Nelly stood alone. Currently, she was in the middle of LA like before. However, it was more off to the side "Boy, this has been quite the season, hasn't it?" she casually walked further from the city's territory "Betrayal, romance, action. We had it all through these few weeks together! But sadly, all good things come to an end"
She stepped on something that looks like a rock, causing the ground to shift and shake. She wrapped her arms around her back and faced the camera "And what better way to bring this to an end than with a little trip into new territory?"
The ground flew into the sky, causing massive earthquakes to shake the state and cause the population to run around panicking. The ground Nelly was on shifted as well, removing the trees and dirt to form something more like a board set "Please do get comfortable, as we're going to be entering our most dangerous and threatening challenge yet! There will be physical fighting, mental intimidation, and potential betrayal in today's episode of Total. Drama. Arcade!"
Intro Starts
"Dear Mom and Dad, I'm Doin' Fine," Topher and Nelly stood at the front of the island, with the nurse rapidly measuring Topher's limbs and where his organs should be.
"You guys are on my mind." The camera zoomed past the two hosts to an abandoned-looking city. In the middle of the plaza was a giant pool that the camera dove into. At the bottom, Dylan tried pulling a chest up to the surface.
"You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer is plain to see," Dylan felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She turned around, only for Ian to come out of nowhere and swim away with the chest. Bubbles floated up to the surface, where Bobby floated on a raft. Bobby looked nervous about the water.
"I wanna be famous!" Colmillo was holding Mitch in a chokehold on land as the writer desperately tried tapping out.
"I wanna live close to the sun," in one of the abandoned buildings Camila was waving her hands around mystically over a crystal ball as Marty just stared past it and at her chest. Veronica meanwhile just crossed her arms skeptically.
"Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won," inside the crystal ball Camila saw Ellis having a casual friendly conversation with Thomas whose fingers were crossed behind his back.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way" past the duo, Michael and Mimos were sitting on the ground in the middle of nowhere just enjoying some peace until Vinnie fell down on top of him with a beehive in her hands.
"I'll get there one day" beyond them Matt was using his walking stick to walk around when Vinnie ran past him with the bee nest in her hands while dragging Micheal behind her. Matt fell to the ground as the bees quickly swarmed him.
"Cause I wanna be famous!" back in the abandoned city Mitzy and Tess were lying on the ground, smiling to themselves as they drew a comic. Liz looked down at her work and gave her a thumbs-up before feeling Bailey hug her from behind. Making blood come from her nose. However, Maxine came in and stomped on her paper
"Na na na na na na na na" in one of the buildings Therion and Charlotte are playing a game in a room before Charlotte laughed confidently once beating the gamer. That was before another character suddenly beat both of them. They turned to see Asuka easily beat her while looking away from the screen.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" Walter was looking around the dock to the island, as he walked he could see some footsteps on the ground as he slowly followed them. As he got closer to the camera he flashed a flashlight at the camera.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous" The light from the flashlight turned to the moon as it slowly moved down to the cast. Jaz and Antoinette were sitting together by the fire. Jaz saw the camera on them and quickly pushed Antoinette out of the way, trying to get the camera to focus on her before the other girl pushed her right back. The other contestants slowly whistled
Intro Ends
Mitzy and Veronica were both set in the hotel, sitting in the cafeteria. As to be expected they were staring at each other with a determination to win this finale.
"You know, Mitzy, if you give up now I'm sure no one will look down on you for it" Veronica grinned "I mean, we both know if it's a popular vote that you really have no chance!"
"Really? You genuinely believe that?" the artist deadpanned.
"Why wouldn't I?" she laughed "I made it to the finale with my own wits, charm, beauty. Gosh, it's almost unfair for the others that I ended up competing!"
The artist just didn't know how to talk with an ego the size of the room, so she went back to her meal in peace. Veronica, at the same time, just smirked at her. She was as smug as ever while eating the least calorie-filled cereal she could find.
Confessional: Mitzy
"The final two, this really is an honor! Even if I'm here with Veronica of all people" she rolled her eyes a bit "Even if I don't win, I can't say it wasn't a nice competition. I met a lot of nice people. Arin, Maxine, Marty, and Walter really made the season worthwhile. Especially once the merge became an intense sweat fest. I just wish I could have brought one of them this far"
Confessional: Veronica
The rich girl was fixing her dress and hair. She was always quite intent on her appearance, but she was really going above and beyond today "The finale is obviously going to be the most viewed episode of the season, so daddy's assuredly going to be watching this one. I gotta make sure I also look good before producers call me up to star in multiple movies. Who do I appreciate meeting from this season? Please! Most of them should be thankful for having met me if we're being honest… but I suppose meeting Camila and Liz was… nice. That could be more worth it than the money. But we'll see how I'm feeling if I somehow end up losing this. I certainly wouldn't bet on that though!"
XXX
They continued through their breakfast, with Veronica casually flicking apple skin and other un-edible bits at her opponent to psych her out.
"Will you stop that?" the artist glared before a form was flicked into her ponytail "I'm just going to wait outside…" Mitzy glared, getting up. Veronica playfully waved her goodbye.
"Careful out there. I hear it's, like, 100* right now" she mused.
"Oh it can't be that bad" Mitzy grumbled. Once outside, it felt like she was about to melt on the spot with sweat pouring down her head "Wh….why is this state so horrible!?" she miserably whined, dropping onto her hands and knees.
She stared at the ground, before hearing news anchors and cars driving around wild. When she looked up, she found the giant sky island Nelly had formed "What could that be-"
Suddenly the ground under Mitzy tore from the ground proper and flew her into the sky. It attached to the island, where Nelly was patiently waiting for her "Ah, one of you two is finally ready. About time, I've been up here for…" the nurse looked up at a grand clock "Five minutes now! You really know how to keep a woman waiting, huh?"
"W-what is all this?" Mitzy's prior exhaustion had turned into wonder "I mean, an island in the sky? This is straight from a comic it's so cool! It must have taken so long to do!"
Their host grinned, arching their back "Well, now I'm glad someone has learned to be excited by my exploits. Took long enough!"
