TOTAL DRAMA TERRA

TOTAL DRAMA TERRA!

Chapter 4 You Must be Joking!

AN: Hello and welcome to the forth chapter of Total Drama Terra! This chapter will cover the campers being shown most of the camp, and the prelude to the first challenge which will be covered mostly in the next chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Storm Hawks, and never will. They are the property of Asaph "Ace" Fipke and made by Nerd Corps Entertainment, however I DO own Kai, the Shadow crystal and a portion this story. Also I do not own Total Drama Island, as it is the property of Jennifer Pertsch, Tom McGillis and Teletoon. If I did own either series, they probably wouldn't have turned out as good as they did.

Credits

As I said above, I only own a portion of this story; those portions are Kai, and his Shadow crystal The rest belongs to the following.

Tigger and Aladd are the property of Mysgrl7.

Rondana is the creation of MissDedodakes.

Shadow is the cool creation of ShadowQueen25.

Scarlett was created by the talented LoveFlame.

Marina is the creations of fellow gamer enthusiast Star Wars nut.

And last but certainly not least, Fate is the grand creation of ShadowHawk91

This chapter is dedicated to RenaYumi. Your story's taught me just how far a person can take insanity and madness. I hope to someday write something as funny and humorous as you do on a regular basis.

"Speech"

"Thought"

Last Time on Total Drama Terra! (Narrated by Chris)

The campers had just arrived at the meeting location, under the belief that they would be attending a regular summer camp. They knew that there would be challenges, and that the winner would receive a grand prize of one hundred million gold. They even knew that the challenges would be televised.

After the first few arrivals things were pretty calm, aside from a few small incidents, that was until the last contestant, Dove, crashed her skimmer in a magnificent display of carnage and destruction into Storks custom set of wheels. After making sure that everyone was ok, we boarded the boat and arrived at the island where the camp is located.

How will the campers react when they see the camp? What will happen when they find out that more than just the challenges are televised? Not well I'm sure, but that's nothing compared to what I have in store for them. What will happen when they find out the true identities of their fellow campers?

Find out on TOTAL!... DRAMA!...TERRA!

(If your interested, and have a good imagination, head over to youtube and watch the opening for Total Drama Island, but make the following changes using your imagination. Owen/Snipe Geoff/Kai Bridget/Starling DJ/Junko Duncan/Finn Courtney/Scarlett Heather/Master Cyclonis Lashana/Ravess Harold/Stork Izzy/Shadow Lindsay/Rondana Tyler/Repton Eva/Fate Noah/Harrier Ezekiel/Dark Ace Justin/Aladd Katie/Dove Sadie/Tigger Beth/Suzi-Lu Trent/Aerrow Gwen/Piper Cody/Marina. Note, this is mainly just for laughs, the characters in this story will not be using those characters lines for each episode.)

The group remained silent, still shocked at the site before them. The camp, if it could be called that, looked like it had been abandoned for fifty years, swallowed by the Leviathan, and then barffed back up.

"You can not be serious. There is no way, that this is where we're staying!" Master Cyclonis shouted.

However, Kai, Starling, Shadow, Rondana, Fate, Dark Ace, Aladd, Dove and Tigger all shared a different thought. "I've lived in worse."

"It's not that bad, I mean, sure it's not great, but our carrier's not much better." Piper replied upon seeing her companion's faces, particularly Stork's.

"This is an outrage! How you expect us to sleep in trailers!" Harrier shouted.

"Trailers? What are you?" Finn never finished his question. Looking behind him in the direction Harrier was pointing he saw what the man was upset about.

Lined up off to one side were four medium sized fifth wheels and two double wide trailers.

"Dude, what are you complaining about? Those things are nicer then my base." Kai replied.

"Look. They have air conditioning, and they're hooked up for electrical and water. So at least they have indoor plumbing." Aladd added.

"Yeah, about those…"

The group turned to look at Chris.

"The four smaller ones are for the camera crews." Chris said with a smile.

"So? We'll just have to split between the two double wides. Boy's and girls, no big." Aerrow said confidently.

"About those, well, see, here's the thing. The one on the left, the big one, that's for Grand Master Chef . The bigger one, the deluxe package with the direct tv and fully stocked fridges, that ones mine." As Chris spoke, his smile grew larger, and larger.

