Topher was checking off a piece of paper on a bulletin board. To his side were multiple cages barely lit up by a flashlight Lana was carrying.
"Think there's enough of them?" Topher glanced back at Lana.
Lana shrugged slightly "I can't imagine you need that many more of them sir"
"It's better to have a big challenge" the host just frowned as he started walking away "But I'll just assume you think that's enough"
Once they were out of the dark Topher smirked to the camera "Well, well, well, look who's back to my little show! Miss me that much?"
"Get on with it" Lana whispered from off screen.
"I will! So, in the last challenge we took inspiration from Bomberman! That game where you blow your enemies away without any concern for a Ganeva convention. In this challenge we saw some true colors"
The scene showed Camila saving Liz from an explosion and Vinnie sabotaging herself and Bailey. "But the most important of these true colors was the reveal that Ellis rigged the vote. He sure is pushing the limit on what is considered acceptable at this point! But Walter seemingly has his eyes on him. Let's see if that little lawyer can actually manage to take him on… 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
It was the early morning after the elimination, most of them were having a hard time sleeping after what occurred last night. Naturally this excluded Ian, who slept like a baby knowing he got out of an elimination.
Vinnie was the only one up as she sat in silence on her crummy third class bed. She was wearing her bear costume, and with how long she had missed it she was truly excited to have it and wear it.
However, the moment she put it on she noticed it just made her sadder. "Why isn't it working?" The bear enthusiast started lifting her bear head off and then back on slowly.
Vinnie just whimpered quietly in defeat.
Confessional: Vinnie
"I thought when I finally got my costume back I would be so happy, like I was before, but I just feel even more empty. I don't know what's wrong…" Vinnie was outside of her costume again "I shouldn't have even bothered getting it back…" she slouched.
XXX
While everyone was still sleeping, Jazmine snored as she enjoyed her sleep. As she rested, she could hear something sneaking around the room. Jazmine silently opened one eye as she stirred awake.
"Ugh, Marty, are you trying to snuggle up with me again?" she grumbled, sitting up slightly. When she looked around her room she didn't see anything of note. All she saw was her green swimsuit set out.
The wannabe model shrugged a bit, before just leaning back to sleep. The green on her swimsuit slowly dissolved as Goomine formed before her bed. She looked a bit smaller than before.
"Having a good night?" Goomine murmured in annoyance "Feeling comfy? You absolute waste…"
Jazmine didn't wake up, instead she was already back to snoring. Goomine silently crawled onto the bed before her green body absorbed the sleeping beauty.
Later in the morning, Vanessa was silently laying in her bed, looking down at her phone. She still had the photos of Ian and Mitzy holding each other. "I need to start using this…" she grumbled "I just don't know how…"
"Hey, bud, can you keep it down?" Mimos chuckled a pillow over at Veronica, annoying the rich girl as she set her phone down on the side of her bed.
Next to her in the room, Camila was sleeping soundly, without a single care in the world. That's when she heard a creaking in the room. Her eyes opened as she rolled onto her side, finding Liz smiling directly at her from her bed.
"Can I… help you dear?" The Psychic spoke slowly.
"I'm just enjoying our good morning" Liz smiled "I have to thank you for your help in that last challenge Camila, it was nice of you to choose to save me over yourself, I really appreciated it"
"Please darling, I just knew they would try to annihilate you. And I just couldn't allow that to happen to my favorite client" Camila kept up her usual charming image.
"I think it's fair if I reward such good behavior" she grinned excitedly, leaning fast and close to Camila.
The Psychic raised her hand to stop Liz from connecting their lips "The cards don't have our kiss set for now. I think we should save this kiss for when I really earn it, yes?"
Liz nodded slowly, though it was clear she felt rather dejected by her point. "I see one day in your not so distant future, you'll have the chance to kiss a beautiful woman. don't concern yourself over it" Camila smirked.
"I'll definitely hold you to that one"
Camila smiled "I'm always correct so you won't need to worry"
Eventually the contestants left their hotel and started walking around just trying to pass the time. Therion however stayed up in his room just playing some games by himself really.
At least, he was trying to enjoy his games, if it weren't for the constant messaging he was receiving. The gamer quietly groaned before picking up his phone, and finding that a person named 'Asuka' was repeatedly messaging him things that almost looked like gibberish. If they weren't emojis of explosions they were swear words.
"What are you talking about now?" he messaged her after pausing the game.
"Are you fucking kidding me dude? You're dating an amazon and you didn't even bring it up to me!? I should go over there and slap some fuckin' sense into you!"
"I'm not dating anyone" Therion typed with a straight face "And you can't come over here anyways, it's an island in the middle of nowhere"
"Is that a fuckin' challenge!?" Asuka typed back almost immediately.
