The Great Get-Together 7

The Great Get-Together

Finale: Total Drama Crossover

11:50 am: The Mall’s Parking Lot.

“Wow, Jude!  You’ve really gotten good at this!” Starr laughed as she watched him pull off some neat stunts on his skateboard,

“Thanks!  I’ve had a lot of time on my hands lately!”

The two lovebirds had just gotten back from their date and were heading back to the mall with Jude in the lead.  Nowadays every moment they spent skating together seemed almost magical, with both of them feeling like they were both two eagles soaring freely in the sky.

Sometimes, in fact, they actually became blissfully unaware of their surroundings.  In this state of oblivious joy, by means of near misses and sheer luck, they were always able to avoid running into anything without realizing it.  That is until now when Jude nonchalantly skated across the road in the way of a huge double-decker bus.

“JUDE!  LOOK OUT!” Starr screamed.

“WHA–“ Jude stammered and then quickly got out of the way, falling flat face first at the mall’s entrance.  Unfortunately the bus wasn’t so lucky, as it steered off the street, skidded across the pavement, and crashed into a man-made hole in the ground where roadwork was being done.

“Jude!  Are you alright?” Starr exclaimed worriedly as she rushed to him.

“DUDE!!!” she heard his voice call out.  “HAS ANYONE EVER TOLD YOU TO LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING?!”

Starr looked offended at this.  “You should speak!” she snapped.

“Speak about what?” Jude asked confusedly as he picked himself up and turned to her, immediately receiving an equally perplexed look.

“DUDE!!!” the voice called out again.

As the two turned their heads towards to where the voice came from, they saw a man jump out the rear emergency exit of the bus and run towards them.  He had a black mullet and a five-o-clock shadow and wore a blue shirt and grey pants.

Starr looked at the approaching man as she slowly recognized him.  “Chris Mclean?” she said to herself.

“Huh?” Jude murmured.

“He’s the host of a hit reality show, ‘Total Drama Island’ that just closed its first season a while ago.  I’ve seen it on the TV in the Heated Issues employees’ room."

“Really?  I never heard of it!”

“You!  Skater boy!” the man butted in as he addressed Jude.  “Who do you think you are running out in the street like that?!  We just fixed that bus!”

“Whoa, sorry bout that, du–“ Jude stopped suddenly as he and Chris just noticed their voices sounded completely identical.

“Uh –“ they said in unison than stopped.  “Dude– … Is that really your voi– … Mary-had-a-lit-tle-lamb-with-fleece-as-white as PASTE! … VANILLA ICE CREAM! … Ummm … POWDERED SHORTS!"

There was a long moment of awkward silence between the two very different people with one very similar voice.

“Um, me and my friend are, uh, just gonna…head into the mall now…” Jude said to him.

“Yeah, yeah…you go on and do that,” Chris muttered as he shrugged his shoulders with a peculiar expression on his face.

And with that, Jude and Starr walked into the mall while Chris pulled out his cell phone and began to make a call.

“Hello, ’Triple C’ auto service?  Um, yeah, we’re gonna need another tow truck…”


12:00 pm: The Big Squeeze.

“Eeeee!  I just can’t wait to introduce you guys to my friends!” Caitlyn squealed excitedly.  “Just as I can’t wait to meet yours!”

“Yeah,” Gwen said as she cringed at the sound of her high-pitched voice.   “I can’t wait…”

“Hey, look you guys!” Katie and Sadie popped in as they pointed to the rest of the group and their fellow contestants as they arrived.

Caitlyn gasped, as she and her four friends looked around in amazement at all the contestants assembled before them, along with some familiar faces: the Goths, the clones, Darth, and Julie.

“All right!  Looks like the gang’s all here!” Jonesy exclaimed.

“Sure does!” Jen agreed.

“Duncan!  What’ve you been up to, dude?” Geoff called out as he approached the ex-juvie and gave him a high five.

“Ah, nothing…except giving that no-good mall cop the boot!”

“You mean Ron?” Wyatt asked, still wondering where the rent-a-cop was all day.

“No, just some new guy who was subbing for him while Ron’s checking out another mall,” Jonesy replied.

“But Ron will be back, right?”

“Eh, most likely.”

“Speaking of chasing out people, yo,” Ezekiel said.  “We scared off a serial shoplifter after catching him in the act!”

“And clearing Nikki’s name!” Beth added in.

“Someone framed you?” Jen asked Nikki.

“Yeah, she nearly got into trouble too because we ratted her out…” the clones admitted.

“But like the one they call ‘Z-Man’ said, she’s in the clear now thanks to this Philistine here,” Darth said as he glared at Noah, who smirked back at him mockingly.

“’A shoplifer’?” Izzy butted in.  “Oh, that’s nothing!  Eva, Tyler, and me totally kicked the butts of three football guys and their fanatic friends who took over that sports store, The Penalty Box!  They totally ran off to their mommies!”

“Really?” Wyatt asked.

“Believe it or not!” Jen chuckled as Eva smirked a bit.

“How bout you, girls?  Did you chase anyone off?” Bridgette asked Leshawna and Gwen

“Not really,” Gwen replied.  “But we did help Caitlyn here get her revenge on that viper Tricia.”

“So you met up with that snob again, huh?” Nikki asked Caitlyn.

“Mm-hm!  She set me up with her ‘beloved’ Adonis on a fake date.  But she and her sleazy boyfriend got what they deserved in the end.”

“You mean ex-boyfriend, girl!  Ooh-yeah!” Leshawna whooped giving Caitlyn a high five.

“Wow!  There sure are a lot of you guys.”

