Chris: Last week on Total Drama Fandom Island, our remaining fifteen campers took on a challenge of water and fire, rowing to Boney Island and lighting the BIGGEST campfire EVER! Loose ends Raymond and Ponyhead pulled up surprising clutches, while long-time powerhouses like Jason, Darcy and Jett flopped! In the end, Darcy pulled off a calculated blindside to eliminate the wind girl from the competition!
It's only gonna get more heated from now, as the last fourteen campers will fight in an even deadlier version of Paintball Deer Hunter! Find out right here on TOTAL! DRAMA! FANDOM! ISLAND!
[The theme song plays.]
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine, you guys are on my mind [Patrick wakes up under the lake, pulls a Krabby Patty out of his pocket and eats it, burping and creating a small tidal wave towards the beach], you asked me what I wanted to be [Arthur and Sasha are having a picnic on the beach just as the tidal wave hits them] and I think the answer is plain to see, I wanna be famous [Cyborg is recharging himself with a solar panel array when the weather suddenly turns Arctic. Cut to Gray laughing and Hermione shaking her head] I wanna live close to the sun [Darcy is looking for the Immunity Idol on the river riding Amethyst, shape-shifted as a canoe. They fall into the waterfall]. Go pack your bags cause I've already won [Sans is standing asleep on a log, blipping out of the way just in time as Mabel rappels across with her grappling hook], everything to prove nothing in my way [Mabel slams into the outhouse, causing Seraphine to fall out], I'll get there one day. [Brian and Raymond, tied up, look on in horror as Chef serves them 'mystery meat', meanwhile Bakugou is armwrestling an arm of sand conjured by Gaara next to him. Bakugou loses.] Cause I wanna be famous. [LSP and Ponyhead are taking selfies by the steps on the beach] Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na! [Baljeet is writing on his organizer while Lisa is playing her saxophone as fireworks go off in the sky] I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous, I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous [At the campfire, Jett and Jason are about to kiss when Barry pops up and fines them] (Whistling in tune)
Italic means Confessional!
It was another day at the Island when Sasha woke up with a major case of the munchies. Using her stealthy skills honed at the Corps, she deftly snuck into the cafeteria and raided it for a few potatoes to bake. Gaara had been awake since dawn, it having been routine with him since the beginning. The third Bass powerhouse, Arthur, was still nodding off, in the kitchen, having prepared his promised batch of chocolate Chris Heads the night before.
"Does the oven Cyborg made still work?" Sasha asked as she buttered the potatoes.
"Yeah," Gaara replied. "No one's really bothered to use it since half our team can't cook".
"Good, I'm starved. I won't make it while waiting for breakfast". She deftly put in the potatoes to roast, as the other Bass began to stir.
"I am telling you, unless we make an alliance, we'll be in danger! We're the two expendable members even now" said Baljeet nervously.
Sans shrugged. "Guess you gotta point. OK, let's form an alliance."
Baljeet: Sans has been the only close friend I've had for weeks now that Cyborg is gone. I hope we can make the MErge together so I can help him get back at Darcy.
Sans: The kid's right, I won't be able to make the Merge safely alone. And if I wanna avenge Amethyst, I'll need all the help I can get
Ponyhead woke up and dug through her mini-icebox and backpack for some Monster and Doritos. Gray woke up, shirtless as usual, and greeted the other campers.
"Well, Sasha, ain't this the life?" asked Ponyhead. "Breakfast and a Chippendale concert!" She dug into her Doritos, stuffing her cheeks with the crispy, cheesy junk.
"Lee's a lot like that too, very metrosexual," said Gaara. "I don't know why he tags me in his after-gym photos".
Gray flustered. "It's not a fashion statement or anything, I literally do my magic better with no shirt on!"
"If the ice doesn't give 'em nosebleeds, that washboard will," murmured Ponyhead.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the chocolates are ready!" Arthur announced, having awoken in the kitchen earlier. "Do save them for a mid-morning snack. Chocolate for breakfast is terrible for the metabolism"
Gray shrugged. "Can't be worse than Doritos straight out of bed".
"Ooh, chocolates! Wait a minute, they're shaped like Chris' heads!" said Ponyhead, taking two pieces with her.
"Ayo, Sans! I got an idea!"
"Lay it on me, Princess"
"These chocolates Arthur made look, and taste, just like the wooden Immunity Idols! We can steal Darcy's Idol, without her noticing, then switch the chocolate in!"
Sans glowed up and shook Ponyhead. "Pony, you're a GENIUS! I'll be back, see ya at the challenge!" Then he teleported away.
Meanwhile, at the Gophers, everyone was still sad over Jett's elimination. Darcy tried to cheer up Lisa and Seraphine. "Oh, brighten up! It's not like we killed her or anything, it's just a competition!"
"I guess, but I'm already getting hate mail from my Korean fans," said Seraphine. "One even told me to, well, eat sh-"
"It's the most wonderful time of the year!" said Raymond.
"It's MAY!" said Darcy.
