HELLO AGAIN TOTAL DRAMA FANS. IT IS CHAPTER 6 OF THIS FIC. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR READING MY STORY. I'M REALLY HAPPY SEEING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE READING THIS. YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST.
I KNOW THAT THE CHAPTER TITLE SUCKS. JUST IGNORE IT. ANYWAYS LETS DIVE IN.
I DO NOT OWN TOTAL DRAMA OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS.
"Last time on Total Drama Mayhem…
Our campers had a flag hunting challenge. Flags were tied on trees and they had to find their own flag. They thought that flag hunting was easy, haha! We saw the golden heart inside the crusty shell of Duncan, twice. Opened only in front of Zoey. Dakota used Zack's help to get her flag and possibly an illegal alliance. Should Zack expect something coming his way from me? Obviously yes. But since he's bringing in drama, I don't mind. The Tigers were victorious after a two challenge losing streak. Scott formed an alliance with Cameron and Owen, but was broken quickly when Mike slash Mal framed Cameron for breaking Lightning's lucky charm and got eliminated. Poor kid. A new challenge awaits our campers. Will Scott's alliance come back stronger? Will Mal strike again? And can anyone else be hotter than me? I say impossible for the last one. Find out in today's cracking episode of TOTAL… DRAMA… MAYHEM!"
The reddish-orange glow of sunset cast on to the sands of camp. It was about 6 pm. The campers were doing all sorts of things, some of them talking unimportant things, some following their routine and others… no clue.
Trent and Duncan were sitting under the shade of one of the trees in the forest. Duncan was holding a picture in his hands and was staring at it continuously. Trent had the guitar that Duncan gave him, which is now his, and was playing a song that he made.
"What do you think? You liked the song?" Trent asked as he stopped playing.
"Huh?" Duncan said surprised, "Oh sorry man. I didn't pay attention to the whole song" he said keeping his hand to his forehead.
"Hey it's ok. Still not over it huh?" the musician asked.
"Yeah… feels like there's no one else with you. Y'know all alone. But I just gotta deal with it" Duncan said, "You know what there's a perfect song for that."
The punk took his A-pod from his pocket and played the karaoke version of "Lovely" by Billie Ellish and Khalid. Trent wanted to say something to him but at the same time he wanted to hear Duncan sing. When he heard the punk sing, he was shocked to hear clear vocals and the smooth transition from high to low pitch. Duncan sang half the song when DJ interrupted holding his bunny.
"Hey guys…" he said. Duncan stopped when he heard DJ. He cleared his throat and said.
"Hey man. How ya doing?" the punk asked.
"You slayed that song man" DJ commented.
"I swear. I never knew you could sing like this" Trent said.
"But why did you sing that song?" DJ asked.
"That…"
"It's DJ. You can tell him anything" Trent told Duncan.
"Alright. See this" Duncan said giving DJ the picture. It was a picture of his family but it didn't have him. There was another girl as tall as his mother.
"Who's this? I know that you don't have a sister" DJ said.
"Yeah. That's Emily. Their so-called daughter. They adopted her after I went to prison. When I went back home after my term, my 'former' dad told me that he doesn't know me and he never had a son and she was their only child. Basically I got kicked out. My mom then gave me this picture and explained everything" he said, "Basic reason I came here again here again was to see you guys again."
"I've never seen your sensitive side before. But dude, we always got your back. No matter what. You're not alone, you have your bunch here. You got Trent, Geoff, me, bunny" DJ said. Bunny jumped from him onto Duncan's lap and smiled. Duncan smiled back and petted him.
"Thanks guys. Means a lot" he replied.
Mike and Zoey were sitting on the steps of their cabin.
"You remember that time we went to that karaoke bar? You couldn't sing at all" Zoey said and laughed.
"Yeah yeah… and you sang so well that the system broke" Mike said.
"Oh c'mon, that wasn't on purpose" Zoey said.
"Oh sorry. I gotta say you were singing so well" Mike said.
"Aww, thanks."
Confessional: Mike/Mal
"Why doesn't she stop for once?! First of all, what did that douche Mike see in her and what did she see in Mike for them to love each other. I gotta act like I'm interested in whatever she's saying. She's the key for me to not get eliminated."
End Confessional: Mike/Mal
"So, did you make any new friends this season?" Mike asked.
"Well not much. Cameron's gone. And now I got only you and maybe Gwen and Duncan" she replied.
"That's a whole lot of friends you got there" Mike said and he laughed.
Zoey looked at him, "What?"
"Hey guys" Gwen said as she sat next to Zoey. When Mike saw her he stood up and went away still laughing.
"What's up with him?" Gwen asked. Zoey shrugged looking a bit concerned.
"You finished reading that book?"
"Oh yeah. I'll give it you. It's really good. How many parts does it have?" Zoey asked.
"It's a trilogy. But I brought the first one only. When we meet up after this season I'll give you the rest" Gwen said.
"That's cool" Zoey said.
"Alright then see you around" Gwen said.
Tyler, Lightning and Jo were doing laps around the cabins. Tyler and Lightning were chatting away during this time.
"How many reps have you done in 1 minute?" Lightning asked.
"About 98" the red jock replied.
"98? That's the number of reps Sha-Lightning did when he was 3 years old. SHAZAM! Now he does 153 in a minute."
"That's AWESOME dude. Hey let's tell jokes" Tyler said.
"Oh Lightning loves laughs. Let's see if you can make me laugh."
"Ok what do sprinters eat before a race?" Tyler asked.
"I don't know, what?"
"Nothing…. They fast" Tyler replied. Both the jocks burst out laughing. Lightning wiped off a tear from his left eye.
"Ok that was good. Ma turn. Did you hear about the Italian Chef who died?"
"No. What about him?"
"He pasta away" They couldn't stop laughing. Jo immediately pushed Lightning whose force pushed Tyler and both the jocks fell.
"HEY! What gives?" Tyler said.
"Yeah. No one pushes Sha-Lightning!"
"Shut up you two. I regret my decision of taking both of you for my laps" Jo said.
"Jock-olympics gone wrong?" Eva asked with a smirk.
"Leave that. You wanna do laps together?" Jo asked.
"I'm in"
Noah, Owen and Cody were sitting on the dock of shame. Owen was munching BBQ chips and speaking gibberish with a full mouth.
