"Last time on Total Drama Action," Chris began the recap while eating chocolates from a heart shaped box. "Things were getting a bit too quiet around here for this host's taste, so I decided it was time for them to sing their hearts out! Others proved to have quite the impressive set of lungs, while others…were Harold! Seriously, who raps on Broadway bro? But boooooy did our cast have quite a lot to sing! Pretty much everyone was giving Geoff the cold shoulder for what he did to Lincoln, but when it came time to sing nearly everyone was taking their shots at him. All besides Bridgette that is, who refused to sing and got kidnapped by the Chef of the Opera as a consequence. Geoff was ready to save her, but Bridgette refused and finally sang her heart out to Geoff before dumping him and sending him tumbling! Can we rewind that please?"
"What I'm saying is…WE'RE THROUGH!" Before Geoff could even begin processing that, Bridgette rushed up to him and pushed her now ex-boyfriend from the top of the catwalk.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Geoff screamed all the way down, and to make matters worse he ended up getting hit by a few things on the way down making the fall all the more painful before it finally ended with Geoff hitting the ground.
"Ouf! Ya almost feel bad for the guy, haha. It was no surprise that Geoff was sent packing too, but to seal the deal Geoff voted for himself as well making the votes against him unanimous for the first time in Total Drama history. But that was then, and now, things are getting a bit too serious for this host's liking. I think it's time we bring back the love on set!" Chris grinned mischievously as he set down the box of chocolates before standing up and facing the camera. "What kind of drama awaits our cast today? Will the remaining members of the super alliance finally rid themselves of Ronnie Anne? And how hot will I look in a toga? All this and more today on Total. Drama. Action!"
Things on the set were…well…they weren't the same to say the least for the final six contestants. Just a week ago the cast was hanging out, joking around, and enjoying each other's company before they were forced to go through whatever challenge Chris was going to put them through. But now…no one really felt like doing any of that.
After the drama that all went down next last time with Geoff and Bridgette breaking up with him, morale was severely down now. Currently all the cast, sans Ronnie Anne, were all sitting around outside the trailers with down trodden looks on their faces. No one even felt like making any sort of conversation. Bridgette was currently laying her head down on one of the picnic tables, DJ was leaning against a tree just keeping to himself, Harold was absent mindedly swinging around his num-yo trying to distract himself, Dawn was sitting across from Lindsay trying to meditate but having great difficulties doing so, and Lindsay was sitting besides the same tree DJ was leaning against.
Not even Lindsay was trying to find a way of cheering everyone up. Last time Lindsay couldn't stand to see everyone so down, she wanted to find some way to at least get a small smile out of everyone. But now, she herself was just feeling too down to try and find a way to get the mood up.
As they were all just silently sitting around, the door to the girls' trailer opened up with Ronnie Anne stepping out. The patch was now gone from her nose showing it was fully healed, but now the Hispanic girl had bags under her eyes. Ever since the last challenge the five remaining members of the super alliance have all stuck together in the guys' trailer leaving her alone in the girls' trailer. Normally Ronnie Anne would have loved to have the trailer to herself but she could just never really get comfortable when laying in the trailer with no one around.
But she couldn't let the others see any sort of weakness from her. She made it to the final six and she was fully intended on making it all the way to the end. So seeing everyone just moping around, she smirked as she attempted to get under everyone's skin. Specifically Bridgette as she looked towards the surfer girl. "So, how ya taking the break up surfer girl?" Ronnie Anne asked in a mocking tone. "Turns out we have something in common. We both have terrible taste in men, hehe."
BONK!
"OW!" Ronnie Anne let out as a rock was thrown directly at her head, knocking her down. Rubbing her head, Ronnie Anne sat up as she glared venomously at everyone. "Who threw that?!" The Hispanic teen demanded to know. But no one even spoke up as they stayed in the same position, refusing to even acknowledge her existence, making her growl. "Malditos perdedores…"
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"With Lincoln gone, and that whole drama, with Geoff, my mojo is all out of whack," Harold let out as slumped down, resting his head on one of his hands. "I mean I should be happy I'm in the final six right?"
CONFESSIONAL – DJ
"Man I thought I'd be stoked about getting to the final six," DJ sighed as he rubbed his temples, wishing he could be feeling happier about his position in the game at the moment. "I've stayed in the game on my own now but man…after everything that's happened I just ain't feeling it."
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"…" Bridgette just looked at the camera with red puffy eyes. Without even saying anything she got up and left the confessional.
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"The negative energy in the air…it's so overwhelming…" Dawn lamented with a lowered head. "I wish you were here Lincoln."
CONFESSIONAL – Edward
"Brbrrbbrrrrbrrr bbrrrrrbrrrr," Edward ranted out loudly. "Brrrrbrrrrr brbr!"
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"I made it to the final six…I've been doing really well in the game on my own," Lindsay said, trying her best to hype herself up despite her current mood and the atmosphere of the lot. "I wasn't letting anyone use me again and I'm proving to be more than what people thought of me…just wish I could feel better about it now…"
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"Final six, as it should be. I've proven that I'm better than Lame-O. He's already out, and pretty soon that million dollars will be all mine." Ronnie Anne stated matter of factly, convincing herself she was superior to her ex. "Maybe then we can get the Bodega fixed up a bit…wonder how's everyone doing back home…"
Ronnie Anne was about to storm up and get an ice pack for the pain in her head as everyone continued to hang around the trailers in a slum when…
Shoot!
"AH!" Lindsay yelled out as a suction cup arrow suddenly struck the side of her head.
"What the-" Harold let out before one hit him right in the chest. "We're under attack!"
"Oh no!" DJ gasped out before getting ready to book it. But as soon as he turned around an arrow came by and hit him right in the back. "I'm hit! I'm hit!"
"…" Dawn was silent as an arrow came by to strike her, but the aura reader caught it before it hit her.
"…" Bridgette was also silent as an arrow came by and hit her shoulder, causing the surfer girl to look up with an irritated expression. "Chris…"
"That's my name, don't wear it out," Chris chuckled as he and Chef walked into view, both wearing pure white togas with little wings on the back of them and both wielding bows and quivers filled with more suction cup arrows. Looking around, Chris could see the rather down atmosphere as he loaded up his bow again. "Well someones not feeling the love tonight, I can fix that~"
"AH!" Ronnie Anne let out as Chris shot an arrow right at her butt, the arrow sticking to her right cheek as she glared heatedly at Chris. "What the hell?!"
