One Way Or Another-Total Drama Mal x Y/N

Chapter 13

You see me like you should
I thought you never would and
I feel so brand new
When you talk like that
I feel so brand new
Can you talk like that?

-Blushing!, BETWEEN FRIENDS

MIKE ENDING

Finally, it was the last challenge of the season. Somehow, this season had passed by quickly but was also a massive pain in the ass. 

 "What a relief," Mal sighed. "Pretending to be that boring was really getting to me!" We were on a walk towards the last challenge, there was no tension between us for some odd reason. Maybe it was because he'd still be there for me after this was all over... or maybe that was what I was hoping for... 

 "Whatever happened to Mike?" I asked the question casually, trying to keep the conversation somewhat light. 

 "He's gone."

"Like, dead?"

"Hopefully," A small smile crept up on Mal's lips as he spoke. It was a bit attractive. "What did you even see in him in the first place?"

"He was a good person Mal," I rolled my eyes as I answered him. "He was nice to me." Part of me felt a bit bitter as I spoke to Mal. It felt off mentioning Mike now, I missed him honestly. While Mal had this 'bad boy' persona, Mike was a genuine person who cared for me. Part of me worried, maybe Mal had been playing me this entire season just to get to this moment... so he could easily defeat me. 

 We eventually approached Chris and Chef, waiting for us at the final challenge of All-Stars. "Congratulations on making it to the finale. It's something you'll regret for the rest of your lives, which will likely be rather short since this final challenge is so vicious, so brutal, so savage... that our lawyers said we had to change it."

"So is it less dangerous?" I asked a stupid question. But knowing my uncle, he always had something up his sleeve. 

 "No, but we told them we did," Chris grinned in response. "Combatants, choose your weapons." A curtain was pulled back to reveal a wall stocked with different weapons used over the years of Total Drama. "So, what'll it be? Meatball bazooka? Blow and Blunt-tipped arrows? A leech gun? A slingshot?"

Mal had chosen the meatball bazooka. It was obvious that my idea was correct, he was only using me as a pawn for this very moment. Grow close to me so I'd go easy on him in the finale. Why hadn't I seen this coming? 

 I had ended up picking out the bow and arrows. They seemed like the most useful items stocked up on that wall. Would we be hunting one another? Hadn't Chris already done this idea before? It felt played out a little bit. 

 "Now that you've got your weapons, you'll need them to pop these balloons. Each one contains a previously flushed All-Star!" Chris continued on with the instructions of this challenge once Mal and I were prepared to compete. 

 "I... are you sure they can breathe in there?" I gave my uncle a look.