This chapter may contain some dark content, expected from this one.
Thanks to all who gave out fears!
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Chris's recap: "Last time on Total Drama Everything, the two teams had certain members do battle at the Total Drama Stadium. We saw epic victories such as Shrek proving himself the stronger team captain. That doesn't compare, however, to Deadpool's craziest fourth wall shatter yet: using words and letters to knock Dante into next week. But the real shocker was Mega Man, who threw the challenge due to his programming to not hurt good guys. Nom Nom used the opportunity to turn it into lies, and it was goodbye to the Blue Bomber. With another camper down, how long can Deadpool hide his charade to befriend Julie? And what blood curdling horrors do we have for you today? Find out here! On Total! Drama! Everything!"
*theme song*
Both teams were sitting at the campfire right after Mega Man's departure. They were all looking pretty bored, having had nothing to say for a few minutes. Deadpool was humming to himself, Toph was drawing faces into rocks, and Goku looked almost asleep.
Finally, Connie broke the silence. "Anything you all want to talk about?"
"No," everyone said.
Connie sighed at the response, and everyone continued their silence. Toph even grew tired at the rock faces, and decided to earthbend some designs in the dirt. After she was done, she was tired of that too, and she waved the design and dirt away.
And the dirt almost landed on Double D.
"Filthy! Dirty! Please aim in the opposite direction, Toph!" He was freaking out. Everyone began to snicker (except Mandy and Superman).
Dante was the first to speak about it. "What, are you scared of dirt or something?"
Double D nodded. "I have getting dirty. It's my worst fear in fact. Dirt, mud, dust, ect." He shuddered at the thought of being dirty. "Messy, messy, messy."
"I agree with you," Rarity told him. "I don't like to get even a speck of dirt on me."
"So you guys are scared of getting dirty," said Nom Nom. "How cute."
Snake smiled. "Looks like we now have our worst fears as a topic to talk about. Who wants to spill the beans?"
"Hold on," said Shrek. "Wouldn't tha' lead ta Chris rehashing the fear challenge?"
Everyone ignored him.
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"These people are oblivious to the risks," Shrek stated out.
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Up first (besides Double D and Rarity) was Julie. "There's an alien ghost thing that was one of the aliens in Ben's watch. He called it Ghostfreak. The alien soon tried to kill him, and it almost succeeded. To this day, Ghostfreak gives me the creeps."
Sam was next. "Many times during my missions, I wind up controlled by some crazy villain. I don't want that to happen again."
"I'm the kind of person that craves attention," said Deadpool. "I become completely ignored, and I'm nothing. If there's one thing I don't want to experience in my life, it's to be entirely alone."
Snake nodded. "I can't argue with that. Anyway, my biggest fear would be to fail a mission. I've never really had to eperience failing a mission before, and I don't intend to start."
The next person to reveal their fear was Mandy. "I don't want to spend the rest of my life as an overweight, overly nice lady married to Irwin."
"Who's Irwin?" Shrek asked her.
"Don't ask."
Shrek just shrugged. "When everyone forced me ta take a shower, I faked it without usin' soap ta scrub myself. I don't want ta be clean, is what I'm sayin'."
Yusei was next to speak. "I hate bugs. A roach nested in my ear once, and it freaked me out."
Dante interrupted him. "I've seen your little anime, and you've dueled against plenty of bug monsters the whole time. One particular monster was 50 stories tall! What the heck?"
"Those were monsters in duel deck," Yusei pointed out. "Not the real thing."
Everyone shrugged. That made some sense.
"Ice does nothing to help my seismic sense," Toph told everyone. "On ice, I'm as blind as I can get. I can't stand it. Especially if I'm being attacked or something."
Nom Nom shivered. "My biggest fear is losing my position as Cutest Bear on the Internet."
Connie sighed. "My parents are a little strict. I don't want to disappoint them. They only just accepted who I want to be, but I still had to beg them to even let me be on this show."
"Cocococococococococo," Coco said, her head down."
Everyone laughed at Coco except Lammy. "You're scared of flying?!" exclaimed Dante. "You're part plane! AND bird! And you're scared of flying?! That's even weirder than the bug thing!"
A glare from both Yusei and Coco told him to shut up. Dante just rolled his eyes.
Next up was Lammy. "I think you all know my fear from the talent show. Rejection from my audience."
Zelda was staring at her Triforce. "I couldn't stand it if Ganondorf won. If he somehow succeeded in conquering the world, I couldn't stand it."
"If there's one thing I don't want to do," Superman said, "it would be making an impossible choice. Either save one person or the other. What if I can't save both?"
By this point, everyone was looking pretty spooked. Some of their fears were insane. Deadpool's fear in particular was dark for someone like him.
"I'm scared of needles," Goku told everyone. "They seem harmless, but they're not."
