Once again, writing the challenge in this took more time than I imagined. Hopefully the chapters will be at a slightly more reasonable length once there are less characters to write all at the same time. I had a lot of fun with this challenge and be sure to suggest any movies or genres you'd like to see a challenge based off of in the future. I just might end up using it. Anyway, you can read the chapter now. Enjoy.
"Last time, on Total Drama Winners. Our teams had a sinking feeling about the previous challenge." Footage of the teams trying to climb out of the sunken ship's ballroom in the virtual reality machine. "A lot of people died… Well, not really. But still, they fake-died." A clip of Owen, Sugar and Anne Maria falling down into the flooding ballroom followed by a clip of Jo and Mike falling down the elevator shaft was seen. "In the end, not many people remained. But the Raving Writers ended up winning." A clip of Leshawna escaping the ship played. "And with Jo being ticked off at Mike and her being more useful, it was Not-So-Multiple Mike that rode the Lame-O-Sine." Mike bidding Zoey goodbye before leaving the show was shown.
The scene changed to Chris sitting on the side of the stage where the eliminations take place.
"What virtual insanity shall be wrought? "Wrought"? Am I using that right?" Chris questioned himself. "Whatever, the point is, it's time for Total. Drama. Winners!"
(Theme Song)
The camera faded in on the two trailers early in the morning before anyone had woken up. The scene changed to inside the guy's cabin.
"Hmm… Yay, Lightning wins again…" Lightning murmured in his sleep.
Lightning rolled over in his sleep, right off one of the top bunk and onto the floor.
"Oof!" Lightning exclaimed as we suddenly woke up. "What the hell!"
The sudden shouting woke the rest of the boys.
"Dude, what's goin' on?" Geoff confusedly asked as he got up from his bed.
"Lightning fell outta bed." Lightning explained as he stood up.
"How were you even able to manage that?" Harold asked.
"Dunno. Just did." Lightning replied.
"What time is it right now?" Dave asked as he got out of bed.
"Roughly six in the morning." Harold answered from the bunk above Dave.
"Hey, where's Shawn?" Owen asked.
"Who cares about that paranoid fool?" Max replied.
"He's probably just sleeping somewhere he thinks is "Safe". Like a hole in the ground." Scott remarked.
(Confessional: Owen)
"I'm kinda glad me and Shawn aren't on the same team." Owen admitted. "He just seems a little… Not okay."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the film lot, Shawn was wandering through the film lot.
"Hmm… Where to find that statue…" Shawn muttered to himself.
Shawn noticed a large stack of crates.
"That could work." Shawn remarked. "But which one? Probably the ones at the bottom. Nobody would look there."
He began pulling on one of the wooden boxes at the bottom. He removed the box only for the rest of the crates to come toppling down on his.
"This was not well thought out." Shawn admitted before being buried by the rest of the crates.
(Confessional: Shawn)
"Finding one of those three statues Chris mentioned would be really useful." Shawn told the audience. "I just can't figure out where any of them are hidden."
The scene changed to the inside of the girls' trailer. The only two contestants up were Sugar and Anne Maria. Sugar sat up on her bed while Anne Maria lay down on her bed across the room.
"So, whadda ya think this next challenge's gonna be?" Sugar asked. "I hope my beauty comes in handy."
"Can ya stop talkin'?" Anne Maria asked. "It's six in the morning. Lemme sleep."
"I can't sleep. I'm farmer, I always get up early." Sugar told her.
"Well why do ya have to keep me up?" Anne Maria asked.
"'Cause I'm bored." Sugar explained. "So, ya ever think about what cows would be like if they could talk?"
"That's it. I'm wakin' everyone else up." Anne Maria decided.
Anne Maria sat up and pounded on the wall with her fist.
"Everyone up!" Anne Maria loudly shouted.
The sudden noise caused most of the other girls to spring awake. Jasmine banged her head on the ceiling as she quickly sat up.
"Ow!" Jasmine exclaimed. "What's the big idea 'ere?"
"Mrs. Lard over here wouldn't shut up. So I figured I'd get someone else for her to talk to." Anne Maria exclaimed.
"She's not even on my team, why is this my concern?" Jo asked.
"Hey! Ya can't just talk 'bout me like I ain't here!" Sugar angrily shouted at Jo.
"It's too early in the morning for this. I'm going back to sleep." Beth decided.
"Me too." Zoey agreed.
(Confessional: Zoey)
"I have to share a team with Anne Maria and Sugar for possibly an entire season… This is gonna suck." Zoey remarked.
"I don't know about you, but I'm going out for my morning run." Jo commented as she got out of bed.
"Oh, I was going to do the same. Maybe we can run together." Sky offered.
"No thanks. I don't need the company." Jo declined. "Besides I need to do some… Stuff, on my own."
(Confessional: Sky)
"She was definitely trying to find one of those statues." Sky hypothesized.
The camera cut to a close up of the film lot's loud speakers.
"Good morning everyone! Are you ready for more movie madness?" Chris asked through the speakers. "If you are, meet me and Chef in studio eight. If not… Too bad! You still have to come!"
The scene very quickly changed to the teams arriving in the studio warehouse with the virtual reality machinery. The teams arrived and saw Chris and Chef standing in the middle of the room.
"What gives?" Scott asked. "Why are you doing this so early? I haven't eaten yet."
"I wanted to keep you on your toes." Chris explained. "Don't worry, I'll let you get breakfast next time. On the bright side, you all get free granola bars!"
Chef carelessly tossed a few granola bars at the contestants.
"Ouch!" Leshawna exclaimed a bar hit her on the head. "Man, that thing was surprisingly hard."
"What flavour are these?" Lindsay asked. "I might have an allergy to raisins… Well, okay, it's less of an allergy and more I don't like raisins."
"Kid, just eat 'em." Chef told her.
"So what movie are we basing this challenge on?" Harold asked.
"Well, it's not one movie, but more an entire genre." Chris explained. "More specifically… Superhero movies!"
"Yes! Mwahahaha!" Max laughed.
(Confessional: Max)
"That fool! Putting a supervillain in a superhero themed challenge ensures a victory from my team!" Max cheered. "Ahahaha!"
(Confessional: Dave)
"Something tells me Max is not going to shut up at all during this challenge." Dave remarked.
"What exactly is the challenge though? What do we have to do?" Sky asked.
"Essentially, it's a game of capture the flag with superpowers." Chris explained. "One team will be selected as heroes and the other villains. Each team will have a base. Inside each base is a crystal on a podium. If a team is able to steal a crystal from the opposing team and bring it back to their base, they win. Or you could just kill everyone on the other team to win. Your choice?"
"And what powers do we get?" Beth asked.
"Well, we wanted to let you guys get the powers and gadgets of the cool famous ones like Spiderman or the Joker… But we couldn't afford that." Chris explained. "Instead, you'll be taking on the personas of the less famous, more obscure heroes with practically useless powers."
"What heroes and villains are we going to be?" Harold questioned.
"You'll find out when you get in." Chris told them. "Oh, and just so there's no confusion, the Writers get to be the heroes, and the Editors get to be the villains."
"What! No this is preposterous!" Max protested. "As a freelance supervillain I demand to be placed on the villains team."
"Freelance villain? What does that even mean?" Leshawna asked.
"None of your business!" Max snapped at her.
"Sorry kid, the teams have already been decided." Chris told him. "Now get into that machine."
The contestants sat down in their chairs and placed their helmets on.
"All right, let's get this baby fired up." Chef remarked.
Chef walked up to the machine and pulled the lever.
(Confessional: Harold)
"As a comic fan, I was worried about what powers we would get. Despite there being many great ones… There are also many not so great ones." Harold said.
(Confessional: Sky)
"I'm not really all that into super heroes." Sky admitted. "But how hard could this challenge be?"
Inside the game, nine cryogenic pods are positioned against the walls in a white circular room with a giant super-computer in the middle of it. One of the doors to the pods opened to reveal Dave on the inside. Only he looked slightly different with orange skin, wearing a purple leotard, and a matching purple helmet. The lower parts of his arm below his shoulder were green in colour with strange lumps on them.
"Whoa… Where am I?" Dave wondered, looking down at his hands. "And why do I look so ugly?"
Dave walked up to the computer and pressed a button, turning it on.
"Greetings, hero. I will be guiding you." The computer greeted, in a voice that sounded identical to Chris'. "I am your Computerized Heroic Robotic Intelligent Servant. You can call me C.H.R.I.S. for short."
"Really trying to force that acronym there." Dave commented.
"Your allies shall wake shortly." C.H.R.I.S. explained. "But you probably want to know your powers. You, Dave, have been given the powers of: Arm-Fall-Off Boy."
"I'm sorry, what?" Dave asked.
"You may detach either of your arms and use it as a blunt instrument." C.H.R.I.S. told him.
"Arm my arms made of iron or something?" Dave asked.
"Nope, just regular flesh." C.H.R.I.S. replied. "Good luck fighting."
A second pod opened and Max stepped out. He wore a jumpsuit with a blue top, a white belt, and a black bottom half.
"I still can't believe I'm on the heroes team." Max complained. "I have to wear this hideous outfit now."
"Hello Max, you have the powers of Bouncing Boy." C.H.R.I.S. informed Max.
"What are my powers?" Max asked.
"Do I really have to explain?" The computer asked. "You can bounce."
