Total Drama Alpharama Chapter 23: Episode 23: Bringing Home a W, a total drama series fanfic

I think the balcony has gotten used to Chris stepping on it by now! "Last time, on Total Drama Alpharama..."

I think the audience has gotten used to scenes from the previous episode by now!

"Yeah, I know our show focuses on drama first and foremost, but once in a while, whenever an episode focuses on spending time reuniting with the ones you love, we can't help but keep you love-starved watchers satisfied by dispensing a whole lot of mushy stuff. And boy, we did... all over Ashlynn's head! But she did get a cool trinket out of the whole ordeal, forcing Zakeri to hot-foot it to victory. The changes in temperature couldn't be more apparent. You know what they say, opposites attract! ...Well, you know what they say, anyway. Oh, and did I tell you that Gareth's guest was his own mom? It's too bad we weren't celebrating a Mother's Day episode, because the guests decided to evict her boy after some bad cake left a bitter taste in their mouth... even though, truth be told, he wasn't the one who baked it!"

I think the audience has gotten used to Chris by now!

"The contestants alive now number five!" Chris said. "Who will walk away with a wicked wad too whopping for their wallet? And who... will wipe out? Watch, will you? Welcome to another wild episode of Total..."

The camera zooms out.

"Drama..."

The camera zooms out again.

"...Alpharama!"

TOTAL DRAMA ALPHARAMA

STARRING:
ASHLYNN - The Not-So-Ditzy Blonde
LUNA - The Cloud Cuckoolander
QUILLON - The Barrio Boy
UNIQUE - The Flirt
ZAKERI - The Martial Artist

EPISODE 23: BRINGING HOME A W

That night in the mansion was going to be the only night the visitors were allowed to stay with their loved ones. So the contestants decided to spend what little time they were going to have left with them (prior to the game ending, of course) as much as possible before the next day.

The episode starts off with Unique crying on her bed in Room 5. She had to be consoled by her visitor Raven.

"They didn't like it..." Unique sobbed. "I know, I should have listened to you to start with... it's all my fault..."

"Yeah, it kind of is," Raven said. "But it's not the end of the world, you're still here, aren't you?" Raven then gave Unique a hug. "Cake-baking isn't your specialty, yes, but I know my Unique excels in other areas!"

A smile started to form on Unique's face, as she wiped a tear from her eye.

"You're right!" Unique said. "It's gotten me this far, hasn't it? And besides, if anything, once I found out the cake wasn't that good, I didn't eat that much of it. Maybe it could lead my competition... say... out of shape for the next challenge?"

Unique and Raven laughed.

"I only wish you hadn't said it like that," said Raven. "But yes."

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RAVEN: I know Unique is someone who doesn't play anybody else's game but her own. If she wants something, she'll go to great lengths to get it. I came into the mansion with the six custom hair ties I wore today, and am leaving it with none of them. Hopefully she'll end up winning enough money to pay me back for them! Because they aren't cheap, let me tell you.

UNIQUE: You know what? I feel like exercising today and tomorrow. Not just because of the cake, mind you. But because I want an excuse to have an even bigger leg up on the competition! ...Okay, I'll do that the next three days too. I don't care, I'll do it after the game's over if I want to!

- W -

Meanwhile, Quillon was walking through the hallway, when he noticed Rafael getting flung across the hall by Hanna! Quillon, of course, had to duck to avoid collision.

"Didn't I tell you I was saving myself for the right man?" Hanna shouted to Rafael.

"I know, and thank you for making that abundantly clear," Rafael replied, rubbing the sore spots on his body.

"Ay," Quillon said when he saw all this. "I'd hate to be in a situation like that, ese. But then again, I've been living here for like a week, and that has not once happened to me, so..."

"Yeah, just... take my advice. Please be careful whenever you ask a girl to teach you martial arts," Rafael said to Quillon. "You don't want your request to be interpreted the wrong way."

"What a coincidence," Quillon said laughing... before he noticed Hanna starting him down. "Oh, and my deepest apologies." Quillon then continued down the hallway. On the other end of the hallway was Room 2, where Zakeri was teaching martial arts to Miguel. Quillon knocked on the door and Zakeri answered.

"Perfect," Quillon said. "Just the guy I needed to see for my martial arts lesson."

"You're quite welcome," said Zakeri, blushing a bit.

"Not you," Quillon replied. "You're still cool, though." Quillon then approached Miguel, causing Zakeri to droop his head in shame for a bit.

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ZAKERI: Did I miss something? I'm always the guy Quillon goes to when he wants to learn martial arts! In fact, I'm always the guy everyone goes to when they want to learn martial arts! There must have been something in that cake last night... that's gotta be it!

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Zakeri looked over to the side while Miguel taught Quillon some moves. "Okay, bro," Miguel said to Quillon, while touching the floor with his right hand, kneeling with his left knee and extending his right leg out. "This is how to perform a Negativa. It can be used to deflect attacks that are close to the ground, my friend!" Quillon then watched while Miguel performed this leg sweep, step by step, slowly.

"Wait..." Zakeri said. "I was going to teach him that..."

"Okay," Miguel continued to Quillon. "Now you try."

Zakeri could only watch as Quillon copied all of Miguel's moves perfectly.

"Excelente!" cheered Miguel, and then he and Quillon fistbumped each other. They couldn't help but notice Zakeri crying and then running out of the room.

"Sheesh," Miguel said. "What's his problem?"

"I've been with the guy a long time, but I know he don't usually act like this," Quillon said.

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QUILLON: Okay, let me be real with you, vato. I wanted to make Miguel my martial arts teacher because he always taught me these sweet capoeira moves, even before I met Zakeri. Not that Zakeri's martial arts skills sucked, far from it! Every move that guy taught me is muy chido! But I'm sure you know the real reason, so I might as well explain it right here, right now. The truth is... I'm freaking tired of Zakeri winning these dang challenges day after day after day, and I figured, the only way to take down a martial artist is by being the best martial artist I could possibly be! And what better way to learn than to learn from a master? If that doesn't get me into the final cuatro, what will?

