Blainley was back in the mansion, though parts of it were beginning to look deteriorated with claw marks and such "I'm glad Shion got that minotaur back in its dungeon. We can't just let it running around or it'll ruin the surprise" she shook her head dissaprovingly.
The host then turned to the camera and clapped with a charming, but clearly forced, smile "Oh helloooooooo there viewers! I almost didn't see you there! It's been too long hasn't it?"
She let out a girlish giggle "Last time on this show, our contestants were on a treasure hung when pirates suddenly apprared to challenge them for it!"
It shows the contestants wandering the mist as pirates attacked them. "Rhonda tried her best, but Donna managed to pull the win out of nowhere for her team!"
The host suddenly looked off screen "The winner was a girl named Willow? We have a girl like that competing?"
Blainley just smiled and shrugged "Doesn't matter either way. She'll be gone before long. But let's see if she goes today on Total Drama… Legends!"
Intro plays
"Dear mom and dad I'm doin' fine" At the front of the Japanese island, Blainley and Shion were standing next to each other, with them both trying to push the other off screen. Sugar was standing behind them, trying to bring the dazzle and steal the attention from the hosts. While Blainely was enjoying the camera's attention Jake suddenly popped up, before writing something down in his notes.
"You guys are on my Mind" the camera flew to the middle of a large lake in the middle of the island. on the water Rhonda and Justin were sitting on a small boat together. It was so small they were stuck leaning against each other.
"You asked me what I wanted to be" Rhonda smirked confidently at him as she leaned towards him, however, the model looked uncomfortable as they both tipped over the side as some bubbles slowly surfaced. Jackson popped his head out of the water before discretely swimming away.
"I wanna be famous" on the nearby beach Vernon was quietly writing music down on a small notebook. He smiled as he seemingly finished before a bald eagle flew down and swooped the note from his hands.
"I wanna live close to the sun" the bald eagle flew through the forest with its catch. On the ground Nick smiled to himself before writing that down in a bird watching book.
"Go pack your bags because I've already won!" Lightning was running through the forest with a confident smirk on his face as he tried outpacing Wyonetta who was running right next to him with just as confident a smirk.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way," the duo sprinted past Char, Jasmine, and Donna sitting together on some fallen trees while eating a small snack on their nature trek.
"I'll get there one day" on the other side of the island Anne Maria was lying down on the sand to get a good tan. As Maria enjoyed the sun, Rayna suddenly popped in next to her to enjoy the tan together while winking.
"Cause I wanna be famous!" On the other side of the beach, Sadie was sitting on some stone steps while fawning over Capone. Willow sat behind her, and looked totally out of place and confused about the fawning.
"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!" On the dock Blainley was on earlier, Peter was snapping pictures of where she stood, taking pictures of her footmarks in the sand before sighing miserably.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous. I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" All of the contestants were sitting together, with Anais and Jake sitting across from each other. The shorter girl leaned in with Jake, only to kiss him on the cheek. Jake smiled to himself, before immediately turning away from her to write in his notes again as all of the contestants slowly whistled.
Intro Ends
As stated at the end of the last challenge, our winners: the Tengu, were given a first class mansion to rest and relax in.
Early in the morning, the guys on the team were all resting peacefully. Lightning was snoring while lifting a weight in his sleep, Jake was rolling around rapidly, and Peter was sleeping like a normal human being.
This all came to an end, however, when Nick's alarm blared through the room. All three guys woke up suddenly, spluttering in surprise.
"What's happening!?" Lightning covered his ears with his pillow.
"We're under attack" Jake flung his fists around, fighting off an invisible force.
The camera panned to an alarm clock going off. Nick's hand reached over to turn it off, showing he was currently fully dressed now.
"Sorry boys, just thought it was worth getting up early in the morning. Gotta go out and try earning some badges amirite?" Nick smiled at the three, stretching against his bed.
"Did it have to be that loud…?" Peter whimpered while rubbing his temple.
Nick just nodded matter of factly "I'm a heavy sleeper, I once overslept during a bear attack. I still miss Jimmy…"
Lightning frowned at him "If you don't get sha-moving, Lightning will help you meet up again!" He raised his fist threateningly.
"A-aha" Nick forced out a weak laugh "I'll… see you guys after lunch!"
With that the boyscout sprinted out of the room. Jake frowned as he left "I was hoping to be the first to wake everyone up…"
"Can always be the first to annoy the girls by waking them up" Peter smirked slightly.
The large boy sat there in silence, before jumping up and running out of the room. Not even bothering to put on his pants. After a few moments they could hear the girls scream in surprise.
Lightning didn't seem too bothered by their screams "Lightning's gonna go get some breakfast. They better have actual protein or Lightning's throwing someone out a window"
Now Peter was totally alone, stepping out of bed when he suddenly stepped on something rather soft. He had a look of mortification before he looked down, hoping Jake didn't try being the first to crap under their beds.
When he looked down he could see he was currently stepping on Shion's face.
"Not the first time someone's asked or tried to step on me" Shion giggled when Peter moved his feet.
"S-sorry, I didn't know you were down there… why are you down there actually?"
Shion leaned up, smiling at the confused boy "I wanted to see if you were even cuter when you wake up~" he teased.
Peter had a faint blush. He was about to say something before Shion shoved multiple photos into his hand.
"Just kidding!" He giggled "I got you your photos no problem"
"Oh, thanks" Peter had a small smile at the gesture, but this would drop when he saw all the photos. Almost all of them were either inappropriate or something that would mortify anyone.
"Well, toodles!" Shion got up and walked away before Peter could try returning the photos.
