Author's Note: ^_^
Blaineley and Chef stood side by side on the Dock of Shame.
"Well, this is it," Blaineley said. "25 challenges have all led up to the big moment. Now it's time to find out who is truly the champion of Total Drama Switcheroo."
"Yes, we've got three tough players remaining," Chef said. "Gene, who's relied on scheming to get himself ahead; Chance, who spent the first half clinging to his friends, but stepped it up once they left; and Kitty, who's just been doing whatever the heck she feels like."
"But all that is behind us now," Blaineley said. "Alliances, votes, schemes, none of that matters at this point. It's all about who can win the final challenge. These three have worked hard to get here and it'll all pay off for one of them."
"The final battle starts now," Chef said, "so keep watching Total Drama Switcheroo."
(Theme Song Plays…)
(Luxury Cabin)
The final three were all exhausted from the previous challenge and were getting some well-needed sleep for the finale. However, this sleep was soon broken thanks to a loud clash that sounded like cymbals being smashed together while a trumpet blared. The three of them jumped up in panic and scrambled around the room. They ended up stumbling over each other as they fell out the door.
"Up and at'em!" Chef exclaimed. "We've got a long day ahead of us."
The three campers got up and brushed themselves off.
"That's right," Blaineley said. "Before we start the final challenge, we'd like you guys to do a few things for us first. For starters, we have some questions we'd like you to answer for the audience."
Confessional
Question #1: How do you feel about your journey?
Gene-It's been worthwhile. I thought I would be able to take control and win with ease, like everything else I do, but this game proved to actually be a decent challenge. Still, I never doubted that I'd make it this far.
Chance-It's been…quite an experience. Coming in, I was all full of uncertainties that I was trying to ignore. But now I feel like I've been able to take charge of myself and that's helped me play a better game.
Kitty-Oh yeah, this game has been a lot more than I thought it would be. Coming in, I was just looking for another story to put on my blog, I never thought that I'd become a power player. But I'm glad I did.
Question #2: If you win, what will you spend your money on?
Kitty-Well, obviously I need to get the latest upgrades on all my computers and devices. And if I'm lucky, I might even be able to get some that haven't be released yet.
Chance-I'm really not sure. Maybe do a little travelling. Although I'd like to get home and stay there for a bit first.
Gene-Use it towards getting my next millions dollars.
Question #3: Do you have any regrets in the game?
Chance-I wish that I'd played more strategically towards the start. I was caught off guard and my friends paid the price for that. I should have been more prepared.
Kitty-I wish I'd been able to save Corrina. She was my BFF out here and I was too slow to stop her own demise.
Gene-I'm in the finale with the two weakest players in the game. Why would I regret anything?
Question #4: What do you feel was your biggest moment in the game?
Kitty-Hm, well, I did a lot of big vote offs, caused some stir-ups, but really, I think my biggest contribution was voting out Zola, that literally came down to the last vote.
Chance-Voting for Gene before the merge. That was the day when I took a risk and stopped playing the victim.
Gene-Winning immunity on the last team challenge. That wasn't easy, but if I hadn't done it, I wouldn't here today.
Question #5: How do you feel about your competition?
Gene-I said it before, these two guys aren't even competition. They've just been stepping stones in my path to victory.
Chance-I can't say that I'm upset about either of them being here since I made the choice to align with them. I'd rather be against Corrina or Ken instead of Gene, but it is what it is.
Kitty-I'm pretty happy with what I've got. Sometimes heroes beat villains, sometimes villains beat heroes, but I plan on beating both a hero and a villain.
Having finished their confessionals, the three finalists left behind the outhouse and returned to the center of the camp.
"Alright," Blaineley exclaimed. "Next on our agenda…you guys are going on a hike."
"Huh?" Gene asked.
"Just head in that direction," Chef said. "You'll know when you get there."
The three shrugged at each other and started to walk. They made their way through the forest and over hills.
"So, guys, what do you think today's challenge will be?" Kitty asked. "Something epic, I'm sure."
"Whatever it is, I'm sure you won't be winning it," Gene said.
"Yeah, just like I had no chance at winning the last challenge," Kitty laughed.
"That was different," Gene grumbled. "Simone isn't here to keep me busy."
"Well, I'm hoping that if the challenge is something big, it'll at least be virtual," Chance said. "That storm we had was enough real danger for me, thank you very much."
"And that means I can use double advantage power!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Have long have you even had that?" Chance asked. "I feel like it's been mentioned every challenge."
"Oh yeah, I've been saving it for some time now," Kitty said.
"Not that it'll make a difference," Gene remarked.
"We shall see," Kitty retorted.
Eventually, the three arrived at a large white altar. Three chairs were waiting for them. They glanced at each other before moving forward and sitting down in the chairs.
"Glad you could make it!" Blaineley exclaimed as she and Chef came up from behind the monument.
"Now, you've all made friends and enemies in this game," Chef said. "But in the end, these were the people you crushed…however, we've decided to let them come back to have some last words for you."
"That's right," Blaineley said. "Before we start today's challenge, each of your former opponents have prepared some speeches for you. They may address as many or as few of you as they like and you are not to interrupt them until they've finished."
"Come on in, Ashley," Chef called.
The heavy girl marched up to the final three sitting in front of her.
