(Picnic At Hanging Dork)
I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited or followed this story since I last updated it.
RJ Fame: Thanks for pointing that out. I fixed it now.
Fritz Electroscreech: Yeah, DJ is the kind of person that wants to do right by his friends in any way he can. As for that thing with Sierra, that was an error I didn't catch, but it's been corrected now.
Romeoaifesili: Yeah, that actually wasn't supposed to be in there, but if it's any indication, you can look forward to the next chapter. You're right though, it was pretty obvious Still though, I'm glad to see you liked it. The way I see it, if there's anyone that would be willing to give Courtney a reality check, it's DJ. He's not really the most courageous, but he definitely has one of the biggest hearts of everyone on the show. The Cody and Gwen interactions are something I really enjoy doing, and yeah Cody would definitely treat Gwen like a queen. And yes, Noah has more or less replaced Heather as the rival to Alejandro, at least for now. Him not getting enough time to shine was also why I had Owen leave when he did. Besides Gwody, a few fanon couples that I like are Cody x Bridgette, Ezekiel x Izzy, and Owen x Lindsay. What can I say, I found a few good fics dedicated to these couples, and they really grew on me.
Ariana: Oh trust me, someone annoying is going to get kicked off in this chapter. But I do plan on progressing at least one other plot line as well, so bear with me.
Cody Fanatic: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like it. I never intended for Gwen to come across as a hypocrite though. Her whole tirade against Sierra, at least in my eyes, was also about admitting her own mistakes in regards to Cody, and to try and make up for them. As for who's going to go next, I won't spoil it just yet, but here are my thoughts. Sierra, you're completely right in that regard. Tyler, the biggest thing he has going right now is that Alejandro needs him.
SuperSonicHeroes: Oh believe me, Sierra was always worse than Courtney. At least Courtney had a decent reason for acting the way she was, but Sierra is just insane and delusional. Gwen's meltdown was something I really enjoyed doing, and yeah just about everything she said was the truth, about both Courtney and Sierra. As for DJ, yeah he definitely said what she needed to hear, and I firmly believe that if there's one person in the series that would do that for a friend, it's DJ. Plus the jokes and references were fun to do, and you can't tell me that makeover didn't look like the Joker with a mullet. Yeah, since both Heather and Owen have left by this point, I had to make it a reward challenge. That, and the fact that I wasn't ready to get rid of any of the other characters yet.
PG.182227: Thanks, I'm glad to see you like the story. Yes, Gwody is my personal favorite fanon couple of the series. The picture is something I found a while back and took a liking to, so I use it for all of my Total Drama stories.
OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOG (ch 2): No worries, sending Ezekiel off before he could turn feral was an easy decision. That plotline added nothing to the story, and I always found it kind of disturbing. Yeah, since DJ was still new to the team in this chapter, I figured he needed a chance to prove himself. Heather getting voted off by her team was fairly obvious, and while it does give Alejandro an edge in the competition with her elimination, it does detract from the love-hate romance they have going on. Duncan breaking up with Courtney is another plot point I had in mind, and yes it's meant to fix that horrible love triangle. Plus having Duncan and DJ on the same team again gives me an opportunity to show more of their friendship. Gwody was a pretty easy decision as well. It gave me the chance to give Cody some character development, bonding with Gwen, and yeah, probably the best thing to ever happen to him. Duncan being a witness adds to this as well, as you'll see in the next chapter. I know how you feel, I prefer Gwody over Gwent too.
WeirdAlfan101: Yeah, even in canon I was never particularly fond of Sierra. If you hate her in this fic, that means I'm doing my job right. I do plan to have Cody confront her soon, so bear with me until then. Yeah, DJ's scene with Courtney was something that needed to be done. DJ is soft and gentle at heart, but I believe he will stand firm and say what needs to be said in order to do right by his friends. As far as Duncan goes, I get what you're saying, but I choose not to blame the character for bad choices by the producers and writers. When written correctly, he's one of the best characters in the entire series, if not the best.
OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOG (ch 3): Of course Sierra reacted the way that she did, it was never going to be any other way. You pretty much hit the nail on the head with both Courtney and Duncan, they weren't exactly done much justice in World Tour. But yeah, I think he has respect for people who stand their ground, like how Cody did in this chapter, and how Harold had punched him out in Action. As for DJ, he said what Cody needed to hear to reassure him and build his confidence. You're right, Sierra is definitely worse than Courtney. Alejandro did assume that it was Gwuncan becoming a thing instead of Cody, and he said it in a way that he knew would set Courtney off. If you hate Sierra, that means I'm doing my job. Yes, now that Heather is gone, Noah is more or less the main rival for Alejandro, at least for the time being.
OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOG (ch 4): You're right about Owen, he is as pure as they come, to the point where even the snarky and cynical Noah considers him to be his closest friend. If there was anyone that has the courage to tell Courtney what she needed to hear, it would be DJ. Yeah, Duncan still has feelings for Courtney, but he would never openly admit it like that. You hit the nail on the head with Alejandro and the way he manipulates people. Courtney flirting with DJ to spite Duncan is a pretty messed up thing to do, seeing how he is one of Duncan's best friends (along with Geoff), but that's the point. It was meant to have more impact than if she did it with someone like Tyler. Of course Gwen was going to snap at Courtney and Sierra, she doesn't take that kind of shit from anyone. You're right about Sierra, she took her entire shtick way too far, and frankly it was never really funny. Gwen also admitted she was in the wrong for not stopping Sierra sooner, and took responsibility for it. I will say that Sierra got a lot better in the last few episodes of the season, but they waited too long to make her redeemable, so I do get what you're saying about her and Cody pairings, albeit to a lesser extent. Also, Duncan's comment about Harold and Leshawna being paired up is something I can totally imagine him saying at some point in the show. Yeah, it had to be a reward challenge since Owen got eliminated in the last chapter, and I wasn't quite ready to get rid of anyone else just yet.
Omni: You do raise a point about DJ and Alejandro, and I do plan to lead up to that, so bear with me for the time being.
Goromi majima: To be fair, she spent most of World Tour stalking and bordering on molesting Cody, and they only really made her likable in the last four episodes. As far as I'm concerned, what they did with her in All Stars wasn't that much of a far cry from the way she was in World Tour. As for the Niagara Falls challenge, I do have a few ideas in mind for that, though one of them didn't really pan out, so I had to get a little bit creative. You'll see what I mean when we get there.
Omni 2: Oh trust me, I completely agree with you, and I have something planned for that, so just bear with me for now.
BigSmokeYeet: My sentiments exactly, you took the words right out of my mouth.
