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Total Drama Redemption

Day Eight (08)

My alarm rang at 6 AM, just like I planned it to.

Cody stirred in his bed.

"Come on man, wake up." I said, shaking him vigorously.

"But why?" He grumbled.

"We have to go watch the Awake-a-thon. Come on, let's go."

"Are you sure that that thing still going on?"

I looked at our cabin Trent was nowhere to be found.

"Well, Trent isn't here so I guess he's still competing."

"Alright, let's go." Said Cody, now fully awake. "It's been a week dude!"

I had just noticed. "We lasted one week. Let's hope we last another."

We got up, quickly brushed our teeth and went over to the campfire pit. Just as I had thought, Trent was still there.

Heather and Eva were both asleep. Chris was still narrating the history book to the remaining three.

"And this event led to Canadian participation in World War I. Although the role was a small one, Canada still contributed to the Allied Victory…"

He kept going on, with that monotone voice of his not letting up.

"This book is making me sleepy." Cody mumbled.

Lindsay noticed us.

"Hi Norm, hi Cory." She said.

"It's Noah." I told her.

"Hey, did you see what happened while we were sleeping?" Cody asked, ignoring that Lindsay had got his name wrong.

"Yeah. Everett fell asleep during the first chapter, and Hannah slept soon after."

"She means Eva and Heather." I informed Cody.

"Oh."

Chris continued on.

And on.

And on.

And on.

I checked my watch. It was now 9 AM. It had been 95 hours.

Then Trent fell.

"And another on bites the dust." Cody said.

"So it's down to Gwen and Duncan."

"Gwen's got this for sure."

"No way. Duncan will crush Gwen."

We turned to see who had said this, though we could recognize by the voice that it was Courtney.

"Why? Do you like him?" Cody asked.

"What? No? Ew!" She exclaimed.

For the next hour, a crowd gathered around the campfire pit. There were murmurs about who would finally win this super long challenge.

And then Owen came over. He was fully dressed, but his clothes were covered with dirt, twigs and leaves.

"Dude, where the heck were you?" I asked him.

"Is this the real life?" He asked, confused.

"Is this just fantasy?" Cody added.

"Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality." Harold continued.

We then sang the rest of "Bohemian Rhapsody".

"Nothing really matters to me." Cody finished off.

The Killer Bass and Screaming Gophers had bonded over something.

"Best song ever!" Geoff said.

"No, 'Stairway to Heaven' is." Said Beth.

We then started fighting over which song was better

And thus, the bond was broken.

"I think 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' is the best song." Said Lindsay

"No!" We all yelled at the blonde and continued arguing.

Our argument had lasted for about an hour, and there never was a clear decision for best song as more and more songs kept getting thrown into the argument.

Then Chef walked over to us.

"You maggots are getting too dang close. Back it up a little." He said, running 'Caution' tape all around the campfire pit.

"Why are you doing that?" DJ asked.

"Chris didn't want any noise to interfere with the final two. And you guys are making a hell of noise, so SHUT THE HECK UP or I won't let you watch anymore!"

After that, we were all silent. This was getting pretty boring.

I got up. "Okay, I like watching people try to stay awake as much as the next guy, but I'm gonna go eat now."

Some people followed me, but most stayed behind. I went to the Cafeteria and checked my watch. It was now 12:43 PM.

More than ninety-eight hours had gone by.

I was the last one to leave the cafeteria. I went back to the campfire pit, where both campers were still awake.

Some people were taking bets on who would win. Maybe I should wager too?

Um, you do know that's unfair, right?

Shut up brain.

I bet ten dollars that Gwen would win. I didn't want to wage too much and arouse suspicion.

"You're on, man." DJ said.

Chef Hatchet came back over to us.

"I thought I told you guys to shut up! If I hear one more peep, then you're all gonna get kicked out!" He yelled at us.

We nodded our heads in fear and watched the challenge in silence for some time. Then our silence was broken.

"Gwen, Duncan, congratulations on making it to a hundred hours!"

Wow, a hundred hours without sleep? I couldn't do that if I tried.

"It's time for a bathroom break. Any takers?" Chris asked the final two.

"I've held it this long sweetheart. I could go all day." Said the punk.

"Yeah, but can you hold it for another ten chapters?" Asked the Goth.

Duncan decided to go to the bathroom as Chef followed him.

"That dude is sooooooo gonna win this thing." Tyler said.

"In your dreams." I said.

Back at the pit, Gwen groaned.

How much longer could she last?

We waited for Duncan to get back. It was taking a while.

"Where is he?" Asked an annoyed Courtney.

Just then, Chef handed a paper to Chris. The host read it, and then spoke into the megaphone.

"And we have news." All of our ears perked at this. "It looks like Duncan's taken a dive on the can. Which means the official winner of the Awake-a-thon is… Gwen! The Screaming Gophers win!"

At 2:07 on the fifth day, after 100 hours and 7 minutes, the Awake-a-thon had finally come to an end.

Gwen then fell to the ground exhausted as the Screaming Gophers showed why they had 'screaming' in their name by breaking the sound barrier. Cody cheered the loudest.

