I had fun writing that reward challenge, but now it's time to get serious and go back to the good ol' elimination ceremonies. Thanks again for sticking with me as I write this story. :) XBloodLegendX
Chris stands beside the large hologram inside the Drama Dome, flashing his signature smile. "Last time on Total Drama Sci-Fi Showdown..." He started. "The eighteen contestants were divided into two groups of nine. This was met by mixed reactions from everyone. Terrance was initially excited that he won't be in a team with Wesley and Nataline, only to find out that he's still stuck with them." He chuckled.
"Jude was happy that Lucy is still on the same team as he is, and the red eyed strategist saw the silver lining in this by aiming to rope in Nataline as part of her alliance." Chris continued. "Nataline herself was glad that Lucy and Wesley are with her in the team, and is now plotting to create an alliance to control the team."
"Over at the Silver Terminators side, Jane realized that she has to start all over again knowing that her alliance is on the opposite team but is confident in her Invincibility Statue to keep her safe." Chris said. "Marvin is glad that Phoebe is on the same team as he is, but the dude wouldn't make a move already so it doesn't matter." He shrugged.
The hologram showed the panels and the electro blasts. "For this challenge, they played a game similar to Battleship. Except this time their goal was to destroy the Green Drell's and the Blue Ardonians' outposts. The Cyan Protoss had an advantage as Nelly was aware of the area around the Green Drell outpost, and did calculated shots to save up on blast radius. The Silver Terminators, on the other hand, had Cassie as their guide though she wasn't as effective as Nelly which meant that they wasted more shots than the Cyan Protoss."
The hologram then showed the Cyan Protoss cheering in victory. "It was a close call, but the Cyan Protoss won the challenge and the reward that goes with it." Chris motioned to the pods. "The team returned to the real world to go to the phone booth and get a few minutes of talking to their loved ones. Everyone except for Lucy, Nataline, and Cyrus."
Chris spread out his arms in a dramatic fashion. "The new teams have been made, but how will that change our contestants' gameplay? Will Terrance turn the tides against the people he hates? Is Lucy's strategic plan starting to fail, or take on a new path? Will Tatiana succeed in making peace between Nataline and Terrance? How will Jane adjust to her new teammates? Will Marvin ever confess to Phoebe that he likes her? Find out now on Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!"
(Silver Terminators)
The camera pans in to reveal the new outpost for the Silver Terminators. It is a two story house with a futuristic design and silver highlights. Mounted on the roof of the outpost was a giant terminator head, eyes glowing red and with a black colored face. On the first floor is the living room, the confessional booth, two bathrooms for boys and girls respectively, and a locked room with only three printed pixel cubes as a design on the door. On the second floor of the outpost are two rooms which are the bedrooms of the boys and girls respectively.
Cassie went outside the girls' bedroom and stretched her arms. Jane followed her outside as well.
"Morning, Cassie." Jane greeted.
"Mornin'." Cassie greeted back. "You're up early."
"Always." Jane smirked. "Aside from being the first to get breakfast, it's peaceful early in the morning."
"Ya got that right." Cassie grinned. "Gonna go take a jog around before taking a bite though. Wanna join in?"
"Don't see why not." Jane shrugged. "Maybe I really should get a good grasp on the land." She shook her head and they both went downstairs.
When they entered the living room, they saw Shane and Desmond eating breakfast which was spaghetti and a glass of orange juice.
"Hey boys." Jane greeted the two.
"Good morning." Desmond greeted. Shane just grunted in response.
"Not a morning person?" Jane smirked at Shane.
"Shut up." Shane responded harshly.
"He's always like that." Cassie shrugged. "Don't mind him much."
"Tsk." Was all Shane's response before he finished eating his spaghetti and moved to go to the bathroom.
"Good that he's gone for a while." Desmond sighed.
"Did you guys even talk or anything?" Jane asked Desmond.
"Nope. Stayed silent all throughout breakfast." The boy responded as he drank some of his orange juice. "I don't think he's one for conversation."
"He isn't." Cassie nodded. "He just does his own thing. We just don't make it an issue cuz he pulls his own weight in challenges. Oh and save some food for us, will ya? We'll be outside a bit." She and Jane went outside.
"Sure." Desmond said as he finished his juice. He then sighed again after they left.
~Confessional~
Desmond: I know I said that being in a new team means a fresh start but by the looks of it, it won't be easy. Should I get Shane's loyalty? Should I stick with Jane instead because she's an old teammate? Or should I just lay low for a while and hope I can drift on by? No, the third one sounds stupid since it usually works in the merge. I'll end up like Betty and Felix if I sit idly by.
Jane: Even though Cassie could make for a good alliance member, I should keep in mind that she is also a challenge threat. That reward of hers from the Awake-a-Thon challenge is proof of that. She does work hard at this game by exercising in the morning though. I hope her social game isn't good so I can vote her out easily. I need to keep the target off my back after all. I guess I really shouldn't have taken Betty's vote for granted. But it's not fair! I didn't see this team swap coming!
Cassie: Ya know what i like about this team? It's that none of 'em look like slackers to me. They all look like they can pull their own weight in challenges except I don't know about Valerie. She's my friend yeah, but I ain't sure if the others are gonna target her for being weak y'know. Wait a minute, that also means little Phoebe might be targeted too. This suddenly got complex y'all.
~End Confessional~
Valerie woke up from her sleep and yawned lightly. She saw that Cassie and Jane are not in bed anymore.
"How do those people wake up so early?" She said to herself.
"W-Wha-!? W-Who's there!?" Phoebe jolted upwards, now wide awake. Because of her sudden outburst, Sarah woke up groggily too.
"Yo...What's with the noise?" The guitarist asked with a yawn.
"Phoebe screamed for no reason." Valerie told her. "Are you a light sleeper?" She asked the doll faced girl.
"Y-Yes. I easily wake up even at the slightest of s-sounds." Phoebe said.
"So if someone tosses and turns in their sleep...?" Sarah asked her.
"I o-open my eyes t-to find the source." Phoebe answered with a nod. "S-Sorry if I woke you u-up." She pouted as she looked down.
"Hey it's no big deal. We really should be up anyway." Sarah said with a light laugh. "How could anyone get mad at someone as cute as you?" She added.
"I know right." Valerie agreed. "Even without make-up she's cute. How do you not have a boyfriend?" She faced Phoebe.
"I d-don't get out much. A-And my anxiety m-makes me bad at s-s-socializing." Phoebe admitted.
"Yo that sucks." Sarah said. "Even though we aren't from the same team, I can tell we'll get along just fine. You like rock music?"
"Not s-so much. I d-don't like the screamer part." Phoebe told her.
"Hey it's fine. My band only has one song with a screamer part anyway." Sarah said. "We focus on alternative rock anyway."
"Oooh, that's nice~" Valerie remarked. "I like all music genres actually. Each of them are good mood setters."
"Yeah I feel you." Sarah agreed. "How about you, Phoebe? What's your taste?"
"That sounded kinky." Valerie chuckled.
"I like classical music." Phoebe answered. "I play the v-violin."
"That's cool too." Sarah nodded. "Do you compose your own songs?"
"Y-Yes. I-I don't t-think it's all that good though." Phoebe said in embarrassment.
