Total Drama X: Winter Warriors
Episode 9: The Dating Game(s)
HOLD UP, where's the challenge? All I could see is a throwback to when Total Drama characters dated and Chris just watched as two relationships crashed and burned on two seperate and very different reasons!
And it's in a Total Drama challenge where four former contestants who have dated are protected by 28 contestants struggling to deal with the game.
Alberto and Akiko may have been there to see it, but we eventually have to cut some cool people out of it eventually...and they wouldn't have liked it anyways.
DrunkenDonut: Thanks for the actually insightful review. I think you're going to like this one or at least appreciate the few improvements that I can really implement.
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OH, THE HUMANITY! CHRIS HAS THEM IN THEIR CLUTCHES ALONG WITH THE 27 REMAINING CONTESTANTS WHICH INCLUDE A FUTURE COUPLE-
"Last time on Total Drama: Winter Warriors, there was 29 remaining players across both teams and they kinda had to deal with the fact that their challenge was a double elimination where teams sorta don't matter! And the fact that they'd have to climb a flat mountain with only powers and wit! The Amazonians won their first shot and with a lot of bears, Chef's meatballs, a lot of stupid flashy battles and a little bit of friendly fire, Tengen and Popeye from the Snowmen took immunity and so did Rukia and Sakura from the Amazonians!"
"So, how did the eliminations go? Surprisingly weird, as while the Snowmen took out the ghost that makes my challenges harder to make, Akiko, the Amazonians basically took out Alberto because the rest of the dudes were too nice or something like that! The remaining players are dealing with new love and old love alike today and I wonder how that's gonna do on TOTAL DRAMA X: WINTER WARRIORS!"
Both teams were understandably having a hard time dealing with the ramifications of the challenge from two days ago, especially the double elimination that meant no team really won.
Besides that, it was mostly smooth sailing for some players.
Especially the two alliances.
"Honestly, I don't think it is that big of a loss to us." Taskmaster said. "I mean the fish kid would have been useful for a water challenge, but we haven't had many of these and most of us can swim fine!"
"Yeah, I've been to the Olympics before!" Bowser exclaimed. "What, you guys haven't heard of it?"
Robotnik and Taskmaster were plenty surprised.
"Listen, buddy, you could've just said you were good at swimming and that would be fine."
"Yeah, shut up, I was at the Olympics swimming! You should've seen me!" Bowser shouted. "In my world."
"...Somehow I don't find that too unbelievable." Robotnik shrugged, as the Taskmaster completely shook his head. "I'm going to assume you were good at swimming and that Taskmaster over here is great at swimming."
"I'm a damn mercenary, of course I am! I have to be." Taskmaster said. "Like that kid. Besides there's still too many strong players left in this game and I don't doubt they're making alliances."
"Well, that is true. I think there might be another one zimilar to us on ze other team!" Medic exclaimed, as the unethical doctor was thinking about something. "So, who's ze victim today?"
"Hopefully, Popeye. If that show of strength showed anything that day, is that his strength is too powerful to kept around without risking our limbs and our alliance." Robotnik stated. "You have a good way of eliminating him, guys?"
"Easy. Make him look a fool, he's not ze genius he thinks he is-"
Medic's eye flared, as the other three also noticed something that was surprising to none of them at all.
Another alliance consisting of two ladies and these two were not surprised to see them either.
"I was wondering where this other alliance was!" MK remarked. "Hey, guys, what's up? Planning another mid scheme?"
"Actually, we're just hanging out like dudes do! In private because we're dudes planning-hanging out!" Bowser shouted.
Ermes facepalmed.
"Can't even making a good excuse, wow you guys are terrible at making excuses! I heard you're booting somebody off." MK casually remarked.
"Yeah, we'll make it you if you talk too much!" Taskmaster threatened them.
The alliance of scientists and mercenaries and the alliance of two ex-cons and a currently missing tanuki had finally met and this time around, it wasn't going nearly as chaotic as the two alliances getting forcefully merged through a terrible bet.
"Listen, I'm not interested in your threats. We're pretty much against each other and don't bull[crap] me about alliances teaming up or whatever, us ladies are all about protecting each other!" Ermes declared.
"Oh, what a statement. You might have to cutting a few of your teammates in the process." Robotnik said. "Now, does that sound like a protection squad?"
"Yeah, it's a Survivor thing." Ermes said. "I bet you've heard of it."
"I have, so don't get too hasty." Robotnik stated. "Now let's bygones be bygones and merge or else you'll feel the consequences of our alliance."
"Damn, you're real serious about this rivals business? Try put some consequences on me and her." MK mocked the scientist.
"Oooh, you've got a big problem coming in." Bowser stated.
"This alliance will bring you pain in the face!" Medic called out.
Ermes and MK blew this popiscle stand, as they just scoffed at the bad guys that were doing bad guy business and said bad fellas had one thing that they wanted to think about.
"Popeye first, MK second." Robotnik said.
The rest of the fellas nodded.
Ermes and MK arrived back at the team before long and noticed something off-ish with Natalya and Mamizou, namely that the fact that they were trying to get around Sticks' suspicion.
"Whoa, where are have you ladies been?" Natalya asked.
"The toilet." Ermes bluntly answered.
"Good place for conversation, no?"
"Yes, it's a good place for it."
MK wanted a high-five from Mamizou, who couldn't really give it.
"Just give me a handshake next time, Mary-Kate, but it could be much worse."
With that being said, some of the dudes were starting to get a little suspicious of the four guys that were still trying to hide their alliance.
"I don't like these guys being goons. There is no way they ain't up to some funny business." Popeye said through hushed tones.
"Honestly, I hope that they're not doing any alliance work. But I really doubt it at this point." Monoma guessed. "Especially since all four of them have gone out around this time every morning."
Popeye and Monoma, of all people, had the same kinda thoughts.
"I dunno, what if was just dudes being dudes. Sometimes, you never know what's up." Ken told them. "Maybe they're just doing Survivor stuff."
