Topher was smiling to himself as he looked at his phone in a very comfy lounging area "I can't believe I went so long without the internet…"
He checked out TokTik with an excited smile, hoping his video was getting a bunch of views. But when he found that it only had 25 views his smile dropped immediately.
"Nyeh!" he tossed his phone at the wall "Who needs the internet anyways!?"
His hair was in a mess before quickly fixing it to how it usually is "Hehe, sorry about that. Let's just cut that in editing"
The host looked off-screen again with a small scowl "What do you mean we can't edit that part out!? Just do someth-"
It cuts to static before Nelly was now standing where he was in the lounge "Last time on…" she looked off-screen "Total Drama, whatever this is, the contestants were put onto new teams to spice things up. At least that's what Topher told me. And their mission? Fixing the lagging computer systems and find out who did it"
It then shows Insignificant on his hands and knees trying to clean up some green substance on the floor "And that someone was Insignificant. I wanted to just harvest his organs but Topher said that's an average Sunday where he's from"
"But in the end, the new Kombatants kille- I mean eliminated Dylan in a tiebreaker with a now much more confident Mimos" it shows Mimos throwing up outside of the monkey ball.
"But that was just the first challenge with these new contestants. Let's see how they can handle an even more stressful challenge 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 just 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 playing a game in a room before Charlotte laughed confidently once beating the gamer.
"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 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
Liz was one of the first people on her team to wake up. She groaned slightly as she heard someone using the bathroom, which was right across from her bed. She slowly got up before tapping the bathroom door "C-can you do this later?" she whispered "It's kinda early"
The door slowly creaked open, revealing Veronica wearing only a towel as she brushed her teeth. She didn't seem to even care that Liz was clearly checking her out before spitting into the sink.
"Sorry, Elizabeth" she gave her a bright, friendly smile "I just wanted to sprucen up a little bit you know?
"R-r-right. I'm glad you're not too upset about being placed in the last place rooming" she smiled, trying to not let her eyes wander.
"Well, it helps that you're here" Veronica smirked flirtatiously "I mean I don't know how I'd be able to go on with this new team if it wasn't for you. Do you mind getting me my clothes please?"
"Are you sure you need them?" Liz whispered excitedly.
Veronica fought the urge to roll her eyes "Yes silly, I can't walk around with nothing on~"
Liz silently nodded, though a bit disappointedly. She returned to the room proper, grabbed her usual choice of clothing, and handed it to her.
"Thanks, dear. You're one of the good ones" she leans closer to Liz, licking her lips before just kissing her on the cheek.
The team mom's face turned bright red as she let out a surprised squeak. "Now, would you mind if-"
"If I were to help you get dressed?" Liz smiled "Well, while it may be inappropriate to do on national tv, I think I can live with pushing the envelope a bit"
Veronica silently tried to contain her disgust "I-I think I'll be fine on my own thank you"
"If you're sure. But know that if you ever need anything. And I mean anything. I'll be here in moments" Liz's grin was still growing.
"I'll… keep it in mind" and with that Veronica slammed the door in Liz's face.
Confessional: Liz
"I always thought Veronica was attractive, but I never thought she'd actually come onto me!" she was sitting up, very obviously excited "After Camila stated she thought I was… disgusting I'm glad I finally found someone who made a move on me first. Imagine what we might get up to before the end of the season…"
Confessional: Veronica
Veronica was wiping her lips before spitting off-screen "Ugh, kissing her was such a pain. Since I don't have Ellis simping for me and staying on my team I have to make my own moves. And Camila practically threw her ally into my hands. I just wish the ally she gave up would've actually been appealing"
XXX
Later in the morning, after the sun had risen, the Plumber room was falling into total disarray. There was clothing and random junk thrown around the entire room.
"We're finally turning this place into a pigsty?" Ian smiled a bit "About time, this first class room would be so much nicer with some dirt everywhere" he started throwing off his shirt just to add onto the piles.
"Let's please try to keep this place neat, please" Walter cautioned while grabbing Ian's shirt and folding it back on his bed.
"Tell that to the furry" Maxine threw her thumb over her shoulder to Vinnie.
She still hadn't gotten her costume back and was furiously looking around the room to try finding where she might have put it.
"Vinnie…" Mitzy looked down at the other girl "I hate to be the bearer of bad news" she giggled a little at her own pun "But I don't think it's still here. Maybe a maid or something accidentally took it to clean it?"
"I need it…" Vinnie was slowly laying down on the ground like she was just waiting to die.
Ian just stared at the miserable Vinnie "Well, at least we already know who'll be the team's deadweight if we lose" he shrugged "I'm gonna go get some breakfast"
As Ian left, most of the others chose to follow behind him, only leaving Bailey. The Lil Freeziepop goes over to try hugging Vinnie, but the bear enthusiast silently slinked out of her grip.
"I'm going to go see if Topher did hire maids…" she murmured before walking away.
Confessional: Vinnie
The bear fan was looking down at the table with a miserable expression "He laughed when I asked if we had maids… I think I really lost the costume…" she looks like she was about to break down and cry.
