Episode Twenty-Two: Zeke and Izzy
Episode 22! Yay! Okay werewolf lover99, you have no reason to tell me to "shut the f*** up". My parents may not be single, but I have some really good friends who do live like that, and they don't use it for an excuse. Actually, some of those people are really nice. Second of all, you have no idea how protective my parents are, so don't even start that. This is a thirteen-year-old who has never been to/had a sleepover. And third, that guy talking about you isn't the one who needs to get a life. It's you. It's pretty bad when I can type in "werewolf lover99 fanfiction spencer" on Google and it'll come up with 1900+ results in .30 seconds. Fourth, (yes, there is a fourth) no, you haven't said anything about your characters in the past few weeks. But that's just to me. What about all of the other authors? I'm sure you've said something to them. And lastly, if you don't know what a Mary Sue/Gary Stu is, you shouldn't even be going near OC's. I know curious people will want to know what's going on, so I've left your reviews the way they are and haven't deleted them so people can take whatever side they want. But don't think you can win this argument with me. I don't care who you are or where you're from, but I'm from New Hampshire. And up here in the North Country, we don't take $*** from anybody. So drop it.
TDU Train, Conductor's Room
"Last time on TDU," Chris began. "Contestants had to do the old switcheroo with their bodies, causing many people to injure themselves or others. Anyway, members of both teams had to find either Hallows or Horcruxes to win the challenge. In the end, it was a tie when Morgan and Brock found a boy that was supposedly 'Harry Potter.' At the Elimination Ceremony, Red was voted off for killing Finnick and Prim. Not cool, dude. What horrible challenges will these guys have to go through? Will I ever figure out what to do with this Potter imposter? Find out right here, right now, on Total…Drama…Universe!"
Hospital Car, Room 3
"What did Chris make you guys do yesterday?!" Nurse Joy exclaimed angrily.
"Ask Phineas," Tails mumbled in exhaustion. After many contestants had suffered injuries from getting hit by rocks, branches, each other, and Harry Potter, most of them were stuck in the Hospital Car. "He's the one that beat me up when we switched bodies…"
"Switched bodies?!" Nurse Joy asked, her voice high-pitched in horror. "Does that man have any idea—he's such a—of all the stupid—UGH! He's such a terrible host to you guys!"
Tails nodded numbly. "Tell that to my aching head…" he tried to sit up, but she pushed him back down on to the bed.
"You need to rest," she scolded. "Audino, I require your assistance." A pink fairy Pokemon entered the room, only three fourths as tall as Nurse Joy. "I need you to treat all the others with minor head injuries." Audino nodded and exited the room. "And be careful around that delusional boy with the scar! He seems to think he's Harry Potter!" She turned back to Tails and shook her head. "I hope Chris is happy with himself, getting kids hurt like this…who did you say you switched with?"
"Phineas," he mumbled tiredly.
She sighed. "Well we can't really do much about him. I always thought he was a bit strange…oh well. Get some rest. You'll probably be able to take part in the next torture event…" she shook her head again and left the room.
Loser Class, Team X
"I'M TELLING YOU, I'M THE REAL DEAL!" Harry yelled. Chris had tossed him in to Loser Class, still tied up. "I NEED TO TELL THE WORLD VOLDEMORT'S BACK! HE'S BACK I SAY!"
"Yeah, yeah, can it, Potato," Meowth said, walking by.
"I thought he already defeated Voldemort," Amy whispered to Silver.
"He must've travelled forward in time," he replied. "That would explain why he think's Voldemort's alive and that he just came back."
"HE KILLED CEDRIC! HE KILLED HIM! HE—"
"We get it," Trip said, rolling his eyes. He was getting his usual attitude back, but he still avoided talking to Stephan as much as possible. "Voldemort's back. Dumbledore, Snape, Hedwig, Mad-Eye, Fred, Lupin, Tonks, and Dobby are all going to die. Get over it."
Harry started screaming.
