Merge
Boys - Pharaoh, Knick, Christopher, Edgar, Jett
Girls – Niu, Georgia, Melissa
Chef was shown inside the VR soundstage. "Last time on Total Drama Lights, Camera, Finale," The bulky cook began narrating. Flashbacks of the previous episode occurred.
"Pharaoh confronted Georgia about their breakup once and for all. He let Georgia know he will do his best to take her down in the competition. Jett began feeling guilty for his actions throughout the show. Knick had a confrontation with Christopher about each other's strategies. Luckily, Sara managed to get both into an agreement of getting rid of Georgia. Which pretty much everyone decided to do."
"Georgia had a trick up her sleeve of the remains of the clown's wig in her top hat and used it during the pirate challenge, giving herself immunity in the process despite the other contestants proven to be a great challenge to her. Buck obtained the chest that had inside the jolly roger flag, which gave an instant elimination from the competition. After giving his goodbyes to everyone except Georgia, he left the game."
"At the elimination ceremony, due to Georgia having immunity the Pre-Merge Alliance targeted Sara since she and Christopher are a couple. Georgia helped on eliminating the sweet bad girl. Then she revealed everything that happened throughout the season, causing one of, if not the biggest storm in Total Drama history. Both alliances crumbled and almost everyone is against each other."
The flashbacks ended. Chef was still inside the VR soundstage. "Only eight players remain. Anyone left has the possibility to make it to the finale. Though, the question remains on who will be eliminated today. Find out on this episode of Total… Drama… Light, Camera, Finale!"
The theme song for Total Drama has an orchestral vibe to it while still being groovy. A camera pops out of the entrance to the Crowstillo Caverns from Crowstillo Island. Another camera pops out from a carnival booth. Then one shows itself from a clothes racket at the film lot. A smooth transition occurs on Camp Wawanakwa's high cliff. The camera drone dives into the water around the cliff, creating a splash.
Dear mom and dad, I'm doing fine
The full cast of Total Drama Island is shown inside the dodgeball court. Everyone is throwing dodgeballs at each other. It looks to be the Screaming Gophers on the left side of the court facing the Killer Bass on the right side of the court. Teens throw and get hit. Owen throws a fastball.
You guys are on my mind
The fast-moving dodgeball transitions to a tire. The camera pans out to show Duncan driving the Action Cast in a tram. He looks to be annoyed by Courtney's talking. This distracts him and crashes the tram with him and the cast into something off-screen. The smoke released from the tram enlarges.
You asked me what I wanted to be,
The smoke disappears to show the jumbo jet soaring in the sky.
and I think the answer is plain to see
The World Tour Cast jumps out of the jumbo jet with parachute bags. Alejandro winks at the audience before deploying his parachute. Quick zoom on the parachute.
I wanna be famous!
The parachute descends to show Cameron in his robotic suit fighting Lightning who has armor and carrying a mannequin leg with spikes at the 'coliseum' Chris build. The rest of the Revenge Cast are sitting at the bleachers cheering for either combatant. The fight ends when Cameron charges a ball of electricity on his iron suit's right fist and shoots at the camera. Though, it is clear it is for Lighting from the athlete's person of view.
I wanna live close to the sun
It is night and the blue madness full moon is glowing brightly. Mike inhales and turns into Mal. Someone throws Mr. Coconut at Mal's head off-screen to bring Mike back in control.
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won
The camera pans to the right to show who throw Mr. Coconut. It is Zoey, who is smiling happily at getting her boyfriend back. The rest of the All-Stars cast is running away in the background from rabid fluffy rabbits.
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
Another transition displays itself. The Pahkitew Cast is inside the labyrinth of the artificial island running away from the scuba-bear and a mechanical orange cat. The cat stops to breathe fire from its mouth.
I'll get there one day
The fire stops and the next part shows the finalists of Crowstillo Island trying to complete the obstacle course. The rest of the cast is cheering for their favorite at the peanut gallery. Knick, Saraphina, and Casey take out one of their accessory clothes and throws it at the camera.
Cuz' I wanna be famous
The trench coat, scarf, and jacket fall from the camera lens. The Back to the Islands Cast is shown at Boney Island's Fun Zone using anti-mutant guns with orange liquid in them to turn the mutants from the show into normal animals. Jeremy accidentally shoots some liquid at the camera.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
The cameraman wipes off the orange liquid with a small handkerchief. Once done, at a cliff of Crowstillo Island, Yves and Knick are shown doing a sword battle against King Crowstillo. In the background, the rest of the Radiant Cast faces off Henry in his robotic suit. Henry activates a laser cannon from the suit's left arm and unleashes a laser blast.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Once the laser blast disappears, the Sleek Slushies from the Calamity Cast are riding the roller coaster at the carnival. Some are frightened, some are having fun. Marty turns on his camera so he can take pictures of all the carnival rides he can see. He flashes the camera that is recording him.
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
Once the bright flash ends, the Glided Chris Awards stage is shown where all finalists from the previous nine seasons are getting ready to have a picture taken. All finalists, Chris, and Chef whistle. Once the song is over, the picture is taken and the intro ends.
The episode started with Georgia inside the communal shower. She was looking at one of the mirrors with an annoyed look. On the sink under her was a hair-cutting scissor. She picked it up and started to cut out her purple-dyed hair from her left to match the length of her right. She disliked the fact Christopher messed with her so much. As much as she wanted to target him, she had greater threats to take down.
Some of Georgia's hair fell on the counter, the floor, and the sink. Once she finished cutting her hair, she put down the scissor on the sink. She did not like her hair being short. Nevertheless, she had to put up with it for a while. After all, hair does not grow to where it was once before in a day.
"I'll let an intern handle this," Georgia said to herself, leaving the mess she did as she walked out of the communal shower.
Melissa got out of one of the shower stalls. She had a towel wrapped around her hair and body. She walked toward the counter and noticed the pile of hair in one of the sinks.
"Gross," Melissa said with disgust. She looked at herself in one of the mirrors and smiled. "After what happened last night, I'm glad I got a good sleep. I hope Jett didn't have it so rough. Though I have a feeling he did."
After talking to herself, she left the communal shower. That was when Niu got out from a different stall, her body and hair wrapped in a towel as well. She got in front of a mirror to check herself out, looking content for the day. She looked to her left and noticed the pile of hair and scissor in the sink. She sighed to herself. She grabbed a broom and dustpan that was in the building and commenced removing the hair and scissor from the sink. She put them into the dustpan swipe by swipe.
"The interns here already have it bad enough," Niu said as she finished cleaning. She went to the nearest garbage can outside and dumbed the hair and scissor.
The remaining boys in the competition were at the crafts and services tent. Each of them was eating separately at a table. If there happened to be two or more at one table, they will be on the opposite side. The tension was crystal clear. Edgar wanted to take down Knick and Jett. Pharaoh wanted to do the same as well with Christopher in the mix.
Jett has not eaten his bowl of gruel due to his gloominess. He sat there moving the gruel around with a spoon.
