An Underdog's Destiny (Story 4 of 4 of my Underdog Series)

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

He has spent more than a decade preparing for this day, and his fated final battle is drawing nearer. But with his greatest foe knowing just how to get under his skin and his best friend under that foe's thumb, it might turn out to be too much for even him to handle. Can he defeat his foe and protect his friends, or will he give in and lose everything?

6. Moon Madness

As is normal with the typical Total Drama fashion, Chris started off the newest episode with a recap of the previous one, only now he was standing on top of the Flush of Shame "Last time on Total Drama All Stars: Now that they've swapped teams, Adam and Leshawna found themselves stuck living with the enemy, and they found new ways to get under my skin. Adam had pretty much blended into the background whereas Leshawna received a disgustingly warm Hero's welcome from her new team, whereas Duncan lurked behind the scenes due to his newfound suspicion of Adam and his posse, separated onto different teams or not. When the time came for the challenge, giant pancakes were gobbled down and in some specific cases they got thrown right back up thanks to my patented barf-tastic obstacle course, which was awesome. Way to re-swallow that stuff you guys. In the end, in a surprisingly poetic showdown, Mike claimed the win for the Heroes and sent the Villains to Loserville and Scott to a surprisingly dignified Flush of Shame. Only 11 players remain for the season and the question remains, which one of them is gonna be taking a circle-style swim in the big patented toilet next? Will the Villains finally bring an end to their just embarrassing losing streak? Find out right here and right now on Total! Drama! All Stars!"

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(And keeping up with the new trend, once again here's my version of the full intro for the season)

Shots of four brand new spotlights popping out, following by the camera zooming through the camp past the spa hotel and the crappy cabin, up to the top of the thousand foot cliff, and then down into the lake below "Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine, you guys are on my mind!"

Underneath the lake, Anne Maria and Leshawna are tugging back and forth over a treasure chest, which opens to reveal Cody inside of it, along with Mr Coconut and several McLean Brand Invincibility Statues floating out of it until they rose to the surface, where Bridgette is lying on top of a surfboard "You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see!"

In the nearby forest, Jo is jogging through the forest past the are where Dawn is meditating, surrounded by several animals, with Duncan just watching without giving a damn "I wanna be famous!"

In a nearby river, Alejandro and Heather are glaring at each other until their canoe is about to go over the waterfall, with Alejandro leaping out onto dry land while Heather goes over along with the raft "I wanna live close to the sun!"

Down below, Brick is standing on top of a cracked log doing sit ups until Heather lands on top of him, causing the log to give out and for both of them to fall "Go pack your bags cause I've already won!"

Scott is watching and laughing at this until Fang comes out of the outhouse confessional and starts chasing him "Everything to prove, nothing in my way! I'll get there one day!"

Pan over to where Chef and Adam are both just relaxing in lounge chairs in front of the Spa Hotel "Cause I wanna be famous!"

Mike and Zoey both sitting on the Dock of Shame staring romantically at each other, which is ruined when Sasquatchanakwa and the bear start to get into a slap fight "Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!"

Pan over to the lake where all 14 contestants (Anne Maria, Jo, Scott, Alejandro, Heather, Duncan and Leshawna on one side, and Adam, Brick, Bridgette, Cody, Dawn, Mike and Zoey on the other side), are standing on poorly built platforms holding jousting sticks and all preparing to duke it out "I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!"

The teams clash, Brick and Jo taking each other out, Zoey shoving Scott back, Dawn shoving Anne Maria back, Bridgette pushing Heather back, Cody and Duncan pushing each other back, Mike going up against Leshawna, and Adam locked in a power struggle against Alejandro while keeping his gaze solely on Mike "I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!"

The scene changes to the blackness of night, with Brick and Dawn holding hands awkwardly and gazing into each other's eyes, only for Chris to ruin the moment just to be a jerk "(Insert whistling tune as the song ends)."

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The sun was just setting over the skies of Camp Wawanakwa after an uneventful day without any challenges.

Adam made his way across the trees of the forest of Wawanakwa one branch at a time, grabbing whatever fruit that he could find as he downed a pear as he landed on the ground next to Brick "I think I speak for everyone who's ever been on this show when I say that I'd rather forage for food on my own like I'm on Survivor than put up with what Chef gives the losers, even if he's forced to by Chris."

"I personally don't think that Chef's food is that bad, or bad at all for that matter." Brick then proceeded to munch on a pear that he had picked off of a tree "Say what you will about the taste but he does give us the necessary food groups."

"Okay camp food talk aside why exactly did you call me out here Brick?"

Brick let out a sigh "I know that we may be on different teams now Adam but I still have a lot of respect for you, and different teams or not my code of never leaving a man behind still stands no matter what. I can tell that you're hiding a lot of pain inside you, I know this because I was the same way for a long time but I also know that it's a bad idea to hold all of that in. You can trust me you know, I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to."

"...I figured this was gonna happen sooner or later. Look Brick I can't tell you all of the details, not right now at least, but to put it simply there's something that I have to do, someone that I have to fight, and I might not survive. But what really scares me is that even if I do survive, I might end up being consumed by the virus that is vengeance and end up doing something I'll regret for the rest of my life. I don't want that to happen, not only would I be disgracing everything that I was taught but it might mean that… that I end up killing my best friend as a result."

"I think I understand what your problem is, this isn't a lack of faith in your abilities of anything like that. It's the fact that you're feeling unbelievable pain and rage over what it is that you have to do, and you fear that you may not have enough control to stop yourself from going too far in this fight. But that does raise the question, is this fight about getting closer and justice over a past vendetta or is it about getting revenge?"

"I don't know really, I want to believe that it's about saving my friend from a monster that's been houding both of us for more than a decade. I mean I know that this bastard deserves it for all of the pain that he's caused Mike over the years but I don't to kill Mike just to get it done. But at the same time, I fear that when the moment of truth actually comes I might not be able to control myself. He's out there and growing stronger by the day, and I know that he's gonna be coming for me so I don't think I have a choice in this matter."

"Maybe you do have a choice."

"How so?"

"You could just forgive him for whatever it is that he did. And before you say that's the same as doing nothing it's not, my commander once told me two important things, those being that revenge is nothing more than a poison, and that it's easy to do nothing but it's hard to forgive someone who's hurt you."

"As much as I appreciate the life lesson ripped straight out of Avatar it's not that easy Brick, if he's allowed to roam free he's just gonna keep hurting people until he's satisfied which I'm pretty sure is gonna be never."

