Too Fast, Too Curious!

A powerful alliance '''is finally separated, resulting in both sides wanting revenge. Two contestants continue to work through their feelings for each other and one couple tries to overcome a little bump in their relationship. In the end, a member of the former alliance is eliminated by her former partner and potential love interest.'''



Plot
"Last time on Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes, the final eight competitors battled in out in a challenge to defy all proportions. Six of the final eight went on a hunt to find memorabilia of the season! Meanwhile, two of them were given the challenge to save five of the six, who had been captured by the HaskSok. In the end, Romulus won the challenge and the immunity! Prior to this, Rosalie devised a plan to eliminate one of the dream team's threats, Feline. It succeeded and Feline was eliminated! Today, the final seven will battle it out in a race to end all races!"

The final seven contestants were relaxing on the beach.

Jennifer was brushing her hair on the beach, her head up in the air.

The reason for this was Josiah talking to her.

"I told I was sorry!" Josiah said, "A million times!"

"I'm still not having it." Jennifer stated, "I'm not this weak little girl who has to depend on you for everything. I can do things myself too, you know."

Josiah sighed, "I know! You aren't weak, you're amazing! Can you please forgive me now?" Josiah asked.

"Hmmm..." Jennifer thought, "...Nope."

Josiah fell into the sand.

Rose was relaxing on the beach, reading a book.

"Hi!" Corey said, sitting next to her.

"Oh!" Rose said, setting the book down, "Hiya!"

"It sure is beautiful today, huh?" Corey asked.

Rose giggled, "Sure is."

"Almost as beautiful as you." Corey smirked, barely able to choke out the words.

"Aww!" Rose said, "You're so sweet!"

Rose hugged Corey and got up.

"I-um, have to put my book away." Rose said.

She skipped into the shelter, blushing like crazy.

Corey's face was in a perma-smile.

Dutch was sitting on the beach alone, sneering at the other contestants.

'''Dutch Confessional: Everyone left in this stupid game is either in a couple or a totally crappy villain. Seriously. No one here is worth my time- I just have to beat them in getting to the million first.'''

Rosalie was sitting on a lawn chair, doing her nails.

"Rosalie, may I speak with you for a moment?" Romulus asked, tapping her shoulder.

"Sure!" Rosalie said, picking up her dress and getting up.

Romulus walked over to the edge of the shelter and waited for Rosalie to catch up.

"What's this about?" Rosalie asked.

"Well, Rosalie Ambrosias, you know that you have been a very valuable asset to me this entire game." Romulus stated.

Rosalie blushed, "Well, thank you."

"And you know that I value you're company and all of your ideas." Romulus said.

"Yes." Rosalie said, "I am great at those."

"But I feel as if now..." Romulus said.

Rosalie stood there.

"Go on." Rosalie said.

"I feel as if now we don't very much need to be in partnership." Romulus said.

Rosalie stood there, filled with a variety of emotions.

"What?" Rosalie asked.

"I mean, there are only five other contestants in this game." Romulus said.

"But what about that big alliance?" Rosalie asked.

"You wanted to take them on." Romulus said, "Do it. They're no threat to me."

'''Romulus Confessional: Okay, so they are. But I couldn't let her know that. I work better solo. And either way, if Rosalie messes up in some way and then gets immunity, they'd vote me off in her place! But as of now, my biggest threat is my ex-partner.'''

'''Rosalie Confessional: He thinks he can just off me like that? As if! I know all of his secrets! He's going to pay!'''

Rosalie forced a smile.

"Oh, of course." Rosalie said, "No hard feelings?"

"No hard feelings." Romulus said, with fake happiness.

"Great." Rosalie said, walking off.

Once she turned she scowled.

"Contestants! Please meet me at the arena in ten!" Chris announced over the PA System.

The final seven got up and stopped what they were doing.

They walked in the forest, heading towards the arena.

Not one of them was quite sure what would happen next.

The seven contestants reached the arena and looked at Chris, who was in a tracksuit.

"What's with the stupid clothes?" Dutch asked. "You look like an idiot."

