M is for misery

by loudandclear236

Just your normal Total Drama Season. No I'm lying, everyone has secrets, lies and bitterness. All with a sprinkle of misery on top. Will it come out or will it fester. Read and find out.

5. Chapter 5

Screaming Gophers

Trent,Sadie,Katie,Heather,Jo,Scott,Justin,Eva,Staci,Izzy,Geoff

Killer Grips

Harold,Duncan,Tyler,Owen,Alejandro,Emma,Courtney,Cody,Sierra,Beth,Lindsay,Junior

Team Amazon

Leshawna,Gwen,Brick,Mike,Zoey,Dawn,Bridgette,Noah,Ezekiel,Anna Maria,B,Taylor

Dawn (Team Amazon)

"Attention Campers, it's challenge time! Please meet down at the beach!" Chris's voice roared over the mega phone. In an instant birds started to swarm around me. I think they could sense that I was in distress. It's great that I could rely on animals to help me in my time of need. I looked at each one trying to find my calm. I was looking for my center, my peace. Mike's aura was really oozing out evil at this point. I have to do something. I'm just not sure what? I may just have to assess the situation from afar because, for the first time in my short life, I was unsure about someone. I walked down the path and I merged in with everyone heading to the beach. I looked around, while some looked happy, others seem to be quite the opposite. It seems like every time we start a challenge it's the same emotion with these people. Once the path narrowed to the sand the teams have finally begun to take form. I looked over and saw Gwen trying to get my attention. She was trying to get me to give a sign that said I'm ok. I wanted to settle her fears by giving her a half smile. She still looked very concerned. I knew my acting amounted to garbage. So I wasn't surprised at her reaction.

Chris

"Hello campers, I hope all is well with everyone because this is the second challenge of the season! For those of you who have visual impairments, you will notice that DJ is no longer with us. Screaming Gophers, hopefully things can change this time around. Also, to get some further business out the way, look out for movie tickets, if you want to have a fun time enjoying a movie, you have to work for it. Also, hidden immunity idols are also in the challenge as well, you should find them or your ass is going to end up like Dj."

"That's enough DJ, talk Chris, we get it." Heather said, annoyed. "Your name is the name that he should be talking about." Eva gripped.

"I wasn't even included in the vote and I still had safety...like you are clearly crap at this game if you couldn't vote me out." Heather said, smirking. "You!" Eva shouted, getting enraged.

"Ladies save it for the vote." I said smiling as the two were glaring each other down. "Now let's get on with the challenge. Like the first challenge, this will be split into two parts, I'm not going to tell you what the other part is until it's time. Now in the meantime, if you look behind me, you will see 3 wooden crates about the size of three human bodies. I'm so glad they got the funding up on the show so we can basically do whatever we want." I said with a smile.

The campers groaned in unison. "Anyway, there will be three people in each of the 3 crates. The crates have locks on them so two people from the outside will be running to unlock the crates. The problem with that is there's so many keys to sort though." I pointed to a glass box full of keys.

"Another problem is that there's a hose in the crates, slowly filling up the crates with water. Now, don't worry if the water hits the top we will open the crate. Now,once two crates are open part 1 of the challenge is over. If the two people tasked with opening the crates failed to open at least one before the water hits the top then that team loses the entire challenge. Also, Team Amazon and Killer Grips one person has to sit out of the challenge to make the teams even. I think I explained it in a very credible way. So if you're unclear, ask a fellow camper to help you out. Teams will also go one at a time, so come up with a strategy. So because it just so happens that I'm looking at this team, Killer Grips will go first. Then the Screaming Gophers and lastly Team Amazon. Oh and one more thing, once the crates are open those are the people moving on to the second half of the challenge. So I think that's it guys, please discuss your strategy!"

"Chris, are there any special rules that we need to know about?" Eva asked, eyeing Heather.

