Topher scowled as he walked around, clearly trying to find what he missed "Nelly, where the hell did Insignificant go!?"

"Right here, you filthy American" he suddenly appeared before the host, giving him a half-hearted salute "I was working on the AI like you asked… since your white mind can't comprehend such simple tasks"

"Yea, yea, yea" Topher rolled his eyes at him "Will it be ready for the challenge then? I don't need any more issues when it comes to the AI"

"It will work exactly as planned" Insignificant nodded sternly.

Topher smirked as he rubbed his hands together "You're free to go now Significant"

The 'American' nodded before walking away. On the way grabbing a massive device as he trudged away.

"Now then" the host turned to the camera "Last time on Arcade, Nelly merged our teams and gave them a horror themed challenge for the spooky month. This involved Slenderman and many other horror themed creatures. Don't know where that came from in the budget.

Almost the entire time Topher was giving Nelly the stink eye. But she was just ignoring him "In the end, Camila found the most notes thanks to one sticking onto her from someone's grease"

It shows Bobby patting Camila on the back "And in the end she eliminated Ian, finally eliminating her old rival. It also helps the Hero Squad hated him. With him gone, it leaves three groups of three alliances who will have to fight each other off! But let's see which of these alliances will hit the wall in today's episode of… Total. Drama. Arcade!"

Intro Starts

"Dear Mom and Dad, I'm Doin' Fine," Topher and Nelly stood at the front of the island, with the nurse rapidly measuring Topher's limbs and where his organs should be.

"You guys are on my mind." The camera zoomed past the two hosts to an abandoned-looking city. In the middle of the plaza was a giant pool that the camera dove into. At the bottom, Dylan was trying to pull a chest up to the surface.

"You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer is plain to see," Dylan felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She turned around, only for Ian to come out of nowhere and swim away with the chest. Bubbles floated up to the surface, where Bobby floated on a raft. Bobby looked nervous about the water.

"I wanna be famous!" Colmillo was holding Mitch in a chokehold on land as the writer desperately tried tapping out.

"I wanna live close to the sun," in one of the abandoned buildings Camila was waving her hands around mystically over a crystal ball as Marty just stared past it and at her chest. Veronica meanwhile just crossed her arms skeptically.

"Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won," inside the crystal ball Camila saw Ellis having a casual friendly conversation with Thomas whose fingers were crossed behind his back.

"Everything to prove, nothing in my way" past the duo, Michael and Mimos were sitting on the ground in the middle of nowhere just enjoying some peace until Vinnie fell down on top of him with a beehive in her hands.

"I'll get there one day" past them Matt was using his walking stick to walk around when Vinnie ran past him with the bee nest in her hands while dragging Micheal behind her. Matt fell to the ground as the bees quickly swarmed him.

"Cause I wanna be famous!" back in the abandoned city Mitzy and Tess were lying on the ground, smiling to themselves as they drew a comic. Liz looked down at her work and gave her a thumbs-up before feeling Bailey hug her from behind. Making blood come from her nose. However, Maxine came in and stomped on her paper

"Na na na na na na na na" in one of the buildings Therion and Charlotte are playing a game in a room before Charlotte laughed confidently once beating the gamer. That was before another character suddenly beat both of them. They turned to see Asuka easily beat her while looking away from the screen.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" Walter was looking around the dock to the island, as he walked he could see some footsteps on the ground as he slowly followed them. As he got closer to the camera he flashed a flashlight at the camera.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" The light from the flashlight turned to the moon as it slowly moved down to the cast. Jaz and Antoinette were sitting together by the fire. Jaz saw the camera on them and quickly pushed Antoinette out of the way, trying to get the camera to focus on her before the other girl pushed her right back. The other contestants slowly whistled

Intro Ends

The episode starts with the two lucky contestants staying in the first class room enjoying their time. Camila, Liz, and an invited Veronica were enjoying the first class hot tub. Naturally they were all in their swim suits.

"I hope we win every challenge…" Liz groaned, not even checking them out as she enjoyed the warm water.

Camila smirked "Once I've won this season, I might be nice enough to invite you two over for a hot tub bath now and then"

Veronica snickered mockingly "Really? I already have five of these back at my place. Hell, mine is, like, way better than this one"

"I wouldn't mind getting to join you two in whatever you do" Liz grinned to herself "I'd even got to a library if you two came with me"

"Ew, that's worse than the perverted comments" the Rich girl stuck her tongue out as Camila blushed slightly.

Liz chuckled "Yea, I should probably stop that" the mother figure giggled slightly before getting out of the hot tub "I'm going to go make sure the others are all comfortable down there. See you two later, yea?"

Camila and Veronica both nodded, silently looking up at her. "Um, well… See ya" Liz smiled a bit more nervously at their looks before leaving.

The two of them continued to stare at her until she left the room. That's when they looked back at each other "What were you staring at?" Veronica taunted her.

"I could ask you the exact same" Camila growled back at her.

Veronica scoffed "Clearly not looking at much of anything good"

"I could say the same" Camila responded, getting a bit more smug now.

Both of them silently moved closer to each other, still glaring viscously at each other "I can't wait til you're gone and the game is all mine" they both spoke in unison as they sat face to face.

They would suddenly kiss each other before submerging under the warm water. Which was not a bit hotter.

Confessional: Liz

The now Merge Mother smiled softly "It's a shame Camila and Veronica can't get along. They seem to always be fighting, even when I'm there. But I really appreciate their effort"

Liz kept up her innocent smile, not knowing a single bit about what she missed.

XXX

Down in the hotel waiting lounge, most of them were just casually hanging out with each other. Naturally, at one table Asuka, Colmillo, and Therion were sitting together.

"A-are you sure this is necessary?" Therion worried as Asuka applied multiple suction cups to his forehead with wires doing down to a spot under the table.

Colmillo was currently up to get them some of the food Bobby stole while Insignificant was out and busy doing god knows what.

"Of course Therion. You have a problem controlling your emotions around Colmillo, right? Well then shock therapy's gonna work wonders I'm sure!"

