Hey guys. I've gotta say, I am sorry for updating so late. I tried my hardest to upload this chapter in February, but a few things stopped me from doing so. First, before this semester of school started, I didn't think I was gonna go back. I was wrong. So, I had to start this semester a few days late. Not only that, my school schedule is pretty hectic. I barely have enough time to write half a page per week while I'm at school. I was only able to upload it now because I'm on Spring Break. Second, the final fight. Oh man, was it a chore to write! It took me more than a month to write, and the whole fight ranged 8 pages on its own! Be that is it may, it was so much fun to write, and I hope you all have as much fun reading it. Speaking of reading, I'll let you all do that. OH! One more thing. For those of you who didn't get the "Over 9000" joke, I apologize for assuming that it was self-explanatory and that everyone would get it just like that. If you want an explanation for it, just search for it on Youtube or Google. You can do that with pretty much all of my jokes and references if you don't get them. Anyway, on with the chapter!
Virtual Wrigley Field
The show returned from commercial break in the midst of the battle between the Vito, B, Justin, and Noah.
The fight had been going on for a little more than a minute's time. All four fighters had thrown their shots and taken their shots, and all four had approximately half of their health left. The fatigue was evident as all contestants were panting heavily on their respective sides of the battlefield. Even though they were tired, they still kept their eyes on their opposition.
"Ey, yo, B!" Vito said to his partner, which got B's attention, "I think it's time for dese two mooks ta be stuck between a B n' a hard place, huh?"
The Silent Genius smiled and nodded to his partner before looking back towards Justin and Noah.
"What are those two planning?" Justin asked.
Suddenly, B started to rush towards the Model and the Bookworm.
"Uh oh," Noah said in worry as he and his partner got into defensive stances, awaiting an attack. However, instead of attacking them, B jumped, somersaulted over them, and landed behind them, forcing the Bookworm to turn around and face him.
"Oh…I see what they're trying to do now," Justin said.
Noah then gave his partner a look that said, "Really?" in a sarcastic tone.
At that moment, Vito and B started to charge towards Justin and Noah, who stayed in their defensive positions.
"This won't be good," the Bookworm muttered.
"Vi-toooooooooooooo…" Vito said as he reared back his right fist, which spontaneously combusted, back.
"Wait, I've got an idea," Justin said.
"That scares me more than these two rushing towards us," Noah said while pointing at their opponents, who were still charging towards them.
"Don't worry, this will work."
"For your own sake, it better."
At this point, Vito and B were just moments away from meeting Justin and Noah on the pitcher's mound.
"Puuuuuuunch!" Vito finished yelling as he started to bring his fist forward. At the same time, B jumped in the air and started to fall back to the ground, on top of his opponents. [1]
"Dive!" Justin yelled as he and Noah jumped out of the way of Vito's punch and B's belly flop.
Unfortunately for the season four pairing, their attacks collided with each other instead of their intended targets.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" B yelled after Vito's "Vito Punch" sent him straight up into the air and out of the stadium.
"Oh…whoops!" Mike's Guido Personality said as he continued looking into the air.
"Kaio-ken!" was heard from behind him.
"Keio-wha?" Vito asked before getting a full-speed punch to the face, from Noah, that sent him directly into the wreath-covered outfield wall with such great velocity, that he created a crater in the wall. [2]
"Ouch..." was all Vito could say before disappearing inside the hole in the wall.
"Winners: Justin and Noah! Never thought I'd ever say that," Chris's voice announced.
"Yes!" the winning pair shouted in celebration, before being transported to the next round.
Confession Cam
*Static*
Noah - *He has his arms crossed as he looks at the camera* "Yeah, I watched a lot of DragonBall Z when I was younger. What of it?"
*Static*
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Mike and B emerged from their chairs and saw Katie being held back by DJ.
"Nice fight, guys!" Chris said to the most recently emerged team, "Hilarious ending too."
"I'll have to take your word for it," Mike said, "I don't remember any of it."
"Well, B got to experience how it felt to be one of his homerun balls after Vito punched him out of the stadium. Ha-ha!"
"Wow! Really?" Mike asked his fighting partner, who nodded in response. "Sorry about that, B."
"Welp, looks like we've got our not immune contestants for this challenge," the Host said to the camera, "Mike, B, Dawn, Ezekiel, Eva, and Katie are all up for elimination, while Harold and DJ don't get the chance to get into the competition this season."
"I'm fine with that," Harold said with a shrug, "It just gives me more time to spend courting the lovely, vivacious, and bodacious LeShawna."
"You're still on that pipe dream, dude?"
"My potential relationship with LeShawna is no pipe dream, Chris. Gosh! She kissed me once, and she can do it a-gain!" the Dweeb said dramatically.
"Yeah…good luck with that," Chris said quickly, "Anyway, you six non-immunes are free to go into the top deck and vote for whoever you want to, or you can wait until everyone else is done. I don't really care either way."
With that, Mike, Dawn, B, and Katie started to walk back to the bus, to place their early votes. Ezekiel started to follow them, but he saw that Eva was walking with them.
"Eva," he said to her, making her look away from the TDVR Machine's screen and at the Prairie Boy, "Aren't you gonna come and vote with us?"
"Nah," she answered, "I wanna watch the rest of these fights. Make sure Alejandro gets what's coming to him."
"Oh, cool! I'll stay and watch, too, eh."
"Homeschool, you don't have to stay just to keep me company."
"I know, but I want to."
The Muscle-bound Teen shrugged and looked back at the screen along with Ezekiel. Unbeknownst to the Homeschooled Canadian, the corner of Eva's lips curled up into a small smile.
Top Deck Confession Cam
*Static*
Eva - "I don't know whether I should be annoyed by Homeschool… or impressed with him again. I mean, he does get on my nerves sometimes, but…it's less and less each time."
