Total Drama Island
Chapter 9
Zack's POV:
None of us knew what really happened to the girls and we didn't exactly know what to do either.
"What if our parents come out?" Meghan suddenly asked glancing at the firepit where we could just barely hear their voices.
"They'll freak," Sasha murmured casting an anxious glance down at Amber.
"Where can we take them though?" Tom asked gazing at Amy worriedly.
"To the beach," We all whirled around to face Izzy. She was half in shadow half in not. "The parents are going to go up to the mess hall pretty soon, they'll find Eva and Ezekiel and you all will be on the beach," Izzy said and looked down at Kelly.
"Why the beach, won't our parents search their next?" Max asked his eyes narrowing at his mother's apparent stupidity.
"Most likely, but the other kids will keep them busy long enough for the girls to wake up," Izzy said.
"What exactly happened?" I asked gripping Ellie's hand tightly.
"The sight of their killers probably brought back the memories they had forgotten. The sudden rush of memories basically caused them to just collapse, they'll be fine, but take them down to the beach and wait there for someone to come and find you guys," Izzy instructed and then vanished into the shadows completely.
"We'd better hurry, it sounds like they're coming," Jake warned. Mike lifted Amber in his arms easily. I followed quickly pick Ellie up, surprised at how light she was. Soon we were all trudging quickly, yet quietly down towards the beach. When we arrived we left each other alone with his girlfriend. I set Ellie down on the soft sand carefully picking up her hand in mine. I turned my attention to Kayla, Meghan, Sasha, Jake, Nick, and Justin were sitting up closer towards the campsite so they would hear someone coming at any sign. They seemed too consumed in their own conversation to really be paying any attention to us or any of the others.
"Zack?" I turned my attention back to Ellie as she lightly stirred and sat up. "Whoa, headache," Ellie mumbled rubbing her head gently. I smiled and just pulled her in a hug and she giggled.
"Do you remember?" I asked and rolled my eyes seconds later, but Ellie just smiled.
"Everything that I guess I should remember," ellie said and her smile faltered into a frown and she looked out over the water. "Some memories I'd rather still be forgotten, but oh well." I squeezed her hand gently and she looked at me.
"I love you Ellie," I said before I leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
"I l-…" Ellie trailed off at the sound of hurried footsteps and some quiet calls.
"Guys," all the parents and the rest of the kids rounded the corner and I quickly inched a few feet away from Ellie and we both smiled at each other.
"Ellie," Sadie was racing down the beach towards her daughter. I stood up and quickly left them in peace and walked up the beach and joined Jake, Justin, Nick, Sasha, Meghan, and Kayla who were trying (with major difficulty) to explain everything that had really happened.
"Everything is really…um…so exotic and strange we hardly believe any of it ourselves," Kayla was telling her mother and most of the other parents. The other kids were hanging back letting everything sort its way out delicately.
After an hour things seemed to calm down. Chris had called in to the police and after they had arrived it was another 3 hours before everything was really sorted out. Eva and Ezekiel were indeed dead killed by Kayla, who felt terrible and nearly broke down crying when she told everyone she had done it, and that the police felt completely responsible for everything bad that had happened on the island.
"Felt bad?" Justin was saying to Nick, Jake, Max, Tom, and I as we were sitting on the beach once more, the stars above us, and the ocean beyond.
"They should feel utterly and completely terrible," Jake agreed.
"How are the girls all feeling about this whole dilemma?" Justin asked. "I mean the ones that were you know, killed, brought back to life, saw the dead bodies of their killers, found all of their memories, fainted, woke up, were interviewed by the police, called lunatics, and were each in turn inspected by a doctor?" Justin added and we all shrugged. Amy, Kelly, Ellie, and Amber had left long ago and no one had heard or seen anything from them in at least 2 hours.
"Where are the others, not…um…what Justin said?" Max asked and again we shrugged. Kayla we knew was still being comforted that she had actually done the right thing in killing those two weirdoes and Sasha and Meghan went to go find Kayla, but had never returned.
"Shouldn't you all be asleep?" Tyler, Cody, Trent, Duncan, Geoff, and DJ came around from up by the camp surprising us all.
"Probably," Jake replied and Cody sighed.
"Do you know how the girls are?" Tom asked.
"Amy, Kelly, Ellie, and Amber are a bit shaken, the police still don't know how Izzy brought them back, from well the dead," Duncan explained.
"Have you seen her creepy book thing?" Justin asked and our dads all laughed.
"Yes, Izzy gladly showed us," Trent said.
"That thing should be burned," Nick whispered and we all agreed.
"She had said she had planned on doing so before she came here to the island and if she had done that, then those who were killed would be in body bags along with Eva and Ezekiel," Geoff explained and we all fell silent.
"When are we leaving?" I asked suddenly.
"As soon as possible really," Tyler explained and I nodded. After a little bit longer we all decided we'd better get some rest. We all wandered back to our cabins and then we all fell asleep, too fast for my liking.