"I-if you say so" Therion smiled slightly before a sudden intense shock zapped the gamer. He whined loudly in pain, getting just about everyone's attention "W-What was that!?"

Asuka was cackling like a madwoman. "Oh, oh man, that was funny!" Therion glared at her as she continued to laugh "Sorry, sorry. I promise I'll hold off on that now. I just had to make sure it worked"

Her friend was clearly skeptical of her, but nodded as his girlfriend walked over to them.

"What was that scream about?" the wrestler frowned slightly "You two weren't arm wrestling without me right?"

"Not fun when it's just me and Therion" Asuka grinned as she leaned on the table "But how about we talk about things we like? Like your relationship with Therion?"

Colmillo scoffed "What's there to add? Therion and I like each other and we wrestle for fun"

Therion nodded "Exceptionally well said Colli-bear"

Almost immediately after he said that, Asuka smirked to herself before zapping Therion. He whined in pain, almost dropping from the table, but he held on firm.

"I-I mean Col…Colmillo" Therion coughed up some smoke.

The Wrestler just looked confused as Asuka gave him a thumbs up.

At another corner of the room, the Heroic 3 were silently examining the room. Clearly many of the contestants had their set cliques, but Bobby, Marty, and Mitch weren't really doing anything with anyone.

"I think… it might be worth speaking more to people outside our old team" Mitzy pointed out with a small grin "If we could get Bobby, Marty, and Mitch cooperating with us we could potentially eliminate Camila, Veronica, and Colmillo in a three hit combo"

"Colmillo?" Vinnie frowned slightly "I don't think she's ever really done anything evil or anything"

Mitzy almost immediately shook her head "Colmillo is the worst kind of jock you'd see in a cliche high school show. Almost every time I walk past her should calls me a nerd and bumps me out of the way"

Walter nodded "And she's always breaking one of Therion's bones" he gestured to the table, where Colmillo was practically ripping his arm off in an arm wrestling game.

"Ah…" Vinnie winced slightly "Maybe he's a massochist?" she shrugged a bit "I think we should just focus on those girls you were talking about. I barely talked to them but they're really smug…"

"Then let's go with the plan" Mitzy had a small smirk "Vinnie, you can talk with Bobby. Walter- Mitch. I'm going to go talk to Marty"

"You've got it" Walter saluted before tripping over himself to go talk with the terrified boy. The other two got up and walked away as well, with the camera choosing to focus on Mitzy.

At Marty's table, he was eating a cheese sandwich with a small, happy smile plastered on his face. In part because he was looking at models on his phone to help pass the time.

"Hey Marty, it's been a while huh?"

"Oh, hey Mitzy" Marty grinned at her "Yea, it has been. What are you up to?"

She shrugged "Not much, not much. But… I was thinking… maybe you'd want to join my new alliance?"

"Oh, uh, do I have to?"

Mitzy frowned "No, you don't have to. But I thought you'd still want to work with me and my friends like old times"

"Well… I guess we can. But I don't really want to do anything dirty. I actually like most of the people still around"

"Marty, I'm almost offended that you would assume I would do something dirty like that" Mitzy frowned at him.

"Sorry, sorry. That's just what alliances on these shows are like, but yea sure, I can vote with you and the other guys if you want" the Photographer shrugged.

The Comic Artist hid her small frown of disappointment "Well, thanks. Was nice talking again Marty" she awkwardly started getting up.

Marty frowned at this "What? You only wanted to hang out for the alliance?"

"No, no of course not! I just wanted to tell the others you were in" she smiled.

He just gave her a deadpanned look. This was enough for the artist to sit down with a small sigh "Ok, what's up Marty? What do you wanna chat about?"

Marty had a small grin "Well, first of all. I think it's only you tell me the thing about Maxine after so long. I mean, it's been so loooooooooooong!"

Mitzy rolled her eyes as he went back to his usual goofy attitude. He was sprawling his upper body on the table and putting on a fake voice like he was wailing sadly.

"Marty, that's not my secret to give. I told you that already!"

"Maybe I just like hearing you voice more" Marty grinned as he looked up to her "My prophecy from Camila stated I'd kiss someone with dyed hair so… maybe you can help me out with that"

She now just had a deadpan expression "You're not my type Marty"

"Type doesn't relate to just a quick kiss," he joked.

"Did you just want to hang out so you could work on your flirting game?"

Marty smirked "More or less"

Mitzy sighed before mentally preparing herself for the long haul "Continue on"

Confessional: Mitzy

"So, we're in the final twelve here. With Marty, Vinnie, Walter, and I… we just need one more person and worse case scenario we could tie the vote. And from then on we can dominate the game without much issue. I just don't know how hard it might be to keep Bobby and Mitch in our Heroes alliance… I don't think any of us have talked to them so much"

XXX

After some time they were all down in the main room, chatting amongst themselves at this point. Camila and Veronica seemed somewhat awkward as Liz helped Mitch make sure his food wouldn't be poisoned.

"See? No poison" Liz smiled as she wiped her lips with a napkin "If it was poison I'd be feeling the poison by now wouldn't you say?"

Mitch grumbled slightly "I… g-guess that makes some sense yes…"

"Just yell if you need anything more" Liz smiled before getting up. She started walking over to Camila and Veronica, noticing how they looked awkward rather than their usual anger.

"Are… you two ok?"

"We're fine" Veronica waved dissmisively "Nothing you need to worry about, honestly"

"Yea, but you both look like you're acting weird-"

"Ugh, oh god" they all turned their attention to Vinnie, who looked ready to throw up as Bobby slurped some spaghetti from under his shirt. The strands looked slightly… green. "That's so unsanitary…"

Liz sighed "I'll get back to you in a second. I can't let Bobby keep eating that stuff. It's clearly bad for his health"

Camila and Veronica just nodded slowly as Liz walked away to go help out Vinnie. The two of them nervously glanced at each other.

"W-what are we doing to do?" Veronica whispered nervously "Do you think she might go nuts if we told her?"

