TOTAL DRAMA TERRA!
Chapter 7 Alliances Form!
AN: Chapter seven. Ha, I didn't think anyone would actually even read this story, well, other than the people whose OC's appear in it. Imagine my surprise when this story actually got its fortieth review. I guess I really do have a knack for this whole writing thing. There is an underlining joke towards the end, I don't know how many people will get it, but I hope a few of you will.
Disclaimer: I do not own Storm Hawks, and never will. They are the property of Asaph "Ace" Fipke and made by Nerd Corps Entertainment, however I DO own Kai, the Shadow crystal and a portion this story. Also I do not own Total Drama Island, as it is the property of Jennifer Pertsch, Tom McGillis and Teletoon. Lastly, I do not own Mobile Suit Gundam (any series). Seriously, if I owned that thirty plus year sales Juggernaut, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction, and the only American pilot of the series wouldn't have been such a nitwit.
Credits
As I said above, I only own a portion of this story; those portions are Kai, and his Shadow crystal. The rest belongs to the following.
Tigger and Aladd are the property of Mysgrl7.
Rondana is the creation of MissDedodakes.
Shadow and Griffy are the cool creations of ShadowQueen25.
Scarlett was created by the talented LoveFlame.
Marina is the creations of fellow gamer enthusiast Star Wars nut.
And last but certainly not least, Fate is the grand creation of ShadowHawk91
"Speech"
"Thought"
Sound
(CS) Confession Stall
"Welcome to Total! Drama! Terra!" (Narrated by Chris)
"Last week, the challengers met their first actual challenge. They thought that it would be a simple dive, but it turned out to be a jump from near suicidal heights into shark infested waters. Scarlett, refused to jump, and as a result was forced to wear the dreaded chicken cap. Also, we learned that Snipe is actually an Olympic grade dart thrower, and that Master Cyclonis and Tigger have a lot more in common that most people had previously thought. Then, after a grand display of diving technique, Master Cyclonis lost her swimsuit."
"The campers then started their true challenge, building a hot tub from scratch, and though the Cuddly Koala's had a head start, the Flying Squirrels managed to level the playing field with some good ol' fashion high school sportsmanship. The Koloa's lost, and it was Buh By Harrier, who turned out to be the first to walk the dock of shame and leave on the boat of losers."
"What will happen this time? Are the campers through the rough? Have they made it into the clear? Not if I have anything to say about it, and, I do. Watch as the campers face their most difficult challenge yet on."
"Total! Drama! Terra!"
Chris smiles as he sneaks his way over to the two cabins. In his hands are two items.
A bullhorn in his left and an air horn in the right.
He holds up the air horn to the bull horn and squeezes.
BBBBBBBBEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
"Billy! That's it! I warned you, if you blast me with that thing one more time, I would turn you into a fur coat!" Kai kicked down the door to his team's cabin and looked around for his soon to be deceased friend.
"Hey! Nice jammeys you got there!" Kai spun around and glared. "Well sorry Suzi! But not everyone gets to spend enough time sleeping to actually need much in the way of sleepwear."
In truth, it was just the bottoms from a flight suit.
Several minutes later the two teams were assembled out in front of their respective cabins and were about to head to the mess area.
"Ah, ah, ah. First, you're going to have to earn your food." Chris was standing in front of the door, blocking anyone from entering.
"What? You going to stop us?" Snipe almost laughed. That was before the door opened.
"No. He will." Chris pointed with his thumb over his shoulder at Master Chef who was cracking his knuckles.
Each crack sounded more like thunder claps than anything else.
"Like I was saying, you have to earn your food. It's not much, just a little hike."
(CS)
"Yeah right. Just like how last time was, "just a little dive". Ptth he probably wants us to run across a field of geyser crystals or something." Scarlett crossed her arms and huffed.
(CS) End
"You will be running one lap."
"Around the camp?" Finn asked hopefully.
"Nope, around the terra." Chris smiled when he heard them grumbling and decided to have a little more fun. "Oh, and if anyone from either team doesn't complete the run before noon, that person's team doesn't get to eat." The two groups took off.
"He calls this a challenge?" Kai ran at full speed, intent on getting his breakfast. That's when he got hit by two fists, one in each shoulder and was sent to the ground. "Hey what's the big deal!" Kai leapt to his feet to find that his attackers were. "Suzi? Star? What was that for?" He also noticed that they were shooting him death glares.
"Have you even paid the tiniest bit of attention to what's been going on around you?" Suzi asked as the two girls took off.
"What are you talking about?" Kai asked catching up.
