It was 2 mornings after that surprising day which had taken place after the talent show challenge; both teams were at their tables and Lincoln and Dawn were giving nervous looks at eachother while Zoey looked their way and giggled. "Okay, what is going on creepy girl? You and the magician over on the other team have been acting weird ever since 2 mornings. Right before the Hamsters did that weird bowling thing with the bowling pins made out of the trees and using themselves as balls." Lightning decided to finally ask banging his fist on the table looking to Dawn.
"OMG; Somersault Bowling was one of the best ideas we have had in a long time! It was a lot of fun!" Katie said smiling as she sat in the confessional with Sadie.
"Lincoln on the last go managed to get a strike! The only one scored; we didn't think that one was even possible!" Sadie squealed.
Dawn was looking away nervously and Lincoln gulped when he heard what they were talking about; "...No one knows yet Lincoln... You can keep this to yourself... That it turned out that Dawn and I were eachother's first kiss!" Lincoln whispered to himself nervously and managed to blurt out with eyes on him as he then covered his mouth.
"Huh?" Gwen asked a hint of jealousy in her voice as Lincoln looked close to panic as Cody's eyes widened and he went to glare in Dawn's direction.
"It turned out... It sounds like you two have met before." Courtney pointed out noticing how he had said it as Lincoln sighed.
"...Okay look, I was on this road trip with my family when I was 7... I saw this girl at the hotel and she was humiliated during this party that the kids at the hotel had... I felt guilty but she ended up helping me out when I was in trouble the next day... We kind of shared my first kiss..." Lincoln explained as there were eyes on him.
"It was mine as well; my family were visiting the USA and fate made us happen to meet up. I never expected to meet him again and only realised that the boy who I shared my first kiss with was Lincoln when I told the story to him those days ago. It seemed that fate guided us to meet eachother by happenstance." Dawn finished as they took this in.
"Is this going to be some fairy tale story? Lightning won't let anything between you and the boy on the other team affect our chances of actually winning a challenge!" Lightning asked folding his arms.
"Come on Lightning; it's sweet and kind of amazing really!" Zoey spoke up with a smile.
"I find it charming as well! Lincoln looks to be a cool guy as well." DJ said nodding with his own smile.
"We are so not going to let nature girl get between you and Lincoln! Remember it was you that he chose to draw like one of those French girls!" Cody whispered to Gwen who sighed.
"All that it says was that there might have been some puppy love between them all those years ago!" Gwen whispered back shaking her head but couldn't keep the jealousy out of her voice.
"Lincoln man; who have you told this to? I would be thrilled to spill to my folks if I had gotten my first kiss!" Ezekiel decided to ask Lincoln who shook his head.
"Absolutely no one and not even my best friend Clyde knows! I swore to never let my sisters know!" Lincoln answered looking determined.
"Well they are going to learn now." Courtney brought up and Lincoln looked at her as if silently asking what she meant. "You remember that we are on a reality TV show right? There are cameras everywhere recording us and today is challenge day!" Courtney reminded him as Lincoln looked on in horror as he realised that.
"This couldn't get any worst..." Lincoln muttered as Owen let out a large belch from across Lincoln at the table while eating from a can as they all reacted in disgust. "I stand corrected..." Lincoln muttered.
"My iron stomach can only take so much..." Courtney muttered.
"Cleaning up after the animals back home never smelled nearly as bad..." Ezekiel gagged.
"What are you eating Owen?" Gwen demanded snatching the can away and her eyes widened. "Where did you get this Owen? This can expired... LAST YEAR!" Gwen shouted out as the Killer Hamsters were more disgusted than before.
"I found them outside Chef's cabin in the trash; you want some? They taste good." Owen asked as they all shook their heads.
"What is wrong with you Owen? Even my sister Lana would never eat food that are a week expired!" Lincoln asked looking like he was going to run to a trashcan to barf.
Soon Chris came in saying "okay Campers; next challenge is in 10 minutes and get ready to bring it!"
Both teams were at the dodgeball court set up at the beach and Chef dressed as the referee; "Today's challenge is the classic game of dodgeball!" Chris spoke taking out a dodgeball while next to the other dodgeballs with Lincoln looking on in horror as Lightning looked excited.
"Yes! We are actually going to win this time!" Lighting cheered out loud to the heavens.
"Love the enthusiasm Lightning but please let me explain the rules: if you get hit with the ball then you are out!" Chris said throwing the ball to Courtney catching it in the gut and tossing it back to him saying that he can't do that. "If you catch the ball, the thrower is out and the catcher gets to bring in another team member out on the court!" Chris said catching the ball and then tossed it to DJ.
"DJ try to hit me!" Chris said as he gad gotten another dodgeball. "If you have a ball then you can use it to deflect another ball; but if it knocks the ball out of your hands then you are out!" Chris explained.
