Total Video Game Island
CHAPTER 3: Grave Danger
What is up, cjWriter here and I finished my third chapter for this shindig. I am happy to say that this is my best and longest chapter yet.
I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THESE CHARACTERS WHATSOEVER, ALL RIGHTS GO TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNERS.
This challenge is less complicated than last challenge but still full of a lot of stuff. I noticed this challenge focuses more on the characters rather than the challenge. So please feel free to give back your supportive feedback and/or criticism. I am more than willing to figure out ways to improve my writing.
Thanks for reading and enjoy!
"Last time on Total Video Game Island. We had the race of the century done with multiple parts of crazy skillful tasks! It was one heck of a ride. The tasks however did not stop our contestants, well some of them. Mario dominated the platformer race, Kirby ate all the bacon ice cream, and most importantly Tails and his genius mind, completed the Candy Crush level to win it for his team. Nonetheless, the Dangerous Noobs faced the frightening status of failure. As the Noobs decided who they wanted to vote, a few heated discussions grew. But in the end, it was my ex-wife who hit Game Over. Only one person is gone, we still have a long way to go but never fear, because another episode of TVGI is here. Thanks for tuning in to Total Video Game Island"
Ryu snuck out at the middle of night when his team went to bed. He scurried to the woods and managed his way through. Soon, he came across the pond, the one used in last episode's challenge. There he dived in the pond and swam to the center.
"Ah" Ryu relaxed as he treaded "Feels pleasantly cool"
Then something brushed his foot as if someone was swimming underneath him. Ryu reflexively looked down. It was too dark to see what swam under him so he just treaded away from that spot. He was calm again until he sunk underneath abruptly. He never rose ashore.
"Time for your second challenge!" Pac-Man shouted through his megaphone with an overjoyed smile "Come on let's go!"
All the contestants were out in front of Pac-Man. He smiled brightly as he counted the contestants. When he finished he announced "Okie dokie! We have 22 contestants here, so everyone is all set."
"22? I thought there was 23" replied Tricky
Pac-Man thought for a moment and raised an eyebrow "Did anyone see Ryu?"
"He wasn't in bed when we woke up" Liu Kang informed "I thought he went for a walk early in the morning"
Pac-Man told a staff "Have a lookout for Ryu" then he turned back to the contestants. "We will start the challenge without him. If he doesn't come back by the end of it, then he's Game Over."
Samus: Oh no, we can't lose Ryu. He's one of our only sane teammates.
Liu Kang: I hope Ryu is okay. It would really suck if he got booted out.
"So the next challenge is a lot simpler than our last ones" Pac-Man explained "Man, did that challenge kept my mind moving. This time I'm gonna sit back and watch you guys do your thing right in my office"
Pac-Man then realized something "Oh man! I'm an idiot, I left my office keys at the grave. You see folks, I was suppose to let you guys find the grave and inscribe the other team's name on it, but however when placing the grave, I must've dropped my keys nearby it. So scratched that challenge. The goal is to find my keys near the grave and come back. The team with my keys once they reached back to me win this challenge"
"So, that's it?" asked Amy
"Well, there was another part of the challenge. You see, while looking for a grave I would have some common video game enemies try and distract you. We borrowed quite of few of them from other games. They are scattered all over the island. But don't worry they can't get us here, each one has is repealed by the invisible force field that was placed around the forest. The trick is the field tags. With that, they can't exit the forest."
"So you're saying there are dangerous creatures out there here to 'distract' us from just getting your keys in which you lost by yourself?" complained Chica who was nowhere near eager on the idea.
"Yep" Pac-Man replied ignoring the concern in her comment "Now as I was saying, the enemies will be there so be careful. And there's also a really large enemy. One who wears a steel mask. That's all I'm gonna say. In that case, I am done here"
"Wait," said Link "How do we get to the grave, I mean like where is it?"
Pac-Man sucked in his cheeks "Well that's the issue. I have no reference of where it is located as I forgot to write it down. However I remember it was near water, and that a bird's nest was nearby. It was also quite shaded."
Link scratched the back of his neck as he hadn't had anything to say. Chica was still concerned biting her animatronic lip.
