Episode Four: Extreme Bake, Build, Ride

Episode Four! Yay! Unfortunately, no one got the Q of the week right. The correct answer was that Lola shot him with an arrow after the bloodbath, remember? He was going to stab Tails, but she saved him. Anyway, thanks for reading!

TDU Train, Conductor's Room

"Last time on TDU," Chris began. "Competitors were sent to Oil Ocean to participate in a Wipeout style challenge. Team X had used Team Rocket, while Team Y chose Team Chaotix, an equally ridiculous choice. At the finish line, somewhat disgusting remarks flew back and forth between Eggman and Angel, almost causing Angel to kill us all and to almost recreate the apocalypse. Her psychotic rage however prompted Misty to confess to her crush on Ash right before Team Rocket came in and stopped the madness. In the end it was Brenon who went home for leaving his team to be with Morgan. What drama does this episode have in store? When will the producers stop having me make this stupid latte joke? Find out on Total… Drama… Universe!"

(Theme Song Blah Blah Blah)

Hospital Car, Waiting Room

Sonic, Angel, and Melaney were all in the waiting room of the hospital car, waiting yet again for Nurse Joy's diagnosis on Tails. Angel was pacing again.

"I've never seen her so nervous," Melaney said to Sonic. "Is she gonna be okay?"

"She'll be fine," Sonic said. "As long as she doesn't explode." He stuck his leg out and tripped her.

Angel growled. "What's your problem?"

"What's yours?" he asked. "Whenever you come in here all you do is pace. You're going to dig a rut in the floor."

"Well you can't honestly say you're not nervous," Angel said.

"I'm not," he said, leaning back further in his chair. "It's Tails, for crying out loud. If he can follow me around for this long and not get himself killed, then I'm sure he can make it through this." Angel was about to respond, but Brock came in to the room wearing a white lab coat.

"Brock?" Melaney asked.

"Oh yeah," Angel said as she stood up. "Brock's a doctor. I keep forgetting that."

"How's Tails?" Sonic asked, trying to hide the nervousness in his voice.

"He's fine," Brock said. "His knee was shattered, but it can be healed."

"Yeah, yeah, we knew that," Melaney said quickly. "Now how long until he gets better? These two are insane," she whispered.

"Not for a while," Brock replied.

Melaney groaned. "Can we at least see him?"

Brock shrugged. "Sure," he opened the door, then walked away. Sonic was inside within a split second.

Angel rolled her eyes. "Not nervous my butt," she and Melaney were about to walk in to the room, but they stopped in the doorway and looked in instead. Tails was sitting up in his bed, his right leg in a cast from the knee down. He and Sonic were talking.

"So it was Phineas," Tails said as he came to the realization. He looked up at Sonic. "I don't understand. I mean, I know I killed him and Ferb, but we were in the Hunger Games and he would've done the same. Even Eggman doesn't mind that much. And from what I've seen that's so out of character for Phineas. He was fine at the interviews before the Games. I wonder what happened to him."

"He must've cracked," Sonic offered. "I don't see much change in Ferb though, but maybe that's just because he doesn't say much. I wouldn't worry about it though," he said, trying to change the subject.

Tails sighed. "I guess you're right. I just can't believe that they've come back. It makes me wonder what happened to the other tributes…." His eyes began to tear up. "Sonic I've killed so many people. I killed the Old Man, Chumlee, Phineas, Ferb, Mario, Peach, Jerry, even Sheldon. I need to know what happened to them…"

Angel sighed from outside. "Let's go," she said to Melaney.

"Wait," the Yoshi said. "You're not going to go in there and say something?"

"What would I say?" Angel retorted. "Killing eight, nine if you count the President, is a lot to him. That's nothing compared to what I did."

"So you killed a few Pokemon, maybe a few people. What's the big deal?"

"It wasn't a few," Angel snapped. "It was a few thousand. And the worst part is that they're still counting. Do you have any idea what it's like to hear on the news that ten years later they've found yet another body? I can't go in there. Sonic will do a better job handling it anyway."

"I guess…"

First Class, Team X

"NO!" James exclaimed. Savannah jumped at the sudden scream.

"What are you screaming about?!" she asked.

"They have stupid pizza here too," James said with a sigh. Jessie slapped him on the back of the head.

