Total Drama Island
Chapter 6
Zack's POV:
The morning talk with Ellie had been funny and amazing and now we were meeting on the beach. Max and I had made a deal that they each get one side of the dock so that they had their privacy and now all I had to wait. I was not impatient, until now at least, but why should I be? I've had like 3 other girlfriends before, some of which were real bitches, but Ellie I guess was different. I was about to go see Max when I saw her calmly walking towards me, her dark, shoulder-length hair tied back in a neat braid and her crystal blue eyes bright. I looked at her and then I looked further up at the camp and I growled when I saw the adults, but I pushed them out of my mind at the moment.
"Hey," Ellie greeted and I smiled.
"Hi," I replied and Ellie looked at me. "Come on," I said nervously and started to lead her down to the beach, but then we stopped and it seemed like their was someone watching us and then their was a scream from the other side of the dock. Both Ellie and I look over and see Max and Kelly being held tightly by two figures each with knife pressed against Max and Kelly's throats.
"Max, Kelly," I exclaimed and the male figure looked over at us and smiled evilly. He shoved Max roughly into the female's hands and started towards us. "Ellie run," I whispered.
"What?" Ellie asked, but it wasn't because she hadn't heard me, it was because she couldn't believe what I had said.
"I said run," I said and Ellie glared at me.
"Then come on," Ellie said and I just followed her as we started to race away and I saw that the adults were racing down towards us as well. Suddenly Ellie and I were jolted backwards and I felt something cold pressed against my throat.
"Don't you move another inch," The man hissed to our parents. Lindsay and Tyler looked freaked while Sadie looked ready to kill someone.
"If you hurt them," Duncan threatened.
"I wouldn't be the one making threats, especially since I've got 4 of your kids hostage," The man said and I felt the knife pressing firmer into my throat.
"Why are you doing this?" Lindsay asked and I looked at my mother.
"Pure pleasure," The woman was storming over with Kelly and Max still firmly in her grasp and when she got close enough to stopped and put her knife to Kelly's throat. "Now we're taking all of your children into the mess hall while you all wait in the fire pit, if one of you leaves someone dies," The woman snarled and the parents all horrified and frightened started off towards the fire pit.
I sat beside Tom and Max while the man, whose name turned out to be Ezekiel and the woman who was named Eva were stalking around the room.
"We still haven't hit their point of breaking," Eva hissed at Ezekiel. Ezekiel nodded and looked around and grabbed Max and I roughly.
"Deliver this to your parents, don't speak to them and just hand it to them and then come back," Ezekiel said and he scribbled down a note and handed it to me. He shoved us roughly out of the door and we both started slowly towards the fire pit. I opened the note and read:
Hear my warning, by sunset one of your kids will die and I will assure you that you will not be pleased.
"Dude this sucks," Max mumbled as we approached the fire pit. When we came at the entrance we stopped and the adults looked at us with surprise. Max shoved me forward and I walked forward and just gave the note to Trent who was closest and motioned for him to read it. I turned and walked back over to Max and then we started back across the camp and then back to the mess hall.
"You two did very well," Eva hissed and we sat down quickly and then Eva turned to Ezekiel and they whispered something and then Eva went and grabbed Amy, Sasha, Amber, Kelly, Kayla, and Ellie and shoved them towards the door outside. Eva turned to look at Max and I and I guessed she knew we had read the note. "We always keep our promises," Eva said and then she led the girls outside and then Ellie flashed me a frightened gaze, but Ezekiel shut the door and just waited and a second later there was a painful shriek that could not be good…
Kelly's POV:
I shut my eyes tightly just waiting for that horrible pain in my stomach or somewhere else where Eva had slashed me, but the pain never came to me, but I know who it did come too…the painful shriek made me open my eyes and then it stopped and Amy slowly fell to her knees and then onto her back as blood started to come out of the long slash mark on her side, but she wasn't breathing anymore...she was dead. Tears welled in my eyes and I found myself by her side along with Kayla, Sasha, Amber, and Ellie and then Eva gazed down with a satisfied grin on her face.
"Her parents would love to find out that something has happened to their daughter," Eva hissed and she pointed to Amy's necklace which I believe her mother had given to her when she had been born. It gleamed silver and on the inside was a recent picture of Amy and her baby picture. "You two take it to them," Eva said motioning towards Kayla and I and I slowly nodded and Sasha gently lifted Amy's head and I unhooked the necklace, careful not to touch the blood that was swelling around her body.