"Hey don't say that. Music is an art!" Sarah exclaimed proudly.
"You sound like Richard." Valerie looked baffled and Phoebe just giggled softly.
"Don't spoil the moment." Sarah said with a poker face. "Anyway, you should totally let us hear your jam." She told Phoebe. "I wonder if Chris will let you have one."
"Maybe it'll be a reward." Valerie shrugged.
"Hope so. So far only Cassie has an instrument here." Sarah sighed. "Has she ever played yet?"
"Not that I'm aware of." Valerie tapped her chin in thought. "She usually just exercises outside."
"Well that sucks. Rewards don't work that way." Sarah said.
"M-Maybe Cassie will play if w-we ask her nicely." Phoebe suggested.
"I love how you sound so innocent even when making requests." Sarah noted.
"I know right. Such a precious little thing.~" Valerie agreed. Phoebe smiled cutely then hid her face in embarrassment. The both of them just laughed.
~Confessional~
Valerie: This new team isn't half bad. I mean we got Desmond and Marvin here. Oh and Arnold too but he's taken. But I kinda wish I was in Wesley's team. Maybe Ivy would be fine if we switched. *she sighs dreamily*
Sarah: So we got someone who's into classical music, someone who's into country music, and someone who's okay with any genre of music. I like the diversity we got here but seriously, no one is playing their jam! What's the use!?
Phoebe: S-Sarah seems like a n-nice person. I usually imagine rockers to be um, r-really intimidating people who p-push you around and yell at your face most of t-the time. But I-I think I can g-get along with her just fine. A-Actually, it would be nice if I can practice playing the v-v-violin here. I w-wonder what a sci-fi violin l-looks like.
~End Confessional~
Arnold and Marvin were walking outside of the outpost.
"The beds are comfier than the ones back at our old outpost, don't you think?" Marvin pondered aloud, glancing at the soccer player.
"You said it." Arnold agreed. "Can't wait for the next challenge though. I wanna see what physical activities we do next." He pumped his fist in the air.
"Yes, physical challenges seem to be beneficial to us." Marvin thought out loud. "You see, when I started comparing our team with the other team, it looks like we're the overall stronger team."
"Whoa, really? Well that's great!" Arnold exclaimed. "Now we'll definitely keep winning challenges. I need more victories after my old team's loses. We lost the most members, yo."
"Yes that's true." Marvin nodded. "But we shouldn't get cocky. The Cyan Protoss did win yesterday's challenge. And after that reward they had, you can expect them to be highly motivated, don't you think?"
"Yeah. Morale is pretty important." Arnold agreed. "I know! Let's go motivate our team before the challenge! Pep talks and all that." He suggested.
"Oh right. You're the team captain in your soccer team so you would know how to do one." Marvin remarked.
"Yep. Totally gave a few of those back home. It'll totally work here." Arnold nodded.
"I hope so. Oh yeah, Phoebe usually exercises at this time." Marvin realized. "Sorry, I should go." He went back towards the outpost, leaving Arnold behind.
"But it's our bro time. Even though we're not technically bros." Arnold scratched the back of his head in confusion.
~Confessional~
Arnold: What's Marvin got to do with Phoebe? Is he her personal trainer or something? Now that I mention it, Phoebe is the weakest link on the team literally. I wonder if we get to vote her out if we lose.
Marvin: Because we're the physically stronger team, it'll be easy to find an excuse to vote off Phoebe. If saving her from potential elimination isn't an option, then at least let me make my feelings clear to her.
~End Confessional~
(Cyan Protoss)
The Cyan Protoss outpost was similar to that of the one with the Silver Terminators, but this time it had cyan highlights and mounted on the roof is the head of a protoss wearing a helmet and with blue glowing eyes. The interior design of the outpost is a carbon copy of that of the other outpost.
Lucy woke up early and went downstairs to find that no one is currently eating breakfast.
"I could have sworn Tatiana went downstairs before me." Lucy said softly. She saw that a few fruits have been taken as well as some pudding.
"Good morning Lucy." Nataline greeted her as she went downstairs as well. "Have you eaten yet?"
"No." Lucy answered. "I just got here too."
"Really? Then who ate some of this food?" Nataline tilted her head. Lucy just shrugged. "No matter. Let's have breakfast first."
"Okay." Lucy smiled as the two sat down and ate their food.
"How do you like our team so far?" Nataline asked her friend as she ate some pudding.
"I kinda like it. Jude and I are close back in my old team." Lucy remarked. "And you're here too, which makes it good. The only problem I have is with...um...Cyrus." She admitted.
"Why? Did he say something bad to you or anything?" Nataline raised her eyebrow. "If so then just ignore him, dear. He's harmless." She shrugged.
"Oh no, he didn't really do anything bad to me. I just don't like the way he dresses." Lucy said with a frown. "Is that bad? Am I being discriminating?"
"Well anyone is entitled to their opinions and taste." Nataline said. "But you have to know that he is a pretty mean person."
"Yeah, I heard what he said to you in that one challenge." Lucy nodded.
"Granted, I did lose my composure." Nataline leaned back in her seat. "I'll try not to let it happen again. It's not good for the team."
"We should try and help each other out then." Lucy suggested. "Maybe even be in an alliance."
Nataline smiled. "Yes, we should."
~Confessional~
Nataline: This is working! Lucy has already proposed we be in an alliance. Now I need to talk to Wesley to see if he would like to be a part of it. Lucy said that Jude is her friend so I don't need to talk to him first.
Lucy: I don't know much about the people here in my new team so I think getting into an alliance with Nataline is a safe option for me. She's a good friend and also good in challenges. *her right eye suddenly flashes red* She is the perfect scapegoat in the merge for me. Ehehehe.
~End Confessional~
Wesley and Cyrus woke up at the same time in the boys bedroom. Jude had already gone to the bathroom to take a bath and Terrance isn't in the room so the two of them were the only ones left.
"Good morning to you, Cyrus." Wesley greeted the emo boy with a smile.
"What do you want?" Cyrus groaned as he got out of bed.
"I was merely greeting you." Wesley said. "I had hoped you would extend the gesture. We are in the same team now, after all."
"Doesn't matter." Cyrus snickered. "I'll just have to vote you out at the next elimination. You don't deserve to be here anyway."
"That is rather harsh, don't you think?" Wesley slightly frowned.
"Call me what you want. I'm used to it." Cyrus sneered.
"And may I ask why you think that I do not deserve to be here?" Wesley asked him in a friendly manner.
"It's because look at you!" Cyrus gestured to Wesley's entire being. "You're rich and popular already, aren't you? Well you make yourself up to be like that I think but anyway- why are you participating in here against a bunch of other teens who aren't as rich and famous as you are?" He snapped at the foreign boy.
"We are all here for our own reasons." Wesley tried to calm him down. "There is no need to feel offended."
"Um, yes it is." Cyrus scoffed. "Some of us here really need the money. Others really want to be famous. I'm pretty sure you can dish out a million dollars any day anyway."
"While that may be true, I am still a contestant like everyone else." Wesley said.
"But you don't deserve to get far." Cyrus glared at him as he moved towards the bedroom door. "In fact, imagine if you won it all. That's pretty disgusting in itself." He spat as he opened it and left.
