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Chapter 6: Expedition: Dropping Like Leeches


(Ship: Bridge)

"Last time on Total Drama Expedition, Flying Leech just find themselves in a pickle as they slowly get outnumbered by other teams, no thank to their bad luck!" Chris chuckled before he stroke his chin suspiciously, "Is it me or is there a lot of bad luck going on around here?" He waved it off, "Eh, anyway…We're gonna visit some countries and throw some challenges at our travelers…And there will be some twists tonight! You don't want to miss it, trust me." Chris chuckled evilly, "What kind of challenges? Which countries? What twists? Just watch and find out on Total Drama Expedition!"

"Damn, they really go crazy with VR." Chef walked past him with a VR headset as he wave his arms around, "Everything look so damn real now."

"Didn't this thing cost grands?" The host raised his eyebrow at the cooker but he didn't get any response.


(Shameful Floor)

"That is whacked." Leshawna grumbled to herself with a grimace, the floor somehow get flooded with toilet water last night and to make it worse, it's dirty with unmentioned things. She assume that someone used it last night when everyone was sleeping and leave it to clog up then refuse to admit out of fear.

"At least we have hole to drain them out." Kelly tried to give them a positive side before the hole suddenly gush dirty water up, spraying many chucks at the screaming disgusted leeches.

"OH GOD, IT'S IN MY MOUTH!" Harold screamed out, "IT'S IN MY MOUTH!"


(First Floor)

"Did you hear something?" Chev looked up from his cards as he glanced around puzzlingly.

"No." Ennui flashed his cards at them, "Royal flush, I win." Several butterflies groan at their losses as the hardcore goth collect his winning pile and the flirter was about to shuffle the deck but a loud feedback catch their attention.

"Attention, travelers, we'll be in Australia in about three hours." Chris' voice announced, "And guesses what, we'll be staying there for two to three days! If I were you, I'll bring my bathing suit with me, just in case. McLean out!"

"There better not be sharks or any freaks in there." Heather narrowed her eyes at PA with a stern frown.


(Australia)

"Welcome to Australia, we will start our first part of two challenges and it's…" Chris gestured to five seating booths, filled with teams, in a lake as he stands on a platform in center, "Can you name the culprit? I will ask you guys a personal question relating to one of people here and whoever guess right or admit it will earn a point for their team. If you think you have answer, push the buzzer in front of you and you better get it right because if you guess incorrectly, well…" The booths suddenly duck into the water several times with screaming travelers before it stop, "That'll happen! First team to earn seven points will receive an advantage for next challenge!"

"Wait, no, no!" Anne Maria waved her hands around with shaking head, "I'm not going to play that game again!"

"Yeah, you're invading our privacy and it's wrong!" Leshawna shouted and most travelers start to complain about the challenge as the host look around.

"I let you got away with it last time but not this time." The host clapped his hands together loud with a frown, "If you have problem with it then just drop out. When I say drop out, I mean you're out of the game and go home on your own." Most grumbling travelers get quiet almost immediately and he wait for anyone to speak up but no one did. "Good." He bring some cards out with a evil smirk, "We'll start our challenge with the first question…"

"Wait, how will Dean know the questions?" Jen raised her hand up.

"The monitor will give him the questions." Chris jabbed his thumb at the monitor behind him before he clear his throat, "Anyway, our first question…This person shart on the first date and it reek so bad that it clear the restaurant out. Who is that person?" Several travelers snicker at the information while a certain person attempt to keep poker face up and Duncan hit the buzzer. "Vomiting Ant."

"Let me guess, Harold?" Duncan smirked before the ants' booth dip into lake several times.

"Oh, close." Chris chuckled before he hear another buzzer as Kim remove her hand from the button, "Crying Worm."

"Dave." Kim said dully, she notice that the said traveler kept squirming in his seat with darting eyes.

"Correct, one point to worms!" The smirking host chortled as few butterflies slowly inch away from the embarrassing Indian before they cry out as their booth bob into the lake several times, "Next question…" He wiggled his eyebrows, "Who here send a dirty picture to their parents by accident?"

"Oh, that's me!" Izzy hit the buzzer with a giggle and some travelers were impressed with her lack of embarrassment.

"One point to flies for admitting it." Chris hummed, he hopes to throw her off her game but it appears not to be working. "Next question…" He gestured at a monitor, "We'll show you a little clip." A person, covered in mosaic, walk into a store then run out of the building with armful of anime girls figures as several people chase the culprit down with angry shouting.

"Harold!" Duncan hit the buzzer.

"Correct, one point to ants!" The host laughed.


(Confessional)

"It's not what it look like!" Harold waved his hands frantically with shaking head, "I pre-ordered them before and these people that chase me are hardcore collectors. You do not mess with them, it's dog-eat-dog world out there!"


"Who once have a wild night during a spring break, which result in playing around with several men at same time, if you catch my drift?" Chris grinned as everyone gasped out in many different reactions and no one have notice Blaineley's shifty eyes, she was thankful that no one know the answer but she want to know how in the world did this bastard find out about that! "Time's up!" All booths suddenly drop under water and they stay there for thirty seconds before it rise up with coughing travelers. "If no one come up with answers within thrity seconds, that'll happen. Did I forget to mention it?" He smirked.

"F-Fuck you." Leshawna spit water out bitterly.

"Let's see, next question…" Chris shuffle through cards until he pick one out, "Who here almost get expelled from school for attacking teacher on Halloween?"

"Ezekiel?" Kelly guessed as soon as she presses the buzzer.

"Good guess, but no." The host shook his head as the leeches get punished, "Anyone else?"

Shawn hit the button, "I did and in my defense, he act and look like a real zombie!"

"Another point to worms!" Chris said, "Another question…Who secretly enjoy my little pony cartoon and twilight?"

"Devin!" Carrie hit the button before she give her boyfriend a smile mixed between sheepish and guilt, "Sorry!"

"Another point to flies!" The host nodded.

"Wow, dude…" Duncan looked at the embarrassing Asian traveler, "Hand in your man card right now."

"Who have stay up late and watch many Kdramas then gush about actors, 'her waifu' all over forum?" Chris grinned.

"HOW DID YOU…" Heather gasped out before she quickly hit her buzzer, "I do, I do!" She notice some odd looks from her teammates, "Not one damn word from you all!"

"One point to butterfly!" The host snickered before he flip a card, "Oh, here's a bonus!" Chris waved a card around with a coy smirk, "Two-points worth! Who try to hack something for the first time and cause a week-long blackout that almost cost thousands in damage?" No one knows the answer before they hear a buzzer and they turn to the source to see B raising his hand sheepishly with a guilty expression. "Yes, B did it." The host chuckled, "Two points to Burning Butterfly!" He shuffle to next card, "Question…Who played Barbie games in secret and still do?"

"Kim?" Ella hit the buzzer.

"Nope." The host shook his head.

"Sam." Dakota quickly hit the buzzer just before Sam does.

"Correct!" The host nodded with a smirk, "Next…"


(Confessional)

"I want to know who find those dirts on us." Gwen crossed her arms bitterly, "I seriously don't know how the hell did they found out when we made sure it won't get out among people!"

*Static*

"I know a guy." Chef smirked evilly, "He owe me few favors and he's pretty good investigator."

*Static*

Scott sob into his hands, "They know my secret now! My secret life as brony and how bad I want a pony to groom!"


"Burning Butterfly need one more point to win this challenge and Crying Worm is right behind them with Singing Fly." Chris gestured to the said team as most travelers gave him dirty looks for revealing some of their secrets to the world while several travelers felt relieved that their secrets were not in open, thank to poor guess or 'too boring for game' in Chris' words. The host's eyes shift to Flying Leech, "And Flying Leech has no points at all."

"I think my buzzer is broken." Harold hit the button dozens time but it don't give off any sounds at all.

"No one want to hear your excuse, nerd." Chris chuckled before he clear his throat, "Now here's a question…Who hit on every girls in one day as soon as he met them and get burned each time until one somewhat like him back?" Duncan was about to hit the buzzer to accusing Chev but Eva hit her so faster that the machine crumbles into pieces.

"Harold." Eva replied flatly.

"Correct!" The host laughed as the nerd tried to make himself smaller, "He hit on each girl on the first day of Total Drama Island season. With that, the butterfly has earned seven points and that mean they win an advantage for next challenge! Let's get back on solid ground and start our second and final challenge."

"Finally!" Gwen exhaled out, she feel so relieved that this challenge ended so she don't have to deal with people knowing the rest of her secret and almost everyone feel the same way.


"Boys and girls, I present you the…" Chris gestured to five large spinner ride, "Vomit Spinner!"

"Ugh, not again!" The goth traveler massaged her forehead annoyingly, "I'm starting to think you have some sicko fetish with vomiting!"

"Ew!" The gagging host shivered, "That's way too far! Too far!" He calms himself down after few dry-heaving coughs, "A-Anyway…Each team will ride their vomit spinner and try their best to not hurling their lunch out. If you do, you're eliminated…And guess what? We are not gonna stop the ride until four teams are eliminated!" Most travelers groaned out in disgust, "The first eliminated team will see me in elimination ceremony and the surviving team will take the Supreme Bus!" Most travelers paled at the chosen mode of transportation.

"What's our advantage?" Heather asked with crossed arms.

"Your ride will start fifteen seconds later." Chris smirked as several butterflies smirked at their luck but they still hate this challenge, "Okay, travelers, get in and strap in!" He watches each team step inside their own spinner ride and the nervous travelers attach themselves against the wall, facing each other to their horror.

"Listen, if your vomit hit me, I'm gonna…" The queen bee held a fist up threateningly as she leave the sentence unfinished to let her teammates figure it out, "And I don't care if it was an accident!"

"I wish I can chuck some your way!" Leshawna shouted from other spinner and the queen bee grit her teeth with deadly growl.

"Chef, start them up!" The grinning host hollered at his co-worker and Chef pull the switch down before the spinner start to spin slowly at first then they speed up, the Burning Butterfly's ride join them fifteen seconds later.

"Can I push this button now?" Chef pointed at a large red button, a 'Dangerous' word can been seen on the surface of a button.

"Yes." Chris grinned widely and the chuckling cooker hit it, causing the spinner to bounce around wildly as it spins around in loop movement while the travelers give out a bloodcurdling screams. "Oh, look at this time right now." Chris checked his watch, "It's about time for someone to throw up right..." He paused and he doesn't have to wait any longer as Ella was first to throw up, the projecting biles float in the air as if there is no gravity.

"NOOO!" Harold wailed out as the floating biles get closer to him before it splash all over his face, some spill into his mouth and he vomit out with few drools dripping all over his chin and shirt. The sight causes Kelly, Emma and Leshawna to lose their lunch, which unfortunately hit the wailing nerd over and over.

"Sound like something happened up there." Chris rubbed his chin as he stare at the leeches' spinner.

