"Last time on Total Drama Action," Chris began the recap while enjoying a bowl of rice with some chopsticks. The host was wearing martial arts attire complete with a white gi, red belt, and headband with a red sun pattern on it. Chef was also seen hooking something onto his back. "Our final five contestants were treated to a celebration for making it this far in the game at the glorious McLean Manor! Only their party turned murder mystery when it was revealed that a psycho murderer was on the loose looking for the mansion's hidden treasure! There were many deaths, some more humiliating than others. But in the end it was DJ vs the killer for ownership of the treasure, and though he tried his hardest the murderer, aka Lindsay, prevailed in both winning the challenge and knocking poor DJ out of the competition. There are only four contestants left, and after today that will become three! Who will become a true master and who is destined to walk the path of shame and dishonor? Find out this week on Total…Drama…Action!"
It was currently nighttime at the Film Lot and the remaining four girls were looking rather exhausted. After the last couple days they were all ready to just pass out given how much excitement they faced with the recent challenge. Currently Bridgette, Lindsay, and Dawn were standing by what used to be the boys' trailer, and Ronnie Anne was by herself by the girls' trailer. The other three were still keen on avoiding Ronnie Anne and were ready to just make the guys' trailer their own while Ronnie Anne continued to just be by herself in the girls' trailer.
"Oh man…" Lindsay yawned as she stretched her arms out, the drowsiness the blond bombshell was facing visible on her face. While Lindsay was proud of herself for winning yet another challenge and doing quite well as the killer, she also felt guilty for causing DJ to get eliminated. She was really hoping taking out Ronnie Anne quickly would make it so they could finally be able to vote her out. But their hopes were soon dashed and with them all in the final four, they had to get rid of her now before it was too late. "Who knew partying it up in a mansion would be so exhausting…"
"Well you were doing a little more than just partying Lindsay," Bridgette brought up with a giggle, getting a smile of amusement from Dawn and Lindsay. As Chris promised, the final four got to hang out and have fun in the mansion set with the other five past contestants and it proved to be quite the good time. Bridgette was of course happy to see Lincoln again, Beth and Lindsay talked non stop while they were there, Sadie and especially Katie Bridgette found to be really nice company, and Eva seemed to have let go of her grudge from season one so that was nice. "Still really impressive how you were able to pull all that off by yourself,"
"Well what can I say, I was determined," Lindsay stated, pride appearing in her tired sounding voice. But not for long as she let out another yawn before rubbing her eyes. "But right now I'm determined just to get to bed, I'm beat…"
"A smart idea," Dawn nodded as she followed Lindsay and Bridgette into the trailer. While she preferred sleeping outdoors while hanging upside down on her usual tree, ever since Geoff was eliminated Dawn has been spending the nights with everyone else, sans Ronnie Anne of course, and found it rather enjoyable. And since it was just them vs Ronnie Anne now, they needed to stick together now more than ever. "We need as much rest as we can, we'll need the energy to take on whatever challenge Chris has in store for us next. And to take down Ronnie Anne as well,"
"Right," Her fellow blonds agreed with her as they all headed into their trailer.
Meanwhile Ronnie Anne, who was literally standing right behind them in front of the door of the other trailer, heard this all loud and clear. "Grrrr…" The Hispanic Teen growled at them having the sheer audacity to just talk about taking her down right in front of her. They should be taking her seriously. She was in the final four now, and she was prime to win it all! She wasn't someone to take lightly! But despite her thoughts about this…she couldn't stop her clenched fist from shaking nervously a bit. "I'll show them…"
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"I think getting to see Lincoln again at the mansion and talking to Katie about it a bit really helped get me out of my funk completely," Bridgette said with her positive and chilled out smile now once again appearing on her face. She would be lying if she said the whole thing with Geoff still didn't sting, but she was done letting it hold her back. "Besides, Dawn's right. We're so close to the finale and we need to take Ronnie Anne down right here and right now! I won't let anyone get in our way!"
THE NEXT MORNING
"Zzzzzzzz…" The sounds of the girls lightly snoring was heard as the sun rose up on the film lot. However we don't see them sleeping on their beds at all. Instead all four of them were seen sleeping on the ground of a forest setting.
Despite the setting they were brought to while they were sleeping, none of them seemed like they were about to wake up at all.
GOOOOOOOOONG!!!
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" All the girls let out as they woke up yelling after the sound of a loud gong went off.
"W-W-W-What the?!" Lindsay let out in a panic as she rapidly looked around their new surroundings as her mind struggled to take everything in after just waking up. "What happened?! Where are we?! I haven't had time to do my hair yet!!!"
"Ugh, dump in the woods with four contestants left. Chris is running out of original ideas," Bridgette groaned out, the surfer girl more put together as she looked around the forest they were in and getting a strong sense of déjà vu when she was watching the first season back at the playa des losers resort. "Are we actually in the forest right now?"
Dawn was the one to answer this as she picked a leaf up off the ground…and immediately sighed in disappointment. "Nope…" The nature lover let out, crushing the leaf in her hand revealing it to just be cold lifeless plastic. She was almost excited there for a second, she was really beginning to miss the beauty of real nature at this point in the competition and they haven't really experienced it since all the way back at the beach challenge when they briefly visited the Island again. "If I had to guess this is the same set as the horror movie challenge,"
"Ugh, after dealing with some stupid murder mystery, haven't we been through enough already?" Ronnie Anne grumbled, the Hispanic teenager looking rather tired. Once again it was another lonely night in the trailer followed by a restless sleep as her nerves got the best of her. She knew her luck was running beyond thin. The only reason she was still in the competition was due to having two sudden deaths in a row. At this point she was just waiting for something to happen and bite her in the butt, and hard. "Some of us need a little more rest…"
Dawn overheard that last part Ronnie Anne grumbled and looked in the Latina's direction…and found herself smirking. "Something wrong~?" Dawn asked with a cheeky grin. She could see it all over Ronnie Anne's aura, her nervousness and anxiety over the competition. It was all starting to get to her and Dawn could tell it was going to have an effect on her performance in the challenge. "You seem tense~"
"S-Shut up! I'm fine!" Ronnie Anne lied, refusing to let anyone see any form of weakness in her. "Just looking forward to kicking all your butts again!"
