Last time on Total Drama Island; the Gophers and the Bass faced off in an epic cooking challenge which forced our teens to use the old noggin' and actually create something, although not everything went according to plan. DJ and Cody were elected captains of their team during the challenge and while Cody acted as his usual, helpful self; DJ let whatever power he had consume him and turn into a carbon copy of Heather. Eva and Sadie screwed up yet again at becoming friends and also ruined any chance their team had at winning when they totally failed to create a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. Izzy confessed her feelings for Cody in a confessional, which he more or less already reciprocates. In the end though, it was Courtney, who stuck it to Duncan, who was eliminated. A shocker honestly, because this time the CIT didn't actually do anything to deserve elimination. Oh well. This week we'll find out just how much trust our campers have in each other, right now, on Total, Drama, Island!
All of the campers started off in the mess hall that morning, receiving their food from a less than excited Chef. Noah stepped up to get his food next when a huge slop of the stuff unexpectedly hit his tray with a splash.
"Its slop casserole, I know you'll like it bones." He taunted, referring to Noah's tiny bone structure.
"Aren't these just the leftovers from all of the food we cooked during the cooking challenge?" He inquired, staring down at the tray, "What'd you do just mix all of it together in a bowl?"
"Maybe I did? You got a problem with that?!" Chef snapped, veins appearing in his neck.
"Erhm, no no," He stammered, backing away slowly. As he backed up, he bumped into something or rather, someone.
"Duncan." He stated; turning around to get a full view of the male.
"You sure sound happy this morning. What, didn't room service get your phone call?" Duncan teased.
"Hilarious," Noah droned unenthusiastically, "No, I'm just stuck at this crappy old summer camp with a rundown cabin and served food that looks like it belongs in a dumpster. So yeah, I'm one happy camper. Now you're here to make my morning even better. Thanks old pal." He finished and headed toward the Gopher table. After he left, Duncan just stood there with red cheeks, although Duncan himself wasn't sure if it wasn't from embarrassment or his feelings; probably a combination of both. With Duncan behind him, Noah took a seat next across from Beth and next to Justin at their table,
"Can you believe the food they serve here?" He whined, sliding his food onto Justin's plate.
"It's not healthy to go without food." Justin warned, "First you'll start losing color in your skin. I can't let that happen to myself so I'll gladly take the extra food, but what about you? You're looking a little pink."
"It's all this sun exposure. I never used to leave my house so now I'm burning more than a chicken on the grill." Noah revealed, glancing around their table and only spotting Cody and Izzy making goo-goo eyes at each other, "Speaking of chicken, where's Heather?"
"She ran out of our cabin in the middle of the night and couldn't stop barfing outside. I think Chef took her into infirmary he had set up in the woods for the day because Chris said she wouldn't be allowed to compete today." Beth revealed, which didn't seem like much of a shock to Noah.
"So now it's seven on five. Great, another disadvantage," Noah complained, "We need to gather our alliance for a little chat."
Noah Confessional
"I am so done with this whole show. We should just have a triple elimination every episode or something to speed this thing along. Seriously, it's hot and exhausting. Oh and I'm also starting to sound just like Heather which is always a bonus." He whispered in a sarcastic tone. "I think it's time for an alliance meeting."
Justin Confessional
"I've decided to keep my alliance with both Noah and Heather a secret from each other for the time being. I feel bad about it because Noah's my friend and everything, but I think I'd rather have him be mad at me then Heather. She'd probably kill me, dismember me, and the kill me again just for emphasis. I'm just glad she's out of today's challenge."
"You guys need to throw the challenge." Noah stated in a serious tone as he stood on the porch of the mess hall with Beth and Justin behind him and Katie and Sadie in front of him.
"Wait, what?" Katie asked, unsure if she had just heard the male correctly.
"You guys need to throw the challenge. We're undermanned as it is here and with the merge most likely coming up soon, we'll be able to scheme about what campers we want to eliminate. But for that to happen, the teams have to be close to even."
"I can't just sabotage my team! I'm friends with them, they're my-"
"Just wait a second Katie," Sadie interrupted, "Think about it. Our team doesn't really even appreciate us. All I do is fight with Eva and I'm sick of it. You can count me in Noah, I'm all for this."
"Good choice Sadie." Noah complimented.
"Listen Katie, are you part of this alliance or not? Just go along with it, it won't be that bad." Justin tried to explain, but Katie just shook her head.
"I can't betray my friends like that. If you guys feel like tearing apart your friendships for some stupid competition, go ahead. I'm leaving." Katie stomped; crossing her arms and tearing away.
