Total Drama Sci-Fi Showdown

by XBloodLegendX

This new season of Total Drama involves a whole new cast and a whole new spot. Taking place inside a building called the Drama Dome, the 24 contestants will take on sci-fi based challenges in virtual reality for 1 million dollars. Will they be legends across galaxies, or fade away in stardust? Find out now, on Total. Drama. Sci-Fi Showdown!

12. Chapter 12: Sci-Fi Phobia

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela

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Chris stands inside the Drama Dome with his usual flashing smile. The hologram is beside him, showing the scenes for the past challenge. "Last time on Total Drama Sci-Fi Showdown..." He started. "The two teams were divided into pairs for their challenge that involves running a single track to snatch an emblem from its podium."

The hologram showed the outline of the track and all the traps in it. "Each round introduced different kinds of traps to stall their progress. Not only that, but they have the other team to worry about as well, especially since they can use whatever they have on them."

The next scene were the moments when Phoebe, Jude, Nataline, and Lucy grabbed the emblems to claim their points for their respective teams. "The race was fierce and the obstacles were strong, but the Cyan Protoss emerged victorious once again. This marks the second defeat of the Silver Terminators and it meant they had to eliminate another one of their own."

The last scene the hologram showed a portrait of Marvin and Shane, as well as an Invincibility Statue. "Sarah's alliance proposed to take out Marvin to further weaken the supposed secret alliance of the Green Drell, while Cassie and her friends gathered together and plotted to take out Shane for his distant yet cruel nature and negative effect on the team. This would force a tie, however, so Jane planned to use her Invincibility Statue to save Marvin as she voted against the latter to ensure there would be no tie. Shane went home that night, knocking the Silver Terminators down a peg and forcing them down to seven members remaining."

Chris spread out his arms dramatically as he smirked. "Is this the end of Sarah's alliance? Is Cyan Protoss on a roll? Will the Silver Terminators be a better team now that Shane has been eliminated? Who will Tatiana spend her time with next? Find out now in Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!"

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(Cyan Protoss)

Nataline finished changing clothes in the bedroom and was starting to go downstairs. She saw that Cyrus was bickering with Ivy, Terrance, and Nelly at the living room and decided to go over there. However, she didn't notice a banana peel in the middle of the staircase and slipped on it.

"Ah!" She shrieked as she lost her balance and soon came slipping down the rest of the stairs, injuring her hip and back in the process. "Owww..." She groaned in pain as she struggled to get up.

"And this is why you don't just throw your trash anywhere." Ivy shook her head with a frown as she helped Nataline to her feet. Terrance and Nelly just snickered and held in their laughter. "It's not funny either."

Cyrus raised his hands in innocence. "She should have watched where she was going. I heard nobles walk with books on top of their heads. I'm pretty sure falling down the steps isn't new."

"It's a hilarious sight." Terrance agreed as he couldn't contain his laughter anymore.

"I know right." Nelly high fived Terrance. The techie boy saw Ivy help Nataline up and walk off with her. He suddenly saw the sad and pained expression on Nataline's face and could have sworn he saw her shed a tear, and he stopped laughing.

"I'm going upstairs for a while." He announced as he stood up and left the two other people in the living room.

"What's his problem? I thought he'd appreciate it more." Cyrus scoffed. "Whatever, I regret nothing."

"Well even though this joke is funny, nobody likes you." Nelly shrugged.

"Yeah but even if it's like that, I'm still here." Cyrus responded smugly. "Don't think I'll leave so easily."

"This might be the easiest elimination yet." Nelly said arrogantly. "Your face disgusts me anyway." She stood up and left him alone as well. Cyrus clenched his fist and breathed. He stared at the locked door, which only had one pixel cube left.

~Confessional~

Terrance: Okay maybe I shouldn't have laughed at Nataline. The bullies and popular kids at my school do this a lot and sometimes I get victimized by this too. Heck, one time my glasses broke when they pushed me off the stairs. I may not like Nataline, but Cyrus totally sucks for doing that. *he adjusts his glasses*

Cyrus: Seeing Nataline trip and fall like that is hilarious! Why can't both of them appreciate it more? Is it really because they hate me more? Come on, I'm trying to get allies here. *he sighs*

Nelly: Cyrus is getting more annoying with each passing day. I almost feel like throwing the next challenge to eliminate him. Almost.

~End Confessional~

Ivy and Nataline went outside of the outpost. The former had a blank look on her face as if she was in a daze as she led the latter further from the outpost and near a few large rocks. They both sat down and Nataline stretched her legs.

"Ow, it still hurts." Nataline groaned in pain. "Who left a banana peel there anyway?"

Ivy gave no answer as she stared off into space blankly.

"Are you listening?" Nataline frowned. "I'm talking to you." She said, sternly now.

"Oh, sorry." Ivy snapped back into reality and apologized. "What was it?"

"I'm asking who put that banana peel there." Nataline frowned as he adjusted her seating position but groaned in pain as she did.

"It was Cyrus. He threw it there out of nowhere." Ivy explained with a sigh. "He said that no one would mind and told me not to pick it up."

"And Terrance and Nelly were a part of this?" Nataline asked in an angry tone as she rubbed her sore side.

"They were suspicious at first, but their laugh means the joke paid off." Ivy said as she looked away. "I really wanted to put it away, but Cyrus insisted."

"Well it's not your fault." Nataline mumbled as she sighed as well. "I'll be fine. I just need some time to myself for a while." She gazed towards the nearby flower field.

"Well alright then." Ivy nodded as she stood up. But before she left, Nataline called out to her.

"Ivy, thanks for helping me earlier." Nataline smiled genuinely. "We don't talk much, and I'm pretty sure this is the first time we talked for long but I appreciate what you did."

"It's no problem." Ivy smiled back. "We're teammates after all."

~Confessional~

Ivy: Nataline isn't a bad person at all so I don't get what kind of point Terrance and Cyrus are making back there. Maybe I should befriend her and make her my ally. That wouldn't be so bad.

Nataline: Okay so maybe I was a bit blinded by the alliance I have with Lucy and Jude as well as my dispute between Terrance and Cyrus, and Nelly too by extension, but I should think of the long game now and I need more connections to help me succeed in the merge. Ivy looks like a good investment now.

~End Confessional~

Tatiana was happily riding her mecha chocobo down the forest area when she saw Lucy walking around, looking at some of the small animals that wander about.

"Hey Lucy!" Tatiana said as she rode over to the soft spoken girl. "Why are you here and not beside Jude?" She teased.

Lucy blushed a bit. "We're not really joined at the hip or anything." She said.

"That's cool too." Tatiana nodded as she dismounted from her chocobo.

"How about you? Do you like someone here?" Lucy asked the gamer girl. Now it was Tatiana's turn to blush slightly and look away.

"W-Well..." Tatiana stammered. "There is one guy that I like."

"Mind telling?" Lucy asked innocently. Her right eye flashed red but Tatiana didn't see this. "I promise I won't tell anyone."

"Okay." Tatiana looked around to see if anyone else was nearby. When she saw that no one else was there except the two of them, she turned towards Lucy. "It's Terrance."

"Oooh~" Lucy giggled. "Are you gonna tell him?"

"No, not yet." Tatiana said. "I'll win this game first and then tell him. He's bound to fall for a hero who won Total Drama, right?" She placed her hands on her hips proudly as the wind blew and her hair swayed along dramatically.

Lucy giggled even more. "Maybe. I think it'll win you some points."

"Come on, it's a sure fire way to do it!" Tatiana exclaimed. "And I'll take down any competition I might have!"

"Really?" Lucy tilted her head.

"Yeah! A gamer never quits." Tatiana beamed as she mounted on her mechanical animal again. "Want a ride back?"

"Yes." Lucy nodded as she got on the mecha chocobo as well.

"Wait I forgot to ask about what you were here for." Tatiana looked over her shoulder to Lucy as she guided the chocobo ahead.

"Jude said he likes forest animals so I'm trying to find the appeal to it." Lucy explained. "To see what he sees."

"That's so cute~" Tatiana gushed and Lucy blushed.

~Confessional~

Lucy: *her right eye flashes red* So Tatiana likes Terrance, huh? I could use that to my advantage somehow.

Tatiana: I'm not afraid to fight for what I want, and I'm pretty sure I have no competition for Terrance's heart since the only other girl he spends time with is Nelly and she has a girlfriend. But first thing's first, I gotta win the game!

~End Confessional~

Jude found Nataline by a meadow of flowers, picking them from the ground and plucking out the petals one by one.

"Hey if you're gonna do that, at least save the sunflowers." Jude remarked as he approached her. "I like those flowers."

Nataline grinned as she dropped the small stems. "Alright, I'll avoid those flowers. I was just letting out steam."

"Really? What's wrong?" Jude asked her. "I haven't seen the others yet since I was at the back practicing my archery."

"I fell in the staircase in the outpost." Nataline sighed. "Cyrus pulled a stunt on me by putting a banana peel there." She grimaced in slight pain as she adjusted her position.

"What!?" Jude exclaimed angrily. "He just never stops, does he." He turned towards the outpost and was about to stalk inside when Nataline stopped him.

"It's fine. If you deal with him now, he might not be good for the next challenge." Nataline said. "We can just eliminate him if we lose."

"But how can you play when you're sore like that?" Jude asked her in concern. "You'll get injured."

"I'll be alright." Nataline assured him. "I've been through worse." She gave a dry laugh.

"If you say so. Maybe you can sit this challenge out." Jude told her.

"But the other team is the one with lesser members." Nataline pointed out.

"Oh. Right." Jude realized. "I forgot we are this awesome." He smirked.

"Indeed." Nataline agreed with a smile. "But we shouldn't get complacent."

"Not get complacent? They eliminated Shane last night!" Jude exclaimed. "He's one of their capable assets."

"But I guess nobody likes him that much." Nataline shrugged. "Social skill is important too."

"Yeah, something Cyrus clearly doesn't have. Nelly was pretty harsh in my old team though. I'm surprised she managed to find friends in here." Jude looked back at the outpost as he saw Terrance and Nelly go outside and walk away from it, talking as they did.

"Those in her social class and league can relate to her, obviously." Nataline said dismissively. "I usually socialize with the upper class alone. They are more prim and proper than the common folk."

This hit Jude's nerve and his expression changed, but Nataline wasn't able to see it.

"Well I suppose that's that. So, Cyrus goes home next elimination?" Jude asked her, as calmly as possible.

"Yes, of course." Nataline nodded in agreement.

~Confessional~

Jude: It hurts that Nataline is being so stereotypical about the upper class and the lower class people. I know my family scrapes on by but we're very decent people. It makes me wonder if she looks down on me or something.

~End Confessional~

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(Silver Terminators)

Desmond saw Jane stretching outside the outpost and decided to approach her. The latter saw him come closer and she smirked.

"So, that elimination went well last night." Jane noted and Desmond narrowed his eyes at her. "I told you we'd avenge Valerie."

"If you think keeping Marvin over Shane was a smart move, then I lose whatever respect I have for you." Desmond shook his head. "I don't know why you wasted your Invincibility Statue on him, but it was dumb nonetheless."

"Only you and your alliance would benefit from Marvin leaving." Jane gave an amused scoff. "I'm doing what's best for the team."

"Kicking out a strong physical asset is what's best for the team?" Desmond deadpanned as he raised an eyebrow.

"So tell me why you wanted to vote for Marvin. I hate to say this, but Phoebe is weaker than him." Jane pointed out.

"Speaking so lowly of your friend?" Desmond rolled his eyes.

"You didn't answer my question. Your move last night was shocking at most." Jane remarked. "That was your chance to use the majority against Phoebe, but you didn't take it. I guess this means you don't call the shots."

"And so what? We can always eliminate her next time." Desmond said.

"But you don't have a majority." Jane pointed out. "We do. So what we say, goes." She declared.

"For now yes." Desmond shrugged as he began to walk away. "But when we lose this challenge again, you'll wish you voted for Marvin last night."

"Or we could eliminate you to save the bitterness." Jane laughed. "Your survival rate isn't looking pretty high."

Desmond just grunted in annoyance as he left her alone.

~Confessional~

Desmond: That girl doesn't know anything about strategy. Sure I'm not the one calling the shots in my alliance, but it's better than defending those weak in challenges. She'll regret that decision I swear. But she's pretty dangerous too, since once merge hits she can easily get Tatiana and Terrance to her side again. I should try to put the target on her now that she has no more Invincibility Statue.

Jane: Like I said, I'm a survivor. I play to survive and make it out alive. In this case, it's to watch my own skin and prevent myself from getting eliminated. In order to do that I need a stable alliance so even if Marvin and Phoebe are weak in challenges, they are still useful to me. But at the end of it all, I still have to face Cassie. I wonder how I'll handle that.

