Finders Weepers, Losers Keepers!

The remaining eight contestants compete in a challenge to retrieve mementos of the season. '''One contestant devises a plan to eliminate her biggest threat, which her partner helps carry out. This contestant manages to defy fate and stay in the game because they won the challenge. That night the target is eliminated.'''



Plot
"Last time on Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes, we reached the final seven and merged! We also held a competition to see which eliminated contestant would return. It was a battle between Titus and Dutch, but in the end, Dutch won. When Dutch was allowed back into the competition, Romulus freaked out and revealed his true nature! Things have slightly cooled down now, but if I have my way, things will get spicy really soon!"

Josiah, Corey, Rose, and Jennifer were sitting in the beach, talking in secret.

"Do you think she knew that her boyfriend was a bad guy?" Jennifer asked.

"How could she? She's been crying all week." Corey said.

"But what if it's an act?" Rose asked.

"She's not that good of an actress." Josiah pointed out.

"But why did Romulus said he eliminated Cherry and Alexis? That would imply that he had someone working for him on our team." Jennifer said.

"Maybe he was using her." Corey said, "Y'know like, manipulating her to do his bidding."

"I just can't believe that he's evil." Rose said, "He was so nice."

"Okay." Josiah said, "I say we make a pact to try and get to the final four together. The four of us."

"Oh, that'd be fun!" Rose said. "I'll do that for sure!"

"We do have to look out for each other." Jennifer said, "I'm in."

"With Romulus and Dutch as big threats, and Feline and Rosalie as wild cards, we have to stick together." Corey agreed, "I'm in too."

Josiah smiled.

Rosalie walked out of the shelter, her eyes red and puffy.

'''Rosalie Confessional: I heard those peons talk about making an alliance with each other. And Josiah saying I'm not that good of an actress? Oh please! I'm trying to convince everyone that I wasn't working with Romulus. I have a great plan on my sleeve that can rid me of a big threat. *smiles*'''

"How you holding up?" Jennifer asked.

"F-fine..." Rosalie sighed.

"You know, Chris doesn't come out for a few more minutes. You wanna talk about it?" Corey asked.

"No. I feel like I have to talk to him." Rosalie said.

"Why? He was using you." Josiah pointed out.

"No, no. The feelings we had were real. Or at least I think they were. I have to find out." Rosalie said, "Please excuse me."

"Good luck." Rose said.

"Thank you." Rosalie said, as she turned.

While she walked away, she rolled her eyes.

"Simpletons." She muttered under her breath.

Romulus was sitting on the edge of the beach, scowling.

Rosalie approached him.

"We n-need to talk." Rosalie whimpered, loud enough to be heard from the shelters.

Romulus rolled his eyes, "What?"

Rosalie sat down.

"Listen here, you idiot. You completely blew what we had." Rosalie said, in a hushed voice.

Romulus was taken aback.

"Excuse me?" Romulus asked.

"It's okay. I have a plan that will save you for at least another week. If you do what I say, you'll be here another week." Rosalie said.

"Who said that you were calling the sho-" Romulus said.

"Everyone hates you." Rosalie pointed out, "Without me, you have no one to help you out."

Romulus sat there, intruiged.

"Keep going." Romulus said.

Rosalie smirked and leaned in, whispering in his ear.

Romulus' eyes widened.

"That's perfect." Romulus said, amazed.

Rosalie shrugged, before the water works came out.

"I can't believe it!" Rosalie cried.

She winked at Romulus before running off.

'''Romulus Confessional: That girl is brilliant! If I stay here this week, I owe her! Oh, I could kiss her! I mean- I could, if I wanted to... Which I don't.'''

"Fresh meat! Please meet me at the base of the volcano!" Chris announced, "And make it snappy!"

All eight contestants ran into the forest.

"Get out of my way!" Dutch shouted, hitting Corey upside the head.

"Ow! Dude, what's your damage?!" Corey asked, rubbing his head as she ran.

"90's slang, that's my damage." Dutch said, laughing.

Corey rolled his eyes.

"No need to be such a jerk..." Rose said, under her breath.

Dutch stopped in his tracks, causing Jennifer, Feline, and Josiah to run into each other.