"Asuka, I don't even know if I'm supposed to be talking to people outside the game. I'll talk to you later" he muted his phone as she continued to type to him rapidly.
"Hey, are you still spending all your time up here Therion?" the gamer turned around before Colmillo suddenly jumped at the nerd, pulling him into a headlock.
"Sorry, just getting some alone time before the challenge" he chuckled, just used to this treatment.
Colmillo just chuckled a bit "How about I play you then? What's the fun of winning when you don't have someone to gloat to after"
"You'd want to play?" Therion looked surprised.
"Well duh" Colmillo smirked taking a controller "Clearly I'm going to want to take an interesting in what my boyfriend is doing"
The gamer's face turned a deep red "Uh, did I hear that right about… being your boyfriend? I don't quite remember that happening"
"Did it not happen yet?" Colmillo glanced up "Huh, I guess I forgot to ask. Wanna go out?"
Confessional: Colmillo
"I've never been into the whole will-they-won't-they stuff. Feels like they're just running the thing into the ground. Like, I like that little nerd, so if I want a piece I'm going to take a piece"
Confessional: Therion
The gamer was rubbing his arm "I-I really don't know if I'm ready to get back out there and date… the last time I went out with someone it just didn't… work out." Therion glanced outside the confessional window, seeing Colmillo turned away from the confessional talking to Bobby.
"But… I don't think she could possibly manipulate someone" Therion deadpanned as Colmillo tried tackling the slob, as he easily dodged out of the way "Yea, I think I'll give this a try. Maybe she'll be less violent now?"
The gamer opened the door and smiled at Colmillo "Hey, I think I'm willing to give it a try-" before he could finish the statement Colmillo dived onto him and pushed him back into the confessional. They dropped onto the floor, so it couldn't be seen if they were kissing or if Colmillo was decking him.
XXX
Eventually an alarm went off near all the contestants. "Enough monkying around contestants! We need all of you to hurry down here pronto! We've got a barrel full of fun!" they can hear the host snickering to himself.
"What's with all the monkey talk?" Mitch deadpanned from his 'secret' home. "He must have zombie monkeys that are going to eat all of our brains!" He decided that made the most sense.
"That's not it" Walter tiredly walked out of his room "I don't know how you have such deranged theories. I'm sure it's just something like the Donkey Kongs"
"Oh, you have room to talk when you're obsessing over Ellis" Mitch crossed his arms "If I'm mentally unstable just look at your board!"
"Have I really been the only one to notice that Ellis is clearly a mole?" Walter gestured to his board.
"He has a mole?" Mitch tilted his head.
Walter stared in annoyance at him "Are you serious? Come on man, it's so obvious that he's doing things"
"Well where's your proof? I can at least prove the Egyptian government is making a mummy army" Mitch countered with a smirk.
"Easy. After the elimination I looked into this!" Walter raised a journal in his hand "He's always spending his time writing in this and he has notes on everyone. Including Vinnie talking about her missing costume and her crying in the confessional this morning"
Mitch couldn't contain his surprise "That's actually a big surprise honestly. Are you gonna show that around or what?"
Walter nodded "As a lawyer it will be my duty to show my team and the others that he's cheating and that it must be dealt with"
"Well, I wish you luck. Stopping villains in these shows is never a sure thing" Mitch mused as he started walking to where they're needed.
Confessional: Walter
"I know most heroes don't last in Total Drama, but that's exactly why I'm not going to be playing games with this. The moment everyone is together I'm going to yell it straight to the heavens. Can't keep his social standing and get me out if I'm faster"
XXX
Ellis was casually walking to the location with all the other contestants. He was listening to Walter speaking in the confessional with a confident smirk.
"What an idiot," he murmured smugly.
Eventually all the contestants made it to the edge of the plaza, where a jungle seemingly appeared on its own. Colmillo was holding on tighter to Therion than she usually did, but no one seemed to pay it any mind. Topher was standing before them, dressed up like he was about to go on a safari.
"Good day campers!" he smiled "I hope everyone's excited for another classic game today!"
"You mean another boring game?" Veronica deadpanned.
"Come on dudes, I bet this one's gonna be a fun time!" Mimos raised his arms in the air before hugging Mitch and Veronica.
"What's he doing now?" Veronica scowled.
"I-I don't know, but I'm getting scared" Mitch whimpered.
Confessional: Mimos
Mimos had a big smile on his face "I'm in a much better mood now, knowing that I should just be more friendly with my buds that are still in the competition! It's a shame Liz and Camila both want each other out, but if I can avoid their drama bubble I'll be happy!"
XXX
"For those of you that didn't have something snarky to guess, today's challenge will be themed after Ape Escape! A classic game from the Playstation about catching some funny monkeys"
"So we're just going to have to hunt monkeys?" Therion guessed from Colmillo's headlock.