"They gots their coats, they ain't cold."
"Kinda like this show except on tropical islands, everyone's adults and everyone...strategises. Maybe you do have a good point-"
The door got smashed open by the four fellas in question and they walked on the table like they weren't an somewhat obvious alliance and Joe greeted his fellow guy.
Robotnik did a simple handshake.
"Secret handshake?" Robotnik said.
"You're moving a little too fast, champ. Even if we lost a guy, you've been doing solid for a good while." Joe complimented the scientist. "I think you're a good teammate."
"Thank you, my fellow disadvantaged camper."
"What the hell that's supposed to mean?"
"I mean, you have a wheelchair, my fellow man is too dumb for my mind, you know that type of business..."
While that was happening, Bowser was getting some strange looks from the sailor.
"Can't a bad guy have friends or is that illegal?" Bowser defended himself.
"Are theys bad eggs?"
"No?" Bowser wasn't even sure about Popeye's thing. "They could be good guys."
"They look like bad eggs." Popeye tried to justify himself.
"That's messed up, man. You messed up."
Popeye sighed, still having that nagging feeling, but Bowser used the power of sympathy to put it down.
The rest of the fellas definitely noticed that Ken was desperately trying to signal something to a confused Android 21 with only his finger.
"Mate, wait for the merge, she'll 100% make it there." Spider-Punk said. "She can fly and make beams, she'll do okay."
"Yeah, that's why I'm worried. She's kinda OP and people don't like that about her."
"People really like her and she isn't hungry."
Ken wanted to know what was up, but-
"Campers, it's time for your every other daily challenge and I swear, this time it's about to be loving in here!"
-the two teams just wanted to know what Chris was cooking up and wherever it was regular torture or advanced torture.
*Android 21's confessional*
"I'm starting to think that this may be just a attraction thing and not really that kind of love. Also, it should be way easier to figure out his signals, but I guess he wants to date me or something else." She plainly said, before realising what she said.
"WHAT?!"
*Confessional cut*
27 contestants and they were all careful to not ask stupid questions like why the fact that Chris and Chef were tuxedos and more importantly, why the tuxes were tussled up.
"Welcome back, campers! You like the change of pace? You like the fact that no team was safe? Because, dudes, it's going back to normal and some people should look behind their back!"
Medic got a mix of glares and stares.
"I said I was sorry to ze old man." Medic said.
"He did say that." Santa answered.
"Anyways, this one should be simple because it should disgust you as much as it disgusts me! Love is one of those things that's lamer than a lot of drama and these technically two couples had a lot of that!" Chris announced. "Trust me, I said that for a reason!"
Nobody wanted to answer.
"By the way, there's both emotional pain and the pain that makes this show what it is if you wanted to ask. Anyways, the challenge is simple, the best looking couple at the end of all three mini-challenges win and obviously, it won't be easy or fun!"
Chef didn't look too surprised, as the campers gasped in plain surprise at the two boxes that were dragged
"We've got two solid couples! The legendary duo that broke up due to the number nine for some reason and never got back together, Trent and Gwen-"
"Is that what we're doing?!" 'Gwen' screamed. "Trent?!"
"GWEN?! No way?" 'Trent' shouted.
Chris was tired of getting interrupted, as the two broke out of their crate.
"And the other couple that was made and broke up in All-Stars. The all-time classic and ridiculous pair of Courtesy and Scott! Snowmen get Courtney and Scott, Amazonians get Gwen and Trent!"
Courtney actually looked like a lawyer wearing a tan business suit and Scott had a plaid shirt and jeans and their crates basically broke apart.
"Chris, you can't just do this. It's not even legal in many places!" Courtney called out. "And the thing with Scott was that it's an awkward fling, I just don't feel right about it and these contestants whom you'll pulled from other worlds actually make this show better. Mostly because the show was a joke."
The contestants could clap for that, as Courtney and Gwen had an old fashioned stare down, Trent was a bit less confused and Scott was in his element.
"Both teams and their couples get ready for your first challenge soon! None of you will love despite all of the love going on!" Chef shouted. "Was that good?"
"Of course, Chef."
"Hey, hey, Courtney, I actually missed you for a while. And then I realised I got stuff to do and a girlfriend to have!" Scott shouted.
"That's great that you got to move on." Courtney said.
Gwen and Trent had decent time together.
"So, uh, my girlfriend is not here." Scott flirted.
"Then I'm sure she can support you."
Courtney simply walked away from Scott.
*Gwen's confessional*
The former goth girl still had same haircut, albeit with dark brown hair instead of it being blue.
"At least I get a chance to recouperate with Courtney and Trent. Even if it's on the best version of this televised nightmare." Gwen spoke. "So glad that Mai isn't here."
*Courtney's confessional*
She shed a tear.
"Gwen really didn't deserve the person that I was on All-Stars and even Scott's too good for this show. Still can't believe that Chris discovered inter-universal technology just for this."
*Trent's confessional*
The dude still in a band had some regret.
"Aw, man, this sucks. I thought I was gonna host a concert on here, but then again, this is actually Chris."
*Scott's confessional*
He had a beard.
"When am I gonna get a come back, my girlfriend's holding me back from my full potential!" Scott shouted. "These weirdos couldn't handle me."
*Confessional cut*
The first mini-challenge was definitely "unique" in the sense that no-one wanted to do it, the couples included, thanks to what it actually was.
"In the first challenge, all of your team will have to defend your specific couple from the dirt, the grime and the trash on the Couples' Walk!"
"Wait, is that all?" Axl Low asked.
"Why would you ask that?" Scott retorted angrily.
"Nope, they're being shot by our awesome bears! Especially Scuba Bear!"
Scuba Bear and his boys was ready to shoot, loading up the random garbage with their red eyes.
"You're looking at a guy that still likes to be dirty." Scott remarked.
"To be honest, I do not care about your bottom feeder habits." Robotnik sniped right back.