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In typical fashion, Chris started off the episode with a recap, only this time the plane was upside down as he did it "Last time on Total Drama World Tour: Area 51, plucked from space for the sake of zapping you in the face! Here our contestants got into a few prickly situations, and no one was spared from it. Seriously though, you call those lasers? And that's no dentist chair, did you guys seriously think that Tyler was gonna go to the dentist? Well I guess that he's more likely to than Owen would. DJ on the other hand, tried to appeal to Courtney's good side. Yeah, good luck with that one. In the end, Team Amazon won the day and got to stuff themselves like Americans, big shocker right? Now it's time to ask the big question, who's going to blunder in the land down under? Time to find out right here and right now, on Total! Drama! World Tour! Okay now turn us back up, the blood is rushing to my head."
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The tension in the air was thicker than ever in the first class section of the plane.
Gwen glanced over at where Courtney was looking at a piece of paper, noticing how exhausted she looked, and then she looked over at Sierra, only to see her giving her the evil eye "Oh yeah, go team right?"
This was when a loud crunching noise broke the silence, courtesy of Cody from where he was munching on a cookie "Oh man, the chocolate chips are still gooey. First class rocks! You want one?"
"Yeah sure, why not?" Gwen gave a shrug and reached for a cookie, only for Sierra to snatch it and crush it in her hand "Yep, real teamwork dynamic there." note the sarcasm in her tone.
"Oh come on, that's just a waste of a good cookie!" Cody was met with a few dull looks "What, it needed to be said!"
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(Confessional)
"This is gone on for long enough!" Sierra's face was twisted into rage "I have been more than ready for so long to push Gwen out the door at 30,000 feet! We have to lose the next challenge no matter what! But the problem is getting the most votes. I'll vote for Gwen and she'll vote for me no doubt, but that leaves a bigger problem. Cody isn't able to see the evil that Gwen has oozing out of her, so she'll have his vote no doubt. That means I need Courtney to vote with me. As long as that goes as planned, the worst that can happen is that Gwen and I end up in a tie breaker challenge. That works out fine for me." her face twisted into a malicious smirk "I know just about everything about everyone on this plane, including Gwen. And that includes the stuff that she's allergic to."
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Meanwhile, with the new couple…
"Okay, I think it's about time for us to address the elephant in the room." Gwen handed Cody a cookie and directed his attention towards her "We've gotta find a way to get rid of Sierra once and for all."
"Thank the great god above." Cody breathed a sigh of relief "Do you have a plan?"
"More or less. My thought process is that if I can get Courtney onto our side, the three of us can get rid of her for good."
"I'm… not sure about that."
"What, you mean you don't want her to go."
"Of course I do, you know what she's done to me over the season! I told you before how she stole all my undewear and weaved it into a basket! I'm down to my swim trunks! Remind me to get more when I get the chance."
"Duly noted. Anyway we know she won't vote you out, but she's gonna be chasing after my blood without question."
"I know, and that's part of what I'm concerned about. What if Courtney is still too upset to listen to you? If it's us against them, it could end with you in a tiebreaker with Sierra! She might be crazy but she's really strong, and that's a bad combination. Just take a look at Izzy if you want to get further proof." he hung his head, only to feel Gwen grip his hand reassuringly.
"Look, this is gonna work out okay? Just hang in there for a little while, and then she's gonna be out of your hair for good okay?"
"...Okay, I trust you."
"Good." she gave him a quick peck on the lips "And for what it's worth, I'm sorry I didn't help you get rid of her sooner."
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(Confessional)
"Yeah, she's definitely good at calming me down when I get stressed." Cody let out a sigh "It's just that I finally manage to get together with the girl of my dreams, and because of this other crazy girl that keeps stalking me, I might end up losing her just as fast. Well even if Gwen isn't able to get Courtney on our side right now, maybe I can make sure we keep winning until the other team votes off Duncan. Once that happens, maybe Courtney will be over him enough to vote with us. If it comes to that, then I can wait a little bit longer, even if it means I have to put up with more of… her."
This was when she started knocking on the door "Codykins, are you okay in there? Oh my god, you didn't fall in did you?!"
"Hey that only happened one time!" this earned lots of snickering from the outside "Oh for crying out loud!"
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Meanwhile, in loser class…
"Honestly, this is a disgrace…" Alejandro looked at his surroundings and quickly recoiled as a rat scurried by his feet, then turned to the rest of his team "If losing to Team Amazon twice in a row is any valid indication, we're going have to rethink our strategy. The time has come for us to rise from the ashes and ignite the fires of victory."
"Works for me." Duncan gave a shrug "I'm always up for starting fires."
"Yeah, you would be." Noah rolled his eyes "Just make sure you don't get arrested, cause none of us are gonna come and bail you out of jail. Except maybe the big guy." he jerked a thumb over towards DJ.
"Hey I'm fine if I get to get away from all this crap, don't forget that I've still got my million bucks from last season at home. As long as the rest of my family doesn't try and snag it from under my nose."
"You'd better watch your back if they're anything like you."
"Nah they're all cops, they value integrity and morality and all that good shit."
"As I said, we must rethink our strategy." Alejandro drew their attention "First of all, Tyler mi amigo, I can see that you feel pressure from the guilt of what happened in our last challenge. You don't need to. Simply take a breath, calm yourself down and focus, and you'll reach a new level of potential within you. But we need to find a way to weaken the other team. The Amazons have been powerful up until now because they had one thing uniting them."
"The fact that they were a bunch of girls and Cody?" asked Tyler.
"That, and their shared hatred of Heather. We had a reprieve in London, but evidently that did not last very long, since a new sense of unity took place: Cody and Gwen."
"Right, because so much good came out of that." Noah rolled his eyes.
"Even without Heather, the fact is that the Amazons are as powerful as they are because they have both Courtney and Sierra. We need to break the unity of their team."
"The unity of their team was shattered when Cody and Gwen shacked up."
"But it created a new sense of unity between Courtney and Sierra." then Noah suddenly gave a smirk "You now you probably could try and act like you're into one of them and get them voted off, just like you did with Bridgette and Leshawna." he glanced over at DJ and saw him stiffen when he said this "You fed Leshawna's ego, and you even did the same with Harold too back in Japan. You got rid of almost all of Team Victory single handedly."
"...Ay caramba."
"Bridgette and Leshawna huh?" Duncan raised an eyebrow "Okay credit where it's due, I didn't know it was an option to snag double gold in the babe Olympics."
"Yes, well… I was truly fond of both of them, the same with the rest of Team Victory, but it was truly unfortunate that the fates were against us, for a number of reasons."
