Rating Note: This story will contain language of a non-bleeping matter, so it is at an appropriate level. It also contains sexual references and a lot of violence; this chapter alone is full of violence and cuss words but nothing too serious.
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The Dock of Shame – Day Two: MJ's Day in the Woods
"Last time on Total Drama Encore," Ben calls from the dock, "Our campers embarked on a marathon around the island."
"Sounds easy, you say?" Ben asks, "Well I didn't mention the TNT… oh yes, TNT."
"It caught many by surprise…"
Shows Josh get blown to the sky, and the mesmerized Adrian and Zach watching him fly back to the beginning.
"… it scared some…"
Shows Kevin leap behind the log when Josh landed beside him.
"… but a few could actually take on the action…"
Shows Ed-J, Sedry, and Shadow dodge through the ruckus.
"… but only two got passed it."
Shows Ed-J yell at Shadow.
"The two continued on their journey around the island, and shortly after…"
Shows Ed-J get picked up by the sea monster.
"… it picked off Ed-J and he screamed like a little girl."
Shows Shadow leave Ed-J behind.
"Oh yeah, Shadow left Ed-J to the monster," Ben continues, "What a cretin, right?"
"Anyway," Ben went on, "Zach and Adrian came along and they tried to save Ed-J…"
Shows Zach almost get eaten, but Adrian saved him.
"… but that ended with Zach almost getting eaten, him and Adrian both getting caught by the monster, and the monster taking Zach's wallet."
Shows Zach about get eaten once again, but he notices his wallet on the monster's tongue.
"Sadly, as soon as it tried to eat Zach for the second time, Shadow came in."
Shows Shadow come back and catch Zach.
"Zach was furious."
"Sedry came in with Chef's favorite flame thrower, and the brawl began."
Shows Sedry come in and everyone fight the beast.
"But alas, Shadow was eaten and everyone was in shock."
Shows the funeral for Shadow, and then shows Erica starting to run.
"Once everyone came to the start, they found a shocking surprise."
Shows Chris grab Phil by the collar.
"Shadow survived making the Wolves the winners and the Sharks debated on who was going home!"
Shows Erica, Kevin and Phil argue.
"But ultimately, Emily found herself taking the boat of losers."
Shows Emily yelling at the Sharks.
"But the Sharks were met with another surprise, Emily was actually smart… and British and their bad strategy skills apparently made her mad."
Shows Emily's final words; "Honestly," she said, sitting on bench of the boat, "I think the lot of them are gonna lose, with bloody awful strategies like those."
"Ah, that was a great day," Ben comments, "What will happen today? What will the challenge be? Will Sydney get her board back? Who will get together? And does Shadow have any more tricks up his hoodie sleeve? Find out right here on Total! Drama! Encore!"
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Theme song plays
Cabin Area – So Peaceful
The Cabins were set up north to south with two lines of cabins parallel and facing each other with three in each line, like so.
Cabin One Cabin Two
Cabin Three Cabin Four
Cabin Five Cabin six
It was peaceful; birds were chirping, it was sunny, everyone was asleep except Adrian, he was up drawing his latest work by the back window, and the squirrels were playing.
This was all ruined by the roars and winds of a helicopter being flown by Chris, lowering it next to cabin five, by the window where Adrian was drawing which caused Adrian drawing to fly away.
"Nooo!" Adrian panicked as he tried to catch it in time.
But it flew out one of the windows by the door.
Chris, through a microphone, said, "Rise and shine guys, time for day two."
"Five more minutes," Mitch groaned, putting a pillow over his ears.
"Nope," Chris replied, smiling at their misery, "Now."
They all moved their legs off their bed as if to get up, all of them groaning.
Chris flew away, and they all smiled and laid back down in their beds, Adrian thought that was funny.
Chris went to Cabin four.
"Wakey, wakey!" Chris sang in the microphone, "Eggs and bakey."
Sedry lifted her head, saw the helicopter and instantly flew out the window.
"You'll never catch me again RCMP!" she yelled as she ran away.
"Sedry," Chris called, "It me! Chris MacLean!"
"I'm not fallin' for that!" her distant voice called as she continued to run.
Chris looked at the camera and shrugged, and then he looked back into the cabin and saw that Phil and Sam were somehow still asleep.
"Wake up!"
Sam jumped so hard in fear that he broke out of the hole and fell on his back. He sat up and noticed that he was out now.
"I'm free!"
"Good," Chris said, "Now get ready for today."
"Please be quiet!" Phil snapped, still lying down in his bed, looking up at the ceiling, obviously annoyed, "I don't know what's more annoying: the helicopter or your voice!"
