Episode Twelve: Rubies, Emeralds, and Sapphires
Episode Twelve! Yay! I give credit to Morgan for thinking of this challenge, because I suck at thinking of challenges, as you may have noticed. But anyway, Happy Valentine's Day everyone 3 hopefully you have a great day with the other half of your Pokeship, or the other half of your Cyan Emerald ;)
TDU Train, Conductor's Room
"Last time on Total Drama Universe," Chris began. "Contestants had to compete IN SOCHI, NOT VANCOUVER, in preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. After challenges, pointing fingers, and Tails attempting to kill another person, Team Y voted off Espio. What will happen next? Can we expect any romance today for Valentine's Day? Find out right here, right now, on Total…Drama…Universe!"
(Theme Song CAN YOU FEEL THE LOVE TONIGHT…LION KING IS A GOOD MOVIE)
First Class, Team X
Mike sighed, staring out the window of the moving train, with only one person on his mind. He didn't seem to hear Amy walked up behind him.
"Are you seriously still thinking about Zoey?" she asked, crossing her arms.
"How can I not?" Mike asked, turning from the window. "She's amazing! I mean, look at what Mal did in All-Stars! He would've done anything to take control and win the million, and everyone else lost faith, but Zoey never did! She stayed with me through it all…" he sighed, then looked at Amy. "Shouldn't you be thinking about Sonic or something?"
Amy rolled her eyes. "Sonic and Valentine's Day? Yeah right. The last time he asked me out on a date, he ditched me to go fight some giant robot, and when he finally got back, he chose to race some guy instead!"
"Wait, Sonic asked you?!" Silver asked in astonishment. "But how is that possible?!" he got an answer when he was smacked across the back of the head by Amy.
"It's not that surprising," Amy snapped.
Trip was sitting in the corner, rolling his eyes. "Whatever you say."
Loser Class, Team Y
"Joy!" Starfire exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air. "Today is the day that the air shall be filled with love!" she zoomed over to Ash. "And do you have plans for the Misty for today?"
"What do you mean?" Ash asked, confused.
Angel face palmed.
Bathroom Confessional
(Angel)
"Oh my God this kid is never going to get a girlfriend! I mean seriously! At least Tails knows what today is…"
(Tails)
"What do you mean today's Valentine's Day?! Aw, crap…I've been so worried about the Tails Doll that I forgot…"
Loser Class, Team Y
Angel sighed and stared at Ash. "You are so stupid sometimes…today is—"
"It's challenge time!" Chris shouted.
Himalayas, Mountain
"Welcome to the Himalayas!" Chris announced to the others. They were standing at the base of a tall, rocky mountain, covered with snow. As usual, the contestants were shivering from the cold. He sighed. "It's not that—"
"DON'T YOU DARE EVEN FINISH THAT SENTENCE, CHRIS!" Gwen shouted. "IT'S FREEZING!"
"It's not that cold," Angel said with a shrug. "Watch this," She jumped in to the air, then dove in to the snow, rolling around and covering herself in the white flurries. She was laughing, the frozen precipitation getting in to her quills and making her jeans seem like they were supposed to be white. There was a sparkle of excitement in her eye, brighter than the snow that she laid in.
"Easy for you to say," Raven snapped.
"It's not my fault if you can't handle a little snow," Angel said innocently. She stood up, brushing herself off. "Either way, you guys are freaking out about nothing."
"Anyway," Chris continued as the others stared at his warm jacket. "Today is a challenge dedicated to Valentine's Day. Hopefully the guys had the brains to get something for their girls…"
Tails and Ash flinched, but the girls didn't seem to notice.
"…but anyway, that's you guys' problem," Chris said. "The challenge today is simple. At the top of the mountain, there are two buckets full of recovery hearts, like the ones in the Blazing Bobsleigh challenge from last time. Your team must make it to the top of the mountain and get your bucket, then get back down here without losing any of your hearts. Any questions?" Nobody bothered to raise their hand. "Good! Go!"
A few minutes later, both Teams were heading up the mountain. Ash and Angel were behind the others, talking.
