A/N: The "first" challenge of the season is underway!
Reviews:
E3roa: I keep a list of who's competing. How the roles will work for each character will work in the same way as last season.
G09F17R02: Honestly, I wanted to have him in the initial cast. I really did. But the initial cast(outside of the late entries), were randomized. I could have added him in myself but I didn't want to try and fix the initial cast too much. Or any of the teams that were randomized. You'll see him later.
Ginrai12: To answer your question, this is before Season 3. I haven't watched all of Mandalorian yet. I'll try to get to watching more in the future, but that probably won't have too much of an effect on this story to avoid timeline issues/confusion.
G-Man 2.0: I can understand why you're worried about screentime. Don't worry, everyone will get their moment. There's too many good characters here for that to not happen.
That Guy: Glad to see you're excited for the season, because so am I. And yeah, the dynamics and interactions have already started. Like they say, first impressions are everything and Haizaki is probably faring the worst off so far.
Songs:
Portal 1: Escape from the City by Crush 40(Sonic Adventure 2)
Portal 2: Chain by Back-On(Air Gear) A/N: This song uses translated lyrics from
Melya MeLyrics on YouTube. The song will be a mix of the intro variant and the full variant to try and better match the song times from the first and third songs.
Portal 3: Go by Mark Mrdeza(Hot Wheels Acceleracers)
Final Song: Total Drama Theme
The list of contestants will be given once teams are assigned
Title Reference:
Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Get to the Finish Line by Jim Kaufman
"Last time on Total- wait, do we really have to do this? It was literally just the contestant intros." Chris said.
"Talk about when that Hiruma guy blew up one of the boats." Chef said.
"Oh yeah, that. He's lucky I don't disqualify him because of that. He did make a good point about ratings though. But still, why would you that!? But other than that, we're gonna dive straight into the challenge. Something that one team in particular is already in." Chris said as the portable TV in the background showed several contestants falling out of the sky.
A/N: The events of this challenge happen at around the same time. To make it easier to follow along, I'll post each as an individual chapter instead of just changing perspectives.
Portal 1:Central City(Sonic Adventure 2)
Contestants here: Noah, Bennett, Emma, X, Zero & Axl, Albedo, Falcon, Rick & Morty, Sendo, Akko, Sucy, Lotte & Diana, Blaze, Puss, Rally, May & Becky F., Becky B., Yulaw, Rocky, Dragonfly, Kurt, Tangle, Lanolin & Whisper, Rei, Dawn, Adrien, Owen, Priya, MacArthur & Sanders, Hiruma, Eyeshield, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Kuroko, Zee, Cicini
Several people were seen falling out of the sky and either yelling in horror in the case of some like Noah, Priya, Bennett(and his older self, even though he's only a projection), Morty, Mamori and Eyeshield yelling, or in the case of Hiruma, grinning in excitement like Rocky, Natsu, Axl and Tangle, or in the case of Sucy, neither.
"I'm too young to die!" Lucy said as she was continuing to fall.
"I told you. I will win this competition!" Albedo said, selecting a form on the Ultimatrix. He chose Jetray.
"As you humans say, eat my dust particles!" He said before Dawn suddenly landed on him.
"Yeah no one says that." Lucy said.
"And I thought only Minako could mess phrases up like that." Rei commented.
"What? Get off me!" Negative Jetray said, trying to shake her off as Natsu and Happy were starting to catch up.
"Comin' through!" Natsu said as the pair passed him.
"On the outside, you're very confident. But on the inside, you're frustrated. And full of negative energy." Dawn said.
"Get off me human!" He said, continuing to try to shake her off but it wasn't working.
"This isn't who you really are. All you want is to go back to who you were before. But you're going about it in the wrong way." Dawn said.
"Who are you to tell me that? I will do wh-" He started before being interrupted by a blue blur speeding past.
"Was that….." Lanolin said before seeing said person she was asking about slow down enough for several people to actual see who it was.
"Sonic!?" Tangle said.
"Woah, check out that guy's speed!" Natsu said.
