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"Today's semifinal is based on a couple of seasons. I call it...Trivia, or Triple Dare!" Chris laughed. "You will recall the semifinals of the first two seasons. In our Triple Dog Dare Challenge, our final three performed dares from the nineteen losers, with a sudden death elimination if a dare was refused. In our final challenge that became a semifinal in Season Two, due to the contestants tying, the contestants each answered a question about a contestant, or replicated a challenge. This time, you can spin this wheel.." He pointed to a wheel with promotional pictures of each season on it." And take a trivia question about a contestant, or spin the wheel..." He gestured to a wheel with the faces of the other twelve All-Stars on it "And take a dare."

"Are we allowed to change our mind if we can't do one of them?" I asked.

"Not if you take a dare!" Chris grinned. "And this time, no palming it off on anyone else, and, you only get a freebie if you answer a trivia question correctly. If you can't answer the question, you take a death-defying dare. If you can't do the dare, you get eliminated. So, who's going first?"

There was a short pause. Finally, Zoey took a step forward. "I'll take a trivia question." she offered, and spun.

I remembered that she'd watched the show before her debut, because she mentioned it in the first episode of the fourth season. "So stoked to be here. I've been watching Total Drama for ever!"

She got Total Drama World Tour. "Going in elimination order," Chris said, "Who left the show first?"

Zoey paused in thought. "Eze...no, Duncan." she said. "He refused to sing, so he quit, even though he returned."

"Correct!" Chris said. "Now, as a follow-up question...what is Duncan's favourite movie?"

Zoey hesitated for a longer time. Finally, unsure of herself, she spoke up. "It's...Bloodbath II?"

"I'll accept." Chris shrugged. "Kind of disappointing that you could answer that. Hopefully the next one is hard enough so that I can give out a dare!"

I went up next, and spun the trivia wheel. This time, it stopped on Total Drama Island. Good, I'd seen that one a few times.

"Who was kicked off first, and why?" Chris asked.

That was the easy one. "Ezekiel, because he made sexist remarks about girls being weaker than guys and not as smart."

"And as a follow-up..what genre of music is Ezekiel into?"

Easy. "Rap." I said quickly. "The way he's always going 'yo yo, dog' and 'yo playa'..."

"Correct!" Chris says. "Come on up, Mike!"

The creep didn't bother to correct Chris, but he didn't attempt to act like Mike any more, leaving his hair covering one eye and talking in his real voice. He took a dare, and spun. The dare was from...

Courtney. Oh, this could be vindictive. She was probably still angry from being the first out. "Spend five minutes swimming in a tank with Fang!"

Mal, surprisingly, looked a little worried. But once he came back in swimming trunks, he seemed confident again. But as he got into the tank, I saw his face freeze, and his hair stopped hanging in his face. It didn't defy gravity – it lay flat instead of standing straight up – but...

He spent the five minutes fearlessly, punching Fang in the nose hard enough that the mutant shark was too hurt to approach more than twice.

When the five minutes were up, the personality climbed out, saying in a recognizable Italian-American "Joisey" accent, "Eh, that shark ain't so tough-" But then he gasped again, and Mal was back.

I looked over at Zoey. "Vito?" I whispered. She nodded.

Was that a good sign, or not, that Vito had gotten through? Had Mal been controlling him, or had he managed to get through by himself? Sure, Vito had given Mike the most trouble out of the four harmless personalities, nearly ruining his chances with Zoey, but anyone was better than Mal.

The challenge was almost enjoyable when Zoey and I were taking trivia questions. They weren't so hard. We both knew what Courtney's short-lived band was called (the Type A Psychotic Crazies), what DJ's dream date would be (going to the Central Park Zoo with Lady Gaga), and Leshawna's most embarrassing moment (she saw a spider in math class and screamed so loud that the windows shattered). We pinpointed Sierra's favourite colour (pink-purple, like her hair) and Harold's best qualities (his honour). Zoey told Chris what Gwen would do if it was the last day of her life (sketch the sunset) and I answered what Dawn considered her best quality (reading auras). Mal mostly took dares, but that was the strange thing. I knew Mal well. I knew he could never have done half of those dares alone. Vito wasn't the only personality that showed up – Svetlana came through the most, but Manitoba Smith made several appearances, and even Chester came up once in a while. After about five rounds, the guy suddenly chose the trivia, coming up with Total Drama World Tour.

