Girls: Eva, Izzy, Sadie

Boys: Ezekiel, Mal, Owen, Topher

Episode 20: Chinese Fake-Out

"Last time, on Total Drama World Tour!" Chris opened over a shot of Niagara Falls, the platforms and tightrope used in the second challenge included with the eight cast members already paired up. "Our newlywed couples fell hard for Niagara Falls," he said as Eva and Topher fell from the rope. "With the teams dissolved, alliances were tested," Sadie was seen clapping, and Izzy was shown tripping into a pool of pudding while blindfolded, earning a strained laugh from Mal. "A few tempers too!" Izzy was shown arguing with Mal during the first challenge.

"Ezekiel and Sadie figured out that the honeymoon challenge was the best way to confess their love for each other," Chris explained over a shot of Ezekiel and Sadie kissing, "but fake-marrying our returnee Owen didn't do Noah much good," the host said over the opening shots of Owen's song and Noah crashing into a cake.

"Our resident snark king Noah was sent home," Noah was seen walking to the exit, "thanks to Topher's sneaky work behind the scenes." The recap ended with Topher talking to Mal.

The scene flashed to a close-up of a wood-burning stove, the host promptly walking by in front of it with a smile on his face. "Who will win? Who will lose? Who will be-"

He stopped when he noticed something, the camera zooming out to reveal Izzy sitting in his private hot tub in her bikini. "In my hot tub?!" Chris finished in outrage. "The tub is for hosts only!" he told her.

"I can be a host," Izzy countered. "Here! Lights, fights, and a whole world of awesome sights," she told the camera. "Right here on Total Drama-" The camera zoomed out quickly, in time with Izzy's pacing of the title, to show the plane flying to the 'right'.

"Okay. Out of my tub!" Chris yelled at her.

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The scene opened on Mal sitting at the juice bar in first class, enjoying a piece of a decently-sized wedding cake sitting on the counter while Ezekiel Clone stole a piece from behind it. "If there's one good thing that came out of our marriage, it's that we get to eat this cake," Mal told Izzy.

"I want to disagree with you, but this cake is so tasty that I can't," Izzy groaned while eating.

"Why must you treat me so with contempt?" Mal calmly asked her.

Izzy put away her cake and stared straight at him. "Not only are you a well-known juvie king, but you may have been responsible for Owen's evacuation. Are you?"

"I would never dream of harming him," Mal gasped indignantly.

"Okay," Izzy said in disbelief. "Who else would be twisted and evil enough to do so? No one, because we have standards."

"Please. The klutz probably just took a tumble off the plane himself," Mal rolled his eyes.

Izzy held Mal in her grasp dangerously. "Tell me the truth, and I won't throw you into this cake!"

"Okay. I took him off the plane," Mal grumbled. "Owen's a foolish idiot and you're a moron for falling for him," he smirked mockingly, causing an offended Izzy to throw Mal into the cake headfirst.

Confessional: Izzy

"I can barely stand to be in the same room as that jerk. He has no right to insult Owen when he's the one who's being needlessly cruel," Izzy growled angrily.

"If anything else, I'd rather have Topher in first class with me instead of him, and Topher's a big time narcissist who got Noah eliminated."

Confessional Ends

"It's great that we're finally going out," Sadie told Ezekiel as the scene cut back to economy class. "This is almost making me feel better after what happened with me and Ella."

"What happened with you and Ella?" Ezekiel suddenly grew concerned.

"We got into an argument over Mike because she somehow believes that he's gone bad," Sadie mentioned.

"He has been acting meaner lately," Ezekiel admitted. "Did you listen to what Ella had to say?"

"I did, but Mike told me that he just gets upset sometimes," Sadie explained. "Everybody gets upset, so why villainize them for that?"

"So you're going to trust someone you barely even know over your best friend? That doesn't make sense to me," Ezekiel disagreed.

"Ella being a hypocrite doesn't make sense to me, but it is what it is," Sadie shrugged and pulled out an original bracelet. "This is a gift from me to you as a way to show how much I care for you. Sky got the paper for me in Paris, and I've been working on this for a while."

Ezekiel took the necklace from her and put it on his right wrist. "It fits so well on me," he said. "I also bought you something from Paris as well." He took out a silver beaded necklace. "Silver reminds me of you, and now you can wear this necklace to think about me."

