Well here is the next chapter. Sorry for the late update if you read my other story you will know why. Thanks for all your reviews as when I open them and see all the nice words you have written it puts a smile on my face for the whole day.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kickin' It otherwise I wouldn't be watching the start of season 3 on Monday but I do own the other 16 characters
Jack POV
I was the first one up so went to get the fire going again. I actually slept pretty well as I think I knew that no guards would come and get me in the night. I also quite like my team. They accepted me which was something which doesn't happen very often as I am normally the new kid and also I live is the cheapest places you could find and that sometimes is a tent. I just hope my dad is ok after what happened to him. I was also thinking if Kim remembered me. For about 9 months I lived in Seaford which is where Kim lives and we became very close. The way she acted last night meant that I think she didn't but then again she might not have wanted to say anything. I was bragged out of my thought by Kim.
"Hi sleep well?" she asks
"Yeh. The best sleep in a long while" I tell her
"You know I hope you still remember me?" She says to me
"I was actually thinking it was you who had forgotten me" I say to her
"I could never forget you. You made too much of an impact on my life" She tells me but before I could respond I could hear Milton moving about
"So are we keeping quiet then?" She whispers to me and I just nod.
"Morning guys. Anything arrived yet?" Milton asks us as he sits down
"No not yet but I reckon it's only about 7.30ish so I wasn't expecting anything yet" Jack tells us
It wasn't long before Jerry and Eddie joined us. It looks like I had the best sleep. Milton and Eddie were kept up by the animals making noises so I know they are total city men, Jerry couldn't get comfy and Kim was paranoid that something was going to get her in the night.
We heard a loud horn and then the basket arrived. I went to receive the basket and brought it back for us all to look at. It had some bread in it along with a little bit of butter and also another note in it along with 3 harnesses.
"Read the note out Jack" Eddie said
"Moring Team Water, Hope you all slept well last night. Today you will need 3 players to do the treetop challenge Platform Pursuit. When the horn which you should have heard when we delivered your basket sounds please make your way to the game area which is noted on the back of this note all geared up and ready to go. The 2 players who aren't playing have to come as well." I read out "There is bread and a bit of butter so I suppose were having toast" I say to the others. I set about to start toasting the bread. I've just been nominated as chief without any say.
"Who is going to do this challenge?" Kim asks
"I say Jack should do it as we say how quick he could climb up that tree" Eddie says
"And yesterday when we were crossing the platforms you were very quick at that" Kim adds in. I know all this is making me do the challenge which I'm actually not bothered about doing.
"I'll do it then but who else?" I ask
"I can't ask I'm petrified of heights" Milton says
"But how did you get across the platforms yesterday then?" Kim questions
"I don't have a clue I just kind of said if I don't do this then I would die anyway" He tells us
"Eddie was good at climbing the tree last night. He got 2 thirds up and considering he hasn't done anything like that before that's good" Kim says
"Going off that logic Kim that would also mean you would do it as Jerry didn't make it 1 metre up before falling" I tell Kim
"So will you to do it?" Jerry asks. I can tell he doesn't want to play
Sure and Ok was heard from them to and I dished up breakfast for us to each. We all then got clean in the river and filled up water bottles to take with us. We found them in one of the draws and we washed them a few times and I had a taste and it tasted fine so we filled them up and the others agree with me, its fine. I've had some really bad water and bad water bottles before. It couldn't have been 11 yet and it was already hot so I hoping that the challenge would be held in an cool, breezy place.
The horn went off so Me, Kim and Eddie got ready and all 5 of us set off to the games area. It wasn't that far and we were the 2nd team to arrive. A young man guided to stand under a banner which was blue and had a wave on it. The other team had a hill on their banner and it was green so I assumed it would be earth. I noticed that the girl and the boy who was behind me for a lot of yesterday are playing which won't be good. The team which was next to arrive was the fire team. They had the boy who beat me in there team but he wasn't playing which didn't surprise me as he was really bad on the platforms yesterday and that's where I overtook him before he overtook me in the puzzle stage where I had trouble doing the puzzle. The last team to arrive I guessed was wood as there banner was brown and had trees on it. Just after they arrived the Island Master arrived again out of nowhere.
"Moring guys, hope you slept well. In these bags are helmets for all of you. They have you names written on them so you can forget about fighting over who gets which helmet." He chucks each team a bag which contained the helmets. I was the one who caught our bag so got the helmets out. Our helmets were blue and had what I assume to be our logo the wave on it with our names in white underneath. I gave out each helmet to the correct player. I looked over and saw each team's helmet matched their colour, Red for Fire with their symbol the flame on it, Green for Earth with their symbol a hill on it and Brown for Wood with their symbol the tree on it.
