An Underdog's Destiny (Story 4 of 4 of my Underdog Series)

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

He has spent more than a decade preparing for this day, and his fated final battle is drawing nearer. But with his greatest foe knowing just how to get under his skin and his best friend under that foe's thumb, it might turn out to be too much for even him to handle. Can he defeat his foe and protect his friends, or will he give in and lose everything?

1. Prologue: Warriors' Quests

The scene of a certain prison was bleak, gray and oozing with malice, rage and what appeared to be dried blood.

Chef Hatchet made his way down the hall of a prison 'Maybe I should've just stayed back in Vegas with Tony.'

"I'M INNOCENT I TELL YA, INNOCENT NOW LET ME THE HELL OUT OF THIS SHIT HOLE ALREADY!"

'Oh yeah that screams innocence.'

"The Crusty Cockroches have a huge lead over the Soiled Stinkbugs!"

"CHOKE ON IT MCLEAN!"

Chef let out a sigh 'Vegas is looking better and better by the second.'

As it turns out, it was just Chris McLean himself in his own private cell, sealed off by a glass door, looking down at two bugs in the middle of what he saw as a death match due to his ever declining sanity "Oh Lightning manages to slip past Duncan, and now we can tell that the heat is ON! Oh hell yeah take a look at that, now that's what I'm talking about!" he glanced up and noticed Chef standing on the other side of the door, and he shot him a dirty look "Well well well, look who finally took some time out of his schedule to come out from the big times in big bad Las Vegas and come to visit me after a whole f*cking year!"

"Oh quit your whining man and come on, you finished your sentence for dumping toxic waste on the island."

"Yeah whatever I think I'll pass, I'm gonna stay right here. I've got everything that I could ever need, including Chef 2.0 right here." he held up a cashew with Chef's face drawn on it "I made him from a cashew."

"Of course you did, just take a look at this." Chef slipped a manilla folder through the slot in the door.

"It's your contract, I met with the producers and they've green lit another season. So are you in or what?"

Chris's face lit up like a Christmas tree "Oh it is ON!"

'...Yep I definitely should've stayed in Vegas.'

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(And now just for fun, the theme son for this fic which is based on the 19th intro from the anime Fairy Tail)

Insert a semi closeup shot of the 1,000 foot cliff of Camp Wawanakwa, the shot panning out and the words An Underdog's Destiny appearing in a flash of light.

Adam sitting on ledge of the Dock of Shame, staring at his palm with a large silhouette of Carlos floating above him Zutto sagashiteta nda nakushite shimatta ima wo

Alejandro sitting against a tree staring at the Bull Necklace around his neck, a silhouette of Carlos hovering above him Kono futatsu no hitomi ni utsuru mono dake shinjite

A shot of Mike holding both of his fists to his chest, a silhouette of Mal appearing floating above him Chippoke na jibun wa tada kizutsuku no osorete

Cody and Bridgette standing back to back Yariba no nai kanjō wa

Zoey surrounded by three shadowy figures Kokoro no oku ni himete shimai gachi de

Duncan and (7th classic competitor who will not be spoiled) glaring at each other before walking away in different directions, followed by Dawn and Brick standing amongst the rubble of the battle that is soon to come Futashika na kachikan no mechā ni shibararete

Alejandro having a staredown with his older brother Jose (not a spoiler because it happened in canon), with Alejandro looking fearful at first but refusing to back down, followed by a quick shot of him and Adam high fiving Ashi ga sukundara sotto boku ga senaka wo osu yo

Cody going all out battling a large hulking rock figure using his Yin Yang staff, covered in numerous wounds Kimi iro ni kagayaite

Bridgette using her water and ice powers to combat a large hulking figure radiating flames, holding a flaming sword in its hand Kimi iro ni nurikaete

Alejandro facing off against a large hulking figure with blades protruding from various placed on its body, and Alejandro flares his crimson aura before he begins to clash with the monster in mid air Kodoku mo rettōkan mo subete sarake dashite

Chris and Chef standing on top of the newly rebuilt Mount Chrismore Daiji na no wa zero kara

Duncan, Heather, Zoey, Brick, Dawn, Anne Maria, (7th classic competitor), Jo and Scott all standing at the bottom of the mountain Ichi ni suru sono chikara

Aurora standing on top of a hill and gazing out at the horizon Senobi nante shinakute ī

Adam and Alejandro (both around 13 years old) and Carlos standing in a grassy meadow Ari no mama no kimi de

It's nighttime, and Adam and everyone else are gazing up at the moon with looks of confident and contentness Kurikaeshita kōkai mo

A shot of Mike losing control of his body and being trapped inside of his mind Asu he no kagi ni naru kara

Several quick images of the events that are to come in the events of this story, before finally settling on a scene of Adam and Mike (the latter under the control of Sorbidus), readying themselves and charging at each other for the final battle.

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There are many great stories that have different sides to them. Some are important, some not so much, but regardless they still exist, and they still have an impact on the story overall.

However, for the time being (this chapter only), we'll be diving this story into three different parts, with three different sides to this story.

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(First, we'll go into part one, this one focusing on the first of the main characters, Adam.)

It was a warm, calm and peaceful Spring Day in the city of Toronto.

As part of his usual routine, Adam, now in a new attire consisting laid down a bouquet of flowers on top of a grave, and he shot the grave a small fond smile "Hey Carlos, it feels like we've done a full lap of this routine time and time again now haven't we? Time flies, times goes on, and the cycle just keeps on repeating itself. Anyway it's been about three months since Mike and I got back from our little month long excursion into the void between dimensions, or more like a weekend trip based on our own perspectives, and things have honestly chilled out a lot. It's been about two years now since you've been gone, and now it's been about six months in total since I discovered my powers and, well life is just going on now. Me, Mike and everyone else just finished our second semester of college and now it's summer vacation, which is actually pretty ironic considering it's only the middle of May. Anyway Mike, Bridgette, Cody and Alejandro are all of doing their own thing for the time being, something about managing their own personal growth for the sake of what's coming up. Which brings me to the other reason as to why I came to see you, I really need some advice right about now." he pulled an envelope which showed signs that had previously been opened "Apparently McLean got bailed out of prison a few weeks ago and the producers green lit another season of Total Drama, and I just got invited back as one of the contestants. But the problem is that with Sorbidus bound to make his move at any time now I don't know if it's really worth it. I need some kind of sign Carlos, what am I supposed to do about this?" as if on cue his phone vibrated and he pulled it out of its pocket "Looks like it's a text from Devin."

Can you come over? I need to talk to you about some stuff.

"Well what do you know, I guess you're helping me out even from the other side." Adam looked down at the grave "Thanks for that Carlos, knowing what Devin is like there should be at least one good thing I can get out of this." and he slowly walked away to take care of his personal business.

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Adam made his way into Devin's apartment and found it apparently empty "Okay, three things to note here. One, him and Carrie moving in together is long overdue. Two, him giving me a spare key was a good idea. Three, I really hope he didn't get into my stash of brownies again."

"No I learned my lesson after last time." Devin made his way out into the main room, wearing a black blazer with a green collared shirt underneath "So what do you think of the look, does it suit me?"

"What I think is that you look like an Asian version of Maitre D in Heaven look, so what's the occasion?"

"Today's Carrie's birthday."

"Yeah I know, I dropped off some roses for her a little while ago. I mean what the hell are you gonna give her?"

"The rest of my life."

"Come again for the Knight?"

"I'm gonna ask her to marry me."

"Well it's about f*cking time."

"Tell me about it, I mean she's been in love with me for all these years and I've spent the majority of them making an ass out of myself."

"No arguments here, but all tastless jokes aside I'm really happy for you man. I mean you know what you did for me back when we first met."

"And you returned the favor, which brings me to why I asked you to come here. I don't wanna get ahead of myself but… I was hoping you'd do me the honor of being my best man."

"If by Best Man you mean the only guy who put up with you and Shelly throughout all of high school and the one who got you and Carrie together, let me believe what I want to believe, then I'd be honored." the two of them engaged in a guy hug "So what's the first step towards the long overdue popping of a certain question?"

"Well I know the first thing that I've gotta do, I've gotta make sure that I get the proper engagement ring for the moment of truth."

"Oh I know just the place, I heard awhile back that there's this place up in Toronto that sells, and I quote, really nice rocks at rock bottom prices."

"Perfect. Hey by the way I've been meaning to ask for awhile, aside from the whole Cosmic Knight thing you've been talking about yourself you were a knight since like 9th grade. What's that all about?"

"Oh that, well see it started one day when me and Carlos were playing a game of chess…"

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(Flashback, about 18 months after Adam's initial confrontation with Mal)

Carlos placed a chess piece on the board "The outcome of a battle can be decided as early as the first move."

Adam raised an eyebrow "Really, you're just gonna whip out the Climbing Silver strategy right off the bat just like that? What's the rush, let's just take our time with this."
"I'm glad to see that you're not has hot headed and impatient as you used to be, but aside from that in order to penetrate the line of the enemy there will be times when you have to be willing to take a risk and make a rather bold move like that."

"But I thought you hated having to make risky moves like that."

"I do have a distaste for them, but in order to defend the one that you see as your King from a superior opponent you have to be prepared to make sacrifices on some level."

"You know you've been acting really pragmatic lately, what's up with that?"

"It's nothing, I've just been doing some significant musing lately. I'm just glad that I finally came to understand the true importance of the king."

"Well sure, if you lose your king then you lose the game and that's all there is to it. What's the big deal?"

"...You know I've been contemplating this for some time Adam, and if I had to pick all of the people in my life to represent the pieces on this chess board then I would consider you to be most likely to be the Knight."