"Can't blame me for not being able to resist an easy target," Chris mocked, causing Ronnie Anne to grow even angrier, before throwing his bow to the side. He had his fun but now it was time to get on with the challenge. With all the drama that's gone down and with only six contestants left, the competition no doubt was gonna get more fired up than ever and the host couldn't wait to see it. "Greetings final 6! Hope our little cupid arrows got you all going, you're all looking like a bunch of sad sacks today."
"I mean, can you blame us?" DJ asked as he removed the arrow from his back.
"Nope, but sad sacks aren't good for ratings." Chris explained with a shrug, earning many deadpanned looks in return. "So it's time we bring back the love with today's genre. The Rom-Com!"
"Romantic comedies?" Lindsay asked with a raised brow, the ditzy blond grunting as she removed the arrow she was struck with.
"Yep! A good old fashioned genre where you see two people come together while getting a lot of laughs along the way," Chris explained as he crossed his hands behind his back while giving the cast a big grin. "Given everything that's happened I feel like we all need a little love going on around here."
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"Oh I wish I could star in a Rom-Com with my beloved Leshawna," Harold began fantasizing what it would be like if he and his girlfriend were the stars of a romantic comedy film. "I guarantee it'll be a smash hit in theatres!"
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"I hate you Chris…" Bridgette growled out. After what just happened between her and Geoff, romance of any kind was not something she wanted to deal with even a little. "So much."
"Oh I love Romantic Comedies!" The news of this did cheer Lindsay up a little. Rom-Coms were some of her favorite genres of movies and they always succeeded in making her feel happy. "They're always so sweet, especially when-"
Clank!
"Huh?" Lindsay let out as she saw that Chef had attached a shackle to her left wrist with a chain on it that connected to a shackle that was on DJ's right wrist.
"One staple of a good rom-com, two people being forced to be together under some crazy circumstance." Chris explained as Chef had also attached a shackle to Bridgette's wrist before attaching the shackle on the opposite end to Dawn's wrist. "They start out hating each other, but at the end they hate each other a little less and fall into what Hollywood considers to be love."
Harold looked…and saw that he and Ronnie Anne were connected together. "…I request a divorce." Harold immediately asked, getting Ronnie Anne to send him a dirty look in response.
"Not until death do you part my friend," Chris chuckled at the ginger geek's expense, seeing that neither he nor Ronnie Anne were too happy about the arrangement. "See, we had so much fun with the whole 'bind together' challenge for the final 6 last season we thought we'd do it again here. And similar to last season, we'll have three Romantic Comedy themed challenges and whichever team wins 2 out of 3 of them will win invincibility for themselves."
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"Hmmm…maybe I can use this!" Harold grinned as a light bulb appeared in his head. While his situation about being shackled to Ronnie Anne completely sucked, the ginger geek thought about a huge potential upside for it. "If I sabotage me and Ronnie Anne so we don't win we can finally vote her off!"
"What was that!?" Harold flinched as Ronnie Anne yelled off screen.
"So wait? Me and Dawn are together?" Bridgette asked as she held up the shackle and chain connecting her to the aura reader.
"Why yes!" Chris nodded before pulling out an LGBT flag and waving it around and looking towards the camera. "Because we here at Total Drama support all types of relationships!"
CONFESSIONAL – Chris
"Representation is mandatory these days," Chris stated as he held up a contract and waved it around. "The producers were breathing down my neck about it last season."
"Welcome contestants, to the ultimate test of relationships!" After a commercial break, it was time for the first part of the romantic comedy challenge! Chef had led the contestants to one of the indoor sets where everything was decorated like a traditional game show with a big stage with three couches and each couch having a scoreboard over it and to the side was a stand where the host would stand behind. That host being Chris of course who was now decked out in his blue suit as he stood behind the stand with a microphone in hand. "Let's welcome all the happy couples! Couple number one, Harold and Ronnie Anne!"
"Leshawna, this isn't what it looks like!" Harold immediately said as Harold and Ronnie Anne entered the scene and sat down on the first couch on the set. "I'd never think to cheat on you with the wicked witch of the south!"
"Why you…" Ronnie Anne growled out before giving Harold a punch to the shoulder.
"Truer love was never felt ladies and gents!" Chris quipped to the nonexistent crowd. Nearby Edward was in front of a sound panel with the platypus pressing a button on it and playing a laugh track. "And couple number two! Dawn and Bridgette! Bridgette is just coming from a nasty break up but it looks like she's finding a new relationship with everyone's favorite aura reader!"
"Chris…" Bridgette growled out as Dawn put a hand on the surfer girl's shoulder to try and calm her down.
"And finally couple number three, DJ and Lindsay!" Chris announced as the last pair came onto stage with Lindsay happily waving all around despite there not being anyone watching all of this live. "He's a brickhouse with a heart of gold, and she's the ditzy blond beauty! It was a match made in heaven! Hey Lindsay, try to remember his name k?"
"Haha, very funny," Lindsay rolled her eyes as she and DJ sat down on the last couch.
"Now, are all our lovey dovey couples comfortable? Good! Now let's get on with the challenge!" Chris announced as Edward pressed another button on the soundboard playing a clapping track. "Love the enthusiasm folks! Now then, over the course of today's challenge we'll be testing all the things that make a couple, a couple. Because physical attraction is great and all, but if that's all you got going for then that's not a couple. That's something I'm not allowed to describe to 16-year-olds, hahah."
"Ew," A few of the contestants let out as they knew exactly what Chris was talking about.
"I know, but hopefully by the end of this no one will have to be tested!" Chris' words only made everyone cringe more. Luckily for them Chris finally began explaining how the first challenge would go. "Now then, the first thing all couples need to work out is simply knowing each other. Knowing what your girl/boyfriend's hobbies are, their likes and dislikes, stuff like that. Can't really be a couple if you're both strangers to each other."
"Hang on, that's not fair!" Ronnie Anne immediately pointed out Dawn causing everyone to deadpan at her. If this was about knowing people than Dawn had a massive unfair advantage! "That hippy knows everything about everyone!"
"Indeed she does, huge advantage there for couple number 2," Chris explained, causing Ronnie Anne's jaw to drop at Chris just allowing that! "Maybe you would too if you spent more time socializing and less time scheming, heheh,"
"Grrrrr…" Ronnie Anne growled out in frustration.
