A/N This is an important chapter. You'll see.
Gucci Mane LaFlare: I'm glad you liked it. Writing around the Harold thing is hard but rewarding.
Team Gophers: Glad you're not upset Heather's gone.
Bruno 14: Don't worry I promise all the troah set up will pay off in the end.
Fritz Electoroscreech: First off Coco is end game. Second I think it would reflect badly on Lindsay's character if she went from crying about Tyler to vying for Cody's attention in one episode. Third in a proper total drama series the characters are balanced out. Not everyone has a lot of screen time every episode.
Guest: I agree about it being out of character for Lindsay.
We begin the episode with Chef handing out the unique sludge of the day. "Today's breakfast is Hawaiian-Italian fusion casserole!"
"So you took our painstakingly made food and turned it into breakfast?" Alejandro asked.
"Yeah, that's right! You got a problem with that?!" Chef challenged.
"Absolutely not! I think it's great you're saving on resources." The Spainard brown nosed. He took his leave and sat down at the table. He turned to Lindsay who had yet to touch her food, "You really should eat."
"I'm not hungry…" She sighed.
"I understand but you need to take care of yourself. Tyler would want you to." The charmer said, grabbing her hand and looking deep into her eyes.
"You're right." The blonde sighed beginning to eat.
Ezekiel gave Alejandro a suspicious look as he glanced between Lindsay and Bridgette. "You know we all miss Tyler eh!"
"Yeah he was a great guy, you know how to pick them Lindsay." Cody agreed.
"He really cared about you right Noah?" Trent said, giving him a nudge.
"Yeah, sure." The Cynic muttered clearly absorbed in thought. The guitarist frowned.
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At the Bass table DJ regurgitated food into Bunny;s mouth. Justin gave him an odd look and turned to Eva. "So… You got any plans for after the challenge?" The model asked, sliding his hand closer to hers.
Eva withdrew her hand. "Uh no? I guess I was gonna hang out with Izzy."
"I see… Could I change your mind?" Justin flirted.
"I- I need a minute.!" Eva exclaimed walking off. Justin frowned as he stared after her.
We see Duncan filling up an orange mug. He glanced around and shoved a mug under his shirt.
"I saw that." Gwen chuckled. "You need to be careful master thief."
"What are you gonna do about it?" He smirked.
"Blackmail, sit with me and I won't tell." She smirked back.
"Okay if you're gonna twist my arm." Duncan teased. The two sat at the table.
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We see Chris standing a forest glade as sad music plays. "Hi. Chris, here. Sometimes teams just don't get along. So the producers and I thought the best way to work through the group friction would be…" The sad music ends abruptly, " to exploit it for laughs! This is gonna be awesome!"
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The campers are standing on the dock before Chris as he explained the challenge. "So, last week's challenge exposed a few Gopher issues." We see Lindsay holding Alejandro's arm, smiling weakly. Ezekiel looked on in concern.
"And I'm sensing a little something funky floating in the Bass pond, too." We see Justin flash a smile at Eva. The iron woman desperately tried to look anywhere but at him.
"So," Chris continued as both teams were shown in their entirety. "this week's challenge is gonna be centered around building trust, because," Chris grinned, "all good things begin with a little trust!"
(Confessional)
Noah: I trusted Trent not to leave me in a box. You saw how that went.
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"There will be three major challenges that have to be completed by two or more members of your team," Chris explained as Duncan rolled his eyes. "Normally, we like to have the campers choose their partners," He said with a chuckle in his voice. "but not this time! More fun for me!"
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The campers stand at the base of a cliff as Chris continues his explanation. "Okay! So for the first challenge, you'll be doing an extreme freehand rock-climbing adventure! Alejandro and Lindsay will play for the Bass, DJ and Justin for the Gophers."
"Here's your belay and harness!" Chris said, throwing the equipment carelessly. Alejandro and Justin caught them respectively.
"Lindsay, do you think you can do this?" Alejandro asked the blonde.
The blonde gave him a small smile. "Tyler always did his best, so I will too."
"You think you can hold me up man?" DJ asked Justin. Before the model could reply Chris interrupted.
"You won't be holding him up exactly," Chris interrupted. "One camper pulls the slack through the belay as their partner climbs," the host demonstrated. "If their partner falls the belay will stop them from crashing." he continued as he threw the slack to Alejandro.