Max jumped up in the air. When he came back down he bounced straight up into the ceiling before hitting the ground and bouncing back up. He continued going back and forth between the floor and ceiling until Dave grabbed him causing him to stop.
"It took you long enough." Max grumbled.
Two more pods opened and Leshawna and Harold stepped out. Each wore light purple spandex with deeper purple gloves and boots. Both had the initial of their first names on the chest of their outfits.
"Man, I dunno how superheroes make this sorta costume look cool." Leshawna commented.
"Leshawna, Harold, you have the powers of the Wonder Twins: Zan and Jayna." C.H.R.I.S. explained.
"And what powers are those exactly?" Leshawna asked.
"When you touch your fists together, you may shapeshift." The computer went on. "Leshawna, you can transform into any animal. Harold, you can transform into anything made of water."
"Dang it, I wanted the cool one." Harold complained.
(Confessional: Harold)
"I really don't see the practicality of being able to transform into water." Harold admitted. "At least animals are useful. Water is just water."
Another pod opened up and revealed Zoey. She had light blue skin, light purple hair, a green unitard with a swirling blue pattern, matching green and blue knee length boots and gloves, and green shoulder pads.
"Gah! Why is my skin blue!" Zoey exclaimed after looking down at her hands.
Zoey exited her pod.
"Zoey, you have been given the powers of Infectious Lass." C.H.R.I.S. told her. "You have an immunity to most diseases which is good because your body is riddled with them."
"Ew…" Zoey cringed.
"You also have the power to spread your diseases to other people." C.H.R.I.S. explained. "But be careful, you don't have total control over it."
"Ah! Double ew!" Zoey exclaimed as she backed up into her cryogenics pod.
(Confessional: Zoey)
"Well, I probably have the grossest super power ever." Zoey commented.
Yet another one of the pods opened to reveal Scott inside. He wore orange spandex with a white belt and an emblem of what appeared to be a boulder on his chest.
"Hello Scott, you have been granted to powers of Stone Boy." C.H.R.I.S. explained. "You may turn your body into stone at will."
"Hey, that's pretty sweet." Scott remarked. "Lemme try that."
Scott's entirely body suddenly turned to stone. He stood still for a few moments before falling over backwards, still immobile.
"You also cannot move in stone for." C.H.R.I.S. added.
Scott transformed back into his non-stone form.
"What the hell!" Scott exclaimed. "Why didn't ya tell me before!"
"Actually, in the comics Stone Boy did eventually learn to move in stone form." Harold remarked. "But I guess Chris wanted to make it hard for us."
Another pod popped open and Anne Maria stepped out. She was equipped with purple spandex and a belt and collar patterned like a rainbow.
"What the- Why'm I dressed like a damn clown!" Anne Maria angrily shouted.
"Anne Maria, you are Rainbow Girl. With the power to manipulate other people's emotions." C.H.R.I.S. explained.
"Well that sounds pretty neat." Anne Maria remarked, suddenly sounding happy.
"However you also get uncontrollable mood swings." C.H.R.I.S. added.
"I feel like that's sexist in some way." Leshawna remarked.
"Probably." Zoey added.
"Don't come near me Disease Girl." Leshawna told her.
"I'm pretty sure he called me Infectious Lass." Zoey corrected.
"Diseases where?!" Anne Maria panicked.
(Confessional: Scott)
"Chris really wasn't kidding when he said he was giving us awful powers." Scott remarked. "I feel like I'm probably going to end up getting myself killed."
A rather large pod opened up and Owen got out of it. He wore spandex with a green torso, yellow legs and arms, and some black on the shoulders.
"Heh heh, this looks cool." Owen remarked. "What powers do I have?"
"You, Owen, have been given the powers of Matter-Eater-Lad." C.H.R.I.S. informed him.
"That's only slightly worse than my name…" Dave mumbled.
"This gives you the power to eat and digest anything." C.H.R.I.S. explained.
"Heh, I kinda already had that power." Owen joked.
The final pod opened to reveal Sugar on the inside. She wore green spandex with gloves, boots, and what appeared to be a one piece swim suit all made out of brown fur over that.
"What the hay?" Sugar remarked. "What's with the clothes? It ain't fur season yet. I'd get laughed out of the pageant dressed like this."
"Sugar, you are: Squirrel Girl." C.H.R.I.S. told her. "Your main power is to control animals. But only squirrels."
(Confessional: Sugar)
"I've probably cooked more squirrels than talked to 'em, but hopefully this power works out." Sugar remarked.
The scene changed to the inside of a room identical to the one the Writers woke up in except that the walls were painted black instead of white and there were only eight cryogenic pods. One of the pods opened to reveal Lindsay inside wearing a Tarzan-like dress that appeared to be made from leopard skin.
"Ew, this outfit is not me at all." Lindsay remarked.
Lindsay wandered over to the computer in the middle of the room.
"Hmm… Wonder what button starts this thingy." Lindsay said.
She pressed a random button on it causing the screen to light up.
"Hello, I am your Computerized Helpful Evil Friend." The computer introduced themselves in a voice that sounded like Chef's. "But you can just call me C.H.E.F. if you want."
"Who am I and what are my powers?" Lindsay asked.
"You're Giganta and you've been given the power to grow larger in height at will." C.H.E.F. explained.
"Wow, that sounds like a really cool power." Lindsay remarked.
"Gonna be totally honest, I think Chris just chose this character as an excuse to get you in as little clothing as possible." C.H.E.F. admitted "What an old creep… Ow!"
"What was with he "Ow" part?" Lindsay asked.
"Chris just hit me in real life." C.H.E.F. explained. "Anyway, time to wake up the rest of your team."
A second pod opened up and Jasmine stepped out. She was wearing a blue jacket with a pattern that appeared to be made up of white boomerangs along with black pants. She had a holster on her side that held a boomerang in it.
"What the 'ell is this all about?" Jasmine confusedly remarked.
"Jasmine, you are now Captain Boomerang." C.H.E.F. informed her. "Your power is being really good at using a boomerang."
"Really? I mean… Really?" Jasmine asked. "A boomerang? That's not even a power."
(Confessional: Jasmine)
"Oh sure, they just 'ad to give the Australian girl the boomerang." Jasmine complained. "I've never even thrown one of those things in my life before this challenge. 'Spose it could've been worse. I think I made the most of it."
Another pod opened and Geoff stepped out from inside. He wore white spandex with multi-coloured polka dots on it, a red belt, and red goggles each with a different colour in the eye.
"Dude, this feels so weird. It's like wearing those 3-D glasses." Geoff commented. "Real trippy."
"Geoff, you're Polka Dot Man." Chef explained. "You got the power to rip those dots off your suit and use them for all sorts of things."
"I can't tell if that's really cool or really lame." Geoff remarked.
(Confessional: Geoff)
"Y'know I kinda think Chris is just making up some of these guys." Geoff admitted.
A fourth pod opened and Jo exited. She wore light blue spendex with matching boots and a darker blue cowl. Her suit seemed to have the symbols of various zodiac signs on it.
"Why the heck am I dressed like a horoscope?" Jo asked.
"Jo, you are Zodiac Master." C.H.E.F. explained. "Basically, your power is the same as Geoff's. You can take those symbols off your costume as use them was weapons."
"Hey, I don't read many comics, but isn't that Zodiac Dude supposed to be a guy?" Geoff asked.
"It was harder to find lame lady super villains than we thought it'd be." C.H.E.F. admitted. "Also, we just wanted to mess with you by doing this."
"How does this mess with me?" Jo asked.
"It'll make Lightning think you're a man even more." C.H.E.F. explained.
"Dammit!" Jo exclaimed.
"Speaking of which, let's wake him up." C.H.E.F. said.
Another pod popped open and Lightning stepped out. Lightning wore a metal helmet with three lights that were coloured red, yellow, and blue. He also had a tunic with a multicoloured quilt pattern and a yellow belt. The sleeves and pants on his outfit were black.
"Sha-damn!" Lightning exclaimed. "Why's everything so colourful up in here?"
"Lightning, you've got the powers of Crazy Quilt." C.H.E.F. explained. "Besides seeing everything in really bright colours that helmet of yours can hypnotize people and shoot lasers.
"This ain't so bad. Lightning just wishes his costume wasn't so silly." Lightning commented.
"At least you don't look like a zodiac wheel." Jo remarked.
"Oh hey man, nice outfit." Lightning told Jo.
"I hate you…" Jo mumbled to herself.
Another pod opened itself up and Sky stepped out. She wore a metallic body suit and helmet with a strange pattern on the legs.
"Huh, I feel slightly taller than usual." Sky remarked.
"That's 'cause you've got the powers of Lady Stilt-Man." C.H.E.F. explained.
"Do you mean Stilt-Lady?" Sky asked.
"Apparently there was a Stilt-Man and then there's this lady with similar powers and- Look, it's some nerd stuff I don't wanna explain." C.H.E.F. replied. "Point is, your name is Lady Stilt-Man and your powers are to get really tall thanks to that robot suit you got there."
Another cryogenic pod opened and revealed Beth inside. She wore a green mask resembling a moth, orange metallic wings, a tight purple shirt, and orange and green striped stockings. She had a belt which had a strange looking gun in its holster.
"Gah! I can't see in this thing!" Beth exclaimed as she fumbled to remove her helmet.
Beth took off her helmet.
"That's better." Beth remarked.
"All right Beth, you're Killer Moth." C.H.E.F. told her. "Those wings on your back can help you fly and you got a cocoon gun too."
