Total Drama Hawaii TDH

by TheIrishHighlander

Six months after Total Drama Action, a new host gathers the old cast to a new island, with eight new campers and a new reward: Five Million Dollars! Who will win? Rated M just in case.

2. 2: Gwen's Silver Hammer

Total Drama Hawaii (TDI Season 2)

Author's Note: Once again, TDI, TDA or TDWT are not owned by me nor are its characters as this story is fictional. Though all OC characters are owned by me and cannot be used without my consent.

So, Chapter 1 is finished! Huzzah! And now, we must continue on with Chapter 2. So, hope you all enjoyed reading the intro to many of your favorite characters as well as some new ones. If you wish to see how my OC's look, the link to the picture is located on my profile. I once again thank PaladinSparkKnight for his hard work on them, though it seems everyone I've shown them to have really liked either Zoey or Kelsey the most, which surprised me a lot.

And with that, on with the show!

Paul: Warning! Total Drama Hawaii features stunts and challenges either performed by professionals, or under the supervision of professionals, to ensure the safety of campers and animals alike. Accordingly, MTV and the Producers of T.D.H. Must Insist that no one attempt to re-create, or reenact, any of these stunts or challenges.

Previously on Total Drama Hawaii...

Paul: It was the first day as many campers both new and old arrived for yet another season and another chance to win some cash. There was laughter, romance…actually, a little bit too much romance. But if these campers were expecting a walk in the park challenge right off the back, they were in for quite the surprise.

"So what do you think our first challenge will be?" Lindsay asked her team, both of them walking to their cabins. DJ shrugged and smiled. "C'mon, it's our first challenge! How hard could it be?" It was then as they reached what was supposed to be the lots for their cabins were nothing but empty spaces.

Gwen groaned. "...you've got to be f***ing kidding me."

Chapter 2: Gwen's Silver Hammer

Geoff took a look around, seeing empty slabs of concrete where their cabins should have been. He turned his attention to Chris and Paul who were both just all smiled. "Dude, like, where's our bunks?" Everyone seemed to wonder where they were while the two hosts were trying to hold back chuckles.

Daniel scratched the back of his head as he set his bags down. "Uh, did I miss something here? Or this is supposed to be a prank for the new guys?" The others agreed.

"Okay, haha, very funny Chris." Courtney told them both as the two hosts continued to laugh softly. "Seriously, where are the cabins?"

"Oh…your cabins. I'm sorry, but unfortunately they weren't built in time because of the tight scheduling we have for setting up our equipment…so…" smiled Chris, pretending to be apologetic about it though Gwen saw through his little ruse.

"We're going to have to build them…aren't we?"

"Correct-a-mundo!" smiled Paul as Chris gave a big thumbs up. Except they got the opposite reaction: nothing but groans and moans of displeasure. Though this only made the hosts smile even more.

Confession:
Courtney: Seriously? We had to sit around on a stinking boat, waiting around forever for the others to show up, and now we have to work construction? I am SO calling my lawyer on this! *pulls out cell phone and starts dialing numbers*

Paul quickly began to explain the rules to both teams. "So, we've left you all a stack of supplies, lumber, tools and the blueprints for your cabins. All you have to do is build the basics - the walls, roof, door and windows. So we're not asking you all to go 'Extreme Makeover' style here". A few gave sighs of relief on this. Still, it was building their cabins. How hard could it be?

Paul continued on. "The winner is the team that can finish their cabin first before the other. The winning team will receive a special surprise reward for their hard efforts."

Chris then smirked. "The losers of course, will be sending somebody home. Oh! And one more thing I forgot to mention" he showed them his watch. "This is a TIMED challenged. Apparently a big thunderstorm is approaching the Hawaiian Islands so you've got about…six hours to complete the challenge. You've got ten minutes to gather your supplies and bring them to your construction sites and pick a team leader. So, go!"

Challenge Starts

And with that, both teams rushed over to grab everything they could carry and as fast as they could. On the Screaming Sharks they were first trying to pick their new team captain. "So who should be our leader for the challenge?" asked Trent, Katie and Sadie already picking one.

"We choose Hector!" they smiled, Hector looking up when his name was called and gave a wink to the two girls. They sighed happily though Eva had to retort.

"You're joking right? Pretty boy here?"

"What? There a problem with me being leader?" Hector had to ask.

"Yes. First off, you're new" she pointed out, Hector only shrugging. "And secondly, what do you know about construction?"

"Uh, my uncle is a foreman back in Miami. He helps build big skyscrapers and office buildings."

DJ rubbed the back of his head. "Isn't that a stereotype though?" Hector gave him a look.

"What? That ALL Hispanics work construction? Look, you want my help or not? Cause if you ask me, I WANT to win this challenge. I don't feel like ending up second place to those other pendejos, do you?"

Owen then asked. "What's a pendejo?"

"I'll tell you later big guy" smiled LeShawna, soon tossing Hector the blueprints. "Well as long as you think you know what you're doing, lead the way hot shot"

And it didn't take long before everyone cheered. DJ agreed. "I'm right behind ya' too Hector." he smiled while beginning to hand everyone some tools and helmets, Hector putting one on as well.

Confession:

Hector: Give the cute twins a wink, check. Get everyone on your side, check. *smirks* Now all I need to do is start taking out the competition. Which judging by everyone here…that's not going to be easy.

For the Killer Marlins, it wasn't going to be easy for them to pick their team leader. "I should be it!" cried out Courtney, while everyone was ignoring her and going over what supplies they had as Duncan checked out the blueprints.

"Hello? Is ANYONE listening to me?" she yelled out again, Noah rolling his eyes.

"Only for the millionth time Courtney. How about you just sit this one out - you've obviously got some issues to deal with your man here" Noah commented, pointing over to Duncan who was annoyed the CIT's ranting on and on about how she should be team leader and not someone else.

Courtney steamed, grabbing Noah by the collar. "That isn't your concern, bookworm!"

"Whoa whoa whoa" Jessie soon raised his arms in defense. "C'mon guys…this is exactly what Chris wants is us fighting each other"

"Oh yeah? And how would you know that?" she asked him, still gripping Noah's shirt tightly. Jessie only had to point at Chris, who was chuckling and watching them for a brief moment only to look away, whistling as if he wasn't paying attention.

Courtney sighed, finally letting Noah go and set him down. "Alright - fine. So who's going to be in charge?"

Everyone on the Marlins looked around, unsure really who to pick. And if they didn't have anyone else to pick, they would just go with Courtney. Finally, Cody raised his hand. "Oooh! I know! What about Gwen?"

Gwen was just picking up a few ply boards before dropping them. "Huh?"

Heather objected. "Oh no. No, no, no! Not after she lost us challenges on purpose last season! That lying two-bit cheat gave away our victories to her boyfriend!"

Gwen was hurt by those words. "We're not together anymore Heather, isn't that enough?"

"Hmm, let me think about it - No!"

Cody wasn't going to let this stop him. "C'mon guys. Gwen's a great leader, just give her a chance…please?"

If he thought a petty 'please' would work, he even added in a puppy dog pout, trying to sway Heather to let Gwen lead their team. And eventually, it worked as she looked away and closed her eyes. "Alright alright! She can be team leader."

Cody smiled in victory, Gwen sighing that she was given a break. But Heather wasn't done as she pointed and threatened her. "But! If we lose, you'll be the first to go!"

Confession:

Heather: If she thinks we'll just let her lead this team and get a chance at immunity when it's rightfully mine - she has another thing coming!

Back on the Screaming Sharks, everyone was managing to work together as one by one they carried the supplies over to the building site while Hector looked the blueprints over. "Okay, so according to this, we should start on the floor first. Trent, you got the plywood?"