"Today's challenge is called Platform Pursuit as you should know. There are sets of platforms but on top of each other across the river. Each player will have a row of platforms to themselves. The aim of the game is to get all 5 dice from the top row into the bottom row as quick as you can in the correct order. For the people on the top row, you will have the order on one side and you will also have the dice tied onto different parts of the platforms and will drop it onto the people on the middle row. The middle row will be collecting the dice from the top row and then passing them to the bottom row. This row will also be the communication row as they will be able to hear both rows. The bottom row has the job of putting the dice in the baskets in order from when the middle row gives it to you. I will give you 2 minutes to discuses tactics.
"So where do you guys want to go?" I ask them
"I'm not brill with heights so can I go bottom please?" Eddie asks and me and Kim both nod
"Guys the one tip I can give is to make sure the passes are strong and that they are on target" Milton says and me, Eddie and Kim all nod.
"Guys communicate. That's the one tip I've learnt from watching reality TV" Jerry says.
"Kim top or middle?" I ask her
"Eeeerrrmm middle if that's fine with you" She says
"That's fine" I say. I did want to go top but didn't want to say anything
"Times up guys. Can I have all players who are competing to follow me and the people not playing to follow my companion here to the watching area" The Island Master said and we walked off following the correct people.
We got to the river after a short walk. I was that there was 4 sets of platforms set out each in a different colour. The blue one which I assumed was us was at the end which is quite good. I then saw that the trees that the platforms were attached to had stumps on for climbing so I knew that climbing them would be part of the challenge.
"There's something I forgot to tell you. You would have to climb the tree before the challenge has started. When you have think you have done and it is correct, you would be able to pull down the banner showing your teams symbol. Only once that has been shown have you finished the challenge. I will give you 2 minutes to get to your tree and decide who is doing what" The Island Master tells us before walking over to a platform.
"Still on for the same?" I ask and the others nods
"Which order should we climb in?" Kim asks
"I say Jack, then you then me. Jack as soon as your up there then get the first dice and then pass it to Kim as soon as she is in position then she will pass it to me when I'm up" Eddie says and Me and Kim agree
"Take your position and 3...2...1...Go!" The Island Master shouts to us
I immediately start climbing and it isn't long before I reach the top. When I get up there I see I'm the first to arrive so I cross the other side of the platforms to see the order. On my was I pass a green dice tied to the bottom of the first platform, a sliver one tied to the top, a red one on one side, blue one on the other and the brown one in the middle of the end platform. I reach the end when Kim gets onto to her platform. Green, Blue, Red, Brown, Silver is our order. I quickly run back to the first platform untie it.
"Kim the first dice is here" I yell to Kim and she comes running across with a massive net. When we are in position I drop the dice and it lands perfectly in her net. She then passes it on to Eddie who has now arrived on his platform. As I begin untying the blue dice I look at the others. Fire are dropping all the dice in any order to sort out later. Earth are untying there 2nd dice but the person on the bottom platform hasn't climbed up yet and Wood have only just climbed up to the top. I guess they let the wrong person climb first.
We carry on what we are doing and when we are on our last dice, I notice the fire banner flying. I guess there tactic worked. I then notice Wood dropping a dice over the edge of the platform meaning that they can't win.
"Jack the order is Green, Blue, Red, Silver then Brown" Kim yells to me. I check the order and realise its wrong.
"Kim its Brown then Silver not Silver then Brown" I yell back I can see her yelling it to Eddie who then runs trying to change the order. I then see him pull our banner meaning that we are 2nd. I then see Earth's Banner fly about 5 seconds after ours did. Wood I can see only has 3 dice in and they give up.
I then see Eddie climb down and tell Kim to go next and I'll be down once she gets off. I look around and can see a lot of the island. High trees, deep valleys, Massive waterfalls along with streams and hills. The whole middle area is full of trees which would be perfect for hiding or maybe a camping challenge, I look down and see Kim is finished so start to climb down.
We walk back to camp discussing what we could have done differently. I personally think it was our carefulness which meant we were slower than Fire but also their person on the top platform was like a monkey collecting all those dice. We make it to camp and see a whole lot of items set on the beach and Jerry and Milton looking at them.
"Hi guys" I yell to them.
"Well done. 2nd is amazing before you start doubting yourself. You had no chance of catching Fire. They were too quick. But I think on the other hand the items you won yesterday" Milton said when running up the beach to us along with Jerry.
