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Author's Note: Sorry for the long delay. I've been really busy with work, school, and mix in a lot of laziness. Glad to see people are still enjoying this so far, hope you like this one too.

Episode 8 - The Am-AH-Zon Race

"Germany! Here our competitors encountered the glorious Alps, as fun to go up as they are to come down. They also learned why Germany is world renowned for the care they put into their sausages. From this day one however, Germany will only be known for one thing, it's traditional dance! Specifically, the slap heard around the world! We're three players down and fourteen left, but not for long, on Total, Drama, World Tour!"

(Cue Theme Music)

Another flight to another location. Owen continues to annoy others with his fear, even while sleeping. "Going down...Engine Failure."

Alejandro was growing annoyed with Owen, and tries shoving the big oaf. "Would you pipe down already!"

The physical contact instead sends the sleeping Owen into a panic. "Crash positions!" He waves his arms around wildly, barely missing Izzy and punching Alejandro right in the face. This panic finally awakens Owen from his sleep. "Whoa, what a terrible dream." He then notices Alejandro collapsed on the floor. "Al, what happened?"

Now sporting a black eye, Alejandro assures Owen he's fine. "Nothing a little ice and revenge won't fix."

Owen was relieved. "Cool." Then realized something. "Wait, did you say revenge?"

"Of course not. Off topic, do you have any serious allergies?"

Owen had to think about it. "Let's see now."

(Confession Cam)

Owen - "Sometimes I get the feeling Al might slightly not totally like me. Punching him in the face probably didn't help, unless he likes that kind of thing. Fingers crossed!"

Nurse Chef, complete with outfit, snaps an eye patch over Alejandro's injury, much to his own discomfort.

Over with the other members of team Chris, Noah is trying to sleep. A tiny bump of turbulence sends a mouse falling from the overhead storage straight into his snoring mouth. Noah instantly awakens and spits the mouse out in disgust. "Ah! Blech! Stupid Economy class!"

Tyler seems to be the only one fine with being in the loser class. "Being back here has some perks." The jock was still happy about Lindsay remembering him in Germany, who was currently waving to him from the other side of the room.

Alejandro didn't share Tyler's positivity. "Next time we get on this plane, we better be back in first class."

Owen was eager to win Alejandro's forgiveness. "Yeah, cool! Let's be a team! A team that gets along. All of us, with everyone forgiving anything that might have ever happened by accident, or whatever, yeah!"

Team Victory was reflecting on the past. Bridgette was especially feeling bad. "I feel bad about voting off LeShawna. All she did was hurt Heather, and she tried so hard to make sure we won last time."

Ezekiel had his own worries. "I hope she doesn't take the vote personal, eh. An angry LeShawna is one of the last things I want waiting for me after the game."

Always the optimist, Lindsay didn't approve of this negative talk. "Oh come on guys! I don't want to hear any downy talk. We're not out of the game yet."

"But we're already down three teammates, eh. The others haven't even lost one yet."

"Cheer up Zane. If Tyler can come back, anything can happen! The whole game could change at any time!"

(Confession Cam)

Bridgette - "It's like it's impossible for Lindsay to ever have a pessimistic thought in her head. It's nice knowing you have someone to rely on to cheer you up when things seem down."

Up in first class, things were very unusual. The room was lacking it's usual happiness and excitement, instead replaced with a disturbing silence, only broken by the noises coming from a sleeping Cody. The boy had set up some type of emergency security system out of string and bells to awaken him if someone got too close. "Sierra...no...no..foot rubs!"

Duncan and Courtney were sitting together in silence. Courtney was passing the time by throwing dirty looks at Gwen, who gladly returned them. Duncan had to chuckle at the girls.

Courtney wasn't amused. "Zip it Duncan, you're still on probation mister. And you'll stay on probation, until you help me get rid of that goth freak."

"Oh, perfect image of a relationship there. Might as well start controlling his thoughts soon. Can't have Duncan thinking something you don't like." Gwen sarcastically commented.

"Excuse me, but Duncan and I were very happy together until you started butting in."

"Really? I couldn't tell. What with you never letting Duncan have a word in edgewise."

"I think I can tell when my boyfriend has an objection to something I say!"

Heather snaps at them. "Would you two shut up? I'm trying to have a conversation with my good friend Sierra over here! Do us all a favor and go back to glaring at each other until we land!" In a huff, the girls turn away from each other and return to their silence.

(Confession Cam)

Heather - "It's nice having the target off my back and all, but if those two desperate losers cost us first class, I will personally push them out of this plane!"

With her job done, Heather resumed her conversation with Sierra. "So, with all your great knowledge on the game, you must have some idea on who's going next."

As if anticipating Heather's question, Sierra brings out a paper filled with charts and data. "Of course! According to my stats, no team avoids elimination six times in a row without getting O.C.T.B.I. Syndrome."

Heather was confused. "What?"

"Over-Confidence-Then-Blowing-It Syndrome?"

"So, what you're saying is, Team Chris is on the chopping block?"

"Duh! IMHO, for a T.V. reg., you're a mega newb."

Heather realized something else. "Wait...doesn't that apply to-"

Heather was cut off by Chris's voice coming from the plane's intercom. "Brace for landing. We've arrived in our next destination: The Amazon! But the runways a little short."

"Team Amazon in the Amazon? That's gotta be a lucky sign!" Gwen excitedly exclaimed.

The rest of her teamed gasped at her words. Sierra was quick to explain the problem. "Whenever a team predicts good luck, they always lose!"

