Well, first of all, I wanted to thank you all! More than 400 readings! I´m so freacking happy XD

Thank you MalFangirl629 for your comment You don´t have any idea of how happy you made me feel hehehe. I hope you all keep enjoying my fanfic, sorry for the grammatical errors you might find XD still not used to write entirely in English.

With nothing more to add… let´s continue…

CHAPTER 6

VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

It was already so late at night that all that could be heard was the sound of the cascade´s water crashing into the rocks below. Mike looked in all directions in search of a witness, but saw no one.

- Quick, Zoey! -. He urged the girl, who followed him carefully. - I still can´t believe that you got a cell phone.-

- Actually it wasn´t difficult.- She smiled as she pulled a cell phone from her pocket and handed it over to Mike.- That Topher didn´t hid it precisely good if you ask me.-

- You sneaked into the student´s hut? -.

- As I said, it wasn´t difficult. Don´t worry about it.- She tried not to worry him.-

- I think you're doing pretty risky things ... frankly, I am worried.- He admitted .- And now that you're Scott´s partner ... -.

- He won´t be problem.- She assured him confidently.- I´ll keep him at bay. When I´m in Commando- mode he knows he should never mess with me.- A sweet laughter followed this rough comment.- Now hurry up before someone discovers us! -.

Mike read the number written on the paper that Gwen had given them before being pushed by the Chef, and hastily dialed it from Topher´s phone. Zoey looked expectantly at him as the ringtone marked each attempt. Perhaps it was too late to call ... he was about to give up when a formal, strict voice came across the other side of the line.

- You have any idea of what time it´s? Calling hours are done for today! -. That was neither the voice of a juvie´s guard or a state prison guard, it was pretty much the same to Mike.-

- But it´s an emergency!-. He explained.- My mother has just suffered an attack ... and she´s delusional, it´s destroying her heart not being able to talk to my brother Duncan ... -. He tried to sound as desperate possible.- Please! No, mom, you can´t part now! Don´t leave me alone!-. Zoey made a positive sign with her thumb and stifled a little laugh.-

On the other side of the line, the voice seemed to falter.

- That poor lady again? Heavens, what a tragedy. Listen, son, this has happened before. Your sister has also called several times. I´ll immediately contact the boy.- Mike guessed that with his "sister", the guard meant Gwen.-

"It seems that Zoey was right. Gwen has called him before. "

A few minutes later, a voice that was very well known by him reached his ears through the phone.

- Hello… Bro?-. Duncan asked with a somnolent voice.- Thanks, Buck, I´ll let you know when I´m finished here ... -. In the distance, he heard steps getting away.- Well, who the hell is this? -. His tone went on to become more hostile.-

- Duncan! It´s me, Mike.-

- Mike? -. Duncan seemed to hesitate for a moment.- How did you get this number? -.

- Gwen gave it to us so we could call you.- He explained.- I wanted to ask you some questions ... -.

- Ha! The little doll -face already left the program, right? Here we all see Total Drama at lunch break ... I hope to get a visit from her soon ... So what´s up, Mike? What do you want? -.

- Well ... yikes, I don´t know where to start.- He scratched his head, doubtfully.- I guess you're the only one I can ask about this, Duncan. Do you have any idea of why I got ... I mean, why Mal got into the juvie? -.

- You mean you don´t remember? -.

- During my time there, it was only me in control when Mal lost his strength due to the treatments he received. I was released soon after that, so I don´t have many memories of how I got there in the first place.- He hated to admit that.- Mal had all the control during that time.-

- I see.- Duncan sighed.- Well, you see, dude, each of us had a guess about what you did, but no one dared to ask you... ask Mal directly. As I mentioned once, he dominated the place with an iron fist.-

It was terrible to have to hear that, but Mike had promised himself that he would take it.

- Mal got involved in fights every day, and those fights were terrifying. He always won and enjoyed ... well, humiliating his opponent. He made life there even more miserable for many kids, and some of them got badly injured sometimes; you see ... I don´t know if you're aware, Mal always had this habit of using his knife ... are you all right? -.