- W -

Meanwhile, in Room 7, Luna and Sol were busy having a discussion of their own.

"What is it this time?" Luna said to Sol. "Please tell me they didn't find out!"

"Luckily, they still didn't!" Sol replied. "I guess everyone was busy with that whole cake episode to even care."

"Yeah!" Luna replied. "Of course, I'd still eat that cake if you don't want it."

"But you need to understand," Sol continued. "There's like... four days left. Four! Now is not the time for you to be reckless! I know I shouldn't be saying it to you, and I know you pretty much want to do your own thing, but... think about our family. Think about all the work we've put in for you... for us." He then put a hand on Luna's shoulder.

"You know the last thing I would ever want to do is let you or any of our family down," Luna said. "Why else would I be doing this? No one is as much of a Total Drama fan as I am, understand?" Luna then gave Sol a kiss on the forehead.

"What's that for?"

"I've known you... you've never turned down my kissy-kissies!" Luna said with a smirk.

"I can't believe that's one of the things you're best at," Sol replied, and he and Luna laughed. Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Luna, are you in here?" said Ashlynn's voice at the other end.

"Just a minute!" Luna replied. She then turned to Sol. "Well, I've gotta go play with my friends. Whether they like it or not, they need me."

"So I've seen," Sol replied. "By the way, have you been keeping you-know-what safe?"

Luna took out a small purple book with a gold lock on it. "Even after all this time, they still haven't looked at it!" she said, before returning the book to its hiding place. "I'm gonna play now. I'll come back for you later... Saul." She then winked at him.

"Take care... Laura." Sol said, winking back to her.

Luna then opened the door to Room 7 and left to join her friends.

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LUNA: That whole conversation... yeah, it didn't happen. ...Ha! GOTCHA! It so totally happened, and no one can prove a thing! But yeah... I would do anything to get on his good side.

- W -

"I don't see why I have to do this," Luna said, scowling, while Ashlynn handed her a soapy sponge.

"Well, you made a big mess with that food fight from last night, so you get to help me clean it up," Ashlynn responded, as she cleaned a cake stain.

"Aw, you mean I have to get rid of the frosting and the crumbs?" Luna cried. "But they add character!"

While Luna was busy cleaning some frosting off of the dining room carpet, Zakeri entered.

"About time you showed up!" Luna said, now scrubbing the frosting off even faster.

"You'll have to excuse Luna," Ashlynn said to Zakeri. "Us being together is one of her biggest motivations in life, for some reason or another."

"Yeah, that's one of life's biggest mysteries," Zakeri replied. "Speaking of mysteries, there's been something that's been bothering me a lot today, and I think you need to know all about it."

"Really?" Ashlynn said. "Does it involve Luna?"

"Ooh, I hope it does!" Luna said excitedly while removing some more cake crumbs.

"Actually it doesn't," Zakeri responded.

"Awwww!" Luna said, disappointed. "That's not good."

"Anyway, like I was saying," Zakeri continued to Ashlynn. "Someone played a Statue of Sucking on me at the challenge today, and I have a pretty good idea of who it might be."

Ashlynn became a bit nervous.

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ASHLYNN: I know that Zakeri was right there, and part of me wanted so badly to tell him that I did it. But I'm getting so close to the end, and what if he retaliates? What if he decides that I'm not good enough for the finals? What if he decides to take someone like... like Luna instead? Should I tell him?

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"You do... do you?" Ashlynn said, curious as to what Zakeri would say. "Then let's hear it."

"I think it's Quillon," Zakeri responded.

Ashlynn's nervousness turned to relief. "Oh, Quillon, you say? And why, pray tell, would you think that?"

"Well, he came to learn martial arts from his visitor instead of from me after the bonfire ceremony," Zakeri continued. "And I was right there, in the vicinity. Not to be jealous or anything, far from it!"

"Ooh, Quillon wants to finally fight the master in some martial arts tournament?" Luna said, interested. "If there was a bag of popcorn in front of me, I would totally be eating it right now. I want to see this boyfight!"

"And if we're eating popcorn, it won't be on this carpet," Ashlynn said, pulling Luna aside. "By the way, you missed a spot."

While Luna continued cleaning the carpet, Ashlynn went over to Zakeri. "Yeah, boys will be boys, won't they?" she said to him, and the two of them couldn't help but laugh.

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ASHLYNN: Yeah, I still know Zakeri's a threat, but I really want to get on his good side right now. He's never hit a girl even once in his life... and he's not going to. And besides, now wasn't the right time for me to tell him yet.

LUNA: Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Zakeri and Quillon, what a show! Who are we rooting for? I don't know! Gooooooooooooooo team! [Luna raises her hands in the air.]

ZAKERI: I swear, none of the people left in the mansion had better be hiding anything from me. I will find out!

- W -

- DAY 23 -

[DINING ROOM]

Where were you when these five teens wolfed down some wheat waffles topped with walnuts, and then washed it down with water? It was wonderful!

But Chris showing up on the P.A. system wasn't wonderful at all. "Contestants!" he announced. "I don't wish to trouble you, but I need you for this challenge, right on the 'W'!" His face then disappeared.

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QUILLON: In retrospect, I should've thrown my glass of water at the monitors just so I could stop lookin' at his ugly mug, man!

LUNA: He rhymed... just like Payson! Now I'm starting to like him again! ...Wait, did I like him before? I don't remember.