"But I didn't! I just meant!" Sierra quickly covered Gwen's mouth.

Chris's voice sounds from the intercom again. "Gosh, I hope none of the Amazons said this might be good luck for them. That'd be disastrous!" Gwen can only groan as Chris laughs.

The plane finally lands at their destination, slipping across the runway and crashing off screen.

With the contestants together with their teams, Chris starts the explanation for the days challenge. "Welcome to Peru! Birthplace of the mighty Amazon river! This challenge is called the "Am-AHHH-Zon Race". Teams must hike along an ancient Inca trail through the Peruvian jungle, all the way to Machu Picchu. Hidden somewhere amongst the ruins of Machu Picchu, a golden treasure awaits discovery. Find the treasure to win first class passage to our next destination. Last team to arrive at Machu Picchu will have to send someone out the elimination door. And be warned, the jungle contains many, many, vicious insects."

The last bit of information alarms Cody, raising his hand for Chris to notice. "Um, Chris?" Chris already knows exactly what Cody wants to ask. "Yes, Cody, the legal department made me well aware of your deathly allergies, and they insisted we supply an epipen."

Cody tries to take the epipen, but Chris keeps it out of his reach. "Wouldn't make sense to give it to the person who has the allergies. What if you need an injection when you're unconscious?"

Sierra immediately volunteers. "Oh, oh. Me! I can take it!"

Chris ignores the stalker fan. "Who can we get to carry this?"

Sierra continues to desperately volunteer. "Oh, Chris! Chris! Chris!"

While Sierra continues to beg, Cody rushes over to Gwen and silently begs her to help. Gwen sighs and reluctantly gives in. "I'll take it."

Sierra furiously objects. "What? NO! I'm the only one who knows what sends Cody into anaphylactic shock! Black ants, brown ants, red ants, bugeo bees, wolf spiders, katydid crickets, the clear-winged Sutherious Perenna butterfly, and goat saliva!"

"Goat saliva"? Must make dating a little tough, eh, Cody? Here you are, Gwen." Chris tosses the epipen to Gwen. Sierra angrily glares at her while Cody sighs in relief.

"Also in the jungle are the Zing-Zings, a native tribe who have never encountered modern man, and they're not about to, so if you spot a Zing-Zing, do not make contact.

Owen had a question. "How far is it to mucky pitchy?"

"Machu Picchu, is a hop, skip, and a jump from here, plus eighteen hours." The contestants groan. "The jungle is too dangerous to travel at night, so teams will have to break at dusk and camp along the trail until sunrise."

"And I assume there are no tents?" Alejandro asks.

"Correctamundo. Now, because the playing area is so vast and dangerous, each team will have a walkie-talkie in case of emergency. Teams, I wish you good luck, or at the very least, a lack of death."

With the challenge started, the teams were stuck at a fork in the road. Lindsay was trying to make a decision for her team. "Eenie, meenie, miney...left?" Ezekiel and Bridgette had no better ideas, so the team started moving first.

Seeing Lindsay go left helped Tyler decide for his team. "Whatcha think? Left? Yeah, eh. Left. Left is definitely good." His team shrugs and follows.

Team Amazon was having the most trouble deciding. Gwen had one idea. "Maybe we should go right."

Sierra has another. "No, left! Even if it's wrong, at least everyone will be wrong."

Cody didn't want to, but had to agree. "Yeah, safety in numbers. Just thinking of you ladies, he he."

(Confession Cam)

Sierra - "When Cody agreed with me in front of everyone, I swear I heard wedding bells! EEEEEEE!"

Duncan is getting tired of letting the other teams get a lead, and decides to take matters into his own hands. "You ladies can follow the pack if you want, but I'm going right." He walks off, leaving his team behind.

Courtney quickly calls after him. "Duncan! Get back here! We need to stick together on a challenge like this!"

Duncan lazily calls back. "Sorry Princess, can't hear ya."

Courtney sighs and turns to her team. "Well, come on. We'll be fine so long as we stick together. Now let's catch up before he gets eaten or something." The team runs down the right path, following their rebellious punk.

(Team Victory)

Up ahead, some unknown amount of time later, Team Victory found Chris up on a platform. Next to him was a zip-line, leading across a section of a river. "Welcome Team Victory. For being the first team to make it this far, you get to ride across this water hazard using the t-bar. Everyone else will have to cross without it."

The trio cheered at their good luck. "Sweet, eh." Ezekiel grabbed on to the t-bar while Lindsay and Bridgette held on to his body. They jumped off and let out a cheer while sliding down. Lindsay was the most excited. "First plaaaacce!"

(Team Amazon)

The Amazons had regrouped, and were now walking down a path infested with insects. Courtney was leading with Duncan, while Gwen stayed near the back to avoid potentially slowing them down with another fight. Cody took the opportunity to chat with Gwen. "Hey. Thanks for taking my epipen. You know how to use it, right?"

"Not a clue."

"I get bit," Cody whispers into Gwen's ear. "you jam the needle into my naked butt cheek."

Gwen is immediately disgusted, and hands the epipen to Cody. "Yeah... good luck with that."

Cody sighs at his failure before waving to get the bugs away from him. "Hey, bug off!" Suddenly, a giant mosquito grabs Cody and starts flying off. "Hey, hey! Help!"

Sierra acts quickly and tosses a large rock at the insect. The bug releases Cody from its grasp, only for him to be caught by Sierra, which was arguably an even worse fate. "I'm the only one who will always be there for you, Cody. Always!"