(Confessional: Beth)
"Y'know my powers aren't so bad… Just wish I wasn't a moth." Beth said.
The very last pod opened to reveal Shawn on the inside. He wore red spandex with a stripe in the middle and sunglasses. Along the chest of his outfit was several symbols that seemed to be eyes.
"What the- How am I looking at my legs!" Shawn exclaimed. "And from so many angles!"
"Huh? What are you talking about, bro?" Lightning asked.
"Shawn, you are the Ten Eyed Man." C.H.E.F. informed him. "With the power of having eyes on each of your fingers."
Shawn pointed his hands at the computer and revealed that there were indeed eyes on each of his fingers.
"Gross…" Beth cringed.
"Well, I didn't need to sleep tonight." Jo remarked.
(Confessional: Shawn)
"Having ten eyes is not a super power." Shawn stated. "If anything, it makes being evil harder. If you tried to make a fist you'd be blind!"
The scene changed back to the Writers walking through the corridors of the hero headquarters.
"All right, anybody here have a plan?" Dave asked.
"First, we need to find this crystal Chris was talking about." Harold told him.
"What does this crystal thing even do?" Zoey asked.
"Probably nothing. It's just a plot device to drive the story forward." Harold replied. "Most movies have at least one. Like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction."
"Is that the movie about John Travolta and Sam Jackson going to get burgers?" Owen asked.
"I don't even know how to respond to that." Harold remarked.
The Writers enter a room at the end of the hall that contained a red gem on a pedestal with a glass casing over it.
"Well, that's gotta be the crystal." Sugar remarked.
"We found the dang crystal. What's the plan now?" Leshawna asked.
"We should split up." Harold suggested. "Three of us guards the crystal, the other three guard the front door to this place, and the last three try and break in to the opposing team's base."
"I wanna be part of that there break in team. I can't use my powers if there ain't any squirrels around." Sugar said.
"Uh, I guess I'll go with you." Zoey told Sugar. "After all, if I stayed behind the only people I'd be infecting would be on my team."
"Why should pretty little redhead and 'lil miss pageant queen get to go out on a mission!" Anne Maria yelled. "I wanna do that."
After a few moments Anne Maria sheepishly smiled.
"Heh, no idea what came over me just there." Anne Maria sheepishly remarked.
"Yeah, there's still enough room for one more person." Zoey pointed out.
"Great, I'll go with you." Anne Maria said.
(Confessional: Anne Maria)
"'Kay, every second I was in that challenge I hated my "Powers" more and more." Anne Maria told the audience.
"I'll go with Leshawna and guard the door." Harold said. "Since our powers only work when we're together there's no point in being separated."
"Hmm... I'll go with you." Scott decided. "You'll probably be less annoying than the others."
"How dare you!" Max exclaimed. "I'll get my revenge for this."
(Confessional: Scott)
"Man, that little guy is annoying." Scott remarked. "How is he a winner exactly?"
"Heh, so I guess that leaves me, Max, and Dave in the gem room." Owen said.
"With my stupid power this is probably for the best." Dave admitted.
"Hmmph, I'd rather be out there fighting." Max grumbled.
"Gosh, it's too late for this. Let's all just get in position." Harold told his team.
Meanwhile, the Editors had discovered a gem room of their own. The only real difference was that the gem on the pedestal was blue instead of red.
"Ooh, what a pretty little thing." Lindsay remarked. "I'd totally wear that on like, a necklace."
"So, like, what's the plan from here, dude?" Geoff asked.
"I've got a plan. We send two of us off to scout out the area. See what the defence on the other place is." Jo instructed. "Once you're back, we formulate another plan."
"Y'know, that's actually a pretty good idea." Jasmine admitted.
"Of course it's a good plan. That's why I thought of it." Jo replied.
"Who should we send out?" Shawn asked.
"Beth and Sky." Jo stated. "Beth can get a view from the air and Sky can get the same effect with her stilts."
"I think we should send something a bit more subtle." Jasmine disagreed. "Someone flying and a woman on stilts would stand out."
"Fine, who would you send?" Jo asked.
"Shawn because he can use his power to see around corners and Lightning because if they're caught, he can use the helmet to hypnotize them." Jasmine reasoned.
"How about we split the difference?" Sky suggested. "Me and Lightning will go."
"That's all right with me." Beth replied. "If I'm being honest, I have no idea how these wings work."
"I'm okay with staying here too." Shawn admitted. "It is really annoying to hold my hands up at whatever I want to look at."
Sky and Lightning both began walking away from their team to go scout the area.
(Confessional: Jo)
"Jasmine is clearly a very big leader type." Jo said. "I have some respect for her. But mostly, I dislike her for getting in my way. Funny how stuff like that works out."
Meanwhile, Anne Maria, Sugar, and Zoey were walking through a cityscape together away from their base.
"Where are we going?" Zoey asked. "And why are you two walking so fast?"
"'Cause we don't wanna end up with the flu." Sugar told her.
"Oh come on, I'm not that contagious." Zoey defended.
"Better safe than sick." Anne Maria replied.
"Fair point." Zoey admitted as she intentionally slowed her pace to distance herself from the other girls.
"So what're we out here lookin' for anyway?" Sugar asked.
"Probably something evil looking. Like a fort shaped like a skull." Anne Maria replied.
The two of them wandered through the city some more until Sugar saw a park.
"Hey! Let's get through that there park." Sugar suggested. "There are probably squirrels in there."
"Why not. Sounds like a fun adventure." Anne Maria cheerily said.
(Confessional: Zoey)
"I kinda liked Anne Maria better with those mood swings." Zoey admitted. "At least she was nice sometimes."
Meanwhile, Sky and Lightning were walking through another part of the city together.
"Man, why ain't anybody out here?" Lightning wondered.
"I guess Chris didn't feel like adding anybody other than us to this virtual world." Sky remarked.
"He sure don't know much about how colours work." Lightning remarked. "Clouds ain't 'sposed to be green."
"Lightning, I think it's just your helmet that's making you see that." Sky told him.
"Maybe your eyes just ain't right." Lightning suggested.
"Look, let's just try and keep a low profile around here." Sky suggested.
Lightning nodded.
The two of the kept going through the city until they saw the same park the others saw.
"Hey maybe we could go through there?" Lightning suggested. "It'll probably be faster than the other way."
"All right, sure." Sky replied. "What the worst that could happen?"
"Probably a lot." Lightning answered.
"It was a rhetorical question." Sky told him. "Now let's move."
The two of them walked into the area of the park.
"So what're we lookin' for exactly?" Lightning asked.
"We need to see where the other team is located then report back to our team." Sky explained. "Were you not paying attention?"
"Kinda. Lightning was tryin' to figure out why he's dressed like his farsighted grandma knitted him a Halloween costume." Lightning replied. "At least you got to get the cool costume."
"True." Sky admitted.
The duo continued through the park until they heard footsteps up ahead.
"We've got company." Sky told Lightning. "Quick, let's hide."
The two villains ducked into a nearby bush.
"What's the plan from here?" Lightning whispered to his partner.
"I don't know." Sky admitted. "Let's just see who's up ahead then we'll improvise from there."
After a few quiet moments Sugar, Anne Maria, and Zoey walked up the path towards where the two Editors were hidden.
"I'm bored." Sugar complained. "And I ain't seein' any squirrels anywhere."
"Zip it!" Anne Maria snapped at her. "I can't believe I have to put up with you two!"
"It was your idea to tag along in the first place." Zoey pointed out.
"I realize that!" Anne Maria shouted.
The camera focused back on the two Editor villains in the bushes.
"You thinkin' what Lightning's thinkin'?" Lightning asked.
"Ambush?" Sky guessed.
"Yep." Lightning replied. "Lets go."
Lightning and Sky both jumped out from the bush in the path of the Writers.
"Hold it right there!" Lightning explained. "You're in our sha-path!"
Sugar immediately burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"This is the funniest thing I've seen all day!" Sugar continued to laugh before losing her balance and falling over to the ground. "Your outfits are so silly! This is a riot!"
"Says the girl dressed like a squirrel." Sky remarked.
"Hey! Squirrels are vicious. One of 'em took my uncle Paulie's eye out two summers ago." Sugar said as she stopped laughing and stood up.
"Uh, hey, so, are we gonna like, fight or something?" Zoey asked.
"Sha-yeah we are!" Lightning cheered. "Let's do this! Woo!"
Lightning fired a blue ray of light from his helmet but it missed the three heroes.
"Dang it!" Lightning exclaimed.
"Oh it is going down now!" Anne Maria exclaimed.
She fired a light blue ball of light from her hands that hit Lightning in the head, knocking him down.
"Y'know, Lightning suddenly don't feel like fighting." Lightning remarked. "Weird."
Anne Maria ran at Lightning and hit him in the face.
"Well I do!" Anne Maria exclaimed. "Let's throw down!"
"All right, I guess we're really doing this." Sky remarked. "Here I go."
The robotic legs on Sky's suit began to extend.
"Pfft, that's your power?" Sugar asked. "What're you gonna do? Step on me?"
Sky kicked Sugar with her newly long legs sending her flying into a nearby tree.
"I'll keep my mouth shut now…" Sugar weakly muttered.
Lightning stood up.
"Ha! Takes more than a punch to keep Lightning from getting back up again." Lightning said. "Let's try this again."
Lightning fired a red blast of light from his suit. It hit Anne Maria in the chest, knocking her over.
