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?

8. The Uneggspected Threat

(New episode title: The Uneggspected Threat)

As is normal with the typical Total Drama fashion, Chris started off the newest episode with a recap of the previous one from his position on the Dock of Shame "Last time on Total Drama All Stars: the island of Camp Wawanakwa was bathed in a rare Blue Harvest Moon that is known for turning normally sweet creatures into ravanous freaks of pure evil! Yeah it's totally not safe to be about after dark with something like that on the rise, which is why I decided to make that a night challenge! As they raced across the island, Heather pretended to be affected by the moon while the Heroic Hawks split up after getting ditched by Mike, or WAS it Mike? Dawn on the other hand lost her connection with the wild creatures due to the moon's effects and had to be rescued by our favorite cadet turned lower boy Brick, and on top of that they kissed. Again. In the end the Villains finally ended their losing streak, there was no elimination because there's way too much juicy stuff going down to be able to get rid of any of them just yet. But that was then and this is now, there's no way we can stop it so we're gonna have to top it 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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Morning had come, and the sun was just rising over the skies of Wawanakwa.

Now covered in bandages and some light bruising, Mike stood on the shores of the island staring out at the vast body of water in front of him, his mind drifting with the wind 'I wish that you guys could understand what I'm feeling. To know that I have something inside of me waiting to take over and rip my best friend apart the first chance it gets, to know that shakes me to the very core.'

"I know how you feel."

Mike looked back to see Dawn standing a few feet away from him "I want to believe that, I really do, but I'm just not sure about that anymore. And you don't have to force yourself into these situations either."

"Perhaps not, but if I were to just leave someone to suffer when I know that I could help is something that I just cannot do." Dawn slowly stepped forward towards Mike and put a hand on his shoulder "I understand how hard this is for you my friend, and how much pain this is causing both yourself and those around you."

"...I don't remember anything from when the Blue Harvest Moon started last night, all I know is that I felt something clawing its way out from inside me and I just had to get away before it hurt everyone. I know I've been having gaps in my memory but nothing for that long at once, even with my other personalities it was never like that before, at least not to that extent. The next time whatever this is happens, I might end up coming after you or the others, or Adam or Zoey, and that thought just terrifies me."

"I see. Michael, there is something that I must tell you."

"What is it?"

"The truth about what is inside of you, what has been happening to you. What Adam has been choosing not to tell you in order to spare you of the grief of knowing."

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Duncan was chowing down on some sausage links in the Spa Hotel and noticed Heather giving him a certain look "Okay are you gonna tell me what you want or do you just want me to upchuck all over you? Cause I'm not against the latter option but…"

"You know exactly what I'm thinking about." Heather told him "Adam and Alejandro obviously have a secret alliance going, those two are definitely tough so if they're teaming up then we've gotta step up our game."

"And you're going where with this exactly?"

"As much as I hate the thought of it maybe the two of us should form a temporary alliance with each other to avoid being voted off." she reluctantly held out her hand "So what do you say, allies?"

"If I say yes will you just get lost and let me eat in peace?"

"Yes."

"Fine." he reluctantly shook it, keeping his fingers crossed behind his back, and then he went back to eating his breakfast.

Heather walked away with a simple smirk, crossing her own fingers as she did so.

Leshawna just looked on and let out a sigh "One of them is so screwed it's not even funny anymore. Oh who am I kidding, yes it is."

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Duncan gave a cocky smirk "So she claims that she trusts me, and that's all that I need to get her under my thumb. I personally don't have any quarrel with her other than her being annoying, but I've gotta admit it is fun to screw with her. Plus I tried the alliance thing with her back in season one and it ended with her getting a dart in the ass and me having to clean the bathrooms while she claimed to still be paralyzed. It's paybacktime, and as I said before payback is a-"

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"That punk rock reject actually thinks that I trust him, get real." Heather let out a scoff "That's just him practially begging to get flushed."

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"So anyway I'm gonna get her out of the picture and then I'm gonna get back to figuring out what Adam and the others are hiding." Duncan finished explaining.

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Cody glanced over to see Dawn meditating on the beach "So just out of curiosity, after what went down last night, are you and Brick, you know… dating now?"

Dawn gave him a small amused smile "Actually Brick and I both agreed that we respectfully wish not to discuss our current romantic situation with anyone. However, I assured him that there will be no pressure or anything that could cause him discomfort."

"Oh. Well good for you guys then."

"Thank you." but then her mood turned grim "You can sense it can you not? The monstrous auras that are approaching the Earth at an alarming rate?"

"...Yeah, I can. Is it Metallum?"

"I would not doubt that."

"I can only imagine how freaked out Bridgette must be, she and Adam are the only ones who've actually fought Metallum before."

"Actually she appeares to be taking it quite well, after all she has always been calm and logical by nature has she not?"

