Total Drama World Tour Deluxe
Chapter 14: Greece's Pieces
Review Responses
Spectacular Webhead 11: Agreed.
AstridEstelle: Thank you!
Guest A: Thanks!
LaCuevademisgustos: True, Cody's not as bad as Sierra. Doesn't make him innocent though.
Guest B:
1. I'm glad.
2. Sorry.
3. Ok.
4. Damn right it will!
5. You'll find out in the next Aftermath.
6. I'm sure they mostly kept to themselves.
7. Maybe.
8. I'm not a hundred percent sure. If Cody had, I would lose respect for him. That's why I headcanon that he didn't.
9. It's cool. I'm always careful to keep the gender ratio balanced, so long as there's an equal amount of decent male and female characters. Especially if there is a challenge that requires an equal amount.
10. Eva doesn't literally hate everyone apart from those three. It's just her way of saying she respects people. To answer your question, it was Gwen and Duncan.
Cody Fanatic: Look, when it comes to Cody's behavior in TDWT, there are two camps of people. The first consists of those who believe Cody's behavior is hypocritical because he's doing the same type of thing to Gwen that Sierra is doing to him. The other is people who say it's forgivable because it's not as bad as what Sierra doing. Both sides have good points. I just believe that Gwen would fit into the former category, especially since Cody never really moved on from being her stalker. Sure, he made the mature move to let her go when it became clear that she preferred Trent, but when she broke up with Trent, he seemed to have reverted back to his island self.
MDReborn: We'll see about DJ, Lindsay, and Tyler. Don't be too surprised that Owen's gone. His elimination does, as you said, serve to give Noah a personal reason to go after Alejandro. Before this, Noah just suspected that Alejandro was a threat, and rightfully so.
Crosshot: I can see you're both nervous and excited.
MrNinja21: Yeah, Cody was a bit of a brat at certain points in World Tour. A shame, really. Yes, I also headcanon Duncan as the winner of TDA but I figured I'd be able to make more drama if he wasn't. Your take on the love triangle is spot-on and I agree wholeheartedly. Thanks a bunch!
The Riverian:
1. If you say so.
2. You're welcome.
3. I think Noah's elimination and Duncan's infidelity were more than enough to send an otherwise great episode into infamy.
SuperSonicHeroes: Thank you!
WierdAlfan101: Yeah, Gwen's comment was a bit harsh but it's not like Cody did nothing wrong.
AnonBrowser: I will admit, Alejandro does provide a convenient vessel to vent my frustrations with Owen, but everything said or done in this story was an exaggeration. Would you rather I have Owen eliminated in New York in order for me to avoid the temptation to pick on him? I get it, you're disappointed with the way I've portrayed the big guy. But what did you want me to do with him? Turn him into a superhero and have him win every challenge? Have him orchestrate Alejandro's downfall?
As for Izzy, do you really think it's so out of character for her to betray an alliance? If you remember, she did something similar in Up The Creek. And speaking of betraying alliances, do you hold Owen's outing of the Guys' Alliance against him?
As for Tyler, I know he's not that bad at keeping secrets, but it felt like this would have served as good foreshadowing to his inability to stay silent.
As for Duncney, I really liked their romance in TDI. It was properly built up, Courtney saw the good in Duncan, and Duncan brought out Courtney's dark side. It was a great case of opposites attract. Of course, in TDA, it was butchered beyond saving, though I always saw the cheating as a symptom of the failed relationship rather than the cause.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: Yes, thank you. Getting Owen eliminated will certainly improve Alejandro's spirits.
Egor1580: Yes, I agree that Noah's canon elimination was nonsensical and that Gwen and Duncan acted irresponsibly. I'm glad I'm getting Trent down right in this fic. As for why Chris didn't just combine Teams Victory and Amazon, it was because he thought they were getting too close and that the potential drama would be better if DJ was on Team Minotaur. I guess it probably would have been better to have Owen sacrifice himself for Noah, but that would require an insane amount of selflessness. Besides, I already had Noah call Alejandro a grease-dipped eel back in Paris, where the Spaniard couldn't have heard him (sure, Izzy told him, but he had no reason to believe her). Regardless, thanks for your review.
TotalPizza: If Owen and Noah had shown up empty-handed instead of with Duncan, then the punk would have voted for Tyler instead and Owen would still have been eliminated. As for how Owen and Noah didn't see who they were capturing, it was because it was midnight and Duncan was sticking to the shadows after his encounter with the ripper. And nobody saw Duncan break up with Courtney except for Gwen. We'll certainly see if Gwen and Cody will reconcile. As for how the votes for TDA ended up... Well, I think you pretty much thought of everything. The only I somewhat disagree with is Gwen being the swing vote. I don't think she would vote for anyone on the Killer Grips, but I don't really know.
lordgemini: My basis for the fan pressure theory comes from the TDA special. In it, Blaineley says that Duncan should "suck it up and take (Courtney) back." Blaineley might have been echoing a popular opinion in order to make herself look good. Regardless, it is a minor detail, so thank you for not making a big deal out of it.
jasonalcius: Thank you!
SilentSinger948: Honestly don't know what the writers were thinking. Apparently, they really hated Zeke or thought he had zero potential. Either way, this was not a good arc for him.
Guest C: Whoops.
The Ghost Warrior120: Maybe.