Dante cracked up again. "First it was bugs, despite facing a 50 story tall spider. Then we hear the plane/bird and her hatred of flying. Now we hear a powerful Saiyan cower over needles? You are all messed up!"
This time, he had gone too far. "Will you shut up?" Snake hissed at him.
The demon just scoffed. "Some of these fears are just ridiculous."
"Oh really," Nom Nom asked him. "What's YOUR biggest fear?"
Dante just froze up. Dang it. He had hoped to avoid it. Now he couldn't. How would they react when they heard his phobia? He was fear itself. Everyone was now looking at him, hoping to hear what Dante was afraid of. There was no going back now.
It was time to get over with. With a sigh, he muttered in a way that everyone could barely hear.
"S-swimsuit models."
Crickets. Then everyone just burst into laughter (except Mandy).
"Seriously?!" exclaimed Nom Nom, who was laughing his head off. "That was the funniest thing I've heard all day! Swimsuit models!"
Dante buried his face in his hands out of embarassment and frustration. "Swimsuit models are mostly just airheads with good looks. They're just so annoying, their faces on magazines. Why can't they just leave the world alone?"
"Let's all just go to bed before we die from laughter," said Snake.
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The next morning….
Everyone was trying to eat their "breakfast" in the mess hall. Most people still giggled when they saw Dante. Julie was chatting with Deadpool.
"So that boyfriend of yours has a watch that can turn him into different aliens?" Deadpool asked her.
Julie nodded. "And you have a wife who happens to be the Queen of the Underworld?"
"Yep," Deadpool said. "I hope she's not overly jealous that I'm hitting on TheMasterKat right now."
"Who's TheMasterKat?"
"The author of this fanfiction."
"What fanfiction?"
"Nevermind."
A moment later, the intercom came on.
"Everyone meet me in the woods for your next challenge. I hope you're all feeling brave today. Heh heh."
When everyone arrived, Chris and Chef were standing next to a dilapidated old shack.
"Congratulations to everyone on making it to week 7," Chris announced. "Unfortunately for you, it won't get any easier. Your next challenge is a favorite from the original season. Phobia Factor! You will be facing your worst fears!"
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"No one listened ta my advice," Shrek said, agitated. "No one ever listens ta anyone's advice anymore."
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"The rules are simle. You pass your challenge, you get a point for your team. if you fail, you instead get branded (not literally) as a chicken. And yes, we already know everyone's fears.
While everyone's waiting for their turn, they will sit over there." He pointed to a set of armchairs and other seats in the distance. There were also a few screens surrounding the area.
"You will all stay there until it's your turn. The screens are for the fears that require this little shack right here. After you finish or fail, you will return to the area and wait until the challenge is over. We'll alternate between teams, for the most part, except for one exception. With that all down, it's time for the fun to go underway. Shrek, you're up."
Shrek walked calmly towards Chris, who nodded to Chef. Chef walked to a nearby tree and came back with a bathtub. "Bathtime, ogre," he growed. Shrek sighed as a curtain was brought over the shack and tub.
"Just go through one bath from us," Chris told him, "and you pass. You ready?"
Before Shrek could answer, Chef shoved him behind the curtain (you know Chef's not to be messed with when he's able to easily push and ogre).
For five minutes, everyone watched as the curtain moved and shifted. All they could hear was running water (how does the tub work when it's not really connected to the plumbing?) and some comments from Shrek, Chris, and Chef.
"Watch the ears!"
"How do you live in this filth on a daily basis?"
"You really needed this."
Finally, the curtain was pulled. Shrek was wet and shivering, and he looked a little disoriented from the scrubbing. Despite that, he was cleaner than anyone had ever seen him.
"One much-needed bath later, and Shrek looks the cleanest he's ever been. The Green Ogres receive a point."
Shrek's team cheered as he walked back to the waiting area. He plopped down on a chair and sighed in relief.
"Double D and Rarity," Chris said towards the Koalas, "your turn."
Both clean freaks glanced uneasily at each other as they followed Chris to a giant bucket hovering above them by a crane.
"Inside that bucket," Chris explained, "is mud and dirt that we've gathered during the night. And we're going to dump it on you both. All you have to do is not run away before you it's dumped."
He gave a nod to the crane operator, and he slowly started tilting the bucket towards Double D and Rarity.
The longer they waited, the more they wanted to run for the hills. This was certainly not how they thought their day would go. Both teams were watching from the waiting area, noticing how much the Koala teammates were shaking. Nom Nom was just impatiently waiting for the bucket to fall.
Just when the bucket was almost at the 90 degree mark, everyone heard something loud coming from the teammates.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" screamed Rarity, and she immediately ran behind a tree, away from the bucket.
Double D turned and saw her run off, but before he could call her name, the bucket fully tilted and the mud and dirt all fell out.
