Chapter Nine: Ice, Ice Baby

"Um, Katilla, you do know where we are, right?" Marlie asked, seeming very concerned.

"Of course I know!" Katilla replied, as excited as ever. "I've had to track my way through Canada to the United States once before. Darn Canadian soil, how I loved it! Anyways, you just stick with me: this is gonna be a piece of cake….a piece of Canadian cake! Darn Canadian cake, how I love it!"

Before Maddie had a chance to respond, Katilla shouted and bolted into action, dragging Maddie with her.

Confession Cam

Maddie – Was Katilla raised by wild wolves or something? She's almost worst than that one girl who was on last season!

END

Elsewhere, Jason was trying to talk to Angelica, who looked like she would rather be stuck with a rabid bear.

"So anyways," Jason proudly boasted, "I told that cracker 'Yo cracker! I'll pop a can in yo ass if ya even think about settin' yo sorry foot onto my turf!' and he said somethin' 'bout not understandin' my talkin' and that he really needed to use the bathroom. But ya know, I don't let outsiders onto my turf! Ain't no wave of other gangstas gonna put their foot onto my gang's turf!"

"Dude, you mean to tell me you wouldn't let a poor six-year old chico use your bathroom because you felt like he represented some threatening gang?" Angelica asked with a Dear-God-are-you-kidding-me tone.

"Yo! That little white boy wore the colors of my rival gang!"

"He was wearing a Spongebob Squarepants t-shirt!"

"So? That underwater cracker's yellow and our mortal enemy gang wears yellow. That kid and Spongebob represent what we hate!"

"Dear God, why did the government allow your parents to reproduce?" Angelica asked herself as she rubbed her temples, trying to numb the pain.

"Yo! Hit the turf!" Jason suddenly shouted, dragging Angelica to the ground.

Before Angelica could respond, the tree that she was standing in front of suddenly turned into solid ice.

"Oh snap!" Angelica whispered, still in minor shock.

Jason then motioned for Angelica to follow him as he crawled away from the direction the blast of liquid nitrogen came from. Not even questioning his thoughts, Angelica followed Jason without a word.

"Dang! Just missed them!" Trent sighed as he snapped his fingers.

"Dude, are you sure this is moral and all?" DJ asked, seeming concerned as he studied the weapon he was holding.

"Relax, big guy," Trent assured him. "I mean, at least we'll unthaw if we get frozen."

"I know…but, isn't this stuff supposed to be so cold that if we get hit with it and fall over…we'll break into a bunch of pieces?"

Trent's expression of tranquility suddenly became paralyzed with fear as DJ mentioned this. DJ was right: he had heard stories of people having their fingers frozen off when they dipped them into liquid nitrogen.

"Yeah…let's just keep moving…keep your eyes open for anyone or anything that could…"

Before he could finish this sentence, a blast of liquid nitrogen suddenly struck both him and DJ. They got half-way through their shrieks of shock before they were frozen solid.

"Oh yeah!" Katilla shouted as she raced up to Trent and DJ's frozen figures with Maddie panting heavily behind her. "You two are just the first two victims of the mighty Katilla! I am so going to win this challenge!"

Before she left, she pinned a sticker onto their bodies to indicate that she had gotten them. Then, laughing wildly, she raced off again with Maddie screaming for her to slow down.

Trent and DJ just merely glanced at each other. Then, they heard noises in the bushes. They whimpered inside as they saw a bunch of forest animals approaching them.

"Ladies and Gentlemen: Trent and DJ have been eliminated from this contest! The All-star beavers are down two players now!" Chris announced through the speakers.

"Oh crap!" Gwen whimpered, seeming worried for her boyfriend.

"Ooh, I hope they're all right," Heather spoke, seeming worried.

"They're frozen solid…of course they're not all right!" Gwen snapped.

"Oh…right," Heather replied, putting a finger to her chin. "Oh well, as long as we work together, we'll be all right, right buddy?"

"Don't…call…me…buddy," Gwen hissed as she shrugged Heather's hand off her shoulder.

"Okay…sheesh…touchy," heather whimpered.

Confession Cam

Heather – I don't know why Gwen won't try and reconcile with me. I know I did some horrible things in the past, but I'm not that person anymore. Why can't Gwen see past all that?"

END

Elsewhere, David, Rayne, and Sam were strolling through the woods, being sure to stay alert for any signs of attackers.

"Man, this is super scary," Rayne shuddered. "I mean, the idea of being frozen, unable to move for hours…it gives me the chills…literally."

"Just stay cool…I mean, calm," Sam lightly chuckled, hoping to lighten the mood.

"Man…this would seem so much better if Jess was still here," David sighed. "She knew how to keep us calm."

"I know…I miss her," Rayne whined.

David gave her a small hug to comfort her. Behind them, Sam stared at the ground, feeling bad. After all, he was the reason Jess was voted off.

Confession Cam

Sam – Okay, I tried telling myself that it all a game and to not let it get to me. But when I saw Rayne and David hurting the way they were, I just couldn't hold it together anymore. I had to tell them what happened.

END

"Uh…Rayne…David…" Sam whispered.

