Musical Scares

The tenth chapter of Total Drama School, posted on November 25, 2010. The final seven must search for instruments in the music room before playing together in an extreme symphony.
==Story==
The students are outside, hanging out on the playground structures. Gary, Devin and Carson are on the swings, discussing the remaining contestants.
Gary says, "So, Carson. Who's your fave person left in the game?"
Carson thinks for a moment, and then says, "Well, you and Devin are pretty cool. I sorta like Meg, she's sorta fun, and Alex is OK, but Amanda. That girl is hot with a capital H."
Devin says, "Yeah homies, that honey is fly, y' know wha' I'm sayin'?"
Gary mutters, "Not really. I don't really know what you're saying."
Devin says, "Whatevs, peeps." and walks away.
Carson says, "Well, how 'bout you, Gary?"
Gary responds, "Erm..."
Confessional (Carson): Gary obviously likes Meg. He even told me. Heh-heh.
Carson shouts so everyone can hear, "GARY LIKES MEG!"
Gary punches Carson in the shoulder. Carson says, "Dude, I was just kidding."
Meg, who's playing frisbee with Sharissa while Alex is lying on the ground asleep next to her, says, "I sort of knew that from Day 1."
Sharissa scowls. "You don't like him back, do you?"
"I do, as a friend. But not anything more. If Kurt wasn't such a fail at everything I would've liked him, but right now I'm single. Which is sort of weird, because at my school, every boy is obsessed with me."
Sharissa says, "Yeah, most boys I know think I have 'issues'."
Alex wakes up and mutters, "Ain't that the truth."
Meanwhile, Amanda is polishing her nails. She makes an angry face at Meg.
Confessional (Amanda): Right now, I'm friendless. Which is really pathetic, because I'm supposed to win this. How am I supposed to do that without any friends?!? Even acquaintances!
Confessional (Meg): If Amanda wasn't such a @#$%, then she might actually have some friends.
Confessional (Amanda): (grumpily) I'm like a lone wolf right now. Howl.
Confessional (Meg): My alliance with Sharissa is going strong. Hopefully she won't get eliminated that soon.
Chris comes out of the school with a large trumpet. Everyone groans.
Alex says, "Jeez, I thought there wasn't going to be a challenge. Guess I was wrong." He then falls back asleep.
Chris blows his trumpet and says, "Come hither!" The confused students walk towards Chris. "Today's challenge is based off of music class. Your first challenge will take place in the Music Room, where you'll try to find any instrument that you want, and try to play it in front of me and Chef. Then, you'll use your instruments to play in a symphony, where anyone who plays a wrong note will be pelted with mustard-filled water balloons and will lose their chance at invincibility for tonight's vote. Chef, would you like to demonstrate?"
Chef walks towards Alex, who's sleeping on the ground. He fills a water balloon up with mustard and chucks it at Alex. Alex shrieks and wakes up.
Confessional (Alex): Eww. Mustard. I just realized, the "tard" part sounds like "turd."
In the Music Room, the students are trying to find instruments. Devin says, "Yo, Chris, this room is huge, and none of my homies can find any stuff, got it?"
Chris says, "We made it huge on purpose."
Amanda sees an electric guitar on top of a large shelf. "There's something." she mutters. "Ugh! I can't reach it!" Amanda begins to jump up to try and get the guitar.
Meg says nefariously, "I'll help."
Amanda replies, "Wow, Meg. I didn't know you were that cool."
Meg picks Amanda up. Amanda grunts, "Okay... just a little higher..." Meg then turns the other direction and throws Amanda with such force, she crashes into a wall, making a large drum set fall on top of her.
Confessional (Amanda): Oh, she's gonna pay.
Meanwhile, Gary, Carson and Devin are looking for instruments. Gary sees something. "Hey, look, guys! It's that tuba that fell on my head a couple days ago! Remember?" He grabs the tuba and puts it on his head. "See, memories! Oh, my." The tuba gets stuck on his head... again.
Devin says, "You lookin' like a foo', G! Har har!"
"Well, boys, we're in that alliance, so we might as well work together." says Gary, with a muffled voice because of the tuba.
Carson responds, "Sounds cool enough. Devin, let me use you as a springboard to reach that keyboard over there before Wacko does."
Devin says, "Are you kidding me, G? We're tight and all, but I'm not that gullible. I ain't yo' slave, boy."
"Whatevs." says Carson, and then walks away.
Later, the students all have their instruments. Meg has the guitar Amanda originally wanted; Amanda, on the other hand, has the drum set she crashed into, Sharissa has a large keyboard, Alex has a set of maracas, Gary has the tuba, still stuck on his head, Carson has a bass and Devin has turntables.
Chris says, "All right, students! Now, you'll be playing your instruments in front of me, and the entire viewing world."
Alex whines, "Aw, nuts. I don't even know how to play the maracas."