"Well, I ain't gonna check it." Chef jabbed his thumb at a green-faced intern at monitor screens, "That's his job." They stand around in silence for a while until the host turn his head to Chef.

"Wanna bet which team lose first?" The host asked.

"My money's on Flying Leech." The cooker said quickly.

"My money's on Fly…Dang it." Chris pouted childishly, they both know that there's a high chance that Flying Leech will lose, due to few members.


It has been two minutes and few travelers had vomited during the ride, some unlucky travelers were covered in people's vomits to their disgust. Unsurprisingly, the Flying Leech have drop down to last member and it was Scott…"NOT AGAIN!" Harold cried out as the scheming farmer vomited all over him from his right side, "WHY ME?!"

"Oh, would you look at that." Chris received info from his green-faced intern with dull tone, "Flying Leech's out already." He hand a twenty buck over to Chef.

"Do I stop the leech's ride now?" Chef asked.

"Nah, not until the other three teams are out." The host smirked cruelly, "Would you kindly crack it up to max?"

"Gladly!" The chortling cooker open a pane up to reveal a black button with skull on it and he push it, the spinners suddenly speed up and to the travelers, it feel like they were going at mach two.

"STOP THE RIDE!" Max screamed his lungs off before he accidently swallow Dean's vomit then the aspiring villain immediately throw up on spot, causing few ants to hurl their stomach contents out.


(Confessional)

"Ugh, my stomach…" Chev groaned weakily as he rubbed his stomach with his arms, "I am so not gonna eat today…UGH!" He quickly turns around to vomit into the toilet.

*Static*

A intern vomit violently before he start to seizure as he pass out with foams around his lip and another intern run inside. "KENNY, SPEAK TO ME!" He shook Kenny with a wail, "SPEAK TO ME! KENNY!"

*Static*

The evil midget clown stare at the camera with psycho grin as he sharpening his tongs with evil chortle.

*Static*

"…How did this clown get in there?" Chef asked Chris confusingly and the host shrugs his shoulders. "Should we do something? I mean, he's a psycho!"

"Nah, what's the worst thing that can happen?" Chris waved it off and the cooker just grunt disapproval.


It's almost one hour since the challenge started and the host was almost impressed with some travelers who manage to hold their biles in while most moaning travelers drop out but still riding the ride to their discomfort. "What-your-face-is, how many left?" Chris hollered at the green-faced intern.

"V-V-V-Vomiting Ants have three left, G-Gwen, S-Scarlett and Sky…" The intern gagged, "Burning Butterfly have Ennui and Eva…Crying Worm only have Crimson…Oh, god!" He dry-heaved at the sight on monitor, "Never mind! Crying Worm's out."

"And the flies?" The host asked.

"T-T-They're out just now…" The intern stuttered before he retch into a trash can, "OH GOD, WHY ME?! WHY!"

"So five more people, huh?" Chris tapped his chin.

"I-I-I can't hold it in any longer!" Gwen cried out before she retch out and Sky follow up then Scarlett can't hold it in any more.

"Ant's out! Ant's out!" The intern waved his hands in air as he ran away from the monitor with gagging sob and the cooker halt the rides to allow the moaning and sick travelers out.

"Congrats, Butterflies, you tough it out! The Supreme bus is yours!" The host walked up to Ennui and Eva with a cheesy grin, "Can I get some words from two winners with iron-cladded stomachs?"

"…Bah." Ennui simply open his mouth and the biles spill out downward like a waterfall, causing the grimacing host to take a step back.

"As you have it, bah…" Chris tried his best to keep his biles down before he turn to the moaning leeches with a wide grin, "But I have a surprise for you."

"It's a reward challenge and no one go home?" Leshawna moaned hopefully and the host laughs out loud as he holding his stomach until the laughter wind down few minutes later.

"Nope." The grinning host throws his hands up, "It was a Triple-Elimination challenge! You're going to send three people home tonight at our elimination ceremony."

"WHAT?!" Almost everyone cried out in shock.

"You can't do that!" The sassy traveler protested.

"I just did." Chris walked away from his travelers with a chuckle and few travelers pity Flying Leech.


(Bang Bus)

"Three losers will take a cannon express ride and I will reveal who are going in few moments." The host grinned at the nervous leeches in front of the bus as Chef set the cannon up before he glance at the travelers, "The three people that will go home tonight are…"

"…" Chef adjusted the barrel uncaringly.

"…" The leeches sweated heavily.

"…" Robert snore in his seat, drooling out of the corner of his mouth.

"…Kelly!" Chris announced, "Emma! And Ella!"

"Oh, no…" Emma was about to say something and her eliminated teammates were going to join her but the cooker suddenly toss them inside the cannon at once before he launch them up in the starry sky.

"We should do that often." Chef said to his boss, "Might speed things up."

"Nah, we can't do it all the time." The host replied, "A little twist here and there is good enough."

"Dang, I want to cut the list of maggot nicknames down." The cooker grumbled.

"…You have a list of nicknames?" Chris raised his eyebrow.

"Hey, you try to remember hundred nicknames for maggots and some of them are almost same!" Chef growled with twitching eyebrow, "I still say it's bad idea to have hundred people for one damn season!"

"What are you talking about?" The host shrugged his hands, "It's the greatest idea I ever come up with!" The cooker walk away with a shaking head, "It is!"


(Meh Bus)

"I gotta admit, I didn't see this triple elimination coming." Sam muttered after everyone took a quick shower and change of clean clothes.

"Dunno." Ryan replied before he looks at Bang Bus as it went off road with screaming leeches, "I kinda feel bad for them. This team kept loses and lose and now they only have five people now."

"Better them than us." Amy scoffed with crossed arms, one less team mean more chance of winning the grand prize and they don't have to deal with four teams anymore if this team drops out before the merge phase.

In the back of the bus, Duncan glance at some of his teammates and very few were sleeping, exhausted from the spinner ride. He nearly roll his eyes as soon as he saw Sky sneak few glances at his deaf friend while she was chatting with some ants and the said boy was writing something down in his notebook. The punk's eyes shift over to Owen as he chat with Sammy animated and he can tell that the oaf is crushing on Sammy so badly, he really hope that it don't end bad like before because this oaf is a good fella. Duncan glance out the window to watch the scenery but Supreme bus block his view and his eyes end up meeting Chev's eyes. The flirter flick him middle fingers, sticking his tongue out to mock him.

"WHY YOU LITTLE!" Duncan banged the window with glare before he flip birds at his way, some travelers tried their best to ignore the punk.


(Supreme Bus)

The next day, several butterflies were watching a random tv show on a hanging monitor and the rest were doing their own businesses until the bus suddenly stop with a jolt, nearly send everyone tremble down. "Everyone, get out." Chris' voice hollered from outside, "Time for your challenge!"

"Lake?" Mike stood up as he looked outside, "Cliff?" His head dropped with deadpan expression, "Oh…"

"Same shit, old shit." Eva exited the bus with a mutter.


(Australia: Lake)

"Today, we will have a simple challenge and whoever completed it first will win the first-class floor in the ship." Chris announced to his contestants as they gather around in front of him, "And whose team that come in last place will see me in the elimination ceremony tonight."

"What's the challenge?" Gwen deadpanned, "Jump off the cliff into the lake?"

"Partly." The smirking host said, "The challenge is Key Relay Race." He bring a key out behind his back, "You will race and pass this key onto your next runner. The final runner will jump off the cliff then unlock the chest…" He jammed his thumb at the lake behind him, "In the deep water, infested with sharks and mutated creatures!" Several travelers become nervous, "Due to a size of one team, we will have five players from each team, one runner per a leg. I'll give you some time to choose your players and which leg they will partake in."

"Ryan, Shawn, Tyrell, Kim, get your asses out there now!" Courtney spun around to her teammates suddenly, "We're gonna win this damn thing!"

"I'm taking third leg." Duncan grunted out as the ants discuss on members and legs.

"I'll go jump off the cliff." Sky volunteered.

"Second's mine and fourth goes to Dean." Gwen tilted her head at the deaf traveler.

"I'll do the first." Stephanie spoke.

"Jasmine, Izzy, Ezekiel, Leon and I will do the race." Trent looked around at his teammates, "But who's gonna jump off?"

"I'll do it, I'll do it!" Izzy waved her hand excitingly with a giggle and the flies decide to give it to her somewhat reluctant.

"I'll jump and you…" Eva pointed at Blaineley before her finger shift to Heather, Chev, Laurie and James, "You, you, you and you are gonna run."

"Dibs on third leg." Chev spoke up.


(Confessional)

Leshawna grumble under her breath before she blows her hair up, "I'm glad they give us a fighting chance for this challenge."


"Everyone's ready?" Chris looked at the first racers to make sure that they are ready to go before he hold his gun up in air, "Get ready…Set…GO!" He fired into the sky as the racers took off and he hear something fall down behind him before he look over his shoulder to see a dead bluejay bird. "…Gotta write letter to PETA again." The host sighed to himself.

"Outta my way!" Courtney shoved Leshawna down with a neck chop as she ran ahead and the CIT was about to attack Stephanie but the trainer introduced her face to her elbow, stunning the CIT and giving ant a lead for now. Trent and Blaineley quickly overcome the groaning CIT to get a wide margin and to avoid her rage.


Gwen squirt her eyes at the first set of racers as they run toward her and others, it look like it was gonna be a normal challenge since nothing have happened so far but it don't stop her from keeping her guard up. The goth traveler immediately receive a key from Stephaine and she take off swiftly. After few good meters, her decision was wise enough when she hear a explosive behind her and she peek over her shoulder to see Scott fling up in air with scream, courtesy of a landmine. As soon as her boot step onto something with a click, her face paled before the landmine launch her up in air, following by other screaming racers as they tried their best to avoid the buried landmines.


Chef and Chris watch the race from a safe distance before the cooker turn his head to his boss, "So…A race, mixed with normal harmless legs and trapped legs?"

"Yup." The host nodded.

"…Lame." The cooker looked back to the race with deadpan expression.

"No, it's not!" Chris puffed his chest up with a childish huff, "In that challenge, everyone will start to wonder if their leg are trapped or not and it'll drive them mad!"

"…The odd legs are nonlethal while the evens are lethal?" Chef asked without looking at his boss.

"…Shut up!" The pouting host crossed his arms before he mutter under his breath as the cooker's head shake lightly, "Still not lame."


Heather pass the key over to Chev and he give her a wink, earning an sneer from her, before he take off but Duncan stick his leg out to trip the flirter. "HEY!" Chev throw a dirty glare at the smirking punk as he get back up on his feet.

"What?" Duncan held his hands up innocently but his smirk don't make it innocent to the flirter's annoyance before he snatch his key from Gwen as soon as the goth traveler arrive at their side and he quickly throw a haymaker punch at flirter, which was dodged. "All fair in war!"

