Vin and the Shadow Dancer Chapter Eleven: Delightful Delicacies
The sun is shining bright on Cali-tokyo. It is the morning. Early in the morning in fact. Ten contestants are sleeping comfortably in their beds. Including the Delta Droids who have to share a room together with bunk beds. Brittany is not being annoying this time around.
Inside the medical tent, Yves gets up from the stretcher she slept on. She takes a few stretches.
"Wow, whatever that tea Vin gave me surely did wonders," Yves told herself happily. "I feel like all the pain from that Ingrid fight has completely vanished. I wonder…"
The dancer touches her right cheek with her right hand. "Scratch is still there. Oh well, the tea probably healed just the fight injury." She smiles gratefully. "Gosh, I feel so jubilated!"
Yves dances around her stretcher full of joy.
"Well, I see you are better than ever," Dana said amused, standing next to Chris inside the tent.
Yves stops dancing out of embarrassment. She accidentally trips onto the stretcher, destroying the said object.
Chris is astonished for a moment by the strength the no longer injured competitor has. He dials down his curiosity.
"I was hoping you wouldn't fully recover in time. Would have made great TV," Chris said disappointingly.
Yves narrows her eyes at McLean and gets up from the broken stretcher. "Thanks for the support," The dimensional traveler sarcastically told.
Dana and Chris notice something different about Yves.
"Since when did you put on yellow contacts?" Dana wondered.
"Contacts?" Yves responded perplexed. "I don't wear contacts."
"Yep, she's certainly back to normal," Chris interjected, mixed feelings of happiness and annoyance. "You're good to stay in the game Yves. See ya at tonight's challenge." He turns around and exits the tent.
Dana groans irritated. "Chris, you were supposed to keep that a secret." She follows her co-host, leaving Yves alone in the tent.
A rumbling sound is heard, coming from a stomach.
"Looks like I'm hungry," Yves giggled to herself. "Kind of craving apples."
Time passes and both teams are at the cafeteria area inside the dome. Each is eating breakfast at a table, sitting on chairs, and by the side with their respective members.
Yves opens the doors to the cafeteria, entering the place. She examines the area and quickly walks to her teammates.
"Hey guys," Yves greeted, being surprisingly chipper.
Mitch immediately gazes at Yves' yellow eyes. "Contacts?"
"Um, no. No contacts. My eyes are black," Yves answered.
This confuses her teammates. Should she not know her eyes are yellow?
Yves notices the dejected look Buck has on his face. The other Beta Bots notice the awkwardness surrounding the two. Violette smirks, enjoying the scene.
"Ugh, can you two just make up already?" Caleb said impatiently and annoyed as he crosses his arms. His tray is empty, meaning he finished his meal.
Yves gives a swift glare to Caleb before changing more into a genuine and worried gaze at the MacGyver. "Buck, I…"
"Is okay Yves. You had to do it to protect yourself. Sorry for what happened," Buck finally understood and apologizes.
"Wish I can make it up to you," Yves admitted, rubbing the bandage part of her right arm with her left hand.
"You can make it up to him by having us win this challenge," Sami exclaimed happily, trying to lighten up the mood. "You're well-rested, no need for leaving the game, and we can use the help of an extra player."
Yves smiles at the theater girl and lets out a small chuckle. "Thanks," The dancer appreciated. She stops having her left hand on her right arm. "So, what's for breakfast today?" Feeling hungry, she grabs some eggs and bacon from Mitch's tray with her left hand.
"Suddenly I'm not hungry anymore," Mitch admitted, creeped out by Yves' striking hunger.
"Eggs, bacon, orange juice," Violette answered Yves. "Feels like we have been eating this a lot lately."
"I'm definitely taking eggs out of my diet," Britanny joined the conversation close by, despite being on the Delta Droids.
As Yves chews her food, something starts to revolt in her. She chews more slowly, putting out a face of disgust.
"What's in the eggs?" Yves asked while chewing her food. To her, this is weird, since she is not the type of girl to speak while eating.
"You just answered your question," Violette smirked.
"Well, I tasted peppers, onion, garlic," Sami counted with her fingers.
"Garlic?" Yves pondered. She starts to choke on her food. She rapidly heads to the nearest garbage can and spits out the food she took from Mitch. She coughs in pain and disgust. Why does she feel her body weak after taking bites of garlic? It had to be the garlic. That was the disgusting part she was tasting with her tongue. Question is, why? She has eaten garlic before.
Mitch and Calvin's eyes widen, suspicious of the sudden dislike.
"Agent Drake, may I borrow your pocket mirror?" Calvin kindly asked Brittany.
"Give me a second to think," Brittany replied, looking at herself with her pocket mirror. "Yeah, no, rather not have you smudge it with your hands."
"Ugh, just take mine," Margaret groaned, taking her own pocket mirror out of her hat. "You got five minutes to use it, if not you're dead, capiche?"
"I'll only need one," Calvin grinned happily as he grabs Margaret's pocket mirror.
"Wonder what he's planning," Daniel conversated with Niu.
"Maybe he just wants to check if he needs to put cream in his face," Niu hypothesized.
After done coughing, Yves looks at everyone in the cafeteria. All of a sudden, her eyes give her the sight of thermal vision. She can feel herself craving… blood!?
