Team Amazon was once again lounging in first class. Heather had an eye pad over her grey ones and was already snoring, Courtney and Gwen were also sighing in contempt as the seats were quite comfortable. The only ones still awake were our residential tech geek and maid. Currently Rem was giving the only boy in her team a good shoulder massage although had her bosom on his head; he had earned it fair and square in Rem's eyes. For two challenges in a row, he had been working quite hard.
"Oh, that feels great." Cody groaned as the maid hit an especially tense spot, and tried working out the knots in there.
"Well it was the least I cloud do after what you did for the last challenge. And it must have been stressful to come up with the commercial." She said pressing harder on a certain spot making the aforementioned teen sigh in bliss.
"You have unbelievable tension in your shoulders." The shy girl commented.
"I don't feel much tensed right now." Cody muttered; the massage was so good he was getting sleepy.
"What has me curious was the reason for this sudden change. I hate to be blunt you have changed a lot, and I can`t help but be curious to what led to it." Rem said felling his shoulders tense as soon as she finished her sentence.
"I don't like talking about it." He muttered as he leaned away from the aura reading girl.
Confession cam.
Rem- For some reason, Cody has been rather quiet as of late. Normally I would think he would be eying Gwen which I'm ok with (Eye twitch) but he's not even doing that. I hope Cody feels better and finds eyes for another gi- I MEAN get back to his old self.
"But let me try massaging for a change." Cody said rising from his seat as Rem swept her hair aside and turned her back to him.
"I read somewhere that there is a certain spot in the shoulders and neck that will make the person being massaged completely relax." He spoke as he searched for the very spot.
"Well yes it does, but I have worked with my sister who is a professional and even she has not been able to find that…." The blue haired girl was interrupted by his crying out.
"Found it!" And swiftly pressing the pressure point thus causing the girl to lean back against him with a sigh.
"Rem? Hello, Rem?" The boy looked down at the girl who seemed to have fallen asleep.
Confession Cam.
Cody- The issue online said that the spot was usually in most cases found on the side of the neck and in some cases it causes incredible amount of relaxation it puts them to sleep instantly. So I guess Rem is one of those people.
Suddenly the plane started shaking, causing the seatbelt sign to flash. Cody strapped Rem in first and then himself on the seat next to her.
He could hear Harold from the economy class say:
"We`re going to diiie!"
When the plane stopped all of Team Amazon were awake, except Rem who was still knocked out from the pressure point fiasco.
DJ was the first to exit but he forgot how high they were from the ground to the plane down and he flailed his arms for a second before falling in the snow. The other contestants followed with Owen falling last exclaiming.
"I`m a snow angel."
Cody with Rem still asleep in his hands bridal style, jumped down somehow accomplishing to keep Rem sleeping.
Slowly the girl opened her eyes and stretched while yawning.
"When did we land?" she asked rubbing the sleep from her eyes. It took a few minutes to notice that she was in Rem`s hands she sprouted a faint blush on her cheeks.
"You fell asleep on the plane." He quietly said but was covered up by Chris announcing.
"Welcome to the Yukon!" the host said as the contestants surveyed the freezing cold conditions.
….
Soon the contestants found themselves in front of a start line, all of the shivering some more than others.
Cody was possibly the only one there who didn't have his arms crossed to conserve warmth.
He stood quietly aside in his now bulky looking jacket.
He had ditched his clothes from season one. The collared shirt and sweater were replaced by a white undershirt, a black long sleeved thick blouse with a dark green t-shirt over it and a bulky looking jacked with multiple pockets.
"The jeans were replaced by khaki baggy pants also with a bunch of pockets, and on his feet he had thick leather and rubber combat boots replacing the old sneakers.
"Um, hello. Where are our jackets?" Heather asked as she rubbed her hands to conserve what body heat she had left, not that it would be much with the top and shorts she was wearing.
"Relax. I ordered coats for everyone." The host started making them cheer in joy.
"They won't be ready for weeks but as soon as they arrive I'll be sure to hand them out." Chris said hiding a grin as the teens groaned.
