So far, we've seen things like snowball fights, paintball shootouts, haunted houses, and death hoaxes. What have we not seen?

Read and find out!

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Chris' recap: "Last time on Total Drama Everything, our competitors were faced with mysteries and doubts when they came face to face with something truly scary: a Nom Nom carcass. Right away, everyone jumped ship and started blaming everyone they could think of. And Snake was on top of the suspect list. His punishment? Some chilly jail time. Poor guy. Luckily, before he could have his butt frozen off, Sam gathered the clues of who killed Nom Nom. And all of those clues pointed to someone they probably should have suspected in the first place: Mandy. That's when the group received another scary surprise in the form of Nom Nom showing up, with no trace of death on him. It was all a part of the challenge to find the killer in time, and since they did, it led to the devil child Mandy screaming all the way to the cannon. Two spies, an aspiring rock star, a Pokemon trainer, a tennis girl, and an evil little koala are all we have left. Who will be next to fall? Just watch and see! On Total. Drama. Everything!"

*theme song*

"No challenge for a whole week?" Lammy asked, disbelieving. "I don't know if I should be relieved or worried that we haven't had to humiliate ourselves in front of Chris all week."

"It's true," Sam said. "He hasn't given us a new challenge since the Nom Nom death fiasco."

Thing is, there were two reasons why Chris hadn't given them a new challenge during the week after the mystery challenge. The first reason was that he felt it would be good for them to be fully rested and ready to be tortured. The second reason was, because the show had been hit with another health and safety lawsuit, he had to wait until Snake had fully recovered from his cold (remember the freezer).

"At least I'm no longer cooped up in my cabin and feeling like lead," Snake stated. Sure enough, that cold was gone.

Sam sighed with content. It was quite a beautiful day. "And when that challenge does come, we're going to do whatever we can to make sure Nom Nom leaves," she told the other alliance members.

"That reminds me," Lammy said. "Once we eliminate Nom Nom, what happens to the alliance?"

That was a subject Snake had been hoping to avoid. So he sighed and said, "When myself, Sam, and Yusei formed this alliance, we made it clear that our main goal was to eliminate Nom Nom before he could win. That still is our main goal. And we're so close to achieving that goal. He has no allies left, and his influence is quickly dwindling. Once he's gone, there won't really be any need for the alliance anymore. Once he's gone, we're all disbanding."

"Oh," Lammy said, a little sad. "At least the three of us will still be friends, right?"

"Of course. Even without the alliance, we're all friends. Same goes for Toph and Yusei. Heck, you two, plus Toph and Yusei, are some of the most amazing friends I've ever had. Deadpool's on that list too."

Sam smiled. "Same here."

"Yep," Lammy responded.

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"Nom Nom is as good as gone," Lammy cheered. "His death hoax may have had me scared to the core, but now I'm ready. After all, I have someone to fight for."

She looked at the Stardust Dragon card that Yusei had given her. "And I won't let that person down."

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"I only just realized how much has happened since Yusei's elimination," Sam mentioned. "Snake's anger episode, Nom Nom's challenge, Mandy being blindsided like that. It's enough to make anyone's head spin, but I think it's really taking its toll on Snake. He's been really distracted all week, and it wasn't that cold he had. One more twist may push him over the edge. I hope he's ok."

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At the Loser Island, Maya was just waking up. Putting on her slippers, she got out of bed, got dressed, and walked to her door.

"I hope they finally fixed the blender," she said sleepily. "Then again, it was Dante's fault. He had wanted a blueberry banana smoothie, and he overreacted when they gave him too much banana."

However, when she opened the door, she noticed two guys standing outside in the hallway.

"Can I help you, guys?"

Then one of the men swung a club on her head, knocking her out.

(Back at the game…)

Nom Nom slowly ate his breakfast and kept looking at Ash and Julie. Time was starting to wind down for him. He could feel it. While eliminating Mandy was the right decision for him, it was still a heavy blow to lose his remaining alliance member. This left him wide open. If he didn't keep winning challenges, Snake, Sam, and Lammy were going to take him out.

Of the remaining competitors, Snake was the biggest threat to Nom Nom's ride to the money. He and the koala had always been the two most powerful in the game. The difference was in methods. Nom Nom got everyone to do what he wanted because everyone underestimated him. No one thought he would last this long, much less control the game. It was clear that Snake, however, would immediately establish himself as a power player. And he did it honestly. The perfect soldier, the spy. He hadn't made any real enemies. Well, besides Nom Nom, of course. Snake would certainly continue to be a thorn at his side.

If Nom Nom could say who the next biggest threat to his game was, it would be Lammy. Like himself, Lammy was a bit of a surprise. It was still a shocker that the scared girl who let herself get pushed down during the snowball fight was the strong girl he saw now. And Nom Nom was now perfectly convinced that Yusei wasn't completely responsible for this change. He had thought she would spend the rest of the show in a state of depression after Yusei left, and therefore, be easy pickings. He couldn't have been more wrong. Lammy had bounced back since then and was determined to take him out.

Sam was, of course, one to keep an eye on. And Nom Nom knew she was one of the best secret agents her organization had. Thing is, she just didn't have the threat level her boyfriend had. Definitely threatening, but easier to manage.

As for Ash and Julie, they had their own strengths. They were the least threatening, but not to be underestimated. Julie was athletic, and like Lammy, was driven by revenge on Nom Nom as well. Ash had that powerful electric mouse by his side. Not something to look at lightly.

