Topher was still frowning from the end of the last episode. Though he formed an annoyed smile as he walked over to Nelly, who was stuck in a large cage.
"Is this really necessary?" she deadpanned.
"Don't host a show without me and we won't have a problem like this again" he smiled.
The host clapped his hands together "But, more importantly, today's another day for me to host! And no better way to start than by explaining what happened last time"
"I hosted the challenge and we sent Maxine home for destroying everything" Nelly stared blankly at Topher.
Topher stared back at her before pulling his collar closer to his face "Can we edit that out?" he waits a moment "No? OK"
While the host was speaking to the producers he grabbed a lever to start lowering Nelly into a bottomless black pit before closing the ground behind her "Chef wouldn't have done that to me"
"But anyway, yes, Maxine was eliminated last time for her attack on the others with a giant monster lizard. And when she tried to take over Bobby, not much happened. But at the same time on our Kombatants we have two of our most… lovely contestants fighting over Liz's heart. For some reason anyways."
It shows both girls flirting with Liz. "But either way Bobby carried his team through the win with his sleepless anger" it then shows Bobby slamming the lizard into the ground.
"But, we're getting pretty close to the merge. So let's see if these teams and friendships can continue to last in today's episode of… Total. Drama. Arcade!"
Intro Starts
"Dear Mom and Dad, I'm Doin' Fine," Topher and Nelly stood at the front of the island, with the nurse rapidly measuring Topher's limbs and where his organs should be.
"You guys are on my mind." The camera zoomed past the two hosts to an abandoned-looking city. In the middle of the plaza was a giant pool that the camera dove into. At the bottom, Dylan was trying to pull a chest up to the surface.
"You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer is plain to see," Dylan felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She turned around, only for Ian to come out of nowhere and swim away with the chest. Bubbles floated up to the surface, where Bobby floated on a raft. Bobby looked nervous about the water.
"I wanna be famous!" Colmillo was holding Mitch in a chokehold on land as the writer desperately tried tapping out.
"I wanna live close to the sun," in one of the abandoned buildings Camila was waving her hands around mystically over a crystal ball as Marty just stared past it and at her chest. Veronica meanwhile just crossed her arms skeptically.
"Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won," inside the crystal ball Camila saw Ellis having a casual friendly conversation with Thomas whose fingers were crossed behind his back.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way" past the duo, Michael and Mimos were sitting on the ground in the middle of nowhere just enjoying some peace until Vinnie fell down on top of him with a beehive in her hands.
"I'll get there one day" past them Matt was using his walking stick to walk around when Vinnie ran past him with the bee nest in her hands while dragging Micheal behind her. Matt fell to the ground as the bees quickly swarmed him.
"Cause I wanna be famous!" back in the abandoned city Mitzy and Tess were lying on the ground, smiling to themselves as they drew a comic. Liz looked down at her work and gave her a thumbs-up before feeling Bailey hug her from behind. Making blood come from her nose. However, Maxine came in and stomped on her paper
"Na na na na na na na na" in one of the buildings Therion and Charlotte are playing a game in a room before Charlotte laughed confidently once beating the gamer.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" Walter was looking around the dock to the island, as he walked he could see some footsteps on the ground as he slowly followed them. As he got closer to the camera he flashed a flashlight at the camera.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" The light from the flashlight turned to the moon as it slowly moved down to the cast. Jaz and Antoinette were sitting together by the fire. Jaz saw the camera on them and quickly pushed Antoinette out of the way, trying to get the camera to focus on her before the other girl pushed her right back. The other contestants slowly whistled.
Intro Ends
In the first classroom, Mitch as usual avoided the housing, and Mimos was off taking a run. Camila was snoring in her sleep as Liz and Veronica sat on the rich girl's bed.
Liz was doing Veronica's nails with a rather happy smile as Veronica talked on and on about gossip back at her school, but shockingly Liz wasn't annoyed.
"And then Andrew was, like, totally hitting on the top cheerleader. When I was standing right next to them! It's like some people are blind"
"Not everyone can be into you" Liz smiled as she continued to paint her nails blue.
Veronica scoffed "People should be into me. I mean just look at me"
"You are beautiful" Liz nodded "Since you're so pretty, I wouldn't really worry about what some random person thinks. I can't imagine someone being more beautiful than you, and I'm sure you'll get a wonderful guy or gal"
"Gal?" Veronica chuckled "I'm not into women-" she realized what she was saying as shut her lips tight.
Liz raised an eyebrow at her "If you're not into women then why were you flirting with me so much?"
Veronica started floundering, doing everything in her power to think of an excuse "I think you heard me wrong. Yep. I was saying I love… boobies"
The team mom softly laughed "Ok Veronica. You can be whatever you want to be. I could never judge you for being straight if you were. I know some people like to flirt with people just for fun. One of my friends is like that"
Veronica just continued to blush "L-let's just change the subject, ok?"
