Warning: This chapter contains dead bodies and terrible mystery solving. The story itself is rated K+, but this chapter may have a T rating. Sorry in advance.
Oh yeah, and a previously eliminated person bent on taking back what's theirs.
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Chris' recap: "Last time on Total Drama Everything, Mandy came to Snake's alliance to present herself as their aid in taking down Nom Nom. The gang was hesitant, but after seeing two alliance members and Deadpool eliminated in quick succession, they eventually agreed. Fun times. Then our remaining competitors were put into the Super Smash Brothers Dome to fight it out. While Pikachu proved exceptional, and Julie trashed the competition with a hammer, it was Nom Nom who won the invincibility, much to the chagrin of pretty much everyone else. If he thought he was off the hook, he thought wrong. Angered over past events, Snake lashed out at Nom Nom and knocked the poor guy into next week. See now, even Nom Nom shouldn't be bash like that. Despite that, and despite putting full blame on himself, Snake barely edged out the threat Princess Bubblegum to stay in the game and kick the princess off for the second time. Now that tensions have been formed between Snake and the rest of the group, can he repair the damage in time? And what chilling surprises do we have in store this week? Find out right here! On Total. Drama. Everything!"
*theme song*
It was only two hours since Bubblegum was shot out of the cannon. Nom Nom and Mandy were where they usually were to discuss strategy. In other words, the dock.
"So who do you think voted for Bubblegum?" Nom Nom asked. "Chris said the vote was 4-3-1, so what do you think happened?"
Mandy made sure to word her lie carefully. "Snake had Sam and Lammy," she lied. "Both ladies are too stupid not to follow him. Even after what happened. Those three must have convinced either Ash or Julie to vote her off."
"That might have been it," Nom Nom muttered. "But don't worry. After what happened, I hereby give you permission to do whatever it takes to take him and Sam down."
"Brilliant."
Then they heard a strange sound. And it was coming from the forest.
"What was that?" Nom Nom asked.
"Sounds like it came from the forest," Mandy replied.
Nom Nom stood up. "I have a hunch that it might be Snake's crew talking about the best way to hit us, so I'm going to sneak up on them and see what they're up to."
"Take your time," Mandy said, looking bored.
As the koala ran off into the forest, Mandy rolled her eyes. Either Nom Nom was stupider than she had thought, or she was an amazing liar. She knew perfectly well that Snake and his crew were already asleep. However, she did not know what that sound was.
Nom Nom, meanwhile, was looking around the forest, trying to find Snake and his crew. "What are you, your girlfriend, and the lamb up to?" Of course, he was also wondering the same thing about Mandy. He had been questioning her loyalties ever since he switched the votes against Yusei. Before the switch, his elimination would have been guaranteed. In fact, it was unanimous.
Since then, he had been wondering what compelled his only ally left to try and vote him off. At first, he assumed it was only to save herself. After all, he would've done the same thing. Mandy was certainly smarter and more evil than Nom Nom ever was, but he was always the one calling the shots. Perhaps maybe she voted for the koala simply because she somehow knew he would switch the votes. That had to be it.
However, Nom Nom suddenly realized something else. When Snake lashed out on him, Mandy only looked on and watched as the spy beat him senseless. Normally, despite her evil self, she was quick to defend her leader. Maybe she was surprised.
Unless…..
Right as he had a second realization, that same sound from earlier was made to Nom Nom's left. He turned in that direction and grabbed a nearby stick for self defense.
"Hello? Anyone there?"
Then he shook his head. "Very funny, Ash. But I'm not laughing."
He turned back in the direction of the camp, but as he walked, something was getting closer. Turning again, he saw a huge shadow loom over him….
Nom Nom's scream echoed through the entire island and surrounding area, but no one heard it.
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"Nom Nom didn't go back to his cabin," Ash said to Pikachu. "Weird."
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Later that night, Snake kept tossing and turning in his sleep. He was having a really scary nightmare. In it, he was standing, red-eyed, near Nom Nom. The poor koala was shivering with fear as Snake walked up to him.
"You have a record about a mile long," Snake said. "Cheating several people out of a million dollars. But no more. One way or another, you're going to pay for your deeds on this show, right here, right now!"
His voice was hardly the cool, confident voice that Snake had. It was filled with anger. And a lot of it. Fuming with hatred, Snake charged at Nom Nom and started punching him repeatedly. When he was done, he looked back at the unconscious koala and pulled his knife out.
