Video Maims

The ninth chapter of Total Drama School, posted on November 14, 2010. The final eight are partnered up in a computer-themed challenge to create their best idea for a video game.
==Story==
In the girls' dorm, Meg is fast asleep but gets a rude awakening from Sharissa.
"MEGGIEEEE!" Sharissa screams, jumping up and down on Meg's bed. "Can I have some of that War-time candy?"
Meg says, "Sure." then falls back asleep. Sharissa grabs the candy and starts chomping on it.
Confessional (Meg): Finally, I'm rid of that crappy candy. Y'know, Sharissa might actually be a good person to start an alliance with... too bad she's so clingy with Alex.
Amanda and Veronica are chatting. Amanda says, "We were safe last night, and the time before. But that won't always happen, Veronica. You need to get your head in the GAME!"
Confessional (Veronica): Yeah, I guess I don't really try that much, but I'm still in the game!
In the boys' dorm, everyone is asleep. Devin wakes up and starts to rap. "Today is a great day, yo! Time to play! Hang out wit' some chicks! Word, word, yay!"
Carson gets up. "Devin, what the cabbage? I was trying to sleep."
Gary and Alex wake up and nod. Gary says, "We can try to sleep longer. That dumb Chris hasn't announced any challenge yet."
Outside the dorms, Chris is screaming his head off. "Meet me at the Computer Lab for today's Challenge!" he shrieks.
Alex glares at Gary.
At the Computer Lab, Chris says, "Hey, guys! At some schools, kids go to a Computer Lab to learn and have fun while playing educational games."
Confessional (Alex): Yeah. At some elementary schools.
"Well, today's challenge won't be educational OR fun! For you, at least." Chris chuckles sinisterly. "For the first part of the challenge, you will be teaming up into groups of 2 to make your own video game! And then, I'll judge them, and explain part 2! So, here are the groups. Chef?"
Chef comes out with a large sheet of paper. He says, "Gary and Meg."
Gary says, "Yesss!" Meg replies, "Well, you do know a lot about video games... that's cool... I guess."
Confessional (Meg): Gary's not really that cool. He's nerdy... and annoying. But helpful.
Chef then says, "Amanda and Carson."
Amanda sighs. Carson comes up to her and says, "It's OK, 'Manda. I'll do all of the work."
Amanda says, "Dream on, little kid. I'm the leader."
Chef says, "Alex and Sharissa."
Alex groans, "I kind of expected that." Sharissa shrieks and slaps Alex on the back, which hurts the small kid.
Chef says, "And finally... Devin and Veronica."
"What now? I don't even know this chick, yo!" says Devin.
Veronica says, "Why? Why, Chef? WHYYYY?"
Confessional (Veronica): I've never played a video game in my life. And Devin's probably too busy hanging out with his gangsta friends. We're going to lose, I know it.
The contestants, in their groups of 2, walk down to the Computer Lab. Gary says to Meg, "okay, so what do you want to do? How 'bout one where Vegeta pops up and you have to hit him with water balloons?"
Meg says, "Sounds good to me. But the problem is, what kind of software are you supposed to use to make a videogame?"
"It's called MicroMedia Crash. Pretty much, all you do is..."
Gary and Meg's computer shuts down randomly.
"Gary!" Meg yells. "What did you do!" Gary laughs nervously. "Whoopsie..."
Confessional (Meg): Sometimes, I just don't know about that boy.
Sharissa is talking to Alex about her idea. "How 'bout, you play as a crazy gun-wielding rabid monkey, and you go around blasting mutant squirrels with your bazooka!"
Alex mutters, "What's wrong with you?"
Sharissa begins madly typing on her computer, and logs into MicroMedia Crash. "Say cheeeeese!" she says, and takes a picture of Alex. She draws the body of a squirrel on Crash and uploads Alex's head on top of it. She then draws mean eyebrows and foam coming out of Alex's mouth.
Alex says, "So, I guess I'm the mutant squirrels and you're the crazy gun-wielding rabid monkey?"