"Alright, let me start by saying how deeply disappointed I am with such a mediocre collection of finalists," Ashley sniffed. "It's clear that I'm the only person with an iota of intelligence, and the rest of you just rode off of luck. Let's start with…oh, I don't know…Chance! You spent your entire game clinging to your friends, who, while also pathetic, were marginally superior to you, and then you acted like you were some strategist when they left, when in reality the only reason no one voted for you was because you were a pathetic speck of anything near competence. Now, how about we move onto…Gene! Again, you act like your Mr. Genius, when in actuality your plan fell apart at the slightest flaw. I'm genuinely surprised it didn't happen earlier. And again, you did not survive thanks to your intelligence, you survived simply because with no plan to keep you afloat, you were barely any more threatening than Chance. And that brings me to the biggest failure yet…Kitty! I can't believe I ever tried to be associated with you. You had no idea what you were doing at all. You flipflopped thoughtlessly and assumed that that was supposed to make you a mastermind. All it made you was an idiot. And, like these two losers next to you, the only reason you survived was because even a monkey could beat you in a challenge. You people disgust me."
Everyone was silent in response.
"Okay, next please," Gene said.
Chef dragged Ashley away while Blaineley guided Kyle.
"Alright, Kyle, it's your turn," Blaineley said.
"Ahem," Kyle began, "I…okay, we need to stop this!"
Everyone glanced at each other awkwardly.
"I cannot speak to you like this," Kyle said.
He then grabbed the chairs and rearranged them. When he was done, Kitty was in the middle with Gene and Chance on either end.
"There, boy, girl, boy," Kyle exclaimed proudly. "Oh wait, stop, that's no good!"
He quickly rearranged them again. This time it had Chance in the middle with Kitty and Gene on either side.
"There," Kyle exclaimed. "Boy on the left, girl on the right, ambiguous in the middle…no, I think it was better the other way!"
He returned to having Kitty in between Chance and Gene.
"There, good on the left, evil on the right, and neutral in the middle," he exclaimed.
"Can we begin now?" Gene asked with irritation.
"Alright, I don't have much to say," Kyle said. "I really couldn't care less about who gets third and who gets first. All I demand is that Kitty gets second to keep the balance."
"Thanks for the support," Kitty said sarcastically.
"Don't let me down," Kyle said as he left. "Don't ruin the balance now when you're so close."
"And now we'll bring in Arthur," Blaineley said.
Instead of the small boy arriving, a metallic, curled ball rolled up to the altar. With a flash the ball burst into smoke. When it cleared, Arthur was standing in front of them.
"Hey, guys," Arthur greeted. "Like my newest contraption?"
The finalists applauded for him as he took a small bow.
"Okay, so being an early boot, I never really got to know any of you particularly well," Arthur said. "But you all seemed to have really worked hard to get here. Chance you seem like a nice guy and Kitty you seem…a little crazy, but nice too. Gene, sorry, but you did vote me out, so you've lost my support. But congratulations to all of you and I wish you the best of luck for your final challenge."
With that a propeller sprouted out of Arthur's backpack and carried him away.
"And now here comes Willow," Chef said.
Willow did not look happy as she marched up the altar.
"How dare you!?" she exclaimed. "How dare you vote out my bestie!? She deserved to be here!"
Willow stamped her foot angrily as she began to pace.
"I just cannot believe this!" she ranted. "I haven't felt this betrayed since I found out that some Bram Stoker guy stole Stephanie Meyer's idea and pasted it off as a cheap rip-off. Oh, I am so angry right now, I'm going to write a letter and let him know what I think of him."
As she marched off Gene sighed, "Well, this has been so enlightening so far."
"And next up is Collin," Chef announced.
"Hey, guys!" Collin exclaimed as he hopped up to the altar. "Okay first up, Chance, good job on being the first guy to score a girl."
Collin high-fived Chance.
"You two seem to really click together, I hope you're happy together," Collin continued.
"Thank you," Chance said with a smile.
"Now, Kitty," Collin said, "I'm surprised a pretty girl like you didn't end up with someone. I'm sure you could have made a lucky boy very happy."
"You think so?" Kitty said with a blush as she played with her pigtail.
"And Gene…well, it's no surprise that you didn't get a girlfriend, you're a jerk," Collin finished.
"Um, the reason I didn't get girlfriend is because I have a beautiful girl waiting for me back home," Gene pointed out.
"Eh…you're still a jerk," Collin said.
With that, Collin waved goodbye and left the altar.
"And here's an old friend," Blaineley said deviously. "Mason!"
Mason marched up to the final three.
"Alright, I know I didn't like anyone here," Mason said, "but I really don't care for any of you. Coming into this game, I was ready to bring it. I was ready to fight to win. When we hit the merge, I was expecting there to be an all-out bloodbath. Instead I got you guys tiptoeing around trying to be nice to everyone and putting aside grudges to team up. It was sickening. You people aren't champions, just a bunch of wimps you took the easy way out. Whatever your last challenge is, I hope it's painful."
"Thank you, Mason," Blaineley said. "And here comes Zola."