Chris scowled him, "Just get ready!" Then he flew away.
Phil sat up and looked at the bed across from him.
"Where's Shadow?"
"I don't know," Sam answered, getting up walking next to him.
Phil looked at Sam and noticed that he was out of the hole.
"How'd you get out?"
"I jumped," Sam put it simply.
"Um, okay," Phil replied a little confused.
Chris flew to cabin three
"Day two, dead ahead," Chris yelled, "Get up and enjoy it!"
Tom walked up to Chris to get a closer look at the helicopter.
"Cool! Can I get a ride?"
Chris put the microphone in Tom's face, "No!"
"Then what am I supposed to do," Tom asked angrily, "You took games from me."
"I don't care!" Chris answered with the microphone in his face again, and then he pushed him back.
"Get up!" Chris yelled, "There's a long day ahead of you guys."
"All I want to do is go to sleep," Lucy said as she lies down in her bed.
"Oh well!"
Kevin sat up in his bunk and he reached over.
"Well, MJ let's…" there was nothing there, "MJ? MJ?"
He looked around, "MJ!"
"Did you lose him?" Tom asked.
"No," Kevin answered, "He always sleeps on the foot of my bed."
"He sleeps?"
"Maybe he ran off," Chris suggested as he smiled.
"Oh yeah," Kevin answered, "He likes to make morning jogs. I guess he just wanted to go without me this time."
Chris, Tom and Lucy just stared at him in surprise.
"Um… yeah," Chris went on, "Get ready."
Later…
Everyone, save Shadow, MJ, and Sedry, was lined up in the middle of the Cabin area waiting for Chris to tell them the challenge.
Chris walked up and down the line, building eagerness in the campers, as Ben watched at the end of the line. He stopped in front of dozing Lee.
"Wake up camper!" Chris yelled, taking Lee out of drowsiness.
"My apologies," Lee apologized, "But you did not offer us an extensive epoch of time to properly suspend our consciousness."
Chris didn't know what to say at his lengthy excuse.
"He said that we didn't give them enough time to sleep," Ben explained to Chris.
"Is that so?" Chris asked Lee, face-to-face with him.
"Quite truly," Lee honestly answered.
"Really?" Chris continued, and then he backed up and looked at the rest of the campers.
"Do you all agree?"
He was met with sixteen yeses.
"I had enough time," Brenda snuck in smiling at everyone's misery.
"Well you're all gonna have to get used to it," Chris replied.
"That's right," Ben added to prevent Chris from making a speech, "But let's not get off subject. I bet you're all wondering what the challenge is."
A few of them said yes.
"The challenge today, ladies," Chris went to explaining, "Is gonna be thrilling."
Chris went over to twenty brief cases that were set up.
"It's a challenge I like to call," Chris went on, "Saving Private MJ."
"Hey!" Kevin exclaimed.
"Is that a reference to that one movie?" Carly asked.
"Why yes, Carly, it is."
"You guys took MJ?" Kevin butted in, but was completely ignored as he marched up to Chris.
"I loved that movie!" Carly stated, flinging her arms in the air to show her excitement.
"Where is he?" Kevin got mad and grabbed Chris by the collar and Chris smiled.
"You'll have to find him; he's on the island somewhere."
With that Kevin ran off on his journey, calling MJ's name.
"Yo, Chris," Adam called, "What's in the cases?"
"You'll find out after breakfast," Chris as he looked at his watch, "Oh look, it' breakfast time now."
"Okay everyone," Ben guided, "Let's get to the mess hall."
Everyone groaned and lazily walked in the direction of the mess hall as Ben walked up to Chris.
"I didn't see Josh, Mitch or Zach in the lineup," Ben stated.
"Ugh, they didn't get of bed."
Cabin Five: Adrian, Josh, Mitch and Zach – So Sleepy
The three were sleeping peacefully, but Chris came in and put and air horn next Josh's ear.
He pressed the button and a loud and obnoxious honk came from the horn and, in reaction, Josh flung up and hit his head on the top bunk.
"OW!" Josh screamed.
"Dude," Mitch complained after he was rudely awoken, "What your problem?"
"I told you guys to get up forever ago," Chris answered, scowling, "What happened?"
"I guess you're just not good at waking people up," Zach answered, still lying down with his eyes shut.
Chris honked the horn in his ear and Zach jumped to attention.
"Stop doing that!" Zach exclaimed, rubbing his ear.
"Fine," Chris went on, realizing that there was no way he was getting them up, "I guess I'll have Chef wake you guys up for now on."
"No, it's okay!" Mitch replied as they all jumped out of bed and started getting dressed. Chris smiled in victory.
Mess Hall – Where's MJ?