"Why do you say that?"

"It may not be the most powerful of the pieces on the board but it continues to get stronger in order to protect its king, and it has the unique ability to continue to leap over others. It reminds me of just how flexible you can be both in body and in spirit."

"I guess that makes sense. So which one do you think you would be?"

"I'm nothing in the grand scheme of things, I'm little more than…" he made his move and placed another piece.

"A sacrificial pawn?" Adam made his own move "Oh come on now Carlos if anything then I'd consider you to be my king."

"While I do understand where you're coming from, I am inclined to disagree."

"Well if not you then who else could it be?"

"Well that's the thing…" Carlos shot him a small kind smile "I can assure you that you will know when the time is right, but do be sure to keep in mind that the title of your King may very well apply to more than just one person."

(End Flashback)

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Unfortunately, things up in Toronto weren't as calm and peaceful as the first group of protagonists in this story would actually like to believe, it just didn't seem like it just yet. At least not to the untrained eye.

A young woman with long purple hair was in the middle of interrogating a local salesman about a certain person's whereabouts "So what can you tell me about the location of the woman in this picture?"

The salesman studied the picture for a moment "Oh that would be Miss Aurora, she owns an antique shor around the corner. Word is she deals in unique antiques, powerful and unique antiques."

"I see. Thank you for your time."

"Anytime miss…"

"Sierra, the name is Sierra." the young woman, now known to be Sierra, gave a respectful nod before walking away, hiding a devious smile plastered across her face 'Soon I will have all the power that I need to exact my revenge.' and she suddenly disappeared into the depths of the crowd.

Not long after that, Devin and Adam rounded a corner as they made their way through the streets of Toronto "Seriously Adam I can't thank you enough for doing this, I mean I probably would've asked Bridgette but I don't know where she is and if I had asked Carrie then that would've just spoiled the surprise."

"Hey it's what the best man is for." Adam pointed out "And besides it's not every day the guy you've been friends with since seventh grade decides to grow a pair and get married." he glanced back and noticed that Devin had frozen in his tracks "Devin you okay?"

"Oh my god… getting married…"

"Oh hell no, you finally grew a pair so there's no way in hell I'm letting those things deflate now of all times." Adam grabbed onto Devin by the front of his shirt and yanked him forward like he was pulling on a feather "Keep in mind that you've still gotta actually ask the question. You never know, Carrie might actually end up saying no."

"Oh yeah thanks for that."

"For reinflating your pair, you're welcome." Adam continued dragging Devin through a shortcut in an alley until they reached a certain shop "Anyway here's the place that I was telling you about before, word on the street is that this shop sells really nice rocks at rock bottom prices at least for Canada." they made their way inside "Hey anybody here? We've got a schmuck that needs some help."

"For the last time I'm not joining your nudist colony-" Aurora suddenly rose up from behind the counter "Oh it's just you."

"Oh hey Aurora it's been a few months, I didn't know you had a place like this."

"Well I have to pay rent somehow."

"Masters of the Mystic Arts have to pay rent?"

"You would be surprised, now what brings the two of you here? Sorry but I have some prior engagements to take care of."

"Oh my buddy Devin is looking for an engagement ring, the girl is as far out of his league as a girl can get so we're gonna need some top of the line shit."

"Dude!" Devin let out an offended yelp "What the heck are you trying to do to me, make me look like an idiot?"

"Oh come on Devin you can't look at me like it's not true."

'...I can't believe that I'm doing this. I know what you're looking for." Aurora grabbed Devin by the hand and gave him a dark blue colored ring with a red gem "Consider this to be my gift to you as a way of thanking Adam for all of the good that he's done throughout the 10 dimensions over the past few months, now if you would both be so kind as to excuse me I have a rapid customer to get rid of in the next few minutes." and she practically shoved the two of them out the door.

"Well that happened I guess, Aurora usually isn't that jumpy."

"Probably raging about the Big Bang Theory getting cancelled, I know I did when I first found out about it." Devin checked out the ring in his hand "I've gotta admit though you were right on the money Adam, talk about a steal."

"What can I say, I know shit." Adam glanced over at him "Hey you know there's something else that's kind of been eating me, you know how McLean got out of jail a few weeks back?"

"Yeah, word on the street is that they green lit a new season of Total Drama."

"And here's the thing… I was invited to be a contestant on the next season."

"And win a shot at the million dollars, which means that you'll have to leave for at least a few weeks."

"And leave you and the others defenseless if Sorbidus were to take control of Mike again or it the likes of Metallum were to turn up looking for me, so what the hell am I supposed to do?"

Devin stopped walking and let out a sigh "Well you've gotta keep in mind that you might not be the only one who feels that way. Who else got an invitation to compete?"

"Well Cody and Bridgette both did, they were the finalists last season so they basically have to go back to defend their status."

"What about Alejandro?"

"He's a little bit more complicated, you know about the things that he did during Total Drama World Tour."

"Yeah but he did it in a desperate bid to try and find a way to save Carlos, even though the fact he had Cancer that turned out to be a lie. Does he even know that?"

"No and I don't plan to tell him because that would just make him feel that much worse about all of the crap that he pulled, he said that he was gonna go back at least to make amends with everyone that he screwed over."

"And you wanna be able to do some damage control. Look think of it this way, you and Cody both have the ability to travel between dimensions at light speed so making a trip from some remote island back here should be a snap."

"Yeah I guess you're right, what the hell am I worrying about?"

"And besides, I can hold things over while you guys are gone."

"...Yeah I have absolutely nothing to worry about."

"That was sarcasm right?"

"Yep."

"Just checking. "And you know Adam, I think maybe you oughta get one of your own too."

"Look Devin I'm flattered but I don't go for jewelry, I'm not a gay New Yorker and I never plan to be."

"You know exactly what I'm talking about, enough of the DBZ Abridged and Family Guy merge style jokes. I think you should get one of these for Bridgette."

"Devin you know that-"

"Yeah Mike is still semi possessed by this Sorbidus guy and I know that you think that it would be crazy to make any moves like that when you think you might not survive that battle or that I'm f*cked up in the head or that it would be moving too fast but I think you're gonna be wrong about that. Look you've spent 6 years of your life before we met wallowing in misery and the past five years after that training to the point where you're a semi teenage Canadian version of the great John Cena and even now inside you still feel kind of broken, even after doing as much healing as you have over it. I didn't even earn enough of your trust for you to tell me about how you got your scars until about 6 months ago but that didn't bother me, you needed a friend back then and I couldn't ask for a better guy friend than you. But now with Bridgette even someone as dense as me, who couldn't even see that his best friend was in love with him for nearly 2 decades you're starting to feel settled and happy. You know that deep down you want to feel this way forever, so I think you should go for it, if not to actually do it then as insurance that you'll survive this fight and come back to your friends and loved ones alive. You get what I'm trying to say?"

"...Alright fine, I'll think about it if for no other reason than to make you shut the bloody f*ck up."

"Good enough for me."

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Nightfall came, and the big date had arrived at last.

Carrie, clad in a dark green spaghetti strapp dress with a pair of elegant black heals, sat across from Devin in a romantic restaurant "This whole thing is just incredible, it's absolutely breathtaking."

"Well it takes breathtaking to recognize breathtaking." Devin held up a glass of champagne to instate a toast "Happy birthday."

"Thank you." Carrie met his glass in the middle for a toast.

"Carrie… If there's one big regret that I have in my life then it would have to be not realizing how much I love you all the sooner. When I finally did come off to the realization it was like… it was like fireworks were going off in my chest." he pressed a button on his phone, resulting in an explosion in the distance, which resulted in fireworks appearing over the night sky.

"Wait a second, did you just-"

"You can thank Adam for that one. Anyway, when I hear your voice it sounds to me like an angel singing." an awkward silence "Music." still silence "Trent that's your cue!"

"Sorry but I told you that I'd be digging into the appetizers." Trent whipped around and started playing on an acoustic guitar.

"Okay fine I'll admit, they're to die for."

Carrie was taken aback by this "Oh my gosh Devin, you went all out like this just for my birthday?"

"Not just for your birthday, this is much much bigger than that." Devin reached into the pocket of his blazer, revealing a stack of note cards as he began reading "Carrie you and I have been the best of friends for more than 15 years, but six months ago you and I become so much more, we became what were always meant to be."

"I really like this so far, this is so sweet."

"You give me the courage that I need to keep going forward, which helped me to conquer my fear of heights, you stop me from making some of the stupidest mistakes that I could make in life, you give me the strength that I need to, like the great Walt Disney once said, keep moving forward." she giggled at the last part "What it's true, that's an actual quote from him. And you're what gave me the strength to keep pushing forward and win the million dollars."

"Really? Aww…" needless to say she was touched.

"Sure we've had our share of bad memories, we've pulled through them together. The moments that we've shared have been the best that my life has to offer and I want to keep making more memories of you for all of our time here, and for time forever."

"Devin this beautiful-" she paushed and then froze "Wait hold on a second … you mean…" she let out a gasp as she covered her mouth.

Devin had gotten down on one knee while she was reading and pulled out the little black box with the ring inside of it "Carrie you're the best that this world has to offer and so much more than that, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Carrie… will you do me the highest honor of marrying me?"

Carrie said nothing, she could only smile and cry tears of joy, but she began nodding rapidly as she threw herself into his arms and rested her head on his shoulder.

"And now to make it official." Devin slowly and gently grabbed her by her left hand and slipped the ring onto her finger, neither of them being aware of the red gem beginning to glow.