Trent gave a thumbs up, holding onto one of the sheets of wood while the others had been laid out next to him.

Hector nodded, checking down the list. "Okay, Bridgette and LeShawna - do you have the timbers?"

Both girls stood up, nodding as LeShawna was setting the last timber board down.

"Alright. Well, let's start measuring the slab we have to work with and get started" Hector quickly grabbed the measuring tape, Daniel checking the tools and DJ grabbing the other measuring tape. Once they had their measurements they started to saw the timber down until it fit.

"While we're doing this, you guys go ahead and start working on the walls" Hector handed over the blueprints to Trent as he looked them over. "Bridgette, LeShawna, Katie, Eva and Zoey? You can help me with the flooring here. The rest of you concentrate on the walls."

While it was all organized and well kept on the Screaming Sharks, the Killer Marlins were still having a hard time with their leadership skills. Especially with Courtney and Heather trying to run the show.

"I'm TELLING you that I would be a better leader than her!" Courtney exclaimed, Heather retorting. "Oh yeah? Since who made you Queen of this group?"

"Since I know what I'm doing!"

"You wouldn't know how to build anything if your life depended on it!"

"How about your life? Want to make that wager instead?"

This just kept going on and on, some of the boys watching the cat fight about to take place and just smiled, expecting fists to be flying.

Finally Gwen had enough. "Oh for crying out loud…will you two shut up?" she spoke, everyone being silent as she took center stage.

"Look, what happened happened, nothing will change that and I've said sorry enough. Now I don't know about you two, but if you haven't noticed, we're already behind the other team" Gwen pointed over to the Sharks, showing they were halfway done with the floor and now working on the walls of their cabin.

"If we don't stop arguing and start working together, we're going to lose! Now, are you with me or not?" A few surprised looks came from the Killer Marlins, but Cody of course was all smiles.

Confession:
Cody: *chuckles* Gwen looks so awesome when she takes charge.

Aaron picked up a hammer and twirled it in his hand before nodding. "You can count me in!"

"Me too!" Cody spoke soon afterwords.

"Hey, don't forget me y'all" smiled Sally as she picked up some plywood.

Tyler then cheered out. "Wahoo! Then let's do this! Yeah!" And with that the Marlins got in the game and started.

But just as they were finally working together the Screaming Sharks had just finished the floor, putting the finishing touches with plywood before Trent and DJ began to push one of the walls into place.

"Alright, steady!" yelled out Harold, holding his hands up as Katie and Sadie soon began to help align the first wall up in place. "Steady!" Slowly but surely the four teens began to push the heavy wall up. But just as they were about to set it in place, Katie and Sadie were distracted by Justin who had just taken his shirt off and began to put suntan lotion on his well built chest and abs.

"Ooh! Ooh! Justin!" they both cried out, letting go of the wall and ran over to him. "Can we help you with that?"

"Uh…girls?" called out DJ, both him and Trent beginning to lose their grip on the wall as it began to go well past the mark and began falling straight towards Harold. "Whoa, that's enough! Whoa!"

Harold cringed, expecting himself to get hit but finally Hector managed to get in front of the wall that was about to smack Harold and crush him, holding it up with the best of his might. He grunted, having difficulty at first before whistling out. "Eva! Zoey! Daniel!"

Eva was just listening to her MP3 player until she looked up and noticed Hector in trouble. Zoey quickly rushed over as well though Daniel just walked over slowly and chuckled. "What's the matter? Too heavy for ya' bro?"

Hector grunted and cursed. "Si no me ayudan en los próximox cinco segundos me voy a mostrar qué tan pesado es esto! Ahora me ayude a levanter esta!" (English: If you don't help me in the next five seconds I'll show you how heavy this is! Now help me lift this!)

Daniel just rubbed the back of his head. Even though he was from Texas he had no idea what Hector just said. "Uhh…say that again but in English?"

Hector groaned and glared back at the stupid army brat. "Just help me lift this already!"

Daniel nodded, quickly grabbing the wall and lifted it up just as Hector finally collapsed onto the ground, sighing. "Whew! Gracias amigos. Thought I would've been squashed"'

Harold soon shook Hector's hand. "And thank you for saving my neck. We both would've been crushed if you didn't stop that wall in time"

Hector just chuckled. "Ah, you know, just helping my fellow team members out"

Zoey just shrugged, pushing the planks in place to hold the wall still as she cracked her knuckles. "Well, can't have you falling down and getting hurt while we still have hours to go, now can we? Now less slacking and more work!" she yelled out. Hector looked up to see Katie and Sadie eying Hector, sighing happily and turning red in the face when Justin looked their way.

Confession:
Hector: Okay. So it's quite obvious what I'm dealing with here. But if I'm going to win this competition, I need the stupid model boy out of the competition. And I think I know just how to do it. *holds up spray can of 'Tanning Oil', which is a fake label over a spray can of Cooking oil* *Hector laughs evilly*

Hector slowly walked over, patting Justin's back. "Hey buddy, looks like you're running low on the tanning oil. Allow me" he smiled, handing him the can of 'Tanning Oil'.

Justin just shrugged. He was a little annoyed at first that this little 'cretin' had the audacity to come and speak to him while he was just trying to relax. Still, it was free, right? "Gee, thanks Hector. This stuff won't agitate my skin or anything, will it?" he asked him, Hector just smiling and shaking his head.

"Nah, trust me man, I use the stuff myself! Now go on and relax for a little, I'll take care of the hard work" he assured Justin, the pretty teen spraying some of the lotion onto his abs and nodded.

"Hey, can't say no to that. Let me know if you need any 'assistance' at all" And with that, Justin went back to his lounging chair and sprayed the rest of the can all over his skin to get a nice even tan.

Back on the Killer Marlins side, they were finally putting the last pieces of the floor together. Ezekiel was using the hacksaw to cut down the planks until they fit just right in the floor. "All done, eh!" he smiled with success.

Noah only rolled his eyes. "Great job Zeke. We're only 9/10th's away from victory" he told Zeke while sitting down and reading his book.

"Gee, could you get any more sarcastic?" asked Aaron, dragging the plywood over to the flooring and began to nail it down with the nail gun. "Come to think of it, you haven't really helped in building this cabin at all."

"What? You want me to help?"

Duncan glared a bit at him. "Look bookworm, we're doing all the work here and you're just sitting around reading that stupid book. At least do something"

Noah sighed and got up, setting his book down. "Fine" Slowly he walked over to a small box of nails and picked them up. He then carried it over to where Aaron was with a hammer and set them next to him.

"There, satisfied?" he asked, Noah going back to sitting down and reading his book.

Aaron just shrugged. "Well at least he did something."

The sounds of a bullhorn quickly made the campers flinch, as Chris blared loudly. "Listen up campers! You've got five and a half hours left! Just thought I'd let you know!"

"Ugh…if I have to deal with that annoying voice of his just…Ugh!" Courtney huffed, walking past Tyler and Cody in a fit of frustration as both boys looked at one another.

"What's her problem?" asked Tyler, Cody shrugging his shoulders.

"Who knows. Let's just hope she doesn't set her anger on us like she did on Harold"

Tyler agreed. "Ditto there man"

After rummaging through what remained of the supplies Kelsey was trying to find more tools when she stumbled upon an old transistor radio. "Hey! Check this out!" she called to the others, Jessie walking over and picking it up.

"Man, this thing is way old."

"I'll say" Geoff added in, checking it over as well. "This has got to be from the 60's maybe. Think it still works?"

"Only one way to find out!" Kelsey quickly ran off for a few moments. When she came back she had some fresh batteries and popped them in. Granted, when she first turned it on all there was on was very loud static.