The knife was almost to Nom Nom's neck when Snake woke up and sat upright, freaked out.
Panting and sweating, Snake slowly calmed down. "Looks like it was just a creepy nightmare," he thought. "First I lash at Nom Nom, then I have a dream where I'm on the verge of slitting his throat? What is this game doing to me?" He laid back on the bed, still worried.
After sleeping for another hour, someone knocked on the cabin door. He opened it, revealing Julie.
"What could be so important that you would wake me up at three in the morning?" Snake asked, but Julie just grabbed his wrist.
"You need to come look at this," Julie said. "Everyone else is going to the forest. Come on."
Soon, everyone (all still in their pajamas) except Nom Nom was following Pikachu, who lead them through the forest. Julie and Sam were carrying flashlights. "Pikachu woke me up," Ash explained. "He heard a scream, snuck out of the cabin, and followed the sound into the forest. I have no idea what he found, but we're about to find out."
"You don't think it was whatever Nom Nom was trying to find when he went into the forest, is it?" Lammy asked.
"No idea," whispered Sam. "Speaking of which, where is Nom Nom?"
Julie shook her head. "I checked his side of the boys' cabin when Ash and I were trying to wake everyone else, but he wasn't there."
"This may be bad," Ash responded. "Nom Nom's a jerk, but none of us want anything to happen to him if this is as bad as it sounds."
Sam handed Lammy her flashlight. "Your turn," she said.
"Ok."
They continued on for fifty more yards while Lammy and Julie shined their flashlights through the trees. Then, as Lammy shined her flashlight under the very same tree from the riddle race challenge, she spotted something gray, She pointed the flashlight at it again to get a closer look, and once she saw it, she froze up and dropped her flashlight in fear.
"Lammy?" Snake asked. "What is it?"
Shaking with fear, Lammy pointed under the tree. What the group saw made their blood freeze.
Right under the tree, lying in a heap on the forest floor, was Nom Nom. His eyes were closed, and he showed no signs of movement. There were no signs of a struggle in the area, making the situation even creepier. Snake steadily walked closer to the koala, and bent lower to listen for a heartbeat.
"Anything?" Julie asked.
After a moment, Snake rose back up, and the look on his face was anything but calm.
"Nothing."
The entire group fell silent, and poor Lammy passed out from fear.
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"Ok, now what?" Mandy asked herself, scared for once.
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"Who on earth would do something like this?" Sam asked.
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Lammy was frozen in fear.
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"Pi Pika."
"You're right," Ash said. "That's messed up."
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"I'm going to have nightmares over this for a long time," Julie moaned.
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"It just doesn't make sense," Snake said.
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Meanwhile, on the Loser Island, everyone was woken up by an intern to watch the creepiness (they were also still in their pajamas) unfold from the TV (yet another new one after Deadpool smashed two last chapter). And they were also scared stiff. Even Deadpool didn't say much.
"Why would someone want to kill Nom Nom?" Zelda asked. "Hated as he is, it doesn't make sense."
Rarity was just as shocked as Zelda. "I knew I wanted him to pay for everything he's done," she said, "but not like this."
"No one just drops dead in the forest without a legitimate reason," Double D told the group. "Either he accidentally ate poisoned mushrooms, or someone killed him. Likely, though, this just may be another of Chris' challenges. Just in case, we'll have to all keep an eye out in case the killer comes after us next. We should keep watching on the screen, in case he also decides to attack the remaining competitors. For all we know, they're all in danger."
"Absolutely not," Deadpool snapped. "If that guy goes after my BFF Julie, they're going to get a piece of my mind."
He wasn't alone on that belief. "I hope they'll all be ok," Yusei stated. "Especially Lammy."
"Wait a minute," Bubblegum blurted. "Remember that I found a note when I got here, from Connie. She's sneaking to the camp because of 'something she must do'."
"Cococococococo," Coco snapped.
Double D nodded. "Coco's right," he said. "Connie would never do that."
That's when Deadpool (who they didn't notice had left) came back outside, wearing some sort of detective jacket.
"Never fear," he told the group. "Detective Deadpool is on the case. I'll solve this mystery easily."
"And how are you going to do that when the crime scene is all the way back at the camp?" Dante mockingly asked.
Detective Deadpool just waved his finger around. "We'll rewind and fastforward on the crime scene and other parts as we see fit," he stated. "And anyway, are you aware that it could be one of the competitors? Heck, if Connie can get back to the camp with no problem, then neither would the killer. That is, if they were one of us."
