"Last time on Total Drama Sci-Fi Showdown..." Chris started as he smiled. "The three teams smuggled soda into the city within Coruscant. Some chose to play criminal while others chose the side of justice." Behind him, the blue hologram showed Galactic City in Coruscant where the teams did their challenge.

"The Red Sith split up when Desmond thought it was a plan." Chris chuckled. "But the upside was that it worked. Good for them."

The hologram showed Sarah and Valerie nearing the entrance of the storage hanger. "But the Blue Ardonians and Green Drell were not so lucky. The former were quickly overwhelmed by Terrance's electric traps and Cassie traffic control while the latter just so happened to feel Nataline's wrath and Nelly's smarts on the city."

The hologram changed to the elimination ceremony in the scene where Delilah was consumed by the light. "Tonight, Delilah took the fall instead of Nelly, earning confusion from Arnold and Harvey but supposedly giving power to Lucy, who seemed to show a new side of herself."

Chris spread out his arms. "Which team will win this challenge next? What will become of Desmond's alliance? Will Jane successfully get Terrance to join her side? Can Sarah face her friends after she went against their vote? How will Jude control his alliance, knowing that his crush is her own mastermind? Will Cassie make sure her team is in top condition for the next challenge? And will Phoebe finally bring home a win for her team? Find out now on Total...Drama..Sci-Fi Showdown!" He finished with a big smile.

(Green Drell)

~Confessional~

Cassie: I don't know why my team lost so many people in that last challenge y'all. It ain't right. *She tipped her hat backwards* I outta do somethin' about it.

Phoebe: I-it was a good thing Valerie w-won us the challenge last time. I don't k-know if I'll be the one going h-home if we lose again. So I gotta d-do my best and try even harder.

~End Confessional~

Cassie went outside to see Phoebe outside, trying to jump up to a tree. The girl was too short, however, to reach the large branch above her. "Howdy, Phoebe." Cassie greeted.

"H-huh!?" Phoebe immediately whipped her head back to see Cassie there. "Y-yes?"

"What are ya doin'?" Cassie tilted her head. "There's no fruit in that tree so why are ya reachin' for the branch?"

"I'm t-trying to do pull-ups." Phoebe said embarrassingly. "B-but I can't reach the b-branch." She stuttered as she looked away.

Cassie laughed lightly and went closer to her. "Are ya trying to get yourself ready for the next challenge?"

"W-well I.."Phoebe trailed off.

"It's mighty good of ya, ya know?" Cassie easily jumped up and clutched on to the branch Phoebe was trying to reach. She did three pulls ups before letting herself drop down. "Ya gotta be in at yer best to keep up with the rest."

"Y-yes." Phoebe agreed. "I don't wanna b-be a hindrance to the team or to..."She trailed off again.

"Hmm? Ya sayin' something?" Cassie asked curiously.

"N-no no. Don't mind me. Ehehehe..." Phoebe played with her hair meekly. "I s-should probably run a lap n-near here."

"Yeah, a great idea that one." Cassie agreed. "Let's go."

~Confessional~

Phoebe: That w-was close...I almost told her about Cyrus. *she blushes*

~End Confessional~

Shane, Marvin, and Cyrus were back in the boys' bedroom hanging out.

"So guys..." Marvin started. "..I was thinking about something."

"You always are." Cyrus remarked. Shane smirked.

"No I meant about an alliance between us guys." Marvin clarified. "Think about it, we may have gotten lucky with taking out Richard but future votes might start getting personal."

"It's doesn't have to be. We vote out Phoebe if we lose." Shane bluntly stated. "We'll have nothing to lose."

Marvin furrowed his brow but he immediately caught himself. "Well it's an option..."

"No it's common sense." Shane grunted. "She's useless to us. She didn't do much in the past two challenges."

"You died first in the first challenge you know." Cyrus pointed out. "And Phoebe lasted long in the second one."

"Shut up. That was a fluke." Shane gritted his teeth and glared at the emo boy. "...And I would have secured a win for us i that bitchy rich girl didn't get in my way."

"See, Marvin?" Cyrus stood up and headed for the bedroom door. "Why should align with someone who can't face his own failures?" He spat as he glared at Shane before going out and closing the door behind him.

"Well...that just happened." Marvin sighed and shook his head. Shane simply sneered and headed for the bathroom.

~Confessional~

Marvin: That could have gone better. *sighs* I've been thinking about this game and I realized that you need allies to ensure your safety. What I didn't think of is how the others would react...or rather how they feel about each other.

Shane: Cyrus is being a douche. Marvin is being too soft. Pathetic.

~End Confessional~

Cyrus went to the living room to see Valerie there, still in her nightgown and with a frown. The flirt saw him and immediately beamed.

"Heya~" She flirted and winked.

"Drop it. I'm not interested." Cyrus said bluntly. "I keep saying that I'm here for inspiration." He sat across from her.

"And like I keep saying, I can help with that." She giggled flirtatiously. "Did I tell you that I just LOVE emo boys?"

"You don't." Cyrus deadpanned. "Nobody does. Nobody is supposed to."

"Why not?" She giggled again.

"We don't follow the mainstream. We keep to ourselves and hang out strictly with those of our kind." When he saw that Valerie raised her eyebrow, he added with a grunt. "And no, I'm not just trying to be an edgy teen here."

"Hehe~ If you say so." Valerie stood up and walked back to the girls' bedroom. "Just remember, sometimes having a few allies wouldn't hurt." She added.

~Confessional~

Valerie: I just need Cyrus to loosen up and then ask for his vote later on. It doesn't look like anyone else is asking him for his vote yet.

Cyrus: So I've been getting attention lately. When will people learn to leave me alone? I need time to think of my story.

Ivy: I woke up late again. I hope my teammates haven't forgotten about me. *frowns*

~End Confessional~

(Blue Ardonians)

Sarah woke up in the girls' bedroom. She looked to her right and saw Lucy asleep. She then sighed to herself.

~Confessional~

Sarah: I voted for Delilah because Lucy was being persuasive about it. She said something about the 'long run' and 'future challenges' and stuff like that. I got so confused and before I knew it I wrote down Delilah's name. God, I hope Arnold and Harvey forgive me.

Lucy: I like to think that Delilah is now in a good resort area that they usually set up for those eliminated. *her right eye flashes red for a brief moment*

~End Confessional~

The rocker girl exited the bedroom and saw Arnold and Harvey chatting in the living room.

"Morning, Sarah." Harvey greeted.

"Oh uh, morning." Sarah said uneasily.

Arnold looks at the empty seat beside him. "Damn, sucks that Delilah got voted out instead of Nelly. What were the others thinking?" Sarah looked away for a moment.

"Actually I'm more surprised how the vote went that way. We make up half the team so the best that could happen is a tie." Harvey pointed out. Sarah was now sweating bullets and gulped hard.

"I mean I'm not good with numbers, but yeah. You're totally right about that." Arnold realized.

"ALRIGHT! I admit it..." Sarah said in a defeated voice. "I changed my vote to Delilah at the last minute."

"What!?" Arnold gasped in shock. "But why? We had a game plan!"

"I know and I'm sorry!" Sarah exclaimed.

"But what made you do that?" Harvey asked her. Sarah just shook her head.

"I thought about it and realized that um..that Delilah really was useless in challenges. I realized that myself..yeah." She said unconvincingly. Though Arnold and Harvey just nodded in understanding, oblivious of the lie.