Confessional: Peter
Peter was hiding the photos in his pocket "I appreciate Shion helping me out but these photos are maybe too dirty for what I was looking for. But hey, maybe I'll get a raise or something… who am I kidding? My boss would just give me a coupon for bed bath and beyond and call it a day"
He slouched forward "I wish I was special like the rest of the people on this team, but I think I'm always just going to be the expendable worker…"
XXX
Eventually this team went to breakfast, where they'd find multiple butlers and maids were there. They made each and every one of them their own specialized meals.
At the table, the girls and guys sat from opposite sides of the table. Wyonetta and Anais sat side by side of Donna, who was given a whole plate of dead bugs.
Wyonetta looked disgusted at the explorer "What the hell are you eating?"
"Oh, this?" Donna raised a beetle "These stag beetles are filled with protein. It's the best way to get quick protein. And they're crunchy too"
Willow covered her mouth, looking as green as the grass she refuses to touch.
"She's not wrong" Anais nodded while cutting into her porkchop "Though, for developed countries it id considered rather disgusting Donna"
"Oh… should I eat something else then?" Donna asked innocently, all the while Jasmine was dragging Willow outside so she won't throw up over the other's food.
Wyonetta nodded before casually throwing the bugs out the window, with the sounds of Willow's screams coming soon after.
"You should try some red meat girly!" Lightning was currently tearing through a chicken leg with a feral smirk "Keeps Lightning strong!"
"Um, actually, that's not red meat" Anais deadpanned while pushing up her glasses.
"Lightning doesn't care what a lil itty baby has to say about his diet!" He just continued to devour his meat.
"I'll still try it!" Donna rung up a buttler "Can I please have some meat sir? Some for Mittens and I would be best"
The butler nodded and walked away. As he walked away, a slow realization hit her. "Hey, do you know where Mittens is?" She asked no one in particular.
"Oh, he's-" Wyo was about to tell her before being interrupted by Donna.
"That's right! He's with Jake- Jake!?" Donna screamed in surprise as she looked at Jake, who was first to sit at the kiddy table.
He had Mittens on a silver plate with his arms tied down and an apple was shoved in his mouth "First on the island to eat monkey" he rubbed his hands together. He currently had a bib on with a monkey face on it.
While they were having their breakfast, Jasmine wss out patting Willow on the back. The girl had thrown up a few times now, but she was slowly looking better.
"You doin ok now mate?" The Australian looked worried, but Willow gave her a thumbs up.
"How about I go get us some berries. Nothin beats a healthy breakfast!"
Willow looked up at her "I-I wouldn't want to impose like that… y-you have so much more important stuff to do"
"I wouldn't say that" Jasmine grinned "Since everyone else is fed all I really have to do is to make sure we all stay standin for the challenge"
The musician glanced back at the ground "I wish I could be less of a drain for you…"
"You aint anything close to a drain! Think you can actually walk around without fallin all over yourself?" Jasmine looked a bit skeptical about her state.
Willow pulled herself to her feet before dropping down again "No…"
Jasmine just chuckled to herself before pulling Willow onto her shoulders "Warn me before you chonder on me alright?"
"Y-yes ma'am" Willow nodded. With that, they journeyed into the forests. However, the walk quickly went bad as Jasmine's height put Willow's face in the branche's range.
"Ow-" Willow groaned after every time she hit one. But the time Jasmine noticed this she let out a small sigh and mobed her down to a piggy back ride.
"Better?"
"I'd say so" Willow held on as tight as humanly possible.
Jasmine continued to walk around, when she suddenly heard someone's scream of fear. She looked around, just trying to see where it was coming from. That was when the Aussie noticed Nick covered in scratches and mud running from something.
"Looks like Nick's flat out today" Jasmine moved a hand to wave at him "G'day mate!"
Nick didn't respond, just continuing to run past them. "Wonder what was bitin him?" She frowned, not seeing anything around.
Confessional: Nick
He was panting "I-I was, uh… birdwatching. Yea. That was it. But suddenly a giant monster tried eating me! It was honestly crazy. It looked like nothing I'd ever seen or heard of before"
Nick pressed his ear against the confessional, finding there was nothing outside "But it's interesting to have Jasmine just walking around after the topic of idols was brought up right? Hopefully no one on the team is getting too attached to her"
XXX
While the Tengu we're getting used to their temporary mansion, the Sphinxes were still stuck to a simple shack. It was lucky for them, however, that Char was still spending time to try making the place nicer.
For example, he managed to form a few beds for Sadie, Justin, Capone, and Anne Maria. Who were all the most adament about getting beds.
The beds were scrunched together to try saving some room for the time being. Surprisingly, Capone was one of the first to wake up in the morning.
He glanced over at Justin with a small scowl. "Bet he feels so handsome for being able to out manipulate me last night…" he grumbled quietly.
Justin was sleeping with an eye cover, and also had some of his shirt pulled up from his rolling around at night. Capone's eyes slowly glanced down to his six-pack.
'Good god you can grind meat on those things' Capone backed away, letting out a surprised grunt. "That's not what I meant" he stated a bit too loud.
The bodybuilder dropped on the ground with a small thud, which just annoyed him further.
Confessional: Capone
"Let's get it all straight here! I'm not remotely into Justin and his muscles. If I wanted to see muscles I'd look in the mirror!" He flexed to himself.
"I was just assuming how the girls were talking and thinking about him." He crossed his arms with a small scowl.
XXX
Like before, the girls, Justin, and Capone chose to sleep in longer as Char and Jackson left them.
"That ceremony was awful" Jackson grumbled angrily "Next time we lose it'll be one of us"
Char just nodded, grabbing some wood as they walked around. Jackson frowned at him "Are you taking this seriously?"
"Oh, of course" the friendly guy just smiled "I want to help make our home nicer. Maybe a "Live, Laugh, Love" poster would help make it prettier"
Jackson silently frowned at him, tapping his foot rapidly "So you're not. Listen Char, we need to get the girls to avoid or dislike Justin and pronto. Do you really want to go home second?"
