A/N: Here's chapter 3 of Are you a moon angel, eh?, and here to do the disclaimer, we have Duncan here to do the disclaimer! Hit it Duncan!
Duncan:Yeah, yeah, whatever. sithlorde1988 doesn't own the Total Drama series or the affliated characters, but he wishes he did.
SL88: Too true, Duncan, too true. Now, to acknowledge the reviewers!
Byron: Good job guessing on the footnotes! And I'm glad you liked the chapter!
A Lazy Heroine: I'm glad you liked my take on how Feral Zeke was made as I feel there had to be an injection involved for it to take him as long as it did for him to go feral. And I think Chris could easily have had a hand in it, since they don't offer any explanation as to why he goes feral in canon (barring a feeble mention of Zeke having a vitamin D deficiency, but that would only account for the skin change, not the feral disposition he now has, meaning Chris obviously had a hand in making him feral.
NTA FANFIC-You are correct once again! Glad you like my work!
StayOuttaMyShed-Sorry you don't like a lot of stuff about my story, I'll work on getting better with it. Thanks for the review though, broham! Addressing your question of why Duncan was so surprised to see Ezekiel because he thought Ezekiel was most likley dead, so it shocked him when Ezekiel turned out to be alive.
Now then, with that done, on with the chapter!
Chapter 3-Follow That Zeke!
(Previously on Are you a moon angel, eh?)
Dawn and Duncan quickly decided they looked to not be rigged to an intruder alert, so they decided to dock the boat there, but when they did, neither one was prepared for the sight that would greet them, as a figure leaped down at them, growling ferally. Duncan got a good look into the figure's face and gasped as recognition struck him.
"No way! YOU? Freakiel?"
(Begin chapter 3)
"THAT's Ezekiel? Are you serious?" Dawn asked Duncan as they saw Ezekiel leap down and attack them. However, when he heard Dawn's exclamation, he turned to face her and realized she looked a lot like the girl in the picture he found in the cabin. But until he was alone, he couldn't be sure it was her. He then took off into the woods, Duncan close behind him and screaming at him, while Dawn wasn't too far behind him.
"Get back here, you mangy freak, so I can pound you for what you did 2 seasons ago to me," Duncan snarled as he chased after Ezekiel. Dawn followed close behind, thinking one thing.
Oh Ezekiel, what have they done to you, you poor guy?
(Back with Chef and the other vets)
"Are you serious? They're gone? How did they sneak off without anyone noticing?" Courtney said in surprise as everyone was finding out that Dawn and Duncan were missing, and having seemingly vanished into thin air, unaware of Beth flinching slightly behind her as she knew more than she was telling.
"Heck if I know. But if I had to guess, I would say Dawn went to go rescue Chris and that mole-kid, and Duncan invited himself along for the ride for whatever reason," Zoey remarked.
"Given the way you said that, I would agree with you, Zoey. However, I think Duncan's intentions weren't exactly malicious, if you catch my drift. I sense he might have a crush on Dawn, though he himself doesn't realize it, which is surprising, given how much of a heartbreaker he is, I fear he may only hurt Dawn if he gets with her, but he probably wouldn't see it that way," Harold said in a knowing way.
"What I don't get is why anyone would want to help that homeschooled pest and that scheming host, since neither of them have done anything good for us," Alejandro interjected with a jeer and a look at the others. Scott beeped his buttons at random, though everyone just guessed he agreed with Alejandro.
"Remind me what he did that deserves being stuck in that suit, exactly?" Courtney said with a look at Scott. Everyone else turned and stared at Courtney with looks of shock at her statement.
Confessional Room
Gwen-Wow, if my ears are correct, I think I heard Courtney say she felt sorry for that Scott guy. That would be a shocker, since from what I heard, there wasn't a single one of those contestants he didn't wrong, with the possible exceptions of Cameron, Zoey and maybe Dakota. But then I've said Courtney's semi-heartless herself, so it's very possible that she might be falling for a person as bad as she is...I don't know. It's hard to say with her.
Zoey-Courtney does make a good point...is Scott being punished too severely for what he did last season? Personally I'm not sure.
Beth-I wonder how long I can keep this up before someone figures out I know more than most, and attempts to force me to tell what I know.
Harold-My mad skills have never failed me before, and I don't see them starting to fail me now. So I'm most likely right about Dawn and Duncan.
Courtney-I wasn't kidding about Scott and that suit. Sure, he might've tried to get the others out in season 4, but what's so much worse about his methods than what Alejandro did that makes him deserve to be stuck in the suit? I mean the worst thing he did was cheating Dawn out by framing her for stealing all the season 4 campers' stuff, but that's not that bad since it got returned. I think he should be out of that suit. He seems like a nice guy otherwise.
Chef-I hope we find Dawn and Duncan here pretty soon, or else not only is my job forfeit, but so is my paycheck! Not to mention my ass is gettin' cooked!
Mike-I think everyone's being a touch harsh on Chris and Ezekiel. I mean yes, Ezekiel did say some bad stuff in season 1, and ruin the prize money in season 3, but otherwise I think he's getting a raw deal! And as for Chris, he might've been a bit sadistic hosting the season, but if he hadn't, we wouldn't have met each other, so he did that much right. So in my honest opinion, Dawn is doing the right thing helping them.
End confessional room
"What?" Courtney asked as she saw everyone staring at her, looking like Courtney was crazy.
"Are you seriously feeling sorry for Scott?" Cameron asked, dumbfounded.
"Yes, I am. Granted I know he did most of you wrong in season 4, but what did he really do that was so bad it merited a stay in a robot suit? I mean I can see Alejandro in that suit since he broke several couples up, messed with a few people's heads, and manipulated more than half the eliminations for season 3. Not to mention, he tried to arrange several people's deaths, so I can see Alejandro being in a robot suit, but from what you've said, Scott sounds a lot less evil than Alejandro is, so yes I feel sorry for him," Courtney said, surprising everyone there.