- Continue.-

- All right. Many inmates ended up injured and were sent to the hospital continuously. The directors of the correctional placed him in solitary confinement, but nothing could break him down. Also, he had a group of thugs who did everything he said out of fear of ending up like those poor guys who opposed him.-He paused.- You hurt a lot of people, Mike. Well, it wasn´t you, but your body ... -.

- I know.- Mike answered, breathing deeply to keep himself calmed.- I would like to know the specific reason of why I got locked in there.-

- Like I said, it was difficult to know, but once I heard Mal explaining it ... it may have been a lie ... maybe he was joking or bragging about something he had never really done before.-.

- Duncan, I can bare it, I promise. Tell me.-

- Ok… Mal said that as a kiddo he was a wimp and that everyone picked on him, but one day he just got fed up, approached one of the bullies, knocked him until he brought him down and punched him in the face without stopping until ... -.

Zoey, unable to hear the whole conversation, was concerned when she saw how Mike's breathing was accelerating. She could almost hear his heartbeat.

- Mike, I'm not sure you can deal with this yet.- Duncan said.- That wasn´t you, okay? Again, I´m not sure Mal said that seriously ... yes, he was in many fights and clashes, but nothing that ended up being ... you know ... deathly mortal.-

- You just said that people were sent to the hospital.-

- True, but you can be sent to the hospital for a scraped knee.-

- You didn´t finish explaining what Mal said about that bully...- Mike insisted.- He punched him until ... what? -.

At the other side of the line, Duncan sighed.

- If it's so important, ask him yourself, brother. I don´t wanna cause you a bigger trauma for life. The point is you got out of there, okay? You were a preteen ... you're different now.-

- You don´t understand.- He raised his voice.- I want him to go away! I can´t stand Mal being somewhere inside me anymore, and I can´t control it ... I must confess that I feel like a monster. * -

Duncan let out a weak chuckle.

- That sounded like a Skillet song.- If he wanted to make him laugh, he hadn´t succeeded.-

- I don´t know what else I can do, Duncan. I thought that if I knew of my past in the correctional, I´d find a way to deal with this, but I´m so confused and, right now, really ashamed of myself.-

He felt Zoey's hand resting on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

- You know? The suggestion about asking yourself was seriously meant.- He seemed to think better about it.- In fact, Mike, why don´t you talk to all of them once for all? Haven´t you ever wondered where they came from, or why? -.

- I don´t control anything. Sometimes triggers work ... sometimes they don´t ... My personalities are consuming me and I can´t do anything about it.-

- Well, if you don´t try something, some people could get hurt.-

Without thinking, Mike's free hand touched Zoey´s, as it was still on his shoulder. She looked at him strangely, but he kept an austere look and squeezed it strongly.

- I won´t allow that.-

- Good luck, dude.- Duncan told him.- How strange, I have a call on the other line. Listen, don´t beat yourself up because of what I said, okay? What matters is who you are now. I keep watching the show and, really, I'll be supporting you. All the others suck, anyway.-

Finally, Mike laughed.

- Thanks, Duncan.-

After hanging up, Duncan answered the call he had been waiting for. The voice that sounded at the other side made him bend his mouth in a conservative and genuinely sweet smile.

- Hey, Gwen. - He said softly, making sure that the guard hadn´t returned yet. - I was waiting for your call, doll´s face ... -.

- And?-. Zoey asked Mike, who was speechless after having hanging up.-

- Well… -. He started to say, but the disconcerting noise of sirens surprised them.- What the hell is that!? -.

Throughout the island, the same relentless and desperate sound was heard, like a thousand ambulances circulating around, pounding in the ears of all campers. Mike and Zoey prepared to return to their huts before being spotted right in the fuss, but a dark and massive figure approached them quietly and swiftly from behind.

Their screams were drowned out by the tireless loud sirens.