"Here, let me take a look at it" asked Cody. Kelsey handed it over, as he tried to see if he could hone in on a signal. "Maybe it's broken"

"Here, let ME look at it" Duncan just took it from Cody's hands as he shook it around next to his ear to see if it sounded broken. And when that failed, he set it down on some planks of wood and hit it with his fist. As if it was magic, the radio began to work as the sounds of Clearwater Creedence Revival began to blare over the small speaker and echo across the island.

"Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!" smiled Aaron, turning up the volume until everyone, even the Screaming Sharks could be able to hear the loud blaring music that was 'Up Around The Bend'.

Justin was still trying to lay down and get his tan until he heard the annoying rock and roll music disturbing his peace. "Do you mind turning that down?" he yelled out over the music, Aaron only holding his hand up and pretended he couldn't hear him.

"Say that again? You want it louder?"

"NO! I want you to turn it down!" Justin yelled again, Aaron chuckling.

"Turn it up? Sure thing man!" And quickly he turned up the volume dial until it was all the way, Justin covering his ears with a pillow and laid back down to try and get his tan.

Hector also showed that he was getting annoyed, his hands covering his ears as he groaned. "Que chingados? Are you kidding me? Would you PLEASE turn that music down over there? Some of us have better tastes in music!"

Aaron rolled his eyes, soon walking over to the radio finally turning the sound down. "That better?"

"Much, gracias"

For the Killer Marlins, they were just putting up now the second wall of their cabin, using rope this time to pull it up from one end while the others would push. After some initial struggle and Izzy getting a little rope burn they managed to push it into position.

"Here, use this and make sure it stays in place." Aaron handed Cody the nail gun, heading off for a moment to check on the others. As Cody was pushing in one nail at a time he soon saw Gwen sitting and looking over at the other team. Cody saw who she was looking at - Trent. The guy was smiling, talking to his teammates as they laughed and had fun. It made Gwen sadly sigh, remembering how they used to be together and then the harsh breakup that happened last season tore a hole in her heart.

Confession:
Cody: It hurts me a lot to see Gwen act like this. I helped her and Trent get together and everything…so I was kinda surprised when they broke up. *smiles* But this is my chance to try and win her heart! Well…at least try, right? Hehe.

Cody soon walked over, standing next to her as he held the nail gun. "Hey…you feeling alright Gwen?" She didn't respond, still looking out as if oblivious to the rest of the world. "Gwen?" he asked again, now waving his hand in front of her.

That did the trick as Gwen jumped a bit in surprise. "Huh? Oh…hey Cody. Sorry, I didn't see you there"

Cody nodded as he tried to think up of something to say to her. "So…I was wondering maybe later we could grab a slushy or something at the Tiki Lounge?"

Gwen only sighed in response, shaking her head a bit at Cody's attempt to ask her out. "Look Cody, I appreciate you getting me and Trent together that time but…" Cody was smiling as he thought Gwen was going to say yes, even though in the back of Gwen's mind it was no.

"Nice, right? But now that he's gone…? Huh? Yeah? I'm still available" he grinned, Gwen just standing up and walking away.

"What? What did I say wrong?" Cody yelled out to her as she walked off. Sighing he held his head down in loss as Jessie soon sat down next to him.

"Dude, what's the matter?" he asked him as Cody sighed.

"It's…it's nothing, really"

Jessie didn't believe that for a second. Not with how Cody was reacting. "C'mon dude. Just lay it on me. What's the problem?"

Cody soon sat up and explained. "It's Gwen. I mean I really REALLY like her, but she's still torn up over Trent. I mean I helped set her up with him 'cause I saw how happy she would be. And well, that made me happy too" he smiled, holding a hand to his heart but then looked down in sadness once more. "But even after they broke up…"

"She still misses him?" finished Jessie, Cody nodding in response.

"Exactly. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong either. What should I do Jessie?"

The young surfer bum scratched his goatee a little bit as he talked. "Well dude, from a guy who knows from experience how a bad relationship can be, just give Gwen a little space for now."

"Huh?" Cody was a bit confused as Jessie explained.

"I mean think of it this way dude. If 'hypothetically' you were dating someone else, and you just broke up with them, would you really be in the mood to try and date someone new?"

Cody shook his head. "No…I guess not"

Jessie held Cody's shoulder. "Then just give it time man. She's obviously confused where to go to next, and it doesn't help she'll be facing against him now that Trent is on the other team. Right now man, Gwen needs a friend to talk to, not some guy to date. You get it now?"

Cody smiled a little as he stood up. "Yeah, thanks Jessie. So…how long should I wait till I talk to her?" he asked.

Jessie just shrugged his shoulder. "Dude, that's for you to decide, not me. But trust me - you'll know when it's the right time."

Cody gave a nod, and soon walked off. As Jessie smiled and laid down on the wood planks, he heard someone clear his throat to get his attention. He turned his head up to see Aaron upside down, his arms crossed and giving a smirk. "Trying to give dating lessons again Jessie?"

Jessie however ignored the question as he chuckled. "Dude, you look so weird when your upside down"

Aaron rolled his eyes and tossed his green shirt at him, hitting his face as Jessie innocently laughed. "What? You do, man"

"Uh huh. So, how's that last wall coming along?" he asked, Aaron raising his eyebrow while Jessie quickly stood up, stretching out and nodded.

"Yeah, about that. I was just about to get back to work right now."

Aaron shook his head and handed Jessie a hammer. "Then let's get back to work and stop slacking. We can relax AFTER we get this cabin done"

Jessie held up his hand. "Correction dude. IF we get this done. We're still way behind the pack" He pointed behind them at the Screaming Sharks, all working together without any problems at all which made Aaron sigh.

"Yeah…guess you're right on that. But that doesn't mean we give up"

Back on the Screaming Sharks, Kimi had just sat down to rest for a few moments before Katie and Sadie walked over. "So Kimi, tell us about yourself!" asked Katie, Sadie sitting right next to her.

"Yeah! I'll bet you've got so many stories and boys to talk about!"

Kimi blushed a bit, rubbing the back of his head. "Well, I'm not sure…"

"C'mon, might as well get to know all of the new people, right?" asked Trent, soon sitting across from her. Everyone else soon sat down as well, the four new kids put on the spotlight. Sure they could be working but hey, they were WAY ahead of the other team right now. So taking a little break wouldn't be too bad.

"Oh, why not I suppose" Kimi shrugged and decided it would be alright.

Hector, Zoey and Daniel soon sat next to Kimi while she began to talk to the others.

"Well, as Chris probably told you or not, my family actually is from Hong Kong. My parents eventually moved here to the United States once they were married"

Both BFF's went 'Awwww' while the boys rolled their eyes and wanted Kimi to continue.

"Anyways, both of my parents run our family's Chinese Restaurant right outside the Golden Gate Park, so I do know quite a bit about food. Not to mention our restaurant has been rated the best place for Chinese and Hakkan food in the city, possibly the entire state."

Owen of course drooled at the thought of delicious home cooked food. "Mmm, sounds awesome! Think you'll be able to make some for us?"

"Well…" Kimi was unsure again at first, hearing the others beg and ask for her to cook. She giggled and smiled as she accepted their offer. "Alright then! Though I will need help of course. Can't do all of the cooking myself"

LeShawna pointed over to DJ. "How about the big guy here? He's amazing at cooking"

"Who, me?"

"Ah yes! DJ-san! You would be perfect!"

Eyes soon turned towards Zoey as she was fixing her red colored bang of hair and leaned back. "Well…guess I'm next then. Not much to say 'bout me. Lived in Boston all of my life. Had a few boyfriends but none of them stuck around"

Katie and Sadie both thought this was awful. "Aww, why's that? Is it because they're not good enough?" asked Katie.