Both Dawn and Albedo looked and saw several people on skateboards and a snowboard. Although some were having more trouble staying on than others. Kurita was the first one to fall off and start rolling.
"I got him!" Tangle said, stretching her tail out to catch him only for bullets to be fired from Hiruma.
"What are you doing? I'm trying to help your friend!" Tangle said, having to let go to avoid being hit.
"He's fine!" Hiruma insisted.
"Looks like I got company!" Sonic said.
"ATTENTION ALL UNITS! SUSPECT SEEN HEADING SOUTH! BLOCK ALL MAJOR ROADS AND CAPTURE THE SUSPECT!"
"What was that?" Kurt said.
"Are we being chased by the police!?" Rei said.
"Chris! I know you can hear me! What did you get us into now?" Rally called out.
"I don't wanna go to jail!" Lotte said, panicking, hands on her cheeks.
"Me neither! I can't go out in the first episode! Do you realize how disappointed my parents would be if they saw this?" Priya said.
"What?" Lotte said, not hearing her.
"Lotte! Open your eyes and watch where you're going!" Diana said.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Morty said.
"Morty! Calm down! You're not going to jail! Just stay on the board and you'll be fine!" Rick said.
"Let us talk to 'em. We'll settle things out. We are part of the force after all." MacArthur said.
"Don't think that's gonna work unfortunately." Sonic said. "Until I clear my name, there's nothing I can do."
"And we're basically assailants too since we're with you. Great." Noah said.
"Do you know how we can get out of here?" Blaze asked.
"Yeah! Just follow me!" Sonic said before he got to a ramp and was in the air.
Escape from the City by Crush 40 Plays
Sonic: Woo!
Axl: Oh Yeah!
Zee got to where some of the others were.
"Hey guys! I don't know why? But I think I'm in a singing mood!" Zee called out.
"But what are we supposed to sing?" Becky B. asked.
"I don't know! I think you just gotta roll with it!" Zee said.
"It's just like in World Tour! Once you start, the rest will come to you!" Priya said.
"Whatever you say!" Kagami said before looking back ahead.
"I refuse. I'll get to the end on my own power." Albedo said before realizing that Dawn was still on him.
"I told you already to get off!" Albedo said.
Sonic: Rolling around at the speed of sound!
Lucy: Got places to go
Dawn and Zee: Gotta follow my rainbow!
"Enough with the singing!" Albedo said.
Kagami: Can't stick around have to keep moving on!
Falcon: Guess what lies ahead!
Kise, Puss, Natsu and Zee: Only one way to find out!
Eyeshield: Must keep on moving ahead!
The others were starting to catch up to Albedo, continuing to dodge cars and other obstacles in the streets.
"That's impossible! I should be able to outrun them easily!" Albedo said.
Hiruma: No time for guessing, follow my plan instead!
Young Bennett: Trusting in what you can't see.
Dawn: Take my lead I'll set you free!
As Dawn was singing this, she was trying to comfort Albedo only for him to get annoyed again and try to shake her off, to no avail again.
Sonic: Follow me!
Albedo: Set me free!
"Wait! I didn't want to-" Albedo started before being interrupted by Rick.
Rick: Trust me and we will escape from the city!
Kurita rolled over a ramp and went over a gate a few seconds after Sonic did. As Sonic was getting ready to run up the stairs, Kurita accidentally smashed through the robot that tried to ambush Sonic before hitting a wall right afterwards, dizzy. As Emma and Noah were able to barely avoid hitting the lamppost that was there, Owen wasn't so lucky as he ran smack dab into the pole.
The others weren't too far behind with Albedo simply flying over the gate, still as Jetray. He tried to fly high enough for Dawn to get hit by the bottom of the bridge that he flew under.
"Good riddance." Albedo said.
Dawn: I'll make it through!
Albedo saw that she was hanging onto his tail. Aggravated that she was still there, he tried to shake her off.
Sonic: Follow-
Adrien, Sonic, and Kise: Follow me!
As Sonic was able to run fast enough to run sideways on the ramp, Kise and Adrien were running on the grass area to the left of it before both jumped over the railing.