"Owen buddy, SWALLOW." Noah said.
"I was saying that Cody here has something for Sierra" Owen said.
"Really?" Noah asked.
"Well yeah… I thought about it a lot and I felt she is a nice girl" Cody said.
"Yeah dude. Everyone's not lucky enough to have a girl chase him" Owen said.
"I agree and in your case she'll die to be with you" Noah commented.
"I know. I'll tell her" Cody said.
"Ayyy! That's my buddy" Owen said as he patted his back.
"CANNONBALLLLL!" Geoff and Bridgette shouted as they jumped into the water, splashing the three guys.
"Thanks guys… Hello to you too" Noah said.
"That was cool. I wanna do it" Owen said.
"C'mon dude! Woohoo!" Geoff said punching the air with excitement.
"COWABUNGAAA!" Owen ran.
"OWEN NOOOO WAITT…." Noah shouted. Too late. Owen jumped in splashing enough water for a flood. Two fishes landed on Noah's head.
"Thanks again. Now my bath's over" Noah said. Everyone giggled.
"Hey Noah, how's Emma?" Bridgette asked.
Noah was shaken by that question, "Lemme guess party boy told you?"
"What do you think?" she asked.
"It was obvious but still" Noah said, "Yeah she's fine. She' got the law school stuff right now."
"How do you feel when she's not around?" Bridgette asked.
"I do fine. I'm not desperate to meet her or anything" Noah said.
"Yeah… that's why I found a framed picture of her with a biiig heart in your bag" Geoff said winking at him.
"Really?" Cody asked.
Noah was surprised at that question, "Wha… No… I mean… uh fine. Wait. Why did you check my bag?"
"Uhh…. I… um" Geoff stammered.
"Did you look into others stuff without them knowing again?" Bridgette asked.
"Yeaah…" he said.
"Geoff! You promised you wouldn't do that again. Last time you did that Brody didn't speak to you for the last 2 months" Bridgette said. She got out of the water and walked off to the cabin.
"That was… awkward" Cody said.
"You better do something dude. She's pretty sensitive" Owen said. Geoff nodded.
Confessional: Geoff
"My bud Brody and I were sharing an apartment and I took his surfboard without him knowing and went on a beach date with Bridge. That day he had his own date with Mcarthur. And he couldn't go without his board. So she felt that he wasn't interested any more. And she broke up. SORRRRYYYY BUDD! I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!"
End Confessional: Geoff
It was around 7 pm now. Darkness and silence took over Wawanakwa. The full moon and the stars filled the sky with their sparkling brilliance.
The silence was broken with Chris' voice blurting out of the loud speakers.
"Campers! Assemble at the beach in 5 minutes. We have some information."
" 'Some information'? " Courtney asked.
"Isn't it obvious. It's another of his challenges" Heather said.
"I hate night challenges" Leshawna said.
"Looks like that's one 'fraidy cat" Dakota said.
"Oh you watch whose getting scared" Leshawna said steaming towards Dakota. Bridgette, Courtney and Gwen held her back.
"Leshawna no, stop" Bridgette said.
Confessional: Dakota
"I love playing with their tempers" she kept on laughing, "but a new target in my list is born."
End Confessional: Dakota
The campers assembled at the beach, tigers to the left and bulls to the right of Chris and Chef who were standing on the dock of shame in front of them.
"So campers, we have called you here to pass on an important message" Chris said but was interrupted by Harold.
"Just tell us what the challenge is already" he said.
"You guys just don't understand showbiz" Chris said, "Fine. You guys have to scatter around the island and survive a whole night here."
"Wait. Did you just say survive?" Heather asked.
"Precisely" the host said, "The Island has been filled with some special kind of animals. Basically some rabbit like things and snakes."
"So we gotta dodge a bunch of rabbits and some snakes" Scott said.
"Yes but I said 'special' " the host said, "The reason- well they are mutated[1]. And if they bite you, they'll release venom which will knock you off in a minute."
"WHAT THE HELL?!" the campers shouted.
"Don't worry they're not fatal. It'll knock you off for a few hours" he said with a grin "If you get "venomized", you'll be brought to the campfire pit by our fully protected interns. Once the challenge's time limit is over, we'll inject something in your body which will neutralize the venom."
The campers looked wide eyed and afraid.
"You have to survive this challenge until 7 tomorrow morning. That is eleven and half hours from now. Your challenge will begin after I sound this air horn" Chris said raising the red air horn, "Oh and when you're running around for your life, look out for two idols which are dropped somewhere in the island- a Chris idol and a Chef idol. If you find them you get immunity for this challenge."
"Sweet" Owen said.
The sound of the boat of losers was heard. It stopped in front of the dock of shame. Chris and Chef got in the boat and Zack hopped off.
"Where are you two scumbags going?" Heather asked.
"You think we'll stay here and get ourselves bitten? HELL NO!" Chris said as Chef started the boat, "Your challenge starts now! Sleep tight, don't let the rabbits bite! Oh and the snakes" He sounded the air horn and the campers scattered around the island.
The tigers decided that they would go in threes around the island. DJ, Dawn and Geoff joined together.
"So I saw Revenge of the Island and I noticed you had a little bluebird friend" DJ said.
"Yes. He is here with me. I'm pretty sure he's flying around us right now. One second I'll show you" the blonde said as she made chirping sounds. After a few seconds, the same bluebird flew around Dawn and perched on her shoulder.
"Whoa! That's so cool dudette" Geoff said looking amazed.
"Thank you Geoff. Blue, this is DJ and this is Geoff" Dawn told her bluebird.
The bird chirped and took off landing on DJ's head.
"Aww. He likes you" Dawn said.
"Ayy cute little buddy. I think you and Bunny can become friends" DJ said.
"I feel bunny's cute too" Dawn said.
"Yeah… not as much as you" DJ said absent-minded.
Geoff saw that Dawn was surprised at the comment and he saw a slight redness developing in her cheeks.
DJ suddenly realised what he said and scratched the back of his head, Dawn chuckled seeing him try to cover up what he said.
Confessional: Dawn
"I had doubts about what his aura was actually radiating, but this time I did catch it. Pink, the colour radiated when someone falls in love and is trustworthy. Is DJ actually my match?" she smiles thinking about it and places her right hand on her heart.