~End Confessional~

Sarah was in the girls' bedroom with earphones on as she listened to some rock music on her phone. Cassie walked in and saw her.

"Howdy, Sarah." Cassie greeted. Sarah took no notice as she kept head banging to the beat of her music. "Sarah? Sarah!"

The rocker girl sat up in attention as she took out her earphones. "Yeah?" She said in a slight panic. "Sorry about that."

"It's alright. I just wanna talk, y'know." Cassie told her and the other girl began putting away her phone.

"Yeah okay. So what is it?" Sarah asked the ranch girl.

"What do ya guys have against Marvin anyway? Why did y'all vote for him?" Cassie frowned slightly as she pointed an accusatory finger at Sarah.

"Hey, we just wanna vote for someone that's not with our alliance." Sarah raised her arms up innocently. "And I didn't want them to vote for Phoebe so we settled for Marvin."

"Is that all?" Cassie furrowed her brow.

"Y-Yeah." Sarah lied. "That's totally just it. And hey, since Shane went home you guys have the majority now so I don't see why you gotta make this a big deal."

"I just don't like people who mess with my friends." Cassie explained as she tipped her hat forward. "But yeah, we hold the majority now." She turned away and walked out of the room.

Sarah grumbled to herself when the other girl was out of earshot. "'We hold the majority now'." She mocked immaturely as she put on her earphones again and resumed listening to music.

~Confessional~

Cassie: Even though we got the majority now and that my friend is still here, we still need to try and win the next challenge. With Shane gone, we might actually have some fine teamwork now.

Sarah: I gotta try and do something about this. Maybe if I make Phoebe join our side? I mean, it's not like I can just roll over and let them take charge...right?

~End Confessional~

Phoebe and Marvin were walking along the riverbank together. The former was busy looking at the fishes in the water.

"So Phoebe..." Marvin started. "I've wanted to tell you something for a while now."

"Y-Yes?" Phoebe stopped gazing at the river and turned to look at Marvin.

"Valerie was supposed to help me with this, but it looks like I'll have to admit it alone." Marvin sighed.

"What is i-it?" Phoebe tilted her head. "Is s-something wrong?"

"No. Nothing's wrong, Phoebe." Marvin assured her with a small smile. "In fact, it's nothing negative or anything. I just wanted to say..." He trailed off embarrassingly.

"E-Eh? Come on, tell me." Phoebe insisted. "I p-promise I won't l-laugh or get mad or a-anything."

"Alright." Marvin took a long breath and stopped walking to completely face her. Phoebe stopped as well to face him. "I like you." He finally said after a short moment. "I really like you, Phoebe." He repeated.

Phoebe's face turned into that of a surprised one as she blushed. "W-Wha- Really? Y-You like me?" She blinked.

"Yes." Marvin said, embarrassed. "I liked you ever since we were put on the same team. But I never really got to tell you. I wanted Valerie to help me out with this but she got eliminated."

"I s-see." Phoebe nodded slowly.

"But judging how you were acting in our old team, it looks like you got feelings for...Cyrus." Marvin said the last part with a sigh. "If you don't return how I feel, it's alright. I want us to be friends at least."

"Eek. N-No." Phoebe exclaimed as she held one of his hands. "I l-like you too. You were there for me to a-assure and comfort me. A-And I realize that C-Cyrus doesn't like m-me anyway so I d-don't think I like him anymore."

"Then you'll give me a chance?" Marvin asked hopefully.

"Y-Yes." Phoebe smiled up at him as she hugged him.

Marvin hugged her back as they just stood there. Jane and Cassie passed them by as they jogged and stopped to look at them.

"Good job, Marvin." Jane smirked softly as Cassie tipped her hat backwards.

"Looks like our alliance has a couple now." Cassie remarked as they continued jogging.

~Confessional~

Marvin: I finally got that off my chest. For some reason it feels like a large burden was lifted off my shoulders.

Phoebe: I c-can't believe Marvin feels that way a-about me. I'm n-not ready for a serious r-relationship but I want to s-see where this goes. *she blushes*

~End Confessional~

Arnold met up with Sarah and Desmond by the back of the outpost.

"So why did you call for us?" Arnold looked towards his girlfriend. "I was busy practicing my shooting skills."

"Yeah but this is important." Sarah insisted. "Because we're in the minority now!"

"Then we simply have to win the next challenge." Desmond stated bluntly. "Being the smaller team, we need to put in more effort now."

"And since Shane is gone, we definitely need to up our game in the second half." Arnold added.

"But I'm worried about what would happen if we DO lose." Sarah pointed out to them. "They're gonna eliminate us one by one."

"That's a good point." Arnold conceded.

"So what do you want us to do?" Desmond asked the rocker girl.

"We should try to get Phoebe to join us." Sarah declared.

"What!? Why Phoebe?" Desmond was in shock at her suggestion. "We want her gone, not as an ally."

"We can...eliminate her in the merge or something." Sarah scratched the back of her head. "It won't be too hard."

"You're so good at this, babe." Arnold high fived his girlfriend.

"This is a bad idea." Desmond shook his head.

~Confessional~

Desmond: Don't they actually watch Total Drama? The weak ones slip on by easily in the merge. I swear, those two will be eliminated way before Phoebe if this keeps up.

Arnold: Sarah doing all the strategizing for us makes me want to work even harder. That's actually why I was practicing my shooting skills earlier, so I could use my soccer skills in future challenges.

~End Confessional~

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Chris' hologram appeared in the living room of both teams' outpost.

"Good afternoon, contestants." Chris greeted with a smirk. "Are you ready for the next challenge?"

"If we say no, can we take the day off?" Cyrus raised his eyebrow from his team's outpost.

"Are you saying I'm that nice to actually do that?" Chris laughed. "Well anyways, your challenge is pretty simple as it's a classic."

"You ran out of challenge ideas?" Marvin asked.

"No of course not." Chris rolled his eyes. "And you're gonna love this one."

"So just say it already." Jane said impatiently.

Chris smirked. "The phobia challenge."

"WHAT!?" Collective gasps and looks of shock are present in the contestants' faces.

"That's what I like to hear." Chris chuckled. "Since the Cyan Protoss have more members, they need to sit someone out."

"Me!" Cyrus raised his hand before anyone else could. "I'll sit out."

"Okay then, Cyrus gets to sit out of this challenge." Chris announced.

"Booo..." Nelly grumbled.

"Meet me in front of the Red Sith outpost." Chris told the contestants. "This one's gonna be good." He chuckled as his hologram flickered out.

"This sucks." Terrance adjusted his glasses.

"Tell me about it." Jude groaned.

"A p-p-phobia c-ch-challenge!?" Phoebe shrieked fearfully. Marvin hugged her to calm her down.

"I'm not worried." Cassie shrugged. "I don't have a phobia."

"What? Really?" Jane looked at her in surprise.

"Yeah. That's why I'm wondering what Chris has for me." Cassie shrugged.

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Everyone gathered in front of the old Red Sith outpost where Chris was waiting for them. Behind him are numerous portals of varying colors.

"Welcome to your next challenge!" Chris exclaimed. "Who's excited?"

"I swear, if any of you raise your damn hand..." Nelly glared at both her team and the other team.

"Nobody likes what we're doing next so just take it easy." Arnold rolled his eyes.

"I bet you're just waiting to show off your barbaric jock skills in your phobia challenge." Nelly scoffed. "I bet your phobia is not getting enough cheerleaders to bang you."

"Hey I'm not that kind of person!" Arnold defended.

"Leave him alone." Sarah stepped forward as she glared at the nerd.

"Hey, don't blame me if you end up just another girl in his bed." Nelly shrugged. Terrance smirked and fist bumped with her.

"Nice one." The techie boy praised.

Sarah fumed with anger as she held Arnold's hand. The soccer boy just sighed and shook his head.

"Forget about them, Sarah. It's not worth it. We'll just win this challenge for our team and maybe she'll be eliminated." Arnold told her.

"Well if that's all the hostility..." Chris started.

"Wait, I got one." Cyrus interrupted. "Phoebe, you suck!" He said with a sneer.

"E-eek!" Phoebe hid behind Marvin as the latter raised his eyebrow at Cyrus.

"Really, man?" Marvin deadpanned. Cyrus just brushed it off.

"Okay so that's all the hostility for real?" Chris asked. No one reacted. "Now let's move on to the challenge. Each of you will enter one of these portals which leads to where your challenge will take place. Each area is designed to feed on your deepest fears, and if you brave the challenge you win a point for your team. The team with the most points win." Chris explained.

"The rules are easy..." Desmond said.

"But the challenge itself is not." Jane finished.

"Now, the person who'll go first is Nataline." Chris said as he took out a list.

"Why me?" Nataline said with a groan.

"Your challenge makes sense if you're first." Chris explained. "Because your challenge is to go inside that portal over there..." He pointed at one portal behind him that is color silver and black. "...and stay there for the duration of the challenge. It's cold and dark in there, with only the echo of your voice there to comfort you. You'll be alone and away from everyone else."

"No...No." Nataline started panting.

"That's right, folks. Nataline's greatest fear is being abandoned." Chris smirked. "So that's what her trial will be, to be abandoned for the rest of the challenge. If she leaves the portal before the time is up, then she doesn't gain a point for her team."

"Wait! Can't we do something else?" Nataline backed away.

"Nope. We're doing this." Chris shook his head as he snapped his fingers. Two robot guards spawned behind Nataline and grabbed each of her arms and lifted her up, dragging her to the assigned portal.

"Don't make me do this!" Nataline said fearfully. The pain in her body made it impossible for her to fight back, however, and the guards successfully threw her inside the portal and it closed as she entered.

"Well that's harsh." Tatiana frowned.

"Are you kidding?" Cyrus scoffed. "No Nataline for the entire challenge."

"Okay let's move on now." Chris said impatiently. "Next one is Desmond."

"Damn." Desmond cursed under his breath.

"Desmond's fear is pretty common actually." Chris said as he pointed at another portal. "Let's go check it out."

Everyone went inside the portal, though Desmond was more hesitant than the rest. Once inside, they all saw that they were in an abandoned mansion. The windows were cracked and the furniture were all torn and old. The wooden floorboards looked damaged and creaky, and they saw that the door is locked. Chris put a protective barrier around them and pushed Desmond out of it.

"Hey!" Desmond said. "Let me in there!"

"No can do. This barrier is for the audience only." Chris smirked. "Desmond's fear is ghosts. His challenge is to stay there for three minutes while ghosts surround him. If he gives up, then he doesn't gain a point for his team."

"That's so spooky." Tatiana remarked.

"It looks easy. Just beat them up real good." Arnold shrugged.

"Easy for you to say." Desmond glared at him as an eerie giggle echoed around the mansion. "No!" He looked around frantically.

"Timer starts...now!" Chris announced. Just then, ghosts started floating down the main staircase and into the lobby. They were only floating heads and were bloody in the neck and the eyes. They giggled hysterically as they circled around Desmond.

"You can do it, Desmond!" Sarah cheered.

"T-Those look s-scary." Phoebe said fearfully and Marvin hugged her.

"It's okay. They won't get us here. Right, Chris?" Marvin looked at the host.

"Yep. We're all safe here. Except Desmond."

"This looks pretty plain." Ivy noted.

"I know right." Cyrus yawned. "Where are all the other scarier ghosts?"

"Ahhh!" Desmond ran around the lobby in fear as the apparitions chased him. A minute has passed.

"Throw that vase at it." Cassie pointed at a flower vase atop a small table. Desmond picked it up but dropped it when a ghost snuck up from behind him.

"Gahhh!" The boy began running around again.

"Wow, he really is afraid." Nelly tried to hold in her laughter. "For such a big and strong guy, that's really something."

"I hope your fear gets you then." Arnold rolled his eyes. Another minute has passed.

Some of the furniture began to float and hover above and around Desmond ominously.

"Why is it getting worse!?" Desmond screamed in fear as he tried going upstairs but the chairs and sofas blocked him.

"Don't you wanna go back to safety?" Chris asked him as more ghosts appeared and surrounded Desmond.

"N-No..." Desmond muttered as he just went on his knees and tried to shield himself from them. The apparitions giggled more in a high pitched tone as they circled around him. "Is it done yet?"

"Actually, you've been done for 15 seconds now." Terrance told him.

"Aw, party pooper." Chris glared at the techie boy.

"Yeah, why'd you tell him?" Nelly glared as well.

"Look we don't have to drag this more than necessary. That's not right." Terrance adjusted his glasses.