"I guess but this isn't your typical run of the mill stress thing, this is the most dangerous being in the universe. Do you think we're ready?"

"We can only know for sure once the day of reckoning arrives, which is actually part of the main reason why I agreed to return to this abomination of a competition run by a monster such as our so called beloved host." the last part of her sentence was laced with venom.

"...Woah, I didn't know you had this side to you."

"I normally find unnecessary violence to be deplorable, but with someone like him, I believe as you would say, all bets are off."

"Huh. Fair enough."

(Seriosusly though, keep this exchange in mind for episode 100, or in this case chapter 9. It will have plot relevance later on.)

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Zoey sat on the steps to the Loser Cabin just moping with her thoughts 'What's going on with him?'

"You want one?"

Zoey glanced back and saw Bridgette holding out an apple in front of her "Thanks but I really don't have much of an appetite right now."

"It's not toxic if that helps."

"Not really."

"...You're worried about Mike aren't you?"

"Yeah. I just don't get it, he hasn't been himself lately, ever since the beach challenge actually. I mean I know he hasn't been able to access his other personalities but something about him is just giving off this vibe, like there's something about him that… that just shakes me to the core. As much as I hate to say it, I think I might be scared of Mike now. It's times like this I'd give anything for a deck of tarot cards."

"Uh… I'm not sure how to respond to that. But I can say this." Bridgette pulled Zoey into a tight hug "If there's one thing I've learned in the past two years that I've been dating Adam, it's that no matter what happens you don't give up on the one that you love. You stand by them no matter what it may take."

"Yeah… Yeah you're right, thanks Bridgette."

"Hey no problem, that's what friends are for." and then she walked off.

"Yeah, what friends are for."

"Hey Zoey." that was when Mike suddenly popped up next to her, earning a startled yelp of terror "Oh sorry, didn't mean to startle you. So, are you okay?"

"Yeah yeah, I'm totally fine. I was a little bit freaked out at first but Bridge and I just had a quick talk and I'm good now."

"Okay that's good, you want an apple?" he held up an apple to her with a knife in it, earning another yelp of terror.

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Zoey let out a sigh "I guess Bridgette's pep talk didn't calm me down as much as either of us wanted it too, I can't believe I'm saying it but I'm scared of Mike. After everything that happened, but he just isn't himself. I know that the Mike that I love is still in there, he just has to be. I can't just abandon him can I? Seriously what I wouldn't give for a deck of tarot cards right about now."

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Mike just looked forlorn but at the same time there was a resolve hidden beneath his melancholy expression "Zoey has been pulling away for the past few days, and I hate to say it but I think it might be for the best. If I can't control what I have going on inside of me then being near me might put her in danger. I just wish it didn't have to come to this." and then Mal quickly took over "Well unfortunately what he wants doesn't really matter right now, what matters is getting the job done."

"Get your butts to the Dock of Shame victims, it's time for the day's challenge!"

"Speaking of which…" and then Mike was given back control "So uh, I just wish I knew what to do about this situation. Especially after what Dawn told me."

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Soon enough, Chris had gathered 10 of the 11 remaining contestants at the Dock of Shame "Let me just go ahead and welcome you victims- I mean campers, the challenge for today involves a trip to the Fun Zone!" and then he blew on a kazoo as confetti started raining down on all of the contestants.

"There's a catch isn't there?" Leshawna guessed, with Duncan and Heather both nodding in agreement "The Fun Zone is based on your definition of fun which means that we're probably gonna die right?"

"Maybe, anyway you guys have had it pretty rough lately so I figured that you guyse deserved a little treat."

"Meaning the lawyers."

"Pretty much, but if you guys would rather do something else?" he received several mixed replies from the contestants "Well then again I don't really care what any of you think so Fun Zone it is, as soon as Adam gets back from his night of exile on Boney Island."

Sure enough, at that moment the Boat of Losers pulled up and Adam gracefully leapt out of the boat with Shatterstorm in hand "Hey guys who wants a free battleaxe?" he received raised hands from Duncan and Leshawna "Well too bad." he held out the blade of the axe in the direction where Brick was standing "Alright soldier, let's talk when we get to the hell hole that McLean has in store for us."

"Ignoring you, all aboard!"

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15 minutes later…

Bridgette shot a look at Chris "The Fun Zone is on Boney Island? Why am I not surprised anymore?"

Chris gave a shrug "What can I say, it works better as a surprise that way."

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Bridgette let out a groan "Chris putting emphasis on pretty much anything, especially surprise, ALWAYS leads to something bad. I'm a pacifist at heart, but I also believe that Karma should strike that (insert massive stream of curses that would make Duncan proud) right in the (insert one final curse)!" this was followed by a low whistle outside of the confessional "Thank you for that emphasis Adam."

"It's what I'm here for!" Adam called from outside the confessional.