"You idiot," she snapped. "Do you not see that we're in First Class? There's servants here! You can order anything you want! Now get over here, we need to talk," she grabbed both James and Meowth by the ear and dragged them both in to a corner where no one could hear them. "Whether or not we're here to win the million we still need to catch Pikachu," she whispered.

Meowth groaned. "Can't we give up on that? We've been trying for more than fifteen seasons. It's starting to get stupid-" Jessie slapped him in the face before he could continue.

"Have you both lost your minds?!" she asked in disbelief. "Think of the boss!"

"But the boss will be much happier if we bring him the million," James argued. "What good is a Pikachu anyway?"

"James is right…for once," Meowth mumbled. "It's not even worth the effort anymore."

"Fine!" Jessie exclaimed. "If you two are willing to give up so easily, then that's fine with me." She walked away, leaving the two behind.

Bathroom Confessional

(James&Meowth)
" We're free! We're free! "

Loser Class, Team Y

Misty was sitting on one of the wooden benches on Team Y, fidgeting with Psyduck's Poke Ball. She was thinking about what she had said to Ash at Oil Ocean. "How could I just say that to him?" she wondered aloud. "I meant it, but still…" she was woken from her thoughts when Ash approached her. "Hi," she said somewhat awkwardly.

"Hi," he replied. "Hey, listen, about what you said the other day about liking me and stuff…uh, do you maybe want to do something sometime?"

Misty blinked in astonishment, then smiled. "Sure."

"Great," Ash said. "Uh, see you later, I guess," he then walked away, unsure what to do.

Bathroom Confessional

(Misty)
"I can't believe it! He asked me out on a date! If he even knows that he did, of course. I wonder about him sometimes…but that's just one of the great things about him!"

(Ash)
"I feel weird when I talk to Misty now. My hands get all sweaty and my stomach feel odd. Maybe I have indigestion or something."

Loser Class, Team Y

Chris then barged in to the room, ruining everyone's mood except for Misty's. "It's challenge time, folks!"

Frozen Valley, Chilly Castle

"Welcome to Chilly Castle," Chris announced to the contestants. He and the others were all standing on a racetrack that went through a small village. There was snow and ice everywhere, even an underground polar cave that could only be explored on boat due to the melted ice.

"Not here," Knuckles mumbled.

"Today we have a special challenge," Chris said. "I like to call it: Extreme Bake, Build, and Ride." The contestants had no reaction, which somewhat bothered him. He continued anyway. "The first challenge is baking. Two competitors from each team will bake a cake that will be tested by moi."

"Good," Angel whispered to Sonic. "We can poison him."

"I heard that!" Chris yelled. He took a deep breath. "Anyway. The winning team of the baking competition will get a distinct advantage in the next challenge…the building stage! Each team must use two competitors to build a top-notch motorcycle which will be used in the riding stage. That's where you'll choose one of your players to race around here. The winner of that wins this week's challenge! Any ques-"

"What's the point of asking us if we have questions?" Silver butted in. "You'll just ignore us."

"Fine," Chris said. "Just GO!" The players took off in to the small houses of Chilly Castle, trying to find the kitchens.

"In here!" Brock called out to his teammates. Team Y was about to enter the building, but Chris stopped them.

"Wait!" he yelled. "Only two of you can go in there."

Angel turned to Brock. "You should do it."

"She's right," Ash agreed. "Your cooking's amazing. And I think Melaney should go in there with you. Yoshi know everything about food."

"Okay," Brock and Melaney said at the same time. Meanwhile, Team X was still trying to figure out who they should choose.

"So obviously Cilan should be in there," Iris said. "But who else?"

"I'll do it," Savannah said. "Let's go win this thing!"

Chilly Castle, Bakery

"Wait a minute," Melaney said to Brock. "What are we supposed to be baking?"

Brock shrugged. "Want to make cupcakes?"

"Sure," Melaney said. "What kind-"

"Shush," Brock interrupted, already mixing ingredients. "I've got this."

Chris then flew in to the room with one of his jet packs. "Oh yeah," he said. "Did I mention that I made it so that the roofs open up and drop snow in at random times?"

"What-" the bakers began to say, but they were all cut off when a huge pile of snow dropped in.

"What do we do now?" Melaney asked as she and Brock dug themselves out of the snow. "We can't work if Chris keeps that up!"