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At the same time, Sierra stood at the top of a certain hill outside of town, her thoughts drifting with the wind 'All I have to do is find them and get that Ring of Yin, and then I'll have all of the power that I need to exact my revenge on the two who denied me my chance at being with the one that I love. I have to stay focused though, I'm not going to just burn down this city solely to get what I want. I hate Adam and Alejandro, not any of the people in this city who have been denied their dreams like I have. Who knows, I may even find some souls that are like me and get them to join my cause.'

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Unfortunately for our newly engaged couple, it was the next night that things started to get complicated. Case and point.

"DEVIN!" in a very out of character fashion, Carrie had started throwing plates at Devin in a blind rage, her eyes glowing red, forcing him to hide behind the couch in the living room during her rampage "I told you before not to put any wet dishes back in my cabinents, if you're gonna go out of your way to wash the dishes then DO IT RIGHT!"

"Alright alright I yield!" Devin pulled out a white cloth out of nowhere, just as the ring stopped glowing and Carrie's rage subsided, at least for the moment.

"Oh my god Devin I'm so sorry!" Carrie threw her arms around him "I don't know what's gotten into me, ever since last night I feel so… tense. I can't really explain it."

"You're not having second thoughts about it are you?"

"No of course not sweetie, I didn't for more than 15 years so why would I start now? I love you with all of my heart."

"Oh thank god." he poked his head out from behind the couch and started sweeping up the remains of the dishes used as lethal weapons, unaware of the ring on Carrie's finger starting to glow ominously again "So I've been thinking a lot about the, what do you say to a wedding on the beach or maybe something in a romantic garden setting?"

Carrie clutched her head for a moment, and then her eyes started glowing crimson, and she started climbing around on the ceiling "Yes, and when the ceremony is complete we shall sacrifice Oxin upon our altar!"

"...Come again? Anyway I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm thinking a lot about the future and the future is looking bright."

"Such a foolish creature you truly are." and then she just walked out the door.

"Uh… okay."

That was when Adam climbed in through the window "I figured I was gonna find you in your new digs, so how's life as an engaged man treating you? Is the sex as mindblowing as you thought it would be?"

"Is that really important?"

"Yes!"

"...Alright fine it's amazing, but at the same time it's terrifying."

"Because she's done holding back with you?"

"Not the sex! I mean ever since I popped the question, nice job on the hand made Cosmic energy powered fireworks by the way, she's been acting seriously out of it."

"Hey this is Carrie we're talking about, she's loved you since you had the guts to piss in her turtle pool! There has to be at least some kind of semi logical explanation for why she's acting like this."

"Like what?"

"Well for all you know she might be pregnant."

"...That's not helping!"

"But at least it's a logical explanation!"

"I figured you were gonna say she was on her period, and no that doesn't mean I want to hear any kind of jokes about it being her time of the month!"

And then Carrie burst through the wall, floating in mid air with her entire body glowing with sinister black energy "Oh my darling you didn't tell me that we were expecting company tonight."

"Hey Carrie." Adam just waved nonchalantly.

"Well then I suppose it's only fair that I bring some guests of my own." she fired two red beams from her eyes and summoned two demons "And now it's time for the engagement party!" she sent the demons forward, cackling maniacally as she did so.

"Devin get behind me and don't do anything stupid." Adam blitzed in front of one of the demons and slammed his hand down on it as he unleashed a restrained blast of electricity, obliterating the demon on the spot "Well I don't exactly know where those things came from but we know where one of them is right now."

"Speaking of which, a little help?!" yeah as it turns out Devin was suddenly being dangled off of the ledge of the fire escape "No you know what screw it, there's no way that I'm talking this fall on my own!" he grabbed the demon by the ankle and managed to slam it head first onto a nearby dumpster, only to end up being slammed face first into a trash can "Ow… Okay that hurts, and now everything hurts."

"Hang on Devin, I'm coming!" Adam bolted out of the hole in the wall, charged downwards towards the demon and dealt it a headbutt right on the top of its skull, causing it to explode and splatter goo all over him and Devin "I came. Ha, dirty TFS jokes."

"The dark forces are at my command, this world and all who live in it shall burn like the fires of Hell!" and then Carrie suddenly leapt away down the streets, crushing various cars as she leapt across them in the process.

"...Hey Devin you remember how I said that there had to be at least some kind of semi logical explanation to all of this?"

"Never listen to you again?" Devin guessed.

"At least not about anything involving logic. Anyway let's go." Adam motioned for Devin to get on his back and once he was on they took off running down the streets at light speed "Damn she got far in less than two minutes."

"This is because of that ring Adam, it has to be! You saw that thing glowing so that means that it must have done something to her, something really bad! Oh man what the hell did I do?!"

"Gave your fiancee a cursed ring."

"DUDE!"

"What, you did ask you know. Look there's no need to stress over this, all we have to do right now is find Carrie, rip that ring off of her finger and then I'll blast it to kingdom come so we don't have a repeat of this whole mess." Adam screeched to a halt when the found an open manhole cover "She must've gone down into the sewer."

"Well don't just stand there man, let's move it! My future wife is down there and I'll be damned if I let anything happen to her!" Devin leapt off of Adam's back and dove down into the sewer below.

"...Damn, I can't remember the last time I saw him this fired up." Adam dove down into the sewer after him, only to find Carrie hiding amongst the shadows "Okay I'm getting a real horror movie vibe right about now."

"Carrie listen to me, Adam and I just want to help you."

"You should focus less on helping me and more on helping yourselves!" Carrie used the Ring of Yin to summon a number of even bigger demons before flying back out of the sewers again.

Adam killed one of the demons with one kick "Devin I want you to listen to me very carefully for a second. I'm gonna handle these guys on my own, you go after Carrie and try and snap her out of it and I'll join you when I'm done here. Be a man and protect your girl!"

"...You got it, and thanks." Devin didn't waste any time and quickly made his way back out of the sewers, only to find a semi horrifying scene waiting for him.

"Yes that's right you fools, run in terror!" still being possessed by the ring, Carrie was basically wrecking everyone's shit, throwing cars everywhere and cackling maniaclally "Such beautiful chaos, how could one not simply embrace it!"

"Carrie I'm so sorry for what I'm about to do, but I swear that it's because I love you that I'm doing this!" and so Devin picked up a nearby trash can and threw it at her, hitting her with it and knocking her to the ground.

"Ow…"

"Carrie!" Devin rushed over to her and knelt down in front of her "Carrie, Carrie it's me. Are you okay?"

Carrie slowly opened her eyes and looked at Devin, her expression one of fear "Devin, what's happening to me?"

"Carrie listen to me, it's the ring that's doing this to you! You've gotta take it off right now before things get out of control again!"

"O-Okay…" Carrie quickly tried to pull the ring off of her finger, to no avail "I can't get the ring off, it's stuck!" and then the ring fried her, causing her to pass out.

"CARRIE!" Devin quickly scooped her up in his arms, only to freeze when he noticed something in front of him "Who are you, what do you want?"

As it turns out, it was Sierra looming over him "Well well this is quite a surprise, and here I thought I would never be able to find the ring but I suppose it make sense that one of his tribe led me right to it. Looks like your childhood sweetheart has come into some new jewelry that I'll be taking."

"Leave Carrie alone, she's completely innocent in all of this!"

"You think I don't know that, but I need the ring so I'm afraid that she's going to have to come with me." she blitzed forward faster than Devin could react and slugged him in the gut, causing him to keep over and pass out, before she slung Carrie over his shoulder and then took off into the night.

"Carrie… no…" Devin tried to crawl his way forward, only to finally lose consciousness after a moment.

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(About 20 minutes later…)

Devin's eyes snapped open and he bolted upwards "CARRIE!" he cringed and laid back down in what seemed like a bed "What the- Where am I?"

"This would be the Sanctum that I was telling you about." Adam sat down in a chair next to the bed, with Aurora standing in the doorway "Lucky for both of us you didn't end up getting hurt too badly, plus it was pretty easy to track you down after all of that. I just followed the trail of shit that got blown up."

"Oh." then Devin's eyes fixated on Aurora "You're the one that gave us that ring, that means that you're the one that did this to Carrie!"

"Hey cool it for a second Devin, Aurora's not like-"

"No, it's alright." Aurora cut him off "He's right, this is my fault. I'm sorry that I caused this mess, I thought that it was the best way to keep that girl Sierra from getting her hands on the ring. It's far too powerful for her to handle, for it's the Ring of Yin."

"Wait a second, are we talking like ancient Kung Fu Panda symbol style Yin and Yang right now?"

"Yin and Yang are far more than just a mere symbol Adam, they are the dual forces of our entire universe. Darkness and Light, evil and good. But when one wears the Ring of Yin the power of the ring allows the user to upset the balance and to tap into the dark forces and harness it into power of the Dark Arts. You've already seen what it's capable of up to this point, it increases the power of the user through unnatural means. But evil stains just like hot mustard, for the longer someone wears it the more it corrupts the user. Whoever wears the ring will no longer create the monsters, they'll become the monster instead for as long as one wears the ring."

"We have to get that ring off of Carrie before that happens."

"I know that, the longer we delay the greater risk there is off her being lost forever."

"But why couldn't she take it off?" asked Devin "She tried to take it off and it fried her, and then she got taken away by Sierra."

"That makes a lot more sense actually, I should've figured that she was involved in this mess somehow. I haven't heard anything of her since I killed Vilgax."

"Look Adam I'm all for you bragging about killing a cartoon character but why couldn't she take it off?"