Pac-Man saw the pressure in their eyes and sighed "Well, I guess I can give you guys something to defend yourself" he told Ness to get the box in the supply room. In a few minutes Pac-Man had the box and opened it. Inside were grey plastic handguns with a plug-like nozzle. It had a big pouch on the back of the gun.
"What kinda wimpy gadgets are those" snickered Master Chief
"StunnGuns, TVGI's original weaponry" Pac-Man replied "Each one of you will have these tranquilizer guns and 16 paralyze pellets. You may only use these for enemies only, not each other. If you do, that would be declared cheating. And we all know what the consequence is when you cheat"
"What's the consequence?" asked Master Chief seriously.
Pac-Man scoffed "Disqualification, duh" he grinned a little "Oh yeah that's right, I didn't tell you guys that. Anyway grab your guns and bullets"
Once everyone was geared up, Pac-Man continued "The time has come and the challenge will begin guys, I will have you placed at your starting points over there by the forest's big entrance. A staff will be there to guide you. I'll be over there shortly but as for now, get moving"
Master Chief (staring at his StunnGun): When will I ever get to use my MA5? I mean seriously, a two year-old Convenant baby could use this.
Sonic: I'm okay with facing enemies here and there. I mean I destroyed Eggman's fleets all the time. One thing I am worried is that the keys are near water. I hate water. I barely make it out of a 5 minute shower alive...okay, okay. 10 minute showers.
Chica: I find Pac-Man's ideas of a challenge are starting to get out of hand. One of us could really die and he doesn't care because of our signed contracts say something like our death is our own responsibility. (crosses arms) Yeesh.
Pac-Man (holding a contract): It says, in section b of page 3, that all contestants have a right to quit the show if they feel endangered. I know what I am doing.
The contestants all were lined up at the starting points, the staff told them to wait for Pac-Man. When Pac-Man arrived he took place of the staff and smiled.
"Good luck to you all folks, you have all day and night but please remember that the challenge must be done before 6."
"6 in the evening is not all day and-" Coco began to inform
Pac-Man put his hand over Coco's mouth "Hush, please" he let go "As I was saying, please come back before 6" with that he let the contestants free and the challenge was on.
The Raging Gamers were crossing a ditch in the ground. It was very muddy and the contestants shoes were getting stuck.
"Why on earth, must we venture through this repulsive mudhole?" whined the unhappy Coco
Sonic looked at her from behind "It's either go through this or walk around and waste time, now move it!". Sonic continued as Coco groaned.
The team got out of the ditch and Sonic stopped. The rest halted as well. He sniffed the air. "I smell algae" he said to himself. He pointed east and said "Follow me".
In the bushes was a small creature with a tree-like body and a big mouth. It censored the movement of the Raging Gamers and slid out of it's hiding place. When the team came close enough the creature spat out a big nut and it clonked Crash right in the head.
Coco gasped as she ran towards him "Brother! You ok!"
Crash shook his head rapidly and looked at Coco "I'll be fine" as he got up he got hit in the head again by another nut. "Ack!" he hollered as he fell down again.
"Where are those rocks coming from?" asked Sonya
"They're not rocks, they're Deku nuts" Tails informed "That must mean a Deku scrub is nearby"
Just then another Deku nut flew past by Sonic's head. "Whoa!" he exclaimed.
"It's coming from over there!" shouted Sora as he shot a paralysis pellet from his StunnGun. It flew and pelted against the top of the Deku scrub who froze from the impact. "Got it!"
"Oowie!" screamed Tricky as she was hit by a Deku nut from another Deku scrub. Sora found the scrub and shot immediately in that direction and stunned it.
"Nice shot" Mega Man X cheered "Where'd you learn to shoot?"
"It's like shooting magic from your keyblade" he smiled modestly "Except it doesn't automatically lock onto its target."
Tricky ran up to Sora and hugged him "You're my hero. I thought I would never escape from the evil grasp of the Nutty Tut"
"Nutty Tut?" Sonic smirked.
Sora seemed slightly shocked as he said "Whoa, take it easy Tricky. Don't tip me over" but Tricky still held on.
Sonya snarled "Hey! Stop smothering him. He don't want to be touched by a useless phone drone"
Tricky's face grew red as she let go of Sora and turned to Sonya and spat "Oh really? Well, look who's talking you useless fighting game sex symbol." She then wish she hadn't said that as Sonya grabbed her by the shirt and lifted her ten feet in the air. "You were saying?"