End Confessional: Dawn
As the three walked forward, Geoff slowed down until he was behind them, turned to opposite side and ran.
In the meantime some of the bulls were together. Heather and Courtney were having a quarrel while Justin, Alejandro, Leshawna, Dakota and Bridgette watch on.
"Listen you bloody brunette, I'm the leader here. SO YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY!" Heather screamed.
"Wait. Who made you the leader around here? Clearly I'm the one with all the leadership skills" Courtney said.
"Leadership af" Heather said.
"We should stay together till 7 to win this" Courtney demanded.
"So if the rabbits come, they can "venomize" all of us? Do you want us to lose? AGAIN?!" Heather said, "If we need to win, we divide and conquer. Form groups of how many ever people and we go in different directions."
"Are you a CIT? NO! So shut up and LISTEN!" Courtney shouted glaring at Heather.
"Are you a season winner? NO! So I have better experience than you in these things" Heather replied.
"Oh that IT!" Courtney launched herself at Heather who fell on the ground. They rolled on the ground pulling each other's hair.
Alejandro pressed his nose bridge in disappointment,
"I had enough. I'm leaving. Justin, wanna join?"
"You bet I am. I've seen enough cat fight" Justin replied as the two guys left the girls.
"See Al and Justin are following what I said" Heather told Courtney in between pulling her hair.
"No, they just got enough of your pathetic argument" Courtney said.
"No, they left because of both of your ridiculous squabble" Dakota said.
"Ok you two stop it!" Bridgette said separating the two girls.
"AHHH!" Leshawna screamed.
The girls looked behind and they saw a fallen Leshawna. Beside where she lay, was a snake about 4 feet long with silver scales, hissing at the four girls.
"Great going you two. We lost one bull" Bridgette said.
"We better scram" Heather said.
"Agreed" Courtney said as she and Bridgette ran to the left and Dakota and Heather to the right.
Duncan, Trent and Noah ended up together in the forest.
"Can mutation really make a rabbit venomous?" Duncan asked Noah.
"Not by any way I know of. But being Chris, I feel he did something to the rabbits to make them venomous" Noah replied.
"You do remember that he said rabbit like things right" Trent said, "So it can be something that we might not have seen in like the places where we live but it exists somewhere."
"Gimme an example" Noah said.
"Is the Sasquatchanakwa example enough for you" Duncan said.
"And that 3 eyed bird from All Stars" Trent said as he nudged Duncan.
"What? I could've hit that bird" Duncan said.
"Sure you would" Noah said sarcastically, "You guys are right."
Suddenly Geoff barged into the three guys knocking Noah and Duncan down.
"Second time Geoff!" Noah said, "One at the dock and one here."
"Sorry dudes" he said as he helped Noah up.
"Next time just call out our names" Duncan said.
"Aren't you supposed to be with DJ and Dawn?" Trent asked.
"Yeah… I… ran away from… them" he said panting in between.
"You what?" Duncan asked.
"Dude do you know why we split into threes? To stay as a team and have each other's back and at the same time we'll be spread out so they can't hunt all of us down" Noah said.
"But they were bonding really well dude. You said we have to support them in building a relationship" Geoff told Duncan.
Noah and Trent facepalmed.
"Ok I said that, but not at a time like this" Duncan said, "Anyways, I'll go and join them. You guys go on."
Duncan ran in the opposite direction of the other three guys.
They walked forward until they saw that the path traversed into 3 different paths.
"So which way?" Trent asked.
"Left" Noah replied.
"We go right man. Guys are always right" Geoff said.
"Oh Lord!" Noah facepalmed, "This is gonna be a long walk."
Suddenly they heard the sound of a twig breaking behind them. They looked back and they saw a rabbit like thing with fangs sticking out of its mouth like that of a snake. It was small but it was getting ready to pounce.
"What are you waiting for? RUUNNNN!" Trent screamed as he ran to the left, Geoff to the middle and Noah to the right. The animal or beast or whatever it's called took the path to the right.
Cody and Sierra were together. Cody was looking scared about the challenge fearing that something might jump out of anywhere and attack him.
"So Cody, I was really sad that you weren't there on All stars. I missed you so much then" Sierra said.
"Yeah I figured" he replied.
"To make sure that you were on my side, I drew your face on my pillow too"
"Wait what? How didn't I notice that?" he asked.
"Then I did…" Sierra was stopped by Cody when he turned to face her and held her hands.
"Ok here goes…. Sierra, I've seen that you were always chasing behind me to fulfil your wish to walk by my side. At first, I didn't take it seriously, to be frank I was getting kinda annoyed by it…." He was interrupted by Sierra when she picked up a stick and thrashed a snake who was gonna bite Cody from behind.
"NOT NOW SNAKE! MY CODY IS TRYNA SAY SOMETHING! YOU ARE NOT GOINNG NEAR HIM!" She screamed as she hit it until it stopped moving.
Then she changed mood and said, "You were saying Codykins…"
"Yeah so uh… I thought about it for a few months and I took advice from my buddies back home and the guys here. They made me understand that what I have is what most guys dream of. To have someone who's willing to take anything for you. At that moment, everything started to become clearer in front of me. I understood what I mean to you, and what you mean to me. Sierra, all I have to tell you is…. is… I…" Suddenly Cody fell down unconscious.
"Cody? CODY!" she screamed. The snake that Sierra had hit, bit him in the calf area releasing its venom.
"OH YOU DEVIL! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" she said with fire in her eyes.
She chased the snake as it tried to escape. The chase was a very long one. She was continuously hitting it. She ran in front of the mess hall.
One of the five interns was in there cleaning Chef's knives. He kept the butcher knife on the dining table with a long plate alongside it and exited the hall through the back door.
The snake slithered into the mess hall. She followed it inside. They created ruckus inside, breaking the wooden floor and creating big hole. The snake then slithered onto the plate the intern had just cleaned. Sierra took the knife alongside it and cut the snake into 15 almost equal pieces along its length.
"DIEEEE!" She screamed leaving it like that. It was confirmed that it died by then. She then calmed down and left the hall.
"Oh no Cody is still there" she said to herself. But when she reached back to where they were before, his body was not to be seen.
Harold, Tyler and Ezekiel were walking casually.