"Previously on Total Drama World Tour!" Chris narrated. "London, England! Home to royalty, history, and serial killers! The halfway point of the competition, we broke up the lowest-ranking team and distributed its members amongst the teams that don't suck! So long, Team Victory! Here, Heather went through a painful growing period! We said a surprise hello to Ezekiel! And a sad goodbye to Owen, thanks to Alejandro's sneaky work behind the scenes. The contestants were pretty brave, but the bravest of them all had to be Duncan! For working up the nerve to kick Courtney to the curb, before having a steamy private moment with Gwen! That wasn't completely private! It's almost as though someone deliberately broke the lock on the bathroom door so that this would happen! But who has two thumbs and would do that? We've got thirteen competitors left and a million bucks on the line! Whose game is getting old? And who's gonna take the gold? Find out right now! On Total… Drama… World Tour!"
After the theme song, we cut to First Class. Lindsay, Cody, Heather, and Sierra were all enjoying cucumber facials.
"Can you believe they voted out Owen?" Cody exclaimed.
"I know, right?" said Sierra. "It's mind-blowing!"
"Well, he did screw up the last challenge." Heather pointed out.
"That's never gotten him booted before." Sierra argued.
"Maybe, they realized that Owen's a threat because he's so popular." Lindsay reasoned.
Over on the loveseat, Gwen and Courtney overheard the conversation.
"Can you believe them?" Courtney scoffed. "I saw Owen's elimination coming a mile away."
"Yeah, so did I." Gwen concurred. Courtney proceeded to mock Justin, Lindsay, and Beth's behavior during Owen's elimination in Total Drama Action.
"Owen, we love you so much! Owen, you're so perfect and flawless! Owen, take all my worldly possessions! Courtney, you're an irredeemable monster for voting Owen off, even though he spent the entire challenge acting like a lunatic and trying to eat us! Ugh! Like, cry me a river!"
"Yeah, speaking of crying, I noticed you're handling getting dumped quite well."
"What are you talking about?" said Courtney, a hostile frown on her face. Gwen became nervous.
"Well… I overheard Duncan saying you guys were through last night."
"Oh that." said Courtney, rolling her eyes. "We're not 'through.' We're just on break."
"Break?"
"Yes, Duncan was just grumpy because of the little accident with Owen yesterday. This happens a lot. Like that one song goes: We fight, we break up, we kiss, we make up. It's not perfect, but it's how we love."
"I dunno. He seemed quite firm…"
"Trust me, Gwen. Duncan does not get to decide when we break up. We both need to agree to it!" Courtney declared darkly.
Gwen knew that was bullcrap, but wasn't dumb enough to call Courtney out on it.
"I see…"
Confessional: Gwen
"This is not good. Courtney seems to be in denial that Duncan broke up with her. If it ever gets out that Duncan and I kissed last night, things are gonna get crazy! Hopefully, we can keep it under wraps until the season ends. Nobody saw us, right?"
End Confessional
Meanwhile in Economy…
The atmosphere was tense. Noah and Eva sat on one side of the cabin while the rest of the team sat on the other. Tyler looked as though he had seen a ghost, flinching whenever Duncan looked at him. The punk, not being an idiot, quickly deduced that he was a witness to his kiss with Gwen.
Noah leered at Alejandro, who seemed happier than ever.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Today is a good day! I'm finally free of the Total Drama golden boy! The plane already smells better! Sure, Economy smells like grease, mold, and horse dung… but without Owen's BO and gas, it's downright breathable! In fact, I'd go so far as to say I'd prefer to be back here without Owen than in First Class with him!"
Confessional: Noah
"I'm in a bad spot right now. Half of my alliance is toast. Tyler, Trent, and DJ were all eliminated early in the last challenge, which allowed Eelejandro to brainwash them into thinking that he can be trusted. They're all his lapdogs now. Hopefully, I can find a way to take the target off my back in the next challenge."
End Confessional
"What's the matter, Noah?" Alejandro asked facetiously. "You're looking at me as though I murdered someone."
"You just voted off the only person who actually appreciates me as a human being." said Noah.
"Touching." said Alejandro, flatly. "I too miss that ball of joy."
"Really? I haven't heard you cry much."
"I expressed my grief in a confessional last night. It's unhealthy to bottle up such emotions. Right, Tyler?"
"Um… yeah…" Tyler muttered, shivering. Everyone cast awkward looks at the jock.
Confessional: Duncan
"Tyler must have seen me and Gwen kissing. And he's the absolute worst person to keep a secret, as we saw back in London. I need to give him some motivation to keep his trap shut. But I'll have to be subtle about it. I don't trust everyone on the team."
End Confessional
"Hey, Tyler!" called Duncan. "Come over here, bro! I wanna talk to you!"
With a terrified expression, the jock walked over to the punk, who waited with a friendly smile.
"What's… up?" Tyler said nervously. He sat down.
"I just wanna tell ya about my experiences in juvie." said the punk, putting his arm around Tyler's shoulder. "You see, in prison, there are certain crimes that get you more respect than others. Like if you run a really good scam, pull off a wicked heist, or blow up a car, you can become pretty popular in the prison yard!"
"Okay…" Tyler muttered, not really seeing the point of such a conversation.
"On the other hand, there are crimes that even most of us criminals hate! Like, if you hurt a little kid, that will not make you popular! And sex crimes are even more hated! They will get you beat up in the yard and the guards will be very slow to rescue you!"
"Wow…" said Tyler. "I'm… glad that men who abuse women and children get what they deserve!"
"Ain't it the truth?" said Duncan. "There's only one crime we hate just as much…"
"What's that?"
"Being a snitch."
"A snitch?"
"Yeah, a snitch! A tattletale! A whistleblower! A blabbermouth! A rat! A stoolie! A canary! That'll also get ya beat up! Or worse!"