Desperate to not cause a scene, Yves dashes to the refrigerator. This surprised the contestants watching since the dancer was going incredibly fast.
"Dislike for garlic, fast speed," Mitch murmured to himself watching the actions of her teammate. "Still not enough evidence."
After opening the fridge, Yves grabs all the apples she finds inside and gobbles them up quickly. Except for the green apples, which she puts back in the fridge.
"It's so good!" Yves paused to say. She continues filling her appetite.
All the contestants beside Calvin look at each other, wondering why Yves is acting not like the one they have witnessed these past days. Calvin stands a few feet away from the dancer.
"Excuse me Agent Jimenez-Chiu," Calvin politely said.
Yves looks at Calvin without turning around completely her body, looking like she is a primal animal. She chomps and chews on the last apple. She is satisfied as her thermal vision turns back to her normal vision.
"You got some crumbs of apple on your face," Calvin told Yves. He opens Margaret's pocket mirror and shows it to the Beta Bot.
Yves looks into the mirror and notices her reflection is not there. She gasps, opening her mouth and hiding it with her hands. Disliking garlic, craving for blood, interest in only red, and cannot see her reflection? She cannot believe King Vinoripmav did this to her.
Yves uses both arms to wipe away the crumbs of apple on her face. She closes the pocket mirror with her right index finger.
"Thank you oh so kindly Calvin," Yves showed gratitude. She lets out a hardy laugh. "I forgot I did put on my yellow contacts today." She grins at the Delta Droid, her teeth showing two small fangs from her lateral incisor.
Calvin turns completely white, even his clothes from seeing the fangs. He takes backward steps to get away from Yves. Mitch grabs Calvin's arm and whispers into the agent's left ear.
"Private discussion after breakfast. Meet me in hallway number two," Mitch said.
Confessional – Mitch – Beta Bots
He is paranoid. "Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure Yves is a vampire. Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous, but the signs are there. The way her eyes looked at me for a brief moment are the eyes of a thirsty seeker wanting to drain the blood out of my body. I have to figure out what kind of vampire she is."
He ponders, looking at the floor, to the ceiling, and back to the camera. "She could be weak to fire, sunlight, water, or wood."
Confessional – Calvin – Delta Droids
"So, my suspicions were correct. There is a monster among us. Yves has probably transformed herself into those swarm of bats I kept seeing in the night. I don't know how to approach Yves for this, since I rather not have my blood being drained by her."
He realizes something. "But wait, her eyes were black before. This case just got a whole lot weirder."
End Confessionals
It is now the afternoon. The Delta Droids are shown walking together in one of the many hallways in the dome.
"Surprised Dana or Chris hasn't called us for a challenge yet," Niu admitted, observing some notes she wrote in her notepad. "This is most likely going to cause a rift in my schedule."
"Sweet, that means we can party tonight," Daniel cheered. "All of you are legal to drink right?"
"If those two knuckleheads haven't called us yet that means today's challenge will be another night challenge," Margaret concluded sternly. "So I wouldn't celebrate too soon."
"That's a complete bummer," Brittany said and decides to complain. "Since when has this show done various night challenges in a season?"
"Have you ever watched this show?" Margaret questioned.
"Have you?" Brittany answered with her own question.
"Touché," Margaret settled.
"Dudes and dudettes, let's take this opportunity to have more massage time for us," Daniel suggested grinning.
"Smart idea," Niu complimented the party goer. "Doubt Dana and Chris will allow us to continue keeping the reward from the previous challenge."
"You four go ahead," Calvin said to his teammates. "I got some business to attend to."
Niu, Daniel, and Brittany pick up the pace and leave Calvin and Margaret alone together.
"Your business of dealing with Yves being a 'vampire' is ridiculous and annoying," Margaret told the agent rudely. "The only reason you haven't been voted off is because of the constant happenings throughout the show."
The two Delta Droids stop walking, looking at Yves who is shown standing on the open grass area of the dome. The dancer seems to be looking at the clouds in the sky. A nice afternoon.
"What if those happenings aren't just coincidences?" Calvin asked Margaret, planting a theory into her head. "Agent Bailey told us the mutant plant lady was directly attacking Yves and only Yves. Now that I think about it. Was Henry really an intern from Chris and Dana? How did Yves know his name and not the hosts?"
Margaret scoffs. She crosses her arms and leans on a wall as the conversation keeps going. "You expect Chris and Dana to remember the names of their interns? I bet they just call them intern one and intern two."
Calvin turns to his left to look at Margaret, having a serious expression. "You're right, Chris and Dana would probably do that. That still doesn't answer why Agent Jimenez-Chiu knew Henry's name."
This is when Margaret fully captures what her teammate is telling her. "Now that you mention it, didn't she defend that girl who created the snowy mountain?"
The two Delta Droids give a quick glance to Yves who is still looking at the clouds, then back to each other.
"If she really is a vampire, why she isn't burning from the sunlight?" Margaret sincerely asked, dropping a bit her intimidation factor. Dealing with the fact their opponent is a vampire can be a huge threat to her.
"I had a private discussion with Mitch that there are different types of vampire species, some of which are not weak to sunlight and fire," Calvin answered.
"Ugh, that paranoid geek is at it too?" Margaret whined with annoyance.