"I mean that's true." Arnold admitted.

"Yeah. It's a good point." Harvey conceded.

"Phew." Sarah said under her breath to which they couldn't hear her.

~Confessional~

Sarah: Lucy also said that it's important that nobody knows of what we talked about. I don't know but she was really intimidating about it.

Arnold: Sarah is pretty smart, watching out for the whole team by dropping a weak link. Sure we have to deal with Nelly's blabbering again, but I'll trust Sarah since she looks like she knows what she's doing.

~End Confessional~

Outside, Jude, Nicholas, and Nelly were by the river bed.

"So we won last night." Jude said. "Delilah is eliminated so hopefully we'll win more challenges. I'm ready to carry this team again." He added with a smirk.

Nelly rolled her eyes. "Whatever. You Asians hate failure anyway." She then sighed grumpily. "But...thanks for not voting me out."

Nicholas seemed to be deep in thought while staring at the riverbed. Nelly saw this and went up beside him. "And what's on your mind?"

"It is nothing." He stated. "I was simply thinking about the next vote."

"Aw. Don't say that." Jude groaned. "I want us to keep winning challenges."

"Tsk. Elimination is inevitable you air head." Nelly spat.

"She is right, Jude. If yesterday was any indication, it's that we should not rest easy no matter what. The Red Sith survived with four members." Nicholas said to them. He picked up a flat rock and made it skip, successfully reaching the other side of the river.

"That's because you let them get away." Nelly sneered as she also skipped a rock, which went to the other side as well.

Nicholas said nothing but Jude interjected. "Hey be nice. He tried at least. Let's just drop it and get ready for the next one." He did the same, but his rock only did two short skips and failed to even go halfway. "Aw what?" He frowned.

Both Nicholas and Nelly chuckled.

~Confessional~

Nicholas: Yes, I did fail to apprehend them in the smuggling challenge. I will do better next time, and put my faith in my airtight logic.

Nelly: You know...Jude and Nicholas are cool. I'm still superior to them of course! But it wouldn't hurt to at least have them as allies. They are pretty useful in challenges after all.

Jude: I gotta step up my game. The first team challenge established my usefulness in challenges, but I shouldn't sleep on that bed. I gotta make sure I do even better for my team. *he pounded his fists together*

~End Confessional~

(Red Sith)

Felix went out of the outpost to find Nataline and Desmond conversing outside. The noble girl was plucking petals from a flower as she listened to the other boy.

"I'm here to propose an alliance." Desmond started. "It's time someone takes control of the team, and we're fit to do that." He explained. "In case elimination comes, at least we'll watch each other's backs. I even got Felix to join me."

"An interesting offer indeed." Nataline nodded.

Felix cleared his throat and both of them turned to see him. "Am I interrupting something?"

"No not at all." Desmond smiled. "Guess what? Nataline is considering to join our alliance."

"It is important to have allies in this game after all." Nataline agreed. "I believe it is in my best interest to accept your offer but I'll give my final answer when elimination does come."

"Really? But-" Desmond was interrupted when Nataline waved her hand dismissively.

"That is my decision for now. I'm not changing it." She waved him off and headed further away from the outpost.

"Well fine then." Desmond grumbled.

Felix whistled to himself all this time. "So? You still think we can trust her? I'm telling you, Terrance is way better."

"She probably just doesn't want to think about elimination." Desmond sighed. "Whatever. She'll come around. We haven't lost a challenge yet so maybe she's being too calm about this."

"But who's your target anyway?" Felix asked. "Alliances have targets in mind, mind you."

"Wesley." He answered.

~Confessional~

Felix: Wesley? That nice guy who dresses nice? Well if that's what Desmond says. *shrugs*

Desmond: During the first challenge I only teamed up with him for the outpost. And the first team challenge made me realize that he may not actually be all that useful after all. Maybe it's time we drop him. Plus I saw how the girls look at him so maybe he's not aware but he could have a powerful social game if he wanted."

~End Confessional~

Inside the outpost, Wesley, Jane, Terrance, Betty, and Tatiana were all sitting down and talking.

"Congratulations on winning the challenge today." Wesley praised his teammates. "You all did a swell job."

"Four of us made it out." Jane added. "We were definitely winning that one."

"I was even the first one there." Betty exclaimed. "But that wouldn't have been possible if Tatiana didn't sacrifice herself."

"Aw geez. Anything for the party, right?" Tatiana said embarrassingly.

"You both did great." Wesley complimented and smiled. Both Tatiana and Betty blushed. Terrance saw this and rolled his eyes but yelped in pain when Tatiana stepped on his foot.

"But you should really pull your weight in the next challenge, Wesley." Jane pointed out to him. "It's only fair since you sat out the last challenge."

"I only did that because I was aware of my own limitations." Wesley continued to smile. "I do plan on contributing in this next challenge, of course." Now it was Jane's turn to blush. Terrance was now giving the wtf face at her.

~Confessional~

Terrance: The girls are easily swayed by Wesley and it's getting annoying. Is this how popular people get by in life?

Wesley: I will contribute in any way I can to the team in the next challenge. I do not want to be seen as a weak link.

Betty: O mi gosh! Wesley is just sooo dreamy! #ForeignDream

~End Confessional~

Wesley had excused himself to go to the restroom and Betty wanted to change back into her normal clothes so they each went to their bedrooms. This left the other three alone in the living room.

"I guess this is as good a time as any to talk about my offer." Jane stated.

"What offer?" Tatiana asked curiously.

"I want you to join my alliance." Jane said. "So that when elimination comes, we'll at least have each other's backs. I trust you both and I want to take you to the merge with me if ever." She explained.

"Wha- what?" Tatiana gasped. "But what about Betty? Are we just gonna leave her behind? Kick her out of the party? That's tyranny!"

"N-no!" Jane looks taken aback. "She'll be a part of this too. She just had to go change clothes so you can tell her about this instead when there's time."

"Oh okay. Cool." Tatiana calmed down. "For a second there I thought we were gonna ditch her."

"So do you have a target in mind?" Terrance raised his eyebrow.

"Felix." She simply stated.

~Confessional~

Jane: The way I see it, it's either Felix or Desmond. Desmond is at least better physically and probably more intelligent than Felix so I don't think we'll lose much if Felix leaves.

Terrance: Felix, huh? I mean he doesn't seem like a popular kid so I kinda want to be friends with him. Well we still got until elimination time to think about it. Maybe I can swing the vote to Nataline if I'm lucky. Heh.

Tatiana: Felix and I don't talk much. So I guess it's fine to vote him out if we lose. I seriously hope we don't, though.

~End Confessional~

Chris' hologram appeared on all the team's outpost tables. "Get your team inside quickly. I'm about to change the scenery again for the next challenge."

Once everyone was inside, Chris began to shift and change the scenery using the control panel from the Drama Dome. All three outposts were now on top of a tall mountain side, surrounding a large futuristic facility. The contestants exited and found out that their outposts were next to each other.

"Oh look. I didn't know there was still some competition." Arnold said smugly. Sarah and Jude fist bumped him and laughed as well.

"Oh look. I didn't know you were still here. Just how many scapegoats are in your team anyway?" Cyrus shot back. He then counted them off. "Oh wait, you're all fodder." Shane smirked as Cyrus said it.

