Total Drama World Tour Deluxe
Chapter 8: Am-Ah-Zon Race
Guest A: 1. Gwent & Trent, Duncan & Courtney, Geoff & Bridgette, Owen & Izzy, Lindsay & Tyler, and Harold & Leshawna. 2. Because Bridgette originally took Trent's side in the first aftermath of TDA. 3. Rather not say. 4. She's not that bad... 5. Darn it, you found me out.
LaCuevademisgustos: Yes, Eva certainly flew off the handle there, didn't she? Makes you wonder if the E-Scope alliance is going to survive.
WeirdAlfan101: Yup, sorry about Team Victory.
Guest B: I see...
xx15: I don't recall you posting reviews on my stories, but whatever.
MDReborn: We'll see.
SuperSonicHeroes: Lindsay's not a super-genius like Cameron or Scarlett, just above average now. Eva is definitely a double-edged sword. Nice to see you got all the references, here!
SilentSinger948: Yes, Eva's in hot water, isn't she? But she's in an alliance and on the most successful team so far, so she may survive an elimination or two.
Cody Fanatic: No one's pure evil, except for possibly Mal. Duncan and Cody's subplot is far from over.
Guest C: If you say so.
AnonBrowser: Keep in mind that Owen has gotten off easy for quite a bit of foolishness in the past. The writers really seemed to cut him a lot of slack, something I have no intention of doing. Anyway, yes, Sierra's behavior is similar to that of the Kanker sisters. Speaking of which, I think the Kankers are actually quite entertaining when they're not molesting the Eds or otherwise ruining their day (which is obviously pretty rare). As for how the crayon stayed in Lindsay's brain for over a decade, it was originally stuck in there good and tight, but only started to dislodge once Lindsay caught a cold in the Yuko and started sneezing violently. I definitely see your point on Lyler.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Thank you.
Crosshot: Yes, Lindsay's new intelligence will make her a threat, but fortunately she's now smart enough not let anyone know if she doesn't need them to. Eva is certainly no one to mess with, and Heather may learn that the hard way.
Ajustice90: Indeed.
lordgemini: Thank you very much! That's an interesting theory on why Alejandro threw the challenge.
zafnak: Chris becomes more and more unscrupulous with every passing season, and it's been shown in canon that Eva's freakouts unintentionally cause her to become more famous. Interesting that people would actually have Lindsay pretend to be stupid, but I wouldn't buy it. But thanks!
TotalPizza: Yup. Some people complained about Leshawna forgetting about her friendship with Heather. Yes, the Simpson is where I got the idea for Lindsay's sudden intelligence boost. Not familiar with Amphibia or All In or Hardest Thing.
amit avrashmi: Okay then.
romeoaifesili: Yes, Leshawna done screwed up when she lost her temper with Eva. Like I said above, Lindsay's intelligence is now a little above average.
Rockin' D-99: Yeah, I had several more ideas for Owen screwing up Alejandro's name, but felt the scene would drag on too long and that Alejandro wouldn't have that much patience. But yes, I clearly underestimated the amount of people who hated Team Victory's losing streak. I had heard that criticism before but very rarely. I mean, with the love triangle, DJ's animal curse, and Feral Zeke being such hot topics, I guess it makes sense that that criticism would get overshadowed.
"Last time on Total Drama World Tour!" Chris narrated. "Germany! Here, our competitors encountered the glorious Alps! As fun to go up as they are to go down! They also learned why Germany is world-renowned for the care they put into their sausages! From this day forward, however, Germany will only be known for one thing: its traditional dance! Specifically, the crack heard around the world! There are nineteen competitors left! But not for long! Welcome! To Total… Drama… World Tour!"
After the theme song, we cut to First Class. Owen was mumbling and squirming in his sleep.
"Would someone wake him up, already?" Duncan grumped.
"Ugh. I'll do it." Alejandro grumbled irritably. As the Spaniard approached the big guy, Owen flipped out.
"ENGINE FAILURE! CRASH POSITIONS!" he screamed, flailing his arms wildly and hitting Alejandro in the eye.
"Owen! Calm down, man!" Trent called. Owen still freaked out. Izzy kicked him in the groin.
"Ow!" Owen finally realized he had been dreaming. "Oh man, what a terrible dream! Al, what happened?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all!" the Spaniard lied, his eye heavily blackened.
"Huh?" Owen said confused,
"Nothing a little ice and revenge won't fix."
"Cool!" said Owen, none the wiser.
"Hey, Owen, out of curiosity, do you have any serious allergies?"
"Uh, let's see… there's-" Owen stopped cold upon getting an inkling of suspicion.
Confessional: Owen
"I have this really weird feeling that Al doesn't like me. It's so weird because I hardly ever meet anyone who doesn't like me. Don't get me wrong, people have gotten angry at me before. I mean, look at what Eva did to me! But I never really get the feeling that they resent me! (Grunts nervously) Hopefully, it's just a feeling. Fingers crossed!"
End Confessional
Alejandro left to get his eye treated and Izzy went to bother Eva. This allowed Noah to approach Owen.
"So… have you thought about it?" Noah asked.
"I still am." said Owen. "Eva scares me."
Speaking of Eva…
"Ugh! Stupid Leshawna!" Eva grunted. Despite completely destroying Leshawna in their catfight in Germany, she had not come out unscathed. She was borrowing Izzy's make-up and was attempting to cover up the black eye and bruise she had sustained from Leshawna. She wasn't the best with make-up but she did manage to cover up the darkened spots on her face. The swelling was still visible, however, and she was still missing three teeth, including her bottom-right canine, her top-left incisor, and one of her bottom-left molars. She groaned as she closed the mirror.
"Looking good!" Izzy complimented. "All you need are some teeth!"
"Hrrmmm…" Eva grumbled. She looked around. Duncan, Trent, and Tyler flinched when she laid eyes on them. Izzy was the only one who didn't tremble when she looked at them. A nervous, guilty look crept onto her. She held her hands up, looking at them as though they were covered in blood.
