Chapter 18
Gwen had to admit, the Dimension Seal Method not only allowed them to train for nearly an unlimited amount of time but the Hexagon Circle they made on the plane allowed them to travel to almost any place on the planet. They had gone to a place from any kind of civilization, a canyon that was located somewhere in Saskatchewan where no one would come across unless they were on a country side road trip. Gwen had changed out of her normal outfit into her new Avatar outfit consisting of a dark blue halter top bordering on black, a dark fingerless glove covering her left hand while she wore her Omni Glove on her right hand, she now wore black biker shorts instead of her skirt because of what happened in Egypt along with her boots. She replaced her usual thigh length stockings with shorter black ones that went up half way.
Elliot had changed out of her casual outfit too, now wearing a blue sleeveless hoodie with matching shorts with white leggings and black shoes. Her hair was no longer in pig tails and flowed down her back stopping at her waist. Dawn was the only one wearing her regular clothes, most likely because she was more a pacifist by nature and not a fighter like the other two. Jimmy had preferred to stay on the plane rather than come with them for a day of training even though time had been temporarily stopped.
"Concentrate, child. You won't be able to master my Method unless your mind is clear." Andromeda instructed.
Gwen was sitting on a cliff with Dawn and Elliot as they helped her. Her eyes were closed and she was holding both hands up like she was holding something that was very fragile. The Star Necklace glowed as Andromeda started to release her power through Gwen and she tried to channel her spirit's power.
"Picture a star in your hands, channel my power into your hands and imagine a star forming. Don't think of anything else and keep yourself calm." Andromeda quietly instructed.
Gwen began to imagine a star forming her hands, shining bright like the stars she used to watch at night when she was a little girl. She focused the small bit of Andromeda's power into her hands and even though her eyes were closed Dawn and Elliot could see a bright object resembling a star slowly start to appear in her hands. Andromeda had agreed to teach Gwen her personal Method called Galaxy Storm which according to Andromeda was powerful enough to wipe out an army of rogue spirits and demons in one attack. Andromeda wanted Gwen to be able to create a single star before she started creating multiple stars that had enough fire power to blast half a mountain to pieces.
"Now channel my power into the star but not enough that it will overload and explode in your face." Andromeda said.
"Gee thanks for the image." Gwen whispered.
She focused Andromeda's power into the star, making it shine brighter even though her eyes were closed. Gwen knew that Andromeda would never unleash enough power that would make the star explode but she was careful in channeling it into the star.
"Excellent, the first step in mastering Galaxy Storm." Andromeda praised, sounding almost happy. "Go ahead. See what happens."
Gwen slowly stood up, her eyes opening as she looked down at the star in her hands. Looking up she saw a large boulder that had been rolled up by Elliot using enhanced strength. Holding the star in one hand she looked at the boulder.
"Don't throw it; the star reacts to your will. Tell it where to go." Andromeda said.
Gwen nodded and pointed her hand at the rock and imagined the star flying in its direction. The star blasted from her hand and moved with such speed it resembled a shooting star and hit the boulder. Gwen had to shield her eyes as the star let out a bright blinding explosion that was so bright no one could see it. When it faded the Avatars looked to see...absolutely nothing left of the boulder.
"Wow! That is something!" Elliot exclaimed.
"And to think, if you master it you can create hundreds of stars just as destructive." Dawn actually gulped at imagining such a powerful Method.
"I know...As Owen would say: awesome." Gwen smirked. "What about you guys? Elliot, did you have any other method than creating large weapons that release a blast of spirit energy?"
Elliot ginned. "Oh yeah. Here's one of my favourites."
She stood up and walked a few feet from the other two Avatars and clasped her hands together. The earring on her left ear glowed blue.
"Come forth, Strider." Elliot whispered.
A blast of blue light came out of her earring and manifested itself as a horse with white fur and glowed slightly. It had a mane made of blue fire and more flames on its feet and tail. Elliot jumped onto its back and ran around the other two Avatars in a circle leaving a trail of blue flames. Elliot laughed as the horse stopped in front of them.
"This here is one of my favourite Methods for transportation. It creates a horse out of pure spirit energy that can not only travel anywhere on the planet but can create portals that can take me and anyone else riding on it almost anywhere, even the Spirit Realm or another dimension." Elliot smiled. "I can't tell you how much fun it is!"
"Instant transportation, like that?" Gwen looked at the horse with an impressed look.
"Yep, but the ability to travel to other dimensions is usually only useful in areas where the power of the Spirit Realm or any pocket dimension created by a spirit or demon is strong." Elliot explained. "But she is faster than any ride on the planet."
"She?" Gwen asked.
"Why not, I created her I can make her a boy or a girl if I wanted too?" Elliot shrugged. "My horse, my preferred gender."
"Even though it's not a real horse." Lancelot spoke up.
"Quiet you!" Elliot growled.
"You know I wasn't surprised to find out how powerful Merlin was but Lancelot surprises me. I was told how people who died and became spirits were not as powerful as naturally born spirits." Gwen commented.
"You're right, we aren't Lady Gwendolyn." Lancelot replied. "But that doesn't mean we cannot become as powerful as Merlin and Andromeda. It depends on our abilities to grow stronger but impatient ones prefer to come into this world and become stronger through Life Energy or perhaps finding other ways to become stronger. My wish to defend the defenceless from these monsters led me to become a spirit and I trained and became stronger until I earned the title: Right Hand of the Light."