"He told me he has a lot of knowledge and is currently figuring out what type of vampire Agent Jimenez-Chiu is," Calvin informed.
Margaret sighs. She would never expect to believe in vampires, but with all the attacks coming to the island and possibly being connected to Yves, she has to help Calvin and Mitch. Besides, that equals once less threat for the one-million-dollar prize.
"How do we do this? I'm guessing we have to expose her to Chris and Dana so she leaves the game?" Margaret wondered. Normally she would be in charge of tactics, but again, dealing with a potential vampire is not up to her skills.
"Yes, but it won't be easy," Calvin admitted, a bit scared. "We have to confront her to reveal it whenever a challenge starts. Let's help Mitch with his discovery."
"Fine," Margaret begrudgingly accepted.
Yves stops looking at the clouds and gazes at her hands and bandaged arms. She needed to be healed and now she is a vampire. She fully wants to deny the truth, but the signs are there. Especially when she closes her eyes right now and orange claws grow from her nails. Hearing the sound, she opens her eyes and gazes at the claws.
She believes to be a monster now, a freak. How will Knick like her this way? Can King Vinoripmav even turn her back to human? What if she is a vampire forever?
"Yves?" Violette's voice can be heard.
Hearing her teammate, Yves can feel the sly sweetheart being behind her.
"Can we talk?" Violette politely asked.
Yves sighs. A conversation with the girl that planned her elimination from her world is what she has avoided throughout this stay. Maybe this Violette is different? Numbers are decreasing on both teams; she was going to have to talk to her teammate eventually.
"Can it be somewhere else?" Yves coldly asked, not turning around to look at Violette.
"Sitting on the grass here is fine," Violette cutely answered. "You're not afraid of sunlight, are you?"
Yves feels like that was a vampire joke. She rolls her eyes and then sits on an area of the grassy field where there is a shade to not sweat. Violette joins her and sits as well.
"Isn't it cool how our mechs are under this field?" Violette happily asked with excitement. "Wonder what's underground. Maybe the rumored Crowstillo Caverns."
"Crowstillo Caverns?" Yves pondered perplexed. Wait for a second, she and Vin found crystals under the island. That means Cali-tokyo is not totally artificial. This also means…
"Hey Yves, you good?" Violette pretended to be concerned, seeing the dancer's nervous face.
"Get to the point Violette. What kind of deal do you want from me?" Yves bluntly responded, narrowing her eyes at the sly sweetheart.
Violette cannot help but chuckle sinisterly. She smirks at her teammate, looking quite content. "So strange how you're able to read me well. Too bad it can't be said for our team."
Yves silently groans to herself, keeping her stoic expression.
"Whether you're a vampire or not, it doesn't matter to me since I want to win," Violette boasted.
"Hanging out with Mitch," Yves guessed.
"Correct, but he's not the only boy I've been hanging out with," Violette makes kissy faces. "Muah, I've also been having some fun time with Caleb and Bucky-bear."
Yves stands up from the grass, looking down at Violette.
"I thought I told you not to mess with him," Yves firmly said, making it sound like a warning.
Yves' shadow is shown in front of Violette, giving the sly girl more shade.
"Oh, you did, but I wasn't going to let an advantage go to waste. Now I have all the boys on the team in the palm of my hands," Violette continued to feel powerful, demonstrating by looking at her right hand and gripping it.
Yves scoffs, disgusted by Violette's method of wanting to win the competition. Is this what it feels like? Seeing a villain's way of hurting the feelings of others. She has to admit how funny it is that she used to be more competitive.
"You're telling me this why?" Yves wondered. "I can walk away right now and tell all the boys on our team you're using them."
Violette stands up from the grass. "But Yves, who's going to believe you?" She circles around Yves.
"Here we go again," Yves muttered to herself, remembering Casey did the same thing circling her when revealing her villainous plan.
"You broke Bucky-bear's heart, Mitch is afraid of you, and Caleb can care less about you," Violette pointed out while continuing to circle around the dancer. "If our team ever loses a challenge, is four votes to two."
"Okay, but why tell me this?" Yves skeptically wondered. "Revealing your flawless plan to me feels like a great idea."
"Ignoring the sarcasm, I actually do have a reason for telling you how I play the boys like a fiddle," Violette admitted.
"Makes you sound like a slag," Yves insulted, forming a smirk.
Violette stops circling and scowls. "Fine, be that way. Get voted off. After you convinced Dana and Chris to stay in, I thought you will be more willing to keep yourself in the game."
Violette walks away.
"Wait, tell me what I have to do in order to stay in case we lose a challenge," Yves pleaded.
Violette turns around smirking. She knows she has the numbers to make Yves do whatever she commands. "Vote off Sami."
All of sudden, Yves feels like a bunch of glass cups and windows break in that instance. She lets out her claws, feeling guilt and anger enveloping her.
"Oh, I stroke a nerve," Violette glimmered with happiness. "You two are close aren't ya?" She notices the formed claws but is not intimidated in the slightest. Both know if Yves does anything reckless, it could cause the dancer to leave the game.
"Give me one good reason why I should backstab Sami," Yves said in a threatening tone.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. It's because we both need each other. You need me to secure yourself a safe spot in the merge in case you actually do make it that far. I need you to fend off the intruders," Violette explained.