" I don't remember naming any rules if you were listening I explained everything very clearly Eva." I said annoyed with the question. "Listening skills … is like a must." I said rather annoyedly. Eva's eyes were practically coming out of her head. "Ok people, get to your strategy."

Courtney (Killer Grips)

As soon as Chris stopped laying into Eva with her ridiculous question. Emma of course decided to be the first one to jump on leading the team in the strategy section. "Ok, guys I know I almost bungled the first challenge. But part of being a leader is acknowledging my mistakes." She said while pausing and staring directly at me. "I'm sorry, but I'm the one who led the team last when you were falling short. Why would we go with an old dog that doesn't work when we can have a new one that gets the job done right the first time." I replied back super annoyed with what she was insinuating. "1 challenge won by a particular individual does not dictate every strategy session for every challenge moving forward. And trust and believe you've been in the limelight long enough, so if anyone is an old dog, it's you" Emma stated back.

"Guys can we give it a rest. Please?" Beth started pleading for peace. "We can work something out where we can come up with a group decision that everyone is happy with." Beth said. I was too busy glaring at Emma to care about what brace face was talking about. "Beth we should totally get in a crate together, you are so smart. It could be me, you and Tyler."

Lindsay said, coming out of nowhere flashing a smile. I honestly forgot that I had a gorgeous dumb idiot and a brace face loser on my team. Uh, this is season two all over again. I started running my hand through my hair trying to think about what my next move should be going forward.

Cody (Killer Grips)

Beth and Lindsay as well as Courtney and Emma were clearly talking very loudly so everyone could hear. Of course, Sierra was right next to me. So I had to use this opportunity to sway Sierra away from me during the challenge.

"Hey Sierra, we are really going through with the Alejandro vote right? I mean that is If we lose."

"Yeah, that plan is still on. Heather will no longer have a reason to stop by, which is the main goal. She can lay on her mattress that's outside for all I care." Sierra said with a smile.

"Well, we should really make sure that is still happening. You see Lindsay wants Beth to be in a crate with Tyler and her. But I think you should be in a crate with Tyler and Beth because you can go over the plan with Tyler. Beth and Lindsay are such good friends that they will have time to talk about the plan later. Talking about the plan in a secluded crate is the best time to do it. Beth and you are the architects, put your brilliant plan in motion. Therefore, if we lose...or the next time we lose a challenge a plan is set in stone that Alejandro is going home for sure. It really sucks because I can't be in a crate with you but I could try to be in a crate with Alejandro to make sure whoever's with him doesn't tip him off about the plan."

"Cody you're a genius!" Sierra said, painting a huge smile on her face. "My boyfriend is so smart." Sierra gave me a huge hug. "Like come on, only guys like you can totally come up with a plan like that!" She said as she walked over to Beth,Lindsay and Tyler. Great, how am I going to convince these people to make the teams that I want? I looked around to soak in some of the conversations, and we haven't made much progress. Emma and Courtney were just shooting passive aggressive jabs at each other. Sierra was making her pitch to Beth while Lindsay was noticeably looking uncomfortable."Hey, Cody isn't our team something!" I turned my head to see Owen standing right next to me. I looked up and down at him in a rather annoyed way. But I knew I had to play nicely for Noah's sake. I took an internal deep breath. "Well, I think we just need to listen to each other, like for instance, you like everyone here, maybe you would want to be In a crate with someone you know, and someone you want to know more. I think about this as a bonding experience, not a challenge."

"Woah, when did you become so profound?" Owen looked at me in my eyes with a dream-like smile. "Owen, focus! Now your best buds with"...I looked around and saw Alejandro...then I saw Harold. I then stopped when I saw Duncan. "Duncan, And then you need someone to bond with ...uh… I turned and Emma's voice echoed through the group. "Emma," I said, feeling like a sign from god came down. "Duncan, my best bud and Emma, Noah's girl ... that's good." Owen said with a thoughtful smile. "Yeah, that's who you should be with." I said encouraging him to get his fat ass self away from me. Owen instantly

bolted away towards Duncan.