Tricky kicked with her dangling feet "Put me down now!"
Sonya grimaced with evil pleasure "Ok, as you wish"
At that moment, Sora desperately shouted "NO!" as Sonya then threw Tricky up in the air and she went flying straight up a bunch of feet. When she came down Sora quickly ran under her to catch her. She fell right into Sora's arms. Her face was white. Then she fainted.
Sonic's mouth was stuck open. He couldn't believe what he just saw. Sonya looked at everyone who stared at her.
"What?" she defended "I just threw her, damn"
Sonic: Remind me not to mess with her.
Sonya Blade: She was asking for it, just saying.
Sora: That was really uncalled for. Sonya needs to control her temper.
Over at the Dangerous Noobs, Mario lead the way. Peach followed closely behind. Mario was skipping and humming while Peach walked with an adored smile. The rest of the contestants chatted with one another.
Mario: Imma so glad that Peach is still a here. It was a miracle that she stayed.
Peach: I got lucky with the last challenge. But this time I'm gonna try harder. I won't be wimpy Princess Peach anymore. From here on out I'll be Power Peach! (she giggles) I think I'll have to come up with a better name.
"So which way shall we go?" asked Liu Kang
"Well, Pac-Man said there was a bird's nest nearby it" Samus informed
"And some water mass" Solid Snake added
"Yes" Samus nodded "So we have to keep an eye out on some things"
"Hey a guys!" Mario shouted as he quickly ran to a tree with a nest on one of its branches. "I think we are getting close!"
As he was running Samus noticed a little vine on the ground that ran up to nest. Before she could say anything, Mario was soon hanging upside down by his two ankles. A vine with a loop at the end retracted and pulled Mario off the ground.
"Help me!" Mario pleaded "Imma stuck!"
"Yes we can see that" Master Chief rolled his eyes
Samus said for someone to cut him down but all they had were their StunnGuns. Samus groaned a little but had an idea. She grabbed her StunnGun and aimed at Mario.
"Whattaya doin', d-don't shoot at a m-me!" Mario blubbered as he started swinging himself in panic.
Samus order him to stay still. Mario hesitated but when Samus said she was only gonna shoot the vine, Mario calmed down. She then aimed the gun a little upwards so she was aiming slightly above Mario were the knot was.
"Ready?" she asked Mario.
"Oh mama mia, yes" Mario groaned
Samus shot and the pellet sliced through the thin knot of the vine. She didn't even touch Mario. He wiggled a little until the knot came full loose. He dropped down falling on his back and grunted. He was however minutely harmed. He got up and brushed the dirt off his knees.
"Thank you a very much" Mario thanked Samus "You have the best aim in the world"
Samus smiled modestly "You're welcome buddy"
Master Chief: Boy could that girl shoot and stay hot. Now that's the girl I gotta be with. Whoowee! I'm gonna make my move pretty soon.
Peach: Samus is one of our greatest players on the team. Maybe I could learn from her.
Zelda: Now if Link had his bow and arrow, then Mario would be still up there. Just saying.
Back at the Gamers, Sora still carried Tricky in his arms. Even her small size still grew heav
Over at the Gamers. Tails seem to be working on something with some wires and Deku nuts. Sonya was quiet as she kept herself watching the trees do the tango with the harsh wind.
Amy strolled quickly to Sonic reaching for Sonic's hand but Sonic pulled it away just in time. Amy giggled "Oh Sonic, you're so self-conscious. It's okay, no one cares that we're in a relationship, right Sora?"
Sora raised an eyebrow "You and Sonic are in a relationship?"
Sonic smiled "Yeah, the restraining order kind"
Sora laughed real hard. Amy playfully slapped Sonic on the shoulder "You're too funny"
Tails suddenly shouted "Eureka!"
"What Tails?" Sonic turned around
"I figured out how to convert the Deku nuts nutrients to a reliable power source for these wires. Now I can make walkie talkies for us to communicate with."
"Excellent!" Sonic and Sora both said at once. They looked at each other and high fived.
"Now what quantity of these speaking devices could you create?" asked Coco
"Well, I found a couple of Deku nuts that were shot at us, so I made three of them." Tails explained
"Well then we'll split into 3 teams" Sonic suggested "Me, Tails, Sora and I guess Tricky will go west, Coco, Crash, Lara and Spyro will go straight ahead, and the rest of you head east."