"Sure" Liz nodded before getting back to her work "So what else is going on at that school of yours?"
Veronica smirked "Ugh, there's so much to get into, I swear"
Camila was silently laying in her bed, pretending to sleep at this point as she silently frowned at their talking.
Confessional: Veronica
The rich girl was still silently blushing in embarrassment "I am straight though, believe me on that." her blush grew slightly "I mean, I guess Liz is maybe a bit charming. And it does make me happy to have her listen to what I'm saying…"
She slowly looked at the camera "Oh god please tell me I'm not into her" she groaned.
XXX
Meanwhile, down in the cafeteria, Ellis was doing his usual business of listening in on his AirPods. "Most of these today were just people complaining about food" he mentally rolled his eyes.
He tapped the paper with his pencil to try passing the time. That was until he heard a loud slamming of the confessional door and Vinnie's annoyed grunts.
"Oh, she's always good for one" he smirked as he whispered before getting up and walking to the confessionals.
Confessional: Vinnie
She was huffing angrily as she sat down in the confessional chair "I can't believe Ian took my costume and is holding me hostage! I thought it was bad enough losing my costume but this is even worse!"
She hugged herself as she started shaking "I'm so upset I just… want to do something! But I can't lose my costume to him… if I lose that costume I'll have nothing anymore" she quietly whimpered.
"I guess I'll just have to lose today… Hopefully, he's not just doing this to eliminate me and destroy my suit"
XXX
Vinnie sadly walked out of the confessional room, but before she could walk away she felt someone grab her by her shoulder. The bear-enthusiast turned around quickly, finding Ellis standing there.
She frowned slightly "...Ellis, right? Do you need something?"
"Sorry to intrude" he smiled bashfully "I just thought we should talk because I heard about something recently"
Vinnie frowned "What? Did you only now notice I lost my costume?"
Ellis chuckled softly "No, no I noticed that much. I just also noticed that Ian was talking in the confessional about your costume and thought you might want the lead" he smiled.
"Y-you found out about him taking it?" she almost shouted in surprise "Y-you can't tell anyone!" she whispered.
He faked surprise "What? You don't want anyone to know? Why? That sounds beneficial for voting him off"
Vinnie sighed softly "Let's just go sit somewhere so I can explain it"
Ellis shrugged as she led him to a bench close by. Once they were sat down and she knew they had some space she started whispering what had happened to her.
The 'sweetheart' feigned interest and pretended to not know what she was rambling on about "Oh that's just terrible" he slowly shook his head once she was done.
"Yea, it is" Vinnie grumbled. "So don't go telling people about my situation. I need to get my costume back"
"Do you have a plan then?" Ellis asked casually "Sounds like you're backed into a corner"
Vinnie looked at the ground, trying to think of something interesting "Well… I could try getting him eliminated so he can't do anything to my costume"
Ellis almost immediately shook his head "I wouldn't go for that. He's probably hiding it, so if he goes now you might not get that costume until the season is over. If that"
"True…"
Vinnie sighed, not sure what to do. Which was more than perfect for Ellis "Maybe I can help you out of this little predicament…"
"How?" she immediately turned to look at him.
Ellis smiled "You just need to play along with him. Follow his little scheme and help him eliminate whoever his twisted heart wants to target. While that's going on, I can try getting that fur coat of yours back"
"Could you really get it back?" Vinnie looked surprised "I mean, we never even really talked before. There's gotta be some catch"
"None at all" Ellis smiled as he sat back in his seat "I'm just here to help people get along"
"So there's definitely a catch" the bear enthusiast murmured before getting up "I'm gonna go get some breakfast. But I'll try doing what Ian wants if you think that means I'll get it back"
Ellis just nodded as Vinnie walked away. A simple grin was on his face as he watched her walk away.
Eventually, every contestant arrived at the cafeteria. As per usual most of the contestants sat in their team groups. At the Kombatant table Camila and Veronica were both trying to feed Liz.
On the other end of their table Mimos was putting on on a mask while turned fom Mitch. "Ooga Booga Booga!" he yelled while turning around, causing Mitch to scream in fear before throwing his breakfast shlop at him.
At the Maggots table it was as distant as usual. Jazmine was sitting by herself on her phone, as per usual. Ellis was also on his phone, though Bobby was leaning on his shoulder to see what he was doing.
Sitting together, Colmillo was talking about wrestling as Therion silently tried to fix the console that got broken prior. Though it was clearly not working out well.
"Why are you still bothering yourself about that little game?" La Luchadora tilted her head at him "Don't you have a bunch of those game… things?"
Therion silently frowned at her "The problem is that this cost me money and only some of the other consoles can actually play some of the games I like. Plus it's the only portable one I have. My PC, Zbox, and GameStation are all set in the living rooms"
Colmillo nodded slowly, it was clear she didn't understand what he was going on about. "Maybe we can just wrestle to pass the time instead!"