- W -

[CHALLENGE YARD]

A very convoluted obstacle course, involving a pool of water, a giant wall, a wind tunnel, and other wonders was what the five teens, wearing their swimsuits again, had to face. Never mind that Amaranth, Venin and Marisol, dressed in colorful bikinis, started spraying them down with hoses! Alyssa, dressed in a similar bikini, just stood off to the side, writing in her notepad, while contemplating on whether or not she should spray Chris' three sexy aides with a hose one day.

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UNIQUE: Yes, there was a lot of water, and I mean a lot... a lot of water in today's challenge. That was likely what I wanted to see in the W episode, and Chris knows he missed seeing me in my one-piece, whether he'll admit it or not! [She blows a kiss to the camera.]

ZAKERI: I never expected the near-end of the alphabet to be filled with that much fanservice, to tell you the truth. And it's scaring me...

- W -

Amaranth, Venin and Marisol stared at Zakeri and Quillon being shirtless, just before Chris and Chef showed up in their swim trunks. The three aides' eyes were focused on Chris.

"Oh, thank you so much," Zakeri said under his breath, relieved.

Chris pulled out a giant letter W from his swim trunks (just imagine him pulling the letter U from his swim trunks two episodes ago... you know what, actually don't do that.)

"W... is for Wild and Wacky World of Water!" Chris stated. "This challenge will make you all wet, and will wash away someone's chances at invincibility if you don't have water on the brain!"

"Yeah, and too much water on the brain is hydrocephalus," said Ashlynn. "Who would want that?"

"I would!" Luna said excitedly.

"Okaaay then," Ashlynn responded, rolling her eyes.

"Ahem! Explaining the challenge over here!" Chris yelled, demanding the contestants' attention. They turned to face him.

"The challenge has many weird widgets that all begin with W," he continued. "First, you'll have to cross this rope web over the pool of water, while being sprayed with the stuff from our lovely interns!" He then motioned to Amaranth, Venin and Marisol.

"They're okay," Alyssa said sarcastically.

"Hey!" Amaranth, Venin and Marisol shouted.

"Oh, and if you fall off the web, you'll have to go back to the beginning!" Chris continued. "On the other side of the web is a wall you'll have to climb! At the top of the wall are some empty water bottles."

"My guess is it's empty because it's a hot summer day and you needed a cool refreshing drink of agua and wanted to hog all the water bottles for yourself?" Quillon asked.

"Shush!" Chris complained. "Next, you'll need to take one of these water bottles, and then climb down the wall over to the pool, where you'll have to fill that bottle with some of that liquidy goodness! After you've filled the bottle with some of the wet stuff, you'll then have to go through a wind tunnel." Chris motioned toward a set of five large hollow tunnels, each with a giant fan inside them blowing a gust of wind at the contestants. "You'll need to walk, or run, or even crawl against the wind, because on the other side of that wind tunnel is a grate in the floor. You'll need to pour water through the grate, and if there's enough water in it, a wheel will float to the top. Take the wheel, and then go back to the beginning of the course, where there will be a wheelbarrow without wheel. What good is a wheelbarrow if it doesn't have a wheel, right? It would be a disgrace to its name! So I'd attach that wheel to the wheelbarrow if I were you, then wheel it over to where there are some really, really heavy weights."

The five contestants looked at the weights. The weights looked very big, probably even bigger than they were themselves!

"Pick up one of the heavy weights, put it in the wheelbarrow, then wheel it back over here, attach the weight to a rope, then use the weight to smash down one of the targets," Chris said, motioning toward five targets. "Only two people are getting invincibility this time, so this is an instance where you'd really want to work for it!"

"Yo," Quillon asked, raising his hand. "I saw those weights. How the heck am I supposed to carry that heavy thing and not end up breakin' my back, man?"

"Ah, that's where the twist comes in!" Chris said. "W is for... Who Do You Want To Work With?"

The five contestants were intrigued by the concept of this new twist.

"I'm going to give you a chance to pair off into teams of two, which will help you out with the EXTREMELY difficult challenge up ahead!" Chris explained. "All you have to do is go over to the confessional, and tell us who you want to work with. I warn you, there are five of you left, so this will put one of you at a disadvantage. Who will be the one left out?"

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ZAKERI: I'm going to bet that someone's gonna want to work with me for this challenge... the weights have something to do it!

UNIQUE: I never figured that this would be the twist for the W episode... then again, those weights are heavy, and I'd want to work with Zakeri since he can lift them and I don't think I can... without a trip to the hospital afterwards anyway!

QUILLON: Since I want Zakeri to go home this episode, I'm not gonna work with him. He can lift weights all by himself for all I care! I'd like to work with someone like Ashlynn or Unique instead. They're cool, plus they'd probably end up goin' home early, like me, if he keeps winnin' these things! Heck, I'd even feel comfortable bein' paired up with Luna! Luna! Yep, you heard me, ese.

LUNA: What do you mean I can't work with all of them? You're such a meanie, Chris! Mean mean meany-head meany-pants meany-face!

ASHLYNN: My partner had better be someone I can easily control, because I'm not exactly certain I can deal with Luna and her... unpredictability... potentially ending my game. *sigh* And that's who you're gonna pair me up with, isn't it?

- W -

The group of five had finished voting, and returned to the challenge yard.

"Give it to me straight," Ashlynn said, expecting the worst. "Who are our partners going to be?"

"Oh, and here's our next twist!" Chris said. "W is for... Whoops!" He then feigned an innocent "whoops" motion. "That wasn't the twist for this challenge! All of you are gonna do this individually! No teams, all on your own!"

The five contestants were justifiably angry.

"Oh come on!" Quillon yelled.

"I don't get to work with a friend?" Luna complained. "You're a mean mean meany-head meany-pants meany-face, just in case you didn't hear me in my confessional earlier!"

"Waa waa waa," Chris said mockingly. "W... is for Wambulance! What's that? I think I hear the Wambulance approaching!"