Cody groans as Sierra continues to carry him along the path. "Ugh. I'm doomed!"

(Team Chris)

Team Chris found their way to the zip-line. Tyler was concerned when he saw something missing. "Dude, where's the t-bar?"

Chris explained. "Somewhere down on the other side, courtesy of Team Victory. You'll have to get creative, if you don't want to get that much farther behind."

Alejandro quickly works to motivate his team. "We need no t-bar! We are Team Chris is really really really really hot!" Noah mutters under his breath. "Suck up." Alejandro grabs his belt and swings it over the line. He yells a cheer before jumping and sliding down to the other side. "Arriba!"

Owen follows his lead. "Whatever you say Al!" Owen grabs the line with his hands and jumps off cheering. "Arriba!" The cheering quickly turns into cries of pain as the rope burn stings Owen's hands. Owen's extra weight soon slides him into the water, where a school of piranha start attacking him. "Ow Ow Ow Ow!" Owen hurries to shore as his teammates stare in fear at the fish.

Chris casually adds in the forgotten piece of information. "Oh yeah, there may, or may not be piranhas in this water."

(Team Amazon)

The Amazons had escaped the swarms of buzzing insects, and where starting to think the challenge was pretty easy, when they came across a campfire.

Cody immediately noticed the two natives sitting there, and quickly tried to alert his team in whisper. "Zing-Zings. Shhh, we can't make contact. Stay still and -" Noticing his teams scared faces, Cody turns around to find him face to face with one of the natives. He screams and backs away to huddle together with his team.

Heather quickly glares at Gwen. "Well, lucky us!"

Gwen takes out the walkie and tries to alert Chris. "Chris, we need help. Chris? Chris?" The battery compartment of the walkie opens up, showing nothing. "No batteries..."

Meanwhile, Chef is busy playing a video game in the hot tub on the plane. A large pile of batteries is right next to him. "Ha! Eat that ghost! Eat it!"

(Team Chris)

Tyler is standing there in his underwear, using his pants as a t-bar. Chris is amused. "This should be interesting."

Tyler leaps off the platform and starts sliding down. "Yeah! Woo! Zip-li-" His pants suddenly catch on fire. "Uh-oh! Ah!" His pants rip and he falls right into the water. He quickly jumps out, heading for shore. "Piranha!"

"He's got good vertical." Noah jokes.

"For a guy leaping out of water? Yeah. All right. Who's next?"

Izzy gives Chris two thumbs up. "Izzy has a plan!" Izzy grabs Noah and shoves him in a backpack. Using some rope from a backpack she had somehow found as a t-bar, Izzy slides down the line. "Yeah! Ha, ha! Come on!" They safely make it down, and the team starts moving to catch up with the other teams.

(Team Amazon)

The natives had tied the Amazons to a tree. From left to right was Sierra, Heather, Duncan, Gwen, Cody, and Courtney.

Cody had an idea to try and get them saved. "The batteries in my flashlight should fit into the walkie talkie, but I can't reach my back right pocket."

Sierra tried pushing her way closer to Cody. "I can do it! I can reach!." This especially annoyed Heather, who had to push her back. "Oww, quit it!"

Heather had a solution. "Gwen, you're closest, hurry!"

Gwen sighs and reaches for the pocket. "You are not allowed to enjoy this." Cody enjoys it anyway, as Gwen starts dumping things out of his pocket. "Killer Casanova kissing mints? Hair gel, Saw body spray, X-Ray glasses?"

"What color are Cody's undies?" Sierra was begging.

Gwen puts on the glasses, and sees a completely naked Cody grinning at her. Gwen rips off the glasses, gasping in disgust. "GAH!" A hand grabs the glasses from Gwen and pulls them off screen.

Cody blushes as he tries to explain. "Who wears undies in the Amazon?"

(Confession Cam)

Gwen - "Everyone! That's who wears undies in the Amazon! Everyone!"

Cody - Cody was in a daze from his own love. "Gwen touched my butt. I had pants on, but it was pretty much my butt."

Sierra - "When I win the money, I'm going to get my arms extended. Next time, I will reach Cody's pocket."

Duncan - He pulls the glasses out of his pocket. "I'm keeping these for later." He chuckles evilly as the screen turns to static.

Gwen is still rummaging through Cody's deep pockets, something Cody is greatly enjoying. Gwen finally feels something she thinks is the flashlight. "I think I've got it! Oww!" She pulls her hand out to reveal Cody's epipen stuck in it.

Cody quickly tries to calm Gwen. "You'll be OK, I swear! It's just like a big shot of adrenaline."

Gwen is still worried. "How big?"

Courtney notices something in Cody's other pocket, and quickly brings out the flashlight. Heather glares at him while Cody feels bad. "Oh, back left...my bad."

(Team Chris)

Alejandro notices the sun setting and stops his team. "Dusk. We can make camp here."

Owen drags himself out of a bush to join his team, noticeably very exhausted. "Need rest...and water...Ohh, nachos would be killer right now, eh?

Noah sarcastically agrees with him. "Sure. All we're missing is chips, beef, tomatoes, cheese, salsa..."

Izzy interrupts him, writing on a magically obtained notepad. "Hey! Slow down. Guys, I'm making a list."

(Team Victory)

The trio are running through the forest, hoping to get farther away from their competition before stopping for dusk. They skid to a stop when they see Chris waiting for them.

"Chris! Please tell me you're here to give us food. We're starving, eh!" Ezekiel asked.