"Katie wait!-"
"Pft, let her go," Noah fanned, "We only need one of you to sabotage your team anyway. Come on, let's get back inside."
Katie Confessional
"Ugh, I can't believe Sadie just left me for them! I'm her best friend! I mean, at least I was. If she wants to go wreck everything she's worked for here she can go ahead and do it. I don't need Sadie anyway; I have like, a ton of other friends. I was kind of friends with Courtney but she's gone now and it's still weird to talk to DJ because of the last challenge…so I guess I'll just go out and like, get new friends!"
Beth Confessional
"I know what it's like to be torn apart from someone. I had a boyfriend back home named Winston. He was so sweet to me; always getting me presents and candy even though I insisted he shouldn't. We didn't last too long though because- oh, sorry, I got off topic. But back to the story, I had to stop seeing him because of the head trauma he suffered from falling off of that roof. We were playing hide and seek and we went up there to hide from me. Yeah, his parents wouldn't let me into their house anymore after that."
Over at the Bass table, the whole team seemed to be in good spirit that morning with the exception of Bridgette, who had her face buried in her arms down on the table.
"You eat today's food?" Eva inquired, scooting over to the female, "I'm guessing that's why you're upset."
"No, I mean…its Geoff," Bridgette opened bluntly, "I thought he liked me and that we had some kind of special friendship or connection or something but now he won't even talk to me." Eva gave a low growl and turned to male who was currently chatting to Duncan about something she couldn't care less about.
"Want me to go over there and bash in some skulls?" She asked, cracking her knuckles.
"No." Bridgette sighed, "I actually think it'd be good if we just talked, you know? Girl to girl?" Bridgette stuck out her hand and raised her head; giving Eva a soft smile. Eva mustered up the best smile she could, as it was something unusual for her and offered Bridgette one of her own hands. The blonde happily accepted the female's hand, grasping it in her own.
"Yeah, sure, we can do that." Eva answered softly.
Eva Confessional
"I'm actually being referred to as a girl. Not an ugly roid monkey, not one of the dudes, just another normal girl. It feels…different. Good, but different. Just don't expect me to throw on a dress and skip around in the fields, that's for sissies and wimps. I've just never really had a female friend before. Most of the time back in my hometime I end up hanging out with one of the sweaty guys I spar with at the boxing gym. And he's usually unconscious because of my killer left hook."
"Hello viewers, Chris here." He introduced himself as he strolled through the forest in a very serious manner, "It's really hard to host a reality show like this when the campers just don't seem to get along with each other. Considering this, the producers and I thought of a way we could bring our campers closer, by exploiting their terrible trust and hatred of each other for laughs. This is going to be amazing."
"So," Chris began, now with the campers in front of him on the dock, "Because of all the tension that's been exposed between you guys in the last few weeks, we've decided to bring you all closer as a team with some trust. There's going to be three different trust themed challenges that have to be completed by two or more members of your team. Since we let you pick out your partners last challenge, we'll be assigning them to you this week. Now follow me to the first challenge!" Chris finished, motioning for the teens to follow him. The group traveled through some light jungle and a few hills; eventually arriving at a huge cliff jetting out of nowhere.
"We aren't climbing that are we? We'll die!" Beth exclaimed nervously, staring up at the huge monument.
"Relax Beth; let me explain what you'll be doing first. Yes, you will be climbing this rock, but there are a few rules and such. For your first challenge, you'll be scaling this beauty free handed in a super rock climbing adventure. Bridgette and Katie, you'll be playing for the Bass and Justin and Cody, you'll be climbing for the Gophers. Here's your belay and harness," The host stated, tossing the objects to the four teenagers. "I'll just assume you've all gone rock climbing before to save some time. If you haven't, well, I suggest holding on for dear life. A quick warning though, both sides of the mountain have been rigged with minor explosives, rusty nails, and slippery oil slicks."
"Nice setup Chris! Where'd you get the money to buy all this stuff?" Geoff inquired curiously, who just got shushed by the host.
"Not important. What is important is deciding who's going to be on belay and who's going to be climbing. The person on belay needs to strap up their partner and make sure that they never ever let go of the rope." Chris emphasized, "Your partner's life depends on it. After all, this challenge is based on trust."
"Do you know what you're doing Bridgette?" Katie asked as her partner began strapping the harness on her.
