A/N: So, for some odd reason, my last FanFiction was deleted by this site. It somehow broke the rules even thought it didn't, because I checked. Either way, I'm starting with the next chapter. In case you forgot Kennedy was eliminated, and then Jacob was.
CHRIS, CHEF, THREE ORIGINAL CONTESTANTS, AND THIS SERIES IS OWNED BY FRESH TV, CAKE ENTERTAINMENT, CARTOON NETWORK, AND TELETOON.
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"Last time on Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes, the contestants were given the challenge of the life time when they were kidnapped by the HaskSok! Their challenge was to escape and save two of their teammates, Feline and Dutch from sacrifice! Unfortunatley, real natives showed up! The girls won the challenge, and no one was eliminated. Rosalie and Romulus formed the first alliance in the season and Huck was forced to face real life! Today, we have a challenge that will spook your pants off!
It was the middle of the night.
The contestants were all fast asleep.
The ocean provided nice tranquil sounds that could put any sane person to sleep.
But of course, by those standards, Chris was wide awake.
An airhorn sounded over the intercom, waking everyone.
"Ow!" Josiah cried, covering his ears. "Isn't it too early for this?!"
"Does this guy really think we're his personal tourture lackeys?" Romulus asked.
"You have got to be kidding me!" Feline said, "It's three in the morning!"
"How do you figure?" Rose asked, still half-asleep.
"At three in the morning I always have the dream where I get to meet my favorite punk-rock musician." Feline said nodding.
"That's cool." Alexis muttered, rubbing her eyes.
The airhorn blew over the intercom again.
This time, accompanied by Chris' voice.
"GET UP! YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" Chris shouted.
The contestants exited their shelters, screaming and huffing.
"W-what's happening?" Corey asked.
"Why are we going to die?!" Jennifer agreed.
"Oh you won't! I just said that to get you out of there!" Chris said.
"I hate you, Chris!" Cherry spat.
"Oh well, I can live with it." Chris laughed.
"It's the middle of the night. What do you want from us?" Titus asked.
"It's challenge time!" Chris informed.
"No! You have to be kidding me!" Alexis said.
"It's too early for this, I'm going back to bed." Jennifer said.
"Agreed." Romulus said, heading back to the shelters.
The contestants dispersed.
"Wait! You might want to pay attention to this one!" Chris said.
The contestants turned around.
"It'll give you what you really want." Chris said.
"... Keep going." Rose said.
"Tonight, we're having a spooky scavenger hunt! Your team must find six artifacts throughout the island. But, be careful. Because at each stop, to reach the artifact, one of you must face your biggest fear! If you conquer your fear, you get to take the artifact! If you don't, well, then you have to leave! Whichever team has the highest number of artifacts wins!" Chris said.
"That's lame. You don't even know our fears." Alexis said.
"Don't I?" Chris said, laughing maniacally.
Everyone looked at each other, unsure what to do next.
Chris stopped laughing.
"The winners of this challenge get a full week on the mainland to visit family! The losers have to spend the week here. Alone. With one less teammate to keep them company." Chris said.
The contestants looked at each other.
"Alright! Here are your first clues." Chris said, handing Feline and Romulus envelopes.
Dutch walked by Romulus and snatched the the envelope.
"Give me that, dork." Dutch spat.
Romulus growled.
Romulus Confessional: I hate that man. I hate him. The first chance I get he will be eliminated.
"To the north, you will go forth. By the boulder, under the log, traveling through the stinking bog. There in the trees, you'll find the keys." Dutch recited. "Lamest rhyme ever."
"To the north?" Alexis asked.
"I don't even know which way is East." Jennifer shrugged.
"Wait! A few seasons ago..." Rose began.
"What?" Rosalie asked.
Rose looked over and saw the boys studying her every word.
"I'll tell you guys over here..." Rose said, walking in a certain direction.
The other girls shrugged and followed her.
"North..." Romulus questioned.
"Wait! I have a solution!" Josiah laughed, running back into the shelter.
"What about past seasons?" Jennifer asked.
"That Aura Reader, Dawn?" Rose said, "She said Polaris was the North Star. That's Polaris. We just have to follow that." Rose said.
"Nice thinking, Rose!" Feline said, "Once we pass that bog, we'll be able to find the clue before the guys!"
"And then one of us will have to face our fears." Rosalie pointed out.
"Oh right.." Feline said.
