Total Drama World Tour Deluxe
Chapter 20: Chinese Fake-Out
Review Responses
gman5846: We'll see what becomes of the feud in the Aftermaths.
theboiishere12345: When it comes to my 'favorite' song, the first one that comes to mind is This Is How We Will End It.
Cody Fanatic: I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Frogbert the Ninth: Thank you for the apology. We'll see about the love-me tea...
Spectacular Webhead 11: Yes, it's really sad for Trent.
LaCuevademisgustos: You think Alejandro is hot. I'm not judging you. Yes, it was definitely a tense chapter and things really came to a boil. Yes, Courtney does have some good in her but she really needs to acknowledge that she took several things way too far. And good assessment on everyone's place in the competition.
SuperSonicHeroes: Yeah, the bear was too random and irrelevant. As for Noah, I'm not planning a romance for him. Eva's was just for laughs. As for Duncan failing the challenge, Courtney had brought up a traumatic memory for him. That one scene in TDA where Courtney shoves the you-know-what into his mouth... Well, this is my humble personal opinion, but that was the single most disgusting moment in the entire show, and that's saying something. I can handle farting and puking, but that scene actually made me sick. I just can't imagine that Duncan came out of that unscathed, but I digress. Yes, Courtney was singled out and Alejandro gave her something she not only deserved but in my opinion, desperately needed. So, thank you!
AnonBrowser: True, starting a relationship with a girl never seemed to be a priority for DJ, but that doesn't mean he's asexual. I just wanted one point in this fic where all six OG couples were broken up, and for that, I needed reasons to break up Tyler and Lindsay. As for Courtney, yes, she has certainly paid for her behavior and only time will tell if she learns her lesson this time. I'm very sorry about Trent, I love the guy too. But I'm glad you enjoyed Sierra's karma. Interesting that you were disappointed that Sierra was denied development, I'll keep that in mind. Yes, I am indeed having a lot of fun fleshing Eva out as a character.
xx15: Alright, your apology seems sincere enough. I'll unblock you.
FireFlamerx9z: Thank you!
Crash X Fusion: Bittersweet, huh? Yeah, I figured that would be the reaction of many people reading this chapter. Thank you!
TJM: We'll see if Alejandro finds a different way to cheat.
The Tell-Tale Man: You'll have to wait and see. Please be patient.
Guest B: Completely understandable.
Guest C:
1. Happy to be back.
2. After I rewrite TDI23. I don't want many people knowing my thoughts heading into that, so as to make the story less predictable.
3. Thank you!
4. Almost everyone would have voted for Alejandro.
5. Eva and Noah both thought Courtney was annoying.
6. Gwen wanted Courtney gone but didn't want Trent to go down with her.
7. Alejandro and Heather were immune, he was friends with Duncan, Gwen, and Cody, and he knew voting off Courtney would get him eliminated.
TotalPizza: Maybe Courtney will come out of this as a better person. Glad you liked the gag of Eva hooking up with the Swedish masseuse. As for your questions...
1. Gwen wasn't willing to screw over Trent to get Courtney eliminated.
2. There is a chance...
3. Yes, I found Owen to be at his least annoying on the Ridonculous Race. He pulled his weight there and paid for his mistakes.
4. Yes, I have seen the first season of the reboot. I won't say much at the moment, but I found it to be on par with Revenge of the Island.
5. I've seen My Little Pony FIM. That was a good show, though I stopped watching about halfway through Season 6. I also tried out the first few episodes of Sonic Prime, but other than making Tails an interesting character, I wasn't impressed.
NeoBones: XD
Jade's One of a Kind: Yes, thank you. Believe me, I'm a fan of Courtney too, but I really think people need to fully acknowledge how horrible she was in TDA. As for Alejandro, yes, he is certainly going to have his work cut out for him if he wants to survive. We'll see how much he and his fellow newcomer last.
clyde fandango: Gwen cursing Ezekiel was indicative of her having second thoughts about returning to the game. Sorry about Trent.
AJustice90: We still have two aftermaths and the finale, so don't lose hope just yet.
MaxStan: Invader Zim, Dr. Doofensmhirtz, and Mr. Crocker are okay. The Box Ghost is annoying and the Toilenator is mediocre. None of them are phenomenal characters in my opinion, but at least they don't feel out of place in their respective universes, unlike Max. As for how Max got eliminated, I feel like so many people misunderstand why he was disqualified. He wasn't booted just for annoying Chris, he was booted because he threatened to cause even more trouble in the wake of Scarlett Fever. "I am the only true evil on this island, and soon it will be mine!" So many people overlook the second half of that sentence. Think about it. Max knows the island is artificial. He knows where the control room is. He is shown to be a competent mechanic. What does he mean by "and soon it will be mine!"? It means that, given the chance, Max would repeat the events of Scarlett Fever, and as much as I hated Chris that season, I can't blame him for not wanting to go through that again. I will concede that it was a minor overreaction, but Max brought it upon himself by being a loudmouthed nincompoop. You don't threaten to assasinate the president to his face and then act shocked when he has you arrested.
Dudebro: I have a rewrite of Pahkitew Island. I also have a rewrite of Island featuring 2nd and 3rd generation cast members.
mgalie648: Well, start with your elimination order. Prioritize characters whose potential went unfulfilled in canon. Listen to the fans to see what they wanted from the season. Decide which criticisms are valid. Try to keep in mind that you cannot please everyone, so don't stress over it. After that, open a word document (or a notebook) and list all the changes you plan to make in each episode.
lordgemini: Gwen hasn't completely forgiven Cody, she just knows better than to make a big deal out of it now. And I didn't plan for DJ to make it this far, that just was something I started to wish I had done as I was writing this. Yes, Cody is certainly meaner than usual, that's due to Duncan's influence.
