Topher had an amused smile as he just deleted multiple emails with lawsuits that were on his computer. He chuckled a bit as he deleted the last one "There's the last of our issues gone"
"Last time on Total Drama, our contestants were having a funky monkey Friday, and had to capture the apes that were running around after escaping. That was until one of the monkeys suddenly gained sentience. It made an army of monkey robots and looked poised to take over the island with some assistance" it shows the holographic woman.
"In the end, Bobby got the last real monkey but failed to get enough of the robotic kind. It looked like he was close to getting sent home, but lucky for him, Jaz voted herself out and Ellis was revealed as the mole. So, both were sent flying to who knows where!"
Topher snickered as he deleted another lawsuit email "Now we're down to our final 13, and the merge is only getting closer and closer now. Let's see how the contestants will shape up for this new 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 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
The night after the elimination, the Plumbers got together to celebrate their surprise victory. Naturally this was just Walter, Mitzy, and Vinnie celebrating their revenge for Bailey. They were all just eating some pizza from the kitchen since Insignificant was sleeping on a bed of spikes.
"Gotta say Walter, I'm kind of impressed that you ended up eliminating Ellis. I honestly believed Topher would save his butt again" Mitzy smiled, tapping her pizza slice with Walter.
Vinnie shrugged "At this point I can't imagine he's totally worth keeping around. Still hasn't made me feel much better for helping us lose when Bailey left…"
"Well, no point moping about it" Walter smiled "As they said in law school, if you weren't expecting them to make a point. Just pretend you saw it coming and lie ahead. If you're confident eventually you'll convince yourself and others you know what's going on"
"I… can try just forcing the positivity" Vinnie nodded slightly.
"I've got better advice" Mitzy smirked "You and Bailey were close, and she wasn't upset at you when she left right? Then just try to focus on the prize of winning. It's not like you're a supervillain like Ian, who was more responsible than you for her going"
Vinnie slowly grew a smirk "You're right… The best kind of motivation is screwing over someone who did it to you first. Then, when I win I can just give the money to Bailey as an apology"
"That's a way to do it" Mitzy smiled and nodded. All the while Walter had his head down, just smiling he proved Ellis was wrong without any inappropriate actions.
While they were enjoying their victory however, Ian was watching with an annoyed scowl. Before sneaking in to steal a slice of pizza Mitzy dropped and sneak back out with it. Just to glare at them once again.
Confessional: Walter
He had a genuienly surprised expression on his face "I was planning to get Ellis sent home, but what do you know he actually was eliminated"
Watler couldn't help but chuckle like an innocent child "It's crazy. The villains never get sent home before the final four at least. And Owen was the mole but he lasted all the way to third. I-I don't want to get a big head but I just feel great!"
XXX
Confessional: Ian
"Well, this sucks," the thief deadpanned. "I was hoping Ellis would stick around longer so I could at least use his presence as a shield from my dumbass teammates."
"I guess I'm just gonna have to pull something out of my butt for this one" Ian smirked a bit "Shouldn't be too hard to avoid this"
XXX
Once everyone was up in the morning, the Killer Kombatants were primarily stuck outside their own bathroom.
"What's taking so long now?" Mitch grumbled, only coming into the room because his base didn't have any showers. And he hadn't really showered since they got there.
Mimos shrugged "You miss it but every morning Camila and Veronica fight over beauty products and who gets to use up all the hot water… But gosh darn it I just love them!" he brought back his excited, cheery smile.
"They just need to make sure they look as good as possible" Liz pointed out like that was just to be expected "But I'm just fine going last. I'm fine showering in cold water if that's how it has to be"
"I do usually end up using the last of the warm water" Mimos smiled innocently "But sorry Liz… didn't mean to"
"Oh it's fine" Liz waved her hand dissmisivley "But did you two get enough sleep last night?"
The team mom examined the two of them as thoroughly as possible. Mitch had bags under his eyes but besides that both of them seemed just fine. "Have you both been brushing your teeth?"
Mimos quickly nodded his head in confirmation. Mitch, on the other hand, was starting to shake his head when Mimos elbowed him hard in the side.
"Hey, that hurt!" Mitch whined in annoyance.
Liz shook her head dissaprovingly "ok, when the girls are done Mitch, I'm going to make sure you put on your deodorant and toothpaste. No arguments about it"
Mitch stood there in silence, before turning to walk out of the room. Before he could escape Liz grabbed him and held him in her arms "Can you girls hurry up in there? I've got a runner on my hands!"
"We'll be done when we're done darling~" Camila spoke flirtaciously from within the bathroom.
Liz grinned a bit "Just promise me sometime I can join you in there…"
"Not happening" Veronica immediately shot down.
The team mom sighed in defeat as the camera shifted within the room. Veronica was only wearing a towel after leaving the shower, and was plucking her eyebrows. Meanwhile, Camila was finishing up some makeup on her face. Both girls were trying to share the mirror, even if it was clouded from the shower's moisture.