"Intruders?" Yves responded confused.
Violette nods. "Dealing with that nerd girl, Henry, plant lady. You being a vampire gives me protection to not get accidentally injured like that idiot Valerie. I need to make sure I win without being medically evacuated. You have no choice, Yves. Vote Sami off whenever we lose, and I'll let me, and the boys give you another day in the game."
"If we ever lose a challenge again. Which we won't," Yves declared.
"Suit yourself, I'll keep your vampire secret safe with me. Don't deny it, the claws and fangs gave it away," Violett finished the conversation. She hums a children's song to herself, making her way out of the field.
Yves gets on her knees. She can feel the sunlight starting to hurt her a bit. She cannot continue to do this. She cannot vote off Sami again. Not again, not again!
"Ugh!" Yves exclaimed in frustration as she claws the grass and dirt in front of her. She wipes the dirt off that dug into her right claw on a wall nearby she walked towards.
Yves remembers King Vinoripmav telling her that in two days he can fix the orb. She does not have two days. She is in the middle of making possibly the hardest decision since she got into this world. Yves decides to clear her mind a bit, going to her room. She hides her orange claws, now accustomed to it.
Night comes by and Caleb is shown walking down a hallway with a bouquet of various flowers in his right hand.
"Violette is going to ****** love this. She already can't resist my charm. These flowers will make sure she stays with me," Caleb told himself, feeling proud.
Buck is shown walking down the other side of the hallway. He also has a bouquet in his right hand. Somehow there are oil stains on the flowers.
"Wooo doggy, Violette is going to love these flowers. It even has that special oil I accidentally put when doing some adjustments to my jaguar mech," Buck said happily. He sniffs the flowers and almost pukes.
The two Beta Bot boys are too distracted by their romance for Violette and bump into each other. They fall to the ground on their butts.
"Ugh, watch where you're going," Caleb exclaimed, rubbing his forehead.
"Sorry partner," Buck apologized. He looks at the bouquet Caleb has. "Whoa, someone likes somebody. Who's the girl?"
"Who's the girl?" The chess prodigy asked rhetorically. He stands up. "Obviously the most attractive girl that stepped foot on this island."
"Dana?" Buck joked before getting up and dusting himself off.
"What? No! Of course not you dumb***!" Caleb cursed. "I'm talking about Violette!"
A record scratch sound can be heard.
"Did you just say Violette?" Buck said, caught by surprise.
"Did I just say Violette?" Caleb mocked, performing a terrible southern accent. "What are your ears clogged with corn? Yes it's Violette I'm dating her."
"Uh, no, I'm dating her," Buck informed. "She came into my room and confessed her feelings for me."
Caleb laughs. "She's just using you for the game."
"Could be the same for you," Buck countered, feeling hurt.
Caleb continues to laugh hysterically until capturing what the MacGyver meant. He feels dumbfounded. "Oh ****, I'm being the fool in the relationship."
"I already had experience with a certain someone I thought was manipulating me," Buck confessed with a frown. "Can't believe I fell for something similar again."
"Don't sweat it dude, is not my fault the ladies can't resist the Caleb charm," Caleb boasted pridefully with a smirk.
"She's also using you," Buck informed. "Has she given you a nickname? Because she calls me Bucky-bear."
Caleb's eyes get wide. He frowns. "She's never given me a pet name. Something isn't right."
"You darn right there isn't," Buck agreed. "Let's go talk to Violette now."
Before the two boys can go to Violette's room down various hallways, the ground quakes beneath them, causing both to fall over on top of each other.
"Get off of me!" Caleb exclaimed, struggling to be free since Buck is on top of him.
"Gosh I hope another intruder didn't come," Buck complained as he quickly rose up, helping his teammate stand too.
"Same here," Caleb shook his head before speaking. "But perhaps Chris or Dana has something to do with it."
"Probably correct about that. Let's go find out," Buck advised.
The two flee the hallway and quickly meet their teammate girls who opened the doors to their room. Neither of the three is in their pajamas. Yves is completely awake and not tired at all. Probably has to deal with the fact she is a vampire now and knowing tonight there is a challenge. Sami is the most tired out of the three. Bags are under the musical theater nerd's eyes that almost make her undead. Violette is quite angry at being awake.
"Making me get out of my bed, interrupting my sleep," Violette grumbled once she saw the boys. "What's with the flowers?"
"No time to discuss that!" Caleb replied, "It's Chris most likely starting a challenge."
"Better than another intruder coming," Sami chuckled at the thought of another mysterious person coming to kill the cast. "I wonder what challenge it will be this time?"
"I don't know," Yves spoke annoyed. Another night challenge means Vin will probably not show up. Today just had to get worst for her. "But maybe we can convince him to do it tomorrow?"
Despite wanting to confront Violette on who she truly likes, Buck and Caleb are in awe. Is not easy resisting Violette's looks. Buck and Caleb imagine her dressed up in a school dance. Buck sees Violette wearing a purple dress while Caleb is seeing Violette in a checkerboard dress with his face imprinted on it. Both shake their head, realizing the daydreaming is not real.
The group gets shook by another quake. This time all manage to stay standing.
"We need to figure out where Chris and Dana are now!" Violette angrily said. "They have to be in the field."