"Almost sure of that" Camila murmured "She has been obsessed with us for a good while now"

The Rich Girl slowly nodded "Well, then we just won't have to tell her about it. She's probably going to stay busy babysitting everyone so it'll be, like, super easy"

Camila just nodded as they watched Liz work with Bobby. Every time she tries throwing out his dirty food he would just find some more food in his underwear, hair, shorts, or god knows where. Naturally Vinnie only continued to get sicker.

"Attention campers!" Topher announced "Once again, we're back to the VR, and I promise this time it's going to work!"

Mitch whimpered at the announcement "T-that really makes me think it's not going to work…"

He seemed to be the only one worried about the announcement as they all started making their way to the VR building, where Topher was smiling and waiting patiently for them. "Welcome contestant…s…"

Topher stared directly at Asuka, causing the rest of them to stare at her as well. He frowned at her "Did Nelly hire a new intern or something?"

Asuka smiled, either not bothered or putting on an amazing poker face "Oh, the name is Asuka, fucker!" she smirked challengingly "Nelly let me debut in the last challenge so here I fucking am!"

He continued to silently glare at her, even if it was seemingly doing nothing "I'm really going to have to put her through the ringer now. Merged the teams without me and added a contestant. She's so dead"

"Can we focus on getting to the challenge?" Colmillo crossed her arms.

"That we can!" Topher stood up straight and brought back his smile "Because today, things are going to be a little bit different"

"I assume you don't mean in a good way?" Walter nervously wrung his hands.

"No" Topher smiled as he patted his head "Not in a good way. As many of you have likely noticed, now and then when we're in there. So, while I was off the producers helped us upgrade our machinery's AI"

"You need an AI just to have us play VR games?" Therion tilted his head.

"Have you seen VR games as strong as this one?" Topher frowned at him "Yes, we need an AI! So, everyone, say hello to our advanced AI, Monica!"

The large screen at the end of the room lit up, showing a pixelated woman who was smiling sweetly to the cast. A pixelated red heart floated next to her head.

Some of the contestants waved at the AI, not really knowing what they should be doing.

Mitch, however, looked absolutely mortified as he remembered this woman as the one that's been constantly been appearing around him recently.

"I-I-I think I should sit this one out!"

Topher silently glared at him "The challenge hasn't even started yet"

"Yea… but I think, better safe than sorry. Right?" Mitch smiled nervously.

The host didn't look amused by this, just staring down at the horror enthusiast. He started sweating nervously, before silently walking over to the VR machines. "That's what I thought" the host grumbled.

Once they were all in their VR sets, they get set and into the digital world without Topher even explaining anything to them. Their setting this time around appeared to be… the void? Nothing was around them but a white void.

"Hey, I thought he said this thing was fixed up!" Colmillo frowned "Unless… there's a game that's just pitch white?" she looked down at her boyfriend.

The Gamer shook his head "Nothing really looks like this, honestly. Maybe it's so big that it takes an extra long loading screen or something"

"Well hopefully it moves on a bit faster" Vinnie murmured, walking forward before suddenly slamming her knee into a hard object "Ow, hell!"

Walter walked over to her, frowning a bit as he tapped what she bumped into "Well, that's weird…" he tried picking it up but it was too heavy.

"I'm guessing this is the challenge then" Veronica smirked "We have to just make our way out of this void, and last out of here is out of the game"

"That does sound like a challenge…" Mitzy murmured. Just about all of the contestants looked at each other skeptically, before they started running as fast as they could.

Bobby and Marty were the two who stayed in the far back of their merge squad. "Hey, wait, why isn't Mitch anywhere?"

"Oh yea…" Bobby rubbed his messy hair "Probably just… ahead of us or something"

Confessional: Walter

"Almost all of our prior challenges have been based on games. But who knows, it could just be the first half of the challenge?" Walter shrugged slightly "I haven't really taken any classes on the mind of a psychopath so I guess I don't know what the host would be planning"

XXX

The scene would then shift to an entirely different area, with only Mitch seemingly staying in this area. For some reason, the set was just the most stereotypical Japanese highschool setting there is. "Wha- where is everyone!?"

Mitch started panicking when he found that none of his fellow contestants were around. Instead, blue and purple silhouettes walked past him and toward the school setting.

"I-I need to get out of here…" Mitch whimpered before running away from the school, going as fast as his weak little legs could carry him.

He continued to run, never looking back. Before the horror freak could even feel comfortable, he was seemingly right where he started. Outside the school.

"O-oh lord…" Mitch tapped his fingers together nervously.

"Hey, Mitch, we can't be late to class you know!"

"Wh-wha-?" he turned around, finding a surprisingly attractive woman running his way.

The woman had long and out of control black hair. She had a blue Japanese school vest over a white t-shirt. She had a loose red bowtie around her neck and a… somewhat short skirt.

Currently, she had toast in her mouth "Hey Mitchy" she smiled sweetly before shoving the rest of the toast in her mouth.

"W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-what do you want with me!?" Mitch's teeth were beginning to chatter.

"Want with you?" she frowned while putting a finger to her cheek "I don't really want anything. I just want to get to class with my cute boyfriend"

Mitch looked like he was about to complain further, before he froze suddenly "B-boyfriend!?"

"Well, duh" she giggled "I mean you have Monica x Mitch written on half the pages in your journal there"

The girl, presumably Monica, pointed at his backpack. He was suddenly dressed like a school boy. Mitch frowned before opening his backpack, finding multiple pages filled to the brim with exactly what she said.

"I… guess you were right" Mitch nodded slowly "I, um, sorry for my mistake?"

"Oh, you don't have to be sad about it" she waved her hand dissmisivley before the school bell suddenly went off. "Shoot! We need to get going Mitchy-poo!"

Mitch whimpered slightly at the nickname before swiftly being dragged to their school. Even inside just about everyone looked like a silhouette. Mitch didn't know where they were supposed to go, but Monica was still fine to lead him along either way.

At the front of the room stood a taller silhouette, which was getting to work on explaining math to them. But Monica wasn't paying attention, instead, moving her seat closer to sit right next to him "Hey, have you reconsidered my offer yet~?"

