A/N: Five remaining. Who will soar to the final four and who will fall?
Reviews:
G-Man 2.0: Definitely one of my favorite parts to write as well. This might not be the last time we see him either. He might be back next season too lol.
thenewsubwayguy: Fun fact, Mandy was originally going to be in the final 2 when I was first thinking about finalists for this story(won't say who the other finalist is, but I can say that they're one of these 5 left).
As for the mirror, yeah, I didn't want to have too much stuff going on, a future chapter will get to that though.
Contestants Remaining:
Jack(Samurai Jack)
Huey(Boondocks)
Luz(Owl House)
Edward Falcon(Power Stone)
Marinette(Miraculous Ladybug)
Eliminated:
Patrick Star(Soaring Phoenixes)-Spongebob Squarepants
Jake Long(Fighting Lions)- American Dragon, Jake Long
Edd(Fighting Lions)- Ed, Edd n Eddy
Courtney(Soaring Phoenixes)- Total Dram
Juniper Lee(Soaring Phoenixes)- Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Azula & Ty Lee(Fighting Lions)- Avatar: The Last Airbender
Squidward(Fighting Lions)-Spongebob Squarepants
Beyal & Jinja(Soaring Phoenixes)- Monsuno
Harold (Soaring Phoenixes) -Total Drama
KO (Fighting Lions)-OK K.O. Let's Be Heroes
Izzy (Fighting Lions)- Total Drama
Frank West (Fighting Lions)- Dead Rising
Ryoma (Fighting Lions)- Power Stone
Chris Pearson (Soaring Phoenixes)- Dan VS
Ed(Fighting Lions)- Ed Edd n Eddy
Billy(Soaring Phoenixes)- Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Mac and Bloo(Soaring Phoenixes)-Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Bridgette and Geoff(Soaring Phoenixes)- Total Drama
Misty(Fighting Lions)- Pokemon
Morty(Soaring Phoenixes)- Rick and Morty
Numbuh 3, 4 and 5(Fighting Lions)- Codename: Kids Next Door
Owen(Soaring Phoenixes)-Total Drama
Goku(Fighting Lions)-Dragon Ball
Mordecai (Soaring Phoenixes)- Regular Show
Vert(Soaring Phoenixes)- Hot Wheels World Race/Acceleracers
Brandy(Fighting Lions)-Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
Vegeta(Soaring Phoenixes)-Dragon Ball
Rick(Soaring Phoenixes)-Rick and Morty
Marty(Fighting Lions)- Back to the Future
Joey(Fighting Lions)- Yu-Gi-Oh
Doyle(Fighting Lions)-The Secret Saturdays
Alex, Sam, and Clover(Fighting Lions)- Totally Spies
Riley(Soaring Phoenixes)- The Boondocks
Ben Tennyson(10-Year-Old)(Soaring Phoenixes)-Ben 10 2005
Ben Tennyson(16-year-old)(Fighting Lions)-Ben 10 Omniverse
Homer(Soaring Phoenixes)- The Simpsons
Mabel(Fighting Lions)- Gravity Falls
Mariah(Soaring Phoenixes)- Beyblade 2000/G-Revolution
Dan Mandel(Soaring Phoenixes)- Dan VS
Ruby, Weiss, and Blake(Fighting Lions)- RWBY
Yang(Fighting Liona)- RWBY
Ash- Pokemon
Rally-Gunsmith Cats
Ippo-Hajime no Ippo
Velma-Scooby Doo
Heather- Total Drama
Raphael-TMNT 2003
Jake Spidermonkey-My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Gary- Robot Chicken Star Wars
Lance- Sym Bionic Titan
Sokka-Avatar: The Last Airbender
Vicky-Fairly Oddparents
Leshawna-Total Drama
Richie- Static Shock
Rigby-Regular Show
Peter Parker/Spider-Man-Spectacular Spider-Man
Cyborg-Teen Titans
Eddy-Ed, Edd n Eddy
Spongebob-Spongebob Squareants
Beast Boy-Teen Titans
Zoey-Proud Family
Reimu-Touhou Project
Dan Kuso-Bakugan
Anne- Amphibia
Noah-Total Drama
Adam- My Gym Partner's a Monkey
Dax- Monsuno
Daphne- Scooby Doo
Puss- Puss In Boots
Shaggy-Scooby Doo
Hawkeye-Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Dan Hibiki- Street Fighter
Virgil-Static Shock
Jack Horner- Puss in Boots
Lindsay-Total Drama
Heather Chandler-Heathers 1988 Movie
Fred-Scooby Doo
Mandy(And Technically Grim)- Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Chris was seen at the entrance of the abandoned film lot, getting ready to recap the last episode.
"Last time on Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition! It was the fifth aftermath, and the first of the merger. Six contestants remained, and, not counting the Blue Lock and Gambit challenges, this was the first day where everyone was officially to themselves. And yeah, I could talk about who Rally could possibly be crushing on, which by the way, if you could see the hairstyle, I'm pretty sure I know who it is, so much for 'I'm not interested in relationships'." Chris said.
Footage of Geoff, Bridgette, and Julie talking to the contestants about the fifth aftermath was shown with notably footage of Rally being asked about any changes of her interest in a romantic relationship was shown. Though she had said no, after getting shocked by Heloise, that was revealed to have been a lie.
"And no, she didn't say who it was. But again, the hairstyle that one of Heloise's inventions, who I'm seriously considering giving a call for an intern job gave it away. Won't say any names, but he's definitely a fan favorite here. And obviously a contestant favorite considering she wasn't the only one that really liked him. Weirdly enough both of these girls' personalities are like polar opposites to each other. But other than that, I'm not going to really talk about anything else from those interviews, other than the fact that Heather challenged one of Ippos rivals and former Featherweight Boxing Champion of Japan, Sendo to come to a season. And surprisingly, he actually accepted the challenge. Oh man, if he actually comes here and goes against Heather, that is going to be must see TV."
Footage of Sendo being angry at Ippo for losing with Leshawna defending him and Heather challenging him to come to a season just like Ippo did, instead of just putting Ippo down, was shown , along with Sendo, to the surprise of other contestants other than Ippo, accepting the challenge, with Heather not believing he'd show up.