Some campers were able to meet at the meeting point next to the waterfall. It was midnight and some of them carried flashlights while still wearing their pajamas. Suddenly, a giant reflector knocked them out with a blinding light, while Chris and Chef operated from above the well known Total Drama helicopter.

- Good evening, campers! An emergency has occurred on the island, and we´re only letting you know.- Chris announced from above.- Some campers have mysteriously disappeared ... -.

Shawn, as alert as ever due to his continuous anti-zombie training, immediately noticed which of them were missing. At the moment there were just Scott, Topher, Sky and Dave near to him.

- The mentors! -. He exclaimed.-

- Well observed, Shawn! -. He congratulated him.- Your mentors have been placed in a special location where our "big night surprise" challenge will take place!-.

- We'll do seek for our mentors again? -. Topher scoffed.-

- Oh, no need to look for them. I'll tell you exactly where they are.- Chef moved the reflector and lit the other end of the island.- Your mentors have been positioned and immobilized over there ... in a very special way.- He laughed.- The first part of this challenge will be a race between students to see who arrives first to the mentors, where we´ll explain the second part. There will be an advantage for the student who arrives first, and immunity for the couple that wins the final challenge! -.

- Immunity! -. They shouted in unison, visibly excited.-

- But don´t think it´ll be simple. There will be some interesting traps waiting for you in the forest.- In the distance, the sound of a bear trap closing caused some animal to let out an uttered cry of the most dolorous pain.- I assure you that you won´t want to find them. See you at the other side! -.

The students hurriedly ran in the same direction the helicopter had taken.

-SCOTT´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I hate night challenges. On the farm, all activities are done early ... The night is for sleeping, Chris! If I get to Zoey first, I will have an advantage. I plan to get that immunity ... -.

- Hey! I swear I had my phone with me!-. Topher groaned, fearing he had lost it.-

- Who cares about that now? -. Sky shouted at him.- I think that if we move on together, we can find our mentors faster, and won´t fall so easily into the traps.-

- I´ll support you in that.- Dave said.- Fortunately, we outnumber Shawn and Scott. Let them be the ones who move first so they´ll fall into the traps. That way we´ll pass them!-. He smiled at Sky.-

-SKY´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I don´t know if it's that new confidence with which Dave speaks now, but he's been so great in recent challenges that I feel we could go back to being as we were before! Oh, that would be great!-.

As Dave predicted, Shawn and Scott moved faster. The first one was jumping from tree to tree like a monkey man.

-SHAWN´S CONFFESIONAL-

- I know enough to know that zombies come out at night and eat everything and everyone in their way. I´ll get to Mike on my own, without getting my brain eaten!-.

His air advantage allowed him to see the traps on the floor. He noticed that Scott was about to fall into a pit covered with dry leaves. A few meters from him, Dave, Sky and Topher were following him. If he screamed, he would alert everyone. Instead, he held from a vine and swooped to push the redhead out of the way.

- Hey! What are you doing?-. The attacked one complained, but Shawn just smiled at him.-

The other three students, without understanding the reason for that jump, stepped on the dry leaves and the trap did its job. Topher was the first to fall, while Sky managed to give an agile leap that placed her safely on land. However, she noticed that Dave wouldn´t make it like her.

- Dave! -. She shouted and hold him before he fell into the hole.-

Her weight wasn´t enough to sustain Dave, but she managed to draw strength to pull him and put him out of danger in land. As a result, she lost her balance and fell with Topher. Or rather, above him… the boy cried out of pain.

- Ahhhhh! Get ... off ...me… please…-. He managed to speak.-

- Oh, so sorry. - Sky apologized.- Dave! Are you okay?-.

- Yes! Thanks, Sky! You saved me.-

-DAVE´S CONFESSIONAL-

- It´s incredible! Counting this time and the one with the darts, there has been two occasions in which Sky has saved me on her own free will, even if it means she delayed in the challenge. A few days ago, I wouldn´t have hesitated to leave her abandoned there so she´d lose ... but, taking into account the advice Alejandro has given me, I think I should let her continue doing things for me. And I only can do that if I make her believe that I´ve already forgiven her.-

- Come on, Scott! -. Shawn urged him.- That will take them a while, but not too much.-

- Very clever, kid.- Scott thought to himself that Shawn had to leave soon. And he would take care of that.-

Dave managed to find a long enough branch so Sky and Topher could climb out of the pit.

