I'm back with a new chapter! Let's see how the team deals with more allies to rescue and two new cities!
Chapter 2: Calgary's Zoo emergency! Mayhem at Winnipeg's Forks
People were fleeing from the zoo after it began to be terrorized when three brainwashed heroes released all the animals and started destroying the place.
Fortunately for the folk in danger, seven heroes just arrived at the zoo after leaving Calgary's airport. They arrived at the prehistoric area of the zoo when one of the seven spotted someone.
"There!" Mario points at one of the brainwashed heroes: Yoshi, who is throwing eggs. "Who'll take on him?" Trevor asks.
Mario hesitates to raise his hand but Dixie Kong steps up. "Leave this to me" the kong says. "Wait, how are you gonna fight him?" Heather wonders, "No worries, I'm Diddy's Echo Fighter."
Dixie Kong approaches Yoshi and makes a "Bring it" sign at him. The dinosaur glares at the kong.
Dixie Kong vs Yoshi
FIGHT!
Dixie pulls out her Bubblegum Popgun and fires several shots at Yoshi, who simply ignores it with an Egg Roll. The attack hit Dixie and she's sent flying before recovering herself thanks to her ponytail.
A Yoshi Bomb is performed at Dixie in order to spike to the ground, but she does an air dodge and swiftly evades danger. As soon as she landed on the ground, the girl performed a Monkey Flip to hold onto her opponent. She scratches several times before jumping off from Yoshi and then returns to slam the dinosaur with a down aerial.
Yoshi doesn't give up however and uses his tongue to grab Dixie, but this is foiled as she jumps out of the way and hits him with her exclusive move: Spinning Ponytail. Yoshi is hit several times with the move and bounces on the floor.
Before he could even get up again, Dixie Kong rushes to him and hits him with a side smash attack, sending him towards one of the robotic dinosaurs of the area and falls to the ground.
GAME!
Mario rushes to his friend and sees the strings fading away, he sighs of relief as his friend is now free of Galeem's grasp again. "That's one, we have other two to go, but where are they?" Heather asks.
As Mario and Dixie helpe Yoshi get up, a laugh is heard and the heroes turn their heads to the source. Japan recognizes the voice as Finland's, "It's coming from the Eurasian area of the zoo!" he claims, the team carefully carried Yoshi with them and ran to the next fight.
When they arrive, the first thing they do is set Yoshi far away from Finland as the seven wonder who will fight him. After deliberating a lot, Mario agrees to fight him, but he does have in mind what Sweden would say after he finds out the two fought.
Finland's attention is caught by a "Let's-a-go!" from Mario and he approaches the plumber. The usually happy-go-lucky men give cold glares, so much that impresses Heather and Juzo.
Mario vs Finland
FIGHT!
Finland runs and unleashes a punch towards Mario but is parried and grabbed by the plumber and is pummeled and thrown to the ground. Mario keeps the heat with a stomp followed by a down aerial.
It looks like Mario is going to finish this with a flawless victory, until Finland catches him by an overall and slams him into the ground and follows with a punch. Mario rolls towards his team as they gasp and Japan remembers: Denmark told them that Finland may not look like it, but he packs a lot of strength.
Mario gets up and rushes to engage Finland in a trade of blows. Mario is surprised, never during the adventure of the Thousand-Year Door has Finland shown feats of his power and is actually starting to enjoy the duel, part of his competitive spirit.
Finland finally grabs Mario on a chokehold and proceeds to knock him out, only to find out Mario has also hidden feats of strength, he was able to lift Bowser by his tail and toss after all. Mario jumps and lets himself fall onto the ground with Finland hitting it first.
Mario proceeds to sweep him off the ground with a down tilt and then spikes him to the ground again with a forward aerial. Finland bounces high and before he hits the ground, Mario defeats him with a forward smash, sending him towards one of the exhibits' fences.
GAME!
Japan runs to Finland in order to aid him. Finland whimpers as he wakes up. A remorseful Mario helps him get up and apologizes to him. "There, I'm sorry for what I did. It was the only way to free you" the plumber sighs.
"Now only Cameron remains," Taka says with a smile. "And I think I've found him" Juzo comments as he watches an explosion going off at the Dorothy Harvie Botanical Gardens. Mario and Japan quickly carry Yoshi and Finland carefully as they rush to the next area.
The nine reach the entrance of the greenhouse area and they spot Cameron, but what weirds Mario, Dixie and Juzo out was that he was standing on the Koopa Clown Car Jr. "The little nerd has Bower Jr.'s powers" Heather quickly says.