"But let's get to the part where I show up, the challenge! The six remaining contestants played a game of Friend or Fiend. In this challenge, they would perform friendly or not so friendly acts on their enemies or friends respectively. Because being friendly to your friends or mean to your enemies is already easy enough I would think. The acts would be given by Charlotte and Vendetta, two girls who are represent being a friend or a fiend very well. Too well, actually. Charlotte would give and approve any nice acts while Vendetta would give and approve the fiendish ones, with roles switching each round. If any of the contestants refused or failed, then they would receive a strike. Get three strikes and they would be out of the game, and could face elimination."
Footage of Charlotte and Vendetta, well more, Charlotte, introducing themselves to the show along with Chris explaining the challenge was shown.
"Yeah, some of things they did to their friends, family members, teammates and loved ones was definitely mean. And/or cruel. But hey, hopefully they'll be able to talk it out later. And being friendly to some of the people that grinds their gears wasn't exactly easy for some of them either. But again, as seen from the five that were left, they did enough to get the job done."
Footage of the six remaining contestants performing several fiendish or friendly acts with some of them, with the exception of Smoke Mirror Huey declining was shown.
"In the end, Falcon was the first one to get all three strikes and get knocked out of the game with his refusal to slap his friend Ayame. Though considering what happened with that hug among several other things seen in the season from those two, I think Ayame looks at Falcon as more than a friend. The second person to go though, was Mandy. How? She refused to kiss Irwin. Literally all of her strikes was from the friendly acts. And even the ones she did, it was like pulling teeth for her. If that didn't give away that she doesn't do nice, then I don't know what will."
Footage of Falcon getting his third strike after refusing to slap Ayame along with Mandy slapping Irwin after refusing to kiss him was shown.
"Huey though, yeah, he was absolutely ruthless. He did all of the friendly and fiendish acts no problem. Though I gotta say, it's kinda weird seeing Huey act like this, even if it is one from a magical mirror. I think it's magic? I'm not sure. Regardless though, he got through untouched with no strikes, and won immunity along with gaining an advantage in today's challenge. But I'm gonna be honest, what he was going to do to Scooby was definitely cruel. I'm actually kinda glad Fred and Shaggy stopped it. What? I got a soft spot for him okay? He's probably the only one I don't want to see something really horrible happen too. Totally not cool Huey. Or Mirror Huey. Other Huey. Whatever it is! Look, it's just not cool, let's just leave at that. And I'm not the only one that thinks that either. No one, not even Mandy likes him, and she made sure to let him know that before she left, as she was the one that was voted off."
Footage of Huey being announced as the winner of the challenge was shown.
"She left him with the chilling warning of that being his downfall, with Grim notably laughing at her for her defeat. Though I'd say with how she was acting, I think she was kinda done after those friendly acts. Like I said, it was like pulling teeth for her. But the real question is, is she right about this Huey? Will the others used that shared dislike to take him down? What will happen to all of those originals trapped in the mirror? Find out here on Total... Drama... Island! Multiverse Edition!"
*Begin Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition Intro III*
The final 12 were seen taking pictures in a photo booth.
"Dear mom and dad I'm doing fine."
Lindsay was seen looking at a mirror before Heather C. took it from her.
"You guys are on my mind."
Luz, wearing a dragon mask, appeared out of nowhere and scared her, causing her to run away and drop the mirror.
"You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see."
As Luz was handing the mirror back to Lindsay, Dipper was seen at a table, drawing in a notebook about a mirror with Huey drawn on it along with an arrow pointing to it and a question mark on the side. Though he was scared by Huey who appeared, causing him to accidentally scribble all over the page. Huey shook his head before moving on.
"I wanna be famous."
Jack was seen meditating before Cartman tried to sneak and throw rocks at him but Jack stopped each one without having to open his eyes.
"I wanna live close to the sun."
Eventually, Cartman got frustrated and left, as Jack opened an eye before closing it, smiling a little as he continued meditating.
"Well pack your bags 'cause I've already won."
Cartman tried to sneak up on Mandy but failed as she put her fist up behind her and hit him, knocking him out as she continued to read.
"Everything to prove, nothing in my way, I'll get there one day."
Fred was showing Falcon the trap magazine he has.
"'Cause I wanna be famous."
Adrien was seen in one bench sighing to himself while Marinette was seen looking up from a distance from her phone at Adrien when both immediately looked away.
"Na na na na na na na na na na na na na!"
Huey had passed by Mandy and frowned at her, with Mandy doing the same thing in return before they went their separate ways.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!"
As Lindsay was messing with her hair, a mirror in the background had a Huey with a white samurai outfit in it, sword in hand as if he was just waiting for his opportunity to come out of the mirror.
"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!"
Adrien and Marinette looked at each other for a bit before looking away, increasing distance from each other as Cartman suddenly appeared out of nowhere in between the two as they all whistled the TD tune while the "Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition" Logo showed up on the monitor above.
*Total Drama Island Multiverse Edition Intro III Ends*
Special Guests For Today's Episode:
Aerrow, Junko, Piper, Radarr and Finn(Storm Hawks)
Everyone was sound asleep, with Luz being the first to wake up, having to go to the bathroom.
She yawned as she rubbed her eyes. "King, get off." She said, trying to push off who she thought was King. Until her vision got clearer and saw who it really was. He had a horn above his nose like a rhino, although he was brown, with pointy ears, short greenish-blue hair and grey eyes.
"Hi." He waved, while smiling, causing Luz to yell out loud, waking up Marinette.
"What's going on? Luz?" Marinette said, before noticing the source of her yelling.
"What are you doing?" She asked suspiciously.
"Sorry!" He said, getting off of the bed.
"Who are you? Did Chris bring you here?" Luz asked.
"Who's Chris?" He asked.
"Host of the show?" Luz said, wondering if that rung a bell to him.
"Oh! Him! Yeah!" He said, nodding.
Four others wearing similar looking clothes suddenly came into the trailer.
"Looks like you guys already met Junko I see." One of them, who looked more human than the one the two met already said. He had pale skin and a tousled mop of bright red hair and emerald green eyes.
"What is going on here?" Falcon asked, behind the two, being woke up after hearing all of the noise.