"I don't get what the big deal is," Ash said as they trudged up the mountain. "Today's February 14th and I don't have a gift. So what?"
Angel sighed. "God, you've never had a girlfriend before, have you?"
"No," Ash replied. "And Misty isn't really my girlfriend, either. Besides, someone told me that other than Tails you've never had a boyfriend."
Angel's cheeks turned red. "Either way, I still know more than you do. So tell me, how do you feel when you're around Misty?"
"Well," Ash began, "My stomach feels really weird, and my palms get all sweaty and stuff. I thought it was indigestion."
"It's not indigestion!" Angel said as she rolled her eyes. "It's…how do I put this…you're…twitterpated!"
"Twitterpated?" Ash asked. "What's that supposed to mean? I don't even use twitter anymore, and I'm not constipated..."
"Not that, genius," Angel snapped. "It means you're falling in love."
"Like you and Tails?" he asked.
"I guess," she replied. "But if you screw up today, it could screw up everything else. You need to show her you care."
"How?" Ash asked.
"I don't know, buy her flowers or something," Angel said. "Good luck finding them though. It's too cold for them to grow here."
"Angel?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you get anything for Tails?" he asked curiously.
The hedgehog only smiled. "Yeah, but I'm not telling."
"Are you expecting anything back?"
Angel thought for a moment. "There is one thing that would be nice…but I wouldn't expect him to get anything for me at all. Being with him is a prize within itself."
"One more question," Ash said.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Do…do you love him?"
Angel didn't say anything for a moment, then smiled again and said, "I think I've figured out why they call where you're from Kanto. Because you ask questions like you're a Candor." She then ran ahead of him to the others. Ash noticed that she had never truly answered his question. It had been very personal, anyway.
Bathroom Confessional
(Angel)
"I do care about him a lot, but I'm not ready to say the L word…yet."
Himalayas, Mountain
"Ugh, how could I be so stupid?" Tails asked as he slapped his hand to his forehead.
Melaney didn't even need another hint. "You forgot what day it is, didn't you?"
"Wait, what's today?" Silver asked from a few feet away.
Gwen groaned. "All you guys are idiots. Can we change the subject?"
"Okay," Morgan said as she struggled to get her foot out of the snow. "Grr…why does this stuff have to be so thick?!"
"You're skull's thick, but we don't say anything," Sonic said with a smirk. He ran forward before Morgan could say Mobiliarbus and use her wand to chuck a tree at him.
Eggman groaned. "Honestly, it's just one complaint after another with all of you people. Don't you have anything else to talk about?"
"We can talk about how fat you are," Morgan said as she freed her leg. "If you're gonna be fat, at least have musclepudge like Steven over there—"
"My name is STEPHAN!" Stephan shouted. "Wait, muscle-what?"
"That moron is right for once," Eggman groaned, referring to Sonic. "You're skull is thick."
"At least I have ears!" Morgan exclaimed.
"Now you're just being mean," Eggman said as he walked away.
The Teams continued to walk until they came to a fork in the road. There were three pathways, one to the left, one in the middle, and one on the right. All of Team X went on the one to the left, leaving Team Y with a decision to make.
"I think we should split up," Brock said. He looked at Morgan. "Will you marry me, Morgan?"
"We've been through this, Brock."
"So who's going where?" Zoey asked.
Angel grabbed Tails' arm. "I think we should go to the right."
"Sure," Eggman said with sarcasm. "Let the two twitterpated people go the same way by themselves. Because they won't end up falling in love—"
"—While you fall in to a crevice, Egghead," Tails growled. "C'mon, let's get going—"
"Wait," Brock said. "Maybe someone should go with you two."
"I volunteer Joey as tribute!" Melaney said as she shoved Joey down on the ground.
"You suck," Joey mumbled.
"Whatever," Sonic said. "Let's go." The Team broke up, Tails, Angel, and Joey going to the right and the rest of Team Y going the other way.
"Why'd it have to be me?" Joey complained. "Why'd I have to be stuck with the stupid twitterpated people…"
Tails rolled his eyes. "And you and your little Delphox aren't twitterpated?"
