(Planes, Trains and Hot Air Mobiles)
I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited or followed this story since I last updated it.
Linkonpark100: You're right about saying that DJ has had a big impact, but I think that calling him a support character is a big disservice to him, especially since he's one of my favorite characters in the series.
Ellismskd24: Oh trust me, Alejandro is gonna get his karma soon enough. Every antagonist gets their karma at one point or another, and he won't be an exception to that rule.
TDfan: I haven't really decided on any new stories at the moment, but I do have a few in the works right now, such as Dragon Ball, Naruto and Fairy Tail.
Frosty Wolf: I usually update the chapters when they're finished, and when my editor says that they're good to go. I know getting rid of Gwen sucks, but there can be only one, and she got into the finals before. I didn't want to have to blow up the plane, but it had to happen so the race to Hawaii could pan out. Gwen treating Cody on his birthday was a highlight of the chapter in my eyes though, so at least that was good. I know there wasn't a ton different about this chapter. As for Sierra, that was to be expected by now. I'm not going to say anything about the final two, for the sake of not spoiling anything for you or any other readers.
Guest: Glad to see you approve of the final three in this fic. Yeah Cody and Alejandro being here is the same, but I did some tinkering to show how they earned their place, and how DJ had earned his in this fic. I'm not going to say anything about who's going to win, but like you said, may the best competitor win.
OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOG: Glad to see you approve of the wild card theory. Like I said, it's something I've been stewing on for awhile. Even in canon, Owen and Duncan were the biggest wild cards in the first two seasons, and while I can't say there was one in the canon World Tour, in this fic it's definitely DJ. That's one of the reasons why Heather voted for DJ, the other being that he's one of the people that gets along with her. Yeah, you wouldn't expect these three to be the finalists, but I won't spoil who's going to the finale just yet. Trust me, fixing the entire situation with Gwuncan was one of the first changes that came to mind when I decided to do with this fic. I wouldn't say that there isn't going to be any controversy, because the elimination order is always controversial, no matter how it plays out.
Brocknedjar: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. Courtney was at her most likeable in the first season, but unlike then, now she lost that fiery rage burning within the surface, and now she's even more calm than she was then. I never noticed that typo, but thanks for catching it.
SuperSonicHeroes: The wild card theory is one I've been working on for awhile, but yeah you pretty much hit the nail on the head. One domino out of place can make the whole plan fall apart right in front of your eyes.
Romeoaifesili: I wouldn't say that, but it definitely isn't gonna be much longer now before the end of it. Yeah, the aftermaths are usually pretty straightforward, so there isn't really a ton I can change with them. On the bright side, as far as Courtney goes, I got to show off more of the character development she got in this story. Heather's explanation of the wild card theory was really my way of explaining it. Duncan and Beth was a finale that I doubt anyone would've seen coming, and I've seen more than a few people complain about. I totally get why you're choosing to root for Cody, he's one of my favorite characters too. Sure DJ and Alejandro have advantages over him as far as physical capabilities, but Cody is pretty sharp, even if he doesn't get much of a chance to show it. I'm not going to say anything more because I don't want to spoil it, so you'll just have to wait and see how it plays out.
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In typical fashion, Chris started off the episode with a recap of the previous one, only this time he was doing it in what was left of the cockpit "Last time on Total Drama World Tour: We took you guys and our final four to Alberta, and the place will blow you away! Oh dear god, how the hell could this have happened? Well first, Gwen exploded at me with what turned out to be three seasons' worth of pent up rage and ended up trying to take it out on my face with a goddamn post digger! And boom, a certain Latino dream guy got stuck in a hole! Lucky for him, DJ is one of the few guys on this show that actually cares about ethics and morality and saved him in what was probably one of the best songs of the season. But then things took a turn for the worst that night, where it's pretty obvious that Alejandro would've been a goner, at least he would've if it wsan't for the fact that Gwen demolished my freaking plane! Did I mention that we don't have a ride anymore BECAUSE GWEN BLEW IT THE (bleep) UP?!" and that little outburst proved to be enough to force him to hyperventilate into a paper bag "Anyway, our final three contestants are gonna be getting to the tropical shores of Hawaii. Without a jet. So then, you guys had better make sure you get set for some kind of race to the finish line, not to mention the grand prize of one million dollars, right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!" and then the cockpit broke off the wreckage of the plane and hit the ground with a loud thud "Ow! (Bleep)!"
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The morning sun had risen over the skies of Alberta, but everything was far from calm.
Chris for example, was still mourning over the destruction of the plane in a way that made him look almost catatonic "The hot tub that had my name spelled in Italian tiles on the inside, just gone… My monogram sneakers, gone… My custom calibrated stubble trimmer, gone just like all the rest…"
"Yes, it's quite tragic…" Alejandro glanced over at Chef, his voice "And rather unsettling to bear witness to."
"Get real pretty boy, this is nothing." Chef let out a scoff "You should've seen how he was with this venus flytrap he had back on Wawanakwa, now that was unsettling. And sickening."
"...I'll take your word for it. So then, I believe the time has come for us to continue the game. We do have a show to complete after all."
"Isn't that just freaking typical!" Chris promptly rounded on Alejandro "As usual, you ungrateful pack of teenagers are thinking of nothing but yourselves! Why don't you try and think about the massive humanitarian crisis on hand!"
"I don't believe I follow."
"How in the hell am I supposed to keep this face fresh without my hyperbolic sleep chamber? If I don't do something about it soon, I'm gonna end up looking like Blaineley without makeup!"
"...Seriously?" Chef shot a dull look at him.
"What? You've seen her without makeup before, it's just not right!"
"Could we focus on more important stuff over here?" this was when Cody made his way over to the rest of them, holding Gwen's injured form in his arms, only to end up falling to the ground with a loud thud "Curse my lack of muscles…"
"I'm giving you points for effort." Gwen gave him a small smile, then glanced up at what was left of the plane "I can see so many people crying tears of joy over this."
"Are you one of them?"
"I will neither confirm nor deny."
