Super Hero-ID
POV. Third person
Chris begins to narrate, "last time on Total Drama Action. It was every dude and dudette for themselves, as the teams were busted up... or that was the plan. After they were separated they all showed where precisely their loyalties were hahahaha," Beth runs to Justin, Heather makes Cody grab her breast, Gwen and Duncan high-five, "during the challenge, Gwen and Duncan had their differences due to an argument over Harold, can you believe it? Meanwhile Lindsay tried to reconnect with her old friend, but she only had eyes for a certain circus phenomenon. And while Heather and Gwen granted fans a bit of fanservice, the biggest plot twist of the episode came from Lindsay and her sudden confession, where she expressed to the geek her undying love for him," Lindsay hugs and kisses Cody abruptly, "just look at Heather's face hahahahaha. Thanks to winning the challenge, Cody and Lindsay went on a trip to the cheese factory, and along the way they connected even more than before," the two get affectionate in the limousine, "Will Gwen and Duncan fight again? Will Heather retaliate against Cody and Lindsay? Will Beth realize that Justin just wants to use her? Will someone actually try to recruit Harold? I doubt all this, but you will be able to find out in today's episode of TOTAL... DRAMA... ACTION!".
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POV. Third person
Harold, Duncan, and Justin were leaving the service store at night.
"Hey, Harold. What's that in your pocket?" asked Duncan.
"Ah? Probably my...", said the nerd putting his hand in his pocket.
*Viscous*
"Ow, burrito? Sick! Quit picking on me!" he said and continued walking.
"I wasn't picking on you, I was picking you up something for later. A healthy diet is critical for a growing wimp," Duncan said, Harold frowned, "You making eyes at me, muchacho?" the delinquent kicked Harold's pocket causing his pants to stain.
"Oh come on!"
Justin looked at them thoughtfully while rubbing his chin.
Confessional.
Justin
"Duncan has an alliance with Gwen, those two are dangerous together, plus they have very bad style. Now that Lindsay probably won't be joining me in my quest to get Cody out, I only have Beth to vote with me, which means we're evenly matched," he said, trying to do the math with his fingers, "but since I'm not the most handsome on the show anymore, I wouldn't mind recruiting Harold to get rid of Duncan and eventually Cody, then mastering the game will be easy," said the model, completely sure that he was right.
End of confessional.
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Gwen and Beth were inside the girls' trailer already in their pajamas. They were currently covering their noses while Lindsay sprayed air freshener on the spot.
"The cheese factory was amazing; they even had a cracker factory next door. I love cheese with crackers! But I think the smell followed us here, sorry about that," the blonde told her two friends.
"Maybe it has to do with the bag of cheese in your hands," Gwen pointed out.
"Oh yes, it could be that too... Gouda, anyone?" said Lindsay with the cheese in her hand.
"I guess Cody was interested in trying something other than cheese, didn't he?" joked Beth with a smile.
Lindsay looked confused, "uh, what do you mean?"
"Maybe the not-so-inconspicuous marks on your neck," Gwen said, pointing to her own neck.
Lindsay burst into red as she covered the marks on her neck (which were not few) with her hand, "oh, those," she said embarrassedly, Lindsay didn't imagine that things would get a little wild in that limousine, at least it didn't get any worse.
"So, is it official? Are you...?" asked Beth.
Lindsay nodded, "just... don't say it in front of Heather," the blonde asked, "I don't think she's very happy with the idea."
"Well, Izzy directly told her that she loved her, I don't see why she would think she has the right to be angry," Gwen said rolling her eyes, this conversation was very strange.
"Yes, but that's Heather, she thinks the world revolves around her," Beth said.
Lindsay looked around, "By the way, where is she?"
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POV. Cody
I was heading back to my trailer after brushing my teeth, "even after using mouthwash I can still feel some cheese in my mouth", maybe tasting a little of each cheese wasn't a good idea.
I opened the door of my trailer.
"Prrrrrrrr," Chris's white cat was purring as Heather petted him on her lap.
"Hi Cody," she said in a deadpan voice.
*Hit*
I slammed the door shut in front of me when I saw Heather sitting on my bed waiting for me like the villain in a soap opera.
I stood there staring at the metal door and thinking about the advantages of sleeping outside.
But in the end, I just sighed, "anyway I was going to have to talk to her eventually", with that decided I opened the door again and went in, "hello Heather", I said casually as I walked in as if I hadn't crashed the door in fear a second ago, don't show fear, she can smell it.
"We have to talk," she said, going straight to the point, why not?
"I guess it's about Lindsay," I got straight to the point as well.
Heather's expression shook for a moment, but she pulled herself together, "after what happened in the previous challenge and the fact that you both went to the cheese factory alone, it has made me question one thing...", she said, "Who are you really allied with?" she said while looking at me in an accusatory way, as if I had already betrayed her for Lindsay.
"Heather, you asked me to be your ally and I accepted, I haven't changed my mind."
"You're dating her now, aren't you?" she said with difficulty, as if she didn't even want to have asked.