- Thank you.- Sky said to him as she got out.-

- It´s the least I can do after all you've done for me.- He smiled back at her, making the effect he wished for.- I don´t have your great athletic skills ... -.

- But you've been doing an excellent job in the game! -. She encouraged him.- We are making a great team. Go, Manipulators! -.

Topher looked at Dave through narrowed eyes.

-TOPHER´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I hope Dave knows what he's doing. His mentor´s influence has given him tremendous confidence, but the most surprising thing is that it´s really working with Sky.- He thought for a second.- But if some advice is what make him act this way, then I suspect the real danger here is Alejandro ... -.

Even if he couldn´t swing from tree to tree, Scott skillfully dodged many other traps. There wouldn´t be any more surprises for him. He jumped two barricades and dodged a couple of arrows that came out of nowhere, aiming for him. If his vision didn´t fail him, there were several dark figures making mischief under the night´s mantle protection. The interns were surely following Chris´s orders to make it harder to cross the forest. This time, he noticed that Shawn was heading towards a thorny tree. He smiled and eagerly waited almost until the last second to shout with a minimal voice:

- Shawn. – He almost whispered.- Ahead! -.

- What?-. The warning had come too late, and some painful thorns dug into Shawn´s hands, torso and feet. After that, he loudly fell from the tree.-

- Oops, I think I reacted a little late.-

Scott didn´t even stop to help him. Shawn gritted his teeth and vowed that he wouldn´t help Scott anymore. They were on the same team! What was he thinking?

-SCOTT´S CONFESSIONAL-

- If I win immunity, why should I work in teams?-.

-SHAWN´S CONFESSIONAL-

- So this is how it´s gonna be? I can see why Mike and Zoey are so distrustful around Scott. I won´t waste more energy trying to help anybody. Now that Jasmine is out, I´ll only worry about getting into the final with Mike, as mentor and student.-

Scott was the first to reach the point. Chris was waiting impatiently.

- Finally! Scott wins the advantage for being the first student coming here.- The redhead didn´t doubt and celebrated.-

Moments later, the other students started arriving. Scott crossed his arms in a superiority pose.

- So? What´s my advantage and what do I have to do? -.

The Chef gave him a pair of huge pincers that he stared blankly at.

- What am I supposed to...? -.

- Well, Chef, I think we can show them now.- Chris interrupted.-

Chef pulled a lever and some frightful cries were heard. The students, frightened by those sounds, finally glimpsed where their mentors were. They had been hand and foot tied, and while they were lying on the ground, their heads were residing enclosed in square glass boxes where the Chef had just poured hundreds of living spiders, now running around their faces.

- How awful! -. Sky cried.-

- These aren´t deadly spiders, but perhaps they´ll get a little bitten.- He laughed.- In order for you to free your mentors, you must cross this.-

Chris pointed at an obstacle circuit completely covered with barbed wire. At the end of it, there were hooks with the names of the mentors and their respective key hanging with the team´s identification color.

- I'll kill you, Chris, I swear! -. Heather cried, unable to move around.-

- They'll bite my beautiful face! -. Alejandro protested.-

- Stay away from the hair! Don´t touch the hair! -. Anne Maria screamed desperately.-

- Who is supposed to unlock Dawn? -. Topher asked out of curiosity.-

- That will depend entirely on you.- Chris said.- Having no student, Dawn will have to wait for a kind soul, who may decide to change his or her mentor, to help her out.-

-SCOTT´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I think this will be farewell for the weird witch. - He smiled openly.-

- Because you got here first, Scott, you can start cutting wire with a minute of advantage. These pliers will be useful to advance more easily.-

- Great!-.

