Heres the new chapter, and I must say that I'm disapointed in myself. Its actually quite suckish...But each is his owns worst critic. Who knows? Maybe someone will like this. I could rewrite it, but I just can't bring myself too...writers block sucks. This chapter has something, at least.
Kangawu12:
Oh, I hope I'm not the one confusing you. I feel it fair to warn you this chapter will be a bit confusing, but it's totally necessary if we want to move on. But thanks for the compliment!
marlynnknowsbest101:
Thank you! I love it when my work is enjoyed!
StrawberryTigress:
Really!? The best chapter yet!? I feel so happy now, thank you!
But now I feel all disappointed because this chapter just won't live up to its predecessors reputation…this chapter is not my best, but I need it to move the story along.
Realityshowfan:
Awesome! Thanks! OH, I wish I could tell you yes or no on if those are Katie and Sadies powers…but I won't. The Suspense I must keep!
Disclaimer: I don't own TDI or its characters, the title of the 'Elementals', the elements themselves, the art of Reiki...hmm...maybe I should list the things I don't own...(Yeah, I don't own that Joke either, I read it on some other authors story [I think, actually, that it was Jen the Cat who wrote that, but I can't be sure]. Forgive me!)
Chapter 8
As Duncan plunged his upper body into the hot tub to fish for Ezekiel, Courtney and the other group (Which consisted of Eva, Beth, Harold, Leshawna, DJ, Bridgette) met in the middle of the two crisis situations. Both Bridgette and Courtney nearly shrieked at the same time, "What happened!?"
Bridgette went first, saying, "Geoff's poisoned!"
Courtney, without pause, said, "Ezekiel's drowned!"
Both parties were stunned at the others news, Eva especially. "Ezekiel!?" she yelled, and sprinted as fast as possible to where Duncan was just pulling Ezekiel out of the boiling water. The others, save Courtney, followed.
Eva grabbed Ezekiel's other side that Duncan wasn't holding and helped hoist the prairie boy onto a reclining patio seat. Duncan then proceeded to make the seat completely flat as Eva began the procedures of CPR.
Eva removed Ezekiel's hat and pushed his long hair out of his face. She then put her head to his chest, immensely relived to hear a heartbeat, however faint it was. The others had arrived by then, and Bridgette was just about to take over for Eva when the tough girl gruffly said, "No! I'll do it myself!"
The others were shocked to here this, except for a long, low whistle from the back of the crowd showing someone's approval. No one bothered to turn, because their large eyes were transfixed on Eva shoving down on Ezekiel's chest with both hands, then moving over to his face and pinching his nostrils together.
The ex-campers were slack jawed as they watched the toughest and scariest girl from Total Drama Island kiss the so called sexist, homeschooler dork. It was for CPR, but it was a kiss anyways.
No one was quite sure whether to say 'Awww' or 'Yuck'.
As everyone else watched Eva perform CPR on Ezekiel, Courtney had hurried over to Geoff. She was shocked, (Duh!) but had enough composure to remain silent. Geoff's convulsions were, if anything, staying about the same in length and power, but were getting closer to each other. Courtney kneeled down and was about to help her ex-teammate when a different hand batted her reach towards Geoff away.
Startled, Courtney looked up to see a boy kneeling on the other side of Geoff's body with dark hair and a blonde strip down his bangs, thin metal green glasses covering his matching green eyes, and had pale skin covering his skinny body. He was wearing a black shirt with Asian writing, grey cameo pants, white sneakers, and an annoyed expression.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" He said to Courtney, who was very surprised at the stranger's appearance. But she pulled herself together and said with his same tone, "What does it look like I'm doing? I'm trying to help my friend here, who if you haven't noticed, looks like crap!"
Without waiting for a response, she reached out to help Geoff again, and again was batted away. "HEY!" She shouted, very annoyed. Courtney looked back at the boy and asked,
"What's your problem?"
"Simply that if you touch him, you'll end up making it worse." He growled back.
"How dare you say that!" Courtney said, clearly shocked, "I was a-"
"-C.I.T., yeah, yeah, I know! But I'd love to point out that you're one I.T. from being a full C.!" the guy sarcastically shot back, then as an afterthought, continued, "And that doesn't even remotely apply to the situation in the first place!"
Courtney gave him a hard cold stare, which he returned. The staring contest continued as Geoff practically died beneath them. Obviously they didn't have their priorities straight.
"Maybe she doesn't, but I do!" the guy suddenly muttered, confusing Courtney even more. But she kept her stare fixed at the guy's eyes.
Unknown to Courtney, while their gazes were on each other, the mysterious stranger was slowly passing his hand three inches over Geoff's body. Courtney inwardly smiled as she saw the guy wince, though it wasn't from her gaze. He had just passed his hand over Geoff's heart…
* * *
"A little known fact about Chef Hatchet is that he's really a big softie inside, similar to D.J. In fact, creepily similar in D.J.'s tastes, the ex-marine collects stuffed animals and takes them wherever he goes. He is currently up to four hundred, sixty-six and a half stuffed animals, all of them are the infamous creatures known as the bunny. Awwww!"