Chris says, "You're kidding, right."
Alex shakes his head "no."
Chris says, "Well then, if you don't want to play an instrument, you must SING!"
Alex complains, "Awww..."
Chris says, "Yeah. Awww. Now, first up is Meg."
Meg walks onto the stage with a guitar. She says, "I call this song 'Ode to Meg.'" She begins to sing and play her guitar. In a rough, rowdy voice, she yells, "I love Meg, cause she is cooooool! I love runnin', and if you don't like it, then you're a foooooool! Aw yah, runnin! Aw, yah, Meg! Be sure to run before you go to... beg?"
Chris says, "All right, next up is Amanda."
Amanda begins playing on her drums loudly.
Chris says, "What about the singing?"
Amanda answers, "What? You said that you have to either sing or play an instrument!"
Chris says, "Yeah, about that. I changed my mind. Ha-ha. Now SING!"
Amanda mutters, "This isn't World Tour..." then begins to sing. "La la la. There, I'm done."
She walks off the stage. Chris says, "Up next... Sharissa with her keyboard."
Sharissa plays her keyboard (actually, she just bangs on it) and screams loudly.
Confessional (Alex): How is that music?
Chris says, "Truly, I'm getting really bored with this, so let's move it, and we'll get to the next part of the challenge. Which will be WAY more fun. Next is Alex, with his maracas. But he apparently doesn't know how to play the maracas, so he's going to sing a little song for us."
Alex says, "Dude, wait! I changed my mind!"
Chris says, "Sorry... too late. You had your chance, bro."
Alex steps onto the stage. He flips his hair back, and starts singing a cheesy but popular song.
Confessional (Gary): He listens to that crap?
Alex continues to sing. "Thought you'd always be mine, be miiiiine..."
Devin walks toward the stage.
Chris says, "No, Devin, you cannot rap."
Devin pouts and walks back to his seat.
Alex then ends, and Chris says, "All right. I'm a bit surprised that you've memorized that @#$%!, but whatever floats your boat.
Gary is the next person to go, with his tuba. He says, "Chris? I can't really play this tuba, because it's on my noggin. Can I be excused?"
Chris says, "Sure thing, bro. But that means you won't win this part of the challenge. That OK?"
Gary gives Chris a thumbs-up.
Next up is Carson, who plays a pretty good song on his bass. After he's done, he says, "Phew. That's over. Who's up next?"
Chris replies, "The final person for this part of the challenge, finally, it's-- uh oh. Devin, you're up."
Devin says, "Yessss! Now I get to showcase my 'Mad Skillz', homes!"
Chris says, "Actually, can we skip you? I want to get the next challenge started."
Devin shrieks, "Noooo! My rap, yo! We can't continue wit' out it!"
Chef comes in with a roll of duct tape and puts some on Devin's mouth, then starts mumbling under his breath and leaves.
Chris says, "Um... you guys were all so horrible, but I guess I have to pick a winner, so that means... Meg, you won that part of the challenge. Here's your advantage in the next challenge." Chris hands Meg a pair of earmuffs. "Meet me at the auditorium."
Later, in the auditorium, the students are lined up on a large stage with their instruments ready.
Chris says, "In order to be a good symphony, you need to dress nicely." He hands each male student a tuxedo, and each female student a velvet dress.
"Oh, no way, homes! I don't wear tuxes. I sag, and that's it, got it?" says Devin.
"But you will wear a tux, if you want to advance in the game." Chris narrows his eyes. "Right?"
"All right, home-dawg. All right." says Devin, and puts on his tux.
Chris says, "All right, let the symphony..."
"Wait, what are we doin'?" says Sharissa, confused.
"I've explained it already. You're playing in a symphony. If you get something wrong, Chef throws a water balloon filled with mustard at you, and you're out. The last person standing wins. Now jeez, Sharissa, try to listen."
"It's not my fault I'm so hyperactive." says Sharissa.
Chris says, "All right, and with that note..." he laughs. "You get it? That note? Let the symphony begin!"
Sharissa begins to play her keyboard slowly and solemnly. She looks down, and then screams and jumps in the air. She begins to play madly.
Carson, with his bass, and Devin, with his turntables, begin to play. Devin starts mixing an obnoxious rap song, and it plays loudly, so no other instruments can be heard.
The other students glare at Devin. Chris points to him, then to the losers' section. He mopes away, and gets hit by a mustard-filled water balloon. He begins to lick the mustard off his body.
Amanda is playing a steady beat on her drum set. She's doing well, until Sharissa throws one of Alex's maracas at her head, making Amanda faint. Chris says, "Amanda, time for you to go to the losers' section."
Amanda walks towards the losers' section and sits next to Devin. Devin says, "Wassup, shawty?" Amanda glares at him, and soon gets pelted in the face by a mustard-balloon.
Devin says, "Can I lick that, yo?"
