Total Drama Mega Mechas

by Clown Princess Phoebe

Chris was approached by his brand new co-host, Dana Starshine, for talks about a new season of Total Drama with fourteen new competitors. There will be romance, there will be hilarity, and there will also be huge robots! (Story Complete)(Finale teaser courtesy of BadLuckAE!)

15. Jay Harett

Dana walked through a massive mechanical room, unlike anything that had been seen yet. The walls were a sharp, red color, and there wasn't so much a floor as there was multiple walkways with railings to keep her from falling down. She snickered to herself as she walked through one walkway and climbed up a ladder, ending up in another red room, this one with a control panel in the center of it, a glass window in front of that, and a comfortable looking seat behind it. Walking over to it, she took her seat, grabbing onto a control stick and pressing a big red button that read "launch" on it. A massive quake could be felt throughout the entirety of Cali-Tokyo.

"Last time on Total Drama Mega Mechas: there were but four of our fourteen contestants left, and we had an awesome final four challenge planned out for them, but the night before, some jerks invaded the dome and woke me up, so we had to change plans. The deal was that if the contestants could keep the invaders out of sight, then no one would be eliminated from the competition. The invaders, being Margaret's mobsters, were only here because they wanted to be obnoxious and make sure Daniel was good boyfriend material or something dumb like that. When Margaret realize that things would go south for her if the goons got discovered, her and the other three came up with a plan to hide them in the library while Buck sought to distract me. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that I was already waiting for them in there. Even when Maggie told Buck, he didn't have enough time to run to them and warn them to change plans. So, I eliminated Margaret for letting her goons come to my Cali-Tokyo, and Daniel, since, you know, he was the whole reason they even infiltrated the dome to begin with. And then...there was two. Blaster, the girl with a lotta heart and not a lotta brain versus Buck, the hillbilly with the 'I can fix it' attitude! They've gone through many trials along the way, but the day has finally come to declare a winner in this contest for one million dollars! Who will come out on top? Who will fall, like the twelve before them? Find out in this absolutely bombastic, destructive, and explosive finale of Total...Drama...Mega Mechas!"

The camera flew through the sky, going all the way down to the ground and into the dome, right in the center of a field inside.

"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine," was heard as Buck was seen strumming a tune on his banjo happily while Blaster applauded his performance like a maniac, even shedding a tear at the beauty of the banjo's tune.

"You guys are on my mind," Dana suddenly burst out onto the field, a remote in her hand, causing both the JagWire and the Blastroid 124 to rise from the ground, shaking the field itself as it did.

"You asked me what I wanted to be and I think the answer's plain to see," the two ran into their mechs while Dana got behind the protective glass, being met by Maggie with an evil look on her face as she had her clipboard in hand.

"I wanna be famous!" Dana smashed her hand down on the button, causing the two's mechs to shoot up into the sky rapidly, leaving just the hosts in the field.

"I wanna live close to the sun," out in Cali-Tokyo, Buck could be seen using the chains from his mech to swing through the skyscrapers as he was chased down by Zodgilla.

"So pack your bags, cause I've already won," Blaster was climbing the manmade mountains in her own mech, firing down cannon blasts at the statues of all the fallen competitors and causing them each to crumble to pieces.

"Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day," suddenly, Buck started charging towards the mountains, stepping off to the side at the last second and causing the massive beast to crash into them, falling to the ground and knocking Blaster down with it.

"I wanna be famous!" Blaster's mech landed on top of Buck's, and the two each came out of their respective mechs, rubbing their heads in a dazed pain.

"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na," a horde of security robots appeared from behind the fallen monster, leading each of the two competitors to start running away as fast as they could, eventually causing Blaster to grab Buck and run with him, startling the boy with her strength.

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous! I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" finally making it back to the dome, the finalists found themselves surrounded by all of the losers from the season, as well as the two hosts. Buck giddily ran over to high five Mitchell, but slapping his broken arm on accident and causing the author to wince in pain. Blaster bounced over to Margaret and Daniel, hugging them tightly as everyone started to whistle out the intro.

Getting up from his bed, Buck stretched out his arms and opened the curtains in his room, revealing the bright day that awaited him. He remembered a time when there was two other people he shared this room with, and four others just down the hall from him. Despite the fact that the journey had really been tough on him, he had made it. He whistled as he changed out of his pajamas and into his oil stained outfit, noticing that he hade gotten a couple of new stains on it along the path to the end of things. He couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the mess that he was.

"Do girls like messy guys?" he asked himself, "Maybe that's why Yves was being so distant. I should definitely get a new shirt at some point."

He grabbed his banjo from his bed, starting to tune it as he glanced around the room, noticing that the only personal belongings left in the room were his. It was kind of sad to think about it, but it had been this way since Mitchell got injured. To think, he was the only member of his team still left after all this time.

"How'd a lazybones like me make it this far? Maybe it shoulda been Yves...or Mitch. Heck, I just came around for fun."

"Are you trying to say you don't deserve to be here?" a voice had entered the room, one that Buck was quite familiar with.

"Mitch!?"

He turned to the doorway, noticing Mitchell standing there, his left arm in a cast and some bruises scattered across his right arm and face. Immediately, he ran over to him, hugging him tightly out of impulse, and causing the author to squeak in pain in the process.

"Ah, sorry!"

"It's okay, just let go please!" Mitchell gasped his words, which made Buck finally release his gorilla grip.

"What are you doing here!? How'd you get back!?"

"Oh, well, see...thing is, Dana decided it might be fun to-"

"You!" another voice called from the hallway, this time coming from a little pipsqueak that they unfortunately had to room with.

"Oh, Caleb," Buck sighed as he saw him, "Whaddya want?"

"You're the motherfu#$er that cost me this contest! You were supposed to be in alliance with me, you dick!"

"Woah, why does this kid swear so much?"

"I'm only one year younger than you, bastard!"

"I think it goes without saying," Mitchell started, rolling his eyes, "But this guy has been nothing less than obnoxious since I got to the Loser's Hotel."

"Loser's Hotel?" Buck raised his eyebrows in questions.

"Yeah, it was this five star hotel in California. I guess Dana had it built for the losers to stay at so she could bring us back to watch the finale."

"Wait, is everyone back here?"

"Yes, idiot!" Caleb growled, kicking Buck in the shin.

"Ah, dadgummit!" Buck grabbed his newly bruised shin, waving his fist at Caleb angrily, "I oughtta pummel ya for that, twerp!"

Caleb snickered as he ran out of the room, leaving the friends together again. Mitchell shook his head in annoyance with the boy that he had to spent his days as a loser with.

"I'm so glad I don't have to room with that little hellhound anymore," the author mocked the now absent Caleb, "Dude would throw pebbles at my arm for fun. He's totally psycho."

"Ya don't say...by the way, how've ya been doing since that accident?"

"I mean, it could be worse, but I've got someone taking care of me and helping me with things when I need it."

"Who's tha-" Buck was cut off by Celeste bursting through the door.

He had to double take, but looking at her, he could tell that her outfit was entirely different. She had a nurse costume on, complete with surgical gloves and a first aid kit that was latched to her hip. She looked way more confident than she was when she had first come to the show, and that alone made Buck feel happy. Everyone had grown so much, not just himself.

"Nurse Celeste is on duty!" she announced her presence before grabbing a spray bottle from out of nowhere and spraying Buck with it.

"Gah!" the boy started to hack and cough from the intense spray, "What are ya doing!?"

"Sterilizing you! Mitchy can't get anything infected or he'll die!"

"I won't die!" Mitchell sighed, "I appreciate the help, but you don't have to spray Buck with...whatever's in that bottle."

"But Mitchyyyyyyyyy," Celeste stomped her feet like a child that wanted candy and their parent said no.

"Ugh, fine."

"Yay!"

She sprayed Buck just a little more before finally tucking the spray bottle away and nodding at her former teammate. Buck rubbed his eyes, which were now burning from the liquid that got in them.

"Yer just as...intense...as I remember ya, Celeste," Buck commented, coughing between his words.

"Gasp!" Celeste leapt up in fear, "You're coughing! Are you sick!? You can't get him sick!"

"Naw, I'm coughing because you sprayed me with substances!"

"Oh...riiiiiiight."

"Ya know, ya two do look awfully cute together, though."

"I know, right? He's adorable."

"Celeste, I am not adorable!" Mitchell groaned, "I'm menacing! I have to be so I can maintain my career."

"Oh, so scary! Rawr!"

Buck burst out laughing from the noise that the girl made, causing Mitchell to blush in embarrassment. Celeste, on the other hand, was a little confused by the laughter. She didn't think she did anything funny, but if someone was laughing at her, she must've. She started to awkwardly laugh along with him until Mitchell held up his hand over her mouth.

"He's laughing at you, not with you."

"Ohhhhh...hey!" Celeste, having the realization, angrily sprayed Buck again, causing him to start coughing once more.

"Come on, it'll be good to say hi!" a mature voice started in the hallway, getting closer to the room that they were in.

"But I don't even have any friends, what's the point?" a much more solemn voice questioned the first person.

Not long after they started speaking, they came into sight. Larida was there, dragging Valerie into the room with her. When they finally got in, the motherly one was able to let go of the shy girl, panting in an exhausted manner after.

"She's still shy," Larida started, still panting, "How are you, little Buck?"

"Oh, uh," Buck rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "I'm good. How are the two of y'all?"

"...Okay at best," Valerie mumbled, twiddling her thumbs and avoiding eye contact.

"It's nice to see you two again."

"The same to you!" Larida said, gleefully, "You're our team's champion!"

"Champion? I dunno about all of that..."

"You did make it the furthest out of all of us," Celeste assured him.

"I guess so, but I couldn't have without the help of all of y'all!"

"Maybe some of us we're helpful," Valerie continued to mumble in self-deprecation. "But I don't know about all of us..."

"Nonsense, Valerie!" Larida patted the girl on the back, "You helped, too! What did we say about making offhanded comments about yourself like that?"

"'If it doesn't make your day, it's not something you should say.'"

Buck, Celeste, and Mitchell all found it difficult to contain their laughter, but a quick glare from Larida got them as quiet as a mouse. Now, having seen almost everyone on his former team, Buck found himself wondering where the last member may be.

"I don't mean ta sound rude or nothin'," Buck started, glancing through the crowd, "But where's Yves?"

"Yves?" Celeste thought about it for a moment, "She's in the girls' room, I think. Said she wasn't feeling very well."

"Aw, shucks. I'd better go check on her."

"Oh, yeah," Mitchell started poking fun at his friend, "We all know how much you wanna 'check' on her."

"Hey, man! I just wanna see if she's okay, is all."

"Sure you do," Valerie commented under breath, trying to join in on the joking. "Just keep your pants on..."

"Valerie!" Larida gasped, "No, no! Don't encourage the hooligans!"

"Ha!" Mitchell let out a loud chuckle, "Even Val knows what you're up to!"

"Y'all are a bunch of perverts," Buck mumbled, blushing brightly.

As three of his ex-teammates giggled at him, he walked right by them and out of the room. He made his way towards the girls' room, standing before the door awkwardly while the other four poked their heads out of the doorway and watched. As he went to knock, the door suddenly opened, and a hand pulled him in, shutting it tightly and quickly.

"Bwah!" he shouted as he fell to the ground, quickly getting up on his feet and turning to face the person that pulled him in.

He saw her there, as gorgeous as he remembered. She kept her eyes looking off to the side, almost as if she was too nervous to look at his face. She tapped her foot on the ground while her arms stayed crossed.

"H-hey, Yves!" Buck greeted her, still blushing. "How've ya been?"

"Fine," she muttered, though she didn't really elaborate on anything.

"Just fine?"

"Yes."

Her responses were short and cold, as if she was returning to how she was when she first arrived. She was always a little worried about opening up to people, and she definitely wasn't the nicest person when everyone met her. Still, Buck saw her for the amazing person that she was, and he wouldn't let her cold exterior deter him from being her friend at the least.

"Ya know, I'm really glad I get to see ya again," he continued, trying to break the silence, "I've missed ya since ya left."

"Why?"

"Why? Whaddya mean by that, you're my friend, right?"

"I guess."

"Is something wrong?"

"...You hurt yourself for me."

"What?"

Yves shifted her glance onto her former teammate for the first time since he entered the room, showing that her eyes were full of worry and tears. Buck lost his giddy expression when he saw her face, unsure of what she meant by that.

"That crazy lady was burning my things," she starting, sniffling as she spoke, "And you got hurt breaking out of that cage to save them."

"That's nothing, just a little adrenaline rush, is all."

"But you did it for me."

"Well, of course! I would never want someone to just burn up all yer personal belongings like they're worthless garbage."

"You didn't have to do that. I could always get new things."

"Trust me, it really was no big deal to me."

"But-"

"I'm not hurt at all, I'm perfectly fine! See? I'm standing here all lively with nary an injury on my body. Well, aside from the bruise I just got on my shin from that little rodent. But I'm just fine."

Yves looked him over, trying to confirm that he wasn't lying to her. She let out a sigh, wiping the tears from her eyes and trying to make herself look like she wasn't worried, though she struggled to maintain the intense scowl that she usually had.

"You're absolutely sure?" she asked, still sniffling a little between her words.

"Positively!" he replied with a boastful tone, "I'm as sure as a shoe!"

