(Normal speak)

(Singing)

(Confessional)

Chris stood in front of the camera in first class "Let's take a few moments to review some of the features of our aircraft, safety is our number one priority so please remain seated with your seatbelts fastened at all times." he cut to the exit "The plane has one exit located here. As we explore a number of exotic destinations, why don't you take some time to familiarize yourself with the local architecture. The world is our playground, but don't forget that refusal to sing will lead to immediate disqualification. *Cough* Duncan *cough*. When you divide into a number of different teams you have to be sure to give your crew a catchy handle. Upon arrival at our final destination one lucky competitor will be lucky enough to receive a parting gift to remember: 1 million dollars! So stow away that carry on bag and lock those tray tables in the upright position, we're taking off for one cray bye right here and right now on Total! Drama! World Tour!"

A seagull could be seen crashing into the plane.

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Izzy looked down at the mats on the ground and grinned "Alright, looks like we've got team colors!"

Harold wasn't satisfied with theirs "Why the heck is our mat colored yellow? We're no cowards!"

"Relax sugar baby." Leshawna called him off "The map is gold because Team Victory is going for the gold!"

Courtney was more concerned about Duncan "I can't believe Duncan got disqualified just because he wouldn't sing."

"Maybe he can't sing." Heather let out a sneer.

"Oh he can do anything he sets his mind to, but now he's stuck on the plane waiting to get a ride home. Poor thing, he must be miserable all by himself."

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Duncan was sitting in first class humming Come Fly With Us to himself "Well it would be one thing if it was bad."

That was when Chris popped up in front of him "Did I just hear you-"

"No."

"Because it sounded like you were-"

"But I wasn't and I never will."

"...I've got my eye on you." and he disappeared.

Duncan took another sip of his smoothie and let out a loud belch "Oh yeah, totally worth giving up a million bucks. Especially since I won last season."

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"Duncan and Courtney fans will be devastated." Sierra came up to Izzy "But I personally think that you and Owen have a shot at becoming fave Total Drama couple on my fansite."

Izzy gave a shrug "Owen is magic, when he breathes his nose whistles the national anthem!"

"Oh. Super cute, but he's no Cody. Did you know that Cody actually slept with a stuffed emu named Gary until he was- Well okay he still does."

"And you know this how exactly?" asked Noah.

"I called his aunt once and I pretended I was a telemarketer."

"Oh my, how stalker-licious of you."

This was when Chris had one of the interns bang the cymbals again "I don't know about any of you guys but I am loving Egypt, and I'm gonna enjoy it even more while I'm watching all of you enjoy your second challenge: the amazing camel race!"

"Where are the other camels?" asked Bridgette.

"There are no other camels. It's a camel race, not a camel's race."

"Yeah but our team was the first one to get all of its members here." Gwen pointed out "Why the hell do they get a camel and the other team get a goat while we get a stick?"

"Believe me when I tell you that every reward has its advantages."

"So where are we racing to?" asked Adam.

"Shut up and I'll tell you. You'll be racing the most infamous waterway in the world, the Nile River. Each team must bring their reward all the way to the finish. You all have 60 seconds to come up with a strategy."

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Heather got onto the camel's back "Move it people, this is a race after all."

"Uh hello, this is Team Victory." Courtney pointed out "It's not Dictatorship Victory."

"Oh okay then, well how about we all stop being bossy when you start doing things right."

"How about I do something right by smacking you upside the head?" Leshawna had her arm clocked back and everything.

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Gwen leaned against the pole and sighed "How do I get stuck doing crap like this?"

"Oh yeah I know what you mean." this was when Cody popped up beside her "It takes being part of stuff like this that makes you reevaluate how you make life decisions."

"Cody hey, how's it going? Listen, I still really appreciate you setting me up with Trent that time back in season 1."

"Nice right? It's a real shame it didn't work out, Adam was so pissed off about it he kept raging until you got eliminated too."

"Oh yeah, Adam, right." Bridgette looked over towards where Adam was talking to Trent, DJ and Ezekiel about his strategy "What's that guy's deal anyway? How do you know him, is he a friend of yours or something?"