"Not really…" Char frowned "But how could we possibly get the girls to not simp for him? He's the most irresistible man I've ever seen. And I mean that in the straightest way possible" he joked.
"You're not wrong…" the emo boy rubbed his chin slowly. The duo was beginning to walk back to their cabin when they noticed Justin walking out while looking at his reflection in the mirror.
Jackson smirked to himself "I think I've formed a rather strong hypothetical…"
"I'm all ears" Char smiled "As long as it's nothing too drastic"
"I make no promises" Jackson's smirk immediately dropped at Char's demand "We'll talk about it once my plan is actually in effect"
"You've got it" Char just nodded as Jackson went to get himself some food. The hefty man went back to the cabin with a handful of wood.
"Hey, are you going to be making us anymore beds?" Almost immediately when he came back Rayna was looking over his shoulder "It's getting impossible to stay up sleeping on rocks"
"Oh, sure, I can do yours next" Char smiled when Maria suddenly appeared.
"Aye yo tubby, I still need you to find me new cans!"
Char started sweating a bit "Sure, I can go and look for that"
"And a new mirror" Justin piped in.
"I could use some weights" Capone nodded with a smirk "Gotta keep it going for the ladies" he winked to Maria and Rayna, who didn't seem too excited by him.
"I'll get it all done" Char rubbed his neck, giving them all a smile "I'm sure I'll have enough free time to get most of it done"
"Great to hear buddy" Justin smiled and pat him softly on the back.
Later in the morning, Rhonda could hear someone humming to themself. She glanced through some bushes, finding Sadie lying on the grass and smelling the flowers.
"What are you doing?" Rhonda scowled at the girly girl.
"Oh, heyyy Rhonda" Sadie waved with a warm smile "I'm just smelling the flowers. I used to do it with Katie so it makes me happy"
Rhonda just frowned down at her "What do you gain from sniffing flowers? Justin has a used shirt back at the shack"
Sadie stared at her for a moment "B-because it's just nice. Wanna smell one?"
She held a flower up to the wrestler, who just looked annoyed "Fine, whatever" Rhonda sniffed the flower, looking surprised by the welcoming scent.
"Nice, right?" Sadie grinned.
"It's whatever" Rhonda immediately pulled back with a slowly growing scowl "Is this all you do?"
"No. There's a lot I did with Katie…" a slow realization hit her "Do you wanna do each other's makeup!?"
"Wha-" The Wrestler immediately became flustered "What!? Do you think my face doesn't look good enough as it is now? Want me to fix your face up!?"
Sadie flinched, backing away from the wrestler "I-It's just what I do with Katie, I thought it might be fun!" The chubby girl moved her hands to protect her face.
Rhonda didn't say anything. Sadie moved her hands slowly to see Rhonda was now sitting on the ground. "I hate this girly stuff to the very end and I hate the very idea. But getting another ally would get me some action with Justin so fine by me"
Sadie's smile lit excitedly "EEEEEEEEEE!" She grabbed the wrestler's hands and started bouncing up and down in excitement. This only continued to annoy Rhonda.
Confessional: Rhonda
"I hate nothing more than those girly girls like Sadie. So feminine and easy to please. Acting like they're at the top of the world. Fucking better get a tongue tango out of this shitshow"
XXX
After a long period of time, both girls were wearing matching makeup. They were both wearing eyeliner, matching ruby red lipstick, blush, eyeliner, eyeshadow, all the works.
"We look so good!" Sadie "EEE"'d once again as she took a picture of them together,
Rhonda just sat in silence as she looked at herself in the mirror "I need to wipe this off" she grumbled to herself.
"No way, you look so beautiful!"
The wrestler blushed "Ok, maybe I'll keep it for now"
As they spoke, Jackson walked through a treeline. He had a handful of berries in his hand when he saw Rhonda and his eyes widened in shock.
"It's bigfoot!" He let out a surprising amount of emotion before throwing his berries at them and running.
Rhonda gave Sadie a dirty look before immediately wiping the makeup off "Next time I see you or Jackson, I'd run the other way" she threatened before walking away.
The chubby girl whimpered in fear "I-I guess next time I'll try with Rayna…"
Confessional: Jackson
"That oughtta mess with Rhonda's confidence" he had a small smirk "This'll be a good test run on what might work on Justin. If they don't have confidence in their looks, I'm sure their performance will slide in mere moments"
XXX
After some time the contestants could hear a low rumbling nearby. That was when they could all see a massive castle form near the edge of the forest.
"How does that work?" Anais was looking out the mansion window while sipping on some coffee in a mug "A castle can't just form in the middle of nowhere"
Jake just shrugged with a bored expression. He was covered in bruises, scratches, and had a slap mark across his face "Well, it's not the first time I've seen something like that"
Anais raised an eyebrow at him "You've seen a castle come up from the dirt?"
"Nah, but I've seen the ruines of a castle mostly under the ground when I was the first in my family to go all the way to the British Isles"
"You really like first don't you?" Anais deadpanned.
"You bet!" Jake smiled "If I'm not first, what's the point of anything?"
Anais glanced at him "Who was the first person to step foot on the American continent aside from the natives?"
"Leif Erikson," Jake grinned.
"Man who discovered genes?"
"Thomas Hunt Morgan. Is there a reason you're asking this?"
The braniac girl shrugged "I don't know. I just wanted to see if you were nearly as smart as you said you were"
"Of course I am!" he pat his stomach "Smartest person here"
"Now I wouldn't say that…" Anais had a small smirk.
Jake silently looked at her "What, do you think you're the smartest?"
"Well, not to toot my own horn but yes. Though I'd say you're a solid second smartest" Anais closed her eyes and smirked confidently. Jake just stared at her in silence, contemplating something in his mind when everyone in a 50 mile radius could hear a loud blaring horn come from the castle.
