The episode returns to show Team Chris is still outside. The guard is now nothing but his boxers, which feature the British flag. "A pen in his pants pocket and lint in his socks. There ain't any clue, and if you think I'm checking his boxers you got another thing comin'!" Ed snapped.
"But the clue has to be there! Rhys is counting on us!" Nathan exclaimed, removing the guard hat on his head. The clue was inside.
"What?!" Ed glared. "The clue was in his hat the whole time?! Why the h*ll didn't you check it?!"
"I thought you checked it?! You threw it to me so I assumed…" Nathan trailed.
"Well look where that got us!" The con artist retorted.
"Guys we're wasting time. Let's just check the clue." Corbyn said.
"Fine." Ed opened the clue. "Pulled taut atop a southern spire.
"We need to go to the Southern Spire!" Nathan declared. He and Corbyn ran off. Ed rolled his eyes as a shadow overtook him. He turned looking panicked, and then the scene went black.
/
Back in the tower Kennedy was trying to convince Veronica to get on the rack. "Come on Ronnie you're so much more flexible than I am!"
"Ugh, you're really not gonna let this go are you?" Veronica asked. Kennedy shook her head. "Fine, I'll do it."
With the Misfit Trio we see Leilani is on the rack, about to be stretched. "Are you sure you wanna do this? I'm willing to be stretched." Jeremiah told her.
"My pain threshold is higher than yours." Leilani said, a determined look in her eyes. "Do it."
Reluctantly Jeremiah began to work the rack. On the second rack, Kennedy was having no problems. Turning the wheel with reckless abandon.
"You're having too much fun with this!" Veronica snapped.
"Ronnie the quicker I turn the wheel the quicker we get done." The prankster explained.
Corbyn and Nathan enter the room. They see what the other two teams are doing. "Okay one of us needs to be racked. Ed, how's your pain tolerance?" Nathan asked. He didn't receive an answer. "Ed?"
"Dude I think the ripper got him." Corbyn said.
"Then it's just us?" Nathan frowned.
"I think so." The boarder said.
"Okay. Rack me." The floater said.
"Are you sure? I'm willing to-" Corbyn began.
"Yes. Look Corbyn, Rhys is trapped somewhere. I can't afford to lose him. If he gets hurt because I didn't give this challenge my all I'll never forgive myself." Nathan said passionately.
Corbyn smiled. "You really care about him don't you?"
"More than anything." Nathan told him.
"Alright. Get on the rack." Corbyn said. Nathan did so, and Corbyn didn't hold back as he spun the wheel.
/
"Ahh! Kennedy, are you finished yet?!" Veronica complained.
"Sorry, Ronnie, I swear it'll be over soon!" Kennedy told her.
"It'd better be!" The socialite screamed. With one final turn of the wheel a compartment at the head of the rack opened.
"Yes!" Kennedy exclaimed, grabbing the envelope. "If your teammate can still use her feet. Bring her down for something to eat? Sounds like a dining hall."
"Great! Now get me off this rack!" Veronica ordered.
Nearby Jeremiah had closed his eyes as he spun the wheel quickly. Despite her body being stretched Leilani's expression had not changed. She didn't even seem to feel it. Finally the compartment opened for them as well.
As team Misfit got Leilani off her rack. Team Victory was discussing the clue. "Where would you find a dining hall in this place?:"Veronica thought.
"I don't know, somewhere on the first floor?" Kennedy shrugged.
"Well that narrows it down." Veronica sighed.
With team Misfit Jeremiah read the clue. "If your teammate can still use her feet. Bring her down for something to eat? "
"The banquet hall. I know where that is. Follow me." Leilani told her friends. The other two nodded. As they ran out of the room we see Veronica smirk."
"Let's just follow them." The socialite suggested. Kennedy smirked back.
/
Outside the Banquet hall the Misfit trio looks through the window. "There's some kind of chest filled with jewelry or something on the table." Leilani noted.
"We go get it?" Patricia wondered.
"You two go get it ladies. I'll stay out here and keep lookout." Jeremiah said.
"Are you sure?" Leilani asked.
"Yes." Jeremiah told them.
/
Team Victory arrived to see Jeremiah outside the door. "Great. What are the odds he let's us in?" Veronica frowned.
"Hey this whole following thing is working out for us. Why don't we just wait until they leave and follow them to the next area?" Kennedy suggested.
"Why not? They do the work for us and we reap the benefits," Veronica agreed.
/
Back in the rack room Corbyn had just finished getting the compartment opened. "Alright, let me get you out of those restraints." As Corbyn began to do just that, a shadow passed by swiftly. Corbyn didn't notice and finished untying his friend. "Good, Now about that clue-" Corbyn noticed the look of terror on Nathan's face. "The ripper's behind me, isn't he?" Nathan nodded, and the two screamed.