"Oh, yes, of course" Mitch was starting to sweat a bit, just trying to play along so she wouldn't eat his brains.

"And your answer is…." Monica slowly leaned closer to him, causing his panicking to only get worse.

He started laughing nervously "I would… be fine to do that?"

Her eyes lit up as she squealed in excitement "That's so good to hear! I have to go tell the teacher that we got a second member for our club!"

Monica got up and started skipping away. "Hey, wait a second!" Mitch whimpered, reaching his hand out to try getting her to come back, but she was already gone by then.

A sigh escaped his lips as he went back to facing the front board. Just about everyone else in the room was now staring at him, not moving an inch. Mitch slowly stood up, as their faces watched him move.

"Can… I-I go to the bathroom?" he smiled nervously.

The teacher continued to examine him "Ok, sure" she nodded.

"Thanks" Mitch chuckled bashfully before quickly leaving the room. When he moved to walk into the bathroom, he could see many of the silhouettes were walking his way.

All the color left his face as he slammed the bathroom door shut and locked it tightly. On the outside, he can hear the figures lean against the door, ready for the longhaul.

"I'm so dead…" he groaned, collapsing on the ground.

Back with all the other contestants. They were still running through the void. And at this point, all the contestants were getting tired having to just keep running in nothing. "This is starting to get obnoxious" Vinnie grumbled.

"I'm… definitely getting tired of all… this running" Veronica was constantly sweating and panting, looking like she was barely holding on.

Camila laughed dryly at her, though she looked even worse "No wonder your figure is so pathetic. Can hardly handle a light run"

"You were the one running out of breath earlier" Veronica growled more quietly, getting a glare back from Camila.

"Please, let's not argue" Liz looked like she was doing a decent bit better than them "We at least need to keep up with all the others!"

"Fine" they both sighed in annoyance.

Further ahead, the other two groups of contestants were more or less keeping in one big cluster. Mitzy was going as fast as she could, barely keeping up with Colmillo's light jog. Though she looked like she had gone through hell now.

"You're really working hard" Colmillo smirked down at her "Wouldn't have bet on someone like you doing so well"

"Why's that?" Mitzy panted, frowning up at the wrestler.

She just smirked down at her "Well. because you are a… NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD" the wrestler snickered before running fast enough to leave Mitzy in her dust.

Mitzy silently growled in anger, sweating even more profusely. She slowly moved until she ran next to Walter, who was doing a bit better than she was. He smiled seeing the comic artist come closer. "Hey, hey"

"Hey" she smiled slightly "I think tonight would be a perfectly good time to try voting for Colmillo if the slowest doesn't get out"

Walter just nodded slowly "If you think that would be the best vote"

"I do" she nodded firmly.

Elsewhere, Marty was slowly jogging closer and closer to Asuka. She was currently chatting it all up with Vinnie, who just looked like she wasn't interested in how this was going.

"Yea, that concert was fucking sick! Shame that one kid got trampled, but if you're going to a concert I guess you gotta know what kind of shit you're getting into" Asuka chuckled a bit.

Vinnie silently stared at her for a moment, not really saying anything "Why… are you telling me about this?"

The Rocker just shrugged and smiled "I haven't a fucking clue. Therion just tells me I need to make some new friends or some shit."

"Do you have to swear that much as well?" she grumbled in response.

"Nah, but what's the fuckin fun of just speaking all squeaky clean!?"

"You're so right" Vinnie deadpanned.

Marty smirked a bit "Excuse me Vin-Vin, but would it be fine if I borrow Asuka for a moment?"

For once, a smile formed on the bear enthusiast's face "Marty, she's all yours man" she gave him a quick salute before starting to run a different way.

Once she was gone Asuka turned to Marty was a curious expression "What do you need bitch?"

"Oh, feisty" Marty grinned "I was just wondering if you were… maybe single?"

"Oh, that's it is it?" Asuka gave him a serious look "You have been checking me out so you think you can just fucking come up to me and try taking a piece"

Marty smiled and shrugged a bit "I mean more or less kinda"

"Kind of creepy wouldn't you say?" she gave him an even more stern and aggressive stare.

He shook his head "If anything I would consider it romantic"

Asuka continued to give him a stern expression, but her stare didn't seem to phase him at all. Eventually she just let up and groaned "Man! You're so hard to tease and fluster. By now Therion would be floundering on the floor"

Marty chuckled "I basically invented flirting, flustering me is next to impossible. But I believe I haven't gotten a yes yet"

"Yea, sorry Marty. I kind of… like a guy back home" she murmured, ruffling her own hair.

"Now that has me interested" the Photographer grinned "Share those deets"

"When the camera isn't focused on us" Asuka chuckled a bit as Marty gave the 'ok' gesture.

Their running continued for a good time, before they could all suddenly hear a loud yelping of fear. "What was that?" Therion frowned a bit.

Liz snapped her finger "I'd know that scream anywhere! Mitch"

"Wait, he's not here?" Colmillo slowed down and frowned "or is that what happens when you lose everybody else?"

"He might've found a way out of here" Camila growled "Clever little miscreant must've realized this isn't the challenge"

"Well we better start finding our way out then!" Veronica decided before kicking a nearby invisible object, causing faint color to appear in their void.

Seeing that that worked, they all got to work destroying everything around them.

Confessional: Asuka

The rocker had a big smirk on her face "I wasn't really into the lame running and that shit, but god damn am I up for smashing shit! I hope that's just the challenge, who can destroy the world most. That would kick ass!"

XXX

As they continued to tear through the fabric of their void, Monica walked along the hall. Most of the silhouettes were surrounding the bathroom now.

"I'm sure he'll come out before long" she smiled sweetly. That's when she noticed all the contestants seemingly materialize into the middle of the streets in new school uniforms.

"What the!?" Monica almost screamed staring down at them, looking like she was close to exploding in rage. "I have to solve this fast!"