Zoey rolled her eyes. "Yeahhhhh, no. That's not the reason"

"Ooh! Oooooh!" called out Owen, raising his hand as if he was in a classroom. "Is it because of your hair?"

Zoey fiddled with her bangs and smirked. "Nope. Boys actually think my hair is pretty cool"

"So, then what's the deal?" Bridgette asked her, Zoey shrugging.

"Beats me. If I knew, I would tell you. Then again…I probably wouldn't."

Confession:

Zoey: *sitting in the bathroom stall* My dad's a big guy in the Mafia and every time I try to date someone, he threatens to chop them up into little pieces if they take me on a bad date. *shrugs* So you can see kinda why it's not easy for me to get a date and keep one

Daniel soon started off next. "I joined cause I wanted show the boys back home how tough I was!"

LeShawna looked back at Daniel. "By joining a reality TV show? Hate to break it to ya, but this isn't exactly 'tough'. It's more mind numbing and degrading than tough."

Daniel laughed. "Hah! Easy for you lightweights to say – I was BORN to beat these games! It's all about action and using brute strength!" LeShawna only rolled her eyes at Daniel's comment.

Hector was going to talk next but at the moment he was too busy relaxing back in the sun, Katie and Sadie watching and sighing. Justin just huffed, muttering the word 'newbie' before spraying more of the 'tanning spray' on his skin and putting sunglasses on as he tried to perfect his tan.

A quick blare of Chris's megaphone got their attention as everyone jumped. "Sorry to be interrupting Screaming Sharks…oh wait, I'm not sorry!" he laughed as the team groaned at Chris's sick humor. "But just so you guys know, this is building time! Not relaxing time! So unless you want me to make things more difficult for you…get to it!" the co-host started off. In a flash, everyone minus Justin were back up and working on their cabin as they tried to complete it before the Killer Marlins did.

For the Killer Marlins however, they were allowed a little relaxation as the new campers were just coming back from the Tiki Lodge. "Hey guys!" called out Aaron, smirking as he and Jessie was carrying a huge cooler over and set it down. "We managed to raid Chef's fridge and got us some drinks"

The others quickly ran over, grabbing soda or bottled water as they all sat down and cooled off. "Ahh, much better" smiled Courtney after she doused her head with a bottle of water.

"So, why did you four join Total Drama anyways?" Heather asked them, cooling herself off as well as the sun was beginning to beat down on them.

Jessie shrugged as he downed some grape soda. "Dunno man. I guess things were kind of a drag back home, so I thought this would be a fun way to spend my summer. Either that, or get a job"

Aaron shuddered at the though. "Ugh, forget that man. I'd rather be playing my guitar all summer than rather have a job"

The surfer just smiled. "It's not so bad man. I mean both of my parents work full time and taught me some things about the ocean 'n stuff"

"What exactly do your parents do?" Cody asked as he opened up a can of orange soda, only for it to accidentally spray in his face, causing a few of the girls to laugh.

Jessie tossed Cody a towel as he told them. "Well, my mom works at SeaWorld as a veterinarian. So she gets to take care of all the whales and dolphins."

"Ooooh. Does she get to take care of Shamu?" Izzy asked with anticipating eyes. Noah, who was sitting next to her just rolled his eyes and drank his bottled water.

"Yeah, I think so. As for my dad, he's a Marine Biologist. So we've traveled all over. The Great Barrier Reef, the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Mexico. Practically everywhere where you could catch some nice waves."

"So, if I may ask, what would you do if you won?" Gwen asked curiously. Surely this surfer bum had something worthwhile he would want to do with the money.

"Nothing special. Get an awesome beach house here in Oahu, buy some awesome boards, maybe some new threads, and just spend every day having fun man."

Aaron smiled as he raised his can of soda. "Oh I hear that man" he chuckled, clashing his can against Jessie's as they cheered.

"What about you?" Heather pointed to Aaron, sitting up as the boy shrugged.

"Me? Don't really have much of a reason"

"Oh come on, there has to be some reason why you wished to join this nightmare?" Courtney asked him, Aaron again just shrugging.

"Really, I don't. Couldn't think of anything better to do this summer. And at least this keeps me away from the folks for a few months."

"Any other reasons? Wanting to win the five million dollars? Being here in Hawaii? No other reason at all?" A few of the Killer Marlins were surprised by this. Then again, Aaron just shook his head.

Confession:

Aaron: *standing against a palm tree* What? Like I HAVE to have a reason to join this contest like everybody else? I mean sure – the five million dollars is really nice but I don't see the big deal about it. And I don't want to end up like every other money hungry person in this game...

"And you?" Eyes now pointed over to Kelsey who was sitting next to Aaron, playing on her old Game Boy Color and smashing the buttons over and over to jump and attack.

"Yeah! Beat that stupid Koopa!"

"Uhh, Earth to Kelsey?" called out Aaron, waving his hand in front of her as Kelsey eventually turned the Game Boy off.

"What? I was in the zone!" Kelsey glared a bit at everyone else as she set her Game Boy down, only to get swiped by someone out of her view.

"We were asking you why you joined the show?" Trent asked her, as Kelsey just shook her hand.

"Pfft, what else? To win the ultimate grand prize and get that five million dollars!"

Noah however butted in. "But from what Harold and Cody said before - you've won so many contests you've got enough money to rival Bill Gates. Why do this?"

"Well duh! It's just another contest to show my mad skillz' to win! Besides, if you're all lucky, I might invite you all to my victory party" she grinned, Noah shaking his hand.

"Thanks but I'll pass"

"What? You don't like parties?" Kelsey smirked.

Noah rolled his eyes. "Oh don't get me wrong, I love to party like anyone else here. It's the rubbing it everybody's faces that you won is that part I dislike."

"Gee, could you be more sarcastic?" asked Courtney, Noah just going back to reading his books.

"What about you cowgirl?" Noah asked while still keeping his nose in his book, not bothering to look up at Sally who smiled and leaned back.

"Oh me? Nah, you'd think it'd be silly if I told you" she giggled, Lindsay and Izzy however wanted to know why.

"Oh please? Please tell us Sally?" begged Lindsay.

"Yeah! Tell us! Was it because of the money? Or the fame? Ooh! Or the boys? Tell us!" Izzy grinned, trying to get the answer from Sally right away. She was just about to say why until yet another blaring screech came from the loudspeakers. Everyone again flinched in pain as the noise pierced their eardrums.

"Campers!" yelled out Chris's smiling voice. Their host was relaxing in a pool chair, sipping on a fruity drink in a coconut while Chef was smashing his fingers away on Kelsey's Game Boy he managed to steal. "Yeah! Take that ya' stupid Koopa!"

Chris smiled as he pushed down on the intercom button to speak. "Hope you guys have been working diligently and hard. I'm sure you all could use a little break, but judging by those dark clouds moving in…" he chuckled, the campers looking up in the sky. The supposed storm clouds they though Chris and Paul were lying about - weren't something Chris made up. They were heading straight for the island. "You've only got two hours left. So I hope you haven't been spending it goofing off. Unless you'd rather try to pitch a tent in a storm and sleep out in the rain…"

Again and in an instant, the two teams quickly got back onto their feet. Gwen grabbed a few boards and handed off the blueprints to Courtney. "Okay! If we hurry really really fast, we might be able to get ours done before they do" She grabbed the nail gun, Cody holding up a board to its proper place while everyone was scrambling.

Everybody else pitched in, grabbing the plywood walls and planks as the sound of hammering and power tools began to drown out practically any sounds whatsoever. It was even hard to communicate to someone standing ten feet from somebody.

