The days passed. Screaming Gophers had enjoyed a great deal of food from cookies, chips and sodas with no problem. Meanwhile my team had to make do with cafeteria food.
Over the days, Gwen and I had been very close. We both started talking to get to know each other better, I was glad to have someone to help me with my problems and doubts. But the only question for me was what to do now.
Was it a better option to leave or stay? I needed an answer to why they sent me here and why they signed me up for this, but I also didn't want to neglect my team for fear that something bad would happen. I needed to think better than to do.
Now it was night. We were supposed to sleep in for the next challenge tomorrow, however Owen had had a stomach problem from tonight's dinner. Cheff's chile con carné caused the teenager to fumigate the entire cabin.
"Hey, what's Benja doing?" Geoff asked looking that I was at the water's edge writing something.
"I don't know. But he said he had to do something important." DJ said looking at the partying teen.
"Very good. Now, I write this and applied magic." I said before writing on a stamp. At that time I concentrated magic on my palm before placing it on the seal.
"The seal is ready. I just need someone who has the key." I said looking at the seal in my hand.
Me.:
"I'm drawing too much on my magic and Kitsune abilities. I need to reduce that, this seal will block the magic inside me, but there is a downside and that is that I need someone who has the key to release my magic. I can break the seal with complete freedom but make sure it's strong enough unless it's in an emergency." I said looking at the camera.
"And now what do you want? Are you coming to brag about your victory?" I looked back only to see the Screaming Gophers team but also noticed that Beth was holding a green jelly.
"Something happens?." I asked looking at my friends and the rival team.
"We just thought we'd share something from our catering party. So we've brought something to eat for everyone." Trent said with a smile as Beth teaches the jelly.
"Aha, and?" Courtney asked suspiciously, looking at the teenage musician, which made Gwen sigh in annoyance.
"Good. Harold mistakenly dropped his ant farm so no one can go to sleep. We thought we'd use the campfire to sleep but I see you guys got there first, why are you here?" asked the girl looking at my team.
"A problem with dinner." Duncan said before we all heard Owen's stomach growl before seeing the teen run.
"Well. This is a very big sub place, I don't see anything wrong with sharing." I said smiling as Beth approached Courtney with the jelly but then we saw the girl scream, that got our attention.
"No!! Umm, sorry I mean. Sorry, I don't like jelly." Said the girl shyly looking at Beth.
"What, are you on a diet or something?" Duncan asked with a raised eyebrow but that annoyed Courtney.
"No. I just hate green jelly." The girl said as Beth walked over to DJ to give the teen some Jell-O but then we saw the teen yell before hitting the Jell-O.
"Snake!!." DJ ran to hide behind me while Cody walked over to what was left of the jelly only to see a gummy worm.
"Calm down buddy, it's just a gummy worm." The teen said before showing the candy to DJ. When the teen saw the gummy worm he calmed down before returning to his seat.
"I'm so sorry guys, I just don't like snakes. I'm terrified of them." DJ said fearfully making me internally sigh with relief. I automatically thought of all the monsters that had snakes but especially a gift that someone gave me a long time ago.
"Don't worry friends, it's understandable. Chickens are very scary too.* Tyler said with fear looking at DJ. That filled us with confusion and curiosity.
"Are you afraid of chickens?" Gwen asked with confusion but then we saw Duncan laugh.
"Oh dude, that's pathetic." Said the Punk boy with a giggle.
Gwen.:
"And suddenly we all started talking about our biggest fears. Beth went on and on about her fear of bugs, Harold is afraid of ninjas, and Heather admitted she is terrified of sumo wrestlers." Gwen stopped to laugh a bit before looking at the camera.
"Now I understand what she was thinking after Benja cast that curse on her." The goth girl said with a smile looking at the camera.
"What's my biggest fear? Being buried alive, I guess." Gwen said with a shudder looking at everyone.
"Walking in a minefield, in heels." Lindsay said fearfully before she hugged her legs.
"Fly. Dude, I'll never get on a plane, ever." Owen said fearfully making Izzy nod fearfully.
"I will never, ever, ever get on a plane. Never." Said the crazy girl fearfully looking at everyone.
"Bad haircuts. Once a hairdresser messed up my hair when I was a kid, they called me a monster for a whole month. Umm, no offense Benja." Katie said looking at me with a sheepish smile.
"Forget what I said, that's scary even worse than walking through a minefield." Lindsay said in horror. The girl loved her hair, and if something happened to her she would lose control.
"I'm scared of hail. Man, it's small but deadly." Geoff said panicked looking at us.
"I am afraid of being abandoned in the forest." Bridgette said sadly looking at everyone.
"Having to defuse a bomb under pressure." Cody said fearfully. The very image of having to fight the pressure was something he never wanted to experience.
"I'm not afraid of anything." Courtney said confidently but then we saw Duncan laugh.
"Lie." That statement from the Punk boy annoyed Courtney.
"Yeah? Well, tell us all what your fear is rude boy." Courtney said seriously but the Punk boy rolled his eyes.
"Ugh, fine." Duncan looked around. We were all waiting for the teenager's answer making him sigh.
"I'm afraid of Celine Dion promotional figures." Duncan said with some embarrassment that surprised us all but also made Courtney laugh.