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(Confessional- Or what's left of the confessional)
"It's insane, there's no other way to describe it." Cody let out a sigh "My 17th birthday, the girl of my dreams does everything she can to make it awesome, which she does in spades, but then she accidentally blows up a plane and gets kicked out of the competition. She doesn't seem that upset about it though, which honestly kind of surprised me. I guess she's used to getting put through hell on this show by now. On the plus side though, I'm in the final three with DJ. But the same can be said for Alejandro. I promised Gwen I'd keep fighting to the end like she did, but given the little display of muscle you guys just saw earlier, it's not gonna be easy."
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Back with helping the injured goth girl…
"Here you go guys." DJ made his way out of the wreckage holding a wheelchair, which he sat down on the ground next to Cody and Gwen "Granted it might be a little bit charred and rickety from the blast, but it's better than nothing."
"Anything is better than nothing at this point, but I'll take whatever help I can get, so thanks big guy." Gwen shot him a grateful smile as she was helped into the wheelchair by Cody and DJ, and she let out a sigh once she was in "And it's still more comfortable than sitting on those wooden benches in economy class."
"Hey it could be worse." Cody pointed out "You could've had all your hair burned off by the explosion too."
"That is… actually a fair point. At least I'm not Heather, and that she's hundreds of miles away from me right now."
"Actually, she'd probably be trying to deny how she and Alejandro would be totally into each other but refuse to admit it." DJ pointed out, which caused the three of them to burst out laughing simultaneously "Yeah, in stressful situations like these I find that it helps to lighten the mood with a little bit of humor."
"Yeah well when you're done laughing like a pack of idiots, shut your freaking holes and get over here already!" this was when Chef got their attention from where he was dragging a large metal box out of what was left of the plane.
"Yes, we still have my emergency kit! We're saved!" Chris didn't hesitate as he rushed over and hugged the box in a comical fashion, then turned to the finals "That's right boys, even though I'm pretty sure there being three guys and no girls in the finale is probably gonna get us a lot of sexist claims. Anyway, you guys better get ready for surfing, sun and beauties in grass skirts and coconut bras, because the lot of us are gonna be heading for Hawaii!" he was met with a series of cheers from the others "Yeah I know, I'm the best host ever and you should never doubt my own brilliance or generosity." he promptly ignored the loud snort he received from Gwen "Chef, care to do the honors?"
"Sign my paycheck and we'll see." Chef rolled his eyes as he pried open the box, revealing a two seater helicopter inside "All gassed up and ready to go."
"Perfect, it's a damn shame we couldn't install the smoothie maker though."
"Wait a momey." Alejandro raised a hand "So you mean to tell us that a helicopter filled with fuel was able to survive an explosion of that size? How is that possible?"
"I thought I mentioned this before, the laws of physics don't apply to this show."
"...Of course they don't. That is a two seater as well, is it not?"
"You got that right, Chef flies and I supervise."
"And what about the rest of us?" asked DJ.
"The rest of you are gonna be competing to get to the big island first, and you have to do it with only your wits and whatever the hell you manage to find out here."
"But we're in the middle of nowhere." Cody pointed out.
"That is true, so go ahead and check out these fancy GPS's I'm giving you guys out of the pure and nearly nonexistent kindness in my heart." he picked up a few GPS's out of the helicopter and tossed one to Cody, one to DJ, and one to Alejandro.
"Middle of nowhere, Alberta. And that's how you know they work."
"Go ahead and set them for Tijuana beach, it's right onto the border to Mexico. Now stop wasting time squawking like a pack of pissed off birds and move it already!" that prompted them to start punching coordinates into the GPS as Chris and Chef started up the chopper.
"Hold on, what the hell am I supposed to do?" Gwen called out to him.
"You blew up my plane and got cut from the race, so as far as I'm concerned, you can make like you took the Drop of Shame and figure it out for yourself!" he quickly ducked into the chopper to avoid the rock being thrown at his head "Don't worry, all of you are totally gonna make it, but if you don't then we'll dedicate this episode to you!" and then they took off.
"...I swear I'm gonna kill him one of these days."
"Well if anyone was going to, then it would have to be you." Cody gave a shrug and patted her on the shoulder, then glanced over at the wreckage of the plane "You know, if DJ was able to find something as useful as a wheelchair in there, then maybe I can too."
"You don't have any time to waste." Gwen gripped his arm as her gaze hardened "You're getting to the finale, you got me? You promised me that you were gonna be tough and fight to the end, and that's what you're gonna do. Got it?"
"Got it."
"Good." Gwen gave a smile of approval, then glanced over at DJ "And I'm expecting you to be his opponent at the end, so go ahead and tell the eel to choke on it."
"You can count on it. Maybe not that hardcore though." DJ gave her a smile and a thumbs up as he watched her take off after Cody, but then he turned towards Alejandro, and his gaze hardened quickly "Don't forget about what I said yesterday. I'm not gonna stoop to your level in order to make it happen, but I am going to stop you."
"So you claim." Alejandro let out a chuckle "Let me tell you now amigo, that actions speak a great deal louder than words. But with that being said, words can still have quite the strong impact on one's opponent, such as this: You are about to feel the full force of Hurrican Alejandro in the making. Our next stop is Hawaii, and I sincerely hope that you make it, albeit behind me of course." and on that note, he started walking away from the scene, though he did glance back as he heard DJ calling out to him.
"I said I was gonna make you pay for what you did to my friends and my team, and that's what I'm gonna do! Count on it!"
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(Confessional)
"I still can't believe it myself." DJ let out a sigh as he looked around at the confessional, or what was left of it "I actually made it all the way to the final three. I never really expected I was gonna make it this far, but I guess it proves that nice guys don't always finish last." but then his gaze turned hard "But I'm gonna make sure the bad guy does come in last. I think Noah said it best back in Africa. As nice as the money would be, the only thing better would be that I get to make sure that Alejandro loses. He doesn't deserve to win, not after everything he's done to me and all my friends, and I'm gonna make sure he doesn't win. If all goes well, then it's gonna come down to me and Cody in the finale. I've got a long way to go before that happens though. If there was one thing I took away from the mess in Paris, it's that I need to work on my planning skills. If I'm gonna get all the way to Hawaii, I'm gonna have to get creative. Cody and Gwen are searching through the wreckage for stuff, and Alejandro probably already has a plan in the works, so I guess the best way to go about it is search around and see what I can find."