"You must be one of the other contestants." One of the others said. She had dark skin, blue hair and hazel eyes with an orange headband. Although her outfit was similar to the others, hers was orange and dark blue with a blue crystal necklace.
"We'll explain everything. Follow us." She said. As they left, Luz's bed broke as it fell to the floor.
***Confessional***
Luz:
"Well, if this was Chris' way of getting our attention, I think it definitely worked. Wait a minute, this is our third challenge in three days! Is he crazy? What happened to giving us a rest?"
***End Confessional***
They all met at the entrance of the film lot.
"Morning guys! Ready for a high-flying challenge?" Chris asked.
"I'd be ready if we got to eat breakfast first." Luz said.
"The breakfast isn't good here, remember?" Marinette whispered.
"Good or not, at this point, I'll take it." Falcon said.
"Sucks for you then. Because we're about to get started." Chris said.
"If they haven't gotten to eat breakfast yet, I don't think we should do this." The girl from earlier said.
"Piper's right. If we really want to see them at their best, they should probably eat first. By the way, we probably should introduce ourselves. My name's Aerrow. Little guy here's Radarr." He said, referring to the small rabbit-like companion who gave Huey the stink eye.
"This is Piper."
Piper waved after Aerrow said this.
"This is Finn. Who, shockingly enough hasn't introduced himself yet." Aerrow said.
"Sup." Finn said, winking at Marinette.
"There it is." Piper said.
"And the big guy, as you've already seen is Junko." Aerrow said as he waved.
"I'm really sorry for breaking your bed. It was an accident." Junko said to Luz said.
"He fell off his skimmer. If he's saying that, he really does mean it. Junko's not a bad guy at all." Finn said.
"We're the Sky Knights, a squadron from the world of Atmos. And I'm its leader. And there's Stork too, the pilot of our carrier, the Condor. But, he's not here." Aerrow said.
"We kept telling him nothing bad was going to happen, but, he insisted on staying back at Atmos." Piper said.
"Yeah, last time we went to another world, crazy stuff happened man. A city called New York, was taken over by Cyclonians and we met these talking mutant turtles." Finn said.
"Wait, New York? Turtles? I met them! When did this happen?" Luz asked.
"Long story. Just know that everything got returned back to normal, thankfully." Aerrow said.
"Alright, since they're okay with it, and considering the fact that if they leave, there's no challenge, you guys can go ahead and get breakfast. We'll meet back in an hour!" Chris said.
"I can cook!" Junko said.
"No!" The rest of the Storm Hawks said simultaneously.
"Uh, you, shouldn't have to! Because..." Aerrow said, trying to find a way out and not hurt Junko's feelings.
"You should really try Chef's cooking. It's really... nice?" Luz finished, although it was halfhearted as it was a lie.
"Hey, that sounds great!" Junko said.
"We'll come with you. We might as well find a way to kill time. And to be honest, I'm kinda hungry myself." Aerrow said.
Finn goes to walk next to Marinette. "So, looks like you and her are the only girls here huh?"
"Yep. Everyone else got eliminated." Marinette said.
"That sucks. Was kinda hopin' to meet more girls here, but that's cool. That just means I get to know you better. So, what's your name?"
"Marinette."
"Cool. I'm Finn. Like Aerrow said, I'm a part of the Storm Hawks squadron. The guys before us that were Storm Hawks, those dudes were legends. With my sharpshootin', I'm gonna go down as a legend too. Actually, I'm already one. Yep, I was the Chosen One of the long lost Terra Vapos. I'm sure you wanna hear all about the story, but, I'm more of a man of action." Aerrow said.
"Yeah, I definitely noticed." Marinette said, a little sarcastically.
"So what's her name? You two look like you're pretty close." Finn said, referring to Luz.
"You could just ask me. I'm right here." Luz said.
"Cool. So, uh, what's your name?" Finn asked.
"I'm Luz. Do you mind if I talk to you for a sec?"
"Sure." Finn said before turning to Marinette. "Be right back." Which only caused her to shake her head.
"So, what's up? You're not gonna tell me she's secretly some evil jerk are you?" Finn asked Luz.
"Where'd you get that idea from?"
"Don't worry about it." Finn said, waving it off.
"But no. She's nice." Luz said.
"Phew. So, you think I got a shot with her right?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. She just went through something with someone else." Luz said.
"Ohhhh. A break up huh? I totally get it." Finn said, nodding.
"Not exactly. It's a lot for me to explain. And I'm not really sure if she'd like me just telling it to everyone, but-" Luz started before Finn stopped her.
"Hey, it's cool. I totally get it." Finn said.
"You sure?" Luz asked, looking at him suspiciously.
"Yeah! Yeah! Don't worry it about it." Finn said, waving off her worries.
"I can tell you're not taking this serious." Luz said before giving him a genuine pleading look. "Please."
Finn stopped smiling when she noticed how serious Luz was looking. "I got you. I promise." Finns said.
"Thanks." Luz said.
"No problem. That's what heroes do right?" Finn said, pointing at her with both fingers like pistols, back to smiling again.
Luz could only smile and shake her head.
As they got closer to the craft services tent, Marinette went to talk to Luz.
"Hey, thanks." She said to Luz.
"You're welcome!" Luz said, gibing her a friendly smile.
***Confessional***
Marinette:
"That Finn guy. Talks about how he can't miss, how awesome of a hero he is, and is on a team of other heroes. I wonder who that reminds me of?" She said before looking at the camera. "Take a good guess. But anyways, I really came here to talk about Luz. Other than during the merger, we never really interacted that much outside of that. At least I don't think. Which I guess it kinda makes sense since we were on opposite teams. Still though, she's been the one that's been with me the most after the whole thing with... Adrien. I really appreciate that. Maybe we'll be able to make the final two! Wouldn't that be awesome."
Tikki appeared, though again, not on camera as Kwamis couldn't be seen by them. "We still have Huey to worry about. We should try to eliminate him this game. It's only going to get harder if we don't."
This caused Marinette to gasp. "I totally forgot! He's got an advantage for this challenge! I wonder what it's going to be." Marinette said.
***End Confessional***
Craft Services Tent
Everyone got their "breakfast" and was at some of the different tables. Huey was the only one notably sitting off by himself.
"So this is the food you guys get?" Aerrow asked Falcon.