"This is what I'm giving you and this is what you're eating," Chef said, leaning over the serving counter looking at the person standing there in the face, "Or else."
"Ooh, 'Or Else'," Phil replied, "How come no one ever says what they are going to do?"
"You don't want to know what will happen," the angry war veteran responded.
"I don't want to know," Phil retorted, "Or you don't know?"
"Just take the food and leave!" Erica suggested.
"Fine," the sarcastic obliged and then he looked at Chef, "Same time tomorrow."
At the Wolves' table…
"Okay, let's go one by one and see what everyone thinks the challenge will be," Mitch said as he pointed at Zach, who was sitting to the right of him, "You first."
"Uh… I don't know." Zach shrugged off as he ate some of his eggs.
"Interesting," Mitch said, and then he pointed across the table at Adrian, "Your turn."
"Um…," Adrian hesitated as he thought of the only thing that he could get in his head, "Tag?"
"Boring," Mitch stated, looking to his left of Adrian, "Josh?"
Josh shrugged and said the first thing that came to mind, "Hockey."
"You wish," Mitch commented and pointed at Evelyn and she smacked his hand away.
"I'm not playing," Evelyn stated.
"You could've just said that," Mitch replied as he shook his hand, "You don't gotta get violent."
"Well, don't stick your finger in my face."
"Jeez, what crawled up your butt this morning?" Mitch playfully argued.
"Don't jest like that," Lee replied, "That is a malicious thing."
"Thank you, Lee," Evelyn responded as she ate her eggs.
"Much obliged," the genius replied.
"Dude, don't take the girls' side," Mitch argued.
"Girls' side?" he asked.
"Yes," the musician answered.
Lee sighed.
"I don't take part in the 'Boys versus Girls' controversy," Lee admitted and he began to pat Mitch's back, "I'm sorry that you do."
"Fine," Mitch continued, "But now… you're dead to me."
"What's going on here?" Sydney sat down next to Evelyn.
"Oh, nothing," Evelyn said, "It's just a boy thing."
"I do believe that you also find the 'Boys versus Girls' dispute completely adolescent," the genius asked Sydney, "Am I correct?"
"Of course, that's for little kids," she answered.
"Thank you," Lee stated.
"I'm mean," Sydney continued, "Unless you're chicken."
"Pardon me?" Lee interjected.
Sydney and Evelyn began to make chicken noises and folded theirs arms in like wings.
"Lee, are you gonna take that man," Zach interrupted.
"Yeah," Josh added, "Defend yourself."
"Alright," Lee said breaking out of the pressure, leaning over the table, "You're on."
"Oh please," Brenda came in, "As if you stand a chance; you're as scrawny as a Chihuahua.
"Oh really," Lee rebelled, "You foresee my losses, do you?"
"Well, we'll see who wins the challenge for us today," Brenda said, "But I doubt that will be you."
"Okay, as if…"
"Okaaay!" Mitch interrupted, "Back to the original subject; what do we think the challenge will be?"
"Whatever it's going to be, Lee is not going to win it," the queeny answered.
"I think it's going to be that we have to find MJ," Lucy interrupted, "And that the things in the brief cases are paint ball guns. But that's just a guess."
"Okay, goth girl," Mitch took in, "What do you think it is going to be Lee?" Mitch asked.
"Something that configures the mind," Lee answered, "Which means that Brenda will not be the winner."
"How 'bout them Red Wings?" [1] Adrian intervened, trying to soothe the approaching violence.
"Who?" many of them asked.
"Oh, yeah," Adrian remembered, "We're in Canada."
Then Josh elbowed Adrian to get his attention.
"Great team," Josh answered him.
At the Sharks' table...
"Man, that was cool when you were messing with Chef," Sam admitted to Phil as they sat down.
"Yeah, thanks," Phil ignored him.
"It was so funny."
"Not to mention stupid," Erica added, sitting across from them, "You could've got killed."
"No," Phil retorted, "Our contracts didn't cover death, didn't you see Chris freaking out yesterday because he thought Shadow was dead."
Confessionals – Wrong!
Chris: \smiling sadistically\ Oh, don't worry, we changed that loop hole.
The Mess Hall Cont.
"Okay, but you could've got hurt," Erica continued with the possible threats.
"Nah, I think that he has enough on his record," Phil continued to retort, "I don't think he wants to add 'Assault on a Minor' to it."
"Well, he can poison your food," Erica said, "It's already bad enough to kill us, so nobody will charge him because the bad food in our contracts, as well."
Phil sat there thinking.
"Okay, you got me," Phil gave in, "But it's fun to mess with him, so I'm going to keep doing it, are you okay with that?"