"I...don't quite understand what that means."

"Just some southern expression, they never make any sense. Ah, I love my heritage."

"Okay...well...can you come closer, I have a secret to tell you."

"Huh? But it's just the two of us, you could just say it out loud."

"Sh...just come here."

"Well, alright."

Buck leaned towards Yves, putting his ear near her head for her to speak. She trembled a little in place, unsure of how to go about whatever she was trying to do, but he payed it no mind. Finally, after almost a minute of him just standing there in silence and waiting for her to tell him the secret, something incredible happened. It was very brief, but she had leaned in, placing her lips on his cheek for but a second. Even though it was so short lived, it felt like it left a permanent mark on his cheek as he backed hi head up, looking back at her face to see that it was flushed with red.

"Sorry," she mumbled, rubbing her arm awkwardly.

"Sorry!?" Buck burst out in laughter, causing her to look at him with a confusion that could not be matched.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Do you know how long I've wanted to ask ya out? I've been dying to just be able to get a shot at that, but I never could. You're saying sorry for kissing me...it's just funny."

"But why would you even like me like that? I'm not nice, I'm not interesting, I'm just...boring."

"Aw, no ya ain't!"

"I kinda am."

"Well, I disagree. I think yer way more special than tons of other people, and y'ain't given yerself enough credit."

"Oh...well..."

"Do ya mind if I tell ya a secret in return?"

"I...guess not."

Yves started to lean towards Buck, though he quickly wrapped his arms around her in a hug that was beyond comforting. She felt a little out of place at first, but she eventually accepted it and wrapped her own arms around him in response. Even though it couldn't be seen, as she was buried in his shoulder, she had a bright smile on her face, one that she hadn't been able to show for a long time.

Confessional

"Hot dang!" Buck cheered, "I don't even care if I win this thing, this is the best day ever!"

Confessional End

While Buck was having a joyous reunion with the many former teammates that he had come to see as family at this point, Blaster had yet to leave her shabby room. The Droids did always have those crappy rooms, but even so, it felt like a home to her after this long. She looked over at the three empty bunks out of the four, sighing as she thought about all of her friends leaving. It felt good to be in the final two, but being reminded constantly, by Maggie, that she had a lot of help getting to this point did not. Maybe it was for the best that the crazy lady took away her cybernetics. After all, it was more fun to pretend to be a cyborg than to actually be one. As she walked around the room aimlessly, she heard a knock at her door.

"Oh, coming!" she answered, skipping her way over to the door before pulling it open. "Hello-"

Her words were cut off as she saw someone familiar before her, someone that she thought was gone for good not too long ago.

"Marge!"

"Gah, I told you not to call me that," Margaret answered, an annoyed look on her face.

"Right! How about Maddie?"

"What!? My name sounds nothing like Maddie!"

"Sure it does! You get the Ma from Margaret, and the ddie from Diablo!"

"I think I'm starting to like Marge better..."

"What are you doing here? I thought Dana eliminated you and Daniel last week."

"Well, she said she wanted everyone to come back for the big finale. She wants us to watch because the challenge is gonna be awesome or something like that."

"Oh, I'm so excited! I can't believe I made it to the end, I thought for sure you were going to!"

"Yeah, but sometimes smart people do dumb things. Like letting four people with confirmed kills roam around the island without watching after them."

"How are those guys, anyway?"

"They all went back home, I told them that the house better be spotless when I get back or I'm gonna have their heads."

"You're so intense!"

"Pfft, Margaret is as intense as a teddy bear," a boy's voice let itself be heard through the door.

Blaster peeked out of her room to notice Daniel right behind Margaret, leaning against the wall.

"Yay, Daniel!" Blaster clapped her hands rapidly, "I missed you and your dance parties!"

"Oh, those? Yeah, those were pretty fun. It's not just us, though."

"It's not?"

"Yeah, take a look behind you."

The boy pointed towards Blaster, causing her to turn and see three other people. One was Calvin, who stood tall with a salute to his former teammate, trying to show how proud he was of her. Next to him was Teddy, who was trying to film the whole thing with his camera. Finally, there was Brittany, who was filing her nails while sitting on a chair that the others weren't exactly sure how she got.

"Agent Coil!" Calvin chanted with his usual demeanor, "You've done a great service for your fellow agents! You've shown how great us Droids can be by making it all the way to the end, and that's just...awesome!"

"Aw, thanks Cal!" Blaster accepted the praise happily.

"So, if you take a look here," Theodore spoke to his camera as he filmed, "You'll see the girl that beat out twelve others and climbed all the way to the tippy top of the rankings ladder here on Cali-Tokyo. It's a little embarrassing for me to have lost first, I admit, but when you got someone like this making it to the end, it just makes sense."

"Oh, would you put your stupid camera away!?" Brittany hissed at him, "We're supposed to be focusing on the big finale or whatever. Why are you recording?"

"Sorry! Until next time, TBN!"

Theodore turned his camera off, putting it away as Brittany had instructed him to. Daniel rolled his eyes at his friend, but still managed to laugh at how obedient he was being.

"Agent Wallace," Calvin nudged Theodore to grab his attention, "You don't just have to take that laying down. You can stand up for yourself, you know?"

"Why bother, bro? I can find an inner peace by avoiding conflict and embracing a vegan diet. It promotes my health, and it keeps me feeling great!"

"Really?" Daniel asked, "You look kinda pale."

"Yep! Totally not going through meat withdrawal. Meat? Psh, who needs it!"

"Right."

"Oh, guys!" Blaster was more excited than before, "I'm so happy to see all of you! But...where's that other guy?"

"Huh?" Margaret thought about it, but then realized who she meant. "Oh, Garett. I...uh...have noooo idea."

"What?"

"Well, he never showed up to the Loser's Hotel," Brittany added, "And I thought he was kinda hot. Go figure, the only cute guy around here and he doesn't even show."

"I don't know about all that," Calvin tried to ignore her comments about Garett being attractive, "But I do know that he was always up to something shifty while he was still around here. Maybe he still is as we speak."

"Yeah, probably," Daniel muttered, shifting his gaze to Margaret, who was now sweating nervously.

"Well, he wasn't very nice anyways," Blaster said with a sigh, "At least I got you guys here with me!"

"Yep," Theodore nodded, "We're gonna root for you all the way through the finale!"

Confessional

"I'm so excited for this!" Blaster cheered, "I mean, I would've never thought I had a chance at making it all the way to the finale of this season, but here I am! I'm not gonna back down either, I'm gonna face off against Buck and try my hardest to win this thing!"

Confessional End

As the two each reunited with their teams, the familiar sound of feedback from the speakers echoed through the halls, causing Blaster to wince momentarily before it stopped. They hoped for Dana, they really did, but much to their dismay, the voice that came out of the speakers was none other than the torturous entity that had been with them since the merge.

"Howdy for the cowboy and gReEtInGs for the cyborg!" Maggie's voice boomed, "As you know, today is the day of the very last challenge for Total Drama: Mega Mechas. I know, I know, it's quite sad. But, worry not! Dana says she's planned out a killer challenge for our two bestest besties! That's right, this challenge is gonna be extreme to the max! Buck, Blaster, come swing on down to the field with your fans and get ready for the last challenge debrief ever, done by yours truly!"

Her voice cut out soon after she finished her statement, though she could be heard cackling quite a bit before it did. Hearing the voice sent a chill through Yves' spine, which confused Buck, as he was still alone in the room with her.

"What's the matter?" he asked, "Ah, I forgot ya never met Maggie in person! Well, she-"

"Oh no," Yves cut him off, her voicing with a hint of fear, "I have met her in person. She...doesn't like me."

"But why? Ya weren't even here when she started doing her torture and challenges and the like."

"She didn't tell me...but she kept harassing me every time she went to the Loser's Hotel."

"Well that's not very nice, but then again, she isn't someone I'd consider nice in any way."

"Can you maybe just try to keep her off my back? I've tried to reason with her but she doesn't care."

"Sure! But I don't think it'll do much ta help."

"Anything's better than nothing."

"You got it, Yves."

She let a faint smile crawl onto her face as the two of them made their way out of the room, only to be greeted by the perverted glances of Mitchell, Celeste, and even the distanced Valerie, while Larida was holding her head in shame.

"I tried to stop them," Larida said, apologetically, "I really did. They were just too determined."

"What went on in there?" Celeste prodded, a smirk on her face that made both of them uncomfortable.

"Nothin'!" Buck answered her quickly, "We were just talking up a storm in there!"

"Oh, sure," Mitchell commented with a snicker, "Everyone knows that when the couple goes to a room alone in these movies, dirty things happen."

"We're not a couple!"

"...Yeah," Yves mumbled.

"Are too," Valerie whispered under her breath, "You guys were so being gross in there."

"We most certainly were not!" Buck pulled on his hair angrily. "Gah, why can't y'all knock it off?"

"We didn't do anything like that," Yves said quietly, "You guys are the ones being gross."

"I told them that!" Larida boasted, "But they just wanted to be dirty perverts!"

"Whatever," Buck continued, letting out a sigh and trying to regain his focus, "I need to get to that field! My grand finale awaits!"

As he, his love interest, the mother of the group, and the squadron of perverts started down the hall towards the field, Blaster found herself being picked up and carried by her team, well, except for Brittany, who could honestly care less about what was going on. Somewhere along the way, they found little Caleb running along through the halls.

"Oh, hey!" Blaster waved at him from her heightened position, "Who let this child in the building?"

"I'm not a fu%#ing child!" Caleb growled at her, "I was a contestant in this stupid show, just like you!"

"Ah!" Calvin was taken aback by the yelling, "Who taught this kid those kind of words!? It was you, wasn't it, Agent Diablo?"

"Fat chance," Margaret scoffed, "I don't waste my time talking to babies, I've more important things to do."

"I'm not a baby you bunch of bitches!" Caleb's face grew red with anger, "Why does everyone refuse to listen to me! Fu # you!"

"Hey, hey!" Blaster tried to calm him down, leaping to the ground from everyone's arms, "I'm sorry, what was your name again?"

"My name's Caleb, you tiny-titted bitch."

"What the!?"

"Hey, that's not cool man," Theodore glared at the child, "I'm so gonna get you canceled for this, just you wait."

"I don't know," Brittany twirled a strand of her hair with a devilish look on her face, "I kinda like this kid."

"I said I'm not a kid!" Caleb continued to shout, though upon seeing Brittany, he was a little conflicted, "Y-you...girl."

"Girl?" Daniel became puzzled upon hearing the insult, "That's not as bad as what you said to Blaster, what gives?"

"Oh, butt out of this, dancing queen. Why don't you go do your ballet somewhere else?"

"What is your problem!?" Margaret got up in Caleb's face, pulling him into the air by his shirt and aiming her fist at his face.

"Like, don't you dare," Brittany intervened by shoving Margaret, causing her to drop Caleb.

"Oh, you did not just push me."

"And if I did?"

The two girls glared at each other, reigniting their hate for each other that came to life on the very first day of the show. Calvin and Theodore rolled their eyes in unison, not wanting to be wrapped up in this drama again, while Blaster stared down at her chest sadly. Daniel, knowing that this needed to be stopped before it could escalate, grabbed Margaret's arm, tugging her aside.

"Just let it go, babe," he said, trying to calm her down, "She's not worth it."

"Yeah, she ain't worth nothing," Margaret hissed.

Brittany stuck her tongue out at the girl, but at this point, her and the others had already continued on their way down the hall, leaving her alone with the short boy that had caused so much distress for everyone else. She held her hand down to him, offering some help as he was still on the ground. Looking up at it, he hesitated, but ended up grabbing it and pulled himself to his feet.

"So, Caleb," Brittany started, pulling out a piece of gum and tossing it into her mouth, "What's your deal? Why are you so pissed right now?"

"I should be in this stupid finale," Caleb answered, crossing his arms in a huff, "Buck doesn't deserve to be here! He declined my alliance!"

"That's, like, not cool at all. But you know what, Caleb?"

"What?"

"If I was on your team, I would've gladly joined an alliance with you."

"You would've?"

"Yeah, I would've. I've seen you play your chess games, you're awfully smart."

"Well, I do know a thing or two," he said this with a look of superiority.

"I bet you do. How about this: me and you exchange numbers and we stay in touch. I think the two of us could both benefit from each other's help, don't you think so?"

"Well...you seem to be somewhat tolerable. And you're treating me with some semblance of respect, unlike those assholes that I got teamed up with. Alright, I'll give you my number."

"Wonderful! We're going to make a deadly combo someday, I just know it."

With the proposition settled, the two shook hands, each gaining a nasty grin upon their face, knowing what sorts of havoc they could cause if they worked together to do it.

Confessional

"Brittany seems like an interesting person," Caleb noted, somehow having brought a chess board into the confessional with it and playing against himself. "She's vicious, and I like that. It'll definitely benefit the two of us if we end up on one of these shows again. I just wonder what the chances of that are."

"Caleb's a lil' cutie, that's for sure," Brittany said with a smirk still on her face, "But of course, I would never say that to him. I know he'd freak out, and I can't have the brains I need to make a comeback in the reality television world flipping his lid on me."

