Annabeth scanned the area. It was most likely the Wildcard challenge, where one of the eliminated campers would have the chance to return. Percy had dozed out from how long the wait had been since they were brought here by the mysterious host. She glanced at the other campers: Dijonay was filing her nails, Sherb was dozing off as well. Natsu was fidgeting with a fireball in his hand, and Toshi was sharpening his sword with murderous intent.

Finally, the host returned. Revealing herself to be alumni camper Courtney, she roused Sherb and Percy with an alarm tune from her cellphone..

"I'm on it, mom!" yelled Sherb. "Huh, what?"

"I need you all to listen up and listen well, understand? I hate repeating myself," snapped Courtney. "Today, Chris has given me leave to handle the Wildcard Challenge. That means you're all going to do what I say if you want to get back into the competition!"

"And if we don't want to get back?" asked Annabeth, an eyebrow raised.

"Then we fall back to the contract, which necessitates your full cooperation with us until the end of the season,"

Annabeth shrugged. "Alright, what's the challenge?"

"This," said Courtney with a smirk. "Behold!" She unveiled a massive whiteboard filled with plans, information and all sorts of data written all over it. Annabeth took in the view with a confused look, but she soon understood the assignment.

"It's Duncan, your ex,"

"Exactly."

Dijonay rubbed her hands together. "What's the setup, girl? Want us to pull up and give him a little asswhooping?"

"Nothing so pointless. Thing is, Duncan stole my PDA a few weeks ago, and threatens to release some of my most embarrassing videos online. Of course, I tried to bargain with him, but he seems determined to carry it out."

"So we go on a quest to retrieve your PDA?" asked Percy. "Meh, alright, now this is a challenge more up our alley,"

"Good," said Courtney. "I have high hopes for you. Pull this off, and the one who hands the PDA to me personally will return to the competition"

"Oh, so we must go our separate ways?" asked Toshi, seriously considering the possibility of competing directly against the other competitors.

"I wouldn't, if I were you," Courtney warned. "See, you're not the only ones after the PDA. Many Total Drama Alumni want to get it, too. I have lots of incriminating evidence on all of them, from Ezekiel to Owen. You might run into them, and trust me, you don't want to run into the Alumni on your own"

"Duncan is currently in a maximum-security prison in Seattle. Good luck, you guys. I expect results…"

The flight to Seattle was short and sweet. Annnabeth quickly laid out a plan to break Duncan out, and then use it as leverage to get him to trade back the PDA for his freedom.

"Percy and Toshi, incapacitate the guards. Natsu, I'll need your fire to melt down the steel bars of the prison cell. Dijonay and Sherb, be the distraction on the other wing of the prison. Got it?"

"Got it!"

Dijonay and Sherb went up to the guards. "Would you like…. a nail, sir?" asked Dijonay, reaching into her cleavage.

"What the hell-" The guards never saw Sherb's headbutt coming.

"Nice work, billy boy. Now let's hope the others are doing well, too."

"I'll need an ice pack and some aspirin when this is all over…"

Percy and Toshi made quick work of the guards on Duncan's wing of the facility. Annabeth hacked into the mainframe of the security systems and clearead Natsu for Duncan's cell.

Duncan looked up at the unexpected visitors. "Let me guess. Courtney wants her PDA back?". Natsu melted down the bars and helped Duncan out. "That is seriously cool, man,"

Annabeth and the others grouped up at the control room. "Alright, Duncan. We're going to give you your freedom, but we need the PDA. Do we have a deal?"

"We would… but…"

"But what?"

"But I don't think those guys are gonna say 'deal'"

Annabeth spun around in shock, coming face-to-face with a motley assortment of past campers. Harold, Eva, Brick, Anne Maria, Wayne and Raj were on the opposite side of the room.

"Hand over the PDA, bum, and no one gets hurt," said Eva.

"Oh, but what if we WANT to get hurt?" asked Percy sweetly.

