We return to the episode to see Patricia and Alejandro looking through the maze of columns. They are both backing towards a courtyard. "Boar? Where boar?" Patricia muttered nervously as she backed up. Meanwhile on the other side of the courtyard Alejandro glances over his shoulder upon hearing this. With a smirk he continues to back up until they run into each other.
"Ahh!" Patricia shrieked. Alejandro caught her arm. "Thank-" Patricia sees who caught her. "You?" She trails.
"No problem. I've been meaning to talk to you." The Spainard began.
"About what?" Patricia asked nervously, her eyes darting anywhere but at his face.
"I know you heard something." The charmer said.
"I know nothing!" The photographer said a little too quickly.
Alejandro opened his mouth to push further when a bell went off and a musical note appeared in the lower left corner. Chris showed up as though from nowhere. "Time for a song! Please continue, this time with music!"
(Greece mix)
Chef, dressed in a golden facsimile of spartan armor, is shown sitting under a column playing the bouzouki.
A close up of two columns is shown. Alejandro peered out from the left. "Patricia, do you know, what I think you do?"
Patricia peers out from the right column. "I'm not sure what you think I know, but it isn't true."
Alejandro peers over part of a destroyed pillar leaning on its side. "You shouldn't get defensive, it makes you seem guilty." He walks out from behind the pillar.
Patricia walks out from behind a still intact pillar behind the broken one, and begins walking with him. "So what? You doubt my credibility?"
In the background Leilani peers from behind a pillar clearly listening in. Alejandro passes her as he continues to walk down a line of pillars. "I saw you last night."
As Patricia is shown following him down the the line of pillars, Leilani peeks out from behind a pillar further down. "How could you, I was out of sight?"
A statue of Patricia huddled down is on a pillar in front of them. They pause as Alejandro explains. "I was there before, and I saw you, when you hid behind the door!" Leilani is shown peering from another pillar, as Alejandro places a hand on Patricia's shoulder. The photographer looks nervous.
In another part of the maze we see Jeremiah. "I can't hear the lyrics." He frowns. Then he yells. "Patricia! Are you doing okay?" Chris shushes him.
Patricia is shown in front of several columns in a close up. "So I know something," The close up zoomed out to show a statue of Kennedy and Ed shaking hands. " Why do you care?"
Alejandro smirks. "It could be useful," His eyes widened and he points towards Patricia. "Look out for that bear!" The bear menaces the small girl on its hind legs.
The photographer shrieks as the bear begins to beat her. "The pain, the pain, it's so insane!"
Patricia lands on the ground in front of Alejandro. "Just what is in those contracts, cause this is inhumane!"
We see the bear has Patricia held by the collar of her hoodie. "The boar bear's got me, and that's really lame!"
Alejandro punches the bear, grabs the photographer in his right hand and the medal with his left and smirks. "Thanks Mister Boar Bear," He runs to join the rest of the cast. "I guess I win this game!"
Alejandro reaches the rest of the cast and sets Patricia down. Jeremiah runs over. "Are you okay? Did the bear hurt you?"
"Not much." Patricia said, showing a few places that were starting to bruise already,
Jeremiah winced. "At least it wasn't worse." He glared at Alejandro. "I guess as much as I don't want to, I should thank you for saving her from the bear."
"Believe me the pleasure is mine." The Spainard smirked.
Leiliani arrived and tried to burn holes through the charmer. She gave Patricia a sympathetic glance.
"Next event! Moving on!" Chris announced.
(Confessional)
Leilani: So what's why Patricia's been on edge! She heard something she wasn't supposed to and Alejandro knows it! That snake!
Static
/
Back at the acropolis a hurdle run has been set up. "Welcome to the hurdles event!" Chris declared. "The ultimate test of speed and flexibility. Players must leap higher and higher over these hurdles in a race to the finish line." He explained as we see the hurdles up close, getting higher and higher as he had said. "First one across wins the gold. Rhys', Ed, who's going from Victory?"
"I'm more flexible, and somewhat fast." Rhys offered.
"Alright. Team Misfit, which member is going for you? Just to be clear they can't have already gone." Chris told them.
"No offense Jeremiah, Leilani, but I'm probably most suited for this challenge." Amber said.
"No complaints here." Leilani said.
(Confessional)
Amber: It's a shame Nathan and Corbyn already did the wrestling challenge. Corbyn probably would have aced this.
Static
Amber and Rhys were crouched in the starting position under the checkered banner. Chris stood just behind them with an air horn. "On your Mark! Get Set!" Chris blew the airhorn, signalling the start of the race.
Amber and Rhys were an equal in speed and jumping. Both were around the same high, with Amber just being an inch taller. They jumped over hurdle after hurdle with Amber ever so slowly gaining a lead. It would still be close. Higher and higher they jumped until on the last hurdle, Amber tripped. Rhys kept running and Amber recovered quickly but it wasn't enough. Rhys crossed the finish line first.
From the sidelines Nathan cheered. "Yeah! That's my boyfriend!" Every Misfit other than Corbyn gave him an odd look. "What?"
"A gold for Team Victory!" Chris announced. "Looks like were headed for a tie breaker!"