"You are genius for bringing this thing." Titus said to Josiah.
"I thought it would come in handy. I guess I was right." Josiah laughed, holding a compass in his hand.
"Onwards to the north!" Huck laughed.
"I wonder what Chris has in store for one of us." Corey said.
"We can only find out." Romulus said, shrugging.
"We can only find out." Dutch imitated, "What a nutjob."
Romulus glared.
"Don't let him get to ya." Josiah whispered.
In an instant, a putrid odor hit the boys.
"Ugh! What is that?" Josiah asked.
"It smells like- like- like icky." Huck said, pinching his nose.
"That must be the bog." Corey said, "We're closer then we thought."
"I still don't see the boulder of the log." Dutch spat.
The guys turned the corner and saw a giant boulder.
A few feet farther was a giant log.
"Are you happy now?" Titus asked.
Dutch rolled his eyes.
The guys passed the boulder and traveled under the log, making their way to their destination.
"Ugh! This is getting my new pants dirty!" Feline sighed.
"New? Haven't you been wearing the same clothes for the last five or so weeks?" Alexis asked.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Feline said.
The girls were trudging through the bog.
"It seriously smells like something has died here." Rose said.
"We're almost out, girls. Think of the positives!" Jennifer said.
"Like?" Rosalie asked.
Jennifer thought for a moment.
The girls trudged in silence.
"Well, at least they didn't stock this island with the freaky mutants from season four." Jennifer said.
The girls shrugged and nodded.
From the shadows, a creature entered the bog and made a giant splash.
"What was that?" Cherry asked, whipping her head to the right.
"Huh?" Feline asked.
"I heard a splash. A really. Really loud splash." Cherry explained.
"You're probably just hearing things. The night has got you freaked out." Rose said.
"Yeah... I guess." Cherry said, shrugging. The creature swam in the water, it's scaly tail hitting the water repeatedly.
"I heard it that time." Alexis said, looking around.
"You guys are crazy." Feline said, "There is no creature in the water."
At that moment, a creature came out of the water and dragged Feline under.
"Feline!" Rose shouted.
"What are we going to do?!" Rosalie asked, scared out of her mind.
"We have to help here, obviously!" Jennifer said.
Feline emerged from the water, "Help!" She shouted.
Rose leaned closer, "Grab my hand!"
Feline tried to grab Rose's hand, but she was squirming so much that she couldn't grab hold.
"Okay, stop squirming, Feline!" Alexis shouted.
"Agh! I'm going back under!" The Punk Rocker shouted.
Feline was dragged underwater.
Her feet flew in the air, revealing the creature.
It was nothing more then a small, baby alligator.
"You have got to be kidding me." Cherry said.
"It's got me!" Feline cried.
"Seriously, Feline. It'
s the smallest alligator in history. My hair is bigger then that there alligator." Rosalie said.
Feline looked at her feet.
"Oh." Feline said.
"We don't have time for this, the guys are already ahead!" Rose said.
The guys were walking on a path, covered in muddy water.
"Look! In that tree!" Titus said.
In between two branches was an envelope and a strange looking trinket. It looked like a small vile of a red liquid.
"The artifact! The clue! Grab it!" Josiah said.
"Not so fast!" Announced Chris over the intercom. "We have to get someone to face their fear first!"
"Oh no." Corey said, "Who is it going to be?"
"Josiah!"
The color drained from the boy's face.
Josiah Confessional: This isn't even possible. I only have two fears. One of them isn't conquerable. I don't even know how they got my fears, I never told them!
Chef appeared, rolling in a rickety, old, two person plane.
"Oh crap." Josiah said.
"Time to get in, sonny boy!" Chef laughed.
"No, no, no! I am not doing this!" Josiah said, turning to run away.
His face was met by Dutch's fist.
"Oh yes, you are!" The bully said. "We aren't going to lose this challenge!"
Dutch grabbed Josiah by the collar and lifted him up.
"Ow! Watch it!" Josiah said.
Chef opened the door to the airplane.
Dutch walked to the plane, dragging Josiah with him.
He grabbed the boy and threw him into the plane.
"Ow! Dude, take it easy!" Josiah said.
Chef closed the door.
"Alright, you can take the clue now, maggots! I'll give him back at the next stop!" Chef Hatchet informed as he too go into the plane.
He started it up.
Josiah screamed his head off and passed out.