"I don't even know why I have to share a bathroom with you" Veronica side eyed Camila with a glare "The shower was barely hot for as long as I needed"
Camila smiled innocently at her "It's because Liz wanted us to be as productive as possible in the morning. If you don't like it, I'd be happy to tell our companion of your distaste"
Veronica plucked her eyebrow a little too hard at Camila's threat, before turning to look at her. "You think I care what she says about me?"
"You clearly do darling. I can already see our futures… where Liz sides with me and you're eliminated" Camila started applying lipstick with a taunting smirk.
The rich girl didn't even choose to dignify that with a response, instead Veronica pushed her. This caused the psychic's lipstick to smear on her cheek.
Camila glared straight at her "I won't need to make a prediction to tell you that was a terrible idea"
"Oh I'm so scared of your mysticism" Veronica taunted.
The psychic just reached forward and lightly pulled on her hair, showing some of it was now in her hair "Do you really predict the pervert siding with a balding woman over all this?"
Veronica's face lit into a rage "How did you know about that!? The shampoo here just isn't very good, that's the only reason it's like that!"
"That's not what my crystal ball predicts…" Camila smirked.
Veronica let out a scream of rage before tackling Camila, causing the bathroom door to open with their collision. Camila could feel her back slam into someone, but she didn't care as the two girls started pulling on each other's hair or to just mess up the other.
"This is your one chance to get into the shower while it's warm Mitch" Mimos mused, before noticing that Mitch was running off. He looked back down to see both girls were currently crushing a rather happy Liz.
Confessional: Liz
The team mom was rubbing her bruised head "I love my team… but I don't think the team or I will last if those two constantly stay at each other's throats. I just don't know what could possibly get those two to work together…"
XXX
While both teams were enjoying their new rebalancing, the big losers of the night prior weren't as bummed as they could have been.
Therion was letting Colmillo play with his game console, though that ended with the wrestler punching a giant hole into their wall. Though she did apologize profusely for it.
"I'm glad you're enjoying it, Colmillo, I didn't think you'd really even give the game a try…" he had a small smile on his face.
"Well if you like it there's got to be something positive about it" Colmillo smirked as she kept playing the game. Because she was distracted she couldn't notice Therion smiling with a small blush.
"I'm… glad you can get into something just because I like it" he murmured.
Marty meanwhile sat at a table in the room, casually calling up the model's phone number that Ellis handed him.
He called the number, getting a woman on the other end. Which was honestly further than Marty was expecting to get. However, before he could get a word in edge-wize, Lana walked into the room to take his phone and then snatched the VR set from Therion.
"Hey what are you doing!?" Colmillo scowled at the short intern.
"S-sorry" Lana smiled nervously "But Topher asked me to take your gifts away, since Ellis wasn't supposed to give out this kind of thing"
"Can't you just take out the number but let me keep the phone?" Marty smiled hopefully.
Lana stared at him for a moment before slinking out of the room as quietly as possible. She slammed the door behind her, resulting in disappointed sighs from Therion and Marty.
Bobby smiled at the two "There's plenty of other ways to have fun without those gadgets at least!"
"Are we gonna go wrestle some more monkeys?" Colmillo grinned.
"Maybe" Bobby smiled "But we should just get something to eat!"
"Are you really always hungry?" Therion grumbled, looking a bit more annoyed than he should be over what happened.
Bobby just nodded "More often than not"
Marty cleared his throat "How about we just get some fresh air? It's always nice to not stay put in a stuff room. Especially when someone is known for poisoning a room. No offence Bobby"
"None taken" he just continued to smile.
"Yea, sure, fine" Therion nodded "Let's go do something I guess" the gamer started walking out of the room.
Marty silently scratched the back of his head "...Honestly, the anger is a bit hot" he mused, before noticing Colmillo glaring at him.
As usual, most of the day was given off for the contestants to just pass the time however they could. Marty chose to walk around, looking for a pretty bird or something to snap a photo of. That was until he noticed a strange shack in the plaza.
The shack was very colorful, with purple drapes covering it. These drapes were coated in stars and a simple cosmic design. Marty shrugged, just curious to see where this might lead as he walked inside.
When he walked inside, he found Camila was sitting behind a desk with her crystal ball resting on a pillow. Before her was Mitch, who was on his tippy toes to stare into her face.
"Come on, come on, come on! You've got to tell me how I die it's only fair" Mitch scowled "I have money, you've gotta tell me how to avoid my death for whenver or wherever it is"
Camila shook her head, keeping her serene smile even if her eye was twitching faintly in annoyance. "Mitch, I apologize but the spirits would never forgive me if I were to change your fate. We all must deal with what comes for us"
Mitch groaned in annoyance "If I give you another five will you just tell me what kills me?" He pulled the money out of his pocket.