Sadie put on the necklace around her neck. "You know, I was going to give you something else, but my old papers got torn to pieces."

"I was originally planning to give you a bling, but once my got deconstructed, I reconsidered it," Ezekiel said normally until his eyes widened.

Confessional: Ezekiel

"I never actually gave in any thought about who would have destroyed me and Sadie's belongings, but Mike's recent attitude makes me think he did those things eh," Ezekiel realized. "I just need Sadie to stop being blind to my warnings if they're true."

Confessional Ends

The scene cut to the series's world map as the plane icon flew eastward from Niagara Falls all the way to China.

Another flash skipped the footage ahead, showing the cast assembled in an open area near the Great Wall.

"Ni hao," Chris greeted. "Welcome to China! A vast country rich in history, culture, innovation, and, delicious sauces," he said as the camera zoomed in on the group. "Our first challenge is torn from the pages of her rich history. In 8 Million B.C., King Dim-sum led a battalion of donkey warriors down this very Great Wall."

"8000000 BC was the Miocene Era, so there were dinosaurs instead," Ezekiel corrected the host, who frowned madly.

"Yeah, what he said. We've provided a selection of vehicles to race to our mystery destination," Chris continued, the camera panning across a section of the Wall to reveal the 'vehicles' as a pair of wooden sandals, a donkey, a rickshaw, a tricycle, a bicycle, and a skateboard.

"They're first-come, first-serve," he explained as the camera moved back to him. "It's the Chinese way. Ready? Set!" The seven contestants got into running positions, and Chris's cell phone rang. "I better get this," he told them blankly, pulling it out of his breast pocket and answering it. "McLean here," he said. "Yeah, I'm trying to do a show here?"

"Do we go or what?" Eva asked in annoyance.

"Mm-hmm, yeah," Chris said into the phone.

"Yeah, we go?" Owen asked.

"Yeah, can we do this later?" Chris said to the voice on the phone.

"So we go now?" Topher said.

"Okay, fine!" Chris told the voice on the phone in exasperation.

The seven contestants promptly took off at a run. "Hey, who said you could go?" he called after them. "Yeah well, watch out! There's a few things I was gonna warn you about!" he yelled before grinning and lowering his voice. "But, forget it!" he laughed.

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The scene skipped ahead to the seven competitors racing up an inclined portion of the wall. Eva and Izzy were currently in front, and the psycho hose beast told the female bully "Eva! Let's get the rickshaw! I can get us there fast!"

"I'm with you, but I'm going to pull the rickshaw instead of you, Izzy!" Eva replied. "My legs are faster than yours!"

Confessional: Eva

"As if I'm going to rest when this portion of the challenge requires the use of your own legs," Eva stated. "I can out tire a treadmill, even at its highest speed, to the point where it got busted up. I was banned from the gym for a week because of that."

Confessional Ends

Izzy and Eva reached the rickshaw just then, and Izzy jumped into it with a cry of "Okay, alliance buddy! Get to pulling!"

"Can you ever talk normally instead of just shouting out everything you say?" Eva grunted as she picked up the handles.

Izzy laughed for a bit. "Pot calling the kettle black much?"

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The scene flashed ahead to a close-up of the skateboard and bicycle as Topher and Mal came upon them nearly out of breath.

"Mal, you and I both know that we trust each other," Topher opened.

"Are we going to have to fight over who gets what?" Mal interjected. "I'd like to take the bicycle. It has more speed."

"If you want it, it's yours," Topher continued. "I'll catch up on this skateboard."

"Good," Mal said before hopping on the bike. "See you later."

Topher stepped on the skateboard, sending it spinning up into his hands with a grin.

Confessional: Topher

"That was just my way of saying thank you to Mal for agreeing with me to vote off Noah," Topher confessed, leaning against the restroom wall. "And I've taken skateboarding classes for a poise class session I did once." He smirked. "Let the race begin!"

Confessional Ends

"The rickshaw, bicycle, and skateboard are taken," Owen said as he, Ezekiel, and Sadie walked together. "We need to find something else to use."

"Like this tricycle!" Ezekiel said, running over to the tricycle. "One of us can ride it though," he said, picking it up with one hand. "Would you like to ride it?" he offered to Sadie.