"Ow!" Chris said, "Hurtful! This outfit happens to relate to today's challenge, bud!"

"A fashion show?" Jennifer asked.

"Nope!" Chris said. "Today's challenge is race!"

"How generic." Romulus said, rolling his eyes.

"So here's the deal." Chris said, "The seven of you will race to the other side of the island, except it's not like every other time."

An intern rolled in a monitor and turned it on.

It showed a map with five little destinations on them.

"To win the race you have to not only come in first, but have proof of going to each of these locations. The proof? We have small little totems at each. One for each of you! Pick up the totem, and run to the next destination. The first one to the finish line wins!" Chris said, "And since the forest is so huge, we've provided arrows and markers for you to know that you're going in the right direction."

"Is that it?" Rosalie asked.

"Pretty much!" Chris explained.

The contestants got ready.

They were all in racing position.

"Ready? Set? Go!" Chris shouted.

The contestants raced out of the arena, pushing and shoving the others out of their way.

Each was determined to win.

The seven contestants ran at a constant speed, following the wooden arrows that were stuck onto the trees.

"Get out of the way!" Romulus shouted, pushing Rose in the direction of the shrubbery.

Rose lost her footing and was sent hurling at a thorn bush.

"No!" Rose cried, covering her face.

Before she could fall into the bush, Corey saved her.

"Oh!" Rose cried, "Oh, thank you!"

"No problem!" Corey said, smiling.

They then proceeded to run together.

Romulus was the first one to reach the first location.

"Where is that stupid totem?" Romulus asked himself.

Jennifer caught up to him.

"The totems?" Jennifer asked.

"I don't know. And if I did, I certainly wouldn't tell you." Romulus said, rolling his eyes.

Jennifer rolled her eyes and kept a vigilant eye.

Romulus and Jennifer both looked at the same place at the same time.

"There!" They said in unison.

They looked at each other and then raced to climb the tree.

Romulus got up first and grabbed his totem.

"Taste this!" Romulus shouted, kicking Jennifer in the face.

Jennifer fell back and onto the ground.

Romulus jumped to the floor and continued to run.

Jennifer had a foot mark on her face.

"Ugh!" Jennifer shouted.

Josiah ran by, "Jennifer! Are you okay?"

"Don't talk to me!" Jennifer shouted, climbing the tree.

Josiah climbed the tree with her, "Look, I already said I'm sorry! How many times do I have to say it?!"

"Until you mean it or until I believe that you mean it." Jennifer said simply, grabbing her miniature totem.

"And how long will that be?" Josiah asked, grabbing his totem and sliding off the tree.

"Until you prove it." Jennifer said, jumping off the tree and running after Romulus.

Josiah just stood there.

A few minutes later, Rose and Corey were running, having just grabbed their first totems.

"Am I holding you back?" Corey asked.

"Just a bit." Rose said, "But it's cool! I like being with you."

Corey smiled, blushing a bit.

"How long do you think it is until the next destination?" Corey asked.

"Who knows?" Rose said, "But there's the next arrow!"

She pointed at the arrow pointing right.

"Oh yeah!" Corey cheered, running.

Rose smiled and ran, too.

Rosalie was running as fast as she could.

She held up her dress with her hands, a totem in her hand.

The next destination was so close.

She could see Josiah ahead of her.

There had to be some way to get him to take her place in the race.

"Josiah! Josiah!" Rosalie called, thinking on her feet.

Josiah looked up.

Rosalie ran to her, huffing and puffing.

"What is it?" Josiah asked.

"Dutch is at it again! He tied Corey and Rose up to a tree so they could lose!" Rosalie cried.

"...What?" Josiah asked, in disbelief.

"It's true!" Rosalie cried, "They're down that way!"

"Aw, man." Josiah said, looking forwards and backwards.

Winning the challenge or helping out a friend?

"Alright! Don't worry, Cor! I'm coming!" Josiah shouted, running back to save Corey.

Rosalie smirked as he ran off, staring at where the popular boy used to stand.

He had been leaning over a creek.

In the creek was a totem pole.

"Yes!" Rosalie cheered, grabbing it and running forward.