That's when Nom Nom realized what his best move for him would have to be. Pikachu gave Ash support, but it would also be one competitor's undoing. Ash was the only person left who Nom Nom had a chance of forcing to do what he wanted. And he knew just how.

"Why are you looking at us?" Ash called from the other side of the room.

"Uh, nothing."

Then the intercom came on. "Hello final six! Meet me at the dock in ten. And get ready to row some boats!"

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"Time to see what this is all about," Ash said.

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Everyone got into canoes and rowed all the way to a familiar place. That place was Boney Island. All six got that familiar chill at seeing the haunted island.

"So we're back here?" Nom Nom told Chris. "You're getting a little unoriginal."

"I'm going to let that slide," Chris responded. "Now, you all may recall the last challenge that took place here. If not, here's a refresher. The Cute Koalas and Green Ogres had to infiltrate the team's two forts and retrieve the statue the other team was guarding. Key things in that challenge include sneaky infiltrations, glorious rival showdowns, and a climactic finale resulting in the bridge coming down.

Nom Nom just scoffed. "I had that completely under control," he said. "If that stupid duelist hadn't gotten in my way, I would have been in and out with that statue before the Ogres would have even made it inside our fort. I have enough skills."

"And where were those skills when the bridge collapsed and that same duelist, plus Superman, had to save your butt?" Lammy asked, clearly incensed with Nom Nom's comment.

The koala glared at her.

"Can we focus?" Chris snapped.

Both kept glaring.

"As I was saying, we are now back at Boney Island, which is making an encore. Now on to the challenge. Scattered across the island are a few people that will make this challenge a little interesting."

"What do you mean by 'interesting'?" Julie asked.

"Easy. This morning, while you were spending your time relaxing, we kidnapped six of the losers!"

The competitors were shocked. "Say what?" Ash asked.

"That's right," Chris continued. "Six losers have been chosen to be kidnapped. That's one each for you guys to rescue. This challenge is simple. Each of you is assigned one loser that you have to rescue and then bring them back to this spot. First competitor back with their loser wins invincibility."

"What's the catch?" Snake asked. "I can sense there's a catch to this."

Chris grinned. "I love it when you guys know you're being duped. You see, this challenge is a DOUBLE ELIMINATION!"

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"Talk about a double whammy," said Julie.

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"Here's the deal. Like I said, first place wins invincibility. There will still be a bonfire ceremony when the challenge is over, but whoever comes in last place today will be automatically eliminated. So be careful not to go too slow."

Lammy gulped. "No pressure or anything," she muttered.

"And don't forget the dangers in that forest," Chris added. "Prehistoric beavers, scary trees, weird birds, even quicksand. This challenge is not as easy as it seems. Be on your guard at all times."

Julie and Sam cast uneasy glances at each other.

"And now it's time for you guys to find out who you'll be rescuing:

"Ash, you're heading for the southwestern wedge of the island. That's where Rarity is.

"Julie, you're target is in the southeastern wedge. There, you'll find Deadpool."

Julie smiled. "Nice," she said.

"Currently, Double D is waiting in the northwestern wedge. That's Snake's charge.

"Also on this island is Zelda, patiently waiting in the northeastern wedge for Sam to spring her.

"Lammy, I think you'll be interested in your own part. Stuck in the center of the island is Yusei."

The lamb's ears perked up a bit. "I have no idea why you would have this kind of challenge, but at least I can see Yusei again."

"And lastly, Nom Nom will head for the beach on the other side of the island to free Maya."

Nom Nom did a facepalm. "It had to be her," he moaned.

"Now that each of you have your assignments," Chris added, "here are your little ways of finding your losers."

He threw each competitor a small device. They all realized it was a GPS. "Those show a map of the island, your current destination, and how much closer you are to your goal. And don't forget the stakes. Invincibility, automatic elimination. I recommend you don't waste time. Now get ready to have fun. Game on!"

Everyone stood there, confused.

"Guys, that means you can go now."

Everyone said, "Ohhhhhhhhh."

Then the group started scrambling over each other.

"Get off of me, Julie!"

"You get off first, Snake!"

"I'm coming, Yusei!"

It took quite awhile for everyone to get untangled and on the move.

Chris and Chef watched in amusement. "Now that was fun," Chris said.

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"Indeed," Nom Nom said. "Game on, Snake. Game on."

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The other losers were watching intently on the TV screen at the Loser Island. "I was wondering where those six had been all morning," Mega Man said. "Figures that Chris would choose the closest people to Lammy and Julie."

"You don't think that would be an unfair advantage to those two, do you?" Fred asked Superman.

"Nope. I can tell he would have done the same thing for the others had they had any close people here."

Toph turned to the others. "Who do you think will win?"

"Snake has held his own for a long time," Dante mentioned. "I respect the guy. He could pull this off."

"I don't care who wins," Mandy griped. "As long as Nom Nom is at the bottom of the pack."

Bubblegum gave her a high five. "You said it."

"And who do you think will come in last?"

"Cocococococo," Coco stated.

Shrek smiled. "I agree," he said. "I just hope Nom Nom loses."

"I don't know," Bubblegum added. "If there is one thing about Nom Nom we have to respect, it's that he always has something up his nonexistent sleeves."

"It's kinda ironic," Connie added. "He has to rescue the very person he framed for contraband."