Tyler looked terrified and conflicted. The other Minotaurs didn't give much thought to Duncan's tale, except for Alejandro.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Tyler knows a secret of Duncan's? How interesting! Our favorite jailbird has always been a strong player! Fourth place in Season One, and the runner-up of Season Two. And while he help me did vote off Owen, he is a wildcard and is friends with DJ and Trent. I must find out what Tyler knows and exploit it!"
End Confessional
Finally, Chris called the thirteen remaining contestants to the dining room.
"Prepare yourselves for challenges of an amateur caliber!" Chris announced. "Today, we're recreating the original Olympics! And we're headed to the birthplace of the Olympics!"
"Greece?" Courtney guessed.
"Correct-a-mundo, Courtney!" said Chris.
"Prepare yourselves for battle!" Sierra threatened the Minotaurs.
"Child's play!" Alejandro scoffed. "There's no way us athletes will lose an Olympic challenge to a team with no men!"
Cody hung his head in embarrassment. Sierra leered at Alejandro.
"Hope you look good in silver!" Heather taunted. "I'm great in gold!"
"We'll be happy to lend you some of ours!" said Alejandro.
Noah moaned.
Confessional: Noah
"Why are all these challenges some sort of race or physical activity?! The last challenge was actually my favorite because it involved the use of my brain!"
End Confessional
"Ahem!" Chris called. Everyone's attention went back to Chris. "As I was saying, we're about to arrive at the birthplace of the original Olympians, who- as my interns have informed me- competed in the nude!"
The contestants looked at Chris with mild confusion to mild worry.
"Um, what a quirky fact! Right, guys?" said Lindsay, nervously.
"Yeah. Really fascinating, Chris!" said Gwen, just as nervous. Chris grinned smugly at the contestants.
"No way! Not a snowball's chance in Hell!" Heather cried.
"Relax! I'm not gonna make you strip down naked! Most of you are underage!" said Chris. "We're compromising! Everyone, please step into these authentic Spartan battle costumes!"
Two interns, one white and one black, came in and handed out cheap, skimpy costumes to the contestants. These costumes consisted of a brass miniskirt, brass armbands, brass shin guards, a brass breastplate (for the girls), sandals, and a cape of their team's color.
"What the?! Didn't you die in Jamaica?" Courtney asked the white intern as he handed her a costume. He stayed silent and avoided eye contact.
"These costumes are not authen-" Alejandro protested before Sierra covered his mouth.
"Shush! Nobody cares!" Sierra sighed dreamily looking at Cody, who looked quite dismayed, as did the rest of the contestants. The Amazons filed into First Class to change, with Eva following them. Cody followed the rest of the Minotaurs into Economy to change.
The plane landed, and everyone filed out to see a great marble temple before them, surrounded by many ruined structures.
There was a lot of staring between the two teams. Tyler gawked at Lindsay. Heather gawked at Alejandro. Sierra gawked at Cody. Trent gawked at Courtney. Gwen and Duncan gawked at each other, before the latter winked at the former, causing her to smile.
"What was that?" Courtney demanded suspiciously.
"What was what?" Gwen asked innocently.
"You were staring at Duncan!" Courtney pointed out.
"No, I wasn't! I was staring at Trent!" Gwen lied. She expected Courtney to call her out on her lie, but thankfully Courtney turned her head and looked at the musician. Trent waved at the two girls, and they waved back.
"You know, Gwen, that reminds me!" said Courtney, seemingly buying Gwen's fib. "I was thinking of forming an alliance with Trent and Duncan as soon as the merge comes along!"
"Yeah! That sounds great!" said Gwen. She internally hit herself.
Confessional: Gwen
"Oooooh… what have I done? What kinda friend am I?"
End Confessional
Chris arrived, dressed up as Julius Caesar. By his side was Chef who, like the campers, was dressed as a Spartan but with some extras. He had a helmet, a cuirass, and a skirt that went down to his knees instead of just barely past his loins. His cape was red.
"Welcome to Athens, Greece! We're at the Acropolis, birthplace of the Olympics!" Chris greeted. "Today, we're gonna do things a little differently than what we had planned, seeing as how we're down a player thanks to Justin's medical evacuation. So! We have six events! Each of them will be a one-on-one matchup! Each victory earns you a gold medal! At the end of the day, the team with the most gold wins First Class tickets! Second place earns a brutal elimination ceremony!"
"Six? We have seven people on our team." Trent pointed out.
"One of you gets to sit out on all the challenges!" said Chris.
"I call it!" said Noah immediately. Alejandro and Trent leered at him.
"Coolio!" said Chris. "But if there's a tiebreaker, it'll be your ass doing it!"
"Whatever." said Noah, confident that his team prevent that from happening.
Confessional: Tyler
"As a kid, I always fantasized about being an Olympic athlete! Standing tall on that podium with my head held high… (chokes up) as I listen to the Canadian national anthem… and bringing home the gold!"
End Confessional
"Our first historical event is a Grecian scavenger hunt!" Chris announced, leading his Spartans through the acropolis. "Inside of the Odium of Pericles are rows of huge, maze-like columns. Players must search through this ancient forest of columns and return with the Grecian treasure that awaits you inside. First one to do so takes the gold! So! Who's goin' in?"
"Me!" cried Gwen immediately.
"Cool. Guys?" Chris asked.
"I'll go!" said Duncan.
"What?!" cried Courtney and Gwen simultaneously, looking at each other awkwardly. Duncan cringed.
"Gwen and Duncan it is!" Chris declared.