"Wait, are you really afraid of that?" Cody asked with a smile looking at the punk boy.
"Oh, I adore Celine Dion." Lindsay said with a smile before pausing for a moment to think.
"What is a promotional figure?." We all fell back like in an anime at that statement.
"Those promotional figures that are in music stores." Trent said looking at the bomb girl.
"Duncan, are you really afraid of that?" I asked surprised. The punk teen looked around before looking at me.
"Yeah, well. Anyway, you're missing, Kitsune. What's your fear?" Duncan asked looking at me with his arms crossed making me stop to think.
I thought about my whole life up to now. Throughout my life since my reincarnation, I experienced many things, I lived moments of pure terror and fear, I had to fight against my anger and my fears.
"Nothing. Before I was afraid of many things, a fear that is in me is the constant fear of failing the people I love and losing them because of my weakness, I constantly asked me if I became strong enough to protect my people and everyone. But I am aware that my family is capable of protecting themselves but that does not mean that I neglect myself."
"I don't care what happens or what I have to face. I will give my life to save everyone no matter what happens, I just want my family to be happy and safe." I said seriously thinking of all my family. I looked at everyone and blushed with embarrassment seeing everyone surprised.
"Umm, I was afraid of heights before, but I got over that fear." I said shyly before looking away.
Geoff.:
"Man, Benja certainly has a big heart. And even he's willing to go to any lengths to protect the ones he loves." Geoff said looking at the camera.
Duncan.:
"I don't know what life he spent. But I'm more than sure he lived through many things to think that way. I don't deny it, it drove my parents crazy, but that doesn't mean I didn't wish them death either." Duncan said looking at the camera.
Gwen.:
"Benja told me a lot about him, there's still a long way to go but. I'm glad to know that he loves the people around him so much, but it confuses me. If he only wants to protect the ones he loves, why is he here?" asked the gothic girl looking at the camera.
"Well. And what are you afraid of, Trent?" I asked curiously looking at the teenager.
"The mimes. They are very scary." The teen said as Courtney rolled her eyes.
"Very good, Courtney. We all talk, we know you have a fear. Say it." the teen said but the girl smiled confidently.
"I'm not afraid of anything." Courtney said confidently but then the girl heard Duncan laugh.
"Yeah right, she didn't say that the other night." The Punk boy said with a smirk making DJ and Geoff laugh.
"Duncan, you know very well that I just humored you with your story just like Benja." The girl said seriously but that made Duncan laugh.
"Oh right. Bloody Mary!!." Duncan yelled before pointing behind Courtney. The girl screamed before jumping into the punk boy's arms.
"You're a savage. Let me go!!" The girl screamed but then she fell to the ground abruptly.
"You asked for it, princess." The teenager said with a relaxed smile.
The night passed quietly. When the day began we went to the dining room for breakfast, we tried to go to the cabins but unfortunately the bad smell was still in our cabin and the ants were still in the rival team's cabin.
"Very good campers. I hope everyone has rested well, today will be possibly the most difficult challenge you have ever faced, and I call it. Phobia Factor." Chris said with a smile looking at us.
"Worse than this?" Leshawna asked before touching the raw sausage on her plate.
"We are in problems." Gwen said sarcastically. The gothic girl survived an encounter against a bear, she was doubting if this challenge was going to make her so scary.
"Our first victim. Heather, head to the amphitheater, your opponent is waiting for you. It's time for the Sumos match!!". That statement made the girl spit her drink at Trent.
"Gwen. You, me. At the beach, many tons of sand await us." Chris said with a smile. That horrified the goth girl.
"Wait, how do they know our fears?" Lindsay asked with surprise looking at us.
"Because we have told them." Gwen said with concern. However, seeing that the bomb girl didn't understand that made the goth girl break out in an anime-style drop of sweat.
"Don't you remember that night at the campfire? They must have heard all our fears." Trent said looking at Lindsay as the girl now understood everything.
"Hey Cheff. Didn't you have a special order for Tyler?" Chris asked with a smile. The cook laughed wickedly before handing the sporty teen a life-size breaded chicken.
"Chickens terrify me."
"It's fried chicken, it's fried chicken." Tyler kept repeating those words over and over again before taking a bite of the chicken's head. Suddenly we were surprised to see a chicken poke its head out of him causing the adolescent athlete to scream in horror.
"Well, now I'm integrating. How can you fry a live chicken without killing it?" I asked surprised. Everyone nodded at my question as Tyler was now in a fetal position while the chicken was eating the breading from his body.
After giving Tyler a few minutes, we are now all facing a large pool full of worms, beetles, and roaches. Most of all of us were very surprised while the others were horrified and some even vomited in disgust.
"Beth went on and on about her deathly fear of bugs."
Beth looked without much interest at the pool of worms before wading into the pool of bugs. After a few moments the girl stuck her head out with a mouth full of worms causing her team to celebrate.
"And Beth wins the first point for her team, the score is even." Chris said with a smile but then Heather took it all seriously.
"Wait, what!? But Tyler passed out after taking that fucking bite of that chicken!!." The girl yelled seriously making Chris laugh.
"Yes, but Benja scored the first point. Right, Benja?" Chris asked looking at the sky. They all looked up only to see me fly over them all.