"Fine." Chris rolled his eyes as he placed a portal in front of Desmond and another one inside the barrier.

"Yes!" Desmond immediately exited the area through the portal while the others exited in theirs.

~Confessional~

Desmond: Did Chris seriously did an overtime just to watch my reaction? This really sucks. *he grumbled as he tried to control his breathing*

Terrance: I think it's bullying when we have to drag it longer than we should. It's not fun for the other guy and no one has to go through that any longer than they should.

~End Confessional~

They all returned to the area of the Red Sith outpost. The portal to Desmond's challenge closed.

"Since Desmond successfully survived his challenge, the Silver Terminators get one point!" Chris announced. The members of the Silver Terminators cheered. "But the Cyan Protoss can still tie it up, because it's Tatiana's turn!"

"Ha! The Chocobo Slayer is afraid of nothing!" Tatiana declared proudly.

"Is that so?" Chris chuckled. "Let's enter your portal and find out."

They all entered the next portal which was color yellow and had sparks of red in it. Tatiana walked proudly which earned a raised eyebrow from Terrance and Nelly.

"I wonder what her fear is." Terrance whispered to the nerd girl.

"Probably something easy to conquer." Nelly whispered back. "She's pretty arrogant about it."

"Tatiana's fear is pretty...interesting." Chris said as they entered a whole new land.

The platform they are in is circular and appears to be floating. Jane peeked down and saw that they are above the clouds.

"Are we in heaven?" Ivy asked.

"This is so cool!" Sarah looked down as well. "I wonder if I could actually do the air guitar properly here."

Arnold smirked. "That's not how air guitars work, babe."

"Tatiana's fear is heights." Chris explained. "Specifically, fear not knowing if she'll live or die by falling from heights. That means her challenge is to jump off this platform."

"So that's why she's pretty arrogant about it." Nelly snapped her fingers.

"It's because we're avatars and we don't have to fear death, right?" Marvin thought aloud.

"Yeah! Isn't it great?" Tatiana exclaimed as she went over the edge. "That's why I said I don't fear anything! Not in here, that is."

"Just jump already." Chris grumbled. "It's hard to actually make this difficult. Just fear of heights would be enough, but no. It had to be specific."

Tatiana laughed and then prepared herself to jump. "Here I go!" She leaped off the platform and the others ran to see her fall. She disappeared among the clouds as her excited scream still filled the air but gradually became softer and more distant.

"Let's go. Nothing to see here." Chris sighed as he gestured back at the portal. "There's actually a portal waiting for her below so she'll be back in while." Everyone nodded and went back inside the portal.

~Confessional~

Tatiana: That was so amazing! My heart skipped a beat when I neared the ground, but then I saw this portal open up below me so all is well. *she beams*

~End Confessional~

Meanwhile, Nataline was alone in the portal she was pushed through. She wandered around the darkness, each step creating a ripple sound and effect as if she is walking on water. Looking around, she found no one in sight and felt no breeze either.

"Hello? Anyone there?" She called out tentatively. No response. "Was I really abandoned? What if they won't come back for me?" She looked around to see if she can find the portal.

She walked around more and found a small speck of light in the distance.

"Maybe there's someone there." She said hopefully. "Hello?" She called out again as she headed for the light in a quick pace. The soon became bigger and bigger until she saw that it formed a human figure in a bright silhouette. It was female in form and was reaching out to her.

"Nataline…" The figure called her name as if she was an old acquaintance. It's voice was slightly distorted but Nataline could clearly identify whose voice it was.

"Mother?" The noble girl said in shock as her eyes widened. She tried to reach out to the figure as well but just as she did, the figure surrounded in light flashed brighter which blinded her vision for a moment. As she shielded her eyes, the figure formed itself into that of Nataline's mother. Just like Nataline, she had purple hair but it's tied in a one sided ponytail. She wore a floral blouse and a pink skirt, and had a small smile on her face.

"Yes dear, it's me." Nataline's mother said with a warm smile. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm supposed to ask you that." Nataline exclaimed. "Is it really you, mother?" She stared at her mother in disbelief.

"Of course. Who else would I be?" Her mother said with a slight giggle. "Come, give your mother a hug."

Nataline was overcome with happiness to say no. She went over to her mother and gave her a hug. However, just as she did, her mother vanished in a cloud of smoke. She coughed and waved her hand to brush off the smoke.

"I changed my mind." Her mother's voice echoed around, sounding distant yet clear. "You're used to being alone anyway, right?"

"W-What!?" Nataline looked around but her mother was gone.

"You're a noble now. Stand upright. Be proud." The voice said, almost scathingly. "You have your family legacy anyway."

"Hey that's not-" Nataline was interrupted when four people formed in front of her through black smoke. Three of them were burly men and the other one was a servant boy. The servant looked at the three men in fear as they close in on him, glaring down.

"What do you want?" The boy said fearfully. One of the men punched him in the gut and he doubled over, groaning in pain.

"Shut up kid. Orders are orders." One of the burly men said. Another one knee'd him in the stomach and he staggered back in pain.

"Gah!" The servant cried out in pain. "Please…Stop."

"We said shut up!" The third one decked him across the face and he fell to the ground, the side of his head bleeding from the fall.

"Stop that! Don't hurt him!" Nataline yelled as she rushed over to save the servant boy. But when she got there they all vanished in smoke. "No! Nikolai…."

"You just couldn't behave." Her mother's voice said again. "I didn't raise you to question your elders."

"You abandoned me!" Nataline shot back as she looked all around but found no sign of her mother or of the four people. "You left me to that fate!"

"Maybe you should stop being so weak then." Her mother scoffed as she reappeared in front of Nataline. "I'm disappointed in you."

Nataline gasped and a tear escaped her eye. "You…You're not my mother." She countered. "You're probably just some AI Chris sent to distract me." She turned away to avoid her.

"So you DO want to be abandoned." Her mother shook her head. "Is that really your fear? Doesn't look like it at all."

"I hate being abandoned!" Nataline stormed off. "It's your fault this happened to me. I don't deserve my step mother's abuse. What did I ever do to deserve it?" She felt herself wanting to cry but held it back.

"But I'm here now, dear. We can stay here and chat." Her mother said in a sweet tone now.

"You're not real." Nataline said simply. "I can't take this anymore. I'm leaving you."

"Then stay here. Alone." Nataline's mother vanished once again. Nataline realized this and looked around frantically. She was alone again.

"If you think I'll actually give up, then you're wrong." Nataline said but her voice shook. She walked around and found no more trace of the black smoke. "I'm all alone now." She sighed.

Eerie sounds started to fill the air. It was the sound of Nikolai's screams of pain as he was getting beaten up and the sound of her step mother's insults and hits.

"Make it stop! I said stop!" Nataline screamed.

"Stay here. Alone." The mother's voice rang through her ears.

"No…No! I don't want to be alone." Nataline panted hard as she tried to find the exit. "I don't want to do this anymore! I want to go back!" She called out. After a moment, a portal appeared behind her. She immediately ran towards it as fast as she can without looking back. She came out from the other end of the portal and crashed into Terrance.

"Oh and here is the bad news, apparently." Chris noted once Nataline rejoined the group.

"What the- Get off me!" Terrance exclaimed as he pushed the noble girl off of him.

"Is it...Is it over?" Nataline sat up and looked around tentatively.

"Yes it is. And you lost." Chris told her. "You didn't stay there for the entire challenge. In fact, it was fairly short." He shrugged. "But at least Tatiana finished hers so the Cyan Protoss and Silver Terminators are tied!" He announced.

"That's good, right?" Tatiana looked at the rest of her team.

"I don't see what's so wrong with Nataline's challenge. All she has to do is sit still until it's over. Heck, maybe even sleep." Nelly scoffed as Nataline stood up and dusted herself off.

"It was nothing like that." Nataline frowned, still reeling in from the experience. "It was traumatizing."

"Well it wouldn't be a phobia challenge if it was easy." Cyrus scoffed. Tatiana raised her hand but Cyrus glared at her. "Shut up, yours doesn't count."

"Anyway, we should get moving to the next challenge." Chris announced. "Next up is Sarah." The rocker girl gulped.

~Confessional~

Nataline: They don't understand. My challenge was so difficult. Maybe I'll just sleep it off, I hope. *she buries her face in her hands*

~End Confessional~

The contestants were now by a gravel quarry. There is a warning sign that says there is a deep water and quicksand ahead. Sarah tensed up as she saw it.

"Sarah's fear is getting caught in quicksand." Chris said to them. "So her challenge is to allow herself to drown in quicksand. If she calls out that she gives up, she losses."

"G-Got it." Sarah nodded slowly as she stepped forward. Arnold went to her side and held her hand.

"You can do it, babe." Arnold encouraged her. "I believe in you."

"Too cliche." Cyrus called out.

"But it works." Ivy pointed out.

"Which side are you on?" Cyrus countered with a sneer.

"Thanks Arnold, I needed that." Sarah kissed her boyfriend on the cheek as she went ahead of him. With a long breath, she went to the area where the quicksand was. She stepped inside the quicksand and gasped when she slowly sunk down.

"And the challenge has started." Chris said. "Let's see how long she'll last." He added with a smirk.

"She has to. We need to win." Marvin stated.

"She will, don't worry." Arnold said confidently.

"I hope she breaks and losses." Nelly rolled her eyes with disdain.

"This is so stressful." Sarah said fearfully as the quicksand was now up to her waist.

"Y-You can do it." Phoebe cheered her on.

"I wonder what's so scary about quicksands." Jude wondered.

"Probably the fact that it's a slow yet sure death." Terrance answered in a deadpan.

"Are you sure you're not giving up?" Chris asked with a smirk as Sarah sunk so low that the quicksand now reached her neck.

"Never." Sarah said defiantly as the quicksand finally covered her entire being and she sunk down.

"She did it!" Arnold exclaimed.

"Things are looking up for us, y'all." Cassie nodded.

"Yes, she did." Chris affirmed. "Let's go back to the Red Sith outpost, she'll wait for us there."

The contestants got out of the quicksand field through the portal they came in earlier.

~Confessional~

Sarah: Seriously, that was so scary, but now I feel like I can make a rock song out of this.

~End Confessional~

"Yay, w-we get another point." Phoebe cheered as they returned.

"Told you you can do it." Arnold nudged the rocker girl and she smiled.

"Yeah. It wasn't so bad after all." Sarah admitted. "I guess I overestimated quicksands."

"Now that the Silver Terminators have another point, next up is Nelly." Chris announced.

"Already?" Nelly groaned. "Whatever. Let's just...let's just get it over with."

"What are you afraid of?" Terrance asked the nerd girl.

"You're about to find out anyway." Nelly retorted.

Chris pointed towards a portal that was violet in color. "It's this way." And they all went inside.

They ended up in a city completely thrown into utter chaos. Crashed cars with broken windows are scattered everywhere, the road is littered with blood and garbage, and there are a lot of dead bodies everywhere. In the distance, they can see a horde of zombies staggering towards them.

"A zombie apocalypse?" Tatiana said in surprise. "Cool!"

"No!" Nelly snapped at her. "This is NOT cool!" She glanced fearfully at the oncoming horde.

"Nelly's fear is the zombie apocalypse." Chris stated.

"But you're a nerd." Desmond pointed out. "Aren't nerds supposed to look forward to that stuff?"

"Yeah. What's a zombie gonna do anyway?" Arnold scoffed.

"You guys got no idea what they can do to you!" Nelly countered back. "I hate my challenge already."

"Your challenge is to charge through those zombies and get to the end point over there." Chris pointed at a large circle that glowed in the distance. "If you succeed, you earn a point for your team."

"We do need this point." Nelly grumbled. "Can I use my assets?"

"Nope." Chris said with a smirk.

"Dammit." Nelly cursed. "Fine then." She stepped forward and the zombies noticed her and staggered forward faster.

"Okay, go!" Chris ordered and Nelly took off running. She circled around a car and avoiding two zombies that were slashing at her.

"I can do this. Come on, Nelly." Nelly chanted to herself as she passed two more zombies but got scratched a bit on her left arm. "Gah.." She gritted her teeth and kept going.

"Do you think she'll win?" Marvin asked his teammates.

"Nope. She's physically weak, and I know for a fact that you need to be physically strong in order to survive a zombie apocalypse." Jane answered.

"Hey, we know she can win, right guys?" Tatiana looked towards her teammates for support.

"I guess so." Ivy answered.

"Maybe." Terrance adjusted his glasses. Nataline just shrugged as she stared ahead distantly.

"Whatever." Cyrus rolled his eyes.

"I know she can win it." Lucy said softly.

"Same here. Let's believe in our teammate." Jude encouraged the rest.