"What the hell was that!?" Wyonetta covered her ears, growling in pain.
"I think that's the hosts beconing for us to come to the castle!" Donna smiled, not bothered by the intense noise "I bet it is a challenge!"
"They could've done that a lot more politely" Peter rubbed his ears slowly.
"Sha-Lightining's just ready for a challenge!" The Jock started sprinting out the door, with all of his teammates racing after him.
After running to the set, the Sphinxes also arrived. They spent a few moments silently looking around, wondering where they would get the heads up for their challenge. That's when a note suddenly appeared on a platform.
"Are they too busy to come tell us the challenge?" Capone deadpanned, grabbing the note and reading it.
The note went as such: "Welcome contestants! Today's challenge is something you may call a 'Scavenger Hunt'. This hunt, however, is based on the hunt of King Arthur's blade" Capone told his team of the information.
"King Arthur's blade? Hardly a worthy prize for me to waste my time looking for" Justin crossed his arms.
Anais just smirked a bit at him "Have you never heard of Excalibure? Or as some would know, the Sword in the Stone. It's a… sword in stone that can only be lifted by someone who is deemed worthy. Did you not pick up a book when you got your braces off?"
Justin just frowned down at her when she brought that up again. Rhonda looked more upset however, as she got ready to deck the brainiac.
"What are you silly people doing down there!?"
The contestants all looked up, finding Shion staring down at them with a very clearly fake mustache and beret "Oh, what are you silly people doing down there!?" Shion held back a giggle as he spoke in a fake French accent.
"I don't know you tell us" Jackson deadpanned.
"You're after our sword!?" Shion looked down at them when no one asked him that in particular "Now good sirs and madames~ we have nothing of the sort!"
Most of the contestants gave the fake Frenchie a deadpan expression.
"Ok team, we need to come up with something clever" Jasmine looked to her team "Anyone have a suggestion on how we could sneak past the cohost?"
Donna silently listened to Mittens whispering in her ear "Oh, yea, we should try tricking Shion into running out here!"
"Or we just cut out the middleman and break in ourselves" Wyo smirked a bit.
Nick raised his hand "We could wait for the other team to do something and then strike while they're dealing with what's ahead"
Jasmine thought on all their suggestions "Yes, those are all good suggestions. I think Nick has the best plan, if they deal with everythin ahead they'll be slowed down so we can speed past"
"So we gotta sha-wait? Sha-boring…" Lightning sat down on the ground in criss-cross pose.
"It's the safest solution" Anais shrugged, taking a seat next to him. The rest of them started sitting down as they watched the other team in silence.
On the other side of the lawn, they seemed to be having the same conversation. "Ok, so, what should we do here?" Char looked to his team with a warm smile "I won't expect any wrong answers"
As he looked at his team, he could see how disfunctional they all seemed to be. Rhonda was currently growling and glaring at Sadie, who was hiding behind Rayna; Justin was giving Capone a weird look since he kept looking at him before glancing away; Anne Maria was just ignoring everyone else, and Jackson was just glaring discreetly at most of them.
"A-any plans?" Char smiled weakly.
"They're clearly waiting for us to do something tubby. So we should just wait on them to waste their time" Anne Maria stated matter of factly.
Char silently looked to the others, trying to see if there was another suggestion. But that never came, not even Jackson really cared to give in his idea. "I guess that's the plan…" he murmured before joining them.
Plenty of times passed, with both teams stilently staring at the other for them to make their big move. Shion frowned down at the teams before pulling out his phone.
"Hey, Blainley~? I need some help here. They refuse to actually do the challenge" Shion had an amused smile as he waved flirtaciously down at Peter, who nervously returned the gesture.
"Oh, do that already huh? Well, ok~" He still smiled as he moved over to a lever, and pulled it. Suddenly the ground below them gave out and they were all sent flying down multiple different tubes before ending up in the lower levels of the castle.
Confessional: Anais
The brainiac was sitting in the confessional seat, but with her height she was barely within frame "I know the legend well, but I wonder if they will actually find a way to see if someone is 'worthy'. Seeing as that's effectively the whole point of the myth. Even then, who would be worthy? Best bet on our team if I had to guess would be Donna. She's far from bright but innocent is the nicest trait this team can muster as a collective"
XXX
The first of the team to drop down into the castle's interior was Rhonda and Justin, with the model landing first before Rhonda squished him onto the ground.
"That's annoying" Rhonda quietly growled in pain as she slowly pulled herself off the ground. This is when she found the pancaked Justin under her "Oh hey there. If I knew you were going to be under me I would've tried landing more softly. Or more rough" she smirked.
Justin just groaned, sitting up "That ride didn't bruise my elbow right?" the model started looking all over his body, looking at his elbows to see if there was a burn mark.
"Well, I can say your butt still looks good" Rhonda slowly licked her lips.
"Oh thank goodness" he let out a sigh of relief "I gotta keep everything perfect for my modeling career"
The wrestler just wrapped her arm around his shoulder "Then you're just fine. Well, not that we know where we are" she started leaning against him.
"That's a good question" Justin pulled back slightly to look around "Let's see…"
The room they were in just looked like a hallway with a red carpet and knights standing guard all along the path to a throne sat before a wall
"Hm. that's not quite what I expected down here" Justin just shrugged slightly before he started walking down the path very slowly.
Rhonda followed directly behind him, staring at him more intensely with every step. After a few steps, however, they could hear some of the metal knights creaking behind them. They turned to look at the noise, but the knights didn't look like they changed at all. At the same time, a much larger piece of armor was slowly moving, aiming their axe to cut Justin's head straight off.