The Amazonians got around the friendly couple and decided on a simple surround the couple strategy, while the Snowmen had Scott and Courtney, you can guess what happened.
"Senorita Courtney, why go back on this show?" Manolo asked.
"Probably the same way that you got pulled on here."
These two looked at each other.
"He tricked a lot of you."
"Yeah, but we're in this for the cash!" Joe shouted.
Courtney just facepalmed, as did Taskmaster.
"Ready, go!"
The bears were completely relentless on letting the two bodyguard teams have a false sense of security, some of the wiser one noticing this.
"Gotta say, something's wrong." Ramona said.
"Chris got to you?" Gwen asked.
"Nah, just a feeling."
The bears then saw both teams continue the walk into a slightly depressed patch and instantly, Ramona saw the first glob of Chris' garbage and smashed it towards the outside.
"Come on, ladies, protect 'em!" Undyne shouted.
Ramona swung on the extra garbage, Undyne let that garbage splash on her, Sticks kicked the garbage onto herself and the rest let the couple pass through the patch.
"Go, go, go!" Natalya shouted. "These bears are robots?!"
"Yep."
The Snowmen were having a worse time, thanks to the Medic strife.
"GET DOWN, MISS COURTNEY!" Joe screamed, protecting the former contestant.
"I am down!" Courtney stated, garbage flying directly over her head.
Scott obviously wasn't a fan of getting down.
"The stench of da dirt might kill ya!" Popeye told him.
"I've smelled worse, Popeye, it won't hurt." Scott was practically restrained.
"The bears shooting da junk!"
"I like the junk!"
And then Chris stopped the bears from firing like a true conductor and both teams were dirtied up while both "couples" were mostly clean, seeing their bodyguards dazed.
*Axl's confessional*
There was a pile of mud.
"These bears are pretty frickin' freaky. They can hold guns and shoot stuff!"
The pile of mud shook itself off.
"Seriously, what is this crazy awesome island? Wish I coulda came here sooner!"
*Ashido's confessional*
The pink-skinned dancer looked icked out.
"These bears are going to have some problems if they think they're going to get away with dirtying my clothes!"
*Confessional cut*
The bears were going to war on both teams and it didn't help the the walk wasn't all sunshine and rainbows by itself thanks to Chris doing his only notable thing.
"WHY ARE THERE HURDLES? WHY ARE THEY MUDDY!" Ramona shouted.
"Because of the government-"
Sticks got hit by some mud, as Ramona swung another glob back and Sticks got up all muddy and accidentally touched Trent's trousers and the badger stared at him.
"Man, this challenge kinda sucks."
"I don't think it's that bad right now since I don't mind getting muddy." Sticks said.
"Nah, I disagree."
"SO DOES THE GOVERNMENT!"
Natalya didn't care about the discussion between fellow intellectuals, as she looked for an opportunity to jump a bear and somebody didn't need to wait as they involuntary did jumped on them.
"WHAT'S UP, ROBOT BEAR GUYS?!" Undyne jumped on the bear.
Undyne poked a bear with the spear and she managed to slow down the mud, as the rest of her team saw her do action.
"Guys, I think I like what she's doing!" Ramona shouted. "Move fast."
"If we move too fast, we'll slip into the mud or they'll get caught by the mud!" Jasmine told her.
"What mud?"
"That mud up ahead!"
The other bears were somehow shooting mud on the stairs that made up the second part of the walk.
"Amazonians, move carefully, this Chris guy thinks he's smart!" Jasmine remarked.
As for the Snowmen, they were a suprisingly solid teams mostly thanks to Monoma and Hobie getting a web matrix helping to block their dirt easier and Manolo fought against bears that he'd thought had metal skin the whole time.
"I'm not letting you getting dirty on my watch!" Monoma shouted.
"What if I wanted to." Scott quickly suggested.
"Then we'd have to protect you from yourselves. Class 1-A couldn't do that!"
"Okay. What's that?"
Monoma pointed to Ashido, who was slapping mud with acid and letting it down on the ground and burn the snow.
"So, you've got a crush on her! Weird." Scott said.
"Do you think that I have a crush on someone from my rival class! Honestly, we're more like temporary enemies fighting each other for a million dollars!" Monoma declared. "Besides, she isn't doing too hot."
"I believe in you acting crazy!" Spider-Punk shouted, mud now covering his suit. "These bears-"
Axl slipped on the stairs, as he fell into the muddy snow.
Monoma and Spider-Punk subsequently shut their lips, as the rest of the teams were having their problems with Courtney's words.
"Listen, guys, I'd appreciate if you would either pick up the pace or try not slipping." Courtney told the team.
"We're trying our best, Courtney, we know what Chris is like!" Ken then slipped, as he slammed on the ground.
Ken and Axl got up like they weren't covered in mud, as the rest of the team went on overtime to protect Courtney and Scott.
"Guys, we did our job." Ken said.
"You're not dead, your job isn't over!" Courtney told him.
Ken ran to help guard the one-season couple, as the rest were either having a bad time getting shot with mud or then noticed they were now below the couple.
"Whoa, the Snowmen are ahead, but can they keep their couple clean! The Amazonians aren't looking good!"
Ramona and Ermes were fully muddied up, as Ashido tried to avoid touching Trent or Gwen's clothes, fully protected with her sticky acid and catching a lot of mud.
"Girls, let's support Ashido and Undyne, they're actually going crazy protecting Gwen for some reason!" MK shouted. "Seriously, what's with this?"
"I guess Chris wants ratings." Gwen remarked.
"One hundo, my girl!"
Gwen glanced a suspicious look at MK.
"Thank you?" Gwen was baffled.
"You're welcome."
*MK's confessional*
She was chilling on the toilet.
"There is absolutely no way that he's not going to pull a twist on the former contestants having their own votes to help push somebody out.