*Static*
Ezekiel - "She may not want me there, but I need to find oot more aboot what's goin' on with her alliance with Justin, eh."
*Static*
(LB)
Both Ezekiel and Eva watched on as the next fight started up.
Virtual Racquetball Court Dome in Virtual Fenway Park
Justin and Noah appeared on one side of the court.
"Well, I guess we're immune now, huh?" Noah asked.
"Guess so," Justin replied.
"Well, my work is done. You're on your own now, Pretty Boy," the Bookworm said as he sat down and leaned against the wall of the virtual dome.
"Wait, what?! You're not gonna fight with me?"
"My goals in this challenge were to make sure I was immune and make sure you don't get that reward at the end, so I'm sitting this one out."
"So, you don't even want the reward?"
"Seeing you get eliminated would be my reward. I just didn't want to risk my own elimination at the same time."
At that moment, their opponents appeared on the other side of the court.
"Ugh! Seriously? You two won? Can't Harold do anything right?" Noah asked once he saw who their opponents were.
"Sha-duh! Lightning always wins!" Lightning said as he posed.
"I wouldn't say always…" Cameron muttered under his breath, making his partner look back at him.
"What was that?!"
"Uhh…nothing! Nothing at all," the Bubble Boy quickly said.
"That's what I thought."
That was when Noah got up from his sitting position and walked back where he initially stood, next to Justin.
"Ok, I'm in again," he said with an angry look on his face, "Thunder Brain is mine."
Justin looked over at Noah with a surprised look.
Confession Cam
*Static*
Justin - "Huh…I've only seen Egghead look that determined when I had a chance of getting eliminated. I wonder what flipped his switch.
*Static*
Noah - "I hate bullies, especially ones that are also brainless jocks. I wasn't gonna just watch Lightning take advantage of Cameron like that. Not without a fight."
*Static*
Virtual Coney Island
Alejandro and Tyler appeared on one side of the virtual version of the famed Coney Island Boardwalk, while Anne Maria and Zoey appeared on the opposite side.
"Grrrr…" Anne Maria growled as she looked at her opponents.
"Whoa! She looks more ferocious than Ezekiel did back in season three," Alejandro observed.
"Y-yeah…" Tyler said as he cowered behind his partner.
"Don't worry, mi amigo. I shall take the scary, big-haired, very tan girl while you fight the redhead."
"Deal!"
"Sudden Death round," Chris's voice was heard saying, "Fight!"
With that, Anne Maria charged straight towards Alejandro, who charged at her as well. Tyler and Zoey ran off to the side and faced each other in their fighting stances.
"You know, Tyler," Zoey started, "Out of all of the jocks that I know, you're definitely the nicest."
"Thanks, Zoey," the Sport-o said with a smile.
"No problem. However, with that being said, I've always wanted to beat up on a jock, and I've never had as good a chance as this, so I'm not gonna hold back. Is that ok?"
"That's fine. I wouldn't have it any other way. Hit me with your best shot, Zoey!" [3]
With that, the friendly foes engaged in their own tussle.
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Eva, Ezekiel, Harold, DJ, Cody, and Sierra watched a screen that showed the Justin/Noah vs. Lightning/Cameron fight while B and Dawn watched a screen with the Alejandro/Tyler vs. Anne Maria/Zoey fight.
"Go Noah and Justin!" Harold shouted, "Defeat the dreaded Lightning, and go easy on the respectable Cameron."
"Yeah! Cameron's cool, but Lightning can be mean sometimes," DJ added, which made Eva look at him with a raised brow.
"How is someone so huge, like you, so soft?" she asked the Brickhouse, "You're such a waste of muscle mass."
"Ouch…" DJ said in a hurt tone, which Eva responded to with a roll of her eyes.
"I'm ba-ack!" all of the spectating contestants heard coming from one of the entrances to the arena floor.
They all turned around to see Katie walking down the aisle towards the TDVR Machine.
"What did I miss?" she asked before looking up at one of the screens.
"Your boyfriend is putting up a good fight, surprisingly," Eva answered.
"Whoo! That's my Noah!" the Sweet Girl cheered as she watched the fight continue.
Meanwhile, a certain host overheard her from not too far away.
Confession Cam
*Static*
Chris McLean - "Of course! That's what's so different about Noah. He's got that girlfriend of his with him." *He grew an evil looking smile on his face* "Well, I guess I'm gonna have to do something about that. Then we'll see who'll have the last laugh you smug, sarcastic, eggheaded bookworm."
*Static*
Virtual Racquetball Court Dome in Virtual Fenway Park
"Sha-kaio-what? AH!" [2]
A hard impact was heard before Lightning was seen flying into the virtual Green Monster wall. He left an indent in the wall before sliding down to the ground.
"Ugh!" Lightning exclaimed before looking at his fighting partner, who was in the middle of his own fight. "Bubble Boy! Help Lightning!"
Cameron, who was wearing a virtual version of his mech-suit, was seen punching Justin, who disappeared in a puff of white smoke right after he was punched. However, another Justin would appear next to the Wide-Eyed Bubble Boy.
"I would," he said with a semi-mechanical sounding voice, "But Justin's jutsu is really hard to defend against."
"Peek-a-boo!" one of Justin's shadow clones said before Cameron punched him into smoke.
"Lightning don't care about that! Just help Lightning before he kicks your butt himself!"
"Ugh!" Cameron groaned before he started running over to his fallen partner. However, he was blocked off by three Justins.
"Not so fast, Ironboy," one of the Male Model clones said.
"We're not done with you yet," another clone said.