"M..Maybe we should huddle for warmth?" The CIT proposed as she stepped near Cody. Heather Gwen and Rem followed her example. Leshawna, Lindsay and Izzy practically ran to Alejandro. Noah tried to hug Bridgette but was turned down by Bridgette with the excuse that she had a boyfriend. He later got hugged by Owen.
Chris in the meanwhile was slurping on hot cocoa.
"You going to finish that?" Owen asked pointing to the cup.
"Yes Owen I am."
"Crossing the icy river in Canada`s frozen tundra used to be easy, back when the river was frozen solid. But thanks to global warming and Owen…"the host added after the teen boy passed gas.
"Earth is finally becoming a lot more interesting. By which I mean, deadly." Chris finished with the last word spoken in a villain voice.
"Yay!." Was heard by the crazy red head, a.k.a. Izzy.
"Today's challenge is called Total Drama The Icicle! Teams must make their way across this icy kazam by jumping from ice float to ice float. Each team member must make their way across to the dog sleds on the far shore and become the dog. Pulling a sled all the way to the finish line as you grab the rest of your team on the way. At mark Meeting Point.
First come first serve, so move fast, don't worry if you fall into the water we`re legally required to save you, so we have two divers downstream ready to pull you out" Chris said pointing to a pair of interns dressed as divers and already frozen solid.
"You guys ready for some mad ice float jumping, cause this guy is kicking it into high gear." Tyler said to Noah and Owen while pointing at himself. They didn't really seem that impressed as even the gentle chubby guy rolled his eye at the wannabe jocks cheer.
"Whoever doesn't land near the sled, head straight for the finish line, that way we won't lose time to stop at every meeting point." Leshawna said to her team getting nods of agreement from them.
"What is the reward for this challenge?" Heather asked.
"Did I say reward?" Chris asked with a smirk on his face.
"We`ve already had three eliminations. We`re overdue!" The queen bee argued.
"There`s got to be a reward. There aren't enough of us for Chris to cut in every episode." Noah said adding some logic to all.
"Yeah, but we found teams trying harder during eliminations challenges, so this year there is no set routine. Every challenge cloud end in elimination!" The host said chuckling to himself. That statement made the contestants protest.
"That's the spirit. On your marks, get set. GO!" Chris announce as Chief blew a bullhorn that sounded like a dying moose.
Tyler was the first one to jump on an ice float but he ended up slipping and falling in the water.
"Hi Noah!" Lindsay said as she jumped over a float.
"Hi T.. T…Tyler." The jock said to himself shivering.
"No I`m Lindsay." The blonde bombshell obviously did not understand him.
Izzy was having no problem at all, she just did flips and somersaults making Noah and Owen look at her.
"If Nutzy can do it, we can do it." The bookworm said to the big guy as he jumped on a float only to slip and fall on his face. The giant jumped next causing the float to act as a teeter totter and shoot the bookworm back.
"So, uh. I`ll just go on okay?" the only answer he got was a groan, but it was all he needed.
"Okay cool."
Leshawna was jumping on and off the floats as if she were playing hopscotch.
"Ha-ha, this is easy!" the dark skinned girl said.
Gwen on the other hand was having a tougher time she just landed on a float as soon it started to split in two.
Cody saw that and hurried back to get there to help her. But he landed on a same float as Owen and soon a polar bear showed up and tilted the ice so one of them cloud end up in his mouth. Too bad the only thing he got to taste was Cody`s combat boot. The geek teen had a glassy look in his eyes as if he was in another place looking at something else as he kept kicking the bear until it gave up and swam away squealing. The only down side was that the giant got soaked to the bone with icy water. Cody managed to stay on as he was on the other side of the float but Owen wasn't so lucky although he was looking at Cody with disbelief.
Bridgette was about to slip and almost fall but was caught by the handsome Spaniard.
"Thanks, you know we`re on different teams right?" she asked Alejandro.
"My mother raised a gentleman. Teams are irrelevant" He simply commented.
Back to Gwen she really thought she was going to feel the icy daggers pierce her skin as soon as she fell, so closing her eyes was the last she did as the float finally split open. But instead of the cold waters of the Yukon she felt fabric. Opening her eyes she saw that Cody had reached her in time. He gave her a miniscule grin and placed her down before heading out.
