And here I am again! Back with another chapter for you to read!
Now then, I must address a small matter. Two small matters to be exact. First off, I like receiving PMs as much as the next guy, but there is such thing as too many. I would like to ask that you not spam with PMing.
Second, this website allows a lot of things, but personal information such as address's or phone numbers might be a bit too much. I am not sure if it's against the rules or not (honestly, who has time to read all that?) but I'm pretty sure sending out personal information is not okay. That is why I must ask certain people (I'm not saying who for privacy reasons) to not do such things. I will admit it's a little uncomfortable, but I'm more concerned for the safety of this website, as there are rumors that it might be taken down. I'm not saying they're true, but you never know.
Now that that's taken care, lets get on with the story! As always, comment and review below and send me your ideas and opinions.
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"Last time, on Total Drama: Pahkitew's Vengeance!" Chris began with another of his infamous smiles plastered to his face. "I sent the contestants into cyberspace, where they've battled the diabolical forces of Fang the Hydromancer and the evil Dragon Chef! Lives were lost, mana was used, and Toni the Animal Freak got snappy. And, we got four new losers who've entered the fight to win the grand prize! Who will survive? Who will perish? And who will smite all their enemies for a chance at the cool mil? Find out now, on Total! Drama! Pahkitew's Vengeance!"
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Toni growled and rolled to the side, dodging a powerful jet of flame shot straight at her. She was already miffed at losing Kiko to the sea snakes, and she wasn't ready to join her anytime soon. With an enraged yell, she raised her staff and slammed it into the ground, letting the glowing white and purple light wash over her, changing her form into something far more useful. Her small frame shot straight upwards, until she was a good 10 ft tall. Coarse, shaggy brown hair sprouted all over her body as her toes crunched and melted back into her heel. A hard keratin shield covered her heel, splitting into a pair of large, cloven hooves. She felt hundreds of muscles pile themselves on top of her form, especially around her large arms and chest. Her fingers swelled as her veins grew larger, her organs sloshing about inside her as bones ground together and crunched. Her face bulged forward into a box-like muzzle as a pair of large horns curved out from either side of her head. A small tail with a poof of wiry hair on the end sprouted from the base of her spine, finishing the transformation.
Toni the Minotaur glanced over herself, pleased to find that the spell had worked. She wore a large, leather tunic and black chest plate with spiked shoulder pads. Her staff had been turned into a giant axe, and a golden ring had appeared through her nose. With an enraged snort, she heaved her axe above her head and swung with all her might, knocking the flat of the blade against Dragon Chef's large head. The blow stunned the giant behemoth, Paul taking the chance to plunge his daggers into one of the monster's legs. Dragon Chef howled in agony and released another jet of flame down at the tiny annoyances amongst his feet. Paul rolled to the side, a smirk on his face; his daggers, thanks to a short spell and special move, were poisoned, tipped with a basilisk's venom. Sure, the venom would not kill the massive monster before him, but it would definitely slow his attacks and drain his health as the Eagles worked on Dragon Chef.
As Monique shot several rounds at Dragon Chef's face, Anuok took the time to move away to the edge of the battle, her falcon friend landing on her shoulder. Anuok glanced at it, and an idea crossed her mind. She raised a gray hand and focused on her center, feeling a slight burning sensation in her hand as a sparking, orange orb formed in her hand. Her falcon companion got the idea and took to the air, staying within range of Anuok as she tossed the crackling ball at the falcon, and watched as both bird and orb met. There was a bright flash of orange light followed by a loud roar and crash!
Once the light died down, Anuok uncovered her eyes to glance up at the result of her spell. A gigantic animal only slightly smaller than Dragon Chef now stood before her. The huge beast looked like a cross between a large rhino and Stegosaurus, with a row of large, diamond shaped plates running down his back. Two large horns grew from its box-like snout, and spikes sprouted out from its long tail. With every move of its enormous feet, the ground thundered and shook as its slitted, yellow eyes sparked and crackled with energy. Paul paused to glance up at the huge animal, his eyes widening when Anuok slowly climbed up onto its back. "Where in the name of Chef's cooking did she get a Slam Rhino?" he wondered [1].
With a small urge from its master, the gigantic beast roared and ran forward, ramming its head into Dragon Chef's chest, its horns stained with oozing, red blood as the monster roared in agony. Toni then tackled Dragon Chef to the ground, forcefully breaking its wings easily with her mighty fists. She then grabbed the monsters tail and heaved with all her might, throwing Dragon Chef to the ground with enough force to shake the cave. Anuok then rammed her Slam Rhino in Dragon Chef's exposed belly, the gigantic animal messily tore open Dragon Chef's gut, his organs spilling out onto the hot volcanic ground; Monique then took the opportunity to shoot every single one of the exposed organs with her rifle, shooting what she could see of the heart a good dozen time just to be sure. And yet, Dragon Chef didn't die.
Sure, the gigantic boss was slowly dying, but he was still dangerous, and seemed determined to take out all of them before he perished. With renewed vigor, Dragon Chef climbed to feet, wincing as he felt his organs drag against the rock. He opened his jaws and unleashed another jet of flame, making a point to follow one of the little nuisances and drain them of their health points. Toni, being the biggest of them, took several rounds of fire before she managed to run out of harms way, changing back to her Night Elf form as she got out of range. Dragon Chef then turned his attacks on Anuok and her Slam Rhino, savagely taking the beast head on and sinking his fangs into the beast's leg. The Slam Rhino bellowed and opened its jaws wide, a sudden bolt of lightning shooting out of its mouth and hitting Dragon Chef in the face! The boss roared in agony and went after Anuok, knocking her off the Slam Rhino's back. With the last amount of his strength, Dragon Chef rammed his full bulk into the Slam Rhino's side and shoved it across the volcanic island before shoving it into the lava sea, watching with satisfaction as the animal howled and roared in agony.
Anuok coughed and quickly brought up a finger, aimed it straight at the ailing Slam Rhino, and let a jet of yellow energy fly lose. The spell hit the Slam Rhino in the head and it was engulfed in a bright light, changing back into a falcon before it was killed. The raptor flew up towards the ceiling of the cavern, twisting and turning in the air to avoid an enraged Dragon Chef's attacks as its health slowly built up again.
Anuok, watching the whole scene, frowned and blew a shrill whistle, drawing Dragon Chef's attention and allowing Monique to give him a few more rounds to the face. Anuok could slowly see the life being drained away from him and signaled to Paul to finish the job as Maurananei roared and jammed her pick axe into the area between Dragon Chef's toe and claw, causing the beast to scream in agony. Paul nodded and summoned his daggers, the weapons glowing green with poison as he twirled them around in his fingers. He then gestured for Mitchell to throw him, who gladly did so. The Aquilian picked him up in his talons and aimed at dragon Chef's head, his razor sharp eyes calculating the distance and guaranteeing the attack would be successful as Mitchell threw him as hard as he could. Paul landed on Dragon Chef's back and charged at his head with an almighty yell, dodging a jet of flame that was aimed at him. He jumped and rolled to dodge the flames before clashing his daggers together, a dark red dome forming over him just as another jet of flame met his face. Paul however, did not burn and continued to running up the boss's long neck and jumping at Dragon Chef's face, yelling with rage as he thrust his daggers down and into Dragon Chef's eyes. Paul pushed the weapons in up to the hilt, stabbing the blades into the boss's brain and finally killing him. He suddenly felt more powerful, as if he had just leveled up. Noticing that the corpse of Dragon Chef was falling, he leaped free of the monster, tucking himself into a ball and landing on the ground as the dead boss fell to the ground with a tremendous crash!
"Aw, man! Did I miss all the fun!?" a loud, gruff, and strangely feminine voice complained. Everyone turned to the opening to the cavern to see a healthy, and very much alive, Kiko the Orc standing there, an irked look on her face.
"Yes, you did. We defeated the evil Dragon Chef without you!" Paul cried gleefully. Toni snarled and glared at him, jabbing her staff into his gut and causing him to wince. Without another word, Toni turned on her heel and marched towards the other side of the cavern, where an entrance had opened up in the rocky wall.
"Sheesh, what did you do to her?" Mitchell asked Paul as he helped him up. Paul shrugged and turned to Anuok, who seemed just as confused. Monique ignored them and walked after Toni, but not before giving a swift kick to Dragon Chef's carcass.
"Finally. I thought the ugly brute would never die." Trey frowned, giving a swift kick to Dragon Chef's limp jaw. The others voiced their own opinions before continuing onward, Alan leading the way as usual. However, he didn't exactly seem excited anymore about the game, as he usually was. He was no longer was running ahead of the others, excited to dive headfirst into battle. He no longer wanted to feel that rush of adrenaline he got when he swept through hordes of enemies with ease.