The group laughed a little. "Even with Lammy there," Dante said, snickering, "I'm surprised he doesn't have to rescue Yusei. That would be fun to watch."

(Back at the game…)

"This place is creepier than it looks on TV," Lammy said to herself. "Why would Chris and Chef want to use this place for their challenges?" Then she stopped short. "Oh yeah. It's what they do. Torture and abuse their competitors as though we're their puppets."

She took another look at her surroundings. "Knotted trees, creepy atmosphere, the occasional howl or screech. This place has everything a lonesome madman could ever want."

Then she looked at her GPS. "Still not even close to finding Yusei," she breathed. "I should be happy that I'm about to see him, but my fear of this place supersedes all else."

That's when she heard a growl behind her. And it was close. Lammy got her guitar out. "Whoever you are, show yourself!"

And something did show itself. It looked like a beaver, but it was unlike any beaver she had ever seen. It was big, it had massive tusks, and it looked ferocious.

"Looks like I have my work cut out for me," Lammy said, guitar at the ready.

(Meanwhile…)

Snake had on the camo feature on his suit to make sure whatever was on the island wouldn't bother with him. On top of that, he was also crawling under….

"The cardboard box," Snake said longingly. "How I have missed you so."

He crawled through the foliage, moving the box as he moved. "Double elimination, huh? I hope one of those people is Nom Nom. On the bright side, he had the absolute furthest spot from the boats. And he has to rescue Maya of all people. I would love to see that."

(Somewhere else on the island….)

Nom Nom was grumbling. "Maya. It had to be Maya. Odds are, she'll slow me down on purpose as revenge. Can someone give me a break? I was just playing the game. No one ever overly nice wins this show. It takes deception from even the kindest of hearts."

He sighed. "It could have been worse. I'm so glad I don't have to rescue Superman, or Dante, or *he gulped* Yusei. But there is no way Maya will make this easy for me."

Continuing on through the forest, he said, "If I'm going to keep myself safe this time around, I'm going to have to cheat my way to the finish line."

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"I can't wait to see Nom Nom squirm," said Snake.

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"I can't wait to see someone else squirm because of me," Nom Nom stated.

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Julie was spinning her tennis racket in her hand. "If I were a lunatic mercenary with an affinity for red and black, where would I be?" She did a double take on her GPS. "Well, I certainly wouldn't be close." She kept on walking.

"Nice to know I have a BFF here waiting for me," she said. "I still find it unfair. One minute, we become friends again. The next, he gets shot out of a cannon. All courtesy of that koala shrew."

Then she heard some birds nearby. "CAW! CAW!"

Julie turned and, sure enough, there was a giant flock of crows in the trees. They were all staring down at her. "This should be fun," she said as she readied her racket.

The flock came after her. Julie started swatting at them.

It took a while, but the entire flock finally flew in the opposite direction. Julie stared as they flew. Her clothes were torn and she was scratched up, but otherwise, she was still standing.

"Now where were we?" Julie asked herself.

(At the Loser Island…..)

"Now that was awesome," Dante said.

(At Boney Island….)

Pikachu zapped through the forest as he and Ash ran. "Keep it up," Ash told his partner.

"Pika Pi!"

"Let's just make sure we go as fast as we can so we can get to Rarity. I'm not about to lose to Nom Nom."

Pikachu nodded.

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"Nom Nom hasn't really done anything with us yet," Ash said. "In fact, we've felt mostly under the radar since we came back."

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Sam was looking at her GPS. "Still not close to Zelda," she thought. "Looks like this will be harder than I thought."

She was so preoccupied with looking at her map that she wound up bumping into someone.

"Hey!" Nom Nom exclaimed. "Watch where you're going!"

Sam saw who it was and waved her hands in apology. "I'm sorry. I was looking at my GPS."

"Well, you should really watch it," Nom Nom snapped. "Not paying attention can really cause trouble down the road."

"Oh ha ha! Very funny. Now if you excuse me, I have a challenge to win."

She stalked off, huffing. As she walked, Nom Nom smiled and looked at what he was holding.

It was Sam's GPS. She had dropped it when she bumped into Nom Nom, and he deliberately didn't say anything about it.

"Now you'll pay the price for opposing me," he seethed. "Have fun in the cannon tonight, Sam."

With that, he put the GPS on the ground and smashed it with his foot.

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"Sam's smart enough to eventually find that princess," Nom Nom explained. "But I have a feeling that by the time they get to the boats, it will be too late."

And he laughed an evil laugh.

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"Now this is an interesting turn of events," Chris said, watching from a tablet they had brought to the island. "Without that GPS, Sam could be in trouble."

"At least it will be fun to watch," Chef said, cackling.

(At the Loser Island…)

Everyone witnessed Nom Nom break Sam's one easy way through the forest.

"This isn't good," Bubblegum told the group. "Nom Nom just pretty much guaranteed he wouldn't get automatically eliminated."

Fred's eyes widened. "That means Sam's a goner!"

(At Boney Island…)

Snake looked on his GPS for a few seconds. "I'm getting close," he said to himself. He then walked another fifty feet. "In fact, Double D should be right here."

"Hey! Double D! Where are you?! It's me, Snake!"

He waited for five seconds, until…

"Snake? Up here!"

The spy looked up and saw a bamboo cage dangling twenty feet in the air. Snake backed away so he could properly see Double D.