Confessional End

Finally, the group had made it to the field, noticing something incredibly strange as they entered. Maggie was standing there, immediately shooting a glare at Yves as she saw her, causing Buck to try and stand in front of her, and near hear was an odd sort of air vehicle. It looked somewhat like a green airplane, though, right under the wings, there were two rectangular extensions under the wings, both with windows and seats, as well as a massive picture of each finale contender. On the right, there was Blaster, and on the left, Buck. At the ends of each extension, there was an open door, waiting for people to go inside of it.

"Welcome people, and Yves," Maggie greeted them, murmuring with an annoyed tone as she singled the girl out, "To the beginning of the very last challenge! Yay, I'm so excited! Are you excited? Say yes!"

"Uh, sure?" Buck shrugged as he replied.

"That's not enthusiastic enough! Blaster, how about you!?"

"Y-yeah!" Blaster cheered, "I'm really excited!"

"Amazing! Now, before I get into the explanation of this here challenge, why don't the two of you come over here and say something to your adoring fans?"

"Wait, really?" Buck asked, "No tricks or nothin'?"

"Nope, Dana said I have to let you guys do this. You're up first, Bucky!"

"Well, shoot."

As most of everyone, just excluding Brittany and Caleb, applauded the boy, he ran over to Maggie, who offered him the mic that was in her hand. She stepped aside, allowing him the floor space he needed to do his little speech.

"Aw, shucks," he started, not really sure of what he should say, "It really is crazy that I'm still in this, don't y'all think? I mean, I never woulda thought I'd end up here, that's for true. But ya know what? I sure am glad that I got to meet all of these amazing people that I can call my friends."

"Buck rules!" Mitchell shouted, interrupting his friend's speech and getting a swift chop to the back of the head by Yves, who then, in turn, got a spray from Celeste's bottle.

"Thanks, Mitch. And ya know what? If I win this thing, we're gonna have a crazy hoedown back in my hometown! Ha, that rhymed! But seriously, all of y'all are gonna be invited and we can even rent out some fancy hotel, just fer ourselves."

"Go, Buck!" Mitchell chanted, receiving, yet another, chop to the head.

"Would you quit that?" Celeste hissed, spraying Yves again.

"That was just wonderful!" Maggie exclaimed, showing Buck out of the way and snatching the microphone back from him. "Now, come on up, Blaster! It's your turn!"

"Oh, okay!" Blaster squeaked happily, running up and grabbing the microphone while Maggie, once again, stepped aside. "Hiya everybody! You all know me as the super energetic and fun girl that you've met here, but now, it's time to be serious! I'm in the finale, guys! It's so crazy! I know a lot of you deserved to be here just as much as I did, and I'm sorry that we all can't win, but I promise that I'll do the best I can to take the prize. I'll even throw a party, just like Buck, and you can all come! And with that out of the way...may the best contestant win, right, Buck?"

"Damn skippy!" Buck replied happily.

Maggie started to clap once more, taking the microphone from Blaster before shoving her back towards the crowd of people that she came in the field with. Both finalists had made speeches that got everyone pumped up, but without knowing what the challenge was, how would they be able to predict a winner?

"Well, this is just the sweetest thing," Maggie started, her eyes shedding some tears that the crowd couldn't discern the realness of, "All of my besties are gathered here to watch two of the best around go head to head in this crazy challenge! Now, you may have noticed this insane plane behind me and thought, 'what is that ugly thing?' Well, that ugly thing is the patented Starshine Bus-Plane! It's like a plane combined with a bus for no feasible reason, whatsoever!"

"Uh...so why is it here?" Daniel asked, gaining a glare from Maggie.

"Don't interrupt me!"

"Sheesh, okay..."

"It's here because...this is where all of the losers will be watching this finale from! There's a side for each competitor in here, the Buck side, and the Blaster side! All of you can pack up into whichever side shows who you support to watch the show!"

The group glanced at each other awkwardly, most not wanting to hurt anyone's feelings, aside from Caleb, who could give "less than half a crap" about who thought what. He and Brittany both snickered as they waltzed on over to the Blaster side, grabbing the two seats near the center of the plane and looking out the window at the rest.

"Well, I think you know who we're supporting," Larida started, smiling brightly at Buck, "You can do this, Buck! I know you can!"

"Yeah," Valerie mumbled, "You're kinda cool...and kinda nice...so...you'll probably win."

"When you win I'm so gonna let you in on some juicy spoilers for my book!" Mitchell announced with a bright grin.

"Aw, but Mitchy!" Celeste pouted, "You won't even let me see any spoilers for your book!"

The four started towards Buck's side, each getting in one after the other, and leaving Yves with him once again. The girl could feel Maggie glaring at her still, but she was able to ignore it, just so she could support him.

"You're gonna win, right?" she asked, blushing a little as she stared into his eyes.

"Well, I'll sure as heck try to," he let out an awkward chuckle. "The thought of y'all rootin' for me is keeping the blood pumping right now, that's for true."

"Heh, you know...I like your accent. I think it's handsome."

"Ah, well...I think...I...uh..."

"You think...?"

"Yer very pretty! I didn't ask before, but I'm going to now! Yves, after this challenge is all over, do ya wanna go on a date sometime?"

"Hm...okay."

"Aw, yeah!" he cheered, hopping up off the ground for a moment and causing her to giggle a little.

"Just do me one little favor."

"What's that?"

"Just...let's take things slow. I know you're a great guy, I just..."

"Ya don't have ta explain yerself. We can take things as slow as ya need, I promise."

Yves blushed even brighter than before, giving the boy a quick hug before scurrying off to his side of the vehicle, only to be met by the, once again, perverted looks of her peers, though she tried to ignore. Meanwhile, there was a similar wholesomeness going on with Blaster and her former team.

"Agent Coil," Calvin saluted her, as he did when he was proud of someone, "I can't believe that this is the end, but as your friend, I will support you through it! I know you can win this competition, I have no doubt about it!"

"Yeah!" Theodore cheered, snapping a couple pictures with him and her for his social media accounts, "It's gonna be amazing to say that I got to be on the same team as a Total Drama winner! I'll even bring you onto my podcast to talk about it! Teddy Bear Nation is gonna love you!"

The two boys each hugged her tightly before heading off to her side, joining Caleb and Brittany, but sitting as far away from them as they possibly could. The nasty duo rolled their eyes at the two that just got in the plane, receiving eye rolls from them in return. Daniel and Margaret, who had been with Blaster throughout the entirety of the show, remained at her side, both looking at her as if she was their child that was graduating from high school.

"I'm so proud of you, kid," Margaret said, patting her on the head, "Seeing you make it all the way...doing what I couldn't do..."

"Yeah," Daniel butted in, "I gotta admit, you've really surprised me, but I'm not upset about it at all. I'm actually really glad to see you here, you're one of the most pure people I've gotten to meet, and you deserve this."

"You guys are gonna make me cry," Blaster said, sniffling a little after hearing their words.

"You can do this," Margaret continued to encourage her, tearing up a little on her own, "Me and the family are rooting for you."

"Just try your best," Daniel continued, "We believe in you."

"Okay! I'll try to win this thing!"

The two hugged her, just as Calvin and Theodore had before, and joined the rest of the group on her side of the vehicle. Again, they distanced themselves from the aggressive duo, just like the other two boys. Soon after, Maggie pressed a button on a remote, causing the doors to shut, keeping each of the onlookers inside while she cackled.

"Now that that's all over and done with," she started, dusting off her hands, "It's time to talk about the challenge! You're final challenge, the one that Dana has been so excited for since day one...is..."

She pressed another button on the remote, causing both the JagWire and the Blastroid124 to rise from the field for what was probably the last time ever. Upon seeing them, the two noticed that they were completely decked out with new weaponry, including many different types of guns and blasters on the backs and shoulders of them. The finalists looked at them in awe, wondering what the weapons would be for.

"...A duel against the one and only, Dana Starshine!"

As Maggie finished her announcement, the two looked at her in confusion, eventually bursting out into laughter. The co-host's brows narrowed, and the emoji eyes on her glasses turned angry quite quickly.

"We have to tussle with lil' Dana?" Buck asked, having a hard time breathing considering all the wheezing he was doing. "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard ya say, Maggie!"

"Yeah!" Blaster howled in laughter, rolling around on the ground as she spoke, "She's just a little girl, how could she possibly fight us?"

Maggie grew more and more irritated with the two, until, suddenly, the field and everything in it became covered in a massive shadow. The two contestants, both confused as to what happened to the Sun, looked up into the sky, their jaws dropping in fear when they saw what was waiting for them outside of the dome. Up in the sky, there was an enormous mech, one at least five times the size of their own mechs. It was a sharp red in color, with white and blue accents across its chest, arms, and shoulders. Its head resembled that of a samurai helmet, and twin swords on its back. Dana laughed loudly, the speakers on the outside of her massive mech booming her voice.

"This is gonna be the coolest thing ever!" she cheered, "Bring it on, you two! I'm so looking forward to this!"

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"U-uh," Blaster stuttered in fear, "I mean...w-well...oh, crap."

"That thing is ginormous!" Buck shuttered as he spoke, "How the heck are we even s'posed to take something like that down?"

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"Are you two ready?" Maggie asked, a devious look on her face as she made her way over to the bus-plane. "I can only imagine how much your fans wanna watch you try to tackle this challenge."

"Uh, well," Buck spoke nervously, "Can we get a second to prepare ourselves?"

"Y-yeah!" Blaster added, "I may have afraid-of-giant-robots-disease."

"Okay, how's about this: you guys get in your mechs right now or neither of you win?"

Maggie cackled again while the two glared at her, turning to face each other before going to their own mechs. It was a little strange to think that they were both trying to beat the other, but at the same time, they knew that it had to end one way or another.

"Well, this is it, huh?" Blaster let out a sigh, but kept a smile on her face, "This has been a loooooong summer."

"Yer telling me," Buck laughed a little, sighing in a similar manner after, "May the best mech win?"

"Yeah. Good luck out there. You're gonna need it!"

As Blaster turned away to run over to her mech, Buck continued to laugh. He shook his head, turning to walk over to his own mech, and after they reached them, they entered them. Thinking that this would be the last time they got to go in these mechs felt odd, but it was also relieving at the same time. Maggie could hardly contain her excitement, but she needed to wait just a moment for Dana to make room for them to get shot out of the dome. After the host moved her giant mech out of the way, her crazy co-host slammed her fist on the largest button on the remote. Doing so fired the two mechs in the field up into the sky like rockets, each of them landing in different spots on the outside of the dome.

"Well, that's all set," Maggie giggled as she tucked the remote into her lab coat's pocket, "Are you all ready to watch the finale?"

"Ye-" Yves was cut off pretty much immediately.

"Did I ask you anything, cur?"

"Harsh," Mitchell mumbled, trying not to get Maggie's attention on him.

"We're ready, we're ready!" Theodore chanted, pulling out his camera once more. "Am I allowed to make a reaction video for this one?"

"What?" Maggie looked a little confused, thinking that the question was dumb, "No, you can't film this! Why would you? It's all being recorded anyways!"

"Oh...right. But maybe I could-"

"No!"

"Alright!"

Maggie sighed, opening the door on the pilot's side of the bus-plane, and getting inside. After buckling herself in tightly, she shut the door and locked it, getting her hands in a comfortable position for takeoff. Some of the former contestants in the sides felt uncomfortable with her piloting the thing, but she didn't even let them speak out against it, instead choosing to just takeoff rapidly. The awkward vehicle soared into the sky, the groups in the back of it all screaming in fear from just how fast it was.

"Oh, would you all calm down," Maggie rolled her annoyed emoji eyes at them.

"We're all gonna die!" Larida shouted, absolutely terrified.

"With an attitude like that? Probably!"

Hearing that from Maggie caused Larida to faint on the spot, leaving the others on that side of the vehicle to try and wake her up, only to no avail.

"Ahem," Maggie interrupted the panic that was going on behind her, "If you guys don't stop freaking out right now you're gonna miss it."

"Ah!" Valerie suddenly rushed right up to the window, "Rip her head off, Buck!"

"U-uh," Yves felt a little weird, hearing the shy Valerie shout something like that, "That's a little intense, don't you think?"

"I want to see some violence!"

"Alright then..."

Meanwhile, down on the ground, the two mechs were just rising to their feet, the pilots inside of them still not really used to the whiplash they got from being launched like that. They both turned to face Dana's massive mech, which was hovering near the dome with a menacing look to it. After all, it was leagues larger than them. To anyone just watching, this looked like a pretty straight cut outcome, no room for the two contestants to even make a move. But it was different for the eleven contestants that were watching. They knew who these people were, and they knew that neither of them would go down without a fight.

"I've been waiting to bust this baby out for so long now, you don't even understand!" Dana let out a maniacal laugh as she reached for one of the swords on her mech's back, pulling it out of its sheath with a motion that cut straight through a skyscraper next to her. "Make this exciting for me! I wanna feel proud of whoever gets the deed done!"

"What even can we do that thing!?" Buck shouted the question to Blaster, who was trying to make some sense of it.

"Hm...I dunno, I'm just gonna start blasting!" the girl replied, aiming her arm cannons at Dana's mech and firing two blasts, only for the opponent in question to slice the energy apart with a sword. "Uh oh..."

"Come on, you don't think it's gonna be that easy, do you?" Dana cackled before starting to fly towards the two, "This is one battle that's gonna give you a lot of trouble! You won't be able to get by with the same things you've been doing this whole time. Try something new!"