"Romulus has first, Jennifer gets second, Rosalie is in third now, Josiah is in fourth, Corey and Rose are tied for fifth, and Dutch is in last place!" Chris announced, "It's anyone's game!"

Thirty minutes later, the contestants all managed to catch up to one another.

Romulus was still leading the pack, of course.

Rose was just behind him, followed by Corey, Jennifer, Josiah, Dutch, and finally Rosalie.

'''Romulus Confessional: Rosalie was in last. If I decided to do something, I had better do it now.'''

Romulus slowed his sprint into a slow jog.

Rose passed him easily.

Corey and Jennifer followed.

Josiah raced after them, having just caught up with the others a few minutes ago.

'''Josiah Confessional: Really? Why did I believe Rosalie about Corey! She's evil!'''

Dutch passed Romulus up easily.

Rosalie had slowed to a walk-jog and was far behind everyone else.

The others had just followed the marker onto a path.

Romulus stopped just before the path.

He studied his surroundings.

On the other side of the marker was a similar passage.

Romulus smiled a devious smile.

He checked to make sure Rosalie wouldn't be able to see his evil doings.

He then promptly switched the marker to point in the wrong direction and ran down the wrong path.

'''Romulus Confessional: My plan was to make Rosalie think that everyone had gone down that path. I, of course, would be running as slow as possible. So when Rosalie passed me, I would simply return to the right path. Piece of cake.'''

Rosalie approached, running as fast as she could.

She saw Romulus and smirked.

"Slow as ever." Rosalie said as she passed him, pushing him into a bush.

She then proceeded in running down the wrong path.

Romulus pulled himself from out of the bush and smirked.

He then ran back, going down the right path.

Rose ran until the markers told her to stop.

She stood in front of a swampy marsh.

And then she could see them.

The totems were on a small wooden pedestal.

The only problem?

They were surrounded by a dozen angry, man-eating alligators.

"Oh great." Rose sighed.

Corey caught up and skid to a stop, right in front of the marsh.

"That's impossible!" Corey cried.

Jennifer, Josiah, and Dutch skid to a stop behind Rose and Corey.

"Are those alligators?" Jennifer asked.

"They're huge!" Josiah sighed.

Dutch rolled his eyes and pushed his way past the other contestants.

"Get out of my way!" Dutch said, "You're a bunch of babies. I can do this myself."

Dutch trudged into the marsh and made his way to the podium.

The alligators noticed his presence and raced their way towards him.

An alligator jumped at his, it's jaw snapping.

Dutch punched the alligator straight in the nose and it recoiled.

The other alligators refused to get near him.

Dutch smirked and grabbed the totem, walking to the other side easily.

"And Dutch takes the lead!" Chris announced.

Rose rolled her eyes.

She took a deep breath and took off running into the marsh.

"Rose, no!" Jennifer, Corey, and Josiah said in unison.

Once she neared them, the alligators swam at her at top speeds.

She then jumped into the air.

She preformed a back flip on the back of one of the alligators and landed on the podium.

'''Rose Confessional: *sigh* My mom made me take gymnastics. She said if I didn't place in the competitions then I wouldn't eat for a week.'''

The other contestants were in awe.

She grabbed four totems.

Three of which she threw to Corey, Jennifer, and Josiah.

"There! Find a way around the swamp!" Rose shouted.

"Thanks!" Jennifer cheered.

Romulus arrived at the swamp, just as the three other contestants were leaving.

"Where are you losers going? The totems are this way!" Romulus shouted, swimming in the swamp.

Romulus was completely oblivious to the fact that there were alligators in the water.

The alligators, aggravated by missing their meal, swarmed Romulus.

Romulus screamed as he was attacked by the alligators.

Rosalie was walking on the path, looking around.

"I haven't seen one of those stupid markers in ever!" Rosalie cried.

She walked forward, looking around.

Rosalie continued walking until she reached a roadblock.

In her path, a wall of thorns blocked her way.

Rosalie stopped in her tracks.

"Oh no!" Rosalie cried.