"Team Victory, you're still in first place. And for making it this far before dusk, this is your reward!" Chris cuts a nearby rope with a large knife, revealing a crate that breaks open. Inside is a huge pile of bananas. "All the bananas you can eat!"

Team Victory's reward is cut short when Gwen's voice starts speaking out of his walkie talkie. "Chris! Chris! Chris! It's Gwen!"

Chris casually take out his walkie and responds. "Walkie-talkies are for emergencies only."

Gwen continues to respond, now in a panic. "The Zingys, caught by the tree ties up with my hands in Cody's pants! This trouble is big!"

Tyler breaks into the conversation with their walkie. "Way to go, Cody!"

Cody quickly responds. "Thank you!"

Gwen was starting to speak gibberish, along with a few obvious words. "Help us!"

Courtney tries explaining things better. "Gwen epipenned herself, we need help!"

Chris still isn't concerned. "E-mer-gen-"

Heather steals the walkie and starts yelling at Chris. "We're being held at spear point by the Zing-Zings! Help us, now! Or else, I swear I will find you and wring your freaking neck!"

Lindsay butts into the conversation, completely oblivious to what's going on. "We're in first place! Hi, Tyler!"

Chris took back control of the conversation. "OK, Team Amazon. Remain calm, and..." The musical bell rings.

Heather was greatly annoyed. "You must be joking!"

Owen joined the walkie talk. "Do we have to sing back up?"

"Nope! This one is all Amazons, but, let's make it end with a little solo from Heather." Heather glared at the walkie. "And~ Begin!"

The two Zing-Zings help out the Amazons by playing guitars to start the song.

Blame Game[1]

Heather: We should have just gone left. We wouldn't be in this mess!

Sierra: I said so too, and then Gwen used Cody's epipen!

Heather: Now if he gets bitten...

Cody: My obituary's written!

Sierra: Oh, what would I do then?

Duncan: Maybe she'd get a life. I doubt he wants you as his wife.

Courtney: Keep it up, and you'll end up on my list with Gwen.

Cody: If Courtney'd give him a beating.

Sierra: His butt, it would be leaving.

Duncan: (Sarcastically) Oh, what would I do then?

Gwen: (rapping) Tied up, rope is no joke!
Spears in our face, get us out of this place.
Ain't having the luck that I anticipated.
Probably means I'm eliminated. Yeah, I'm out!

Heather: O-o-out! Ooh, ooh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

The Zingies stop playing and gasp at Heather. They appear to have noticed her missing tooth, and run off somewhere.

Heather is shocked. "Is my missing tooth that hideous!"

The Zingies gather the Amazon's attention over to some tall grass. Chatting in their native tongue, they push the grass and reveal a wooden statue. The statue had an uncanny resembelence to Heather, except it had a gold tooth.

Cody put the pieces together and started to panic. "I think, they think you're a god of some kind, which means the rest of us are expendable!"

(Team Victory - Dusk)

Victory's campsite is currently littered with banana peels, discarded after the team finished their meal. An odd noise awakens Lindsay. It's too dark for her to see, so she calls for her teammates. "Um, guys, do you hear that?"

Ezekiel's voice responded right away. "Yeah, eh. I've been wondering what that was for awhile now."

"What about you Bridgette?" She gets no response. Worried about her teammate, Lindsay takes out a flashlight and looks around. She sees Ezekiel sitting next to her. Looking in another direction, she found Bridgette, whimpering in the fetal position. "Bridgette!"

Bridgette dashed over to her teammates, pulling them all into a tight hug. "Oh, guys! Thank goodness. It was so dark, I couldn't see either of you! I felt like I was alone in the woods, but twice as bad. I started panicking!"

Lindsay was surprised. "You're afraid of being in the woods alone? Why didn't you tell us before the challenge started? We could've like, built a fire or something."

Bridgette felt a little guilty. "I thought I might be able to keep it together this time, but I couldn't, just like back in season 1."

Ezekiel sighs. "I remember that episode. First episode to make me kinda grateful for the early loss, eh."

"Yeah, you sure lucked out." Bridgette joked. "You didn't have to tell the entire world what your greatest fear was."

"So...what is your biggest fear Ethan?" Lindsay asks.

Ezekiel had to think about it. "I'm not sure. I suppose I've always been a little afraid of losing my mind and turning into some greedy, insane monster obsessed with winning prize money, eh."

A few moments of silence, and the three burst into laughter. "Like that could ever happen!" "I can't even imagine what you'd look like!" "I know, eh! Silly right?"

Suddenly the bushes around them start rustling ominously. The team silently huddle together in fear.

(Team Chris - Dusk)

The contestants are huddled around a fire, trying to get some much needed sleep. A loud, growling noise wakes Owen, and immediately assumes something...creative. "Is that coming from the fire?"

Noah also heard the growl. Although he was afraid of the noise, he was still able to jokingly respond. "Fires rarely growl."

"Al built it. Maybe Spanish fires growl."

The growls grew louder, waking the rest of the team. "What is that?" Alejandro asks.

Owen blows on the fire to raise the flame. The fire grows to illuminate the source of the growls. The team gasp as they see their entire camp surrounded by giant caterpillar-like creatures. One of the creatures spits into the fire, putting it out, while the rest of the creatures move in and attack the team. The contestants naturally scream in fear.

(Team Amazon - Dusk)

The Zing-Zings are doing some type of work on Heather's face. Heather, naturally, is extremely horrified at what they are doing to her. "Ahh! No! No!" Heather is greatly relieved when they finally back away. "That's right! Back off!" That's when she notices the golden tooth now filling the gap in her teeth. The camera pans out to show Heather sitting in what appears to be a throne, while the Zing-Zings are kneeling to her.