SPLAT!
When it was over, everyone turned their heards to Double D.
The poor Koala member was covered from head to toe in mud. They couldn't even see his face. Double D looked all over himself and saw nothing but filth.
"Messy, messy, messy," he whispered to himself.
Chris ran to the mess with an clothes pin on his nose. "That was an interesting result. At least Double D earned his team a point, but too bad Rarity. She was too chicken." Rarity walked back to the waiting area in shame.
"Sorry, guys."
Double D also walked back to the area, with his team giving him thumbs up while holding their noses. Double D smiled as he walked to a chair far from the othere.
"May I please have one of those baths too?" he asked Chris.
"Heck no."
Poor Double D sighed.
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"I always knew there was a champion under those small muscles," said Goku.
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"Not bad, sockhead," stated Snake.
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"Coco, come on."
Chef flew in a familiar rickety old plane. Coco gulped.
"Ten minutes flying in this thing, and you'll earn your team another point. Got that?"
The imaginary friend nervously nodded and climbed into the plane. Chef started the engine and took off.
Everyone saw the plane do loop-de-loops in the sky. One the screen, they saw Coco screaming her head off. Somehow, she hadn't caved yet.
While they were watching, Julie walked over to Deadpool's seat and sat down next to him.
"I love these kinds of aerial shows," Deadpool said, laughing.
Julie giggled at the comment. "Aren't you nervous?" she asked. "We could go up at any moment."
Deadpool nodded. "You nervous too?"
"Yes," Julie replied.
Both sighed. "At least we'll both be relieved once it's over," Julie told the mercenary.
"That's why I hope I'm next," Deadpool replied. "I want to get it over with. And hey, I have someone for moral support."
Of course, he wasn't exactly truthful. He still needed to keep up his charade.
"Same here," Julie replied, smiling.
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"So there's another Deadpool behind the insanity," said Julie. "I can't help but be a friend."
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"Julie seems so friendly that I almost feel guilty for having Deadpool fake his friendship," Nom Nom stated. "Almost."
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Their conversation was interrupted by the plane landing. Coco's ten minutes were up, and she had passed her challenge. She climbed out of the plane looking shaken, but happy.
"Another point goes to the Ogres," Chris announced. "Yusei, come on down. And you're using the shack."
Yusei walked to the shack and stepped inside. He heard the door slamming behind him. It was completely dark. However, the duelist couldn't help but sense something ominous.
Almost instantly, the shack illuminated itself, revealing the inside as a large cage. Yusei ran to the cage door, but it was tightly secure. The only exit was the shack door, which still looked like a shack.
Suddenly, the cage started shaking, and out from one of those igloo pet things came a giant tarantula. Yusei stood there, freaked out. The spider stared menacingly at him.
"Wanna dance, Fudo?"
"Perfect," Yusei muttered to himself. "It had to speak as well."
Immediately, the spider charged at him. Yusei jumped out of the way, but the spider kept charging. Yusei had to keep jumping away from it.
Everyone else was seeing it unfold from the screens. The Ogres were watching anxiously, hoping their teammate would succeed.
"You know that stuff I said about his bug fear?" Dante mentioned to Shrek.
"Yeah?"
"I take it all back."
In the cage, Yusei continued to get past the spider's lunges, but it was starting to get harder to do. Eventually, the spider pinned him down.
The bug sneered at him. "I can see the fear and respect in your eyes. This will be glorious." He held one of his legs up to strike.
Unfortunately for the spider, Yusei was just about tired of the spider's stupid words. And he kicked the poor guy in the face. The spider howled in pain and walked back into his igloo thing.
"Respect that!"
When he got up, the cage suddenly vanished, leaving darkness again. Chris walked in with a flashlight.
"Congratulations, Yusei. That spider proved to be no match for your bravery, and you earned the Green Ogres another point."
Yusei walked out of the shack and back to the waiting area, where his team patted him on the back. Nom Nom stared at the team, looking furious.
"Well played," he whispered. "But you have no idea who you're messing with."
Chris grabbed his megaphone. "We still have a challenge to complete, so Goku. You're up."
(Isn't it weird how the three people whom Dante made fun of for their fears wound up all going back to back?)
Goku stepped into the shack and waited for the simulation to start. Finally, it was revealed to be a doctor's office. The Saiyan looked around and suddenly realized what was going on.
The doctor came in from the (not shack) door. He was holding a tray carrying a syringe.
"Just sit tight, Son Goku," the doctor told him. "This will be over before you know it. I gaurantee it."
Everyone outside watched as Goku sat down on the stool. How would he take it?
"Let's just get this over with," Goku told the doctor, clearly scared.
The needle came to Goku's arm, closer and closer. He closed his eyes, waiting for the shot to come.
Plink!
