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Writers Notes: Thanks to my bega HGranger89; the Song in the previous chapter was called Never Mind The Darkness from Telltale Walking Dead Game.
"Last time on Total Drama Island: Our campers were challenged to spend the night in the woods; throughout the challenge, Katie and Sadie got in a fight, Ezekiel was bitten by a snake, and the Killer Bass were chased by a bear, which was actually Izzy in a costume. The Screaming Gophers were victorious, and Sadie was sent down the dock of shame. What surprises will our campers have in-store today? Find out today on Total Drama Island."
*** Intro ***
At the end of Sadie's elimination, Geoff, Bridgette and Ezekiel were standing on the dock of shame trying to comfort a weeping Katie while the rest of the team tried to encourage her to return to the bonfire.
"Sadie! Why, Sadie?"
"Sadie would want you to keeping, eh."
"That's right," Bridgette replied.
"You have to be strong, keep fighting for Sadie," Geoff knelt down and patted her back, "Katie, you know Sadie would want you to keep going, eh." Flashing her a smile and offering her a hand. She wiped away a tear and nodded sadly as she took Geoff's hand, and they slowly made their way back to the bonfire. Where the Bass, excluding Eva and Duncan, looked guilty.
"It was a long goodbye," Geoff explains to the others.
Eva rolled her eyes, "It's not like it's the end of the world."
Katie and Bridgette glared at her for a moment they sigh and sit down with the others
"Hey, guys, what's happening?!"
The Bass turned around to see that Owen was the source of the voice. The entire Screaming Gophers team came and joined them around the bonfire.
"What?! Come to gloat!?" Eva cracked her knuckles and gritted her teeth, narrowing her eyes.
"Calm down, She-Hulk," Noah raised his hands in to reassure them, then pointed to Owen, "Chemical warfare over there skunked up the cabin."
"Sorry... about that guys," Owen chuckled and farted again, causing his team to step away from him.
"Anyway," Cody replied, "We came with a peace offering." Izzy walked over to the Bass with a plate of green jelly with a gummy worm inside of it.
"Snake!?" DJ had panicked over seeing a gummy worm inside the jelly and tossed the plate away.
"It's just a gummy worm, DJ," Beth commented, showing the gentle giant that it was indeed a gummy worm.
"Sorry, for tripping," DJ breathe a sign of relief, "Snakes freak me out." He shivers a little.
"I feel you," Tyler placed a comforting hand on DJ's shoulders, "Chickens give me the creeps."
Everyone stared weirdly at Tyler for a few minutes until Trent simply say "Chickens?"
"Chickens? That's pretty pathetic," Eva chuckled, "how do you get a wimpy fear like that."
Tyler sighed, "When I was eight, we had a school trip to a farm with some older kids. These real jerky fifth-graders trapped me inside a chicken coop. It was horrible; they were pecking my face and hands, craped all over me. It took days to get it out of hair."
"That's so horrible, eh." Ezekiel placed a hand on friends shoulder, and the jock smiled at his friend.
"Yeah, that would probably scare most people," Bridgette replied.
*** Confessional Gwen ***
"And so we all just started having a big share fest around the bonfire. Beth went on and on about how she was afraid of being covered in bugs, and even Heather admitted to being afraid of sumo wrestlers."
*** Bonfire ***
"Being buried alive," Gwen said.
"Having to defuse a bomb," Cody said after pondering his fear.
Noah gave him a weird look. "A little specific, but when you ever have to do something like that.." Cody just stifled a laugh.
"Having to walk on a minefield," Lindsay added.
"When would you have to walk on a minefield?" Noah asked, getting more annoyed.
"Oh, you're right!" Lindsay replied, "I guess... a bad haircut."
"That was Sadie's fear," Katie cried as Geoff and Bridgette placed a hand on her shoulder, "and mine too."
"It's like you two have no sense of individuality," Noah replied.
"It's okay," Geoff said softly, "I'm afraid of hail."
"I'm scared of being alone in the woods," Bridgette added.
"I thought you liked the woods?" Geoff asked.