"I know!" Brock exclaimed as he got an idea. He lifted his frying pan over his head and said, "I'll use my frying pan…as a drying pan!" He then began to mix ingredients again, then shoved them in the oven. After about five minutes of waiting, he pulled out the cupcakes, then frosted them all within seconds. "DONE!"

"And Brock and Melaney win the first challenge!" Chris announced.

"But I thought you said you'd be testing them," Cilan commented.

"I said they'd be tested, I didn't say what they'd be tested in," Chris said with an evil grin. "This was a test of speed, and Brock wins it hands down!"

"Yay for the Brock!" Starfire cheered with the other Y's from the outside.

"Now head over to the next building," Chris said. "It's time for part two of the challenge."

Chilly Castle, Mechanic Shop

"Welcome to Chilly Castle's mechanic shop," Chris said to the contestants. "This is where you'll be using whatever parts you can find to build your-"

"Build our bikes, we get it," Sonic interrupted. "Where's that 'distinct advantage' you said you were going to give?"

Chris rolled his eyes. "Fine. Since Team Y won the last challenge, the entire team can help put the bike together, but only two of you can discuss the mechanics of it, and the one who's riding can't be one of the two. And by the entire team, I mean EVERYONE. Even those in the Hospital Car. GO!"

Mechanics Room, Team Y

"Okay," Zoey said. "Before we start designing the bike, we need to figure out who's riding."

"Chris plus motorized vehicles equals bad idea," Gwen commented. "Whoever's riding should know what they're doing and be ready for any attack."

"I think Angel should do it," Duncan said. "The whole reason why half of us met in the rebellion is that she can't drive."

"That's not funny," Ash and Angel said at the same time. "That's also the ultimate reason why the two of us both lost an eye, Tails almost died, Brock proposed to three girls, and we all had the displeasure of meeting Joey." Ash explained.

"So?" Raven asked. "Because Angel lost an eye we all now have Skype wherever we are, Tails almost dying strengthened her relationship with him, Brock would've proposed to anyone anyway, and at some point we would've had to meet Joey. It actually turned out pretty well."

"FOR HER!" Ash exclaimed, pointing at Angel. "I didn't get anything out of this!"

"Can we argue about this later?" Gwen interrupted. "Angel's driving. Now who's going to build the bike?"

"Obviously it's a job for the most intelligent," Eggman said immediately. "I'll do it."

"Wait, you're the smartest? You-" Angel began to argue.

"Let's not have this discussion again," Melaney said quickly. "The last thing we need is for someone to be called suppurating fundament."

"You called someone that?" Charmy asked Angel.

"Yeah," Angel replied, glaring at Eggman. "And I can't say that I regret it either." She turned to Sonic. "Do I really have to have him be the one to build it? I wouldn't trust him with a Magikarp."

"Well if it were to evolve in to Gyrados-"

"Holding an Everstone," Angel added quickly.

Sonic shrugged. "You know who you wanna call."

"Ghostbusters?" Starfire asked hopefully.

Angel ignored her and activated her robotic eye, displaying Skype on a holographic screen in front of them. After a few seconds, someone on the other end picked up.

"Hello?" Tails answered. He was lying in bed, his eyes tired and his fur had lost its usual shine. He still managed a small smile when he saw Angel. "What's up?"

Angel gave him a look of concern. "Are you feeling okay?" she asked.

"I'm fine," he said, rubbing his eye. "Just tired." Angel knew he was lying, but she went along with it anyway. "Are…are you guys in Chilly Castle?"

Angel nodded. "They chose me to be in a motorcycle race around the place," she explained. "The problem is that Eggman is the only one that can build, and I can't help because of stupid Chris. So the only one who can help us is you."

Tails glared at Eggman. "I'm in charge. And you better not do anything stupid and try to hurt her. And don't land us in Loser Class either."

"Well that escalated quickly," Vector mumbled.

Mechanics Room, Team X

"I'll race," Shadow said immediately. "I doubt that the rest of you know how to. We are not losing, got it?"

"Whatever you say," Rouge said with a shrug.

"Ferb and I are building," Phineas said harshly. "Everyone else go outside. Ferb, I know what we're going to do today."

Bathroom Confessional

(Phineas)
"They're using, Tails and Eggman? Ha! If their hatred for each other doesn't get to them, their stupidity will. This is gonna be a cinch."

Outside Mechanics Room, Team X

"So this is pretty much just another challenge where we don't do anything?" Silver asked Trip.