"You know that's just the word 'ambulance' with the letter W at the beginning, right?" Unique said.

"Yeah, use a real word!" Ashlynn complained.

"How about this?" Chris continued. "W is for Whine-One-One, which is the number I know you whiny teens are using to call the Wambulance right now for the extreme case of butthurt you contracted before the challenge! Waa waa waa waa waaaa!"

The five teens didn't know what to say.

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UNIQUE: Actually, I don't need to call a Wambulance, because I know this childishness is gonna be over after four days! Chris might need one though, since that's the only type of ambulance that will save him, am I right?

- W -

"Oh, and this is also the last challenge where there's a Statue of Sucking," Chris said. "I know it's sad for me to give up one of my babies, but it's also sad when you have to deal with it! Everyone ready?"

The contestants took their positions, and then Chef blew his whistle, starting the challenge. All five contestants shimmied up the rope web as best as they could, while Amaranth, Venin and Marisol began blasting them with their hoses.

Quillon objected being sprayed at full blast. "Stop! Stop!"

While Unique didn't seem to mind. "Don't stop, girls. Don't stop!"

Ashlynn, Quillon and Zakeri just stared at each other for one second, then went back to shimmying up the rope web.

Ashlynn fell off the slippery rope into the pool, and had to go back to the start. "This is tough," she said to herself.

Just then, Luna fell off the rope into the pool as well.

"You find the rope slippery too?" Ashlynn said.

"Nope," Luna said. "I just felt like it!" Ashlynn rolled her eyes.

Zakeri, in what seemed to be a tradition this season, was a bit out in front over the other four contestants, as he made it to the wall on the other side of the web first. Quillon was close behind, with Unique on their tails.

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QUILLON: Let me be straight up with you, homes. One of my biggest childhood fantasies was wanting to be Spiderman. Very few superheroes are more gangsta than him. I've always wanted to climb walls and navigate webs just like him. I can tell you that during this challenge, I've accomplished this dream... somewhat. Now if I could only shoot webs from my fingertips and immobilize my enemigos, I'd have really lived that dream! Until then, I'm still dreamin'. Stiiiiilllll dreamin'. Until then, I hope the spider in me doesn't get washed down the waterspout, vato!

LUNA: The itsy-bitsy spider went up the waterspout! Down came the rain and washed the spider out! ...You like it? I just felt like singing this song, because honestly, it gets boring in here sometimes. You should sing it too!

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"Now's my chance," Quillon said to himself quietly as Zakeri started grabbing onto the holds. Quillon, just a few feet below Zakeri, grabbed onto the holds, and tried to grab onto Zakeri's leg, but missed when Zakeri got his leg onto a higher hold. It was clear when Zakeri climbed to the top in like ten seconds that Quillon wasn't going to catch up.

And it was even more surprising that Quillon just stood there. Unique, who just reached the wall, took notice of this.

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UNIQUE: I just reached the wall, and I saw how high both Quillon and Zakeri were, and as much as I wanted to get a good view of both of them... them up above and me down below looking at how beautiful... their legs are... and their... ahem... their hind quarters... [she blushes] Anyway, I had a game to play! Don't get the wrong idea.

ZAKERI: Yeah, I made it to the top of the wall first, and right up there were those water bottles, either begging to be filled with water, or mocking me... I still found it odd how I got up there so quickly. Yeah, Quillon was just following me today, he was like one of those leeches you would find back at Wawanakwa. Like, the original Wawanakwa, from season 1.

- W -

Right at the top of the wall where five empty water bottles, which presumably, in the past, used to be filled to the brim with the wet stuff. Zakeri was already at the top, and was so focused on getting one of the bottles and jumping down into the pool to fill it with water, that he didn't notice something...

Well hidden behind the ledge with the water bottles was a tiny niche on the other side of the wall, where the Statue of Sucking was tucked away.

Just as soon as Zakeri had jumped into the pool to fill the water bottle, Quillon made it to the top of the wall. He wasn't going for the water bottles directly, since something caught his eye on the other side of the ledge. The glint from the statue, most likely...

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ZAKERI: As soon as finished getting the water bottle, I was overwhelmed with so many emotions going through my head, and I noticed that Quillon wasn't just going for one of the bottles like I did. But then, that's when I realized... oh crap! He'd better not have...

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Quillon quickly snatched up the Statue of Sucking like Owen would scarf down an entire plate of spaghetti. He then went back to the water bottles and pocketed one of them, taking care to hide the statue until the time was right.

Zakeri headed off to his wind tunnel with his full water bottle, running against the windy gusts and being careful not to let any of the water spill out. As soon as Zakeri emptied the contents of the water bottle into his grate at the other end, Quillon was back at the pool just filling up his, and when he saw Chris, he took the perfect opportunity to hand the Statue of Sucking off to him.

Once Zakeri left the wind tunnel and headed to the pool to refill, he only saw Quillon hand off the statue, but it was too late.

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ZAKERI: Yep. He did. [sighs]

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"I'm playin' it on Zakeri, homes!" Quillon said as soon as the Statue of Sucking got into Chris' hands.

"Wow, I didn't even need to ask," Chris said. "Thank you so much for interrupting me, but you get your wish, dude!"

"Orale!" Quillon cheered, raising a fist in the air. His shout was loud enough for the other four teens to hear.

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ZAKERI: Another day, another Statue being played on me... this is just another typical day in the game of Total Drama Alpharama, isn't it? Good thing today's the last day it's being played!

ASHLYNN: When I saw that Quillon was the one who played the Statue on Zakeri... in the back of my head, I wanted to cheer just as loud as Quillon did, because hopefully Zakeri will forget that I played the Statue on him before... which is good for me, because I'm starting to forget about it too, and luckily, if everyone forgot about it, then it didn't happen, and I didn't do anything to anyone... right?