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"I know Ronnie Anne will be taking a fall today. How exactly? This!" Dawn reached into her pocket and pulled out a tarot card. This tarot card had a tower design on it with the tower on fire and being struck by lightning and two people falling from it. "After explaining tarot cards to Sadie I got the idea of using mine to read Ronnie Anne's fortune and the Tower card was the one that came up. The Tower represents danger, catastrophe, and pride coming before a fall. And I have a strong feeling Ronnie Anne is going to take one heck of a fall today~"
Just then a breeze began blowing causing a bunch of the fake leaves to go flying through the air. Emerging from the trees was Chris decked out in his martial arts outfit, the host with the most in lotus position and floating through the air and towards the final four contestants. Bridgette, Lindsay, and Ronnie Anne all gasped at the sight with Dawn merely deadpanning. When Chris floated up in front of all the girls the host pulled off some surprisingly amazing acrobatic moves while throwing some punches and kicks, looking like a true kung fu master. "Oh wow!" Lindsay let out as she clapped at the show Chris was putting on. "That's amazing!"
But Chris would soon reveal the secret behind these sudden abilities as he landed on his feet and bowed to the four girls before unstrapping something from his waist. The girls all looked and deadpanned as they saw a harness with wires attached to it being pulled away. "Oh…" Lindsay slumped down as the magic of the little trick was now gone for her.
"Greetings young grasshoppers," Chris greeted the final four as he put his hands together briefly before looking at the girls with his usual grin. "May I say congratulations to all of you ladies for making it to the final four! Looks like the tail end of this season will be all about girl power!"
"Yeah! Girl power for life!" Lindsay cheered eagerly as she raised her hand to Bridgette for a high five with the surfer girl happily returning.
"And you'll need all the power you can for today's Martial Arts movie challenge!" Chris revealed the movie genre of today's challenge before punching the air in front of him a few times, but his martial arts abilities were severely limited without the wires around to help him. "Where you may literally have to break a glass ceiling depending on how things go, hehe."
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"Whatever it is, I say bring it on!" Lindsay was welcome to any sort of challenge Chris had to offer. The blond bombshell was clearly on a high right now and was feeling more pumped up then she ever has before. "I'm ready for anything this show has in store for me! I mean look at me, I made it to the final four! I feel like I'm on top of the world!"
"Now before anything, you'll all need the proper martial arts attire!" Chris snapped his fingers and Chef, also wearing a white gi while sporting a black belt, appeared with differently colored gi's in his hands. The buff cook immediately began tossing them to the girls with Ronnie Anne getting a magenta gi, Dawn getting a purple one, Bridgette getting a light blue one, and Lindsay getting a red one. "Today you'll all be on the path to martial arts mastery, you all will start off as young naïve grasshoppers but by the end of the day just one of you will rise up to true mastery! And also invincibility!"
Hearing this, Ronnie Anne narrowed her eyes.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"I've come too far now! I refuse to let those losers get the best of me!" Ronnie Anne yelled out, trying her best to push past her anxiety and nervousness and show she meant serious business. After everything this stupid show has put her through, she deserved to win that million dollars more than anyone. "This is a martial arts competition, I can outdo those wimps in that easily. That million dollars. Is. Mine!"
"Now the bath to martial arts mastery is filled with many trials and challenges," Chris began explaining as the girls, now wearing their gi's, were now standing on top of a stone column and were each given a katana for the challenge they had ahead of them. "So today you'll be competing in a series of ten challenges! Winning a challenge nets you a point, and by the end of the last challenge the two ladies with the most points will compete in one final challenge for the title of master!"
"So what's the first challenge?" Bridgette asked as she looked over her katana."
"A simple test of reflexes," Chris explained as Chef once again walked up beside the host with a large cart filled with a large variety of different fruits. "Chef here will be chucking different fruits at you and you need to use those nice and sharp swords of yours to slice and dice them! Different fruits are worth different points. Small fruits like strawberries and kiwis are worth one point, medium fruits like oranges and apples are worth three points, and the all mighty watermelon is worth five points! Most points wins! Now then, before we begin I'll offer you all some sage advice! To achieve wisdom, you must first desire it,"
"…" All that got was strange looks from the final four contestants with Lindsay eventually being the one to speak up. "What does that have to do with cutting fruit?"
"That is for you to find out young grasshopper," Chris said with a wise tone and bow, only earning blank looks from everyone. Including Chef. "Now then, ready…set…slice!"
Chef grinned as he immediately began picking up fruit and chucking it at the girls, randomly deciding which one to toss them to. As soon as Chris began counting down, the girls all took battle ready positions while holding their katana's up and getting ready to cut down any fruit that came at them.
At first Chef was merely throwing fruit that was on the smaller size like strawberries, kiwis, lemons, limes, and cherry tomatoes as well. Cutting them down wasn't a problem at all for any of the ladies as each girl was able to slice them in half the second the fruit rocketed towards them. After dealing with everything this show has thrown at them, all four proved to sport rather sharp reflexes that stood up to even the mighty Chef's throwing arm.
So far the scores were looking around even for all the girls, with counters hanging above them keeping track of the amount of fruit each one has successfully sliced along with Chris having a stopwatch that he was using to time the event.
After a good few moments, Chef began to up the ante as he began throwing larger fruits along with the smaller ones, now adding apples, oranges, peaches, mango's, and even throwing the occasional pineapple. But not only that, but Chef was also upping the challenge by throwing the fruit even harder at all the girls, really putting their reflexes to the proper test.
At this point there were signs of struggle with the girls, the bigger fruits needing more power to successfully slice in half, but also requiring them to go fast to keep up with how hard Chef was throwing them. But all were keen on keeping up and weren't about to let Chef get the best of them, fruit juice was splattering everywhere with every fruit being cut to size with the two halves landing on the ground at the bottom of the columns the girls were all standing on.
The scores continued to remain even and it seemed like that would continue to remain the case…but as the competition went on suddenly Lindsay, Dawn, and Bridgette's scores began rising at a rapid pace as Ronnie Anne started trailing behind. "Come on, come on…not now…" Ronnie Anne began breathing rapidly as her anxiety began flaring up. She was doing fine at first but as bigger fruits were added to the mix along with Chef upping the speed, the Hispanic teen began struggling. Her stomach began feeling weird as she felt her nerves getting the best of her. Despite the tough act she was putting on, it was clear she was struggling to keep up with everything at this point in the competition. "Not now…"
Sweat began to run down her face as she internally began to panic. No…she can't lose! Not now! She's too close to begin breaking down now! But unfortunately for her, her panic only proceeded to make her perform even worse in the challenge as the other three girls' scores began rising even higher. But luckily, she had a secret weapon up her sleeve. Good old fashioned insults. "Hey surfer girl!" Ronnie Anne spoke up to Bridgette with a cocky tone. "Hope you're better at slicing than you are at picking boyfriends!"
