It's time for another challenge to go down!
Let's do it!
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"Last time on Total Drama Everything," Chris said to the viewing world, "our 24 money-loving contestants had their first rude awakening. And their first challenge. Yes, we recycled the cliff-jumping, and we're happy about that. While others were able to cope, others weren't so lucky. And a few just went as chickens. In the end, our ascot-loving detective Fred wound up our first to take the cannon out of town. Who knows how much his ascot got ruined then?! This week, our competitors will see just how deep things can get. Literally! Who will follow Fred to the Cannon of Shame? Find out here! On Total! Drama! Everything!"
*theme song*
Sam was doing inventory of the gadgets she had brought from WOOHP. "Ok, so I have the Wind Tunnel Hair Dryer, the Laser Nail File, Hot and Spicy Gum…"
Then she heard a voice behind her. "You have quite the arsenal." Sam turned around to see who it was. It turned out to be Snake.
"Oh hello," she said to him, "is there anything you need?"
Snake shook his head, "No, I just wanted to say hi." Then he got a look at Sam's gadgets. "Out of curiosity, is every gadget you have related to beauty products?"
"There are a few exceptions," Sam explained, "but yeah, pretty much."
Then Snake got ahold of the Hot and Spicy Gum. "I wonder what this does," he wondered, before chewing on a stick of it.
5 seconds later, he was waving his mouth, trying to cool it down. "As though my mouth was inside a giant microwave of its own!"
Sam started laughing at him again before she explained the gum's purpose. "It's meant to make you sweat heavily, enough to slip through small spaces. Quite handy if you're in a jam."
With that, both laughed. That is, until the intercom sounded, startling them both.
"Campers, meet me at the flagpole in ten minutes for your next challenge. And be prepared to face this surprise of MINE!"
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"I don't know why," said Sam, still laughing, "but everything Snake does makes me want to laugh."
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"I'm so glad Sam's a spy like me," said Snake, "I feel calm knowing there's someone who does my line of work,"
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(Oh and just to let you know, I'm using Snake's youngest look, at about his early-mid 20's. And Sam's currently in college. So if I want to make those two a couple, I will.)
After everyone had arrived at the flagpole, Chris started explaining the challenge.
"Before we begin, I need the teams to pick one person from the opposing side," Chris started, "so who will it be?"
On the Cute Koalas, Nom Nom took charge of the situation. "So who should we pick?"
"Admittedly," Double D began, "Chris didn't say just why we needed to pick someone from the other team, leaving us with no idea whether or not it will benefit or harm the team."
Mega Man was thinking over the options. "It would be a good idea to pick Mandy, considering how she is," he said, "but it could give her invincibility."
"Then our choice should be someone whom they can live with to have invincibility as well as whatever harm comes to that person," Nom Nom said, "so who would that be?"
"Then our best option is Yusei," said Maya, "because if it sits someone out, picking Stan would just help the other team. Same with Ash. But there are risks to picking Superman or Julie, as they're quite athletic. Yusei's our best bet."
Nom Nom considered the decision. "Ok, Yusei it is," he said, "all in favor?" Everyone nodded in agreement. "Looks like my idea wins over."
"Wait what about me?" asked Maya, shocked that Nom Nom had stolen her idea.
"What about you?!" Deadpool replied to her.
Meanwhile at the Green Ogres….
"Any ideas?" Shrek asked his team.
"I would much rather not pick P.B." said Stan, "I feel it in my gut it would be bad to pick her."
Shrek considered that option. "Any other options?"
Ash had the answer immediately. "Rarity!"
"Reasons?" Mandy said to him.
"I just wanted to pick someone," Ash explained.
"Well she is a rather decent person on her team," said Dante, "but she also worries more about her hair, and body in general, than most other things. So why not?"
"Ok, that's what we'll do," Shrek decided, "Any objections?"
Crickets.
"Ok then."
"Have the teams decided yet?" Chris asked both teams.
Nom Nom made the announcement for his team. "It's your lucky day, duelist boy," he announced, "we pick you."
Yusei just shrugged at the news. "Ok."
"Prissy pony," Shrek said, gesturing to Rarity, who seemed quite shocked at the news. "Moi?"
"Thanks for your choices," Chris said, walking to a lever that had mysteriously appeared. Then, he pulled it.
