AN: This is not a spoiler for the story, but I'm revealing some of the locations for the rest of the tour. Try to fill in the blanks. The Tour in general goes from East to West.
7. Bentonville, Arkansas
8. ?
9. San Antonio, Texas
10. Denver, Colorado
11. Seattle, Washington
12. ?
13. San Francisco, California
14. ?
15. ?
Chapter 6: Yesterday, Tomorrow, Fantasy, and a Giant Golf Ball
***Recap***
Chris: Last time on Total Drama American Tour, Miami! The sunny beaches! The love and romance! Out contestants had to find dates and woo them. Then we had a team surfing challenge where Team Freedom's surfing failure led them to winning the challenge! Team Liberty had to vote someone off, and with unreadable votes, I had to decide that Rocky, our Italian stunt fighter, would be eliminated. Find out what happens here right now!
***Back to Game***
"Oh. Kay." Holly was puzzled as to why Roxanne had to go.
***Confessional***
Holly: I voted for Jasper last time. He should have gone.
Josh: I'm glad Rocky's gone, but I have to admit, there's no drama on here. Well, besides Lucas.
Chris: My spy needs to do something! Now!
***Back to Game***
It was getting dark as the plane flew in circles around Miami to help the contestants get a good night's sleep. The girls' quarters were quiet for once as Michelle and Samantha continued talking. "What could Jake be possibly doing?" Michelle said to Samantha.
"It's just a threat. It's not like he can kill all of us. This threat in Orlando is just a publicity stunt by a whiny loser that doesn't deserve to be here."
"Maybe it is. There's one of him and ten of us. If he's not joking, we can still take him down."
"Mind if I lead the team this time?"
"Sure. Just watch out for Lucas. Logan and Dakota are cooperative, and who knows about Xander."
"I'm getting tired. Let's get some sleep."
Michelle and Samantha fell asleep on their beds. Meanwhile in the boys' quarters, Josh was tending to Jasper's wounds while Logan and Dakota tried not to think about the threat in Orlando. "Who can I trust in this game?" Logan asked.
"Don't worry about him." Dakota answered. "Just focus on the game. We're winning now, and we can keep winning until the merge."
"I hope so. If we lose, can we vote off Xander?"
"I don't see why not."
"Where is he, though?"
"I thought he was in the galley with Lucas. I'll check on them." Dakota left the quarters to go to the galley where he found Lucas and Xander playing cards on the table as he thought they would. They were talking among themselves, not letting Dakota chime in. Eventually, Lucas left to go to the bathroom, giving Dakota a chance to do something. "Hey, Xander?"
"What do you want?"
"Who do you want to get rid of?"
"I dunno. Lucas maybe?"
"I thought you two were friends?"
"Why are you asking me this?"
"Could we get rid of him, then Michelle?"
"Hey, I want to get rid of Logan, but it looks like you've got him wrapped around your finger. Are you trying to say something here?"
"Don't get defensive. Let's just keep winning the challenges, and then if we lose, get rid of Lucas."
"What if Lucas goes back to the other team?"
"They'll take care of it. Then we'll get rid of Michelle."
"Fine."
Lucas came back, which meant Dakota had to leave. Xander and Lucas continued playing cards on the galley table. When Dakota came back to the boys' quarters, he found Logan fast asleep. Josh was giving Jasper a back rub, still calming down the emotionless person. "You're really warm." Jasper whispered.
"Just relax, Jazz." Josh answered. "You've been through a lot. Just quiet down and think of Leilene."
"She's hot."
"I'm into Holly though. She's into me too, though she won't admit it. I've got to win her over."
"I'm tired."
"Just calm down, Jazz." Josh fell asleep on his bed with Jasper's head falling onto Josh's chest.
***Confessional***
Logan: Josh and Jazz are getting really close together. In a way, I'm glad they're getting along fine, but I do feel uncomfortable. They're not gay are they?
***Back to Game***
The next morning, the plane continued circling around the Florida peninsula. Everyone except Chris and Chef got up and headed to the lounge. When they got there, the TV started to show another message. "You're wasting my time! Come to Orlando and I'll settle this once and for all!"
Chris arrived at the lounge to hand out parachutes. "We're going to call this one. Everyone get ready to jump! You're going to go to EPCOT Center. That's where Chef tracked down the message."
"What if there's no threat?" Michelle asked.
"We'll think of something."