"Sure! Tricycles are safer to ride on." Sadie sat on the tricycle and pedaled away from the boys. "Good luck finding something to travel with!"

"You two are so caring towards each other," Owen cooed to Ezekiel.

"Sadie's more experienced with bicycles and the sort eh," Ezekiel said. "Anyway, we need to find something else to use."

Owen looked around and saw the donkey and pogo stick. "We can use these two!"

Ezekiel and Owen ran over to them. "So Owen, which one would you like?" Ezekiel asked Owen.

"I would like to take this donkey," Owen peeked at the uncaring donkey. "I'm going with the pogo stick since I'm bigger than you and could crush the donkey's back."

"Okay then!" Ezekiel said after mounting the donkey. "Will you be okay with the pogo stick?" he asked Owen as he picked up the pogo stick.

"I love bouncing, so I won't be not okay with this!" Owen said as he started bouncing alongside the crochet wearing guy.

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The scene moved to a head-on view of Mal and Topher racing more-or-less side-by-side down a hill, the Chris fan having a slight lead.

"Your speed is very formidable," Mal said sarcastically.

"Never doubt someone by looking at them," Topher responded. "They might surprise you!"

"You certainly did!" Mal said as he started pedaling faster. "Before, I thought you were nothing more than a primadonna!" he said as he sped up and passed Tophet, causing the young man to speed up as well.

The camera moved in front of them again, Topher's skateboard overtaking Mal's bicycle. Mal shot daggers at Topher and the camera cut to a small landmine-like device lying along the path, then up to the sky as Chris appeared in his helicopter.

"Yo, want to know what else the Chinese invented?" he called out through his megaphone, just as Topher swerved again while Mal was distracted by the host.

Mal was shown unwittingly rolling over the mine with his skateboard, and the resulting explosion was shown from quite a ways back along the wall with Ezekiel and the donkey witnessing it happening.

Later, Mal was shown covered in soot as he pedaled his bike miserably.

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The camera cut to Ezekiel on his donkey. He looked down at his mount and said "It's okay, Ace. Now can you just give me a little more gas here?" The donkey farted in response.

"That wasn't what he meant," Owen said as he hopped into view on the pogo stick. "Giddyup, donkey!"

"If Ace isn't going to move now, I might as well tell you something," Ezekiel said. "You see, I'm dating Sadie now-"

Owen was hopping around on his pogo stick when he heard the news. "You're going out with Sadie? Awesome!"

"I am," Ezekiel proudly claimed. "The problem here is that she tends to ignore others when they try to warn her about something serious, like Mike acting mean lately."

"I can help you with that when the challenge is all over. That way, we can take out Mal," Owen said after hopping behind Ace.

"Why are you calling Mike 'Mal'?" Ezekiel wondered.

The camera cut to a close-up of Ezekiel's foot jamming into Ace's side, then Ace letting out a pained hee-haw. The donkey bucked its hind legs, and accidentally knocked Owen off the wall with a startled shout.

"Sorry!" Ezekiel called to him just before the donkey sped down the wall.

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The scene flashed back over to Topher as he skated along the wall until he saw Mal catching up to him. "Don't think you lost me just yet!" Mal taunted his ally and passed him.

Topher got worried, and skated closer to Mal. "It's a good thing you're okay," he smirked and passed him widely.

"Why can't you slow down and let me pass through," Mal huffed.

"Easy. I want to win and get an advantage in the next part of the challenge," Topher gloated.

"Not if I beat you to it first!" Mal said while paddling harder.

"Come on! Get out!" the voice of Sadie cried out. The villain duo turned their heads around to see that Sadie was trying to pull her tricycle out of a crack on the ground.

"Uh, dude, should we take a break right now?" Topher asked.

"If you want to waste time catching your breath, go for it," Mal smirked. "That'll give me more of a head start to beat you!"

"Sadie's in a bit of trouble!" Topher said.

"So you want to entertain ourselves by watching her squirm? You amaze me everyday," Mal claimed.

"If we help Sadie out, we could gain her loyalty and vote," Topher strategized.

"You help her out. I already have her trust implanted on my sleeve," Mal brought up. Topher rolled his eyes and went over to Sadie.