"Where do we sleep then? Outside? I thought this was a summer camp." Scarlett said in a sharp tone.

"Outside? Where the mind worms and millions of other dangerous infections and creatures lurk!" Stork had begun hyperventilating again.

"No! We're not completely heartless. If you will follow me, I'll lead you to your cabins." Chris replied as he turned and walked further into the dilapidated camp.

"Cabins? Wow, haven't stayed in one of those in a while." Shadow said with a somewhat disappointed voice.

"Well, it is supposed to be a challenge. Cheer up, it can be that bad." Aerrow said reassuringly.

The entire conversation of course was within Chris's range of hearing. "Man, you guys have no idea." Chris had an evil grin plastered on his face, but since the group was following him, they couldn't see it.

Master Cyclonis, Kai, and Fate however, did feel a sudden chill. "There has been a great disturbance within the realm of darkness..." Was their shared thought.

"Ok, here are your cabins. They will serve as your sleeping quarters for anywhere from today, to the next twenty six weeks." Chris said now facing the group.

"T t t t t..tttt…thos…those…YOU CANT EXPECT US TO LIVE IN THOSE!" Rondana shouted.

"Those things are in worse shape then the Cond..ORRHFF!" Finn didn't get the chance to blow the Hawks cover thanks to a quick elbow courtesy of Shadow.

Kai, Starling, Fate, Dark Ace, and Dove shared the same though. "I've still lived in worse."

Then one of the handrails fell off.

This time, Kai, Dark Ace and Dove were the only ones. "I've still lived in worse."

"Uh, if those are the cabins, where are the restrooms?" Snipe asked, and soon regretted.

"The the showers are over there, and the outhouse is over there." Chris said pointing to two medium buildings, and a then to a third smaller building.

"Outhouse? What's an outhouse?" Rondana asked.

This time, it was only Kai and Dark Ace. "still had worse..."

"An outhouse, is a hole in the ground with four walls." Came Dark Aces quick response.

"What purpose would that serve? Why put walls around a hole in the ground? If they're worried someone would fall in they should just fill it in." Rondana said still confused.

"You don't get it do you, that IS the bathroom." Finn said trying not to laugh, but failing horribly.

It took everything Chris had not to fall to the ground laughing when he saw the poor girl's expression.

"You can't be serious!" Rondana shouted.

"Why is it you get trailers and we get an outhouse?" Piper asked.

"Simple, you guys are the campers, I'm not, I'm just the counselor and host. Oh, one more thing, and this is important. The last stall all the way to the right, we have set up as a confession booth of sorts. If you have anything you want to say, and you don't want anyone here to hear it, you can talk to the camera we have set up on the door."

"So, like, nobody will hear what we say? It's completely confidential?" Rondana asked nervously.

"I swear, nobody here will know what you say, unless their eavesdropping, then your free to beat them senseless." Chris replied. "The people here won't see it, but the world will." Chris was so caught up in his planning he hadn't realized that the campers were now discussing sleeping arrangements.

"Ok then, we'll just split up, boys and girls. Come on guys, this isn't too bad." Aerrow said trying to instill some form of confidence into his squadron.

"Sorry, but I'm afraid your wrong there as well. You all will be divided into two teams. Those two teams will each be given a cabin."

"WHAT! You can't be serious! It's against code to have male and female sharing quarters!" The group turned to see Harrier had awoken and was dropped from Junko's shoulder.

"Actually, it's not." The group turned to see Chris with a beaming smile.

"What are you talking about?! Of course it's against the code! Look, I brought a copy with me, I'll show you!" Harrier was digging in his bag but was stopped by Chris.

"Like I said, it's not against code, and I can give you three reasons why. First, the code only applies to Terra Rex, which this is not." Chris held up his index finger. "Second, those forms you guys signed, one of them gave me your full consent to follow any rules or guidelines I set up so long as long as they don't endanger anyone's life, religion, or cultural customs." He added then held up a second finger. "And lastly, even if this was Terra Rex, you'd still have to do it because I outrank you." Chris turned to show the insignia stitched to his shoulders after putting up a third finger.