That same clone extended his right arm and opened his palm upwards. The other two clones put their hands above the first clone's extended hand and made circular motions above it. Suddenly, a blue aura was seen taking the shape of a sphere in the first clone's hand.
Cameron looked at this phenomenon in awe. As he watched, the two clones on the sides disappeared and the real Justin reared his right hand back before jutting it forward, into Cameron's chest.
"Rasengan!" the Male Model shouted as he did it.
The blue aura sphere exploded, encased the Bubble Boy in a white sphere, and sent him into the side of the dome, opposite the Green Monster. Seconds later, both the white energy and Cameron disappeared from the dome.
"Ugh! Whatever!" Lightning shouted as he watched his teammate disappear, "Lightning can do this on his own!"
"Kaaaaa…meeeee…" he heard coming from not too far away.
"Haaaaa…"
Lightning turned his head to face where the voice was coming from.
"Meeeee…" it was Noah saying these words while he had both of his hands reared back to his right side, like he was holding an invisible volleyball. In between his hands, a bright white light was emanating and forming a sphere.
"Hey! What the heck are you-" Lightning tried to ask before…
"HAAAAAAAAA!" Noah shouted as he brought his hands in front of his body and extended his arms towards the Self-Centered Athlete.
The white sphere grew in size and shot out a giant beam of energy towards Lightning, who feebly tried to block, but it was of no avail. The beam of energy engulfed the athlete and utterly destroyed his virtual form, along with the virtual dome that surrounded the victorious pair of Justin and Noah.
As the virtual Plexiglas™ rained down around them, Noah remained in his pose and panted while Justin looked flabbergasted.
"Winners! Noah and Justin!" Chris's voice was heard saying.
"Whoa…" was all the Model could say.
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Many of the contestants, who watched the fight, shared Justin's expression. Everyone except…
"EEEEEEEEEE! I knew he could do it!" Katie said as she jumped up and down jubilantly.
"Boo-yah! Awesome Kamehameha wave, Noah!" Harold cheered, "And Justin surprised me with the Shadow Clone Jutsu, along the Rasengan. I never took him to be a Naruto fan."
Confession Cam
*Static*
Justin - "To set the record straight, I'm not a 'Naruto Fan'. My mom just made me watch it with my little cousin a lot when he came over. I just liked it when the spiky blonde-haired guy made a bunch of copies of himself. Why? Because I've always dreamed about doing the exact same thing myself." *He sighs happily* "See? Dreams do come true."
*Static*
Bridgestone Arena Floor
After the first fight ended, and Lightning and Cameron were released from their chairs, the screens that showed that fight switched to the other fight.
Virtual Coney Island
Alejandro and Anne Maria seemed evenly matched as they exchanged blows on one side of the boardwalk. Meanwhile, their partners were fighting a little differently.
"AAH!" Tyler yelled as his back bent backwards.
"Do you give up, Tyler?" Zoey asked from underneath her opponent.
"No!"
The Redhead increased the pressure of her knees going into the Sport-o's back by pulling the back of his headband and his legs even more. This made Tyler's voice raise another octave.
"I'm so glad that this is virtual reality," he said in a higher pitch, "or else this would be extremely painful!"
"All you have to do is give up, and I'll let go."
"No! Never give up! Never sur-"
At that moment, a loud crack was heard from Tyler's body. Zoey gasped as she let go of the Sport-o, who fell to the ground with the back of his head touching the back of his legs.
"Huh…Now I know how my plastic baby felt," he said before he disintegrated into pixels.
With that, the Redhead turned her attention to her partner and Alejandro, who were still matching each other, blow-for-blow.
"I have to say, señorita," the Suave Latino said while panting, "You are quite the skilled fighter."
"You're not too bad yourself, Pretty Boy," Anne Maria responded.
"Gracias, bella."
"Just speak English. I know you can."
"Sí, I can, along with Spanish and Japanese."
"Ugh! You're a overachiever, aren't ya?" she asked with a slightly annoyed look.
"はい、そうです。" [4]
"GRRR! I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU!" the Jersey Girl screamed in rage before charging headfirst towards Alejandro, who barely dodged by jumping over her.
"Whoa!" was all he could say as he watched Anne Maria go underneath him.
Confession Cam
*Static*
Alejandro - "I thought Anne Maria would be putty in my hands after I worked my Hispanic charms. What gives?!"
*Static*
Anne Maria - "I'm still takin' LeShawna's advice to heart. I'm not lettin' any boys get in my head now, especially not Alejandro. Not afta seein' how he played my girl back in season three.
*Static*
Anne Maria continued charging after she missed, allowing Alejandro to land behind her in the exact same spot he stood before.
"Nice try," the Suave Latino said before receiving a kick to the face.
He fell onto his back and looked up to see Zoey standing over him.
"What-What happened to Tyler?" Alejandro asked her.
"I…kinda sorta…broke him," she answered sheepishly.
"Ugh! Idiot…no matter."
The Latino rolled back into a handstand before doing a front-flip to get back on his feet.
"I can beat both of you chicas on my own," he said while getting into a fighting stance.
Both girls stood together and faced Alejandro.
"We won't be beaten by a womanizer like you, Alejandro," Zoey proclaimed while pointing dramatically at her opponent before looking over at her teammate. "Right, Anne Maria?"
"Yeah! Ya think you're beatin' us? Ha! No way, Jose," she said with a smirk.
"Grrr!" Alejandro growled as he started to charge towards Anne Maria. "Don't ever call me that!" he yelled as reared his fist back.
The Jersey Girl stood her ground, watching the Hispanic Villain approach her at a fast clip. Moments before his fist made contact with her face, Anne Maria lowered her head, causing Alejandro's fist to hit the solid follicles. Moments after hitting Anne Maria's cement-like hair…
"AIII!" he shouted as he held his right wrist with his left hand and painfully looked at his now broken virtual fingers.