"Well, you know what they say" I told him. "You snooze, you lose."

After the cheers had died down, Cody began to sing. What's with all the Queen songs?

"We are the champions, my friends." He air-guitared the tone.

"And we'll keep on fightin' till the end."

"We are the champions, we are the champions." All the Gophers sang.

"No time for losers." We all pointed at the Killer Bass.

"Cause we are the champions, of the world!"

Chris spoke up again.
"Killer Bass, I'll be seeing you at the marshmallow ceremony, which is to be held at 6 PM. It's time for you guys to vote someone off."

The Killer Bass slumped and walked off, cursing themselves, while the Screaming Gophers laughed our butts off.

Gwen was still sleeping in the campfire pit. We all walked over, hoisted her up and carried her off into the girl's cabin, except before we entered the cabin, the Gopher girls shooed us off and carried Gwen in by themselves.

"What's so secret that they can't let us in?" Cody asked.

"They want some privacy. Come on, let's go to our cabin. Owen, Cody and I were about to walk inside, we noticed Eva trashing the Bass cabin.

"Where is my MP3 player?" The fitness buff roared in rage, tossing items out the window.

"It's like 'Bass Trek II: The Wrath of Eva' out there." Cody whispered to me.

I chuckled.

"First they lose the challenge, and then their cabin gets trashed." Owen said.

"Let's just be thankful that she's not on our team." I said, as we walked inside. We would have stuck around a bit longer, except we were afraid that she might notice.

Trent was sleeping and Justin was looking at himself in the mirror.

We listened to her tirade from the safety of our own cabin, when suddenly, the noise died down.

"Why'd it get so quiet?" Cody asked.

"I guess she found her iPod." I answered, even though I knew full well what had actually happened.

We took a short nap and then went over to the Mess Hall to watch the Bass discuss who they were going to vote off. Tonight's elimination would start earlier than the last one, which took place at approximately 9 PM.

I sat in the Main Lodge. Everyone was there except for Gwen, Duncan and Trent.

"Why isn't Duncan here?" Courtney asked.

"We tried to bring him, but he was too beat. He also threatened us. Dude's pretty frightening when he's pissed off." Geoff said.

"Amen to that." I whispered to Cody.

The Killer Bass continued, listing off the possible targets and why they should be voted off. Bridgette had fallen asleep first, DJ hadn't done well in either of the previous two challenges, and so on and so forth.

Eva cried out in rage when her name was mentioned and began throwing a fit.

And by 'fit', I mean she actually tossed things around in the Mess Hall. Everyone quickly cleared out, not wanting to deal with an enraged Eva.

I checked my watch again. It was no 5 PM. There was now one hour left until the elimination ceremony.

I hadn't made a confessional in over four days, so I decided to make one now. I headed over to the Confession Can.

"I thought the first challenge we faced was going to be the most insane. But boy was I wrong. There aren't words to describe how incredibly boring and difficult this second challenge was. I required a great deal of focus and concentration. There was really nothing to do during the whole thing, except wait for other people to fall asleep. At least one positive was that it was a good bonding experience between me and Cody. I also learned some things about Izzy as well." This reminded me about it. "And as far as me kissing Izzy, that was a complete accident. I did not mean to do that at all. It was just at the wrong place, at the wrong time."

I exited the confessional, glad to get that off of my chest.

Chris, I swear, if you don't air that last part, I will sneak into your house at night kill you while you least expect it.

And then I saw her.

"Oh hi Noah." She waved.

It was Izzy. Crap! What do I do? What the heck do I do?

I walked over to her, forcing my legs to move the entire way. I knew I had to get it over with sooner or later. I just wish I would have chosen 'later' instead of 'sooner'

"Uh, hi." I said meekly. What would she say?

She was silent. Come on, say something! You always talk every other time! Why not now?

"So, about what happened earlier…" I started.

"You mean when you read Moby Dick to me? That book was really good, by the way."

"I appreciate you complimenting the book, but no. Not that, the other thing that happened earlier."

"Oh. You mean when you kissed me on the lips."

"Quiet down. I don't want people to hear."

"Sorry."

"Look, I'm really sorry about what happened and I promise you it won't happen again."

"You don't have to apologize."

"Yes, I know what I did was very bad and that I'm a pervert and I deserve to die a painful death and WHAT?"

"I said, you don't have to apologize."

"Well, why not?"

"Because I know it was an accident." Phew.

"But also, for another reason."

"And what is that other reason."

She whispered the next part. "Because I liked it."

She then hummed a tune and skipped off, leaving me dazed and confused.

Well that was awkward.

I hadn't taken a bath today as I was watching the challenge, so I went over to my cabin, pulled out a fresh set of clothes and a towel and headed off to the communal washrooms.

The water was still freezing, even in the evening. I stood in the shower for about twenty minutes before I turned the water off and changed my clothes. I looked at my watch. It was now 5:56. The Killer Bass were heading over to the campfire pit.

I saw Owen.

"Dude, where the hell were you all of this time?" I asked him.