"Correct you are! There are only ten monkeys hidden around the island. The team with the fewest monkeys in their nets will be sending someone home tonight!"
"Where are they going to be then?" Mitzy asked "And is this remotely ethical?"
"Not at all!" Topher smiled "But, so they won't rough you up too bad you'll be getting some gear. But the monkeys will be in just about every corner of the map. So good luck with that"
"Do we even need to ask about what gadgets we're getting?" Ian smirked a bit "I bet they're really cool or something"
"You bet they are!" Significant dragged a massive crate on his back, before dropping on the ground. When the crate fell, he dropped multiple butterfly nets on the ground. "And here they are!"
"We get butterfly nets?" Ian groaned "I thought we were going to get actual gadgets!"
"Hey, there's a lot more to these than you'd expect" Topher smiled before swooping a butterfly with a net, causing it to vanish. "If you catch a monkey, they'll vanish to your team's cage"
"I think we've got enough exposition to start now" Ellis smiled, glancing at Walter to see if he did anything. To the mole's surprise, the lawyer was just keeping his mouth shut.
"Right you are Ellis. So, once you all have your nets, you can get hunting" Topher smiled as the teams rushed the nets before all splitting into their teams. "Good luck campers! Those monkeys will probably make you more scared of them than they are of you!"
"Does anyone on this team have an idea on how to survive in the wild?" Marty asked as he walked with his team "Or to hunt things for that matter?"
"Why don't you ask the guy sleeping?" Ellis gestured over his shoulder to Bobby, who was being dragged pretty easily by Jazmine.
"He said it was too early for him" Jazmine smiled rather cheerfully compared to usual.
"Like we need him anyhow" Colmillo grinned "I've fought a monkey before, and one of us is now missing their tail!"
"Is it you?" Marty asked somewhat genuinely "And can I check to make sure you actually lost it?"
Colmillo was about to speak before Therion shook his head "I think we should just stay focused on this challenge"
"I say we just start by waking the slob" Ellis mused before starting to poke him in the face to try waking him up. After the third poke, Bobby snapped the twig in half with his teeth before grabbing Ellis by the collar.
"Who dare wake up El Bobbito?" Bobby threatened.
Ellis had a deadpan expression "I did, but how about we just focus on the challenge champ? We gotta catch some monkeys, they're your cousin right?"
"That's just rude" Jazmine frowned at Ellis "He's on our team, you should be a lot nicer to him"
This got several confused, surprised stares, which didn't seem to bother Jazmine at all "Now then, if we were monkeys, where would we likely go?"
Therion started thinking before smiling "I bet they're in the cafeteria! Insignificant never gives us anything with protein or just fruits in general, but I wouldn't be shocked if they did have a banana in there"
"Wanna race over there then?" Jazmine started stretching her legs "I'm always up for a good race!"
"Since when?" Marty joked.
"I guess I just finally woke up on the right side of the bed today!" the maid cosplayer smirked before she started running to the cafeteria. The moment Bobby realized they were going to be going to the cafeteria he started running after her like a wild animal.
"I'm surprised we ended up making Jaz so motivated," Ellis mused before the team started chasing after.
By the time Colmillo, Therion, Marty, and Ellis caught up with the faster contestants Jazmine was being dragged around the cafeteria by a very angry monkey with a white hat on his head. Bobby meanwhile was running away from the monkey as he tried to devour all the bananas.
"Hey guys!" Jazmine smiled at the group as she slammed against a cabinet "Oh, that hurts!" she chuckled.
Confessional: Marty
"I'm honestly not sure how to feel about Jazmine's change of heart. Seeing her have more fun is nice, and kinda hot, but I'm also worried she might have a mental condition" he deadpanned "I'm not really a mind scientist though, so I guess I'll just assume she's fine. She is being a lot more useful at least"
XXX
Colmillo grabbed Bobby once he passed by them again. As the monkey was about to grab the bananas the wrestler swooped her net to capture the monkey almost immediately.
"Good catch," Therion smiled to his girlfriend.
"Was hardly a challenge," she mused.
"That's one down already" Ellis smirked "If we keep up this momentum the challenge is gonna be in the bag"
While this was going on, two monkeys were driving around in a cop car. One was dressed up as a cop while the other one was dressed as a criminal, but they seemed to be getting along well.
In a car chasing behind them, the Patheic Pumbers were driving in some random jeep they stole from the city's plaza. Ian was the one taking charge of the driving, clearly having a blast as he went a hundred over the usual speed limit.
"Now this is a challenge!" Ian chuckled as he tokyo drifted.