"Wow! That is so… fun!" said Courtney. Alejandro looked suspicious.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Now there's tension between Courtney and Gwen? I wonder if the secret Tyler knows has something to do with Gwen…"
End Confessional
"Now, these authentic Spartan battle shields will help you in your treasure hunt!" said Chris, handing beaten-up aluminum trash can lids to Gwen and Duncan.
"How?" Gwen inquired.
"The treasure you seek is a gold medal around the neck of an Erymanthian boar!" Chris answered. Gwen and Duncan looked at each other nervously. "Good luck to you both! Chef, sound the Spartan battle horn!"
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Chef blew into a kazoo. The contestants looked at him awkwardly. Chris grunted.
"That's the Spartan battle horn?! For real!" he griped. Chef shrugged. "Just go, already!" he snapped at Gwen and Duncan, who quickly obliged. "The rest of you, follow me!"
"We're not going to stay and watch?" Courtney asked nervously. Chris ignored her and took off in the opposite direction of the two Total Drama runner-ups, the others in tow. "Closely? At all times?"
"Nope! Time to switch channels! Just like the real Olympics!" said Chris.
A minute later, Chris brought the eleven other contestants to a circular ring with a thin layer of sand.
"Pankration is an ancient Greek martial art!" Chris announced. "The rules are simple: that there are no rules! Last man standing wins the gold!"
"As the strongest Amazon," said Courtney immediately. "I volunteer to fight for our team!"
"I'm pretty sure I'm the strongest Amazon!" said Cody, flexing. Courtney struggled not to laugh.
"Cody, no offense, but you'd be lucky to beat Noah in arm wrestling." said Courtney. Cody deflated. Sierra seemed more offended than Noah.
"We'll be having three one-on-one matches!" said Chris. "So, decide amongst yourselves, who's going to do these matches, and who you're gonna save for the final two challenges."
The teams dove into discussion.
"DJ, I'm sure you can take down any member of Team Amazon without hurting them." said Alejandro. "How about you participate?"
"Sure thing, Alejandro!" said DJ.
"Excellent! Eva?"
"No. Can't risk losing control again." said Eva, shaking her head. "Save me for something less violent."
"A wise plan. Then, Trent?" said Alejandro.
"Sure." The musician shrugged.
"Then it's settled!" said Alejandro. "It'll be me, then Trent, then DJ!"
"Wait!" Tyler protested. "I was on the wrestling team back in grade school!"
"And your point is…?" said Eva. Most of the Minotaurs looked at Tyler with skeptical frowns.
"No offense, Tyler, but even the Three Stooges would call you a klutz." said Noah.
"Oh, come on!" Tyler whined.
"Let's make an arrangement." said Alejandro. "I'll give you my spot if you promise to repay the favor down the road!"
Tyler gave Alejandro a thumbs-up. Noah leered at the Spaniard suspiciously.
At the same time, with Team Amazon…
"How about you, Lindsay?" said Heather cheekily.
"Uh, no. I had a facial this morning, and I'm not going to get it pounded into the dust by Eva!" the formerly dumb blonde rebuffed.
"Come on, Linds! You win and we can be BFFs again."
Lindsay glared at Heather incredulously.
"Well, since neither of them want to do it, I guess it's me, you, and Sierra!" Cody told Courtney.
"Fine…" Courtney conceded.
"Alright, time's up!" called Chris. "Send your first player into the ring!"
Tyler and Courtney charged into the ring.
"Go!" Chris cried.
"I'M GONNA DESTROY YOU!" Tyler roared, baring his teeth and flexing.
"RARR!" Courtney roared back. She charged him. The jock flinched and dodged out of the way. His aggressive, testosterone-fueled demeanor had been instantly replaced with a far more timid stance. The next twenty seconds consisted of Tyler walking backwards and Courtney throwing punches that the jock barely managed to avoid.
"That's it, Courtney! You show 'em who's boss!" Heather cheered. "Go, Team Amazon! Woohoo!"
"Come on, Tyler!" Eva barked impatiently. "Just pin her already!"
"I don't wanna hurt a girl!" Tyler whined.
"What?!" Eva cried, sounding outraged.
"I don't wanna- OW!" Tyler turned his head allowing one of Courtney's blows to finally land.
"RARR!" Courtney yelled getting three more strikes in. Finally, Tyler mustered up the guts to throw a punch of his own. It came in contact with Courtney's cheek. The CIT staggered for a moment.
"Ah!" Courtney cried, sounding upset. "How could you?! I'm a girl!"
"I'm sorry! I-" Tyler apologized, letting his guard down. Courtney tackled him to the ground and wrapped her arms around his neck. His teammates face-palmed, Eva the hardest.
"Sucker!" Courtney taunted.
"Uncle! Uncle!" Tyler wheezed.
"That's one gold medal for Team Amazon!" Chris announced, presenting a gold medal to the CIT. The Amazons cheered. The Minotaurs groaned.
"Yes!" cheered Courtney, holding her medal up high. "Today is a great day for women! For I have broken the glass ceiling, proving that women can be just as good as athletes as men!"
The female contestants cringed in embarrassment while the males looked annoyed.
"You know, Courtney, anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception and not the status quo." said Chris wisely. Everyone stared at the host. "What?! I'm a feminist! I believe in mistreating girls the same as guys!"
"Speaking of gender equality…" said Eva, marching over to Tyler. The big girl seized her defeated teammate and yanked him up to eye level with her. "Tyler, what the hell was that?! You had your tail between your legs the entire match!"
"I wasn't afraid of her, I was afraid of hurting her!" Tyler explained fearfully.
"Why? You weren't fighting an infant, you know!"
"But I was fighting a girl!" said Tyler stupidly.
"Excuse me?!"
"Uh, I mean- I was just being a gentleman!"