"I'll do...but... My parents took me camping when I was five. When my mom was busy setting up the tent, I saw the cutest little bunny in the world, and I wanted to play with him. I chased after him, and I got lost. I was alone in the woods for hours until the forest rangers found me."
That's sounds scary, eh." Ezekiel and nervously placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her, worrying if the small comfort would alarm her.
"Thanks," Bridgette smiled, "what about you, Ezekiel?"
"Well..." He rubbed the back of his head, "I'm worried before coming here that I'll embarrass myself on reality tv."
"Flying man, that's what freaks me out. That's some crazy stuff," Owen stated.
"Izzy agrees, Izzy will never go on an airplane, ever!"
"You have a fear of flying crazy girl?" Noah replied, "Didn't think you would."
"HEY!" Izzy glared, as she was in the process of licking the jelly off the ground. "Izzy not crazy, Izzy was tested, and Izzy has an IQ of 188!" Noah just rolled his eyes, not believing Izzy for a second.
*** Confessional Noah ***
"Oh, sure the crazy girl that talks in the third person has a higher IQ than me? Yeah, and Hell has frozen over."
*** Bonfire ***
"Okay Mr. Comment, what's your fear?" Eva glared.
"Well." Noah grimaced, "Fear of failure. Well, what about you Wonder-woman, what are you scared of?"
Me? Well?" Eva rubbed her wrist, "Looking like some girly, girl. " she glared at Duncan. "What about you? What are you scared of?!"
Duncan looked down to the ground, kicking at it lightly with his shoe. He didn't need to see the other campers faces to know that they were all staring at him, awaiting his answer. "C-Céline Dion music store standees." He mumbled, his face turning red from embarrassment.
Cody burst out laughing, his smile so big his eyes partially closed in the process. "Ex-squeeze me? I didn't quite get that!" He continued to laugh as the delinquent sent him a glare, clearly unaffected.
"Dude, did you say Céline Dion music store standees?" Trent asked, clearly amused.
"Oh love Celine Dion," Lindsay smiled, "wait, what's a standee?"
"What's a Celine Dion?" Ezekiel asked, baffled as ever.
"Wait...What..." Beth shouted as everyone looked at Ezekial, "You don't know who Celine Dion is?"
"She's a singer dude," Geoff replied.
"She wrote the love song from Titanic," Bridgette said.
"I've never seen that movie," Ezekiel said, pulling his toque over his face, feeling inferior with everyone looking at him.
"You never saw Titanic!" Bridgette said out loud.
"You're really sheltered, aren't you?" Tyler replied, chucking a little, making the prairie boy looked down at the ground, Tyler gave him a pat on the back.
"Just listen to this dork!" Eva played My Heart Will Go On from her MP3 player. Duncan was covering his ears and was shaking with fear, Ezekiel listened carefully, and he held his chest as tears slipped down his face.
"You listen to Celion Dion?" Noah mocked.
"AND?" Eva groaned.
*** Confessional Ezekiel ***
"That was the saddest, but the most beautiful thing I've ever heard," Ezekiel said as he began to sing horribly off-key.
*** Bonfire ***
"Wait. I still don't know what a standee is," said Lindsay.
"It's those cardboard cut-outs they put inside of stores." Trent tried to silence his laughter, largely out of pity for Duncan.
"It's alright," he patted Duncan's back, "I hate mimes. Like, a lot."
*** Mess Hall: Next Day ***
As another morning rose on Camp, Ezekiel was seen walking towards the washroom, armed with a towel and a bottle of shampoo, entering a shower. He started washing his hair when someone flushed the nearby toilet. The shower heated scalding his skin, and he hollered and ran out, not noticing the Polaroid camera. Ezekiel ran out of the bathroom, screaming, running back to the cabins.
Meanwhile, in the stall, someone was sitting on the toilet seat, looking at the film.
*** Confessional ? ***
"Ahahahaha! Zeke, you're so...small!"
*** Cabins ***
Ezekiel ran to the cabins, rooting through his bag, found a change of clothes, putting them on with the little dignity he had left, and reluctantly made his way to the mess hall for breakfast. When he entered the mess hall, there were all the campers, save Bridgette, Lindsay and Tyler, pointing and laughing at the picture that was posted there.