"Oh, that's how you wanna play?" Chev said before he suddenly tackle the punk down from behind and they ram their eblows or fists at each other as they tried to get lead or to injuring each other. Zoey and Ezekiel used this chance to get ahead of them and surprisingly, the fighting rivals manage to reach the fourth leg together before Katie does.

"Yes, yes, we gonna make it!" Harold laughed as he took the lead and his celebration turns out to be pre-mature when he falls into a deep pit hole with a crash, allowing the other racers to overtake him.


(Confessional)

"I should have kept my mouth shut." The dejected nerd slumped in his seat.


Eva and Sky were first to dive off the cliff into the lake at same time, following by Izzy and Shawn. "Come on, come on!" Lightning beckoned Leshawna on before he snatches the key from her then he dive off the cliff, "Lightning gonna strike…" His head smash against a boulder in the lake hard and most travelers and host wince at the sound.

"Ooh, good thing he plays football." Chris winced as the fainted jock slip off the boulder into water, "Or he could have damaged some brain cells there."

"Are someone gonna do something about that?" Dakota pointed at the floating body of sport jock.

"Nah, he'll be up." The host grinned before he scratches his cheek in thought, "I think?" He lean back to the cameraman with low whisper, "Have some paramedic and lifeguard on standby."


The final racers have been searching for anything to use their key underwater, only taking a short break for air, and it don't look like they were getting closer until Eva spot five sets of chests. The bodybuilder quickly swims up to the first chest and she try it out but it was dud and she quickly move to the next one as few racers discovered the chests. Sky use her key on the first chest and it suddenly unlock on first try, the Cree traveler quickly open it up to see a mug of Chris' trophy before she quickly carry it up to the surface with Eva right behind her in a neck-to-neck race. One of them breaks out first with few coughs as she holds the trophy up in air.

"Sky has come in first place and she has won the first class floor for Vomiting Ant!" Chris announced as the said team cheered for the Cree traveler, "Eva take the second place…" Two more racers swim out with coughs, "Shawn and Izzy have taken third and fourth place! Meaning, Flying Leech is in last place…" He deadpanned, "Again."

"Hey, where are sharks and mutated animals?" Shawn asked his host as the racers swim back to the shoreline, "You said there were some but I haven't seen them in water at all."

"They're on strike." Chris pointed at animals with picket signs as they walk around in circle and most travelers stare at odd sight with raised eyebrows. "Lousy no-good union. I hate them so much."

"I swear that show is getting weird and weird lately." Anne Maria muttered to herself.


(Ship: Deck)

"Four out of you five will keep your passport and one of you will go home tonight." Chris said dully as he looked at the leeches, "…To be honest, I'm kinda tired of seeing you guys here. Hell, I barely see other teams except for the challenges!"

"I'm also sick of seeing your ugly mug!" Leshawna growled bitterly.

"…The loser of the day is…" The host cleared his throat.

"…" The leeches waited with baited breath.

"…Lightning!"

"No!" The sport jock attemped to stand up, only to cry in pain as soon as he hit his bandaged head on a suspending lamp. "I-I-I am Lightning and the Lightning is…"

"Get out of here, loser!" Chef threw the screaming sport jock overboard into the sea before the cooker head back inside with a mutter, "Jocks…Always with massive ego."


(Dining Room)

Jacques just finished his dinner and he was about to leave the room but he hear someone call him out. "Jacques!" He glanced over his shoulder to see Jen and Dean walk up to him, "Can you do a little favor for us?"

"Um, what is it?" Jacques asked before Dean holds a enveloped letter up.

"Dean wants to give it to Josee but he's not comfortable with her right now because…" Jen scratched her cheek.

"Ah, say no more." The figure skater took the letter from the deaf traveler with a nod, "I'll give it to her right away." He can tell that it's a rejection letter and he don't have any problem with that since the deaf guy seems to be a good guy and Josee was really making him uncomfortable with her behavior. "Just tell him to stay in his room for a while because Josee might not take it pretty well."

"Thank, I'll tell him." Jen smiled nervously.

"Thank, I owe you one." Dean wrote to him before they went back to their table and the figure skater just wave at them as he leaves the room.

"…Ah, shit." Jacques realized that he have to deal with Josee if he don't get out of her range before she open her letter. Well, he'll deal with it later when he find her in this ship. He really doesn't have to look any farther when he found her heading back to her floor, "Josee!"

"What do you want?" Josee glared at him.

"Here, a letter from Dean…" Jacques held a letter before she suddenly snatches it from him excitingly and she rip it open. "Gottago,bye!" The male figure skater quickly flees from her as fast as he can.

"I know you like me and I'm flustered that you're interesting in me." Josee read it out loud with a smile, "But I'm sorry, I don't like you." Her smile drops right away, "To be honest, you creep me out and…" Her eyes read every line before she stares off into space for a while, her left eyebrow twitch few times as her hands scrunching the letter up. "…I'M GONNA KILL YOU, DEAN, FOR TOYING WITH MY HEART! I'M GONNA BREAK YOUR LEGS AND ARMS! ARGH!"

"RUN, EVERYONE, RUN!" Jacques' voice echoed throughout the ship.


(First Floor)

Few days later, the travelers were either sleeping in or walking around in hallway until they hear a blaring horn. "Travelers, we will be in New Guinea for your challenges and we will be staying there for few days." Chris' voice announced, "Get ready in an hour, Mclean out!"

"New Guinea?" Owen scratched his hair, "I've never heard about this place before."

"It's north of Australia." Gwen answered him, "I'm surprised that you don't know this place."

"Well, geography is not my best subject." The giggling oaf admitted guiltily and the goth traveler rolled her eyes at him.


(New Guinea)

"Today we will have three challenges, two challenges will take place at same time." Chris grinned at his travelers.

"Two at same time?" James raised his hand up, "What do you mean by that?"

"I'll get to that in a moment." The host replied before he clear his throat, "Each team will split in two and one group will do a challenge while the other does another one. The first challenge is craving a mascot totem out from this wooden block." He pointed at five wooden blocks before he shift his finger over to a mud field, "The second challenge is building a hut from mud and sticks. Whoever build the impressive totem and sturdy hut will receive one or two advantages for the final challenge!"

"Excuse me, there's only four of us!" Leshawna threw her left hand up as her other hand hold four fingers up, "This challenge is unfair to us!"

"Tough luck." Chris shrugged his shoulders uncaringly, "Anyway, teams, please divide in two groups. You will have five hours to do your challenges and your group can't help each other…" He ignored the sassy traveler's shouts, "We will start…NOW!" Most travelers quickly scramble to their chosen area.

"I'll take care of totem one." Scott head for the wood craving challenge with Harold in tow.


(Confessional)

"Ew, I can't believe we have to play around in mud!" Dave shivered, "And don't get me started on this freak from other team. He was eating mud! EATING!"

*Static*

Ezekiel chew on mud with joyous moans, his dirty hands rub mud all over his face.


About two or three hours in, most groups were almost done with their challenges but they kept working on them to make sure that they will win the advantages and some believe that the host give them five hours on purpose so the leeches can have a chance. "Wow, that is one badass totem." Harold whistled at the scheming farmer's handwork, it was a very well-detailed of leeches stacking on each other in different poses. "I can't believe you can do it in short time!"

"Eh, I have a lot of experience." Scott shrugged, "I thought you should know that by now?"

"Um, I wasn't paying attention." The nerd muttered and the scheming farmer gives out a grunt as he turns back to the totem for another check. Little did they know is that someone having been watching them, plotting to do something about the leech totem and the plotter is none other than Cleo.

The Egyptian model needs to come up with something to put the leeches at disadvantage. To her, if this team is wiped out then she will have one less team to deal with. 'How do I take care of it without anyone catching me?' Cleo frowned mentally as she crave some pieces off from the ant's totem before Duncan walk by her with tools in his hands and a lighter slip out as soon as he stumble on a slippy rock, landing next to her feet. The punk didn't notice it as he kept walking and Cleo was about to call him out but it hit her when she pick the lighter up, she can use it with few dry sticks lying around. 'That is so easy.' Cleo smirked evilly before she quietly put her plan to work without anyone's knowledge.


"Do you think we should add more sticks among the walls?" Trent carried some thick sticks over to the hut.

"Yeah." Noah took some, "Chris said sturdy and I bet that word's a hint for the final challenge."

"You think?" The musician asked.

"I'm pretty certain." The bookworm replied flatly, "Because it's pretty fishy that he has us do two challenges at same time and it's all about creating."

"Ah." Trent hummed, "Now you mentioned it…"

"Less chat, more work!" Josee suddenly snarled at them, causing them jump up in air at her voice and the snarling figure skater shove some mud into the hut forcefully.

"Jeez, what crawl up her ass and die?" Noah asked him and Trent response with a shrug of his shoulders.

On other side of the mud field, Leshawna work on the hut's side as she make some complain but Zoey don't hear her, due to her focus on the task in front of her. "I fucking hate this stinkin' show, they should put us on other team instead of eliminating us all!" Leshawna grumbled, "Fucking triple elimination, fucking no-good host, fucking show! Why did I sign up for this damn show in first place?!"

"I'm gonna get some sticks." Zoey told Leshawna before she walk away to look for sticks and the sassy traveler pat the wall with some grumbles.

"Let's see…" The sassy traveler circled the shanty hut, "Maybe I'll add more mud here…" She was about to pick some mud up but she feel something heavy hit her back and with a cry, she crash into the hut as one side collapse under her weight. "Oh no!" She gasped, staring at the damage with widened eyes before she look around the area for anyone that might have push her but she don't know who. "Okay, I gotta fix it before it's too late!"

"I'm back…" The indie traveler returned with sticks before she gasp at the sight, "What happened?!"

"I don't know, I just fall!" Leshawna pushed some mud up against the edge of the hole, "Hurry up and help me!" Her teammate quickly help her and they were about to complete the wall but their host show up with a blaring horn.

"Time's up!" Chris grinned, "Everyone, stop doing what you're doing and let me take a look at your work."

"Ugh, at least Scott's gonna win us one advantage with his skill." The sassy traveler groaned. Just as soon as she finished her sentence, the leech's totem suddenly burst up in flame to everyone's shock and Scott and Harold tried to put the fire out with cries before it become a pile of ashes. "WHAT THE HELL?! COME ON!"

"…Since the leech's project have went up in flame literally and their hut is pretty crude at best." Chris glanced between two objects with a mutter, "It's safe to say they're in last place for now." He walked past the dejected leeches and he look around at some huts and totems, some were pretty basic or impressive enough. "Well, Burning Butterfly has the best hut and Vomiting Ant have best totem so both team will receive one advantage." Chef pushed a wheelburrow, filled with water guns, "Water guns for the final challenge!"

"We gotta shot each other?" Tyrell asked curiously.