"You should eat," Knick recommended to the runaway. "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And you need all the energy to get rid of these two," he referred to Edgar and Pharaoh. "Hoping for another double elimination today."
"That would be nice," Pharaoh agreed to the double elimination. "If only we could get a triple elimination." He put a spoonful of gruel into his mouth.
"How can you be so casual by what you did?" Edgar questioned Knick with discontent.
"Have you watched this show?" Knick rhetorically answered with a question. "I was at the bottom like this in Crowstillo Island and I made it to the finale. Besides, you and Janet are not compatible with each other at all. That relationship was doomed from the start."
Edgar gripped his spoon strongly as he narrowed his eyes at the journalist.
"Maybe we shouldn't talk about relationship stuff," Christopher advised Knick. "You don't want them to talk about you know who."
"If they want me to be the bad guy, I'll be the bad guy. Just know for the fact going against me is stupid when Georgia is still around," Knick stated before continuing to eat his food in silence.
Christopher watched Edgar and Pharaoh do the same while Jett continued not eating. The girls arrived to eat the morning meal.
Confessional – Christopher
"Okay, so even though Knick pulling a jerk move on Janet and Edgar's relationship was bad, I should ally with him again now that I've been able to meditate to myself. The thing is, picking sides at this moment can go wrong because it all depends on who gets eliminated next. I rather stick with someone I know than ally with anybody else. I also need to make amends with Pharaoh. Even if I find his anger towards me rather dumb."
End Confessional
"At ease final eight," Chef entered the craft and services tent.
The girls that remained ate their breakfast as well as the guys except for Jett. Meredith came inside the tent carrying a tower of books.
"What's with the books?" Melissa asked Chef.
Georgia extended her leg to trip Meredith as the historian walked by her side. She saw the intern fall to the floor with a thud and drop the books. She laughed. Her amusement was gone quickly when Jett threw a spoonful of gruel at her face.
"These books are a part of tomorrow's challenge," Chef answered Melissa.
"Wait, we have to do reading?" Edgar asked.
"Geez Edgar, what about these books for tomorrow's challenge did you not get?" Georgia mocked as she wiped the gruel off her face. "What do you expect us to do? Eat them?" She laughed again. It was cut short this time when Meredith hit her with a book on her head.
"Hilarious," Meredith said sarcastically before standing next to Chef.
"Answering your question all dark and gloomy yes. Tomorrow's challenge will be the final VR challenge of the season and it is going to end with a bang," Chef answered the emo. "Meredith, tell them what the theme is."
"Tomorrow's challenge is anime mix wizard," Meredith happily informed. "Harry Potter is the most successful franchise in wizardry while the first known Japanese animation film is Katsudō Shashin from 1907.
"I'm surprised you said Harry Potter considering how strict this show is when talking about other franchises," Melissa spoke.
"Well, that has to deal with Cartoon Network being owned by Warner Brothers which owns Harry Potter. And since Cartoon Network helps Total Drama goes on air internationally, we can name drop certain franchises," Meredith spread her knowledge.
"Each contestant will grab one spell book from the pile on the floor to study spells for tomorrow morning. You will use your knowledge in the VR to battle each other with your wizard abilities," Chef explained the challenge. He continued to talk while Meredith put a necklace on herself with seven keys. "Each player will be wearing seven different color keys. The goal to win is to take a key from each opponent. The player that collects a key from each opponent is granted the opportunity to vote off the player of their choice."
Dramatic music rosed as the final eight looked at each other. Some smirked, others were surprised, and the rest worried.
"That's not all of it. For also tomorrow, if a contestant loses all their keys on the necklace…" Chef ripped the necklace Meredith was wearing. "That contestant is automatically eliminated from the competition."
This made the final eight gasp.
"What happens if more than one person loses all their keys during the challenge?" Pharaoh asked Chef.
"Then the first person is automatically eliminated while the second or more is out of the challenge," Chef answered. "Remember, grab one book, and make sure to study the spells for tomorrow morning right after breakfast. And no fighting! I'll be watching through the cameras. Understand!?"
"Yes Chef!" The final exclaimed at the same time.
"Good, now grab a book," Chef said.
Since Georgia was the closest to the pile of books, she quickly grabbed the first that caught her eye. The book was a mystical blue color with a dark yellow cover of four animals. These animals were a snake, a badger, a raven, and a lion. She opened the book and flipped the pages for a quick glance at the spells inside as the other contestants arrived to get a book except for Jett.
"This will do nicely," Georgia said to herself, smiling mischievously.
Christopher noticed a green book with the cover being a golden man doing a martial art pose. He grabbed it swiftly and made his way outside the tent to read.
Melissa grabbed a dark purple book with a golden witch hat as a cover. She stood up and flipped through the pages, liking what she saw. She closed the book and sees the remaining contestants grab a book except for Jett. She turned around just a bit to see Jett having his head on the table. She took a light brown book with the cover being a golden staff with a light crystal on it in her other hand to give it to her friend. As she sat down next to her friend, the rest of the competitors head out of the tent to study.
Melissa placed the two books on the table. The one she took for Jett was slid to his hand by her hand.
"Here," Melissa said to get her friend's attention. "I got you a book."
Jett lifted his head with a pout, looking at the book. He sighed before pushing the book away from him.
"What's the point? Everybody is just going to target me in the challenge anyway," Jett told.
"Jett, stop. This is not you at all. Come on, we need to bring our A game," Melissa tried to encourage. She brought the light brown book closer to Jett and opened it to the first page. "We're here to win. Don't forget about that."
"What's the point of winning after what I did?" Jett asked as he closed the book.
"It was not your fault what happened to Lucy. You didn't know," Melissa said in a comforting tone as she placed a hand on Jett's shoulder.
"Tell that to the judge when I'm possibly charged after the show is over," Jett responded with sadness. He stood up and began to walk away.
Before he left the tent, the light brown book was thrown at the back of his head.
"Ow," Jett said in pain. He turned around. "What was the for?" He asked Melissa who stood.
"To knock some sense into you," Melissa answered, her hand holding onto her spell book. "You want to make amends with Edgar and Pharaoh? That's fine," She talked as she walked. "But never forget why you came here to compete. To win. You want to repay the damage you cost against Lucy then win the money and help her medical bills if she has those."
Melissa picked up the light brown book from the floor and stood close in front of Jett.
"You helped me learn how to play the game without needing to go over the edge. Now is my turn to help you out with this developing compassion you have. Want to make a good start? Just give a key to Edgar and Pharaoh without fighting," Melissa suggested.
Jett carefully comprehended this. He smiled a tad bit. "Look at you learning from my smartness. Thanks for the support."
"I dislike seeing you down in the dumps," Melissa confessed with her own smile. "There's already an emo in the cast we don't need another one," she joked.
This got a chuckle out of Jett. He took the light brown book for himself.
"Nice one Mel," Jett complimented.
Eventually, the night came. Niu walked to a trailer at the campsite and knocked on the door repeatedly. Christopher opened the door from inside, wearing his pajamas.
"Oh, hey Niu, you want to study our spell books together?" Christopher offered kindly.