Meanwhile, Nelly hid behind a car as four zombies staggered past her, unaware of her presence.

"Now." Nelly ran past the cover of the car and dashed forward, crashing into a lone zombie in the process. "Umph!" She fell hard on the ground and the zombie stumbled back as well. "Ahhh!" She screamed and the four zombies turned around and chased her down while the knocked down zombie slowly got up.

The nerd girl immediately got up and made a final dash for the end point, fear acting as her adrenaline as she did. "Aaaahh!" She screamed more when more zombies saw her and staggered towards her. She stumbled forward when she didn't see a fallen zombie by her feet and went rolling ahead. With a pant, she crawled her way to the circle just as zombie hands reached out to grab her. Luckily for her, she was able to get her entire self into the circle just before a zombie grabbed her ankle and so the circle resonated and a bright light burned off the zombie's hand but not Nelly.

"And Nelly made it to the end point! She has earned another point for her team." Chris announced.

"Yay!" Tatiana cheered.

"These zombies sucked." Jane pointed out.

"I know right." Cyrus agreed with a groan.

"Are you happy Nelly won or not?" Terrance glared at the emo boy.

"Shut it." Cyrus sneered.

~Confessional~

Nelly: That was scary as hell! No way am I doing that again!

Jane: Seriously, those zombies were too slow. She could have lost that before she even got halfway there.

~End Confessional~

Once everyone had gone back to the Red Sith area, Nelly was already waiting for them.

"HA! In your face, Arnold." Nelly smirked victoriously.

"Oh yeah? Just wait until my challenge comes up." Arnold retorted. "Then we'll see who's better."

"I'm glad you brought that up, Arnold. Because it's actually your turn." Chris told the soccer player.

"Okay, I'm ready." Arnold pounded his fists together excitedly.

Chris pointed at another portal just as Nelly's portal disappeared. "Then let's go people!" He led the contestants into the portal to begin Arnold's challenge.

When they went to the other side, they were in a large soccer field. The bleachers were empty and it was nighttime so the lights were on and focused on the field.

"We're in a soccer field?" Nelly said in disbelief. "Arnold's fear is his own sport?"

"Plot twist right here." Ivy remarked.

"Arnold may be a pretty strong guy, but his fear is related to soccer. Or rather, someone related to soccer." Chris smirked at the soccer player, who began to look ahead in the field.

"Wait you can't possibly mean-" Arnold started.

"Hello, Arnold." A voice was heard from across the field. A figure stepped forward to meet them, holding a soccer ball in his hands. He had spiky red hair, purple eyes, and a smirk on his face. He wore a blue soccer outfit with the number 6 and his last name designed on the back and front, his last name being Watson.

"What, is this an AI?" Terrance asked Chris.

"It's not an AI. It's an avatar like you guys. You didn't think there were only 24 pods in the Drama Dome, now did you?" Chris turned to them then back at the visitor.

"You brought HIM here!?" Arnold exclaimed in disbelief. "Of all the people..."

"What's wrong? Not happy to see me?" The boy in the blue outfit said. "Are you...afraid?" He laughed mockingly.

"I don't like this guy." Sarah glared at the newcomer.

"Same here. He's too cocky." Cassie added.

"H-He's kinda scary." Phoebe said.

"Now let's get on to the challenge." Chris said. "Arnold's challenge is simple. He has to steal the ball from Ray over here. There will be a time limit of one minute."

"It's easy enough." Desmond remarked.

"Yeah, no problem for Arnold, right?" Sarah looked at her boyfriend. Arnold, however, looked angry.

"Ray..." Arnold seethed as he glared at the other soccer player. "So you're my challenge? This should be easy."

"Easy? That's not what happened last time." Ray said with a shake of his head. "Last time, it was 5 - 0." He said arrogantly.

"Why you-" Arnold charged at him as ray dropped the soccer ball.

"I guess that means that the challenge starts now." Chris shrugged.

Arnold started it off with a slide tackle but Ray simply kicked the ball upward and jumped, catching it with his chest in mid air. He landed perfectly on the ground as Arnold stood back up.

"Is that all you got? So much for the Green Bolt's ace striker." Ray snickered.

"Shut up!" Arnold shouted as he ran up behind him and started tackling him, but the other boy simply back stepped and Arnold tripped sideways. "What!"

"You were always too slow." Ray commented as he dribbled the ball past him. "Always too weak." He emphasized the last word with a sneer. "Now you'll fail this challenge for your team because you're weak!"

"Hey, don't talk about him like that!" Sarah yelled from the sidelines. "He's not weak!"

"Well he is." Ray snorted. "Just look at this guy try." Arnold tried to steal the ball again but Ray feinted and avoided him.

"B-But that's still mean t-t-to say." Phoebe squeaked out.

"Yeah, I agree." Terrance said as he crossed his arms. "Talk about arrogant."

"Come on, you both look pretty weak too." Ray rolled his eyes. "The weak don't get to have a say in anything." He kicked the back straight at Arnold's chest just as he was preparing to charge him again, knocking him backwards.

"I'll get you for that." Arnold said as he stood up and ran towards Ray again.

"Sure you will." Ray smirked as he dodged Arnold's attempt to steal the ball yet again. The red haired soccer player tacked Arnold to the ground.

"Time's up!" Chris announced.

"Hah!" Ray kicked the ball into the net and he laughed victoriously. "See what I mean? Too weak!" He started walking away. "I'm surprised you even made it this far."

"Damn it." Arnold grunted as he stood up slowly. Sarah came rushing to his aid and helped him up.

"Are you okay?" The rocker girl asked her boyfriend in a worried tone.

"Yeah. I'll be fine." Arnold said with a heavy sigh. "I guess I lost that one."

"Yes you did." Chris affirmed. "Let's head back. We still got more challenges to do."

Everyone started heading back to the portal. Nataline, Tatiana, Marvin, and Lucy stared after Ray as he walked further and further away before entering a different portal.

"That guy is so toxic." Tatiana remarked.

"Like Cyrus." Marvin agreed. "Except, he's better."

"The weak don't get to have a say in anything..." Nataline repeated softly.

"What was that?" Lucy looked towards the noble girl while tilting her head.

"Nothing." Nataline shook her head with a smile as she went towards the portal.

~Confessional~

Arnold: I hate and fear Ray at the same time, I admit. *he sighs* He's from our rival team, the Trident. He's their team captain and midfielder, and he's got shooting skills too. I know that my team is basically unstoppable, but that's because we haven't participated in the bigger leagues yet. We did a friendly match with them once, and yeah, it was a crushing 5 - 0 defeat for us.

Nataline: Ray seems to know what he was doing back there. Is that what it means to be strong? To rule and crush the weak?

~End Confessional~

"Okay, up next is Ivy from the Cyan Protoss." Chris announced. Ivy was currently spacing out though and that made him irritated. "I said, it's Ivy's turn next." He repeated irritably.

"Oh, really? It's my turn now?" Ivy snapped back to reality. "Okay."

"That's it? No shriek of fear or anything?" Chris deadpanned.

"Oh I am afraid alright. I'd rather save my shock for when it actually happens." Ivy stated.

"I see." Chris said, weirded out. "Then let's go." He gestured towards another portal and they all went through it.

The contestants ended up in a wooden platform in the middle of the ocean. There was a single life vest on the floor and some rope.

"For Ivy's challenge, she has to swim to land over there." Chris pointed at an island in the near distance. "Her fear is the ocean, so this is a good challenge for her." He said smugly.

"I'm not doing it." Ivy said simply.

"What?" Chris asked.

"I said I'm not doing it." Ivy repeated. "I can't conquer my fear." Her voice slightly shook now.

"At least try." Nelly pointed out to her.

"Yeah, you can do it!" Tatiana cheered her on.

"But I don't want to. I'll have this fear attack and then I won't be able to focus much." Ivy frowned.

"So you give up? Before it even starts?" Jane raised her eyebrow.

"Yeah." Ivy headed back to the portal and disappeared.

"Well that was...unusually fast." Chris remarked. "This means that the Cyan Protoss get no point."

"We should really vote her out." Jude shook his head.

"I agree with you there." Nelly nodded. Everyone went back to the portal after Ivy.

~Confessional~

Ivy: I knew from the start that i would be backing out. No need to drag this along any further.

~End Confessional~

Chris sighed irritably once everyone made it back to the Red Sith area.

"Seriously Ivy, do you even try to play the game?" The host asked the now spaced out girl. No response from Ivy. Chris sighed again. "Anyway, next up is Cassie."

The ranch girl tipped her hat forward. "Already? Welp, gotta go do this sometime." She shrugged.

"Your challenge is over there." Chris point at a light orange portal. "Hurry up everyone." He ordered. Everyone else went through the portal but Chris stopped Tatiana from going inside. "Not you."

"What!? Why not?" The gamer girl pouted.

"I need you to get something for me. It's for the challenge." Chris explained.

After a while, Chris joined the others on the other side of the portal. They were in some dirt area with a large rodeo ring in the middle. There is an audience dressed in country themed clothes on one side of the ring while the contestants stood on the other side.

"So those are all NPC, huh." Terrance noted.

"Where's Tatiana?" Nelly looked around.

"Beats me." Jude shrugged as he looked around as well but found no sign of the gamer girl.

"This is a rodeo ring right?" Lucy asked the host.

"Yep, that's the one." Chris affirmed. "Cassie doesn't have a particularly ground breaking fear…" Sarah raised her eyebrow and made a face at Chris. ".….but she does lack in one talent most ranchers know of."

"A-And what is t-that?" Phoebe asked.

"Horseback riding." Cassie answered for her in a rather grim tone.

"Wait, really?" Desmond said in surprise. "So you mean to say that you've never ridden a horse?"

"I have. I'm just no good at it." Cassie shook her head. "Most of my folks back home respect me and look up to me, but that sure is gonna come crashing down when they find out I ain't good at this thing."

"That's right, and now is your chance to prove them wrong." Arnold encouraged her. "Show them that you're good at this too."

"Encouraging her is so mainstream, so let's demoralize her even more." Chris chuckled mischievously.

As if on cue, Tatiana came out of the portal riding her mecha chocobo. She charged right through but avoided all the contestants before the chocobo leaped over the wooden fence of the rodeo ring and landed in the center. A cloud of dust gathered as it came to a stop.

"There she is." Jude said.

"I can see that, genius." Nelly sneered.

The audience on the other side cheered upon seeing her entrance. The gamer girl got down from her mount ans waved at the crowd.

"That was so cool!" Tatiana exclaimed.

"You know you suck when a gamer wannabe is better at horseback riding than an actually ranch girl." Cyrus snickered.

"That's not even a horse." Marvin pointed out.

"But it is what Cassie has to ride for this challenge." Chris said. After he said this, Cassie's eyes widened.

"Wait, what!? I have to ride THAT!?" She pointed at the mechanical creature just as Tatiana went over the fence and joined them.

"Chris told me that my mecha chocobo would be needed so I brought it here." Tatiana told them. "So what's it gonna be used for?"

"Cassie has to get on that thing for the challenge." Chris shrugged as he took out a remote. "And now, to hype things up." He pressed a button and the mecha chocobo's eyes suddenly turned dark purple and it let out a loud squawk.

"What did you do to it?" Nelly's mouth was agape as she saw the chocobo look around wildly at the audience on the other side.

"I manually set it to max speed mode. It's basically on steroids now." Chris explained. "Cassie's challenge is to ride it and hold on for one minute. Not that hard, right?"

"For a normal rancher girl, yes." Cassie said grimly as she tipped her hat backward and stepped forward.

"Wait, there's more." Chris announced with a smirk.

"What is it now?" Cassie turned around in annoyance.

Chris waved his hand at the audience in the other side and one of them dispersed from the group and began walking towards the contestants. From a distance, they could see that it's a girl and she is wearing a simple cream colored dress, and appears to be holding a parasol in her hand to keep her shielded from the heat of the sun.

"Who is that?" Jude asked as he squinted to get a closer look. He saw that the girl had black hair that reached until her mid back.

"Lucina…" Cassie breathed as she realized who it was.

"Cassie. It's been a while." Lucina greeted with a small smile as she joined the contestants. "Chris has given me the opportunity to watch you live. My schedule was open, and so I accepted."

"I mean, it's mighty great that you're here." Cassie said. "But this is my phobia challenge. It's not…technically my greatest moment." She stammered.

"Chris has filled me in on that as well." Lucina said coolly. "I know you can pull through. I'll be watching from here so I hope you do your best."

"Thanks for the support." Cassie smiled and but her voice didn't sound all that confident.