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The scene flashed to an elderly Chinese woman drinking tea at a table. She perked up at the sound of Owen's screaming and the camera panned out to show various jugs and teapots in the foreground and on the far wall.

Owen crashed through the roof of the home and landed on the empty chair on the other side of the table. "Hi there," he said nervously to the woman, who didn't seem to be shocked that he was there.

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The camera cut to Topher and Sadie both failing to pull the tricycle off the crack.

Mal silently cackled to himself. "I can't believe Sadie never caught on to me not being Mike. Everyone else has, even that obnoxious singing princess."

Sadie and Topher finally managed to get the tricycle back in its normal position. "It was really sweet of you to help me," Sadie said before hugging Topher. "I appreciate it coming from you."

"I'm not much of a hugger," Topher said after Sadie let go of her hug and got back on her tricycle.

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Another flash took the scene back to Owen and the old woman, the woman pouring a cup of tea for the optimist.

"I love her a lot, but she and I never get alone time together," Owen explained.

"You need love tea," the woman said, handing him a brown paper bag with a symbol on it that looked suspiciously like a ':}'. "More you drink, more she love."

Owen took the bag and gave it a look.

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The camera cut to Mal, Topher, and Sadie racing down the Wall as the camera panned down to show them moving faster.

The camera cut to a mine lying on the floor. Mal looked behind him and saw Topher overlapping him. Feeling mischievous, Mal took a small piece of cake from his left pocket and threw it behind him.

The cake piece got stuck on Sadie's front wheel, causing the tricycle to function poorly. Sadie paid attention to what happened to her wheel, and she unknowingly skated towards the mine, causing her to be blown off the wall with a yell.

Topher gasped over what had just happened, and all Mal could do was laugh his head off. "How can you find this funny? Something bad could happen to her!" he scolded Mal.

"Do you think I care about what happens to her? I'm going to the finish line," Mal callously replied and sped off. Topher looked back at what happened, and skated off remorsefully.

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The scene moved to the sky, where Chris was flying his helicopter. "Anybody who survives," he called out over his megaphone, "meet me at the finish!" He smiled and turned his attention to the camera. "There's more bombs to come, plus, free fortune cookies with every take-out entree. Right here, on Total! Drama! World Tour!"

Sadie flew by screaming below the helicopter as the camera zoomed out while the season's title was dropped.

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(Commercial Break)

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The episode resumed on a shot of Chris standing next to a finish banner set up on top of the Wall. "Welcome back to Total Drama," he told the camera, "where our contestants are in a mega-tough race down the Great Wall of-" he gasped and looked towards the path as a warning cry came.

"MOVE IT!/LOOK OUT!" Both Topher and Mal shouted, just before they came barreling through on their vehicles. Chris quickly jumped out of the way by going over the battlements, and the boys skidded to a stop a few seconds after.

Topher looked at Mal and smiled. "I clearly beat you to the finish line!"

"I'm satisfied enough letting Sadie get blown up, so you win this round," Mal said.

Chris hauled himself back up into view on the edge of the battlements. "What show do you think we're on? There's no prize for first anyway."

"What?!" Mal and Topher exclaimed together.

"If you had waited for me to say the rules," Chris told them, "anybody who makes it over the line before the gong rings," the shot zoomed out to show a large gong standing nearby, "gets to join me for a very special lunch. A.k.a, the next part of the competish!"

"I'm still going to say that I crossed the finish first," Topher said.

The sound of hoofbeats caught everyone's attention, and the camera cut to the finish line as Ezekiel crossed.

"Yes! We made it!" Ezekiel said cheerfully to Ace. "We didn't place first or second, but third place is good enough as it is."

"Don't be so happy right now," Topher told him. "We're not winning anything for crossing the line."

"What do you mean?" Ezekiel wondered obliviously.

"If you had waited for me to announce the rules, you'd know that you get to partake in the second half of the challenge," Chris reminded Ezekiel. "You're not getting anything special."

"Oh," Ezekiel said dejectedly. "At least I still got here before most of us."

"Sorry to disappoint you, Zeke," Izzy spoke up, bringing the attention of all to the rickshaw standing a little ways away with Eva painting and looking sweaty while Izzy remained happy, "but we got here right before you did. We had an amazing tour! We visited the little villages, ate some rice patties," she held up two shopping bags, "and we even did a little shopping!