"Come on," Kayla cried and we both started to walk quickly towards the fire pit. I bundled up the necklace so it was hidden in my hand and I clenched my hand tightly and we hurried towards the fire pit. There was a loud talk inside, but it seemed to cease as Kayla tripped and mumbled something and then we appeared at the entrance and I quickly wiped my eyes. "Over there," Kayla whispered nodding towards Courtney and I glanced at her. "Go ahead," Kayla added and turned away and I saw more tears falling from her eyes. I nodded and slowly shuffled towards Courtney my heart beating faster as I approached and when I was only a good few feet in front of her I uncurled my hand and held out the necklace to her and grief flashed in her eyes as she delicately took it.
"Amy's dead, isn't she?" Courtney choked.
"Yes," I whispered and Courtney closed her eyes and then she opened them and made to hug me, but I backed away and then turned and started to leave and Kayla looked at me intently, but then we slowly starting walking back and even from a distance we still could see the others gathered around Amy's body.
"Eva take them into the woods and do your stuff," Ezekiel hissed just as we were approaching. Eva nodded gruffly and hauled Sasha to her feet and Ellie and Amber followed her lead and she shoved us towards the fire pit again.
"I've got a better idea though," Eva mumbled, but only loud enough for us to hear. Ezekiel snickered to himself and then went into the mess hall and we heard nothing and then I saw my father disappear inside the fire pit. Suddenly as if by a sign I saw a rock fly over and land in front of me only missing me by mere inches, but it was a sign and I knew what it meant. I bent down and picked up the rock and fingered it in my hand as Eva slowly led us forward and then when Eva got close, I spun around and pelted the rock at her and it knocked into her temple and she stumbled backwards lightly.
"Run for it," I screeched and the girls all split up racing in different directions and I wasn't too far behind them, but when I looked over my shoulder I saw that Eva was hot on my heels.
"You little brat get back here," Eva shouted angrily and I raced into the woods dodging between branches and then I saw it, like it was a miracle. It was a small spot between two trees with a small bush covering and if someone crouched low enough…they could hide there. I jumped over the bush and lay down flat on my stomach and listened. Storming footsteps came only seconds after and they stopped close to the trees and then they hurried off in a completely different direction towards the camp. When they were no longer audible I got up and brushed off the dirt and then raced back towards camp and in the process nearly barreling into Sasha and Amber.
"Kelly," Sasha gasped grabbing me and pulling me into a tight hug. "You're okay," Sasha gasped and I returned the hug and realized that we were both trembling.
"Yeah, but we've can't waste anytime, we've got to get the others out of the mess hall," I whispered and Amber stared wide-eyed at me.
"How?" Amber asked and I shrugged.
"We just have too," I replied and then we started jogging towards the mess hall and then we stopped as we realized that the entrance to the kitchen was open. We slipped inside and crawled along the floor until we reached the counter that stretched out into the dining area, where most of the boys and the rest of the girls were sitting.
"Tom and Mike are going to be upset," Sasha whispered and I followed her gaze to where Mike was sitting and I noticed that Amber was staring at Tom. Ezekiel was lounging by the door checking the clock on the wall every few seconds and then he straightened.
"Where the hell is she?" Ezekiel snapped angrily.
"Crap," Amber rasped and I turned and saw that her foot had knocked down a pot and that it was falling to the floor. Both Sasha and I dived, but the pot still crashed upon the floor making a loud clatter noise.
"Whose there?" Ezekiel shouted madly and I stopped and then looked over at the door.
"Run," I screeched and Sasha and Amber bolted and I wasn't too far behind them, but we weren't the only ones as I heard thundering footsteps after us. We quickened our pace and then we were streaking around the mess hall away from Ezekiel who was chasing us.
"Grab them," Ezekiel hissed and then there was a scream from Sasha and I saw that Eva had appeared from nowhere and had a tight hold on Sasha.
"Kelly," Amber's shout made me whirl around and I saw Ezekiel holding her down roughly.
"Ezekiel hold this brat," Eva rasped and shoved Sasha over to him and he grabbed her roughly by the wrists. Eva turned on me slowly walking towards me and every step I backed up and slowly we went further down. Out of the corner of my eye I saw movement and then my mother, Kayla, Ellie, and a few other of the adults appeared.
"Kelly, remember you're cheerleading routine," My mother shouted and at first I didn't understand what she meant, but then it dawned on me and I laughed and took a deep breath.
"Back-flip, front handspring, back handspring, back tuck, herky," I whispered to myself as I back-flipped, and then did the front and back handsprings and then the back tuck and the herky finally. "Cartwheel, back-flip, back handspring, back handspring, back double tuck," I whispered again taking a running start and doing the cartwheel followed by the front handspring, then the double back handspring followed by a two back flips. Then I noticed that Eva was at a larger distance away from me and I smiled.
"Go Kelly," Amber cheered despite her previous predicament. I smiled and Eva growled angrily and raced towards me, but I was ready for her.
"Round-off, front-flip, front handspring, front tuck, cartwheel, round-off," I shouted and did every trick, with precision and a certain grace that made me captain of my middle school's cheerleading squad.