Tails finished the walkie talkies and handed one to Sonic, Lara Croft and Mega Man X, each of them taking charge of their team. When they were ready the Raging Gamers branched out.
Lara Croft: I'm liking how this team is starting to get along. Sure we had that incident earlier but Sonya seems to be remorseful, just staring at the trees quietly.
Sonya: I saw in the woods the most weirdest thing ever. I got distracted by it not focusing what was going on but apparently we're splitting up. Oh yeah, the weird thing I saw was two Deku scrubs playing with each other very roughly...hold on a sec...they weren't playing at all.
Spyro (sounding stuffed up): I think I must've sniffed something odious which triggered my sinuses. And every time I sneeze I have a tendency to blow fire through my nose. (starts to sneeze but it went away) The more I hold it in, the more it hurts.
Over by the Noobs they faced some trouble. Steve was jumped by a Goomba in which Mario tried to jump on but landed on Steve. Liu Kang got tackled by a Papu Papu but kicked him away and stunned him. Zelda was almost blown by a creeper if Steve didn't take her away from it just in time. And more Deku scrubs pelted Deku nuts at them so at this point they minded every unusual sounds and movements.
Liu Kang held his StunnGun firmly as he only had 3 pellets left. Chica held her's loosely with full ammo. She hadn't shot from it once that is until she heard rustling in the bush she was closest too. No one else, surprisingly, notice.
"Um guys," she called meekly to the point she was flat out scared. "I think something is in the bush" the contestants all stopped to listen but there was no sound. They continued walking.
Chica was still afraid. As her hand with the StunnGun was starting to tremble. As she walked past another bush she heard more rustling. She stopped again, dead in her tracks, as she called out to her team. Once again the team heard nothing. Then the bush rustled again and Chica didn't hesitate and shot at it. Out came a blood curdling cry.
Chica (eyes wide): Oh...my...gosh…
"What did you hit?" asked Master Chief
Chica was silent as Snake went in the bush and pulled a drenched man with mud all over his white gi. It was Ryu.
"Ryu!?" Liu Kang nearly jumped in disbelief "He's alive!?"
"Well now he's unconscious" Snake informed
Chica nearly cried "Oh my, I harmed on of my teammates!"
Zelda walked up to her "Relax, he's fine. See he's still breathing. Now come on we need to go, follow Mario"
"Yes follow me" Mario repeated. Snake shrugged as he picked up the unconscious street fighter and hunched him over his shoulder.
Over by Sonic's group, Tails managed to build a GPS with some more wires, a Deku nut, and a pair of glasses that flew off a Magikoopa in which Sonic stunned. They found themselves approaching a small pond on the island. Tree branches were hovering over them making a lot of shade.
"I think we're getting close" stated Sora who still held Tricky in his arms
"Now let's look for a nest" Tails said
Tricky moaned a little and slowly woke up. Sora easily put her down as she steadily got up and her feet. She looked around a little and asked "Where am I?"
Tails answered "You fainted after when Sonya threw you. Sora had been carrying you and we split up into 3 teams. Now we are here."
Sora walked up to Tricky "You okay?"
Tricky stepped back "Just stay away from me"
"Huh?"
"Leave me alone" as she started running
"Hey where are you going?" asked Sonic "We need to stick together"
Tricky didn't listened as she carelessly ran over a big stone. She fell over with a thud.
"Tricky!" Sora quickly ran over to her fallen contestant. He helped her up "Are you ok?"
Tricky hugged him firmly and sobbed into his shoulder. Sora reacted by stroking the back of head.
"I'm sorry" Tricky cried "I'm sorry I was blaming you for hurting me."
Sora was silent for a little "It's alright." was all he said.
"Is that?" Tails wondered as he pointed at the stone Tricky tripped on.
"No way!" Sonic beamed. Sora and Tricky step aside as Sonic quickly examined the stone. "It's the grave! It's the grave!"
"We found it?" Tricky face brightened. She jumped up in the air and repeatedly shouted "Yay!" then she grabbed Sora and kissed him on the cheek.