She sprinted down the stairs like a wild animal, standing at the entrance of the school when they walked closer

Asuka, Bobby, and Colmillo all tried ripping off their school uniforms before they would just spawn back on them again.

"Hey guys!" Monica smiled sweetly at their approach.

"Oh, you're the AI girl right?" Therion pointed at her "You look so real!"

""It's impolite to point" Liz reprimanded him, causing him to lower his hand in embarrassment.

Monica just nodded "Don't worry. Yes, I am your AI Monica. But… I'm afraid all of you have gotten out of bounds. You should get going"

"Psh, no way" Colmillo chuckled "We heard Mitch this way and we're not letting him get ahead!"

She frowned at the wrestler "I said… leave this spot"

"Look, lady, we don't mean any trouble" Camila smirked at her "But-"

Monica just waved her fist at her, sending her, Veronica, and Liz away to god knows where.

"Hey, what was that!?" Marty frowned before Monica suddenly zapped each and every one of them somewhere else.

She sighed in relief "And solved"

With her problem handled, she looked up to the sky to see it was now well into the evening. "Oooooooooo, it's finally time!" She squealed before running back into the school.

While all that had gone on, Mitch was still nervously hiding in the bathroom, shaking in absolute fear "this'll be done in no time… Topher wouldn't just leave me in here for long…"

He thought about it for a moment before letting out a loud whine "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, he totally would!" Mitch fell on his back as he groaned miserably in defeat.

"I'm going to die here…" Mitch whimpered, pulling his arms back to his body. That's when he noticed his arm had seemingly pulled on something. He turned his head, finding a void that he couldn't see the end to.

"Mitch!" he could hear Liz's pleading voice "Help us! The AI trapped us in other games!"

"Oh… sorry?" he rubbed his neck awkwardly "I'm kinda busy at the moment."

"Listen Mitch" Liz started sounding annoyed "She hasn't trapped you yet, so we need you to" before anything else could be said, he suddenly vanished from the spot.

In another room, Monica was humming a sweet little tune, writing down a little poem in her notebook. That's when Mitch suddenly appeared in the desk across from her.

"Oh, there you were Mitchy~" she winked playfully.

"Wha- who- oh forget it" Mitch sighed in defeat "What are we doing now?"

She giggled "I'm glad we're starting to get into our new club."

Suddenly a notebook appeared in Mitch's hands along with a pen "Today we're working on poems… particularly love poems"

Mitch gulped slightly "P-poems really aren't mine"

"You'll do just fine" Monica smiled at him, though it had a very clear dark undertone.

"A-ahaha" Mitch forced laughter "Yes, yes. I'll do that right now s-sweetie"

Monica's face lit up in a bright blush "Owwwwwww, I can't wait to hear it when you're done!" she squealed.

Confessional: Mitch

The horror enthusiast was hugging himself with a pale face "I-I-I hate this… All the other contestants are going to die if I screw things up. And I've never written poetry. If I survive this, so help me my book about this premise better be a bestseller!" he looked like he was on the verge of crying

XXX

While he was doing this, the contestants were all in their own new void now. Now, they were all in a blocky world with night having well set in already. Many of the contestants were split up, thanks to monsters almost immediately spawning around them and chasing them down.

One of these groups was the usual Liz, Camila, and Veronica. All they could come up with at the moment was to dig themselves under the ground and block themselves inside.

"I think we should be safe for as long as needed" Liz spoke hopefully.

"I hope it won't be long" another voice, not sounding anything like the main three, spoke up.

The Team Mom grabbed a lighter, illuminating the room. In a corner separate from the three girls Bobby and Vinnie were sitting peacefully.

"Oh, I didn't see you two coming with us. But are you ok?" Liz was so worried she walked over to them, not even noticing Camila and Veronica had held each other in fear.

Almost immediately seeing that they were safe they pulled away.

Vinnie smiled a bit "We're fine, honestly. Bobby destroyed most of the monsters as we followed you"

Bobby stuck his tongue out of his mouth as he gave them all a thumbs up. But that still wasn't good enough for Liz as she started examining the two of them thoroughly.

"Well… I guess you two are fine" Liz nodded "But you two call my name if you get in trouble again"

"You… know it's the merge right?" Vinnie frowned a bit "This is kinda when you aren't supposed to cooperate with strangers"

"Oh, yea, right!" Bobby lit up "I'm only supposed to work with Therion and Colmillo. That's at least what the boss lady says"

Camila smirked ever so slightly "That's what she said, huh? I suppose they'll be bigger threats for everyone then. I mean… they have brains and brawn in that alliance. And I suppose whatever Asuka is"

"F-four out of twelve votes isn't that strong" Liz quickly tried to keep the strategy talk minimal"

Veronica had the exact same smirk as Camila "Actually, they could have as much as five. After all, Marty was on that team and I believe he was hitting on Asuka. For whatever reason"

Vinnie had an annoyed frown "I know you're trying to get us to work with you against them. And I've had enough antagonist moments this season"

"We're not playing anymore" Camila shook her head "It just appears to us that their alliance may be deadly. But who knows how things will go tonight"

Vinnie just crossed her arms as she leaned back "Let's just drop the topic"

"Yes" Liz nodded "Best to get along for all the time we will be together"

She crawled over to Veronica and Camila, lying between them as they just tried getting comfy on the dirt.

On the other side Bobby laid down near Vinnie, naturally keeping his distance as he smiled to her "I don't want to pressure you, but I'd trust anything you go for"

"Um, thanks… Bobby" Vinnie smiled slightly at him, though she was clearly a bit uncomfortable at the pressure.

He didn't seem to notice, however, just giving her a thumbs up.

The scene would cut back to Mitch, who had finally finished his poem and nervously handed it to an ecstatic Monica. "Oh, I bet this'll be so good!"

"I-I hope it was worth the wait…" Mitch murmured nervously.

Monica looked down and started reading. Just from the first line she was excited.

Mitch waited in nervous anticipation, until another contestant's voice suddenly came to him from nowhere.

"Mitch, listen here you jerk" Colmillo's voice hissed from behind him.

