a piece of my mind."

"NO, WAIT!" Owen cried from the rival ship. "THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT! I WAS AIMED AT THE ALLI- CROCODILES!"

Courtney ignored him and dove into the water.

Owen scanned the team and saw that everyone, barring the already-made-it-Ezekiel, was shooting glares at him. Duncan, still being tied up in the midsection, was struggling to tread water.

"Wait, wait!" Owen shouted. "I can still redeem myself! There's still one boulder left!"

He climbed up on the still rocking, still sinking boat, now half submerged. Izzy was barely able to keep her mouth above water, before the part of the wall she was sticking out of had dipped underneath again.

"I'll take out Courtney!" Owen laughed nervously, holding the boulder over his head. "Everybody hates Courtney, so if I can hit her with this I'll be nice and redeemed and everone will love me again... right?"

Inside, Harold sighed in the last remaining bit of air, no longer trying to pull Izzy out. It was then that Courtney emerged becide him, stuck her hands underwater, and quickly yanked Izzy out from the wall. The contestant in green coughed several times, and got a glare shot at her from Courtney.

Outside, Owen stood up on the still sinking boat and took several deep breaths, struggling to keep the boulder up.

"Alright! Team Chris is making a comeback!" The large one shouted, throwing the rock right down. This may have torn the boat in half, but the three members of Team Fire inside had since huddled to one of the walls.

The half that the trio had huddled by was pushed over by Courtney, so that its flatter side was on the surface of the water. She climbed on, and Harold and Izzy followed.

"Tyler," The CIT beamed, "Get on."

He nervously swam over to the boat half. Team Chris could only stare in shock as Courtney, and shortly after the rest of the half team, began paddling back to their original boat. Owen swam over to the half of Team Chris's boat and climbed on, only for it to sink immediatley under his weight and not resurface.

"Alright, that's it." Duncan said, shifting a switchblade out from his pocket. "I'm taking over."

The knife slowly descended in the water before his leg kicked it up and out. He grabbed the tool with his teeth, and used it to cut the very top of the reed rope. He struggled for about a second, and broke the entire binding.

"Look Owen," he said, spitting the knife in his hands. "I know you're in an alliance with Tyler and Trent. Don't try to hide it. But whoever's trying to lead is terrible at it!" He turned to the musician. "Once we dry off, tell Tyler that the two of you will be listening to me next time."

"What about me?" Owen asked, getting glares from his team.

"For you, there won't be a next time."

"There won't be a next time for any of us if we stay here!" Heather shouted, looking at the crocodiles which actually had their attention drawn to the shipwrecked team after that comment.

(Team Fire)

Harold chuckled to himself once the crocodiles got to Duncan. In the distance, he could see the team barely managing to fend off the scaley animals while trying to swim to the shore. And, of course, they were all far behind the boat that Harold himself was approaching.

The laughter ended soon when he got a slap to the back of the head.

"That was for laughing at my boyfriend's humiliation!" Courtney barked from right behind.

"Well jeez!" Harold turned back, "Why did you hit me? Becides you, I'm the good guy out here! Tyler put Izzy in danger by pushing her through the wall just because he thought she and Owen could make up, and Izzy left our boat even though we were clearly ahead because of a fight that was clearly being egged on by the other team! I went to save her after she didn't surface, which is exactly what you did!"

The half of Team Chris's boat had finally reached Team Fire's whole.

"Yeah, but I was a CIT! I was qualified for something like that!"

Harold looked like his brain just melted.

"What the heck does that have to do with going inside a ship and fighting crocodiles?"

"Okay, that wasn't the reason I should have given. The real reason is that I am capable of doing these things-"

"And Izzy and I aren't?"

"Hey guys," Tyler interrupted, "Courtney, you're not gonna kill me for what I did back there, are you?"

"Yes, I am." She told him, then turned to Harold. "And no, you guys aren't-"

"Really?" Leshawna stood up, almost looking as confused as Harold. "Friendly reminder that the girl is a wanted criminal. She also says she survived out in the wilderness after being found by the RCMP. Personally I think that's all fake, but you get the idea."

"Yeah," Izzy added, "And Harold's like, this really cool guy. Remember he did give your team's first two wins back in Wawanakwa."

Courtney froze.

"Also," Gwen snickered, "Thanks to Izzy's stunt and Harold helping her, Team Chris winning went from unlikely to impossible."

"Fine!" The counselor in training yelled, "Izzy and Harold get a pass, but only because they kind-of knew what they were doing, and what they did slightly benefited us!"