"Oh, shaddap you big baby. There's no pain in this thing," Anne Maria said with a roll of her eyes.
Meanwhile, Zoey made her way behind Alejandro, and managed to put him into a sleeper hold. He started to flail about, but the Redhead was able to keep the hold locked on. After a while, the flailing slowed to a stop, and Alejandro's consciousness started to fade. At that time, Zoey loosened the hold, but kept the Latino on his feet.
"He's all yours, if you want him," the Redhead told her fighting partner, who smirked before putting her head down and starting her charge.
"GRAAAAAA!" she yelled as she got closer to the still unconscious Arch Villain. Moments before she made contact, he regained consciousness and widened his eyes at the incoming tackle.
"DIOS-" was all he could say before he was launched into the air by Anne Maria's hard headed hit.
"-MIOOOOOooooooooo…!"
"Winners! Anne Maria and Zoey!" Chris's voice was heard saying.
"Yeah! Nice job, Anne Maria! High five!" Zoey cheered as she raised her hand in the air.
Anne Maria looked up at Zoey's hand then looked at Zoey with a slightly annoyed face.
"Come on! Don't leave me hanging," the Redhead said with her hand still raised.
"Not happenin', Red," the Jersey Girl said before she was teleported to the next stage.
"Ugh…" Zoey sighed as she started to teleport as well, "It was worth a shot…"
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Alejandro and Tyler were released from their chairs and regained consciousness with the real world.
"Ugh! Estúpido!" Alejandro yelled at himself, "I can't believe I lost to those chicas!"
"Join the club, eh," Ezekiel said as he helped Tyler out of his chair, "At least you guys lasted longer than Dawn and I did against them."
"Maybe, but did Zoey break your back in two?" the Sport-o asked his friend, causing him to cringe.
"That did look pretty painful."
"Ha! At least you didn't get blasted in the face with a 'Bananarama'," Lightning interjected.
"It's Kamehameha, gosh!" Harold corrected.
"Whatever, nerd! All Lightning cares about is getting into this season and getting the victory that should have been his last season."
"Well, that's debatable…" Cameron muttered to himself.
"What was that, Bubble Boy?" the Self-Centered Athlete asked as he got into Cameron's face, threateningly.
"Uh…" was all the Bubble Boy could say before a big hand pushed him back softly.
"He said, 'that's debatable'," DJ said as he moved in-between Cameron and Lightning.
Lightning looked up at the Brickhouse's face and saw his angry face.
"You think you scare the Lightning?" Lightning asked with a chuckle and a smug expression.
DJ responded with an even more intense glare, which made Lightning lose his smug expression and back away.
"Pfft! Whatever…" he said as he walked away from DJ and Cameron.
"Wow! Thanks, DJ," Cameron said gratefully. The Brickhouse turned and faced the Bubble Boy and flashed a big smile.
"No problem, little buddy. Nobody's gonna bully one of my bros."
The two exchanged a fist-bump before continuing their conversation.
Confession Cam
*Static*
DJ - "I may seem like a softy sometimes…mostly because I am, but I'm not gonna just sit around and watch a friend get bullied. If I did, Momma wouldn't let me hear the end of it." *He starts waving at the camera* "Hi Momma!"
*Static*
Lightning - "Pfft! Big Man can waste his time with Bubble Boy. Lightning don't care! Lightning ain't got time for that!" [5]
*Static*
"Looks like we won't have any Cameo Contestants in the Final round," Chris announced to the crowd of contestants eliminated from the tournament, "But Alejandro, Cameron, and Lightning will get a chance to get into this season along with Cody, Sierra, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, and Owen!"
"Sha-yeah baby! L-I-G-H-T-N-G spells V-I-K-Uh…tor-y!" Lightning cheered while flexing his muscles.
"Well, it certainly doesn't spell 'Lightning'…" Katie whispered to DJ and Cameron, who chuckled along with her.
"So," the Host continued, "Since you guys aren't needed anymore, you Cameo Contestants can go off and do…whatever until the Copter comes back to pick you guys up. Also, Tyler, you're free to go vote now."
"Sweet!" the Sport-o shouted before running towards the aisle. "I'm gonna vote so hard!"
"Anyway, let's get to the final fight, shall we?" Chris said as he gestured to the big screens on the VR Machine.
Virtual Auto Shop
Both pairs appeared in the middle of a virtual replica of the auto shop in New York City. All of the virtual mechanics were looking at the fighters and cheering them on.
"We're having our final epic battle here, in this dumpy place?" Justin asked looking around in disgust.
"You mean, you're having your final epic battle here," Noah said to his partner as he found a nice, comfortable, stalled car to sit against. "Like I said before, my work is done."
"Ugh! Whatever," said the Model with an eye-roll, "I don't need you and your Kai-o-whatever anyway."
At that moment, Justin crossed the index and middle fingers of both of his hands and shouted.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
With a puff of white smoke, another Justin appeared next to the original.
"I can take these two on-"
"-by myself."
Across the stage, Anne Maria and Zoey watched on in amazement.
"Well…this is different," the Redhead said skeptically.
"Maybe for you, Red," the Jersey Girl said to her partner while cracking her knuckles. "This is just anotha fight ta me."
Zoey nodded before turning her attention back to the Justins standing on the opposite side of the stage.
"Actually…" a certain Host's voice was heard saying from the sky, "I'm gonna make things a little interesting right now."
"Of course you are," Noah droned from his seated position.
"I've decided that in this tournament, there can only be one winner! So, this 2-on-2 fight is now…a FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT! Last fighter standing, wins the tournament and the challenge! Battle starts NOW!"