"The catch?" Chris continued as he pointed to both sides of the cliff. "Both the side and the base of the mountain are rigged with a few minor distractions like," each trap was shown in turn. "rusty nails, slippery oil slicks, mild explosives," several bundles of Dynamite were shown already ticking along one stretch of rock. "aaaand a few other surprises."
We hear a cackle as Izzy appears from behind Chris.. "Chris has the best trap ideas!"
The host startles. "Don't do that again." Izzy shrugged. "The person on belay must also harness their partner up," Lindsay is shown smiling nervously at Alejandro while the Spainard smiles back. "It's all about trust people, and, remember, nev-er let go of the rope! Your partner's life depends on it!"
"You won't let me fall right?" Lindsay asked Alejandro.
"I assure you Lindsay, I will protect you with my life." The Spaniard promised.
"Never tried this before. Have you?" DJ asked as the model as he was harnessed.
"Not without a safety net. Far too dangerous." Justin answered nonchalantly.
Bunny peered out of DJ's pocket. The brickhouse picked him up. "Aw, sorry little buddy. You can't come up with me. You can trust Duncan. He's my buddy. Yo Duncan. Hold Bunny while I'm on the rock. " He said giving the bunny to the delinquent. "Thanks G.
"Fine but only cause it's you dude." He scoffed.
/
We see the two campers begin to climb. DJ is clearly the stronger of the two but he's also way more careful so the two are pretty evenly matched. All is going well until an explosion goes off, causing Lindsay to lose her grip. She falls but Alejandro is able to halt her. "Don't worry I've got you." The charmer called.
"I promised surprises!" Chris said, as he brought out a water gun. ""Habañero pepper sauce, anyone?" He sprayed the gun and a thick red sauce spewed out of the nozzle. It hit Justin. "Gah! My eyes! My perfect eyes!" Justin screamed, his head and shoulders covered in sauce. He let go of the rope and began to rub his eyes in an attempt to remove the sauce from them. In the background DJ let out a shrill scream as he fell to the ground.
"Muy caliente!" Chris said as he flashed the camera a smile. Another stream of sauce was headed towards Alejandro. The Spainard was now a large pair of shades. Thus he remained unblinded.
"Very impressive Chris, but it will take more than that to beat Alejandro Burromuerto!" The charmer proclaimed, flashing the host an equally gleaming smile.
We see a surprised looking Chris. "Do we have any more?" He whispered.
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Slightly later in the challenge we see Lindsay climbing up the rock she begins to get a lead on DJ when another explosion hits her. She falls a bit and the force of the air below makes her skirt fly up enough to show some underwear. This is enough to catch the attention of Duncan and Chris.
"Well, you don't see that every day." The delinquent said with wide eyes.
"No, you don't, my man. No, you don't." Chris agreed casually.
DJ however was just below Lindsay, so he ended up seeing more of the undergarment. A lot more. Startled DJ let go and began to fall. The other end of the belay wrapped around Justin's foot. The force lifted Justin up the mountain and the two hit each other, hanging from each end of the belay.
"Ugh," The model groaned.
Lindsay had recovered and began to climb again, completely oblivious to the chaos she'd provoked. She reached the top. "Looks like the Gophers have won the first challenge!" Chris announced.
"Alejandro we did it!" The blonde cheered. She blinked as she noticed the Bass hanging from the mountain. "Did I miss something?"
/
(mess hall)
The second challenge began with the teams facing off at their respective tables. Bridgette and Cody for the Gophers, Gwen and Duncan for the Bass. After an obvious stunt double flipped behind the podium between the tables Chris began to explain the challenge.
"And now, round two! The extreme. Cooking. Challenge!" He announced. "Each team must choose who cooks, and who eats,"
"I'll eat, there's not much I can't stomach." Duncan told Gwen who thought a moment then nodded.
"I'll cook Bridge! You deserve it." Cody told her.
(Confessional)
Bridgette: Okay I'm not sure about this, but he's so earnest. Besides it's just cooking, it'll be fine right?
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"Today you'll be preparing fugu sashimi," Chris announced, "the traditional Japanese poisonous blowfish." Chef pushed a cart with a tank that held two fish in it. An incredibly basic diagram of where to cut the blowfish was projected next to the host, who grabbed a nearby pointer for help in his explanation. "The fugu blowfish contains enough lethal toxin to kill thirty people," Chris said as Chef tapped the tank with a fish net to puff them up.