"Aw man. I feel so bad for him." Corey said.
"Yeah. But we're all going to have to do it." Titus said.
Titus climbed the tree and grabbed the clue and the vile.
"What does it say?" Dutch asked.
"Yeah, what does it say?" Feline pondered.
"Hey, get out of here!" Dutch spat.
"No way. We need to get our clue." Feline countered.
"Where's Josiah?" Jennifer asked.
"He's in a plane with Chef." Corey said.
"A plane?! Josiah hates planes!" Jennifer said.
"We guessed!" Huck laughed.
"No time for social hour! Come on, guys. We have to read our clue somewhere else.
The guys walked off.
The girls scoured the trees and found an envelope and the artifact.
"There it is! Get it!" Rosalie said.
Alexis began to climb, and grabbed the letter and the vile of red liquid.
At that moment, a blonde girl came out of the woods.
She wore a short skirt, a pink shirt of a well known pop band, and was using her phone to text rapidly.
"OMG LOL!" The girl shouted.
Cherry screamed.
"You're afraid of teenage girls?" Rose asked.
"Just the mainstream ones!" Cherry cried.
"I heard you, like, didn't like mainstream! Let me tell you something, m'kay? Mainstream culture is so perf!" The girl said, walking towards Cherry.
The Hipster screamed and ran off.
"Did you know that all of the music you listen to will eventually become mainstream!" The girls shouted.
Cherry screamed.
"Cherry! Just talk to her!" Jennifer called.
"She won't bite!" Rose agreed.
Cherry couldn't here, as a result of her screaming her head off.
"Ohmygod! Look at me tweet! It got twenty likes already!" The girl shouted.
"Stop!" Cherry cried.
"New tweet! Candied Yamsicles suck!" The girl shouted.
Cherry stopped in her tracks.
Cherry Confessional: I know that that girl didn't say what I thought she said.
She turned her head and glared at the girl.
"What did you say?" Cherry asked.
"Candied Yamsicles suck. Duh!" The girl replied.
"Candied Yamsicles is the best underground band to even grace the underground scene! Their songs give lessons about how pop culture is bleeding it's way into Indie society! It tells how we are ruining the environment!" Cherry pointed out.
"But their music stinks." The girl said.
Cherry forgot her fear then and tackled the girl to the ground.
She grabbed the girl by the hair, pulling as hard as she could.
Screams were heard.
"Ouch!" Rosalie said, cringing.
The girl ran by The Brilliant Beauties, missing some hair.
"My extensions!" She cried.
"Yes! You go, Cherry!" Alexis laughed.
"Read the clue." Cherry said, out of breath.
"In the heart of the forest, right at it's center. You will find a plain in which you must enter. Under the mound of dirt and grass, will you find the clue. But not before Chris and fear, have a little word with one of you." Rose recited.
"Oh great." Jennifer sighed.
"We don't have time to waste, the guys are totally ahead of us. And this fight didn't help our situation." Feline said.
The girls nodded and they ran off.
"How are we going to know where the heart of the forest is?" Titus asked.
"Seriously, we can't deduce the center of the forest just but guessing." Corey said.
"This is Chris' way of torturing us." Romulus said.
"I won't have guesses." Dutch said, with face surprise. "Why do I have to be on a team of idiots."
Romulus took a deep breath, trying not to blow his cover of the all around nice guy.
"We just have to find two mounds of dirt, idiots." Dutch said.
The continued walking, a fog emerging them.
"Where did this fog come from?" Titus asked.
As they walked, Corey stumbled over a tombstone.
"Um... Guys." Corey said.
"Shut up." Dutch spat.
"But guys-" Corey began.
"Look! There's the mound. It wasn't that hard, freaks." Dutch said.
"No that isn't-" Corey began.
Dutch began to dig with his hand.
"Help me guys!" Dutch said.
Titus and Romulus walked to Dutch, bending down and digging up the mound.
"That isn't it!" Corey said.
"What?" Romulus asked, turning.
"AGH!" Dutch screamed.
"What is that?!" Titus asked.
What they had dug up wasn't a clue.
It was a carcass.
"Is that a skeleton?!" Romulus asked, turning.
"I think it's a dog, oh god!" Titus said.
"We just bothered it's resting place!" Romulus asked.
"We're all going to die!" Huck screamed.
Dutch looked at the carcass and fainted.