"What she's trying to say is, don't egg Chris on. If he doesn't think that you're at your wits end, he'll make things worse for all of us." Starling said as she ducked under a branch.
"Uhg, I don't thenk that I con keep zhis up for much longer." Dove panted leaning against a tree.
That's when she heard what sounded like several hollers and a thunderous thumping sound. She also noticed that trees were falling and that they were getting closer to her.
"MUSH!"
THUD
There, landing not even a foot away from her, was Snipe, and perched on his shoulder was none other than Master Cyclonis with a branch in hand.
"I said mush!" She brought the thin branch down and swiftly smacked Snipe on the rear, prompting him to take off like a rampaging bull, knocking down all that was in his path.
"Look out!"
Dove rolled to her side just in the nick of time.
Junko landed in the spot she had just been standing in.
"Well! Come on!"
Looking up, Dove saw Shadow sitting on one of the Wallop's shoulders, and Piper sitting on his neck with her legs draped across his chest.
"Come on! You don't want to miss breakfast do you?!" Piper leaned to one side and held out her hand.
Dove grabbed the bluenett's hand and was hefted up onto the Wallops other shoulder.
"All aboard the Wallop Express! Next stop, breakfast!" Shadow shouted while laughing.
"Hang on tight, things are going to get a little bumpy." Junko crouched down and leaped into the air before landing nearly twenty yards from where he had jumped. Repeating this he jumped again and managed to grab onto a branch and swung from it to another. (Think Hulk2 style transportation)
"Hey! That's not fair!" Aladd shouted while shaking his fist.
"Oh Aladd!" Before he could even turn around, Aladd felt a sudden weight on his back, and heard a familiar laugh. "Getty Up!" Tigger shouted.
"Hey! I'm no horse!" Aladd tried to shake the small girl from his back, but stopped when she grabbed his hair to hold on.
"What was that?" She asked giving a tug as a warning.
"Nothing, ma'am." Aladd said shrugging his shoulders.
"That's right. If you're a good horsy, you'll get a carrot." She then leaned down and hissed in his ear. "And I might just forget about the Sara incident from last week!"
Aladd gulped and took off as fast as he could, all the while plotting revenge against a certain golden eyed pest that had been the cause of his pain for the last week. "Maybe I'll put fire ants in his bed. Or maybe I should put crazy glue in his boots." Thinking over his options, Aladd settled on what he thought would be the best, and most suitable thing to do. "I'll just deck him."
Finn laughed as he ran past the man and did a "whipped" gesture, that was before a black and red blur flew past him. "Hey!"
"Come on slow poke! You don't want to get beaten by a girl do you?" Scarlett laughed as she ran facing the now irate blond.
"Just you wait, I'll show you!" Finn shouted as he picked up speed, intent on catching up to the girl.
"Hey! Did somebody zap you with a shrink ray or something?! You look so small from here, oh wait, that's just cuz you're so slow!" Scarlett taunted.
Growling, Finn picked up the pace even more and was now running at full speed, leaping over roots and rocks as he went. It was unfortunate that he didn't watch his footing.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" The cry of pain echoed throughout the entire terra, causing most of the birds to fly away.
Aerrow cringed when he heard the cry as he leapt from one branch to another. Looking down, he saw that his friend had slipped and done the splits on a rock as he tried to leap over small stream.
(CS)
"Ok, I know he's my friend, but you'd think that he would have learned by now that he's cursed." Aerrow shook his head at the camera and sighed.
(CS) End
As he swung from one branch to another, Aerrow was surprised to see another figure catch up to him and actually pass by. "Dark Ace." Aerrow narrowed his eyes at the man and sped up.
Ace looked over his shoulder to make sure that the young man was indeed following him. "Time for a little fun." Ace jumped from one branch to another, but not before leaving something behind. It was small, only about the size of a thimble. But he took off as though it were an apocalypse crystal.
Aerrow landed on the same branch Ace had just left, but was surprised when it disintegrated beneath him and left a swarm of biting insects.
(CS)
"I was going through my suitcase last night and found a Swarm crystal. It's not all that dangerous, but it is rather entertaining to watch." Dark Ace then broke down into a fit of laughs.
(CS) End
"What the! Ace! You snake!" Aerrow swatted at the small bugs, but they just moved out of his reach and avoided him before resuming their assault. Since his attention was not focused on where he was going, he missed the next branch and slammed into the tree.
"How does the song go George?" Ace laughed as he made his escape, not too thrilled at the thought of fighting the young Sky Knight at such an early hour.