"Fishies?" the cook said, picking up the fish by their tails, "meet your maker!" He threw the enlarged fish onto the cutting boards in front of Cody and Duncan. The geek looked nervous, but the delinquent was unfazed.
"They must be sliced veeerrry carefully," Chris told them, "to cut around the poisonous organs. The poison paralyzes the nerves, and," He grinned darkly, "there is no antidote!" He returned to his normal tone of voice. "So no worries!"
"You think you can do it?' Bridgette gulped.
"Uh, sure how hard could it be?" Cody tried to reassure her.
/
A plate of piled sashimi was shown as a sprig of parsley was placed on top. Gwen sighed."I'm finished."
Meanwhile Cody's plate held Sashimi that looked similar to Gwen's but was discolored. It looked a little, pinker?
Gwen pushed the plate to Duncan The delinquent popped a piece in his mouth with no hesitation. Nothing happened. He grinned. "Pretty good pasty, could have been spicier though." He teased.
Cody pushed the plate to Bridgette who looked at the food and nervously picked up a piece. Chris and Chef are shown watching excitedly as she slowly put a piece in her mouth, chewed and swallowed. She seemed fine.
"Phew I was really worried for a sec-" Her sentence was cut off by a gurgling sound as she fell over. The surfer grabbed the table in an attempt to stay upright, her skin now a bluish tint.
"Oh my gosh Bridgette I am so sorry!" Cody cried out.
"You tried your best." She gagged. The surfer fell to the floor, twitching as vomit flowed from her mouth. Cody winced, while Gwen covered her mouth in shock and Duncan stared wide eyed.
"It's cool," Chris told them, "give her twenty-four hours and she'll be up walking and breathing good as new." He turned and called. "Izzy!"
"You're going to help her right?" Cody asked.'
The red head ran in wearing a nurse outfit. "You called?"
"Take care of Bridgette then get her to the medical tent. Chef will take it from there."
"Okay!" The ginger cheered. Bridgette is shown in the middle of another spasm. Izzy leaned in to give her mouth to mouth. She let out a gurgled horrified scream as the scene faded to black.
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(The dock)
We see Gwen and Duncan sitting on the dock in their swimwear. Duncan set bunny down next to him. "So how'd you know how to go about making that fish?"
Gwen smirked. "I have a morbid curiosity for death. I've done all kinds of research on poisons."
"That's cool." Duncan complimented. "And so's this!" He pushed her into the water then jumped in after her.
Gwen surfaced smirking playfully. "Oh, it is on!"
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Bridgette is shown on a medical cot still suffering from the poison's effect. A trail of vomit led from her mouth to a nearby pool. She was making gurgling noises. The shot zoomed out to show Chef next to the cot, wearing a nurse uniform. He looked from the surfer to a syringe holding a purple fluid, a smirk on his face. "This won't hurt a bit," he told her with a tap to the needle, "it'll hurt a whole lot."
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Gwen and Duncan are on the dock laughing. "Guess I know not to mess with you." The delinquent said.
"I had to get you back." Gwen told him.
"When you dunked me under the water I wasn't sure you't let me back up!" Duncan chuckled.
Gwen looked around. "Where's bunny?" Duncan's grin faded.
"He gotta be around here somewhere." he muttered walking down the dock.
"We have to find him, DJ will be so upset." Gwen worried.
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The campers are standing in front of Chris just outside the forest. "Good news!" He announced. "The third round involves three more challenges! It's the Three Blind Challenges!" the host explained holding up three fingers. "It begins with the Blind William Tell, followed by the Blind Trapeze, and culminating in the treacherous Blind Toboggan."
DJ turned to Duncan. "So, where's Bunny? I miss him."
"Don't worry man I'll go get him." Duncan promised.
The host put a pair of safety glasses like those used in the paintball challenge on DJ, then placed an arrow on his head.
"Like legendary marksman William Tell," Chris explained as he walked back to a basket of apples some distance away. "you'll be knocking arrows off your partner's head with crabapples." He continued picking up an apple from the basket and tossing it up and down in his hand.
"Um, wasn't it the other way around?" Courtney interjected.