The psychic smiled, before silently pocketing the money and caressing her magic ball "Let's see here…"
A small smile formed on her face, even though nothing seemed to change. "You will be mauled to death by a wolf"
"I… don't doubt that" Mitch slowly nodded, rubbing the back of his neck "I need to find a way to get wolf repellent," he murmured while slowly walking out of the shack, not even bothering to notice Marty.
"Hello Marty, how may I be of assistance to you today?" Camila leaned forward, showing a little more of her chest to try tempting him for a prediction.
Marty fell for it hook line and sinker as he stared directly at it. "Heyyy" he smiled, taking a seat "You're doing your psychic show right?"
"S-show?" Camila looked offended "Good sir, this is no show. This is as true as it can be"
"Alright, alright" Marty chuckled a bit "I'll take your word for it. But, uh, for five bucks I'd like to see if I get kissed by anyone before I go" he smirked a bit more.
Camila gave him a deadpan expression "I could tell you anything in the future and your concern is kissing someone?"
Marty shrugged, "What else would I want to hear about?"
She just rolled her eyes at him before holding her hand out "So. That will be five dollars"
The photographer was fine handing the money over to her, which made her smile ear to ear. "Thank you darling. Now… let's see our future…."
Camila slowly rubbed her crystal ball, tapping something on the floor to cause mist to fill the room. "Your future is filled with women… yes, surprising I know…"
"Liking where it's going" Marty joked.
"And… by the time this season ends, one of the female contestants…" Camila stared dead at the crystal ball, as a eureka hit her "Someone with dyed hair will kiss you!"
"Your hair doesn't happen to be dyed, does it?" Marty smirked at her, just getting an annoyed shake of the head from her. "Ah well, expected that much"
The Photographer smirked a bit "So I kiss someone with dyed hair… Well, I hope Mitch and Mitzy have their lips ready" he joked.
"If that's all I'd be more than fine to see you leave" Camila deadpanned, not wanting him to hold up her time.
"Oh, just one last question before I go" Marty smiled, leaning on the table "Have you ever done one of those predictions for yourself using that ball?"
Camila silently glanced down at her ball "Well, I suppose not in some time now, no…"
"And you expect us to just believe your predictions when they're clearly not good enough for you?" Marty tilted his head "That's like going to a restaurant with a skinny chef making the food"
"Now you quiet down" Camila threatened "I'll be just fine to do my own prediction right here on the spot. And I guarantee, 100% or your money back that it will be as factual as the others"
"Sounds like a whole lot of talk but no actual predicting" he smirked expectantly.
The psychic tried her best to not give him a dirt look as she caressed her crystal ball. "Getting anything yet?"
"Be patient" Camila scowled "I have to concentrate, prophecy is a hard mistress to pin down" she continued her examination before an image finally began to appear before her.
"Oh, I see it" in the ball Camila could see a visual of her standing with multiple silhouettes "I'm in the merge, which goes without saying. Oh, I'm approaching someone now…"
Marty silently stared at the crystal ball, which clearly had nothing on it. But for Camila, she can see she's currently approaching Liz. "Huh, I suppose I won her as my ally" Camila mused "I knew that would work out in the end"
"Your prediction is that you and Liz merge?" Marty leaned on his arm "Doesn't sound like a real exciting prediction"
"Not all of them can be" Camila shrugged as the ball continued to play the scene for her, even if she wasn't as focused on it. And while she wasn't focused, she noticed at the bottom of her eye that the scene moved to Liz and her hugging, before it quickly led to them passionately kissing the other.
Camila let out a terrified scream before throwing the ball as hard as she could against the ground. Marty reeled back in surprise.
"Woah there, don't think that's a bit of an overreaction to just making the merge?"
"Get out this minute!" Camila was flustered and blushing. "The predictions are done for the day, fate is clearly giving me a sign to stop"
"Oh….kay" Marty just shrugged "I have no idea what would make you this worried but I'll get out of your hair"
As the Photographer left, Camila was left to ponder in annoyance her own fate.
Confessional: Camila
Camila still looked flustered, but was much more confident like she usually is. "I'm not quite sure what to chalk that blunder up to. Clearly it won't happen but if it's not a prediction what could it be? All I can imagine is personal thoughts… but that's even more unrealistic!"
Her blush came back slightly stronger.
XXX
Not long after, every contestant was found and brought straight to the VR room, where Topher was repeatedly banging and smashing on his computer.
"Woah, someone's having a bad day" Ian snickered at the host.
"It's not my fault!" Topher whined "The producers told me they'd keep the VR up and functioning but nooooooooooooooooo the IT guy can't make it" he slapped his face with his hand.
"So no challenge today?" Walter sounded hopeful.
The host just laughed at him "Not even close to what I was thinking Walter, so keep the thinking to yourself. Because we're still having our challenge today. In fact, after losing one more person than I planned we had to cut one out and get straight to a classic Sexxa game!"