"That is generous of you Christopher, but I'm here in need of a discussion with Knick," Niu gently turned down the offer while giving her request.
Christopher raised an eyebrow with curiosity. "Sure, I'll tell him now," The warrior answered. He closed the door.
Niu hummed to herself until Knick opened the door. She smiled at the journalist who walked out and closed the door so that Christopher does not hear the conversation.
"Speak," Knick stated, getting right to the point.
"Can you help me sneak into Chris' trailer to take his coffee dispenser and some cups?" Niu asked kindheartedly. "I want to give coffee to everybody except Georgia to stay awake and study more on their spells."
"Why don't you just take the coffee all for yourself? Why help the others?" Knick questioned confusingly.
"You have your strategies and I have mine," Niu responded without really giving a clear answer. "Besides, I need help getting them in case Chef is lurking around."
"Alright, I'll help. I need the boost anyway," Knick joined. He let out a yawn. "Let's do this quickly."
Edgar and Pharaoh were inside a trailer. Both looked rather tired.
"How's the studying coming along?" Edgar, laying on his bed while reading asked Pharaoh.
"Is going good," Pharaoh answered while flipping a page of his book that he had on the floor. "Though, I feel like whoever was in charge of the books gave ones that go with our interests and personality."
"What makes you say that?" Edgar asked as he closed his book.
"Well, the majority of spells in this book are based on the Egyptian gods," Pharaoh responded as he read.
"I think that's a big coincidence since all the spells in the book I have deal with rocks and stones," Edgar believed.
"Yeah, you're probably right," Pharaoh agreed.
Edgar sat on his bed. He stretched his arms, starting to feel tired. "If we happen to find each other inside the challenge, which we will surely do; would you like to team up to take down Knick, Georgia, and Jett?"
"Sure," Pharaoh settled as he flipped a page in his book.
Both guys heard a knock coming from the door. Pharaoh got up and opened it.
"Hey guys," Niu greeted happily, holding a coffee canister in her arm and cups in her hand. "Care for some coffee to pull an all-nighter?"
Pharaoh and Edgar smiled widely.
Confessional – Niu
"One issue Knick has is always thinking about himself during his runs, including this one," she said. She slurped some coffee she gave to herself. "Which is fine, but then you aren't granted the opportunity for a challenge like this. All of you will find out what I'm referring to when watching the rest of the episode."
End Confessional
Niu got out of the trailer and walked away, sipping her coffee in a cup she filled. She bumped into Georgia who passed by.
"Oh, what do we have here?" Georgia pretended to wonder as she took the coffee canister from Niu. "Thanks for the assistance." She drank some coffee from the canister. "By the way, can I interest you in a better guy than Buck?"
Niu responded by putting her hot coffee onto Georgia's blouse. Georgia holds in her screaming from the burning sensation.
"Don't forget that a sharp tongue can cut both ways," Niu smiled as she walked away.
The splendid morning came. All eight contestants sat in the gaming chairs inside the VR soundstage. Chef stood with his back against the giant TV screen. Meredith typed on the keyboards at the computer station.
"Everyone ready?" Chef asked the competitors.
He got several nods.
"I said, everyone ready!" Chef exclaimed.
"Yes Chef!" Every player shouted with a salute.
"That's more like it. Now put on those headsets and get ready for battle," Chef ordered.
One by one, each player placed a headset on themself so that the challenge can start.
The setting of the virtual world became the same as the one used for the superhero versus supervillain challenge. Pharaoh and Knick are transported outside the prison. Christopher and Niu landed in the forest. Edgar and Georgia arrived inside the broken glass dome. Melissa and Jett coincidentally were randomized near a castle. Every single player had a necklace with seven keys on it.
Regressing back outside the prison, Knick smirked at his opponent.
"Looks like this will be an easy key grab," Knick boasted as he took off his trench coat.
"For me that is," Pharaoh said to the journalist, ready to battle.
Pharaoh noticed a puddle of water nearby. He went to it and touched the liquid with a hand. The water turned into blood.
"We don't have to fight each other. There is no qualm between us," Knick stated, finding the upcoming battle to be rather pointless.
"I have plenty of qualms with you," Pharaoh replied as he bent the blood, having it float in the air like a ball. "One of them being what you did to Janet and Edgar."
"Oh please, I did it for the good of the alliance," Knick responded. "Imagine Lucy being from the Calamity cast. You would side with her to make her happy, wouldn't you?"
Pharaoh bent the blood and shot it at Knick like it was a rapid stream of water. The blood splattered all over his opponent's clothes. He watched Knick not move an inch. He blinked twice with confusion.
"I'll take that as a yes," Knick talked. "My methods of playing are not always good will to others, but they are a necessity."
"How come you…" Pharaoh got interrupted.
"You hit me with a rapid force of blood at me. You really thought that was going to push me away?" Knick deadpanned.
"Right, guess I have to call in my other spells," Pharaoh said, now expecting this to be a tough matchup for him. "Swarm of flies!" he called out, raising his right hand. The horde of flies flew around his hand. "Swarm of locusts!" he called while raising his left hand. The locusts came to his aid.
"We are not enemies Pharaoh. You're making yourself more vulnerable to being eliminated," Knick advised.
"I'll take my chances than continue working with a self-centered jerk like you," Pharaoh declared.
Pharaoh commanded his swarms of locusts and flies to attack Knick by bringing his arms down and moving them forward. He watched Knick lift up two fingers from a hand. He drew a circle in the air which summoned a human size portal with an orange outline. The flies and locusts went into the portal. Knick moved his other finger in a counterclockwise motion to close the portal.
"That was my portal hopping spell," Knick spoke after demonstrating his technique. "And this," he clapped his hands together. Once separated, a mystical red rope was created. "Is the Cider Band of Binding."
Knick used his mystical rope like a whip so that it can bind Pharaoh's wrist. He pulled on the rope to bring his opponent closer so he can get the key.
While that battle was going on, Edgar had two rock monsters standing on two feet by his side.
"Ah, the rockdome ronga spell. I see you took a more puppet wizard approach," Georgia mused, holding a wand in her hand. "Which is ironic considering I've been pulling the strings on you since the beginning of this game."
Edgar signaled his rock monsters to attack Georgia.
"Flatystic!" Georgia exclaimed as she pointed her wand at the rock monsters.
A huge blast of fire came out from Georgia's wand. The heat burned the life source of the monsters. Rocks dropped to the ground.
"Sigyu Invicibis," Edgar said, his hands glowing mystical black energy.
The emo summoned two big rocks that came from the ground. The rocks floated in the air. He tossed them toward Georgia.
"Aviswarm," Georgia declared and shot a blast at both rocks from her wand.
The rocks turned into a flock of birds. The birds flew away from the battle.
"As much as it would be fun to mock you on your utter disappointment of a player, I'll need to retrieve a key from you now," Georgia said. She began to walk toward her opponent.
Edgar groaned in frustration. He was not going to let the girl who helped caused his breakup with Janet get away with winning the challenge.
"Twista Comed," Edgar said, regaining his mystical black energy in his hands.