Thank you to all who expressed their condolences.
"Last time on Total Drama World Tour!" Chris narrated. "Our newlywed couples fell hard for Niagara Falls! With the teams dissolved, new alliances started to form. And tempers started to heat back up, as Gwen returned to the game! Cody found that the honeymoon challenge was the perfect way to tell Sierra how he felt about her! Tee-hee-hee! Man! I almost feel sorry for Sierra! Almost. Heather and Alejandro won immunity, and Courtney was voted off for… well, any number of reasons! And unfortunately for Trent, we were having a two-for-one sale on losers! So, he was cast out alongside Courtney. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will be eliminated? Find out now! On Total… Drama… World Tour!"
After the theme song, we cut to First Class. Heather was sitting at the bar, trying to pretend that she hated her fellow passenger. A wedding cake sat on the counter right next to her.
"Aw, Heather!" Alejandro teased. "The silent treatment is not an appropriate way to start a marriage!"
"I'm ignoring you." said Heather. She turned to the cake and began to cut a piece off it. "Well, at least one good thing came out of our marriage…"
"You like cake that much?"
"I meant Courtney getting booted! And I'm ignoring you!"
"Well, you won't want to ignore this: We should form an alliance!"
Heather dropped the façade of pretending to ignore Alejandro and turned to face him.
"You want me in an alliance?" Heather stated suspiciously. Surely, Alejandro knew that Heather had been targeting him all before the merge? "After what you did to Bridgette, Leshawna, Izzy, and Courtney? You think I'm stupid?"
"On the contrary, I think you are one of the most cunning contestants here!" Alejandro praised.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Second only to myself, of course."
End Confessional
"Besides, I never offered any alliances to any of them! I merely seduced them to make them easier to eliminate!" Alejandro explained.
"What guarantee do I have that you aren't planning to double-cross me as well?"
"None whatsoever."
Heather was dumbfounded, not expecting such an honest answer.
"But that does not change the fact that you are the most hated contestant of the entire cast. And that you only got as far as you did in past seasons by sheer luck."
"Sheer luck?! What are you talking about?!"
"Season One: The talent show, the paintball challenge, the cooking challenge, the treasure hunt, hide-and-seek, and the bike race had some degree of luck behind your survival. And that's not even counting the three consecutive episodes where you didn't win immunity, yet weren't voted off. Somehow, everyone seemed to forget how much they hated you. Perhaps Chef put stupid pills in everyone's food…"
"And Season Two?"
"You were the first member of the Screaming Gaffers who was eliminated against their will!"
Heather looked angry but embarrassed.
"You and I are the most ruthless and determined competitors in the game. We must stick together."
Heather looked down in contemplation.
"Fine. But we are partners! You are not in charge of me! We make decisions together."
"Fair!"
Confessional: Heather
"Keep your friends close…"
Confessional: Alejandro
"…And your enemies closer!"
End Confessional
Meanwhile, in Economy, several other pairs of contestants were discussing strategy as well.
"What's got you down, pasty?" the punk asked his girlfriend, who was looking quite glum. "Courtney's gone! You have your revenge! It's like all our problems have been shoved out of a plane!"
Gwen rolled her eyes, knowing that her problems were far from over.
"Yeah, but at what cost?"
"True, we've also lost a vote we can count on, but he would have eventually become an opponent as well."
"I know. But it wasn't the right time. "
"I disagree. Courtney knows my trigger word now."
"Yeah, but now we have to-"
"Oh, that reminds me!" said Duncan. He reached into his pants. A ripping sound was heard and Duncan pulled out the jockstrap he had been wearing all season. "I won't be needing this stupid thing anymore!"
The punk tossed the torn jockstrap away from him. It landed on Noah's head. The bookworm gave Duncan an incredulous deadpan stare, similar to that of when Leshawna had thrown her bra onto his head.
"Oh, that feels so much better!" Duncan sighed in heavy relief. "Anyway, you were saying?"
"I was saying that, without Trent or Courtney, we have to rely on Cody to maintain a majority." said Gwen.
"What's wrong with that?"
"Cody wants Sierra gone. Can't exactly blame him, but Sierra's only been tormenting one person out of stupidity. Alejandro's been causing strife for the entire cast on purpose."
"Yeah, okay, and…?" Duncan asked, apathetically.
"Duncan, we promised to vote with Cody in exchange for getting rid of Courtney!"
"Ever hear of crossing your fingers?"
"Heather and Alejandro have." said Gwen, slightly ticked off. "I, on the other hand, am always good for my word."
"You promised to vote with him! Not necessarily for Sierra! If we can change his mind, you can still uphold your end of the bargain!"
"Hm…" said Gwen thoughtfully.
Meanwhile, on the other side of Economy, Eva had been giving Noah the cold shoulder ever since the last elimination ceremony. At first, Noah didn't mind, as Eva often expressed concerns to him that he found tiresome to have to deal with. But now, he had just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and with nothing to distract him, he decided that Eva's sour mood was worth investigating.
"Okay, She-Hulk, spill it." Noah demanded as though Eva wasn't capable of breaking his neck.
"Your plan failed." Eva grumped.
"Excuse me?"
"Your plan to throw the challenge to make me look like less of a threat!"
"Uh, hello? We're still in the game, aren't we?"
"We came this to getting eliminated last time!"
"Yes, but we didn't! Therefore, my plan succeeded!"