It took a moment for her to finally notice that Veronica wasn't with her "That girl just always has to be fashionably late." she tapped her watch a few times, and they suddenly heard a loud explosion underneath them.
Mitzy silently stared at her. She raised her hand and opened her mouth, only to be cut off by Veronica landing between them. Her hair was burnt and parts of her pink dress had ash marks "Was that necessary?" she growled.
"I didn't know when you would leave that little restaurant" the host shrugged. With the three of them now standing together, the island changed to reveal the monopoly-like board "Welcome to your final challenge. In truth, I expected you two to die rather fast. But everyone likes some underdogs!"
"I would say me making it to the finale was more than obvious. But you can keep your theming" Veronica pulled herself from the ground.
Nelly stared at her in pure silence. "Sorry, I figured you were going to say that was a joke. Anyyyyhow, you two follow me!"
Veronica couldn't help but sulk as she followed with Mitzy. After some walking, they reached the front of the board game. And in front of them, there were two die with gray sides "I'm sure you're wondering what these will be?"
"No" the rich girl cut in.
Nelly stared her down, glaring "As you were probably going to ask, Mitzy, these are our randomizers! They will roll a number between one and six throughout the course. But, as everyone knows, Cario Party is a social game! Only playing with two people is the definition of loser behavior"
Suddenly the die floated into the air and above the finalists' heads. On the sides it went from gray to changing rapidly between all of the former contestants "That means both of you will be picking a partner! Or, well, given one. It's totally random, so don't be shocked if you get the best person ever… or someone who hates your very guts!"
The two finalists glanced at each other. Neither was too excited at her declaration "You know, you really earned the finale Veronica, you should go first"
"Oh please, brains before beauty Mitzy, you go right ahead" the rich girl shook her head with a clearly fake, friendly smile.
"How about you both do it at the sound of three?" Nelly asked calmly. She had her knife up and pointed at them, to make it less of a suggestion and more of a threat.
"S-sounds good" the two nervously smiled at each other before preparing to jump.
Nelly nodded "Excellent! So… one…" they glared at each other, already feeling the competitive spirit "Two, three!" she spoke as fast as she could with the two stumbling to jump up. Veronica hit her head right on the block while Mitzy slammed her fist into the block and roughly bent it. They dropped onto their knees, with both of them miserably whining at the pain.
"And for your companions today, Mitzy will have…" the die came to a stop on a familiar dirty thief "Ian! And Veronica has-" her die came to a stop on a green paper crane "Michael!"
Veronica rubbed the top of her head, whimpering "Did we really have to get the two most annoying contestants around for this?"
"Indubitably. It's not fun when you just get to choose your partner"
Mitzy ignored their usual arguing to frown at Ian's face. There was a better chance of Nelly becoming a nun than Ian choosing to help her this one time. And giving a criminal thief like him money was far from her to-do list.
Their host decided Veronica's whining was enough as she blew a whistle. The new improved and fixed robot assistant appeared carrying Michael and Ian in its metal claws. Neither boy was particularly excited to be here but they clearly didn't have any choice either.
At the same time, a crowd appeared in bleachers off to the side. One had Veronica's face and the other had Mitzy's. And in this crowd were their former competitors. On Vero's side there was: Liz, Camila, Bailey, Thomas, Ellis, Mimos, Colmillo, Antoinette. This left Vinnie, Mitch, Therion, Matt, Walter, Bobby, Tess, Dylan, Jazmine, Maxine, Marty, Asuka, and Charlotte on team Mitzy.
Of course, Mitch had a fully cybernetic Monica sitting in his lap with a big excited grin.
"I'll give you four some time to talk strategy amongst yourselves. Then, we'll begin the game!" Nelly was flown into the sky by her robotic assistant as Mitzy and Veronica looked to their assistants.
"Well, well, well. Really missed you since I got voted off. But I'm sure you know that already" Ian walked forward and wrapped his arm around Mitzy and led her away from their competition "Seeing as I'm your partner and all, I think we only have two options here. You and I work together as the dream team, which I would just love to do. Or you can make things difficult and keep that money to yourself"
The artist pulled away from him almost instantly "Ian, I want to win, of course I do. But giving you of all people money is something far from my interests. But, I clearly have no choice in the matter. If you don't sabotage me and help I might give you 5%"
"45%!" Ian shot back with a counteroffer.
"10%" Mitzy crossed her arms, unamused by his little game.
"You're really playing some hardball here" he nodded his head, actually seeming a bit impressed "I'll take 15% and I'll go out of my way to kick Veronica as hard as I can"
"I… suppose that works fine for me" the artist nodded. Ian beamed and stuck out his hand expectantly. Mitzy knew she couldn't avoid his handshake and begrudgingly took his hand.
At the same time, Veronica and Michael were just staring at each other. They weren't arch-rivals like Mitzy and Ian and Michael had been gone for some time, so she really just didn't know how to start a conversation with him.
"Alright, let's just cut to the point, sound fair?" she placed a hand on her hip.
"Yea, sure" Michael shrugged, already getting out some paper to distract himself as she goes on her speel.
She became enraged at his disinterest. So she grabbed his paper and leaned forward to show off her well-developed chest "Listen here, dweeb. You lucked out quite a bit today being my partner in this. If you somehow pull your weight today. I might, MIGHT let you grab one boob. Quite a deal I know"
Michael stared at her chest before looking back at her face. She had a wide, smug grin, knowing exactly the choice he would make. "Ew" he muttered, awkwardly reaching his hand forward to try and snatch the paper back "No thanks. Can I get that back now?"
"Wha-" Veronica was shocked. Men, and sometimes women, were always totally smitten with her. Even the gay guys wanted her advice on clean perfect skin! Whoever this little gremlin was, he just wasn't normal "I'm giving you an opportunity of a lifetime I'll have you know!"
"Uhuh" he was not listening. He just nodded his head and kept trying to steal his paper back from her.
"Alright, here's a new deal for you four eyes. If you help me win I'll get you… I don't know. A few month's supply of paper?" she shrugged "I don't really know what you guys like besides women like me"
"If you promise to never flirt, talk, or touch me again I guess that works for a deal" he nodded.