"So what do you do when the ball comes to hit me again?" Lindsay asked looking confused as Chris used his dodgeball to deflect the ball from DJ and it ended up hitting Lindsay on the face. "You were supposed to dodge!" Chris ranted as she held her head. "You have 1 minute to game time! Hamsters; you will have to sit 1 person out each game! Best of 5 wins the challenge!" Chris said as Lincoln instantly put his hand up.
"Listen everyone; you had better have me sit out every game because... I suck! At sports in general and nothing that my parents or my sister Lynn ever tried could fix that! But dodgeball in particular? I am hopeless! If there is any challenge that I would be the weak link then this is the one!" Lincoln told his teammates looking like he was dead serious.
"Come on now Lincoln; I am sure that you are being too harsh on yourself..." Dawn said assuringly with a smile coming over but then read his aura with her being shocked. "You are not exaggerating; you are hopeless..." Dawn said as Lincoln sighed but nodded and Zoey smacked her face.
"Dawn needs to be less blunt; especially to her future boyfriend." Zoey said in the confessional with her arms folded looking dissapointed.
Lined up were Katie, Courtney, Owen, Cody & Gwen for the Killer Hamsters and a smirking Lightning, Dawn, Tyler, Lindsay & DJ for the Screaming Beavers. "It's on like Donkey Kong; we are going to eat you up and spit you out!" taunted Lightning with Dawn giving him a look.
"Well; we are going to totally eat something!" Owen put back as Courtney then smacked her face in irritation. Chef then blew his whistle with those sitting out on both teams cheering for their sides (though only Zoey was let on the Beavers' side); Cody tried to throw his ball at Tyler but he ended up throwing it right at Zoey.
"Try to hit their team! Not our team, especially not those in the game!" snapped Lightning in Tyler's face looking like he was ready to hit something. "You look like you are supposed to be the other sports start but even the worst teammate I ever had would never have done something like that! Is the sports gear just for show?" Lightning asked shaking his head.
Owen went to throw and hit Tyler in the stomach eliminating him; Lightning gave him a death glare and threw a ball right at Owen eliminating him.
"This is going to be easy; sorry Dawn..." Cody smirked running and throwing at Dawn but she moved to the side easily dodging it. "Wait what... That was a fluke... Can I borrow this..." Cody asked Sadie taking her ball and threw it at Dawn but she easily caught it with one hand as she was balancing her dodgeball on her foot with her leg stretched out.
"Wow Dawn..." Lincoln muttered in awe as Cody went to join him, Ezekiel & Katie on the stands as Tyler rejoined the Beavers.
"Okay this; take Lightning out and then the rest should be easy... Save Dawn for last..." Courtney muttered aiming for Lightning but he taking a ball from Dawn, then used it to deflect the ball from Courtney getting her out to her irritation.
DJ then threw his ball at Gwen but she dodged and Gwen threw one hitting Lindsay in the face eliminating her, Katie gulped as she tried to deflect a ball from Dawn but it knocked her out of her hand. Gwen gulped as she found a free ball to throw but it ended up being caught by Lightning with a a yawn.
"Round goes to the Beavers!" Chris said as the Beavers cheered as the Hamsters went to their side of the court.
"I am out again; trust me people... You DON'T want me out there! I would just get hurt embarrassingly!" Lincoln told him as Katie, Courtney, Gwen & Owen went onto court to play this round.
"Don't worry Lincoln bro! I will win this for you aye!" Ezekiel patted him on the back as he went to be the 5th teammate.
"You had better be as good as dodgeball as you are at building!" Courtney warned Ezekiel as they were facing Zoey, Dawn, Lightning, DJ & Lindsay.
Chef blew his whistle as Lindsay asked "What are we supposed to do with this again?" She was then hit in the face by a ball from Ezekiel with him high fiving his teammates as Lindsay got up and saw Tyler on the stands smiling at her and she smiled back, Cody looked at this in jealousy.
"Here goes nothing; wasn't the best at sports..." Zoey muttered but looked on in shock and proud of herself as she managed to get Katie out when she threw by hitting her on the knee.
Dawn was doing some ballet poses as she dodged the balls coming her way from the Killer Hamsters as Courtney looked ready to grit her teeth.
"That girl... She has to be some sort of alien! No one could like that just by being a 'one with nature' hippie type. Plus that 'aura reading'..." Courtney snapped in the Confessional.
Lightning grinned as he collected balls and started throwing them right at the Killer Hamsters getting them all out.
"Round goes to the Screaming Beavers! One more round won for them and they win!" Chris said with Chef blowing his whistle and the Screaming Beavers excited.