"My twenty seconds are up. Can I come down now?" ask worried. I didn't want to show more of my spells.
"Ugh, this must be a fucking joke!!" Heather yelled angrily as I slowly stopped flying.
"There are no rules, Heather. None, I make the rules." Chris said with a smile looking at the girl but that didn't calm Heather's anger.
It was Katie and Lindsay's turn. Both girls were sweating profusely as Chris approached the two girls with two ugly wigs.
"Bad haircuts. Once a hairdresser messed up my hair when I was a kid, they called me a monster for a whole month."
"Three hours ladies, you two will wear these wigs until further notice." Chris said with a smile but then one of the wigs was stolen by Owen. The teen started to do ballet dances but ended up falling to the ground, the host quickly retrieved the wig before putting the wigs on Katie and Lindsay's heads. Both girls were fighting not to take them off.
"Fly. Dude, I'll never get on a plane, ever."
Owen and Izzy were now shaking, in front of them now was a plane in very bad shape. Cheff opened the door but then we saw that the plane door fell to the ground which further horrified both campers.
"That doesn't seem safe to me. Will that plane hold up?" I asked fearfully while my friends were strapping on their parachutes as tightly as possible.
"In front of you is a war veteran. I know how to fly these planes like driving a car. Now you two stop crying and get on right now!!." Cheff yelled seriously before Owen hugged me.
"In the name of chocolates, Benja it was an honor to be your friend." The teen said before being dragged onto the plane with Izzy.
"I know you can do it, I trust you. If something happens I'll go to rescue you!!." I screamed in fear as the plane left.
Harold was relaxing in the bathroom reading a comic until he heard something land. The teenager opened the bathroom door only to see three ninjas with katanas.
The nerdy teen suddenly pulled out a pair of nunchucks before beginning to use them skillfully. The ninjas prepared to fight but suddenly they saw Harold take a direct hit causing the teenager to fall to the ground unconscious.
"Well, that's humiliating." Said a ninja with an anime style bead of sweat.
Leshawna was backing away in fear looking around, suddenly the girl saw a giant spider before running off. However, we all saw that it was only Cheff disguised as a spider.
"How humiliating." Heather said seriously but then we heard Chris laugh.
"Oh, Heather. Someone is waiting for you. And don't worry, you won't be wearing a Sumo suit." The host said with a smile while the girl now looked at everything in horror.
One thing Heather was thankful for right now and that was not wearing the sumo wrestler uniform. But now the girl was horrified seeing the Japanese wrestler in front of her.
The wrestler quickly charged at Heather while the girl couldn't do anything but crouch and expect the worst, but luckily for her the wrestler accidentally bumped into her causing the sumo wrestler to bounce off.
"And thanks to Heather's bravery. The Screaming Gophers take the lead." The rival team began to celebrate Chris's statement while I reached out to Heather to comfort her.
"Heather relax. It's all over." The girl looked at me but then she turned away from me angrily.
"Don't touch me flea fox!!." Heather yelled angrily before walking off. That annoyed some campers but especially my team.
While we were all calm on the ground. Izzy and Owen felt like they were in the same hell because Chef was flying the plane in a very dangerous way. If someone could be inside the cockpit, they would realize that the cook was actually reading a magazine while he used his feet to pilot.
"I am afraid of being abandoned in the forest."
Although the camera showed that Bridgette was calm. Inside, the girl was screaming with fear and her soul demanded that she move to go to the camp. But she was aware that that would be giving up and making us lose, so she was ready to give it her best effort. All this was seen by us while we were in a small store with a television.
"Bridgette began her six hours of solitary confinement in the woods. She seems very confident in herself." Chris said with a smile. However, I could clearly see the surfer girl's eyes and she was internally begging for this to end.
"That reminds me. Gwen." The goth girl felt a deep chill run down her spine when Chris mentioned her name. The fear only grew more when she saw the host grab a shovel. The time of burial has arrived.
"What's my biggest fear? Being buried alive, I guess."
Of all the other challenges the others had. This was possibly the one that scared me the most, while Chris was digging a well, I could see in fear as some interns brought in a glass coffin before helping the host with the grave. Without thinking I took Gwen's hand and took her somewhere to talk.
"Benja, wow, what's going on?" Gwen asked in surprise as the two of us got behind a tree. Chris smiled at that, his smile only growing when he noticed Trent's worried expression. The host did not hesitate and sent a cameraman to record everything.
"Gwen. I'm scared, I know everyone is having difficult challenges but this is the one that scares me the most. That's why I want to give you something." I said with concern before taking out two communicators from my pocket.
"These communicators will keep us connected at all times. If you are afraid or worried, do not hesitate to use it and if you cannot continue, I will come to get you out." I said with concern before handing the communicator to Gwen. The girl looked at it before putting it on.
"Thank you very much Benja but. Am I not getting you into trouble with your team? I mean, you care about all of us even though we are your rivals, won't they think that you are in an alliance with me?" The girl asked with some concern.
"For me. My friends are important, I know we are in a competition and normally we should be rivals but I know that you are not going to betray me. Heather may not like me but still. If you are in danger, I I will be your shield." I said with a smile. That made Gwen smile.
"Thanks Benja. Now let's go, let's get this shit over with." The goth girl said before returning with me to where the others are.