"Nah, you're gonna raid other huts and try to destroy the base." Chris said, "And the water guns go to butterflies and ants since they won the best hut and totem. Team with standing sturdy hut win the challenge and Supreme bus! The first team to lose their hut will see me at elimination ceremony!"

"How do you lose a hut?" Catarina asked with raised hand, "Like what's the max damage?"

"Two-third." The host tapped his chin as the cooker armed each ants and butterflies, "We'll let you know if your huts are destroyed."

"We'll attack leeches first." Eva whispered to her team, "Gotta put them out of misery."

"Agreed." Heather pumped her water gun with a wicked smirk before she look at her host, "So when do we start?"

"I'll let you know when everyone get in their huts." Chris replied and the teams head to their huts.


(Confessional)

"Do I feel bad for throwing this mudball at Le-whatever-her-name-is and possibly cost them a chance to win?" Cleo filed her nails uncaringly, "No, not at all."


After a quick check, Chris rise his horn up with a grin. "Travelers, get ready to…" He blew the horn, "RAID!" The teams quickly run out of their huts, some stay behind to defend, and as if they share same mind, everyone attack the leeches' hut without mercy.

"YO, STOP THAT!" Leshawna tried her best to defend her hut with others but it was no use and their crude hut just collapse within first five minutes before the teams quickly split up to attack their opponents' huts.

"Flying Leech is out!"

"Take ants out now?" Samey asked Eva since the other team also has water gun. The bodybuilder takes a quick glance to see that the ants were focusing on attacking worms' hut.

"No, we'll take flies out first then ants last." Eva replied, it seems that the worm's hut won't survive this long, thank to the water guns.

"Why do you approve this boring challenge?" Chef asked his boss as they watch two teams taking other two teams out before they attack each other.

"Crying Worm is out! Singing Fly is out!"

"Eh, because I'm pretty sure the leeches will lose the next few challenges and I don't want to waste some good challenges on them." Chris replied, "It's getting really sad to watch the leeches trying and trying, only to lose at the end."

"…Smart move." The cooker muttered with crossed arms, "So no traps for next few challenges?"

"Well, we're gonna add few things but yeah." The host scratched his chin before the fourth hut collapse and a certain team cheers for their victory while the other team groans furiously at a close call, they almost destroy their opponent's hut. "Oh, Vomiting Ant survived long enough to win the Supreme bus by a hair!" He clapped with a grin before he drop his grin as he turn to leeches, "…Well, you know what to do now."

"Yes, voting for elimination." Leshawna walked off with a grumble.


(Bang Bus)

Chris stares at the leeches, "…I'm calling it, this team is gonna be second team to wiped out before the merge. I call it. I don't care if I said that few times before."

"Just tell us who's out!" Leshawna threw her hands up angrily, she's so fed up with everything!

"Alright." The host decide to skip the whole bit, "It's you."

"…Me?" The sassy traveler pointed at herself.

"Yes, you." Chris nodded.

"Oh, hell n…" She was about to groan out but the cooker throw her into the cannon then he fired the screaming sassy traveler and Leshawna soar over the horizon of the sea.

"Oh, hell yes!" Chef snapped his fingers sassily as his head bob side to side, "Mmm-Mmm!"


(Supreme Bus)

Owen was talking to Dean about Sammy and how awesome and great she is while Sky sits next to them, listening and glancing at notebook. "I'm glad things are going well between you two." Dean wrote, "So have you told her about your feeling yet?"

"Ah, no." Owen shook his head with waving hands before he write down, "I don't want to lose her because she's a good friend and what if she don't like me because I'm overweight and…"

"If Rey was here, she'll smack your head upside and tell you to quit wondering about what-if and go for it!" The smiling deaf traveler wrote, "She'll say who the hell care about appearance and whatever, just step up and do it! If she reject you for any reasons, that's her loss because she'll miss out on how great you are and you get some friends who'll help you picking pieces up."

"…Yeah, Rey and you're right!" The oaf nodded with a beaming grin, "Thank! I'll tell her…" His stomach growled loudly, "Later after I get some chow!" He race off to get some baked goodies and the deaf traveler just shake his head with a light chuckle before Sky pick his notebook up.

"This friend of yours, Rey, sounds like a character." Sky wrote.

"You don't know half of it." Dean chuckled, "I actually reword her in everything because she love to cursing and insult people. She would say 'Shut up and just fucking do it! If this bitch doesn't like you because you're a fatso, screw her! We get your back, bastard.' And I don't think it's good idea to tell big guy so I have to translation it to make him feel good about it."

"Wow, really?" The Cree traveler stared at him with widened eyes as he nodded, she have no idea that his friend's like that. "How did you met each other?"

"From one of foster homes when we were little and we just become a best friend, two peas in one pod." The deaf traveler smiled, "If we were send to different place, we always run away and met up in our regular hangout. According to her, it was just us against the world and we only watch out for each other."

"She sound like interesting person and very good friend, I hope I'll meet her sometime." Sky replied, she want to ask him more about her but she don't want to come off as a nosy person. Dean give her another smile with closed eyes before a idea come to her as she re-read the page and she write back to him, "Can I borrow a piece of paper and a pencil?"

"Sure, take my spare one." Dean handed her a pencil with a nod before he rip a blank page out from his notebook, handing it over to her too. Sky thank him with a wave before she walk over to a table in back as the deaf traveler take his book out, half-wondering about her odd request but he brush it off.

Sky take a deep breath before she write first few words on the paper, only to tap the eraser bit against her cheek. "Writing a love letter to Dean?" Duncan suddenly peek over her chair with a teasing smirk and the yelping Cree traveler quickly cover her paper with a blush.

"W-W-What are you talking about?!" Sky stuttered.

"You just wrote, 'Dean, I want you to know…'." The punk pointed out with a chortle, "You are so gonna tell him how much you like him, eh?"

"Shut up!" The blushing Cree traveler huffed, "I-I'm not gonna…Oh, forget it. Yeah, I am. I just want to write letter to him in advance because I know I would mess up or chicken out if I was going to tell him in person. After what I just read what he said to Owen, I decide not to wait any more and tell him before it's too late."

"Late for what?" Duncan raised his eyebrow at her, "You're the only chick I know who have a major crush on Dean, beside Josee but she lose her chance a while ago because she's crazy."

"Well, um…" Sky shifted her weight in her chair, "You never know what will happen next in life, right? Like we get eliminated and might never see each other again or…" The punk roll his eyes at her as she tried to come up with some excuse.

"Alright, alright, just go and finish your love letter to Dean." The punk waved her off, "Don't forget to add kisses and hugs."

"Duncan!" She hissed at him.

"Oh, and good luck with it." Duncan chuckled at her reaction before he head to the restroom, "If you ask me, I think you two suit each other."

"Oh…" Sky blinked at his back, "Thank…" Little did they know is that Cleo was sitting in front of Sky's chair and her eyebrow twitch rapidly as her nose wiggle few times. She don't know why it was getting to her.


(New Guinea)

The very next day, the buses suddenly stop with a hard brake and most travelers scream out as they were pushed out of the vehicles onto a hard ground in front of their smirking host. "Challenge time!" Chris spreading his arms out with a wide grin, "And it's medic-theme! Four challenges! Any team that complete a challenge will be excused from rest of the challenges, first team with first challenge will get first class ride in jet and whoever don't complete a challenge will see me in elimination ceremony!"

"Medic?" Scott scoffed, "You're gonna make us make out with some CPR dummies?"

"Maybe, if you're lucky." The host chuckled, "Anyway, our first challenge of the day…" He gestured at five wheelchairs on a track field, "Wheel of Doom! Two people from each team will participate in this race, one to push the wheelchair and other to ride. Five laps around the field and try your best to avoid some obstacles because if your wheelchair can't go on, you're out of the race! First team to cross the finish line will be excused from the rest of challenges and get first-class ride!"

"Do we choose our players?" Owen asked.

"Yes." Chris nodded.

"Dib on riding chair." Scott walked over to the wheelchair before his teammates can say anything. Harold decides to push his wheelchair and Zoey give it to them, if her team loses this challenge then she can make it up for the next one. The host just waits for the teams to pick their members and he doesn't have to wait any longer as several travelers approach the wheelchairs. Leon is going to push Bridgette for the Singing Fly, Burning Butterfly have Jo as pusher and Eva as rider, Max was chose to be the Vomiting Ant's rider since he was light enough and Stephanie step up as the pusher, Ryan and Dawn was forced to be pusher and rider by Courtney for the Crying Worm team.

"Okay, everyone, get ready on my command." The host brings whistler up to his lip as the pushers tensed, "Set…GO!" The wheelchairs took off with Burning Butterfly in lead.

"What's the obstacles, by the way?" Trent asked.

"Oh, just normal stuff." Chris pushed a button and dozen of swinging pendulums and buzzing saws pop out from nowhere as several shocked racers evade them barely.

"Dude…" The widened-eyed musician stared at the sight with dropped jaws, "…How is that relating to medic?!"

"Oh, we might teach you how to apply bandages if we're lucky." The host joked and some travelers give him an odd look.

"Jo, get me closer!" Eva barked at her partner as the jockette dodge a swinging pendulum before she speed up to get the bodybuilder closer to an unlucky victim. Eva crouch up on her seat then she shove her foot down at other wheelchair with a mighty kick.

"HEY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Bridgette screamed out in fright as the bodybuilder kept hitting the wheel of her wheelchair and Leon tried to get away from them swiftly but they stick to him like a glue. After few well-placed stomps, the fly's wheel rattles off and the surfer fall down with a crash as the Inuit traveler tumbles over her by accident.

"Oh, Singing Fly just drop out from the race." Chris laughed at the sight.

"Is that allowed?" Rock turned to him in shock.

"Yes." The host grinned as the racers enter their third lap, Burning Butterfly still in lead.

"MOVE IT, BUDDY!" Scott shouted at Harold, "RUN FASTER!"

"I am trying my best here!" The sweating nerd grunted out before he trip over a buzzing saw, which fortunately don't hit him, and the wheelchair was propelled by the movement.

"WHOA!" The scheming farmer held onto his wheelchair for the life with a scream and his eyes widened in horror as he roll toward the dozen of pendulum and buzzing saws at high speed. "NOOOO!"

"OOH!" Chris covered his eyes with wince and the travelers watch on in horror as Scott give out a bloodcurdling scream offscreen, it was so graphic as if they were watching a scene from a slasher flick. "…Look like we're really gonna learn how to bandage someone up."

"Go, go, go!" Eva banged her fists on the armrest of the chair, they were in final lap already and the finishing line was getting closer but the other two teams were right behind Jo, nipping at her heels. It was a neck-to-neck race and it look like the Burning Butterfly was about to cross the line first but Duncan suddenly send Max across the line by pushing the wheelchair forward.

"MAKE IT STOP!" Max cried out before he met the same fate of Scott.

"Ouch!" Chris winced again, "Vomiting Ant won in a painful way! First class is theirs!"