"We have no need for gentlemen on our team!" Eva growled. "She wasn't a girl! She was your opponent! Being a gentleman is weak and sexist!"
"Hey! That is not-!"
"You were going easy on her because you believe that girls are inherently weaker! And you lost because of it!"
"Alright, Eva! Enough!" Chris called. "It's time for round two!"
Eva begrudgingly let Tyler go. Noah put his finger and thumb to his chin and hummed thoughtfully.
"My turn!" Sierra cried, hopping into the ring with Trent.
"Trent! Remember! Don't be a gentleman!" Eva threatened. "Sierra is not a girl! She's your opponent! So no mercy! Kick her ass! Or I'll kick yours!"
"Got the message, Eva!" said Trent, careful not to take his eyes off of Sierra.
"Go!" Chris cried.
The fangirl charged the musician recklessly. Trent jumped and kicked Sierra in the chin, causing her to fall onto her back.
"That's more like it." said Eva, slightly pleased. Sierra got back to her feet quickly and jumped onto Trent's shoulders. She began to strangle him with her legs. The musician deliberately fell forward causing Sierra's back to hit the ground. She grunted in pain but got back up.
"Shouldn't we have a referee here?" Lindsay asked, highly disturbed by the violence.
"What for?" Chris asked.
"Her hair, Trent!" Eva called. "Grab her hair!"
"That's playing dirty!" said Trent.
"DO IT!" Eva barked.
At the next opportunity, Trent grabbed Sierra's long purple hair and yanked her head to the ground. He then pulled the fangirl into a headlock.
"Uncle!" Sierra gasped.
"Our next gold goes to the manly Minotaurs!" Chris announced. Every guy in the vicinity cheered, even Cody.
"Whose side are you on?!" Heather snapped at the geek.
Confessional: Cody
"Of course, I was rooting for Trent! Just because Sierra's on my team doesn't mean I'd root for her over a good pal of mine!"
End Confessional
Chris handed a gold medal to Trent.
"Alright. Round three!" Chris declared. "Remember, no one can go twice!"
"Now's my time to shine!" said Cody puffing out his chest and strutting into the ring. He opened his eyes to find himself facing DJ. "Oh, crap… Um, just asking, but does anyone wanna switch places?"
"I'll do it, Cody!" Lindsay called.
"If you insist!" said Cody, running out of the ring.
"Hi, DJ!" Lindsay called, walking into the ring.
"Hey, Lindsay!" DJ called. "Don't worry! I'll go easy on ya!"
"NO, YOU WON'T!" Eva yelled. DJ cringed.
"Yes, ma'am." he muttered.
Lindsay frowned. She was indeed hoping that DJ would show restraint in fighting her. Now that Eva had barked at him, she realized he couldn't afford to do that. Sighing, the formerly dumb blonde reached behind her back and loosened her breastplate, causing her chest to stick out more, something every male in the vicinity took notice of.
"Go!" Chris cried. As Lindsay hoped, this had the effect she was hoping for. DJ was clearly distracted by Lindsay's more exposed cleavage, which prevented him from making the first, potentially game-ending move.
"DJ, I am really, really sorry about this!" Lindsay apologized. She carefully walked up to DJ and struck him right in the liver.
"D'oh!" the gentle giant cried. He doubled over in pain and fell to his side, wheezing. The Minotaurs dropped their jaws as Lindsay rolled him over sat on his back for three seconds.
"And the Amazons take round three!" Chris announced. Team Amazon cheered. Eva face-palmed. Chris handed Lindsay a gold medal. Noah became visibly worried.
Confessional: Noah
"I really hope Duncan's having more luck than us!"
End Confessional
"In a world where Lindsay can beat up DJ, do the Minotaurs really stand a chance? Find out when we return! To Total… Drama… World Tour!" Chris narrated, with Lindsay joining at the last second.
After the commercial break, we cut to Gwen walking through the labyrinth of columns.
"Heeeeeeeeere, boar, boar, boar!" Gwen called nervously.
"Aw, there you are!" Duncan cried running up to her.
"Oh! Duncan!" Gwen cried.
"Glad I caught you. How's you-know-who doing?" the punk asked as the two began to walk through the maze together.
"She was proposing an alliance between me, you, her, and Trent."
"I meant about the breakup."
"It's the weirdest thing. She doesn't seem to believe that you broke up with her. She's acting like nothing happened."
"Yeah, she was like that last night when it happened."
"You think we should have waited a little longer before we… y'know… did it?"
"I've got no regrets."
"Is that because she hasn't found out?"
"Hey, we technically didn't do anything wrong, did we?"
"I guess not… Still, I'd feel better if we cleared the air before she finds out the hard way."
"The hard way? Waddaya mean the hard way?"
"When she goes home and watches the show, duh!"
"Uh…"
"What other way could she find out?"
"Well, Tyler may know about us…"
"Tyler?!" Gwen panicked. "You told Tyler?!"
"I didn't tell him, he must have seen us!"
"Does he know you broke up with her?"
"No, but I gave him a warning to keep his mouth shut."
"Shush!" Gwen called, pointing to her right. Chris and the rest of the contestants had shown up to watch the challenge. Luckily, they were too far away to hear what they had said. All except for one…
Confessional: Alejandro
"Interesting conversation."
End Confessional
Gwen and Duncan distanced themselves from each other as they continued to search. Eventually, by pure chance, Duncan found the Erymanthian Boar, or to be accurate, the Erymanthian Bear. A grizzly bear with a pair of tusks strapped to its snout and an Olympic gold medal around its neck charged the punk. Fortunately, the punk was no slouch in hand-to-hand combat. He used his trash can lid to block every one of the bear's ferocious swipes. After about twelve swipes, the aggressive animal seemed to tire. Duncan threw his shield at the bear like a discus.