Joey said nothing after that. A few minutes later, snow began to fall harder as the temperature dropped. The three of them saw a cave up ahead. "Let's go in there!" Tails shouted over the wind. They hurried inside, ready to get out of the snow.
"I wonder what the others are doing," Angel said. "Do you think they found shelter?"
Tails shrugged. "Maybe—" he stopped in midsentence as he heard another voice.
"It's time, Tails…"
"Stop it!" Tails shouted, falling to his knees. His breathing was becoming rapid as his heart rate increased by the second. Joey stared in confusion, but Angel knew what was coming next. She knelt down to his side as he landed on his back, colorful spots floating before his eyes.
"Stay awake, Tails," she said. "Just don't pass out, okay? Everything's going to be just fine, just don't close your eyes…"
He nodded, unable to speak. The pain in his chest was slicing through him, making it feel like his heart was going to burst. Dizziness came over him as the world began to spin. He wanted to pass out, go under, but he couldn't. It was as if the doll was toying with him.
Angel watched as his eyes began to droop shut, but she shook his shoulders. "Don't you dare close those eyes, Tails!" she shouted. "Don't pass out on me!" She turned and looked at Joey, who was staring in awe. "What're you doing?! Help me!"
"How?!" he asked frantically.
She didn't answer, all of her attention devoted to her boyfriend. "Stay awake!" she said through gritted teeth. It was no use, however. Tails felt the dizziness and pain take over, then passed out in her arms. She turned and looked at Joey. "Get out of here."
"What?" he asked.
"Get out," she repeated. "He could attack either one of us at any minute. I'm not sure why he's been doing it, but if you want to live, you better move."
Joey didn't question it. He began running toward the cave, but was stopped in his tracks when an orange blur grabbed him by the back of his neck and through him in to a wall. He slowly approached him, a knife in his hands, soulless black eyes staring at the red fox.
"Don't do it, Tails!" Angel exclaimed. "Even if it is Joey, you promised! You said you wouldn't hurt anybody!"
He didn't seem to hear her, however. He continued to move toward Joey with the knife, getting ready to stab him. Then, out of nowhere, he turned it on himself.
Angel's eyes grew wide. "Oh my God…Tails…what're you doing?!"
Tails looked at her, his body trembling as he tried to speak. "Y-You told m-me not t-to hurt anyone…" he said shakily. "B-But s-someone has to d-die…" he slowly looked down at the knife in his hand, then pointed it at his chest. "S-Someone has t-to die…"
"Stop saying that!" she exclaimed. "Nobody has to die, Tails, everything's going to be fine, just put the knife down…"
He shook his head, still quivering. His eyes had a tint of blue in them, like last time, and were filled with fear. The knife trembled in his hand as he slowly began to press the tip of it in to his chest, as it cut through his fur and skin as a drop of blood came out. Angel growled and slapped the knife out of his hands before he could hurt himself anymore. He shook his head again. "S-Someone h-has to d-die," he said, looking in to her eyes. "I-It has to h-happen…"
"No it doesn't," Angel said. "Remember your promise? You said you wouldn't try to hurt anyone. That includes yourself."
He took in a shaky gasp, staring at her. "I c-can't keep t-that promise t-then…I-I'm s-sorry…" he then let out a heavy exhale as he passed out again. She caught him before he could fall.
Joey stared at the two, his jaw dropped. "Holy sh—"
Bathroom Confessional
(Joey)
"But he tried to…then she…and then they…and I was…WHAT THE BALLS IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?!"
Himalayas, Mountain
Angel sighed as she picked up the unconscious fox. She looked at Joey. "Let's get out of here."
"But the-"
"Let's go," she said firmly. The two then walked out of the cave and began heading up the mountain. The snow had stopped and the path was surprisingly clear, making it easy for Angel to get through. Joey had more difficulty however, his head barely visible above the snow. "Jeez Joey, we're going to lose you in the snow," she said.
"You're not that tall yourself, you know," he said. "What're you, 2'7"? 44 pounds?"
She stopped in mid-step. "That's really creepy. I don't know how you know that stuff but it's weird. Don't do that."