"Hey!" Tyler cried, "I did some pretty massive damage to their boat! If I didn't push Izzy through the wall, it might still be standing!"

Harold and the girls simply glared at him. At the far end, Noah smirked.

"Oh come on!" Tyler continued. "That's where you draw the line?"

(Confessional)

Owen: ...Does this mean Izzy and I are over?

Tyler: Okay, making my team win is a two-fold bonus. On one side, they can't vote me off, because we're not up for elimination. On the other side, they will start liking me more! Well... um... if I don't win future challenges like how I won this one. Hrm, I might even be able to impres Lindsay somehow...

Noah: At first I thought this team sucked, but then it dawned on me that this is the perfect setup. Combine the fact that these girls are gonna be at eachother's throats with having Harold as my teammate, and I have a garunteed spot in the finals.

(River Shore)

Chris laughed, clapping several times.

"Team Fire! That was an awesome fight you put back there!"

"I think you're giving some people a little too much credit." Noah said, "Gwen, Leshawna, and Bridgette did absolutley nothing to fend those neandrithals off."

"Neither did you!" Courtney beemed.

"Oh come on." He stated blankly, rolling his eyes. "Just five minutes ago you were chastising the ones who did go into battle."

Courtney grumbled, and began walking to the jet. Just then, the seven battling members of Team Chris had swam up to shore, covered in various scratches and bruises. At seeing them, Ezekiel ran through the sand with a few hearty laughs and stopped near them.

"Yo guys! Didja miss me?" He asked, offering a high five. Owen gladly accepted it.

"Anyway," Chris continued, "Team Fire, all of you get to bunk with all but one of Team Me. And that 'one' will be decided in two hours. Team Me, even though Ezekiel arrived before Team Fire did, the rest of you did not, and plus your boat was totally... totalled. You guys think about who you're going to vote off, and meet me in the elimination room when the time comes."

(Confessional)

Chris: Now, let me introduce this for the viewers. To vote a contestant off, simply come in here and stamp a passport with their picture on it.

Duncan: *Sighs.* You used to be cool, dude. You used to be cool. *Stamps.*

Ezekiel: Yo, I'm gonna start my path to victory by voting for Duncan, since he's, like, kind of a jerk. *Stamps.*

Geoff: Dude! You're gonna ruin my rep with Bridgette if you stay! *Stamps.*

Heather: Let's see here, vote for the guy who almost got us killed, egged the other team into getting our already weak boat completely destroyed, and by extension got my hair wet, or... not vote for the guy who almost got us killed, egged the other team into getting our already weak boat completely destroyed, and by extension got my hair wet? Hm, decisions decisions. *Stamps furiously.*

Katie: Am I, like, the only one that doesn't see the appeal in Owen? *Stamps.*

Owen: *Stamps, laughs nervously, then looks down and frowns.* I am SO dead. The least I could do is vote for the guy who I KNOW doomed me...

Sadie: Don't tell anyone, but I don't like Owen now... *Stamps.* Like, not even Katie! *Gasps.* What if I tell her that I don't like Owen, and she ends our friendship! Oh no, oh no!

Trent: I guess I really am that desperate. *Holds stamper over one passport, before gritting his teeth and moving it over another one.* Then again, I guess you deserve a second chance. *Sighs.* Like me. *Stamps.*

(Elimination Room)

Chris sulked over to the open door and took a heavy sigh, examining an octet of passports. To his side was his loyal co-host, holding a tray with seven peanut containing barf bags.

Duncan snickered, and leaned over to Geoff. "Dude, I totally know who's getting voted off."

"Alright," Chris said. "In Chef's hand there are seven barf bags. As I said before, they're your safety. When I call your name, I will take one of these and toss them to you. Katie, Sadie."

They both squeeled as he threw them their bags.

"Duncan," Chris continued, a little more upbeat.

"Geoff, Trent. Now, the rest of you have gotten votes. Two of you have only one vote, while the... third has five. Duncan, you got the other vote, but-" he laughed. "It's obvious that you're not going anywhere anytime soon.

"Owen-"

"I'M SAVED?" He jumped up and cheered, followed by hugging a rather irritated Duncan. "THANK YOU GUYS FOR FORGIVING ME AND VOTING OFF HEATHER INSTEAD!"

The rest of the team gave him akward and annoyed looks, barring Ezekiel who flashed him a thumbs up.

"Um... or did you vote for Ezekiel instead? ...Right?"