A giant living snake made out of stone appeared in front of him to block Georgia. The stone snake had electricity coursing through itself.
Georgia huffed with annoyance. She aimed her wand at the snake.
"Adava Kedavra," Georgia announced her spell.
The tip of the wand unleashed a lightning bolt that directly zapped the head of the giant stone snake. The electricity stopped coursing. The snake's eyes closed. Its body parts collapsed as it fell to the ground.
"Confundus," Georgia said another spell as she aimed her wand at Edgar. The tip of the wand unleashed a zigzag-like energy beam.
"Forces Nebula," Edgar cast as he moved his hand forward. He summoned a rectangular energy forcefield to block Georgia's attack.
"Flatystic," Georgia cast her fire spell again. She decided to move forward.
Edgar can tell the forcefield was about to combust from the intense heat. He looked around his surroundings to see if there was anything that could help him. Practically nothing besides the rocks. Which gave him an idea.
"Rune of Hollowness," Edgar whispered.
Georgia kept herself busy destroying the forcefield, unaware of the rocks levitating and heading behind Edgar. She noticed a bright purple flash coming from behind the forcefield, so she summoned a stronger version of the flame spell to completely break the forcefield. Once the fire went away, she witnessed Edgar covered in rocky armor with a transparent visor for him to see. She laughed with amusement.
"Those rocks are the same ones I defeated. What makes you think they will protect you?" Georgia wondered as she cast Flatystic once again. Her confidence slept away when seeing the fire not even doing a dent in the armor.
"You defeated them separately. But is going to take a lot more than a burst of fire to defeat the combined power of my spells," Edgar answered, having a wide smile on his face despite the visor covering his mouth.
Edgar used his newfound speed to punch Georgia in the gut. This pushed his enemy far away. The strong punch sent Georgia past the dome, breaking everything that came in between.
"Ugh, I'm glad this is in VR," Georgia told herself from the rubble underneath her.
Niu and Christopher walked around the forest.
"Do we have to fight? We don't have any beef with each other," Niu told the warrior.
"True, is not like we are in a prison fighting for our freedom," Christopher agreed.
"Exchange keys?" Niu came up with an idea.
"Sure, and we will head our separate ways," Christopher once again settled.
The warrior and goal digger exchanged keys. Once they had a key in their hand, the key disappeared.
"Guess that means we have one already. Good luck out there Christopher," Niu gave her goodbye.
"Let the best player win," Christopher waved at her.
"Okay, so the first task on what we need to do is exchange keys," Melissa instructed Jett. "Then we find Pharaoh and Edgar."
Jett understood and the two traded keys. Each key disappeared.
"Alright, where you think Pharaoh or Edgar could be?" Melissa asked Jett.
Jett looked around the locations. "Let's try the forest," he proposed.
Pharaoh, inches away from Knick pulling him close with the cider band of binding to take a key decided to cast a spell.
"Darkness Blackout," Pharaoh said.
Everything in the area turned pitch black. There was no light source given. Knick heard the binding break.
"Winds of Change!" Knick announced, casting a gust of wind everywhere to blow away the darkness.
This also blew away Pharaoh who was about to grab a key from Knick being behind him. The fake royal landed on the ground and rolled a bit.
"Alright, I've seen enough of your tricks," Knick stated seriously. He used his portal hopping spell finger movement to enter a portal.
Pharaoh groggily got up. "Ugh, who knew a gust of wind will do more damage than his other spell," he told himself.
Pharaoh looked around where his opponent could be. All of a sudden, Knick's trench coat covered his face.
"Get off me," Pharaoh told the trench coat as he tried to pull it out with a hand.
As soon as Pharaoh is able to take the trench coat off him Knick came and pushed his body. His body stood still a second later as a transparent body of Pharaoh came out of his natural one.
"What the… did you just kill me?" Pharaoh asked Knick in his transparent body, floating in the air.
"Relaxed, I only put you in the astral dimension so that you don't bug me," Knick answered. He took a key from the necklace on Pharaoh's natural body. "Thanks for not complying. I'll leave you there so the rest of them can take a key with ease."
Pharaoh shouted Knick's name in anger as the journalist walked away.
Edgar gave a pounding to Georgia around the dome, throwing her into walls and grabbing her to repeat the same process again.
"I have a feeling you have a lot of pent-up energy against me," Georgia said, laying on top of rubble from a destroyed wall.
"You ruined a friendship I could have had with Lilith, sabotaged Maverick, and made me break up with Janet," Edgar reminded as he walked toward the actress. "I am relieved that this is a VR challenge so I can do this."
"At least this experience has gotten you to talk more," Georgia muttered. "Reckolb," she cast a spell with a whisper while aiming at Edgar's leg.
Edgar felt his rock armor come off him. He was surprised and glared at this opponent.
"What did you do to my armor?" Edgar asked desperately.
"I cast a spell blocking spell. It blocks a spell temporally no matter how powerful it may be," Georgia answered joyfully as she stood up. "Now, confundus!" she cast a spell while aiming her wand at Edgar's head.
Edgar started to become dizzy.
"Legidear," Georgia cast another spell which made Edgar close his eyes.
Edgar opened his eyes seconds later. The confusion spell wore off, but he was perplexed about what the actress did this time.
"You still don't know what you want to do in life?" Georgia asked Edgar, pretending to be disappointed. "Aren't you going to be in senior year when the show is over?"
Edgar's eyes widen in realization. "You cast a mind reader spell," he told.
"And one that can let me see your memories," Georgia grinned. "It almost saddens me how you have wonderful parents and yet you're caught in your little own world of self-doubt and angst.
"Stop," Edgar said, not wanting to hear anymore.
"But is just like you fear Edgar, people are not going to like you for who you are. After all, who would like an introvert friendless loner like you? The friends you have will all disappear sooner than you think," Georgia conversated as she walked toward her opponent.
"Stay away from me," Edgar slowly backed away with caution.
"You're as weak as the spells you cast. If you had any sense of a brain in your head you could have saved your relationship with Janet," Georgia continued digging deep into Edgar's thoughts.
"Shut up," Edgar began to drip tears from his eyes. He got on his knees.
"Why don't you do everyone a favor and quit the game," Georgia proposed. She snatched a key from Edgar's necklace. It disappeared in her hand.
Georgia satisfied, left Edgar alone crying.
Jett and Melissa were just about to enter the forest when they saw Niu existing out.
"Hey," Niu greeted happily and ran up to them. "Did the coffee help you two last night?"
Jett and Melissa nodded.
"Pretty sure we wouldn't be able to learn half the spells if it wasn't for that gesture," Melissa replied.
"I'm glad to help you two out. I know the Pre-merge Alliance is over, but I still want everyone to be at their best during today's challenge," Niu was glad. "By the way, is it okay if we exchange keys with each other?"
"Why?" Jett asked curiously. "Is this because you gave us a coffee so you can get a key in return?"
"I just figured since we don't have bitterness against each other we can save energy for the bigger fights," Niu answered casually.