"Now that is not fair, I'd say." Wesley frowned but the other boy was already out of earshot.
~Confessional~
Cyrus: I don't care if Wesley acts like a goody two shoes or something like that, he doesn't really deserve to get far in this game. In fact, what was Chris even thinking letting him into this cast anyway? Okay sure I'm just here for some inspiration but I'm more entitled than he is. Stupid foreign nice people. *he muttered under his breath*
Wesley: What Cyrus said is will most likely be the motivation he will use to vote me out. I do not like to compare, but he reminds me of Terrance in a way. Perhaps I should indulge myself into figuring out this hostility myself and hoping to calm them both down. I do not want this to escalate any further.
~End Confessional~
Ivy went outside of the bathroom and saw Nelly going downstairs.
"Oh hello Nelly." Ivy greeted her. "How's your morning?"
"I need food." Nelly sighed. "Have you seen Tatiana?"
"No not really. Why?" Ivy tilted her head.
"Nothing." Nelly shook her head as she saw the table with food. "Crap, I should get going." She hurried out the door.
"But what about breakfast?" Ivy called out to her.
"Don't worry about me!" Nelly called back. She ran away from the outpost and Ivy stood there by the entrance, confused.
"What an unusual fellow." Ivy said in a distant voice. She went back inside and saw Wesley go downstairs, still in his sleepwear.
"Good morning, Ivy." Wesley greeted her with a smile. Ivy blushed slightly and just stared at him blankly. "Ivy?" He looked at her.
The girl still stared at him blankly, but her lips started quivering. Her hands remained still at her sides and her breathing rate seemed to be getting faster and faster.
"Are you alright?" Wesley asked her with a frown now. "Is something the matter?"
"You're...perfect.." Ivy said at last, exhaling a long breath. "Just...Perfect." She said again.
"I thank you for the compliment but we humans are not perfect." Wesley smiled.
"I meant that you're perfect for my new manga." Ivy said, now searching around the living room. "I wish I had a pencil and pad right now."
"May I ask why?" Wesley asked her.
"I'm doing a new manga called 'Prince of Myth' and you're the perfect model for him." Ivy told him, still blushing.
"Is that so?" Wesley said thoughtfully. "It is good to know that I can serve as your inspiration for your art. But what is a manga?" He asked her as he grinned sheepishly.
"Have you had breakfast?" Ivy asked him. Wesley shook his head. "Then we should go eat. This might take a while."
~Confessional~
Nelly: Are you telling me those two left without me!? Come on!
Ivy: Wesley is the perfect model for the prince in my manga. Maybe I can even name him Wesley to honor the guy too. Maybe even have some of his traits. No wait...ALL of his traits. *she grins while spacing out*
Tatiana: We thought that maybe Nelly wanted to sleep in. *shrugs*
~End Confessional~
Tatiana and Terrance were walking together towards the location of the Red Sith outpost, eating fruits and pudding on the way there.
"So what's the deal with you and Nataline really." Tatiana turned to the techie boy. "Did something happen between you two?"
"Why are you asking?" Terrance raised an eyebrow at her.
"I wanna help make you guys friends again!" Tatiana exclaimed.
"Friends again?" Terrance gave an amused scoff. "We were never friends in the first place."
"But that's not right. We were in the same party then and we're in the same party now." Tatiana said as they ended up at their destination and stopped. "We should all get along!" She declared with a toothy grin.
"It's not happening. "Terrance looked up at the outpost's antenna. "I'm not gonna surrender." He firmly said as he moved to go behind the outpost where they left their mecha chocobo.
"I'm not asking you to surrender. I'm asking you to at least TRY and be friends." Tatiana clarified. "I'm a girl like her so I can totally tell you how to make her happy and gain her friendship."
"Sorry but I don't trust girls." Terrance replied as he fished for the tools in his hoodie pockets.
"Are you being sexist?" Tatiana narrowed her eyes at him as she patted the mecha chocobo on the head although it gave no response.
"What? No. It's not like that." Terrance defended. "I just have a bad outlook on girls okay? Especially those popular ones." He gritted his teeth.
"Yeah, you keep mentioning that." Tatiana noted. "What's up with that anyway?"
Terrance sighed as he stared at the synchronize antenna in his hand. He clutched it and gritted his teeth.
"It's nothing. None of your business." He said to the gamer girl.
"But aren't we friends?" Tatiana asked him, worry slightly evident in her voice.
"Are we? I thought we were just enthusiasts who like games and inventing stuff." Terrance said coldly. "I mean, that's also why we roped Nelly into this right? Strictly business. Or in this case, hobby."
"But the people who do this are friends too." Tatiana insisted. She then glared at him. "Hey wait a minute, maybe you have another party!"
"What are you on about?" Terrance rolled his eyes.
"You have another party to hang out with! That's why you don't trust me." Tatiana accused with a pout.
Nelly was leaning against the wall of the outpost, listening in on their conversation.
"It's not that." Terrance defended.
"So why? I'm trying to get you to be friends with Nataline so we can all get along and play this game together. That's also why I got Nelly to help us here, so that she can be a party member too." Tatiana explained, still pouting at Terrance.
"And look at the outcome of it, it's three girls to one boy." Terrance countered. "Who knows? Maybe you'll ditch me when I'm no longer needed."
"How can you say that? I'm your friend!" Tatiana said, clearly shocked by what he said.
"I just said we're not!" Terrance dropped the antenna and slumped down against the wall. "Look, let's just finish this tomorrow." He said softly and in a tired tone.
~Confessional~
Terrance: Okay I guess I was kinda too harsh on her since she didn't really do anything wrong, but she shouldn't go around assuming we're friends. Yes I get that she was nothing but nice to me and we were working on this cool chocobo too, but my past is literally changed my views on popular people and girls. I'm just not ready to share it with her yet.
Tatiana: Sheesh, what's gotten into him? I've never seen him this pissed off before. Was it something I said? I mean, that's what a party leader would assume if one of their members was acting hostile and distant so I just wanted to make sure. Well it made him uncomfortable and less trusting of me though. I wonder what's the story behind it.
Nelly: Okay so I just walked in and acted all arrogant and cool, just to prove that I haven't been eavesdropping this whole time, and it worked. Guess that one time I joined the theater club worked well for me then. *arrogantly smirks*
~End Confessional~
Chris' hologram appeared on the living room of each outpost, and even the back of the Red Sith outpost, to announce the next challenge.
"Everyone, head back inside your outposts and make sure you're all prepared. Challenge time starts soon." Chris announced.
"What the hell? How are we gonna get back in time?" Nelly asked her companions.
"We use this thing to ride back!" Tatiana exclaimed.
"Please no." Terrance groaned.
A cyan colored portal appeared in front of the three.
"Yes! A portal." Terrance sighed in relief.
"Aw, but I wanna test run the chocobo." Tatiana pouted but followed them inside the portal.
They took the mecha chocobo with them as they passed through. Afterwards, they found themselves by the entrance to their outpost. Ivy was waiting for them by the door.
"Where have you been?" She asked the three of them.
"The Red Sith outpost." Tatiana told Ivy.
"What did you do there?" Ivy tilted her head.
"Just worked on stuff." Tatiana answered.