/
Outside the banquet hall. Kennedy and Veronica have gotten bored. "What's taking them so long?" Veronica complained.
"If getting the clue is that hard, maybe it's a good thing we're letting them do it for us." Kennedy told her.
"True, but this is still boring."
With Jeremiah he was relaxing against the wall when a shadow passed over him. He gasped and looked around for the Ripper. When he turned the ripper was behind him. He screamed.
Kennedy and Veronica look at each other in their hiding place. They waited with baited breath as the ripper's shadow passed. They both sighed in relief when the ripper left.
/
Inside the banquet hall Patricia was looking through the box. She listed the things she found in it. "Gold toothpick, emerald studded toothbrush,"
"Weird, why would you waste gold on that?" Leilani wondered. We hear the sounds of dogs. The two turned to see a pack of corgi's growling at them.
Patricia swallowed. "N-nice doggies."
Leilani rolled her eyes and walked forward. She stared the dogs down until they whimpered.
"Nice Job." Patricia told her. She pulled out an ornamental egg. "It opens?" She tried opening it. Inside was the clue.
/
The Misfit duo left the banquet hall. "Jeremy we-" Patricia began. She paused, not seeing him. "Jeremy?"
"He's not here." Leilani told her.
"Ripper got him?" Patricia whimpered. She buried her head into Leilani's shoulder.
"Patricia. Even if the ripper got him, we still have to win this. Now give me the clue." Leilani told her.
"Okay." Patricia whispered, standing back up. Her face was full of tears as she handed the envelope to Leilani.
"The ripper's most natural place, has two levels inside its space. Go use your sack to bring the guy back, at the red starting line to the race."
"Red starting line?" Patricia wondered.
"Where did we start the race?" Leilani wondered.
"On the plane." The photographer deadpanned. Leilani's mouth twisted in a wry smirk.
"I don't think that's what it means. The plane is only one level and it's not red." The horror fanatic said.
"Double Decker bus?" Patricia suggested.
"That's it. Let's go." Leilani said. As they Misfit duo ran off Team Victory followed.
/
Just outside the tower of London, Leilani slowed. Patricia stopped to match her pace. "Why we stop?" Leilani jerked her head backwards. "We go back?"
"I think someone is following us." Leilani whispered.
"Ripper?!" Patricia whimpered.
"Maybe, maybe not. Either way we need to juke them." The horror fanatic said.
"I'm scared." Patricia told her.
"I'll hold your hand so we're not separated. Be ready to run." Leilani told her. Patricia nodded. Leilani gripped her hand tightly, and the two began to run through the streets.
"They're getting away!" Kennedy cried.
"Follow them!" Veronica ordered.
/
Somewhere else in London Veronica and Kennedy are looking around desperately. "We lost them!" Veronica complained.
"We can try to track them." Kennedy suggested.
"What are the odds that'll work?!" Veronica scowled.
"It was just a suggestion." The prankster frowned.
":Because your last suggestion worked out so well," The socialite scoffed.
"You agreed to it." Kennedy snapped.
"Why did I listen to you!" Veronica cried.
"Well standing here isn't going to find them. Let's go!" The prankster said.
/
We see the Misfit duo has returned to the outside of the tower of London. There was a double decker bus. The two tip toed forward nervously. They opened the bus door and we see the interior. Nothing.
Leilani moved ahead holding the bag, with Patricia trailing close by. "Ripper I know you're here somewhere. Come and face me!" The horror fanatic challenged. Behind her the ripper dropped down from the ceiling and grabbed Patricia, covering her mouth so she couldn't scream.
Leilani looked behind her. "Patricia?" She faced forward and gasped as she saw Patricia being pushed into a glass booth at the back of the bus. Her expression quickly turned from surprise to rage. "Okay Motherf*cker! No one hurts my friends!" The ripper looked at her in confusion. She rushed the ripper and threw her body on top of them. Using all her weight to pin them to the floor, she began to punch them. "This is for scaring us!" She punched. "This is for kidnapping Jeremiah!" She punched again. "And this is for trying to capture Patricia in front of me!" As she continued to punch the ripper the focus shifted to show Patricia taking pictures as she looked on in awe.
When we return to Leilani she has put the ripper into the burlap sack. She walked to the door of the glass booth and opened it. "It'll probably take both of us to carry the ripper."
Patricia was looking at Leilani in confusion. She shook her head as though trying to clear it. "Yeah…"
/
The plane is shown as the sun sets. We got inside to see the contestants all standing first class, several monitors were showing places from the challenge. Kennedy and Veronica stood with an empty sack. Disheveled and angry. Leilani and Patricia entered the plane with their sack. "Everyone alright?" Patricia questioned.
"As alright as I can be, considering these two." Jeremiah said, pointing at Rhys and Nathan, who were cuddling.
