Episode Sixteen: Robots, Knives, and Spears

Episode 16! Yay! PokemonMasterRed75, this is the challenge you suggested. AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUDE! WEEEE! THIS CHAPTER IS FOR YOU! And thanks for all the reviews guys, keep it up! Oh yeah, and as of last chapter, this story is now longer than Sonic, Pokemon, and the Hunger Games! Awesome!

TDU Train, Conductor's Room

"Last time on Total Drama Universe," Chris began. "After leaving Honolulu for a three hour tour, the contestants were shipwrecked on Gilligan's Island out in the middle of nowhere. While on the island, Phineas beat up Tails while he was under the doll's control, sending him to kill Angel. When Tails attacked both her and Ash, she actually saved the Trainer, making many people question her own Dauntlessness. What will happen next? How many more people can get fatally injured? Find out right here, right now, on Total…Drama…Universe!"

(Theme Song So there was this young lad named Joey…)

Loser Class, Team X

"YAY!" Bianca exclaimed, hugging a magazine to her chest. "This is GREAT!"

Trip put down the book he had been reading. "What're you freaking out about now?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Look at this!" she said excitedly, shoving the magazine in to his hands. "Gym Leaders Skyla and Elesa are coming to sponsor today's challenge! Isn't that great?!"

"NO!" Stephan exclaimed, storming up to the two. "To this day Skyla's grandfather hasn't been able to say my name right! What's so hard about saying it?! STEPHAN!"

"What's so great about Skyla and Elesa?" Silver asked curiously.

"Elesa's a supermodel and Skyla's a world famous pilot!" Bianca squealed. "They're the two best Gym Leaders in Unova!"

Trip sighed. "Well, while you sit there and be a fangirl, I think we should focus on winning the challenge. I really want a chance to be able to use Pokemon at some point."

Meowth nodded. "Eyes on the prize! First Class is ours!"

First Class, Team Y

Tails woke up slowly, groaning in pain. He was sitting on the couch in First Class, his head propped up by a pillow and Sonic sitting next to him, watching TV. The fox's body was covered in cuts and bruises, his muscles unbelievably sore. He had a black eye, making it almost impossible to see anything. He sat up carefully, wincing in pain. "What happened, Sonic?" he asked, his voice scratchy like sandpaper.

Sonic shrugged, his eyes cold, but still on the TV. "Why don't you ask your girlfriend? She seems to be around a lot when you get hurt. And it seems like she's got a thing for Ash, too."

Tails shook his head. "Please don't say that Sonic, you know it's not true."

He sighed. "Tails, I just don't trust her anymore. After everything that's happened…I don't know."

Bathroom Confessional

(Tails)
"I wish I could tell them all so they wouldn't blame her…but I can't…"

First Class, Team Y

At the other end of the car, Angel, Melaney, Ash, and Morgan were all sitting at a booth together. Angel slammed her fist on the table. "This is stupid. I don't see why he wouldn't believe me after everything that we've been through. I saved Tails' freaking life! It would be stupid if I tried to hurt him!"

"I just think you two weirdoes should make up," Melaney said. "Seriously. I'm not cleaning more blood off walls."

Morgan fiddled with her wand. "I wonder how many Aguamenti Charms it would take to drown him…" Ash gave her a weird look. "What?" she asked. "It's only a last resort type of thing."

Ash was about to respond, but stopped when Brock and Joey came rushing towards them, a magazine in the Trainer's hand. "Look what we found!" Brock said excitedly, slapping it on to the table. "Skyla and Elesa are going to be at this challenge!"

"Do you know what this means?!" Joey exclaimed.

"That my boyfriend is going to crash another plane?"

"We have to deal with annoying fangirls?"

"I get another Gym battle?"

"I get to test out Aguamenti Charms?"

"No!" Brock said, shaking his head. "We get to see GIRLS!" He sighed dreamily, hugging the magazine before sniffing it.

"And really pretty ones, too!" Joey piped up.

Melaney stood up, offended. "Hello? What exactly do you think we are?!"

"Please, Melaney," Ash began. "Only one of us can hallucinate at a time." Morgan pointed her wand at him, shooting a blast of water and sending him flying in to a nearby wall.

Morgan smiled and look at her wand. "The charm works! Cool!"

"Speaking of charms and Prince Charmings and whatnot," Melaney said, turning to Angel. "Which half of twitterpated is going to drop the dang I Love You bomb?"

Angel blushed. "What do you mean?"