He turned to her, lowering his hands "P-please keep it down, she might hear you and then we're all screwed"

Colmillo's voice became more aggressive "No way, are you two just on a date while the rest of us are trapped here!?"

Mitch put his finger to the white void to silence it "L-look, in a horror movie you have to look out for your own survival. I-If I can get the rest of you out that's a win, but at the same time surviving myself sounds like the main goal"

He chuckled nervously "Saving you guys can be… the bonus… if I get the chance that is"

"What the hell!?" Colmillo practically screamed, looking like she was basically ready to jump at him and deck him before the void suddenly disappeared

Mitch turned to Monica, finding she was lit up with a bright smile. "Your poem was so lovely… and you're even more interested in talking to me than them at that!"

"O-o-of course" he smiled.

Suddenly, the room's chairs and other items disappeared as a tune started playing behind them. Monica had a bright smile as she pulled Mitch into a tight hug

"Can't believe you're all me!" She started singing, squeezing him tighter.

"W-wait" Mitch whimpered out, pushing himself put of her grasp.

"You and me for all time!" she just continued, ignoring his fear.

"N-no thanks" Mitch started backing away before an invisible rope appeared around him.

Monica smirked as she slowly started pulling him back "I'm never Ever, ever going to be alone again!" once he was close enough she brought him back into a hug.

Mitch managed to break away from her grasp, falling on his ass on the floor. "Love birds you and me~" Monica smiled as he slowly pulled himself back up.

"F-for all eternity?"

"In my reality!" Monica cheered before the entire room around them seemingly vanished into yet another white void.

Mitch ran, screaming in fear as he tried to run to different areas that looked like games. The first one looked like an old timey class shooter, but Monica just appeared on the Heavy's body. He then ran to a rubber hose shooter but just found Monica on a furry devil's body.

Eventually he stopped running and dropped to his knees "I've been cursed, she's the worst!" he cried in song, before covering his mouth.

"Now you're stuck with me" Monica grinned, flashing her eyelids at him.

Suddenly they were back in the room, with a scene of the void playing in front of them in the void. Featuring the contestants not with Liz's crew. "We're never going to be apart!"

She smiled and hugged him, even kissing his cheek over and over again as multiple spiders and skeletons started breaking into the void member's base.

"Is there a way to hit restart?" Mitch smiled hopefully.

"Nope!" Monica smiled before diving on top of him, ending the musical backdrop.

Confessional: Therion

The Gamer had a simple, warm smile as he leaned back in his seat "I-I know we should be scared about being trapped in the game… but I've been kind of excited for being in a Minecraft challenge for a while now. I might be worried, but I just don't know the rules"

He shrugged a bit "A lot of the time this scenario has a "If you die in the game you die in real life" thing, but again, kinda haven't explained the rules"

XXX

In the void, this large group had built an even larger fortress in the desert. It was three stories high and all of them were defending their fortress from a practically infinite amount of monsters and the undead.

"I'm going to obliterate that nerd when we're out of here" Colmillo growled, clutching her fist as she visualized Mitch's head being crushed.

"I think we have some bigger fucking problems" Asuka deadpanned as she sniped a zombie not too far away "You know… I'm actually starting to have some fun, fuck yea!"

Walter chuckled slightly as he pushed a spider out the window "I-I hope Topher wasn't expecting this to be a children's show before you came around"

"I'll consider it a win if I ruined his ratings!" Asuka smirked before an idea suddenly popped in her head "Hey, hey. Colmillo, can you do sniping duty? I just remembered something my brother and I would do when we played this game"

La Luchadora sighed slightly "Yea, fine, sure. I can do that" she grumbled while taking the bow from her.

Asuka smiled as she started running off, going straight for the crafting table.

Colmillo sighed as she took up the job, sniping just about every monster that got close to her sightline. She was surprisingly good at this.

Eventually Therion walked over to her, smiling softly "How is the security going?"

"Booooooooooring, that's how it's going!" Colmillo groaned.

He just chuckled "Well, at least we know we'll be safe with you working the guard duty. I always feel safer around you"

Colmillo blushed faintly "I hate to say it but I'm starting to get used to your moping stuff"

"I promise by the time we win the season I'll go back to being better with the romance part" Therion chuckled softly "Just taking me a moment here"

"Not like I hate it or anything" she smirked slightly "I mean you've always been a constant dork, why would I suddenly be against it"

Thereon blushed slightly at her teasing "Well… that's honestly a relief to hear"

As they enjoyed their sappy moment, Therion suddenly noticed Mitzy was strapped to the ceiling by multiple cobwebs. One spider looked ready to take a bite out of her as Marty tried swatting the spider away with a sword.

"We should probably go help her"

Colmillo snickered slightly "I'm fine just leaving her to her own devices. Thought she was strong enough to outpace me in a race? No fucking way. But she's going to have it easier than that little horror freak…" she started growling again.

Therion smiled softly, leaning against her arm to try calming her down. Surprisingly, that seemed to work and cause her to not go further into her anger issue.

"Hey, has anyone seen Asuka anywhere?" Walter was walking around, looking confused "She told me she would help me set up some lights later"

"Ruin the moment why don't you" Colmillo rolled her eyes "She went down to the crafting board to do something or other. Said her brother and her used to do it in this game"

Therion's face turned pale at that "A-are you sure she said specifically what she did with her brother…?"

"I think so" the Wrestler nodded.

Instead of responding he leaned out the windows, looking around as fast as he could "What's wrong?" Colmillo followed his lead and looked outside.

At the base of their fortress, Asuka had killed most of the monsters and was now setting TNT all around their base while cackling over and over again "This is going to be fucking funny!"

"Asuka don't do it!" Therion pleaded, causing the others to stick their head out the window.

"Now's not the time for griefing" Mitzy tried to warn her.

"WHAT!?" Asuka yelled back up, putting a hand behind her ear "Grief? If you say so!"

She continued her cackling as she pulled a lighter out of her skirt. Before anyone could run down and try to stop her she lit the fuse and started running away from their base.