*Undyne's confessional*
The Amazonians were still quite a bit behind, especially with them still struggling throughout the stair section thanks to Emma, Sakura and Sticks being only able to slap the dirt away.
Trent already got a stain on his random denim jacket.
"No frickin' way we got a splash!" Ramona shouted.
"We have one and it's big, too." Emma looked at the decently sized stain.
Though the ladies were finally getting a move on, it was at the cost of a notable stain.
"Not gonna lie, somehow this course feels a little bit too easy." Trent said. "Dudes, I think something's funky about this."
"When wasn't it funky?" Gwen asked. "This guy's an expert on making people-"
The Amazonians saw that the Snowmen were on ice and having a bad time on it with Undyne finally taking down a single bear.
"-Dang, I hate it when I'm right!"
"Gwen, I took down one of those bears!" Undyne shouted, as Sticks then leaped on another one immediately.
Gwen and Trent wondered what the [funk] was going on in the host's head, as both teams were not ready to slip and slide with their designated couples, Manolo and Popeye bonking on each other while Scott dodged a stream of mud that came from the bear.
"I had dreams like this and the one time it actually happens, you guys try to stop me!" Scott whined.
"Dude, we're trying to not lose. I thought you would understand since you're a Total Drama vet!" Ken told him.
"Yeah, but mud dreams and I don't care about your freaky team."
Ken huffed, as Scott was continously protected by Spider-Punk and Courtney had something of a problem.
"For what it's worth, I'm more surprised that Chris got a coldblooded mercenary after only four multiversal seasons." Courtney said. "One that might have several kills to his name."
Taskmaster put an arrow through the head of one of the many robot bears.
"I'm not a killer, I just do what I told because that's what a damn mercenary does."
"It's possible evidence, nothing confirmed! Why are you infuriated by an accusation?"
"Because it's not true."
Taskmaster then blocked a lot of mud with his shield.
"Don't believe everything you can see with your eyes." Taskmaster said.
"Hey, quit mugging the lawyer, she's trying to see right through ya!" Bowser shouted, throwing out random fireballs that only melted some snow.
Anyways, while that was happening, the ladies were finally getting a good catch up on the men.
"Yeah, let's do this! There's no way that we'll mess up!" Undyne shouted.
"We absolutely could, though, look at the ground!"
Ramona and Undyne looked down at the glass, as Jasmine was suspicious about said glass that everybody just stepped on without a moment's notice.
"Maybe I'm just scared." Ramona whispered to herself.
"Yep, so enjoy it-" Undyne called out.
Right before the whole glass "broke" under the weight of the great expectations, the whole team and the (relative) chillest couple of Total Drama pre-reboot.
And it led to a lot of mud and the bears absolutely pounced, shooting their bullets of dirt and Chef's garbage-like food right into the team and the couple, Natalya somehow standing over them.
"And we're done! The Snowmen takes their first victory with their couple undirtied!" Chris announced. "And Gwen and Trent gets themselves dirty with the Amazonians!"
Undyne looked embarrassed, as Gwen and Trent just got up.
"I'm sorry, my goth-looking girl, I failed you!" Undyne shouted.
"We failed you. It will be our utmost assurance that we'll do much better in this round, Ms. Gwen." Mamizou apologised.
The former couple wondered something.
"How old are you?" Gwen asked.
"I'm quite old, actually, but I just don't look like it."
Gwen and Trent genuinely questioned it.
"Do not worry, there are quite a few like me whose age don't match their appearance."
"Sure." Gwen dismissively said.
Round 2a: gwen and trent going on a lit date.
The second challenge was much better for actually trying to put obstacles in the way and this time around, there was something familiar about this one where both couples were on a table in the middle of an indoor gazebo with no windows for some reason.
"Okay, Round 2a! The Snowmen will be attacking Gwen and Trent in order for you Amazonians to lose, so what do you say to that!"
Mamizou was frazzled.
"I do not like losing." Mamizou answered.
"Great job, Mami." MK said. "Alright, let's defend a solid couple together!"
"Did you just call me by that butchering of my name?"
"Yeah, what are you going to do about it?"
MK and Mamizou accidentally went into a staredown, as Ermes facepalmed at her alliance partners and Natalya finally had a little bit of a chance.
"So, what do you think of those two?" Natalya asked.
"I think they're fine teammates." Ermes said. "Wait, what are you getting at?"
"Nothing, really. I just find it strange how you'd facepalm at them."
"Sometimes things are just things, spy. I wouldn't take much stock in them."
Ermes moved away from Natalya and Sticks slid right into the view of Natalya, who didn't look too impressed.
"So, when do you think the trees start flying?" Sticks seriously asked.
"I don't know." Natalya dismissed the crazy thought.
The ladies were all prepared, all either carrying their own martial arts, energy or just their own weapons as Gwen and Trent wondered what the heck was going down behind them.
"Can't believe that they've got all these guys with powers just guarding us." Gwen commented. "At least we get the chance to catch up."
"There's a lot to catch up on, you know. Man, all of the stories that I could tell ya." Trent said. "They're crazy."
"Come on, they can't be crazy."
"They can be, but I just wanna know what you were doing?"
"Living life, getting threats, actually having a solid job-"
"No way, what's the job like?"
Gwen wondered what she wanted to say, since she didn't want to get fired being an pretty precarious position of actually having work as a reality TV contestant.
"It's work, it's never spectacular." Gwen said.
"Well, yeah."
As for the actual other contestants, Ashido was appreciating the slightly awkward small talk that was happening between the first season's old lovebird and then realised something surprising.
The boys were literally shooting some arrows out of nowhere, the pink spunky hero using her acid to burn the arrows away.
"What the heck are they doing?!" Ashido whispered to Emma.
"They're trying to hit the table itself." Jasmine whispered, anxious.
Ermes and Ramona saw another arrow actually get closer, the convict catching the next arrow.
"Goddamn, Taskmaster never messes around." Ermes said, as Ashido looked confident in her defense.