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Duncan looked around at the surroundings of Boney Islands "I forgot how much of a shit show this place was."

"Oh come on now Mohawk." Chris' tone was mocking "You never know, maybe someone will finally get the chance to find the fabled Invincibility Statue."

"And another piece of shit that is yet to be cut. I spent my entire night of exile looking for that thing and I came up with squat." he received several odd looks "What? I like a little bit of variety every now and then. Anyway just say it McLean, there is no Invincibility Statue. Say that it's just something you said to screw with us."

"Actually there is an Invincibility Statue, but what I chose not to tell you was that it's hidden inside the Fun Zone and whoever finds it gets to keep it." this was met with lots of positive muttering.

Bridgette glanced over at Adam "So are you okay after last night?"

Adam let out a chuckle "Come on now Bridge look who you're talking to, I've got the strength of a dragon and they've got nothing on my guts, grit and pure badassery." he ripped off his bandages for emphasis, revealing himself to be fully healed from his previous battle "Oh yeah, and I kind of went thorugh some shit with Aurora last night, which ended with me getting this bad boy back." he gestured to Shatterstorm in his hand.

"And your overconfidence is back." the two of them took a moment to hang back from the rest of the group "So what exactly did Aurora have you do?"

"Basically the same thing that Alejandro did to retore faith in himself before and after I gave him my kickass peptalk."

"You mean the Waterfall of Light thing where you confront your true self?"

"Pretty much, and I got to meet with someone from a dimension that we haven't actually been to before. I'd tell you who but I'm pretty sure Cody would have a heart attack if I did, so I'll tell you about it later. Anyway he helped me realize that while I can't forgive Sordibus for what he did to my parents, I think that I can finally forgive myself. Bridge… I think my journey of healing is finally at its end."

Bridgette gave him a small smile, and then threw her arms around him "To hear you say that after everything you've been through, I'm so proud of you."

"It's all thanks to you and the others, I said before that without you guys my life wouldn't have any meaning." he pulled her into a gentle embrace.

"Hey enough with the mushy crap, we've got a challenge to do!" Chris barked just to be a dick, only for a rock to hit him on the head from behind, knocking him out cold.

Alejandro stood nearby whistling innocently, receiving several odd looks "What? It is wrong and disrespectful to interfere with true love. Plus he has deserved that for far too long."

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5 minutes later…

With Chris now unconscious, much to the relief of everyone else, Chef took over as the host for the time being and led them to the outside of the Fun Zone "Alright maggots this is the- okay you know what I'm not saying any of this load of crap, just get in there before Chris wakes up and you have to deal with him again."

"Way ahead of you." so Adam and the others all made their way inside the Fun Zone, revealing it to be filled to the brin with mutated creatures and wildlife and the like, right before the door shut tight behind them "And I'm guessing that's what makes it fun."

"And now you maggots are in the Fun Zone, AKA the most dangerous place Chris has ever put you idiots and the place where the government lapdogs had to dump all of the mutant stuff from last season in order to make Wawanakwa inhabitable again."

"And the challenge?"

"Just collect a crap load of mutant eggs found here in the Fun Zone belonging to the mutant creatures that live here. They'll probably try to smash your bodies and eat you."

"And what exactly is fun about that?" asked Mike.

"By your standards, probably nothing. By Adam standards, he probably enjoys the challenge of that stuff."

Adam gave a shrug "It's true."

"As for me, it's like watching Jackass."

"So all we have to do is collect the eggs?" asked Alejandro.

"And get around the wild mutated beasts protecting them, first team with seven eggs in their basket wins."

"What if an egg hatches?" asked Brick.

"As long as you keep whatever hatches in the basket I'll count it, and just for the hell of it whoever gets the most eggs for the winning team gets a special reward. Anyway the red basket is for the Villains, or Heather, Duncan and the two guys that I don't hate. The gold one is for the heroes or whatever. Now then, a good chunk of you go wreck some shit, and the others get your shit wrecked. You know which ones you are, now get to it maggots!" and then he blew on an airhorn.

Adam quickly pulled Brick aside with Shatterstorm in hand "You're coming with me before anything else, we need to talk."

"With all due respect, you do realize that we're on different teams right?" Brick pointed out, cringing from Adam's powerful grip.

"Yeah don't care, I'm gonna tell you my life story and about the shit that's gonna go down to decide the fate of the planet, yada yada yada, and then I'm gonna give you a kickass magic battleaxe." and then he dragged him away.

