It may not be Halloween, but it's never too late or early to give our competitors a frightening experience they will never forget.
And that frightening experience comes in more ways than one today.
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Chris' recap: "Last time on Total Drama Everything 2, we made a return to France to give our competitors the video game experience of a lifetime: a battle royale on Lyoko. Gaz got excited. Everyone else got scared. And it didn't end once everyone was inside. Double D and Gaz got a few nice moments to bond and work together. Is this love I detect? Either way, it was then ruined by Mandy, who has the most serious grudge on someone I had ever seen. And you all remember what Nom Nom was trying to do last season, right? Not only did Gaz soundly defeat her, but we even got a visit from Storygirl000, who promptly had her Zoroark beat Ivy to a pulp. Despite this, Ivy was far from down. In fact, she chose this elimination ceremony to do what she had promised herself to do: betray Mandy and send her out the door. That's something Mandy will never forget, probably. Will Gaz keep her vow to defeat this cunning supervillainess? And will two returning competitors spell disaster for some people? We're about to find out on this spooktastic episode of Total. Drama. Everything 2!"
*theme song*
All nine competitors were behind the door into the cafeteria, where they had been asked to wait. Leo was at the front of the group, trying to hear what was going on.
"Anything?" Ruby asked.
"Nope, nothing. Whatever Chris and Chef are doing, I can't tell."
Ivy was tapping her foot. "This had better not be a waste of my time. May I remind you all that we can't get into the bathroom because of this, and some of us have hair and makeup to worry about?"
"Pretty sure your hair and makeup is not a life or death situation," Yusei whispered.
"He is right," Moka whispered.
"This from the girl who has enough attractiveness without makeup because she's a vampire," Ivy muttered.
Moka looked at her. "I'm sure Kurumu would make you even more jealous."
"So, are we just going to argue all night over why girls need makeup?" Mega Man asked.
Gaz rolled her eyes. "Hope not. I just want those two idiots to hurry up and finish what they're doing."
"We can talk about why Chris decided to hire the Animaniacs as interns," Ruby said.
"Honestly, I think it was against his will," Double D responded. "They're really no worse than Deadpool, so I don't see a problem."
Harry just shrugged. "At least this means we'll never be bored."
Finally, Chris' voice came from the other side of the door. "It's ready. Come on in."
Leo opened the door, and everyone walked in to see a surprising sight. All of the regular tables had been moved to the walls, and a large, new table was now sitting in the center of the room, with eleven perfectly good chairs around it. The table also had a satin tablecloth on it, and a couple of candlesticks. Everyone stared in awe.
"Welcome, competitors," Chris said. "Come on in and find your seat.
Everyone looked around the table to find name cards at each of the seats, each bearing one of their names. However, they also noticed two of the name cards simply had a question mark on them.
"What's this all about?" Mega Man asked.
Chris smiled. "First off, let me congratulate all nine of you for making it to this season's merge. From this point onward, both teams are hereby dissolved, and you all are going to be playing for yourselves from here on out."
"We knew that part already," Ivy said. "Get to the point."
"Sheesh, be patient," Chris said. "Anyway, to mark this, we've decided to give you guys a little treat in the form of a 5-star dinner. That's what the setup is for. Mega Man and Ivy, we understand that you two don't eat. So for you two, we got several robot magazines for Mega Man, and a free hour in my personal tanning bed for Ivy."
Mega Man smiled. "Sweet!"
"I should enter these shows more often," Ivy said.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Chris said. "Anyway, it will take us a bit to get the food out. So be patient. Also, when we're ready, we're going to bring in our two returnees. That's why you see two empty seats."
"So who are the returnees?" Harry asked.
"All in good time."
Chris turned to leave the room, but then he turned back again. "I almost forgot," he said, then took out two message devices. "Fair warning, they're both from that Story person again," he said before throwing the devices to Leo and Yusei.
As Chris left the room, Yusei and Leo cast a small glance at each other before heading to opposite corners of the room to watch their videos in private.
(Leo's message, submitted by Storygirl000)
(We open in Bellwood. Story is there, currently tied to a chair. She does not look happy.)
Julie: (offscreen) Now, what did we rehearse?
Story: (aggravated sigh) I'm sorry I beat you two up with my Gardevoir.
Ben: (offscreen) And?
Story: And I'm sorry that I tried to kidnap you and replace you with a Ditto...and that I tried to wipe your memories of each other...and that I tried to use a female Salandit to brainwash Ben into being my boyfriend. (pause) Are we done here?
Ben: (offscreen) Once I get that restraining order, yes. (audible facepalm) But seriously, you went from beating me up to being my stalker pretty quickly...bipolar much?
Story: (shrug) What can I say, you're one of the sexiest guys in the multiverse. It's hard to stay mad at you.
Ben: (offscreen) Well, I didn't deny that...
Julie: (offscreen) BEN!
Story: (sighs) I suppose I'll have to go after someone a bit more obtainable now...like, I dunno, Keith from Voltron. (drools) God, I have some of the BEST fantasies about that mullet...
Julie: (offscreen) We're done here. (Turns camera to face herself and Ben, the latter looking weirded out) Leo, the main intent of shooting this was to make sure you knew that Story did give an apology to us, but I think we've gotten a bit off track...(sighs) Congrats on making it to the merge, and I hope you manage to win.
Story: (offscreen, singing) You're so gorgeous!~I can't say anything to your face!~'Cause look at your face!
*end*
Leo was laughing. "Well, at least she's learned her lesson….somewhat," he said. "I feel bad for whoever this Keith guy is."
In contrast to Leo, Yusei's video was far from satisfying.
(Yusei's message, submitted by Storygirl000)
(We open in...the Millenium Falcon? Story, a serious look on her face, is sitting down, a porg in her lap and a Mimikyu of her head. Angry muffled noises seem to be coming from offscreen.)
Story: (sighs) Hello, Yusei. No need for introductions, except for my companions. The Mimikyu is Ragdoll, the porg is Snuffles.
Snuffles: (porg noises)
Ragdoll: Kyuuuuu!