"Eww, no." says Amanda, who moves away from Devin.
The symphony continues on, and more and more people are put in the losers' section. Eventually, the last 3 remaining people are Gary, Carson and Meg.
Meg has on her earmuffs, and is calmly playing her electric guitar. "Wow, these earmuffs really help." she says. "I can't hear a thing."
Carson keeps playing. "Oh yeeeeah?" he says snidely.
"Yeah!" screams Meg.
"Oh yeeeeah?" says Carson again.
"YEAHHHH!" shrieks Meg, who plays loudly on her guitar. But her guitar's strings break, and Chris says, "Sorry, Meg, but I have to do this." He throws a balloon at Meg, who runs away and dodges it.
Carson says to Gary, "Dude, our plan is working. Now, one of us gets invincibility no matter what, and the Bling Brothas can vote out another chick tonight."
Gary says, with the tuba still stuck to him, "KK." He finally manages to get the tuba off of his head, and plays it so loud that it knocks down Carson.
A mustard balloon hits Carson on the head. "Good job, dude." Carson and Gary fist-bump.
Chris says, "And with that, Gary wins invincibility! Meet me at the Main Lobby at 9:00 PM on the dot, there's gonna be an elimination tonight!"
In the dorms, the boys are playing poker while Alex is lying on his bed. Devin yells, "Aw yah, homies! Royal flush!"
Carson says, "All right, guys. After tonight, it's gonna be the final 6, unless Chris decides to pull another return on us. So we need strategy, about who to pick off. Should it be Alex?" Carson looks at Alex, who's sound asleep.
Gary says, "Nope. Sharissa would go berserk and pick us off 1-by-1. So, our best chance is Amanda, because she's an idiot."
Carson shakes his head. "You can't make me do that."
Confessional (Gary): Why not? This is, like, the only time Amanda doesn't have invincibility!
Confessional (Carson) I still have a chance of a relationship with her.
Confessional (Gary): I'm sorta scared of her. So I'm voting her off, I don't care what Carson says.
In the girls' cabin, Sharissa says to Meg, "Carson's a real threat."
Meg says, "Well, okay. I have to agree with you there."
Sharissa says, "He's like Owen, without the gas and weight. Dude's always all happy and stuff."
Meg says, "But earlier, I heard him, Devin and Gary talking about some sort of alliance, so even if we tried, they'd still overpower us. They've probably got Alex in on it, too."
Sharissa gets a mad expression on her face. "They wouldn't."
Meg says, "Um, yeah. But let's focus. They all don't like Amanda, so maybe we could vote her out... or maybe Devin... Whatever. I'm going to bed."
Sharissa says, "Wait! We haven't even--" She looks at Meg, who's getting into bed. "What are you, a new Alex?"
Meg yawns. "Sure, whatev."
Chris says, at the Main Lobby, "All right, friends. It's time for yet another elimination. Aren't you so excited?"
Amanda replies, "No."
Gary says, "Yeah, 'cuz I have invincibility, and that tuba isn't on me anymore."
Chris says, "All right. I just want everyone to get eliminated tonight, because I miss that figure-skating show. But, all right. Gary, you get the first A+ because you're safe, blah blah, Meg, here's your A+... where's Meg?"
Sharissa says, "She's asleep. I'll take her A+."
Chris replies, "All right, so that means you get two A+'s, because you're also safe." Sharissa shrugs. "Next up, Carson is also safe... blah blah..."
Carson says, "Will you cut down on the 'blah blahs' and get to the elimination already?"
"Would you like me to revoke your A+ privileges?" says Chris. Carson shakes his head. Chris continues, "Amanda is also safe." Amanda smiles, and Meg and Sharissa groan.
"Hey, guess what, boys?" Chris says.
Alex and Devin say boredly, "What?"
Chris replies, "One of you is eliminated tonight. And the person who's not getting eliminated and can stay another round is..."
"...Alex, bro. Get your prize."
Alex says, "Meh." Sharissa throws him his prize, then everyone stares at Devin.
"What the SHIZZLE, yo! You homies... an' I thou't ya foos' wer' gon' be fly to me, yo. Ahh, guess I was wrong, I wish best o' luck to the Bling Brothas, yo. You homies be coo', all right?" says Devin.
Carson and Gary reply, "All right. We'll miss you, bro."
Devin says, "Me too, G. See ya late'. I hope one of you wins, yo. WORD!" Devin skips onto the School Bus of Losers. "An' one more thing, yo..." Devin's pants fall down one more time. He gives a thumbs-up and says, "Bye, Schooly pals."
Chris says, "All right! So we're finally rid of that little gangsta-wannabe! Who's going to win? Who's going to fail? Who's going to get mauled by Chef? Tune in next time to see on Total... Drama... Schooool! Oh, yeah. Now I get to watch my figure-skating show!"