Then, to everyone's surprise, she leaned over and actually gave Scott a brief peck on the cheek, to everyone's surprise, but none moreso than Scott who actually blushed slightly, then rolled away. What no one realized because he rolled away was that Scott, who had never felt love before, had had some of the icy-cold wall around his heart get melted by that one chaste peck on the cheek, as he finally realized what it was to know love.
While he was reconciling his feelings, Scott rolled off down the hall beeping his buttons, but because he turned his head to look elsewhere, he didn't see it when he rolled out the door, down the driveway, and at an extreme downhill angle until he crashed into an oncoming car and got launched all the way back to the backyard of the hotel he was staying at, but when he landed, he wasn't wearing his iron suit, as it had been destroyed by the crash, something everyone saw by the explosion that ensued, but to everyone's shock, Scott was launched away, and they heard a faint scream as he went flying away, landing right on the pavement next to the pool.
Courtney, Chef, and three of the hotel's medical staff came running when they saw him land, and saw he was alive but badly bruised up, and realized they could heal him with a full body cast and a brief stint in the hospital, so they hauled Scott off to the ER to be treated and put in a cast. Courtney insisted on riding with the ambulance so she could stay by his side.
As this happened, everyone else was searching for the still-missing Dawn and Duncan, and/or any trace of the missing boat that had vanished in the night. While they did that, Beth had a thought cross her mind.
Dawn and Duncan, I hope you guys are okay and that you've found Ezekiel and/or Chris, and Ezekiel, I hope you're okay as well. Same with Chris even though I don't really care for him. Where are you guys?...
(Back with Dawn and Duncan)
"Where could that poor boy be hiding?" Dawn asked Duncan as the two were STILL looking for Ezekiel.
"I have no clue, but if I find him, I'm pounding him until he stops acting feral! That ****er scratched me in season 3 and I still have the scars from it," Duncan growled.
"Don't you dare harm him! I think he could be tamed, and made to apologize for what he did! Duncan, violence isn't always the answer," Dawn interjected, to Duncan's irritation. Duncan turned back to Dawn, still glaring.
"And what makes you so sure you can stop me from getting revenge?" Duncan sneered.
"Because I know you wouldn't be so cruel as to get us ALL stuck here in quarantine by drawing attention to us since this island IS under quarantine and we're techincally wanted fugitives, you especially, so I'd be quiet if I were you, Duncan. That is, if you like being free," Dawn retorted.
"Hmph, whatever you say, Dawn, I suppose that makes sense," Duncan said.
"It better make sense, since we came here to rescue that poor boy and Chris, so let's focus on the mission! Now can we get going or are you going to whine the whole way?" Dawn asked.
Duncan crossed his arms in irritation.
"Let's do this. Sooner we get done, sooner I can get my ass back to camp. And sooner that happens, sooner Ezekiel can get recovery," Duncan muttered.
"OK, let's go! This way," Dawn said as she took off in the direction of a cave she'd seen, Duncan following hot on her heels. They ran for a few minutes until they reached the cave, where to their surprise, Chris was waiting for them. If they were surprised to see Chris, though, it was nothing compared to how surprised he was to see them.
"Dawn...and Duncan? Together? How did you get here? And better yet, WHY are you here?" Chris asked.
"We came here to rescue you and that poor Ezekiel boy you kept trapped in the mine last season! That and to make sure you were both okay," Dawn replied.
"Yeah, what Princes said, I guess," Duncan said. Chris grinned at the punk.
"I guess Duncan's already whipped again," Chris commented as Duncan grabbed him by the collar.
"What was that, McLean? You want to eat my fist? Because if you do, I would be only too happy to oblige you! But please say that again, I could use the laugh...and the target practice," Duncan snarled.
"N-nothing! I was saying Duncan's still as awesome as ever," Chris said fearfully.
"That's what I thought you said, McLean," Duncan snarled, as he was tackled by a very angry Ezekiel, and dropped Chris in surprise, as the delinquent and feral homeschooler started to do battle right there in the cave.
"Oh no, this is terrible. Duncan! Ezekiel! Both of you, STOP FIGHTING! It'll only get us all caught," Dawn cried out. Ezekiel heard her and threw Duncan at the fire, then turned to where she was crying, walked up to her, and gently wiped off her tears with a clawed hand. After he did that, Ezekiel then gently squeezed Dawn's shoulder comfortingly, as he looked at her, and then backed off, staying near her. If Chris or Duncan found this behavior odd, neither of them bothered to say a word of it to each other.
"So, Chris, I suppose since we got nothing better to do, how's about you answer a few of our questions?" Dawn asked, as Duncan gaped at her.
"Questions, Dawn? Really? We should be getting these two on the boats and fleeing the island, not sitting around playing catch-up," Duncan snapped.
"Relax, I plan to, but right now, with the heavy volume of people near the cave looking for us, I think it's safer to lie low for awhile, at least until they go away," Dawn explained.
"OK, fine, but the instant those goons are gone, we're booking it to the boats and heading back to the hotels to lie low," Duncan grumbled.
"OK, now that that's settled, Chris, will you let us ask you a few things?" Dawn asked.
"Sure, why not? As you yourself said, we got nothing better to do," Chris answered.
"Great! First question: Why is HE stuck looking like an animal, when he used to be a human being?" Dawn asked Chris, pointing to the feral homeschooler now curled up protectively by Dawn's legs.
"That's actually a really good question, Dawn. But it's a very long story, one that I had a large part in, so I guess since we've got nowhere else to go, might as well explain it to you," Chris said.