It pulled the axe back before swinging it toward him. However, the axe would never make contact with Justin, as his big body guard Rhonda flung herself forward to slam her fist against it. "Try touching my man again and see how many limbs you get to keep!" She threatened
Just from that one smack the armor was flung off the suit of armor, revealing someone was actually hidden under the armor.
"Hey! You can't just go smacking a beauty pageant winner like that" the woman groaned, rubbing her face.
The wide woman had blond, curly hair and had a lot of makeup plastered on her face. They could see she was wearing a pink crop top and dark blue jeans as well.
"Who is she supposed to be?" Justin raised an eyebrow at the woman.
"I'm Sugar, the hottest intern this side of the Mississippi" Sugar smirked, pulling herself up "I'm glad you got that armor off though, I barely got in it the first time!" she giggled obnoxiously.
Rhonda stared skeptically at the woman with a Southern accent "Can you at least show how we can get out of here?"
"Oh, a' course I can! You just gotta sit on that chair before the robit knights come a' swingin"
"Robot knights?" Justin frowned "That doesn't make any sense-"
From behind him, a knight rushed at him and swung in a downward spike. This barely missed Justin, who swung his body forward "OK, I see what you mean" Justin looked terrified before running ahead of Rhonda and to the throne chair.
The Wrestler punched the robot in one swift blow before chasing after her companion. Justin sat down first on the throne chair, getting himself prepared for it to take him anywhere but there when Rhonda suddenly jumped at him.
Before he could react Rhonda was sitting on his lap, crushing the poor model between a rock and a hard place. "Rhonda… y-you're crushing me…"
"I haven't even begin to crush you yet" she smirked when the wall behind them turned, taking them away from that dangerous situation.
While this was going on, a group of four Sphinxes were paired together in a completely separate part of the underground labyrinths. Peter, Donna, Nick, and Jasmine were all walking through what looked like a torture chamber.
Peter was casually snapping pictures as they walked around, frowning very nervously "You don't think they actually use this do you?"
Donna smiled a bit "That all totally depends on if this is a real castle! When I explored with my parents, they found a rack used somewhat consistently. Crazy stuff people do for fun"
Jasmine frowned at her "You know what that is?"
"Nope" she immediately shook her head "Do you?"
Jasmine stared at her, knowing Donna's usual gimmick. But the latina girl just stared at her in silence. "I don't mean to be rude with the question. Do you?"
"N-no Donna, I have no idea what they're for" Jasmine murmured, walking to the end of the hall before a wall suddenly slammed down in front of them. This got the giant aussie to whimper slightly "O-oh man, we're stuck down in this d-deep… dark path…"
"Yea, guess we are" Nick looked around, trying to find a way out. Before finding anything of worth he could hear Jasmine collapse onto the ground clutching her legs. "Woah, woah are you ok Jas?"
"C-c-clau… c-clau…" Jasmine was so worried she could hardly get any word out.
"Oh, I know this!" Donna raised her hand "She has claustrophobia, fear of tight… spaces…" Donna looked around to see the tunnel they were stuck in "That makes sense actually"
Peter silently snapped a photo of her whimpering on the ground as Nick ducked down next to her. "Relax Jasmine, relax. Breath in… and out" Nick smiled encouragingly at her.
It took a few breaths, but Jasmine slowly came back to her senses. But refused to stand back up again. "Ok" Nick looked to the two stable contestants "Let's see if we can find a way out"
Peter and Donna just nodded before looking through all the torture devices.
Confessional: Nick
The boyscout smiled a bit as he kicked his feat "Being trusted always feels so good. It was my favorite part of being the troop leader. The respect and authority. Even if it's just three of them, I'll still happily work for their respect"
XXX
As they looked around, Peter would crawl onto the Iron Maiden, finding what looked like light coming from the outside. "I think I have our way out guys…" he reached up, actually sliding his hand through the opening.
His hand searched around, eventually finding that felt solid. He pressed his hand down on it, causing it to press inward. It took the photographer a moment to realize he had just pressed a button.
"Oh…. uh, guys? I may have…" Peter turned back to his team, before he quickly noticed the ceiling was beginning to lower down on them. The only one of them to notice was a terrified Jasmine.
"Sorry guys" Peter apologized "I didn't exactly intend for that to happen"
Nick and Donna looked back as Peter shut himself inside an Iron Maiden, with all the spikes torn out of it. While the other three panicked, Peter hid in silence. Before long, however, the bottom of this tortue device gave in. Without realizing it, he actually managed to find his way out of that room.
Not every group was managing to cooperate well, however. Wyonetta and Jake were both stuck in the same route that seemed like they were themed after catacombs with skulls lining the walls and had a moist ground covered in more full human skeletons. Jake and Wyonetta were both jumping around bookshelves and other platforms to avoid falling into the skeletons.
Wyonetta was mostly focused on just avoiding the fall, when she noticed Jake was actually beginning to outpace her now. Naturally the jockette scowled at this before quickly picking up her pace.
Jake scowled when he saw that Wyonetta was starting to take a lead on him, so he naturally started trying to move faster.
"What are you in such a haste for?" Wyo jumped on a skeletal body before landing on a lamppost.
"I could ask you the same. Why do you want to make it to the end first"
"Because you want to" she smirked confidently, which just seemed to annoy Jake further. The chubby boy breathed in and out slowly, before grabbing one of the skulls. He looked ready to throw it at the back of her head when they both suddenly heard someone's fast footsteps.
"Sha-out of the way nerds!" Lightning ran past the two of them in the moist level of the room with no problem.
Wyonetta silently watched him run "Since when did he get down here with us?"
As Lightning ran through the bog, he jumped over one of the skeletal bodies. His loud noises quickly alerted many of the skeletons on the ground to come up and start crawling after the three teammates.
This didn't bother the large jock however, as he just sprinted to the end of the room where a sarcophagus was.
"I don't think that quite fits the Japanese theme this season has" Jake pointed out before one of the skeletons started strangling him.