"Alright, people," Zola said, "I bet you're hoping for some positivity to break up all this hate…well, you won't find that here. My goal in this game was to take out the villains, yet y'all seemed to have the opposite intent. Gene, Kitty, the two of you were doing nothing but messing up plans for all the decent people out here. And Chance, you may act like you're above it all, but when the time came, you still laid down your arms and let Gene ride straight to the end."
Zola took a breath. Then continued.
"However, I have something more important to talk about," she said, "your hideous fashion sense. First off, Chance…a beret? Seriously? A beret signifies class, dignity, shazam! You don't have any of that, you can't rock the beret. I got shazam, you do not. And Kitty…pigtails? What are you, three years old? Lastly, we could to the biggest atrocity of all…a fedora. The fedora is the biggest style icon that says nothing at all. In fact, what it says is, 'Look at me, I'm trying to be stylish.' Which, unfortunately, causes the opposite effect. And that's just staying above your hairlines. I could really go to town on the rest of your wardrobe disasters, but that's all I've got time for right now."
Zola turned and left the finalist behind.
"Tough crowd," Blaineley remarked. "Well, it won't be lightening up anytime soon because here comes Missy."
The fairy girl looked like she had fire in her eyes as she stormed over to the final three.
"I…hate…all…of…you," she hissed. "SO MUCH! You make my blood boil! Gene…oh, Gene, you are disgusting! You have absolutely no compassion for anyone but yourself, clearly you have no soul! Kitty, your idea of fun is causing the downfall of others, I'm pretty sure you have some sort of mental disorder. And that bring me to Chance. You actually have the audacity to think that what you did is justifiable. You helped the person who hurt you the most. Why would you do this!? The answer: You have absolutely no concept of right and wrong and think that if people hurt you, it's okay to forgive them. You really are a pathetic excuse for a human being! And to top it all off, all of you used strategy, the root of all evil! Aaah!"
"Okay, time for you to go," Chef said as he dragged Missy away before she could attack the others.
"Now, we get to the post-merge," Blaineley said. "Starting with Ken."
"Hello, guys," Ken said as he walked onto the altar. "Now, as you can guess, I'm feeling a bit bitter. Chance, you're still my buddy and I'm rooting for you, but the rest of you…Gene, you lied and used me, then tried to stab me in the back. You were a horrible person who had no regard for who you hurt as long as it got you ahead. Kitty, I'm still not happy with you either. I don't think that you're sorry at all about what happened. You just go with the winds, whatever suits your game, and act like because you realized you couldn't get as far with Alison and Charlie, that means you've suddenly changed. But I'm over it. This is just a game and I'm willing to be a good sport."
"And now it's time for fan favorite, Corrina," Chef announced as Corrina skipped up the altar.
"Greetings, everyone!" Corrina exclaimed. "Okay, so as I'm sure you can all guess, I'll still be supporting my boyfriend. However, I'd also like to give some support to my BFF, Kitty. I'm hearing a lot of people bash your gameplay, but I for one thought you did great. I mean, I was angry at the time, but like Ken said, this is just a game and the point of a game is to have fun. And Kitty, I can't think of anyone who had more fun than you. So good job for bringing a little bit of crazy all the way to the end. Gene, you suck and I have nothing to say to you."
And with those words, Corrina skipped off the altar.
"Next up, it's the psycho we've all come to fear and love," Chef said, "Alison."
Alison walked up to the altar with an evil smile on her face.
"Hello, everyone, uwee hee hee," she greeted. "At first, I was angry that you people voted me out, then I was furious that you voted Charlie out. But instead of exacting my revenge, I decided to soothe my anger with art."
She pulled out some sheets of paper.
"I made these for you," she said. "Gene, here's a picture of you being hanged. Kitty's here's one of you having your guts ripped out. And Chance, this is you going through a blender. Hope you like them. Uwee hee hee."
The three finalists paled as they looked at the pictures.
"And now here comes Charlie," Blaineley announced.
Charlie walked up to the three chairs and waved to everyone.
"Hi, guys," he said. "So, when I started this game, I didn't really know what I was doing. My only real goal was to make friends, and, even though there's been some rough spots, I tried to play as nice as I could with everyone. I want you to know that I'm not angry at all that you voted me out, I was just happy to get as far as I did. I hope after this is over we can all be friends. Even you Gene…although you'll have to not be so evil."
Everyone waved goodbye as Charlie left.
"And that brings us to our final loser," Blaineley said. "Voted out last night, it's Simone!"
Simone walked up to the final three slowly.
"Hello," she said with a huff. "Now, I spent the last night thinking of all the things I could say about how much I hate all of you. However, I realized there is only one person who deserves to be here and my speech shall be directed to that person."
Simone pulled out some cue cards and cleared her throat.
"Dear, Simone," she read, "congratulations on having a perfect immunity run and getting to the final 3, therefore, essentially winning the game. You deserve this more than anyone else in the game, especially those two morons on either side of you. You worked hard and it's paid off. Good job. Sincerely, Simone…why, thank you, Simone, I agree with every words you said. I'm done!"
With that she tossed her cards into the air and stormed off the altar.
"And that does it for the losers," Blaineley said. "Now, let's get on with that challenge."
Blaineley guided the final three over to the flagpole. By now, there were two flags that had the locked symbol on them.
"Alright, Chef, let's give it one last whirl," Blaineley said.
Chef nodded and pulled the switch. The one flag came out. It was…purple!
