Still don't own TDI or Xiao Lin Showdown! I thought I'd give them the spark to ignite the... fires... of love, so to speak. Well, at least one of the sparks.

Enjoy!

"OW!" Chris yelped in pain as he felt someone ramming themselves on his privates, and looked down with tearful eyes to find Haden walking away. "Little brat…"

"Dude! What are you doing?!" Trinity yelled at Edward, who smiled and licked Sarah's throat.

"Just getting a little taste," he smirked as Sarah's eyes moved behind her lids. "Besides, why would I bite and kill my own cousin?"

"She's your cousin?" Logan asked confused. "But you look nothing alike!"

"She looks just like her dad," Edward explained. "I look just like my mom, except for my eyes being shaped like my dad's. Her mom and my dad are siblings."

"Eyew!" DJ screamed just before Chris heaved himself to a sitting position with still watering eyes.

"Edward, please get your hands off your cousin unless you're going to revive her," He said calmly. "DJ, be quieter, and as for the person who stomped on me – You're going down!"

"Is that even legal?" Haden snorted. "You're an old pervert who just wants to see teenage girls up close, and use a camp scheme to do it!"

"You want to die?!" Edward yelled, and the others except for Haden and DeShawn backed off.

"Hnn… Ed?" Sarah murmured as her eyes fluttered open.

"Yup," he smiled. "Feeling better, Princess?"

"Yes, thanks to my cousin in shining armor," she smiled. "What happened?"

"You fainted because of bodily harm done to Chris," Edward explained. "Apparently you've had a relapse, I'm afraid. It's a good thing we're in the same cabin so I can keep an eye on you for my parents and Uncle Jack!"

"Wait, what?" Sarah asked confused.

"I'll explain later in private," Edward murmured in her ear as Chris stood up shakily.

"Augh," Chris moaned holding his midriff.

"Um… Sensei…. Will you be okay?" Sarah asked worriedly with tears in her eyes.

"Sensei means teacher or one who came before," Edward translated, and the others stared at him. "I see nothing wrong with our speaking Japanese! My mom and her parents are Japanese, okay?!"

"Yeah, sure, Dr. Jackal," DeShawn said rolling his eyes.

"I'll be sure to destroy you first, Mr. Hyde," Edward retorted.

"Campers, settle down!" Chris yelled as he continued to hold his gut. "God, this hurts…"

"Tell me about it," Edward said rolling his eyes. "So, where do we stay?"

"I'm getting there. You'll be on camera in every part of the island at all hours of the day and night unless you're in a private location like the bathroom," Chris said calmly.

*static*

"Also, you'll be able to come into the confession area to share your innermost feelings, talk to those at home, or just get something off of your chest," Chris said calmly as he was seen sitting in the old outhouse.

*static*

"Now, Gophers your cabin is on the west, Bass your cabin is on the east," Chris instructed. "You have half an hour to get to the mess hall for lunch."

"So, Chris, where's the wall outlets?" Logan asked confused. "I need to straighten my hair."

"Dude, is this guy gay or something?" Haden snickered to Izaak, who rolled his eyes.

"In the bathrooms across the way," Chris said pointing to the co-ed bathroom building.

"Where's the hot tub? I'm confused," Logan whined.

"Wow… that's a… shocker," Chris said appalled at just how stupid Logan was.

"It means we shower together, idiot," Edward snapped as he sat down and began looking at his nails as though to preen them.

Logan got a whiny face and began wailing loudly.

"I'm glad we're in our own cabin with just the girls," Sarah smiled as she looked at Logan before beginning to laugh a little bit. "Know what I mean?"

Trinity and Misty stared at her as though she had just said that she was gay.

"I mean- no! I didn't mean it like that! I love guys! I just don't want to sleep near them! Gah! I mean-!" Sarah stammered out trying to recover her ego as Misty and Trinity walked inside.

"Excuse me, Chris? Are there any chaperones of any kind in this facility?" Jessie asked worriedly.

"You're all sixteen years old. As old as a counselor in training at a regular summer camp," Chris said a little confused. "So, other than myself, you'll be unsupervised! You have half an hour to meet me back at the lodge starting now!"

Sarah began racing to unpack ever so slightly, but just as she was about to start, a loud piercing female scream echoed across the clearing. DJ, Harriet, Haden, Delilah, Edward, Tyler, and DeShawn peeked into the offending cabin worriedly.

"Man that white boy can scream," DeShawn said as he saw who was screaming.

Unfortunately for them, Logan was trying his hardest to get away from a cockroach. Naturally all the others tried to kill it, to no avail. Finally, after all of them had scrambled to get away from it, Edward saw Delilah lift up a hatchet and cut the cockroach clean in two.

"That's one more delicious meal for me to take to Osiris," Edward smiled. "Thanks, and nice method, by the way. That's a completely new one for bugs."