Chris approached them, not as a hologram. "Look I encourage the trash talking but save it until after I say what the challenge is about."

They calmed down and then Chris started talking again. "Now, for this challenge, you'll all be taking two data chips from inside this facility."

"More illegal acts." Nicholas shook his head.

"Would it make you feel better if I said that these data chips contains launch codes that could threaten humanity…and the aliens?" Chris smirked.

"...Yes." Nicholas conceded.

Tatiana raised her hand. "Will we have to make someone sit out of this again?"

"Excellent question, Tatiana." Chris said. "The answer is no." He smiled.

"What? But how is that freaking fair?" Nelly said in annoyance.

"It isn't and I don't care." Chris shrugged.

Jude whispered to Nelly. "Use that energy to help us win this challenge instead." Nelly scoffed in response but didn't say anything else.

"If we're attempting a mission like this, we'll definitely need equipment." Terrance stated.

"I agree. There are obviously soldiers inside." Jane agreed.

"Of course you'll be given a standard assault rifle and pistol. Aside from that, I'm allowing you to bring the tools you used in the volcanic race challenge. If you still have them." Chris smirked. Terrance, Nicholas, Cassie, and Jane all lit up at this remark and went inside to go get their items.

"The rest of you, here are your weapons." Chris snapped his fingers and blue sparks flickered in and three large steel crates formed in front of him. He opened it and there lies the rifles and pistols. Also inside are two frag grenades.

The four who went back to get their things came back out with them.

"This should be fun." Terrance smirked as he played with the EMP grenade.

"I love using this suit, y'all." Cassie said as she stretched a bit.

They also grabbed their weapons except for Nicholas, who only took the pistol and their two frag grenades but not the rifle. Cyrus took the grenades from their team's crate and Nataline and Desmond each took one frag grenade from theirs'.

"Okay, if everyone has their gear, I'll explain the starting points." Chris stated. A blue hologram appeared before them showing the map of the inside of the facility. It shows that there are three entrances in it and a glowing red dot somewhere near the center of the facility.

"Now here's how it's going to go. You won't go in by team and I will divide you into two groups of seven myself. One team will have to go with one extra member." Chris shrugged. "Now to my right is Jane, Arnold, Nelly, Wesley, Phoebe, Ivy, and Terrance. For this challenge, you'll be the yellow team."

The seven people obeyed and stood to Chris' right.

"Next to my left is Marvin, Cyrus, Nataline, Felix, Lucy, Harvey, and Tatiana. You guys are the orange team." Once again, the seven people who were called went to his left.

"Betty, Jude, Sarah, Valerie, Cassie, Desmond, Nicholas, and Shane will be the eight man group. They'll be the purple team." Chris concluded. The eight contestants nodded. "Now I set up which team takes which entrance."

The hologram showed three dots of their team's color on one of each entrance. "Any questions?" Chris asked.

Marvin raised his hand. "I have one. The winner of this challenge is determined by who takes the chips right?"

Chris smirked. "Yes. Why?"

"..Tsk. It means that we can betray our own temporary team members." Shane bluntly said. "We're forced to work together with the other teams but the eliminations remain original, am I right?"

"Yes. That is correct." Chris smiled smugly. "But the question is, will you do it? The facility is hard to finish with only one person after all."

Many of the contestants murmured among themselves. "Well I don't care how you do your strategy. Get to your assigned entrance!" The three teams immediately took off.

~Confessional~

Phoebe: Eek! I h-hope no one s-shoots me.

Nelly: Finally. I can shoot those I hate here. *smirks*

Shane: I want to try my chances soloing this challenge, but I don't know how difficult it is yet. I'll stick around with my 'team' but I'll be on my guard and watch my own back.

Tatiana: I hope nobody plans to backstab the temporary party! We need pure loyalty here!

Lucy: I really wish that nobody would toss me to the side. *gets teary eyed*

Cyrus: Typical. Paranoia is gonna eat away at every group, I swear. I'll just work with them to gain their trust and shoot them when I'm feeling confident. No big deal.

Desmond: To trust or not to trust? Hmm..

~End Confessional~

(Yellow)

The seven members of the temporary team all went to the entrance. It was already open and they saw a hallway illuminated by bright white lights.

"Here we are." Jane stated. "Now I know what you're all thinking…"

"Yes, let us take out potential weak links already." Nelly finished as she aimed her gun at Phoebe. The doll faced girl shrieked and hid behind Jane.

"Nelly! We're not shooting any of our teammates." Jane scolded.

"Teammates? You're a Red Sith and I'm a Blue Ardonian." Nelly pointed out.

"Ignore the nerd over here." Arnold scoffed. "She's got no love for teamwork anyway. She would have gone home last night too if it wasn't for Sarah bailing on us."

"You got something against nerds?" Terrance glared at Arnold as he adjusted his glasses. "You dumb jocks think you're so much better, let's see you single-handedly finish this challenge."

"Don't say that. He might not get past this first hallway." Nelly snickered.

"I don't have to listen to scrawny nerds like you two." Arnold shrugged them off. "In my soccer team, teamwork is everything. And in my personal philosophy, strength is everything." He flexed a bit before walking down the hallway.

"Please, let us all try to work together. We may come from different teams, but now is the time to put that aside." Wesley frowned. Nelly blushed a bit and reluctantly nodded.

"Fine." She sighed as she followed Arnold inside. The rest also started walking but Phoebe was still cowering behind Jane.

"It's okay Phoebe. I'll protect you." Jane assured her.

"We will do our best to not let harm come to you." Wesley smiled. "It is a gentleman's duty to make sure a lady is safe, after all."

Ivy came up to the three of them. "I suggest you leave her in my care. She is my teammate after all." She said as friendly as possible.

"We don't have to draw any lines here. We're ALL working together." She emphasized so that even Arnold and Nelly can hear. "We're in this together so no need to worry."

"A-and I trust Jane too." Phoebe added with a smile. Ivy nodded and went back to the front.

Terrance went up beside Nelly and started talking to her. "So he's on your team right?" He glanced at Arnold. "Is he always that arrogant?"

"Pretty freaking much." Nelly grumbled. "He's just a dumb jock. One slip up could get catastrophic."

"I agree." Terrance nodded. "Should we find a way to ditch him? I hate people like him too."

"For now let's keep him. A good meat shield if anything." Nelly shrugged. "But don't think I'll let you easy either, dimwit. I'll shoot you when I want to." She scoffed.

"Hey, we can work together on this. We're of the same social group." Terrance pointed out.

"I hang out with other nerds, sure, but not all of them can live up to my expectations." Nelly said harshly. "So screw off." She went on ahead and left him behind.

"Girls….tsk.." Terrance grumbled to himself.

~Confessional~

Arnold: I'll show these nerds why we jocks are the best! They're scrawny and useless in challenges so why should they complain when someone who's good in challenges is there to win it for us?

Phoebe: I'm glad Jane i-is here. I f-feel much safer now. I hope that other g-girl won't shoot me. *cowers in fear*

Nelly: I guess I should have tried to befriend Terrance but screw that! He's probably a phony anyway. Just look at that hoodie. He must be all like 'Ooh, I'm so edgy and I hate jocks and everyone that isn't like me. Oooh.'"

~End Confessional~

(Orange)

The team were already walking down a similar hallway, watching out for any guards or traps.

"This is so cool, guys! A new party isn't so bad. I even have two of my old party members here with me." Tatiana beamed as she pointed at both Nataline and Felix.