"I guess you could say that, he's my cousin on my dad's side but the two of us grew up together like brothers. He's always been the popular one at school but unlike people like Heather he never lets it go to his head and he's always the sort of take charge kind of guy in situations like this."

"Huh."

"You might not believe it but I never had that much confidence in myself growing up, and if it wasn't for Adam then I doubt I ever would've gone on Total Drama to begin with." he gave a small smile "But if you wanna put it simple then I guess you could say Adam is… the kind of guy who will go to the ends of the Earth like a hundred times over for the people he cares about if it means making them happy."

"Good to know."

"Yeah."

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Bridgette breathed a sigh of relief "Oh thank god, the last thing we need is for one of the new guys to turn out to be a male Heather. Why do I feel like I'll be saying that sentence again pretty soon?"

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Alejandro was in the middle of trying to motivate his team "We need no camel of any sort, we have all that we need and that is each other and we are unstoppable. We have the will, we have the strength, and together we shall triumph!" he received voices of agreement from Owen, Noah and Tyler, with Izzy just chasing after a fly.

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Sierra had her own complaints "Look I'm the number one Total Drama super fan, it says so on my blog. But as for Alejandro, that guy has never even been on TV before. I've never seen that guy in QT monthly. I do not know what these girls see in him, they're totally loco and that's all there is to it."

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Cody voiced his own thoughts "Looks like Adam and Bridgette are really hitting it off, I mean he was just being himself like always and she's practically swooning over him even if she does say it's just the heat but we know it's not. I keep trying to do what he does but the way he does it it's just so natural. Not that I'm giving up though, I'll win Gwen over before this season is done. That is a Cody Anderson guarantee!"

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Adam gathered Cody, Gwen, Trent, Ezekiel, DJ and Bridgette to go over the plan "Alright, I think I have the perfect formation or as close as I can get to it. Cody is clearly the most fragile of all of us he'll be in the middle of the formation, and on top of that he'll be the one holding the stick. Trent will be behind of Cody and Ezekiel will be right in front of him him, DJ is our strongest level of muscle so he'll be guarding from behind, Gwen will be right in front of DJ and right behind Trent. I'm putting Bridgette right in front of Ezekiel and that leaves me to scout ahead for us. Everybody agree on that?"

"I say we go for it." DJ pumped his fist, only to accidentally hit a seagull in the process "What the-?"

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DJ immediately began freaking out "Oh come on, first I accidentally destroy a mummified dog and now I assault a bird? Come on man I love animals, there's no way this ever would've happened back home!"

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"Izzy, Owen, go higher." Alejandro coaxed while he was trying to get everyone else on his team to balance on the goat's back.

Owen grinned "Oh this is so cool Ale-handout- Alakazam- You know what, I'm just gonna call you Al okay? Go Al!"

"...If you must."

"Oh yeah, this is gonna work." Noah grumbled.

"Have some faith Noah, just have some faith in us." Alejandro leapt up and ended up landing on top of Owen's back.

Tyler grinned "Woah man, you look perfectly balanced!"

Noah let out a sigh "Okay man, go ahead and color me impressed."

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"It's basic weight distribution." explained Alejandro "Anyone with a degree in engineering or an IQ of 163 or higher could figure it out with no problems." he looked back at Chef "By the way, you truly are doing a magnificent job flying this plane."

That actually moved Chef "Who me? Nah."

"Now now don't blush, it's true."

"Yeah okay it's true."

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"Alright peoples, the Nile is thataway." Chris pointed "It's kind of big and blue and watery, I doubt you could miss it. Or I guess you can but then you'd die, you might end up getting killed by the local scarab beetles. I mean it is mating season all kill happy when they're in heat."

"Oh thank god." Leshawna breathed a sigh of relief "I am glad there aren't any out here, those things are nasty as hell!"

"I'll be sure to tell them you said so." he had Chef push over a gigantic vase filled to the bring with scarab beetles, freaking everyone out until a familiar dinging noise was heard "Well will you look at that, it's time for a song. Think of it as a mini challenge, music is able to soothe the savage mate seaking scarabs so all you have to do is make up a good song and maybe they won't kill you. Or don't and you can get disqualified like Duncan."

