It was now morning and Chris's interns were already up making sure the challenge was all set. Meanwhile at the team cabins, some of the campers were just getting up.

The green and yellow teams were brough a basket of pastries early as their reward for winning the last challenge.

"Yay! Croissants!" squeeled Sadie as she brought her team's basket inside.

At the Purple cabin, Gwen and Leshawna were both lying in their beds chatting.

"Good morning." Gwen said as she rubbed her eyes. "It looks like we're down to just three of us. I really hope we can make it through the next couple challenges,"

"For real, girl. I was thinking, why don't we make an alliance with another team so that neither of us gets eliminated," said Leshawna.

"That's not a bad idea, Leshawna! I think Blue is our best bet," said Gwen as she began to smile.

"Mm-hmm, because of Duncan, right? Okay, but don't tell Noah about it since him and Duncan don't get along," said Leshawna quietly. "Let's hope this works, girl."

At the green cabin, Lindsay was up straightening her hair in front of the mirror. Tyler had just awoke and snuck behind Lindsay to give her a quick kiss on the neck.

Lindsay screamed in fright as she felt a hand on her hip and flung her flat iron at Tyler which burnt his forehead.

"AHH! MY FACE!" Tyler screamed painfully as he fell to the floor.

"Oh no, Tyler! I didn't know it was you!" replied Lindsay, "…Are you alright?"

Owen then woke up suddenly due to the screaming.

"Tyler! Don't worry, I'll save you, man!" announced Owen as he jumped off the bed and grabbed Tyler by the back, lifted him up and began thrusting his hands into Tyler's stomach vigorously.

"Go Owen!" Lindsay cheered, for some reason.

Izzy then came into the cabin and stood in silence at the odd sight.

Owen finally dropped Tyler down who looked nauseous and in pain.

"Woah man, I'm just glad I woke up in time to save you!" said Owen with a large smile as he stood over Tyler.

"OWEN! I wasn't choking! Get outta my way," yelled Tyler angrily as he got up and ran outside.

"He wasn't? Oopsie…" said Owen nervously. "I hope he's not mad at me."

"Ha-ha. He's probably just embarrassed since it looked like you were having se-"said Izzy as she was interrupted by a loud megaphone.

"Everyone, put on your bathing suits and meet at the beach in 10 minutes!" announced Chris.

As Owen got his trunks and left the cabin to go change in the bathroom, Izzy stared at him intensely. She was feeling strange; her jealousy was starting to arise.

All the teams soon met at the beach where they were stunned to find five human-sized slingshots.

"Oh wow, are those gigantic slingshots! Sick!" said Duncan. "I use to have one when I was a kid."

"No wonder he became a criminal," said Heather grinning.

"Relax chicka, I used to have one too," Alejandro muttered. "My father made me one when I was 8 years old and we'd shoot beer cans all night long; those were one of the best times of my life."

Sadie and Katie awed at this. Heather just laughed.

"Wow, guys get attached to the strangest things…" replied Heather.

"They seriously do!" yelled Courtney. "Like ugly, evil, disgusting goth-"

"Shut it, Courtney!" exclaimed Leshawna. Duncan gave an angry look to Courtney while Alejandro did the same to Heather.

"Woah, Tyler what happened to your face!" exclaimed Geoff as he pointed at the burn mark on his forehead.

"Uh, Lindsay accidentally threw her straightener at me," Tyler said looking really embarrassed.

Everyone gasped then some began to laugh.

"That's what you get for having Lindsiote as a girlfriend," Heather added.

"Oh, that's why you were screaming…" Owen said nervously.

Tyler folded his arms and glared at Owen.

(confessional)

Tyler: Man, what is Owen's problem! What he did was just so… not cool! I'm so embarrassed to even talk to Lindsay now. *sigh*

"Good morning teams! Wow, so much drama already! By the way, welcome to your next challenge!" Chris said excitedly. "First off, here's breakfast."

"Why is our challenge so early today, Chris. I'm exhausted." Justin added.

Breakfast was an egg and toast wrapped up in a ball of tin foil that Chris handed out to everyone.

"Uh, gross!" said Courtney as her egg yolk spilled onto her arm. "We don't get a fork?"

"No time, so eat up while I explain the rules for today's challenge," replied Chris.

"You will each be slung out of your giant slingshots and thrown into the lake. Once in the water, you must swim to the dock in the middle of the lake and retrieve one of three items: a clue, a key and a flag. Once your team has all three items you can then proceed with the next part of the challenge."

"Which is…?" asked Noah.

"You'll see. Later," said Chris laughing. "Also, I'd suggest you choose a strong player to be the one to sling your team, just saying."

"I'm using the slingshot!" barked Eva.

