Disclaimer - The rights of Total Drama Island and its characters belong to Teletoon, Cartoon Network, and all those associated with the show. I do however own the 10 OC's that appear in this story

Winter- Oh thank God (glomps) I was worried as hell. Yeah, Jake's the kind of guy who never get's into trouble due to being so cute looking.

Eva I always imagined being the protective type and as you can see in this challenge and also as a nod of respect to any Zeke/Eva fans, Eva is gonna soon be the Bass's, mainly Zeke's, overprotective big sister figure.


(Beach)

Zeke was sitting on the beach alone, feeling depressed at Katie leaving at the last ceremony 2 days ago. He sighed, staring in the direction the Boat had taken her, and shook his head 'stupid, stupid, stupid! It's my fault eh! I should have tried to convince Katie Cat to stay with the team instead of listening to my hormones!'

He sighed again and wondered how she was doing. He had been infatuated with her ever since he first saw her. Her optimistic personality that always brought a smile to his face, her beautiful smile, the cute way she put her hair into pigtails and she was smarter than some gave her credit for. The two often cuddled together under the stars at night, talking about anything that came to mind.

Zeke shook his head 'c'mon Ezekiel, pull yourself together eh! She's not gone forever, you'll see her again!'

"Ah Christ are you still moping Homeschool?"

He turned around and saw Eva behind him, looking mildly irritated and yet strangely worried.

Zeke soon started to scratch the back of his head nervously. Although he knew Eva forgave him a long time ago over his comments and even gained her respect while wrestling the bear in the capture the flag challenge, she still made him a little nervous considering Zeke knew she had a VERY short temper and it worried him that he could unintentionally dig his own grave if he said the wrong thing.

He simply said "um.....is that a bad thing?"

Eva sighed "look, she's not gone forever, you'll see her again. Just be thankful you guy's actually got to spend some time together."

Zeke looked to Eva, who looked mildly upset "are you sad about Tyler not being here eh?"

"NO!" Eva snapped, causing Zeke to shrink back in terror "OK, maybe a little. We had JUST hooked up and he just had to have been voted off a few seconds before I told him I liked him."

Zeke soon smirked "I never figured you being the one to write love notes eh."

Eva looked away "Harold helped me."

Zeke raised an eyebrow in surprise that Eva actually told someone about her crush on Tyler, seeing she didn't seem to be the type to confide into anyone.

Eva narrowed her eyes "you think I'm soft writing love notes?"

Zeke let out a small "eep." He grabbed his toque and shook his head "no way eh!"

Eva's eyes slightly widened seeing his over panicked expression and put up her hand "take it easy Homeschool."

Zeke breathed out a sigh of relief and chuckled "sorry eh."


(CONFESSION CAM)

Eva- (arms crossed) Zeke's still nervous as hell around most of the people here. I just hope that dickweed Chris doesn't bring up Katie in front of the guy. (gives an evil look) Cause if he does (drags a finger across her throat)

Zeke- Katie Cat, I miss you eh. You were smarter and stronger than any guy I know and I hope that I'll see you again soon eh.


(Mess Hall)

The mood was tense with the usual gagging sound heard in the background.

At the Gopher table, Noah was reading as usual, but his mind was elsewhere at the moment. His gaze continually strayed to where Beth was sitting and he always shifted his focus between his book and the friendly country girl.

"Well well who would have thought?"

He blinked and looked to see Sara, with a smirking Laura resting comfortably on her lap, sitting next to him.

Noah turned to Sara with a raised eyebrow "excuse me?"

Sara smiled "your in denial aren't you?"

Noah snorted "no I'm not." He soon grew agitated and turned back "wait what am I in denial about?"

Laura giggled and sang out teasingly "you like Beeeeeth."

Noah's eyes widened and quickly returned to it's usually deadpan look "your kidding."

Sara snickered "denial is more than a river in Egypt Noah."

Noah rolled his eyes "yeah, the nice cute farm girl going for the cynical smartass bookworm, yeah that'll work."

Laura smirked triumphantly "you think she's cute?"

Noah just blushed in response.

Laura looked over at Beth, who along with Gwen and Leshawna were actually sitting with Duncan, Andrew, and Jake from the Bass team. She was talking with Leshawna and Gwen and it looked to be a pretty serious discussion.

Laura looked back to Noah, who just went back to reading although he clearly kept sneaking peaks over at Beth when he thought no one was looking. Laura considered Noah one of her closest friends since he helped her during the talent contest and knew he was a nice guy deep down, so she hoped for the best for him. She looked back to Beth, wondering what she was talking to the others about.


(Bass/Gopher table)

"Farm girl say what now?"

Leshawna was staring incredulously at Beth, who just admitted a surprising secret to her.