Mitzy hugged Marty while Colmillo raised Therion away from the blast as the base of their fortress blew to smithereens. While parts of their floor disappeared, none of them actually seemed very injured by the blast.

Walter was the first to open his eyes, seeing that the places that were blown up were now just the void. "Woah, hey, we have a way back to Monica and Mitch!"

Colmillo was next to open her eyes, before a mischievous smirk formed on her face "I hope Mitch doesn't miss us too much…"

The camera phased back into the Highschool reality. Monica and Mitch were both sat on the top of the school, watching the stars on top of a picnic blanket. Naturally, Mitch was still avoiding Monica so as to not get a sudden strike from her.

"Oh… it's just so nice getting to enjoy the night together" she smiled, resting her head on his shoulder "I've been waiting for this night for so long!"

"L-listen, Monica. I-I-I don't know if this would really work out…" Mitch started sweating profusely "I mean… I can't just stay here forever, you know?"

Monica smiled "Well, I could always put my consciousness into a robot! I mean, I had to control Roxanne Wolf from eating you. Oh, you were so romantic~"

"W-wait, you were the one controlling her…? We had seven dates!"

She just giggled "And they were all rather magical. I promise I won't tell anyone about the seventh date~" she winked.

Mitch lit up in a deep blush "W-well… i-if that was you… I'm sure we could get along if you were to let me out of here"

"After a few more dates!" Monica smiled "I can't have you escape or anything"

"I-I promise I wouldn't. I just want to go back is all"

Monica just nuzzled closer "You can go back once we have a robot for me to love you with. I love you so much I just can't even go a few minutes without you!"

Her appearance suddenly became more deranged, with her hair messing up and her eyes almost looking bloodshot. While most people would be creeped out by this, Mitch could feel his heartbeat as he stared at her.

Confessional: Mitch

"I said it back with Roxy, and I'll say it again. Horror movie women are so h-hot" Mitch blushed, smiling like a fool "I-I know it's probably not good to date someone who's tried murdering my friends, but did you see that look in her eyes? So pretty…" he sighed softly.

XXX

The two of them would continue their multiple dates, surprisingly having more and more fun as time goes on. Currently they were in the school, talking about horror as they went through a literature class.

Monica sighed softly "I've been having such a nice time…"

"I-I guess I've enjoyed it more than I expected" he admitted bashfully.

While they sat side-to-side, the voide suddenly opened up behind them. Neither of them noticed this, until suddenly Colmillo's voice suddenly emerged from it.

"Oh Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch~" she had a sweet tone, but clearly had an intense undertone.

All the color left Mitch's face as he slowly turned around. Mitzy and Walter were the first to walk out, but they didn't look to pleased with him either.

"I'd start running if I were you Mitch" Mitzy crossed her arms "Everyone knows the one who ditches his friends in a horror movie dies before long"

Mitch whimpered, backing away from Monica and to the blackboard. After some time Therion and Asuka walked through, with the Rocker cackling in amusement.

Then, finally, came Colmillo, who was still holding one of the swords from the other world. "Hey Mitch!" She smirked at him before sprinting toward him.

"No, no, no!" Mitch moved his hands to cover his face when suddenly everyone woke up outside the game again. "Wait, what?"

"How did we get out?" Vinnie desperately looked around in confusion.

Topher was still standing in front of everyone, with the AI staring down at them "Good work in today's challenge campers. You all did well in your own pathetic little ways. But, only one of you will win immunity today"

"Is it Colmillo?" Therion tilted his head "I don't think anyone else did something"

"Haha! no" Topher chuckled "It's actually Mitch!"

"Mitch!?" everyone sounded shocked at this declaration.

"Yep, that little creep" the host chuckled "He was the reason the AI finally let you all out. Because he was so scared of dying she had to protect him by taking him out of the fake world… though I don't think that'll save him for long"

The host continued to chuckle as just about every one of the contestants glared at him. Mitch whimpered as he slowly started crouching away from them.

"Get ready to vote tonight! Because there's a bonus to winning as well. If you win, your vote will count for two. So I'd be careful of your vote"

Confessional: Colmillo

"I don't care if Mitch won immunity or whatever! I'm still going to vote for him tonight. As far as I'm aware, that kid is going down!"

XXX

After the decision of the winner, everyone went to their sets of groups. Mitch however was hiding in the first class room when he suddenly heard the elevator coming up.

"C-Colmillo, I told you I don't want any trouble!"

The elevator didn't respond as it suddenly opened. And from the doors came Bobby, who still had his simple smile "Oh, hey Mit!"

Mitch frowned at him "Bobby, what are you doing up here?"

"I came because people wanted me to make sure you were ok" Bobby walked over to him before crouching down a bit "Are you?"

"No, not at all! Everyone hates me now and I'm afraid they'll start coming after me soon!"

Bobby's smile grew a little "Well, I could help you out. I like protecting my friends!"

"Um, that's good to hear" Mitch smiled slightly "I feel like I should vote for Colmillo, but I don't know if that's the popular vote. I wouldn't be shocked if people were voting for Camila or something"

"I could help you decide who you vote for too" Bobby pointed out "Everyone's been coming up to me about who I should vote. I'm sure you'd like to hear it"

Mitch took a seat on the ground and smiled slightly "I'd be fine to hear that… sure"

Bobby sat down across from him, smiling as he started elaborating.


After some time all the contestants arrived to the elimination ceremony. Just about everyone was staring suspiciously at each other.

"Good to see the love is still lasting from our last elimination" Topher smiled "But, we're at the merge and you all know the rules. So you can all get straight to the voting!"

"Straight to the punch, I like that" Asuka smirked as they started getting up to go and vote.

For once, there wasn't a confessional for who was voting for who. So the scene simply cut to the contestants all sitting together once again, still annoyed or skeptical.

"And so, our votes are counted. But… I think today we're going to be doing something a little more special!"

"Don't tell me it's another tie" Veronica groaned.

"Oh no no, nothing like that! We're going to be showing our actual votes today!" he smiled before the screen behind him turned on to show Colmillo scowling.