"It's a virtual challenge!" Blaineley announced. "Which means that Kitty and Gene can both use their advantage tokens."
"Actually," Kitty said, "since I have two…I'd like to give one of mine to Chance."
"Huh?" Chef exclaimed.
"Kitty, are you sure you want to do that?" Chance asked.
"Yes," Kitty replied. "I want this to be a fair fight between all of us. You've earned your spot here, just as much as I have, and I think you deserve this."
"Well…thank you," Chance said as he accepted the token.
"Alright, fine, I'll allow this," Blaineley said. "Now, let's get started."
The final three walked to the clearing in the woods as usual. The machine powered up and the ground shook. This time the grass and forest turned to brown dust. Then with a sudden tremor, something huge emerged from the ground. When it had fully risen the campers were looking at a gargantuan orb. It seemed to be some odd combination of three different materials, though. Random patch could be stone, metal, or some gooey green substance.
"Welcome, to your final challenge," Blaineley's voice announced. "The winner of this challenge will get the million dollar prize, the others will get nothing."
"In this challenge you'll have to face all sorts of monsters at once," Chef said. "Dragons, Robots, and…Aliens! They'll all be waiting for you in there…waiting to destroy you!"
"The goal of the game is simple enough," Blaineley said. "Get to the center of that structure and you win."
"Although, the monsters aren't the only things that can hurt you," Chef said. "You're welcome, and encouraged, to attack each other."
"Okay, best of luck, and begin!" Blaineley exclaimed.
Instantly, the three pulled out the glowing orange capsules. All at once they crushed them in their hands. A large glow of white overcame all of them as they began to transform. Metal began to grow in patches over Kitty's body. One of her eyes was replaced with a green light. Her pigtails were replacing with spinning flails. One of her hands became a metal claw, the other hand began an arm-cannon. Her legs were replaced with large boots. And scattered across her body were wires, buttons, and other robotic whatnots.
"Robo-Kitty is ready for action!" she exclaimed.
As Chance transformed, his muscles expanded over her body. His eyes were covered with a golden mask. His clothes all transformed to a tight blue outfit. A golden 'C' appeared in the middle. Lastly, a gold cape flowed down his back.
"Here's Super Chance!" he exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Gene had horns sprout out of his head. His nails grew long into claws. His teeth turned to fangs. His clothes all became black, including a black cape in the shape of demonic wings. Once the transformation was complete, a staff shaped like a gnarled claw appeared in his hand.
"Let's do this," he said.
"No, you need to have a cool name," Kitty said.
Gene just rolled his eyes.
"Fine, you will be…Baron Von Gene," Kitty decided.
"Hey, hey, look at me, I can fly!" Chance exclaimed as he soared above the two of them.
"Amazing," Gene replied dryly. "Now, time to win this challenge."
Gene found that he had also been blessed with flight. It turned out that his cape was more than just for show. He lifted up into the air and soared towards the mismatched orb.
"Oh no you don't," Chance said as he soared after him.
"Hey, wait up!" Kitty exclaimed. "Jetpacks, activate!"
Nothing happened.
"No jetpacks!?" Kitty gasped. "What kind of crummy robo-suit is this? Well, do something!"
Suddenly her feet turned to wheels.
"It'll do," Kitty said as she skated after the two boys.
Chance and Gene were currently racing neck and neck.
"Let's see what other tricks I've got," Gene said as he waved his staff.
This caused several scorpions to spring out of it and fly towards Chance.
"Ah!" Chance exclaimed as the arachnids closed in on his face.
However, none of them reached him. They were vaporised by his heat vision before they got the chance.
"Cool," Chance remarked.
But Gene had gained the lead by now. The boy had reached the entrance of the globular structure. He took to the ground and stepped inside. Once he entered he found several pulsating, green pods. The room was mostly dark, except for a few glowing green lights. Gene walked carefully, waiting for something to spring out and attack him. He was right. Several little green men holding glowing sticks emerged from the pods.
"You guys don't look so tough," Gene scoffed.
The small glowing sticks expanded into full Katana.
"That's better," Gene remarked as he twirled his staff.
"Gene!" Chance exclaimed as he dropped down into the doorway. "You're not getting away from me that easy."
Suddenly, Chance was knocking unconscious with a swing of a flail.
"Sorry, Chance," Kitty said as she entered from behind him. "But you were in my way."
The little aliens were attacking Gene now. Gene deflected their swipes with his staff.
"Take this!" Gene exclaimed as he waved his hand.
Black tendrils sprouted out of the ground and began coiling around aliens. However, they were able to slice through the darkness easily. Soon they were surrounding Gene again. Kitty meanwhile, was also dealing with a few of them.
"Move it," she said as she swiped her claw along all of them.
She knocked them all into Gene.
"There you go, Gene," Kitty exclaimed. "More friends for you."
Kitty wheeled past them all and headed into the next room.
"Now, get back here!" Gene snapped as slammed his staff against several of the oncoming aliens.
Chance was standing up again now as he rubbed his head. He took out to the air again and flew over the struggle. Several aliens pointed their Katana and fired beams at Chance. He managed to swerve to avoid and only singed his cape before following after Kitty.
"Well, if it works for him," Gene said as he levitated himself, "it should work for me."