"Can I offer some input here?" DJ raised his hand.
"Of course amigo, this is more or less about brainstorming, and we are a team so all contributions are welcome."
"First off, trying to win over Sierra probably isn't a good idea. She likes Cody, well more like she's obsessed over him, so I doubt she's gonna like it if you try and win her over."
"A fair point."
"Then there's Courtney… She's vulnerable right now. If you try and egg her on, it could end up blossoming into something a lot worse."
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(Confessional- DJ)
"I'm… not really sure what to think to be honest." DJ let out a sigh "I figured there's something up with Alejandro from what happened in Jamaica, but after he helped me with my animal curse, I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt, at least for the time being. But if wha Noah said about him messing with my team was really true… I'm gonna have to think this through. But right now, I've got a bigger problem to deal with. Courtney still needs help, and I'm gonna do what it takes to make sure she gets it. She's gone through denial, anger and desperation, or in her case, trying to make Duncan jealous enough to take her back. Now she's on Depression, but the good news is that this is the last stage before Acceptance, and I'm gonna do whatever it takes to help her get through it. Like I said, you don't just tell friends what they want to hear. You tell them what they need to hear."
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(Confessional- Alejandro)
"I know what Noah's trying to do." Alejandro frowned in thought "He can act as innocent as he likes, but the fact is that he's trying to use our brainstorming session as a way to arouse some suspicion with me to Duncan and DJ. A clever rouse, but it will be of little use. Even if he does manage to proclaim Duncan, I still have Tyler on my side. All I need to do is keep DJ loyal to me, and then I'll be able to outvote him should my team lose again."
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(Confessional- Noah)
"I never said that being subtle was one of my strong points." Noah commented dryly "The fact is that I'm still down a solid ally thanks to Owen leaving, and Alejandro still has Tyler, so that still leaves Duncan and DJ as wild cards. I needed a way to try and swing them over to my side. After all, where one goes there's a decent change the other will follow. All goes well, I can have the two of them on my side, maybe get Cody to join up with me since nerds have learned to stick together for the sake of survival, and be able to vote out Alejandro by the merge. I have to think long term with this eel."
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(Confessional- Duncan)
"So Alejandro and Noah are both trying to sway me over to their side huh?" Duncan raised an eyebrow, then let out a chuckle "Well if they both want me then that means neither of them are gonna try and get rid of me, not before the merge at least. I don't trust or like either one of them, so frankly I'm sticking myself for now, maybe with DJ too. Besides, if either of them end up screwing up big time then I can just vote them off, so it's really some win-win action right about now. Plus I can get the bookworm to cough up about what Alejandro has been up to, and use that to get DJ to help me get rid of him. I guess we'll have to wait and see."
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"Attention all competitors, please move to the common area to prep for landing and for the day's challenge."
"So it begins." Alejandro calmly made his way into the common area and found the members of Team Amazon spread out throughout the room, with Courtney sitting dejectedly by herself at one of the tables "Excuse me senorita, I believe we need to talk."
"Hm?" Courtney glanced up at him and let out a sigh "Whatever Duncan told you about me, it's not true."
"Believe me, I'm well aware of such a fact. I would never listen to a word that he says, and if not for the fact that yesterday was a reward challenge, I would have tried to vote him off."
"You…" Courtney tensed up, and her expression turned more crestfallen "Really?"
"Exactly. After all, any man who is not able to perceive your true worth is nothing more than an incompetent fool. What I would not give for a chance to… no. Please forgive me, I'm afraid that I've said too much. This was a mistake." and so he walked away from her, leaving her taken by surprise, only to find DJ standing in the doorway glaring at him "Is there something troubling you amigo?"
"I thought you agreed not to go that route." DJ pointed out, his tone full of disapproval.
"Yes, yes I know." he bowed his head in shame "I failed to realize that until I had already started, so I had to excuse myself. I ashame myself for my mistakes."
"...Don't worry about it." DJ let out a sigh "Just let me try and talk to her okay? You gotta be gentle with people when they're hurting this bad."
"Very well, I shall allow you to handle this my friend." Alejandro patted DJ on the shoulder and made his way out of the room, with Duncan and Noah both eying him as he did so.
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(Confessional- Alejandro)
"This is… fairly trying, to say the least." Alejandro let out a sigh "I would like to just be able to seduce Courtney like I did with Bridgette and Leshawna, but I cannot risk drawing too much ire towards myself right now, at least not from the rest of my team. I have Tyler to vote with me, but I still need DJ to help me outvote either Duncan or Noah. Both of them are craftier than given credit for and clearly neither of them trust me, so I must play this carefully and lie in wait like a cocodrilo. A devilishly handsome cocodrilo."
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(Confessional- Duncan)
"So apparently he flirts with Bridgette and Leshawna, and now he's going for Courtney? Are you freaking kidding me?" Duncan let out a groan "Yeah it's official, the dude's Heather with social skills. Now to see what else the bookworm knows about him. Not because it's Courtney he's trying to flirt with, because I don't care about that." he paused, then let out a snarl and flung his pocket knife through the window of the confessional.
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Meanwhile, in the cockpit…
"Alright, time to land." Chef pushed the button to activate the landing gear, only to run into a problem "Uh oh."
"What kind of uh oh is that?" Chris glanced over at him "The kind that's supposed to be funny or the kind where we're all gonna die?"
"The kind where the landing gear isn't coming down."
"How in the hell does that happen?!"
"I told you we should've done something about that pack of beavers in the cargo hold! Next time pull your head out of that stupid marble bust of yourself and try listening to me!"
"Hey, don't mess with my bust!"
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And that led to this…
"So that's the short version of it." by this point, Chris had gathered all of the contestants in the elimination room and given them a brief explanation of the situation "But moving on from that, the forecast for today shows a forecast with temperatures of 50 degrees celcius, or around 300 degrees fahrenheit, and the landing for today is actually going to turn out to be more of a flyby than an actual landing. Now jump, drop and roll already!" he opened the door and motioned for them to jump out, which prompted everyone to do so, albeit reluctantly.
"Oh yeah, this one is in the bag! EXTREME!" Tyler was the last one to jump out, only to be met with a loud crash "Ow!"
"Yeah, it's times like this I really love this show."
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About 10 minutes later…
"Okay good, none of you are dead yet." Chris stood before the contestants, now wearing a hat and speaking with a terrible Australian accent "G'day mates, and welcome to Australia. The challenge for today is a little something I like to call the Marathon of Death. The first part of it is an emu race all the way into the Blue Mountains. I'm not saying that the trip will be dangerous exactly, but with venomous snakes, killer scorpions and the very real possibility of sunstroke, it is a good reason for you guys to have your affairs in order. Whichever team is the first to have all of their members reach Majestic Hanging Rock will earn a distinct advantage in the second half of the challenge. And yes, I said emu, so bring em in boys!" that prompted the interns to bring in a large flock of emus "Yep, these things are the real deal."