The rich girl scowled, but handed him back his papers, just happy he wasn't going to be difficult on her "I wish I got just about anyone but you" she muttered under her breath so he wouldn't hear.
With their companions sorted out, they turned back to the game board. Before them was a large tower spiraling into the heavens. There were small spaces set next to openings in the tower "I wonder what this is all about" Mitzy muttered. She walked ahead of the others, who were more than happy to let her trigger a trap.
Once on the first step, the entrance of the castle lit up as she was dragged into the building. Ian's eyes widened before he jogged over and tried to get a look inside before he was taken away.
"This must be the first challenge!" Veronica declared before dragging Michael in after them.
Back with the crowd, a screen appeared before them that was large enough for all of them to see. The four competitors here in the finale were now standing in the middle of a frozen tundra. In one direction there was a path of ice but everywhere else around them was water.
"Wait, we never put our VR goggles on" Veronica waved her hands in front of her eyes but didn't feel any VR "How is this possible?"
"I've learned to not question this show so much" Mitzy admitted with a shrug.
A 16-bit Nelly appeared above them "So, as you likely already started guessing, this is a mini-game challenge! Each level of this tower has a new challenge for you to take part in. And the contestant to win the most challenges on the way to the top shall win the whole 100 million dollars!"
"Well what is this challenge then?" Ian smirked "Just don't get frostbite? I'm practically homeless, the cold isn't going to bother me any"
Nelly couldn't help but smirk down at him before suddenly disappearing. Back in the stands, one of the audience members was suddenly dragged under. The other contestants could only gasp in surprise as the ground in the game started to rumble.
"What's that?" Mitzy mumbled, looking forward. They couldn't see anything in front of them just yet, but clearly, something was coming fast.
"Alright Michael, here's where you come in use!" the rich girl suddenly grabbed her assistant by his shoulders and positioned him in front of her like a shield. He didn't seem to care all that much about it, just looking down at his papers.
That's when the noise finally became clear, it was a swarm of Bailey's waddling forward like a herd of penguins. They varied in size but they were all set on the same destination. Them.
"They're not slowing down" Ian noted, taking a few steps back "Any chance you know what we're supposed to do here poindexter?" he looked to his finale partner.
Mitzy silently stared at the Bailey's before the realization hit her "I remember now! All we have to do is just not let them push us into the water" she noted before making her way toward them. The other three quickly followed after her example, planning to coast off her plan.
The Bailey's came swarming in, moving in a way that allowed for them to carefully move between them. Veronica was the only one to have some trouble moving between them, thanks to being, well, a bit wider than the others here in the finale.
Above them was the timer, showing that they were almost done "Looks like we're going to start with a tie" Veronica smirked before pushing ahead of Mitzy to get the cameras more focused on her again.
While pushing ahead, she hardly noticed the Baileys start to pick up in speed until one suddenly pushed into her face first. The freezie pop's face planted right into her chest as it started pushing her back.
"Hey, slow down!" she whined, trying to push her away with a scowl.
"Sorry, I can't control my speed" Bailey muffled back, though she clearly had a smile on her face. These faster Bailey's quickly pushed the rich girl into the frigid waters. They refused to slow down even with her gone, however.
"L-looks like they won't settle down until one team's totally wiped out" Mitzy muttered, already starting to be pushed back by the swarm.
Ian looked at her with his usual mischievous grin "So we just have to take out Michael then, right?" before she could even answer he turned around and grabbed the origami king by his shoulder and threw him straight into the water.
Mitzy silently glared at him before the game suddenly came to a close. Instead of anything spectacular happening they were shot right out of the castle and onto the platform. It changed from gray into one of Mitzy and Ian's faces, with them both looking annoyed at the other.
Also on the platform were Veronica and Michael, who were soaking wet and freezing "T-t-this isn't remotely fun" she chattered.
"I don't know, I'm certainly having quite a bit of fun here" Ian mused, putting his hands into his pocket and walking ahead.
The artist, of course, reached down to help the two of them up before they continued on. As they moved along Bailey was set back down in the crowd with a big, content grin. Then two more contestants were snatched away while the contestants entered the challenge.
This time they spawned into a factory building, with the two duos being crammed into large barrels parallel to each other. Naturally, both teams were very much uncomfortable. Before them were two red buttons, with both being guarded by Matt. The blind contestant tapped his stick on the ground while looking to the opposite end of the room.
"Oh good, the blind dude isn't going to notice us" Veronica whispered with a smirk to her partner.
To the side of them, Thomas was slowly waddling forward in his barrel. None of the four contestants knew what that was about when Matt suddenly stopped tapping the floor with his walking stick. Before Thomas could react the lights went out in the room and all that was left of him was his barrel rolling in the back corner.
Veronica, Mitzy, and Ian visibly paled from what just happened. Michael, however, didn't seem all too bothered by this. He just started moving again now that Matt was tapping the ground.
"W-why are you moving!?" the rich girl hissed, trying to stop their movement but just couldn't.
"Stop struggling with this" he whispered back, glaring at her consistent incompetence "Obviously Thomas was here to hint when we can move and when we can't"
"Oh hey, he's onto something" Ian smirked before waddling their barrel forward.
Mitzy moved with him, though she was certainly slowing him down "Remember, slow and steady wins the race. And, might I add, cheaters never prosper. So you better not try and harm Michael like you did in that last round! We're competitors not enemies"
"You're a snooze factory, you know that?" he rolled his eyes, just going faster.
That's when Matt suddenly stopped his tapping. Michael was smart enough to stop his movement but Ian was barreling towards the button before tripping and rolling towards the blind contestant.
"Your cut is dropping to 5%" Mitzy quietly whispered in an annoyed tone.
The lights went out before loud crashing and banging sounds were heard. When the lights flashed back on it was only Michael and Veronica standing "Oh, this is our chance to tie it!"
Veronica rolled their barrel onto the side and rolled the two of them onto the red button, sending them back to the castle on the floor. The moment they were back she stood up and pointed tauntingly into Mitzy's face "Oh yea, tied game again dweeb!"