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Alejandro made his way through the mutant forest, and paused when he sensed something in the distance, and his frown deepened 'I can sense it, this monstrous energy signature. It could only be from one source. Metallum is coming, that much has to be true, but who are these other two that are with him? As far as I know he should be the only Cosmic Elemental that still exists in that physical form. But then again he only has four Cosmic Lacrima, his own two Metal, one Earth and one Fire. Such a possibility does exist…'

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"Come on, those eggs have to be around here somewhere…" Zoey pushed past a few branches, only to see a menacing shadowy silhouette of Mike that made her yelp in terror and fall to the ground.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to startle you." Mike pulled her back to her feet and let out a heavy sigh "Listen Zoey, I know that I've been kind of out of it lately with my personalities acting all out of whack, but the truth is that you're one of the few people that I don't feel scared of myself around."

"Oh, well I feel better when I'm around you too. At least you when you're… you know, actually you."

"Being around you makes me feel more like the me that I want to be, when I'm around you, being me… Wait a second, that didn't come out right."

Zoey just let out a giggle, but then suddenly pulled Mike into a nearby bush in order to avoid being spotted by a gigantic mutant crab.

"Oh that was close, thanks. So do you maybe, I don't know…

"Want to work together to collect eggs?"

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Heather was quick to take the chance to snatch an egg that Duncan was all set to collect, if for no other reason than to piss him off "Egg-scellent work Duncan, at least you make yourself useful unlike some people around here."

Duncan just rolled his eyes "You gonna keep up with the Disney style puns or can we just go now?"

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It was only a matter of moments before Heather and Duncan placed the egg in the basket for the Villains team "And that's how you get things done."

"And the first egg goes to the Villains, Heroes get your asses in gear or they're grass and I'm gonna mow it!"

That was when Duncan tought of something "Hold on a second, what's gonna stop the other team from taking eggs from our basket?"

"Intergity? If you're talking about you two then Chris didn't make a rule about that so I say go for it."

"Uh huh."

"You stay and guard the nest like a good mother hen." and then Heather rushed off to get another egg.

"Oh she is so going down."

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Zoey and Mike continued searching for eggs, only to come across something rather unexpected when they hid behind a tree "Hey Mike take a look, it's Larry and he's got a gigantic egg with him. But wait, does that actually make Larry a Laurie?"

"I don't want to check." Mike told her flatly "Anyway I'll grab the flower so Larry will chase me, and then you take the egg and head back to the basket."

"But what about-"

"I'll be fine, I'll meet you back at the basket." so with speeds that actually caught Zoey off guard and were too fast for the camera to catch, Mike bolted over Larry's mouth and grabbed the flower, and then he took off running.

Now thoroughly pissed off, Larry began chasing after him.

Mike just kept on running without a huge grin on his face "Is that all you've got? I've faced a gigantic magic dragon before, this is nothing!" he threw the flower at a nearby flying mutant deer, causing Larry to target it instead "Sorry about that!" he cringed when he noticed Dawn was glaring at him nearby from within the shadows in a very horror movie like fashion "Uh…" and then he took off running, with Dawn hot on his heels without ever uttering so much as a single word, which made it all the more terrifying.

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Brick stood frozen in place as Adam finished his story, taking a long moment to let everything sink in "Wow, that's… wow."

"Yeah I get that reaction a lot." Adam noted dryly "Anyway let me cut to the chase, we've got the three remaining Cosmic Elementals of Metal, Earth and Fire coming to Earth in a matter of days and me, Bridgette, Cody, Alejandro and Mike are the only ones here who can fight against them."

"What about Dawn and her mother?"

"No idea, never seen them fight before. Anyway I've gotta make sure that we're as prepared as possible for this fight and since you're somewhat capable in a fight and the only person aside from my Cosmic Breakfast Club, patent pending, that I know won't go insane with this kind of power." he held out Shatterstorm to him "So do you accept this weapon and the responsibility that comes with it?"

"To protect my comrades and to never leave a man behind…" Brick slowly gripped the handle of Shatterstorm, the blade glowing with golden energy "I would be honored. Wow I can already feel the power radiating from this thing."

"Aurora told me that it amplifies the power within the host, so I guess that means that you've some major untapped potential soldier. And now as a parting gift…" he slammed his foot into the ground and two eggs fell out of a nearby tree, both of which he caught with ease and handed one to Brick "That makes two for us and one for you, good luck." and then he disappeared in a flash.

"And there goes one brave chachi."

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"Come on let's go!" Zoey and Mike raced back to the basket and she attempted to place it in, only for it to suddenly explode, covering her in goo and revealing a small army of mini-Larry clones.

Duncan was quick to notice one with a head similar to that of Chris "So does anyone else see the-"

"Yep."

"Care to explain about that Sergeant Jackass?"

"...All I can say is that Chris has A LOT of explaining to do."

That was when Brick showed up and placed his egg in the basket "And that right there shows why it pays to be a hero."

"And the score is 1 to 1!"

"Yes, that's one for the good guys!" Mike caught both Zoey and Brick in a high five "Hey do you think one of you could stay and guard the basket, otherwise…" he pointed at Duncan a few feet away.

"Fair point, I'll stay behind and guard them." Brick told them.