Soon all the teams were ready to start the challenge. The launchers were Eva, Duncan, Owen, Leshawna and Alejandro.

"Get ready, get set, go!" yelled Chris.

All the launchers pulled back their sling and shot their team mates into the water. Eva threw Heather the farthest. She was followed by Katie and Lindsay. Bridgette and Gwen were not thrown very far at all and had the most to swim.

"Bridgette!" Gwen called as she began to swim alongside her. "How about our teams try and work together this challenge so none of us go home?"

"Oh! Uh, yeah sure," Bridgette said as she began pulling farther ahead of Gwen.

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Gwen: I was really glad Bridgette agreed to our teams working together, but it was kind of annoying how she just swam off like that. Not exactly working together!

(confessional)

Bridgette: I'm a surfer and we were in a challenge! Sorry Gwen, but I wasn't just going to let Heather beat me in my own element!

Heather managed to reach the dock first and grabbed the red key and swam back. Bridgette was second to arrive at the dock and got the blue key and dove back in. Next were Katie and Lindsay who got their keys and had to pause for a breath. Gwen was able to catch up and pass these two.

"This is… soooooo… hard," exclaimed Lindsay as she tried to catch her breath.

"This water is like…totally freezing!" Katie added before she jumped back into the water.

Bridgette was the first back to the beach. Duncan then sent Geoff off into the lake. Heather was second back to the shore as Eva launched Trent who soared really far.

Heather and Bridgette fell to the sand and laid there in exhaustion as their team mates rushed to them and handed them towels.

Then Gwen and Katie returned.

Leshawna sent Noah and Alejandro sent Sadie. Sadie ended up getting launched the closest to the beach and had to swim the most of anyone thus far.

"Just great! Looks like I'm going to have to save our team once again…," muttered Courtney in annoyance.

"And if you can't," Alejandro replied, "we'll get sent to the elimination challenge where we can easily beat those two dimwits anytime."

"I guess you're right," Courtney replied. "Oh well, it's a win-win situation then."

Eva overheard this conversation and a large evil smile crept on her face.

(confessional)

Eva: When the time comes, Alejandro will go down! I may not like those two weird-oh's but at least they're not a threat to me. I plan on winning this time and no one is going to get in my way!

Lindsay finally returned and then Owen was able to send Izzy soaring and landed meters away from the dock. Izzy grabbed their clue and jumped in and swam after Geoff and Trent who had their clues and were currently in the lead.

"I'm comin' boys!" screamed Izzy as she began to make shark noises.

Sadie managed to get past Izzy who was swimming wildly after the boys who had just reached the shore.

"Eva, shoot now!" said Heather. Justin was sent flying right on cue.

"Geoff, come shoot me!" demanded Duncan who went to sit in the sling. Geoff was extremely tired and only got Duncan to the beginning of the lake and barely missed the shallow water.

"Sorry, man!" yelled Geoff who then fell to the ground panting.

Izzy then made it back to shore and let out a howl as she ran up to Owen and asked to do it again.

"Uh, Izzy, it's not the time for that," Owen replied as he shot Tyler.

Izzy stood in silence as she was clearly annoyed with Owen's response. Tyler flew so far that he actually landed right onto the dock. He let out a loud and painful scream.

Everyone flinched as they saw the brutal collision but Tyler somehow got up easily, grabbed the green flag and began to swim back.

(confessional)

Tyler: I'm used to getting hurt a lot so when I hit the dock It really wasn't that bad. Maybe that's not exactly a good thing, but I'm still alive so that's all that matters, right?

Noah then returned with the purple team's clue as he fell flat onto the sand in exhaustion.

Then Gwen went to Duncan and Bridgette as the four of them worked together to shoot Leshawna. Their strategy worked as Leshawna soared just meters before the dock.

Sadie had begun swimming back to shore with her team's clue when Leshawna's waves practically jolted Sadie and she was on the shore in a matter of seconds. Katie ran to her and helped her up when Alejandro shot Courtney far.

Justin soon got back to the beach. Heather, Trent and Eva huddled around him as he tried to catch his breath.

"Yes, we're winning!" exclaimed Heather.

Trent ripped open the clue and read, "Make your way to this familiar place. Although it may not be much space, it is big enough for one of you to continue on the race."

"What the-!" Eva groaned.

"I got it, the confessional! There's definitely no space in there." Heather said as the Red team continued on.

"Aw man! They're getting away! I hope Duncan gets here soon," said Bridgette worried.

Moments later, Duncan and Tyler reached the shore and both Blue and Green teams opened up their clues.

The green team ran off towards the cabins for some reason while the Blue team decided to wait up for the Purple team.