"Don't worry," Bianca whispered to him. "I know you're the real Harry. You're not going crazy, you're just as sane as I am."
He stopped screaming for a second and looked up at her. The fact that she was holding a magazine upside down was not helpful. He went back to screaming again.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" Phineas exploded.
Bathroom Confessional
(Phineas)
"Chris is toying with my last nerve…"
First Class, Team Y, Battle Room
"Oshawott, use Hydro Pump!" Ash yelled. The otter Pokemon formed a large blast of water in its paws, then shot it forward. Angel braced herself and stopped it with her hands. The water froze, forming an icy arch across the battle court. Angel took her metal boot off and flung it at the ice, smashing it in to pebble-sized pieces. "Awesome," Ash said.
"Isn't it?" Angel asked, hopping over to retrieve her foot. Oshawott could only stand there, its paws frozen. The three turned and looked at the door when they heard it open.
"Greetings!" Starfire said joyously, flying in to the room. Zoey had come in as well.
"What're you guys doing?" Zoey asked, looking down at the piles of crushed ice.
"Making snow cones, relieving anger issues, all that stuff," Ash answered. He poured maple syrup on to his snow cone. "Want one?" he asked, offering her a paper cone. She shrugged and took it.
"Wee!" Starfire cheered, diving in to the snow-like ice. "It is wonderful!"
"I didn't even know this was part of First Class," Zoey said, looking up at the high ceiling and at all the training equipment around her. "And we're already half way through the season!"
"Yeah, it's actually been a big help all morning," Ash replied. "Oshawott and I've been training with Angel."
"Have you guys won yet?" she asked.
Ash licked the snow cone, avoiding the question. "It surprised me when she said she wanted to train today. I figured she be visiting Tails—where'd she go?"
"Visiting the Tails," Starfire said.
Chris burst in to the room. "It's challenge time!"
Cartoon Network Studios
"Welcome to Cartoon Network Studios," Chris said to the contestants. The workers there seemed oblivious to their existence. "Now—"
"HELP ME! HELP ME!" Harry screamed, still tied up. "I'M THE REAL HARRY, I SWEAR, VOLDEMORT'S BACK—" he fell to the ground with a flop, one of Melaney's tranquilizer darts stuck in his arm.
Chris rolled his eyes. "As I was saying…welcome to Cartoon Network Studios—"
"We're not supposed to break the fourth wall!" Silver exclaimed.
"We're not breaking the fourth wall!" the host shouted back.
"Yes we are!" Brock exclaimed. "Just by mentioning the fourth wall, WE'RE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!"
"Okay, okay," Chris said. "Never mind," he sighed. "Anyway, today's challenge is simple. There are two crazy contestants from the last five seasons of Total Drama, both classic competitors. Your job is to find them. Team X," he handed them a picture of a girl with curly orange hair and a green skirt and top, the shade matching her eye color. "You guys have to find Izzy."
"She seems okay," Amy said, holding the picture.
"Seems is the key word, isn't it?" Chris asked with an evil laugh. "And Team Y," he handed them a picture that didn't even seem like a human, it had green-tinted skin and hardly any hair, and was wearing tattered clothes. All in all it looked like the Hobbit. "You guys get to find Ezekiel!"
"Great…" the Y's groaned.
"Any questions?" he asked. "Great, GO!"
Team X
"I don't see how we're supposed to find one person in this whole building and then catch them," Bianca said.
"Maybe if we call her over the intercom," Stephan suggested. "These other people can't see us anyway."
"That won't work, Steven—" Meowth began.
"MY NAME IS STEPHAN!" he shouted.
Trip rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Where—" he was cut off when a figure jumped down from the ceiling, tackling him to the ground.
"Izzy gotta bust!" the girl yelled crazily, then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Amy stared, her jaw dropped. "That's Izzy?!"
Bathroom Confessional
(Amy)
"Chris is making crazier challenges everyday…I just can't wait until the teams merge so I can be with my Sonikku…"
(Trip)
*face palm* "Ugh…"
Team Y
"I wonder what the Zeke will act like," Starfire said as they walked down the hall.