"Well let's get on with it, we don't have all day." Chris said impatiently and Cassie continued on ahead and went over the fence.

Cassie continued walking until she was at the middle and the mecha chocobo whipped its head around to stare at her intensely, squawking once at her. "Easy girl." She coaxed as she got on the creature and held the reins.

"And the timer starts….Now!" Chris announced. At that moment, the chocobo's eyes flared up and began swinging around wildly.

"Whoaaa!" Cassie exclaimed in fear as she gripped on to the reins tight to keep from flying off as the chocobo began moving around the ring.

"Hang in there, Cassie!" Jane called out to her.

"Y-Yeah. You can d-do it." Phoebe cheered as well.

The audience cheered on at the display before them. The mecha chocobo made sharp turns around the ring to try and get Cassie off of it but the rancher girl held the reins tightly as her knuckles whitened.

"Aren't you going to cheer her on?" Nataline asked Lucina.

"I show my silent support by watching the event intently, Nataline." Lucina said without breaking her gaze from the rodeo ring. "She knows this."

"Really?" Nataline asked in disbelief.

"Hey, what's your name?" Jane asked as she approached the two and addressed Lucina.

"I'm Lucina." Lucina introduced herself with a small smile but didn't look away. "I'm Cassie's friend from back home and no I am not an AI. You must be Jane, right?"

"Yeah, that's me." Jane nodded.

"I like how you used the Statue last night. Very strategical." Lucina complimented. "Although, it's flawed." She noted.

"I knew the risks when I did it." Jane said. "I just had to do it."

"And now you need this win more than ever to prevent another member gone." Lucina noted as she saw that Cassie was almost thrown off the chocobo but she locked her legs in the creature's sides in a desperate attempt to stay on. "I hope you do win, of course."

"We're still in the game too." Nataline pointed out. "The score is tied."

"And it won't be once Cassie wins." Lucina said coolly.

"And...time's up!" Chris announced. The chocobo suddenly stopped and Cassie slowly got off the creature to stagger back to them.

"I did it y'all." The rancher girl said in between pants. "And honestly, it's because ya were here." She smiled at Lucina and the latter smiled back.

"I'm happy to be here and support you." Lucina giggled. "It has been a while since we last met up."

"Yeah it has." Cassie agreed. "Hey Chris, can she stay with us?"

"Nope, she has to go back for now." Chris shook his head. "But you'll see her again real soon after the challenge."

"That's great!" Cassie exclaimed.

"Win it for me, alright?" Lucina asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I will." Cassie blushed slightly and nodded.

"Okay, let's head back so we can start the next challenge." Chris ordered as he went back to the portal. Everyone else followed as Lucina and the audience waved goodbye to them.

~Confessional~

Cassie: Chris probably put Lucina here to make me more nervous. And it did kinda work, but then I saw her supporting me silently from the sidelines and that just gave me more confidence in myself. I guess i really did just want to impress her by conquering that fear.

Jane: That Lucina person is pretty decent. I can tell she really is Cassie's friend. So why does Cassie look at her differently at times? It's kinda weird.

Lucina: So this is the confessional booth? It's just a drone hovering in an open space. How is this private?

~End Confessional~

Everyone went back to the Red Sith area with Cassie grinning from ear to ear.

"So how long have you two known each other?" Marvin asked the rancher girl.

"For quite some time already." Cassie replied. "She lives further away so we don't meet up often."

"A-Are you two close?" Phoebe asked innocently.

"Yeah, we are." Cassie nodded. "It's great she came and watched."

"Yeah yeah let's move on from that already. The Silver Terminators get a point and all that." Chris said. "Next up is Jude."

"Aw what? Me already?" Jude groaned. "Fine."

"It's this way." Chris led them into another portal. Jude hesitantly followed him inside but he did anyway. The rest of them soon followed.

They ended up in a dense forest area, filled with many small animal up and about. Jude's facial expression changed when he saw a few snakes coiled on trees.

"God no..." Jude muttered.

"Jude is afraid of snakes." Chris said. "So his challenge is to let some snakes slither on his body for one minute. If he runs away or removes them, he losses the challenge."

"Sounds easy..." Jude tried to sound brave but he gulped. Lucy frowned and held his hand.

"You don't have to do it if you don't want to." Lucy told him.

"But we're lagging behind." Jude pointed out. "I need to win this."

"Yeah, so get to it already. They're just snakes." Cyrus rolled his eyes.

"They're called phobias for a reason." Nelly retorted at Cyrus. "You're acting like this because you dont have to do anything."

"Guys, let's not fight." Tatiana tried to calm them down. "Let's encourage Jude instead."

"Well whether you encourage him or not, his challenge starts now." Chris took out his timer and a couple of snakes started slithering up to Jude.

"Wait! I didn't say I was ready!" Jude complained in fear.

"Sorry dude, but the clock is already ticking." Chris shrugged indifferently.

"Come on!" Jude froze still as the snakes slithered up his leg. "They're so gross." He muttered as a few more snakes slid down from a nearby tree and fell on his shoulders.

"I can't imagine how disturbed he is right now." Ivy said to no one in particular.

"T-That's pretty s-scary." Phoebe said fearfully.

"You're not even the one doing the challenge." Terrance pointed out.

"B-But it's still scary just w-watching it." Phoebe defended.

"What if the dude gets bitten?" Arnold exclaimed in shock.

"That's beneficial for us, right?" Sarah said. Desmond and Cassie shook their heads at her disapprovingly. "Okay fine, that was kinda mean."

"Thirty seconds left." Chris told the marksman.

"I sure hope so." Jude gritted his teeth as he looked away when a snake came coiling around his neck and then above his head.

"Can we keep one afterwards?" Nelly asked. "For scientific purposes." She glared at Arnold.

"Nope. You aren't allowed to bring out those in this place." Chris answered.

"Hey, time is up already." Lucy pointed at Chris' timer. "You're making it longer."

"What!?" Jude said in both shock and anger as he immediately worked fast to get all the snakes out of his body. "It was done already and you didn't tell me!?"

"You just had to point that out." Chris grumbled as he shook his head. "Anyway yeah, the challenge is done and you won."

"Finally." Jude breathed a sigh of relief, then panicked and hid behind Lucy when a snake drop down in front of him from a tree. "Help!" Lucy rolled her eyes but giggled.

~Confessional~

Jude: I hate snakes. Always have, always will.

Nelly: I wanted to see if I can create a potent poison that I can use in future challenges. Chris sucks, I swear. *she sighs*

~End Confessional~

"Are you alright, Jude?" Lucy asked her boyfriend as they made it back.

"No." The marksman replied with a frown. "I could still feel the snakes slithering all over me." He shuddered.

"You just need to sleep it off." Lucy said to him in concern.

"Yeah, maybe you're right." Jude sighed.

"Enough about Jude's complaints." Chris said dismissively. "Next up is Marvin's phobia."

"Well, this is it I guess." Marvin scratched his head.

"It'll b-be alright." Phoebe assured him with a cute smile.

"It's this way." Chris led them to a very colorful portal and he went through it. The rest soon followed.

"I wonder what his phobia is." Jane thought loud. "I never asked Marvin."

"Honestly, I'm curious too." Cyrus chimed in as he went inside the portal.

Once everyone was inside, they found out that they were inside a circus. People were sitting on the bleachers, laughing and clapping as they were watching a performance by clowns. About three clowns were performing on the center of the circus. One was on a unicycle while juggling, the other was riding a very small car, and the last one was trying to tame a lion with a whip and a chair.

"Marvin's fear is clowns." Chris told them with a smirk. "It's pretty basic so let's get on with it." He called the clown in the unicycle over, and he started heading towards them.

Marvin tensed up as he held Phoebe's hand. "Clowns?" Desmond repeated.

"I thought those fears were for children." Nataline remarked.

"Clowns are terrifying for me." Marvin shook his head.

The clown went closer to Marvin. He got off his unicycle and stopped juggling as he took out a cream pie from seemingly out of nowhere.

"Who wants to have some fun!?" The clown laughed as he approached Marvin. The other boy stepped back and released Phoebe's hand as his terrified look took over him.

"Yeah…No." Marvin turned around and ran back to the portal without a second thought.

"Whoa!" Arnold stepped to the side as he was basically shoved aside by Marvin as the latter made his exit. "You should have seen that guy's face."

"Something tells me he isn't coming back." Desmond told them as he shook his head.

"He really did seem frightened." Ivy added.

"Well he already left his challenge area, so I might as well consider it a loss." Chris shrugged. "Let's head back now."

"Wait, I haven't taken in the full atmosphere yet." Cyrus complained. Jude, however, grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and dragged him along despite his futile protests.

"I h-hope Marvin is okay." Phoebe said in a worried tone.

"I hope he didn't rush back to our outpost." Sarah chimed in. "He still has to be there to support you and Jane in your phobia challenges."

"Do we have to go back now? That one clown just finished taming the lion." Tatiana pointed at the center stage.

"I can't handle the cheery atmosphere for now." Nataline sighed as she went through the portal.

~Confessional~

Marvin: You know this feeling that you were just about to conquer your fear and then suddenly you tuck tail and run and your body wouldn't obey you? Yeah, that's the one that got me to quit.

~End Confessional~

"Well that's no fun. I wanted to see Marvin do the challenge." Nelly pouted as they were back.

"I don't see him anywhere." Arnold looked around. "Maybe he did go back to the outpost."

"What a crybaby, it's just a phobia challenge." Cyrus rolled his eyes in disdain.

"Just shut up already." Nelly scoffed. "Whose turn is it?" She turned towards the host.

"Now it's Terrance's turn." Chris announced to the techie boy. "This better be good, because you're a unique case." He smirked. Terrance adjusted his glasses and looked away while putting his hands in his hoodie pockets.

"How so?" Nelly asked the host.

"You'll find out. Let's go." Chris motioned for them to follow him through another portal just as Marvin's portal closed.

"S-Shouldn't we go find M-Marvin first?" Phoebe meekly raised her hand and asked.

"Ignore him. We'll just meet him back here if he feels like it. We don't have all day, you know." Chris said dismissively as he went through the portal.

"But it's nighttime now." Nataline pointed upwards.

"Guess he doesn't care." Desmond went through the portal and soon everyone else followed.

On the other side of the portal is a vast and dark cave. The only sources of light present are two torches hanging on one side of the cave. A tall girl is standing beside the torches, minding her business as she was currently using her phone and unaware of their presence. She had hazel colored eyes and dark brown hair with her bangs held back by a hairpin. She is wearing a bright purple cheerleader's outfit with small yellow stars as the design, and had a bored look on her face as she was swiping at her phone while being unaware of their presence. There are two pom poms leaning against the cave wall beside her.

"So is this another 'special guest'?" Jude said with a smirk. "Terrance, do you know her?"

The techie boy just stared in utter shock, confusion, and anger. The cheerleader looked up from her phone and saw them all there.

"Oh you're finally here." She rolled her eyes in a bored fashion as she pocketed her phone. "The last time you were this late is when you gave me my math homework. Oh and for all you unpopular swine, my name is Kelly." She added.

"Why...Why is SHE here!?" Terrance snapped at Chris. "Let me guess, I have to escape this cave with her, don't I?" He groaned in anger.

"That's not all of it." Chris smirked. "Because this cave is filled with spiders, your other fear aside from popular girls."

"Terrance has two major fears?" Lucy's eyes widened a bit. "But isn't it cheating to expose both of them?"

"I don't care." Chris said bluntly.

"His fears look so basic though." Jane noted. "If anything, it's fair."

"Of course you'd say that. You're on the other team." Nelly snorted.

"Excuse me but what will the rest of us do?" Ivy asked Chris as she raised her hand. "If they're gonna travel this cave together, where will we go?"

"We'll be going back to the Red Sith outpost and monitor them from there." Chris said. "If Terrance wants to give up, he can just say so and I can place down a portal to send him and Kelly back."

"Can we just go back NOW?" Kelly asked with a smirk. "It's not like Terrance here is gonna complete it. It's a major waste of my time."

"Then why'd you agree to be here?" Tatiana frowned.

"Because Chris forced me to." Kelly deadpanned.

"Why can't I just do it alone?" Terrance groaned in frustration.

"Because it wouldn't be challenging." Chris chuckled.

"Not to mention I'm pretty popular. I'm definitely more popular than all of you combined." Kelly bragged as she flipped her hair.

Nataline raised her eyebrow. "You're pretty arrogant." She scoffed.

"And you look like you don't belong in this century." Kelly countered.

"What did you say-" Nataline stepped forward but Tatiana and Jude stopped her.

"Just let it go. It isn't worth it." Jude tried to calm her down.

"B-But she is pretty mean." Phoebe noted. "It's just like with R-Ray."