The platform under them formed to show Veronica blowing a kiss as Michael cringes next to her.
"It's 1-1. I wouldn't be getting that cocky yet" the artist deadpanned.
"Oh please, this is just the start of my winning streak!" she snapped back, arching her back and head to physically look down at her as she spoke.
"We'll see how smug you're feeling in an hour" Ian growled threateningly.
Veronica turned slightly, expecting Michael to come and back her up but he was too busy making a giraffe from paper "God I'm surrounded by losers" she muttered before entering the next level with the others following.
Confessional: Veronica
"This is going to be a looooooooooong finale, I can already feel that much. But it would be more enjoyable if I had someone better than that origami freak. Even with Ian, I know he's pretty much as gay as it gets but he at least seems a bit more fun in his antics. But no matter, last challenge he showed he has some uses. If he doesn't slack I might be able to carry us through"
Confessional: Mitzy
"Ian may be a bit annoying, but I'm still as determined as ever. I mean, he can't be a jerk and sabotage the other team in every challenge… right?"
Confessional: Ian
Ian whistled to himself as he leaned back in his seat "I don't give two craps what Mitzy thinks is best for this game. Sure, her obsession with heroics has gotten this far, but I'm going to be the one that gets her across that finish line and get my cut of the money! She'll thank me after she throws her hissy fit"
Confessional: Michael
Michael was doing his thing, continuing to show how origami was down for the audience. After finishing a few of them in fast forward, he finally turned to the screen "I'm almost positive that blond girl is 50% fake plastic and the rest is her actual body parts. But currently, that's a working theory… I don't really want to test it either way"
XXX
The four contestants continued their journey through the castle with splurts of challenges and dangerous situations. A montage would play of the many challenges as it slowly panned up the never-ending tower.
In the first of these challenges was the four of them running through a cave with a large dirt rock rolling after them. The first of them to fall behind was Veronica, whose high heels made it impossible to keep running. The other three managed to mostly keep in step with each other, even easily avoiding the Jazmine model cutouts that were there to get in their way.
The rock was only getting closer when they saw a cutout of Jaz in a 'paint me like your French girls' pose. Ian and Mitzy jumped over it easily. But before Michael could make it over, Ian grabbed his leg and pulled him to the ground, sending him flying back into the ball.
And after that came one with them in cars in a city themed after LA. Veronica and Mitzy were in charge of driving as they had to race each other to the bridge at the end of the road. With both cars driving at similar speeds, it was hard to see which one was going to actually beat out the other.
Ian, of course, stuck his head out the window with his usual mischievousness. In his hands he had a rocket launcher he found in his glove compartment. Veronica tried to drive out of its way but it seemed to just lock onto them. She began to panic before Michael suddenly leaned out of a window. Over his shoulder was Bobby, who's mouth was wide open.
As the rocket got closer, the slob's mouth widened like a python before gulping the rocket down. He happily licked his lips before suddenly burping. Ian's rocket was sent flying right back at him before their car crashed and blew up into a million pieces.
As this went on more and more contestants were taken from the stands, one or two at a time. So the crowd had the time to just watch and comment on how they were hoping the competitors would do. Or at least… they were supposed to be doing that. Instead of caring about the competition, Asuka was sitting on Therion's shoulder to get a better view. A better view of Vinnie's head as she threw bits of crumpled-up paper.
"Do you have to do that?" he whispered, awkwardly waving at Vinnie as she looked back with a frown.
"I wanna hit her until she goes back into being a bear. She chooses not to be and clearly, she's fucking delusional! I mean come on, I'd die to be a badass bear!"
Therion miserably frowned at his buddy before bowing as an apology to Vinnie. Asuka was about to try and throw another bit of paper before Walter grabbed her arm.
"We're here to support Mitzy, we shouldn't be causing a scene" he informed her while shaking his head.
"Oh stop pissing your jorts dude! We're just here out of obligation. It's not like we can ever pick a favorite when we're called back in" she scoffed, pulling her hand back before just tossing the paper lightly into Walter's face.
He stared at her with a deadpan expression "That's not very funny"
"Says you" she giggled before throwing another ball of paper she somehow just formed out of nowhere.
Therion awkwardly shifted, trying to get Walter to sit back down "T-trust me, arguments only fuel her, it's best if you don't get involved"
Walter wanted to argue, but Asuka just stuck her tongue out and pulled down on one of her eyes "I… guess you're right…" he quietly took his seat down, trying to focus on his current task by giving the screen Mitzy a few thumbs up.
On the other side of the peanuts gallery, Liz and Camila were sitting next to each other. Liz was the biggest fan in the entire area, raising a handful of Veronica flags into the air. She had even given the others some flags, but they 'lost' them right after.
"I wonder why no one else is waving their flags" the peanut gallery's mom mumbled "I figured we'd all be excited for Veronica to win since we're all on her team!"
"Ah, they probably lost their flags" Camila smiled at her before an idea hit her "Why don't you close your eyes here for a second? I think I have an idea"
"Oh, well, sure" Liz smiled before closing her eyes. Of course, she started puckering her lips, assuming that's where she was going with this. But Camila got up instead, and it took a solid few moments before Liz heard Camila gesturing to open her eyes.
When she did, she found everyone currently on Team Veronica was waving her flags, really showing off that team spirit. Though Liz hardly noticed the little bits of cash that were put into each of their pockets "I helped them find their flag,s yea, I'm just that sweet a person" Camila grinned.
"Oh that really was sweet of you to do" Liz leaned over and pecked Camila on the cheek, causing her to faintly blush.
"It wasn't anything, really. Just doing my duty for you two…" a small smirk formed on the psychics' face "And I'll give Veronica the bill for my 'helpfulness' once she's won. With interest of course"
Back with the actual finale, it was starting to look like Veronica and Mitzy were finally reaching the halfway point. The four of them collapsed onto the ground as it changed to be Veronica and Michael's faces.
"This… is… exhausting" the rich girl panted, looking up to the higher levels of the tower. They still… had quite the way to go "ohhhhhhhhhhhh! It's not fair!" she whined even louder.