"Alright thanks Brick, you're the best!" and so Mike and Zoey rushed off, leaving Brick alone with Duncan.

"So how's everything going on-" Brick paused when he noticed something behind Duncan's back "Uh…"

"Alright alright." Duncan held out one of the eggs from the Villains' basket "I was gonna sell it on the internet. You never know, mutant eggs might go for big bucks. It's not the weirdest thing that can be found online, I once ordered gunpowder off of Ebay."

"...Take my advice and sleep with one eye open tonight, Dawn despises people who hurt animals and I'm pretty sure that would put you on her list."

"Duly noted."

And then Adam blitzed in with his egg and placed it in the basket "And that would make two for us so far."

"Looks like it, so how about you stay and guard our basket while I go and track down a few more eggs."

"Fine by me. Oh and by the way I know what you're planning to do to Heather, I totally approve and I'm willing to make you a deal."

"Which is?"

"You want answers about me and the others, pull this off tonight and I'll send someone to tell you everything you want to know."

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Alejandro was hiding behind a rock to avoid an encounter with a gigantic mutant crocodile/ squid hybrid "Why did I agree to come back on this show again?"

That was when Heather came up to her "Hey I'm glad I found you, I just overheard Duncan and he's trying to convince Adam to vote for you at the next elimination. But you don't have to worry, my vote is for Duncan." and then she bolted off.

"...She is undoubtedly causing her own downfall."

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Dawn gently set down an egg in the Heroes' basket "Do not worry little one, you will be returned to your family before this day is done. That much I can personally guarantee, or else someone will burn in the fires of hell. Yes they will, yes they will."

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Chef took the chance to sign off for a commercial break "I'm not doing the egg puns, so far the Villains are leading two to one but we've still got a ways to go yet. Who's gonna come out on top? Find out when we come back right here on Total! Drama! All Stars! Yeah whoever wrote those jokes is so fired."

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Cody and Bridgette made their way through the mutated forest of the Fun Zone with one egg between the two of them "You know it's times like this I wonder how Mike and the others put up with a whole season of this stuff."

Bridgette gave a shrug "Well you know what all of those songs say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

"Fair enough, now let's get this thing back to the basket."

"How does a gopher lay an egg anyway?"

"I choose not to think about that." they both shuddered.

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Meanwhile, with Mike and Zoey…

"Easy, easy…" Mike reached into the nest of a gigantic mutant chicken, only to end up startling it and causing it to chase both him and Zoey, leaving them both to run away screaming in terror as a result.

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"And that makes 5 to 2 for the Villains, now get to it maggots so I can go on my lunch break already!"

Heather placed her egg in the basket with Adam and Alejandro doing the same and let out a sigh "Oh wow I need a break, how about I guard the basket for awhile."

"Suit yourself toots." and then Duncan just walked off, with Alejandro doing the same in a different direction.

"Don't get too close to him, a little while I heard Duncan trying to convince Alejandro to vote you off next, which is tempting."

"You realize I'm standing right here." Adam pointed out.

"Yeah I know."

"Just checking."

"Anyway my vote is for Duncan next."

"And I should trust you why?"

"Do what you want jackass, it's your funeral."

"Weren't you supposed to be watching the eggs? Did I just get shafted?"

"Pretty much yeah." Leshawna piped up from where she was putting her egg into the Heroes' basket.

"Yeah that's about what I thought."

"Welcome to the club sugar."

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Mike and Zoey had ducked into a cave in order to avoid the gigantic mutant chicken that was chasing them, and they emerged once they thought it was gone "Sucker." but then it circled back and started chasing them again "Me and my big mouth!"

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"Get lost you flying coatrack, go bug a hero or something!" Heather was trying to fight off a flying mutant fire breathing mountain goat in an attempt to get an egg, with little success.

Duncan watched from down on the ground "Should I help her? Probably. Will I? Not a chance in hell."

Heather promptly got knocked off of the ledge, only to notice the Invincibility Statue inside of a nearby broken egg "Hello what do we have here?"

'...Yeah I walked right into that one.' Duncan glanced up to see Heather stash it away behind a nearby rock, and he gave a devious grin.

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"I can't just hold onto the idol." Heather protested "Someone would see it for sure and there is no way I'm gonna stash it in my bra, I haven't sunk that low… yet. The only option I have that preserves my dignity is to stash it away now and come back for it later."

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"Hey so this is where you ended up." Duncan pulled himself out of his hiding place "So did you find any eggs partner?"

Heather shot him a smirk "Actually I found something quite interesting not too long ago that I refuse to stuff in my bra!"

"...Okay, so I don't suppose you'd tell me what it is?"

"No need for you to worry your pretty little head about that, you just might see it later on tonight."

"Okay then, I won't worry my pretty head." this caused her to scowl.

