Disclaimer: I do not own TDI for the last time!
'Mom, are you okay?'
'It's nothing…just go…to…bed.'
'But you look pale and sick!'
'It's…noth……'
'Mom? MOM? MOM!!!'
Henry bolted upright in his bed. Stupid nightmares, he checked his phone clock to find it was 6:59 a.m. Henry glanced around and found his bolting up had caused the rest of the guys to wake up themselves. Henry was about to say sorry when a LOUD air horn went off. He heard Leshawna shout at Chris about being a farmer or something. He sighed as he remembered today was challenge day. He hopped out of bed and changed into his usual blue tank with black pants. He pocketed his phone, his MP3, and his hunting knife. He then walked outside and waited for Chris to start the stupid challenge. As soon as everyone was outside, he noticed that Eva also had a MP3 and the idiot Cody on the other team tried to fiddle with it. Eva reared back her head and snapped menacing at Cody, she then growled.
'Dang crazy anger girl'
'What did you say?!'
'I didn't say anything….'
'Yeah, well you better not have'
'Good morning campers, hope you slept well.'
'Hey Chris, you look really buff in those shorts.' Heather said with a smirk.
'I know, anyways your next challenge begins in ONE minute.'
'Um, I don't think that's enough time for breakfast.'
'Oh you'll get to eat Owen, after you complete your 20 km run around the lake.'
'So you're funny now huh? I'll show you funny'
Eva started to advance on Chris with her fist raised until being restrained by Duncan, Geoff and Henry.
'Eva, try to control your temper!'
'You're enjoying this aren't you?!'
'A little…….you have 30 seconds to begin!'
Okay Eva needs to get a hold on her anger before I break down and start a fist fight, so far, she made 3 rants about how crappy the place was and broken the bathroom door and made a gapping hole in the windows of both the boys and girls' cabin!
'Okay campers, on your marks, get set, GO!'
The Gopher guys already were hyped and running at a moderate speed. Henry smirked and dashed at the speed a cheetah would match. As Henry ran past the campers, he saw a bunch running at the same pace. Gwen, Harold, Sadie, and Katie were all walking at snail's pace while Heather was edging towards the finish line. Owen had collapsed in a pond and seemed to be trying to lick up the water like a dog. Henry shrugged his shoulders and continued his dash as the campers he passed were a bit thrown off course because of the wind Henry had generated. When Henry entered the mess hall, he plunked down on the floor and whipped out his MP3, he played a song he sang sometimes and waited. Soon, the tables were filled with both Bass and Gophers. Henry did a quick count and noticed that Noah, Owen, Leshawna, and Harold were missing. Just then, the former three mentioned burst through the door. Owen was reviving Noah while Leshawna was panting like a dehydrated dog. Harold came in shortly and Courtney stood up and started to yell at him.
'Where were you? We just lost the challenge!'
'I think I'm having heart palpation.' Harold seemed to murmur as he collapsed in a pile on the ground clutching his heart.
Gwen just realized that the Bass had lost the challenge and started to cheer with the others near her. Chris then spoke again.
'Whoa, whoa, that wasn't the challenge!'
'What did he just say?'
'Who's HUNGRY?' Chris then unveiled some curtains to show a grand buffet table!
After TRYING to digest the crap they serve here, I just resorted to feeding off the wilderness. Sure I may have been deemed inhuman for chomping onto a bunny torso, but I swear it died a peaceful death! Anyways, the buffet table just screamed the word FEAST and I nearly broke out in hunger rage.
After 10 minutes, the buffet table was nothing more than scraps and messes. Henry was biting into a turkey leg still when he saw Chris swing onto the table. He had a megaphone.
'Okay campers, time for part 2 of your challenge!'
'I thought eating was the challenge'
'What more could you want of us? '
'Weird Goth Girl is right, haven't we been through enough?'
'Uhhhhhh let me think about that…………NO.'
'It's time for the awake-athon!'
'The a-what-a-ton?'
'Don't worry, this is an easy one, all you have to do is be the last camper standing and your team will win invincibility!'
' So your telling us that you made us run a 20 km and over stuff our faces just to make us more prone to sleep?' Henry said as he gnawed on the bone.
'That's right Henry!'
'I hate you so much right now' Gwen muttered. Leshawna nodded in agreement.