"Dude, you alright?" Trey asked him. Alan nodded and pushed ahead, trying to hide his troubles.
"Alan, seriously, what's wrong?" Zelda asked, running to keep up with the Draenei's pace. He turned to glance back at his team mates, all with worry on their faces and concern in their eyes. Alan sighed and sat down, leaning against the old tomb wall and gesturing for the others to do the same. "I dunno. I guess I just feel guilty."
"About what?" Wilson wondered.
Alan sighed again. "Micheal and Caroline didn't make it out from the last battle. They fell into the lava because I forgot to tell them about mana usage."
Zelda frowned and walked up to Alan before slapping across the face. "Alan, listen to me: it wasn't your fault. We all knew there would be causalities when we signed up for this stupid contest. The odds of all of us making it out of here unscathed is absolutely zero. We all knew the risks, and yet we still signed up for Total Drama," she lectured. "So stop feeling sorry for yourself and get your head in the game! Micheal and Anuok would want you to go on!"
Alan thought it over and knew she was right. There was no use in feeling sorry for himself and dragging his team down. In order to win, he had to keep his head in the game and stop feeling sorry for himself. He had to be strong and vigilant to win this. He then stood up, a stoic and determined look on his face. "She's right; there's no use in feeling sorry. In order to avenge those that have fallen, we must continue onward! For Micheal and Caroline!" he roared, raising his mighty war hammer in the air.
"FOR MICHEAL AND CAROLINE!" the Rhinos roared as they rushed forward as a group. Before joining them in their mad rush, Alan pulled Zelda aside. "Thanks for the speech, Zelda." he smiled. Zelda smiled back and felt her cheeks turn pink.
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"A lot of people claim that I like Alan," Zelda began, sitting cross legged in the damaged outhouse. "People think I've been acting jealous of any girl who gets near him after Dakota grabbed him. I am here to say that I will never love that perverted, endearing, sweet, boy as long as I live!" Zelda yelled, her cheeks a furious shade of red.
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"She likes him." Maurananei smirked.
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"Totally likes him," Wilson smiled. Suddenly, he twitched violently and wheezed, his eyes going from light blue to a dark, evil shade of purple. "And that's not good. This shows getting too lovey-dovey for my tastes," he growled in a deeper, more maniacal sounding voice. "With all these couples pairing up, nobody's gonna wanna vote out anyone else, leaving the people who are still single as torpedo food. I'm gonna have to do something about that," he growled.
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The now pumped up Rhinos ran through the rest of the twisting tunnels of the tomb before coming out into a wide, spacious cavern that opened up to the world outside. Really, the cavern was noting more than a gigantic crater the size of a football stadium with a large crack in the roof that let sunlight flow down through. A chilling wind blew in through the crack, causing the Rhinos to shiver despite their surroundings. As if confused to where it should have been, a large, lush tropical jungle lay out before them, tropical birds of all shapes and colors flying through the canopies.
"So, we just walk on through?" Tajira wondered, just as a large centipede crawled in front of her. Due to her avatar's race, the giant arthropod looked monstrous compared to her. With a shriek, she grabbed her pick axe and chopped the creature in two, killing it. She shot the others a glare when she realized they were staring at her.
"Uh, well, yes. I guess we just walk through." said Alan, pointing towards a clear trail through the jungle. With a spring in his step, he lead the way through the steaming jungle, freshly fallen leaves and ferns crunching underneath his hooves. Giant moths the size of eagles fluttered overhead as beetles the size of dogs scuttled about through the undergrowth. The bug problem got so bad that Tajira and Zelda had to hitch rides on Trey and Alan's shoulders, just to avoid the carnivorous beetles that skittered below in the leaves. Parrots with bizarre feathers perched on branches above the travelers, monkeys the size of pigs screeching and chattering to each other out of sight. Once, a panther the size of a cow and with saber teeth stalked across the path, regarding them before slinking into the shadows, deciding the Rhinos were not worth it [2]
"Geez, it's hot!" Wilson whined, wiping sweat from his brow. "And this armor is heavy!"
"Quit complaining. That armor's gonna come in handy sometime soon," Alan said. "I can feel it."
"You know what I feel?" Trey asked.
"What?" Tajira asked with a frown.
"Mud. Mud between my toes, mud on my legs, mud on my everything," Trey grumbled. "We just walked into a swamp." The Rhinos glanced around themselves to find that they were knee deep in brackish water dotted with rotting vegetation. Stinking logs covered in vines stuck haphazardly out of the water as a thick cloud of mosquitoes hung over the marsh.
"Oh, come on!" Alan complained, stomping his foot in frustration and only succeeding in splashing him and Zelda.
"Why so upset?" she asked nervously, activating her special gloves.
Alan bit his lip. "Because swamps are home to Hydras!" Alan cried as a massive serpentine head rose from the water in front of them and roared a wet bellow. Zelda immediately fired her gauntlets at the head, blasting the creature in the face and blowing its head clean off. Everyone but Alan relaxed as the smell of burnt reptile filled the air. "I didn't think Hydras were supposed to be so easy." she smiled.
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"Why did I say that? I should have known it was gonna happen!" Zelda cried.
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As soon as the words passed over Zelda's lips, she knew she was in for trouble. With a sickening splitting sound, the headless stump of the Hydra's neck split into two new, perfectly formed heads, neither of them looking especially pleased. With twin roars, the heads lunged forward, the Rhinos ducking underneath the stinking water just in time. Tajira and Zelda floated to the surface and quickly made their way towards the many mangrove trees that poked up here and there, opting to attack from above.
"ALAN BROOOOOOOOOOOKS!" Alan roared as he charged forward, swinging his mighty war hammer and knocking one head into the other with a sickening crunch. The left Hydra's jaw hung limply from its mouth, broken, as both heads continued to attack. Another swing of Alan's hammer, and the left head came off entirely, only to have two new heads grow from the stump. With an animalistic roar, Trey leaped forward and swung his axe, cutting off all three heads at the same time and landing on the creature's back. "And that's how its done." he said proudly.
"Not even close, Trey!" Zelda yelled from somewhere over his head. Trey turned behind him to face six new heads and screamed with fright as two of them grabbed him in his jaws and started playing tug o' war with his body. Even though Trey couldn't technically feel pain, his brain did the rest, making him think he was reveling in unbearable agony as the Hydra's teeth sunk into his flesh. There came a sickening slicing sound, and both heads dropped into the water with a splash, Trey swimming for the surface and gasping for breath. He looked to see Wilson, holding his blood stained sword in both hands, charge right at the beast as four new heads grew from the stumps. Twisting and dodging every attack the heads gave to him, he jumped and twisted around in the air, slicing his sword across the Hydra's chest. The monster roared and knocked Wilson with one of its heads as a loud hissing sound filled the air.
With horror written all over his face, Wilson watched as the wound slowly healed itself, the skin melting back together and looking like new within seconds. The Hydra's heads seemed to grin at his horror stricken face. That is, until a combination of Zelda's weapon and Tajira's Warlock powers rained down on it. First, a green blast would blow a head off near the body and then a crackling fire ball would hit the same stump, cauterizing it and preventing more heads from growing back. This went on for a couple more minutes, allowing Alan, Trey, and Wilson to take a breather before the girls ran out of mana.
The boys then gave a simultaneous battle cry and charged forward, the mud sucking at their feet and hooves as they ran forward. The Hydra roared and grabbed Trey and Wilson in two of its mouth, Alan bashing in any head that came too close. With a yell, Alan bashed in another head and raised his hammer to hit another, only to be knocked aside by a stray head. Alan then crashed against a tree and lay there, dazed and soon joined by an injured Trey and Wilson. Tajira and Zelda were still too low on mana to do anything more than kill one head every five minutes. The Hydra hissed with pleasure as it slogged toward its quarry on its two legs, its heads creeping in to finish the job.
"Well, it was a good run while it lasted, huh?" Alan sighed.
"Yeah. I've never had so much fun and experienced so much terror in my life." Wilson smiled.
"You do realize this is just a game, right? We'll just spawn right back at the beginning." said Trey.
"Trey? Don't ruin the moment." Alan sighed as the Hydra heads edged closer and closer.
Toni frowned and turned to glare at Anuok's pale face. She didn't hold anything against the silent girl, but after what seemed an hour of constant tugging on her sleeves and tapping on her shoulder, Toni was at her wits end. "What?" she growled, her glare deepening. Anuok swirled her hands and formed a glowing question mark between her fingers.