"Alright Gwen. If you're done making out with Benja, your grave is waiting." Chris said with a smile. The host's statement made the goth girl's face and mine turn equally red as an apple.
"Fuck you, Chris." Was all Gwen said before gathering all the courage that was in her body, and bravely, the girl lay down on the glass tomb before some interns placed the lid.
"Very well Gwen. Relax, inside that coffin we have made sure that you will have enough oxygen to spend an entire hour in there. You only have to be there for five minutes, or until we remember where we left you." Chris said with a smile. However, that disturbed and at the same time annoyed Gwen.
"Fuck you Chris." Gwen said nervously. The girl started hyperventilating but then she saw that I put a hand on her coffin.
"Gwen. I know you can do it, I believe in you. Remember, we're in touch." I said with a small smile. The goth girl relaxed as she remembered our talk and put her hand on the glass where my hand was.
"It's okay. Thank you Benja." The goth girl said with a smile. Seeing this, Trent got nervous and quickly gave Gwen a walktoki through a slot in her coffin.
"If you're feeling worried, I'll be here, just let me know and I'll get you out." Trent said with a smile while Gwen nodded and grabbed the radio. Seeing this I couldn't help but smile but, I felt a bitter aroma.
Me.:
"It's strange. In the previous days I felt a sweet aroma between Gwen and Trent. Why did that aroma suddenly turn bitter?" I asked in confusion looking at the camera.
"Goodbye Cruel World." Gwen said nervously as Trent closed the coffin slot before Chris continued burying the goth girl.
After leaving Gwen. We all headed back to Chris's amphitheater in the woods for the DJ challenge. In front of us, the teenager was very scared while he looked at a small display case where there was a baby snake.
"I'm so sorry guys, I just don't like snakes. I'm terrified of them."
"Come on DJ, you can do it friend!!." Duncan shouted in an attempt to encourage and give DJ confidence. However, the teenager was still shaking in fear seeing the little snake.
DJ could feel his heart racing. Although for us, in front of him was a baby snake. For the teenager, it was like seeing a highly venomous snake. Suddenly, DJ was startled as the baby snake winked at him.
"He winked at me!!." That statement from DJ made us all fall on our backs like in an Anime. Even Chris and the rest of the cameramen.
"That means he likes you." Katie said with an anime-style sweatdrop. While Courtney looked upset and embarrassed.
"It's just a baby snake, DJ. Come on." Courtney said with some annoyance. But her anger rose when she saw that DJ's legs were shaking.
"Yes but. It's flaky and sticky." DJ said in fear looking at the baby snake.
"We need this point, DJ. Stop being a baby and do it!!." Courtney shouted in anger but that only made the girl earn everyone's denial. But then they saw me walking to where DJ is.
"DJ, don't be afraid. Listen, I know snakes scare you, but look. You'll see that they're completely harmless." I walk over to where the snake is before taking it out. That DJ was horrified, but then everyone saw me petting the baby snake and smiling.
"Look at him. He's so cute and helpless, if you realized, you would know that this little snake is just as scared as you. But just look at him, he's sad and alone. Don't you want to show him that you 're scared too?" I asked with a smile before showing the baby snake to DJ.
DJ looked at the baby snake for a moment and timidly took the animal in his hands. The little snake looked scared but then all signs of fear were gone when the teenager gently stroked its head using his fingers.
"Ha, you're not unpleasant. I think, you're cute." DJ said with a smile looking at the baby snake. The small animal returned the gesture by sticking out its tongue. At that moment our entire team celebrated seeing that we now got another point.
On the beach. Trent and Gwen were having a relaxing moment together. The teenage musician already felt relaxed although that feeling of worry was in him, but Trent did not want to talk about it with the goth girl to avoid misunderstanding.
"Hey, you're still alive, right? You only have three minutes left." Trent said with a smile looking at the stopwatch on a cardboard coffin. Gwen had a smile, the girl left the communicator I gave her in her pocket, the girl trusted me but her talk with Trent made her put the communicator away to give it to me later.
"And then you're going to take me out, right? You're not going to abandon me?" Gwen asked with a nervous smile. The girl was not waiting for the time to get out of that coffin.
"I'm not going anywhere, I promise." Trent's statement made Gwen feel more relaxed. But that didn't change the fact that she was locked up made her feel disturbed.
"I need a distraction. Tell me something, umm. How did your fear of cuddles come about?" Gwen asked nervously. That made Trent a little nervous and embarrassed at the same time.
"I need a distraction. Tell me something, umm. How did your fear of Mimes arise?" Gwen asked nervously. That made Trent a little nervous and embarrassed at the same time.
"Well. When I was four years old, my mother took me to a circus to see the elephants, I was happy but. By accident I lost sight of her, I tried to ask for help but no one listened to me, well except someone. A mime but he made fun of me imitating me when I cried, I tried to run away but he followed me still imitating me while I screamed." Trent said but then he felt something touching his back.
When Trent turned around, he was suddenly horrified at the sight of his worst nightmare. In front of him, there was a mime, the teenager dropped the radio before starting to run out of terror. That fear only increased when the mime followed him.
"Trent? Hello? Are you still there? Hey, if this is a fucking joke, isn't it funny!!." Gwen yelled nervously. The cold silence, the darkness of the place, a sensation that paralyzed her entire body from her fear. The goth girl was horrified and her fear was increasing.