Silence.
"He has a point," Maya said.
"Although," Deadpool said, "I guess that was Nom Nom who screamed earlier, and I noticed how much he screamed like a girl."
(It's true. That scream from Nom Nom earlier, it sounded exactly like a girl's scream.)
(Back at the game….)
Everyone had fashioned a body bag for Nom Nom and brought it back to the camp. Sam had used her lipstick (regular) to mark where Nom Nom had been.
"Any ideas?" Mandy asked Snake.
"That answer is easy," Snake replied. "We need to keep an eye out and find out who and/or what did this. We're going to have to take shifts and make sure nothing happens."
Everyone nodded in agreement. "Who's taking the first shift?" Lammy asked.
Mandy held up six different straws, appearing the same length but not really. "Shortest straw takes the first shift." Everyone drew, and Mandy was left with the shortest straw.
"Looks like I get to use this bad boy again," Mandy said, holding up the sword she had stolen from Connie. Calmly, she stood outside by the flagpole, next to the body.
"The rest of us should probably get some sleep while the night is still night," Sam told everyone.
And that's what everyone did.
(The next morning….)
"Alright everyone," Deadpool said to the rest of the losers, "I checked the security cameras on the Loser Island, and at approximately 11:23 PM last night, the time of Nom Nom's scream, six of us were not in our rooms. Those six are Fred, Dante, Rarity, Yusei, Stan, and of course, Connie. However, Connie's gone AWOL, leaving five people for me to interrogate."
Those five people were sitting at a table by the pool, ready for interrogation.
"And to make sure you all have nothing to hide, Toph is helping me on this."
"For those of you who don't know," Toph explained, "my Seismic Sense is so precise that I can tell if someone is lying. You all might as well tell Deadpool the truth."
Dante just scoffed. "The human lie detector. How interesting."
"Thank you for volunteering to go first," Deadpool told his rival. "Where were you at the time of the screaming? I know you weren't in your room, so start talking."
The demon hunter simply looked Deadpool in the eyes, then looked at Toph, then back to Deadpool. "I was outside, trying to come up with ways to get revenge on Chef. After all, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for the wannabe soldier. Satisfied?"
Deadpool looked back at Toph for a confirmation. "He's telling the truth," she said.
"Very well, Dante. You're clear."
(Back at the game….)
The entire group was now in the mess hall. "How come we haven't heard from either Chris or Chef?" Sam asked. "Even they're not that big of jerks. They had to have reported on a dead body, right?"
"Probably," Julie replied. "You all don't think they're missing, do they?"
"I can't believe we all got caught in a total murder mystery mess," Snake sighed. "Plus, this would be so much easier if Maya, who works for an attorney, were here to help us."
Once they were done with that subject, Sam turned to her small handheld device that she found next to her bed that morning. She still had yet to see the message, so she turned it on.
Sam's message *submitted by The Lizard King
Clover: Hey Sammy, what a way to go. You made it to the final seven.
Alex: Yeah, we really hope that you will win this thing.
Clover: You got that right Alex. (Clover's smile changes very mad frown). Sammy, if there's one thing you could do for us. MAKE SURE TO KICK THAT FREAKING JERK NOM NOM'S BUTT FOR EVERYONE HE CHEATED OUT OF THIS COMPETITION!
Alex: Yeah, he thinks he is so cute. But I think actually that puppies are cuter than him.
Clover: Oh, I forgot one more thing. (Clover shows a teasing smirk). So, what is it between you and Snake. If you don't like dating him, can I have him then?
Alex: CLOOOOVER! (Alex is having an embarrassed face).
Clover: Oh come on, I was just kidding. But could you please ask him if he has some friends that are handsome (Clover starts to blush like crazy)?
Alex: Yeah, could you, like, introduce me to that cute guy with that sock in his head. He is soooo handsome and cute.
Clover: Exact...?! (Clover suddenly gets surprised). Wait, WHAAAAAT?!
Alex: (Suddenly Alex realized what she said and starting to panic). OOOOOH, IT'S NOTHING IMPORTANT NOW!
Clover: Yeeeah, sure! (Clover rolls her eyes). But anyway make sure to make it to the final.
Alex: We will definitely cheer for you and give a chant to Nom Nom that the New Day from WWE used to have.