"Indeed. I am also glad we will be working together." Nataline agreed with a smile. "It's also been a while, Lucy."

"Oh." Lucy turned around to look at her. "Right. Ehehe, it has been a while since we worked together."

"You can get soft now, but Chris said only one of us can grab the data chip." Cyrus sneered. "Right, Marvin?"

The boy peeked around a corner and found it to be clear. "That may be true. But the two of us can't do this by ourselves. Whether you like it or not, we need their help."

"Well said." Harvey agreed. "Stabbing each other in the back is not cool."

"Nothing in this game is 'cool'." Cyrus grunted to himself.

"All clear." Felix called as he peeked around another corner. "Seriously, I wanna prank people right now."

"What's stopping you?" Harvey asked.

"I need the right tools man. I don't do half assed pranks." Felix replied.

"Let's go there." Lucy pointed to a spacious room filled with mechanical contraptions. "Maybe it's in there."

She was about to enter but Cyrus shoved her aside. "Move it." He said harshly. He went up to a machine and poked it with his gun. "What the heck is this?"

Marvin and Nataline came up beside him. "Perhaps we shouldn't mess with it." The former suggested.

"But there really might be something inside." Nataline pointed out. She looked around and saw a red button plastered on the wall.

"Gaming tip no. 7: Never press red buttons." Tatiana warned. "Like I really don't recommend that."

"It might get the machines running." Marvin said. "I suggest you press it and see what it does."

Nataline looked back at the red button. After some internal debate, she decided not to press it. "I don't think we should. We don't know what will happen and I want to play passive for now." She decided.

"Phew." Tatiana sighed in relief.

"Whatever. Let's move on then." Cyrus said as he turned back to the entrance. He shoved Lucy aside again as he did so.

~Confessional~

Lucy: *is teary eyed and rubbing her arm* Why does he keep doing that? It actually hurts.

Nataline: I want to play passively for now and then really go for it when the end is near. I assume there will be a struggle soon so I want to be prepared for it.

Cyrus: I have to watch these people carefully. Marvin is on my side, but I know what Nataline and Harvey can do in challenges. I need to make sure they don't try anything out of line.

~End Confessional~

(Purple)

The team is currently examining a room filled with scrap metal and other junk.

"Why would an important data chip be in here?" Desmond inquired as Nicholas and Jude began feeling around.

"You never know. Chris likes to throws us off for fun anyway." Jude said as he threw aside a small tire.

"That might make some sense." Cassie said as she also helped them searched the junk. "Valerie, come help."

"I just did my nails so I really don't wanna touch anything dirty right now." Valerie replied back. "Plus I'm still pissed about Nicholas taking my cane." She pouted.

"I took it fair and square. And I prefer the term 'confiscated' since you were about to hurt Sarah with it and so I prevented that." Nicholas stated matter-of-factly.

"#SquadGoals" Betty snapped a group picture.

Shane rolled his eyes and left the room. "I'm outta here." He bluntly said.

"Wait! I really think you-" Jude was cut off when he was suddenly plunged downwards.

"What?" Nicholas jumped back up and aimed his pistol at the pile. Cassie also jumped back and held her rifle as well.

"Gah! Help me!" Jude struggled to get up by a metal hand is seen gripping his shirt tightly. Soon the assailant rose up and revealed itself to be a robot taller than any of them. It continued to grip Jude as he struggled to free himself.

Nicholas, Cassie, Desmond, and Sarah opened fire. The blaster shots hit the robot but doesn't seem to be affecting it.

"It's not doing anything!" Sarah exclaimed in fear. "But we have to help him somehow!" Betty had already ran out of the room in fear and Valerie was too scared to move a muscle.

Nicholas switched from his pistol to his cane, twirling it around before thrusting it right through the robot's skull and leaving it stuck there.

"You got it!" Sarah cheered.

"I'm still stuck." Jude groaned as the robot still didn't release its grip on him. Its crest area opened up to reveal a small time bomb attached to it. "Oh God." His face shrunk.

"It's going to explode!" Valerie shrieked as she ran outside.

"We're going to have to leave him behind." Desmond said as he placed a hand on Nicholas' shoulder.

"Go. It's alright. Just win it for us." Jude gave a weak thumbs up as the time left for the bomb grew shorter and shorter.

"I understand. Everyone, we're leaving." Nicholas called out to Sarah and Cassie, who nodded and followed him and Desmond outside of the room.

They saw Betty and Valerie in the hallway waiting for them and joined them.

"Where's Jude?" Betty asked uneasily. As if on cue, an explosion can be heard in the room they were just in.

"There's your answer." Nicholas responded with a poker face. "Where's Shane?"

"We didn't see him out here." Valerie said. "I think he took off on his own."

"Nothing new there." Cassie shrugged.

"Then we should go as well." Nicholas said. They all nodded and ran down the hallway again.

~Confessional~

Nicholas: I need to focus on the challenge. Jude is obviously not dead so why should I be worried?

Sarah: I know that people respawn but it still sucks to see them die like that. Guess I'm not used to it yet.

Desmond: Well on the bright side, that's one less Blue Ardonian I have to worry about.

Shane: I changed my mind. Working with them will only slow me down. And people like Nicholas are hard to predict so I'd rather continue this alone.

~End Confessional~

(Yellow)

The teens made their way around the facility, still finding nothing.

"I wonder if there really is any resistance here…." Ivy trailed off.

Jane went over to Wesley and whispered to him. "If there isn't resistance anytime soon, we should start taking them out."

"That seems cruel." Wesley frowned.

"They'll do the same." Jane reasoned. "If it comes down to it, we must stick together. We take out Arnold first. Then Nelly."

"Will Terrance be okay with this?" Wesley asked.

"Look at him. He's basically itching to shoot Arnold right now." They both looked over at Terrance who was glaring daggers at Arnold while the latter was arguing with Nelly.

"You better not think of soloing this challenge." Nelly sneered. "Last thing we need is some yahoo thinking they're top dog running around shooting people."

Arnold scoffed. "So? If I go around and use my mad footwork skills to catch these people off guard, it will make things easier for us. We're still Blue Ardonians."

"You know I can hear you, right?" Terrance pitched in as he played with his EMP grenade.

"I know." Arnold remarked. "Want me to hold that grenade for you? I think I'm a better thrower than you." He flexed his muscles tauntingly. "Nah, I'm kidding bro." He laughed.

Terrance, however, looked furious. "Want me to shove it up your-" He was interrupted when Phoebe screamed. They all looked back to see a dozen or so droids rounding a corner behind them and suddenly pointing their guns at them.

"Intruders!" One droid exclaimed. Arnold, Nelly, and Terrance took cover behind a wall while the rest of the team entered the room nearest to them for safety. The droids began firing as they did so.

"Eek! W-what do we do?" Phoebe asked in fear. She held her gun tightly but is too scared to peek out. Ivy seemed to be in a daze.

"We need to fight back." Jane said with conviction. She peeked out and began shooting at the droids. She managed to take down one.

"Ivy? Are you alright?" Wesley turned to the quiet girl who was still in a daze. "We have a problem."

"Ivy, this is no time to be dozing off! Focus!" Jane barked. This brought Ivy back to reality as she held her gun.

"Sorry, I did it again." She apologized. "What happened?"

