"Oh no." was Cody's first thought of the day. Today was the day of the dreaded paintball challenge. The day when Cody's life took a turn for the worse. Now, before Total Drama, Cody was by no means popular. Because of the crowd and interests that Cody had, he was mostly a ghost. No one paid attention to him besides the few friends that he already had.
When Cody had gotten home for the first time after Action, everyone had watched Total Drama. Every. Single. Person. At his school. When he had gotten home, Cody expected a few people to have watched it, then tease him occasionally. If only that were the case. As soon as he stepped into his old school, the insults were thrown.
"Bear-bait."
"Cast-kid."
"Hey, you know that kid, Cody? He's… unbearable." The kid who said the last one burst out laughing, falling on the floor. Everyone else, even Cody, looked at him quizzically. It took him a good three minutes to stop laughing. When he got up, he wiped the tears from his eyes, still slightly chuckling. When he stopped, everyone turned their eyes back to Cody, and began saying more insults.
Cody tried to ignore them, but they kept going and going. Even the teachers occasionally made fun of him. Eventually, it got too much. One day, one of his most recurring bullies mocked his bear mauling had teased him. In the middle of his laugh, Cody clenched his fist. Once the bully and others stopped laughing. Cody let loose. He punched the bully right in the nose, knocking him to the ground. Cody immediately jumped down on top of him, continuing his punching. He kept going and going, blood starting to come out of the kids nose.
"AAH! F***! STOP! SOMEONE GET THE TEACHER!" the kid screamed, pleading for help. One of his horrible friends had gotten the teachers attention, and the teacher immediately ran forward, trying to protect the child being beat up. She pried Cody off of him, while said geek was still swinging punches.
"STOP! LET ME GET HIM! I WILL KILL HIM!" Cody screamed, trying to shake the teacher off. A teacher next door had heard this, and helped Cody's teacher get Cody to the principal's office.
He was locked in principal's office, where he was lectured by the principal. Cody didn't pay attention to his lecture though. He was still in shock that he had done that. After a while, the principal sent him home, telling him his punishment. Expulsion. Cody went completely wide-eyed at that.
"WHAT!? I'M GETTING EXPELLED!?" Cody practically screamed.
"Yes. While you haven't done anything too bad before this, you broke this kids nose. You'll likely be sued." the principal explained.
When Cody got home, he explained his situation to his parents. Well, tried to. They were huge CEOs, so they were almost always busy. They also hated Cody. Cody remembered the day that he left for TDI. The only reason his parents were nice to him was because he was leaving.
They listened to him though, and they enrolled him into another school. While this school was nicer to him, a few people still teased. Nowhere near as bad as the last school, but not the best.
Cody shook his head, getting back to reality. He had basically been standing there for about six minutes. He got ready, and walked over to where Chris had announced for them to go.
When he got there, everyone else was there.
"Where were you, dude?" Chris asked.
"Reminiscing." Cody replied.
"Whatever, dude. This, is breakfast." Chris said, tossing out beans. Cody caught his and Lindsay's, who was about to get hit. Last time, Gwen was almost hit by a can, when Trent saved her. This time, Gwen was left with a huge bruise on her face.
"Thanks a lot, Trent! You couldn't have helped me?" Gwen angrily told the musician.
"Sorry, didn't notice it." Trent fake apologized.
"Pff. Whatever." Gwen complained. Cody looked on in confusion. This wasn't supposed to happen. Trent was supposed to be nice and help her.
"Beans, beans. They're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you-" Owen sang, farting instead of saying the last word.
"Dude, that reeks!" Cody told the oaf.
"Sorry."
"No your not! You did that on purpose!" Heather scolded, kicking him in the shin.
"OW! That smarts!" Owen cried out in pain.
"Today's challenge is about survival. We're going hunting!" Chris announced.
"Oh, I'm really good at hunting, eh! I'm a god with a bow! Is that the right saying, Cody?" Ezekiel asked.
"Yeah dude." Cody whispered back to him.
"How could you, Ezekiel!? Animals are our friends, not our enemies!" Bridgette asked the toque-wearing boy.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Ezekiel apologized.
"Isn't that a paintball gun?" both Harold and Cody asked. They high fived at their superior knowledge.
"Why yes, nerds. It is." Chris told them, shooting Harold to prove a point.
"So we won't be killing anything?" Bridgette asked.
"Nope!" Chris told the vegan.
"Whew." the surfer said, wiping her forehead in relief.
"This is the first ever Paintball Deer Hunt! I'll announce the teams once we get into the woods." Chris told he teenagers.
Once they got there, Chris told them the rules, which Cody already knew, and then he began saying the teams.
"Bass hunters are Geoff, Bridgette, and Harold!" Chris told them, tossing them the guns.
"The rest of the Bass are deer." Chris said, tossing the rest of the Bass deer antlers and tails. DJ proudly accepted his, while Duncan did not go down without a fight.
"As for the Gophers," Chris said, turning the opposite team. "The hunters and Lindsay, Beth, Leshawna, and Cody!"
"Wha-me!?" Cody asked surprised.
"Yes? Is there something wrong?" Chris asked.
"No, I'm good." Cody backed down. "Holy crap! I'm a hunter! Yes!" Cody silently cheered.
"That leaves Ezekiel, Gwen, Trent, and Heather to be deer!"
"What? There is no way that I'm a deer!" Heather complained.
"Yeah, I agree with Mrs. Prissy Pants over there." Duncan said.
"Just go, already!" Chris complained.
The deer walked in, as the hunters discussed their gameplan.
"EEE! I get to be hunters with my three favorite friends! Cody, Beth, and LeFownda!" Lindsay cheered.
"Hold up! Why she know you twos names? And not mine!" Leshawna asked.
"Oh, I've been helping her learn names. We haven't got to you yet. Sorry." Cody apologized.