Repton scoffed at what he was seeing. "And they call themselves warriors?" Shaking his head, the large lizard continued on. He decided to stick to plain running, rather than anything that could result in his being injured, as were the cases of Finn and Aerrow.
"CHRIS! WHEN THIS IS OVER I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Rondana shouted. Her long dress kept getting snagged in various branches and shrubs. Not to mention that her shoes, while ok for normal terrain, were not very practical for hiking.
"Did you say something Rodan?" Chris rode up on a Heliblade.
At first glance, it looked rather plain, but after seeing some of Stork's inventions firsthand, she knew better that to assume that it was unarmed.
"Why are we walking, while you get to ride?" She hissed.
"Because you're the contestant, and I'm the host" Chris then rode off.
"AAAHHHHHHHHH! I swear, it's like he makes it his personal mission to make me miserable or something!" Rondana screamed. "AND IT'S RONDANA!"
Chris pulled out a little red book and looked over his daily planner. "Let's see, evil deeds, evil deeds, burn down orphanage, evil deeds, ah, torture Rondana, check." His attention was so fixated on the little book that he didn't notice a passenger was now hanging off the back of his ride.
Stork smiled; once again happy that being a Merb meant that he had the ability to cling to most surfaces. "I never really did care too much for hiking. Too outdoorsy for my taste."
Several hours later the two groups arrived at the mess area and were surprised to find Stork and Fate already there waiting.
"How did you guys get here so fast?" Aladd shouted in disbelief.
"Well, Stork got here a few minutes after I got here, but Fate was already here waiting when I arrived." Chris said in a confused tone. "How did you outrun my Heliblade?" He asked.
"Like I said, I'm just full of surprises." Fate said sporting small smile.
"Well, since both sides are missing a member, I guess that you'll just have to go with out"
"WE'RE HERE!" Marina and Ravess both shouted running out from the thick brush out of breath.
"What took you two?! We almost missed lunch because of you!" Snipe shouted.
"Well, Chris forgot to mention that THESE WOODS ARE FILLED WITH BEARS!" Marina shouted with a particularly feral look across her face.
"Oh yeah, that reminds me. Just to let you guys know, the woods out here are full of bears." Chris ignored the stupified looks on the camper's faces.
"Whatever, let's just get our morning slop so I can go back to bed." Piper said tiredly.
"Actually, since you guys all did so well, I figured that you deserved a little something special." When Chris threw open the doors to the mess hall, the campers were met with the most beautiful sight they had ever seen.
A literal mountain of food.
It took several moments for them to get over the shock, but Kai was the first to react.
"BANZAI!" He cried out before leaping at a rack of prime rib.
"YOU BETTER LEAVE SOME OF THAT IF YOU KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR YOU BOY!" Repton shouted before rushing in.
"GANG WAY!" Snipe and Junko called out shoving everyone out of the way.
It wasn't long before the others joined in and a full scale war broke out. Plates and utensils were largely ignored in favor of bare hands. Master Cyclonis herself was clutching a large turkey leg like it was her own child; even Piper resorted to underhanded tactics in order to get her fair share.
(CS)
"Ok, we've been here for a week, and all we've had to eat is…grey mush. I don't even know what to call it. But I have to admit, I was surprised at how, savage some of the others became. Maser Cyclonis almost gave Snipe a concussion when he tried to get some of the turkey, and anyone that got between Repton and Kai over the ribs would have lost a few fingers. Dove was the worst though, for such a small girl, she packs a mean back hand." Marina said rubbing her jaw.
(CS) End
"Miane!" Dove shouted as she swung a frying pan she managed to find a few days ago. Finn was sent flying into a wall, but nobody seemed to pay him any mind.
An hour later, after all the food was gone, Chris entered the mess hall.
Whistle "Looks like a warzone in here people. Did you enjoy the food?" All Chris got in response was a mixture of moans and a few belches.
"Well, now that you're all fat and full, it's time for this week's challenge." Chris said smiled when he heard even more groaning.
Chris led the twenty one campers to the fire pit. "Ok everyone, have a seat." He motioned to the logs. After everyone was seated he continued. "This weeks challenge is, THE AWAKE-A-THON!" Chris said in an overly dramatic tone.
"What?" Finn asked.
"Dude, everyone tries to stay awake as long as possible, whichever person is awake the longest, their team wins invincibility for the week." Chris said with an annoyed tone.
"That's why you had us run and eat all that food? To make it harder for us to stay awake isn't it?" Master Cyclonis asked.
"The food, yes, the running, no. I had you do that because I thought it would be funny." Chirs said still smiling.
"So all we have to do is stay awake? Big deal, I can do that in my sleep." Finn said with a grin. He didn't notice the other Storm Hawks groan at how stupid the remark sounded.
