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Chapter Fourteen – No Man is an Island
The campers are woken in the morning by the sound of a helicopter and immediately notice something very odd. They are not in their cabins, but lying in the dirt in a clearing in the middle of a forest somewhere.
"Good morning campers!" says Chris cheerfully as he gets out of the helicopter. "Welcome to Peaceful Island! For today's challenge you will have to somehow make it off PeacefulIsland and back to CampWawanakwa!" says Chris.
"That doesn't sound so hard, PeacefulIsland sounds like a nice place." Owen reasons.
"Don't let the name fool you! There are many dangerous creatures on this island. Also before you are allowed the leave the island you will have to complete a mini challenge. There are several stations around the island, some are quite simple and some are not so simple. Do one of these challenges and you are then allowed to jump in one of the row boats that have been supplied and row back to CampWawanakwa. First person back wins a super amazing reward!"
"So there's no elimination tonight?" asks Tyler. Chris nods.
"What's the reward?" asks Duncan.
"You and another contestant of your choice will go to civilisation for the night where you will get a free dinner, entry to a nightclub and free drinks all night and you will stay at a luxury hotel!" Chris announces. The campers all nod in approval at this great reward. "And go!" Chris gets back into the helicopter and takes off to watch the race from the sky.
Heather immediately races off into the forest, as does Izzy, in the opposite direction. The others follow suit until the only person still standing in the clearing is Bridgette. She sighs.
CONFESSIONAL: Bridgette
"I really don't like being alone in the woods! I was hoping I could tag along with someone but everyone just kind of raced away!"
"Well I guess I better get moving…" Bridgette says to herself. She picks a direction and wanders off into the woods.
CONFESSIONAL: Tyler
"What's the point in winning the reward if Lindsay's not here to share the reward with? I miss her."
Noah and Owen trudge through the underbrush, hoping to find the edge of the island soon.
"Maybe Chris was lying about the dangerous creatures," Owen says hopefully.
"I doubt it. Chris only lies about things that are supposedly good. He's probably lying about the reward." Noah rolls his eyes.
"I hope I win the reward! If I win I'll take you with me. Will you take me if you win?" says Owen.
"You know I'd have to take Courtney, Owen," Noah shakes his head. Owen looks slightly disappointed. Suddenly he hears a rustling noise and stops dead in his tracks.
"What is it?" asks Noah, stopping and listening. They look around nervously waiting for something to jump out at them, but nothing happens.
"Noah!" Owen giggles, "stop tickling my leg!"
"I'm not touching you…" says Noah, looking down at Owen's legs. His eyes widen when he sees a massive snake making its way up Owen's leg. "Uh, Owen, don't panic, but there is a massive snake on your leg…"
"Aargh! Get it off, get it off!" cries Owen, shaking his leg. The snake twists its way up Owen's leg and around his large stomach.
"Stop shaking it, you're making it worse!" says Noah. "Okay, surely I have read something about this… what to do when a snake is trying to suffocate you… what kind of snake do you think it is?" he asks Owen. Owen looks petrified and doesn't answer. Noah picks up a stick and starts poking the snake.
Duncan and Geoff decide to work together to get off the island, though it isn't clear what they will do when they reach the finish line.
CONFESSIONAL: Duncan
"I told Geoff we could work together but when it comes down to it I need to win this reward. I need to get Courtney away from Noah for a while to make her see she's too good for him and that she should be with me."
"How big is this island anyway?" complains Geoff. Duncan shrugs. It feels like they've been walking for hours when in reality it's probably only been thirty minutes.
"We're going around in circles for all I know," says Duncan. "This forest all looks the same!"
"Maybe we should leave markers so we know where we've been," Geoff suggests.
"Shh! Someone's coming!" Duncan stops Geoff by putting his hand on his chest. They stand still waiting for whoever it is to reveal themselves.
"Ugh, not you two!" says Courtney from behind them. Duncan and Geoff turn around.
"Are you lost too?" asks Geoff.
"We aren't lost!" Duncan says to Geoff.
"Really? 'Cause it kinda seems like we are man." says Geoff. Duncan rolls his eyes.
"Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but I have a challenge to win!" says Courtney as she starts to leave.
"Hey, where's Bridgette?" asks Geoff before Courtney can go.
"I don't know. This is an individual challenge!" Courtney snaps.
"You left her alone?" asks Geoff.