It was all over. Goku looked and saw a little Band-Aid with Dora the Explorer on it. The illusion shut down, and he walked back out into the sunshine. Since it was an illusion, the Band-Aid also disapeared.
"Where's my lollipop?" Goku asked the nearby Chris.
Chris laughed. "Sorry, but all you get is a point for the Koalas."
Goku beamed as he flew back to his team. Everyone clapped.
"Connie, come on down."
Another shack challenge (spoiler alert, almost all of the rest will be in the shack; I got the shack idea from a Total Pokemon crossover writer). Connie looked nervous as she stepped into the shack. Fifteen seconds of darkness, then the illusion started.
Connie found herself inside her own house. Same designs, same colors, same everything. Near the front door were her parents, and they looked really angry.
This was the last thing she was willing to do. Let her parents say they were disappointed in her. She instantly bolted back to the shack door and ran outside.
"That was fast," said Chris. "Not a pass, however. Finally, first failure in a while."
Mandy watched Connie walk back to her team, and something had her Connie know yet that her sword was missing? That Mandy had stolen it the last challenge?
"It's your turn, Nom Nom."
In front of Chris was a laptop. He beckoned Nom Nom to come look into it. Nom Nom did so and read something shocking to him.
It said that Nom Nom had lost his position as the Cutest Bear on the Internet, and that the title now went to….
Nom Nom didn't go any further than that. With a scared look, le flipped the laptop,breaking it.
Chris stood in shock. "Didn't see that coming. Considering that was a fake news report. No matter. You keep the title, but you don't get the point."
Nom Nom glared at Chris furiously as he wakled back to his team. Everyone was too scared to come near him.
"Next up is Mandy. Come on down."
As Mandy walked into the shack, the scene turned into a cozy house. She looked around, dreading what was coming next. Her heart stopped when she saw what she was dreading.
Near the fireplace, on a chair, was a fat, adult version of herself, kissing a muscular Irwin. Mandy stared in shock and fear. Both the figures noticed her, and the older Mandy smiled at her.
"Welcome back, yo," the older Irwin called out to her.
Mandy didn't last another five seconds, because in less than that time, she was out of the shack, panting. Chris shook his head at her.
"I expected more than that," he told her. "Now go and sit with your team."
Mandy walked back to her team even more angry that Nom Nom was. No one dared come near her, much less say something to her.
"We're going to take a fifteen minute break before we continue," Chris announced. "Plenty of time for those who've already gone to relax, and for those who still need to face their fears to prepare themselves."
Current score: Koalas 2, Ogres 3
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"So it's just myself, Deadpool, Snake, Dante, Zelda, Sam, Superman, and Toph left," said Lammy. "I hope I can do this. I just have to think about what Yusei told me. He was so nice to me at the time. And so….so….
Uh, I should be good, hopefully."
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Dante was trying to calm himself.
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Everyone was now talking with each other. Nom Nom and his alliance were talking about the challenge and the results so far.
"Chris really likes to see us squirm," said Nom Nom, "doesn't he?"
Both Mandy and Deadpool nodded. "I'll never have to marry that nerd," Mandy stated. She was still a little ticked from her experience in the shack.
Nom Nom looked straight at Deadpool. "I want this alliance to gain some ground. You had better complete your challenge." Deadpool nervously nodded.
"For a really cute koala bear," the mercenary told Nom Nom, "you could become anyone's worst fear."
Nom Nom smirked. "Darn right. Now how's it going with Julie?"
Deadpool gave a thumbs up. "She doesn't suspect a thing."
What they didn't know was that Rarity was listening.
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"So the cute koala has an alliance," said Rarity. "But whatever they're doing, I had better find out."
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Chris came back and told everyone to pay attention. "We're halfway through the challenge, so let's keep this going. Lammy, come to the shack."
Lammy looked directly at Coco and Yusei. Both nodded. Lammy felt a bit of comfort as she stepped into the shack.
The scenery this time was a large stadium. Lammy found herself performing onstage with her bandmates and her guitar. She noticed, however, with a sinking heart that there were nothing but booing people from the audience.
What was wrong? Did they not like her? Was she playing the wrong song?
Yusei and Coco were watching from outside. Both were anxious as to how she would take it. Yusei was hoping she would pull through.
"Come on Lammy," he whispered.
Lammy was close to freaking out? Should she give up? Should she run out that door?
No! She couldn't dwell on that. She had to remember what Yusei had said to her. Don't worry about it and don't be afraid. With those words still in her head, she kept playing.
By the time the song was over, the crowd had changed from jeers to cheers. Lammy smiled as the illusion faded.
When she walked back out of the shack, everyone was clapping at her.
Chris was clapping too. "Lammy earns a point from her team, and maybe some rock and roll fans."