"Can we just drop this and head inside already?" Terrance said through gritted teeth. He pushed Ivy aside and went inside.
"Sorry, he isn't in the mood." Tatiana apologized.
"Really?" Nelly said in faux innocence.
"It's okay." Ivy said, rubbing her arm. "The others are waiting for us." She glanced towards the mecha chocobo. "What is that?"
"Our new pet." Nelly smirked.
"I...see?" Ivy said in confusion as she went inside.
After everyone had made it back to their outposts, Chris put them on lock down to keep them safe until the scenery is made.
"We better win this next challenge." Shane grunted to his team.
"We'll do the best we can." Cassie told him. "Ya don't gotta worry. We ain't slackers."
"Well...Most of us." Shane glared at Phoebe.
"Eek! W-What's that glare f-for?" Phoebe cowered behind Jane. The latter came up to Shane's face.
"Back off. She didn't do anything wrong." Jane told Shane harshly.
"Yet." Shane spat as he walked away from her and went upstairs.
"Come on guys! We need to build up the team morale!" Arnold told them as he stood in front of them all. "We can't fight now."
"Arnold's right. We gotta get HYPED. UP!" Sarah exclaimed as she wrapped her arm around Arnold's shoulder and used her other arm to do a pumped up motion.
"I like this girl. She's lively." Valerie giggled. "We do lack positive, loud people like that in my old team."
"Ya got that right." Cassie grinned.
"This should be fun..." Desmond sighed.
"Hmm..." Marvin thought to himself.
The scenery was that of a futuristic city, unlike anything in present time. Though the skies are dark, and flying cars soar around as a means of transportation. Towering skyscrapers are seen everywhere, almost blocking out the sky entirely. And even though it looks like a bustling futuristic city, there are no people roaming the streets. A white colored wide structure stands out in a certain part of the city, and the two outposts are in opposite sides of that structure.
Chris' hologram appeared inside the outposts again, this time accompanied by a large steel crate.
"Welcome to Christopolis!" Chris announced.
"Are you kidding me?" Nelly deadpanned from her team's outpost.
"You serious right now?" Arnold ran a hand through his hair from his team's outpost.
"Don't interrupt me!" Chris scolded. "And it's a really good city too. But we're not here to go sight seeing or shopping, because your next challenge is here!"
Another hologram appeared showing the structure that lies a couple of meters from their outpost.
"This is a facility that manufactures combat robots of a higher AI. You might think this is like Terminator, but it's not, because they're better." Chris chuckled. "Your challenge is to shut down the main power supply in the top floor of that building. The first team to do so will not only be safe from elimination, but will win a reward as well. The losing team will obviously face elimination and will not get a reward."
The large steel crates opened revealing nine plasma handguns on the Silver Terminators' side and eleven on the Cyan Protoss' side.
"You will each take these weapons and use it to help you get to the top. But be warned, I don't really know how it will help you guys." Chris laughed. "The extra two handguns on the Cyan Protoss' side is part of their reward from the last challenge. And no, you cannot use any of the tools you got from past challenges. You have to use what you have. That's all." Chris' hologram and the structure hologram both flickered out.
The members of the Cyan Protoss gathered around their steel crate and each took their plasma handgun.
"So who wants the extras?" Ivy asked them.
Both Nataline and Cyrus reached out to grab one.
"These extras are for those who deserve it." Nataline scoffed as she took one and glared at Cyrus.
"I know, so why did you take one?" Cyrus shrugged innocently as he took the other and walked outside. This earned a snicker from Terrance.
"Nice one." Terrance as he walked alongside the emo boy.
Nataline fumed but Tatiana placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't mind him. The rest of the party wants to win too."
"I know. But if we lose, Cyrus is definitely on my hit list." Nataline said as both she and Tatiana walked out of their outpost. Everyone else followed suit.
Meanwhile, the Silver Terminators have already went outside and are now examining the entrance of the facility.
"What's the plan gonna be?" Desmond asked his team.
"Well we're the stronger team so we can just storm through their lines." Arnold suggested.
"But Chris said that they're highly advanced robots and I'm not sure this handgun will work well." Marvin admitted.
"And we don't even know what to expect inside." Jane pointed out as well. "We'll get lost."
"Then Phoebe goes up front. She's expendable." Shane suggested. Jane and Cassie glared at him but he just grunted and moved towards the entrance.
"Maybe we can split up into smaller groups?" Valerie said to them.
"It won't work. Even if we are stronger than the other team, we're not strong enough individually to handle those robots." Cassie told the flirt.
"I-I want to h-help the team. Even i-if it means going up a-against those robots." Phoebe tried to say bravely.
"Don't worry about it, Phoebe." Sarah told her. "We got this."
"Ya don't let Shane's talk get to ya, okay?" Cassie told the doll faced girl.
"O-Okay." Phoebe nodded.
(Cyan Protoss)
The team ran through the hallway, searching for the second floor.
"Running fast enough will totally help us avoid any conflict." Tatiana remarked with a smile.
"But what will we do when the other team shows up?" Lucy asked them.
"We shoot them." Terrance said simply. "Why else were we given guns?"
"They are physically stronger than us, yes? How do you plan on winning a battle against them?" Wesley asked with a frown.
"We have extra weapons." Terrance adjusted his glasses. "If I'm lucky, I might find some tools here that can help."
"You're going to scavenge?" Nataline scoffed at him. "Typical commoner. I hope you plan on actually helping us in this challenge."
"Yeah because YOU did so much last challenge." Nelly rolled her eyes at the rich girl.
"Hey come on now be nice to her." Cyrus smirked. "Don't piss off the sacrificial lamb." Terrance and Nelly laughed alongside him.
Seeing Nataline's face distort into an angry one, Lucy tried to scold the boys.
"Hey, don't be mean to her. She's an asset too." Lucy told them.
"Only you would know that." Terrance narrowed his eyes at the soft spoken girl. "Tell me, from that first challenge that determined the three teams, what did she do?"
"Came up with a good plan which you screwed over." Lucy said irritably. Nataline smiled at her friend's comeback.
"You were fighting a giant bird." Terrance deadpanned. He turned to Nelly and Cyrus. "Tell me it's a good idea to fight a giant bird unarmed."
"It's not. Sacrificial lambs can't fight." Cyrus shrugged.
"We weren't gonna fight it. We were gonna go around it." Nataline shot back. "Your failure made it too aggressive."
"But didn't Nicholas put on a good show?" Terrance raised his eyebrow.
"Wait a minute, you just watched us!?" Lucy said in bewilderment.
~Confessional~
Lucy: *her right eye is glowing* While Terrance did make us look like idiots back then, I'm willing to set things aside for now and try to team up with him. His anger towards Nataline is perfect for my plan. Almost too perfect. Hehehe.
~End Confessional~
"Look out!" Jude called out to them from behind as he pointed above. They looked up and saw a couple of robots pressed against the ceiling, clearly waiting to ambush them. They were tall, glossy silver in color and had glaring red eyes. It held a rifle in its left hand and its right hand remained free, but had a few components attached to the lower arm.
"Behind you!" Tatiana said to Jude as she looked back and saw two more robots drop down behind Jude. But the marksman was too slow to react and he was slapped aside by one.
"It's an ambush! We gotta get outta here!" Nelly told them through gritted teeth.