Chris sighed. "I wasn't calling your name for a barf bag... yet... I was about to get to the part where I explain why each of you are in the bottom, and why it would make more sense for you to get voted off today. Owen, you went a little overkill with your relationship problems, but at least you were reasonable. Heather, you left a bad first impression back on the old island, and now your team is half-made of people who detest you and would reasonably vote you out here. Ezekiel, you're a freak that your teamates would also reasonably vote off at the given chance-"

"WOULD YOU JUST BOOT OFF OWEN ALREADY?" Duncan yelled.

Chris pouted.

"Heather, you're safe. And now, the final barf bag goes to..."

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"Hey, did you remember about my allergy?" Ezekiel asked. "I, as the future winner of Total Drama World Tour, kindly ask you not to throw one of those in my direction-"

"Oh?" Chris grinned deviously. "Are you saying that you're giving away your immunity? Because, funny story, Owen's the one who was going to get kicked off, but because you hearby give away your icon of safety, you are also giving away your chance at continuing on with the game and losing first twice in a row. Ezekiel, strap on a parachute-"

A ringtone was heard from Chris's pocket. Grunting, he pulled his cell phone out and answered it. The room fell silent as he irritatingly listened to what interrupted him.

"Oh, hi there. Perfect timing man, you called just before I was about to announce Ezekiel's second first elimina- Huh? How did you know? Okay, I didn't think this was being aired live to you. None of you guys told me a thing about that. Is it new this season? So, what do you want to talk to me abou-

"Oh come on, really? Owen is one of the most popular characters- Yes, he is. Yes, he is. Urgh! Yes, I know about Lindsay's elimination first season, but she was getting stale and I had to cover for Owen or Duncan! And Leshawna, well, you know that if I gave those idiots the power to vote for anyone they would all go after Heather, and we can't have that! Final fives and fours are supposed to be dramatic, I couldn't get rid of the main baddie then-"

"CHRIS MCCLEAN, DON'T DO THIS TO ME!" A gruff, loud male voice was heard booming from the cell phone. Chris held it away from him as far as possible as soon as this outburst started. "WE PRODUCERS ARE SICK AND TIRED OF YOU SLATHERING YOUR BIAS ALL OVER THIS SHOW, AND WE ARE GOING TO INFORCE SOME RULES THIS TIME TO KEEP YOUR SLIMEY HANDS OFF:

"RULE ONE: EVERY EPISODE FROM HERE ON OUT EXCEPT THE AFTERMATHS WILL BE AN ELIMINATION EPISODE, SO DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CALLING OFF A 'CEREMONY.' YOU HAVE A SURPLUS OF CONTESTANTS THIS TIME. IN FACT, YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE TWO DOUBLE ELIMINATIONS THIS SEASON TO BALANCE EVERYTHING OUT.

"RULE TWO: NOBODY RETURNS. YOU STICK BY YOUR WORD THE FIRST TIME. ONCE YOU LEAVE, YOU NEVER COME BACK! AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PULLING SOME HOBO OFF THE STREET TO COMPETE! THESE TWENTY-FOUR CONTESTANTS SHALL BE THE ENTIRE ELEGIBLE CAST.

"RULE THREE: I DON'T CARE IF YOU DO PULL THE SHOW A LITTLE BIT, BUT DO NOT MISUSE YOUR POWER IN SUCH A BLATANT FASHION AS THIS, AND THE PREVIOUS INCIDENTS I HAVE MENTIONED. THE RATINGS OF THIS SHOW MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER IF YOU HAD LOOSENED YOUR GRIP UP A BIT!

"FOLLOW THESE OR YOU WILL BE FIRED AND REPLACED! THANK YOU, AND GOODNIGHT!"

After the other line hung up, the room fell silent once again.

"Well." Chris said. He paused before speaking again. "That was one of the shows' producers. He said that-" He looked around the ground. "Well, I think you know what he said. Ezekiel, congrats, you just got yourself the final barfbag, and Owen, you have twenty minutes to give a speech before putting on the parachute and going in the drop of shame."

Chef tossed the bag in Ezekiel's direction (who ducked) as Owen asked, "Twenty minutes? Um... that's a little too much time I think... I don't really have anything to say at all! Heh heh."

Chris sighed. "Fine."

"Wait!" Ezekiel cried. "Here, Owen, I can't eat these peanuts, so you can have my bag."

Chris cringed while Ezekiel grabbed the bag by its edge and held it out as far from him as possible to Owen's direction. The big guy, predicably, yanked it from his hand and ate the whole thing in a manner of seconds before running to the doorway. He stopped there and sighed.

"Wait!" Chris called. "If it makes you feel any better, you get to host the Aftermaths with Blaineley!"

"Really?" Owen turned, which threw his balance off and caused him to fall backwards out of the jet.