"We haven't ran into the guys once!" Jennifer said.
"It means we're in the lead!" Alexis cheered.
"It could also mean they're ahead of us." Feline pointed out.
"Oh poo." Jennifer sighed.
Soon enough, they reached an empty part of the forest. There was nothing there but two mounds of dirt.
"That's it! We found it!" Cherry cheered.
"And it looks like the guys haven't reached it yet, come on!" Rose said.
The four of them reached the mound.
"Who's going to dig?" Rose said.
"I will. If only to help out the team!" Rosalie said, smiling.
"Alright. I'll help too." Feline said.
"Great." Rose said.
Feline and Rosalie began to dig as the other looked around.
"Before you grab that clue.." Said a voice in the shadows, "We need to chat with Feline."
From the shadows emerged Chris, smirking.
Behind in, an ATV came in, with a black box behind it.
"What is that?" Feline asked.
"It's what you fear most." Chris laughed.
Feline rolled her eyes.
Feline Confessional: A black box? I'm not afraid of that.
Alexis Confessional: We've been friends since the show started and Feline never said she was afraid of boxes.
"Let's get this over with." Feline said.
Chris opened the door to the small black box.
"Ooh, a box. I'm so scared." Feline said.
"You should be. You're about to be lost!" Chris said.
"Wait- what?! No, no, no! Please!" Feline said.
"Too late!" Chris laughed, closing the door on her. "You'll get her back later. If she finds you that is."
"You're suck a jerk." Rose said.
"I know. I pride myself in it!" Chris laughed, jumping onto the ATV and wheeling off.
"I hope she's okay." Alexis said, helping Rosalie dig.
The guys had just approached the mounds.
"We finally made it!" Romulus cheered.
"Yay." Huck said, falling to the floor.
"What happened to you guys? You look like a mess." Alexis said.
"Don't ask." Dutch spat.
"I got it!" Rosalie said, picking up the clue and the artifact.
It was a small jewelry box. It was covered in jewels and looked very dated
"Oh! This will be perfect for my pearls!" Rosalie said, "And it's so light!"
"We don't have time, Rosalie!" Alexis said.
"Come on, girls!" Cherry said.
"Wait. Where's Josiah?" Jennifer asked.
Right after she said that, the plane came overhead.
It didn't land, only hovered.
Chef opened the door and pushed Josiah out of the plane.
Josiah fell with a loud thump.
"Oh! Baby, are you okay?" Jennifer asked.
Josiah didn't respond, he was curled up in a ball, shaking.
"No fly. No plane." Josiah said, slowly rocking back and forth.
"He's broken." Rosalie said.
Corey picked him up.
"We'll take care of him." Corey said.
"And by take care of him, we mean we'll leave him here." Dutch said.
Titus glared.
"Don't worry, Jennifer. He's in good hands."
Jennifer smiled.
"Okay. Thanks!" She said.
With that, Jennifer and her team left.
"Alright. Who's up next on the fright train?" Dutch asked.
"Come on down, Titus!" Chef said, hopping off of the plane.
"Excuse me." Titus said, in disbelief.
From behind a tree, a stretcher appeared.
Pushing the stretcher was a Doctor.
"No. Please no. Oh god no." Titus said, backing away.
"You're afraid of Doctors?" Romulus asked, confused.
"Just when they do check-ups! They freak me out all weird and examine-y!" Titus cried.
"Jump on!" Dutch said.
"No! I'm not doing it!" Titus shouted.
"Oh yes you are." Dutch spat.
"No, I'm not! I'm sorry, but Chris! I can't do this!" Titus said.
Over the intercom, Chris' voice rang.
"That's cool, dude."
At that moment, the second mound exploded.
"Great going! Now how are we supposed to get the clue?!" Dutch asked.
"I have an idea that goes against all of my morals. But we seem to need it right now." Romulus said.
Romulus Confessional: Please, I have no morals. I couldn't wait to put this plan in action. It would allow me to not face my fear which is fine by me.
He pulled the others into a huddle.
The girls were walking in the forest.
Behind them, a suspicious looking bush walked after them.
"Ow! Titus that's my face!" Corey whispered.
"Sorry!" Titus said in response.
"Keep it down!" Romulus whispered.
"Can you read the clue again?" Alexis asked Rosalie.
"Wait for the right moment to save, I would suggest to look in the cave." Rosalie said.