?: (angry muffled noises)
Story: Look...no beating around the bush, this is a reminder about Lammy. I repeat: SHE WAS ONLY DOING THIS TO PROTECT YOU. IT'S THE NECKLACE'S FAULT THAT YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION TO BEGIN WITH. (sighs) I'm sorry I had to open old wounds, but I'm just preparing you for what's to come.
Ragdoll: Mi mi...
Snuffles: (porg noises)
Story: Stay strong, alright? You're a great player, and that means people are going to be gunning for you now that the merge has happened. And don't let your old wounds overtake your ability to play the game. (muttering) Don't need a freakin' repeat of the Gwen/Duncan/Courtney debacle...
?: (angry muffled noises)
Story: (The rest of this was cut to avoid spoilers not related to the story.)
*end*
Yusei put down the device and sighed. It was quite peculiar. Last season, he didn't receive a single good luck message. Now, he had gotten three.
For this one, he was trying to understand what Story was talking about. Why did she feel the need to remind Yusei of what happened, and to not let himself be controlled about it?
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"So now Story's going after a guy with a mullet?" Leo asked. "Well, at least she has goals."
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"What she told me regarding Lammy was certainly scary," Yusei said. "But what I want to know is, what the heck was she doing with-"
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After a few minutes of the competitors talking, Chris came back in. "Alright, before we get the food started, it's time to bring in the two returnees," he said. Then he turned to face the door.
"Here's our first one. She's a magical princess from a faraway kingdom. She has a brilliant mind and has assisted in protecting her home from dark forces many times over. Ladies and gentlemen, it's Princess Zelda!"
Sure enough, Zelda came through the door. "It's really nice to see you all," she said.
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"I was hoping someone from last season would be here," Double D said. "Especially someone with a brain. And if I'm lucky, she may have some relationship advice."
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"At least we have a girl who may be able to help me with Double D," Gaz stated.
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"Did it have to be someone who originally didn't compete?" Ivy asked. "She may be a challenge for me."
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"Looks like I'm ready to fight for the million," Zelda said. "Best part is that I am already fully aware of what Ivy is capable of. She won't take me down easily."
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Ruby, Moka, Leo, Gaz, and Ivy all went to meet Zelda, whom none of them had met before. That took a few minutes, then Chris cleared his throat.
"Yay, we all got acquainted with Zelda. Wonderful."
Zelda shook her head and sat at one of the remaining two seats. Then she looked at Chris along with everyone else.
"So who's the other one?" Gaz asked.
Chris smiled. "This time, I'm not going to give it a big introduction. I'm just going to let her appearance speak for itself. Chef, bring her in."
Chef then walked out of the room, and then came back thirty seconds later with a large black bag. Whatever was in the bag, it was squirming.
"We kinda had to kidnap her," Chris explained. "Otherwise, she would never have agreed due to certain circumstances."
Then Chef untied the bag and dumped its passenger out. Everyone gasped, as her hands were bound and she was gagged.
Thing is, that was only part of it. Roughly seventy-five percent of the shock came from who the person was.
"Yep, Lammy is also joining you guys!" Chris announced.
As expected, most of the competitors started chatting with themselves. Well, except one. Yusei just sat there, completely silent and with the same unreadable expression on his face from when he read Lammy's message to him.
Finally, Chef untied Lammy's hands and removed the gag. "Are you guys insane?" Lammy asked. "Where's the parachute? I need to get out of here!"
"And miss out on the fun?" Chris asked.
"I just need to get out of here! I absolutely do not….want….to...compete…." She had just noticed Yusei was there.
Now both were silent. Neither said anything, only continuing to stare at each other. There wasn't a single emotion in their faces. Everyone else could tell there was something they wanted to say to each other, but they couldn't find the words.
"Awkward," Ruby whispered to Mega Man.
"I thought she had gone off the grid," Leo said.
"Did you guys honestly believe we would let a competitor go like that?" Chris asked. "Even after she tried to disappear, we tracked her 24/7."
Lammy glared at him, finally finding her voice. "So you decided to kidnap me? That's it, where is that parachute? As if I didn't have enough of a reason to run."
"Nice try, but we have a vault containing every parachute we have. It's locked, and we are certainly not giving you the combination."
That did not alleviate the lamb;s frustration. Knowing she was stuck, she sighed and went to sit on the last empty seat. All the while, she and Yusei tried (and failed) not to look at each other.
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"As if I didn't have enough things to deal with this season," Yusei said. "Now La-she's back, and do not know what the producers were thinking.
"Part of me understands she merely wanted to protect me. That much is certain. But I still don't know what. No clue. I know the necklace is involved, but that doesn't help. Add the fact that she broke up with me in the first place, and you get this huge predicament I am now in."
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"I had certainly hoped Yu-he would make the merge," Lammy explained. "But I had already made up my mind to keep myself away from him indefinitely. There is just too much I'm dealing with right now, and I don't want him involved.
"Clearly, the producers don't understand that, and now I'm at the last place I ever wanted to be. I'm near him again. I can't be near him, no matter what. That Story person told me he knows, but that probably doesn't change what I did to him.
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"This stinks," Yusei moaned.
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"Why me?" Lammy asked.
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"I'm doomed," they both said (with a split-screen showing both their confessionals at once).
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"I was told not to tell anyone she was coming back," Zelda mentioned. "That's just in case you were all wondering."
"Well, now that we got returnees out of the way, let's eat," Chris said. "Waiters, get out here!"
The Animaniacs all came out through the door, wearing weird maids' outfits. "You're killing me here," Yakko said. "We're cartoon characters, not waiters."
"Shut up. If you three want to stay, you're doing your fair share."
"And by fair share, do you mean all the work?" Wakko asked.
"Yep."
Chris then looked at the competitors. "Believe it or not, they chose to wear those outfits tonight," he told them.
"So, how do you want your steak cooked?" Dot asked. "Completely untouched, moderately pink, or straight-up burnt?"
(Later…)
Despite the newfound tension, the rest of the evening turned out to be a lot of fun. For some odd reason, the Warner siblings turned out to be really good cooks. They were even able to pull off the best crème brûlée any of them hd ever eaten.
"Since when were you guys cooks?" Chris asked.