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Meanwhile, with the new power couple…
"Let's see here…" by this point, Cody and Gwen had taken to searching through the wreckage of what used to be first class "Raft with a hole in it, bicycle that'll probably fall apart if I even dare to touch it… Hey check this out!"
"What did you find?" Gwen rolled her wheelchair over to him "Anything useful?"
"Not really, but I did finally find where Sierra was keeping all my toothbrushes!" he held up the basket of toothbrushes in question, earning a dull look from Gwen "What? She spent about ⅔ of the season sexually harrassing me and taking my stuff, so if nothing else at least it gives me some kind of closure. Still though, I haven't found anything that will get us to Hawaii. I don't suppose you found anything?"
"I found a few things." she held up a few items in question "I got what's left of a seatbelt, a meal tray and a parachute."
"...It's times like this I'm glad I'm not a jock."
"Meaning what exactly?"
"Meaning that I think you just gave me they way to get us to Hawaii."
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Meanwhile, with a certain eel…
"I believe there was an old saying that attributes to this." Alejandro poked his head over the top of a small plateau, where he could see a group of interns loading a number of caged animals into a large truck "If you wish to find a thief, then the best way to do so is to follow his money. In this case, that means that if you wish to find Chris, then the best way to do that is to follow the evil beasts that he loves to throw into the challenges. Tijuana Beach, here we come." and then he returned to the ground and made a beeline for the truck.
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Meanwhile, with the BFG…
"I guess this thing isn't going to be too much help to me." DJ let out a sigh as he tucked away his walkie talkie and looked down at the GPS in his hand, only to end up tripping over something and nearly hitting the ground, but he managed to stop himself "What the- I didn't think there would be train tracks in the middle of nowhere- Wait a second." he looked down at the tracks and his eyes followed them, until he could see a building in the distance "Yes, a train! Granted I don't know where it's gonna be heading, but anywhere is better than being stuck in the middle of nowhere like this." he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a small wod of cash as he made his way towards the building "Well momma, if there was ever time I was gonna need to use this emergency fund you gave me before I left, it would probably be now. Still though, I wonder how the others are doing right now."
"Attention my fellow competitors, and Gwen, I am currently travelling South at approximately 90 kilometers per hour, so you might as well give up now."
"Great, Alejandro is in the lead. I had to open my big mouth-" DJ's muttering was cut off by a loud smooching noise, and then a crash coming through the walkie talkie "What the-"
"On an unrelated note, HELP!"
"...I'm not even gonna ask."
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Meanwhile, up in the two seater…
"Well this is pretty interesting so far." Chris glanced down at his GPS "Looks like DJ is in the lead for the moment but stalled, and the yeti's new boyfriend isn't that far behind him, but it looks like Cody can't seem to get his butt in gear.
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Meanwhile, with the geek and his goth…
"Yes, finally years of being a geek paid off!" by this point, Cody had managed to hook up the parachute to a tank of fuel with a handle attached to it "All I have to do is pull on the handle in order to moderate the flow of fuel, and that's going to control whether the balloon goes up or down."
"Huh, I guess that brovado of yours is compensating for something." Gwen let out a chuckle when she saw Cody blushing with embarrassment "But in all seriousness, I doubt I'd have the smarts to actually work this out."
"Don't sell yourself short, you're definitely one of the smartest girls I've ever met. Plus you have enough grit to kick to stand up to a psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook and kick him right in the jaw, and dump fireants all over Heather, which was awesome by the way."
"And it felt pretty good too. You're gonna need some kind of chair though, and all of them got torched in the explosion yesterday. And yet a helicopter full of fuel and a gas tanker managed to get out relatively unscathed."
"Well Chris did say that the laws of physics don't apply on this show, which actually makes way too much sense and kind of hurts my brain to think about."
"Join the club." Gwen looked down at her wheelchair, and then she got an idea "Why don't you go ahead and use my chair?"
"Wait really, are you sure about that?"
"If I can't win the million myself then I'd rather it be you, and I'd sure as hell rather it be you than Alehandjob. I'm not gonna take no for an answer-"
"Okay." Cody started rolling the gas tanker over to Gwen and grabbed a set of robe nearby to tie it down.
"Seriously? Huh, I figured you would've put up more of a fight."
"There's nothing to fight about, I mean you are coming with me after all."
"Who said I was coming with you?"
"Gwen there's going to be a cold day in hell before I just take your wheelchair and leave you in a hellhole like this, even if you weren't my girlfriend. Besides, you did everything you could to make my birthday as awesome as it was, and you helped me get to the final three, so the way I see it, getting you to Hawaii is the least I can do."
"Huh. I guess you really can be one hell of a charmer after all." Gwen shot him a smirk "At least now you don't have that reek of a guy who's trying way too hard."
"Good to know. So should I go ahead and get the fuel tanker tied onto your chair or do you wanna make out first?" he was met with a dull look "Hey come on, you can't blame a guy for trying right?"
"...Yeah, it's gonna be a long ride to Tijuana."
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About 10 minutes later…
"Oh hell yeah!" it didn't take long before Cody and Gwen were airborne in their new makeshift hot air balloon, soaring thorugh the skies on their way to Hawaii "Attention fellow Total Drama dirtbags!" he was met with another dull look from Gwen "What, too much?"
"Might wanna pull it back a little bit." Gwen gave a shrug.
"Fellow Total Dramsters?"
"Still too much?"
"The BFG and the slimy eel?"
"There we go."
"Okay then. Attention BFG and the slimy eel, Cody and Gwen are on the move! I repeat, this geek and his princess of the night are airborne!"
"...Princess of the night?"
"What, too much?"
"Not bad actually, at least you didn't call me your dark goddess or something."
"Well the thought did cross my mind. Speaking of dark, I have a few other anime in mind that you might like."
"Dark and gorey?"
"To the absolute extreme."
"...Go on."