"Plus, Georgia should be our target," Christopher exclaimed from a tree branch he was sitting on.
"Were you following me?" Niu asked the warrior while raising her voice a bit.
"I had a hunch you will encounter someone before me," Christopher replied.
Christopher got off the tree branch and propelled fire coming from his fists so that can fly toward the trio. He stopped fire bending upon landing safely.
"Even though I am against your methods I have seen you come to terms with your wrongdoings," Christopher told Jett. "For now, we are not enemies."
"How do you know I am regretting my actions?" Jett wondered; a bit creeped out.
"I was spying on everyone reading their books yesterday," Christopher answered happily. "Don't take it the wrong way. I was doing it for strategy purposes."
"Alright, we just trade keys then?" Melissa asked for confirmation.
"Yep, there is no downside to it since each of us gets an extra point," Niu established.
The four exchanged keys. Christopher and Niu each took a key from Jett and Melissa. Melissa and Jett each took a key from Niu and Christopher.
"I wish you luck on winning the challenge," Christopher said to Melissa and Jett before walking away.
"You're not going to stay with us?" Melissa pondered.
"Forgive me, but if Edgar and Pharaoh see me working with you two that can make me a target. If Georgia comes by, I will do my best to aid in battle," Christopher stopped to answer. He then resumed walking.
"Yeah, I'm on the same path as Christopher," Niu told Melissa and Jett. "You two understand right?" she asked as she left in the opposite direction.
Melissa and Jett stood in place. They comprehended but would have liked to be in a bigger group.
Edgar walked by himself alone, having his hands clenching his biceps. As he strolled, he bumped into Pharaoh's body. He landed on his butt and put his hands on the ground.
"Ouch," Edgar winced as he rubbed his forehead.
"Oh my gosh, Edgar I am so glad you came here first," Pharaoh's astral body said with relief, floating in the air.
"Pharaoh, is that you? Why are you a ghost?" Edgar asked as he stood up.
"I'm not a ghost. Knick put me in some sort of astral belt that I can't explain," Pharaoh answered. "I need you to take me to my real body so I can move around again."
"Okay," Edgar understood.
When Edgar went to grab Pharaoh's astral body his hands went through.
"Hmm, looks like I can't touch you since you're in the astral plane," Edgar acknowledged.
"Great, now how am I supposed to go on in the challenge if I'm stuck in some sort of dimension?" Pharaoh wondered annoyed.
"Have you tried floating back to your body?" Edgar suggested.
Using the idea, Pharaoh swam in the air and entered his natural body. He gasped as he returned.
"Man, that was terrifying," Pharaoh confessed. He turned around and smiled. "Thanks Edgar."
"You are welcome. Now, let's team up to take care of the competition," Edgar proposed.
"We're in it to win it," Pharaoh chuckled.
Georgia was walking alone from the outer left side of the castle.
"Healskey," Georgia cast a spell on herself, moving her wand around. The wounds she received from her battle against Edgar are gone. "Wingardium Leviosa," she cast another spell.
That spell allowed her to levitate. She flew higher into the sky.
"Direct me," Georgia said to her wand.
Georgia's wand revealed the locations of each contestant. Knick appeared the closest to her.
"Well, well, well. This one might be more of a challenge," Georgia said, looking at Knick's whereabouts.
Knick's trench coat appeared levitating behind Georgia undetected. The trench coat wrapped itself around the actress' face. As Georgia screamed with her sounds being muffled, the trench coat dragged her to the ground.
"Starting to regret not trying to find any of those crystals back in Vinolucard Island," Knick confessed, appearing nearby. "Having any ability of a monster could have helped me ace this game easier."
Georgia took out the trench coat from her face with frustration.
"What are you talking about?" Georgia asked perplexed as the trench coat put itself on Knick.
"Stuff that I have no interest in sharing with you," Knick stated.
Georgia cast her flatystic spell at the journalist. Knick used his winds of change spell to blow the fire away and extinguish it with water forming from the wind.
"Ilusanio," Georgia cast a spell with the wave of her wand.
Everything around Knick turned into a forest. None of the trees had leaves on them. They were dry and looked lifeless. The virtual sun converted into the moon as night stormed the place. Georgia disappeared into dust.
"An illusion spell won't work on me," Knick stated.
Several tree branches from different trees stretched out to tie up Knick.
"Perhaps not any illusion spell, but this one lets the illusion be more real than you can ever imagine," Georgia's voice was heard.
"Winds of change!" Knick shouted.
Knick's spell blew the branches away and broke them so he can be freed.
"Knick, is that you?" A female voice was heard.
Knick recognized the voice.
"No way, it cannot be," Knick had doubts. He turned around and gazed at the girl who was talking to him.
She had silky black straight long hair reaching until her bottom with a few side bangs that reached up to her chin. Her eyes were black, and her skin is Caucasian. She had thin lips and small ears. She stood at five feet and eight inches, sporting a rather skinny pear body. She wore an orange long-sleeved shirt with a white round collar, a navy-blue skirt reaching mid-thigh, black tights, and black flats. She also had an orange hairclip. Lastly, she had gold butterfly earrings and a matching pendant.
"Knick, I've missed you so much," The girl said as she slowly approached her boyfriend.
"I missed you too Yves," Knick admitted. He took out his trench coat and put it on the ground.
Yves put her hands on Knick's shoulders while the journalist put his hands on her waist.
"I came to help you win the challenge," Yves ensured. "Chris allowed me back in the game since I couldn't make it on time."
As Yves was about to lean in for a kiss, Knick grabbed her pendant and yanked it out from her neck.
"Get better at acting," Knick stated. The pendant he took turns into a key.
The illusion spell stopped working. The trees vanished. So did the moon and night. Yves disappeared to show Georgia the one using the dancer as an illusion. Knick saw Georgia growling at him.
"If there is one thing I know about Yves, is that she doesn't strike with love first," Knick said.
Knick used his wind of change spell to push Georgia away from him. Georgia managed to grab a key from his necklace and thanks to the force of the wind, she managed to get the key off.
"Nice work," Knick complimented. "If only you could use your wit to better yourself instead of seeking fame."
Knick made a portal in front of him and hopped into it. The portal closed, leaving Georgia alone. The key the actress took pixilated away from his hand. Knick's trench coat left the area.
Melissa and Jett were walking to the castle. They stopped upon hearing sounds of rocks coming towards them that felt like feet. Turning around they saw Pharaoh and Edgar, each of them riding a rock monster. The rock monsters stopped to let the two boys land on the ground.
"You know what to do," Melissa said to Jett.
Jett got in front of her friend and summon a staff with a crystal on top out of thin air. He grabbed the staff.
Edgar and Pharaoh believed their opponent was about to fight. So, Pharaoh summoned a swarm of gnats and a horde of frogs. Edgar signaled his rock monsters to be by his side.
"Here," Jett said to Pharaoh and Edgar as he took two keys out of his necklace. He threw them into the air.
Pharaoh and Edgar caught a key. They looked perplexed.
"I know this most likely won't change anything between us, but I'm not fighting either of you after the harm I've done," Jett spoke.