We walked down the beach to see what we had won. There was a lot of wood knocking about which I think could be used to fix the tree houses as there were holes in the floor and roofs and also to build walkways to other parts as the paths which were there are now non-extinct. There was also a lot of rope which could be used for many things. There was also massive net which could be placed under the tree house to catch anything which could fall. There were also some plates and cutlery and cooking utensils like a saucepan and frying pan along with matches and sleeping bags which will be one of the things we will be thankful for having over the next week.
"Yes a plate. Thanks to whoever heard me last night" Kim said
"A sleeping bag. I think I might sleep" Milton said
"Swag we got matches" Jerry told us all swag like picking them up
"What can we use the wood for?" Eddie asks
"Easy doing things in the tree house, do remember it's our home for the next few weeks" I tell Eddie
"How are we going to move it? It looks pretty heavy" Milton says while pointing out the obvious
"With the ropes duh" Kim said taking the words out my mouth
"No need to use that tone" Milton tells her off in a playful way
We moved all of our items into areas in the tree house for safe keep as we hadn't figured out the tides yet. We then set about moving all the wood into the trees so we can move it into places when we are put here. We decided that Me and Jerry would be on the platform pulling the rope which would lift the wood. Kim would be on the tree making sure it doesn't hit anything and Milton and Eddie were putting the rope around the wood and tying it so it wouldn't fall out. For some reason and I think it was because of Milton we were wearing our helmets. This process took all afternoon I reckon as it was about 5ish when we next sat down on the beach. Till dinner came we decided to go into the sea. We had a great time swimming, splashing each other, and diving/jumping over waves. It must have been close to 7 when we decided to get out and shower (Yes they provided us with 1 flushing toilet and 1 shower which had solar heated hot water so whoever was in first had hot water and who ever went in last). I had opted to take last shower today as I had been bathing in rivers which were freezing for the last few weeks so the cold water was nothing new for me but for the others had been having warm showers and baths for as long as they could remember, it was going to take some getting used to. Kim had pulled I'm a girl card so us boys had to let her take first shower but we are on a cycle so at some point I will get first shower.
By the time we had finished showering it was about 8 and the horn was heard and we knew that meant food time. The basket appeared holding a little less food than yesterday but still a lot to eat. It also had a note on it again.
"What dies the note say Jack?" Kim asked
"Team Water well done for coming 2nd in Platform Pursuit, and you food for the next 24 hours are dependent on that as I told you yesterday. I am also telling you that each challenge you play you will not only be receiving food but also points depending on how you play. In the escape, if you reach it, whoever has the most points will have an advantage and whoever has the least will have a disadvantage. For every challenge if you come 1st then you receive 10 points, 2nd 6 points, 3rd points and if you come last then you receive no points. You are currently joint first with 16 points." I read out
"So that means we were first yesterday" Eddie says
"And Fire were 2nd as they won today so they can be the only ones who could equal us" Milton points out. We don't call him a nerd for nothing.
"I can do something with this food if you want me to" I tell the others. I've cooked with these ingredients before. There was ok and sure heard around camp. I set about cooking the meal. When I gave it to them they noticed that there was less food than yesterday but nobody complained as we still all had enough to eat. After we finished we all mutually decided that we would do our own things so I climbed up into one of the empty rooms of the tree house to think. It wasn't long before Kim joined me.
"Hi can I join you. There's nothing to do" Kim said
"Sure. I was just thinking" I tell her
"What about?" She asks
"Life" I respond. We sat there in silence. She then leaned her head on my shoulder like she used to do before I left.
"You know I wasn't kidding this morning when I said you changed my life" Kim says quietly breaking the silence. I guessed that she wasn't this morning.
"How? All I've ever done to people is break hearts by leaving" I mutter to her still keeping the quietness between us.
"Well there are a few things. 1- You got me back into karate. I was going to quit as I hated my old dojo but then I met you who went to a different dojo. One I had never heard of and I joined and still there now. 2- This was really funny actually. About 2 weeks after you left, your name was taken off the register and people had begun to realise you had left and Donna and her posse came up to me and said why did you talk to him because now he's left because of talking to you. Now I'll never date him. I said back that he left for personal reasons and that he would of probably left because of you talking and flirting with him. What was funny was that someone recorded it and put it online and her boyfriend found it and then dumped her." Kim said. She then trailed off like she was going to say something but didn't
"I suppose that was funny about what happened to Donna" I said
"She had a massive melt down in school when they broke up." Kim tells me
Before we could talk any further, Milton calls telling me that it's almost sun down and if Kim was with me as he couldn't find her. I tell him that Kim was with Me and that we were on our way down. We all climbed up into the tree house to go to bed. We had fixed doors and roofs on our own rooms so now we could escape each other if we needed to. I was also glad of a sleeping bag tonight and left dreaming about what was in store for us.
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