"Not in the mood" Therion stared blankly at the table "Maybe you can try wrestling with someone else"
"But no one else is as fun to fight" Colmillo groaned sadly.
Therion sighed before giving her a small smile "If we win this challenge I'll wrestle you as long as you want. Ok?"
"Now that's motivation!" Colmillo smirked before pulling him into a headlock, causing the gamer to start blushing.
The last member of the Maggots, Marty, decided to sit by Mitzy for once. Mitzy silently looked at him as she drank from a fruit punch.
Marty simply smiled "Do you have a moment?"
Mitzy continued to silently sip from her drink as she stared at him. Marty silently stared back at her as the hero fanatic sipped her drink dry.
"So, as I was saying" Marty continued "It's a shame Maxine went home last time, not that she didn't deserve to go home. But it's still a total bummer"
"Yea, it was a shame. But is that all you're here to talk to me about?" Mitzy raised an eyebrow at her partner.
"No, no" Marty shook his head "I was hoping you might know why she was avoiding me there at the end. I didn't think I said something bad…"
Mitzy tried to not look surprised as she coughed a little "S-sorry, my bad. But it's not something I can speculate on. It's Maxine's issue so it's not something I can share with just anyone"
"Oh come on Mitzy" Marty whined "You and I both know I was a good friend of hers, can't you at least give me a hint?"
The hero enthusiast looked down at the table, trying to think of a potential excuse from telling him before Topher suddenly appeared at the door "Hey, hey, hey campers! Hope you all got back up on your sleep after our last challenge"
Naturally, he only got a few half hearted murmurs. "Great! Because today's challenge is all about reflexes and ability to move fast. So you wouldn't want to be exhausted before this!"
"Are you going to tell us the challenge now or do we have to keep waiting?" Ian asked dryly.
"When we get there! But I promise the results will be… explosive!" he cackled just like how Chris would in the old show.
Walter frowned "Are you planning to blow us up? I remember hearing the studio would avoid explosive damages to contestants over what almost happened in Pakhitew Island"
"Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd!" Colmillo called from her table.
"Thank you Colmillo" Topher smirked slightly "But yes, this challenge will be in the VR, so you all won't have to worry about permanent burn marks"
"Like that's supposed to make us feel better" Vinnie grumbled.
"We'll do well this challenge Vinnie" Bailey pat her friend on the shoulder, before quickly leaning in for a hug "We'll just do our best like always"
Vinnie silently nodded with a deeper frown. "Whine, whine, whine. That's all you do" Ian mocked while getting up "That negative attitude of yours is going to make us lose sooner or later"
The bear enthusiast only became more annoyed at this.
"Let's save the drama for the challenge kiddos!" Topher laughed again "You're going to be spending a good chunk of the challenge trying to avoid people from the other teams"
With that, the host left them to get ready for the challenge.
"No point in waiting team" Mimos pounded his team's table "Let's get moving, the early bird always gets the worm!"
"Yes, yes darling" Camila put her hand in her palm "We know you like to be a leader, anything new you'd like to share with us?"
"Yes, I think I have something to share" Mimos smiled before grabbing her by her hair and starting to walk to the VR room "That thing to share with you, is how to respect someone, shiny pants" he smirked.
The rest of the team looked annoyed at this action, but eventually got up to join him and the others going to the VR room.
With how many people they lost by now, there was plenty of room for them to all stand around. Once they reached the location, Mimos let go of Camila. She was forcing a simple serene expression, but it was clear a fire was forming behind her.
"That was fast, just what I was hoping for from you lot!" Topher smiled, standing on a platform. "As always, this challenge shall be based on a game. But this game is a classic known the world over! Probably. I don't know if kids your age still know about it honestly"
"Jeez, are you going to keep us waiting?" Veronica rolled her eyes "We're not getting any younger, and clearly the same applies for you"
"First off, I look amazing for my age!" this seemed to seriously annoy Topher "And second off it's Bomber Man!"
Therion smiled a bit "That's definitely a classic. I honestly prefer the 3D ones over the usual games, but this is still something I'm looking forward to"
"You won't for long" Topher taunted, causing Therion's smile to quickly shrink.
"In this challenge, you play a simple game of Bomberman. You blow bricks up, and get yourself powerups, but the main goal is knocking other teams out with said bombs!"
This concerned some people, since they know they don't go easy on injecting pain through their VR sets "Now let's get suited up campers!" Topher clapped his hands together.
The three teams got up and put their VR outfits on, getting teleported to an area-like setting. All of them were surrounded by large brown bricks.
"Has anyone played Bomberman… or know how it works?" Mitzy looked at the team, with most of the team shrugging.
"I-It's not that hard t-to get" Bailey silently gestured for them to hide behind some stones. Once they were safe she awkwardly reached into her pockets, before pulling a large circular bomb out of nowhere.