"Uh, yeah. So? She's a big girl, she can take care of herself. I'm sure she understands." Courtney shrugs.
"Aw man! Bridgette's terrified of being alone in the woods! Don't you know anything?" Geoff smacks his hand against his forehead.
"Oh yeah! Oops, I totally forgot!" says Courtney.
"I better go find her. I'll see you later man," Geoff says to Duncan and turns back the way he came.
"So…" says Duncan after Geoff has left.
"Ugh!" Courtney rolls her eyes and runs off into the forest.
"Okay, I'll talk to you later!" calls Duncan.
Bridgette steps carefully through the forest, on high alert for any dangerous creatures that may be lurking in the trees. She jumps at the sound of her own feet crunching on a stick and her heart is beating extremely fast.
"Maybe I should just turn back and wait in the clearing…" she says to herself. "I don't need to win this challenge, it's just a reward…" She looks around for the way she came. "Except I'm completely lost." She sighs and sits down on a log. She hears something crashing through the forest and she feels terrified all over again. She stands up, ready to run. Something is running directly towards her. She screams as it nearly bowls her over, but it turns out it's just Geoff.
"You stupid jerk!" Bridgette yells, "you scared me half to death!"
"Sorry Bridge, I just wanted to make sure you were okay. I thought Courtney would be with you but I just saw her so I thought I'd come and find you." Geoff explains.
"What right do you have to make sure I'm okay?" Bridgette snaps. Geoff shrugs sheepishly.
"I just know you hate the woods, okay?" he says. "Do you want me to leave?"
CONFESSIONAL: Bridgette
"Which is worse; being alone in the woods, or being in the woods with Geoff? This is a tough decision."
Bridgette thinks about it for a second and then decides she can put up with Geoff as long as her can get her off the island and back to camp.
"You can stay. But only because I hate the woods more than I hate you." Bridgette concedes.
"Wow, you must really hate the woods!" Geoff jokes, but Bridgette isn't laughing.
"Yeah, I do." She says flatly. "Now help me get out of here!"
CONFESSIONAL: Geoff
"I can't believe how much Bridgette hates me! I really screwed it up. I wish we could be friends again."
Geoff and Bridgette walk in the direction that Bridgette had been walking in originally, since the way Geoff had been going hadn't yielded any results yet either. It isn't long till the see Heather running towards them.
"Heather, what's wrong?" asks Bridgette.
"I do not like that challenge and I refuse to do it! I need to find a better one!" Heather calls as she runs past without stopping.
"Maybe we should follow her," says Bridgette nervously. "If Heather doesn't like the challenge it's probably pretty awful…"
"Oh come on, how bad can it be?" says Geoff and keeps walking in the direction Heather came from. Bridgette sighs and follows him.
Duncan finally makes it to the beach where he sees a sign informing him of what his challenge is. Build a fire big enough for aircraft to see and you are allowed to take one of these five rowboats back to Camp Wawanakwa. There is already a huge fire there so someone must have already beaten him to it. Duncan curses to himself before realising there are still five boats there, so whoever built the fire must have had something bad happen to them. Duncan gets to work on building a fire.
At much the same time as Duncan reaches the beach, Courtney also does, but at a different point. She has to walk along a bit before she finds a sign with a challenge on it. Catch five jellyfish without being stung and you can take a rowboat back to Camp Wawanakwa. Courtney looks around for a net or some gloves or anything to catch the jellyfish but all she can see is a pile of jellyfish that has already been caught. She walks over to the pile and kicks it, wondering who had caught them and what they had caught them with. She looks around again and this time she notices a stick with a sharpened point laying a little way away so she goes to grab it in order to spear some jellyfish.
The snake does not appreciate being poked with a stick and flies at Noah with its mouth open. Noah jams the stick into its mouth and the snake begins choking.
"Quick, let's run!" says Noah, grabbing Owen's hand and getting as far away from the snake as possible.
"Wow, thanks Noah, you just saved my life!" says Owen gratefully.
"Don't mention it. Come one, let's get out of here," says Noah. The two guys have hardly taken two steps when they see a tiger ready to pounce. "Oh come on!" Noah curses.
Bridgette and Geoff finally make it to the challenge that Heather had come running from and they read the sign. Drink three shots of tequila before you can get in a rowboat and row back to camp.
"That doesn't sound so bad, what was Heather so worried about?" Geoff asks.