"Ow! Why you little- This ain't over!" Anne Maria exclaimed. "Zoey! You just gonna stand there?! Go infect one of these mouth breathers!"
"Oh, okay." Zoey replied.
"I take great offence to being called a mouth breather." Sky remarked.
Zoey ran up to Lightning. She coughed and a cloud of spores went up into his face.
"Sha-gross, girl! What the hell was that?" Lightning asked.
"Uh… I'm supposed to be Infectious Lass." Zoey explained. "You're probably not going to feel very well pretty soon."
"Lightning don't' feel anything." Lightning remarked. "So… Sha-bye!"
Lightning fired a ray of red light from his helmet, knocking Zoey back a few feet.
"I think that takes care of things." Sky remarked as she resumed her regular height.
"Let's get outta here." Lightning said.
Hey! Ain't ya forgetting about someone?" Sugar asked from out of view.
Sky and Lightning looked over and saw Sugar with a large group of squirrels behind her.
"Hahaha! That is sha-hilarious!" Lightning laughed. "What're you gonna do."
"Lightning, I think we should be worried." Sky told him.
"Attack!" Sugar exclaimed.
The squirrels ran at the two villains. They ran on top of Lightning and pinned him to the ground.
"Ow! Get your tiny little legs off me!" Lightning exclaimed.
Sky started extending the legs of her suit as the squirrels began climbing up.
"All right, let's get out of here." Sky said.
She one by one kicked her legs sending the squirrels on them flying. Her legs detracted to her regular height. She grabbed Lightning's hand and began to extend her legs again. The squirrels started to fall off of Lightning.
"Thanks, girl." Lightning said. "Let's book it back to the base."
Sky nodded and began to run with her newly long legs.
"That'll show 'em." Sugar remarked.
Sugar went over to where Anne Maria and Zoey were on the ground and helped them up.
"You okay?" Sugar asked.
"I'll be all right. Just take me back to the base." Zoey replied. "I think I need a few moments to recover."
(Confessional: Sky)
"That encounter could've gone better." Sky admitted. "How was I supposed ot know those squirrels would be so tough?"
Meanwhile, by the entrance to the Writers' home base, Leshawna, Harold, and Scott were guarding the door.
"I am so bored right now." Scott complained. "Nothing interesting is happening."
"Will you shut up?" Lehsawna asked. "I've heard enough of your whining."
"But nothing's happened. What's the point of having super powers if you can't use them?" Scott asked.
"He's sort of a got a point." Harold remarked.
"Don't side with him." Leshawna told Harold.
"Sorry." Harold apologized.
Just then, Anne Maria, Sugar, and Zoey ran up to their teammates at the gate, looking out of breath.
"What happened to you guys?" Scott asked.
"We had a run in with the other team." Zoey explained.
"I drove 'em off with my squirrels." Sugar added.
"But we might wanna redo our plan." Anne Maria remarked. "'Cause those guys were surprisingly tough."
"All right, let's talk this over with the rest of the team." Leshawna replied.
Meanwhile, back inside the room with the gem, Dave, Owen, and Max were talking.
"So tell me Dave, can you really remove one of your arms?" Max asked.
"I mean, that's what the computer said." Dave replied. "I haven't tried it though."
"Ooh, ooh, I wanna see that." Owen said.
"All right, I'll try." Dave remarked.
Dave grabbed his left arm and pulled it. His arm detached leading a weird squishy stump in its place.
"Yep…. I can remove it…" Dave commented, sounding grossed out. "I'm just gonna put it back before I faint…"
He reattached his left arm as quickly as he could.
"Cool." Owen remarked.
The rest of the Writers entered the gem room.
"Hmmph, shouldn't you be out fighting evil?" Max asked.
"Yeah, we sorta did that." Zoey said. "But we got beat up."
"But my squirrels saved the day." Sugar added.
"You don't have to keep reminding us!" Anne Maria shouted. "Heh… Sorry."
"We're here to formulate a new plan." Harold explained.
"Come to turn to me for advice have you?" Max asked. "Well, it's about time."
"Yeah, we are not doing that." Lesahwna told him. "We just wanted everyone to be here."
"So what's the plan anyway?" Owen asked.
"I say we send more people out to the villains' base." Scott suggested. "Let's bring the fight to them."
"Well, I've heard worse ideas." Leshawna remarked. "It could work. But who should go?"
"I think I did all right." Anne Maria boasted. "I wanna go back out."
"Me too!" Sugar exclaimed. "Those squirrels were fun!"
"I think I'll stay." Zoey remarked. "My powers didn't really seem to do anything."
"I'd certainly like to get into the action myself." Harold commented. "And since I'm powers can't function on their own I need Leshawna to accompany me."
"Fine. I'll go with you." Leshawna told him.
"Yes." Harold quietly cheered to himself.
(Confessional: Harold)
"I think me and Leshawna have great teamwork." Harold said. "Much like the actual Wonder Twins… Minus the being related part, obviously."
"I would like to go as well." Max added. "I may not be a supervillain as I am in real life. But I'd like to put my powers to good use."
"Sounds fun." Owen remarked. "I'd like to come too."
"That should be enough people." Harold remarked. "Everyone else stay here. Let's roll."
The seven contestants who chose to leave exited the gem room.
(Confessional: Dave)
"I didn't really mind not going out on that mission." Dave admitted. "Really, my only power was dismembering myself so it's not too much of a loss to not have me."
Meanwhile, at the villains' base, Lightning and Sky enter through the front door where their teammates were waiting.
"Well, did you see anything?" Jo asked.
"Squirrels… So many squirrels…" Lightning muttered. "Everything's so cold…"
"Is he okay?" Beth asked.
"Zoey coughed on him. I think he might be sick now." Sky explained. "Also, don't go through the park. Apparently, Sugar can talk to squirrels now."
"That doesn't sound so bad." Lindsay remarked.
"It is… Very bad…" Lightning muttered. "Does anyone have those chewy Flintstones vitamins? Lightning wants some…"
"All right here's the plan. We send our least useless members over to the heroes." Jo suggested.
"Actually, that's not that bad a plan." Jasmine admitted.
(Confessional: Jasmine)
"I feel like I might've misjudged Jo at first." Jasmine told the audience. "Still… Something isn't quite right about 'er. I'll still keep one eye open when she's around."
"But who do you consider to be "The least useless" exactly?" Jasmine continued.
"That is a good question." Jo admitted. "Lindsay may be thicker than a box of doorknobs but her power is actually useful."
"It is?" Lindsay asked. "That's nice."
"Sky seemed to do pretty well. We should send her back out." Jasmine suggested.
"I'll allow it." Jo said.
"What does that mean?" Sky asked.
"I don't have to answer you." Jo replied. "You know what, Beth, Shawn, you stay here. No offence but you seem useless. Be sure to keep an eye on Lightning. Everyone else come with me. We're gonna storm the heroes base."
"Wait, even me?" Geoff asked. "You sure?"
"Yeah, I have to question Geoff's inclusion." Jasmine added. "There's strength in number and all… But his villain name is Polka Dot Man. That doesn't exactly give off a fearful persona."
"Uh huh, gotta agree." Geoff added. "You sure about this?"
"Now that you say it out loud, it does sound kinda stupid." Jo admitted. "All right Geoff, you stay here. Every one else. Let's get out of here and take the fight to the other team."
Meanwhile, the heroes from before were out walking through the cityscape towards the villains' base.
"So Harold, is your only power really just turning into water?" Sugar asked.
"Unfortunately." Harold replied.
"Haha! That is hilarious!" Sugar laughed.
"Hmmph, it's not that funny." Max remarked.
"I think it kinda is." Owen admitted. "No offence taken."
"None taken." Harold said.
"Guys, we need to focus on getting over to the other team." Leshawna reminded them.
"Ooh! Ooh! Can we go through the park again?" Sugar asked. "That's where all the squirrels are."
"Why not." Leshawna replied.
"Yeehaw!" Sugar exclaimed.
(Confessional: Max)
"Ugh… She's obnoxious." Max remarked. "Can you imagine being around someone so annoying all the time? It's insufferable."
Meanwhile, the selected members of the villains were off in another part of the city.
"Hey Jo, so like, what are your powers again?" Lindsay asked.
"I'm not exactly sure." Jo admitted. "I think I can turn the pictures on this suit into weapons on something."
"That's still a better gimmick than mine." Jasmine remarked. "Boomerangs are not a suitable gimmick for me."
"You seem really upset about the whole boomerang thing." Sky commented.
"I've just never thrown one, that's all." Jasmine explained.
The four kept going through the forest until they came across the park from earlier.
"Hold on, we should go around this." Sky advised.
"Why, it looks like it'll be a short cut." Jo replied.
"Didn't I already tell you?" Sky asked. "That's where Sugar can get all of her squirrels from… I can not believe I just said that."
"Neither can I." Jo remarked. "Man, this place gets weirder every time I come back."
"I kinda like it here." Lindsay remarked. "Wait, what were we talking about?"
"We were talking about why we should go around the park." Sky reminded them. "Away from the squirrels."
"I say we go for it." Jo said. "There are more of us now. We can overpower them."
"Arright, I'll let you try this." Jasmine told Jo. "But if it backfires don't blame me."
"I won't." Jo replied.
The villains began walking through the park.
"I have such a bad feeling about this." Sky remarked.
