Author's Note: Heya, back in Chapter Six I brought up the question of whether or not Lauren and Ezekiel should be shipped, and so far a few comments/reviews have expressed support for this, and no one's really said it shouldn't which is surprising, I thought it would be more of a grey area. I'm leaning towards going full send on it but I'll keep taking any feedback in regards to the duo.
Reviews (There's been none for so long… Finally it's back =D )
RFtheGreat: No worries, as always thank you for the review =D. I'm glad you're enjoying the interactions so far, I felt like once Damien got over the initial scares from seeing Zeke (especially given who hangs around him the most) he'd feel pity for him and try to help him, and the Hockey Duo of Wayne and Raj are just such nice people to be around at that point.
Axel's conflict with the duo will come into play some more, and she won't be the only contestant with some form of conflict (hint: they haven't been booted yet), again I don't hate Axel, I actually like her character quite a bit, but if anyone was going to have issues with Ezekiel it would most likely be her. As for Chef getting Dakota involved with Zeke's cure, yeah it would make sense for her to fund one for herself, and then extend it to the others who'd been affected (since a large part of her arc in revenge was growing to care for others).
Writing Lauren and Ezekiel together is always the highlights of these chapters, her fighting Axel was great to write as well since I could write Lauren's more sadistic side in trying to get revenge effectively keeping a part of what makes her 'Scary Girl' whilst using it in a more 'well-intentioned' way. As for the old contestants coming into the story, I originally thought of only having passing mentions for the others, Dakota being the biggest one given she's supplying the cure, however I knew Sierra would pick up on stuff like this one way or another so I thought just write in a way of unintentionally exposing him to the older contestants, hence MK taping the fight between Axel and Lauren, and the introduction of Cody and Sierra into the story.
I'd hinted at Dawn appearing way back in the first chapter as being the one who tried to rescue the mutant animals, only for the producers to create the Fun Zone instead, where Ezekiel had ultimately ended up trapped after All Stars. Like I said last chapter I feel bad for making her feel so bad, but given her personality she would have been somebody who'd have seriously been concerned for Zeke when he'd first turned feral, it's honestly surprising they never interacted in ROTI (could've been a canon ship then).
As for Zeke, admittedly he did annoy a lot of people before his elimination in World Tour, but to not have a single person care when he started to deteriorate is crazy, and as for All Stars I think it was more so that they were being attacked by him when forced to save Chris, but still they just openly despise him in that season. There will be a reunion between them at some point and we'll see who turns up to that, you know at least three of them so far, there's a few more from both Gen 1 and 2 (Gen 3 is probably too far fetched unfortunately so not including them).
Wow this was a long response lmao, once again thanks for your support.
Chapter Eleven
When Ezekiel had taken the dosage it had seemed extremely quick to him, he hadn't even realised that he'd passed out again from the cure slowly removing all of the damage done to his DNA until he'd started to stir after some time had passed since the injection, finding himself back in one of the resort's many bedrooms.
For Lauren however the wait was a lot longer, contrary to what Nichelle had believed would happen she had actually carried him back to his room following his injection and subsequent knock-out, under the assumption that Axel may make another appearance whilst he recovers. She had been initially intending to let him rest for the moment when he was placed back in his room, fully intending on 'catching up' with a lot of the others who she hadn't given too much attention to since her arrival at the Playa Des Losers.
She'd been wanting to give some attention towards scaring the likes of Damien ever since she'd reunited with the others, and she'd never truly gotten acquainted with most of the contestants who were on the opposite team. She really wanted to see how far she could push the likes of Nichelle, Caleb and the Hockey Bros before they screamed.
"SHE DID THE SAME THING TO MK! ARE YOU GONNA SAY SHE LIKED HER NEXT!" she had heard Damien shout in horror from the pool below, and she giggled madly in response, she had a feeling that it was to do with her stint with the jackhammer, oh how she wanted to go back to that, remembering not only that particular challenge, but her second stint when she attacked Fang in the Fun Zone with a jackhammer.
Her plans of scaring Damien and the others quickly derailed when she began to hear animalistic muttering from the unconscious Ezekiel, she started to watch with morbid curiosity as he tossed and turned, growling to himself in his cure induced slumber, clawed hands swiping for something he couldn't find. One such swipe knocked the wig off his battered scalp, exposing his lack of hair underneath.