'Okay campers, move!' Chris shouted as he started to usher people out the door. Henry threw the bone in the trash and started to walk to the fire pit.
(12 Hours Later)
Every camper was dead tired. Mostly everyone was sitting down or trying some ridiculous way to keep awake. Henry was content with listening to his Mp3 as he waited for people to start falling. Owen was pumping his arms for the last 12 hours and Henry wondered if he was okay……..Owen then proceeded to fall down in the dirt and snore. Henry sighed and waited and continued to lean against a log as he watched the other campers talk. He saw Trent and Gwen talking about something and by the looks of it, they had a thing for each other. He turned his head to the left side and saw Heather talking to Beth and Lindsay and seemed to have made an alliance with her. Henry was starting to think about his competition until he saw how bossy Heather was to Lindsay about how she ogled Tyler. Henry fell on his back and stared at the sky. Eva shouted gruffly about her going to the bathroom. Henry continued to stare deeply at the sky until he heard a clunk on the hard ground. Henry knew that sound anywhere, it was the sound of a music player being dropped. Henry shot up to see Heather walk over and then pocket the thing. Henry was about to shout at Heather but then decided against it. He thought since Eva didn't know…….yet, they could still be unflagged for knocking out the other team member. Henry decided to fall back onto the ground and wait.
(11 hours later)
Henry sat up right; he had been staring at how the sky changed from blue to black. He looked around to see the score was 9 to 7, Izzy, Noah, Bridgette, Sadie, and Katie had fallen asleep. He slowly felt the effects of drowsiness take effect and Henry had to shake constantly to still awake. He peered around and saw Geoff on the verge of sleeping while he saw Tyler in somewhat of a dream state. All of a sudden, Tyler screamed very loudly only to fall back down onto his seat. Henry's attention was then focused on Chris as he unveiled a blanket to show fairytales while Chef was dressed as a lamb. Henry would have laughed if he wasn't trying to stay awake. Chris started to drone on and on in the same boring tone about some stupid town. Henry was holding up fine until he saw Chef disappear somewhere. Henry immediately scanned the area and then saw Chef in ballerina attire while dancing to the Sugar Plum Fairy. Henry was thinking this was weak until he saw Chef spray powder….sleeping powder at the campers! Henry was avoiding any close contact with Chef until he accidently ran smack into a tree. He looked up to see DJ double knot tie himself to the tree, only to get spray and make the tree collapse. He heard Gwen shout 'timber' and Henry nearly laughed. He pulled out his hunting knife and started to cut the ropes DJ bound himself in and freed the big teen from the tree. He then dragged his prone body to the Bass side and threw him roughly on the ground. Henry then sat down.
(28 hours later)
Henry was now actually having difficulty keeping his eyes open. He saw Courtney move non-stop and he just thought that will just make her more tired. He decided that he couldn't take this crap anymore, he needed something to occupy his mind or he'll go crazy. He glanced around to see that they were down to 5 people. While the Gophers maintained 6 people. Justin had stood still for the full duration of the challenge. Henry was thinking that a super hot model had to be able to do that…..until he saw Gwen poke him gently and saw Justin open his eyes. Eva screamed that Justin was in fact cheating and Chris rushed over and looked, Justin was indeed cheating and was kicked out. Beth and Lindsay then fell down making the score 5 to 3. Henry continued to look at the conversation Gwen and Trent shared and it made him start to regret something in his life, concerning his ex. He then saw Owen walk naked past them and walk towards the 10000 foot high cliff. Henry then just fell down, he got up quickly and then started to hang his head as the sleepiness was taking over, and Henry resorted to his final tactic of staying awake. Henry telephoned his parents and asked for his piano. His parents sent a fighter jet to drop off his piano and Henry marveled at it then began to play. Nobody noticed the giant thunk or wonder about it until Henry began his song. Henry was both dead tired and emotional of his memories due to Gwen and Trent talking and that reminded him of his past relationship, he decided that he should let off some steam. He cleared his throat and played a few keys then started the song. His eyes became devoid of any sign of emotion, his body hunched and his voice became a living being.
The best thing about tonight's that we're not fighting
Could it be that we have been this way before?
I know you don't think that I am trying
I know you're wearing thin down to the core
Every camper that was awake turned to look at Henry while others stirred and seemed to wake up.
But hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind
Chris was staring intently at Henry.
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to findSome campers thought they could hear a second voice.
You always thought that I was stronger
I may have failed, but I have loved you from the start
Ohh, but hold your breath…………
This is not what I intended
I always swore to you I'd never fall apart-
Henry stopped there; he was staring at sea thinking about his song and how it compared to his love life until Chris shouted to him.
'Hey dude, that was a nice song! But you still need to get rid of the piano unless you want to drag back to the camp grounds.'
'Yeah, I got you Chris.'
Some campers actually cheered when Henry said he'll keep the piano here, Henry guessed he was a good player. Henry then saw a giant body fall off the cliff, he thought it must have been Owen and walked back to his spot.
(34 hours later)
Henry was now just acting like he had a double dose of sugar and was taking mushrooms and X at the same time. He was seeing colors and was starting to see weird things that weren't actually there. He was starting to slowly drift into a multi-colored swirl of rainbows until a slap across the head shook him out of it. He turned to see Duncan staring at him and the look said what he was thinking. You okay man? Henry just shrugged and then walked back to his piano and tapped a single key. Some campers perked up at the sound and Henry smiled a little. He decided to play the rest of the song to relieve any other steam he had left and phoned his parents for his guitar, a drum set, and his cousin Justin. Everything arrived in 10 minutes flat and Henry was smiling. He told Justin what he wanted to sing and the young teen nodded at the command.
'The usual?'
'The usual.'
'Okay, whatever helps you NOT sleep at night.'
'Quit the wise cracking and wait for the signal.'
Henry strummed the guitar and tested out a few strings. He then gave thumbs up and continued where he left off earlier.
Ohh, but hold your breath
Because tonight will be the night- Henry had picked up his guitar and started the part
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind- Henry started playing the piano again.
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
It's impossible
So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in, I'm yours to keep
And hold on to your words 'cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight when you're asleep
Because tonight will be the night
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
Tonight will be the night
That I will fall for you over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I won't live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find
Henry finished singing and nearly fell down dead tired. He was singing with his usual ways yet it still takes energy. He turned his head to see most of the campers up and listening intently. Some clapped, some cheered, and Chris did the thumbs up sign with his hand. Henry told Justin to pack up his guitar and take home his equipment. Justin nodded and left in a ship that rounded the corner. Henry was seriously going to kick Chris in the jewels later for making them go through this challenge. Henry walked slowly back to find Duncan messing with Harold to keep awake, mainly just putting Harold's hand in warm water to make him piss his pants. Everyone was either fully waking up or finding themselves in a compromising position, hence the sight of Noah kissing Cody's ear. The remaining Gophers were Heather, Gwen, and Trent. Heather was sitting on one of the stumps while Trent and Gwen were leaning on the stumps. Then Chris came onto the scene sipping a fresh cup of coffee and Gwen had lunged for it only to fall short, she then resorted to grab his leg and beg for even grinds of the coffee.
'All right, you 6 stay with me, the rest go take a shower cuz you all stink for crying out loud!'
Chris then proceeded to take a long sip of coffee and then signal Chef to bring the book while explaining the next part to the remaining, nearly death-like campers.
'Last night, I told Chef Hatchet that I didn't want to do this, I said Chef, I don't want to do this, but dang it these campers are tough! So I had Chef help me come up with the most boring and sleep inducing activity known to the country of Canada! The history of Canada itself!
Chris flipped open the book and started in his boring, monotonous, dull tone. Everyone groaned loudly. After 2 minutes of listening to Chris, Heather and Eva both fell over, asleep. Henry looked at Duncan to see the criminal holding his jewels' area to show he apparently needed the bathroom……very badly. Just then, Trent collapsed and Gwen was giving a desolate look to see she was outnumbered. Chris shouted it was time for a bathroom break and Duncan tried to say he would stay but Gwen said there was still 10 chapters in a smug tone with a grin caused Duncan to rush off to the latrines with a camera man in pursuit. Henry sat down and saw Gwen started to 'fish'. Henry sat there, looking at the colorful little men do the bunny hop as Chris shouted that Duncan had fallen asleep on the toilet and only Gwen and Henry were left in the contest. Henry was started to really go insane, hence the dancing dolphins and seals as he look at what he knew was the sea. He looked up to see toasters with wings and pigs that flied in a V formation, following steaming rows of roast duck. Henry turned around and started counting random numbers when he saw something black start falling, as it neared Henry could make out the sight of an anvil. When Chris turned his gaze back, he found Henry curled into a ball, motionless on the ground and his chest rising slowly like how a wave does. He apparently seemed to be trying to protect his body from something and must have fallen asleep in the process. .Gwen merely collapsed 5 seconds after that and Chris declared both Gwen and the Screaming Gophers the winners.