"Oh, uh, Sonic right?" Mitzy guessed with a small smile.
"Close but not close at all!" Topher smiled "Today we will be going off the classic arcade game: Crazy Taxi!"
"Oh, I know that one" Therion had his arms crossed impatiently "You ride around in taxis dropping civilians to their destinations. Pretty simple game premise"
Topher silently stared at the contestant, who stared back. "Ok. Fine. That's exactly how those games are. Just get in your sets…" he rubbed his temple.
Each team got into their VR suits, with them all suddenly transported into taxi cabs large enough to house everyone on their respective teams. It so happened to fall on the Plumbers, with Ian sitting in the front seat. Vinnie was in the passenger seat while the other two goons were stuck in the back together.
"I've never played this game, do we know what we're even doing here?" Walter looked between his companions.
Ian looked around in his seat, before finding a piece of paper on the dashboard "I'm guessing this is our hint…"
The thief read over the paper, finding it had an old woman's photo on it with her name and identification. The note read: "Welcome Taxi Drivers. In this challenge, you have to take old lady Greta to her retirement home, but only one team will be getting the payout for this. Our second place team will be decided on who holds her longest so it's best to try keeping that bag of bones as long as you can! However, if your vehicle is destroyed or injured, it will cut into your overall score"
As he read this out, a green beam shot into the sky. Further in the dense city, they could see a lighter beacon. "Well, looks like we know where we're going" Vinnia smiled a bit "Shouldn't be too hard to just grab her and-"
Ian stomped on the gas, sending their taxi at top speeds through the streets. Almost immediately Walter and Mitzy felt their faces slam into the back of their seats.
"Hey, watch how fast you're going Ian! I just got whiplash" Mitzy practically screamed.
"Oh you're acting like we aren't in a video game" Ian rolled his eyes as he kept driving. This included when they got to an area that was backed up with multiple cars in a line.
His three companions turned to Ian expectantly, clearly worried for what he was about to do as he rammed through the cars as fast as he could. As they drove by, Mitzy and Walter looked mortified as they heard the screams of pain behind them.
"I don't know why Topher had to include that…" Mitzy murmured while turning paler.
Vinnie turned to Ian "Any chance I can at least borrow the drivine wheel for the moment?"
"Not a chance furry-girly, you'll just waste the time we don't have" Ian smirked when he saw the old lady was right to their side. He was about to take a stop when another taxi suddenly smashed into them and pushed them out of the way.
"Hey, that was our pickup!" Vinnie lowered the door window to frown at the taxi driver.
"Oh, sorry…" their driver window lowered to show Therion looking at them. For some reason he looked too sad about doing that, like he was close to crying "I just really thought… we could use the win this time around…"
"Is he about to cry?" Walter whispered while also lowering his window.
While that was going on, Colmillo jumped out of their taxi. "You're coming with us grannie" she smirked and grabbed her by the arm. To her surprise, the grandma was putting up a strong fight, trying everything in her power to not get inside.
"Ok, that's just annoying. Don't make me get physical lady" La Luchadora started cracking her knuckles threateneningly.
"Don't make me have to do the same, lady" the granny raised her pepper spray, and looked very ready to use it on him.
Colmillo just stepped forward with a confident smirk "Try it if you want. I can't promise if you'll keep your legs attached"
The old woman stared at Colmillo, and looked almost ready to drop the pepper spray. But that was just when she raised it back up and started spraying Colmillo directly in her eyes for a solid few seconds.
The wrestler just cheered on the attack, laughing boisterously as her eyes bulged from the pain. Knowing this wasn't going anywhere, Bobby and Marty walked out of the taxi and walked behind the woman.
Bobby snuck his finger under the woman's nose and she almost immediately passed out "There we go…" he smiled softly before dragging her into their taxi with Marty.
Colmillo was still gasping, clutching her hands with a pure unadulterated rage "Ohhhh, that was good!"
"Yo, Colmillo, we're going. Do you need someone to help you out?" Marty asked from the window seat.
"I'm just fine dweeb!" Colmillo laughed boisterously, but as she walked she clearly was feeling around to try finding the doorhandle.
Marty groaned before getting out of the car, and shoving her into the back seat "Ok, let's go already!" he smiled from his original seat.
They all expected to go, before noticing Therion was turning red in anger as he looked back at the old lady with his rearview mirror. "Therion…?" Colmillo was reaching around before grabbing his face "I love you and all that ya nerd, but can you start driving? I'll do it if I need to!"
"I'll drive, just one sec" he stomped on the peddle, just to have the old woman suddenly slam her head into the seat. Therion had a small, vindictive smirk before he started driving as fast as he could.
Confessional: Therion
He had a small blush "I… don't really know what came over me there. It was just awful to see that old woman pepper spray Colmillo, even if she thinks she handled the stuff fine it just…" Theiron started shaking "It infuriates me to no end!" he flung his fists around angrily.