"I know, ma belle dame sans merci, I just wanted to remind you this is a T-rated fanfic!"
Barry tried to check on Jason, thinking he was still pissed by Jett's elimination. He found Jason lost in thought at the foot of his bed.
"You ok, Jason?" Barry asked.
"Hmm? Oh yes, sorry, I'll be on my way. I was just…"
Barry: I'm no biologist, but I think Jason misses Jett…
Jason: I really don't want to lose any more challenges, we're being whittled down here. I should be able to lead them better…
After an uneventful breakfast, the fourteen campers assembled at the grounds to await Chris' instructions. Suddenly, Chris landed in front of them, having parachuted from a plane. "Good morning, campers! Well, you're down to fourteen and I must say, you guys have been the most exciting cast we've had so far! Today's challenges have something to do with our latest departed camper!"
"Jett?" asked Lisa.
"Omigosh, are we doing Hallyu-related challenges today?!" blurted out Ponyhead. "Oh, you guys better go home now, coz' I'm gonna ace this-"
"It's NOT K-Pop related, girls. I'm saving that for Action." said Chris.
"Aww"
"What this challenge is… well, I think Jett can explain it better". Jason's eyes popped. Chris motioned towards a tv screen that buzzed to life, showing Jett in an Arctic setting.
"Jett? Are you in the Omega Dimension?!" asked Darcy.
"No," Jett replied dryly. "I'm on a deployment at Bennett Island, as we're currently investigating the shipwreck here".
"That's cool," replied Gray. "So what's the challenge?"
"Well, here in the Valorant Protocol, we have many training sessions that allow us to keep ourselves in tip-top shape. One of my favorites is Deathmatch!"
"Did she say deathmatch?!" said Raymond, nervously.
"Relax, Ray. In Deathmatch, our resident soul expert Sage locks us in a temporary state of constant rebirth, allowing us to practice shooting on actual, live targets. Right now, Sage should be with you to help Chris with the event."
A serene Chinese woman joined Chris at the podium. "Now, Mr. McLean, this mystic seal will make Wawanakwa a temporary Deathmatch stage for an hour. I would normally not make use of this for such a frivolous activity, but I admit interest in seeing what these campers are capable of. We have intentions of scouting for new agents from them".
Chris picked up the seal and placed it on the ground. Suddenly, it was as if a great wind blew from the seal across the island, and everyone felt different.
"I've felt magic like this before," murmured Arthur.
"It's like one of Nico or Hazel's spells," replied Jason.
Chris cleared his throat. "I'll let Jett explain the rules"
"OK guys! For Deathmatch, all you guys really need to do is pick up one of the guns scattered all over the Island and shoot other people with it! First to score forty kills, or the highest killer after an hour wins!"
"Let me adjust those rules, Jett," Chris cut in, "The four with the highest scores win Invincibility! I'm dissolving the teams again for this week! It's every camper for themselves!"
Lisa: But I'm a pacifist!
Seraphine: I've never held a gun before, let alone shoot somebody with one! What am I gonna do?!
Darcy: Something tells me I'm gonna be pulling A LOT of strings this week…
Arthur: I'll show them the prowess of the Solar Empire
Sasha: Oh, they're not ready for my flicks!
The campers were told to move to several positions across Wawanakwa, before Chris used the microchips to once again turn down their powers, this time down to 0%. "It's like the Hunger Games!" Chris said with glee.
"Except we come back to life" said Baljeet.
Chris stared blankly at him.
"We come back to life, right?" asked Baljeet.
Baljeet: I mean, even if the spell gets messed up, we do come back to life anyway. I think I'm slated to become a chinchilla in my next life…
The contestants were lined up in different positions around the Island. Chris retreated to the safety and comfort of his secret base where he and Chef could watch the campers to their pleasure.
Jason was not used to modern weapons, so he figured he would try to go for takedowns with melee weapons instead. Jason took a deep breath and allowed his training to take over.
Suddenly, his senses were sharpened. Despite losing his godly powers, the martial skills honed at the Camp could not be deactivated. He crouched low behind a bush. Soon, his meditation paid off. He took a quick swing, scoring his first takedown on… Baljeet.
The seal appeared to have changed even the physics of dying. There was no blood, no gore, just ragdoll physics and a paleing of the skin. Baljeet's eyes wide in shock. Soon, he vanished.
Jason smiled. This was going to be a fun challenge, after all.
Arthur scaled the top of a nearby tree and aimed with his Marshal. Soon, the air was rife with his steady shots, each wounding, if not killing. Nearby Sasha, too, was making impeccable headshots, sending the less-adept campers scattering for cover.
"One with the less kills is making dinner!" called out the Englishman.
"Then for the survival of the Bass, I'm winning this!" replied the scout.
Seraphine was in the worst moment of her life. The advice Evelynn had given her through Twitter was not helping (Aim for the neck, darling, for an easy kill). She could never, and would never aim a gun in her life. Was this the daily thing for Jett? She marveled at how her new friend could live such a double life as a VALORANT agent. Sera considered just lying down on the grass and sobbing until the game was over.