Confessional: Eva
"I was… not on my best behavior back in Germany. While Owen and Leshawna had it coming, I'm ashamed of myself for losing control. And if I'm gonna win this thing, I need Owen on my side."
End Confessional
"Owen? Could you come here for a sec?" Eva asked in a contrite tone. Owen and Noah cautiously approached Eva and Izzy and sat across from them. Once they were seated, Eva pushed a plate of pancakes over to Owen. "Here. You can have my hotcakes."
Owen's eyes went wide. It seemed too good to be true, but it was too tempting to pass up. He cautiously accepted the pancakes.
"Go on. They're not poisoned."
Owen slowly and warily cut a piece and brought it to his mouth. As soon as he bit down on it, his fear seemed to dissipate. He grabbed the rest of the pancakes with his bare hands and began scarfing them down. Eva felt disgust, but repressed it.
"Look, Owen. I'm… sorry for… hitting you with a shovel." she apologized.
"Are you really?" the big guy asked, swallowing the last of the pancakes.
"Yeah. Are we still good for our… arrangement?"
"Hm…" said Owen thoughtfully. "I don't know... You were really mean yesterday."
"Here." said Eva, handing Owen her frying pan. "If it makes you feel better, you can hit me ten times with this… Or however many it takes to make us even."
Owen looked at the frying pan for a few moments. He then set it on the floor. Not only was he afraid that Eva would lose control again but he didn't really want revenge in the first place.
"Actually, Eva… there's something else I wanna do…"
"Name it."
"Gimme a hug!"
Owen held his arms out, a friendly smile on his face. Eva blanched. Izzy grinned.
"Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug!" the crazy redhead chanted. Eva looked over at Noah.
"Do it." Noah demanded.
"You sure you don't wanna hit me?" Eva asked Owen.
"Just one hug!" said Owen.
"Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug!"
Eva sighed. She closed her eyes, held up her arms, and allowed the big guy to embrace her, feeling incredibly awkward.
"Apology accepted!" said Owen letting her go after ten seconds.
"Thank you." Eva sighed in relief.
Confessional: Eva
"That's probably a new record for getting someone to forgive you after you kick their ass. Damn, now I actually do feel kinda sorry."
End Confessional
Alejandro reentered First Class, donning an eye patch.
"Yeah! Let's all be a team!" Owen declared. "A team that gets along! With everyone forgiving anything that might have happened! Yeah!"
Alejandro glared murderously at Owen as he pulled Izzy and Noah into another hug.
Meanwhile in Economy…
"I feel bad we had to vote off Leshawna." DJ told Lindsay. "Who's to say she wouldn't have healed in time for the next challenge?"
"Eva broke her back, DJ. She may not be able to stand for weeks or even months!" said Lindsay.
"I guess..." DJ sighed, depressed.
"Cheer up, DJ! If I can start thinking, anything's possible! Maybe we'll become the best team ever!"
"Here's the best team ever!" called Chris walking through Economy. "Is exactly what I'll say when I get into the First Class compartment!" Team Victory sighed, depressed. The waking members of Team Amazon leered at Chris. Gwen and Courtney were still sleeping. At least, they were until a rat fell out of the ceiling and landed in Courtney's mouth. She woke up with a start and briefly panicked before spitting the vermin out.
"Ugh! Stupid Economy class!" she griped. "The least Duncan could do is visit me back here!"
"When we get back on this plane, we better be back in First Class!" Heather declared. "We've only been in there twice!"
"Well, that's two more times than Team Victory!" Katie pointed out. "And we've only lost one member, so it's not all bad!"
Katie failed to make Heather smile.
Confessional: Heather
"Honestly, coming in second place is worse than coming in last. At least when we come in last, we can punish someone for it."
End Confessional
Finally, Gwen woke up. She saw Sierra typing on a laptop.
"Uh, whatcha doin'?" she asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"I'm on the internet!" Sierra responded. "You can check your email when I'm done writing my blog if you want!"
"Uh, yeah! That'd be-!" Gwen stopped when she opened her eyes all the way and saw that Sierra's laptop was actually a discarded pizza box. The screen was a drawing of a muscled, naked Cody holding Sierra bridal style. She was using the rat Courtney spit out as a computer mouse. "On second thought, I'm good!"
Confessional: Gwen
"Sierra is a disgrace to women and girls everywhere. I'd feel sorry for Cody if he wasn't such a hypocrite."
End Confessional
Suddenly, the intercom turned on.
"Brace for landing!" Chris called. "We've arrived at our next destination: The Amazon Rainforest! And the runway's a little short!"
The contestants all buckled themselves in fearfully.
"Team Amazon in the Amazon?" Sadie exclaimed. "That's gotta be a lucky sign! Right, Katie?"
"Totally!" Katie agreed.
Sierra gasped. The other Amazons cringed.
"Did you just say that?" Justin asked, a sly grin on his face.
"Whenever a team predicts good luck, they always lose!" Sierra shouted.
"But I-" Sadie started before Sierra covered her mouth.
"Idiot." Gwen muttered.
Confessional: Justin
"Team Amazon is going down today. I'll bet a hundred bucks on it."
End Confessional
As Chris promised, the landing was quite rough. Anyone not wearing a seatbelt would have been bouncing up and around their respective cabins.
The contestants all exited the plane. Team Victory now had half the members of Team Minotaur. Something Alejandro seemed quite pleased by.
"Welcome to Peru! Birthplace of the mighty Amazon River!" Chris greeted. "This challenge is called the Am-AAAAAAAAAAHHH-zon Race! Teams must hike along an ancient Inca trail through the Peruvian jungle all the way to Machu Picchu!"
"Picchu? Isn't that, like, the name of a Pokémon?" Katie asked. Chris ignored her.
"Hidden among the ruins of Machu Picchu, a golden treasure awaits discovery! Find the treasure to win First Class passage to our next destination! Last team to arrive at Machu Picchu will have to leave someone behind! Yes, Alejandro?"