"We were in the bottom two! That doesn't mean it worked, that means we got lucky! With all the other drama going on…"
"We don't know that people were voting for you specifically. They could have been voting for me."
"You have no proof." Eva scoffed.
"Even so, I don't think Chris will have another double-elimination anytime soon. Which means that tonight, either Heather or Alejandro, or potentially both will be up for elimination! And with them on the chopping block, people will forget all about you!"
"We can't take that chance!" said Eva. "I could have won the last challenge for us. But you told me to rescue the others! They took it for granted and I was almost eliminated!"
"But you weren't!" Noah reasoned, frustrated. Eva grunted and rolled her eyes. Noah, feeling as though they would be arguing in circles, decided to let it go. "Alright! We'll play it your way for now! But you have to be one hundred and ten percent dominant from now on!"
"I always am!"
Meanwhile, Cody had joined Gwen and Duncan in their strategy talk.
"So, what you're saying is that Alejandro got our camel eaten by crocodiles, tricked Bridgette into cheating on Geoff, provoked Eva into breaking Leshawna's back, tricked Izzy into dumping Owen, framed Owen as a bully, used Tyler to reveal you guys' first kiss out of context, and forged a diary entry that made it look like you were dissing me behind my back?"
"That's pretty much the gist of it." said Gwen.
"Wow… That's a lot to take in." said Cody.
"No kidding." said Duncan. "That would make Heather look like a saint compared to him!"
"Yeah, that would make him the second worst person here!" said Cody.
"Second?" said Gwen. "You think Sierra is worse than him?
"Well, yeah! I mean, all that stuff Alejandro did sounds pretty nasty, but we are in a strategy game, and I don't see any evidence that any of this was personal."
"Um, he seduced Izzy just to spite Owen for giving him a black eye." Gwen pointed out.
"Or he could have done that to rupture Noah's alliance." Cody argued.
"What about framing Owen as a bully?"
"That was just Owen being careless. Al barely did anything there."
"Okay, and what about the diary forging incident?"
"He wouldn't have gotten that idea if it weren't for Sierra!" Cody snapped. "Look, I believe you, Gwen! Alejandro is obviously a threat! But the only way I'll vote for him tonight is if Sierra wins immunity! Otherwise, Sierra has got to go!"
"But-"
"No buts, Gwen! I voted Courtney off for you! And it cost my good friend Trent his spot in the competition! You owe me!"
"Alright. You're right, Cody." Gwen conceded.
Eventually, the plane arrived at its next destination. The contestants exited to see a large, medieval-looking stone wall before them. The wall stretched across the landscape for miles and miles with no end in sight.
"Welcome to China!" said Chris. "A vast county rich in history, culture, innovation, and delicious sauces! Our first challenge is torn from the pages of said rich history! In Eight-Million BC, King Dim Sum led a battalion of donkey warriors down this very great wall!"
"Um, there weren't even humans eight million years ago!" Gwen corrected.
"Pay no attention to the middle-aged dumbass!" Noah called. The contestants laughed as Chris fumed.
"Watch it, Noah!" the host growled.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Noah apologized sarcastically. "What part of that do you find more insulting? The middle-aged part? Or the dumbass part?"
"What do you think?!" Chris snapped.
"Well, you're only as old as you feel, but dumbass is in the DNA."
The contestants laughed again.
"You wanna go home right now, Noah?" Chris asked threateningly.
"No, no, it's cool." said Noah quickly. "I'll be good!"
"Right… Anyway, we've provided a selection of vehicles to race to our mystery destination! They're first come, first serve! It's the Chinese way!" At the top of the first staircase sat a variety of vehicles, including a bicycle, a tricycle, a skateboard, a rickshaw, a donkey, a pogo stick, and a pair of wooden sandals.
"Pfft. Who needs 'em?" Eva scoffed.
"Everyone who reaches the finish line before the gong sounds will be allowed to continue on to the second challenge! On your marks…"
The contestants readied themselves.
"Get set… Go!"
The contestants took off up the stairs with Eva leading the pack. Duncan and Alejandro followed close behind, while everyone else was more or less packed together.
"Alejandro!" Heather cried. "Let's get the rickshaw! It is so mine!"
"I don't see your name on it!" Noah cried, running right alongside her. "Eva! Save the rickshaw for us!"
Alejandro did not appear to have heard Heather. Eva, on the other hand, stopped cold in her tracks. As the rest of the pack passed her, she stuck out a leg and tripped Heather.
"You did not just do that!" Heather scowled.
"Of course, I did!" said Eva. Noah cringed slightly.
Confessional: Noah
"I'm letting Eva off the leash today in hopes that I can still retain some form of control over her. I just hope this doesn't backfire."
End Confessional
Alejandro and Duncan were the first to arrive at the top of the staircase. They both stopped to catch their breath right in front of the bicycle.
"Duncan, you know that I think of you as my… bro-migo, right?" the Spaniard asked.
"So? Are we gonna fight over this?" the punk asked, gesturing to the bike.
"Like Chris said, it is first come, first serve, and you clearly got here first. I will unfortunately have to ride this skateboard." Alejandro conceded defeatedly.
Duncan raised an eyebrow but took the bicycle, nonetheless. The punk took off and Alejandro stamped on the skateboard. It flew upwards and the Spaniard caught it masterfully, a smug grin on his face.
Confessional: Alejandro
"What I neglected to mention is that I won a gold medal at the South American Skate Olympics!"
End Confessional
The other contestants arrived. Gwen took the tricycle, Cody the donkey, Sierra the pogo stick, Eva and Noah took the rickshaw, and Heather, arriving dead last thanks to Eva, was stuck with the wooden sandals.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" she griped. She reluctantly donned the sandals. She then set off towards the finish line at a snail's pace to minimize the pain that was quickly building in her feet.