Alex and Clover: (Both Alex and Clover starting to clap their hands and chanting). NOM NOM SUCKS! NOM NOM SUCKS! NOM NOM SUCKS! NOM NOM SUCKS!
*End*
Sam and Snake looked back at the screen, just dumbstruck.
"Clover definitely seems…...interesting," Snake said
"Alex knows that Double D is in middle school, right?" Sam asked.
The entire group just sat there after that, unsure of what to do about the current situation. That is, until Mandy had an idea.
"One of us is going to have to go out and find Chris and Chef, while three of us search for clues as to what happened, and the other two examine the body. Just don't open up his stomach. I don't feel like we could easily do a full koala autopsy. In fact, I'll go out and hunt for Chris and Chef. Everyone else, figure it out for yourself."
So Mandy set off into the woods with Connie's sword, while Snake and Sam took care of the examination, and the others started searching for clues.
"It makes me sad," Sam said. "There is no way any of us could do this to Nom Nom. Not even he deserves to be killed like this."
Then Snake noticed a slip of paper under Nom Nom's foot. "Hard to believe we missed this earlier," he said as he pulled it out.
"Considering it was nighttime when we found him," Sam added, "that's understandable."
Snake unfolded the paper to find a note.
Surprise, surprise!
-One of the competitors
"Which one of us has this kind of handwriting?" Snake quickly asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"Because I now know for a fact that Nom Nom's killer was one of us!"
DUN! DUN! DUN!
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"Who the heck made that 'dun dun dun' sound?" Sam asked.
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Meanwhile, Deadpool was currently interrogating Yusei.
"I hope you know how to tell the truth," Deadpool stated. "You were Nom Nom's biggest rival. His Achilles Heel. And he cheated you out of a million dollars did he. It would be completely understandable if you wanted to bump him off just to get revenge and protect little Lammy."
"So you would assume I did it? We're supposed to be friends, Deadpool."
Deadpool smiled. "We are. That's why I need to hear the truth? Where were you at the time of the scream?"
Yusei sighed and said, "I snuck into the kitchen to make myself an eggwich. I love eggwiches, ok? Happy now?"
"He's all clear," Toph said.
At that moment, everyone heard Snake on TV saying what he now believed, that one of the remaining competitors was responsible.
"So it was none of us," Fred said. "Funny thing, Deadpool. I would have made a way better detective in this case."
"Oh shut up. I was a good deteAHHHHHH!" Yusei pushed him into the pool at that moment. SPLASH!
Deadpool surfaced and rolled his eyes. "Very funny."
"Learned your lesson yet?" Yusei asked, holding out his hand to help pull Deadpool out.
"Yeah, whatever." So he climbed out of the pull.
At that moment, Bubblegum's eyes grew big. "Wait a minute," she told everyone. "If the killer was one of the remaining competitors, then what is Connie even doing over there?"
(Back to the game….)
Mandy was still walking through the forest. "Chris? Chef? You nearby? Show your stupid faces, ok? I'm getting bored here."
As she walked, something started walking closer to her. She felt like she was being followed, but didn't want to look back. Eventually, just when she thought she had nothing to worry about, she heard a voice in her ear.
"I hope you're ready to give it back to me."
Mandy jumped and saw who had been following her. "Connie?"
"I was hoping I would find you here, Mandy."
"Wait, were you the one that killed Nom Nom?"
"Killed Nom Nom? What are you talking about?"
"You mean you didn't kill him?"
"Why would I kill him? I've never killed anyone in my whole life."
"If that's so, why are you even here?"
Connie got into a battle pose. "You have something of mine," she said. "And I want it back."
That's when Mandy realized it. She pulled out Connie's sword. "It took you this long to come after me," Mandy stated. "No wonder we all voted you off. You're a coward."
"That's why I brought this," Connie said, holding up a black scythe with a really sharp blade.
"How did you get that?"
"I found your friend the Grim Reaper and paid him ten dollars to let me borrow his scythe until I got my sword back."
Mandy rolled her eyes and clenched her fists. "I have to remember to give him a total pounding soon."
"I can't wait to hear about that," Connie responded. "Now give me the sword or else."
"Or else what? If you're too scared to even face your own parents, I highly doubt you'll be able to use that all-powerful gardening tool you're holding."
"Oh, really?"
ZAAAAAAP!
Connie had used the scythe to zap Mandy's feet. While it didn't hurt, Mandy could no longer walk. She tried to bunny hop, but she fell down.