Lammy ran straight to Yusei and Coco. "I did it! I did it!"
Yusei smiled at her. "Now aren't you glad you rose to the occasion during the talent show?"
Lammy just smiled at him.
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"Yusei is the most amazing guy I've ever met," said Lammy. "I wonder if he's single."
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Yusei was smiling to himself. "I admit that there's something about her that I can't help but smile about. She's the kind of girl who everyone smiles about. She's just so…
Uh, what was I saying?"
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"Dante."
The moment Chris spoke his name, Dante froze up. Everyone started to snicker. The demon looked calm as he walked toward Chris. Inside, he felt sick.
Chris was enjoying the moment. "Bring her in."
Out from behind the tree came a girl in her early 20's. No one had seen her before, but they couldn't help but stare. She had curly black hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a pink two piece swimsuit.
"Just hug her," Chris told Dante.
Dante looked back and forth, trying to find a way out. Everyone was staring at both him at the girl (except Deadpool, who was just staring at the girl and drooling). Dante took a deep breath and ran up to the girl.
And he nearly squeezed her air out.
When Dante stopped, he realized he wasn't really hugging anything. Though they weren't in the shack, Chef had made an illusion of the girl.
"Uh Deadpool?" Goku asked. "You can stop staring at her."
Deadpool just shook his head in surprise. "I'm sorry, what?"
Chris siled at the outcome. "Well that was interesting. Dante wins the point."
Dante simply walked back to his team, but from the moment he sat down, Goku, Coco, and Yusei surrounded him.
"Cocococococococo," Coco stated.
The demon was surprised. "An apology to all three of you? Ugh, fine. I'm sorry I made fun of your fears. Now can I just try to forget today ever happened?"
"Time for our next competitor to step up," Chris announced. "Snake, shack."
When Snake arrived inside the shack, he found himself inside a familiar control room. After a moment, he spotted Otacon sitting at a chair, looking grave.
Snake looked confused. "Otacon," he asked, "what's going on?"
"I heard that you had failed the mission," the hacker breathed out.
Snake? Fail? "I really don't know how it happened," he replied.
Otacon shook his head. "Me neither. This hasn't happened before. I don't know what went wrong."
Outside, Sam was crossing her fingers, hoping Snake would get over it.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Otacon asked Snake.
The spy just smiled. He had a challenge to win. "One failed mission won't be the end for me. Besides, no one's record is completely clean, right? Things can only get better from here."
The illusion faded, and Snake walked out to his team giving him a thumbs up. On the Ogre side, Mandy just scowled.
"Snake wins another point for the Cute Koalas," Chris announced. "Not many of us left."
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"Why am I even taking orders from Nom Nom anyway?" asked Mandy. "I should be eliminating him and his spy girlfriend right now."
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Chris shooed Snake away. "Julie, you're up next."
The Ogres and Deadpool gave Julie an encouraging cheer as she made her way to the shack.
This time, the scene was a cemetary at night. Julie got a foreboding chill as she observed the area. This certainly wasn't her kind of adventure.
Suddenly, a ghost came sliding out of one of the graves. It was hideous. The ghost was gray and black, and it seemed to have two faces. Julie almost screamed at the sight of it.
"Get away from me Ghostfreak!" she yelled. "I mean it!"
Ghostfreak chuckled. "No Ben here to save your skin. Now how about you sit still while I enjoy this."
Julie ran to the other side of the cemetary. She had no intention of being killed by this thing. Luckily, she spotted a mirror nearby, and started to reflect the rays of the slowly rising sun. Ghostfreak screamed as the rays hit him.
"You got lucky," he whispered as he slid back into the earth. Julie sighed as the simulator stopped and she exited the shack. The Ogres cheered at her, as did Deadpool. Chris looked impressed.
"Another point goes to the Ogres. This game is becoming fun. For me."
Current score: Koalas 4, Ogres 5
The Ogres cheered again. They were still in the lead.
"We still have five people left to face their fears. Toph, let's go."
Toph stepped into the shack, but within seconds, she did't know where she was. She couldn't sense her surroundings. All she could tell was that the shack door had been covered with dirt so she could find it. Her heart sank when she took notice of what she was standing on. The surface was smooth and VERY cold.
Ice.
"Why me?" she said out loud.
Then she heard a loud thumping behind her. Toph wasn't about to fight some giant without her senses. She instantly ran back to the door and out of the shack.
Chris just laughed. "That wasn't even a monster. It was simply a thud in the distance.
"Can I have a do-over?" Toph asked him.
Chris laughed again. "No can do. Now shoo."
Toph groaned as she walked back to her team.
"You're next, Superman."
This time, the shack illusion was Metropolis. Superman used his hearing to find what was going on. Then he heard both cries.