Michael miserably frowned at her whining before little trickles of blood poured from his ears.
"Alright, losers!" Ian clapped, being the only one still standing and in effectively tip-top shape "Let's move onto the next one, yea?"
"Screw that" Veronica spat "I'm taking a minute break, if not longer. They need all four of us for one of the challenges, so you can't do anything about it"
The thief growled but knew full well she was right as he took a seat on the platform to the next stage. However, he didn't get to enjoy a moment of peace as Mitzy sat down next to him with a deep glare.
"I thought I told you earlier to hold off on all the sabotaging?" she asked sternly "Because I thought I had made it very clear that that's not how we'll win"
"And I told you I was going to give you the win" he smirked back, leaning closer so they were effectively face to face "Because let's be real, you're too much of a goody-goody to just cut me out of my share when I'm helping you. And even if you were capable of doing that, I know you'd stay up late all night long regretting it"
Mitzy scowled back, trying to intimidate back "Just because I got your help doesn't mean I'm going to let you walk all over me! In fact, you're just proving to me that you haven't changed since you left earlier in the season. I was going to give you one more chance but that's it, you're not getting anything out of me now!"
Suddenly, a loud alarm went off around them. The castle blared red before it suddenly started shrinking out of nowhere. Those levels above them went down and down until there were only four spaces left on the board.
"Wha- what is happening now?" Veronica shot up from her seat and looked at how little was left.
When the castle finally stopped shaking, Ian and Michael vanished into thin air "You finally did what I was waiting for!" Nelly appeared at the top of the tower with a big mischievous grin.
"What could you have possibly been waiting for?" the rich girl put her hands on her hips "We didn't do anything different than the other levels!"
"I was waiting for you to get tired of your partner and cuss them out. Granted, I expected it to be Veronica but Mitzy did well enough! Don't worry, that won't be the last you see of them though" she twirled her hair like an old-timey villain would twirl their mustache.
"I'm not going to say sorry, even if I could have been more delicate" Mitzy grumbled, making her way into the next challenge. Though she didn't make her way in before Veronica suddenly took her hand and forced her into a high-five "What is this for?" the artist asked mid-high-five.
"Oh, I'm just impressed. We didn't need those two here either way if we're just being honest! Two girl bosses don't need guys holding them back, amirite?"
"Um… sure" the artist had no clue how she was actually supposed to respond to this statement, only that the high-five was starting to turn more into a hand-holding than anything else "H-how about we just get into the next challenge then…"
Veronica smiled innocently, gesturing for her to go ahead, which Mitzy would oblige.
Confessional: Veronica
"See, for once that nerd did something helpful for me. If she wanted to be nice she could have done this a while ago but we take what we get. Now I don't have to rely on that weird paper kid to actually pull his weight. This next challenge's shaping up to be a piece of cake!"
XXX
When their eyes opened again, they found themselves in the middle of a sunny open area. It was also in the middle of the ocean with the two of them on opposite sides on large wooden platforms. All they had was one button, a wheel for turning, and a wide range of colored ground that stuck out from the water. Some were smaller, and some were taller, but they didn't show any score..
"Huh, I wonder what this is about" the rich girl mumbled looking down at the button.
On the other side, Mitzy nervously looked at the button "Well… I'm not quite sure what this is supposed to be…" she quietly admitted before holding the big red button.
Nothing would happen until she finally let go of the button. Out of nowhere a hatch formed in her wooden platform and it shot a mini-chibi version of Colmillo off into the distance. Well out of the way of the platforms in the middle. Strangely, the wrestler was a bright blue.
"Oh, uh, sorry about that!" she called, but Colmillo was far too gone to hear that.
"I get this now!" Veronica knocked herself on the head before using the wheel to change her direction "It's just more complicated darts… I guess" she raised her hand before quickly slapping the button, causing a chibi Ellis to shoot out at a much weaker trajectory than Colmillo.
But, thanks to this weaker launch, Ellis managed to land on a closer, larger platform. Above Veronica, a "+10" formed in yellow text.
"Oh, this one's actually fun" Mitzy beamed, turning her wheel around like Veronica "...Hopefully the others don't feel pain with this" she pressed the button a bit longer, really trying to perfect the timing before letting go. This time, it sent a mini Therion soaring, before slamming face-first into the smallest of the platforms.
A yellow "+50" formed above Mitzy's head "Oh yea, this is a great start to the home stretch!"
Mitzy went back to the slow and steady holding of the button, planning to get the best score possible. But Veronica had her own "plan"... which was really nothing more than repeatedly holding the button for a random amount of time before letting it fly!
"Thing's taking too long!" she whined, with her score varying wildly in range. Though they all made it on at one point or another. Some of them even knocked into Mitzy's, pushing them out of the way and onto lower scores. Or the ocean.
"Hey, watch where you're tossing yours" Mitzy snapped, still carefully aiming her next chibi contestant-mate.
"Yea, well, maybe you can hurry up and lose this challenge already" *she smirked at the artist, leaning on the wheel. She had used up all of her chibis so she was now just waiting patiently for Mitzy to just lose already.
After a few more tosses of her friends, she had all of hers out on the platform. Everything around them froze before their chibis vanished in a pixilated flash. A score slowly spun over their heads before they got their final scores. Veronica ended up with 50 points to Mitzy's 120.
"How is that possible!? My strategy was so much better!" she griped before being shot right back out into the tower's exterior.
"Looks like you'll have to win this next one or else I'm running away with the win" Mitzy teased the upset girl, who only became more infuriated. This rage gave her the push to go into the challenge before Mitzy, for once.
Confessional: Mitzy
"I know, I know. Smack talk isn't very nice… but I mean, it's also true" she awkwardly shifted in her seat like the camera was glaring at her "You have to understand. I've been stuck with Veronica for literal months now, I think it's more than understandable that I am a bit tired of her"
XXX
In this new area, they found themselves in a brand new area, with Veronica still glaring daggers at Mitzy. This area was like a rave, with most of the area being pitch black with glowing bright lights.