"So that's it, we don't get saddles or anything?" asked Gwen.
"It's supposed to be a challenge, and what's more challenging than riding a bunch of annoying birds like that the old fashioned way? Now get to it!"
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10 minutes passed, and everyone was trying to (or had already managed to) grab an emu and take off towards the Blue Mountains.
"Come on, come on!" as one would expect, Tyler was trying to get his hands on an emu, and he was struggling with it, as he pounced at one but ended up slamming face first into a rock "Oh for crying out loud!"
"I take it you're struggling amigo?" this was when Alejandro made his way over to Tyler with an emu in his possession "I can easily acquire another emu if you wish."
"No way!" his tone came out rather sharp, but then he let out a sigh "Sorry, it's just… I don't wanna screw up again."
"Come again?"
"You saw how bad I blew it in the last challenge, one bad step made us lose and I would've been the one to go home. I made a promise to Lindsay that I would win it for her, but I… I don't know if I can. Not like this." he hung his head in shame, failing to notice Alejandro's smirk.
"...Are you absolutely certain about this?"
"You know I am."
"Then… perhaps I know of a way to help you, and this challenge is the perfect example of how to use it." he helped Tyler to his feet and gestured to an emu nearby "There are two overarching requirements for this to work: Conviction and focus."
"What do you mean?"
"I've been watching you this entire time Tyler, and anyone else that watches you can see that you have the spirit to get the job done, but you lack conviction and focus. The key to overcoming any obstacle is to ensure that your mind is clear, to make your thoughts precised and focused. That's really all there is to it. To put it in simple terms, think about something that means the most to you. In your specific case for example, I believe it would be best if you were to try and think about Lindsay, how much she means to you, and how you would do anything you win this entire competition for her. Use that focus to capture an emu, to bring you one step closer to keeping your promise to her."
"I… I think I get it. Let me give it a shot." so Tyler turned back towards one of the emus and took a deep breath as he got into a stance "Lindsay… I've been waiting so long to finally get you to remember who I was. I was so pumped when you did, that I ended up getting everyone buried alive by an avalanche in Germany. Sorry about that by the way Al."
"No worries amigo, water under the bridge." the twitch on his face said otherwise.
"I don't know if you're gonna remember me when I see you again, but whatever happens, I'm gonna do whatever it takes to keep my promise! I'm gonna win this competition, and I'm gonna do it for you babe!" and so with a mighty roar, Tyler pounced at one of the emus and threw both of his arms around its hump, and actually managed to stay on "Yes! I really did it, and I didn't even get hurt!"
"Excellnt amigo!" Alejandro mounted his own emu and had it take off "Now run like the wind to Majestic Hanging Rock!"
"YEAH! Right behind you Al, I'll follow you to the ends of the Earth! And I'll repay you for all the stuff you've done for me!"
All the while, Duncan was watching the scene take place from where he was trying to catch his own emu "Well that happened."
"And so did this." that was when Noah made his way over to Duncan with some fruit in hand and two emus following behind him "Go ahead and take one of them."
"How the hell did you manage to get two of them?"
"What can I say, Harold isn't the only one with mad skills." he was met with a dull look "Okay fine, I noticed a few interns handling them in the cargo hold on the way here, so I swiped some fruit before we jumped out."
"Fair enough. So what was that crap you were saying about Alejandro and DJ's team back on the plane?"
"Better get comfortable mohawk, this story is gonna take awhile." and so they started riding off toward the Blue Mountains.
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(Confessional- Alejandro)
"Another piece falls into place." Alejandro let out a chuckle "I once said that I don't have any need of Tyler for his brains, but I wasn't exactly sure what I did need him for. Now I know: His code of honor and his room for growth. Now see, this is what Heather failed to understand in the first season: She failed to recognize the weaknesses of her pawns and ways to help them push past their limitations. Once I aid Tyler in doing this, he'll be much more adept, at least until I decide that he's outlived his usefulness."
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Meanwhile, with the newest couple…
"Come on you son of a-" Gwen tried to grab hold of an emu, only for it to free itself from her grip and take off running "(Bleep)!"
"You need a hand?"
Gwen whipped around and found Cody holding onto two emus "How in the hell did you-?"
"Sierra."
"Ah."
"Yep, you got that right!" Sierra suddenly came over on her own emu, shooting a series of dirty looks at Gwen "Because I know what Cody wants and needs, and I know how to look out for him no matter what, instead of wasting my time with some other guys and acting like he isn't good enough!"
"Oh yeah, because he really needs you to steal his underwear and molest him every second of the day. I'm done with your crap." Gwen rolled her eyes and jumped onto the emu "Let's go, I'm not wasting any more time with any of this."
"Yeah, I think you've got the right idea." Cody gently gripped her hand reassuringly, and the two of them exchanged small smiles as they rode side by side.
"You worthless goth piece of…" Sierra let out a snarl as she rode after them "Just wait, all I have to do is get Courtney to vote with me, and then I can rip you apart in a tiebreaker. After all, I know all of the things you're allergic to." she looked around, only to notice something "So where is Courtney?"
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Meanwhile, with the CIT…
By this point, Courtney was still struggling to catch an emu, especially since she wasn't giving as much effort as she could "Come on, come on…" it was then that she found herself hoisted up into a large set of arms and gently placed onto an emu's back, and she looked down to see that the one responsible for this was DJ "You helped me?"
"I wasn't gonna just leave you hanging." DJ gave a shrug as he mounted his own emu "It's not the kind of person I am."
Courtney said nothing, she just rode beside him in silence, her expression downcast.
"Besides, I've got two other reasons. One, all of the others are already moving, so we're the only members of our team left. Two, if I see someone in need and I can do something to help him, then I will. That's what my momma taught me, and it doesn't matter who they are or what they might say or do. Some people need to learn for themselves, but others need a little push and some encouragement to get the point."
"I… I'm sorry…" this response was barely audible, but it was definitely heard.
DJ blinked, taken by surprise by this statement, but he patted her on the shoulder and didn't say anything.
"DJ, when I was trapped in a mine field with my team back at Area 51, Sierra had said something to Gwen. She called her the New Heather. I was still too angry and confused to say anything about it back then, but after we talked and the challenge was over, I started thinking… Could I end up becoming just like her, someone that everyone hates so much?"