"Ghosts and other Poltergeists can become weaker if they start losing the memories of their previous life, thus becoming weaker and more like Drones as time goes on but those like Lancelot and Merlin who retain a strong will can become stronger." Andromeda spoke up.
"Life Energy is not the only way to become stronger, Spirits can become stronger by training to control their powers, draining the powers of other spirits and demons, using the thoughts and emotions of people around them to increase their power." Dawn said. "For example, wishes make Andromeda stronger but since she is in the Spirit Realm she can only become strong because of that through you."
"Me?" Gwen raised an eyebrow.
"She's right, Gwen. I can hear people making wishes through our connection all the time but they can be interpreted as self serving. I prefer to avoid the kind of wishes that ask for untold riches or some boy asking for a beautiful woman to fulfill some fantasy." Andromeda explained.
"Thanks for the image." Gwen winced and shook her head. "So, say you hear the kind of wish you would have no trouble with, wouldn't the Omni-Ceremony be needed?"
"Not for small wishes, like healing someone of their injuries like a disease or a critical injury. The wish is heard through our connection that brings a great amount of energy to a spirit born from wishes and I manifest my power through you. If the injury is critical I can intervene enough to save the person but not enough to say you are an all powerful and healing Messiah."
"Wow, that's impressive." Gwen smirked. "What about wishing to find Nebula or his Avatar?"
"It's not that simple, child." Andromeda said in chastising tone.
"It never is." Gwen rolled her eyes.
"Other spirits like Luna gain their power through positive emotions." Dawn held up her silver bracelet. "I am always calm with a positive outlook even in situations allowing me to able to counter the negative auras of dark spirits. Luna's positive energies are capable of disrupting almost any Method that uses negative Spirit Energy."
"Can it be used to disrupt Nebula's camouflage?" Gwen asked.
"Unfortunately no. Even Luna's powers are not able to detect the perfectly designed camouflage Methods created by a spirit like the Stalker in the Stars. All I can do at this point is check if anyone on the plane has been marked." Dawn shook her head. "If it only it was that easy."
"I know." Gwen sighed.
"You've all taken a good step in mastering our powers but I think you should head back now. Too much training and you'll be exhausted in the Dimension Seal Method does have a time limit." Luna spoke up.
"A good idea." Dawn nodded.
"Can we ride back to the plane? Please? Please?" Elliot begged, wanting to ride her Spirit Horse a little longer.
"Fine by me." Gwen smirked.
"Very well." Dawn sighed.
They hopped onto the Spirit Horse behind Elliot and it took off, leaving a trail of blue flames in its wake. Gwen had to fight the urge to scream as the horse ran so fast that the air almost blinded her. Elliot let out a scream of pure joy while Dawn simply gripped Gwen's back, not wanting to fall off. The Spirit Horse jumped and to Gwen and Dawn's surprise it actually started flying out of the cannon while looking it was still running on solid ground.
"Awesome!" Gwen laughed.
"I know! Watch this!" Elliot squealed.
A blue portal appeared in a blast of blue fire appeared in front of them and Spirit Horse went through. There was a bright flash of light and they were back on the plane.
"I love this Method!" Elliot laughed as she jumped onto the floor.
Gwen and Dawn hopped onto the floor and the Spirit Horse vanished. Both Team Amazon and Team Victory were still frozen by the Dimension Seal Method so no one ever knew that the three Avatars had ever left. They sat on their seats where they previously sat and Gwen dispelled the Method, ready for the next part of the show.
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"Stupid Chris! Why did he stick us in this death trap?!" Courtney shouted as she, DJ, Duncan, and LeShawna managed to repair a hole that had appeared in the wall that almost got them sucked out.
Lucky for them Chris was nice enough to leave repair supplies in the Economy section that they used to seal the hole. However everyone on the plane was afraid of anything else that might happen on this death trap of a plane.
"I know Chris is insane but is he actually trying to kill us by leaving us down here?" LeShawna wiped some sweat from her brow as she stepped after hammering down the last nail. "There's no way this is legal!"
"It's bad enough we got stuck down here for winning the last challenge but to be stuck down here the class in this condition? We were the first to beat both teams and we got screwed!" Courtney growled as she dropped her hammer.
"Hey, we're down here too!" DJ protested.
"Exactly, you lost your item and we don't get some kind of secondary prize." Courtney seethed.
"Hey, your boy didn't want to sing so that was an automatic disqualification." LeShawna pointed at Courtney. "And we didn't lose the stick, home school lost it."
Said home school was sitting on the far edge of the cabin, as far from his team as possible since they all still mad at him for losing the challenge in Egypt. He was afraid to go near his team and risk their wrath again.
"Aw, don't be so sad." Elliot sat next to Ezekiel. "I know you're sorry."
"You do?" Ezekiel asked. "Aren't you on the other team?"
"Yeah so?"Elliot tilted her head which for some reason made Ezekiel think 'cute' in his head. "No reason to be friends when we're not competing."
"All right, it's time for this team to choose a leader so we can win and relax in first class." Courtney turned to her team and noticed..."Hey, get away from him!"
Elliot and Ezekiel looked up when they heard Courtney shouting and Elliot scowled. "Why?"
"He's a member of the other team and we can't have him listening in on our plans." Courtney replied, trying to sound like a leader.
"Yeah right, you're not my mommy, daddy, or my leader so back off!" Elliot shouted. "I am trying to make a new friend here! Come on Zeke, let's go get some food."