"Fine, but you'll be sorry," Erica stated as she took a bite of her eggs.
"Whoa, all the tension," Sam commented, "It's heavy."
"What goin' on here?" Adam asked as he sat down next to Erica, and Tom sat across from him, mumbling something about a helicopter.
"Phil and Erica just had a good argument," Sam answered.
"Is he getting' on your nerves?" Adam asked Erica as he put his arm around her.
Erica dropped her fork and looked at Adam.
"Adam?" Erica sweetly asked.
"Yes, hot stuff?"
"Wouldn't mind taking your arm off of me would you?"
"Why baby, I know you like it?"
Erica then slammed her fist on place that is so sacred, and Adam's arm came flying off to secure himself as Erica pushed him off the bench.
Adam laid there on the ground in his very weak state.
Erica went back to eating her eggs and she noticed that the rest of them were staring at her.
"What?" She casually asked.
All of them covered themselves in fear and in unison answered, "Nothing."
Carly sat down next Erica.
"Why's Adam laying on the floor crying?" she asked.
All the boys pointed their fingers at Erica.
Carly was confused for a second, but then it popped in her head.
"Ohhh," Carly realized and then she chuckled a little.
"Why's Adam in the fetal position?" Vicky asked as she sat down on the other side of Erica.
"Erica got two bull's eyes," Carly answered with a smirk and Adam groaned.
"Oooh," Vicky sympathized his pain, "Eso debió de doler mucho." (Spanish: That must have hurt a lot.)
"I think it's kind of funny," Carly commented.
Cabin Area – Challenge Two
Everyone was once again lined up in the middle of the Cabin and everyone was ready.
"Okay everyone," Chris alerted with a smile, "I bet you're dying to know what is in these cases aren't you?"
Most of everyone cheered.
"Well come up to the cases that is respectfully lined up with you and open it," Ben told them.
Everyone ran up and opened their cases.
"A paintball hand gun!" Adam exclaimed, "This is cool!"
"A sling shot?" Adrian wondered, and then he shrugged it off as he pulled out the sling shot and a small plastic case full of paintballs.
"I didn't get anything," Brenda complained.
"Oh yeah some are like that," Chris smiled Brenda groaned and walked back to her spot in the line.
"An A-Kay-Forty-Seven!" Carly cheered, "It's just like the ones in the movies."
Ben and Chris were surprised by this, and then Chef ran up to Carly and grabbed it and the case.
"That's mine," he admitted as he gave Carly a different case.
"Do you have a license for that?" Chris asked.
Chef stopped running and thought of what to say, but he couldn't think of anything.
"Shut up!" he yelled as he ran off.
"An automatic paintball gun!" Carly exclaimed.
"Hey!" Adam complained, "How come she gets an automatic?"
"Hay is for horses, Adam," Ben answered, "Hay is for horses."
"I got an automatic too!" Ed-J yelled and he took Lee's.
"How childish!" Lee said.
"Oh, come on dude, give his gun back," Zach suggested.
"Yeah right," Ed-J said, "My case had nothing."
"Well, then you should have nothing," Zach answered.
"No, I think I like this gun," Ed-J replied as he walked away and back to the line.
They watched as he left, with scowling faces.
"Here Lee," Zach said as he gave Lee his hand gun, "You can have mine."
"Thank you, Zachary," Lee appreciated and they walked back to the line.
"Cool," Tom said, "I got an automatic."
He aimed it at Chris and Chris ducked.
"What are you doing man?" Chris asked.
"Unless you want to get welted," Tom stated aiming very securely at Chris, "I suggest you give me my laptop."
Suddenly, clicks of another paintball heard next to Tom.
"As much as I'd love to see Chris get welted," Ben stated, standing next to Tom with a paintball hand gun pointed at him, "You're still going to have to wait until the finale, or when you get eliminated to get your laptop."
Tom sat there aiming at Chris when another click was heard on the other side of him.
"Oh come on," Tom said as he looked over at other person and there stood Sam.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot!" Sam warned, and then smiled lowered his handgun, "I'm just kidding, I just always wanted to say that."
Tom lowered his weapon and then put his hands up for surrender, followed by him walking back to the line.
"You almost got wasted there," Adam joked at Tom.
"I could've easily taken him down," Tom admitted.
"Sure, you could've," Adam said in disbelief.
"Okay, campers," Chris announced, "Just so you know what your competition is: Adam has a handgun, Adrian has a slingshot, Brenda has nothing…"
She growled at him.
"… Carly has and automatic, Ed-J now has an automatic…"
Lee scowled Ed-J.
"… Erica has a handgun, Evelyn has also a handgun, Josh has nothing…"
Josh shrugged.