"Yep." Falcon said, in a tone that showed he wasn't shocked or surprised anymore.
"And you guys eat this every day." Aerrow asked.
"Pretty much."
Aerrow looked at the food for a few seconds before shrugging and eating the "Chef Special" anyway. Though as soon as he did, he wanted to send it right back out. He ran out of the tent.
"Exactly why I'm not eating this." Piper said, with Marinette and Luz at another table as they watched Aerrow run out of the tent.
"You think this is bad, try dealing with this for several days." Luz said.
"Several days? Are you serious?" Piper asked in utter disbelief.
Marinette and Luz simply nodded.
"Trust me, we've been there just like you." Luz said.
"How are you okay with this? Can't you just, like make a petition, o-or protest or something? I just can't see myself eating this for several days like this. This looks awful!" Piper said, looking at the slop as it looked like it just moved.
"We tried. Left the island, came back, it was like it never happened." Marinette said.
"An island, that by the way, sunk." Luz said.
"You guys were on an island? Why?" Piper asked, confused.
"That's where the show usually is. Get it? Total Drama Island?" Luz asked.
"Ohhhhhhh!" Piper said, before tapping her forehead a couple of times. "How did I not get that connection earlier? I'm so stupid!"
"Still though, you know what I just thought about?" Marinette said.
"What?" Luz asked.
"If Camp Wawanakwa was an island, how are we able to just go to and from on foot and ride the bus there?" Marinette asked.
"You know what, that's a good question." Luz said.
"With an easy answer. I think." Piper said. "It's probably fake." Piper inferred, shrugging.
"That... probably makes the most sense. Which is kinda funny with how weird things have been around here." Luz said.
"But if the island sunk, wouldn't that make this connected to the island?" Piper asked.
"Huh." Marinette said, thinking.
After several seconds of silence, they all looked at each other.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Luz asked.
"Just don't think too much about it?" Piper asked.
"Yep." Marinette said.
"Same here." Piper said. "I still don't believe it though. You actually eat this?"
"We don't exactly have any other options. Other than starving to death." Luz said.
Piper could only sigh as she looked back at the food.
***Confessional***
Piper:
"I take back everything I said about Junko's cooking. I'd like to have some of his dessert now please."
***End Confessional***
Speaking of Junko, it looked like he was the only one that was readily and happily devouring Chef's cooking to the surprise of Jack, who was next to him.
"Here. It looks like you might want this more than I do." Jack said, passing over his bowl to Junko.
"Are you sure? You don't have to. Aren't you hungry?" Junko said.
"Thank you for being considerate, but I'm sure." Jack said, giving him a friendly smile.
"Okay then!" Junko said before getting Jack's bowl and preparing himself to devour that one next.
"I wonder what's gonna be for desert!" Junko said.
***Confessional***
Jack:
"Well, on the bright side, at least someone here is enjoying the food."
***End Confessional***
As for Finn, he was talking with Falcon as Aerrow was still not back.
"Hey, uh, Falcon right?" Finn asked.
"Yeah. Hey, if you're wondering about having a shot at Luz or Marinette, I'm gonna be honest, it's not going to happen." Falcon said.
"That's actually not what I wanted to talk about. I kinda already had that talk with Luz already." Finn said before lowering his voice to a whisper. "It's him I want to talk about." He said, trying not to eye Huey.
Falcon was confused before he realized he was talking about Huey.
"Huh? You mean Hue-" Falcon said before Finn immediately covered his mouth.
"Don't say his name man! I don't want him looking over here at me. The guy creeps me out!"
"I thought you were supposed to be some great hero? Why would you be scared of him?" Falcon asked.
"Heroes can be scared too!" Finn said low.
"Hey, I'm just messing with you." Falcon said before giving him a friendly little jab in the shoulder, smiling a little before a serious look came on his face. "Anyways, I definitely get it. That Huey, is anything but a hero."
"See? I knew it!" Finn said. "So you guys got a plan to beat him right?"
Falcon laughed a little. "Actually, no." He said before he had a serious look on his face. "But that's not what I'm worried about the most."
"There's an evil kid over there that could kill us man! What could be worse than that?" Finn asked.
"Would you calm down already? He's not going to kill us." Falcon said. "But even if he did try, there's no way he's beating all of us. He already knows everyone here is against him. The real problem is figuring out how to get that mirror fixed and getting our Huey back."
"Huh?"
"Like I said, it's a long story. A story I really don't feel like explaining. Besides, you guys probably won't be around to see whatever else happens anyway." Falcon said before Aerrow returned.
"I think I've changed my mind on eating." Aerrow said. "How do you even eat this stuff?"
"This is what happens when starving is your only other option." Falcon said. "But anyways, what's the deal with you guys? I know there's the whole thing with different worlds and all. Like me. Believe it or not, I'm not from around here. All of this stuff was new to me when I first got here. Heck, I'm still learning. So what's Atmos like?"
"It's a world of a thousand mountaintop kingdoms called Terras, all of which are in the sky. Each of them are protected by a Sky Knight Squadron." Aerrow said.
"So which one do you guys protect?" Falcon asked.
"All of them. We don't exactly have a Terra we call home, so we live in the Condor, our carrier."
"So if it's made up of just mountaintop kingdoms, everything takes place in the sky, right?"
"Pretty much. Below the clouds is the lowlands called the Wastelands. There's nothing but fire and rock there. No one lives there but lava eels and fire scorpions. We've been there, but we have no intentions of ever going back."
"We should tell the Cyclonians to live there. See if they'll fall for it." Finn said.
"Cyclonians?"
"The Cyclonian Empire. The largest and most powerful Terra on atmos. They're goal is to rule over all of Atmos with Master Cyclonis ruling with an iron fist. And of course, the Dark Ace is there too." Aerrow explained.
"Judging from how you said his name, I'm guessing you don't like the guy."
"What was your first clue?" Finn said.
"He was a member of the original Storm Hawks. Until he betrayed them and singlehandedly destroyed them all himself. Since then, he's been the Commander of the Empire and never lost a battle." Aerrow said.
"Until we came in and kicked his butt." Finn said.
"Still though, beating him isn't enough. I won't be happy until he and the Empire and finished for good." Aerrow said before seeing Falcon's face flat on the table.