Sonic whistled as Tails fell down the ground laughing his ass-off. Sonic looked at him and said "Immature". Tails continued laughing. Tricky seemed like nothing happen as she continued jumping but Sora was all red.
Sora: Wow...that was…(clears throat) uh, anyway, we found the grave, yay.
Tails calmed down as Sonic realized something. There was no key. The group searched around the grave but didn't find anything.
"Well let's just inform the others for now" Tails suggested
Sonic nodded and used his walkie talkie "Gamers, we found the grave come here quickly were by a little pond" the Sonic looked up and saw a big wide tree with a large bird's nest "And there's a big tree here too with the bird's nest. The tree is huge. You can't miss it." And then the rest of the team were on their way.
As for the Noobs, they were lost. Mario seemed to lose track of where he was as the came across an open area in which they had no clue what it was. Snake still carried Ryu and wasn't breaking a sweat.
Snake: After carrying that heavy pack last challenge, Ryu is like a school backpack to me.
"Mario, dear" Peach called gently "Do you know where we are?"
"Of course I do" Mario lied "We are...we are in the forest"
"No shit, sherlock" Master Chief grunted
Samus cross her arms "Mario we are lost, admit it"
"No we are a not!" Mario protested
Master Chief walked up to Mario "Well ok then, where," he flicked the plumber's big nose "are we?"
"Stoppa that!" Mario swung away the Chief's hand "I know exactly where we are a going. We a going-" he was interrupted by a loud caw that echoed through the island. "Over there" Mario ordered pointing towards where the sound was.
Pac-Man was sitting on a lawn chair, keeping an eye on the contestants with his laptop when he heard the caw and smiled "He's here"
"Oh my gosh!" gasped Tails "That's the Helmaroc King, a servant of Ganondorf, from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, run!"
"How the hell do you know these things?" Mega Man X shouted over the bird's roar as they ran as fast as they could.
The Raging Gamers all ran helplessly as the bird approached them with his claws out and ready. He grabs Crash by the pants. Crash screams for help. Spyro quickly flies up as fast as could, to get Crash. He chases the bird with all his might and manage to catch up to him. Crash was locked in tight as Spyro tried to pull him out. Suddenly, Spyro's nose felt weird.
Spyro: Oh boy, here it comes!
"A-CHOOOOOO!" came the dragon's loud sneeze. His nose breathed a wave of fire that burned both Crash and the Helmaroc. The giant bird let go of Crash and Spyro caught him and brought him down. He flew back up to look around for the key. The bird was not done though as it turned and charged at Spyro. Spyro saw it approaching fast. He knew he wouldn't outrun the bird so he stayed still.
But then suddenly the bird screeched as it fell straight towards where the Noobs were just arriving. Samus saw it and shot the bird with 6 paralysis pellets from her StunnGun.
When the bird crashed it almost crushed Mario but he quickly long jumped out of there.
"Whoa! That's was really close" Link gasped as he saw Mario just miss the Helmorac's wing.
"This challenge has gone chaotic!" Chica screamed as she ran in with fear.
Liu Kang watched her scramble away and sighed "She'll never understand a challenge will she?"
Master Chief laughed "If she thinks challenges are pattycake and talent shows, then no."
The rest of the team laughed when Snake saw something hooked on the bird's beak. He went over to him, stilling carrying Ryu, and grabbed it. It was Pac-Man keys.
"Hey guys, I found them" Snake announced jingling the keys in his hands. "Let's move out!"
Mario grew a big smile "Gooda going Snake! You found the key!" he said it a bit too loud.
"Hush!" demanded Samus but it was too late. The Gamers caught on and their eyes were locked on Snake.
"Snake! Run!" ordered Samus. Snake did not hesitate as the Gamers charged at him. The Noobs started to running to and the race to victory had begun.
Sonic was catching up fast to Snake. Snake still carried Ryu over his shoulder who was still unconscious. Sonic swiped at the keys but Snake lateraled them to Mario who was behind him.
Mario took the keys and sprinted as fast as he could. Sonic dived at him but missed as Mario long jumped over him.
"Good going!" Snake cheered. Mario laughed at the fallen Sonic who was back far behind the running crowd.
Then all of a sudden Crash came out of nowhere and used his spin attack on the back of Mario. Mario toppled over with a grunt and the keys were shot up in the air at impact.