“Huh?” Jonesy stammered as he suddenly noticed Serena standing among them next to Wyatt.  “Wait!  Doesn’t she still have that restraining order on you?!”

“It’s alright, guys,” Serena assured them.  “Like I told Wyatt, I dropped the order sometime ago, so we’re cool now.”

“Aw, that’s great!  I told you something good might happen between you two!” Jen said to Wyatt.

“Yeah, who knew?” Wyatt chuckled.

“Hey Gwen!” Trent said as he walked towards her.  “You have fun turning the tables on those two downers?”

“You could say that,” she replied before the two embraced each other and kissed.

“Awww!  So you do have a boyfriend!” Caitlyn cooed.

“Yeah, I guess I do,” Gwen giggled.

“So are there any other lovebirds among you?” she eagerly asked the contestants.

Geoff and Bridgette smiled as they held each other and nodded while Duncan and Courtney glanced at each other peculiarly before doing the same.

“How bout you Lindsey?  You seem like the kind of girl who hooks up easily…” Caitlyn paused as she and the others turned their attention towards Lindsey.  She and Tyler were making out passionately on one of the tables before tipping it over and tumbling down with it.

“Show some dignity, why don’t you?” Harold said to them while they were still holding and kissing each other on the ground.

“Speaking of couples, when do you think Jude and Starr will be back?  They’ve just got to see this!” Jonesy said.

“Over here, dudes!” Jude called out as he and his gal pal skated towards the big group of friends and then stopped in front of them.

“Hey Starr,” Morgana and the Goths waved to her.

“So how was your date?” Marilynn asked.

“It was great!  Jude and I had an awesome ti– I don’t believe it!”  Starr exclaimed as she looked at the twenty-two contestants.  “The entire teenage cast of ‘Total Drama Island’!”

“Finally!  Somebody who knows about it!" DJ exclaimed.

“You were part of a TV show?!  Why didn’t guys you tell me?” Caitlyn asked Leshawna and Katie and Sadie excitedly.

“I dunno,” Leshawna replied, dumbfounded that she or the girls never mentioned it.  “I guess we must have forgotten about it, that’s all!”

“You mean you’ve heard of the show?” Wyatt asked Starr mildly surprised.

“She saw it on TV where she works,” Jude explained.  “Though, granted, I do think it’s funny that with it being a hit like that, I never even heard of it, let alone knew it existed…”

“LISTEN UP, YOU LITTLE PUNKS!!!” a loud deep voice yelled.

When everyone turned their heads, they saw a huge beefy African American man with a chef’s hat and a white apron.

“I’ve got an important announcement to make!” he bellowed.

Upon catching sight of him, the contestants groaned.

“What’s wrong?” Nikki asked.

“It’s Chef Hatchet,” Gwen replied.  “He was practically our devil-of-a-host’s henchman.  I guess him being here means that the bus is fixed and we have to go now…”

“QUIET, GOTH GIRL!!!” he shouted.  “As it so happens, the bus WAS fixed and WAS on its way to pick you buggers up!  Unfortunately, thanks to some stupid kid on a skateboard, it’s been totaled AGAIN and will need to undergo some more maintenance…AGAIN!!!”

Everyone exchanged curious glances with one another at this bit of “bad” news.

“Meet me and Chris back here in three hour–” his cell phone rang, prompting him to pick it up.  After a small call that lasted less than a minute, he snapped the phone shut and slipped it back into his pocket.  “–FOUR hours!  And then you’ll be rounded up into the bus like the herd of cattle you are and taken to the set!  YOU GOT THAT?!”

The contestants nodded in response without hesitation.

“GOOD!  Remember: four hours, STAT!”  And with that Chef Hatchet took off.

There was a moment of silence before everyone slowly faced Jude.  Jude’s eyes darted left and right at them before looking down at his skateboard.  Realizing what they were staring at him for, he quickly hid the skateboard behind his back and laughed sheepishly.

“HOORAAAYY!!!” the contestants cheered as they lifted him up as if they were hailing him as their hero.

“Wait, I don’t get it.  I totally totaled your ride…why are you celebrating?”

“Why are we celebrating?  Why are we celebrating?!” Geoff exclaimed.  “Cause thanks to you, dude, we don’t have to leave yet!  And that means we can still spend the day in this awesome mall with you guys!”

“Ooh-yeah!  And I’m sure it’s gonna be a blast!” Leshawna agreed.

“Oh, whoop-de-do…rah, rah…” Noah muttered unenthusiastically, not caring at the least.

“Mind if we tag along?” Serena asked in behalf of her and the six’s other fellow mall-mates.

“Sure!  We’d love to have some more company!” Jen warmly invited them as the other five and the contestants clamored in agreement.

“So what now, Jonesy?” Duncan asked as he strongly smacked his back.

“To the mall’s amusement park!” he declared.  “Away!”

“An amusement park?  Indoors?” Heather stammered.

“The Galleria Mall is of many things,” Jude replied while looking down at her.  “And among those things is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!”

Everyone cheered in unison as they followed Jonesy, with the contestants still holding Jude over their heads.  As they all traveled onwards to the amusement park, the little boy in the black hoody watched them from afar.  With him was his mother who was still holding him in her arms and his father who held her at his side.

“Dad?” he asked.  “What was all that about?”

“That, Junior…” his father replied as he adjusted his pitch-black sunglasses over his eyes.  “…Is what being a teenager is all about.”

The couple smiled at each other as Junior continued to observe the parade of friends laughing and whooping in festivity as they carried on with their joyous jubilee.

And so the day lives on…