The escape hatch opened, and everyone jumped out ready to skydive. The contestants did not land exactly at EPCOT Center as planned, but were within walking distance.
***Confessional***
Holly: Chris didn't even shove us off at the right spot! I hate walking.
***Back to Game***
Everyone kept walking closer to the park gates, mostly keeping to themselves while Chef landed the plane at a nearby airport and rented a cab, allowing him and Chris to reach EPCOT before the contestants could. As the contestants were walking, several explosions could be heard inside the park. They knew Jake wasn't lying. They would have to save EPCOT before anyone died.
The contestants finally arrived at EPCOT and entered the park. The geodesic sphere loomed over them as they braced themselves for Jake's animatronic army. The first robot arrived. It was a stereotypical German lady robot that looked like she was about to drench everyone with beer. It had red hair that resembled Izzy's. Logan kicked it, and it deactivated immediately. Once it was confirmed destroyed, Chris announced the impromptu challenge. "The team that destroys the most robots wins invincibility. Lucas, you're on Team Liberty again."
Team Liberty ran to the World Showcase where they found the most stereotypical robots ever. The Robots from the France Pavilion all wore striped shirts and carried bottles of wine. They also looked suspiciously like Lindsay in a way. When Team Liberty arrived at the pavilion, they received another message from Jake. "Mwahaha! You'll fall to the French! These robots won't surrender!"
***Confessional***
Holly: Let me guess, the Canadian robots all look like Ezekiel and say 'eh?' all the time, the Mexican robots look like Alejandro and try to make love to you, and the Chinese robots look like Heather and scheme a way to kill us.
Lucas: There are stereotypes, and then there's Disney modeling the stereotypes into old contestants. Or maybe Jake built these. I don't care.
***Back to Game***
"Attack!" Lucas charged at the French animatronic robots and ended up getting squirted by their wine. Leilene and Holly attacked too, and Leilene managed to destroy one all by herself. Josh continued punching through the French robots until they were all gone. "To the American Pavilion!" Lucas yelled out as Team Liberty worked their way to the American Pavilion.
Meanwhile, Team Freedom was at the Japanese Pavilion, where the robots wielded katanas and resembled Harold. "Cha cha cha!" The robots cried out their battle cry as they tried slicing the contestants. "Will these stereotypes ever end?" Xander yelled out while kicking a robot in the nuts.
"Ow! My nuggets!" The robot yelled out as it fell over.
"Take that, dweeb robot!"
***Confessional***
Xander: I can't believe the Japanese fell in one hit. Maybe this will be easier than I thought.
***Back to Game***
Team Freedom moved on to the British Pavilion. The robots there looked like cheap versions of Gwen. "What? Gwen?" Xander yelled out. "She doesn't even resemble England!"
"Doesn't matter!" Michelle yelled back. "Just destroy them!"
Team Freedom slowly plowed through the British Robot Gwen army, followed by a Norwegian Bridgette Robot army. Team Liberty cleaned out the Italian pavilion, and both teams reached the American Pavilion where everyone received another message from Jake. "You're still alive! NOOOO! But not for long. I've saved the best prototypes for last!"
"It can't be…" Dakota started to get a little scared.
"Ah yes, cowboy. An all-inclusive Owen robot! This is twice the size of a normal Owen."
"Oh my God." Leilene snarked. "We're going to die here."
The two teams braced themselves as the Owen robot charged at them. Team Liberty attacked first, but the metallic girth of the Owen robot pushed them back. Team Freedom gave it a go, and got a similar result. Both teams didn't know what to do as they tried to come up with a plan independent of each other.
Team Freedom's plan was to build a slingshot to launch Logan into the robot. Dakota and Xander would have to pull back as Samantha aimed. "Sam, you get one shot." Logan said. "If I die, you're paying for my funeral." The belle was silent as she told Xander and Dakota where to go.
Michelle saw the robot charging at them. "It's coming! Get ready to fire! Come on guys!" Dakota and Xander pulled with all of their strength as Logan prepared to be launched out of a human slingshot.
"Three!" Samantha yelled out. The robot was still at them.
"Two!" Team Liberty felt relieved as the robot was chasing their enemies.
"One!" Chris was finding a way to videotape the slingshot attempt.
"FIRE!" Dakota and Xander released, sending Logan flying into the gargantuan Owen robot. It was a perfect hit, causing both Logan and the robot to fall into EPCOT's massive lake, splashing everyone on the main walkway.