He turned around.

"What did you say, prep?" Dutch asked.

"I said," Rose began, "No need to be such a jerk."

"Rose, don't." Jennifer said.

"No." Rose said to Jennifer, "He needs to hear this."

"Go on." Dutch said.

"You're just a big bully, and that was the reason they eliminated you over Huck when he lost you guys the challenge." Rose said, "You're a jerk."

Dutch walked over to Rose, his chest puffed out.

"You made a big mistake, girly." Dutch spat.

"You wouldn't hit a girl, would you?" Feline asked.

"Just watch me." Dutch said, raising his arm.

In an instant, he brought his arm down.

Rose caught it and smirked.

She easily flipped the bully.

He fell to the floor.

"Don't touch me." Rose said, stepping over him and walking to the volcano.

Everyone laughed and walked off.

Dutch growled and got up.

Dutch Confessional: She's gonna pay for that.

The remaining eight contestants stood at the base of the volcano.

"Alright, guys! Here's your first challenge!" Chris said. "You see those eight boxes up there? Yeah, you need to get those if you want to participate in the other half of the challenge!"

"That's not that hard." Feline said.

"Great that you say that!" Chris said, "Because we've set up a few booby traps for ya! If you aren't one of the first six people who get the box, you're out!"

"Ugh-" Rosalie sighed.

"Ah, no complaints!" Chris said, "Go get them."

Dutch rolled his eyes and began to climb.

Romulus, who was unusually silent, climbed after him.

"Get out of my way, trailer-park trash." Romulus said, as he climbed.

"Watch it, freakazoid." Dutch spat.

"Ugh, whatever." Romulus said.

Dutch kicked dirt onto Romulus.

"Agh! What is wrong with you? This is a brand new suit!" Romulus shouted.

He stopped climbing and dusted himself, unaware that he was falling.

'''Romulus Confessional: What kind of a person kicks dirt onto someone with a new suit! A new suit! He is so going down!'''

Rose and Corey were climbing side by side.

"That was intense the way you stood up to Dutch." Corey said.

"Oh, it was nothing." Rose said, "He had to learn that he can't just treat people like that."

"You're amazing." Corey said.

"I mean, it was really nothing. But thanks." Rose blushed.

Corey smiled.

Then his eyes widened.

Corey Confessional: I think that I'm starting to like Rose-

Rose Confessional: - to like Corey... And why shouldn't I? He's funny, sweet-

Core Confessional: Adorable, Smart, Amazing...

Jennifer was climbing as fast as she could.

"Having problems?" Josiah asked, just ahead of her.

"Nope!" Jennifer said.

"Jennifer if you can't-" Josiah said.

"Why do you think I can't?" Jennifer asked, a little offended by the question.

"Well, I just thought-" Josiah said.

"What? That because I'm a dainty female that I need you to do things for me?" Jennifer asked.

"No, no that's not it-" Josiah said

"Ugh!" Jennifer said.

"Jennif-" Josiah began.

"Don't even say my name!" Jennifer shouted, climbing faster then ever.

In a few seconds, she passed Josiah.

"No, wait-" Josiah said.

Jennifer turned, "Look! I understand you want to protect me, but I can take care of myself!"

She grabbed a rock and a mine went off in her face.

Jennifer flew backwards, hurling towards the bottom of the volcano.

"Jennifer!" Josiah called, looking at her as she fell.

Feline reached out and grabbed Jennifer.

"Agh!" Jennifer cried.

She looked at Feline and smiled.

"Thanks!" Jennifer said.

"No problem!" Feline said, pulling Jennifer back to the volcano.

Jennifer steadied herself and began to climb.

"Well, this is fun." Jennifer said.

Feline laughed.

"Can you believe that jerk, Dutch?" Feline asked.

"Ugh, don't even get me started." Jennifer said, rolling her eyes. "Can you believe that he was going to hit Rose?"

"What a tool." Feline agreed.

"Hurry up!" Chris said from the bottom.

At the mouth of the volcano, Josiah grabbed the first box.

"Yes!" Josiah cheered.

"And Josiah has a spot in the next challenge!"

Jennifer growled.

"Excuse me." Jennifer said to Feline, climbing at top speeds.