"Yes, now I'm dating her too," I replied, there was nothing to be gained by hiding or denying it.
"Hmph, so redhead wasn't enough, so you decided to put your claws on the big-breasted blonde as well, right?" she said as if she was insulting me, "not that I care how many girls you feel like sleeping with, but everyone knows that boyfriend and girlfriend, it's the same as alliance, so it's impossible for you not to have an alliance," she accused me, oh yes, I remember that she thought that about Gwen and Trent's relationship, that's why she tried to separate them... I don't like where this is going...
"Heather, I think you're the only one who thinks that," I said like she was dumb, I spoke again when she opened her mouth, "when Izzy and I started dating we weren't always allies, sometimes we treated each other like rivals, even this season we were on separate teams all the time, I know to separate love from game," I told her, she kept quiet because she had nothing to refute with, "besides, you take it as if an alliance with Lindsay automatically means that I won't have one with you anymore... Why not make an alliance with the three of us?"
Her eyes widened immediately, "No!" she said annoyed.
"Why?" I asked her simply as I looked at her expectantly, whatever fear I had of her when I entered was forgotten.
She gritted her teeth angrily and looked away, refusing to give me an answer, the truth is that she looked a little childish like that.
I decided to try something risky and that in other circumstances, I would probably label myself as depraved. I walked up to her and grabbed her cheeks making her look at me just like she once did with me... So I just kissed her.
"Hmm~", she opened her eyes wide in surprise and her body stiffened completely as I kissed her and caressed her smooth cheeks, I like the way she smells, I think she took a bath recently.
The cat got off her lap when he saw that he was no longer the center of attention. If Heather really was going back to being the same as before, then I would react with much, much, more violence for the perverse act of overdoing it... but she did nothing, she just stood there totally submissive letting me delight me with her lips to my heart's content, the Heather of old would never have allowed such a degrading act.
I slowly pulled away and she just looked at me dumbfounded and with a slight gasp, "Heather, do you want to be my girlfriend too?" I asked her with a serious face. Yes, I know it's not the most romantic thing, rather too sudden and very rude, but I'm trying to figure something out here, and it's not like I'm not seriously asking.
She at first didn't answer, but when she slowly came to her senses, she pulled my hands away from her cheeks and also refused to look at me, "... No," was her simple answer, without anger, without indignation, without blows or complaints, without rejection or repulsion, just... resignation.
I've considered it for a while, but this isn't just about jealousy, to begin with she wouldn't have a logical reason to be jealous, because she would also have to be jealous of Izzy and that's not the case, I think there's something else, something inside of Heather that's both related to Lindsay, and to me, but it's not hate, because as she just showed, she can't hide her feelings, either towards me or Lindsay, I still don't know what exactly is wrong with her, but it seems that that's what has her so angry, since Heather doesn't know how to deal with her own emotions, lash out with anger when she feels confused, It's almost like a self-defense mechanism, so as not to appear vulnerable.
When the first season ended she seemed willing to make peace with Lindsay, but all her actions since this one began, have been quite contradictory, I don't know what she is thinking at the moment, but it seems that eventually she will have to say it, even if it is in the form of a violent outburst, it is inevitable, only a matter of time... I hope.
I sighed, I'm not a therapist, I'm just a humble time traveler, I'm not qualified to deal with so many adolescent issues that require professional help.
"I guess you're not ready yet then, I think I'll ask you again later," she was going to say something about that and from her face I could tell was going to be very offensive, but I put my finger on her lips silencing her, "as for Lindsay, we'll be allies the three of us, but you don't have to talk to each other if you don't want to, you can use me as an intermediary... Even so, don't think they can avoid talking forever, you both mean a lot to me and I hope you will eventually solve your little problem," I told her with a reassuring smile that only made her angrier.
"I really hate it when you play self-righteous, you opportunistic pervert," she said while covering her lips, yes, this is going to take a while longer definitely, at least I could confirm that she is not genuinely angry, which is good.
"You've told me worse, now if you don't mind I'd like to get some sleep before Chris bothers us again so..." she got out of my bed and prepared to leave.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, I guess it's better than constantly fighting," she said as she made her way to the door.
"I'm glad we agree to agree, good night", with that said I closed the door, then I exhaled a big sigh, I can't believe I spoke to her like that and even did what I did and survived, I thought she would rip my head off, if it hadn't been just the two of us I'm sure she had done it to save face.
I collapsed in my bed exhausted; I'll have to tell Lindsay about the alliance, hopefully it will be easier than this conversation.
"Meow," look to the side to see Chris's white cat.
"Uh, hello, I don't know how you got in here, but, as long as you don't scratch the curtains, I guess you can stay little boy," I said.
"Furious meow!".
"Uh... I am sorry... girl."
-0-
"AHHHHHHH!", the next morning I was awakened by the scream of a damsel in distress, I shuddered to remember that it was only Chef in his nightgown.
"How can a man like him scream like that?" I asked to myself.
"Meow (and you haven't heard him sing in the shower)."
"Well, it's time for action!" I said like a superhero would... I don't have the mental age to do these things... how shameful.