Sharissa says very quickly, "Correct-a-mundo." She draws a monkey's body with a bazooka and puts a picture of her head onto it.
Meanwhile, Amanda is lecturing Carson. "Okay, Carson. I know you're more of a silly competitor than a real strategist like moi, but I really think we could rock a final 2 alliance."
Carson says, "Wait, you said that exact same thing to Veronica a while ago."
Amanda keeps talking. "You know how I feel about Veronica, I'm just playing her. And when the time comes, I'll ditch her."
"You're icky." says Carson.
Confessional (Carson): Um, yeah. I watched TDI all the time back home. I'm beginning to realize that Amanda is a lot like Heather. But who cares? Hanging out with the antagonist might give me some luck. I know Veronica's just a Lindsay clone, and there's no way I'm a Beth. I'm so aware of Amanda's evilness. I'm actually going to try to trick her. But for now, let's see what she means about a Final 2 alliance.
Amanda says, "Now, let's focus on our actual video game. What do you want to do?"
Carson pulls out his uPod Touch and connects it to the computer. "I've got a lot of games on here." he says. "I can just download 'em onto the computer and Chris won't even see it coming."
Amanda grins. "I like that."
Devin is talking in gangsta-speak. "Yo, Vivian. I've got some coo' ideas for our video-game, yo."
Veronica says, "Who's Vivian?"
Devin says, "Uhh, I thought that was yo' name."
Veronica replies, "You're really weird."
"Why you talkin' trash foo'?" Devin gets enraged. "What's up with yo, G?"
"What?" Veronica says in a confused way.
Confessional (Veronica): I can't even understand a word he says.
"Why you trippin' foo?" says Devin. "If we wanna make a phat video-game, we gotta work together, word."
Veronica says, "OK. But can you talk in at least a normal way? Like what you said earlier?"
"Wha's' that, yo?" says Devin.
"Like, at the beginning of the game, all you said was yo, yo, yo and stated about how you were saggin'."
"Okay, homes." replies Devin. "Now, our's game's gon' be fly. It's gon' be about a gangsta like yours truly, who's gon' be dancin', and you hafta match up his dancin' with your dancin'."
Veronica says, "O-kayyy. Sounds good."
Later, everyone is done with their video games. Well, almost everyone. Meg and Gary still can't get their computer to load.
Chris comes out wearing the famous costume worn by "Super Alberto," complete with the moustache and hat. He says in an Italian accent, "Okay, competitors. Lo giudicare i vostri giochi. "
Confessional (Amanda): How does he know all of these languages?
"Il primo, è Gary e Meg con ... Wait, do Gary and Meg even have a game?" says Chris.
Meg whispers, "Gary! What do we tell him?" Gary nods and says, "I've got a plan."
Gary then says loudly, "We actually have a real life video game to present for you today! It's called... Vegeta Vs. The Water Balloons!" He then whispers, "Meg, you just throw water balloons at me." He hands her a bucket of water balloons. Meg instantly throws one at him.
A soaked Gary says, "...Just wait until I get into my Vegeta costume."
Meg says, "All right. Got it." Gary runs into the dorm, and comes back a couple seconds later with his Vegeta costume he wore during the play challenge.
Gary says, "On your mark, get set, GO!" Meg begins to chuck water balloons at him as fast as she can, getting Gary completely drenched.
Chris says, "E come fa, che hanno anche a che fare con un videogioco? How does that even have to do with a video game? Anyways, next up is Amanda and Carson with... Scribblejump? I thought that was an uPod Touch game. But, okay. I'll play it."
Chris sits down at their computer and plays the video game that wasn't even made by Carson and Amanda. Once he's done, he says, "I think you illegally downloaded this game from Carson's uPod. But I like it! Molto buono!"
"Next up is Sharissa and Alex with their... erm, interesting game called... Hay, Sharissa, what is your game even called?"
Sharissa says, "The Crazy Bazooka-Wielding Rabid Monkey From The Planet Zorktron Vs. The Evil Mutant Squirrels Who Store A Lot Of Gas!"