"He's crazy," Zoey said with a shiver. "Ever since Total Drama World Tour, he's been obsessed with getting the million. Not only that, but he tried to kill Chris on the hundredth episode!"
Angel looked down at the picture, then at Joey. "I don't know…he kind of looks like Joey…"
"I do not look like that," Joey said, swiping the picture from her. (AN: Oh my God…I just made a Dora reference…my life is over…)
"Well I think this challenge is a waste of time," Misty said, crossing her arms.
"I think you're a waste of space," Angel mumbled.
"What was that?" Misty asked angrily.
"I said," she replied, in a louder voice, "You…are a waste of space. For the past three weeks, all you've done is either flirt with Ash or complain about all of these challenges. If you can't buck up and handle it, you should just walk out like you almost did in the rebellion."
"I didn't walk out on you guys!" she shouted.
"Yeah right!" Morgan piped up. "If it weren't for your 'precious Ash' you and Iris would've left us out there! You—"
"SHUT UP!" Misty screamed, her face turning red.
"I WILL NOT SHUT UP, thank you very much," Morgan said, pointing her wand at the redhead's face. "I—"
"Why don't you—"
Ash grabbed Misty's arm and pulled her aside in to nearby closet, shutting the door. "What're you doing?!" he scolded in a whisper. "Do you want to spend the night in Loser Class?!"
"Maybe I do, actually," she said angrily. "Because if we do, that means we'll be rid of Angel!"
"That's not the point!" he hissed. "We're all here to win the million, not get revenge on people. If that's your goal then you've just turned in to another Burgundy."
She backed up. "What?" she asked, her voice in a whisper.
"Misty, I don't care if you would purposely lose to get rid of Gary, Paul, and Trip combined," he said. "That's not how you play right. I don't want to have anything to do with someone who would cheat just to get rid of someone who was bugging them—"
"This isn't a battle, Ash!" she exploded. "This is a TV show! We're on Total Drama! No one plays fair! You do what you can to win the million and that's it!"
"That's not how it works," Ash said quickly, his voice harsh. "Zoey played fair for two seasons, and she at least ended up in the final three each time. What good will it do you Misty if you lose the game, and maybe lose more? You could end up like Heather and become bald, or like Alejandro and Scott and end up being a cyborg—"
"SHE DESTROYED OUR WORLD, ASH!" Misty exploded.
"That's not the point!" he said again, this time in a yell. "Angel will be Angel, and that's how it's going to stay! Do you think throwing a fit about the past is going to change anything? No! Even if she did go to prison, it's not going to fix our world! It happened three years ago, and the damage is pretty much repaired, anyway. Get over it!"
"She's the reason why you've only got one eye, Ash," she replied coldly.
"I attacked her first."
Misty growled. "Why are you defending her?! Just because you're a Stiff doesn't mean—"
"You're a Stiff too," he said, cutting her off. "And plenty of others have partial aptitude for it. But unlike you, we all know how to forgive for the greater good!"
"Do you think she would understand that?!" she hissed. "Tell me one time where she's shown any moment of selflessness!"
"She gave herself up for Tails," he pointed out.
"Yeah, and what if it wasn't Tails?!" she asked. "If it was anyone else up there, she wouldn't've budged. She just would've let them die!"
"She didn't let me die on Gilligan's Island," Ash growled. "She saved my life from him."
"And I hear she saw more of you than anyone else has," she rebutted, narrowing her eyes.
He threw his hands up in the air, ticked off. "You know what? I'm done!" He slammed the closet door open and stormed off, leaving Misty alone, her face red.
"Fine!" she yelled after him as he walked down an empty hall. "Be that way then!" she stormed off too, going in the opposite direction. Little did they know Angel had been listening around the corner.
Bathroom Confessional
(Angel)
"If they break up…it won't be because of me…right? …Right?"