The whole of the ladies, the agent, the badger and the mage included, were surrounding the mostly cordial duo of "kidnapped" contestants and wondering when the Snowmen would come in snowing.
Lo and behold, Bowser, Robotnik, Medic and Taskmaster came in walking.
*Joe's confessional*
"Look, I can trust these guys to cause problems. I know how to cause problems, but Robotnik had a great argument about how these guys are a powerhouse which is right by the challenge."
He was silent.
"THE HELL DID MEDIC DO!"
*Confessional cut*
The ladies had all of their defense ready, but it didn't compare to a bunch of robots.
"Lolo, do you have anything?" Emma asked.
Lolo responded with a strong breeze, which slowed Robotnik's many drones down, which meant the robots only stood still for a second there.
"I tried." She could only say.
Lolo quite literally got shot, as Emma tried to distract the big doctor with her running into him like in the movies and grabbing him.
"At least you tried, but you're already too late." Robotnik said.
"Okay, then." Emma calmly said, as Lolo accidentally blew her away.
"I'M SORRY-"
Lolo got blown up.
As for the rest of them, despite Ramona and Ermes' best efforts, Taskmaster threw two rocks on the table and Medic was at the window, a good contribution.
"And just like that, after seven minutes and twenty seconds, the date is over! The Amazonians didn't get enough time for Tohru and Chef to get food."
Gwen and Trent still smiled, despite getting two rocks breaking the table.
"Who's Tohru?" Trent asked.
"Whoever she is, I get a bad feeling." Gwen said.
*Bowser's confessional*
"Damn, romance really hasn't changed much. It's still two lovebirds doing love stuff, which I ain't an expert in since apparently you don't need lava in there." Bowser commented, clearly not interested.
*Confessional cut*
Round 2b: courtney and scott going on an epic date.
Courtney stopped playing some dang phone game.
"So, Courtney, what was with the rat tail. I find it cute now, but still." Scott rambled on. "I didn't ask for the rat tail and I don't know what your problem is."
"Is that really the only thing that you have to ask from me?" Courtney asked.
Scott got turned on to her game.
"Not necessarily, but I've gotta clarify. Did you do that."
"Yes. What's with the question?"
"Draw me with a rat tail!"
Courtney was completely agape, as the team of guys could see what was happening on the table.
"Damn, dude, imagine saying that to anyone, never mind a lawyer." Ken whispered.
"Hey, all we have to do is make sure that their terrible date goes well." Taskmaster whispered back.
They peeked above the table to see Scott talking about some kind of dirt, Courtney telling him to shut up and seeing the country guy blush.
"I think they're cute." Ken said.
"My opinion doesn't matter. They're terrible for each other, though."
Taskmaster was stocked on weapons that didn't suit the challenge and others were a little better about this.
"Damn, young love's weird nowadays! I thought you could've just kidnapped her and be the end of it." Bowser casually spoke. "Plus see a few dudes get dipped into lava-"
"Mate, that sounds like you want a supervillain girlfriend." Spider-Punk told him. "Peach ain't like that."
"Hey, I'm gonna come in like it or not."
Monoma and Popeye balked at the admission, as Manolo had a better response.
"Wait, can't you respect a lady's wishes. If she doesn't want to be with you, then that's that." Manolo said. "I'm sure there are a lot of other ladies out there."
"What are you talking about-"
The ladies' footsteps could be heard surprisingly clearly, every dude finally on high alert besides Ken and Axl for obvious reasons and then just as soon as the steps came in.
They stopped.
"I don't like this kind of quiet." Joe said.
"Theys got quiet." Popeye prepared his arms. "I ain't scared."
The snow steps didn't really get any louder, but the ladies all jumped out of the bush at the same time and Manolo got to work on his one thing.
"Guys, I'm gonna serenade them real good!" Manolo told them.
"Get 'em, Mexican." Popeye said. "Yous make them a couple."
Manolo just shrugged off the accidental insult, as the ladies got to fighting direct with the dudes and he was armed with a guitar and his heart to save a very important date.
*Monoma's confessional*
He was quite smug.
"You know, maybe that Class 1-A girl had a good hand in this surprisingly tough offense. But we did have a solid defense, even if some of our team members aren't much for fighting."
*Confessional cut*
While the guys were fighting for their currently falling apart couple, Manolo jumped in with his trusty guitar to bring them a song and noticed that they weren't in high spirits.
"Hold on, you have a girlfriend!" Courtney said. "Why are you trying to get with me."
"Because I like the way you have with your words."
"I can't believe you're so incorrigible."
"Yeah, tell me more of that-"
Manolo played a pretty solid song that just came into his head that Chris wasn't a fan of for certain reasons, but Scott was certainly a fan of.
"Today is gonna be the day, that they're gonna throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realised what you gotta do! I don't believe anybody feels the way I do about you now..."
The amount of people realised that the guy was singing Wonderwall was somehow enough to lessen the ladies' offense and it even managed to bolden the defense.
Tengen got back to fighting like a guy would.
Bonking Jasmine with a nunchuk in annoyance and gut-checking her just for insurance.
*Tengen's confessional*
"I don't think he realised what the song actually says. Because there is no way that a married man would touch her willingly!"
*Confessional cut*
Chris, Chef, Tohru and Gintoki wondered what the [friendship] he was doing, but it apparently worked long enough for the ladies to gut checked several times and for Popeye to ask Manolo this question.
"You wanna gets this lady?" Popeye asked.
"No, why would you ask that?" Manolo innocently asked.
"Ay, was just askin' for yous."
Courtney accidentally blushed, Scott was offended and the attempt still went on.
"And the Snowmen have officially beat the Amazonians with ease! Also, Manolo don't accidentally court Courtney, dude!" Chris announced. "And with that, the Snowmen are literally dominating the ladies!"
Round 3: The Loving Lights
"Actually, these are Christmas lights." Sticks was wearing a jacket. "I don't care what you say."