"And Eva was there to pull you?" Topher asked in astonishment.

"I simply wanted to reach the finish line, but wacko wouldn't stop annoying me until I took her to the villages," Eva wiped sweat off her forehead.

Confessional: Izzy

"Ever since I was a toddler, repeating what I wanted to my parents and friends would always get me what I desired. It got me on Owen's team and it's why me and Eva went on that tour to begin with," Izzy said.

Confessional Ends

The shot moved back to the challenge, the camera focusing on a close-up of the gong mallet. "Okay people," Chris announced as he grabbed the mallet, the shot zooming out as he readied his swing, "it's time to-"

A faint and rhythmic boing got his attention, and the camera cut to Owen bouncing up on his pogo stick.

"Ring the gong already!" Mal whispered to himself.

Owen crossed the finish line, and Chris rang the gong. "I made it!" Owen told Ezekiel as he bounced past him, earning a fart from Ace.

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The footage skipped ahead, the six contestants still in the challenge now seated at the very table Chef had flopped down on earlier. From left to right were Eva, Ezekiel, Izzy, Owen, Mal, and Topher, with Chris standing in front of the empty far right end.

"To win today," the host began, "you'll have to eat more than everybody else at this totally awesome Chinese restaurant."

"Who doesn't love Chinese food?" Owen cheered. "I can eat two-hundred wontons in under two minutes!"

"Except," Chris interjected, "this is the world's most authentic Chinese restaurant," he explained as the camera panned over to him. "You'll be enjoying real street food delicacies! Deep-fried grasshoppers, kung pao larvae," the host began to list off, causing Topher to nearly retch.

"Are you okay?" Mal asked the charmer from his seat.

Topher swallowed, then turned towards Mal. "I'm fine. This is," he forced back another bout of vomit, "nothing," he finished unconvincingly.

It was then that Chris's cellphone rang again, and he answered it with a quick motion and an irritated look. "Yo, it's McLean," he said tersely before walking off. "Yeah...I'm trying to make a show here?"

The contestants watched him leave, then Eva asked "Has anybody seen Sadie?"

"I'm right here," Sadie said, the camera zooming out to show her standing to the right with a few blotches of mud on her.

"There you are," Ezekiel said. "What happened to you? It looks like you wanted to go on a mud date."

"I hit a landmine and ended up in a pig pen," Sadie told them. "I got snouted more times than I can count. Now what is going on here?"

"It's a Chinese street food eating contest," Mal explained. "Since you didn't cross the finish line, you can't participate."

Confessional: Topher

"I am not looking forward to this challenge," Topher explained in the confessional. "Eating disgusting food is not good for this body here." He took off his shirt and smiled at the camera.

Confessional Ends

"Okay," Chris said, closing his phone and walking back over. "You have to eat each bowl of delish food," he said, walking past the seven contestants including Sadie at the end, "opening your mouth to prove it went down. If you're last to finish, or you puke, you go sit with Sadie on the loser bench."

"Hey!" Sadie cried in annoyance. "It's your fault I couldn't cross the finish line!"

It was then that Chef walked past pushing a cart with six bowls on it; each contained a rectangular block of something with layers, and the meals were a dull greenish-gray color. The bowls were placed in front of each contestant as Chef passed them.

"This looks delicious, Chef!" Owen told him as he moved off-screen.

One of the other pieces of street food made a sick squelching sound as it was picked up by a pair of chopsticks, the camera zooming out to reveal them in the hands of Ezekiel. "What is it?" he asked worriedly.

He was answered by a familiar ding and the music note icon spinning into the lower-right corner of the screen. "Allow me to begin today's number," Chris said, leaning into the shot with a wide grin on his face.

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[Colorful stylized clouds of purple, pink, and green drifted across the screen as an elegant sizhu ensemble piece began to play. The clouds dispersed to reveal a backdrop of tall, stylized mountains and Chris rose up in center-screen. He had appropriated a traditional Chinese opera costume for his own use: a light blue robe with red trim, a long black beard, an ornate headdress, and a face painted pink and white. He had started singing even before making his appearance.]

"A little Chinese lesson for you~! Manman chi means 'Enjoy your meal'!"

"Manman chi, it's no raw deal!"