"Pretty much," he replied. "At least we don't have to go through anything-" before he could finished his statement, Chef approached them wearing a military outfit and sunglasses.

"GIVE ME 200 JUMPING JACKS!" he barked. The X's immediately did what they were told, scared out of their minds.

"Spoke too soon," Trip mumbled.

Mechanics Room, Team Y

Angel was leaned up against the wall watching Eggman and Tails argue through Skype. She couldn't help the others, not that she wanted to. Even if she did, she couldn't since she was the only way the two mechanics could argue.

"If we build it like that, it'll explode!" Tails exclaimed. "You'll kill her!"

"Ever think that was the idea?" Eggman fired back.

Tails growled. "You know, Eggface, just because I can't walk doesn't mean I can't fly. If something happens to her you're going to get it!"

Angel sighed and slid down along the wall until she was sitting on the floor. Zoey came in and sat down next to her. "Why do smart people have to fight so much?" Angel asked her.

Zoey looked at Eggman. "I don't know if you'd consider him smart…but Tails definitely is. And it doesn't help that they're arch enemies, you know."

"This is ridiculous!" Tails shouted at Eggman. He looked at Angel. "Why of all people do I have to work with him?! You don't trust me to do it myself, do you?"

"Of course I do!" Angel defended herself. "In fact the reason why we chose you is because we DON'T trust Eggman!"

"So if you did trust Eggman, you wouldn't have called for my help, right?!" Tails shot back. "In fact the only reason why you did call is that you can't work on it yourself! And why would you guys choose Eggman, anyway? He's out to destroy us! We should've voted him off in the very first episode! At least Doofenshmirtz's stupidity was tolerable!"

"Oh, so you think I LIKE working with Eggman?" Angel retorted. "If I had the chance, I'd throw him in the ice water and let him drown!"

"I do have feelings, you know," Eggman commented, but they ignored him.

"Settle down, guys!" Zoey said. "Remember how much you two care about each other. Don't throw it all away because of some stupid little fight."

"…she's right," Tails said after a few seconds. "We can't let ourselves become another relationship that this show has ruined."

Angel nodded. "You and Eggman figure out what we're doing. I do trust you, you know."

"I know."

Mechanics Room, Team X

"Finished," Phineas said. Team X entered the room, sweaty from jumping jacks.

"Is…it…any…good?" Cilan panted.

"Of course it is," Phineas snapped. He ripped off the tarp that was covering Shadow's bike, revealing a jet black and crimson red motorcycle underneath. It had the ability to transform in to a boat and a plane if necessary.

"Not bad," Shadow said, walking around the bike. "It better be good enough."

"Trust me," Phineas said. "You won't be disappointed."

Mechanics Room, Team Y

"Done," Eggman said to the others. The contestants walked over to the bike. It looked very similar to Angel's old one: It was light blue with edges sharper than icicles, and had tiny snowflakes surrounding the air around it. The exhaust pipe was blowing out snow.

"Wow," Angel said as she walked around it in amazement. "It looks just like the Blizzard."

Tails nodded. "It is, the Blizzard 2.0. New and improved."

"Thank you so much," Angel said as she sat down on it. "I owe you big time, Tails."

"Nah," he said. "I was happy to do it."

"What about me?!" Eggman exclaimed. "I'm the one who put it together!"

"Yeah, yeah, thanks," Angel said absentmindedly. "Now let's go out and win this challenge!"

Chilly Castle, Starting Line

"All right," Chris said to the contestants. Shadow and Angel were both on their bikes, ready to get started. "This is a one lap race around the track. Racers must follow the transformation rules, meaning you can't be a boat on land."

"Yeah," Amy said sarcastically. "Because THAT was a fun glitch."

"Anyway," Chris continued. "The winner of the race wins the entire challenge. Ready? Three…two…one…GO!"

Angel and Shadow both took off at high speeds down the road, then came to a split in the path. "Take a left Shadow," Angel yelled to him. "Because girls are always right!" She rammed in to him with her bike, sending him flying down the other road. She took the right path, drifting smoothly and easily along the curves.

Shadow growled as he regained control of his bike, then quickly ran over a boost panel, which sent him speeding down the street. He kept accelerating until he was almost caught up with Angel.

"Pssh, in your dreams," Angel said. "You might be fast on your feet, Shadow, but you've got nothing when it comes to bikes." She grabbed one of the item capsules on the road.

"Hot Rod," a voice said over the PA.