Ezekiel eagerly followed Elliot out of the Economy Class, happy that someone didn't dislike him.
Courtney turned to Gwen and Dawn who simply watched this. "Will you talk to her?"
"You're not our leader here, Courtney and we don't need one." Gwen scoffed. "Also we don't have to tell Elliot who she can't interact with."
"Yeah, you're not the only person on this team, Courtney. There are Gwen's friends and my new friend Sierra to consider." Heather spoke up earning a few stares at her.
Luckily their attention was diverted when they heard Sierra sigh and saw her rummaging through Cody's back pack. She pulled out his shoe and started sniffing at it.
"Um, your friend is going through Cody's stuff like a raccoon goes through a dumpster." Courtney pointed out.
"I think his shoelace just went up her nose." Bridgette recoiled.
She was right as Sierra started choking and the end of said shoelace came out of her mouth. Heather covered her mouth as she fought the urge to vomit. "Are there more barf bags around?"
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Confessional: Heather
"With her two new friends Gwen has got an advantage as they most likely will vote off anyone Gwen dislikes especially with Cody on her side and possibly Duncan. Unfortunately Sierra is all I have got but I need a way to earn their trust. Good thing Courtney is setting herself up to take the fall."
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Confessional: Courtney
"I never thought I'd say it but I actually miss the camp at Wawanakwa or the crappy trailers in the TDA set. We have been flying for over seventy two hours and I haven't been able to sit down and Duncan's not making things easier!"
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Confessional: Duncan
"Courtney is really getting on my nerves, I know she thinks we're back together but I can't really take her obsessive attitude much more. I figure why not hang out with Gwen and her new friends, might be nice to have a hot girl being nice to me... (Duncan stopped as he realized what he said.)
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"Just relax babe, we can make it." Duncan smiled and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Knock it off, Duncan and need I remind you that if you sang we wouldn't be here. Now step back and help me shape these guys up." Courtney seethed as she pushed Duncan's hand off her shoulder.
Duncan scowled and sat down next to Gwen and Dawn.
"What are you doing?" Courtney growled.
"Making new friends." Duncan smirked. "So, why'd you and Gwen change clothes?"
"I just felt like it." Elliot shrugged as she walked back in with some food having not changed out of her new outfit.
"I changed so you wouldn't look up my skirt again." Gwen threw a hard look at Duncan which made him chuckled nervously.
"This is your captain speaking, it's time for everyone to join me in the common area and I mean everyone, including you Duncan!" Chris said through the speakers.
Everyone was gathered in the common area a moment later with everyone except Team C looking well rested.
"Welcome to today's challenge." Chris started but was interrupted but this time it wasn't Ezekiel.
"Is it a reward or an elimination challenge?" Harold asked.
"Good question... like I'm gonna tell ya!" Chris said.
"It's probably an elimination round. No one was kicked off last time." Tyler whispered to Lindsay.
"I could use a reward, I hope its candy. Or a whole bunch of shoes. Or shoes made of candy!" Lindsay replied.
"Well I hope you all brought your giant radioactive monster repellent," Chris joked, "Cause today, we are having our challenge in the legendary nation of Japan." Suddenly Chef burst through the door, wearing an orange monk outfit, and sword.
"Gosh you guys.," Harold groaned, "That's a Chinese outfit."
"Thank you, Harold. Now anyone who refuses to sing-" Chris was once again interrupted.
"You just think you'd work harder to get it-" Elliot smacked Harold on the back of the head.
"Don't you remember the last time someone interrupted him?" Elliot growled.
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Confessional: Elliot
"I think they should replace the words Team Victory with Team Lobotomy because they used to be smarter in the previous seasons!"
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"Well if Elliot was a second faster I might be tempted to not do this." Chris smiled evilly and nodded at Chef.
Chef ran to the nearest door and slashed it with his sword. The now opened door way sucked all the contestants out of the plane while Chris and Chef held onto the door way.
"DID HE REALLY JUST DO THAT?!" Elliot screamed.
"I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HE'D DO THAT!" Gwen shouted over the screaming.
"THANKS A LOT HAROLD! YOU JUST HAD TO PROVOKE HIM!" Elliot shouted.
"Way to go, Doris!" Duncan yelled.
As if falling to their deaths was bad enough there was the sound of a familiar musical chime.
"Seriously? I mean seriously?!" Noah growled, shaking his fist.
"Sing and I might think about saving your musical buttocks! Maybe you'll try harder this time, Duncan." Chris said through a megaphone.
Courtney: We're singing as we're falling!
Heather: While some are cannon-balling!
Izzy:Yeah!
Alejandro: Our lives begin to flash before our eyes!
Noah and Owen: We might just go ka-blooey!
Harold and Tyler: Get smushed and become chewy!
Everyone: Cept there's tons we wanna do before we die!
Leshawna:Billionairess!
Cody:Billiards Champion!
DJ:Make it home to see my momma!
Sierra:Marry Cody!
Bridgette: Catch a barrel!
Dawn:Commune with Mother Earth!
Lindsay: Be an actress in a drama!
Ezekiel:Become a cool guy!
Courtney:Corporate lawyer!
Gwen:Prom destroyer!
Harold:Be a ninja with throwing stars!
Alejandro: Lion tamer!
Owen: New food namer!
Elliot: Drive my dad's new car!
Tyler:Repairman for the parallel bars!
Noah: But first we must cease dropping, our goal here would be stopping!