One hour later.
Though everyone was still awake, you could see that some were straining to keep their eyes open.
Chris was humming some random tune while making a few more notes in his black book.
Four Hours into Awake-a-thon
Piper, having been up most of the night trying to make plans for whatever Chris was going to throw at them, slumped to her side, out cold.
"And we have one down, twenty more to go!" Chris shouted.
Six Hours into Awake-a-thon
Repton, being a lizard, was struggling to stay awake. It was in their nature was to take a nap after eating a normal meal, but after gorging and stuffing his face to make up for the lack of food from the previous week, he knew it was a losing battle. "I'm out." Was all he said before falling forward and smashing his face into the ground.
Ten Hours into Awake-a-thon
"Come on! Drop people!" Chris shouted at the remaining nineteen. When nobody showed any signs of wavering, he snapped his fingers.
Master Chef then came jumping out of the trees dressed in a fairy costume with a rope holding him up so he could fly around. The campers then noticed soft music playing.
"Is that dance of the Sugarplum fairy?" Tigger asked.
Chef Hatchet then started dancing and throwing dust as he spun around. Dark Ace fell on his face, out like a light. Eliciting quite a few laughs from the still awake Storm Hawks. Aladd and Tigger having been sitting next together, leaned on each other's shoulders and fell asleep. Stork was leaning against a tree, and though he fell asleep, he didn't fall over.
That's when it happened.
Chef Hatchet sprinkled some of the dust on Fate.
"AAAAAAAAAAACCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" And, as usual, her sneeze was accompanied by a spout of flame. But this was no ordinary spout; it literally lit up the entire terra for a few seconds.
"That was interesting." Chris said before pulling out his notebook and adding a few notes.
Those that were still awake were now very alert, and a few seconds later, several birds ranging from ducks to geese fell from the sky having been cooked to a crisp by Fate's sneeze. Chef Hatchet collected these before leaving.
Twelve hours into Awake-a-thon
Master Cyclonis, while powerful and certainly strong willed, was unable to continue. She nodded off and slumped forward, then fell back.
"Ah hahahahahaha! Shadow couldn't help but laugh at the fact that the greatest threat Atmos had ever faced, slept sucking her thumb. She took out a Kodak crystal and made sure to get several shots for future use. "The Terra Tribune will pay me a fortune for these babies." She thought as she rubbed her hands together and ginned maniacally. It slightly unnerved Aerrow as it reminded him of his first encounter with her father in the sky's terra Atmosia.
"I am sorrie, but, I am unaible tu continue." Dove fell over, but was caught before crashing into the ground by Junko's large hand.
(CS)
"When I saw that Dove was competing, I decided to help her when I could. I mean, she's not like the rest of us. She hasn't had that much in the way of training, and I wouldn't want her to get hurt, the rest of us could probably bounce back after a few days." Junko said.
(CS) End
Suzi looked around at those that were still awake. Currently her team was down to seven out of eleven, the other had six out of ten. Spying her two friends sitting together, she decided to start making preparations for later down the road.
"Hey, Star, Kai." Suzi sat down beside Kai. The two shot her a questioning look. "I'm not going to prank anyone…yet."
"Then why are you up here?" Starling asked.
"What are you up to?" Kai added.
"Geeze why are you two so suspicious of me all the time, I thought we were friends." Suzi said crossing her arms.
"Suzi, we are friends." Starling responded.
"It's just that we know you." Kai said.
"Look, I just wanted to make a little proposal to you two, that's all." When she saw that she had their attention, she continued. "We don't vote each other off, no matter what. If we can make it to the finale three, we'll split the prize money. That way we all win."
"And we should trust you why?" Starling asked.
"Because, I don't want to go back to terra Nord until I have no other choice, and if you do vote me off, I have plenty of blackmail on both of you." She added.
"You forget, we both have plenty on you too." Starling reminded her.
"True, but I have a lot less to lose." Suzi said grinning.
"Fine, just, leave me out of any future pranks." Kai said slightly annoyed.
"No can do, you should know that by now." Suzi said laughing. "I'll leave you two alone now, your free to go back to staring at the campfire while you sit beside each other." She added teasingly.
"What is with you people?! Come on, just drop already!" Chris half whined half taunted.
A small fence then popped up and several pigmy sheep started to run and jump over it. One particularly small one started counting while the others jumped.
"Bahhh, one."
"Bahhh two."
"Bahhh three."
"You want to find out how lamb chops are made?" Snipe asked with a rather nasty gleam in his eye.