"Droids are a-attacking us." Phoebe answered as she curled up in a corner. "I d-don't want to go out there." She fearfully added.

Meanwhile, Arnold and Nelly began shooting back at the droids.

"Come on, Terrance. Use the damn grenade." Nelly ordered.

"Nah…" He replied nonchalantly as he continued to play with it. "I'd rather save it to save myself."

Arnold yelped in pain as he got hit on the arm. "Argh!" He slumped back on the wall.

Terrance saw his chance and took out his pistol. Before the soccer player could react, he shot him in the head and making his avatar flicker out.

"What the.." Nelly realized what happened to her teammate and was about to turn back but Terrance held the gun to her head. "What do you think you're doing!?"

"Winning this for my team. Nothing personal." Terrance simply stated as he was about to pull the trigger.

"Wait! You wouldn't hurt a fellow nerd now would you?" Nelly tried to reason with him. "Arnold is out. We can take command of this team now."

Terrance raised his eyebrow. "I want to trust you but you're on the other team." He pointed out to her.

"We can settle this when we get there." Nelly answered. "For now, let's order these people around."

"I'm not sure Jane will like that." Terrance shook his head. "And while I'm at it, I should go back Wesley too. I hate that guy."

"Then we can take them both out!" Nelly suggested. "You don't need them, right? Prove to them that nerds like us rule!"

"...Okay." Terrance breathed. He then smiled mischievously. "This might just worked." He placed his gun back on the holster. "Fine. We'll have a truce." He decided.

"Good. You won't regret it." Nelly smiled back. "Now how do we draw them out?"

"I can handle that." Terrance poked his head out of cover and saw Jane do the same. He gestured for her to engage the enemy on his count while he and Nelly give cover fire. Jane easily picked up the message and told this plan to Wesley and the others.

"Now let the fun begin." Nelly smirked.

~Confessional~

Terrance: Okay so betraying my teammates like that is dumb move. But I just hate Wesley for being able to manipulate girls like that as if it was nothing. Sorry Jane, but try to understand.

Nelly: I didn't know Terrance had it in him to just willingly betray his teammates like that. He might be cool after all. *smirks*

~End Confessional~

Terrance started counting down as Jane looked at him, her gun at the ready. When Terrance reached zero, he nodded and Jane, Wesley, and Ivy came out and started firing on the droids. Just like Nelly and Terrance planned, they did not shoot along with them and simply watched them go. Droids fell but then Wesley got shot and his avatar flickered out.

"It's working." Nelly exclaimed. "Let's go. We can ditch them now."

"Wait. Something's wrong." Terrance counted them. "Phoebe isn't with them."

More droids exploded but then Ivy got hit next. She managed to retreat back to cover though before she took fatal damage on herself.

"Terrance! Where's the back up?" Jane demanded. She looked behind her only to see Nelly there, holding her gun while grinning menacingly at her. "What!?"

Her shock was enough for the droids to shoot her down. Her flickered out and Nelly ducked for cover. Terrance leaned against the wall adjusting his glasses.

"Jane is gone?" He asked.

"Yep. Let's get the hell outta here. Ivy is injured but alive, and Phoebe still hasn't come out." Nelly shrugged.

"Wait, I got a plan." Terrance smirked. Nelly tilted her head.

Meanwhile, Ivy was panting as she gripped her left shoulder. She is sitting beside Phoebe, who is looking at her with concern.

"I-Ivy? A-are you okay?" The doll faced girl worriedly asked as she held her hand.

"Yeah...Yeah.." Ivy managed to say. "We lost both Jane and Wesley. I don't know about the other three."

"This is b-bad." Phoebe cowered in fear.

"That may seem so..." Ivy said in pain.

They suddenly heard more gunshots and metal crashing on the floor. Then they saw Nelly and Terrance enter the room, holding their rifles.

"Can you stand or do we have to shoot you too?" Nelly smirked. Terrance elbowed her arm.

"Don't mind her. Come on, we can still make it." Terrance assured.

Ivy and Phoebe looked at each other before standing up and following them though the former went slower than usual due to the injury.

~Confessional~

Terrance: I just gotta keep the two Green Drell members on a leash, and then I can betray Nelly later. I'm the last of my team left so I need to be extra careful. I swear, I'll win this for us and prove that it doesn't take popular kids or bullies to get far.

Nelly: I'll prove to my team that I can carry a challenge. Brain over brawn! Just watch, Ivy and the rest don't know jack about what's coming to them.

Jane: Did Nelly shoot Terrance before he could help us? Sneaky little...Ugh!

Wesley: I hope my team forgives me for my failure. I've never held a gun before so this is all so new to me.

Phoebe: I-I'm scared, but Ivy needs my help more than ever s-so I'll do my best! I h-hope I don't die.

~End Confessional~

(Orange)

The team was currently taking cover behind some steel crates as a group of heavily armored troops and droids swarmed them from two corridors, leaving them stuck in between.

"Any bright ideas?" Felix asked them all as he checked the ammo remaining on his rifle.

"I got one." Nataline answered as she held up one frag grenade.

"Why only one?" Lucy tilted her head.

"Desmond got the other one." Nataline frowned. "Now where should I throw this?"

"I suggest the left side. They first pooled in from there so I think they want to defend that side first. Just my opinion." Marvin suggested.

"I say we break through the right!" Tatiana said confidently. "In games, it's always the right path that's right." She exclaimed with a toothy grin. The rest just gave her a look.

"That makes no sense." Cyrus retorted.

"Yes it does." The gamer girl frowned. "You probably suck at video games."

"I don't play those." The emo said flatly.

"Can we focus on the matter at hand here?" Nataline interrupted. "I still don't know where we should go."

Marvin got out from cover and shot a few droids before sitting back down. "We need to move now. More of them are coming." He warned.

"Meh. Marvin's reasoning for the left side seemed legit to me." Felix shrugged.

Nataline nodded. She got out of cover and threw the frag grenade at the group of soldiers and droids on the left path. It exploded and most of them got caught in the blast.

"Now!" She commanded. The others also got out of cover and began firing at what's left of the enemy forces in the left path. Then they charged forth, but not before Harvey and Marvin both got shot by troops from the right side.

"Gahh!" Harvey dropped to a crouch as he held his injured arm. Marvin's avatar had already flickered out.

"Harvey!" Lucy exclaimed as she looked back to see her teammate there.

"Go on without me." Harvey held his hand up. "I'll hold them off here."

Lucy was about to go to his when a hand grabbed her shoulder. She looked and saw Nataline there, shaking her head. She hesitantly followed them as they continued to go towards the left path, leaving Harvey behind as he tried to fight back but got shot down in the process.

~Confessional~

Lucy: *she is teary eyed* Now I'm all alone here. They're definitely going to shoot me now, aren't they? *sniff*

Cyrus: I expected casualties, but to think it was Marvin who fell. Tsk. Whatever. I'm still in this, so my team has a chance.

Tatiana: It is obvious game logic that you must always follow the right path when given the choice. But then again, I don't think I've ever followed that rule before.

~End Confessional~

(Purple)

The team were running down the hallway as fast as they could, apparently fleeing from something.

"Keep going! We might lose it in the next room!" Desmond urged.

They turned a corner and soon their assailant also came into view. It was a massive mechanical machine with a minigun for a left arm and a flamethrower for a right arm. It moved at average speed which made it easier for them to flee from it.