"It's a mystical safeguard placed on the ring." Aurora told him "The only person who can take the ring off of her is the one who put it on her hand, and Carrie wasn't the one who put it on her hand. No from what Adam tells me, mainly because he won't shut up about how thrilled he is about your engagement."

Adam shrugged "What can I say, it's a gift."

"It's both a blessing and a curse. Anyway Devin you were the one who placed the ring on her finger, which means that you and you alone have the power required to remove that ring from her finger and save your beloved, and if you want to save her then you're going to have to come with me." she opened a portal.

Adam on the other hand just pulled out his phone "Hey Kevin, yeah it's me. You still know how to hotwire a chopper right? Great, come meet me with it in about 15 minutes and then I'll explain everything."

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Carrie found herself tied down to a chair in a small room looking absolutely horrified "Wh-What are you gonna do to me?"

Sierra just pinched the bridge of her nose "Look I told you before, I'm just gonna get the ring off of your finger and then you can go. Just don't fight me on this and it's all gonne be over a lot sooner. I'd rather you didn't lose something that you can't replace."

Carrie's eyes suddenly began glowing red again "I already have." she suddenly shot her tongue out and grabbed Sierra by the waist before slamming her into a wall, melting her restraints off in the process "You thought you could control this power? I will be controlled by no one, least of all YOU!" she suddenly transformed into a large demonic black creature with wings and burst through the ceiling, taking off into the night sky.

"...Well that happened I guess." Sierra pulled out a notepand and crossed out Ring of Yin "I guess that means I'm going back to the drawing board on how to get revenge on Adam for ruining my chances with Cody."

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Devin leapt through the portal, with Adam right behind him, only to see Carrie flying across the night sky "What the hell is that thing?!"

Adam let out a sigh "Well I were a betting boy which I am, I'm gonna go out on a whim and say that's Carrie. Or as she is right now, evil with a physical form."

"No, no no no, no no no no no no no!"

"Quit freaking out, this is why I made a call."

"You're damn right he did!" that was when a helicopter dropped down in front of them, revealing the cavalry of Kevin and Gwen inside "Did someone call for the cavalry?"

"Way to make an entrance you guys, now we don't have a lot of time so let's hurry up and get moving." Adam pulled Devin into the helicopter, and the helicopter took off.

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Soon enough the group was able to track down Carrie, still in her monster form, atop of a nearby skyscraper.

"Looks like we're gonna have to get closer in." Kevin was suddenly forced to quickly maneuver his way around an attempted grab from Carrie "Okay that one was a little bit too close, even for this certified psychopath, but hot damn that thing is wicked!"

"That thing is Carrie, don't hurt her." Devin told him "Seriously no matter what happens just don't hurt her."

"I don't think any of us could aside from Adam, even if most of us do have dragon swords or the like." Gwen pointed out "Any ideas on how we get out of this alive exactly?"

"...I think I've got one, you guys try and get her attention while I try and slide the ring off of her finger." Devin was promptly handed a Dragonfang from Gwen "Thanks. Kevin I'm gonna need you to try and fly right over her."

"On it." so Kevin flew the chopper directly over Carrie "You're on man, and good luck."

"Thanks, and if I die then I'll die protecting the one that I was always meant to be with. And I'll die doing what Adam does best. BOOYAH!" and so Devin dove down onto Carrie's gigantic demon form, barely managing to land on her arm, and he slowly began crawling his way towards the ring on her finger, only to see Carrie fire a sonic blast at the chopper "Guys get out of the way!"

"I've got it!" Adam blitzed in front of Carrie and deflected the blast with one hand, causing it to blow up a nearby mountain "You're all clear Devin, go do what you've gotta do!"

"Thanks Adam, I've got it!" so Devin began pushing on the ring as hard as he could, and after a long struggle that forced him to use every ounce of strength that he had, he managed to push the ring off of Carrie's finger, allowing him to catch it, only for both him and Carrie to end up freefalling over the city of Ocean Falls "Yeah I didn't think this part through."

"But I did!" luck for both of them, Adam was able to grab both of them by the hands and save both of them from falling to their deaths "So does that make me out to be best man material or what? Hey Kevin you can go ahead and set it down now!"

"Way ahead of you." Kevin set the helicopter down in a nearby park, allowing Adam the chance to set both Devin and Carrie down on the ground safely.

"Are you guys okay?"

"I've got a serious headache but I'm not dead, so I guess that's a plus." Carrie sat down on the ledge of the helicopter and let out a sigh "I just wish I could go back and do the last 24 hours all over again."

"And for that I truly am sorry." that was when Aurora showed up through a portal, effectively freaking out 3 of the five of those present (the other two being Adam and Kevin) "And yes I do get around. Your recent ordeal that you had to deal with was my fault and mine alone, do you still have the ring with you?"

"Yeah, I have it right here." Carrie handed the ring back to Aurora.

"Thank you. Adam." she threw it into the air.

"Way ahead of you." Adam fired a simple energy blast, destroying the ring on the spot "From the abyss of darkness it came to the abyss of darkness it returns."

"Well said, now both of you please accept this substitute." Aurora handed Carrie a gold ring with a blue gem "It's even more precious and with no evil this time, I wish the two of you both a future full of light."

"Yeah god knows you deserve it, but now it's onto the next order of business." Adam shot a huge grin at them "Bachelor party time!"

"Way ahead of you." Devin slowly slid the ring onto Carrie's finger "And yeah Adam you're totally best man material, we'll do the bachelor party as soon as we can."

"Make it after I get back from Total Drama season 5."

"...Yeah that works." Devin gave him a small smile, which Adam had returned.

'Well Carlos I guess this is the proof that I needed that everything will be alright if I leave for a few days, I said before that everyone is stronger than they think that they are and my friends are no exception. I'm going back on Total Drama, and this time I'm gonna win.'

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(Now let's talk about the Cody, Bridgette and Mike part of the story, for this part we'll have to back up a few days)

The forest surrounding Ocean Falls was calm and peaceful.

Armed with a single bow and a quiver of arrows, Mike began stalking a certain deer, only to find himself face to face with it as a golden light began shining on the deer "What… What are you exactly? You're no ordinary animal are you?"

The deer gave a simple snarl and then proceeded to lay a beating onto Mike, in which it kicked him into a nearby tree and started kicking him over and over and over and over again before suddenly running off.

"...Well. That happened I guess.".

And then the deer suddenly charged at him all over again.

"Oh crap."

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Cody on the other hand was attempting to explain a certain concept to Bridgette, one of great importance "It's called the Wilhelm Scream Bridgette, you see it's like the one in the Star Wars move where the Storm Trooper falls."

"Oh I think I've heard that scream before, doesn't sound like this." Bridgette attempted to replicate the Wilhelm Scream.

"No no it's more like this." he did his own version of the scream.

"No I don't think that was it either." this was followed by a scream (Mike getting the crap kicked out of him by the deer) in the distance "Oh wait I think that was it."

And then Mike suddenly crash landed in front of them "Ow…"

"Oh my god Mike are you okay, what the heck happened to you?"

Mike pulled himself to his feet "I had a really painful realization when I was out training in the woods."

"That going off into the woods with archery stuff was a bad idea?"

"Make that two realizations, but at the same time it's just what I need, and what all three of us need at that. Ever since Adam and I got back from the Void a few months ago the three of us have been getting complacent, Adam and Alejandro are the only ones who kept up with their training. We got so caught up in our every day lives that we've all gone soft, we've gotta get back into it. Aurora told me that it's any day now that Mal and Sorbidus are gonna turn up again so if we're gonna do it then we have to do it now."

"I think I have an idea for that actually." Cody spoke up "During my time in the Valley of Peace I picked up on a few things that might help us." he blitzed away and then came back with two or three scrolls "The three of us can do two days of meditation and practiced awareness in the wilderness, only eating what we can forage."

"You've got a plan then?"

"A plan, yes. A good plan, we'll were about to find out."

"You think we should tell Adam?" asked Bridgette.

"I already left a note on the fridge, he's got his own thing to deal with. We have to be sure to leave our worries and fears behind."

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Hours passed, and the three of them were wandering their way through the woods.

Cody took the lead in this quest "We can master Cosmic Lacrima in our bodies or powers granted by the universe all we want but Master Shifu and Master Oogway told me that power doesn't mean anything if we can't master the first and most important rule in regards to mastering oneself, the Jīngshén xì huà or spiritual refinement. All true warriors have to master this crucial skill."

"You think we can?" asked Bridgette.

"Well we're about to find out."

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(2 days or meditation and foraging later…)

Mike glanced up from his mediatation around the group's campfire only to see the dear in front of him again "Oh man, you guys take a look at this!"

Cody and Bridgette glanced up from their own meditation, only to notice that the dear had disappeared "And there's nothing there."

"But it was here a second ago. I think it was the same dear, call me crazy but I think it's been following us. Does that make it sound like I'm insane?"

"Actually it makes a lot more sense than you might think, from what I can tell in the Shinto religion deer are considered to be messengers of the divine. I think that means that we're on the right path." this was followed by the flames of the fire beginning to glow green "I don't know if there's an explanation to this though."

"Ah, but there is an explanation for everything." the flames suddenly erupted in a cloud of smoke and cleared away to reveal a familiar tortoise figure "And everything is an explanation young ones."

"Master Oogway." Cody looked on in awe, with Mike and Bridgette doing the same "When we met I thought that you were staying in the Spirit Realm, that you couldn't return to the world of the living."

"No, I said that I never tried. That and I never had a reason to, until now. The three of you have much to overcome. You must find your inner spiritual strength, if you do not then you will not stance a chance against the foes that you have yet to face."