"Sucks to be you," Harold mocked the Hispanic teen with a smirk, causing Ronnie Anne to immediately give him a strong punch to the shoulder. "Ow! Gosh!"
"This is gonna be a fun challenge, hehe. Now then, if everyone will look behind your couches you'll see a white board and marker for all of you," Chris instructed with everyone following his instructions looking behind the couch and finding the items he spoke of with everyone now holding a small white board in one hand and a black dry erase marker in the other. "So here's how this will go, I'll ask each person of a couple a question about the other. They must write down what they think the correct answer is while the other writes down their own answer. If the answers match, you'll get a point."
"And uh…what happens if they don't match?" DJ spoke up, knowing that while it was probably a dumb idea to ask he rather be able to brace for whatever Chris has in store for them.
"Then the comedy part of the Romantic Comedy kicks in," Chris warned everyone, making them all flinch. Knowing Chris, the comedy he spoke up was most likely going to be the painful physical kind of comedy. "Now then, let us get started with the challenge!" One again Edward played a cheer track as Chris pulled out a series of flashcards. "So this question goes to couple numero uno! Ronnie Anne, what does your man spend his weekends doing?"
Ronnie Anne rolled her eyes as she wrote something down on her white board, with Harold doing the same and positioning it so that Ronnie Anne wouldn't be able to peek. The Hispanic teen noticed this and narrowed her eyes at Harold before getting ready to reveal her answer. "Well I think this one is pretty obvious," Ronnie Anne then revealed her white board and got an offended look from Harold. "Lame Nerd Stuff,"
"Not a bad guess," Chris chuckled, causing Harold to shift his offended look onto Chris. "Harold?"
"Hmph, well if she actually knew anything about me," Harold stated firmly before revealing his answer. "She'd know I spend my weekends going hard at the gym!"
"What?!" Ronnie Anne let out as she looked at Harold's white board and saw that he wrote 'Going to the Gym' and immediately gave the ginger geek a glare. "That's bull and you know it! Chris he's lying!"
"Got proof that he is?" Chris challenged with a smirk. Ronnie Anne tried to speak up but found…nothing. It was obvious that Harold was lying, she knew that Chris knew he was lying. But it looks like the host wasn't going to do anything about it. "Theeeeeen~"
Click.
SPLASH!
"AH!" Ronnie Anne and Harold both let out. Chris pressed a button on the stand he was in front of and caused icy cold water to splash down on Ronnie Anne and Harold, immediately causing the two to shiver as Chris laughed at their expense with Ronnie Anne giving Harold a harsh glare as she shivered.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"That little twerp…he's trying to sabotage us!" It wasn't hard for Ronnie Anne to figure out what Harold was up to. That ginger geek was trying to make them lose! If they do then she'd be prime for elimination and she refused to let that happen! "If he thinks that I'm gonna let him get away with that he's got another thing coming!" She then pulled on her shackle, causing Harold to hit the wall outside
"OW!!"
"C-C-Cold!" Harold let out as he hugged himself and began shivering.
"Told ya comedy would be kicking in if you got the answer wrong! And that was just a small taste of what's to come," Chris warned everyone, making them all worried about what future things Chris planned to rain down on them. But they didn't have much more time to think about it as Chris switched which flash card he was reading as he directed his attention to Dawn and Bridgette. "Alright couple number 2, it's your turn! Dawn, when did Bridgette start putting her hair in a ponytail,"
Bridgette wrote down what the true answer was on her own whiteboard while Dawn confidentially wrote down what the answer was. "The answer is, when she was six!" Dawn said as she revealed her answer on the whiteboard. "She learned that her long hair would get in her face while surfing so she started putting it in a ponytail,"
"She's right," Bridgette confirmed as she revealed her own board which had the same answer as Dawn's board.
"And that's one point for lovely couple number 2!" Chris announced as the point counter on the screen above Dawn and Bridgette's couch went from 0 to 1. "Already have a couple on the board so couples three and especially one better be prepared to step it up!"
"Buncha bull crap…" Ronnie Anne angrily muttered. So her teammate was intentionally screwing them up and Dawn was essentially being allowed to cheat. This game was garbage!
"Couple number three, you'll have our first multiple choice question!" Chris told DJ and Lindsay as he pulled up another flashcard. "DJ, Lindsay is wearing a dress that doesn't look that good on her, what do you do? A, spare her feelings and tell her she looks great in it. B, tell her she doesn't look good in it and that she should go for a different dress. Or C, tell her that you just don't get it,"
Lindsay didn't even need to think about her answer as she wrote it down. "Hmmmm…" DJ hummed in thought as he thought about the answer he should give. After a moment or two, DJ wrote it down before getting ready to reveal it. "Well, knowing Lindsay she wants to look the absolute best she can be! So I believe the answer is…B! Be honest about it and tell her she should try something else on. Just make sure not to make it sound mean ya know,"
"He's being honest folks! That is one brave man!" Chris announced as Edward played a cheering track causing DJ to smile sheepishly as he waved to the non existent audience. "Lindsay? Your answer?"
"DJ is…absolutely right!" Lindsay revealed her answer to be B as well making DJ breathe a sigh of relief. "I do wanna look the best I can! Last thing I wanna do is go to a school dance or party in a dress with colors that clash with my skin! That'd be a total nightmare! So some honesty in that moment would be appreciated."
"And couple number three gains a point!" Chris announced as both couples two and three cheered for the latter's success. Harold also complimented them earning yet another punch from Ronnie Anne in response. "Couple number one, kinda slipping here~ But let's see if you can make it up with this little question!"
"Mess this is up for us, and I will rip your mustache hairs off one at a time," Ronnie Anne quietly growled towards her partner. Harold did flinch a bit at the threat, but he refused to back down and give into her demands.
"Harold, it's your turn to answer bud." Chris pulled out another flash card with Harold having to be the one to guess the answer now. "Your date is going a little hard on the dessert at a buffet! Do you, A, keep your mouth shut. B, tell her that all those sweets are going to make her fat. Or C, ask her to pass you some."
"Heh," Ronnie Anne let out as she wrote her answer. She knew Harold was still gonna try and sabotage them by picking the obviously less desirable answer. But luckily she was smarter than that and selected that answer herself to ruin Harold's attempt at sabotage.