"We mean how you won't admit looove," Ash said with a smirk.

She punched him in the arm, still blushing. "Shut up," she said quietly, trying to hide a smile. She looked up at the others. "I'm just not ready to say it."

"But you feel it," Morgan pointed out. "Just say it already!"

"It's too cliché!" Angel exclaimed. "I won't say I'm in love!"

Melaney rolled her eyes. "Sure you won't…Meg."

"Just say it!" Brock exclaimed, spinning around, hugging the magazine. "Being in love is the most wonderful feeling…"

Angel scoffed. "No shiz, Sharpedo. Of course it must be. That's why you and Amy have been obsessing over it for your whole lives."

Joey pretended to puke. "This is stupid. How did we go from talking about pretty girls to talking about Angel?"

"What do you mean?" Brock asked. "It's like we never changed the subject."

Ash rolled his eyes—or eye, I should say. "Where's Chris so—"

"It's challenge time!"

Pokemon League Stadium, Lily of the Valley Island, Sinnoh

"Welcome to Lily of the Valley Island!" Chris announced to the contestants. They were all gathered in a large stadium where the Sinnoh League was held each year, where many Pokemon Trainers battled to earn the title of League Champion.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Brock said quickly. "Where're the pretty girls?!"

"Wait a minute, Brocko," Chris said, holding up a hand. "First thing's first. Today's challenge is extra special. Today we'll be forcing two contestants on each team to fight in pairs—or what you Trainers know as a Double Battle."

Trip turned to his teammates. "I think I should—"

"I SAID WAIT!" Chris exclaimed. He sighed, annoyed, before continuing. "There's no need to choose contestants, because we've already chosen them for you!"

Bathroom Confessional

(Tails)
"Crap, crap, crap, crap, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP, CRAP!"

(Phineas)
"I think I know where this is going…"

League Stadium

"On Team X's side," Chris began, "We've chosen…Phineas and Ferb!" Team X erupted in a burst of cheers while the two stepbrothers walked up to him, Phineas smiling menacingly. "And on Team Y's side…Tails and Angel!"

Bathroom Confessional

(Phineas)
"This couldn't be any better…"

(Angel)
"Maybe I should just say it before I die…"

(Tails)
"Why did this have to happen?!"

League Stadium

Joey rolled his eyes. "Where're Elesa and Skyla already?!"

It was Chris' turn to roll his eyes. "They're—"

"Right here!" a voice called from the sky. The contestants looked up to see a red and yellow plane flying above them, a girl with auburn colored hair piloting it, and a blonde girl standing on the wing. The plane landed in the stadium as the two Gym Leaders approached them. The blonde was in her early twenties, wearing a yellow top and black leggings. The second was about sixteen, wearing blue shorts, gloves, boots, and a bellybutton-high top. There was a propeller-shaped accessory in her hair.

"Allow me to introduce you to…Elesa and Skyla!"

"They're even prettier in person!" Brock exclaimed.

Chris turned to the two Gym Leaders. "You two can choose your teams to support. I really don't care."

Skyla turned to Elesa with a smile. "You might be shocking in battle, Elesa, but don't think you can win this too! I choose Team Y!"

"Yes!" Brock shouted.

"So I guess I'll take Team X," Elesa said.

Trip turned to Chris. "Why do we need these two to support us again?"

Chris shrugged. "To help you train, I guess. Anyway, you have one hour to train. Go!"

League Stadium, Team Y

"Hi Skyla," Joey said, following the Gym Leader around. "I, uh—"

Skyla turned around and smiled at him. "Look Joey, you seem like a sweet little guy, but I don't believe in beastiality." She turned and walked away, leaving Joey totally deflated.

Tails walked up to Skyla. "So Skyla, is there any reason why you chose us?"

"Well I already know you guys," Skyla said. "So I figured it would be easier. Plus, I wasn't exactly rooting for Phineas and Ferb in the Games."

"How do you want us to train?" Angel asked curiously.

Skyla thought for a moment. "Well I was thinking we make this an aerial battle. If you guys took the battle to the skies, then you'd have a total advantage over the Team X! Just find some weapons and fight head-on!"

Angel smiled. "Let's do it."

League Stadium, Team X

Elesa walked up to Phineas and Ferb. "So how do you two shining stars plan to win this challenge?" she asked.

Phineas rolled his eyes. He and Ferb had been working on fixing up one of their old inventions, one that they hadn't touched in a while. "We don't need your help, lady," he said. "Just leave us alone."