- Ready? Begin!-.

With time running out, Scott began to cut the wires on his way to move forward. It wasn´t exactly easy, but at least he wasn´t getting hurt. He had to use his minute of advantage the best he could. From her awkward position, Dawn took a deep breath.

-DAWN´S CONFESSIONAL-

- Since this is a challenge where we are playing to get immunity, I should make sure of winning so I won´t get eliminated. Perhaps none of the students can help me now, but I know of other faithful friends who surely will.-

- Hello, little ones.- She greeted the spiders with a smile as they walked along her skinny face.- I´m very sorry that they got you imprisoned here with me. I know it's not fair, but you could escape if you really want to.- She cheered them.- There´s a hole around my neck, and it´s just the perfect width for you to get out.-

With immense ease, some of the spiders stopped and their expressions humanized to the point that Dawn could feel the bond between them already. She smiled and explained them that she would need their assistance.

- The minute´s over! -. Chris yelled, checking his chronometer.- Come on, students!-.

Shawn stepped into the wire forest, trying to avoid being touched by any hurtful point, but it was extremely difficult due to the short distance that separated one wire from another. He got stuck between some and moaned in pain.

- Come on, Shawn, please, you can do it! -. Mike encouraged him.- Geez, I hate spiders, really hate them! why are they doing this to us? It's disgusting!-. He looked mutinous. He took a deep breath and his voice severely contracted until it became an old man´s.- Oh, please! Back in my days we didn´t have anything more to eat and spiders made an exquisite stew!-.

- Chester? -. Zoey shouted, unable to turn her head because of the glass box around her.-

- I challenge you all to come near my mouth, slippery eight legged hairballs! -. Chester threatened the spiders.- A spider´s stew would be great right now!-.

- Heavens, yuck! Just get these things away from me! -. Anne Maria screamed.-

Sky was moving much faster than Dave, who was trapped in one of the first wires. She worried a little about him. The winning team would be the first to release all their mentors.

- You all right, Dave? Need help?-.

- Don´t worry, I'm fine.- He said.- I told you I didn´t have your skills. You´re so flexible that you can stroll between the wires comfortably! -.

Sky smiled, flattered.

- By the looks of it, you´re really close to Alejandro´s key, and I´m really close to Heather´s. What do you say? Do we change targets and help us as a team? -.

- All right, follow that route and you'll get faster to the hook! -. Sky said before disappearing ahead, heading towards Alejandro´s hook.-

When she could no longer see him, Dave smiled to himself.

- Finally!-. Scott exclaimed, pulling the hook and lifting Zoey´s key into the air.-

- You better run, Scott.- Chris advised him.-I'm seeing a very fast competitor over there.-

Scott watched, stunned, as a group of spiders were carrying a small key on their backs. Although he ran after them to arrive at Zoey´s side faster, the elusive creatures outdistanced him and delivered the key to Dawn, who used it to release herself.

- Thank you, friends. Your support helped me win.- Dawn gave a respectful nod and the spiders got out of sight, returning to the forest.-

- Damn it!-. Scott cried while trying to free Zoey.- Where do I put this thing? -.

- Come on! -. Zoey begged, she already felt a spider moving menacingly over her eyes.-

- Calm down, girl, I´m coming. - Finally, Scott managed to unbolt Zoey´s box, allowing her to get away from the horde of spiders and to breathe freely again.-

- Scott may have been the first student to free his mentor, but Dawn was the first one to get out, becoming the winner of this challenge!-. Chris said cheerfully right in Scott´s face.- The "Survivors" have two points, will the Manipulators recover themselves? -.

Against all odds, Topher got out the wires before the other remaining competitors, using his strange model poses to move smoothly between them.

- I knew those posture lessons would be useful someday.- He said proudly.- How do you feel about it, Chris? -. He laughed as he passed the host with his key at hand.-

- Maybe we should have included the canyon in this challenge too.- Chris said with a few friends face.-

- Quick, pretty boy! I'm suffocating! -. Anne Maria urged him.-

Topher introduced his key and managed to get his mentor´s head out the spider´s nest, although some were caught in her hair, so he looked at her with horror and with some disgust.