"Maybe she doesn't drink…" suggests Bridgette.
"She always used to drink when we'd go to parties and stuff. Maybe there's a catch," says Geoff, walking around the other side of the sign to see if anything was written on the back. Bridgette had forgotten that Geoff spent a fair bit of time partying with Heather now that they were both famous. Bridgette used to go to them too and she remembers Heather loving the booze.
CONFESSIONAL: Bridgette
"There's only one reason I can think of that Heather would suddenly stop drinking alcohol. Anyone else remember her appointment last week?"
Geoff and Bridgette down their first shot and wince at the taste. They are about to take their second when Izzy rushes up, reads the sign, drinks three shots and bounds of into the forest.
"What's up with her?" asks Geoff. Bridgette doesn't answer, just drinks her second shot. Geoff does the same and once they've both had three shots they walk over to the boats. Bridgette gets into one and Geoff goes to climb in after her.
"What do you think you're doing?" asks Bridgette.
"Uh… I thought…" Geoff stammers.
"You can take your own boat, thanks!" Bridgette says as she pushes her boat away from the shore.
"Aw, come on Bridge!" Geoff calls after her. She keeps rowing though so Geoff gets in his own boat and follows her.
The tiger has Noah in its jaws and Owen is running away from it at full speed.
"How do we get out of this one?" Owen calls to Noah.
"I'm the one in the tiger's mouth, you think of something!" yells Noah. That's when they both hear the sound of manic laughter and the crashing of branches. Izzy comes flying through the trees on a vine. She lets go of the vine and lands on the tiger's back. The tiger turns to growl at her, dropping Noah from its jaws.
"Giddy up!" says Izzy, digging her heels into the tiger's sides. The tiger makes a little meowing sound before galloping into the woods.
"Wow, thank goodness for Izzy!" Owen chuckles.
"Yeah lucky your crazy ex-girlfriend was there to save us or else I WOULD BE TIGER FOOD!" Noah shouts.
"Whoa, calm down!" Owen winces.
"Let's just go!" Noah spins around, only to find himself face to face with a polar bear. "This doesn't even make sense!" he says.
Heather finally reaches another challenge after the first one not being to her liking. Fight a crocodile and win and you can take a boat back to camp. Heather sighs in relief.
"Now this, I can do!" she says to herself. She spots a dead crocodile lying a few feet away and walks over to it. She looks around wondering if she has to fight another one of if this one will do when another crocodile wanders up looking menacing. Heather narrows her eyes and prepares for the fight.
As Bridgette rows her head starts to spin and she feels a little ill. The tequila must be hitting her. She looks around for Geoff and it takes her a while because her vision is a little fuzzy but she finally spots him a little way behind her, rowing his boat in circles. She starts laughing uncontrollably at Geoff's misfortune until she realises that she too is rowing in a circle. She stops rowing for a second and tries to figure out which way the island is but she's never had a great sense of direction and the tequila is making it worse. Finally she gives up and just lays down in the boat for a nap.
Courtney can't see anyone else in sight as she approaches the CampWawanakwa dock in her rowboat. She pulls the boat to shore and rushes up to the dock where Chris is waiting.
"Yes! I'm the first back! Do I win the prize?" Courtney asks.
"Not so fast! You're not the first back!" Chris stops her.
"What?! Who is?" Courtney says, outraged. Chris gestures behind her and she turns around to see Tyler and Duncan walking towards her. They've obviously been back for a while because they have both changed into their swimsuits and are going for a swim in the lake.
"Hey Princess, you're finally back!" says Duncan.
"Don't call me that!" Courtney snaps.
"You know you love it!" Duncan winks and dives into the lake, followed by Tyler.
"Ugh! Well who was first then?" Courtney asks Chris, "Tyler or Duncan?"
CONFESSIONAL: Courtney
"Please let it be Tyler, please let it be Tyler!"
"Well, Tyler was first back…" says Chris. Courtney breathes a sigh of relief. "But he didn't complete a challenge so Duncan is the winner." Chris grins. Courtney gives a cry of frustration.
Finally when everyone is back from the island Chris gathers them up to announce the winner properly. Noah and Owen are definitely looking worse for wear as they were attacked by three different wild animals. No one knows how they managed to escape the polar bear and they refuse to tell.