As Trent ran, everything was seen by Chris and all of us on the television in the surveillance tent.
"Alright. All Trent has to do is tell the mime to go away. But now, Cody. It's your turn." The host said before looking at the teenager. Cody gulped hearing that.
"Having to defuse a bomb under pressure."
In front of Cody were garbage containers filled to the brim tied to a timer.
"Alright Cody, this is just it. Thanks to Izzy's collaboration, we have created a harmless bomb made of garbage. Once the timer reaches zero, you will be covered in a putrid, stinky, horrible garbage bomb. All that you have to do is deactivate it." Chris said before handing Cody a set of scissors.
"But. I can't do it, how come I will do it!?" Cody shouted but then the teenager saw Chris giving him some plans.
"Everything you need is in these plans. You only have ten minutes, good luck friend." Chris said with a smile before leaving while Cody looked at the bomb in fear.
Trent felt like he was in a nightmare, a nightmare that he prayed he would wake up from and never dream again. The teenager looked around to make sure the mime had not followed him, but to his bad luck the mime was right next to him waving at him. Trent screamed in horror before running away, but then noticed the mime doing his invisible wall act.
"There's no wall there, you fucking psychopath. Stop following me!!." Trent shouted before continuing to run. The teenage musician then noticed the pier, an idea crossed his mind and he quickly ran to the pier before jumping into the water but the mime did not follow him.
"Haha, take that, idiot. You don't know how to swim!!." Trent shouted with a confident smile. But the teenager froze when he saw that the mime was going to take off his shoes. That made the teenage musician quickly have to think of something.
"Wait!!. Umm, if you come in. You're going to ruin your makeup!!." Trent's statement made the mime stop. For the mimes, makeup was something characteristic of his costume. The mime at that moment decided to turn around and leave with his head somewhat lowered when he saw that Trent managed to find his weak point.
"I'm afraid of Celine Dion promotional figures."
Throughout his life. Duncan faced off against cops, bandits, gangs, and even his crazy compatriots in juvie. But on none of those occasions did Duncan feel as much terror as he did now for me standing before him. We all returned to camp for the Punk boy challenge, on the other hand, Duncan was looking at a Celine Dion promotional figure in horror.
"She's cute, she's nice." Courtney said with a smile trying to encourage Duncan to face her fear while the team and I sit watching everything.
"It's easy. Just a hug, and that's it." Chris said with a smile. Although the challenge seemed simple and straightforward, Duncan felt his body paralyzed.
"That seems, very real, man." Duncan said in fear looking at a panicked Courtney.
"Man, it's made of cardboard. You can do it!!." Tyler yelled in an attempt to cheer Duncan up.
"Hey, if you can't it's fine." Courtney said with a smile. When Duncan saw the girl's smile he felt her heart relax, slowly the teenager relaxed her body before taking the girl's hand.
"Yuju, Duncan you did it!!." Courtney screamed in joy before running to where the punk boy was before hugging the teen. That made the punk kid laugh, but the two of them never noticed that I had a huge smile on my face.
Me.:
"Is it love, what I just smelled?" I said with a smile looking at the camera as my hair changes to a pastel pink color.
Geoff was relaxing on the beach sunbathing. However, suddenly the partying teenager saw that the sun went down. That was very strange since Chris reported that the day was going to be sunny and clear, but when he opened his eyes he could see that above him there was a huge gray cloud.
"I'm scared of hail. Man, it's small but deadly."
Before Geoff could say a word. The teenager began to scream in terror and pain when he saw that the cloud began to drop hail on his head. That forced Geoff to run out of fear, but his fear increased when he saw that the cloud was following her.
Gwen felt like she was in hell. The girl's body was paralyzed by fear, her hyperventilation only worsened her condition even more, the goth girl constantly struggled trying to call Trent but all of her internal ones were unsuccessful.
"Trent, you fucking son of a bitch. You promised me you weren't going to leave me!!." Gwen screamed in anger and horror as the girl hit the tempered glass of her coffin. But it only increased her panic, however she then smiled a little and when she looked in her pocket she remembered my communicator.
I was looking at the plane Owen and Izzy were on with concern. Even though I trusted Chef had told me that he was an expert at piloting. The way he drove was worrying me a lot. But then at that moment I noticed that my communicator was on.
"Hello!?. Benja, can you hear me!?." Gwen asked in panic. The tone of the goth girl's voice made me very worried.
"Gwen, I'm listening. What's wrong?" I asked with concern. The girl already felt happy but now she needed to act before the air ran out.
"Trent isn't responding, he left me. Please I need you to come get me, I feel like I'm out of breath!!." Gwen shouted while the girl continued hyperventilating. The goth girl's statement disturbed me.
"I'm going right now, tough!!." I shouted before gathering magic and changing my body into my Kitsune transformation. After quickly transforming I began to run with all my strength to where Gwen is.
Everyone was watching as Geoff was chased by the cloud. Most were surprised while others were wondering how this was possible.
"Isn't that adorable? Look at the cloud that's following him, it's like his own baby cloud. I'd like one too." Lindsay said with a happy smile. Meanwhile, Trent had already gotten out of the water and was watching the chase between the cloud and Geoff, but then he also noticed Chris with a remote control, implying that the host was the one controlling the cloud.