/
The teams are still outside the Acropolis with Chris standing on some rubble in front of them. "It's time for the dreaded tie breaker!" He informed them.
We focus on the Misfits, Leiliani is trying to talk to Patricia. "Patricia, I know Alejandro's holding some knowledge over your head, if you tell me what it is maybe I can help?"
"Can we focus on the challenge?" Chris frowned at them.
"Later Chris." Leilani glared. "Seriously you need to talk about it. Clearly it's been weighing on your mind."
Patricia looked around nervously. "Look, Wings!" She cried, for indeed Noah had wheeled out a cart with two sets of wings on it.
"Attention please. Chef spent over one hour building two sets of wings out of wax, and the feathers we find in the plane's engine. One member from each team must strap on the winds and take flight. All the way up there." Chris announced pointing up to a crane hook with a medal hanging from it. "Whoever scores the gold medal from out of the sky wins the Olympics and first class passage for their team."
"Uh? Those don't seem safe." Rhys noted.
"I agree with Rhys' concern. That sounds dangerous.." Amber echoed.
"Not at all." Chris reassured them. This did nothing to ease anyone's concern, as The wings disintegrated. Noah scowled and moved the cart off screen. "We're gonna need some more wax." Chris informed him.
The host turned back to the teams. "Ed you haven't gone yet, so you're in. Jeremiah you're also in."
"Why don't we get to choose?" Leilani asked.
"Because it's a tie breaker, Which means the participants have to change into these authentic Spartan battle costumes." He held up said costumes. "And as you'll soon see, they weren't made for females."
/
Jeremiah and Ed were now dressed in the costumes, and as Chris said, they weren't made for females. There was basically nothing covering the chest area. They wore sandals, gold leg armor pieces, a skirt and belt, matching arm pieces, and a red cape held together by a gold clasp. "Those costumes are not authentic." Alejandro said unimpressed.
"I tried to tell him that." Noah said from his spot near Chris. "He didn't care."
Jeremiah looked incredibly uncomfortable. Patricia looked anywhere else. Leilani took this as an opportunity to talk to her again. "Patricia, you don't need to go through this alone. I'm here for you. Jeremy is here for you. You can tell us anything."
Chris notched an arrow with a flaming marshmallow on the end. "On your marks."
Tension rose as Patricia glanced from Leilani to a glaring Alejandro. The photographer began to sweat nervously as the Spaniard's eyes narrowed. Leilani looked at her pleadingly. Patricia kept looking between them, getting more and more nervous until… "I heard Kennedy and Ed making an alliance last night!" She blurted, then she put her hands over her mouth. "Oh no!"
"You what?! Kennedy, you're already in an alliance with me!" Veronica accused.
"I don't know what she's talking about." Kennedy bluffed. "Right Ed?" The con artist said nothing, a look of horror on his face.
. "Get set," Chris continued, pulling the arrow back.
"That must be why he whispered to you last night! I should have known you wouldn't forgive me that easily. " The socialite concluded.
"What if she's lying? This could be a ploy to throw us off our game!" The prankster claimed.
"Are you calling my friend a liar?!" Leilani glared.
"Well she could be." Kennedy said.
"You're not talking yourself out of this!" Veronica scowled.
"Go!" the host declared, letting go of the arrow.
Jeremiah started to flap his wings, but Ed was still in shock. Kennedy, having realized her bluff wouldn't work, did the first thing she thought of. Throwing Ed under the bus. "Well it was his idea! I even told him I was in an alliance with you! He insisted!""
"What? Ed, is this true?" Rhys asked.
"You still agreed to it!" Veronica yelled at Kennedy.
"Ed?" The con artist seemed to have finally snapped out of it. Rather than answer Rhys' question he started to flap his wings as well.
(confessional)
Ed: My biggest fear has always been getting caught. So I froze when it happened. I have to get that medal!
Static
Alejandro placed a hand on Rhys' shoulder. "You know, I didn't want to make any accusations, but I always found it odd that the track in Jamaica wasn't broken until after you did your last run."
"And the only two people who could have done that were Ed and I! I had my eyes closed!" Rhys gasped in realization.
At this point Ed had nearly caught up to Jeremiah, since the latter was much worse at physical things. Then the feathers started to fall off their wings. "Their wings are molting!" Alejandro said.
"Jeremy!" Patricia cried looking concerned.
Just as Jeremiah was about to grab the medal his wings fell apart. He fell towards the ground.
"Someone catch him!" Amber ordered. Nathan jumped into action, catching the smaller male easily. The Misfits looked relieved.
Ed kept flapping and just managed to grab the medal with his teeth before he too plummeted to the ground, sadly for Ed, no one bothered to catch him. He crashed to the ground in a painful heap.
"Team Victory wins!" Chris declared. "And the losers are heading for the elimination room."
Team Misfit looked at each other nervously.
/
In first class Veronica is glaring at Kennedy, Ed is sitting in chair with a sour look on his face. The focus is on Alejandro and Rhys however, as they sit on the couch together.
"I just can't believe Ed would do something like that. I can't believe he was a backstabbing liar. I trusted him!" The brunette said.