"Always a runner and never a fighter," Eva snarled and I shrugged.
"At least I have talent, besides being a psycho maniac," I shouted and laughed and I heard Sasha and Amber cracking up over where they were still being held. I suddenly got an idea and took a deep breath and did a switch-off of cartwheels and then back handsprings and I made sure I was going in a straight line close to Ezekiel and Sasha and Amber. Finally when I was close enough I did a huge back handspring and felt my sneakers connect with Ezekiel's head. Sasha and Amber were released as Ezekiel fell to the ground, blood swelling on the side of his head where I apparently hit him.
"Wow, that was awesome," Sasha gasped staring at Ezekiel.
"Wait where did Eva go?" Amber was facing the other way and I looked and saw that Eva wasn't anywhere in sight.
"This is just getting weird," Sasha said as she shivered.
"You can say that again," I muttered as I surveyed the landscape looking for any sign of that crazy lady. Then searing pain came from my back and I heard Amber scream and I just caught a glimpse of Eva's evil and maniacal gaze right before my energy seemed to disappear like fog on a sunny day and along with it came my life…
Bryce's POV:
Ezekiel raced right after Amber, Sasha, and Kelly and then we were left alone and we didn't even dare to move or leave, but there seemed to be a lot of commotion going on outside of the mess hall and then we heard Amber's obvious piercing scream close to the kitchen and we all seemed to freeze and then Scott lightly knocked my arm.
"Come on, we have to investigate," Scott said with the evil grin on his face.
"Do you want to be murdered?" I hissed angrily and Scott shrugged and I looked at everyone else. We were sitting pretty close to the kitchen and we could probably escape without anyone noticing. Tom and Sarah seemed to be in their own little worlds, but I knew that if they found out I was leaving they would freak and I noticed Scott watching the door intently. "You want to make sure Ellie's okay," I added and Scott looked at me about to object, but then he nodded his head.
"Are you coming or not?" Scott asked angrily and I looked back at Tom and Sarah and then nodded. Scott and I both slipped out of our seats and slowly made out way into the kitchen and then we crawled back to the door and then we ran for it, but what our sights fell upon was even worse then we had bargained for. By the edge of the mess hall stood Eva and she was standing over Kelly's body and surrounding Kelly was a small puddle of blood. Sasha and Amber were slowly inching there way over towards where some of the adults, Kayla and Ellie stood there eyes wide with fear and grief.
"Well, I guess we have to escapees," Ezekiel's voice sounded right behind Scott and I and then I heard a weird sound and looked over to see Scott his hand over his neck where there was a thin, but deep cut in his throat. Blood was soon slowly dripping from his hands and the sight made me terrified and I would've run, but Ezekiel had a tight grip on my shirt.
"Bryce," The terrified scream came from Katie who was standing beside Noah her eyes wide tears slowly forming in her eyes and then I felt a slow sharp object slide across my neck and pain ravenged through me as I dropped like a stone onto the ground. My hand found my neck and I felt warm blood swelling around me and then Scott appeared by my side.
"I-I'm s-sorry," Scott whispered before he disappeared out of view and I guessed he had finally lost the rest of his strength and was now going into the depths of death and as the seconds drew on I felt my life coming to an end and then I saw them standing there fear in their eyes. Sarah seemed angry and very depressed and Tom just sad as they stared at me and then I faintly smiled then I closed my eyes as my life slowly slipped away…
Tom's POV:
"Bryce," The scream definitely came from my mother and it came from outside. I turned to look to where my brother and Scott had been sitting and found that their seats were empty.
"Scott," Clarisse's whisper was thick with fear and I noticed Sarah looking at me desperately. Clarisse, Sarah, and I stood up and quickly hurried into the kitchen and then we went over to the door and I had to cover Sarah's mouth or she would've screamed. Ezekiel was slowly drawing his knife along Bryce's neck and then Bryce fell like a stone to the ground as blood came from his throat slowly soaking his shirt and falling upon the ground. The sight was gruesome and I heard Sarah stifle a whimper and then I released my hand from over her mouth and then Bryce seemed to notice us and I looked at him as anger flared inside me, but my sadness quickly took over and then Bryce faintly smiled and slowly his eyes closed and he was gone.
"No," Sarah murmured and then there was a whimper from Clarisse and I noticed Scott had the same fate as Bryce only it was bloodier. I raised my eyes to look at Ezekiel who seemed unbothered by the sight of my brother and Scott laying there on the ground, dead.
"You see these three," Ezekiel said motioning to Bryce, Scott, and then over to where Kelly's body lay in the same state. "They are disobedient, very disobedient," Ezekiel said calmly and looked at them his eyes cold, dark, emotionless. "This is what happens to people who are disobedient."