"..." But much to Ronnie Anne's surprise, Bridgette didn't react at all when Ronnie Anne tried to get under her skin. Instead she just narrowed her eyes before slicing multiple fruit that came at her, earning her a large number of points.
"H-Hey!" Ronnie Anne yelled again in an irritated tone. "I'm talking to you!"
"….." But once again, Bridgette merely ignored her.
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"I'm done letting that little witch get to me. I won't give her the satisfaction anymore," Bridgette stated firmly as she crossed her arms and glared at the camera. "The only thing she has going for her now is pathetic pettiness and I won't be stopped by that."
"Grrrrr…" Ronnie Anne growled at Bridgette, continuing to ignore her. That surfer girl has a lot of nerve pretending like she didn't exist, but fine. There were still two others she could get under the skin of as she turned to Lindsay. "Hey bimbo, sure those knockers ain't weighing you down?"
"….." But just like Bridgette, Lindsay wasn't gonna let Ronnie Anne get to her. Lindsay didn't care about those insults anymore. She made it to the final four and won multiple challenges all by herself, she proved to everyone and herself she was capable and competent. Let others call her a blond dunce or stupid bimbo, she doesn't care anymore. Instead Lindsay merely smirked as she sliced a particularly juicy pear that came her way with the juice splattering all over the Latina's face.
"Gah! Grrrrr!" Ronnie Anne growled even louder than before as she wiped the fruit juice off. She wasn't about to let these losers ignore and humiliate her like that! "Listen to me when I'm talking to-"
BAM!
"OUF!" Ronnie Anne let out as a water melon nailed her right in the gut, knocking her off her column.
"Watermelon time!" Chris announced, Chef grinned as he began tossing the biggest fruit he had in his arsenal now. "Eyes on the fruit girls! They may be delicious, but they're also painful hehe,"
With the largest of the fruits being unleashed, the girls had to work overtime to properly react to them and cut them. But with Ronnie Anne effectively out after taking the melon to the gut, the remaining three girls were filled with determination to prevail and claim victory as their own as they continued slicing and dicing everything that came their way as all their scores continued to rise higher and higher.
It all came to a grand finale as Chef picked up the last fruits he had, five entire watermelons, and tossed them forward with all his might. But suddenly with Bridgette in particular, time seemed to slow to a crawl for her as a glint of light shined from her eye and-
SLICE!!!
With one strong slice forward, the surfer girl sliced all five watermelons in half much to the shock of everyone watching. "Woah…" Chris let out after stopping his stopwatch, time officially running out on the challenge. Looking above the girls' heads Chris got a good look at their scores.
Lindsay: 47
Ronne Anne: 31
Bridgette: 70
Dawn: 55
"And that final slice from Bridgette pulls her way ahead of everyone else!" Chris announced as Ronnie Anne slammed a fist on the ground as Dawn and Lindsay clapped for Bridgette as the latter three jumped off their columns. "So the first point goes to Bridgette!"
As Bridgette raised her head up in pride of her abilities, Chef came by with his cart again and everyone watched as the buff cook picked up all the sliced fruit pieces. "Hope y'all like fruit salad!" Chef told everyone, making it clear what his intentions for the fruit were.
CHALLENGE TWO
"Now this next challenge is a martial arts classic," Chris began with Chef standing next to him holding a cat carrier. One that brought a sense of fear towards everyone as whatever was in the cage was snarling loudly and shaking around a lot. "You know that classic exercise where you gotta catch a fly with chopsticks?"
"Yeeeeah?" Bridgette said slowly, keeping her eyes on the cat carrier. "I'm guessing it's not just a fly in there…"
"Right you are~" Chris revealed before nodding towards Chef. The buff cook grinned as he opened up the cat carrier and the thing trapped inside of it immediately raced out and made itself known to the girls. "It's a ferocious dragon!!!"
"BRRBRBRBBRBRB!!!" But rather than an actual dragon, it was Edward wearing a Chinese dragon outfit. But not only that, the little platypus was looking rather crazed with his eyes widened as much as possible while his fur was standing up and messy. "BRBRBRBRB! BRBRBRBRB! BRBRBRB!!!"
"Edward?!" Lindsay gasped out, the blond bombshell off put by how crazy Edward was looking right now. "What did you do to him?!"
"Nothing much," Chris claimed with a simple shrug. "We just gave the little guy some coffee is all,"
"Oh dear…" Dawn let out with a worried tone.
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"So during the week between seasons when me and Edward were staying with Lincoln's family, there was a…little incident where his little sister Lana gave Edward some coffee." Dawn began explaining Edward's past experience with the caffeinated beverage. "After that day, well…we decided it was best Edward should never have caffeine again."
"This one is simple," Chris explained the challenge as Edward vibrated in place. "First one to catch Edward the Dragon wins."
"Heh, easy enough," Ronnie Anne smirked confidentially as she walked up to the platypus and was about to grab him when-
ZOOM!!!
Edward practically became a brown blur as he zoomed into the forest set. "I feel insulted you think I would make a challenge easy," Chris let out with an offended tone before smirking again and pointing to where Edward ran off too. "Now then, I believe you all have a dragon to catch~ But of course, some words of advice, a busy person often has the most time."
"Grrr…" Ronnie Anne growled in frustration as she and the others ran deeper into the fake forest to chase after the platypus, all deciding not to really think about Chris' 'advice' all too much.
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"He's just reading random stuff from fortune cookies isn't he?" Bridgette asked with a blank tone.
Finding Edward wasn't much of an issue for the group. Given the state the hyped up platypus was right now, stealth wasn't really something he was taking advantage of. But it was actually keeping up with him that was the big issue.
"BRBRBRB!"
ZOOM!
"BRBRBRB!"
ZOOM!
"BRBRBRB!"
ZOOM!
Whenever any of the girls would get close, the platypus would simply zoom away faster than any of them could properly keep up with. "Ugh, Edward!" Dawn yelled out in a scolding tone as she tried to pounce on Edward to catch him only for Edward to zoom out of the way leading Dawn to jump into a bush. "You are in so much trouble later mister!"
"I got him! I got him!" Lindsay yelled out as she ran after the running Edward. It seemed the little guy was about to get trapped between Lindsay and an incoming tree…only for the platypus to climb up the tree and cause Lindsay to run face first into it. "…I don't got him…"
"BBRBRBRB! BRBRBRB!" Edward let out as he jumped up and down on top of a branch in the tree. But as he was dancing around, a pair of hands reached up and grabbed the branch he was on and began shaking it around roughly with the platypus holding onto the branch for dear life. "BRBRB! BRBRB! BRBR!!!"