"The venom won't be poisonous right" Ezekiel asked looking concerned.
"I hope no, but since Chris made the challenge, you can't say" Harold replied.
"Don't worry guys. As long as I'm here with you, no animal is gonna touch you" Tyler said.
"That makes me even more scared" Harold commented.
"Hey I can be tough when needed" Tyler debated.
"That's exactly why I'm scared. You're never tough when needed" Harold said. Ezekiel chuckled hearing their exchange.
"Tell me one time where I wasn't tough when needed" Tyler said challenging Harold.
"Glad you asked" Harold said, "Lemme remind you phobia factor in season one."
Tyler looked surprised when he brought that up, "Oh c'mon it was my fear of chickens dude."
"You just had to stay in that pen for a minute or something" Harold said.
"But…" Tyler was interrupted by Noah who barged into the jock in a similar manner as that of Geoff. Ezekiel helped Noah and Tyler up.
"You look petrified eh" the prairie boy told Noah.
"Yeah thanks I know" Noah said, "I'm being chased by a rabbit-thing. If you don't wanna get bitten then, RUN!"
"Don't panic" the jock said, "I'll tackle him... him… by… by…" suddenly he turned showing his back to the three guys. The rabbit-thing was hanging onto his butt with its teeth sunk in skin. Tyler fell forward.
"You totally tackled him" Noah said, "Now RUN!"
Harold followed behind Noah. He turned around and saw that Ezekiel also got bitten.
"NOOO! Zeke!" Harold screamed.
"We can't do anything. C'mon! Before it comes behind us" Noah said as they continued running.
Scott and Lightning ran around the beach, past the cabins and now entered the forest.
"Lightning never knew baldhead had this much stamina" the athlete said.
"I got enough strength and stamina. And you call me baldhead one more time your football future is gonna be a doubt" Scott threatened.
As the two guys ran forward, they ended up right in front of a rabbit thing.
"You're strong right" Lightning said.
"Of course I am" Scott replied.
"Alright then. Lightning out. SHA-ZAM!" the athlete said as he turned around and ran at record pace.
"What? Hey! Come back here you fucking coward!" Scott screamed, "What a douchebag."
Scott looked at the rabbit thing.
"Looks it's gonna be you and me then" Scott said.
The rabbit thing and Scott looked at each other with intent. Both of them ready to pounce at any time. They slowly walked towards each other, step by step, still staring at each other. The rabbit stretched its arms, cracked its knuckles (that is if it has knuckles) and rotated his neck showing its toughness. Scott on the other hand, grabbed some dirt, smeared it on his face and surprisingly ate some of them.
The rabbit looked confused seeing Scott eat the dirt.
After a second, they pounced on each other. The rabbit thingy held onto Scott's shirt shaking him and tried to bite him. Scott somehow held him behind.
"You're pretty strong for a small- whatever you are."
Scott tried pinning it down, but it scratched his face and kicked him in the nose. Now the thing was on top of Scott's chest and he was trying to keep it's teeth away from him.
Suddenly Courtney entered the scene seeing Scott.
"Hey need some help?" she asked.
"What does it look like babe" he said.
"I take that a yes" she said but as she came forward to help, the rabbit thingy jumped from Scott's shirt onto Courtney hand climbed up towards the back of her neck and bit her.
"NOO!" Scott screamed. He stood up and held the CIT as she fell.
"I'm sorry I couldn't hold on to it gal" he said.
"It's okay…" she said as she became unconscious. Scott felt a bite on his calf. It bit him and in a minute he fell to the ground unconscious.
Campfire Pit:
Zack, Kyle and two other interns, Glenn and Nathan dragged the 'venomized' campers to the campfire pit. They had walkie-talkies with them to keep in contact with Chris.
Glenn and Nathan came to the pit dragging Courtney and Scott.
"Well that's 2 more" Nathan said.
Suddenly their walkie-talkies cracked, Chris on the other side. "What's the status interns?"
"4 of the bulls and 1 tiger till yet" Glenn replied.
"Hey Chris, what are those rabbit things called?" Zack asked.
"Oh those things. They're called 'rabbids'. Cute and dangerous."
"Oh and you are sure that these protective equipment is really protective right" a concerned Kyle asked.
"100%..."
"Oh that's a relief" Kyle said.
The camera panned to Chris and Chef who were in a luxury cruise ship which was docked in front of another island.
"Are those things really safe?" Chef asked
"They didn't let me finish. I'm 100% unsure that it is" Chris replied.
The two men laughed leaning onto their chairs on the deck of a ship. Chef took a sip of his cocktail. He looked around and asked,
"Yo Chris, how did ya find this place man?"
"I found this place during season 1 man. I just didn't take you here till yet. Y'know because we lost all the interns then."
"That's why I never found you in your crib. You sly dog. By the way which island is this?"
"Eh" Chris shrugged, "It doesn't matter. I took this ship from that Ontario dockyard. It was never registered there. So we're fine." They laughed again.
Dakota was informing Heather about Bridgette and Geoff's beach thing.
"It wasn't a fight or anything but I guess a disagreement maybe" Dakota said.
"Then let's make it a fight" Heather said pointing at Geoff who was walking along the forest path and Bridgette who was at a distance from them.
"Have a plan?" Dakota asked smirking. Heather smirked back.
"First thing is we shouldn't let Bridgette see us together for now. Then I'll go to her and you….." she whispered the rest of the plan but the mic couldn't catch it. Dakota smiled after she heard the whole plan. Then she ran away from her.
Heather lied down, took a vine, wrapped it around her right leg and threw the rest of the length into a bush. She gave a thumbs up to Dakota who nodded.
Heather started screaming, "HELP! Someone HELP!" She then turned to Bridgette.
"BRIDGETTE HELP! The snake caught me! HELP!"
Bridgette ran, "Don't worry I'm coming. Hold on."
As she came closer, she started laughing.
"Heather, it's ok. It's just a vine stuck to your leg."
"What?" then she looked down, "Oh. I'm sorry I worried you."
"That's ok. Hey, wasn't Dakota with you?"
"That girl didn't listen to me and she went somewhere else. What an irresponsible girl" Heather acted.
"AHH!" they heard a scream.
"That sounds like Dakota" Bridgette said, "she might be in trouble."
"Don't mind her" Heather acted.