QUILLON: I am never going to forget the day I played the final Statue of Sucking on Zakeri... and neither will he! Adios, amigo! It was fun while it lasted!

LUNA: Nooooooo! Not the Statue! NOOOOOOOOOO! [sobs] The Statue was one of my bestest friends in the game! Ever since I found it, I thought that we were destined to be together... [sniffs] ...but I guess he's found someone else now. Well... who am I to stand in their way now. Besides... one of these days, he'll come crawling back. Just you wait. Just you wait.

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"Okay, now how is this Statue going to curse me this time?" Zakeri said, just as he was about to dip his water bottle into the pool.

All of a sudden, Marisol, Amaranth and Venin all decided to spray the hoses at full blast, and focused spraying only him, and no one else.

"Terrific," Zakeri said sarcastically as he got the bottle filled. "We're off to a fine start!"

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UNIQUE: I know that curse was supposed to doom Zakeri, but on the plus side... seeing him soaked in water is a blessing for me! Ahhhhhh...

ZAKERI: Did that curse just... triple the fangirl viewership overnight? It's scary... but really, that should've been the only thing that statue did...

QUILLON: As much as I'd miss having the girls spray me with that hose, I was glad they sprayed only him, because face it, the hoses were muy annoying, and they reminded me of when I had to take a bath at three years old. Not that we shouldn't take a bath everyone once in a while... just sayin', man.

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Ashlynn had just started climbing the wall just as Unique was coming down from there with a full bottle of water.

"Oh, you're missing the best part of this challenge, girl!" Unique said to Ashlynn. "The Thin Three are just spraying Zakeri's bod like they're museum workers cleaning one of Leo Mol's finest sculptures to perfection!"

"How cute," Ashlynn replied. "Thanks for reminding me of what I shouldn't be distracted by for the rest of the challenge!" Ashlynn then made her way further up the wall, with Luna climbing up just right behind her. Luna then splashed some water in Unique's face while she was doing this.

"Hey!" Unique shouted. "What was that for?"

"Those hose girls won't spray us with water anymore, so I want to help volunteer!" Luna said, as she splashed Unique some more. She then climbed up the rest of the wall after Ashlynn.

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LUNA: Hey, hose girls! If you want Zakeri, you're going to have to wait your turn, because... oh wait, why was I interested in Zakeri again? I had a whole list of reasons with me, but I forgot where it is... and I forgot which one. Oh well!

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Quillon had entered his wind tunnel, and after pushing himself against the blowing gusts from the fan inside, was pouring some more water from the water bottle into his grate. Unique, meanwhile, had just entered her tunnel.

"Do you think the camera got the best shot of me being windswept?" Unique said to Quillon through one of the tunnel's windows as she tried going against the wind.

"They're like everywhere in here, chica, so that's kind of a dumb question," Quillon responded from his tunnel after emptying his bottle.

"Thanks, I guess," Unique replied, as she reached her grate.

Meanwhile, Zakeri, still being blasted with hoses, reached his tunnel.

"Phew," Zakeri said to himself. "What I wouldn't give for some wind to wash all this water o-"

But when Zakeri approached his wind tunnel, he saw that instead of the fan in his tunnel moving at the same speed as the other fans, it was moving much faster, which means it was able to deliver a stronger gust of wind than the others! Zakeri began feeling the pressure of the strong gust against his face, and was actually flown back several feet after trying to take several steps against it!

Because of the impact, all the water that was inside his bottle at the time spilled out onto the ground.

"Great," Zakeri said. "Now I've gotta fill it up again!"

As Zakeri approached the pool, he got sprayed by Marisol's, Venin's and Amaranth's hoses again. While Ashlynn was heading for her wind tunnel with her bottle, Luna splashed Zakeri with the water from her own bottle!

"This isn't helping!" Zakeri said angrily at Luna.

"I just wanted to join in!" Luna said. "Is that so wrong?"

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ZAKERI: And now, probably because of the Statue, the fan from the wind tunnel starts moving much, much faster, enough to send me flying... I guess Quillon was fortunate enough to wait until this episode to deliver the killing blow to my game and end my challenge run, well, congratulations, Quillon, it seems to be working!

CHRIS: Yeah, I know that since the Statue isn't gonna be of much use in the final episodes, I just thought... why not go all out here? And Zakeri hasn't even seen the worst of the statue's power yet! Just you wait!

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Ashlynn was careful enough to steady her water bottle so that none of the water poured out, as she went against the wind in her wind tunnel. Meanwhile, she noticed that Quillon was pouring some more water into his grate, enough so that the wheel underneath was about halfway to the surface.

Zakeri took notice of this, and reminded himself that the fan in his wind tunnel was now blowing stronger than the others, and crawled down on all fours, desperately trying to make it to the other side. Quillon looked at this through one of the windows in his tunnel, and laughed to himself.

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QUILLON: Oh man... I never thought that I'd see the day that Zakeri would end up having to crawl like the dog he is! And I never thought I'd have to say that about him, homes.

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As Ashlynn got out of her wind tunnel, she was splashed with some more water from Luna.

"Well, I see you're taking this challenge seriously," Ashlynn said sarcastically to Luna.

"Don't you mean seriously fun?" Luna replied, as she splashed some more droplets of water from the bottle in Ashlynn's face. "Wooooooooooo!"

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ASHLYNN: Luna... let me tell you, she has been all shades of annoying throughout the challenge today. It's like she wasn't taking the challenge seriously at all when she was splashing me, but there are two positives to this; one, she isn't likely to be a threat to win this particular challenge, and two, all that water actually got rid of the rest of the green vomit that was in my hair yesterday. So... thanks, I guess?

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Zakeri, after about a minute or so, made it to the other end of his wind tunnel, thankfully keeping the water in his bottle the whole time. He managed to get the water from the bottle into the grate, causing the wheel at the bottom to float upwards slightly.