While the two of them had to deal with the skeletal problem, Lightning was already slamming himself inside the sarcophagus. "First place, woooo!"
Before they knew it Lightning vanished before their eyes, which just infuriated Wyonetta as the skeletons started clampering all over them.
Confessional: Wyonetta
The Jockette was covered in injuries "First that jock outpaced me in a race, and now he's practically sabotaging us. What a nuisance" she grumbled.
"If he wasn't the only one else on this team with any strength I'd be planning on voting him first chance we lose. Which will probably be now, seeing as I'm out of this challenge"
XXX
In the last of these rooms was Sadie and Capone. They were in a rather small one, even in comparison to the one with the shrinking cieling. Most of the room just appeared to be something like a backstage room.
"Oh, I wonder what we'll be doing in this challenge" Sadie smiled at Capone, who just looked a bit annoyed.
Sadie was quick to notice his gloomy attitude and sat closer to him "Is something bothering you? Whenever Katie gets down she always tells me about it!"
"I'm not remotely interested in talking" Capone frowned at her "I'm just slightly distracted thank you very much"
"Well, ok Cpone. But I'm… always here" she smiled a little more flirtaciously at him, which was mostly ignored.
"Yea, yea" he murmured when the wall before them suddenly disappeared like curtains were being lifted. To their surprise there was a massive crowd staring at them, though after a few moments they could tell all of the people were just cardboard cutouts.
"This is a weird one…" Capone murmured as podiums suddenly appeared before them.
"Oh, hey Anais" Sadie smiled at someone off screen, which revealed to be exactly who she greeted. Anais was standing at a third podium, but wasn't tall enough to stand above the podium's height.
"Hello" Anais gave her a cordial nod.
Capone silently looked at them before looking around. He was about to walk away when a robot with a snappy black tuxedo appeared with a plastered-on smile "Welcome to our game show contestants!"
"Oh, it's a game show trivia… thing" Sadie clapped her hands "I bet this'll be totes fun!"
"Right you are chubby" the robot joked to one of the cameras, which immediately dropped Sadie's excitement.
"First question goes for Capootis" the robot shifted multiple notes in his hands. "What… is your name?"
Capone smirked slightly "Capone. Maybe try remembering it"
"Correct!" the robot gave him a thumbs up "Next question, tubby, What… is your favorite color"
"Oh, totes pink. It's such a cute tone" she smiled a little at him asking that question.
Anais, meanwhile, just scoffed at the answers "This is going to be too easy"
"Short girl. What… is the capital of Assyria"
Anais smirked, taking a moment to realize she didn't get an easy question like the other two. "Wha- I don't know that!" Almost immediately after saying that, the floor under her sent her flying into the ceiling, with only her face sticking through the ceiling.
"W-was that necessary?" Sadie murmured.
"Affirmative" the robot nodded before turning sharply back to Capone "Capuchin. What… is your favorite color"
"Easy! It's pink! No, wait, blue!" Capone tried to correct himself, but it was too late as he was seeped into a pit below him.
Sadie whimpered, seeing what happened to the other two contestants in this challenge. She slowly turned back to the robot, who was taking a moment to process what was happening. "Congratulations to… Sadie. You have passed the exam, and will be free to go to your next challenge"
"Oh, yay!" Sadie clapped excitedly before a tube suddenly appeared and dragged her away. The robot watched her be dragged away while waving.
After these first challenges, multiple contestants arrived in the castle's courtyard proper. Shion was waiting around, looking at himself in the mirror while twiddling his fake mustache "Oh, oui oui, you look extravagant~!"
Even without anyone to watch him, his fake accent was still going in strides. After a few moments, he could hear the tubes were making loud noises.
"Ah, ze plebians are coming. I better get myself prepared~" Shion grinned before striking a very confident pose as the successful contestants were shot into the opening.
These successful contesants included: Rhonda, Justin, Maria, Rayna, Sadie, Peter, Willow, and Lightning. They were all shot out of the tubes and landed with loud thuds in a large pile.
"Dang, you Tengu did absolutely awful" Shion giggled at them.
"I'm just happy to be alive…" Peter had a weak smile at the bottom of the pile.
"Lightning won't need those sha-losers anyhow!" The Jock lifted the pile above him before dropping them to the side "Now let's see sha-challenge!"
"You are quite excited, but I suppose that is to be expected with you English types" Shion snickered, clearly getting into his role.
"I'm surprised you two managed to make it to this part" Rhonda murmured while pushing Anne Maria and Sadie off herself and Justin.
"Could say the same to you two ton Tina" Maria placed her hands on her hips "I got heres fair and square"
Confessional: Anne Maria
The Jersey Shore Reject just smiled to herself "Yea, I was placed in a team with those shlubs Jackson and what's his face. They were slowing me down, screamin 'oh, help Anne, the crocs are bitin my legs'. But that's not a me problem."
Confessional: Rayna
Rayna had a much nicer smile on her face "All I had to do was kiss Willow on her bruise. I don't know if anyone else had an easy challenge but I also don't want to look like I had it easy by bringing it up. So I'll just stay quiet, walk behind the others and ship Peter and Shion together when they inevitably flirt with each other again"
She smirked "Twink on twink is always the best kind of ship"
XXX
"So what is the challenge?" Rayna asked once everyone was back on their feet.
Shion just smiled, not saying anything as he beckoned for them to follow him into the castle. They all followed him, with them finding a sword stuck in the stone "This is really your challenge here you English dogs. If you proved worthy in your last challenge, you'll be capable of pulling the sword out"
"So you can only pull it out if you're worthy?" Peter murmured "Do we have an order or can we just…?"
"Oh, you do have an order" Shion smiled directly at him "We'll be starting with who I like most. So would you like to take the honor Peter~"
A small blush formed on the photographer's face as he walked over to the sword and started rubbing his hands together.