"He's also one of the smartest of Total Drama. We'll have to be careful with this one" Trevor says as he volunteers himself to fight. The others don't object and he proceeds to attract Cameron's attention with a Makougaon.
Trevor readies his hook swords and prepares to engage Cameron as the boy stands in front of him.
Trevor vs Cameron
FIGHT!
Viper launches a Makougaon to Cameron, who blocks it with a Clown Cannon and uses the clash to ram the hero with Clown Dash Kart. Viper simply jumps out of the way and catches Cameron with one of his hook swords.
Cameron is slammed to the ground and retaliates with a Mechakoopa that explodes in Viper's face. The hero is sent flying to a wall and as he slides down he begins to think. "Cameron is smart and agile, but frail. And going by what England told him, he receives more damage when using his powers. So all I need is…"
Viper's thoughts are cut short when Cameron ambushes him with a side smash attack. The hunk takes damage and is launched towards the rest of the heroes, who quickly get out of the way.
The man gets up, finally forms a plan on his head and charges at Cameron, who simply uses the Abandon Ship move. To the boy's dismay, Viper uses a move he learned during his life in this Earth: Life Wall.
Viper's Persona: Perfect Venomous encases his user in a barrier and the Clown Kart bounces off. As Cameron begins to fall, the vehicle crosses paths with just before exploding, the boy is sent flying to the rest of the heroes.
GAME!
Taka gets to Cameron and sees the strings disappearing. "Taka?" the boy asks as he opens his eyes. "My friend! I'm so glad you're safe now!" the other boy smiles. "Before you ask, long story short, that creepy deity captured you and was controlling you into wreaking havoc" Heather says.
Cameron understands the situation and with the brainwashed heroes now free, they can proceed to where the next heroes are, if only they knew where they are. And just as last time, a message from the Galleria Mall teens is sent, but to Taka this time.
The man reads the message, "The first news is that Makoto and the others have recovered from the fights The second piece of news is that three more of our friends have been spotted in Winnipeg's Forks! These are Chisa, Zoey and Iceland!" Taka exclaims.
"Wait, Chisa?!" Juzo quickly approaches the Moral Compass and asks for confirmation. Upon confirming Chisa is indeed at Winnipeg, Juzo feels a sudden determination and takes action
The boxer quickly sweeps Finland and Cameron and gets out of the zoo, with Trevor (who is holding Yoshi) and the others following him.
"Before you can say anything, no. When we get to the airport, take a flight to Toronto and rendezvous with the others at the Galleria Mall" Juzo says to the rescued ones as they keep running.
Once in the airport, the seven part ways from the saved ones and they take a plane covered by Japan to Winnipeg.
2 hours later
The team finally arrives at Winnipeg's Forks and decides to take a quick break after running from the airport. After enough rest, they head to the Forks Market and they find another brainwashed heroine, Zoey, who is destroying everything with a big sword.
"The Buster Sword!" Mario yelps
"Well duh! Let me handle her. She's quite skilled, athletic and has Cloud's powers, but a good smackdown will remind her who's the most skilled girl of Total Drama" Heather smugly says. "Cheeky brat" Juzo thinks.
The girl calls Zoey's attention with a shot of her Paralyzer and both rush to each other and a new battle begins.
Heather vs Zoey
FIGHT!
Zoey attacks with a Cross Slash but no one receives damage since Heather dodged and retaliates with a Flip Jump. The indie girl is buried into the ground and the queen bee takes the chance and continues with a Boost Kick, sending Zoey upwards.
Zoey lands on some tables but quickly gets up and jumps to strike Heather with a forward aerial but is parried by a perfect shield from the other girl and receives a down smash attack for her troubles.
The girl doesn't give up and this time successfully catches Heather with a Climhazzard, sending the girl to crash at one of the food stands. Heather groans and brushes off the attack. The queen bee recognizes Zoey's skill and prowess, but she's had enough and it's time to really take her down.
With a shot from her Paralyzer, Heather immobilizes Zoey and then hits her with a side smash attack. Zoey recovers and to Heather's dismay, she reaches her Limit Break. Zoey rushes to Heather and slashes Heather with an enhanced Cross Slash and sends the other girl flying to the air.
As the queen bee falls back to the ground, she uses her gun to tether to a lamp and gets back at Zoey by using a down aerial, kicking the girl in the face. Angry for lowering her guard, Heather finishes the fight by attacking Zoey with an up smash attack and concludes with a Flip Jump on the indie girl.