Beth was blushing and looked embarrassed. She nodded anyway "yeah, I like Noah."

Duncan snickered "your kidding right? You like the lazy asshole?"

Leshawna, next to him, smacked him upside the head "shut it Baby Boy."

Beth frowned "it'sth true. He'sth a nicthe guy deep down."

Andrew raised an eyebrow "uh...sure." He was thinking a few other words to describe Noah. Cynical, smart mouth, jackass, annoying, but nice wasn't the first .

"C'mon guysth, remember when he helped out Laura during the talent contestht." Beth replied.

Leshawna couldn't help but smirk "good point."

Jake smiled "yeah, he's smart."

Beth smiled back "really?"

Jake nodded "uh-huh, whenever I try to set something up, he always tries to help me." He scratched his head and chuckled childishly "although he sometimes talks in a lot of big funny words I don't really understand."

Jake soon put some food on a seperate plate and put it on the floor so Wolfo could eat it.

Gwen scoffed "he's still a bit of a jerk."

Beth narrowed her eyes "thisth coming from the female opposthite of him."

Gwen choked on her food and turned to her with a blank stare "what?"

"Your both cynical, sarcasthtic, loner'sth, should I quit while your behind?" Beth listed off with her fingers.

Gwen blinked a few times then sighed "good point."

Leshanwna patted Beth's back "listen hun, if you like him then go get him."

Beth smiled "thanks."

"What are you doing?!"

They all turned to see Heather standing behind Beth with her hands on her hips.

Duncan scoffed "eating garbage, what does it look like?"

Heather ignored the sarcasm and turned to her teammates "what the hell are you doing eating with THEM?!"

Beth gulped "what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? Earth to Beth, they are the enemy!"

Heather took a deep breath and calmed herself down "besides I need you to warm up the shower for me."

Beth raised a finger "but"

"NOW!"

Heather grabbed her and was about to drag her off until spotted Andrew and smiled flirty "see you around." Heather then leads her outside.

Andrew just shook his head "Beth seriously need to grow some backbone."

"I don't know why Beth puts up with her. If I was in her position I would have told Heather exactly what I thought of her." Gwen replied.

Jake looked confused "why is Heather so mean? Do you think she needs a hug?"

Andrew sighed "gonna need a lot of hugs."


(10 minutes later)

The campers were finishing up when they heard a commotion outside.

"I'm not going in there!" They heard Graydon yell.

They then heard Chris's voice "you wanna get paid or not?!"

"Oh man"

The doors open and the interns walk in with the campers snickering at the sight of Graydon.

"Shut. Up." Graydon growled. He was wearing a pair of deer antlers, along with a bright red nose and a small deer's tail. Graydon scowled when he saw Duncan taking a picture with his cellphone and saving it.

Graydon turned to the others "why do I have to be the only one wearing this?"

Michael shrugged "sorry man, but you lost at rock paper scissors."

Paula giggled "besides you make a good Bambi."

Mara couldn't help but giggle at Graydon's scowl "yes Rudolf, now you should go back to Santa."

Graydon growled "oh you guy's are hilarious."

Chris walked in still snickering "camper's you guy's shouldn't laugh due to the challenge today."

He stopped when he saw some camper's looking upset "why so glum?"

"I miss Katie eh." Said Zeke

"I miss Owen." Izzy replied.

"And Eva misses Tyler." Jessie grinned, earning a glare from Eva.

Chris shook his head and laughed "awwwww, how cute."

Chris soon ducked when Eva threw a plate at him.

Michael smirked "well then I guess you guy's will be thanking us soon."

Geoff spoke up "what do you mean man?"

A large commotion was heard from the kitchen.

"Get away from those kitchen cabinet's tubby!!" Chef's voice boomed.

"Oh come on!" Izzy's eyes widened hearing that familiar voice "I haven't eaten anything in over an hour!"

"Would you guy's quiet down? We don't want them to hear us!" Eva soon looked to the door hearing that voice.

The door was slammed open and Chef was seen restraining a struggling Owen and the other ex campers were seen standing behind them.

Justin glared at Owen "way to kill our entrance big guy."

Owen just whined "but I'm soooooo hungry."

Chris smiled "that's right campers. The losers will be helping us out this challenge."

"OWEN!"

Izzy hugged Owen and the two started to kiss until Chef yelled "get your hormones in control!"

Katie just shoved her way through the others and glomped Zeke "oh I missed you!"

Bridgette blinked "but you've only been gone a few days."

Katie let go "really? Seemed a lot longer to me."

Justin meanwhile had walked to where Beth was and smiled charmingly "hello Beth."

Beth blushed, yet looked a little uneasy "um...hi Justin."

Noah, seeing this, scowled.