She took a closer look at him, careful not to get smacked by his flailing hands, and saw the beginnings of the cure beginning to take shape, his bright green skin had begun to dim slightly, slowly regaining a bit of his natural colour, and despite all of the growling and hissing his spit was seemingly a lot more harmless, not doing any damage to the area around them.
Listening to him closely, Lauren was able to make out a couple of words in between all of the different animal noises Ezekiel was making, "Win" being the most prominent of them all, which made no sense to the Scary Girl, as what did Ezekiel have that would explain a desire to win?
That's when it clicked for her, he was reliving a memory, most likely from World Tour when he was stuck on the plane. Was this another nightmare? Like when she'd first arrived on Boney Island?
At first she tried her best to get close to him, to reassure him like she did before, however the constant flailing combined with the sleep induced by the cure made it nearly impossible for her to wake him up. He was however beginning to slow down slightly, and the muttering began to become more coherent and less animalistic.
Feeling concerned and almost unnerved at this behaviour, she sat down on the floor nearby the unconscious Zeke, pulling her decorated skull closer to her. She prepared herself in case Ezekiel sprung to life, completely terrified like with his nightmare on Boney Island, however it never came, the muttering never completely ceased but the flailing arms and howling had stopped, Lauren could still hear small phrases and several names coming from him, most likely those of his cast, however the worst of it seemed to be over so she was content with letting him rest for the moment.
Eventually when Ezekiel had woken up, he weakly tried to look around, quickly finding Lauren sitting nearby, casually twirling the pigtails on the skull's hair. He tries to sit up, the noise of which alerts the nearby Lauren, who smiles widely, trying to hide the concern from before as she gets closer to him.
"Lauren?" He mutters softly, "Where am I? Why a-aren't we at the medical room eh?"
Lauren's smile widens slightly, seeing that the cure is starting to work slightly, with the damage done to Ezekiel's vocal cords from his mutation seemingly healing up. There were still some issues with his stuttering, but she chalked it down to Ezekiel still not being too used to speaking, having only regained the ability to speak whilst alone on Boney Island.
"I thought it would help you to be somewhere more comfortable." She eventually responded, tilting her head slightly with a wide smile.
"Really? Oh um… thanks Lauren." Ezekiel said gratefully, smiling back at her.
"I also didn't want Axel to cause another scene, I'd rather 'deal' with her when you're there to see it." Lauren continued, her tone becoming slightly more ominous when talking about Axel.
Ezekiel laughed slightly at this, somewhat concerned that the tension between the two contestants was getting a bit much considering what, or rather who it was about, but he knew Lauren was only trying to help him. He reached up to scratch the back of his head, only to meet his bare scalp instead of the toque covered wig he was expecting, he looked around to see the wig limply on the floor.
"How'd this get here?" He questioned, reaching down to pick up the wig, placing it back onto his battered scalp followed by snugly fitting on his toque. He turned around towards Lauren, only to see her attempting to hide her concern, a small sad frown turning swiftly into her signature smile.
"Lauren? Is e-everything alright?" He asked her, only for her to avert her eyes away from him, her smile dropping into a small scowl.
"It…" She started to say before pausing momentarily, sighing to herself in slight annoyance. "You had another nightmare…" She eventually muttered quietly.
"What?" Ezekiel responded, confused.
"You were thrashing around wildly, making animalistic noises… I didn't know how to help you because I wasn't able to wake you up." Lauren explained.
"Because of the cure?" Ezekiel guessed.
"Yeah!" Lauren shouted, nodding her head rapidly, although the concerned look was still on her face. "You were also saying stuff, in between all the growls, like it was a memory of sorts." She continued.
"Really? Like w-what?" Ezekiel asked.
"You kept repeating the word 'Win' over and over in between the growls and mentions of peoples names." She explained.
Ezekiel paled slightly, he knew exactly what she was on about. "Oh… That… Y-Yeah…" He eventually stuttered out, sweat forming as he nervously shuffled back, pulling his toque over his eyes.
"Zeke?" Pale hands gripped his green ones, gently pulling the toque back, revealing Lauren's face once more, her having moved a lot closer to him. She attempted to smile reassuringly at him, "You can trust me, I won't be scared by anything you say."
Ezekiel nodded slowly, putting his hands back down, Lauren's still holding them reassuringly.
"It was d-during my time on the p-plane…" He started.