[The six still in the contest sang together, floating wide-eyed and cross-legged in mid-air before the table rose up to their level and they looked at their respective dishes. Owen was the only one to not sing however.]

"Is it roasted eel?" Ezekiel asked, the music fading out and the scene cutting back to the real restaurant as the hoodie wearing boy gave another hesitant look at his piece of mystery food.

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"It's donkey meat!" Chris revealed. "Local delicacy."

The camera panned across the faces of the six contestants as they voiced their disgust. "Ace! Where are you?!" Ezekiel asked, standing up frantically. "Fart if you can hear me!"

Eva, sitting next to Ezekiel, promptly tossed her own donkey meat into her mouth, chewed it, and swallowed it without issue. "I'm finished!" she said, opening her mouth to prove to Chris that she'd eaten it.

"Finished as well," Topher said and opened his mouth.

"Done!" Izzy announced, opening her mouth to prove it.

"Done!" Owen followed moments later.

The two looked to Mal, who was clenching his eyes shut in disgust and muttering "Think of it as gum... Think of it as gum," to himself.

Izzy turned her head back towards Ezekiel and said "Hurry Ezekiel!"

"I can't eat Ace!" Ezekiel declared, crossing his arms.

Mal finally swallowed and announced "Done!" He opened his mouth, and sure enough it was empty.

"Ezekiel, you're out!" Chris told the homeschooler. "Loser bench!"

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Ezekiel was shown taking his seat further down the table, casting a frown at Sadie. Sadie comforted him with a hug, and the two turned their attention back to the game.

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A close-up was shown of the next dish being presented in bowls to the five remaining players; heaping helpings of brown, segmented, larvae-like somethings.

"This smells delicious, Chef!" Owen said, to which the pilot winked.

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[The return of the sizhu music and more stylized clouds blowing across the screen signaled the song's resumption, and Chris once again rose into the center of the mountainous backdrop in full costume.]

"Manman chi means 'bon appetit'!"

"Manman chi, what do we have to eat?"

[The five remaining sang together, the table and dishes once again rising up to meet them in mid-air. Like before, Owen didn't sing with the rest but drank the tea he received earlier from a teapot.]

A close-up was shown of the meal squirming around in the bowl in front of Topher, the camera panning up to show him looking utterly horrified. "It's still moving its feet. It's hundreds and hundreds of feet," he continued as the music cut out.

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"Live meal worms," Chris explained. "Local delicacy!"

Four of the remaining players shuddered in disgust and/or watched their food crawl around, but once again, Owen was having no problems at all.

"Wow, Chef. I must give this five stars!" he said after finishing his meal.

"Really?" Topher asked, struggling to hold his nausea. "You enjoy this?"

Owen shrugged and said "Done!" and opened his mouth wide.

"Done!" Eva opened her mouth to prove it.

"Done!" Mal added, and the camera zoomed out to show Izzy still chewing, and Topher who could not take anymore.

Izzy was the next to swallow and call out "Done!"

Chris leaned in to check her open mouth, then swung around to smile at Topher. "Topher, you're out! Loser bench!"

Chris's biggest fan replied with a stream of projectile vomit that coated Chris's face quite well. He groaned, then stood up from the table.

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Topher was shown taking his seat at the loser bench moments later, taking a brief moment to throw up on the floor before sitting down.

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[The colorful clouds crossed over the screen once more, and for a third time Chris rose up in front of the mountainous backdrop in full costume as the song resumed.]

"Manman chi, it's dinner for four!"

"Manman chi, we've got room for more!"

[The four remaining, except for Owen drinking his tea, sang, their meal this time revealed to be what looked like green and crispy starfish on skewers.]

"I think I might be done for...," Izzy sang, holding up her skewer with dread.

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"Starfish on a skewer," Chris said eagerly. "Local delicacy!" Chef nodded happily, and Eva, Izzy, and Mal cringed.

Owen, meanwhile, was the first to finish the food once again. He slid the empty skewer out of his mouth, then opened it wide.

"I'm done," Eva said and opened her mouth.

The camera moved to Mal and Izzy, both of which had eaten the majority of their starfish. Without thinking, Mal shoved the rest of the starfish in his mouth, and began to chew fast.