The other four people on his team were sat in the back, all clearly still annoyed with him. However, Mitzy looked like she was about to throw up from how fast and dangerously they were driving.
"I can't believe Bailey's gone…" Vinnie murmured in her depressive state.
"Yea, it's a shame she was sent home. But we aren't responsible for it, at least" Walter pointed out with a small smile.
"I just can't believe Ian would rig the votes, he's an awful person but cheating to stay in and getting away with it?" Mitzy frowned while pulling away from the window. None of them really cared to say this loud enough for Ian to hear.
"Doesn't help Ellis told me he'd get my costume back but just hid it under Bailey's bed…" Vinnie grumbled.
Walter had a small smile "He knew where that was right? Isn't that a little suspicious?"
Vinnie glanced at him "It sounds like you have an idea in your head"
"Well, in these notes he talks about you talking about the costume in your confessional" Walter shrugged a bit before placing the notebook onto her lap.
Vinnie and Mitzy frowned, looking over the notes before the jeep suddenly came to a crashing stop, with them all being thrown against the back of the driver and passenger seats.
"We got um guys" Ian smiled as he got out of the car, finding the two monkeys were flung out of their car and were lying unconscious on the road.
The thief silently shook his head, before glancing back to make sure the others were watching as he swooped two monkeys up at once "Well, I wouldn't be surprised if that was an early lead"
"Did you have to go that fast…?" Mitzy groaned after she threw up on some grass.
"If I used your baby speed we never would've caught those monkeys. So get in better shape, come on, we gotta keep looking for monkeys!" Ian lifted Mitzy and Walter off the ground, before the comic author threw up on him.
Vinnie frowned at the thief, pulling herself up "You know trying to act nice suddenly isn't going to work right?"
"Act nice?" Ian chuckled "I'm not even going to bother with that. I'm just showing how useful I am, that way if we win I take the credit, and if we lose and one of you grows a brain you might vote for someone who doesn't do much"
The thief silently glanced at Mitzy, which immediately annoyed her.
"Good luck with that" Mitzy growled "We're not stupid, so unless the vote gets rigged you're clearly out"
"Then I'll just have to carry" Ian smirked, before noticing a monkey wearing army camo. It was crawling into the jungles "And here's another monkey to go catching!" he smirked, running off without caring for his team to follow them.
Vinnie silently scowled "You're sure Ellis is the reason Bailey is gone?" she looked at Walter.
Walter nods "I can't imagine Ian would get away with something like that"
"Fine… I want Ian gone more than anything. But if Ellis was playing with me and giving me false hope I would have no problem getting rid of him first!" Vinnie had a new fire in her eyes.
"What should we do about him though?" Mitzy raised an eyebrow now that she was stable "Should we sabotage him?"
Walter shook his head "After we tell his team, they'll simply choose to vote for him. Once they see the proof I'm sure of that much"
"Then let's just keep going" Mitzy held her stomach as they started chasing after Ian.
In another part of the island, the Kombatants were at the beach, already changed into their swimsuits when they saw a chimp just chilling on a beach floatie.
"I'm not going anywhere near that monkey!" Mitch stood far from the actual water "We saw what was down in that water, it was a giant kraken thing, I bet it'll grab us the moment we get into the water"
"I can handle it little buddy!" Mimos smiled down at Mitch "I'm honestly just happy to help"
All three girls silently looked at him with suspicion "Well, have fun out there" Veronica crossed her arms "I'm fine leaving it to you"
"You've got it dudes!" Mimos smiled and gave them all thumbs ups before swimming into the ocean with his net sticking out of his pants.
"What do you think his deal is?" Liz whispered to Camila.
Camila glanced at Mimos before shrugging "He seems to just be in high spirits I suppose. Or he's just trying to make us believe he's nicer. I suppose Mimos believes we have a short attention span"
When Mimos eventually got to the monkey, he pulled his butterfly net from his pants and swung it hard at the monkey. It vanished into thin air before he pulled himself onto the floatie.
Mimos had a small smirk on his face before pulling a stickynote out of his shirt and placing it onto the floatie before swimming back to the coast. This sticknote was the same one with multiple fears.
"I did it guys!" Mimos cheered happily "Woop woop!"
"Yea, thanks Mimos" Veronica deadpanned "But I'm gonna need you to go down from an 11 to a four"
"I'll try" he smiled "I just have so much energy!"
Mitch backed away further from Mimos, before he noticed the stickynote "What's that?" he frowned, pointing it out.
"Oh, right. I was going to bring this up dudes, for some reason this stickynote was directed to me" Mimos held it up, showing who it was signed to.
"Several fears are listed on that" Liz frowned "That's got exactly what Dylan was scared of too. Who would know that"
Veronica smirked slightly before gasping "No way… that looks like Ellis's handwriting"
"The twink?" Camila tilted her head "How would he know all of this? Is he… perhaps psychic?"