"Get! Down! Here! You! Damn! Deformed! Beaver!" Ronnie Anne yelled out through her gritted teeth as she tried to shake Edward out of the tree and grab him. Losing the first challenge was unacceptable, so she was completely gung-ho about winning this one and she wasn't going to let lame-o and Dawn's stupid pet get in the way of that. "So just make this easier for yourself and get down here!"
And Edward did let himself come down…right on Ronnie Anne's face. "MMMMMMM!!!" The Latina's yells were muffled as the platypus clung onto her face. Ronnie Anne tried to get the platypus off her but Edward proved to have quite the grip as he stayed firmly on the Hispanic girl's face. "MMMM!!! MMMM!!! MMMM!!!"
Ronnie Anne did everything she could to shake the platypus off her. She doubts Chris would count this as actually capturing Edward. The Latina ended up running around as she tried to pry the semi-aquatic mammal off her, but in her aimless running around the Hispanic girl tripped over a rock and fell face first on the ground with Edward bailing at the last minute so she got the full impact of the fall.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"I….hate…platypuses…." Ronnie Anne let out with a fierce glare and a bruised up face. "Oh great, now Heather and I have something in common…"
"AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Bridgette yelled out as she was dragged across the ground by Edward. After Edward separating from Ronnie Anne, Bridgette managed to get a lucky grab on the platypus and get a hold of his tail…only for Edward to begin running and taking the surfer girl with him. "HOW IS HE DOING THIS?!"
"BRBRBRBRBRBRB!" Edward wildly let out as he ran right for a fallen hollow log. Bridgette's eyes widened as she saw this, but she failed to let go in time as Edward crawled right through it with Bridgette crashing into the log head first.
"Uuuugh…" The surfer girl groaned.
Edward, thinking he's successfully shaken everyone off, ran to the other side of the log. But when he exited it-
PINCH!
"Brbrb!" Waiting for the platypus on the other side was Dawn, who with a quick and successful pinch paralyzed Edward.
"That's it!" Dawn let out in a frustrated tone as she picked the platypus up. "No more caffeine for you mister!"
"And Dawn catches the dragon first!" Chris appeared after Dawn successfully captured the platypus with the host pointing towards the nature lover. "She's on the board with one point!"
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" Ronnie Anne grunted out repeatedly as she punched the ground in frustration.
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"Thankfully I figured out how to deal with his caffeine outburst during the first time." Dawn smiled as she cradled Edward in her arms, the platypus having crashed out and now sleeping soundly. "Heheh, they're so cute when they're asleep."
CHALLENGE 3
"Alright this next one is gonna be nice and easy," Chris revealed, getting nothing but looks of skepticism from the four girls. Whenever Chris said 'nice and easy' there was always some sort of catch, they knew the host quite well by now. They then watched as Chris pulled out a mallet and carried it over his shoulder as Chef came by pulling something tall looking that was covered with a sheet. "Now martial arts requires skill, technique, dexterity, and speed if you wanna pull it all off successfully. However, an important key factor is also strength! Knowing how to throw proper punches and kicks doesn't mean anything if you can't back it up with some strength behind it! And this challenge will help test your strength!"
Chef then remove the sheet from the item he brought in revealing it to be one of those high striker games you see at carnivals. It was split into multiple levels each labeled with a different animal. From the lowest to highest it was mouse, fox, wolf, horse, gorilla, and the very top with the bell was labeled elephant. "With this state of the art strength tester, we'll see what kind of gains you ladies have," Chris explained as he took the hammer he had and slammed it down on the machine, managing to get it up to the halfway point with the wolf. "Whoever gets the highest position on the board wins, shall you be mighty like the noble elephant, or weak and dainty like a tiny mouse? We'll go alphabetically with this one, so Bridgette you'll go first, then Dawn, then Lindsay, and Ronnie Anne will end it. And keep in mind, get your mind set – confidence will lead you on."
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"That's…actually not bad advice," Dawn admitted with a shrug.
"Alright, bring it on," Bridgette shrugged as Chris handed her the hammer. Seems like Chris was actually telling the truth about this being nice and simple for once…unless he rigged it somehow but it looks like that might not have been the case seeing as how he just hit it. So she'll just cross the bridge of whatever Chris might have set off when she got there. "Shouldn't be too hard,"
"You only have one swing," Chris told the surfer girl while raising only one finger. "So make it a good one."
"Ok…" Bridgette breathed out as she approached the high striker while gripping the hammer tightly in her hands. If she only had one swing at this then she had to make it count. Taking a deep breath as she raised the hammer high above her head, the surfer girl waited a second before exhaling and swinging the hammer down as hard as she could. Everyone watched as the metal piece rose upward, reaching the wolf just like when Chris swung. "Dang it…"
"You gave it your best shot Bridgette," Dawn told the surfer girl by giving her a pat on the back. Bridgette did end up giving a small smile at Dawn's words as she handed the hammer to the aura reader. "Ok, my turn,"
Like with Bridgette, Dawn took some time to properly hype herself up for when she hit the machine with the hammer. She knew she wasn't the strongest girl in the world, but she wasn't gonna let that hold her down. Steadying herself and focusing all her energy on her strike, "RAAAAHHH!!!"
Dawn let out a battle cry as she slammed the hammer down as hard as she could, and through her efforts managed to make it one level higher than Bridgette, reaching the horse. "Yes!" Dawn pumped her fist in victory at making it all the way to the third highest animal in the game. Now it was time for the third blond to step up to the plate. "Here ya go Lindsay."
"Thanks Dawn!" Lindsay grinned as she took the hammer, gripping it tightly. When she stood in front of the game, the blond bombshell put on a fierce look as she raised the hammer up. She had to try and win this and get herself on the board, so she needed to unleash all the strength she had to offer. She tried to think of everything she could that could get her to hit harder. It was black Friday at the mall, a sale on all the cutest items and accessories, and she had coupons to make them all even cheaper, and someone was intending on taking the purse she had an eye on. "KEEP YOUR HANDS ON MY PURSE!!!"
After that outcry, everyone watched as Lindsay slammed the hammer down with enough force to get the metal piece nearly all the way to the top. She didn't quiet hit the bell but she was less than an inch off. "Daaaaaang, didn't know you were hiding muscles in those dainty arms Lindsay," Chris let out in an impressed tone as Lindsay flexed an arm with a smug look before dropping the hammer, leading to Ronnie Anne having to pick it up rather then it being handed to her. "Ronnie Anne, nothing short of hitting the bell will win ya this. Could back down now."