"I'm ready to give my answer," Harold stated confidentially as Ronnie Anne continued to smirk. But that smirk didn't last as Harold revealed her answer. "C, ask her to pass me some!"
"Wanna get some sugar for yourself, nice!" Chris nodded at Harold before looking towards Ronnie Anne who had her jaw dropped. "Ronnie Anne, your answer?"
"…B…" Ronnie Anne growled out as Harold rose his head in triumph. "Because I would like my boyfriend to be concerned over my health…"
"Oh but I am," Harold answered rather smugly, only making Ronnie Anne more angry. "By asking you to pass me some, I'm taking away the calories you could eat while also sparing your feelings! It's a win-win! Oh, and I get dessert out of it."
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"I knew she was gonna try that to sabotage my own sabotage," Harold explained confidently as he pointed to his head. "Along with all my other mad skills, I'm also a master at mental gymnastics! She's gonna have to do better than that!"
"So couple number one still lacks any points!" Chris announced as Ronnie Anne glared murderously at her partner. "But we'll give them a sweet treat in consolation!" Chris then pressed another button on the stand and-
SPLAT!
SPLAT!
A pair of pies were thrown directly at Ronnie Anne and Harold's faces, getting chuckles from the other four contestants. "Can't go wrong with the classics right folks?" Chris said while looking towards the camera as Edward played the laugh track again. "And going back to couple number 2, Bridgette, what school field trip did Dawn go on that ended up traumatizing her?"
"Hmmmm…I think I have a good idea what it could be…" Bridgette muttered as she tried to think of things that would really freak Dawn out that much. It all came back to the same thing, animals suffering of any kind so that gave Bridgette a good idea of what to write down. "Is it…a steak factory?"
"Not a bad guess Bridgette," Chris admitted as Bridgette revealed her answer before the host looked towards the aura reader. "Dawn, is she right or wrong?"
"Sorry Bridgette…" Dawn apologized as she revealed her answer. "You were in the right ballpark but it was actually a chicken nugget factory."
"Ooooo, so close yet so far. No second point for couple number 2!" Chris shook his head before pushing another button to activate yet another surprise. "Instead you'll get these!"
Falling from the ceiling were two sparkly pink hearts that landed in front of Bridgette and Dawn. Both girls winced and turned their heads away from their hearts…only for nothing to happen. Bridgette blinked a few times as she picked up one of the hearts and rose a brow in confusion. "Um…?" Bridgette let out as she shook the heart a little. "What's this supposed to-"
BOOM!
And then the two hearts exploded, leaving both Dawn and Bridgette completely covered in sparkling pink paint from the front. "…be…" Bridgette finished before coughing up some glitter.
"Hahahahah!" Ronnie Anne laughed loudly as she pointed at the girls, leading to Harold yanking on the chains connecting them causing the Hispanic teen to tumble off the couch.
"Hope that won't stain haha," Chris laughed as Dawn and Bridgette began to glare at Chris as the host got ready to ask DJ and Lindsay another question. "Alright Lindsay this one is for you. DJ is bringing you to a surprise date, where are you hoping he takes you?"
"Hmmmmm…" Lindsay pursed her lips as she tapped the end of her marker against her lip as she thought about what to say as DJ wrote down his answer on the whiteboard. After a moment of thinking about it Lindsay wrote her answer down before revealing it. "I'm hoping he'd take me to a really nice dinner date! I like being able to talk with my partner and get to know them better, and doing it over some delicious food is certainly a benefit! Then after dinner we can…see where some things go~"
"Basic but it works and I'm sure many guys would hope for the same thing with you Lindsay," Chris joked while DJ blushed at the implications of what Lindsay was talking about. "DJ, where are you actually taking her?"
"Well…I'm not sure if this'll count or not but I was thinking of making her a home cooked dinner," DJ explained as he revealed his answer on the whiteboard which he wrote down as 'Cook a romantic dinner' before he began explaining it properly. "I agree with Lindsay about how talking over dinner is a nice way to get to know your partner, but I think the dinner will mean a lot more if ya make it yourself ya know?"
"Hmmmm…judges? Your verdict?" Chris looked towards the judges for the contestants. Although really it was just Chef who was sitting to the side the whole time with the buff cook only half paying attention to the challenge as he did a crossword in the newspaper. Chef simply gave a thumbs-up as he kept his eyes on the newspaper but that was enough for Chris. "And it counts! Couple number 3 gets their second point!"
"Alright!" Lindsay cheered as she and DJ shared a high five at getting their next point.
"And going back to couple number one and their whopping zero points!" Chris announced in a mocking tone causing Ronnie Anne to glare at the host as he read the next question for them. "Ronnie Anne, your boyfriend's birthday is coming up and you forgot all about it. You don't have a gift or anything, what do you tell him?"
"I swear if he…" Ronnie Anne bitterly muttered as she wrote down an answer. She tried to peek at what Harold was writing down on his whiteboard, but the ginger geek seemed to clue in on this as he did a good job at hiding what he was writing causing her to growl in irritation as she revealed her answer. "I would just quickly buy him something he likes and just hide the fact I forgot. People forget stuff all the time, why cause needless drama,"
"Ronnie Anne, look up hypocrite in the dictionary. I guarantee that you'll find a picture of yourself next to it," Chris joked, causing Ronnie Anne to scoff and roll her eyes at that statement before Chris looked towards Harold. "Harold, what about you bro?"
"Personally I would prefer it if she were honest about it." Harold revealed his answer, yet again having a different one from his partner's causing Ronnie Anne to only grow angrier. "If she's honest about it I see no reason not to just forgive her and move on from it."
"Man, you two just can't seem to synergize!" Chris let out a series of 'tsk' as he shook his head in disappointment. But that look soon changed to his usual grin as he went to press another button. "Oh well! More fun for me!"
ZAP!!!
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Ronnie Anne and Harold yelled out as their couch was suddenly electrified, giving them quite the nasty zap as their hair stood up on end.
"Love hurts don't it~?" Chris joked, earning glares from both Harold and Ronnie Anne as the host turned his attention towards Dawn and Bridgette once more. "Dawn, your GF lost her bikini bottom at the beach and hasn't noticed yet, but you have. Do you A, let her know as soon as possible. B, stop to admire the sight in front of you. Or C, try and find the bikini before she or anyone else notices it."