"Sure, I've been climbing for a few years now. I'm never actually gotten the chance to belay before though so this should be fun." She smiled positively. Katie got a few chills up her spine suddenly and shivered, hoping it was the wind that had made her shake and not her nerves. Meanwhile, Cody strapped Justin up on the Gopher side quickly and easily as if he had done if before.
"…And done. Hehe, that wasn't too hard." He said, satisfied, "All you have to do is climb, don't let anything stop you. I'll hold you up from the ground so you're safe."
"Wow Cody, have you done this before?" Beth questioned to which Cody nodded, "I did it once during the summer about two years ago, although the climbing wall I scaled wasn't nearly this big."
"Aw, you're so lucky Cody!" Izzy whined, springing over to the boy, "I would have loved to climb this. It would have been great having you support me!" She smiled, blushing a tiny bit. Cody smiled back and gave a quick wink to her before turning and facing the cliff.
"Both teams ready." Chris announced, waiting for Katie and Justin to grasp the cliff. "On your mark…get set…go!" He shouted, allowing both campers to start upward.
Cody Confessional
"Sure Justin wasn't the most reliable teammate in the last challenge, but that's only because he was avoiding old brace-face the stalker. I'm sure that this time he won't let me down. After all, we are a player down. We can't afford to screw up."
Katie Confessional
"Although I admit I've never climbed a rock before, how hard can it be? I'm not afraid of heights or anything and I'm secured by Bridgette, so what's the worst that could happen? I feel totally safe! Hehe…" Katie laughed nervously.
Katie and Justin began their climb up the rock swiftly. Katie was slightly ahead of Justin for her own personal reasons as she couldn't stand to look at his gorgeous body from below; especially his ass. Sadie on the other hand was greatly enjoying the view she had on the male, even going so far as to shout,
"Don't hurt that perfect body of yours Justin! I want to feel those rock hard abs when you get back down!" She screamed, embarrassed at her sudden outburst. Justin turned around to wink at the girl as he continued to climb; only to be blasted by a pretty obvious explosion jutting from the rock. The male fell for a few seconds as he screamed before being abruptly stopped by Cody at the bottom of the structure.
"It's alright Justin; I've got you," Cody shouted, "Climb back up before she gets more leverage on you!" He nodded and gripped onto the cliff again; beginning his long climb back to the top. Katie, who now had a somewhat measurable lead, was starting to wear out. Although avoiding all of the hazards Chris had planted, Katie's arms were starting to get sore, as were her leg. She never was the most athletic or physically fit, but she was determined. Determined to complete this challenge for the sake of her team; her friends.
"You're doing great Katie, just keep going!" Bridgette encouraged; noticing the girl's shaky limbs even from the bottom of the cliff. While the surfer called out to Katie, Chris was slowly sneaking towards the campers; a water gun filled with hot sauce in hand. He turned to the camera and slyly whispered,
"You'd think these teens would expect this by now." Giggling, the host crept forward even more until he pumped up the gun and blasted a huge wave of sauce right at the blonde. Bridgette turned to the noise only to get sauce blasted right in her eyes; setting the poor things on what felt like fire. She screamed and let go of the rope securing Katie and tried to wipe herself off feverishly to get rid of the sensation. Katie yelled in terror and flailed her arms as she plummeted to ground and landed right on her back in pain.
"Ow, uh, I'm okay." She uttered weakly as she tried to peel herself off of the ground. Using this opportunity, Justin scaled the cliff faster than he thought he could, gaining a great lead on Katie back down at the bottom and coming within three fourths of finishing.
"There's no way we can catch up now," Duncan moaned, "Nice one Bridgette." He blamed, scoffing.
"It, ow, wasn't her fault." Katie defended, standing up and bending her back so it would hopefully become straightened out again. "You guys could have helped too. Maybe blocking her from Chris or even telling her he was there?" Her team glanced down in a form of shame that none of them had thought of that. "I swear, it's like you're all trying to sabotage us." She stated, staring right at Sadie. Katie's stare burnt into her former bff so much that she had to turn away completely to avoid them.
"I made it!" Justin chanted from atop the rock as his team roared with satisfaction.
"The Screaming Gophers have won the first challenge! Congrats Gophers. Katie, you should go find Chef; he'll take you to the infirmary he has set up and check out your back, and arm, and well, your whole body. I don't think any of it is supposed to be bending like that." She nodded in response and stumbled away, allowing him to continue,
"Now I need Eva and DJ from the Bass and Noah and Izzy from the Gophers for the second challenge. Follow me to the mess hall! The rest of you can take a short break; just report the dining area in thirty."