"I'm truly sorry about that," Connie stated, retrieving her sword from Mandy's hand with some effort. "But my sword-fighting teacher would have killed me if I return home without this."
With one last smile, Connie ran off back through the forest, leaving Mandy struggling to release her feet. By the time she succeeded, Connie was already too far away for her to catch up.
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"I underestimated Connie of all people!" Mandy exclaimed. "Just perfect."
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The losers all watched the screen where Connie escaped with her sword.
"She went to all that trouble for a sword?" Dante asked. "I guess it must have been really important."
(Back at the game….)
Snake had gathered everyone back at the mess hall, where pieces of paper with everyone's hand- and fingerprints had mysteriously appeared. They were waiting for Mandy to come back. When she did, she looked furious.
"What happened?" Sam asked her.
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Did you at least find Chris and Chef?"
"No."
Finally, Snake could break the news. "I now have something of interest," he said as he put the note on the table. "This is proof that Nom Nom's killer was one of us. If anyone wants to own up to what they did, say something now."
No one said anything.
"Nothing? I need someone to admit to this."
"Isn't it obvious?" Ash asked everyone. "There's obviously only one person who could have done it."
And he pointed an accusing finger at Snake.
"Me?"
Ash just huffed and continued, "Remember that out of nowhere, he beat Nom Nom senseless. He blames him for ruining the game. While he may be right, that is one tough vendetta."
"Now that I think of it," Julie mentioned, "Snake is the only one out of everyone left in the game who has actually killed someone. It could have been second nature to him."
Snake just shook his head. "There is no way I would ever want to kill anyone in this game. Yeah, I've killed people before, but those were all either in self defense or part of my missions. I would never heartlessly murder someone in cold blood."
That's when he remembered his dream from the previous night. He was attacking Nom Nom again. And he…..brought his knife out.
"It had to have been a dream," he kept telling himself. "It couldn't have been real."
He didn't realize he was being dragged until he saw Ash.
"You guys have to believe me!" Snake exclaimed. "That dream I had was only a dream. I did not kill Nom Nom!"
His pleas were to no avail, and Ash and Julie threw him into the freezer.
"Guys!" Sam yelled. "Don't do this! He's your friend!"
"We believe him," Lammy told them. "If Snake says he didn't kill him, that's that. We trust him."
Mandy simply rolled her eyes. "Besides, he was asleep when I saw Nom Nom go into the forest."
"You ever heard of sleep-killing?" Julie asked them. "And he said he had a dream of killing Nom Nom. Some time in the freezer will have him spouting out the truth in no time."
"And Pikachu and I will guard the freezer until then," said Ash. "So don't even think of springing him out."
So Sam, Lammy, and Mandy all sat down in defeat, watching the freezer door.
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"This is getting ridiculous," Sam said. "I have to solve this crime and stop the madness."
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Snake sat down in the freezer, cold and miserable. He wanted to believe that he had nothing to do with the crime, but that dream he had may have been more of a dream. He knew that Sam and Lammy had his back. And Mandy didn't really care who had done it, so long as it ended soon. The same couldn't be said for Ash and Julie. There didn't seem a way for them to listen to reason.
"This b-b-b-bites," he said, shivering. "I wind up in this situation on the very day the thermo feature on my suit suddenly runs out of juice. I'm talking to Otacon about improvements once this is all over."
As he sat there, he had a chilling feeling (figuratively and literally) that this was going to be a long wait.
(On Loser Island…)
"There is absolutely no way Snake could have done it," Toph said. "He's too far away for me to accurately know for sure, but I have a feeling he's telling the truth."
Most of the group agreed. "I believe what Snake said," stated Double D. "But I also understand why Julie and Ash would accuse him. He hates Nom Nom, he's the only one left that has killed anyone, and he admitted he dreamed of killing Nom Nom."
At that moment, they heard a scream start to get closer. They all saw a dot in the sky start to get bigger.
"LOOK OUT BELOW!"
That dot crashed into the pillow, and it turned out to be Connie.
"Connie? How did ya get back here?" Shrek asked.
"I found the old catapult they had from Revenge of The Island," Connie explained. "They were able to rescue it when the original island was destroyed."
Shrek was impressed. "Then how did you get over there in the first place?" Zelda asked.
"I used the Grim Reaper's scythe to get me there. I simply snuck to camp to retrieve this." And she held up her sword.
"So you actually took down Mandy?" Rarity asked. "Not bad."