Toni sighed and finely caved in. "Fine. But only you get to know." she hissed. She then quickly turned to the others and told them it was time for a break; the Eagles dropped to the ground like flies, already sweating from the hot jungle air. Toni then pulled Anuok into a thicket and sat down on the ground, rubbing her temples as Anuok put a comforting hand on her back. With a sigh, Toni began.
"As you probably know, I come from a long line of shape-shifters. Unfortunately, not all of them were . . . . good. A few of them actually went kind of berserk and nearly destroyed every major city in Nigeria, Cameroom, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar. After the last one, the military's been keeping close tabs on me and my mom." Toni explained.
Anuok raised a hand and conjured up the image of a smiling, middle age man.
"My dad? He left after he found out about my mom's lineage," Toni sighed heavily. "I never got to know him."
The middle age man then disappeared to be replaced by a glowing tank and line of marching men.
"The military? Oh, yeah. Well, after I left the country to be on Total Drama, the military went ballistic. I got a letter saying that they arrested my mom and demand that I return to Nigeria within a week!" said Toni, tears forming in her eyes. "They threatened to kill my mom if I don't return! I don't want to lose my mom!" she cried, full out crying. Anuok bit her lip and held Toni tight as the girl cried on her shoulder, her staff falling to the ground.
Unbeknownst to either of them, a pair of brown eyes were watching them from the safety of the shadows. Paul then suddenly appeared, not daring to show himself to the girls. He wouldn't admit it, but he felt for Toni. He knew what it was like to lose a loved one, or come close to losing a loved one. But having them threatened by the military was a new one for him. Although he wouldn't admit it, he wanted to help Toni, comfort her in her time of need. Knowing that she would most likely beat the crud out of him however, Paul decided to make a hasty retreat, planning on confronting Toni later on.
For the next quarter of an hour, Anuok held Toni tightly, holding her and rubbing her hands on her back to calm her down. She herself had never experienced something like this, though other people often treated her as a freak just because she could see into the future (more than once she had to deal with shady men who wanted to know the lottery numbers). An idea suddenly occurred to her however as she pried Toni lose from her damp shoulder. With skill, she wiggled her fingers and formed the glowing red image of the Animatrix.
"Micheal? I guess he could probably help," Toni sniffed. "I just don't know, though. Will Chris even let me leave to rescue my mom?" Anuok then conjured up the image of a skull and cross bones before socking her fist into her hand. Toni sniffed and smiled, pulling Anuok into a hug. "Thank you." she heaved.
A couple minutes later, Anuok and Toni reemerged from the bush, the rest of the group well rested and ready to go, though Paul always turned away whenever Toni tried to make eye contact with him. They continued along the jungle trail, Toni using her staff to bush whack their way through the more overgrown parts. The shadows were just starting to grow long in the lush cavern when it happened.
The ground began to shake and quake. The sound of leaves rattling and wood splintering filled the air as birds took off from their perches. The jungle in front of them simply exploded as what looked like a dinosaur-sized spider stomped through the forest. It was covered in thick green hair and black stripes. It had huge mandibles dripping with venom and legs as thick as tree trunks. The spider blinked its giant eyes and regarded the delicious looking tidbits at its feet before giving a screechy bellow and spitting a sticky fluid out of its mouth. The webbing landed on the group, pinning them to the ground with sticky webbing. Maurananei sliced her and her team mates free with a quick movement of her sword and charged straight the giant spider, screaming at the top of her lungs and slicing repeatedly at one of the spider's legs before the giant beast swatted her aside.
Toni gritted her teeth and slammed her staff into the dirt, a white and violet light encasing her and changing her shape. Snow white fur crept up her arms and legs, sprouting on her face and hands, growing longer and shaggier on her shoulders and back. Her hands and feet slowly changed into paws, forcing Toni to fall forward on her new legs. Her nails became larger and sharper, turning into razor sharp claws as white continued to grow all over her. Toni's face bulged forward into a narrow muzzle as her teeth became sharper and turned into canines. Her eyes turned a golden color as a furry tail sprouted from the base of her spine. A long, wet tongue hung limply from her mouth as the transformation was complete. With a long, mournful howl towards the heavens, the white wolf leaped forward and attacked one of the spider's jointed legs, digging her teeth into the flesh and growling. The spider roared in agony and raised up its two front legs, driving them downward and making the Eagles take evasive action.
Mitchell frowned and opened his fist, summoning a swirling ball of red, hot fire between his talons. He then hurled at the spider's head and watched with satisfaction as the spider staggered, losing an eye to the attack. The Aquilian hurled another fire ball at the giant arthropod's head and another towards its thorax, pumping his fist when the hair caught fire. The spider screeched and bent its hind legs to put out the fire on its back, succeeding in both putting out the flames and shaking off Toni.
Anuok narrowed her eyes sent a glowing ball of orange energy at the spider, hitting it square in the face before stabbing her fingers into her lips and giving a shrill whistle. She then raised her hand to the sky and waited for a few seconds before her falcon shot through the tree canopy and landed on her hand. Anuok then raised her finger, growing a green orb on her fingertip before tapping the raptor's head and gently throwing the bird into the air, watching as bright green light encased it and changed it into a bizarre beast that looked like it was created from a small zoo. It had deer-like antlers on its eagle head. Bird legs and talons were stuck on the front end, with a pair of bird wings attached to the large, muscled shoulders. The hind quarters belonged to a strong, black stallion, and it wore a set of silver and blue armor that covered its chest and back. The animal screeched and bent down so that Anuok could climb aboard.
"Hippogryph 1, you're cleared for take off!" Paul joked, rolling to the side as one of the spider's legs came crashing down on the spot he had been moments ago. With a yell, Paul crossed his daggers in front of his face and rushed the giant spider, slashing the glowing green blades through the appendage and managing to slice it off. The spider stumbled and regained its balance, furious as it tried to stomp Paul. Anuok urged her Hippogryph into the air, firing off balls of crackling energy at the gigantic spider as her mount circled above, dodging the many webbing attacks given by the spider.
All the while, Monique was hanging back, having not fired a single shot upon the gigantic arachnid. She had a deep dislike of insects and spiders, so a spider the size of an elephant was where she drew the line. She was quietly filing her nails while leaning against a tree when a frazzled Maurananei landed next to her, having been tossed aside by the spider.
"What the BEEP! are you doing!?" the Dwarf screamed.
"Look, I don't do spiders of any shape or size," Monique frowned.
I don't care! Get you BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! head in the game or I'll BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! it off!" she roared, charging right back into battle.
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"That girl's got issues." Monique frowned, blowing a strand of hair out of her face.
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"There is no room in this competition for BEEP! Lazy people! First chance I get, she's torpedo food." Maurananei cursed.
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Monique fired off her rifle, her frown deepening when she saw purple dots appear on the spider's body that oozed forth blood; the attack wasn't enough to fell the mighty beast, and if she wanted to stay in the game, she had to step it up. She closed her eyes and folded her hands together and quietly singing. She opened her eyes and they were glowing bright pink as she increased the volume of her song. The jungle suddenly went quiet before exploding with the sound of thousands of wings flapping. A cloud of colorful birds of every species could be seen through the canopy, swooping down to attack the giant spider, clawing at its eyes with their talons and beaks, and even releasing their bollows upon the mighty beast. The underbrush rustled and shook as hundreds of animals charged the spider as a group, the monkeys and gorillas using their teeth and mighty strength, the big cats using their sharp claws and fangs, the rhinos and antelopes using their horns. The spider screeched and swatted at the many assailants, killing a few in the process before the animals all fled. The spider looked worse for wear though, missing three more its legs and losing more than half of its eyes. Large patches of hair were ripped free from its body, and one of its fangs was broken, the creature barely able to stand.
The Eagles regrouped, standing as one to face the giant before giving one last attack. Paul yelled a battle cry and threw his daggers, Maurananei following the idea and throwing her sword. Mitchell summoned a giant ball of hot coals in his talons, throwing it at the spider as Kiko roared and pounded her giant fists into the ground, a wide crack appearing and heading towards the spider as Monique fired her gun and Toni let a blast of dark red light fire from her staff. The Piece De Resistance was when Anuok called forth a ball of dark purple energy bigger than a car and threw it at the spider. The attacks all hit the spider at once in a grand finish, the Eagles watching with satisfaction as the spider literally exploded before them.
The Hydra was edging closer and closer, ignoring the occasional death of one of its heads at the hands of Tajira and Zelda. It was fruitless though; the beast was going to kill and eat the three exhausted warriors before it without trouble, and it would not have to eat for almost another year. It would deal with the two girls long before then, finally earning silence until the next batch of heroes entered its domain.