Out on the field ready to play for the Hamsters were Cody, Ezekiel, Katie & Gwen while Lightning, Tyler, Lindsay, Zoey & DJ were up for the Beavers. "Guys... I am feeling gassy from those beans... I better sit this one out..." Owen muttered sitting down next to Lincoln.
"Are you sure that you can't play Lincoln?" Sadie asked Lincoln as he looked firm.
"Trust me; this is for the best if I don't... OWEN! THAT IS DISGUSTING!" Lincoln snapped as the Hamsters held their noses as putrid natural gas came from Owen and Lincoln ran away and onto the court as Chef then blew his whistle. "Wait, what? No... Chef..." Lincoln pleaded in horror as he realised what was going on and groaned going to his knees.
"Come on Lincoln; this is like in the climax of a movie where the plucky underdog digs deep and overcomes the odds..." Cody assured Lincoln coming over and putting a hand on his shoulder only for them both to get by Zoey & Tyler.
"Sorry Lincoln..." muttered Zoey apologetically as they both went to the stands.
"I will avenge you buddy!" roared Ezekiel throwing his ball at Zoey and cheered as he got her only to get hit by Lightning, Katie and Gwen began running away to dodge but a barrage of thrown balls at Lightning got them out.
"Oh... In a rather embarrassing 3 to nil; the Screaming Beavers win the day! Hamsters; you lose and for the first time, you have to vote someone out!" Chris said as Lincoln sighed joining his team.
"Well; our first loss..." Courtney sighed.
"Well; we had a weak link this time and sorry Lincoln but..." Cody sighed looking quite reluctant along with the other teammates and Lincoln looked understanding.
"No way; Lincoln has helped us out and got us to victory in the last 2 challenges before this and it was Owen's disgustingness that got him on the field! Besides; I would rather not share a cabin with him tonight and smell his farts!" Gwen spoke up looking defiant.
"Yeah; I am sticking up for my buddy as well!" Ezekiel spoke in agreement nodding his head.
"Yeah but in this case... We might have more sport related challenges and he admitted that he wasn't so good... Sorry Lincoln; I will be sure to thank you in my acceptance speech when I win it all and I hope we can keep in touch afterwards! Courtney said with a smile as Gwen rolled her eyes as she glared at Courtney.
"Thanks but it's alright; I gave it my all but... It's a competition and I hope we can still be friends! I will see you all at the campfire ceremony, I just want to have one last look around the island before I go." Lincoln smiled with a resigned sigh as he walked off but his teammates looked uneasy and so did Lindsay, DJ, Zoey and Dawn.
Later Lincoln was drawing a landscape of the trees as he jumped as he found a hand on his shoulder; "Oh Dawn... Hi!" Lincoln greeted Dawn as she looked concerned. "This could be our last chance to talk..." Lincoln muttered as Dawn shook her head.
"I looked at my homemade tea leaves before going to find you; they said that fate would give you another chance. In case that they are wrong; I want to see how you are getting on. You have nothing to be ashamed off; I am not the biggest sports fan myself." Dawn told him looking hopeful.
"Thanks for the sentiment Dawn but I don't think the fates will be bending over backwards for me." Lincoln shook his head but put his hand on her shoulder. "But it's easy for you to say as you were incredible out there! I am lucky that my first kiss was with someone as cool as you!" Lincoln told her and Dawn was red in the face and so was he.
"If you are truly to be eliminated tonight; consider this a parting gift from me." Dawn told Lincoln as she went and kissed him on the cheek and waved to him with them both embarrassed by this.
"I am going to miss her..." Lincoln muttered as he managed to go back to his drawing. "Now... I can draw that giant X in the mud..." Lincoln spoke to himself but paused as he just realised the X in the mud and went to dig it up curiously with his hands. "Uh... This feels like something Lana would do..." Lincoln muttered but found something.
At the campfire pit Lincoln was showing off a wooden sculpture bust of Chris' head smiling. "That was really buried here?" Gwen asked perplexed.
"It's weird but it will make for a nice souvenir as I go home..." Lincoln said as Chris got their attention with a plate of marshmallows as they all sat down.
"Your first time at the campfire ceremony Killer Hamsters; the votes have been casted and I see that I know who is out of here. I am handing out the marshmallows and whoever doesn't receive one will have to walk the Dock of Shame, board the Boat of Losers and leave the show for good!" Chris explained as Lincoln nodded with a resigned sigh.
"Ezekiel. Gwen, Courtney, Sadie. Cody. Katie." Chris spoke tossing them their marshmallows as there were apologetic looks at Lincoln who gave his best smile wanting to take this in stride. "Before I give out the final marshmallow... That's a nice handsome McLean-Brand Chris Head that you got there. Only 1 that we have buried here." Chris informed him as Lincoln looked perplexed.