Sadie Confessional
"Of course I feel terrible about sabotaging my team! I haven't actually done it yet, but it won't be any easier when the time comes. I can't betray Noah though; he's helping me get farther along in the competition. Did you see the way Katie was glaring at me? Poor Katie…she's never given me that look before! Not even the time I told her her skin was too dark to get a proper tan. I didn't mean what I said it just sort of slipped out…oh but anyway, I hope Katie's okay. Her back looked really out of place after the fall. Even if she doesn't want to talk to me, that doesn't give me a reason to stop being a friend to her, whether she wants me or not."
"What's your deal?" Eva growled as she shoved Geoff backwards inside the Bass cabin.
"Whoa muscle mouth; I have no idea what you're talking about, but shouldn't you be with Chris right now?" He responded, stepping back up to the girl.
"I'm talking about Bridgette and I was about to head there until I spotted you're stupid head." She echoed and Geoff's eyes grew wide.
"Yeah, well, just go there already. And what about Bridgette? She was just-"
"No, you were just too busy being an ass to even listen to her. I bet you're only interested in her because you think you have a chance to hit that." Eva snapped as Geoff' face grew pale,
"That's not…"
"I also bet you think you're a real cool dude getting upset over a stupid little trade. I don't blame here for wanting to swap partners because the way I see it, you're a douche!" Eva's cheeks were red with anger while Geoff had lost almost all of the color in his face.
"I-I was just-" He stammered before Eva cut him off again,
"No! Now get out of here before I snap your neck!" She threatened as she pointed towards the door. Geoff and Eva stood in silence for a few seconds before Geoff broke it by saying,
"But this is the guy's side of the cabin." He pointed out, causing an already irritated Eva to instead become embarrassed and storm out, slamming the door behind her. When she left, a small squeak sounded from under the covers of the top bunk of one of the beds and DJ popped his head out,
"I-Is she g-gone now?" He stuttered in fear. Geoff walked over to the bunk and laid down on the bottom bed, muttering,
"I sure hope so."
Geoff Confessional
"I'm not wrong about being mad at Bridgette. She wanted to abandon me! It was all for her own selfish agenda if you ask me. Now I've got lady lobster hands down my neck and its garbage. The way I see it, she's just trying to stir the pot if you know what I mean. Well if that's how she wants it, I can throw down too."
Cody Confessional
"Spending alone time with Izzy? Best thing I could have wished for! I just wish she'd calm down a little bit so we could hold an actual conversation, you know? I love the fact that she's full of energy, but sometimes it can get a bit tiring."
Izzy and Cody sat on the dock with their shoes off; dangling their legs off the side letting their toes grace over the water. Izzy had somehow convinced him to take a break with her so they could relax together, something Cody quickly jumped at the chance to do. It was surprisingly peaceful, or, as peaceful as things could be with Izzy around.
"So I was totally going to dive off of the cliff if I could! I loved the attention, haha!" Izzy laughed as she finished her story, splashing some water around with her feet.
"Yeah Izzy, attention is good. You seem to like it a lot right?" He asked and she nodded, "Is that why you're so happy and eccentric all the time? To gain attention?"
"What?" She questioned, "No, I'm the way I am because what's not to be happy about? It's better to be positive than negative!" She exclaimed as she kicked more water in the air. Cody took a moment to think before smiling and clasping his hand over Izzy's on the dock.
"You're right Izzy. Thanks. I had everything about you pegged wrong." She turned to him with a light blush on her cheeks and grinned back; speechless for once. The two turned to stare at each other and slowly leaned in their lips when they were stopped by Chris's voice,
"Attention Izzy!" Chris boomed over the intercom, "Your time is up. Report back to the dining hall for your challenge. The rest of you are due in five minutes so hurry up and get going!"
"I guess we should get going. You have a challenge to participate in after all." The male stood up and extended his hand to the girl, who happily accepted it. Cody pulled her off of her butt and released her hand, allowing her to walk beside him comfortably as Izzy started towards the mess hall with a wave goodbye to Cody as he waved back at her, smiling.
The two teams arrived in front of the mess hall five minutes later as they had been told and found the doors locked as they tried to enter it. Chris popped his head out a few seconds late and explained,
"Challenge just got started in here; we'll need a few minutes. Entertain yourself till' then."
"What does that mean?" Geoff asked, turning to Justin who shrugged. The host stepped back into the eating area and approached the contestants. "Alright, you've all been instructed on what to do, now get cooking!"
"Izzy, I'd rather not get you killed today, so you better prepare the poisonous blowfish. Just make sure I don't die in the process."