Ahead of the pack, Duncan and Alejandro raced along the wall quite swiftly. They were currently going downhill neck and neck.
"Nice speed there, buddy!" Duncan complimented Alejandro patronizingly.
"Gracias! I hope gravity is also your friend on this incline!" the Spaniard responded.
"I hope a wheel doesn't lock up and land you on your face!" the punk lied, pulling ahead as the wall dipped. Alejandro was not phased. With a proud smile, he effortlessly passed Duncan as the road turned upwards. "Hey, dude! What's that?"
There appeared to be a small bump on the road. Alejandro did a kickflip over the obstacle without mentioning to Duncan what it could have been. Suddenly, Chris appeared in a helicopter, holding a megaphone.
"Yo!" the host called. "Wanna know what else the Chinese invented?"
Duncan was unable to avoid steering out of the way.
KABOOM!
"Landmines!" Chris answered. The explosion, as well as Duncan's scream, could be heard all the way at the start of the course. The punk was covered in ash but was relatively unharmed and continued on.
Meanwhile, the explosion had impeded Cody. Ace, the donkey he had been riding, had skidded to a halt upon hearing the explosion.
"It's okay, Ace." said Cody, comfortingly. He patted the startled animal gently on its mane. "Now could you give me a little more gas?"
TOOT!
In response, Ace let out a fart.
"That wasn't what I meant…" Cody muttered.
Boing! Boing! Boing!
Cody heard a pogo stick bouncing up behind him. He couldn't remember who had taken the pogo stick. He looked behind and saw Sierra with an angry expression. Cody looked around. Gwen had been riding side-by-side with Cody until the explosion startled Ace into stopping. Gwen was not deterred and had disappeared.
"Cody! We need to talk!" Sierra barked. Cody, afraid of what an angry Sierra could do with no one around to save him, whispered into Ace's ear.
"Ace, there's a tiger coming up behind you!" Sierra was right behind Cody.
"Cody, I need to ask you- D'ARGH!" Sierra started, but before she could finish, Ace bucked the fangirl off the great wall. Cody laughed.
"Good job, Ace! Now, giddyup!"
Meanwhile, Alejandro was cruising ahead. Believing to have an insurmountable lead, the Spaniard had taken it easy. This, however, allowed Duncan to catch up with him.
"Thought you lost me there, eh, buddy?" The punk taunted, passing the Spaniard. Alejandro did a quick ollie to catch up.
"Glad you're okay, pal!" The two then began pushing as hard as they could to surpass each other.
"Hey, your shoe's untied!" Duncan called.
"Pfft! They're boots! Nice try!"
"Who needs to try?"
"(Pant!) (Pant!) Not me!"
"Oh, come on!" came Gwen's voice from behind them. The boys stopped and looked behind them. Gwen had almost caught up with the boys, but the front tire of her tricycle had gotten stuck in a crack in the road.
"Dude! Can we stop for a second?"
"Why certainly! If you feel the need to catch your breath…" said Alejandro, panting heavily. Both boys skidded to a halt.
"I think Gwen could use some help!"
"A mamacita in distress?! How terrible!"
Confessional: Alejandro
"Plus, by helping her, I can gain her loyalty! Or at least, discourage her from voting for me."
End Confessional
The two boys turned around and went to help Gwen, only one without an ulterior motive.
"Hey, pasty! Need some help?" Duncan asked. But before Gwen could answer, Alejandro hopped off his skateboard and immediately seized the handlebars.
"Um, I guess…" Gwen muttered nervously. "But you guys don't have to do this… I can do it myself!"
"I know you can. But Duncan is my friend! And any friend of Duncan's is a friend of mine!"
Confessional: Gwen
"I know he's evil… But oof! Those eyes!" (Fans herself with her hand)
End Confessional
Meanwhile, after being kicked off the wall, Sierra had fallen through the roof of a small Chinese teashop. The merchant was an elderly woman. She understood English and had spent the last ten minutes listen to Sierra's woes about Cody and her failed attempts at romance.
"But he has to like me back!" the fangirl wailed.
"Why?" the merchant asked.
"He just has to!"
"Hm… You need love potion!"
"Love potion?" Sierra repeated, her heart jumping. "You sell love potions?!"
"Yes!"
"Are you a witch?"
"Yup. Here. Oberon's Love Potion! Man drink, he fall in love with first woman he see!" the elderly woman held up a small bottle, about the size of a bottle of nail polish.
"Is it permanent?" Sierra asked.
"Yes."
"Is there an antidote?"
"No."
An unsure expression came over Sierra's face.
"Good."
Confessional: Sierra
"Desperate times call for desperate measures."
End Confessional
Meanwhile, Gwen had joined Duncan and Alejandro on their race to the end.
"You're not half-bad on that trike!" Duncan complimented.
"Yeah, I've had some practice!" Gwen responded.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Duncan cried. "Another landmine! On your left, Gwen!"
Duncan swerved to avoid another landmine and if he hadn't warned his girlfriend, she would most certainly have run over it.
"Holy crap!" Gwen cried.
Heather was not so lucky. She had discovered the pros and cons of the wooden sandals. After getting used to the discomfort she discovered that they provided a mild increase in running speed. Unfortunately, there was no traction on these sandals leaving her unable to slow down. She saw it coming but could do nothing to avoid the landmine that Gwen had barely missed.
KABOOM!
The queen bee screamed as she was blasted high into the air.
"Heather!" Alejandro cried.
"Wow! Look at her fly, Gwen!" Duncan exclaimed.