"Baahh, baaaaad man bahhhhh." The little lamb then ran behind Chris, who was chuckling slightly.
Fourteen hours into Awake-a-thon
Starling saw that Kai was starting to nod off, and knew he wouldn't be able to stay awake much longer. She then heard a voice inside her head that sounded suspiciously like Suzi-Lu. ("You could give him a kiss, that would keep him up for a few hours.") Starling snorted at the thought. "You forget what happened last time? He was out cold for an entire day. No, I have a better idea."
(CS)
"Ok, I know that this is unfair, but it's the only thing I could think of. If we want to win this thing, we'll have to use every trick in the book. I'm sorry for those that will be scarred for life, but, I must do this." Starling looked at the screen apologetically.
(CS) End
Looking at her former ward, she asked the one question that she swore never to ask unless it was an emergency. "So, Kai, which season of Gundam did you say was the best?"
Suzi's jaw dropped.
(CS)
"HAS SHE COMPLETELY LOST HER MIND?! HE'LL GO ON FOR HOURS! Sure, I agree that we should use what we can, but, that's like using a canon for a flyswatter!" Suzi shouted as she slapped her face into her open hand.
(CS) End
"Oh, well, the twenty fifth was my favorite; Seed introduce several new concepts to the timeline and quite a few interesting ideas for weapon systems." Kai said going into "auto-geek mode."
"Ptth, season twenty was better written. They only had one idiot, and its main character wasn't emo." Ravess said pushing a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
Everything went silent.
"YOU! YOU watch Gundam?!" Kai, Aerrow and Finn asked in shock.
(CS)
"Oh dear lord. What have I done?" Starling's face sunk into her hands.
(CS) End
"And what are you talking about, Kira isn't emo!" Finn shouted.
"Oh please, they should have put a Cleanex dispenser in the cockpit of his suit." Ravess said rolling her eyes.
Finn was about to retort when he heard Aerrow laughing beside him. Turning, he shot his friend a hurt look.
"Well, she's got a point. Kira did cry in half the episodes." Aerrow then broke into a full blown fit of laughs.
"Oh? Like Athrun is any better? He's destroyed every suit he ever had! Three were by self destruction alone! Some best friend you are." Finn said pouting.
"You know, you guys actually act a lot like Kira and Athrun." Kai said jokingly.
"Yeah, you're right. Piper could beat the snot out of him like Cagalli!" Finn said falling to the ground laughing.
"Yeah, but remember the opening credits of Destiny? If I'm Athrun, then you're Kira." Aerrow said smugly.
"How? I have the best shot? Better rides? I'm the coolest dude around and your best friend?" Finn asked counting off on his fingers.
"No, you have the same luck with girls." Aerrow said with a perfectly straight face before falling to the floor laughing.
While the two argued, Kai found himself in a rather interesting conversation with Ravess.
"So, you like Wing? Why? I mean, egh."
Ravess decided to have pity on the boy. "It's more realistic, that, and I think it had better female roles. It's the only one where they served as more than a romantic interest for the pilots."
"So…you're talking about Dorothy I take it?" Kai asked.
"Dorothy was different, yes, but I personally liked Catherine. Her role was small, but it gave the viewer a glimpse into an otherwise unseen facet of war-"
"NERRRRRRRRRRRRRDS!" Chris shouted using a bull horn.
"Yeah, well I kicked you and your team's rear in every single battle, solo, and I had no prior training!" Finn shouted.
"Solo? You had a bloody BATTLESHIP giving you cover fire! That thing had more guns on it than Snipe's Super Battle Airship!"
"Hey! I saved your butt five times!" Finn shouted.
"Yeah well at least I didn't date my sister!" Aerrow shouted back.
"How was I supposed to know?! They were separated at birth! Besides, what are the odds of running across your unidentical, unknown, long lost twin sister three times in less than two months, on two different continents' and a space colony!" Finn retorted.
"At least I don't just shoot at everything!" Aerrow shot back.
"Well at least I'm not whipped!" Finn returned. That's when Aerrow fell to the ground laughing again.
"Not whipped? Dude, you're the definition of whipped! Your first girlfriend was using you like a puppet, the second turned out to be your sister, and the third proposed to you!" Aerrow said between laughs.
As the conversation continued, Scarlett fell asleep using Finn's shoulder as a pillow. Oblivious to her presence, Finn continued arguing with his best friend.
"At least I didn't get my car as a good behavior gift from my girl." Finn said in triumph.
"You're joking right? Two of Kira's suites were presents from his fiancé, and the third was a gift from his sister because said fiancée asked her to give it to him out of pity."