"You can count on me!" She vowed as she took the knife and brought it straight down on the fish; splitting it in half. On the other side, Eva came face to face with DJ and began speaking,
"Listen here mama's boy, I'll let you cook the meal because you were in charge of our last cooking challenge but if you go on another rampage about what little power you truly have you're dead, got it?" She snapped while DJ nodded,
"No sweat yo, I learned, I can control myself. Not a problem." He smiled. Eva huffed and turned back to the fish, making a small gag at the smell of it.
"Get cooking then Iron Chef." She commented.
Izzy Confessional
"Cooking isn't that hard. All you have to do is make some cuts here and there and wham! You have a meal fit for a king! Or maybe a queen you know? Oh how cool would that be? Cooking food for royalty, that'd be amazing! Haha!"
"Done." Izzy wiped the imaginary sweat off of her forehead and stared at what she would have called a masterpiece. It was the poisonous blowfish all cut up into different sections with a substance that looked the fishes' guts stuffed inside the skin; no noticeable poison glands. Its little eye stared up at Izzy without any movement as it was decapitated from the rest of his body, but the eccentric female swore she saw it blink. On the Bass table, DJ sighed in relief as he squirted a dab of ketchup on top of the pile of sushi he had created from the fish. He wasn't sure if he had removed all of the poison, he could only hope.
"Great, you guys are done? Go ahead and test what you've created; Bass, you first." Chris guided; motioning towards the two team members.
"I can eat mostly anything without repercussions, but if I die, I'll make sure I kill you first." Eva warned as DJ pushed the plate up to her. She leaned forward and sniffed it before going back and grabbing a piece of sushi and throwing it into her mouth. She chewed and swallowed; standing still for a few seconds for any kind of aftereffect and let out a breath when nothing happened.
"Great work Killer Bass." Chris complemented while Eva punched DJ's arm playfully, "Gophers, you're up."
Izzy happily placed her plate in front of Noah who made a slight jump backwards. From the looks of it, it wasn't too appealing. He squinted at it for a few moments and suddenly jumped back again,
"Why did it just move?" He asked; his mind racing on why something so dead still had the ability to move and flop its separated tail.
"I knew it blinked!" Izzy screeched as she leapt in for a closer look.
"Stop stalling and eat the food Noah, we don't have all day." Chris pushed as Noah sighed.
"Fine. But none of you are allowed to come to my funeral when I die." He gulped as he took one last look at the fish before grabbing a piece Izzy had sliced up; one without an eye, and tossed it into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing, Noah's stomach grumbled for second but after it stopped, there was no pain or change in his body.
"Wow Izzy," He smiled, "I can't believe-" Noah paused when he heard his stomach rumbling again and this time after it was done, he spewed barf straight onto the table. He paused to groan before convulsing onto the floor and throwing up again.
"Oh, that's not pretty." Chris commented, staring at the big puddle of barf Noah had just produced. "Let Chef come on in and get him. You three can follow me and the others to your next challenge."
"Should we just leave him there like that?" DJ asked, concerned, as he peered over the table to stare at his spastic body.
"It's fine, Chef'll be here in a sec to take him to the infirmar. Let's get a move on campers; we've got a schedule to keep."
"Good news campers," Chris began at their new location somewhere in the woods, "The third challenge involves three challenges of its own; the three blind challenges. It starts off with the blind William Tell, followed by the blind trapeze, and ending in the life-threatening blind toboggan."
"But we're two players short; we can't complete in all these challenges ourselves we might die or suffer a serious injury or lose our-, well, my wonderful looks!" Justin whined, but Chris ignored him,
"Just like the legendary marksman, you'll be knocking arrows off of your teammates head with crab apples."
"I don't think that's historically accurate." Bridgette commented but Chris ignored her as well,
"And the shooter will be blindfolded." The teens gasped collectively as the host continued, "The first person to knock the arrow off of their partners head and cause the least amount of facial and bodily damage will win. Sadie and Geoff will shoot for the Bass and Cody and Izzy for the Gophers."
"Oh Geoff, let me shoot! I have great aim!" Sadie purred as she jumped eagerly for the slingshot.
"Are you sure? Because earlier you were talking about how you have terrible aim and can't even throw a dodge ball on target. I remember the dodge ball challenge."
"I was just kidding about all of that." She persuaded quickly, "Please let me shoot!" She begged.
"Fine, just don't miss."