"We can take cover there." Wesley pointed at a dark room around the corner.
"Then let's go! Hurry!" Nataline urged them as she, Tatiana, Wesley, and Cyrus all went for the room.
The rest were about to follow but the robots up front dropped down to block their path.
"We're trapped." Terrance growled as he held his handgun.
"Through there! We can lose them in that hallway!" Nelly pointed down another hallway.
"We don't have much of a choice." Lucy said while casting a worried glance at Jude who staggered towards them.
"I'm fine if that's what you're thinking." Jude said in between pants. "Where's Ivy?"
They all turned and saw the robots surround a spaced out Ivy. She loosely held her gun and was just staring blankly ahead when one robot shot her in the chest and another one shot her in the back. Her avatar flickered out completely the moment she hit the ground.
"Well that just happened." Terrance remarked as he darted down the hallway. The rest followed him.
~Confessional~
Ivy: I did it again. I spaced out in the middle of the challenge. This is really going to take a toll on my chances here, isn't it?
Jude: I don't know Ivy that well, but maybe it'd be best to vote her out sooner or later. Everyone needs to stay focused and she's not exactly doing that.
~End Confessional~
(Silver Terminators)
The team found the stairs to the second floor and were currently about to go up when three robots dropped down from the ceiling behind them.
"There they are." Arnold breathed.
"They got better weapons too." Marvin glanced at their rifles then at his own handgun.
"This has to work, right?" Cassie aimed her gun at one and fired. The shot caught the machine in the shoulder and it recoiled back its shoulder but didn't move an inch.
"Barely." Shane grunted. "Let's go. Fire and shoot!" He climbed up the stairs while firing at some of the robots to keep them at a distance.
Jane urged Phoebe up the stairs after him as she lay down cover fire for the others to go ahead. "Hurry up! I'll be reloading soon!" She barked at her team members.
"Coming!" Valerie hurried up the steps and so did Marvin. Desmond stayed behind to give cover fire as well.
"Go and reload." He told Jane. "The two of us can hold them off for a while longer."
By now, Arnold and Sarah had already run up the stairs. Cassie was supposed to follow suit but a robot managed to dash forward and grab her by the shoulder.
"What the-" Cassie gasped in shock as the robot immediately shot her in the back, making her fall down to the ground in pain.
"No, they got Cassie." Jane shook her head as she made her way up the stairs. "We're outta here!" She told Desmond.
"Gotcha." Desmond ran up after her but one robot used the components attached to his left arm into making a long curved blade and then slashed up at Desmond's leg, sending him tumbling down. "Argh!" He groaned in pain.
"Desmond!" Jane looked back and was about to go help him when she felt Marvin grab her wrist.
"We need to go." He told her. With a reluctant nod, she turned her back to Desmond and followed the rest of her team.
Desmond's avatar began flickering out when he saw Cassie shoot at one of the robots, though her aim was wide at most. He followed her lead and began shooting at the one closest to him to make hinder its progress. It wasn't long before a robot shot Cassie again to fully make her avatar disappear and soon, so was his.
~Confessional~
Desmond: I like to think that I did my part to help my team. I don't want to do so much to show that I'm a challenge threat, but I definitely don't want to be seen as a weak link either.
Cassie: Estúpido! I didn't do much to help my team and was even the first casualty y'all. At least I have allies to keep me safe from elimination.
~End Confessional~
The remaining team members hid inside a room filled with different types of explosives, all organized neatly in shelves and boxes.
"Whoa. Be careful where you shoot." Arnold told them. "Or else we'll go out with a bang." Only Sarah laughed at this.
"In any case, we should take some." Valerie said as she picked up a frag grenade. "It could be useful."
"True." Marvin nodded as he took out what looked like a flat disk-like object with a blue button in the center and a small timer above it. "I wonder what this is." He turned it around and saw a magnet attached to it.
"Probably a time bomb." Jane remarked. "It might work on those robots."
"Then we just hit jackpot." Sarah exclaimed.
"I don't do well with bombs." Shane grunted. "Go ahead and grab whatever you like." He walked out to survey the area.
"He's not much of a team player, huh?" Jane noted.
"Y-Yeah. He usually d-does his own t-t-thing." Phoebe stuttered out. "But he's been v-very helpful in c-challenges."
"That's why we have no reason to vote him out, even if we wanted to." Marvin said as well.
"Why would you wanna vote out a hot an edgy guy like him?~" Valerie giggled. "I say we keep him."
"But then he'll become a danger in the merge." Sarah pointed out.
"Uh, babe? We're all dangers in the merge." Arnold motioned to everyone in the room. "Except for maybe a few. No offense."
"N-None taken." Phoebe nodded.
They heard gun noises outside. They went out to see Shane shooting at a robot that just appeared in the hallway, both his arms formed into curved blades. Its movement is slowed due to him shooting, but he's almost backed into a corner.
"We gotta help him!" Valerie exclaimed. "Help the hot and edgy guy!"
"On it." Marvin rushed forward with the disk bomb and slapped it on the robot's back. It noticed him and tried to slash at the boy, but he jumped back in time to avoid it.
"Run!" Marvin said to them. They all nodded and went down another hallway. More robots poured into the hallway, but Marvin stood his ground. He held three more disk bombs in his hand. The robot that fought Shane earlier joined up with its brethren just as the bomb exploded, destroying it as well as damaging those around it.
"I guess I'll hold them off here." Marvin declared. A robot came charging at him with its blade and managed to catch Marvin by the left arm. He screamed in pain as he staggered back. He immediately countered by crouching down and attached a bomb at the robot's leg then moving back more.
The robots kept pooling in around him, so he slid one through the floor as he moved back. The robots at the back began shooting at him, making him fall and let go of the final disk bomb. He groaned in pain as the disk bomb landed on his chest. A robot loomed over him, blades crossed and pressed against him.
The rest of the Silver Terminators heard explosions go off in the hallway they were just in. They stopped and looked back.
"Well, there goes Marvin." Arnold remarked.
"Let's go then. Better not waste this chance." Jane told him and so they kept on running.
"M-Marvin..." Phoebe said sadly.
~Confessional~
Phoebe: I-I know he's alive, but I s-still can't get used to virtual d-d-deaths. I h-hope I don't die in this c-challenge. *cowers*
Marvin: I hope that gave them enough time to escape. I guess I'll leave it up to them now. Looking back, I should have gotten more disks to keep for future challenges. Oh well.
~End Confessional~
Nataline, Wesley, Tatiana, and Cyrus all went down another corridor, separated from the rest of their team. They all had their handguns drawn, proceeding with caution.
"These robots are truly intelligent to have ambushed us, despite our larger force." Wesley remarked to them.
"We still have the other team to deal with." Cyrus told him. "And we're not even on the second floor."
"I hope the others are having better luck." Tatiana said. "Our party is split in half and that's usually a bad thing!"
"They got more numbers." Cyrus rolled his eyes. "We're the ones who are doomed."
"Nice vote of confidence." Nataline remakred dryly.
"It's true. Especially since we're not the stronger team." Cyrus countered.
"We should focus on reaching the top rather than arguing." Wesley tried to cease the fight. "It will do us no good to be negative about it."