"Allow me." Alejandro started with the first line of the song "No need to get crazy, it's loving time at last!"

"You don't wanna eat us up, we're mostly full of gas!" Adam looked at Owen "Some more than others!"

"It's mating time for scarabs, so what'cha waiting on?" everyone began pushing the scarabs into pairs "Just ignore us humans, and make out until the break of dawn! It's loving time (loving time, loving time)! Scarabs get busy now. It's loving time (loving time, loving time), scarab mating season." they started creeping away while the scarabs were distracted "Oh it's loving time (loving time, loving time)! Scarab mating season."

"SEASON!" Ezekiel tried to finish things on a high note, only for it to sound like a bear in labor being unloaded in a gravel truck "Crap." yeah now they were being chased by the scarabs again.

Adam let out a sigh and put a hand on Ezekiel's shoulder "I give you points for effort Zeke, not many points but still points."

"Nice one, now get moving!" Chris blew an air horn, prompting everyone to start running like hell without looking back "Who's going to die and who's going bye bye? Fine out after the break here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"

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Hours passed, and each of the 3 groups were well on their way.

Courtney tried to coax the camel into speeding up "Come on camel, go faster okay boy? You can do this."

"Girl it's a camel not a dog." Leshawna pointed out.

"For once we agree, this is how to talk to a camel. Hurry the f*ck up!" Heather barked.

"Oh yeah that's much better flat chest. Hey Harold baby, how ya doing back there?"

Harold was hanging onto the back of the camel "I'm alright, as long as this majestic creature doesn't go number two."

"We're gonna go win the race now, see ya!" Heather flipped off the other teams "Go ahead and eat sand losers!"

Alejandro just gave a calm smirk "Such witty remarks from such a fiercely intelligent woman, I am both humbled and intrigued."

"Nice try but I happen to be with Duncan right now." Courtney pointed out.

"Yes I am aware and what a pity it is that you should give yourself to a quitter like him who doesn't deserve you."

"Hey that's not- Duncan is totally- You're just- Will someone just make this camel hurry up already?"

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Heather had her suspicions "Oh yeah he's good, too good if you ask me. I mean seriously, what the hell is that guy's deal? He is just so perfect and- No no pull it together Heather, don't think about his eyes or- Dammit!"

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"Can anyone see the Nile yet?" asked Heather.

"Hold on." Courtney looked ahead "No nothing yet, it has to be around here."

Alejandro looked to his right and noticed the Nile river in the distance "Hold on everyone, I'm changing out route!" he swayed his hips, sending the signal to their goat to change their course towards the Nile.

Harold was the first one to notice that Alejandro and his team were gone "Hey where did they go?" he received a fart from the camel "Oh no, please tell me you're not going to do what I think you're going to do."

It did.

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Alejandro shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly "Perhaps it would have been kind to show the girls team which way to go but… Well you've seen the buffoons on my team, we need every edge we can get over the rest of the teams."

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"Listen up sisters, the other team is gone!" Leshawna pointed out angrily "We're all alone out here!"

"And we don't know where Cody is!" Sierra began hyperventilating like a madwoman, which left everyone weirded out.

"...Uh huh, does anyone know where we are?" Leshawna was met with no replies "Okay it's official, we're lost as f*ck."

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Adam led his team to their side of the Nile river "Alright guys we're here, I can see the finish line over there."

"Yeah but it's on the other side." Trent pointed out "The other side of a huge river piled high with crocodiles."

"Oh yeah. Crap."

"Do you have anything in that bag of tricks to ward them off?"

"Nope."

"Welcome to the third challenge!" Chris called from the other side of the river.

"What? Speak up man!"

"Oh for-" Chris pulled out a gigantic megaphone "I said welcome to the third and final Egyptian challenge, basket racing! Each team must weave a basket made out of river weeds, your basket has to be big enough to hold your entire team including your reward from the last challenge!"

"Hence why the stick is so convenient for us."

"Then you're gonna use the basket together with those oars to row yourself and your team across the river to the finish line, the first team to cross all the way flies first class to our next destination!"

"Good to know."

"Well this works perfect for us." Bridgette told him.

"How do you figure?"