She placed it on the floor. Once it was set she ran back to the others, hiding behind the rock as the explosion went off. An item now laid on the floor, it was a yellow fire with a smiley face on it.
"Ooo, a collectable" Ian mused before walking over and picking it up. Almost immediately it plastered to his chest, before appearing on all the others.
"That was probably one of our powerups" Walter noted
"We need to keep blowing things up!" Ian chucked a bomb to the wall that they had just blown up as everyone went back to hiding. Ian however didn't care, he just got ready to grab their next collectable, before suddenly disappearing with the explosion. Only leaving his shoes behind.
"Wha- what happened to Ian?" Walter started worrying before he ran over to the scene. What was sadder than Ian's dissapearance was the lack of an upgrade.
"Oh right!" they suddenly heard Topher's voice above them "Friendly fire is on, so just be prepared for something like that! Hope I wasn't too late with that"
The Plumbers silently stared up to his voice with annoyed expressions. "Would have been nice to know prior" Mitzy deadpanned.
"We're not missing that much honestly" Vinnie shrugged a bit "We don't need Ian to do well in a challenge, let's just keep going"
Bailey nodded "I'm sure Therion's team i-i-is already getting their power u-ups going, we should keep moving" the freezie pop started going back to setting a bomb down.
"We should all try staying close" Walter decided as the three of them let Bailey get to the deconstruction.
"I'd say the opposite" Vinnie deadpanned "They have explosives, if we all fan out we won't have to worry about being taken out all at once"
Mitzy and Walter started nodding, "Can't argue with that one"
Confessional: Bailey
Bailey was now covered in different upgrade badges "Recently… I feel I h-haven't been doing too much for the team. W-well, I guess in general I haven't been o-of much h-help. Even t-to Vinnie. But w-with Ian getting out s-so soon I h-have to try p-putting myself forward"
Confessional: Vinnie
"Of course he got himself eliminated already in the challenge" the bear enthusiast grumbled "Now he's probably watching me and making sure I do what he wants. I don't think I've ever been so annoyed by just knowing someone is breathing the same oxygen as me"
XXX
As time went on, the teams were slowly plowing through all the stones and bricks around them. At this rate, all of them had their own power ups set and ready for when contact is made.
The Maggots were naturally the team earning the most power ups thanks to Therion getting everyone to blow up multiple spots at once. The team was making slow progress when Bobby dropped face first onto the floor.
Marty was seemingly the only one to notice his collapse, and so he quickly turned around "Bob-ay, whatcha doing down there?"
"He's probably just trying to collect more dirt for his collection," Jazmine smirked.
Bobby ignored her insult, instead raising a finger for them to silence. The teammates stood in silence, waiting for what he was going to say when he pulled out a bomb. He looked ready to place the bomb on the ground.
"Ugh, Bobby, you're not going to trap us here are you bud?" Therion smiled politely.
The slob just ignored them as his hand started spinning like crazy out of nowhere. He turned his back up before chucking the bomb as hard as he could.
"Ah, he just wanted to aim for the air," Ellis deadpanned, unamused.
They were about to continue when they heard Mitch's scream of pain. The team looked back at the peaceful Bobby.
"You should do that again!" Marty beamed excitedly "If we can just hit the other teams without any issue we might as well win already"
Bobby shrugged "That sounds fine by me" he smiled before grabbing two bombs and spinning his arms rapidly, before chucking them as hard as he could.
On the other side of their walls, the Kombatants were running and screaming as hell fell upon them. The three girls were choosing to run, but Mimos stayed to fight off the bombs.
With one of the badges on him repeatedly glowing, he swat the bombs away. They flew agaisnt the stone walls, causing large explosions.
"Your team is gonna have to try harder than that!" Mimos taunted.
Suddenly, as he was taunting them from the other side, two bombs flew his way. He was getting ready to swat the bombs back to their side of the bricks, only for them to land around him. Locking him in place.
"Oh, just you wait for the next challenge" Mimos grumbled, accepting his fate before getting blown up.
Confessional: Ellis
"Bobby is a pain. I used to think he would just be an easy out, but clearly we're not going to be getting that now. He's somehow become one of the strongest people on this team. But, I didn't start working with the host just because it was easy" he laughed "I just have to stir up a little drama, maybe dirty things up a bit"
XXX
With three people already down and out, the scene flew up to Topher. He was watching the scene, seeing most of the arena was cleared out by now save some solid stones that simply couldn't be destroyed.
"I think they've had enough powering up" Topher mused before grabbing a circular controller he had in front of him on some special desk with both hands.
A wide smirk formed on his face. With one swift motion he started spinning the wheel in a circle as fast as possible. All the contestants were suddenly sent flying around. They slammed against walls and each other as Topher set up the new arena's gimmick.
By the time he stopped, all of the teams had been thoroughly scrambled to the point they had no idea where they were or where everyone else went.