'''Rosalie Confessional: That jerk! I knew it was odd that he was behind everyone else! He's in peak physical condition- Oh! He is so going to get it!'''

Rosalie growled and screamed.

She then turned and ran.

She hoped that she wasn't too late.

"Dutch is in the lead, with Rose in second, and Romulus in third! Corey takes fourth, Jennifer fifth, Josiah has sixth, and Rosalie is in dead last!" Chris announced over the PA System.

Romulus smiled at this.

The top three reached the fourth destination.

They were standing on the side of a bottomless pit.

The totems were hanging over it.

"Are you kidding me?" Romulus asked, outraged. "There is no way we can make that jump!"

"Speak for yourself." Rose stated.

Rose ran at top speeds, and jumped into the air.

She back flipped and grabbed the totem.

She landed on the other side with ease.

Dutch sneered.

"That's nothing." He snorted.

He ran and jumped into the air.

He grabbed the totem.

But he didn't make it to the other side.

He was barely hanging onto dear life.

Both hands grabbed the ledge.

"Someone help!" He shouted.

Rose ran forward and then lingered.

'''Rose Confessional: I wanted to help Dutch, even though he was a jerk. But the competitive side of me insisted to keep going. And since this is a competition-'''

Rose ran off with her totem.

"Oh no you don't, you overly-perfect loser!" Romulus shouted.

He crouched down and started running.

He jumped into the air and grabbed his totem.

He rolled onto the other side, just barely making it.

He got up and dusted himself off.

"What about me?!" Dutch shouted.

"Wait for someone else to save you. I don't have time." Romulus said, running after Rose.

"Ugh!" Dutch shouted.

Jennifer, Josiah, and Corey arrived at the bottomless pit.

"A pit? Seriously?!" Josiah asked.

Jennifer rolled her eyes.

"What are those ropes connected to?" Jennifer asked Corey.

"Um, that tree!" Corey said pointing to a strong, sturdy tree.

"Great." Jennifer said.

Jennifer got ready.

"Jen, what are you doing?" Josiah asked.

Jennifer began to run but fell back.

"What happened?" Corey asked.

"It's Dutch!" Jennifer cried, pointing.

"Help!" Dutch shouted, once he heard their voices.

"Should we help him?" Josiah asked.

"We kind of have to!" Jennifer and Corey said in unison.

"I mean, it would certainly help us." Josiah pointed out.

Jennifer rolled her eyes and got ready to run again.

"Wait! What are you doing!" Josiah asked, "You never answered!"

"I'm jumping! Duh!" Jennifer said.

"That's dangerous! You could fall in!" Josiah said.

"Just trust me!" Jennifer said.

"No! You could seriously hurt yourself!" Josiah cried.

"I know what I'm doing!" Jennifer said.

Corey stood there awkwardly.

"Well, I'm just gonna go." Corey said.

He got a running start and leaped over the abyss, grabbing the totem and landing on the other side.

He began to help Dutch up.

"Pull faster!" Dutch shouted.

"Here, we'll find another way." Josiah said, leading her away from the bottomless pit.

"No! Stop!" Jennifer shouted, "Just stop!"

Josiah stopped what he was doing.

"You don't have faith in me!" Jennifer shouted.

Dutch and Corey stopped what they were doing, watching the drama.

"Yes I do! You know I do!" Josiah said.

"Then just trust me! I know what I'm doing! I'm not stupid, I'm not feeble, and I certainly don't need you to protect me 24/7, Josiah! I can be independent! The shy, socially-awkward girl you were introduced to when we first met isn't the same girl in front of you now!" Jennifer cried. "I mean, holy crap!"

She proceeded to cover her mouth.

'''Jennifer Confessional: That was... exhilarating! I- I can't believe I did that! *giggles*'''

Josiah stood there, in shock.

"I- I'm sorry." Josiah said, "I guess I just felt the need to protect you from harm... I see that you can do anything you can put your mind to now."

Jennifer looked at the floor.

"Hey." Josiah said, using a finger to lift her head. "Go."

"Huh?" Jennifer asked.

"Jump that abyss. Do it." Josiah said.

Jennifer smiled widely.