"#IHateRobots" Betty typed into her phone. Unfortunately, this made her lose balance and she tripped over herself, crashing into Valerie. They both fell and their weapons slid down away from them.

"Hey!" Valerie exclaimed. "Watch it, chubby!"

"That's not very nice." Betty pouted as tried to stand up.

The others saw this and stopped. "What are you doing? Get up." Sarah said.

"We keep moving." Nicholas stated evenly. "If we linger here any longer, it will catch us." He reasoned as he kept moving.

"Aw nah. I'm gon' help my teammate." Cassie disagreed as she rushed to Valerie's aid and helped her up. The robot soon came into view and it charged up its minigun.

Desmond looked towards Betty then at Nicholas. He gulped and followed the detective, and Sarah kept moving as well. The robot fired its gun just as Valerie got up and she and Cassie started running again. Betty was completely shot down by a torrent of shots and the minigun also caught the country girl by the ankle.

"Yow!" Cassie tumbled down in pain. She tried to stand but her ankle was badly injured. "My ankle's busted. I ain't gon' help much none." She groaned.

"But.." Valerie started.

"Just go! Don't let my sacrifice go to waste here." Cassie said.

Valerie nodded as she took off after the others.

~Confessional~

Nicholas: I assume that we are nearing the area where the data chip is located. At this point, losing people from the other team is not a big deal. It is only logical to press on no matter what, especially since there is a high chance of someone playing cutthroat.

Cassie: Y'know, this would have been easier if Shane was still here. I wonder where that boy went.

Desmond: I figured that staying alive is more important now at this point yet I feel sorry for Betty. I pray that she understands.

Betty: Desmond totally left me there! What a bad teammate. *she huffs*

~End Confessional~

(Shane)

Shane was currently inside a room examining a map of the facility. He looked at all the points and tried to remember where the data chip is. He heard movement outside so he grabbed his rifle and pressed himself up against the wall. He kept silent as he listened closely who it was.

"Hurry up, Ivy! I swear I'll leave you behind if you go any slower." Nelly grumbled.

"Don't say that." Terrance told her. "She's injured so cut her some slack."

"Then let's do what I suggested earlier and just shoot her. So what if we're three left afterwards?" Nelly shot back.

"C-can't we all just g-get along?" Phoebe cowered.

Shane furrowed his brow. He held his rifle tight and waited for their footsteps to get louder.

~Confessional~

Shane: So Ivy and Phoebe are here, huh? And it looks like two others seem to be taking charge of the group. Heh. Badass sequence in 3...2...1...

~End Confessional~

The lone boy rolled to the side and revealed himself, propping his gun up as he took a moment before firing. He shot Nelly's thigh and the nerd dropped down in pain. He moved forward to grab her and spin her around, making her face Terrance as she accidentally pulled the trigger in shock. The techie boy sidestepped and fired back, damaging Nelly enough for her avatar to disappear. Now without a human shield, Shane dropped his rifle and charged forward until he was face to face with the other boy, elbowed upwards which connected with Terrance's rifle as the firearm missed its next shot. Shane decked Terrance across the face which sent the latter down to the ground, releasing his rifle as he did.

"Pathetic. That was too easy." Shane remarked as he stepped down on Terrance, drawing out his pistol as he did. Phoebe was cowering behind Ivy as the latter held her back with one arm and used the other to hold her rifle loosely.

"You win. Stop gloating and make it quick." Terrance said angrily. "This sucks."

"It does...for the weak." Shane smirked arrogantly as he fired a shot, making Terrance's avatar flicker out.

"Shane? Where did you come from?" Ivy asked him as she calmed down. "Weren't you with another group?" She asked in a friendly manner.

"I ditched them." Shane said bluntly as he pointed to the path behind him. "This way." He started down the path.

"You like working alone right?" Ivy asked. "We'd only be a hindrance." She gestured towards her injured arm.

"You're right." Shane affirmed. "But you're also my teammates. So unless you feel like shooting me in the back which will definitely make us lose this, you should follow."

"O-okay." Phoebe told him as she nudged Ivy forward. "We c-can trust Shane. He's w-with us." She smiled up at her.

"I know, Phoebe." Ivy smiled reassuringly. "I was probably just shocked by what just happened."

~Confessional~

Ivy: Shane can be pretty scary when the situation is right. I should keep this in mind since I may have been thinking less of him before.

Shane: I like being a lone wolf but I know how this game works as well. I need them to see me as an asset or else I'll be eliminated for simply not socializing. It's sad and pathetic, but true.

~End Confessional~

(Orange)

They were now walking in another hallway, avoiding further conflict. They didn't come across any more soldiers or droids ever since they took the left path.

"Did Chris run out of AI to send at us?" Tatiana mocked. "Are we nearing the final boss!?" She exclaimed in excitement.

"I hope we can get to the data chips easily." Lucy said softly. "utMy arms hurt from holding my gun."

"Then why the hell did you pick it up then? It's not like you have the gift of shooting. Yeah, I may sound rude but I didn't see you fire a single shot when we were pinned down earlier." Cyrus retorted.

"Cease this at once, Cyrus." Nataline glared at him. "I didn't see your shots hitting anything other than a wall earlier too."

"Shut up." Cyrus grunted. "I still don't get why they cast you. You're already rich right? You have no right to be here."

Nataline's face contorted in anger. "I dare you to say that again." She pointed her gun at him and everyone stopped. "My reasons for being here are of no concern to you."

Cyrus was about to point his gun at her as well but she shot him in the arm, making him drop his. "Argh! You..."

"Hey, let's all just take a quick breather here." Felix tried to stop them.

Cyrus used his other hand to draw his pistol but Nataline shot that one too.

"I don't think I like your attitude." Nataline sternly said to Cyrus as the latter staggered backwards. "Don't think you're so entitled!"

"Then you don't have to deal with it anymore." He smirked as he weakly tried to reach for his frag grenades but Nataline shot him in the head, making his avatar flicker out before he activated the grenade.

Tatiana and Felix were speechless. Lucy was teary eyed as she looked at Nataline and then at the spot where Cyrus once stood.

~Confessional~

Lucy: *her eye flashes red* So it seems Nataline is sensitive to her reasons of joining here. I wonder what else she hides. Can I use them? Maybe. Will it work? It better. For now, I need to make sure they don't shoot me simply because I'm the odd one out.

~End Confessional~

Lucy backed away slowly and the other three saw this.

"Lucy..." Nataline began with sad eyes. "It's not what you think."

"So that's it? Are you going to shoot me next?" Lucy said in fear as she backed up faster, raising her gun slowly.

"Never!" Tatiana replied with confidence. "Wait..actually.." Felix rapped her on the head before she could say any more.

"Don't mind her. You can still travel with us." The prankster shrugged.

Lucy kept backing up until her foot stepped down on a secret panel. It made a short clicking sound followed by steel being pushed aside as the wall beside her opened to reveal a secret room. It was dimly lit and had neon green and blue highlights along the walls and ceiling.

"Hey cool. This might be it." Felix remarked.

Nataline kept looking at Lucy as she cautiously approached her. "Would you like to go first? You found it after all."She smiled at her friend.

Lucy looked towards the entrance to the room, and with a gulp she rushed inside, disappearing into the slight darkness.

"Wait! Lucy!" Nataline called after her as she rushed inside after her.

"Don't forget about the rest of your party!" Tatiana ran inside as well.