Edgar and Pharaoh looked at each other for a brief moment.
"That's nice of you to do Jett, but we still have to get a key from Melissa," Pharaoh pointed out.
Melissa summoned her own staff out of thin air.
"Bring it," The athletic nerd said confidently.
Just then, Pharaoh's swarm of gnats and horde of frogs turned into birds. The birds attacked all four contestants. Some of them took a key from Jett, Melissa, and Pharaoh.
"Thanks for helping me get an easier win," Georgia exclaimed triumphantly as the flock of birds went to her to deliver the keys.
"No!" Pharaoh and Jett shouted at the same time.
"Confundus," Georgia cast, making her four opponents feel dizzy and unable to think straight. She cast her levitating spell and left the four alone.
Knick got out of his portal summoning and arrived outside the dome. He looked at most of the walls taken down. It felt like the dome was going to collapse at any moment.
"Hey there Knick," Niu greeted as she stood in front of him. "How's been the challenge so far?"
"I got two keys," Knick stated. "How about you?"
"Three," Niu answered smiling.
Knick let out a chuckle. "Good job. Too bad you won't be able to take one from me in a fight."
"I mean, we can always just trade a key for a key," Niu proposed sweetly. "Why fight me and have the possibility of losing? You most likely won't encounter me again during the challenge."
"As if, you will still have one more key than me," Knick stated.
"Knick, trust me when I say you do not want to fight me one on one," Niu warned. "You can save your energy for other fights or waste it on me. Besides, who was the one that gave you coffee to study your spells?"
Knick pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Fine, I accept the trade. Gives me more time to find the others anyway," Knick gave in.
The two players passed a key to each other.
"Now excuse me, I have portal hopping to do," Knick said. He created a portal and went inside. Niu decided to follow him.
"Now, where can the others be?" Christopher wondered, being near the outside walls of the prison.
Christopher felt some sort of heat coming his way. He turned around and saw a raging fireball coming at him. He stomped the ground hard to create a pillar from the Earth to block the incoming flame. He moved to the side and saw Georgia pointing her wand at him.
"Just need two more keys and I win the challenge," Georgia revealed to Christopher.
Christopher decided not to hold back against his enemy. He put his fists together. His eyes glowed yellow. A golden aura flowed around his body.
Georgia used a spell to attack Christopher, but the warrior's aura disintegrated the spell. Georgia's eyes widen after realizing she could be in deep trouble.
A giant golden dragon formed from Christopher's aura. It went to bite Georgia, gripping the girl tightly. It flew into the sky and then tossed Georgia to the ground, creating a larger crater in the process. Georgia used her healing spell to take away the wounds. The golden dragon grabbed the wand with its mouth and ate it, turning the wand into dust.
Christopher raised a hand and brought it down. The dragon followed the command and shot a golden beam of light at Georgia from the sky. The beam went on for a few seconds before the dragon stopped.
"You are powerless without your wand," Christopher said as he approached the crater.
Georgia let out a mischievous chuckle as she stood up. Her clothes were torn in some areas, and she had many burned marks on her body.
"Who said I needed my wand in the first place?" Georgia questioned.
Before Christopher can command his dragon to attack, he was caught in Georgia's confundus spell. Everything turned blurry for him. Due to his lack of concentration, his golden dragon disappeared.
"I'm glad the former Pre-merge Alliance decided to get rid of your girlfriend. She would have taken the key from me the first chance her dragon would be used. But I guess that's why they targeted her since obviously you lack intelligence," Georgia insulted as she approached the dizzy warrior.
Christopher put his hands on his head. Ice came from his fingertips to make his brain cold to get rid of the dizziness. It was too late though as Georgia already took a key from his necklace. So, he put his fists together again, summoning the dragon once more.
"Oh dear," Georgia braced for another beating.
The confundus spell cast on Edgar, Pharaoh, Melissa, and Jett faded away. A portal opened close to the four which revealed Knick existing out of it. Niu stepped out as well before the portal closed.
"Well, what a nice crowd we have here," Knick looked at his opponents. "Who should I target first?"
Before any spell was cast, Christopher arrived riding his dragon. Georgia was again trapped in the dragon's mouth. The dragon put its feet on the ground so that Christopher can jump out of its back. The dragon opened its mouth, letting Georgia free. She had golden saliva on her.
Nobody knew what to do at the moment since everyone was in the same spot. Niu stroked first, creating a psychic ball of energy with her hands to shoot it at Georgia. This sent the actress a fair distance away.
"Did Georgia take a key from any of you?" Niu asked the group. Everybody raised their hand. She went up to Edgar and Pharaoh. "Give me your key. Georgia is going to be after me and I need to make sure we secure a win," she told the two boys.
Edgar and Pharaoh complied.
"We should all team up and protect you from her," Christopher advised.
"That would be a great idea," Knick did not mind. That is until he noticed Jett only has one key on his necklace. "But I got my own agenda to deal with." He cast his wind spell to blow Jett and Melissa away. "Flight of Harmony," He cast.
Knick started to levitate in the air. He flew towards the direction he sent Melissa and Jett. Pharaoh and Edgar looked at Christopher. Christopher breathed iced through his mouth to keep the two boys frozen except the face.
"Dude, not cool," Pharaoh said, making an unintentional pun.
"Forgive me for that, but we need to settle this darken coal between us," Christopher apologized.
"Why did you freeze me then?" Edgar asked.
"So that you didn't intervene in our talk," Christopher answered. He looked at Pharaoh again. "Pharaoh, I know you are torn about what happened to Lucy. But this beef you have with me is unhealthy for your mentality. I was never part of it, yet you continue to see me as some criminal. I have no connection to the injury just because Jett stole my dagger. Yes, I'll admit Sara and I should have focused on the game more. There is a time and place for everything. Yet, it feels like your anger is directed toward me and Knick when it should be Georgia."
Pharaoh thought about what the warrior said.
"That does sound like what I'm doing. Sorry, I know it was never your intention or Sara's to harm Lucy, but all the reveals that night got me too heated to think straight," Pharaoh apologized.
"You're forgiven," Christopher replied happily.
"That's nice that you two made up, but can you release us from the ice now?" Edgar asked Christopher kindly.
Jett helped Melissa get on her feet. Once done, he aimed his staff with a crystal on top at Knick who is floating in the air.
"You don't have to do this Knick," Melissa said to the journalist. "We can team up and eliminate Georgia for good."
"What happens if Georgia somehow manages to take the last key from Niu even with the team up? She will target those who help Niu out," Knick pointed out. "I rather get rid of someone in the game. Besides, Georgia might spare me for eliminating Jett."
"I am not losing to you," Jett declared. "I've played the game for too long to go home now."
"Home? You don't even have a home," Knick joked while being truthful. "Also, playing the game? You were hardly even a player."
"Swords of Crowstillo Barrage!" Melissa cast her spell, summoning her own staff in the process.
A wave of energetic green swords flew toward Knick. The journalist made his portal hopping spell so that swords went into the portal. He closed it.