After she said her bit, she suddenly laid into the acceleration on her mech, causing it to fly straight towards Blaster's and ending up right in front of the girl before she had time to blink. In a swift movement, she kicked the much smaller mech, sending it flying towards some buildings in the back before dashing towards Buck's, picking it up with one arm, and tossing it over to the mountains, causing him to crash into the side of them. Blaster was able to rise from the rubble of the buildings she just crashed into, but she was extremely dazed.

"Ugh," she groaned, "That's so not fair."

"Oh yeah?" Dana asked, laughing even more, "Why don't you try out some of the new weapons we gave you guys and then talk about what's fair?"

"Huh?"

Blaster looked down at the control panel in front of her, noticing that there were several new buttons labeled with different types of weaponry. Her eyes lit up in wonder as she scanned the thing before excitedly pressing one labeled "hyper rifle." Doing so caused two of the guns on her mech's shoulders, ones that were belt fed, to take aim at Dana's mech and start firing bullets rapidly.

"Woah, mama!"

"Haha, yes!" Dana cheered as her mech was pelted by the bullets, each one making a dent in the armor, "This is gonna be the best giant robot fight the world has ever seen!"

"Hey, y'all!" Buck shouted as he barreled towards the action in his mech, a massive cannon on the back of it, "Can't be having all the fun without me now!"

"Ooooo! That's one of Maggie's favorites, the 'yarhar cannon!'"

As Maggie realized what weapon was currently being used by Buck, she squealed in excitement, causing everyone's ears to start hurting from the high pitched noise.

"Pirate weapons are the best!" she cheered, flying closer to keep a close eye on Buck, just to see how he'd use the cannon. "Yoho! Fire the cannons!"

"Are you sure its safe to be this close?" Calvin asked, feeling himself tensing up as they got closer and closer to the action.

"Don't be such a pansy!"

After saying that, Buck fired his cannon, launching a massive cannon ball right past the bus-plane and sending it into the left leg of Dana's mech and making a massive dent in it, though the dent really was nothing compared to just how big the mech was.

"Watch it, crazy bitch!" Caleb shouted from the back, "If we get killed because you're goofing off and not paying attention, I'll kick the shit out of you!"

"How are you gonna do that if we're dead?" Margaret asked, finding Caleb's whining to be convoluted. "You're dead, you can't kick the shit out of anyone."

"I'll simply...I just...I'm built different, asshole!"

"Can you all shut up!?" Maggie turned to face them, red in the face with anger, "I swear, I will fly this bus into the side of the mountain if you keep bickering!"

"No, no need for that!" Mitchell pleaded, "I wanna live!"

"Yeah, Maggie," Celeste hissed, "You better check yourself before you say something stupid like that, again!"

"Keh, leave it to the yandere to threaten someone over her lame boyfriend," Maggie mocked Celeste.

"Can we focus on the skies please!?" Daniel shouted over the arguing, "Look out!"

"Huh?"

Maggie turned back to see that there was another cannonball flying by, this one coming much closer to the bus-plane. As the group behind her continued to scream in fear, their unconventional pilot jerked the steering wheel to the right, causing them to just barely make it out of harm's way, though everyone in the back was shaken up from the sudden shift in movement. Theodore even found himself throwing up, the vomit flying back into Brittany's face and causing her to shriek.

"Oh...my...god!" she squealed before vomiting in a similar fashion, this time onto the ground, right before passing out like Larida.

"Theodore, I'll mess you up!" Caleb growled, "That's my friend, asshole."

"Aw, man," Theodore sighed, wiping his face with a handkerchief that he got from out of nowhere, "I puked on a girl and made her faint...I can't imagine what kind of apology video I'm gonna have to do to get my fans to forgive me."

"That's all you can think about, Agent Wallace?" Calvin asked, a little grossed out by what just happened. "Surely Agent Gemini's wellbeing is more important than-"

"Oh, look!" Daniel interrupted, pointing out at the mech battle that was still ensuing.

The group turned their attention to the fight down below, noticing that Dana now had both of the massive swords in her mech's hands, swinging them violently at the two smaller mechs, though they were quite nimble in comparison to the hulking beast she was in control of. Buck slickly ran behind her, firing his state of the art chains into the mech's arm and trying to tug it back, only for the chains to be broken almost immediately.

"Aw, crap!" Buck cursed, though he didn't lose his determination, "How 'bout we try this one on for size?"

Saying that, he pressed another button, this one labeled "oil shot." Upon doing so, a different type of gun, this one looking like a fire hose of sorts, extended from the back of his mech, taking aim at Dana's mech and spraying oil all over the legs of it.

"Well, that wasn't very-"

Before Buck could finish his disappointed comment, a flamethrower also extended from his mech's back, tossing fire all over the oil and causing it to ignite in a beautiful, explosive manner.

"Woah, nelly!"

"Yes, fire is the coolest!" Dana laughed loudly again, finding it impossible to contain how excited she was, even with her mech being the one taking the most damage. "But you wanna see something really cool? Watch this!"

The host's massive mech turned to face Buck's, aiming at a building nearby with a finger gun like motion. Buck was a little confused at first, but after a second or two, a purple laser burst out of the finger tip, instantly incinerating the building that was fired upon. The boy's eyes widened in shock as he saw what just happened, while Dana continued to laugh like the little maniac she was. One could clearly tell that she was starting to take after Maggie's mannerisms. As Buck just watched in awe, Blaster found herself latched onto the side of one of the buildings with some grappling hooks that were installed into her mech.

"Hey, Dana!" Blaster shouted for the girl's attention, causing her to turn back and look at the contestant in wonder, "Try this on for size!"

Looking closer at the girl, Dana noticed that there was a very small type of gun on the head of her mech. Immediately, she knew what it was, and a smile grew on her face, though Buck couldn't see a thing from where he was. The weapon's wielder, pressed the button on her console, suddenly firing a blue beam at her mech, which put out the flames on the mech's legs, though they were replaced immediately by an icy casing that went all the way up to the mech's waist. Both Blaster and Buck were amazed by the sight of the massive mech being held in one place by the ice, and a smile of pure awe grew on their faces.

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"This challenge is awesome!" Blaster cheered, "I'm not even scared any more, this is just the coolest! I can't believe we get to be a part of something like this, most other finales in Total Drama wouldn't even hold a candle to this one!"

"I dunno how any of this was put together," Buck started, though he didn't look as much confused as he did excited, "But I don't care! There ain't nothin' back home that can compare to how crazy this is!"

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The two contestants, now with a slight advantage over Dana, started charging towards her, each aiming two different guns at the top of her mech, Buck's being an armor piercing rifle, and Blaster's being a laser rifle. They started to rain fire upon her, but when they got close enough be able to jump up to her, the top half of the mech started to spin in a tornado like motion, slicing up everything in sight, causing buildings to crash to the ground around them, bursting to flames when they did.

"Woah!" Buck was startled, and so, he leapt back from the threats of crashing buildings, while Blaster continued to fire lasers upon Dana's mech, avoiding the chunks of buildings by hopping from side to side. "Hey, be careful, Blaster! Ya don't wanna go and get yerself hurt for the money!"

"Oh, don't worry about me!" Blaster yelled back to him, "I won't mess this up, there's too much at stake!"

"Haha, yes!" Dana shouted, "Come at me, then! I want this fight to be one I can say I'm proud to have lost in!"

Hearing Dana's challenging words, Blaster and Buck were both invigorated with spirit once again, and continued their onslaught as the ice on her mech's legs started to thaw. Once she found herself free, she stomped onto the ground that the two were standing on, emitting a shockwave from the mech's legs and pushing them back, miles away from where they just were. Up in the bus-plane, things were getting so much more heated. The challenge raging on like this kept everyone on their toes, and they weren't sure how they should respond to what was happening. Calvin watched eagerly, trying to make sure that no one was going to get hurt while, at the same time, patting Theodore on the back as he was hyperventilating into a lunch bag of sorts. Daniel and Margaret held each other tightly, watching the show, specifically Blaster, with amazement. Caleb, on the other hand, couldn't watch the fight at all, as he tried to clean the vomit off of Brittany's face.

"There, there, Agent Wallace," Calvin tried to comfort the boy that was panicking from all of the crazy movements that Maggie was doing while piloting the bus-plane. "Just take deep breaths and it'll be alright."

"I'm wigging out, man!" Theodore replied quickly between his breath. "I haven't even had an energy drink since this morning! There's no doubt that I'm gonna crash soon and miss the-"

It was almost as if it was on cue, but Theodore knocked out just as he said that, his face falling forward and crashing against the window of the bus-plane. Calvin was quick to grab him, hoisting him back up and tilting his head back.

"Agent Anderson, I need an energy drink, stat!"

"You got it," Daniel was quick to answer, grabbing a drink from from a bag near him and tossing it to the agent, who caught it skillfully. "Come on, Agent Wallace, this'll perk you right up!"

After saying that, he poured the drink into Theodore's mouth, helping him drink it without choking, causing him to burst awake after being completely unconscious, almost like nothing had happened at all. He shook his head rapidly, and looked around for the energy drink that had just brought him life. He grabbed it from Calvin's hand, though he realized it was empty right away, and crushed the can in his hand.

"I need more!" he shouted, glancing over at Daniel, who already had two more in his hands, ready for him. "Yes, Daniel the caffeine master!"

He leapt over to the seat next to his friend, snatching the cans from his hands and opening both of them, funneling the drinks into his mouth at the same time and causing even Margaret to be a little concerned about his wellbeing.

"You sure that's safe?" she asked, amazed at how fast he could pound them down.

"Ohyeah, itstotallysafe. IvebeendrinkingthesethingsforaverylongtimeandIcanassureyouthatnothingwillgowrongasidefromthefactthatImightburstthroughtheceilingatanymomentnow, butthatsnobigdeal."

"Oh, well that's good to- wait, you'll what!?"

"Hey," Daniel nudged his friend, who was now bouncing up and down at near light speed, "You're gonna have to buckle yourself back into your seat bud, can't have you jumping ship and crashing to the ground."

"Okayokay, IwillIpromise."

Despite saying that he would buckle himself in, he remained bouncing up and down, causing both Calvin and Daniel to roll their eyes and grab the hyperactive boy, forcing him to sit down and buckling him in as tight as possible so he could not escape. Caleb glared over at them while this was going down, alright peeved about what had happened to Brittany earlier.

"Hey, can you fu%&asses shut up?" he sent his words over to them with malice, "I'm trying to take care of this girl that you puked on!"

"Do you ever know when to keep your mouth shut, ya rat?" Margaret taunted the boy, causing steam to erupt from his ears.

"How dare you!? You're a bitch, a bitch, a bitch, a bitch, a bitch, a mega bitch!"

"Hey, kid," Daniel glared at him, raising a fist angrily, "Watch what you say about her, or we're gonna settle this man to boy."

"Aw, how sweet," Margaret couldn't help but chuckle a little at her boyfriend trying to protect her, "You think I can't take him on my own?"

"Not that. If I let you take care of this, you'd kill him."

"Eh, you're probably right. You know me so well."

"You two are yucky!" Caleb shouted, "Why don't you get a room if you wanna be all icky and romantic."

As the hectic mess that was Blaster's side of the bus continued to spiral out of control, the group on Buck's side was much more calm. Yves continued to watch him closely as he fought against Dana, praying that he wouldn't get hurt while he was out there, while Larida, who was next to her, was just starting to wake up from her slumber. Valerie had an excited expression on her face as more and more violence ensued between the three out there, just wanting to see some damage happen to somebody, not really caring who was on the receiving end. Then, there was Mitchell and Celeste, the first of which was trying to enjoy the show, but was being sprayed constantly by Celeste's sterilizing bottle.

"Aw, would you cut that out already!?" Mitchell snapped at Celeste, causing her to suddenly reel back in a slight fear, "I'm fine, I don't need to be sprayed by that constantly!"

"But I'm your personal nurse!" Celeste whined, moving forward in a motion that made her chest a little more visible to Mitchell. "Don't you want me to take care of you?"

"H-hey! Don't try to tempt me, I'm just trying to watch our friend in his big fight!"

"What are you talking about?" Celeste asked, actually unsure of what she did to provoke that.

"Heheh...so risque," Valerie made another underhanded perverted comment at the girl.

"Valerie!" Larida gasped, still a little dazed, but at least conscious. "You gotta stop doing that, it's encouraging such lewd behavior!"

Valerie shrugged before returning her gaze to the battlefield, her eyes seeming to be full of fire as she eagerly watched.

"I don't remember her being so...so," Yves was looking for the right word to say without hurting Valerie's feelings.

"She's a perv," Mitchell said with a sigh, "She said making those comments helps with her anger issues or something."

"It's true," Valerie mumbled, "I haven't punched Brittany or Caleb a single time when they tried to provoke me since I started making those comments."

"I mean, if it helps," Yves said awkwardly, "Just...don't make those comments about me."

"Nothing you say will stop her," Larida sighed, "She's determined to comment like this over and over again."

"Oh, geez..."

"Woah, woah!" Maggie suddenly shouted, and grabbed everyone's attention, "Look out the window, besties!"