"I'm not saying that you shouldn't fight him, I don't know a lot about this situation but I do know this: This is something that you have to do, you need to face this foe, that much I easily understand. But you don't have to choose revenge in the end, you can let your anger out and then let it go. And then you can move on."

"...I guess all I can do is wait until the moment of truth is upon me and see whether or not I have what it takes. Thanks for the talk Brick." and then Adam leapt away across the branches of the trees towering above them.

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Brick shuddered slightly "That got more intense than I was expecting, and I didn't even know half of the stuff that I said before it even came out. Maybe kissing Dawn actually did do some stuff to me."

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Adam let out a sigh "I've been told that same line time and time again, by Brick or by my mentor and by almost everyone that I care about, but the doubts are still there and I don't think they'll ever go away. But maybe Brick was right, maybe they don't have to. Maybe I just have to accept that they're there, only then can I push past them. And now I'm gonna do something I loved doing during World Tour, and then I'm coming for you Sordibus." and then he proceeded to punch the camera.

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At the same time, the rest of the Villains were enjoying, or rather trying to stomach, their dinner for the night.

Heather wasn't exactly keen on listening to Alejandro whistling through his nose "Oh for crying out loud do you have to whistle through your nose while you eat Windy?"

Alejandro merely let out a sigh "Typical Heather." and then he simply walked away, something that left Heather stunned.

Duncan just raised an eyebrow and went back to carving a skull in the wall of the cabin "Oh yeah that's gonna lead to something nauseating later on."

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Heather let out a horrified gasp "What the hell does he mean typical Heather, is that what he calls a comeback? It's like he's not even trying, it's like… he's lost interest in me. No one and I mean NO ONE has EVER lost interest in me!"

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Alejandro gave a shrug "Do not misunderstand my intentions, I do wish to redeem myself for all of past transgressions, but I did try to woo Heather several months ago and it ended with me getting attacked by her guard dog and while I would rather not tell this to anyone in person, but I am still picking thorns out of places I never knew existed. And since she will mostly try something underhanded it is best to throw her off her game and so far so bueno, more or less I suppose."

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Mike was sitting outside of the Spa Hotel gazing up at the setting sun when he glanced over and noticed Brick making his way back "Where have you been?"

"Just doing a little bit of foraging." Brick waved it off "Just gazing up and admiring the setting sun?"

"Yeah, just trying to gather my thoughts."

"I hear that." Brick sat down next to him "I've had to do a lot of thinking about things myself actually."

"Yeah, like you kissing Dawn yesterday." he elbowed Brick in the arm slightly "So how's that coming along?"

"Don't get too excited soldier, I don't think it's going to happen."

"You know Zoey did say a while back that she thought the two of you would- Wait a second what now? But you guys go great together, like the pizza to your french fries!" he received a rather odd look "It's a thing!" (it is a thing, if you don't like it then that's your problem)

"I don't mean to disappoint you but I've seen how relationships go down on this show, just like with Gwen and Trent and I don't want either myself or Dawn to have to go through something like that. Besides, I'm not even sure if she likes me like that."

"Is that really the only reason?"

"...Okay so I might also be a little bit nervous about breaking her heart, I've experienced that time and time again and I don't want her to have to go through the same thing."

"Yeah but if she does like you back then all you're gonna end up doing is end up hurting both of you because of it. Look think of it like this Brick, you saved my life along with a bunch of others last season in the mine from those mutant gophers so me returning the favor and helping you out like this is the least that I can do."

"Do I have a say in this?"

"Nope."

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Meanwhile, on Boney Island…

Dawn was in the middle of meditating in the Lotus position, with a bear and Sasquatchanakwa having joined her "That is correct noble creatures, allow the tranquility and harmony to become one with you." unfortunately the meditation was interrupted by Chef picking her up with a robotic claw attached to his two man chopper and then carrying her off of the island.

Now that Dawn as gone, the Sasquatchanakwa and the bear had a little bit of a stare down before charging at each other and then anticlimactically engaging in a slap fight with each other in a comical fashion.

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"Evening campers, I'm gonna need you all to gather around the starting line for a big announcement!"

Soon enough, Brick, Alejandro and all of the contestants (with the exception of Adam) had gathered at the starting line, only to see Dawn free herself from the grasp that Chef had her in in mid air and gracefully lower herself to the ground "So… hi. Are you okay after spending all that time alone on Boney Island like that?"

"I can assure you that I am quite fine." Dawn assured him "It was actually quite a relaxing experience, and the fair beasts that inhabit that island are quite capable partners for my meditation."

"Oh. Well okay then." he looked away awkwardly.

"Good news you guys." that was when Chris showed up wearing a safari hat "Oh and Dawn is alive too but I don't really care about that, but as a special treat the time has come for a an extremely dangerous nighttime challenge!"

"And it's only good by your standards." Duncan pointed out.

"Not only that but it's good for entertainment value, duh. The ratings on this one are gonna be gold."

"And we're just gonna ignore the fact that we're a man down here?"

"Dammit I was hoping nobody would notice. Alright Chef go get him."

"No need, I just to take care of something." that was when Adam showed up, having discarded his quarter zip and jeans for a more traditional outfit in the form of a bright blue martial arts gi, a black obi, white shin guards, black wristbands and black shoes, looking surprisingly calm and rather stoic, but he still shot Bridgette a small smile, which she returned, only for them to be interrupted.

"Enough with the mushy crap, I'm trying to torture all of you here!" Chris quickly got things back on track, to Adam's annoyance, but it wasn't shown "Anyway in a nod to the buried treasure fiasco from last season, the goal for this challenge is to race to the far end of the island and the first team to get every member across the finish line first wins and someone from the loser team will be taking the big flush."

"Sounds easy enough."

"It does doesn't it, which is why we scheduled this challenge specifically for tonight. You see tonight is a very rare once in a lifetime Blue Harvest Moon and let's just say that it has an unusual effect on the wildlife of the island. And keeping with things being out of the ordinary, instead of giving the winning team from the last challenge a reward I'll be giving them a handicap. Villainous Vultures as the big time losers from last challenge you'll be getting a map with the fastest route across the island, and Heroic Hawks you get to wear nifty bacon hats and sausage tails which should add to the fun when you come face to face with the friendly creatures of the island."

"And by friendly you mean hungry."

"Pretty much yeah."

"Just checking."

Brick looked over at Dawn and noticed that she looked like she was about to vomit "Are you alright Dawn?"

"I will be in a moment, as soon as I free myself of these provocative garments!" Dawn then proceeded to rip her meat hat and tail off.

"...I appreciate your enthusiasm but I'm not sure you're using the term provocative accurately in this situation-" he was silenced by a glare "Nevermind, feel free to use that term however you want!" and he quickly sidestepped away.