"Maybe that bad feeling is just skipping breakfast?" Lindsay asked. "I get super grumpy whenever I miss breakfast."
"As long as we avoid any squirrels we should be fine." Sky said. "Wow… I keep having to say such ridiculous things."
(Confessional: Sky)
"I can't believe it took me that long to realize how ridiculous the challenge was." Sky remarked. "If this is only the second, that does not bode well for the rest of these challenges."
The Editors continued to stroll through the park.
"See anything yet?" Lindsay asked.
"Will you please stop asking?" Jo irritably replied.
"But I wanna know." Lindsay said. "Please. Pretty please."
"No! I do not see anything!" Jo snapped. "Now will you just please shut up!?"
"Deep breaths, Jo. Deep breaths." Jasmine advised her.
"I didn't ask for your opinion." Jo told her.
The Editors walked in silence for a few more moments until they came across the Writers standing in their path.
"Huh, didn't expect to meet you here again." Anne Maria remarked. "You ready to get beaten again?"
Sugar once again burst out into laughter.
"Aw man! These outfits are even worse than the last!" Sugar laughed. "'Specially the one with the tiny boomerangs."
"Sadly, you're right about that." Jasmine admitted.
"A lot of these characters got a much needed update after the silver age." Harold remarked.
"Nobody cares." Jo told him. "Now are you all ready to fight?"
"Agreed, enough with the pleasantries. Let's fight!" Max exclaimed.
"Leshawna, let's transform." Harold suggested.
"Do we have to?" Leshawna asked. "Being an animal seems weird."
"Just do it. It's an awesome power." Harold told her.
"Fine." Leshawna replied.
Leshawna and Harold put their fists together.
"Wonder Twin powers activate!" Harold exclaimed.
"You don't have to do that." Leshawna told him.
"Form of: A block of ice!" Harold cheered.
"Uh, form of: A tiger?" Leshawna unsurely said.
Harold transformed into a large bowling ball shaped block of ice and Leshawna turned into a tiger with features resembling herself.
"Ooh, I have awesome powers too!" Lindsay exclaimed.
Lindsay grew to the height of a skyscraper.
"Whee! You guys look like little ants." Lindsay remarked.
"Huh… Looks like they've got a big advantage." Max remarked.
"Are you talking about her breasts?" Owen asked.
"No you fool! She's a literal giant!" Max shouted.
"Attack!" Jo exclaimed.
Jasmine took a boomerang from her holster and threw it at the other team. Owen jumped in the way and the boomerang bounced off her.
"Dang it…" Jasmine muttered.
Owen picked up the boomerang and bit a piece out of it.
"Hey, I really can eat anything. Cool." Owen remarked.
"I'll be right back guys! I'mma get an army of squirrels." Sugar told her team before running off into the trees of the park.
Max jumped up in the air and landed on his stomach. He bounced up and forwards towards the villainous team. Max hit Jo in the chest causing him to bounce back and her to fall over.
"Ha, it's almost too easy." Max remarked as he landed on his feet.
(Confessional: Max)
"Hmm, perhaps bouncing isn't such an awful power after all." Max remarked. "I need to write that down in my potential gadgets notebook."
"I'm not being defeated by you of all people!" Jo exclaimed.
Jo got to her feet and peeled the symbol of an arrow off her chest.
"Behold the power of Capricorn!" Jo exclaimed.
"It's Sagittarius." Jasmine corrected. "Capricorn's the weird mermaid-goat."
"Shut up." Jo said as the 2D arrow became three dimensional.l
She threw the golden arrow at the Writers as a jet came out of the back of said arrow. The arrow hit Owen in the stomach and knocked him a few feet back before dematerializing.
"I'm okay… Kinda…" Owen murmured.
"Don't worry team! You can do it!" Harold cheered in his ice form.
"Harold sweetie, the support is appreciated, but not helping." Leshawna told him.
Leshawna, in tiger form, charged at Lindsay and bit her big toe.
"Heh, that kinda tickles." Lindsay commented.
(Confessional: Leshawna)
"That was a stupid move." Leshawna admitted. "Really shoulda seen it coming."
Lindsay kicked her enormous leg and sent Leshawna flying into the distance where she landed on top of Ice-Form-Harold.
"Didn't go too well, huh?" Harold asked.
"What gave it away?" Leshawna replied.
The two of them transformed back into their human forms.
"All right, I think I got a plan." Leshawna remarked. "Damn… My back feels numb."
"What's the plan?" Harold asked.
"Retreat!" Leshawna exclaimed before standing up.
"Huh?" Harold confusedly murmured.
"Trust me on this." Leshawna said before she started running away from the villains.
Harold got up and follow her.
"Hey! Where are ya going!" Anne Maria exclaimed. "Don't just run! We gotta-"
The expression on Anne Maria's face suddenly changed.
"I suddenly feel like running." Anne Maria said. "Wait for me before I die!"
Anne Maria began chasing after the other two.
(Confessional: Anne Maria)
"Stupid virtual mood swings…" Anne Maria grumbled.
Owen and Max ran after the rest of their team. All the Writers hid behind a nearby bush.
"Ha! We win!" Jo cheered.
"They're planning something…" Jasmine observed, quizzically scratching her chin.
"What are you talking about?" Lindsay asked as she shrunk to her normal size.
"Something doesn't seem right." Jasmine said. "They're going to do something. Quick, let's hide and come up with a plan of our own. Also, one of us needs to eves drop of them."
"I'll do it." Sky volunteered. "Without these stilts I'm the shortest one here."
Sky began walking over to the bush the heroes were hiding in while the other Editors hid over in a different bush.
The camera focused itself on the hidden heroes.
"So what's the plan from here?" Owen asked. "It's very hard for me to fit back here."
"Hang on, where's Sugar?" Harold asked.
Sugar rushed up to the other heroes behind the bush with a group of squirrels following her.
"I'm here! I got the squirrels!" Sugar cheered. "Why are we hiding?"
"We're coming up with a new plan." Leshawna explained.
"Why's hiding part of the plan?" Sugar asked.
"Shut up and let me think." Leshawna told her.
The Writers waited in silence for a few moments.
"Can I butt in?" Harold spoke up. "How about we send half of this group to the villains' base to retrieve their crystal while the other half fends off."
"You just gave me a great idea." Leshawna replied. "Owen, Max, Sugar, go to the other team's HQ while me, Harold, and Anne Maria distract the others."
"Uh, I ain't wanting to offend anyone. But are they the best choice?" Anne Maria asked.
"Look, the three of us need to be here for our plan to work." Leshawna said. "Trust me."
"Yes, I'm sure my abilities will be quite useful." Max proclaimed.
"What he said." Owen added.
"Squirrels!" Sugar cheered.
"Just let me explain what we gotta do before anything else." Leshawna told her team.
(Confessional: Sugar)
"I may've gotten a bit too much in character back there." Sugar admitted.
(Confessional: Leshawna)
"Yeah… Sugar ain't the type of person I want to stick around for too long." Leshawna said. "No offence, but she's a little weird and not in the good kinda way."
The scene changed to the Editors over behind their bush. Sky quickly climbed behind the bush.
"Okay guys, I was able to eavesdrop on the others." Sky informed her team.
"What'd they say?" Lindsay asked.
"They're planning to send three of their guys over to our base." Sky explained. "I left before they could finish because I was worried about getting caught."
"Hmm… That is a good plan." Jo admitted. "And they say imitation is the best form of flattery."
"Are you suggesting we send one of our own into their base?" Jasmine asked.
"Exactly." Jo replied. "The only question is who. We can't send too many or we might be outnumbered. I think we should only send one. Anyone wanna go?"
"I'll do it." Jasmine volunteered. "You all hold the other team off while I get past. Let's go!"
The Editors got out from behind their bush just as the other team got out from theirs.
"You all ready to go down!" Jo taunted the other team.
"Only if you are." Leshawna confidently replied.
"Squirrels attack!" Sugar exclaimed.
The group of squirrels following sugar scurried towards the Writers. The squirrels crawled on the four Writers causing much confusion.
"Oh god why!" Jo exclaimed.
"Not the face!" Lindsay exclaimed. "Anything but that!"
In this confusion Owen, Max, and Sugar ran past the Writers. Once they were gone the squirrels followed the other three.
"What the heck just happened?" Sky asked.
"Doesn't matter! Attack them!" Jo ordered.
Anne Maria shot Jo with a ball of yellow energy.
"Or not, do what you feel." Jo said.
(Confessional: Jo)
"Ugh… That felt so unnatural." Jo shuddered.
Jasmine ran towards the Editors. She took another boomerang from her belt and threw it at them. The boomerang hit Harold in the face, knocking him over.
"I'm okay… Probably." Harold muttered.
The boomerang came back towards Jasmine who grabbed it before running away from both teams towards the Writers' base.
"All right, it's go time!" Jo cheered. "Let's fight!"
Lindsay grew to her skyscraper-like size and Sky extended her stilt legs.
"Wonder Twin powers activate!" Harold cheered as he and Leshawna pressed their fists together.
"Harold, you don't need to do that." Leshawna told him.
"Form of: A puddle of water!" Harold exclaimed.
"Form of: An eagle!" Leshawna cheered.
Harold transformed into a puddle of water on the ground with his face on it while Leshawna became a bald eagle.
"This is my part, right?" Anne Maria asked. "I'm all of a sudden not feeling confident."
"Just do your thing." Harold told her.