Lisa and Mabel covered each others' backs, having immediately exploited the loophole of Chris never mentioning that teamwork wasn't allowed. Clutching their Judges, they hugged the walls and bushes, waiting for hapless campers to pass by. Soon, even Lisa had amassed half a dozen kills.
Gaara, confident that this first challenge would have little bearing on the scores as they did the last individual challenge, decided to take the time to be leisurely, finally getting to fulfill his fantasy of being a fedora-donning hard-boiled detective on the prowl. He felt the cold metal of his Sheriff and aimed calmly, getting headshots left and right.
"Where'd he get the fedora?!" asked Chef.
"He found the Action leftover props and went with it. Honestly, it's a serve!" replied Chris.
"That's cold" said Gray before dropping like a ragdoll. Gaara twirled the gun by its guard and walked on. He would have to conserve his energy for the second half of the challenge. If he scored 30 kills, he should comfortably be in the-
BANG!
Lisa and Mabel whooped over their kill like savages. "What's with the fedora?" asked Mabel. She shrugged. "Dibs!", and ran off with her new hat.
Sans fell asleep, as per usual, only waking up to kill someone with his Shorty and then walking away to another hiding spot.
Darcy strutted across the field, raining down bullets with her Odin. She noted that she didn't even need to know where the others were to mow them down like grass. Seeing her icon soar to the top of the kill chart, she mentally patted herself on the back for a job well done.
The steel cut through her back before she knew what happened next.
"That was for Jett".
Raymond was barely making ends meet as he scored the odd kill or two with his Ghost. After getting into a melee fight with Baljeet (which ended with both of them dying to a well-aimed sniper shot by Sasha). Baljeet himself was still lurking with less than five kills as the hour wound down to its last quarter.
Ponyhead was going for a hit-and-run strategy with her Frenzy, leaving a respectable trail of bodies every now and then. Barry cowered in his own corner, having been shot at several times. It became clear to him that there would be no chance of getting that immunity now, since the clock was winding down to the last minute…
"Time's up, campers! Let's see your kill-counts!"
Jason - 30
Barry - 16
Seraphine - 2
Darcy - 26
Lisa - 5
Raymond - 14
Mabel - 37
Arthur - 38
Sasha - 39
Gaara - 32
Ponyhead - 20
Sans - 34
Baljeet - 10
Gray - 31
"Alright! Sasha, Arthur, Sans and Mabel are our winners! They will enjoy Immunity and the chance to take it easy while the ten remaining contestants vie for the second part of the challenge!"
Sasha: No need to applaud, those flicks were the easiest I ever made
Arthur: Rats! I lost to her by one kill!
Sans: I had a bone to pick with Darcy. It was fun blowing her brains out a dozen times
Mabel: I get to keep Gaara's fedora, right?!
"Now" said Chris. "The ten of you must form two five-man teams for the second part of the challenge!"
"Let's let the Gophers stay together?" asked Jason, eyeing Lisa, Seraphine and Darcy. Barry was also coming around to his idea.
"Well, no use making new alliances in the heat of the moment" shrugged Darcy. "You're the war expert, so we'll let you call the shots"
"Oh yes, please. We're all very tense about this challenge!" said Seraphine.
Lisa and Barry shot worried glances at each other. Jason smiled. "Alright! From here on out, we're Team Alpha Wolves!"
Gaara surveyed the other four players. Baljeet was still shaky from dying over and over again. Raymond fiddled with his glasses. Gray exchanged stares with him, and Ponyhead was wiping flecks off her horn. "Well, we can make this work… Let's be Team Omega Squadron…"
Chris greeted the two teams at the grounds. "This is Breeze, a full-scale replica of the Caribbean map used by the Protocol for training, right here on Wawanakwa! Breeze is split into Sites A and B, connected by a convolution of vents, hallways and tunnels! As Attackers, one team will infiltrate one of the Sites and plant the Spike," he lifted up a heavy, compact bomb-like apparatus. "The Defenders must defuse the Spike within 45 seconds or BOOM!"
"Now, killing everyone on the enemy team is a win condition for both teams, though once the spike is planted, the defenders' win condition changes to defusing the bomb. For attackers, the win condition will be to wipe out the defenders until the spike is planted. Then, the win condition will be to let the bomb blow up and/or wipe out the Defenders."
"A raid" murmured Gray.
"Our Siege warfare strategies should come in handy here" said Jason
"Now for the fun part!" said Chris. "I'm turning your powers back on, and now you must dress for the part of Valorant Agents. You have a cast of 19 characters, Jett herself included, to choose from! Sage, Chef and I will commentate, and we'll see you in fifteen minutes!"
Soon, all ten contestants came up with creative ways to mimic the Valorant Protocol's Agents with their powers and skills:
Barry jogged around the field, slipping and sliding with the help of Piplup's powers. He had Piplup throw up two thin walls of ice to cover his position, fire off two balls of ice to concuss, and a Bubblebeam for his ultimate ability. "Move, or get soaked! I'm Neon!"