Tricky and Zelda were pushing each other away from the falling keys as they wanted them. However, Mega Man X leaped over them just in time to steal the keys. He waved them at the ladies as Zelda pouted and Tricky cheered.
Mega Man X ran until Steve tripped him by chucking a big rock at his legs. Steve picked up the keys that Mega Man dropped and ran off. Following him was Raging Gamer, Sonya. She was getting real close, inches from tackling down when Peach out of nowhere pushed Sonya into a nearby ditch. Sonya gasped in surprise as she slid in the ditch. Steve looked back at her and nodded. Peach was shocked as well.
Peach: Whoa...that was...AWESOME! I mean, did you see how I pushed down that Sonya into the ditch. I never thought I had it in me.
Steve dodged a dive from Sonic and laughed silently. However, he wasn't looking where he was going and tripped over a tree root. The key flew up in the air. Kirby took action as he flew up and sucked in the keys. He3 quickly came down and ran as fast as his little legs could.
Master Chief sprinted towards the pink creature with the keys in his body. When he got close enough he pounded on the top of Kirby's head and he spat out the keys. Master Chief reacted quickly as he retrieved the keys. He ran as fast as he could making great distance as they were approaching close to the finish line where Pac-Man was.
Master Chief was all happy, laughing, as he saw everyone was so far behind. But then suddenly, Spyro came out of nowhere and rammed into his back knocking him over. Spyro picked up the dropped keys and charged forward. No one was near him. He had it won. That is until his nose started to feel funny.
Spyro: Oh no! Not now!
"A-CHOOOO!" came the sneeze. The keys, that were in his mouth, flew as fire bursted it like a rocket. It came soaring through the air heading straight towards, Chica, who was walking along not noticing the big stampede. The keys landed right in front of her. She crouched down to pick it up but jolted her hand back due to it being still hot from the fire.
Mario was approaching "GO!" he shouted
Chica quickly grabbed a stick and hooked it in the key ring. From there she ran as fast as she could. Up ahead was Pac-Man. He was sitting on his chair watching it all with his binoculars.
"This, this is perfect" he smiled
Sonic was catching up to Chica. The animatronic noticed him coming in fast so she did the one thing she thought she would never do. As Sonic was about to grab her she flipped backwards behind Sonic and tapped him on his shoulder. Sonic turned around to Chica's jumpscare as she screeched the blue out of the hedgehog. Sonic fainted as Chica passed the finish line.
The Dangerous Noobs cheered, as the ran up to Chica and picked her up cheering. SOnic woke up from his fright nap and saw his team shaking their head at him,
"What?" Sonic protested "She freakin' jumpscared me. And it's not like I was the one who lost the keys and gave them to Chica"
"I didn't give them to Chica" Spyro defended but was soon stopped by Pac-Man's whistle. The contestants all gathered up around Pac-Man.
"Wow!" Pac-Man exclaimed "That race to the finish was amazing! Really was exciting. But as we all know, it was the Dangerous Noobs who won the challenge. Congratulations"
The Noobs cheered. Chica was high fived multiple times by her teammates. Snake still held Ryu over his shoulder. Pac-Man saw him and grinned
"I see you've found Ryu" he said "Where was he? And why is he unconscious?"
Chica silenced herself "I might've shot him with the StunnGun by accident" she said meekly "Oh please, don't disqualify me, it was accident, I didn't-"
"Enough of that" Pac-Man hushed "I saw everything and was it funny. Haha, it's okay Chica, I'm not mad"
Chica sighed a sigh of relief "Oh thank goodness. " she then grabbed the ring of keys "Well do you want your keys?"
"Nope, have mine" replied Pac-Man revealing another ring of keys. He saw the look of their faces. "Yep, I had my keys all along"
"You bastard!" shouted Sonya "You wasted our lives for nothing"
"Whoa, calm down" Pac-Man ordered "Finding those spare keys was the challenge. I lied about the engraving part that I mentioned earlier"
"Why?" asked Liu Kang
"Well because I found it more fun to trick you guys" he replied with a smile "But that doesn't matter. What matters is that you guys had it rough today. I mean you fought, Deku scrubs, Goombas, and even the Helmaroc King. You see," Pac-Man explained "this challenge was training you for three major things. Navigation, enemy encounters, and searching skills"
"What exactly does those mean?" asked Crash who was recovering from being burned by Spyro.