"So now we just have to find a cave." Rose said.
"Whoopie." Cherry said sarcastically.
The guys silently cheered and walked into the dense forest.
They got out of the bush and shook the leaves off of themselves.
"That's great! Let's go find the cave!" Corey said.
"C'mon!" Huck said, running in the same direction the girls were headed.
"Ten minutes later, Corey had to face his biggest fear, being alone. Meanwhile, Feline had to try to find her team in the forest." Chris said in a voice over.
Feline was looking around, worried.
"Hello?" She asked. "Anyone? Please?"
Feline heard a rustle in the bushes.
She stifled a scream.
"I'm not scared. I am not scared." Feline said, shaking.
She paused.
"I'm not scared." She realized.
She laughed.
Then the source of the rustling came out of the foliage.
Before Feline could realize what she was doing, she was on top of this organism, attacking it.
"Ow! Feline! Feline! It's me!" Corey said.
"Corey?!" Feline breathed.
"Thank God I found you!" Corey cheered.
"You know you can't leave until you conquer your fear, right?" Feline said.
"What, I thought just doing this was me conquering my fear!" Corey said.
"Not if your still afraid. Your team might have gotten the clue, but Chef and the interns are patrolling the forest." Feline said.
"Poop." Corey sighed.
"Good luck!" Feline said.
Corey groaned. "Thanks. Congrats on conquering your fear."
Feline smiled and went off to find her team.
Corey sat in the dirt alone.
He was pondering life.
"Alright! Clue Four of Six!" Jennifer cheered, "We may win this yet, guys!"
"Speak for yourself." Rosalie said, "You didn't have to watch the strongest people in your life freak out."
"I still don't see how you're afraid of that." Cherry said.
Rosalie growled.
"You also didn't have to bathe in a tub of Roaches." Alexis shrieked, shivering.
"Oh, wait. You still have one in your hair." Rose said, pulling it out.
Alexis screamed.
"Sorry!" Rose said, dropping it on the floor.
"Let's just find the next artifact and the clue and get out of here." Cherry said
"Read it back to me." Rose said.
Jennifer cleared her throat. "One your final leg of your journey, one of you may end up on a gurney. Two must face their biggest fears, or your whole team will shed some tears. Follow the trail to the volcano; those who are afraid we will know."
"That sound pretty cryptic." Rosalie said.
"I'm scared." Alexis mewed, her eyes wide.
"Are you okay?" Cherry asked.
"Guys!" Shouted a familiar voice.
"Feline?" Jennifer asked, turning.
Feline came jogging to group.
"I did it! I conquered my fear!" Feline cheered.
"You go!" Alexis cheered.
"Good for you!" Rose said.
"So, where are we going?" Feline asked.
"We have to head to the volcano. That's where Rose and I have to conquer our fears." Jennifer said.
"Great. Let's do this!" Feline said.
"The volcano? As in the volcano I was almost sacrificed at?!" Dutch asked.
"You weren't in danger." Josiah said, as if he said it for the umpteenth time.
The guys were following the trail.
"And either way you already faced your fear." Titus said.
Dutch shivered.
Dutch Confessional: Having to sit in a rundown dune buggy with Chef driving straight to the edge of a cliff terrified me. But I can't let them know that.
"I have no fears, freak. I just said that was my fear because the producers were bugging me about fear before the season started." Dutch said.
"Whatever." Romulus said.
"What about you, rich boy." Dutch said, "You haven't faced your fear yet."
"And?" Romulus asked.
"You have no room to talk!" Dutch said, "I can't wait to see the look on your and freaky kid's face when you have to conquer your phobias!"
Huck turned with grass in his mouth.
"Take that out, Huck." Josiah said.
Huck spat the grass out.
"Where is Corey?" Titus asked, "How long does it take to conquer a fear?"
"You didn't even conquer yours." Dutch pointed out.
"Shut up." Titus said.
"Hello? Anyone?" Corey said, walking slowly.
Corey was shivering.
"Okay. C'mon, Cor. You aren't afraid. You aren't afraid of anything. C'mon, you can do this! Let's go!" Corey said.
He heard a twig snap.
Corey then screamed.
"No, okay. Relax." Corey said to himself.
Corey Confessional: I'm afraid of being alone. It started back when I was five. My mom and I had gone to the amusement park and then I lost her in one of the rides. It was one that you walked through. There was literally no one around and it was just me. It didn't help that that was the scariest ride in the whole park. I've been afraid of being alone ever since.