Superman flew to the source of the sounds and saw Lex Luthor on top of the LexCorp tower, and he had Lois Lane tied up beside him. Nearby, Superman saw a crowded bus teetering on one side of a suspension bridge.
"You set this up," the superhero seethed, "didn't you, Lex?"
Luthor just grinned. "You know where we stand. It's Lois or that bus. Take your pick." And he beckoned his henchman to bring Lois to him so he could throw her off the building.
It was all Superman could do to not scream at him. Chris had set up an impossible choice. Figured he would do so. He couldn't just give up, though. He was Superman. He couldn't give up. With that encouragement, he flew up and punched Luthor in the face (poor guy forgot to put on his War Suit).
While Luthor whiled about how his nose was broken, Superman untied Lois. "Go and hide before he stops whining," he told her. Lois nodded and quickly climbed down the stairs to ground floor. With that taken care of, Superman flew to the bus, which was almost about to fall into the river. He managed to catch it and set it back on the road. Everyone on the bus clapped, and the illusion was over.
"Not bad," Chris said when he was out of the shack. "Ogres get a point."
Even Goku seemed impressed as Superman returned to his team. For a universal rival, he certainly had to respect the skills.
Chris double checked the scores. "Only Deadpool, Sam, and Zelda are left. Ogres are ahead by one. This may mean the end for the Koalas, but we'll see. Sam, come face your fear."
Snake nodded in encouragement as Sam walked into the shack. Fifteen seconds of darkness later, and she found herself in a laboratory. She was certain she had never been in here before. She walked around the area, but then realized what was wrong. She wasn't controlling her walking.
Then her feet stopped in front of something that Sam could barely take. Lying unconscious on the floor were two other teenage girls. One had short blonde hair and was wearing a red spy suit like Sam's. The other had short black hair and wore a similar yellow suits.
Had someone hurt Clover and Alex? Sam put her hands up to her head in confusion and felt something hard surrounding her scalp. It was a mind control device. Sam put the rest of the puzzle pieces together in horror. It was a mind control device. She had been brainwashed into hurting her friends!
And the device wasn't done yet. Sam started uncontrollably walking to a table with knives on it. She saw herself grab one without any intention from her. Shaking, she walked back to her friends, ready to strike them. Sam started to fight back. She struggled to make sure she didn't kill them, keeping the knife from lowering. Then, with great effort, she brought her hands to her head, mindful of the knife, and pulled the mind control device off of her head. Finally free, she threw it on the ground and smashed it with her foot.
As soon as everything faded, Sam ran out of the shack and back to her team, hoping to leave her experience behind.
"I take it those were your friends?" Snake asked her.
She just nodded.
Chris rolled his eyes. "We're almost done. Sam earns her team a point. Zelda, come on."
Zelda went inside the shack, and the scene changed to a giant field. The princess realized she was in Hyrule. However, she also noticed Hyrule Castle in the distance. On fire! What was this?
It wasn't until she turned around that she got her shock. Standing before her was a tall man wearing black armor. On his left hand was a Triforce symbol just like hers. Ganondorf grinned evilly at her. To his left, Zelda saw a boy lying on the ground. He was wearing a green tunic with a matching hat. In his left hand, he had a sword with a purple handle. And on one hand was another Triforce symbol.
Somehow, Ganondorf had defeated Link and conquered Hyrule. Not wanting to see anymore, Zelda immediately exited the shack.
Chris shook his head as Zelda walked back to her team. "Not a good ending for the Ogres. Zelda fails her challenge."
Shrek tried to console Zelda. "We're in the lead. All Deadpool can do is tie us."
"We only have one person left to face his fear," Chris said to everyone. Deadpool nodded excitedly. "However," Chris continued, "the scores are a little hard to manage. The Koalas are trailing 5 to 6. And I really don't want to do a tiebreaker. So I'm going to add one little part to all this."
Everyone listened carefully to what Chris was about to say.
"If our resident mercenary Deadpool can face his fear and complete his challenge, his team gets one extra point. All he has to do is stay in the shack for ten whole minutes."
The entire area went silent. This news could give the Koalas the win. Mandy glared at Zelda for not being able to complete her challenge, because that would've made things easier for the Ogres.
Chris stared right at the Koalas. "Deadpool, the shack awaits."
Nom Nom was weighing the outcomes in his head. If Deadpool succeeded, his team would win. If he failed, Nom Nom ran the risk of losing his alliance member. Again.
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"You had better not mess up," Nom Nom seethed.
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The Merc with a Mouth walked to the shack as calmly as anyone had ever seen him. The whole group could tell how nervous he was. Julie looked concerned for her friend. Deadpool tried to calm himself down.
"No need to worry, Wade," he whispered to himself. "Just think about how awesome it would be to see Wolverine in a chicken suit. Then watch him tear that chicken suit off and shred it. That would be cool."