"HEY, THEY CHEAT!" Courtney jabbed her finger at the smirking punk with a roar, "IT'S AGAINST RULES!"

"No, it's not." The host shook his head, "There's no rule about pushing someone across the line and they did it fair and square." He make a shooting gestures at the Vomiting Ants, "Since you're excused from the rest of challenges, you can go ahead and relax in your first-class cabin until we get back."

"Sweet!" Duncan dragged the moaning aspiring villain past them with a smirk, following by his team and Courtney growled angrily.


(Confessional)

"CHEAT, RIGGED, SUE!" Courtney tears her hairs out with roar.

*Static*

"I really wish there's a loophole where I can eliminate any contesters on whim." Chris looked through a thick book before he close it with a deadpan expression, "None. Dang…"


"Second challenge!" The host clapped his hands together as Chef finished applying bandage to Scott's head, "CPR Relay! Three people from each team will race through this building with CPR dummies and the final runner has to perform a perfect CPR with Chef's approval. First team to complete it will be safe and excused."

"I'll go first." Zoey looked at her teammates.

"Then I'll take second and you do third one." Scott looked at Harold and the nerd start to brag about his mad CPR skill but it fall upon deaf ears.

"I'll do CPR because I have some experience in that." Ellody said to her teammates.

"Really, you do?" Trent asked with a blink, also volunteering to run the first leg and Jasmine take second leg.

"Yes, for extra credit." The genius replied.

"I'm doing CPR because I'm the CIT." Courtney pointed at herself with her thumb as several worms secretly roll their eyes annoyingly, "Crimson will do first leg and Lindsay do second one."

"B, you wanna do CPR?" Mike asked the silent traveler as B nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll do second leg and Sanders take first one."

"Now you have picked your runners, please take your place." Chris called out and the runners walk off to their starting points. He wait until he receive some confirmation from his interns before he announce, "Runners, ready? Set…" The first runners lift their dummies up before they take off as soon as the host shout out, "GO!"

Zoey was in lead with Sanders behind and the runners climb up a steep slope, where the second runners were waiting. The indie traveler gets closer to Scott and she was about to hand the dummy over but her foot trips her over, causing her to chuck the dummy toward Scott. It hit him right in his groin and Scott bend over with a painful groan, only to stumble around then fall down the slope. It's more painful because it turn out that the steep slope is longest slope, littered with jagged rocks that the interns placed early to make the first runners maneuver their way around, and he smash against every rocks all way down to the bottom. "Scott!" Zoey ran down to the base with concern expression, "Are you okay?!"

"Yes, I'm okay." Scott groaned sarcastically.


Chef cover his mouth with a yawn before Ellody arrive, tossing the dummy over on the table in front of the cooker then she start to perform CPR and B follow in with Courtney behind. Chef watches them for few minutes before he lift Singing Fly's flag up, "Singing Fly pass with flying color."

"WHAT?!" Courtney started to protesting about the decision but Chef ignore her as he bring his walkie-talkie out.

"Chef here." The cooker spoke, "Yeah, it's over. Singing Fly won this one. Okay, I'll tell her." He turned to Ellody, "You can go back to jumbo jet now if you want to."

"Thank you." Ellody left with a smile before Harold carries his dummy in.

"…Wait…" The nerd glanced behind him, "It's over already?"


Meanwhile outside the jet, Owen and Sammy were enjoying the clear weather as they make some chats and laugh a bit at Owen's stories. The oaf glance at her then he glance around at his surrounding, he feel like it's a perfect time to tell her how he feel about her. "Um, Sammy." Owen rubbed the back of his neck.

"Mmm?" Sammy arched her eyebrow at him, signaling that he have her complete attention.

"You're an awesome gal and really cool friend." The oaf poked his index fingers together, "I really like you more than a friend. I always have great time when we hang out together and I want to spend more time with you so I can know you better." He paused before he snaps his fingers, "Oh, and I really think you're pretty too."

"Oh, that's sweet." The peppy traveler smiled sweetly before she adjust her gaze away from him, "I do like you too, but…"

"But…?" Owen wondered, a little nervous and scared.

"The thing is…" Sammy took a deep breath then let a sigh out, "I'm a transgender."

"You identity yourself as a boy?" The oaf blinked.

"No, no, I identity myself as a girl." Sammy shook her head.

"Oh, so you're born as a boy but identity with female?" Owen said before he smile, "That's cool! How do you know you're a girl and when was that?"

"…You're not repulsed by me?" She asked with rapid blinks, "I mean, you don't mind that I have a body of boy?"

"Well, it's about inner appearance that count, right?" The oaf scratched his head, "I honestly don't see any problem with that as long as everyone accept themselves and is happy with that. You say you're a girl, then you're a girl, nothing wrong with that." He shrugged his shoulders, "Either way, I still like you." He scratched his hair dazedly, "Well, I like you for your appearance at first but I really like your personality most because you're so peppy and sweet."

"Oh." Sammy tucked her hair behind her ear, "Thank…You're the first guy that don't run off when they found out that I'm a transgender." She glanced at him from the corner of her eyes, "About your confession, can I have some time to think about it? I'll let you know at the end of this show, is that okay with you?"

"Sure!" Owen grinned and they talk a bit about each other.


"Third challenge…" Chris gestured to three large vats with diving boards, Scott stand on left board and he have a neck brace this time, Ennui in middle and Kim on right board. "Real illness or bogus illness? Puzzle game! I will ask the teams which illness is real or not and if they get it right, their diver will jump into the vat and fish a corpse piece out! There are five pieces in total and you must complete a set first to win this challenge."

"Are there gonna be eels in there?" Zoey asked, recalling seeing this challenge from an old episode.

"Nah, we change to something else better." The host grinned wickedly before he clear his throat, "Okay, here's the first one… ' Dance, real or fake?"

"Fake!" Courtney crossed her arms with a huff.

"Real." Harold answered with a grin.

"That is clearly a fake." Dave scoffed.

"The answer is…" Chris grinned, "Real!" He whispered to the camera, "I know it's not really a illness but a social phenomenon, they don't know it." He glanced at Scott, "You can go ahead and jump in." The scheming farmer dive into the vat before he suddenly try to get out of the vat with bloodcurdling scream, flailing his arms around and a scaly arm grab his torso, dragging him inside.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME, FANG!" Scott's voice screamed out, following by sounds of brutal beating and snarls from sharks.

"Oh, sharks, huh?" Heather muttered, not caring about the farmer in distress.

"Yep, and did I mention you have three tries to get a piece before we go to next question?" Chris chuckled sadistically. It took Scott two more tries until he receives a torso piece with a weak groan. He looks at his card, "Desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor."

"Um…" Mike scratched his head, "Real?"

"What he said." Sam also guessed it.

"Real." Zoey went along with it.

"Correct!" Chris grinned before the divers jump into the vat, Ennui come out with left arm in one go and Kim come out with right leg after two tries and Scott…

"BACK, BACK!" The screaming scheming farmer kicked sharks' faces but it makes them angrier as they bit into his legs, "HELP ME!" He didn't get any pieces this time.

"Dyshousia." The host called out.

"Fake." Eva guessed.

"Real." Courtney cut Ryan off.

"Um, fake?" Harold scratched his head unsurely.

"It's fake." Chris said and Kim dove into the vat then she come out with another leg piece before the host look up at Scott. "Scott, we're waiting for you."

"GIMME A BREAK HERE!" Scott panted on his knees, "I JUST GOT UP HERE JUST NOW!" It took the scheming farmer few minutes until he jump back into the vat, only to meet same fate like before.

"Maybe I shouldn't have goes with sharks." The host said absentmindedly as he ignored the screaming of the farmer before he shrug his shoulders, "Oh, well. Let's see…Fluoroquinolone Toxicity Syndrome."

"…Real?" Heather said slowly, somewhat unsure.

"Fake, fake!" Courtney once again cut her teammates off to their growing annoyance.

"Real!" Harold called out.

"The answer is real!" Chris grinned.

"HEY, I DON'T EVEN GET OUT OF THIS DAMN VAT!" Scott clawed his way out before the sharks drag him back under the water.

"Well, I don't see you coming out with a piece anytime now." The host rolled his eyes as Ennui come out with torso piece, "Next one…Fibromyangina."

"Real." Both Jo and the CIT said.

"Fake!" The nerd said.

"Ah, the question was tricky one." Chris chuckled, "It's fake, the real deal is spelling fibromyalgia. No 'n' in it."

"STOP GETTING THEM RIGHT!" The scheming farmer sobbed.

After a while, the butterflies have four pieces and worms were right behind them with three pieces while the leeches still have one piece. "Nah, too easy…" The host shuffle through several cards, "Any idiots can get it…No, no…Ah! Phalangiolithiasis."

"Fake." Eva grunted out and both Zoey and Courtney said real.

"It's fake." Chris replied before Ennui come out with final piece, "Burning Butterfly just take this challenge and they are safe!"

"ARGH!" The CIT stomped her foot.

"Now it come down to worms and leeches for the final challenge, whoever take it is safe from the elimination ceremony." Chris said, "…We will get to it right after Chef fish Scott out from this vat and give him some medic attention."

"Here we go again." Chef walked past him in his nurse outfit as he stretch a bandage roll out.


(Confessional)

"That is worse day ever." Scott muttered, he have casts on his right arm and left leg and he have black eye and some cuts on his face. "Can it get any worse than that?!"


"Here's your final challenge!" Chris gestured to two large deep pit and the teams paled at sight of hissing snakes as the creatures slithering around a pedestal, a vial sit on top. "Venom Valor! One from each team will have to take a leap of faith into the pit and fight their way to take the antivenom antidote, whoever get their first win the final challenge and save his or her team from elimination! You can start the challenge anytime by jumping in."

"Are you seriously gonna kill us?!" Ryan cried in shock before Courtney suddenly jump into one of the pits with battle cry, she don't want to lose the challenge so bad and the CIT was absolutely sure that the snakes are not venomous since the host tend to lie to scare them out of it for laugh.

"Pfft, I am not going in there." Scott peeked over the edge and at same time, Harold feel his lucky stone fall out of his pocket. The nerd bend down to pick up, his rear bump against large pole and it tip over toward the unawake farmer. Before the scheming farmer know it, the pole crash down onto him and he fall into the pit with scream as the pole smash his body against the hard ground then dozen of hissing snakes lash out at his flailing limbs.

"OH GOD, SCOTT!" Zoey and Harold cried out in horror.

"Relax, the snakes are not venomous." The grimacing host told the worrying travelers, winced at the sight with Chef at his side.

"…Wait, what?" Chef turned his head to his boss with a blink, "I thought we were supposed to use venomous snakes?" They stare at each other for a while as the screaming can be heard in background.

"…You got the antidotes on hand?" Chris asked as the cooker nodded before they turn back to the sight, "…This guy have a really bad day."