"Leshawna better hurry up, we're losing precious time!" Bridgette stated.

Leshawna then arrived on the beach as both her team and the Blue team went to her.

"I think it's the confessional. It is the only thing I can think of that isn't much space," said Geoff confused.

"Sounds good to me," Gwen replied as the Purple and Blue teams ran off.

(confessional)

Noah: When did we start working with the Blue team, anyway? Whatever.

Courtney swam extremely fast and made up a lot of time and just returned to the beach. Alejandro read the clue and all four instantly began running after the other teams.

"Do you see anything, Lindsay?" asked Tyler as he looked under a cabin. "Lindsay?"

Lindsay was looking under a rock. "Nope, nothing! Bummer."

"Over there! I see the red team at the confessional!" Owen exclaimed.

The red team arrived at the confessional and found five colored boxes inside.

"Give me the key!" barked Eva as she used it to open up the box.

It was another clue. It stated at the top that only the key holder could now continue.

Go to the place where an empty chair waits, it stands tall, way higher than any face. It was also once used as a base. This is where you will discover your team's fate.

Just then, the Green team reached the confessional and Izzy opened up their box. The Purple and Blue team were right behind.

Heather pulled Eva aside quickly. "It's the lifeguard chair! Now, go!" Eva began to sprint.

"The only tall chair I can think of is the one on the dock," said Lindsay.

"That's it! Wow Lindsay, you're really smart!" exclaimed Izzy as she chased after Eva crazily.

Duncan and Gwen both opened up their boxes and read their clues to their teams.

"It's the lifeguard chair! Remember on season one when it was the base for that challenge where were hiding from Chef!" Leshawna screamed.

"Oh yeah! You won that!" replied Gwen cheerfully.

Duncan and Gwen kissed quickly then ran off together. Courtney saw this as she and the rest of her team got to the confessional where everyone was standing. She opened their box.

"I'm not losing to those two! Never!" Courtney chanted as she charged back to the beach.

Eva got to the dock first where Chris was waiting.

"Congratulations, Eva! Just throw your flag onto the chair and your teams wins the challenge!"

"CRAP! THE FLAG!" yelled Eva in frustration as she ran back to her team.

Izzy was confused when she saw Eva charging back towards her and jumped out of the way.

"Woah, that was close! And people say I'm crazy! Ha-ha!" Izzy said as she ran up to Chris and realized she didn't have her team's flag and had to go back also.

"Tyler, you are really starting to piss me off," Izzy muttered with a very serious face.

"Yikes, these teams have really bad communication, ha-ha! Nobody remembered to bring their flag to the finish? Chris exclaimed as he laughed to the camera.

Eva returned to her team where she grabbed the flag from Justin and rushed back and still seemed to have plenty of energy.

"Damn it! This is so your fault, Justin! Why didn't you give Eva the flag? Now we're going to be last!" Heather exclaimed as she began to stomp the ground.

"OH no! The flag!" Tyler screamed as he ran to find Izzy. She then reached Tyler soon and yanked it out of his hands viciously as she gave him a threatening look before she chased back after Eva.

Duncan and Gwen made it to the dock when Gwen noticed she didn't have the flag either, but Duncan did.

"Finally!" said Chris as Duncan threw the Blue flag onto the lifeguard chair. "Blue team wins the challenge and reward! Congratulations!" Gwen shot Duncan a quick glance before she ran back. He knew she was devastated.

Courtney then ran up to the dock and was extremely confused to why Gwen and Duncan both looked so upset.

"Courtney, did you bring your flag?" asked Chris.

"Of course, I am always prepared," she responded confidently.

"Congratulations! Place your flag onto the lifeguard chair and your team wins second place and is safe."

"YES!" Courtney screamed as she threw her flag onto the tall chair. "Too bad Gwen isn't very bright, eh Duncan?" Courtney began to laugh uncontrollably.

"Shut it, Courtney. Gwen is very smart. I just distracted her, that's all." Duncan replied.

"Ugh! How can you like her, she's so gross! It's annoying that I still love you and you just-" Courtney froze in horror. She just revealed her secret to Duncan about her true feelings. She ran off crying.

Duncan stood in silence as Chris watched him confused.

"You alright, man?" asked Chris.

Eva then shoved Chris and Duncan aside and put her flag onto the lifeguard chair and cheered.

"Good job, Eva! The red team is safe, once again!"

Izzy then arrived and placed her flag on the chair and sat in it.

"Nice job, Izzy! The Green team is safe!" Chris declared.

Gwen then returned soon after.

"I'm sorry Gwen, but you're the last team to arrive. That means, the purple team will be battling it out at the elimination area, yet again!" Chris exclaimed.