"It's just an expression you dolt and I didn't even mean it!" and then she started to stomp her way away.

"Oh hey wait for me and my pretty head!"

"SHUT IT!"

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Duncan let out a small chuckle "I can see why Alejandro does that so often now, it's actually a lot of fun."

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(Scene A, as dubbed for the sake of author's notes)

Zoey and Mike continued making their way through the forest, only now they were discussing about the connection with his other personalities, or lack thereof "So getting hit in the head by that cannon during the beach challenge was what caused you to lose contact with your other personalities, so then would another blow to the head bring them back?"

"You mean like some kind of very painful reset button?" Mike gave a shrug "It might, or it might make it ten times worse like in that Danny Phantom episode Identity Crisis."

"Which one was that again?"

"Oh it's the one where Danny uses the Fenton Ghost Catcher to split himself in two, his human half and his ghost half, but when he tries to put himself back together again he just makes it worse because they're both half ghost but it split their powers between them."

"You mean because each side has different functions, merge and separate?"

"Yep- Dammit why do we keep getting off topic like this? We've got a serious potential crisis on our hands, not to mention we're on international TV! Why are we talking about a kids cartoon that is way underrated?"

"Because of fan service?"

"...Yeah that must be it. Anyway I'm just gonna talk to Adam or Dawn later, maybe one of them will know what to do."

"Yeah I guess you're right- Wait a second take a look at this." they noticed a gigantic nest of bird eggs in front of them and shared a huge grin, unaware of Dawn observing them from where she was stalking Mike from a tree above (as per the gag joke provided in an earlier scene).

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Dawn frowned over what she had heard "A blow to the head was what caused Michael to lose his connection with his other personalities, quite possibly due to the evil residing within his mind biding its time, but he is correct when he says that another blow to the head would only make the situation worse. The only issue is, I am unsure of what to do at the moment. The evil inside of him is of a calliber that I have never even heard of before, and a method to extract such a being without harming Mike is beyond my knowledge."

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Bridgette and Cody quickly placed two eggs in the Heroes' basket "Yes!" and then they high fived each other.

"Score is 5 to 3 Villains, rah rah. Just move it already."

"Sounds like somebody is as done with this shit as I am." Adam noted dryly "It was kind of fun at first but aside from Larry these things all scare way too easily, plus I don't wanna have to see the birth of another Chris McLean plant spawn."

"Trust me runt, none of us do. Anyway the score is still 5 to 3 in favor of Villains but approaching the basket zone is… what looks like a gigantic bird's nest with four legs and a crapload of eggs."

"Hold that thought." that was when Duncan came back and placed another egg in the Villains' basket, just as Alejandro returned to the scene.

"Make that 6 to 3 Villains, one more and they take the win for the day."

"And what the hell is that?" Duncan pointed to where Mike and Zoey were carrying the gigantic nest.

"Oh no you don't, there is no way I'm taking the Loser Cabin again!" Heather bolted towards the baskets with the final Villain egg in hand, but found that she was too far behind Mike and Zoey to reach it in time.

"Don't just sprint, throw the thing!"

"Fine!" so Heather hurled the egg through the air, passing Mike and Zoey and sending it hurtling straight towards Duncan… only to nail him in the crotch with it, and then it hatched into a baby mutant fire breathing mountain goat with wings, and then began beating the ever loving shit out of him. Heather on the other hand, just fell to her knees "F**********CK!"

"Tough break for the only real Villains on the season, and by break I mean way to bust some balls. Literally." Chef was met with groans from various contestants present "What was that too much? Hey come on, I don't get to host that often if ever! I wanna take my time and enjoy it a little bit!"

"Come on, now's our chance!" Zoey and Mike quickly dumped the nest full of eggs into their basket, causing their number to shoot up.

"And with 16 to 5 the Heroes win the day, yada yada. Now before we head back to the actual island that we own, if anyone left anything behind that they wanna go get then now would be the time to do it. My Soaps are on in 45 minutes and if you miss the boat then I'm not coming back for you." he didn't even need to finish the sentence before Heather took off.

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"Alright, come to mama!" Heather reached behind the rock where she hid the Invincibility Statue, only to realize that it wasn't there, much to her horror "What the hell, where did it- Who could've-" she let out a gasp.

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7 ½ minutes later…

"YOU!" Heather almost instantly rounded on Adam in a blind rage "You took it, don't even try to deny it!"

"The fact that you're an overbearing harpy who dresses like a hooker from Reno? Who would deny it." Adam didn't even look up from where he was doing pushups, earning a furious snarl in response.

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"Of course it was Adam who stole my Invincibility Statue!" Heather let out a scoff "I mean who else could it have been? Him and his smartass arrogant attitude acting like he's better than me at everything, well WHATEVER! I am NOT the one going home tonight, that much I can guarantee to all of you!"