"Wow, you were a vice admiral!" The group turned and stared at Piper.

"What? I know a bit about rank insignias, no big deal." Piper said nervously.

"Back to the matter at hand, how is it you plan to divide us up?" Kai said not liking the way the man was now smiling.

"Simple, I'll be drawing names from this." Chris held up a small bag he had pulled from who knows where.

"Wait, you have all our names in that thing?" Master Cyclonis asked in a worried tone.

Everyone in the group aside from Harrier and Marina were now extremely nervous.

"Yes, but first, I had something that I wanted to share with everyone." Looking around to make sure he had everyone's attention Chris continued. "I was watching the way all of you were interacting at the dock. It saddened me how few of you have been honest. I value honesty above everything else. Especially when it will help our ratings. So, I will ask you all this, who here is a crystal expert?"

The group went from being worried, to confused. Without really thinking, Piper and Master Cyclonis held up their hands.

"Good, good. Ok, who here can tell me what this is." Chris held up on hand. In it was a rectangular crystal with a gold cross that wrapped around it.

Piper and Master Cyclonis both held up their hands. "Ok, you with the pink hair." Chris said pointing at Piper.

"That would be a blocker crystal." She answered slightly confused.

"Good, good, now, which of you can tell me what this is." Chris held his other hand. In it was a small spherical crystal. It was dark blue and had a green wavy pattern across it.

Both girls raised their hand again. "Okeeeeee, blondie." Chris pointed at Master Cyclonis.

"That would be an eruption stone." Master Cyclonis answered not liking where this was going.

"Good, now, lets see what happens when the two are put together shall we?" Chris brought his hands together slamming the two crystals.

The result was a green flash of light. When it passed over the group, every chroma crystal shorted out, revealing the persons true appearance. Everyone except Kai, Harrier, Marina, Fate and Aladd shouted out in a combination of anger and shock.

"WHATS THE BIG IDEA!" Everyone that had used a chroma shouted. When the Cyclonian's and Sky Knights saw each other however, their focus shifted from Chris to each other. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" They each drew their weapons and were about to attack, when a loud whistle stopped them in their tracks.

"Hey, hey, no fighting. Unless I say so. Master Chief, would you please relieve them of their arms?" Chris said looking like a father scolding a bunch of children.

During the brief pause, several people had other, more pressing matters running through their heads.

"I cant believe I actually flirted with Piper! Yarg, a Storm Hawk. Now I have to burn this shirt." Thought Aladd. The he remembered. "Oh God! I flirted with Master Cyclonis too! And I lived to tell about it! Now, as long as Tigger and Aerrow don't figure out who I am, everything should be alright."

"I tried to flirt with my dad! EWWWW grossss. Now I know I need therapy." Though Shadow as she shuddered.

"When I find out who that guy with the mustache is, I'll tear him to pieces! No one flirts with Piper!" Aerrow thought firmly, before amending the thought. "Except for me of course."

"I knew it! So, Master Cyclonis is here." Piper thought sadly.

"Piper, she knew it was me. But, why didn't she tell the others? Why didn't she turn me in?" Master Cyclonis pondered.

"Starling's here? Snap, what do I do? Repton's here too! I have to make sure he doesn't hurt her." Kai nervously positioned himself between the two. He almost succeeded, but his sleeve brushed against hers and caught her attention. When she looked at him curiously, Kai just smiled and waved.

"So, the one that got away is here. I'll replace the shield with an even better trophy." Was Repton's only thought, not even taking into account the overwhelmingly large number of Sky Knights present.

Dark Ace, Ravess, and Snipe however, all shared the same thought when they saw Master Cyclonis glaring at them. "I am so, completely, and utterly screwed."

A single voice spoke up to break the tension.

"Master Chief? Don't you mean Master Chef?" Finn asked.

Chris, realizing his slip just grinned. "Glad to see someone here actually pays attention. You get a gold star." "That was close."

Everyone turned at the sound of stomping feet. There, before them, was the largest man any of them had ever seen. Snipe only came up to his shoulders, but even he was nowhere near as broad, or as built as this monster of a man.

He looked over the group, but when he caught sight of Finn he charged forward and lowered himself so he could glare at eyelevel.