"Some challenge, huh?" Double D asked.

"Not my favorite so far. Now do you have any ideas on getting out?"

Double D nodded. "By breaking the rope connecting this cage to the tree branch above me, this cage should fall. And the distance between the ground and the cage should be enough to damage the cage, which in turn will be enough to break. At the same time, the cage should also stay intact enough to protect me during the descent."

"You figured that out all by yourself?"

"Yes."

Snake looked impressed. Then he got his gun out and aimed at the rope.

"I hope you have good aim," Double D said, a little nervous.

"Don't worry. I do." And he shot the rope, severing it.

The cage bounced once on the ground before rolling about ten feet away.

"Double D, you ok?"

"Yeah. Now please break this thing."

Snake smiled and kicked the cage, breaking it. Double D crawled through the hole.

"Now that we took care of that," Double D said, brushing himself off, "I believe you have a challenge to win. So let's go."

(Meanwhile…)

Julie looked below her, then above, then at her GPS. "They actually buried him alive," Julie sighed. "I guess they felt they didn't have to worry about him, since he has the healing factor. I really wish I had Toph to help me right about now."

Luckily, she could tell Deadpool was only a foot below the ground. And she noticed a shovel leaning to a tree. Quickly, she started digging.

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"I know Deadpool can take a lot of abuse," Julie stated, "but this is ridiculous."

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It only took five minutes for her to get enough dirt out of the way to open the coffin she found. With a sigh, she opened the coffin, and Deadpool sat up, eager to get out of there.

"Hey, Julie. How you doin'?"

"Same old, same old. This challenge is ridiculous."

Deadpool agreed. "I was not looking forward to staying in there for hours. What am I? The lady from Kill Bill?"

(At another part of the forest…)

"I'm getting close to him," Lammy said, putting mer map in her pocket. "Yusei, can you hear me? It's Lammy! Yoohoo!"

"Lammy?!"

The lamb turned and ran in the direction she had heard her name. "Yusei!"

Finally, she found Yusei with his wrists tied to a low branch (this time, he's lucky he usually wears gloves, or he would have some bloody wrists). "Finally," Lammy said.

"I hope you know how to cut rope," Yusei said.

Lammy smiled. "Turns out, I do." She pulled Stardust Dragon out of her pocket and threw it at the rope. Somehow, the card easily severed the rope binding Yusei to the branch, and it came right back to Lammy, who easily caught it and put it in her pocket.

"How did you do that?" Yusei asked.

"I learned it from watching a certain anime," Lammy said with a smile.

Both high fived, then Yusei asked, "Is there any way we can get to the boats quickly?"

As he said that, a bear appeared behind the trees. Yusei and Lammy slowly backed away from it as the bear growled.

"Wait," Lammy said. "I have an idea."

(Five minutes later, in glorious Spongebob fashion…)

Yusei and Lammy were now riding on top of the bear. Lammy was in front, holding a fishing pole dangling a fish in front of the bear's face.

"Riding a bear," Lammy said. "The only way to travel." She and Yusei laughed.

"By the way," Yusei asked, "how did you even get the pole and fish?"

"I caught the fish on my way to you. As for the fishing pole, a girl has her ways."

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"That, and Deadpool taught me about the Magic Satchel," Lammy said, looking slightly mischievous.

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"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad!" Sam kept muttering this as she ran through the forest.

She was really worried. "I should have known I would lose my GPS when bumping into Nom Nom. Whatever he did, he has taken away my best shot at this challenge."

Sam kept running. "If I don't find Zelda soon, it might cost me the challenge."

(Meanwhile…)

"Pikachu, ram the crate with Volt Tackle. But don't use your full strength. I don't want to repeat the incident from the mine challenge.

(Recap on what happened back during the mine challenge: Ash used Pikachu's Volt Tackle to break Yusei free from the crate room, but that Volt Tackle went haywire, devastating the room, surprising Ash's teammates, and burning Yusei to a crisp.)

"PIKAPIKAPIKA!"

WHAM!

The entire crate shattered on impact, revealing Rarity.

"Hi Ash and his mouse friend," Rarity said sweetly. "I do believe we're in a challenge. Right?"

"Yeah, so let's move."

(Meanwhile…)

Nom Nom finally made it to the other side of the island. Quickly, he started searching for Maya.

"Hey! Channeler lady! Where are you!"

Finally, he spotted Maya buried to her waist in sand.

"Dang it!" Maya exclaimed. "It had to be Nom Nom!"

(Author's Note: None of the kidnapped losers were aware of who would come and rescue them. They only knew it would be the competitors.)

Nom Nom ignored her and started digging and pulling.

"I think I would rather take the toe crabs," Maya said grimly.

When Nom Nom finally pulled her out, she was still not happy to see him. "Funny thing," Maya said, "I stole Deadpool's teleporter before I got here."

(Somewhere else on the island…)

"Where's my teleporter?" Deadpool asked, freaking out. "I thought I had it."

Julie was surprised. "You just noticed it was gone? Perfect!"

(Back to Nom Nom and Maya…)

"I was going to use the teleporter, but maybe I should hold you back so you definitely lose this challenge!"

"Yeah, that's it," Nom Nom griped. Quickly, he swiped the teleportation belt Maya was holding. Grabbing her hand, he activated it and the two disappeared…..

…...and reappeared at the boats, where Chris and Chef were waiting.