Connie smiled. "Now what did I miss? I heard from Mandy that someone bumped off Nom Nom. Who's the current main suspect?"
"Someone you would accuse and not accuse at the same time," Mega Man said gravely.
(Back at the game…)
Sam ran into the camera tent that usually showed the line feeds from every camera on the island. She was determined to prove Snake's innocence, so she started rewinding footage from the cameras in the forest.
After five minutes, she found nothing on that end showing Nom Nom being killed. "There has to be something here," she said. That's when she heard a scream on one of the cameras. It didn't show the kill or the culprit, but Sam noticed the time. 11:23 PM last night. And while that scream sounded like a girl's scream (ha!), it was certainly Nom Nom.
"Now all I have to do is search from the camera in the cabins," she said to herself. So she rewinded the cabin cameras to 11:23 PM and…..
"Bingo! Snake was in bed at the time of the kill. Now it's time to find out who wasn't in bed."
She looked back at the camera until she finally got her answer. Quickly, she got the tape and ran out of the tent.
(Later…)
Snake was still huddled into a ball, trying to keep warm. Of course, it wasn't easy. The freezer was really cold.
"I hope this is all over soon," he said. "I'm not looking forward to being in here all night."
That's when he heard the mess hall door open, and Sam running to Ash. Of course, the conversation was muffled for him because of the thick door.
"Let Snake out," Sam told Ash. "I have proof that he did not kill Nom Nom."
"You're going to have to show the rest of us before we let him out of there," Ash demanded."
"Ugh, fine."
(Still later…)
Now everyone except Snake was gathered in the mess hall for Sam to present her evidence.
"This tape shows the insides of both sides of the cabins at 11:23 PM," Sam stated. "That was the time Nom Nom let out a loud scream, the time he was attacked. I did not find footage of the crime itself, but at the time, everyone was asleep in their cabins. Even Snake. It was all of us. Except one."
She turned on the tape to show a six-divided screen. And everyone (besides Nom Nom) was asleep except for…
"Mandy!"
Sure enough, her bed was empty.
Everyone looked at Mandy, who seemed more amused than shocked. "You dare accuse me of this? I was at the dock at the time."
"I thought you would have a defense like that," Sam also stated. "That's why I also have the note we found on the body. Just a quick scan should do." She used one of her gadgets to scan the note, and several fingerprints turned blue.
"Those were the earliest fingerprints to have been marked on the note. All I need to do is look at all of our fingerprints on the wall."
So she took the note to the fingerprints on the wall. Each sheet of paper had one of their names on it. Mandy watched as Sam looked back and forth on the note, then on Mandy's prints.
Finally, she turned to the group with a look of victory. "These are definitely Mandy's fingerprints. Besides, Snake said he was going to knife Nom Nom in his dream. How could that have happened when we didn't find a single stab wound on the body? The guilty party is Mandy!"
Everyone turned back at Mandy, who was still amused. "Do you honestly think I killed him?"
"You have been growing tired of being Nom Nom's puppet," Julie claimed. "So you killed him. I should have known."
"Maybe we should throw you in the freezer now!" Ash exclaimed.
Before they could do so, the mess hall door burst open. And in walked Chris and Chef.
"Hello everyone," Chris told the group.
"Chris, did you hear?" Lammy asked. "Mandy killed Nom Nom last night. It was scary."
Now Chris looked confused. "That really happened? Then who is this?"
The door opened again, and it was….
"Hello, losers."
"NOM NOM?!"
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"That was completely unexpected," Ash said.
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"I must be going insane," Lammy moaned.
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"AAAAAHHHHHHH! ZOMBIE!"
"Ash, he's not a zombie."
The entire group was confused. "Then what's in the body bag near the flagpole?" Sam asked.
"The possibilities that a rubber dummy give you are endless," Nom Nom replied.
"Then where were you the entire day?"
"Hanging with Chris and Chef at their trailer."
Now Mandy was feeling elated. "See? I told you I wasn't the killer."
"They all say that," Nom Nom stated.
"What?! Why you little *bleep*!"
Lammy interrupted Mandy's rant and said, "So was this nothing but a joke?"
Chris shook his head. "Nope. It was a challenge. In fact, it was a challenge based on Danganropa. Your goal was to find Nom Nom's killer by sunset. And you did just that. You all found out that Mandy was the killer."
"Jerk," Mandy muttered.