"Done!" He opened his mouth and had it inspected by Chris.

"Izzy, you're out!" Chris announced. "Loser bench!" The crazy teen spit out a starfish arm.

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Izzy took her spot next to Topher further down the table. She coughed up another starfish arm, but she simply threw that away.

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The camera flashed to a close-up of the next dish sitting in front of Owen: a bowl of green mush, with a pair of purplish tentacles and an eyestalk coming out of it. Owen drank most of his tea, and the shot cut over to Chris and Chef.

"Yeah, we don't even know what that's called," Chris admitted. "It ain't right whatever it is."

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[The music resumed once more, bringing the colorful clouds and mountain backdrop with it. As usual, Chris sang the next line.]

"Manman chi, don't get the squirts!"

"Manman chi, we'd rather eat our shirts!"

[Eva and Mal sang together while Owen stuffed the tea into his mouth.]

The song came to a pause when Chris's cell phone rang yet again.

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"Listen, man!" Chris answered irritably, walking away from the table.

"What is it with the phone calls?" Eva asked. "We're in the middle of a challenge."

"Chris!" Izzy yelled as she stormed over to the host. "What are you going to do about these phone calls confusing us?!"

"Yeah, okay, budget, blah blah blah," Chris said, currently absorbed in his phone conversation. "What am I supposed to do?"

"Get off the phone and host the show like you're supposed to," Izzy said sharply, causing Chris to look at her and end the call.

"Fine, we gotta wrap this up," Chris said. "So, here's the dealio. One last round. Whoever wins has invincibility in tonight's vote and they get to take the person of their choice up to first class with them." Owen gasped and clapped his hands.

"Owen, do what you do best and eat!" Izzy cheered for the fun guy.

"Now let's get this done," Chris said.

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[The sizhu music and the clouds and the backdrop all returned, but this time it was Eva and Mal who led the song.]

"Manman chi, manman chi~i…"

[They sang nervously as they looked at their meals.]

"They love to eat on the Yangtze!"

[Chris sang next, reappearing in full costume.]

"Manman chi, manman- "huh?""

[Chris continued over a shot of the main dish, its eye still moving and its tentacles squirming. The host only stopped when he heard Eva gag. The camera pulled out to show Mal and Eva projectile vomit as Owen downed the meal in one sitting..]

"To be in first class with me, I will pick Izzzzzzyyyyyy!"

[Owen sang happily, standing on the table. Izzy smiled in appreciation. The camera cut back to Sadie as her cheeks bulged, and she leaned forward to vomit again just as the music ended.]

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Confessional: Owen

"Eating all that food wasn't so bad. I can eat anything, even my gitch if I have to," Owen claimed and pulled out his underwear.

Confessional Ends

A transitional shot of the plane in flight was shown. At its end, the scene cut to Owen walking alone through one of the plane's hallways.

He then felt a hand on his shoulder, and he turned around to face Mal. "Mal!" Owen freaked out.

"Will you be quiet?" Mal hissed. "I have an offer for you."

"Why would I ever trust you?" Owen hissed furiously.

"Because I can throw you off the plane again and you'll probably get a severe injury," Mal grinned.

"I'm not exactly easy to lift!" Owen laughed.

"But you are easy to beat up if you don't vote with me tonight," Mal lowly said. "You're immune tonight, so there's a chance for me to do just that."

Owen immediately paled at that. He couldn't argue with Mal there. "Wh-Who's your target?" he gulped.

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The footage skipped ahead, showing Mal and Owen arriving at the end of a line of the other contestants all waiting outside the confessional bathroom. Eva and Izzy were directly ahead of Mal, followed by Ezekiel and Topher at the front with Sadie presumably in the bathroom.

"Hey," Ezekiel whispered, getting the attention of Topher. "Who are you going to vote for? Me and Sadie are going for Eva."

"No offense, but I'm voting for your girlfriend," Topher said.

"Why?" Ezekiel gasped.

"I feel like she needs to make up with Ella sooner than later. Only way she'll do that is if we get her out of here." Topher explained.

"Does this have something to do with Mike?" Ezekiel asked.

"Yes." Topher sighed.

Ezekiel grew angry at this. "Why aren't you going to vote for him instead?"