"You're comparing yourself to Heather now? Where did this come from?"
"Everyone hated Heather for the way she acted back at Wawanakwa, that she was manipulative, cold and calculating, but she played it off as just playing the game. Then when I got home after season 2, people started saying the same things about me and… and I said I was just playing the game, exactly the same as Heather. I… I don't want to be like her. I don't want everyone to hate me like that, and I never did. Maybe if I wasn't like her… maybe everything that happened between me and Duncan could've been better."
"Courtney… I'm not gonna ridicule you or anything, but I'm not gonna say you were wrong either. I do think I know what the problem is. Do you mind?" he was met with a simple head shake "From what it looks like to me, it seems like you're feeling bored with life. You've got all these incredible talents and assets going for you, but it's not enough for you and it becomes so mundane after awhile, so you feel like you need something more, and when that slips through your fingers you become depressed, and to make yourself feel better you take that depression over loss and failure and turn it into anger, and you take it out on the people around you. Why do you think that is?"
"It's because they're all happy and okay with losing, and I'm not! It's just not fair to me that other people are okay with losing and screwing up, it makes me feel like I'm selfish for being so upset over it, so I get in this habit of raging like that, and before I knew it… I ended up letting myself become the New Heather. The real one."
"Do you know the reason why you're not happy, whether you win or lose, whether you succeed or fail? The reason for it is because your mind isn't in the right place. You focus too much on trying to succeed at everything you do, and try to win in any way you can in any way you think is necessary, that you end up forcing yourself to forget how to be happy. You're not the only one whose made mistakes on this show. Everyone has in one way or another. Remember that whole thing last season between Gwen and Trent? Or when Leshawna lied to her team to get that spa trip and badmouthed everyone? Or when Harold rigged the votes back at Wawanakwa to get you voted off because Duncan kept messing with him?" this caused her to tense up "That was when all of this started wasn't it? Losing because of someone else cheating you out of a win was sort of the straw that broke the camel's back, and sent you on a downward spiral of being obsessed with winning and being the best by any means necessary. I know the feeling of making a mistake all too well myself. You remember that alliance I made with Chef last season? I still feel guilty about that. I'm not excusing the way you've behaved before, but you get the idea."
"Yeah, I think I do."
"Take a look out there." he pointed at a beautiful range of mountains in the distance "What do you see in the distance?"
"That's the Blue Mountains isn't it? We're supposed to be going there."
"Yeah, but take a look at it from here. What do you think of it?"
"Well it's a beautiful view for sure, but I don't usually spend a lot of my time looking around at the view."
"That right there is part of the problem. You've let yourself become so consumed by your desire to win and be the best, that you completely miss out on the little things in life."
"What are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to get across a point to you, that if you don't take the time to stop and look around in life, then you won't get anything out of it. You only let yourself be focused on winning and being the best at everything, and in the end it doesn't really do you any good."
"No… it doesn't."
"Exactly. I can't say for sure where you and Duncan are gonna go from here, or if you're gonna go anywhere at all now, but whatever the case may be, the fact is you've got a chance to make things right. I'd take it if I were you." and with that, he went on his way, leaving Courtney to think about their conversation in silence.
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Meanwhile, at Majestic Hanging Rock…
"One hell of a view for sure." around this time, Chris and Chef had already made their way to the Majestic Hanging Rock and were looking out over the deserts of Austrailia "No sign of any of the others yet."
"So how long do we have to wait for them?" asked Chef.
"It's gonna be another two hours if I had to guess." then he looked at the map "Okay I stand corrected, make that another two days." and then the two of them burst out laughing.
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Meanwhile, with the punk and the bookworm…
"And that's about it." Noah and Duncan continued riding side by side, the former explaining to the latter about Alejandro's actions "That's how the eel took otu ⅔ of DJ's old team and almost the big guy himself."
"So you're telling me the dude is Heather with social skills." Duncan pointed out dryly "Yeah, I kind of figured that out already."
"I would've liked to have gotten rid of him before the merge, but clearly that wasn't gonna pan out. He's gonna be dangerous."
"I know damn well about danger, I dated Courtney remember?" this earned a snicker "You're telling me a lot of stuff to convince me not to trust him. But you haven't given me a single reason why I should trust you."
"Becuase unlike the eel, I know how to be straight with people, and I actually do have a certain sense of fair play. Plus I don't give enough of a damn to lie. Look at Alejandro and Heather as examples. They find people to manipulate and play like a pack of suckers, and they pretend to be their friends, like Tyler and Lindsay. At least I'm genuine when I say that I don't care, or that I'm using someone, or that I care about my friends. Like Owen."
"No shit, everybody likes Owen."
"Except for Alejandro. Anyway like I was saying, at least I'm straight with people. You should know a thing or two about that."
"True enough. And you think that having me on your side is gonna be enough to protect you from Alejandro and Tyler?"
"I've got some work done on DJ too, and since you two are buddy buddy I figured that would be enough to sway him over to my side."
"Fair enough. Don't think I'm gonna let myself be played like a sucker though."
"Wouldn't dream of it. Oh and as a little sign of good faith, and maybe because I can be a little bit sadistic when I want to, I'm gonna tell you now to duck."
"Duck from what-" Duncan was cut off by a kangaroo suddenly kicking him in the face and knocking him off his emu, sending him crashing to the ground.
"That, I was talking about that."
"Yeah, I noticed." Duncan rolled his eyes as he bolted to his feet and launched a fist or two at the kangaroo, only to once again be kicked in the face "Word to the wise, not a great way to try and get someone into an alliance!"
"I did say I believe in fair play and I'm straight with people, but I can also be vengeful when I wanna be! That one was for stealing my pants!"
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"On one hand, part of me thinks I had that coming." Duncan let out a grown, but then his scowl deepened "On the other hand, that snarky little bastard oughta learn to keep his trap shut if he doesn't wanna get his teeth bashed in." then he smirked "Still though, I kinda respect the guts he has to be so brutally honest. Momentary grudging respect anyway, chances are it's gonna fade by the next time I see him."
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One full day later…
"They're definitely taking their time." Chris gazed out at the dry landscape of Australia, then turned back to Chef "You think the scorpions got them?"
"Five to one says it's the dingos." Chef gave a shrug as he started blowing on a didgeridoo horn, leaving the two of them to enjoy its music.
"Yeah fair point, and who knows how long it's gonna be before-"
"Ahem."
"Holy hell!" Chris jumped and whipped around to find Alejandro (covered in some scratches and dried blood) dismounting his emu behind them "Took you long enough. Seriously, you guys move like a pack of chubby and asthmatic slugs."