"We're full of surprises, boss," Wakko said. "Speaking of which, I even made a giant one for myself."
He then pulled out a giant crème brûlée from out of nowhere. "Any takers? No?"
SNARF! One gulp, and bye-bye French dessert. Chris gagged at the sight.
"That was good. Wish it didn't take so long for me to eat it though."
Then, he and Yakko caught sight of Ivy, who came back from the tanning booth. "What did I miss?" she asked.
Yakko and Wakko then rushed over to her. "HELLOOOOOO, NURSE!"
"Move it, psychos!" Ivy snapped at them.
Dot shook her head. "Brothers."
"Don't get me started," Gaz told her.
(Still later…)
At the end of the night, the Animaniacs finished their dinner entertainment, which included the following: a weird magic show, Wakko eating an entire triple decker sandwich in one gulp, and Dot just doing her best to be cute.
"So who here feels accomplished now that we've had steak and laughs?" Leo asked.
Only Ruby raised her hand.
"Then if that's all, I'm getting my beauty sleep," Ivy said.
"That reminds me," Chris said. "As one last treat, all of you are sleeping in first-class tonight."
Most of the group cheered, except for three people: Gaz, because she's Gaz; and Yusei and Lammy, for other reasons. In fact, neither had spoken to the other all night.
Everyone got into first class, where they just plopped down in whatever chair they wanted. Sure enough, Yusei and Lammy only glanced at each other for a split second. Then Lammy made for the furthest chair from her ex, all the way at the back. Yusei just shook his head.
"Awkward," Mega Man said. Then he saw Double D and Harry.
"Psst!"
Double D looked at Mega Man, who was beckoning for both him and Harry. Once they were there, Harry raised an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"Don't ask where I got these," Mega Man whispered. "Some things are best left unsaid. Just put them to good use." He handed Double D a bouquet of dried roses, and then gave Harry a bag of dead mice.
"I don't want to know anyway," Harry said.
"But why us?" Double D asked.
Mega Man looked at them. "Just trust me. And don't tell anyone."
He went to his chair, leaving Double D and Harry confused.
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"Come to think of it, these may actually be of use," Double D said. "Gaz may be apathetic and aloof, but who knows? She may have a soft spot for flowers. And the drier, the better."
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"What am I supposed to do with a bloody bag of mice?" Harry asked. "I've already had to make a deal that no owls could come to deliver my mail, so this makes no sense."
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At around midnight, when most of the competitors were asleep (except Mega Man, who doesn't need sleep and usually just sits and waits for morning while listening to audio books), the door suddenly opened. Chef walked in and smiled, then moved aside for Chris to come in. The host was holding a megaphone.
"Three, two, one…"
"GOOD EVENING, COMPETITORS!"
This woke everyone up from their slumber, and Moka was so jolted that she bumped her head on the seat in front her her.
"What is he doing?" she asked, rubbing her head.
"NO TIME FOR THAT, MISSY!" Chris exclaimed through the horn. "EVERYONE GET DRESSED AND PREPARE TO LAND!"
The competitors groaned.
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"Sometimes, I wonder if the producers were right to have that guy host," Mega Man wondered.
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One rough landing later, everyone was walking out of the airport. Turns out, the first thing everyone was was a large, Medieval castle up the road.
"I'm going to go out on a limb her and say we're in Transylvania?" Gaz asked.
Chris nodded. "Exactly, Gaz. We're in Transylvania, one of the settings of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Sorry about the wake-up call. Actually, no I'm not. The early start, combined with that dinner you guys just had, were mere tools to make this challenge a little harder."
"Why am I not surprised?" Ivy asked.
"And that castle up there is where you will spend the rest of the night, hoping to win the challenge."
"Can we get to that part already?" Lammy demanded.
Chris rolled her eyes. "Fine. Since when did you become so bossy?"
Yusei raised an eyebrow. Since when had she been like that?
"Anyway, today's challenge is another one of those 'hold out as long as you can' deals," Chris explained. "Your goal is to last all night in that castle. Whoever manages to last all night will win invincibility, meaning we could have more than one winner. Then again, we could have none at all if you guys turn out to be wimps.
"Now, the castle enough can be pretty creepy at night, but we've added our own personal touch to make sure it will set anyone on edge. We have everything, from traps, to monsters, and even boggarts."
"Boggarts?" Double D whispered to Harry, figuring he would know.
"They take the shape of someone's worst fear."
"Well that already has me questioning this challenge," Double D muttered.
"And to make sure no one cheats the night away, no one is allowed to sleep at all during the challenge. Otherwise, you will be disqualified. Got that?"
Everyone groaned. "Some of us need our beauty sleep, if you don't mind," Ivy growled.
"Too bad."
Everyone walked the path up to the castle, and soon the group was standing in front of the large front doors.
"It looks like we're about to start the fun," Chris said as everyone walked it. "Good luck, and try not to get too scared. Then again, that's pretty much going to be moot tonight."
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"And to think, I actually missed doing Chris' challenges," said Zelda.
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The group stood in the courtyard, taking in what they saw. "Riftstone Manor had nothing on this," Mega Man said.
Lammy was about to reply, but she stopped short upon remembering: Riftstone Manor was the place where she and Yusei got together. Yusei wasn't saying anything either.
Soon, the group split up. Double D, Moka, and Harry explored together while everyone else went on their own.
(Later on…)
So far, nothing had happened yet. Each competitor had not run into anything that might scare him or her into running out and screaming.
Meanwhile, Ivy was smiling. She had just found the castle's garden. Although, why she was smiling about the garden was hard to say, since it looked pretty dead.
"Finally, a reason to let loose," she said as she got to work on the plants.
(Meanwhile…)
Lammy was walking down one of the hallways in the east wing, which certainly unnerved her a little, but not enough to really scare her. Heck, she was more nervous at what had happened.
She was indeed happy that Yusei had made it this far. No matter what, she would always be happy for him. Still, her love for the guy who helped her get through last season was the reason she had to leave him.
She just felt it was what she had to do. Still, ever since her talk with Maya, she had started to wonder if she had really done the right thing. After all, she knew Yusei would do whatever it took to help, and to shut him out like that might have been cruel.