She passed Dutch, Corey, and Romulus.

Rose was nearing the top.

She leaped and grabbed a box.

"And Rose secures a spot in the second part of the challenge!" Chris announced.

The others were dashing for the remaining four boxes.

Feline picked up her pace, determined to make it to the final around.

Romulus did the same.

As did Rosalie.

Jennifer grabbed a box, followed by Dutch.

"Four of the six boxes have been claimed!" Chris announced, "Only two remain! IE, only two spots left to compete in the second part of the challenge.

Rosalie raced.

Corey climbed as fast as he could.

Feline grabbed the fifth box and took a deep breath.

"No!" Romulus, Rosalie, and Corey shouted.

The three booked it.

But one made a terrible mistake.

Corey grabbed a rock, which was covering a mine.

He was shot back, and fell into Rosalie.

The two hurdled to the ground.

"Agh!" Corey cried.

"This isn't how I want to die!" Rosalie cried.

Romulus grabbed the last box.

The two hit the floor.

"Ugh-" Corey said, rolling off of Rosalie.

Rosalie sat her, seeing double of everything.

"Mommy?" Rosalie asked.

"And those are the six chosen to compete in the second part of the challenge!" Chris said.

"What is the second part of the challenge?" Jennifer called.

"You'll see!" Chris announced, "Look in your boxes!"

The six competitors looked into their boxes and pulled out the items inside.

"An arrow?" Dutch asked.

"A pile of dirt?" Romulus asked confused.

"A small black box inside of a box- Chris, what is this stuff?" Feline demanded.

"This is the stuff you have to find and bring back to me! Items that are hidden all over the island! Dutch, you have to find an arrow that was shot at you by the HaskSok in the Captives Challenge! Romulus, you have to bring me back a tombstone from the graveyard that was featured in the Scary Scavenger Hunt! Feline? You have to find the black box we hid you away in during the Scary Scavenger Hunt!" Chris explained, "Rose! You have to bring back a cup for Dropping Puree from the Brunch of Disgustingness 2.0! Jennifer, you need to bring me a slab of the statue you built of me, without causing the whole statue to fall! Josiah, you need to bring me the soccer ball you played with in the last challenge!"

"What?"

"Are you kidding?"

"Seriously?"

"No way!"

"I can't do that!"

"Shut up!" Chris shouted.

"What about us?" Rosalie asked, what are we supposed to do?"

"You two follow me!" Chris said.

Rosalie grumbled and followed.

'''Rosalie Confessional: Have I been reduced to the role of Chris' lackey? I can't believe it!'''

"Good luck." Corey said to Rose.

Rose blushed.

"Thanks." She said.

Dutch walked through the forest.

He pushed the foliage and ripped the bushes from their place.

"Stupid plants." Dutch spat.

Dutch looked around and growled.

Dutch Confessional: How am I supposed to find a stupid arrow in this huge forest?!

Dutch tried to remember what happened that day.

"Oh that's right. I was kidnapped. How am I supposed to find it?!" Dutch asked, "Stupid Chris!"

Dutch heard a twig snap.

"What was that?" Dutch asked, "Who's there?"

He heard more rustling.

"Quit it!" Dutch shouted.

The rustling continued.

"Cut it out!" Dutch spat.

A bush rustled.

Dutch raced to the bush and looked in the foliage.

He gasped.

Josiah looked around the empty clearing for the soccer ball.

"Where is it? I know we left it here!" Josiah said.

Josiah searched in the tall grass, checking to see for the soccer ball.

"I know it's here!" Josiah said.

Josiah rustled through the tall grass.

"Ugh! Where is it?" Josiah asked.

He heard a rustle behind him.

Josiah stood up and refused to look behind him.

"Ook." said a voice.

"NO!" Josiah said, before he began to scream.

Like a little girl.

'''Josiah Confessional: No... It was terrible!'''

Rose was walking in the arena, looking around.

"Where is it?" Rose asked.

She looked under obstacles.

Under a box.

Under the table on which they ate the disgusting meals.

No where.

"Okay, we drank it and then Chef took it over.." Rose thought, "There!"

She pointed to a large shed.

Rose jogged over and looked around in the shed.