"Glad you ask," Pac-Man replied "Navigation is the ability to know where you are and where you are going in a video game and in real life. You probably have already encountered enemies long before. And searching skills, correspond with navigation. It basically helps you find hidden or secret items."
"Oh how cool" Tricky stated "We were learning while doing this challenge"
"Well not you," Sonya snorted "You were asleep in Sora's arms the whole time"
Tricky retaliated "That's because you threw me 20 feet in the air, you jerk"
"And I'll do it again if you don't shut your mouth" countered Sonya
"That's enough!" Pac-Man shouted over their nagging "Now, Noobs, for winning the challenge, your prize is a 100$ bonus. That basically means, no matter when you get eliminated from now on, you guys earn 100$ when you leave."
"That's awesome" Link stated
"Indeed," Pac-Man nodded "Now as for you, Gamers, I want to see you at the Arcade Zone right after dinner. You guys have the Game Over Sessions awaiting you. One of you will be out of here." With that he let the contestants leave.
Sonic: We had it won. Spyro held the keys but he lost them. He should go.
Spyro: Man, I blew it didn't I? It was just a sneeze.
Sora: Sonya is too dangerous at times. She needs to leave before she hurts someone else
Tricky (holding a picture of Sonya): (rips the paper in half and stomps it on the ground multiple times)
Sonya: Oh please, like I will bow down to mobile character. She's the lowest of the lowest of video game characters.
"Yay! It feels good to win" Peach cheered as they sat with their pizza. A very good pizza. Everyone sat with their team. Snake had put away Ryu in his bunk just before who was still unconscious. Pac-Man said it takes about 18 hours before it loses its effect.
"Yeah, we sure showed those Gamers, that Noobs rule" Liu Kang added
"Agreed" said Samus
"Nice shooting you did there" Snake said nudging her in the shoulder "Really well professional"
"Well I am a trained soldier fighting off alien Metroids" she commented with a nudge back. Master Chief was silent as he looked at Samus.
Over at the Raging Gamers, they were silent except for Kirby chatting away while eating his pizza. Mario walked up to Donkey Kong in the kitchen. He was cleaning up, for what it looks like.
"Um, excuse a me" Mario piped
Donkey stopped what he was doing and looked at Mario "What is it? Can't you see I'm busy?"
"Oh sorry, I just wanted to know if I can have more a pizza"
Donkey Kong didn't answer instead grabbed a stale biscuit and stuffed it in Mario's mouth. Mario didn't say anything as he left the kitchen and back at his table where he spat the biscuit in the trash.
"Oh Mario" Peach said rubbing his shoulder "What did I tell you about Donkey Kong"
"I know but I just wanted more pizza" Mario pouted
"Oh you can have mine then" Peach asked shoving her plate of pizza to him
"Thanks Peach" he thanked as he starting eating the pizza
"All I gotta say Samus is you impressed more than Link has" Zelda joked giving a wink at Link.
"Wouldn't be saying much" played along Link. The table grew in laughter. The Gamers looked over to them and frowned.
"That could be us you know" said Sonic depressingly
"Take it easy on yourself Sonic" Amy said rubbing his head "We only lost this time"
"Yeah, but we can't keep losing" he said looking right at Spyro
"Look I'm sorry," Spyro said in defense "But there were a lot of flaws done by our team"
"He is right" Coco stated
"Let's just vote who we want to vote, instead of arguing with whom to vote" Lara Croft insisted
"Sounds like a plan" said Sonic "Well, I'm done, meet you guys there"
Sonic: The good players on my team (counts them off with his fingers) Tails, Me, Sora, Lara Croft and Mega Man X. Tricky is ok and so is Crash. The rest are useless.
After dinner, Samus sat in a t-shirt and shorts by the girls cabin staring up into the night sky. Master Chief saw her there and made his move. He sat next to her not saying anything.
"Um, hey" Samus finally spoke
"I've been up there before," he said pointed at the sky "Space and beyond. It just scares going up there knowing there's a possibility of me not coming back"
Samus seemed intrigued by the way he spoke. As if he was talking like if he was remembering someone. "Well, I've gone up there many times too. It is scary"
Master chief looked at her "You know, when I saw you shoot that big bird earlier, I had to admit, that was really good."