"Looks like you both owe Snake an apology," Lammy snapped at Ash and Julie.
"Oh crap!" Sam exclaimed. "I almost forgot! He's still in the freezer!" She ran to the freezer to let him out. Chris shot a look at Ash and Julie.
Julie just shrugged. "Recent events led Ash and I to believe he was the killer," she stated. "The freezer was the only place that could be used as a jail."
"What about the boathouse?"
Ash facepalmed.
A second later, Sam came back into the room, half guiding and half carrying a freezing Snake.
Snake looked at Nom Nom. "Oh p-p-perfect," he said. "The cold must have me hallucinating. Somehow, I can see Nom Nom's g-g-ghost."
Sam giggled a little and explained everything to Snake. "So Mandy was the 'killer', and it was all a challenge."
"Um, Julie and I are sorry for accusing you," Ash told Snake.
"It's c-c-c-cool. No pun intended." He smiled at Sam, who smiled back.
Nom Nom was laughing from the whole mess. "I wish I could have seen that. This is so awesome!"
"When Mandy and Nom Nom heard the noise in the forest and Nom Nom went to check it out," Chris explained, "we knew it would be him that we would have 'killed'. See, we made that noise, and the first person to encounter us would be the star of the show."
Flashback:
Nom Nom finished screaming, and Chef grabbed his shoulders. "Did you know that you scream like a girl?"
"Shut up," Nom Nom seethed. "Now let me go!"
"Afraid not," Chris told him. "Since you're the one that found us first, you're going to be the main focus of the next challenge. It's simple. All you have to do is fake your own death."
That surprised Nom Nom. "What's in it for me?"
"For starters," Chris continued, "you would be definitely safe from the next elimination. You get to spend all of tomorrow with us while your fellow competitors freak out."
"Anything else?"
"You're also going to need to choose who your killer is." (He states the point of the challenge and what will happen afterwards, but now is a bad time to reveal it to you, readers, and the other competitors. Give it a few more paregraphs.)
Nom Nom smiled. "I know just the person."
"Oh come on!" Mandy exclaimed. "We all know I did not kill Nom Nom. I'm innocent."
Chris chuckled. "Save the lies, Mandy."
"So who won?" Sam asked. "I'm the one that solved the crime, so do I get anything?"
Nom Nom shook his head. "Nope."
"Here's how the end of the challenge goes down," Chris continued. "Nom Nom was granted invincibility tonight when he faked his own death."
The other competitors all exclaimed, "DANG IT!"
"Let me finish! Anyway, had you guys not solved the crime, the killer would have also been granted invincibility with Nom Nom while everyone else would be subject to the vote."
Mandy then muttered some unintelligible words in Chris' direction.
"But we did s-s-s-solve the crime," Snake said. "Now what?"
"May I explain this one?" Nom Nom asked Chris.
"Sure, go ahead and relish the moment."
Nom Nom smirked. "Since you guys did solve the crime, I'm afraid it's curtains for poor Mandy."
"What are you talking about?"
"Because since the crime has been solved in time, the killer is AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATED! Check and mate!"
Cue the total Mandy Fury!
"YOU DOUBLE-CROSSER! YOU CHEAT! YOU EVIL LITTLE *bleep*! YOU BACKSTABBING LITTLE KOALA!"
She wasn't the only one mad. Everyone was furious with the injustice.
"It doesn't matter what you all think," Chris said. "Nom Nom chose Mandy as the killer, and since his 'death' has been solved, she's out. Nothing you guys can do."
Mandy was still yelling. "YOU TRAITOR! HOW COULD YOU BETRAY YOUR ALLIANCE MEMBER?!"
"And I think we're done here," Chris told the group. "Chef, get her to the cannon. Drag her if you have to."
So Chef dragged Mandy to the cannon. During that, she continued to scream."
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"Everyone who is watching this may believe that I had betrayed my alliance member," Nom Nom explained. "You all may be right. But the thing is, she betrayed me first.
"I had suspicions regarding her loyalty ever since Yusei's elimination, when I saw that she had voted for me. And right before Chris and Chef found me, I realized her treachery. I had to be sure, but it was confirmed when I was in the trailer and Chris showed me a video capturing Mandy pledging her support to Snake's alliance. Not only that, but I also found the votes from Bubblegum's own elimination. Mandy never voted for Snake. She, Snake, Sam, and Lammy all voted for the princess while Julie was the sole vote for Mandy.