"See you guys on the other side," Alan said, shaking hands with Trey and Wilson as the Hydra drew its heads back for a final attack. And it would have ended there had it not been for a sudden battle cry from the boys left. The boys turned just in time to see a gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex come stopping out of the jungle and smashing into the Hydra's side. The dinosaur was covered in dark red and black armor, a pair of golden colored reins hanging from a bit between its jaws. On the other end of the bit and on the dinosaur's back was Caroline, firing arrows faster the boy's eyes could comprehend. The pushed the Hydra back through the swamp and into a large tree, the gigantic monster looking more like a porcupine now rather than a multi-headed monster. The opened its jaws wide and bit sunk its teeth into half a dozen of the Hydra's necks, biting them off and watching as a flaming arrow struck every wound. Like liquid steel, as if they had been doing this thing for years, Micheal and Caroline dismembered the Hydra, Micheal ripping and tearing off Hydra heads as Caroline prevented them from growing back. Soon, they were down to a single head. Micheal opened his jaws wide as Caroline drew a final arrow, waiting for the attack to happen.
A sudden blast of green light blasted the final head to a crisp, and a last ball of fire cauterized the wound, killing Hydra for good. Caroline and her mount turned to see Tajira and Zelda drop out of the tree tops overhead and walk over to the boys, Caroline jumping down from Micheal's and following the short girls with Micheal stomping right behind her.
"Are you okay?" Caroline asked. The boys only nodded as Micheal knelt down close to the ground. Caroline beckoned for the others to follow her as she climbed aboard the massive carnivore, giving lifts to Zelda and Tajira, who was looking miffed about being a Dwarf. The boys followed after a few minutes, also needing boosts to climb on Micheal's back before Caroline up near the head. The then stood up to its full height and walked off into the North side of the jungle; he could smell a fresh draft of air coming from another opening in the cavern from there.
"So, Tajira? Mind if I ask you something?" Caroline asked after what seemed to be a few hours of traveling.
Tajira cocked an eyebrow but slowly nodded.
"Why do you hate Micheal so much? He's been nothing but nice to you since you got here, and yet you insist on treating him like dirt." Caroline asked.
"Is this you or Micheal talking?" asked Tajira.
"How did you-"
"I watched the show before I was thrown into this death trap. And what me and the others saw before we started this stupid challenge proves that it's all real." Tajira answered. "And to answer you're question, I've been bullied a lot in high school. A lot of the popular looking kids used to pick on me because I was too skinny," she answered. "I nearly got expelled from my old school for trying to kill one of them. Then my family moved to Saskatchewan and my mom gave me a make over; kind of wiped my memory. But that only seemed to make things worse, guys treating me as a slut and thinking that I'd practically do anything with them."
"And Micheal just happened to look like one those people?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah. Always friendly at first, and then nasty than Heather's attitude the next." Tajira replied. Micheal gave a reassuring growl that Tajira could feel reverberating through her entire body. The Dwarf looked to the Night Elf for a translation.
"He says that he protects people, not hurt them. Besides he's already in a relationship with me," Caroline said with a small smile. "Also, we're here."
"Where exactly is here?" Tajira asked as the lowered its tail to the ground and tilted back slightly, causing the entire team to slide down his back and tail, just before he was engulfed in a red and black light. Micheal soon emerged and cracked his back with a groan, bending over to then pick up his staff. "Geez, you guys weigh a ton." he grumbled.
The Rhinos ignored him as they glanced at the landscape around them, a bleak, frozen wasteland covered in endless snow and ice. A trail carved through its way through the snow banks, leading to a pointed mountain with a cavernous mouth in the bottom. A dark power seemed to radiate from the mountain, dark storm clouds swirling overhead and blocking out the sun as a blizzard suddenly began to form around them. "Alan, do you know where we are?" Trey asked.
"Offhand, I'd say a frozen tundra," the Draenei replied. "If you want specifics, I think somewhere close to the Lich King."
"Lich King?" Wilson wondered.
Alan turned to face him with a grim expression. "The Big Cheese. The Big Baddie. The Bossman. He's the last and final boss, and the toughest one we'll ever face," Alan replied. "And something tells me that if we perish here, we won't be respawning."
"What makes you say that?" Micheal asked.
"That sign over there that says 'Die once, you'll stay dead'." Alan said, pointing to their right with his hammer at a rotting wooden sign barely visible above the snow. There came a sudden gust of wind, low groaning amongst impossibly loud cracking and splintering filling the air as the very ground, air, and world shook! Towering snow drifts were reduced to grains of snow within seconds as the tremor continued on without relenting. The Rhinos crouched down to the ground, covering their heads and tucking their weapons underneath them until the quaking stopped and the air became still once more.
"What was that?" Caroline whimpered, fearing the worst.
Alan stood up from the ground and turned to stand tall and mighty, facing the looming mountain as the ground began to shake again, if only lighter than before. The wind howled at his face, blowing back strands of midnight black hair as he stood tall and proud, his team rising up behind him with fear and determination across their faces.
"Wyverngosa." Alan whispered, with fear in his voice for the first time. [3]
"Why is it so cold?" Toni shivered in the cold wind. The Eagles had left the steamy jungle behind, thankful to be rid of anymore giant arachnids and monsters for the moment. The only problem was that they left behind deadly heat for deadly cold, their clothes barely keeping them warm. Toni's outfit however was more than revealing and left little for the imagination to cover, making her exceptionally cold. The game, being as realistic as possible, began to reduce her health points one by one as she felt herself become colder and weaker. She gripped her staff tightly and paused, crouching to the ground and hugging herself tightly in the hopes of warming up. She could literally see the frost slowly crawling across her fingers, as if it were slowly consuming her, digesting her until she was gone forever.
She then suddenly felt a small weight on her shoulders. It felt surprisingly good against her bare, lavender colored skin, and she turned to see a heavy fur coat hanging over her back. Paul stood there with a small smile on his face as he cleaned his bloody daggers in the white snow, the sight making Toni flinch a little. "Paul, where did you find this coat?" she asked nervously.
"Frozen Mammoth carcass a little ways over there. Poor thing was secured on a dozen icicles," Paul told her as Toni sighed with relief. While she herself would not hesitate to kill an animal for food, she didn't exactly like killing an animal just for clothing or jewelery; an already dead animal was fine however, though the cause of death was a bit unsettling.
"That means we're getting close," Paul sighed, pulling Toni to her feet and pulling her towards him to share some of his body heat. Despite being in a revealing outfit, Toni greatly appreciated the kind gesture.
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"I'm pretty sure Paul has a crush on me," Toni began. "I wasn't exactly looking for a boyfriend to begin with, but he could come in handy when the vote comes," she said. "Besides, he's been so nice to me since he got here. I guess I kinda like him too . . . . but would he seriously still like me with my transformation abilities?" she wondered.
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"Ahh, Toni. Soon, she will be mine." Paul sighed heavenly, sitting back and daydreaming before falling out of the broken confessional. "Someone needs to fix this!" Paul called from outside.
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"Getting close to what?" Toni asked.
"The Final Boss: The Lich King," Paul told her. "Seeing as most of the enemies are based off of Total Drama however, it's safe to say that this one will be modeled after Chris. Thus, he shall be called The Chris King!" Paul joked, Toni cracking a smile. [4] The bonding between them was short lived as the ground suddenly began to shake and rumble violently, as if the whole world wear being split in half by a monster earthquake. The Eagles dove to the ground, covering their heads as the tremor continued on, getting more and more violent until it stopped altogether. For a while, complete silence filled the world before a faraway bellow that sounded like Hell itself came from somewhere off in the distance.
"Oh, we are so screwed." Paul whimpered when he heard it. Kiko grunted and pressed onwards, wading through the deep snow and creating a passable trail for her team mates to follow behind in, making traveling easier. The Orc did not tire as she pressed one, only pausing every now and then to melt the snow in front of her with a Fire Storm when it piled up too high for her to move. After what seemed forever, the Eagles finally arrived at the mountain, the earthen structure towering over them as the sky began to darken and snow began to fall, quickly turning into a raging blizzard as the Eagles made a quick escape inside the mountain.
The Rhinos traveled through the dark tunnel of the mountain in silence, the only sound being the constant dripping of melting ice. The entire cave system was coated in a thick layer of ice from what seemed like hundreds of years of freezing temperatures, and the Rhinos would be constantly slipping and sliding all over the place. Alan was the most frequent victim of these accidents, as hooves generally didn't grip very well on slippery surfaces.
"So, Alan. Mind telling the rest of us what the heck is a Wyverngosa?" Tajira grumbled, using the small pick axe in her belt to safely walk down the tunnel while the others slid and slipped. Micheal holding tightly to his staff, thanking the Chris for at least considering giving him spiked boots to grip the ice with. Caroline hung onto him, using him as a support as Trey used his claws and Wilson used his sword to steady himself. Zelda seemed to be unaffected by the ice and walked along at a normal pace.