"So, if we arrive last but still manage to find the treasure, does that mean we both win and lose? And that we have to vote someone off while still getting to ride First Class?"
"Well… technically yes..." said Chris, looking like he had not considered that this was a possibility.
"How very interesting…" Alejandro replied, considering ways to get revenge for his new pirate look. Chris leered suspiciously at Alejandro.
"However, you won't be allowed to search for the treasure until your entire team arrives!" Chris called.
Alejandro suppressed the urge to cry out in frustration.
"And a little warning!" Chris called. "The jungle contains many vicious and poisonous insects!"
At this, Cody and Noah both raised their hands.
"Yes, guys, the legal department made me aware of your deadly allergies and insisted I provide epi-pens for the two of you!" said Chris, exasperated. The two boys walked up to Chris and took a syringe from him.
Confessional: Noah
"That's our favorite host! Only being nice or responsible when his lawyers have panic attacks!"
Confessional: Sierra
"I know exactly what sends both Cody and Noah into anaphylactic shock! With Noah, it's wolf spiders and katydid crickets. With Cody, it's red ants, brown ants, and black ants, the clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly, and goat saliva!"
End Confessional
"Also in the jungle are the Zing-Zings!" Chris informed the contestants. He held up a photo of several savage-looking natives wearing three-eyed dragon masks. "An ancient native tribe that has never encountered modern man! And they're not about to! So if you spot a Zing-Zing, do… not… make… contact!"
"How far is it to Macho Pikachu?" Owen asked.
"Factoring in that the trail is too dangerous to travel at night, Machu Picchu is about an eighteen-hour-hike!" Chris announced. The contestant groaned. "You'll have to break at dusk and camp along the trail until dawn!"
"And I assume there are no tents?" Alejandro asked.
"Correct-a-mundo!" said Chris.
"Eh, I can manage that." said Duncan.
"Now, because the playing area is so vast and dangerous, each team will have a walkie-talkie in case of emergencies!" Chris tossed Gwen, Alejandro, and DJ a portable radio each. "Teams, I wish you luck! Or at the very least, a lack of death!"
The contestants took off, each at a fast walk. After about six minutes, they came to their first obstacle: a fork in the road. The path on the left was wider and more spacious. The right path was darker and had thicker vegetation.
"Two paths!" DJ exclaimed. "Which way do we go?"
"Mo." Lindsay answered.
"Mo?" the guys on her team repeated.
"Sure! Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo!" Lindsay said confidently, pointing to the right.
"Mo, it is!" DJ agreed. Team Victory took the right fork.
"Maybe we should go right, too." said Gwen. The goth did not have any particular reason in mind, she was just attracted to the darker, shadier route.
"No! It's scary!" Sadie whined.
"Yeah, let's go left!" Katie declared.
"You guys aren't afraid of the dark, are you?" Gwen scoffed.
"Last time we went on a hike, Sadie and I got separated from our group and we got lost!" Katie explained.
"Yeah! Because your sense of direction is so bad, you can't even find yourself in a mirror!" Courtney snapped, knowing exactly what Katie was talking about. Katie grinned sheepishly.
"Alright, then let Sadie decide!" Gwen proposed, rolling her eyes. "After all, she's the one feeling 'lucky' today!"
"Me? I… uh…" Sadie stammered.
"No pressure, Sadie!" said Heather in a falsely-kind voice. "If you're right, you're a hero. If you're wrong, we know who to eliminate!"
"Not me, right?"
"Of course not! We're friends! Gwen and Courtney, on the other hand, are not our friends!"
"Your parents must love this show! Gets you out of the house!" Gwen snapped. Heather blew a raspberry.
"Okay… let's go left!" Sadie declared nervously.
The Amazons went left.
"Whatcha guys, think? Right?" Tyler suggested. "Yeah, right is definitely right!"
"Uh, I think we should go left!" said Duncan, a concerned look on his face.
"Yeah, seconded!" said Trent, looking just as worried.
"I have an idea!" said Noah. "Let's split up! Izzy, Eva, Owen, and I will go right. Tyler, Trent, Duncan, and Alejandro can go left."
"No way!" Tyler complained.
"Okay, you guys can go right and we'll go left!" Duncan took off his belt and whipped Noah in the butt. "Argh! A simple 'no-way-in-Hell' would suffice!"
"Let's let Trent and Duncan follow the girls!" Alejandro declared. "The rest of us will go right!"
"Suh-weet!" Tyler cried.
"Works for me!" said Duncan.
"Fine…" Noah groaned.
Confessional: Noah
"Ugh. My kingdom for some time alone with my alliance so we can't be overheard while discussing strategy. I just don't trust Alejandro. He was kissing Leshawna's butt all day in Germany, and the next thing we know, Leshawna gets herself booted. Coincidence? I think not!"
End Confessional
Duncan and Trent trailed behind Team Amazon, while the rest of Team Minotaur followed Team Victory.
As the majority of the Minotaurs trailed Team Victory, Owen started grunting in frustration.
"Ugh, bug off!" he snapped, slapping a mosquito. At first, Alejandro was annoyed, but after about five minutes Owen said "Does anyone have any insect repellant?"
Alejandro turned to look at Owen. He had at least two dozen mosquito bites already visible. Alejandro turned around and looked at his teammates, all of whom were bite-free. The Spaniard smirked.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Okay, maybe Owen isn't completely useless. He turning out to be an excellent mosquito magnet!" (Snickers)
End Confessional
While they walked, Izzy reached into Noah's pocket and pulled out his epi-pen.
"What are you doing?" Noah asked, frightened.
"I'm hanging onto your epi-pen!" Izzy answered, smiling. "It doesn't sense for you to carry it! What if you need an injection while you're unconscious?"
"You know how to use it?" Noah asked, intrigued by Izzy's surprisingly logical reasoning.
"Sure! You get bit, I jam the needle into your naked butt cheek!"