XXX
Once again it seemed like a mostly peaceful day for the majority of the contestants. In the middle of the large plaza, Maxine was leading Mitzy to a large fountain.
"So what are we doing?" Mitzy frowned slightly at the leader's directions.
"Mitzy, Mitzy, Mitzy. We have the most important mission of all!" Maxine spoke with confidence before ducking behind the fountain and beckoning her to follow.
Mitzy silently crouched next to her, seeing that they were both just watching Marty flirting with Jazmine and Ellis as they ate what looked like actual ice cream.
"How did they get ice cream? I want some" Mitzy droops.
"You're focusing on the wrong part" Maxine frowned at her minion.
Mitzy silently side-eyed her "What's the part I should be focusing on then? Marty making new friends on his team?"
"Exactly!"
The superhero fan tried to keep from rolling her eyes at Maxine "Well maybe we should start doing the same thing as him. Bailey and Vinnie are close and Ian's just trying to get close with everyone"
Maxine crossed her arms and frowned "None of our teammates are perfect… for villainy like Marty"
Mitzy sighed slightly before sitting down on the ground. She pulled a notebook from her pocket "Ok. We can stalk Marty all you want. I'm just going to be working on my comic in the meantime"
Maxine nodded, still watching Marty as he flirted with both of them, quietly grumbling of vengeance. Mitzy meanwhile wasn't paying either of them any mind.
She was creating a new duo of villains that were pretty clearly inspired by Maxine and Marty as the smaller villain with purple hair was constantly simping the taller villain who just ignored her attention.
Eventually, Mitzy got up and was getting ready to go and just talk with Marty already when they could suddenly hear a loud groan over the speakers. "What?" Jazmine frowned.
"I… hope that's not the kind of groan I was thinking of" Marty frowned slightly.
The speaker suddenly cuts off before cutting back in "Hello contestants" Nelly spoke "Would all of the contestants please arrive at the beach? Wear your swimsuits if you feel inclined, easier to see your organs that way"
Many of the contestants felt an immediate wave of concern at the idea of Nelly being in charge of this challenge. But either way, they started making their way to the beaches in their groups.
On the Maggots, Marty looked the most excited for the beach day, barely stopping himself from jumping right into the water. He was wearing a lime and cyan swimsuit. "I've been looking forward to a beach challenge since we got here!"
"Makes one of us" Bobby murmured from his side. The large slob was wearing black swim trunks with a white t-shirt. Naturally said shirt was covered in grease stains.
"Oh, right" Ellis smiled warmly at Bobby "You're scared of losing all of your snack history don't you?" Bobby silently nodded, looking happy Ellis remembered that from a while ago.
Ellis was wearing simple blue swim trunks, nothing especially. Jazmine was also wearing the same outfit from their last beach day, though it was noticeably a bit more green.
"I hope we're playing water sports. Maybe underwater wrestling" Colmillo grinned as she punched her fists together. She was wearing a green bikini but also still had her mask.
Therion chuckled softly "I don't think anyone would be able to take you on in any sport" Therion wore a black and red knee-length swim trunk with wolf patterns, and a black short sleeve rash guard, and custom-made black goggles.
Colmillo looked at him and snickered a bit "Goggles, really? Are you afraid of the water getting in your eyes?" she teased him.
"Makes it easier to swim in the water" he shrugged a little.
To that team's right, the Plumbers were also in one big group. None of the teammates seemed as into talking as the Maggots.
Walter was standing slightly in front of the team, and he was only wearing black swim trunks. And slightly behind him, Ian was wearing a dirty white tank top and dirty green gym shorts.
"Did you not hear the announcement?" Walter tilted his head at Ian's attire.
"No I heard" he shrugged a little "But why waste money on a swimsuit? I mean just look at the freezie pop, she doesn't even look like she's about to go swimming" he snickered.
Bailey was standing next to them, paying them no mind at all. She was dressed up, as usual, actually wearing even more layers of clothing as she shook nervously.
Vinnie, standing away from the rest of her team was silently glancing at her nervous shaking. She was wearing a simple yellow one-piece.
"Are you ok Bailey?" She quietly whispered.
Bailey looked up to her, not expecting her to start a conversation "Y-yea, I'm fine… i-ignoring that I will die if I-I-I touch the water"
Vinnie frowned slightly "I-I know you're really cold all the time but would that really kill you"
"No. Well, probably" she admitted.
The last two on the team were Maxine and Mitzy. Maxine was just watching Mitzy finish up more of her comic. Both girls were wearing the same swimsuits as during the CPR debacle.
"Quite the diabolical cast" Maxine grinned.
"Yea, I'll admit you're pretty helpful with this" Mitzy smiled "Perfect inspiration"
"Naturally!"
And then lastly, there was the Kombatants.
"Ugh, it's way too hot" Veronica groaned while trying to cover her face from the bright sun. She was wearing a fabulous pink two-piece bikini with glitter all over it.
Liz silently smiled as Veronica leaned back to show some chest "D-do you want me to cover your skin from the sun?"