Ezekiel gasped as he saw a picture of himself, fully nude, with everything on display. Amidst all the laughter, Ezekiel sank to the ground, holding his legs very close to his body with his arms wrapped around them, rocking back and forth, his face in abject terror. He was breathing in and out hard, and no words came out of his mouth.
"So, I twisted my ankle, and it was broken for weeks, but I scored the winning touchdown in the finals," Tyler explained with a big grin, Lindsay blushed at him, as Bridgette smiled at the couple. The three arrived outside the mess hall, spotting their friend huddled on the ground.
"Zeke's what going on, buddy?" Tyler asked, patting his back, as Bridgette turned to look at what most of the campers were laughing at while Gwen, Owen, DJ and Noah looked disgusted. She stormed over crumpling up the photography and tossed it aside.
"Alright!" She snapped at remaining campers. "This is how you get your kicks!? Who did this!?"
Duncan laughed derisively, "Relax, Malibu, can't a guy just have a little fun around here?"
He was greeted by the most terrifying voice he had ever heard "FUN!" She clenched her fists, "Well, Duncan, you know what will be fun for me? Seeing you walk the dock of shame!"
*** Confessional Ezekiel ***
He is shaking with his arms wrapped around his knees. "Oh, I'm so pathetic. Is this what the real world is like? No wonder my parents wanted me homeschooled."
Starts to sob, and turns red. "Oh, man, Bridgette's the best, eh. She's supportive; she listens to me; she's helped me so many times."
He looks down, "I hope I can repay her."
*** Mess Hall ***
"Good morning campers," Chris said as he walked into the mess hall where the campers, except a traumatized Ezekial, and a consoling Bridgette and Tyler, were eating breakfast.
"I hope you're all ready for today's challenge that I'll like to call Phobia Factor. Prepare to face your worst fears!"
"Worse than be stuck here with nothing to eat but this nasty stuff," Noah pointed to his eggs, which were purple.
"You got a problem with my cooking skinny boy!" Chef stormed over to Noah.
"No, it's better than my mom's," Chef glared and placed another egg that was pitch black on the boy plate and returned to the kitchen.
"Our first victim," Chris continued before Noah interrupted him, "Earned himself a point Ezekiel."
"Wait..." Bridgette spoke up, glaring daggers at the smiling host, as the prairie boy pulled his hat over his face. "You hurt Ezekial for a challenge?"
"Yep..." Chris chuckled, "Up next, Heather, it's sumo time!"
Heather spat out her cup of tea into Trent's face.
"And Gwen, you, me, the beach, and tons of sand."
"Wait, how does he know our worst fears?" Lindsay asked.
Noah facepalmed, "Because we told them."
"At the bonfire last night," Trent added, *Remember?"
"They were listening to us? RCMP are watching Izzy?" Izzy began clawing at the walls searching for wires; she saw a camera guy and knocked one of them out before running out of the mess hall ranting that they will never catch her.
"So anyway," Chris continued after Izzy's outburst. "Chef, didn't you have a special order for Tyler today?"
Chef gave Tyler a devious looking grin and brought over what looked to be a deep-fried chicken. Tyler took it and prepared to take a bite off the head carefully. Suddenly, a living head of an actual chicken popped out from the hole, scaring Tyler.
*** Outside ***
Chris had set up a small blow-up pool and filled it with worms. The campers looked down at the pool in disgust. It was Beth who was up; first, she took a breath and closed her eyes, then hopped into the pool.
"And with that, Beth sets the bar high for the Screaming Gophers," Chris said as the campers cheered for Beth. Chris then brandished two mullet wings. "Lindsay and Katie, you have to wear these bad wigs all day."
Lindsay and Katie cringed as Chris placed the wig on their heads.
"You're still beautiful to me," Tyler smiled as Lindsay smiled back.
"You got this," Bridgette placed a hand on Katie's shoulder, "Just think of Sadie."
"Yeah it easy," Ezekiel smiled, and Katie nodded sadly.