Izzy: Before we smash into the ground from the sky!
DJ: Flat into little pieces!
Harold: Heads merged with our feet-ses!
Leshawna: That would really suck and here's why:
Duncan: We'd like to keep on living!
Alejandro: So Chris, We hope you're giving:
Sierra: Some wings!
Courtney: A jetpack!
Duncan: A giant lake!
Gwen: A rift in time!
Elliot: A flying broomstick!
Heather: Parachute!?
Noah: Waterbed
Tyler: A trampoline!
Izzy: Springy shoes!
Alejandro: Rocket boots!
Dawn: Flock of crows!
Lindsay: Flying squirrel!
Ezekiel: Pile of leaves!
Leshawna: Bubble bath!
Lindsay: I change to bubbles, too!
DJ: Momma!
Owen: Pizza! No! Chips and some dip will do!
Everyone: Cause there's still so much to do before we die! Yeah, we said it! There's still so much we like
Owen: Yeah!
The contestants kept falling until they landed in a giant bowl filled with rice.
"Seriously? Rice?" Elliot spat some out of her mouth as she stood up. "He can't afford a decent economy class but he can pay for a giant bowl?"
"I know, real fair." Gwen shook her head, sending rice out of her hair.
"Japan! Yes! I know everything about this place!" Harold said, excited to be in Japan.
"What you know just sent us free-falling out of a plane!" LeShawna exclaimed.
"Yeah, could you please not do that?" Dawn asked as she wiped rice off her sweater. "Chris's aura showed he was very irritated."
"I happen to know a little Japanese..." Alejandro then spoke to LeShawna in Japanese.
"What?" LeShawna asked.
"I said you are as beautiful as a flower." Alejandro smiled, causing LeShawna to giggle.
Harold watched with a blank look but he clenched his fists as he saw the girl he loved getting charmed by another guy.
His thoughts were cut off as Duncan hurled a pile of rice at his face.
"You just had to annoy the crap out Chef, didn't you?" Duncan growled.
"Beat him Duncan!" Courtney cheered for her boyfriend as he started to chase Harold.
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The cast managed to get themselves out of the bowel of rice and followed Chris to the location of the first challenge.
"Okay, your first challenge is inside a Japanese Game show studio. Bow down before the Super Human Mega Pinball Smash!" Chris announced, showing a giant pinball game set.
"Holy cr-"Elliot was cut off as Dawn covered her mouth.
"Your parents would be annoyed if you swore on live TV." Dawn whispered.
"I love Japanese game shows!" Tyler said and high fived Harold while going "Woo-hoo!" and Harold said "Sweet!"
"My favorite is "Human Ichi My Car Go-go," where you have to throw a banana into a car window using a..." Harold said
"...giant shrimp fork! Awesome!" Tyler laughed awkwardly.
A loud gong sound diverted everyone's attention back to Chris. "Oh look, my own personal geek gong."
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Confessional: Duncan
"Those two are so lucky are not on the same team as mine."
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"Okay, I am going to need one volunteer from each team to climb into these giant hamster balls. Than your teammates are going to beat you around the game board, scoring points by bouncing you off bumpers and paddles. Most points win and I have a little local surprise for each of you to share your little ball shaped paradise with." Chris said, earning uneasy looks from everyone. "So, teams select a ball guy or gal. Victory?"
"We choose DJ." LeShawna replied.
"We do?" DJ asked.
"Coolio(sp?)." Chris nodded and picked up a panda. "Here's your pinball buddy."
"A panda? NO!" DJ cried. "Remember when I crumbled that mummy puppy in Egypt?"
"That so totally did not happen! The mummy puppy didn't explode it just disintegrated, remember?" LeShawna put her hands on her hips.
"I remember when you knocked a poor little birdie out of the sky." Lindsay pointed out.
"Exactly, terrible!" DJ cried. "I think that dog thing might have cursed me."
As if to prove his point the panda leapt at DJ's head and started punching him.
"Awww, cute!" Chris smiled. "Team Chris Is Really Really Really Hot?"
"I'm...uh...I'm allergic to panda dander. I get hives." Noah said nervously.
"What he said." Tyler pointed at Noah.
"I'll do it, for my team." Alejandro said with a determined tone.
"He should have said that last part in a Captain Morgan pose and exaggerated his accent." Elliot whispered to Gwen. "And if somebody was playing the guitar in the background, it so would have been awesome."
"Wicked." Chris threw another panda. "Incoming!"
The panda looked like it was about to attack Alejandro too but it landed in his arms as he held it gently.
"Hello, handsome creature, may I scratch your ears and get you a tasty cookie?" Alejandro asked nicely.
The panda instantly snuggled in his arms and most of the girls gushed at this.
"Team Amazon?" Chris asked.
"Gwen's face could use some remodelling." Heather put a fist into the palm of her right hand.
"Nice and here I was not saying anything to incur the wrath of the witch." Gwen sighed.
"Maybe you could use some leadership." Courtney glared.
"I'll do it; being beaten around like a pinball cannot be good for a panda's health." Dawn stepped forward.
"Got it." Chris threw a panda at her but she caught it gently.
"Hello there, did that mean old host didn't do anything bad to you?" Dawn asked gently, instantly earning the panda's affections like Alejandro. "He starved you? You haven't eaten anything for the whole day? How could you!?" She glared at Chris.
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Confessional: Gwen
"One thing I have learned about Dawn is that she can be very passionate about the environment and animals so much that it's almost scary to see her angry. Chris better watch it."