Gene tried to flew past the aliens, but they managed to leap up and grab onto his cape. They continued to prod him with their weapons until he fell to the floor again.
"Get. Off!" Gene snapped as he launched a ball of black fire at the aliens.
That destroyed most of them. The others were too scared to come close to him.
"Finally," Gene grumbled as he chased after the other two.
Confessional:
Chance-It really was nice of Kitty to give up one of her advantages for me. I feel like this has improved my chances strongly. I'm still going to try my hardest, of course.
Kitty-All alliances are off starting now. Forgot what they've done in the past, all that matters is that Gene and Chance are standing in my way of one million dollars and I'm not going to let them stop me.
Gene-Those two are pathetic. I'm the one who worked to get here and they just clung on. It's time to prove that I'm the only real threat left.
Kitty had entered a room that looked entirely different. The floor was made of grass and glowing crystals on the roof replicated the sun. Chance flew in after her.
"Sorry, Chance, I'm not letting you get the lead now," Kitty said as she rolled forward.
"We'll see about that," Chance said as he flew to catch up with her.
Kitty grunted and sped up. However, suddenly she wished she could stop. She saw a giant red dragon growling in front of her.
"Brake, brake, brake!" Kitty exclaimed as she tried to stop.
She ended up slamming right into the dragon's scaly red knee. The dragon snorted before puffing out a small breath of fire. It was enough to send Chance falling to the ground though. Both of them picked themselves up and faced the dragon. It was a towering height. Its scales were blood red, while its many horns were charred black. Its eyes looked angry as it snorted smoke out of its nostrils.
"Okay, take this!" Chance exclaimed as he fired twin beams out of his eyes.
"Yeah, and this!" Kitty shouted as she shot a plasma blast out of her arm-cannon.
The attacks bounced off the dragon harmlessly.
"Okay, new plan," Chance said. "Time to go!"
With that he took off and tried to speed past the dragon.
"You're not going anywhere!" Kitty said as he claw shot after him like a grappling hook.
She snagged his cape and dragged him back. Gene had entered the room by now.
"Having fun, guys?" he chuckled.
With a snap of his fingers, deathly vines sprung out of the ground and began wrapping around the two of them.
"Well, I guess I'll leave you be," he said as he took to the air and tried to soar past the dragon.
The dragon wasn't going to let him pass easily though. It stood menacingly as it blocked Gene's path.
"Fine, I have to deal with you too?" Gene scoffed as he begun spinning staff. "So be it."
A murder of ravens appeared in front of him. The flock swarmed to the dragon's face and began pecking at its eyes.
"Heh heh heh," Gene chuckled as he soared over the dragon.
Chance and Kitty managed to break free of the vines by now and saw that the dragon was still distracted.
"Well, Kitty, I apologize," Chance started, "But you did smack me in the back of the head."
With that he used his super strength to shove Kitty back across the grassy field. Then he flew over the dragon and after Gene.
"No fair!" Kitty exclaimed as she tried to catch up.
However, the dragon had roasted all of the ravens by now and was glaring at Kitty viciously.
"Curses," Kitty exclaimed.
Confessional:
Chance-After all I've gone through, I really am willing to do anything to win. I think we all are, which is why I don't feel bad.
Kitty-Don't worry, undercats always fall behind before a miraculous comeback…or they would if I wasn't the first one.
Gene-I suppose I can't ask for it to be too easy. But this challenge still isn't something that I can't handle.
Gene had entered a dark, dank cave by now. Water dripped down with each step he took. He heard the sounds of Chance arriving at the entrance and picked up the pace. Eventually he came to a dead end. The only thing in sight was a silver and green cube against the wall. Gene reached up to examine in when he heard a low rumbling. He stood up and began looking for what had caused the sound. Then he heard a different sound, the sound of Chance zooming straight for him.
"Head up, Gene!" Chance exclaimed just before he slammed into the boy.
However, he did not make contact. Instead Gene turned to smoke and Chance collided with the rock wall.
"Good to see you too," Gene said as he reformed.
Then he heard the rumbling again.
"What's that?" Chance asked nervously.
"That's what I was trying to figure out before you rudely interrupted," Gene said.
Suddenly the ground burst open. Another dragon creature emerged, this one was inky black. It slithered like a snake and had coiling tendrils coming off of its head. It wasn't any smaller than the last dragon, though.
"Take this!" Gene exclaimed as he tossed a ball of black fire.
The dragon easily slithered out the way.
"Okay, my turn!" Chance exclaimed as he darted at the dragon.
With a whip of its tail, the dragon knocked Chance back against the wall. As Chance pulled himself back up, his hand made contact with the metallic cube. It instantly started to chirp and spin.
"Is this a good thing or bad thing?" Chance muttered as he backed up.
"One bad thing is enough," Gene said as he tried to bind the dragon without much luck.
The cube expanded and transformed. When it was done it took the shape of an unusual shuttle. Chance was still eyeing it curiously. The door opened and something crawled out. It was another alien, this one was grey and skeletal with a long pointed head. It pulled out a long jagged sword.
"Definitely a bad thing," Chance announced as he backed up.
The alien swung its sword murderously.
"Back off!" Chance exclaimed as he fired his heat vision.