CLANG!
The bear was hit in the forehead and fell to the ground. With pride, Duncan marched to the bear and triumphantly put his foot on the bear's back. Only for Gwen to swoop in and snatch the medal while he was busy showing off.
"Hey!" Duncan cried.
"Sorry, bud!" Gwen taunted, running to Chris. "Looks like I win!"
"Another gold for the girls!" the host announced.
"Nice one, Gwen!" said Courtney, high-fiving her friend. "Say, what were you and Duncan talking about?"
"Um…"
"Next event!" Chris declared as Duncan arrived. "Moving on!"
The Amazons were only one medal away from victory, and Noah was starting to panic. He had not forgotten how he had been eliminated in Season One and was experiencing déjà vu.
"This is not happening… This is not happening…" Noah muttered hyperventilating.
"Get ahold of yourself!" Eva scolded quietly. "We still have a chance to win!"
"Yeah, but involves me having to do the tiebreaker! If we're even lucky enough to get to that point!"
"Of course, we will."
Chris and the contestants arrived at a line of hurdles, each one slightly higher than the last. There were two rows, one of blue hurdles and one of pink, each with ten increasingly tall hurdles, and a finish line at the end.
"Welcome to the hurdles event! The ultimate test of speed and flexibility!" Chris announced. Players must leap higher and higher while they race for the finish line! First one across wins the gold! So! Who's going next, guys?"
"I shall!" said Alejandro chivalrously.
"Awesome!" said Chris. "Girls, will it be Cody or Heather?"
"Ladies first!" said Cody nervously.
"With pleasure." said Heather. The queen bee walked over to the Spaniard. "Sorry! But I'm fast and flexible!"
Heather demonstrated her flexibility by grabbing her ankle and stretching her leg behind her back so that her sole was almost touching her head. She smiled smugly at him.
"Very cute, Heather. That is just adorable!" said Alejandro patronizingly. He sat down. Then, to everyone's shock, he stretched both of his legs behind his back with his hands. He then tied his hair into a ponytail with his feet. Heather looked as though she'd been slapped in the face three times.
"I can do that but I don't wanna." said Duncan.
Confessional: Gwen
"No man should be that flexible!"
End Confessional
Heather and Alejandro crouched down at the starting line.
"On your marks… Get set…" said Chris.
HONK!
Chris blew an air horn and the two took off. After the third hurdle, Alejandro was clearly pulling ahead. Trent and Duncan high-fived. Tyler and DJ high-fived. At this point, Alejandro was running on his hands.
"Hey, Ale-handstand! Stop showing off!" Noah yelled.
"Relax, my friends!" Alejandro called back confidently, he jumped over the sixth hurdle and landed back on his feet. "Victory is at-"
"JUMP!" Eva screamed. Startled, Alejandro jumped. If Eva had not yelled at him, he would have tripped over the seventh hurdle. Slightly shaken, the Spaniard stopped showing off and ran normally, with Heather on his heels. It was close, but Alejandro crossed the finish line a mere second before Heather.
"YES!" the Spaniard cried.
"NO!" the queen bee wailed.
"A medal for the Minotaurs!" Chris announced.
"Phew!" Noah sighed in relief.
"Oh shit…" Cody muttered. He had been counting on Heather winning the challenge so that he wouldn't have to do the hurdles.
"Don't worry, Heather. You can borrow my medal if you ever need to look like a winner!" Alejandro teased. Heather growled.
"Alright! Time for the last round!" Chris announced. "Cody, since you're the only member of Team Amazon that hasn't done anything, it's your turn!"
Cody hesitantly walked to the hurdles. His opponent lined up to him, flashing him a menacing grin. The Minotaurs looked at Cody in pity. The Amazons looked quite dismayed. Only one of them seemed to think Cody had a chance.
"You're going down, Eva!" Sierra declared. "In second grade, Cody competed in a hurdles event and won the coveted participation award!"
Cody's cheeks turned red. The Minotaurs would have laughed if it wasn't so creepy.
"The things you know frighten all of us." said Chris. "Really. They do."
Cody and Eva lined up at the starting line.
"On your marks… Get set…" said Chris.
HONK!
It was over before it started. Eva treated Cody as though he were a match for her, even though he was clearly far from it. Cody tripped over the second hurdle and completely collapsed on the third. Meanwhile, Eva bounded like a kangaroo over each hurdle. Cody didn't even have enough time to pick himself back up before Eva soared over the finish line.
"And another gold for the guys!" Chris declared. He delivered Eva's medal. "Okay! So that's three gold medals for each team! Time for the tiebreaker! Noah, now's your time to shine! The fate of your team now rests entirely on your shoulders! But no pressure!"
Noah knew Chris was trying to torment him, but that didn't stop him from turning into a nervous wreck. He covered his face and muffled a sob.
"Team Amazon, I'll need a volunteer from your team!" Chris commanded.
"I'll do it!" Cody volunteered. "For all of you!"
"Good choice!" said Chris. He led the contestants to the front of the Acropolis. Parked in front of the building was a crane, the arm of which was suspended fifty feet in the air. Hanging from the hook of the crane was a gold medal. Situated beneath the hook, an intern had wheeled in two sets of angel wings.