Lammy shook her head. She did it in the name of love. That meant it was justified. At least, that was what she kept telling herself.
(Outside…)
"Okay, you three," Chris told the Warner siblings. "You know what to do."
"We're on it, boss," Yakko responded.
"Now to set the mood," Chris said.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Everyone in the castle groaned. "I'm starting to think he's enjoying this way too much," Leo said.
(Author's Note: We got several people in a large castle, ready to be scared out of their wits. Might as well annoy them first with a little song. This has a medium tempo and is the kind of song you would hear on Halloween. Here's "Very Very Scary".)
Leo: Living in castle is what I'm used to
But I got to admit'
This one just plain gives me the creeps
And testing my full wits
Ivy: This garden here will soon be nice
When I am through with it
The rest of the castle can ignore me
Because I can take a hit
Ruby: This place is creepy
Yusei: This place is insane
Lammy: I wish I weren't here
Zelda: That, I don't blame
Gaz: I've seen worse
Mega Man: This place is hairy
Harry: We all can't deny
Moka: This place is scary
Double D: This place is…
All: Very, Very Scary!
Chris smiled. "Ooh, spooky."
(Back inside…)
After thirty minutes of wandering around, Leo started to get more accustomed to the atmosphere.
"Definitely nothing like Castle Krakenburg," he said. "At least this place isn't in a giant pit."
Of course, the fact that his home was in a giant hole always made him wonder how Deadpool was able to crash into the throne room, but he figured, knowing Deadpool, a giant hole didn't matter.
Soon, he came to a long hallway full of paintings. He took a minute to stare at a picture of Vlad the Impaler.
"Meh, this guy doesn't look that scary. Not the best person to base a vampire on, in my opinion."
Then, the picture blinked.
Leo shook his head in disbelief, wondering what that was. "Okay, did he just blink at me?"
He stared at it again to see if it would happen, but the painting just sat on the wall.
"They're not kidding. Darkness really does fool with your mind."
"I couldn't agree more."
Leo froze, then turned around. Nobody was there.
"Hello? Who said that?"
He was turning back around to head for the other side of the hallway when something grabbed his shoulder. He turned and saw a ghostly hand coming from the painting!
Leo didn't even have time to fight back before the hand pulled him through the painting, with his screams echoing through the hallway.
(Meanwhile…)
Harry raised his head. He recognized those screams, and they shook him to the core.
"Just relax," he told himself. "You have dealt with scarier things in your life."
He held up the bag of dead mice that Mega Man gave him.
"What am I supposed to do with a bloody bag of mice?" he asked.
Of course, he couldn't help but get the feeling he was supposed to use it against someone…
He was all too familiar with Ivy's schemes. Even after her cover was blown, she had still been able to make certain big moves. Then again, Mandy had been Ivy's ally, and now she was gone. Still, maybe Ivy wanted that.
But Harry was perplexed as to how he could use a bag of dead mice against a crafty woman like Ivy.
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"I really don't want to know where Mega Man even got this thing in the first place," Harry said. "But I would like to know if there's anything specific I should use this for.?"
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Yusei was already a little cautious in the castle, but hearing Leo's screams set him on edge. Now even the sound of the wind blowing on the window could make him jump, as it just had.
He was turning the corner, looking at the window, when he bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorry about tha-" he said before noticing who he had bumped into.
"Oh, hey."
"Hey….Lammy."
Cue the obligatory awkward silence.
"You heading this way?" Lammy asked, breaking the silence.
Yusei nodded.
"Well I'm going this way."
"Okay, cool."
More silence.
"Well, guess I gotta keep moving," Lammy said. "Good luck, I guess."
"Yeah, you too."
Both headed in opposite directions, sighing in half-relief, half-anguish.
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Gaz was starting to like this place. Nice and creepy, with weird sounds everywhere.
"My kind of place," she muttered. "I wonder how Double D's taking this."
Then, she slapped herself. "Stop talking about Double D!" she exclaimed to herself.
"What was that?" Double D asked from behind her.
Gaz turned around and slapped Double D in the face. "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that!"
"Apologies. I was just curious."
"What do you want, Sockhead?"
"I came to the conclusion that we may do better in this challenge if it were three of us?"
"Three? For someone who's supposed to be smart, you sure suck at counting."
Then, Moka waved from behind a marble bust.
"Okay, no. What event from Lyoko made you think this was okay?"
Double D shrugged. "I'm just saying that with greater numbers, we may be able to handle the castle better than if we were alone."
Gaz pretended to consider that. "If either of you two get me eliminated, I will throw you both off a cliff."
"Fair enough."
Moka smiled. "This should be fun."
A second later, Harry turned around the corner and saw the group. "Room for one more?"
"Ugh!"
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"Remind me never to join these kinds of shows again," Gaz said.
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Mega Man was currently questioning Dr. Light's decision to program him to feel fear. "I can't believe someone would want to live in a place like this," he muttered. "And I thought Wily had a creepy home."
As he walked, he actually noticed how he was getting more fearful than ever before. And not because of the castle.
He had finally done it. He had successfully delivered every single item. He gave Toph a hug right after her elimination. He gave Daxter the dirty diaper so he and Jak could get back at Ivy. He only escaped Ivy's notice back at Hogwarts by walking two steps to the left. He gave Sonic the ice pack because he had just received a concussion. And now Double D had his dried flowers, and Harry had his mice.
Problem was, he had no idea what they would do with those items. Hopefully they would use them as a slap in the face to Ivy. But he didn't know.
He got so distracted he didn't notice when he stepped on a button and the floor fell away under him. A second later, he was falling.
"WHOOOOAAAA!"
Mega Man landed on a soft mattress at the bottom of the trap door. Then he stood up and looked around.
"Okay, Chris. Nice trap door thing. Now can you get me out of this hole?"
That was the only thing he was able to say before the large sack was pulled over him.
(Meanwhile…)
Ivy had finally managed to fix up the castle's garden to her exact tastes, and now various exotic plants were everywhere.
"Finally, a place where I feel right at home," she said.
Suddenly, she started to hear voices coming from one of the open windows. Smiling, she got under the window to hear what they were.