Zoey lands on one of the tables.
GAME!
Heather blows the smoke off her weapon and rushes to help the girl she just fought. As soon as she noticed the strings were gone, she proceeded to wake up Zoey.
The others rush in to help the girl get down from the table as she sorely moves. "What happened…? Weren't we at Niagara Falls when that Galeem thing killed us?" the girl begins to wonder.
"We'll answer all of your questions after we rescue the other two fighters," Japan says. "So where to next?" Dixie asks. "To the Johnston Terminal, Iceland is making his puffin scare away the few people left" Trevor answers. "How do you know that?" Juzo snarls. "Because people are coming this way and are being chased by a puffin" the other hunk retorts by pointing out at the people running past the eight.
"Iceland" Japan said, "I'll help Zoey" Heather adds as she helps the girl walk and the eight head to the next building.
Once there, the heroes observe the puffin return to his owner's arm. "Someone has to distract the bird while other takes on Iceland" Taka suggested, "Leave the bird to me" Mario says, "And leave Iceland to me" Dixie Kong adds, with no other objections, the two high-five and set their plan into motion.
"Hello!" Mario yells to Iceland, who orders his puffin to attack. Mario then runs around the terminal in order to keep the bird busy. Iceland stares baffled at this until he's grabbed and spun around to face someone new.
It was Dixie, who challenged him.
Iceland gets up glares at the little heroine and approaches menacingly.
Dixie Kong vs Iceland
FIGHT!
Dixie starts by trapping the nation with a Monkey Flip and pummels Iceland a bit before jumping off from him. Iceland flinches but retains his cool. "I will not sink to your level" the country calmly says. The girl simply frowns, "Good. I only need to defeat you anyways, making things easier for me" and keeps on attacking Iceland.
35 minutes later
Dixie has tried everything, her smash attacks, specials, aerial, pummel, throws and even combos in order to bring Iceland down but nothing has worked yet. "I told you, I'm mature enough to withstand your childish attempts" Iceland mocks her.
The kong frowns and tries to do something again when Mario comes by again for the 7th time. Dixie looks at the puffin and gets an idea. "You say anything I do to YOU won't work, but how about your little bird?" Dixie taunts Iceland.
This seemed to work due to Iceland's template losing its serenity. "Mario! Bring the bird here!" Dixie yells to her teammate. Mario nods and as soon as he passes Dixie, the kong softly grabs the bird with her ponytail.
Iceland loses his cool and runs towards Dixie, who gently throws the puffin at Iceland's face. The nation sighs of relief just before Dixie grabs his legs with her ponytail and makes fall to the floor.
Iceland groans of pain but accepts he let emotions get the better of him and passes out.
GAME!
As soon as the strings went away, Japan got next to Iceland and helped him get up. "Japan…? What is going on?" Iceland mutters. "We'll explain later, there's still one more of our captured allies in this place we have to free.
Iceland sighs and suddenly begins to feel all the attacks Dixie landed on him a few minutes ago. After Iceland recovered a bit more, they decided to keep exploring the whole place.
Chisa was nowhere to be found, despite the nine exploring the whole site, the woman wasn't in any of the places. Not until Mario looked at a bridge.
"Look!" he yells, "The Esplanade Riel!" Japan adds. The rest turn their looks to the bridge and find Chisa trying to push someone into the river. "She's not in her right mind, let's save her!" Juzo roars. The rest agree and dash to the bridge.
Just before Chisa could throw her victim into the river, Heather grabs her with her weapon and drags her towards the team. The victim runs away as the Former Ultimate Housekeeper breaks free from the grab.
Suddenly, the Smash pocket that Japan holds reacts and opens, letting out another orb. This time, it was Min Min's orb. The orb flies to Chisa and gives her a power boost, making her to turn her arms into long and maneuverable ones at will, a fact she proves by turning her arms to normal before reverting to the stretchy ones.
"Leave her to me!" Juzo offers himself and almost readies his sword but Taka and Japan object.
"Not good! With her new acquired range, someone who has greater ranged attacks will have to fight!" Taka cries. Chisa takes the chances and fires the beam from the left Dragon arm to the team, who barely avoid it.
Trevor frowns and then takes out his hook swords. "I'll fight her" he says, "No! I must save her! She's my friend!" Juzo passionately yells but Heather grabs his arm "Hey, himbo! You better relax and let Trevor handle this! He knows what he's doing" she spat.