"Blinding Lights!" Jett cast, creating a white bright light to temporally blind Knick.
"We need to hide somewhere long enough until Niu can beat Georgia," Jett said to her friend with worry, knowing that Knick won't be blinded for long.
"Right," Melissa nodded.
The two ran away from the battlefield. They saw a clothing item coming toward them.
"Is that Knick's trench coat?" Jett wondered.
Indeed, it was. The trench coat covered Melissa's face and pulled her into the air. Melissa dropped her staff in the process. Jett stopped running, turned around, and looked up with concern.
Melissa tried to take off Knick's trench coat, but the clothing was stubborn. Jett watched Knick fly to Melissa and push her away with his hand. Melissa's astral body came out while Melissa's natural body came down from the sky.
Jett used a telekinesis spell to bring Melissa's body safely to the ground.
"Jett!" Melissa exclaimed worryingly from her astral body.
"Now I can do this without any interferences," Knick stated as he put on his trench coat. He looked at the athletic nerd. "I do feel a bit bad doing this. But this is how the game works."
Melissa decided to try and use her spells in her astral body. "Reflective Armory."
Jett felt a red aura flowing through his body.
"Parade Spell," Melissa cast another. This one gave a blueish aura. "Empgatic Force Field." This one gave a pink aura. "Weapon Fusionatic."
Melissa's staff rose from the ground. It headed straight to Jett's and fused with the runaway's staff.
"Whoa, she's powering me up," Jett smiled contently, enjoying the buffs.
"Whatever she did won't save you from getting eliminated by me," Knick replied.
Knick opened the portal he made to let the Swords of Crowstillo Barrage attack Jett.
"Shield of Light," Jett cast, creating a giant medieval shield that blocked the swords.
Jett then used his telekinesis spell to launch the shield at Knick.
Knick could not make a portal that massive. To counter the attack, he clapped his hands together. Then moved them slightly away and formed a circle with his index fingers and thumbs. He duplicated himself ten times. Half of them got hit by the shield.
The five Knicks created a Cider Band of Binding. They circled around Jett in the air and tied him up with their binds.
"Blast of Light!" Jett exclaimed, creating a powerful white light that broke the binds.
The lights also destroyed the duplicates Knick made. Knick scowled in frustration.
Confessional – Melissa
"Reflective Armory decreases the damage the person receives. Empgatic Forcefield enables any possible manipulation. Parade Spell increases offensive and defensive power to an ally by the power of friendship. No seriously, that's the description of that spell when I read the book I took. And let's just say, my friendship with Jett is something you do not want to mess with."
End Confessional
Christopher, Pharaoh, and Edgar arrived at the scene.
"Knick, seize this at once," Christopher shouted.
"Do what he says. You know you can't beat me," Jett smiled confidently.
"Not in this world I can't," Knick ominously replied.
Knick closed his thumbs and index fingers. He put his hands close to his face and then opened his arms. All of a sudden, the world became distorted.
"What did you do?" Edgar asked.
"This is the mirror dimension," Knick answered, locking on his target.
Georgia slowly got up after the psychic blast Niu have her. Once she stood her ground Niu approached her by running. The goal digger had run out of breath.
"Heal pulse," Niu casted a spell. She felt rejuvenated as if she had never run in the first place.
"Tch, fighting against me alone? You practically have given me the win already," Georgia said. "Wingardium Leviosa." She started levitating in the air. "Just try and stop me when I'm in the air."
Niu responded by activating psychic powers in her hands. She put her hands on the ground.
Georgia felt her levitating spell not working and soon fell with a thud.
Niu took her hands out of the ground. She flickered her fingers. The psychic energy spell dipped into the soil. The battlefield turned pink. Her eyes glowed pink as well.
Georgia got up, not wanting to understand the spells her opponent cast. She just wanted to end the challenge already.
"Flatystic," Georgia cast. Flames burst through her hands.
Niu put up a psychic telekinetic barrier in front of her. The flames did not dent the barrier. Not even a scratch.
Georgia growled in frustration and made the flames hotter.
Knowing the barrier kept her from getting hurt, Niu tapped her ankles together. Pink electricity surrounded her shoes. She created the same psycho bolster ball from earlier. This time appearing more powerful than before. She went behind Georgia with her incredible newfound speed. Before her opponent could turn around, she unleashed the psychic energy ball at Georgia's back.
Georgia was sent into her own flames and then broke the barrier. The psychic glass and flames accompanied her as she rolled to the ground.
Niu raised a hand in the air. "Prismatic Blast of Arrows," she cast.
A psychic blast of energy zapped into the sky from her hand. The arrows of mystical energy came reining down on Georgia, hurting the actress even more.
Georgia felt she could pass out at any moment as she gasped for air. Despite being in the virtual world, she is feeling pain from it in real life.
"I realized we are the complete opposite of each other," Niu told, forming a small smug on her face. "After all, I'm successful, have a stable relationship, and friends. You have none of those three."
This caused Georgia to cast her flatystic spell again out of rage. Niu simply made another barrier.
Confessional – Niu
"Yeah, that felt mean. It is Georgia though, so I don't feel guilty at all."
End Confessional
Georgia cast her ilusanio spell by tapping her foot twice on the psychic energy ground. Dark blue clouds appeared around the area. The clouds hid Georgia away so she can hide and make a sneak attack.
Niu stood on guard as she walked around. She created two small psycho bolsters energy balls to use as boxing gloves for preparation.
The clouds cleared. All of a sudden Niu has entered a tropical paradise. She was on a beach next to the ocean. The waves created a lovely sound. Palm trees were around the beach. Some of the palm trees had coconuts on them while some coconuts lay on the ground. Like Mr. Coconut which Niu found weird. She kept walking until hearing a banjo being played. Her head turned left to see a guy playing the instrument while resting on a hammock that is tied to two palm trees.
"Buck?" Niu wondered.
The guy turned around and got out of the hammock. It was indeed Buck. He wore his white shirt, ripped blue skinny jeans, brown leather belt, and worn-down brown boots.
"Howdy sugar," Buck flirted.
Duplicates of Knick were battling Christopher, Pharaoh, and Edgar in the mirror dimension while the real Knick went after Jett.
"Knick this is ridiculous," Pharaoh said as he summoned a swarm of locusts to attack the duplicate fighting him.
The Knick duplicate went under the swarm and pushed Pharaoh, sending the fake royal back into the astral plane.
"I've come close to winning this game twice. I'm not letting my final run be another disappointment," The Knick duplicate stated. "I need the money."
Christopher used his golden dragon to fend off the duplicate Knick he is facing. Edgar kept his Knick duplicate busy by creating more rock monsters and stone snakes. The Knick duplicate that defeated Pharaoh pushed Edgar into the astral plane.
"Check it out, we're both transparent now," Pharaoh joked to cheer up Edgar.
"We need to head back to our bodies," Edgar said.
The real Knick used a Cider Band of Binding to tie up Jett's leg. His opponent fell to the ground.
"Fireball," Jett cast his spell.
Jett created a fireball from the crystal on his fused staff to burn the bind.