"Suit yourself." Cyrus shrugged as he walked ahead.
Nataline glared at Cyrus and then moved to aim her gun at his head but Wesley held her wrist and shook his head firmly. She sighed and lowered her gun.
"Look! I found the stairs!" Tatiana called out to her team as she rounded a corner. They saw that it is indeed the staircase to the second floor. At the start of the steps is a steel crate.
"And it seems like our resources will be added." Wesley smiled as he approached the crate.
"Careful, it might trigger an explosion." Cyrus snickered.
Wesley paid him no mind, however, and opened the crate. A click sound was heard, and a short explosion was trigger from inside the crate, making Wesley's avatar flicker out in a flash.
"Aaah!" Tatiana screamed as she dashed up the steps.
"See? Told you." Cyrus laughed as he followed her up the steps. Nataline just clenched her fist in anger as she also went up the stairs.
Meanwhile, Lucy, Jude, Terrance, and Nelly were already on the second floor and are currently inside a room, looking around for any equipment that they can use to make their challenge easier.
"Found any weapons?" Jude asked them.
"Nope." Terrance responded. He opened a glossy locker but found nothing.
"Nothing here either." Lucy said sadly as she looked inside an empty crate.
"Well, we should get out of here. It would be bad if we were surrounded." Nelly pointed out to them.
"Usually I'd take the time to use the materials here to build something, but that would take time and I'm pretty sure the other team are plowing through as we speak." Terrance adjusted his glasses as he stepped out of the room.
"So just in case we lose, who are we voting for?" Jude asked them tentatively.
"Wesley or Nataline." Terrance answered instantly.
"Wow that was fast." Nelly remarked.
"I hate them both. Not to mention they're already rich." Terrance explained.
"But Nataline is nice." Lucy frowned.
"Uh, what Lucy said." Jude defended as well.
"Are you kidding me? You're just siding with her like that?" Nelly said, baffled. "Think for yourself for once!"
"Hey you're part of our alliance, you know!" Jude exclaimed. Lucy's eye twitched and Terrance raised his eyebrow.
"Alliance?" Terrance said suspiciously.
"Yeah, no." Nelly shook her head. "After voting off Nicholas like that, I'm done!" She said firmly.
"Nicholas was-" Jude was cut off when a robot dropped down from the ceiling and slashed him vertically, making his avatar flicker out.
"Didn't see that coming." Terrance said as he ran away with Nelly behind him. Lucy tried to follow but the robot shot her down.
~Confessional~
Terrance: So Nelly was a part of Jude's alliance in her old team, huh? Interesting.
Nelly: To think that Jude has to rely on Lucy to think for him, it's just deplorable! I'm out of that alliance for good. I hope Terrance and Tatiana will back me up on this. In fact, maybe voting off Wesley or Nataline isn't such a bad idea after all.
~End Confessional~
(3rd Floor)
The entirety of the 3rd floor is free of robots, and at the far end of the room is a giant heating power core floating above a magnetic field. A control panel is seen by the railings that prevent direct contact to the power core. The only way towards it is a long steel bridge that is connected to a platform where three staircases are located.
The members of the Silver Terminators made it upstairs first.
"We're here." Shane said as he stared ahead at the massive energy sphere.
"And we're the first ones too." Valerie looked around and saw no sign of the enemy team.
"Then let's hustle, team!" Arnold urged them on as he started down the bridge.
The rest followed him with Phoebe bringing up the rear. She stopped in her tracks when she saw someone come from the other staircase.
"Eek! T-They're here!" Phoebe exclaimed. Sure enough, Terrance and Nelly emerged from the staircase with their guns drawn.
"We gotta stop them." Nelly said to her teammate. She open fired and Terrance did so too. All the shots flew over Phoebe as she was short in height but managed to catch Jane in the back.
"Gah!" The girl yelled in pain as she lost her balance and fell to the ground, her avatar flickering out.
"Hey, not bad. These handguns are stronger than our blaster rifles." Terrance noted.
"Then let's make the most of it." Nelly said as she kept on firing but eventually had to reload. "Damn it. Not now."
Valerie spun around and fired on Nelly, successfully hitting her in the chest and making her avatar vanish instantly.
"Well that happened." Terrance said dryly as he moved to the side.
Just then, Tatiana, Nataline, and Cyrus emerged from the third staircase and joined their teammate.
"Cheering love! The cavalry's here!" Tatiana exclaimed proudly as she joined in the crossfire.
"It's 'Cheers, love. The cavalry's here.'" Cyrus rolled his eyes. "Get it right." He took out his two handguns and fired on Phoebe, but the smaller girl started running and avoiding his shots.
"Eeek! Help m-me!" She said fearfully as she went in front of Sarah. Cyrus aimed and fired on the rocker girl and managed to hit her and make her fall, forcing Phoebe to go down with her.
"Ow!" Sarah screamed and pointed her gun behind her, firing blindly before her avatar fully flickered out.
"Sarah!" Phoebe screamed.
Nataline focused her shots on Shane but the boy was lucky to have avoided all her hits.
"We gotta race them there first!" Tatiana said to them as she dashed forward to catch with the members of Silver Terminators. Terrance followed her while reloading.
"They are stronger than us. We can't take them down." Terrance told her.
"Not with that attitude! Onward to victory!" Tatiana let out a battle cry as she flung herself at Valerie. The both ell to the ground and wrestled for control.
"This would be enjoyable if I was gay. Or bi." Valerie said as she pushed the gamer girl off her. "But you can have my number if you really want to." She winked at her as she stood up. She didn't get far, however, when Tatiana tripped her with her foot.
"Aha!" Tatiana cheered as she ran ahead. Valerie tried to stand and give chase but Terrance shot her in the head and eliminated her from the challenge.
Meanwhile, Nataline and Cyrus were closing in on Arnold. The soccer boy looked over his shoulder and saw them behind him.
"Just a little bit more..." Arnold muttered to himself. Cyrus and Nataline each pointed one of their guns at him but before they could fire, he turned and delivered a swipe kick, knocking off the guns aimed at him. "Yes!"
"No!" Cyrus said angrily as he saw his gun and Nataline's fly off the bridge. Arnold shouldered the emo boy to the side which made him collide with the noble girl.
"Hey!" Nataline lost her balance and held on to the railings to keep her from falling. Cyrus, however, couldn't catch himself in time and he fell off the bridge and his avatar disappeared as he fell deeper down.
"Shane, win it for us!" Arnold said as he took out his gun and shot Nataline. She got hit but retaliated by shooting him back. After much shooting, both their avatars flickered out.
Shane was close to the control panel now. He could see numerous buttons and switches, but then saw a glowing red button near the middle.
"How obvious." He smirked to himself as he ran faster. However, he looked over his shoulder and saw Tatiana charging up to him at a fast speed. "Tsk."
"Hold it right there!" Tatiana took out her handgun and fired at Shane. He got hit in the arm which made him drop his own gun.
"Don't get ahead of yourself." Shane grunted as he used his other arm to knock off the gun of the gamer girl's hand. She was startled by this and lost balance for a moment, but caught herself and moved in front of him.
"To slow!" She was about to press the button when she felt Shane grab her shoulder and shove her back. She fell to the ground and could only watch helplessly as Shane went ahead and pressed the button.