After a few moments of realization he blushed again "I-I'm sorry…"
XXX
While the Maggot and Plumber taxis were driving side-by-side, the Kombatants were still well off from the others. The Killer Kombatants meanwhile, were seemingly lost on directions.
In the front seat was Camila and Veronica, who were both constantly fighting over the wheel. All the while Mimos, Liz, and Mitch were sitting in the back. Well, Mimos and Liz were. The team had to strap Mitch to the top of their car because he refused to get in that death-mobile.
"It's clear we just have to keep moving forward" Veronica whined in the driver's seat "How can you be so god awful at directions? It's almost a talent!"
Camila just scowled back "Don't you ever try that darling. I can see every potential future and all of our fate at once. I know which way we need to go"
"Your way literally leads away from the beacons!" Veronica shoved Camila away when she tried grabbing the steering wheel.
Liz nervously played with her hands "L-let's stay focused here girls…"
"Oh quiet down!" They both turned to glare at her, which shut her right up.
"S-sorry..," she whispered, leaning back into her seat as they continued to argue against each other.
"Those two really can't get along" Mimos chuckled, still keeping his friendly shtick up "I think we can still win and all, but if they keep fighting I don't know"
Liz flinched slightly just agreeing in part with him "I-I'm sure we can pull it together! We still have a numbers advantage"
"I… don't think that would help here" Mimos pointed out as polite as he could, before chuckling a bit.
"That's… true" she nodded "I'm glad you've calmed down Mimos. It's really easy talking to you now"
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here man!" Mimos leaned up and laughed happily.
Liz started leaning up in her seat "I'm gonna go make sure Mitch is ok, alright?"
Mimos just smiled and gave her a thumbs up. The Team Mom leaned out the window to check on Mitch.
"Owen worked better than I expected" Mimos murmured, though he looked a bit annoyed.
On the top of the taxi, Mitch looked as pale as a ghost as he held on tight. Even if he was tied to the top, he looked like he was worried about flying off. "Are… you ok?" Liz smiled, clearly worried.
"Not at all!" Mitch screamed "GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
"Mitch, if you got in the car you'd distract the driver by constantly pointing at the stuff she'll crash into"
Mitch stayed silent, clearly trying to form a potential argument against this but couldn't think up something. "Ok, I'll stay up here" he grumbled.
"Have fun" Liz smiled before going back into the taxi.
Once she was back in the car, she found Camila was fully behind the wheels now. She was driving around a bit sporadically at this point now. "Careful Camila, we don't want to accidentally break our taxi"
"Quiet down back there, I need to focus now more than ever" The Psychic warned before taking a hard right turn, throwing Veronica against her window.
Mimos chuckled a bit as Liz and him got flung around all over the back seat. This all came to an end when they suddenly felt something crash into the side of their car.
"Oh, what was that now?" Veronica whined, turning to the side to see Therion and Colmillo groaning weakly in their seats.
Camila had a small smirk before pointing at the glow in the sky "See? Got us here in no time…"
While both teams were reeling from the clash, Vinnie was walking up to the Plumber taxi before dragging the old lady out of it "Sorry about the damage" she apologized before running back into her car with the cargo.
"Alright, back into the lead" Ian smirked before driving away at top speeds. Both teams had to take a moment to get back into their seats before racing after them.
Ian looked up to the sky, and could see that the second light in the sky was less dim "Guessing that's where we're off to now" Vinnie guessed.
Meanwhile, in the back Walter and Mitzy were fanning off the older woman, just trying to make sure she was comfortable… or checking to make sure she was indeed alive. Since she hadn't woken up since Bobby's finger.
As they drove, Ian noticed there was a curve downward from where they were going. He simply looked to his left and right, before caclicking like a nutcase.
"W-what are you doing now?" Vinnie looked uncomfortable at his smile and laugh.
"We're going to go flying away from these guys, dummy" The Thief drove even faster, which sent them flying through the sky as they went over the decline.
Vinnie clutched the dashboard tight enough to almost crush it as the other two teams continued to drive on the road, silently watching them fly over them in the sky.
"That was clever" Walter admitted before their taxi slammed right back onto the ground.
Ian smirked as they landed again "Yea, I know"
While they were still ahead of the others, his confident grin was quickly wiped off when he saw the two taxis gaining on him again as Colmillo, Bobby, Mitch, and Mimos were all getting atop their respective taxis.
"Any of you guys know how to fight?" Ian glanced at the others.
"Do you think we do?" Vinnie joked slightly as Walter flexed to show off how thin his arm is.
"I have to do everything around here?" He groaned a bit "Ok bear, you can take the wheel here, I gotta go stop the others"
Without a warning he was already swinging himself out of the window and onto their cover. "Hey guys" Ian just grinned at them "I'm obviously not going to let you have the granny so can we just try to be calm here?"