The alien deflected them with its sword. However, they ended up bouncing into the inky black dragon. It screeched in pain. This allowed Gene to finally wrap the creature up in a black web. While he was doing this, Chance had managed to grab the alien's wrist. He picked the creature up and tossed it against the wall.
"Well, this is all great," Gene said, "but it doesn't change the fact that we've got nowhere to go."
"Hm…what about in here?" Chance said as he pointed to the shuttle.
"Me first," Gene said as he shoved Chance and entered the ship.
Chance quickly followed.
Confessional:
Chance-It looks like Gene is going to be my biggest obstacle left. If I can get past him, I might be able to win this thing.
Kitty was still busy trying to not get burned to a crisp. The dragon chased her around the field as it spewed fire down on her.
"Uh…Ice beam!" Kitty exclaimed as she shot a blizzard of ice at the dragon.
The ice melted before it even got close to the fire.
"Water blaster!" Kitty shouted as water came gushing out of her arm.
The water turned to steam instantly.
"Uh…um…Dragon's bane!" she tried.
She received a negative bing sound in response.
"Well…give me something!" she cried.
Her other hand quickly transformed so that it was in the shape of a drill.
"Um, okay, what exactly am I supposed to do with this?" she asked. "Is the dragon weak against drills?"
Another blast of fire gave her enough reason to not risk trying.
"Oh wait, I know!" Kitty exclaimed.
She pointed her drill downwards and began digging a hole in the ground. She kept going down until she had entered a new area. She fell down into a cavern, this one was filled with lava.
"Hm, well out of the frying pan," she muttered, "but is this the fire or just…some other frying pan?"
She took a step forward and instantly a third dragon burst out of the lava. This one was bright orange and fat. It spat chunks of burning rocks at Kitty.
"Okay, this isn't good," Kitty said as she ducked and dodge.
Using her robotic eye she locked onto the dragon and began firing missiles at it. With each hit the cavern shook violently. Kitty nearly fell into the boiling lava beneath her.
"Okay, maybe I should try something a little more light duty," Kitty said to herself.
Confessional:
Kitty-I'm sure my big comeback will be showing up anytime now…anytime now…
Gene and Chance found that the inside of the shuttle was actually a lot more spacious than the outside. They were walking through a mechanical room with giant cogs turning and pistons pumping in the background. Gene had fire burning in his hand, ready for anything to attack. Chance followed closely behind him. Suddenly, the floor disappeared beneath them. A trapdoor had sprung open and they were sent sliding down a slope. They landed in a vast pit. In front of them were a hulking robotic giant. It had massive arms that reached down to the ground. Its wide feet stomped forward. It was covered in armor, except for two red slits for eyes.
"Looks like it's time to fight again," Chance remarked.
Chance once again tried his laser vision, but found that it again had no impact.
"What is the point of this power if it never works?" he sighed.
Instead he tried charging through the air at the robot. The behemoth just smacked him aside with its large hand. Gene threw his fire at the robotic beast, but it dissolved harmlessly. The robot stomped towards him menacingly. Gene clutched his staff and prepared to attack again. He swung it and black lightning struck the robot in the head. The hulk didn't slow down.
"Okay, I can see that we have a problem," Gene remarked as he began backing up.
Confessional:
Chance-Well, that hurt.
Kitty ran along the narrow passages as the dragon spat more burning boulders at her.
"Take this!" Kitty exclaimed as she fired an electric bolt at the dragon.
The monster winced in pain, but only attacked with more fury afterwards. One of the rocks managed to hit Kitty right in the back. She nearly rolled over the edge. Luckily her claw duck into the ledge and kept her from falling into the lava. Quickly she pulled herself up and kept running. When she reached the end of the passage she only found a hole in the ground, too small for her to climb down.
"Okay, Kitty, looks like fighting is the only option," she exclaimed. "Let's hope I have something good in here."
She pointed her cannon outwards and began firing whatever she could. Her shots made contact with the dragon, but it still kept coming at her.
"Eep," Kitty exclaimed as an avalanche of rocks came soaring at her.
She backed up nervously. Then suddenly a strong blast of air came up out of the hole. Kitty was swept upwards towards the top of the cavern.
"Ah!" Kitty cried as she realized she was headed for solid rock.
She held up her claw in defense which transformed into a drill again and began cutting through the rock as Kitty continued to shoot upwards.
Confessional:
Kitty-Aha, you're not getting rid of me that easy!
Gene continued to evade the robot. He summoned snakes, spiders, and all sorts of other creepy things, but nothing did any damage to the robot. It just stomped on whatever he threw at it. Chance came up from behind and pounded on the robot's back. The clang echoed through the chamber, but not a dent was made on the armor. The robot spun around and knocked Chance back again.
"Come on, die already!" Gene snapped as he summoned vines to wrap around the robot.
It snapped through them with ease.
"There is no stopping this thing!" Chance exclaimed as he took a running start to charge into the creature.
Suddenly the ground started to shake.
"Oh, now what!?" Gene groaned.
Kitty burst out of the ground right beneath the robot. Her drill cut straight into its armor. As she was forced upward she split the robot almost completely in half.
"Hey guys!" she exclaimed as the robot fell to the ground. "Miss me?"
"Well…thanks," Chance said.
"For what?" Kitty asked.