(CONFESSION CAM)

Noah- I'm not jealous. I just have seen guy's like Justin, who think their bette than everyone cause they look good and I don't want her to get hurt (crosses his arms and looks to the side)

Laura- (looks dismayed) Poor Noah. He isn't really a bad guy once you get to know him and now he has to worry about Justin. (grins Izzy grin) If Izzy can play matchmaker, so can I.


DJ walked up to his Bass teammates and fist bumped with Duncan and Geoff "what's up guys?"

Duncan shrugged while Geoff grinned and whispered to DJ "I think Bridge's warming up to me."

DJ smiled and gave him a thumbs up "nice job man."

Heather stood up "hold on! You said that no one can come back to the island after their eliminated."

Chris just grinned "oh yeah....well I lied."

Tyler had wrapped an arm around Eva and kissed her "sup gorgeous."

Eva smirked "I thought you were gone to." She stopped and soon said "where do you guy's go after your eliminated?"

Tyler shrugged "sorry can't tell you." He grinned "besides I found some new equipment on the internet you can buy WHEN you win that 100,000 dollars."

Katie, after kissing Zeke, looked up and smirked teasingly "excuse me? I think you mean Zeke's 100,000 dollars."

"You mean MY 100,000 dollars, I'm not out of this yet."


(CONFESSION CAM)

Andrew- and the face of pure evil presented itself


They turned to that voice to see a smirking Courtney dialing into a cellphone.

Chris turned to her and announced "and here's our favorite CIT."

Zeke whimpered and went under the table.

Tyler crossed his arms "are you STILL calling that lawyer?"

Courtney narrowed her eyes and said matter-of-factly "of course I am. You don't think I'd stand to be the first one off do you?"

Chris sighed and turned to Marcus "she still in denial?"

Marcus groaned "still in denial."

Courtney soon saw Sara and Laura holding each other and looked away, mildly disgusted.

Courtney then saw Zeke hiding under the table and she growled "don't think I'm done with you yet you sexist pig!"

Katie walked up "leave him alone Chicken in Training!"

Courtney went blood red and lunged forward at Katie and Zeke, but was stopped by someone grabbing her arm and twisting it behind her back. She turned and paled to see Eva glaring murderously at her "touch him and I break every one of your bones in ten different places."


(CONFESSION CAM)

Leshawna- (narrowed eyes) I saw the way she looked at Baby Girl and Sara. If she tries to mess with my girl's, I'll break her in two.

Izzy- (holding a whip and grinning challengingly) that goes double for me.

Eva- (snarling) and TRIPLE for me if she lays a finger on Homeschool.


Noah scoffed "it's over, you lost, get over it."

Courtney was let go and she looked at the other campers and soon said "I don't care about the money or the prize or being a celebrity. It's WINNING, I have been a winner at everything life has thrown at me. Winning means more to me than money. Winning means more to me than ANYTHING!"

Andrew scoffed "first time for everything."

Chris blew on his whistle and stepped forward "camper's are you ready for today's EXTREME MAXIMUM IMPACT CHALLENGE!!?"

Jake jumped up and stood on one of the tables "WE ARE READY! Does it involve explosives?!"

Chris looked at him with confusion and shook his head "no."

"Does it involve explosives now?!"

Chris ignored this and soon walked up to a box and picked up a can of beans "since you guy's just finished breakfast, here's your lunch."

He threw it at Lindsay and just as it was about to hit her, it was caught by Cody. She smiled thankfully at him.

Chris soon threw cans at the rest of the campers and Heather complained "No, breakfast is crepes, croissants, even Chef's crappy burnt eggs."

Noah scoffed "want some cheese with that whine?"

Heather threw the can at him, causing him to duck.

"Beans, beans, they're good for your heart, the more you eat the more you-" He was cut off by a can being thrown at him. He teetered on his feet for a second, then fell onto his back.

Chris continued "today's challenge is about survival, we're going hunting." He took out a green paintball gun and held it in front.

Duncan smiled "now that's more like it."

Harold walked forward and asked "is that a paintball gun?"

Chris smirked evilly "yes Harold. It is." He fired and hit Harold in the chest, causing him to fall on his back.

Chris chuckled until he was shot in the head "OW WHAT THE?!"

He turned to see Mara holding another gun, glaring at him "wanna try that again, pretty boy?"

Chris raised his hands "no, now put that down."

Bridgette picked Harold up and asked "so, we won't be killing anything."

Chris shook his head "nope, this will be the first paintball deer hunt. All of the remaining camper's will be deer while the ex-campers will be the hunters. Our interns have hidden red paintball guns all over the island. You just have to find them. You guy's can use those paintball guns to eliminate members from the other team or even to defend yourself from the hunters. The team that has the most camper's left will win invincibility."

Duncan spoke up "hold on! Does that mean we have to wear those antlers and noses."