"Why are you so afraid?" Corey asked himself, "Because I know that it isn't still that amusement park. That excuse only worked until the fifth grade."
He stood there wondering to himself.
"I guess it's because being alone means that if I fail or if I do something wrong or if I lose myself.. there won't be anyone there to pick me back up." Corey said.
Corey had an epiphany.
"But. There will always be someone there for me. Even if I can't see them now, someone is always going to be there to help me back up. Being alone doesn't mean that I don't have anyone."
Corey smiled.
"I conquered my fear!" He shouted.
He then ran out of the forest and ran straight into Rose.
"Ow!" Rose cried as she fell.
Corey got up and helped Rose up too.
"Oh! Sorry, sorry! I'm so sorry!" Corey said.
"Ah, it's okay." Rose said, rubbing her head, "Where's your team?"
"I could ask you the same thing." Corey laughed.
Rose giggled. "I fell behind. I know where to go though. What about you?"
"I just conquered my fear." Corey said.
"Corey! That's great!" Rose said, hugging the boy.
Corey hugged back.
The hugged for ten seconds.
Rose recoiled. "Okay then.. Well. I'm going to find my team. You should find yours too. I think they were behind us." She said.
"Hehe, yeah. Thanks!" Corey said, walking in the opposite direction.
"Corey?" Rose asked.
Corey turned. "Yeah?"
"I really am happy you conquered your fear." Rose said.
With that, she ran off.
Corey smiled.
"Alright, we're so close, guys!" Josiah said.
"I can see the volcano from here. Of course we're close." Dutch said.
"Hey, you don't have to be such a jerk about it." Romulus said.
Dutch rolled his eyes.
"Come on you guys, we can win this one. Finally." Corey said, having just rejoined his team five minutes ago.
"If we loose our third challenge in a row, I will loose it." Dutch said.
"Haha, speaking of losing, Has anyone seen my nose? I can't find it anywhere!" Huck said.
"It's on your face." Titus said.
"Oh!" Huck laughed.
"Here we are!" Josiah said, standing in the outskirts of the forest.
The girls arrived at the same time.
"Oh great." Feline sighed.
"Please, ladies first!" Romulus said.
"I don't think that applies to this situation." Alexis countered.
"Drat." Romulus sighed, snapping.
"We aren't going out there first." Dutch said.
"Well we aren't either." Cherry retaliated.
"Some just go out there already!" Chris shouted over the intercom.
The two teams begrudgingly walked out of the forest and to the volcano.
There was a stage.
A video screen.
A chair with straps.
And a man who looked like a Doctor, holding a book.
"Rose, Jennifer, Romulus, and Huck! It's time to face your fears!" Chris said. "Whichever side manages to conquer their fears and reach the final artifact first wins!"
The final artifact was sitting on a pedestal.
It was a small bag make of Elk Hide.
It's contents were unknown.
Jennifer backed away from the stage.
"Relax, Jen. I believe in you. You can do it!" Josiah told his girlfriend, rubbing her arms.
"T-thanks." Jennifer said, gulping.
She walked towards the stage.
"Rose, you get the chair!" Chris said.
"Please don't tell me it's an electric chair." Rose said as she neared it.
"Romulus, you get the video screen!" Chris said.
Romulus shrugged and walked to the monitor.
"How bad could a movie be?" He asked himself.
"And Huck, you get the doctor!" Chris said.
"A doctor! Yay!" Huck cheered.
He sprinted to the man and sat down in front of him.
The final challenge started.
Jennifer stood on the stage.
"This isn't too bad. I mean, it's not like there's anyone here to watch me." Jennifer said.
"Don't be too sure about that!" Chris laughed. "I'm bringing back three classic competitors to watch you and all of your screw ups!"
Jennifer's eyes went wide.
From behind the stage came Heather, Jo, and Courtney.
"Let's get this over with." Jo snapped.
"If you suck, I've been given orders to pelt you with rotten eggs." Courtney said.
Jennifer mewed.
"I- um, I- I can't-" Jennifer mumbled.
"Speak up! Are you always this mousy?" Heather asked, crossing her arms.
Jennifer took multiple deep breaths.
"Oh geez, You suck!" Courtney shouted.
"Get off the stage!" Jo snapped.