"Now that you're all split up campers, the true free for all begins! You have no idea what everyone else has for power ups, you have no idea if you'll accidentally blow up an ally, and you'll have no idea how many people are left on your team! Today is survival of the fittest, so I truly wish you all lucky. Because I really don't imagine any of you surviving a scenario like that" he starts coughing "Especially Baily" he continued to cough.
"I don't know why he had to call me out" the freezy pop murmured.
She pulled herself from the ground, putting her hat and mittens back on when she heard a loud, annoying voice complain.
"Ugh! That could've broken my phone! Does he know how much I spent on that?"
Bailey silently rubbed her chilly hands together. I think I know who's voice that is… she internally considered who would be more rude in this scenario, Veronica or Jazmine.
The freezing lady slowly walked over to the scene, trying to stay as quiet as possible. She peeked past one of the indestructible bombs, finding Jaz on the ground.
She seemed most concerned with dusting herself off or checking her phone. Even if this wasn't reality, she couldn't just not look good. Bailey knew this was her chance to take her down while she was distracted.
Bailey placed a bomb right next to her, as quietly as she could, before running in the hall ahead of. She placed bomb after bomb in all the openings.
Jaz was somewhat slow to catch on, and got ready to hide behind one of the stones before Bailey placed a bomb in the way of her escape. Causing her to blow up.
"I have a good start now" Bailey smiled to herself, before running off to find another contestant.
At another part of the battle ground, the Kombatants managed to stick together with how few of them were left. They were all lying in a pile in one of the many corners.
Liz was at the bottom of this pile, with Camila and Veronica practically lying on top of her. "I know this is a challenge… but if we want to stay here until the end I won't complain" the team mom mused.
Camila and Veronica immediately pulled themselves up and moved out of Liz's pervy range.
"Ok, that's fine too" Liz stood up "We just need to come up with a good plan. We've lost about half our team already so we have to get serious"
"Clearly" Camila rolled her eyes "And the best way to do that is simple. We use Veronica as a human shield and when I feel a dark presence before us we duck out of the way as she bursts"
"I wouldn't mind seeing her burst," Liz quietly murmured.
Veronica gasped "Excuse you Camila, but I think you'd be the better human shield"
"Why's that?" The psychic placed a hand on her hip and leaned her upper body to the side sassily.
"Oh, easy" the rich girl smirked "We'll use your big caboose as a shield. You're so large you'll easily block out a nuclear bomb"
Camila scoffed "Clearly you don't have tastes. I'm not "large". I'm developed. At least I don't clearly pad my chest" she waved dismissively.
Veronica turns red in rage "Now you listen here! I'm clearly twice the woman you are and anyone could tell that! And you'll be leading us because you can "feel a dark presence"
"That's actually a good point" Liz murmured, silently glancing between the two of them.
Immediately both women turned to face Liz "I'm glad you agree I'm clearly better"
"No, no I don't mean that" Liz rapidly waved her hands.
"Shows you" Camila smirked as Veronica crossed her arms angrily.
Liz sighed "I don't want to get into a fight with you two. I think both of you have a beauty that I can hardly keep my eyes off! Camila has a nicer ass, but Veronica's boobies are just as good!"
Both girls silently glared at each other. "Let's just focus on trying to survive. Please? I'll be happy to lead the way if no one else on our team gets hurt" She clasped her hands together in a desperate plea.
"Fine" both girls begrudgingly accepted. Liz immediately took the lead role as they started adventuring out again.
Confessional: Veronica
"Ok, forget about winning over Liz" she had a serious expression "I don't care if Liz liked me more, I just want to prove that Camila is just a woman who packed on the pounds and thinks that's sexy. And I've seen nicer clothes on a hobo"
Confessional: Camila
Camila had a very smug smile, but it was clear Veronica still got on her nerves "She thinks she's drop dead gorgeous just because she has a short skirt. But I have a personal prediction for you Veronica"
she closed her eyes "In your thirties… you'll be alone and the only reason men are still talking to you is for your money. Oh my" she opened her eyes "That was such a vivid image! I might start to worry for her"
XXX
The trio silently moved through the desolate arena, keeping their ears peered for any footsteps.
"Don't step on my dress" Camila growled to Veronica, who was standing behind her.
"Sorry your sense of fashion is so clearly off" Veronica growled back.
Liz sighed "Can we please stop arguing already? It doesn't matter who's hotter right now!"
The team mom's yell was louder than she planned. And almost immediately after it echoed, along with the sound of rapidly increasing steps.
The three slowly turned around to see Mitzy running their way.
"I'm sorry I have to target you three" Mitzy apologized with a bomb ready in her hand "But I hope there's no hard feeling!"
With her quick apology she threw her bomb like a bowling ball at them. Camila, seeing an opportunity, pushed Liz out of the way. Veronica jumped out of the way with her, leaving Camila to take the explosion head on.