Chris and the interns just grinned.

Heather spoke up "Yea, right. I am NOT wearing that!"

Duncan nodded "There is NO way I'm a deer!"

Graydon walked forward and shoved the antlers on his head and poked a red nose over on his nose. He then buckled the tail onto him "take these off and your team is toast."

Duncan growled and soon heard snickering. He turned to see Tyler holding in laughter "what are you laughing about?

Tyler smirked "oh nothing......Bambi." He then pulled back the tail and let it snap against his back.

Duncan went into Tyler's face "you better be a good shot jock buy."


(CONFESSION CAM)

Owen- I'm so psyched man! I'm back with my friends and I'm gonna be a hunter. My grandpa taught me how to hunt my prey. (grins) I'm gonna be one with nature. WOOHOO!

Justin- (grins coincidentally) now's my chance to make my move.

Courtney- (on her cellphone) c'mon Robert, pick up you useless hack!

Tyler- (snickers) Eva looks cute when she wears that reindeer outfit.

DJ- I'm not really into hunting, but at least Chris has us hunting other campers instead of animals.

Marcus- (tinkering with a paintball gun and it goes off at a machine gun pace, he looks to it and grins) Say hello to the first paintball Tommy gun

Katie and Sadie- Katie- Oh this is so cool!

Sadie- (nods) yeah, we get to come back for this challenge and you can spend more time with Zeke

Katie- (scowls) Courtney, however, is so gonna get it if she touches Zeke.

Sadie- (gasps) you mean your gonna hurt her?

Katie- (grins) no, I can't cause there won't be anything left when Eva get's through with her.

Sadie (frowns) aren't you worried that Eva might like Zeke?

Katie- (shrugs) no, She has Tyler and I think it's more like a overprotective big sister complex.

Katie and Sadie- (both giggle)


(outside in front of the woods)

Jake was handing Wolfo over to Paula "your gonna keep an eye on him right?"

Paula smiled "don't worry little cutie, I won't let him out of my sight."

Jake smiled and rushed over to the Bass and Gopher's, who were putting on the deer outfits.

Gwen groaned "this is so embarrassing."

Cody smiled "c'mon Gwen, this could be fun."

Gwen glared at him, causing him to go back to helping Lindsay put on her tail "and there we go."

Lindsay wagged it a few time and looked to Cody "does it look OK?"

Cody clicked his tongue "you make a very pretty deer, dear."

Lindsay blushed and kicked the ground.

Beth had just put on her deer outfit and looked to Noah, who had his arms crossed "Noah, what'sth wrong?"

Noah turned to her "do you like Justin?"

Beth blinked and shook her head "no, he'sth cute, but I don't know if he's nice or not."

Noah sighed and shook his head.

Beth raised an eyebrow "why are you asthking?"

Noah just scratched the back of his head "no reason."

Sara finished putting on her tail and twirled in front of Laura "how do I look?"

Laura blushed and chuckled "now you look like a deer angel."

Sara smiled and kissed her "right answer."

Izzy soon jumped in and said excitedly "this is so cool, Owen's back and we can be one with nature! Now my little protege, what do you do when being hunted?"

Laura grinned "alway's go into the most obvious place, because they'll try to find you in the last place to look."

Izzy nodded "correct."

The three turned to the hunter's standing a considerable distance away and they saw Courtney pacing back and forth, talking into her cellphone. She soon saw the three staring at her and she narrowed her eyes at Laura.

Izzy scowled "I don't think she's forgotten the paint incident before the race."

Sara growled and hugged Laura "she better not go near her."

Laura just smiled and snuggled up to Sara "thanks Angel."

Chris soon blasted an airhorn and yelled "camper's, you have a 20 minute head start before the ex-campers come in to find you! So go go go!"


(With the hunters)

Marcus was checking over his paintball gun and grinning "this is gonna be so fun"

Tyler nodded "got that right. Time to show off my wicked skills."

Owen seemed to be dowsing himself in liquid and Katie asked him "what are you doing?"

Owen said proudly "Masking my scent so the deer don't smell me coming!"

Sadie gasped "you mean that's....

"Pee? Yes. Yes it is."

Katie and Sadie soon shrieked "EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!"

DJ smacked his forehead "We're hunting other campers; you don't have to hide your scent!"

Owen looked down "you mean I collected all this pee for nothing? Dang it."

He threw it behind him. However, he didn't look where he was throwing and it soon landed in a certain sadistic host's hair.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


Like it? Hate it? Hope you like another appearance by the ex-campers.

Here are our questions

Will Courtney find any of her targets?

Will Noah stop deniaing he like's Beth?

Is Fuzzy Wuzzums gonna make another appearance?

Find out next time on TOTAL.......ALTERNATE........ISLAND!