"Whoa…" Gwen exclaimed, half awed, half horrified.
"Should we go back and help her?" Alejandro asked.
"You do what you want to! I'm going straight for the finish line!" said Duncan. The punk took off again. Alejandro let his ego get the better of him and continued to race with Duncan.
"Anybody who survives, meet me at the finish!" Chris called. He then turned to the audience. "There's more bombs to come! Plus free fortune cookies with every takeout entrée! Right here on Total… Drama… World Tour!"
Right before the cut to commercial, Heather was seen flying past Chris' helicopter, screaming.
After the commercial break, we cut to Chris who stood at the finish line.
"Welcome back to Total Drama!" Chris greeted. "Where our contestants are in a mega-close race down the great wall of-"
"INCOMING!"
"LOOK OUT!"
"GANGWAY!"
Chris dove over the side of the wall to avoid getting steamrolled by Gwen, Duncan, and Alejandro. The latter two screamed across the finish line in a blur, with the former close behind. They all skidded to a halt.
"Bro-migo, I think I beat you!" Alejandro boasted.
"No way, bud!" Duncan retorted. "I edged you out big time! Tell him, Gwen!"
"Hey, leave me out of this!" said Gwen, putting her hands up defensively.
Sensing that it was safe, Chris climbed back over the wall.
"May we check the photo finish?" Alejandro asked.
"Why? There's no prize for first place." Chris responded.
"What?!" cried Duncan and Alejandro.
"And besides, Eva and Noah got here way before you guys!" Chris pointed over to see Noah sitting in the rickshaw reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Eva stood by him, drying herself off with a towel.
"How the hell did you get here?!" exclaimed a flabbergasted Alejandro. "I didn't even see you pass us!"
"We used a shortcut!" Noah bragged smugly, not looking up from his book.
"I still beat you!" Alejandro told Duncan.
"Go sit on some chopsticks!" the punk sneered. Their bickering was interrupted by the sound of hooves clopping. Cody rode Ace the donkey across the finish line.
"Yes!" the geek cried. "I made it! I feel like I lost… Uh, what does Sierra weigh? A hundred-fifty pounds?"
"Aw, there you are Cody!" said Chris. "Chef is gonna need that donkey back!"
"Ok. See ya later, Ace!" said Cody as Chef arrived to take Ace away. The donkey gave a heartfelt farewell via flatulence.
TOOT!
Chris picked up a large drumstick and walked over to a gong.
"Okay, people! It's time to…" Chris started but trailed off.
BOING! BOING! BOING! BOING!
Sierra came bouncing down the wall to the finish line.
"Argh!" Cody panicked. "Ring the gong! Ring it!"
Chris hesitated to ring the gong. It was only after Sierra had crossed the finish line that Chris swung the stick into the gong.
CLANG!
"I made it!" Sierra cheered. Cody groaned loudly.
Confessional: Cody
"Did you see that? Chris deliberately waited until Sierra was across the line before he rang the gong! What is his problem?! Did I do something to him in a previous life or something?!"
End Confessional
Without waiting to see what had become of Heather, the contestants were brought to a nearby restaurant for the second part of the challenge. He sat them down at a table for eight people.
"To win today, you'll have to eat more than everybody else at this totally awesome Chinese restaurant!" Chris declared. For some reason, only Cody seemed excited about this. Everyone else looked unhappy.
"What's wrong, guys?" Cody exclaimed. "I mean, who doesn't love won tons? Last Chinese New Year, I ate about a thousand of-!"
"Well, this is an authentic Chinese restaurant, Cody!" Chris explained. "Not a Westernized one! Biiiiiiiiiiiig difference!"
"Which means we're in trouble." said Noah.
"Speak for yourself." Eva scoffed.
"You'll be enjoying real street food delicacies!" Chris explained. "Deep-fried grasshoppers, kung pao larvae…"
Alejandro went green.
"You okay, dude?" Duncan asked.
"I'm fine!" Alejandro assured the punk. "Where I'm from, we barbecue guinea pigs! This is (gag) …nothing!"
Confessional: Alejandro
"I've been dreading the inevitable eating challenge. My body is a temple, and what temple keeper would contaminate this?" (Takes off his shirt)
End Confessional
Suddenly, the Total Drama theme song began playing from Chris's pocket. The host pulled out his phone and took the call.
"Yo, McLean here." Chris answered, looking annoyed. "Yeah… trying to do a show here…"
"If it's Courtney, tell her she's a loser!" Duncan called.
"I told you!" Chris snapped, ignoring Duncan. "I have it under control! Yeah…That's what I said! I'll do it before the next aftermath! Now do you mind?! I'm in the middle of filming!"
Chris turned his phone off and groaned. Just then, Heather walked into the restaurant. Spots of mud decorated her clothes and she reeked of dung.
"Heather!" Alejandro cried. "I am filled with relief!"
"Yeah, right!" Heather snarled furiously. "Is that why you tried to beat Duncan instead of going back for me?!"
"Um… I, uh…" Alejandro stammered.
"Whoa, what happened to you, stinky?" Noah asked.
"I landed in a pigpen! Do you know thoroughly I got snouted?!" Heather snapped, holding up the wooden sandals. "These shoes are a war crime!"
"You didn't have to wear them." said Gwen, rolling her eyes.
"What?!"
"She's right, Heather. Now go take a seat on the loser bench." said Chris. Heather begrudgingly obeyed and sat down on a bench up against the wall. "Okay, you each have to eat a bowl of delish food, opening your mouth to prove it went down! If you finish last, refuse to eat, or puke, then you go with Heather on the loser bench!"