"We're on to Episode 9!" Chris announced. "Mike, who was the person voted off, and why?"

I wondered which voice I'd hear, and boy did I get a delivery. "Lindsay, after losing the fashion walk-off tiebreaker with her and DJ after Team Victory lost." I looked over at the guy. No insomniac eyes. Spiky hair.

...Mike?

"Correcto-directo!" Chris grinned. "And the follow up question is...what is Lindsay's favourite memory?"

"The first time she saw sparkly lip gloss." Mike answered. But the minute he'd said it, he gasped again, and he turned back into Mal.

And so on. It was at the time of a particularly scary dare, about an hour later. Zoey and I had done a few dares by then, but at that point, the personalities all seemed to be trying to get through at the same time. I could hear them all.

"You...cannot do this!"

"Just give me my life back!"

"Lemme at 'im, Mike, I can take him!"

"We can hold him off just for a minute, mate, just get through to your sheila while you still can!"

We could hear Chester and Svetlana arguing, too, but suddenly the last voice had the last word. "Enough!"

Mike was in control. He looked at Zoey and I. "I'm sorry." he said quietly. "I know it's not enough, but I'm sorry."

"Mike?" Zoey whispered. "Is it really you? Like, really really?"

"Yes, it's me." Mike said softly. "But...I don't know for how long." He sighed. "I can hold Mal off for a little while, with the help of my other personalities, but only for a few seconds. That's why I'm going to do this." He turned to Chris. "I forfeit." he said firmly. "I request that I'm the one to be flushed tonight."

Chris shrugged. "Sure. I don't care. As long as it's someone."

Mike turned back to Zoey and I. He looked at me first. "I know what Mal did." he said, not looking at me properly. "After he did it, he told me everything." He shuddered, just thinking about it. "I'm so sorry I couldn't stop him, Bailey. I understand if you hate me."

I shrugged, trying to pretend it hadn't happened. "Whatever. I don't hate you, Mike. I hate Mal. You did nothing. It was all him."

"Thanks." Mike murmured. "Zoey," he moved on to his girlfriend. "I know you probably don't trust I'm who I say I am. But I swear, it's me. For now, at least. But I probably won't see you for a while after this. I'm going to commit myself to a hospital, but I promise, I'll get better. Then I'll be able to lock Mal away."

Zoey studied Mike for a moment, trying to work out whether he was telling the truth. Finally, she smiled "I'll wait for you." she promised. She shyly reached up and kissed him on the lips quickly. "I know you'll be able to get through this."

It was almost a melancholy event to see Mike leave the island, although he kept switching personalities throughout the day. The three of us mostly kept away from each other, before we said goodbye on the dock. But on the other hand, it was sort of a relief. Zoey and I were allowed back into the spa hotel, but we swapped bedrooms this time, and took the other girls' bedroom.

"So..." I remarked, "We're in the finale."

"Yeah." Zoey gave a sigh. "I'm glad Mal was wrong. Mike is still in there, even if he doesn't feel strong enough to keep control yet." She paused. "I wonder what the last challenge will be. Knowing Chris, it'll be life-threatening."

I managed a smile. "I don't think you of all people should be worried, Zoey. Who's defied death on this show more times than you?"

We'll leave it at that, although probably, the answer is "half the first-generation contestants". The finale is next!

Next chapter: Moats of Doom, a few familiar faces (okay, any from four to thirteen faces) and the finale. Who you gonna root for, who's it gonna be?

And on that note, could you please check out my Katie/Sadie oneshot "Best Sleepover Ever"? It's my first ever yuri.