"Easy answer," Dawn let out as Bridgette wrote her answer down with Dawn writing hers down pretty much a second after. "A, let her know as soon as possible."
"At least then I would know to hide," Bridgette shrugged, refusing to elaborate or admitting to the fact that this has indeed happened to her before in the past. "And I always bring a spare swimsuit with me just in case."
"And point two for couple two!" Chris quipped as the counter above Bridgette and Dawn went from one to two. "And back to couple three, DJ your question is…what number is Lindsay thinking of?"
"…Right now?" DJ asked with a raised brow as Lindsay hummed for a moment before writing down her answer. What kind of a question was that?! "How am I supposed to know that?!"
"Tick-tock bro," Chris told DJ while pointing to his watch.
"Uh…I dunno…" DJ scratched his head, unable to really think of what the answer could be. There wasn't any logic with the guesswork! All he could do was…guess. So he quickly wrote something down before revealing it. "Um, seven?"
"Going with the lucky number, safe pick! Lindsay?" Chris asked to see Lindsay's answer with the ditzy blond happily doing so…revealing she wrote down negative seven. "…Negative seven?"
"Clever right?" Lindsay asked with a grin. "No one would think to guess a negative number!"
"Lindsay!" DJ yelled out in a scolding voice.
"Welp, sorry DJ but negative seven ain't the same as normal seven," Chris explained as DJ let out a groan before slumping down as Chris went for a button. "Soooooo~"
GLOOP!
And just like that, a bunch of melted chocolate fell from above and completely covered Lindsay and DJ. "Ugh…" Lindsay let out as she tried to wipe the chocolate away from her face. "I feel sticky…"
"Mmmm," DJ decided to give the chocolate a taste as he licked some off his right index finger, smiling as it hit his tongue. "Dark chocolate, at least it's healthy!"
"Way to look on the bright side DJ," Chris chuckled as he directed his attention to all the couples. "Alright, last round of challenge number one folk so you're last chance to earn points! Couple one, you're out though. No chance of you guys even tying now,"
"Yes!" Harold silently cheered while pumping up his fist. Growling in anger, Ronnie Anne stomped on one of Harold's feet. "Ow! Ow! Ow!"
"So couples 2 and 3, this'll be for the win!" Chris announced as he directed his attention towards couple two while pulling out his second to last flash card. "Bridgette, true or false, Dawn is against the concept of Zoos and what they do."
"Come on, come on…" Bridgette tried to think about what the answer could be. She knew there were many nature lovers that were completely against zoos, saying how they're nothing but animal prisons. But others, like herself, loved them and thought so long as the zoo's were well kept and the staff were nice they did much good for the animals there. So after thinking hard about it for a second, Bridgette came to her answer. "…false."
"Interesting~" Chris let out before looking towards the nature lover. "Dawn?"
"…She's right," Dawn revealed as she also wrote down false for her answer. "I don't have anything against Zoos at all. As long as they're well kept and they keep the animals there safe, happy, protect the endangered ones and help them reproduce. I truly don't believe what others say about them being prisons, I've met plenty of animals happy to be in zoos. In fact, my mother is actually a veterinarian for one."
"And that's a strong third point for couple number two!" Chris announced as Dawn and Bridgette's score went from two to three. Both girls cheered and shared a hug at their success as Chris turned his attention to couple number three. "Lindsay, DJ, you can at least try and tie things up. So DJ what does Lindsay…have in her pocket right now?"
"Um…" DJ cursed his luck for getting yet another one of these questions. Well, less luck and more so the fact that Chris just seemed to really like messing with him. So he just wrote down something random and hoped for the best after Lindsay wrote what the real answer was. "A little hippopotamus riding a skateboard?"
"…It's like you don't know me at all!" Lindsay yelled out as she revealed the real answer was just something simple. Lip gloss. DJ face palmed as Lindsay gave Chris a pleading look. "Since this is the last question we don't need to trigger another comedy…right?"
"You'd think that?" Chris smirked as he pressed a button on his stand. DJ and Lindsay didn't have time to react as the pillows on their couch exploded, and combined with the chocolate still on them left the two of them covered with feathers. "Ah just look at those love birds ladies and gents! Now then, Dawn and Bridgette are in the lead by one point! I'll give you some time to clean up before part two of the challenge!"
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"I still can't believe DJ gave that as his guess," Lindsay shook her head as she reached into her left pocket and pulled out a tube of lip gloss. "I mean in my right pocket I always keep my lip gloss and in my left pocket…" But when Lindsay reached into her left pocket she ended up pulling out a small toy of a hippo riding a skateboard…exactly like DJ guessed. "Oh...oops…"
"And we're back with round two of the Romantic Comedy challenge!" Chris announced as all three couples were once again lined up next to each other on the next set that they were taken too. Like Chris said they had time to clean themselves up from everything they were covered with from the first part of the challenge. But of course they were still left chained up together for this process making it a little more than awkward for the likes of couples number 1 and 3. So now they were nice and clean as they prepared for the next thing Chris had in store for them. "So how are our lovely couples feeling? Couple number one?"
"She's not getting any alimony when we split," Harold immediately said, getting a nasty look from Ronnie Anne in response.
"It's love stories like this that truly warm my heart," Chris chuckled as Harold and Ronnie Anne rolled their eyes. "And couple number two?"
"Well, certainly happy to have won the first challenge," Bridgette spoke up with a shrug.
"We just hope we'll be able to keep up the good team work," Dawn added up with Bridgette nodding in agreement.
"Feeling the confidence coming from the lesbians, always a nice feeling." Chris joked, causing Dawn and Bridgette to deadpan at the host. "And finally, couple number three?"
"Well we may have lost the first challenge but I still think we can pull out a win," DJ explained with a shrug before turning towards Lindsay with a smile. "Right Lindsay?"
"Heck yeah we can! We just gotta believe in ourselves!" Lindsay cheered before looking towards the camera and blowing a kiss towards it. "Hi Tyler! Don't worry you're still my number one guy!"
"What a loving girlfriend aye DJ?" Chris joked earning an eye roll from DJ. But the time for messing with the cast more would have to come later. For now they had yet another challenge to get to! "So the first challenge was all about getting to know your partner, a key part in any relationship. But this challenge is all about arguably the most important part about any relationship! Trust! As I'm sure Bridgette can explain to you."