Heather glared daggers at the host, as Chef wheeled out seven bowls, each with a beige cube of strange-looking meat.
"What is it?" Cody asked, picking up his piece with chopsticks.
"It's donkey meat!" Chris confirmed.
"What?!" Cody cried. "Ace! Where are you, Ace?! Fart if you can hear me!"
Eva shrugged and tossed it into her mouth, chewing and swallowing it easily as though it were a marshmallow.
"Disgusting." Eva commented stoically. She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue to prove she swallowed it.
Alejandro leaned back and whispered to Heather.
"You wouldn't happen to have a strong stomach, would you?"
"If you think I'm going to help you cheat after you abandoned me, you've got another thing coming, mister!" Heather sneered.
Alejandro groaned.
"Done!" Gwen called. She opened her mouth to prove she had swallowed it.
"Done!" said Noah, also opening his mouth.
"Done!" cried Sierra.
"It's a bacon-double-cheeseburger…" Duncan told himself. "It's a bacon-double-cheeseburger…"
Looking as though he would rather eat his own shirt, Alejandro slowly brought the meat cube to his mouth.
"BLEARGH!" The meat had barely touched Alejandro's tongue when he projectile vomited across the room. The contestants all gagged in disgust, except for Noah, who grinned wickedly.
"And Alejandro is out!" Chris announced. "Loser bench, bro!"
Alejandro sneered bitterly and went to join Heather on the loser bench.
"Cody, you got ten seconds to finish, or you're out too!" Chris warned.
"I can't eat Ace!" Cody wailed.
"Then it's off to the loser bench with you too!" Chris declared.
The geek groaned.
Chef returned with five bowls containing what looked like large red caterpillars.
"Our next course: Live mealworms! Local delicacy! Bon Appetit!" The contestants gagged.
"Live mealworms?!" Gwen screeched.
"Pretend it's spaghetti and meatballs, Gwen!" Duncan told his girlfriend.
Eva shrugged again. She fearlessly began throwing mealworms into her mouth as though they were popcorn.
"How is this so easy for you?" Gwen asked. Eva swallowed before she answered.
"Well, you don't get to be the strongest girl in the world if you're not willing to stomach some disgusting crap." Eva explained. She tossed another mealworm into her mouth. "I drink protein shakes made with eel juice on almost a daily basis."
"Well, there goes what's left of my appetite." said Noah, who was already struggling to eat the mealworms.
Confessional: Noah
"You'd think after spending time with Owen, nothing would gross you out anymore." (Sighs) "I miss that bag of farts."
End Confessional
"Done!" Eva proclaimed.
"Done!" Duncan cried.
"Done!" Sierra cried.
It was now down to Gwen and Noah, both of whom were taking their time.
"Come on, Gwen! Spaghetti and meatballs!" Duncan encouraged.
"Noah, you eat worms slower than old people bang! Let's go!" Eva barked.
"Ugh! Thank you for that mental image, sarge!" Noah cried. He refused to eat another bite.
"Done!" Gwen cried. Duncan gave a thumbs-up. Eva facepalmed.
"Noah! Loser bench!" Chris declared. The bookworm threw up all over the host's face before going to the Loser Bench.
"Pretending that didn't happen…" said Chris, wiping his face. "Next up is something relatively new!" Chef produced four bowls of soup. In each bowl, there seemed to be some kind of rodent plopped in green water. "Next up: Bat soup!"
Gwen gasped.
"Bats?! Are you insane?!" the goth exclaimed.
"Hey, blame the Chinese!" said Chef defensively.
"I can't eat a bat! They're the cutest animals in the world!"
"Freak." Heather muttered.
"Gwen, come on!" Duncan urged, but he knew that it was more likely that Bridgette would eat a dolphin before Gwen ate a bat.
"No!" Gwen pouted, folding her arms in defiance. Needless to say, she was sent to the Loser Bench that round.
Chef came out with the next course. Upon seeing the dish, Duncan knew he was likely done for after this round.
"Starfish on a skewer!" Chris announced. "Another local delicacy!"
The starfish had once been orange but were now fried and shriveled down to a seaweed green. They were very crunchy.
"Bacon… double…" the punk muttered.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
Eva munched on it as though it were made of Cheetos.
"Done!" said Eva, before Sierra and Duncan had even finished one limb.
"That girl is not human!" Heather exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Noah and Gwen conversed through whispers.
"So, who are you planning on voting out next?" the bookworm asked, as though attempting to make small talk.
"Well, Duncan and I promised Cody we would vote for Sierra at the next opportunity." the goth responded. An alarmed expression came over Noah's face. He quickly suppressed it.
"Sierra, huh? I personally think Alejandro's a bigger threat." he responded as nonchalantly as he could pretend to.
"Yes, well, I owe Cody for helping me get rid of Courtney. So, unless Sierra wins, Alejandro is safe."
Gwen winked at Noah.
"Done!" cried Sierra. It was close, but the fangirl had just edged out the punk.
"Duncan, you're out!" Chris declared. "Loser Bench!
Duncan spat out the bits of starfish that were still in his mouth before he went to go sit by Gwen.
"Alright! One last round!" Chris announced. "Whoever wins has invincibility in tonight's vote! And! They get to take the person of their choice up to First Class with them.
Sierra gasped and then clapped excitedly.
Confessional: Sierra
"This is perfect! I'll win the challenge today and invite Cody up to First Class with me! Then I'll trick him into drinking this love potion! And he'll be mine forever and ever!"
End Confessional
"Eva! Let Sierra win!" Noah called.
"What?!" Cody shouted, astonished.