Kuroko and Sucy: *In the most monotone way possible for the both of them* Set me free.
Their sudden appearance without warning surprised both Adrien and Kise, causing both of them to trip over each other. Two robots dropped down before them.
Before they could get a chance to fire, Sonic smashed the one on the left while Blaze and Zero, using fire and a buster blast respectively, took care of the one on the right.
Sonic: Trust me and we will escape from the city!
Sonic gave the two a thumbs up while Zero and Blaze simply nodded before Tangle and Axl smashed through the two boxes blocking the path forward, Tangle using her tail and Axl using one of his pistols.
Axl and Tangle: I'll make it through prove it to you!
Sonic was the first one down, grinding on the railing with Tangle and Axl being right behind. Some of the others like Akko took the rails(though in her case she fell off) and was tumbling down the stairs, while most of them took the stairs. Albedo and Dawn along with Natsu and Happy were still in the air.
Sonic: Follow me!
Eyeshield was starting to pick up speed down the stairs, running faster than everyone except for Sonic. Though when he ran on a boost pad, it was a sudden burst of speed that he didn't expect and as he went up the ramp with Sonic running through to jump to where the constantly elevating and de-elevating platforms were, Eyeshield fell right back to the ground, surprising Lotte as he fell on top of her.
Monta: Oh yeah!
Monta landed on his feet perfectly as he was in the air from the speed boost. Kagami tried the same thing but ended falling on his face instead as he got to the top.
Most of the others took the stairs while Monta, with an incredible jump, was able to jump over most of the platforms, jumping on the rising platform. After getting back up, he jumps again to get back on solid ground and catch up to some of the others that overtook him.
Yulaw: Danger is lurking around every turn!
Lanolin: Trust your feeling
Mamori: Got to live and learn!
As Hiruma shot the tram that was blocking their way with a rocket launcher, Mamori and Lanolin frowned at him. Thankfully, Becky B. was able to stop it from falling and exploding and safely put the tram down.
Morty: I know with some luck that I'll make it through!
As Falcon continued to run to keep pace, he pulled out his power stone and transformed.
Falcon and Sendo: Got no other options only one thing to do!
Falcon was now the third one to take flight.
The ones on the ground continued to run across the streets until they all eventually got to springs on the left and right that sent them upwards. Some continued to jump upwards to the ledges while others ran up the stairs instead.
Another robot dropped down to the ground. Dragonfly was jumping around a bit like a boxer before getting ready to strike it before it used its arm to smack him out of the way, sending him tumbling down the stairs and running into Rei, sending them both back with Rei being furious, pushing him off. Using a charged buster shot, X smashed the robot to pieces.
A small drone was also blocked the path up the stairs. Using a neuroshock blast from his eyes, Albedo was able to blast through it.
Happy: I don't care what lies ahead!
Natsu: No time for guessing follow my plan instead!
They continued to run(or fly) through another section of the streets before getting to a large section of stars that would curve to the right twice and finally curve to the left at the end, with some straightaways in between those curves. Blaze, Sonic and Tangle grinded on the rails.
Yulaw started to pick up speed running down the stairs before he saw the shadow of Owen behind him, rolling down the left set of stairs with Kurita rolling down the right, unintentionally carrying Diana with him. He started to pick up more speed, but it wasn't enough to outrun Owen as he was going to fast, sending Yulaw tumbling down the remaining set of stairs.
Noah: Find the next stage
Emma: No matter what that may be
After heading down the set of stairs a branching path awaited them. One of them would allow them to go up a ramp while the other would keep them on the ground. Those that took the ramp would have a drone waiting for them. The first person up was Sonic who smashed the drone before going on a spring that launched him diagonally upwards to the right to another spring which sent him upwards again, this time diagonally to the left, and finally, once more to another spring, this time to the right.
Dragonfly: Take my lead, I'll set you free.
Those that were on the bottom were pulled up by an automatic pulley.
Sonic: Follow me
May and Rocky.: Set me free
Everyone was now running in a park area.
There were more robots awaiting them. May and Rocky, the former using grenades and the latter using dynamite, destroyed them.