A split second later, the ground that Yusei and Rarity stood on gave in beneath them, and they fell down the holes screaming.
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"Wow," Zelda said, surprised, "not me this time."
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Connie was looking down the hole that Yusei had fallen into. "What did you do to them?" she asked Chris.
"I kidnapped them," Chris explained, "and rescuing them is part of your challenge."
Everyone looked at him, looking for an answer as to what the challenge is.
"Remember the mine challenge from Revenge of The Island? Well, we were able to open it back up and rid it of all radioactive waste. That's where you're challenge is. And over there is the entrance." Chris points at an opening on the side of a giant rock.
"Once you get inside, there's a maze in which you will have to get through. Koalas have one route, and Ogres have another. The maze is long, but you should be fine.
"After that, you will come to a set of large crates, two of which have the kidnapped contestants. All you have to do is find which crate has your teammate, and break them out. But there's about fifty crates in there, so good luck with that.
"Lastly, you will have to do a minecart race back out of the mine. You can use whatever means you can to slow down the other team. First team to get out, with everyone, wins invincibility. Any questions?"
Everyone raised their hands.
"No questions then? Awesome. So get to it."
With that, everyone headed for the mine entrance.
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"Why didn't we pick Superman?!" P.B. asked.
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In one of those crates….
Rarity had finally landed in one of the crates after falling down that hole, more sore than anything else. She started looking around, examining her surroundings, and making sure her hair was ok, until she spotted a piece of paper on the floor. She picked it up and began to read it, using her horn to light the crate up in the semi-darkness.
"You are to stay in this crate until your team can come and rescue you," she read, "after which you will ride a minecart to the finish line. If you escape your crate before your team arrives, your team is disqualified."
She put the paper down, sat on the floor, and began her wait for her team. "If you're going to keep me in here," she muttered, "couldn't you at least have given me some hair-care products?"
In another crate, the other kidnappee wasn't doing as well. Yusei could tell he was in a crate, but as he had no horn, he couldn't see as well. Despite that, when he found the paper, he was able to make out the writing.
"Ok, stay in crate…...wait for team…...don't escape yourself...got it," he said. Then he sat down for the wait.
"The cell of a juvenile detention center, a flooding basement, and the back of a soda truck," he said to himself, "and now a crate in I don't know where. What next? A lion pen at a zoo?"
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The Cute Koalas were currently walking through the maze, actually looking confident. That's because a certain spy-girl had her M-ray Contact Lenses.
"Who knew this could be quite easy?" said Double D. Everyone was following Sam.
"I use these a lot during missions with Clover and Alex, so this is nothing," she explained.
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"I heard she had the best grades in Beverley High history," said Mega Man, "Not bad."
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"Pfft, stupid brainiac," said Nom Nom.
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During the walk through the maze, Goku was trying to eat P.B. again. Already, he had managed to get a chunk of her "hair".
"Will you just get away from me?" she asked him, "Besides, didn't Chris say you weren't allowed to eat me?"
Goku just laughed. "Oh come on," he told her, "I can't help myself. I see food, I go for it. It's just me."
"Then 'just you' needs to keep away," P.B. retorted.
Nom Nom beckoned to Deadpool. "I'm looking to build an alliance to get to the finale. I would like you to be a part of it. Are you-?"
Before he could finish, Deadpool exclaimed, "YES!" and began to hug him tightly. Luckily, everyone else was focused on making it through the maze and didn't hear Deadpool's scream of delight (surprisingly).
"Will you let go of me?" Nom Nom asked him, and Deadpool let go.
"Anyone else you need in this?" he queried.
"Just Mandy on the other team."
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"I'm in an alliance!" Deadpool exclaimed, "This is awesome!"
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Meanwhile, the Ogres also had their own way of getting through the twists and turns. Superman was using his X-ray vision to find the right path.
"Cococococococococo?" Coco asked him?
"We still have a long way to go," Superman replied, "but the other team's a bit closer."
Ash decided to speak up at that point. "Why not we use Pikachu and light up this place a bit more?"
"What do you think, genius?" Dante told him, "Do you want to shock us all? Again?"
"Both of you shut up or else!" Mandy exclaimed, and everyone held their tongues.