"Uh, Sticks, maybe you're just paranoid. These are the Loving Lights that run on batteries! All you have to do is lead your noted couple through this mysterious cave and make it on the other side with as little injuries as possible!" Chris asked.
"Yous trying to kill these two or somethin'?" Popeye asked.
"I don't want to just incase they want to get in on this business!"
Gwen and Scott, understandably, shook their hands.
Trent raised his hand at the same as Courtney's.
"What's in there?"
"Typical Total Drama stuff."
Courtney and Trent dropped their hands, as the contestants were understandably not raising their hands.
The horn sounded and just like that, the contestants and both ex-couples realised that this cave had blind patches of ices that peppered the very much man-made cave that definitely had a light at the end of the tunnel-like place.
"Sorry, Miss Courtney, I wasn't trying to make any moves on you." Manolo apologised. "I hope you can forgive me."
"Got to be honest, you're infinitely more charming than Scott." Courtney saw Scott sulk. "Mostly because you don't have a weird thing going on."
"Hold on, I'm a married man!" Manolo panic shouted. "I can't be with you!"
"Good, you seem like a man of value."
Manolo wiped the sweat off his forehead, as Scott decided to rush for him and the guitar playing bullfighter looked him straight in the eyes.
"Hey, hey, I said I was sorry!" Manolo didn't want a fight.
"Really? I wanna learn how did you played that song?" Scott aggressively asked.
Joe and Popeye looked at him with surprise.
"Dude, it's Wonderwall, why wouldn't it?" Joe told Manolo.
"It's called what?!" Manolo shouted in surprise.
"Come on, dude, you're not fooling me!" Scott shouted. "How do you attract Court-"
Everyone could definitely hear Ken fall down, as Axl Low tried to grab onto him with his sickle...and then everyone heard Ken scream from the cut.
And then another scream from the pirahna-infested waters, the guys deciding to be more careful with their battery-operated Christmas lights with the girls deciding to line up behind the princess.
"Serious question: How do you guys even survive here?" Gwen inquired, seeing as most of the Amazonians were alright.
"We just do, that's it." Ashido said.
Gwen took a glance at the mostly befuddled acid-secreting girl.
"You have no idea, do you?"
"We've been surviving with our powers and teamworks."
"That's a good way to sum up our game, anyways, our-"
Axl then fell down into the pirahna infested waters, just as Ramona wanted to finish that sentence.
"Our team's doing fine." Ramona said.
The ladies were still lining up together.
*Natalya's confessional*
"I'm not stupid, I will not put it behind Chris to put in some hidden obstacle that would be near impossible to see without the lights. This man knows her to make himself look like a supervillain."
*Confessional cut*
Speaking of Natalya and Sticks, somehow they were stuck together with Android 21, who was feeling a little bit weird.
"Do you think Ken's okay?" 21 asked. "Since these are pirahnas."
"I don't really know since they're robots. I bet Chris has a hand in the robot apocalypse...like you." Sticks answered, taking a glance at the android.
"What? I still didn't do anything."
"Hey, Sticks, not now, there's a big fish jumping in." Natalya warned the badger.
Sticks then just ran ahead, right past Gwen and Trent towards a big something that blocked the light for both teams.
Surprisingly, the Snowmen in front somehow didn't noticed the big pirahna, as they kept on walking blind.
"Do you ever think animals can be way too big?" Bowser asked.
"That's the important question that you wanted to ask?!" Monoma couldn't help but laugh. "Not really, of course."
"Okay, just wanted to know."
Monoma stopped, as Bowser felt the skin of the pirahna and realised that he could actually fight this damn thing, armed with only his fire breath lighting up the fish that took up half of a cave.
Unfortunately, he breathed some fire onto an aquatic fella and the dudes were looking at him like they were crazy.
"Schisse, why would do you do something so dummkopf!" Medic screamed.
"Oh my god, don't be so dramatic, I can handle this guy." Bowser bragged, cracking his claws. "Watch closely!"
Said big pirahna finally got itself fully awake and Bowser grabbed a part of the fish and couldn't lift it at all, as Joe and Robotnik looked up in horror.
"Bowser, it's twice your size, you will make us lose!" Robotnik shouted.
"Just give me a second, okay!" Bowser declared, finally lifting up the pirahna slightly. "Have faith."
"I thought this was about getting across a trap-filled path, look at the medic!" Courtney shouted, infuriated at the decision making. "He is out because of decision-making like this!"
"No, I'm not-"
Medic fell down a mostly frozen trap door.
*Medic's confessional*
"I was walking blind, to be fair." He admitted with a whole nest of pirahnas sitting on his coat. "Those lights are not lighting up much."
*Confessional cut*
Bowser actually got to carry the pirahna.
For about a second and then let it land on the ground and all that force had to shake everyone that remained in the cave up, including both teams and both pairs of exes and it did drop a lot of icicles onto one of the teams.
"Please tell me that we didn't just get lucky!" MK noticed the Snowmen getting doused in icicles.
The pirahna did get hit multiple times, as Bowser got himself completely knocked out under the dangerous fish and several other Snowmen swiftly tried to avoid the icicles and ended up falling through some holes that could barely been see in the cave's low light.
The Amazonians literally ran under a line, Jasmine now wearing the Christmas lights like a tiara, Undyne holding part of it up, along with Gwen and Trent and like an action movie, the princess led the team through the more awkward course.
There was a surprisingly weird hurdle in the form an ice-made hurdle, as the surface seemed to only get smoother and the cave just that tiny bit smaller.
"Jump!" Jasmine called out.
"Oh god, he hasn't changed!" Gwen called back, as Jasmine jumped with the rest of the ladies.
The Amazonians were sprinting through sawblades that actually popped out of the walls, as the Snowmen were dealing breaking up the icicles.
"Hold on, friends!" Manolo shouted. "We can do this!"
"I'm gonna gives this big fella a whopper!" Popeye ate some spinach.