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"It's Human Pinball Time!" Chris announced.
The contestants got into the balls and they were launched onto the board. DJ screamed as his panda stayed on his head and kept on beating and scratching him.
"OW!" He screamed but kept running to keep the ball going.
Each time he hit a bumper he shouted 'Sorry Panda!' and then he lost balance as the ball went faster and faster and DJ tripped.
"SORRY PANDA! SORRY PANDA! SORRY PANDA! SORRY PANDA!" DJ cried as they rolled down the board.
Dawn had a much easier time as her panda settled down on her back allowing her to run Team Amazon's ball into the bumpers easily.
"You are so kind; I will definitely get you a treat after this." Dawn smiled at the panda on her back.
Alejandro was having an easy time like Dawn's, his panda even pointing the best way to earn the most points.
"Thanks, Ting-Ting, that's a great idea." Alejandro said, hitting three bumpers at once.
Team Amazon and Team C were earning points faster than Team Victory who was working to make sure the paddle hit their ball and kept them in the game.
"The paddle must connect with the ball at a perfect 33.7° angle to maximize the impact." Harold instructed his team, even though it wasn't helping at all.
"Either help or GET OUT OF THE WAY!" LeShawna shouted.
Team Victory's ball slammed into the paddle, knocking them all down as the ball went back across the board with DJ continuing to shout 'Sorry Panda!'. All three balls continued to slam into the bumpers earning points without stopping. DJ was the first go off the board and came out cradling his unconscious panda in his arms, crying.
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Confessional: DJ
"I can't believe I hurt that poor little cuddly! AH! My own tears are falling into my scratches!"
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Alejandro and Dawn came off the board at the same time with both Pandas in perfect health. Both Team Amazon and Team C cheered as Chris walked over.
"Well this is interesting, both Team Amazon and Team I am Really Really Really Really Hot have both tied for this challenge." Chris announced. "Both teams earn a leg up in the next challenge."
"I WANT TO GO HOME!" DJ cried.
"Will we let him? Will Sing-Sing the Panda make a full recovery? And give DJ an unplain, claw cut mohawk? Stay tune, there is more action after the break!" Chris said, letting the show go to commercials.
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"Um...what?" Noah asked.
The contestants were back on the plane in the First Class watching a re-run of the Total Drama Action Commercial except there was a small difference.
"That piece of cinematic gold is the Japanese promo. Total Drama is HUGE here." Chris replied.
"Okay, but that was in English. So why are they dubbing our voices?" Courtney asked.
"Turns out the locals just don't like the sounds of you. Sorry." Chris shrugged.
"No you're not!" Courtney glared.
"True. Ready for the next challenge? I hope you were paying attention because you'll be writing, directing, and producing your very own Japanese commercial!" Chris announced. "There's a brand new Japanese candy hitting the market." He held out a bag with a candy logo on it. "It's Chef's Total Drama Yum Yumi Happy Go Time Fish Tails. I call this the Total Drama Yum Yumi Happy Go Time Fish Tails Challenge, a celebration fun."
"That's a mouthful! Who was the idiot who came up with that?" Elliot laughed.
"Me..." Chris frowned.
"Oh, well no surprise there." Elliot grinned.
"I know!" Chef laughed. "He said we were going to pay for a real Tokyo Add Firm!"
"Oops! I did, didn't I?" Chris turned back to the cast. "As props, you'll be allowed to use anything you can find in the airplane storage area. Since both Team Amazon and Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot tied for the first challenge Team Chris gets to choose their props first followed by Team Amazon and Team Victory choosing whatever is left."
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After Team C had picked what they were going to use for their movie it was Team Amazon's turn and it was not looking good. As Team C walked by them Alejandro stopped and bowed.
"Good luck, honorable opponents."
"We don't need your luck." Heather glared.
"Of course you don't, you have superior leadership skills and vision. Your team is lucky to have you." Alejandro hid an evil smirk.
"Of course they are." Heather smirked.
"I believe he was talking to me, since he was complimenting my leadership." Courtney glared.
"You? Leadership? Ha! The only thing you are good at leading is sucking!" Heather spun around and growled.
"Oh and everyone's going to follow you, that worked out so well last time!" Courtney and Heather glared with their faces almost inches from each other.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" Cody whispered.
"Dude, first rule of dealing with chicks is to never get in the way of them when they're mad." Duncan patted Cody on the shoulder.
"I am coming up with the commercial here, we're going to have the candy fish in the fish take, it jumps out and plays basketball!" Heather looked to everyone for support.
'We're never going to win like this. Andromeda, you know how you tell me not in to get into pointless fights even with people like Heather?' Gwen mentally said.
'Go ahead child; just make sure the others understand.' Andromeda sighed.
She sent a quick glance to Dawn and Elliot who nodded as she stepped up.
"Too Doctor Seuss." Gwen picked up a hockey mask. "Spinning masks. We toss the candy into their mouths and-"
"Insane! Flashing lights and fireworks! Chef wants to be dazzled!" Courtney held up Christmas lights and a small rocket.
"You guys they are all good ideas-"Cody tried to be the peacekeeper of the group.
"Overruled!" Heather cut him off. "Fish tank!"
"Hello, the only way we are winning is with the spinning heads, lots of them!"
"You people are impossible to work with, I am out of here!" Courtney walked off in huff.
"So am I!" Heather took off after her.