The team mom was wearing a very plain yellow one-piece. "That would be greaaaat, thanks" Veronica smiled "If the challenge is on the beach I might even let you put on my sunscreen~"
Liz grinned excitedly as she stood in front of the sun's rays. Camila silently watched their interaction with a slowly growing frown "Since when have those two been getting along?" she gestured to them while looking back at Mitch and Mimos.
Camila was wearing the same swimsuit as she did in the hot tub, which was a colorful bikini with Roma patterns.
"Why do you care?" Mitch looked at her. He was only wearing a white swim shirt and black swim trunks "That's kinda sus when you called her disgusting. Are you secretly one of those yandere girls who gets upset whenever their crush hits on someone else?"
Camila scowled "Don't even joke about that. I could do so much better than her"
"Then how about you stop whining to us about Liz getting a new woman" Mimos frowned. He was only wearing brown swim trunks "No one cares about your stupid love life"
Confessional: Camila
She started the confessional by scoffing "I don't know why they think I care about that fowl woman. But, Veronica befriending and flirting with her is a firm concern" she frowned "I lost Bailey and Vinnie, so if I lose Liz I'm effectively at the bottom of the team's totem pole. And I'm not letting that happen"
XXX
The contestants continued to wait until Nelly arrived with a full scuba diver outfit on, along with some weird item attached to her ear. She smiled at the contestants, sending a chill up their spines "Goooooood day contestants!"
She got a few half-hearted "good days" here and there.
"Come on gang, at least try being excited! It's our first swimsuit challenge, that's something to celebrate!" Nelly was weirdly chipper today.
Still nothing. "Oh fine, we'll just get to the challenge then. Today, we will be going down, down, down into the deep blue sea. Where monsters man can only imagine exists! Down there, you all will need to make forts and bases that will protect you from the outside."
"What's the actual challenge then?" Mitzy perked up slightly "Is it just not dying?"
"Glad you asked!" Nelly smiled before gesturing to the side, where Insignificant was dragging three giant boxes filled with objects
"You're going down there and as stated you will make bases. The most stable and effective forts will win. Worst fort will result in elimination"
Vinnie raised her hand this time "Yes, furry girl" Nelly pointed at her.
"Bailey wouldn't be safe in the water with her condition. You could get in a lot of trouble for that" Vinnie crossed her arms.
Nelly silently stared at the bear-enthusiast "Are you maybe on the wrong show? I don't think you realize that since I'm hosting casualties are to be expected and accepted"
"Hey, yea" Ellis frowned "Where's Topher?"
"Another good question" Nelly smiled, clearly annoying Vinnie by her just passing right over her question "The execs wanted him to come back for something or other. Doesn't matter to me"
"So you're just going to let Bailey die?" Vinnie spoke back up again.
"...yes?" Nelly looked at her, hoping she was answering correctly. When Vinnie just continued to glare she sighed "Oh fine, we'll get your team a submarine to get down there"
"Hey, that's not fair" she heard multiple people start complaining. "Why do they get one but no one else?" Colmillo glared.
Nelly groaned even louder "Fine!" she tapped her earpiece "Lana, get us three submarines. We're gonna need all three for these babies"
Bobby smiled a bit "Sweet, I can save my snacks…" he pulled one from his hair before munching on it very loudly.
Nelly silently glared at the contestants, annoyed by them wasting her time as Lana came forward with one submarine pulling the other two forward with one rope "They're here"
"Finally!" Nelly turned around, finally acknowledging Insignificant again, who was barely standing under the weight at this point. She walked over and grabbed one of the three boxes before tossing it aside, causing the contents to fall out.
Inside of it was many scuba helmets and oxygen containers attached to them "And here is what you'll use to swim around and grab all the junk at the bottom of the ocean. You all have until the morning to make your perfect home base."
As she spoke Insignificant collapsed on the ground revealing more of their scuba gear "You're all free to start running down now! Your junk will be waiting for you"
The contestants silently stared at her "If you don't hurry we can always change this challenge to one about playing surgeon simulator~"
Almost everyone started quickly moving to grab the equipment, put it on, and then got into their submarines before she could actually consider doing what she was threatening.
"Glad they're so excited now" she smiled.
In the Maggots submarine, they were slowly going down under the water with Therion piloting the sub. Colmillo looked around the submarine with a scowl.
"This is way too small, it's like there's barely any room to do anything!" The wrestler complained.
"Ugh, why are you always this focused on fighting?" Jazmine rolled her eyes.
"What could be more fun than that?" Colmillo stared back, seemingly surprised someone would want to not wrestle.
"Eh, no reason to know what someone likes to do" Marty shrugged with a smile "It works for her figure anyways"
"Please, she's hardly model levels of beautiful like someone on this submarine" Jazmine smirked while leaning back.
"Oh, thank you for noticing" Bobby smiled.
Ellis silently rolled his eyes, before noticing the submarine nozzle was down "I wonder if we're close to the destination" he looked through the nozzle to see that they were slowly making their way to a large garbage pile.
"That's great" Therion smiled "Though I don't know how we're supposed to get out and grab the trash. Opening this deep would just fill it with water"
"Eh, not like we need to worry that much about the water" Colmillo tapped her helmet "I'll just scare the water into not taking over our sub"
"That won't work" Jazmine deadpanned.