"Grrrr…" Bridgette let out as everyone, sans Ronnie Anne, began glaring at Chris.
CONFESSIONAL – DJ
"Too soon man…" DJ shook his head while giving the camera a harsh look.
"So for this challenge you'll be going through this simple lovers obstacle course!" Chris revealed the course that was in front of them. An obstacle course that was basically themed around love and valentines day that was split into four sections. The first one being a wall covered in large hearts. "First you'll have to go through the wall of broken hearts," The second section had a wall that shot out more of those suction cup arrows from before. "Then get past Cupid's target practice." The third section of the course was a balance beam with dressed up dummies that had angry faces painted on them swinging back and forth from the ceiling. "And then get through the disapproving in-laws!" And the final part of the obstacle course had geysers of hot chocolate rising up. "And finally pass by the geysers of boiling chocolate! Because love is fiery, passionate, with a tad bit of sweetness. First couple to reach the finish line earns a win! And to top it all off, you'll be blindfolded for it!"
"Blindfolded?!" Everyone let out as Chris pulled out six blindfolds for the cast to put on, with DJ in particular looking especially fearful.
"Eeyup!" Chris grinned as he gave all six contestants a blindfold to put on. "Because love is all about blind trust after all,"
"But how's that gonna work?" DJ asked as he flinched when Chris put the blindfold in his hand. "How can we trust each other if we're both blindfolded."
"I don't know, that's for y'all to figure out." Chris explained before chuckling and leaving the area to watch the challenge from a nice and safe distance. "So line up at the starting line, put those on, and let's get this show on the road!" Everyone did so with less than enthusiastic energy. With DJ struggling a bit to put on his blindfold as he remembered his…harsh history of them from back in season one. "And lights…camera…ACTION!"
"Ok Bridgette, let's take it nice and slow." Dawn told her partner with Bridgette nodding in agreement as couple number 2 proceeded forward through the obstacle course at a decent pace, they knew rushing through things would be a bad idea and could cause them to make mistakes. "Holding up well?"
"Bout as well as I can…" Bridgette gulped nervously as she put her hands forward to try and feel for anything in front of her, also rather nervous about being blindfolded. Granted not as much as DJ thankfully but the surfer girl was still nervously about having her eyesight taking from her.
"Ok DJ it'll be ok," Lindsay could see, at least before putting on the blindfold, how nervous her partner was and couldn't blame him. She saw everything that the brickhouse went through with the trust challenge last season. Especially due to Courtney. So the blond bombshell was doing her best to comfort DJ through the challenge as she coaxed him to start walking forward. "We've got each other alright? Everything will be fine."
"O-Ok Lindsay…" DJ gulped as he and Lindsay pushed forward at a decently fast place. Yes he was still nervous about being blindfolded again but…he couldn't let that stop him! He's come too far to let something like that stop him now! He had a promise for Chef he had to keep and he had no plans on letting the buff cook down. Plus having Lindsay there with him and helping out also put him at ease a bit. "I trust you. Let's win this thing!"
"That's the spirit!" Lindsay cheered for DJ with a big smile on her face.
"Come…on!" Meanwhile as expected, couple number one's teamwork was…practically non-existent. Ronnie Anne wanted to rush through the obstacle course as fast as possible, literally running blind to the whole thing. But Harold was stopping her as the ginger geek held his ground causing Ronnie Anne to have to drag him, moving at much slower speeds than she would have liked. "Stop…holding…us back!"
"We need…to take…it slower!" Harold let out as he refused to let Ronnie Anne move forward. Harold was still trying to carry out his plan on sabotaging himself and Ronnie Anne to try and keep them from winning a point. He wasn't gonna let Ronnie Anne's threats stop him from finally ensuring she's eliminated! "It's a good…strategy!"
"Strategy my (BLEEP)!" Ronnie Anne yelled out as she managed to drag Harold towards her with a strong tug of their chain, catching the ginger geek by the collar of his shirt and holding him threateningly. "I ain't an idiot! I can see exactly what you're doing and that stops here! I'm not losing this because of you!"
"Oooo, sensing some trouble in paradise~" Chris let out with a grin as he happily watched the show in front of him.
"Here's the wall!" Dawn said as she and Bridgette managed to reach the first part of the obstacle course that Chris told them about. But feeling around, it felt less like a wall and more like…paper? "Wait a minute…"
Tears!
"Ooooh, it's one of those big paper hearts!" Bridgette realized as she and Dawn easily ripped through one of the big hearts on the walls and made it through easily. "Alright! Let's go Dawn!"
"Just paper?" DJ said with a grin before running forward, the chain making him drag Lindsay right to him. "Let's go Lindsay!"
"Wait DJ!" Lindsay yelled out as-
THUD!
"OW!" DJ let out as he and Lindsay crashed into one of the hearts…only for this one to be an actual wall instead of just paper. "Ugh…
"Did I forget to mention some of them are actual walls?" Chris asked with a shit-eating grin. "My bad~"
"My head is spinning…" Lindsay groaned out.
"Hmph, time to finally make yourself useful nerd!" Ronnie Anne let out as she forcibly picked Harold up and held him like a battering ram before running forward with a mad grin. "CHAAAARGE!!!"
"AAAAAAAAHHH!!!" Harold screamed out as-
THUD!
Ronnie Anne crashed Harold right into one of the real heart walls. "Guess that's not it~" Ronnie Anne let out with a smug grin.
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"In just a few short hours I've been bruised, humiliated, and I have serious short term memory loss…and I have serious short term memory loss," Harold unknowingly repeated as he held an ice pack up to his bruised noggin. "How did Lincoln deal with her?!"
"Quick! Run!" Dawn yelled out as she and Bridgette tried their best to run through the barrage of suction cup arrows to make it to the halfway point of the obstacle course.
"Lindsay, hop on!" DJ offered as he leaned down. Despite being blindfolded Lindsay could tell what this meant and jumped onto the brickhouse's back, allowing him to easily carry her as he charged through the second part of the course, managing to take the lead from Bridgette and Dawn.
"Keep making yourself useful geek!" Ronnie Anne let out as she kept carrying Harold through the course, now promoting Harold from battering ram to human shield as he took all the incoming arrows for her, screaming the entire time.