Noah swiped the epi-pen back, causing Izzy to pout. The bookworm veered away from Izzy and his team, causing him to get swarmed by mosquitos.
"Ugh, bug off!" Noah cried, swatting at the bugs. Suddenly, a harpy eagle dropped out of the sky, seized Noah by his shoulders, and carried him off. "Hey! Hey! Leggo! HEY!"
SMACK!
Eva chucked a large rock at the eagle, causing it to drop Noah. The bookworm fell twenty feet into Eva's arms, screaming.
"Stick to the pack, shrimp." Eva scolded, setting him down. "I may not always be here to save you." she added in a slightly depressed tone.
Meanwhile, it appeared that Team Amazon had made the right choice. They came across the Amazon River, which was way too wide for them to swim across. Luckily, there was a zip-line at the top of a wooden tower, where Chris awaited.
"Welcome, Team Amazon!" Chris greeted. "You're the first to arrive here, so one of you gets to cross the river using the T-Bar! Everyone else will have to take the line hand-over-hand!"
"Just one of us?" Courtney asked.
"That's right! The T-Bar does not come back up on its own."
Without giving anyone a chance to talk, Heather grabbed the T-Bar and jumped off the platform zipping across the river.
"Hey! No fair!" Courtney cried.
"You girls need a hand?"
"Duncan?"
"Trent?"
"That's us!"
"Where's the rest of your team?" Gwen asked.
"They went right at the fork." Trent answered.
"We thought it would be best to split up." said Duncan.
"Well, that's great and all, but we need to cross this river!" said Courtney.
"What happened to the T-Bar?" Trent asked.
"Heather." Gwen answered.
"Ah…" Trent and Duncan muttered in understanding.
"Eh, we don't need it! Come on, Elvis! Let's show these girls how Team Minotaur does this!" Duncan declared, taking his belt off. Trent did the same. They both strung their belts along the zip-line.
"You girls wanna lift?" Trent asked.
"Sure!" said Courtney and Gwen. The former hopped onto Duncan's back while giving the latter a warning glare.
"What? I was going for Trent." said Gwen, hopping onto the musician's back.
Duncan jumped off the platform and slid down the line with Courtney on his back. As soon as they reached the other side, Trent did the same with Gwen.
"Cowabunga!" Duncan cried.
"Comin' down!" Trent cried.
"Oh, Trent! Wait for us!" Sadie cried. She grabbed the line with her bare hands and jumped. "Here I come, ready or AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRGH!"
This was a very stupid idea. Her hands almost immediately started burning and she let go at the halfway point.
Splash!
Sadie fell into the river. Before she could resurface, tiny shadows in the water sped towards her.
"Argh!" she cried, upon resurfacing. "The fish are biting!"
"Oh yeah! There may or may not be piranhas in the water!" said Chris.
"Sadie!" Katie cried.
Sadie thrashed her way to shore. Coming out, she was covered in at least two dozen bites.
"Owie! Owie! Owie!" she moaned.
"What the-" Gwen called. "Did you seriously ride down a steel cable with your bare hands?"
"Trent and Duncan made it look so easy!"
"They used their belts." Gwen argued.
Back at the top, Cody also used his belt to ride down the cable. Unfortunately, as he rode down his pants descended. He was able to keep them from falling off his legs but when he landed, everyone got an eyeful.
"Aah!" Gwen cried.
"Holy crap!" Heather exclaimed.
"Yargh!" cried Courtney and Sadie.
"Dude!" Trent cried.
"Ugh!" went Duncan.
"Who wears undies in the Amazon?" said Cody, blushing. He pulled his pants up immediately, but the damage was done.
Confessional: Gwen
"Everyone! That's who wears undies in the Amazon! Everyone!"
End Confessional
"Did you see that, Katie?! Did you see that?!" Sierra screamed.
"See what?" Katie asked.
"Cody's pants!" Sierra answered, frustrated.
"What about them?"
"Never mind. Let's just get down!" Sierra took off her own belt and allowed Katie to ride on her back down to the other side. Before landing, they knocked Heather and Sadie down like dominos.
Meanwhile, with Teams Victory and Minotaur…
Team Victory walked ahead of Team Minotaur for the first few hours. DJ was leading the pack when a sliver of orange penetrated Lindsay's peripheral vision. Turning to the side she could an orange glow within the foliage, with smoke rising from above it.
"Guys, stop!" she whispered loudly. "It's the Zing-Zings!"
DJ, Justin, and Ezekiel froze.
"What do we do?" Justin asked.
"We can't make contact!" Lindsay declared. "We'll have to crawl past them!"
The boys froze and looked at each other.
"Let's do it." said DJ.
"Um, you're letting her call the shots?" Justin asked.
"It sounds like a good idea to me!" DJ argued.
"Okay, okay! Chill!" Justin said, putting his hands up. Team Victory got down on their knees and crawled silently past the Zing-Zing camp. Behind them, Team Minotaur got the same idea. They all got down on their knees and crawled the rest of the way past the Zing-Zing camp. Just when Team Victory was in the clear, the worst possible thing happened for Team Minotaur.
BLART!
Owen unleashed the biggest, longest, most disgusting fart he had produced since the season began. The Minotaurs cringed and froze, hoping the Zing-Zings hadn't heard. But Alejandro wouldn't have been surprised if Team Amazon had heard him.
Within ten seconds, a dozen young men in dragon masks surrounded the Minotaurs and pointed spears at them.
"Way to go, Fartacus!" Noah hissed, as they rose to their feet, with their hands in over their heads. Alejandro took out their radio.
"Chris, we require assistance!" the Spaniard called into the radio. There was no response. "Chris? Chris? Alejandro shook the walkie-talkie. The battery panel fell off, revealing no batteries.
"Idiota!" Alejandro cursed.
Meanwhile, with Team Amazon…
As the Amazons marched on, Gwen wanted desperately to get some time to talk to Duncan, but Courtney was watching her like a hawk. It was only when Heather and Courtney got into a minor spat that Gwen saw an opportunity.