"I swear it's hard to keep up with you guys." Felix sighed as he moved to follow them but a shot whizzed by him. "What?"

"Not so fast." Nicholas said as he stood on the opposite side of the hallway with the rest of the purple team.

"Hey that's Felix." Desmond realized. Sarah shot him multiple times in the back and his avatar disappeared. Valerie looked at the rocker girl in shock.

"Sorry. Me and Nicholas talked about it." Sarah apologized as she aimed at the flirt. Valerie ducked in time and shot the other girl in the gut which sent her to the ground.

"Yes. I did it." Valerie cheered for a moment before she saw Nicholas aimed his pistol at her head and fired, making her disappear.

"Now, the last one." He muttered as he aimed again at Felix. The prankster yelled a battle cry as he unleashed a torrent of shots at the detective but he took cover behind a turn immediately. Sarah got hit by a few as she tried to stand and immediately flickered out.

~Confessional~

Nicholas: It would seem that I'm the last one of the purple team remaining. Well, Shane has gone MIA but at this point we're back to our original teams now.

~End Confessional~

Nicholas got out of cover and shot at Felix who took the hits and slumped against the wall. The detective walked towards him as he took out one frag grenade and threw it at the room where the rest had entered.

"Well at least I tried to stop you." Felix weakly said.

"Logically, you stood no chance. You didn't look like you had much experience with a gun so I did not expect much resistance from you." Nicholas stated evenly. "But on the bright side, you can die knowing you took out Sarah. That reduces that chances of the Blue Ardonians winning."

"But here I am, so it looks like the Red Sith need to pick up the pace as well." Felix smirked as his avatar fully flickered out.

Meanwhile, Nataline and Tatiana walked around the dark room. They heard the grenade go off not far behind them and so they had moved deeper into the vast room, trying to search for Lucy and the data chips.

"Lucy? Where are you?" Nataline called.

"Data chips, where are you?" Tatiana called.

"We should probably not raise our voices here." Nataline whispered as she realized. "Whoever threw that frag grenade is most likely someone from the other team."

"Or Desmond." Tatiana pointed out. "Could be him."

"The odds are not in our favor, Tatiana." Nataline frowned. "We don't even know if this is the right room."

The two girls ventured further until they saw a concentrated blue light focused on a spot in the room. There, in the far end, are two chips side by side, each contained in a glass tube atop a metallic stand.

"I see it." Tatiana whispered to her companion. "Let's hurry and grab one."

"Not so fast." A voice called out from behind them. They turned and saw Nicholas with his pistol drawn as he stalked towards them. "I'm not going to allow you to take those." He simply stated with no emotion as he clutched his weapon tightly.

"Wait, there are two data chips." Nataline reasoned. "If we each take one, the Red Sith and Blue Ardonians win."

"And what about us?" Another voice said. They all turned and saw Shane, Ivy, and Phoebe come up from another side. "You think we're just gonna roll over?" He sneered at Nataline.

"Oooohh, this is getting intense." Tatiana said excitedly. She drew her gun and pointed it at Shane while Nataline pointed hers at Nicholas.

"Eeek!" Phoebe shrieked as she backed up a little and struggled to raise her gun. Ivy had a blank look on her face, oblivious to what was happening around her.

"Die." Shane said darkly as he starting shooting Tatiana. The gamer girl ducked and started shooting back, but the lone wolf rolled to the side in time. The shots hit Ivy instead and she fell over as her avatar flickered out.

"Ivy! N-No." Phoebe looked pained but she took a deep breath and aimed at Tatiana, firing multiple shots before holding her gun loosely again due to its weight.

"What the-" The gamer girl got pelted by the shots and her avatar instantly disappeared, leaving Nataline alone and the last Red Sith remaining.

~Confessional~

Tatiana: Aw phooey! I lost the boss battle.

Nataline: I suppose it's all up to me now. Time to put what I learned to the test.

Shane: A detective and a rich girl? This shouldn't be too difficult.

Nicholas: The odds of me winning is high. I can tell because I noticed Nataline having a hard time maintaining her form as she holds her gun and Shane's breathing rate is rather faster than normal, meaning that they have exhausted themselves as they were navigating the facility.

~End Confessional~

The detective danced around the area as he avoided Nataline's shots while firing from his own gun. The girl sidestepped as she kept shooting, also sending some shots towards Shane. The boy retaliated by rolling forward and shooting her, catching her by the shoulder.

"Agh! Damn it!" She cursed. "Pardon my French." She added sweetly as she tumbled to the side to avoid any further shots.

Nicholas took this chance to rush towards the data chip. Shane tried shooting him but the detective was simply too quick for him. As a last resort, Shane threw himself at the other boy but Nicholas saw this and ducked, pushing him upwards to make him fall over behind him.

"It's mine now." He stated as he reached over and grabbed a data chip. His avatar started to flicker away slowly. "Hmm?" He disappeared from the area along with the data chip.

"Nicholas wins it for the Blue Ardonians!" Chris' voice rings out all around the room. "There is one last data chip remaining. Who will take it and emerge in second place?"

Phoebe looked confused as she looked around frantically. She tried to aim her gun at Nataline but the latter had already begun moving again and began firing at Shane. A figure came up from behind the doll faced girl stealthily.

"Ehehe." The voice said. Before Phoebe could turn back she was shot a few times, sending her to the floorvand she soon disappeared. The figure revealed to be Lucy without her headband and her right eye red again. She had an evil smile on her face and was slowly flickering away due to Nicholas already winning. Nobody else noticed this so she disappeared from the area safely.

(Shane vs Nataline)

Shane darted his eyes around briefly before realizing that he was alone with Nataline.

"It's just you and me now." He growled.

"Then let's dance." Nataline mused. She gripped her gun tightly and began firing at him. Since Shane dropped hisgun to charge at Nicholas, he had nothing to retaliate with as he narrowly dodged the blaster shots by hopping back.

"Don't think it'll be the same as last time." He said irritably as he charged forth and wrestled Nataline's gun out of her grasp. They struggled for a while but Shane was clearly the stronger man. He pried it out of her grip and pushed the butt of the gun to her face, making her stagger backwards.

"Not yet." Nataline said through gritted teeth as she drew out her pistol and fired at Shane. It pierced the gun and made it explode instantly, knocking Shane back. He recovered instantly by planting his feet on the ground and drew out his own pistol.

"This is starting to get interesting." Shane smirked. He fired as he closed the distance which caught Nataline off guard. He stepped to the right and used his left knee to hit her gut, forcing her to double over and loosen her grip on the gun.

"Ugh.." She coughed as she turned and punched him. He caught her fist in midair and twisting her arm behind her, then kicked her down and pinned her.

"Heh. This is for yesterday." He smirked victoriously.

"Let me go!" Nataline demanded, but to no avail. Shane aimed his pistol at her head and fired. Nataline's avatar flickered out as the boy stood strode towards the last data chip.

"You know, you technically win it for the Green Drell already." Chris' voice rang out around the room again. "But if it means that much to you, you can take it."

Shane just grunted as he angrily swiped the glass tube with the data chip in it and his avatar disappeared.

Everyone else was waiting in the place where they gathered when Shane's avatar flickered in. Chris is standing among them with a knowing smirk on his face.

"The Blue Ardonians win first place and the Green Drell, a close second." Chris said. "Red Sith, you have lost this challenge. I'll see you at the elimination site in an hour." All the members of the Red Sith groaned and sighed at this news. "All other teams must watch, of course." Everyone else groaned as well. "Really, guys?"