"I know, and that's why we're here. We need to find out what it is that holds us back from becoming stronger."

The spirit of Oogway put a hand on Cody's shoulder "What holds us back is chosen by us and us alone, just like what can move us forward. You are not the only one who still have to learn this young Cody, for all three of you will. Each of you must journey out alone to face your spiritual adversary. Bridgette, your heart is gentle and pure, but it is also your weakness. Remember that there is nothing wrong with fighting to protect what one holds precious. Cody, you rely on your mind and not enough on your body. Be strongh like the mountain, and have faith in the gifts that the universe has bestowed upon you."

"What about me?" asked Mike.

"Ah yes, young Michael Tremblay. You must show dominance both in body and in spirit. Do not be dissuaed by the guilt you hold over actions of which you had no control. You must be like the wind. Let nothing weigh you down."

"But do you think I can?"

"Your mind is like a pool of water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear. Sleep now, my friends. For your greatest trial awaits on the spiritual plane. For the challenges that you face there will be just as deadly, if not moreso, than those you face in the real world. Be warned." and with that, the ghost of Oogway took his leave.

Not a single word was uttered for the rest of the night.

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Morning came.

Mike was the first one to get up, with Cody and Bridgette both following his lead a few minutes afterwards "I think Oogway made it pretty clear what he had to do."

Cody nodded "Yeah you're right, it's time we get started you guys. I don't think we should use any of our powers either, that would basically be cheating."

"Agreed."

"Okay then. Each of us are going to forge new armor and weapons that we can use in these trials, and then we'll journey onwards on our own, where we'll be challenged by adversaries in the Spirit Realm, the place where fantasies are turned into reality, and where the three of us meet our ultimate fate.

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Hours passed, and the preparation was complete.

Bridgette had equipped herself with a single katana 'In order to complete this trial I have to become as silent as the forest, but as deadly as any steel clad blades. I will fight only to protect the ones that I love.

Cody had equipped himself with a bo staff with an axe blade attached to the end of it 'In order to complete this trial, I have to be strong like the mountain. I will fight only to uphold the faith that I have placed in my friends.'

Mike had equipped himself once again with a single bow and a quiver of arrows 'In order to complete this trial, I will be as light and as swift as the wind, and I'll do it without any of my other personalities. I will fight for the sake of those that I hold dear and to correct my past mistakes.'

"And now it's time for us to begin. Good luck everyone, prosper through this and then I'll see the two of you on the other side." Cody bowed his head "Hao Yun."

"Hao Yun." Mike and Bridgette both did the same, and then they scattered.

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The forests were covered in a thick layer of mist.

Mike slowly wandered his way through the woods, only to find the deer creature in front of him once again, now walking on two legs "It's you again."

The deer said nothing, it just took off into the mist.

"Hold on, come back!" Mike chased after the deer, only to find himself alone on a rickety old one way bridge surrounded entirely by mist.

The deer suddenly appeared in front of him, once again on two legs.

Mike jumped and almost fell into the foggy abyss below, but he managed to pull himself back onto the bridge, only to see a black creature with a single red eye in front of him "That's one of those Quartum Soldiers created by Zash, but they were all destroyed!"

The Quartum Soldier suddenly disappeared into the mist.

"It's gone now, was it actually real?" he barely managed to dodge an energy blast, only to find a large number of Quartum Soldiers surrounding him on both sides of the bridge "Okay this is not cool, this is definitely not cool!"

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Cody slowly made his way along the narrow mountain path, carefully making sure that he didn't slip and end up falling into the abyss "For all I know this isn't even the right direction. No don't lose focus Cody, remember what Master Oogway said. Keep your head in the game and have faith in yourself." this was followed by lots of rumbling, and he glanced up to see a large number of Esoterica soldiers attempting to bury him with rocks "Hey watch it guys, you're gonna bring down the whole mountain! Unless, unless don't care what happens because you guys are apparitions from the Spirit Realm. It's times like this that I hate being right." he drew his staff off of his back and prepared to fight.

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Bridgette slowly and cautiously made her way through the forest, carefully weaving her way around trees while trying not to make a sound, only to notice several figures blitzing throughout the forest undetected "Alright who's there, show yourself!"

The mist cleared slightly to reveal a number of Quartum Soldiers and Esoterica looking incredibly menacing as they prepared to fight her.

"...You know it's times like this I think I need to reevaluate how I make important decisions in life." and yet Bridgette still drew her katana from her back.

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"You guys just keep them coming, I can do this all day!" Mike continued to fire arrows at the continuous Quartum Soldiers, only for the last one to disappear before he was able to strike it down "That's it? Come on you guys, you know I still have a lot more arrows." and then the ropes on the bridge suddenly snapped before he was able to react, but he was able to grab onto one of the ropes that was still intact and pull himself towards the other side of the bridge, slamming him into the side of the mountain as a result, and then he pulled himself back up to the path, panting somewhat heavily as a result "Not… as tough… as I thought… now is he…?"

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Bridgette continued cutting through Quartum Soldiers and Esoterica left and right until there weren't any left "Alright who's next?"

"ROKKA ROKKA!" that was when a familiar lizard like figure rose up in front of her from within the mist, his body crackling with orange colored electricity "It's been a long time hasn't it rokka rokka?"

"The Newtralizer, I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that you're the one that I've struggled with the most."

"Call it the fact that I'm going to devour you whole for what you did to me that day, I'll enjoy killing you nice and slow. Rokka rokka!" and the Newtralizer charged at her in a rage.

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Cody continued fighting Esoterica soldiers along the mountain path, using his axe staff to knock them off into the abyss below "If you guys wanna go and bring down half of the mountain then that's fine with me!" so he used his axe staff to cut into the path, the falling rubble hitting the rest of the Esoterica soldiers dead on and knocking them into the abyss below "Well what do you know this quest isn't as bad as I thought, all it takes is a little bit of quick thinking and the fact that I just said that means that something really bad is about to happen next."

"You've got that right." that was when a shadowy figure burst out from the side of the mountain, revealing himself to have draconic features such as dragon scales, dragon claws, dragon fangs and dragon wings "We're just getting started, now why don't we take a look and see how your quick thinking will save you when I smash your skull in and paint this mountain in your blood."

"Great now Long? No you're just a spirit for this test, there's no way that you can actually be real."

"Then this won't hurt a bit." Long proceeded to slash Cody across the chest using his dragon claws "Tell me, does that feel real to you now?"

"A lot more than you think." Cody picked himself up off of the ground and drew his axe staff off of his back "Now let's get started on round two."

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Mike on the other hand had wandered his way up to the end of the mountain path, only to find the deer once again waiting for him "It's you again. What is it, what is the lesson that you're trying to teach me?"

"What is there to teach you?"

Mike whipped around and his eyes widened in pure horror "It's you… Sorbidus…"

Sure enough, before him stood the physical manifestation of Sorbidus, his full appearance at last visible to Mike, his hair being tied in a high ponytail that reaches midway down his back. Additionally, rather than being completely black, his hair is now black on the right, and a much lighter color on the left. His bangs were brushed to the side of his face, obscuring the majority of it from view. his right eye was also missing, being instead replaced by a long, jagged scar that extends over the bridge of his nose, and a sharp, curved tattoo around his left eye. His eye was dark around the outside with a snake-like pupil. Sorbidus's clothing consisted of a long, light, high-collared version of a ferraiolo. However, the part of the ferraiolo that draped over his shoulders was dark and the edges of the ferraiolo were adorned with a tiger print pattern. Across the ferraiolo, there was a strap, which is fastened to his body via a button on either side of his chest. Underneath the ferraiolo, he wore a light-colored, long sleeved shirt, wherein the cuffs were rolled up. Over his long-sleeved shirt, he wore a dark, Y-shaped vest, which has three circles printed on front, that he keeps tucked into his belt. However, the vest split into four long pieces of cloth that were a part of the vest and also decorated with circles, each piece of cloth having four circles. Lastly, Sorbidus a pair of light trousers under the loose pieces of cloth and, to complete his attire, strapped boots.

'So this is him, the one that's been possessing my mind for more than ten years. The one that's responsible for putting Adam through so much pain.'

"Here is what you need to be taught, you've already failed."

"We'll see about that." Mike readied his bow and arrows.

"You're far too weak to stand on your own, without Adam or any of those other lowly pests you call your friends." Sorbidus suddenly blitzed past Mike in a white flash, leaving a massive wound on his torso "I am the embodiment of Light and Darkness working together as one single unit. Cosmic Light and Darkness: Unison Barrage!" Sorbidus merely held out his hand and engulfed Mike in a barrage of very thin beams of black and white colored energy, causing him to scream in pain and blowing him away in the process, sending him tumbling backwards and crashing to the ground.

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"ROKKA ROKKA!" the Newtralizer continued his relentless assault on Bridgette, attacking her with a continuous barrage of blasts of electricity without giving her any sort of chance to fight back against him.

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"You wanna go? Well let's go!" Cody dealt Long a kick to the face and used his axe staff to break apart the ground underneath of Long, attempting to send him hurtling down into the abyss below before he was able to recover.

Unfortunately, this plan failed and Long was able to recover before he hit the abyss "Like you said before, let's go."

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Mike slowly pulled himself back to his feet and began dodging and weaving his way around every punch and kick being thrown at him 'Ever since that first attack he hasn't even tried to use any of his Cosmic powers.'

"Ever since that first attack I haven't even tried to use any of my Cosmic powers, is that what you're thinking?" Sorbidus, as if on cue, unleashed a blast of black energy that ended up sending Mike tumbling to the ground on the mountain path "It's because I don't even need to use these abilities to destroy a piece of scum like you."