There were two ramps, one on the left and the right. Some of them, like Sonic, Tangle, Axl, Akko and Adrien took the ramps, while some stayed in the middle and ran downwards on the park walkway.
Rei and Lucy: Trust me and we will escape from the city!
Natsu, now on the ground, was running up the loop-de-loop along with the others, thanks to the help of speed pads that were on the ground. Though Sonic and Eyeshield were the ones that were able to speed past everyone.
Priya: I'll make it through!
Zee: Follow-
Everyone, except for Sonic and Blaze were able to run down the building perfectly fine, with many of the others either not expecting the sudden drop, or being bumped into by some of them and being pushed off, causing everyone to fall of the building and get launched forward to the next area by the springs that awaited them all at the bottom.
Sonic: Follow me!
Blaze and Tangle: Set me free!
While Sonic, Blaze and Tangle, with the use of her tail were able to swing on the horizontal poles, the others took the stairs upwards. Awaited them was an area filled with more ascending and descending platforms.
Whisper and Lanolin: Trust me and we will escape from the city!
After everyone, with varying degrees of difficulty, got past the tolling platforms, a robot was blocking the path forward. While Hiruma was about to shoot it, Sonic smashed the robot before he could do so.
Kagami: I'll make it through!
Cicini: Prove it to you!
Three more sets of stairs awaited them to descend on, with Sonic and Tangle grinding on the rails in the middle of each set while the others ran down the stairs.
Sonic: Follow me!
X, Hiruma, Lanolin, Kurt & Sanders: Follow me!
Another robot blocked their path forward with Hiruma pulling out several shotguns and blowing it to pieces in what was more than likely overkill more than anything.
Owen and Kurita: I'll make it through!
Sonic, Blaze, Tangle, Lanolin, and Whisper: Oh yeahhh!
As they were running down another street and jumped, a very large G.U.N. truck was suddenly seen following them.
"Whatever you do. Don't look back." Puss said.
Morty instinctively looked back and yelled, with Lotte, Emma, and Kuroko also yelling in horror afterwards, causing everyone else to look back.
"We got trouble!" Kurt said.
"Trouble!? That's an understatement! There's a huge truck following us!" Rei said.
"What the hell!?" Kagami said, horrified.
"Just run!" Falcon said.
"Don't you think that's what we're trying to do!?" Rally said.
"Running… to the max!" Monta said in horror.
Kuroko was the first to start to fall behind.
"Kurokocci!" Kise called out.
"Happy! Could you help out Kuroko?" Natsu asked.
"Okay!" Happy nodded.
He flew over to where Kuroko was, who was getting exhausted. Although he was a lot better when it came to endurance compared to his middle school days thanks to training, compared to almost every other player he's played with and against, including his fellow Miracles, he was still very weak in terms of physical characteristics, stamina and speed included.
"Hey Kuroko! Grab on!" Happy said.
Too tired to even speak, he desperately grabbed on. Happy also grabbed onto Lucy as well.
Kise's eyes started to glow yellow, indicating that he had just activated his Perfect Copy ability, in this case, choosing to copy Aomine's speed, a move he had learned in their first game against each other since attending high school.
"Plagg! Claws out!" Adrien said before transforming.
"Noir taxi at your service!" He said, grabbing Lotte and Priya.
Zero, X, and Axl used their dash thrusters.
Eyeshield increased his running speed until a green aura surrounded him, running at an even faster pace than he ran during the entire time he was there, passing almost everyone except for Sonic.
Hiruma, as he continued to run, kicked both Owen and Kurita as they started to roll down the road. He then offered a hand to Emma.
"Well? Do you want to die? Come on!" Hiruma said. "You too, f[censored]ing cat!" He said to Puss.
He then pulled out a rocket launcher.
"What are you doing!?" Emma said.
"YA-" Hiruma said before shooting the rocket downwards but at an angle away from the three. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" He yelled as Emma and Puss was also yelling as they were launched forward into the air.
Tangle grabbed onto Mamori and Noah with her tail.
Kagami started to dash as well.
Yulaw increased his speed as he continued to run, passing everyone except for Eyeshield and Sonic.