"Seriously! Why can't there be any talented people on this show?!" Heather said.
Jennifer crouched down, rocking back and forth.
"Poor Jennifer." Rose said from the chair.
"You know that if Jennifer doesn't pass her test, you'll lose." Chris said.
"How does that work? I'm still here." Rose said.
"Your biggest fear if total failure." Chris said, "If the guys pull it together before Jennifer does, you'll be released from this chair. But the catch? You'll be released only thirty seconds before the guys reach the artifact. You'll lose either way! Your victory depends on Jennifer!"
Rose bit her lip.
"You can't be serious. We'll lose if you do that! We can't lose because you decided to teach me a life lesson!" Rose said, "Please, you have to listen to me! My mom understands losing in team sports, but she will murder me if I cause my team to lose!"
"Sucks to be you, doesn't it?" Chris asked.
Rose hung her head.
"You better encourage your teammate over there!" Chris said, "And I'd do it fast. It seems like the guys are starting to face their fears!"
"Come on, Jennifer! You can do it!" Rose cried.
Romulus stood in front of the monitor.
"What's going to happen?" Romulus asked.
"You'll see." Chef said, turning the monitor on.
The screen turned on, and it showed Romulus' father.
"Dad?" Romulus asked, confused.
"How do you feel about your son?" Chris asked, in an interview.
"My son? What about him? He doesn't achieve anything. Never once have I heard him say anything about his future or his plans to succeed." He said.
"That's a lie!" Romulus said, "Dad, I tell you about my plans all the time!"
"I don't he's done anything special his entire life. He was really just... there." His father said, "Such a disappointment."
"No, dad! I won my school's science fair when I was in the third grade! I became the unanimous student body president! I was chosen to go the Yale before I even reached high school!" Romulus told the screen.
"... I was so hoping he could inherit my business. But I suppose it must go to my CEO, Bob Mallory." Romulus' father said.
"No! Dad! I can run it! I can do it! P-please believe in me!" Romulus cried.
Huck sat in front of the doctor.
"Is it story time?" Huck asked.
"It certainly is." The doctor said. "Tell me, Huck. Where do you think babies come from?"
"Me? Oh! I think babies come from the stork! He brings them to the parents and junk!" Huck said.
"We'll you're wrong!" The doctor said.
"Wha-?" Huck said.
"You're wrong! There is no stork, they don't deliver babies! Grass Fairies don't exist and there is nothing in the pouch on Chris' necklace!" The doctor said.
"N-no! You're a liar! I know that there are stork babies! I know that Grass Fairies exist! My friends told me so!" Huck said.
"Your friends? They just said that to you so you could win the challenge! They were using you Huck!" The doctor laughed.
"N-no!" Huck cried. "Please no! It can't be true!"
"But it is Huck!" The doctor said, "All of these creatures and ideas are figments of your imagination!"
"That's a lie!" Huck said.
"No it isn't! It's the truth! You made yourself believe all of this because you didn't want to see the truth." The doctor countered.
Huck grabbed his hair in both hands.
Was all of this true?
Ten minutes later, the four contestants were still having their problems.
Jennifer was still rocking back and forth.
"Come on!" Courtney shouted, "Do something!"
"I-um. I-" Jennifer began.
"And stuttering does not count." Heather said.
"Come on, Jennifer! You can do it! Imagine them without any pants!" Rose cried, "Just finish the task, please!"
"I-I- I can't!" Jennifer said.
"What are you so afraid of?" Rose called.
Jennifer took a deep breath.
"I'm afraid they'll judge-"
"...judge me father! Please don't judge me!" Romulus cried, "I can live up to your expectations!"
"Why are you afraid your dad won't accept you?" Titus called.
"Because he never seemed to actually love me as a child!" Romulus cried.
"Why do you think that?" Corey asked.
"Because he always spent time counting his money and his firm then he did with me!" Romulus said.
Josiah thought of something.
"Have you ever considered that your dad loves you, but not as much as his money?" He asked.
Romulus stayed silent.
"That would explain why he bought me all my supplies for the science fair and all my campaining stuff for the student body election..." He said.
"You're dad wants you to succeed, but he probably just doesn't know how to show it!" Josiah called.
"And maybe he loves his money because he worked hard for it, and it makes your life easier!" Titus called.
Romulus' emotions went from sad and desperate to angry.