"I'll just shut the door when you all get out" Bobby shrugged "I'm sure I can be fast enough to close it… I have cat-like reflexes" he smiled while slowly moving his hands in a pawing motion.
"By cat-like are you specifically referring to Garfield?" the maid cosplayer mocked.
Colmillo was getting pretty tired of the back and forth as she grabbed Marty, Ellis, and Jazmine under her arms "Alright Therion, let's just get going. We can just trust Bobby can close the door in time"
The gamer nodded as he walked up behind her. Therion pulled on the door, quickly shooting out with Colmillo and the rest of their team out. Bobby took a moment before shutting the hatch in one swift motion as he parked himself down on the ground.
As the now group of five landed on the floor and started swiftly grabbing anything they could find, the other two teams quickly started landing. The only other contestant sitting out in this challenge appeared to be Bailey.
"Alright maggots" Mimos turned around with a confident expression.
"I think we're the Kombatants actually" Mitch corrected.
Mimos silently bonked him on the head "Not the point. Grab whatever you can find and then bring it to me. I'll build our fort no problem!"
"Always clever with the plans aren't we?" Camila snarked.
"If you have a problem you can bring it up with whatever's down here!" he snapped.
Everyone on the team scowled at him, with the exception of Mitch who was already going to grab some junk from the floor.
Confessional: Mitch
"I know Mimos is a total jerk and just not fun to be around, but there's one positive to his behavior. I know what he's thinking and how he plans to do something. With the others I know they're lying to me to try and lower my guard. But with that nutcase, I know that he wants to physically harm people who don't follow him. So I at least don't have to guess that he will rip me in half"
XXX
Once he eventually got the group to get to work picking up the junk, they continue for a good while until the sun started getting close to setting.
"You have to do something about Mimos, Liz" Veronica smiled at the team mom "I mean, his attitude is really starting to get on everyone's nerves right?"
Liz frowned slightly "A-are you suggesting we should try to take him out?"
Veronica put a finger to her lip, before leaning ever so close "I don't think you need to take him out. I just think you should put that wonderful mind to good use~"
Liz blushed with a proud smile "I-I guess I could try taking charge as the leader. I do hate seeing how upset he makes you and Camila. And maybe if I'm in charge I can make Mitch feel less paranoid" the more she talked the happier she got.
"That's the spirit" the rich girl grinned "And who knows, I hear for some power is pretty attractive" she moved her side to hip bump with Liz before walking away.
Liz's smile only grew wider and wider.
The teams continued to swiftly pick up items all across the floor. Though on the Plumbers it was starting to become noticeable that one of them was trailing behind. "Should we do something about her?" Walter worried.
Vinnie was silently dragging herself on the ocean's floor. Just scooping up anything she dragged past.
Ian smirked "I'm sure she's fine. It's like losing your teddy bear. Except she's way too old for it"
Vinnie silently looked up to them, before looking to their other teammates. Maxine and Mitzy were both casually chatting and having a good time collecting things.
"And this will be for my next bomb-inator!" The villainess cackled dominantly.
Vinnie's expression slowly morphed into a scowl when suddenly everyone could hear a loud commotion.
Ian and Walter quickly started looking around again, trying to see what was going on when suddenly a giant black mass was moving towards the contestants.
"What the hell is that!?" Ian's eyes widened seeing the swarm getting closer.
"I sense… a dark and ravenous force moving closer" Camila kept her calm.
"Everyone get into our base now!" Mimos yelled to his team.
"It looks like it's just a cloud to me" Jazmine noted.
As the cloud of darkness continued to get closer and closer it became clearer what they were now looking at. They could now see that it was just a giant swarm of fat dark blue piranha-like fish.
"You… might want to rethink that statement" Marty chuckled nervously before sprinting to their team's base.
Everyone ran and hid inside their bases by the time the giant swarm finally came crashing in. All three of their bases at this point were effectively just shacks sitting on the ocean's floor.
Every house shook around, feeling the force of a thousand creatures slamming into their house. Alongside that, they could hear loud munching and growling noises. The Mega-Maggots whole building even collapsed on its side.
Thankfully for the teams, the swarm eventually left them alone. The Kombatants were the first ones to make their way out of their base, finding that the other two bases were completely destroyed.
"I have to admit you did a good job on the construction Mimos" Liz pat him on the back.
"Trust me I know that quite well. Like the others could compare to what I've got going on here" Mimos smirked confidently while looking at the others. The maggots were still on its side, and the Plumbers had lost the entirety of their ceiling and the majority of their walls.
The Maggots slowly pulled themselves out of their downed house, with Mitzy and Maxine coming out first "What… were those things?"
Maxine just smiled excitedly "I don't know, but I know I have to catch one!"
Confessional: Maxine
She was mischievously rubbing her hands together "I've been so distracted with… other issues. But I shouldn't let something such as that get in the way of evil!" she cackled manically "If I can gain control of even one of these deep-sea monsters I'll be able to rule this whole island!"