"She is part of our team Heather."
"Fine, If you want" she smirked behind Bridgette. The two girls ran to the source of the scream.
They were shocked at what they saw- well at least Bridgette was. Dakota was on the ground, with Geoff on top of her. Dakota saw Bridgette from the corner of her eye and started to cry.
"Get off of me Geoff! You already have Bridgette! Why do you wanna cheat her?"
Geoff was totally confused, "Huh?"
She pushed him and got up, then she looked at Bridgette "Oh Bridgette. I'm sorry you had to see all that. I never wanted to do anything. I swear." She ran away crying.
"What was that all about?" Geoff asked.
"Well well. Looks like we got a traitor" Jo said.
"Huh?"
"Listen up party freak" Eva said catching his shirt's collar, "you already have a girlfriend. What do you think? We girls are toys you can play with."
"Not cool Geoff" Katie commented.
"But I didn't…"
"Can it, you douche" Jo threatened.
"Bridge, you believe me right" he asked helplessly.
The surfer was crying, "Geoff, I never knew…" She ran away covering her eyes. Heather followed.
"We'll deal with you later" Eva said leaving his shirt and pushed him.
Geoff looked down devastated. A tear drop fell on the ground.
Confessional: Heather
"Planning- 100, Execution-100. Perfect. Looks like Queen Bee's making a comeback."
End Confessional: Heather
Confessional: Bridgette
"Why? Why me? I just… just can't believe that happened. I never thought things will turn out like this. Looks like Geoff's a closed chapter now" she continued crying.
End Confessional: Bridgette
Time was now 1 am. The night was as dark as ever.
Duncan had been running for an hour or so trying to find DJ and Dawn. He had a stick in both his hand to ward off any surprise encounters. He found them after a few minutes trying to fight off 4 rabbids and a snake. He ran towards them and hit 2 rabbids in one go.
"DJ catch!" he threw the other stick to him.
"Thanks man"
"Guys don't hit these little beings. They also belong to the Earth" Dawn said.
"Listen nature girl, I'm pretty sure these things aren't 'natural' animals" Duncan said trying to chase the snake away.
"Dawn, I don't like hurting these fellas either. But we need to do it, at least to help the team and to protect the rest of the animals from their venom" DJ said shaking off a rabbit which held onto his stick.
"Listen to your boyfriend Dawn" Duncan said smirking.
Dawn just chuckled at the comment. She picked up a stick and tried to hit a rabbid. But she just couldn't. She saw its eyes then just dropped the stick.
"I can't" she said but the rabbid didn't reciprocate the mercy she showed and bit her hand.
"Dawn NOO!" DJ screamed.
"It's ok big guy. Just hold on man" Duncan said as he hit another rabbid out of his sight, "I guess that's all of 'em."
"Yeah" DJ looked dejected.
"It's alright man" Duncan reassured him.
"I know everyone will be back after a few hours but seeing them like this really hurts man" DJ said. Duncan nodded.
"AH GOD DAMMIT!" Duncan screamed holding the back of his thigh. The snake bit the delinquent causing him to wobble and fall.
"DJ… run… go quick. Win this for us man…." And he fell unconscious.
"Lost two of 'em in 2 minutes" he said to himself and ran.
Owen and Izzy were together. Izzy was talking about random things she did to label herself crazier.
"So there was this time when I knocked out an RCMP officer once. He barged in trying to cuff me. So like I hit him in the crotch so hard that the eggs became omelettes. Then I hit him with his gun on his forehead and punched him in his face. HAHA! Now his brother's coming after me and he's part of the super special force."
Owen looked at her in awe, "Whoa! That is so cool. I'm so happy we got back together before we came here."
"Yeah me too. E-scope always needs her partner in crime"
"Man I'm hungry" he said looking towards the mess hall, "Lemme see if anything's in there."
"Alright. I'll head forward" Izzy said.
"Ok" he said as he entered the hall. "Hello? Anybody? Looks like I'm the only one. YAAAASSSS!"
He checked the fridge. Nothing. The utensils on the stove. Nothing. The shelves. Nothing.
"How is there nothing here?" He screamed throwing his hands up.
Then he saw it. The plate of finely chopped snake. Chopped by Sierra. But he didn't think of anything else- not even what it really was. He ran towards it and gobbled up the entire snake. Head included.
"Delicious" he said in relief.
Suddenly he felt uneasy. He rubbed his stomach. Then after a few seconds he fell down unconscious into the hole Sierra hammered on the wooden floor.
Gwen was walking alone in the forest. When the challenge started she ran in the opposite of her teammates. She carried a stick just in case.
"This actually looks a lot scarier in the dark" she said to herself. She heard a wolf howl from a distance.
"Huh?! Hopefully Chris didn't bring any venomous wolves too. Nah. He's not that psycho. Is he?" she put away that thought and walked.
Suddenly she heard something in front of her. She looked closely but didn't dare move forward. She clutched her stick ready to fight anything that came at her. She slowly moved back step by step. Suddenly she hit something behind her.
"AHHHH!" they jumped forward screaming. Gwen immediately raised the stick to hit it.
"NO! Nononono! Don't hit me. DON'T!" it screamed.
Gwen looked, "Trent? I'm so sorry."
"Hey it's ok. It's my fault. I didn't see you behind me."
They looked at each other. An awkward silence filled the whole forest. Both of them having a guilty look in their faces.
Trent broke the silence, "So… uh… how are your lizards doing?" His right eye twitched thinking about his question, "Oh great conversation starter. Idiot!"
Gwen had a confused look on her face hearing the musician's question, "Uh… they're fine…. Anyway how're things going in life?"
"Y'know the usual. Guitar, singing, tryna form a band and all that" he replied.
"Oh ok. Finding it hard after Drama Brothers huh"
"Yeah, but it's ok. I do wish we stayed together, but life doesn't give us everything right. So… uh… found anyone… uh… new….. GWEN LOOK OUT!" he screamed seeing a rabbid running towards Gwen behind her.
"Huh…" before she could complete Trent took her in his arms and turned around quickly.
"AHH!" he screamed in pain as he took the bite in his calf.
"Trent!" she screamed. Trent let her go, "Run Gwen. I don't want you to get bitten."
"But…"
"GO!" he demanded. Gwen ran away. Eva, Jo and Katie came into the scene.