Turns out, the voices were from Double D, Gaz, Moka, and Harry. "Hey, Gaz," Double D said. "I forgot to mention I got something you might like."
"Really? What?"
In response, Double D pulled out the bouquet of dried roses.
"I know these things aren't exactly alive. But someone actually gave these to me, and I didn't know what else to do with them, so-"
"So you decided to give these to one of the other competitors for the heck of it, and I was the first one you thought of?"
"Yeah, pretty much."
Gaz looked at the flowers, then back at Double D. "Lucky for you, I prefer dead flowers to alive ones."
"Really?"
"Yeah. To me, dead ones are better. The ones that bloom are too pretty for me. These are pretty in my own sense."
Double D started sweating, trying to find something to say. "Well, glad you like them."
Then Gaz gave him a little hint of a smile. "Thank you, Sockhead."
They continued down the hall, and Ivy remained behind the wall, barely able to contain her excitement.
She knew Gaz and Double D had been crushing on each other for a long time. And now it seemed like they were getting closer and closer to becoming a couple.
Now she had an excuse to target them. Everyone knew couples could do two things. One, they would be an unstoppable force together, just as Sam and Snake had been last season. Or two, they could get distracted by each other and hurt their performances in the game, like Ruby and Sonic.
And yet, there was still one question: how did Double D get the flowers?
As she pondered this, another scream echoed through the castle. This one was a girl's scream. Ruby.
"Her too?" Ivy asked.
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"So that's three already," Ivy said. "Things are getting interesting."
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Zelda had hit the third dead end in ten minutes flat. "Okay, this place is starting to annoy me," she mumbled.
And to think, she had actually missed competing on this show. Now she remembered exactly what annoyed her about it. At least Nom Nom wasn't here to ruin it again.
In fact, Zelda knew she had the advantage. She had knowledge that the other competitors didn't. Even Ivy wouldn't be able to take her down easily.
That also made her a huge threat. Since she knew so much, Ivy would surely come after her eventually. Zelda was determined to not let that happen.
(Meanwhile…)
Since it was a pretty old and decrepit castle, it didn't surprise Yusei to find a hallway completely covered in cobwebs. At least, he hoped they were just cobwebs.
However, he had a feeling something was nearby, so he got hit duel disk ready. Then he slowly started to walk down the hallway.
"Don't think, just do," he said to himself.
Then he noticed something. One of the statues was bolted to the wall, unlike the other statues in the area. Curious, he walked over to it and tried moving it. To his surprise, it did move away, and the wall section moved with it, revealing a secret passageway.
"Nice."
He turned on his flashlight (which everyone had also gotten before going into the castle) and started going down the long staircase leading down.
"Now I know what it feels like to be Leo and Zelda," he said to himself. "They live in castles. I bet they still get lost in them."
He thought for a moment. "Princess Bubblegum too."
Once he got to the bottom of the staircase, he suddenly started hearing a weird sound. Like someone was gnashing its teeth. Or clicking.
Yusei then saw a shadow in the far corner of the room. Too scared to do anything else, he pointed his flashlight at it.
What he saw was a large spider with several eyes, a full set of eight legs, and nasty pincers and fangs. And it was looking right at its next prey.
Just like that, Yusei dropped his flashlight.
(On the other side of the castle…)
Lammy raised her head as she heard Yusei's screams reverberate through the castle. That gave her a sudden urge to run and find him, to see if he was okay.
Then, she shook her head. She remembered that she was trying to have as little to do with Yusei as possible.
"He's a smart guy," she said. "He can handle it."
(Outside the castle…)
Everyone who had been taken out of the challenge so far (Leo, Mega Man, and Ruby) were all sitting and talking while Chris and Chef watched the spider walk to them carrying a human-sized spider web cocoon.
"Got a present for us?" Chris asked the bug, who pulled off her spider head to reveal a familiar face.
"Yep, got a victim," said the person that any Total Drama fan would know to be Izzy. "This is fun. He dropped his flashlight as soon as he saw me. It was like 'Ah! Spider! Help!'"
"Okay, Izzy. We get your excitement."
Then Chris removed some of the web to reveal Yusei glaring right at him.
"Mmmmhrmmm!"
Chris got a call from his walkie-talkie. "I just got word that Yakko managed to catch Zelda," he said. "This is just fun."
"Mmmmhrmmm! Mmmhrm!"
"Dude, I can't understand you like that," Chris told Yusei. "Speak up louder next time."
He turned his attention back to the castle, leaving Yusei to struggle.
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Yusei was still cocooned. "Mmmmhrmmm!" he exclaimed. (Trust me, you do not want the translation to what he's saying.)
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A strange howl was being heard throughout the castle.
"What was that?" Harry asked.
"Sound like it came from downstairs," Double D answered.
Gaz rolled her eyes. "Totally not scary."
"So who wants to go down there?" Moka asked.
"Congratulations," Gaz told her. "You just volunteered."
"Wait, what?"
"Well, you are the vampire out of us. And if whatever's down there can get that rosary off, they're in for a nasty surprise."
"I guess that makes sense."
Soon, Moka was heading in the direction the howl came from.
"Okay, nothing to worry about. Just a creepy howl in a creepy castle."
(Back with the group…)
"I just had a thought," Double D said.
"What?" Harry asked.
"If we heard a creepy sound like that, wouldn't we want to stay away from it?"
Gaz said, "I don't think that's a problem with Moka. She's a little naive, but she can handle-"
"AHHHHHHHHH!"
"Uh oh," Double D said. The group then ran in the direction Moka went, but she was nowhere to be seen.
"Moka?!" Harry called. "Moka, where are you?!"
By this point, even Gaz was getting scared. "Okay, maybe sending someone after that howl wasn't the best idea."
"This challenge isn't funny anymore," Harry muttered.
"So what do we do?" Double D asked.
"Easy. We stop cowering and win this challenge," Gaz asked, slapping him.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"For the heck of it."
(Meanwhile…)
Ivy heard Moka's scream, and she smiled. Another competitor down.
She had stayed at the garden for much of the challenge, mostly because it seemed to be the safest place. That, and she liked gardens.