The competitors meet up in the field. Eleven remain from the fourteen. Both Beta Bots and Delta Droids are annoyed having another night challenge. Yves notices Mitch holding a dagger made out of wood in his right hand. The dancer also notices Margaret holding a water gun and Calvin wearing a necklace with three garlics attached to it.
Yves pinches her nose to not smell the garlic. At this point, almost the entire remaining cast knows she is a vampire. She has to be on guard that none of those three try to harm her. She does not know her vampire weakness and she is certainly not looking forward to finding out what it is.
Dana and Chris have devious expressions on their faces. Margaret looks ready to pummel Chris to the ground as she approaches him with malicious intent. She is held back by Calvin and Niu. Violette is enjoying the view, keeping quiet.
"Nice to see everyone here!" Chris commenced, watching Margaret who is still ready to beat him to shreds. "I am certain each and every one of you felt the quakes, which means something challenge worthy is happening right now!"
"You better have a good explanation Chris!" Margaret said aggressively, "If it ain't, I'll have your cranium on a platter!"
"So feisty!" Violette smirked.
"She's too strong," Calvin muffled. "Agents, you can lend help here."
"Geez Margaret, where do you work out so I can get as strong as you?" Niu wriggled to hold her teammate back.
"Everyone, calm down!" Dana exclaimed, bringing the attention to her and her co-host. "Let Chris finish."
"Thank you, Dana," Chris nodded to the kid. "As of now, a fabled occurrence is happening just outdoor of this dome! A colossal creature, known as Zodgilla, for legal reasons, is capering around outside and producing a mess. We need you all to take the creature out with this!"
Chris gestures to two rather large hypodermics. Both are filled with an odd glowing purple liquid. The contestants minus Yves are shocked to see syringes that big.
"This distinct type of tranquilizer is powerful enough to knock down a creature of that size. Simply cleverly place the injection to blow the beast out so Dana and I can direct him back into the water from whence he belongs. Each team gets one hypodermic to face the task. However, it won't be easy, as he's one grumpy lizard! Do not fret, if any of you by chance get in contact with this sedative, it only reacts as a tiny hallucinogenic to humans," Chris explained.
The mention of the side effect makes everyone remember the Ringleader event and get nervous.
"Maybe it wasn't a good idea to explain that part," Dana whispered to Chris.
"So, we won't die?" Mitchell asked Chris, somewhat reassured.
"Probably not," Chris answered happily.
"Probably?" Sami gulped, questioning the vagueness.
"Relax, Dana and I have everything under control," Chris guaranteed.
Brittany scoffs and crosses her arms. "Oh yeah, what about the people that came here to…"
"Get suited up for combat!" Dana interrupted, wanting the challenge to start already.
The competitors groan as they all head into their mechs one by one. Each goes to their team's hypodermic, figuring out which member can be tasked with holding it during the challenge. From the Beta Bots, Yves decides to test out first her mech and see if it can lift the giant hypodermic. She fails quickly.
"Anybody else wants to try?" Yves asked her teammates, stepping back away from the hypodermic.
"Why don't you use your vampire powers to lift it up," Mitch snide the dancer.
"Vampire or not, I won't be able to lift that up," Yves countered, not denying, or confirming she is a vampire.
"Say what now?" Buck wondered perplexed as Sami uses her mech to lift the hypodermic, but also fails.
"We don't have time for this," Caleb impatiently told his team.
"Maybe I can use my mech's teeth to get a good grip on it," Violette hypothesized since her mech is similar to a rabbit. She gets close to the hypodermic and uses her mech's robotic teeth to grip it without making any cracks.
"Way to go Violette," Sami applauded, clapping her mech's hands together.
Buck, Caleb, and Mitch do the same. This gets on Yves' nerves greatly.
Meanwhile, the Delta Droids are having their own issues with the immense hypodermic as well. Margaret lifts it but fails rapidly.
"Ugh!" Margaret mumbled as she steps away from the hypodermic. "I can't even lift it. How are we supposed to do this?"
"I'll give it a shot!" Niu eagerly exclaimed.
"Your mech is a round giant ball," Brittany snapped at her teammate. "How are you going to lift it in the first place?"
"Easy there Agent Drake," Calvin said. "I have an idea! Perhaps we could place the hypodermic on top of my mech? It can possibly line up amongst the horns to stay stable!"
"Is worth a shot," Daniel mumbled.
"Well?" Margaret grabbed everybody's devotion. "What are we waiting for?"
The team works in union to lift the hypodermic above Calvin's triceratops mech and place it atop the horns. It creaks marginally but is still steady.
"Alright contestants!" Chris shouted behind the glass wall, standing next to Dana. "Go out there and tranq that big lizard!"
Before any contestant has time to reply, they are launched into the sky by Chris and Dana. The eleven immediately notice the very gigantic creature tearing throughout the city. It has white skin, blue eyes, and is spiky on its back. Like McLean mentioned, the creature is lizard-like while standing on his two feet. It is far bigger than any of the mechs, striking dread into the competitors as they each land from their sky-high trip.
What Chris and Dana did not tell the teens is that a man is on the Zogdilla with a horse bridle the size of the creature's head and a giant brit in the monster's mouth. To complete the set, the bridle has a sturdy rope connected to it so the man can control the beast.
