Hydra growled fiercely at the peanut gallery, who all looked at it in terror, except for Jen and Anjana, who were sobbing in each other's arms. Soon, Jen broke her hug with Anjana and firmly said, "I have to fight this beast! I don't know whether Tom is dead or alive, but I'm going to do this...for him! He sacrificed himself to save our lives...and we need to do the same for him!"
"YOU...are one of the bravest people I know! Go out there and whoop that beast's ass!" Anjana encouraged Jen as she hugged her tightly.
"I will do that! That beast has definitely pushed me over the edge after what he did to my fiancé!" Jen firmly said. She then jumped in the air towards Hydra and prepared to throw a mighty punch at it as it let out a mighty roar again. All of its heads were aimed toward Jen with their mouths wide open, with the entire peanut gallery watching in fear.
"FOR TOM!" Jen shouted as she started punching and karate-chopping the Hydra's heads. She dodged the Hydra's killing bites one by one by using her flexibility and fast moves to the fullest.
*static*
*in confessional* Jen: Just in case you guys are curious where a fashionable girl like me got all those insane moves, I've been doing gymnastics and Taekwondo since I was 4! That's why whenever Tom helps me practice my moves on him, I can take him down so easily! He's lighter than a feather!
*static*
*back to yacht*
Jen continued to kick and punch away the heads and dodge their moves. The Hydra's fire-covered head swooped straight towards Jen to attack her. Just as she did a backflip in the air, another one of its heads swooped down and knocked her towards the yacht. Luckily, in the nick of time, Anjana managed to catch her in her arms.
"Oof!" Jen exclaimed as she massaged her head a little.
The Hydra snarled at Jen and Anjana and all of its heads swooped down towards the two. They both screamed and clung onto each other in fear. Just as this was happening, a tall gray monster with a long neck, small beady black eyes, four big fins, and a long tail swooped in and rammed Hydra in the chest, sending it flying half a mile away.
"Hey, it's Nessie!" Kaylin exclaimed, pointing to the monster.
"YAY! Monster battle!" Austin excitedly said as he grabbed Chef's popcorn from his hands and started munching.
Right after the attack, Hydra got back up on its feet and started growling fiercely at Nessie. Another one of its heads caught on fire as it ran up to Nessie and swung its third head at Nessie, sending it flying on its back. Hydra then stomped over towards Nessie, and pressed its claws into its neck, about to strangle it.
"Oh no you don't!" Jen shouted as she jumped up in the air, doing multiple flips and doing a flying powerhouse kick at Hydra, which caused it to completely stop what it was doing and focus on Jen. This gave Nessie some freedom to escape from Hydra's grasp and flip Hydra off of it.
Suddenly, its third head caught on fire. Jimmy gasped in shock and exclaimed, "Whoa! Anurag was right! It doesn't look like the Hydra is going to last very long! It only has a few more heads left!"
Jen then hopped onto Nessie's back and winked at her. "Come on, Nessie! Let's go kick this hideous thing's butt together!" she firmly said as she pointed to Hydra.
Nessie nodded as she approached the weak Hydra, who was shaking from the attacks and the fire it had encountered. It roared again as Nessie approached it. It swooped its head towards Nessie to deliver a powerful bite, but Nessie managed to stop its attack by using its teeth to choke the Hydra. Hydra continued to catch on fire and the flames grew stronger.
"Let's send this home wrecker blasting off!" Jen yelled out. Nessie nodded, and with a powerful throw, Hydra was sent flying in the air and the rest of its heads caught on fire as it was flying to an unknown location. Everyone cheered loudly as Jen and Nessie approached the yacht. Jen got off of Nessie's back and Nessie swam away from the yacht.
"Woo hoo! Jen, THAT was awesome!" Anjana excitedly said as she picked up Jen for a hug and jumped up and down.
"Who knew such a fashionable, petite girl like yourself could possess such great talent!" Jacques excitedly said as he patted Jen on the back.
"Jacques! Do not make friends with the enemy!" Josee growled under her breath as she glared at Jacques
"Oh come now, Josee! She's nice, no?" Jacques defended.
"You should definitely go for zombie fight training with me sometime! Here's my card!" Shawn told Jen, handing her his business card.
"Thanks guys, it was nothing really. The real hero was Nessie….and….and….Tom…." she said, starting to cry and cover her face.
"You guys were all heroes! And you should all be proud of yourselves! Me and Olivia couldn't have done that," Colin said with Olivia next to him.
"Speaking of Nessie...I wonder where she is now?" Austin wondered aloud, looking around on all sides.
They then noticed Nessie slowly swimming up to the yacht, holding a lifeless Tom on its back. Nessie gently took Tom off its back and placed him on the yacht floor. Jen ran up to him and placed his body on her lap, sobbing. Jen turned to Nessie for a brief moment to see a sad look on her face and heard a few whimpers coming from her.