Then, the door opened, and Lammy came through the door, screaming.
"Lammy? The heck are you running for?"
"Oh, nothing. Just a freaking ghost!"
"Wait, what?" she asked.
Sure enough, a ghost was now making its way into the garden. It looked straight at both Lammy and Ivy.
Then, Ivy had a plan. She walked up to the ghost and looked at it.
And the ghost inexplicably said, "Helllloooo, nurse!"
Sure enough, it was Wakko.
"You really need to work on your level of scary," Ivy told him. "To me, you're not that intimidating."
Wakko just blinked at her. "I know."
"Out of curiosity, did you know about the flowers Double D got?"
Wakko nodded. "I have watched every episode of this season."
"And know where he got the flowers?"
"From Mega Man. He received a message from the future, telling him to do certain things. He had to give Toph a hug, give Jak and Daxter a diaper, give Sonic and ice pack, give Double D the flowers, and give Harry a bag of dead mice. And something about walking two steps to the left or something like that."
It didn't take long for Ivy to connect the dots. Toph must have used the hug to warn Mega Man about her. Daxter threw the diaper at Ivy's own face. She thought she sensed someone was spying on her when she had a talk with Mandy about eliminating Sonic. She knew he had the ice pack, having seen him give it to Sonic. And the flowers and mice….
"Thank you for the info, Wakko," she told the lovestruck cartoon character. "Bye."
"Wait, I'm supposed to capture you."
"Why would you want to capture me?" Ivy asked, as sweet as she could.
"True."
"Besides, I left you a present."
Wakko turned to find Lammy tied to a lamppost with a vine, struggling. "Oh. thanks, beautiful lady," he said.
"No problem."
Ivy then ran, leaving Wakko to take Lammy. She was furious and giddy at the same time as Lammy's screams were heard.
So Mega Man had been controlling the game in his own way, huh. Double D and Gaz could wait. Ivy had a new target.
(Later…)
"I'm not scared, I'm not scared, I'm not scared, I'm not scared," Double D kept muttering.
"Can it! It's starting to drive me insane," Gaz snapped.
Harry remained silent. He hadn't been this scared since the Battle of Hogwarts. It even amused him to think a mere challenge in a reality show could compete with a large-scale battle against Voldemort and an army of Death Eaters over basically the fate of the Wizarding World.
And yet, he refused to let his fear be shown. He knew the dangers of being afraid.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Did you guys hear that?" Harry asked.
"I'm not checking!" Double D exclaimed.
"I don't think you need to," Gaz whispered.
"Why not?"
In response, she pointed at a hallway, where a cloaked vampire was floating past the corner. Then, it looked straight at the group and floated towards them.
"Tasty morsels!" he sneered. "You three have trespassed into my castle, and now you shall be my dinner!"
"Trespassing? We're doing a challenge!" Gaz yelled. "If you don't like it, too bad!"
The vampire gasped. "Fine. You first, little girl!"
"Maybe we should run," Double D said.
"Good idea."
Double D, Gaz, and Harry started running through the hallways, not even daring to look back. However, after three hallways, Gaz remembered something.
"Wait a minute. Why are we running when we have a wizard on our side?"
Harry looked at her. "You just remembered?"
"Shut up."
Harry just shrugged and pointed his wand at the vampire.
"Reducto!"
It hit the vampire square on, but it only slowed it down. "You'll pay for that."
"Oh?" Harry then took out his bag of dead mice and started throwing some at the vampire. "Here's your payment!"
He looked at Gaz and Double D. "You two, keep running."
"Don't have to tell us, twice," Double D said. He ran off with Gaz following him.
"Now let's see how long I can hold you back. Protego!"
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"Didn't think dead mice could be that effective," Harry said.
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Gaz and Double D suddenly came to a dead end. "Think we should find another way?" Double D asked.
Those words were no sooner out of his mouth when he saw the vampire come right at them.
"That means they got Harry!" Double D exclaimed.
Then, the ghost, the spider, and a giant werewolf came behind the vampire, ready to take them out.
"End of the line, you two!" the vampire roared.
It may have been out of fear that they were both going to be eaten. Or it may have been that it meant they would lose the challenge, risking them both. Or maybe she just wasn't thinking straight. Gaz didn't know, but something made her do it.
She grabbed Double D and kissed him.
Then she pushed him away and slapped him in the face.
"Say one word and I will let them have you!"
They both screamed as a strange light consumed them.
(Then…)
Gaz and Double D appeared in front of everyone else except Ivy, back outside the castle. They looked around, and saw Leo and Zelda pulling the last bit of spider web off of Yusei.
"What was that all about?" Gaz asked.
A second later, another light beam had appeared. It then vanished, revealing Ivy.
"Oh, don't tell me," Gaz groaned.
"Yep, Ivy won the challenge," Chris said. "You guys were captured by all four monsters at once, and that meant Ivy was the last one standing.
"Jealous?" Ivy asked. Gaz rolled her eyes.
Then the monsters all walked out the castle doors.
"So which one's which?" Double D asked.
The vampire revealed the mask to reveal Dot. Izzy pulled off her spider head. Wakko removed the ghost mask, and Yakko unzipped his werewolf suit.
"That was fun," Yakko said. "We should do it more often."
"I'd rather not," Harry said. "That was a realistic vampire costume, though they don't look like that where I come from."
"What do they look like?" Mega Man asked.
"Basically they look like normal humans, except the fangs. And to point out, not all of them look like Moka."
"At least you didn't have to deal with an embodiment of your worst fear," Ruby muttered.
"Boggart?"
"Yep."
(Author's Note: I don't yet know Ruby's worst fear within RWBY canon, so I cut her boggart bit from the chapter.)
Ivy smiled. "Well I don't care about any of that. I won."
Everyone else groaned.
Chris laughed. "I see we have some sore losers. Anyway, time to head back to the plane, where you choose who to vote off. Also, since they just came back, Zelda and Lammy have invincibility along with Ivy."
"Sounds fair," Zelda said.
"Dang it," Lammy moaned.
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"And now I'm stuck here," Lammy sighed. "Maybe I should just quit again.