"Wait, don't!"
Manolo saw Popeye uppercut the "big fella" to flip it over, as it shook the ladies more and the guys much more.
"Chris, now that was an inspired growth ray choice. Those guys won't be coming out for a long time..." Chef turned back to see the Arctic Amazonians.
They were on the ground and had just gotten done slipping and sliding out of the cave, but they were all alive.
"Damn, how was that?" Ermes asked.
"I forgot how messed up this is!" Trent shouted.
"Welcome to our game, it's messed up."
"And the Arctic Amazonians finally take their first point and the Striking Snowmen might need a doctor-"
Courtney and Ken's screams could be heard.
Round 4: The Tandem Climb
And the Snowmen still had two points compared to the Amazonian's one point, but the situation could not be any more contrasting in morale.
"Look, as much as I don't want to admit it, some of us are stupid." Joe said.
"Wow, how did you come to that realization?!" Robotnik sardonically remarked. "It's almost as if we actually need to adapt-"
"You sound like a dumbass right now, Robotnik, WE NEED TO RE-GROUP!"
Robotnik could feel Joe shouting in his ear, Courtney and Scott were looking worse for wear and had bad timing.
"So, I like you looking a little bit dirty and whatnot." Scott playfully flirted.
"I really don't." Courtney politely rejected. "Also, what do-"
Chris had a horn and he wasn't afraid to use it.
"Guys, the Snowmen are still on challenge point, but the Arctic Amazonians do have a single point! Anyways, help your couples climb and avoid whatever Chef's throwing down today!" Chris announced.
"Is that really it? Seems rather thrown together."
"Mamizou, you don't understand!"
Mamizou stared at Chris.
"GO!"
The couples got to climbing, as Chef used his two massive arms to throw down an assortment of discarded contestants' stuff from the biggest season of all time.
"Seriously, though, what do we do?" Mamizou asked. "I may have the power, but the likelihood of covering them with a tea kettle and it not hindering their progress is near zero."
"The same thing we did two challenges ago!" Undyne shouted. "Bounce them back."
"And then it could bounce them back."
"Then bounce them away!"
The team agreed to this somewhat stupid plan.
"How do you think it will end up when it does hit back at our very loving couple?" Jasmine said.
"There's no love in them!" Ramona shouted.
"I was just asking the question and they really like each other."
"Trust me, they're just being polite."
The Amazonians were seeing their couple look at each other with love, as they were plainly prepared and the Snowmen had a completely different problem thanks to Bowser flipping a pirahna.
"Sit down, ya goon. Sorry, I hadda do this because you flippes the big fella." Popeye apologised.
"Listen, man, that was a badass punch. I can completely understand why they sat me down." Bowser said. "They just don't get my game."
Popeye jumped up to meet Spider-Punk quickly climb up to the top along an electric wire, already seeing that Undyne and Ashido were trying to climb along a constantly rotating normal wire.
"No frickin' way that the dudes are climbing that wire!"
*Spider-Punk's confessional*
His suit was good.
"I can't give a single ounce about this electric [shift, that was some normal [shift]."
He just fell down for a second before getting back up.
"My watch broke."
*Confessional cut*
The dudes and the dudettes actually arrived at the same time, as Chef saw toughened pairs of contestants ready to pounce even with their static or rope burn.
"Christ on a bike, how are you people still alive?"
"BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME TO BE ALIVE!"
Chef got pounced on by the fish warrior and then tried to get up, slowly shaking off Undyne's light weight and Popeye had a much better idea.
"We gots to pull dat rope up." Popeye stated, having already eaten spinach. "I ain'tsk bout to do this alone."
"Big man, we're still a squad." Spider-Punk didn't want to point it out.
Popeye and Spider-Punk pulled on the rope and Ashido literally ran towards her couples' rope to steal the idea, but the two guys somehow to not only pull up an awkward slippery rope with ease.
But also sent Courtney and Scott into the air, as they went flying in each other's hands, no less and Spider-Punk had some webs ready, shooting them between some trees.
Popeye shook his head in realisation.
Ashido and Undyne were prompting both Gwen and Trent to actually climb faster with only their hands in sheer panic, as Spider-Punk actually managed to catch Courtney and Scott in the web.
"My apologies, lady and Scotty boy." Popeye apologised.
"Dude, that was awesome! I could've died, but it's better than anything could've put out!" Scott praised the odd guy duo.
"I WOULD SUE IF I HAD ANY INJURIES!" Courtney shrieked. "Can I leave this place, I don't want to be around this show any longer."
"What about me?" Scott asked.
"You have a girlfriend, I'll think she will mind going back to your ex. Go please your girlfriend when you get back home!" Courtney commanded Scott, who did a salute.
"Thanks to whatever Popeye just did, the Snowmen won the challenge 3-1! Arctic Amazonians, you barely just stopped a comeback from happening on your side." Chris announced. "Gwen and Trent look much happier together."
Gwen and Trent got up after a minute, as Ashido and Undyne watched in sheer fear of Popeye's absurd strength and even while they were giving each other some bedroom eyes, they had to acknowledge something.
"At least it was with you." Trent said. "Dunno if I want to start something."
"Don't worry about it, I forgot how cool you were."
*Gwen's confessional*
She couldn't help but open her mouth.
"Imagine just seeing that and not wondering what kind of men Chris brought to that season! They could've died!"
*Robotnik's confessional*
"Not only did he have enough strength to pull the rope out of the tight strings at the bottom, but he also made both of them fly quiet easily. Popeye is glad that his immunity is shared, because otherwise I would send him to the dustbin of public domain." He explained. "We could've automatically lost if the spider guy didn't save them."
And then he had a dangerous thought.
"Could they be working together?"
*Confessional cut*
Gwen and Trent did share a hug, as Courtney and Scott stormed off despite their team winning for them.
"Oh, this one might actually hurt." Undyne said. "I like all of you girls!"