"Can you make the cloud go down so that the hail hits it harder?" The teenage musician asked with a smile. He had no grudge against Geoff, it was just his curiosity.
"You're a fucking bastard. Yes." Chris said with a smile before lowering the cloud. That made Geoff's screams of agony increase due to the harsh blows of the hail.
"Oh, amazing." Trent smiled but then something crossed his mind. A thought that was filling his mind with doubts as if he had forgotten something very important.
"Hey, don't you feel like you'll forget something?" The teenage musician asked doubtfully as he tried to think that he might be forgetting.
"Sometimes, I usually ignore it and the feeling goes away. Haha, look at this. I'm going to bury him alive in hail." The host said with a smile. However, Chris' statement made Trent realize and to his horror, he remembered what he had forgotten.
"Bury alive!? For God's sake, Gwen!!." Trent shouted before quickly running back to where the goth girl was.
I used all my speed to get to where Gwen is. Without hesitation I grabbed a shovel and quickly turned on the communicator.
"Gwen, hold on. I'm here!!." I shouted with concern but received no response. That disturbed me.
"Gwen!!." I threw the shovel before returning to my Kitsune transformation but now it was much bigger. Without hesitation, I used my claws to dig up the sand and luckily found Gwen. I quickly bit down on the coffin to free the girl before laying her on the ground and returning to my normal form.
"Gwen, hold on. Please, you have to live. Please come on!!." I screamed in panic before starting CPR and giving Gwen mouth-to-mouth resuscitation so she could wake up.
Trent arrived at the scene with Chris, the host was preparing for the worst even to call a rescue team. But what they saw made the host have a huge smile and at the same time greatly surprised the teenage musician.
Gwen seemed to be slowly regaining consciousness but when she barely opened her eyes, the girl was petrified and surprised to see that I was giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Even though between the two of us we were doing a medical procedure, to Trent and Chris, it was like Gwen and I were kissing.
"Gwen, can you hear me?" The girl returned from her commission to see me.
"Yes, I hear you, Benja." That simple statement made me hug Gwen happily. The goth girl blushed and slowly accepted the hug.
"I was so worried. I'm glad you're safe." I said smiling. The goth girl hugged me tighter and couldn't help but let out small tears of happiness.
"Someone should record everything." Chris whispered to a cameraman. To the host, this was pure gold.
"That one. You bastard Trent, trusting him almost cost me my life!!. Ugh, why the hell did I trust him!!." Gwen yelled angrily as I helped the goth girl to her feet.
"Gwen, please relax. Trent may have a reason for leaving you, there's no way he'll forget about you." I said looking at the girl but that didn't change the girl's anger at all.
"Fuck it. I don't know why I trust him. But, at least I'm happy that your concern saved my life." Gwen said before taking off the communicator but when the girl wanted to give it back to me, I refused.
"I'd rather you keep it. If something happens, you can use it to keep us in touch. But, don't put all the blame on Trent, something may have happened." I said looking at Gwen. But the girl rolled her eyes.
"I'll believe it when I see it. Still, thank you for saving me, you're my hero." Gwen said before kissing my cheek. That surprised me a lot and made me blush while the girl smiled shyly before leaving.
"Oh man, this is gold." Chris said with a smile, the host had completely ignored the fact that Trent was right next to him and watching everything.
In the heart of the forest. Bridgette was wandering around, the girl although she looked relaxed and calm, inside, she was begging to run back to the camp.
"Okay Bridgette, relax and breathe. You only have to last four hours and everything will be over." The surfer girl said with a smile to relax but then she heard the noise of an animal.
"Nice try, Chris. But you're going to need more than that." Bridgette said with a smile but then everyone in the camp heard a loud explosion.
"What was that?." I asked in confusion. I was now with Chris to go to the camp where the rest of my team was.
"Looks like Cody's time is up." The host said with a smile. Cody had unfortunately received a huge amount of trash due to the explosion and was now completely covered in dirt up to his head.
"Ugh, hello? Is there anyone here? Hello, girls?" Cody was stunned by the explosion and started walking aimlessly because the trash was also blocking his eyes.
Meanwhile. The plane where Owen and Izzy were was landing on solid ground. The moment the plane hit the ground, the two teenagers ran away, ignoring the fact that the poor plane fell apart behind them.
"Sweet chocolates. We did it!!." Owen shouted happily before starting to kiss the ground with Izzy. They were both very happy, not only to be alive but they were also happy to not have to do it again.
Bridgette.:
"I want to thank the producers for giving me the opportunity to face my fears. I am proud of myself, and now I realize that there is nothing to fear." Bridgette said with a smile looking at the camera.
Bridgette felt motivated and full of determination. This experience had made her see that there was nothing to fear about being alone in the forest. However, then she heard a noise, at first the girl was laughing believing it was a practical joke to try to scare her but when she turned around, her entire body turned petrified and turned white as paper.
Suddenly. All of us heard a loud scream of horror, which made me howl in pain as I covered my ears. On the other hand, Bridgette started running for her life to escape from a "zombie" when in reality she was just Cody with garbage covering her entire body.