"Okay so Noah and Owen fought a snake, a tiger and a polar bear but failed to complete a challenge. Tyler was first back but failed to complete a challenge. Bridgette and Geoff got drunk and rowed in circles for an hour. Izzy did every challenge for some strange reason… Heather fought a crocodile and won, Courtney caught five jellyfish, but the winner is Duncan! Duncan built a huge fire and was the first person back who actually completed a challenge." Chris announces. No one looks particularly pleased with this news except for Duncan. "So Duncan, who would you like to take with you to share your reward?" Chris asks.
"Courtney," Duncan smirks. Courtney huffs and rolls her eyes and walks into her cabin, slamming the door.
CONFESSIONAL: Courtney
"It was obvious that he was going to choose me which is why I was so annoyed that he won the challenge. But I really do want to get off this island for a while, even if it is with Duncan."
"I need to talk to Courtney, alone." Noah says, storming into the girls' cabin. The other girls kind of look at him and then each other before Heather shrugs and leads the rest of the girls outside. Courtney finishes putting diamond studs in her ears and turns to Noah.
"What is it Noah?" she asks.
"You can't accept the reward!" Noah says.
"Why not? And be warned the girls are probably listening at the door." Courtney warns.
"Who cares? You can't go, because what will people think?" says Noah.
"They'll think that I'm sick of being on this stupid island in this horrible bed and want a night away!" Courtney retorts.
"No, they'll think what I think, and that's that you have feelings for Duncan and can't wait to be alone with him!"
"Don't be ridiculous! Why would you think that? I hate Duncan." Courtney claims.
"Not too long ago you were trying to break off this engagement do I need to remind you? And Heather knows about it!"
"Noah, you're being paranoid. And I'm not going to let you get in the way of a good night."
"Well if you're going to go, at least don't wear that!" Noah gestures to her dress which is a red off the shoulder thing that shows quite a lot of cleavage and is not exactly what you would call long.
"What's wrong with it?" Courtney asks looking down.
"You look way too good! Not to mention you look like you're going to pull a Katie and burst out of it at any second!" Noah complains. Courtney rolls her eyes.
"Thanks for the compliment! I'm leaving now!" she opens the door which slams into Heather's face who, as Courtney had predicted, was eavesdropping. The other two girls look a little sheepish at being caught out. Heather just rubs her face where the door hit it.
"Ouch, next time warn me when you're coming out!" she says.
"Sorry Heather, I didn't mean to interrupt your eavesdropping. I'll see you girls tomorrow, okay?" Courtney says as she walks towards Chris's helicopter where Duncan is waiting.
"Okay! Have fun on your date! Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Heather calls with a wave.
"It's not a date!" Courtney calls back.
"It's so a date." Heather says to Bridgette and Izzy.
Duncan and Courtney sit in awkward silence for the entire helicopter ride and car ride to the restaurant. Duncan goes to say something a few times but everything he thinks of to say sounds stupid in his head so he changes his mind at the last second. When they arrive at the restaurant Duncan pulls out Courtney's chair for her and she raises her eyebrows at him suspiciously, wondering where he finally learnt to be a gentleman. They order their food and sit in more awkward silence as Courtney fiddles with her jewellery and looks around the room and Duncan just stares at her, trying to think of something to say.
"You look really nice," he says finally.
CONFESSIONAL: Duncan
"Good work Duncan, it took you an hour to come up with that?"
"Oh, thanks." Courtney says. She feels weirdly nervous and she wishes Duncan would stop staring at her but she doesn't want him to know that she's noticed. "So do you," she says, and she actually means it. Duncan scrubs up well and it looks like he's actually tried for once. The waiter brings out some wine and they both drink eagerly, giving them something to do while they think of something else to say.
"Well… at least this date is better than the one I had with Heather…" Duncan laughs nervously.
"This is not a date!" Courtney says. "But I can imagine that Heather would be a horrible date. I don't know how she ever tricked Alejandro into marrying her!"
"I think they deserve each other," says Duncan.
"Why? Because they're both terrible people?" Courtney smirks.
"Exactly. Plus they are both extremely manipulative. How else would Heather get so far on each season she's competed in? She even won once!" Duncan says with a shake of his head.
"I know what you mean! She always knows exactly how to get you to do her bidding…" Courtney says, thinking of the secret Heather knew about her. "Is it strange that I'm actually starting to like her?"