When I got out of my trailer everyone else had woken up too, we exchanged a few glances, but when we heard the cry for help again, we headed to the city set without saying much.
Once in the place we found out what all this was about, Chef was tied by a rope and suspended in the middle of the street.
"It's too early in the morning! What's this all about!?" complained Heather, once again returning to queen bee mode.
"What? Can't the queen live without her beauty nap?" mocked Duncan.
"You know I get wrinkles if I don't get enough sleep," Justin said, thinking Duncan was talking about him, the criminal looked at him funny.
"Is that chef in a nightgown?" Gwen asked with an awkward shrug.
At the right moment, Chris with Batman's mask and cape threw himself from the top of a building (unfortunately he had a cable on him), and heroically, saved the chef. Unfortunately, when he reached the end of his swing, the rope that held him broke.
"AHHHHHH!"
*BOOM*
And they both fell to the ground with a loud bang, "well that already made up for getting up early today," Gwen said with a smile.
"I knew that bungee wouldn't hold! That's what happens when production cheaps out!" complained Chris, Dawn was right, karma exists and it's very vengeful, "And now my hair's all messed up!" the annoyed presenter finished.
"Hi, was there any purpose to that ridiculous attempt at parody?" asked Heather.
"That ridiculous attempt at parody is the genre of movies today," Chris said as he styled his hair, "Today's challenges are inspired by the superhero flick."
"Challenges? Plural?" said Beth.
"We just woke up, we haven't even had breakfast," Harold said, I don't know what surprises them at this point.
"I'm going back to bed," Duncan said, we hadn't even changed our pajamas.
I couldn't stop my eyes from wandering to Lindsay and Heather's pajamas, they both always like to wear tiny or close-to-the-body pajamas, and they looked great in them.
Lindsay noticed that I was looking in her direction, but instead of embarrassing she waved at me, I waved back, I think she didn't realize what I was looking at, I have yet to talk to her about the alliance.
"Evil never sleeps and neither will you. Besides, superheroes don't do the things of mere mortals. They have screaming ladies to rescue," Chris said.
Of course, Harold couldn't miss this opportunity, "ah, actually, many superheroes are mere mortals. My favorite, the Incredible Owl Man, catches thieves just like mice. But come morning, he puts his pants on one leg at a time. Just like the rest of us," said the nerd.
"Speak for yourself, boy," said chef, "What does that mean?"
"How would you like it if Owl Man scratched your eyes out with his talons?" said Chris in front of Harold causing him to fall, "I didn't think so. Now, shut it! There are three things intrinsic to all superhero movies. One, superheroes have superpowers. Two, superheroes save people. And my personal favorite, three, superheroes wear tights. Which means you will all be wearing... teensie tiny tights", not everyone really wears tights.
Most looked disgusted by the idea, except Lindsay, who is well aware of how good she would look in tights.
"Why are you all in your PJ's?" Chris said, "Get dressed and meet me back on set in superhero speed, which means you should already be back here! Hahahaha and make sure to wear something that goes with brightly huge spandex!"
We were leaving to change, Harold walked past Duncan with a burrito in his hand, "Thanks for that burrito, Duncan. Now I've got breakfast," said the nerd.
Confessional.
Harold
"Beans have a lot of protein. And they're a major source of soluble fiber. Plus, they make you fart hahahahaha," he said while farting on the trailer, "I like beans."
Gwen
She vented the air as if it smelled bad, "I haven't had problems with some of the genres used in the previous challenges, but honestly, I'm starting to believe that the producers are already running out of ideas, these latest challenges are downright stupid, I mean superheroes, really? Does anyone see Heather clutching that kind of role?"
Heather
"Achoo! Damn," she said while rubbing her nose, "either I'm getting allergies, or these fools are talking about me behind my back, which wouldn't surprise me, which is what is there not to say about me?" she said arrogantly.
Cody
"I'm excited for today's genre, everyone knows that geeks are fans of superheroes, it's almost a rule that if you're a geek or a nerd, you'll have a favorite superhero, I don't have proofs, but I don't have doubts either."
End of confessional.
I approached Lindsay before she left to change, "Hey Linds, can we talk for a moment in private?" I asked.
"O-Oh of course," she said a little nervously. We went behind the girls' trailer to have more privacy, Lindsay was a little red, "uh Cody, maybe we should focus a little more on the challenge," she said.
"Uh, what I wanted to talk to you about is partly about the challenge," I said.
"Oh...," she widened her eyes when I told her that.
"Why did you think I'd call you here?" I asked her somewhat unsurely.
"I thought you were turned on to see me in my pajamas and you wanted us to kiss behind the trailer," she said as she tugged at the strap of her pink pajamas.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"... Lindsay, you've been around Izzy too long," I said with a grimace.
She also grimaced, "... Maybe you're right."
I shook my head, time is limited, "I'll get straight to the point, last night I talked to Heather."
"Oh, that's why she wasn't in the trailer... What did you talk about? Did she get angry with you 'cause we...?" she said unsure of finishing the question.