As soon as Chris finished his statement, the pairs turned their sights from the other pair to each other.
Noah got up to his feet and stared down the two Justins, who returned with stares of their own. Meanwhile, Anne Maria glared at Zoey, who looked worried in return.
"W-w-wait! I thought we were teammates," Zoey pleaded.
"Not anymore, Red," Anne Maria responded, "Didn't ya hear Chris? Every fighta for themselves; also, I've been wantin' ta do dis for a while."
At that moment, the Jersey Girl charged toward her former partner, while shouting in rage.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the auto shop, Justin had multiplied once again. Now there were three shadow clones of the Model facing Noah.
"Ugh…! Three times the insufferable," he droned while looking at his opponent(s).
"I think you mean, three times the hotness," all three Justins said simultaneously.
"Ugh! This is a nightmare come to life!"
"And it's about to get worse, Egghead!"
At that moment, the Justins charged at Noah, all at once.
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Each of the four screens on the Virtual Reality Machine focused on one of the fighters. Katie, Harold, DJ, Cody, and Sierra watched Noah's screen.
"Come on, Noah!" Katie cheered.
"I wonder if he can go Super Saiyan," Harold wondered out loud.
"That would look so cool!" DJ and Cody gushed.
"I think Cody would look better as a Super Saiyan," Sierra interjected.
Eva, Ezekiel, Alejandro, and Lightning watched Justin's screen.
Eva watched silently and intently with her arms crossed, while Ezekiel shifted his eyes between the screen and the Muscle-Bound Teen.
Alejandro and Lightning, however, were conversing with each other while they weren't watching the screen.
Cameron, Dawn, and B watched Zoey's screen.
"Go Zoey!" Cameron cheered.
"Yay, Zoey!" Dawn cheered as well, while B clapped ecstatically.
No one watched Anne Maria's screen, but she did have a fan section watching her elsewhere.
Virtual Auto Shop
The Justins had Noah on the defensive. The Male Model clones alternated attacks on the Bookworm, when one Justin wasn't attacking, another one was. Noah had no choice, but to defend himself from the constant attacks.
Zoey wasn't attacking either, but she could if she wanted to. However, the Redhead couldn't bring herself to attack her former partner, no matter how much Anne Maria attempted attacks on her.
"What's wrong, Red?" the Jersey Girl asked in a mocking tone while continuing to attack, "Too chicken ta fight back?"
Zoey could only respond with an irritated grunt as she continued to defend herself.
"Heh! Too bad your boyfriend isn't here, huh? He could probably help ya outta this jam if he was."
The Redhead's facial expression changed to an angry look.
"But, I guess he was too much of a losa to make it this far. I guess it makes sense that a losa like him would be wit a losa like you! He'd be betta off if Vito was his real personality. I mea-"
Before Anne Maria could finish that statement, she received a knee to the midsection, which caused her to double over for a second. The knee was immediately followed by a kick to the chin that launched the Jersey Girl several feet into the air.
While Anne Maria continued to rise into the air, Zoey jumped up to where she was and continued to attack.
"Mike-" *Punch* "-is not-" *Kick* "-a LOSER!" *Punch* "And Vito-" *Punch* "-is Mike's-" *Kick* "-WORST PERSONALITY!" *Uppercut*
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Mike rubbed the back of his neck and nervously looked away from the screen after hearing what his girlfriend just said.
Virtual Auto Shop
The uppercut sent Anne Maria even higher into the air, in slow motion no less.
"Time to end this…" Zoey whispered menacingly before charging up her finishing attack. However, before she could deliver it…
"Aaaaaaah!" was heard coming towards her from her left side.
She didn't notice the Bookworm flying towards her, until right before he made virtually painful contact with her.
"Oof!" They grunted as they were both knocked down to the virtual ground.
Meanwhile, Anne Maria body was caught before she landed. One of the Justins held the Jersey Girl in his arms as the rest of the clones made their way to the same location. While the shadow clones converged, Anne Maria's eyes began to flicker open.
"Wha…?" she asked weakly.
"Don't worry, Anne Maria," one of the Justins said, "We can beat these losers."
Anne Maria looked up from her position and quickly realized where she was.
"Heh, I like da sound of dat," she said while getting back on her own two virtual feet.
On the other side of the battlefield, Zoey and Noah got back to their feet and stood in fighting stances alongside each other.
"Take them down before we start fighting each other?" Noah quickly asked.
"Deal," Zoey said with a nod.
Both temporary duos (or in Justin and Anne Maria's case, quartet) stared the other down, waiting for the opposition to make the first move. Meanwhile, a voice chimed in from the sky.
"Uhh…you guys remember that this is a free-for-all, right?" Chris asked, "Meaning that you can fight anyone else."
The fighters kept their focus on their opponents and ignored the Host's words.
"Hey! Don't ignore me! I'm the host of this show! I can have any of you eliminated whenever I want, as long as you're not obeying the unwritten rules of this show!"
Noah started to get irritated by the Chris's rambling.
"Yeah, you heard me! This is my show! I decide who lives, and who…gets eliminated! Not Chef, not your teammates, not the marshmallows, ME! Chris Freakin' Mc-!"
"CHRIS! FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING, SHUT-" the extremely annoyed Bookworm started to shout towards the sky, before he was interrupted.
"Noah! Look out!" Zoey shouted as a high-speed fist was making its way towards the pair. Noah turned his attention to the quickly approaching fist heading his way.
Knowing that she had more health than the Bookworm, Zoey dove in front of him and took the punch from Anne Maria. The sudden attack sent the Redhead to the ground behind her ally.
Noah looked back momentarily to see his comrade on the floor before turning back and seeing the Jersey Girl and one of the Justin clones starting to gang up on him.