"Uh, is he okay?" Aerrow asked.
"So hungry. Need food. Real food." He said, face muffled into the table.
"I feel ya man. I feel ya." Finn said.
"Hey uh, Chef? Can we get some food? Like, real food?" Aerrow asked.
"This is food! But since you think you know what real food is, you can make it yourself!" Chef said, slamming a knife into the counter.
"On second thought, we'll stick with what we've got." Aerrow said.
"That's what I thought." Chef said, walking away.
As he did, Marinette got up. "Hang on everyone! I'll make something real quick."
Eventually, she finished and brought back croissants, muffins, and using what else was in the tent, eggs and bacon.
"Sorry, I know this isn't much, but it's the best I can do."
"Hey, don't worry about it. We appreciate the effort." Piper said.
"I know I surely do." Falcon said before devouring the food. "You're the best Marinette!" He said, though it was barely understandable with all of the food he had stuffed in his mouth.
She even gave a plate to Huey. "Thanks."
"You're welcome!"
***Confessional***
Marinette:
"I get it, that Huey has done a lot of bad things, but he doesn't deserve to starve."
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Huey:
"It may not have seemed like I meant what I said earlier, but I do. Chef's food is awful man! How the hel did the other me even sit through eatin' that?"
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Falcon:
"Man, we could have used her for the cooking challenge that's for sure. But now that I've eaten, I'm fueled up and ready for action!"
***End Confessional***
After the rest of the hour passed, the five were back in the entrance of the film lot.
"Alright, now that you've eaten, it's time to start today's challenge. This is going to be an aerial battle, where only one will be left standing." Chris said. "Try not to lose your breakfast."
"You'll be using these to do battle in. They're called Skimmers." Piper said, gesturing to the line of vehicles that looked like motorcycles.
"Uh, those are bikes." Luz said.
"That are also planes." Finn said.
"Yeah, last time I checked planes have wings on them." Falcon said.
"To be fair, you are from the 19th century." Luz said.
"What's that supposed to mean huh?" He said, upset. "I know what planes look like! I am a pilot you know!"
"I suppose this is a new form of technology created in their world." Jack said.
"They look like motorcycles now, but they can actually change into flight mode with the retractable wings. This was how we were able to fly in. And also how Junko fell." Aerrow said.
"So if this is a sky battle, I guess each of these skimmers are going to have weapons right?" Marinette asked.
"Yep. Each Skimmer has weapons equipped on them. Of course, the armor, maneuverability, speed, and firepower all depends on which model you choose." Piper said. "To make it easier on you guys, we have three variants available to use, each based off of what each of us actually uses during missions, exploration and combat."
"The ones on the left prioritize armor and weaponry over everything else. You won't get too much out of it when it comes to speed and maneuverability, but it can take and dish out a lot of punishment. Junko uses these." Piper explained, referring to the slightly larger than normal motorcycles.
"The ones in the middle are, you guessed it, the most balanced! Standard crystal powered weaponry is equipped here with great speed to boot. Nothing really special in these models, but just know that these Mark III models are the base for the other variants."
"And finally, the ones on the right. These focus on speed and maneuverability more than anything else. There's still weapons here, but they aren't as hard hitting compared to the other two variants. And the armor is pretty weak too."
"Wait, you said they were based off what each of you use. There's three here but four of you." Falcon said.
"It's actually a couple. My skimmer isn't here either. The ones in the middle are close but mine has a lot more upgrades to it. And I also don't have that many weapons on it either, since I usually like to fight with my own weapons instead." Aerrow said.
Radarr then made noises along with trying to get Aerrow's attention.
"And then there's the extra seat for Radarr, my copilot." Aerrow said, with Radarr nodding in approval as he put his fists on his hips, trying to strike a heroic pose.
"You also can't use my weapons either. Ones on the right are based off my awesome ride. But no crossbow. Be embarrassing if you guys tried to use it and you sucked at it. No offense." Finn said.
"And then there's me. I don't use skimmers. I use a heliscooter I built myself. Not much armor, but its fully customizable, has more maneuverability, and has excellent crystal fuel mileage. Who says you can save the world and care for the environment while doing it?" Piper said.
"Wow. That's awesome!" Luz said.
"Thanks." Piper said, truly flattered by the comment with how she was looking.
"I see you more than 5. I'm guessing we'll be using more than one?" Jack asked.
"Yep! Each of you will have the choice of choosing which skimmer variant you want to use. Though once you choose a variant, you're with stuck with it for the entire game so choose carefully." Piper said.
"So where does my advantage come in?" Huey asked.
"I was just about to get to that. You'll have the choice of swapping out skimmer variants should the one you use go down." Piper said. "You'll also have two more in your reserves instead of 1 extra like the others will." Piper said.
"So our reserves are like lives then." Luz said.
"That's exactly it. Huey will have 3, the rest of you will have 2. If all of your skimmers go down, you're out. After five minutes pass, you'll use your skimmers in bike mode to go through the trap-filled film lot in a race to the finish, where the finish line is just past the ramp you'll go up, where you'll be jumping over leftover explosives from the Spy Movie challenge and a pool of sharks. Your starting line will be the entrance of the film lot. If you can get past all of that and cross the finish line, you'll be safe from elimination. Cross first, and you'll receive an advantage in the next challenge as well! If you cross in last place, then you're automatically eliminated. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Which means there will be no campfire ceremony tonight. You lose, you're gone once the challenge is over." Chris explained.
"So what happens if we lose all of our skimmers? What are we supposed to use then?" Falcon asked.
"Good question! Something that you better figure out by the time the five minutes pass. I don't care how you do it, but cross the finish line and you'll be safe. Oh, and by the way, you have to use the course regardless. So no, you can't just fly over everything and get to finish line. I didn't plant those explosives for nothing!" Chris said. "You would have been able to use the arts and crafts center, but since the island sunk that's not an option anymore. So again, figure it out. Now then, choose your skimmers and lets get this started!" Chris said.
***Confessional***
Falcon:
"This is the first time I get to show my piloting skills. My dad was a pilot too. I'm gonna show everyone that this outfit isn't just for show! This one's for you dad!"