Angel activated the power-up, then went speeding past Shadow. "Smell ya later!"

Bathroom Confessional

(Ash)
"That sounded awfully familiar…"

Chilly Castle, Race

Shadow grabbed one of the item capsules on the ground, then broke it open. "Boost," the voice on the PA said. Shadow activated the power-up, sending him flying up a drawbridge that was raising. He did three barrel rolls with his bike in the air, making the voice say "Triple Roll!" He then sped up until he was right behind Angel. "Out of my way!" he shouted. He rammed Angel in to a building, slowing her down for a few seconds. She was almost caught up to him when she looked forward: the water stage.

"Yes!" she exclaimed. She quickly hit the transform button on her bike, which turned it in to a small speedboat. Shadow did the same. Angel zoomed ahead of him, spraying ice water all over his boat. "Can you feel the cold Shadow?" she said with a laugh.

"Can you feel the heat?" Shadow asked. Before she could react, he pulled a power-up out from behind him and activated it. "Shadow has gone All-Star!" the voice over the PA announced. His boat then turned in to a plane, and a red blast shot from it, hitting Angel. He flew away, far ahead of her.

Angel growled, then grabbed one of the power-ups. She opened it up and it revealed a gold star. "Angel has gone All-Star!" the PA said. She watched in amazement as her boat transformed in to a light blue plan that was shaped like Articuno. She pressed a button on the control panel, which sent a flurry of snowballs ahead of her. She smiled. "Now this is a plane." She zoomed forward, almost caught up with Shadow.

"Not happening," Shadow said. He sent another red blast, which hit Angel and sent her spinning.

"Ouch!" Angel exclaimed as one of the blasts hit her arm. She gasped when she saw that she was about to hit a building and reached down for the brakes, but the pedal was gone. "Uh-oh." She screamed as she crashed in to the building. Shadow crossed the finish line at the exact moment.

"And Shadow wins the challenge for the X's!" Chris announced. The X's cheered as Sonic and Brock rushed over to help Angel

"Angel! Angel, wake up!" Sonic said as he shook her awake.

She groaned as she opened her eyes. "What…happened?"

"You crashed in to a building and lost the race," Brock replied.

She sighed, then tried to stand up, but she was in too much pain. "What about the Blizzard?" She looked over a few feet away, where what once was her bike was burning in the snow. "Looks like that was for nothing. Wait. How did I crash?"

"The brakes weren't working, I guess," Sonic answered.

Angel looked at the other contestants and spotted Burgundy yelling at Cilan, something black in her hand. "Is that a brake?!" she exclaimed.

"What are you talking about?" Burgundy exclaimed. "This isn't-" she gasped as she looked down at her hand. There it was: a brake. "But…how…"

"Sabotage!" Gwen shouted. "And on your own team!"

"But I don't understand-"

"Looks like someone's going home tonight," Raven said.

Bathroom Confessional

(Phineas)
"Burgundy's annoying. Good thing she'll be gone after what I did to the Blizzard."

Elimination Room

Everyone on Team Y was gathered in the Elimination Room except for Angel, Tails and Morgan, after Brock had insisted that Angel go to the Hospital Car. Eggman and Burgundy were the only ones who didn't have cupcakes.

"Contestants," Chris said. "This, is the final cupcake-"

"Just get on with it!" Blaze exclaimed.

"Fine," Chris said. "And it goes to…Eggman."

"What?!" Burgundy exclaimed. "No! I swear, I didn't do it! You guys have to believe me! This was a setup, I swear!" Chef picked her up and walked to the door. "No, please!" She screamed as she was thrown off the train and out of sight.

"Thirty-eight contestants remain," Chris said to the camera. "Can the Y's make a comeback? How many more people will get injured before we run out of a cast? What is Phineas plotting? Find out next time on…Total…Drama…Universe!"

Episode Four's done! Yay! So this is obviously based off of Chilly Castle in Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed. I have to say it's a very fun game, despite all the glitches there are. I think my favorite course is Shibuya Downtown. You can pull off so many stunts, and it sounds funny when the announcer says it out loud XD Anyway, please review! And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me who you want to win in this story! And if you have any ideas for challenges, let me know! And the Q of the Week: Why did Ash take Angel's motorcycle when they met? This is easy, but here's a hint: Be careful when driving in the morning, because it can get very misty. That's all for today! And Happy New Year!