(Misty)
"They're both awful! Why can't he see it?! She obviously evil!"
(Ash)
"Misty is just as aggravating as she was when we traveled together! She just…UGH!"
Team X
"I think we're walking around in circles," Bianca said, looking down at her X-transceiver. It displayed the layout of the building, and the line that marked their path was perfectly round.
"Nice job, Bianca," Meowth said sarcastically. "How are we gonna find da crazy chick if we're walking in the same direction over and over and over again!" As if on cue, they heard Izzy's crazy laughter coming from the boy's bathroom.
"Ew," Bianca and Amy said at the same time. The pink hedgehog turned to the others. "You guys are going to have to go in there."
"And why is that?" Stephan asked, crossing his arms.
"Because we're not allowed in there," Amy said with a smile. "And don't tell us six muscular boys like you can't handle one girl!"
Cilan puffed out his scrawny chest, then marched in to the room. The others followed reluctantly.
"Where do you think she is?" Silver whispered, looking down the trash chute.
Stephan gazed in to the toilet, which about six inches from his face. "Izzy!" he called. The only response was the water rippling. "Maybe she's—" he was cut off when Izzy jumped down from the ceiling and landed on his head, plunging it in to the toilet. He thrashed wildly until she jumped off, allowing him to take his head out and breath.
Izzy laughed, a maniacal look in her eye. "Izzy gotta run!"
"Oh no you don't!" Meowth shouted, grabbing her by the ankles. "AAAH! STOP DRAGGING ME AROUND YOU WEIRDO!"
"Izzy gonna get away!" she exclaimed. She karate-kicked Stephan in the stomach, causing him to fall in to the toilet, butt first.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, straining to free himself, but failing. "I'm trapped over here!"
"GRAB HER!" Trip yelled. The five of them tackled her to the ground, almost deafened by her crazy laughter. Cilan took a rope out of his backpack, then tied it around her.
"We did it," he panted as they climbed off Izzy. She stared up at them all, blowing raspberries.
"HELLO?!" Stephan shouted, trying to escape the porcelain throne.
Phineas took out his wrench and began working at the screws, cursing under his breath.
Meanwhile, Bianca and Amy were waiting outside.
"What's taking them so—" Bianca was about to ask, but was cut off when a blast of water came out of the men's bathroom, flushing the boys and Izzy out and soaking the girls.
"EW!" Amy exclaimed, her dress dripping with toilet water. Bianca took off her hat and began wringing it out.
"We…caught…Izzy…" Trip panted, dragging her out of the water.
"And the toilet caught ME!" Stephan exclaimed. The toilet seat was now stuck around his neck and wouldn't budge.
"I guess your name can be Toilethead now, Stuart!" Bianca declared cheerfully.
"MY NAME IS STEPHAN!" he shouted. "MY GOD, IT'S LIKE TALKING TO A BUNCH OF ROCK-TYPES!"
"I talk to rocks," Izzy said quickly. "They make greaaaat company!"
"Yeah, okay, sure they do," Trip said. "Do we have to take her back to Chris now?"
"I guess…" Bianca said. "Right after we catch her again."
"WHAT?!" the others exclaimed. They all turned to where Izzy was, but all that was left was a coil of rope.
"You just watched her walk away?!" Phineas exclaimed.
"No, she just…disappeared!" Bianca said.
"Whatever," Stephan said, grabbing the rope. "Let's go find her…again."
Team Y
As Team Y walked through the halls of the studio to find Zeke, Tails grabbed Angel's arm and pulled her aside. "Where were you when Ash and Misty disappeared?" he whispered.
"Um…" she nervously brushed a stray lock of hair out of her face. "Eavesdropping, maybe?" Tails sighed, causing her to cross her arms. "Hey! The argument was about me, don't you think I should have the right to hear it?"
"I guess you're right," he answered. "What did they say?"
It was her turn to sigh. "They were talking about how Misty doesn't play fair, and Ash shouldn't have forgiven me, and how I started the apocalypse, and blah, blah, blah."