Inside the bathrooms. Lindsay and Katie were looking in the mirror with the ugly challenge wigs. The time came, it was time to take off the wigs and the girls were very happy and proud of themselves for not giving up.
"We did it. We really did it, we met the challenge. Are you ready?" Lindsay asked with a smile. Katie nodded her head before taking off her wig with the bombshell girl.
"Oh god, I forgot how pretty you looked." Lindsay said with a smile making Katie laugh.
We were almost close to the final stretch. Despite Leshawna's fear of her spiders, the girl had to gather courage to face her fear, and Harold despite being knocked out with her own attack. Chris decided to give him a point for at least trying to defend himself against her. Now the score was in favor of the Screaming Gophers by a single point.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen. We're very close to the finish line. Tyler, your challenge is easy. You must be locked in this pen for three minutes with these cute, harmless little chickens." Chris said with a smile before opening a box. Inside the box were some chickens with their chicks.
"Come on Tyler, you can do it!!." Bridgette shouted with a smile to support the athlete boy.
"Yes, unless you're a chicken." Duncan said with a mocking smile.
Only a few seconds passed and we all already had a drop of anime-style sweat when we saw that Tyler was in the fetal position again. Just because a chick lay on his lap was enough to knock the teenager off his game.
"I don't think we'll get anywhere with him." Chris said with some embarrassment watching the humiliating chicken scene with Tyler.
"Tyler come on, you have to do it or we're going to lose, stop acting like a girl!!." Courtney shouted seriously. But that didn't work and Tyler was still in shock.
"Actually, you guys are down by one point, even if Tyler wins, we'd be tied." Cody said with a smile doing the math on a calculator.
"That's not necessary. We still have one last victim left." Chris said looking at Courtney. That worried the girl.
"What!? But, I didn't even say that I was afraid of anything." The girl said with fear but that made Chris' laugh get louder.
"You didn't necessarily have to say it. Actions speak louder than words." Chris said before showing the recordings from last night.
"No!! Umm, sorry I mean. Sorry, I don't like jelly." Said the girl shyly looking at Beth.
"No. I just hate green jelly."
"Your biggest fear. Is it gelatin?" I asked in confusion looking at Courtney.
"I knew it. I told them they were spying on us." Lindsay said seriously. That made most of everyone fall on their backs like in an anime. Right now we were wondering if the bomb girl was innocent, distracted or a little stupid.
"So what? Still, we're dead." Courtney said with her arms crossed. It was obvious, we were too far down to win. But then we all saw Chris smile.
"Oh, really? Alright, let's do these. Courtney, if you face your fears, your entire team will earn double points to beat the Screaming Gophers." That statement made Courtney think before accepting.
Automatically Courtney was now regretting it. In front of everyone now was a pool filled with green jelly and a huge diving board. Seeing this, the girl was doubting a lot right now and thinking about wanting to give up but it was too late.
"Are you really afraid of gelatin?" Duncan asked with a mocking smile. But that made Courtney very angry.
"Shut up, I'm just afraid of green jello. It's like, it's like sugary snot!!." The girl shouted angrily while Chris smiled.
"Okay Courtney. This is easy, if you dive into that pool of gelatin your team will win, but if you refuse. Your team will be sent to the elimination gala and they will lose another challenge." The host said with a smile. Courtney sighed and just walked to the stairs.
"This is crazy. I could die." Courtney said fearfully as the girl walked up the stairs.
"Ugh. Green jelly, it should be warm now. Soft, runny green jelly." Gwen said as the girl feigned fear. That bothered Courtney.
"You bitch. You won't make me fall!!." Courtney shouted angrily before continuing up the stairs.
"That's it, Courtney. Keep going up!!." Duncan shouted with a smile as he supported the girl.
"She's just trying to scare you, don't listen to her!!." Bridgette shouted with a smile supporting Courtney.
Courtney made it to the top. When she looked down, the girl felt dizzy and afraid, she was now faced with two things. The heights and the green jelly that was waiting for her below.
"It's okay Courtney. It's like you said, it's okay if you can't do it!!." Duncan yelled but that made Bridgette raise an eyebrow.
"Are you serious? But we will lose." The surfer girl said with a bit of seriousness before we all turn back to Courtney.
"Ugh, I can't do it. I'm going down." Courtney said fearfully before going downstairs. My entire team lowered their heads while the other team celebrated. I felt bad for Courtney, but I understood her decision and couldn't make her jump.
"And there it is. Screaming Gophers win immunity again today, Killer Bass, I'll see you all at the elimination bonfire." Chris said with a smile while the other team celebrated.
Courtney.:
"I'm ashamed. How could I be so weak!? I deserve to go home." Courtney said with tears but then the girl slapped herself.
"Come on Courtney, relax now. Show some self control!!." The girl shouted seriously but then she couldn't resist anymore and kept crying.
"Me. I caught up with them later, I have a date with destiny." Owen said with a smile before going to the jelly tank. We all already knew what the big teenager was going to do so we left him alone with the jelly.
"You were right Gwen. It's lukewarm." Was all Owen said before sinking into the green jelly.
When the night came we were all at the elimination bonfire again. I was the first to receive my marshmallow followed by Duncan, Owen, DJ, Katie, Geoff and Izzy. Now there were only two marshmallows left.