Gray walked out of the dressing room. Then he blew up, creating a shimmering glare that blinded all in its sight. An icicle glided across the ground, exploding into Gray himself as he used the ice as a teleporter. Gray then pulled out an icy Oni mask and became invisible. He then emerged as the air around him shattered into icy fragments. "I'll fight everyone who gets in my way. Call me Yoru!"
Lisa strode out next, wearing glasses and a bracer. She threw two egg-shaped devices into the air, which then exploded into deadly swarms of nanites. She pulled out Itchy, a robot mouse that detected passersby and exploded, and Scratchy, a robotic cat that shot at intruders. Lastly, she pulled out a large contraption shaped oddly like her mother Marge's hair. The device wound down, exuding tendrils of light that would ensnare nearby enemies. "Don't stress about it! I've got all the plans covered! I'm Killjoy!"
Baljeet emerged from a hazy artificial fog. He shot Silly Strings at the walls, covering them in trippings, and pulled out a surveillance camera that stuck onto walls with chewed gum. Lastly, he pulled out a large hat that seemed to have electric nodes on the inside. "I know exactly where they are! I am the Cypher!"
Seraphine emerged serenely from her room. With her old concert props, she made walls that could obstruct and protect. With old glitter-slime from her glow sticks, she made slowing orbs, and, with some help from Sage, she mastered a vocal frequency that would allow her to heal and resurrect those in range of her voice. "My voice is a shield AND a sword! Call me Sage!"
Raymond sashayed down to the field, carrying two beautifully-crafted guns, a pistol and a sniper rifle. He pulled out a Tom Nook patented alarm bot and two Mystery Tickets souped-up to function as reusable two-way teleporters. "I am the one with good taste in weapons! Je suis Chamber!"
Darcy glided ominously into the fray, trading her femme fatale look for something even fiercer, more primeval. She threw an orb of darkness to the sky, which coalesced into an all-seeing Eye. More dark lumps blasted out of her, taking the form of shadowy wolves. Finally, she unleashed a wave of pure nightmare onto the field, chilling all in her path. "Everyone's afraid of something. The name's Fade, if you value your lives!"
Ponyhead soared above, her horn blasting out orbs of light that she could later turn into gravity wells, smokes and concussion-causing nova pulses. She finished off by drawing a line in the sky with her horn, creating a gargantuan wall of light that dampened noise on either side. "I am on another level, chile, don't even try Miss Astra!"
Clouds descended from the skies, then suddenly a molly of Greek Fire exploded onto the field, then a coin flipped into the air, turning into a glowing Aegis which empowered those near it. Finally, Jason emerged from the smoke and, as he pressed the tattoo on his wrist, the sky opened up and a blast of lightning struck a target area on the field. "I may be from the old school, but I can still learn some new tricks! Codename Brimstone reporting!"
Dark clouds of black sand, looking like static, drifted eerily on the grounds. A wave of sand blew across the field, blinding the others. A figure took shape within the shifting sands. "I am the first and the last thing you'll see," said Gaara, emerging from the shifting mass. "Running into me is a bad Omen".
Chris, Chef and even Sage applauded the ten campers. "That was sensational! Alright, now we have our two teams, we'll have Sage explain the rules of the Spike Rush!"
"Listen carefully," Sage began. "You will play three rounds each as attackers and defenders, with a seventh round randomly assigned, if it should prove necessary. Attackers will attempt to plant the Spike onto one of two sites, A and B. The Defenders must STOP the Attackers by either killing them all or defusing the Spike. Best team out of seven rounds wins!"
"Just listen to your team captain's orders and try not to piss yourselves out there, and you'll be fine!" Chef piped in. "Though y'all might lose a finger or two…"
Team Alpha Wolves: Jason (Brimstone, Controller), Darcy (Fade, Initiator), Seraphine (Sage, Sentinel), Lisa (Killjoy, Sentinel), Barry (Neon, Duelist)
Team Omega Squadron: Gaara (Omen, Controller), Baljeet (Cypher, Sentinel), Raymond (Chamber, Sentinel), Ponyhead (Astra, Controller), Gray (Yoru, Duelist)
Map: Breeze
Round One! Alpha on Attackers, Sheriff
Darcy led the team on the attack, her eyes gleaming in excitement. "Listen up! We'll take mid first so we can test their positioning. We take the weakly-defended site upon gathering info."
Jason nodded in agreement. "Barry, make some noise with your concussions and walls, Seraphine, be ready to heal, Lisa, lock down chokepoints"
Darcy threw her recon orb to the sky, and detected three players near B-Site, so they chose to attack A. Barry ran to choke the B-site path to mid. The rest ran with Darcy to A-Short.
Once there, Jason's smokes and Stimulus Bastion made the take very fast. Just three seconds before planting, Darcy was able to take out Baljeet, who had attempted to camp behind the boxes. Raymond later fell to Darcy's blinds.