"Don't be brainless" Veronica deadpanned "I have no idea how he'd know stuff like that. He just seemed to always know what was up on our last team. He even said "You're welcome" before the team swap went down"
"Jeez, Walter was really onto something" Mitch murmured quietly.
Mimos just smiled at their discussion, not adding much besides an occasional, excited "yea!"
Confessional: Veronica
"I know he also spoke with Camila about eliminating Michael, which was nice and all, but for some reason he wanted to use my high-heels to make it hard for her to know he did it. So, like, I appreciate his help and all. But I just kind of don't care" Veronica shrugged "He hasn't helped me in a few challenges and I have Liz simping me now so whatever"
XXX
The different teams continued to search around, with most of the teams grabbing different costumed monkeys that were swinging about the island. A montage of the different teams capturing monkeys, with Ian doing most of it for his team.
By the evening, the Maggots, Plumbers, and Kombatants were all tied with three monkeys between them.
Up in the mountain from their Celeste challenge, the last monkey was silently scowling down at everyone else. It seemed very different to the other apes, with it looking somewhat more human and generally intelligent. Its head was covered in a much larger white hat than the others.
He was currently watching Mitch capture one of these monkeys in his net.
"Look at them, messing with my companions…" the chimp threw his binoculars aside. His floating chair turned away from the scene.
"I'll show them what happens when you try to stop the evolutionary process. Apes will rise up!" The chimp laughed boisterously, before flailing himself around like a wild animal.
Before he can go and do anything a hologram of a silhouette appeared from his computer seat "Listen here. I gave you the AI, so if you're going to try capturing them you have to leave Mitch alive. Got that?" They threatened.
The ape rolled his eyes "Yes, yes. I'll keep your little obsession alive, happy?"
The figure nodded "More than happy then. Your apes should be ready"
He smiled as the hologram turned off. He turned around to see multiple robotic apes "I think this dhould work just fine…"
Back on the ground Ian had a confident smirk "I'm really carrying this challenge"
"Yes, you've said that for an hour now" Mitzy scowled as she tried to keep up with him and the others.
"Plus we're tied with all the other teams," Walter pointed out.
"Wait, if we're all tied does that mean we're gonna have to do a second challenge?" Ian groaned "He should've said this earlier!"
"He's gonna keep complaining isn't he?" Vinnie never stopped glaring at him.
"Probably. If I was in his shoes I'd be worried myself" Mitzy deadpanned.
As they continued their journey around, every team noticed one of the monkeys floating in the air. They could tell he looked different, but no one really cared.
"Oh, another monkey" Bobby smiled, getting ready to capture it when the others on his team could hear rumbling and scurrying around them.
"Bobby, you should stay close to the team here" Therion tried to warn the blob, but he was already slinking away.
Ellis groaned "Of course he would ditch us. I have half a mind to vote for him if we lose"
"I'll go catch up with him!" Jazmine grinned, clearly getting ready to run after him before Marty grabbed the back of her collar.
"Maybe it would be smarter to stick together. If there's stuff out here besides monkeys they'll probably try ripping your pretty face off" he pointed out with a charming smile.
Jazmine smiled rather innocently at that comment "Well, if you think that would be safest"
"His flirting can be quite obnoxious" Colmillo murmured. At that moment several robotic monkeys started crawling from the trees and bushes.
"Oh, now this is cool!" Colmillo smirked, running forward and smashing a monkey on the top of the head. Her fist had an intense pain, with her clutching it and seething in further rage.
The monkeys laughed and taunted her, including the now disfigured monkey. "Why you little-!"
Behind her she hears a pained yelp. Multiple robotic monkeys had grabbed Therion and were dragging him away.
"Get back with my baby man!" The wrestler practically screamed before chasing after him.
This left Marty, Ellis, and Jazmine standing in front of a monkey pack. "W-what should we do now?" Ellis whispered nervously
"Come and get some you cheeky monkeys!" Jazmine smirked as she put up her fists.
"Yea, I think I have a better plan" Marty picked her up in the bridal carry before sprinting away with Ellis.
"Hey let me down! I can run faster than you chicken legs!" Jazmine started moving around in his arms as she tried to get back to the action.
"At least she's acting normal again" Ellis deadpanned.
The Maggots weren't the only team dealing with the new hoard of monkeys. They were just the ones dealing with it the worst.
The Killer Kombatants were still just catching the robotic monkeys with their nets. It was surprisingly working rather well.
"This might be Toph's way of letting us catch buck with the others" Mimos smiled at his own theory.
"I'm guessing this may not have been his plan" Camila stopped her hunting to predict the future.