"Looks like we have our winner!" Chris exclaimed. "Nom Nom is staying another episode!"

Nom Nom cheered while Maya stalked off in frustration.

"Five left," Chris announced. Then, he heard a bear growl start to get closer.

"Make that, four."

Sure enough, it was Yusei and Lammy, along with the bear they were riding. Both got off, exhausted.

Lammy threw the fish into the water. "Ok, go get the fish." The bear ran after it.

"You guys rode all the way here on a bear?" Chris asked in disbelief.

"My idea," Lammy said. "Did we win?"

Nom Nom appeared next to her, shaking his head. "Not this time," he said with a nasty grin.

"You have got to be kidding me," Yusei groaned at Nom Nom's smiling face.

"At least I'm not going to be automatically eliminated," Lammy added.

The duelist smiled. "Nice optimism." He capped the happiness by kissing Lammy on the forehead.

(At the Loser Island…)

Some of the losers were complaining out loud. Even the calmer ones couldn't hide their vexation.

"Of all the people who could've come in first," Dante griped, "it had to have been Nom Nom. Ugh!"

Even Superman was having mixed feelings. "I admit he's no saint, but I'm never one for getting involved."

"This from the man who's constantly pursued by a baldie with a superiority complex," Dante added.

"If that was funny, I'm not laughing."

Mandy just rolled her eyes at the sight. "Even superheroes argue, it seems."

(At Boney Island…)

After what seemed like an eternity, Sam finally found Zelda. She was in another bamboo cage hanging from a tree.

"I don't mean to alarm you," Zelda said, "but you took a longer time than it should have."

"Yeah, I know." Sam stated as she cut the rope with her Laser Nail File. Zelda then used Nayru's Love to shield herself from the impact of the falling cage.

Sam helped her out of the cage in a hurry. "We have to move fast," Sam told the princess. "There's a certain koala I want to throttle."

"You and me both."

(Meanwhile…)

Double D and Snake finally made it to the boats. "That was the scariest forest ever," Double D said with a sigh.

"Tell me about it," Snake responded. Then he saw Nom Nom. "Please tell me he didn't come in first."

"He did," Chris stated.

"DANG IT!"

That's when he noticed something wrong. "Where's Sam?"

"Not here yet."

"What?! I know for a fact that Sam should have gotten here by now. What's holding her up?"

Nom Nom looked nervous and tried to turn away, but Snake heard him snickering. So he grabbed the troublesome koala.

"What did you do?!"

"Snake, you should know that Nom Nom ran into Sam in the woods, and somehow got her GPS. He destroyed it before she could notice it was gone."

"He WHAT?!"

He was about two seconds away from exploding in fury, but Lammy and Maya both held his arms down.

"You need to calm down," Lammy said. "If you freak out like before, people are going to get hurt. Not just Nom Nom."

Maya nodded. "Besides, we still have three duos to wait for. She might still make it."

As she said that, they heard a crashing in the brush nearby. Everyone was alert, but they smiled when they saw what it was.

"Deadpool and Julie!"

The duo sat down on the beach and high fived. "Not in last place," Julie sighed. "Who came in first?"

"The koala jerk," Lammy replied.

"Oh come on!"

That's when Deadpool noticed Nom Nom was holding his teleportation belt. "I do believe you have something of mine," the mercenary said.

Of course, scared of Deadpool's twin swords, Nom Nom threw the belt to him.

"Thank you very much for your patronage," Deadpool said, slapping Nom Nom in the face. "Come again."

While that was going on, Snake kept pacing back and forth, waiting for Sam. "Come on," he thought. "You have to hurry."

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"Snake's already gone through enough since the merge," Julie said. "One more upset for him can push him to his absolute limits."

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(At the Loser Island…)

Everyone was thinking the same thing as Snake. "Come on," Mega Man muttered. "You can make it, Sam."

"All we can do is wait and hope," Toph said.

"I hate waiting," Mandy huffed. "She should be there right now!"

Heck, no one wanted Sam to be another victim of Nom Nom.

"Wait," Goku told everyone as he looked at the screen. "Both teams are neck and neck and almost to the boats!"

(At Boney Island…)

Just like Goku said, the last two duos were almost there. Sam and Ash only occasionally glanced at each other as they ran with Rarity and Zelda. They were that focused.

Everyone waited as they were closer and closer to their goal. Fifty feet, twenty feet, ten feet, five feet…..

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...until Ash, Pikachu, and Rarity jumped through the bush at the edge of the forest and rolled at Chris' feet, a narrow second ahead of Sam and Zelda.

"It's all over!" Chris announced. "The race is over, and every competitor has rescued their losers. And not only that, but Nom Nom has claimed invincibility for the week, and Ash barely beat out Sam to ensure he and Pikachu make it to the ceremony!"

Ash hugged Pikachu tightly. "We did it! We're not getting automatically eliminated!"

"Pika!"

Chris turned to Sam. "Sam, I'm sorry, but your journey ends here. You were the last to arrive with your loser, and therefore have been eliminated. Tough luck."

Despite what had happened, Sam took it well. "At least I had fun with Snake and the rest of my friends."

That's when she remembered. "Snake!"

She turn to him, but his face seemed unreadable. And that was not good. "Uh, Snake?"

Yusei, Lammy, and Sam all ran to their friend. "Snake, it's ok," Lammy said. "It happens."

