Food Fright

The sixth chapter of Total Drama School, posted on November 5, 2010. It's finally lunchtime as the remaining contestants search the school for ingredients to make a mysterious recipe. 
==Story==
In the Apples' dorm, they are having a pizza party. Meg says, "Whoo-hoo! Another night safe from elimination!" She quickly notices Gary, who's sound asleep with a slice of pizza hanging out of his Longcat shirt. He's snoring loudly.
Meg looks at Gary, then starts laughing. It wakes up the snoring nerd, who jumps up and says "What?" Alex giggles.
Confessional (Meg): Yeah, that pizza party was fun last night, but (yawns) I didn't really get enough sleep.
Alex says, "Why hasn't Chris yelled at us to get up and go to whatever room yet?" He stands up and looks at the door. "There's some kind of note. Here. It says, If you want to survive today, go to the Gym and you'll find materials to make a souffle."
Helga stands up. "OK guys, I guess we should start going." The Killer Apples stand up and head outside.
Meanwhile, Amanda and the Screaming Rulers pick up their clue. Amanda says, "Hmm... the little paper says If you want to be safe from elimination, the Gym's the place to make a dish made out of a crustacean." Carson says, "So, I guess we're making crab cakes or something." They get up and leave.
The Killer Apples are walking through the hallway. "Where's the Gym again?" says Gary.
Confessional (Gary): This school's so confusing. I can barely find the bathroom! Oh yeah. It's right here. Heh heh...
Meg says, "Here it is guys! Now all we need to find are those supplies!" They race into the gym, but bump into the Screaming Rulers. Meg says, disgusted, "Eww. Amanda's team is here. What do you want, guys?"
Amanda says, "We're looking for crab cakes. You too? We'll find them first." Gary gets mad. "Um, ACTUALLY we're finding materials for a SOUFFLE! So HA!"
The Screaming Rulers look at each other and laugh. "OK, guys, can you move?" says Carson politely.
Meg replies, "I'm not movin' until you guys move!" The two teams then get into a bumping-into-each-other fight. They finally get out and the Apples race towards the bleachers. Meg says, "OK, so let's look. Gary, go check the basketball hoop."
Gary says, "Got it." He begins to shimmy up the basketball hoop, and sure enough, a big bag of sugar is hanging from the rim. "Okayyy, guys, if I can just..." He falls, with the sugar. Helga catches the sugar but Gary lands on Meg.
On the other side of the Gym, the Rulers see a pile of crab meat on the floor. "Easy." says Veronica. "Now all we need to do is find a bag to put it in.
Kurt shouts, "We need no bag! I've got two human bags right here!" He begins scooping up the crab meat and stuffing it into his pants. Carson begins to laugh.
The two teams, with their supplies, see an intern who gives them their next clues. Meg reads the Apples' clue. "Go to the room where you can play notes, and you will find flour, egg whites and egg yolks. Wow, that barely even rhymes. But let's go!" The Apples head to the Music Room.
In the Music Room, Alex sees the flour and eggs. "It's in this big tuba over here." he says. Gary tries to take care of it and gets stuck in the tuba. "I've got it..." he groans. "I just might be wearing this tuba for a while." Gary chuckles.
Confessional (Alex): I don't really want Gary to try and get the clue anymore. He always gets hurt... (giggles) Well, it's funny, but...
The Screaming Rulers read the next clue. "In the room where you spend half of your days, you'll find many things, such as mayonnaise." 
Carson says, "Hmm... half of our days... I got it! We're going to--"
Kurt interrupts him. "The lunchroom! We spend, like, half of our days eating! C'mon guys!" Carson replies, "OK, whatever you say." and the Rulers leave.
The Apples emerge out of the Music Room with their supplies. They now have everything they need to make their souffle. But, unfortunately, Gary still has a large tuba stuck on his head. "It's weighing me down! I can barely move!" he complains, but nobody really cares.
Chris and Chef are waiting in the Foods Lab. "How long will this take them?" whines Chris. Before Chef can even answer, the Apples come in. "Excellent." says Chris. "Now you guys just sit tight for a moment..."
Everyone groans and sits down.
Meanwhile, the Rulers are having no luck at all searching through the lunchroom. Kurt says, "But I know it was in here! I so had it!" Chris interrupts on the loudspeaker, "Rulers, I don't know where you are, but you're not in the dorms, I can tell you that. So that means you guys lose that part of the challenge. Now hurry your butts over here!"
Confessional (Kurt): My gosh! The dorms? I get it now!
Confessional (Veronica): Kurt's such a dumb sack of potatoes. No brain in there.
Chris whines, "Now, if the Rulers didn't take so long," he directs his stare at Kurt, "we would have already STARTED the next challenge. Now, I'm pretty sure you know what it is. Just make the dish you got all the ingredients for."