"Before we get started, a little lesson in Greek Mythology!" said Chris. "Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were being held prisoner on an island. In order to escape, Daedalus built two sets of wings out of feathers and wax, which he and Icarus used to fly to freedom! And that's what we're doing here! Chef spent over an hour building two sets of wings using wax and the feathers we found in the plane's engines! Noah and Cody must strap on the wings and take flight! All the way up there!" Chris pointed to the gold medal hanging from the crane's hook. "Whoever snags the gold medal out of the sky wins the Olympics and First Class passage for their team!"
"That sounds… really dangerous!" said Lindsay.
"And impossible." Noah added.
"Not at all!" Chris reassured. "Noah, Cody, please strap in!"
Fearfully, Cody and Noah approached the two sets of wings. They were helped into the wings by Chef and an intern.
"Aw! He's like an angel!" Sierra swooned.
"This is gonna be a close one!" DJ commented anxiously.
"Yes. Too close." Alejandro agreed. "Cody needs a distraction to slow him down!" Alejandro turned to Tyler, cleared his throat, and said in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear. "Time to pay back that favor, Tyler! Please tell everyone what you know about Duncan and Gwen!"
All eyes went to Gwen or Duncan, both of whom looked severely alarmed. Tyler also looked extremely nervous. Courtney gasped and glared suspiciously at Gwen. Duncan shook off his shock and leered viciously at Tyler, making a throat-slashing motion across his neck. Alejandro smirked deviously.
"Now." the Spaniard commanded. Tyler broke.
"Uh, I- I saw Duncan and Gwen kiss last night!" Tyler blurted out. Many gasped.
"WHAT?!" Courtney shrieked.
"Woo. That's a load off!" Tyler sighed in relief. His relief didn't last long as he soon felt a pair of strong, angry hands around his neck.
"YOU! HAVE! THE! BIGGEST! MOUTH!" Duncan roared through his teeth as he wrung Tyler's neck.
"He said he saw Duncan and Gwen kiss!" Alejandro repeated to Courtney.
Courtney growled. Her face twisted with rage as she turned to face her friend.
"HOW COULD YOU?!" Courtney screamed. "I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!"
"I thought Duncan dumped you last night!" Gwen said defensively putting her hands up.
"LIAR!" She lunged for Gwen but was held back by Lindsay and Sierra. "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!"
"Of course…"Cody sighed, disappointed.
"Dude, let go!" DJ cried, trying to pry Duncan's hands off Tyler's neck. "Eva! Help me out!"
"Why?" said Eva, who seemed to approve of the way Duncan was treating Tyler.
"Trent! Help me!" DJ cried.
"Oh! Uh… coming!" said Trent.
Watching all the chaos on his team, Noah burst into evil laughter.
"Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Excellent!" he proclaimed, grinning.
Confessional: Noah
"There is a god!"
End Confessional
HONK!
"Alright! Everyone settle down!" Chris called, blowing the airhorn. DJ, Trent, and Alejandro attempted to pry Duncan off of Tyler, whose face had turned blue. It was at this point that Duncan decided that Tyler had been punished enough and deliberately let go of his neck while pretending it was because the others had pulled him off.
Lindsay and Sierra successfully held Courtney back in time for Gwen to back up to a safe distance. Once the chaos had subsided, Chris took out a bow and arrow, lit the arrow on fire, and pointed it upwards.
"On your marks… Get set… Go!" Chris declared, shooting the arrow.
"Cody! Stay where you are!" Courtney yelled.
"But we'll lose!" Sierra pointed out. She then looked at Gwen and realized Courtney's reasoning. "Oh… Cody, stay where you are!"
"You are so eliminated!" Courtney hissed at Gwen, whose face filled with regret.
"She's got my vote!" said Heather maliciously.
"Agreed." said Lindsay, looking disgusted.
Cody looked at his crush with great compassion. Noah looked at his team in great amusement.
Confessional: Cody
"I'll do anything for Gwen."
End Confessional
By flapping the wings, Cody and Noah slowly but surely began levitating off the ground. For about a minute, the boys slowly flew toward the medal, neck-and-neck. However, some of the feathers began falling off of their wings.
"Their wings are molting!" Alejandro cried as the feathers began hitting the ground.
"Oh yeah! Forgot to mention! When Daedalus and Icarus were flying over the ocean, Icarus flew too close to the sun and his wings melted! He then fell to his death!" Chris reported.
"C'mon, Cody!" Gwen pleaded desperately.
"You don't get to cheer!" Courtney snapped, still in Sierra and Lindsay's clutches.
"Oh, perfect." Noah muttered sarcastically as his wings completely collapsed. Then, much like Icarus, he began falling to his death. Lucky for him, Eva was there. She caught her teammate bridal style.
"My hero!" Noah jokingly swooned in a feminine tone. Eva rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, Cody had just reached the crane's hook and grabbed the gold medal with his teeth. He then fell to the ground. Eva didn't seem as interested in rescuing him, which caused him to hit the ground hard. At least, it would have if DJ hadn't sprung into action and broke Cody's fall.
"Team Amazon wins!" Chris declared. "And the Minotaurs are losing a member! For the third time in a row!"
"Yes!" Gwen cheered quietly.
Confessional: Gwen
"Phew! Looks like I owe Cody an apology!"
End Confessional
The only one who looked happier than Gwen was Noah.
Elimination Ceremony: Team Minotaur
For the third time in a row, the Minotaurs gathered for an elimination ceremony. They had been allowed back on the plane to change back into their regular attire but were quickly evicted afterward. Duncan sat alone at the end of the first row of seats. Tyler, Trent, Alejandro, and DJ sat on the other side close together. Eva and Noah sat together in the center of the back row. They had already voted and were waiting for Chris to finish counting.