Sadie Confessional
"I have the accuracy of a blind man that's drunk and on drugs in the middle of a bright intersection. If I really was a blind drunk man in an intersection, I'd probably be hit by a car before I had the chance to throw or toss anything, but you get my point. I need to do this to help Noah though or else I'll be kicked out of the alliance."
Sadie and Izzy lined up with their slingshots in hand and pulled the blindfold over their eyes while Geoff and Cody put their protective eyewear on and waited for the girls to fire.
"Ready, set, go!" Chris belted as Sadie began firing rapidly in every direction except Geoff's head.
"Sadie, what are you doing? Get in the game!" He shouted loudly; scaring her into aiming an apple right at his face.
"Izzy, the other team already started firing! Shoot one!" Cody shouted from his spot to Izzy who hadn't even shot an apple yet as she was still focusing,
"I'm taking my time Cody, just wait; I don't want to hurt you. I'll knock the arrow off in one hit, I promise." Izzy said as she had her slingshot cocked with an apple and stood still. Sadie was still on the quick firing rampage and was still unintentionally missing; even if she had been missing intentionally, it would have just as bad.
"I thought you said you were good at thi-oof." Geoff moaned as another crab apple nailed him in the face. Izzy took a breath and released her sling; the apple swiftly flying through the air and landing right through the arrow atop Cody's head and knocking the object clear on to the ground.
"I got it! Yes!" Izzy chanted as Cody rushed up to her and embraced her in a hug.
"Thanks Izzy, that was great." He complimented as they stared at each other face to face, Izzy blushing wildly.
"Great shooting there Texas Ranger." Geoff scoffed at Sadie, who just shrugged her shoulders,
"Sorry, I guess today wasn't my lucky day."
"It might not be your lucky day at the elimination ceremony tonight." Geoff puffed; glaring.
"Alright guys, that's enough." Chris intervened to keep the campers moving along, "Time for the next challenge, follow me."
Noah Confessional
"Apparently almost dying on a reality show isn't a good enough reason to be excused from all the remaining challenges. Ugh, I just really wish this thing would hurry up to the final three. Oh, and my alliance? Katie and Sadie are dead to me after this challenge. I hate having to manipulate someone to help my team, but hey, we're losing right now and Katie already betrayed me. If I'm right, Sadie will be right behind her."
"Ugh." Noah huffed, sitting upright in the infirmary bed he was in. "What did you give me? My throat's on fire." He choked out; referring to Chef and coughing.
"Lucky I gave you what I did for that poison infection you got. You probably don't want to know anyway skinny kid, just lay back down and get some rest." Chef commented as he pulled Katie's arms behind her head and cracked her back several times,
"Ow ow! Careful!" Katie screamed but Chef just kept pulling. Noah rolled his eyes at his former alliance member and turned over to his left and spotted Heather lying in the bed next to his; unconscious.
"What happened to her?" He asked.
"Girl got some kind of flu so I gave her some sleeping pills to sleep it off. When she wakes up she won't remember much but she'll be better. Now hold still twin number one while I fix up your back." He commanded Katie; reaching behind him and revealing a large wrench-type device. Noah stared at Heather's body for a few more seconds before smirking and whispering to himself,
"I may never get another opportunity like this." Noah then hopped out of his bed and pulled a black sharpie marker out of his back pocket. He always seemed to have some kind of writing device on hand just in case he needed to remember something. He didn't need it for writing this time though; he needed it for drawing. Noah proceeded to start drawing a ton of marks and jokes on Heather's face as he had seen many times in different forms of media. He included a moustache and a black eye just for giggles and put the cap back on his marker; satisfied with his work. "Ah, sometimes people just get what's coming to them."
"…And now it's time for the blind trapeze!" Chris began as the campers filed in behind him with a somewhat simple looking trapeze challenge in front of them. "To avoid serious injury, we've placed this challenge over a nice pond," The teens began sighing in relief but stopped when Chris continued, "Which is full of jellyfish. On the Gophers, Beth and Justin will be competing and on the Bass, Duncan and Geoff."
"Do I really have to be with Justin?" Beth questioned as she stared at Justin, "Him and I are just getting over a break-up and I don't want things to be awkward here."
"Awkward you say? This'll make for great TV then," Chris commented, smiling, "Here are your blindfolds. Pick which one of you is doing what and head on up to the platforms." The decision wasn't too hard for the Gophers as Justin could clearly catch Beth easier then she could catch him and even though she protested a bit about even being his partner, she eventually gave in. The Bass took a little longer to choose, as Geoff and Duncan both argued that both of them were stronger of the two and it wasn't resolved until Eva punched both of them in the face. Since the mark from the punch left less of a mark on Geoff, he got to be the one catching Duncan. The two teams climbed up the structure and Geoff and Justin both secured their spots on the trapeze and hooked their legs over the swing; dangling their bodies over the pit of jellyfish.