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After having fended off several of the Newtralizer's attacks, Bridgette found herself apparently alone in the forest 'Stay calm and stay focused on the task at hand Bridgette, what was it before that Master Oogway said? Be silent and be calm like the forest, I just have to concentrate and keep my cool and then I can beat him! Calm down, concentrate and see through the enemy's attacks!'

"ROKKA ROKKA!" sure enough, in almost that exact instant, the Newtralizer dropped down behind Bridgette and attacked her with a blast of electricity.

Without even bothering to look at him, Bridgette gracefully dodged and weaved her way around the blast and used her katana to cut clean through the Newtralizer, causing him to disappear in a cloud of smoke 'Calm and silent like the forest, but as deadly as a tigershark.'

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"And now this ends!" having sent Cody tumbling down the mountain path, Long used his dragon claws to tear into the mountainside, causing it to come down on Cody, burying him in rubble for the moment.

When the dust settled, Cody found himself trapped on a narrow ledge with no clear means of escape "Well this just sucks. No keep it together Cody, you've gotta stand your ground. Be strong like the mountain.' he stopped Long and his incoming attack by catching his dragon claws in his hands "Is that all you've got?"

"And you're supposed to be the smart one? I'm twice your size and far more powerful than you could ever even hope to be!"

'Be strong like the mountain. Not today Long, and not to you!" Cody kicked Long in the ankle, causing it to give out, allowing Cody the chance to throw him into the abyss below, giving him the victory.

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The final of the three trials was about to draw to a close.

Sorbidus continued his advancement towards the wounded form of Mike "You need to face the reality of this situation, your human emotions are like a ball and chain dragging you towards your inevitable death."

"Maybe, but I won't go down without a fight!" Mike grabbed an arrow and attempted to use it to pierce him, only to be caught in a chokehold and brutally beaten down until he was covered in blood and bruises 'Sorbidus is right, controlled or not it was still my body that was being used when he killed Adam's parents and there's nothing I can do about that!' he glanced up and noticed the deer looking down at him as lightning began to flash through the air 'Unless it's my guilt that's been holding me back all of this time and what's been holding me back has always been in my mind, like it's just some kind of excuse. I can't let it hold me back anymore than it already has! It's not real!"

"Perhaps not, but this is!" and then Sorbidus suddenly appeared before him, having grown to colossal proportions to the point where he was bigger than the mountain.

"And so is this Sorbidus, I won't let my guilt over the pain you've caused and the people you've hurt hold me back any longer than it already has! I'm going to come at you with everything I've got, I'm going to come at you as who and what I truly am!" and with a furious roar Mike was engulfed in a massive white light that divided the very clouds themselves, and when it dissipated it revealed Mike in all of his weather breaking glory, his body covered in black and white markings with a confident smile spreading across his face "How's that Sorbidus, is this what you wanted to see? Well now I have the power of the Cosmic Force and I'm gonna use it to come at you with everything I've got!"

"I believe that it is time for us to end this."

"I couldn't agree more." Mike promptly dodged an attempted swipe attack by Sorbidus, ran up his arm and then hit him in the eye with an arrow, causing him to cry out in pain as Mike cupped his hands at his side "And now for the coup de grace! Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired a full power Dragon Ball style Kamehameha at Sorbius at point blank range, causing him to roar in agony and disappear in a massive cloud of smoke. With the battle over, Mike put his bow back in his quiver and looked out over the horizon "I just beat you on the spirit plane, and one day soon I'm going to beat you in the real world! I'm ready now, I'm really ready."

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Adam was currently engaged with Zeke and Trent in a very important discussion "Now pay attention you guys, the concept behind the Wilhelm Scream first started in-" he paused when he noticed them both looking absolutely jaw dropped, and then he turned around when he sensed it and was just about the same "Hot damn, looks like I missed one hell of a party."

As it turns out, it was Mike, Cody and Bridgette, the three of them all being fresh from their training trials "What you missed was a right of passage for the three of us, one that was long overdue."

"Damn, what the hell happened to you guys out there?"

"...The time has come. We're going back to Total Drama."

"Oh. Well okay then."

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(And now I'm going to have to fast forward to somewhere around the beginning to tell you about the Alejandro part of the story)

The whether in Toronto had taken a turn for the worst.

Without even bothering to bring an umbrella or a raincoat or anything, Alejandro knelt down in front of that grave while trying to hold back his tears "Hola mi hermano, even now I still find it hard to accept that you're gone. When I first found out about your passing two years ago, I honestly did not know what to think. At first I allowed myself to believe that it might have been some sort of cruel joke you were playing like in order to bring me back to my senses, or maybe it was just one of those things you did to make me appreciate human life more and realize just how precious and fragil it really can be. My head kept spinning over the next few hours, trying to comprehend it. But the more I thought about it the more I realized that all I could come up with was a considerable number of what ifs and not a single definite answer, except for one. You really were gone. You've done so much for me over the years and I couldn't even do anything for you. What's worse, I took your teachings and then I dragged them through the mud in my ignorance. Even when things were at their worst you were always by my side, you were there for me and taught me so much and how do I repay do? I disgrace you, your teachings, the name of our entire family, and myself. And above all… I let you down. I'm so sorry." he bowed his head in shame, and he didn't even have to look to know that someone was behind him, but he quickly misinterpreted as to whom it was "As much as I do appreciate your attempts to restore my faith in myself Adam, I am really not in the mood for it."

"Perhaps not from that boy, but rather from someone who has actual experience." a familiar (to him) yet somewhat deeper voice spoke to him.

Alejandro froze in his place for a moment, and after a moment he slowly turned around to face the figure "I never imagined I would actually find you here… Padre."

Sure enough, before him stood Emiliano Burromuerto, his appearance being actually very similar to that of Alejandro, only with his hair graying in certain spots, a black collared shirt and a certain bull necklace hanging around his neck "You've grown since the last time that I had seen you mi hijo."

"Well it has been almost two years, not that I believed that you cared after the humiliation that I brought upon our family name. I've been through a great deal in these past two years since we lost mi hermano and it has been difficult and painful for me, both physically and mentally. But now I've come to the realization that everything I've gone through, I had to go through in order to learn the truth about myself and what my purpose is. I thought that my foolish and desperate bid to save Carlos would be the end of that story and I thought nothing of the consequences of my actions. But somehow I feel as if something inside of me wanted me to do those things, to prove to the world and to myself that I was better than Jose, and that I would be able to bring honor to myself, but now I understand that the ends do not justify the means. I could only bring honor to myself and our family by choosing to do what is right. All I want now is to honor the teachings of Carlos, and by extension the teachings of mi abuelo to the best of my ability. At first I doubted that I even had a right to live anymore after the pain that I had caused and the people that I had hurt, but Adam brought me back to my senses by revealing to me the truth behind his own goals in life. Now I understand how easy it is to hurt and to dishonor the people that you hold dear, and now I will do everything in my power to make things right and restore honor to our family and to myself, through the power passed down from our ancestors: the power of the Crimson Jaguar."

"...I see." Emiliano slowly made his way towards Alejandro and placed a firm hand on his shoulder "Then I suppose Lady Aurora spoke the truth when she contacted me and told me that you were ready."

"Ready for what?"

"Something that only your brother and grandfather were able to harness, and I only had learned recently. So far you've only begun to scratch the surface of the potential power that you're capable of, and in order to harness your Crimson Jaguar abilities to a more effective extent you will need to learn to draw on your powers from a new source, the original source."

"Meaning what exactly?"

"Meaning that you must go back to the source of the power of the Crimson Jaguar had previously originated, from the tribe of creatures of the same name."

"Such creatures exist?"

"They did, but they're extinct now. However, the first people to learn of the secret to their powers were the ancient Crimson Warriors, a tribe of warriors from deep in the heart of Peru."

"The Crimson Warriors? I don't believe that Lady Aurora ever mentioned them."

"No, they died off thousands of years ago. However, the remains of their civilization still exists where they once lived."

"So you believe that I can learn more about these powers by scavaging the ruins?"

"Like your grandfather once said, there are times when the shadows of the past can be felt by the present."

"But will such a thing actually succeed?"

"There is only one way for either of us to find out."

"...When do we start?"

"Right now actually." Emiliano suddenly grabbed onto Alejandro by the shoulder, and the two of them disappeared in a crimson flash.

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The sun was shining over the jungles of the Peruvian Amazonia.

Emiliano suddenly materialized in the middle of the jungle and let go of Alejandro as they hit the ground "Here we are."

Alejandro quickly picked himself up off of the ground "It feels so warm, where are we exactly?"

"In the Peruvian Amazonia."

"The Peruvian Amazonia? But those are all the way in South America, how could we have possible traveled that far in such a short amount of time?"

"As I said before, you have so much that you have to learn. Now come with me, I believe it's this way." Emiliano just started walking through the jungle, with Alejandro quickly following right behind him, and they spent a few moments walking until they came to the edge of a cliff, which turned out to be overlooking a magnificent looking set of ruins.

"Woah."

"Indeed." the two of them made their way down the cliff and into the ruins, and they started making their way towards the center "These buildings are ancient, and yet they've alwayseemed familiar to me in some way. For all we know these buildings must be even more ancient than the Peruvian pyramids themselves."

"Well I've learned something about architecture so far, with any luck that is just the tip of the iceberg of what I can learn here. After all from what I've learned in my adventures with Adam and Lady Aurora the past can be a great teacher-" he accidently hit a trip wire that opened up a trap door, revealing a set of spikes that he almost walked straight into "And the past can also try to kill you, and by the past I usually mean Adam. I can't believe it, a trap like this must be centuries old and yet it still works."