Gwen winked at the rest of Team Amazon before marching off after them. "Fine!"
When they were out of earshot Dawn and Elliot turned to the rest of the group.
"All right, now we can concentrate!" Elliot grinned.
"Shouldn't we do something about them?" Cody asked.
"Nah, Gwen knew that we wouldn't win with Cat Breath and CIT fighting over who was in charge. She would never want to be in charge after what happened last time, she just decided to annoy them enough that they leave." Elliot explained. "You saw the wink?"
"I did." Duncan smirked. "Smart move. We can finish the challenge ourselves."
"That is so cool! Getting them to leave like that!" Sierra squealed.
"But we're down three people!" Cody pointed out.
"The rest of us are good enough, Cody." Dawn put a hand on Cody's shoulder. "Gwen did what was needed for a chance to win. If Heather and Courtney return and start fighting again we'll never win."
"So let's get to work." Elliot started gathering some stuff. "We need to hurry and get it done before they get back."
"You two are so cool and you've only been friends with Gwen for a month. Can you tell me a little about yourselves? Like how Dawn is able to talk to animals and read people's minds?" Sierra asked.
"Well, it's easy to tell by just looking at your auras. You are very curious about me and Elliot as well as looking for a way to charm Cody, Duncan is waiting for the challenge to start and what else he can do that might charm or annoy Courtney, and Cody...is wishing that Gwen was here so he can get her to try on that sexy maid outfit." Dawn pointed at the maid outfit at the far back.
Cody blushed so much he looked like he had the mother of all sunburns.
"Nice imagination Cody." Duncan whistled as he looked at the maid outfit and pictured how it would look on Gwen...or Courtney.
"Gwen better not ever hear that or Cody will wish that he annoyed Heather or Courtney." Elliot giggled. "But back to business everyone! Gather all this stuff and I have an awesome idea!"
"She know what she's doing?" Duncan whispered to Dawn.
"She was in drama class at her school, plus she has a very creative imagination." Dawn nodded. "And Cody, you might want to get Sierra to focus. She's thinking of trying on the maid outfit herself to charm you."
Duncan snickered as Cody sighed and tried to get Sierra to focus.
"Dawn, you get the camera, Duncan gather the stuff the others left, Cody and Sierra you work on the special effects." Elliot said.
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Confessional: Heather
"I cannot believe I am saying it but I actually miss Beth and Lindsay. They were easy to boss around, but this team...as if Courtney was bad enough with her 'CIT' rules and all that crap but also the creepiest goth girl on the planet! If I have to put up with both of them-"
(Confessional cut off due to profanity)
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Confessional: Courtney
"Gwen may be after my boyfriend but Heather is a whole other pain in the neck! Heather just thinks she can boss everyone around, even though no one wins with her in charge! If she keeps this up I will-"
(Once again Confessional has been cut off due to profanity)
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Confessional: Elliot
"Those two aren't really bright are they? They march off in the middle of the challenge not knowing if we lose we could vote them off. Got to give Gwen props for dealing with them for three seasons in a row and how she easily tricked them into leaving. And the amount of time they spent in here ranting, "
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Confessional: Cody
"I really hope Gwen doesn't find out what Dawn said. My chances of getting together with her would be decreased if she thinks I'm a creep."
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Confessional: Sierra
"Dawn and Elliot are so cool, with Elliot's ability to take charge and Dawn's ability to read minds." (She pulls out the maid outfit.) "And this is something I'll save for later, so Cody can see me in it!"
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'And the reward for best actor of the Spirit Avatars goes to Gwen Rivers.' Gwen sniggered. 'Almost too easy to get those two riled up.'
'They are quite temperamental; the brunette even wants to be a senator. It'll be difficult if she is this micro managing.' Andromeda commented. 'Nice to see those lessons are being used here.'
'Thanks for that, never thought I'd be using them to manipulate Heather and Courtney. I should have done this the last two seasons when I realized not everyone plays fair.' Gwen thought back.
Gwen was waiting in the Economy Class of the plane, keeping an eye out for Heather and Courtney and waiting for the rest of the Team Amazon to finish the commercial. She was sitting on the bench with her arms crossed and eyes closed as she talked to Andromeda. Her thoughts were cut off as she heard a sound. It sounded like...crying? Gwen opened her eyes and walked towards the back of the plane and followed the sound to a corner of the cargo class far from everyone else to find...
"Ezekiel?" Gwen asked, surprising the prairie boy.
"Oh! Uh...hi...Gwen!" Ezekiel wiped his face to clear off the tears. "Uh, yo, yo, how's it going?"
"What are you doing here?" Gwen asked.
Ezekiel stood up, sniffling as he tried to make it look like he was not crying or upset. "Oh, huh...I was looking for stuff to use...for the...commercial."
"Team Victory's turn now, huh?" Gwen asked, knowing that Team Amazon finished. 'Take that Heather and Courtney.' She wiped her smirk off her face and looked down at the home schooled boy. "So where's the rest of your team?"
"They...uh...went that way." Ezekiel pointed in the direction of a wall.
"You're not a good liar." Gwen shook her head. "Is your team still mad at you for losing the stick in Egypt?"
It was at that moment that Ezekiel started crying again, making Gwen instantly regret asking that question as he down to the floor.
"It was just an accident, eh! I didn't mean to lose it but they don't want anything to do with me! LeShawna told me not to come near them and let them work on winning!" Ezekiel cried. "They don't want me here and they gave me those nasty glares, well it was just LeShawna and Bridgette!"