"Shush!" The host retorted. "Also," He showed the group a white band of cloth. "the shooter will be blindfolded!" DJ gasped.
"The person who knocks off the arrow while causing the least amount of facial damage," Chris explained the blindfold now around his eyes. He readied a slingshot with an apple. "wins." He released the slingshot and The apple hit DJ in the crotch. The Brickhouse keeled over.
"Ahh, nuts!" The host remarked as he peeked out from the blindfold. . "Ahh, nuts!" The host remarked as he peeked out from the blindfold. . "Ella and Crimson you'll be one team," Chris said as the two Gophers looked at each other. "Alejandro and Geoff, you'll be the other."you'll be one team," Chris said as the two Gophers looked at each other. "Katie and Beth you'll be the other."
"I'll shoot!" Ezekiel offered. Before Alejandro could protest , Chris threw the slingshot to him.
"Okay!" Chris said with a fist pump, "Let's rock and roll!"
We see Katie standing confidently wearing safety glasses with an arrow on her head. Alejandro is in a similar situation but is far more nervous. Across the clearing stood Ezekiel and Beth their blindfolds already on. Both shooters shot off their first apples. Ezekiel hit Alejandro's shoulder while Beth hit Katie's cheek.
Two more apples were shown flying through the air, Ezekiel hit Alejandro on the head while Beth's Katie in her more apples were shown hitting the two targets in succession. Katie kept crying out, while Alejandro winced at several close hits to the face. Eventually Beth shot an apple that impaled itself on the arrow causing it to fall off. The Bass cheered.
"Don' worry I can do it eh!" Ezekiel promised.
"Leshawna won already!" The host tried to tell him, but he let loose several more apples which hit, a grizzly bear, a seagull, and a purple apelike creature who was watching TV. The final apple hit a tree, bouncing off it to hit Ezekiel in the face. He fell over.
"Well at least he didn't hit me." Alejandro noted.
"Will he be okay?' Trent asked from the crowd.
"Probably." Chris shrugged.
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In front of the remaining teens and Chris was a wooden structure consisting of two platforms with an archway above each. On either side of each arch a wooden beam connected the two sides. Two trapezes hung in the middle of the structure. There were wooden beams up each side that one could climb up. This was all suspended over a body of water.
"And now," Chris announced, "the Blind Trapeze! To avoid serious injury, the trapeze has been set up over this pond," He gestured to the pond before them. "which is full of jellyfish!" a group of purple-pink jelly fish are shown within the pond as an effect of crackling electricity played. Many of the Bass gasped.
"You two," Chris said as he threw blindfolds to Noah and Eva. "will stand blindfolded on the platform until your partners tell you when to jump."
"Then?" Noah asked.
"Then hopefully they'll catch you. Or that's gonna be one heck of a painful swim."The host laughed. "Okay! Hut hut!"
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At this point all four teen are in position. We focus on Gwen and DJ. "So, where's Bunny at?" He asked her.
"Don't worry I'm pretty sure Duncan's feeding him." She said with a weak smile.
"Well that's nice of him, but I hope he brings me bunny soon." DJ sighed.
"Yeah." Gwen turned from him. "Duncan please hurry." She whispered. From on the trapeze Justin's eyes narrowed.
The focus moved to Trent swinging back and forth on the trapeze. Noah was standing on the platform. "I hope Chris put this together right. It'd be just like him to sabotage the platform." The guitarist joked. Noah didn't respond.
"Hey you've been kind of distant lately. If I did something I'd like to know." Trent told him.
Noah shook his head. "It's not you, well it is you, but it's not your fault? It's complicated."
"We'll talk about it later." The guitarist promised. "For now I need you to trust me. Can you do that?"
Noah smirked. "Sure."
"Then jump...now!" The cynic jumped and Trent caught him. The Gophers Cheered.
"Alright! Way to go Trent!" Cody cheered.
Chris gestured to the Bass Justin was now on the trapeze. "Okay Bass your turn!"
The model began to swing back and forth until he got some momentum. "Alright Eva on the count of three jump into my arms." He told her. The iron woman hesitated. "Don't you trust me?"
Eva took a breath and jumped. Justin caught her, but the iron woman weighed too much for him to handle. He ended up dropping her.