Barry blipped out of Jason's map, indicating he was killed. Darcy groaned as she anticipated the rotation onto A-Site. "Sera, wall off A-Long! Lisa, set down your traps around the Spike!"
Lisa was not able to set her traps. A swirl of dark sands swept through them, cutting off vision. When the smoke cleared, Lisa was out. Shots fired from above.
Darcy cursed under her breath. "Up there!" Gaara had blinked onto the Pyramid, taking Lisa by surprise and lowering Jason to half-health. Seraphine healed him, while Darcy barely survived shooting Gaara at close-quarters.
Jason and Gray ended up offing each other near Defender Spawn, while Ponyhead never made it to site before detonation. It was 1-0 for Alpha, with Darcy being Match MVP so far.
Sage commented, "She has the nerve and the ferocity. Reyna would love to have her as a protege"
Round 2, Judge
"Will they anticipate a switch or not?" asked Jason.
"Best to fake B, then rush A" replied Darcy. "Barry, rush B and throw everything you've got, the rest of you walk to A"
Barry burst onto B-Site… and was immediately killed by Ponyhead. Darcy told them to start running.
Things happened very quickly. A camera dart hit Darcy in the face, while Json and Lisa tripped on wires. Suddenly, a dense holographic fog went up and they were picked off one by one.
"Wow, I can't believe my setup worked!" said Baljeet, hugging his Judge for giving him the 1v4 clutch he needed to get the Omega team to 1-1.
"Cypher would be proud of such a resourceful defense" said Sage.
"They didn't see that coming, and neither did I!" said Chris.
Round 3, Last Round before Switch, Odin
"They'll think Baljeet's clutch will scare us away from A Site" , said Darcy. "Let's take advantage of that!". Jason fired his molly straight into the air as they rushed.
The rush to B site was brutal, with Jason, Barry and Lisa falling to Gaara's tricky position out of sight upon the rush. Darcy took out Raymond and Ponyhead, whose ult actually helped them set up.
Gaara smoked his position again, calming himself down and telling himself a clutch was in the cards.
Why was it so hot?
Oh God, it's the molly…
Jason snagged a kill in death as gaara fell head first on the floor next to Seraphine, making her scream. Darcy took out Baljeet, who was running in guns blazing from B Tunnel, thinking he could pull off another miracle. The spike was planted.
Seraphine shot Gray, who had emerged from B Tunnel, only to be blinded. Darcy fell to the ground, but Seraphine had her wall and ult up, and performed a combo, dying to Gray in the process. Gray turned around to fake a defuse.
Jason emerged from the crystal mound that rose from the ground, set down the Stim Beacon and mowed down gray from behind the wall. 2-1 for Alpha.
"Seraphine performed admirably. She has the calmness of mind required to see these missions through."
"Excuse me, ma'am, but I am ANYTHING BUT CALM right now!" shot back Seraphine, wringing her hands.
Round 4, Omega as Attackers, Ghost
"We must take the lead," said Gaara. "Let's do an A Rush, the Ghost is suitable for that strategy"
"I'm with ya" said Gray. Let's time our teleports together to catch them off guard"
"Ponyhead, throw everything you;ve got on B-Site to distract them" said Gaara
"You got it, baby!"
"Baljeet and Raymond, lock down the rotation routes. Baljeet will hold Bridge, while Raymond will cover A Cave."
"Loud and clear, sir!"
Gaara had a plan, and he meant to execute it.
Ponyhead blew up her concussions all over the B-Site, destroying Lisa's Itchy Alarm Bot and her nano swarms.
Baljeet and Raymond bunkered down, while Gray charged in, or rather, his ice clone barged in, triggered some traps, and blinded the defenders.
Gaara had a plan. He walked slowly under cover of his smokes and took out Raymond in the process. Gray was taken out by Darcy, who predicted his teleport. Gaara shifted to the top of the Box tower and took out the witch. Ponyhead and Baljeet were taken out by Lisa while rotating through A pulled out her Lockdown Device, which counted down to fifteen seconds in Marge's raspy voice.
Gaara had a plan. Blinding the Pyramids, he swung and took out Seraphine and Lisa, as well as destroying the Lockdown Device, which screamed "Bart, NO!" then exploded.
His ult was up. There was no sign of Jason Grace.
Gaara had a plan.
"Watch them run", he whispered as he faded into a billowy cloud of sand, melting into the ground, reforming at B Site. He saw the molly falling towards him and sidestepped with his second shadowstep, surprising Barry, who was hiding in the corner he blinked to. Four down, one to go.
He smoked the Spike he planted, but Jason smoked as well. Gaara crouched low, almost prone. He saw Jason creep in to defuse. He switched to a knife. He crept in. He calmly plunged it to the hilt down Jason's back.
"Not… again…" Jason gasped as he fell face-first onto the ground.
Gaara stared at the nine dead players on the field. "Worthless, dead fools". It was 2-2. It was an Ace.
"This one is the best so far," said Sage. "I can feel a seniority beyond his years in his actions".