'Oh boy.' Gwen sighed as she knelt next to the crying boy. 'LeShawna can be pretty driven to win and does hold grudges and so does Bridgette.'
"I wanted to prove I could win but they still think I'm some sexist creep! I didn't mean it!" Ezekiel used his hat to blow his nose. "I try to prove them wrong but how can I?! She threatened to beat me up if I came near them!"
Gwen shook her head and remained silent. How can she offer any form of comfort to him? She hadn't even interacted with him that much.
"Look, Zeke, I get it. You've been home schooled all your life, you said something wrong and got booted off for it, I get it. Look your dad told you that; meaning he's the sexist moron in this case, you just repeated what he said out of context, meaning you're not some sexist creep. I know LeShawna, she can be pretty scary when she wants to be." Gwen sighed. "I can't help you a whole lot, I've got my own team to worry about but I know what it's like to have everyone against you for one stupid mistake."
"Oh...yeah." Ezekiel sniffed. "That thing with Trent?"
"Everyone thought I was the bad guy, even though Trent threw the challenges and I dumped him because I thought it was better if we were not in a relationship because of that. A lot of people were mad at me because of that, even though Trent forgave me along with nearly everyone else. I just dealt with it, picked myself and moved on." Gwen sighed. "I can't help you while on the show but if you really are sorry and want a girl as your friend well..."
"You'd be my friend?" Ezekiel looked up at her with a hopeful look. "But what I said..."
"It was dumb but you had no idea and I can't hold a grudge against every person because of a stupid mistake. Besides I saw you talking to Elliot." Gwen smirked.
"Oh yeah, she's...very friendly." Ezekiel said, not wanting to insult his new friend's friend.
"She sure is." Gwen chuckled. "Come on, if my Team is done and Team Victory is starting it's only a matter of time now."
She stood up and offered her hand to Ezekiel. The prairie boy looked at the hand and then Gwen for a moment. He slowly reached up and took the hand and Gwen helped him stand up.
"Let's go." Gwen turned around and walked out of the cargo room with Ezekiel running after her, feeling so much better.
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Confessional: Gwen
"I guess I am soft as a marshmallow but seeing Zeke like that...I like LeShawna and Bridgette but I think they may have gone a little too far."
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Gwen was surprised by how the challenge ended, with her Team winning. Team C's commercial featured Owen as a monster and Alejandro gave him the treat to make him stop destroying the fake city. Next was Team Victory's commercial was very overly dramatic black and white commercial that everyone, including Chris and Chef viewed as nonsense. Next came Team Amazon's commercial to the surprise of Heather and Courtney, especially when Courtney as 'leader' tried to explain they didn't have a commercial.
Gwen actually laughed at the look on their faces as the commercial was mix of all their ideas put into one and they actually won! Chef simply said it featured exploding donuts but it didn't matter because Team Amazon won the challenge. Team Victory was the loser this time and they had to vote someone off.
"You've all cast your votes. Those staying will get in-flight snacks, and if you don't get one you'll be taking the Drop of Shame." Chris opened the door to see the Team's reaction. "The following losers are safe: Lindsay, Bridgette, LeShawna," Chris tossed a bag of peanuts at the people he called out. "And for the first time, Ezekiel is safe."
"Yes!" Ezekiel jumped up and caught the bag. "Thank you! Thank you!"
"Yeah, yeah, moving on." Chris interrupted. "Now, we're left to DJ who blew the pinball challenge and Harold with the over dramatic commercial. And the last bag goes too..."
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"D-"
"Wait!" Harold stood up. "It is I who brought dishonor to our team. There is only one way to restore the balance." He took out his toy lightsaber and 'stabbed' himself in the chest. "Arigato, bushugi!"
He stopped in front of LeShawna. "Leshawna, I think I shall miss you most of all!"
"Harold, that's s a toy lightsaber." LeShawna said, torn between thinking it was sweet or just goofy.
But she was shocked as Harold fell back...out of the plane!
"You might need this! Good luck Harold!" Chris tossed a parachute out, hoping Harold would catch it. "He's yelling something back at me. Oh! No, he's just screaming for his life."
Chris ended the show for the day with Team Amazon taking the First Class until the next challenge.
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"So what are the chances Harold was Nebula's Avatar?" Gwen asked, after Dawn cast the Dimension Seal Method.
"Not high, he strikes me as a little...obnoxious. I mean he kept on going on annoying Chef and Chris about any little mistake they made regarding whatever they had was not Japan." Elliot shook her head.
They were in the First Class now, sitting together on the nice comfy chairs with the rest of Team Amazon frozen until the Method was dispelled.
"He nearly got us killed when he annoyed Chef into cutting the door open and then his commercial...what is wrong with him?" Elliot asked.
"He prides himself on his 'mad skills' and he doesn't socialize much with everybody else." Dawn explained.
"All right, there was no attack this time around so it either means Harold was Nebula's Avatar and we left him in Japan or Nebula didn't have anything for us this time." Gwen leaned against the comfy chair she sat on. "You said Nebula was highly skilled at creating Methods, right Dawn? So what if he left something in Japan that might start taking Life Energy?"
"Already ahead of you, Gwen. Jimmy took the chance and made a call, letting Kurt know that we were landing in Japan. He'll go or send someone else to check it out and make sure no one was marked in a hundred mile radius." Elliot smirked.