"Shut up, kid. Who even let you join this thing?" Kelly waved her hands towards Phoebe. "It's as if they ran out of good people to add in the cast."

Phoebe squealed in fear and hid behind Cassie. "E-Eeek!"

"Hey that ain't nice. Apologize to her." Cassie said as she glared at Kelly. The other girl was about to speak when Chris interjected.

"She can apologize later. Right now, Terrance has a challenge to do." Chris urged them all out of the portal. "Oh wait, forgot to take this." Chris took away Kelly's phone just as the cheerleader took it out from her pocket to turn it on.

"Hey!" Kelly protested.

"No phones allowed. You'll just use the flashlight to guide your way here." Chris pointed out. "You'll just have to rely on the torches." And with that, he went through the portal and it closed immediately just as Kelly gave chase.

"Noooooo!" The cheerleader screamed dramatically. Terrance just groaned and adjusted his glasses.

~Confessional~

Terrance: Just when I was about to actually try and be friends with Tatiana and Nelly, she shows up and reminds me why I hate girls in the first place. As for why I fear them, well it has something to do with a little bullying from school.

Nataline: Some nerve that girl has! I clearly have more class than her and she thinks she can talk to me like that? *she huffs* I wish the spiders get her. Wait, but that would mean I'm wishing for Terrance to fail his challenge.

~End Confessional~

Terrance and Kelly started walking down the cave, each with a torch in hand. It was damp and full of stalagmites and stalactites, offering no light for them as they kept going deeper and deeper.

"Just for the record, I did NOT agree to come here." Kelly shook her head as she sighed irritably. "Chris was just like sooooo pushy." She added with a snort.

"I didn't want this challenge to even happen." Terrance muttered to himself.

"What was that?" Kelly turned to him and narrowed her eyes.

"Nothing. It's nothing." Terrance said, forcing a smile and sounding innocent.

"I can tell you're not happy to be with me, and I am too." Kelly rolled her eyes. "But I wanna get out of this nasty place already so just focus."

"Then why don't you stop talking?" Terrance said, sounding irritated now. He dropped down from a platform and landed on another, holding his torch out to light the way. Just as Kelly followed him down, he saw a couple of spiders come out from behind a few stalagmites.

"God, already?" Terrance's eyes went wide as he backed off, waving his torch at the little creatures as if to try and get them to back off.

"Oh my God! Hurry up and do something about it!" Kelly said from behind him, peeking over to see the spiders as well. She squealed in disgust and fear as she backed up against the wall.

"I'm trying." Terrance adjusted his glasses as he saw an opening by the side of the cave. It was large enough for them to fit through and there are no spiders swarming that area. "In there!" He pointed towards it before breaking off into a sprint.

"Wait for me, you idiot!" Kelly called after him as she followed, tripped slightly as she saw a spider come up from above her. She ducked into the opening after Terrance.

Terrance held his torch forward to guide him in the tight space of the cave opening, breathing heavily and loudly as he did. Kelly shivered from behind him, trying to feel her pockets for her phone but realized that Chris took it earlier.

"I wanna tweet this to my friends, tell them how horrible you are as a guide." Kelly huffed when they finally made it out on the other end and into a more spacious part of the cave which had a large puddle of water on one side.

"A guide!? This is MY challenge!" Terrance snapped at her, turning back to face her and almost slamming his torch on her face. "If anything, you're the one making this harder for me."

"Hey watch it, geek." Kelly narrowed her eyes and poked his chest to push him back slightly. "I'm more important than you are in case you forgot." She said haughtily. "You think anyone cares about your unpopular self?"

"I have friends in this game." Terrance defended.

"Really? Like that gamer girl and that nerd? They aren't as cool and popular like me you know." Kelly pointed out arrogantly. "And not to mention that you're afraid of girls. You're not being very consistent."

"Shut up." Terrance grunted. A swarm of spiders then came from where they once entered and more came from ahead of the path. "No!" He exclaimed in fear as he froze in place, unable to properly think.

"Hey, what are you waiting for!?" Kelly snapped. "We can run straight ahead and just stomp on them, you know."

Terrance didn't respond as he looked behind him and saw the other swarm of spiders approach them. He shook in his place and before he knew it, he yelled: "I give up! Get me outta here!"

Suddenly, a portal appeared beside him and Kelly. It grew bigger and bigger until it was enough for both of them to fit inside. The spiders went closer and closer to them now and so Terrance wasted no time and just went for it.

"H-Hey!" Kelly said as she followed suit. The portal closed before any spiders could enter it, sending them both to the safety of the Red Sith outpost.

~Confessional~

Terrance: I just couldn't take it anymore! *he breathed heavily* The spiders and Kelly are all too much.

Kelly: It's not my fault Terrance is such a wimp. No wonder he gets pushed around so easily.

~End Confessional~

They emerged inside the Red Sith outpost where everyone else was waiting, a large blue hologram representing monitors is seen behind them, showing different parts of the spider cave they were just in.

"Looks like Terrance couldn't finish his challenge. Cyan Protoss gets no point." Chris announced.

"Aw." Tatiana groaned.

"Yes, one step closer to victory." Sarah grinned as she high fived Arnold.

"Don't get so cocky." Nelly sneered.

"I think they can get cocky whenever they want. Terrance clearly failed you guys." Kelly shrugged as she walked out of the outpost. "Maybe you should vote him off." She giggled in a shrill tone as she left.

"Hmph." Nataline mumbled to herself as she watched the cheerleader go.

"Good riddance." Cyrus sighed. "I can't take her attitude anymore." Marvin and Jane raised their eyebrows at this comment.

"Well the score is still tied." Chris pointed out. "Next up is Phoebe."

"E-Eeek!" Phoebe screamed fearfully as she hid behind a chair in the outpost, cowering in fear.

"Well it looks like she doesn't want to do it so let's skip her." Cyrus shrugged.

"Shut up, Phoebe can do it." Jane glared at the emo boy. She and Marvin went over to the doll faced girl and comforted her.

"Phoebe, you have to at least try." Marvin encouraged her. "For the team."

"B-But I'm scared. I don't k-know if I can do i-it." Phoebe stuttered as she continued to cower.

"We'll be there with you, you know." Jane said with a grin.

"O-Okay." Phoebe slowly nodded as she stood up from hiding.

"Can we get on with it now?" Chris asked impatiently.

"Y-Yes." Phoebe stuttered out.

They went outside of the outpost and back to where the portals are. They saw that only three remain now.

"This is getting intense, y'all." Cassie remarked.

"Time for the final plays." Arnold agreed.

"It isn't over yet for us, since we still have Lucy." Jude said to his team.

"This is assuming Phoebe and Jane lose theirs and Lucy wins hers." Nelly pointed out. "We don't even know what Lucy's fear is."

"I don't know it either." Lucy told Nelly softly.

"What? Really?" Nelly was surprised to hear that.

"Is that normal?" Ivy asked Lucy.

"Alright, everyone follow me." Chris interrupted as he went through a portal. Everyone else followed him inside.

~Confessional~

Lucy: I didn't put anything in the app form regarding my biggest fear. I really don't know what it is, if I have any at all.

Marvin: I believe in Phoebe, and we need her win if we want to gain an advantage at this challenge.

~End Confessional~

They all emerged in a hospital located in a big city. They were currently inside one of the patient's room where Phoebe was sitting on the bed and a nurse was beside her. There was also a tray with a silver platter containing multiple syringes.

"Phoebe's fear is getting injected with syringes." Chris told the contestants. "Her challenge is to let herself get injected, and not allowing it or resisting results in the Silver Terminators not receiving a point."

"B-But it's so scary!" Phoebe exclaimed fearfully as she inched away from the nurse when the latter started picking up one syringe and checking for the liquid.

"Just breathe, Phoebe." Sarah suggested. "Don't think about it and just focus on happy things. That's how I conquered my fear."

"Think of the syringe! Think of the syringe!" Cyrus chanted with a laugh. Cassie smacked him on the back of his head.

"If ya distract Phoebe, you'll regret it." Cassie said harshly to the emo boy.

"Just don't focus on the syringe and just look at us, your friends." Jane said to the doll faced girl. Phoebe nodded and looked at Jane, Cassie, and Arnold just as the nurse went close to inject her.

"I hope this works." Desmond shook his head.

"I hope it doesn't." Terrance adjusted his glasses. Jane and Cassie glared at him and he immediately raised his hands in surrender.

The nurse held Phoebe's arm and she squealed in surprise but didn't pull back. "I can do this. I can do this." She chanted to herself softly as she closed one eye. The syringe touched her upper right arm and it was slowly injected inside. "E-Eeek!" She shrieked fearfully.

"Breathe, Phoebe!" Sarah urged her.

"Think of other things." Marvin added. Phoebe nodded slowly and allowed herself to be injected.

After a while, it was finished. The nurse pulled away with the empty syringe in her hand. Phoebe still shook from the experience but controlled herself.

"Is it...Is it o-over?" She asked meekly.

"Yes, Phoebe. You completed your challenge and earned a point for your team." Chris told the doll faced girl.

"Y-Yay!" Phoebe cheered as Marvin pulled her in for a hug.

"You did it! We're in the lead now!" Marvin exclaimed.

"Damn right we are." Jane nodded.

"Take that!" Arnold bragged to the other team.

"Whatever." Cyrus rolled his eyes.

"Lucy, I hope you know what to do." Nelly told the soft spoken girl and she nodded tentatively.

"I think i can handle mine, whatever that is." Lucy replied.

~Confessional~

Phoebe: I'm s-so glad I was useful to my t-team. I hope that means I p-proved my worth so that I c-can stay.

~End Confessional~

The Silver Terminators went back to the Red Sith outpost on a happier note while the Cyan Protoss looked a little distressed.

"Things are looking up for us for once." Desmond smiled.

"I agree with ya there." Cassie nodded.

"The only one who hasn't done their phobia yet is Lucy." Nataline said to her team.

"Thanks for telling us the obvious." Cyrus rolled his eyes. "You better win this." He glanced harshly at Lucy.

"What's with a cruel stare? I don't see you doing anything for the team." Jude stepped up and came up to Cyrus' face. "You have no right to talk like that to our teammates."

"It's not my fault they can't conquer their fears." Cyrus said exasperatedly. "Cut me some slack." He stormed away from his team to cool off for a bit.

"Seriously, let's vote him out already." Nelly whined.

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea actually." Ivy nodded.

"Wait so it didn't even cross your mind?" Terrance asked, surprised.

"It did. I just thought we should give him a chance." Ivy explained.

"Well he is proving to be more of a nuisance than much help." Nataline told her. Ivy nodded in understanding but Terrance rolled his eyes.

"Lucy, are you ready to start your challenge?" Chris asked the soft spoken girl. "If you win this, you may still be able to force a tiebreaker assuming that Jane losses hers. But if you lose, then victory automatically goes to the Silver Terminators."

"A tie breaker is better than nothing. Go Lucy!" Tatiana cheered.

"Yes. Let's go." Lucy nodded to Chris as she looked towards her portal. "I want to see my greatest fear as well." She began walking towards it.

"I'll join you and help you out." Jude offered as he stepped forward but Chris stopped him.

"No can do." Chris shook his head. "For her challenge, she needs to be alone. The rest of you will have to watch through the monitors." He motioned back inside the outpost.

"Without any support, there is a chance she might lose." Desmond grinned at that idea.

"Damn you sound like Shane now." Arnold shook his head.

"Yeah that did sound like something Shane would say." Desmond admitted.

"Are you ready, Lucy?" Jude asked his girlfriend.

"Yes. I should be." Lucy said softly.

Terrance narrowed his eyes as he watched the two. "Weird. What happened to the other part of her?" He wondered to himself.

After taking a deep breath, Lucy went inside the portal and it close immediately afterwards.

~Confessional~

Jude: I believe in Lucy. I know she'll be able to win this for us.

~End Confessional~

Lucy stood in closed and dimly lit room with a single light and white walls. In front of her is a mirror about her size and there is a speaker in the corner of the room. No other object and furniture can be seen. The portal behind her closed upon her enter.

"Alright, so Lucy's fear is pretty bizarre." Chris announced through the speaker. "After interviewing her parents, it's revealed that her biggest fear is herself. Therefore, her challenge is to duel against her alter self and win."

The mirror started glowing in a bright light, making Lucy shield her eyes with her arm. When it died down, another girl stood before Lucy. She had the exact same features and wore the same clothes as her, the only difference being that the other girl had red eyes and a sinister grin on her face. She is holding two energy sabres in her hands.

"Hello, Lucy." The other girl greeted. She then tossed one sabre to Lucy, which she caught.

