This idea comes from aceman88
It was morning, and over in the girls side of the Villainous Vultures cabin, Gwen was all by herself right now, still in her pajamas, just lying in her bed. She was feeling utterly miserable right now, thanks to this whole debacle she had gotten herself into.
She had only come back to this horrible, horrible show to try and make amends with Courtney, after the whole 'kissing her boyfriend behind her back' fiasco from 2 seasons ago, but was having no such luck getting through to the CIT. And all this egging on from Chris about how she 'really is a villain, after all' was really taking its toll on her emotional health.
The door was peeking open, and Zoey saw the state the goth girl was in, and felt bad for her. "Aww, that poor girl has been through so much on this whole show. I really wish there was something I could do to help cheer her up." She told her boyfriend 'Mike', who unbeknownst to her, was actually his twisted, evil alternate personality, Mal.
The young man merely scoffed as his back was turned, but was suddenly struck with inspiration on how to cause more chaos, as he snickered evilly to himself. He adopted his best impression of his host, and told the indie girl, "Uh, I'll think of something for you to do for her, and if I come up with anything, I'll let you know." He said, as he pushed her back to the Heroic Hamsters cabin, instructing her to get dressed.
He turned back towards the Vultures cabin, and pulled a ball gag and some duct tape out from behind his back. Before breaking Sierra's phone, he leafed through it and found out some trivial information about all the contestants on her blog, but among all those facts was something that he could really benefit from knowing about. Turns out Gwen was immensely ticklish, and absolutely hated being tickled. So he figured, what better way to worsen her mood than restrain her for some tickly assault?
He quietly crept in to put his plan into motion, and rolled under the bed to stay out of the goth girl's sight. Because she was just lying in bed by herself with her eyes closed, she didn't notice her cabin being invaded. He quickly got to work, and strapped her down to the bed with the tape, pinning her arms to her sides. "Huh?! Hey, what the-?!" She tried to ask what was happening, before Mal placed the gag in her mouth, muffling her speech. Mal stepped out and gave her an evil smirk that left her unsettled.
"Hehehe, if you thought your time this season was bad now, you've got another thing coming." He told her darkly. With his dirty work done, he crept back out and found Zoey coming out, fully clothed. She noticed what had happened to Gwen, and gasped. "Ugh, I bet it was that awful Heather! I won't stand for this, I've gotta get in there and untie her." She said as she went to go help Gwen, before Mal placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Hold on now, Zoey. Think about the position she's in right now. And remember what you told me about? What your mom used to do for you to cheer you up when you're sad? Why not do that for her now before letting her go?"
The redheaded girl thought about this for a moment, and smiled brightly at the suggestion. "Wow, that's a really great idea. Thanks Mike, I think I'll go do just that!" She said as she walked into the cabin, really looking forward to help perk up the miserable girl. "Sure thing, babe. You have fun now." Mal called out to her, turning around to snicker sinisterly again once she was out of hearing range.
When Gwen saw Zoey come into the cabin, she tried to tell her to set her free, but she was still muffled from the gag stuffed in her mouth. "Zmmy!Plmmme! Gmm mm omt mf hmre!" She cried out as she wriggled around in the duct tape, being unable to break free.
"Don't worry Gwen, I'll get you out of there. But first I want to cheer you up." She said as she walked over to the bed and lifted Gwen's shirt up to leave her pale stomach exposed. "Aww, what a cute belly you have. This is gonna be fun!" She said as she began to wiggle her fingers playfully, and start to wiggle them on the goth's stomach.
Her eyes went wide, as the feeling of discomfort filled her stomach. She didn't really want to deal with this right now, and tried to fight the smile forming on her face, but not having any success. "Hmmhmmhmmhmmhmmhmmhmm! Nm, stmhmhmhmhmhmhmp!" She tried to cry out between giggles. But because she couldn't speak clearly, Zoey thought the smile on her face meant she was liking this, so she continued on, tickling up and down on her stomach.
"Aww, you like the tickles? I'm glad to hear that! Yee, yee, yee~!" She cooed as she tickled the outer part of her belly with one hand, and took a single finger with her other hand, and began swirling it around in her belly button.
"Nhmhmhmhmhmhm! I hmte thmhmhmhmhms! Cmhmhmhmhmt mt omhmhmhmhmt!" She once again tried to voice her hatred of this torture, but still not having any luck at all. And the indie girl was just too naïve to read into any of it, oblivious to how much she was really stressing Gwen out even more.