"Challenge over!" Chris' voice echoed around the room. "The Silver Terminators win this round! They will receive a reward as well as immunity. Cyan Protoss, I'll see you at elimination in two hours."
Phoebe dusted herself off and breathed a sigh of relief while Shane smirked arrogantly at Tatiana as he walked away. Terrance sighed in defeat as he cleaned his glasses with his hoodie and Tatiana just banged her fist on the floor in frustration.
(Silver Terminators)
Phoebe and Shane entered their outpost before Chris changed the scenery, and saw everyone else waiting inside.
"Congrats guys!" Sarah praised them. "You guys rock!"
"But Phoebe didn't even help much." Shane pointed out.
"I-I tried my b-best." Phoebe defended meekly.
"Yeah, so just back off, Shane." Jane glared at the lone boy.
"Whatever. I proved MY worth on this team, at least." Shane went upstairs to the boys bedroom.
"That boy ain't right when it comes to teamwork." Cassie shook her head. "Let's all just celebrate this victory ourselves."
"Everyone, look." Marvin pointed at the locked door with the pixel cubes. They all saw one cube slowly disappear and a few intricate lines scattered around the door in silver color.
"Cool." Arnold said. "What does it mean?"
"Maybe it's because we won?" Jane guessed.
"Looks like it." Desmond agreed. "And with that logic, it means that whatever is behind this door can only be seen once we win three times."
"Then let's keep winning!" Arnold exclaimed to his team. "Go Silver Terminators!"
Everyone else either cheered along or nodded with determination.
~Confessional~
Arnold: Team morale is looking good now. Well, Shane is such a wet blanket that I think we should get rid of him sooner or later. Sure he won us this challenge, but morale might take a hit in the long run with him sticking around so I kinda think we should vote him off.
Sarah: Arnold sure knows how to pump a team up. We need to keep this up so we can keep winning! This is such a good change of pace after what happened in the Blue Ardonians. Speaking of that, how is Lucy holding up?
~End Confessional~
(Cyan Protoss)
Lucy, Jude, and Nataline met up behind their outpost.
"Elimination time again."Jude sighed. "We never seem to catch a break, huh?"
"At least you had a phone call." Nataline mumbled to herself.
"I want to see who we're voting for tonight." Lucy told them. "I called you both because I trust you the most."
"Thanks, Lucy." Nataline said with a smile. "You know, we can trust Wesley too."
"Really? Why?" Lucy asked her.
"He's really nice and we have a lot in common." Nataline explained. "He'll definitely want to be with us."
"Okay then. We'll tell him the vote after this." Lucy decided. "So back to the topic, who do we vote for?"
"I'm leaning towards Nelly." Jude suggested. "She didn't want to be a part of our alliance anymore. Might as well cut her off from this game too."
"But she's useful in challenges." Nataline pointed out to him. "Sure she has a...sharp mouth, but that can be overlooked. I'm leaning towards Terrance, myself."
"But isn't Terrance as good as Nelly?" Jude scratched the back of his head. "He did really well too in the last challenge so their worth is almost similar."
"Your potential targets are pretty surprising." Lucy admitted. "Because I want to vote for Ivy."
"You mean the girl who spaces out a lot? Sure." Jude agreed. "We basically lost nothing."
"Well I haven't seen her in action yet." Nataline pondered. "But the elimination ceremony is tonight. If cutting her off will help improve our odds, then I say we do what Lucy wants."
"Thanks, guys." Lucy said with tears of joy.
"It's nothing." Nataline giggled. "I'll go tell Wesley the vote. See you at the elimination ceremony." She left the scene.
"I need to go to the bathroom real quick." Jude announced before leaving as well. When Lucy was sure she was alone, her right eye flashed red and she grinned evilly.
Nataline eventually found Wesley gazing up at the stars.
"Good evening, Wesley." She greeted him.
"Good evening to you as well, Nataline." The foreign boy smiled.
"I'm just here to talk about the votes." Nataline told him. "Jude, Lucy, and I are voting for Ivy."
"That is too bad." Wesley frowned. "We were starting to get along too."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Nataline said truthfully. "But that's how they want to vote."
"Very well. I'll consider it." Wesley smiled at her. She slightly blushed and nodded. "Would you like to gaze at the stars with me?"
"Alright." She said.
Meanwhile, Terrance, Nelly, and Tatiana met up in the girls' bedroom.
"I'm really not comfortable in here." Terrance told the two uneasily.
"Suck it up. We'll just talk about the vote and then you can go." Nelly rolled her eyes.
"So is this our party within the party?" Tatiana asked Nelly.
"Uh, yeah. I guess if you want to put it that way." Nelly nodded. "Now then, I say we vote for Lucy."
"Why Lucy? She looks harmless." Terrance said as he raised his eyebrow.
"If she was, then Nicholas wouldn't have had to go home last time." Nelly sighed.
"What do you mean?" Terrance asked.
"The guy was hell bent on finding out about Lucy's past, and even mentioned that her motives are pretty suspicious and unclear." Nelly explained. "I don't think Nicholas is the type to get worked up over something easily, so it must be a big deal."
"Or maybe he's just really looking for a target and he made up excuses to pin it on Lucy." Terrance said with an amused scoff.
"Yeah right. As if Nicholas is that kind of person. You're just saying that because you think he's a popular kid too." Lucy retorted.
"But he is." Terrance countered. "Acting like a show off with his skills back in the first challenge, and wearing those clothes as if he's a badass. Ha!" He snorted.
"What did he ever do to you?" Tatiana frowned at him. "You're being...toxic."
"You don't understand." Terrance glared at her. "You never will. With that personality, I bet you've never been bullied. I bet you've never felt like crap before."
"Hey that's assuming." Tatiana pointed out to him. "You don't know-"
"I'm voting for Wesley. That's final." Terrance stood up and turned towards the door. "Admit it, he doesn't deserve to play either." He left the bedroom.
"So...now what?" Tatiana asked Nelly.
"Maybe we should humor him for now and vote for Wesley." Nelly shrugged. "If we split the votes and vote for Nataline, it could get messy."
"But why him? Wesley is so nice and friendly." Tatiana pouted as she held her chocobo hat. "It doesn't seem fair."
"Have you watched a single episode of Total Drama?" Nelly asked her. Tatiana nodded. "Then you know that nothing is fair in this game. Think about it carefully, we want Terrance on our side right now. We don't know how the others are align anyway."
"Yeah that's true." Tatiana admitted.
As Terrance made his way downstairs, he saw that Lucy was waiting by the steps. Her headband wasn't on her head and her right eye is flashing red.
"Hello, Terrance." Lucy greeted in a rather smug voice.
"Lucy? What happened to your eye? It doesn't look natural." Terrance said, slightly weirded out.
"Look I'll just cut to the chase before Jude leaves the bathroom." Lucy motioned to the boys' bathroom. "I'm showing this side to you as a sign of trust, because no one else is aware of this side of me. Yet."
"Okay." Terrance said, unsure. "So what is it you want?"
"I want to see how you will vote." Lucy smiled. "I'll vote with you. Another sign of my trust."
"I'm voting for Wesley." Terrance said. "And yes, I know that he's charming and nice and foreign but-" Lucy held a finger to his lips.