"… Kevin is long gone and has nothing, Lee has a handgun…"
Lee gave Zach a thumbs-up.
"… Lucy has a handgun, Mitch has a handgun, Phil has an automatic, Sedry is also long gone…"
"Yeah, but she had flame thrower yesterday," Zach stated, "There's no telling what she has today."
"Exactly, so if any of you see her, especially those on the other team, run for your life," Ben suggested.
"Going on," Chris said, "Sam has a handgun…"
Suddenly a pop is heard and Phil yelped.
"What was that for?" Phil yelled at Sam as he rubbed a yellow spot on his leg.
"Sorry," Sam apologized, "I just get nervous when people say my name."
"Well…" Phil tried to speak; it hurt a lot, "Don't do it again."
"Anyway," Chris said, getting a little annoyed by the interruptions, "Sydney has and automatic…"
He scowled at Tom, "…Tom has an automatic, Vicky has nothing and Zach also has nothing."
"Do we have that clear?" Ben asked.
Carly raised her hand.
"Um… yeah?" Ben asked.
"How come, there are only seventeen of us and eighteen cases are open," Carly noticed as both of the hosts turned around and started counting.
Suddenly a barrage clicks were heard and Chris's back turned into a rainbow.
Chris screeched in pain and fell to the ground as Ben turned around and automatically accused Tom.
"Hey!" Ben yelled as he marched up to Tom.
He stopped right in front of the game jockey, who did not back down.
"Nice shot," Ben slipped him a high five.
"Thanks," Tom appreciated, but then pointed at Chris's back, "But if you notice I only shot him once, and there are three other colors on his back."
Ben looked up and down the line at everyone and Ed-J couldn't hold his smirk.
"Did you shoot him?" Ben asked Ed-J as he walked up to him.
"I might've," Ed-J thought.
Ben leaned in closer and whispered, "Trust me, you're not in trouble."
Ed-J smiled.
"Then, yes, I did shoot him," Ed-J chuckled.
Ben backed up so he could see everyone.
"If you shot Chris raise your hand!" Ben yelled to everyone.
Tom, Ed-J, Carly, and Mitch all raised their hands.
Phil leaned forward, looking back and forth of the line to see who shot him.
He shrugged, raised his gun, shot Chris, and raised his hand after Chris shrieked and everyone laughed, including Ben.
"Okay, your challenge for today is actually simple," Ben announced, stopping his laughter, "All you have to do is find MJ in the woods somewhere, first person of any team to bring him back wins for their team."
"Then what's with the paintball guns?" Evelyn asked.
"Just in case you guys run into each other," Ben answered, smiling, "We thought you might like to have some fun."
"Sweet," Ed-J remarked as he looked at Lee and shot at his feet.
"Hey!" Lee jumped.
"Hay is for horses," Ed-J responded as he shot at his feet again.
"Enough," Ben commanded, "You're challenge starts now… go!"
Everyone ran to the woods and Ben turned around.
"Huh," Ben counted, "There are eighteen cases open."
He just shrugged it off and walked away, but he tripped over Chris and they both groaned.
Confessionals – Challenge Two
Carly: Yeah, challenge two! \pumps her arm\ Bring it on, baby!
Evelyn: \arms crossed\ Looking for a basketball? \smiles\ This is going to be a breeze.
Ed-J: \leaning on a wall\ Looking for a basketball? Boring. \smiles evilly\ I'm just gonna shoot everyone else. Now that's fun.
Erica: Even though we're missing three people… \pauses and then slaps herself on the forehead\ I just counted the basketball as a person; this place is already making me crazy.
The Woods – The Sharks
Everyone was in a group walking the way they thought they should be walking.
"Where are we going?" Sam asked.
"I honestly have no idea," Erica, who was in the front, admitted.
"Oh great," Phil complained, "So we're lost."
Everyone stopped instantly and looked at Phil in surprise.
Phil stood there, confused, and had to asked, "What?"
"You're actually trying now?" Erica asked.
"Shocker," Carly stated.
"Hey, this challenge is like taking a walk through a park," Phil argued, "Literally."
"Well, as long as you're doing something," Vicky assured, as she turned around like everyone else and began to walk again.
"You know maybe we should split up so we can cover more ground faster," Phil suggested.
"Oh look at you, coming up with good ideas," Erica teased.
"More like using common sense," he commented.
"Okay here's the plan," Erica started as everyone except Sam huddled; he was too busy acting like he was shooting people with his gun.
"Sam," everyone called over. He stopped what he was doing and raced to the circle.