Confessional: Peter
He seemed a lot more excited than he had for, well, the entire day up until this point. "I know it's just part of the challenge, but the idea of actually being considered special above a group of other people is an ego boost I feel I could get behind. I mean, just think of how cool King Arthur was just because of one sword"
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Before the hopeful contestant could give the pulling of the sword a try, they could all hear a rumbling from the hall leading to the sword.
"What is zis?" Shion over acted his reaction, leaning back with his hand resting on his head "No, it can't be that dragon who's already taken our queen! What else could it possibly be here for!?"
"Dragon…?" Sadie started looking dangerous "H-haven't we faced enough challenges yet?"
"Not even close~" Shion dropped his act to smile tauntingly at her.
Rhonda and Justin, on the other hand, welcomed this challenge as they moved closer to the oncoming noise. And they got exactly the amount of challenge they were hoping for, as a large robotic lizard was slowly trending in their direction.
Also of note was its tail. Inside of a rather large cage, but inside was the real prize. Blainley was standing, calling for help while dressed in a very stereotypical princess costume. "Oh please help me heroes…"
"That's your real task" Shion grinned while pointing it "Take Excalibur, and with one strike it might die. Or it'll eat you first. Who knows~"
"M-maybe you should start trying to pull on the sword" Willow whimpered as she backed closer to Peter.
Peter froze in fear, before just turning around and grabbing at the sword. But almost immediately it zapped him like a buzzer.
"W-what the hell was that!?" Peter let go as some smoke went off him.
Shion shook his head slowly "Sorry Petey, but smoke means not worthy"
Peter stood there in silent surprise, before he just tried pulling the sword from the stone again, getting the same results. "Peter, I don't think it's going to change…" Shion looked slightly concerned as he kept trying the same thing over and over again.
As he continued to fail Maria, Rhonda, Justin, and Lightning were all choosing to focus on the dragon itself. "Hey there" Justin smiled up at the robot before ripping his shirt off "Mind letting our princess go?"
Rhonda and Anne Maria stopped looking at the dragon to stare at Justin's impeccable body.
"Lightning thought the challenge was getting the sword to take him down!" Lightning just seemed confused by everyone's augling.
Justin just struck a confident pose "If it lets the host go, I think we'll get a pass to winning"
"OH, that's clever!" Lightning grinned before running up to the dragon and climbing up its body, slowly moving toward its tail. While he was moving toward Blainley, the dragon picked Justin up to start kissing him repeatedly.
The model groaned in disgust and annoyance. "Hey, get yo hands off my man!" Anne Maria ran to the dragon before punching it in the shin, causing it to groan in pain.
"She means my man!" Rhonda responded before doing the exact same, causing the dragon to hunch forward in pain. This sudden movement sent Lightning flying backward, slamming into the wall where Sadie, Rayna, and Willow were waiting for Peter to stop electricuting himself.
"What? Y'all are still waiting on the dweeb? Little Boy, push him out of the way already!" Lightning stood up and fornwed at Willow, who was a little confused at the little boy line.
"H-he says he's going to get it" Willow murmured as Peter got shot away from the sword by another very strong current of electricity.
Peter pulled himself up from the wall, he was covered in ash "T-that one burnt through my kidney… but I'm sure now it'll know how serious I'm taking this whole thing"
Before the photographer could go back and grab it again Lightning grabbed him by his collar "Woah there sha-wimp, clearly you're not going to do it so stop wasting everyone's sha-time!"
"Come on… one more try. I'm sure I'll actually get it this time…" Peter groaned, trying to pull himself away from Lightning but was in no shape to actually get away from him.
Willow watched in silence, clearly uncomfortable at how injured he was "L-Lightning, can you m-maybe try pulling the sword instead of me…? I-I know for a fact I'm not worthy of a sword like that…"
Lightning just groaned "Sha-Lightning will try but you have to keep a hold of this nutcase"
"F-fine by me" she murmured, taking Peter from Lightning's grasp. The jock then turned, getting ready to grab the sword before he realized Rayna had already taken the sword from the stone and smirked to herself.
"I really didn't think I'd ever play the knight, but this is fine by me" Rayna swung it around a bit, just getting used to the sword.
Behind her Sadie was constantly clapping enthusiastically "Way to go Rayna, I knew you could get it!'
"Give that back to the Lightning now, no way your little baby arms can kill a dragon" Lightning extended his hand expectantly. Instead of giving Lightning the sword, she swung the broadside of the sword down on his head, almost immediately knocking him down on his ass.
"Let's do it" Rayna grinned as she ran from Lightning and at the dragon. Rhonda and Anne Maria were still trying to free Justin from the dragon when Rayna swung her sword at its massive form. Stroke after stroke was swung at the beast until it eventually collapsed into multiple different pieces.
Now that Justin was free, he went careening to the ground, when Anne Maria managed to catch him "Hey Prince Charmin" Maria smirked at Justin, who returned the gesture.
"Thanks for saving my fall. All this exercise is really beginning to mess with me, and I know I don't look good with sweat on my head" Justin winked at the camera as Rhonda watched in silent annoyance.
While Justin thanked his savior, Rayna walked to the cage Blainley was in before slicing open the door "You're free now, Queen Blainley"
"Thank you hero" Blainley elegantly walked out of her cage, bowing in appreciation.
While she was bowed Rayna suddenly put a hand behind Blainley's back before dipping her down and kissing her on the lips. Naturally surprising the host.
Shion cleared his throat looking at the rest of the contestants who stared at the scene "Sphinxes, you lost, so when Blainley's done you'll all be getting to vote for your biggest loser!"
Lightning silently glared at Peter.