"Smooth." Mike let out a chuckle.

Heather on the other hand held up the map "This will be a piece of cake."

Chris took the chance to start things off "On your mark-"

"I believe you mean a piece of pie." Alejandro told her.

"Get set-"

"Listen you little son of a-" Heather was cut off by Chris blowing on his airhorn, signaling for the others to start the challenge, most of whom did.

"And for the record Alejandro, it is piece of cake." and then Adam took off running after the rest of the Villains' team.

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Nightfall had come at last, and the moon, still not blue by the way, was shining brightly over the skies of Wawanakwa.

Mike was trailing behind the rest of the Heroes, his mind racing 'I don't know what's coming over me right now, I haven't been able to summon my other personalities for days and I can sense Sordibus inside of me growing stronger by the day. I'm really scared, and not for the first time either. Sordibus said yesterday that he would make his move when the Blue Moon covered the skies, is the Blue Harvest moon what he was talking about?'

Leshawna was the first one to notice that Mike was hanging back "Hey string bean what's up with you?"

"Uh… sorry Leshawna but I… I've gotta go!" and then he suddenly took off.

"Hey Mike what the hell?!"

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Mike let out a sigh "I don't know what's going on with my other personalities but I do know that it's seriously dangerous, and there's no way that I'm letting this thing get to any of the others, especially not Adam or Zoey. Maybe the best thing right now is for me to just stay away from them."

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"Mike wait up!" Zoey called after him, but to no avail, and then she looked up and noticed the moonlight suddenly turn blue "What in the world?"

"Blue moonlight? That's amazing." Cody muttered "I've never heard of anything like this before."

Brick nodded "I know what you mean soldier and this is perfect, a true soldier knows how to fight his battles while being guided by the light of the moon!"

"I'm pretty sure that's not what we have to worry about." Bridgette pointed to where a large pack of bunnies, having been affected by the Blue Harvest moon, were preparing to pounce on the lot of them.

"...Oh. Okay I was not expecting bunnies."

Dawn let out a horrified gasp "What has this moon done to these innocent creatures? Such a thing is unheard of!"

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Mike continued running through the forest, only to stop when he noticed the moon turning a shade of blue "So this is it I guess. Adam, I hope you're ready because this isn't gonna be good for any of us." and then at that moment he suddenly gripped the sides of his head and began screaming in agonizing pain as black and white energy suddenly engulfed his body, sending out a shockwave that decimated the surrounding area. When the shockwaves and the energy finally died down, Mike stood tall and confident but his appearance was gravely different. His hair had grown out much longer and was tied in a high ponytail that reaches midway down his back. In addition to that, rather than being completely its usual shade of dark brown, his hair was now black on the right, and a much lighter shade of grey on the left. His bangs were brushed to the side of his face, obscuring the majority of it from view. his right eye was also missing, being instead replaced by a long, jagged scar that extends over the bridge of his nose, and a sharp, curved tattoo around his left eye. His eye was dark around the outside with a snake-like pupil, and a malicious smirk formed across his face "Looks like it's time for me to get to work, at last my purpose for existing will come to pass." and then he suddenly disappeared with a black flash, leaving almost no sign of his previous presence, with the exception of the destruction that he had left in his wake.

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Adam and the rest of the Villains observed the similar circumstances, mainly in the form of an alligator acting like some kind of docile puppy "Okay correct me if I'm wrong guys but I'm pretty sure that gators aren't supposed to do that."

"This moon is like no other that I've ever seen before." Alejandro noted "There must be some sort of unseen property of the moon that is causing the wildlife on this island to become their opposite."

And that was when things got really weird, mainly in the form of Heather acting like, well whatever the hell she was in this episode, which in my opinion was basically a cheerful bubbly girl from a Disney movie "Oh wow Alejandro, you're so smart!"

"...Excuse me?"

And then she started cuddling the alligator "Who's a little bougie bougie boo? You are, yes you are, oh yes you are!"

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Alejandro shuddered "I have never heard of Heather being so sweet and kind, and such a thought is truly terrifying!"

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Adam simply pinched the bridge of his nose "When Heather starts acting like a chicke from one of the Disney movies, that's when you know that shit is about to hit the fan."

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Meanwhile, back with the Heroes' side…

"Backoff pigeons from Hell, you don't want none of this!" Leshawna was actually fending off a large number of mind altered squirrels.

"Leshawna hold on, we can't be so reckless in this kind of situation!" Brick and Dawn were quick to chase after her.

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Unfortunately, this was the moment in which Duncan chose to get too overconfident for his own good when faced with an army of evil bunnies "So this is how it's gonna be huh? Well bring it on furballs!"

In both a comedic fashion and a terrifying one, the bunnies suddenly took on the form of a gigantic Bunny-Tron in some kind of Transformers parody, as it let out a mighty roar (in a callback to episode 20, Wawanakwa Gone Wild)

"...Well that's a lot more than meets the eye."

"And that's my cue to just cut the shit." Adam proceeded to fire a blast of wind at the Bunny-Tron, dismantling it and causing the bunnies to scatter "You're welcome."

"I'm not thanking you, not yet at least." Duncan pointed to where a second Bunny-Tron was charging at them, Duncan in particular.

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Adam let out a sigh "At this rate I'd rather take my chances with the alien warlords that tried to kill me. Don't ask."

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Dawn and Brick finished fending off the last of the squirrels, prying a few of them off of where they were biting down on Leshawna "Something is horribly wrong here, I am unable to read the auras of these poor creatures. This peculiar moonlight must be plaguing these innocent minds like some sort of mental wall!"

Brick quickly caught one of the squirrels as it tried to pounce at them "And I think that's enough of that, the last thing that we need is to see your cute face get mauled." then he paused as he realized what he said, which just left Dawn blushing "I mean that… what I meant was… I'm gonna shut up now."

"Yeah that's probably for the best, in the meantime we've got another problem." Leshawna then gestured to where the others were supposed to be, at least in their perspective "Well this is just great, first Mike takes off out of nowhere, then every character from Bambi turns rogue on us and now we lost almost half of our team! If this shit goes any further south we're gonna end up in Mexico!"

Brick held up a hand in order to calm her down "Ma'am please, there's no need for any of us to panic. We've already analyzed the current situation, now all we have to do is let the moonlight guide us as we track down the others and make it to the finish line."

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"THIS IS SO NOT HOW I WANNA DIE!" Duncan was still being chased by the Bunny-Tron monster "WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO THE AWESOME ONES?!"