"You're going down" Veronica whispered in a harsh tone, using her thumb to make a beheading gesture.
"I wouldn't be so focused on me when we don't even know what the challenge is. We don't even know how fast you'll lose" Mitzy couldn't help but smirk as she joined in the smack talk.
The rich girl was only more infuriated when the ground under them flashed on in bright colors. That's immediately when the both of them realized what kind of game this was. In front of them, they could see a few arrows above them. From the ground before them, blue and pink arrows were coming up and were matching with those white arrows.
"Oh now we're actually playing some real games!" Veronica lit up "All it's about is dancing and keeping up with the instructions" she laughed while moving effortlessly to match with the arrows, letting her ego take right back over.
Mitzy, at least to start, wasn't doing so bad herself. Granted, it was slow and wasn't all too challenging either "Get as confident as you want, I'm not letting you win this" she turned to look over at her opponent, before immediately feeling less confident in herself.
Veronica, somehow, was breaking a move and was quite literally spinning on her head while using her hands to tap the squares. She jumped back to her feet, going back to easily going twice Mitzy's speed "You should probably just give me the win now. I'm a cheerleader and I sure as hell know how to dance! I don't think anyone would judge you for losing so bad"
The artist glared, trying to pick up her steps as something special appeared on the glowing arrows. They were hard to tell but it looked something like rocks. Veronica's side was speeding up as she scored more and more points, with one of those rock arrows being stepped on.
It took a moment, but Nelly suddenly appeared in front of them with a big cardboard box in her arms. Mitzy tilted her head, not sure what their host was about to do. Then, she pulled a big rock from the box and threw it right at her head. Mitzy whined loudly in pain, recoiling back in pain "W-what the hell was that for!?"
Veronica just kept hitting multiple of those rock arrows, causing Nelly to just keep tossing rocks at Mitzy. She could barely stay on her feet from all the bruises and just general pain that was being thrown her way, but she was finally getting one of those rocks on her side of the game. The artist had to use all of her strength to keep going before finally stepping on the spot.
Her target wasn't even really paying attention when Nelly suddenly floated towards her and threw a rock right at her temple. And she did not take that hit well. She almost immediately collapsed on the ground in the Family Guy death pose.
Mitzy sighed in relief, before quickly collapsing onto the ground just like her. Nelly stared down at them and shrugged "Can't take hits like they used to. But let's look at that score!"
She pointed into the air, with Veronica's still being counted. Mitzy was, well, clearly lower. They barely remained conscious as Nelly raised her hands into the air "We're going to have to go into our final challenge!" she declared before they fully passed out.
The two girls slowly woke up by a bright shiny light coming from the window. It took them a moment as they looked around, and realized they were in an attic. They soon met eyes and realized the two of them were just stuck in a constant T-pose and couldn't even move their legs. They were just sliding around.
"Well… this is a new one" the rich girl muttered, using all of her strength to try and move her arms.
"Waking up to this after Nelly was threatening us with one more challenge is not very welcoming" Mitzy walked to the nearest door and threw it open without even using her arms.
They awkwardly slid down the stairs, where they found what looked like a large, impressive mansion. However, they didn't get the chance to explore it so thoroughly before every window was suddenly sealed in steel barriers.
"O-oh no" Veronica started panicking, running around to try and find a place to hide as she ran into the nearest bathroom.
Mitzy was about to grab her when she accidentally touched a box, becoming one. "W-wha" she started moving around, finding she did not feel any slower. That's when a nearby door opened wide, revealing Ian and Michael wearing suits and holding just about every gun known to man.
The artist froze in place as the two of them swept through the area, clearly looking for the two of them. Ian was sniffing the air, for some reason. But it seemed to actually work for him as he slammed the bathroom door open with a big smirk "Heyy V, I know you're in here" he called.
He waved his gun around, but there was no hint of Veronica inside the room. Just some toilet paper, soap bottles, and hand soap "Huh, looks like the two of them found out they can turn into items"
"We can do what?" the rich girl quietly groaned, being cramped inside the sink's cabinet.
"We'll have to split up now" Ian looked back to Michael, who was already going into another room "Glad you got the plan!" he gave him a bit of a thumbs up before going over to explore the other rooms on the floor.
"And it looks like everyone is in need to understand the rules!" Nelly announced over the mansion "Props, or our actual finalists. You two have to sneak your way to the lowest level of the mansion and not be killed by your helper's weapons! Buuuuuut, here's the real fun part! If they manage to kill the two of you, they get to split the big cash, so I'm sure they won't be going easy on you!"
The two finalists groaned instantly in annoyance. But had expected something annoying like this to have happened far earlier. Veronica shape-shifted into toilet paper before running off with Mitzy to the stairs they had entered through. Only to find that it was just a big black room with nothing in it.
"They must have only spawned in there" Mitzy noted before carefully closing the door again.
"You know, the two of us should maybe work together" her opponent was quite obviously smirking as she made this point "I mean, if they beat us they both get the money. And let's be fair. You hate me and I barely even acknowledge you, but those two certainly don't deserve it more than us"
"I… suppose that is a fair statement. Even if I don't support your actions, you certainly got to the finale fair and square"
"Sounds like a deal!" Veronica cheered.
They heard a faint creaking behind them. The two objects slowly looked around before finding Michael standing over them. He had a serious and effectively emotionless face while cocking his shotgun.
"Oh, it's just that creepy twink" the rich girl snickered to his face "Why don't you go off and play with your little paper animals while the actual competitors do the important stuff?"
The camera shifted to another room, particularly focusing on the door. It was a bedroom and was filled with stuffed animals. A loud 'BANG' was heard outside of the room before the two girls, outside of their objects, came inside.
Mitzy frantically shut and locked the door behind her while Veronica stumbled in and collapsed onto the ground. Her face looked disheveled while her blond hair had turned pitch black from the violent gunshot.
"M-maybe taunting the gunmen isn't a great idea" the artist joked. The door started banging and shaking as she heard Ian yelling from the other side "Uh, forget the joke. We need to find an exit to the next area in this room or else they're absolutely going to kill us"
"Give me… another minute" she groaned, resting her face down on the floor.