"Wyverngosa isn't a 'what'. It's a 'who'." Alan answered cryptically. After he said that, any other attempts to talk to him about the Lich King and Wyverngosa were fruitless and usually resulted in the others feeling very silly about themselves. After many twists and turns in the dark passages and tunnels, they finally stepped back out into daylight, to find themselves surrounded by sheer rock walls on all sides. The sky seemed to be impossibly out of reach as the jagged, snow covered rocks forced it up in the air. The Rhinos walked forward into the wide arena, making it just to the middle before a space between the rock and the snow about twelve feet wide broke away like glass and tumbled into the abyss below. The other members of the Rhinos were now tense and nervous, but Alan ignored the tension in the air and instead focused his attention on a large throne at the opposite end of the arena. And what was sitting on the icicle encrusted throne made everyone's blood run cold.
A large, burly, muscled figure sat atop the throne, covered from to toe in ice covered armor decorated with metallic and bony skulls that sprouted spikes from their foreheads and jaws. The armor hide every part of the person's body, except for his mouth, eyes, and knuckles. One of his hands was gripped tightly around a gigantic sword, a horned skull with swirling blue eyes on the hilt as wispy trails of black hair escaped from the man's helmet, blowing in the breeze.
"Christophus," Alan whispered. [5]
As if Alan had just said a magic word, the giant man slowly began to move. The dark space with eyes would have been suddenly burst into blue colored flame, seeming to rejuvenate him as he slowly and dramatically rose from his throne, still clutching his sword tightly in his right hand as he hefted himself up from the throne. He drew to his full height, towering over the heroes with ease as he slowly walked forward. The Rhinos trembled as he walked right into the center of the arena and stopped, sliding his sword into his scrabbler with silence.
"Who dares disturb the Chris King?" he rasped after what seemed eons. Alan gulped and stepped forward, drawing his war hammer and holding it, ready to strike.
"We are the Rampaging Rhinos, a band of heroes from many distant lands that have joined forces to defeat you, for truth and justice!" Alan yelled, his voice echoing off the empty walls. "As well as a chance to win a million dollars." he added sheepishly.
The Chris King seemed to consider this, keeping silent for a while before speaking. "You speak of justice? Of cowardice? I will show you the justice of the grave . . . . and the true meaning of fear." he hissed, a sound that sent shivers down everyone's spine and embedding itself forever into their nightmare's.
"Let this be your first lesson. I have no love for you or your people. On the contrary, I intend to scour humanity from this planet, and make no mistake: I have the power to do it." he added with indescribable hatred and evil in his voice, as the Rhinos, even Alan, shivered in fear. "I'll-i'll . . . . we'll stop you!" Alan shouted back, jabbing his war hammer at the villain to make his point.
The Chris King merely chuckled as he slowly took of his helmet to reveal Chris's, war torn and beaten face, his flesh seeming to barely cover his bones. His gums had nearly rotted away, exposing white bone underneath them and make his eyes black pits with burning blue coals at their center. "You? Defeat me? You and what army?" he chuckled darkly.
"Me and my friends will stop you!" Alan repeated.
The Chris King chuckled again, bring a hand up and snapping a finger; the movement seemed impossible for someone that was centuries old and seemed incapable of quick gestures as the ground trembled slightly. Slowly, the ground behind the villain shook, snow shaking as thousands of figures emerged from the white powder, grunting and growling as they hauled themselves up, obeying their master. The army of skeletons was dressed in standard armor, be it leather, iron, or some magic element as they wielded everything from swords and knives to axes and staffs. Blue fire glowed in the skulls and rib cages, giving them life as they stared hungrily at the Rhinos without fear.
"Is that all you've got?" Wilson suddenly laughed. He instantly regretted saying so as the Chris King grinned a gum less grin and let out a tuneless whistle. If the previous quakes were big, this one was enormous as the entire mountain shivered and rumbled as a gigantic being began to move down below in the darkness. Without warning, a gigantic clawed foot about half as big as the entire army of skeletons appeared over the lip of the icy arena, a second one appearing next to it. The limbs slowly pulled upwards as a low growling could be heard. Two large spikes attached to even bigger, bony appendages that seemed impossibly wide. And then, the head appeared. It was a gigantic skull, much like that of a lizard or crocodile and lined with hundreds of teeth. Blue fire glowed in its eyes and rib cage as the skeletal dragon pulled its entire body up and into the arena, letting out a loud roar before settling down, setting its eyes on the terrified travelers.
"That," Alan sighed. "would be Wyverngosa."
"Your heart," the Chris King hissed as he slowly drew out his sword and pointed it at the band of heroes. "its incessant beating disgusts me. I will silence it, as I did my own."
"I always knew Chris didn't have a heart." Micheal muttered under his breath, drawing nervous laughs from the rest of his team mates.
"ATTACK!" the Chris King roared, thrusting his sword forward.
"ALAN BROOOOOOOOOOOKS!" Alan cried out as both sides rushed forward into a serious battle to the death, in which good or evil would win, and the other would perish and be exterminated for eternity. Both Alan and the Chris King's weapons clashed and blew sparks as they engaged in battle, Alan taking wild and unpredictable swings at the villain as he easily sidestepped and dodged every attack, thrusting and jabbing in with his frozen blade, only to be blocked by Alan's reflexes. The Draenei was breathing heavily from the sudden bursts, only managing to strike a blow against the Chris King's head without effect.
"Any chance you want to take a breather?" Alan sweated.
"No." the Chris King growled, swinging his sword in a wide arc, Alan bending backwards to dodge the attack. While he was distracted, the Chris King kicked him in the gut, sending him to the ground and sliding away with another swift kick. He was suddenly attack from his right, bombarded by balls of fire raining down from the sky. Tajira was surrounded by the chard remains of fallen skeleton warriors as she called upon the hot coals that burned in her hands. The Chris King used his sword like a baseball bat to hit a hot fire ball back at her, the Dwarf barely dodging it by ducking to the ground.
Meanwhile, Micheal, Caroline, and Wilson wee facing off against Wyverngosa. However, the trio seemed more akin to running around in a frantic style rather than fighting the skeletal dragon. After a few rounds of barely dodging swipes of the dragon's claws and the jets of flame, Micheal had had enough. With an angry glare, he focused his attention on Wyverngosa and slammed his staff into the ground, letting the red and black light wash over him and work its magic.
His skin began to ebb away slowly, as if a flesh eating bacteria was eating away at him. His muscles began to disappear and vanish, leaving out bare tendons and strands of muscles connecting his limbs. His exposed skull ground and shifted, bulging out forward into a pointed muzzle as his teeth became curved and sharp, curved horns growing out from his skull and back. Spikes jutted out from his bare, blood-stained spine, as a long, skeletal tail sprouted from his tailbone. His bony fingers grew into long, curved claws as his feet became lizard like. The most dramatic change however, was when his growing arm bones suddenly split in half, rolling back onto the back of his shoulders. His fingers grew longer and longer until they spread out larger than Micheal was. A fiery orange fire formed in his gigantic rib cage and skull as he suddenly exploded in size, growing to the size of a small whale. The transformation was complete as a fiery version of Wyverngosa let out a loud roar, releasing a jet of fiery hot flame as he did so.
Hop on, said Micheal, Caroline being the only one who could understand him. She grabbed hold of Wilson's sleeve and dragged him over to a waiting Micheal, climbing up his rib cage to get onto his back. Once they were safely on, Micheal roared and flapped his skeletal wings and taking to the skies to do battle with Wyverngosa, a master show down of fire and ice.
Zelda was blasting away at skeleton warriors with her gauntlets, Trey taking out droves of them with wide sweeps of his gigantic battle axe. A particularly large warrior rushed forward, brandishing a club as he charged at Trey. The Leodan growled and dropped to the ground, kicking the soldiers bony legs out from underneath him and whacking him with the flat side of his blade, upsetting his bones into a pile before ducking to dodge the flaming arrows of skeletal archers. Zelda quickly took them out with several blasts of her gauntlets But no matter how many times they fell, more always took their place.
"Where are they all coming from!?" Zelda cried out in frustration, just as Alan landed next to her with a groan.
"The Chris King; he brings them back to life as soon as they fall." he moaned.
"So if we take out the Chris King . . ." Trey started.
"We take out his army!" Zelda finished.
"Exactly." Alan moaned, his face falling into the snow.
The Extreme Eagles were facing a similar problem. In fact, it was so similar, it wasn't even funny, as no one was really laughing for fear of being killed right then and there by the Chris King. As if given a hidden signal, the Eagles charged forward as the Chris King and his troops rushed forward, Wyverngosa taking to the skies to wreck havoc from above.