"Gwen!"

"What? Gwen yelled out over the loud sounds of machinery while Duncan was trying to talk to her.

"You got to be careful with that nail-gun!"

"What?" Gwen yelled again, her eyes slightly diverting away from the board she was nailing while Cody was holding them together. His face showed a hint of nervousness however as Gwen wasn't entirely paying attention to her job.

"I said you have to be careful with the nail-gun!" Duncan shouted again, his hands around his mouth to focus his shouting at Gwen.

"WHAT?" Gwen yelled again, now looking directly at Duncan while she pressed the nail-gun against the board again and again up to the top.

Cody then stepped in. "He said! To be careful! With that-" *PFFFCHHT* Went the sound of the nail-gun and the gut wrenching sounds of metal piercing flesh. Gwen and Duncan froze, looking back and were quickly horrified by what the goth girl had done.

By not paying attention to what she was doing, she accidentally pressed the nail-gun against Cody's hand which was in the way. And not knowing it was his hand, Gwen had pushed a nail straight through and out the other end. Blood could be seen dripping from the pointed edge as soon, the geek boy screamed.

"AHHHHHHHH!" he cried out, Duncan and Gwen soon joining him as they saw what Gwen accidentally did. Tyler and Geoff also saw what happened, and they too screamed.

"Geez! You put a nail through his hand! Weren't you paying attention?" yelled out Aaron who had tossed his hammer aside and rushed over. Cody was gripping his wrist, quivering and shaking while his hand twitched in agonizing pain.

"Oh my god! Cody, I am sooooo sorry! I-I didn't see where I was going" Gwen apologized, very shocked and concerned if Cody was alright. The boy just chuckled, hiding his pain and fear.

"Heheh…i-it's okay…It…it only hurts a l-little bit" he tried to smile past his pain and sweat dripping from his forehead.

Quickly after hearing the 'girlish' scream from Cody, Chris and Paul walked over. "Hey, what exactly is going-" Chris started to speak until seeing the nail sticking through the boy's hand and gasped. "Oh my god!"

On the other team, everyone else was watching in horror while Justin, still in his lounging chair just shrugged. "You know not to be interrupting, but I've run out of suntan lotion…" he called out, the model shaking his tanning oil can. "Bone dry"

"Hang on hang on" Paul calmed everyone down, slowly grabbing Cody's wrist and taking a look at it. After he quietly examined he he nodded back to him. "Yeah you should be okay. Doesn't look like the nail pierced any of the nerves or blood vessels. You should be able to heal up fast but you're going to have to sit the rest of the challenge out."

Cody was still biting onto his lip nervously, looking back up at Paul and his verdict. Cody didn't wish to let his team down. But with an injury like this he wasn't going to be able to do much more. "Y-Yeah...that would be best" he told Paul, as the co-host whistled over two paramedics as they gently walked the geek to the Tiki Lounge to rest and patch up.

After a few seconds where everything was quiet, Chris quickly pulled out his megaphone, pushing onto the buzz button as everyone flinched yet again at the screeching noise. Then the annoying host called out. "Okay campers – show's over! Time to get back to work!"

"Well this is just great!" Heather groaned out, complaining once again. "Now we're down one person and we're still behind! We might as well just vote Gwen off now". Some had the look that maybe Heather was right, Gwen looking away slightly.

"You think that's actually fair? I mean we were doing just fine" Aaron commented out, Heather exclaiming back.

"Sure! That was before she got the geek boy sent to the infirmary."

"Do you always have to hate everybody here? Would it hurt to just try to be a little nice once in awhile?" he asked.

Confession:

*Both sitting in bathroom stalls*

Aaron: Seriously, why is Heather being the most negative person on our team? I mean sure there's Noah, but he's just being honest.

Heather: Seriously, why does that Aaron kid have to be so positive and nice on our team? I mean sure there's Noah, but he's just being obnoxious.

Aaron: Honestly-

Heather: -if you ask me-

Aaron: -what is her deal?

Heather: -what is his deal?

*Silence for a few minutes*

Aaron/Heather: Did anyone else here hear an echo?

It was then that Courtney finally stopped the argument between the two. "Now hold on! We've gotten through worse situations than this! I mean yes, Gwen accidentally shot a nail through Cody's hand, but this can't slow us down! Now we've only got one hour left and we still need to finish up the rest of...what do we have left?" she asked Aaron, as he handed her the blueprints.

"Oh just the walls, roof, doors, windows and everything but the kitchen sink" Noah commented afterwords.

"Could you be any more sarcastic about it? Or do you just talk about everything that way?" Duncan asked him, Noah only rolling his eyes and gave a shrug.

"What? It's not like we actually have to put in the kitchen sink."

At that moment, Izzy was literally bringing in a kitchen sink but dropped it when hearing Noah say they didn't really need it. "Aww..." she moaned in disappointment.

"Well dudes, I haven't come this far just for us to lose our very first challenge. Now let's show those bozos of the Screaming Sharks that we're the number one team!" At least Jessie wasn't feeling down and out about this, grabbing a hammer and twirling it until he began to go straight to work on one of the walls for heir cabin. Everyone just watched him go at it until Kelsey grabbed some power tools and jumped in. "Well? What are you slackers waiting for, applause? Let's do this!" she smirked, roaring the buzz-saw she had in her hands to life while everyone began to grab tools and set straight to work. In a flash...almost montage like, they worked their way through the walls, windows and doors and everything else they were behind in. All they had left was the roof and place the roof tiles up on top. And thankfully they had no more injuries...apart from a few groin hits to Tyler and Ezekiel and a bucket of nails hitting onto Heather's head.

For the Screaming Sharks, they were still on their 'extended' break, relaxing and chilling out since all they had left was the roof and weren't worried at all about losing. Hector was lounging against a palm tree, sighing and enjoying the shade. "I wonder what those losers over at the Killer Marlins are doing..." he wondered out loud, the rest of his team not seeming to mind nor care either.

Justin didn't mind, just smiling with some sunglasses over his eyes and still tanning in the only lounging chair the team had. "Probably still fighting over who should be in control of the project. I'd say that will take the rest of the time we have to build the roof and claim the win" he spoke out, grabbing a magazine to read. However, he was beginning to feel a little dried out as his skin felt a little...flaky.

"Here here" Daniel cheered, drinking from a canteen he pulled out from his bag.

"Uh, I hate to be the bearer of bad news everyone..." Harold spoke out, Hector raising an eyebrow. "...but I think we should try to finish the roof."

Hector chuckled, shaking his head. "Ah, Harold. Trust me when I say this – we've got this win in the bag. Those idiotas over there will never be able to work together let alone trust one another."

"But..."

"I said TRUST me Harold." Hector told him, smirking while his eyes were closed.

"Yeah! Besides, we're so far ahead those guys have no chance of beating us!" Owen added with a light laugh, as he was playing cards with Beth and Kimi.

"Besides, how far are those guys behind anyways?" Hector asked Harold, adjusting his shades.

Harold only had to take a quick glance over at the other team, and then back at the lounging Hispanic. "They're finished with everything except the roof."

"You see? They haven't even-WHAT!" Hector yelled out in shock, looking over as he couldn't believe his eyes. Gwen and Courtney were hammering away the tiles into the roof while waving back at them.

"Hello boys! Prepare to be crushed!" smirked Courtney as she laughed and continued working away. This did not make anyone on the Screaming Sharks happy – especially Hector.

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" Hector exclaimed in anger, Harold only shaking his head.

"You said this was and I quote, 'win in the bag', didn't you?"