Round 5, Specter
Ponyhead floated warily around her team. "Gaara, baby that was terrifying!"
"I did what I had to do"
"Remind me not to piss you off," Gray replied.
The Attackers rushed around Mid Pillar, immediately losing Gray after he miscalculated a teleport. Gaara made a beeline for B Tunnel, while Ponyhead smoked Mid Nest and Mid Wood Doors. Gaara teleported around B Wall, taking Lisa out by surprise. Baljeet fell to Seraphine while Ponyhead was jumped by Jason.
Gaara planted the Spike, taking out Barry in the seconds afterwards. He positioned himself on top of B Back's pillar. He saw the wolves sneaking in and shot into the arches, taking out a surprised Darcy.
Jason snuck in under cover of his smokes. Setting upon Gaara, he suddenly tripped on a detector. A flash of cards, and Raymond got his first kill in the game.
Seraphine was worried, no, TERRIFIED. With all her abilities still up, she decided it was now or never. She rushed in, slowed the main and back of B with her Slow Orbs and Resurrected Darcy.
"Where's your wall, you stupid bi-!" The bullets cut her sentence as she died a second time. It was what Seraphine needed to happen. She swung up to B Back and caught Gaara surprised.
What did Evelynn say? Aim for the neck.
She ran up to Raymond's hiding spot and blew him up, the bullets ricocheting on the concrete. It was 3-2. It was a clutch for the Pop Star.
"That was good, Seraphine. You could be a great Agent yet" said Sage.
"All I want is a bathroom break right now" said Seraphine after defusing the Spike and before passing out.
Watching TV all the way in Seoul, Evelynn smiled. "That's my girl!" she cooed as she reclined on her divan.
Round 6, Operator
"Seraphine, I'm sorry about earlier, dearie, that was amazing", Darcy said, prepping her for the Sixth Round. "Use your wall so we can stand on top of it and get a good sniping angle. I do love smashing heads from afar".
"That's called Grim-walling, after the player that popularized it. Is the wall still bugged to break when someone stands on top of it?" piped up Barry.
"Let's all stand in Mid!" said Lisa. "We can catch them off guard if they rotate!"
"I'm for Lisa's idea" said Jason. "You girls in?"
"Sure!" said Darcy.
Minutes later, they regretted it. The Spike was planted at A, and all but Barry had been sniped down by Gray's Ultimate-blind combo, which saw Gray reach Defender Spawn, allowing him to snipe down Jason and Seraphinem while Darcy and Lisa fell to Gaara.
Now Barry was running. His heart was racing. There was no way he could clutch this. He grabbed one of the Ultimate orbs. His eyes bugged out in surprise.
His ult was now up. Smiling, he turned to his partner. "Piplup? It's now or never, HERE WE GO!"
He ran like a certain other Barry, almost breaking the barrier between dimensions. He fried Raymond and Ponyhead before they even knew what hit them. Running across A Cave, he slid across into A Site, frying Gaara on the Pyramids.
Gray tried to stop him with a blind-teleport combo, but Barry was on a roll. He predicted the Yoru teleport and zapped Gray on the spot. Baljeet fell last as he tried to distract Barry with his Cyber Cages.
Barry was elated. He jumped up and down, making sure the camera got his good angles. "Did you see that?! The moves, the nerve, BARRY , WHAT WAS THAT?!"
Chef stood up. "The damn Spike's still ticking, ya dingbat!"
The shock grounded Barry as he fumbled over to the Spike, which was beeping faster than a Pineco preparing to use Explosion. "Oh, shi-"
At Dawn's living room, a bunch of Pokemon trainers facepalmed seeing the spectacle on the TV screen. "What an idiot, as usual" muttered Paul.
Round 7, Sudden Death. Battle Royale, Vandal
"Well, Miss Sage, what do ya think about the campers so far?" Chris asked.
"They have performed admirably"
"Well, let me add a new twist to the last round. The Spikes are out! The winning condition is Wipeout! You have to kill everyone else on the other team to win!"
"I'm surprised we're not all serial killers yet at this point", muttered Lisa.
"I've always been a killer, you forget. But guns are certainly a new thing for me" said Gaara.
Darcy smiled. This is where I steal the show…
Chris held a flag. "Alright campers! Three, two, one! SUDDEN DEATH!"
Chris' words were prophetic. Off the bat, Lisa shot down Baljeet, who was distracted by the flag.
Ponyhead retaliated, taking out Lisa with her concussions and a bullet.
Barry took out Ponyhead with a wall followed by a knife slash.
Gaara eliminated Barry with his Vandal.
Barry was resurrected, but Gaara didn;t take the bait this time. He swung at Seraphine, taking her to low health. Darcy rushed in and ulted. "FACE THE DARKNESS!" she yelled as a pulse of nightmarish force swept the map.
Gray took out Seraphine and Barry before falling to Darcy. Darcy launched her orb to find the others. Raymond should be an easy kill-
She gasped as a gaping hole spread across her forehead.