"Yeah, she got angry, but don't worry, it's not a big deal, I'm serious, she's always angry."
"Hahahahahaha, yes, it's almost like she likes to be angry, she's a total tsundere," Lindsay said.
My eyes widened, "You... you know that term?" I said in total amazement.
"I use a lot of Japanese beauty products, some... terms about the girls over there stay with me," she said a little embarrassed.
I smiled, "You're full of surprises... I understand a little bit why Izzy likes you so much."
She carved in red, "don't remind me please, my heart can only handle one crisis at a time," she said clutching her chest exhausted, the last few days have not been easy for her.
"Uh yeah... we, we're getting off topic, as I was telling you I talked to Heather, she agreed to let you be part of our alliance," before she spoke I lifted a finger, "but... she's not emotionally ready to talk to you, for now we'll just be allies for the votes... does that seem good?"
Lindsay relaxed, "yes, I'm fine with that," she said smiling, "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble," she apologized.
"Well, you can always make up for the inconvenience," I said jokingly with a mischievous smile.
"..."
"...", however, Lindsay came over and kissed me anyway... Maybe joking with her is not a good idea.
She pulled away and smiled at me, "then I'll do it if you don't mind," she said red-faced.
*Heartbeat*
Calm down heart, or you're really going down, this is very different from interacting with Izzy, while she pushes me to the limit with her jokes, Lindsay easily speeds up my heart rate with almost any of her actions.
"We should... we should go change, Chris didn't give us much time," I told her.
"Mm", she kissed me once again, she's getting used to this pretty quickly, "see you later", she said goodbye, she left first so she could change, but for a second she turned around and looked at me with narrowed eyes, "don't go spying on me~", she warned me jokingly... now I want to spy, Izzy wouldn't mind me spying.
"... I don't know if I'm really going to survive this from now on," I said to myself, Lindsay is dangerous... in a totally unique way.
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Once we changed, we went back to the city set, where they already had the equipment assembled for us to make our costumes.
"For your first challenge, each of you will create your own superhero identity," Chris said.
"All right!" said Harold excitedly.
"You'll make your own superhero costumes using nothing but your fertile imaginations and tons of spandex," said the host, Chris is seriously obsessed with spandex. Chef arrived in a truck and emptied a lot of trash and props, "and some other junk. You'll be judged on originality and styled costume, how rocking your superpower is, and how cool your superhero name is. Top score wins an advantage in the next round. Chef will, of course, play the supervillain, which, let's face it, won't be much of a stretch."
Chef was wearing his snake-themed costume, "meet Pythonicus and his sidekick kitty, Dander Boy," credit where it's due, the costume is excellent. Next to him was his companion, an orange cat with a green mask, "they will sabotage you at every turn."
"Meow."
...
POV. Third person
A cat, a seagull and a prairie dog looked out from the top of one of the fake cardboard buildings.
"We're very high, we're very high, we're very high!" Butchie said alarmed as he clung to the ground, he's used to digging in the dirt, not running around in the heights.
"Look at that, you throw yourself at the boss twice and the next episode you've been replaced," Dennis the cat said, "don't give up the lead role of Cats & Dogs to be treated this way," she complained.
"An actress' life seems very hard," Kevin said, "I remember when Wawanakwa was a quiet place, without all those cameras all over the place."
"Seriously! WE ARE VERY HIGH!"
...
POV. Cody
"Any questions?" said Chris, everyone raised their hands, what was not clear to them about the challenge? "No? Perfect, and... action".
Confessional.
Lindsay
"Leaving aside the issue of superpowers and impossible to remember names, I love how cute the superhero outfits are, I'm very eager to be able to create my own costume."
End of confessional.
We all spread out around looking for materials for our costumes, some were clear about what they wanted to do, while others were looking through the prop pile for anything that might give them some inspiration.
Thanks to the previous challenge agreement both Heather and I have immunity for tonight's vote, that doesn't mean Heather is going to let someone else (Gwen) get it, so she will surely try hard anyway.
Although I know Lindsay won the first part of the challenge, I was excited to make my own hero costume, as a kid I dreamed a lot about this stuff, even if it made the target of bullies.
I looked around, Chef had hidden to do his misdeeds in secret, I'll have to keep an eye on him and his partner all the time.
Heather kicked some of the prop pile, "this challenge is so dumb, do I look like a good-natured crime-fighter?" asked Heather annoyed.
"Well, not really with that face, but that body was born to fit into a spandex suit," I said as I gave her a good look, without Izzy here someone has to flirt with Heather.
"Of course, because modeling in tights is what heroines do," she said sarcastically.
"In tights or in super tiny themed bikinis," I joked, she turned red.
"You're gross," she said, I shrugged, I'd better throw her a bone.
"At least you don't have to worry about the theme... Miss Queen Bee," I said.
She rubbed her chin, "Miss Queen Bee... I like the sound of that... I'm going to need some things," having said that she left without thanking me on purpose.
Well, back to work, I need something that is creative, but useful for the next challenge, then something that gives me great mobility and allows me to get there before the rest, like what Harold did, but what could it be? I can make all kinds of useful knick-knacks with the props here, but I still want it to have an interesting theme.