"Shhh. No need to explain. I'll do it." Lucy grinned evilly. "Consider him gone." She giggled in a sinister manner.
"Wait, really? You're onboard with this?" Terrance looked surprised. "No back talk or anything?"
"Didn't you hear me the first time? I'll vote with you as a sign of trust." Lucy reminded him. "See, not even Nataline knows this side of me. This...is the real me."
~Confessional~
Lucy: *her right eyes is glowing red* Yes, that was a very bold move, showing Terrance this side of me. But I know what I am doing. I need his loyalty as well if I want this plan to work. Now, let's see if I can talk to Cyrus.
Terrance: I'm surprised about Lucy's sudden change. Seriously, how is she doing that thing with her right eye? But anyway, it looks like I can trust her with voting for Wesley. I hope Nelly and Tatiana do the same. We technically need one more to make a majority but Lucy said she'll handle it.
~End Confessional~
Lucy found Ivy and Cyrus talking outside the outpost.
"Comic book villains are too cliche." Cyrus groaned. "Why the hell are they your inspiration?"
"They are easy to emulate in a story." Ivy told him.
"Am I interrupting something?" Lucy asked them as she approached, her right eye back to normal and she is wearing her headband.
"Not really. Just Ivy's views on villains." Cyrus rolled his eyes. "What do you want?"
"I'm wondering how you guys are gonna vote tonight." Lucy asked innocently.
"Isn't that usually a secret?" Ivy tilted her head. "But then again, I don't have a target in mind actually. I'm thinking of throwing my vote away."
"I wanna vote for Nataline, the scapegoat." Cyrus said. "But if you other good targets, I'm all ears."
"I'm leaning towards Wesley, to be honest." Lucy told them.
"Wait wait wait, YOU wanna vote for Wesley?" Cyrus was shocked at this. "I thought by now all the girls would have fallen for him."
Lucy just giggled. "No, silly. I got Jude already."
"Oh. Congratulations." Ivy said with a slight smile.
"Yeah, whatever."Cyrus grunted. "Wesley is fine. Let's do this." He nodded. "Well, I'll be walking around a while. DO NOT follow me." He left the two and went further away from the outpost.
"Between you and me, I want to vote for Cyrus." Lucy told Ivy once he was out of earshot. "I just didn't want to tell that to him in his face."
"Really?" Ivy asked.
"Yeah. I have the votes to go through with it." Lucy grinned happily. Ivy smiled as well.
"Then I'll vote for him as well." Ivy nodded.
"Yay! Thanks." Lucy giggled.
(Elimination Ceremony)
The contestants took their seats in the elimination ceremony site, with the Cyan Protoss taking center seats and the Silver Terminators taking the sidelines. Chris stood in the middle with eight space food containers.
"Welcome to the first elimination ceremony after the team swap!" Chris exclaimed. "Are you all exciting to see how this goes?" There were a couple of groans and empty cheers. "Party poopers, every single one of you." He muttered.
"The Cyan Protoss is the first team to experience elimination, it seems." Chris continued. "I have the votes right here, so if i call your name and give you a space food container, you're safe."
"Jude."
"Tatiana."
"Terrance."
"Lucy."
"Nataline."
"Nelly."
The six of them all accepted their containers. Ivy, Cyrus, and Wesley were left in the bottom three.
"Okay, the rest of you have at least two votes against you." Chris told them.
"Oh no." Ivy frowned.
"This is truly unfortunate." Wesley frowned as well.
"Tsk. Whatever." Cyrus simply rolled his eyes.
"But another one that's safe tonight is...Cyrus!" The emo boy caught the space food container with a wide grin. "Wesley, Ivy, one of you will be going home tonight. The last person safe is...
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"How unfortunate." Wesley sighed as he glanced at his teammates with a sad smile. "However, someone has to go home tonight so it can't be helped."
"Wesley, you have finished this game in 18th place." Chris told the foreign boy. "Any last words?"
"I have but a few." Wesley answered. He turned to everyone on his team. "I do hope that you will continue to win challenges even without me. While I am very sad that I have been eliminated, I have to say that my time here was truly an enjoyable one."
"Seriously? Why is everyone taking their eliminations so well?" Chris said irritably. "Anyway, the beam is almost charged up."
"I'm gonna miss you, Wesley." Nataline told him.
"Same goes for me." Lucy said sadly and teary eyed. Terrance raised an eyebrow at her comment.
"I'll miss you all too." Wesley said with a smile. He stood up and gave an elegant bow before the beam enveloped him and removed his avatar from the virtual world.
"Well, that's that. You can go back now." Chris said dismissively. Everyone stood up and went back to their outposts.
~Votes~
Nataline: My vote goes to Ivy. I'm sorry, but that is how Lucy and Jude want to vote and they make a good point.
Terrance: I vote for Wesley. It's time that popular kid gets what he deserves, 18th place!
Tatiana: I really can't bring myself to vote for Wesley, so I'm gonna throw away my vote and vote for Cyrus instead. Actually, what if Cyrus actually goes home?
Ivy: I suppose losing Cyrus won't be that bad. He is not east to get along with, after all. And not that, it will put Phoebe's anxiety to rest now that he won't bother her anymore.
Cyrus: Voting for that pretty boy, Wesley. I guess he counts as a scapegoat too since he's like the male version of Nataline. Except he doesn't get mad easily. There's that.
Jude: If Lucy wants to vote for Ivy and I'll agree with her. I mean, she looks like she's better at this strategy thing than I am anyway. *shrugs*
Nelly: Voting for Wesley. I don't know about you, but I think Tatiana is caught up in his spell too. I need to get her to snap out of it so I can make an alliance with her and Terrance.
Wesley: I have decided to vote for Ivy, just as Nataline wanted. I do not want to make the votes complicated, yet I am deeply sorry it had to be this way.
Lucy: *her right eye is glowing red* Hehehe. Sorry Wesley, you're a nice guy and all, but you'll only hold me back and become a nuisance if you stayed any longer. This is good bye.
~Eliminated~
(24th place) Richard - The Maestro
(23rd place) Delilah - The Serpent
(22nd place) Felix - The Prankster
(21st place) Harvey - The Chill Guy
(20th place) Betty - The Phone Addict
(19th place) Nicholas - The Detective
(18th place) Wesley - The Blue Blood
Chris stood inside the Drama Dome, smiling broadly at the camera. "The Cyan Protoss losses its first member! Will they be able to make a comeback or will they be doomed to a losing streak? Will Terrance be able to get Nataline out next? Will Cyrus continue to rain on everyone's parade? Are the Silver Terminators getting sick of Shane's attitude? When will Phoebe become brave? And will the Silver Terminators' team morale remain high? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!" The camera turned off.
Well that was fun, don't you think? Wesley was a character truly meant for premerge boot. Despite the hints that he may have a powerful social game and a harem to boot, that was merely a fake out. He can't offer much later on and will only mess with future chapters. But even so, I had fun writing him. Some might even say he was a potential protagonist, and I won't argue with that. He possesses the traits of a typical protagonist and overall nice person regardless of rank and the crowd he was with. He remained true to his positivism and therefore, made this season more sane than it should be. Too bad that his story ends there, folks. Peace out! XBloodLegendX :)