"This ought to be good, and I guess then I can blame YOU for THIS," Duncan snarled, lifting up his shirt to reveal a very visible clawmark scar on Duncan's chest from where Ezekiel had scratched him in Africa during season 3.
"Uhm, true I suppose that is my fault. Moving on, the story about Ezekiel being turned feral starts after his first elimination in Egypt in season 3," Chris said.
(flashback 1-Egypt, Ezekiel's elimination)
"Harold, Ezekiel, this is the final barf bag of peanuts. And it goes to...Harold! Ezekiel, you have exactly sixty seconds to grab a parachute before you get ejected from the plane," Chris said as he threw Harold the last bag of peanuts.
"Oh, what, really? Voted out first AGAIN? Wow, gee thanks, you bunch of knobs! No wait, you're all a bunch of-AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Ezekiel started to berate his team, as Chef punted the angry homeschooler off the plane with his foot, but they didn't know that his parachute got snagged on the wing of the plane as he struggled to hang on to the wing.
"Ahh, I'm not giving up! This game's mine, eh! MINE," Ezekiel screamed out against the roaring winds hitting his face as he managed to clamber onto the wing and sneak into the cargo hold and hide.
(end flashback 1)
"After that we continued on to, in order, the Yukon, New York, the Alps, the Amazon, Paris, Newfoundland, Jamaica, and then when we got to London is when things got interesting," Chris said.
(flashback 2-London, Ezekiel's conversion to Jack the Ripper)
"Chef, is that...?" Chris asked Chef as he tossed in a very off-color and disfigured person who looked suspiciously like a certain homeschooled pest that was eliminated in Egypt.
"Yes, Chris, that's Ezekiel, who as you suggested was hiding in the cargo hold homeschooling it up with the rats. Though I'm pretty sure he didn't look that green before," Chef replied.
"That'll be his Vitamin D deficiency kicking in. Though I think to be sure he doesn't try and do anything, I should keep him sedated for now. Luckily I always keep THIS bad boy handy," Chris said as he pulled out a big syringe filled with a suspicious looking red liquid, which he then injected into Ezekiel's left arm, as the homeschooler passed out there on the ground, and Chris laid him on the bed so he could sleep off the syringe.
After a few hours, a dull groan was heard as Ezekiel came to.
"Urgh, where am I, eh? Last I checked I was in the cargo hold, trying to survive since I was left for dead on the wing of the plane after my elimination, and now I'm in an unfamiliar room?" Ezekiel said, then saw Chris.
"Oh, no, McLean? YOU brought me here? What are you going to do to me, eh?" Ezekiel asked Chris.
"Why, Ezekiel, I'm prepared to offer you a chance to return to the game as you so clearly seem to desire to do. However, in exchange, I need you to wear this costume for me. Can you do that for me?" Chris asked Ezekiel as he set a sinister looking costume on the bed.
"I don't like this, but if it'll get me back in the game, I'm willing to try it, eh. So let me change real quick, OK?" Ezekiel asked Chris, who nodded and went outside with Chef. After he quickly changed into the costume, he went outside to find Chris and Chef.
"OK, Chris wants you to follow him to a special area he's reserved for us to talk about what you have to do," Chef said as he led Ezekiel to first class, where Chris was waiting.
"Glad you're here, Ezekiel. What I need you to do is play Jack the Ripper in today's challenge. Your task, should you choose to accept, is to capture all the contestants without getting captured. If you can manage that, you get to come back to the game alongside one other person who I'm trying to force to return to the game. Do you accept these terms?" Chris asked Ezekiel.
"I'm unsure of my ability to avoid capture, but I will accept your offer, and do my best to capture the other campers, eh," Ezekiel replied, nodding.
"Good, so now that you know what you need to do-what was that?" Chris asked as he was interrupted in his debriefing of Ezekiel by the sound of scuffling footsteps, and all three turned to see Alejandro, who thankfully couldn't recognize Ezekiel. Ezekiel then moved towards Alejandro, knocking him out and stuffing him into a burlap sack he was given by Chris, which he then hauled to the loser area where he laid Alejandro out on the bench to recover.
(After the challenge in London)
"Well, we didn't catch a criminal, but we did catch...," Gwen said as she and Courtney lifted up the sack they had their capture stuck in to reveal...
"DUNCAN?" Everyone else (minus Ezekiel, Chris, Chef and of course Duncan himself) cried in shock upon seeing the delinquent standing there.
"Oh man, you brought me back HERE?" Duncan snarled as he turned to glare at Gwen and Courtney.
"Well, we caught the Ripper guy," Owen said, pulling off the burlap sack to reveal that they did in fact catch Jack the Ripper, or so they thought until Chris ripped the mask off to reveal...
"OLD MAN JENKINS? *1*" Everyone cried out in shock (again minus Chris, Chef and Ezekiel) as Chris once again pulled off a mask to reveal...
"EZEKIEL?" Everyone (once again, minus Chris, Chef and Ezekiel himself) gasped out.
"Yeah," Ezekiel said, though most people couldn't understand him due to it being garbled and partially growled.
"I found him in the cargo hold, homeschooling with the rats," Chef explained.
"I did tell him he could rejoin the game, IF he could avoid getting captured, BUT, since he did not...," Chris said, snapping his fingers, as Chef snatched Ezekiel up by the collar, and tossed him out of the plane, only for Ezekiel to, once again, get snagged on the plane.
However, this time it was the landing gear he got snagged on, and hung onto as he growled at a falling Noah (who it turns out was blindsided and eliminated by Alejandro), before sneaking onto the plane once again.
(end flashback 2)
"After that, we went on our way again, and went to, in order, Greece, Area 51, Australia, Sweden, Niagra Falls, and then China, where things got interesting once again," Chris said.