"Are you ready Beth?" Justin called from the swing as he began gaining momentum.
"Um, uh, no?" She asked while gripping the wooden pole for her life.
"Just jump when I say go, I promise you'll be okay. Don't you want to be caught by my beautiful strong hands?" He persuaded, making Beth slowly release her tight hold.
"Well, I mean, you are pretty hot and as long as things aren't weird between us I'd love to get close to you again!" Beth confessed, blushing.
"Exactly, so why not jump into my comforting body? It'll be easy, I'll even count down. One…, two…, three…, jump!"
Beth did as she was told and released the pole; leaping forward and having her arms grabbed by Justin's hands as he swung forward and clasped her.
"Nicely executed Gophers!" Chris echoed from below, "Now it's your turn Bass! If you fail this challenge we won't need the tie breaker one to decide the winner, the Gophers will win." Geoff nodded and began swinging himself back and forth with momentum on the trapeze bar. "Just jump when I say go!" He yelled to Duncan who just stood on the platform with a blank expression on his face.
"Am I even facing the right direction? Look man I need more instruction than that."
"Dude you need to stop being a sissy and man up and go for it. Just do whatever you feel like when I tell you. As long as we win it's cool." Duncan sighed and balled his fists,
"Fine, just say the word." He feigned.
"Right….." Geoff paused; waiting for the right moment. As he was swinging backward, he yelled, "Go!" To Duncan who reacted swiftly and leapt forward. Unfortunately, their hands missed each other by several feet because of Geoff's terrible timing and Duncan went falling down towards the earth. He landed with a splash into the jellyfish pit and his screams of pain could probably be heard throughout the whole island.
"Ouch," Chris flinched at the tough male's electrocution, "Well with that, the Gophers have won the challenge!" Cheers sounded throughout the four present members of the team, "We'll get Duncan checked out at the infirmary while the Bass team votes on who their loser should be tonight."
"Nice catch Geoff! I knew we could count on you!" Eva shouted sarcastically from the sideline as Bridgette laughed at the comment. Geoff noticed this and glared, now angry.
Geoff Confessional
"I may be a chill, laid back, American dude, but when I see my teammates actin' like douches, that's when I put it to them. You can bet that I'm mad at Bridgette for all of this but Eva's the one influencing it all. She's got to go. I was originally aiming for Sadie but now that Eva's interfering with everything, it's her turn."
Bridgette Confessional
"Eva was right, if I want to get Geoff out of my mind and out of my life completely I need to eliminate him. It's not the most humane thing I can think of doing, but I need to stand up for myself some times. It's not my fault Geoff can't handle people with other friends that aren't or…whatever it was he was experiencing. It was big deal made out of nothing and now I have to resolve it, one way or another."
Justin Confessional
"Beth and I are cool now, I didn't have Heather screaming at me all day, and I didn't have to go through any of Noah's scheme or whatever today. Yep, I think things have been a success. Oh and we won the challenge; sweet bonus."
Duncan Confessional
"Geoff failed us twice today. He can't get out of this by blaming someone either, I've seen what he's done. I might just have to use what I did to Courtney for this elimination ceremony, but it won't be a problem."
Beth and Justin were in the mess hall with Sadie seated in front of them in an interrogation-type of setting and lumbered over her with gleaming eyes.
"Um, is there a reason you wanted to see me here? Noah's in the infirmary and he's kind of in charge so…" Sadie trailed off as he messed with her fingers nervously.
"It's about your elimination ceremony tonight." Justin began, turning to Beth to finish,
"Noah just wanted us to find out who you were voting for because he thinks it should be Katie." Beth confessed; making Sadie's eyes grow wide and gulp anxiously.
"Vote off my best friend?" She repeated in disbelief. "I can't do that! She's my best friend! We came here together."
"Sorry Sadie, but that's what Noah said." Justin shrugged, flexing his muscle and little which caused Beth to squeal in admiration.
"Katie was right about you guys, you only care about winning. You can't persuade me with your hot muscles either," Sadie shouted as she stood up, "I'm out of here; I need to go apologize to her. I'm out of your little alliance, go and tell Noah that." She stormed out and slammed the door behind her. Beth and Justin remained still for a few seconds before Beth spoke,
"Noah's not going to be very happy about this."