Hector groaned, flinging his hands up in fury. "Argh! Forget what I said! Everyone – back to work! We cannot lose this first challenge!" Hector grabbed a hammer and a box of nails, climbing up onto the roof and began to hammer away the tiles.

Chris's annoying voice soon cried out over his megaphone, still grinning as usual as he watched the campers working away. "Attention everyone! You have only...ten minutes until the storm hits! I hope you're all working diligently."

"Shove it McLane!" Eva yelled out, soon on the roof next to him as she also began to hammer away, though Hector flinched while Eva was hammering a little too...hard.

"Whoa! Easy there – you want to break the panels?" he asked her, Eva growling in anger but stopped a bit as Hector wooed her with his charms.

"C'mon, sure we're losing a bit right now but we don't need to be angry at one another. You should be angry at them" Hector smiled, pointing over to Courtney on the other team who was sticking her tongue out.

"You know what...you're right! You're dead Courtney! DEAD!" Eva yelled, now picking up the pace and speed.

Confession:

Hector: Idiotas de mierda estúpida! (Translation: Stupid f**king idiots!) Why didn't Harold tell me they were so far ahead! I swear when this is through I'm going to tie him into a knot and throw him to the wolves!

"C'mon Screaming Sharks! You're falling behind with only a few minutes left!" Chris called out, chuckling as Hector and Eva hammered and pinned the tiles into the roof as fast as they humanly and possibly could. "Ya know, I'm not sure if they move any faster..." Paul commented, Chris rolling his eyes.

"Probably not, but it doesn't hurt to motivate them a little bit" He snickered, slowly pulling out a paintball gun from behind his back. Paul only stared.

"You've been planning this, haven't you?"

"Something like that" With a smile and raising the gun, he popped two shots close to Hector, causing him to yell out.

"Gah! Hey! Pendejo! Watch it man!" the Hispanic boy cried out as another shot headed for him. This time he deflected the paintball with a blank of wood. "Hah! You miss!"

"Darn it! This stupid thing can't shoot fast enough..."

"Allow me" Chef bellowed out, taking a look at it before he tossed it aside and instead pulled out another paintball gun. Only this one was THREE times bigger.

"Now that – is more like it!" Chris quickly took the helm and fired at Hector again. He expected it to be just another small paintball and pulled up the plank of wood to deflect it. Instead, it didn't just land onto the plank. It exploded and covered all around him with blue paint. Groaning he removed the piece of plywood and yelled out in frustration.

"ARGGGHHHH! You're dead McLean! Bridgette! Trent! Hand me the nail gun..."

Trent handed it to Bridgette as she tried to get up the ladder to Hector. She was still a little uncoordinated as she wobbled a bit. "W-whoa..." she cried out, and then yelled when she dropped it. "Look out!" The nail gun came hit the ground hard with a crash and as if it came to life began to fire out nails left and right.

"Take cover!" Owen cried out, jumping behind a group of rocks as the nails deflected off and fell harmlessly onto the ground. Bridgette and Trent jumped behind the pile of wood planks to avoid getting shot as they stuck straight into the wood. Katie and Sadie took shelter along with Owen, behind the rocks. Everyone also just ran behind the cover of palm trees and bushes. Hector and Eva...well they were on the roof and thankfully were safe.

In a swift jump Kimi avoided and dodged the nails as if she were some kind of ninja samurai. Grabbing the gun she managed to turn the 'automatic' mode off and aimed now directly at what Hector wanted to aim for – Chef's big paintball gun.

With just one shot, she fired. The nail sailed past Trent's head, barely hitting his face. Both Chris and Chef were just laughing away at the Screaming Sharks misfortune. However, they soon stopped as a loud metallic *PING * ringed out. "What was that?" Chris asked with a slightly nervous tone while Paul seemed to just slowly back away. "Where are you going? We were just starting to have fun!... ..."

Their heads turned to Chef's paintball gun, seeing the nail had directly punctured into the tubing of the CO2 bottle, causing it to release more pressure than it was supposed to. And then their eyes looked at the big hopper where all of the paint balls were...now beginning to expand.

"Run!" Chef yelled, trying to drop it in time. Too late.

BOOOOOOOOMM!

The explosion rocked the entire island, causing seagulls to fly off and animals to cower and cover. Both teams slowly looked up to see what had happened. In a massive paint explosion, both Chef and Chris were coated from head to toe in a variety of colors.

The Screaming Sharks side soon erupted into cheers while the Killer Marlins erupted into laughter. Chris and Chef could barely move their faces as the paint has literally plastered onto their skin.

Paul grabbed Chris' megaphone, calling out to both teams. "Well, I'd say that's enough excitement for one day. And although Chef and Chris here are coated in paint...I'd say sadly it was just enough of a distraction for the Killer Marlins to finish the challenge!"

"WHAT!" everyone on the Sharks exclaimed, looking over at the Marlin's cabin. Everyone on the team was waving back, smiling as the last roof tile had been nailed in during the nail gun fiasco.

"And the winners of the first challenge of Total Drama Hawaii go to – the Killer Marlins!" Paul smiled, hearing cheers of victory cry out from their team.

"Screaming Sharks? Sad to say, you just barely made the cut. And we'll be seeing all of you, at the elimination ceremony." Paul then whistled out as two medics grabbed onto both his workmates, carrying Chef and Chris away to heal their wounds.

"Damn it! We lost..." Eva sighed, throwing the hammer across the way as it slammed directly into the palm tree Beth was hiding behind.

"After all that work, they managed to come from behind" Bridgette added in, watching the team celebrating their first victory. Although their team had lost, Hector decided to add in.

"Look, so we lost – big deal. We did our best and nothing can change that. But there's only one things I wish to add." he smiled, Owen interrupting him.

"Oh! I have something to say too! Kimi? You were so awesome grabbing the nail gun and hitting the right spot! How did you do it?"

Kimi just blushed a little. "Oh...ancient Chinese secret...as well as some Kung Fu training goes a long way" she giggled, the girls cheering out for this.

"Now, what did you wanna say Hector?" Owen asked him, as Hector walked over to his team.

"Well, I already know who should be voted off-" Before he could finish, an agonizing groan followed by the BFF's high pitched screams caused him to stop. And out popped Justin...though he looked like a mess.

He was inching his way over to his team, sunglasses falling and his entire body 'burned' to a bright hot orange. His skin flaky in spots as the girls were now no longer charmed by his once manly body.

"Justin? Is that you?" Katie asked him.

"You look so...orange" Sadie added in.

"Dude, what happened to ya?" Trent asked as he walked over and just barely poked his skin, causing the model to scream out in pain.

Hector on the other hand laughed wholeheartedly. "Hah! You look like a oompa loomah man!"

Justin barely could speak, his face a burnt mess. "What...does it look...like? Someone switched...my lotion...for this" he declared, tossing out the bottle he used to tan his skin. Quickly the label peeled off to reveal its true contents: Cooking Oil.

"As I was saying..." Hector continued. "Justin here should be the one we vote off"

"What? How...dare you say...I should be voted...off. You were...the one who..." Justin tried to fight back but Hector continued.

"This lazy slacker has been lounging around doing nothing all day! Did he lift any plywood planks when we first started?"

Bridgette had her arms crossed now, looking a bit angry at Justin. "No, he didn't"

"Did he help use any of the tools or help us during the challenge?"

Now LeShawna joined Bridgette in their double glare at Justin. "No, he didn't"

"Did he so much lift a finger to help us at all?"

Now all of the girls were glaring at Justin. Eva, Beth...even Katie and Sadie! "No – he did not" the all said at once.

"Then I think it's obvious who goes home then, isn't it?" Hector asked them all, the girls nodding while Justin gulped in fear.