Samus smiled "I'm pretty sure you got some aim too"
"Lately not, but that's because I don't have my MA5"
"Right"
Master Chief looked at the sky and back at her "I'm liking this team. We're pretty cooperative. Like me and my boys back at home."
"Yeah, it is a good team"
Master Chief leaned over just a little "I wasn't just talking about them"
Samus blushed and got up "Oh ok, I gotta go now, heh" she tripped over nothing and quickly got up "Bye"
Master Chief just stood there confused
Master Chief: She got nervous before I made my move. What the hell?
At the Arcade Zone, Pac-Man was ready for the Game Over Sessions. He stood there eyeing the contestants as they came in.
"Raging Gamers," he began "I am sad to say one of you must go home. Here's how it works, I give you the Voting slip and you vote for the contestant you want to go home. After all the votes are tallied up I'll announce the loser who gets Game Over. From there the rest of you mus t go to your cabins and get prepared for the next challenge. I guess you practice getting along. Now, as of now, head to the voting rooms." The contestants all went one by one to vote.
Tricky: There is only one person I'm voting for and that's Sonya.
Spyro: Honestly, I don't who to vote for. I'm a bit lost myself.
Sonic: Do I even have to tell you?
Coco: By my predictions, the one who will accumulate the most votes, is the one I am voting for.
Mega Man X: I find Mr. Captain needs a lesson
"Contestants" Pac-Man said after all the votes were made and counted "The votes were crazy as half of you were voted for. Let me just announce the safe contestants first. The ones who are safe are, Coco, Amy, Kirby, Crash, Lara Croft and Mega Man X."
"I'm not safe? What did I do?" Tails asked worried
"Relax Tails, you had just one vote, you're safe"
Kirby: I vote for Tails. I don't know why.
"Others who are safe" Pac-man continued "Sora"
Sora looked relieved
"Sonic"
Sonic sighed easily
"And Tricky"
Sonya and Spyro looked at each other nervously.
Pac-Man saw the anxiety in their eyes "You two were the leaders in votes. One having 4 votes and the other have 3. With that being said, the Game over goes too…"
"Spyro"
Spyro stayed silent as he got up and walked away. Crash said his goodbyes as the two went their ways. Spyro waved bye on last time. This time sneezing blowing some fire.
The others laughed a little as Sonya stayed upset.
Sonya: Three people voted for me. I know, Tricky and Sora are two of them. I wonder who was the third. Anyways, I gotta keep my head low. They'll be after me next time I lose so I better have people on my side as well. (chuckles devilishly) I will get my way.
"Well then," Pac-Man continued "Raging Gamers head on out. We got important business tomorrow as it is our last training challenge tomorrow. Now head on out to your cabins" as they left he looked at the camera "What a day folks, we really made it through with a lot of action in this one. As for the Helmaroc King, he'll return to Ganondorf. Tomorrow is the last day of training. What will happen? Will the Noobs win again? What was up with Samus earlier? It all will be soon answered next time on Total Video Game Island."
"Now, I gotta pay Wario for the pizza we bought"
Hey guys what did you think? Did you want Spyro to lose? The only reason I got rid of him was because he didn't seem like a well though out character. But in the end he did face off with the Helmaroc King. With that being said, the whole inner story for thsi challenge was completely erased and re planned out. The reason why it took so long out upload.
Basically the original story, involved Kirby trying to take control as leader and that Sonic had the key into Spyro sneezed and accidentally blew fire on him. I cut that idea while writing because it didn't flow well. Also the whole Tricky/Sora romance situtation just flew by at the top of my head and I somehow managed it to fit it well in my story.
In all regards, this chapter was fun and also a pain to write when my Google documents didn't save what I wrote so half my story was gone. Twice.
The standings:
Raging Gamers: Challenges Won: 1
Members: Sonic (Captain), Sora, Coco, Crash, Sonya Blade, Tricky, Lara Croft, Mega Man X, Kirby, Tails, Amy
Dangerous Noobs: Challenges Won: 1
Members: Mario (Captain), Link, Samus, Master Chief, Ryu, Solid Snake, Peach, Chica, Liu Kang, Zelda, Steve
Eliminated: Ms. Pac-Man - Spyro