"Oh, yeah." The nodding cooker agreed with a whistle, "And it went from bad day to worse day."

"I won, I won!" Courtney climbed out of the pit with antidote but no one pay her mind since they were trying to figure out how to get Scott out of the venomous snake-infested pit without getting bit. The final challenge went to Crying Worm and it was no brain who will have elimination ceremony tonight.


(Jumbo Jet: Cargo Hold)

"I think it's pretty obvious who's going to be eliminate." Chris stared at mummified scheming farmer in wheelchair, "Sorry, Scott, you're out for obvious reasons."

"Bye, schemer!" Chef attached the parachute to the wheelchair before he kick Scott out of the airplane.

"We're screwed, aren't we?" Zoey asked.

"Yes, we totally are." Harold answered, knowing it was a rhetorical question.


(Economy Class)

Next day in an early morning, most travelers were sleeping in their seats and very few were up and around. A sharp jolt, following by a deafening screech wake everyone up with yelps before they hear their host's voice via the loudspeaker. "Morning, travelers, we're here in Java!" The host's voice spoke, "Challenge time, chop-chop! McLean out!" The sleepy travelers just left the jet, too tired to say anything at the moment.


(Java)

"Let's play Truth or Dare!" Chris grinned at the travelers around him as they give out a groan, "Yeah, I'm glad that you're all exciting about it! The rule is very simple, chose either truth or dare. If you refuse to tell the truth or turn a dare down, your team is out right away!"

"Is it just one challenge today?" Catarina asked peeved, it's way too early in the morning.

"Nah, two." The host replied before he tap his chin several times, "What's the order would be…Oh!" He snapped his fingers with a grin "We'll start with Crying Worm, Burning Butterfly, Vomiting Ant, Singing Fly and Flying Leech last then repeating. I'm gonna pick one out from your team…Amy!"

"Bring it on…" Amy yawned boringly, "Truth."

"Do you secretly enjoy reading fanfiction, mostly M rated stuffs?" Chris smirked and the evil cheerleader nearly chokes on her spit.

"…Yes." The evil cheerleader growled before she notice few weird looks from other, "What? I like to see you come up with something to do on this damn show in between challenges!"

"Ennui, truth or dare?" The host chuckled.

"Dare." Ennui said blankly.

"I dare you to drink Chef's fish smoothie!" Chris gestured at the cooker as he grind fishes into a blender then pour it into a tall glass before he give it to the hardcore goth. Ennui just drink it all up in one shot to their disgusting, "OH, DUDE, SICK!" The host covered his eyes with a groan before he calm down after few minutes with few shivers, "Dakota, truth or dare?"

"Truth." Dakota said without a hesitance.

"Did you eat raw meats when you were mutated?" The host asked.

"…Yes, I did…" The rich traveler shivered at the memories.

"Leon, truth or dare?" Chris turned to the said traveler.

"Dare." Leon said.

"I dare you to hit a person with sucker punch at your left." The host said.

"Wait, wh…" Trent looked up confusingly before the Inuit traveler sock him in jaw, sending him sprawling on the ground.

"Sorry." The Inuit traveler rubbed his knuckles and the groaning musician wave it off.

"Zoey, truth or dare?" The host glanced at her.

"Um, dare?" Zoey muttered.

"Dare you to make out with the guy next to your right." Chris smirked and the indie traveler glanced at her right side to see Harold.

"No, no, no!" The indie traveler refused with waving arms, "Not doing it! No!" She won't make out with anyone else because she has a boyfriend.

"Flying Leech's out." The host chuckled, "That's gotta be a record." He glanced at worms with a hum, "Lindsay, truth or dare?"

"Truth!" Lindsay replied.

"Who do you think is the cutest boy?" Chris smirked.

"Oh, Cori." The bombshell smiled and everyone just look at her puzzlingly.

"…Show us a picture." The host rubbed his forehead, sometime he forget that she tend to get people's names wrong.

"I can point him out." Lindsay pointed at Cody.

"…Huh?" The geek blinked rapidly before he look around to see if she was pointing at something else but everyone were staring at him, "Me? Really? What about your boyfriend, Tyler?"

"Yeah, you." The bombshell giggled, "And I don't have boyfriend."

"Oh…Um…" Cody doesn't know what to say as she smile at him and several travelers just glance between them.

"Well, that's kinda unexpected." Chris rubbed his chin, "Eh, Dave, truth or dare?"

"Dare." Dave said absentmindedly before his eyes widen, "Wait, I mean, tr…"

"Change is not allowed." The host shook his head with a wide grin, "I dare you to drink the toilet bowl!" Chef brings a toilet bowl out with dirty water inside and they can see some food bits floating around.

"NO WAY!" Dave fled the area with a bloodcurdling scream.

"Wimp!" Chef snorted.

"Burning Butterfly's out, thank to Dave." Chris shook his head amusedly, "Next…Owen…"

"Dare me, buddy!" Owen cut him off with a wide grin.

"Well, that is gonna be tough because I know you're one daring fella when it come to food." The host think about it for a bit, "…Ah, I dare you to French-kiss this bear over there!" He pointed at a bear, the said creature look up with a confusing blink.

"Alright, I'll do it." The oaf shrugged his shoulders and the widen-eyed bear quickly flee before the oaf chase it down. He later comes back with a limp and many scratches all over him and he sit down with a thumb-up.

"Carrie, truth or dare?" Chris asked her.

"…Truth." The blonde traveler said.

"Ever stalking Devin and secretly take pictures or anything like that?" The host smirked.

"Um, no." Carrie gulped.

"Lies, Singing Fly's out." Chris laughed as several travelers glance to Devin but it seems like he just miss the whole thing, courtesy of his sleepiness.

"Totally yandere." Chef muttered under his breath.

"How do you know this word?" Harold asked him curiously.

"Am I talking to you, maggot?!" The cooker growled and the gulping nerd just holds his hands up.

"Tyrell?" The host turned to the said traveler, "Truth or dare?"

"Truth?" Tyrell rubbed his neck nervously.

"If your team lost, who would you vote for?" Chris grinned wickedly with wiggling eyebrow and the party animal paled.

"…Courtney." The party animal whispered softly to his host.

"I HEARD THAT, YOU BASTARD!" Courtney shouted at him, making him paled more.

"Sky, truth or dare?" The chuckling host turned away from the sweating party animal to the said traveler.

"…Dare." Sky said after think it over.

"I dare you to pick both noses next to you." Chris said.

"I don't think I can do that one…" The Cree traveler shivered, glancing at Owen and Max at her sides.

"And Vomiting Ant is out." The host said, "Crying Worm won this challenge and now we are going to have our final challenge…"

"What's our advantage?" Courtney cut him off.

"No advantage." Chris shrugged, "I never said that there were going to be any advantage."

"Then what was the point of this challenge?!" The CIT hissed.

"For a little laugh." The host walked away with a light chuckle, "Everyone, follow me!"

"ARGH!" Courtney shouted to the sky.


"Have you guys ever played a game board with traps?" Chris asked the travelers, "Like…Say…Mouse Trap for example."

"Oh, yes!" Owen waved his hand up in air.

"Great, because there's no need for me to tell you what our final challenge is…" The host gestured to a life-size game board with dozen of traps, some look so familiar. "I give you Traveler Trap!" He pointed at two giant dices, "Roll a dice and move forward but be careful not to trigger any traps off or you will go back to starting space. Worse case, trigger a certain trap and you're out of the game for good!"

"Like waking Chef up over there?" Eva pointed her index finger at snoring cooker on a bed in middle of the game board.

"That's one of eliminating traps." Chris chuckled, "First team to be eliminated or come in last place will see me at the elimination ceremony and first team to reach the final space win first class in jumbo jet!"

"What's the order?" Jen asked as the teams stand at the starting space.

"We'll go alphabetic, Burning Butterfly first then Vomiting Ant last." The host said, "Butterflies, go ahead and roll the dices!" Eva toss the dices and it roll up to eight. The butterflies walk across spaces to the eighth space without any worries because the first ten are safe zone. Ryan toss the dices for the worms and it land, adding up to five.

"Dammit, you should have got us twelve!" Courtney snarled at him.

'Ugh, I wish I'm with Stephanie again, she don't yell this much.' The black bodybuilder stays quiet.

"I have a mad skill in rolling dices, leave it to me!" Harold tossed the dices around before it land on twelve, "Sweet!" He pulled his rainbow-colored stone out with a grin as he walk toward the twelfth space with Zoey, "Good thing I remember to bring my lucky stone with me this time."

"You have lucky stone since when?" Zoey glanced at him after she stepped over a trip wire on eleventh space.

"Since I found it on an island a while ago." The nerd replied.

"What island?" The indie traveler asked.

"The one where we did the candle challenge." Harold answered, "You know the place where they use jumpscares on us every time we put a candle out."

"…Wait, you took this stone from this island?!" Zoey cried out, immediately realizing something. She didn't notice that the Singing Fly rolled eight and Vomiting Ant move up five spaces.

"Yeah?" The nerd tilted his head to her with arched eyebrow, he don't know why her face is turning red.

"ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU TOOK THIS STONE OFF THE HAUNTED ISLAND WHEN CHRIS WARNED US NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING OFF THIS ISLAND OR A CURSE WILL FALL UPON THE OWNER?!" Zoey screamed loudly, causing everyone to jump up from shock.

"SAY WHAT?!" Chris turned away from the butterflies with rapid blinks, "Harold, did you take a stone from the haunted island and summon a curse upon your team?!"

"Curse is not real because nothing bad happen to me…" Harold said right before the stone slip out from his hand and it skip across the floor until it hit a wire. It break off to drop a net on the nerd and the snapping wire send the stone up in air. Everyone's eyes follow the soaring stone as it bounce off several objects and it set few more traps off, each hit the nerd in different ways. One pour honey and feather all over him, second one fling the net up with a snare trap, third one throw bunch of eels at the nerd as they electrified him and he fall into a fourth trap, which happen to be a deep pit with dozen different animals that all attack him at once. "HELP, HELP!"

"Not to kick leeches when they're down but I'm up and awake because of this maggot's screams." Chef slowly raises his hand up, "Does that mean Flying Leech is eliminated by technical?"

"Yes." The host rubbed his head, he almost pity the leeches right now. "Leeches, since you're out already, you can go and wait for me in the cargo hold for your elimination ceremony. I'll be right there as soon as we finish the game."


(Confessional)

"Ooh, I can't believe Harold!" Zoey buried her face in her hands, "The whole time we kept losing is because of Harold's curse! Don't he even listen to Chris' warning?!"

*Static*

"I don't know!" Harold gulped as he squirmed in his seat, "I wasn't there when he said that!"

*Static*

"Now I remember." Chris looked at his co-worker, "Didn't that happened before with Beth in the first season?"