Despite being the unofficial leader of the rag tag team of heroes, it was Mitchell was going toe to toe with the Chris King himself. The Aquilian screeched and thrust his talons forward, unleashing a wave of fire at the villain, hitting him full in the chest. The Chris King was sent to the ground, bouncing and rolling and a little ways before slowly climbing to his feet, furious. Being a master of Death and Frost, the Chris King's only weakness was Fire, and Mitchell knew this.
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"It's kind of obvious when you think about." said Mitchell.
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As Mitchell and the Chris King engaged in battle, Toni and Paul were tackling Wyverngosa. A lucky shot from Monique's gun had downed the dragon moments after it had taken to the air, blasting through its wing bones and making flying difficult. That didn't mean however, that the bone dragon was any less dangerous. With a roar, Wyverngosa swept its tail across the arena, kicking up snow and sending unlucky skeletal warriors flying as it madly chased the Night Elf and Human around and around. Paul suddenly twisted left, catching the dragon's attention. Without stopping, he dove under the dragon and paused right in front of its foreleg, taunting it. Without thinking, Wyverngosa rushed its jaws forward, only to clamp down hard on its leg as Paul dove out the way.
There was a splintering sound as the dragon bit its own leg in half, and the mighty bellowed in anger and pain. Now slightly less dangerous, Wyverngosa opened its jaws and released a wave of freezing fire, Toni and Paul taking cover behind a platoon of unlucky skeletal barbarians as the fire struck them and froze them in a sheet of ice where they stood.
Meanwhile, a very, seriously ticked Chris was berating not only the lowly interns under his control, but the two Total Drama veterans he had brought back to make the challenge more interesting.
"Ugh! You guys are taking too long!" Chris griped as he watched the contestant's avatars battle his Virtual Reality self. "What do you think I'm paying you for!?" he yelled.
"You aren't paying us at all, Chris." Harold grumbled as his fingers clacked away at the keyboard. His partner, dressed in a green wizard's robe and fake beard, didn't seem to hear either of them as he called out spells while the Chris King was pounding the contestants.
"Either way, speed it up! It's a half hour show for crying out loud!" Chris shouted before living to stew elsewhere. Harold took a pause from controlling the Chris King to glance at Leonard, who actually seemed to notice the world around him for once ever since he had returned to the island to control the Rampaing Rhino's Chris King.
"When did it ever come to this, Leonard?" Harold sighed.
"According to my wizardly powers, ever since we joined Total Drama." Leonard smirked before returning to the computer screen, still calling out spells and attacks as he commanded them.
"True that, homie." Harold smiled before doing the same.
After what seemed hours of fighting, the Rhinos were not getting anywhere. Tajira and Alan only seemed to just barely match the Chris King in their battle; Micheal, Wilson, and Caroline were succeeding in distracting and matching Wyverngosa blow for blow; Trey and Zelda were only holding back the massive skeletal army, all of them running out of mana as the war raged on. It was only when they regrouped, surrounded from every possible angle imaginable did they strike a plan. With Wyverngosa covering the skies, and the Chris King with his army surrounding them from all sides, it seemed the odds of surviving were slim to none. That is, until an idea crossed through Alan's mind.
"Everyone! Switch opponents!" he roared, charging right at Wyverngosa as she landed and succeeding in swiping the dragon's forelegs out from under her, her head thundering against the ice when it dropped to the ground. Renewed with confidence, the Rhinos picked up on the idea and switched opponents; Micheal, Wilson, and Caroline tackling the army; Trey and Zelda nervously attacking the Chris King; Tajira joining Alan in his battle against the skeletal dragon. And slowly but surely, the Rhino's began to gain ground.
With his combined size, strength, and hot fire abilities, Micheal was slowly carving a way through the skeletal army, picking therm off faster than the Chris King could regenerate them. From the safety of his spine, Caroline shot any stranglers Micheal or Wilson missed, a single shot to the skull or numerous shots to the rib cage usually silencing the skeletons. With a ferocious bellow, Micheal bent his neck down so that it was even with the army, sucking in a huge breath with his invisible lungs and unleashing a wave of hot fire that tore through the troops with ease. Wilson was a whirlwind as he hacked and slashed through the enemy, easily defeating them with his black aura covered sword. Caroline noticed an odd thing; as Wilson cut through the army, a few of the recently killed skeletons would slowly rise up, glowing with purple auras inside of them, instead of fiery blue, and attack their comrades. Caroline cracked a smile at this, shooting a skeleton that came up behind in the face before it could assassinate her with a knife.
Going toe to toe with Wyverngosa, Tajira and Alan were able to slowly slow the beast down, Alan taking off a section of its tail with a swing of his mighty hammer, and Tajira managing to burn through the dragon's right wing. Now grounded, the dragon was reduced to using its fire and claws. With a roar, the dragon lunged forward at Tajira, the Dwarf jumping out of the way just in time as the monster's jaws clamped shut. Alan suddenly jumped up onto the beast's back, running up the vertebrae until he was on the dragon's skull. With a mighty war cry, the Draenei swung his powerful hammer down, driving the mallet into the bony skull of the beast, and watching with satisfaction as cracks began to form in the bone. The cracks widened and grew bigger and bigger, the dragon roaring in agony as its skull suddenly exploded into a blue fireball, the beast's cries of pain echoing through the arena.
With their Wyverngosa defeated, the Rhino's began to gain the upper hand, Alan and Tajira rushing to join a struggling Trey and Zelda as Micheal, Wilson, and Caroline continued their assault on the undead army. With a low growl, Trey blocked a swipe of the Chris King's sword, side stepping out of the way as the villain swung his sword down to cut him in half as Zelda blasted him in the head from the side. The Chris King would have attacked back, had he not been attacked from behind by the combined forces of Alan and Tajira, both striking their weapons against the villain's skull and smirking with satisfaction when they felt a small amount of health points drop.
Trey gave an animistic roar before tackling the Chris King head on, driving his head into the evildoer's gut and throwing him to the ground and managing to cut through his right arm guard with his claws and give him a black eye. The victory was short lived however was Trey felt a slight tingling feeling in his chest, looking down to see the Chris King's sword piercing through his chest. Once again, the attack didn't hurt, the programming only making a tingling sensation to signal he had been attacked. Trey began to feel his energy drain away from him as ice crystal formed at the part where the sword cut through his armor, crawling up his clothing and skin at a quick pace to cover him and make him an ice sculpture within seconds. With a dark chuckle, the Chris King crawled to his feet and stood over the frozen form of Trey as the entire battle paused to watch.
"One by one," he chuckled. "You will all be defeated." he said, smashing the statue of Trey into hundreds of pieces.
Outside of the game, there was a loud hissing sound as Trey was released from the Virtual Reality Machine's hold, his eyes and senses taking a few seconds to adjust back to the real world. With a yawn and quick stretch session, Trey glanced around to see Monique and a miffed Kiko sitting on a row of bleachers facing the stage. Trey walked over to them and sat down to stare up at two gigantic screens positioned above the stage, showcasing the two different battles between the two teams.
"What happened to you?" he asked, watching as Micheal succeeded in blasting a jet of flame at the Chris King.
"What do you think happened, moron? We died, duh!" Monique snapped, turning her attention back to the screen.
"What she said." Kiko added with a huff.
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"Geez, touchy much?" Trey wondered. "Either way, can I just say that my hands feel so empty without my guitar? Ever since Dakota stole it, I haven't had a chance to go back to Bony Island to find it!"
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Trey coughed awkwardly and turned back to face the screen with the Eagles on it, curious to see how the other team was faring. He looked up just in time to see Anuok throwing a glowing red orb at her hunting falcon, changing it into a large tiger with saber-like teeth poking from its jaw. The tiger roared and pounced on a down Wyverngosa, digging its claws into the dragon's spine to hang on as it thrashed about. While the tiger attack from above, Maurananei attacked from below, using her pick axe to break the toes on one of the dragon's hind feet. She jumped up just in time to dodge a swipe of the dragon's tail, only to have the dragon twist its neck around and breath a jet of flame at her, engulfing her in the fire and draining her health points to the breaking point; the Dwarf rolled out of the way as the dragon snapped its jaws shut on the spot she had been moments ago, and dove behind a rock, breathing heavily as the dragon searched for her.
"Man, that thing holds a grudge doesn't it?" Trey wondered.
"Shut it." Monique frowned.
Toni breathed and rolled to dodge another jet of flame shot at her. Wyverngosa was not making things any easier as Mitchell continued to attack the Chris King. If they could just defeat Wyverngosa, they could all attack the Chris King together; things sure hadn't gotten easier since Monique and Kiko had perished, Monique being crushed under Wyverngosa's foot and Kiko being thrown over the edge and into the abyss by the Chris King.