Anne Maria nodded before firing a ball of red energy at Lindsay.
"Gah! You're gonna pay for that!" Lindsay shouted, suddenly sounding angry.
Leshawna flew up to Lindsay and began circling around her head.
"Stop doing that! It's annoying!" Lindsay angrily exclaimed.
"Uh, Lindsay, keep calm." Sky told her.
"I am calm!" Lindsay shouted as she swatted at and missed Leshawna.
Leshawna flew away from Lindsay who slowly followed. Lindsay stepped on Harold in his water form and began to topple over backwards.
"Whoa!" Lindsay exclaimed as she fell.
Sky extended her legs further and put her hands on Lindsay's back in an attempt to hold her up.
"I've got you…" Sky weakly told Lindsay.
The legs on Sky's stilt suit slowly began to collapse.
"No I don't…" Sky realized.
Sky's suit broke completely and she fell to the ground.
"I'm okay…" Sky muttered before looking up and seeing Lindsay falling down towards her. "But not for long…"
Lindsay landed on top of Sky, killing her virtually.
"Ow… My head." Lindsay mumbled.
"Ha! Looks like we took out two." Anne Maria cheered.
"Well, I'm not one to run from a fight." Jo said. "But in this case…"
Jo began to flee from the scene.
(Confessional: Jo)
"That was not my proudest moment." Jo admitted.
Meanwhile, inside the base of the Angry Editors, the non-chosen contestants were waiting by the front doors.
"Ugh… Lightning's got a stomach ache." Lightning groaned in pain.
"Don't worry, I'm sure it'll feel better once we're out of the simulation." Beth told him.
"You think we should be keeping a better eye on the door?" Shawn asked. "We haven't really been taking any security measures."
"What's the worst that could-" Geoff began before the door behind them burst opened to reveal Sugar, Owen, and Max on the other side.
"Yeehaw! It's squirrel time!" Sugar cheered.
"Not again!" Lightning screamed.
"Mwahaha! That crystal will be ours!" Max exclaimed.
"That doesn't sound very heroic, Max." Owen pointed out.
"Shut up." Max told him. "I'm not a hero."
"Gah! Who's there!" Shawn exclaimed as he pointed his fingers at the door.
(Confessional: Shawn)
"I don't get how having ten eyes counts as a power." Shawn admitted.
"Heh, so are you ready to fight, guys?" Beth asked.
"You know it." Sugar replied. "Hit me with yer best shot."
Beth took her cocoon gun from her belt and fired it. The substance inside the gun hit Sugar in the yes, blinding her.
"What in tarnation! I can't see!" Sugar exclaimed. "Get this stuff off!"
Max jumped over to the wall and bounced off that surface towards the villains. He moved towards Shawn who ducked, causing Max to bump into a nearby wall.
"Oof!" Max exclaimed before bouncing off that wall back towards Shawn. "You'll pay for that!"
Max landed on top of Shawn who quickly moved his hands out of the way.
"Get off of me!" Shawn exclaimed.
Shawn kicked Max in the stomach sending him flying up the ceiling.
"A little help here!" Max angrily requested as he bounced up and down between the ceiling and floor.
"I gots my own problems, okay?" Sugar replied as she pulled to get the gunk from Beth's cocoon gun out from her eyes.
"Ooh! I can help!" Owen exclaimed.
Owen ran over to where Max was and grabbed him before setting him down.
"Bro, you like, totally forgot I was here." Geoff said.
Geoff peeled a purple polka dot from his suit which suddenly became three dimensional and the size of a throwing disc.
"Ha! You honestly expect me to be afraid of that!" Max laughed. "That is the most hilarious thing I've heard all day!"
"Yeah, sorry Geoff. Gotta agree with Max." Owen admitted. "I mean, how's a polka dot 'sposed to-"
He threw the polka dot he was holding at the two heroes, hitting Owen in the head, knocking ho over.
"Oh… That's how…" Owen mumbled. "Ouch."
"Whoa, I didn't expect that to work." Geoff admitted. "Sweet."
Geoff took another polka dot from his suit and threw it at Max, knocking him down as well.
"Haha! Got it!" Sugar cheered as she ripped the cocoon from her face. "Squirrels attack!"
The squirrels gathered around Sugar began to charge at the villains.
"This is gonna be awesome!" Geoff cheered.
"I'm scared…" Beth mumbled.
"As long as they stay away from my hand-eyes, I'll be okay." Shawn said.
Meanwhile, the left behind Writers were back at their home base.
"Ugh… I haven't gotten to do any fighting." Scott complained. "It's so boring here."
"It's probably for the best that you stay here." Dave told him.
"Why's that?" Scott asked.
"That whole dropping Owen, Anne, and Sugar in the last challenge thing." Zoey reminded him.
"It was one time!" Scott angrily told her.
"That still isn't an excuse." Dave pointed out. "Besides, you've got a pretty useless power."
"Says the man who can make his arms fall off." Scott replied.
"Fair point." Dave admitted. "On the bright side, at least we're safer back here than out with the others."
The door swung open to reveal Jasmine on the other side.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that." Jasmine remarked.
"Dang it!" Dave exclaimed. "I need to learn not to tempt fate like that."
"She doesn't look too tough." Scott remarked.
"Maybe a boomerang to that big mouth of yours would change your tune." Jasmine told him.
Jasmine removed a boomerang from her holster and threw it at the three Writers.
It hit Dave with such force that it caused one of his arms to fall off.
"Oh my lord! Those are some powerful boomerangs!" Jasmine exclaimed as her boomerang returned and she grabbed it.
"No, it's supposed to do that." Dave replied. "Uh… Unfortunately."
Dave picked up his detached arm.
"C'mon guys, we can take her." Zoey motivated her team. "It's three to one."
"But we have the worst powers out of everyone on our team." Scott pointed out.
"True." Zoey admitted. "But we've still got strength in numbers."
"We'll see about that." Jasmine told them. "I've still got plenty of weapons left."
(Confessional: Jasmine)
"I actually got into the whole boomerang thing." Jasmine admitted. "As much as I don't wanna seem like a big Australian stereotype, throwing those things were pretty fun."
Jasmine took two boomerangs from her belt and threw them at the three heroes. The first one hit Zoey in the head knocking her over while the second one flew toward Scott. However, Scott turned his body to stone causing the boomerang to bounce off.
"Hmm… Now there's an interesting power." Jasmine remarked.
Scott transformed back out of his rocky form.
"C'mon guys, don't just stand there. Attack!" Scott ordered his teammates. "Now!"
The three Writers ran at Jasmine. Once Zoey was close enough she shot some orange spores at Jasmine through her fingertips. Jasmine quickly covered her mouth to avoid the spores.
"Sorry." Zoey apologized. "I know these powers are kinda gross."
Dave swung at Jasmine using his detached arm.
"That's not a very good weapon." Jasmine remarked. "It'd be more efficient to just punch me."
"Thanks for the advice." Dave replied before reattaching his arm.
Scott tackled Jasmine to the ground and wrapped his arms around her waist. He quickly turned to stone, pinning down Jasmine.
"Hey, looks like Scott's power came in handy." Zoey remarked.
"It seems so…" Jasmine muttered as she struggled to break free.
"What do we do now?" Dave asked.
"I have no idea." Zoey admitted.
"Is releasing me an option?" Jasmine asked.
"Probably not." Dave told her.
"I saw that coming." Jasmine admitted. "Well, guess I'll 'ave to escape on my own."
After struggling for a few moments more Jasmine began to roll around the room with Scott still clinging too her.
"What's your plan here?" Dave asked as he observed Jasmine's rolling around.
"Yeah, it just looks kinda ridiculous." Zoey told her.
"I'm improvising." Jasmine explained. "Not really sure where I'm going, but it sure is somewhere?"
"Should we stop her?" Zoey asked.
"I'm kinda interested in where this is going to be honest." Dave replied. "Let's watch. It's not like she can break free from Scott. He's solid stone."
Jasmine continued to roll back and forth, smashing herself between two walls as she went until Scott came out of his stone form.
"All right! That's enough!" Scott exclaimed as he let go of her. "You're making me motion sick!"
"It's about time." Jasmine remarked. "Now, it's time to take the rest of you down."
(Confessional: Scott)
"As ridiculous as that whole thing was, I want the record to show that it made me very dizzy." Scott told the audience. "I had a good reason, all right."
Meanwhile, Jo was running through an alley away from Harold, Leshawna, and Anne Maria.
"All right Jo, think on your feet." Jo told herself. "Think, what other powers do I have?"
Jo peeled the symbol of a bronze ram's head off her costume became three dimensional.
"What's this one again? Taurus?" Jo guessed.
"It's Aries actually." Harold corrected. "Taurus is the bull, Aries is the ram."
"Still using it." Jo replied.
Jo threw the ram's head at the three heroes and a rocket came out the back of it. The bronze ram head hit Harold in the chest, knocking him back a few feet.
"Don't worry, I got a way we can handle this situation." Anne Maria told her team.
Anne Maria created a ball of yellow energy and threw it at Jo.
"Gah! I feel… Happy all of a sudden." Jo remarked. "Like I don't wanna fight."
"How long should this last?" Leshawna asked.
"Dunno." Anne Maria shrugged. "As long as nothing snaps her out of it we should be fine."
"C'mon, let's go find the rest of our team." Harold advised.
(Confessional: Jo)
"Ugh… I can't believe she did that to me twice." Jo complained. "I feel so violated."