And he stepped into the shack.
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After the usual fifteen seconds of darkness, the shack illuminated into a standard cafeteria. Deadpool looked around and noticed Wolverine sitting at one of the tables. Nearby sat Bob, Agent of Hydra, along with Blind Al and several other Marvel figures eating at various points in the room. Quicksilver, Iron Man, nearly everyone.
Unfazed by his surroundings, Deadpool walked right up to Bob and held his hand up in the air.
"Hey Bob, what's up?" he called to him. Bob, however, just sat there and kept eating his pizza. Deadpool stood nearby, his arm still outstretched. "Bob, didn't you hear me?" No answer. He turned to Blind Al.
Trying to get her attention, Deadpool cheared his throat. "You going to say anything, old lady?" Nothing. Deadpool startd to get frustrated. Since when did Blind Al become deaf too?! So he walked to where Wolverine was sitting.
He tried cupping his hands to Wolverine's ear. "Hey, can you hear me buddy?" he yelled. No response. He was starting to panic.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures," he said. With that, he roughly pushed Wolverine sideways. Surely he should've noticed that. Heck, the whole cafeteria should've noticed. Nope. The sideways Wolverine just kept eating as though Deadpool didn't exist. None of the others turned to see what was going on.
Frightened, Deadpool ran to everyone in the room. He tried slapping a few people. Nothing. Wet willies. Nada. No matter what he tried to do, everyone just ignored him.
As a last ditch measure, Deadpool grabbed a megaphone that was sitting on an empty table. "DID YOU KNOW I'M IN A FANFICTION?!" he yelled.
Absolutely no reaction from anyone whatsoever.
Suddenly, he realized what was going on. His worst fear had happened.
Deadpool was completely alone.
He didn't know what to do. He was too scared to even run to the shack door. Heck, he was too stunned, too shocked, too scared to even move from that very spot. No one to acknowledge his presense. No one to even say hi to him. It was like they didn't even know he was there.
Finally too frightened to anything else, Deadpool curled up into a ball and started to whisper to himself.
"Make it all go away. Make it all go away."
He didn't even notice when the illusion faded around him…..
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"Deadpool, it's over. You're out. It's over."
Finally noticing what was going on, Deadpool pulled his head out of his arms. He was back outside of the shack. Everyone had surrounded him and were now staring in surprise. Everyone, that is, except Julie. She was sitting beside him, her face showing a hint of worry. She was the one who had just spoken to him.
Deadpool was just as surprised as everyone else. "What's going on here?"
"You kinda stayed in that shack longer than you were required," Chris explained. "20 extra minutes, in fact. 26 of those minutes were spent in the fetal position."
"Why didn't anyone try and get me out when the time ran out?" Deadpool asked, turning his head to find an answer to that question.
Dante laughed. "It WAS fun to watch.I convinced everyone of that. Teach you to knock me out with literature, dude."
Snake lightly slapped Dante and told him to shut up. Then he turned back toward Deadpool. "After a while, Julie went in there and rolled you out. Yes, I said roll. You can make a good ball form."
Deadpool looked quickly back at Julie, then turned his head in Chris' direction. "Do I at least get my points? Heck, I deserve FIVE extra for going through that."
"Well despite not facing your fear the way I hoped you would," Chris stated, "you did last for a full ten seconds. I'd dock you for cheating, but this challenge has been going on long enough, even for me.
"Deadpool has completed his fear, and since he gets an extra point as per our twist, that means the Cute Koalas are todays's winners!"
The Koalas cheered at not having to face another bonfire. Rarity sighed in relief, and Goku did a quadruple backflip out of glee. Nom Nom just nodded in satisfaction.
"Ogres," Chris continued, "you were doing a fine job, but go decide who will take the cannon."
As everyone else walked off, Deadpool sat beside the shack, followed by Julie. Both looked exhausted. Not wanting to forget, Deadpool looked right at Julie.
"Thanks for not leaving me in there, by the way."
Julie nodded. This was definitely a weird day for her.
"Wanna go make sand statues of me?" Deadpool quickly asked. Julie just giggled. "Glad you're not going home?" she asked back.
Deadpool nodded. "Aren't you worried about yourself?"
Julie shook her head. "Since I faced my fear, I should be good."
"That's good," the mercenary said. "I need more people for me to tell how awesome I am. Not to mention how cool I am, how skilled I am, how intimidating I am, etc. etc."
Both started laughing at that comment. Then Julie stood right back up. "I gotta go. Still need to decide who the shoot out of a cannon." She waved at Deadpool, who waved back.
Somehow, Deadpool couldn't help but smile. It was a shame he was faking his friendship. They could've been good friends in real life.
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"I think we learned something about Deadpool today," said Double D. "Even he's not completely immature. He's insane in many ways. But in a few, he's just as sane as the rest of us. He has his own fears and everything. He's not so bad after all."