The artist groaned as the door banging got harder and even louder. She knew full well they didn't have much more time to just be standing around.
Ian and Michael kept pushing on the door until it finally opened for them. Ian immediately fired all around, trying to shoot whatever he could, but they either disappeared or were hiding well.
Michael stepped forward, grabbing one plushie at a time before throwing them off to the side once he was sure they weren't them. At the same time, the thief stood guard at the door so no small prop tried to sneak its way out.
Neither knew that the finalists were hiding under the bed in the room. Veronica was still barely conscious while Mitzy was silently praying they wouldn't be noticed. The poor spoiled rich girl let out a small groan of pain.
"Shut up" she hissed, covering Veronica's mouth as she leaned over to her. It was quite clear Ian and Michael heard that as they trudged towards the bed. The artist could feel herself sweating when she noticed something was poking into her.
The two 'helpers' threw the bed off its frame, finding the door was open and they had escaped onto the next floor.
Veronica and Mitzy started rushing as fast as they could through the multiple levels in that mansion, with the different levels having different themes to them.
On the next level, it was an indoor water park, with the two of them sneaking through using little floaties. Then there was a man cave area with guns, animal heads, and animal carpets. And then on the fourth level of the mansion, they found the children's area, filled to the brim with toys.
Strangely, however, they couldn't find Ian or Michael on that second to last stage. They quite literally got to walk around that stage looking for the exit with no danger.
"Huh, they must've given up" Veronica noted with a small smile as they wandered through the children's hall.
"Seems like it" Mitzy shrugged, opening doors to give a quick glance to see if there was anything inside. When she looked back to the rich girl she was looking off to the side, clearly thinking about something.
"You know… Mitzy, this has been fun to work together to escape those two. It was a real shame that we never hung out more" she smiled back at her, which Mitzy actually returned.
"I'm glad you think so" the artist nodded "Seeing as we aren't having much of a challenge, how about we split up? If they really are gone it'll go faster and we can call the other over as fast as possible.
Veronica lit up in a big grin as she gave her partner a thumbs up "That sounds like the best idea!" without another word she was already taking off to look at the room she was looking at earlier.
The rich girl quietly closed the door before moving a part of the carpet, revealing an opening onto the next level. She had the biggest, snarkiest smirk on her face.
Confessional: Veronica
"When we first dropped to this level, we were hiding thinking the goon squad would be waiting for us. I almost tripped and bonked my head on the bed when we were in that room, but I played it off like a pro just so we could split up! Sorry Mitzy, there's nothing wrong with being outplayed by a master of strategy"
XXX
Veronica dropped onto the last floor. This area was a lot more different to the others, it was just a sanitized white void with the occasional furniture. She wasn't going to nearly focus on hiding as much as she had earlier. But she also couldn't give Mitzy time to catch up as she quickly left the room as a barrel.
The moment she left the room, however, Mitzy dropped down on the ground and quickly copied the exact same thing as her. She didn't even bother thinking as she snuck out after her.
Confessional: Mitzy
"It's certainly lame to say… but Veronica's really just my riddler. She's so confident in her own abilities that she doesn't consider the possibility of her being a massive idiot. I mean, we worked together for a few challenges. That's not going to make me think she's not the worst"
XXX
This sanitized void was more like a maze than the rooms they were in before, purposefully making it hard for them to even know if they were making progress or not.
They knew full well they weren't alone in this winding halls, as someone's footsteps were echoing around them. Mitzy made sure to go as sneakily as possible, hoping to avoid any unwanted attention.
However, almost like the 'helper' could sniff her out, Ian came walking into the same white void she was trying to hide out in. Ian quietly whistled to himself as he walked, twirling his pistol in his hand as he walked.
Mitzy stood in the spot, sweating in silent fear. All the props that were in that hall were her, a lamp, a trashcan, and a couch. Even if he wasted some of his bullets on the other items, it wouldn't take a genius to guess which one she was.
"Well well, Mitzy" Ian suddenly took a seat on the couch, pointing his gun right at her poor lamp disguise "Why don't you and I just have a nice little talk, huh?"
She tried to play it off like she wasn't there, staying entirely silent. But he just tapped his gun to the side of her head "Mitzy, I've been following you since you came down. You're not going to hide from me"
"Y-you're just going to shoot me, I don't see why you have to be snarky about it too" she grumbled, turning to face him.
"Oh, I'm not here to be snarky or anything of the sort!" he suddenly grabbed her and held her up like the actual prop "In fact, I was just hoping to make a little deal instead of shooting you. See, I really need that money they're offering here Mitzy. So, how's this. I'll help you sneak across the finish line without Michael knowing and you'll be getting the vast majority of the cash!"
Mitzy silently stared at him "Is every jerk and criminal going to try and strike up a deal with me today?"
"I can tell you're not quite bought on the idea, I get it. But I can assure you that all of the money I would be getting in my deal would be. See, I'll be so nice that I explain why I need this money so bad" he looked up to the ceiling with a solemn frown on his face "I came onto this season because my mentor got horribly ill, and I just can't steal nearly enough to save him. I don't even expect 50%, I just want to know wether I win or you win I can manage to have the money for him"
Ian chuckled a little as he whipped his cheek "First time I've had to mention it. Wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting honestly"
He turned to look back at Mitzy, hoping she would take the deal. But he noticed he wasn't actually holding her anymore. She replaced herself with a Nelly plushie probably a good while ago.
"Oh that cunt!" he growled, picking his gun back up and running down the hall to try and capture his target.
Further ahead, Veronica was finally reaching the exit of the mansion. However, Michael was standing in front of the exit with his gun loaded. He was prepared for anyone trying to sneak past him "Of course this couldn't be too easy" she muttered angrily.
To both sides of the exit, there were portraits of Nelly, a cabinet, and lamps. A coy smile formed on Veronica's face as she slowly snuck her way around the corner of the room whenever Michael wasn't looking her way. She hid behind the filing cabinet, repeatedly tapping it to gain his attention.