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Luz:
"The best thing to do would be to target Huey all at once. But I'm pretty sure he knows that too so this'll be easier said than done. We've got to be careful. I'm not a pilot but I'll try my best. I mean it can't be hard right? Just picture it like it's Star Fox!"
***End Confessional***
The five went to choose their skimmers.
"Have any of you ever flown a plane? Stupid question I know." Marinette asked.
"Do flying cars count?" Jack asked.
"I guess?" She said, shrugging. "You drove a flying car?"
"Uh, for a few seconds. I prefer to walk." Jack said. "Falcon, do you have any pointers to give for flying?"
"Hang on tight, and make sure you don't lose control more than anything else. It's probably a good idea to use goggles too." Falcon said, putting his on as he chose his skimmer, which was the standard Mark III Skimmers.
"You don't happen to have a spare do you?" Luz asked.
"Make that two." Jack said.
"I actually think I packed an extra pair. Hold on a sec." Falcon said before getting ready to leave.
"Challenge is about to start man! Can't leave." Chris said.
"It's not even gonna be ten seconds if I use my power stone." Falcon said.
"Don't care. In the skimmers." Chris said.
Radarr tapped Jack. He then pointed to his own goggles. Jack took them, but they were way too small to fit.
"I'll use them as a good luck charm." Jack said, which caused Radarr to give him a thumbs up of approval.
Chosen Skimmers:
Huey: Air Skimmer III(Standard Class)(Starting Skimmer, can freely choose others if knocked out)
Falcon: Air Skimmer III(Standard Class)
Jack: Air Skimmer III(Speed Class)
Luz: Air Skimmer III EL(Heavy Class)
Marinette: Air Skimmer III(Standard Class)
Everyone was in their respective Skimmers as they were at the top of the prop thousand-foot cliff.
"Alright guys, it's time to take to the skies!" Chris said.
"Wait a second, I just thought of something, we don't get to practice flying with these?" Luz asked.
"Nope! The challenge starts in 3..." Chris started.
"Good luck." Falcon said, giving a thumbs up to Jack, who gave a smile and a thumbs up in return, though if he had to be honest, he was very worried about flying these skimmers.
"2... 1... GO!" Chris said.
Each of them started to move in bike mode before they got in the air.
"Oh no. I'm actually gonna die!" Luz said as she descended before the wings automatically protracted, causing the wheels on them to move upward. Luz uncovered her eyes.
"We're flying! We're actually flying!" Luz said.
"Marinette! Look! I'm actually flying!"
"Luz!"
"I know! This is so cool right?"
"No! Watch out for the building!" Marinette said.
"What buil-" Luz said before turning and seeing the building she was about to run into. She yelled as she immediately tried to pull up, barely missing the building and almost losing her first skimmer.
"Phew." Though it wasn't over yet as he was caught in the crossfire between Huey and Falcon, causing her to frantically spin around in the skimmer which, although slow, caused Jack and Falcon to have to stay away to avoid being hit by the long wings of Luz's skimmer.
"Hey! What are you doing? Keep doing that and you'll make yourself dizzy!" Falcon said.
"Give me a break will you! Not everyone has flown a plane!" Luz said.
"If you wanna stay in the game you better learn quick!" Falcon said before suddenly dodging shots from Jack.
"Sorry!" Jack said. "So that is the fire button." He said before pressing another button which caused his wings to suddenly retract. He quickly pressed the button again causing the wings to come back. "Note to self, only use that at the end."
Falcon and Marinette were both trying to shoot down Huey, but he used that to his advantage and made her hit Falcon instead.
"Oops."
"It's obvious that trying to team up and shoot him that way isn't going to work. We're going to have to just play it out. I'm confident that we'll win." Falcon called out. "You have my word as a pilot." He said, before giving Marinette a thumbs up and a confident smile.
"Okay!" She said, nodding.
"This is when the real fun begins." Falcon thought as he pulled up to perform a loop and get behind the rest of the competition.
"Alright, so this thing has a lot of weapons on it. Let's see..." Luz said before pressing a button as missiles came out of it.
"Man, when Piper talked about firepower over everything else she wasn't kidding." Falcon commented from a distance after seeing the missiles explode.
After about a minute of aimlessly flying around, the other four contestants, besides Falcon were starting to get more comfortable and confident in piloting the skimmers.
A little under four minutes remained overall.
Jack was firing at Huey, who was trying his best to dodge out of the way of the shots. Though a couple of them hit him anyway. None of them were enough to make him go down however.
He was going to try to turn the tables on Jack, but he knew he'd have to be patient if that was going to happen. Simply pulling up and trying to get around wasn't going to be the answer. He knew that Jack was too smart for that to work on him.
As they flew at a high speed, they were then in the western movie set. Huey knew that that was his chance after seeing the water tower. Instead of pulling upward or dodging it like Jack expected him too, he shot the tower, causing water to go everywhere. Although a bit of it got on Huey's skimmer, Jack was drenched. The short time he was drenched caused enough of a distraction to get him to run right into one of the prop buildings.
Jack Reserves: 1
As Jack went to get another skimmer, Falcon was relentlessly chasing down Marinette.
"Can't you go easy on me? I'm still learning here!" Marinette said.
"Sorry, but I'm past the point of going easy. You want to win, you're gonna have to fight back. Just running away isn't the answer." Falcon called ut as he continued to shoot at Marinette before scoring a good hit on her.
"This next one should finish it!" Falcon said before he was suddenly hit by a missile. He was in bad shape after the hit. The culprit? Luz.
"Not good. One more hit and I'm done." Falcon said before Huey came in and hit him next, finishing the job and sending him crashing.
"Me and my big mouth."
Falcon Reserves: 1
"You think maybe we should have brought parachutes for them?" Piper asked Aerrow.
"Nope, they're more than capable of handling it. Besides, that would take the fun out of seeing them faceplant like Falcon just did." Chris said.
"But what if they get hurt?" Piper asked.
"Yeah, that's the point." Chris said.
Piper and Aerrow looked at each other, concerned after hearing him say this.
The air battle between Huey, Marinette and Luz continued. Although Huey was able to get around the shots from both Marinette and Luz, it was Luz that had trouble getting around either of their shots as her skimmer was the slowest. Thankfully though, it delivered on what Piper said it would and took a lot of the hits no problem.