"So, how's it going on Team Man-o-taur?" Gwen asked, not making eye contact with him.
"Well, I think it was the right move." said Duncan, unapologetically. "There's much less bickering, I gotta say."
"True. How's the new guy?"
"Alejandro? Eh, I dunno. He seems a bit too perfect."
"Like how? Is he a goody-two-shoes?"
"Sometimes… Still, we haven't lost a challenge yet, thanks to him and Eva."
"Oh yeah! Eva! How can you sleep at night with her on your team?"
"I can handle her!" said Duncan cockily.
"Ha! I'd pay money to see that!" Gwen scoffed. "What about the others? Is Noah being a little shit again?"
"Sometimes he makes me us laugh. Other times, he pisses me off."
"A-hem!" Courtney called. She glared at the goth and the punk. The two frowned and stepped away from each other.
Meanwhile, the other six members of Team Minotaur were tied to a tree at the Zing-Zing campsite. Owen was on one end of the tree. To his left was Eva. To hers was Noah, followed by Izzy, Alejandro, and Tyler.
"Guys, look! That statue looks like Heather!" Izzy exclaimed. The Minotaurs looked toward a wooden statue that did bear a striking resemblance to Total Drama's queen bee. "Too bad it doesn't look like me! I'd make a great god! What do you guys think? If I was a god, I would fly around the world delivering presents!"
"You got my vote." said Tyler.
"Eva. Can you break us out?" Noah asked.
"What do you think I've been trying to do?!" Eva hissed as she struggled to bust through the ropes binding them to the tree.
"Come on, Eva!" Owen cheered quietly. "You can do it! You're super strong!"
"Urgh!" Eva gave one huge heave but failed to break the binds. She grunted as she released her effort. "No use! I need more energy!"
Suddenly, Noah had an idea. Inching his hand into his pocket, he pulled out his epi-pen and jammed the needle into Eva's thigh.
"Hey!" Eva snapped.
"You'll be okay! It's just like a huge shot of adrenaline!" Noah reassured her as he injected her with every last drop of the medicine.
"How huge?!" Eva demanded. Before she even finished asking the question, she had already become overwhelmed with adrenaline. She began shaking violently and a manic expression crossed her face.
"Go nuts, She-Hulk!" Noah ordered.
"RRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Eva roared, bursting the bands and freeing her team. The Zing-Zings weren't paying attention and seemed quite shocked when Eva broke the ropes. Taken off-guard, Eva was able to overpower all of the Zing-Zings. She pounded their heads, tossed them like javelins, and even knocked over the wooden statue. The Zing-Zings tried to fight back, but the best they could do was scratch Eva's left shoulder. It was all over in less than a minute.
"WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS LOOKING AT?!" Eva roared at her team. "LET'S GO!"
"Wait! Wait! Eva! Here!" Izzy cried. She ran over to the statue and plucked out three teeth- a molar, a canine, and an incisor- out of its mouth. She then ran over to Eva. "Open wide!"
Eva snapped at her like a rabid pit bull. Izzy recoiled.
"Okay, maybe later!" the crazy redhead conceded.
The teams continued to hike through the jungle with minimal problems. Finally, it was dusk, as per Chris's instructions, the teams stopped their trek to set up camp. Team Victory was approached by Chris.
"Chris?!" DJ cried.
"Congratulations, Team Victory! You're in first place!" The host announced. "Here is your reward: All the bananas you can eat!"
Two interns came and dropped a crate of bananas at Team Victory's feet.
"Oh thanks, homie!" Ezekiel cried.
Team Victory tore into the bananas like a troop of starved chimpanzees.
Meanwhile, with Team Minotaur…
"Dusk!" Alejandro informed as the sky began darkening. "We can make camp here."
"NO WAY!" Eva screamed. "WE NEED TO GO! WE NEED TO RUN! WE NEED TO KICK ASS! IT"S A RACE, AIN'T IT?! I AIN'T AFRAID OF THE DARK! YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?! I AIN'T AFRAID OF THE DARK! I COULD KEEP FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND…"
Eva's hyperactive rant was cut short when she fell onto her stomach, sleeping like a baby.
"Like, what the hey?" Tyler asked.
"Yup." said Noah. "When epinephrine wears off, it knocks you out cold!"
"Well, that's convenient timing." Alejandro commented.
"I'll say!" cried Izzy, putting on a head mirror. "Time for Dr. Monroe to go to work!"
The crazy redhead opened Eva's mouth and inserted the gold teeth she collected into the vacant slots in Eva's gums.
"There! Pretty as a picture!" Izzy declared.
"Hey, where's Owen?" Tyler asked, looking around. Alejandro was sorely tempted to say "Who cares?" Fortunately, the temptation didn't last long as Owen came crawling up to his team on his hands and knees.
"Oh… need rest… and water…" the big guy moaned. "Nachos would be killer right now!"
"Sure!" said Noah sarcastically. "All we need are chips, beef, tomatoes, cheese, salsa-"
"Noah, slow down!" Izzy cried, holding a notepad and pencil. "I'm making a list!"
Meanwhile with Team Amazon…
Duncan easily started a campfire with his lighter. Gwen, Trent, and Courtney helped him gather firewood. The rest of Team Amazon huddled around the fire. Sierra stayed by Cody's side for the first hour or so. The geek was relieved when Sierra announced her need to go to the bathroom.
"Ooh, gotta take a poo!" she announced. "Cody, you wouldn't accompany me, would ya? Keep me safe?"
"I… I appreciate your trust and all but… I don't think that's appropriate!" said Cody. Duncan and Trent cast surprised glances at Cody.
"Oh, Cody! You're such a gentleman!" Sierra swooned. Katie and Sadie ended up accompanying her instead. As soon as they were out of sight, Trent walked up to Cody.
"Hey, dude." He greeted.
"Oh, hey! What's up, Trent?" Cody asked.
"You wanna talk? In private?" Trent asked.