~Confessional~

Desmond: This is it. I need to convince the others to lose Wesley. As long as there are females here, that guy is dangerous.

Terrrance: This is it. Time to eliminate some popular people. Now, Nataline or Wesley?

Tatiana: Voting off a member of our party? I never did it before in any game I played so this is all so new to me!

~End Confessional~

(Red Sith)

The team headed back to their outpost in silence. Almost everyone went inside the outpost except for Desmond who also pulled in Nataline and Felix to join him outside.

"Okay, so the inevitable elimination is here." Desmond started. "I have a target in mind. Wesley."

"I'm cool with that." Felix shrugged. "I got nothing against the guy but strategy isn't my strong suit so yeah."

"Why are we voting for him?" Nataline inquired. "Wouldn't it be better to vote for someone like Betty? She isn't that helpful in challenges and her phone constantly distracts her and even affects the team in general."

"Yes but she can be a vote shield later on and a possible vote on our side if we can convince her. Wesley, on the other hand, can have a strong social game if he wants to. He may not have realized it yet but if he does then we're screwed." Desmond explained.

"Social game?" Nataline tilted her head.

"Has the mere presence of him ever made you blush? Or at least when you talk to him?" Desmond asked flatly.

Nataline blushed a bit at this as she looked away. "Well...Um.."

"Exactly." Desmond sighed. "He could very well manipulate you into doing what he wants very soon."

"Well at the very least, he seems more competent in challenges than Betty." Nataline argued.

"Just try to think about it, alright?" Desmond said. "We have an hour anyway. Come on, Felix."

"Oh. Sure." The prankster nodded blankly as he followed Desmond inside.

Nataline tapped her chin in thought.

~Confessional~

Desmond: I need to try to convince the others about this vote. But even if I only get the other guys to do it, the best that could happen is a tie. Please tell me at least Jane sees reason.

~End Confessional~

Inside the outpost, Terrance, Jane, Betty, and Tatiana are talking about the vote.

"Tatiana told me what you guys are doing. And I'm in!" Betty exclaimed.

"Glad to have you onboard." Jane smiled. "Now as for the vote, I'm thinking Felix."

"The prankster? But he hasn't really pranked anyone yet so why should we lose him?" Tatiana asked.

"Weak link." Jane said as if it's the most obvious thing in the world.

"I don't talk to him much so it's fine with me." Betty nodded in agreement.

"Well if that's what the party wants, then Felix it is!" Tatiana exclaimed. At that moment, the outpost door opened and in walked Desmond and Felix.

"Speak of the devil." Jane muttered under her breath.

"Hello." Desmond greeted. He looked around. "Is Wesley here?"

Terrance gestured towards the bedroom. "He wanted to take a shower before elimination."

"I see." Desmond said. "Then it will be easier to get my proposal across."

"Proposal?" Betty asked, intrigued.

"Yes. I want to see if you're all willing to vote for Wesley tonight." Desmond suggested to them. "He may not know it, but he may possibly hold the strongest social game out of all of us."

"How?" Tatiana tilted her head.

"He's good at talking to girls. I've seen the way you all look at him." The girls blushed at this. "See? Nataline had the same reaction too." Desmond pointed out.

"He's basically saying that it would be better if he's gone or something like that." Felix shrugged.

"We'll consider it. No promises." Jane answered.

"I guess that's all I can hope for." Desmond sighed as he headed for the boys' bedroom. Felix went back outside of the outpost.

~Confessional~

Terrance: So it's either Felix or Wesley. On one hand, eliminating Felix means removing dead weight. On the other hand, Wesley is a popular kid who's used to getting what he wants and things going his way. Hmm...

Jane: Desmond brings up...interesting points. But I still think Felix will hold us back more. Even though Betty is the weakest link, she is a vote on our side, so I'll take her over him.

~End Confessional~

(Elimination Ceremony)

Chris stood in front of the Red Sith at the center of the elimination ceremony site. He had seven space food containers with him. "You know the drill. You get a space food container, you're safe. And the one who doesn't, leaves this game and their shot at the million." He smirked. "Excited?"

He received various grunts and 'mehs' from the Red Sith.

"Whatever." Chris rolled his eyes. "Those who are safe are...Jane!" He tosses it at the girl.

"Tatiana!"

"Desmond!"

"Nataline!"

"Terrance!"

"...Betty!"

This left Felix and Wesley in the bottom two. Felix looked flabbergasted while Wesley looked really worried.

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...Wesley!" The foreign man sighed in relief and smiled as he received his container.

Felix remained flabbergasted. "Wha...Wha...What!?" He glared at Desmond. "You said Wesley would be going home tonight!"

Desmond had nothing to say. He just looked down in shock.

"Felix, you have finished the game in 22nd place." Chris announced. "Any last words?"

"Yeah. Screw you all." Felix said angrily. "And I never got to prank people too..." He muttered.

A large beam shone down on him, engulfing him completely and soon he was gone from the site.

"Everyone can head to bed now. You are dismissed." Chris said. Everyone began to file out of the area. Terrance glanced at Nataline, who smirked at him as she passed by. He clenched his fist as he adjusted his glasses.

~Votes~

Desmond: I vote for Wesley. I just know his social game could be terrifying if he tried. I hope the girls aren't brainwashed yet.

Jane: I vote for Felix. My reason is simple, it's because he's a weak link. Not that hard to comprehend

Betty: Wesley is sooo hot! Felix is not. So I vote for Felix.

Tatiana: I wanna vote with the party. And the majority of the party wants Felix gone.

Felix: Desmond told me it will be fine, so I vote for Wesley and hope things go our way.

Wesley: Jane approached me earlier, saying that the vote is going Felix' way. I have no qualms with this, but I had hoped to get to know him more. Tis a shame indeed.

Terrance: I told myself that I would focus on voting out the popular people who think they can trample on us outcasts. Since Nataline's name isn't coming up, I'll settle for Wesley.

Nataline: I heard Tatiana and Betty talk to each about the vote and apparently Felix came up. After much thought in the matter, I can safely say that my vote goes to him rather than Wesley. I can most likely ally with Wesley since we are of the same social status and not to mention that if what Desmon said is true, then Wesley's social game might just be my ticket to the merge.

~Eliminated~

(24th place) Richard - The Maestro

(23rd place) Delilah - The Serpent

(22nd place) Felix - The Prankster

Chris was back at the Drama Dome, smiling at the camera. "It looks like Felix took the fall for the Red Sith and is officially the first member eliminated on their side. Will the team do better or worse without him? Will Desmond pull it together and survive without his only ally? Will Jane's majority alliance stay true? And as for the Blue Ardonians, will Nelly and Arnold continue to be at each other's throats? Does Lucy have more deceitful acts up her sleeve? And for the Green Drell, will Phoebe become a better team player with Cassie there to guide her? What is up with Ivy and her constant spacing out? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!"

Overall, I never really had a deep plot for Felix. He was meant to be a fodder character that would temporarily be a part of an alliance just so lines can be drawn in the Red Sith. And now that the lines are clear as day, I had no use for him anymore. There are far better characters in that team with a much more complex plot waiting for them in future chapters. And to be honest, I didn't like writing him that much. Too passive and doesn't stand out at all. XBloodLegendX