*Total Drama World Tour, sometime before 'African Lying Safari'*
Ezekiel peered through the cracks in the cargo hold, snarling in barely contempt anger at the remaining contestants gathering around in the dining area. He couldn't quite hear anything that they were saying, nor did he really care, he just wanted to keep an eye on his competition.
He wasn't going anywhere, not after Egypt where his team unfairly kicked him off when it was Harold's fault the stick was lost, he told him to bop the crocodiles on the nose.
Not after London, when he'd been discovered in the Cargo Hold by Chef Hatchet and used in a challenge to try and return to the game, only to be cast aside in favour of Duncan.
Certainly not now, when only Seven people remained, he needed to keep at it, the money would be his soon enough.
Then maybe people would actually like and respect him.
Then maybe someone would like him like he liked Bridgette at one point…
Ezekiel growled in anger at that last thought, tugging at his ever loosening hair in frustration, he was still angry that someone he liked turned on him that fast, especially someone who once claimed to not hold grudges. HE APOLOGISED AGES AGO!
He felt invincible now, Alejandro, Courtney, Duncan, even Heather couldn't beat him now, he cackled madly to himself, even as his vision began to blur, voices of the other contestants including the aforementioned began to taunt him, his grip tightened as he growled to himself once more, he could see who was left and he was determined to beat them.
His arms suddenly shot back down to his sides, large clumps of hair going along with them, he growled in annoyance, adjusting his toque to cover the increasingly large bald patches appearing on his scalp.
Ezekiel turned away from the crack in the wall, beginning to chant madly to himself, "Win, Win, Win." He must continue onwards, the million must be his, his, HIS!
"Must… Win…" He struggled to mutter to himself, scratching his nails across the various wooden boxes strewn about in the Cargo Hold, his small remaining grip on reality finally falling to pieces alongside his humanity.
"Revenge… C-Chris…" He continued, drawing bloody trails as he kept clawing at different objects, his sanity fully slipping. Occasionally the names of other contestants slipped through his mouth, obscured by the constant growling as he searched for his next meal, imagining them as an obstacle towards his only goal.
Win…
By any means necessary…
Ezekiel's vision blurred once more, and what little of Zeke's consciousness remained briefly wondered what Izzy would've thought, would she even care what happened to him? He let that thought go, his coherent thoughts fading away as his new animalistic instincts took over completely.
The fully Feral Zeke continued to search for his next meal, holding onto the small hope of obtaining the million dollars at the end of all this…
"...And after that the next thing I r-remembered was being captured and t-thrown into the wilderness in Africa, to be h-hunted down like the animal I'd become…" Ezekiel finished explaining, solemnly looking down away from Lauren's gaze, tears threatening to fall from his eyes.
A pale hand leaves his green ones to tilt his head up, leaving him face to face with a grinning Lauren, her concerned eyes betraying her crazy smile.
"It's okay Ezekiel… look I know whatever happened in the past has hurt you greatly, but you're among friends now…" She said happily, pausing momentarily with a frown, "Well, apart from Axel and maybe Ripper, but we can convince them in no time at all…" She continued, getting more ominous towards the end.
"Y-You mean that…" Ezekiel questioned, feeling somewhat doubtful about Axel in particular.
"Of Course!" Lauren beamed happily, "But if not then you've still got Me!"
Ezekiel smiled back at her, feeling somewhat better, the two stayed close to each other for what felt like an eternity, unknowingly slowly inching closer and closer to each other as the moment dragged on.
Said moment quickly being disrupted when the door to the room was slammed open, a worried duo of Wayne and Raj bursting into the room.
"Zeke bro, are you…" They stopped mid-sentence, noticing how close Lauren and Ezekiel were to each other.
"Oh, sorry guys, didn't realise we interrupted your make out session." Wayne smiled apologetically, closing his eyes and rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"Um, Wayne…" Raj's voice cut in with slight concern.
"Yeah Rajie?" He responded.
"We'd better run." Raj said nervously, noticing Lauren's head tilting almost 180 degrees to look at them, her eye twitching dangerously and her smile looking completely deranged. Ezekiel just looked on, completely confused as to what was happening.
"What?" Wayne questioned, opening his eyes to see Lauren's deranged expression. "Oh, right… Yeah…" He said anxiously, finally realising what they'd unintentionally brought on themselves, before the pair turned and ran out of the room screaming.