The man in question is bald on top with grayish hair to its sides, gray eyebrows, green eyes, a wrinkled face, a gray mustache that looks like pointy spears, and a grayish van dyke beard. He looks fit enough to hold off against a one versus one fight on his own. His knight chest plate armor is shining silver aligned with metal boots and armor gloves. His clothing represents each crystal from the caverns Yves and Vin found.
His left arm is a yellow fabric, his right arm a red fabric, his right leg a cyan fabric, and his left leg a blue fabric. Standing tall at exactly seven feet and two inches the man continues piloting Zogdilla thanks to the rope in his left hand that connects to the bridle. Finally, he duels a rapier sword in his right hand.
The man laughs, feeling like an adventurer as he commands Zogdilla to tear down more buildings.
"Uh, I'm guessing he's also an intern," Mitch wondered.
Yves cannot believe it. Of all the enemies she has faced, this one she thought was not possible to be here.
"King Crowstillo," Yves said the name of the man, getting a flashback from their previous encounter.
As Yves goes to walk down a cliff with a case containing the million dollars, King Crowstillo tackles her to the ground and grabs the silver case with his left hand. He then runs to the edge of the cliff. Throughout the run, she notices sparks, leaking oil, and ripped wires all over his body except his head.
"No!" Yves exclaimed with terror as she runs up to Crowstillo.
"If I can't have my treasure, no one can!" King Crowstillo declared and jumps off the edge of the cliff, with the five million dollars inside the case.
Yves tries to grab the case, but it is too late. King Crowstillo falls down into the ocean with a big smile on his face. Sharks eat him and the case.
The flashback ends. Yves is still shaken seeing the one who destroyed her chance of getting Total Drama's cash prize. Even if she deserved it. The memories of dealing with that aftermath make her angry. She commands her mech's fists to clench.
The dancer's yellow eyes turn red. She activates the aura shield around her mech and flies towards the face of Zodgilla.
"What is she doing?" Caleb wondered, finding Yves going at the creature and man alone to be stupid.
Blinded by fury, Yves uses her mech to endlessly punch the face of Zodgilla. The aura shield turns down, forgetting in the heat of the moment she is vulnerable to attacks when attacking.
King Crowstillo sees the assault and is amused. "Ah, the first one to strike. Ha!" He stabs the back of Zodgilla's neck with his rapier sword.
This makes Zodgilla open his mouth and sink its teeth onto the Yves' mech. Her teammates gasped, horrified that their teammate might be eaten alive. The Delta Droids are also scared except for Margaret and Brittany, who can really care less.
"Crap!" Yves said to herself, now realizing barging straight head-on was a terrible idea. She notices the creature's teeth sinking into the mech.
"That's right boy, get your dinner," King Crowstillo encouraged Zodgilla to chew and gobble up his meal.
Yves goes to the escape hatch of her mech and opens it. She quickly runs up the mech and onto Zodgilla's head. There she meets the king.
"Yves!" Sami and Buck worryingly exclaimed. Both make their mech fly to help her out.
Zodgilla prevents the rescue by using his claws, tail, and radiation breath to distract the two Beta Bots.
On top of the creature's head, King Crowstillo instantly recognizes who the dancer is. He smirks. "You, you're the one who defeated me on that cliff."
"Defeated you?" Yves responded confused. "That was Knick."
Zodgilla finishes eating at Yves' mech completely.
"Not the way I remember it," King Crowstillo told the dancer. Another flashback commences.
At the same cliff shown in the previous flashback, Yves is fighting Crowstillo with Knick by her side. All three are using different types of swords.
Crowstillo bashes Yves's forehead with his right elbow. The dancer sits on her knees and puts her hands on the ground, unable to stand up because of the pain. King Crowstillo then uses his left leg to kick her in the stomach hard. This makes her roll a bit and almost falls off the edge of the cliff.
Knick aggressively slashes King Crowstillo various time, each one just getting blocked.
"Ah, I see you are attracted to her," Crowstillo commented. "Your love and rage have left you wide open." He is able to knock off Knick's sword with his left hand. He then uses his left foot to push Knick away.
Knick stumbles to the ground. He tries to get up but notices the king raising his sword above his head to stab him.
"You have my respect, Knick. I've faced many foes and you actually gave me trouble. Now begone!" King Crowstillo exclaimed.
Even though Yves is on the ground still hurt, she throws her smallsword at Crowstillo's right arm. The swords pierces through the mechanical arm, breaking the king's arm.
King Crowstillo screams as his broken arm and Yves' sword falls off the cliff.
Knick takes this opportunity to get away from the conqueror. Yves runs up to King Crowstillo and pushes him off the cliff. Not to where the water is but to the ground.
The flashback ends.
"If you don't remember what you did to me, that means you come from another world," King Crowstillo concluded.
"H-how do you know about other dimensions," Yves' cold demeanor fades away. This is the first enemy she encounters that knows about the multiverse.
King Crowstillo chuckles. "Child, when one travels through the seas and islands of Earth, a few tales are picked up. There are things not even the most powerful men and women know about the planet."
"You came here by a red velvet cloud," Yves stated.
"Yes, just like you I guaranteed. I came here before the sharks gobbled me," Crowstillo explained his escape from death. "And when there's a cloud like that, the orb is nearby."