"Bridgette," Chris smiled and pointed to the woods. "Go and have a nice six-hour walk in the woods." The surfer girl's face turned white, and she began sweating profusely.
"Don't worry Bridgette; you can do it, eh."
"Yeah, Bridgette. It's just a hike; it will be over in no time." Geoff smiled and patted her back.
Encouraged by her friends' words, she began to make her trek through the forest alone.
Next, Chris escorted Owen and Izzy to a broken down looking plane. Worse than that they would have to endure an entire plane ride, with Chef flying. They reluctantly got in and screamed in terror as they took off. Owen and Izzy were screaming bloody murder at the fancy moves Chef was doing.
Izzy was clutching the wall of the plane, whimpering in terror.
Owen, although scared himself, was trying to stay calm and looked over to see Izzy. He decided to wrap his arms around a startled Izzy with him saying reassuring, "Don't worry, we'll be on the ground soon enough you'll see."
Izzy simply smiles and leans her head against his chest with a faint blush on her face.
Chef did a few flybys over the island before landing.
Chris grinned and turned to Noah, "And Noah, you lose."
"WHAT!?"
"Your fear is failure, so you can't do anything. You lose a point." Noah facepalmed as Chris led Cody to a secluded area in the forest where two trash cans were connected to a timer and explosives, making a stink bomb.
"Alright Cody, this bomb is set to go off in 10 minutes. Everything you need to know to defuse it are on these blueprints," Chris said as he handed Cody the blueprints.
"What? Are you kidding me? I can't do this!"
"Then I recommend you look for a safe place to hide," Chris said, leaving Cody behind.
The camera then switches to a stage where Heather stood across from a sumo wrestler. The large man looked at her menacingly and charged at her. She ducked down in fear and caused him to bounce off of the stage.
Next, the camera shows Bridgette sitting alone in the woods.
*** Confessional Bridgette ***
"I would actually like to thank Chris and the producers for making me face my fears head on."
*** Forest ***
A chipmunk then scampered over to Bridgette, she lowered her hand, and the chipmunk jumped on it. Bridgette scratched it behind its ear. She smiled, suddenly the chipmunk let out a huge roar. Bridgette screamed and flung it away and ran back to the cabins.
Meanwhile, at the beach, Chris was shovelling sand on top of Gwen, who was inside a glass container with a walkie-talkie.
"There's enough air in there for an hour. You only have to last five minutes," Trent said to comfort her.
"That if we decide to dig you up?"
"Not funny Chris!"
"Sheesh, it was a joke."
Back at the theatre, DJ was on the stage in front of a cage with a small snake inside, paralyzed with fear.
"Not to worry!" the sadistic host smiled, "All you have to do is touch it."
"You can do this, man," Tyler yelled to encouraged DJ.
"Come on DJ; it's the smallest snake in the world!" Eva said, shaking her fist vigorously.
DJ shivered, slowly reached out a hand and the snake slowly slithered up his finger, and he was promptly bitten by the snake. Screaming in pain, he tried to shake the snake off, but he passed out first.
Chris smiled as DJ turned pale. "DJ wins a point! Also a tetanus shot! Eva, you're up."
"Oh, joy. So what have you lined up for me?" The athlete was suddenly nervous, and join Chris up on stage. The host pulled out a girly looking pink fairy-tale dress, complete with wings and a frilly tutu.
"Oh, you've got to be freaking kidding me!?"
"Nope for the win, all you have to do is put on this costume for all of us to see."
"You can NOT expect me actually to do something like this? YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!"
"True, I can't. But it might cost your team the win."
Eva looked down at her team, all of whom were looking at her, hoping that she would do it. She then looked back at the outfit Chris had for her and grunted.
"Gah, I can't do this. I'll be a laughing stock back home."
*** Beach ***
Back at the beach, Gwen had three more minutes to go, for being buried alive. Trent was sitting next to where she was buried, talking with through a walkie-talkie.
"I need something to take my mind off of being buried. Why are you scared of mimes.
"Ah, it was terrible. My parents took me to a carnival once when I was four. I was having so much fun, but then I got lost. I called out to them, but I couldn't find them. Then there was this guy with horrible make-up pretending to be me. I tried to run away, but every time I looked around there, he was doing this crazy run and scream routine."