Liz shrugged "Topher not doing what he anticipated wouldn't be too shocking in all honestly" the team mom glanced over to Mitch who was flailing his net like a madman "Are you ok Mitch?"
Mitch didn't even turn to her as he swooped up two monkeys at once "Like I would tell you my mental and physical state, woman. This just reminds me of my book about the apes trying to replace humanity"
"Jeez, have you always been a furry?" Veronica deadpanned, leaving Mimos to handle most of the swinging at the monkeys near her.
Mitch faintly blushed "Roxanne and I are just good friends. Her terrifying teeth and claws are perfect inspiration!" He turned to frown at them.
The moment he did turn however, one of the monkeys immediately started trying to drag him away "I knew you'd be the reason I die!" He pointed directly at Veronica.
The monkeys were clearly very excited to now have Mitch in their clutches "O-oh no, this is even more like my books about the lip monster!"
He screamed in fear before Liz rescued him and subdued his monkeys with her net. "Oh, uh, thanks" Mitch smiled slightly at her.
"It's fine" Liz murmured, noticing a girl with brown hair turning away from the scene.
Confessional: Liz
"I know being paranoid is usually Mitch's thing, but that woman didn't look like anyone I'd seen from the competition. She at least didn't look like an intern either, but maybe she's someone that knows Mitch? I just don't know who that hot momma could be…" Liz rubbed her chin in thought.
XXX
Marty, Ellis, and Jazmine were still running around, trying to avoid the monkeys biting or scratching them apart. Jaz was still trying to turn around and put up a serious fight, but was still being stopped.
Ellis led the two of them, but came to a screeching halt when he reached a dead end by a cliff with water set up at the bottom. "Ugh, no thanks" he was about to turn and take a different route, but could tell none were open to them.
Marty ran up to him, almost entirely going off the edge "Woah, oh, you think we'd survive dropping at this height?"
"Who knows" the mole shrugged with an amused smile "You can give it the first go"
Marty glanced between him and Jaz before shrugging a bit "See you both down there~" he waved before jumping backward off the cliffside.
Once he was gone Jaz sighed in relief "Finally, now, where were we monkeys?" She raised her fists challengingly.
"Look, goo lady, do you think maybe we can just jump?" Ellis deadpanned.
This immediately worried Jazmine "W-what do you mean goo lady? We all know I killed her or are you just that daft?"
"Please Goooooooomine, I know you're possessing her or something like that. I don't really care about specifics. But I also don't totally care about Jazmine"
"Oh, so you're going to keep me on because I'm just that much more useful than that lazy bumb right?" Jazmine smirked playfully at him.
Ellis tilted his head from left to right "Well, yes, you're way more useful than she usually is. Don't think I could argue against that one. But I can argue that that's not very important for me"
"What are you talking about?" she scowled "If we don't lose you're not going to be on the chopping block"
"Yea, but a guy on another team kind of wants to expose me. But Jazmine never uses that strength she has because… reasons I guess? So if you're gone they'll vote for her, knowing she's much, much weaker and ruder than me"
Goomine scowled at him "if you want to take me down I wish you luck. I'd happily kick your twink ass"
"Yea, I probably couldn't throw you off all on my own" Ellis crouched down, before throwing some dirt at her eyes and tackling her.
Jazmine gasped as they both careened down the cliffside "I'm going to kill you- you absolute ba-"
They both splashed into the water almost at the same time. A green goo slowly covered the water they both landed into. Neither reamerged from the water for a few moments until Jaz gasped for air.
"What the- where the hell am I!? Marty! Did you drag me out of my bed just to get my outfit wet!?"
On some rocks, Marty gave her a confused look. He was trying to dry his outfit off "Huh? I-I didn't prank you, we're in a challenge right now!"
Jazmine frowned while looking around, noticing Ellis coming back for air "I… knew that. Are we winning right now?"
Ellis shrugged "Not sure honestly"
"I see. Well, I'm going to dry my outfit, I hate when it gets wet" she started paddling to the nearest coast. This left Marty to notice Ellis smiling to himself.
"What's up with her today?" he asked.
Ellis sighed when she was far enough away "We might have to talk…"
The scene hard cut away from their conversation as Bobby was climbing atop a tree like a wild monkey. The intellectual chimp, sipping his tea, never would have noticed Bobby getting closer to him when they both heard a loud battle cry.
"Get over here monkey!" Ian screamed, running at him with his net high in the air.
The monkey just smiled down at him in condescention before starting to quickly float away from him on his chair.
"That's right, run while you can" Ian snickered as he continued to run.
Bobby groaned in annoyance before he started rapidly jumping from tree to tree. Which got him to quickly outpace Ian.