"Great, I felt like Leonard when I said that," Jett told himself with annoyance before getting up and running away.
Knick took out his trench coat. It floated beside him until entering a broken window of the fallen prison.
"Winds of Change," Knick announced, creating a gust of win to bring Jett towards him. "I have you now."
"Staff of Stiffness," Jett cast.
A lighting bolt came out of Jett's crystal staff. Once it zapped Knick the journalist froze in place. Knick could not move an inch.
Jett fell to the ground on his butt with the wind spell gone. He laughed in victory and started break dancing in front of Knick.
"Who's the better player now?" Jett grinned.
Christopher arrived on his dragon with Pharaoh, Edgar, and Melissa back in their bodies. Christopher and Melissa were the only two that cheered.
Jett celebrated too soon as Knick's trench coat came by and took the last key from his necklace. The trench coat placed the key on one of Knick's fingers.
Dread filled the air by what happened. Edgar and Pharaoh smiled. Yes, they realized Jett had a change of heart, but he still deserved to get eliminated in their eyes.
"Jett, no!" Melissa cried out as she and the others watched her friend be pixilated out of the VR.
"This, this is not real," Niu said to herself as she looked at her boyfriend. "You are eliminated already. There's no way you're here on set."
"I couldn't stay away from my lovingly tender care sexy girlfriend," Buck flirted.
"B-Buck is not the time to do this. I have to stop Georgia," Niu blushed.
"Georgia can wait. We need to spend time together. I'll even let you tune my banjo," Buck presented.
Niu drooled a bit from the offering. She shook her side to side. "No, you're not real. You are not here. Is just imagination."
"Oh? Then tell me purdy lady, have you imagined seeing this," Buck ripped his white shirt, showing his gorgeous hard rocking abbs and strong durable chest to his girlfriend.
"I, I, I, I, I," Niu stuttered. Her face became red as a tomato. A little bit of blood dripped from her nose. She put her hands on her cheeks and stook her tongue out. "Oh my gosh Buck put my face in your abbs right now!"
"Come and give me some," Buck said, opening his arms for a hug.
Niu giggly ran to her boyfriend.
Buck grinned evilly and swiped a key from Niu when his girlfriend came close enough.
"Ha! I win," Buck declared, sounding like Georgia.
He stared at the key, waiting for it to pixilate. However, the key turned into pink dust.
"Wha-huh?" Buck is dumbfounded. He saw Niu in front of him turn into goo.
Snap!
Buck felt like somebody took something off his neck. He turned around and saw another Niu with a hand raised. That hand had a key in it.
"What's the matter Georgia?" Niu saw right through the illusion as she turned around. "You thought you were the only one who studied illusion spells? I made my illusion during the blue clouds you formed."
Georgia and Niu's illusions disappeared. The goal digger saw the actress covering her chest with her arms. Niu pointed and laughed.
"Look, I had to rip them so the illusion could work. Stop making this more embarrassing than it already is," Georgia pleaded.
Niu continued to laugh as she fell to the ground.
"Niu has won the challenge!" Chef announced in the VR. "Jett will be heading to lame-o-sine with tonight's loser."
Everybody in the VR pixilated out.
Confessional – Georgia
"I can't even celebrate Jett going home because I know Niu is going to pick me for elimination," She crossed her arms and pouted. "What's the point of freaking out over my loss? As if Chris is going to pay me to stay in the game."
End Confessional
It was night. The remaining seven contestants and Jett were sitting at the bleacher of the Glided Chris Award Ceremony. The males were sitting in the first row while the females sat in the second row. Chef was in his fancy dress on stage. Next to him on stage was that same glass table with no glided Chris awards on it.
Chef saw the looks the contestants and Jett were giving at the table.
"What's the point of bringing them if Niu is going to vote off the player of her choosing," Chef shrugged. "Anyway Niu, choose who you want out of the competition. Pick Georgia," He recommended at the end with a whisper.
"No, choose Knick," Georgia pointed at the journalist who rolled his eyes.
Niu got up from the bleacher. "The person I am choosing to vote off tonight is…"
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"Christopher," Niu finished.
Everyone was shocked by the selection including Chef.
"Uh, you sure that's who you want gone?" Chef asked to make sure.
"Yep," Niu walked off the bleacher so she can look at the warrior. "Is nothing personal Christopher. Since today was the last VR challenge, I had to eliminate the strongest player when it comes to physical challenges."
Melissa pretended to wipe off sweat from her forehead. Glad that she was not chosen.
Christopher gave a smile to Niu. "I respect the tactic." He got out from the bleacher to shake hands with the goal digger. "I bid you good luck in the game."
"Thanks," Niu shook his hand.
Christopher turned around to look at the final six while Jett stood next to him. "I wish you a wonderful run in this game. Except for you Georgia. You're going to get what's coming to you soon enough."
"Can those two losers be gone already?" Georgia asked Chef.
"Wait," Melissa answered as she got up. She ran to Jett and gave her friend a hug. "I'm going to miss you. A lot."
Jett snickered as he gave his own hug. "Kick everyone's butt for me."
"Will do," Melissa guaranteed.
The two friends separate themselves. Jett and Christopher walked to the lame-o-sine.
"I am glad you are finding your path brave one," Christopher said happily.
"Cut out that spirit mumbo jumbo," Jett joked. "I'm glad too, just wish I could have stayed more to continue making things right for Pharaoh and Edgar."
"In due time young one. For now, there's plenty of people you have to chat with," Christopher conversated.
"Oh, right, everybody else," Jett became nervous.
"Not to worry. I'll help you along the way," Christopher said calmly.
"Thanks man," Jett smiled.
Back at the elimination ceremony, the final six started leaving to the trailers. Chef looked at a camera to end the episode.
"Only six remain! The end is almost near. Who will come out victorious in the next episode and who will be the next to blow their chance of the last season of Total Drama? Find out next time on Total… Drama… Lights, Camera, Finale!"
Merge
Boys - Pharaoh, Knick, Edgar
Girls – Niu, Georgia, Melissa
PLACEMENTS
7th - Christopher
8th - Jett
9th - Saraphina
10th - Buck
11th - Janet
12th - Lucy
13th - Maverick
14th – Choi Sua
15th - Daniela
16th - Buford
17th - Kristie
18th - Raymundo
19th - Simon
20th - JJ
21st - Axel
22nd - Tamera
23rd - Lilith
24th - Henry
Author's Note: I mentioned in my last author's note I wanted Christopher to outlast Saraphina. Never stated how long that will last. As for Jett, once he made amends with Pharaoh and Edgar that became the factor of him leaving. Well, I should say slightly since Pharaoh and Edgar still wanted him gone. But given what happened in the story is understandable. At least both are no longer fuming against him.
A lot of battles were cut during this challenge. Pretty sure if I included all the single battles this chapter would have reached 20K words. Which I will never be doing again unless it is the finale.
Four episodes left and the epilogue for the story. We are nearing the end. Who are you rooting for out of the final six? Leave a review or PM me your thoughts on the chapter.