"Hey there big guy. Eh eh, you still remember me?" Finn asked swallowing a rather large lump down his throat.

Instead of answering him, the man growled and rolled up one of his sleeves, revealing a tattoo of Finns face. The interesting thing though was that the face had two crossed bones behind it and a target sight around it.

"Yep, he remembers me." Finn said now cowering in the fetal position.

"Finn, what did you do?" Piper asked in an accusatory tone.

"It wasn't my fault! How was I supposed to know that anyone was parked behind me? Skimmers don't have rearview mirrors!" Finn shouted.

"Master Chef, please relieve them of their arms, personal disputes can wait." Chris said in an impatient tone of voice.

Huffing, the large man grabbed each of their weapons and threw it in a large storage container. Dark Ace placed his in willingly, as did Kai after removing his shadow crystal from the central chamber. Aerrow, Starling, Repton, and Junko followed suit since their crystals were rare, or otherwise personally important. After all the weapons we placed in the box Chris spoke up again.

"Oh, Aerrow, I need you and Ace to hand over your gliders too." Chris in a board tone said as he filled his nails.

Once everything was put away, the man picked up the case (with one arm) and left. But not before catching Finn's attention. Though he didn't speak, everyone understood what the man was thinking. He pointed at Finn, then at himself, and lastly punched a nearby tree turning it into a pile of toothpick sized twigs, and then stomped off.

"Ok, now that we have that out of the way, I'll start dividing you into teams." Chris reached into the bag and pulled up the first piece of paper. "Fate, you're on team A." The group turned towards the cloaked figure from before.

"I thought her voice sounded familiar." Aerrow walked up to the startled girl and held out his hand. "It's nice to see you again." Aerrow smiled as he saw a catlike paw reach out from the cloaks sleeve and grasp his hand firmly.

"It is…good to see you too." Was her nervous reply.

"Come on people, we don't have all day. Kiss and make up later, we have a show to do!" Chris said breaking the two out of their trance.

"Hey! It's nothing like that!" Aerrow shouted.

Nobody noticed Fate's shoulders slump slightly.

"Ok, next up is…. Starling, you're on team B."

Starling nodded, affirming that she heard him.

"Next for team A, is, Master Cyclonis." Fate, Aerrow, and Pipers faces all went pale at hearing this. Not seeing this, or rather, not caring, Chris continued. "Ace, you're on team B." This caused Kai the flinch slightly. Dark Ace just shrugged his shoulders and nodded his head. "Ah, team A, Aladd Catseye."

"Aladds here? Where?" Tigger perked upon hearing her crush was here.

When nobody moved Chris cleared his throat. "Ahem, Senor Pappi, you on team A." Chris smiled when he saw Aerrow shoot the man a knowing glare and made a mental note to have one of the extra camera crews follow the two for the next few days, just incase anything happened.

"YOU PIG!" Tigger pounced on the unsuspecting man before he could even think of dodging. "I SAW YOU FLIRTING WITH PIPER!" The girl slammed his head a few times before getting up and dusting off her hands. "Whew, there. That felt good."

Aladd, half crawled, half dragged himself to the where the other two members of team A were standing.

When everything calmed down, Chris continued. "Ok, next for team B, Shadow!" The girl tried her best to smile, but even a blind person knew it was fake.

"Oh..goodie." She managed to say between her clinched teeth.

"Next up, for team A, Snipe!" Chris smiled when he saw the giant man slump in defeat, while at the same time Dark Ace snickered slightly at his friend's plight of being on the same team as their tiny tyrant of a leader. "Next up for team B, Rodan!"

"It's Rondana! Do I look like a sixty foot bird dinosaur to you?!" The woman shouted. You could actually see the blood vessels throbbing on her forehead.

"Yeah, whatever. I'm not paid to remember names." Chris said with a blank expression.

Rondana clinched her fist and bit her tongue repeating under her breath that it would all be worth it in the end.

Later, she would rethink this line of thought

"Next for team A, Dove!" Chris chuckled when the young girl jumped hearing her name called out. She swallowed a lump in her throat before nodding and heading to where the team was assembled. Chris reached into the bag and pulled the next name out. "Suzi-Lu, you're on team B!"