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Meanwhile, with the BFG…
"Airborne huh? Nice work little buddy." DJ gave a smile as he turned off his walkie talkie and sat down in one of the seats on the train, only to take notice of something in one of the seats in front of him "Can I help you with something?"
"OH my god, I thought it was you." a girl popped up in the seat in front of him, clad in a red shirt and black skirt with her hair in low pigtails "I thought I recognized that face, you're DJ from Total Drama aren't you?"
"I'm guessing you're a fan of the show?"
"Oh yeah, but I'm not gonna go crazy like some of those rabid fans or worse, the shippers." she shuddered at the thought "I'm nothing like them. I mean granted my sister Emma can be like that sometimes, but she's way too proud to actually admit it. My name is Kitty, I'm a big fan of the show."
"I kind of noticed. I would introduce myself, but you kind of already figured it out." he glanced out the window to see a cargo truck dump a series of crates into one of the train cars "Huh, must be some stuff that Chris is trying to transport to Hawaii."
"OMG, you guys are going to Hawaii? Nice!" Kitty caught DJ in a high five "Anyway, I know this might seem a little bit overbearing, but I have to ask. First, you mind if I get a picture with you?"
"Sure thing." DJ gave a smile as he was pulled in by Kitty as she snapped a selfie, and then they looked outside to see the landscape passing them by "Oh good, we're moving."
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to this nonstop trip to Mexico!"
"Oh good, so it's going the right way. That's pretty convenient."
"You didn't know that?" Kitty raised an eyebrow "If you didn't know that then why did you get on the train to begin with?"
"Because anything was better than being stuck out here in the middle of nowhere."
"What about the plane? Did something happen?"
"...Well for the sake of avoiding too many spoilers, how much of the season has actually aired up to this point?"
"The last episode I saw aired yesterday, it was the third aftermath where Geoff pretty much ruined any chance Ezekiel had of getting back into the competition, because he wanted to get rid of that blonde woman from Celebrity Manhunt. So apparently she's gonna be competing in the show now along with the rest of you?"
"What, you mean Blaineley? Yeah, I wouldn't expect too much out of that if I were you."
"Probably for the best, the kind of vibe I got from her was that she'd never survive without her entourage. Geoff even had a song about that."
"Of course he did. Anyway, here's what happened from there…"
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Meanwhile, a couple of train cars away…
"Ay dios mio…" Alejandro burst out of a crate within the car, and he didn't waste any time as he puked his guts out into a bucket, and then he looked over to see the yeti making kiss noises aimed at him, and he shuddered at the sight "Que malo… Perhaps this is why Carlos said that going on reality TV was a bad idea. And why Jose said that I would enjoy it, the swine. Anyway that's enough questioning my life choices, I still have a race to finish. Speaking of which, where am I right now?" a loud whining directed his attention to a nearby crate, which he promptly opened up out of curiosity, and he was taken by surprise, but then he smirked "I must say, this is quite the unexpected surprise little one. You once aided me in furthering my place in this competition, and now I must ask that you do so again."
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Meanwhile, with the BFG…
"And that's about it." as the train continued on its way, DJ handed his ticket to the guard as he continued talking with Kitty "So after we accidentally blew up the plane, Gwen got kicked out of the competition by Chris, and now I'm racing against Cody and Alejandro to get to Hawaii, and I'm pretty sure the first two there are gonna go on to the finals."
"Sounds like it's been pretty crazy." Kitty let out a chuckle as she pulled out her phone "But at least you made it this far."
"Yeah that's awesome, but what I'm really happy about is that I got to do it the right way, and not by cheating or using any dirty tricks like Heather or Alejandro have. Alejandro isn't gonna win this competition after all the things he's done, I'm going to make sure of that. I can't be that hard either. All I have to do is get there first, and knowing Cody he's probably gonna be the first one to get there."
"What makes you so sure of that?"
"Cody's a pretty sharp guy, and he's got someone like Gwen with him. The way I see it, his chances of not making it are pretty slim. In any case, things can only get better from this point on right?"
"Yeah, I'd like to agree with you, but there's one big thing to consider."
"Which is?"
"The army of fangirls standing behind you."
"Wait what?"
As it turns out, standing before the two of them was a literal army of fangirls, all of them holding up a series of "I Heart DJ" signs and t-shirts, all of them looking at him with one emotion in common: lust "DJ we love you! Go out with me! Marry me! Let me have your babies!"
"...Hey Kitty?"
"You thinking we run like hell and don't look back?" Kitty guessed dryly.
"You have any other suggestions?"
"That was gonna be mine, now RUN!" Kitty bolted to her feet, grabbed DJ by the wrist and took off through the door of the train car.
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Meanwhile, with the third party…
"Easy, easy, take it easy!" by this point, Cody and Gwen were still floating through the skies in their makeshift hot air balloon "You can't give it so much fuel!"
"Well I need something to grab onto every time you pinch my legs!" Gwen snapped at him "Try keeping your hands to yourself and this wouldn't be a problem!"
"We've been over this, that's the sealbelt because it got strapped in the wrong way! You see both of my hands in front of you!"
"I never said it was your hands, because I know what it feels like when you're the one doing the pinching and that's- Holy hell look out, high maintenance asshole dead head!" she pointed to where Chris and Chef's helicopter was flying straight ahead of them, leading to lots of screaming in terror as she was forced to steer out of their way "That was close, are you okay?"
"Given the circumstances, more or less."
"Um Cody, dude?"
"Watch where you're flying that thing!"
"Are you sitting on Gwen's lap?"
"She's my girlfriend and we're using her wheelchair as a basket, what of it?"
"Hate to break it to you bro, but we've already got one cling on in the form of that baby seal that hates DJ so much. We don't need another, especially the one who blew my freaking plane to kingdom come!"
"Did… Did you just call Gwen a clingon?"
"Oh that's it, let me down Cody so I can kill him already!" Gwen tried to pounce off the chair in her anger, only to find herself being held back by Cody.
"Anyway, you said that we could use anything we found in the wreckage, and I found her. Or it's more like she found me, but in any case, she's staying with me. I'm not gonna leave her out here in the middle of nowhere like that."