"I have no doubt that this is only one of many."

"Does that mean that we shouldn't be here?"

Emiliano merely hopped over the trap door with surprising ease "More like we're going in the right direction."

"How can you tell?"

"It's quite simple hijo, one does not make traps unless they have something that they wish to hide or protect."

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Soon enough, Alejandro and Emiliano had reached the top of a temple in the very heart of the ruins, which contained a diagram of what looked like jaguars roaring at a figure in the center of the image "This does seem rather promising, though I doubt this tells us anything that we need to know about the source of the Crimson Jaguars."

"This image shows the subjects being consumed by their rage." Emiliano noted.

"But I thought the crimson jaguars were friends and allies of the Crimson Warriors in those times."

"Well they have a… unique way of showing it." Emiliano continued walking, until he was stopped in his tracks by Alejandro grabbing his arm.

"Father there's something that happened to the crimson jaguars, something that you've failed to tell me thus far."

"...Your great grandfather happened, the one that you were named after, the original Alejandro Burromuerto." the two of them continued walking "He started a horrible tradition many years ago: hunting the crimson jaguars for the sake of false glory. They were the ultimate source of power that this world had to offer, and if one could be conquered then the one who did it would become a legend all throughout the world and you would earn the honorary title of Jaguar, the highest known to the world. The last great jaguar had been conquered not long before you were born." he knelt down and placed a hand on top of a broken jaguar statue "By your eldest brother."

"But Carlos… he wasn't like that…"

"There are two sides to every story, and I could see the disgust in his heart but he still acted upon what he was told to do. The death of your abuelo changed him for the better, and now his death has changed you for the better."

Alejandro stopped in his tracks "How could you say that?"

"Do not assume that I did not grieve for his passing, I did but time has passed and I had to learn to accept it… for the sake of your mother. And also for your sake."

"How so?"

"Because understanding the past mistakes and potential redemption of our family can help you come closer to understanding your own quest for redemption. Good and evil have always been at war inside of you and the rest of our family, for it is your nature and your legacy. But there is a bright side to it. What has been in the routes of our family for generations can be resolved now by you and you alone, and because of your legacy you alone have the potential to cleans the sins of our family. Held within your heart, along with all of the strife, pain and shame, is the potential to restore honor to our family and define for both it and yourself a new legacy."

"Father…"

"...Come, let's keep going. We have much to do and little time."

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It wasn't long before Emiliano and Alejandro came across a massive wall with a golden gate in the center, complete with a crimson sunstone in the center "Here we are, this is the temple of the Crimson Warriors. I can go no further, you will have to continue on without me. That is to say, if you're able to."

"If that is the case then so be it." Alejandro slowly made his way forward, only to freeze when he noticed the bull necklace around his neck beginning to glow crimson in response to a stone in the center of the gates, which prompted the gates to open "Um…"

"I suppose I should have mentioned before, one may only enter when they where the necklace of our family."

"...That would've been nice to know a few moments ago." and so Alejandro made his way inside, with the gates closing behind him 'Another trap? No, not yet at least.' he glanced up and nearly jumped when he saw a large statue in front of him 'These statues look like they're ancient, at least several centuries by the looks of it. The plaque below the statues says that this is something known as the Dance of the Fang.' out of sheer curiosity he tried the pose shown by one of the statues, which ended up causing him to press down on a pressure plate hidden in the ground 'Some sort of pressure activated mechanism. I wonder… yes that must be it. These are more than part of a mere traditional dance, by mimicking the movements of these statues I will be receiving a lesson!' so he began dancing his way around the circle as he mimicked the movements of the statues, activating a new pressure plate each time he did so 'Perhaps this is some sort of Crimson Warrior fighting style.' he completed the final stance in the dance, which suddenly caused a pedestol to rise from the ground with some sort of golden colored egg shaped gemstone sitting on top of it 'Well at least that did something, this must be some sort of sacred mystical gemstone. Should I touch it? No I don't need to see Raiders of the Lost Ark to know that touching a glowing gem sitting on a pedestal to know that that is a bad idea.' he slowly backed away from the pedestal, until…

"Who is in there? An intruder?" that was when the gates opened to reveal a group of what looked like tribal warriors, the leader of which having a goatee and face paint, as well as a crimson colored staff, with Emiliano backing off into the crowd.

"...Oh mierda."

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10 minutes later…

Alejandro found himself, along with his father, bound by chains in front of the main gates, being glared down upon by the warriors in front of him 'Well this could've gone better, now what am I supposed to do?'

The leader/ chief of the warriors made his way towards them, his glare never subsiding "For your attempts to take our sunstone you must be severely punished for your crimes."

"We had no intention of taking your sunstone." Emiliano held up one shackled hand "We came here so that my son could learn of the origin of the power of the Crimson Jaguar."

"Your crimes are another matter entirely Emiliano Burromuerto, we made it clear years ago that you were forbidden from ever returning and yet here you are."

"Please, do not show my father any hostility." Alejandro pulled himself to his feet "I am the reason he came here in the first place, he was the one who showed me this place existed so please direct any of your hostility towards me. Just please listen to what I have to say."

"...Very well." the chief motioned for one of the warriors to release their chains "We'll at least here you out."

"Thank you. My name is Alejandro Burromuerto, the youngest of the Burromuerto bloodline, named after my great grandfather, the one with whom the tainted legacy of my family had previously originated. I was only recently made aware of the way that my family has distorted the legacy of the crimson jaguar and committed many horrendous crimes against the race of creatures in the name of greed and power, but now I want to learn the truth about these abilities, their origin and how their legacy can be both honored and respected. I only learned of the existence of the civilization of the crimson warriors earlier today and even then I never imagined that your cultured had secretly survived for as long as it had. I cannot begin to describe how humbled and honored I am to be in your presence." he bowed his head to them "I humbly beg of you, please teach me."

The chief studied Alejandro for a moment "If you wish to learn the true way of the Crimson Warriors then you must learn it from the masters themselves, Garra and Colmillo."

"So there are two of these masters?"

"Indeed. When you present yourself to the masters they will judge you thoroughly, they will read your heart, your soul, your past and your ancestry. If they deem you to be worthy then they will pass the secret onto you, if they do not then they will destroy you on the spot."

Alejandro could do little more than let out a shallow gulp 'This is going to be bad.'

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Morning came, and the sun was just rising over the Peruvian skies.

The chief of the Crimson Warriors led Alejandro to the top of the central pyramid, to where a massive torched burned as he bowed to it "If you're going to see the masters in person then you must bring them a small piece of the Flame of Eternity as an offering to them."

"What is so special about this flame?" asked Alejandro.

"This is the very first fire known to human kind, it was given to man by the Crimson Jaguars thousands of years ago and our tribe has kept it going ever since then."

"Fascinating."

"Indeed, I said that myself when my father taught this to me when I was a child. Now then, for this task you must take a single piece of the Flame of Eternity to the masters in order to demonstrate your committment to the sacred art of the Crimson Jaguars." the chief slowly removed a single flame from within the Flame of Eternity and held it out to Alejandro "This is part of a ritual that illustrated the essence of the philosophy of the crimson warriors. You must be sure to maintain a constant heat, if you make the flame too small then it will go out but if you make the flame too big then you may very well lose control." he noticed Alejandro looking rather hesitant "Why do you hesitate?"

"My apologies, this is something that I'm not used to." Alejandro slowly reached out his hands and accepted the flame, feeling the sensation course through his body "It feels as if it were a beating heart."

"Many in the world see fire as mere destruction, but the truth is that fire is actually a representation of life."

"...What do I have to do?"

"Do you see that mountain over there?" the chief pointed to a nearby mountain "You will take your flame up there, the cave of the two masters lies beneath that rock. You must reach it by sundown."

"Very well, I understand." and so with the fire in his hand, Alejandro began the long and slow track towards the top of the mountain.

"The question is, does he really?"

"I believe that he does." Emiliano told him

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Hours passed, and the sun began to set over the Peruvian skies.

After a long journey up the mountain path, Alejandro was finally able to reach the summit of the mountain and found the chief, Emiliano and the rest of the Crimson Warriors already there waiting for him, much to his surprise "You've been waiting here for me?"

"Just because you had to take the long path for your trial doesn't mean that the rest of us had to do the same." the cheif pointed out dryly "Now then, facing the judgement of the masters of the arts of the crimson jaguars will no doubt be very dangerous for you."

"My family is directly responsible for the disappearance of the crimson jaguars, and as such the masters will likely be unhappy to see me."

"You're quite perceptive."

"...I've accepted this, I am prepared to bear the burdens of my family's legacy. If I am fortunate enough then I may be able to quell their hostility."

"We shall see in a matter of moments." he motioned for the other warriors to begin beating on drums and chanting for the ritual.

'This is it, the moment of truth. Could I just turn back now and ask Father to just take me back to Canada? Well sure I could, I mean I've already learne more about my Crimson Jaguar abilities than I ever thought to be possible. But no, it wouldn't be right to turn back now. I've come so far now and learned so much, I have to see this through to the end. Not just for the sake of myself, but for the sake of my family's legacy and for the sake of my friends. I'm ready, bring out these masters."

"Very well. Chanters!" and cue the chanting.

With a deep heavy breath, Alejandro slowly made his way up the stairace to the point where he would present himself to the masters, and he reached the top in a matter of moments.

"He who wishes to meet the masters Garra and Colmillo will now present his sample of the Flame of Eternity."