Raymond had pulled out Tour de Force, the powerful one-shot-one-kill rifle.
Gaara teleported next to Raymond. "All we need is to take out Jason and we win…"
"No, this ends here…"
Gaara and Raymond looked for Jason, but the smoke surrounded them. Gaara attempted to blind, while Raymond shot blindly with Tour de Force and Headhunter.
A shimmer of light, like a new star, exploded from the sky.
"Prepare for hellfire? Rather, beware the Son of Jupiter's wrath…"
Gaara and Raymond crumpled under the intense blast of lightning.
4-3, the Alpha Wolves won!
"Jason, you were the storm! Well done!" commended Sage.
"Now that's what I call calling in air support!" said Chef.
"A clutch, if I ever saw one! The Alpha Wolves Win!" cheered Chris.
"What say you, Duelists?" asked Sage to the monitor.
"I preferred Gray's clutch earlier," said Yoru.
"You're a narcissist," said Raze. "Seraphine was crazy out there in Round 5!"
"My mans Gaara had them SHOOK on Round 4!" said Phoenix
"Darcy's one fierce bruja. I would love to see how she fares in the Protocol" said Reyna.
"I liked Barry's play, until he started jumping and twerking on live TV" said Neon.
"Airhead, you were the shit!" said Jett. "I could totally imagine Brimstone doing that when he was… err… your age."
Miles to the south, the demigods and legacies of Camp Jupiter erupted in cheers of applause.
"Alright campers! I'll see you later for the tally! Enjoy dinner, or rather, enjoy the hot bath coz I'll bet you're all cramped out!"
"Keep honing your talents!" said Sage as she departed, but not before spurning advances from both Chris and Chef.
"Campers, the tally is here! Sasha, Arthur, Sans and Mabel have Invincibility! Four more, the top scorers will join you! The Bottom Six will face automatic Nomination!
"Our top fragger, with a total combined score of 81.7, is Jason!"
"Thanks, Chris! It was great putting my knowledge to the test here."
"40% comes from your kill count in Deathmatch, 40% comes from whether you won or lost the Spike Rush and 20% comes from your KDA ratio times ten! In second place, with 80 points, Gaara!"
"Thank you, Chris. I must admit, it was a fun challenge this week"
"The third one with a smore is… Darcy, with 77.4 points!"
"I am NOT eating refined carbs… oh well, I am a bit buzzed out, but thanks for letting me shine with my blindsides this week!"
"And this last one is the biggest surprise. After flopping all throughout the challenge, he suddenly came in clutch, sort of. The last safe contestant is… Barry with 63.5 points!"
"THANK YOU, CHRIS! I'M WAIVING ALL OF YOUR FINES. Thank you for believing in me!"
"OK! Now get in line with the others!"
"Lisa, Seraphine, Raymond, Baljeet, Ponyhead and Gray, you are our Bottom Six this week, and are all automatically nominated!"
Lisa: Alright, Simpsonatics! I'm really hoping you can back me up here, it's just my first nomination and after this, I'm already only two weeks away from the Merge! Let's do this, Springfield!
Seraphine: Oh boy, this is kinda scary, but I've got huge trust in my fans! Let's keep this song, this story going!
Raymond: Uchiwas! Don't deny I was really dashing with that sniper rifle earlier, no?
Ponyhead: Starmewnity, I'm under fucking attack again! Get me safely to the Merge or I'll raid your fridges at night!
Gray: I was half a point behind Barry?! Whatever! Fairies, back me up here!
Baljeet: Fans, I trust in you. You've never let me down…
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Sans and Ponyhead snuck into the Gopher cabin. They stared at each other as they broke in and started rummaging through Darcy's stuff. Soon, they found the motherlode: The Immunity Idol. Switching in the fake chocolate idol, they teleported out of the cabin and rejoined the others.
Later on, Darcy and her allies held an emergency meeting.
"OK, you guys are in MASSIVE trouble since I strongly suspect this is gonna be a double sashay!" said Darcy.
"What makes you say that?!" said Seraphine, now very worried.
"Well, consider the facts, the last time Chris dissolved the teams, it was a double elimination" said Darcy.
Lisa nodded, "And Chris might want to avoid there being thirteen contestants!"
Darcy looked grim. "Exactly. Now, we still have the Immunity Idol, but now you must swear to me that you're gonna vote EXACTLY as I say from here on out if one of you uses up the Idol. It'll be our only safety net from this point out."
Seraphine and Lisa exchanged looks. "Alright, Darcy. We will"
Darcy grasped the Idol and squinted at it. "That's funny" she said as she handed it to Seraphine.
The campers gathered at the campfire to begin the Elimination Ceremony. Chris gave an ominous look at the cast, which all but confirmed Darcy's suspicions earlier.
"Campers! Six of you were nominated for elimination, and the votes of our two dozen viewers are in!" Chris said as he opened the envelope from Chef.
"Chef! Why are there lipstick stains and the scent of perfume on the paper?!"
"Whoops! Wrong one!"