"We must make haste, there is no time to lose!" Alejandro and Adam quickly followed after the Bunny-Tron, which had now caught Duncan in its jaws "Hurry up Heather, you're the one with the map!"

"Yay, running!" and then Heather ran up in front of them with the map after spending a few minutes cuddling with the alligator "Good work you guys, now we're already halfway to the finish line! Yippee, this is so much fun!"

"This is sufficiently weird." Adam pointed out.

Alejandro nodded "Yes I can only agree, I never heard of the moon having an effect on people like this."

"I have."

"Do not say the Werewolf Effect."

"Then no I haven't, but seriously it's not like I ever thought Heather was actually human or anything."

"Rather a cheap shot."

"I take them when I can get them." his face fell "I was talking about Mike."

"...You sensed that spike as well?"

"Yeah I did, when the moon turned blue his energy signature spiked up like nothing I've ever felt before. But now it's warped too, dark and twisted. It's gotta be him. Sordibus is finally making his move. And that means it's time for me to make my move."

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Brick, Dawn and Leshawna continued running through the woods "I have to say that despite being separated from the rest of the team, the three of us make quite a deadly combination for the rest of the competitors."

"Yeah and they say that chivalry is dead." Leshawna commented dryly "Whatever shmuck said that has never met you."

"Thank you. I think." so on that note, Brick glanced over at Dawn with a sigh "Listen, I think that you and I need to talk about the-" he was silenced by a finger to the lips.

Dawn gave him a gentle smile "My dear Brick, you need not hide anything from me. I truly understand your concerns and they are noble ones."

"You do?" the two of them stopped and didn't even notice Leshawna go on ahead without either of them (with a smug smile as she did so).

"Yes I do. You spent so long never knowing what your place was in the world or where your true desires lie, never taking any chances because you feared failure and rejection. Also the lack of confidence that resulted from your constant being teased as a child."

"...Wow I keep underestimating your semi unnerving aura reading."

"It's okay, I am personally confused just like you are but I can assure you that you have nothing to fear."

"But you at least deserve an answer."

"But I will not force one out of you, take all the time that you wish." this was when they noticed that Leshawna as gone and they were surrounded by many many squirrels "But preferably after we run for our lives."

"Way ahead of you." so Brick lifted Dawn into his arms bridal style and promptly took off running.

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Leshawna just leaned back looking as smug as ever "Oh yeah, now that is how you get matchmaking done right."

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Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away…

DJ shuddered "I feel a disturbance in the matchmaking universe, I feel like someone just outdid my matchmaking skills established during Total Drama World Tour."

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Chris just watched the chaos from his control room with a smug sadistic grin, unaware of a figure in the bottom left screen "So the question remains, who's gonna make it to the other side of the island and who's about to become a serving of teen cuisine? Stay tuned to find out right here on Total! Drama! All Stars! Holy crap is that the Slender Man?"

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Cody and the two girls (Bridgette and Zoey) climbed their way to the top of a high tree and started travelling across the branches "I've gotta give it to you Bridgette, travelling above the ground to avoid coming into contact with any of the crazed animals was actually a pretty good idea."

Bridgette nodded "I thought it was for the best, the thought of hurting innocent animals makes me sick even if they are brainwashed by this strange moon."

"Well let's just hope that this moon wears off soon, and I mean because of a lot more than the animals."

"...You mean because of Adam and Mike."

"Yeah, I looked back at Mike and Leshawna back before the moon turned and he looked pretty freaked out when he took off. I think that means that Sordibus is about to make his move, which means that…"

"Adam will have to fight him tonight."

"I can't stand the thought of him having to fight alone. Adam has been protecting me for as long as I can remember and he's been putting himself through hell because of it, now it's our turn to protect him."

"...No it's not."

"Come again for Hero?"

"I'm not gonna be unrealistic and pretended that I know all of the pain that Adam has been through over the years because of Sordibus, but I do know that even if we wanted to help him I doubt that he would even let us. I hate fighting myself, I always have and I always will, but I want to stay by Adam's side for as long as I can. And sometimes that means that I have to know when to back off and let him fight his own battles."

"...Adam has really been rubbing off on you lately?"

"What can I say? That's what happens when you're in love with someone like him, or when you come into contact with him in general actually."

"You know that actually reminds me of something."

"What's that?"

"Did we forget about Zoey while we were talking?"

"...Oh my god."

Sure enough, Zoey was struggling to keep up with the two of them and was practically gasping for air "I never knew… how you two… learned to be so… so fast…"

"Says the girl who went commando for an episode and a half last season, I thought this stuff was easy for you."

"Every girl… has her limits… right?"

"We haven't even been at it for that long."

"We've been at it… for an hour… and a half… I think I'm gonna hurl." and then she proceeded to do just that, unintentionally hitting Fang on the ground, much to his dismay "Uh… nobody tells Adam or Mike about that."

"Our lips are sealed and we're already blocking that out."

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Meanwhile, with the Villains…

Adam glanced at the gigantic rope in front of them "A rope across a canyon? What kind of bullshit movie cliche is McLean trying to force on us, ripping off Tarzan? It's obviously a trap, I say you guys go around whereas I'm just gonna go."

"Well it's better than a tacky rope bridge." Duncan pointed out "And besides, going around will take too long."

"Yeah well if you've got any brain cells then you'll go around too, I've got my own shit to work through."

"Well what if you end up getting your shit wrecked? We've all gotta make it over the finish line or the dipshit won't count it."

Heather nodded "He's right, and besides if you don't come with us then we'll miss you so so much!"

"...Yeah on second thought I'm going with you."

"No tan rápido señor idiota (not so fast idiot)!" Alejandro grabbed him by the mohawk "You are not leaving me alone with her as she is right now."

"Yeah I'm still leaving." Adam started walking away "I'll see you guys on the other side at the finish line. If I survive this fight that is.' and he disappeared into the forest, his mind focused directly on his goal and what he was fighting for, what he was fighting to protect.

"Good luck!" Heather just waved at Adam, though she didn't receive any reply from him, which didn't deter her.

Duncan and Alejandro both shared a look and just shuddered 'Oh crap.'

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Adam let out a sigh "Let me just give three reasons as to why be going with them from here on is a really bad idea. First of all, the rope is about as like to break as the rope bridge, which is to say very. Second of all, I'm pretty sure that Heather either has rabies or is on crack. And third of all, I've gotta do something on my own right now and I can't let any of the others get dragged into by own business. I won't let them get hurt unnecessarily, this is my fight and I have to do this my own way."

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Cody and the girls finally found it safe to return to the ground "Well at least we finally lost the animals."