A tear rolled down Chris's face when he turned to the door and looked down at the sky, seeing the former contestant vanishing into a small speck in the clouds.

(Confessional)

Heather: Just like before, I can't do this alone. Unluckily for me, my team this time is full of idiots. Idiots that I can't use to help me out because they're all way too aware of what I'm capable of. Team Victory only has ex-alies who hate me, guys who are clearly trying to be the next me, crazy girls, and... Cody and DJ. So they're all out. Team Fire has two of my past rivals, a jock who is about to get his butt thrown right out of this crappy, broke-down jet, a guy who's way too smart to fall for my tricks and way too stoic to manipulate, and another pair of psycho girls, so that only leaves me with...

Ezekiel: ...Did ...I ...do ...that? *Short chuckle.* Did I just manipulate one of the most powerful and popular contestants into getting voted off first? By accident? Yo, I always thought I could win, but this is... *Laughs.* This is awesome! I'm totally gonna come up top this season, just watch me!

(Total Drama Jumbo Jet Hallway)

Heather stepped out to see Bridgette and Geoff in their usual habit of making out. She analysed them before giving a look of disgust and turned to walk away. Yet she only got one foot down before hearing a group walk over to the lip-locked couple.

"Geoff." Duncan said, with Trent and Tyler behind him. "We need to talk. Alone."

Bridgette pulled away from her boyfriend and shot a glare at the punk. "And what do you mean by that?"

"It's a guy thing." Duncan replied.

"So was Owen's stunt that caused Izzy to rip apart your boat also a 'guy thing?'" She stepped closer to Duncan. "Because maybe that's why I can't understand why such a good guy like Owen would do such a thing."

"Easy Malibu, you think that I would want Owen gone? In fact, what we'll talk about some stuff that should keep any of us from getting kicked off."

"The last time you did something like this, I got voted off!" She said, moving her arms around to emphasize.

Duncan sighed.

Bridgette rolled her eyes. "Alright, can I at least be a part of your conversation?"

"Fine." Duncan said, turning with the rest becides Heather following. The bossy one, instead, decided to grab Bridgette by the shoulder to get her attention.

"I'm gonna make this quick." She whispered. "You, me, Harold, alliance. Are you in?"

Bridgette chuckled. "No... not really."

Irritated at first when the surfer girl then continued chuckling and followed the group of guys, Heather smirked.

"What if I tell you that our alliance can get Duncan voted off?"

Bridgette froze.

(Cargo Hold)

"Hey, um..." Geoff's voice was heard from among the black and gray shapes that formed the very back end of the plane, "It's kinda dark in here. Is there anyway I can see what I'm grabbing?"

Trent sighed. "That's my butt."

"Oh!" There was a sound of a whoosh followed two footsteps in quick succession. "I thought it was Bridgette's!"

Bridgette laughed. "Did that make you jump back?"

"Yeah... I mean, I-"

"Alright, Geoff, I know it's dark." Duncan interrupted. "But that's only for a little dramatic tension. You see, I stole Team Victory's stick from Cody after he boarded the plane. One flick of my lighter and we have a torch, riiiiight after I tell you about..."

A flame exploded into existance, lighting the dosing rod and turning into a huge fireball before quickly dieing back down into a reasonable size to fit the stick.

"OWEN!" Duncan shouted.

Everyone exchanged glances.

"So..." Geoff said, "What about him? He's a good guy, he did something bad, then we all kind of voted him off." His gaze turned downwards. "Wait. Chris said that three people didn't vote for him. One of them was himself, one didn't like you, and... is the other one you, and you're gonna punish us for voting him off?"

"No way, only a weirdo would NOT vote for him."

Trent looked down and to a corner, guilt ridden.

"What this is about is why he acted that way. I know the dude. He doesn't get that tempermental that easily, and I know that the breakup didn't cause it. Remember, Izzy broke up with him loud and clear a good few hours before he pulled that stunt. I think Heather's up to this."

Duncan looked around at the others standing by him. "Bridgette, starting right now I want you to keep a close eye on Heather. And Ezekiel, Katie, and Sadie too. Don't think that they're innocent."

Bridgette worredly nodded, then left the cargo hold. Duncan's expression went from serious to devious as the door shut behind them.

"Alright, now that I finally got her off my back, I'm gonna tell you the real reason why I called you here."

"You're not suspicious about Owen's elimination?" Tyler asked. "Because since you said it, I kinda am."