I started rummaging through the trash, "holy grail, no, spider-man glove, too cliché, mutilated wish-granting monkey hand, too chilling, Poseidon trident, we're not in the water, predator helmet, where did Chris get this prop? Oh wait", I found something that, while it wasn't useful to me, it did give me the inspiration I needed for my suit, "this does everything I wanted, it's perfect", I looked around, Chef was stalking Beth, I started looking in the pile for the things I would need for my great idea, I can't wait to put it together.
...
POV. Third person
"Hey Justin, I've been thinking, and how about we make matching suits?" the farmer said excitedly.
"Sounds great Beth, especially because I'm embarrassed to have to think of something for myself, I'm counting on you to do most of the work," Justin told her with a wink. Beth gasped.
Confessional.
Beth
"Justin completely trusts me, it's like a dream," she said totally emotionally.
End of confessional.
...
"Is that what you're going to wear for your costume? And I thought I'd have a chance to laugh at you wearing lycra," Duncan told Gwen, who was holding black fabric and a motorcycle helmet in her hands.
"Ha ha, so funny," Gwen told him, "And what about you? Aren't you planning to do something?" she asked him when she saw him simply leaning on one of the sewing machines doing nothing.
"It's all part of the plan dear," she said as she relaxed further.
Gwen rolled her eyes, "if you say so," she said as she reached for the scissors to cut the fabric, "Hey! Who took the scissors!?" the goth claimed.
Chef and his assistant laughed from their hiding place, the man in tights had the scissors in his hands.
...
"Ouch! Stupid machine," Heather said, then put her finger to her mouth, she has no experience using sewing machines.
"Need help?"
The queen bee twitched at the sound of her voice, she turned around to see Lindsay standing behind her innocently, even so, Heather was completely on her guard.
"I'm fine, it's just a finger wound," she told her looking straight ahead, completely refusing to look at her face.
"Hahahahahaha, yeah, I used to hurt my fingers sewing all the time, it's not an easy thing to learn, thank goodness I didn't have any scars, they wouldn't have matched my manicure," she heard her say. Heather rolled her eyes, of course she was going to make a comment like that. However, she became totally stiff when Lindsay's huge breasts pressed against her back, and the blonde's hands slid down her arms until they reached her hands and took them gently, "look, place them at this distance while sewing, so you won't have to worry about one of your fingers ending up under the needle", Lindsay said in her ear as she guided her hands completely unaware that she was generating something in Heather, the queen bee for her part made a great effort to focus on the blonde's instructions and not on... certain attributes of her. All the silly things Izzy was doing to her were coming back to her head, the stupid redhead had awakened something in Heather, something she wasn't fully aware of, or something she refused to be aware of. Lindsay finally separated from her, "ok, now you try," she told her enthusiastically.
Heather took a deep breath to recover, and focused on her work at hand. Lindsay left to continue working on her suit, she didn't expect Heather to talk to her about this or thank her, it was just an act of good faith on her part.
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After many efforts and many unforeseen events caused by Chef and his partner, everyone finally managed to finish their supersuits, now it was time to show them off on the catwalk.
Chris, Pythonicus and Dander Boy would be the judges of the contest, "now wearing a superhero costume of her own design, our first supermodel," said Chris. Beth came on stage with wooden boards tied to her body, the presenter couldn't help but show his disappointment at once, but the show must go on, "state your name and superpower," he told the farmer.
"Lumber woman?" said Beth doubtfully.
"You're a superhero, act like one," Chris reneged.
"I'm Lumber Woman!" said Beth with more impact, "And I can talk to plants."
" You're serious? What do you talk about? The best brand of fertilizer? That's worth a whole three points," Chris said disappointedly.
Confessional.
Heather
"Pathetic."
End of confessional.
Next to come out (and prouder than he should) was Justin, who had the exact same design as Beth, only with log halves instead of boards.
"I guess not so great minds think alike," Chris said irritably.
"I'm Timber Man!" said Justin, "haha, and my superpower is...", the model threw wood chips at the judges.
"Seriously? Wood chips?" said Chris.
" Oh, and I can float. And make fire as long as I've got matches. And I don't get too close to the flame, ouch!" he said with a cringe.
"Lame," Chris said, "two points, next!"
Justin left and Harold walked onto the stage with much enthusiasm, " I'm Captain Alberta! And I can swirl up a hot Chinook wind!" the nerd said, then turned around and took a bite of his burrito, then burped and spewed a potent gas at the same time, "that's a spicy burrito," the cloud moved all the way to Pythonicus.
"Cough, cough, cough, it burns!".
*Boom*
Who ended up fainting.
"Impressive. Gross, but impressive," said the pleased presenter for the first time so far, "now that Owen's gone, someone's gotta carry the fiery torch. And extra points for keeping it Canadian. Seven points for Captain Alberta," he finished.
"All right!" said Harold, his face stained with sauce.
...
Now it was Duncan's turn who had no suit, only a fake eye stuck on his forehead.