"Tom…" she sobbed as she buried her face on Tom's forehead, letting the tears fall on his head. "Oh, I love you! I love you so much! Please don't leave me! I don't want to lose you! I'm so sorry about the fight we had over our blog during the race and about the fezzes! I'm sorry about everything I may have done that turned you off! But please don't die! I love you too much to lose you and I can't imagine what the rest of my life would be without you...and our shopping sprees…our annoyingly loud squealing...and our late night coffee runs...and our trips around the world...and our sexy make out sessions….and everything!" She sobbed harder and hugged his head tighter, lightly kissing his cheek.
"So….does this mean we're gonna bury him?" Brittany duly asked Jordan, which caused Jen to bawl even harder.
"You dummy! Now look what you've done!" Jordan snapped, slapping Brittany across the head and pointing to Jen.
"Oh, stop crying! Death happens, get over it!" Eva said, rolling her eyes.
Anurag overheard Eva's rude comment and clenched his fist and growled in anger. He turned around ignited his lightsaber and aimed it Eva's throat.
"I HAVE HAD IT WITH YOUR RUDENESS TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE!" Anurag yelled in anger at Eva. "A PERSON CANNOT JUST GET OVER A DEATH JUST LIKE THAT! ONLY A HEARTLESS PERSON LIKE YOU WOULD SAY SUCH A THING!" He brought the blade of the saber closer to Eva's throat as she slowly backed away in fear until she got to side rail of the yacht. She looked over the rail and saw a bunch of Furies waiting to gobble her up.
"Please don't kill me," Eva begged in fear, shedding a few tears from how intimidating Anurag was.
"THE NEXT TIME YOU MAKE A HEARTLESS COMMENT OR SAY OR DO ANYTHING THAT PISSES ME OFF YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE!" Anurag yelled as drew his lightsaber back.
"You have always been there for me...in the best of times...in the worst of times...you were my best friend, my hero, my prince, and my soulmate….I'm going to keep saying this all the time….but….I love you Tom….now….and….forever…" Jen then said, crying.
Chris looked at what happened and sadness overtook him for once. Big tears fell from his face and he started sobbing in his hands. Chef gave him a handkerchief and Chris blew in it really hard. He gave Chef the snot-covered handkerchief and Chef muttered, "Geee...thanks…"
"We will give Tom a proper burial later and there will be time to mourn but the challenge must go on," Chris said as comforted Jen.
The loss of Tom left everybody shocked as most were in tears but to honor his death the challenge had to be completed to ensure everyone's safety on the deck.
Anjana leaned down and put an arm on Jen's shoulder. "Tom would want you to go on. You are one of the bravest souls I know and you and Tom have been such inspirations for me. Stay strong and if you ever feel down, I'll always be here for you," she said. Jen turned around, hugged Anjana tightly, and sobbed in her arms.
"Oh Anjana...thank you for being such a supportive fan and blog follower...I hope some kind of miracle happens. If he does turn out to be alive, I would love for you to be one of my bridesmaids…" Jen weeped, wiping her tears with her handkerchief and blowing her nose.
"Okay people. Back to the challenge. Mourning time is over for now." Chris announced, still in tears, as Anser and Kayla continued to fight off the monsters. The monsters that remained were a swarm of Furies, Polyphemus, Medusa, Cyclops, and Cronos.
"Come on, Anser. We only have a few more monsters to take down. Let's finish this strong!" Kayla firmly told Anser.
"I agree. Let's do it...for Tom," Anser replied bravely as the two of them raised their swords and ran to their monster enemies to fight them off. As they approached Polyphemus, a large swarm of Furies came flying towards them, hissing.
"Oh no you don't!" Kayla yelled out as she slashed her sword at a Fury, instantly killing it. The two friends raised their swords and continued slashing at the Fury army one by one.
"Take this! And that!" they both said together as they furiously attacked the army. However, the Fury army continued to grow so much that Kayla and Anser couldn't take down the two of them alone.
"Uhh...helpers? Shouldn't you guys be helping your fellow contestants out?" Don asked the helpers.
"Don't worry. Pikachu just needed some time to rest up! Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Ash ordered.
"PIIIIIIKAAAACCHHHUUUU!" Pikachu sent a enormous thunderbolt flying at some of the Furies, which all fainted instantly.
"Alright, Pikachu! That was awesome!" Ash exclaimed, high-fiving his loyal companion.
Anurag sneaks up behind Chef and Chris and tapes a fart toy onto their butts and runs away giggling. Then he did the Gangnam Style dance with MacArthur while wearing sunglasses.
"Hmm….how am I to stop this thing?" Katie wondered, looking at the fierce ugly Polyphemus who roared as Kayla and Anser were fighting each other. She then thought, "Oh wait! I learned about this when I read the Odyssey!"
She then turned to Oliver, who was comforting Jen along with Anjana, and asked, "Hey Ollie! Do you think I could borrow some of your arrows?"