Eva landed in the pond, jellyfish spilled out as the water crackled with electricity. Screams of anger and pain could be heard as everyone winced.
"Ooo that's a point for the Screaming Gophers." Chris said.
(Confessional)
Justin: I may have underprepared for Eva's weight. (He shrugged) Oh well.
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At the medical tent we hear Eva groaning, followed by the sound of an electric shock as Eva entered the tent, a jellyfish still attached to her head. "I should have known he'd drop me!" The jellyfish shocked her momentarily revealing her skeleton. "Stupid jellyfish!" She growled, she tried to pry the jellyfish off her head and was shocked again for her troubles.
She sat on a free cot next to Ezekiel. The sound of the cot hitting the floor startled him. He shot up. "I'm up! Did Betsy eat the wrong plants again?!" He blinked as he took in his surroundings. "Where am I?"
"Infirmary." Eva grunted. "You know how to get this spineless fish off me?" The hulking man nodded and Eva lay down.
Ezekiel noticed Bridgette lying on the cot next to Chef. "Is she gonna be okay?"
"She'll be fine as long as I can get this in her." Chef said, showing Ezekiel a bowl.
"Good. I was worried she'd be like that ferever." He chuckled nervously. Chef gave him a pointed look. "Oh you want me to be quiet. I can do that, I'm the quietest. You won't hear me no not a word." Then he paused a moment. "I'm gonna be so quiet-"
"Shut up!" Chef snapped at him. He nodded in fear.
/
The campers were looking at a pair of toboggans leaning against a nearby tree as Chris explained the final challenge. "And now, the final leg!" he announced. "The Blind Toboggan Race!"
"Isn't this dangerous!" Courtney asked nervously.
"Each team will have a driver, and a navigator," Chris explained as the camera panned over the remaining teens. "The driver steers, while the navigator shouts directions. Oh yeah! And the driver will be blindfolded!" Several campers gasped..
"Not many of you left huh?" The host noted as he looked over the group. "We keep losing you guys!" He chuckled then waved his hand dismissively. "Oh well. Ah... Cody, Courtney, Gwen , and DJ." The two pairs looked at each other nervously.
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We see all non competitors are at the finish line, except Justin. The focus shifts to said model at the top of the hill. He walks up to DJ a look of faux sadness on his face. "Hey, man, hate to tell you this but I think Duncan lost bunny."
The brickhouse frowned. "Well I have been wonderin' where bunny's at?" He turned to Gwen. "Do you think he's done feeding bunny?"
"Um I- That is…' DJ's eyes became misty as he noticed Gwen's look of guilt. "Justin's right. He hopped away. We've been trying to find him."
"You kept this from me? How am I supposed to trust you?" DJ asked her, hurt.
"I don't wanna get hurt either!" Gwen told him. She looked around. "I guess Justin left." She sighed. She turned to see Chef brushing something slick onto the toboggans. "Just lubin' them up," He said with a devious smirk. "Get a little more speed goin'." Concern grew on Gwen's face.
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We see Chris and Chef standing over the gopher's toboggan. Courtney was wearing the blindfold. "On your marks!" The host called as he walked to the Bass, DJ now blindfolded. "Get set!" Chris put his foot on the Bass' toboggan and pulled out an air horn. The shot pulled out to show Chef similarly placed above the gophers. "Go!" The host set off the air horn and the two adults gave their respective toboggans a push.
The music became frantic as the gophers sped down the hill. "Right, left." Cody called. Courtney moved to follow his directions just barely avoiding the pines as she had hesitated a moment.
"Left," Gwen ordered. DJ moved left but they almost hit a tree. "Watch out for the tree!" DJ just barely missed it. Meanwhile The Gopher duo hit a sloped rock.
"Cody, where did you lead me!"Courtney cried as they ramped into the air.
Cody had a panicked look on his face. "Maybe if you trusted me more.!" A splash is heard and it is revealed the two had landed in a river Cody's eyes widened at the waterfall ahead. "I haven't kissed a girl yet, I can't die now!" The geek cried as they went over. Luckily they landed on an outstretched log and sprang forward.
The Bass are shown again DJ is refusing to steer. "DJ you have to steer or we're gonna die!" Gwen told him.
"Hey DJ!" Duncan called getting the brickhouse's attention. "Look who I found!" He opened his hands to reveal bunny.