"I'll try my best to not hurt her a lot" Viper assures the boxer, who despite being in total disagreement, nods. "You better, or I'll break your face!" Juzo adds one last thing.
"We better get a few meters away" Dixie says and the others agree.
Viper extends one of his hook swords at Chisa and makes a "Bring it" sign.
Trevor vs Chisa
FIGHT!
Chisa uses her right arm to hit Viper, but due to the right arm being in its Ramram variation, the hero easily avoids it. Viper rushes and retaliates with his hook swords but the only thing he gets is a beam courtesy of Chisa's Dragon arm. The hunk gets a bit burned and is sent to one of the rails of the bridge.
Viper gets up to perform a Maeigaon but Chisa quickly grabs him and suplexes him as part of her back throw. The hero is hit hard in the head and falls face down to the ground. "She's good" he mutters before the girl calls for him and surprises him with a hit from her Megawatt arm.
The rest of the team watches in utter horror as Chisa effortlessly pummels Viper around the bridge with a variety of smash attacks and special moves. Viper crashes again at the rails and attempts to get up again but quickly gets restrained by his foe. Chisa tries to throw him into the river.
"Viper!" Japan, Heather and Taka yell before something flies and distracts Chisa from pushing Viper. It was Iceland's Puffin and a Blade Beam from Zoey. Chisa quickly moves out of the way, sealing her fate.
"Thank you" Viper smiles and fires lasers from his mask at Chisa. Since any Bless or Curse attack will likely leave her badly injured, Viper chooses to cast Megidolaon on her. Chisa is hit and is knocked down.
Viper simply grabs her with his hook swords and spins her around before giving her a powerful slam on the ground, defeating her.
GAME!
Juzo quickly rushes to Chisa's aid and gives a glare to Viper, but upon seeing the strings controlling her vanishing, he softens his look. The former Phantom Thief senses his last-chance ability is available and casts Salvation on everyone, healing all the damage they've received.
Mario thanks Viper, "Now that we rescued them, where should we go now?" the plumber wonders. "We're going now to Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa, my friend. Wyatt sent me a news' article about Dawn, Mahiru and Canada standing menacingly at some landmarks in those cities respectively" Kiyotaka says and shows his phone to the rest.
"We'll go with you!" Zoey vehemently says while Chisa opens her eyes. "Am I dead?" she whispers. "Chisa!" Juzo quickly calls for his friend, "Wait, where are we? Where is Kyosuke? We were on Niagara Falls and…" Chisa gets overtaken by memories before this merge of dimensions and starts to cry.
"What's wrong?!" the boxer quickly asks, "What's wrong?! I'VE DONE TONS OF HORRIBLE THINGS BACK IN OUR DIMENSION!
I WAS A REMNANT OF DESPAIR?!" she wails. "WHAT?!" the rest of the heroes scream. "During one of the incidents at Hope's Peak, I was captured by Junko Enoshima and her sister Mukuro Ikusaba. They brainwashed me and I committed several Despair-related crimes.
But the worst of all was when I aided in Junko's killing of Chiaki Nanami. I guided the brightest student to her death and… HOW CAN I LIVE WITH MYSELF?! I AM NO LONGER WORTHY OF MY SWEET KYOSUKE!" Chisa yells before going into a complete freak out cry.
The teammates look at each other and then to Juzo, who simply says, "When we find that bitch, I'll be sure to leave no teeth on her!" he says, surprisingly containing his anger.
"I think it's best if you go to our headquarters in the Galleria Mall at Toronto, Chisa needs someone to comfort her while we deal with the newly-discovered three" Japan kindly says.
Zoey and Iceland look at Chisa, who is still crying and nod. "Well stay here until Chisa calms down and then head take a flight to Toronto" Iceland says. The seven agree and part ways with the heroes, but not before Japan gave them money for the flight. "Don't worry, I know where the mall is, once we get there we'll let you know," Zoey comments.
"All right, let's get back to the airport and get to Quebec!" Dixie says. The rest agree and take off. But before they could leave, Juzo gives Chisa a soft pat on her shoulder and assures they will find Kyosuke and make Junko pay.
Ten heroes have been rescued, but they are just getting started. With still a lot of allies waiting to be found and rescued, it surely feels as an overwhelming task, yet the seven still push forward in order to save the worlds.
Heroes rescued: 10
To be continued…
Ten heroes have been saved, yet the heroes know it's not the time to kick back, so they press onward to the next cities. Stay tuned for next week's chapter!