"Hmmm….sure. You want me to teach you how to be a sharp shooter like myself?" Ollie asked her.
"Sure!" Katie excitedly said. Dean overheard the two of them talking and ran over to a quiet corner of the ship to eavesdrop.
"Alright, follow me!" Oliver told her as he led her to the railing of the deck.
"Okay, so I know this sounds a bit cheesy, but in order to hit your target, you have to think like the arrow and be like the arrow. Just aim sharp on your target, close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, and just let it fly. Like this," Oliver explained as he closed his eyes, breathed in and breathed out, and slowly shot the arrow, which hit Polyphemus square in the eye. Polyphemus let out a roar in pain and crashed hard on the ocean floor slowly. It almost crushed Kayla and Anser while they were fighting, but luckily, they moved out of the way just in time.
"There you have it. If you just relax before you hit your target, you'll make a great shot. If you are tense, even just a tad, then it's very likely you'll miss your shot," Oliver explained.
"Yes sir!" Katie said, giving a salute.
"Alright, best of luck to you!" Oliver then said as he shook her hand.
Katie took out her bow and arrow and aimed towards the Cyclops that was stomping right behind Kayla and Anser and about to deliver a swift kick to them. Dean who was in the premises, stole an arrow from Oliver's quiver. He then took out his lighter and set the head of the arrow on fire. Katie also found a vial of leftover snake venom from the interns' previous prank and dipped the head of the arrow in the venom. Dean and Katie both closed their eyes and breathed deeply before shooting their arrows. The arrows flew gracefully across the cloudy sky and high above the ocean, and both hit the Cyclops in its single eye.
"AAAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!" the Cyclops roared loudly in pain as its eye caught on fire and turned a bloody red. It held its eye in pain and crashed to the floor right on top of Polyphemus.
"Bulls-eye!" Katie cheered as she jumped up and down.
"WOO HOO! RIGHT IN THE KISSER!" Dean also cheered, running around in circles, only to get slapped to the floor by an annoyed Heather.
Meanwhile, Kayla and Anser were still at it, fighting as the water flow grew stronger. Rain and hail poured violently above them, lightning struck right behind them, and the thunder echoed louder than ever and Soonchan farted smellier than ever.
*static*
*in confessional* Soonchan: That was more of an intensity fart. I always fart when things get intense! The more epic the scene is, the smellier the fart is!
*static*
*in confessional* Owen: Oooooooo, maybe Soonchan and I should have a fart off. He's good at it.
*static*
*back to deck*
A loud roar echoed from beneath the sea and a giant head emerged, roaring even louder than the first time. A tall, bald, ugly-looking giant emerged and revealed itself in all its hideous glory and was about to deliver a killing hook punch to both Kayla and Anser, who both screamed in fear. They dodged it just in time. Cronos then started going all gangsta, putting on some sunglasses and some bling.
"What's up y'all," Cronos said. "The name's Cronos and I'm here to bust some asses. This is my hood and Imma gonna show you how I roll."
*static*
*in confessional* Ezekiel: Yoyoyo, that guy definitely learned from the best, eh! *is wearing sunglasses and bling*
*static*
*back to yacht*
Cronos picked an injured Cyclops and threw it at Anser who was sent flying out the water with his hippocampus.
"Oh no! Anser!" Kayla shrieked as she caught Anser and his hippocampus before they could fall into the ocean.
"Y'all wreckin' my hood, so get out before I wreck you!" Cronos yelled in a thunderous voice. He picked up Polyphemus's injured body and threw it at Kayla and Anser, sending them both flying in the air.
"Hey Cronos, my man," Ezekiel called out. "I'm seriously lovin' that bling yo."
"Thanks bruh, I'll make a note not to kill yo ass," Cronos responded as he picked up the yacht and slammed into the ocean tossing everyone except for Ezekiel off board. Cronos then put Ezekiel on his shoulder and the two of them fist-bumped.
"ZEKE! WHAT THE FUCK?!" Heather yelled out. "You're conspiring with him now?"
"Hey, all you people ever did was push me around and make fun of me and Cronos ain't like that yo," Zeke called out. "He's more like me. Right, Cronos?"
"Don't you talk to my boy like that!" Cronos yelled at Heather as she picked her up and chucked her at Kayla, who nearly got knocked off her hippocampus.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" she screamed. All of a sudden, Fang popped out of the ocean and gave an evil grin at Heather. Heather screamed some more as Fang chased her all around the ocean. Everyone laughed.
"Now….whose turn is it now?" Cronos sneered as he slowly approached everyone in the peanut gallery, who clung onto each other in terror and screamed. A dark, dark shadow hung over them and evil laughter could be heard.
Will the peanut gallery make it out alive? Is Tom truly gone? Who will be the winner of the season? Find out next time on the very last chapter of Total...Drama...Seven Seas Expedition coming out this week (maybe tomorrow?)!