Chris then says, "O-kayyy." He logs onto the game. It's a twisted game with a monkey who kills evil squirrels by shooting them with a bazooka, and blood comes out. "Wow, pretty graphic. Is it just me, or do the squirrels kill you by farting? That's really immature, guys. Okay, our final game for today is made by Devin and Veronica."
Devin brings out a dance pad and hooks it up to the computer. "Okay, homie." says Devin to Chris. "Jus' look at the gangsta, and try t' match his dancin' steps. If ya' lose, the gangsta talks trash about ya' and calls ya' a foo'."
Chris looks at the gangsta on the computer. He begins to dance along with him. When the gangsta slaps his butt, Chris refuses to do it, so he loses. The gangsta on the screen says, "Was up wit dat foo'?"
Chris laughs, and so does everyone else. Veronica then says, "So who wins for tonight?"
Chris replies, "The challenge isn't over. Get ready for part 2!"
Everyone groans.
Chris says, "Okay. Here's challenge 2. You've just been teleported into a real game."
Confessional (Gary): Wow. The cheesiness factor is, like, over 9000.
"You have to make your way through the video game obstacle course and finally get to the flag! The course is outside, and each person will do it 1-by-1. The person with the fastest time wins invincibility." he says.
Outside, the schoolmates look at the course. It starts out grassy, with 2 interns dressed as brown mushrooms scurrying about. It then turns into a cave, with swinging platforms. After that, it looks like a large fortress with "lava" everywhere and Chef in the same costume that Alex wore in the drama challenge. Then, it turns grassy again, with steps leading to a flagpole that you have to shimmy down to win.
Alex says, "Chris? I have a question. How does any of this have to do with SCHOOL?"
Chris sighs. "Well, it was first supposed to be a trivia-type thing, but then the interns got creative with the designs. Now Alex, since you asked that fine question, you get to go first!"
Alex says, "Okay."
Chris says, "GO!" and Alex slowly walks towards the course. He stomps on the 2 interns dressed as mushrooms and calmly walks to the cave. He gets onto the swinging platforms and easily makes his way to the "fortress", with all the lava.
Alex yells, "Seriously? Fake lava? I bet it's just water with food coloring in it or something." He takes off his shoes and socks and steps into the lava. He immediately screams and starts running away. "Seriously? REAL lava?" he shrieks. He then finishes, with a time of 5:46.
The next person to go is Sharissa. She sprints off into the distance before Chris even tells her to go, and punches the interns, who get knocked out. She cuts the rope holding up the swinging platforms so they don't swing. She kicks Chef in the kiwis, spits on the lava and jumps to the end, with a time of 59 seconds.
Amanda is next. Since Sharissa made it extremely easy to get across, she just walks past the fainted interns, walks across the platforms, walks through the lava which is somehow all gone, sees Chef and runs away, and shimmies down the flagpole easily. She gets a time of 58.9999 seconds.
Sharissa yells, "Seriously?"
Carson is next. He does everything easily, until he comes to Chef, who's now standing back up. Chef beats him up. A while later, Carson crawls to the finish, with a time of 4:44.
Veronica goes, and gets a time of 3:21. "Well, I'm not going to win." she says.
Gary then does the challenge, and gets scared of the interns in the costumes. He begins rolling around on the ground. One of the interns has to pick him up and chuck him. He hits the flagpole and falls over, unconscious. He finishes with a time of 5:45.
It's then time for Meg to go. Since she is ridiculously fast, she sprints towards the finish line. Everything looks good until... she trips and falls. She looks up and sees Chef laughing like a maniac. A couple seconds later, she gets up and punches Chef. She then crosses the finish. Meg's time was 59 seconds, tied with Sharissa but not as good as Amanda, who's still leading by .1 second.
Chris says, "Amanda's in the lead! Will Little Gangsta beat her record?"
Devin shouts, "I'ma try, G." and starts waddling, due to his saggy pants. "Yo! This ain't good!" he says. He seems to be doing a good job dodging the obstacles, but is still quite slow. His finishing time is 3:33.