(Flashbacks 3 and 4-Blaineley rats out Ezekiel, and Feral Ezekiel appears)
"Ugh, whatever! Alejandro and Heather, why don't you two just kiss and get it over with? Everyone knows you like each other! And Ezekiel's STILL on the plane hiding in that cargo hold! And Chris, how does it feel to be second fiddle? Oh, yeah, the producers wanted me to host the show, didn't you know?" Blaineley asked everyone in the plane when she got voted off with Courtney as both of them were punted off the plane by Chef.
(A couple hours later)
"Seriously, Chris? I have to go find him AGAIN?" Chef grumbled.
"Yes, and THIS time make sure he doesn't sneak back on MY plane! Or better yet, bring him to me, and I'll make SURE he doesn't sneak back on my plane," Chris said as Chef stalked off grumbling under his breath about irritating homeschooled pests and demanding hosts.
However, no sooner did he get to the cargo hold, than he found Ezekiel, just as Blaineley hinted that he would, but he was shocked at the changes the homeschooled teen had undergone, as Ezekiel had barely any hair, and where he did have hair, there was very little of it, plus he had liver spots on his head. He was also missing his toque and boots, and he had claws/talons instead of hands and feet. Chef was in shock at the appearance of the now-feral homeschooler.
"Boy, you've really gone downhill, haven't you?" Chef asked as he knocked out Ezekiel with a tranquilizer and stuffed him into a box inside a cage and took him to Chris.
Once they got to Chris, Chris had Ezekiel stored away for the challenge later. He then went to start getting part 1 done for the contestants.
(A little while later)
"So you all finished the first part. Well, since everyone but Cody and Sierra finished the challenge, those two will have a much harder time in part TWO of the challenge," Chris said as he motioned over to where a box could be seen, as the contents of said box started to roar in a very scary way.
"Uh, shouldn't we all be running right now?" Duncan asked sarcastically.
"Yes, you should ALL be scared, because part TWO is a genuine African Safari, and the prey? Why none other than the most chavunistic animal of all," Chris replied, as he smacked the box, only for two interns to reveal Ezekiel.
"Zeke!" Chris said.
"Didn't you shove his dirty butt out of the plane in London?" Heather remarked.
"I know! He's like a one-man cockroach infestation! But, when a certain blonde whose name rhymes with Blainley ratted Zeke out, Chef went a-hunting, and found him in the cargo hold! I have to warn you though-he's completely feral from all that time in the hold with the animals! The first of you to capture the beast formerly known as Ezekiel wins invincibility and gets to travel in first class. So get going," Chris said.
(after the challenge)
"Nice job on the win, Alejandro," Chris said to Alejandro after he managed to knock out Ezekiel (and Duncan who Ezekiel had pinned) with his last tranquilizer ball.
"I would've had a shot if HE hadn't stolen my ammo," Heather said pointing at Alejandro.
"Whatever. Now quick, grab Duncan and get to the plane, so we can get the heck out of Africa before Zeke wakes up," Chris shouted as they dashed off to the plane.
Unfortunately for them, not five seconds after they headed for the plane did Zeke wake up from the tranquilizer balls (presumably Ezekiel was shielded from the blast by Duncan), and he jumped onto the plane, and lifted up a panel to sneak back onto the plane once again.
(end flashbacks 3 and 4)
"So we took off, flying from there to Easter Island, where the contestants did a reward challenge, and to Drumheller, where Ezekiel was seen escaping the plane before it was blown up, then I made the final 3 race to Hawaii for the semi-final challenge, but I didn't count on Cody bending the rules by helping Sierra off Drumheller and working with her, and working well at that.
Ezekiel then resurfaced in a crate only for Alejandro to save him and use him to try and sabotage Heather after it was revealed he would have gone home in Drumheller 3-1 if not for Sierra getting kicked out of the game for blowing up the plane. Thus, thanks to that cheap trick, Alejandro and Heather fell behind Cody, but at the end of the challenge, Heather won the spot in the final 2 and Cody had to battle Alejandro for the other spot, and Alejandro won.
The final 2 then got to both select two helpers each, Heather choosing Cody and Harold, while Alejandro chose Courtney and would have chosen tyler, had Lindsay not accidentally punched him out, so he chose Lindsay instead. Eventually they reached the top of the volcano, where Heather defied ALL odds to defeat Alejandro for the million by betraying him, kneeing him, and kicking him off the volcano on an ice cube. After that, Heather won the million, but as we all were about to find out, things were FAR from over," Chris said.
(flashback 5-Hawaii, Ezekiel's "death")
"And that's a cool million for Heather, the winner of Total Drama World Tour," Chris said as he handed the million to Heather, who had just defeated Alejandro to win Total Drama World Tour and it's million dollar prize.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes," Heather cheered as she jumped up and down, million dollars in hand. Just then, a group of locals showed up on-scene.
"Oh no, you didn't throw pineapples in the volcano, did you?" One of the locals asked.
"Uh, yeah, we did. Why?" Chris replied.
"Didn't you read the signs? No throwing pineapples into the volcano," Another local replied. Right as they said that, the peanut gallery moved over to reveal they were standing in front of the aforementioned signs, with Owen actually using one to scratch his back. Shortly after that, everyone heard a growl and turned around to see a shadow looming behind Heather.
Heather herself turned around and saw Ezekiel looming behind her, right as he leapt forward and started to attack Heather for the case with the million dollars in it, and after a brief struggle, he managed to obtain the case, but then he lost his balance and fell into the volcano with the million dollars still in his hands. Everyone watched as he sank beneath the lava with the case.
"Oh, well. Anyways, RUN! Everyone leave," Chris said as everyone started running down the volcano as it started to erupt.