"Alright guys. As you see, there are only two marshmallows left, and you three were the only ones not to face your fears. One of you three will receive a marshmallow but the last one who doesn't receive one. You are out of the game, and you will not be able to return. Never." Chris said with a smile while Bridgette, Tyler and Courtney were now worried.
"The next camper I'm going to call is. Bridgette." The surfer girl, upon hearing that, smiled happily before going for her marshmallow. That now filled Tyler and Courtney with fear.
"And the last marshmallow of the night goes to Courtney." Chris said with a smile. The girl smiled happily before running to get her marshmallow.
"Sorry Tyler. But you'll surely make it next time." I said smiling as we all said goodbye to the teenage athlete.
Tyler arrived at the dock of shame and sadly climbed into the boat. The teenager was devastated to see that he was overcome by fear of him. However, his sadness was interrupted when he heard a chicken noise. Without him realizing it, the boat was full of chickens. That made Tyler scream in horror at the top of his lungs as the ship left the scene.
We all went to dinner afterwards. While we were eating I looked at Gwen for a moment before thinking of something. An idea crossed my mind and I stood up before walking to where the goth girl is.
"Gwen, can we talk for a moment alone, please?" I asked looking at the girl. Gwen looked at me and nodded before leaving the place with me. Heather watched everything seriously but then smiled when she saw Trent's worried expression. It seems that the girl now had something on her mind.
"Very well Benja. What do you want to talk about?" Gwen asked as the two of us were now in one of the cabins.
"Gwen. What I am going to entrust to you is something very serious and of great importance to me. I want you to have the key to my magic." I said looking at the girl. That confused but at the same time caught the girl's attention.
"What do you mean by key to your magic?" Gwen asked but then she saw that I showed the seal that was now in my hand.
"I'm about to seal my elemental magic. Unfortunately I can't do anything with my Kitsune magic since that magic is too powerful for me to seal alone. However, I can seal my elemental magic to avoid using it, I can break the seal but. I need someone with confidence to give me the key to my magic. And I trust you, Gwen." I said smiling. That amazed the girl.
"Why did you bring me here?." Trent asked crouching down with Heather.
"You will see." The girl said with a smile before arriving and listening to our talk.
"Benja. What you're asking of me is something huge, you. Do you really think I'm the right person to ask this of me?" Gwen asked surprised making me nod.
"I have confidence in you, Gwen. That's why I'm asking you for this favor, too. With the communicator I gave you, we can be in contact all the time, if something happens and you need help just ask me and I'll go as fast as I can to help you." I said smiling making the girl smile.
"Benja. You do so much and trust me so much, sometimes I think you really care or care in a way." Gwen said with a smile making me blush. The goth girl, realizing what she said, blushed too.
"Ahem. Back to the topic, okay. If you think I'm up to this, then. I'll accept." Gwen said shyly making me smile.
"Thank you, Gwen. Now stay still, I'm going to create the key seal on you. When it's time to break my seal, you'll just have to shout "Kitsune, answer my call." And you'll have to touch my hand where it is. the stamp." I said before I started writing the seal on Gwen's hand. But a thought came to the goth girl's mind.
"In a way. This is like, a union between us?" The girl asked while I finished writing the stamp. Once the magic seal was written, it disappeared into thin air.
"You can call him that way. After all, I gave you my communicator so that we can both be in contact in any case when there is any danger or you need urgent help." I said smiling making Gwen smile.
"Okay. I think it would be best if you went back to your cabin, if they see us here alone they'll think we're up to something." Gwen said with a small giggle making me laugh too.
"Rest, Gwen. And, I appreciate you keeping my secrets. I know there are a lot of them, but. It's good to have someone trustworthy like you, especially. That night on the dock." I said smiling making the girl smile.
"You're welcome. Rest Benja, I'll see you tomorrow." The goth girl said before going to bed while I left. It was all overheard by Trent and Heather.
"Now do you understand why I brought you here? Gwen and Benja are in an alliance, and if I have to guess, I think she likes his pet fox." The girl said with a smile while Trent tried to understand everything.
"No. You're wrong, she couldn't have, Gwen is amazing, she couldn't do this to us." The teenage musician said but he then saw Heather stand up.
"How naive you are. What didn't you see? Those seals are a union between them and also talk about a communicator. It's obvious that they are up to something and they are together, maybe not just as friends." Heather said with a smile before walking away leaving Trent alone.
Trent looked for a moment at Gwen's cabin and then at my team's cabin. The teen was internally conflicted, one part the voice of reason was struggling to tell Trent that it was all lies, but the voice of jealousy was talking about something else. The teenage musician sighed before going to bed. Today was a hard day. I just hoped that tomorrow would be calmer.
That's it for today's chapter. I hope you liked it and I also hope you are liking the story so far. Here I will leave a small list of the magics that will be blocked due to the magic seal:
Fire magic.
Earth magic.
Ice magic.
Water magic.
Air magic.
Electric magic.
On the other hand, ivy magic will be unlocked due to its medicinal magics, on the other hand. Kitsune senses and magic will be unlocked.
Reading the comments I received a response from the reader from the other time. And what he said is true about certain unfair advantages, but I promise there will be surprises when I get to those chapters. Until then, I hope everyone has a good day, afternoon or evening. See you later and sorry for the delay. Goodbye Dattebayo.