"A little help!" Marinette said as she was being relentlessly chased by Huey.
"How about instead of calling for help, you fight your own battles?" Huey said as he kept shooting at Marinette.
Because Huey was too occupied on taking out Marinette, he didn't see Luz coming as she spun around, hitting Huey with her wings and causing him to spin out as one of his wings came off completely.
Huey Reserves: 2
"Thanks." Marinette said before Luz shot at her too.
"Huey and Falcon are right! You're gonna have to learn to fight yourself if you want to win!" Luz said before finishing off Marinette too.
Marinette Reserves: 1
Marinette sighs before getting out.
"Is this really how you want to go out? Both of you came here to win too. Just because you're trying to do that won't make you two stop getting along." Tikki said.
"You're right. If everyone else is going to do their best, then why shouldn't I?" Marinette said, before running to go and get another skimmer and get back into the fight.
Under three minutes remained.
Falcon and Jack were already back in action and were battling each other.
"Heh, you know Ryoma was once as nervous as you flying in a plane too!" Falcon called out.
"Was it going as fast as this?" Jack asked, trying to stay in control as Falcon suggested in the beginning.
"Are you kidding? I wish my plane went as fast as this!" Falcon said as they continued to fight.
"But doesn't that make things harder to control?" Jack as he attempted to perform a maneuver to get around Falcon and Huey, who was also back into the battle, still using the standard skimmer.
"Maybe so, but that's what makes it fun!" Falcon said.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Jack said as he tried to keep control with one hand and cover his mouth with the other, but to no avail. He ended up throwing up on Huey, to his disgust, causing him to be taken out by Luz and her missiles as she intervened. Huey fell into one of the craters of the space set.
"I guess I have lost my breakfast." Jack said.
"But it was for a worthy cause I'd say!" Luz said, giving a thumbs up before he threw up on her too.
"I... suppose so." Jack said.
This caused a chain reaction as Luz covered her mouth before doing the same thing, causing her to also crash.
Huey Reserves Left: 1
Luz Reserves Left: 1
"Wow. But hey, I warned 'em." Chris said, shrugging. "And it looks like Huey is down to his last skimmer! Not lookin' too good for him right now. If he loses the next one, he might be in trouble."
"I think all of them are down to their last Skimmer, right?" Aerrow said.
"You're actually right. They better hope they don't lose them all. Those sharks are probably hungry I bet." Chris said.
When Huey got back to choose a skimmer, he choose the heavy class, more for its survivability than anything else. "I think he knows it too, he just chose the heavy class skimmer." Chris commented.
A little over two minutes remained.
It was an absolute mess. No one wanted to fight at the risk of getting hit. No one except for Falcon of course, who kept firing at anyone that got in his sights.
"What's the matter guys? Nervous?" Falcon said. "Yeah it's good to have control, but there's a such thing as too much." Falcon thought.
"That's what makes it fun!" Jack replayed Falcon's words in his head.
Jack takes a deep breath. A determined look on his face now, he starts to pilot the skimmer with a lot more purpose rather than just trying to stay passive and careful. He knew that he still needed control, and he had to admit he was still concerned about losing the last skimmer, but he knew that doing nothing wasn't going to do him any favors, especially with Falcon constantly trying to attack them.
Marinette seemed to know this too. Though what she wanted to do was completely different than Jack. She avoided the fire from Falcon and was able to do some maneuvers to get behind him.
"Not good." Falcon thought, seeing that she was behind him. He was preparing himself to have to avoid the shots and maybe figure out a way to counterattack. But he didn't expect what was about to happen next. In fact, no one(other than maybe Marinette herself) did. She flew before flying right at Huey, who was already worried about trying to stay safe. The impact caused her entire skimmer to be destroyed and for both of Huey's wings to come off his own skimmer.
"What just happened?" Luz said.
"Why would she do that?" Falcon said.
Both Huey and Marinette fell to the ground.
"Wow. A bold and unexpected kamikaze style attack sends both Marinette and Huey out of the fight! They are officially grounded!" Chris commented.
Huey Reserves: 0(Eliminated)
Marinette Reserves: 0(Eliminated)
"Though at the very least, Huey still has bike mode remaining for his skimmer, even though it might be in bad shape." Chris said.
"That was a gamble... that didn't pay off." Huey said to Marinette.
"Don't think I'm out of it that easy. I still have one last trick up my sleeve!" Marinette thought.
The remaining three continued to battle it out. It was a battle of classes, with Luz using the heavy class, Jack using the speed class and Falcon using the standard class.
"I could just wait it out. I don't think there's much time left. But what's the fun in that? I'm not gonna run! I'm gonna fight!" Falcon thought before aggressively attacking both of his adversaries.
Luz shot missiles at both Jack and Falcon, forcing them to have to dodge both or risk the likely chance of going down if hit. They all flew past the beach set.
"Just keep your head Luz. You can do this." Luz thought.
"Hey Luz!" Falcon called out.
"Yeah?"
"What did you think about what Marinette did earlier?"
Jack, sideways, tried to attack both of them with the duel blasters on the skimmer, causing both of them to have to scatter.
"Hey, if you don't mind, I'm trying to have a conversation here." Falcon said as he circled around to avoid getting hit by either of them.
"One minute left guys! Make these shots count!" Chris announced.
"I think I've figured out what you meant by having fun!" Jack called out.
"Unfortunately, it might be at my expense." Falcon said to himself.
Luz shot at Jack as he was trying to avoid the large gilded Chris, which caused her to miss and knock the head off it.
"I'm sure he can always get another one." Luz said.
"Oh come on! Even now you guys can't stop destroying my stuff!" Chris said.
"Maybe next time don't have a sky battle where there's a lot of property you might care about?" Aerrow suggested, which judging by Chris' reaction, he didn't exactly take that suggestion well.
"Just saying." Aerrow said.
"Like I was saying, what did you think of Marinette's gamble against Huey?" Falcon said, as he got on the side of Luz. But she suddenly twirled, trying to knock him off, which actually worked as one of his wings was hit. Though it was at the cost of Luz being dizzy.
"Hey!" Falcon said.
"Maybe next time try not to hold a friendly conversation during a sky battle?" Luz said.