Off to the side, the other Amazons are still tied up. Gwen was still feeling the effects of the epipen. "The gold tooth! Crazy or what? It's crazy, right it can't just be not crazy, it's crazy, crazy, crazy!"

Courtney couldn't take anymore of Gwen's rambling. "Would someone please, shut her up!"

Gwen shouts back. "I'd like to see you hyped up on adrenaline! Yeah, hyper Courtney, Courtney hyper! That'd be funny, funny, funn-" Gwen suddenly loses consciousness, falling straight to sleep. Her head falls to the side and ends up lying on Duncan's shoulder.

Cody understood exactly what happened. "Yep, after it wears off, it knocks you out good."

Courtney was still annoyed. "She's lucky I can't reach her right now."

"Sorry princess, the ladies are just naturally drawn to me or something." Duncan joked.

Sierra was looking on the bright side. "Well, at least she's finally being quiet." As if to prove her wrong, Gwen starts snoring, loud.

(Team Victory - Dusk)

The three teammates are still huddled together, afraid of whatever is lurking in the forest around them. Bridgette whispers to her team. "Let's get out of here." The others nod in agreement.

The three stand up and try to sneak away in single file. All looks good for the team, until Ezekiel accidentally steps on a twig. The teammates are frozen in fear as something comes their way. A large family of monkeys come charging out of the forest at the contestants. They quickly start running in fear as the monkeys start attacking.

(Confession Cam)

Ezekiel - Ezekiel is covered with scratches and bite marks. "I never thought monkeys could be so scary, eh!"

(Team Chris)

Morning has finally arrived. The team, noticeably missing Owen, are huddled together with sharpened sticks prepared for protection. They're all covered with spots from their fights with the caterpillar beasts.

Alejandro is the first to wake up, and quickly wakes the rest of his team. "Day break! No time for head counts. We've got to get to Machu Picchu and find that treasure, hurry!" The team run off without another word.

(Team Amazon)

Between Gwen's snoring and being tied up by spear happy Zing-Zings, Courtney, Cody, and Sierra didn't get much sleep. Duncan however, amazed the team by actually sleeping while being the closest to Gwen.

Sierra couldn't stand it anymore. "Her snoring is making me crazy!"

"I think you mean crazier!" Courtney shot back. "Heather! Make them untie us already!"

Heather responded casually, relaxing on her throne with the Zing-Zings going through a backpack nearby. "What if I ask and it makes them angry? Angry enough to sacrifice one of you? We can't have that happen, right?"

Cody was worried. "She's got a point."

Duncan yawns, waking from his sleep. "Morning ladies." Duncan looks around, somewhat surprised they're still tied up. "What? Queenie enjoying her throne too much to let us loose? I guess it's not a total surprise."

Heather immediately defends herself. "I'm the only thing keeping these savages from killing you all right now! It'd be nice of you to be a little grateful."

Duncan scoffs and turns to his fellow captives. "So, you all ready to get out of here already?"

"And how, pray tell, are we going to do that?" Courtney asks.

Duncan struggles to reach into his pocket, and pulls out his handy dandy pocket knife. "Never go anywhere without it. Run for it as soon as the rope's cut. I'll carry sleeping beauty here."

Cody and Sierra nod in agreement. Courtney addresses an issue first. "You've had that this whole time and waited until now to use it?"

Duncan defends himself. "Hey, I thought Queenie over there was planning to untie us during the night. I was wrong. Now are we doing this, or are we just gonna wait here and give up?"

Courtney sighs and gives in. "Fine, but as soon as Gwen wakes up, you drop her, got it?"

Duncan nods and rolls his eyes before starting to cut the rope. He yells to Heather just as he's about to cut through. "Hey, God Heather. You better start running if you want to keep up!"

Heather turns to look at her team just as the rope breaks. The captives immediately start running, Duncan carrying Gwen over his shoulder. Heather yells back. "Hey! Where are you going?" The Zing-Zings notice their captives escaping and run for their spears, yelling words in their native language. Heather takes the chance and runs after her team. "Wait up! You are all dead if you leave me behind!"

(Team Victory)

The three teammates are crawling up a flight of stairs, covered in scratches and bruises. Chris shows up and congratulates them as they reach the top. "The victorious Team Victory! You guys are still in first place. Now find the treasure before anyone else, and you'll leave Peru in first class!"

Lindsay cheers. "Yes, yes, yes! Maybe for once, the person going home won't be from our team!"

Ezekiel was excited too. "Split up, eh! We'll cover more ground that way!"

(Team Chris)

Team Chris runs up the stairs, but are quickly stopped by Chris. "Unh-unh-unh! You can't start searching until the whole team is here."

Looking back, the team finally notice they're missing someone. "Owen!"

Alejandro angrily confronts Chris. "You never said that! You're making up the rules as we go!"

Chris was confused. "And this surprises you because...?"

Izzy was worried. "We gotta go find him! Animals aren't as picky as humans. To them, Owen's full course meal!"

Alejandro quickly comforted Izzy. "No Chica, I will go find him. It'd be too dangerous for us all to go." Alejandro turns and starts running back. "You three stay here, I'll be back with our beloved teammate before you know it!"

(Team Amazon)

Heather managed to catch up with her team, but they were still being chased by the Zing-Zings. The entire plan was annoying Heather. "So, what do we do next, oh fearless leader?"