"Um… yeah! That'd be great actually!"
Trent and Cody walked away from the campfire in the opposite direction of Katie, Sadie, and Sierra.
"So, what's it like on Team Amazon?" Trent asked once they were completely submerged in darkness.
"It… it sucks, actually." said Cody. "At first, I was glad when Duncan switched with Sierra, but now I'd trade him back in a heartbeat!"
"Not a fan of your number one fan?" Trent asked.
"No! She's completely obnoxious! I don't feel safe around her!"
"You've dealt with crazy fans in the past." Trent pointed out.
"Yeah, but I've never had to live with one! And besides, Sierra's the worst one yet! She steals my stuff! She touches me without my permission! She never gives me any personal space or privacy! It's sexual harassment!" Cody ranted.
"Jeez." said Trent. "Have you told her to stop?"
"Yes, I have! But she doesn't listen because she thinks she's being nice and that she's flattering me with her obsession!"
"Have you told any other members of your team?"
"I have! But they don't take me seriously! Katie and Sadie said the way she treats me is cute! And that we'd make a cute couple!"
"Of course they did." said Duncan. Trent and Cody jumped and turned in the direction of Duncan's voice.
"Duncan?" Trent cried.
"What do you want?" Cody demanded rudely.
"Cody, let me tell you something." said Duncan seriously. "Being the only guy on a team of girls is overrated. They can be super catty and unsympathetic to guy problems."
"What are you talking about?"
"If you were a girl and Sierra was a guy, your team would leave Sierra behind to be devoured by wild beasts. And then she- or he, I suppose- would be posthumously voted off. And on top of that, girls tend to have this unspoken rule of sisterhood. They tend to stick with each other, even if they hate each other. It's why I founded the Guys' Alliance in Season One."
"It's your fault I'm stuck with Sierra!" Cody argued.
"No, it's the girls' fault for their nonstop bickering! I told them it was bothering me, but they ignored me. So when I was offered the opportunity to escape to a team of mostly guys, I took it. Just think about that the next time you decide that you want a harem."
Duncan left, heading back to the camp. Trent and Cody went back shortly afterwards.
Just as the Amazons and Minotaurs were dozing off, a horrible, almost alien growl sounded. Everyone shot up in alarm.
"What was that?" Katie cried. "Was it a tiger?!"
"Tigers don't live in South America!" Cody pointed out, sounding just as frightened. Around the dying campfire, the contestants could see several shapes close by. Duncan threw a bottle of insect repellant into the fire, causing it to spike up and illuminate the area. Immediately, the contestants saw what was surrounding them: Six caterpillars the size of hippos had crawled around them. Katie and Sadie screamed. Duncan passed out sticks to everyone else. They brandished them like spears at the caterpillars in a standoff.
"Ergh! I wish my cousin was here!" Gwen exclaimed. "She's great at pacifying animals!"
"Really?" said Duncan. "Can she tame giant carnivorous silkworms?!"
"Oh, you'd be surprised!" Gwen answered.
One of the caterpillars spat into the fire, completely extinguishing it and leaving the camera crew unable to film the ensuing fight.
A couple of hours later, the sun came up and the camera crew was able to film Trent, Duncan, and the Amazons. The two Minotaurs were the only ones awake. They were covered in strange bite marks as were the Amazons.
"Sun's up!" Duncan cried. "Wake up, girls!"
The Amazons groggily opened their eyes.
"Come on! We gotta get to Machu Picchu!"
"Wait, let's do a headcount first!" said Trent.
"I'm on it." said Cody. "One, two, three, four… Yeah, looks like we're all here!"
"Then let's go!" Duncan urged.
The group ran for about an hour until they came up to the stairs leading up to Machu Picchu.
"We made it!" Courtney cried.
"Not yet, we haven't!" Heather pointed out. "Come on!"
The group then spent forty minutes climbing the stairs to the village. By the time they reached the top, they were crawling on their hands and knees, save for Duncan, who was hunched over and winky-eyed. Finally, they reached the village, where Chris was waiting.
"Welcome, Team Amazon!" the host greeted. "Trent, Duncan, you'll have to wait until your entire team gets here before you can start searching."
"You mean they're not here?" Trent groaned.
"Dammit…" Duncan hissed.
"Sorry, boys!" Heather taunted. "Looks like we get a head start!
The Amazons started to split up to look for the treasure but were halted by Chris.
"Not so fast, ladies! That goes for you too!" Chris reminded.
"What?" Courtney cried. "But we're all here!"
"I'm only counting six of you!" said Chris. The Amazons looked around and counted themselves. After about five seconds, it became quite clear who was missing.
"Sierra's gone!" Gwen cried. "No wonder I felt my sanity returning!"
"Cody, where did you learn how to count?!" Heather scolded.
"I… guess I miscounted!" Cody reasoned.
"She must have been captured by those giant caterpillars!" Courtney pointed out.
"Cody, go find her!" Heather commanded.
"Why me?" Cody whined.
"Because you're the one who screwed up the headcount! Now, go!"
"Fine! I'll go search for our beloved teammate." Cody conceded, running down the stairs. Duncan shook his head in disapproval.
For the next hour or so, Trent, Duncan, and the rest of Team Amazon sat on a wooden log, hoping their teammates would arrive before the others. Neither team did. For the next four people to arrive at Machu Picchu, were Lindsay, DJ, Justin, and Ezekiel.
"Team Victory!" Chris greeted. "You're the first full team to arrive!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Lindsay cried.
"Alright!" DJ cried.
"You guys know what this means?!" Lindsay cried. "For once, the person going home won't be from our team!"
Team Victory cheered.
"Come on, Cody…" Gwen muttered worriedly.
"Come on, guys!" Duncan hissed impatiently.
"Let's split up!" DJ commanded. "We'll cover more ground that way!"
We cut to a little while later, with Cody walking through the woods, looking for the last person in the world he wanted to see.