"Oh no…" this got many of the contestants especially worried.

"Let's begin then" Topher smirked before pressing play.

Confessional: Colmillo

Colmillo didn't say a single thing, instead she just repeatedly smashed Mitch's face with the stamp "I don't care if you're safe, you aren't safe when I'm around shrimp"

Confessional: Liz

She sighed softly "I really don't want to have to vote for him, honestly, but I also can't disappoint my girls!" Liz quietly stamped Therion's face.

Confessional: Therion

"Yea, it's kind of hard to vote. I haven't talked much to most of these guys. But Mitzy and Colmillo have kinda been bumping heads. So I think it's fair to try making things easier for my girlfriend. Sorry Mitzy"

Confessional: Bobby

The slob sniffed his armpit before coughing slightly "Ah, that always knows how to motivate me… Oh, um, right. Voting… I want to vote with Vinnie, but Veronica almost cried when I said they were voting for Colmillo. I-I can't be the reason someone is crying like that"

He meekly stamped Therion.

Confessional: Asuka

The rocker just smirked as she stamped Mitzy's face "Kinda only just got here and all that jaz, but man does she already come off as a total buzzkill!"

Confessional: Camila

The Clairvoyant smiled as she sauntered into the confessional "I think today is going to go well. Yes, I could vote for Colmillo the challenge hound. But I think there's more to consider in a vote. After all, Therion knows just about every challenge we're dropped into, and I believe he's the only thing keeping Asuka and the sweaty wrestler working together. I'd say my ball views this as the strongest outcome" she politely stamped Therion.

Confessions: Mitzy

Mitzy repeatedly stamped Colmillo's face "Your attitude towards "nerds" and your constant looking out for only yourself. I just don't think I could compete with her much longer"

Confessional: Vinnie

The Bear Enthusiast just shrugged a bit as she stamped Colmillo "Mitzy wants to vote out Colmillo. I don't think she's as bad as Mitzy says, but she's a challenge beast so I think this'll work out fine"

Confessional: Walter

Like the two before him he stamped Colmillo, before looking to the confessional camera "I know full well I can plead the fifth on this vote thank you very much"

Confessional: Veronica

Veronica had a wide smirk on her face "Oh, the drama after this is going to be so hilarious! I can't wait to see Colmillo's face" she snickered while stamping Therion

Confessional: Marty

The Photographer silently looked at Colmillo's face with a deep frown "I don't think I can vote for her… b-but if… Mitzy thinks everyone would be safer…" it took most of his will power to stamp her face.

XXX

"And with most of our votes we have one vote for an… immune Mitch, two for Mitzy, four for Therion, and four for Colmillo! That just leaves us with… one last vote"

Colmillo and Therion both glanced at each other, clearly worried for the result.

Confessional: Mitch

The horror enthusiast nervously sighed "I could vote for Therion or Colmillo, that seems to be the popular consensus. Colmillo wants to beat me up, but Bobby says the girls will protect me if I help them. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm" Mitch shut his eyes before lowering his stamp at random.

When he raised his stamp, it revealed to be Therion that he voted for.

XXX

"And there we have it!" Topher smirked "With those last two votes, it's our resident gamer getting sent home!"

Therion looked shocked, slouching forward in his seat with a defeated expression "I-I guess I can't fault anyone for voting for me…"

"I sure as hell can!" Colmillo stood up, looking ready to annihilate everyone around her "How could you vote for him, are you all stupid or something!?"

"Y-you don't need to worry about it Colmillo" Therion smiled softly as he stood up "I wasn't really betting on winning either way. But even if I did win it wouldn't be as good as, well, getting to meet you"

His smile grew a little at Colmillo's faint blush. "You're a really wonderful lady Colmillo"

She didn't respond. Instead, she let out a small sigh "Just shut up and get over here already" Colmillo suddenly grabbed him before pulling him into an aggressive kiss. Effectively rocking his world.

"Good for you two!" Walter smiled. For anyone but him that would've come off as sarcastic.

Eventually she let go of him "After I'm done destroying everyone who voted for you, and once I'm done you better get ready for me to absolutely destroy you as well" she smirked a bit.

"U-uh ok" Therion was now entirely red in the face, though his smile was a lot happier now.

Topher just rolled his eyes a bit "Alright, you two have had enough time" he deadpanned before swooping Therion away in one of the usual tubes.

"Well, looks like that's a day" Bobby smiled innocently, getting ready to walk away when Colmillo suddenly stopped him, the girls alliance, and Mitzy's crew in their tracks.

"Oh, I wouldn't call that all for the day" she growled, her muscles looking ready to pop "Because I'm inviting you all to your own personal hell. Population, me!" Colmillo practically screamed before suddenly picking Bobby up and throwing him at the rest of the contestants like he was a bolder.

The contestants would scream in fear before the camera cut to Topher standing outside the building "Ah, it's always nice… to see a couple get torn apart! But I'm almost sure everyone in that room regrets their vote."

As he spoke Asuka casually strolled out of the room with her hands behind her head "Well, besides her I guess. But hopefully the rest of them won't have any bruises next time on Total. Drama. Arcade!"

AN: And there goes Therion. I know some people won't be into his elimination but I hope Camila's reasoning for this vote at least makes sense for everyone at least. I do thank Epi for giving me Therion however, he was a really fun one and TherionxColmillo is probably one of my favorite ships to have done. Aside from that, I hope people enjoyed it even if it was a Mitch-centric chapter, Mitch is a fun character and I've basically been planning this chapter since I got started. Just thought would be good to have a few challenges not specifically game themed.

24th: Matt—-15th: Jaz

23rd: Tess—-14th: Ellis

22nd: Antoinette—-13th Ian

21st: Charlotte—-12th Therion

20th: Thomas

19th: Michael

18th: Dylan

17th: Maxine

16th: Bailey

Mergees (11): Walter, Vinnie, Mitzy, Asuka, Bobby, Marty, Colmillo, Liz, Camila, Mitch, Veronica