Owen (Killer Grips)

I bolted away from Cody and went right to Duncan. "We have got to get in a crate together." Duncan was standing next to Junior. Both of them gave me a rather surprised look. "Um..sure whatever" Duncan replied.

"Why are we still even talking about this? I have more experience in anything that you have…" Courtney's voice screeched over the group.

"Wow, they are going at it." Junior replied, staring with enthusiasm. Duncan stood quietly and then he eventually rolled his eyes, "We have got to split them up."

"I'm glad you said that! Emma needs to come with us!" I said with a smile. Junior looked at Duncan and Duncan gave him a confused look. I walked away from Duncan and Junior to the small group that was currently bickering. "Guys" I said calmly.

"Sierra can you explain why Lindsay has to sit out?" Tyler pressed Sierra.

"Guys we can talk about this." Beth stated to Tyler.

"Guys, I have a plan." I said a little louder.

"I don't see you coming up with anything." Emma said to Beth. "Guys come on!" I moaned out. Just then, Duncan came up behind me.

He then whistled out a tune that was very distinct. This stopped everyone from arguing and caused everyone to look up at Duncan.

"Owen has something to say." he said, prompting everyone to look at me. "Well, um I think…" I stopped and looked at Cody. He gave me a blank stare. I was partly expecting some encouragement but maybe he didn't see me. Or he was zoned out. "I think that Duncan,Emma and I should go in a crate together...and while, I don't know what your qualms are…" I said, looking at Tyler,Sierra,Courtney and Emma. "We should look at this as a bonding experience. I looked over and saw Junior. "Junior, maybe you and Courtney should be with each other opening the crates...and Tyler, Lindsay is your girlfriend, Sierra is a person you really don't know. Spend time with her. And well that leaves Harold,Cody and Al...Alejandro. You guys should have fun with each other." The three guys stared at each other and then quickly looked away. "Guys are you with me!" I shouted, pumping my fist in the air.

"Courtney and I together doesn't sound bad at all." Junior stated optimistically."And I'm also happy with the plan." Sierra said jumping with joy.

"All in favor of Owen's pla…."

"If anyone's going to take a poll it's me!" Courtney shouted prompting an eye roll from Emma.

"All in favor of Owen's plan!" She shouted, her voice boomed over the group.

"I" a majority of my team shouted out happily.

"All opposed!" Courtney shouted.

"Uh, I fucking do!" Tyler said looking around.

"Tyler the term is Nay!" Courtney said smiling.

"Minus the expletive of course."

"Why is Lindsay the one sitting out?" Tyler said, raising an eyebrow. Strangely he directed it towards Sierra and I.

"Tyler, it's ok, I can watch from the side. I can...it's ok." Lindsay said looking at Tyler. Tyler looked over at her,then Beth, then Sierra then me. He then walked off to the crates. Lindsay walked over to the bench next to Chris.

Confession

Cody: "I think things worked out nicely. I mean, I'm not the one who made the teams…it was the fat asses idea."

Alejandro: "Woah, Tyler is angry…and I had nothing to do with it. I mean I was the driving force on World Tour to get these people out. But I will not fall victim because of someone's emotions ...again. Anyway, I will just observe from the sidelines. But what these people need to understand is that love and anger could be deadly in this game."

Emma: "Uh, Courtney, it's Nay...it's Nay I'm an expert and it's Nay...uh bye." She mocked. Tyler... I mean standing up for his girlfriend is so...romantic. I mean Noah would do that for me so I'm glad there are more guys like Noah. Uh, I can't wait to be reunited with him. But first Courtney has to go."

Owen: "I mean, I know this was dubbed my plan but, I feel like it was Cody's. I don't want to take his idea but still, it feels so good to contribute."