"Yeah, but they caught on early." Chef replied, "…Do you want me to get some sages?"

"Yeah, I don't want any bad mojo all over me." The host nodded, "Travelers, I don't care but me? My face is the money!" The cooker rolled his eyes at his last comment.


The ants step on the red space and they hear an odd clicking sound before the area spring them up in air, sending them back to the starting space with a crash.


Courtney takes a charge forward five spaces ahead and before she knows it, green jell-o pour all over her. The scared CIT claw herself with howls and wails while her teammates stare at her with a deadpan staring, how can you be scared of a green jell-o?


Leon just stands on a green space before a boxing glove suddenly shot into his groin, causing him to drop on his knees with crossed eyes "Sorry!" Bridgette winced, it turns out that she accidentally trip over a wire and the arrow misses her when she fall down.


The butterflies step over a blue space and the floor split up under them, sending them plummeting into a skunk-infested pit. The creatures spray all over the screaming travelers and some nearly vomit at the reek smell.


The nervous flies inch around a snoring bear quietly and it look like they were about to make it but Izzy poke the bear with a stick, waking the creature up. "IZZY!" Most flies shouted at the giggling crazy traveler before they froze as soon as the bear turn its bloodshot eyes to them with a low growl. They quickly flee to the starting space to get away from the snarling bear.


Dozen arrows shot from other side and Ennui just stand there unfazed as the arrows form a outline of his body. The hardcore goth just step out then walk away from the outline without batting a eyelash.


Max claw the wall with high-pitched shriek as five buzzing saws slowly move toward him. "Is that legal?!" Noah looked at the smirking host.

"Yes, when you have a good lawyer." Chris chuckled sadistically.


The worms reach the second to last space and they get really exciting but their excitement was short-lived as a large mouse-like cage drop on them then it lift up with the trapped worms inside, moving all way back to the starting space. "NOOOO, THAT IS RIGGED!" Courtney rattled the bars with bellowing roar.


Chris look over the game board as the teams move forward or back, "Another setback from the worms and we have Singing Fly and Burning Butterfly getting closer to the final space while the Vomiting Ant is in the middle of something." The ants quietly sneak past the snoring cooker with baited breaths, "Now it's Fly's turn to roll the dices and if they land on three or more, they win the game."

"Who want to roll them?" Trent asked and before someone can answer, Ezekiel kick the dices forward and it roll up to three, which land them on the final space.

"The Singing Fly have won the game and first-class ride!" The host announced as the said team cheered for the semi-feral traveler before he turn to the camera with a cheesy grin, "And you viewers don't need to know who's seeing me in the elimination ceremony."


(Jumbo Jet: Cargo Hold)

"Well, now we know why the team stink so bad lately is because someone don't listen to my warning." Chris sighed at the nerd as the indie traveler look at him dirty with crossed arms, "Again."

"I don't know, gosh!" Harold glanced at the stone in his hand, "How should I know that it's cursed?!" His eyes shift back to his host, "So is there gonna be a tie-breaker?"

"Nope, it's double elimination." The host simply answered.

"…Wait, what?" Zoey widened her eyes before Chef toss them out of the airplane with parachutes.

"And there are four teams now." Chef closed the hatch door with a slam.

"Yeah, and it's more easy on me now." Chris grinned, "Less teams mean budget cut. Budget cut means more money for me."

"You mean us?" The cooker turned to him with deadly glare.

"…Yeah, I mean us." The host laughed nervously before he race out to avoid the cooker and Chef grumble under his breath.


(Economy Class)

"Ah, I don't know you guys but I can't wait for the next challenge." Duncan leaned back against the wall with his hands behind his head, releasing a contented sigh.

"Why?" Anne Maria raised her eyebrow at him oddly.

"Because after the next challenge, it's gonna be very roomy in economy ride with Flying Leech gone." The punk replied and the Jersey traveler thinks it over before she agrees with him.

"Plus, there's about fifty of us here so it probably will go by faster and we'll be at final before we know it." Owen grinned widely.

"Fifty-four." Cody did a quick roll call in his head.

"And some of them are crazy or bad enough." Duncan sighed to himself.


The next day, the travelers were relaxing and it seems like it's one of these quiet day…As long as few certain travelers don't act up over something. A squeaking loudspeaker draws their attention immediately before the host's voice can be heard, "Travelers, we'll land in New Zealand for your latest challenge! McLean out!"

"Again?!" Taylor looked up, "And this soon?! We just have challenges back-to-back for days!"

"You'll get used to it." Heather muttered and she have a funny feeling that the line have been said many times.


(New Zealand)

"We will have a special challenge today." Chris walked up to the teams, "It's double-team one, meaning your team will work with other team for this challenge."

"What's the challenge?" Owen asked.

"Hide and seek." The host replied as he pulled jersey sport jacket with nametags out, "Running Man version!"

"…You're not gonna sugarcoat the fact that you ripped a show off again?" The queen bee deadpanned with crossed arms.

"He actually rips it off from a fanfiction!" Chef hollered from the cockpit.

"Anyway, the rules are same like hide and seek game." Chris ignored the cooker, "Two team hides and other two teams seek them out then rip their nametags off. Nametag off, you're out. To win the game, the seekers must rip all hiders' nametags off and the hiders must survive for six hours, which is your time limit. Whoever wins will share the first-class ride in jet and whoever loses will see me in elimination ceremony, both team!"

"I WANT TO BE THE SEEKER!" Courtney called out.

"Nah, it's already been decided." The host shook his head, "Crying Worm and Vomiting Ants are hiders and Burning Butterfly and Singing Fly are seekers. Hiders, put these jackets on and go hide. You all get fifteen minutes head start!"

"God, I swear if we don't win this challenge, I'm gonna kill you all." The grumbling CIT snatched her jacket off the table as the hiders split up to hide and the seekers wait for Chris' signal.


(Confessional)

"I can't believe they team us up with this bastard's team!" Courtney growled angrily, "I rather deal with Chev's pathetic pickup lines than spend time with this cheater."

*Static*

"I can't believe they team us up with princess and her team." Duncan grunted with crossed arms, "I rather break my hands on Chev's ugly mug than spend time with this control freak."

*Static*

"Why do I have a feeling that someone is talking about me in bad way?" Chev crossed his arms with a scowl, he don't know why he have a sudden urge to punch Duncan's light out.


Dean enter a empty house and he find a large closet cabinet in a living room before he climb inside, closing the door immediately. The deaf traveler lean his back against the wall and he turn his head left to see how big it is inside, only to see Dawn's blank face. It was so sudden that he nearly yelp out in surprise and they just stare at each other awkward, he don't know that someone was inside in first place. The petite traveler just raise her hand up to greeting him, it was odd to Dean and he just return it with his raised hand then they just stand there in silence. He feel so awkward about hiding with someone from other team but at least they are on same side for now and it won't get any awkward than that…Just as he think it, Crimson enter the same closet and he end up standing between two stone-faced girls. 'So awkward…'


"Yo, let me in!" Anne Maria jiggled the doorknob with a scowl, "We're on same team!"

"Get your own place!" Courtney's voice barked from behind the door, "We were here first! You ants can just go running around and tired seekers out for us! It's logical because you have more members than us! Now get your orange-painted ass out of here!"

"That's not logic!" The Jersey traveler stomped away from the small building with a furious groan and before she know it, Eva pounce on her from nowhere and she rip the nametag off.

"Anne Maria out!"

Anne Maria was about to grumble before she get an evil idea, "…Yo, if I was you, I would check that place out." Her index finger point at the same building that she walked away early, "There must be two or three in there but who know?"

"You're telling me that?" Eva raised her eyebrow at her, "You know it might fall on you if your teams lose this challenge?"

"We can keep it a little secret." Anne Maria shrugged her shoulders.

"Alright then, it's our little secret." The bodybuilder head over to the building and several screams can be heard few moments later.

"Courtney out! Amy out! Kim out!"


(Confessional)

"No one call my tan fake-ass and get away with it." Anne Maria huffed, "If this ho want to mess with me then I'll mess right back!"


Bridgette, Catarina and Jo climb up few stairs to the fifth floor in a empty office building before they split up to look through the floor for any hiders. "Do you think they would hide in some place like that?" Bridgette glanced at the creepy floor, littered with rubbish, with a fidget.

"Maybe, I know some people can't resist hiding in here." Jo grunted, "They might think we're too chicken to stick around."

"What do you mean?" Catarina raised her eyebrow.

"Take a look around you." The jockette gestured at their surrounding, "Does it remind you of a scene from a slasher flick where a group of teenagers run into a killer and have their throats cut by some sickle or something like that."

"…W-What movie were you thinking about?" The paled German traveler asked with a shudder.

"I forget the name." Jo shrugged her shoulders, "It was really cheesy one. I bet you if we turn around, we'll see a killer staring at us." Just as she said it, they turned around to see a emotionless face with golden eyes staring at them and the girls suddenly run out of the building with bloodcurdling screams.

"…What?" Ennui calmly stroll out into the light with a slow blink and behind him, Max fall out with frothing at his mouth before the hardcore goth rip his nametag off.

"Max out!"


"Lindsay out! Dakota out! Devin out! Tyrell out!"

"Nice!" Chev grinned at the announcement, half-wondering who was it and if it happened in one same place. He will later found out that Eva and Izzy were chasing Lindsay and the bombshell accidently led them to other three hiders, who were right around the corner before they clash together then it was easy picking for the seekers.

"With them out, we have about seventeen more to go." Noah checked a list in his hand.

"I kinda find it weird that you have a list of names and carry it around with you." The flirter raised his eyebrow at the bookworm.

"It's better to know who's eliminated or not so we don't screw up and have a pre-celebration then have someone pull a rug out under us at the end." The bookworm replied, "Just to let you know, I just wrote it just before this challenge start."

"Ah, you must be this guy who plans everything out ahead of him down to one detail." Chev muttered.

"I am this guy." Noah shrugged.

"Dean out! Dawn out! Crimson out!"

"Fourteen to go." The bookworm muttered.


(Confessional)

"Why do some people huddle together?!" Courtney threw her hands up with a growl, "They should have scatter around by themselves! If I was not out, I would run around and kick them in groins or break their faces in!" She starts to rant but the feed went out with a static.


Two hours in and some hiders were eliminated, there are about nine hiders left and the seekers that partner up decide to split up more to cover the ground. Cody was running for his life as several seekers chase him, why did he decide to change his hiding spot and why does he have to come out in front of Jo then caught some seekers' attention?! "Stop running, you pipsqueak!" Jo hollered out before she tackle the screaming geek down and the other seekers pile up on them by instinct.

"Cody out!"

"I think my back's out too…" Cody's voice moaned out under the body pile.


Duncan settles into his new hiding spot, which was a large closet cabinet in an old house. "So far, so good." He muttered to himself quietly.

"Ryan out! Shawn out! Sam out!"