Bridgette nodded "I told you ditching the meat accessories was a great idea, and not just because I despise meat."

"A duck wearing a bacon hat and two squirrels strangling each other over a belt made of sausage links, something I never thought I would see or say." he received two simultaneous nods from both Bridgette and Zoey.

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Heather was still trying to encourage her team to cross the gorge "Come on you guys, it's nothing to be afraid of."

"Except you." Duncan muttered, with Alejandro nodding in agreement, and yet neither of them noticed Heather's eye twitch.

"Well maybe someone brave and handsome should use the rope first and make sure that it's safe to use."

"...Well I might as well, I can't tell you how long I've wanted to pull a Tarzan." and so much to the dismay of both of the others, Duncan then proceeded to cross the gorge while roaring wildly like Tarzan, only to encounter a beaver waiting for him on the other side "Oh it's okay guys this thing is fine, beavers are normally assholes!"

"And what exactly are you basing that on?" asked Alejandro.

"The fact that three of these things beat the ever loving shit out of Geoff back during the first season, but with the moon making the animals so f*cked up it should be fine!"

"...That is actually a sound hypothesis." Alejandro then proceeded to grab onto the rope and swing his way over the gorge, with Heather doing the same.

"Yeah and besides I can take one of these things no problem, I'm not a wuss like Geoff is or like-" Duncan was promptly cut off when the beaver started gnawing on his arm, which he promptly flung onto the rope, causing it to start gnawing on that instead… before it started chewing on Duncan's ass "Hey this ass is not a chew toy!"

"I believe that is what is known as karma!" Alejandro leapt over the gorge with so much ease that it surprised the others.

Heather on the other hand was still using the now frayed rope when she lost her grip on the rope, nearly causing her to fall to hear death, only for Alejandro to catch her in his arms, and as a result she shit him a smug look "I knew that you still cared!"

"...Ven de nuevo para Crimson Jaguar (come again for Crimson Jaguar)?"

"She played all of us." Duncan was quick to state the obvious.

"That was rhetorical."

"And we got rhetorically screwed."

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"Guess who's typical now suckers!" Heather let out a scoff "As if I could be affected by the moon, but as long as I can keep people like him guessing I can always have the upper hand, and with any luck I'll never have to act like Snow White again!" and she almost hurled at that thought for emphasis.

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"So it took her six months, throwing me to her rose bushes and her guard dog, but she was able to get revenge on me for sabotaging her in season three." Alejandro let out a chuckle "Well played mi amor, well played."

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"Ow ow ow ow ow!" Duncan was still dealing with the beaver tugging on his butt cheeks, but he managed to throw it over the gorge where it landed on the rope, or what was left of it, but on the downside his shorts were pretty much wrecked as a result "Nobody. EVER. Finds out about what went down here."

"My lips are sealed." Alejandro assured him "Your polka dot boxers on the other hand." he received a very rude hand gesture (hint: it wasn't a thumbs up, leave a comment in the reviews if you get that reference).

"And at least the other team can't make it across with the rope anymore."

"But if Adam can't make it around the pitt the bridge is no rope an option which would cost us the challenge!" Heather pointed out.

"Oh trust me that is not gonna be a problem for him." Duncan proceeded to cut the rope all the way, causing the beaver to fall into the gorge while giving a hand gesture of its own (hint: that one wasn't a thumbs up either).

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Leshawna was now being chased by a bird that was eating one link after another by an angry bird, no pun intended "This is NOT how Leshawna is leaving this world!"

"Welcome to the club chica!" Adam on the other hand was dodging what appeared to be lustful advances from Fang "Get the f*ck away from me you seriously f*cked up potential mutant shark version of Quagmire! You know what, f*ck it!" he picked up Fang by the tail and hurled it at the bird, leaving Fang to be chased away by the bird as a result and almost mauled as a result "Just for the sake of being clear, no one EVER finds out about that."

"Goes without saying."

"Good. So tell me."

"Tell you what?"

"What else? How's Bridgette been doing?"

"She's been doing pretty well actually, she mostly talks with Cody and Zoey but she's holding up."

"Okay that's good, you know I feel bad that I haven't spent a lot of time with her since we started the season. But then again, considering what's gonna go down, maybe that's actually for the best."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"...Okay before I come clean about this I need to make something clear, you can't tell anyone about this, at least anyone that doesn't already know. And when I say people who already know, I mean Bridgette, Cody, Alejandro and Mike. Duncan is more or less catching on but I'm gonna deal with him later."

"Alright, talk away big guy."

"Okay, here's the deal… There's someone on the island that's here for one reason and one reason only. To kill me."

"Say what?!"

"I've known that this is coming for a long time, and that's why I've prepared something special for him." Adam's head snapped in another direction "He's close, I can feel it."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"I've got a sense about these things, and he's definitely close. Leshawna get out of here, I don't need or want you to get caught in the crossfire."

"Say what? You really expect me to let you get yourself killed!"

"Oh trust me I don't plan to die anytime soon, now get out of here!" without waiting for anymore protest, Adam slammed his hand down into the ground, sending Leshawna flying through the air and out of danger, right before a black substance began to engulf the ground, but he leapt out of the way "Let me take a wild guess, Cosmic Shadow Vortex? You didn't use that one on be back when we went at it in the Kingdom of Stella."

"I don't recall using any Darkness based techniques in our previous encounter." the familiar hauntingly voice of Sordibus echoed throughout the forest of Wawanakwa "You knew that this was coming."

"Yeah I knew, it's why I spent as much time as I did training as hard as I did over the past three months. But then again, I guess I shouldn't have expected any less from someone literally born to kill me. Before we do this I need to know, do you plan to kill Bridgette or any of the others after you're done with me?"

"My quarrel is not with them, so long as they don't stand in the way of our battle I won't harm them."

"Good enough for me, I guess now you've gotta make the donuts?" Adam dodged a, what he would later refer to as, Cosmic Shadow Saber "I'll take that as a yes. I should warn you though, those Cosmic Light techniques from our last encounter aren't gonna work on me again."

"I'm not so naive as to use the same style of combat on you repeatedly in such a reckless manner."

"That's you're way of admitting that I can outmaneuver it, so if you wanna bring the pain then you'll have to do a lot better than that."

"And that means that simply Darkness based attacks will not work on you either, which means that I will do what you would not expect."

"Which means that I'm gonna have to think outside the box. Alright enough with this, it's time for round two so let's get it on. And no trying to unnecessarily piss me off, I know exactly how you think. Come at me with all that you've got."

"We'll get to that in a moment, but for now…" a beam of Light shot out from within the trees, piercing through several of them in an instant.