Interested in what Maggie was so invested in, all ten of the former contestants that were awake took a look out of the window, noticing that buck and Blaster were both standing before the now still-standing mech of Dana. Her mech didn't move at all, and it had stopped hovering entirely, even dropping its massive swords to the ground as if it lost all control of what it was doing. Seeing this made Mitchell think to himself about something, trying to remember where he had seen this before.

"It's over!?" Valerie shouted angrily, "And I missed it!?"

"I'm not sure, kuku!" Maggie replied with her signature laugh, "She just kind of stopped in her tracks, they didn't attack her or nothing! I can only imagine what she's trying to do with this little stunt of hers!"

"What could she possibly be planning by just stopping like that?" Margaret asked, "I mean, it looks to me like she just gave up."

"Man, givingupinthefinalchallengelikethatisnofun!" Theodore's voice was as loud and jittery as ever.

"No, something's not right here," Mitchell noted, knocking on his forehead in thought, "Why can't I put my finger on this...I know I've seen it before."

"What do you mean?" Celeste asked, hugging him around his hips a little too tight for comfort, "Maybe she really did just give up. She said she wanted to lose, right?"

"Yeah, she did, but that's not what's concerning to me. What's bugging me is how she just stopped moving entirely...if she gave up, wouldn't she have just floated down and congratulated them?"

"I mean, I guess that does make sense," Calvin thought out loud, "What are you trying to suggest is happening, Agent Myers?"

"I...don't know...I just know that I've seen this before...not too long ago...Ah!"

Mitchell had a sudden realization, slamming his fist onto his leg, and causing the others to look over at him, their interest piqued.

"That very same thing happened when Daniel's mech got taken over!"

"Wait...so you're saying," Daniel started piecing it together, "The same person that broke into my mech is in Dana's mech right now?"

"I think so."

"Woah, woah!" Maggie shot up from her seat, putting the plane on auto pilot while walking over to Mitchell with a worried look on her face, "Please tell me your joking. That can't be right. He can't be in there."

"Oh, yeah," Mitchell thought out loud again, "Didn't you know who it was? The same person that broke into the dome and stole our things before, right?"

"Y-yes...but he can't be in there, he'll hurt Dana!"

"What!?" Calvin stood from his seat angrily, "Dana's just a kid, who in their right mind would hurt a kid!?"

"He...may have a vendetta against her dad."

"And you just let somebody like that roam around on the island, where she was living!?" Margaret shouted at Maggie, "You put her in danger!"

"I did," Maggie started to tear up, a sight that was unfamiliar to all those that had met her, "It's all my fault...I should've stopped him before things got out of hand..."

"Well, what do we-" Yves was cut off by a sudden booming voice that everyone remembered a little too well.

"Hello?" the southern voice called from Dana's mech, "Y'all can hear me just fine, right?"

"Garett!?" the group shouted in fear, remembering the boy.

"But he's supposed to be dead!" Margaret shouted, confused about how he was speaking to them.

"I gotta hand it to this little Starshine, it's a mighty crazy little island she made. One that I could surely make great use of fer myself. I'm so glad to be back here with y'all, too. I've got so many scores to settle, I can't even begin to count! But let's get the introductions out of the way first...y'all know me as the Garett Hearth, legendary soul singer that steals hearts by the dozen, but I must admit...that's a ruse. I've spent the past two years undergoing so much plastic surgery that it's even got me speaking all funny. I mean, Christ sakes! I'm from Rhode Island! Garett Hearth is simply a false identity that I've been using to exact my revenge upon Starshine Industries...yeah, he isn't real. The name's Jay Harett, I'm sure you all know well about who I am."

"Jay Harett!?" Caleb suddenly lost his aggressive exterior and gained a look of fright, "That's the guy who rose to the third most wanted criminal in the world by privately purchasing nuclear weapons!"

"Wait, he what!?" Brittany shot up from her slumber, somehow having heard what Caleb had just said.

"You're joking, right?" Theodore lost his caffeine rush from the fear that was just instilled in him, "There's no way someone could get atomic bombs for their own personal use!"

"That's no joke," Calvin assured his former teammate, a terrified look on his usually cool face, "We learned all about the top ten criminals and what they did to earn that spot in a debriefing. He's a dangerous man. Jay Harett is thirty eight years old, his whereabouts are currently unknown, but if he's spotted, it's advised that you contact as many armed professionals as possible to take care of him. And that plastic surgery...there's no way we'd be able to recognize him!"

"Now, I know, I'm still kinda famous in another respect," Jay continued, his voice sounding menacing to them, now that they knew what he was all about, "But come on, we all need fresh beginnings, right? And this...is where my beginning starts...and all of you will become stepping stones on my path to world domination! I'm fit to be the god of this world! It's such a shame that you'll all have to die to make way for my progress!"

"What are ya going on about!?" Buck shouted at the opposing mech, "We ain't gonna die!"

"Yeah, we'll kick your butt!" Blaster yelled with a fury that no one had known from her.

"Aw, that's adorable," Jay went on, clearly unintimidated by their loudness, "But ya see, I'm gonna make sure y'all die here...in this here giant robo-dude, I have a nuclear bomb, ready to go off when I give the command. Ya could try and stop me, but I currently have yer little host in my possession, who's to say I won't mess her up nice and good for what her father did to me? I swear, him getting the government to arrest me while I was working for him is the worst mistake he's ever made! I can't begin to tell y'all how pissed I am that he ain't here to witness this! No matter, I've got his little girl with me, and I'll make sure she pays the bill that he owes me! And if y'all even think about trying to stop me from making my way to safety or trying to run away...I'll strap her to the bomb and blow everything here to bits!"

"That's horrible!" Blaster continued to shout, "She didn't do anything to you!"

"Oh, Dana!" Maggie found herself bawling uncontrollably into Yves' lap, which shocked her considering just how much she despised her. "I'm a bad person...I put her in danger...I deserve to die!"

"What do you know!?" Jay screamed at Blaster, "You're just an idiotic amputee who bumbled her way to the end of this game! And don't even get me started on Hillbilly Jim over there!"

"Hillbilly Ji- that doesn't even make sense, my name ain't Jim!" Buck argued.

"Y'all are starting to annoy me greatly, so I think I'll cut the chitchat and get back to business. I have one bomb in my possession, and that's all I need to make a million more of them! This mech is a perfect storehouse for 'em, too. So...later, little rays of sunshine!"

Upon finishing his monologue, Jay got the mech under control, breathing power and life through it once more, and soaring high into the sky, where nobody could reach him from the ground. At this point, Maggie starting panicking worse than anything that the others had seen to date. She was tugging on her hair furiously, her face a pale color and her emoji eyes appearing terrified as tears streamed down her face.

"We can save her!" Calvin tried to reason with the girl, but it seemed there was no use.

"Dana's gonna die," Maggie cried, "Dana's gonna die and its all stupid Maggie's fault!"

"Dana's not gonna die!" Yves shouted at her, grabbing her by the collar of her sweater and slapping her up, "We just need to work together to get her out of that mess!"

"What do you know!? She made the schematics for that thing, only she and her employees know how to get into it. And even if we could, how would we be able to get up there? You're talking out of your ass at the worst possible time."

"But aren't we in a flying vehicle right now?" Larida mentioned, trying to help.

"We are...but it craps out after it goes a certain height. We could maybe reach him and manage to get to wherever the entrance hatch is, but we'd plummet down to the ground afterwards, no doubt about it..."

"But," Theodore interrupted her moaning and groaning, "Don't you think we'd be good if...I dunno...there was maybe a giant robot that could catch the bus before it hits the ground?"

"The mechs? Blaster and Buck would have to be in on this then..."

"So let's go tell them the plan!" Caleb blurted out, his tone of superiority staying strong through these difficult times, "I mean, duh?"

"But that still won't work! We need to have someone with the know how of how to get in that mech, and there isn't a single person in this bus with that ability! Even if the tiny brat is a genius at chess, it means nothing when it comes to something that only intuition could help with."

"You know," Mitchell butted in, "There may not be anybody on this bus who can do that...but there may be someone outside of this bus that can!"

"Huh?" the group looked over at Mitchell in question, but the look on his face said it all.

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"Ya want me to what now!?" Buck was astonished by the question that was being asked to him.

He and Blaster had stepped out of their mechs to group up with the others and discuss what they should do about the hostage situation that they were currently a part of. Maggie was still quite distraught, and as such, Mitchell was leading the conversation as well as the plan.

"Look, Buck," the author continued, feeling like a leader, "You're the smartest person here when it comes to patching things up or coming up with odd solutions for things. I know that if anyone is gonna go up there and figure out a way into that robot, it's gonna be you, but you can't go alone."

"Well, then who am I gonna take with me!?"

"It has to be Blaster," Margaret suggested, "I may be tough, but that girl is both tough, and crazy enough to do it. She'll help you get in there, and get out with the girl."

"But then who's gonna catch the bus when it fall?" Blaster asked, a little nervous about this whole plan.

"That part can be left to me and my boy Calvin!" Daniel boasted, "We'll catch you guys, no matter what, right Cal? A job like this does need Cali-Tokyo's top two agents on the job!"

"If that ain't the truth, I don't know what is!" Calvin was almost brought to tears, thinking about how he and his best friend were finally back in business, "Anderson and Watterson are on it! We won't let you down!"

"Are y'all sure about this?" Buck nervously looked around the group that was looking to him and his fellow finalist for help, "It's a tough thing to handle...I'm not even certain that we can-"

"W-whoever brings Dana out of there," Maggie's weak voice joined the conversation, "T-they'll get the million...no, I'll double it! Y-you get two million for saving her! P-please...you have to..."

Buck and Blaster looked between themselves, trying to decide whether or not this was the way to do things, but then they suddenly felt themselves brimming with a confidence and sense of duty that they didn't have before.

"Screw the money!" Blaster shouted, "We're gonna save her, don't you worry, crazy lady!"

"Heck yeah we are!" Buck added to the hype, "B and B together in Operation: Save the Stars! Let's do this!"

Maggie's pale face slowly started to fill with color again, hearing that, even after all the bad things she had put the cast through, they were still willing to help her with something that she couldn't do on her own. Suddenly, the weak expression was gone, and replaced with her usually intense, and amazingly crazy, face.

"Well, what are we waiting for!?" she shouted to the group, rising from her sad puddle on the ground, "Let's get back in the bus and save Dana!"

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"This is it, baby!" Buck pepped himself up, knowing that what was about to happen was gonna be the hardest thing he'd ever have to do, "I came here for fun, but I'm going out with a bang! Dana, I'm coming to save ya!"

"You helped me live out a dream of mine while I was here," Blaster started, pretending to fire a fake blast from her prosthetic as she spoke, "I may not be able to do any of that cool stuff anymore, but it was awesome while it lasted. I gotta repay the favor and get you back from that creep!"

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Meanwhile, inside of Dana's massive mech, she found herself tied up in the control room with tape over her mouth as Jay paced through the room, leaving the robot hovering with the control panel. He ran his hands through his long hair, completely annoyed with the situation that he had been forced into from joining the show. Suddenly stopping in his tracks, he turned to face Dana, revealing his face, which was twisted into some psychotic smile with eyes to match the craziness.

"Yer father really did me dirty, ya know that!?" he laughed as he approached her, looking down at her as if she were an ant, "Ya see what I had to go through to get a second chance at this!? Do ya see how different I am!? I lost everything because of him! But now...now I'm gonna take it all back, starting with ya! That's right, I'm gonna dispose of ya, the one thing that made him change his style!"

Dana's eyes watched him boredly as he shouted at her, almost as if she didn't care at all about what he had to say.

"Yer the reason that he went soft! Me and him were going to rule this world, but no! He adopted ya, and then he pushed all the blame for our efforts on me and me alone! Well, I say that's a load of crap! It was us together that built our kingdom, and he abandoned it for ya! Hah! Well, fine then! Give me all the credit! I'll go down in history as a god, and you'll die in the past!"

At this point, he was growing to a boiling point, and as such, he grabbed the chair near the control panel and threw it at the wall in a fit of rage. After doing so, he let out a sigh, trying to calm himself down.

"Alright, alright," he continued, "I'm gonna get back to my business, and continue working on my babies! Ya just stay right here and get ready for the show, ya hear?"

Starting to whistle, he walked away from Dana and descended down the ladder that led to the control room, leaving her alone. She rolled her eyes, still not interested in his ploys or his monologue, but then, something caught her eye. Out through the glass that led to the room, she could see the bus-plane heading up into the sky, not too far below where her own mech was hovering. Her eyes sparkled with interest, and she started to scoot herself closer to the glass so she could get a better look and confirm the sight for herself. In the plane itself, everyone but Calvin and Daniel was getting ready to help Blaster and Buck get into the mech, each person, even Caleb and Brittany, remaining as calm as possible so Maggie wouldn't freak out again.

"Okay, okay," Brittany was having a hard time staying entirely calm, but she was just barely able to do so, "What's, like, our move here? Do you have any idea on how to get inside of that thing?"

"I'm thinkin'," Buck replied, scanning the giant mech as best as he could from where he was. It's gotta be somewhere low enough for a shrimp like her to get in...so it must be on one of the feet! Maggie! Does this thing go high enough for me to get a good look at the feet of the mech?"

"I could get it a little closer," Maggie answered, just a little shaky, "But I can can't get right up to them...But..."

"But?"