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Adam and Duncan both let out simultaneous sighs, quoting each other exactly despite being in different confessionals "She's so gonna get flushed."

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Mike gripped his fists tightly, his voice soft "Dawn told me everything, about how he just pops out of my head whenever he wants, and how it came out last night during the Blue Harvest Moon, how it almost killed both Adam and Leshawna… I don't even remember a thing from when they've been coming out, and that's killing me inside. To know that there's something inside of me that wants to kill my best friend, that's just gut wrenching. But I can't let it happen, tonight I'm going into exile on Boney Island and I'm not coming back until I figure out how to fix this problem before anyone gets hurt or worse. But if that doesn't work… Adam, if you're watching this, please just do whatever you have to do." and then Mal took over for a moment "It won't come to that, not if I have a say. Mike has played his part in this game long enough, now it's my turn to have a crack at it. Mike will be going to Boney Island tonight sure, but by the time he comes back I'll be in charge, at least for the time being."

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Nightfall came, and the time for the elimination ceremony had finally come.

Adam suddenly yanked Duncan into a nearby bush near the campfire ceremony sight "Alright look I think it's safe to say who's getting flushed tonight."

"And what about our agreement?" asked Duncan.

"I'll do my part to make sure your plan works out if for no other reason I don't want to vote for myself or Alejandro, but as long as this does work then I'll send a certain someone to meet with you and fill you in on the details later tonight."

"Deal."

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3 ½ minutes later…

Soon enough, Chris (now with some bandages on his head) had gathered everyone for the elimination ceremony, with the Villains preparing to send one of their own home and the Heroes having been placed in the victory Peanut Gallery "Congrats on starting yet another winning streak Heroes, and Zoey since you were the one who tipped over a dozen eggs into the basket for your team, as I was told instead of being there to witness it and make snarky comments, you get to use a special prize that will come in handy in the next challenge. But I'm gonna keep it a secret until then, I mean why would I spoil that surprise? Anyway tonight one of our four remaining Villains gets sent down a toilet. Time to get voting. Also vote for Adam because I'm pretty sure he's the one who hit me in the head, that and I think I speak for myself and Heather when I say that I really don't like him." he received a certain hand gesture (hint: it wasn't a thumbs up, leave a comment in the reviews if you get that reference).

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Heather furiously scribbled down on a certain photo "Adam must have my Invincibility Statue so this is my only option."

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Alejandro observed a picture of Heather and let out a sigh "She is beautiful is she not? Such a shame her anger and arrogance will turn out to be her downfall."

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Duncan just scribbled down his vote "Oh this is gonna be sweet."

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17 minutes later…

"Okay the votes are unanimous, and the flushee of the night is…" Chris paused for dramatic effect, and then he revealed the picture of the one who received the most votes "Duncan."

"HA!" Heather barked out a triumphant laugh "In your face Mohawk!"

Duncan on the other hand, looked increasingly smug "Oh trust me, I'm not the one going home tonight."

"Oh is that right, and what pray tell makes you think that?"

"Well a couple of things, the most noteworthy of which being this." Duncan pulled out the Invincibility Statue that he stole from her hiding place "How's that for dramatic flare."

Chris gave a shrug "6/10."

"You dick."

"It's what I do."

Heather bolted to her feet, enraged beyond forming a coherent sentence "You… YOU… YOU (insert massive stream of curses)!"

"Yeah as much as I hate to interrupt such a coherent and well thought out argument, I should point out that while Adam and Alejandro both voted for Duncan just to screw with you, the only vote that wasn't for him was for you, you, YOU. Which means that YOU are getting flushed tonight."

"But… But… NOOOOOO!" she fell to her knees in comical anguish.

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"Well that makes one thing easier more or less." Adam let out a sigh "At least that pain is off of my shoulders, I've got shit to do here and I don't need someone like Heather getting in my way by butting her nose in where it doesn't belong, so frankly I think I owe Duncan for that."

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Mal quickly took over Mike's body before letting him get a single word out "So it took him three years of being dragged around by his eyebrow ring by Courtney and all sorts of other crap, not to mention winning a million in the second season but he finally one upped the girl dressed like an Asian hooker. Okay I can dig that. Well played Mohawk, well played."

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Chris quickly got things back on track "So which of the Heroes is heading to Boney Island for the night?"

"I might as well." trying to sound like Mike so as not to arouse suspicion, Mal made his way towards the Boat of Losers, whistling to the tune of In the Hall of the Mountain King, which left a good number of those present.

Duncan suddenly froze on the spot "I know that tune!"

"So do the rest of us, it's creepy and it's old so yeah." Leshawna pointed out dryly, unaware of the fact that Adam was clenching his fist to the point where it started bleeding.