"...Hey, it's your funeral bro."
"Attention, an extreme weather warning has been issued for any and all aircrafts within the area."
"Huh, you know that sounds pretty serious. I should probably warn them about that. Yeah, not gonna happen."
After that, Gwen glanced over at Cody with a raised eyebrow "You think we should let him know he still has his walkie talkie on?"
"No, I think we should surprise him." Cody let out a chuckle.
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Meanwhile, with the BFG and his fan…
By this point, DJ and Kitty had resorted to bolting into one of the other train cars and slamming the door shut behind them "You sure this is gonna be a good idea?"
"Not really, but it's not like we've got any others!" Kitty grabbed a nearby box and pushed it in front of the door to barricade it "I've dealt with enough homicidal fangirls back home to know what to do in these kinds of situations!"
"Other Total Drama fans?"
"Mostly from the freaking insane shipper wars! Do you know how many times I got caught in the crossfire of Duncney and Gwuncan shippers trying to claw each other's faces off? More than one, which is way too much!"
"...When was the last time that happened?"
"Yesterday. People are still raging over it."
"Of course they are. Anyway I should probably get moving. As grateful as I am for your help with getting away from them, I don't wanna drag you into this."
"A wise decision amigo, but it's not just the army of brujas inhumanas that you have to worry about, even if that is the biggest concern."
DJ and Kitty whipped around at the sound of a familiar voice, and the former's gaze hardened when he saw Alejandro standing before him "You!"
"Oh come now amigo, you didn't believe that you were going to rid yourself of me that easily did you?" Alejandro let out a chuckle as he pulled something out of his shirt, small and white and very familiar looking "You should know by now, I'm always one step ahead!" he then hurled the object in question forward, revealed to be a certain baby seal, sending DJ running away while screaming in terror, with Alejandro chasing after him and laughing all the while.
"So, uh… good luck!" Kitty waved after them, looking rather uncomfortable at the sight of the whole exchange.
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Meanwhile, with the geek…
At the same time, Gwen and Cody were continuing to float through the skies and passing the time by engaging in a certain topic of discussion "So Full Metal Alchemist Brother wasn't the only series they made on it?"
"Nope, it was actually the second one." Cody gave a shrug "The original wasn't anywhere near as good though. I think the problem was that the manga wasn't finished at the time, so they had to deviate from it. They put in a lot of filler, but as for the ending… The less said about that, the better really."
"Fair enough. Any other good ones I should know about?"
"Well I mentioned Attack on Titan, Hellsing and Death Note. I've heard really good things about Hunter x Hunter, but I've never actually seen it. The Promised Neverland, you might like it but the second season sucked. Actually, you'll probably like Akame Ga Kill."
"I think Noah mentioned that one before, what's it about?"
"Well to put it in simple terms, the best description of it is- We're gonna (bleep) die in the most gruesome way possible!"
"That… sounds a little bit over the top."
"I mean because of that!" he poined at the series of dark storm clouds that were lying right in front of them.
"...Aw crapbskets. Are we supposed to start screaming now?"
"I already am!"
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Meanwhile, with the host…
"Oh man, this is gonna be insane!" Chris looked around as hail started pouring down from the dark storm clouds "Is the game going to be called off on account of deadly weather? Not on this show! Is anyone gonna be left alive to take home the million? I guess you're just gonna have to tune in after this break, right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"
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Meanwhile, down on the train…
"Come on, come on!" with his fear once again driving him, DJ bolted across the rooftops of one train car after another, with Alejandro chasing after him, but this came to a head when he reached the last car "You wouldn't actually be cold enough to push a dude off a speeding train like that would you?"
"I believe you already know the answer to that!" Alejandro gave a malicious smirk as he pulled his belt off "One by one you've all gone down, and now you and Cody are the only ones left that stand in my way. It was a simple matter too, because all the rest of your team needed was a little push before they ended up destroying themselves. You do raise one point though, because at this stage in the game I don't need to push. I can simply pull a victory, such as this!" he then used his belt to try and break the coupling between the train cars, only to find himself struggling as hail began to pour down on top of them.
"I told you before, you're not gonna win this competition! Not as long as I have anything to say about it!" DJ gritted his teeth and leapt off the roof of the train car and down onto the platform, struggling to maintain his balance upon landing, but he managed to force himself forward "Yes, I did it!"
"I will admit that you show more courage and resolve than I had expected. It's a pity that you had to come all this way to lose!"
"I was about to say the same thing, because the only one here that's gonne lose is to!" DJ wasted no time as he started climbing onto the roof of the next train car, with Alejandro following hot on his heels, the two of them never taking their heated glares off of each other.
It was at this moment that Chris and Chef's helicopter descended down towards them, and a certain familiar chime rang through the air "I like to think my timing is one of my best qualities, and there's a lot to choose from."
"Are you kidding me?!"
"I think you know the answer to that by now."
"...You wanna start it or should I?"
"It makes no difference to me." Alejandro gave a shrug and a confident smirk "You go ahead, I insist."
"Fine." so with a deep breath, DJ started the song "This show's a train, it's moving fast. One of us will come in last. Hurting my friends just wasn't right, so look out now, you're in my sights!" he pushed Alejandro back down onto the platform of the train car door, and then he took off running.
"Mr Fair now, suddenly. I have to run now, excuse me!" Alejandro crawled his way forward underneath the train car, and then he popped back up in front of DJ "Don't try to make me feel ashamed, you know that it's all for the game!"
"I'm gonna make it! You can't stop me now, just you try!"
"My fortune's waiting, it's time for you to say bye, bye, bye!" the two continued to try and get ahead of each other along the roof of the train.
Many miles away, Cody continued flying through the stormy skies with Gwen "I never thought I'd get this far. Let's face it, I'm no TV star. But now I'm in the final three, unless we get caught in that tree!"
"Not today!" Gwen was quick to steer them out of the path of the tree, and then she took over a solo herself "You're gonna make it! They can't stop you now, let them try! Your fortune's waiting, and they can kiss it all bye, bye, bye!" and so they continued flying.