Confessional: Rayna
Rayna had some of Blainley's lipstick on her lips "I know, I know. Kinda inappropriate and all that. BUT. I won the challenge in a medieval theme where she's the queen and I'm the knight, I think I should get props for playing the character well if anything. Plus, MILF's deserve some love too" she smirked.
Confessional: Lightning
Lightning slammed his fist on the confessional desk "That loser Peter totally cost Lightning the challenge! Ohhhh, don't think you'll get away with something like that!"
XXX
Seeing as the Tengu won the challenge, they were free to move into the mansion. It was shockingly fancy, so shiny and new that it was foreign for a few of the Tengu.
Jackson and Char walked behind the rest of their teammates. The broken hearted back silently watched the contestants all walking in small groups. Rhonda and Anne Maria still refused to leave Justin alone as they held onto him while Sadie is constantly invading Capone's personal space.
"I knew it'd happen but this is too fast…" Jackson whispered to himself.
Char looked at him with a small frown. "Is something wrong?"
"Yes, something is wrong. Everyone on this team is starting to get with each other" he gestured to the groups, which finally got Char to notice what he was saying.
"Ah, lucky Justin and Capone. They're both very handsome men so I'm not all too surprised" Char shrugged with a simple smile.
Jackson just frowned at his partner "You don't get it. We need to cut their relationships while they're still forming. If they do get together it'll entirely ruin our chances of getting anywhere in this game"
The chubby gentleman frowned slightly "I… think maybe that's a bit unnecessary yea?"
The broken hearted boy stared back at his companion in silent annoyance as Rayna walked past them with a phone number on some paper. She looked completely offbalanced. "I don't care if you're in or out Char, I'm going to do what we need to do to stay in the game"
"Ok… I won't stop you… but I want you to at least promise to not be too vicious about it ok?"
"Fine" Jackson nodded before walking away "All of the relationships are superficial anyhow, I can cut each of them in half no problem" he had a small smirk now.
The Sphinxes didn't spend much time discussing an elimination. They were all rather set on what they were gonna do, so they all arrived to the elimination ceremony not too long after their loss. Blainley silently rubbed her lips as she stood before them.
In the front row was Jasmine, Donna, Nick, Wyo, and Jake. In the second row Anais sat directly behind Jasmine; and to her right was Lightning, Willow, and Peter.
Almost all of them were injured to some degree. Nick, Donna, and Jas all had messed up hair and some bruises; Peter still looked burnt; Jake and Willow had multiple scratches; and Anais had some ceiling in her hair
"Woof, you guys really had a hard time huh?" Blainley mused.
Most of them glared at the host in silence. "Anyhow, for today's British themed challenge, you'll be getting clams to show you're safe!"
"I-is that really all we'll get?" Nick pointed nervously at the clams "W-what if someone is allergic to clams?"
"I guess you just won't get any snack, will you?" the host just smiled at him "But now, for those of you who are safe we have… Willow! You made it to the final segment and didn't specifically screw over anyone"
Willow looked shocked as she caught her marshmallow, but smiled "I-I don't deserve this but thanks…"
"Trust me, I don't think you deserve it either" Blainley smiled "Also safe we have Jake, Donna, Nick, and Wyonetta"
Jake caught his clam in his mouth, chewing its shell without much of a complaint as he glared at Willow for getting the first clam. Donna was also happy to eat her clam, but Nick and Wyonetta just swatted theirs away.
"Anais, Jasmine. You both also luck out" Anais was lucky enough that Blainley just overflung her shot, while Jasmine's clam just hit her in her chest, causing her to hunch forward in sudden pain.
Blainely looked to the last two contestants "Lightning, your attitude is really getting on the nerves of others. Especially those you effectively left for dead"
"Maybe they should keep up with the Lightning!" he crossed his arms confidently.
"And Peter" she ignored him "You also left your companions for dead, and refused to let Willow try to pull the sword from the stone"
"I-I thought my dedication would impress it…"
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Peter! You're out champ"
"I thought as much…" Peter murmured with a small frown.
"Sorry mate, we like ya and all but fair is fair" Jasmine gave him an apologetic smile.
"Surprisingly that didn't make me feel much better" Peter murmured while slouching in his seat. "So am I going to be dragged away by the pirates now?"
"Nah, that was just for his theme. We have something of our own here" Blainley pulled a large conch shell and blew into it. Peter looked around nervously before a swarm of men galloping started coming his way with their battle cries. Behind them was multiple men with large bags clunking coconuts togethers to make galloping noises.
The other Sphinxes glanced at each other before quickly moving out of the way. The men continued to stampede toward the photographer until they trapped him and started dragging him away.
Eventually the only remnants of Peter and the knights at the ceremony were clouds of dust. Shion had appeared in the dust and was waving Peter goodbye with a white handkerchief in hand. "I'll miss you~" Shion smiled.
The Sphinxes went back to their cave, all of them were either down or annoyed at losing and not getting to live in that mansion anymore.
"I'm really going to miss Peter" Donna whimpered as she laid down to sleep on a rock.
"Serves him right for costing Lighting his gold"
Jasmine remained outside of the cave, and was about to say something before Nick cut her off "Don't worry everyone, I'll do everything in my power to make sure we won't have to lose anyone else!"
The Aussie was slightly surprised he was going to say exactly what she was going to. But she just smiled "Glad there's someone else on this team they can all trust"
She started walking away, finding Willow was sleeping on one of the branches like she had last time they spent the time out in the wilderness. Jasmine had a small smile before just climbing onto a branch near her and resting up for the night.
All the while Nick was spending his time knitting for his team, smiling at all their happy grins at being more comfy "Just remember, without me, I don't think any of us could enjoy the comfort we now experience." he whispered mostly to Donna, who was sleeping with his first blanket "I'm all you need for companionship" he whispered a little more threateningly.
Donna nodded slowly in her sleep.