"Well my mom has been teaching me how to weave since I was a little girl, and I can tell you guys now that we're gonna need a lot of weeds." and she quickly got to work.

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A half hour passed.

Adam looked at their basket "Looks like we're already about ⅓ of the way done, lucky for us we've got Bridgette on our side."

Bridgette let out a chuckle "Thanks." her cheeks turned pink, but then she got serious "Don't thank me yet, we still have to win the challenge."

"Right."

"Excuse me senor, senorita."

Adam looked back to see Alejandro's team arrive "Basket weaving Senor Jalapeño, just get to it."

"...Thank you but never call me that again."

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Another half hour passed, making it a full hour in total.

This was when Heather's team finally arrived and she was not happy "Basket weaving an entire boat?!" she let out a scream of frustration.

Sierra was actually enthusiastic "This is perfect, I'm a 4th generation basket weaver! We're gonna need a lot of weeds, and I mean A LOT of weeds."

5 minutes later…

"Done!" Bridgette put the finishing touches on her team's boat.

"Yeah now that's what I'm talking about!" without any sort of warning, Adam suddenly swept her up into a hug, only to realize and let her down after a moment "Sorry."

"No it's alright, I got a little caught up in it." her cheeks were burning red.

"Yeah but I'm the one who lost my composure so…"

"Done!" Sierra stood atop her teams new boat.

"...Wow. I mean that's just… wow."

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Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot were less than enthusiastic about that "Oh come on, that is so unfair!"

"Don't give up, we still have a shot." Alejandro encouraged them "It isn't over until everything is said and done."

"Yeah Al's right!" Owen was the first one to get his spirit back "Thanks Al."

"...You're welcome mi amigo." Al cringed noticeably.

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"I have no problem with being referred to as Al." he cringed again "I'm not- That wasn't- It's just… chilly in here." he shivered and looked around awkwardly.

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"Who's happy to have just a stick now?" Adam hopped into his team's boat, with Bridgette and the others following right behind him "Now then, let's get moving!" and they set out across the water.

"To the water!" Alejandro and his team finished weaving their boat a mere few moments after that.

"It floats, this is awesome!" Owen cheered.

Alejandro let out a whistle and the goat jumped into his arms, and once they were all on board the team set off after Team Mystery.

Heather chose this opportunity to whine about it "This is totally unfair, if it wasn't for this stupid camel getting us lost then we would be halfway across the Nile by now."

"We are going to win fair and square senorita but in order to make sure that you actually believe in that…" he looked back at Izzy "You said you could talk to camels right? If you would be so kind…"

"Oh yeah, I gotcha!" Izzy started talking to the camel, which earned her several weird looks from the other contestants.

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"Come on guys we're getting there." Adam started paddling even harder.

Chris smirked maliciously "Well now, it looks pretty clear that this part of the challenge isn't hard enough for them yet so…" a familiar ding could be heard "Looks like it's time for a little musical reprieve!"

"Oh come on dude, we already did one for this episode!" Trent pointed out.

"Hey if it wasn't for Zeke screwing up the song the first time around then you wouldn't have to do it now. Now then, stop whining and start singing and be sure to put your backs into it!"

"...Well if we have to." so Adam started the first line and looked back at the crocodiles pursuing them "My crocodile brothers, what are you swarming for?"

"We don't mean to bug you, please let us reach the shore!" Courtney called.

"The crocs are getting killy!" Lindsay seemed nervous.

"Just bop em on the nose!" Harold made a call "I learned that in the Muskrat Boys, it vanquishes all foes!"

"It's rowing time!" Bridgette, DJ, Trent and Gwen did the chorus "Vanquishing, vanquishing! It's crocodile season!"

DJ took his own verse "It's rowing time, crocodiles, crocodiles! I'm just glad we're not sinking!"

"It's rowing time!" Cody and Gwen chorused "Sinking in, sinking in! It's crocodile season!"

"Yeah it's rowing time, people it's rowing time!" Adam led the group ashore once they hit land "Until the Mysteries win!" he struck a pose, with Bridgette, Cody and the rest of them following.