- What?-. She asked him.-

- Ummm ... I think you should use some bug killer sprite instead of hair products tonight.-

- And the "Manipulators" continue fighting for their first point! If Shawn comes to free Mike, that will set the "Survivors" victory!-.

However, Sky was the next to get out. Shawn was still stuck with a wire that had got into his clothes. He couldn´t overtake the girl, who now picked up the key from the nearest hook: Alejandro´s.

- Nice!.- She told herself before starting running again.-

- Wait a moment, Sky.- Chris stopped her.- Except for Dawn, the mentors can only be released by their own assigned student.- He arched an eyebrow.- You can´t free Alejandro.-

The Spanish screamed impatiently.

- Then what the hell is Dave wasting his time with?!-.

Shawn and Dave took the remaining keys while running side by side to get to their mentors. Meanwhile, Zoey tried to keep Chester calmed.

- Don´t worry, Shawn is already coming to free you.- She said, taking his hand.-

Chester's face suddenly looked frightened. None of the spiders scared him more than what he was feeling at that moment. The spiders that before were running around his face now were running away from it, as if they sensed an even greater danger that the most fearsome of beasts. Zoey heard a brief, chilling laugh echoing inside the glassed box.

- I'm not very fond of spiders, but I'm not so scared, Zoey. They are the ones who should be, like you.- Mal's grip around her hand almost cut out her circulation.-

- Ahhhhhh! -. Zoey screamed painfully.-

Shawn, noticing something strange, hurried his pace, leaving Dave behind. Sky put her hands around her mouth, frightened by the short distance between them.

- Dave, fast, let´s change the keys! -. She said, throwing Alejandro´s key at him, while he threw the Heather´s key at her.-

- Shawn, quick! -. Zoey urged him.-

- I´m coming!-. He managed to fit the key into the lock, just as he listened how Dave shouted near him.-

- Done!-.

- Ya era hora (*).- Alejandro said, not very happy.- What about Heather´s box? -.

- It won´t open!-. Sky cried, getting desperate.- It won´t turn around!-.

With only the two of them left to free their mentors, Shawn finally turned his key at "Mike´s" box lock, freeing him from the spiders. However, they were not the worst threat. Mal pulled his head from the glassed box and raised so abruptly that he head-butted Shawn, knocking him tightly and leaving him confused for a few seconds. He didn´t know how, but saw that Mal had got his hands out the strings and was now grabbing him strongly by the shoulders, obligating him to look at his enormous psychotic smile.

- I´m coming for you now, pal.- That sounded like a fatal promise, and Shawn felt a real fear, like the one he hadn´t felt since he felt haunted by zombies back at Pahkitew island.-

A few seconds later, Mike was back.

- Are you all right, Shawn? -. He asked, sensing that something bad had happened, given his student´s expression.-

- I …yeah, of course, I thing I´m fine… for the moment.- He answered doubtfully.-

Zoey looked puzzled at the scene, and her eyes met for a moment with Shawn´s.

-ZOEY´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I feel a little sorry for Shawn. Nothing´s really his fault and now Mal is going after him. Is just as Svetlana said before! I must do something to help him!-.

Heather's cries were now the only ones left to hear. Sky had broken the key inside the lock, unable to release the trapped girl. If she had been able to move, Heather would have scratched her face with unbridled anger. Alejandro, visibly worried, pushed Sky aside and struck a blow against the glassed box, breaking it and releasing Heather, who was reinstated to her feet, breathing furiously.

- Silly! Incompetent! -. She shouted Sky.- You. Are. So. Doomed.-

As he watched Sky´s confused and horrified face, Dave touched inside his pocket a key with Heather´s name attached to it.

-DAVE´S CONFESSIONAL-

- Yeah, maybe I won´t be able to enter my house without a key, but it was totally worth it.- He said, showing the correct key to the camera.- Survival of the strongest! Isn´t it right, Sky?-.