The monkey eventually flew out of the forest, continuing to float away when Bobby dove at him. The slob extended his net, getting a hold of the seat's back end.
"You foolish humans really think you could capture me that easily?" The monkey taunted while grabbing some mud and throwing it at Bobby. Naturally, this didn't really affect him at all, as he licked the mud off the side of his cheek.
Ian jumped onto the back of Bobby, holding on as they both got dragged by the chimp. It only continued taunting them as Ian started slowly climbing up Bobby and onto the back of his armchair.
"You're mine now!" Ian laughed boisterously, swinging his net down at the monkey before it swung around his body and onto his shoulders. "Hey, you stupid monkey try making this easier for me!"
"Right, because of course I'd do that. You naked ape" the monkey started repeatedly slapping and knocking his head around with a mocking snicker.
Ian groaned loudly in annoyance, shaking his body around to try throwing the monkey off to little effect. While they were distracted, Bobby climbed up the back, readying his net again before capturing the top of Ian's head and the monkey in his net.
"Got it" Bobby smiled, raising his fist for a small fistbump.
He didn't seem to care or note that Ian's head vanished with the monkey. On another part of the island, Ian's head would suddenly appear in the cage with all of his team's monkeys.
Ian glanced between the monkeys and scowled "Are we gonna have a problem you clods?"
They scowled at him, before immediately started swinging their fists at him. He groaned in a mix of pain and annoyance but couldn't fight back.
"Congrats on actually finishing the challenge before dinner! I'm marginally impressed Bob-ay!" The camera flew over the contestants, showing Colmillo had broken every robot that had taken Therion and was now holding him in a protective chokehold.
"All of you can meet back at the Plaza, there your collection of monkeys will be and that's where we'll have our final judging"
"Bobby got us the win, that's good to hear" Therion smiled slightly as Colmillo started dragging him over her shoulder to the plaza.
Eventually, the contestants stood in their separate teams, staring at the three large boxes with carpeting covering all of them. The host walked before these boxes with a smile "Now that you're all here, it's about time we find out who here aped out the hardest. And for that, we'll start with the last team to grab an ape, the Maggots!"
Colmillo and Marty pat the happy Bobby on his back as Topher threw the cover aside, showing they had captured 4 normal monkeys that were glaring at them.
"Not bad" Topher smiled "Not bad at all"
"What an easy win" Ellis smirked.
"Almost felt like I did it in my sleep" Jaz mused.
"How about we look into the Kombatants" Topher threw off another cover, this time the cage looked like it was filled to the brim with robotic monkeys and three normal ones. "Looks like they've now taken the lead!"
"Wait, you're counting the… robots?" Marty drooped slightly "I didn't think those would count!"
"Yea, I wouldn't have smashed all the robots if I thought I was going to be graded on it" Colmillo scowled, before starting to chuckle slightly "Nah, I would've still smashed their shit in"
Topher glared at the Maggots until they finally shut up "Good. Now comes the final part… to see if the Maggots or the Plumbers will be sending home a big loser"
The Plumbers, excluding Ian, didn't seem too worried as Topher removed the cover. Underneath was a similar site to the Kombatants, with it being filled to the brim by monkeys.
"Well, later Mecha-Maggots! You've lost fair and square"
"Good job carrying" Mitzy whispered sarcastically to an annoyed Ian.
Colmillo started rolling up her sleeves, clearly getting ready to punch the host when Therion had to pull her back. "I guess we better start thinking of who to vote for," Ellis shrugged a bit.
"Well, voting for the mole wouldn't be a bad start" Walter snuck over to whisper into Therion's ear "We should talk later"
Therion just gave the lawyer a strange look.
Confessional: Ellis
"Oh Walter, Walter, Walter. You're just a total pain aren't you? But you kind of missed the most important thing there is. You're expecting my teammates to be mad that we have an unfair advantage? Even if they are, I can just bribe them or rig the vote. I mean how stupid does he think I am?"
Ellis rolled his eyes "I'll just get Therion a new video game console or Marty some phone number from a runway model and I'll last no problem. Really, the only issue is to see if I should eliminate the blockhead Bobby or go for a threat"
XXX
After some time all the contestants were brought to the elimination ceremony. Clearly, the bribing had already gone through. Marty was holding a slip with numbers on it, Therion was playing a game in VR, Jazmine was posing for someone to start taking photos of her, and then Bobby and Colmillo were just sitting there without anything on them.
"Well… you all look rather… calm" Topher glared slightly at all the contestants.
"Well it's a pretty easy vote" Ellis shrugged.
"Right…" the host cleared his throat "Let's just get to the voting then."