"In your dreams," Ronnie Anne growled as she grabbed the hammer and rose it up high.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"I'm not about to be outdone by those weaklings!" Ronnie Ann growled as she tightened her fist so hard they were beginning to look a little pale. "This competition is mine! I came too far to lose now!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!" Ronnie Anne let out as she slammed down the hammer with enough force to crack the spot she hit with the metal piece shooting all the way and ringing the bell. The three blonds all groaned at this as Ronnie Anne began heavily breathing as she smirked victoriously. "Huff…Huff…yes! Take that losers!"
"Don't celebrate yet grasshopper." Chris informed the Hispanic girl as he crossed his arms behind his back. "The journey has yet begun."
CHALLENGE 4
"For this challenge, you'll compete to see who can pack the most away!" Chris explained as all the girls were sitting cross legged on the ground with a table in front of them. Chef once again appeared wheeling out a cart that contained dozens of bowls as well as a giant croc pot containing rice. "Performing martial arts burns off lots of energy, which means they need to eat a lot to properly maintain their bodies. And the number one food on a martial artist's menu is the humble bowl of rice," As Chris said this Chef loaded up four bowls with rice and gave one to each girl along with a pair of chopsticks. "Finish a bowl of rice and earn a point, most bowls finished within 20 minutes wins."
Everyone immediately picked up their chopsticks after Chris explained this with Dawn, Bridgette, and Lindsay holding theirs perfectly with Ronnie Anne struggling to use hers.
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"Ugh…how do you even...these stupid things…" Ronnie Anne grumbled as she continued to try and hold the chopsticks properly only for them to keep slipping out of her hands. "These things suck! What's wrong with just using a spoon!"
"Before you eat you must remember, the hunger of the body may be filled, but the hunger of the spirit is forever," Chris once again provided some 'sage' advice before starting the challenge. "Now…chow down!"
As soon as Chris announced the start of the challenge, all the girls immediately began chowing down. Dawn, Bridgette, and Lindsay used their chopsticks to scoop up the rice in her mouth and every time Ronnie Anne managed to pick up some rice with her chopsticks it would immediately slip out of them and back into the bowl much to her frustration.
As time went on the three blonds managed to steadily but slowly begin to finish up bowls with Chef providing more once they finished. Dawn and Bridgette managed to finish three in the first five minutes with Lindsay just a little bit behind them. Noticing this, the blond bombshell looked down at her bowl with a determined look. "Turbo speed!!!!" Lindsay shouted before shoveling food into her mouth as fast as possible.
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"I can't let the others get too far ahead of me!" Lindsay declared with a determined fire burning in her eye. She was the only one not on the board with a point so far and she wasn't gonna let that be the case for long. "Not after coming this far, I intend on winning it all! So it's time to show them all just what Lindsay can do!"
"Come on…Come one..." Ronnie Anne let out as she tried to pick up more rice, noticing that Dawn and Bridgette now had five entire bowls finished with her still on her first. But again as she picked up more rice it fell back down in the bowl. "GAH!" Ronnie Anne yelled out in frustration as she broke her chopsticks. "I hate these stupid things!"
"And times up!" Chris announced before looking over the girls. He laughed when he saw Ronnie Anne didn't even finish one bowl, causing her face to begin turning red, nodded as he saw Dawn had managed to finish 6 bowls with Bridgette barely behind with 5 and her current bowl having a few grains left, and Lindsay…made his draw drop. "Well…Lindsay wins in a landslide with 20 points!"
"What?!" Everyone let out in unison as they looked to where Lindsay was sitting and saw a tower of empty bowls.
"Aaaaahhh…" Lindsay sighed out in satisfaction, a few grains of rice on her face and her belly slightly bloated.
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"What?" Lindsay asked with a sheepish expression and shrug. "It's a cheat day."
"And like that, all four ladies are on the board with a point and we still got six challenges left! Think it's time we speed things up a little~" Chris grinned as he pulled out a boom box. "Martial Arts montage anyone?"
CHALLENGE 5 – FISH CATCHING
Let's get down to business, to defeat the Huns
Did they send me daughters when I asked for sons?
You're the saddest bunch I've ever met
But you can bet before we're through
Mister, I'll make a man out of you
"Grrrr, get over here you stupid…" Ronnie Anne let out as she and the girls stood in a manmade river filled with fish. As the music of the montage began playing the four ladies were already hard at work on the challenge with this one being to catch a fish in the river with their bare hands. "Just get in my hands you little-"
As Ronnie Anne tried to grab the fish it suddenly jumped out of the water and slapped her in the face with its tail before going back in. "Oh please just do me a favor here fishies…" Dawn tried to plead with the fish as she attempted to grab one only for it to quickly swim away. Normally Dawn's ability to communicate with animals gave her huge advantages in challenges like this…but not in this case. "I know getting out of the water is scary but it's only for a second I promise!"
"Perhaps you're all in need of some advice," Chris spoke up as he watched the girls struggle to catch the fish with immense amusement. "If your desires are not extravagant, they will be granted."
"Ew…Ew…Ew…" Lindsay heavily cringed as she struggled to even get her hands in the water, Chris' 'advice' not doing much to help her out. The thought of touching a slimy…scaley…moist fish just sent shivers down her spine and she wasn't sure if she would be able to force herself to do it.
"Got it!" But it looks like she wouldn't have to as Bridgette managed to grab a fish, scooping it out of the water and holding it up in the air. "The fish is mine!"
"And Bridgette nets herself another point!" Chris announced as Lindsay immediately removed herself from the river as soon as the challenge was over.
CHALLENGE 6 – Archery
Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within
Once you find your center, you are sure to win
You're a spineless, pale, pathetic lot
And you haven't got a clue
Somehow I'll make a man out of you
"Closest to the bullseye wins," Chris announced as each lady was now armed with a bow and arrow and were taking aim at a target all the way at the end of the set. "And keep in mind, it's not the amount of time you devote, but what you devote to the time that counts."
"This one's mine…" Ronnie Anne said through her teeth as she took her time aiming before firing her arrow. Watching it shoot through the air, Ronnie Anne grinned as she saw the arrow had hit the target just outside the bullseye, barely not making it. "Yes! Beat that!"