"Is he OK?" Josh asked.
"The robot probably crushed him." Holly answered. "Hey Sam, you've got a funeral to pay for!"
"Hey!" Samantha screamed out. "Logan!"
Meanwhile in the lake, Logan was still finding his way out the scrap metal of a now destroyed robot. After five minutes of swimming through remains, he successfully resurfaced. "Wow! Best experience of my life!" He was soaking wet, so he took off his sweater, revealing his overalls.
"Team Freedom wins three in a row!" Chris yelled out as Team Freedom celebrated.
"Great job!" Michelle said as everyone on Team Freedom gave Logan a warm loving victory hug.
"Where's a dryer? I'm all wet!"
"Just in there." Chris answered. Logan went inside to dry off his clothing as he put his now dry sweater back on.
***Confessional***
Logan: That. Was. Awesome. Granted I don't want to do that again, but I finally won a challenge for my team, and we stopped Jake's plan. Who's the best team? Team Freedom for sure!
***Back to Game***
"Team Freedom won again!" Josh was furious. "They've been winning too much."
"Yeah." Jasper responded. "Tough vote."
"Not really. I've got a plan."
***Confessional***
Josh: Finally! I see a purple-haired guy going home!
***Back to Game***
"Attention guests and Jake." An intercom blared out, "Prepare to leave the park and never return. You have done a heinous amount of damage to the World Showcase. Please clean up any broken robots, as they do not belong to Disney. Our park personnel will escort you to the back of the park."
"Jake was here the whole time?" Even Chris was shocked. "Well guys, clean up the robots!"
"No!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Jake should do it." Michelle added.
"He caused this." Holly said.
As the contestants argued over who should clean up the broken robots, two security guards brought the perpetrator to Chris. "McLean? This guy's yours."
"You brought me here?" Jake wrestled with the guards, but was outmatched.
"I'll deal with you later." Chris said to Jake. "You'll be punished for this."
"Just take me home!"
"You're coming with us, and don't think you're back in the game!"
"Why?"
***Confessional***
Samantha: Jake's back? Any particular reason why? At least he isn't competing.
***Back to Game***
"You'll be learning how to cook. Our resident Chef Hatchet will be happy to teach you."
Chef let out a huge grin and snickered at Jake. "Oh, you'll be cooking alright. Everyone! Clean up these robot shards! We'll need them next week! NOW!" Everyone including Jake reluctantly picked up the robot pieces left throughout the World Showcase, including the prized giant Owen robot that Logan kicked into the lake.
***Confessional***
Logan: I wanted to keep it as a prize, even if it was three times my size, and I'm the biggest contestant here, but it's all muscle.
***Back to Game***
The robot pieces were loaded into the back of a big rig and delivered to the airport as three park attendants escorted the contestants to the back of the park. "Now, we've got to find the plane." Leilene commented.
"Shush! Just follow me and stay quiet." Chris said as the contestants formed a single file line and walked around EPCOT. Eventually they reached the plane where they were back in familiar surroundings.
Team Freedom enjoyed their third win in a row in the lounge. "I can get used to this." Samantha said to her friend Michelle.
"Sure. Why not? As long as we're winning, we don't have to worry about anything."
"And they have Lucas to deal with."
"Yeah, he's a goner, or maybe Josh."
"Even Jasper's vulnerable, you know."
"Who would vote Jasper?"
"Don't know. He's really close to Josh, to the point of dependence."
The girls continued talking in the lounge while Team Liberty had to prepare to vote someone off. "Team Liberty? Come with me." Chris said as the losing team made their way to the elimination area.
***Confessional***
Lucas: I had a four time winning steak! Can't believe I lost now!
***Back to Game***
Team Freedom was continuing to relax in the lounge, with Xander watching his Green Bay game by himself. Michelle decided to watch for a while, but left to go to the galley with Samantha.
AN: Voting time! Team Liberty needs to vote someone off. Votes will be tallied in either three days or after everyone has voted. (Whichever comes first.) You can still review the story, but your vote must be sent via PM, or it won't count.
If you do not vote, I will vote on behalf of your character.
Teams:
Team Freedom: Logan, Dakota, Xander, Samantha, Michelle
Team Liberty: Jasper, Josh, Holly, Leilene, Lucas
Eliminated so Far: Jane, Jake, Seeiah, Elijah, Tonia, Roxanne
Jake is not a contestant at this time.