- The "Survivors" win the challenge! -. Chris seemed to enjoy while Heather was trying to escape from Alejandro´s arms to get at Sky.- I guess this will be a nice elimination ceremony for the "Manipulators".-

At dusk, the Manipulators had voted and were gathered together, having the Survivors as spectators. Chris first directed at Dawn.

- Dawn, that was a very clever way to ensure your stay in the program, since you didn´t get any student in this episode. But well done! You can´t be eliminated tonight.-

Dawn smiled in her seat, not realizing how Scott cursed lowly.

-SCOTT´S CONFESSIONAL-

- Even though I didn´t precisely lose, I don´t intend to let her win again. I only have to use a little trickery. You just wait and see, Dawn.-

- We counted the votes of the Manipulators. Anne Maria, Topher, you´re both safe.- He threw two marshmallows at them.- Here you go, Alejandro, that´s a cute spider bit.- He mocked him before throwing his marshmallow at him.-

- I don´t want your mockery, Chris.- He looked at the host without much emotion.- Please just end delivering those things so I can go put myself some disinfectant in my face.- He said caressing his cheeks.-

- Dave, Sky, changing your keys was a terrible strategy. Heather suffered a lot while waiting for you, although I'm not scolding for that. In fact, it was funny.- He laughed before throwing another marshmallow at Heather, as she gave him a mortal gaze.- If we consider strictly the skills, Sky was most successful, but you blew it at the end when you broke the key inside the box´s lock. So ... Sky, you're out! -.

Dave received the last marshmallow of the night and gave it a slow, victorious bite, staring at a contracted Sky who looked surprised at him.

- You were trying to lose on purpose? You tricked me! -.

- I had to level things a bit, don´t you think so? -. He laughed in her face.-

Sky was held by the Chef and wrapped like the previously eliminated contestants. She devoted one furious look at Dave, who came to hold her chin for a brief moment.

- The next time you see me, I'll have a cute million dollars and a wish prepared to ruin your life.- He told her before walking away from her.-

- Daveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! -. Sky´s final cry suggested caution, like a promise of revenge, while being thrown to her own leap of shame.-

-ALEJANDRO´S CONFESSIONAL-

- I must admit that was a nice and clean strategy, fair enough.- He looked at the camera with a thoughtful expression.- But I think I've created a monster ... a not very attractive monster, but a clever one.-

Shawn looked at his mentor constantly, which had been noticed by Zoey. She approached him and touched his shoulder, surprised by the boy´s scared jump.

- Whoa! What is it, Zoey? -.

- Scott may be my student, but my loyalty is with Mike, and as I consider Mal partly my responsibility, I want to help. Should we form an alliance? -.

- You sure you can help me? I mean, the teams may be dissolved soon…-.

- Until then, I´ll care for your safety if you promise to look after Mike´s when I´m not around.-

She extended her hand, and despite having doubts about whether he was the most suitable person to care for Mike, Shawn still shook it.

- Very well. We are allies now.-

Scott watched them from the corner of his eye.

-SCOTT´S CONFESSIONAL-

- That can be very interesting.- He said, putting his hands behind his head in a relaxing position.- The funniest thing about Multiple Mike´s situation is that it can be used to generate some chaos. I never thought I'd say this, but ... thanks for coming out, Mal.-

- There are ten competitors remaining! Who will be the next eliminated? Which mentor and student will be reassigned? Discover the answer to this and many more interesting questions here in the next chapter of TOTAL DRAMA: MENTORS AND STUDENTS!-.

TO BE CONTINUED...

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Thank you very much to all who have been following my story. I hope I can translate the next one soon enough.

1 (*) For the ones who didn´t notice, I used a little reference of Skillet´s song: Monster, since there is an enormous amount of videos of Mike/Mal with this song in youtube XD I couldn´t resist.

2 (*) "Ya era hora" literally means "It was about time". I know you people can figure it out, but just in case :p