"You out of your mind?" Eva asked.
"Just trust me on this!" Noah called.
Alejandro leered suspiciously at Noah.
Confessional: Alejandro
"Why would Noah order Eva to throw the challenge? Is Sierra in danger? And if so, why would Noah care? Maybe Cody can provide some insight."
End Confessional
"I assume you wish to vote off Sierra?" the Spaniard asked the geek casually.
"Of course!" Cody exclaimed.
"How do you plan on doing that? Can I help?"
"Oh sure! I mean, I already have Gwen and Duncan onboard, but hey! The more, the merrier!" Cody said, as though he didn't believe any of the terrible things Gwen had reported about Alejandro.
"Good to know…"
Chef brought two final bowls out for Eva and Sierra, both filled with something utterly vile-looking. Inside each was a mess of green mush with the consistency of runny mashed potatoes. There were eyestalks and tentacles poking out of each dish. Eva and Sierra looked at the host incredulously.
"Eeeeeeeee… yeah. We don't even know what that's called." Chris admitted. "It ain't right, whatever it is!"
"No shit…" Eva muttered.
Despite it being more disgusting than all the other dishes combined, Sierra willingly brought it to her mouth and began slurping. Eva, on the other hand, hesitated. And it was not because Noah had told her to throw it, but because she looked genuinely daunted by the sheer grossosity of the final dish.
"Eva! Hurry!" Cody cried desperately.
"Um… I don't…" Eva mumbled.
"That is not the attitude of a winner, Eva!" Alejandro called.
"Dude! This looks like alien barf!" Eva whined.
"What happened to being the strongest girl in the world?" Heather mocked.
"Done!" cried Sierra.
"Wait, what?" Eva asked, her eyes widening slightly.
"Crap…" Alejandro wheezed.
Heather looked mildly nervous.
Cody groaned.
Noah smirked.
Gwen shrugged but smirked as well.
"And Sierra wins immunity!" Chris announced. He took out two First Class tickets.
"Yes!" Sierra cheered. "And I want Cody to come up to-"
"Whoa-whoa-whoa! Hold the phone!" Heather shouted. The queen bee stood up and marched over to Sierra. She lifted up the tablecloth. Sitting on the floor right by Sierra's feet were the octopus and the snail that had been in her soup.
"Ah-ha!" Heather cried victoriously.
"Ooh! Strike that!" Chris announced. "Eva, you still have a chance to win this!"
"Heather!" Sierra cried, exasperated.
"Serves you right for all the times you stabbed me in the back!" Heather snarked.
"Sierra, you'll have to pick those back up and eat them if you still want to win!" Chris instructed.
"Wha-a-a-a-at?" Sierra squealed in disgust. Meanwhile, Eva looked down at her dish. A determined frown came over her.
"What the hell am I doing?" the big girl exclaimed. She grabbed a spoon and began shoveling the slop into her mouth like ice cream. Believing that she had lost to Sierra seemed to have snapped her back to her senses.
As for the fangirl herself, she now had a dirty octopus and slug to down. She closed her eyes and brought the slug to her mouth.
"BLEARGH!" Despite Sierra's efforts to swallow, her determination was overruled by her disgust, and she vomited all over the table.
"Eva wins immunity!" Chris declared.
Noah snapped his fingers in frustration.
Gwen shrugged.
Cody grinned.
"Damn it!" Sierra cursed.
Eva continued to eat away at the dish as though she didn't hear Chris announce her victory.
"Yo, Eva? You won! You can stop now!" the host informed the big girl.
Eva ignored the host and devoured the slug and octopus as though they were gummy worms.
"Done!" said Eva. "I'm taking Noah to First Class with me."
"Well, well, well! Aren't we the overachiever?" Chris commented, handing the First Class tickets to her.
"So reckless…" Noah muttered angrily.
At dusk, the campers were told to gather by the Great Wall for the elimination ceremony. As they walked, Noah made several desperate appeals to his fellow competitors to vote with him. Sierra was his first attempt.
"Sierra, I could use your help in the vote tonight."
"How?" the fangirl asked.
"Cody's convinced Gwen and Duncan to vote for you tonight. Eva and I are voting for Alejandro, so if you wanna stay in the game, you better vote with us."
"Got it." Sierra agreed.
"Good."
Satisfied, Noah made his second appeal to Cody.
"What do you want?" Cody asked rudely, slightly irked by Noah's earlier attempt to let Sierra win immunity.
"Dude, chill!" said Noah. "I just need you to vote with me tonight."
"If it's anyone other than Sierra, then I'm not interested!"
"Dude, Alejandro is a far greater threat! Do you have any idea what he's done?!"
"Yes, I do! Gwen told me everything!"
"She did?" said Noah perturbed.
"Yes, she did. And you know what? I really don't care!"
"Seriously?"
"At this point, I don't care about anything that doesn't have to do with voting Sierra off!"
"Dude, didn't you ever consider that Sierra would work as an ally? You really should try to be more strategical."
"You think I didn't consider it?! And who are you to talk anyway, when your vendetta against Alejandro is based purely on a desire to avenge Owen?!"
"It… it is not!" Noah sputtered. "Yes, that would be a bonus, but I've been targeting him way before London!"
"I'll consider voting for Alejandro, after Sierra's gone!" Cody said.
Frustrated, Noah moved on to Gwen and Duncan.
"Hey, Gwen. I thought you said you didn't learn anything about what happened while you were gone." said Noah, trying to hide his irritation.
"Dude, You-Know-Who was listening." said Gwen defensively. "Besides, most of what I know, you already suspected anyway!"
Noah groaned.