Lauren quickly leaped off of the bed, heading tilting back into its natural position. She grabbed a nearby pole and snapped it in two, leaving one end completely jagged, before proceeding to chase after the Hockey Bros whilst laughing dementedly.
Ezekiel looked on in complete confusion as to what happened, before quickly realising that another bad situation could happen from this, he quickly scooped up the skull Lauren left on the floor and ran out after the trio.
After a short while where Damien screamed at Ripper in a panic, frantically denying that Lauren liked him in any capacity other than wanting to see him hurt, he had eventually managed to calm down, Nichelle breathing a small sigh of relief when neither of them were looking.
Wayne and Raj had long since left the area, wanting to check in on Ezekiel, especially once they realised that they may have potentially put their new friend in danger via 'Scary Girl shenanigans'.
Once things had calmed down for the trio that remained by the pool. Ripper looked over towards Nichelle and smirked, "So, managed to actually do something for yourself yet?" He asked her.
"Excuse me." She responded, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh you know, considering that challenge you flopped badly in, claiming some nerd called Jerry did it all for you." Ripper jabbed at her, Nichelle responding with a glare.
"As a matter of fact I have, I'd been training with Axel and Caleb in the gym since I got here." She said, getting annoyed with the Alpha Male.
"Well why aren't you there now then?" He questioned her.
"Because A, I ain't a gym rat like those two are, and B, because Axel is still pissed off about Lauren kicking her ass the other day."
Ripper laughed, "Scary Girl! Really! I know you said there was bad blood between those two but seriously!" He shouted, cackling the whole time. "That skinny little thing seriously beat up Axel!"
"That same 'skinny little thing' also threw a bear around with one hand…" Damien deadpanned, in slight disbelief that Ripper didn't realise how capable Lauren actually was.
"And? I could do that too!" Ripper boasted arrogantly, flexing his muscles.
"Sure you can…" Damien and Nichelle responded at the same time, rolling their eyes at him.
Suddenly they all heard screaming from the doors leading into the resort, turning to them just in time to see Wayne and Raj running out of them in panic, followed shortly by a cackling Lauren, still holding the pole she'd turned into a weapon. Ezekiel followed her soon after, shouting for Lauren to calm down.
"Do I even wanna know what they did to deserve this?" Damien questioned, getting up to help Ezekiel subdue the Scary Girl before she hurt someone.
"Can't be any worse than what we're about to do right?" Nichelle nervously replied, seeing Lauren approaching them, giggling madly to herself as Wayne and Raj dived behind them.
"You've gotta help us guys, she's crazy!" Wayne screamed.
"Aw don't worry little pigs, it'll all be over soon…" Lauren said sweetly, positioning the pole like it was a spear, ready to throw it at the Hockey Duo.
"Lauren they didn't m-mean it, please calm down." Ezekiel pleaded to her, having finally caught up to them.
"Yeah, listen to him please." Raj begged Lauren, still hiding from her.
"Don't worry Zeke, I'm not gonna hurt them… I just want to scare them a little." Lauren responded to Ezekiel, flashing her crazed grin towards him.
Damien grabbed the pole and tried to wrestle it out of her hands, not realising the grin she had turned towards him, and Lauren let go of the pole abruptly, launching Damien into the pool.
Damien quickly surfaced, pole still in hand, spitting out water. "Are you serious Lauren, you're messed up!" He shouted at her once he'd recovered, Lauren just giggling in response.
"D-Does this mean we can come out now." Wayne asked from behind the chairs where Nichelle and Ripper were sitting, hoping Lauren was actually just messing with them.
Ezekiel went over to help him and Raj up, cautiously looking over at the smiling Lauren, "Yeah, I t-think she was messing with us eh?" He responded, raising an eye towards the Scary Girl who winked at him in response, smiling as if nothing was wrong.
Damien climbed out of the pool, still holding the broken pole. "Look I'm gonna go find somewhere to put this, if anyone wants to talk to me I'll be at the gym myself." He said to the group of former contestants before walking away.
Nichelle glanced at the others before leaving as well, "Yeah I'm gonna see how Axel and co are doing."
"Sure you are…" Ripper responded to her sarcastically, rolling his eyes.
"Come and find out then, you'll see if I'm lying or not!" Nichelle shouted at him, turning around to face him once more.
"Maybe I will!" Ripper shouted back, following her into the resort.