Duncan answers. "We keep running, and don't let the Zing-Zings catch us."

Heather rolls her eyes. "Genius."

Duncan shouts back. "I don't see you coming up with anything better, God!"

"At least my way didn't put us in any danger!"

Sierra notices something up ahead. "Um, guys, there's a fork in the path. Which way to we go?"

Duncan gets an idea. "Perfect! Split up, we meet up at Machu Picchu." Courtney, Cody, and Sierra run down the path on the right. Heather, Duncan, and the still sleeping Gwen go left. The Zing-Zings stop at the fork and argue a bit before splitting up themselves.

(Confession Cam)

Heather - "Ugh! I finally find a group of people that want to worship me, and my teammates won't even let me enjoy it. They better reimburse me for all the pampering I just missed out on."

Courtney - "Gwen is very lucky that we needed to stick together to win the challenge. Duncan better not do anything funny while we're seperated."

Gwen's eyes start to open. She's just in time to see a spear barely miss her face. "Ahh! What the heck is happening!"

Duncan sighs in relief before explaining the situation. "Good morning sleeping beauty. God over here wouldn't let us loose, so I had improvise a cunning escape plan."

Heather quickly explains the situation more accurately. "He cut through the rope, and now we're running for our lives from the Zing-Zings. We split up a little while back."

Gwen was shocked. "Courtney actually let you out of her sight? While you were carrying me?"

Duncan laughs. "I know, never thought the day would come."

"So, plan to put me down any time soon?"

Another spear comes flying at them. This one flies right over Duncan's head, cutting off a few green hairs. "I'll think about it pasty. While I'm doing that, you keep watch for flying spears."

(Team Chris)

Alejandro hears some sounds of struggling. Hoping it's his teammate, he starts calling out. "Owen! Owen! Are you there?" He bumps into a large, moving cocoon with a mumbled voice coming from inside. Removing a part of the cocoon reveals Owen's face.

Owen yells in relief. "Al! Thank goodness!"

Alejandro pretends to be surprised. "What happened to you?"

"You saw! You watched the caterpillars drag me away!

"I don't know what you mean."

Owen insists he's right. "The others were asleep, but you, you had your eye open I saw you!"

"Obviously, you're wrong. The others went ahead without you. But I refused to move on until i found you."

Alejandro's explanation doesn't feel right to Owen. "But, Izzy would never do that! Noah, I can understand, but never Izzy!"

"I feel bad to have to tell you this my friend, but Izzy didn't even notice you were gone." Owen gasps. "She was actually the first to move on. They've all probably arrived at Machu Picchu by now."

Owen felt crushed. "So...you're my only real friend?"

Alejandro tries to comfort Owen. "Sadly, it seems so."

"Wow, I've never been so scared of a friend before." Alejandro opens up the rest of Owen's cocoon, causing Owen to fall to the ground. Owen mumbles out, "Thanks."

"That's what friends are for. Now let's go find that treasure!"

(Team Victory)

The three teammates had been searching for awhile now, but had found nothing. They decided to meet up and discuss their progress. Ezekiel went first. "It's not in any of the houses, eh."

Lindsay was just as lucky. "I searched through, like, every tree and bush up here, and nothing!"

Bridgette was getting frustrated. "I've had the same luck around all the statues here. Ugh, just where did Chris hide this thing!" To vent her frustration, Bridgette kicks a little pillar on the ground. This causes her more pain than comfort. "Oww!"

Lindsay and Ezekiel gasp as the pillar suddenly starts shifting to the side. The ground starts to shake. Nearby, a rock slab falls out of place, revealing an entrance to a tunnel into a large stone structure. The trio look down the tunnel, and hanging from the ceiling are shining lamps, all in the shape of Chris's head.

"Think it's this way?" Lindsay asks.

Bridgette chuckles. "Knowing Chris, probably."

Suddenly, Alejandro and Owen come running up the stairs and rejoin their team. Noah, Izzy, and Tyler are happy to see that Owen's fine.

Alejandro doesn't give much time for a reunion. "Let's find that treasure!"

Tyler points to where Team Victory are. "It's gotta be over there!"

Noah rolls his eyes. "No, it's in the other hidden cave that just appeared out of nowhere."

Izzy was excited. "Oh, oh, where's that one Noah? I hope there's booby traps! Izzy loves booby traps!"

Alejandro was growing annoyed. "We don't have time for this, let's go!"

The Victory trio quickly look at each other with faces that clearly mean, "Oh Crap!" They quickly run into the tunnel, hoping their lead is just enough to beat their competition.

Team Chris reaches the tunnel and run right in, except for Owen. The long run to rejoin his team had tired him out. "You guys go on ahead! I'll wait out here. Man, I could really use some food right about now." Owen collapses on the ground to rest.

(Confession Cam)

Owen - Owen is still trying to catch his breath. "I think I rank today as one of the most exhausting challenges ever." Owen gets up, and collapses through the door.

The Victory trio reached the end of the tunnel first. The cave lead them to an open room, with stairs that led up to a pedestal in the center. At the top, a golden Chris statue was shining with light from the many skylights.

Lindsay spotted the gold first. "There it is! The Golden Treasure! I'll get it!" Leaving her teammates at the cave opening, Lindsay rushed up the stairs.

When she was near the top, the members of Team Chris arrived. Alejandro groaned as he saw Lindsay. "Darn it, economy class again!"

Noah had a nagging feeling in his gut as he watched Lindsay reach the top. "Something doesn't feel right here."

Tyler was concerned as well. "Think that might not be the real treasure?"