"Oh joy, you're all still alive." Chris noted dryly "But anyway as long as all of you brought your rewards across the finish line there will be no eliminations tonight." this was met with a number of cheers "Team Mystery, you guys will be flying first class to our next destination. Team Victory and Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot, enjoy loser class. Not!"

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Soon enough, Team Mystery was travelling in style.

Cody was lounging in one of the reclining chairs "Now this is what I call a reward."

"Hey."

Cody looked up and saw Bridgette handing him a soda "Thanks." he accepted it "So lucky us we got such an awesome team."

"Yeah I figured you would say that, I mean Zeke is okay I guess but DJ and Trent are both really cool. I can imagine why you would be happy, you're on the same team as Gwen."

"And you're on the same team as Adam you know."

"Yeah…" Bridgette let a small smile stretch across her lips as her cheeks turned red "Well he is a great teammate, he really came through for us in the second half of the challenge today. Plus he's really sweet, thoughtful and considerate, such a gentleman, so smooth and so smart, and he's so… so hot… and…" this was when she started daydreaming about Adam to the point where she had a little bit of drool starting to drip out if the corner of her mouth.

Cody snapped his fingers in front of her face to snap her out of it "Well it looks like somebody has a crush on him."

Bridgette snapped out of her thoughts and begann blushing uncontrollably "Oh you're terrible aren't you?"

"Maybe but Adam isn't, frankly he was pretty pissed when he found out you and Geoff broke up."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he spent like an hour venting on the first flight about it."

"Wow. Hey where is Adam anyway?"

"He's off trying to get some alone time, listen to some music and the like."

"Hey Cody!" DJ called from the entrance to first class while he was trying, and noticeably struggling, to hold shut "Can you get over here and see what this crazy girl wants? She keeps trying to break in, something about wanting the dead skin on your feet so she can make a clone of you."

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Adam took off his headphones and let out a sigh "Nothing Bon Jovi to get yourself psyched up for a big competition."

"Hey."

Adam looked up and saw Ezekiel offering him a pop "Thanks." he downed it in one go "So what's up?"

"About earlier, when I screwed up the scarab song. You stood up for me when everyone else was giving me the evil eye. Just… thanks you know."

"Don't worry about it."

"I mean I know I screwed up my chances in season 1 by blurting out that stuff but I've changed since then. I just wanna make up for my screwups."

"Keep your cool man, I get it. I believe in second chances and if you want yours then you got it."

"Thanks homie."

"Just don't call me that."

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Duncan let out a whistle "Sucks to be Cody at times like this."

"And sucks to be you." Chris shoved a parachute into him "Last stop for non competitors."

"Yeah right, you're supposed to give me a ride home dude!"

"Yeah but see the thing is we're going the other way so… See ya, happy landings!" and he promptly shoved Duncan out of the plane.

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"Losing to Adam's Team Mystery is unfortunate." Alejandro admitted "But it's also nothing more than a minor setback, for I still have the upper hand. I know from personal experience just what it is that Adam is capable of, leadership is just the tip of the iceberg of the skills that he has in his arsenal. As for the others, well they don't know a thing about me and that is just how I intend to keep it, you see compared to me even the likes of Heather could be considered to be a saint."

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Chris was actually rather pleased to hear this when he aired it "Oh finally, we actually get a real competitor! Where will our next destination take us and will Owen ever get over his fear of flying? Find out next time on an all new episode of Total! Drama! World Tour!"

A/N:

I know this was supposed to be about Cody winning the season but it's mostly going to be about him and Adam pairing up with Gwen and Bridgette respectively, along with Adam's relationship with Alejandro, mainly due to what I have planned later down the line for Alejandro's character arc.

I referred to Duncan's ending in Total Drama Action because that's honestly the one I prefer, especially since Duncan is one of my favorite characters.

Just to let you guys know, Duncan will still come back for the sake of the story. He will be downgraded somewhat though, considering how he's appeared in every single episode of the first two seasons, so he'll be downgraded in this story and in the last story in this series, which will cover Total Drama All Stars. Also, expect some major changes regarding his love triangle. I personally despise Gwuncan in every way, shape and form.

I said before that I'm cutting out the whole feral Ezekiel thing because that was honestly just creepy, and it's one of two things that I hated about World Tour, the other one being Blaineley.