Adam simply cranked his neck to the side and glanced back "I can sense his energy hiding from behind those trees, which means that he's probably hiding somewhere else. You're using the fact that you have access to Cosmic energy infused with three elemental properties combined with the different energy signatures given off by Mike's alternate personalities externalized and you're using that to screw with me, you use the basic Fire energy to lure me in and then the Light and Darkness can get me from behind. The question is, where is the real one?" he closed his eyes to heighten his sensory abilities, but he was forced to evade a beam of Darkness energy "Dammit I almost had you too! I'm sensing your energy all over the place, sounds to me like you're exerting more Cosmic energy."

"So you're catching on. Very well then, I suppose I may as well reveal where my true power lies." a beam of Light shot past Adam and left a sharp wound in his torso, drawing a small amount of blood and blowing him through a few trees "This is my true power, the powers of Light and Darkness working in unison as one."

"Nothing to scoff at, that's for sure." Adam pulled himself back to his feet, his aura slowly flaring and turning a light shade of blue "Come at me."

"As you wish. Cosmic Unison Raid: Light and Darkness: Laser Cannon!" a suddenly barrage of black and white lasers shot through the area, piercing Adam from every single angle, causing him to cry out in pain as he was blown away, leaving him in a bloody heap "Now you know of my true power." from the remains of the trees emerged Sordibus, his body radiating a mix of black and white energy, symbolizing Light and Darkness "So you're still alive after all, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. You always have been resilient, but our time to battle is short so we must end this soon."

"Yeah… I guess you're right…" Adam pulled himself to his feet, his aura flaring around his body and turning a light shade of blue as he suddenly blitzed forward "But don't think I'm gonna just lie down and die like some kind of animal, not today and not anyday! Blue Drive!" with his blue aura flarind he shot forward like a rocket and struck Sordibus with a full force fist straight to the gut.

Sordibus was sent skidding backwards a few feet, but he was able to catch the first "That's not going to be enough to defeat me."

"Yeah I know, which is why I added on this." Adam's left arm crackled with what looked like blue electricity.

"...That on the other hand might do something."

"That's the idea. BLUE THUNDER!" Adam channeled all of his power into that one attack, sending Sordibus flying backwards, whereas his blue lightning subsided "Blue Thunder, lightning that goes beyond lightning, and a Blue Drive that enhances every combat attribute that I use in a fight. Both of them are blue for, well the reason is pretty simple." he gave a small smile "Blue just happens to be Bridgette's favorite color. What do you think of that?"

"Rather touching actually." Sordibus limped his way forward "So this is the trump card that you've been saving is it?"

"Yeah, I've been working on this in secret ever since Mike and I got back from our little excursion into the void. It's basically a power multiplier that I came up with the idea for from seeing Alejandro's Crimson Drive in action, so it's basically a parallel to that. Anyway I think it's safe to say that neither of us are gonna die today, but it's still gonna come to a dramatic end in style! BLUE DRIVE: FULL POWER!" Adam's blue aura exploded with energy, giving the entire forest (or what was left of it) a blue tint as he surged forward and slugged Sordibus straight across the face, and then with another mighty roar he prepared his counterattack.

"Cosmic Unison Raid: Light and Darkness: Laser Cannon!" Sordibus fired another barrage of black and white lasers, only to see Adam blitz all the way through "What the-"

Adam slammed his Blue Thunder-enhanced fist into his gut "It's not gonna work, you can come at me with as much Light and Darkness as you want but it won't stand a chance against what I am now." he dealt Sordibus a rapid barrage of punches and kicks and finished the combination attack by sending him hurtling into the air, only to feel his aura slowly fading "Looks like Blue Drive is still imperfect so I can't keep it up for very long, I'm gonna have to end this in one final shot." he cupped his hands at his side, white energy building in his palms "And this one is about to come straight from the handbook of Illuminare, the Cosmic Elemental of Light! Cosmic… CANNON!" he fired a pure white energy blast made up of Cosmic energy infused with properties of Light, the blast engulfing Sordibus in a massive explosion that lit up the skies of Wawanakwa.

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"Dammit where the hell is he?" Heather was still travelling along with Duncan and Alejandro in the direction of the finish line "He'd better be at the finish line or I swear to-" she paused when she noticed the blast that lit up the sky "Okay what the hell is that?"

Alejandro and Duncan shared a quick look, and the former looked on with a small smile 'You can do it Adam, end this.'

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The blast soon died down, leaving a massive trail of destruction in its wake.

Adam powered down his Blue Drive technique and slowly limped his way forward despite feeling severe muscle convulsions, but he powered through them 'Looks like I might have overdone it with this one, Blue Drive is gonna have to be put on the back shelf for the time being.'

Sordibus lifted his head from where he was sprawled out on the ground in a bloody heap, grinding his (or Mike's) teeth furiously "Well what are you waiting for? Just finish me already and save your friend."

"Oh believe me, I plan to." using what little power he had left, Adam summoned a small blast of electricity into his fingertip and aimed at Sordibus, and then he fired… at a nearby tree instead of at Sodribus himself "Call tonight a taste of what's to come. Don't get me wrong, when the time is right I am going to finish you off, but I'm not gonna give you what you want and give into whatever desire for revenge I may have. When I do take you out for good, I'm gonna do it my way, after I make sure that I rip you out of Mike's body and we're both free of you once and for all. Besides, someone I consider to be a very wise man and a very good friend told me not long ago that everyone in the world has potential for great good and great evil, and no matter who they might be everyone has to be treated like they're worth giving a chance. Even you."

Sordibus said nothing.

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Zoey glanced at the gorge where the rope was once hanging "How are we supposed to get across now?"

"Leave that to me." Cody gently grabbed Zoey by the hand, with Bridgette doing the same with her other hand, and the two of them prepared to pull Zoey across the gorge.

"Hey hold up for a sister!" that was when Leshawna showed up looking rather frazzled and beat up.

"Hold on a second!" that was when Brick and Dawn showed up, the former holding the latter in his arms and looking incredibly beat up.

"Oh there you guys are, what happened to you?"

"We were separated from Leshawna, and the fair Brick here gave it his all in order to protect me from the poor creatures affected by the moon." Dawn told them, looking a little bit frazzled considering everything that happened.

Zoey almost started gushing over it "Aww that's so sweet. But what about Leshawna?"

"She has a spirit as hard as iron, I am sure that she is fine. My only concern at the moment would have to be Mike."

"Right. You guys head out to the finish line, I'm gonna go and look for him. He's my brother, it's my turn to protect him now." and he took off back into the woods before he could get any signs of protest from the others, and once he was out of their range of sight he disappeared in a golden flash.