She was so deep in thought, she didn't even notice the dragon taking another shot at her, releasing its blue fire from its jaws right at her. By the time she noticed, it was too late to do anything; all she could do was flinch and cover her face, hoping for the best. And she would have been burnt to a crisp right then and there had Paul not seen it and jumped in the way, shielding the Night Elf from the blast and taking the majority of the damage.
Toni cracked open her eye, wondering she wasn't being roasted like a hotdog and saw the chard body of Paul standing over him with her back to her. Toni gasped and moved aside as the body fell to the ground, dead as a doornail. The Night Elf could feel tears brimming in her eyes; he had sacrificed himself to save her. And even though it was just a game, she felt oddly touched by the gesture and turned to face Wyverngosa with fury and vengeance in her eyes. "So that's how you wanna play, huh?" she growled at the dragon.
With a yell, she slammed her staff into the ground, the white and purple colored light washing over her and changing her appearance. Toni's skin began to bubble, forming into bubbles of various shapes before eventually melting together into large bubbles. The large bubbles hardened all over her body, making it look like she had been stung by hundreds of bees as her arms separated from each other at the joints. Her boulder-like shoulders separated from her body, her chest expanding outward as her legs vanished altogether into thin air. Her head became a single piece of volcanic rock, her eyes separating from the skull and becoming glowing orbs of fire as a flame appeared on her head. Rocks of random sizes formed underneath her rock-like chest, dust and fire swirling around her as lava appeared between her limbs and large hands, completing the transformation into a Magma Golem.
With an unholy roar, the fifteen ft tall behemoth brought a gigantic fist down on the ground, sending a shock wave throughout the entire wave that caused the entire world to tremble. The Chris King actually stumbled, leaving an opening for Mitchell to throw a particularly large ball of fire at the Chris King's chest, whipping out his staff to crack it over the villain's head while he was down. Toni turned to face the Wyverngosa, shooting hot, bubbling lava from her large hands and watching with satisfaction as the melted rock poured over the bare bones of the beast, quickly hardening and in the freezing wind and temperature. The skeletal dragon howled in agony and breathed another jet of fire at the Magma Golem, but it was like throwing a ping-pong ball at a charging elephant; completely useless.
With a primal yell, Toni rushed forward on invisible legs and punched the mighty beast in the jaw, bring another fist down on the top of the skull and forming small cracks. In a final move, the gigantic creature slammed her fists down on the dragon's skull, shattering it into a million shards as the dragon's carcass dropped to the ground with a dull boom. With the dragon defeated, Toni turned to face the Chris King, just in time to watch him run his sword through Anuok and throw her bloody body into the abyss after crushing her skull under his boot into a red, gooey, pulp.
That was when Toni lost it.
"How hard is it to defeat an all powerful necromancer!?" Alan screamed as he dodged a swipe of the Chris King's sword.
"You do realize you just answered your own question, right?" Tajira asked as she formed her hands into claws and raised them upwards, raising a shield of rock to block an attack from the Chris King.
"Less talking, more fighting!" Zelda yelled, blasting the Chris King in the face before whipping out her pick axe and driving it through his foot and into the ground, firmly imprisoning him to the spot; no matter how much the necromancer struggled, he was rooted to the spot, and this gave the Rhino's an advantage. Now that they didn't have to continually run and move to try and hit him, they could strike at him more effectively.
The skeleton army's numbers were reduced drastically, now cut down to less than half of their numbers, with a fair amount of the undead warriors under Wilson's control. Leaving Wilson to finish off the rest of the army with his own army, Micheal and Caroline turned their attention to the Chris King, Micheal charging right into the fight with a blast of fire. Caroline drew her bow and notched their arrows, quickly roasting them over Micheal's hot breath before letting them fly. Each arrow struck the Chris King in his left arm, draining his health a little ways. Another shot from Micheal's maw, and the boss's health was cut in half. The Rhino's began striking at him with renewed ferocity, Alan hitting him in several inappropriate places with his war hammer, Zelda and Tajira blasting him in the face whenever possible, Caroline taking every opportunity to hit him with arrows whenever the spaces between his armor opened up, and Micheal causing general mayhem with his massive size and hot breath. Soon, Wilson joined in on the fun and ending it quickly when he cut through the Chris King's armor and pierced his frozen heart.
The battle field fell silent as the Chris King dropped to the ground, clutching his chest with one hand and hanging onto his sword in the other. With a raspy breath, the Chris King glanced up with fear in his fiery blue eyes as the six heroes surrounded him with looks of triumph and grim victory on their faces.
"How?" the villain managed to gasp.
Alan shrugged and stepped forward, leaning against his hammer as he spoke. "I dunno. Could be because we have a strong will. Could be because we work well together. Or maybe it's the fact that we all can't stand your guts. Either way, and I think I speak for everyone here, when I say, don't take this personally. You just remind us all of someone we hate." the Draenei smiled as he hefted up his hammer and both hands and swung it back like a baseball bat. With all his strength, his swung the weapon forward, striking the Chris King in his family jewels with every ounce of strength he had and finally killing him as he dropped to the ground.
The Rhino's cheered and laughed at the Chris King's face, forever twisted into one of pure agony that only a man would ever feel. Alan smirked and bent down to pick up the Chris King's weapon, holding it up to point at the sky as the dark storm clouds cleared and a shaft of light shone down on him. Alan shrugged and struck a heroic pose as a cool wind blew past him, making him look like a true hero as his team mates cheered and whooped with joy.
"On this day, evil has been defeated! FOREVER!" Alan roared to the heavens. "Or at least until the next Virtual Reality game," he grumbled as one by one he and his team mates disappeared in a bright flash of light, separated from the world of fantasy and back to the disgusting world of reality.
The Rhino's were met with the annoyed face of Chris McLean and the slightly delirious members of the Extreme Eagle's as they came out of the Virtual Reality Machine at the same time as the Rhino's. Trey, Monique, Kiko, and a slightly disturbed Anuok sat on the bleachers facing them, mixed expressions of fear, shock, and general awesomeness on their faces.
"Ugh. Who won?" Alan asked as he rubbed his eyes and shielded them from the bright sunlight.
Chris, for some reason, seemed highly annoyed as he spoke. "Technically speaking, no one actually won the challenge because both of your teams beat my beautiful cyberspace alter-ego at the same time. And very painfully with a ton of overkill if you ask me!" he added with hatred dripping in his voice as Chef, still in his dress, chuckled behind him. However, a quick glance at Maurananei's dreamy expression and he shut up, just as disturbed as Anuok was at her death.
"But because there has to be a winner," Chris continued, faking happiness as he was still miffed about the ways his alter-ego died. "I declare the Rhino's victorious in smiting me!"
"Why!?" Maurananei roared in anger. "We beat the tar out of you more savagely than they did!" she pointed out, Toni elbowing her in the ribs.
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"I guess I kind of got carried away," Toni admitted sheepishly. "Paul sacrificing himself to save me kind of sent me over the edge. It;s just that no one's ever shown me that much kindness. I mean sure, Micheal, Anuok, Caroline, Alan, Reese, and Zelda all are still great, but none of them actually got themselves protecting me!" she exclaimed. "Oh, I think I'm in love." she sighed.
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"Problem," Wilson began, speaking with his deep and disturbing voice while his eyes flashed purple. "First Micheal and Caroline, then Zelda gets all protective about Alan, and now Toni and Paul might hook up. To many relationships for my good," he grumbled. "I've got to do something about this! Perhaps it's time to enlist Kiko and her Animatir'x help." he contemplated. He then sudden gasped and looked around at the outhouse. "Okay, serious, am I sleep walking?" Wilson wondered.
"And where did these gigantic holes in the walls come from?" he asked, gazing upon the gaping holes with confusion.
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"Because," Chris said with an annoyed look. "Compared to your three lost soldiers, the Rhino's only lost one. So get ready to send one sorry loser home tonight, Eagles!" he added with a true, sick expression of evil on his face.
It was a warm night, with the moon in its waxing state and shaped like a sharp crescent. The stars were twinkling like diamonds overhead as the contestants sitting around the bonfire were less than happy. Chris stood in front of a barrel that acted his podium with a smug grin on his face and a plate of marshmallows in his hand as the campfire cast long shadows around them.
"Well, well, well. Looks like it's time to send one your sorry butts home tonight!" Chris chuckled. "The only problem is deciding which one of you to send home. Luckily, you lot already decided!" he said as Toni and Monique glared at each other. Paul sat on the same log as Toni awkwardly watching the scene as Anuok looked bored, most likely having already predicted who was going home. She gestured for Chris to hurry up, at which the host frowned and sighed.