Back on the train, DJ and Alejandro were still dancing around each other in their anger "You are the worst, why must you torment me?"
"It's all a game to you, but not to me!" unfortunately, Alejandro ended up giving himself a penalty as he slipped on some of the hale beneath his feet, and he ended up falling off the roof of the car and down onto the ground below.
"I'm gonna make it! They can't stop me now, let them try!" DJ watched as the train carried on as if nothing had happened, and then he saw Cody and Gwen flying in the same direction, he waved at them.
"Our fortune's waiting, it's time for you to say bye, bye, bye!" Cody gave a wave of his own as he watched the train pass them and the song came to a close, but then he turned pale when he saw what was lying ahead of them "Hey Gwen?"
"Yeah I know, I see the telephone wires ahead of them." Gwen let out a sigh "Well there's only one thing to do from here on out."
"And that is?"
"The only thing that someone would do in the name of self preservation: Tuck and roll!" so with a breath, Gwen forced herself out of the chair, grabbed Cody by the arm and pulled him to the ground as the hot air balloon crashed into the telephone wires.
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Meanwhile, with the host…
"I think it's time for an update." Chris held up his walkie talkie and looked down at the GPS in his other hand "According to the latest data, it looks like DJ is the only one of the finalits that's still moving towards Hawaii."
"For now you mean." Chef muttered "The wuss is gonna have to grow an actual backbone soon or it's gonna screw him over."
"Well I guess we'll have to wait and see won't we?"
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Meawnhile, on the train…
"Oh man, that was way too close." DJ let out a sigh as he pulled himself back into one of the train cars, then glanced out to where Alejandro had fallen off "I know I said I'd make him lose, but I didn't think he'd go down like that… I just hope he's okay." then a low growling got his attention, and he glanced over to see the baby seal sitting a few feet away from him, growling at him with eyes full of bloodlust "Me on the other hand…" and then he let out a blood curdling scream of terror as he started running for his life, unaware of a pack of horses racing in the same direction as the train, with a certain someone guiding them…
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Meawnhile, with the geek and goth…
"Well that could've gone better." Gwen glanced up at the hot air ballon, or what was left of it at least, and watched as it went up in smoke "Hey what about you Cody, are you okay?"
"I've had a lot worse, especially on this show." Cody picked himself back up and glanced at the smoking ruins of what used to be his hot air balloon "Just great."
"Tell me about it, now what the hell do we do?"
"I don't know what we can do." Cody breathed a sigh "It's not like I ever really expected to make it as far as I did. As if I'd ever be able to win."
"So that's it, you're just gonna give up?"
"What else can I do? I gave it what I had, and it wasn't enough, so maybe I just need to learn to cut my losses. Besides, I don't need a million dollars. I have you." he glanced over at her and gave a small smile, only to find himself getting smacked upside the head "Ow! What the heck was that for?"
"For acting like a quitter, now get up already. The timid coward licking his wounds in a pile of dirt isn't the guy that I fell for." this toke Cody by surprise, especially when she rolled forward and gripped him by the shoulders "Cody, listen to me. You need to know that if you don't do this, then you're gonna let me down. You're gonna let the other Drama Brothers down. You're gonna let all your friends down. You're gonna let everyone down. But before all that, if you don't get moving again, then you're gonna let yourself down. You're more than just some scrawny geek from Canada, and more than just another member of the Drama Brothers. You're Cody Anderson of Total Drama, and you're about to win. Now you have to plant your feet, grit your teeth, and go eat that horse!"
"...You watched Team Four Star?"
"I'd be lying if I said there wasn't a certain appeal to it."
"And just when I think you can't get anymore amazing." Cody gave a broad smile as he bolted to his feet "You're right about that, and about other stuff to. I've come too far to turn back now. The two of us are gonna keep going, and we're gonna win together."
"So you have a plan?"
"Not at the moment. Before anything else, we need to figure out where the hell we are."
"True, but the area does look kind of familiar." Gwen frowned in thought as she took a glance around, spotting a house lying a short distance away "Well that's convenient. Hey, you know how I mentioned I had a friend that spent a lot of summers up at her grandma's farmhouse?"
"Yeah, what was her name, Scarlet?"
"Crimson." she jerked a thumb at the farmhouse in the distance "I think I have an idea."
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Meanwhile, on the train…
"Easy little buddy, please don't rip me to shreds with your fins…" DJ found himself backing away in terror from the baby seal, but then he glanced out the window to see a pack of horses running after the train, with a certain someone leading them "Is that… Alejandro? No you know what, enough is enough!" so he stopped backing away and readied himself, and when the seal pounced at it he caught in one of his giant hands "Alejandro might be rotten to the core, but he was right. I can't let my fears get in the way of doing what has to be done. Look, I know I hurt you back in the Yukon, and I'm sorry about that, really I am. I hate hurting animals, and I hate the stupid curse that affected me during the first half of the season. But the fact is that there's something way worse than a curse at play right now, and that's Alejandro! He's already used and hurt so many of my friends, including almost my whole team! I only got as far as I did because I got lucky, but I'm grateful for it because it gave me the chance to stop him before he reaches the finals! You've seen all the things he's done haven't you? Can you honestly say that he deserves to win after everything he's done?"
The baby seal opened its mouh, as if to give a retort, but it quickly fell silent.
"That's what I thought. If you want to beat me within an inch of my life then fine, but right now my goal is to make sure that Alejandro doesn't win. If you won't help me with that, then at least get out of my way."
The seal said nothing, it just glanced out the window at where Alejandro and his pack of horses were catching up to the train. But then it suddenly grabbed DJ by the arm and hurled him out the window of the train car.
"MOMMA!" DJ was left screaming in terror as he flew through the air, only to realize after a moment had passed that he realized he was riding on the back of a horse "Oh. Well that works out then."
"Ay dios mio, you again?" Alejandro let out a loud groan of frustration "What's it going to take to rid myself of you once and for all?"
"I'm not gonna stop until I make sure that you lose this game!" DJ glanced back at the train to see the baby seal give him a raised fin like it was saluting him, and he gave it a thumbs up as the train deviated onto another track "Thanks little buddy. I think we've got a race to win."