"I'll keep that in mind!" Falcon said before going to his right and crashing right into her intentionally, causing both of them to fall in the ground.
"And it looks like Jack's the last one standing! You can come back to the starting line!" Chris said.
***Confessional***
Falcon:
"With how much damage one of the wings took, I knew I was going to go down. If I was going to go down, then so was she."
***End Confessional***
***Confessional***
Luz:
"Great. I don't have a skimmer! I'm so screwed!"
***End Confessional***
Everyone was at the entrance of the film lot, which was considered the starting line. Only Huey and Jack had their skimmers intact.
"Alright guys! Remember! If you cross first you get an advantage in the next challenge! You cross last and you're gone!" Chris said.
"On your marks!"
"Get set!"
"I'm doomed." Luz said.
"Go!"
"Luz!" Falcon and Marinette said simultaneously.
"Come with me!" Both of them said again at the same time, leaving both of them confused as they looked at each other.
"If you're going to do something, make it quick! Huey and Jack are already gone!" Luz said as both of them had already sped off to start the danger-filled race.
"You do it. You'll be faster than me." Marinette said to Falcon.
He nodded. "Alright. What about you?"
"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine!"
"No way, I'm not leaving you behind either!" Falcon said before pulling out his stone again as it turned bright red, radiating with energy.
"POWER CHANGE!"
Falcon picked up Luz and Marinette and the three started to fly while staying on the path of the course.
Huey and Jack however, were still ahead and were battling it out for first, trying their best to avoid the mines that were on the ground. They heard what sounded like a rocket from behind. They both looked and saw that Falcon, Luz and Marinette were catching up to them, and fast.
Huey, knowing that he was in danger of losing, takes a gamble and jumps at Jack, though he hits Falcon instead. Huey's skimmer runs over a mine, causing an explosion and for parts to go everywhere.
"Hey, get off I can't see!" Falcon said, aimlessly flying.
"I never even wanted to get on!" Huey said. Jack had to swerve out of the way to avoid getting hit by Falcon, which caused him to hit an explosive himself, sending him flying along with the remnants of the skimmer that was in the air. Falcon, because of the fact that he still couldn't see hit buildings and was about to hit the ramp.
"Pull up! Pull up!" Luz said frantically. He did what he heard but he went way too far upwards.
"Too far! Too far!" Luz said, causing him to go back down.
"Just go forward man!" Huey said. He flew forward, starting to fly over the sharks and explosives with Jack doing his best to try and keep up on foot.
"Don't let go, don't let go, don't let go!" Marinette said as they were flying over the sharks.
As soon as they did, Huey tried to get off, but that turned out to be a bad decision as it only caused him to lose control again, sending everyone flying. Luz had crossed over to the finish line though her face rubbed across he ground in the process, Huey was on the verge of falling but was able to grab onto the ledge.
Jack just jumped over the sharks. He saw Huey trying to pull himself up, so he gave him a hand, by pulling him up. But as soon as he did, he jumped on top of him, kicking Jack in the process. Now it was he who was barely hanging on as Huey ran off. He looked down at the sharks below and was able to pull himself up.
"Would you get off?" Falcon said to Marinette.
"Sorry!" Marinette said, getting off as Huey was getting ready to run past to the finish.
"If Huey's there, then... Jack!" Falcon said before getting ready to fly over until he saw that he was just getting up from the ledge and was about to head towards the finish.
Falcon breathes a sigh of relief. "As long as he's alright." He said before getting ready to speed to the finish.
"And that's it! That's the end of the race! Luz painfully gets first and an advantage in the next challenge! Everyone else, you're safe! Well, everyone but Jack. Sorry man." Chris said.
"Sorry J-" Falcon started before Jack stopped him.
"No. You earned your place fair and square. You deserve it." Jack said.
"Wish I could say the same for someone else." Falcon said, looking at Huey.
"Don't worry. I have faith that one of you will be able to win. Besides, I meant what I said before. Not just about this, but about my time here. It was fun." Jack said, smiling.
Falcon extends a hand to Jack. "It was a pleasure competing alongside you Jack."
"Likewise."
Award Ceremony
Before Jack went into the lame-o-sine, Falcon stopped him. "Hey, I almost forgot. You probably should hear this too."
"What is it?" Jack asked.
"So what did you guys think of Marinette's gamble against Huey?"
"A noble attempt. That unfortunately was unsuccessful." Jack said.
"I mean it kinda worked. So there's that." Luz said.
"I thought it was just plane dumb." Falcon said, smiling.
He was given various looks.
"Really?" Luz said. "That's what you wanted to tell me earlier? A joke?"
Marinette could only roll her eyes. "Looks like Adrien rubbed off on you I see."
"No he didn't." Falcon said. "I'll have you know I was doing this way before I even met that guy."
"I... don't get the joke." Jack said.
"It's more of a pun really. You know, plane? Plain?" Falcon said.
"Ah, I see. Now it makes sense." Jack said.
"Yeah well I think you're just a plane idiot." Luz said.
"Yeah, try coming up with something original." Falcon said.
"What? It's not as if your joke landed." Marinette said.
"I thought the jokes landed pretty well." Jack said.
Falcon closed his eyes, blushing out of embarrassment. "You know what? Forget I ever said anything. You guys are ruining it." He said, leaving.
"How can the passengers ruin it? You're the pilot after all." Luz said.
"I'M NOT LISTENING!" Falcon called out as he left.
"Wow! What a finish! With Jack being eliminated we're down to the final four! Tune in next time to find out who will soar to first and win the next challenge, as it is the final challenge of the season!" Chris said.
"Wait, what!?" Luz and Marinette said simultaneously.
"Oh, wait, you guys weren't supposed to be here when I said that. My bad. But anyways, find out next time on Total... Drama... Island! Multiverse Edition!" Chris said.
A/N: And that's it folks! One final challenge to decide the winner out of these four for this season! Their destinies will be determined in a mysterious castle as they fight for their freedom and the right to earn some monster cash! The Castle of Destiny(not the game)! This challenge will be based off the four-player Arcade/Adventure mode of Power Stone 2. Hope you're ready for a trip across the multiverse!
I'll see you guys on the next chapter!