"Okay…" there's a faint and growing whistle and THUD! "…OW!" Erica yelped, springing up and turning around, holding her butt in pain.
"What happened?" Carly asked.
Erica moved her hand and there was a blue splat on her back pocket.
Phil and Sam couldn't help, but laugh and soon after Vicky joined in.
"Shut up, that really hurt," Erica squeaked, rubbing her hinny.
"Sorry," Vicky apologized, "But that is a little funny."
"Oh, that's gonna stain," Erica complained.
Everything went silent and Erica looked around and turned out confused.
"What?" Carly asked.
"I expected Adam to make up a weird pick up line," Erica admitted.
Everyone looked around and noticed that Adam wasn't there.
"You know what," Vicky stated, "Tom's gone, too."
"I wonder where they are," Sam commented.
Cabin Three: Kevin, Lucy, MJ, Tom – Operation: L.A.P.T.O.P. [2]
Tom busts into the cabin, Adam following.
"What are we doing here?" Adam asked.
"We, my friend," Tom started, "Are getting my laptop back."
"But why are we here?" he asked, "The laptop is in Chris's place."
"Just getting a few tools," Tom answers.
He pulled out a hunting knife and Adam's eyes widen.
"Dude," Adam warned, freaking out, "We can't kill him!"
Tom turned around and looked at Adam like he was an idiot.
"I'm not gonna kill him," Tom assured, "I just feel cooler with the knife."
Adam sighed in relief and Tom went into a bag, and then he noticed the camera and covered it.
Confessionals – Lock and Load
Tom: \covered in many tools\ If those noob, wannabe celebrity, hosts think they and take my two thousand, three hundred, and eighty-six dollars and sixty-one cent laptop away from me…
\he cocked his paintball gun\ … they're in for a rude awakening.
Adam: Why am I helping Tom get his laptop back? \looks what he thinks is sly into the camera\ Because the ladies love the danger.
The Woods – The Wolves
The Wolves were also walking as a team, but in line instead of bundled up.
"Ugh, I hate the woods," Brenda complained, pushing a branch out of her way, "It's full of bugs and animals."
"It's not all bad," Mitch tried to sooth her while dodging the branch she pushed out of the way, but Zach wasn't as lucky, "It's like taking a walk in the park."
"Yeah," Brenda continued, "A bug and animal infested park."
"A lot of parks have animals."
"Yes, but those animals are domestic and less disease ridden and I hardly like those ones anyway."
"Will you stop complaining?" Ed-J asked, getting irritated.
"Seriously," Evelyn added, rolling her eyes.
Brenda looked at Evelyn, who was at the front of the line.
"Can anybody tell me why we're following the 'Over Achiever'?" Brenda asked, finger quoting Over Achiever.
"You're not really following me," Evelyn answered, and then she stopped and looked at Brenda, "In fact, I encourage you leaving."
"Fine," the queen groaned as she began to walk away, "I don't need you guys."
"That was quick," Zach commented.
"I know, where's the cat fight?" Mitch added.
"I'm sorry to disappoint," Evelyn intervened, "But we have a basketball to find."
Everyone began to walk again and Sydney approached Lee.
"Hey," Sydney began, "You mind covering for me?"
"What for?" he asked.
"I'm gonna go looking for my board," she began to explained, "So could you cover for me?"
"I will be delighted," Lee assured.
"Thanks," and she was off.
"Where's she going?" Ed-J asked.
"Oh," Lee smiled, "She decided that we would trace greater earth if she were to split from the crowd than if we were to clump together."
"Actually, that's a good idea," Evelyn thought, "Okay everyone…" everyone looked and Evelyn paused, "… um… just walk in different directions."
Everyone did just that and they scattered, except for Lee who stood there and pulled out a notepad and pen.
"Subliminally contribute to an obviously successful plan," he muttered as he put the pen to the page and with a swift motion of his pen he said, "Check."
Confessionals – Notepad and Strategy
Lee: \checking something else off his notepad\ A gross amount of viewers may query as of why I brought a paper pad along.
\puts the notepad in his shirt pocket\ Well, I suggested it would be good if I maintained a series of accomplishments I desire to achieve on my spot on the program, thus the paper book.
Evelyn: That was a good idea that Sydney suggested, my only regret is that I didn't think of it myself. \crosses arms\ Oh yeah, and off subject, I don't know if you noticed, but Lucy and Josh weren't there.
\scowls\ They had better be looking for that ball.
The Woods – Phil and Sam
"Have you ever noticed how green the woods are?" Sam asked, dazed in the green wilderness.
Phil rolled his eyes, "I think everyone has noticed."
"But it's not like a normal green," he continued as Phil smack himself on the forehead, "It's like a dark, kind of, green."