Kelly's POV:
The morning came quickly. I got no sleep, because the police kept having doctors check Amy, Scott, Bryce, Ellie, Amber, and me at least 50 times every 2 seconds. Finally at around 8 o'clock my mother finally rescued me and I was released to get my stuff packed. We were leaving within the next hour along with Carrie, Max, and Mark. That news brightened me, but I was still exhausted. I packed my bags quickly and as neatly as possible, which for me meant just throwing everything that was mine into the bag and then shoving it down and trying to zip the bag up.
"Hey little sister," Rose bopped into my cabin. "We're leaving in a few minutes, are you ready?" Rose asked eyeing my nearly bulging bag suspiciously.
"Yeah," I murmured and I grabbed my bag and we both quietly walked down towards the dock. Everyone basically was gathered on the dock waiting for Rose and I apparently.
"Kelly," I whirled around surprised to see Amy coming towards me. Rose quickly came to my side, but Amy just smiled. "Don't worry I just want to talk with her." Rose grudgingly wandered down to the dock and I noticed my mother and Courtney watching us intently, along with everyone else.
"Yes?" I asked politely. Amy opened to mouth determined to say something, but nothing came out and she closed her mouth again.
"I-I," Amy stuttered and I smiled faintly and I turned and started to walk down towards the dock. "I'M SORRY," Amy shouted and I froze and carefully slid my bag onto the ground. I turned to face Amy who was nervously biting her lower lip.
"You're what?" I asked softly and Amy sighed.
"I'm sorry," Amy said and she stepped forward until she was face to face with me. "I'm sorry for everything that's happened on this island and what hasn't. I never even really got to know you and just let off feelings of hatred especially when you got the spot on the squad and I didn't." Amy whispered and I took a deep breath.
"Thanks Amy," I said and we both fell silent and that uncomfortable feeling returned, but finally I looked at Amy. "I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused you. I didn't mean to take your spot and I'll gladly give it back to you," I whispered and Amy smiled.
"We'll just have to demand that they put both of us on the squad no matter what," Amy said and I giggled.
"Being captain, I guess I have some power to decide that," I added and Amy started cracking up and soon we were both standing there laughing.
"They are all watching us like we're going to start killing each other any moment," Amy panted when our little laughing fit had ceased. I glanced over my shoulder as all the parents and our friends who were still watching.
"As long as you don't try to break my wrist anymore, I'll gladly talk to Ms. Brandsher about letting you onto the squad," I said and Amy beamed brightly.
"First you'll have to teach me how to do all of that one-handed fancy stuff," Amy joked and I giggled and then we both did something that I never thought would happen, we hugged each other. We hugged each other tightly and it actually felt good and when we broke apart we were both smiling and all of our evil thoughts about each other probably vanished.
"I'll see you when you get back," I said and Amy nodded.
"I'll find out where you live and invade your home," Amy joked as she handed me a slip of paper with her e-mail address on it. I turned to look at my bag in disgust.
"One more thing in my bag and I think it'll explode, whether it's a jacket or this tiny piece of paper," I whispered and Amy burst out laughing and I soon joined in before I grabbed my bag and slung it over my shoulder.
"Come on Kelly, we'll make a very grand entrance," Amy said dramatically and we both started laughing again and whispered jokes and other stuff about school and everything as we walked down to the dock.
"Whoa you aren't killing each other," Rose said and I slapped her upside the head. "Kidding," Rose mumbled angrily shaking her head. She busied herself with saying goodbye to Sarah and Clarisse.
"This cannot be goodbye," Kayla whispered as we hugged each other tightly.
"Just for now," I replied as Amber and I hugged each other. It went on like this until finally it really was time to go. We all got onto the boat and soon we were rushing away and I sadly sat down and watched as soon the island was just a dot in the distance.
"We'll see them again," I turned as Max sat down beside me. I smiled faintly and nodded.
"What about us though?" I asked quietly and Max gripped my hand.
"We'll call and e-mail each other everyday," Max said trying to cheer me up and it worked. I smiled and I hugged him tightly.
"You promise?" I whispered and Max and I broke apart and he looked at me sincerely.
"I promise," Max whispered and we both smiled at each other.
Kayla's POV:
After everything that had really happened on the island I desperately hoped maybe we could stay for a just a few days longer, but everyone was leaving today and it was quite sad. After Kelly had left it was discovered Zack, Jake, and Justin were leaving next with their families. I was standing beside Meghan with Ellie on her other side. I could basically feel the sadness from Ellie and Meghan looked okay, but I knew she probably felt really sad. The three of us just stood and quietly watched all of the parents talking, some of the other kids starting to get restless, but mainly my eyes were trained on Justin. He was talking with Zack, Jake, Justin, Nick, and Mike with solemn expressions.