She tried to open the door.

"Locked?" Rose asked.

Rose tugged at the lock, hoping it would unlock itself.

"Ugh!" Rose cried.

'''Rose Confessional: I am positive that that blended puree is in that shed! I just need to find a way to get in there.'''

Rose kept on pulling, and fell backwards.

Rustling was heard.

Rose was nowhere to be found.

Romulus walked around in the forest.

He was determined to find that cemetery.

Okay, so he was aimlessly wandering.

So?

"Where is that stupid cemetery- I ran into it once, I'm sure I can find it again." Romulus spat.

Romulus looked around.

"Cemetery?" Romulus asked. "Okay, I know it was covered in some weird fog."

Romulus shrugged.

He continued walking, looking for any signs of fog.

He hadn't found any as of yet.

He then heard rustling.

Romulus' eyes widened, remembering the HaskSok.

He then ran as fast as he could.

Jennifer was observing the statue.

"Alright." Jennifer said to herself.

How was she going to remove a piece of the statue without it falling over.

Even removing the top part would be too much work.

Just to get up there would mean she would have to hold onto the statue.

And it would topple over.

'''Jennifer Confessional: Why did we only attach the hands with glue? It would have been so easier. But on second thought... I wouldn't be able to unattach anything. Nevermind that thought!'''

Jennifer stared at the statue.

"Well, maybe I could..." Jennifer began while moving the statue.

With one touch, the statue fell apart.

"No!" Jennifer cried, panicked.

A heard of wild hogs ran towards the pile of statue parts.

Jennifer was barely to grab a statue part and scream before the hogs trampled the statue pieces.

It turned to rubble.

And Jennifer was nowhere to be seen.

Feline was wandering aimlessly.

"Hmmm..." Feline asked herself, "Where to look."

'''Feline Confessional: I should know where that box is better then anyone. I mean, I was the one who climbed out of it. But I just don't seem to remember. Maybe it was the traumatic stress. Who knows?'''

Feline walked forwards, keeping her eyes peeled for anything that looked familiar.

That was when, from behind, she was ran into.

"Ugh!" Feline cried.

"Ow!" Said the familiar voice behind her.

Feline fell forwards, into the dirt.

She got up and dusted herself off, turning around.

She was face to face with Romulus.

"Ugh. What do you want?" Feline asked.

"Get out of my way!" Romulus said, "Those crazy natives are after me!"

The boy got up and ran off.

Feline raised an eyebrow.

She turned and that's when she saw it.

The black box.

Feline made a mad dash to get to the box.

But before she could, some one else ran into her.

"Who is it now?!" Feline asked, turning around.

She screamed.

"Where are we going?" Corey asked Chris.

"We're going to watch all the drama unfold!" Chris announced.

"Where?" Rosalie asked.

"In our secret location!" Chris said.

Currently, Chris, Corey, and Rosalie were walking through the forest.

Rosalie and Corey were being led by two interns.

Both teens had blindfolds.

"And where is this secret location?" Rosalie asked.

"You'll see, soon enough." Chris snickered.

"I don't like the sound of that..." Chris said.

Rosalie and Corey stopped moving.

"What's happening?" Rosalie asked.

"Why did we stop?" Corey pondered.

The two interns removed the blindfolds.

"You were lied to!" Chris said.

They were currently standing on a tall cliff.

"Huh?" Rosalie asked.

"You weren't eliminated from the challenge! You two have a different job to do! See those people tied up down there? Those are your friends. Your guys' job is to save them without getting caught yourself. All of them have been captured but Romulus! If you can save them all before Romulus finds me, you win!" Chris said.

Rosalie and Corey cheered.

"Well, what are you waiting for?" Chris asked, "Go!"

Rosalie and Corey ran down the side of the cliff, racing towards the bottom.

Romulus was racing.

He refused to look back.

And that's when he tripped over it.

The one thing that would save his life.

The tombstone.

He hadn't noticed it, on account of being chased by a killer tribe, but he was surrounded by a dense, pea-soup fog.

Romulus picked up the tombstone and smirked.

"I won!" Romulus cheered.