"Watch me," Bridgette narrowed her eyes before firing her arrow. But much to the surfer girl's disappointment she only managed to hit the middle ring of the target. "Dang it…"
"Let me try!" Lindsay smirked confidentially as she took aim and fired her arrow at the target. But Lindsay's arrow didn't hit the target as well, instead the arrow travelled past the target and struck a stuffed bird that was perched on a tree. "Oops…"
"…" Dawn was silent as she took her time to carefully aim at the target in the distance. Breathing slowly and steadying her body, Dawn narrowed her eyes before firing her arrow. Time seemed to slow down for everyone as they watched the arrow rocket closer and closer to the target…and striking the bullseye. Bridgette and Lindsay both cheered for Dawn as the aura reader gave Ronnie Anne a smug smile. "That's how you do it~"
"GRRRRRRRRR!!!" Ronnie Anne growled out as her face turned red.
CHALLENGE 7 – BLOCKING
I'm never gonna catch my breath
Say goodbye to those who knew me
Boy, was I a fool at schoolfor cutting gym?
This guy got 'em scared to death
Hope he doesn't see right through me
Now I really wish that I knew how to swim!
The girls were again standing on the columns they were on for the first challenge, but instead of wielding katanas they were armed with bo staff. And Chris and Chef stood in front of them with a large pile of rocks between them, greatly worrying all four girls. "For this challenge you'll be putting your defensive maneuvers to the test!" Chris explained as both he and Chef grabbed rocks and tossed them up and down. "Me and Chef are gonna chuck rocks at ya and you gotta use your staffs to block em!"
"Oh no…" All the girls said in unison.
"And as usual, some advice. Keep your face in the sunshine and you will never see the shadows," Chris sagely said with Chef rolling his eyes and shaking his head in response. But Chris' grin soon returned as he got ready to chuck rocks at the final four contestants. "But just focus on making sure your faces aren't black and blue! Go!"
The girls all flinched as Chris and Chef immediately began throwing rocks at them. Bridgette and Lindsay brought up their staffs to attempt to block the incoming stones but they were quite clumsy with them leading to them being knocked off their columns in the first minute.
That left this a competition between Ronnie Anne and Dawn as they were able to block the incoming stones much better than Bridgette and Lindsay did. Ronnie Anne grunted though as she struggled to keep up a bit. But with a wicked grin, Ronnie Anne decided it was time to play dirty. The Hispanic girl jabbed Dawn's foot with her staff causing Dawn to flinch in pain and threw her off her game causing her to be knocked down by an incoming rock. "Hah, the dirt suits ya hippy," Ronnie Anne mocked as the three blonds below glared at her.
CHALLENGE 8 – WAX ON, WAX OFF
You must be swift as a coursing river
(Be a man!)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man!)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon!
Chris was nowhere to be seen for this challenge and they were taken off the set for this one. Instead they were all in the parking lot of the film studio and each one was in charge of cleaning up a different dirty car, giving it the wax treatment and all.
"Hey wait a minute…" Bridgette let out with a frown as she stopped cleaning the car she was put in charge of. "Is this actually part of the challenge or are we just doing chores?"
"…" Everyone was silent about that as they turned to Chef, who was the one in charge of supervising the contestants this time.
"Zzzzzzzzzz…" But instead of supervising them the buff cook was fast asleep on a lawn chair. "….No, no….zzzz…don't give him the banana…zzzzzzz…that's what he wants!"
"Hey Chef!" Lindsay called out, making Chef wake up with a snore as he sat up instantly. "I finished washing my car, do I win?"
"Uh, yeah sure you win whatever. Now let me catch some more Z's!" Chef yelled before laying back down on the chair, falling right back asleep. "Zzzzzzz…"
"Yay!" Lindsay cheered for herself as Ronnie Anne facepalmed.
CHALLENGE 9 – CRANE BALANCING
Time is racing towards us, 'til the Huns arrive
Heed my every order, and you might survive
You're unsuited for the rage of war
So pack up, go home, you're through
How could I make a man out of you?
For this challenge, they were once again at the river where they caught fish. But instead of being in the river they were balancing on one leg on a wooden beam with all the girls aside from Dawn clearly struggling. "For this challenge, you must make like a noble crane and balance yourself. Last one standing earns a point!" Chris explained while also balancing expertly on his own wooden beam…while wearing the belt with the wires on it again. "In order to master balance, you must first master yourself."
"Tch," Ronnie Anne let out in annoyance as Chris showed off, only staying on due to those wires. "Freaking cheat-che-woah-woah-woah!" Ronnie Anne then found her balancing fading, but before she could get it back-
SPLASH!
She fell right into the water, being the first one to get out.
But it wouldn't be long until Lindsay and Bridgette joined, netting Dawn a third point.
"And Dawn wins!" Chris announced much to Ronnie Anne's complete frustration. "Now then since she has three points, to avoid a potential 3 way tie if she were to win the next challenge Dawn will be exempt from the last challenge! Bridgette, Lindsay, and Ronnie Anne will be competing to face Dawn for the title of master!
Bridgette and Lindsay both glared at Ronnie Anne, who immediately returned it.
CHALLENGE 10 – HOT COALS
You must be swift as a coursing river
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
This last challenge was definitely the most painful one of the day. It was a test of pure endurance. Bridgette, Lindsay, and Ronnie Anne were all standing on top of red hot coals and judging by their expressions it was clear this was a great struggle for them as they had to fight against the strong instinct to immediately jump off and get to cooler ground. "For your final challenge, you must put both your body and your spirit to the absolute test! Last one remaining on the hot coals will fight against Dawn for the title of master and invincibility!" Chris explained as he walked along the path of hot coals, notably wearing some shoes meant to protect his feet from them. "The key to winning this one is to just not think about it, pain is an illusion, when you master your mind you won't feel it."
Hearing this, Lindsay took a deep breath as she calmed her expression down and tried to get all Zen. "Pain…is all in the mind…" Lindsay told herself in a calm tone. "And I am absent of-AAAAAAHHHH!!! NO IT HURTS! IT HURTS REALLY BAD!"
Unfortunately Lindsay couldn't take it anymore and she jumped off the coals and immediately ran over to the river to dunk her feet in the cool water. "And Lindsay's out!" Chris announced before directing his attention to the two remaining girls. "Meaning it's between Bridgette and Ronnie Anne! Who's gonna win~?"
"Just give up surfer girl…" Ronnie Anne said through her teeth, trying to push past the searing hot pain in her feet. "This competition is mine!"
"No…" Bridgette let out, clearly struggling to even speak due to the pain she was feeling. "I…can't let you win…"
Bridgette and Ronnie Anne glared heatedly at each other, both sides refusing to give in so easily.