"Plastic replicas will be available on the official Total Drama Island merchandise store at twenty bucks and for ten bucks more you will get it plus a personalised CD of cover songs by your's truly!" Chris plugged showing a plastic replica while sitting in the Confessional.
"Do I get something for finding it then?" Lincoln asked and Chris smirked nodding.
"Indeed you do... By finding it and bringing it to the Campfire Ceremony... You receive... Invincibility from being eliminated." Chris explained and their eyes widened as Lincoln was tossed the final marshmallow. "Lincoln you are staying and Owen buddy; sorry but with 3 votes you are out of here!" Chris spoke as Ezekiel was cheering out loud with Gwen clapping for him.
"Wow really..." Lincoln said in awe and looked to Owen getting up. "Sorry Owen; here have my marshmallow.." Lincoln said apologetically to Owen giving him the marshmallow as Owen eat it and pulled him into a bearhug.
"Oh thanks Lincoln! No worries about it; I have had fun and met a lot of friends!" Owen said as he finally let go and was escorted to the Dock of Shame.
Courtney took a deep breath and said "this could be a blessing in disguise Lincoln; we could use your brains more..."
"No worries Courtney..." Lincoln with a shake of his head.
"So a second chance to stay in and show Gwen what you have!" Cody whispered into Lincoln's ear.
"I stood by you Link; you and me... We are going to the final 2!" Ezekiel said patting Lincoln on the back looking determined and everyone looked amused at his confidence.
"Thanks Ezekiel and Gwen for sticking with me; I wouldn't have understood if you had to be fair but I appreciate it." Lincoln smiled as Gwen smiled at him.
"Your definitely the more superior company and if I had to make a list of those here I like the most; I think I warmed up to you the most." Gwen told him and looked embarrassed as she went and kissed him on the cheek as there were gasps and Lincoln was red in the face. "Besides... I would rather Owen not stink out the cabin tonight with the smell of expired beans." Gwen said as she then ran away chiding herself for being so forward.
"The fates apparently told Dawn the right message; i should ask how to do the tea leaves thing so I can ask what do I do when I get kissed on the cheek by two different girls I may like on the same day!" groaned Lincoln holding his head in the confessional.
Outside the Screaming Beavers' cabin the Beavers were watching as they saw their opponents at the cabin. "A stroke of luck saved Lincoln in the end... Glad too as I like Lincoln more than Owen. Owen is nice but... Mama said not to say something about someone if you don't have something nice to say about them." DJ said as Zoey and Dawn were glad.
"Glad too." Lightning said simply as he had gotten looks. "Magician boy was near instrumental in our first 2 defeats and him being out after a poor showing in dodgeball would not at all be satisfying to Lightning. Magician boy looks to be a formidable opponent and if Lightning is going to beat him and the Hamsters then Lightning must beat him on his A-Game!" Lightning clarified banging his fist onto his other hand as they took this in.
"Glad to see you still in Lincoln!" Zoey cheered out and Lincoln smiled at her.
"Thanks for the support earlier Dawn... Guess the fates were right." Lincoln called out looking red and so did Dawn as they both looked away. Zoey looked confused as Dawn was covering her face.
"I kissed him on the cheek..." Dawn admitted as her teammates looked stunned but Zoey got over and was ready to squeal.
"Slow and steady Dawn; we are getting there..." Zoey cheered and Lindsay saw Lincoln going to a tree to gather his thoughts.
"Lincoln I must say congrats on staying in but Dawn just told our team something; did she really kiss you on the cheek?" Lindsay asked greeting him with a low voice as Lincoln sighed.
"So did Gwen after my butt got saved by this bust." Lincoln said showing off his wooded Chris bust as Lindsay looked surprised. "What am I going to do? You saw my drawings and I am not sure about how to go about this... I now see them both as friends but what if they both find out and this starts something... My sister Luna once had a song called a Stormy Love Triangle and I think it says everything about this predicament..." Lincoln explained looking like he was going to panic as Lindsay put his hand on his shoulder.
"I am sure that whatever happens; they will both value their friendship too much to ruin it for this. Just leave it be for now and I can help you with whatever you decide. How about this; if i get any ideas then I can share them with you?" Lindsay suggested and Lincoln smiled at her.
"Thanks Lindsay; another person here I can definitely count on for being a friend!" Lincoln told her and Lindsay smiled.
"I am genuinely glad that Lincoln is still here and not that disgusting Owen. I legit do like Lincoln a lot as a brother; you know one of those brothers you like to mess with for fun. Neither Gwen nor Dawn know yet of the other kissing Lincoln on the cheek or the other drawing that Lincoln did on the other girl so far. This is going to be a lot of fun." Lindsay giggled in the Confessional.