XXX
With how damaged their buildings were, it was no surprise that the submarines now had some holes growing in them. Vinnie's eyes widened in realization as she grabbed as much junk as she could and tried to cover the holes in the submarine.
"She's really starting to take up our resources" Ian grumbled "We shouldn't have to worry about her when the others are already starting to fix things up again!"
He gestured to how everyone on the Maggots was trying to rebuild while the Kombatants were only building stronger.
"I don't care" Vinnie grumbled while covering the holes "As long as Bailey's safe this whole day wasn't a waste ever since I got up in the morning" she murmured.
Ian just shrugged "Ok, so only four of us want to last past this challenge. Good to see. Because I have a plan that blows the rest of them away"
Maxine raised her hands "I'm not taking questions, that will waste far too long!" he lowered her hand for her.
"What's the plan then?" Walter looked curious.
Ian smiled a bit "We… go underground!"
Mitzy and Maxine silently stared at him "I always wanted an evil base underground" Maxine smiled a bit.
"At least hopefully most of the monsters aren't the ones underground" Mitzy murmured "I guess it's a good idea"
With that, all four of them got down on their hands and knees and started digging as fast as they could to finish before another monster comes in. Vinnie eventually got the entirety of the submarine covered again as she slowly floated to the ground to curl up into a ball.
While she was sadly hoping for Bailey's safety Bobby was beginning to float around in the water. A large black… god knows what surrounded him in the water as he rapidly spun around.
"A-all my food!" the slob cried out miserably as the snacks started floating to the darker side of the ocean. He tried swimming after them before getting his leg grabbed.
Bobby turned around to see Colmillo glaring at him "I already find your laziness almost insulting, so don't think you're going to just go running away"
"B-but my snacks…"
"Go grab some more parts. We've got a new plan going now that Therion made"
The slob silently sighed, nodding his head as he floated back over to the group. Though the moment he got close Ellis and Jazmine noticed the disgusting grime floating around him and quickly made room between them and it. He didn't seem to care though, silently staring at his lost food.
The contestants were given another long span of time to themselves, only getting the occasional water monster slinking by not harming anything. And thus, night finally crawled around.
Most of the Kombatants were simply hiding in their now fully developed building. Mimos was about to shut the door behind Mitch when the cameraman walked up to the door.
"What?" Mimos frowned as someone presumably talked off-screen "You want a tour of this place? Really? Ok, I guess" he shrugged a little before opening the door for the cameraman.
The moment the door closed shut the water was spilled out of the room and they could take off their oxygen tanks and helmets. The camera looked around impressed at the mostly clean-looking white walls.
"How we did do this?" he looked back at the camera "Well when we found out that the monsters would likely keep coming some of us started getting more serious" he started walking ahead, specifically eyeing Veronica who was sitting in a game room playing chess with Mitch.
"Are you talking about me!?" Veronica growled.
"Please, I would never talk about you glitter bomb" Mimos rolled his eyes.
Mitch silently looked down at the chess pieces, before looking back up at Veronica and shoving his pieces into Veronica's "I never learned to play" he admitted.
"Me neither" she shrugged before sighing. "I wish we brought some actual games down here"
Mimos continued to walk around with the cameraman, showing that they basically had a building that was multiple hallways going to different rooms. As they walked they passed by a room Liz was in. She was crouching on the ground to try cementing the cracks shut.
"I can't believe Mimos is just fine with all these cracks inside of here. If we don't watch these we'll be six feet under in no time…" she murmured while crawling over to another to fix it up.
As she closed the crack she could hear the door suddenly open and close "Yes?" she turned her head to see who entered.
Camila had quickly bridged the distance while the team mom was distracted, so as to now basically have her bikini-clad appearance right in front of her.
"Oh… hey Camila" she seemed a little disappointed at her appearance, even if her eyes still wandered.
"Why are you so down?" Camila grinned while leaning down to put her chest closer to her face.
"B-because the hottest woman here called me gross? I don't want to make you uncomfortable Camila, so I promise I'll try to keep my comments to myself"
Camila smiled as she crouched down in front of Liz "Oh dear, dear, dear. Did you truly believe that what I said was an insult?"
Liz silently and slowly nodded her head, causing Camila to giggle playfully "Darling, I didn't mean it. It was purely a game to make sure no one else knew how close we've gotten" she cupped Liz's cheeks. The ones of her face specifically.
The team mom lit up, blushing in surprise "R-really? T-that was all strategy? I'm not weird?"
Camila just continued to smile "Not at all, you're the best ally I could ever hope for. And my crystal ball has told me that we have a wonderful future ahead of us."
Liz's blush only continued to grow on her face as she started leaning closer to Camila. The psychic took a deep breath before quickly pecking her on the lips and pulling back. "Can't get too smitten while the others are around" she flirted before standing up.
Even though it was just one peck, Liz looked like she was on cloud nine as she lay on her back with a large dopey smile. "M-Makes sense…"
"I'll see you around" Camila blew her a kiss before sauntering out of the room. Once the door was closed again Camila rubbed her wrist over her lips while gagging.
"Thank the spirits that worked" she groaned before walking away to just be in a room that didn't have Liz in it.