The Gym Leader rolled her eyes and walked in the other direction. "Whatever you say."

Phineas turned to Ferb, handing him a wrench. "This is great, Ferb. We're fighting them! Do you have any idea what this means? We could make him turn on her in front of everybody! And no one would know what's really going on!"

Ferb had nothing to say.

Weapons Room, Team Y

"And this is the Weapons Room," Skyla said cheerfully, putting one hand on Angel's shoulder and the other on Tails'. "You might not need one from here, Angel, but Tails does."

Tails turned and looked at the wall of weapons. There were so many that it was overwhelming. He looked at Angel. "What do you think?"

She was silent for a few seconds, then flew near the top of the wall and grabbed a knife, then flew back down and placed it in his hands. "You're really good with these," she said quietly. "I've seen it up close." Realizing what she meant, he felt a pang of guilt in his chest. A few seconds later a bell chimed in the stadium.

"That means it's starting," Skyla said. The three of them walked out of the room, and Tails felt someone grab his arm before he could head out in to the stadium.

"Tails," Sonic whispered.

"What?" he asked, turning to the hedgehog.

"What're you doing?!" Sonic exclaimed. "Look at you! You're covered with cuts and bruises and everything else! And you're going out there to fight?!"

"Well you would, wouldn't you?!" Tails shot back. "It's not a big deal, Sonic. I've had worse before."

Sonic sighed. "Just don't let her hurt you."

He shook his head. "That's not what I'm worried about."

League Stadium

The contestants were gathered seats of the stadium while Tails, Angel, Phineas, and Ferb were standing on opposite sides of the battlefield. The two boys on Team X were sitting in one of their inventions, The Beak, while Angel and Tails only stood with spear and knife. Chris was standing where the referee was supposed to be, holding two flags. "This'll be a two on two battle between Phineas & Ferb and Twitterpated!"

Angel only glared at him.

"The match is over when both fighters on either side are unable to battle! Any questions?" Chris asked. No one bothered to raise their hand. "All right…battle begin!"

"Bedishino, Tails!" Angel shouted as the two flew up in to the air, high above the battlefield. The Beak followed them after a few seconds, chasing them through the air. Angel formed her spear in to a bat, then swung an icy blast at the machine, knocking it to the ground.

"Not bad," Tails said, grinning. The Beak got up again however and chased them through the air again, shooting lasers at two. Tails curled in to a ball and performed a Homing Attack on it, knocking the machine to the ground. "Yes!" he exclaimed.

Inside the Beak, Phineas was being driven to the breaking point. "Ferb, we need to end this," he growled. The machine flew in to the air again, using one of its cannons to fire at the two. Angel formed her bat in to a shield and blocked each shot, protecting both herself and Tails.

"That all you got, Disney?" Angel said tauntingly. The Beak quickly flew toward the two, then kicked Tails in the stomach as hard as it possibly could. The fox went flying in to the walls of the stadium, leaving a dent in the concrete. "Tails!" Angel screamed. She flew to him as fast as possible, helping him to his feet. "Are you alright?!"

He stood up slowly, gripping her arm for support. "I'm fine," he winced. "Let's go." They flew in to the air again, only to get shot at multiple times. Tails formed in to a ball, then repeatedly Homing Attacked the Beak's chest. The robot retaliated by knocking him away, then punching Angel in the stomach. She fell to the ground, her body aching in pain, but stood up again.

Tails snarled. "You're going to pay for that!" He lashed at the robot with his tails, ignoring the recoil pain that came with every lash.

Phineas growled within the Beak. "Not a chance." He made the machine grab him by the tails, then flung him in to another wall. Tails hit it with full force, almost knocked unconscious. Angel flew to his aid again, extremely worried.

"Tails! Please get up! Say something!" He stood up slowly, his eyes cold and black. He growled, and within a split second pinned her against the wall and pressed the knife to her neck. Angel gritted her teeth in pain. "Don't…do it…"

Phineas smiled. "Yes! Kill her!"

Angel reached down to grab her spear, still pinned to the wall. Tails grabbed her hand however, preventing her from moving. He raised the knife over his head, the entire cast still watching.

"This is great for the ratings!" Chris exclaimed, rubbing his hands together.

Gwen slapped him across the head. "Are you stupid or something?! She's going to DIE out there! And then you won't have good ratings, you'll have law suits everywhere! Don't you get it?! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!"