"Come on girls, you know me...remember? Me? Justin?" he tried to smile, trying to accent out his muscles but sadly they were unable to phase them with his skin burnt orange and his face in a painful expression.

Confession:

Justin: *sunburned and sitting in a lawn chair* I knew that guy...couldn't be trusted!

Just as the Screaming Sharks were finished their glares back at Justin a few raindrops finally broke the silence. "And looks like the rain is finally here! Unless you guys want to get soaking wet – better get on down to the Tiki Lounge." called out Paul on his megaphone, Chris and Chef desperately trying to get all of the thick paint off their clothes and faces.

"Why didn't you protect that part of the paintball gun?" Chris asked Chef as he managed to swab some wet paint off his eyelids.

Chef retorted back. "How was I supposed to know that would make it explode?"

The arguments didn't cease while both teams just ran past them, chuckling all the while before finally reaching the Tiki Lounge.

As everyone sat down, the Killer Marlins were feeling pretty good about their victory. "To the Killer Marlins!" cheered out Tyler as he opened up a can of Pepsi. As he did some of the soda sprayed onto his face. The rest of the team just chuckled and raised their glasses and cans in celebration.

"TO THE KILLER MARLINS!" the rest of the team cheered.

"So, who should get the immunity pendant dudes?" Jessie asked them, relaxing and leaning back his chair while sipping on his glass.

A few looks and glances passed around the table. Who would it be? Gwen? She technically was the group leader even though she accidentally took Cody out of the challenge and almost lost it for all of them. Heather? Her bossing around did get the Marlins off their feet.

"If I had to pick anybody" Gwen started, soon turning her face over to the CIT and smiled. "I say Courtney"

"Really? Me? But you were the team leader" Courtney told her, the goth girl just shaking her head with a smile.

"Honestly? All I did was get one of our teammates in the infirmary. Besides, you earned it." She smiled as Gwen looked at the others on her team. "Anybody else here agree with me?"

All of the four newbies: Aaron, Jessie, Kelsey and Sally all agreed. "Courtney!" they cried out with a smile, raising their glasses.

Heather however just silently rolled her eyes, not fully in agreement but wasn't going to bother to try and fight majority. Especially since she didn't have Beth or Lindsay in allegiance with her.

Courtney just smiled, blushing a little as her team all picked unanimously...besides Heather of course. Duncan on the other hand was just leaning back in his chair, drinking his soda while Courtney glared at him.

"Ahem!" she cleared out her throat, Duncan raising an eyebrow at her.

"You need something?"

"Don't you think I deserve the immunity pendant too?"

"Hey, whatever you say princess..." he shrugged, Courtney grunting.

"Oh come on! For one will you support me Duncan? I swear you're like this every single time I try to get you to support my side and-" Courtney went on and on, Duncan just looked at her with a blank look. In the back of his mind every single word she spoke was replaced with 'blah', looking so hot being all bossy like that. He chuckled, getting a small grin before Courtney yelled out and startled him.

"Are you even LISTENING to me Duncan? Or do I need to buy you hearing aides now?"

Duncan sighed, standing up before pushing his chair aside. "Well, if you guys need me – I'm gonna head outside"

"Where do you think you're going?" Courtney asked a bit surprised as Duncan brushed straight past her. "I-I'm not done talking to you yet!"

"Where am I going? Where the view is better" he called out. With a loud CRASH, he slammed the door behind him, sitting outside and under the canopy of the Tiki Lounge while the rain continued to pour heavily outside now.

Courtney soon got a look on her face that her hopes and dreams had all been crushed. She sighed sadly and sulked back into her chair.

Confession:

Courtney: *sighing sadly while sitting in the bathroom* Honestly...I thought all of our time together after the last season would've helped strengthen our relationship. After all of the hard work I did making Duncan a list on things to change and improve he just seems to get further away from me...is it him? Or... ...is it me?

Duncan: *outside in the rain with the camera, pointing at his face. His voice is calm though annoyed*I've about had enough hanging out with Courtney. All she does is 'nag nag nag' *mouthing his hand with the words*, not to mention that list. That stupid list! *now looks pissed as he pulls the list out of his pocket, stretching out and almost covering him in a long piece of paper and begins reading it off* Get a cleaner haircut – No way! Proper Dinner Conversation? - what the hell is that supposed to be about? If she obviously thinks I'm going to along with this, she's DEAD wrong! *rips the list to shreds before going back to leaning against the Tiki Lounge* To tell the truth?... ...I don't see why I ever fell for her.

Over at the next table, Sally was chatting away with the BFF's, telling them all about life back home in good ol' Tennessee. Across the room was Ezekiel, adjusting his big Bling around his neck while Geoff approached him. "Dude, what are you doing? I think your bling is straight enough"

Ezekiel just shrugged while he blew a raspberry, smiling. "Pfft! Like you know, 'doode. I'm gonna' go over there and give Sally the 411, ya hear?"

"The what?" Geoff was utterly confused.

"You know...what's up?"

Geoff smacked himself on the side of the head. "Ohhh! Wait...does 'Lil Zeke' have a crush on the new girl?" he asked with a smirk, Zeke blushing a bit before standing up and trying to 'act cool'.

Confession:

Geoff: *outside the Tiki lounge, leaning against the wall, chuckling* Totally has a crush on her, dude. Totally.

"Nuh' uh! I'm gonna' go over there and ask her out, yo!" With that, Zeke slowly walked over, Sally still talking to Sadie and Katie when they noticed him walking over.

"Oh look...it's the home-schooled girl hater" Glared Sadie, Katie soon joining in as Sally just smiled, waving a hand.

"Oh come on girls! Now there's no reason to be rude to him! I thought we were going to try and be nice to the boy, right?" She asked them, her accent drawling out as the two look girls looked at one another, then at Sally and nodded.

"Fine. But if he says ONE bad comment about us..." they started, Sally shaking her head.

"Don't worry 'bout it girls! I'm sure he'll be fine! Now...what did you..." Sally was about to speak to Zeke but then saw he was gone! The boy had bolted right out the building and into the pouring rain. He must have been more shy about talking to girls than Geoff thought. And perhaps he could try and help Zeke with that problem and be able to talk to her.

Palaumu Infirmary

After managing to sneak away from the rest of the group, Gwen slowly entered in the tent. On one end was Chris and Chef as two medics were slowly peeling away the paint off their skin.

"Yow! Ouch! Argh!" Chris yelled out in pain, glaring at the medics. "Would you mind trying not to hurt me here?" The medic rolled his eyes, and to piss the host off, he peeled a large section off his leg, making Chris scream like a girl. "Youch!"

Chef only laughed, before soon he too got some pain peeling off his skin, causing the man to scream out like a girl. Gwen couldn't help but hold back a chuckle. It was then she saw Cody sitting on a cot, looking his hand over now that some bandages had been wrapped around the middle of his hand. She felt nervous to speak to him after what she did. Still...she needed to apologize. So, she walked up and gave a weak smile and wave. "Hey Cody...how's the hand?"

Cody looked up, giving a smile when seeing the goth girl and nodded while he scratched the bandages a bit. "Hey Gwen! It's alright I guess...though the bandages are kinda itchy. Doc says I should be all healed up in no time" he chuckled, Gwen nodding before sitting down across from him.

"Look Cody..." she tried to start, trying to find the right words to say. "I'm so sorry about the-" Before she could finish, Cody interrupted her and nodded.

"Hey, it's alright Gwen. I forgive you. Besides, it was just an accident" Cody seemed to just forgive her right away, which surprised Gwen. She thought he would've been so upset or mad about the whole 'accidentally shooting a nail through your hand'.