"So you liked the way Catherine supported her brother without supporting the war? That's interesting, kinda like you and Snipe eh?" Kai then felt a sudden weigh on his shoulder. "Suzi if this is an o t h e r." Kai stopped, and all the color ran out of his face before returning full force. He came face to face with a sleeping Starling.
(CS)
"Ok, I know it was mean, but he needs the extra little push. Besides, it's always fun to hear Kai scream like a little girl." Suzi laughed at the camera.
(CS) End
Kai swallowed before turning to who he was sure had been responsible for his current dilemma. Of course Suzi was rolling with laughter. The irritation on his face would have been much more menacing, were he not blushing like a tomato.
Finn continued his argument, oblivious to the fact that Aerrow was now asleep. So far, Aerrow was the first person that hadn't fallen or slumped. He just sat there, same as he had been for the last twelve hours.
Twenty-four hours into Awake-a-thon
Fate, who had tried valiantly, was unable to continue. So she moved from where she was sitting to be beside Aerrow. He was the only person on her team that she felt comfortable enough to fall asleep around. The others were either enemies or unknowns. "I don't think Piper will mind too much if I use your shoulder for a pillow." Fate said before slipping into the realm of dreams.
"Alright, fourteen down, seven more to go." Chris said sipping from an extra large coffee mug.
"Hey man, you've gota fix me up." Turning, Chris came face to face with a rather desperate looking Suzi-Lu.
"Why should I give you anything? Besides, that would make the challenge easier." Chris said, making a point to sip from the mug.
"Because, I'm not finished with him." Suzi said pointing.
Following the direction her finger was pointing in, Chris saw a very nervous Kai with a sleeping Starling holding onto one of his shoulders. The poor teen was shaking and his eyes were darting back and forth. Chris raised an eyebrow at this. "What have you been doing to him for the last twelve hours?"
At this Suzi almost fell to the ground laughing. "What haven't I done? He's such an easy mark it's almost not even funny. I keep waiting for him to jump out of his skin or jump up and scream like a little girl."
"I thought you were friends?" Chris took another sip from his mug, much to Suzi's annoyance.
"We are, but since Harrier was voted off, I needed to find a new target to pick on. He's one of my three perspectives, along with Aladd and Finn." Suzi's eye ticked when Chris took another sip.
"Well, as much as I'd like to help you. I can't." He then took another sip.
Suzi groaned before slumping against the podium Chris was using and fell asleep.
Ravess, while originally enjoying her conversation with Kai, found herself growing extremely board. Normally when ever this happened she'd just pick some random Talon and use him for target practice, but that wasn't an option for her right now. Looking around she found a small rock next to where she was sitting and picked it up."Or is it?" It wasn't anything special, just a somewhat large pebble to be honest. That's when she saw that Finn had yet to stop talking.
"His voice is starting to get rather annoying." Turning the pebble over in her hand several times, she flicked her wrist and fired it at the Blond pest.
Plonk
The rock hit dead center and knocked Finn in the forehead. For a moment nothing happened, but then he fell forward, out like a light. This of course brought Scarlett down with him, but instead of landing on the ground, she landed on his back. Shifting slightly, she turned to face away from him before settling back to sleep.
Junko, upon seeing his best friend get knocked out decided to even the score and bopped Ravess on the head. It was just a tap really, but a Wallop's tap is like having a coconut hit you from ten feet up. Ravess's eyes rolled back into her head and she seconds later she fell forward out cold.
This in turn anger Snipe. "Nobody hurts Snipe's sister!" Quickly standing up, Snipe made sure that nobody was watching and threw the log he was sitting on at the Wallop.
Junko saw it coming at the last second, but it was too late to do anything about, so it hit him in the head. The last thing he saw were several small blue birds circling his head who then hit him with a mallet.
Shadow yawned from her spot. She had been up late the day before this all started. So even though they were at the twenty fourth hour of the challenge, she had actually been up for close to forty hours. "I'm not going to make it much longer." "Griffy. You here?"
A few seconds later, the feathered creature came barreling through the brush and sat beside her.
("You needed me?") He asked. Though to the few that were still awake it sounded more like a squawk.
"Yeah, just sit right there." Shadow plopped down from the log and nestled her head on his back before falling asleep.
"Squawk!" ("Hey! I'm not a pillow! Get off!")
The next thing she did was pull one of his wings around herself like a blanket. This was followed by more squawks.
("Hey! I'm not a futon! And you're heavy!") This had no effect on the snoozing girl. She actually started snoring if anything else.
("I am a legendary beast.")
("I am a guardian and friend.")