Wayne and Raj waved at Ezekiel before following them as well, not too keen on speaking to Lauren so soon after she chased them down and threatened to attack them.
Lauren, unfazed by everyone leaving so suddenly, turned to Ezekiel once more with a wide smile. "So what now?" She asked simply.
Ezekiel glanced at the chairs that had just been vacated. "It's been a-awhile since I relaxed like this, I'm gonna take a-advantage of that eh." He responded, laying down on the chair that Damien was using before.
Lauren just grinned in response, promptly joining him in Nichelle's old chair. The pair used the time whilst everyone else had disappeared to enjoy themselves, eventually having to leave when it started to darken, the next elimination looming closer.
Chef Hatchet looked over at the table nearby, seeing his phone nearby begin to vibrate from being rang. He quickly dried his hands before picking up his phone, slightly confused at the unknown number, deciding to throw caution to the wind, he answered it.
"Who is this?"
A loud gasp echoed from the phone, causing Chef to wince slightly, "OMG I can't believe you actually picked up." Sierra's voice responded through the speaker.
"Sierra? What the hell are you doing calling me?" Chef questioned her, beginning to get suspicious.
"Can't I simply call to see how my favourite co-host is doing?" Sierra joked.
"Sierra…" Chef almost growled, hoping she'd get to why she was actually calling.
"Alright alright… I saw the video of the fight at the Resort. I know Ezekiel is there." Sierra responded.
Chef winced once more, remembering how mad Chris was about that video being released. "I suppose you're wanting to see him then…" He asked her, curious about where this is going.
"Yeah a few of us want to see him, we won't get in the way of production. We just want to see if he's ok?" Sierra responded.
Chef sighed, "Look I know Chris is probably gonna be mad if I let you, but to be honest he'll probably just use this as an excuse to try and get you guys into another season so I'll allow it."
"Thanks Chef!" She said happily before calling out to someone in the room with her, "Hey Cody! Chef said it's ok!"
"Really! Oh thank goodness, I'll let the others know right away." He heard Cody respond faintly.
"Oh and Sierra?" Chef called out to her.
"Yes Chef?"
"If I let you go you better not leak anything about this new season to the public, this video was bad enough but we can probably explain it away as a post-season blunder." He threatened the Uber-Fan.
"Got it Chef!" She responded happily before ending the call.
Chef simply sighed once more, putting the phone away and getting back to cleaning up before the elimination ceremony, he was sticking his neck out for these kids going up against Chris like this, he just hopes it doesn't come back to bite him.
"Really! Oh thank goodness, I'll let the others know right away." Cody shouted over to Sierra from the other room, happy that Chef was allowing them to visit the Playa Des Losers to see the recovering Ezekiel.
He was going to message through various social media towards any of the old contestants that would hear them out about the Feral Homeschooler, but he remembered one conversation from earlier in the day that he promised to call up on when they got the all clear.
"Look, nothing's guaranteed yet, but Sierra's looking at convincing Chef to let us see him at the Playa, we didn't want to say anything just yet in case it doesn't end up happening, but I don't like hearing you sound so sad, and I doubt Sierra would either." Cody explained.
"W-What if it doesn't work?" Dawn asked him.
"I suppose we could always go to the farm where he grew up, I mean Sierra knows where that is." He responded.
"But isn't that invasive?" She questioned.
"It is, but this is Sierra we're talking about, besides his family would understand, we're his friends after all…" Cody reassured her.
"O-Okay." Dawn smiled slightly, feeling slightly better.
"Look, don't worry too much about it Dawn, none of this is your fault, if it is then every single one of us on the show is to blame as well, we all could've tried to look for him after All Stars, and I doubt you'd want any of our auras to be so gloomy." Cody responded, joking with his last sentence.
Dawn giggled slightly, accepting that last comment as fact. "True, thank you Cody." She said, feeling much better.
"No problem." She could practically hear the grin growing on his face, "And don't worry, he'll be just fine, I'll talk to you soon when we have an update."
He turned away from the computer where he was messaging various other members of the earlier seasons to pick up his phone, where he quickly rang Dawn's number, after a few seconds she picked up.
"Cody, is that you?" Her voice rang through the speaker.
"Good news Dawn, Chef gave the all clear, we can head to the resort as soon as we know who's coming." Cody said to the Moonchild, excited about finally being able to see one of his old friends again after so long.