Confession Cam.
Gwen- I usually wouldn't note but Cody seems different, less clingy. Why does that not relieve me as much as I thought it would?
Cody- I couldn't help but let myself a moment of weakness, for old times' sake. But you can bet that won't happen again as honestly, I don't feel anything about Gwen anymore which honestly is shocking to me.
Owen soon found himself warming up as he did what you should usually do when you have been stung by jelly fish.
Alejandro cloud be seen flirting with Bridgette. He even transferred the surfer girl to the shore making her fluster.
Leshawna just stood on a piece of floating ice as it flowed down to the other side.
"You just got to go with the flow." She said walking off and jogging to the sleds.
"Nice, and lucky you DJ got here first and he`s on dog duty so that means you can enjoy the ride."
Next to arrive was Cody followed by Heather and Courtney.
"Cody, first Amazon to arrive grab a sled and start pulling." The mentioned team paled but sighed and picked the second best.
"Us four arrived at the exact same time, how come Cody`s the one to pull the sled?" The CIT asked with Rem nodding next to her.
"In the event of a tie we go alphabetically." The host smirked.
Last to arrive were Team CRRRRH and they hot a few boards nailed together with radioactive materials.
Cody strapped on his harness and pulled starting off shortly after DJ who had started running just a few short seconds ago.
Heather was a bit mean when she brandished the whip intent for it to scare the boy in running faster. But she was stopped by Rem hand going over the one that had the whip in it.
"Don't you think about it or there will be consequences" The maid whispered coldly to the queen B who felt as if everything around her froze.
First to get on the sleigh at meeting points was Rem, now all they missed was Gwen and they were set.
A little further away they found Gwen.
"Need a lift?" Courtney asked the Goth.
Gwen gave one glance at Cody who was still taking a couple of breaths.
"I wouldn't mind it." She said as she climbed the sled.
They soon passed Team CRRRRH which looked like they had too much baggage. Up ahead they saw Chris and Bridgette whose tongue seemed to be stuck to a pole.
"Whoa. Hello backup singers, except Cody." And when the girls started to groan.
"Crap. I thought you forgot the music challenge this time."
"As if, Cody gets a break because this is going to be a girl number."
So the music began.
Bridgette: The strings of my heart are a tangled mess!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, mess!
Bridgette: It's beating so hard, it's jumping outta my chest!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, chest!
Bridgette: I tried to fit two men in my soul!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, soul!
Bridgette: I ended up stuck to a pole!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: She got stuck! Should've ducked! Worst of luck! Stuck, stuck to a pole!
Bridgette: I fell for every little thing that he said!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, said!
Bridgette: And when I closed my eyes, he jumped on a sled!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, sled!
Bridgette: He's moved on, I'm still stuck in this place!
Courtney, Gwen, and Heather: Oooh, place!
Bridgette: Would someone pour warm water down my face?!
Courtney, Gwen, Heather, and Rem: She got stuck! Should've ducked! Worst of luck! Stuck, stuck to a pole!
Stuck, stuck, stuck to a pole!
"Very nice." The host said applauding. Bridgette said something that they didn't understand, but Chris only turned to them.
"Amazons, move out." Causing the team to start moving but before they cloud get moving Bridgette shouted to them.
"Hont hrusht Ahehandho!" which no one but Cody and Rem understood.
…..
They were so close to the finish line but a split second before they reached it they were beat by Team CRRRRH.
"Last place. There goes all the hard work." Heather yelled.
"Not exactly, Team Victory crossed the finish line without Bridgette, so they come I last. Which means Team Amazon is in second place and TCRRRR takes first.
….
Cody was once again hiding in the elimination room and he heard the last words the surfer girl said about a certain Latino.
Going back to the first class quarters to get his backpack he passed the confessionals. He heard the mentioned Latinos voice.
"Bridgette was expandable, they all are. Some will prove to be more challenging than others, but one by one they`ll all go down."
….
Cody sat down on one of the benches of economy, and rummaged through his backpack.
Finally placing it in one of the baggage carriers above he spread out his extra sleeping bag and placed it over the bag.
Looking around for rat holes he couldn't help but mutter.
"Just like in the slums."