"Well, there is a sun roof on top of this thing. If we can get the bus at an equilibrium for just a couple seconds, you two would be able to climb onto the top and get a better look at it."

"That works just fine! I got a handy dandy little telescope on me somewhere..."

He started digging through his pockets, tossing everything from wrenches, to hammers, to screwdrivers around the bus before finally pulling out an extendable telescope.

"Bingo! Now, we just need to get this thing steady, right?"

"Already on it," Maggie replied, pressing several buttons and causing the bus to stop in the middle of the air, hovering like the enormous mech. "Got it, open the hatch!"

"Alright, up we go!" Margaret called back, pushing up the hatch with the help of the strangely powerful Valerie, "Man, talk about heavy!"

"Really?" Valerie questioned her strength, "It felt pretty light to me..."

"Alright, coming through!" Blaster announced, climbing up through the hatch with the help of Buck, and then reaching her hand down to pull him up as well.

"Woah, nelly!" Buck felt the cold air around him immediately, "A bit chilly up here, don't ya think?"

"Y-you don't say. J-just look for that entrance or whatever, I'm freezing!"

"I got it, I got it."

Buck took a look at the feet of the mech, aiming his telescope at them to get a better glance at them. As he scanned it closer and closer, he found himself coming up empty with ideas as to where it could be. He searched much more frantically, suddenly noticing something strange a little higher up on the mech.

"Hey, Blaster," he called her attention, "Ya seeing that up there?"

"Huh?" Blaster took a look around, but wasn't sure what her co-finalist was referencing, "What are you talking about? I can't see anything."

"There's a little hatch or something in the center of the waist on the front, I think. That's gotta be the way in."

"Oh...yeah! Now that I'm looking at it, I do see that! Guys, he found it!"

"He did?" Maggie perked up, "Oh, thank goodness! It's on the foot, right?"

"Er...about that," Buck rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "It's actually on the waist area."

"What!? We can't get all the way up there!"

"I know that! But...maybe we can climb up there..."

"Maybe!?" Blaster burst with excitement, "We've already come this far, there's no way we're stopping now just cause the odds seem against us! This is the coolest thing ever, let's grab it by the neck and take it home!"

Blaster's explosive happiness and courage was contagious for everyone in the bus, each one of them looking up at her with big smiles on there faces.

"Well, alright!" Buck cheered along with her, "Maggie, take us up as high as you can get!"

"Alright, but be careful up there!"

"You're telling someone to be careful!?" Celeste was shocked, and her jaw dropped, "That's a shocker right there!"

"This isn't about my research, Dana's life is in danger! Besides, I don't want anyone here to die...except maybe that scumbag in that mech with her! Alright, we're going up!"

Without another word, Maggie started flying upwards once again, causing Buck and Blaster to feel the intensity of the air pressure changing around them. They got higher and higher, until, finally, they had come level with the left foot of the mech. As they crawled on the top of the bus, they could hear the engines starting to stall, and the vehicle shaking more and more.

"Come on, you guys!" Yves called up to them, "You can do it! Maggie, hold it just a little longer!"

"I'm trying! This thing can only take so much pressure, you know!"

"Almost there, Buck!" Blaster shouted as the bus continued to shake, "Just a little further...and...got it!"

The girl grabbed onto the foot, holding on as tight as she possibly could and grabbing Buck with her other hand, pulling him onto the foot with her just before the bus started to fall from its position in the air, taking everyone down with it.

"You two can do this!" Larida cried out.

"Yeah," Theodore butted in, "We need to be able to make an end of the show video for my channel, so you'd better come back!"

"Thank y'all so much!" Buck yelled down to them, but they could no longer hear him, "We'll be sure to save her!"

The bus-plane had fallen so very far from the two at this point, and it was hard to even pick it out among the shapes of the buildings that were on the ground. Their hair billowed in the wind as they held on as tight as they could, Buck trying to pick out the best way to make the climb up the mech by looking it over again and again.

"Alright, follow my lead!"

"You got it!" Blaster chirped, "This is so exciting!"

As the two started to make their dangerous climb up the leg, the bus-plane was falling closer to the ground, getting faster as it came into sight of the two mechs, which were being controlled by the dynamic duo themselves.

"Hey, look!" Daniel shouted over to Calvin, "I see them coming down near me, get on over her, Agent!"

"On my way, fellow agent!" Calvin replied, rushing over in Blaster's mech, which he was in control of.

The bus-plane came crashing down, only to be caught skillfully by the duo. The impact caused all of the airbags in the vehicle to open up, smacking each and every person inside directly in the face, but keeping them safe from any injuries, or further injuries in Mitchell's case.

"Everyone okay?" Maggie called back to the former contestants, shoving her air bag out of her face and getting out of her seat to check on everyone.

"We're good," Brittany mumbled, completely dazed, but uninjured, "Somehow."

"Yeah, talk about a crash landing," Mitchell mumbled, noticing that his cast broke off from the impact and his arm was hanging down like a noodle. "That can't be-"

"Oh, Mitchy!" Celeste screamed in horror before somehow pulling out another cast and a sling, setting his arm once again and smooching his cheek, "All better!"

"How- when did you even-"

"Don't worry about a thing, Nurse Celeste is here to take care of you!"

"Those two are so cute together, don't you think?" Larida nudged Yves on the arm.

"I guess so," Yves mumbled.

"I think you and Buck are cuter, for the record."

"We haven't even..."

"I know, just my motherly instincts telling me to be happy for you kiddos."

"...Thanks...I guess..."

Meanwhile, Margaret had climbed out of the bus-plane, rushing over to Buck's mech and climbing inside to tackle Daniel with a hug. The boy wasn't expecting it, but it sure was a welcome surprise.

"You saved me," she laughed awkwardly, "That makes me look kinda weak."

"Eh, a little dependence on me once in a while ain't so bad."

She kissed him passionately in the mech, not realizing that both Caleb and Valerie were peeking down into it and watching them.

"How daring," they said in unison, mocking the two.

Off on top of the bus, Maggie was now staring up at the mech in the sky. One didn't have to ask her what she was doing to know that she was simply worried for Dana, and nothing was gonna change that. She was soon joined by one former contestant after another, each looking up with her in worry, but also hoping the best for their peers that were undergoing a mission that was something they could only imagine being in movies.

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"They got this in the bag!" Calvin cheered, clearly believing in them greatly, "Me and Agent Anderson may be the island's dynamic duo, but those two are some of the best agents I've seen yet! I wish for their safe return from their mission!"

"Come on, Buck," Yves had her fingers crossed as she spoke, "Come back safe, please..."

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Jay was still inside the mech, now whistling some of the songs that he had made under his false persona. A glance around the room he was in showed that it looked quite similar to the control room, except for the fact that it was only brightened by a single light on the ceiling. There was also no control panel whatsoever, just a large, empty room, with a ladder leading further up into the mech, Jay himself, and the nuclear bomb that he was oh so happy to have in his possession. He tinkered with it, trying to piece together in his mind just how he would copy it over and over again.

"Getting others to help me out is too risky," he noted to himself, "No, I can't get help at all. I need to do this by myself, but I'm only half of this damn operation! Curse ya, Starshine! Me and ya were set for a great destiny! Phew, it's alright Jay...keep yer cool and focus. Yer quite the smart little devil, I'm sure ya can do this on yer own."

As he stopped speaking and continued working on his bomb, he suddenly heard the creak of a metal door opening, followed by it slamming shut not even five seconds later. Immediately, he grew an angry face, his eyebrows twitching as he turned to face the ladder. He walked closer to it and looked up, noticing that the two finalists were running around on the metal walkways higher in the mech. Immediately, his face turned into one of excitement as he thought of what he could do to make them regret coming aboard. He reached into his pocket, pulling out two pairs of brass knuckles and tossing them on both of his fists, looking at the shiny metal with his crazy eyes. He started up the ladder, but stopped as he reached the middle of it, turning around to look at the bomb behind him. With his twisted grin upon his face, he leapt down from the ladder, rushing on over to the bomb and starting a thirty minute countdown.

"Don't worry, baby!" he whispered as he ran his index finger over the bomb, "Daddy'll be back for ya in a little bit. This is just to make sure nothing goes awry, ya understand? Oh, fellas! Jay is on his way!"

Turning back to face the ladder, he ran up to it and started climbing it at an impeccable speed. Meanwhile, the two infiltrators had finally made their way up to the control room, noticing Dana all tied up by the glass. They rushed over to her, relieved to see that she was okay, and Buck pulled out a pocket knife, starting to cut the ropes that she was bound with.

"Don't ya worry one lil' bit!" Buck kept her calm with his soothing voice, "We'll get ya outta here in a jiffy!"

"Oh, you might wanna be careful with the duct tape on her mouth," Blaster pointed out the tape, too nervous to pull it off herself.

"Oh...uh...sorry bout this, kiddo."

In a quick motion, Buck ripped the tape off of her mouth, causing her to squeak from the slight tugging of her lips and cheeks.

"Ow, ow, ow!" she cried in pain, rubbing her sore face with her now freed arms, "Thanks, guys..."

"Don't mention it."

"No...seriously. I screwed everything up by letting Maggie join this show...I love her, I really do, but she's not...the best at things like this. I swear, she really is a good person deep down inside, but sometimes life just kinda twists people up and ruins their sense of judgement and morality. And I let myself follow in her footsteps a little too much."

"You don't have to be sorry right now," Blaster patted her on the back as she pepped her up, "Let's just get you out of here safely and worry about all of that later."

"Oh, I don't think any of yas is going anywhere," Jay interrupted the moment that was being shared, having climbed all the way to the control room again.

He stood at the top of the ladder, bumping his brass knuckles together over and over again, each strike against each other causing fearsome sparks to fly from them. He shifted his glance between the three, noting that they each had glares shooting at him. He couldn't help but laugh at the scenario, thinking about how each one of them had pissed him off one way or another, and how he was going to get his revenge on everyone.

"Well, it is a nice little surprise to see that y'all have made it up here. I mean, I didn't expect ya'd even try to save this little twerp, not after all the wrong she's done to each of ya on this here show."

"Just because she isn't the best host doesn't mean she deserves to be kidnapped by some psycho," Buck growled at the criminal, though no offense was taken from the comment.

"Oh, sure. Let's ignore the fact that she brought a clinically insane torture buddy onto this show, letting her mess with y'all whenever she wanted. Let's forget that she ignored all of Chris's warnings about the people that she had invited. We can even ignore the fact that she had several chances to stop me from doing what I was doing, but she didn't! Sure, she deserves the peaceful life that she refused to let y'all have."

"Do you even hear yourself!?" Blaster hissed, "Maggie may be insane, but you're trying to nuke the world and become its king!"

"Correction, little lady! I'll be this world's god!"

"You're delusional, Jay," Dana mumbled.

"And who are you to say what I am? Let's not forget, the only reason that I'm doing what I'm doing is because yer father showed me how to do it! I was his original prodigy, his original child! But then he had to take ya under his wing...and leave me fer the wolves of the law! But it all ends now...I've got my bomb rigged to explode in about twenty-five minutes now. If I don't make it back to that room in time, it'll blow the island to bits! So, what's it gonna be, fellas? Ya gonna drop the hero act and go back to the others, becoming my slaves forever, or will ya try to keep it up and deal with me yerselves? If ya do manage to beat me, all of y'all will go kaboom in the end!"

"But, so will you!" Buck tried to reason with the man, but there was no point, he was too far gone.

"So, I take it that ya choose to die here...heh, so let it be known that I gave ya the choice. Bring it on!"

Without another word from his evil mouth, Jay started charging towards Buck, at least having the decency to attack the guy who was slightly similar in build. Blaster shoved Dana aside, rushing over to help the other finalist as a fight broke out between the two, leaving the small child to watch the violence. Jay was fast, swinging an amplified punch in Buck's left side, immediately causing him to bruise from the power of the brass knuckles. As the assailant went to toss another punch at his victim, Blaster grabbed his arm, trying her best to derail him, though he showed no mercy and sent a knee into her gut, causing her to fall over onto her knees in pain. Buck gained a vicious look on his own face from this, sending a punch into the side of Jay's head, only to hurt his own knuckles on his head.

"Ow, what in tarnation!?" Buck waved his fist around, seeing his knuckles scraped as if he had cut himself on something.

"Ah, right!" Jay laughed a little, "I had to get so many changes to my darn bone structure, that most of my body has metal plates on the inside of it! I guess ya could say I'm impenetrable!"

"Why would ya even do that to yerself!?"

"Have ya ever been on the world's most wanted list? They don't exactly let ya roam around all willy nilly and do whatever ya want. No grocery shopping, no working out at the gym, and no purchasing illegal bombs on the black market. It's not exactly the life I want to lead. I like to be able to make some choices with my so-called freedom."

"You're insane!" Blaster shouted, barely able to get back onto her feet.

"Thank ya kindly."

Letting out a set of maniacal laughter, he kicked Buck in the ribs, sending him flying into the massive window and cracking it ever so slightly before grabbing Blaster and tossing her at the same spot, cracking it even more. The two were dazed, but they noticed him barreling towards them, and thus, rolled out of the way, causing him to crack the window even more with a punch. He growled angrily, turning to face Buck again, only to be struck in the head with a wrench, which actually hurt the man, causing him to start bleeding from his now broken nose. Looking down at the ground, he noticed blood falling in front of him, and immediately gained a menacing look unlike anything Buck had ever seen before.