(after everyone got off the volcano, back with Chris and Chef)
"Until next time, I'm Chris McLean! And this has been Total! Drama-," Chris said before he was interrupted.
"GRAAAAAAHHHHHHHH," Ezekiel cried out as he got shot out of the volcano, and was sent flying, full velocity, towards Chris and Chef's boat, right as Chris was signing off the season, sinking it on impact, but not before they swam away along with most of the others.
(End flashback 5)
"And that about sums it up, the story of how Ezekiel became feral and went down with the million dollars. So, what do you think, Dawn?" Chris asked Dawn.
"I think that's the most unbelievable story I've ever heard. Though I do have a question: What was in the syringe you injected into Ezekiel?" Dawn asked Chris.
"It was a sedative meant to subdue Ezekiel so we could kick him off the plane and make sure he stayed off, but apparently Ezekiel had an allergy to it, causing him to go feral," Chris said.
"That, or YOU injected him with something to turn him feral," Duncan interjected in irritation, looking like he wanted to punch Chris' face in.
"mean mohawk punk right. Bad host make me feral, eh!" a voice behind them all said, as all three present turned to see Ezekiel come walking into the cave.
"Ezekiel? Is that really you?" Duncan asked, not believing that the homeschooler in front of him was that far feral that he spoke in such broken English.
"Yes, it me. Me still part feral though," Ezekiel replied, then seeing Dawn, turned to her.
"Ezekiel think he see pretty girl before, but Ezekiel no for sure," Ezekiel said to Dawn.
"Umm, I'm sorry, but I don't recall ever meeting you before, Ezekiel," Dawn replied politely. Ezekiel then finally broke down and pulled the picture out of his hoodie that he kept from the cabin, and looked at it, then at Dawn, then back, and he gaped.
"It you! You pretty girl from photo Ezekiel find in cabin," Ezekiel said suddenly, pointing to Dawn, then to the picture in his hand, then back to Dawn, who blinked, and looked at the picture, and sure enough, it was one of her smiling and meditating.
"Um, Ezekiel, where exactly did you find this picture?" Dawn asked Ezekiel.
"It in empty cabin next picture of scary looking gingerman, Ezekiel see it, and think, this girl pretty, so Ezekiel keep it for luck. Ezekiel sorry if me take something important to you," Ezekiel said to Dawn.
"Oh, that's okay, Ezekiel, I was just surprised that there was still a picture in the cabin. I thought I got all my stuff back. And the gingerman you saw was probably that scoundrel Scott," Dawn said, frowning at the thought of Scott.
"Did Ezekiel make girl sad?" Ezekiel asked Dawn.
"Hmm? Oh, no, you're fine, Ezekiel, I just was reminded of some bad memories of the person I mentioned at all. And I just realized I never introduced myself to you, which is horribly rude of me. My name is Dawn," Dawn said as she stuck her hand out for Ezekiel to shake.
Ezekiel looked at it, then extended out a clawed talon, which Dawn took and shook.
"Ezekiel happy to meet Dawn," Ezekiel said to Dawn.
"Hey, Ezekiel, I have a question," Dawn said to Ezekiel.
"Yes, what Dawn question?" Ezekiel asked Dawn.
"From what I've been told, you were spat out of a volcano and survived at the end of season 3. Do you remember that at all, and if you do, do you remember anything that happened afterward?" Dawn asked Ezekiel.
"Ezekiel no remember any volcano. All Ezekiel remember is waking up in mine shaft, then climbing up and mean jock boy step on Ezekiel and knock him back into mine, then me remember being stuck in big arena with much people, then nothing, other than Ezekiel getting knocked on Ezekiel head by bad pan and waking up in big rock pile. Ezekiel break out of big rock pile," Ezekiel answered.
"Oh my, you were trapped in the wreckage of that colesseum at the end of the final challenge of Revenge Of The Island, weren't you?" Dawn asked Ezekiel, who blinked.
"Ezekiel think that sound right." Ezekiel replied.
"So, Ezekiel, what happened after you broke out of the rock pile?" Dawn asked Ezekiel.
"Me start running around looking for dock to leave, but me have to hide because Ezekiel see scary men in big suits running around everywhere, and Ezekiel nearly get caught. Ezekiel then remember waking up in this cave, and having talk with Chris about our circumstances, and that it," Ezekiel replied to Dawn.
"I can answer some of that. Ezekiel, you got knocked out by the quarantine agents, and if I hadn't intervened and drug you out of their line of sight, you would've gotten captured by the quarantine agents. So I saved your life, Ezekiel," Chris explained to Ezekiel.
"Chris save Ezekiel? But why? Chris mean to Ezekiel before! He leave Ezekiel in scary cargo hold for weeks! Then he send mean chef after Ezekiel," Ezekiel said.
"That may be, and I apologize for that, Ezekiel. I was just frustrated becasue you couldn't understand that you had lost the show already, plus you kept hogging my camera time! So when you tried to sneak into the game in London, I snapped and injected you with a sedative so I wouldn't have to deal with your ugly face anymore, but I see now I was wrong," Chris explained to a shocked Ezekiel.
Duncan and Dawn were also shocked at this.
"Who are you, and what did you do with Chris McLean?" Duncan snarled as he snatched Chris up by his collar.
"Duncan! Put him down! You hear me?" Dawn snapped at Duncan in irritation.
"Why should I? This guy is scum, and deserves this," Duncan snarled in reply.
"Duncan put Chris down or Ezekiel make him put Chris down," Ezekiel interjected, shocking Dawn, who was not expecting Ezekiel to come to Chris' aid.
"Why would you want him put down? I would think you of all people would want to see this creep get the justice he deserves," Duncan said to Ezekiel.