Now deciding to take charge, Bridgette leapt up and pulled a vine down from a tree "Anybody up for a tribute to Tarzan? The Disney movie I mean."

"...Works for me." Zoey grabbed onto the vine, with Brick and Dawn doing the same.

"Alright everybody, just hold on tight, keep your eyes shut and try not to think about it that much." and so they swung across the gorge on a makeshift rope made out of vines, which did work.

Unfortunately, Brick ended up slamming into the tree face first "Ow…"

"Uh… sorry Brick. I guess that, as Noah would say, a perfect plan executed by our favorite surfer girl right?" Bridgette let out a nervous giggle, earning a thumbs up from Brick from where he was lodged in the tree.

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Despite being heavily wounded and exhausted from his earlier battle, Adam limped his way through the forest of Wawanakwa carrying Mike's unconscious body on his back "Come on… it can't be… much further…" he looked up and let out a bitter chuckle "Look who decided to be the Hero…"

Sure enough, Cody was standing in front of him "You know something Adam I get the feeling that you enjoyed this fight way more than you should've."

"Yeah well what else is new? Besides he was trying to kill me and kind of vice versa so what the hell was I supposed to do? And maybe I wanted to because I haven't had a decent challenge in months, ever since Mike and I got back from the Void between dimensions things have been super low key and you guys have been slacking off, and Alejandro has always been off doing his own thing about his redemption."

"...Yeah okay that's everybody's B, we have been getting a little bit complacent lately. But what can I say, times of peace can do that to you."

"Yeah just look at Gohan from Super, that was just painful." he grabbed onto Mike with one hand and Cody with the other "Hey thanks for coming looking for me."

"I told you before, now it's my turn to be your hero." and then they disappeared in a golden flash.

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Chris was still waiting when the Villains, or what was left of them, finally made it to the finish line "Welcome to the finish line Villainous Vultures, looks like you guys are still missing a player though."

"Which means that Adam is not here, I was afraid of this." Alejandro glanced back at Duncan and Heather "You two wait here, I'm going after Adam."

"No way in hell!" Heather barked "I don't know what little bromance you and him have going on and I don't care, I'm not letting you screw over this team!"

"...First of all senorita, you are incredibly rude and overbearing which I actually find to be very relieving. Second of all, the person that you saw during World Tour… that was not the real me, and it merely gave you a false perception of me. My objective now is to restore the honor that my family lost some time ago, and to restore honor to myself. Think of me whatever you wish, but I will not leave behind the one who has gone above and beyond to attempt to restore my faith in myself. Oh and by the way, deer." and then he disappeared in a crimson flash.

"Where the hell does that son of a bitch get off talking to me like that?"

Duncan gave a shrug "I say just be glad you won that one after all someone like you must get satisfaction from a guy so rarely."

"Listen you little son of a-" Heather was cut off by a snarling noise from behind her, and she whipped around to find a moon altered deer snarling at her.

"...Oh, so that's what he meant by deer."

"Are you kidding me?! Stay back you little shit, I'm at the top of the food chain!"

"I'm not sure you understand what the food chain is exactly."

Heather ignored Duncan's commentary, mainly because she was backed into a corner by the deer as it pounced on her, and she shut her eyes and waited for what was to come.

But it never came.

Heather opened her eyes and, much to her surprise, she saw Leshawna holding back the deer with her bare hands "You… You saved me?"

Leshawna gave a shrug "Let's just call this one one girl to another, and I actually think that this feud of ours kind of lost interest. Maybe it's about time to just let go of it you know?" she dealt the deer a kick to the kiwis, sending it running away squealing.

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Heather let out a sigh "I choose to believe that this is the moon talking but… maybe she's actually right."

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Bridgette finished patching up Brick after the nasty run in with the tree, only to let out a horrified gasp that was echoed by Zoey when she noticed Cody supporting Adam (who was still possessing the Sordibus possessed Mike) as they limped their way forward "Oh my god what happened to you guys?"

"Fang happened." Adam spat out, along with a little bit of blood mixed with saliva "I got separated from Alejandro and the others and then Fang found me and I'm pretty sure he tried to rape me."

"...I was actually gonna ask why you and Mike both look so beat up." Zoey pointed out.

"Guy business Zoey, we're doing what we were born to do."

"I don't want to know what that means."

"No you do not."

That was when Alejandro showed up "I'm taking Adam, adios!" he grabbed Adam by the gi and the two of them disappeared in a crimson flash.

"Hey cool it with the TFS references!" Cody barked uncharacteristically "That's my thing and my thing alone!"

"I think we should probably just go." Brick told him, which prompted the five of them to take off running, just as the Blue Harvest moon started to fade away, returning the inhabitants of the island to normal.

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Dawn breathed a heavy sigh of relief "At last now that the moon curse is fading away I can read auras again, I can see all of it! The concern the bird has over its eggs, the lovelife of the rabbits and squirrels, the film career of Sasquatchanakwa." this was met with awkward whistling from outside the confessional.

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Alejandro blitzed back over with Adam and landed on the ground with a thud, and he glanced over to see Heather and Leshawna sitting where the deer once had them pinned "Hurry senorita, the moon curse is over so there is no time to lose!" he glanced down at Adam "I know that you were lying to them about being attacked by the mutant shark, you fought him tonight did you not?"

Adam let out a sigh "Yes and no, I fought him but I actually did get attacked and almost raped earlier by Fang. But yeah, I fought him but I didn't kill him. Even if I do win, if I kill him then I'd kill Mike and that would be giving him what he wants. There's no way I'm gonna let that happen, when I take him down I'm gonna do it my own way."

"I see, that's good."

"Yeah." Adam let out a sigh as he saw the Heroes coming running "You know, facing your destined enemy and having your life flash before your eyes really does open them. But there was really one person that I was thinking about during that fight despite everything, and than person was Bridgette. I told you once two years ago that she was really special, and I think we were both right in that regard. I have spent more than an entire decade covering myself in blood, sweat and tears, both from myself and from other people, and it's left me nothing but broken both physically and emotionally. But now with Bridgette, when I admitted to myself and to her that I had feelings for her, for the first time in a really really long time I felt happy, at peace and overall… I actually felt really content. I don't want this feeling to go away. So when all of this is over, when Sordibus is gone for good and we're both free, when we get back, when I need to find a new purpose in my life, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna ask Bridgette to marry me."

"...Is that so? Well then congratulations." this was followed by the Heather making it across the finish line a few seconds before the Heroes showed up.