Meanwhile, the Maggots created a strategy beyond just making their home as sturdy as possible. Around almost every corner of their base was covered in large, sharp blades.
"I must admit, I feel pretty safe" Ellis smiled while sitting back and getting ready to sleep. The inside of their base was more like one giant warehouse without much inside to distract themselves with.
Bobby walked towards him, presumably going to take a seat next to him. "H-hey buddy" Ellis forced a smile "I have a better idea"
The slob tilted his head with a smile, just curious to hear what he had to say "You should stay at the front of the shack" Ellis used a rake they found outside in the dumps to slowly push Bobby to the front door "You listen to the outside. If you hear anything dangerous make sure to call alright?"
Bobby smiled and nodded "Yes sir…" he slowly saluted before turning back to the door.
At another part of the shelter, Colmillo and Therion were both lying near each other. Naturally not touching but still being close.
The wrestler glanced over at Therion, who was playing a small game on his handheld. She slowly started scooting closer to see what he was doing "What nerdy thing are you doing there?" she smirked.
Therion silently scooted a little away from her "J-just an RPG… nothing crazy or anything"
Colmillo's eyes widened slightly "You have a rocket launcher on that thing?" her smirk grew "Why did we build the defenses when we could just blow them up!?"
Therion couldn't help but chuckle softly at the misunderstanding "No, no. It stands for role-playing game… i-it's basically games that go by turns to fight someone"
"That sounds slow and boring" Colmillo frowned while trying to get closer again, only for Therion to once again scoot away.
"I don't know I think it's fun" at this point the both of them are scooting in the same direction until Colmillo eventually tackles him onto the ground and pulled him in a headlock.
Confessional: Colmillo
"That little trickster" the wrestler snickered, "Trying to play keep away. He was practically begging to wrestle there. At this point, he should really just ask"
Confessional: Therion
Therion silently frowned as he held his now destroyed console "
XXX
Then lastly, down under the ground we found the Plumbers together as it got even later into the night. They had a mix of the other two team's strategies, with them having multiple routes with larger rooms. But, for their genius plans, they had it all underground!
Everyone was sitting together, though there was a clear lack of Maxine anywhere.
Bailey at the very least managed to be helped out of the submarine and into their base without her having to touch too much of the freezing water.
"Finally have freezie pop around. I almost forgot earlier she was stuck in the sub" Ian smirked a bit.
"Do you always have to make rude comments?" Walter frowned, noticing how annoyed Bailey and Vinnie were.
"Just for people who aren't very helpful" he shrugged.
"Just because it's true doesn't mean you have to say it" Bailey murmured sadly "I-I can't help it…"
Vinnie looked like she was about to say something before Walter quickly spoke up "s-so Mitzy, I noticed Maxine isn't here. What's that about?"
Mitzy looked up from her notebook "Maxine… Maxine… oh, yea, she's going out into the dark to try and find something"
That almost immediately worried the others "w-what do you think s-s-she was looking for?" Bailey asked first.
The hero enthusiast shrugged "Not sure to be honest. I think she was talking about going around and trying to influence one of them"
All four of the others silently glanced at each other, when it suddenly cut to Maxine slowly floating through the dark abyss that is the ocean. She had a new machine in her hands that looked like a special helmet. Not that kind, it had lightbulbs on it and a bunch of other random junk she found.
She was loudly whistling, which wasn't very easy to hear since she had her helmet blocking the noise "Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
Maxine looked around while continuing to walk absent-mindedly. "I'm starting to think I'm not going to get anywhere" she grumbled.
As she continued to walk, she suddenly felt the ground breaking under her. She looked down to see that she had accidentally walked all the way to the edge of a seemingly endless canyon. She quickly turned around, trying to sprint away from the edge.
But since she was underwater, it was hard to make progress as the ground completely collapsed. She screamed in fear, expecting to go plummeting to her death.
To her surprise, instead of dying, she started slowly floating downwards "Oh… this is so totally boring" she murmured.
She sighed miserably as she continued to float deeper and deeper. Eventually, she actually seemed to hit something boney and scaly.
When the villainess turned around, she could see two large, blue, glowing eyes staring directly at her. Maxine smirked as she pulled out her helmet again "Oh, now this is perfect!"
Before the monster could react, Maxine jumped over its beak and slammed the helmet on top of it, quickly turning the helmet on to start controlling it. Suddenly bright lights illuminated the monster from its sides. It appeared to be a large serpent with dark blue sacks on its sides that released a bright light. It only had two legs in front with webbed feet.
"Rise my monster!" she smiled while staring back into its eyes "Your powers will be needed for a much greater purpose!"
The monster nodded its head as it stood at attention "GREAT! Now, climb the cliffside, our victory awaits!"
The monster slowly started climbing the wall with its front feet as Maxine laughed manically "Here we come, contestants!"
Back at the bases, everyone at this point was fast asleep, with most everyone sleeping away from someone else. With the exceptions of Camila and Liz: where Liz snuggled her at first until Camila put a body pillow between them, and Colmillo with Therion: where Therion was forced to just sleep in a headlock.