"Not yet! You still have to get it to me! And I'm on the tall cliff over looking the HaskSok's tribe!" Chris announced over the intercom.

'''Romulus Confessional: The point was to not get captured by the HaskSok! What is this fool doing?!'''

"Chris, you jerk!" Romulus spat, as he got up.

He grabbed the tombstone before he heard voices.

Romulus looked around in a panic before falling to the floor.

The fog surrounded him.

Footsteps were heard.

The soft pitter-patter of feet.

One stepped right in front of Romulus' face.

He had to stop himself from screaming.

The man turned and walked off.

Romulus stuck his head up and began to quietly follow the man.

Rosalie had reached the bottom of the cliff and was currently looking for a way to attack the HaskSok, get out with her life, and save the others.

She currently had no ideas.

Rosalie Confessional: This is impossible- There is no way I can't go in there without getting their attention-

Then Rosalie got an idea.

An idea so foolish it might work.

Rosalie looked around for a stone of some sort.

She found a giant stone and smirked.

She creeped towards the edge of their collection of huts and threw the rock.

It hit the bushes and all the HaskSok turned their heads.

They growled and barked words in an unknown language.

A large herd of them then ran off in that general direction.

Rosalie took this as her chance to start untying.

She ran on, oblivious to the fact that a child was standing in her way.

She tripped over the child and was sent sprawling right in front of a group of HaskSok women.

"Oh- um. Hello! I am Rosalie Ambrosias, nice to meet you all." The Debutante said, worried for the life.

The HaskSok women growled.

Rosalie was in hot water.

And however much it hurt Corey to leave her in a situation like this, if he wanted to win, he had to.

Corey used Rosalie as a distraction and ran in the shadows to the other contestants.

"This is all a misunderstanding!" Rosalie said from a distance.

Corey saw that five of the six other contestants were tied up and gagged.

Corey removed Rose's gag first, working on untying her ropes.

"Cor!" Rose cried in a hushed whisper.

"Shh!" Corey warned, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" Rose said, "Thanks for coming to get me!"

"No problem." Corey said, before he looked her in the eyes.

"I would do anything for you."

Rose blushed.

Once Rose was untied, he worked on untying Jennifer and Feline.

Once they were untied he untied Josiah.

He was just about to untie Dutch when...

"I did it! I did it! In your faces, you dragon-breathed losers!" Romulus cheered, jumping up and down on the cliff overlooking the huts.

"Romulus wins the challenge and the immunity that goes along with it! The rest of you, dust yourselves off and get out of there! You'll be going to the Bonfire Ceremony!" Chris announced.

The remaining eight contestants reached the shelters, exhausted.

"I won." Romulus said, for the umpteenth time.

"We know." Everyone else muttered.

"It's a shame, really." Romulus said, casually.

"What is?" Rose spat.

"I can't guarantee the safety of my little co-worker, Feline!" Romulus sighed.

"Huh?" Feline asked, confused.

"No need for the act any longer." Romulus said.

"I honestly don't have any idea about what you're even-" Feline began.

"Feline? You were working with Romulus?" Jennifer asked.

"I refuse to believe that!" Josiah said.

"How do you think I managed to eliminate Cherry and Alexis and get Rosalie to fall for me and vote for whoever I asked? I had Feline set up Cherry and Alexis' eliminations and had her tell Rosalie that I was the best boy on the island to court her." Romulus laughed, "She just kept it under wraps."

"That's a lie!" Rose said, a part of her starting to believe what Romulus was saying.

"No... It isn't." Rosalie sighed.

"Huh?" Rose, Josiah, Jennifer, Dutch, and Corey asked.

"Feline told me that Romulus would be the best match for me." Rosalie explained, in a sad, innocent voice, "And if that wasn't enough, when Alexis started blabbing secrets, she let that slip. I just didn't want to tell anyone because I didn't know for sure. But I do now, and it would make perfect sense for her to tell Alexis this, considering she wanted to take her best friend to the finale, after making it to the final three with Romulus of course."

"No! That is total bull!" Feline said, "Why would I ever team up with Rom-" Feline began.

"So that whole thing? You pretending to be mad at Alexis- that was a cover up? A sympathy vote that didn't work? You're a traitor! You had us believe that Alexis was at fault, when in actuality-" Rose began.