"Ya know, this is honestly hilarious to me," Jay started his obnoxious speaking once more, shoving Blaster back as she tried to run up behind him. "I mean, ya really are a pain in my sides, Buck. First, ya screw up my plans to get ya eliminated. I drugged you with monster tranquilizer, and ya still managed to befriend enough people to keep yerself in this stupid game! Then, ya follow my tracks after I stole things from everybody, forcing me to shift the blame onto that dumb agent boy. It gets even better, though! All of your little posse stopped me from getting my revenge on Daniel! Ya just had to stall me long enough for Margaret to show up and save his kiester! Gah, I hate her two! I hate every single one of yas! And just when I thought that I was gonna be able to get my revenge on those two in the finale, the two bozos in this room managed to steal the final two spots and ruin my revenge! Yer all gonna pay for messing with me, I swear on myself!"

In a new type of fury, Jay continued to swing punch after punch at Buck, though the boy was able to dodge them well enough to back away from him. Blaster was still a little dazed, having been tossed around and shoved to the wall, but she crawled to her feet once more, noticing the danger that Buck was currently in and making her way over to the scene to help him. The boy found himself backed into a corner, with no place to go, and an angry criminal ready to pummel him into a pile of dirt right in his face.

"Well, looks like it's the end of the line for ya, Banjo Buck," Jay mocked him, cackling much more maniacally than Maggie ever did, "I'm gonna enjoy every single punch, every single kick, and every drop of blood that falls from yer face. Welcome to yer own personal hell!"

Jay continued to cackle, Buck gulping in fear as he rose both of his fists in the air, ready to punch his target with his armed hands, only for the criminal to feel his arms being held back by the girl that he had just shoved away from him. He glance over his shoulder, noticing Blaster tugging them back as hard as she could, trying to keep him from laying a hand on Buck.

"Let go of me, ya nitwit!" he shouted at the girl angrily, though she held him back with even more strength than before.

"Not a chance!" she yelled back, "Buck, knock him flat!"

"Ya don't have to tell me twice!" Buck replied, grasping the wrench firmly and getting ready to swing it.

Jay had suddenly lost his confidence, along with the crazy look on his face. He traded it for a look of fear, because, for the first time in a very long time, he was at someone else's mercy. He had nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide. Truth is, he had sealed his fate the second he kidnapped Dana. There was no way that Buck, Blaster, nor anyone else on the whole island was going to let him do as he pleased. As the wrench struck his face once more, he thought about all that he could've done to improve his odds, though he came up empty with each passing thought. Nothing would've worked in the slightest. Through and through...he had lost. He fell to the ground with a thud, his eyes closed as if he just fell into a food coma.

"Well, that's over," Buck said with a sigh of relief, "Question is...how do we get down from here?"

"Oh...right, we're stuck in the air," Blaster mumbled. "Uh...uh..."

"You can leave that part to me," Dana said in a matter of fact way.

She waltzed on over to the control panel, fiddling with it and causing the mech to start its descent to the ground. Outside, Maggie noticed it and immediately got the crazy smile back on her face, which was somehow a comforting sight to the others at this moment.

"They're coming back!" she cheered, jumping up and down in excitement. "They did it, they did it!"

"Oh, thank goodness," Yves said, rubbing her teary eyes.

Larida and Celeste both held her as she was still sad, trying their best to comfort her until the three returned to the ground. As the descent continued, Buck and Blaster both felt relieved. Looking out the cracked glass window, they could see the buildings much more clearly, and the mechs even came into sight. They couldn't quite make out the people on top of the bus, but they knew they were there, waiting for them.

"Welp," Buck stretched his arms out and tucked his wrench back into his bottomless pockets, "Guess we gotta take Dana back to the rest to win this 'challenge.'"

"Yeah...I was thinking about that," Blaster rubbed the back of her head, feeling a little strange about what she was about to say, "I think that you should be the one to carry her out of here."

"What? But then I'll win the money..."

"Yeah, I know that...but you know, you did just kinda take down the bad guy in that fight. You really did do the work in this operation...I just kinda tagged along."

"No way, ya definitely helped! Dude woulda beat me to a pulp if ya didn't come and hold him back at the last second."

"Come on, Buck. You worked a lot harder for this than I did, you deserve the win."

"I mean...if yer really alright with that."

As the mech finally made contact with the ground, the two finalists felt themselves smiling at each other, while Dana stood by the sidelines and watched them. She twiddled her thumbs awkwardly, knowing that she had done a lot of screw-ups throughout the whole season. Despite this, two competitors still came to her rescue, even when faced with a dangerous man like Jay. Soon, the two approached her, looking down at her with a comforting smile on each of their faces.

"Well, Dana," Buck started, holding his arms out to her, "Maggie says one of us has to bring ya outta here to win this things. Ya don't mind, do ya?"

"Not at all," she replied, hopping up into his arms. "Thank you guys so much..."

"Don't sweat it!" Blaster said with a thumbs up, "Let's just get outta here before that crazy wakes up."

"Agreed."

The two started walking towards the ladder, with Dana still in Buck's arms as they did so. Blaster was the first to start climbing down the ladder, while Buck still stood at the top, waiting for her to get down. Right as she started her climb down, he felt something grab onto his ankle tightly, looking back to see the furious Jay holding onto him.

"I ain't done with ya, hillbilly!" the criminal shouted, tugging on Buck's leg and causing him to fall on his back, with Dana still in his arms, "Give me back the girl! I ain't finished my revenge yet!"

"Ah!" Buck howled in the pain from his back hitting the metal floor, "Blaster, take Dana and go!"

"Ah, okay!" Blaster held one of her arms out to grab the girl, "Send her down."

"No!" Jay continued to scream wildly, trying to crawl over and grab her from Buck's arms.

Just as Jay got close enough to grab her, Buck dropped her behind him, right into Blaster's free arm. His eyes widened as the two made their climb down safely, and started to run through the walkways to get out. He watched them over the side, looking down through the seemingly endless maze of walkways that the mech was, only for something to cause the metallic being to shake, knocking him over the ledge. He grabbed on tightly with one of his hands, but he was weak and dangling.

"Crap, grab my hand, man!" Buck shouted, scooting over to him and holding out a hand for him.

"Why would I do that!?" Jay shouted up at him, "Yer just gonna send me back to jail anyways!"

"Come on, man! This isn't worth dying over! Ya could start over, change yer way of thinking! Just grab my hand, man, we can fix this whole mess!"

Jay looked up at Buck, seeing the concern in the eyes of the boy that he had just attacked, and thinking about it. His look of fear from dangling quickly disappeared, and was replaced with a calm look. Buck continued to hold his hand out to him, but it was no use. Jay didn't want the help, he couldn't fathom the idea of someone lesser than him saving his life. And thus, he let go of the ledge, starting to fall all the way through the mech.

"No!" Buck shouted down at him, a new look of fear on his face, one that was born from the thought of somebody letting themselves plummet a great fall just to avoid getting help.

As the girls continued through the walkways, they saw the man falling down past them, which caused Dana to bury her face into Blaster's shirt, terrified of what may happen next. They kept going, and soon, they heard a loud thud beneath them.

"Just ignore it, Dana!" Blaster tried to keep her happy exterior, "Let's just get out of here and get you back to Maggie, yeah?"

"Y-yeah," Dana said, shuddering as she couldn't help but think what happened beneath them.

Meanwhile, the group had gathered outside of the mech, which was standing near some of the tall buildings, the waist hatch right next to a rooftop. They waited patiently for people to emerge from the mech, and suddenly, they heard Maggie squeal in joy.

"I fixed it!" she clapped rapidly as she spoke, "The bus-plane is working again! Let's go fly up there!"

"It's about damn time!" Caleb shouted, "Come on, bitches! Let's get back in there!"

"You don't have to call us those mean words," Valerie mumbled, climbing back into the bus-plane after everyone else had already done so.

Maggie immediately took off from their position on the ground, flying to the roof of the building with everyone in tow. She landed right on top of it, and everyone unpacked almost as quickly as they had got in. They kept their eyes fixed on the hatch, waiting for it to open up and for their friends to come out of it. After what seemed like an eternity, the hatch finally burst open, Blaster walking out of it with Dana in her hands. The two looked nauseous, but they made it out almost entirely unscathed from the scuffle that went on in there.

"Y...you did it!" Brittany found herself clapping in joy, "You really did it!"

"Dana, you're okay!" Maggie cried out, rushing over and grabbing the girl from Blaster, hugging her tightly. "Blaster wins! Blaster wins the two million!"

"Thanks...but I'm just glad she's okay," Blaster noted, walking out towards her friends, only to be met with a tight hug from Margaret.

"Nice job, Blaster," the mafia queen spoke quietly, having been worried about the girl.

"That was amazing, Agent Coil!" Calvin saluted her, a single tear falling from his eye. "You really did us all proud!"

As everyone rejoiced, finally having Blaster and Dana back with them, Yves couldn't help but notice that Buck still hadn't returned. She was nervously sweating, watching the hatch and hoping for a miracle, but it seemed like he wasn't going to appear. Moments passed, and the crowd began to watch the hatch along with her, hoping for the best. Finally, the boy came out into the open, a little bruised, sure, but otherwise alright. Upon seeing him, Yves ran over and jumped into his arms, sobbing on his shoulder.

"Hey, hey!" he patted her on the back as she cried, "I'm alright, it's okay..."

"That was too dangerous," she mumbled, "You could've gotten really hurt."

"But here I am, right?"

"Yeah...just don't do it again. I don't wanna miss our date because you got hurt."

"Heck, even if I did get hurt, ya know I'd still show up for that!"

"Mhm..."

"I hate to break up this lovey dovey moment," Dana interrupted, "But, there is a live bomb in there that'll go off in...five minutes. It would be wise for us to be on our merry way."

"The bomb!" Buck had forgotten all about it, "Oh, jeez, let's get outta here!"

"Everybody back in the bus!" Maggie shouted to everyone, though they were already on there way.

Each of the former contestants shuffled into the two sides that were meant to watch the challenge, all relieved that they actually had a way to get out of the danger. Maggie got herself back in the driver's seat, while Dana sat in shotgun, looking around to make sure each and every door was shut tight.

"Alright, here we go!" Maggie continued, turning the key and getting the vehicle back in the air, immediately flying away from Cali-Tokyo.

They kept flying and flying, leaving behind the city that everyone had grown to know so well behind them. Despite the fact that they were about to be out of danger, the former contestants started to glare holes into the back of the hosts' heads, clearly angry about the events that had transpired throughout the season.

"Okay, look," Dana started, "I'm sorry that we let a criminal like him get on the island and run amok for such a long time, we should've stopped it before it got outta hand."

"Oh, you think?" Theodore was even angry about the whole situation.

"We could've died at any point in this contest!" Daniel gritted his teeth.

"I know, I know! I'm sorry, okay!? I have an offer to make up for it, though..."

"Oh, boy," Mitchell rolled his eyes, "I'm sure this'll be great."

"We got such great ratings about how crazy this season was and all...I was thinking we could maybe have you guys in another, safer season! You know, this time he won't be here and there won't be that looming sense of danger."

"Fat chance," Margaret hissed.

"Oh, come on! I said I was sorry!"

"But you're a shitty host!" Caleb pointed out, "And I don't wanna deal with your crazy sidekick everyday!"

"Okay, w-what if Maggie wasn't my co-host. What if I got a brand new co-host and everything, one much less intense."

"Aw, but I wanna work with you!" Maggie gained a sad look on her face.

"I know, but I really wanna fix this...would you guys do it then?"

"Maybe," Calvin spoke up, "But we need one other thing promised to us."

"Sure, what's that?"

"No more unfair eliminations!" the mergers shouted in unison.

"Bwah! What do you mean by that?"

"Are you kidding me?" Calvin continued, laughing at her naivety, "Letting someone break in and frame me for stealing everyone's things?"

"Letting me get injured by a psycho and forced out of the game!?" Mitchell shouted.

"Torturing me by making me think my boyfriend thinks I'm a creep and letting Crazy McCrazy destroy my mech?" Celeste asked, her face red.

"Eliminating me for something that I didn't even have a part of just because you were tired?" Daniel pointed out.

"And getting angry at me and my men that didn't even do anything wrong to you?" Margaret scoffed at the girl.

"O-okay," Dana continued, unaware of just how much damage she had done past the merge, "I can agree to that..."

"Then sure," Brittany continued speaking for everyone, "But you got raise that cash prize. We want more money."

"Okay, we can set the prize at five million for the next season. Is that enough?"

"Woah," Larida almost had a heart attack, thinking about the crazy amount of cash, "Y-yes!"

"Great, then that's all settled! You thirteen will come with me and my brand new co-host to a currently undecided location in one year for our second season. I promise I'll do much better this time!"

"I'll believe it when I see it," mumbled Caleb.

"So, you've seen it all, folks!" Dana started, suddenly pulling out a briefcase from underneath her seat and tossing it back to Blaster, who opened it to see the two million dollars that she was promised inside, "We've gone through a lot of crazy ordeals throughout this season, fighting a bunch of robots, making a giant monster return to its home, dealing with a crappy host and her psychotic co-host, and finally, facing off against a highly wanted criminal in a battle above the clouds. This has been an eventful season for sure, but our journey isn't over yet. Join me and the cast in one year for our second season, but for now...this has been...Total...Drama...Mega Mechas!"