"Really?" He could practically hear the relief in her voice, "Oh thank goodness, I'm glad someone hosting on that show has a heart after all. But what about Chris?" She asked him.
"I don't know, but if Chef's cool with it then Chris must be too right?" He responded.
Dawn hummed in response, not entirely sure about that but she didn't question him.
"Look, I'm gonna go now Dawn, I've got a lot of the others to contact, we want to be heading out as soon as possible after all." Cody said to her, starting to turn back to the computer.
"That's perfectly alright, just let me know when and where to meet you." Dawn smiled.
"Will do." Cody said happily.
"And Cody?"
"Hm?" Cody hummed.
"Thank you for helping me, I'm sure Ezekiel would appreciate what you two are doing as well." Dawn responded, smiling towards the end.
"No problem." Cody grinned, before ending the call, fully focused on the task at hand.
Night time had once again descended on the Playa Des Losers, the contestants once more waiting at the dock for the next contestant to show themselves.
Nichelle and Axel were talking to each other far away from the rest of the contestants, Axel still being unwilling to tolerate the likes of Ezekiel, Lauren or even Ripper.
Lauren was sitting on the edge of the dock, excitedly waiting for the latest 'victim' to join them at the resort, Ezekiel stood next to her chatting away with Wayne, Raj and Damien about their times on the show.
Caleb was stood with them awkwardly, not exactly having the same enthusiasm as Ezekiel when it came to hearing about their experiences, as well as not having any to share himself due to being the first boot.
Finally MK and Ripper stood at the other end of the dock, quietly keeping to themselves. Ripper noticed the incoming Drone of Despair and gasped in shock, not believing who had been voted off.
"Dude, a welcoming party for me, awesome!" Zee exclaimed happily as he landed on the dock.
"Really? Of all the people they voted off it was you?" Ripper said in complete disbelief.
"Yeah man, it was a complete bummer…" Zee responded, opening a soda can and beginning to drink it.
"Wait, where did he get t-that from?" Ezekiel asked the others, confused at how Zee seemingly pulled it out from nowhere.
"It's best not to ask dude…" Damien replied, putting a hand on his shoulder as Zee looked at him for the first time.
"Oh hey there's a new guy here. What's up man?" Zee greeted Ezekiel.
Ezekiel looked at him for a moment, unsure how to respond to him, defaulting to his instinct he pointed up to the sky, "I think I see a bird." He said to Zee, who looked up as well.
"Really?" Zee squinted for a while. "Oh yeah dude… I see it."
"What the hell is going on here?" MK said puzzled, looking at the others for clarity. Damien just shrugged back as Ripper, Wayne and Raj struggled to hold back laughter at the exchange, Lauren just smiled back at her creepily.
"So are you like the pizza guy or something?" Zee asked Ezekiel.
"Uh, not really?" Ezekiel responded.
"He's my friend I found on my way here!" Lauren said, jumping up from her spot on the dock, landing in between Zee and Ezekiel.
"Really? Cool." Zee said, taking another sip from his soda.
"Okay we've all gotten reacquainted with Zee now, can we leave yet?" Axel asked impatiently to the intern watching nearby, who nodded. "Good." She said once more, turning to head back into the resort, Nichelle following her but not before smiling apologetically to the others.
"What's up with her?" Zee asked the others as they all started to head back as well.
"We fought, she lost and is angry with us." Lauren responded, grinning.
"How'd you get voted off anyway?" Ripper asked him, curious about why he was here.
"The others wanted an alliance so I said yeah, but then they had a revote and booted me, was a bit harsh of them man, I just wanted a super alliance…" Zee responded, looking slightly downcast at the end.
"A super alliance?" Caleb asked, confused.
"Yeah man, to vote off Chris." Zee said, perking up.
"You tried to vote off the host? Yeah, real smart of you…" MK snarked.
"I didn't want any more friends to be booted." Zee responded, honestly confused about why they didn't get it.
The others smiled, trying to not be too harsh on him, whilst MK, Ripper and Lauren struggled to hold back laughter. Whether or not Zee caused his own downfall unintentionally he was still at the resort now, at least with him around things should get a bit more chilled out here…
Right?
End Chapter
Author's Note: Definitely going to be some interesting comments about this chapter, let me know what you guys think. At the very least Zee's introduction should make things more interesting.