"I can and will shove my boot up your ass McLean." this was when Gwen (thorougly pissed off) showed up on the scene, with Cody right by her side, and Courtney following up behind them in silence, DJ riding by her side "Just give me a reason to, I've already got plenty of reasons to do it to-"
"CODY!" this was when Sierra stormed onto the scene and dismounted her emu as she tried to make a mad dash for Cody, only to be met with the emu continuously pecking her head "Get your beak off me you stupid bird!"
"Her, I've got plenty of reasons to do it to her. At least we're all here now."
"I wish I could say the same for my team." DJ let out a sigh "No sign of Duncan and the others right now, maybe I should go back and look for them."
"Don't bother wasting the energy big guy." this was when Noah showed up on the scene and dismounted his emu "Duncan's gonna show up any minute, and there's a pretty fair chance he's gonna look and smell like something crawled out of Owen's butt and died."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well…"
It was at this moment that a certain kangaroo showed up and tossed Duncan's bruised form out of its sack and covered in slime "Aw man, that's just sick. You get back here you little bastard, one more round! I didn't hear any bells go off!" he was met with a fist to the fact from the kangaroo that knocked him to the ground "Shit, I'm never gonna live this down."
"To answer your question big guy, that's why."
"Say a word about it, and I throw you off this rock myself." Duncan ended up slipping on the puddle of slime as he tried to pick himself up, only to be helped up by DJ "Thanks."
"No worries man." DJ patted him on the shoulder "That's what friends are for right?"
"Yeah, not on this show dude." Chris told him dryly "Whatever the case, the fact is that right now Team Amazon has taken the lead!"
"But we're missing one." DJ glanced over at Alejandro "I thought you and Tyler left together, what the heck happened?"
"We did, but…" Alejandro let out a sigh "We were attacked by a pack of dingos on the way here, we both managed to evade them, but then Tyler's emu started to run wild and it stormed off. I searched but I couldn't find him."
"Don't worry about it, I can go back and look for him."
"Yeah no, that's not gonna happen." Chris called him off.
"Wait what?"
"You guys better not even think about going back for Tyler like you did for Owen, you're just gonna have to sit here and wait for him to show up on his own." Chris then turned towards the camera "As for Team Amazon, they're gonna have to get ready to buckle up and take a long walk off a short cliff. Which raises the question: What exactly are they jumping into? Find that out for yourselves when we boomerang back, right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"
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Meanwhile, with a certain jock…
"Come on, it can't be that far now." Tyler (with a dingo hanging onto the back of his tracksuit and covered in scratches and dried blood) continued riding on the back of his emu in the direction of Majestic Hanging Rock "Come on bro we can do this, for Lindsay!"
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Meanwhile, at Majestic Hanging Rock…
"Oh yeah, time for the good stuff to get started." Chris gathered the remaining contestants on the other side of the hanging rock, near the edge of the cliff "Now then teams, you'd better be ready to look death in the face and live to tell the tale. Or not. You never know. Anyway, now for the second part of the challenge. Each team will have to take turns bungee jumping off the Majestic Hanging Rock and plummeting all the way to the bottom, so far below it's pretty much comical how far it is, to try and grab one of the finest sheep in Australia. Three of those sheep have the logos for Team Chris is Super Hot tattooed on their side, and another three have the logos for Team Amazon underneath their wool not too far from their lethal jaws."
"Did he say lethal?" Cody's head snapped up at this, and he suddenly found himself being pulled into an uncomfortable embrace by Sierra, only to be rescued from her grasp by DJ "Thank you man." he was met with a thumbs up.
"The first team that manages to catch and sheer one of their own sheep and find the logo on it, will win first class tickets to our next destination, and the losers are gonna have to send one of their own out the Drop of Shame. As the last one to arrive, Team I Am Really Really Really Really Hot gets a pair of gardening sheers." he motioned for Chef to toss the pair of gardening sheers to Alejandro "As the first team to arrive, Team Amazon is going to get an advantage in this challenge: a battery operated sheep shear." this was met with a few cheers "So who's gonna go first for you guys?"
"I'll go." Courtney walked forward and prepared to strap herself to the bungee cord, only to find herself being pulled aside by Sierra "Do you need something?"
"You and I need to talk." Sierra told her flatly.
"I'm not into Cody if that's what this is about."
"Oh I know, because if you were then I'd throw you over this cliff myself. Anyway, I need your help to vote out Gwen so Cody can be mine." this caused Courtney to tense up.
"I… I'll think about it." so with a deep breath, Courtney strapped herself to the cord and leapt off the side of the cliff, tried to grab a sheep only for it to slip through her fingers, and once she was back up she hit the ground atop the cliff with a loud thud, leaving her shaking and causing the others to cringe "That is… That's just wrong on so many levels!"
"No, that's just awesome on so many levels!" Chris burst out laughing and caught Chef in a quick high five.
"I need a minute to hear myself think." Courtney let out a sigh as she ripped the cord off of her ankle and walked away.
"I'm up next." Gwen made her way over to the edge of the cliff and strapped the cord onto her ankle.
"Don't worry, you've got this." Cody waved to her and gave her a smile.
Gwen returned it with a small smile of her own and a thumbs up as she dove down, grabbed onto something and came back up, only to scream in pain when she realized it was a cactus "You've gotta be (bleep) kidding me, I hate this (bleep bleep bleep) show! (Bleep)! Someone else take over, I'm gonna go pull these out."
"I'm on it." Cody rushed over and strapped on the cord, gripping Gwen's hand reassuringly as he did so, and then he dove down and came back up with a sheep in hand "The Code Man sticks the landing, and you can call me the wolf!" he was met with the sheep trying to bite his hand, forcing him to back away.
"Yeah, I'll call you the wolf when you've got some hair on your chest." Gwen rolled her eyes and started sheering the sheep, only to hear a familiar annoying chime ring through the area "I swear to god McLean, don't make me sing Fametown again."
"I only let you get away with that one out of the goodness of my heart." Chris told her flatly, only to be met with a few loud snorts "But in any case, how about a little song to make things go faster? Go ahead and hit it, and make it a duet this time, just to see how it turns out."
"...Do I have to?"
"I might as well, I don't get to sing that often anyway." Cody gave a shrug, and then he started off the song "Shearing sheep, don't be a creep. It's the only way we'll fly first peeps. Win this round be safe and sound, don't plummet straight into the ground!"
"Shear the sheep, then, with a smile, make yourself a giant woolly, woolly, woolly pi-ile! I wanna win this without a doubt, but first I wanna see her go out!" Gwen next and jerked a thumb at Sierra in regards to the last part, causing her to scowl.