Bobby smiled "He makes a good point"
Colmillo glared at him, clearly still having some vision issues from earlier before she smacked him on the back of the head "Let's just focus on why we're up here"
"Right…" Bobby clearly didn't remember why but just played along as Colmillo jumped onto the Plumber taxi.
"You're all they threw up here to try stopping me? Jeez, it's like they want me to " Colmillo smirked down at Ian, not gloating this time as she pulled him into a headlock. Ian started scrambling in her grasp, trying to break out but just couldn't. After all, he doesn't nearly have the muscle mass she does.
"Well, sorry we'll have to cut this fight off early" Colmillo chuckled dryly before chucking Ian straight off the taxi.
While this was going on, Bobby ripped his hand through the top of the car, and ripped the old lady out. "I've got the package boss lady"
"Good work Bobbito, now we just have to get it back to our car" she hopped back over, knowing Bobby could make it on his own.
"Hey Bobby!" Mimos smiled at the slob, who smiled right back at him. "Think we can take that old lady? We'd really appreciate it"
"You actually think that would work?" Colmillo looked more surprised than anything. Especially so when Bobby suddenly threw the lady at Mitch, who was crushed under her.
Mimos gave him a thumbs up "Thanks bud, we really owe you one!"
"Yea, no problem bud, no problem at all" Bobby grinned over at the mimic, just happy to have done his good deed of the day. With that he hopped back to his taxi, raising his hand for a high-five, though it was naturally not returned.
"You just lost a lot of points Bobby" the wrestler threatened as Mimos laughed confidently.
"Later guys!" Mimos waved before crawling back into his taxi, leaving Mitch to stay guard on the top. He nervously waved at the two on the top of the taxi that were going straight for them.
Confessional: Mimos
"Honestly, I'm not too worried about how things go now. The Plumbers lost Ian and we have the old lady now. All we have to do now is avoid Colmillo and Bobby and we might actually make it through this"
Mimos's fake smile turned into something mischievous "Or if push comes to shove I can destroy the Plumber's taxi"
XXX
The Kombatants drove away, though Veronica was now fully in charge of their form of transportation now. "You two actually got it? I'm impressed"
"Was mostly me" Mimos mused, setting the old woman down in the seat beside him.
"Well, it looks like I was right. As to be expected, really" Camila had a small smirk on her face.
"Yea, after you almost killed us" Veronica side eyed her threateningly.
Camila just rolled her eyes "You'll always find a way to blame me for something won't you? It's almost tiring at this point"
"Ugh, women" Mimos chuckled while elbowing the sleeping old lady.
Liz silently frowned at him. Almost a second after this, they felt something slam into the side of their car, where they could see Colmillo and Marty suddenly had bats and were now constantly swinging it at their windows and sides.
"Guess we have more trouble now" Liz whimpered, backing away from the side experiencing the onslaught.
"Anything in that magic ball got a solution for us?" Veronica deadpanned to Camila.
She just ignored her "I'm thinking, I'm thinking" while she was 'thinking' they could hear Mitch's repeated, pained yelps from the bats "Oh, I've got it. You just need to drive faster darling"
Veronica scowled at the suggestion before driving somewhat faster, though the car was beginning to spiral a bit from all the damage.
"We need something to catch up with them!" Marty panicked.
Therion tapped his chin before a bright smile formed on his face "Colmillo my beautiful girlfriend, could you check the glove compartment for me please? If there's machetes under the seat there must be more"
The wrestler looked at him funny, as a dopey smile formed on his face "Uh, sure…" she awkwardly opened it before finding a bazooka.
"Oh now we're talking!" Colmillo smirked before leaning out the window. She aimed her rocket at the team, but when she shot the rocket, the Kombatants drove right out of the way.
It still hit a target, with them blowing up a child's hospital for cancer. Colmillo silently stared at the fire before ducking back into the taxi without anyone inside saying a word.
Confessional: Topher
The host was snickering in amusement "Yea, that's part of why we're doing this in VR. You can drive around to your hearts content, but in a game you can get away with a lot more crimes against humanity. Took them all long enough to find the Heavy Metal part of this game. I just wonder if the others will find their things"
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Confessional: Colmillo
"I tell ya what, I have no idea what Therion's problem was today. Earlier he seemed ready to burst and then he's acting like the biggest sub I've ever seen." She slowly rubbed her chin "Maybe I shouldn't keep hitting him so hard"
XXX
Speaking of their abilities, Mitch had come down to the taxi just to press a button, which caused a bunch of flammable oil to start following behind, which was severely slowing down the other team.
However, both teams began to drive as fast as they could when they noticed the oil was starting to catch fire from the hospital. It was now chasing them down.
Further ahead, Vinnie was whistling dixie as she set nails down on the highway. "There, that oughta do it" she smiled while dumping the rest of the nails out of her box.