Meanwhile, the other two Justins made their way to Zoey, who was starting to get up from the previous attack. They both jumped the fallen Redhead simultaneously, and started their 2-on-1 assault. Zoey was quick to raise her guard and block the attacks, which still chipped away slowly at her health.
Noah looked away from his opponents to see his ally getting attacked. He was about to help out, when Anne Maria suddenly landed in his line of sight, blocking the sight of Zoey defending herself from the Bookworm's vision.
"You do realize that I could just sneeze on you and eliminate you from this fight, right?" Noah asked her, taking note of her the tiny sliver left in her health bar.
"Not if I have anything to say about it, Egghead," one of the Justins said on the opposite side.
"Why are you two even working together anyway?" he asked while getting into a fighting stance and smirking. "Don't tell me she's your Sakura, Justin."
"Hilarious, but no. We just cut a deal, just like you and Zoey did."
"Yeah! What he said," Anne Maria added.
"…Right…" Noah replied, raising a skeptical eyebrow.
Confession Cam
*Static*
Noah - "I don't believe...it..." *He thought about what he just said and then put his hands to his face* "I'm so sorry for that accidental pun."
*Static*
At that moment, Noah got out of his fighting stance and shrugged.
"Well, it looks like you got me. I obviously can't beat both of you by myself, even with DragonBall powers," the Bookworm said.
Hearing this made the Male Model clone smirk.
"Glad you've come to your senses, Egghead," he replied confidently, "I guess you are smart some-"
"Solar Flare!" Noah suddenly shouted, with his eyes shut completely, his hands in front of his face, and their fingers spread out. This created an extremely bright array of lights that flashed intensely throughout the virtual auto shop.
"AH! MY EYES! MY BEAUTIFUL EYES!" the Justins shouted in unison as they tried to cover their eyes. Zoey and Anne Maria tried to shield their eyes from the blinding light as well.
The flashing lights lasted for roughly 10 seconds. After which, every person affected by it was still feeling the effects, even though Noah had stopped launching the defensive move.
The Bookworm then set his sights on the Justin clones that were attacking Zoey before they were blinded. He rushed the disoriented clones and punched them both at the same time, making them dissipate into white smoke.
"AH!" the last remaining Justin yelled, like he was in pain. In reality, he didn't feel any pain, but his health bar did deplete significantly, leaving about a third of it left.
Meanwhile, Noah was helping Zoey back to her feet while she was rubbing her eyes.
"Your vision back?" Noah asked quickly.
"Almost…" the Redhead answered, managing to open one of her eyes. "You could have warned me or something."
"Sorry, spur of the moment. Anyway, if you still want to beat Anne Maria, now's your chance."
Finally regaining her vision fully, Zoey looked over at the Jersey Girl, who was rubbing her eyes while holding her hand out in front of her.
"Justin! Where ya at?" she asked, almost desperately as she tried to feel around for her ally.
Unfortunately for her, Justin didn't hear her as he was too focused on getting his vision back. Not only that, she was also a sitting duck for Zoey, who promptly launched her finishing attack.
"Sorry, Anne Maria," the Redhead whispered to herself before running and jumping towards the Jersey Girl, with her right fist reared back. As soon as the punch made contact, Anne Maria disintegrated into a bunch of pixels.
"That's one down," Noah said before turning his attention to Justin, who was standing several yards away tending to his eyes. "Let's finish this," he said before rearing both of his hands back to his right side, like he was holding an invisible volleyball.
"Kaaaa…meee…haaaa…meee…" the Bookworm said as a while light ball started forming in-between his hands.
"HAAAAAAAAA!" he shouted as he brought his hands in front of his body and extended his arms towards the Male Model, causing a huge beam of light to fire.
The beam made contact with Justin, and launched him into the air. However, before his virtual body disintegrated, a white puff of smoke emanated and covered his body before he turned into a piece of wood that looked like it was sawed from a tree trunk.
"…Is that a…log?" Noah muttered, dumbfounded.
Suddenly, a foot connected with the side of the Bookworm's face, sending him to the floor.
"Yes, yes it is," Justin said, with his virtual body unscathed.
"Hyah!" Zoey shouted as she tried to hit him with a kick of her own.
Unlike Noah, Justin was able to block the Redhead's kick. She continued her offense with a flurry of kicks and punches, all of which were blocked by the Teen Model.
Meanwhile, Noah, who was recovering from the kick, looked over to see his rival and temporary ally duking it out with each other.
"Ugh… I've only got one shot at this…" the Bookworm whispered to himself before raising both of his hands high above his head and keeping them there. "I'll need Zoey to keep his attention for a while, but if she can do that, there's no way Anti-Me can dodge this one…"
At that moment, Justin was able to grab Zoey's punching fist with one hand, and her kicking leg with his other hand, immobilizing her offense. Then, he managed to throw her to the side, giving him enough space to perform another Shadow Clone Jutsu. He only had enough energy to create one clone, but…
"That's all I need…" Justin whispered to himself with a smirk on his face.
The Justins immediately ran to opposite sides of the fallen Redhead, who was recovering. She managed to look up and see each clone flanking her.
"Gotta think fast," she thought to herself.
With the Justins closing in, she decided to dodge their attack by jumping high into the air. Unfortunately for her, one of the clones followed her up there.
"Gotchya!" Justin shouted as he got behind Zoey and put her in a full-nelson hold.
"Hey!" the Redhead shouted, looking back at the clone that had her in the hold.
In doing that, she failed to notice the other Justin jump up to their level and launch several shuriken at her. Once Zoey turned her head back around, she only got a glimpse of the shuriken before they were plunged into her chest. Once they did, she gasped out loud and went wide-eyed, a face that was similar to what she was used to seeing her boyfriend make. Soon enough, her body started to disintegrate into small, shiny pixels. A second later, her virtual body was gone.