Chris cleared his throat. "Anyway, the first one safe, receiving only 8% of the vote to evict is… Lisa!
"Thank you! Oh, this is a great trajectory! I'll be in the Merge soon!"
"Up next, both with 13% of the vote each: Raymond and Baljeet!"
"Merci!"
"Dhanyavad!"
"Seraphine, Ponyhead and Gray, one of you received 25% of the vote, while the other two got 20% of the vote, tying them for second. The first one out is…"
The three contestants waited in dreadful anticipation.
"...Ponyhead"
Sighs of relief filled the air in lieu of the usual gasps.
"Finally!" said Darcy.
"Hold on, hold on, hold on! I gots the flipping Immunity Idol #2 up in here!"
"WHAT?!" The campers erupted in anger.
"Alright, you washed-up carousel ornament, whose bag did you steal THAT one from this time?!" demanded Barry.
Chris was skeptical. "Hold on, Ponyhead. That Immunity Idol looks a bit off. Can you give it a lick and tell me what it tastes like?"
Ponyhead gave a lick, and her confidence vanished. Her face went pale.
"It's chocolate"
"Then, I'm sorry Pony, somebody baited you with a fake!"
"Aren't those Arthur's chocolate Chris heads?" asked Darcy.
"Right! Pony, did you really think you could get away with it?"
Sans gritted his teeth. What the hell happened with the switch?!
Darcy: Please, did you really think I wouldn't put a Tracking Charm on the real Idol and install an Accio rune on the back of it to make sure it returns to its original owner?
Ponyhead began to sob. Loudly.
"Moving on, Seraphine! You clutched twice for your team in the second half, but in the first half, you were literally running for your life! Gray! You had a spectacular first half, but you failed to stand out in the Spike Rush! Which one of you is going home?"
"I'm sorry, Pop Princess, the voters don't want More!"
Seraphine jumped. "Wait! I've got the REAL Immunity Idol!"
Eyes rolled.
Barry: Can we please end these Stall shenanigans?
Sasha: This is getting real old, quick…
"Can ya give it a lick first?"
Seraphine licked the Idol. "It's giving driftwood"
"Then, congratulations! You have Invincibility! Which means Gray is OUT!"
Gray rolled his eyes. "Aw man, that sucks. But I guess I had fun, anyway…"
The Fairy Tail delegates arrived, alongside Ponyhead's Mewnian friends. Juvia Lockser had to be restrained after she threatened to k-word the voters, while Natsu Dragneel, as expected, jested about Gray's pre-Merge elimination.
"YOU WOULD'VE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM DAY ONE, YOU IDIOT!"
"MY TEAM WOULD NEVER LOSE A CHALLENGE FROM DAY ONE!"
"AND WHAT IF THE CHALLENGE INVOLVED A VEHICLE, HUH?! HUH?! DUMBASS, ANSWER ME!"
"I'm so used to such bickering, I kind of missed it" said Arthur, sipping a cup of tea.
"That's my sisters when they see one last 70% dress at the mall" mentioned Darcy.
While Raymond was socializing with Happy and Carla. Ponyhead met up with Tom, Janna and Marco. "Star is SUPER SORRY she couldn't come, but you know she's been busy with her duties these days" said Tom.
"As she should, running Mewni like a girlboss!" Ponyhead replied. I can't wait to get back! You know, unless they vote me back in the Wildcard."
Darcy was going to say one last goodbye to that hunk of a wizard but something in his girlfriend's eyes told her she was better off fighting all six Winx alone than try it.
"Oh well, I can just tease Icy all about it when I get home" she shrugged.
Gray and Ponyhead gave their final goodbyes and went home with their friends.
"Fire is gone, so is Ice. Of the three great forces of Nature, only the Lightning remains" murmured Arthur.
Barry put an arm around Jason. "Yeah! Team Instinct for the win!"
"And when there's a vacuum, the Void flows to fill in the gaps" said Darcy. Two weeks to go. A few more plots to put in place for my plan to push through.
Gray: Well, I can't say it was a waste of time. Wawanakwa was definitely NOT your everyday summer camp. My stay here introduced me to some pretty interesting people, too familiar to my taste, but interesting nonetheless. While I'm a bit bummed I didn't make the Merge, I'm honestly excited to get back to questing with my friends. That is, after I'm done threatening them not to laugh at me for not Merging. You're hearing this, Natsu?! Don't even fucking try it.
Ponyhead: The voters overlooked my ability, and my confidence was definitely mistaken for arrogance… I have what it takes, I guess my looks are just from a different realm. People don't know how to handle me. This face, this attitude, this talent, will be hard to forget. Even though I've been badly bruised, living on this island to become its Muse, still I RISE. Ponyhead will be HARD. TO. FORGET.
Sasha: Who was she, again?
"And then there were twelve. Who will be able to take the heat next week? Will anyone be locked up in the freezer again? Will Heather approve of what they'll serve? Find out next week right here on TOTAL! DRAMA! FANDOM! ISLAND!"