Sam's partners released each other when they heard Sam speak.

"I, uh, have a confession to make."

"What is it?" Rayne asked.

"Well…uh…promise you won't get mad…"

"Why?" David asked, seeming a little irritated with this last statement

"Um…uh…that is…eh…"

"What?" David and Rayne asked in union. Both of their arms were folded and they looked like they were getting a little impatient.

"Uh…I…uh…I voted for Jess last night."

A look of disbelief came across David's face and Rayne looked like she had been slapped across the face and was extremely hurt. When Sam saw their expressions, he crumbled under the pressure.

"Only because Carson threatened that he'd have Russell turn me into a human piñata if I didn't otherwise!" he blurted out.

Immediately, their expressions softened a little. Then, they became enraged.

"Ooh…how I hate those two!" Rayne blurted out, stomping the ground. She looked so mad, Sam could have sworn that he saw her orange eyes turn red.

"THAT…IS…IT!" David hissed through his shaking teeth. "The next chance we get, we're voting off Russell! Then, Carson'll be a helpless, little baby in our hands!"

"I'm in!" Rayne smirked. "I've helped an African tribe take down a bull elephant once…Russell's going to be cake compared to that!"

David and Rayne bumped fists in the middle. They then looked to Sam to join them in their plan.

Sam smiled weakly as he joined his fist with theirs.

Afterwards, David continued to lead the party in the challenge. Rayne followed, seeming determined more than ever to eliminate her arch nemesis. Sam followed, but he looked and felt rotten compared to them.

Confession Cam

Sam – If I knew what this game could do to me, I don't know if I would've signed up. I never intended to hurt anyone…not like this.

END

Elsewhere, Duncan and Leshawna were slowly walking through the woods, careful not to let their steps make too much noise. But they were having little success because they could not stop arguing over which way they should go next.

"It's this way, fool!" Leshawna huffed as she tried to pull Duncan towards her direction.

"And I say it's this way, big girl!" Duncan huffed.

"Oh no you didn't! You did NOT just insult my hips!"

"What if I did?"

"Then I'm gonna kick your little, skinny butt to Timbuktu!" Leshawna snapped as she picked Duncan up over his head.

Before Leshawna could toss him, Duncan exclaimed, "Quick Leshawna! Put me down! Someone see's me and they're aiming at me!"

"Say you're sorry first!" Leshawna demanded.

"Dude! I'm serious! They're taking aim!"

"Say it!"

"Okay! I'm sorry! Now put me down!"

Leshawna dropped Duncan at her feet just in time as a blob of liquid nitrogen flew over her head.

"Dang!" Carson exclaimed. "You're too nice, Russell! You gave him a chance to blink!"

Russell grunted in disappointment as he recharged his gun.

Duncan and Leshawna came flying through the bushes with their guns pointed at Russell and Carson and fired as fast as they could. Carson and Russell immediately ducked for cover behind a rock to avoid the freezing substance.

"Don't give them a chance to breath!" Duncan exclaimed as he fired another round.

"I heard that!" Leshawna replied as she continued to fire.

Behind the rock, Russell and Carson looked a little worried.

"Russell, we're in quite a pickle here. I'm afraid you're going to have to…" he leaned in close to Russell and whispered something to him. Russell looked a little confused when Carson finished explaining his plan.

"Trust me," he grinned. "It'll work."

Russell looked reluctant to do it, but he agreed to do it.

Without warning, Russell jumped out from behind the rock. Much to the surprise of Duncan and Leshawna, he wasn't armed. They decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth and fired at the overgrown Russian enforcer. What happened next was even more shocking than what Russell had done the day before. As the blobs of liquid nitrogen flew at Russell, Russell opened his mouth and proceeded to swallow each and every shot of liquid nitrogen that had been fired.

After a few shots had been fired and swallowed by Russell, Leshawna and Duncan stopped firing, dumbfounded by what the Russian had done.

"Tell me…he did not just eat that stuff," Leshawna stated, shocked.

"Dang…that's just not normal," Duncan added, equally shocked.

Before they could react, Carson jumped out from behind the rock and fired two shots towards the stunned all-stars, freezing them both in their tracks.

"Well played, my noble foes," Carson grinned. "But not good enough! Well done Russell!" There was no response. "Russell?"

Carson glimpsed at Russell, who looked pathetic as he pointed towards his frozen mouth. Russell tried to whimper about his mouth, but is appeared that his voice was frozen as well. .

"Don't complain Russell. What you did was for the greater good of the team. Now let's go!"

Carson led the way as Russell continued to mope silently about his condition.

Confession Cam

Carson – Hey, I felt bad Russell's mouth and voice was frozen, but it had to be done. On the bright side, it'll unthaw after some time.

END

"Okay…the All-star Beavers are really in trouble now!" Chris announced over the loudspeakers. "Leshawna and Duncan have just been eliminated. Russell of the Flying Squirrel's…uh…has been half-way eliminated. The Wild Turkey's, on the other hand, are all still in this competition! Let's go Beavers! You've got some serious ground to make up!"

"Oh no," Bridgette whimpered as she heard this announcement, cuddling to Geoff. "We've got to do something fast or we're going to lose! What'll we do?