"Where are your tights?" asked Chris.
"I don't do spandex. I'm the All-Seeing Eye, and I've got psychic powers. I can see into the future," Duncan said as Harold took the stage behind him.
"Hahahaha, yeah right," the nerd mocked.
"Harold is about to experience a painful life lesson," the delinquent said.
*Pinch*
"Ouch!" he pinched Harold on the arm.
"Even I saw it coming," Chris said, "two points."
...
The one who followed Duncan was Gwen, she wore a long cape that covered almost her entire body and had the appearance of being made of black feathers, she had black gloves on her hands and her suit was a version of her usual clothes, only completely black, the visor on the biker helmet had been modified to look like a beak and on top of the helmet itself there were fake eyes. Not to mention the stuffed crows on Gwen's shoulders.
"It's so... you, I guess," Chris commented.
"I am the Lady of the Ravens," said the Goth in a grim voice, "And my power is to command an army of crows to do as I command them."
"An army of crows?" asked Chris.
"Have you ever seen what a lot of crows are capable of in the movies?" she questioned him back.
Chris thought about it a bit, "hmm, you have a good point, I'll give you a 7," the host said.
Confessional.
Gwen
"I think I did a great job, I deserved more than a 7," she said with his arms crossed.
End of confessional.
...
Next up was Cody, he had a suit made of a light green raincoat, yellow rubber gloves on his hands with suction cups tied to his wrists, on his feet he wore yellow rain boots with strange platforms that ended in flat soles similar to a frog's feet, he had a large and rare collar around his neck, and finally the most remarkable thing was the large frog head on his own head, his face barely visible by the open and smiling mouth of the cartoonish frog.
"I am Amphibian! And I have frog powers," Cody said proudly. The tight suit over his scrawny, but now slightly toned body, really made him look like a frog. His inspiration came from a toy he saw in the prop pile.
"Frog powers, huh? Like what?" asked the interested presenter.
"Well, for starters, I can jump really high," Cody said, pressing his feet to the ground and jumping, the springs hidden in the platforms of his boots giving him a jump much higher than normal.
"Wow! Now that's what I call jumping!" said Chris impressed.
"I can also stick to the walls for a short time," he said pointing to the plunger heads on his wrists, "and I can defend myself from projectiles with this," he touched a button on the side of his collar and immediately an airbag if I inflate in front of his face like a frog's throat, the force almost made him fall backwards, "Woah, I have to work on it," the geek said as the bag lost air.
"Creative, and very practical, it's the best yet," Chris said, "I'll give you a 9."
"Neat," the geek said.
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Now it was Heather's turn, she entered the stage walking with short heeled boots that went up to a few centimeters above the knees, these were followed by mesh fabric pantyhose that went up until they were lost under the bottom of a very tight dress that ended at the same height as her frequent mini shorts, it went up her body with a pattern of black and yellow horizontal lines, she had a loose belt at the waist that slipped a little sideways and had the initials "QB", on a buckle, the top of the dress had no straps, it rested completely on Heather's breasts, around her neck there was a white plush scarf similar to that of bees, her hands were covered by black elbow-length gloves, in one of them she had a rolled whip, she wore a black mask around her eyes and antennae on her head.
She entered the stage like a diva, with her hips making a hypnotizing rocking as she walked, everything in her screamed "queen" or "total bitch", the truth is that either of them was equally valid.
"I am the Queen Bee," she said haughtily, "and my power is to make others do what I say."
"Oh yeah? You sure?" sneered Chris.
*Whip crack*
"Are you questioning your queen!?" scolded Heather after smashing the tip of her whip into the jury's table.
Chris cringed in fear, "uh... I...".
"I asked you a question!"
"No ma'am!" said the frightened presenter.
"Well, I made my point," she said pleased.
"Certainly creative and very effective, an eight," Chris said.
*Whip crack*
"I meant nine! Damn!"
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The last to take the stage was Lindsay in the full Wonder Woman outfit, with some modifications of course.
"I'm Wonder Woman!" the blonde said enthusiastically.
"I thought it was supposed to be something original," Gwen questioned from the side of the stage.
"Well, Lindsay's isn't really 100 percent accurate, and there's no denying that the suit fits her well," Cody said.
"It's a good point," Chris said very interested, "I like the suit, what's your superpower?"
"Duh. I wonder a lot. Oh, and I have an invisible jet right here. Or did I leave it over there?" said the blonde not very sure.
"You win! I loved Wonder Woman as a kid," Chris said, the real question is, how much he loved her? "Ten points."
Many of the others protested, "this game is fixed," Heather said with her arms folded.
"And is it now that it surprises you?" asked Cody, this only made her even angrier.
"As the winner, Lindsay gets a head start for the next challenge," Chris continued.
"Yes! Who wants to get on my invisible jet? Uh... if I can remember where I left it," said the blonde looking everywhere.
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POV. Cody
After the catwalk Chris took us to the area where the obstacle course would be, I made my suit with this competition in mind, Lindsay won the first part, but her performance here was bad, if I take immunity I increase the number of people to vote for, it's better if they attack each other.