(14 hours later)
Henry awoke to the sounds of a fire and the smell of marshmallows. He rose and looked around to see that his team was on the fire pit ceremony and it seemed that everyone was waiting patiently for Henry to cast his vote. Henry cracked his neck, knuckles, and then his fingers and walked into the confessional booth to vote.
Well, seeing as Chris doesn't air these things, I might as well say I took a dive to get it off my chest, I mean I frickin' imagined an anvil coming down from the sky just to smack me! Anyways, I vote for……….. Katie, because both Sadie and Katie were first to fall asleep on our team but Katie can't even focus for more than a minute so she needs to go.
Henry exited the smelly piece of junk and sat down on the remaining seat, closest to Eva. He just remembered that Heather had Eva's MP3 and turned around to tell her that. Instead, Henry saw a sad face that emitted pity and regret. Henry then spied her MP3 in her pocket and realized Heather must have played this to her advantage. Henry turned slowly back around, not wanting to anger Eva for not telling her. Chris had already been passing out marshmallows and Henry was next. He motioned for Chris to toss it to him and when Chris picked it up and threw it to him, Henry pulled out his knife and threw at the soft white life saving piece of treat. The knife connected and pinned the marshmallow to a tree where Henry walked over and ripped off a chunk of bark and the marshmallow along with his knife. When he sat back down, some campers gave him a look of confusion while others just were too tired to see what he did. Chris decided not to question and continued to pass out marshmallows. As Chris announced the final marshmallow, Henry had fashioned the bark into a nice slender stick while his treat was still impaled on it.
'Okay campers, this is the last marshmallow of the evening and I can see that Harold and Eva are the only 2 left'
Chris then started to milk the suspense and raised his finger and pointed at both campers repeatedly until he finally decided to stop and pick already. He tossed the treat to Harold, who gave a happy look of satisfaction. Eva was sad for 5 seconds then seemed to explode with rage.
'Nice…..really nice, you know what, who needs this lame dumb TV show anyways?!'
Eva shouted a bit and proceeded to the Dock of Shame after kicking Chris in the shin really hard.
'Bye-bye Eva, see you later.'
Eva flipped around and grabbed a sharpen pole and threw it at Courtney who ducked a moment almost too late.
'Touchy!'
'Hey guys, how did Eva get voted off and why?'
'She had another rage rampage and we all got sick of it.'
Henry nodded and walked to the dock where he shouted as loud as he could.
'EVA, HEATHER STOLE YOUR MP3 TO GET THE TEAM TO VOTE YOU OFF!!!!!'
Henry then walked back to a stunned group of campers.
'Yeah, you guys need to watch each other's backs or else someone is going to get you.'
Everyone either smacked themselves or looked down at their feet. Courtney recovered first and led the others to the fire and raised her stick and proclaimed no more getting sent to the chop block. Everyone agreed and raised their sticks. After a nice little celebration, everyone went separate ways, while Henry asked DJ to help him move his piano to the camp grounds. The young teen look tired enough but decided to help a friend. After lugging back the instrument, DJ said goodnight and retired to his bed while Henry stripped off his shirt and climbed into his own bunk and turned on the fan. He closed his eyes and waited for sleep until he realized something.
'Where's my MP3 player?'
A/N: Well, finally got a challenge chapter in, can't really say much here expect explain somethings.
First, when I said Gwen started to 'fish' I mean her head kept falling down before being shot back up, think of a fisherman fighting with a fish and you see him tugging then reeling, it's something like that. Second, I decided to follow a complex order and switch up a couple of elimination but all in all, I will have the original campers and my OC in the final challenge. Anyways, guess the song of you can and don't mind any people I add as they are just sorta like the camera crew, just supporting characters. On a final note, Henry likes to sing so his parents (who are rich) basically bought all the stuff, also the words between the lines are confessional booth times. R and R please!