"DJ, I told you we were looking! Duncan found bunny!" Gwen cheered in relief.
"Don't mess with me." DJ muttered, but he lifted his blindfold. "Bunny! You came back!" Now determined he replaced his blindfold. "A'ight, let's do this!"
"Left. Right." Gwen called as DJ expertly maneuvered around the trees. The Gophers landed just ahead of them.
Cody got a determined look on his face."Right." Courtney hesitated, causing them to nearly hit a tree."Left." She hesitated again. "Courtney you have to trust me!"
"But you poisoned Bridgette!" Courtney exclaimed.
"Okay yes, but that was something complicated. I'm just giving you simple instructions!" Cody told her. She frowned. "Please?"
She sighed. "Fine."
"Right." Gwen said. "Left!" She yelled having seen some obstacle. An explosion went off nearby. The goth gripped the brickhouse as he asked, " What the heck was that?!
The focus moved to Chris who was holding a detonator in his hand and setting it off with glee. "We had a few explosives left over," the host told the viewers as an explosion went off in the distance. "and I just hate to waste." He depressed the plunger again and several clouds of explosives are shown being set off down the cliff as the drivers desperately call out orders. Until one blast exploded directly under the Bass, sending the two flying.
The Gophers cheered as their pair neared the finish line, only for the Bass to land directly atop it. The Gophers stopped mid cheer looking stunned while the Bass cheered.
DJ ran to bunny and grabbed him from Duncan circling the rabbit around in excitement. He cuddled bunny to his face. "Thanks for finding him Duncan, even if you did lose him."
"Whatever, man. It's just a stupid rabbit." Duncan scoffed. His eyes widened as he saw Gwen run towards him.
"Duncan!" She jumped into his arms and he swung her around. "You did it!" the two paused and noticed their position. Gwen chuckled nervously but went for it. The two kissed and several members of both teams cheered.
In the crowd Trent sighed. He looked devastated. A hand gripped his. "You'll find them dude." He glanced at Noah, a weak smiled took his face. "I thought you didn't care?"
"I don't but you're annoying when you mope." He smirked.
(Confessional)
Noah: I've been trying to decide if I should distance myself from Trent now that I like him more than I should. After this though there's no way I can leave him in a lurch like that. I just have to remind myself that the money is more important.
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The campers are shown revealing Bridgette still in a wheelchair being pushed by Chef and gurgling, as well as Ezekiel looking at the blonde with concern, and Eva smirking at the Bass several adhesive bandages on her face.
"And the Bass are the winners of the toboggan race!" Chris announced, causing the seven teens to cheer. "Unfortunately, I said that these were blind challenges. By taking off the blindfold for a moment, you broke the number one rule, which makes the Gophers today's big winners!" The Bass frowned as the Gophers cheered.
"We did it Cody!" Courtney cheered.
"I told you, you could trust me." He said.
"And you were right," She smiled.
/
(Gopher Cabin: Boys side.)
Noah and Trent are hanging out on their bunks. "So what's been going on?" Trent asked him.
Noah sighed. "Well it's just, ever since the antler incident things have been kind of awkward around you."
The guitarist smiled. "Is that all?" He lay an arm over the other's shoulders and Noah was very grateful for his dark skin as it made his blush less noticeable. "Dude I know it was an accident. You don't have to worry. Things aren't gonna change between us just because of a thing like that."
Noah nodded. "Yeah, I guess I overreacted."
"Then there's no problem right?" Trent said, moving to leave.
"Right." The Cynic answered. The door shut as the guitarist left. "No problem at all…"
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(Dock)
Gwen and Duncan were enjoying each other's company. The goth sighed. "So who are we voting for tonight?"
The delinquent smirked back. "Well I was thinking Justin."
Gwen blinked. "Justin?"
"Well yeah, he's got Katie, and Beth voting with him. This could be our only chance to take him out before the merge. All we need is Eva's vote." Duncan explained.
"What about DJ?" Gwen asked.
"He won't vote for Justin, but he also won't vote for us. So he'll probably vote for Eva. If we get her vote it'll be a tie."
Gwen nodded. "Good plan." Little did either know, Justin was listening in.
/
(Medical tent.)
Ezekiel was sitting nearby Bridgette, who was still in the wheelchair. "So I know you can't talk yet but I'm glad yer sitting up now." Ezekiel told her. Bridgette gurgled in response.