A suspiciously monotone (he didn't put any emotion in his 'Awwww!'!) Chris Mclean said from behind a desk that had been previously used for a fake news channel to scare the bejeebies out of Chef. A star came up from behind Chris and shot through the air, the words 'AND NOW YOU KNOW!' trailing behind it.
Chris turned around at the sparkling sound the star made, but by the time he looked the anomaly was gone. He looked back at the camera and said, "Did anyone else hear that?" He at least had some emotion going this time. A confused look was plastered on his face, until a door was heard being kicked open, and Chris was now startled at the appearance of Chef Hatchet.
The Chef was ticked off, and anyone could tell that from his red face and the veins bulging on his forehead and neck. He looked like he was going to pop at any second, and it was even hurting the author to write that down.
Of course, the real fun came when Chris said in a bored fashion, "Soooooo…I'm guessing you heard that little tidbit that was going to be broadcasted to all of North America, righht?"
With surprising suddenness, Chef actually punched Chris straight in the face and sent him flying behind the desk. In slow motion, you could see the fist make contact with the pretty boy's face, square in the center. You could hear a sickening crunch as the nose was pressed into the skull.
Chef kept his body in the same position from when his fist had met Chris's face for several more minutes, and Chris didn't come back up.
The screen went to static.
* * *
Courtney and the strange boy were still staring at each other, and by this time the boy had retracted his arm, though of course Courtney didn't notice. The guy suddenly looked up with a blank look on his face, and Courtney took that precise moment to feel for Geoff's pulse in his wrist, checking for irregularities in blood flow.
To the guy across from Courtney, time seemed to slow as he looked back down and saw that Courtney was about to touch Geoff. His eyes grew wide, and his hands tried to stop Courtney, but she too close…And to his immense horror, Courtney made contact with Geoff.
The guy swore, and Courtney looked up, shocked at what he was saying. "What's your problem?!" She practically screeched at the guy. He didn't answer, and instead face-palmed himself and then ran away.
Courtney's eyes followed him as he ran up to the other group of people, pushed his way through the crowd, and pulled someone away from the others. To Courtney's surprise (though let's face it, surprise is quickly being emptied out in this story), the person was Duncan.
And he was not happy.
* * *
Amidst all this weirdness, Justin, Tyler, Katie, and Sadie were still sitting at the pool juice bar, watching the discovery of Ezekiel and the understanding that Geoff was poisoned with shocked to silence attitudes. And everybody knew how hard it was to shut Sadie and Katie up, so this was serious. Tyler was always a bit lost anyways, so silencing him wasn't hard. Justin…well, Justin rarely talked, period.
But all were in a whispering buzz as they watched Courtney kneeling next to Geoff's sickly body.
"Like, Oh my Gosh, Sadie, what do thinks going on?" Katie said to her friend, to which Sadie shrugged.
"I don't know…This is really confusing." Sadie said.
"Like Oh My Gosh, I was thinking the same thing!" Katie said, annoying amazed at how in sync her and her friend were with each other.
"Uh, girls..." Tyler started, but was cut off short when all four of them saw a shining orb of white light appear next to Geoff and Courtney. It hovered there for a few moments, and then with a subtle flash the light was gone and a strange boy took its place.
"Holy…" Justin couldn't finish his sentence.
"You got that right…" Tyler said breathlessly, amazed at what he just witnessed.
They all watched as the boy and Courtney argued, and Sadie whispered to the other three, "I think I know why that guy's hand is hovering over Geoff like that. See, my sister Cindy was like, so tense and grumpy, my mom sent her to a lady that did some sort of spiritual thingy on her. It was called Reiki, I think. And I think that's what he's doing."
"What is it supposed to do?" Tyler muttered back.
Sadie shrugged and said, "I'm pretty sure that it's something to do with healing energy through the hand, and also being able to feel energy with the hand so you don't screw up and take away good energy. It's taking all the bad stuff out and putting good stuff in. Like refreshing your MP3 player with new songs."
"Wow…that is sooooo deep." Katie said as she swooned into Justin's arms. "Isn't that deep Justin?"
Justin didn't answer, in fact he didn't even glance at the girl in his arms (which made Katie huff and straighten herself out on her chair). He was watching as the boy tried to stop Courtney from touching Geoff but failed. After Courtney screamed at him, the boy ran towards the other group of ex-campers and pulled Duncan away from the others, towards Geoff and Courtney.
* * *
Heather had quickened her pace when she saw the elevator in the hallway closing. She started running and shouting at whoever was in the elevator, "Hold the door, hold the door!"
Much to Heather's relief, the person held the door, and Heather was able to slide in, slightly out of breath. She then looked at the person in the elevator, and she and the person both said at the same time, "YOU!"