…
…
…
"Ow, ow, ow, OW! OW! OW!" But one had to give in sooner than later, and unfortunately for Bridgette she just couldn't handle it and instinctively jumped off the coals, losing the competition. "Crap…"
"Yes! I won!" Ronnie Anne cheered as she got off the goals now that her victory was secured. The Hispanic girl let out a mocking laugh, getting glares from both Lindsay and Bridgette as Ronnie Anne then glared at the platinum blond that was merely sitting to the side watching everything. "Now I just have one loser left to take care of~"
"Bring it on." Dawn let out as they both locked their eyes.
You must be swift as a coursing river
(Be a man)
With all the force of a great typhoon
(Be a man)
With all the strength of a raging fire
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon
HALF HOUR LATER
GONG!
GONG!
GONG!
GONG!
The sound of a gong banging echoed throughout the area as the showdown of a lifetime was about to begin. Chris had given the two ladies a half an hour to rest up and prepare themselves and now both were ready. The setting for this challenge was a cliff slide with bamboo poles rising up from the ground, mist completely covering the bottom part of the cliff making it completely unseeable.
Watching from a spot nearby was Chris, Chef, Lindsay, and Bridgette. All were clearly eager to watch the match with both Chef and Lindsay having some buckets of popcorn to munch on. And soon the combatants made themselves known, entering in from the right side of the cliff was Ronnie Anne with the Hispanic girl having a fierce look on her face that showed she was ready to tear Dawn to shreds. And from the left side Dawn came in, the aura reader appearing calm and under control.
Both were wielding bamboo swords given to them before the challenge started and once they both stepped onto one of the bamboo poles Chris pulled out a megaphone to announce the rules. "Alright you two, here's how this is gonna go!" Chris began as both Dawn and Ronnie Anne continued locking eyes with each other. "Both of you must put all your training to the ultimate test, fighting each other while balancing and jumping from bamboo stalk to bamboo stalk. First one to fall down the cliff at this unbelievable height loses, the winner is deemed a martial arts master and earns a guaranteed spot in the final three! Now get ready, set…"
GONG!!!
Chris once again hit the gong to officially start the match, but the two girls didn't start right away. Instead, Ronnie Anne cracked her neck before giving Dawn a heated glare. "You know what they say, third times the charm," Ronnie Anne brought up, speaking about her last two battles with Dawn involving the Caveman challenge as well as the Sports challenge. "Hope you're ready to be the one humiliated this time."
"…." But Dawn was silent, her expression unchanging as she continued to glare at Ronnie Anne as her hair blew in the wind.
"Grrrrr…I'm not letting some damn hippy beat me again!" Ronnie Anne yelled, pissed off at Dawn for not responding to her words. "That million dollars is as good as mine and all I gotta do is cut you down and I'm one step closer!"
And with that Ronnie Anne went on the offense as she jumped from pole to pole towards Dawn and immediately swung at her. But Dawn was easily prepared for this as she raised up her own sword to block the strike. Ronnie Anne's eyes widened in surprise, but she refused to let up and began a flurry of sword swings. But Dawn showed amazing reflexes and proficiency as she continued to block each and every strike Ronnie Anne sent her way, not budging an inch from the attacks.
Dawn then decided to take different measures as she jumped onto a different pole and made a 'come on' gesture at Ronnie Anne. This ticked Ronnie Anne off as she began going after Dawn and tried to keep up the assault, but the aura reader kept up with the evasive maneuvers and kept jumping from pole to pole with an increasingly agitated Ronnie Anne going after her. "GRRRR!!! STAND! STILL! ALREADY!!!" But in Ronnie Anne's rage she trips and nearly falls off. "Woah! Woah! Woah!" But before she could head down into the mist below she managed to grab a pole and climb back onto it, regaining her footing.
"Ugh, so close…" Lindsay muttered as she shared some popcorn with Bridgette.
"You know, it really is sad," Dawn finally spoke up after Ronnie Anne picked herself up. The Hispanic teen's eyes widened at her words as she looked at Dawn. "You've become nothing but a hateful shell of who you used to be. All this time you've run on nothing but petty anger and spite."
"S-Shut up!" Ronnie Anne yelled, refusing to show how Dawn's words actually got to her and made her flinch. "You don't know a damn thing about me!"
"I think I do," Dawn stated, being able to read Ronnie Anne and her aura like a book. A very easy to read children's book. "You allowed your negative emotions to take over, but I can tell you're running out of steam and it won't be long before you crash. Was everything you've done truly worth it?"
"….." Ronnie Anne actually fell silent for a moment. She ended up contemplating everything she's done…but she shook it all out of her head. The Hispanic went red with anger as she went back to attacking Dawn. "SHUT! YOUR! DAMN! MOUTH!" Dawn could only sigh. At least she tried. Once again she went back to simply evading and blocking Ronnie Anne's attacks, now easier than it was before as Ronnie Anne's rage was making her incredibly predictable. "STOP ACTING SO HIGH AND MIGHT! YOU AIN'T BETTER THAN ME! YOU'RE JUST SOME DAMN HIPPY!"
"…You're right, I am just a hippy." Dawn admitted to Ronnie Anne after blocking another strike from Ronnie Anne…before giving her a smug smirk. "…But at least I'm not a virgin~"
"...." That caused Ronnie Anne to freeze in place.
"Whoooooooo," Chris and Chef whistled out as Bridgette gasped with Lindsay grinning widely.
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"WOOOOOOOOO!!!" Lindsay cheered for the fact of Dawn turning in her V-Card as she swung her fist around.
But this gave Dawn just the opening she needed. With Ronnie Anne contemplating what Dawn said, the aura reader rose her sword and aimed right for Ronnie Anne's feet and-
SWIPE!
Dawn literally swept Ronnie Anne right off her feet, knocking her off the pole and sending her down into the mist below. Bridgette and Lindsay gasped, not being able to see just how far the Hispanic girl fell…until the mist cleared up, revealing the poles only stuck up about four feet in the air with crash mats around the bottom of where they were fighting.
"And that's a match!" Chris announced before hitting the gong again. Immediately Lindsay and Bridgette broke into a cheer as they ran over to Dawn and lifted her up into the air in celebration. Meanwhile Ronnie Anne could only lay on the crash mat she fell on with a look of frozen shock on her face. "Dawn wins the title of master and invincibility meaning she has a ticket to the final three! The rest of y'all are up for elimination tonight at the very last Gilded Chris Ceremony! See you there!"
CONFESSIONAL – Lindsay
"She did it! Dawn did it! Yaaaay!" Lindsay clapped her hands, the biggest grin on the blond bombshell's face. "We can finally vote off Ronnie Anne now!"