Meanwhile, Max, Owen, and Sugar, as well as her squirrels, were fighting the villains that stayed behind at their base.
"Yo! Lightning! A little help here?" Geoff requested.
"Lightning's brain hurts…" Lightning muttered as he sat up. "Colour laser… Or something."
Lightning weakly shot a blast of green light at the heroes that hit Owen, toppling him over.
"Oof!" Owen exclaimed. "Hey!"
"Done now…" Lightning murmured before lying back down.
(Confessional: Lightning)
"Man, that Zoey girl needs to see a doctor." Lightning remarked. "Lightning had 'bout ten difference diseases back there."
The wings on Beth's outfit flapped and she rose from the ground.
"I'm warning you I got a gun." Beth threatened. "Well… A cocoon gun. But still, a gun."
"That ain't really too threatening." Sugar told her.
"Well, it sounded like a threat to me." Beth remarked.
Beth fired off her cocoon gun but missed the heroes instead hitting some spots on and a few squirrels.
"Hmm… Sugar, I've got an idea." Max informed his companion.
"What kind of idea?" Sugar asked.
"No time to explain." Max replied. "All you need to do is hold these villains off."
(Confessional: Max)
"As a real life supervillain I had the upper hand." Max bragged. "Plus, I'm pretty cunning in general."
Max ran away from his teammates and over towards the room with the gem in it.
"Hey man! You're not getting away!" Geoff exclaimed as he began to chase after Max.
"Curses!" Max exclaimed. "I did not anticipate being followed."
"You're not too good at this, little dude." Geoff told Max as he peeled a yellow polka dot from his suit.
Geoff three the now three dimensional dot at Max only to miss.
"Aw nuts." Geoff remarked.
Max made it into the gem room with Geoff hot on his trail.
"Gah! I need to hurry!" Max exclaimed as he ran at the crystal on the pedestal. "I'll show my team for making fun of my haircut! Mwahaha!"
Geoff took another dot off his suit and three it at Max, hitting him in the back of the head.
"Oof!" Max exclaimed as he fell over.
"Sorry little dude." Geoff apologized to Max. "No hard feelings though, right? It's just a game anyway."
"No! I will not be defeated by polka dots." Max angrily told him as he stood up.
Max ran at the pedestal and grabbed the gem from it.
"Man, not cool." Geoff said.
Max jumped up to the wall and began bouncing up towards the ceiling. Geoff peeled several polka dots from his outfit and began to throw them at Max who was able to bounce out of the way just in time. Max bounced off ceiling and hit Geoff, toppling him to the ground.
"I'll take my leave now." Max remarked.
"Man, not cool." Geoff said.
Max ran out of the gem room to the entrance room where Owen and Sugar were tied up by Beth's cocoon gun. Owen had cocoon gunk over his mouth.
"Hey! Can ya get us some help?" Sugar asked. "My damn squirrels ran away!"
"Sorry, but I have a valuable gem. I need to return to our base." Max told his teammates. "I'm sure you can get yourself out of this. Goodbye."
Max ran out of the room.
"Aw c'mon!" Sugar exclaimed.
(Confessional: Max)
"Was that a cowardly thing to do?" Max rhetorically asked. "Incredibly. But I knew once I got back to my team base I'd be known as a hero to them."
"Did he just leave?" Shawn asked. "I wasn't pointing my hands at him."
"Yep. He's gone." Beth replied.
"We should go after him, right?" Shawn asked.
"I'll do it." Beth said. "You keep an eye on the other two."
"Lucky for you, I have ten of them." Shawn replied.
Meanwhile, at the hero's headquarters, Jasmine was still in combat with them. She grabbed a boomerang from her belt and threw it at the heroes only to miss.
"You're being really persistent about this." Dave remarked.
"Thank you." Jasmine replied.
Jasmine ran towards Zoey and threw a punch but the hero ducked out of the way just I time.
"You're surprisingly nimble." Jasmine commented. "Didn't expect that."
"Oh, um, thank you?" Zoey confusedly replied.
Jasmine swept Zoey's legs, causing her to fall over.
"Hey!" Zoey exclaimed.
Jasmine quickly ran into the gem room and grabbed the crystal from its pedestal.
"Ha! Done!" Jasmine cheered.
She turned around and saw Scott blocking the exit.
"Not so fast!" Scott exclaimed. "I'm not letting you out of here."
Scott transformed his body into stone. Jasmine approached Scott and pushed on his chest causing him to fall over.
(Confessional: Scott)
"Really should've thought that out a bit better." Scott admitted.
Jasmine exited the base.
"Oh boy… We should follow him, shouldn't we?" Dave asked.
"Probably." Zoey replied.
"Crap… This is not going to go well, is it?" Dave remarked.
Meanwhile, Max was running away from Beth and Geoff through the park.
"C'mon dude, you're not gonna be able to get away from us on those stubby little legs of yours." Geoff told him.
"Yeah, you've kinda got the disadvantage here." Beth said as her wings began to flap, causing her to rise from the ground.
"I shall never give up!" Max exclaimed. "You here me? Never! Mwaha-"
Max was cut off when he ran directly into Lindsay, causing them both to fall over.
"Oh hi Mark. I was wondering where everyone went." Lindsay remarked.
"Hey! Linds! Get Max! He has our gem thingy!" Geoff shouted to her.
"Okay." Lindsay replied.
Lindsay grew to the size of a large tree and grabbed on to Max.
"Curses! Let me go!" Max exclaimed.
"Sorry, I can't." Lindsay apologized. "Then my team would lose."
(Confessional: Lindsay)
"I still don't get this virtual reality challenge thing." Lindsay admitted. "It makes my brain hurt but not in a good way."
Meanwhile, Jasmine was running from Dave and Scott.
"Can you please slow down…" Dave panted. "Apparently, endurance is not one of my superpowers."
"Sorry, you'll just have to try and catch up on your own." Jasmine replied. "Enjoy the elimination ceremony."
"We'll see who'll lose." Scott remarked as he ran.
"No need to get so cocky." Jasmine told him. "You just might…"
Jasmine stopped talking and running when she saw Leshawa, Anne Maria, and Harold standing in front of her.
"Oh… I almost forgot about you guys. How are ya?" Jasmine asked.
"Just fine, thanks for asking." Anne Maria replied.
"Are you being sarcastic?" Jasmine asked.
"She's having one of her superpowered mood swings again." Leshawna explained. "Look, just hand over the gem and we won't beat you up."
"Aw, I don't wanna beat her up." Anne Maria said. "That'd be mean."
"If I'm going down it won't be without a fight." Jasmine remarked as she took two boomerangs from her belt.
She threw the boomerangs at the heroes in front of her, hitting Leshawna and Harold in their faces. Both of them were knocked to the ground. Jasmine began running away once she hit.
"Oh no ya don't!" Anne Maria exclaimed. "I'm suddenly feelin' pretty angry."
Anne Maria fired a ball of red energy from her hands. Jasmine ducked out of the way and the energy ball hit Scott.
"Gah! I'm gonna punch someone!" Scott exclaimed.
Scott ran at Jasmine and punched her, causing her to fall to her knees.
"That was quite the punch." Jasmine remarked, sounding slightly stunned.
"Heh, take it easy there." Dave told his partner.
"Don't tell me what to do." Scott snapped at him.
Just then, the jet powered head of a bronze ram hit Scott in the stomach, forcing him back a few feet.
"Hey! Quit it!" Jo exclaimed from out of view.
"Huh?" Dave murmured as he turned his head to see standing nearby.
"Oh… Hey there…" Anne Maria nervously greeted.
Jo ran up to Anne Maria and punched her in the gut.
"That's for making me act like someone else!" Jo exclaimed.
"Thanks for the help." Jasmine remarked as she stood up.
"You get that crystal to our base." Jo instructed Jasmine. "I'll take care of these guys."
Jasmine nodded and began to run.
"Not so fast." Harold told Jo as he and Leshawna stood up and put their fists together. "Wonder Twin powers activate!"
"Form of: A wolf!" Leshawna exclaimed.
"Shape of: A block of ice!" Harold cheered.
Both of them transformed into their chosen forms.
"Scott, Dave, wanna help?" Leshawna asked.
"You bet." Scott replied.
"Uh, I'll just watch for now." Dave remarked.
(Confessional: Dave)
"Still pretty ticked off that my power was the worst of the bunch." Dave admitted. "And I don't even read comic books or anything like that."
Meanwhile, Max was still struggling to break free from Lindsay's grip.
"Let go of me you buffoon!" Max shouted at her as he squirmed. "I am about to win this."
"Sorry, but we kinda can't let you." Lindsay apologized.
"Bro, give it up." Geoff told him. "This is getting kinda fun to watch."
"Never!" Max exclaimed.
"Please stop. I'm actually kinda feeling sorry for you now." Beth admitted.
"I don't need your pity!" Max angrily replied.
Max bit down on one of Lindsay's fingers in his rage.
"Hey!" Lindsay exclaimed as she let go of him.
"Haha!" Max laughed before he looked down and saw that he was falling. "I did not think this through…"
Beth flew in and grabbed Max before he hit the ground.
"What the- Why did you save me?" Max asked. "Aren't you supposed to be villains?"
"Well, we want our crystal." Beth replied. "Also I'm not a real super villain. I'm just Beth."
Beth placed down Max and grabbed the gem from him.
"No! Give it back! Now!" Max exclaimed.