The bus-plane soared off into the sunset, leaving the island behind for good, along with Jay and his bomb.

---

Inside the mech, the bomb that Jay had set to explode only had thirty seconds left on its clock. Each second ticked by as if it were a minute, or even an hour. Time was changed in the world for a moment, with the threat of impending doom lurking over the island that the contestants had just found themselves escaping. There was one thing out of place, however. Though he had surely fallen to the bottom floor of the mech, where the bomb was, Jay was nowhere to be seen. In fact, the only thing in the room aside from the bomb itself was an odd looking device, one that seemed to be a portal of some sorts. Outside, on the island, things were so peaceful for a moment. There wasn't any life on the island aside from some micro-organisms, but the skies were clear, and the fighting from the challenge earlier had ceased. It was pure serenity. Then, not even ten seconds later, the bomb went off, causing the city to crumble in the explosion, leaving nothing but rubble behind.

Author Notes:

*And there you have it, folks! I tired to answer as many of the unsolved mysteries as I could in this episode, and I think it did. I know that this season was comparatively weak when you look at Space Station, so I tried to go all out for this finale and make it something good to remember the season by. Blaster gets to see victory at the end of it all, congratulations to NightwolfGamer03, she made it all the way and won. Scrap Island will be starting not too far from now, and I assure you, it will be much better than this season was. Thanks for sticking around for the "Dana Learns that Hosting is Hard" season in her arc. She now has to face the consequences of her actions but not letting Maggie co-host anymore, though I'm sure that we'll see here somewhere else in the next season.

*Placements: No Placement - Chris; 14th - Theodore; 13th - Brittany; 12th - Valerie; 11th - Caleb; 10th - Larida; 9th - Garett; 8th - Yves; 7th - Calvin; 6th - Mitchell; 5th - Celeste; 4th/3rd - Margaret and Daniel; 2nd - Buck; 1st - Blaster

*And now, the alternate ending!

As the descent continued, Buck and Blaster both felt relieved. Looking out the cracked glass window, they could see the buildings much more clearly, and the mechs even came into sight. They couldn't quite make out the people on top of the bus, but they knew they were there, waiting for them.

"So, this really was a strange turn of events," Blaster noted, rubbing the back of her head awkwardly, "Oh, that reminds me! We gotta bring Dana out to get the prize money."

"Right, about that," Buck interrupted her, "I think that the one who really deserves that money here is yerself, Blaster."

"Huh? You don't wanna play rock, paper, scissors for it or something? You just wanna give it up like that?"

"I mean, I really did give it some thought, and in the end, the only reason that we took down that maniac is because you held him back so I could crack him one good in the jaw. You should do the honors."

"That's...really nice, Buck! I'd be glad to do that!"

As the mech finally made contact with the ground, the two finalists felt themselves smiling at each other, while Dana stood by the sidelines and watched them. She twiddled her thumbs awkwardly, knowing that she had done a lot of screw-ups throughout the whole season. Despite this, two competitors still came to her rescue, even when faced with a dangerous man like Jay. Soon, the two approached her, looking down at her with a comforting smile on each of their faces.

"Heya, Dana!" Blaster said cheerily, holding out her arms for the girl to jump into, "Maggie told us that if one of us carries you out of here, we'll be able to win the money. That alright with you?

"Not at all," she replied, hopping up into his arms. "Thank you guys so much..."

"Shucks, Dana," Buck patted her on the head as he spoke, "Ya don't have to worry 'bout it none, we were just making sure ya were safe and all. Now, let's skedaddle, eh?"

"Agreed."

The two started walking towards the ladder, with Dana still in Blaster's arms as they did so. Buck was the first to start climbing down the ladder, while Blaster still stood at the top, waiting for him to get down. Right as he started his climb down, she felt something grab onto her ankle tightly, looking back to see the furious Jay holding onto her.

"I ain't done with ya, wanna be robot!" the criminal shouted, tugging on Blaster's leg and causing her to fall on her back, with Dana still in her arms, "Give me back the girl! I ain't finished my revenge yet!"

"Oh, gosh!" Blaster shouted in fear, "Buck, take her quickly! He can't get her again!"

"Okay, send her down here!" Buck yelled back up at her, holding his arm out to grab Dana. "I'll catch her!"

"No!" Jay continued to scream wildly, trying to crawl over and grab her from Blaster's arms.

Just as Jay got close enough to grab her, Blaster dropped her behind her, right into Buck's free arm. His eyes widened as the two made their climb down safely, and started to run through the walkways to get out. He watched them over the side, looking down through the seemingly endless maze of walkways that the mech was, only for something to cause the metallic being to shake, knocking him over the ledge. He grabbed on tightly with one of his hands, but he was weak and dangling.

"Oh no!" Blaster squeaked in fear, reaching her hand out to help him up, "Come on, grab my hand! You're gonna fall!"

"Why would I do that!?" Jay shouted up at her, "Yer just gonna send me back to jail anyways!"

"Please, we don't want you to die or anything, we just want you to leave Dana alone! If you promise us that, we won't even tell the authorities we saw you!

Jay looked up at Blaster, seeing the concern in the eyes of the girl that he had just attacked, and thinking about it. His look of fear from dangling quickly disappeared, and was replaced with a calm look. Blaster continued to hold her hand out to him, but it was no use. Jay didn't want the help, he couldn't fathom the idea of someone lesser than him saving his life. And thus, he let go of the ledge, starting to fall all the way through the mech.

"Oh my god!" Blaster screamed in horror as the man fell down further and further away from him, knowing that, wherever he was headed, it wasn't going to end well for him.

As the boy with the girl in his arms continued through the walkways, they saw the man falling down past them, which caused Dana to bury her face into Buck's oil-stained shirt, terrified of what may happen next. They kept going, and soon, they heard a loud thud beneath them.

"Hey, hey!" Buck called her attention, staying positive to keep her happy, "That was nothing, okay? Just focus on us getting out of here and back to Maggie, alright?"

"Y-yeah," Dana said, shuddering as she couldn't help but think what happened beneath them.

Meanwhile, the group had gathered outside of the mech, which was standing near some of the tall buildings, the waist hatch right next to a rooftop. They waited patiently for people to emerge from the mech, and suddenly, they heard Maggie squeal in joy.

"I fixed it!" she clapped rapidly as she spoke, "The bus-plane is working again! Let's go fly up there!"

"It's about damn time!" Caleb shouted, "Come on, bitches! Let's get back in there!"

"You don't have to call us those mean words," Valerie mumbled, climbing back into the bus-plane after everyone else had already done so.

Maggie immediately took off from their position on the ground, flying to the roof of the building with everyone in tow. She landed right on top of it, and everyone unpacked almost as quickly as they had got in. They kept their eyes fixed on the hatch, waiting for it to open up and for their friends to come out of it. After what seemed like an eternity, the hatch finally burst open, Buck walking out of it with Dana in his hands. The two looked nauseous, but they made it out almost entirely unscathed from the scuffle that went on in there.

"Y...you did it!" Brittany found herself clapping in joy, "You really did it!"

"Dana, you're okay!" Maggie cried out, rushing over and grabbing the girl from Buck, hugging her tightly. "Buck wins! Buck wins the two million!"

"Ah, the money ain't no big deal, I was just glad to help out," Buck said, blushing awkwardly as a teary-eyed Yves ran up to him and hugged him tightly.

"I was so worried about you," Yves mumbled, burying her face into his shoulder, "I thought you might not make it back for our date.

"Come on now, ya know I wouldn't miss that for the world!"

"That was so cool, Buck!" Mitchell shouted, "You're definitely gonna be the hero in my next book!"

"Nice job, Buck!" Larida applauded, "I'm so proud of you."

As everyone rejoiced, finally having Buck and Dana back with them, Margaret couldn't help but notice that Blaster still hadn't returned. She was nervously sweating, watching the hatch and hoping for a miracle, but it seemed like she wasn't going to appear. Moments passed, and the crowd began to watch the hatch along with her, hoping for the best. Finally, the girl came out into the open, a little bruised, sure, but otherwise alright. Upon seeing her, Margaret ran over to her and pulled her in for a tight hug, something that felt like it meant a lot, coming from someone of her status.

"W-woah!" Blaster was a little taken aback by it, "I'm okay, Marge! What are you so upset for?"

"Come on, now," Margaret mumbled, "You can be kind of an airhead sometimes, you really could've gotten hurt in there."

"I guess so, but look! I'm a-okay! Me and Buck took down that bad guy like he was nothing.

"He is nothing, nothing is all he's ever gonna be. I should gotten rid of him sooner."

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing!"

"I hate to break up this sweet moment," Dana interrupted, "But, there is a live bomb in there that'll go off in...five minutes. It would be wise for us to be on our merry way."

"The bomb!" Buck had forgotten all about it, "Oh, jeez, let's get outta here!"

"Everybody back in the bus!" Maggie shouted to everyone, though they were already on there way.

Each of the former contestants shuffled into the two sides that were meant to watch the challenge, all relieved that they actually had a way to get out of the danger. Maggie got herself back in the driver's seat, while Dana sat in shotgun, looking around to make sure each and every door was shut tight.

"Alright, here we go!" Maggie continued, turning the key and getting the vehicle back in the air, immediately flying away from Cali-Tokyo.

They kept flying and flying, leaving behind the city that everyone had grown to know so well behind them. Despite the fact that they were about to be out of danger, the former contestants started to glare holes into the back of the hosts' heads, clearly angry about the events that had transpired throughout the season.

"Okay, look," Dana started, "I'm sorry that we let a criminal like him get on the island and run amok for such a long time, we should've stopped it before it got outta hand."

"Oh, you think?" Theodore was even angry about the whole situation.

"We could've died at any point in this contest!" Daniel gritted his teeth.

"I know, I know! I'm sorry, okay!? I have an offer to make up for it, though..."

"Oh, boy," Mitchell rolled his eyes, "I'm sure this'll be great."

"We got such great ratings about how crazy this season was and all...I was thinking we could maybe have you guys in another, safer season! You know, this time he won't be here and there won't be that looming sense of danger."

"Fat chance," Margaret hissed.

"Oh, come on! I said I was sorry!"

"But you're a shitty host!" Caleb pointed out, "And I don't wanna deal with your crazy sidekick everyday!"

"Okay, w-what if Maggie wasn't my co-host. What if I got a brand new co-host and everything, one much less intense."

"Aw, but I wanna work with you!" Maggie gained a sad look on her face.

"I know, but I really wanna fix this...would you guys do it then?"

"Maybe," Calvin spoke up, "But we need one other thing promised to us."

"Sure, what's that?"

"No more unfair eliminations!" the mergers shouted in unison.

"Bwah! What do you mean by that?"

"Are you kidding me?" Calvin continued, laughing at her naivety, "Letting someone break in and frame me for stealing everyone's things?"

"Letting me get injured by a psycho and forced out of the game!?" Mitchell shouted.

"Torturing me by making me think my boyfriend thinks I'm a creep and letting Crazy McCrazy destroy my mech?" Celeste asked, her face red.

"Eliminating me for something that I didn't even have a part of just because you were tired?" Daniel pointed out.

"And getting angry at me and my men that didn't even do anything wrong to you?" Margaret scoffed at the girl.

"O-okay," Dana continued, unaware of just how much damage she had done past the merge, "I can agree to that..."

"Then sure," Brittany continued speaking for everyone, "But you got raise that cash prize. We want more money."

"Okay, we can set the prize at five million for the next season. Is that enough?"

"Woah," Larida almost had a heart attack, thinking about the crazy amount of cash, "Y-yes!"

"Great, then that's all settled! You thirteen will come with me and my brand new co-host to a currently undecided location in one year for our second season. I promise I'll do much better this time!"

"I'll believe it when I see it," mumbled Caleb.

"So, you've seen it all, folks!" Dana started, suddenly pulling out a briefcase from underneath her seat and tossing it back to Buck, who opened it to see the two million dollars that he was promised inside, "We've gone through a lot of crazy ordeals throughout this season, fighting a bunch of robots, making a giant monster return to its home, dealing with a crappy host and her psychotic co-host, and finally, facing off against a highly wanted criminal in a battle above the clouds. This has been an eventful season for sure, but our journey isn't over yet. Join me and the cast in one year for our second season, but for now...this has been...Total...Drama...Mega Mechas!"

The bus-plane soared off into the sunset, leaving the island behind for good, along with Jay and his bomb.

---

Inside the mech, the bomb that Jay had set to explode only had thirty seconds left on its clock. Each second ticked by as if it were a minute, or even an hour. Time was changed in the world for a moment, with the threat of impending doom lurking over the island that the contestants had just found themselves escaping. There was one thing out of place, however. Though he had surely fallen to the bottom floor of the mech, where the bomb was, Jay was nowhere to be seen. In fact, the only thing in the room aside from the bomb itself was an odd looking device, one that seemed to be a portal of some sorts. Outside, on the island, things were so peaceful for a moment. There wasn't any life on the island aside from some micro-organisms, but the skies were clear, and the fighting from the challenge earlier had ceased. It was pure serenity. Then, not even ten seconds later, the bomb went off, causing the city to crumble in the explosion, leaving nothing but rubble behind.