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"My team is full of idiots," Mandy said.
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Inside Rarity's crate, our favorite unicorn was trying to pass the time by counting how many strands of hair there are in her mane.
"Wow, so that's how many strands there are," she said (I'm not revealing the exact number), "I wonder how Yusei's taking this."
In fact, Yusei was passing the time by looking through his card deck, which he had in his pocket mostly for luck, since no one else could duel.
"This is just sad," he muttered, "being here in a crate and not even Quillbolt Hedgehog can fight the boredom. I hope my team gets here soon."
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Chris and Chef were in the video tent, keeping an eye on both the teams and the kidnappees.
"They seem to be getting close," Chris pointed out, "and where did you get those crates?"
"I just found them at a junkyard," Chef replied.
Both started laughing. "Nice one," said Chris.
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After some time, the Koalas made it to a giant room made with huge rock walls and a dirt ceiling. And all over the room, there were these wooden crates, all of different sizes. And one of them, of course, had Rarity in it.
"Let me find where she is," said Toph, and she simply took a small step. After a moment, she took another step.
"What is she doing?" Lammy asked Mega Man, who shrugged.
After several steps, Toph dashed right to a large crate at the other end of the room. "This is the one!" she called back to the others.
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"Of course," said Double D, realizing the technique, "she's able to use vibrations in the earth and locate people and things like sonar. And since it was a dirt floor, she had no problem on that end.
"Although, the crates all had wooden floors, which is not earth. That explains why Toph had to take a fair amount of steps to find the right crate."
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Everyone dashed after Toph to the crate she had pointed them too. Goku decided to check just in case. "Rarity, are you in there?"
Rarity, who was humming one of her favorite songs, heard Goku's voice and replied, "Yes, now hurry up and break this thing so we can win?"
"Who's busting her out?" Nom Nom asked his team.
Goku raised his hand. "Everybody stand back!"
Once everyone was at a safe distance, Goku got a fist ready. "Give me a countdown!"
"3…...2…1…."
POW!
The punch sent parts of the crate everywhere, and a few pieces came towards the other teammates. Some blocked them with their powers, while others simply dodged. Deadpool, however, got hit in the face.
Rarity, who was barely able to see Deadpool get hit, burst into laughter. "That was the most entertaining thing I've seen all day!" she cackled.
"Enough fooling around," Nom Nom said, "now let's go!"
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"It's not funny," said Deadpool. Then he thought about it. "Ok maybe it is." And he starts laughing.
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A few seconds after the Koalas left for the cart, the Ogres made it to the room. Everyone was perplexed by the amount of crates.
"How are we going to know which crate he's in?" Julie asked.
"Maybe I should use x-ray vision again?" Superman replied.
Before he could do so, Ash stepped up with Pikachu. "We'll take care of this. Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!"
"PIKAPIKAPIKAPIKA!"
And that started a major crate frenzy as Pikachu dashed through the room, covered in were flying, the whole room was lit up, and electricity was everywhere.
By the time it was all over, every single crate was destroyed. And near the center of the room, was a very scorched-up Yusei.
"I'm sure there was another way to do the job besides blowing the area up," he said. Everyone else stood wide-eyed at the wreckage (the only reason they weren't scorched was because Zelda, Dante, and Superman made a shield to protect everyone).
Shrek couldn't believe his eyes. "One little rat did that."
"Let's just get out of here," Yusei muttered.
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"Remind me never to get Pikachu mad," said Yusei.
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Both teams soon arrived on the carts, the Ogres having been able to catch up because the Koalas had heard the massive explosion from the crate room and were too shocked (ha!) to move at one point. In no time at all, both teams got their carts ready.
"Cocococococococococococo!" Coco exclaimed to Superman.
Superman nodded in reply and started using his huge breath to push the cart forward.
"Use that can of yours," Snake told Sam, who used her Tornado in A Can of Hairspray to propel the Koala cart.
Soon, they were neck and neck. It was on!
"Mega Man!" Maya said, pointing at some stalactites right over the Ogres track.
"On it!" Mega Man replied as he fired his Mega Blaster at the stalactites, causing them to fall and hinder the Ogres. But the Ogres had surprises of their own.
Yusei decided to intimidate the Koalas (he had his duel disk with him for some reason) and brought out that familiar sparkling reptilian beast.