"Jeremy!" Patricia beamed, she ran over and hugged him. Leilani followed, embracing him in a much looser hug.
Kennedy's disappointed face lit up as she walked towards the couple. "So what happened with you two? I wanted all the juicy details!"
Rhys blushed. "W-well I overheard what Nathan said before he got stretched on the rack. I've never had anyone care about me so much. So I decided it was time to stop fighting my attraction for him."
"Okay enough mush!" Chris interrupted. "Team Misfit if you would show us our ripper."
Patricia pulled the bag off as Leilani held the ripper. Everyone gasped at the person underneath. "Old man Jenkins?!" The face was that of an elderlyman with a large bald spot and hair behind the ears. Leilani rolled her eyes and removed the mask. This time the gasps were even louder. "Helen?!"
It was indeed Helen, but things had changed since the last time we had seen her. Her black hair was matted and messy, her clothes were dirty, and her face was covered in makeup. Her eyeshadow went far above her eyelids, all the way to her eyebrows. It was powdered blue, and absolutely caked on. Her lips were covered in a red lipstick, but it was smeared all around her lips as well, almost making them look like they were bleeding, underneath it all was a thick layer of foundation.
"We found her in the cargo hold." Chef explained.
"I was gonna let her back in the game if she could avoid getting captured, but since she could not…" Chris snapped his fingers and Chef threw him off the plane.
"Well I can safely say the Misfits won, team Victory came in second, and team Chris are our big time losers!" Chris announced. Team Chris groaned. "But you don't need to worry, because this was a reward challenge, and a special reward at that. You see I wasn't expecting all three teams to make it this far in the game. The challenges ahead are really only designed for two. So I decided that the losing losing team would be dissolved. So Team Chris your members will be split among the other two teams!"
"What?!" Practically everyone yelled.
"So even though we won, Team Victory is getting rewarded too?!" Jeremiah complained.
"Exactly, but you get first class, as well as the two members of Team Chris that made it the furthest. Nathan, Corbyn you'll be joining Team Misfit. Rhys and Ed you are officially members of Team Victory!" Chris explained. He was met with a series of complaints. "Don't care, enjoy your new teammates!"
/
We see Nathan and Rhys in the common area, the latter is crying. "I can't believe it! The moment I finally decide to accept my feelings for you we get put on separate teams!"
"I know its a major bummer. We can still hang out though, right?" Nathan smiled.
"Won't that make your new team mad at you?" Rhys asked.
"I'm sure they'll understand. Besides, even if they don't it'll totally be worth it." The floater said.
The two stood there in silence for a moment, then Rhys kissed Nathan on the lips. Nathan's eyes widened in surprise before he closed him. After a few seconds they parted. "As a good-bye. I hope you do well Nathan."
Nathan smiled back. "I hope you do well too."
/
In economy, Ed walked over to Kennedy and whispered something in her ear. The prankster nodded. "What was that about?" Veronica said with a glare.
"Just some stupid pick up line. You know how guys are." Kennedy shrugged. Veronica frowned, but let it go.
/
(Confessional)
(Ed is leaning against the wall as though waiting for someone. Kennedy comes in.)
Kennedy: So what did you want to talk to me about?"
Ed:I need allies so I was thinkin' you an' I could make an alliance.
Kennedy: I'm in an alliance with Ronnie though.
Ed: Isn't she the chick that betrayed you? Look, I have a simple plan. Next time we lose, you Veronica and I vote out Al. Then you, Rhys, an' I vote out Veronica. If we somehow lose a third time before the merge I'll help ya vote out Rhys.
Kennedy: It's a good plan… but Veronica can't know about it. This alliance is our little secret.
Ed: Shake on it.
(the two are shaking hands when a small click is heard. Ed slams the door open the rest of the way, but no one is there.)
Kennedy: What was that?
Ed: I don't know, but it could just be the plane breaking. Wouldn't hurt to keep an eye out.
` In the cockpit Chris is watching the confessional with a smirk "A double alliance? Kennedy you're a ratings goldmine! Did anyone see what happened? If so, will they tell anyone? How mad will Veronica be if she finds out? The answers to these questions next time on Total Drama World Tour!"
A/N And so the three teams become two. The main reason is because trying to write a third team into some of these challenges, namely the next one and the area 51 one, would be kinda hard. Plus it shakes the teams up and makes it less obvious who will get voted out. Of course another big reason was the Kennedy/Ed alliance. Before I came up with this twist, I had Veronica getting her hands on Patricia's camera and blackmailing her with it, but once I can up with this twist, the Kennedy/Ed alliance seemed like a good idea. To be clear, the lock is busted just like in canon. This and one other plotline are taking over for the love triangle plotline.
Questions: How good is your character at wrestling and hurdles? Is your OC still in character. Do you think someone saw Kennedy and Ed? If so, who?