Chris says, "Well then, with a finishing time of 58.9999 seconds, Amanda wins invincibility! Go into your dorms, guys and gals. You need to vote off a player."
In the boys' room, the Bling Brothas are having a "conference."
Gary says, "Tonight, the choice is so obvious. We vote out Alex." Carson and Devin agree.
Alex wakes up from his nap and says, "Wait? Wha? Oh, wait a sec, no way. You're not voting for me, are you?"
Devin says, "Why'd I do that, foo?" Alex frowns and says, "This Bling Brotha thing isn't going that well. Let's just target one person together, and with 4 votes against her, she'd definitely lose."
Confessional (Carson): All the chicks are pretty cool here. I don't know who to get rid of. Amanda's got invincibility, Meg's sorta cool and she's not evil or anything, Sharissa always manages to dodge every vote, and Veronica is just... there.
In the girls' room, Sharissa and Meg are reaching an agreement. "So it's settled." says Sharissa. "We vote out Devin."
Meg says, "Sounds good. I never liked that kid, he's really annoying. So we vote Devin, and then we'll think about who's next."
Amanda and Veronica are also chatting about the elimination. Amanda says, "Y'know what? I think we should get rid of Meg. She's my enemy since 1st grade, and her popularity makes her a threat. And, people think she's prettier than me."
Veronica gasps.
At the Main Lobby, Chris says, "This one was sort of interesting to read. Well, someone might not be happy about this."
Confessional (Alex): What does that dingbat mean? Someone's not happy every time! Except Helga, because she's nuts.
Confessional (Veronica): I can't wait until the final 2! Amanda's so cool.
Confessional (Carson): I still can't-- wait a sec. I got it.
Confessional (Amanda): (laughing) What? It's just funny.
Chris then says, "Amanda, you won the challenge, so that means you get the first A+ of the night." Amanda says, "Excellent." and comes up to get her A+. "Carson, you're also safe." Carson yells, "Whoo-hoo!" and gets his prize. "Sharissa." Sharissa grabs her prize and kicks Chris. "Owww! What was that for? Whatevs. Meg is safe too." Meg grabs her prize. "Gary." Gary says, "Over 9000!" and gets his A+ for the night.
"Okay guys, this is the bottom 3." Alex, Devin and Veronica stare at each other. Veronica is smiling, Alex has no expression whatsoever, and Devin is crossing his fingers.
"Alex, you're safe." Alex says, "I was a bit scared for a sec." and grabs his A+.
"The final A+ of the night goes to..."
"...Devin."
"Aw Yah!" shrieks Devin. "I'm safe for the night, homes!"
Veronica is puzzled. "Who voted for me? Amanda, I thought we were going to get into the final 2 together!"
Amanda says, "Didn't you realize that I was playing you this whole time? Get a clue, Ginger."
Veronica starts to get mad. "Well, Amanda. One, I'm not called Ginger. My name is Veronica. And two, you know what? You're a real jerk. You said you'd be my BFF, but now you just betray me. All right, I'll miss the rest of you."
Amanda says, "All right, Veronica. If that's the way you want it, fine. It was just strategy. I'm not trying to be mean. Well, it was nice knowing you." Amanda reaches out her arms to give Veronica a hug.
Veronica says, "I'm not huggin' you! Well, bye guys. It was fun, besides Amanda. I always thought there was something weird about the way she acted. I'm going to try to become my own person now."
Devin says, "Bye, G."
Veronica boards the School Bus of Losers and drives away.
Confessional (Meg): Wow, and I thought Amanda couldn't get any worse. She's going down right after I get rid of Little Gangsta.
In the girls' cabin, Amanda seems mad. "Maybe I shouldn't have done that, because now I have no friends except Carson. But he's not a girl."
Sharissa mutters, "Serves you right." and Meg laughs.
Chris says, "Whoo-hoo! It's down to the final 7! Who will win the next challenge and what will the challenge be? Will it be Carson, Sharissa, Amanda or... actually, I don't remember everyone's names. Well, find out next time on Total... Drama... Schooool!"