"Because she'll still be oblivious as to why Ella was upset with him, if she's at the aftermath, she'll be able to better understand what's going on." Topher explained.

"I'm not voting for Sadie still," Ezekiel clarified.

"Let's just see where the cookie crumbles," Topher said as a way to end the conversation.

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A flash took the scene to a close-up of one of the tiki-like statues in the elimination chamber, the camera panning left and a little bit down across the seven contestants as they awaited their fate: Owen, Izzy, and Eva in the top two rows; Ezekiel and Mal in the bottom center; Sadie in the bottom left corner, and Topher in the bottom right.

During the pan, Chris could be heard counting the votes. "Sadie, Eva, Mike, Mike, Eva, Sadie!" The shot reached him just as he tossed the sixth vote aside. "And, the final vote goes to...Sadie," he announced, revealing the stamped face on the final passport.

"What?! Why did I get so many votes?" Sadie gasped in shock as her parachute pack got tossed into her arms.

"I was threatened to vote for you or get beat up," Owen blurted out. "I'm sorry."

"Wait. Who could've done that?" Sadie asked while standing near the exit.

Topher immediately knew what happened and stood up from his seat. "I think I know exactly who. It was Mike, or should I call him Mal."

"Mal?" Sadie, Eva, and Ezekiel gasped.

"I have no idea what he's even saying," Mal lied.

"Oh really? I'm aware of what you did this entire season because you told me all about them. You got Lindsay stuck to a pole, manipulated me into angering Chris, got Cody attacked by a dingo, eliminated both Duncan and Sky, and now you're threatening Owen." Topher explained.

"And you also ruined Sadie's friendship with Ella." Ezekiel added.

The cast turned their eyes over to Mal, who huffed and let his hair cover his eye. "He's not lying. I've been pretending to be this boring ever since Germany!"

"If you consider Mike boring, I would much rather take boring over psycho." Eva scoffed.

"So Ella was right about you," Sadie said as her eyes let out tears, "and we ended our friendship because I thought otherwise."

"It's your own fault for being this gullible," Mal taunted her while nearing her. "Here's a lesson for you. You should always listen to your silly friends no matter what goes on in your head."

Sadie was too heartbroken to speak back, and this gave Mal the opportunity to take hold of her arm and hurl her away from the plane.

The shot cut to the other members of the Final Six, all of whom were glaring at Mal.

"And on a final note, I'm no longer working with you anymore!" Topher swore.

"Like I need any of you peons for me to advance in the game. Don't any of you cross me!" Mal warned them and walked away.

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A flash moved the scene to the cockpit. "Shouldn't we disqualify this Mal kid?" Chef told his boss. "He's caused a lot of damage."

"Only if he gets someone killed, and I don't see that happening," Chris said.

"You just love to endanger all of us," Chef muttered to himself.

Chris turned to the camera as the capstone theme began to play. "Six contestants! One million dollars! And a whole bunch of the world left to mess up! Join us next time, on Total! Drama! World Tour!"

(Roll the Credits)

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(Bonus Clip)

The bonus footage opened on Sadie falling through the air. "This is horrible," she told the camera. "I've been lied to by a psychopath and got into a fight with Ella because of it."

Sadie sighed. "I did get together with Ezekiel, but that's not what I'm focusing on right now. I've messed up this season, and I don't think Ella will take me back with open arms," she told the camera. "I need to open up my parachute."

She then pulled the cord on her pack. However, the parachute didn't open, and she plummeted down screaming.

The camera zoomed out to show the gong from the challenge. When Sadie was nearing the ground, the wind took full control of her gravity and sent her crashing into the center of the gong. Both vibrated due to the collision, and Sadie peeled away from the object and laid down on the floor groaning.

Final Six: Eva, Ezekiel, Izzy, Mal, Owen, Topher

Author's Note: It might seem stupid of Mal to target Sadie, but given there are two couples in this game, bringing both to the final six would be madness. I'll further explain this in the next chapter.

So yeah, Mal has finally been exposed, the game is about to get a whole lot harder for him but we'll see how that goes for him later.

18th: Shawn

17th: Amy

16th: Lindsay

15th: Rodney

14th: Jo

Eliminated: Owen

13th: Duncan

12th: Sky

11th: Heather

10th: Cody

9th: Ella

8th: Noah

7th: Sadie