"Sierra?! Sierra, where are you?!" Cody cried. It went on for about an hour and a half before, Cody finally heard Sierra's ecstatic voice.
"CMDY! MVER HMRE!" she screamed, her voice muffled. Cody walked towards the sound of her voice. He came across many dead animals and Zing-Zings hanging from trees all wrapped in webbing. Cody felt very nervous as he ventured toward the only cocoon that was moving.
"Come on, Cody." the geek told himself. He went to the cocoon and tore the bottom open revealing Sierra's face.
"You came back for me!" Sierra cried happily.
"Yeah… anything for a teammate!" said Cody, as he unwrapped Sierra.
Confessional: Sierra
"My dream boy rescued me from monsters! It's a fairy tale come true! AAAAAAAAH! I swear, I hear wedding bells already! Here comes the bride! Here comes the bride!"
End Confessional
Just as Cody found Sierra, Team Minotaur had finished their trudge to Machu Picchu. Owen and Tyler were exhausted because they had been forced to carry Eva, who the Minotaurs had failed to wake at daybreak. Noah was also pretty tired due to his small stature. Only Alejandro and Izzy still had energy to spare.
"Welcome, manly Minotaurs!" Chris greeted. "Lucky for you, Trent and Duncan arrived an hour ago!"
"Thank goodness." Noah sighed.
"That means the eight of you are free to search for the treasure!" the host continued.
Trent and Duncan got up and ran into Machu Picchu to search the stone buildings along with the rest of their team. Tyler and Owen deposited Eva at the feet of the Amazons before running off to search.
Team Amazon sat miserably as they waited for Cody and Sierra to arrive. They knew that they essentially lost already. Even if they somehow managed to find the treasure before the others, they'd still have to vote someone off.
"I found it!" Tyler cried.
"This is interesting…" Chris commented. He walked over to Tyler and Owen, who were attempting to uproot a small stone obelisk with a jade tip out of the ground. "Hey, guys. Whatcha doin'?"
"We found it!" Owen declared. "The olden treasure!"
"Cool. Except you're looking for a golden treasure!" Chris corrected.
"Like this?" Ezekiel asked.
"Like… that!" Chris cried, looking at the ugly golden head in Ezekiel's hands. "Finally! Victory for Team Victory!"
Lindsay, DJ, and Justin cheered. A shocked look came over Ezekiel's face.
"Best team ever!" Lindsay cried, high-fiving DJ.
"We won?" Ezekiel asked, as though he couldn't believe it. After a few seconds of his teammates cheering and being passed out tickets to First Class, the message sank in. "We won! We won! Woohoo! First Class, here I come! WOOOOOOOOO!"
"Great. Just great." Heather grumbled.
Finally, Cody and Sierra came up the steps.
"What took so long?!" Heather demanded. "Are you trying to sabotage us, Cody?!"
"What are you talking about?" Cody demanded, offended.
"We just lost the challenge!" Heather cried.
"It's not all bad…" said Courtney.
"What's that supposed to mean, Courtney?" Heather demanded. "If you think I'm going home tonight, you're delusional!"
Courtney and Heather leered at each other, but Gwen knew that Heather had a point. If Team Amazon's first elimination ceremony was anything to go by, Heather was gonna be the one to decide who went home that night.
The contestants spent the rest of the day exploring Machu Picchu, as Chris had promised to pick them up there at dusk. Heather took Katie, Sadie, and Sierra away to discuss elimination.
"You know she's right." Gwen told Courtney.
"What are you talking about?" Courtney demanded impatiently.
"Our last elimination ceremony. Chris said that four people voted for Beth. He also said three people voted for Heather, and I'm guessing that was you, me, and Beth. Right?"
"Yeah…"
"One of us voted for Sierra. I can only assume that was Cody. Which means that Heather, Katie, Sadie, and Sierra all voted for Beth."
"Okay…"
"Come on, Courtney! Heather's been spending time with all three of them! They're in an alliance! That means one of us is toast! We are in trouble!"
"I get your point, Gwen!" said Courtney. "We just need to sway one of them to our side!"
"I think our best bet is Sierra. I can convince Cody to convince her to vote off Heather."
"Let's do it."
Gwen and Courtney found Cody and the geek reluctantly agreed to try to convince Sierra to eliminate Heather. But when they approached Sierra, she wasn't as easy to convince as they thought.
"Well, Heather hasn't really been hurting the team much." Sierra argued. "It's not like she threw out the electric grinder or anything dumb like that."
"Come on, Sierra." Courtney pleaded. "You've seen the show! You know what kind of person Heather is!"
"Sure, I do." said Sierra's "She's smart and she does her best to win! Do I trust her? No, I don't. But I don't want her gone yet. We can make her a bit weaker, though."
"How?" said Gwen.
"I'll vote with you girls, on one condition." Sierra declared. "I get to choose who we eliminate!"
Courtney was reluctant but Gwen knew they had no choice.
"If it means Heather's one step closer to defeat, you've got a deal." the goth agreed. She shook hands with the fangirl.
Confessional: Sierra
"Heather thinks she's soooooooooooooo smart! She thinks she's gonna get her way! But that's only if I say so! I have both Heather and Gwen petitioning me for my vote! That makes me the deciding factor! I'm playing both sides! I have the power! (Giggles manically) This is so awesome! But who to stick with…"
End Confessional
Elimination Ceremony: Team Amazon
At dusk, the plane landed at Machu Picchu, allowing Teams Minotaur and Victory to board. A campfire was quickly set up by Chris's interns and Team Amazon was called to attend.
As they waited for Chris, Alejandro came up to Heather and tapped her on the shoulder.
"Oh look! It's Pirate Pablo!" Heather snarked.
"Aw Heather…" said Alejandro patronizingly. "Cheer up! Your departure will make the game so much easier for me!"
"As if! I know you messed with Leshawna! And Bridgette too, probably!" Heather accused. "You're lucky you haven't tried anything with me!"
"You can't resist me forever." said Alejandro. He shuffled away and into the plane.