She kept this going on for a little while longer, before she decided to stop and try a different spot that she had in mind. She beamed excitedly as she went to the end of the bed, and found Gwen's bare feet just barely dangling over the edge.
"Oh boy, such cute feet like this should get something more special than fingers! This looks like a job for my lucky feather!" Zoey reached into her pocket, and pulled out a soft, colorful, fluffy looking feather. Gwen's eyes nearly bulged out of her head, as that feather looked it would tickle even more than Zoey's fingers. "Nm! NM PLMMSE! PLMMSE NMM TMMT! JMMT LMM MM GM!" She said as she desperately tried to break free again.
"Aww, someone's really eager, isn't she? Alright then, I won't keep you waiting!" She said as she placed the tip of the feather on the heels of Gwen's feet, and began to stroke up and down on them with it. "HMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHM! NHMHMHMHMHMHMHM, STMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMP MT! I CMM'T STMMD THMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMS! LMHMHMHMHMHMHMT MM OMHMHMHMHMHMHMT!" She howled in muffled laughter, begging and pleading to be let go.
But Zoey just giggled to herself as she slowly trailed up to Gwen's arches and soles. "Coochie, coochie, coochie~! Tickle, tickle, tickle~!" She was having an absolute blast with tickling Gwen, and seeing her smiling and laughing like she was made her feel good. Oh, how the poor, naïve girl would be devastated when she learned the truth.
Zoey got to Gwen's toes, and gave them the full works, as they curled and wiggled helplessly. In addition to stroking them with her feather (both under them and in-between them), she also played the "Little Piggy" game with each one of them. Gwen had tears streaming down her cheeks from laughing so hard, as well as from how agonizing this whole procedure was for her. "ZMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMY, PLMHMHMHMHMHMHMSE! JHMHMHMHMHMT STHMHMHMHMHMHMHP ALRHMHMHMHMHMHMHMHMDY!" Her voice was getting hoarse from all this tickling, and she just wanted it to end.
Zoey finally stopped, and allowed Gwen to catch her breath, before starting to unstrap her from the bed. "Sooo, how did you like it?" She asked innocently as she took the gag out of her mouth. She was surprised to see the goth girl glare at her harshly. "How'd I like it? HOW'D I LIKE IT?!" She roared with fury. "IF YOU BOTHERED TO TAKE THE GAG OUT, AND LET ME SAY IT, I CAN'T STAND BEING TICKLED! EVER STOP TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION?!" She was getting red in the face.
Zoey just sat there in bewilderment as she took on the berating. "But...but my mom always...and Mike said..." She tried to explain, but finding herself unable to put it into exact words. "What? You thought just because YOU loved it, and someone suggested you do it, you think it's alright to just go through with it, without asking ME first? Yeah, that's totally a smart decision on your part." She huffed sarcastically with her arms crossed.
Zoey felt tears of hurt feelings coming to her eyes. "I just...I just wanted to cheer you up. You've been so sad this whole time, and I thought I could help make you feel better..." She said as she began to cry at how her plan had utterly backfired, because she ignored Gwen's advice, and just assumed she'd find enjoyment out of this whole thing.
Knowing she had been too rough on the innocent redhead, Gwen sighed and patted her on her head. "Alright, I'm sorry. You had good intentions, but next time, please come to me first before you go through with something like this again, alright?" She asked gently. Zoey wiped her tears away and nodded as she smiled. "Okay. Okay, I will."
"Good." The goth girl brought Zoey in for a gentle hug, which the indie girl was more than happy to accept. She definitely learned a lesson from this experience, and would be having a serious talk with her boyfriend when she saw him again.
Alrighty, that's another idea down. This idea was suggested to counter against all the one-shots where tickling was used as a means of cheering someone up. And I definitely see aceman88's point, some people don't like tickling, and are uncomfortable by the idea of it. Regarding my feelings on Zoey and Mike, seeing as how they're part of the "terrible trio", you can imagine I'm not too keen on them, like a vast majority of the fanbase.
But can you really blame me? Mike's an inaccurate portrayal of a real life disorder, and Zoey was just so oblivious and bland. She said she would take down Mal, she brings him to the finale. She gets warnings from other contestants about him, she ignores those warnings. Like, for those who do find enjoyment from them, it's fine if you do, but I just couldn't get invested into them, at all.