~Killer Grips (Owen's plan)

Key Finders: Courtney and Junior

Sit out: Lindsay

Crate 1: Sierra,Beth,Tyler

Crate 2: Duncan,Emma,Owen

Crate 3: Harold,Cody,Alejandro

Scott (Screaming Gophers)

"Ok, I think I would like to lead this strategy session." Just then I noticed Heather,Trent and Katie all narrow their eyes. "I agree" Eva glared at everyone. "Oh this should be good!" Heather scoffed. The teams will go as such, Trent,Jo and Eva."

"I love that!" Eva shouted out looking at Trent.

I looked over and Katie looked at Trent with a worried look. Jo and Eva quickly walked over to Trent and pulled him away. "Next up will be Katie,Sadie and I." I smiled at the ladies and Katie looked the other way. "The key finders will be Heather and Staci!" I shouted out giving her a long glare. "Lastly that leaves the rest...Justin,Izzy and Geoff." Justin and Izzy looked at each other and Geoff had no emotion. "Um, Why are you pairing me with Staci, Are you trying to lose?" Heather gripped.

"It's my plan and I think it's a damn good one." I said with a confident smirk. "Well I have a problem with this plan, I don't think Sadie or I would want to be in a crate with you." Katie spoke up. "Well… I mean maybe it could make up for the bathroom time that you have missed." Sadie said, shrugging. "Sadie I was busy." Katie said, depending herself. "We can all talk about this in the crate." I said with a smirk. "Look what's done is done, get over it!" I shouted to the people who had a problem with it.

Confession

Scott: "I mean come on, that was too easy."

Heather: "Staci...I mean, what the hell is wrong with Scott? I mean I already went through this with Courtney, don't throw challenges just to get someone out!"

Katie: "So I did miss our bathroom time together, but it was to help Sadie and I. It wasn't a diss by any means."

~Screaming Gophers (Scott's plan)

Key finders: Heather and Staci

Sit out: -

Crate 1: Trent,Jo,Eva

Crate 2: Justin,Izzy,Geoff

Crate 3: Katie,Sadie,Scott

Gwen (Team Amazon)

Once Chris decided to let us strategize, I knew this gave me time to go over to Dawn and simply ask what had happened in the mess hall. I moved through various people and was sort of looking left and right. Moments later, I spotted Dawn who from a far distance looked calm. I knew I had to take a closer look because I didn't want to just dismiss her calm demeanor just because of a look. As I started to move to her I stopped and turned my attention to the crates. A feeling of discomfort washed over my body. "Uh," I groaned. Do I get in a crate with Dawn and try to figure out what's going on with her. I mean that's a good time to talk to her to see if she's ok. However, I do have my fear of closed spaces. I mean it should be a no brainer that I sit out on this challenge.

"Gwen, would you like to sit out?" Zoey asked me rather nicely. "Uh well, you see…" I grabbed my arm trying not to show fear as well as nervousness. I stared at the crate once more, and immediately I could feel myself tingling with discomfort. However, I blurted out something that I never thought I would say. "Actually, can I be in a crate with Dawn?" I asked looking at her. "Uh...yeah." Zoey gave a weird look towards me. She then looked at Mike. "I will join you Gwen. I don't want you to freak out." She stated in a very kind way. I smiled warmly at her gesture.

Confessional

Zoey: "Do I like Gwen? Yes I generally do. Do I trust Dawn? Absolutely not! If not me in the crate with Gwen, then who! I ask who's going to be the third person in that crate! It definitely won't be Mike. It will be me. I have to keep an eye on Dawn."

Zoey (Team Amazon)

"Ok, Gwen,Dawn and I will definitely be in Crate number 1, who wants to be in…" I was interrupted by a very animated Taylor. "I would like to sit out!" Taylor's voice echoed over. "Um, I'm sorry but you did nothing Last challenge, why should you sit out this one too?" Anna Maria stated abruptly.

"Woah woah woah, I didn't even realize that." Leshawna said from afar.