When it came to the third part of the obstacle course, this was where the challenge truly started as once DJ and Lindsay approached it they could hear the dummies above swinging. "Oh boy…better stay on Lindsay…" Lindsay didn't need to be told that twice as she kept her arms firmly around DJ, keeping piggy back formation as DJ hopped onto the balance beam. "Slow and steady wins the race…"
All DJ could really do was try and listen for the dummies swinging by and attempting to progress through when there was an opening. Dawn and Bridgette essentially did the same as they reached this part of the obstacle course as well and due to the slower and constant speed they had to take there wasn't really a chance to pass DJ and Lindsay again.
"Come on! Come on! Come on!" But wanting to hurry it up and pick up the pace was of course Ronnie Anne who was continuing to forcibly drag Harold through the course with the ginger geek now being covered with plunger arrows. "Hurry it up! I won't let you slow me down again!"
"Uuuugh…" Harold let out in pain. But still, he refused to give into the Latina's demands.
"I said…" Ronnie Anne growled as she grabbed the chain. "Hurry. It. Up!" Ronnie Anne then yanked on the chain as hard as she could, causing Harold to fly right at her and knocking them both back and-
SLAM!
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Both let out screams as they were hit by a dummy and sent flying through the air, crashing a good distance away from the obstacle course.
"Oooooo, was hoping that would happen haha!" Chris laughed, clapping at the sight of the flying couple.
Thankfully with the pace they were going at and by just being more careful, Dawn and Bridgette, and DJ and Lindsay were able to escape that fate as they passed by the dummies and moved onto the last part of the obstacle course, the chocolate geysers. Stepping onto the next section, both teams heard the geysers going up and the scent of hot chocolate was strong in the air and ended up making everyone smile.
But the time to enjoy the smell of chocolate was for later. Right now, both teams were neck and neck with each other and it was just a mad dash to the finish line. Both teams knew what they had to do, but one was at a clear advantage. Lindsay continued to hold onto DJ as the brickhouse took off as fast as he could. Dawn and Bridgette attempted to run together as well, both teams doing their best to dodge any chocolate geysers as they heard them coming, but DJ was simply much faster than both Dawn and Bridgette and so in no time at all, DJ crossed the finish line with Lindsay still clinging to him.
"And DJ and Lindsay win!" Chris announced as DJ and Lindsay cheered as they removed their blindfolds with Dawn and Bridgette clapping in good sportsmanship as they crossed the finish line second. "The scores are zero, one, and one! Meaning that the most couple one can hope for is a tie! Things aren't looking good for one particular member of the final six~"
Ronnie Anne knew exactly what Chris was talking about and couldn't stop the worried look from coming to her face.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"No, no, no, no!" Ronnie Anne was actually panicking now as she punched both of her fists against the vanity, a worried expression on her face. This was it, even if her and Harold were to win the next challenge which was greatly unlikely as he was still intent on sabotaging them, there was no chance of saving her butt in another Gilded Chris Ceremony. "I can't lose now! I-I can't…"
"And now it's time for the final part of the romantic comedy challenge!" Chris announced as all three couples were now standing in front of open doors, each leading into a different room. Though all three of them looked incredibly identical. "We've gotten to know each other, you've gotten to trust each other. Some of you better than others, hehe."
"Tch…" Ronnie Anne sent Harold a nasty glance before looking away from him.
"But now it's time for something all couples must face sooner or later, problem solving." Chris explained as he paced back and forth in front of the contestants. "After all, all romantic pairings have some problems of some kind! Whether it be emotional problems, financial problems, or the age-old problem of whether to allow your in-laws into your home during the holidays!"
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"Well thankfully that won't have to be a problem for me," Dawn said with a smile filled with relief. "I like to think I made a connection with the Louds when I saw them during the off season, they were really delightful people!"
"And this will be a problem you will all have to face, the rooms you see in front of you are good old fashioned escape rooms!" Chris explained with a few eyes widening in response. "Each of you will enter the room, and the door will lock the second it closes. Inside is a series of puzzles you'll have to work together to solve! Solve the final puzzle and the door will unlock, the first couple that frees themselves will win a point and of course should couples 2 or 3 win they will win invincibility while if couple one wins everyone will be on the grounds for elimination!"
"We got this DJ!" Lindsay grinned as she held a fist out to DJ who happily grinned and returned the fist bump.
"You good right now?" Bridgette asked, seeing that Dawn was looking rather low on energy at the moment. Quite frankly Bridgette's noticed that Dawn was looking out of it the entire time but now it was really starting to become visible.
"…I suppose so," Dawn let out with a weak smile that only ended up worrying Bridgette.
"Alright, everyone ready?" Chris asked as all the couples stepped up in front of the open doors.
"I swear if you screw us over aga-" Ronnie Anne was about to threaten Harold but was cut off as the ginger geek reached into her hair and pulled out a bobby pin. "Hey! What're you doing?!"
"Simple," Harold explained as he held up the pin he just took from the Hispanic teen. "With this I can escape easily!"
"Hmph, really?" Ronnie Anne narrowed her eyes suspiciously at Harold. Was he done sabotaging them since no matter what they wouldn't win invincibility? She wasn't sure if she was happy about that or should just be pissed off more at him. "Well just hurry up and-"
Clank!
"Huh?" Ronnie Anne looked and saw that Harold had unlocked his shackle. He wasn't planning on escaping the room with it…it was about escaping her. "You-"
"Have fun~" Harold let out before pushing Ronnie Anne into the room and slamming the door shut on her, locking her in the room.
"HAROLD!" Ronnie Anne yelled as she immediately began pounding on the door. Her voice was filled with murderous intent as she yelled out his name and tried to escape the door. But Chris was serious about the door locking shut when it was closed as her attempts to force it open were completely fruitless. "WHEN I GET OUTTA HERE YOU'RE DEAD!!!"
But all Harold did was whistle and walk off to the side, happy to finally be free of that witch.
"Well, that's one way of calling it off," Chris commented with a grin before looking towards the other couples who were still outside and watching the scene with plenty of amusement. "Welp, all of you better get in too. Ronnie Anne's got a head start."
"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Ronnie Anne let out as she continued trying to force the door open.
"Though sounds like she ain't using it that well," Chris chuckled as the other couples went into their respective rooms together with Chris closing the door on them. "Well this gives me a decent break, I'm gonna go enjoy a steam bath!"
CONFESSIONAL – Harold
"I can't even begin to explain how good that felt!" Harold grinned like a mad lad, absolutely loving how it felt to lock Ronnie Anne in that room. "My beloved Leshawna, if you're watching this, that was all for you!"