"So... here we are again!" said Chris. "Let's take a look at why! Noah did the tiebreaker and lost, while Tyler and DJ both got KO'd by girls! Funny? Yes! Helpful? No. Duncan blew it in the scavenger hunt, and managed to ruffle a lot of melted feathers!"
Duncan rolled his eyes, pretending not to care.
"When I call your name, come and grab your boarding pass! If you don't get one, you'll be left behind! The first one goes to…"
"Eva!"
"Hell yeah!" Eva exclaimed.
"Trent and Alejandro, you're also safe!"
"That leaves our four losers today! The next two passes go to…"
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The two Minotaurs grabbed their passes.
"Duncan, Tyler, it was a close vote. But the final boarding pass, unsurprisingly, goes to…"
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Both Tyler and Duncan's jaws dropped in shock. Duncan quickly recovered and snickered at the jock.
"What?!" Tyler and Alejandro exclaimed. DJ looked quite stunned as well. Eva and Trent had neutral expressions. Noah was grinning just wickedly as Duncan.
Confessional: Noah
"You know, a lot of people were pretty upset over Lindsay's elimination in Total Drama Island. They claimed she was 'robbed' and that it was totally unfair. That is not true. Lindsay's elimination in Season One served her right! Sure, the challenge was poorly thought out, I mean, what else could you expect from Chris McButtbrain? But to say she didn't deserve to go after assisting Heather in her reign of terror and failing to realize she wasn't a nice person is stupid. And that's precisely why Tyler has to go! Because like Lindsay did for Heather, Tyler has become Alejandro's stooge and is going to give him leeway to cause even more havoc. I would have loved to get rid of the eel himself, but Duncan and Eva were angrier at Tyler, so I had to vote their way for now."
End Confessional
"Ta-ta, Tattle-Tyler! I hope clearing your conscience was worth the million!" Duncan mocked the jock, grabbing his ticket. He then marched over to his team.
POW!
The punk walked up to Alejandro and slugged him in the eye. The Spaniard fell to the ground with a painful thud. DJ gasped. Noah laughed.
"Serves you right, Al!" the bookworm mocked. Duncan boarded the plane with Trent right behind him. Eva and Noah went next, while DJ helped Alejandro to his feet and assisted him up the stairs to the plane. Chef threw out Tyler's luggage and the plane took off.
Inside the plane, the Minotaurs had barely enough time to sit down before Courtney barged into Economy looking completely outraged.
"What the (BLEEP) is wrong with you?! You guys voted out Tyler instead of Duncan?!"
"Uh, duh!" said Eva. "Sexist loser deserved it!"
"But Duncan (BLEEP) cheated on me!"
"Can't imagine why…" Noah muttered sarcastically.
"Tell someone who cares!" said Eva. The big girl seized Courtney and threw her back into First Class. Alejandro leered at Noah, who returned it with a smirk. The tables had turned.
Meanwhile, Chris closed out the episode from the cockpit.
"Well, that was an exciting episode! Will Courtney and Gwen patch things up? And whose game is up? Find out next time on Total… Drama… World Tour!"
Votes
Alejandro: Duncan
DJ: Duncan
Duncan: Tyler
Eva: Tyler
Noah: Tyler
Trent: Tyler
Tyler: Duncan
Results
Tyler: 4 votes (Eliminated)
Duncan: 3 votes
Rankings
13. Tyler
14. Owen
15. Izzy
16. Justin
17. Katie
18. Ezekiel
19. Sadie
20. Leshawna
21. Geoff
22. Bridgette
23. Harold
24. Beth
Author's note: Gotta admit, I was really tempted to take Chris's fun fact about Olympians competing in the nude and apply it to this chapter. Of course, I'd have to bump up the rating for the fic to MA, so I decided to compromise and have everyone wear the skimpy Spartan costumes instead of just Cody and Tyler.
If you were to guess that the canon episode was not my favorite of the season, you'd be right. It was very rough on Duncan. He got his butt kicked by a bear multiple times, he was harassed by Chef the entire episode, he was knocked out cold by Cody, had his dirty laundry exposed, and (worst of all) was forced to sing everything he said. The only thing that stopped it from being an outright torture porn was Chris negating the vote and letting him stay. Since Duncan handled his love life responsibly this time, I hope you'll forgive me for taking all these elements out.
We now say goodbye to Mr. No-Personality. I'm sorry to any fans of him, but Tyler is the most boring slab of cardboard the show ever tried to pass off as a character. Much like Heather and Noah, Tyler was a character whose popularity skyrocketed in TDWT. And while I can certainly see how it happened with Heather and Noah, I can't say the same for Tyler. Hell, one of Noah's funniest moments was when he mocked how forgettable Tyler was in New York. Yet, if you go the Total Drama Subreddit, you'd think he's in the top five most popular characters. Seriously, guys, what am I missing? There are people who complain about how unfair Tyler's elimination in TDI was, and I'm like "Really? You honestly thought Tyler was a more interesting character than Courtney in TDI? He barely did anything! Hell, there are two straight episodes where he has no lines at all!" People have criticized characters like Trent, Bridgette, Zoey, and even Mike for having little to no personality (highly ironic in the latter's case) and no significance outside their love interest. And here I am going "Why the hell does Tyler get a pass for this?"
Anyway, the Minotaurs have their third loss this season. With all of the extra characters, I had to add some extra challenges as well as change the outcomes of certain matchups. I originally had both Duncan and Alejandro winning their matches against Gwen and Heather respectively, but then realized I'd have to pick between the two in order to make the tiebreaker necessary. I ultimately chose Alejandro because I wanted to make it less obvious who was going home tonight, though I doubt any of you are completely shocked.