Pandemonium erupted. Eva lunged forward, tackling at Annabeth, only to be butted away by Sherb, sending both rolling on the floor. Wayne and Raj tackled Percy to the ground, stealing his pen and playing monkey-in-the-middle with it.

"We like, know you're useless without your pen-sword, bro!"

"Well, bro, you heard WRONG" Twin torrents of water knocked the hockey enthusiasts to the walls. Percy grabbed Riptide and parried Harold's katana just in time. Anne Maria and Dijonay sprayed hair care products at each other.

"Stiff Beauty rules!"

"Nuh uh, Penny So Pretty owns your asses!"

Harold and Toshi were going Kill Bill on each other while Percy yeeted Brick at Wayne and Raj, sending the three of them sprawling on the floor.

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!" Percy yelled.

Sherb headbutted Anne Maria, and soon, all six of the enemy were now eliminated and tied up. "Was that it?" asked Toshi. "You dishonor your seasons,"

"Oh, we weren't the team, brah. We were just the bench," said Wayne.

"WE'RE the ones you should worry about," said a voice behind them. He floated in the air, electricity rippling across his body. Behind him were five other people, teenagers by the look of it."

Annabeth gasped. "Jason…"

"And Amethyst, Sasha Braus, Arthur Kirkland, Darcy of the Trix and Gaara…" murmured Toshi. "What the fuck…"

"We have express orders to take the PDA from Duncan. By force, if necessary," said Jason.

"What in the Batman-Superman: Public Enemies Part Two, The Remix shenanigans is going on here, dude?" asked Percy.

"Pluto, if I know. All we know is the one who gets the PDA back gets to return to the competition,"

"Courtney's playing us all for fools!" spat Toshi.

"No, not her," said Darcy. "But our benefactor is someone very interested in the PDA, too."

"Wanna make something of it, goth girl?" asked Dijonay.

"Not the Dollar Tree Leshawna coming for us," scoffed Amethyst.

"Them's fightin' words," said Natsu

Another fight broke out. Percy and Jason's swords clashed. Toshi threw himself at Sasha Braus, while Arthur Kirkland launched a magical assault at Annabeth, trying to get the PDA. Darcy threw shade, the literal kind, at Dijonay. Amethyst and Sherb butted heads, the former morphing into a goat herself, Natsu blew a volley of fire at Gaara, who was safely coccooned in his sand.

"Don't let 'em bring us down, guys!" said Annabeth. She deftly moved her fingers in an arcane motion, dispelling Arthur's hexes and reflecting some of them back at him.

"Who the devil taught you that magic, daughter of Athena?!" said the Englishman in fright. "That is the lost magic of the Ancient Egyptians!"

"Her name's Sadie Kane, and she's the little sister I never had," replied Annabeth, before knocking the Brit out with a roundhouse kick.

"It's useless, you know," said Gaara as Natsu continued to blow flames at his shield. "This isn't the type of sand that turns into glass,"

Percy lunged towards them. "Is it the type that turns to mud when wet, then?" A wave of water blasted at Gaara, weakening him and letting Natsu land a vicious punch to knock him out.

"You idiots!" Darcy stomped. "Half of them don't even HAVE powers! Get back on your- UGH!" She crumpled as Sherb bodyslammed into her.

"I FEEL SO ALIVE!" yelled the goat.

Amethyst and Sasha got knocked out, soon, Jason was fighting all six of them, but he stabbed the ground with his sword and lightning exploded all over, knocking them all back. By the time they regained vision, Jason and all the others had disappeared.

"Whoops, they got the PDA," said Duncan.

Natsu personally yeeted Duncan back into his cell.

"So much for a smooth operation," said Percy.

"Can it, seaweed brain, we can still find the PDA," replied Annabeth.

"Y'all are so sweet right now, but what's the plan Annie-Bel-Air?" asked Dijonay.

"Who is the only camper Courtney has competed with who can afford to put together a team like that?"

"It's at the tip of my tongue," said Sherb.

"The guy Lady Gaga made a song about," said Percy.

"The who who got a song from who?" asked Natsu.