As they slept, the sound of strong slamming noises could be heard in every direction. Slowly, the contestants began to stir, getting confused about what the noise was now. Except for Bobby, who no one on his team could actually manage to wake.
Bailey also chose to hide in their base out of fear of the water.
Once most of the teams were outside, they could see Maxine coming closer on top of the large dragon-like monster "Greetings civilians!" she called while cackling.
"What the…?" Mimos frowned.
Mitzy sighed sadly "What's Maxine doing now?"
"Hey, Maxine!" Marty smiled and waved his hands to say hello "Whatcha doing with the big lizard guy?"
"I'm coming with a warning" Maxine grinned manically.
"She's coming?" Marty frowned as he tried to understand what she was saying.
"With a warning!" She leaned down, trying to give a threatening expression "All of you may choose to leave the competition or I shall crush you with Seymore!"
"No way am I giving up a million" Ian glared back at her "I'd rather you crush my whole team than to give it up!"
"I don't think he speaks for everyone" Walter nervously tried to calm down the situation.
"Same goes here" Mimos crossed his arms "I'm not scared of that thing"
"Bring it on!" Colmillo cheered, just wanting to gloat about pile driving a sea monster.
Maxine sighed half-heartedly "I suppose my EVIL plan will have to continue" she gave her monster the go-ahead to start swimming around the area, crushing any buildings in its way.
The three that were quick to speak out against Maxine almost immediately started fighting against her. Though even with Colmillo's immense strength, they weren't making much progress.
The rest of the contestants simply ran to their bases to try to keep whatever they could in one piece. Which had… varying results as some pieces came crashing down onto Liz and Ellis.
Surprisingly, however, the monster seemed to see the rubble falling for them and swatted it out of the way.
Ellis sighed in relief "Oh thank god"
"I didn't think Maxine would actually instruct it to not hurt us" Liz smiled a little knowing the others wouldn't be in as much danger.
At the top of the monster, Maxine cackled loudly in victory, before wheezing at accidentally swallowing some of her spit down the wrong pipe. She banged her chest with a grunt "I hate when that happens"
"I don't know if she's laser-focused on that" Ellis murmured.
While she was distracted with pure diabolical victory the monster continued to destroy everything in sight. Which, in the end, would become its greatest downside.
At the Maggot base, it easily tore everything off of it until it was effectively just the floor. Leaving a sleeping Bobby satisfyingly laying on the floor.
The monster lowered its paw slowly on the slob, clearly getting ready to crush him. The only one nearby was Jaz, who silently watched the scene.
"Oh no… Bobby" she faked concern as she moved in extreme slow motion.
Eventually, its foot slammed down on his body before it continued its trail of chaos.
Bobby was now in the middle of a large crater. He still looked to be passed out when his eyes suddenly opened to reveal they were bloodshot.
He stood up, not caring about where he was or what happened as he looked around at everyone screaming and panicking. He slowly turned his attention to the large monster.
Step by step he walked closer with his eyes lowered into a death glare. He grabbed the beast by the tail before slamming it onto its side.
Everyone, including Maxine and the monster, stared in shock at Bobby's sudden strength.
"I… was trying to sleep!" He screamed before repeatedly slamming the monster on the ground over and over again. Like a caveman beating a rock.
When he finally ended his tantrum he threw the monster on top of the entrance to the Plumber base. He silently glanced at a terrified Maxine before passing out again.
Maxine stared silently at the now sleeping giant, before looking over at the dragon. While people were forced to just try rebuilding she swam over to the dragon's head and grabbed the helmet on top of its head.
As she started running back to Bobby she could tell that the sun was beginning to rapidly rise over the horizon. Looking up she could see what looked like another submarine coming down as she placed her helmet on top of the slob's head.
"Rise my minion!" she raised her hands in a dramatic pose, but her minion never rose. He just kept snoring.
Mere seconds afterwords a hologram of Nelly appeared in front of the contestants "It's morning gamers! So. Let's see what we've got here"
Her hologram looked across the piles of rubble. She could see the Kombatants and Maggots were trying their best to rebuild what they had at some point. "Mhm…" she looked over to the Plumbers, who were just trying to move the large fish from covering their entrance.
"Well, overall you guys are kinda disappointing!" she admitted disappointedly. She pulled out a controller and started using a switch to make any monster nearby walk away "Guess I notched the robots up too high"
"Just tell us we won already" Veronica smirked.
"Well, you do have more of your parts still together. So the Kombatants win first place! Maggots, you're second. And Plumbers, I'm excited to see you all at the elimination ceremony"
All of the plumbers sighed while glaring directly at Maxine. "How are we going to get up?" Jazmine frowned "Most of our subs got destroyed earlier"
"Not my problem!" Nelly cackled before soaring back up to the top of the sea. Leaving everyone even more annoyed.
Confessional: Colmillo
Colmillo seemed pretty pumped up, even if her team was only in second place "Did you see how Bobby took down that giant monster!?" she was repeatedly punching the air "I barely put a dent into it before he got grouchy! Ohhohohoh I gotta fight that man!"
Confessional: Ian
"Bummer I tried to carry this team only for half of the team to be completely useless the entire time. So honestly I'm excited to vote for anyone!"