"It's you." Lucy was both in shock and anger as she caught the sword. She gripped the handle tightly when she saw the other girl smirk at her. "But how!?"

"At last we finally meet face to face." A. Lucy waved her hand. "Normally I'd be ranting on and on about why I should permanently take control of your entire being, but I'll let my blade do the talking." She laughed hysterically.

"No, I won't let you. You don't even exist." Lucy said in a rather soft voice. "You're just an illusion of that time." She pointed her blade at A. Lucy and narrowed her eyes.

"Keep telling yourself that." A. Lucy cackled as she lunged forward. Lucy gasped as she stepped back and blocked the blow with a sweep of her weapon.

"You're not real!" Lucy said, louder this time as she desperately tried to stab A. Lucy with her weapon. The other girl just stepped to the side and tripped Lucy.

"You're not focusing enough. Are you actually afraid of me?" A. Lucy stabbed downwards and hit Lucy in the left arm which was her sword arm. "Ever since that torture happened, I finally had a voice!"

"Aaahh!" Lucy screamed as she rolled away and jumped back up. She gripped her injured arm as she weakly tried to assume a defensive stance. "No...Not yet." She took one step forward and then another, being extra careful of what A. Lucy might do next.

"I'm better than you. Way better than you." A. Lucy rolled her eyes. "It is I who should play this game, not you! Even back then, you were always too weak." She charged forward again and aimed a stab through Lucy's head. However, Lucy dodged it at the last second and drove her blade into A. Lucy's leg. "Gah..."

Lucy staggered backwards and took on a defensive stance again when she saw A. Lucy slowly stand up and regain her balance. The other girl screamed in anger and pointed her blade at her. "I won't lose. I'll send you back to oblivion where you belong!" Lucy said with conviction. She lunged again at A. Lucy aiming for her chest this time but the other girl simply deflected the blow and elbowed her chin.

"I think I'll end this now. No use prolonging this any further." A. Lucy shrugged as she reached forward with her blade and sliced Lucy's gut, finally sending her avatar out of the area.

~Confessional~

Lucy: I can't believe she was real. So what my parents said...was true after all. She does exist and I- *her right eye suddenly glows red* Ehehehehe.

~End Confessional~

Lucy's avatar was brought back to the inside of the Red Sith outpost where everyone else was. The blue glimmering lights shone at a specific spot before forming her silhouette and afterwards the light dispersed, the silhouette forming Lucy.

"Lucy! Are you alright?" Jude immediately rushed to his girlfriend and the rest of the Cyan Protoss followed.

"Yeah, I think I'm fine." Lucy said softly. Her right eye was red but it wasn't glowing.

"What happened to your eye?" Ivy asked.

"Sore eyes." Lucy said simply. Nelly looked suspicious but shook her head.

"Well you lost which means we're up for elimination." Cyrus said harshly.

"She did her best." Tatiana pointed out. "Stop being so toxic." She glared at the emo boy but he glared back at her.

"Stop being so carefree! We lost because you guys wouldn't grow a pair! Now I don't know who to vote for because every one of you is such a viable option." Cyrus shook his head as he left the outpost and went back to their team's outpost.

"Now that the annoying one is gone, I can formally say that you guys have lost this challenge." Chris announced. "With that, Jane doesn't have to perform her phobia challenge anymore."

"Yes!" Jane cheered loudly and everyone on her team gave her a face. "I mean, good game." She cleared her throat.

"W-We won." Phoebe grinned happily.

"Finally." Sarah breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, time to go prepare for elimination." Ivy said distantly.

"But I'm so sleepy." Tatiana yawned.

"It is late at night already." Terrance pointed out.

"Yeah I already expected this and decided that the elimination ceremony will be held tomorrow morning." Chris told the Cyan Protoss. "You have all night and in your dreams to think about who to eliminate."

"My mind is already set." Nataline said as she looked in the direction Cyrus left.

"I agree with you there." Nelly added as she sighed.

---

(Silver Terminators)

Sarah and Arnold saw Phoebe walking outside the outpost alone, looking shaken up about something. They glanced at each other and then decided to approach the doll faced girl.

"Hey Phoebe." Sarah greeted her. "What's wrong? You look a bit stressed out."

"Oh, hi S-Sarah. H-Hi Arnold." Phoebe greeted back. "I was j-just thinking about my challenge earlier. It w-was really scary." She admitted.

"We understand. I mean, Arnold here got wrecked by another soccer player." Sarah smirked but Arnold shook his head.

"I don't find that funny. Ray is seriously getting on my nerves." Arnold said seriously which made Sarah's smile drop. "He's such a great player but he's so boastful sometimes. No wait, most of the time."

"I'm sorry." Sarah said. "But hey, at least we won."

"Y-Yeah. We don't have to v-vote someone o-off tonight." Phoebe said happily.

"It is great to hear that considering we lost twice in a row." Arnold sighed.

"Maybe our luck is finally turning around in our favor." Sarah grinned.

"I h-hope so." Phoebe agreed. "If you'll excuse m-me, I want to be a-alone for a while." She began walking away from the two.

"You think she hates us?" Sarah asked her boyfriend once Phoebe was out of earshot. "We did vote out Valerie."

"But they voted out Shane afterwards. It evens out." Arnold pointed out to her.

"Even so, we're in the minority now." Sarah sighed. "Strategy is so hard."

"But you're doing a great job, babe." Arnold assure her as he wrapped one arm around her. "We can do more strategy talks when the times comes. For now, we need to rest."

"You're right." Sarah smiled and kissed Arnold in the cheek before heading back to the outpost. "Good night, Arnold."

"Goodnight." Arnold smiled as well as he watched her go.

~Confessional~

Sarah: Arnold's right, I don't have to think of strategy all day and all night. Who does that? Heh, imagine if someone like Lucy does this. That would be so funny.

Phoebe: It's so h-hard doing your p-phobia challenge, but I'm s-so glad I won it. If I d-didn't then Jane w-would have to g-go through hers. And if she didn't w-win, we'd risk a tie b-breaker. I hope I p-proved myself in the team. *she shakes a bit*

~End Confessional~

Marvin opened the door to the boys' bedroom to find Desmond already in his sleeping outfit and lying down on his bed, looking up at the ceiling. The former went to his bed and started changing clothes too.

"Marvin? We need to talk for a while." Desmond stated. Marvin was busy untying his shoes when he said his name, so he looked up to face the other boy.

"Yes?" Marvin replied.

"I want to propose an alliance with you. Just you, me, and Phoebe." Desmond told him. "We can make the final three together, what do you say?"

"Why the sudden offer? I'm pretty sure you're aligned with Arnold and Sarah, while I'm aligned with Jane and Cassie." Marvin pointed out. "Not to mention that Phoebe is loyal to them too."

"See that's the point." Desmond turned his head to look at him. "How can you trust them to take you far and not just toss you aside? They see you as a number because they need someone to not put a target on them. They are one of the strongest physical threats here, even more so than I am."

"But you guys have Arnold." Marvin pointed out.

"I didn't say Arnold was part of our alliance deal." Desmond countered. "He and Sarah are joined at the hip, which means that their votes will always be together." He explained. "If we can vote them out, it makes our merge game much easier."

"But I wonder about your loyalty." Marvin wondered out loud. "Maybe you told this to several other people just to throw us off."

"Like who, Arnold and Sarah?" Desmond raised an eyebrow. "They'll vote me out the first good chance they get. And I can't talk to Jane about this because she got close with Cassie now."

"And the other team?" Marvin inquired.

"Terrance and Tatiana didn't talk to me much so I don't I have their loyalty." Desmond listed. "As for Nataline, it's a bit hard to read her mind sometimes. Almost as if she votes for who she wants to but her votes make sense either way."

"I'll consider it." Marvin nodded. "I have to talk to Phoebe about this of course, but I'll consider it."

"And since you're close with Phoebe, you have the upper hand in this alliance. I have to reply to my guts and my own capabilities." Desmond added.

"Like I said, I'll consider it." Marvin said as he went back to changing clothes. Desmond nodded and turned away from him to go to sleep.

~Confessional~

Marvin: Desmond does make a good point, but I'm not too sure about trusting him. Well it IS Total Drama so you aren't supposed to completely trust anyone here. Except, I do trust Phoebe. *he blushes a bit*

~End Confessional~

Cassie was walking near the riverbank with Jane, looking over at some fishes as they went to pass the time.

"Ya are lucky ya didn't have to do your challenge." Cassie smirked. "What is your greatest fear anyway?"

"It's actually fear of holes. I don't like seeing an object with so many holes." Jane shuddered.

"Will you look at that, we have the same fear." They both turned around to see Lucina heading towards them.

"Lucina!" Cassie exclaimed as she went over to the other girl and hugged her, which she returned as well. "Ya are still here."

"Of course I am. Chris said our roles are not done yet." Lucina explained. "If I'm to take a guess, I think we'll take part in the elimination ceremony."

"'Our'? So the other two are still here?" Jane inquired. Lucina nodded and the former just sighed. "Well, this is gonna be good wakeup call in the morning."

"Yes, the other guests and I will be sleeping in the Red Sith outpost." Lucina told them as she pointed back to where they once were for the challenge. "The elimination ceremony is tomorrow morning after all."

"I actually wonder who the Cyan Protoss will eliminate." Jane wondered out loud.

"I hope it's Cyrus." Cassie tipped her hat backwards. "I really don't like that guy. Not after what he said and kept saying to Phoebe."

"I agree with you there." Lucina nodded. "It might even improve their chances of winning if they drop him."

"Hey whose side are ya on?" Cassie asked playfully.

"On yours of course." Lucina said honestly. "I'm just trying to see this in a fair standpoint."

"At least you've been helpful in Cassie's challenge." Jane grinned.

"I was kinda ashamed she might see me fail." Cassie scratched the back of her head.

"But you didn't and I'm proud of you." Lucina smiled which made Cassie blush a bit.

"It's getting late, we should head back." Jane said.

"I'll walk you back to the Red Sith outpost." Cassie offered and Lucina responded with a nod. "Jane, ya can go ahead."

"Sure thing. You guys need your alone time anyway." Jane smirked as she patted Cassie on the back before making her way back to the outpost. Cassie blushed a bit more as she and Lucina walked towards the Red Sith outpost.

~Confessional~

Jane: Honestly, knowing that we won't be eliminating someone tonight is good enough for me. I do wonder how I'll play the game in the merge though.

~End Confessional~

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(Cyan Protoss)

Tatiana saw Lucy hanging around at the back of the outpost, gazing at the stars. The gamer girl went to her and called her attention.

"Hey Lucy! What are you doing out here alone? Where's Jude?" Tatiana asked her. Lucy turned to face her with her red right eye glowing.

"Why? Do I have to be with him 24/7? I can handle my own too." Lucy replied. "The phobia challenge taught me that."

"Wait, your phobia challenge was to face yourself right?" Tatiana asked. "And wait a minute, your eye is different. It's just like the-ah!" She suddenly got hit by realization. Lucy just grinned and shook her head.

"Took you long enough. Now, what should we talk about?" She asked the gamer girl in a soft voice.

"Wait but where's Lucy?" Tatiana said as she backed away a bit.

"What are you talking about? I'm Lucy." Lucy said innocently as she went closer.

"Ah! Possessed person!" Tatiana ran away from her and went back to the outpost.

Lucy just chuckled to herself as she went back to gazing at the stars. After a while, Terrance approached her.

"I saw Tatiana run away. What happened?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow and placed his hands in his hoodie pockets.

"Surely you're afraid of me too." Lucy pointed out to him. "As you can see, I'm just someone who doesn't exist but is apparently Lucy now." She said in a sarcastic tone.

"But this is the side you always showed me so why does it matter?" Terrance rolled his eyes. Lucy walked past him and tapped her foot on the ground.

"Then I guess you're in the right state of mind tonight." Lucy noted.

"Not really. I still hate my challenge. Why did Chris need to bring Kelly here anyway?" Terrance groaned.

"To mess with your head, and it worked." Lucy answered simply.

"Lucy's challenge was to duel with you and you won, that's gotta mess with her head." Terrance countered.

"You say that as if I'm a completely different entity." Lucy chuckled again. "I AM Lucy."

"So what, you're this deep and dark personality she has?" Terrance adjusted his glasses as he turned to look at her.

"The better half, might I add." Lucy laughed. "Admit it, even you want to see me in action rather than that soft voiced nobody."

"Well, yeah I guess." Terrance shrugged. "If it will help the team."

"Yes, that is the goal in the first part of this show, right?" Lucy placed a hand on his shoulder and he recoiled back. "Sorry, aftershocks?"