"Ezekiel no care about revenge, Ezekiel only want out of this feral form and back to normal Ezekiel," Ezekiel said sadly, and Dawn could tell he missed being human, so she went over and patted him comfortingly on the shoulder, and at that moment she felt her feeling of having unfinished business return, and she felt it coming from Ezekiel.
"Why do I keep having this feeling like something's unfinished?" Dawn asked, as she slumped over and hit the ground, unconscious.
"Dawn?" Ezekiel asked as he gently prodded her.
Ezekiel tried to wake her, and when she didn't respond, he gently laid her on his back and carried her to the bed and laid her in it so she could sleep.
"Dawn always this tired?" Ezekiel asked Duncan.
"Uh, no, far as I know she's only just now this tired. Why?" Duncan replied.
"Dawn no supposed to pass out," Ezekiel stated, then stayed by her side, almost as if keeping vigil.
(inside Dawn's subconscious)
"Um, where am I?" Dawn asked, as she realized she was in the middle of a forest, and she then turned to see a giant willow tree behind her, and she turned in time to see a face appear on it.
"So, you finally figured out how to get here, huh Dawn?" the tree asked, making Dawn gape, as she wasn't expecting this tree to be able to talk.
"Uh, I guess so, but I don't really know how I got here, to be honest, or who you are," Dawn replied nervously.
"Why my dear, you can just call me Grandma Redwood *2*, and I mean no harm," the tree, or rather Grandma Redwood replied.
"Dawn, why don't you trust yourself?" Grandma Redwood asked Dawn.
"I do trust myself, I just don't get why I keep having this feeling like there's something I need to do still on the island," Dawn explained.
"Well here's my advice to you," Grandma Redwood said and started to sing.
"Gwech wen noch tu rah, you will understand
Listen with your heart, you will understand
Let it break upon you like a wave upon the sands
Listen with your heart, you will understand," Grandma Redwood sang. *3*
"So, I need to listen with my heart? How precisely do I do that? I'm confused," Dawn asked.
"Simple, just close your mouth and open your heart, basically it's like meditating, but you try to tune yourself to the whispers that can be heard on the winds, if that makes sense," Grandma Redwood said.
"Yes, it does. Let me try it now," Dawn said, as she started to meditate and try to listen to the winds, and sure enough, she heard something in her own heart.
"Why do you sit there and do nothing while those poor souls are trapped on that island, specifically that poor Ezekiel boy? You should be helping them off the island, and then helping Ezekiel recover his humanity," Dawn's heart said. Dawn gasped.
"I don't believe it, I listened and heard my heart," Dawn said.
"That's good, dear. What did it say?" Grandma Redwood said.
"It said to help Chris and Ezekiel escape the island, and to help Ezekiel recover his humanity, which shocked me," Dawn replied.
"Good. Now, shouldn't you be waking up? I'm sure people are worried about you," Grandma Redwood asked Dawn.
Before she could answer, Dawn found her eyes opening, to see a familiar feral homeschooler looking up at her.
"Dawn okay?" Ezekiel asked Dawn with a look of concern on his face.
"Hmm? Oh, yes, I'm fine. I'm sorry if I worried you when I passed out. I was having an out-of-body experience," Dawn reassured Ezekiel, who blinked.
"Out body 'perience?" Ezekiel repeated, unfamiliar with what Dawn was talking about.
"Basically I was pulled inside my body and learned something shocking," Dawn answered.
"Like what? Chris is your father? *4*" Duncan asked sarcastically.
Ezekiel slapped the delinquent on the arm.
"Duncan not make Ezekiel laugh! Duncan take back now," Ezekiel snarled at Duncan.
"Hey, hey, calm down, Ezekiel! I was joking," Duncan said.
"Ha, very funny, Duncan. But no, I found out why I was having that unfinished feeling," Dawn answered.
"Oh? And why is that?" Duncan asked, actually curious.
"Turns out, we have to help Ezekiel get his humanity back, and help him and Chris escape this island," Dawn replied.
"OK then, if you say so, Dawn. I have a feeling it won't be easy though," Chris scoffed at Dawn.
"I didn't say it would be," Dawn replied. After that, the group started heading towards the entrance to the cave, but stopped when they heard voices.
"Where did you say this cave was, Miss O' Halloran?" the first voice addressed the person with him, and three of the four people in the cave gasped at hearing the familiar last name of someone that most thought dead.
"I said it was right in front of you, you stooge! Chris and that freak are likely in there, why Ezekiel would help him after what he did to Chris, I have no clue, but I'm sure they're in there! Just get them," A voice answered the first voice, a voice Chris and Duncan had no trouble recognizing as that of their missing camper, Blaineley.
"What the fuck is Mildred doing here, McLean? I thought you and Ezekiel were the only campers still on this island?" Duncan growled as he glared at Chris.
"I have no clue! I'm as surprised as you are Duncan," Chris replied.
"Ezekiel no like mean lady. She rat Ezekiel out," Ezekiel growled.
"Shush, all three of you! Do you want us to get caught?" Dawn hissed. The other three wisely shut up at that.
But it didn't matter, for at that moment, a quarantine agent poked his head in, and saw Chris' head.
"I know you're in there, so come out with your hands up! If you surrender, I promise no harm will come to you," the agent shouted into the cave.
"Dawn, take Duncan and Ezekiel and go back to where you found me, and push the rock behind where I was sitting. You'll find a hidden passage. Use that and get the three of you off this island," Chris whispered to Dawn.
"But what about you?" Dawn asked Chris.
"I'll be fine! Besides, after all the crap I've made you suffer, I owe you this much! Now go," Chris hissed, as he pushed Dawn, Duncan and Ezekiel back towards the place they were in a couple minutes ago, while he himself ran out of the cave and got the quarantine agent's attention.