"So Mandy's gone. And Deadpool's gone. I'm the only member of my alliance left. Thing is, I never really needed those two stooges. I will win this game all by myself. And I will show the friend-lover Yusei that no one needs friends to succeed.
"Mark my words. I'm winning this thing."
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"THIS IS NOT FAIR! I DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS DECISION!"
"Just get in there," Chef growled as he threw Mandy into the cannon.
Mandy just kept yelling. "I'M GOING TO CHEER FOR ANYONE WHO TAKES THAT KOALA BUTT DOWN! WHOEVER DOES THAT, I WILL STAND BEHIND AT THE FINALE! AND AS FOR NOM NOM, THIS IS NOT OVER! BY THE TIME I'M THROUGH WITH YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU REALLY WERE DEAD! MARK MY WORDS, YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"
When Chris finally pushed the button, Mandy showed no fear when she was blasted. In fact, her protests were still echoing in the air.
"That was quite a vocal elimination," Chris said. "Well, goodnight everyone."
(Later…)
Snake and Lammy were in Snake's side of the boys' cabin. The poor spy was huddled up in several blankets, still cold from two hours in the freezer.
"I wouldn't have had a p-p-problem being in there," Snake explained, "but this suit's thermo feature is broken. When I return home, I want Otacon to m-m-m-make a good repair and upgrade."
Sam came in with a cup of hot tea and handed it to Snake. "Feel any better?"
"Since you're here," Snake replied, drinking from the cup, "that would be a y-y-yes."
Both laughed a little, while Lammy rolled her eyes in amusement. "Get a room."
Sure enough, that tea was doing the trick. "I still have yet to say thanks for letting me out of that fridge," Snake told Sam. "I owe you one."
"No problem." Then Sam sighed. "So Mandy's out of the game."
"And with her went our best shot at beating Nom Nom," Lammy said, a little lowly.
Snake shook his head. "We don't need to worry about it," he said. "It's true that this alliance has had some rough luck lately. First Nom Nom eliminates Deadpool, then we lose Toph, then Yusei gets blindsided, and now our girl on the inside is betrayed. But the rest of us won't go down that easily. All those people, we have to fight for. Same with everyone else Nom Nom has eliminated. He may have a record a mile long, but that just leaves us with a lot of people to fight for."
"He's right," Sam said. "We can do this. We can defeat Nom Nom."
Lammy nodded. "No doubt."
Snake held out his hand in the center of the group. "For Bubblegum, Maya, and Mega Man."
Sam put her hand on top of Snake's. "For Zelda, Superman, and Rarity."
Lammy put her hand on Sam's. "For Shrek, Deadpool, and Yusei."
"And now," Snake vowed, "for Mandy."
And they threw their hands up in the air and cheered. "YEAH!"
Then, once the excitement wore down, Snake sneezed. "ACHOO!"
At least it wasn't on anyone, but it seemed like Snake now had a cold. "Just perfect," he moaned.
(Meanwhile….)
Mandy was still screaming profanity when she landed on the pillow.
"You can stop now," Zelda called to her. She was still yelling.
"THAT FURRY KOALA *bleep* IS GOING TO PAY!"
Zelda just shrugged. "Just give her a minute."
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Well, that was fun. And dark. And loud.
And Nom Nom's hit list grows. This time, he used the challenge to eliminate Mandy. He faked his own death in a Danganropa scenario and chose Mandy as his killer. However, whether Nom Nom betrayed Mandy or Mandy really betrayed Nom Nom is really up to your opinion.
In the end, let's at least agree that, like Deadpool, Mandy's fate was sealed from the moment she joined Nom Nom's alliance.
And don't worry about Snake. He'll be fine. All he has is a cold.
Speaking of Snake, things are looking rough for him. He was easily marked as a prime suspect in Nom Nom's 'death' because of recent events. Not only that, but he and his alliance just lost their eyes and ears into Nom Nom's head. Could he lash out again at any time?
And on the Loser Island, we all learned something. And that is the fact that Deadpool is a terrible detective.
And Connie got her sword back! YAY!
On to the story itself, I'm going to try to release chapters a little more often. It's my goal to make it to the finale by the start of the next school year, mostly because that's the year I start college.
I had to temporarily delete this chapter for a typo. It's fixed now.
We're in the final six! Home stretch!
Be sure to remember the routine. Read and review, fav and follow, send in challenge ideas, and I'll see you all next time.
TheMasterKat out!