"For your second challenge, we will be testing your super prowess," Chris said.
Confessional.
Beth
"I don't think Chris gets that our superpowers are fake. I mean, I can't really talk to plants," although he said that he tried to talk to the plant he had brought, "hi, what's your name?", but the plant dropped a leaf when she talked to it.
End of confessional.
"You'll have to leap over a building in a single bound using this trampoline from the set of the movie, 'Trampoline Thunder 2'!" said Chris, I've never seen that movie, "awesome flick. You'll be judged on how far and how high you jump. And please, properly time your landing, as we wouldn't want you to land anywhere other than on this soft, cushy mattress," Chris said of an old mattress full of springs that didn't give anyone a good feeling, "our first and foremost priority at Total Drama Action is your safety and well-being hehehehahahahaha," Chris laughed at his own lie, "next, you'll have to save a woman falling from a building. The woman will be played by a sack of potatoes in a dress, which will be a real catch for you guys," Chris mocked us.
Confessional.
Duncan
"Like Chris is one to talk. He probably had dinner with that thing last night."
End of confessional.
"Cody doesn't need such a bulky lady, he's got me already," Lindsay said as she hugged me happily, which in contrast to yesterday's panicked girl, must be because of the supersuit.
"Yes, thank you for reminding us, Lindsay, how lucky Cody is," Chris said sarcastically, I am if I can see him upset, "and finally, you'll walk across a power line during a meteor shower," said meteors were bowling balls thrown by the chef with an Eva or Courtney in anger level of force, "the person to finish the course with the best time wins... invincibility! Lindsay, you're up first. Ten seconds will be shaved off your time for winning the first round."
"Good luck," I told her, she gave me one last hug before going to her spot at the top of the trampoline to start her shift.
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Once Lindsay was ready, Chris picked up the timer, "and... action."
Lindsay dove on the trampoline, bounced spinning in the air and landing on the mattress like a rag doll, "ow, this mattress is so nasty," she complained.
"Oh, really? I'm sorry," Chris said without really meaning it.
Lindsay got up and tried to walk away, but a spring caught in her boot holding her back.
Once she was freed, she went to where Chef was waiting with the sack of potatoes. The supervillain let go of it and Lindsay waited for it downstairs with open arms, however, the sack fell behind her. It's a good thing it wasn't a real person.
"Woopsie, I'm sorry lady," she said.
"Looks like it's gonna be real mashed potatoes tonight, eh Chef? " scoffed Chris.
Lindsay began to climb the electricity pole, once at the top she balanced herself while crossing the electrical wires, on her way Chef threw bowling balls at her, she dodged the first ones well.
"Lindsay! Get down!" I yelled at her, she ducked dodging one that was going straight to her head. After that he made a run to the end of the cables and got off the other side, finishing the race this time.
"Yes! I did it! Thank you Cody! Muuuuack~!" she said, sending me a kiss of thanks.
"Forty seconds, not bad for a first try," Chris said, "Harold you're up."
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I got on the platform and looked at the trampoline, Harold did as well as the first time, 36 seconds, a better time than Lindsay, but I expected to beat that.
"And... action," Chris said from below.
"This is a job for the Amphibian," I jumped on the trampoline and landed on my feet.
*Boing*
The momentum of the trampoline coupled with my spring-loaded boots didn't just take me to the other side of the building, I went further, straight into the building where Chef was and passing the nasty mattress. Crashing there would have been a problem.
*Hit*
If it weren't for the plunger heads that I had on my wrists and allowed me to stick to the side of the window where Chef was, who looked at me surprised that I got here.
"Thank you," I took advantage of his confusion to take the sack of potatoes from him, then I used my feet to pull away from the wall and fall to the floor. My spring-loaded boots helped me cushion the fall, "a pleasure to help you madam", I leaned on the ground once more and jumped to the top of the electricity pole, Chef was already on the ground with the projectiles ready. I jumped to try to get to the other side, Chef threw me several bowling balls, most of them didn't even come close to me. But one in particular was flying straight into my face, "frog throat power on," I pressed the button and the collar on my neck released the airbag, which completely stopped the bowling ball.
I fell to the ground harmlessly while the bag deflated, by then I had already touched land on the other side.
"Wow! What a demonstration and what a time!" said Chris, "fourteen seconds, that's a hard number to beat, it was like watching a real superhero."
"Hey thank you... I guess," I said not knowing how to react to being flattered by Chris.
"Okay, let's move on to the next one," the host said.
I relocated myself to the others, "that was amazing," Lindsay said.
"Really? Thank you, I really tried hard," I replied, Heather was looking at me rolling her eyes, too bad I was actually looking under her eyes, and her chin, and her neck, and over her stomach... How do you keep that dress in place?
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Everyone did their best to beat my time, but most of the attempts were frankly... pathetic, there was no friendly way to say it.
Gwen's giant cape got caught on her when she was climbing the platform and was hit by the wind, which made her fall on the trampoline and then fly towards the building, where she was hung from the end of it, precisely by her cape.