"I still am, but I think it's more important that you guys don't suffer a similar fate. After all, come the merge we could make ourselves an awesome group. I know about Owen's plan to get two out of three of you back together, basically I wanna take it over-"

After seeing more uncertain glances, Duncan sped up. "Wait, wait! I'll still let you stay in your relationship- oh... right, Geoff, you can still date Bridgette. But I want the four of us to look out for eachother, to keep us from doing the same thing as Owen. Oh, and Tyler, since I'm taking over the alliance I hearby demote you to spy. You will spy on Team Fire, since I don't trust any of them either."

"Not even your own girlfriend?"

"Honestly... no."

(Pilot's Seat)

"Well!" Chris gave a hearty laugh. "Now that our contestants are out of the heat and with one of them gone, what will be in store for the rest of this season? Just in this two parter alone we've had two breakups, a fight with arrows and catapults, Harold and Courtney... 'bonding,' and Izzy and Beth hinting a thing or two at Harold. This may have been at the cost of fan favorite Owen, but it was almost worth it!" His smile faded. "Almost.

"Anyway, will the last two couples of Total Drama fall apart here as well, and will new pairings bloom? Which competetor is doomed to go down next? Where will we stop next? And how long will it take before Ezekiel falls again? Find out next time, on Total. Drama. World Tour!"

Votes:

Duncan: Owen

Ezekiel: Duncan

Geoff: Owen

Heather: Owen

Katie: Owen

Owen: Ezekiel

Sadie: Owen

Trent: Heather

Total:

Duncan - 1

Ezekiel - 1

Heather - 1

Owen - 5

Teams:

Team Victory: Alejandro, Beth, Cody, DJ, Eva, Justin, Lindsay, Sierra

Team Chris: Duncan, Ezekiel, Geoff, Heather, Katie, Sadie, Trent

Team Fire: Bridgette, Courtney, Gwen, Harold, Izzy, Leshawna, Noah, Tyler

Eliminated: Owen

Responses to the Last Reviews of the Old Version: (WARNING: May contain spoilers regarding the next two chapters, or at least the old version! You could take risks by reading these now instead of after you read chapter 4 (or even possibly 5) by assuming that the difference will be great enough to make these meaningless, but it's something of a gamble. HINT: Chapters 1 and 2 don't really have that much of a difference in the general plotting between the old and new versions.)

RandomNumbers: Yeah, this is pretty much just what I'm going for with this. To try to make a new plotline with the original setting.

The Noble Avenger: I kind of agree on Duncan there, or at least I don't like his glorification. And I will kinda-sorta have a love triangle go on in this new version... I don't really think the old one ever planned something like that, discounting the harem subplot.

Andy Nonomous: Eh... I kinda think that their alliance gets in the way of the main plotlines, and I can't really come up with any way to handle it without slowing down the stories of the main characters. But I do have every between-Aftermath set of chapters planned to have a "third plot" each, keeping a third side in along with the conflict between Ezekiel and the "main nine" I have set up. That should mix things up. And I like the idea of him teaming up with Trent and Geoff, but it might conflict with all of their goals.

Zan4000: Well, I first started getting idea dry about chapter 5, then I noticed a lot of details in the old version I didn't like, then I re-read it and liked the story overall, but thought it could use some fixing. Which is why I came up with this remake.

beserkerbeast: And I have kept it up. Sort of.

Alexbattledust: As of now I don't really have any plans for Ezekiel ending up with anyone, though I was thinking of giving this multiple endings with different pairing outcomes, only one of those endings I will call the "true" one. It's pretty likely that he'll end up with someone in a few of these endings.

FanficLoverForever135: (This one definitely contains spoilers for the original 4 chapters) Katie and Sadie didn't fall for him... mainly for preference in writing this. Both because I didn't want all twelve of the girls after him, and while it wasn't me chosing them, Sierra, and Eva as exceptions, I picked out the eight that do like him, leaving the remainders out of it. Courtney and Heather because I think their "villainous" traits makes it more interesting, Beth because I don't want to leave her out, Leshawna because Harold's prior complications with her would really shake up the subplot, Gwen to round off the more major female characters, Lindsay... might have had a reason but I forgot it, and Izzy and Bridgette mostly due to being among my favorites.

Closing AN:

This is probably going to be the chapter with the longest post-elimination scene.

Anyway, just like last time I'll give a few quotes that I might implant into later chapters. Unlike last time, there will be a set ammount: Namely I will only give quotes from the chapters leading up to the Aftermath:

"Why don't we listen to him? This could be his big chance to redeem himself after all."

"I've just gone another step closer to making Bridgette mine."

"Listen, my team is full of idiots so I'm desperate. I want to team up with you."