"I'm thinking, babe!" Geoff assured her. "I'm thinking!"

Bridgette and Geoff were thinking as hard as they could, trying to come up with a solution to their problem.

"I've got it!" Geoff exclaimed. "Liquid nitrogen's really cold, right?"

"Right."

"Well, it can't freeze us if…we're really hot!"

"Geoff! That's brilliant!" Bridgette exclaimed! "But how can we get hot enough to keep ourselves from freezing?"

Geoff and Bridgette exchanged looks. Then, without missing a beat, they started to heavily make-out (A/N: NO NOT SEX! GET YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE GUTTER, YOU PERVES! IT'S PG-13!)

At that same time, Lena, Kenny, and Zachary walked up to Bridgette and Geoff in their heavy make-out session. The three glanced at each other with confused looks on their faces.

"I don't even want to know," Zachary sighed.

"Me-yeow!" Lena purred. "Where's Discovery Channel when you need them?"

"Now THAT'S extreme," Kenny swooned.

"Guys! Snap out of it!" Zachary barked. "We've got them where we want them! Fire!"

Lena and Kenny snapped out of it and on Zach's cue, fired at the couple making out. Surprisingly, the first two shots didn't freeze them completely. Rather, it just made Bridgette and Geoff extremely cold.

"Brr…" Geoff shivered. "K-K-Keep going, b-babe!"

"O-O-Okay," Bridgette shivered as she pressed her lips against Geoff's once more.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," Zachary grunted. "Isn't this show supposed to be PG-13?"

Kenny, Lena, and Zachary continue to fire at Bridgette and Geoff. It took several minutes, but at long last, Bridgette and Geoff were frozen solid, their licks locked together.

"At least they're happy," Kenny chuckled.

"Right! Let's keep moving before they find out we're here!" Lena suggested.

But before they could move, three shots flew through the air and each hit their target: Zachary first, Lena second, and Kenny third.

"Oh yeah! Katilla racks up some more!" Katilla shrieked as she approached her latest victims, with an exhausted Marlie being dragged on the ground. Katilla posted three more stickers on her hits and once again raced through the forest.

"Katilla! Wait!" Marlie begged. "We're doing great! We're winning! Let's take a break! PLEASE!"

Confession Cam

Marlie – Katilla's one wild chick! I mean TOO wild! I'm almost frightened of her! She's lucky she and I are in Sam's alliance or I might seriously consider voting her off the next chance I got…oh, my feet are killing me.

Katilla – Oh, I am SO loving this! Going through the woods like a mighty hunter stalking her prey and BANG! Collect her prize trophies! Darn Chris, how I love him so!

END

"Okay campers, now the All-Star Beavers are down to just Heather and Gwen! The Wild Turkeys have lost Lena, Kenny, and Zachary. The Squirrel's are still going strong with just Russell being half-way eliminated. It's still anyone's game! Keep going!"

"Uh oh!" Maddie gasped. "We just lost our most reliable team. Heaven knows Jason and Angelica aren't going to get along long enough to survive. Got any ideas Derek?"

Maddie turned around to look at Derek, who was silently following Maddie while staring at the ground.

"Uh…no…" Derek quietly whispered, not daring to look up at her.

"Derek…you need to look at me," Maddie pleaded as she lowered her head to Derek's eye level. She grabbed his face and tilted it to look her right in the eyes.

Derek's face flushed when he stared into her beautiful blue eyes. He almost lost balance as he stared into them.

"Derek! Focus!" Maddie repeated, a little more stern than before. "If we're going to survive this, we need to focus on this challenge! I can't have you freaking out on me! Do you understand?"

"Uh…er…I mean…eh…"

Confession Cam

Maddie – This was serious. Derek was freaking out for some reason. I have no idea why, but I had to do something…fast

Derek – Her eyes…her beautiful eyes…having to stare into mine. She must be so disgusted with having to be with me.

END

"Derek, listen to me," Maddie continued. "You don't have to worry about winning this challenge as much as you are! If we lose, we lose. Tomorrow's another day! But you have to try and think of something that'll help us win."

"But…I…I never have any good ideas," Derek sighed.

"Yes you do!" Maddie reassured him. "I promise you, you do! Just have faith in yourself and you'll see just how clever you can be! I believe in you! Right now, you need to believe in yourself!"

Derek's face lit up like it never had before. Here was one of the popular girls in the world telling him that she believed in him. He was almost speechless. Then, a new burst of confidence shot through him that he never felt before.

"Okay…I've got an idea," Derek grinned. "Here's what we're going to do…"

Will Derek's plan to win it for his team work? Or will Katilla's urge to blast all in her path prove to be too much for him? Will Marlie be able to keep up with Katilla? Will Gwen and Heather be able to put aside their differences long enough to save their team from the bonfire ceremony? Will poor Russell's mouth and voice unthaw fast enough to save himself from being eliminated by Sam, David, and Rayne? Will get mad at the author for the section about Bridgette and Geoff in a T=rated story? And finally, who's going home next time? Stay tuned for the next chapter of TOTAL…DRAMA…ISLAND…BEAVER CAMP!