"Uh, yes! What could possess you to like that witch?" Duncan says incredulously. Courtney shrugs and looks down at the table.
"I've often found that once you get to know someone they aren't quite as bad as you thought they were," she says, looking up at Duncan again. The waiter brings their food out then and the topic of conversation moves away from Heather but they talk and laugh through dinner, as if they are old friends who had never had any animosity between them.
After dinner Duncan takes Courtney's hand and leads her to the nightclub and surprisingly she doesn't pull her hand away.
"Can I get you a drink?" Duncan asks her once they arrive at the nightclub.
"I don't really drink. I prefer to remain clearheaded," says Courtney. Duncan raises his eyebrows.
"You just had half a bottle of wine at the restaurant," Duncan points out. Courtney purses her lips but then she shrugs.
"Okay, maybe just one." She agrees.
"What would you like?" asks Duncan.
"Surprise me," she smiles. Duncan leaves Courtney to go and get the drinks and when he comes back there is some guy chatting her up.
"Uh hey there," Duncan says to the guy as he hands Courtney her drink.
"Who the hell are you?" the guy asks.
"I'm Duncan, and she's with me so you should probably walk away now." Duncan replies. Courtney rolls her eyes.
"Funny, she didn't mention that," says the guy, folding his arms.
"Okay guys, that's enough. Sorry Brad, he's right, I came here with him. Come on Duncan." Courtney grabs Duncan's hand and leads him away towards the bar. "What are you doing Duncan?" Courtney hisses as soon as they are away from Brad.
"You have a fiancé remember? Just protecting you from yourself." Duncan says.
"I don't need your protection. And if you're really so worried about my fiancé, why did you bring me here?"
"You're right, I'm sorry. But why didn't you tell him you were engaged?" Duncan glances down at Courtney's left hand only to realise she isn't wearing her engagement ring. "Are you still engaged?" he asks, confused.
"Yes! It just didn't go with my other jewellery, okay?" She downs her drink and asks the bartender for another. "Let's just enjoy the rest of the night."
"Alright. Do you want a shot of tequila?" Duncan asks.
"Sure why not?" Courtney replies.
Several drinks later Courtney pulls Duncan out onto the dance floor. He can tell she's extremely drunk because she's all over him but he can't say he's not enjoying it. While they're dancing a guy bumps into Courtney.
"Watch it, buddy!" she snaps at him.
"Hey aren't you that girl from that reality TV show?" the guy asks.
"Oh, yeah I am!" Courtney smiles.
"What are you doing here with him? Aren't you engaged to that Noah guy? Did you guys get eliminated or something?"
"None of your business!" Courtney retorts.
"Wow my wife was right, you are a bitch. Also kind of a slut." The guy says looking at her outfit. Courtney punches the guy in the nose.
"Whoa!" says Duncan, grabbing her before she can get another hit in. Duncan sees security coming over so he throws Courtney over his shoulder and waves at the security guys. "Don't worry, we're leaving!"
"Put me down!" Courtney struggles and kicks him but he doesn't put her down until they're outside. "What did you do that for?" Courtney puts her hands on her hips.
"It was either that or security kick you out. Come on, let's go back the hotel." He puts his arm around her shoulders and they walk to the hotel which is only a block away, although Courtney can barely walk straight. Duncan walks Courtney to her room to make sure she gets in alright.
"Goodnight," he whispers and goes to leave.
"Duncan!" Courtney says suddenly. He turns around to face her. She grabs him by the front of his shirt and pulls him in close to her before catching his lips with her own. They pause for a second after the first kiss, their lips barely touching, before Duncan returns the kiss with full force, pushing Courtney up against the door. She wraps her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist and kisses him back with the same intensity that he is giving her. Somewhere something in his mind reminds him how drunk she is and he somehow manages to pull away from her, letting her gently back onto the floor, but not removing his hands from her waist or widening the distance between them.
"Do you want to come in?" Courtney whispers.
"You have no idea how much I want to. But you are really drunk right now, Courtney. I don't want to do anything you're going to regret in the morning." Duncan says, trying to do the right thing. Courtney pulls away from him and glares at him. "What?" he asks. Courtney doesn't reply, she just opens the door to her room and goes in, slamming it angrily behind her. "Courtney!" Duncan calls. "Court, come on!" "Do not call me Court!" she yells. Duncan curses under his breath before walking back to his own room, feeling deflated and annoyed at himself.