Just then, Jasmine ran past the three villains and Max.
"What the- Hey! I won't let you get that gem to your base!" Max shouted at her.
Max began running after Jasmine.
"You're a real persistent kid, aren't ya." Jasmine remarked.
"Incredibly." Max said as he continued to run. "Now hand over the crystal!"
"Sorry, can't do that." Jasmine told him.
"Curse you!" Max yelled.
(Confessional: Jasmine)
"Man, that kid is obnoxious." Jasmine commented.
Max jumped at Jasmine and grabbed her legs. This caused Jasmine to lose her balance and fall forwards. This caused her to drop her gem and it rolled up to the door of the villain's base.
"No!" Jasmine exclaimed. "Yes!"
Shawn stepped outside the base.
"What's going on out here?" Shawn asked as he pointed his hands over at Jasmine and Max.
"Shawn! You need to grab the crystal and take it inside!" Jasmine frantically instructed her boyfriend. "It's at your feet!"
Shawn pointed his hands down and saw the gem.
"Right." Shawn replied.
He cautiously picked up the crystal with the palms of his hands without using his fingers.
"Easy… Easy… Don't wanna go blind…" Shawn told himself.
Shawn made it inside his base. Once he was entirely inside Jasmine and Max began glowing blue before disappearing completely.
(Confessional: Shawn)
"Although bad guys aren't supposed to win, I don't really mind it in this case." Shawn said.
Back in the real world, the visors on the contestant's helmets flipped up, bringing them out of the simulation.
"Now that was awesome to watch." Chris remarked.
"I'm glad you're all up." Sky remarked. "It was really lonely out here."
"Editors, you seem to have recovered from your previous loss." Chris told them. "Writers, you'll be attending an award ceremony. And whoever gets snubbed, doesn't get to stick around. But for now, it's time for lunch. So please, enjoy whatever Chef's cooked up this time."
The scene changed to the teams each at their separate tables in the film lot dining area. The camera focused itself on the Writers.
"Well, not only do we have to eat this slop, but now we have to be paranoid about one of us going home." Anne Maria complained. "This sucks."
"Heh, if you're not gonna eat your food I'll have it." Owen told her.
Anne Maria wordlessly pushed her tray over to Owen.
"My great grandma always told me that you gotta always look on the bright side." Sugar remarked. "Then again, she was always a little loopy."
"Y'know I don't understand you sometimes." Anne Maria remarked.
"She's always like this. Unfortunately." Dave said.
"Hey!" Sugar exclaimed.
"So… Should we discuss who we should eliminate?" Zoey asked.
"I wouldn't recommend it." Harold replied. "It'd just make us all feel uncomfortable."
"Hate to admit it, but poindexter has a point." Scott commented.
"Hmmph, why? Afraid you'll be eliminated?" Max asked.
"Why would anyone vote for me?" Scott questioned.
"I mean, you didn't help all that much." Leshawna remarked.
"Yeah, you rolled around with Jasmine and later socked her in the face. But that's it." Dave reminded him.
"That's some big talk coming from you, arm boy." Scott replied.
"Guys, can we please focus on something else?" Harold asked.
"Like what?" Zoey asked.
"Ooh, wasn't it cool to be a superhero?" Owen asked.
"Yeah, controllin' squirrels was kinda fun." Sugar admitted.
"Agreed. Despite being only able to transform into water based forms, it was pretty fun." Harold commented.
(Confessional: Scott)
"The people here still seem to dislike me." Scott observed. "I need an alliance and fast. The question is: Who to form the alliance with?"
Meanwhile, over at the Angry Editor's table, the other team was celebrating their victory.
"Woohoo! We're number one!" Geoff cheered.
"Don't get so over excited." Shawn told him. "Wouldn't wanna let our guard down, would we?"
"It is a good thing we won." Sky commented. "I was really worried you'd vote for me."
"Why'd we do that?" Geoff asked.
"I was the only one to be taken out of the challenge." Sky pointed out.
"True." Jo replied. "But you also seem athletic. Plus, you're small and can fit into places others can't. That makes you an asset."
"Should I be offended by that?" Sky asked.
"Lightning thinks you should." Lightning said. "Jo's a weird dude. He says some stuff Lightning don't like sometimes."
"Again, not a guy." Jo reminded him. "Seriously, even Lindsay realizes this."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lindsay asked. "Seriously, I wasn't listening."
"It's for your own good that you didn't hear." Jo replied.
"This team is strange sometimes." Beth commented.
(Confessional: Jasmine)
"Despite the rocky start in the first challenge, I'm confident our team can become a powerhouse from here." Jasmine told the audience.
The scene faded to later in the day with the Writers sitting in the audience of the stage Chris was up on.
"And they say heroes always win." Chris remarked.
"Real original." Leshawna sarcastically murmured.
"Anyway, get into the makeup room and get to casting those votes for who will get the dishonour of riding the Lame-o-sine." Chris instructed the team.
(Voting Confessional: Anne Maria)
Anne Maria held up a photo of Zoey to the camera.
"Look, Zoey, I ain't still jealous over Mike. Frankly, he ain't that cool when he's not Vito. But you haven't really been that good at any of these challenge." Anne Maria said. "So, that's why I'm voting for you."
(Voting Confessional: Dave)
Dave drew an X over a picture of Max and held it to the camera.
"You're annoying, you have an ego the size of Jupiter, and you lost the challenge for us." Dave listed off. "Good riddance."
(Voting Confessional: Leshawna)
Leshawna showed a crossed out photograph of Max to the audience.
"Sorry little guy, but you're really not helping us. At all." Leshawna said.
(Voting Confessional: Sugar)
Sugar held a photo of Zoey with an X over it to the camera.
"I ain't really too sure 'bout who to vote for." Sugar admitted. "So I'm goin' for Zoey 'cause she's kinda quiet and all she really did in the challenge is cough on that one feller. 'Least Max is funny."
(Voting Confessional: Owen)
"Heh, I'm not really sure to vote for." Owen admitted. "I'm thinking either Scott or Max but decision making just isn't my thing. Gimme some more time."
(Voting Confessional: Zoey)
Zoey held up a picture of Sugar with an X over it.
"Look, I like to say I'm a nice person… But I'm sorry, Sugar's a bit too… Eccentric for my tastes." Zoey commented.
(Voting Confessional: Max)
Max showed a picture of Sugar with an X on it to the camera.
"Hmmph, I didn't like her the first time around and I still don't exactly care for her." Max said. "Farewell, country girl."
(Voting Confessional: Scott)
"Right now, I'm not voting strategically." Scott admitted. "It's either Max or Sugar. Why? Because they're both annoying. I just don't know which one."
(Voting Confessional: Harold)
Harold held a picture of Scott with a red X on it to the camera.
"Strategically speaking, this is the best vote. He's the least trustworthy person here and taking him out early would help a lot." Harold explained.
The scene changed to the contestants back at the ceremony with Chris and Chef on the stage.
"So, you're all probably wondering if you get an award." Chris commented. "Well, the following contestants are safe: Harold, Leshawna, Anne Maria, Owen, and Dave."
Chef tossed each of them a Gilded Chris Award.
"Zoey, Scott, Max, and Sugar. One of you will not get to stay." Chris informed them. "But these next two Gilded Chris Awards go to…"
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"… Zoey and Scott!"
Chef threw two more awards to the mentioned contestants.
"Sugar, Max, gonna be honest, most of your team does not like you." Chris told them. "But, one of you is slightly more liked. And that one is…"
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"… Sugar!"
Chef tossed the final golden Chris statue to Sugar.
"Woo! I'm number one! I'm number on!" Sugar cheered herself on.
"Yeah, that isn't pathetic." Scott remarked.
"No! This is unfair! I demand a recount!" Max yelled. "I will not budge from this spot until justice is served!"
"Chef, get him." Chris instructed his co host.
"Sure thing, boss." Chef replied.
Chef went up to Max and grabbed him.
"What are you doing? Unhand me this instant!" Max demanded.
"Try and leave with some dignity." Chef told him.
Chef made it up to the limousine and placed Max inside of it.
"This won't be the last you hear of me!" Max shouted from inside the vehicle as it drove off. "Soon you'll all bow before me when I am ruler of this puny planet! Mwahaha!"
The camera cut back to Chris on stage.
"I'm going to miss that guy. Not because I like him. But because he annoys everyone else." Chris said before turning to the audience. "Who else will I miss? Probably not a lot but you'll have to find out next time. On Total. Drama. Winners!"
Votes:
Anne Maria - Zoey
Dave - Max
Harold - Scott
Leshawna - Max
Max - Sugar
Owen - Max
Scott - Max
Sugar - Zoey
Zoey - Sugar
Results:
Max - 4 votes
Sugar - 2 votes
Zoey - 2 votes
Scott - 1 vote
Eliminated:
Mike, the Nice Guy (18th Place)
Max, the Super Villain (17th Place)
Well, that certainly was fun to write. I usually don't do chapters with this much action so I hope it turned out okay. Hopefully it wasn't too long for you either. Also, I'm not a huge comic reader so if I got anything wrong about the powers of the characters in this chapter please let me know. I also realize that a few of the characters were updated to be cooler eventually but for comic effect I left them in their less cool era. As for Max's elimination, I had no real ideas for him other than comic relief. Sorry to any Max fan's out there. Anyway, please be sure to leave a review if you have anything you want to say about the chapter. Thanks for reading.