Annabeth smiled. "Alejandro Burromuerto…"

The Burromuerto mansion, on a private island off the coast of Los Angeles, was even more heavily-guarded than the prison in Seattle, but still posed no problem for the team. The guards were down, and Annabeth snuck in ahead with her invisibility cap. Soon, the five other members made it to the living room, more like a living city block given the sheer size of it.

On a divan in the middle of the room reclined Alejandro himself. "Buenos noches, my friends. I believe you have something that belongs to me…"

"Oh Neptune, not this switcheroo again…" said Percy, rolling his eyes and smacking his forehead.

"Whaddya mean?" asked Natsu.

"Long story, involving going to hell and back. Remind me to tell you about it over some chili cheese fries."

Alejandro explained that his prized antique Faberge egg was stolen by Duncan the other month, and that he expected them to be emissaires from Duncan, returning the egg in exchange for his bail.

"No, we're here for the PDA you stole," said Natsu impatiently

"What PDA?"

"THIS PDA!" said Annabeth, coming in from upstairs.

"Who on earth are you and how did you-"

"Your security is shit, Mr. Burromuerto, and your password "joseisanuglymotherfucker69" was an easy guess."

"Yay, Annabeth!" cheered Sherb.

"Oh, Sherb, I wouldn't cheer if I were you…" She pressed a button on the divan and suddenly all five of them were electrocuted and a cage fell from the ceiling, entrapping them.

"How did you know?" asked Alejandro.

"Darcy Draggle always plays sides," said Annabeth. "I knew you weren't the one since Courtney didn't have her PDA on World Tour NOR All Stars, the only seasons you competed together. You merely bribed Darcy to betray her gift, to use the PDA for your own extortion plan, to a camper who also has money and WAS around Courtney in a season where she was on her PDA non-stop."

Jason and the other Season 1 campers, minus Darcy, arrived behind Annabeth, Jason clapped. "That was a brilliant deduction, Annabeth"

Arthur nodded. "A mind worthy of the tales of Doyle,"

Percy shook his head in disbelief. "The schemer really jumped out, huh?"

"Sorry, Percy. I just kinda snapped."

"But who did send the Season 1 campers, if not Alejandro?" asked Sherb.

"It was ME,"

Heather hopped off a private helicopter to join the rest of the campers in the strange tableau they had made. "Jason, sweetie, hand me that PDA, won't you? Now, you can return to the competition and win this time!"

Jason rolled his eyes and stepped forward. Or tried to. To his horror, he found his body stiffened, as if bound by tiny, invisible threads.

"You're right, Jason. I am brilliant." Like a puppeteer, Annabeth moved her fingers rapidly. Suddenly, all five Season One campers fell stiff like marionettes. Percy gasped, seeing the gleam of thin threads of Celestial Bronze, streaming from Annabeth's fingers.

With a wave, Annabeth made Sasha Braus stab Amethyst, poofing her instantly. She made Gaara immobilize everyone else with his sand, then, shutting down his automatic defenses with a thread of Celestial bronze connecting to his solar plexus, Annabeth knocked out Gaara with a blow to the temple.

"That technique…" he gasped before fainting.

"I know. Your brother specializes in it, but I figured out a way independently. So much possibilities with threaded bronze…"

"Bitch, that was COLD." said DIjonay, looking at the mess around them.

"So who gets the PDA now?" asked Natsu.

"We all played our part, so…" Annabeth threw the PDA into the air.

"Whoever catches it, wins…" she said with a smile.

Annabeth pulled the string, but Sherb thought faster and leapt at it, pulling with his teeth and tugging the PDA towards him.

"I got it! I got it!" he cheered.

"Well done!" said Courtney, stepping out into the open. "And too bad for you, Heather! Imagine the top six of last season losing to the bottom six of this! Sherb, you will now return to the competition, as I did in TDA. Make sure you mak Top Three!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

Sherb waved goodbye to the other five eliminated campers as the Lame-O-Sine took him back to the Studios...