Chance pointed at the robot she had destroyed.
"Oh, would you look at that," Kitty remarked. "No problem."
Then a door appeared at the other side of the room. It opened up and revealed the next chamber.
"Looks like we're moving on together," Kitty said.
"Not likely," Gene said as he summoned more tendrils to hold Kitty.
Chance immediately took to the air to avoid being tied down as well. Gene flew to the door and Chance chased after him.
"Oh no, I will not be left behind again!" Kitty growled. "Not this time!"
Using her claw she slashed at the tendrils and quickly wheeled after the boys. She locked onto Gene and fired a missile. It made contact and Gene was blasted to the ground.
"Ha, take that!" Kitty laughed as she past the boy.
"No!" Gene cried as he fired a bolt of lightning at Kitty.
She was shocked and stunned in place. Gene took the lead again.
"I don't think so," Kitty said as she swung on of her flails and wrapped it around Gene.
While all this was happening, Chance had managed to enter the new room. This room was sterile and futuristic. His feet made a light clang with each step he took. Then a panel in the wall opened. Chance prepared for a fight. A horde of robotic spiders poured out of the passage. Chance stomped, smacked, and incinerated as many as he could, yet still some managed to latch onto his body. As they dug their claws into him he could fill his strength being drained.
"Hey, stop that!" Chance said as he crushed one is his hand.
However, they seemed to be increasing. Every time he destroyed one, two more would leech onto him. He fell to the ground as they began swarming over him. Desperately he tried ramming his body against the wall trying to shake them off. By this time, Gene and Kitty had gotten into the room.
"Whoa, those things are freaky," Kitty exclaimed as the spiders spotted them and moved on to attack.
Kitty swiped at them with her claw while Gene torched them with fire. Like with Chance, though, it was hard to destroy all of them, and they soon had a few leeching onto their bodies.
"Well, this isn't SO bad," Kitty remarked.
Suddenly the wall burst open. An army of the typical, domed UFOs flew into the room.
"You just had to say it," Gene grumbled.
The UFOs began blasting at the campers.
"Ah!" Gene cried as he was hit in the back.
"Eat this!" Kitty exclaimed as she began spinning around.
Her flails soared through the air smashing whatever got in their path. Soon everything in the room had either been crushed to piece or exploded in the chaos. She looked at Chance who was still lying on the floor with his energy drained, and at Gene who was still woozy from the shot to the back.
"See ya!" she exclaimed as she kept wheeling along through the room.
"No," Gene said, getting his strength back.
Chance was also able to regain himself and stand back up. Gene chased after Kitty and Chance followed just behind. The three of them came to a vertical passage. It was a vast round room. Way up at the top was a glowing light.
"Is that the finish line?" Chance exclaimed.
"Whatever it is, I'm getting there first," Gene said.
Kitty was already using her claw to climb up the side of the vertical tunnel. Gene and Chance soon past her as they soared upwards. However, suddenly they were assaulted by several turrets. Both of them cried out in pain as they were electrocuted by the laser sentries. They fell back down to the bottom while Kitty kept climbing.
"Okay we'll have to look out for those," Chance remarked.
Gene glared at Kitty. Then he raised his staff and a swarm of vines burst of the wall. They quickly engulfed her. He turned to Chance, only to see that he was flying again. Gene growled and chased after him. As Chance came up to the sentries he blasted them with his laser vision. They exploded with each strike.
"Yes!" Chance exclaimed.
"Thank you for that," Gene said. "Now get out of my way."
Kitty managed to break out of her prison with her flails, one of which smacked into Gene. Gene clung onto it, though, and sent a swarm of bats to bite at Kitty's face.
"Ow, cut it out!" she exclaimed.
Chance was halfway up the tunnel by now. Suddenly, the walls around him exploded. He heard an angry buzzing, them a horde of large, green hornets flew out. They had poisonous stingers ready and did not look happy. Chance used his heat vision, but they flew out of the way. One attacked with its stinger, and pierced Chance's cape. He quickly recoiled. Gene was gaining on him now. Gene held out his hands and lightning crackled throughout the area in front of him. The hornet aliens were electrified, but so was Chance. He began to fall as he grabbed his body in pain.
"This game is mine!" Gene exclaimed eccstacily.
"I don't think so!" Kitty shouted as she fired another missile at him.
She slammed Gene into the wall and then quickly began climbing again. By the time Gene had recovered, the two were on the same level. Gene tried to take off, but Kitty used her flail again. Once more, she had him ensnared. Chance had recovered by now as well, but he had fallen quite far. He used all his strength and flew as fast as he could. Kitty and Gene were still struggling and moving upwards at the same time.
"Take this!" Gene said as he threw a ball of fire at her.
"No, you take this!" Kitty said as she sent a current of electricity through her flail, shocking Gene.
Chance was gaining on them, but both were nearing the glowing light by now. Just when they were in reach, the wall burst up again and two scaly hands reached up. Gene and Kitty were clutched within the monstrous hands. Another dragon crawled out of the hole. This one was twice as big as any of the others they'd faced. It was a dusty gold and had sharp teeth. The beast eyed them hungrily. It raised them to be devoured.
"No, this is the not the way it's supposed to end for me!" Gene shouted.