"Orb, what orb?" Yves pretended to not know, looking side to side.
Crowstillo lets out a laugh before slashing Yves' right arm with his rapier sword. Luckily for the dancer, the king only tears her compression bandage.
"Don't play dumb with me. You're not good with it," Crowstillo gets serious. "The orb that can alter universes. Guarded by King Vinoripmav."
"How do you know this?" Yves exclaimed. Should she activate her claws to face off against her opponent? She does have not Knick to assist her this time around.
"I read some books King Podelio wrote after I slew him and his people," Crowstillo answered, feeling proud and glorified. "I didn't have time to visit Vinolucard Island because of myself designing the skeletons. Which happens to be in this island's underground caverns. Though I don't see my castle nearby."
Yves understands what she feared. Cali-tokyo, at least in this dimension was built on Crowstillo Island.
"You will never get to that orb!" Yves exclaimed before being slashed again by King Crowstillo, this time being from her stomach.
Yves gets on her knees and puts her hands on Zodgilla's head. She can feel the slight slice from her clothing and skin cut. Her eyes turn yellow. Crowstillo does not notice this because she is looking down.
"I take what I want. And what I want, is to colonize the multiverse!" King Crowstillo announced.
Using his mechanical body, Crowstillo gives a swift kick to Yves' face, specifically the area with the three-line scratch. The kick sends Yves out of the head of Zodgilla. The dancer falls to her doom.
At that moment, Yves tries to fly like some vampires she saw in movies, but alas nothing happens. She falls to the ground with a large thud, breaking the asphalt beneath her. She stays there.
Mitch and Caleb saw her falling but were frozen in fear and shock to do anything about it. Caleb snaps out of it and turns his mech to the left to look at Violette's mech.
"Violette, use your rabbit mech's super jump to tranquilize that creature!" Caleb announced his plan.
Violette pretends to accidentally press the wrong button in her control room to drop the hypodermic from the rabbit mech's teeth. This causes the giant hypodermic to break into pieces upon contacting the ground.
"Sorry, I pressed the wrong button," Violette in her cutesy and innocent voice lied.
"Well, at least the vampire is gone," Mitch moved on quickly despite his team undoubtedly losing.
Caleb inside the control room crosses his arms with distaste. "Accidentally pressed the wrong button my butt," The chess prodigy said quietly to himself, having a gut feeling Violette let go of the hypodermic on purpose.
King Crowstillo instructs Zodgilla to take Buck and Sami out. Zodgilla uses its tail to knock Buck out of the air and the mech crashes into a nearby building.
"Jaguars aren't meant for long fights," Buck told himself, knowing his mech is not a good one to take hits.
Zodgilla then uses its left hand to slap Sami in her mech to the ground. The creature roars, feeling triumph in victory. Now is up to the Delta Droids to defeat Zodgilla and King Crowstillo.
Already come up with a plan, the Delta Droids put it into action. Niu rolls her ball mech in front of Daniel's. Daniel activates his mech to deliver a swift kick to Niu's mech like it is a soccer ball.
Niu is heading towards the chin of Zodgilla. She presses a button in her control room to activate a spikey shield around her mech. Upon contacting the creature's chin, the spikes dig into his skin. The spikes also break the bridle, releasing Zodgilla from King Crowstillo's control.
Zodgilla lets out a roar of pain, raising his head to the sky. This makes King Crowstillo lose balance and slide off the giant creature. Crowstillo stretches his left mechanical arm for his hand to grab onto the corner of the nearest building's roof. He swings around until being able to jump onto the building's roof. He shortens back his arm and watches the Delta Droids handle Zodgilla.
With the beast distracted on removing Niu's mech from his chin, the Delta Droids except Daniel fly to his forehead. At that moment Margaret and Brittany grudgingly but eventually grab the hypodermic on Calvin's mech to insert the needle into Zodgilla's forehead. Calvin then uses one of his mech's horns to press the plunger down on the needle so the liquid can be injected into Zodgilla.
Those that are able to watch see Zodgilla get sleepy. The creature falls to the ground, creating a ginormous thud.
King Crowstillo chuckles, impress with the Delta Droids' teamwork. "Not bad, but it won't save them from my attack. This was fun, but I have an orb to grab."
Margaret, Calvin, and Brittany fly down in their mechs to the ground. Chris and Dana approach in their jetpacks. Yves slowly gets out of her hole, having a lot of pain from the fall. The fact if she was not a vampire at this moment her life would have been obsolete. She notices that it is still night, meaning Vinoripmav could possibly talk to her in her bedroom. She desperately needs to tell him that King Crowstillo from another world is around wanting the orb.
"Well," Dana commence, "Color us flabbergasted. You guys commenced having terrible administration of your team, yet today, you demonstrated outstanding teamwork. That's variable, you can pat yourselves on the back."
"Yes, undeniably," Chris applauded. "The Delta Droids have maintained another win in this game, and do not have to vote anybody tonight!"
"Mission accomplished!" Calvin cheered. "My plan worked!"
"That's right bro you did it well today," Daniel added, cheering his teammate on.
"Delta Droids, head back to your rooms while the Beta Bots, despite two of them being comatose, must come to use the landing room!" Chris announced.