"You mean like…" the sarcasm in his voice was very noticeable, "… dark green."
"Yeah!" the big guy cheered, "That's it; dark green."
Phil covered his ears trying to block Sam out of his head.
"The only thing these trees need are green trunks," Sam proceeded.
It was useless, no matter what Phil would do; Sam could find a way to unintentionally annoy him.
"Can't you talk about anything that isn't related to green?" Phil snapped; he had had it.
There was a deep silence as they walked and Sam tried to think of something else to talk about.
"So," Sam started, "How was your book yesterday?"
Phil looked back at Sam and was surprised that he was able to meet the challenge.
"Well?" the green man asked.
Phil felt obliged to answer.
"It was decent," he began, "The storyline had some plot holes and character growth was mediocre at best, but all-and-all, it was okay."
Sam twiddled his finger, not quite sure of everything that Phil said.
"Sooo," he stretched on, "The cover was green wasn't it?"
Phil slapped himself on the forehead and dragged his hand down his face. He closed his eyes and pinched the nerve between them to relax, but next, he didn't see what was in his way, so he tripped.
"Ow," he muttered and then he got up and saw what was behind him.
"You know," Josh started, rubbing his shoe, "You should watch where you're going; I just bought these shoes."
He and Lucy were sitting on a stone and, before Phil and Sam showed up, were probably making out.
"Well, maybe if your foot wasn't out a mile, then it wouldn't have happened," Phil retorted as he patted himself off.
"It's comfortable," Josh replied, "What, I can't be comfortable?"
"Whatever," Phil simply put, and then he got a good look at them.
They were sitting awfully close, they were alone in the woods, and it looks as if they were holding hands.
"Are you guys together?" he asked.
"What's it to you?" Lucy rudely asked.
"We've only been here for a day," the sarcastic pointed out.
"That's, like, love at first sight," Sam added, "That's cool."
"How fast we hook up is our business," Lucy commented, "So, if you could leave, that'd be nice."
"Fine," Phil answered, backing off, "Not my job to get in between people business."
He and Sam began to walk away.
"Why can't I get love at first sight like that," Sam asked.
"Because you way two hundred and ninety-six pounds and are obsessed with green."
Back with Josh and Lucy…
"'Bout time they left," Lucy said, "So where were we?"
"I think you were asking me if I wanted to make out," Josh cleverly answered.
Lucy friendlily punched him.
"No, seriously," she asked.
"Okay," Josh gave in, "I think you were guessing what color I was thinking of."
"Oh yeah," she agreed, and then she paused and closed her eyes to think.
"Red," she answered and Josh went bug eyed.
"How'd you get that?" he asked.
"Deductive reasoning," she answered, sort of quickly, "I took your personality into account. Like so; you like hockey, Adrian mentioned the Red Wings and you said they were a great team. So I suggested to myself that you would think about the Red Wings."
"Oh that's cool," he commented, "Let me try."
"Okay," she allowed.
Thus she closed her eyes and began to think and Josh answered, "Black."
"Nope, red," she corrected, smiling, "That trick only works the first time, because I told you how I did it."
"But all you did was think of the color that I thought of," Josh noticed.
"And that works to trick the other person," Lucy explained, "Here think of another color."
Okay," Josh thought of one as Lucy closed her eyes to think again.
"Okay, got it," he notified her.
"I know," she quickly replied, she answered, "Black."
"Oh come on," Josh was shocked that she got it.
"See you copied what I did and I knew you'd do that," she explained, "It's a strategic game."
Josh sat there and thought about it and smiled.
"Okay, do it again."
The Woods - Sydney
Sydney was walking in random directions with her gun up as if she were going to be attacked sometime soon.
"Don't let the paint ball gun fool you," Sydney assured, "I'm not gonna hurt you."
Suddenly, there was a snap and Sydney stopped straight in her tracks in fear.
"Here beary, beary, beary," she chanted with a deep fear in her voice.
"Here…" Sydney jumped at the entry of the other voice, "… beary, beary, beary?"
She turned around and found Shadow, once again, leaning on a tree with his shoulder. She went to an instant scowl.
"You know bears don't speak English, right?" he continued, "And they're certainly not cats; I suggest a different approach."
"What do you want?" she scolded.
"I'm just enjoying the show," he answered.
"Ugh, you perv," Sydney retorted, putting her hands on her hips.
"Not that show," he argued, surprisingly not laughing at her assumption, "I meant the one where you're completely hopeless."
Sydney rolled her eyes.
"Why is it that every time I come out here, you just happen to pop up?" she asked.
"I just thinking the same thing," he stated.