("….I'm hungry.") Griffy accepted his fate and began plotting how to get back at the girl. He didn't want to hurt her or anything, just let her no that he was not to be used as a pillow.
Kai was starting to falter. Between the exhaustion from the run, and having stuffed himself with almost five sets of prime rib, he was already in an extremely weakened condition. Added to this was having his crush use his shoulder as a pillow. Kai glared at the Shadow crystal that hung from his neck.
"This is all your fault." Thanks to his enhanced sense's, Kai not only was able to smell her lavender shampoo, and hear her breathing, but he could actually hear her heartbeat, and, just like any other human, the ambient sound was lulling him to sleep.
"I'm out. Rondana, it's up to you." He said before falling backwards.
Due to the shift in position, Starling once again made herself comfortable.
Kai would have paid an arm and a leg later if it would have given him the strength to move out of the position.
Rondana snickered at her friend's plight. "I can't let this chance get away; Suzi would pay a king's ransom for this." Reaching around to the small pouch she kept on her hip, she quickly found her Kodak crystal and took several shots of what she knew would pay out if she didn't win the contest.
Thirty hours into Awake-a-thon
Snipe looked around at who was left. He and Marina were still up for his team, the other side only had Rondana. He was sure that he could outlast the small woman; he just had to keep his mind occupied.
"What's with you people?" Chris took another sip from his seemingly bottomless mug before a serious expression passed across his face. "You know, I really didn't want to do this. Honestly, I thought you'd all be out by now. I said to myself last night as I slept in my king sized waterbed, Chris, you can't do this them, the Sky Council itself banned this from use in torturing information out of Cyclonian spies. But it looks like you guys are made of some seriously tough stuff. Even if only one of you is actually a dude. This is the single most boring, sleep inducing thing that I could think of."
"The Sky Knight Code, volume one. A sound enhanced book."
(You know, those kid's books that have the little buttons you push and the make different noises)
"Chapter one, the creation of Atmosian parliament."
Snipe knew he had no chance. He had heard horror stories about this book set. It was fifty volumes, each of which was three times thicker than a phone book. The few spies they managed to retrieve after having been exposed to it were reduced to frothing mumbling morons. Snipe knew that if he wanted to preserve the few working brain cells he had left, he had only one option. Holding his fist out, he brought it crashing into his face as hard as he could, and knocked himself out. When he hit the ground, he had a content smile on his face.
Fifty eight hours into Awake-a-thon.
"And that was how the first, and currently still in power Sky Knight Council was formed one hundred and seventy years ago." Chris closed the large tome and was surprised to see both the girls still awake. "Man, you guys seriously want to win this thing. Tell you what, you can have a bathroom break, I need to refill my mug. Be back in twenty minutes ok?"
Rondana nodded her head in understanding. "Well, I never thought that I'd be able to keep up with a legendary Sky Knight." She said strolling towards the bathroom. As she passed Marina though, she noticed something odd, or rather, she heard something odd. Was that snoring? Getting down in front of her opponent, Rondana was positive that she could hear snoring, but Marina's eyes were open. "Hey! You alright?" She asked.
Snore
"CHRIS! SHE'S SLEEPING WITH HER EYE'S OPEN!" Rondana shouted.
"Now this, I've gota see." Chris strolled over to the redhead. Sure enough, he could hear her snoring peacefully. Grinning, he pulled out his air horn and gave it a blast.
"AAAAAHHH!" Marina jumped and fell forward, the rest of the campers were woken up.
"EEEEWWWWWWW! Aladd! You drooled on me!" Tigger shivered. Her hair was as wet as when she got out of the shower.
"I can't help it! I was dreaming about food!" Aladd said in his defense.
"Oh yeah? Where were you eating? The Steak House?" Tigger asked accusingly.
"Yeah. How did? Uh oh." Aladd covered his head trying to block the branch from hitting his head, but was caught off guard when she instead elbowed him in the stomach before marching off.
"Well, look's like the challenge is over. The Squirrels win invincibility. Again. Everyone, hit the showers! You all stink!"
(CS)
"Ok, that was embarrassing. But as soon as Chris started reading, I seriously saw Zelda standing in his place. I swear that his voice even sounded just like hers! So when I had that mental image stuck in my head, I did the same thing I always do when I have to meet with her. I conked out." Sighing Marina then continued. "After years of sitting in on boring meetings and listening to people complain, I learned how to sleep with my eyes open. It's proved useful since Zelda starts her speeches over if she catches you asleep."
(CS) End.
Chapter Seven End.