Meg says, "OK, where's our recipe?" Chris replies, "Who said you got a recipe? Now GO!"
Amanda says, "OK guys, all we have is this nasty pile of crab meat. Now how are we supposed to make a dish?" Carson says, "How 'bout we get some mustard and put a smiley-face on it?"
Amanda replies, "Not funny." But Veronica and Kurt reply, "Actually, it was sort of funny." Amanda glares at them. But she looks back at Carson and he's actually made a mustard smiley-face on the pile of raw crab meat.
Confessional (Amanda): AAAUGH! That little shrimp is going down! Wait, never mind. He still thinks I like him.
Meg and the Killer Apples seem to be doing just fine. "We already won the last challenge, and the Rulers' dish is... never mind, we're probably going to win again tonight." states Meg. Gary, Alex and Helga clap their approval.
Alex says, "Our recipe is almost done. Gary, hand me the butter." A frazzled Gary is still caught in the tuba. He says, "Um... once you get me out of this tuba, I will."
Helga gets a bucket of water and dumps it on Gary. His body is now wet enough that the tuba can just slip off. It falls off, revealing him, and he's completely covered in butter. "Oh yeah, sorry." he says. "I must have accidentally opened the butter."
But the Apples don't seem to mind. "We need no butter!" says Meg. "We already have team spirit and our dish is almost done!"
An hour later, Chris, Chef, and a random intern (the judges) are ready to test the food. Chris says, "Rulers, you're up first."
Carson comes up and says, "Ta-da!" He gives the judges his happy crab cake.
Chris says, "Eww. What's in here? It seems like raw meat."
Chef says, "This thing is nasty, but it's better than half the things I cook."
The intern screams and runs out of the room.
Chris then says, "Apples, your course. But I don't think I can eat much after that." Meg brings up the chocolate souffle.
Chris says, "Mmm. Yummy. I mean, it's decent. I've eaten better."
Chef says, "This... this is amazing." He wipes away a tear from his eye.
The intern has been replaced with a new intern. He gives the dish 2 thumbs-up.
Chris screeches, "The Apples win! The Apples win! ...Again. Rulers, you know the drill. Meet me at the elimination room. Apples, you can have the rest of your dish as a reward."
Confessional (Helga): I'm surprised I haven't been eliminated yet. What have I done that's important? Well, I can live with it. Maybe I'll win.
In the Apples' dorm, Meg is eating the remains of the souffle. "Good work, guys." she says, "Here's to another night without losing! And let's hope that tonight Amanda gets voted off." Meg scoffs.
Alex says, "I agree with Meg. I don't trust that Amanda chick. She's just like Heather, only prettier."
Helga looks up from her book and replies, "Whatever you guys say."
At the Main Lobby, Chris states, "Rulers. You guys... again. Voting time."
Confessional (Carson): I really don't hate anyone on this team. It's hard to vote someone off.
Confessional (Amanda): Carson or Kurt? Carson or Kurt?
Confessional (Veronica): I'm going to vote whoever Amanda votes.
Chris says, "2 eliminations in a row. What's up with you guys? Maybe it's that curse Emilee gave to you."
Amanda scowls. "Emilee's gone, Chris. Get a clue." Chris replies in a spooky voice, "But her ghost still haunts this schoooooool..."
Carson says rushedly, "Dude, she's not dead." Chris just winks.
"The first A+ goes to... Carson!" Carson cheers and starts playing the air guitar. "...Veronica." Veronica comes up and grabs her A+, but looks at Amanda, who's in the bottom two.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final A+ of the night. Whoo. Wow, that went super quick. Anyway, the final A+ goes to..."
"...Amanda."
Kurt gets up. "Kinda expected that, guys." he says, without any disappointment in his voice. "Dude," he points to Carson, "be careful. You're the only guy left. Hopefully, the merge will be soon. But anyways, you're representing me!"
Carson looks upset. "Bye, dude!" he waves to Kurt, who's on the School Bus of Losers, fading into the sunset.
Once Kurt has disappeared from sight, Carson looks at his only teammates left. He goes up to the girls and puts his arms around them. "Looks like we're the final 3 Rulers, ehhh?" Carson winks at the girls, who immediately leave.
Chris says, "Okay. Who will be eliminated next? How will Carson survive in a team with only girls? And will the Killer Apples continue their winning streak? Tune in next time to find out on Total... Drama... Schooool!"
==Author's Notes==
*The chapter title is a play on the phrase "food fight." Amazingly enough, an actual Total Drama episode with the same title aired a few years later.
*This was the first chapter written entirely on my computer as opposed to written down in summary form in a notebook, then transcribed.
*The mustard smiley face Carson makes on the pile of crab meat is a reference to Lindsay's similar routine with the fugu blowfish meal in TDI's episode "Who Can You Trust?".