"Oh who am I kidding? Chris might not let me quit this time."
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"Winning sound so sweet," Ivy said. "Now I gotta see if I can convince these guys to vote off Mega Man."
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"I've really been laying low today, since I just got here," Zelda said. "Hopefully, I will soon make some moves of my own."
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"I do have one idea on who to vote off," Mega Man said. "I hope they will listen."
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"I have an idea on how to keep Ivy's influence out of the elimination," Leo stated. "I don't want to take any chances with her now that we're in the merge. That, and I have a girlfriend to avenge."
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Later, Ivy was searching for something in one of the plane's closets. As she searched, Leo saw his chance and closed the door, then locked it so Ivy couldn't open it. Ivy started banging on the door, furious.
"Hey! Get me out of here!"
Leo ignored this and walked back to Economy, where he found Mega Man.
"Hey, Leo. What is it?"
"Since Ivy's immune, we're going to have to pick a possible threat. And I want to pitch an idea for you."
"Who?"
"Harry. Think about it. He's an excellent wizard who took on an Animaniac disguised as a vampire. And he's one of the nicer guys left on this plane."
"Actually, I was thinking about that too," Mega Man told him. "He's also no fool. And he has a wider range of magic usage than Zelda, and she's immune anyway."
"So we should tell the others?"
"Yeah."
(Meanwhile…)
"So what exactly happened between you and Gaz in that castle?" Moka asked.
"Nothing," Double D told her. "All we did was try to escape the vampire, but he caught us."
"Yeah, but you two have avoided each other since we got on the plane," Harry said.
Double D shook his head. "Nothing happened, okay?"
"So should we just target any specific person?" Moka asked.
"Doubt we'll need to," Harry said. "The only true target I can think of is Ivy, and she's got invincibility."
"So we can just vote for whoever we want," Double D said. "Might as well let the chips fall where they may, because there's not much else to do."
(Later…)
At the elimination ceremony, everyone was looking sideways at Ivy, who was fuming (she had only been let out of the closet five minutes before the ceremony, thus missing her chance to make her pitch against Mega Man).
"Eleven competitors have made the merge, but that number will shrink to ten in a matter of minutes. Everyone, it's time to make your votes."
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Ruby picked up a random passport and stamped it.
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Mega Man stamped Harry's passport.
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Double D chose a passport and stamped it, then stamped it again when he noticed the first stamp was crooked.
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Ivy stamped Mega Man's passport, then kissed it.
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Lammy picked a passport and stamped it, looking bored.
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An agitated Gaz took a random passport and stamped it.
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Zelda stamped a passport without a word.
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Moka was having a hard time deciding between two passports.
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Yusei shrugged and stamped his passport of choice.
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Leo stamped Harry's passport, while at the same time assembling the other passports into a weird statue.
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Harry levitated the stamp and put it on a random passport.
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Once Chris counted the votes, he came back in with the peanut bags. "Okay, now that everyone's voted, it's time to get this over with. Ivy, Zelda, and Lammy are up first since they're immune."
He threw the bags at all three ladies, who caught theirs without trouble.
"Next up is Double D, Moka, Gaz, and Ruby, who had no votes against them." All four competitors caught their bags.
"And Yusei and Leo have only one vote against them."
"Whoever voted for me is going to die," Gaz said. "I hope everyone knows that."
That just left Harry and Mega Man. Both were pretty calm.
"Probably the two most powerful competitors left in terms of power," Chris said. "Harry, you're a wizard who has abilities that most other wizards from your world could only dream of. Mega Man, you're a super fighting robot with arm cannons and a cool copy ability. Both of you are also incredibly nice. All of these combined make you threats. Big threats."
Both Harry and Mega Man just shrugged.
"Anyway, for one of you, that threat level proved too high. So it's time to see who that is. The final bag goes to…"
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Chris threw the bag to the robot, who caught it and let out a sigh of relief (if a robot could even sigh like that, I don't know). Harry looked at him, a little confused.
"I don't suppose there's a reason for this?" he asked.
"Don't take it personal," Leo told him. "We just needed to do what was best."
Ivy, on the other hand, looked furious.
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"Harry's a great guy and all," Leo said. "But that's actually why we had to choose him. Nice, magic skills, you name it."
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"So that's why I was locked in that closet," Ivy grumbled. "They were hoping to make the decision themselves, so they kept me out of it. Pretty smart, I have to admit.
"It doesn't change anything, however. I'm not going to be shut out like that again. Now that we're at the merge, there's no holds barred. I will pick apart these little ugly petals one by one."
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"Moka and I didn't vote for you," Double D said. "Neither did Gaz."
Harry nodded. "I do understand why everyone did this. It's just a little jolt, is all. I'm not going to argue."
"Will you be okay?" Moka asked.
"I'll be fine. I just want both of you to keep fighting. You two work well together, so stick together. It will help you in the long run."
They both nodded.
"And Double D, you have got to admit it already."
"Admit what?" Gaz asked.
Harry merely waved, put his parachute on, and jumped out of the plane and out of sight.
"Now that he's gone," Chris said, "Ivy, since you won, you get to choose one person to join you in first-class. Who will you choose?"
Ivy smiled. "I choose Zelda."
Zelda looked at her. "I certainly didn't expect you to choose me."
"I figured, since you were in the game now, I could grant us both some time to get to know each other, and hope we can become friends."
The princess wasn't fooled, but she nodded. "I accept your invitation."
As everyone left the room, Gaz tapped on Double D's shoulder. "We need to talk."
(Later…)
Lammy got out of the bathroom and walked to Economy. As she opened the door, she noticed Yusei sitting on the bench, leaning against the wall and shuffling through his duel cards. As Lammy passed, the two caught each other's eyes and held the stare for five seconds.
Then Lammy lowered her eyes and walked back to the other side of the room, as far away from Yusei as she could. Both shook their heads.
"Awkward," said Ruby.
(Meanwhile…)
Gaz pulled Double D into the cargo hold. She checked to make sure no one was around, then closed the door.
"Okay, Double D. Now we can talk abo-"
"Why did you kiss me back there?"
Gaz looked at him. "Cutting to the chase?"