Suzi smiled and walked over to where the second team was gathering. When she waked by Starling the two gave each other a high five and grinned. "Just like old times, eh Star?"

"Not quite, but, who knows?" Starling smiled at her friend, but her expression change to one of confusion when she saw her wink and tap her nose.

"Moving along, next to team A is, Harrier!"

Simultaneously, everyone on team B cheered, while all of team A, including Master Cyclonis groaned. Dark Ace actually laughind causing several people to stare.

"What?" He asked seeing the looks on some of the people's faces.

"Ok then, moving along. Aerrow, you're on team B." Aerrow grinned, but a voice called out.

"I OBJECT! Why does he get to be on a team made up of nothing but girls! That should be me!" Aladd was about to continue, but a swift hit to the back of his head silenced any further protesting.

When he hit the ground, several people were surprised to see Tigger holding a thick branch over one shoulder. "What? Any other problems?"

Everyone, male and female, Sky Knight or otherwise shook their heads, Chris even had to suppress a shudder when he felt the aura of malice emanating from the small girl.

"Ok then, oddly enough, Tigger, you're on team A." Chris smiled when he heard a groaning sound come from Aladds beaten form.

"Ok then, let's see here, next for team B, Junko!" The large Wallop grinned as he gave Aerrow a high five, sending the poor boy into a nearby tree.

"Oops, sorry!" Junko went to his friend and peeled his form off the trees bark. "You alright?" He asked shaking his friend.

"I'm…alright…just….give……me….a….few." Aerrow collapsed back to the ground earning a few scattered laughs from those who had not yet been on the receiving end of one of Junkos high fives.

"He should be ok, just a mild concussion, he'll sleep it off." Chris then reached back into the bag as though nothing had happened. "Next up for team A, Stork!"

"AAAAHHHHH NOOOOOO I REFUSE! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!" Stork ran up the tree Aerrow had just been peeled from and started shaking.

"Come on Stork, it's for the good of the team!" The only response Piper got was a hissing sound.

"I'll make sure that nothing happens to you." Aerrow said shaking his head a few times before setting up.

"Oh? AND JUST HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DO THAT! Because unless you forgot, YOU'RE ON THE OTHER TEAM!" Stork shouted from within the tree.

"Ie will twade teems wizth Aeero."

When everyone turned towards Dove, the small girl hid slightly behind Junko's large form.

"What?" Aerrow asked.

"Vell, it's just zhat, you saved mi life, and zhis is zhe least I caan do in rezurn. Besides, just as Aladd zaid, team B iz mostly made up of girlz, and muy luggage vas lost in zhe crash, zo, I need to borrow zome clothez." The petit girl said with a deadpan look.

"Ooohhh, yeah, that makes sense." Aerrow smiled and held out his hand. "Thanks Dove, I owe you one."

The small girl firmly grasped his hand and shook. "I vould consider zhis zo mean, we aar evon."

"You hear that, we're swapping. That ok?" Aerrow asked.

"Yeah, sure, whatever." Chris went back to the bag and pulled the next name out. "Oh, lookie here. Piper, you're on team B, how about that." Chris asked grinning like a cat.

Piper had a disappointed look on her face, but, to her credit, she didn't throw a fit. She only gave a short sigh before heading over to the gathering mass of girls that made up the bulk of team B.

"Ok, let's see, next we've got, Marina, you're on team A."

"Yes!" Aladd shot from the ground and cheered, only to be smacked down by Tigger's branch yet again.

"She's engaged moron. You can't be so blind that you missed the ring, especially with a rock that size."

"Vi diffnt mffs ft. Fi fsst vew vt vss ban vandgmt vnng, vtts vnot vee fame fng vsas vq vddng vnd." Came Aladd's muffled reply.

Tigger pulled his face up off the ground. "What?"

"I didn't miss it. I just knew it was an engagement ring, it's not the same as a wedding band."

Tigger let go of Aladds head, and it fell back into the dirt.

"Moving along. Next for team B we haaavvveee. Ravess!" Chris held the piece of paper between his fingers.

"Well, it could be worse." Ravess joined the group of females, but made sure to keep a little distance between herself and the others, they were on opposite sides of the war after all.

"Next, on team A, we have, Scarlett!" Chris ducked as a flash of black and red flew over top of him.