"What's creepy?" he asked. "The fact that I know that, or the fact that you're the exact same size as Tails?"
She glared at him. "So that's how you know. You looked it up online, you jerk."
He smirked, only to have it wiped away when she took out her spear and used it to drop a heap of snow on his head. Angel rolled her eyes and looked up ahead, seeing the top of the mountain. "There it is!" she exclaimed. She ran ahead as Joey struggled to get out of the snow, following her.
After a few minutes, the two reached the top. Sure enough there were two buckets there, one with a picture of Xerneas for Team X, the other with a picture of Yvetal for Team Y. She grabbed the Y bucket of health-hearts and tossed it to Joey, then looked down at Tails.
"We're not using the hearts on him," Joey said, seeing the look on her face.
"You mean we're not using our hearts on him," she said slyly. She gently placed Tails on the ground, then walked over to the X's bucket and took out a piece of paper. "Dear Team X," she said as she wrote, "I took a heart because it has something to do with the Master Emerald. Don't bother looking for it, because it's already been used up. From, Knuckles." She placed the note in the bucket and exchanged it for a heart, bending down next to Tails. "I hope this works," she placed the heart on Tails' chest. It instantly dissolved around him, energy flowing around the three. Tails opened his eyes and looked up at the two. "What happened?" he asked as he stood up.
"The usual," Angel said.
"THE USUAL?!" Joey exclaimed. "YOU MEAN THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME?!"
Angel ignored him and continued. "You tried to attack Joey, and I stopped you." She didn't tell him about how he had tried to kill himself. What the mind doesn't know, the heart doesn't grieve, after all.
"Oh," Tails said. He looked at Joey. "Sorry."
Joey rolled his eyes. "Whatever." The two of them went back down the hill: Tails flew, Angel snowboarded, and Joey rolled down in a giant snowball after tripping over a rock. When they reached the bottom, the rest of their Team was there, and so was Team X with their bucket. Most of them seemed to be pissed at Knuckles. Angel and Joey exchanged devious looks.
"Okay," Chris said to the others. "Both Teams have come back with their buckets. Is anyone missing any hearts?"
"We are," Rouge growled, holding up their bucket. "Because of Knucklehead over here thought they had something to do with the Master Emerald."
"I'm telling you guys, it wasn't me!" he exclaimed.
"And Team Y?" Chris asked.
"We found our bucket," Angel said proudly, holding it up. "And every heart is accounted for."
"Team Y wins the challenge!" Chris announced. The Y's cheered while most of the X's glared at Knuckles. "But first—" the contestants turned and looked at him. "It is Valentine's Day, after all. So I am required to ask, do any couples have anything for each other, blah, blah, blah."
Mike walked up to Zoey, holding something behind his back. "Zoey, you're the one person that can make the past three seasons of all of this worthwhile. I'm sorry we never got a chance to be together during the rebellion, but…" he took her hand and placed something in it. She looked down and saw a pair of shimmering diamond earrings in her palm.
"Oh Mike, they're beautiful," she exclaimed as she hugged him. "I got something for you too." She pulled something out of her pocket, revealing a pendant just like the one he had given her in Revenge of the Island, but it had a picture of her instead. Mike thanked her, then kissed her on the cheek.
"That's so sweet," Gwen said.
Ash looked at Misty. "Misty," he began. "I know I still owe you a bike, but I can't promise that until I win the million. But for now, I hope this is enough." He reached behind him and took out a pink water flower, dried and preserved. Misty was too shocked to say anything and pulled him in to a tight hug.
"Thank you, Ash," she said. "And I got something for you too," she reached in to her backpack and pulled out a purple and white ball with a white M on it. Yes Pokemon Trainers, I'm talking about the Master Ball.
"Whoa, is this for real?" Ash asked.
"Yup," Misty replied. "Some guy asked me if I wanted a Master Ball or a Big Nugget. I spent so much time thinking about what I wanted, he just gave me both in the end."
"Well, thanks, Misty," Ash said. He placed the flower in her hair.