Noah dismissed that possibility. "No, not that. It's definitely the type of treasure Chris would leave." Noah turns to Ezekiel and Bridgette. "Did either of you notice any traps on the way here?"

Ezekiel thought about it. "No, eh. We just ran right through, no problems at all."

Noah starts thinking out loud. "So, if there weren't any traps on the way here. That probably means...crap!"

Lindsay yelled down at them, and they quickly realized what was wrong. "Hi guys! I got the treasure! Victory rules!" Behind her, the pedestal the treasure had been sitting on was sinking down.

Tyler immediately yelled to warn her. "Lindsay! Get down here! Hurry!"

Lindsay was confused, but figured Tyler just wanted to give her a congratulatory kiss. "Alright, be right there Tyler!"

Lindsay takes her time walking down, while the others look around in a panic, or in Izzy's case, excitement. Everyone is desperate to figure out what Chris had set up. Izzy herself is rambling off a list of possible traps. "Tigers, alligators, giant monster insects, poisonous gas, trap hole, blow darts, torture machine robots, delusion inducing drugs, hypnotic spells."

Lindsay called back to Tyler when she reached the bottom. "OK Tyler, I'm here-" As she took her first step on the ground, the room started to shake. The pedestal at the top had finished lowering. Immediately above the structure, a piece of the ceiling fell away, revealing a large boulder. The contestants watch in horror, or joy, as the boulder strikes the top of the stairs, and starts rolling their way. The contestants barely have time to scream as they turn and start running back through the tunnel. The boulder rolls after them, rolling right through the tunnel with no difficulties.

(Confession Cam)

Lindsay - "Well, I guess if we would've died, at least I would've died with Tyler."

Noah - "Are we ever gonna have a challenge where Chris doesn't try to kill us?" From outside, Chris yells, "Don't count on it."

Chris - "We weren't able to fit that into a challenge last season. I felt bad about letting a good boulder go to waste, so I made sure to include it this time." Chris laughs as the screen turns to static.

Back outside, Chris and Chef heard the rumbling of the boulder being released. Chris was pleased. "Nice to know that worked. Now we sit back, and wait for them to get back."

Chef had a different idea. "Aren't you a little concerned that they won't get back?" A short moment of silence, and the two burst out laughing.

While they're laughing, Heather comes running up the stairs. "What's so funny?"

"The fact that you're a couple minutes from losing the challenge." They share another laugh while Duncan, still carrying Gwen, reach the top of the stairs. "Anyway, yadda yadda, you can't start searching until your whole team is here."

As if on cue, Courtney comes running up the stairs. Sierra comes running up behind her, carrying Cody over her shoulder. Courtney notices Duncan still with Gwen, and immediatly yells at him. "Duncan, I told you to drop her after she woke up!"

Duncan rolls his eyes before helping Gwen back to her feet. "Looks like vacation's over, pasty."

Courtney pushes the two farther apart before addressing the team. "We need to start looking for the treasure. We'll search in teams of two. Gwen, you go with Heather."

Gwen didn't like that plan. "Maybe I don't want to go with Heather. Maybe I want to go with Duncan.

Courtney rolls her eyes. "Don't be difficult. Just go with Heather and let's start searching."

"Why are we even searching in groups? Let's cover more ground and completely split up."

"Fine, go search alone. Just stay away from Duncan!"

"Why can't I be around Duncan?"

"What is with your obsession with being around Duncan?"

Duncan has had enough. "Enough! Normally, I like cat fights. But this one is driving me crazy! Can't you two get along? Ever?" Courtney and Gwen stare at each other a few moments, contemplating what Duncan had told them. Then they open their mouths and start arguing all over again. Duncan groans. "Let's just leave them. We can search ourselves."

Cody felt it was safe to finally speak. "Um, does anyone else hear screaming?"

The screaming in question was coming from the tunnel. Owen was up and looking into the tunnel. "Guys? Al? What's going on?"

The seven contestants rounded a corner and came into view. Seconds later, the giant boulder came into view as well, smashing the Chris lamps handing from the ceiling. Alejandro noticed Owen in the exit, and quickly yelled at him. "Owen! Get out of the way!" Owen did as he was told, moving to the side of the opening.

The contestants were getting closer to the exit, but the boulder was getting closer to them every second. At the last second, the contestants crash through the exit as the boulder smashes into the opening, sending dust everywhere. When the dust clears, the boulder is seen wedged in the tunnel entrance, and the contestants are lying in a mess on the ground, all alive and present.

Owen is about to rush over and help, when he notices something shining on the ground. He finds the source of the shine, a golden trophy in the shape of Chris, and picks it up. "Hey, who dropped the Chris award?"

With the action seemingly finished, Chris rushes over to finish his job. Eyeing the statue, Chris makes an announcement. "And there we have it! Team Me wins the gold!"

Owen is very confused as his team cheers for him. "Wait, what just happened?"

Lindsay immediately argues. "Wait, I'm the one who found the gold! I just dropped it running from that stupid rock!" Her teammates nod in agreement.

Chris continues with the placings. "Too bad, so sad. Losing your grip isn't grounds for a redo. But look on the bright side, your team ain't sending anyone home today, Victory takes second place!" The trio shrug off their disappointment and share a group hug for a good days work.

Chris walks back over to address the Amazons. "And Team Amazon, you're on a one way ticket, to the elimination room. Have fun picking who to send home tonight."

Cody had one more issue that needed addressing. "Um, Chris. Would you mind taking care of them?" Cody points to the stairs, where the two Zing-Zings are standing.