"One more down..." Zakeri said to himself.

Meanwhile, Quillon, after reaching the other end of his tunnel, poured out enough water to get the wheel to float to the surface. Quillon managed to pull the wheel out once he found out it was within reach.

"Si se puede!" Quillon shouted, as he left the wind tunnel carrying his newfound wheel.

"...about hundreds to go," Zakeri continued, sighing to himself.

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QUILLON: With this wheel, I'ma put it on my wheelbarrow, and then I'm gonna get a huge hundred-kilogram obstacle out of the way! Right after I put one of those weights into the wheelbarrow, of course, ese!

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With Quillon already heading toward the wheelbarrow, Zakeri was about to make a dash toward the pool, where he was promptly sprayed with water from Marisol, Venin and Amaranth. And that's when he had an idea...

Instead of getting water from the pool, he held his water bottle out until the water from the hoses filled it to full capacity. That way, he wouldn't have to make longer trips!

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ZAKERI: I'm certain that the statue is going to give me the biggest curse I've ever gotten, so... why not exploit whatever loopholes there are in this challenge while I can?

CHRIS: Okay, maaaaybe I should have planned this better. But hey, too late for that now, brah!

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Unique and Ashlynn, though not cursed with having a stronger-blowing fan in their wind tunnels, were still struggling trying to get their wheels in their grates to float to the top, as they haven't gotten enough water down there yet.

"You know, I've been thinking," Ashlynn said to Unique through the window in her tunnel.

"What is it?" asked Unique.

"I mean, I don't know what's the point to us even continuing," Ashlynn responded. "Quillon's so far ahead of us, and I have a feeling that even with that curse, Zakeri will somehow find a way to beast us both, and then we could be vulnerable tonight!"

"Oh, relax, girl," Unique said, as she poured some more water down her grate. "The challenge isn't over yet. Anything could happen, and for all we know, the both of us could be safe!"

While Ashlynn poured water down her grate, she listened carefully to Unique's words. "You really think so? Wait... you wouldn't have happened to seduce the boys into doing what you say, do you?"

"What?" Unique said, surprised at such a statement. "I haven't done anything like that!"

Ashlynn put her hands on her hips in disbelief.

"Today," Unique continued. "I haven't done anything like that today."

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UNIQUE: You know the saying "boys will be boys"? I'm preeeeetttty sure that's gonna apply here, being as how they're going to try to stop the other from winning invincibility somehow. Fingers crossed they focus on each other to let us slip by! Of course, they could always focus their eyes on li'l ol' me... hee hee hee...

ASHLYNN: Perhaps I had better keep my eyes focused on Unique more often. ...Uh, please don't misinterpret that.

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Quillon was just steering his wheelbarrow without a care in the world, as he veered toward the five giant weights. "Invincibility, you're gonna be mine," Quillon said to himself. The five weights were just standing there, motionless, just waiting for someone to attempt to pick them up in hilarious fashion.

As Quillon tried to pick one of them up, he struggled. That weight was heavy. All of them were. Quillon felt the pain on his hands and tried to blow on them.

And just as he tried to get ready to pick the weight up again, Luna ran over with her water bottle splashed him in the face, and giggled.

"Rayos!" Quillon shouted.

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LUNA: If he didn't want any water, he should've told me!

QUILLON: I don't know who's more of an obstacle standing between me and victory - Zakeri or that chica!

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Quillon tried picking the weight up again. He was able to get it up for a whole two seconds before it fell down on his foot. Quillon hopped up and down in pain.

"Ay chihuahua!" Quillon yowled.

Meanwhile, Zakeri, after getting his bottle full from the hose water again, observed this. Carefully moving himself against the strong wind, he was successfully able to get his wheel to float to the top!

"Yes!" he shouted to himself. "And now to see how they're going to curse me this time!"

Zakeri ran over to the wheelbarrow with wheel in hand. He discovered that his wheelbarrow had some smaller weights glued to it (with a substance that was almost impossible to remove), making the wheelbarrow even more difficult to move, even with the wheel attached.

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ZAKERI: Maybe I should've just kept my mouth shut. Why, Chris... why.

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As Zakeri was struggling trying to move his wheelbarrow, Quillon was continuing to struggle trying to move his weight toward his wheelbarrow. Ashlynn and Unique couldn't help but laugh as they continued pouring water into their own grates. When both of them have managed to get their wheels to float to the top...

"Oh wow! That looks like fun! Let me try!" Luna said excitedly, as she crawled into the wind tunnel and started pouring water into her grate for the first time.

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ASHLYNN: Oh, now she starts taking this challenge seriously. But you know what, that doesn't bother me one bit.

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Quillon finally managed to get his weight into the wheelbarrow! He whistled confidently to himself as he casually steered the wheelbarrow toward the final leg of the challenge, where all he had to do was tie that weight to a rope, swing it at the target, and bam!, invincibility would be his. One of them, anyway.

Quillon was just finishing tightening the rope through the hole in the weight, when he saw that even with all those curses against him, Zakeri had managed to pick up the weight, and steel the heavy wheelbarrow toward the final leg!

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QUILLON: So, I make it to the final part, but then I see Zakeri wheel over here, and, let's face it, he's gonna push that weight on the first try, get himself invincibility, and we all know the routine. I could easily win invincibilty right now and get myself to the final cuatro... but, man... this window of opportunity has just opened. I'm never gonna get another chance like this. This is for my game... mi familia back home... ...I don't regret nothin', vato.

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Just as soon as Zakeri was about to wheel his weight over to where the targets were, Quillon ran over to Zakeri and started performing a Negativa move on him, just like the one he learned from Miguel, which caused Zakeri to fall onto the ground!

"What was that?" Zakeri said, shocked.