"Hey, Quarantine Guy! I'm the one you want! Come get me," Chris yelled at the quarantine agent as he ran off into the woods towards the place where he stored his jetpack, both Blaineley and the quarantine agent in hot pursuit.
As he drew them away, Dawn found the passageway Chris mentioned, and used it to get them out of the cave, and they came out by the boat they used to get to the island. Duncan climbed onto the boat quickly, but Dawn saw Ezekiel hesitate.
"What's wrong, Ezekiel?" Dawn asked.
"Ezekiel no feel right leaving Chris behind after he sacrificed himself for us," Ezekiel whined.
"Well, I don't like it either, but if we leave now, we can rally the others together and save Chris from this island later, but for right now, we have to go while the getting's good, or he'll have sacrificed himself for nothing," Dawn said, and Ezekiel nodded and reluctantly climbed onto the boat with Dawn following close behind.
"Now, Duncan! Step on it! We have to get out of here before they catch up," Dawn said.
"Not a problem! Buckle up though, this is gonna be a bumpy ride," Duncan said to Dawn and Ezekiel who complied as Duncan threw the boat into full throttle and sped away from the island, and from the quarantine, though both Dawn and Ezekiel thought the same thing as the island faded from view.
Chris, I hope you'll be okay, and thank you...
(back with Chef and the rest of the vets, again)
"Beth, can I talk to you?" Zoey asked Beth, who nodded and followed Zoey into a private room.
"So, what's up?" Beth asked.
"I know you know something you're not telling. Please tell me, I promise I can keep a secret," Zoey said to Beth.
"Well, okay. Dawn and Duncan went on a boat to go find Ezekiel and Chris and hopefully save one or both of them," Beth told Zoey, who gaped.
"Dawn AND Duncan? How did Dawn get that neanderthal to help her?" Zoey asked in surprise.
"I don't know but I have a theory, but I hope I'm wrong," Beth said.
"Well, let's hear it, Beth! What's your theory?" Zoey asked.
"I suspect Duncan likes Dawn but won't admit it, but Dawn doesn't know it, and only likes him as a friend," Beth said, as Zoey gaped.
"So it seems poor Dawn is Duncan's next target, huh?" Zoey mused.
"What do you mean target?" Beth asked.
"Didn't you see any of season 3?" Zoey responded.
"No, why?" Beth replied.
"Well, in World Tour, or season 3, Duncan and Courtney were dating until she found out he cheated on her with Gwen, who Duncan then got with after he and Courtney broke up. But now it seems he's about to try and cheat on Gwen with Dawn," Zoey explained, and it was Beth's turn to gape.
"That heartless jerk! And I thought maybe Dawn could be his redemption," Beth said in shock.
"Beth, sorry but Duncan is beyond redemption," Zoey said.
"Duncan? What about my neanderthal of an ex?" Courtney asked, as she had just walked in.
"Oh sorry, didn't know you were here Courtney," Zoey said, then turned to Beth.
"Beth can we tell her what we were talking about?" Zoey asked. Beth nodded, so Zoey quickly filled Courtney in, and predictably she was angry at Duncan.
"That two-timing asshole! How dare he cheat on Gwen after he cheated on me with her?" Courtney fumed.
"I thought you and Gwen hated each other, Courtney?" Zoey asked.
"We did, but I'm thinking about making things up with her since I can see she was just as much a victim of this as I was," Courtney admitted.
"I see. Well, changing the subject, how's Scott?" Beth asked Courtney.
"He's not well. It seems he broke every bone in his body when the metal suit exploded, and he's on life support and in a coma. The hospital staff don't think he'll recover, or if he does, it won't be anytime soon," Courtney said, sounding almost sad, which surprised Zoey.
"Wow, that sucks Courtney. I'm sorry to hear that. I may not have liked Scott, but I could tell he seemed sorry for what he did here lately," Zoey said as she comforted Courtney. Beth, meanwhile, was looking out the window.
"Beth, what are you looking for?" Courtney asked.
"I'm looking to see if the boat is coming with Dawn and Duncan on it," Beth answered Courtney, then went back to her vigil.
"Beth, I think we should at least let Chef know what you saw, so he can get the proper help for them if needed," Zoey said to Beth, who thought about it, and nodded.
"I guess you're right, Zoey. Plus he can help watch for the boat," Beth replied, so the three went to go find Chef.
(meanwhile, elsewhere)
"So, how are you three gentlemen doing today?" The first of four male voices addressed his three fellow males.
"I'm doing just fine, Noah, thanks for asking, and you?" The second male replied to the first, who was revealed to be Noah.
"I'm good, thanks for asking, Mike," Noah replied to the second male, who was replied to be Mike.
"That's all well and good, Noah, but why did you call us here?" the third male voice asked.
"Isn't it obvious, dude? He wanted to have a nerd party," the fourth male replied to the third male.
"No, Sam, you're wrong on that. To answer your question, Cody, I called you all here because I think Dawn and Duncan might be in danger," Noah said to the third and fourth males, who were revealed to be Cody and Sam, respectively.
"In danger? What do you mean by that, Noah?" Mike replied.
"Simple. First Dawn and the punk go missing, then a boat comes up missing. It's obvious they went somewhere with the boat, but where?" Noah mused.
"If I could venture a guess, maybe Dawn wanted to go help that feral mole-kid, Ezekiel I think Duncan said his name was, out? I know she was pretty upset when she heard what happened to him. And as for Duncan, I think he invited himself along for the ride," Sam guessed.
"I could see that happening, Sam, except Duncan's a womanizing creep. Likelier, he's gonna try and use Dawn to cheat on Gwen," Cody remarked, glaring slightly at the thought of the punk hurting Gwen.