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Duncan tried not to sweat "Oh man I knew Mike seemed familiar, but this is way worse than I thought it would be. When I was a lowly punk in juvie he was running the place, but back then his name was Mal and even by my standards that guy is bad news. But with the way Adam looked like he was about to explode with gorey rage all over the place… he knows about Mal doesn't he?"

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Zoey shuddered "When did Mike learn to whistle a tune like that? It actually seems pretty out of character for him, and what was up with Adam? He looked downright furious, and I don't think I've ever seen him that angry before."

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Soon enough, the time had come for Heather's elimination via the Flush of Shame.

Alejandro was the only Villain who had come to see her off "Now that you're out of this acursed competition the slate is clean and we can start fresh, after all you and I are a perfect couple are we not?"

"Yeah hold that thought." Heather suddenly pulled him into an anger driven yet heated kiss before shoving him into the water "Okay let's do this."

"Way ahead of you." and so Chris pushed the button and sent Heather down the gigantic sized toilet "So now three Villains and seven Heroes remain in the game but the question still remains, who's gonna be the next to be thrown home from the throne? Find out when we come back with the next installment of Total! Drama! All Stars!"

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Hours passed, and darkness had completely covered all of Wawanakwa.

Duncan stood outside of the Loser Cabin carving a skull into a nearby tree, when he glanced over to see a shadowy figure standing a short distance away "So I'm guessing you're the one Adam told me about?"

Sure enough, the figure emerged from the shadows and revealed herself to be Aurora "You guessed correctly, my name is Aurora, a Master of the Mystic Arts."

"What like Doctor Strange?"

"...Not dignifying that, just come with me."

"Where to?"

"Where else? To give you the answers you've been trying to snuff out on your own for the past week." Aurora grabbed Duncan by the shoulder and threw him through a portal, and she followed him almost immediately, and the portal disappeared not long after.

A/N:

And as a nuisance is flushed, a greaters threat looms that much closer, and the inevitable battle draws near. Before I go any further, let me just apologize for taking so long to get this chapter out. This past week has just been kicking me in the ass left and right, one thing after another. It really just took the wind out of my sails and I just didn't have enough motivation to write.

The real hard part in this chapter was how to go about Heather's elimination, I mean while it was funny to watch her accuse Chris, or Adam in this case, it doesn't seem like her to just gloss over Alejandro like that, or Duncan in this case, only for that to backfire when it was revealed that Duncan stole her Invincibility Statue. This is also meant to be part of Duncan's arc in this fic, revolving around him trying to uncover the secrets that Adam and the others are hiding (their powers, see An Underdog's Knighthood).

Adding onto my last point, I was rewatching some episodes of Total Drama Island, specifically Wawanakwa Gone Wild, when I noticed that while Duncan obviously got the short end of the stick when he tried to form an alliance with Heather in that episode, he never actually got back at her for that, so I decided to add onto that here and use it as a reason for Duncan to get Heather voted off. That, and it gives him something to do since I've sort of been using him just for the sake of some snarky comedy.

Just a little heads up Duncan's little subplot with Mal will end a lot sooner than you think so it doesn't get dragged out, and at least then it will have a proper ending unlike in the canon version. To put it simply, he will NOT be getting arrested like before.

I was originally going to give Shatterstorm to Alejandro, but then I decided to give him something else and give Shatterstorm to Brick, both of these decisions being last minute changes. Worry not though, I have something in mind for Alejandro next chapter, which will cover one of my two favorite episodes of Total Drama All Stars overall.

Since I took out Alejandro screwing over Heather like in canon, as awesome as I think it was, I decided to retitle the episode to The Uneggspected Threat. Maybe a little bit short but it refers to the fact that there are probably three Cosmic Elementals coming and looking for a fight, and if everyone isn't prepared for when they show up then it won't be pretty, something that I preluded to last chapter, and by preluded I mean flat out blurted out. Metallum is coming, and since I stated in a previous story that the Cosmic Elementals each have two Cosmic Lacrima, that means that Terrae and Urere, the Cosmic Elementals of Earth and Fire, are still around.

I also took out Mike dropping a rock on his head, which was the main trigger that allowed Mal to take control of his body, since that scene was disturbing to some people and I don't want to do anything that would turn people off of this fic, since I'm sticking with the supernatural route. I have something in mind though for Mal taking full control of the body, at least temporarily, but the situation won't be anywhere near as dire as in canon. I'll be adding that in early next chapter, so tune in for that one.

In case Scene A as I had dubbed it and the conversation between Mike and Zoey didn't make it clear, I'm a HUGE fan of Danny Phantom. It's probably my favorite show from when I was a kid.

Also, since I've been having a hard time coming up with logical ways to make cameos, I've decided to drop the idea of having cameos in every episode and just have numerous ones in the next chapter, and then just drop the idea altogether, at least for the most part.

Elimination Order:

Anne Maria: 14th

Jo: 13th

Scott: 12th

Heather: 11th