"There is NO way I am going to be on a team with that witch!" Scarlett pointed at Master Cyclonis who just sighed in exasperation.

"Hey, not my problem, you want to trade, find someone that's willing." Chris said reaching once more into the bag.

"But, but, but, it's not fair!" Scarlett sputtered in protest as every person on team B looked in every direction except hers.

"Ok, for team B we have, Kai." When Chris held up the little slip of paper, the red haired young man sighed as he walked over to the mass that was team B.

"Kai? You mean the darkish emo guy from Terra Deep?" Shadow asked.

"Kai's not emo, he's just a bit reserved." Starling replied quickly. She studied the youth for a moment before snickering.

"What? What's so funny? Besides, I thought Kai had black hair, if he was using a chroma, it would have deactivated like all of ours." Piper said coming up to the young man.

"Ohh it's Kai alright." Suzi stepped behind the poor boy, and before he could move glomped him from behind. "How's my favorite little brother doing?" She asked before giving him a noogie and ruffling up his hair.

"How did you know? And, why hasn't anyone answered my first question? I thought Kia had black hair, not red." Piper spoke up, slightly upset she was being ignored.

"Kai dosent…use…chroma..they..don't ." Starling tried to answer, but couldn't stop snickering long enough, so Suzi finished for her.

"What she was trying to say, is that Kai doesn't use chroma because they don't work very well for him. They draw more attention than his normal appearance does." Suzi said before breaking into a fit of giggles.

"What are they talking about?" Shadow asked, never having seen the two Sky Knights laugh so hard since meeting them.

"You'll find out later. Promise." Starling said having recovered from her fit and standing up straight. "Suzi, how did you know he was here?" She then asked.

"His scent, after Aladd's cologne washed off during his little swim, I was able to pick up his scent easy." Suzi replied.

Kai of course said nothing during the entire exchange; he just shook his head before leaning back against the cabin's wall.

"Girls, save it for later, we have a schedule to keep here. Next up for team A is, Finn!"

The ensuing groan could be heard for miles.

"Why do bad boy and emo lad get to be on the team with all the girls, I'm stuck with Captian Code, Small dark and creepy, Letcher, the Book-a-nator, and the Smash-a-nator." Finn said pointing at, in order, Harrier, Master Cyclonis, Aladd, Tigger, and Snipe.

"You forgot about me!" Scarlett said pouncing on Finn's shoulder and holding tight.

"Oh yes, fangirl, and our fearless leader." Finn said pointing at Scarlett and Aerrow with his thumb.

"Oh, poopie on you!" Scarlett shoved Finn away, slightly hurt, but not by much. She knew how Finn was, and she liked him, but that didn't mean she liked every aspect of him.

"Well, just one name left, Repton, you're on team B." Chris said as he cleaned out one of his ears.

"Well, this just got, much more interesting." Repton smiled as he made his way towards Starling, looking every bit like the cat that ate the cannery.

His progress was cut short however by three individuals. Junko stood in front of Starling, completely blocking her from the raptor's view. He was then flanked on each side by Suzi-Lu to the left, and Kai to the right. They didn't say a word, but, like Master Chef, they didn't have to. After all, actions speak louder than words as they say, and these three made their point clear.

You want her? You got to get through us first.

The raptor grinned and backed away, but he never once turned the other direction. Junko moved back to his position beside Shadow, but Suzi and Kai only moved back a few paces, so that they now were flanking Starling.

"I can take care of myself you know. I have beaten him on my own, several times in fact." Starling said shooting the two a slight glare.

"We know." Suzi said.

"But that doesn't mean we like it." Kai added.

Starling rolled her eyes and huffed. "Amazing, I'm older than both of you, and yet, you treat me like I'm the youngest."

"Well, I think that's about it. I'll let you guys put your things away, you have one hour to change into your swimsuits and meet me back here." Chris said walking off.

"Why do we need our swimsuits? This place has mandatory swimming lessons or something?" Rondana asked sarcastically.

"No, you guys just have your first challenge then, and to compete in it, you need a swimsuit cause it involves water, lots and lots of water." Chris smiled before running to his trailer.