Following Zoey's defeat, both Justins landed back on the ground.
"One down," one of the clones said.
"One Egghead to go," the other clone finished.
With that said, the clones turned their collective attention to Noah, who was still standing with his arms raised above his head with his palms pointed towards the sky.
"Heh!" one Justin scoffed, "What are you supposed to be doing? Are you trying to do the YMCA dance, but you forgot what comes after Y?"
"Heh-heh-heh!" the other Justin chuckled, "Or maybe he's trying to wave his hands in the air, like he just don't care." [2]
The Justins both laughed at their own jokes while Noah stayed in his stance. However, he had a few beads of sweat dropping down his face.
"Ugh! It's not ready yet!" The Bookworm thought, "If I attack with it now, it wouldn't take them both out. But, it's not like I have the energy to attack with anything else now. It's now or never!"
"You're really just gonna stand there like that, Egghead?" Justin asked as he held out his right hand towards the clone, which proceeded to make hand movements over the hand. "Heh! I actually thought that you'd be more of a challenge than Zoey was, but I guess I'm wrong."
Soon enough, a blue aura sphere started to take shape in his palm. Once it was complete, one Justin held the blue sphere while the other Justin kept his hand over it. With the sphere in tow, the clones started walking towards Noah.
"Ok…time to end this," Justin said as he and his clone reared their hands back and turned their walk into a run.
"I agree!" Noah shouted as he brought his arms down.
Once he did that, a part of the roof of the virtual auto shop broke open with a larger blue aura sphere breaking through the hole. It dropped down towards the Justins, who were a few yards away from the Bookworm.
"Spirit Bomb!" "Rasengan!" Noah and Justin shouted respectively and simultaneously.
Bridgestone Arena Floor
Both attacks were inches away from making contact before a huge white light shined brightly throughout the auto shop, blinding both fighters and everyone watching the screens of the Virtual Reality Machine, and causing a NPC in the auto shop to do a Wilhelm scream.
"Augh!" Harold shouted as he tried to cover his eyes.
A few seconds later, the light disappeared, but it was replaced with heavy smoke.
"So…who won?" Katie asked.
At that moment, everyone heard one of the chairs starting to release its contestant. They all looked over to see that the contestant being released from their chair was…
"Son of a-" Noah began to shout as he got out of his chair.
"Wait…so, that means…" Ezekiel began to say before the smoke on the huge screen dissipated, showing Justin standing alone in the virtual auto shop battlefield.
"Yep! Justin wins the Total Drama Virtual Reality Street Fighter Tournament Challenge!" Chris shouted jubilantly.
Some moans and groans were heard from some of the contestants.
"Which means," the Host continued, "Justin will be receiving the special surprise prize, which I will be giving to him…in private!"
"Aw man! I really wanted to see what it was," Harold complained.
"Tough! You all can watch it when it happens on TV. Now, all of you current contestants head back to the Double Decker Bus and cast your votes, if you haven't yet. You seven cameos, you can go wherever, just as long as you be here when the Copter of Shame is ready to leave. That includes you two, Cody and Sierra. Alright! Vamoose!"
With that, the 17 contestants, current and cameo, made their way out of the floor area of the arena, leaving Chris, Chef, and Justin, who was still in his chair.
"Chef," Chris started, "Release Justin from the chair."
With a nod, Chef turned back to the control panel of the machine and pressed a button labeled, "Release Chair 4". A second later, the chair opened up, and Justin's eyes started to flicker open.
"Whew! That was crazy…" the Model said, putting his hand on his head.
"Congrats, Champ!" Chris greeted, "As the winner of the Total Drama Virtual Reality Street Fighter Tournament Challenge, you have won the Super Special Secret Surprise Prize!"
"Which is…?" Justin asked.
That's when Chris pulled something out of his pocket. That thing was a tiny wooden bust, resembling Chris's head.
"This Total Drama Immunity Idol!" the Host said as he presented it to the contestant.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Chef sang in a high, almost angelic voice.
"Nice!" the Male Model exclaimed as he took it.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to those three, there was someone listening in on the conversation from the opening to the main hallway of the arena.
"I knew it!" Ezekiel whispered to himself before running off to the main exit of the arena, thinking that the conversation was over.
But it wasn't…
"And…I've got another idol with your name on it," Chris said to Justin.
"Really? I get two idols?"
"Well, you get just one for now. To get the second one, you'll need to do a…special task for me."
"And what would that be?" Justin asked with a raised brow.
"It's quite simple, actually. And I'm sure you'll have fun doing it, too. All you have to do is get Katie eliminated before Noah, ASAP. Oh, and make sure you don't tell anyone about this secret deal, alright?"
"Heh! Is that all?" the Model asked with a scoff. "You've got yourself a deal, Chris!"
With that, they extended their arms and shook each other's hand.
Bottom Deck Confession Cam
*Static*
Justin - "It turns out Chris hates Noah as much as, if not, more than I do. So, he wants to see Noah breakdown before he gets eliminated. And the only way for that to happen is to take his girlfriend away from him. I'm not sure if it will work or not, and, to be honest, I don't care if it does. I just want that second idol. With my alliance, getting it should a cinch. Score one for the beautiful people!"
*Static*
Top Deck Confession Cam
*Static*
Ezekiel - "I gotta tell everyone I can about that immunity idol. Now that Justin's got it, he's even more of a threat than he was before, eh!"
*Static*
Elimination Ceremony
Later that night, in the parking lot, all 11 of the remaining current contestants sat on two rows of benches in front of Chris and Chef, who had a TV next to him. The five cameo contestants, along with Cody and Sierra, stood to the side near the Copter of Shame, and watched as the ceremony started.