"Attack the Koalas, Stardust Dragon," he yelled, "with Cosmic Flare!"
With that, the dragon fired a silver blast at the opposing team. While it didn't do any real damage, it was able to spook the Koalas and give the Ogres the lead.
But the Koalas weren't done yet. Soon, there was a flurry of bullets being shot at the Ogres. They were coming from Deadpool, with his twin guns.
"Bangbangbangbabangbabangbang!"
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"Does he always yell bang when firing those?" Dante asked.
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Next attack came from the Ogres, with Zelda using Din's Fire and Dante telekinetically slowing the Koala cart. Their attack was met by Snake joining in on Deadpool's bullet volley.
"I can see the finish line," both Double D and Connie said to their teams. Sure enough, they could both see the way out of the mines.
Unfortunately for the Ogres, Superman, having not been in sunlight for a while, was starting to lose energy and was quickly slowing down. At the same time, the Koalas were having problems of their own.
"My gadget's almost empty!" Sam exclaimed. The hairspray was nearing its limit, also slowing the Koalas down.
"What do we do?" asked Lammy.
On the Ogres, Ash had an idea. "Pikachu, give us a turbo boost." Pikachu then started zapping the track. That worked at first, until…
The Ogre cart suddenly hit a bump in the track, sending Pikachu's energy to the Koalas and giving them the boost. To top it off, the bump and the abrupt switch of Pikachu's bolt sent the Ogres flying off the track.
And the Koalas crossed the finish line, though their speed sent them speeding into a tree. "Koalas win the challenge!" Chris announced, having waited at the end of the track. The Koalas cheered at their second victory.
The only Ogre that managed to get out of the cave after their cart was sent flying was Superman, who had the luck to land in direct sunlight. "Finally," he said with satisfaction.
Every other Ogre had crashed inside the cave. "What the heck was that?" Julie asked, a little disoriented.
"Hey when are we going to get out of here?" asked Zelda.
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Later, at the bonfire ceremony, the Ogres looked like they had just gotten run over by a truck. Julie's clothes were torn, Yusei was still singed from the electric explosion, and Stan was covered in dirt. Chris came in with a platter of ten marshmallows.
"After tonight, one of you is going to be far away from here. For good. But who will it be? When I call your name, come get a marshmallow.
"Dante."
"Zelda."
"Coco."
"Yusei."
"Julie."
"Shrek."
"Connie."
"Stan."
"And Superman."
The final two were Mandy and Ash. "Mandy, not only did you not do much this challenge, but you're kind of a jerk. Ash, you and Pikachu did too much. And sort of cost your team the challenge. But who deserves to take the cannon?"
Mandy was staring at Chris, practically daring him to eliminate her. Ash was a nervous wreck, holding Pikachu tightly.
"The final marshmallow goes to…
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"...Mandy."
"Wise choice," Mandy said, grabbing her marshmallow and kicking Chris where it hurts in the process.
"Ash, Pikachu, just…..just get out of here," Chris said, in a weak in-pain voice.
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"At least Ash and Pikachu have each other," said Julie.
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With that, Ash hopped into the cannon with Pikachu. "If this is how Team Rocket feels, we should get blasted off more often," he said. "Pika."
Booooooom!
"We're blasting off like Team Rockeeeeeeeetttttttttttt!" And he disappeared into the sky.
Ding.
Later…
Nom Nom knocked on the door of the Ogres girl side of their cabin. Connie opened the door. "What is it you need?"
"I need to speak to Mandy in private," replied Nom Nom. A few seconds later, he and Mandy were on the porch. Nom Nom was whispering so they wouldn't be overheard.
"Why pick someone from the opposite team?" Mandy asked him.
"I need someone from 'the inside'. Think about it. Instead of just ruling your team, you can rule the whole game. With us and Deadpool, the three of us will be unstoppable and make the final three. Is that a deal?"
Power, being unstoppable, the final three, and maybe a hope later on to take the alliance over. Nom Nom didn't know what she was thinking.
Mandy made her decision and looked Nom Nom dead in the eye.
"Deal."
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Ta da! New alliance, Ash's out, and an action-packed challenge took place.
See you all next chapter! Remember to review.
TheMasterKat out!