Liz and Veronica lay right next to where Camila was. Her robe fell to the floor as the Team Mom's expression became mortified.
"Still ok" Veronica seemed much more relieved.
"I can't believe it…" Liz looked down "I say I want to help my team but I just stared and watched three of them get taken out!"
She stood up and walked back to the opening where Mitzy still was. "What are you doing?" Veronica panicked "We should just run, she's a nerd, no way she can catch us!"
Liz simply ignored her as Mitzy tossed another bomb. Liz lowered her body before punching the bomb head on. Surprisingly, it didn't blow up. Instead, it was launched back at Mitzy with five times the force.
On contact, it created a massive mushroom cloud. As the dust settled, Liz and Veronica could see they were both still alive.
The team mom looked back at Veronica "I'm going to get us out of here and avenge our whole team!"
Veronica could hear her heart beat slightly at how heated up Liz was. But when she noticed she immediately started slamming her chest.
"Yea, sure, whatever. Let's just go" Veronica nodded before coming up to her.
Elsewhere, Colmillo and Therion were also lucky enough to be partnered together. Colmillo naturally led their way, holding two bombs in her hands. She had a confident smirk while throwing her bombs into the air before catching them.
"You need to be a bit more careful" Therion spoke emotionlessly "If you drop it you're going to cripple our team's chances"
"Oh relax!" Colmillo smirked before chucking a bomb over her shoulder, catching it with no problem once again "I've got the grip of a mexican bear!"
"Why a Mexican bear?" He raised an eyebrow.
"Because that's the strongest kind of bear!" she laughed confidently.
Therion silently nodded. In the corner of his eye, he could see Walter silently staring at them. "Uh… Colmillo?" He grabbed her shirt to try getting her attention.
The wrestler just smirked "Is that our cue to go at it? We won't have to worry about Walter or Mitzy telling us to stop fighting at lunch, so I can't blame you for the suggestion!"
"Well you shouldn't be fighting when everyone is trying to eat" Walter frowned at her.
"Oh, hey Walter" Colmillo seemed bummed seeing him standing there. Then it hit her "Oh, right, we're in a challenge!"
"Glad you're caught up with us" Therion deadpanned before Colmillo suddenly jumped past him and flew at the lawyer-to-be.
Walter's expression turned to one of pure fear before he started running as fast as he could. Considering his twink-like appearance it was hard for him to actually stay ahead of her but he was managing.
"Colmillo, don't chase after someone so suddenly! You're leaving yourself up for attack" the gamer knew she wouldn't listen so he just had to chase after her.
The three of them continued to run around in random directions, with it becoming clear Colmillo was just trying to play with her target as she let him continue to run around like a chicken without its head.
Walter glanced back at the wrestler, seeing her almost laughing as she jogged behind. He tried to keep his head on straight as they passed by two stones. Walter could see Therion running his way at the moment he passed by, so the lawyer used the chance to drop a massive red bomb down to take Colmillo and Therion down at once.
Colmillo jumped over the bomb, just wanting to continue the chace when she noticed Therion slam right into it, leaving him wide open for an explosion.
Instead of continuing to run after Walter, Colmillo grabbed the bomb. "¡Hemos terminado de jugar ahora cobardes!" she threatened in Spanish as she started chasing after Walter again. This time she wasn't playing, and in mere seconds, she was already up to Walter.
She grabbed the lawyer by the back of his neck and shoved the bomb straight into his face "No intentes lastimar a Therion!"
And with that they were both blown into small pieces.
Confessional: Theiron
The gamer had a small frown "Maybe I was being a bit cold to Colmillo there… yea, she saved my life, but I should know by now she has no malicious intent. She's just a bit of a muscle head. I should thank her when this challenge is over"
Confessional: Colmillo
"Oh, that was awesome!" the wrestler cheered "I never knew a kamikaze could be so much fun, but here we are. Oh, and he also tried hurting Therion, no way in hell I'm allowing that! He's gotta be as healthy as possible for when I suplex him later"
XXX
Bailey was still alone as she wandered the maze. After Jazmine it had been pretty quiet for a while now. That was until she heard someone snapping a photo from behind her. She swiftly turned around, finding Marty on his knees taking a photo with his camera "You think they'll print this for me?" he mused.
Bailey jumped back in surprise, getting a bomb ready. Marty stood back up again and held his hands defensively "Let's not get hasty here. I think we could both work together instead of just getting each other killed"
The short girl just tilted her head out of curiosity. Marty's smirk grew "I'm something of a gentleman, one might say. So, I was thinking, hey. We should team up and just take out the Kombatants. And then maybe after we give our teams the win we can eskimo kiss, and then some" he winked.
Bailey started blushing, not used to this kind of attention. So, instead of saying anything she nodded her head.
Marty smiled "Great, If we're lucky I might at least be able to sniff Camila out." he joked while looking around the area.