"Well what am I supposed to do?!" Chris shouted. "I'm definitely not going out there to stop him! Have you SEEN the last eight episodes of this show?! You'd have to be a total idiot to go out and try to—"

"Oh for Arceus' sake, I'LL do it!" Ash shouted. He jumped over the barrier that separated the seats and the battlefield, then sprinted to the two against the wall.

He was too late, however.

Tails brought the knife down over his head, driving it in to Angel's shoulder. She screamed as he stabbed the other, then kicked her in the knee. She sank to the ground as he slashed the knife across her cheek, causing it to bleed. He kicked her on to her back, then stabbed her in the stomach. She stared at him with sad and pleading eyes, then blacked out.

"ANGEL!" Ash screamed. He grabbed Tails and pulled him aside, tossing the knife away.

Phineas scoffed inside the Beak. "What a couple of Stiffs. But can you believe it?! We won, Ferb! Now she's going to die, and…"

Ferb shook his head as Phineas continued, his stepbrother totally oblivious to his thoughts. He couldn't let this happen—he wouldn't let this happen. He grabbed a handful of wires and pulled them out, causing the Beak to totally shut down.

"What the heck?!" Phineas crawled out of the machine, Ferb following him. He turned to Ferb, unaware of his brother's doing. "What happened?!"

The British boy shrugged. "Must've been a malfunction."

Meanwhile, Tails was coming back to his senses. He realized that Ash was holding him back from something. "What're you…"

"The Beak is unable to battle, the Y's win it!" Chris shouted.

Tails wasn't listening however. He gasped as he saw Angel lying on the ground with multiple stab wounds. He was dimly aware of Sonic grabbing his arm, telling him to snap out of it. He swallowed, his mouth dry, his head feeling very faint. The world swayed under him, increasing the dizzy feeling. "Sonic, I…" He fainted.

Hospital Car, Room 2

Both Teams X and Y were sitting outside Room 2 of the Hospital Car, horrified by the events of the battle. Silver walked up to Red, a can of Coca Cola in his hands. "Happy birthday, dude."

Red took it, but didn't drink it however. "Thanks," he said. He wasn't hungry or thirsty after what had happened. A fellow Ice-type had almost been stabbed to death. Not exactly appetizing.

Inside the room, Angel was being hooked up to an IV, barely conscious. Tails was gripping Ash's arm like there was no tomorrow, guilt eating at his insides. "I almost killed her…I almost killed her…" He let go of Ash's arm for the first time since he had woken up and walked over to Angel's side, taking her hand. "I'm sorry I did this," he sobbed. "Don't forgive me for it…I don't deserve it. I wouldn't be surprised if you hated me for the rest of your life, just don't forgive me! I'm a horrible boyfriend and person all together…I'm so sorry…"

Angel weakly squeezed his hand, just enough to get his attention. She smiled, although the cut on her cheek made it painful to do so. "Tails…whether you like it or not, I'm going to forgive you."

He shook his head. "Why? I almost killed you! I'm supposed to protect you, not try to stab you to death! Why would you forgive me for doing something that horrible?!"

"Because I…" she looked up at the ceiling, as if debating something. She shook her head. "Nothing. Just…don't worry about me, okay? Everything's going to turn out just fine." She closed her eyes, finally succumbing to the pain.

"No!" Tails exclaimed.

"It's okay!" Brock said, the white sleeves of his coat covered in red. "She's just unconscious. She'll need, well, a lot of stitches, but she'll wake up soon. Nurse Joy and I need to operate. Just relax, Tails. You know how strong she is." He made eye contact with Ash and jerked his head towards the door. Ash nodded and led Tails out in to the hall.

Bathroom Confessional

(Tails)
"Why would she forgive me?! I wanted her to, I really did, but deep down I know she shouldn't…"

(Ash)
"Dang, he really almost killed her. And she forgave him, too. Wow…just…wow."

Hospital Car, Room 2

"Is she all right?!" Zoey asked.

"Brock said she'll be fine," Ash replied.

There were a large number of anticlimactic murmurs among the crowd as most of them began to leave the room. Sonic stayed behind, however.

"Wow," he said. "I guess you weren't lying, Tails. It really isn't her fault."

Tails felt like he should've been relieved by that, but he wasn't. He was downright pissed, actually. "And my word wasn't enough to convince you?" his voice was quiet, but it only intensified how angry he was.

"What?!" Sonic said defensively.