Now it's time to see how the various teams are doing in their escape rooms.
RONNIE ANNE
"OPEN! UP! JUST OPEN UP!!!" Ronnie Anne was so confused by rage that she didn't even try to look around the room and solve puzzles like one is supposed to do. Instead she was taking whatever object she could pick up in the room and threw it at the door in an attempt to force it open. But nothing worked, the door didn't budge. All Ronnie Anne could end up doing afterward was fall on her knees and punch the ground. "Dammit, dammit, dammit…"
Maybe let's look at how another team is doing…
BRIDGETTE AND DAWN
Right now Bridgette and Dawn were just sitting around on a table that was in the middle of the room. Both were just feeling low energy right now and Bridgette suggested that they rest and Dawn didn't have any problems with that. Invincibility didn't really matter to them anyway and they were happy to just let DJ and Lindsay win it. After all, no way Ronnie Anne was winning given what they were hearing coming from her room, so she would hopefully be prime to vote off later.
"Hey Dawn," Bridgette spoke up after a few minutes of the two just sitting around in silence. Bridgette had admittedly been wanting to talk to Dawn since Lincoln got eliminated but given the whole drama going on with her ex-boyfriend she just…didn't have the time nor the will power to actually speak up. But with the two of them alone and sitting together she decided now was a prime time. "Can we talk?"
"Hm, of course," Dawn raised her head a little as she looked up at Bridgette. The nature lover still looked out of it but it was obvious that taking the time to just rest was doing her quite well. "About what?"
"Well, about you actually," Bridgette revealed, making Dawn blink a few times. "Thing is, I've been pretty lousy lately for…obvious reasons. But, how are you holding up with all this?"
"…Well…" Dawn sighed as she shook her head. She really couldn't hide how she was feeling about all that's been happening lately. She's been trying to keep herself together after everything but it's been quite emotionally draining on her. "Honestly, it's been weighing heavily on me…"
"I guess everyone just assumes you're alright," Bridgette sighed out, feeling guilty since she was also among that group at first. Dawn was usually the most well composed person in Total Drama, sure she's had a few slip ups here and there but she was still better than the rest of them a large majority of the time. "You wanna talk about it?"
"…That would be nice," Dawn told Bridgette with a small smile. "I really appreciate it Bridgette,"
"Hey, it's what friends are for," Bridgette said with a small smile as she went to put a hand on top of Dawn's own.
DJ AND LINDSAY
Meanwhile as Dawn and Bridgette had both predicted, DJ and Lindsay were hard at work solving the challenge. As soon as they got in they began looking around the room for any sort of clues or stuff that looked out of place. Lindsay was the one to find the first clue hidden in a file in the filing cabinet and after that they began solving and finding more clues and working their way through the puzzle of the room.
But now the latest clue had them a bit stumped as they were now resort to looking around the room and hoping to find a lead of some kind. "Oh! DJ!" Lindsay called out to her partner as she stuck her hand inside of a lamp while DJ looked inside a nearby drawer. "I found something in the lamp!"
"Great! What is it?" DJ asked as he looked up at the blond.
"Oh wait, nevermind. Just a spider." Lindsay pulled her hand pack revealing a tiny little spider on it. Lindsay was good for a second…until the realization of a spider caught up with her leading her to wave her arm around in a panic. "AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
"Woah, woah, woah! Lindsay calm down!" DJ let out as he grabbed Lindsay and flicked the spider off her. "It's just a tiny little spider."
"Right…my bad…" Lindsay apologized for the overreaction before accidentally bumping into the nightstand they were investigating, causing the lamp to fall off and break on the floor. "Oops,…"
"Wait Lindsay look!" DJ let out as he pointed to something that was underneath the lamp. Looks like Lindsay's little accident paid off as a button was hiding underneath the source of light. "You found something!"
"Oh yay!" Lindsay clapped for herself and pressed the button. The sound of something opening was heard and both Lindsay and DJ gasped as they looked towards the door and saw it had opened up! They were free! Wasting no time, both rushed out of the room and successfully secured their win. "We did it!"
"Alright we win!" DJ cheered as he and Lindsay shared a high five. The two then looked around and raised their brows at seeing their lack of a certain host. "Hey where's Chris?"
"Hold on! I'm here!" Just then Chris reappeared, the host running onto stage. Though he had a towel wrapped around his head showing he had just finished that steam bath he had mentioned. "Sorry, was just finishing up some good ole R&R. But congratulations couple number three on winning invincibility!"
Chris then pulled out a remote and pressed a button on it, opening up the other two doors to the escape room. Stepping out of the first room was a worried looking Ronnie Anne while Dawn and Bridgette left their room looking rather happy and re energized, their talk obviously having gone well. And Harold soon caught up to everyone with the ginger geek taking the time to relax himself. "So congratulations to Lindsay and DJ for winning the challenge," Chris revealed them as the winners to the others with other four contestants, sans Ronnie Anne of course, clapping for them. "However, being a strong couple means staying together no matter what hardships! So Harold, ditching Ronnie Anne means you'll also be ditching the show now! I'm afraid it's sudden death time!"
"Oh crap…" Harold let out as Chris revealed the information with everyone gasping at the news.
"Oh gracias a dios…" Ronnie Anne let out in relief before giving Harold a mocking look. "That's what you get for sabotaging me!"
"Whatever, I have the hottest girl waiting for me back home!" Harold gushed at the thought of being reunited with Leshawna. That alone made him ok with getting eliminated. "So I'm guessing Chef is waiting for me in the lameosine?"
"Indeed he is," Chris confirmed with a nod. "Have a safe trip my dude,"
"Well, see all of you at the finale! Good luck guys! A million dollars isn't worth this anyway," Harold stated as he gave DJ, Dawn, and Bridgette high fives as he began walking away. And as a final goodbye, Harold turned towards everyone and did the Star Trek hand sign. "Live long and prosper!"
And with that, Harold left the set to head to the lameosine, leaving Chris scratching his chin. "Huh, this elimination is giving me some déjà vu," Shrugging off the familiar feeling, Chris looked to the camera before giving the outro. "Hearts were broken, hearts were mended, others were left in the dust! With only five contestants left, how can I possibly make this show more exciting? Tune in next time on Total. Drama. Action!"