CONFESSIONAL – Bridgette
"It almost feels too good to be true," Bridgette laughed as she found herself with a big smile as well. "Bye-Bye Ronnie Anne~"
CONFESSIONAL – Dawn
"The cards never lie~" Dawn stated, once again showing the Tower tarot card she showed off earlier. "Guess the fall was both figurative and literal~"
CONFESSIONAL – Ronnie Anne
"..." Ronnie Anne was silent, only able to sport a look of horrified realizations.
THE GILDED CHRIS AWARDS
Once again and for the final time, the iconic lights and music of the Gilded Chris Awards emanated throughout the film lot. At the big stage Chris grinned as he walked on stage in his favorite blue suit. Sitting in the VIP section of the stage was Dawn wearing her dress, and in the loser bleachers was a confident looking Lindsay and Bridgette, and on the complete opposite side was a completely anxious looking Ronnie Anne.
"Welcome everyone to the last ever Gilded Chris Ceremony!" Chris announced before looking around the stage and letting out a small sigh as he remembered all the previous ceremonies. "Gotta say, really gonna miss this whole shindig, but the show must go on!"
"Um, Chris," Bridgette raised her hand after looking underneath the seats and seeing a lack of the usual voting boxes. "Where are the voting boxes?"
"Oh, no voting for you guys tonight," Chris stated, getting raised brows from the three in the bleachers. Chris then turned to Dawn and gestured to her to come towards him. "Dawn, would you please join me up here,"
"Very well," Dawn didn't question it and got up from the VIP section and went and stood next to Chris.
"Now then, since this is our last ceremony I decided to make it a little special," Chris began explaining as Chef walked out with two Gilded Chris awards, handing them both to the host. "This elimination ceremony will be a mix between a reward challenge and sudden death."
"W-What does that mean?" Ronnie Anne stuttered as she dared to ask.
"It means that Dawn's prize for being the ultimate kung fu master is…..the single vote!" Chris announced, getting grins from both Bridgette and Lindsay and a look of horror from Ronnie Anne. "Dawn, you have the honor of choosing who stays and who gets the boot!
"…No…" Ronnie Anne let out…so this was it…there was literally a zero percent chance of her getting through this.
"If you insist," Dawn couldn't help but smirk as Chris handed her the awards before stepping to the side, the host allowing Dawn to step in front of the microphone. "Well this is a rather easy decision. The contestants are…Lindsay and Bridgette." Dawn then tosses the awards to her fellow blonds, who caught them before both gave victorious smirks to Ronnie Anne. "And Ronnie Anne, you're-"
"SAVE IT!" Ronnie Anne snapped with a red face. So that was it…after everything. Everything she's done, everything she's been through, just everything from this whole. Stupid. Show! After all of it…she has nothing to show for it. "I DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU!!!"
"Sheesh, touchy," Chris said with a smirk after Dawn stepped to the side, letting Chris get in front of the microphone again. "Not like you lost a million bucks, oh wait, ya did~"
"GRRRRR!!! (BLEEP) THIS (BLEEP)ING SHOW AND EVERYONE IN IT!!!" Ronnie Anne cursed a storm as she stomped over to the waiting lameosine, everyone watching her go with completely smug looks. "LATER YOU (BLEEP)ING (BLEEP)S!!!" And Ronnie Anne flipped everyone off before entering the lameosine and slamming it shut.
Once she was inside, the lamosine drove off and finally took Ronnie Anne away from the competition. Forever. "Geez, and I thought we'd never get rid of her! Was like a cockroach with how much she escaped elimination!" Chris joked before turning to the camera and beginning the outro with an eager grin. "But we're down to the final three! Two more challenges remain, but only one can win the million dollar grand prize! And you're not gonna wanna miss one bit of the first part of our dramatic conclusion next time on Total. Drama. Action!!!"
THE LAMEOSINE
"…." Ronnie Anne was curled up into a ball on the seats of the lameosine. This was it. She lost. She was so close to winning, the million dollars was in her grasp, she even out lasted Lincoln…but in the end she was now here. A loser being sent away to where all the others went with no chance of making some sort of come back.
All she could do was look out the window…and think about the season she just participated in. No matter how hard she tried, what Dawn said to her in the challenge wouldn't leave her head as she contemplated everything she's done.
All the schemes, the betrayals, the anger, and everything else. Her reputation was riddled with nothing but them.
She began breathing heavily as she reflected on this…and as another memory popped into her head.
ONE YEAR AGO
"Wow, look at that," Lincoln let out as both he and Ronnie Anne sat down together on the roof of the apartment where his girlfriend and her extended family lived. The two had ice pops in hand they got from Ronnie Anne's mini fridge and were looking off at the sunset. "I swear no matter how many times I see it, the sunset from your building looks amazing,"
"Heh, yeah, pretty sweet huh?" Ronnie Anne told her boyfriend before taking a lick of her ice pop, but Ronnie Anne soon found a frown coming to her face. Getting to spend spring break with her boyfriend was…really nice. Sure Ronnie Anne didn't really like to get all emotional and sappy but she did like spending time with him. She just wished it could be more often, the long distance relationship could really suck. "Hey…do you really have to go back home tomorrow?"
"Hm? Well…yeah," Lincoln answered her as he scratched the back of his head. "Tomorrow's the last day of spring break so gotta get home before school starts again,"
"Could just stay here ya know," Ronnie Anne suggested with a blush on her face. "Could transfer to my high school, stay in Bobby's old room. It could be nice,"
"Well…city life does sound like it would be pretty cool," Lincoln admitted as the idea did resonate with him a bit. But ultimately he shook his head. "But I can't leave everything I have back in Royal Woods, I got my family and friends there I couldn't ditch them."
"I know, I know," Ronnie Anne groaned as she looked down with a saddened look. "I just…I just wanna see you more often ya know? Long distance sucks ass…"
"Yeah…" Lincoln sighed out as he looked down too. But a smile soon came to the Loud boy's face as he tried to cheer Ronnie Anne up. "But ya know, just makes us value moments like these more, makes the time we can spend together truly special ya know?"
"…Heh…yeah, guess that's true," Ronnie Anne admitted as a small smile came back to her face as she looked up at her boyfriend. "Love ya Lincoln."
"Love you too Ronnie," Lincoln told her before giving her a kiss on the cheek.
PRESENT DAY
Drip…Drip…Drip...
Ronnie Anne couldn't control as tears began building up in her eyes before falling onto the floor of the limo. The weight of all her actions crashed down on her. "Dammit…what the hell is wrong with me…" Ronnie Anne let out in a broken voice before she buried her head in her legs and began quietly sobbing.