"I feel your pain, Cody. This Duncan reminds me a lot of Scott, only without the devious strategy. So that's not really that good of a thing," Mike remarked.
"I agree with you guys, but I wonder if maybe perhaps we aren't doing enough to help," Noah mused.
"How do you mean?" Cody asked.
"Simple: I suggest we go tell Chef what we suspect, and see if he's heard anything else about either the missing boat or about our missing delinquent and aura whisperer. Plus, it isn't like we have much else to do," Noah pointed out, so the four decided to go find Chef and let him know what they suspected.
(over with Chef)
"Where are those maggots?" Chef asked himself as he continued to look for Dawn and Duncan.
"Chef! Over here! Hey," Chef heard his name called out, and spun around to see, to his surprise, Beth, Courtney and Zoey come running up to him, and he saw Noah, Sam, Cody and Mike coming from off in the distance.
"Yes? What is it, maggots?" Chef asked.
"We think we know where Dawn and Duncan went," Zoey answered Chef.
"Oh? And where did they go?" Chef asked Zoey.
"We believe Dawn may have headed back to the island to try and save Ezekiel and Chris, and Duncan, being the insensitive Neanderthal he is, most likely invited himself along for the ride," Courtney scoffed.
"Now, Courtney, just because you're mad at Duncan doesn't mean you can call him a Neanderthal, even if he IS acting like one," Beth scolded Courtney.
"I guess Beth's right, even if it IS true," Zoey muttered under her breath.
"Well, if that's true, then all we can do is wait to see if they make it back and if they don't do so by sundown, we'll go get help. For now, I'd prefer to wait and hope they come back," Chef said.
"I agree with you, Chef. While it is sad that Dawn is missing, no sense wasting our resources on it if she can find her own way back," Noah remarked.
"Yes, but she's my best friend! How can you expect me not to worry about her?" Zoey asked, looking close to tears. Mike sensed this, and ran up and comforted her.
"Shh, it'll be alright, Zoey. Dawn will be alright. She's a strong girl, and I'm sure she'll find her own way back to us," Mike said reassuringly as he let Zoey cry into his shoulder.
"Uhh, Chef, by any chance was the boat big, had red and white markings, and large enough to carry three or more people?" Sam asked suddenly, face pale.
"Uh, yeah, that's it. Why?" Chef replied.
"Because I see that boat coming RIGHT NOW! And there's three people on it," Sam said, getting everyone's attention as they snapped their heads towards Sam.
Everyone looked to where Sam was pointing, and sure enough they saw the boat he mentioned, and lo and behold, Duncan was driving. What shocked them more was what (or rather who) the other passenger was riding with Dawn.
"No way! Is that-?" Chef started.
"EZEKIEL?" Noah, Cody, Beth, and Courtney finished.
"Strange, only Ezekiel is with them though. I thought you said they went to save Chris as well as Ezekiel?" Chef asked Beth.
"That's what they told me, so I'm guessing they couldn't save Chris or something," Beth said.
Before Chef could answer, the boat arrived, and the three campers stepped off it.
"Dawn! You're okay! How'd it go?" Zoey asked Dawn as she ran up to hug her best friend.
"On the whole it went fairly well actually. I was able to save Ezekiel as you can see, but sadly, Chris wasn't so lucky," Dawn said as she and Ezekiel got sad looks on their faces at the thought of Chris.
"So, Chris is-?" Chef asked.
"Hmm? Oh, no, he's alive, but he's not in a good way. You see, he gave himself up to the quarantine agents that have placed Wawankwa under a quarantine. And, to make matters worse, we found out the quarantine was issued by a Ms. Blaineley O'Halloran," Dawn explained causing Chef and the veterans to gape.
"Blaineley is ALIVE?" Chef asked.
"Apparently so, since she was with the agent who Chris chased off so we could escape," Duncan answered bitterly.
"Quarantine men and Blaineley scare Ezekiel. But Chris be brave, sacrifice himself so Ezekiel and his friends Dawn and Duncan could escape. Chris not all bad," Ezekiel said, surprising everyone there.
"So what do you think will happen to Chris?" Zoey asked.
"If deep cleaning means what I think it does, then Chris may not be with us much longer, since from my experience, deep cleaning is usually slang," Chef answered.
"Slang for what, precisely?" Noah asked. When Chef replied, it was with one word.
"Death."
End chapter 3
A/N: And so ends chapter 3! I apologize for it taking so long but it took me forever to decide where I wanted to go with this but I finallly got some good ideas for the story, and now I'm finished with this chapter! I think next I'll work on the next chapter of FaceOff and possibly chapter 27 of Revenge Of The Island as I think I've almost got a good idea for how to deal with that story. For now, however, I'm gonna post this since right now it's 1:48AM in the morning for me (at the time I'm writing this), and this is the latest I've finished a chapter in awhile, so yeah. I hope you enjoy the chapter.
-sithlorde1988
*1*-Old Man Jenkins was a character in a old-school cartoon involving a group of young sleuths who solved mysteries. Anyone who can guess what cartoon I'm talking about gets kudos.
*2*-Grandma Redwood, and the whole scene with Dawn at the tree as well as the song in it, are taken from a popular animated movie about a woman who has to follow her heart and eventually stop her tribe from engaging in an unnecessary war. Anyone who can guess either who Grandma Redwood was based off or the movie this all came out of will get kudos.
*3*-The song Grandma Redwood sang was sang by another talking tree as well. Anyone who can guess who I'm talking about will also get kudos.
*4*-The line Duncan used as a joke is actually a nod to a popular movie series and a moment in one of said movies where the character found out that their sworn enemy is in reality their own father. Anyone who can guess either who Duncan was mocking with his line, the movie I was talking about, OR either of the characters I was talking about gets kudos.