"Ouch, princess is gonna be so pissed off that her team's out first." The punk snickered under his breath, pitying the worms at same time. He tense up as he hear a footstep outside the closet and he get ready to bolt. Someone open the door, revealing to be Chev, and the punk immediately punch him right in face and he was about to flee but the flirter catch him with a back kick, knocking him down. The punk ram his elbow into Chev's face, receiving a smashing fist on his back from the flirter and they roll around, both forget the purpose of their challenge as they fight each other.


"That is so easy!" Heather ripped Jen's nametag off as the other seekers torn some nametags off, "Make it four hours and we still win this thing."

"Jen out! Sky out! Stephanie out!"

"Now we gotta find Gwen and Du…" Mike said before they hear an announcement.

"Duncan out! Gwen out! Game over! Seekers won!"

"Never mind." The unpredictable traveler muttered before the seekers cheer and it turn out that Eva caught Gwen while Chev tore Duncan's nametag off during their brawl.


(Jumbo Jet: Cargo Hold)

"Ants and Worms, you were caught so that mean you have to send one person home from each team." Chris grinned at the travelers, "The eliminated travelers that will go home tonight are…"

"…" The ants were so nervous.

"…" The worms waited for the announcement.

"…Owen and Courtney!" The host announced, "Courtney's out!"

"WHAT THE FUCK!" The CIT stood up with a roar as most travelers jumped at her shouting and she spin around to her team with deadly glare that would kill them on spot if it's possible. "YOU MOTHERFUCKERS, I'M GONNA SUE THE SHIT OUT OF…"

"Shove it up your ass, suey pants." Chef shoved the screaming CIT out of the airplane with a kick before he turn to Owen as he jab his thumb at the exit, "Move it, fatty!"

"Okay!" Owen gulped nervously as he peeked out of the hatch, "I-I can…No, no, I can't do i…" Chef and Chris pushed him out together.

"Ah, I feel so stress-free now with her gone." Chris sighed blissfully.

"You can say that again." Several worms muttered in unison.


Few days later, the travelers in the cargo hold was feeling a little cramped and crowded, due to numerous crates and extra team. "How long do we have to stay in here for?" Gwen muttered under her breath, she's doing her best not to let her phobia take over and thankful, her answer was answered in form of a squeaking loudspeaker.

"Ukraine, that's where we'll land in within one or two hours!" Chris' voice spoke, "Get ready for your challenge. McLean out!"

"Finally!" The goth traveler sighed out, very few travelers agreed with her.


(Ukraine: Lake)

The first thing that the travelers notice was two large floating platforms in the lake and both have six battle batons. "Today we will have a tournament." Chris walked up to them with a grin before he gesture at the platform, "Three players from each team will get on one of the platform and fight each other with battle sticks. All you have to do is pushing your opponents off the platform into piranha-infested lake! The winner takes the first class ride in the train!"

"Why are there two of them?" Devin asked, he can tell that one platform can hold up to six or more people.

"Because we are going to have two battles at same time!" The grinning host replied, "It's Singing Fly vs Vomiting Ant and Burning Butterfly vs Crying Worm!"

"So it's not elimination challenge?" The Asian-Canadian traveler grinned.

"It is." Chris chuckled, "We will have loser round and the biggest loser will see me in the elimination ceremony."

"Oh…" Devin rubbed his neck and several travelers groan at the new info.

"I'll let you pick your fighters." The host clapped his hands together, "We'll start the rounds in five."

"Devin, you're with me and Duncan." Stephanie glanced at the plain traveler, "It's about time you do something."

"What are you talking about?" The confusing Asian-Canadian traveler held his hands up, what he don't know is that few ants feel like he was slacking off for a while.

"I get this one." Jasmine said to her teammates with a smile, "Who wanna join me?"

"I'm going in and this freak is coming with us." Josee jabbed her thumb at Ezekiel with a scowl and the semi-feral traveler blink owlishly.

"Tyrell and Shawn are in but we need one more." Amy glanced around at her teammates.

"I'll join." Ryan raised his hand with a light shrug, "But either way, we're still screwed in the first round…"

"Why do you say that?" The evil cheerleader looked at him oddly.

"Because of them…" The black bodybuilder pointed at Eva, Jo and Chev as they took up their weapons.

"Oh…" Amy frowned, "Well, we're fine as long as we don't lose twice."


(Confessional)

"There should be some rules against facing someone stronger than you." Amy crossed her arms with a huff, "I have seen Eva ripping a door out one time…A whole thick door with deadbolts! Hell, Ryan can't do that and he's bigger than her!"


"Get ready…" Chris glanced at two platforms as the fighters slide into their stances with tense muscles, "Set…FIGHT!"

With a bellowing battle cry, Eva smashes the end of her stick into Ryan's stomach and it actually send him flying off the platform into the water with a splash. "What the hell do you eat for br…" Tyrell can't help but to drop his jaw at the sight before the bodybuilder introduce his face to her stick, causing him to stumble around until he accidently slip into the water. Shawn follows him in with Chev and Jo's teamwork.

On the other platform, Devin wash out so fast at Josee's hand as soon as the match started and Stephanie struggled with Ezekiel slightly as Duncan manage to sweep Jasmine's legs out, quickly push her off the floating platform. The punk attempt to help Stephanie but he was blindsided by Josee as the semi-feral traveler manage to eliminate the trainer from the game. Ezekiel quickly assists the figure skater and they both took the punk out within three minutes.

"The Singing Fly and Burning Butterfly have move up to the finals!" The grinning host announced, "We also will have loser round at same time! You can either choose to change your team or keep it as it is."

"…Is it just me or are you kinda rushing it?" Noah raised his eyebrow at the host suspiciously.

"Nah, it's not like I'm wanted here for breaking few law or something like that." Chris chuckled nervously with shifty eyes, "I just want to speed things up for…Um…My tan time!"

Chef quickly arrives at his side with a whisper, "We gotta hurry, fuzz is coming in two hours!"

"Got it." The host whispered back, "Go start the train!" He turned back to the teams as the cooker quickly ran back to the train and he notice that they don't change the battlers. "Now it's time for the final battles! Only one loser and winner come out of that and who will it be? We'll find out as soon as the match starts…" He blew the horn, "NOW!"

Shawn quickly thrust the stick into Devin's stomach then swing it up to hit his face before the zombie nut shoulder-charge him off the platform. "Hey, put me down!" Stephaine cried out as her on-and-off boyfriend toss her up onto his shoulder and she beat his back with her fists before the bodybuilder jump into the water with her, eliminating them both.

"Oh, come on!" Duncan tried his best to fight Shawn and Tyrell off but it was in vain as the black party animal shoves him off the platform. The ants groan at their loss.

On the second platform, Jasmine and Josee try to take Eva out with teamwork while their third teammate was suppose to block the bodybuilder's teammates but it was a mistake. Jo and Chev quickly eliminate Ezekiel with Chev's sacrifice before the jockette back Eva up, which they quickly eliminate Josee then they toss Jasmine off the platform.

"And we have our winner and loser of the day." Chris clapped with a grin, "Burning Butterfly takes the first-class and Vomiting Ant will see me in the shameful carriage for their elimination ceremony." There was a sound of siren before the host run toward the train, "Chef, they're here too early! Everyone, get in the train now!"

"What did Chris do?" One of the travelers asked but the question was never answered as everyone run inside the train and it speed off, following by several police cars.


(Train: Shameful Carriage)

"To remind you all, if you get your passport, you are safe for now and if you don't get one, you're gonna jump off the train." Chris grinned at the ants before he bring his clipboard out, "The travelers that will get their passport are…" He called their names out as Chef passed passports out to them, "Jen, Dean, Cleo, Cody, Max, Sammy, Scarlett, Sky, Stephanie, Gwen, Dakota and Anne Maria." He glanced between Duncan and Devin, "The final passport goes to…"

"…" The punk crossed his arms with sneer.

"…" The Asian traveler gulped nervously.

"Duncan!" The host announced.

"Well, that su…" Devin sighed out before the cooker toss him out of the moving train.

"…Boy, that guy is one boring guy in the whole world." Chef muttered after he struggle to come up with something.

"Agreed." Chris nodded, "Sometime I almost forget about him."

"By the way, what laws did you break to become a wanted man?" The cooker asked.

"…I plead the fifth." The host walked away.


(Engine Room)

"Once again, a curse has wiped an entire team out and now we're all down to four team, roughly fifty travelers!" Chris shook his head with a light chuckle, "It's really good thing that we don't bring our good challenges out or it'll be totally waste! With Flying Leech and Courtney out…" He whispered softly, "Thank god!" He quickly cleared his throat, "It's gonna be pretty smooth riding and we wonder what will happen next? What kind of challenges will we throw at four teams and which country will we visit next? Will they make some drama again? Find out next time on…"

"TOTAL…"

"DRAMA…"

"EXPEDITION!"

"FUCK YOU, THUNDERBLIGHT GANON!" Chef suddenly screamed into his Nintendo Switch console, "DAMMIT!"

"…Seriously, where do you get all these stuff?" The host asked him.

"Internet." The cooker quickly replied.


Burning Butterfly: B, Blaineley, Chev, Dave, Ennui, Eva, Heather, James, Jacques, Jo, Laurie, Mike, Samey, Sanders, Taylor

Crying Worm: Amy, Courtney, Crimson, Dawn, Katie, Kim, Lindsay, Ryan, Sam, Shawn, Tyrell

Singing Fly: Bridgette, Carrie, Catarina, Ellody, Ezekiel, Izzy, Jasmine, Josee, Kitty, Leon, Noah, Rock, Trent

Vomiting Ant: Anne Maria, Cleo, Cody, Dakota, Dean, Devin, Duncan, Gwen, Jen, Max, Owen, Sammy, Scarlett, Sky, Stephanie

Eliminated: Alejandro, Andrew, Beardo, Beth, Brent, Brick, Brody, Cameron, Chet, DJ, Dwayne, Ella, Emma, Geoff, Gerry, Harold, Leonard, Lorenzo, Jay, Junior, Justin, Kelly, Leshawna, Lightning, MacArthur, Mary, Melissa, Mickey, Miles, Nikki, Pete, Rodney, Rosa, Ryuma, Sadie, Scott, Sierra, Spud, Staci, Sugar, Tammy, Tom, Topher, Tyler, Violet, Zoey


And that ends our sixth chapter of TDC! Love it? Hate it? Feedback would be great!

Would you look at that? The Flying Leech has been wiped out and go down in history as second team to be wiped out before the merge, thank to Harold's curse! It's pretty good thing they don't use some good challenges!

Will things get easy since there are four teams now or not? Does that mean some travelers will have more airtime now or will Chris hog it all to himself like always? What kind of challenges does Chris have in mind? Where will they go to next? Who'll drop out next? Let's find out next time!

I think that's all I can say for now…Thank you for your time to read it!

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