"We are sheering sheep!"
"We are sheering sheep!"
"We are sheering sheep!"
"We are sheering sheeeeep!"
Cody was quick to duck underneath Sierra's attempt to tackle him, and then he started off the next verse of the song "Sheering sheep's what we're gonna do, we gotta go find that tattoo! I'll find the logo, we'll win again! And I'll be here, until the bitter end! We are sheering sheep!"
"We are sheering sheep!"
"We are sheering sheep!
"We are sheering sheeeeep!" and then the two of them finished off the song via a simultaneous chorus.
Once that was done, Gwen breathed a sigh as she finished sheering the sheep "There's no logo on this one."
"Aw man, so much for the Codemeister delivering. So which one of us should-"
"This one is for Cody!" this was when Sierra suddenly dove off the cliff without strapping the cord to her, leaving her to fall to the ground below with a loud crash.
"...Nevermind then."
"Medic!" Chris made the call, prompting a group of interns to rush to the scene and pick up a number of sheep, earning him a few looks "What?"
"Nothing, just… I'll go back down there and grab another sheep."
"Just make sure not to grab onto a cactus or something." Gwen glanced over to where Courtney sat by herself "Yeah, you mind taking over for a minute? I've gotta go… take care of something for a few minutes."
"Like what?" Cody followed her gaze over to Courtney, and the dots connected "Oh yeah, I think I gotcha. Don't worry I can handle this, just do what you have to do."
"Right, and thanks." so she gave him a quick kiss on the lips and walked off.
Cody was left in a daze for a moment, but quickly snapped out of it and glanced over, only to see that Duncan, DJ and Noah were giving him simultaneous smirks and nods of approval, and he let out a groan "Really?"
"Hey what can I say, we're guys." Duncan gave a shrug "It's pretty much what we do."
"Alright Cody, way to get some!" this was when Tyler finally showed up on the scene, both him and his emu looking worse for wear "Yeah, not even a pack of wild desert dogs can stop a guy that's high on the power of love!" then he glnaced over to see Duncan covered in slime "Eesh, what the heck happened to you guy?"
"Nothing I'm ever gonna admit to."
"Who cares if he got his ass kicked by a kangaroo twice, the fact is that right now we're back in the game." Noah ignored the dirty look Duncan was sending him "Hey Chris, hand over those harnesses already."
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Meanwhile, with the former friend-ish people…
"You want one?"
Courtney looked up from where she was brooding off to the side, to see Gwen holding out a bottle of water to her "Oh, thanks." she accepted it, but didn't bother drinking out of it.
"You're pretty quiet." Gwen sat down next to her "I'm assuming that means you're plotting to kill me in in my sleep."
"No, I'm just… thinking about stuff." Courtney let out a sigh as she glanced out towards the landscape of Australia "You're going to vote me off the next time I lose aren't you?" she was met with a raised eyebrow from Gwen.
"Why do you think I would?" that question went unanswered.
"I wouldn't be surprised if you did, and in all honesty I wouldn't blame you for it, or couldn't blame you for it really. I was so consumed by my own pain and anger, that I didn't realize that I was the one to blame for everything that's happened." she sat up and turned to Gwen "To say that I haven't handled the way things ended with Duncan… is like saying that Heather was kind of a bitch back at Wawanakwa. Then when Alejandro mentioned you and Duncan having something in the confessional…"
"And Cody too."
"Which I know now. When I heard that, I guess my mind latched onto that as an excuse to use you as a scapegoat. I ended up taking all of it out on you, even after we started to become truly friend-ish… and I'm sorry. You didn't deserve anything that happened to you in Greece or in Area 51, from me or Sierra." she let out a bitter chuckle "Look at me, I finally have a real friend on this show, aside from Bridgette because basically everyone likes her, and I end up screwing it up. I doubt there's any way I'd be able to make it up to you."
"...Forget it." this caused Courtney's head to snap up "At this rate holding onto this crap would probably just be the same as kicking a dead horse. But if you really wanna make it up to me, I think there is one thing you could do."
"Really? What is it? I'm not into Cody or anything if that's what this is about."
"Well that's reassuring and kind of random, but that's not it. If we end up losing today, the jury is still kind of out on that right now, I want you to help me and Cody vote off Sierra." the two of them shared a look in silence.
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Meanwhile, with the team of men…
"Now is our time amigos, we have to rise to the challenge!" by this point, Alejandro had taken it upon himself to motivate his team "No surrender, no defeat, jump like the wind!"
"Yeah yeah, motivational speech and all that." Noah rolled his eyes as he strapped himself to the cord and leapt down, then came back up with something squirming in his arms "Okay I got it, now grab the shears and get to work." he then noticed the horrified looks he was getting from the others "What?"
"Um, dude…" DJ simply pointed forward.
Noah followed his gaze until he realized he was holding a dingo in his arms, but rather than fear, his expression turned as deadpan as usual "Aw crapbaskets." and then he started getting mauled by the dingo, leaving DJ and Tyler to try and help him.
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(Confessional)
"Ay dios mio!" Alejandro could only burst out laughing at the turn of events "I know it's likely bad karma to laugh at the prospect of losing a challenge, but even so, something about being able to see Noah get mauled by a dingo is rather cathartic."
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One potentially rabid dingo attack later…
"Alright guys, I'll be right back. For Lindsay! EXTREME!" Tyler took a breath as he strapped the cord to his ankle, and with eyes burning with determination, he dove down towards the field below.
"Excellente." Alejandro gave a smirk "It seems that my little inspirational speech from earlier did wonders. Now his confidence is blooming, but the question remains."
"Is it gonna get him killed?" Noah guessed dryly.
"No, is it going to yield results?"
"EXTREME!" Tyler sprung back up onto the cliff with a sheep in hand "The Tyler man knows how to deliver!"
"Evidently he does, now let us sheer!"
"Way ahead of you!" DJ didn't waste any time in sheering away the woll on the sheep, and after only a moment he held it up in triumph "Yeah, now that's how we do it!"
"Looks like we've gotta winner, that's one for Team I'm Totally Smoking Hot!"
"Yes!" Alejandro and "Noah caught each other in a hug, only for them to break away from each other once they realized it "That never happened."
"Hey don't be so shy guys, we just won." DJ gave them a smile "At least nobody on our team is gonna go home today."
"Yeah, sure…" Duncan let out a sigh as he glanced over at Team Amazon, or more specifically, over at Courtney, only to feel DJ grip his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him, causing him to give a small smile.
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Sunset came, and the plane was once again flying through the skies.