"Why are all our teammates traitors?" Eva fumed, "You're on our team Trent."
"I didn't want her to get…" Trent started but was cut by Jo.
"She's our opposition you twat" Jo shouted, "If they're gonna lose, you let them lose!"
Trent tried to point behind Jo and Katie using all his strength, to warn them about the two snakes behind them, "Katie… Kat… Jo… b..behind" but before he could complete he went out cold.
Katie and Jo turned around but it was too late. The two snakes wrapped around their legs and bit them.
"Oh just great" Jo said trying to hold her pain. Katie screamed at the top of her voice and fell.
"I better run" Eva said kicking away the rabbid that bit Trent.
Eva ran rapidly past Zoey and Mike leaving them in a cloud of dust.
They coughed because of the dust, "Eva! Wait up" Zoey called.
"Why are you calling her?" Mike asked.
"If we have Eva by our side, we'll have more confidence and we'll be a bit stronger too."
"We have both of us. What more do we need?"
Zoey smiled. She thought of something and asked,
"Hey Mike, Can I ask you something?"
"Spill it."
Zoey thought about 'spill it', That's not a Mike thing to say.
"Why did you laugh earlier when I told you about my friends here?"
"I didn't laugh about that. I thought of something else and laughed. Something came into my mind that time."
"Oh ok. That's a relief. I thought you were making fun of me" she said.
"We'll talk later. We have a situation" Mike said pointing forward. 5 rabbids were in front of them, ready to pounce.
"This is gonna get awesome" Mike said. He saw a fallen stick, took it and ran forward and hit 2 rabbids so hard, that they flew away with the impact.
Zoey's mouth dropped seeing what unfolded in front of her.
"Come here little fellas, there's a lot more from where that came from" he said as he hit one more rabbid like a baseball swing, "Alright. Next."
He saw that Zoey was looking surprised seeing him. Then he thought of something and stopped. By this time the rabbid jumped and bit his stomach.
"AHH! Zoey help. I'm not strong enough" he said.
"Mike!"
"You have to fight the rest of 'em."
Confessional: Mike/Mal
"Think I couldn't hit the rest of those little things. Well think again. I had to let that thing bite me. Only then can I make that redhead believe that I'm Mike and not Mal. I see that she's become a little aware. And in order to be Mike, act like a dork and be weak. Simple."
End Confessional: Mike/Mal
"You can do it Zoey" he said.
She nodded, but before she could pick up the stick, the little beast bit her arm and she fell.
"I'm so sorry Mike."
"Oh for God's sake she sucks" Mike told himself in a low voice and he became unconscious. Seconds later the indie chick also gave in.
Justin and Alejandro was moving forward pretty strongly. They hit all the venomous creatures that came in their way, well at least Alejandro did. Justin hid behind Alejandro each time they had an encounter, thinking that on fighting and exertion he would get wrinkles on his face and body.
Dakota then ran towards them.
"Hey guys, listen up."
"What's up?" Justin asked.
"I lit a flame between Bridgette and Geoff. I need to make it a bonfire. Care to help" she said.
"You separated those lovebirds? That's possible?" the model asked surprised.
"Let's just say I have my ways" Dakota winked.
"Well done Senorita. I'll give you fuego. Tell me what to do" Alejandro said.
"Geoff's our target. So he shouldn't get any of the idols or finish the challenge" Dakota explained.
"You wanna kill him or something?" Justin asked. Alejandro pinched his nose bridge. Dakota facepalmed.
Alejandro saw a tiny snake, which was also brought by Chris for the challenge, he took a large leaf, wrapped it around the snake and tied it with a small vine. Then he gave it to Justin.
"Keep it safe ok."
"Keep it safe? What the hell?! I need to keep myself safe man and you're giving me a way to get bitten" Justin shouted.
"Relax. We need it just in case Geoff gets the idol" the Spaniard elaborated.
"Man you both are cold blooded" Justin said.
Dakota and Alejandro smirked at each other.
"Hey where's Heather?" the Spaniard asked.
Dakota's smirk got erased, "She and Bridgette got chased down."
"Oh ok. Fine, you run along. Be safe Dakota. Our time bro" Alejandro said. Dakota nodded and ran.
"He could be anywhere on the island, we probably won't find him" the model pointed out.
"I think otherwise" Alejandro pointed behind Justin. He looked behind,
"Oh. Alright then."
Geoff was looking down and walking with his hands in his pockets, still looking devastated. The Spaniard and the model looked on, waiting for the right time to confront him. Justin noticed something in Geoff's way.
"Hey. Isn't that the Chris idol?"
Alejandro looked in the direction Justin was pointing, "Your right. He shouldn't see it. I'll 'accidentally' knock him down. You take care of the idol."
"Ok. C'mon."
The guys ran towards Geoff as he reached even closer to the idol. Justin quickly ran past Geoff and kicked the idol away. At the same time Alejandro pushed Geoff down.
"OW! Dude, watch where you're going" Geoff said as he sat up on the ground.
"I am extremely sorry Amigo. It's my fault"
"It's ok man. No injuries."
"Hey why the long face?" Justin asked.
"Nothing dude."
"Something about Bridgette?" Alejandro asked already knowing everything about it.
"So you all knew huh" he let out a sigh.
"It's ok dude. Shit happens. Just let it go" Justin said. Geoff shrugged.
"It was all a misunderstanding. Situation was against me."
"Alright then, we take your leave brother" Alejandro said and at that second, a snake bit Geoff at the back of his neck.
"OWW!" He screamed for a few seconds and then gave out a short laugh, "Surprising that this hurts less than a heart break." After a few seconds, he went out cold.
"I gotta say, that was pretty deep" Justin commented.
Alejandro shrugged, "Hey. Where's the idol?"
"I kicked it away."
"Where?"
"There. I guess. No. Not over there. Maybe behind the bush" Justin rambled.
"How did you forget that" Alejandro facepalmed. Justin shrugged.
"Leave it. It's not like it's important or anything. It's just for getting immunity from the votes. And we're safe already" Justin said.
Then he took out the leaf in which they kept their snake, "Looks like we didn't need this guy." He opened up the leaf. The snake jumped onto his face and bit him just below his eye. Alejandro couldn't help but laugh.