"You didn't believe me when I told you!" Tails exclaimed. "I said it wasn't her fault that I was getting hurt, and you still denied it! She even saved you from getting killed, BY ME, and you just brushed it off like it was nothing. And this is what it takes to get you to believe?! Her almost getting stabbed to death?! I've trusted you since I was four years old, Sonic, and that was when we met. And you're telling me that after everything we've been through you still can't believe me?! Did it ever cross your mind even once that she might actually be a good person?! Gee, she did DIE FOR ME! I'd say that's a pretty big deal!"

Sonic was shocked beyond words. He only stood there, his mouth agape.

Tails shook his head. "That's what I thought." He escaped Ash's grip and began heading down the hall, but stopped when Sonic grabbed his arm. He whipped around in a second. "What?!" he snapped.

"Tails, I only said all those things to protect you! I didn't know! I should trust you more Tails, but I don't want to see you get hurt. I just want to say that, well…I'm sorry."

He snarled. "Well you should've thought about that before—"

"Wait," Ash butted in, his voice hard. He turned to Tails. "Look, if Angel was able to forgive you for almost killing her, than you can forgive Sonic. She would want you to, wouldn't she?"

Tails sighed and turned to Sonic. "I guess I forgive you," he said coldly. His voice softened after a few seconds. "I'm sorry for snapping at you…you were only trying to be a good friend," he wrapped his arms around Sonic's torso, embracing him in a hug.

Sonic returned the gesture. "It's okay, buddy. Everything's fine now." He released him after a few seconds. "Do you want to go get some rest in First Class?"

Tails shook his head. "Actually, I kinda want to stay in here alone for a while."

He and Ash nodded, then left the car. Tails leaned against the wall, closing his eyes. How could I do it? Tails Doll or not, I'm a horrible person. I should at least try to fight it off, but—

His thoughts were interrupted when the door opened and Elesa walked in. "Oops," she muttered. "Sorry about that." Noticing he was upset, she sat in a chair next to him. "What's wrong?"

He sighed. "I just feel so guilty about what I did…I didn't want to do it, but—" his voice broke down in to muffled sobs, unable to control the tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Hey, it's okay," Elesa whispered, gently wiping his cheek with her thumb. She gave him a small smile. "Getting wrapped up in worries is bad for your body and spirit. That's when you must short out your logic circuits and reboot your heart."

Tails nodded. "I guess you're right. Thanks, Elesa."

She smiled. "Anytime."

Loser Class, Team X

"Okay," Mike whispered to his teammates. "I think we should vote off either Phineas or Ferb. They're the ones that lost the challenge! The question is, who?"

"I think it should be Phineas," Red said. "He's so out of character, it's kind of freaky. Who knows what he'll do to us."

"I agree," Meowth said. The others agreed as well, no one denying it.

"All right then," Mike said. "We'll get rid of Phineas."

What they didn't know, was that Phineas was listening this whole time.

Bathroom Confessional

(Phineas)
"So Mike wants to get rid of me, huh? I think I can fix that…"

Elimination Room

"X's," Chris began. "After what happened today, frankly, I'm kind of afraid of you people now. If Fluffy on the other team over there can turn in to an evil murderer, then God knows what you guys can do."

Bianca was rubbing her hands together, laughing like Cruella de Vil.

"Right…" Chris said nervously. "Anyway, today's vote was unanimous. Phineas, Mike, you're the only two without cupcakes. And the last one goes to…Phineas. Wait, what?"

"What?!" the rest of the contestants exclaimed. Phineas was laughing in evil delight.

Bathroom Confessional

(Phineas)
"I knew that they were all going to try to vote me off, so I simply 'tampered' with the votes. No big deal, right?"

(Bianca)
"I could've sworn I voted off Phineas! Maybe I voted off Mike on accident? But he doesn't look like Mike…"

Elimination Room

"Wait, no! This has got to be a mistake!" Mike exclaimed as Chef picked him up.

Chris shrugged. "I'm as surprised as you are, dude. But the votes say what the votes say." Chef tossed him off the train, allowing Chris to turn to the camera. "And another one falls to their possible doom. What will Phineas do next? How much longer can Angel mess with death? Find out next time on Total…Drama…Universe!"

Episode 16's done! Yay! So again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY POKEMONMASTERRED75! Okay, so maybe by the time you see this it'll be the day after, but WHATEVER! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You're…13 now? I don't know, I'm just going off your profile. But anyway, I dedicate this chapter to you! So Q of the Week: Who is your favorite OC? Wait, here's the catch: If you're part of this, you can't pick yourself. BWAHAHAHA! I don't know. I'm hyper. I haz lemon cookies :P Review pweez?