"Jerk."
"Ladies!" Chris greeted. "It's time to vote! Go take your passport into the voting booth. Stick a Peruvian flag sticker on the person you want to eliminate! And then bring it to me! Cody, you first!"
Cody went in with a glum look on his face. Courtney went after him, looking disgruntled. Gwen went next, also looking disgruntled. Heather went after Gwen, looking smug. Katie and Sadie voted consecutively, each with a carefree expression. Sierra had an evil smile on her face as she went to vote.
"Alright! You ladies ready to find out who you chose to eliminate?" Chris asked. The Amazons didn't react. Duncan and Trent came out to watch, both looking nervous. "Well then, here's a boarding pass for…"
"Heather!"
"Sierra!"
"Katie!"
"Cody!"
"And Courtney!
Courtney sighed in relief and snatched the penultimate ticket. This left Gwen and Sadie. Gwen looked quite nervous, while Sadie looked carefree and eager.
"Gwen, you're on the chopping block because Heather doesn't like you. Sadie, you're on the chopping block because you predicted good luck and jinxed your team!" Chris scolded. Sadie's carefree smile turned into a worried frown.
"The final boarding pass goes to…"
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"Gwen!" cried Chris.
Katie and Sadie gasped. Gwen sighed in relief, as did Cody, Trent, and Duncan. Heather looked outraged.
"Sierra?! You voted for-?! What the (BLEEP)!" Heather babbled.
"Well, Sadie did jinx us." Sierra explained, but this was only the secondary reason. Ever since Cody got an S in the apple game back in New York, with Katie assuming it must have meant Sadie, the fangirl had secretly harbored jealous resentment against the shorter BFFFL.
"You traitor!" Heather snapped.
"Heather, my loyalty is to Cody!" Sierra claimed, folding her arms.
"Oh really? I'll have you know that Cody deliberately left you behind today!"
"What?" Sierra uttered.
"No, I didn't!" said Cody.
"Cody did a headcount earlier this morning!" Heather explained. "He said we had everyone, and we took his word for it! Big mistake. Because it was only when we got to Machu Picchu that we discovered you weren't there! The only reason Cody went to save you is because we forced him to!"
"I… I…" Sierra looked as though she didn't want to believe it.
"I can confirm this!" said Chris, grinning maliciously.
"Where did that TV come from?" Cody asked. Chris ignored him and turned on the screen. It showed footage of Cody counting the group, with him declaring with a confident smile that everyone was present and accounted for.
"There ya go!" said Chris. Cody was cringing.
"Cody…?" said Sierra, looking shocked.
"It was an accident! I swear!" he protested.
"Oh, was it, Cody?" Chris asked slyly. "You've been trying to get rid of Sierra ever since she transferred to your team! Here, Sierra! Take a gander at this!"
Chris tossed Sierra Cody's passport. With dread, the fangirl opened it up to find a sticker of the Egyptian flag on her picture. Tears leaked from her eyes and she began sobbing.
Confessional: Sierra
"He left me behind?! The president of his fan club?! After all I did for him! Foot rubs! Hair collections! I mean… It's just so… CODYYYYYYYYYYY!" (Wails)
End Confessional
Cody ran onto the plane as quickly as possible to avoid the drama. The only ones more upset than Sierra were Katie and Sadie, both of whom were saying long, overemotional goodbyes to each other. After five minutes, once everyone had boarded, Chris got sick of waiting and had Chef drag Katie aboard the plane. They took off, leaving Sadie behind.
Meanwhile, in First Class…
"Aw finally!" Justin cried, getting a facial. "Been too long since I got the chance to take care of myself! I should thank Sadie for her stupidity…"
A stewardess was serving DJ and Lindsay cookies.
"More fresh-baked cookies? Don't mind if I do!" said the gentle giant.
"Hey, DJ…" said Lindsay shyly. "Would it be okay if…?"
"If Tyler joined us here in First Class?" DJ guessed. Lindsay nodded. "Of course!"
Lindsay pecked DJ on the cheek and ran to Economy to fetch her boyfriend.
"Tyler? Tyler!" she called.
"We win! We win! We win!" Ezekiel chanted. "We are the winnerest winners of them all!"
Confessional: Heather
"Okay, so I have no idea whether or not Cody left Sierra behind on purpose! But it doesn't matter! They are all going to pay for this betrayal! And then, I'll crush Alejandro for dessert!"
End Confessional
"Ooh! Heather's mad!" Chris narrated from the cockpit. "Tune in for the fallout! Next time! On Total… Drama… World Tour!"
Votes
Cody: Sadie
Courtney: Sadie
Gwen: Sadie
Heather: Gwen
Katie: Gwen
Sadie: Gwen
Sierra: Sadie
Results
Sadie: 4 votes
Gwen: 3 votes
Rankings
19. Sadie
20. Leshawna
21. Geoff
22. Bridgette
23. Harold
24. Beth
Author's note: Alright! It's time for Team Victory's much-anticipated break! I don't think of Team Victory as a bad team. It's just that with Team's Amazon and Minotaur having such powerhouses and strategical geniuses… Well, someone's gotta be in last place no matter how good they are. For the challenge itself, I had the teams switch routes to shake things up a little. I had Trent and Duncan follow the Amazons so they could talk to Cody. I switched out the giant mosquito for a harpy eagle because the giant insect
Team Amazon has their second elimination in the form of Sadie. I thank lordgemini for giving me a reason to have Sierra target Sadie. I originally had Sadie getting eliminated just because she jinxed the team, but as we saw in canon, that wasn't really enough to sway her vote. I didn't really have anything planned for Sadie other than the running gag of her and Katie forgetting what country/province/city they were in and arguing about it. Will Katie get more characterization now that she's outlasted her friend this time?
Finally, Sierra's discovered that Cody does not want her around. Did he actually leave her behind on purpose? Or was it an honest mistake? To those Cody fans out there, let me assure you, their plot will see some divergence starting next chapter.