After several days of being continually harassed by The Libra's Virgo dolls, the five Gundam pilots decided to go on the offensive.
"Ok, I can understand us taking the fight to them, but couldn't it have waited just a little longer? I mean, it's not like if we delayed the attack by thirty minutes it would be the end of the world or something." Duo whined.
"We'll have plenty of time to relax after we take down Zechs." Heero replied in his usual cold tone.
"Besides, that show comes on three times a week, so you'll still see tonight's episode, you'll just have to wait till Saturday." Quatra said once again trying to mediate the situation.
"Watching a rerun is not the same as seeing it the first time it airs." Came Duo's snooty reply.
"Your just upset that you still owe me twenty from last weeks episode." Wufei had to muster all of his inner calmness not to laugh when he saw the Americans face.
"I'm over it, besides, I'll make it back and then some, mostly off of you." He replied grinning.
"We are approaching enemy territory, one minute till radio silence." Heero called out across the comlink.
"Hey Trowa, you've been quiet, everything alright?" Quatre asked with mild concern.
"Hm? Oh, I was just texting Cathy." Trowa replied half startled.
"You sure do talk to your sister a lot, what were you texting? Asking for her permission to attack?" Duo asked teasingly.
"No, unlike you, I do not fear her, I was informing her that I would be unable to make it to tonight's performance." Trowa responded with his usual calmness.
"HEY! I am not afraid of your sister!" Duo shouted.
"Yes you are. You have been afraid of her ever since she pinned you to the wall by your ponytail." Heero piped.
"Well excuse me for wanting to be cautious around someone that could shave the wings off a fly from twenty paces with a throwing knife!" Duo could be seen pouting in his seat. "Some Shinigimi you are, afraid of a circus performer." He thought.
"Howard set the tvo to record the show, so you'd better be ready to pay up Maxwell." Wufei taunted.
"I still don't think that was a good idea, you never know what might happen on those shows."
"Quatre, please, you never think anything involving risk is a good idea." The Chinese teen glared at his blond teammate.
"He does have a valid point. To bet washing all of our Gundams, with a toothbrush at that, that tonight's team would win because of a male contestant., is a bit risky." Trowa's image appeared on the Altron's view screen.
"Not really. Last week it was a man's idea combined with a man's ability that allowed them to win. Women are weak. They always have been and always will be." Wufei retorted.
"I don't know. That Starling chick knocked a shark out with one punch, and I've been beaten up a few times by girls in the past." Duo said sheepishly.
"That's because you are weak Maxwell." Wufei grinned.
"HEY! I got an idea!" Duo suddenly exclaimed.
"That would be a first." Trowa muttered.
"Heero, Z.E.R.O can predict the future right?" Duo asked.
"Yes, the Z.E.R.O system takes all currently available data and uses it to predict all possible and probable outcomes. Why do you ask?" Heero asked slightly curious at what his "not friend" was planning.
"Could it figure the possibility of tonight's winner being a girl?" He asked.
"Duo, only you would think of using a state-of-the-art piece of military hardware for something so.."Before Trowa could finish the statement he was cut off by Heero.
"Yes. Z.E.R.O says that not only will tonight's winner be female, but both of the finalists for the challenge will in face be female."
"YES!" Duo shouted.
"WHAT!? INJUSTICE! I DEMAND SATISFACTION!" Wufei screamed.
"I warned you." Trowa said shaking his head.
"Come on! We won't really know until we get back, besides, it's a computer! How accurate can it be?" Wufei said, miffed at the possibility of losing a bet to "the American".
"Z.E.R.O. can predict every possible action that a human can, and will make in the next twenty four hours with ninety nine point nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine percent accuracy." Heero said in his usual board tone.
"HEY! That's why I can never beat you at chess! You're cheating!" Duo accused.
"No, I'm not. You're just not a very good player." He replied.
"Heads up guys. Time to take this thing down!" Quatre shouted.
Mysgrl7, Loveflame , Star Wars nut, and ShadowHawk91, you guys know the drill. PLEASE PM me your choices, do not, I repeat, DO NOT put your characters vote as a review. Also, make sure you PM ME not Lane19. (sweatdrops) I guess that I should have said that last time too. If you can't PM me use the forum. Also, I have started on the next two chapters, or rather, the mini chapter of who got voted off (pending OC owners votes) and the actual true next chapter. I don't want to give away too much, but I will say this. I swear that I'm deciding who wins by coin flip, I'm not using a rigged quarter or influencing it in any way shape or form. What this means? You'll just have to read to find out. I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. Please, leave me a review and I will try to get back with you as soon as I can. Till next time Ja Ne!