"I know that's you Veronica" Michael deadpanned while making his way over with his shotgun ready "I don't know if you know this, but the vast majority of humans have a thing called peripheral vision"
As he got closer to the cabinet, he moved to the side so Veronica wouldn't go and push it over on him. However, to his surprise, he found Veronica had turned herself into a cabinet and suddenly came crashing down on him, creating a Michael pancake. Before he could get back to his feet or even try to push her off she kept slamming down on him to crush any remaining strength he still had.
"Never underestimate me paper boy, that was your first mistake" she laughed mockingly.
Once he was good and effectively dead, she turned back into her normal form and grinned toward the exit of the building. However, before she could make her way out, she found Mitzy the lamp sprinting as fast as she could from a clearly angered Ian.
"Shit" Veronica started running as Mitzy came rushing alongside her. They were at a similar pace when Ian aimed his gun and shot a grenade. The explosion went off, pushing the two girls forward and out the front door of the mansion.
The camera shifted to the side, watching as the two of them flew forward. With Mitzy being smaller and weighing less in her can state, she flew further and faster, exiting from the spot first.
Once they landed they came back to the normal world where Nelly was smiling down at the two of them "And, we have our winner! Congratulations to Mitzy!" she declared, handing the massive check to the artist.
"I-I won?" she stood, a big bright smile forming on her face as the people from her side of the peanuts gallery started cheering. It still took her a good few moments to fully soak in what had happened "I can't believe I won!" she cheered, with Marty and Walter suddenly coming over to pick her up in a big hug.
"I mean, of course, I won!" Mitzy quickly corrected herself "The villain never wins after all!"
"I would beg to differ" Maxine grinned while giving her heroic buddy a thumbs up "But since today's a big day for you I might just let you get away with that"
Veronica sat on the ground, sporting a look of pure misery and disappointment. She just didn't know how to process losing "H-how did that happen…" she muttered, looking down at her hands "This should have… been so easy!"
The rich girl suddenly started bawling, with Liz and Camila coming around to pat her on the back, hoping that would help to calm her down.
"I mean, you're still rich, I don't know why you would care about some extra money. If anything we should be the ones who got disappointed" the psychic deadpanned, getting an elbow into her side from Liz.
"Sssh, Veronica wasn't a failure. I'm so very proud of how well she did. And I wouldn't expect anything more from her!"
Camila snickered "Such a great way to put it. I couldn't put it better myself!"
"So, what are you going to use the money for?" Marty grinned at her "Because, personally, I'd be hitting the town pronto!"
"No way" Walter shook his head "She's gotta save it for academics! Or for future business endeavors. That always comes first!"
Mitzy chuckled at their statements "Well, it's not all too exciting, but I was thinking of… m-maybe making an animated series for m-my comics. And maybe having a little fun here or there with what's left…"
"You better let me voice your show's main villain!" Maxine proclaimed, jumping up to grab at Mitzy's shirt to show just how serious she was about that.
Going back in time, Veronica and Mitzy were jumping through at the same time. Since Mitzy was but a small lamp, the explosion depleted all of her health in one go while sending Veronica flying out of the exit. The rich girl landed out into the open with an unconscious Mitzy as they returned to the normal world.
Nelly stood over them with a big grin, hardly paying any attention to the unconscious Mitzy "And, we have our winner! Congratulations to Veronica!" she declared, handing the massive check to the rich girl.
Veronica pulled herself to her feet as she grabbed the check, smiling proudly "Well, I must say this was to be expected! Looks and brains are a hard combo to beat"
To the side, Walter and Marty were helping Mitzy to her feet. It wasn't so difficult to lift her but getting her to wake up was a bit more of a challenge "Poor girl" Walter muttered.
While the rich girl enjoyed her win, waving it in front of Mitzy and just about everyone else who had competed. Everyone, including those that were on her side, were quickly regretting how far she had gotten.
That's when Liz suddenly snuck up on her before suddenly tackling her out of excitement. Off-screen, Veronica was clearly being slobbered all over as Camila casually grabbed the check with a grin.
"Well, isn't this nice. And so sweet of V to be sharing it between the three of us as well" she smirked, tucking the check under her arm for 'safe keeping'.
Mitzy finally opened one of her eyes to look over at the trio of girls, with a miserable frown forming on her face "I have no right to try and call myself a hero if I couldn't do this one task well enough…" she whimpered before closing her eyes again.
"And that's a wrap" Nelly casually walked away from the contestants "And there we have it, one season done and over with. And I must say, I just can't wait for when I get to host my next season. After all the fun we had this time around, I'm sure there'll be millions who are just desperate to come around and compete!"
"Nicole Abakumov! You're under arrest!" two police suddenly appeared on the floating island. They were holding up guns and threatening the host.
"Or, the next season will have to wait a bit longer!" she chuckled a bit while raising her hands up to show she was surrendering. The officer moved closer, about to take her in when she suddenly threw herself off the side of the island.
"See you guys in hell" she laughed manically before disappearing into the water below as the police fired in a desperate attempt to capture her.
After a while they stopped firing and glanced at each other "The chief isn't going to like this very much…"
"If he finds out" the second one noted with a little wink to his partner. It took a moment before they both started chuckling to themselves while walking off.
AN: And there we have the ending of the season. It's been long, and i mean long, but we're finally done. As shown our official winner is Mitzy, who I feel has more story reasons to have ended up winning in the end. But of course most of you know I certainly prefer Veronica lol. Both were fun through the season and made for a good finale. And now that this is done, I'm back to focusing on my books and doing a bit more Legends.
After the episode was done and over, and aired for the world, the scene shifts to a hospital in NYC. An older man was laying in a hospital bed, and he looked far worse for wear. He silently looked off to the side of the room, where a skinny woman walked in with an envelope in her hands. The envelope was handed to a nurse who opened it and looked inside before giving her a nod.
The man silently watched when the curtains to his room opened "Looks like someone paid for your surgery, sir. We'll be getting that started this evening" the nurse informed before leaving him alone again.
A small smile formed on his face "I guess Ian must have won after all. Now I owe the woman in the cancer ward ten bucks" he joked before going back to rest.