Chris made the call "And the Villains win, it's about time!" this was met with groans from the Heroes and cheers from the likes of Duncan and Heather.

Mike slowly opened his eyes and immediately felt the pain from his wounds "Hey what happened you guys? Did we win?"

"Mike you're okay!" Zoey threw her arms around him.

"I feel like I got hit by a bus."

"We might as well have." Adam muttered, his tone dark, something that didn't go unnoticed by a few of the others.

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Duncan frowned in thought "Alright no more skulking from the shadows, tomorrow I'm gonna find out what he's hiding."

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An hour passed and all of the contestants returned to the camp grounds, and the time for the elmination ceremony had begun, with the Villains placed in the Peanut Gallery and the Heroes all taking their place.

Heather glanced over at Leshawna "So listen, about what you said before… Maybe it is time for us to let go of this whole grudge thing, it's done a lot more harm than good. Well more harm for me but you know what I mean."

"Yeah I do." Leshawna gestured to Heather's mouth, or more specifically the filling meant to replace the tooth that she knocked out when they fought in Germany "So you're thinking that we bury the hatchet?"

"Maybe, but if anyone ever finds out about that I'll deny it tooth and nail."

"Wouldn't have it any other way." they exchanged two even nods and looked away.

Chris stood in front of the group gathered around the bonfire "Okay then peeps, each of you is a lower in your own right but the Villains won the challenge so they've earned themselves a night of luxurious luxury at my Spa Hotel."

Adam (back in his quarter zip and jeans and covered in bandages) made his way out of the Peanut Gallery booth "I'll take a crack at exile on Boney Island."

"YES! I mean sure, I don't care."

"Yeah we know what you meant McLean." Adam was promptly grabbed by the helicopter by the head and taken away to Boney Island.

"Okay people, now before we get to voting I just wanna say… psyche! Nobody's gonna go home tonight!" this was met with various gasps and/ or sighs of relief "Yeah I think it's obvious that there's a lot of drama going down, and I don't think that we can afford to flush anybody tonight or risk ending it on a cliffhanger, which SUCKS!"

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Mike let out a sigh "To be honest I was gonna vote for myself, I've got something inside of me that's about to cause all sorts of havoc. Only a handful of the people know what this thing is capable of, but the rest of them don't even have a clue. If this thing has its way, and that's a thought that scares me in itself, everybody is gonna lose. Adam, you've gotta be ready to do whatever it takes to take him down, once and for all."

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Once the elmination ceremony (or lack thereof) was over, Brick pulled Dawn back behind so they could talk "So listen, I think you and I need to talk. About what happened yesterday and about tonight, I think that-" he was cut off when Dawn planted on him a kiss on the lips, causing his leg to pump upwards "So, was that just to get me to stop talking?"

"Far from it actually." Dawn told him "First of all, it was to thank you for protecting me this evening. Second, it was a statement of sorts. Whatever your decision will be, I will support you to the best of my ability."

"So if we do give this a try and it doesn't work then will we become one of those couples that hate each other afterwards?"

"What reason would I have to hate you?"

"...Fair enough, if you're willing to give it a shot then I guess I am too."

"Very well then." Dawn just pecked him on the cheek and then made her way back to the Loser Cabin.

Brick on the other hand, well he just fainted. Again.

Chris popped up next to his unconscious form and took the chance to sign off "You guys think they've had enough punishment? Yeah I don't think so either but the question does remain, who's gonna be the next one to take the plunge? Find out when we return with the next awesome installment of Total! Drama! All Stars!"

A/N:

And with this chapter, the final battle looms ever closer. I was going to have Brick get moved over to the Villains' team, but in the end I decided to make this episode a non elimination challenge. As for his role in Adam's battle with Sordibus, I know that it would be in his nature to go out of his way to help a fellow contestant even if they were on another team, even if it meant he would get eliminated as a result.

I'm just gonna say this right off the bat, sorry if this chapter seemed a little bit weak in some areas. I experienced A LOT of burnout while writing this chapter.

I was going to have Sorbidus/ Mal attack one of the other heroes and threaten them into silence but then I thought that him and Adam fighting it out for the first time in more than half of a decade would be more fitting, plus another fic on Deviantart already did that. Also, the next few chapters will be a prelude to something much greater both in terms of plot and of character development, so bare with me until then.

I had to reference that little Slender Man cameo because, well to be honest, I don't know if many people even know about it.

To compensate for the lack of Gwen and Courtney drama, I decided to add in a little bit of Heather and Leshawna drama instead. I figured it was about time for the two of them to bury the hatchet, and it gives a good message. Some grudges just fade over time, and theirs is no exception.

I know I've basically been ripping off techniques from a number of different anime, most notably Fairy Tail, the Seven Deadly Sins, DBZ, and even Kung Fu Panda, but this chapter features my first original technique (aside from Cody's Hero's Chi based techniques):

Blue Thunder: Why you ask? It's like Adam said, which I'm about 75% sure is true, Blue is Bridgette's favorite color. Anyway it's supposed to be a more concentrated and enhanced Lightning attack, sort of a last ditch ultimate attack for Adam to use.

Blue Drive (based on the Kaioken from DBZ): keeping with the Blue scheme, I figured why not give him a powerup technique of his own that doesn't require him to transform, at least since he can't show his true power while on TV, at least not yet, he can at least allow himself to power up in the meantime.

Cosmic Cannon (based on the Kamehameha from DBZ): This one is actually a shout out to the author of the same name since he gave me a shoutout in one of his DBZ stories, Honor of the Disgraced. It's just my way of thanking him for that.

Cameo: DJ

Oh and by the way, I'm making a change in my planned lineup: I was going to wrap up a certain plotline from my Underdog story An Underdog's Knighthood (originally titled the Cosmic Underdog), but after taking some time to brainstorm about my plans for this story I decided that instead of wrapping that up during the time when Sundae Muddy Sundae was SUPPOSED to take place (and as a result thereby eliminating the plot of the most hated episode of the entire franchise), it would be more fitting to wrap that up during an actual milestone for the series: Episode 100 of Total Drama. This actually works out for me, now that Zeke hasn't gone feral (which is one of two main reasons why World Tour isn't my favorite season, the other being Blainely), I needed something to fill in that plot gap left behind, and I think this will work out well. But this does mean that I'll be including some original content up to that point, and by that I mean I plan to do one crossover chapter (like how I did in An Underdog's Knighthood) and some of my own original stuff. To put it simply, next chapter will be an original chapter, which is the main reason why I had Adam go to Boney Island for exile duty. I don't get another chance for this until after the merge.