"It was you. It was you the whole time." Corey sighed.

"No! Guys!" Feline said, "Please believe me, they're lyi-"

"No need to hide it anymore!" Romulus said, putting his arm around Feline.

"Get off of me!" Feline shouted.

Dutch, Corey, Rose, Jennifer, Rosalie, and Josiah glared at Romulus and Feline.

"Romulus might be safe." Rosalie said, "But you aren't."

Feline's eyes widened.

'''Feline Confessional: How were they believing this?! It was all a lie! Rosalie must be the one that's working with Romulus because all of it was a lie! Or maybe it was Alexis- or maybe! Agh! I have to convince everyone this isn't true!'''

'''Rosalie Confessional: This is all going according to plan. The target it way far from my back, and we're getting rid of a wild card. The Rosalie-Romulus Dream Team strikes again! Not to mention that Romulus is safe. And good thing, too. I mean, like not because I like him or anything- just because Partners. Though he is sweeter then Sweet Tea to me!'''

'''Romulus Confessional: Yes! We're getting rid of a huge threat! Goodbye, Feline! Have fun with 8th place and a million dollars short!'''

Later that night at the elimination ceremony, all remaining eight competitors sat around the bonfire.

The final marshmallow sat on the plate.

Josiah was trying to talk to Jennifer, who was too busy eating her marshmallow.

Corey and Rose were conversing, each with a marshmallow in their hand.

Romulus sat, his feet propped up on a stump.

Rosalie sat in the corner, sullen and depressed.

The only two without marshmallows were Feline and Dutch.

Feline looked at Dutch in fear.

Dutch rolled his eyes.

"You're getting the boot, honey. You're a villain." Dutch said.

"So are you!" Feline cried.

"So you admit it?" Dutch asked, "Tsk tsk."

"Wait, no!" Feline said.

"I knew we couldn't trust her." Jennifer said to Corey.

Feline hung her head.

"Dutch. Feline. This is the final marshmallow." Chris said.

The Helicopter of Losers loomed overhead.

"Whoever doesn't get this marshmallow must immediately board the Helicopter of Losers, get a ride to the mainland, and be short of one million dollars." Chris explained. "The final name I am going to call is..."

Feline gasped, holding her breath.

Dutch sat there, staring at the stars.

Feline stopped holding her breath and began to bite her nails.

They couldn't believe this ludicrous lie, could they?

Dutch rolled his eyes and sat up.

Sure he was a jerk, but they would surely eliminate the new threat, right?

"Dutch." Chris said.

Dutch smirked and grabbed the marshmallow.

"No! No, you're all wrong! Romulus' helper is-" Feline began.

"Me!" Rosalie said, getting up and smiling.

Her sullen demeanor was long gone.

She smirked and strutted over to Romulus placing a hand on his shoulder.

"What?" The remaining contestants still in the game asked.

"Yup!" Rosalie giggled, "We planned it all!"

"I wanted to be safe for this week." Romulus explained.

"I wanted Feline gone." Rosalie said.

"And with this whole mystery about who was helping me on the girls' team floating around; thanks to the four of you for talking about it out loud by the way, I would never have known if Rosalie didn't over hear-" Romulus began.

"I thought it would be a great idea to get Romulus to incriminate Feline, while I acted like the victim with information from Feline's jabberjawed friend." Rosalie said, laughing.

"You two are evil!" Rose cried.

"Maybe even more then me!" Dutch said, "I give ya props."

"Thank you." Rosalie smirked.

Feline sighed and walked to the Helicopter of Losers.

The four good people left walked to the helicopter with her.

"If none of this happened, we would have kept you." Rose informed.

"Honestly!" Corey agreed.

Feline smiled.

"Thanks guys." Feline smirked, "Oh! And kick their butts for me! Dutch's, too!"

"Will do!" Jennifer said.

Feline grabbed onto the rope ladder, and the helicopter flew off.

"That was crazy!" Chris said.

He was currently standing in the middle of a command center, where they edited the episodes and such.

"What will happen next? Who will win? Who will lose? What alliances will be betrayed? Find out on a very special episode of Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes!" Chris said, signing off.