"Yeah." Terrance nodded.

"It's fine. So anyway, I was thinking of finally getting rid of Nataline. I'm sure Nelly would be on board with this too." Lucy told him. "Are you up for that? Oh wait, what kind of a question is that? You've ALWAYS been up for it." She grinned evilly.

"Don't you wanna vote out Cyrus first? He's being a real pain in the butt lately." Terrance sighed. "He pulls of bad pranks on people and his personality is pretty toxic, as Tatiana puts it."

"We can vote him out some other time. His personality is exactly the kind of vote shield we need for the merge." Lucy scoffed. "Tomorrow, Nataline will go home." She declared as she walked away, leaving Terrance alone.

~Confessional~

Terrance: Usually I was the one pushing for the votes to go against Nataline, but now it's the other way around. Maybe Lucy is right, maybe I should stick to the script and do it. But I can't shake this feeling I have. *he adjusts his glasses*

Lucy: Now that I'm in control, I can finally take this game by storm. It's time I use my strategic intellect to win this game and nobody is gonna stop me! I'm the better half! I'm the better Lucy! *her right eyes glows red fiercely*

~End Confessional~

Nataline and Jude were just having a cup of tea inside the outpost, having small talk.

"So who do you want to vote for tomorrow?" Jude asked her. "If you ask me, between Ivy and Cyrus, I'm leaning towards Cyrus now. Ivy may not do much in challenges but Cyrus is seriously getting on my nerves." He groaned.

"I agree." Nataline took a sip of her tea. "If we can get Cyrus out, maybe we'll..." She trailed off as she stared at her cup with a deep frown.

"Maybe we'll what?" Jude repeated. When Nataline gave no response, he snapped his fingers in front of her face before she went back to reality. "Are you okay? You were spacing out for a second there. Is Ivy getting to you now?" He joked.

"No, it's nothing." Nataline said unconvincingly as she took another sip. "What was I saying?"

"You know what, we can just talk about this tomorrow morning. You clearly need to rest tonight." Jude told her. "I don't know what happened in your challenge but it took a toll on you."

"Yeah...I guess it did." Nataline nodded and finished her tea before standing up and heading for the stairs. "You can go ahead and tell Lucy we're voting for Cyrus." She said rather distantly as she continued up the stairs and into the girls' bedroom."

"Sure." Jude tilted his head.

Just then, Kelly went inside the outpost and began taking pictures of the place.

"Whoa, this is a cool place. Why can't we live here?" Kelly groaned in frustration as she took more photos, completely ignoring the fact Jude was there in the room.

"Hey, this is the Cyan Protoss' outpost. You can't be here." Jude scolded as he stood up and proceeded to push her out.

"You can't treat me like this! I'm more popular than you." Kelly whined in protest as she kicked down on his foot. Jude yelped in pain.

"Alright, that's it." Jude grunted angrily as he roughly grabbed her arms then pushed her hard outside the outpost.

"Ow! Stop, you're gonna kill me." Kelly exclaimed in pain as she stood up and dusted herself off. "I just wanted to look inside, maybe sleep too because I technically know someone from here. That loser Terrance is part of this team, right?"

"Well for one, nobody dies in this virtual world and two, I'm pretty sure Terrance won't accept you being here. So stay out." Jude glared at her before slamming the door shut.

Kelly grumbled to herself before storming off back to the Red Sith outpost, but not before taking another glance back to take one last photo of the entire outpost.

~Confessional~

Nataline: I suppose I am pretty tired after that challenge. The excitement from watching other people do theirs died down and I'm left to remember what happened in mine. *she sighs and starts mumbling to herself*

Jude: You know, I actually pity Terrance that he has to deal with girls like her. Now I see why he acts like that towards Nataline. I mean, not that I see a resemblance between her and Kelly but- you know what I mean.

~End Confessional~

Nelly and Ivy were both in the girls' bedroom making small talk when Tatiana burst inside the room, panting heavily.

"Guys! Guys! Lucy is possessed." Tatiana exclaimed to them, waving her arms frantically.

"What the- Calm down, Tatiana." Nelly scolded her. "Nataline is trying to sleep." She pointed to a nearby bed to see Nataline still awake and staring out the window. "Oh, nevermind."

"Lucy is possessed? You mean, like demon possessed?" Ivy tilted her head in confusion. "Is that even real?"

"I'm telling you, she's so different now." Tatiana tried to explain. "Like her right eye turns red and she isn't soft spoken anymore."

"It's probably the aftershock of the challenge. I'd be shocked if I had to face myself too." Ivy said to her.

"Well you didn't even try in your challenge." Nelly scoffed.

"Some others did and they still did not win." Ivy pointed out and looked at Nataline. "But we tried and that's what matters." Nataline gave no response as she continued to stare out the window blankly, muttering to herself inaudibly.

Cyrus just stormed inside the room, glaring angrily at Tatiana. "What the hell was that!? You basically gave me an injury earlier!" He clutched an injured right arm.

"Oh sorry about that." Tatiana apologized. "I was in a hurry."

"To tell us that Lucy is possessed? Well I like how you damaged Cyrus at least." Nelly smirked and Cyrus just sighed in frustration.

'Whatever. I'm going to bed." Cyrus growled as he went to the boys' bedroom.

"Giving up so easily?" Nelly called out in a mocking tone. "Guess you're no match for Tatiana after all."

"So back to the topic, what do we do?" Tatiana tried to get everyone's attention again.

"I think we should just sleep it off. Maybe she'll return back to normal in the morning." Ivy suggested. "It's been a long night after all."

"Maybe you're right." Tatiana conceded. She then proceeded to go to her bed and took off her hat. "Who will you guys vote for?"

"That's a secret." Nelly smirked.

"I'll tell you mine." Tatiana offered.

"I'm betting it's Cyrus." Nelly guessed.

"Actually, yeah it is." Tatiana admitted. "Is that who you're voting for too?"

Nelly just shrugged in defeat. "Honestly I don't know why I bothered to even keep it a secret."

"How about you, Nataline?" Ivy turned to the noble girl, who still gave no response. "I see." She said dejectedly.

~Confessional~

Nelly: Cyrus is such a pain in the ass and it would suck if he stayed any longer. Doesn't take an alliance to agree on this fact.

Ivy: Sometimes I wonder why Cyrus is still in this game. Perhaps he is one of those naturally hated characters but stay long because of plot armor.

~End Confessional~

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(Elimination Ceremony)

The Cyan Protoss took their seats in the middle of the site while the Silver Terminators took their seats by the sidelines. Instead of Chris, it was Ray, Lucina, and Kelly who took the center stage. Ray held the seven space food containers for them.

"Welcome to your elimination ceremony, Cyan Protoss." Lucina started. "I heard that despite your two win streak and the hope of you doing a hat trick, you lost and therefore must eliminate someone from your team."

"Yeah, we know the drill." Cyrus rolled his eyes. "Where's Chris anyway?"

"He's sleeping, can you believe it?" Kelly rolled her eyes as well. "He said that we should take over the elimination ceremony."

"But it's around 10 or 11 in the morning." Ivy pointed out.

"He said he'll sleep in." Kelly deadpanned.

"Anyway, as I was saying, it's time we read the votes." Lucina said as she held up a piece of paper in front of her. "Since you know the drill, I'm sure you know what to do when you receive a space food container."

"Yeah, we catch it, duh." Cyrus said simply. Ray smirked as he played with a space food container.

"We'll see." The other soccer player smirked.

"Nelly." Lucina announced as Ray threw it directly at the nerd's face. It hit the mark and she was sent tumbling backwards.

"Hey!" Nelly glared as she regained her composure. Ray just shrugged.

"Terrance." The techie boy flinched as he caught his space food container in time.

"Nataline." The noble girl tried to catch it but was too distracted and fell on her seat as well.

"Jude." The marksman caught the container easily.

"Lucy." The red eyed girl dodged to the side as the container flew past her.

"Tatiana." The gamer girl easily caught hers and did a small cheer.

Ivy and Cyrus were at the bottom two. Ivy snapped back into reality and realized the situation she was in, now looking nervous while the emo writer just rolled his eyes.

"The most votes for tonight goes to Cyrus." Lucina declared.

"Wow, no pause for dramatic effect?" Jude asked.

"No need, because we know that Cyrus isn't going home tonight anyway." Kelly answered. "Cough up the Statue, emo boy." Cyrus glared at the cheerleader but stood up and gave his Invincibility Statue to her.

"Now that that's settled, I can finally announce that Ivy has been elimination, having been the person with the most votes second only to Cyrus." Lucina declared once more.

"Yeah, go home and space out there! Sheesh, you're boring to watch on tv." Kelly added harshly.

"I understand." Ivy said with a defeated sigh as she stood up and awaited the beam of light to fully charge up and take her away. "I want to say it has been a pleasure, but then I realized that I lost to Cyrus."

"If it makes you feel any better, it was only his vote that got you out." Kelly told her.

"I am still eliminated though." Ivy pointed out.

"True. Not that I care anyway." Kelly conceded.

"We're gonna miss you, Ivy." Tatiana said sadly.

"Yeah, you don't deserve this. Even if you don't really contribute much to this team." Nelly shook her head.

"Seriously, Cyrus stayed over you?" Jude sighed in frustration and Lucy just rubbed his back in consolation.

And with that, the beam of light appeared and shone down on Ivy, taking away the girl from the virtual world. "You may head back to enjoy your morning. There will be no challenge for the entire day." Lucina told the rest of the contestants.

"So scram!" Ray ordered.

"No need to be pushy." Arnold muttered angrily as he and his team stood up and left. The Cyan Protoss followed, feeling sad while only Cyrus was grinning victoriously.

~Votes~

Nelly: I vote for Cyrus. Surprisingly, Terrance didn't tell me who to vote for so I guess it's okay. Tatiana is on board with this too.

Nataline: I guess I vote for Cyrus. I still remember that prank he pulled yesterday. I got emotional and physically drained and I seriously need a break.

Terrance: As much as I want to continue to vote for Nataline, I feel like I should vote for Cyrus instead. I really don't like having him around and nor do the rest of us do. That prank he pulled seriously ticked me off, even if it wasn't me who was the victim.

Tatiana: Time to vote out the toxic teammate we have here. Bye Cyrus!

Lucy: Terrance approached me earlier this morning saying he'd rather vote for Cyrus today. Jude talked to me afterwards saying the same thing. I suppose I can always make my big plays next time, so I vote for Cyrus. *her right eye glows red in anger*

Jude: I still remember when Lucy came to me saying that Cyrus hurt her. I am not gonna stand for this any longer! This is the chance to finally vote him out. I vote for Cyrus.

Ivy: I guess it's time to vote someone out again. Everyone else seemed hyped to vote out Cyrus, so might as well.

Cyrus: I'm gonna vote for Ivy and then use my Statue to save myself because I know that everyone else is gunning for me. Maybe they'll see that I voted out the weakest link and actually want to have an alliance with me.

~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

(17th place) Valerie - The Energetic Flirt

(16th place) Shane - The Lone Wolf

(15th place) Ivy - The Distant Cloud

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The three special guests stood at the elimination site which is now empty. They faced the camera which was now panned in on them.

"The phobia challenge was a rough ride for these worthless losers." Ray started with a smirk. "But in the end, it looks like the Silver Terminators proved that they aren't completely losers after all."

"Well I gotta agree with you there. They did lose twice in a row." Kelly nodded.

"Yes, and a hat trick from the Cyan Protoss could be dangerous." Lucina noted. "But they pulled through, and the Cyan Protoss lost Ivy today."

"Who will win the next challenge?" Kelly said to the camera.

"Who will be eliminated next?" Ray said as well.

"And why does it feel like we're not so good at making this ending?" Lucina finished as she tilted her head in confusion.

"Whatever. Just find out next time on Total..." Kelly started.

"Drama..." Ray chimed in.

"Sci-Fi..." Lucina said as well.

"SHOWDOWN!" They all said in unison as they spread out their arms. Afterwards, the camera turned off.

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Okay I'll admit that Ivy did overstay her welcome in the game. She was originally meant to be early boot but here she is, 15th place. As someone who did nothing but space out and make a few side comments, she really didn't stand out as a relevant character and became more of a filler. The reason I eliminated her was solely for the purpose of making her a stepping stone to save the other members of the Cyan Protoss. She won't make any big impacts soon so I might as well just eliminate her before she falls under the radar when merge hits. I didn't enjoy writing her much but I'm happy with the way she turned out. She slid on by unscathed despite the drama everyone caused and it took a Statue to get her out. Wait, that means she did make a big impact on the game. Good for her! Until next time. XBloodLegendX