He shook his head. "This is getting stupid. Everyone's blaming you because—"
"It was my fault," she finished.
"That's not what I was going to say—"
"But it's the truth," she said. "I blew up their world just to escape the clones not thinking how it would hurt everyone else. I'm not exactly one who cares about strangers, but I did kill a lot of people, Tails."
"You're not the only one," he replied. "During the Games I killed a lot too…"
"Eight isn't that many, really….nothing compared to what I've done." She shook her head. "We shouldn't compete about something like that." Kissing his cheek, she continued, "Let's just get back to the challenge, okay?" She ran down the hall, catching up with the rest of the team.
He absentmindedly touched his cold cheek, watching her walk away with the others. "Yeah…" he flew after them.
"Haven't you found any sign of Zeke or whatever?" Joey asked for the fifth time, succeeding in annoying Eggman.
"No," Eggman replied, also for the fifth time. "The little hobbit's not anywhere. I figured you'd know though, since you're one of them."
"I'M NOT A HOBBIT!" Joey exclaimed. "I'M A FOX!"
"Sure you are," the others said in unison.
Before he could respond, an unhuman-like figure tackled him from behind, hissing. "Get off me!" Joey exclaimed, thrashing back and forth.
"It's Ezekiel!" Zoey exclaimed. She hopped nervously from one foot to the next. "Uh…I'd throw Joey but he's the one being attacked!" She gasped. "I know!" she whipped her bow from out of nowhere and shot an arrow at Zeke, the sharp weapon pinning him to a wall by his sweatshirt. He made a rasping noise, still trying to claw his way back to Joey.
"Thanks," Joey muttered. He brushed himself off. "What do we do with him—" He was cut off when Ezekiel broke away and pinned Ash to the floor, taking out a knife and threatening to stab him.
"Ash!" Misty and Angel exclaimed at the same time. The two turned and looked at each other. "What do you care about him for?!" Misty growled.
"Do I have to explain what Abnegation is to you again?!" Angel shot back.
"Guys?!" Ash exclaimed. "I kind of need a little help here!"
"Why do you care so much?!" Misty shouted. "He's not your boyfriend, it shouldn't matter to you if he lives or not!"
Angel scoffed. "And the narrator guy called you a hero when you were travelling with him."
"GUYS!"
"No matter what you do, you'll never be a hero!" Misty shouted. "You can't make up for killing that many people!"
"I'm not trying to be a hero or make up for anything!" Angel exclaimed. "My God, if you won't save him, I will!" She rushed at Ezekiel, only to be stopped by Tails. "What?!"
"Don't you think Misty should do this?" he asked softly.
"GUYS, HE'S TRYING TO BITE MY HEAD OFF!"
"Why should she?" Angel asked coldly. By then Misty had already ran to save her boyfriend. "If she can't live up to her faction it doesn't mean I can't—"
"Having aptitude for Dauntless and Abnegation doesn't mean throwing yourself in to every fight you come across, Angel!" Tails shouted. "We're all taking this faction thing too seriously—"
"Tails, whether or not this is all for TV, the test results are true!" she exclaimed. "There is a thing such as Divergence, even if the whole thing was designed for an experiment! And just because you're an Erudite doesn't mean you're smarter than me!"
"But I am smarter than you!" he fired back.
"What's your point?!" she shouted.
Bathroom Confessional
(Sonic)
"…she does realize what he just said, right?"
Team Y
"My point is I have more common sense than you!" Tails exclaimed.
Bathroom Confessional
(Sonic)
"…he realizes what he just said, right?"
Team Y
"So you're saying that you wouldn't save him?" Angel asked impatiently. "Gee, you really are some hero, aren't you? Saying you and Sonic went around saving the world saving people when you wouldn't save a ten-year-old from a former TD contestant."
"That's not true!" he shouted.
"So you're jealous then," she said, crossing her arms.