"AHHHHH! WHY THE FACE?! JUST WHY?" He ran hysteric for a minute then fell down unconscious.
Alejandro wiped a tear off his right eye, "That was hilarious. Now I gotta run."
The sun showed itself for yet another morning, casting its light onto the sands of Wawanakwa. The boat of losers came back to the dock. Chris and Chef jumped off and walked to the campfire pit. Two minutes for the challenge to end. He saw majority of the campers there.
"WOW! These guys suck big time" Chris said.
"Hey Chris, you said these suits were 100% protective. Look at Nathan. He's got bitten" Kyle said.
"You didn't let me finish that time. I was gonna say 100% unsure. So your loss. Not mine" the host explained, "Alright. Interns who are still alive, give those campers their shots. Time to bring them back."
Zack, Kyle and Glenn gave shots to the victims. After spraying some water they'll come back to their senses. Chef took his water gun- rather water cannon and blasted it.
"I'M DROWNING! SOMEONE SAVE ME! I CAN'T SWIM!" Owen shouted after getting shot by the cannon.
"Where am I?" Tyler said regaining his consciousness.
"Welcome back to the real world campers" Chris said.
"Huh? Make me unconscious again, PLEASE!" Duncan screamed.
"Not gonna happen" Chris said.
Glenn walked up to the host, "Uh Chris, two problems."
"Fire away."
"We're outta shots and Nathan hasn't got one. Two, Lightning's still unconscious" Glenn clarified.
"Oh. Chef, strike Nathan's name from the interns list. He's getting kicked out. One solved. Chef, check Lightning's wound."
Chef walked to an unconscious Lightning and checked for the spot where he was bitten. Then he walked back to Chris.
"Yo Chris, he got bitten by the… you know" Chef said.
"WHAT?!" Chris exclaimed. He turned to the interns, "I specifically told you to NOT LET THAT BEAST OUT!" The interns just looked down.
"But none of us did it" Zack spoke up.
"Yeah, like I totally believe you" Chris said.
"I swear it wasn't us" Kyle said.
"We gotta find where that thing is to avoid potential lawsuits. *sighs* Anyway, we'll deal with that later." he took his mike to announce the end of the challenge. His voice blurted out of the speakers.
"Alright whoever's still alive out there, report to the campfire pit. Your challenge is complete."
The remaining campers came to the pit one by one. Alejandro, Dakota, Izzy, Sierra and Gwen of the bulls. DJ, Noah, Harold and Eva of the tigers.
"So that's 5 bulls and 4 tigers…" before he could complete, a voice was heard.
"5 tigers eh" the voice said. The camper walked and stood beside DJ. The voice belonged to Ezekiel.
Harold and Noah were surprised.
"Wait. You got bitten by that rabbit thing. How're you still conscious" Harold exclaimed.
"I got bitten. But I didn't become unconscious eh." He explained, "I wear 4 layers of clothes inside. So it didn't even touch my skin. So I guess the shirt in the first layer has venom now."
Everyone's jaw dropped.
"Why do you wear four layers…. No. Screw it. I don't wanna know" Heather said.
Chris spoke up, "So we have a draw. Huh, that's the first time" he thought for a few seconds, "Did any of you get an idol?"
All the campers shook their heads. Then Izzy spoke.
"I didn't get any idol, but I got Chef's action figure" she held it up showing it to everyone.
"Izzy! That IS the idol" Gwen said.
Chris was annoyed, "Didn't get my idol huh" he looked at Alejandro who looked at Justin.
"Sorry man. Sheesh!"
"Anyway since you got some idol, the bulls win invincibility" Chris announced.
The bulls, except Bridgette and Lightning, celebrated as they carried Izzy.
"Time for the campfire ceremony tigers. Tough running but it's the game. Ezekiel, DJ, Eva, Noah and Harold have immunity today. Now you may cast your votes" Chris said.
As the campers were casting their votes, Chris was trying to make the bonfire by striking two rocks.
"You do know that we don't need the bonfire now right. It's morning" Katie said taking her place at the stumps.
"It's called campfire ceremony for a reason you know. Idiots" he replied as Duncan took his lighter and lit it up.
"Yeah say's the guy who's using rocks even now" Duncan commented. Chris gave him a glare.
"Shut up and take your places" Chris cleared his throat and continued, "Okay. So the first five badges go to Harold, Eva, Noah, DJ and Ezekiel winning immunity."
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Mike. Last badge. Trent and Geoff. You guys know what you did. Geoff man, you screwed up big time" Chris said.
Geoff looked towards Bridgette, who was still looking down. She sniffled in between.
He let out a sigh, "Chris, I would like to leave."
"What?! Dude no" Trent, Duncan and DJ shouted.
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Trent. Later Geoff dude."
"You could've done that at that time itself you know" Geoff said.
"Shush. I make my cash outta this ok. Your bags are with Chef. Take it and board the boat" Chris said.
Geoff turned facing Bridgette, "I only have one thing to say. Bridgette, I never have and never did and never will betray anyone. I know you won't believe me now, but you'll come to know one day. And remember, I'll be waiting for you." Then he turned away, took his bags from Chef and walked to the dock
As Geoff walked the dock of shame, Duncan, Trent and DJ ran up to him.
"We know you didn't do it Geoff" Duncan said.
"We promise we'll find out whoever it is" Trent said keeping his hand on Geoff shoulder.
"I'm happy at least you guys believe me" Geoff took the three guys in a hug, then he boarded the boat.
"You got company Geoff" Chris said as the interns dumped Lightning and Nathan into the boat.
"Why are you putting them in the boat?" Trent asked.
"You think I'll put these guys on my head for the rest of the season" the host said.
"Well, yeah. They signed a contract." Trent countered.
"They did. But it's clearly mentioned that we're not responsible for anything that happens to you or your belongings. Unless it's death" Chris clarified.
"I don't wanna continue this conversation" Trent said.
"Good for you. Now off you go."
In the tigers' female cabin, Katie was sleeping with ear buds plugged in. Eva and Jo were continuing their morning routine. Dawn was meditating on the top bunk listening to the different sounds and feeling the different emotions in the room. She felt a disturbed soul nearby. She opened her left eye, looking for the source. She saw Zoey was looking down, something bothering her.
"Zoey, what's wrong?" she asked.