(confessional)

Gwen: This is so disappointing. I really thought we were going to be able to win this one! I guess it's my fault though. Looks like I'll be eliminated tonight…

Noah: Two losses back to back. Wow, pathetic, much?

The Purple team soon joined Chris at the elimination area. They all looked depressed.

"Back again, eh?" Chris said as he began to chuckle.

"Let's just get this over with!" Leshawna demanded.

"Hey Chris!" Owen called out. Soon, the entire Green team was standing beside Chris.

"Why did you want us here?" asked Tyler confused.

"Are we judges!" asked Lindsay as she began to clap.

"Nope!" replied Chris. "You'll be competing!"

"What?" said Noah sceptically.

"It was brought to my attention that earlier today during the challenge, someone on the Green team cheated."

The purple team looked shocked while the green team looked even more shocked.

"Yep, your second clue said only the key holder could continue and nobody else. So… when Tyler ran to go give Izzy their key, he was actually cheating." Chris exclaimed.

"Aw man!" yelled Tyler as he lowered his head in shame.

"Does that mean we're safe then!" asked Gwen anxiously.

"Yes."

The purple team all cheered happily together then went to go hug their friends on the green team who looked devastated. Izzy looked like she was about to explode.

"So, green team, thanks to Tyler, you'll all be competing in tonight's elimination challenge. The loser will be eliminated from the game. Got it?" said Chris.

Owen and Lindsay were both upset. Izzy had her hands folded and looked extremely angry. Tyler still had his head down.

"This is all YOUR fault!" Izzy declared as she pointed at Tyler menacingly.

"He was only trying to help, you guys!" Lindsay said, trying to defend her boyfriend.

"Yeah, Izzy, come on, it's not his fault," Owen added.

"Oh really, Owen! So then, is it my fault? IS IT? I should have seen it from the start, you never really cared about me! You just cared about stupid Tyl-!" Izzy screamed wildly.

"SHUSH!" Chris butted in. Owen looked shocked.

"Today's elimination challenge is called "Veggie Relay". You will each start on one end where a large bowl filled with peas is stationed. You must transfer peas from the large bowl into your other team-mate's bowls on the other end. Once one person's bowl is filled, the game is over and that person will be leaving the island. So, choose your targets carefully. Now, get to your places!"

(confessional)

Izzy: Tyler is going down! Nobody makes Izzy lose and tries to steal Owen from me!

Soon all four members of the Green team were ready, although Tyler was constantly looking over at Izzy who had a very determined face on and began cracking her knuckles.

"Ready, Set, Begin!" announced Chris as he stood aside.

All four began scooping peas and putting them into their mouths and made their way to the other end. Izzy spat her peas into Tyler's bowl, and then Tyler spat his into Izzy's. Lindsay spat hers into Izzy's too, but Owen stood between Tyler and Izzy's but couldn't decide.

Izzy and Tyler then returned and spat more peas into each other's bowls while Lindsay added hers into Izzy's again but wasn't as quick. Owen spat his peas out onto the floor since he couldn't stand the taste of vegetables any longer in his mouth.

"What are you standing around for? Help me eliminate that idiot Tyler, Owen! He's the one that lost for us!" screamed Izzy as she began to shove Owen back to the bowl of peas.

Owen began getting annoyed at Izzy's behaviour and started piling peas into his shirt like a pouch and ran to the other end.

"It's about time, Owen! That should be enough to get rid of him! Yes! Ha-ha!" yelled Izzy as she pointed at Tyler who just dropped to the floor and began to sob.

Owen looked back at Izzy angrily and screamed, "ENOUGH, IZZY!" Owen then poured all his peas into Izzy's bowl and it overflowed. He then ran off towards the cabin crying.

"That's the game! Izzy, you're outta here!" Chris announced.

Lindsay picked Tyler up and kissed him. "Don't worry baby, it's not your fault."

Izzy glared at Tyler menacingly as she marched onto the Boat of Losers.

"I don't deserve this! Tyler does! He ruined everything!" Izzy cried as she was tied down by Chef and sent off into the distance.

(confessional)

Owen: This whole night was just been a big crazy nightmare for me. I don't think I'll be able to sleep for days…

(confessional)

Lindsay: Thank goodness Izzy's gone! She was so mean to my poor Tyler! I don't know what to do now, both Owen and Tyler are so sad...

What will tomorrow bring after such a dramatic conclusion? Will Lindsay be able to manage her crumbling team? What will Duncan do now that he knows how Courtney really feels? What is Eva's plan and will it work? Can the Blue and Purple teams' alliance survive? Will the Red and Yellow teams winning streak come to an end or will they just keep winning? Find out next time on Total Drama Island 2!

-Thanks for reading!