As he looked around, he noticed Bailey was starting to shiver and shake from how cold she was feeling. The Photographer couldn't hold back a small smile as he opened up his arms for her.
"I don't mean to be too forward, but if you're cold I'd be fine to take a hug" he mused.
"T-t-t-t-thank you" Bailey chattered her teeth as she walked over to him. Once they were close, Bailey wrapped her arms around Marty and nuzzled closer for a hug.
Bailey was surprised to find how warm Marty was "huh… no wonder Maxine had a thing for y-y-you" she murmured.
Marty stood there with a silent, confused expression "What… was that?"
"What?" Bailey asked innocently when she sneakily placed a bomb right behind the photographer. She took one step back and watched as Marty blew up.
"S-s-s-sorry Marty" she apologized to his sneakers still on the floor.
"Oh, Bailey!" The freezie pop heard the familiar voice of Vinnie running up to her. "I heard an explosion but I didn't think it was actually you"
Bailey immediately jumped into her arms, hugging her. "I'm glad you're still around V-V-Vinnie"
"I wasn't expecting such a welcoming hug" Vinnie had a small smile on her face, hugging her back in case she was cold.
She nuzzled into Vinnie before finally letting go "I-I just like k-k-knowing you're o-ok" Bailey started looking around, "I-I-If we s-stay close we might m-make it with just the t-two of us"
Vinnie nodded "And I saw the last two Kombatants that way" she whispered while pointing to the left.
"T-t-t-then let's go!" Bailey smiled, grabbing Vinnie and going in that direction. Vinnie couldn't hold her small smile back at Bailey's energy, but a frown slowly returned to her.
After some running, they find Liz with a fire in her eyes as she stands there. Veronica was silently hiding behind her, preparing to run at the chance of an attack.
"Why are they just standing there?" Bailey whispered.
"I don't know" Vinnie smiled nervously and shrugged.
Bailey nodded slightly "Ok, so then we should attack them" she reached into her pocket for a bomb when suddenly Liz threw two massives bombs at her in quick succession.
Vinnie grabbed Bailey's arm to stop her before they were both blown up at once.
"And it looks like the Pathetic Plumbers have lived up to their names! They'll be up for elimination today, but now to find who gets first class livin tonight!"
Confessional: Vinnie
She looked miserable "I told… Liz that I was going to bring Bailey to her and get us eliminated… but that felt so awful" she groaned "Bailey's never going to have faith in me again…"
XXX
Liz smiled, immediately hugging Veronica "We won! I won't have to say goodbye to anyone!"
Veronica silently blushed at the hug "Yea, yea… good job"
"Now" Liz didn't let go of her, just enjoying the hug "Let's try taking out the others"
"Hard to do that when you're practically stuck to me like glue" the rich girl deadpanned.
As they hugged, they suddenly heard strange noises, they turned to one of the indestructible stones. On top of it was Bobby, strapped head to toe in explosives.
Before either could run, Bobby body slammed down on them. Creating another massive explosion. It was so strong it immediately pulled the rest of the contestants out of the VR system.
"That was a sweet way to end it Bob-ay!" Topher praised the lazy boy, which earned him a smile.
"But more importantly, you all saw how it ended" he gestured to the contestants who were standing outside their VR suits "So Plumbers, see you tonight."
Everyone started walking away, when Vinnie ran down and grabbed Ellis by the arm "Did you find the costume?" she whispered.
"I did. I watched him set it somewhere sneaky" he smiled back at her "Go to your room, you'll find it in there"
Vinnie couldn't help but look relieved "Thank you so much" she shook his hand rapidly before running away.
Ellis chuckled slightly to himself "Topher better pay me overtime for that one" he whispered jokingly, before walking away.
Meanwhile, the Plumbers were all sitting together in their third class room.
"So, we should totally eliminate Vinnie," Ian smiled.
"You're really starting this conversation now?" Mitzy deadpanned "I'd feel better voting for you if anything"
"Vote me?" Ian looked offended. "What did I do?"
"You got o-o-out first" Bailey glared "A-and we like Vinnie… s-s-she's great"
"Of course you'd all think that" Ian grumbled annoyedly "But I think there's more important things to focus on now"
"And what's that?" Walter crossed his arm as Vinnie suddenly burst into the room. Almost immediately she went to her bed, looking under the blanket to see that it was totally empty.
"Y-y-you ok Vinnie?" Bailey looked confused.
"Just fine" she smiled, dropping onto the ground to try finding where it could be hidden, before noticing it was right under Bailey's bed. The bear enthusiast crawled over and grabbed her costume, grabbing it tight in a hug.
"Oh, I've finally got you again!" she cheered.
Ian tried to hide his amused smile "Of course. This should've been obvious from the beginning. Bailey stole the costume!"
"W-ww-w-w-w-w-what?" the freezie pop froze in surprise "I-I-I-I would never do t-t-t-that! I-I bet Ian hid it under there!"