Confessional: Marty
The photographer was kissing the paper he was handed "This is like christmas day!" he cheered. Marty eventually moved the photo "Ok, I should probably just vote for who Ellis wanted. It's only fair"
Marty stamped a photo of Bobby.
XXX
Confessional: Colmillo
"There's not a chance in hell I'm voting El Bobbito. The guy's a legend in these challenges, he's practically carried us at this point! So yea, I'm gonna vote for Jaz, she was energetic during the challenge but almost immediately after she was lazing around like always" Colmillo scowled and stamped her.
XXX
Confessional: Therion
The gamer was still wearing his helmet as he practically floundering around as he tried to move around "Wow, this trapped in box game is a lot more realistic than I was expecting"
XXX
Topher just frowned at the votes, before looking back at the contestants "Well, you all voted, so how about we get right to it?"
"Yea, no point keeping us up late when we know how this is going" Ellis smirked.
"Yea…." Topher cleared his throat "For those that are safe, we have the usual marshmallows, and for our first safe contestant we have Colmillo. For… sucking face with Therion I guess?"
The host tossed a marshmallow to Colmillo, who was happy to tear into it with an aggressive smirk.
"Therion, Marty, you're both also safe!" Topher tossed marshmallows to both of them, with Marty catching his as Therion's bounced off his helmet.
"This leaves our only two contestants with votes" Topher smiled down to the model wannabe and Bobby, who still hadn't realized he was in the bottom two yet.
"Jazmine, your constant struggling with Goomine and your lack of usual effort has started to anger and annoy your teammates. Meanwhile, Bobby, some people want you gone" he silently glanced at Ellis who shrugged.
"So, today, the Maggot going home is…
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"Jazmine, you got the most votes!" Topher smirked at the model, who wasn't even really paying attention still.
"A little crying never hurt anyone" Topher deadpanned before throwing a marshmallow to Bobby, who collapsed on his back when it hit his head.
"How is Jaz out? I thought everyone was talking about Bobby?" Ellis was still trying to come off as innocent, even if it was obvious he wasn't.
"Well, the votes don't lie" Topher deadpanned "Only two people actually voted for Bobby"
Ellis scowled to the other contestants "I'm going to expect the reward back from the rest of you now"
"See you later Jaz" Marty waved the girl goodbye, but she just leaned back, waiting to finally get out of there.
"See you losers later, I'm gonna finally get that modeling deeeeeeeal!" she yelled as she was sucked away by the tube.
The contestants were about to get up and go when Topher cleared his throat "Uh, actually, there's one last thing I forgot to mention prior"
"What is it now?" Colmillo frowned at the host "We already did the voting, what matters now?"
"Well, quite literally everyone in the competition now knows about a secret mole that is supposed to be, well, a secret. But I think there's no one left in this competition that doesn't know who it is. Well, besides Bobby"
Topher glanced at the slob, who was still sitting on the ground with a peaceful smile.
"So…. I'm just gonna send him home too!" he smiled, not waiting for any argument before he was already sent flying through the tube.
"Ah man, we lost two guys today?" Marty frowned "That's really a hit to my morale"
Topher shrugged simply "Sorry about Ellis, but it's just like Owen. What's the point of a mole when he's found out? It's just pointless, and if I eliminate him now, we might not get sued as much by that freezie pop"
"Valid" Therion admitted.
"I'll see you all next time you lose!" the host grabbed a hook and was being carried away by it "Hopefully you can turn it around but I don't care too much either way" he cheered as he vanished.
The last four Maggots were left to silently stand there, before Therion and Marty remembered that they both still have their rewards.
"I see this ending as an absolute win!" Marty cheered before the camera went black.
Votes:
Bobby- Ellis and Marty
Jaz- Bobby, Therion, Jaz, and Colmillo
AN: And here we are once again. First double elimination of the season, and I feel it fits rather well. Jazmine hasn't had too much plot outside Goomine, so it was good to finish up that arc in full and give her a happy ending since I just genuinely really liked her. Thank you a lot for giving her to me Nobody, she was a good mean girl, the best kind of girl really.
Then we also have Ellis, he's been good for drama and giving Veronica more people to interact with before the team swap. Considering his nice persona and he likes to mess with people just to mess with them, I thought the mole plot would be pretty good for him. Thanks Aya for handing your, I think only antagonist to me. Was a good challenge for people like Walter and Vinnie.
24th: Matt 15th: Jaz
23rd: Tess 14th: Ellis
22nd: Antoinette
21st: Charlotte
20th: Thomas
19th: Michael
18th: Dylan
17th: Maxine
16th: Bailey
Pathetic Plumbers: Walter, Ian, Vinnie, Mitzy
Mega-Maggots: Bobby, Marty, Colmillo, Therion
Killer Kombatants: Liz, Camila, Mimos, Mitch, Veronica