"Huh? I honestly have no idea. I remember falling asleep during the challenge, and then waking up washed upon the shoreline completely naked. I went to get my clothes and then joined you guys to watch the final two. That's all I can recollect.

"You were the first one to fall asleep." I told him.

"I was? Well, it's a good thing we didn't lose this challenge because I would have probably gotten the boot."

"Maybe."

The Bass had then come back from their elimination ceremony. Sans a certain fitness buff.

"Phew, that was a close one." Harold muttered as they went to their respective sides of the cabin.

It was only 6:10. There was still a lot of time left until bedtime.

Man, I feel like a kid. Bedtime? Seriously, Noah?

"So, are you sad about not getting to know Eva?" I asked Owen.

"Not really. I think she would kill me if I even went near her."

"She'd probably kill anyone that went near her."

"Yeah, most likely."

We both laughed. I hadn't really talked to Owen during the Awake-a-thon, because I was mostly talking with Cody and also because he fell asleep after only twelve hours.

Cody joined us after a while.

"Hey, is Trent still asleep?"

"Yeah. The dude's pretty tired. He did finish third."

"Let him sleep. He needs it." I said.

"So, you guys wanna go hang out by the hot tub?" Owen asked.

It had only been one challenge and I had already forgotten that we even had a hot tub.

"Sure." Cody and I said at the same time.

I grabbed my swim trunks and then sat in the tub. It felt pretty warm.

Duh, it's called a HOT tub for a reason.

"So Cody, you got any other jokes?" I asked.

"Yeah. I got tons. How about this one: A woman along with her baby gets onto a bus. The bus driver says that the baby is the ugliest one that he has ever laid eyes on. The woman is insulted. She sits down and tells the person next to her what the bus driver said. To which the man replied"

He cleared his throat, a sign that he was getting to the punchline.

"You go right up there and berate him. Go on. And let me hold your monkey for you."

At this, Owen and I burst out laughing.

We laughed for a good minute, then Owen said that he had another joke.

"Okay, so two hunters are going out hunting in the woods. When one of them falls to the ground. The other hunter immediately calls the doctor. The doctor tells the conscious hunter to make sure the other hunter is dead. Then, a gunshot is heard. The hunter gets back on the phone and says 'okay, I made sure he was dead, now what?'"

Again, we laughed.
"Okay Noah, your turn."

"I was wondering why the baseball was getting bigger, and then it hit me." Very punny.

Owen and Cody laughed half-heartedly. I decided to explain it to them

"You see, because 'it hit me' can mean two things. Okay, explaining a joke kinda ruins it."

We shared some more jokes and then went back to our cabins because it was getting cold out.

"It's time." I said, once inside.

"Chess?"

"Chess."

We pulled out the pieces and set them.

We then began talking.

"So, that challenge was pretty boring." Cody said.

"Tell me about it. So glad it's finally over." I replied.

"Yeah, let's hope none of our following challenges are that long."

"Let's hope."

"By the way, do you know who the Bass voted off?"

"Yeah. It was Eva."

"That girl needs anger-management classes."

"For sure."

"Although, Harold was muttering something about it 'being a close one'."

"I think he was the last person to get a marshmallow."

"I think so too. Although I wonder why."

"Yeah. I don't think he did anything bad during the challenge, do you?"

"Not anything that I can remember."

We played in silence for a while.

Then, I spoke. "I've got it!"

"What?"

"Up till now, I was thinking that everyone had voted for Eva."

"I thought that as well."

"Which would be correct, except for the fact that we forgot about Eva's vote."

"So you're saying that Eva voted for Harold."

"Precisely."

So the (plausible) voting for the second marshmallow ceremony was as follows:

Eva – Harold

Everyone else – Eva

Total: Eva (9); Harold (1)

Eliminated: Eva

"Wow Noah, how do you manage to figure stuff out so fast?"

"It's elementary, my dear Cody." I replied. Actually, I had had eight years to figure out all of these things which had perplexed me at first.

"So, I heard you kissed Izzy." Cody replied, startling me.

How the hell did he know. Only one way: Izzy told him. Darn it, Izzy.

"It was a complete accident. I was sleeping and I never even knew that she was next to me."

Good thing it wasn't YOU I was kissing.

"Whatever, bro."

"Cody, I've said it once and I'll say it again. She and I are just acquaintances."

"An acquaintance that you kissed. On the lips."

"Aw, is Cody jealous that I kissed a girl before him?" He obviously wouldn't listen to my plea, so I decided to turn the tables on him.

It worked. He shut up for the rest of the match, which I lost. Oddly enough, I was checkmated by a queen.

"Haha. I now lead 2-1. The lead is mine once again."

"But not for long." I said.

While heading off to sleep, I could swear that I heard Cody gently humming "Under Pressure" to himself.

Finally! This challenge is over! Good thing too, because I was seriously running out of stuff to write about. The jokes told in the hot tub are not my own. The ones mentioned in the last chapter are not my own either. They are all from the interwebs, which is where almost everything awesome spawns from. I like all songs mentioned. Please don't fight over it.