"Not in this lifetime! Hurry caballo, rapido!"
"You heard the man, rapido!"
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Meanwhile, with the geek and the goth…
"This was way too convenient." Cody glanced down at the box of fireworks being tied onto the back of Gwen's wheelchair, then over at Gwen and the other two goths standing behind her "Thanks again for helping us, I really owe you one Crimson, Ennui."
"Positive emotions are poisonous to us." Ennui told him flatly "But even we do believe in the use of fair play."
"Good enough for me." Cody sat down on Gwen's lap and pulled out a lit match "You ready to do this?"
"I haven't been ready for any of the crap on this show for ages." Gwen told him dryly "Now light that thing already."
"Fair enough." so Cody lit the match on the fireworks.
"Make sure you treat her well." Crimson told him "Or you will suffer in ways you cannont yet imagine."
"Uh… I'll be sure to remember-" Cody was cut off when the fireworks roared into life, and he and Gwen were sent rocketing into the air.
"He'll get there first, and I hope Alejandro gets what he deserves."
"I hope he gets worse than that." Ennui muttered.
"I love it when you get vengeful."
"I know."
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Meanwhile, with the host…
"Looks like it's neck and neck." Chris glanced down at the GPS with evident boredom "Too bad they don't seem to want it that bad, but barring any potentially life-ending accidents, I guess that means that DJ and Alejandro are gonna be this season's final two- Wait a second."
"BOOYAKASHA!" this was when Cody and Gwen burst through the skies above in the chair bound by fireworks.
"It looks like Cody is still in the race, like a phoenix that had been burned to a crisp before rising up anew from the ashes of defeat! Aw dammit, it looks like he still has Gwen with him.."
"Shove it McLean!"
"...Anyway, with this new and unexpected development, it looks like the race is gonna be a dead heat."
"I can do this all day!"
"Hopefully you won't have to, because Tijuana beach is right over there!"
"Then there's only one thing left to do, except cross some fingers and start leaning! We're totally gonna make it!"
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Meanwhile, with the BFG and the eel…
"Andale, andale! Rapido!" by this point Alejandro and DJ were continuing their horseback race along the shores of Tijuana beach, with the former beginning to grow frustrated "Fight as hard as you like, I still intend to crush you underneath my boot like an insect!"
"Go ahead and try, you're still gonna lose either way!" DJ and his horse started to pull ahead as the finish line appeared in their line of sight, prompting him and Alejandro and pull on the reins on their horse, causing the horses to screech to a halt and send both of them crashing onto the shore, sprawled out on top of each other "Ow… That hurts… and there's sand in places I didn't know it could reach…"
"I think I can summarize it rather briefly. This never happened."
"Agreed. You probably wanted this to be Heather though didn't you?" and that proved to be more than enough to make Alejandro burst to his feet.
"What do you-"
"Come on man, we could all see it coming. Even with my whole animal curse going on
"I have no idea what you're talking about." but the pink tinge to his cheeks said otherwise.
"Sure you don't."
"Ahem." this was when Chris got their attention "In case you two forgot, I kind of still have a race to the million bucks going on here, if you're still interested. Hawaii is right over there, so go ahead and grab one of the speed boats we provided and head over to the big island. It shouldn't take you guys more than a few hours to-" he was suddenly cut off by a mighty crash that spread along the beach.
The dust settled to reveal Cody and Gwen rolling across the beach in her wheelchair, until they hit a rock and got catapulted right into one of the boats "Holy crap, we really made it!"
"And the GPS says that Hawaii is over there. Convenient as hell, but I'm not gonna complain, now let's finish this!" Gwen was quick to hop into the driver's seat, and the two of them took off across the waters towards Hawaii.
"And just like that, it looks like Cody and his clingon have taken the lead!" Chris made the call and narrowly ducked underneath a boot being thrown at his head "Hey, watch the stubble! It's my personal trademark!" then he glanced over to see DJ and Alejandro scramble into the boats and take off after them "Yeah see, it's times like this I really love this show."
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Hours passed, and the final leg of the race to Hawaii continued on with extreme ferocity.
"Adios tontas!" Alejandro bumpned his boat into Cody's and blew past them "I'll be thinking of you as one of the many I vanquished to claim my million!"
"How about you focus on your crappy driving skills first asshole!" Gwen flipped him off and put her and Cody's boat into full speed.
"Such a fire in your eyes senorita, if only you didn't waste so much of your time and energy on someone so pathetic!" Alejandro was forced to duck as a boot was thrown at his head "Not a particularly wise decision, I know you only had the two boots!" he was met with Gwen flipping him off as they sped past him, and then he decided to ram his boat into DJ's.
"Hey what it man, these things aren't bumper boats!" DJ snapped at him "It's supposed to be a race, not a warzone!"
"That's what you fail to understand! In a show like this, it's always a war zone!" Alejandro then rammed his boat into DJ's again, only to look down and see that the floor of his boat had started leaking, and he looked back at DJ, only to be met with a fish to the face "Did… Did you just throw a fish at me?"
"That wasn't me."
"It came from right in front of me, who else could it be?" this was when a low growling got their attention, and the two of them looked over to see a certain baby seal standing on the edge of DJ's boat, and he tossed a swordfish to him "This isn't gonna hurt them is it?" he was met with a simple shrug "If you're sure… Then let's do this!"
"En guarde!" Alejandro reached into the sea and pulled out a swordfish of his own, which led to him and DJ engaging each other in a sword fight using sword fish.
"Part of me thinks that this counts as cruelty to animals!" DJ hled his ground against one of the thrusts by Alejandro and his swordfish, and he glanced over at Cody and Gwen "Go ahead and get to the shore, I'll meet you there as soon as I can!"
"Are you sure about that?" Cody glanced back at DJ, only to be met with a small reassuring smile from him, and he glanced over at Gwen as his resolve hardened "You heard the man, le't's get moving! We've got a race to win!"
"Way ahead of you!" and so Gwen put the boat into full speed, and the two of them continued on towards Hawaii "Nothing in our way now except- What the (bleep)?!" she was forced to steer them out of the way of a series of landmines in the water, one of which was detonated by a seagull landing on top of it "Word to the wise, never tell DJ about that."