"The end of your game, amigo," Quillon said with narrowed eyes. "Adios." Quillon then tried to place Zakeri in a headlock.

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ZAKERI: What Quillon did was cheap. Very cheap. Even cheaper than anything that statue has done to me, and that's saying something! ...Oh great, now I'm comparing a human being to an inanimate object... what have I become?

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"Nice try," Zakeri said, trying to pry himself loose from the headlock. "But I saw what you were doing with Miguel yesterday."

As soon as Zakeri pried himself loose, Quillon quickly countered, "Yes, but that wasn't my full arsenal! Far from it, wey!"

Quillon then pulled out a luchador mask (which he had somehow kept hidden in his swim trunks the entire time), put the mask on, and then jumped onto Zakeri's shoulders with his hands and feet, grabbed onto Zakeri's shoulders tightly with his hands, and then flung Zakeri's body over his own hand until Zakeri was lying down on his back.

"This is the Rana Invertida. You never knew I learned that, huh?" Quillon said, taunting Zakeri.

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ZAKERI: Okay, the wrestling mask... is kind of excessive, don't you think?

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Meanwhile, Ashlynn and Unique, while struggling to carry the weights over to their wheelbarrows, weren't having as difficult a time as the boys were earlier. They were able to carry the weights for like five seconds at a time before dropping them.

"I guess I didn't need a big strong guy to lift these after all!" Unique said to Ashlynn.

"I've had to carry shopping bags filled with my kid's clothes that are heavier than these!" Ashlynn replied. "They should try being a parent some time!"

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ASHLYNN: You know what? I take back everything I said about this challenge being impossible for me to win. Are you happy?

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Quillon was trying to perform a headscissors move on Zakeri when Zakeri began to counter back by grabbing onto both of Quillon's legs, and throwing him down onto the ground. When Quillon saw Luna, approaching him with a full bottle of water, he whistled toward her.

"You got it!" Luna said, and then splashed the water in Quillon's face.

"No, not that!" Quillon said, as he got Zakeri in another headlock. He then whispered something to Luna while Zakeri tried to break free.

"Oh, that works too!" replied Luna. Just as Zakeri broke free from Quillon's grip, Luna put on a pretty pink luchador mask.

"WHAT?!" Zakeri said in shock.

"FEEL THE WRATH OF THE CANDY CRUSHER!" Luna shouted very loudly, as she managed to pin down Zakeri in a spinning flip that caused him to land on his back, with both of her hands on top of his feet, and both of her feet almost crushing his hands.

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ZAKERI: Great, and now let's bring Luna in as well! Also, how did she get her hands on a wrestling mask? [He rubs his sore hand.] Ow...

QUILLON: Never expected her to be a big fan of lucha libre. But whatever helps me beat him!

LUNA: I AM THE CANDY CRUSHER! I take all your Halloween candy and then I step on it, crushing it into pieces! And then I EAT IT ALL! Do not take your kids trick-or-treating when the Candy Crusher is in your neighborhood!

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Ashlynn and Unique were tying their weights to ropes, while they saw both Luna and Quillon pin Zakeri, while Zakeri was fighting back trying to pry himself free.

"Zakeri looks hurt!" Unique said. "Do you think we should go over there and help him?"

Ashlynn and Unique looked at each other, then they looked at the weights, and then they looked at each other again.

"Nah," Ashlynn and Unique said in unison.

They finished attaching the weights to their ropes, and flung them with all their might toward the targets.

Zakeri had gotten himself free from Quillon's and Luna's grasp, but it was too late. Both Ashlynn and Unique had successfully knocked their targets down, at around the same time, apparently.

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UNIQUE: I know Zakeri's going to hate me for this, but he's going to love the massage I'm going to give his hands and feet later on tonight, whether he survives this vote-off or ends up going home... more likely the latter. But that's going to make him want a massage even more, right?

ZAKERI: I lost... I lost a challenge. And I think I've lost feeling in both my hands and feet... I let myself down today. I could really go for a massage right now.

QUILLON: Call your posse and invite them to your viewin' party, 'cause guess what! Your vato Quillon just ended Zakeri's challenge streak today! It may have cost me invincibility, but W is for Worth It!

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Chef blew the whistle, stopping the challenge. "And we have our winners!" Chris said, approaching the five contestants, while raising both Ashlynn's and Unique's hands in the air. "Ashlynn and Unique have won invincibility, so if you're thinking of voting one of these two, but you can't, then you have a bad case of butthurt, which means someone needs to call the Wambulance by dialing Whine-One-One and-"

"Dude!" Quillon interrupted Chris. "That joke wasn't funny then, it ain't funny now!"

"Whoa, the weatherman totally lied to me this morning!" Chris countered. "He promised a nice sunny day, but it's actually very whiny out here!"

"That's... almost better," Quillon said.

"Can we get on with the voting already?" Zakeri said. "I'm pretty sure I know the outcome."

"Oh, do you now?" taunted Chris. "Do you?"

"Sounds like someone's thirsty!" Luna said. She then held up four bottles of water, with the intent of splashing them in someone's face. "Who wants some-"

"NO!" the other four contestants shouted at once.

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LUNA: All the more for the Candy Crusher then!

[She then drinks all the water in a water bottle, then crushes the empty bottle with her foot.]

LUNA: Remember, boys and girls, if you want to be as cool as the Candy Crusher, always recycle your trash!

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[BONFIRE CEREMONY]

The five contestants sat on the tree stumps. A tray with four marshmallows on it was brought forth, and Chris picked it up.

"Where would we be without marshmallows in our lives?" Chris said. "Without marshmallows, we'd never be able to fully experience every sweet thing that needs to be savored! And what do you know? Ashlynn and Unique get to experience that tonight!"

Chris threw two marshmallows Ashlynn's and Unique's way, and the two girls caught them.