"Whatever Nom Nom did," Yusei said lowly, "it was bad. We know he was involved. But we can't lose our heads right now."

"Snake," Sam said. "Don't do what I think you're going to do."

At that moment, Snake spoke. "Sam…..the koala…...he cheated, destroyed your GPS…...he cheated you out of a million dollars."

Silence. Then…

"AND THAT MEANS NOM NOM'S GOING TO PAY!"

He stood up, pushing back Lammy and Yusei. He walked towards where Nom Nom was standing.

"This entire season, I have had to deal with your melicious dealings. You've been behind more eliminations than you can probably count. You can trick other competitors, backstab your alliance members, and even cheat my friends out of a million dollars. But when you eliminate the most amazing girl I have ever met, that's when you tow the line! This time, you've gone too far. And now you're going to pay for what you have done!"

Nom Nom looked at both sides, and then ran. "Yikes!"

Snake seemed like he was made completely out of anger. Of hatred. Like he wasn't even there.

"You can't run from this forever!"

He ran right towards Nom Nom, but before he could reach him, a small explosion popped up in front of him. Snake backed away and saw that the explosion came from Nitro Warrior.

"Yusei, what the heck are you doing?!"

And he wasn't the only one. The spy turned to see Deadpool's katana pointed at him.

"Snake!" Yusei exclaimed. "I don't want to have to fight you."

"Are you joking?! You're the same person who lost out on the grand prize because Nom Nom switched the votes on you! You should be teaming up with me on this."

Yusei just shook his head. Deadpool said, "Nom Nom may have eliminated the both of us, but that does not mean he deserves to be cut down like a Christmas tree! He needs to be taken down the right way: by someone rallying the remaining troops or beating his butt in the finale, whatever it takes. Not like this! Not because he got your girlfriend eliminated!"

"You don't know what you're talking about, Wade!"

"SNAKE!" Zelda yelled. "Snap out of it!"

"NO!" And he ran through Nitro Warrior and tackled Nom Nom.

As she watched, Lammy hung her head. "I was afraid it wouldn't have to come to this," she said. She was about to walk over there, guitar ready, but Sam tapped on her shoulder.

"I'll do it."

Lammy nodded and handed Sam her guitar. "Good luck." Sam nodded and started creeping slowly to her boyfriend.

Snake was cracking his knuckles and looking right at Nom Nom. "I'm going to enjoy this," he said.

"You're going to enjoy beating him to death?" Double D asked in disbelief. "Snake, you need to listen to reason. This is not the way to get revenge!"

"It's no use!" Lammy called to Double D. "When this happened last time, he became practically consumed in his anger. Only Sam's voice snapped him out of it, but I don't think that will be enough this time!"

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"Not to mention the fact that even the first time," Julie explained, "he could take more abuse. Not this time. Nom Nom taking out Sam, it pushed Snake to his breaking point.

"This isn't good."

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"If this is how we're going to do things," Deadpool said to Snake, "know that I'm going to do whatever it takes to stop you."

"Me too," Yusei calmly responded.

In his own response, Snake fired his gun right between Deadpool and Yusei, making the two jump back and fall, scrambling. Snake smiled at the sight, but not the smile people usually saw from him. This smile was full of anger.

"Now where were we?" He suddenly grabbed Nom Nom, pinning him down.

"This is what you get when you take competitor's dreams and cut them in half!" And he started reaching for his knife. Before he could get it, however, a hand touched his shoulder. He glanced at it, only to see that it was Sam, holding Lammy's guitar.

"Snake, I am really sorry for this."

WHACK!

For a split second, everything seemed frozen solid. Then Snake fell to the ground, unconscious. Sam stood there, panting, Lammy's guitar still in her hands. Everyone stood there, silent, speechless.

Eventually, Chris broke the silence. "That went well, but now we really should be heading back. Losers, you'll all be heading back to the Loser Island as soon as we return to the camp. Sam, you'll be sticking around until after the bonfire ceremony, because you and the next eliminated person will take the cannon together. And once we get there, someone will have to take Snake to the infirmary."

"You're not going to press criminal charges, are you?" Lammy asked.

"Probably not," Chris replied. "And I won't eliminate him for this either. I understand that Nom Nom's scheme was one too many surprises for Snake, and he could no longer bear it. I will talk to the producers about this, though."

So everyone filed back into the boats (Deadpool and Sam were carrying Snake) and sailed away from the island. Yusei and Lammy sat together and Yusei had an arm around Lammy, but both were trying to digest what had happened. Deadpool and Julie kept looking at Nom Nom, then back to Snake. Needless to say, no one said a thing as they traveled back to the camp.

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"By far the craziest few minutes I've seen on this show," said Ash. "I'm impressed at Sam using the guitar, but Pikachu could've handled it."

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"I'm going to need a lot of therapy after today," Lammy stated.

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"As much as being attacked by Snake scared me," Nom Nom explained, "seeing Yusei today reminded me that my main target is Lammy. I'll get Ash on my side, that won't be hard. Julie will be tricky, but it's possible. I know for a fact that Snake won't go 'crazy' again because if he does, he'll certainly get kicked off the show.

"This will be a record for me. Two people in one day. Although, after today, I almost feel guilty for taking down Sam. Almost.

"And strangely, I should be more scared of Snake, but I really only feel pity for him."

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Ash and Julie were sitting in the mess hall, which was currently empty.