"Really? Just like that?" Gwen asked him, watching the geek just give a toothy smile.

"Yeah! Besides, I could never hold a grudge against you Gwen" he smiled dreamily like. He saw that Gwen was rubbing the back of her head a little as she said thanks back. But remembering what Jessie had told him before, he continued on.

"And well...I was just wondering if maybe tonight, you'd wanna just hang out and talk?"

Gwen looked back at Cody. He wasn't trying to hit on her this time or ask her out like earlier. "You're joking, right?"

Cody held a hand over his chest, his bandaged hand up in the air and smiled. "No no, I mean it! Honest! Just sit down and chat. You know...like friends?" Seeing Gwen trying to speak up Cody continued. "I...it was wrong of me to try and ask you out after you broke up with Trent. Honestly I was surprised you two broke up"

Gwen sighed, rubbing her arms and nodded to him. "Yeah...me too..."

"Anyways" Cody tried to get back on the subject. "I just thought you'd want to have someone to talk to if you had something on your mind, that's all"

Gwen thought about it, before giving a smile and put a hand on his shoulder. "Thanks Cody. I'll think about it. Heal up quick, alright?" she asked, Cody giving a thumbs up.

Outside

Thankfully the rain has finally stopped, the campers now walking outside as Paul approached them, Chef and Chris in tow. Their skin looked all burned up from the thick amounts of paint that had coated them before. "Well Killer Marlins – glad to see your game faces on and a job well done today. So, as your reward, we've had some of our crew work on your cabin and 'pimp it out' for you guys. Take a look"

Paul stepped aside as the entire Marlin team gasped in awe. The cabin had been given a second floor so already it looked a lot bigger. As the team opened the door and peered inside it was fully decked out. All of the bedrooms were divided and separate from one another, allowing for teammates to have their own roommate. A large living area with a flat screen TV, couch and small kitchen space. They even had their own private bathrooms too. Finally they wouldn't have to share the communal bathrooms like before.

"Oh – and the second floor is all of this – but just for one person only" Paul mentioned out to them as they were basking in their reward. Then, eyes began to look at one another. Only one of them would get that second floor all to themselves. In a flash, the team ran through the cabin, screaming out 'It's mine!' 'No, it's mine!' 'Get outta the way!' 'I deserve that room more than all of you!'

Eventually, they all tripped and fell over, trying to pull each other out of the pile. As they were doing this, Heather just waltzed by with a smile, soon standing in the doorway and waved her hand. "Well look – someone left me this room all to myself!" she smiled, waving her hand before she walked in and slammed the door shut, causing everyone else to flinch.

Campfire Ceremony - 1st Elimination

Now, everyone was sitting around the campfire, both the Killer Marlins and the Screaming Sharks. Cody had manged to join the Marlins side while he hand was healing up pretty fast thankfully. You wouldn't be able to tell however with all of bandages wrapped around his right hand.

Sitting at the head of the campfire, Chris and Paul were standing at the podium, a small bag of marshmallows sitting before them. Tension was still high on the Screaming Sharks, with all of the girls glaring at Justin. Some still blamed Hector for their team losing but if he had to leave, he had to leave.

Chris soon spoke out. "Campers – welcome to our first Campfire Ceremony. For starters – it's time for Paul to hand out the Immunity Pendant" he told the campers, as Paul pulled out the beautiful golden pendant which had Chris's handsome face imprinted on it.

"Killer Marlins – you have voted and decided, that the Pendant will go to Courtney." Paul walked over, sliding the pendant over the CIT's head as it hung around her neck proudly.

"Does it have to have Chris's face on it?" she asked, looking at the host's face on the pendant like it was a disease.

"If you don't like it, just don't look at it. But you got to wear it until the next ceremony" Chris told her flat out. Courtney just shrugged, turning the pendant over as she smiled.

"That's better"

Paul then continued. "Well, that's all for the Killer Marlins. You have the rest of the night to yourselves" With that, the team sat up and left, heading off to their new 'pimped out' cabin. Meanwhile, eyes now turned to the Screaming Sharks.

"Screaming Sharks – your team is the first on the chopping block. When Chris calls your name, come up and receive your marshmallow." Paul then walked over to Chris as he grabbed a marshmallow.

"The first one of the night goes to – Daniel"

The army brat grinned. "Well all right" he smiled, walking over and taking it before popping it into his mouth.

"Next up – Katie, and Sadie"

Both girls 'eeeed' happily, hugging one another as they skipped over, taking their marshmallows and stood next to Daniel.

The names continued to be called out, each one coming up to pick up their marshmallow. "LeShawna...Owen...Beth...Trent...Eva...Zoey...Kimi...DJ...Bridgette..." The names continued until the last two standing – were Hector, and Justin.

Paul looked to both boys who sat nervously, before speaking out. "Hector? Why do you think you should stay?"

Hector looked surprised but played it cool as he smiled, leaning back on his seat. "Look, I'm still willing to give my team more than 100% if need be. And I'll admit, I'll take some of the blame for our loss..."

This made some of the girls sigh and 'aww' as Hector was willing to take the fall.

"...But – if it's my time to go so soon? Hey, no hard feelings"

Paul nodded. "Alright then – and you Justin?"

Justin could barely even speak, muffling out moans of pain as his lips had sealed up from his over burnt skin.

"Only one of you will be staying. And so...the final marshmallow of the night...goes to..."

The anticipation could be literally cut with a knife, as Chris was smiling the whole time, watching the look not only on Hector and Justin, but the girls on the Screaming Sharks. One handsome boy was going home, and one was staying.

Finally...it was called out.

"Hector"

The Hispanic boy sighed in relief, smiling before taking the marshmallow.

"Sorry to say Justin – your pretty boy routine, it's getting old" Chris told Justin, as he waved a hand to two medics who walked over and began to wheel Justin down to the docks to be taken home.

"Well – so much for 'pretty boy' and his modeling. Guess looks can't get you far here in Hawaii" Chris chuckled, Paul nodding as the two hosts left to leave the Screaming Sharks to themselves.

Back at the cabins, the Killer Marlins were celebrating as the music blared out Kid Rock's 'All Summer Long' through the speakers. While everyone was partying, drinking soda and rocking the night away...Cody was just sitting down near the beach, listening to the waves crash against the sand while he tossed a few rocks into the water. He thought Gwen would come down and talk to him. Then again, she did say she'll think about it. As the boy was about to give up, he looked up when a larger rock splashed into the water and it wasn't from him.

Turning his sad look soon turned into a smile to see Gwen standing there, slowly walking over before sitting next to him. The two just looked at one another before their conversation began...

Ending

Chris and Paul stood outside on the docks, grinning. "Well, it was one amazing challenge so far – and we still have 29 campers left to boot off the island" Chris grinned, as Paul jumped in.

"Will Hector's little 'plan' to eliminate the guys pay off? Will something work out between Gwen and Cody? And what about Duncan and Courtney? Will their relationship be on the rocks?"

Chris chuckled, as he would LOVE to see what would happen to the troublemaker and the CIT. "All of this and more – next time on...Total...Drama...HAWAII!"

End of Chapter 2

Author's Note: Well, I'm glad I finally got this done. Still thought it was bull that I couldn't get this stupid chapter done a lot sooner. But glad it's done and finished. And now straight to work on Chapter 3! The deadline for it? Well...since I SUCK at deadlines, just expect it to appear before June...hopefully.

Another thanks to PaladinSparkKnight who brought my OC's to life, to the people who leave me reviews (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give me more reviews), and to the fans who read this – Thanks so much for tuning in! Remember to check out my deviantart journal for more info on upcoming chapters. It's '~yeah-10101'. Well, so long folks!