"Now to see who you all voted for to see who gets the next two!" Chris said.

"Actually, for some reason, we haven't been able to vote again," Ashlynn said.

"Like, seriously, what gives, homes!" Quillon replied.

"Oh, you haven't been able to vote?" Chris countered with a smirk on his face. "Because I'm preeeeeeeetty sure you just did today."

"What?" Zakeri responded. "When?"

"Why, who, where, and which, are six questions beginning with W, yes," Chris said. "But anyway, you did vote today. At the beginning of the challenge, remember?"

"Wait," Unique said. "I thought that was when we had to choose which partner we wanted to work with?"

"Yeah," Ashlynn replied. "For the 'extremely difficult challenge'!"

"That was when we assumed we were going to be working with someone today," Zakeri responded.

"Oh, you must have misheard me!" Chris said. He then took out a remote control, and pressed a button. A video monitor started appearing out of nowhere.

"Whoa!" Luna said. "Let's hear it for technology!"

Chris pressed another button on the remote. An earlier clip from before the challenge played on the monitor.

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"I'm going to give you a chance to pair off into teams of two, which will help you out with the EXTREMELY difficult challenge up ahead!" Chris explained. "All you have to do is go over to the confessional, and tell us who you want to work with. I warn you, there are five of you left, so this will put one of you at a disadvantage. Who will be the one left out?"

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"Yeah," Unique replied. "This extremely difficult challenge."

"Oh, you silly kids," Chris said, laughing. "When I said 'the EXTREMELY difficult challenge up ahead,' I was talking about the next challenge! You know, the one for the X episode? Because 'EXTREMELY' should've been like the biggest clue for you. And I kinda may have spoiled the twist for the next episode, but whatev."

"You are the worst, Chris!" Quillon said, glaring angrily at the host.

"Why, yes, I am," Chris replied. "Anyhoo, since Ashlynn and Unique won today's challenge, they got to choose who their partners were, and those two people are safe from elimination tonight! Whoever's target hit the ground first got to choose first. It looked like both of them hit the ground at the same time, but we checked the tapes..."

Chris pressed a button again. The scene of Ashlynn and Unique hitting the targets is replayed in slow motion, and someone's target is seen hitting the ground a mere microseconds before the other.

"And since it was Unique's target that fell first, she got to choose who was going to work with her!"

"Oh, dios, it can't be," Quillon said under his breath.

Chris pressed another button. Footage of Unique being in the camera confessional appeared on the monitor.

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UNIQUE: I never figured that this would be the twist for the W episode... then again, those weights are heavy, and I'd want to work with Zakeri since he can lift them and I don't think I can... without a trip to the hospital afterwards anyway!

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Unique's eyes opened wide when she saw what was on the monitor. "Wait..." she stammered. "How did you...?"

"So, I guess Zakeri will be filling slot number three for tomorrow's episode!" said Chris. "Zakeri, my boy, enjoy your new teamie!" Chris then gave Zakeri another marshmallow.

"Impossible..." Quillon said, still in shock.

"I guess I'm not going home today after all," Zakeri said, staring intently at Quillon. "Surprising, isn't it?"

"It's not over yet, man," Quillon responded. "Not over! We haven't seen Ashlynn's vote yet, and I know she'll pick me!"

"Oh did she?" Chris responded. "Let's find out!"

Chris pressed a button on his remote.

"I was afraid of this..." Ashlynn muttered under her breath, as footage of Ashlynn in her camera confessional appeared on the monitor.

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"B...but that doesn't necessarily mean I actually picked Luna," Ashlynn said, defending herself. "For all you know, I could've chosen Quillon!"

"You want to receive the smackdown from The Candy Crusher, missy?" Luna said to Ashlynn in a booming voice, while wearing her luchador mask.

"Funny you should say that, Ashlynn," Chris said, pressing a button on his remote. The footage of Ashlynn in her confessional continued.

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ASHLYNN: ...Okay, I pick Luna. Okay? But that's only because I think Zakeri and Quillon might have already been picked by someone... probably each other, and I don't want to be the one doing this challenge by myself. There. Satisfied?

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"Aw, and here I thought you've forgotten her name, Ashlynn. You're losing your touch!" Chris taunted.

"It's this far into the game, and you're still going into that?" Ashlynn complained.

"Nonetheless, Team Ashlynn has another member, Luna stays, and Quillon's gonna feel the sting of not getting picked!" Chris announced.

"Dude, I already felt that once, and let me tell you, it was no bueno," Quillon responded. "Nah, just kiddin', girls, I know you have your reasons, and that W... stands for Worst twist ever, verdad?"

He then fist-bumped the other four contestants, though took care with Zakeri, as his hand was still sore from earlier. "Whoa, easy there!" warned Zakeri.

"We'll kick butt for you, Quillon!" Unique replied.

"Not gonna be the same without you, buddy!" Ashlynn said.

"You were cool!" Luna beamed. "The Candy Crusher looks forward to fighting you in the ring one day!"

"That's... great," Quillon said dryly.

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Quillon boarded the Boat of Losers, which was just on its way to leave the Dock of Shame.

"You might be thirsty!" Luna said. "Here's some water for the trip!" She threw a bottle of water toward Quillon.

"Yeah, thanks for giving me water when I'm on a boat surrounded by the stuff..." Quillon replied. "I'm really gonna miss all of y'all, though."

"Bye, Quillon!" Unique said, as the boat went off into the sunset.

"Odessa will be glad to see you again!" Luna shouted.

As the boat went out of sight, Chris walked onto the Dock and addressed the viewers. "And then there were four. Whose chances of victory will be washed up next time? And whose chances will go swimmingly? Watch this space for the next exciting episode of Total..."

The camera zoomed out.

"...Drama..."

The camera zoomed out again.

"...Alpharama!"