By this point, Team Amazon had gathered in the elimination room, and Sierra (with a black eye and her arm in a sling) spared a quick glance over at Courtney "So…?"
"I know what you want to say, and it's already done." Courtney told her calmly.
"Okay. Just to be clear, we're talking about the same thing right?"
"Of course. Cody is meant to be with one of the girl's on this team that isn't me, because he does have genuine feelings for her, and she returns them. But there's one girl here that's trying to claim what isn't hers, so she has to go. That's really all there is to it."
"Good, as long as we're both on the same page."
"Alight Amazons, time to get things underway." Chris got their attention "It's been a pretty tough day for most of you, but one of you is about to have the worst day of all. Sierra, not only were you the last member of your team to arrive, but you were also the first one to get injured, even before the likes of Tyler, and that's saying something. Courtney, you were slow with the emu and quick with the moping and only took one. Gwen: Seriously, you went with Cody? That means I lost the bet."
"You wanna run that the hell by me again?" Gwen shot a pissed off glare at him.
"Chef and I had a pool on who you were gonna lock lips with this season. I put $100 down on you and DJ, but apparently Chef won. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that Cody is the only one here that's really safe. But enough with the shaming, let's get to the votes. The first person to get a nomination for the Drop of Shame is… Gwen."
"Yeah that figures." Gwen let out a sigh, only to feel Cody grip her hand reassuringly.
"The next vote is for Sierra, and the third vote is also for Sierra." this caused her to gasp "And the fourth and final vote says that the loser for this week is… Sierra!"
"YES!" Cody bolted to his feet and threw his arms around Gwen.
"You!" Sierra was left practically snarling with her rage, and she first rounded on Courtney "You told me that-"
"I never said I was voting for you." Courtney pointed out "I said that the girl trying to get her hands on someone that doesn't like her is going home, and that's you."
"You… You… YOU!" she then proceeded to round on Gwen in her rage "This is all your fault you worthless (insert stream of words that had to be censored)! If it wasn't for you acting like such a worthless harlot then Codykins would realize that I'm the perfect girl for him! But no, you had to go through one dumpster fire of a romance and use him as a rebound, only to break his heart when you don't need him anymore like the traitorous backstabbing whore you are! The show and the world are better off without you and-"
"Sierra stop it!" this was when Cody finally stepped forward, his face hard and his eyes radiating pure anger "Enough is enough, I'm not gonna let you talk about Gwen that way!"
"Is she making you talk back to me like this? I swear when I get my hands on her I'll-"
"SIERRA! ENOUGH!" now he was red in the face and panting heavily, but he took a moment to calm himself down "Gwen isn't forcing me to do anything, but it's thanks to her that I realize that I should've stood up to you a long time ago, and told you right from the start that I'm not into you, and never will be in that way. Gwen is the girl that I want to be with, that's all there is to it."
"Huh, I guess it is always the quiet ones" Chris muttered from where he was munching on a bag of popcorn, earning a series of pissed off looks from the others "What? Letting dramatic scenes like these play out are totally worth the ratings. Keep going."
"Thank you. I think." Cody breathed a sigh and turned back to Sierra "Sure Gwen wasn't really into me back at Wawanakwa, and I don't blame her. I was kind of a creep, I was following her around like some kind of lovesick puppy, trying to act like something I wasn't instead of just being myself. Gwen isn't the problem right now, the problem is you. You need to calm down and learn to accept it when someone isn't interested in you. I did when I realized that Gwen had a crush on Trent. I mean granted she ended up liking me back now so that kind of hurts the message, but my point still stands. Anyway, you have to learn to accept it and cool off. When that does happen, maybe the day will come when I can consider you a friend." he backed away from her slightly, feeling Gwen's hand grip his reassuringly
"...Fine. If this is what you want, so be it." Sierra's expression suddenly became neutral as she walked away from him and strapped on a parachute.
"And another thing, I want my underwear back, and that's a sentence I shouldn't have to say on international TV!" he was answered with a basket made of his underwear being thrown into his face by Sierra before she jumped out of the plane. A tense silence filled the room for a moment, before Cody broke it as he glanced down at the basket, then over at Gwen and Courtney "The less said about this thing, the better."
"Chance are she's gonna be planning to murder me in my sleep, but at least we finally got rid of her." Gwen idly patted Cody on the shoulder.
"I'm not going to miss her personally." Courtney noted flatly "Sure she was strong, but strong isn't enough to outweigh crazy. The two of you should know that, you've both been on the same team as Izzy before."
"Not too shabby kid, I didn't know you had it in you." Chris let out a low whistle, then turned to the camera to sign off "Well she won't be missed, she wore out her welcome after the challenge in New York. But seriously, if you guys thought that was fun, then you're definitely gonna love what I plan to do to these guys next time, right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"
A/N:
This chapter is one I've been looking forward to doing for awhile now, mainly for one big reason: She's gone people, the crazy stalker chick is finally gone! Yeah, it should come as no surprise that I'm not particularly fond of Sierra. Don't get me wrong, she does develop in the last few episodes of World Tour, but after spending about ¾ of the season pining after Cody like a love struck puppy, stalking him and bordering on molesting him, it just wasn't enough for me.
On another note, DJ is continuing trying to help Courtney through the fourth stage of heartbreak, Depression, until she reaches the final stage of Acceptance, and delving into why she's become so angry, bitter, and obsessed with winning and being the best at everything, so she can let go of her anger and move forward, and grow as a person. She also apologizes to Gwen over the way she's treated her, and the two decide to form a solid friendship, and help to get rid of Sierra.
Also, I decided to use this chapter to give some more development to a character that really doesn't get as much credit as he deserves: Tyler. I doubt many people will disagree when I say that he tends to get the short end of the stick, even in most of the fanfics he's in, so I decided to give him some more character development, even if he is being played like a sucker by Alejandro. But I'm going somewhere with this, so bear with me for now.
I've gotten a lot of reviews asking me to have Cody lash out at Sierra over the way she treated him this season, and believe me, I get why. But the thing about Cody is that he isn't the kind of guy to lash out at people like that, so I decided to have him do it in a more encouraging way, to help her learn from her mistakes and move past them. And demand that she give him back his underwear.
Now then, to close out those out this chapter: Sorry this chapter took longer than I would've liked, but I was out of town over the weekend for my cousin's engagement party, so I couldn't do any writing. But on the plus side, now I'm back and I've got a few weeks of freedom before school starts.
Elimination order:
Duncan (returns)
Ezekiel
Harold
Bridgette
Leshawna
Lindsay
Izzy
Heather
Owen
Sierra