She hugged Josiah and gave him a kiss.

She then got a running start, jumping over the abyss.

Jennifer grabbed the totem and skidded on the other side.

She dusted herself off, helping Corey lift Dutch.

Josiah smiled and got a running start as well.

He grabbed the totem and jumped onto the other side.

"Alright! Bye!" Jennifer said.

"Huh?" Josiah, Dutch, and Corey asked.

"It's still a race!" Jennifer said, running off.

The three guys chased after her.

At the finish line, Chris stood there waiting.

Romulus and Rose erupted from the forest, racing after each other.

Behind them, Jennifer sprinted.

Chris stood, waiting at the finish line.

"Here they come!" Chris announced.

Rose and Romulus crossed the finish at the same time, followed by Jennifer.

Josiah crossed the line after them.

Corey and Dutch after Josiah.

In dead last, Rosalie raced past the finish.

She looked disgruntled, dirty, and exhausted.

"What happened to you?" Romulus asked, smirking.

"Don't you start with me, Romulus Frobisher!" Rosalie growled, attempting to lunge at him.

Josiah and Dutch held her back.

"Wait! Who won?" Rose asked.

"Yeah!" Romulus asked, "Who?"

"It's a tie!" Chris announced, "Rose and Romulus win the challenge!"

"What do we get?" Romulus asked.

"Pride?" Chris asked.

"You skimped out on a reward again?!" Romulus asked.

"Sorry!" Chris said.

That night, the final seven met at the bonfire.

"Contestants! This is the elimination ceremony! The final seven will become the final six tonight!" Chris said, "Because you guys won the challenge, Rose and Romulus get the first marshmallows of the night!"

Rose and Romulus went to grab their marshmallows.

At that time, the helicopter arrived.

"Josiah is safe as well!" Chris announced.

Josiah smiled and kissed Jennifer on the cheek, grabbing his marshmallow.

"Corey!" Chris announced.

Corey smiled and grabbed his marshmallow.

"Congrats!" Rose said, hugging Corey.

"Oh! Thanks!" Corey said, hugging Rose. "Nice job on winning the challenge!"

Romulus gagged.

"Jennifer!" Chris announced.

Jennifer smirked, hugging Josiah.

She bounced over to get her marshmallow.

"Dutch! Rosalie! You guys are today's big losers! Let's see what got ya here today, huh? Dutch, you're always a total jerk! That got you eliminated the last time! Rosalie! Your fellow contestants found you finishing the race last with only three of the five totems irresponsible and lazy!" Chris explained, "But the one eliminated tonight is..."

Dutch was at the edge of his seat.

'''Dutch Confessional: I know that people hate me because I'm a jerk and a bully. But that wouldn't lead the to eliminate me, right? Not right away, right? I mean, Rosalie was Romulus' fellow conspirator for Christ's sake!'''

Rosalie gasped, her eyes darting around nervously.

She too was at the edge of her seat.

'''Rosalie Confessional: I begged my fellow contestants to keep my in the game! I slandered Dutch's name! I convinced them it was Romulus' fault! I can only hope that they keep me!'''

Chris stood there, holding the squishy white marshmallow in his fingers.

"Rosalie." Chris said.

He threw the marshmallow to Dutch.

"Oh well." Rosalie said, shrugging, "It's been a pleasure competing with you all. Good luck in your future en devours, y'all!"

She got up and walked to the helicopter.

Romulus jogged over to her.

"Congrats, Romulus. You played an excellent game." Rosalie said.

"Thank you." Romulus said, "No hard feelings?"

"No hard feelings." Rosalie said.

They hugged.

"But keep in mind that next time, I will get you the way you got me." Rosalie whispered.

Rosalie let go, smiling.

"I will keep that in mind." Romulus said, smirking.

"Toodaloo!" Rosalie said, grabbing the rope ladder. "In the air, pilot man! I've got to get back to the country club!"

The helicopter flew off.

Romulus stood there, his hands in his pockets.

"That's another episode of Total Drama: Battle of the Sexes! Come back for another face-paced episode!" Chris said, "I'm Chris McLean, your host, signing off!"