"Alright, let's make this quick! Who's ready to see some votes?" Chris asked the contestants.
His question was answered by a collective groan.
"Not again…" Katie whined.
"Yes, again! Hit it, Chef!"
With that, Chef pressed the play button on the front of the TV. A second later, video started to play on the screen.
Voting Confessional
*Static*
Justin - "As much as I'd like to vote for Katie, I'm afraid that B is a bigger threat, not only in the game, but to my eyes. I mean, the guy is sooooo huge! Has he ever even seen a gym before?"
*Static*
Noah - "Justin got so lucky…" *He groaned* "Anyway, I have to cast my vote for B. As much as I like having fellow geniuses around, he's the only one that's more of a threat in the mental department than me. Sorry, B.
*Static*
Zoey - "Hmm…Mike is my boyfriend, Dawn and B are our friends, and Katie is our new friend, so that just leaves Ezekiel and Eva…I think I'm gonna have to go with Eva. She just seems like more of a threat than Zeke. I'm sorry if that sounds kinda mean."
*Static*
Anne Maria - "Oh, how I'd love ta vote for Red." *She sighs* "Well, guess I'll have ta vote for da next best thing. I'm votin' for da Hippie Chick. I would vote for Mike, but I'm sure no one else will vote for 'im. Plus, Dawn's voice is annoyin' to listen to everyday. Ya know what I'm sayin'?"
*Static*
Tyler - *He's rubbing his back* "Man, that Zoey can fight. Anyway, I've gotta vote for B. There's no way I can beat his big brain in a brain challenge. Sorry, bro."
*Static*
B - *He shows a drawing of Eva, with over-exaggerated arm muscles and chest*
*Static*
Mike - "Let's see…Zoey's my girlfriend, B and Dawn are our friends, and Katie is our new friend, so that just leaves Ezekiel and Eva…I'm gonna have to vote for Eva. She's just more threatening. Sorry, Eva.
*Static*
Dawn - "I sense something…almost demonic inside of Ezekiel. It might just be my imagination running wild, but I don't want to take that risk, so I'm voting for him. I am so sorry, Ezekiel. You seem like a good person, though."
*Static*
Ezekiel - "I hate that only good people are up fur elimination, eh." *He sighs* "Well, if I have to choose someone, I've gotta choose B. I know he's a good guy and all, but he's also very, very smart, eh. With the merge coming up, he's gonna be a threat. Soory, B."
*Static*
Katie - "I'm voting for Eva. Not only is she a threat with her strength, but she, like, helped get Sadie eliminated. So not cool!"
*Static*
Eva - "B, Mike, Katie, and Dawn: all weaklings. But the weakest of all would have to be Dawn. She's like a fragile stick. For her sake, she needs to leave before she snaps in two."
*Static*
Elimination Ceremony
"Well, looks like we've got a tie between B and Eva," Chris announced to the astonished contestants. "I guess we'll have to have a tie breaker vote."
Eva and B looked at each other. B looked uncertain while Eva looked…indifferent.
"That is," the Host continued, "If this wasn't a reward challenge! Ha-heh-heh!"
"Oh, come on!" Anne Maria shouted.
That's when the group of contestants erupted with negative comments.
"That's right! This was a reward challenge. I thought you guys would have guessed that when I said that the winner of the challenge would get a prize along with immunity. When have I ever been that nice? Ha-ha!"
"Then, why did you have us cast votes?" Zoey asked.
"So I could show them off and stir up some drama, which has been lacking lately."
After hearing that, the group of current contestants just glared collectively at the Host.
"Anyway, there will be no elimination tonight, but something big will be goin' down soon. That's all I can say for now. With that said, you are all dismissed. Cameos will go back to Toronto in the Copter. The semi-finalists go to the Bottom Deck, and the rest of you go up top. Y'all come back now, y'hear?"
"Cut it with the accent, Applejack," Eva said angrily as she walked by toward the Double Decker Bus, making Katie look at her questioningly as she walked behind her. [6]
When Justin walked by, he and Chris winked at each other with no one, except the camera crew, around to see it. Once all of the contestants were gone, the Host turned to the camera and flashed his signature grin.
"We still have 11 contestants in the game, but how many will we have when we reach our next destination? Guess you'll have to find out on the next episode of Total…"
"Drama…"
"Avengeance!" Chris exclaimed as the camera panned out, before quickly panning back in.
"Which will be the Total…"
"Drama…"
"Avengeance…"
"Halfway Aftermath Special! Whew! That's a mouth full…"
B: 4
Eva: 4
Dawn: 2
Ezekiel: 1
References
[1] - Vito Punch is a parody of the Falcon Punch, which is a signature move of Captain Falcon.
[2] - DragonBall Z Abridged references everywhere!
[3] - "Hit Me With You Best Shot" is a song by Pat Benatar.
[4] - That is Hiragana Japanese for "Hai, soo desu" which means "Yes, that's right."
[5] - Ain't Nobody Got Time for That! You can thank Sweet Brown for this reference.
[6] - Could Eva be part of a certain fandom of candy colored equines?
Well, hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Like I said before, I'm sorry it took so long, but life happens. Anyway, now it's time for you, the readers, to make some big decisions. I will be putting up a poll on my profile, asking what Old Team contestant you would like to see return from elimination. Each of you will only get one vote, so make it count. Also, this poll will only be open for about a month. Afterwards, the first part of the Aftermath Special will be uploaded, so there's that. Also, for those of you who would prefer that no one returns so the story can end quicker, you don't have to vote, but I just want to leave some wise words for you.
"Life's a journey, not a destination." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plus, I planned this from the beginning. Alright, see you all in about a month!