"I just want to know what that was back there. I never thought you were the kind of girl to kiss someone, even in a life or death situation like that one sort of was."
"If you would just let me get to the point, I can explain."
Double D raised an eyebrow. "This ought to be an interesting conversation. My guess is that you had never kissed anyone before, and you felt like you might as well do it once before you die. Is that right?"
"Sockhead, for a brainiac, you're pretty stupid."
"That's what Eddy calls me too."
Gaz rolled her eyes. "You have some messed up friends."
Double D looked at her. "So….the truth?"
Finally, Gaz just exploded. 'Connie, I hate you,' she thought.
"I have a crush on you, okay?!"
Silence.
"Wait, what?" Double D asked. "You have….you're not kidding, right?"
Gaz slapped him. "No, I'm not kidding. I went against my better judgment and fell in love with a complete nerd. There's the truth. And I know you feel the same way, so don't go denying it or I will slap you again."
Double D looked at the ground. "Wow. So when did…?"
"I think I developed it a little early into the season, but I only realized what it was when we were at Yokai Academy. When that minotaur was after you, I actually worried about you. Connie had been teasing me about it for awhile, trying to get me to admit it. That day at the school, I realized she was right, but I still didn't want to tell you."
"Why not?"
"Because love just isn't me. I'm all about pizza and video games. Not sappy stuff like that. I just didn't feel like it was for me. I didn't believe I was supposed to have feelings for anyone.
"But the past few days, I started getting more comfortable around you, and I pondered telling the truth many times. I kissed you because I figured we were either going to die, or one of us would get eliminated and I would miss my chance. After that, I realized I had to tell the truth."
This confession surprised Double D. "I guess even after years of study and perfection, there are a few things I still don't understand. I admit, I have felt the same way about you. Harry and Moka were always teasing me about it."
"You too? Your friends ARE messed up."
"They're not."
Gaz nodded. "Listen, though. As much as want us to be together though, I also don't think we can just yet."
Double D looked at her. "Reasons?"
"This is a competition we're in. For one million dollars. Two things are wrong right off the bat. One, I remember how Sonic and Ruby both started to weaken their performances on this show after they realized they liked each other. They let their hearts overpower their heads. Heck, I'm surprised Sonic could be like that. And don't even get me started on Yusei.
"The second reason is Ivy. Notice how right after a couple got together, she would get one of them eliminated. You were hypnotized by her into telling everyone to eliminate Julie. Then after Sonic was injured and he and Ruby became official, she convinced her team to vote off Sonic. If we get together, one of us could be next.
"My point is, have a huge crush on you, but us getting together is way too dangerous right now."
She then looked at Double D, who nodded.
"I figured you would mention both those reasons, and I completely agree. It is most certainly not safe for us to be a couple yet."
Then Gaz gave a little bit of a smirk. "Maybe once this season's over and one of us wins the money, or if both of us are eliminated, though I will try and win no matter what, then maybe we can give us a shot and see how it works. Until then….." she raised up her fist for a fistbump, "...friends?"
After a couple seconds, Double D smiled and finished the fistbump. "Sure. Friends."
"Don't get me wrong though. I still also think you're a total wimp and a nerd."
"I know."
Then they turned to exit, but then Double D remembered something. "Hey, do you know if Harry used up all those mice?"
"Actually, he had one left over, and I asked if I could have it before the ceremony."
"A dead mouse? Why?"
"Pure enjoyment, Sockhead. Pure enjoyment."
(That night…)
Ivy had just finished taking her shower, and was about to get to bed in one of first-class' reclining seats. "Winning is sweet," she said (Zelda was still in the bathroom).
Then she pulled the covers off and sat down, then reclined the seat to make it horizontal.
After five seconds, she noticed she was on top of something squishy and gross-feeling. Freaking out, she stood up and looked at the seat.
Her screams could be heard throughout the entire plane.
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Oh, how I love it when the nasty people are pranked like that.
I love the Harry Potter series to death, which is why I chose Harry as my personal pick for this season. However, you guys were right. He had really been coasting along the past few chapters. It was time to let him go.
At least they managed to foil Ivy's plan to eliminate Mega Man, so that was fun.
Mega Man has finally completed his mission given to him by Mega Man X. Double D used the flowers the way he expected them to, and Harry used the mice and his magic to fend off a vampire. Fun times. But now that his mission is finished, Ivy has found out about everything, thus the target on his back this time around. Mega Man may want to sleep with one eye open (or not, because I doubt robots sleep).
Zelda and Lammy have officially come back, and things are going to quickly turn ugly. Ivy decides to try and size Zelda up, to see if she really could be a thorn on her side (no, I don't do puns on purpose). Knowing Zelda, Ivy might want to be careful though. She doesn't have the Triforce of Wisdom for nothing.
Then there's Lammy. Poor her, and poor Yusei. Now awkwardness has filled the competition, and not much can get rid of it. Yusei wants answers, Lammy wants to stay away. And now with them both back on the plane, things could get ugly as the mystery behind her necklace continues.
Gaz and Double D finally admitted their feelings for each other! Yay! Despite that, both agree it's best for them to remain just friends as long as the competition is still going. Makes sense, considering who else is left. At least they finally admitted it. And as a present for Ivy, Gaz kept one of Harry's mice. I would pity Ivy, but I have to remember who she is.
Now it's time for the preview of the next chapter.
Our competitors are pairing up for a fun underwater scavenger hunt at the Great Barrier Reef (because whatever protection laws they have at that place, Chris just ignores). A fun, nautical challenge like this must be without incident, right? Wrong. One competitor decides to talk with another about an out-of-competition alliance. Another is trying to get someone on their side, but to no avail. A current issue between two competitors takes a turn for the worse. In the end, a costly mistake is what sends someone packing.
Now the next part is obvious. Read and review, fave and follow, give me challenge ideas and locations, send in good-luck messages and audition tapes, vote for your favorite competitor if you have not yet (yes, that poll is back up), and speculate why I put enough tranquilizer to kill a blue whale into Deadpool. That's what he gets for trying to kidnap me on Valentines' Day.
That said, I will see you all next time. TheMasterKat out!