She shook out of her thought and looked at Dawn,
"Huh? Nothing's wrong. Why would you think like that? I'm perfectly fine."
"I know you're not Zoey. Something is bothering you" she said, "Listen, I won't force you to tell it, but let me give you some advice. Telling your problems to someone whom you trust dearly, will help you go through that problem- sometimes you might even end up solving it."
"But I don't know if the problem exists" Zoey said.
"Could you clarify?"
"I mean, it's only a doubt. So if I tell someone about a mere doubt that I have…. then they'll just label me weird. And if it was wrong, everyone will hate me and… I might end up losing a friend."
Dawn smiled, "You're worrying too much my friend."
"Even if I decide to tell someone- well I don't have many friends after Cameron left."
"Zoey, believe me, the person you tell your problem to, is gonna be the most loyal person to you. And I'll give you a hint. That person is here in camp."
"Huh?"
"I have told you enough. It is your job to find who that person is. It's time for me to return to my meditation Zoey."
"Ok." She thought about what Dawn said. She scanned everyone's faces in her mind.
In the bulls' female cabin, Dakota was writing something. Gwen, Leshawna, Courtney and Sierra were discussing about Bridgette's break up- well except for Bridgette herself. Heather had gone to the communals and Izzy... was just being Izzy doing Izzy things.
"I uploaded about your breakup and the blog's on fire" Sierra said replying to some comments in her blog.
"I mean why wouldn't they. The tightest couple of the show was broken" Leshawna commented.
"All the guys are jerks" Gwen said but in her mind she said, *well maybe except Trent.*
"I guess we can learn one lesson from all this" Courtney said, "All of Duncan's friends are also two timing bastards."
Gwen's eye twitched. "Aren't you over that already? For God's sake that was two seasons ago."
"That green haired ogre destroyed my life."
"You mean our lives."
"No way. He cheated me for you. You didn't get cheated, you dumped him."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Gwen demanded an answer.
"Don't tell me you took it in that way" Courtney crossed her arms and looked at Gwen, "UH. I can't believe you took it like that." She said and stormed out of the cabin and closed the door. She tripped while going down the steps of the cabin.
"Ow" she rubbed her forehead.
"You ok?" Heather asked lending her a hand.
"Yeah. Thanks" she accepted as Heather helped her up, "Now, what do you want?"
"I can be considerate sometimes" she said placing her hand to her chest.
"Can it Heather. Just spill the beans" Courtney demanded.
"I see we share some things in common. We can work together."
"One. We have nothing in common. Two, we won't work together" she replied.
"I knew you'd say this. Just think about it, and you'll get your answer for one and two" Heather said.
"I like how you think" Courtney gave a smirk.
"See there's one similarity between us. Anyway we'll meet up later" Heather said as she walked to the cabin.
Confessional: Courtney
"I don't like Heather, and I'm pretty sure that's the only thing we have in common. But… working with someone who knows their way through might just give me the push that I need."
End Confessional: Courtney
All the guys, were asleep. Not even one guy cared to come out of their cabins. The camera showed Owen literally drooling a pond. Noah with an open book on his face. Bunny asleep on DJ's brick house body.
Suddenly Tyler's alarm clock rang at 11 am. Duncan, with his eyes still closed, took his pillow and threw it at the clock. It fell down and broke.
"HEY!" Tyler who became awake screamed at Duncan.
"WHAT?!" Duncan glared.
Tyler got petrified seeing his glare and he squeaked, "No. N-Nothing. Good Night."
"Good for you jockstrap" Duncan said and sunk his head in his bed.
The camera panned around the whole island before zooming to Chris standing at the campfire pit.
"What a lovely day me and Chef had. A great challenge it was today. Venomous snakes and rabbids. Some still unconscious people, who are now none of my business. Ah, life's good. Anyway, how will Bridgette cope with her breakup? Is Heather's queen bee attitude coming back? And will we find that beast before it creates trouble for me and the producers? Sure hope the last one happens. I don't wanna lose my money in lawsuits. Find out in the next episode of T.V's greatest reality show. TOTAL… DRAMA… MAYHEM!"
Voting Confessionals:
Eva: No one messes with the hearts of girls. Geoff gets the boot.
Mike/Mal: Geoff. I already hate him.
Duncan: If there's anything Geoff won't do, it's cheating on Bridgette. I'll vote Mike. I feel something's a little off about him.
Jo: Two traitors today. Eva and Katie are going for Geoff. So I'll vote for the other. So Trent.
Zoey: I think Geoff. Sorry.
Tyler: Geoff man. I never expected it from him.
Katie: Geoff was pretty harsh.
Ezekiel: Geoff's a great guy eh. He's been really nice to me and everyone else. I don't think he'll even dream of hurting his friends. I don't know maybe Trent.
Noah: I really don't know. I'll vote Geoff.
Harold: Geoff gets my vote. He joked around with me in season 1.
Dawn: Geoff has a pure aura. He cannot do anything unpleasant. So I shall vote randomly. Hmm… I'll vote Trent. Nothing against him.
Trent: I won't vote for Geoff. I feel Tyler's a bit weird.
Geoff: I'll vote myself man. I can't handle this.
DJ: Geoff's my bud. He'll never hurt his friends in a million years. This is hard. I don't know whom to vote for. Maybe Jo. She's kinda harsh.
Votes Summary:
Geoff: 8 votes
Trent: 3 votes
Tyler: 1 vote
Jo: 1 vote
Mike: 1 vote
[1] Please be informed that there are no rabbits that are venomous. And I don't know if mutation can make them venomous either. I put that idea in the fic because the Total Drama franchise has a history of bringing in all kinds of weird beasts, like the Sasquatchanakwa, the three eyed bird, Fang and many other things which was portrayed in All Stars.
GEOFF FANS OUT THERE, I APOLOGIZE. LEMME BE FRANK, I'M NOT REALLY SATISFIED WITH THIS CHAPTER. I FEEL I KINDA RUSHED THE BREAKUP. IF YOU LIKED THE STORY TILL YET, GIVE A FOLLOW/ FAVOURITE TO THIS FANFIC AND GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS IN THE REVIEW- GOOD OR BAD. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM ALWAYS WELCOME. SO UNTIL NEXT TIME FOLKS. STAY SAFE. BYE!
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