"Um, I thought they were kidding when they said swimsuits required." Aladd said, slightly fearful of what was going to happen.

"Oh come on, it might be something like a water balloon toss, or a water war!" Tigger said excitedly running to the cabin to put up her stuff.

Finn, seeing Aladd slowly crumble, remembered that this was a team event, and with one less player, they would have a disadvantage, so he moved into action. "Dude, why are you worrying? I thought you of all people would have been happy about this." Finn said in as serious a tone as possible.

"HAPPY?! YOU IDIOT! I CAN'T SWIM!!" Aladd was so angry at the blond menace that he didn't realize what he had just shouted until it was too late.

"Dude, think about it. Mandatory swimsuits, that means everyone has to wear one right?" Finn said half whispering in Aladd's ear.

"Yeah so? The whole lot of us in swimsuits, it's not like there's….a…bunch…..of…girls…here."

Finn put his hand on Aladd's shoulder, but it went right through it. Aladd had run so fast, he had left an after image that lasted a full minute. As soon as it faded, Aladd reappeared wearing a simple pair of black trunks.

"So, where are the girls?" Aladd asked looking around.

(Back at Team B's cabin)

"Um, escuse me, but, my swimzuit was lost in zhe crosh as vell. Did any of you bring a spare, by any chonce?" Dove asked.

"I brought a few, I wasn't sure how long I was going to be here, so you can borrow one." Piper answered.

Kai, Dark Ace, Junko, and Repton each dropped off their stuff and left, or rather, the ladies forced them out, claiming the cabin to be their changing room, so it was just the girls.

"Which one do you like?" Piper held up four, two in each hand. The reaction she got was not what she had counted on.

"Eh ehh umm, Piper, I appolgize, but, I zhink you have mistaken your undergarments for swimsuits." Dove sputtered trying not to look at the clothing.

"Huh? What are you talking about? These are my underwear." Piper held up several pair, causing the poor girl to blush so red that she got sunburned.

"Piper! Dove's from Gale remember, she's country." Shadow said pushing the clothing back into the bag Piper had pulled it from.

"What's wrong with the way I dress? Nobody ever complained before?" Piper said crossing her arms.

It was at this time a thud was heard. Suzi held up one finger, signaling the others to be quiet. Creeping over to one of the walls, she spied a tiny point of light. Grinning, she pulled off her blizzard crystal and held it above the hole in the wall, then quickly shoved one of its points into it and let lose a war cry.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" A short blast of white light pulsed before fading. Outside, the muffled cries of someone screaming could be heard. "There, he won't try that again." Suzi said putting her necklace back on.

"Back to Dove's problem. Here, you can use mine. I have a black jogging outfit that I can use." Shadow said tossing her black one piece to the other girl.

"We'll help you out with more clothes when we get back." Starling said as she pushed her arms through the wetsuit.

"Um, Starling, you do know that's a wetsuit, not a swimsuit right?" Rondana asked having finished changing and was now waiting by the door.

"It was all I could find; I don't go shopping that often." Starling replied as she pulled up the zipper almost to the top. "Bloody grand, the stupid thing's stuck." Giving it a few more tugs she was able to get it the rest of the way up with only minor difficulty. "I think it shrank since last time I wore it." Starling said breathing out after having held her breath to zip the suit.

"When did you get it?" Shadow, now in her black jogging suit was pulling her hair back into its usual ponytail.

"Um, oh gosh, seven, maybe eight years ago. It's been a while." Starling replied.

"I think you grew, I mean, I've seen a few pictures of you from then and you were smaller." Piper was going to continue, but she stopped herself when she saw the scathing glare the older woman was sending.

"What she means is that you're more developed." Seven years ago you would have been, what? Eighteen, nineteen? Besides, why haven't you bought a new one since then?" Rondana asked.

"I was busy. Now come on, hurry up, we don't have all day." Starling walked out the door, towel in hand, not paying any mind to the snickers coming from behind.

When the other girls emerged, they were surprised to see that they were the last ones out. Of the twenty two campers, no two had the same swimwear.