"No need to apologize whitey. You're helpin' her. If anything, I should apologize to you. I'm sorry for makin' fun of ya about the Gwen thing. I'm sorry." Leshawna responded.
"No need. You were just defending your friend. Why would you apologize to me?"
"Aw, you're too sweet."
"Hunters, head on in!" Chris told them from his private area.
They headed in, trying to spot someone. For awhile, Cody hadn't found anyone. Sure he had heard some people, but by the time he got there, they were gone. After a couple of minutes though, he heard someone moving. He jumped through the bushes, and caught up with the mysterious person.
"Aha! Got you… Gwen?" Cody asked, noticing she was sulking all alone.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Cody asked, sitting on the same tree stump she had sat on.
"Nothing. Trent can be kinda rude though." Gwen told him.
"Did he do something to you?" Cody asked.
"He was just mean to me. Instead of having a heartfelt conversation, he just was silent and then when I started to talk, he would shush me and say he heard someone. There was never anyone though."
"Oh. I'm sorry. That must've sucked." Cody sympathized.
"Yeah, it did."
"Wanna talk?" Cody offered.
"Nah, you gotta bag some deer, man." the goth told him.
"Oh, okay sure. Hope you feel better soon." Cody said, before running off.
Another couple of minutes went by, when he heard someone talking. When Cody got to them, he recognized the voice.
"Hey Tyler." Cody said, walking into the clearing.
"OH CRAP!" Tyler screamed, when he heard Cody talk.
"Oh, it's just you. Wait, aren't you supposed to be hunting me?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah, but I'm bored. Wanna tell me why you were talking to yourself in the woods?" Cody asked.
"Oh, I was practicing pick up lines for Lindsay. Dude, I gotta thank you for helping us. I owe you the world." Tyler told him.
"No worries, dude. Just helping you out. And, sorry." Cody said.
"Sorry for what?" Tyler asked.
"We're in a challenge." Cody explained, before pelting Tyler with paint balls.
"OW! CRAP THESE HURT! LATER, BRO!" Tyler said, before running off.
"Hehe. Later." Cody said with a fake devious grin.
"Campers, can you come back to the mess hall? The challenge's over." Chris announced over speaker phone.
Cody trotted back to camp, regretting not going after he deer more. When he got back, something shocked him. Something shocked him out of his mind. He couldn't believe it'd happened. Someone had gotten mauled. And that someone was…
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Ezekiel. Ezekiel, the homeschooled boy, had gotten mauled.
"OH MY GOD. ZEKE, ARE YOU OKAY!? CHEF, IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY!?" Cody yelled at the large black man.
"I dunno." Chef said.
"CHEF, I SWEAR TO GO I WILL RIP OUT YOUR EYEBALLS AND EAT THEM. IS HE GOING TO BE OKAY!?" Cody screamed at him.
"Uh, uh, yeah." Chef said, terrified of the young boy.
"Yeah, well, I'm gonna get on with it. With only Tyler soaked on the Bass, and Heather, Leshawna, and Beth soaked for the Gophers, Bass win!" Chris announced, while the Bass cheered. To add insult to injury, Lindsay turned around to reveal her back was splattered with paint.
"So, Gophers, go to the elimination ceremony area!" Chris told the losing team.
"Here are how the votes went down!" Chris announced.
"Cody, Gwen, Owen, Lindsay, and Leshawna got no votes." Chris told them, tossing out marshmallows to each of them.
"Trent, you got one vote." Chris said, handing him his marshmallow.
"You're so dead, Beth!" Heather mocked, slicing her finger across her neck.
"Beth, with one vote against, you're safe." Chris said, interrupting Heather's plan.
"And with 5 votes against them, Ezekiel, you are out!" Chris announced.
"You are lucky. Very lucky!" Heather said.
"Oh, f*** off, b****." Cody insulted, while Leshawna and Gwen cheered him on.
"You can't talk to me like that, dweeb!" Heather insulted.
"Watch me." Cody replied, getting in her face.
"H-how did you get eliminated, Zeke?" Cody asked.
"Pity." Gwen responded.
"What?" Cody asked.
"Pity. We knew he couldn't carry on, so we didn't want him to get in more danger. I'm sorry Cody, but we needed to do it."
"No! He could've carried on! No!" Cody protested. Cody heard Ezekiel make sounds, but they were muffled by his bandages. Cody moved it so he could speak.
"It's okay Cody. They made the right choice. It's for the best, eh. Whoops, sorry for saying eh." Ezekiel told Cody.
"Don't apologize. I'm sorry we couldn't have spent more time together." Cody told him.
"See ya later, Cody." Ezekiel said, as Cody wheeled him to the dock. Before letting go though, he waited for the boat to come. Last time, Beth just ignored everything, and almost let Cody drown. Chef had to drag him out and put him on the boat. Chef was rough about it too, so he got damaged even more.
"Bye, Zeke!" Cody said, waving him away.
"Bye!" Ezekiel responded, before going out of hearing and sight range.
Cody sulked back to bed, not even talking to anyone else. Usually, Cody and Ezekiel discussed the days matters, but Zeke was gone. Owen was not the brightest, and Trent was… what was he. "What was happening with Trent?" Cody wondered, before letting sleep take hold of him.
Author's Note: So, whaddya think? Ezekiel's gone, and Trent's becoming more of an a-hole. Cody's losing friends fast. He's got Gwen, Lindsay, and Tyler as for good friends. And Owen, but he's friends with everyone, let's be honest. Anyways, as of now, it is July 2, 2018. That means it's my birthday. WHOOO! I wanted to get a chapter out on my birthday, and I didn't want to do it the night of, so I did it the morning of. Well right now it's 12:19 am, but that still counts! Anyways, see ya later!