"Thanks, but there's some ladies that I don't really like that much. Like I don't hate them or even dislike them, I just won't miss them as much!" Ashido spewed out honestly.
"Dang, this elimination is tough."
The Arctic Amazonians were a little befuddled at how bad they did and basically had no proper set eliminations aside from maybe Sticks, Undyne, 21 sorta, Emma maybe.
Yes, it was going to be an hard elimination.
"Thank you for Courtney, Gwen, Trent and Scott for willingly coming back to this wintry wonderland for your participation! Are you former contestants that you were here!"
"NO!" They all shouted.
"I want to make my comeback, but at the same time, I forgot why I didn't miss this place. Doesn't help that the dirt was cold." Scott complained.
The four former contestants just looked at the host with the most with sheer venom and they walked to probably wait for their boat.
"Even between generations, it's really obvious that my hosting has its mark." Chris announced. "Chef calls it trauma, but that's just him."
"Him is right, though." Sakura spoke her piece. "You have tortured those guys on this show for a whole bunch of seasons and I find this season fun, but those guys definitely hated this challenge, nevermind all of the challenges and other stuff whenever they were competing on this thing-"
Chris just wanted it to cut, as Sakura was already done anyways.
While the Snowmen were mainly either celebrating or reassured in their stances, the alliance of all villainous fellas were prepared to make their game worth it.
Taskmaster was sure that he was being followed, as the four of them met up once again and wanted to talk about something.
"I have a feeling and it's not a particuarly good feeling."
Bowser, Medic and Robotnik were looking at the merc rather strangely.
"We are definitely being followed by someone and I think I know who it would be."
"Well, go get that guy." Bowser encouraged him, as Taskmaster got up and then looked into a bush. "Wait, you can't be serious?"
"I'm serious."
Taskmaster shot a quick arrow behind a tree and a certain Russian woman's pained groans could be heard in the distance and it was blatantly obvious what just happened.
"No way that's Natalya." Medic said.
"Unless another Russian woman arrived here, that's Natalya."
The blonde spy wearing only a black spy suit with fur trim quickly backed away hearing those snowy steps.
"So, she got sloppy this time around and something tells me that Sticks might be connected since they do discuss private matters 'round each other." Robotnik elaborated. "Since Sticks is a conspiracy theorist, if she gets eliminated that leaves Natalya to potentially expose us with some credibility. Sticks has none and you can guess my plan."
The evil alliance nodded.
"Sweet, I got the paper, if you wanna know!" Robotnik had a good smile.
"Oh, I get what you're putting down." Bowser nodded. "Looks like the spy's done for."
The campfire ceremony is cold and something might be wrong. doubt it, tho.
"Arctic Amazonians, you ladies fumbled hard enough for the challenge to not even be close, even if your fake couple was happy with starting to be a real one again. All of you did pretty okay, but your votes were very weird!" Chris announced.
"What does that mean? The robots touched it?!" Sticks accused.
"I doubt it was robots in that case." Android 21 answered.
"You know how this goes, if you get a marshmallow, you are safe to stay another day in this very wintry game and if you don't get a marshmallow, you are sent home by the Drone of Shame never to return from the game!"
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Sticks was looking at Natalya, like she noticed something a little bit different about the agent, who was silently anticipating a little bit of a surprise and the rest of the team had a sense of unease.
"You ladies have any idols?"
The air was uncomfortably silent, just like the cold Newfoundlian air that inhabited the campfire.
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"Okay. Just letting you know, one of you might need them." Chris announced.
The music swelled, which Sticks was the only one that noticed.
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"MK, Mamizou, Orphan Emma, Ramona, Ermes, Undyne, Sakura, Ashido, Sticks and Jasmine have no votes!"
All of them earned their 'mallows, fair and square.
Besides Natalya, Android 21 and Rukia, who had some votes.
"That's actually strange-" Sakura started to say.
"Zip it!"
Sakura was taken aback.
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"Rukia has 2 votes!"
Rukia easily caught her own marshmallow.
"It could be worse." Rukia stated.
"It's down to Android 21 or Natalya, somehow. Chef, why the heck do you look so disappointed?" Chris asked.
"I have a bad feeling 'bout this, but anyways, Android 21, maybe your teammates think that you're just too dang strong." Chef told her.
*Android 21's confessional*
"If I was one of the other contestants, that would actually be a great reason
*Confessional cut*
"Natalya, considering recent events, maybe people don't want a spy around in the game and maybe people think you're suspicious." Chef told the spy.
"Maybe those people aren't exactly on my team." Natalya cryptically hinted, which got looks from her team. "As in, they're not on my side, nothing serious."
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"Weirdly enough, Natalya's got a lot of votes! Android 21 has less than hers!" Chris announced.
"What the actual [sheet] is going on?!" Ermes shouted.
"You tell me, with you guys voting Natalya for no reason." Sticks said. "Is it the spy stuff?"
"I don't remember voting for her!"
"Neither did I!" Ashido shouted. "I voted for Sticks, no offense."
"Hey!"
Sticks wondered something, as Natalya silently accepted her elimination and had these words to say, as she looked directly at her compatriots with one warning.
"Wasn't expecting to get set up on reality TV, but I know that none of you could know. Do syvidanya, team." Natalya warned her team.
"Alright, alright, time to quit the dramatics, Natalya, your time's up!"
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Natalya casually hung onto the drone, as it had a grasp on her goggles.
"Looks like that Natalya got spied out of the game! Something must have been up in the air because two people were lovin', two people were hatin' and the money gets a single challenge closer! Who's going to get their date of elimination next time on TOTAL DRAMA X: WINTER WARRIORS!"
To be continued in Episode 10, where we hopefully move away from bears, giant pirahnas and old relationships and into the ice spikes and other things that would definitely pop a balloon! It's not really less dangerous, but there is no "bed loving" for that family friendly crowd.
Yeah, sure, Chris believes that, but these contestants sure as heck aren't!