Heather did well at first, until she reached the sack of potatoes which crashed into her head stunning her the rest of the way.
Beth was afraid of the trampoline at first, but she overcame it and tried to do the best she could. She managed to make it to the end, but her time was worse than Lindsay's.
Duncan was the one who did it best, he even received a blow from a bowling ball and still kept going, but it was not enough either.
Justin made it similar to Beth, until he reached the electrical wires, where he mistakenly fell into them with his balls, electrocuting himself painfully.
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"Well, despite the pathetic effort of uh... some of you, there was only someone who really managed to fully fulfill his heroic contribution to society, the winner of the second challenge and immunity is none other than... Amphibian!"
"Yes!" I said excitedly, we have to keep up appearances.
"Everyone else, good luck at tonight's awards ceremony, let's see who you choose to expel ... Now go to the showers, you all stink," was the last thing the presenter told us.
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POV. Third person
Gwen and Duncan were outside the trailers at night.
"Well, none of us did very well today," said the goth.
"Yes, but we weren't the worst," Duncan said, "so who are we going to vote for?"
"Cody has the immunity, and Heather has a free pass from the previous challenge," Gwen said.
"And who says we're obligated to honor a deal with Heather?" asked Duncan as if he cared little about the deal.
"I care," Gwen said, "Cody defended me when Justin accused me of cheating, I owe it to him, plus breaking an agreement is something Heather herself would do and I don't want to be like her."
"Then it's got to be one of the others, I say let's vote for Harold, his presence has been on the show for too long, he's starting to bother me," Duncan said.
"But that would be just two votes against Harold," Gwen said.
"Yes, but the majority is divided at the moment, Justin's alliance hopefully votes for Lindsay to annoy Cody, Harold will surely vote for me, but he's only one, and Miss Queen Bee will surely want to get rid of Beth once and for all, or Justin himself."
"Or me," Gwen said, noting that Heather might try to eliminate her.
"And you think the nerd will let her eliminate you just like that, weren't you friends?" the criminal pointed out.
"... you may be right," she smiled and slapped him on the arm, "And since when have you thought things so carefully? You're going to make me think that there really is a brain in that head."
"Hey, I've always thought things through carefully, why do you think Courtney fell in love with me?" the offender told her.
"I thought it was because of your charming personality," they both laughed at the joke, "well then Harold will be," Gwen said, the rest would depend on luck.
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POV. Cody
It was time for another elimination ceremony, the first after the teams disbanded.
"Welcome to the first elimination ceremony after the merger," Chris said, "you know how it works, choose the name of the person you want to eliminate and the one who has the most votes, will have to go through the dock of shame, get on the lame-o-sine and will never return, well, let's get voting."
We all pressed the image of the person we wanted to eliminate, it didn't take long, after a few seconds, Chef still in his supervillain costume descended headfirst down a rope and gave Chris the results.
"Alright, everyone voted and here I have the results," Chris said, "Cody as you won immunity you have the first golden Chris of the night," he tossed me the prize, sweet, sweet chocolate, "the next one is for...
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"Yes!" the nerd received his award.
~0~
I was on my way to my trailer.
"Psss", until I saw Harold hiding behind a tree, well, stranger things have happened to me.
I walked over to where I was hiding, "Hi Harold, what's up buddy?"
"Listen, I want you to help me eliminate Duncan," he said, looking around as if saying his name would make him appear.
"Uh sure... I'm also worried that he's still in the game," I said, "Who else would vote for him?"
"Well, Justin owes me a favor for helping him eliminate IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII," Harold realized that he was about to say Izzy's name in front of me, too bad he realized late.
"So it was Justin who planned to take Izzy out," I said simply, I could have imagined it.
"IIIIIIIIII...", Harold nodded his head in resignation.
"... well, I'll help you get Duncan out, but in return... There's something I need you to do for me."
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"Duncan, it's the end of the road for you, you're going home," Chris said.
"No...," Gwen said.
"Agh, damn," was all Duncan said, he's not one to get depressed, he's just upset that he won't be able to get his hands on a million dollars.
"Bye, bye punk," Heather scoffed, "make sure you write from juvie."
"Sure, I'll send the letters to the geek's trailer," Duncan returned the mockery making her choke, "sorry Pasty, you'll have to figure it out on your own now."
"I'll be fine, don't worry about me," she told him as they said goodbye with a hug.
After that, we saw Duncan walk the red carpet and get into the limousine, thus concluding his participation in this season.
"Good night to the rest of you," Chris told us officially ending the day, today I was a superhero and I got rid of Duncan, I would say it was the second best episode for me in this second season.
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POV. Third person
Chris is standing on the red carpet, "and so, Duncan is gone, we're all going to miss him... except for the six people who voted for him to leave hahahahahahaha, will Gwen manage without her best ally? And will she be fine without Duncan by her side? Will Justin ever take center stage? How long until Heather explodes and tries to sexually assault Cody? Will Beth realize Justin's true intentions? The answers to these and more questions may be answered next time here, in TOTAL... DRAMA... ACTION!".