"I feel really depressed," Ellie sighed and flopped down on the edge of the dock looking down into the water. I sat beside her and Meghan sat on Ellie's other side.
"They won't even come and say goodbye," Meghan whispered.
"Do you really think we'd be any better about saying goodbye to them if we were leaving first?" I asked and Ellie and Meghan didn't say anything in reply.
"I don't think I can be here when they leave," Meghan finally mustered and I nodded in agreement.
"Me neither," Ellie agreed. "What excuse can we give them though?" Ellie said nodding to our parents.
"We can say we left something in our cabin," I suggested and Meghan shrugged.
"Worth a shot," Ellie said and we stood up and walked over to our mothers who were talking with each other.
"Can we go back to the cabin; we think we might have forgotten something?" Meghan asked and our mothers agreed and we quickly hurried up towards our cabin.
"Now I feel bad," Ellie whispered.
"Whatever, it'll be easier this way," Meghan said trying to hold back tears.
"Really? Maybe we just said that to make ourselves feel better," I replied and Meghan glanced at me. "Maybe if we don't say goodbye at all it could damage whatever relationship we have with them right now, they'll think we don't care," I said and Meghan looked away.
"Now I feel even worse," Ellie whispered as she flopped onto the stairs up to our cabin. Meghan sat a couple steps below her while I sat beside Ellie.
"They know we care right?" Meghan asked me and I shrugged.
"They're boys," I said and Meghan faintly smiled.
"Maybe we shouldn't have left them then," Ellie whispered and we all were silent until we heard a shout.
"What was that?" Meghan asked standing up. Suddenly Jake, Justin, and Zack came up to the cabin.
"Forgot something, eh?" Jake asked eyeing Meghan who just shook her head and laughed.
"Don't you guys have a boat to catch?" Ellie asked and Zack shrugged.
"Probably," Zack said and he held out his hand and Ellie took it and they started to walk away until they were out of view.
"I would like to speak to you Meghan," Jake said politely and Meghan walked beside him until they also disappeared from view. Justin silently came over and sat down beside me.
"Why'd you guys leave?" Justin asked.
"I don't know, maybe we thought it'd be easier on us if we didn't have to say goodbye," I replied and Justin turned to face me.
"It may or might be easier on you guys, but when we saw you three going up here to the cabin we were really disappointed," Justin said and I looked away from his gaze. "I really don't know about the others Kayla, but I was hurt." I still kept my gaze away from his, not wanting to look at him. I felt bad, terrible, and a completely jerk. I was just escaping from my problems not even thinking about how Justin would feel. I wanted to say I was sorry or something else, but I knew it was useless.
"You have a boat waiting for you," I whispered looking out towards the dock.
"I'm not mad at you," Justin said quietly. I still wouldn't look at him whether or not he was lying about not being mad, I just still couldn't. "Kayla please, I love you." Finally I was able to look at him. His eyes were filled with sadness. He leaned over and kissed me and when we broke apart he was faintly smiling. "Kayla I don't want to lose you," Justin whispered and I smiled.
"I'm really sorry Justin," I whispered softly and Justin just smiled and we hugged each other tightly. When we broke apart I stared at him sadly. "I am so sorry Justin."
"I know Kayla," Justin said before we both stood up and started towards the dock. Ellie and Zack and Jake and Meghan soon caught up with us and when we arrived it was time for them to go.
"I'll see you later Kayla," Justin said as he, Jake, Ashley, Alex, Zack, Tyler, Lindsey, Cody, and Beth got on the boat and were sailing away. I stood there and watched until they were a dot in the distance.
"I don't want to lose you either Justin."
After another 3 or 4 hours of saying goodbye it was finally my turn to leave. I was leaving with Meghan, Ellie, Scott, Clarisse, and of course with our parents. I was a little bit saddening to be saying goodbye to the island that had caused so much trouble and horror, but had introduced so many of us to each other. Truthfully I hated this island more than anything else in the whole entire world, but I didn't exactly want to leave, yet. If I closed my eyes I could still see Justin and I talking alone with each other, but also I could see myself diving for the knife and riving it into both Eva and Ezekiel with such fury and anger…I opened my eyes quickly and shook my head. Those images are something I was going to forget and no one seemed to really care about what I had did. I apparently had freed everyone from a living nightmare and only because I had been so furious and angry that revenge had driven me to my worst.
"I still can't believe we're leaving so soon," Ellie said as she came up beside me later followed by Meghan and then Scott.
"Quite frankly I'd like to leave this island far behind," Scott muttered and shuddered.
"Despite all of the crappy stuff that has happened, the island was a pretty cool place," Meghan said and we all agreed on that.
"Come on guys, its time to go," Our parents called. Scott and Ellie went obediently down to the dock, but Meghan and I stayed there.
"Come on Kayla," Meghan whispered and I nodded. As the boat sailed over the water like a bird, I watched as the island disappeared slowly from my view and the view of the outside world.