Falcon grabbed onto Diana and Akko.
"Come on kid!" Rick said, grabbing Morty before activating his rocket boots.
Blaze got ahold of Bennett while Becky B. grabbed onto MacArthur and Sanders.
May and Rocky both looked at each other after seeing Hiruma and both grinned.
"May, don't you dare!" Rally said.
Both threw out explosives which sent both of them, Rally, Dragonfly, Cicini and Becky F. flying.
As Sonic escaped safely from the truck, the others went through a portal that appeared, causing Sonic to scratch his head in confusion before shrugging.
Abandoned Film Lot, Toronto, Canada
As everyone fell through the portal, the next thing they knew, they were in a large ball in a cannon.
"Chris? What is this!?" Albedo asked, reverted back to normal.
"It's a ball. In a cannon. What do you think it is? What do you think's about to happen?" Noah said.
"Mind your tongue human. You forget what I wield." Albedo said, unknowingly putting his butt in Kagami's face even more.
"Get your a[censored] outta my face!" Kagami said, pushing off Albedo.
"You dare push me?" Albedo said, pushing him back, causing him to fall on Rei.
"Hey!" Rei said.
"You got a problem or somethin'? 'Cause I can sure as hell fix it." Kagami said, getting in Albedo's face.
"Uh Kagami, Albedo. Could you get off? You're hurting me." Kuroko said, being unknowingly stepped on.
"Oh. My bad." Kagami said.
"My apologies." Albedo said, with both getting off.
"Um, Lucy, Rally, you're kinda crushing me." Natsu said, muffled as he was in between both of their chests.
Both tried to move but that only caused more problems as Rally ended up accidentally sitting on Puss' sword, causing her to yelp in pain and fall on Owen.
"Welcome! You're the first ones back!" Chris said.
"You didn't answer my question! What is this?" Albedo asked.
"A ball. In a cannon." Chris said.
Noah looked at him. "Quiet!" Albedo said.
"Okay, we get that, but what's about to happen next?" Becky F. asked.
"You'll find out….. after the others get here. Which shouldn't take much longer." Chris said.
"Oh man. I'm kinda dizzy. I-" Owen said.
"Me too." Kurita said.
"Owen. Whatever you do. Please don't-" Rally said before Owen and Kurita both exploded as everyone else groaned in disgust.
Unknown Island, Canada
"And our first set of contestants have arrived! Hope they can get along fine because they're going to have to."
Chris said as Kise and Adrien had to stop Hiruma from shooting inside the bubble with Albedo and Kagami arguing again and Priya trying to stop them.
"Guys, please stop fighting!" Priya said.
"Why do you talk like that? You're a person too!" Kagami said to Albedo.
"I already told you I am a Galvan you neanderthal! And I do not talk strange! This is how I normally speak!" Albedo said.
"The hell is a Galvan!? And get outta my face with that damn chili cheese breath!" Kagami said.
Rei punched both of them in the face.
"Sometimes the only way to respond is with force." Rei said.
"Amen to that." Lucy said.
"Couldn't have said it better." MacArthur said.
"You think she's like Erza?" Natsu whispered.
"I hope not." Happy said.
"That's right. They're the first team of the season. And it looks like they're getting along pretty well. What will the others look like? Find out after this on Total….. Drama…. Across the Multiverse!" Chris said.
A/N: And this is the first team of the season! In a sense of irony, this team will be called, the Radical Rats! The other two teams will be revealed in the next chapter!
Here are the team members as a refresher: Noah, Bennett, Emma, X, Zero & Axl, Albedo, Falcon, Rick & Morty, Sendo, Akko, Sucy, Lotte & Diana, Blaze, Puss, Rally, May & Becky F., Becky B., Yulaw, Rocky, Dragonfly, Kurt, Tangle, Lanolin & Whisper, Rei, Dawn, Adrien, Owen, Priya, MacArthur & Sanders, Hiruma, Eyeshield, Kurita, Monta & Mamori, Natsu, Lucy & Happy, Kagami, Kise, Kuroko, Zee, Cicini