Chef walks up to the natives, and pulls out a pile of cash, handing half to each. "Good work guys. We might have to hire you again, if we're ever in the area."

The Amazons are shocked to hear this. "What?"

Chef helped explained. "What? They're just some local Peruvian teenagers we hired to slow ya guys down."

One of the "Zing-Zings" takes off his mask to thank Chef. "Thanks again for the opportunity Mr. Chef. This'll look great on our resumes."

Heather has a sudden realization. "Wait, I let wannabe actors put a gold tooth in my mouth! Eww!"

Sierra takes the opportunity to mock Heather. "Guess you aren't a god after all."

Back on the plane, Team Victory was attempting to enjoy one of Chef's meals in the cafeteria.

The other table was occupied by Heather, Sierra, and Cody. Heather was trying to convince her teammates to help out in the vote. "Come on guys. Help me out, just this once. It's for the good of the team!"

Sierra wasn't sure of what to do. "I don't know. Don't you think it'd be a big loss for us?"

Heather was desperate. "Think about it. As long as Gwen and Courtney are fighting like this, our chances of winning are slim to none."

Sierra crunched some numbers quick. "Well, the chances are more that we'll only win like, one more challenge if we let them keep fighting."

"See? At least doing this will give us a better chance to get back in first class."

Cody agreed. "I'm fine with it. Anything to get those two to stop fighting."

This was all Sierra needed to be convinced. "Well, if Cody's fine with it, I'm fine with it."

Heather was relieved. "Great, you guys won't regret this. You can count on it."

The Amazons sit in awkward silence, waiting for Chris to start the ceremony. Cody, Sierra, and Heather sit together in the back. Duncan is stuck between Gwen and Courtney. Gwen and Courtney glare at each other, while Duncan rolls his eyes.

Chris quickly gets the show started. "All right Amazons, are you ready to find out who you choose to eliminate? First up for barf bags, Sierra, Cody, and...Heather." The three smile as they catch their bags. Chris's next few words caused a few panicked faces. "Before we finish up, we're gonna take a look at who you all voted for! This'll be fun." Taking out a remote, Chris turns on a flat screen.

(Voting Confessionals)

Courtney - "Gwen is so out of here!" *Stamps Gwen's passport*

Gwen - "Courtney is so out of here!" *Stamps Courtney's passport*

Cody - "I've gotta vote for Duncan. Maybe with him gone, I'll finally have a chance at winning over Gwen." *Stamps Duncan's passport*

Sierra - "My first elimination ceremony! This is so exciting!" *Stamps Duncan's passport* "Sorry Duncan! It's tough voting off such a great player, but if we don't get rid of you now, you'll probably break the top four, again."

Heather - "Getting rid of Duncan probably won't even stop their stupid little fights. Oh well, whatever keeps the target off my back." *Stamps Duncan's passport*

Duncan - "OK, one of them has got to go. It'll be better for all of us. Between the two...princess needs to go. She's been so high strung lately! Getting away from the game will do her, and all of us, some good. Hopefully she doesn't take this the wrong way..." *Stamps Courtney's passport*

Courtney and Gwen gasp. Duncan groans. Chris smiles. "And there we have it! One vote Gwen, two votes Courtney, and three votes Duncan. Here you are ladies." He tosses the safe girls their bags before walking over and opening the drop door. "Duncan, you're out. Any last words?"

Duncan grabs a parachute and heads for the door. "Nah, I'm good. Sooner I get out of here the better" He's about to jump, when he sighs and turns around. "Courtney, the vote didn't mean anything! I was just concerned for you, babe."

Courtney stands and walks over to Duncan. "Oh Duncan, don't worry. I'm not mad. Just remember these two words at the aftermath for me." She pulls Duncan closer and they share one last kiss. "We're done."

Duncan only has time to say, "Wait, what?" before Courtney shoves him off the plane. Chris muffled the boys screams by shutting the door.

Courtney dusts off her hands, and turns to face her team. "You're next, gothie."

Chris focuses the camera back on himself, and signs off. "Will the Amazons recover from today's crazy challenge? Tune in to see it all, next time, on Total, Drama, World Tour!"

(Helicopter of Losers)

Duncan:

"You know what? I don't even care that I lost. No more stupid challenges, no more stupid songs, and no more annoying teammates. Get through an aftermath interview, and I might be able to relax the rest of the season. I've even got a souvenir to help pass the time." Duncan smiles and takes out the X-Ray glasses. Something clicks in his mind and he frowns. "Courtney probably would've thrown these away and fed me some story about integrity and morals and all that crap." Duncan sighs and lowers his head. "Woo hoo! I'm free Duncan is back and the leash is gone! Yeah!"

Eliminated - Harold, DJ, LeShawna, Duncan

[1] - Since the Amazons are tied up, not much on the visuals side for the song. For the new lyrics, it's just the contestants bobbing their heads in time with the music.

The new lyrics were made simply to extend one of the shortest songs on the show, and to give Duncan and Courtney lines.

Here's a question for you readers: Should I start including the visuals right along side lyrics? Lyrics would go first, visuals would go right under.

Or would you prefer I keep doing what I've been doing? Putting the song first, and the visuals down in this section.

Leave me a review telling me what you think.

Sorry Duncan fans, it was his time to go. This was one of the first things I decided when I started this fic. Maybe he'll return later. Anyone's a possibility.

I'll get to working on Paris soon, but I have some school projects due within the next couple weeks, and those come first.