Alejandro got down on one knee, only for the caves in front of him to start rumbling, causing his flame to go out 'Okay I'm fairly sure that is not good.'

The rumbling got even louder, and with a mighty roar a loud red colored jaguar emerged from one of the caves, followed by another one from the other cave, only with a slightly differente hue of red to its fur, and the two of them began circling Alejandro, as if they were studying him.

'These are the masters, that must mean that Father lied to me about the Crimson Jaguars being extinct.' Alejandro in turn studied both of them for a moment, until a realization hit him 'I wonder, is this what the true purpose of the Dance of the Fang? Doing it in that chamber made their Sunstone appear, and since my fire went out I need something new in place of the original offering. I suppose it's worth a try.' and so with no other options remaining, Alejandro began to perform the Dance of the Fang one motion at a time for the two crimson jaguars, until he completed it with the final pose.

The two jaguars studied Alejandro for a moment, but then they finally stopped moving, and together they engulfed him in the center of a massive tornado of pure energy that took on the hues and shades of multiple different colors.

Alejandro looked on in awe "I… I believe that I understand now."

The two jaguars ceased with their tornado of energy and slowly returned to their respective caves.

Alejandro slowly made his way down the staircase and stood in front of both Emiliano and the chief of the Crimson Warriors "Their energy was beautiful, I saw things inside of it that I never even believed to be possible. It was… It was like a rare form of harmony that I've never seen before."

The chief nodded "Yes, the crimson jaguars judged you and gave you visions of the meaning behind their power."

"I find it hard to believe that there are still creatures like these that exist, Father you told me before that Carlos faced the last one and then killed it before I was born. Does this mean that you lied to me?"

"Partially yes, but it wasn't a total lie. Carlos Burromuerto was the last of the outsiders to face the masters, they deemed him worthy and along with his knowledge of the Mystic Arts he was granted knowledge of their secrets and power as well."

"So that means that he lied in order to protect these noble creatures, so that no one else would hunt them."

"And what do you see in them now?"

"What I see, is that their power is like fire and the sun itself, and all of the people who live in this world. Their power represents life, energy and harmony. Tell me, did you and your people realize this?"

"Well our civilization is known as the Crimson Warriors so you know, you tell me." he received a dry look from Emiliano "What?"

"I think I understand myself better now as well, for so long I've been confused and in turmoil over my past transgressions, but at the same time trying to understand who I was and what my true purpose is. I agreed to help Adam in his quest to vanquish his foe, but that's his destiny not mine. I never had any actual insight as to what I'm supposed to do, but I believe that now I do. I have to help him to vanquish his foe yes, but at the same time I will aim to restore the good name of my family." Alejandro dropped into a stance and began powering up, and with a furious roar he was engulfed in a crimson aura and a white light. When both of these things subsided, his appearance was the same, aside from his body briefly crackling with crimson electricity 'This power, it feels incredible! This is amazing, I feel both more powerful and more at peace with myself than I ever have before."

"Good, now that you have accepted these facts you've managed to awaken your inner power beyond your previous limitations. However…" the chief's glare hardened "Now that you have learned the secrets and you know about the existence of our tribe, we have no choice but to imprison you here forever." this left Alejandro astonished "I'm just kidding." the astonished look fell "But seriously, don't tell anyone."

"...Okay."

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Another day passed, and life had seemingly returned to normal.

Alejandro was demonstrating some of his newfound power to Adam and the others as he went through each step of the Dance of the Fang "With this technique that I learned from the last two crimson jaguars, not only is my power far greater but I also feel more at peace."

Adam nodded in approval "Nice work, I've gotta say that I'm impressed, especially considering the stuff that you learned. So you mean that there's more than just one major asshole from your family? And I thought Jose was bad but your great grandfather sounds like he was a monster. No offense."

"None taken but that isn't it, I don't believe that was the point of what my father was trying to tell me before."

"Then go ahead and enlighten me."

"My great grandfather and Jose have just as much of my family's blood as Carlos or myself do aren't they? If anything then the legacy of my family proves that anyone and everyone in this world has the potential for both great good and great evil. No matter who they might be, even people like Jose or Sorbidus, or even Metallum have to be treated like they're worth giving a chance. By no means am I saying that you should spare them, but at least consider that a reason why you should not allow yourself to succumb to your first instinct of them being evil."

"...I can't promise you that Alejandro, but I can say this. If Carlos could see you now then I think he would be really proud of you."

Alejandro gently touched the bull necklace around his neck "I can only hope so, I really really do."

"But this past week or so was what we all needed." Adam got to his feet, with the othre three doing the same "Over the past few months we've all grown stronger than we ever thought to be possible, both in body and in mind. Whether our goals are to overcome what holds us back in our hearts (Adam), to protect what we hold dear (Bridgette), to gain faith in our own abilities and our purpose (Cody) or to redeem ourselvs for our past mistakes (Alejandro), these were journeys that we needed to take in order to grow. This is it you guys, everything we've learned about ourselves, our powers and the ten dimensions, about our strengths and our weaknesses, comes down to what we're about too face. Metallum and Sorbidus could show up at any time and when they do, we'll be the last and best hope for the world to take them down so we're gonna stop them no matter what it may take." he held out his hand to them "Are you with me?"

"I said before that you've always protected me, so now it's my turn to protect you with all of the power that I have." Cody placed his hand in.

"Bridgette?"

"It's kind of hard to wrap my head around the fact that my boyfriend is the most powerful being in the universe, but at the same time it doesn't surprise me in the slightest. And besides, a girl's gotta have priorities right?" Bridgette placed her hand in and gave Adam a quick peck on the cheek.

"And Alejandro?"

"Without a second thought my friend." Alejandro placed his hand in "Our goals intertwine, and I will never abandon my newfound friends no matter what may lie ahead of us."

"And whatever we face we'll do it together."

A/N:

Well this is it, the fourth and final story of my Underdog series. Before I get into it I want to clear something up: At first I was just going to cover Total Drama World Tour and then be done with it, but then I realized just how much potential the concept has. Plus I could save Total Drama All Stars from itself and give it a decent overall run. I mean granted I don't think it's as bad as people say (well aside from a few certain episodes like Moon Madness, You Regatta Be Kidding me and the dreaded Sundae Muddy Sundae), it just had the bad luck of being stuck with a horrible staff of writers (Ed MacDonald). Anyway this chapter is divided into three different parts revolving around three different story arcs for our 5 main characters in the Underdog series (Adam, Bridgette, Cody, Alejandro, Mike)

The first portion of this chapter is based on an episode from the TMNT 2003 Back to the Sewer episode, the Engagement Ring. I thought it would be a nice little bit of continuity from the ending of the Ridonculous Race, you know the fic that was about them getting together and winning like they should've in the first place along with my own AU twists like cutting out a few teams and replacing them with my own teams. Plus the whole thing about Aurora giving them the ring puts her in place of Mr Sun.

The second portion of this chapter was based on the TMNT 2012 season 3 episode Vision Quest, part of Mike, Cody and Bridgette training to prepare for the fight that was coming up, as well as make give the three of them some more bonus character development in regards to Mike's fear and guilt over the actions of Mal (when he was being controlled by Sorbidus), Cody's struggles to have faith in his self proclaimed role as Adam's hero and the wielder of the Hero's Chi, and Bridgette overcoming her gentle heart and hatred of violence. Also, I'm trying to give Bridgette and Cody a little bit of screen time since, as much as I hate the thought, they'll more or less be pushed into the "secondary character" category, since the three real main characters for this fic will be Adam, Alejandro and Mike. Plus it gave me a way to have Mike awaken his Cosmic Force form.

The third portion of this chapter is based on the Avatar: the Last Airbender episode called The Firebending Masters, which is centered around Alejandro journeying with his father to the ruins of the culture of Crimson Warriors to discover the true purpose of the power of the Crimson Jaguar. This is a continuation of Alejandro's own character arc of redemption, and I'm also taking the chance to introduce another character to this story: Alejandro, Jose and Carlos' father, Emiliano Burromuerto. I mentioned Jose being a dick and Carlos learning everything that he knew from Aurora and his grandfather Santiago, but I never touched upon their actual parents before so I came up with this. I figured that since Alejandro made a complete ass out of himself during World Tour then someone like a diplomat wouldn't take too kindly too that, hence the strained relationship over the past two years in this timeline.

Also, I mentioned during the Ridonculous Underdogs that I was struggling with creating a decent lineup for this season in terms of classic competitors. I already confirmed that I have Adam, Alejandro, Bridgette, Cody, Duncan and Heather for this season. I was originally planning of doing Courtney as the seventh classic competitor, but in the end I decided to scrap that idea, and now I have someone else in mind. Originally this episode was going to just have a cameo appearance in the second half of the season due to some comments that I saw on YouTube, but in the end I decided that she was the best choice for this role. Also, I did mention before that I had to exclude the likes of Owen, Noah, Geoff, DJ and Gwen due to including them in my Ridonculous Underdogs fic.

I did mention that I was going to finish up the Frieza Saga of my DBZ fic before I started, but right now whenever I try to work on that one I feel like I'm experiencing some burnout, so I'm going to put that one on hold at least for the time being and work on this fic.

Now let me just say this before any of you go any further: This story is the last one in my Total Drama series, and in order to fully understand everything you'll have to read the other three stories first, in this order: The Rise of an Underdog (covering Total Drama World Tour), the Ridonculous Underdogs (covering the Ridonculous Race), the Cosmic Underdog (covering Adam's adventures during the events of the Ridonculous Race), and finally this story, An Underdog's Destiny (covering Total Drama All Stars and the final battles, as well as the epilogue).