Chris rolled his eyes. "You guys are so sappy!" He then sighed. "All right, twitterpated, let's get this over with," he said to Tails and Angel.
Angel grabbed Tails' hand. "So it's pretty obvious that I'm not the best with words," she began with a smile. "But I want you to know that I care about you a lot, and I never want to lose you. I'm nothing without you, Tails, and I want to spend as much time as possible in your arms." She then used her other hand to take something out of her pocket. It was a small sapphire gemstone, a deep blue color that glimmered in the sunlight, and looked as if there were layers in it, each one deeper and more beautiful than the last. She placed it in his hands.
"Wow, thank you," Tails said. He sighed. "Angel, I have something to tell—" he stopped when he felt something gently yet firmly clamp his hand. It was Ninetales. It then backed away, and Tails felt something in his glove, but continued to look at Angel. "Angel, you mean everything to me. I'd do anything to make you happy, and I want to cherish every day I have with you for the rest of my life. I want to give you this…" he placed the gift in her hand. It was a red ruby, shining brightly in the sun. Despite its red color, it didn't seem evil, more of a loving red than anything. They both stared at it for a second, then looked at each other.
"This is amazing," Angel said. "Thank you so much—"
"But there's more," Tails said.
"There is?" she asked. "What—" she was cut off when he kissed her on the lips. Her thoughts left her like someone had gently wiped them away, leaving nothing but blank happiness in her mind. It had been the third time that he had kissed her. The first when she died. The second when she came back to life. The third at that moment. She savored it, and after a few fleeting seconds, they let go of each other. Too stunned and happy to say anything to him, she turned and looked at Ash instead. "Ash, you know how I said there was something that I thought would be nice to get for Valentine's Day?"
"Yeah?" he answered.
"I just got it," she said with a smile. She looked back at Tails, then hugged him. "Thank you, Tails."
He smiled. "You're welcome."
Angel let go and smiled again. She looked at the ruby, sapphire, and then the Cyan Emerald. "I guess we're playing Pokemon, aren't we?"
"What?" Shadow said.
"Oh, I get it," Georgia said with a nod.
Chris blew an impatient raspberry. "Yeah, yeah, you're a cute couple, blah, blah, blah. Team X, head to the Elimination Room. One of you is going home."
Bathroom Confessional
(Angel)
"I almost said it…but for some reason it wouldn't come out. I'll say someday though. And everything will be perfect."
(Rouge)
"Ugh. I'm voting off the knucklehead. Because he's so stupid."
(Knuckles)
"I'm voting off that bat because if something happened to the Master Emerald SHE would have something to do with it!"
(Tails)
"I wanted to say it, but I don't want to rush her. I really feel that way too."
Elimination Room
Team X was in the Elimination Room, every contestant holding a pink cupcake with red sprinkles on it. Except for Rouge and Knuckles.
"Team X," Chris said. "This is the last cupcake. Whoever doesn't get a cupcake must take the Jump of Shame, and never come back. Ever. And the last cupcake goes to…Rouge."
"WHAT?!" Knuckles exclaimed.
"Sorry Knucklehead," Rouge said teasingly. "It looks like I've won this one."
Knuckles growled. "Whatever." He jumped out of the train before Chef could get him.
Chris turned to the camera. "And another one bites the dust. What will happen next? Can romance blossom any further? Find out next time on Total…Drama…Universe!"
Episode Twelve's done! Yay! Again, Happy Valentine's Day everyone :3 I hope you have a great day! I most certainly am. You wanna know why? SCHOOL WAS CANCELLED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW TODAY! YAY! NO SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM! I'M SO HAPPY! Wait…I have a midterm on Monday and I didn't bring my notebook home with me…crap. Well, I got a 107 on my unit test, so I think I'll be fine. But anyway, Q of the Week: Out of the three pairings shown in this chapter, which was your favorite? AshxMisty, MikexZoey, or TailsxAngel? AND WHY? YOU MUST TELLS ME WHY, AND IT MUST BE ONE OF THE THREE, OR A LUVVV PLOT BUNNY WILL DEVOUR YOUR HOUSE! Okay, please review. Thank you 3