"Where is everyone?" Ash asked.

"Lammy's at the dock, seeing Yusei and the others off. Nom Nom's in his cabin, already looking forward to the bonfire. And Sam hasn't left Snake's side in the infirmary since we got back."

"Are they both ok?"

Julie looked down. "Snake's fine. He came to an hour ago. Sam, however, is still spooked. Out of everyone that saw what happened up close, she's taking it the hardest. Her boyfriend going psycho and her knocking him out with a guitar."

"As if getting eliminated weren't enough," Ash said. "Now she has to deal with what happened."

"I know. Now who should we vote off? Nom Nom gave us a good argument that it should be Lammy."

Julie rolled her eyes and said, "You're really listening to Nom Nom. Then again, he had a point. The entire season, Lammy has grown more and more confident. And after today, even if Snake survived the bonfire tonight, there's no way he's making it to the finals. We can take down Nom Nom ourselves."

She was about to say more when Snake came into the room with an icepack on his head. "Hey Snake," Ash said. "Are you feeling ok?"

"Yeah. Believe me, my head has suffered worse."

"What is it you need?" Julie asked, a little hesitant to ask.

Snake sighed and said, "I understand if you both don't want to trust me right now, but I have a favor to ask of both of you. And I need you guys to do this. I asked the same thing of Lammy as well, but I need you guys on this too."

"Sure," Ash stated, though a little hesitant. "What is it you need?"

(Later…)

Snake, Lammy, Julie, Ash, and Nom Nom were all sitting at the bonfire. Chris came in with the marshmallows, followed by Sam.

"This was certainly an interesting day," Chris announced. "After this ceremony, one of you will join Sam and head for the Loser Island via the cannon taxi. I must say, these are some of the most shocking votes I have ever seen. Let's get it over with.

"Nom Nom."

"Ash."

And Julie."

This left Snake and Lammy. Both looked at each other and nodded.

"Lammy and Snake. Two alliance members, one marshmallow. Snake, do I even need to say why you're in the bottom two? If not, here's a recap: huge threat level, just as many enemies as you do friends, and lashing out at an enemy. Dang, you are a mixed bag of everything that has to do with this show. Lammy, you've also proven yourself to be a strong player. And a surprising one at that. Could you have other surprises that could make you bad to go against at the finale?"

Sam stood and waited, scared.

"The final marshmallow goes to…."

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"...Lammy."

Nom Nom couldn't have been more surprised. He was sure he had convinced Ash and Julie to side with him. That's when he saw Snake smiling.

"I want to know who the votes all went to," Nom Nom demanded at Chris.

"Easy. It was four votes on Snake, one vote on Lammy."

That was also surprising. "But...I was the one that voted for Lammy!"

Sam realized it at that point. "Then...that means…."

Everyone else figured it out and looked right at Snake, who was still smiling calmly.

"Snake!" Sam said, almost forcefully. "Why would you do that? Why convince everyone to vote for you? If it was so you could be with me, then that was stupid!"

Snake put his finger to her mouth. "I did not do it just for you. A small part of the reason, yes. But I have a far bigger reason as well." He turned to the others and to the camera. "I need everyone here to listen to this, as well as everyone at the Loser Island. They need to pay attention to this."

Everyone sat up to listen.

"I have done a lot of things my entire life. Battled giant robots, infiltrated bases, even once being cooked up in a microwave hallway like a hot pocket. You could say I've done everything. But when I entered this show, I wound up doing one thing that I had never done before. And that was making so many friends. Sure, I had Otacon and a few other people, but the people I met here are really special to me. There's you, Lammy. And Toph. And Yusei. Even Deadpool. Heck, I can call almost all of you eliminated or not, as my friends. And out of you all, there is no one more special to me than you, Sam."

Sam was starting to cry.

"And I saw half of those friends eliminated because of Nom Nom. From the moment Deadpool was shot out of that cannon, I knew things weren't going to be easy for me. But one of my biggest blows was Yusei's elimination. It's safe to say I took it worse than even Lammy. I had promised I would keep my alliance safe from Nom Nom. I had failed. You could call that the first mission I had ever failed. As you recall, that's my worst fear. I didn't realize that fear had truly happened until today, when Nom Nom took Sam out. I had failed my mission to protect my friends, to protect Sam. And Nom Nom was the perfect scapegoat. I lost control over my anger, and I snapped. If Sam hadn't knocked me out, I would have killed Nom Nom. And what if I was still out of control? Everyone else would have been in danger. All because of me.

"I'm tired of seeing my friends cheated out of a million dollars with me having no way to stop it. I'm tired of fighting. I'm done."

Everyone sat in awe. Even Nom Nom was impressed by this speech. In fact, the look on his face almost looked like guilt.

"Besides," Snake finished, "if I wasn't going to go, it would have been Lammy. If throwing myself in the line of fire to protect her is what it takes, so be it."

He turned to Ash and Julie. "I hope you both can forgive me for everything that's happened."

Both nodded.

Then he walked right to Lammy, who was really surprised by his speech. "I would have been doomed if not for you," Lammy whispered. "So thanks."

"No problem. Besides, Yusei was right about you. I believe you're our best chance we have at taking down Nom Nom. You can do this."

"Are you sure?"

"Would Yusei have given you his favorite duel card if he didn't believe you could succeed?"