"My dad loves me." Romulus said, "And you tried to trick me into thinking that he didn't!"
Romulus got up and pushed the monitor over.
"That's for messing with my head!" Romulus shouted.
The guys cheered.
"The guys take the lead! Since Rose's fear takes place in failure, it's really just between Jennifer and Huck now!"
Huck was sitting in front of the doctor, rocking back and forth.
The doctor wasn't taking it easy on Huck.
"Huck! None of it was ever real! You invented it all up! You depended on these creatures because you couldn't believe how these things were really made!" The doctor shouted.
"Stop it! Stop it!" Huck said covering his ears.
"Listen to me, Huck! Just face the truth!" The doctor said.
"You're a liar!" Huck shouted.
"All you have to do is admit that babies don't come from storks and that Grass Fairies do not exist!" The doctor said.
"I will never admit that!" Huck shouted.
"Why not?!" Huck asked.
"Because! Then my whole world will crash down and I would have wasted 16 years of my life believing something that isn't real! I'm not about to do that! So leave me alone!"
"Just do it, Huck!" Dutch spat.
"No!" Huck shouted.
"Do it. NOW!" Dutch yelled, clearly aggravated.
"No way!" Huck said.
"So what if they judge you?" Rose called.
"There are too many eyes on me! I feel like they'll get the wrong opinion of me! I know I'm a good person but they may not feel the same way about me!" Jennifer said.
"What does it matter?" Rose asked, "You shouldn't let other people dictate your life! Who cares if they're all watching?! It'll give you a reason to try harder!"
Jennifer stood there, contemplating.
"Do something already!" Jo shouted.
Jennifer stood there.
She took a deep breath and threw off her shoes.
"H-here goes nothing." She said.
"Finally!" Heather grumbled.
Jennifer crossed the stage to find a guitar on a stand.
She picked it up and walked over to the microphone.
"Um.. Hi." She said, "I'll be s-singing a song for you today."
And she did.
Jennifer sang her song and all of her fears melted away.
She stood on the stage as confident as ever.
Once she finished she took a deep breath.
"Thanks." She said.
The three classic competitors shrugged.
"Eh. She wasn't that good." Courtney said, shrugging.
She strutted off the stage and ran to Rose.
Rose's latches were removed and she ran to Jennifer.
They hugged.
"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Jennifer cheered.
"You're welcome!" Rose said, "I knew you could do it!"
"We still have an artifact to get. Come on!" Jennifer said.
The two girls ran for the volcano.
"Huck, the girls already conquered their fears! Hurry up!" Titus said.
"No!" Huck said.
"Huck, just do it!" Dutch said.
"No I won't! I won't, I won't, I won't!" Huck said.
The girls reached the artifact.
"The girls win!" Chris announced over the PA System.
The guys glared at Huck.
Later that night, the campfire ceremony was well under way.
"Titus." Chris announced.
Titus cheered and ran up to get his marshmallow.
"Huck. Dutch. This is the final marshmallow." Chris said.
Dutch crossed his arms.
Dutch Confessional: It was so clear who was going to be eliminated. That freak Huck lost the challenge for us.
"And the final marshmallow goes to..." Chris said.
Dutch rolled his eyes.
Huck held his breath.
He crossed his fingers and hoped for the best.
"Huck." Chris said.
"What?" Dutch and Huck said at the same time.
Huck cheered and ran to get his marshmallow.
"Are you kidding me?! That dork lost us the challenge, guys!" Dutch spat.
"But he isn't a jerk." Titus pointed out.
The 'Copter-O-Shame appeared and let down it's ladder.
"You are all going to regret this! You just kicked off your strongest player!" Dutch shouted, "And for what?! Some crazy kid who doesn't even know what show we're on?!"
Two interns grabbed Dutch and took him to the ladder.
Romulus smiled.
Romulus Confessional: I told you I was going to eliminate him the first chance I got. I held a secret meeting after the challenge where we all agreed that Dutch wasn't a team player and had to leave as soon as possible. And now, my biggest threat is gone. I am totally running this game. Three down, eleven to go!
"Ooh! Juicy!" Chris said in the command center. "What will happen next?! Find out on the next episode of Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes!"
A/N: That's it! What'd you think? Surprise elimination, much? And I have to apologize to Archiepelago. My last story was deleted and I didn't write down Huck's fear, so I had to wing it! Anyways, leave a review and tell me what you think!