"Agreed." the two of them shared a simple nod as they continued on in the direction of the island ahead of them.
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Meanwhile, with the swordfish duel…
"You have fought valiantly mi amigo gigante, but this victory belongs to me!" with a single quick thrust, Alejandro knocked DJ's swordfish out of his hand and took off, only to find something small and white in front of him.
As it turns out, the baby seal had leapt onto Alejandro's boat and was attacking him all over his face, sending him stumbling back towards the edge of his boat
"What the heck are you doing little buddy?" DJ called after him "Don't waste any time, get back in the boat!"
The baby seal glanced back at DJ as it continued its assault on Alejandro, and gave a simple nod and what looked like a thumbs up (or the seal's version of it), before tackling Alejandro off the side of his boat, into the sea beneath them.
"You gotta be kidding me…" DJ looked on in awe at the sight "You spent this entire season hating me and trying to hurt me, but you just helped me stop Alejandro… I won't forget what you did for me, I promise!" with a new resolve burning in his eyes, but it quickly faded when he saw on of the land minds sitting right in front of him "Aw crapbaskets." and then he hit the mine and got sent flying into the air, screaming at the top of his lungs all the while.
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Meanwhile, with the geek and the goth…
"Come on, come on…" Gwen continued driving the boat towards the island, though she took a quick glance back at Cody as they neared the shore "Can you see them, what the hell is going on back there?"
"Hold on a second." Cody pulled out a set of binoculars, and the look in his face lit up at what he was seeing "Holy crap, that baby seal that hates DJ just tackled Alejandr off he boat! So that means…"
"As soon as you get to the shore, you and DJ are gonna be in the final two, and the checkered flag is attached to that buoy right in front of us!" this was when the boat suddenly began to sputter loudly "You've gotta be freaking kidding me, it's out of gas now?!"
"Should we start swimming for it?"
"Well that's one option, and the other one is to just grab the freaking paddles on the floor and start rowing."
"Works for me." so the two of them grabbed the oars and started paddling towards the shore as hard and as fast as they could, and after a few moments of this the boat slammed into the bank of sand in the shallow waters of the beach, and he fell out onto the white sand "Okay, that kind of hurts. But it's worth it." and then he held out a hand to Gwen and helped her out onto the sand as well, amidst a thunderous applause from the peanut gallery "Holy crap…"
"Holy crap indeed, Cody just earned our first spot in the final two!" Chris made the call, but then he shot a dirty look at Gwen "Along with a certain clingon." he was met with an oar hitting him in the crotch.
"I've been waiting to do that for three seasons." Gwen shot him a smirk, but then she fell to her knees despite Cody supporting her "Right. Explosion, legs in searing pain. Ow."
"No worries baby girl, I've got you." this was when Leshawna made her way over to them and slung Gwen's arm over her shoulder "Way to hang in there this season girl."
"Thanks, it's great to see you Leshawna." Gwen gave a small smile as she glanced back over towards Cody, but then she turned around and found herself face to face with Sierra "Oh god dammit."
"You and I need to talk." was all she said.
"And now this is happening."
"That and a hell of a lot of other stuff." Chris directed everyone's attention back to him "There's still some unfinished business to consider. Cody may have claimed the first spot in the finals yes, but there's one more question remaining. Is he going to be battling DJ or Alejandro?"
"MOMMA!" this was when DJ suddenly crash landed onto the beach, charred and covered in a fair amount of burns from the mine he hit, but otherwise he was unharmed, and he was met with a series of cheers from the peanut gallery, mostly from the former Killer Bass members "Okay, yeah… That hurts… Ow…"
"...Well, that answers that question. Looks to me like we have our two finalists. Cody and DJ, it's now up to the two of you to duke it out for the grand prize. The final round is going to take place in three days time and on live television, and then we're gonna see which one of you is going to walk away a millionaire." Chris then turned to the camera to sign off "As for who that's going to be, you're just gonna have to come back next time to find out who's gonna win this inevitable showdown, and see which one of them walks away with one million dollars! Find that out right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"
A/N:
And with the final three comes a race to the location of the finale, and with that we finally see the downfall of one of the most manipulative players in the history of the show. The big bad of the season has finally been brought down, and now it's up to two of the nicest players in the show to compete to see who's gonna walk away with a suitcase full of one million dollars.
I knew from the beginning that the main purpose of this story was to get DJ to the final two, considering the title of the story and how I've said on at least one occasion it describes DJ to a T. He was an easy pick for a finalist sure, but the harder part was deciding on who was going to be his opponent. Original, my thought was that it would be Heather, but honestly, she's one of three characters that I think are kind of overrated, the others being Lindsay and Leshawna. But in the end, I decided that she (along with the other two I mentioned) have had more than enough time to shine as it is, so I decided to go with the underdog: Cody. Plus I still say that he was robbed in canon, and I'll stand by that claim until the day I die.
For those of you who didn't notice, people like Kitty, Crimson and Ennui that had roles in this chapter were cameos by characters from the Ridonculous Race. I'm not really sure what the overall consensus is from fans about it, but I personally loved it, and I think it's right up there with Island as the best season (and unlike World Tour, it doesn't have the dreaded love triangle).
Speaking of camoes, I introduced the return of the baby seal, once again in place of the feral Ezekiel. I know by this point it might feel like I'm overusing it, but I had to fill Ezekiel's spot somehow, and at least this time DJ was able to overcome his fears and convince the baby seal to help him stop Alejandro, which turns out to be exactly what he needed to gain an edge over him and secure a spot in the finals.
Remaining competitors: Cody, DJ
Elimination order:
Duncan (returns)
Ezekiel- 18th
Harold- 17th
Bridgette- 16th
Leshawna- 15th
Lindsay- 14th
Izzy- 13th
Heather- 12th
Owen- 11th
Sierra- 10th
Courtney- 9th
Duncan- 8th
Blaineley- 7th
Tyler- 6th
Noah- 5th
Gwen- 4th
Alejandro- 3rd