Suddenly, someone tapped Trent on his shoulder, he turned around and saw he was face to face with a mime.
"AHHH!"
Trent dropped his walkie-talkie and took off running with the mime chasing him, as Noah walked by.
"Trent? Are you there?" Gwen asked as Noah picked up the talkie.
"Trent has a play date."
"Noah?"
"Blueie-Lock? Having fun?"
"Ugh, yeah, it's totally a blast down here," Gwen huffed, "You should try it."
"I'm good thanks."
"How did you do anyway."
"Same crap, different day," Noah murmured.
"I feel that," Gwen replied. "Besides Chris' sick little game, Chef's cooking, Heather acting like she's prom queen and I can't get Cody to leave me alone."
Noah hummed, amused but not showing it, "Have you ever tried just telling him, to get bent?" He suggested.
"Not directly..." Gwen frown, "Look I know it sucks to be rejected by someone you like."
"Can't say I can relate," Noah shrugged.
"So aren't you going to ask?"
"Ask what?"
"Why I dress like this?" Gwen said, annoyed, "Everyone else does."
"Why?" Noah said, rolling his eyes, "It's your lifestyle; what does it matter to me anyway? Why should I make a big deal out of something that's not my business."
"Wow..." Gwen felt herself relax at his reassurance. "People are constantly asking me, 'why I become a Goth."
"Like I said, what's it to them? It's your life."
*** Confessional Gwen ***
"Wow, Noah is actually really cool?" Gwen said with surprise, "I had no idea he was so open-minded."
*** Beach ***
Back on the beach, Trent was continuing to run from the mime; he ran past Gwen's burial ground, where Noah was digging her out, and ran to the docks, with the mime still close behind. He ran to the end of the docks and jumped into the water. The mime took a breath and prepared to dive.
"Stop," Trent yelled, "Uh, you will ruin your make-up!" The mime looked down sadly and walked away, defeated and Trent climbed out of the water.
"Trent earned your team a point," Chris said, as he sent a remote control cloud over to Geoff. "Unfortunately things aren't looking good for our buddy Geoff."
Geoff was relaxing on the beach, as the cloud suddenly began to hail, "Geoff just five minutes under the cloud," Chris explained, as Geoff howled in pain and ran trying to escape the cloud.
"Aww, look at that," Lindsay pointed as Geoff ran past her and Katie, "It's like a baby cloud." Suddenly a loud explosion could be heard.
"What the HELL was that?" Gwen asked.
Chris grins sadistically, "I think that was the sounds of Cody failing his challenge.
The camera turned to the forest, where a dazed Cody covered in garage, stumbles about.
"Okay's let see, Tyler you're up. "
Tyler gulped as Chris led him to a chicken pen, "All you have to is pet a chicken."
"You can do it, Tyler," Lindsay smiled in encouragement.
"He better, unless he's was his ass kicked," Eva cracked her knuckles.
"What, Eva means is, you got this," Bridgette added.
"Tyler, you can do this, it's just chickens." Ezekiel smiled.
"Come on, man," DJ replied, "You don't want to look like a chicken in front of Lindsay, do you?"
Tyler turns to see Lindsay smiling as she blew him a kiss. He took a deep breath and jumped into the pen.
"Alright, you chickens, you're going down." Tyler looked back at Lindsay and turned to the chickens with determination and leaned down to pet one.
"Tyler has earned a point!" Chris said, his team yelled in celebration as Lindsay ran over and embraced him.
*** Confessional Tyler ***
Tyler is seen holding the chicken, "I don't know why I was so scared." He pets the chicken only for it to jump and peck at his face.
The camera cuts to the Killer Bass cabin where a Celine Dion music standee was positioned outside. Duncan looked at it in fear.
"Is that a Celine Dion?" Ezekiel pointed to the standee.
"Yes," Bridgette replied.
"Just one hug and you're done," Chris told him, "and Katie and Lindsay, I say you've completed your fear."
The two girls squealed and threw off their wigs, earning cheers from both teams.