"I'm sorry to hear your friend wasn't who you thought. It must be painful for you." Alejandro soothed.
"At least I learned one thing." Alejandro raised an eyebrow in askance. "You're the only one on this team I can trust."
Alejandro smirked. "I am happy to hear that amigo.
(confessional)
Alejandro: I would have preferred Rhys got the information when we weren't in the middle of a challenge, but we won so it worked out. Now that Rhys trusts me, I have a guaranteed ally. Which is more than anyone else has.
Static
/
In economy class we see the Misfit Trio talking. "Knowing Amber she's trying to get Corbyn and Nathan to vote one of us out." Leilani said.
"Almost certainly, which means we'll tie." Jeremiah nodded.
"How we beat tiebreaker?" Patricia asked. The was silence for a moment then Jeremiah spoke up.
"We have to vote for Amber." He said determinedly.
"But she's our Leader!" Patricia protested.
"And we don't know Nathan or Corbyn that well." Leilani pointed out.
"Look I don't like it anymore than you do, but unless the tiebreaker turns out to be something not physical, we have no chance of beating Nathan and Corbyn at it. Amber's the weakest of the three. If we can take anyone in a tiebreaker, it's her." Jeremiah told them.
Patricia and Leilani looked at each other then slowly nodded. "Alright we'll vote out Amber." The horror fanatic said.
"And hope we win." The photographer added.
/
At elimination everyone looks tense. Except Chris and Noah, who are excited and Deadpan respectfully. "So here we are, let's look at why. Jeremiah failed to win the tiebreaker despite having a head start, which is why you're all here. Amber blew it in the hurdles, which forced the tiebreaker. Patricia failed her challenge and got beaten by a bear. Funny, but not helpful." Leilani glared at the host for this comment.
"Your choice was close. Let's see the votes." He pulled out the six passports. "A Vote for Jeremiah, a vote for Amber, another vote for Jeremiah, another vote for Amber, a third vote for Jeremiah, and the final vote goes to…" Jeremiah and Amber looked at each other nervously as Chris dragged the moment out. "Amber!" Despite knowing what the votes probably were, everyone was still somehow surprised.
A table was pushed into the center of the room. Two covered plates lay on it. "Since there's no room to do any sports you'll be competing in a different kind of competition." Noah removed the covers, revealing two plates heaped with some kind of brown sludge. "An eating competition! Amber and Jeremiah will eat as much of Chef's mystery meat as they can. First one to finish wins. If you barf, you lose immediately."
Jeremiah and Amber sat down at the table looking at the mystery meat nervously. "Ready?" Chris began. "And go!"
At Chris' say, Jeremiah and Amber began to shovel mystery meat into their mouths. For the first couple seconds they were matched, then Amber started to slow as she struggled to keep her meat down. She noticed she was falling behind and started to go faster. This cycle continued for a bit, with Amber spending longer and longer periods of time struggling to keep her meat down. While Jeremiah also slowed over time, and looked a bit ill it was nothing compared to Amber.
Finally Amber threw up. Looking disappointed in herself. "And Amber loses! The drop of shame awaits!" Chris declared.
Amber looked at her teammates. "I was really hoping to last longer, but I can't blame you for voting me out. I'm sorry we didn't win more often, but I did the best I could as your leader."
"Hey, we agree with that. We just didn't want to be voted out, and we figured we might be able to take you in a tiebreaker." Jeremiah smiled.
"Then no hard feelings?" Amber asked.
"None." Patricia said, walking over and hugging the much taller teen.
Amber smiled. "Thanks guys." And with that Amber jumped out the plane.
Corbyn and Nathan glanced at each other nervously. Jeremiah turned to Patricia. "So, I get you overheard Kennedy and Ed, but why were you going to the confessional that late at night anyway?"
Patricia glanced at Leilani and blushed. "Nothing too important,"
(confessional)
Patricia: In London. When Leilani beat ripper. I felt weird. Good weird. I went to confessional. To think about it. I think I... like Leilani. More than a friend. Don't know what do.
Static
Chris and Chef are in the cockpit. "Ooh a secret crush? Sounds like great ratings!" Chris smirked. "Can Kennedy talk her way out of this?"
"Not a chance!" Veronica yelled from off screen.
"Who's going for the next drop? Find out right here on Total! Drama! Woooorrrrlllddd~ Tooouuurrrr~!"
A/N: The secret is out. Rhys is convinced Alejandro is his only trustworthy teammate. Patricia reveals her feelings for Leilani, and Amber gets the boot. It was a really hard decision, but I felt it was for the best. Keep in mind I am bringing someone back at the merge, so who knows. Anyway All three couples have been revealed. I just wanna say the equal representation was not intentional. I wanted these couples to be from the beginning. I got so caught up writing Nathan and Rhys' relationship the others fell to the wayside until now. I'm sorry about that. If I ever write another SYOC I'll be sure not to make that mistake again.
Questions: How was the reveal of Patricia's crush?
What about the moment the alliance is revealed?
Is your OC in character? How clumsy are they?
Are they into aliens?
How good are they at finding things?