Back in the infirmary, Duncan approached the little tent as little bursts of static surged through his body. A jellyfish had attached itself to his head and was now shocking him every so often. It wasn't anything he couldn't take; he just wanted it off a.s.a.p. so he could stop looking like a giant clown. When he stepped inside he spotted Noah sitting upright in his bed and approached the male. As soon as Noah spotted him he began laughing,
"Looks like you have a new love interest." He teased as Duncan returned the comment with an eye roll.
"At least I can avoid getting poisoned from food. Besides, this is nothing." He bragged, but Noah just laughed again,
"Tell me if it seems like nothing when you start losing consciousness."
"Ha, funny." He droned and stepped over to the bed next to Heather. He laughed when he took a closer look at her face and turned back to Noah,
"You do this?"
"Yeah, I thought I'd capture her true essence with a small drawing on her face," He joked, "You like?"
"Sure do man, it looks great," Duncan commented, but didn't stop there, "You know, you're pretty great yourself."
"Pardon?" Noah asked, not sure if he had just heard what was said correctly.
"Oh, uh nothing," Duncan stopped and adjusted himself to face away from the other male; his cheeks a light tone of pink, "Hey Chef, can you get this thing off my head as soon as possible?" He called quickly, hoping to stop Noah from pursuing what Duncan had said further. Chef nodded at the teen with his back turned,
"In a second, just about done here. All right Thing One, ya'll can get goin' now." He grabbed Katie's arm and threw it behind her head once; a loud crack echoing from it. The female sighed in relief and was finally able to stand normally as she hopped out of her infirmary bed.
"Thanks Chef, I feel great now."
"You wouldn't believe the kind of training I've had in throwing people's body parts back in place." He commented proudly which caused Katie to turn a little green,
"Oh, uh, I'll bet." She agreed and slowly tiptoed away from Chef out of the tent, a little disturbed by this news. As she left the infirmary, Heather's eyes slowly began opening as she sat up in her bed, scratching her head.
"Where am I?" She asked unusually, staring wide eyed at Noah and Duncan, "Who are you guys? Is my special blanket from grandma clean yet? Mommy said she'd have it washed soon…" She trailed off, choosing to lie back down in her bed then continue talking. Duncan and Noah remained quiet for a few moments before bursting out into laughter.
"That was better than any kind of prank I could have pulled, wow." Duncan explained through his laughter.
"Oh Heather, you're so much more naïve than I thought. Chef was right, that stuff really does make you forgetful." Noah commented as him and Duncan continued giggling hysterically.
Heather Confessional
"I apparently said something totally embarrassing while I was on whatever crack drug Chef gave me and I'm sure I'll deny it no matter what anyone says, but that's really how I am. I know you've seen my bad side and everything I've done wrong here, but that's not the real me. Now enough with this sentimental shit, as long as the other campers fear me, we're fine. This little act I'm putting on is so great it'll win me the million, I'm sure of it."
"Second night in a row you guys are face to face with me here, so welcome." Chris greeted as the Bass team became seated around the bonfire at the elimination ceremony. "If you don't get a marshmallow tonight, you'll have to walk the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers and leave. And you can't come back, ever." He emphasized as he usually did every elimination.
"The first marshmallow goes to DJ." Chris flicked one of the treats off of his plate and into DJ's mouth; who happily chewed and swallowed it. "Katie and Duncan, you two also get a marshmallow." He tossed two more treats off the plate and at the camper's mouths who both ate the sugary sweet with relief. "Sadie, here's one for you too." He said as Sadie squeaked happily,
"Oh yes, thank you so much."
"Eva, Geoff, this is the final marshmallow of the evening. It goes to…" Eva and Geoff both took a second to glare at each other menacingly and returned their attention to Chris, who held the marshmallow high in his hand as a trophy of sorts. He froze for several seconds as he usually did to keep the audience in suspense before uttering the name,
"Eva." And tossing the marshmallow to the girl.
"What? You're keeping roid-rage over there but not me?" Geoff asked, exasperated, "Well whatever dude, this is so not chill. I'm out of here."
"Don't drop anyone into any jellyfish pits on the way there!" Bridgette called from behind him as he stomped away to the Boat of Losers. Eva exchanged a high-five with Bridgette for her comment and turned back to make a face at Geoff as the boat sailed away from the island with him on it.
"Congratulations campers," Chris spoke softly as he continued, "You're safe. For now."
Elimination Count; Leshawna, Harold, Tyler, Lindsay, Owen, Ezekiel, Gwen, Trent, Courtney, Geoff