"True." Then Lammy nodded. "I won't let you or him down."

Snake finally turned to Nom Nom. "You're not going to win this game," he said. "I have friends that will make sure of that. I want to say good luck. Believe me, you'll need it."

Nom Nom simply smiled. "One member left from both alliances. May the best koala or lamb win."

Both shook hands. Then Snake walked back to Sam. He seemed at ease for once.

"Thank you," he said.

"For what?"

"Everything." Then they kissed.

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"Now that will always be a memorable moment on this show," Chris said. He started crying a little. "Don't look at me. *sniff* I need a moment."

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The spies were now tied up in the cannon with their backs to each other. And they were really cramped. "Now I know why people don't usually double up on cannons," Sam said, laughing.

"Could be worse," Snake responded. "At least the cannon looks cool (remember that Rarity zapped it with her magic before she left, bejeweling the cannon, turning it pink, and covering it with glitter)."

Chris rolled his eyes and pushed the button, sending the spies flying.

"Now that's over with," Chris said. "Whoo! Final four! This is going to rock!"

As everyone left, Lammy tapped Chris' shoulder. "Do you have any kind of tape? Not just any tape. It can't have any damaging effects to paper-based items."

"Sure," Chris said, throwing her a roll. "Have at it."

(Later…)

Ash and Pikachu were walking back to their cabin, hoping to sleep for a while. And they really needed it after everything. Then they saw Nom Nom on the porch.

"I was hoping you too would show up eventually," Nom Nom said.

"What do you want?" Ash asked defensively.

Nom Nom smiled. "It's simple. I don't understand why you didn't vote to eliminate Lammy, even if voting for Snake was a favor asked by him personally. But whatever. Next elimination, I absolutely cannot let you vote me off. You're going to vote for whoever I choose."

"And if I refuse?"

"Easy," Nom Nom finished. "If you vote for me, Pikachu gets it."

Ash's eyes widened. Pikachu was also surprised.

"Do we have a deal?"

The trainer sighed. "Yes."

(Meanwhile…)

Lammy was wiping her guitar down with a washcloth. "I'm the only one left in the alliance," she said to herself. "The task of taking down Nom Nom now falls on my shoulders. And it's quite the job."

She grabbed the tape Chris had given her. Then she pulled Stardust Dragon from her pocket. "But I can't give up. I owe it to Yusei. To Snake. To everyone. And to this card." She taped the card to the back of the guitar

"And this will be a symbol of the promise I made to my alliance members."

Lammy looked at the card. As always, Stardust Dragon seemed to look right at her, to reassure her.

"I will see this through to the end. I will avenge the alliance and take Nom Nom down. Yusei, Snake, everyone can count on it."

(At the Loser Island…)

Sam and Snake had just landed on the pillow and saw Yusei, Toph, and Deadpool waiting for them.

"We all saw what happened, Snake," Deadpool said. "That speech, that was awesome!"

"Thanks, Deadpool."

Sam smiled. "Nice to know we're all here."

"None of you are mad at me for voting myself off?" Snake asked.

Everyone shook their head. "We're not," said Toph. "In my opinion, that was cool.

Yusei nodded in agreement. "Besides, how could I be mad? You saved Lammy. I'll never forget it."

"It was the least I could do. She was in the alliance, and I needed to pay you back for the trouble I caused you today."

They all walked by the pool, where the moon sparked clearly in the water.

"So do you guys think Lammy can handle herself against Nom Nom?" Toph asked.

Snake cast a knowing look at Yusei. "Of course she can."

"Definitely."

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I forgot to mention last time that this challenge was a double elimination. Oops.

For a while, I had known that I would make Sam and Snake leave together. And that's what I did. Sam was automatically eliminated after the challenge, courtesy of Nom Nom. Yeah, I hate him as much as you guys do, but he not done yet. And Snake voted himself off after a second lash out on Nom Nom, in order to forgive himself and save Lammy from elimination.

On the subject of Snake, he was pretty much eliminated in the awesomest way possible. He's always been a loner, and this show brought him a whole new level of friendship that he accepted but didn't really understand. Seeing those friends fall to Nom Nom's schemes pushed him to his limit. It's what pushed him to lash out, and seeing Sam end the chaos herself with Lammy's guitar seemed justified for their relationship. Snake's inexperience with friends proved to be his downfall, but he proved he's always ready to take the world by storm.

In other words, Solid Snake rules. And in a way, he did make the final five since Sam was technically already eliminated.

In the wake of this shocker, Nom Nom finds a way to make sure he has one vote on his side by threatening poor Pikachu. Will it do him any good?

I had two alliances start during this show, and now both are down to their last member. Nom Nom vs. Lammy! Only one can succeed over the other.

And that last bit where Lammy tapes Stardust Dragon to her guitar serves as a symbol of her strengthening her resolve.

We're down to the final four! Lammy, Nom Nom, Ash, and Julie. Four competitors, one winner.

And lastly, with this season winding down, we'll be starting the next season soon. At the end of this story, I will put up a poll to decide the twelve veterans who will come back. For now, you can start giving me suggestions for nine of the ten newbies I'll be adding. Like last time, the tenth spot is for my own choice of newbie.

And lastly, here's a tidbit on the next season: I'm skipping Action and going straight to World Tour.

That covers a lot. Anyway, remember to read and review, fav and follow, and suggest challenge ideas.

See you next time! TheMasterKat out!