Then things went quiet and everything became more awkward. Finally, Shadow popped his shoulder off of the tree and began to walk away.
Sydney watched him walk away and thought about something.
"What do you suggest I do?" she asked. He turned around, but continued to walk backwards.
"I mean… you are obviously a bear hunting expert," she quipped.
He smiled.
"Ah, sarcasm," he replied, "A great way to get someone's help."
"Just tell me what to do."
"Fine…" he thought about it for a second, "… be quiet, retrace your steps…" she began to approach him as he walked away, "… check caves, look for foot prints, check for cuts in the ground that a surf board may leave…"
"I can't memorize all of this," she admitted.
"Well…" he left it at that and turn around.
She then ran up to him and stopped him in his tracks.
"Look," she started, "Why don't you just come with me?"
He ignored her and began to walk again.
"Oh, now you're not going to talk to me, like everyone else," she commented and he still ignored her.
She ran up to him again.
"Come on, it'll be fun."
It was a failure, but she ran up to him again; third time's the charm.
The Woods – Erica
Erica was one of many who were walking in any old direction.
"… Whoever thinks that they can shoot me, is in for a surprise," she was still going on about that.
"Eeeemmm Jaaaaaay!" was sounded in the distance and Erica looked around.
The sound of leaves and twigs crackling was repetitive and become louder.
"Eeemm Jaaaay!" was heard again and Erica turned around and Kevin went running by.
"Kevin?" Erica asked, but he went on running, looking for his lost friend.
"Eeeeemmm Jaaaaaaay!" he, once again, called.
He was getting further and further away. All Erica did was watch.
Suddenly, two clicks were heard.
"Ow!" Erica jumped as she covered her butt again. She turned around and saw two figures running away.
She turned back around to see that there was a green splat on a tree in front of her.
"Sam!" she deduced.
Quickly, she turned back around and the two figures were further away. Erica began to run toward them, uncovering the red spot that was now on her other back pocket.
She was a quick girl; after about nine seconds she was in firing range.
"I'm gonna get you guys!" she stated.
Phil and Sam were too amused to answer.
Erica lifted her handgun and fired at Phil, missing by a hair. Phil jumped away to avoid further danger.
She stopped and shot Sam, an easy target, and he fell. Then, her gun was pointed at Phil, who was getting up from the ground.
"Why did you shoot me?" Erica asked a little confused.
Phil shrugged.
"Kicks," he quipped, and then he raised his gun to Erica.
"Oh," Erica stated, "It's gonna be like that."
"Yup, and I have an automatic. So with every welt you give me, you're gonna have three more."
"I think I'm willing to take that risk."
Phil smiled, Erica was ready on the trigger and Sam was sitting in a safe-ish distance, enjoying the show.
"Was it worth it to shoot me?"
"Of course," he answered, "It was kind of like hunting an animal."
Erica scowled at that comment.
"Except," he continued, smiling, "I just don't get to eat you."
"That's very nice to say to a girl that can kick your butt."
"Anybody could kick anybody's butt, unless the other person is really tall."
Erica rolled her eyes at the pun.
"Very funny," she commented, "Did you learn that from a cereal box?"
Phil still continued to smile and Erica continued to scowl.
"When are you guys gonna shoot each other?" Sam interrupted.
Phil and Erica both looked at him and then back at each other; never take your eye off the opponent.
They sat there in silence until an idea struck Phil's mind.
"I think we should settle this western style."
"Like how?"
"A draw," he simply answered.
Suddenly, Carly ran over.
"Did someone say a draw?" she asked.
"Where did you come from?" Sam asked.
"I heard the word 'Draw' and I came a runnin'," she answered.
Lee – Bring It On
Lee was walking freely, whistling, and thinking intensely.
"Eeeemmm Jaaaaaay!" was sounded nearby and Lee looked around.
Kevin was running by and Lee looked a little amused.
"Kevin?" he asked, but Kevin ignored him too.
Kevin ran in the distance still yelling MJ's name.
Suddenly, Lee heard the sound of three clicks and dove away, dodging three white paint balls. Also, in mid-dive, Lee turned around and shot one back at his hunter, who dodged them as well.
Lee rolled in his landing and ended up on his feet at the end of the roll.
"We share one another as team mates," he says to Ed-J, "Why do you insist on attacking me?"
"Because looking for a basketball isn't as entertaining," the delinquent answered, "I wanted to test my aiming and what better way than to shoot at a moving target?"
Lee sighed, thought about it for a few seconds and opened his arms to show that he was ready.
"Bring it on."
That's it for Chapter 4 and I left a lot of cliff hangers. Don't worry; you'll get your answers in the next chapter, sort of.
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