Sarah couldn't help but giggle at the sight of it all, standing next to Chris who was still holding his abdomen in pain slightly. He shivered and held his gut tighter, clenching his eyes in pain. Out of impulse, Sarah did to him what her father had used to do for her when she was doing what Chris was doing and began to gently rub his back.

"Huh?" Chris said confused before Sarah flinched. "Sarah?"

"Y-yes, sir," she said quietly. "Is there a medical cabin? I don't like to see you in this much pain for so long…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Chris asked raising an eyebrow.

"Temporary pain that's minor is a little amusing, so long as it's only very mild," Sarah said quietly. "But if the pain lasts longer than five minutes, I don't like it unless the person wants to do some serious harm to somebody else."

"I'll be fine," Chris winced as he tried to straighten back up. "Just give it a bit more time. What kid was the one who did that?"

"Scream? Logan," Sarah replied with a shrug. "Hurt you? I think it was Haden. I'm not entirely sure. I think I passed out at the sight of it since…"

"Since your mom did that to your dad?" Chris murmured, turning his head to find Sarah nodding with tears in her eyes. "I'll set up a meeting for one-on-one counseling with each camper if they want it, so long as it's not on challenge day."

"Thank you," Sarah said quietly. "That means a lot to me, and probably to some of the other younger campers as well. Are all of us from broken homes?"

"No, but some of the others are," Chris said calmly. "I'll talk with you tomorrow about it. Go unpack, I'll be fine. And Sarah?"

"Yes?" she asked fearful of what would happen to her. In her experience, adults who weren't teachers would only use her name as a question if they wanted something major from her that would be impossible.

"Thank you," he said smiling gently.

Sarah breathed a sigh of relief as he limped away, and her gut clenched as she realized that for the first time in her life since her mother had started abusing her and her family, an adult outside of her father, aunts and uncles had thanked her for something. Her heart clenched as she realized that Chris knew her history, and probably was on the wary side for her. That was probably why Edward was allowed on the show as well. With a new and unfamiliar feeling in her chest, she went to unpack her things.

But as she looked inside her bag, she realized that she only had one set of clothes (the ones that she was wearing), one set of pajamas, a whole bunch of cleaner stuff, and a note from her mother. Hesitantly, she picked it up and began reading, not knowing that the camera had zoomed in on it from over her shoulder.

Sarah,

If you're reading this, that means that you've gotten onto the show like you wanted. I know that you'll worry about me while you're gone, but just look to your cousin like I look to your uncle. I'll be fine, your aunt and uncle will get me through this huge mess that I've spent the last fifteen years or so creating.

Edward and I have already talked about this, and he agrees that it would be best for you to not come home until things begin to ease up. Don't worry. Your bedroom and my workshop are both locked up tightly with no chance of anyone getting in either of them unless the doors are broken down. Even so, should something, anything, happen I promise you that the person responsible will pay for what they've done.

I know that you're probably angry with me, and that you probably blame me for everything that's going wrong in our lives right now, but please know that I am doing everything I can to fix things. Once it's time to come home from the Island, I want you to go to your Uncle Clay. I've already talked to him about this, and we've agreed that it's for the best. If all else fails, then at least nothing more can happen and things can't really get much worse than they already are.

I'm so sorry for not realizing my mistakes sooner, and please know that no matter what, even if you're the first person kicked off, I'll always love you and you'll always be the little princess that has me wrapped around her little finger. You probably won't remember the lullaby that I used to sing to you in your crib, but it was one that my mother used to sing to me. If you ever start worrying about me, please don't hesitate to hum the tune as you lie in bed and think of the lyrics.

Love you for always,

Dad

PS. As long as we're living, my baby you'll be.

Sarah's eyes brimmed with tears and she held the note close to her chest, clenching her jaw as she vaguely recalled the old lullaby that she had long-since forgotten.

"I love you too, daddy," she whispered as two solitary tears went down her face. "As long as I'm living, my daddy you'll be."

Okay, as you can see, I've made Jack Spicer somewhat - okay, a lot - OOC. That's because people change under domestic abuse, in my opinion, and so I shall be tweaking a few more things. Also, whenever the Monks are talking about Jess, they mean Clay's sister. Well, up until a new point in the thirties chapters, but you'll see what I mean when we get there. Sarah's secret will be well-guarded, don't worry, and it takes the Killer Bass alone until Chapter 34, and that's if I go into details. But I'm going to skip probably most of the middle of the series just because it's taking me two or three chapters on average to cover an episode of TDI. So I calculate if I skip twelve to fourteen challenges, that's anywhere from twenty-four to forty-two chapters that you guys may or may not have to read.

So let me know what you think and whether or not I should skip the twelve to fourteen episodes I was wanting! You have until chapter twenty-five is up to let me know! REVIEW!