A gunshot is heard, frightening everyone. Yves, walking to Sami's mech notices Margaret with the water gun. Margaret has the water gun pointed at the forehead of the sleeping Zodgilla. Well, it was sleeping.
"Wait, that was a real gun!?" Calvin exclaimed in horror.
"Uh… no," Margaret lied, realizing the situation she put herself in.
"I thought the security guards at the airport confiscated all your weapons," Chris exclaimed.
"Um… no," Margaret repeated. She stops pointing at the dead creature and looks at the hosts with an intimidating glare. "Cutting to the chase, I give this gun to you two and you both let me stay in the game."
"Deal!" Chris said. Margaret has a gun. Is there really a reason to negotiate after that nice offer? "Just remove the bullets before giving it to us."
Confessional – Yves – Beta Bots
She is concern. "What the heck? Margaret was probably going to use an actual gun on me? Do silver bullets even affect me? Or is that just for a werewolf? You know, I'm pretty sure anything with flesh gets hurt by a bullet."
End Confessional
Half of the solemnly injured Beta Bots and the rest of the team find themselves in the landing room with Dana and Chris. Yves has a new shirt of her regular attire. The hosts have five pilot badges in their possession. Chris three and Dana two.
"Bots," Dana commented. "I must admit that I'm disappointed in your result in tonight's challenge."
"Just let us vote," Yves responded wearily thanks to the challenge.
"Right, you're all tense," Chris added. "Head to the outhouse confessional for each of you to cast your vote," He told the Beta Bots.
In a single line, the Beta Bots one by one vote for which member to send off the island. Sami is the first to go inside the outhouse. Waiting for her turn is Violette. Behind her is Yves while the boys are behind her.
"Ready to vote for Sami," Violette smirked deviously to Yves, not looking behind.
"I'm voting for you," Yves replied bluntly.
Violette laughs for a few seconds. "Oh wait, you're serious."
"I'm not backstabbing someone who has been treating me well just so you can get off on ruining a friendship," Yves stated.
"You're nothing in this game without me," Violette whispered annoyed, her cutesy vice diminishing and turning more sadistic. "You will lose the million dollars."
"Good, because I don't need it," Yves responded back. "Took a good kick to my face to know is not worth it. I'll come back to this island one way or another."
Violette turns around to look at Yves disappointed. "You sealed your fate." She puts on her cutesy demeanor and waves at the Bot boys. "Make sure to vote off Yves. She messed up the challenge."
Sami gets out of the outhouse happily. Violette heads inside and closes the door.
"Guys listen," Yves told her teammates, watching them all. "I know I went into tonight's challenge without a plan but believe me when I say Violette is using you all. She's a boy charmer." She pays attention to the boys. "She gives you affection just so she can stay safe. She doesn't truly love any of you three."
Buck is about to say something but Caleb cuts him off.
"Sorry dip****, but we boys already know who we are voting for," Caleb told Yves happily.
Yves frowns and so does Sami, not liking her friend feeling that way.
All members return to the landing room sitting on a seat.
"There are only five pilot badges left for you guys," Chris informed. "That signifies one of you leaving tonight for good. When I call a Bot's name, you can relish the fact you are safe."
"Only for the time until the next challenge," Dana added.
"Don't interrupt me," Chris informed his co-host. Dana sticks her tongue out at Chris while the dashing man keeps talking. "If your name is not called, you will not be receiving a pilot badge and is forced to walk the jet of shame, never to come back here again. Ever!"
Yves and Violette narrow their eyes at each other.
"Those who received no votes are Buck, Sami, Mitch, and Caleb," Chris spoke.
Dana tosses each pilot badge to the safe contestants.
Chris glistens with enjoyment. "Then there were two. Violette and Yves, you two have disliked each other since day one. Yves, you're, to be it nicely, a complete weirdo. Despite that, you proved to be valuable throughout your stay except for tonight when you completely butchered it."
"Can you just give me the badge already?" Yves spoke tiredly.
"The audience eats this up don't ruin the moment," Chris responded annoyed.
Yves rolls her eyes.
"Yeah, besides Yves, we all know I'm staying," Violette boasted.
"Actually Violette, you're the one going home," Dana announced. She tosses the last pilot badge to Yves who catches it with her left hand.
"What!?" Violette gets up from her seat flabbergasted.
"Was hoping the vampire would leave," Mitch mumbled to himself.
Violette looks at the Beta Bot boys. "You three were supposed to vote for Yves."
Caleb scoffs and rolls his eyes. "Maybe if you didn't self-sabotage the team tonight, we would. I thought you were smarter than that, but I guess your kid-friendly act also goes well with your brain size of a toddler."
"Ugh!" Violette exclaimed, upset she lost. "But I didn't sabotage it slipped out of my mech's mouth."
"From the moment you dropped the hypodermic, Caleb and I knew you were planning to get rid of Yves," Mitch told Violette, his voice is louder than his usual paranoid tone. "You're still pretty though."
"Yeah, call me when you get the chance," Caleb added.
Violette rolls her eyes while letting out a small smile. "Boys." She heads to the jet of shame.
Buck sighs sadly and walks away to go to his room.
"You five are safe from now. Go get some rest," Dana advised.
Yves looks up to the sky as her teammates and hosts leave the room. She sees the full moon.
"I hope you come tonight Vin. We need a serious talk."