Master Cyclonis was wearing a dark violet single piece. She had her towel draped across her shoulders hiding most of her frame. Standing next to her was Tigger, who was wearing a bright orange one piece that had a short skirt at the bottom. (Think Beth's bathing suit without the Star Trek emblem.) Talking to her was Scarlett who had a jet black one piece similar to the one Shadow had given to Dove, the only different was it had lime green claw patterns crisscrossing the front and back, making it look like a Tiger or a Bear had clawed it in an X pattern. The most surprising was Marina. She wore a large, dark green two piece. The top stopped at her midriff, but the bottoms couldn't even be seen. She had a green sash wrapped around her waist several times that hung off on her right hip. (Izzy's normal outfit from TDI)

The boy's all had various patterned swim trunks. Aerrows were black with dark blue bolts of lightning across the sides, Snipes were solid red, Harriers looked more like gold colored bell bottoms than anything else.

Then there was Finn.

"DEAR LORD!" Shadow turned the other way in fear of losing her sight.

"FINN! I THOUGHT WE BURNED ALL THOSE!" Piper yelled as she, like Shadow turned the other way.

"I think I'm going to need therapy after this is all over with." Rondana added as she too turned around.

What Finn had was a simple, black, Speedo. (Watch the first few minutes of SH ep 3 Gale Force Winds)

"Finn, put some pants on man!" Junko threw his friend a pair of camos which he begrudgingly put on.

Repton scoffed at the display, despite having a nearly identical pair on himself. The only difference was it wasn't quite as small, nor anywhere near as tight.

Junko had what looked like a pair of cut off jeans, but when asked he replied that nobody made swimsuits for Wallops, so he made a pair himself.

Aerrow laughed when he saw the Dark Ace's trunks. They were light blue with little skimmers flying around, he stopped laughing when he saw that the little cartoons were him getting shot down several different ways.

"Well Kai, never thought you'd have anything that wasn't just plain." Starling said in a slightly teasing tone of voice.

"Couldn't be helped, they were sold out of everything else. These were all they had that fit me." Kai huffed leaning his back against the tree from earlier. He was wearing a pair of solid black swim trunks with flames around the legs whose tips stopped just short of the waist band.

"There is no way I'm coming out! They'll laugh!" Came a voice from the inside the bathroom.

"Come on Stork, you won't have to wear it for very long. Besides, I don't think you can do any worse than Finn." Aerrow shouted.

"Forget it! I'll just sit this one out!" Stork replied.

"But we need you Stork. This is a team event. If we have less people we'll have a disadvantage!" Aerrow reasoned.

"Don't care!" Stork shouted back.

"I didn't want to resort to this, but you've left me with no choice. Stork, as your commanding officer, I order you to get out here this instant." Aerrow growled.

"Fine, but if I get mocked, you're paying for my therapy!" Stork kicked the door open and stepped out.

Everyone was silent.

Then, it happened.

It started with a chuckle, then it became a full blown out laughter.

Stork's shoulders slumped, but upon hearing the heckler get smack upside the head, (guess who) he brightened slightly.

Storks choice of swimwear was, unique.

It was an older style, scratch that, it was THE old style. Solid white with red strips. It went from his ankles to his wrist and came up to his neck.

As for the girls, nobody came close to Ravess. Her's, if it could be called a swimsuit looked more like a stealth suit. It, like Storks, covered her from neck to ankle, to wrist. But it was a solid dark maroon color. It also had no seams, and no visible stitches. (Think new Olympic style with sleeves and legs.)

Scarlett and Tigger slapped Finn and Aladd's jaws shut before smacking them upside the head knocking them out.

"Ok, I see that everyone is here. That's good. Now, we just have a short hike, and then we'll start the challenge." Everyone jumped several feet in shock when Chris called out from behind them. He of course laughed, since it was his intention to begin with.

"What's the challenge?" Kai asked after he recovered from the slight scare.

"Oh, nothing big. Just a little diving." Chris's smile did nothing to reassure the assembled campers. In fact, it had the opposite effect entirely.

End Chapter 4.

I know, you guys want to kill me, but this was the most I could get out of this chapter. I couldn't squeeze the first challenge in this chapter, it would have been over thirty pages long, and that would be too big, even for me. As for those who are looking for the Jim induced bit mentioned previously, just be patent, I promise it will be next chapter, and it will be good. I hope this chapter was enjoyable, please, read and review!