"Do you think this is allowed?" Walter asked, while standing next to the car with Mitzy.
Vinnie simply shrugged "Has Topher ever been one to give someone a penalty for using their head? Besides he just left that stuff in the taxi for us anyways"
"That's true. But it's still underhanded" Mitzy crossed her arms and shook her head.
"I'm sorry Mitzy, I don't want to sabotage anyone but I feel like this is a more than valid strategy" she frowned "It's not like I'm targeting anyone in particular anyways"
Walter shrugged "It is just VR, so no one should be getting hurt at least!"
"Well… I guess you both make good points'' Mitzy murmured before they heard the sound of the other teams rapidly gaining on their street.
"We need to hide!" Vinnie warned before pushing them both behind their taxi. Soon after the two team taxis were flying down the street, with the Kombatants leading on the other team still.
Neither team could notice the spikes before they drove straight over them, causing both cars to be put to a stop. They had no idea what caused the incident, or what to do, before the Plumbers came from out of nowhere slamming the Kombatant's doors open.
"Hey, sorry guys" Vinnie apologized before picking up the old lady "But we can't trust you and your companions with such a weak older lady"
"You're not taking our route to the winners circle!" Mimos scowled, trying to pull the lady back from him before Mitzy just bonked him on the back of the head.
Now that that team had the old lady they started running as fast as they could with her. The final checkmark was only around the next corner for them, meaning there wasn't much point to waste time getting their taxi up and runnin again.
The other two teams got out of their taxis and started chasing after them. Bobby was bouncing off walls and the ground, slamming down on Vinnie in the matter of moments. On contact the ground around him collapsed in on itself.
Vinnie let out a grunt of pain before chucking the lady like a football to Mitzy. The comic enthusiast noticed Mimos was sprinting at her as fast as possible with his head down. She turned around to see Walter was already standing at the final benchmark.
"Ohh, please let the constant drawing effect my muscles" she whimpered before throwing her to the lawyer.
To her surprise, it actually flew into his arms, and he actually managed to catch her.
"Here you are Mrs." Walter smiled while setting her down safely.
The old lady suddenly regained her consciousness when she was set on the ground. "You whippersnappers!" The old woman whined "You darn near killed me!"
"S-sorry" Walter whimpered before she smacked him around repeatedly. Only after the fifth slap did the VR game suddenly freeze.
"Well, goes without saying but the Plumbers come in first place! Even without one of your guys, that's an achievement" Topher suddenly replaced where the granny stood as the others walked over.
"We've also had the chance to examine the damages as you ran here second and third places teams"
Both cars suddenly materialized around Topher. The Kombatant taxi was covered in smashes and tears from the work the Maggots put into it.
"And for our time?" Topher looked up, as some timers started ticking up.
The Kombatants were at a full minute while the Maggots had 40 seconds. "And if we apply damages…"
The Killer's score almost immediately plummeted down to 25 seconds. This left Topher to just whistle in astonishment "Dang, guess you Kombatants are going straight to elimination!"
"How'd that prophecy go?" Veronica scowled to the Psychic on her right.
"I'd say it went well" Camila had a calm smile "As all I see in the near future is your defeat" she whispered the second part.
Mimos silently shook his head, putting his arms around Mitch and Liz "It's a shame to see them fight over and over again"
Liz grimaced in silence, but Mitch was just happy no one seemed to be targeting him.
The contestants were then free to do their own things. Mimos casually spoke with Mitch for most of the walk, keeping him from getting too close to the others.
And at the same time, Veronica and Camila were still angrily arguing against each other. Poor Liz was stuck right between the two of them, hearing and feeling their intense rage.
By the time they got back Liz just went to her room and hid under her covers.
Confessional: Liz
"I know Mimos and Mitch were talking about eliminating one of us. It's something he'd do. And they're both going to try getting me to vote for one of them…" Liz had a depressed expression on her face "I need to think of something fast…"
XXX
Liz walked out of the confessional, and immediately found Camila smirking flirtatiously at her "Oh, Liz, I was so hopeful about finding you out here~"
The Team Mom usually would've drooled at her flirting, but knowing where this was going just made her whimper nervously.
"Is something wrong?" Camila actually looked surprised before looking over herself "Is there something on me?"
"Y- no?" Liz silently snuck around Camila, keeping her eyes on her before she was fully around. Once Liz was past her she started running away.
She managed to escape the Psychic, and hid in the bathroom. She breathed a sigh of relief, assuming she was all alone.
"Oh, is that Liz? Can you pass me a towel?" A feminine voice spoke calmly.
Liz's eyes bugging out of her head as she ran back to the door, slamming it open and closing it right behind her.
Veronica moved her head from the shower with a small frown "Since when did she play hard to get?"
Veronica and Camila came into the room proper at the same time, noticing Liz's bef was shaking a bit "I'm guessing you're here to get me sent home?" They both deadpanned at the other, while walking over to the bed.