Chance was fast approaching. He would be reaching the finish line soon enough. As the beast prepared to chomp down on its victims, Kitty dug her drill into its tooth. The dragon roared in pain. Kitty clung to the tooth, while Gene dropped down to its tongue. Kitty began trying to swing herself out.
"No, I won't let you!" Gene exclaimed.
His body burst open and tentacles shot out. They wrapped around Kitty, tugging at her, pulling her down.
"Let go!" Kitty exclaimed as she began firing whatever she had at Gene.
With one well-placed shot, she hit Gene's head and he exploded into a mess of darkness. Kitty then turned around to see that Chance was nearly at the light.
"I can do this!" she exclaimed. "It's comeback time!"
She tossed herself out of the dragons mouth and immediately began wheeling along its head. Chance saw her and began firing his eye laser at her. Kitty retaliated with several shots of her own. She started to wheel along the side of the wall. Chance stopped focusing on her and worked on getting to the light.
"Sorry, Kitty, but I'm winning this," Chance said.
"Not on my watch!" Kitty exclaimed as she leapt for the light.
Chance bolted for it. Both made contact with the light split-seconds apart. Then the world went blinding white. When the two opened their eyes again, they were standing back in the clearing. All the eliminated campers were surrounding them. Gene stood to the side, scowling bitterly. Chef and Blaineley stepped forward.
"We have our winner," Blaineley announced. "Just by a split second the first person to reach the light was…"
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"Chance!"
Everyone burst into applause. Ken and Corrina were the most enthusiastic, while Ashley and Missy clapped more reluctantly.
"Chance has won Total Drama Switcheroo," Chef announced. "The glory, the fame, and of course, the million dollars!"
"What do you have to say, Chance?" Blaineley asked.
"Well, it certainly wasn't an easy journey," Chance said. "But I'm very glad I went through with it. I made new friends, I learned more about myself, and I was able to grow in confidence."
"Great work, Chancey," Kitty exclaimed. "You earned this!"
"You're not mad?" Chance asked.
"Of course not," Kitty laughed. "Second place is pretty good for a scrawny undercat like myself. And I'm sure all my followers would love to hear about my experience. Perhaps you'd like to do an interview."
Before Chance could answer, Ken came over to him and lifted him up.
"You did it, Chance!" he exclaimed. "You really pulled it off."
"I always knew he could," Corrina said as she swung over to Chance and kissed him on the cheek.
"Yes…well done, Chance," Gene said icily.
"Sorry, Gene," Chance said without much emotion. "Looks like you won't be winning this time."
"Fine," Gene said, "losing will only allow me to learn from my mistakes, and win the next time I'm on this show. Because I will be coming back."
"Ha, the only one who's coming back is me!" Missy exclaimed. "I'm the fan-favorite so I deserve the money."
"Actually," Kitty said as she looked at her phone, "it says here that the All-Stars cast will feature—"
"No spoilers!" Chef said as he crushed the phone.
"Alright, everyone, it's time to party," Blaineley exclaimed. "Let's head back to the cabins and celebrate!"
Confessional:
Chance-Wow, just wow, I am in shock right now. I cannot believe this actually happened. But it did!
Gene-I was close…I was so close! This is wrong, this is just wrong! They had better bring me back next time; I was robbed!
Simone-Meh, I could have done that easily.
Corrina-I'm so proud of Chance. He came a long way from the kid who stepped off that dock.
(Conclusion)
Blaineley and Chef stood on the Dock of Shame while a party went on behind them.
"And there you have it," Blaineley exclaimed. "Another season behind us."
"There was strategy, there were fights, there was a heck of a lot of switching," Chef said. "And it all paid off for Chance."
"It looks like he's going to be a different person heading back," Blaineley said. "And maybe some of the others can say that same. On that note, the question remains, will we see any of these faces again? Only time will tell."
"But until next season," Chef said. "Thank you for watching Total…Drama Switcheroo!"
Chef and Blaineley smiled for a few more seconds, then broke.
"Ah, glad that's done," Blaineley exclaimed.
"You're telling me," Chef said as he glared at her.
"Get back to your kitchen, Chef," Blaineley said. "If I had it my way, you'd be staying there, out of sight all season."
Chef grumbled to himself as he left Blaineley. Then a helicopter arrived at the beach. Blaineley walked over to see Mr. Mint get out.
"Ah, Ms. O'Halloran, glad to know that everything worked out nicely," Mr. Mint exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah," Blaineley said. "What did you expect having me as host instead of that doofus, McClean? Anyways, we need to talk about my contract. If I'm going to be hosting next season I'm going to need fifty percent more screentime, a personal assistant at my side all times, and twice as much pay."
"Well…um, you see…Ms. O'Halloran," Mr. Mint said nervously. "It turns out that, Mr. McClean has finished his community service."
"What are you saying?" Blaineley said.
Chris then hopped out of the helicopter.
"Allow me to explain," he said. "You're fired!"
With that he pulled out a switch and flipped it. Blaineley looked down in horror to realize that she was standing on one of the elimination panels.
"I'll get you for this, McClean!" she exclaimed as she was launched into the sky.
"Well, once again, thanks for watching," Mr. Mint said to the screen. "And we hope to see you next time."
Author's Note: See next chapter for explanations and notes.