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"So who do we kick off?" asked Yusei.
Most of the Ogres were sitting outside their cabin. They were currently deciding who would get kicked off.
"Well only three people on this team didn't face their fears," replied Dante. "This could be an opportunity to take out Mandy."
Shrek shook his head. "We might still need her. Besides, even I'm scared of tha' devil child. And I'm an ogre for cryin' out loud."
Superman thought about the situation. "What about Connie?"
"He does have a point there," Yusei mentioned. "So far, Connie hasn't really had a very good record in challenges. Yeah, she somehow held her own against Snake, but she still lost to him. And didn't she run out of that shack without even talking to her parents?"
Dante shrugged. "We COULD kick off Zelda, but she has magic. Connie only has a sword. Which do you think would be better off if they went against each other?"
"Cocococococococococo," Coco mentioned.
The others looked back at her. "She's right," said Superman. "I hadn't seen Connie with her sword since the battle challenge."
Coco nodded. "Cococo."
"Yeah," Shrek told her, repeating what she had said. "Weird."
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The bonfire ceremony was the same as ever. The Green Ogres all looked exhausted and worried. Chris and his arrival with the marshmallows did nothing to brighten their moods.
"After a day filled with spiders, impossible choices, and being alone," Chris started, "we have nine unhappy Ogres sitting before me. And only eight will live to compete another day. You guys deserve a break, so I'll throw you the marshmallows this time.
"Coco."
"Yusei."
"Shrek."
"Julie."
"Superman."
"Dante."
"And Mandy."
As Mandy ate her marshmallow, she clearly had a gloating look at Zelda and Connie.
"Two ladies waiting, one to move on," said Chris. "Neither of you faced your fears today. But Zelda may be a threat because of her magic. And Connie may be a liability. In the end, one's faults proved too much."
Both girls nodded at each other, not knowing what may come next.
"The final marshmallow goes to…."
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"...Zelda."
Connie didn't say anything. She just walked calmly to the cannon with her head down."
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"If I could choose between just having a sword and being able to use magic," said Yusei, "my choice would be obvious."
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"No hard feelings," Superman stated.
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As soon as Connie was loaded into the cannon, she started waving at the others.
"Bye guys," she told everyone. "It was super fun here. And I got the chance to test my skills out on a professional and-." She suddenly noticed something wrong. "Where's my swo-?"
Before she could finish, the cannon blasted her off into the night.
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"Ha ha!" Deadpool told Nom Nom and Mandy in a singing tone. "I passed the challenge, and you guys did not!"
That got him socked in the face by Mandy. "Shut up."
Nom Nom rolled his eyes at both of them. His alliance members were so annoying.
"To be fair," he told Deadpool, "you technically cheated. I don't see how being rolled up into a ball for nearly half an hour, practically out cold, merits a pass."
Deadpool just stuck his tongue out at him (how did that work when he had a full-face mask?).
The koala bear sighed in annoyance. "Are things going well with your mission at least?"
The mercenary nodded. "It's becoming really exciting, actually."
"That's great," interrupted Mandy, not even caring, "but I have something more interesting on the table."
She ran to a nearby rock and pulled out Connie's sword.
Both boys stared in shock. "How?" Nom Nom asked her.
"I managed to swipe it after she got her butt kicked by Snake," Mandy explained. "Remember that she was disarmed, so it wasn't that hard."
Nom Nom was impressed. "With that brain and brawn combo of yours, plus Deadpool's unpredictability and my leadership, combined with a sword like that, I-uh I mean, this alliance is going to continue to rule the game indeed. And it's not too late to start planning our attack on those spies and the duelist. We won't strike yet, but we can work on the plans to the move.""
Mandy nodded, ready to put her new weapon to the test.
What they didn't know was that one of those spies was listening to their conversation.
"Rarity was right," said Snake. "I have got to warn Yusei and Sam."
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Finally, this one's done. It took a bit of effort to decide how to take this chapter forward.
Connie wasn't a victim to the alliance. She just didn't have a good record. And now that Mandy has her sword, things will become more interesting.
Double D surprised everyone, Yusei and Lammy's friendship is growing, and we learned more about Deadpool than anticipated. And the charade with Julie is going according to plan.
As for everyone's fears, I wasn't 100% sure of all of them. Yusei, Mandy, and Deadpool were my only three definite ones. And yes, I said Deadpool. I looked it up on Google. If I got any fears wrong, let me know, but I'm not going back to edit the chapter.
I also hope I didn't go too dark with the themes. I try to make this story as Fiction K+ as possible (the equivalent of PG). That can be hard though. So bear with me.
Don't forget to read and review! And those challenge ideas are always welcomed.
See you next chapter. Until then, TheMasterKat out!