"Do I still look beautiful?" Lindsay smiled.
"Of course," Tyler replied, "I'll take you any day, bad hair or good." The blonde embraced the jock in a tight hug, earning a glare from Heather.
"Great job!" Geoff cheered.
"I don't know man," Duncan said, "That looks really real!"
"Suck it up; it's cardboard!" Tyler yelled.
"Come on, Duncan, we need this," DJ added.
Duncan looked at the standee and sighed. He knew he'd be in danger of elimination if they lost tonight. He walked up to the standee and looked at it.
"Good God, man, just close your eyes and hug the DAMN thing!"
Duncan heard Eva's words, but couldn't find it in himself to do what she was asking. He sighed once again and walked back to Chris without hugging the standee.
"I can't do it, man, I just can't do it."
"Are you FREAKING kidding me? You couldn't hug a piece of cardboard!?" Eva asked dumbfounded; fist clenched teeth snarling.
"Yeah, that right I can't! And who are you to talk you didn't complete your fear either!"
"So be it. Then with that, the winners are the Screaming Gophers!"
The Gophers cheered in victory as Duncan hung his head in shame.
*** Confessional Eva ***
The confessional room is seen with a few holes in the wall, and the camera was still working despite having a few cracks on it. She was huffing, arms folded, "AGAIN! Again! I let my team down, and I feel awful about it. But I don't think I have much to worry because Duncan also let them down and considering what he did to prairie boy I think I'll be safe."
*** Confessional Ezekiel ***
"What happened in here, eh?" Ezekiel questioned the destroyed confessional, "I'm going with Duncan. Eva's scary, but she doesn't hate me...I think?" He begins to panic.
*** Confessional Geoff ***
"Whoa, what happened here?" Geoff asked, raising an eyebrow. "Look I know what Duncan did was harsh, but he's my friend, so I'm going with Eva.
*** Elimination Ceremony ***
"Killer Bass looks like you've found your way here again. It was a fun day, but now it is time for someone to go home. If I call your name, then you're safe. First, one safe is...DJ."
DJ smiled and took his marshmallow.
"Tyler, Ezekiel, Katie. You all are also safe."
The campers took their symbols of immunity, leaving only Bridgette, Geoff, Duncan and Eva.
"Now then, you four all failed to complete your challenge today. As a result, one of you is going home."
The four campers looked at each other.
"Next two safe is...Geoff and Bridgette."
The two exchanged a smiled as they joined the others at the bonfire.
"Duncan, Eva. One of you is about to walk the dock of shame. The last person safe is...
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"WHAT!?" Duncan threw his arms in the air, "You know what? Whatever! Juvenile hall was better than this place!" Duncan went down the docks snarling as he stepped aboard the boat of losers. Ezekiel tried his best not to smile as Bridgette and Tyler were by his side.
"Bass, you're safe for now," Chris smiled as the campers took off towards the cabins, "So that wraps up another day here. What will happen next and will the bass ever stop sucking..." Chris was suddenly knocked out by Eva with a blow to the head.
"SHUT UP!" Eva shouted before turning to the camera, "The Gophers luck will end I swear it! So tune in next time on...Total...Drama...Island."
The camera turned back to the boat of losers, Duncan hunched over, his elbows resting on his knees, sighing sadly. Suddenly Duncan could hear the faint sound of music playing.
"Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you.
That is how I know you go on."
The lights of the bridge turned on to reveal a Celion Dion music store standee in the doorframe while her music played in the background, and Chef wearing a matching wig and dress sang along.
Remaining Campers
Screaming Gophers. Noah, Izzy, Beth, Trent, Lindsay Heather, Gwen, Cody, Owen.
Killer Bass. Ezekiel, DJ, Eva, Katie, Tyler, Bridgette, Geoff
18th Place: Duncan
19th Place: Sadie
20th Place: LeShawna
20th: Place Justin
21st Place: Harold
22nd Place: Courtney
Votes Results
Duncan - Eva
Geoff - Eva
DJ - Eva
Bridgette - Duncan
Ezekiel - Duncan
Tyler - Duncan
Eva - Duncan
Katie - Duncan