"So we wait for the next challenge and but I can't stay up here alone with Heather and Courtney. There's also a promise I kind of made." Gwen stood up.
"The one about Ezekiel?" Dawn asked.
"Did you read my aura?" Gwen raised an eyebrow as she gathered some food.
"That and we overheard you consoling him." Dawn smiled. "That was a very nice thing to do for him."
"I guess I felt bad for the guy. I know how much LeShawna hates to lose and Bridgette's grudge against him. It's a little much to stay mad at him all this time." Gwen picked up the tray of food and sat down again. "I better dispel the Method before I leave just in case they notice anything."
"Can I come?" Elliot asked.
"You sure, they might start asking." Gwen pointed out.
"Yeah, but Ezekiel's just too funny to stay mad at." Elliot sniggered.
Gwen shook her head and dispelled the Method. Luckily Heather and Courtney were napping while Sierra was...giving a sleeping Cody a foot massage, too busy to notice the three girls slip out. Duncan was carving into the arm rest in the chair next to Courtney, too busy to see them leave.
It was easy for them to locate Team Victory in the Economy Class. It looked like both teams were ready to fall asleep with Ezekiel sitting on the far edge of the bench Team Victory was on.
"Psst! Zeke!" Elliot whispered.
Ezekiel looked up and saw the three Avatars in the doorway. Elliot beckoned him over while Gwen leaned out into the Economy Class.
"Hey, guys!"
LeShawna looked up and saw them at the door way. Gwen put a finger to lips as she looked at the sleeping Team C. LeShawna smiled and nodded as she tapped DJ on the shoulders, getting the giants attention. Team Victory slipped out of the Economy Class leaving the sleeping Team Chris alone.
"I wasn't planning on leaving you guys to starve." Gwen smiled as they sat down in the cafeteria section. "We grabbed some foot from the First Class."
"Oh man, Gwen girl you are the best!" LeShawna started snacking along with everyone else.
"You don't seem sad Harold booted him off." Elliot commented.
"Nothing I can do about it, the guy chose to leave." LeShawna swallowed and shrugged.
"I should have gone, so I couldn't hurt anymore animals." DJ sniffled.
"DJ, you are not cursed. The panda thing was an accident." Gwen sighed.
"Come on, Gwen. Look at what happened!" DJ cried.
"That's Chris messing with you, DJ. He knows how much this is driving you crazy so he's putting you in situations where an animal ends up being hurt." Gwen explained. "You got to stop letting him mess with you, the pyramid wasn't even real."
"She's right, DJ. Chris may have no ethical concerns but he is incapable of finding or using anything that resembles a valuable artifact. The Egyptian government would be annoyed with him for that." Dawn nodded.
"I just can't stand it, the curse and being so far from Momma. Hope she's getting all our stuff ready." DJ sighed.
"What do you mean?" Bridgette asked.
"Oh...uh..." DJ rubbed the back of his head. "Well, Momma can't stand the press in Canada anymore so...even if I do win she decided we should move back to Jamaica."
Everyone at the table nearly gasped as they looked at him with startled looks.
"So this means..." Bridgette started but couldn't finish.
"Yeah, I'm leaving Canada and not coming back." DJ nodded feeling very guilty.
Everyone was silent as they stared DJ and then back down at their food. Everyone at the table was fond of the jolly giant, even Dawn and Elliot who had just joined the cast. The news of hearing him leaving Canada and maybe never seeing him again...
"Why?" Lindsay cried.
"We're broke, out of Canadian money because we got sued by the people who were sent to the hospital because of our food. We're living in a bus and the only clothes we got are the ones we were wearing. The paparazzi won't leave us alone, following us were ever we go and our bus which was our only home was wrecked when we chased the Total Drama Dirtbag bus." DJ explained. "Any money we've got is only good outside of Canada and we were banned from any job that involves food. Momma got tired of it all and she accepted a job back in Jamaica."
Everyone was saddened by news and didn't know what else to say or do. One of their friends was leaving and never coming back. They might never see him again and to some of them, especially Bridgette seeing a friend leave forever was almost heartbreaking. Gwen reached down and picked up a pack of soda cans and passed them to everyone to at the table.
"You don't mind soda, Dawn?" Gwen asked.
"It's all right, the horrible food in the Economy Class can't be any worse than a drink full of sugar and caffeine." Dawn picked up her soda can.
"One of the few things I almost never get to do at home." Elliot took her soda can as Gwen stood up.
"DJ, we never got a chance to interact a whole lot on the first season but on the second season you've been one of the nicest guys I've ever met. I sometimes wonder how a big guy like you could be scared of a little cockroach and I was annoyed when you picked Owen over me because of a party but you have been one of the nicest and most compassionate people I have ever met. You stood up for me when I broke up with Trent and you still sided with me when I walked onto the Aftermath, even saving me from a falling anvil." Bridgette had the decency to look down slightly in shame as Gwen raised her can in the air. "I know it's not wine and we don't have any glasses but I think I actually speak for everyone when I say this, we're all going to miss you big guy."
"Aw...thank you all." DJ sniffed, wiping a tear from his eye as everybody raised a can of soda in DJ's honor.
"No problem...but I'm still gonna beat you all in a drinking contest!" Elliot declared before beginning to chug her can down.
"You're on!" DJ began to match her pace, followed by everybody else in the group.
At this moment all thoughts of the show left their minds as they talked and laughed with their good friend, planning to spend as much time with him before he leaves. Even Ezekiel was able to enjoy himself with everyone.