"I don' know what that means but I think yer happy too?" He shrugged. "Anyway, I don' really blame Cody, I don' think I'd know what ta do either eh." Bridgette gurgled.
"Yeah I know you already forgave him. Yer really nice like that." He smiled. "I hope yer gonna be able to participate in the next challenge. I'd hate if you got voted out." Bridgette was unable to smile but her gurgling sounded nice so he was pretty sure she agreed. "You know I really like you Bridgette."
"Are you gonna be here all day?"Chef growled from his spot nearby.
"I'm stayin' until Bridgette is better eh!" The homeschooled boy answered. Chef rolled his eyes.
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(Bass Cabin: roof)
Eva and Izzy are on the roof chatting. "I can't believe you got shocked by a jellyfish! I am so jealous!"
"It hurt." Eva admitted.
"You want me to kiss it better?" Izzy asked. She leaned forward to kiss her when they were interrupted.
"Eva can I talk to you for a second?" Justin called from the ground.
"Uh, S-sure I guess." Eva answered. She gave Izzy an apologetic look and dropped to the ground. She approached Justin. "Yeah?"
"I was thinking about our vote tonight. I was thinking Duncan." He suggested.
"Duncan? Why, he's a strong team player." She noted.
"Which means he's a threat." He pointed out. "Come on, for my sake?" He whispered, flashing her a grin.
She sighed. "I'll think about it."
"That's all I ask." He told her. Eva nodded as he left. She got back on the roof. Izzy pouted. "If I vote for Duncan it won't be because of him." She promised.
This was enough to satisfy Izzy who smirked. "Now where were we?" She leaned in… only to be interrupted a second time.
"Hey Eva can we talk to you?" Duncan asked.
Eva growled, "I'm busy."
"We're aren't going to leave until you talk with us." The Delinquent told her.
Eva groaned. "I'm coming." She got off the roof again. "What?"
"We're voting for Justin, you in?" Gwen asked.
"Why Justin?" Eva asked, though she knew why.
"He's got too much power on the team." Duncan explained. "We need you to vote with us."
Eva sighed. "Look I'll consider it okay?" the two nodded and made their exit. She got back on the roof. "I hate pressure."
"You seem tense. Let me help?" Izzy suggested.
Eva smirked. "Gladly"
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(elimination)
They were down to the final two campers. "Looks like we only have one left," Chris said."Duncan and Justin." The two stared each other down. "The final marshmallow..." Chris paused.
(Confessional)
Eva: You know what? It's my vote, and not siding with anyone!
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Everyone was silent even as Chris paused. No one knew how the vote would go. Eventually Chris threw the marshmallow to the victor. "...Justin." The model caught it with a smirk.
"No! This isn't fair! We just barely got together!" Gwen Exclaimed.
"It's okay pasty. We both know who's behind this." Duncan said, narrowing his eyes as Justin.
Chris turned to the remaining Bass. "The rest of you are safe," he told them. "For now."
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Gwen and Duncan stand on the dock before the boat of losers. "I can't believe they voted you off." the goth sighed.
"Yeah, it sucks but we both knew it was a gamble." Duncan shrugged.
"The odds just weren't in our favor." Gwen said. Duncan cupped her chin and looked into her eyes.
"Don't give up now. You're a determined chick." The two kissed for a second time.
"Duncan wait!" The two turned to see Eva on the dock. "I just want you to know I didn't vote with Justin."
Duncan smirked. "Thanks." with those final words he stepped onto the boat of losers.
A/N: To anyone wondering why I replaced Chef with Izzy for one scene, it's because I wanted Bridgette to get poisoned. That scene with mouth to mouth isn't nearly as funny with a girl.
This was an eventful chapter. Ezekiel's suspicious of Alejandro. Justin is still trying to get to Eva. Courtney learned she needs to put more faith in Cody. Then there's the big three. Duncan and Gwen consummating their relationship. Noah's dilemma and his decision. As well as Duncan getting voted out.
I like Duncan but of the relationships in limbo, Gwuncan was the easiest to tie off. CoCo, Troah, and the whole DJ thing still have a long way to go. Speaking of the DJ thing, remember there's a poll on my profile. If you want your opinion to count please use it.