"Okay, fair enough." Noah conceded. "I assume that, since you know what an asshole Alejandro is, you'd be willing to vote him out?"
"Not tonight."
"Why the hell not?!"
"I already told you! Cody helped me get rid of Courtney, so I gotta return the favor."
"Well, Gwen, that would be the right thing to do." said Noah, rolling his eyes. "But the smart thing to do would be to vote off Alejandro before he causes any more havoc."
"He's got a point, Gwen." said Duncan. Gwen gave an impatient leer at her boyfriend. "What?"
"Dude, we promised!"
"Promises can be bent for the greater good!"
Sensing the start of a potential argument, Noah excused himself, hoping at the very least that Gwen would be unable to sway Duncan away from voting for Alejandro.
Elimination Ceremony
"Welcome, my friends!" said Chris. "You know the drill! Place a sticker of the Chinese flag on the picture of those you want to eliminate! Alejandro, you first."
Alejandro went to the voting booth. As soon as he was inside, Noah raised his hand.
"Chris?" he called.
"Yes, Noah?"
"Hypothetical question! If tonight's vote were to end in a tie, what kind of tiebreaker would you have?"
"You'll have to wait and see, Noah." said Chris.
"Would it be another eating challenge?"
"Uh, maybe, maybe not!" said Chris, looking slightly surprised.
Confessional: Noah
"Ah-ha! It would be another eating challenge! Chris gave it away in his expression! Good! If what we've seen today is any indication, Sierra would kick Alejandro's ass!"
End Confessional
After Alejandro voted, Cody went next. Then Duncan, then Eva, then Gwen, then Heather, then Noah, and finally Sierra.
"Alright!" said Chris, as Sierra handed him her passport. "What say we read the votes aloud again? Let's see… Noah voted for Alejandro, big shocker… Cody voted for Sierra, another shocker… Gwen chose Sierra, too… Eva did Alejandro… Sierra did Alejandro…"
The Spaniard was visibly concerned.
"Heather voted for Sierra… So did Alejandro…"
Now it was the fangirl's turn to look worried.
"And finally, we have Duncan's vote! And he voted for…"
Both newcomers waited anxiously for Chris to announce the verdict. Cody and Noah were equally anxious. Everyone else frowned stoically.
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"Sierra!" Chris announced.
"YES!" Cody cheered, jumping up from his seat.
Alejandro breathed a massive sigh of relief.
Noah sighed in disappointment.
Sierra just sat with her mouth and her eyes wide open.
Confessional: Noah
"Why couldn't Team Amazon have eliminated Sierra before the merge? I blame sexist double standards."
Confessional: Duncan
"Yeah, I was tempted to vote for Alejandro, but ultimately, I figured it would be best to keep my promise and give Sierra the boot. Besides, I know what it's like to be tormented by a girl and have no one take you seriously."
End Confessional
"Goodbye, Sierra! It was nice knowing you, but I hope I never see you again!" said Cody, after receiving his plane ticket. He marched into the plane with a spring in his step, not looking back at his number one fan.
It took longer than usual for Chef to eject the eliminated contestant's luggage off the plane. He had the interns searching Sierra's bags for all the items she had stolen from Cody. After fifteen minutes, Chef had fished out two of Cody's toothbrushes, three pairs of underwear, five socks, and eight adult magazines. He returned Cody's belongings to him, threw Sierra's luggage off the plane, shut the door, and took off.
As the plane flew out of China, Alejandro scooted next to Heather.
"I must thank you for exposing Sierra's cheating." said Alejandro.
"Yeah, well, I didn't do it for you!" said Heather. "I did it to get revenge on Sierra!"
"Sure, you did." said Alejandro patronizingly.
"I'm serious! She betrayed me twice!" Heather insisted. "I actually kinda respect her for that…"
Alejandro smirked at her.
"Okay, fine! I did it to save my alliance." Heather admitted.
"I'll accept that." said Alejandro. He then added under his breath "For now…"
Confessional: Heather
"Anyone who says I saved Alejandro because I like him will be force-fed that green tentacle slop! Got it?! It is all strategic!"
End Confessional
Chris closed out the episode from the cockpit.
"Seven contestants! One-million dollars! And a whole bunch left of the world to mess up! Join us next time! On Total… Drama… World Tour!"
Votes
Alejandro: Sierra
Cody: Sierra
Duncan: Sierra
Eva: Alejandro
Gwen: Sierra
Heather: Sierra
Noah: Alejandro
Sierra: Alejandro
Results
Sierra: 5 votes (Eliminated)
Alejandro: 3 votes
Rankings
8. Sierra
9. Trent/Courtney
10. Trent/Courtney
11. Lindsay
12. DJ
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: Twenty episodes down and seven to go! We finally say goodbye to Sierra. If I were to rewrite this rewrite, I probably would have had her eliminated much earlier (probably in Paris) and let DJ take her place here. To all Cody fans who have lasted this long, I thank you for your patience. If you are, by any chance, a Sierra fan and still reading this fanfiction, hoping for her to get some development, then I'm truly sorry, but that was not my intention for this fanfiction. Maybe I'll do something for her in the next aftermath.
For the episode itself, several changes were made. To up the stakes a little, Sierra was sold a powerful love potion instead of that weird and ineffective love tea. Such inspiration for that came from Harry Potter, Shrek 2, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. With no Courtney, there was no way for Alejandro to cheat his way through the challenge. And without Blaineley, there was no one tempting Chef into another illegal alliance. This also means that Sierra doesn't luck out at the final challenge. Eva takes the win, and Alejandro is saved because Cody is determined to get rid of Sierra.