"Fine. Get on with it already," he huffed. "Anuok, Paul, Maurananei, Mitchell, and Kiko are all safe." Chris went on, tossing each of them a marshmallow without much flare or drama. That left Toni and Monique, which definitely created some drama as Paul glanced nervous at Toni. Chris grinned maniacally at the sight before continuing.
"Toni, you're here tonight because of your bad attitude and temper. Also, the way you destroyed the Chris King in your game was incredibly disturbing. So disturbing that we aren't allowed to show it on TV, which I am perfectly fine with." said Chris.
"Monique, you're here for generally being lazy. And, I guess that's pretty much it," Chris shrugged as a look of triumph crossed Monique's face. The Eagle's glanced at the two girls nervously, with the exception of Anuok who continued to look bored.
"And the final marshmallow goes to . . . ." Chris trailed off, holding up the last marshmallow in his hand as he built up the drama that he knew the audience's back home simply ate up like potato chips. [6]
Paul bit his lip and glanced between Toni and Monique as the two girls glared at Chris with anger and rage in their eyes. Maurananei was starring furiously at Monique, still miffed about the Spider Incident. Kiko didn't seem to be paying attention, instead focusing on something much more that seemed to be back on the island. Mitchell was the only one other than Anuok who didn't quite seem to be paying attention as Chris watched the tension build.
"Toni," said Chris, throwing the marshmallow to the shape-shifter. "You're safe for tonight. Monique, you've got a date with the Torpedo of Shame!" he added happily. Monique sputtered, unable to move her lips to form real words as Chef came up behind her and easily picked her up in his bog, meaty hands. Maurananei swooned at the sight as Chef rolled his eyes and carried Monique down to the submarine with Chris's mug painted on the side. A dull boom and a rush of water soon followed afterward as Toni rose to her feet.
"Chris, I would like to request temporary leave of Total drama," she asked. "I need to get back to Nigeria to save my mom."
Chris, ever the mean host he was, didn't seem to care. "Request denied! Your contract states that you may not leave the island unless eliminated. So unless you want to join Monique in the Torpedo of Shame, I suggest you keep your buttocks right where they are!" he ordered as a large shadow crept up behind him. Chris seemed unaffected however as the rest of the contestant's (minus Anuok and Toni) cowered in fear.
"Har-dee har har, Chef. You can' scare me!" Chris said, turning around face what he assumed to be Chef, only to come face to face with something that was most certainly not Chef: he came face to snout with a Tyrannosaurus Rex, the dinosaur opening its massive jaws a little ways to expose its banana-sized teeth as it growled. Caroline calmly walked out of the woods and stood next to the massive carnivore as Chris glanced nervously at her.
"He says to let her and him go save her mom or he'll make you into Mesozoic Toe Cheese," Caroline translated. Chris quickly jerked his head up and down, backing away as the dinosaur drew up to its full height and roared in triumph. Toni grinned and jogged over to Micheal, hugging his leg as he wagged his tail happily. There was a sudden flash of red that blinded everyone, and the was replaced by a large Pteranodon. The pterosaur bent down to let Toni climb on her back as Paul jumped off his log and up to them.
"I'm going with you!" he exclaimed. Micheal looked back at Toni, whose face turned red as she nodded. Micheal then allowed Paul to climb onto his back as Anuok calmly walked up to them and joined them, her presence not questioned.
Chris sighed and pinched his brow. "Are there anymore people who want to leave this show? No? Good," he growled. "Now get out of here! And you better be back before next episode!" he yelled as Micheal flapped his wings and took to the skies giving a final screech before flying Southeast.
"And one of the new losers is sent home early!" Chris continued, turning to face the camera and show his fabulous and priceless face to the world. "Will Toni and Paul hook up? Will Maurananei ever get Chef? And will anyone else leave the show before it's over? Find out next time on Total! Drama! Pahkitew's Vengeance!"
"Done." said Zelda, her voice drained completely of emotion. It was late into the evening, and Zelda had finally completed the bootleg Animatrix Kiko had demanded she build. The device was black and purple in color in contrast to Micheal's red and silver. Kiko quickly snatched the armband-like device from Zelda's tired hands and slipped onto her wrist, silently cheering with glee as she felt the power rush through her body; with this device, this weapon, she could turn into any creature in the known universe, and could literally do anything she wanted.
"I just have to put in the fail safe," Zelda yawned, but Kiko had long since left the cave to take the Animatrix for a test run. Zelda was about to protest and chase after her, but after hours of sitting in a chair for the challenge and working on the Animatrix under Kiko's keen eye made her exhausted. Without warning, she slumped over her workspace, dozing off and dreaming a dreaming-less sleep.
Kiko was ecstatic as she rushed out into the dark woods and pressed the watch face, a violet colored light lighting up her face as she scrolled over the options available to her. She cycled past the giraffe and bear, bypassing the and trout, and deciding on the deer, to start things simple. She selected the animal and slapped the activation button, letting the violet colored light wash over her and change her DNA. Within moments, a large doe with a purple collar around its neck stood in the woods. The animal glanced itself over before bounding off into the woods, enjoying the rush she got as she easily ran through the forest without tiring. After what seemed hours of running over miles of forest, and paused to sip a drink from the creek, bending down to lap up the cool water from the creek.
Her senses alerted her of a presence, and she quickly rose up to glance behind her, a leg already bent and ready to power her across the creek at the first sign of danger. The deer saw no visible danger in the black forest, the only things she noticed being a owl flying overhead and a pair of purple eyes peering at her from the bush. The animal paused and focused on the eyes as they came out of the bush, attached to Wilson's face as he calmly walked up to her. "Easy," he chuckled darkly. "I just wanna talk."
A flash of purple light later, and Kiko stood in the clearing, standing over the boy as she folded her arms over her chest and glared at him. "Make it quick. I got a weapon to test out." she said.
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about, you using your 'weapon', as you put it," Wilson began. "Are you aware that there are only a few contestant's who aren't in a relationship with someone else on the island?" he asked.
"Pft. Maurananei ain't gonna get Chef any time soon." Kiko scoffed.
Wilson growled and pinched his brow. "She doesn't count. I'm talking about Micheal and Caroline, Toni and Paul, even Alan and your own lackey like each other!" he practically shouted. "And I have a proposition for you and that watch of yours."
"You want me to date you?"
"NO!" Wilson yelled. "Use that stupid mind of yours to use that stupid watch of yours to drive a wedge between the couples!" he practically screamed before calming down. "Toni and Paul are both gone, so you're going have to wait on that, and neither Zelda or Alan can change into different animals. That means you're going to have to disguise yourself as Micheal and scare Caroline, make her believe Micheal doesn't care for her anymore," he instructed. "And make sure to use forms only Micheal would have, or she'll get suspicious!" he added.
Kiko narrowed her eyes and frowned, but resisted the urge to change form and squish and/or maul him. "Fine. You've got yourself a deal; I'll handle Micheal and Caroline, you take care of Zelda and Kiko until Toni and Paul returned." she said, taking Wilson's hand and shaking it. She then activated the Animatrix again and turned into a barn owl, taking to the night sky as Wilson cackled.
"Excellent. All is falling into place." he said to himself.
And there it is! Whew, that was a long one!
I'm sorry if things got a bit hazy during some of the fight scenes, but that was where I kind of blanked out. I can only write so much about one subject before I need to take a break. And you would not believe how many times I had to rewrite this thing.
P.S. Please send in the title of a song you would like your OC to sing! If you do not have a preference, I will select a song myself!
My personal pain and agony aside, I have two things to share. One, Tsukuyomu is working on the pictures of the new cast members, as well as the official group picture. I don't have exact dates, but it will be soon! Make sure to glance at their profile on Deviantart, under the name of Shi-no-Kogo, and check out the drawings of the cast if you haven't already.
And two, I LOST MY iPOD TOUCH! I don't know why I had to share it, but I just did. Unfortunately, that means my ability to monitor my stories and answer your PMs and the likes will be substantially slower. But my personal losses aside, don't forget to comment, review, request, and suggest below!
Oh, and I almost forgot! The rest of the numbers!
[1] A Slam Rhino is a parody of sorts for WoW's Thunder Lizard.
[2] Big Cats in WoW have saber-like teeth. Just an FYI, as i honestly don't have any idea why I put this there.
[3] A second parody of the Lich King's dragon, Sindragosa. I'm good, I know.
[4] An idea I stole from the Kobold Necromancer. Honestly, can you think of a better name?
[5] A thrid parody of the Lich King's true name.
[6] You can't just have one . . .
Hasta Luego and Happy Holidays!