He was about to counter her, but stopped. Was he actually jealous? Angel almost never threw herself in to something like this to save anyone but him. Maybe seeing him almost kill Ash under the influence of the Tails Doll made her change her mind…
He shook his head. "I'm not jealous! I think it's stupid that you're trying to save someone who belongs to a world that hurt you so much—"
"You mean a world I hurt so much!" she corrected him. "Why don't you see it, Tails?! I hurt them! Without Colress I wouldn't even exist!"
"So you're saying that you're actually thankful for Team Pla—"
"I never said that!" she shouted. "But without them I wouldn't be here! And without me you wouldn't be here! If you had fallen in to the lake when I wasn't there, you would've drowned!"
"But if there were no clones, I wouldn't have to worry about drowning, now would I?!" he shot back. He regretted it the second the words came out. By referring to the clones, he was referring to her as well. Awkward silence filled the room, only to be intensified when Misty kicked Zeke unconscious and helped Ash to his feet, kissing him on the lips. His voice grew soft. "I didn't mean that…"
"Whatever," she growled. "Don't talk to me for the rest of the day." She turned on her heel and swiftly walked away, her fists clenched in anger and embarrassment.
The awkward silence was continuing to grow tediously until Joey asked a question that made it bloom until it was unbearable. "Uh…does that count as a fight?"
"No, Joey," Melaney said sarcastically, "They were just having a really loud discussion and he didn't say anything stupid whatsoever."
Ash finally let go of Misty, coming up for air. "Did we miss something?"
"No," Tails said quietly, turning away from them all. "Nothing important. Um…let's take Zeke back to Chris, okay?"
"Buddy—" Sonic began.
"I'm fine, Sonic," Tails said. "Let's just get back to the train. I want this day to be over with…" The others reluctantly followed him down the hall.
"What happened?" Ash whispered to Morgan.
"Well," she began. "While you two were snogging, Tails and Angel had a fight."
"Are they still together?" he asked.
"I don't know how long it's going to last," she said quietly.
"And Team X wins the challenge!" Chris' voice shouted from a few hallways away. The Y's groaned as he appeared in front of them a few seconds later. "Team Y, head to the Elimination Ceremony. One of you is going home."
Elimination Ceremony, Team Y
Team Y was gathered in the Elimination Room, the only two contestants without a cupcake being Angel and Eggman. "Contestants," Chris began. "In my hands is the final cupcake. Whichever one of you doesn't get this token of safety must take the Jump of Shame and go home. Angel. You're on the chopping block for starting a bunch of crap that was totally unnecessary."
She scoffed. "That's what you think."
"And Eggman," he continued. "I'm not exactly sure what you did…but we're just going to go with it. And the final cupcake goes to…Angel."
"What?!" Eggman exclaimed. "How could I get thrown off?! I didn't do anything wrong this time! It was her who—"
"Yeah," Chris said, rolling his eyes impatiently. "Listen, if you would just jump off the train yourself…I don't think Chef can pick you up…"
Eggman sighed, then jumped off the train, Orbot and Cubot following him. Chris rubbed his chin. "I wonder how he's the one that got voted off though…"
Bathroom Confessional
(Tails)
"Even if she's mad at me, I couldn't let her get kicked off! I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt…or the thought that she hates me…"
Elimination Ceremony, Team Y
Chris shrugged. "Eh, we'll figure it out later. What will happen to Angel and Tails? How many more horrible challenges will I think of next? What will I do with Harry Potter? Find out next time on Total…Drama…Universe!"
Episode 22's done! Yay! Werewolf lover99, please, just Let it Go. There's no point in arguing anyway. Tails and Angel fighting! Yay? Or not yay? Tell me! Oh yeah for Q of the Week: The past two or three episodes felt like filler, so what should I do next to improve? Is there any fandom I could focus on? Or any shipping? Pokeshipping finally kissed in this chapter, or as Morgan said, they were snogging. Snogging! I don't know. But anyway, please answer the question! Don't be lazy! I crave constructive criticism! See ya later!