XXX
Eventually, everyone came back up to the surface, but it cut straight to everyone sitting in the elimination ceremony. Everyone was soaking wet and wrapping towels around themselves.
Bailey was practically one giant ball of blanketing. Not so surprising Nelly was still in charge of the scene as she stood at the podium "I'm… not very good at the whole snark thing… so let's just get straight to the voting yea?"
The contestants seemed relieved at her lack of interest as they quickly nodded "Alright" she smiled a little before shooing them "Go ahead then"
Confessional: Mitzy
Mitzy looked disappointed as she looked between a photo of Maxine and Ian. She sighed softly before stamping Ian "Maxine may have screwed us and laughed manically, but I refuse to betray an ally. Nothing could be more diabolical!"
Confessional: Bailey
Bailey reached one pale hand out of her blanket ball to stamp a photo of Maxine "At least M-Maxine failing means I'm s-safe" she murmured before slinking her arm back into the warmth.
XXX
"Well, the votes are in… and Maxine's out" she shrugged before just chucking all of the marshmallows she had on a plate at everyone.
"Wait, what!?" Maxine sounded surprised "You're supposed to go down until I'm eliminated! Where's the drama with that!?"
Nelly silently stared at her "Well… you failed your entire team… I assumed it was obvious?"
Maxine scowled "I will still remember this!" she points to all of the others "When you lie asleep at night when you go to the bathroom alone, I will vanquish all of you!"
She then looked at Mitzy "Except for you, minion, I look forward to our cooperation in the future!"
Mitzy smiled a bit and nodded "I'll say mostly mutual" she mused.
The villainess smiled back at Mitzy before turning to Nelly "You may beam me up!". Nelly simply shrugged before pulling a lever, bringing down the green pipe to swoop her up and away without another word.
"I knew she was going but that was really anticlimactic" Ian murmured.
"I won't complain about not wasting what precious little time we have on this planet" Vinnie murmured.
Nelly silently looked at the contestants "So… you all can go now if you want… or I can give any of you a quick checkup" she started smiling threateningly as she pulled out a large syringe.
No one seemed to be interested in the idea as they immediately started rushing from the room, with Vinnie having to roll the blanket ball that is Bailey.
"Their loss" she murmured.
For once, the cameras didn't cut off after the elimination ceremony, however. Instead, the cameras showed Vinnie silently getting up in the middle of the night to a random sticky note stuck on her forehead.
She frowned as she pulled it off to read it: "Come outside to the fountain. I have a little surprise for you"
Vinnie frowned, naturally being very suspicious of this. Even more so when she sat up and almost immediately noticed Ian wasn't around anymore.
"What did he do now?" she grumbled before getting dressed again and going to the fountain as he told her.
When she got there, she didn't see anything around as she frowned at the satue in the middle "What did you want Ian?" she asked, tired already of what he was doing.
"Hey there Vinnie!" she heard a very excited and happy voice suddenly speak up. She flinched before turning around. And there she saw it, someone was currently wearing her costume. She looked like she was about to cry just seeing her costume was still in one piece as she jumped at it and pulled it into a hug.
"Hey get off me!" the person in the costume loudly complained.
The sad cosplayer slowly looked up at the person. It was clear from their annoyed voice that it was indeed Ian "What… are you doing with my costume?" she spoke slowly.
"Finally saying something worth asking" they smirked while pulling off the helmet "So here's the deal. I want a deal"
"What!?" she frowned "You should just be giving it back! You stole it and the others aren't going to be happy with you if you're just stealing our stuff"
"That's the thing…" he noted slowly "If you were to tell someone about this stealing thing I'd happily destroy every last fiber of this suit" he smiled while holding the bear head up to her head before shaking it around "Wouldn't you just love to watch this burn into one beautiful fire?"
Vinnie whimpered as she stepped back "Good" Ian smiled before sitting down on the fountain "So. Let's cut past the who and why of me stealing this. What's important is… if we work together I'll give you the suit back"
"H-how would we work together?" she whispered back.
"Easy… next challenge you're going to cause our team to lose" he smirked.
"Ugh, I'm finally back" Topher sighed in relief as he took a seat in his hottub. He groaned in satisfaction before looking at the camera "Wait. You're saying Nelly had a challenge? Without me!?"
"I was told in my contract I can host every challenge!" he stands up, revealing he was only wearing a speedo "I'm calling my secretary about this!"
"What about the outro?" the cameraman asked.
"I haven't done a real one of those in weeks so who cares?" Topher fumed while quietly walking off screen.
AN: And now we have our… I think final 16. Coming from 24 that's some pretty solid progress I think. Shame to have Maxine go here, but I thought now would be a fine enough spot to take her out. Thanks to ChaoticMax for sending her in though, she's been pretty entertaining.
Teams:
Pathetic Plumbers: Walter, Ian, Vinnie, Bailey, Maxine, Mitzy
Mega-Maggots: Ellis, Bobby, Marty, Jazmine, Colmillo, Therion
Killer Kombatants: Liz, Camila, Mimos, Mitch, Veronica