Mitzy silently shook her head "Ian's shady, but I barely lasted longer than him. If he went to hide this under your bed I would've noticed he left. I basically stood next to him the whole time. But I'd still be fine to vote for him"
"No, it was absolutely Ian!" Vinnie stood up, more confident now that she had her costume "He stole it and blackmailed me"
"See, now they're just trying to manipulate the two of you" Ian shook his head "I mean, come on. Vinnie just so happens to find her costume the challenge she threw? And then tries pining it on me? You both saw what happened, they could've easily saved themselves but just let Liz take them down"
"Ellis said he found where you hid it and moved it in here. He's clearly working with you now!" Vinnie growled.
"I'm working with Ellis?" Ian tilted his head "Weren't you the one who was spending her time in the morning with him? Maybe he's been keeping your costume warm for you"
Vinnie looked like she was about to clobber the thief when Topher's voice spoke over them "Alright Plumbers, you've had enough time to stew in the drama. Meet me in the elimination ceremony already!"
All five of them gulped, before getting up to go meet their fate. Ian and Vinnie lead the way, glaring at each other as Bailey, Walter, and Mitzy followed behind while speaking amongst each other.
They got to the elimination ceremony, where Topher was waiting "Ok campers, I think you all let out what you want to get out. So how about we just get straight to the point?" he smiled before Ian shoved Vinnie to the side to vote first.
Confessional: Vinnie
She glared down at the ticket before repeatedly slamming the stamp down on Ian, over and over again.
Confessional: Bailey
The freezie pop silently looked down at a set of stamps featuring her teammates. She leaned down and covered them before stamping one softly. She was clearly saddened by the vote.
XXX
Confessional: Ellis
"What am I doing in here?" he jokingly scratched the back of his neck before shrugging and getting on his phone.
XXX
Topher smiled as he tapped the votes on the podium "Well, let's see who is safe today…" he chuckled "This one isn't even that close" he chuckled.
"Mitzy, Walter, and Vinnie. You're safe!" he smiled, throwing them all marshmallows at once.
"Wha-" Vinnie was too shocked to catch her marshmallow "Why would Bailey be in the bottom two? She carried us today!"
Ian shrugged, he seemed slightly smug "I knew you guys would turn around and vote with me, clever aren't you"
"Hey, don't reveal who won yet!" Topher complained "Ugh, whatever. We're enough eliminates through for me to not care as much" he just tossed him a moist marshmallow.
The other four looked shocked, they didn't know what to say or how to respond. "No response? Now that's how I like the end of an elimination!" he joked.
"Wait one second!" Vinnie scowled "I know no one would vote with Ian on this team, none of us are that stupid"
"Well we don't know that" Ian joked.
"Oh shut up!" Vinnie almost screamed at him "Bailey should be staying here over you!"
She looked ready to throw hands when Bailey snuck up behind the bear enthusiast and gave her a tight bear hug "You don't have to be upset about me leaving" she whispered "What happens happens"
"But he obviously cheated…" she grumbled.
"It's not like I'm going to die when I leave," Bailey joked, nuzzling up to her.
"I wouldn't bet on that" Topher murmured with an amused smirk.
Bailey ignored him and just turned Vinnie to smile at her "When you make it to the finale, I'll be sure to give you the biggest hug I've ever had"
The bear enthusiast silently blushed, before leaning down to eskimo kiss Bailey, causing her to blush just as hard before she was swooped away with a green pipe sucking her up.
Vinnie tried to keep herself from crying, screaming, yelling, or doing anything else over Bailey's elimination. She just didn't pay attention or listen to Topher speaking as everyone started walking past her.
After some time, she started walking away, and when she got to her room she simply passed out in her bed. Walter was the only one not in the room, instead, he was down in the building that Mitch hid inside.
Walter was standing in a room with strings attached to multiple different spots. He grabbed a sticky note and started rapidly writing down "Ellis moved costume" and "Bailey eliminated even though no one voted for her. He plastered it all over the board and attached a new red string to those parts.
At the top was Ellis with airpods in his ears "I knew he was up to something with those airpods! And now I'm more sure of this than anything! He's Topher's mole here to just mess with us!"
He started rubbing his chin "I bet he even eliminated Bailey to try splitting our team up!" Walter placed his hands on both sides of the bulletin board "Oh, it's so obvious!"
Outside the room, Mitch was slowly walking around while sipping some coffee. He glanced into the room before shaking his head "It's almost pathetic seeing someone get that obsessed with their paranoia"
He slowly started walking away as the scene turned black.
AN: And we're back here now that RR is almost over! I really gotta thank Phe for giving me Bailey. I didn't think she'd be super great when I first got her but she was definitely fun in her own way. The elimination was a bit unfair, but eh, canon had unfair eliminations so I don't feel super bad lol. But yea, now we're only two episodes away from the merge. So look forward to that.