"Don't copy me!" They both said in unison right after "She clearly wants me around more than you"
Under the bed Liz was still looking worried. However, the more they argued the more Liz was seemingly becoming sick of it.
"Liz, get out from under there". "Yea, what she said I need you to help me get rid of the gypsy". "Oh like a spoiled rich girl would be much better? Hm?"
The Team Mom silently came out from under the bef with a purely blank expression on her face. Her fellow contestants silently looked back at her with a smile.
They were about to continue their comments when Liz grabbed them by the side of their heads and bonked them together "That's enough! I like getting along with people but even I'm going to have a limit!"
Camila and Veronica went completely silently, not even risking the chance of talking back to her. "You two have constantly been arguing non stop for what feels like a week! I mean, sure it was hot at first, but now I can't take it! I don't want to pick which one of you is better, I think the two of you are perfect. Just like Mitch and anyone else on my team. I hate even considering having to choose who goes so stop trying to make me pick!"
"S-sorry" "sorry" both girls apologize while looking anywhere but Liz, like actual children getting a talking to.
Liz took a deep breath and sighed, running a hand through her hair "I'm sorry for blowing up" she chuckled bashfully "How about we kiss and makeup?"
"Are you flirting again?" Camila quietly deadpanned.
"Only if you want~" Liz grinned, calming herself down with every flirtatious comment "But seriously you two need to make up with each other. I think you two would get along well"
Veronica and Camila glanced at each other "And why's that?"
"Because you both love money and looking good" Liz stated matter of factly "But I'm going to get ready for the vote. You two just promise to not vote each other?" She smiled expectantly.
Both girls looked to their team mom before nodding their heads slowly. "Great. See you there then!" She smiled and waved them goodbye.
Once the two were left alone, Veronica finally let her blush form "That was hot…" she admitted with a small nod from Camila. Then she realized exactly what she said and covered her lips.
The group of five appeared at the elimination ceremony. Mimos and Mitch looked pretty comfy as Veronica and Camila were seemingly glaring at the other once again, which worried Liz.
"You all know how it goes" Topher waved his hand dismissively "Just do your thing"
"Really missing the dramatics" Mimos chuckled before getting up and being the first to go vote.
Topher shrugged "Can't always be snappy during out eliminations"
Confessional: Mimos
Mimos spun the stamp on his fingers. "I'm glad I had the chance to turn my reputation around in time for those witches to get themselves targeted" he chuckled before stamping on Camila.
"The psychic failed the challenge so she'd be an easier bet. Wouldn't miss either too much"
XXX
"Well, our votes are in. So let's get right to it" Topher smiled "If your name is called you're safe. And our first safe contestant is Liz!"
The team mom smiled catching the marshmallow "Thank you"
"Mitch. Even though you did absolutely nothing you're safe!" This time the conspiracy theorist caught his marshmallow. Honestly seeming surprised.
"Aaaaaaaand Veronica!" The rich girl smirked confidently.
"Was only a matter of time, really" she taunted the remaining two.
These two being: Camila and Mimos. Both of them had their their usual confident aura around them.
"Camila, your rivalry with Veronica and 'psychic abilities' has seriously started to annoy your teammates"
Camila rolled her eyes "Disbelievers can be such a pain"
"And Mimos, well, no one forgot how confident and annoying you were before"
Mimos rolled his eyes "Snowflakes can be such a pain"
Topher silently blinked in silent annoyance "And the one going today will be…
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Mimos, you're out three to two!"
"W-what!?" Mitch spluttered in surprise "I thought Veronica and Camila would vote each other"
Mimos just frowned at Liz "I'm guessing you got them working together?"
Liz smiled a little "I guess I did. I'm sorry we had to send you home Mimos. It was a pleasure meeting ypu either way"
He just frowned before shrugging a bit "Ah well, I almost merged I'd say that's more than a good impression on people"
Mimos quickly turned this around to being a win for him, when the tube appeared to drag him away in the blink of an eye.
Mitch nervously looked at the three remaining girls on his team. Veronica leaned towards him with a smug smirk "Boo"
The coward screamed before running away, knowing full well his position on this new team.
Confessional: Veronica and Camila
Both girls shared some room in the confessional, and they were wearing matching smug smirks.
"Oh, we simply must thank Liz sometime" Camila spoke softly "Working together seems most beneficial to us"
"Oh for sure" Veronica nodded while pulling out her phone, which featured Ian and Mitzy "That simp's gonna regret making us get along when she sees what we've got brewing"
The duo couldn't help but start giggling manically at their own plans.
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An: And here's another elimination that I feel gets us into the major people getting sent home. Admittedly he had been a bit neglected in the last few chapters but I think his gimmick is a pretty fun one. Still gotta thank Clyde for giving me Mimos, in an earlier draft I considered him for the big baddie but things change and such.
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, Mitch, Veronica