"You stay out of this!" Taylor said looking at Leshawna. Leshawna stared in disbelief at what she heard. Taylor then looked over to Anna Maria and said, ``If I don't sit out, what should I do hairspray?"

Anna Maria started to shake up the can, however B picked Anna Maria up and dragged her to the key station. She was kicking and screaming, and demanded that she'd be let go.

Taylor spread a smirk across her face.

"Looks like you will be in charge of getting the crates opened." She snickered under her breath. I looked at Anna Maria and she seemed very annoyed at this point. I wanted to keep the peace in my team. I knew I had to make it fair. I looked around and knew I had to act fast and make things fair. I looked at Mike and asked "Who would you want to be on a team with." I said this comfortably, knowing that Dawn was not a factor. Mike looked around at who was left.

Confessional

Mike: "I mean, I'm not trying to be mean or anything, but the hottest girl is already taken and that's Zoey." I paused for a moment and then thought about it. "I mean….Taylor's pretty hot so she can get it any time if she turns down that attitude of hers. Leshawna's pretty cool, maybe she needs to do something about her weight but cool neither the less...wait what am I saying?" I grabbed my head in shame at what I just said. Why am I thinking like that? Uh...I mean it's accurate although….hmmm...stop!" I screamed as I grabbed my face in put my head down.

Zoey (Team Amazon)

"I would like to be with Leshawna and Brick!" Mike said with a smile. "Ok crate 3 will have Mike,Leshawna and Brick, leaving Taylor,Ezekiel,Noah and Bridgette." I said allowed. "Now I know Taylor wants to sit out. Is anyone opposed to that?" I asked trying to get a feel of where my team was at. "Taylor should play or I know who I will be voting for." Anna Maria stated.

"I second that." Leshawna said, glaring at her.

"Uh, this is not the time!" Taylor said in protest.

"I mean it's only fair." I said with a smile.

"Fine!" Taylor said reluctantly, throwing her arms up in defeat.

"Good uh, Taylor,Ezekiel and Noah will be in crate 2 only because y'all are standing near each other, leaving Bridgette to sit out. Any objections?" I said with a smile. Bridgette quickly and quietly walked away to the sit out bench. "I'm glad everything worked out." I said as people started to walk into their various groups.

Confessional

Taylor: "My name's Zoey and I'm glad everything worked out. What a bitch, and hair spray, threatening to take me out of the game, is even more annoying. If anyone should go it's them."

Dawn: "I'm a little worried, Mike's aura is so bad, and the fact that he's going to be in a crate with two others filling with water scares me to my core. I mean what if he does something...that's terrifying."

Duncan: "It's a little strange that Gwen's not sitting out this challenge, I mean she's really claustrophobic. I wonder if that was her decision or her team's. It better be hers because that's not cool. I will be taking her to dinner tonight so I definitely will find out what's what."

~Team Amazon (Zoeys Plan)

Key finders: B and Anna Maria

Sit out: Bridgette

Crate 1: Dawn,Zoey,Gwen

Crate 2: Taylor,Ezekiel,Noah

Crate 3: Mike,Leshawna,Brick

Challenge

Chris

"Ok campers, Killer Grips you are up first!" I said with a smile as I watched all the campers load into their assigned crates. I also watched as Junior and Courtney walked over to the key box. Once all crates were closed and all locks were secured, I gave Courtney and Junior the go ahead to start the challenge.

"Other teams pay attention,use them as an example for what to do or what not to do, communication is everything! With that being said...Go!" I shouted.

Junior (Killer Grips)

"Other teams pay attention,use them as an example for what to do or what not to do, communication is everything! With that being said...Go!" Chris shouted. "We got this Courtney!" I shouted out as we both ran over to the keys. "Ok, so what's the game plan?" I asked eagerly to see what strategy she had in mind.

Confessional

Courtney: "Ok, what's the plan, I haven't heard anyone willingly say that my whole time on this stupid show!"

Junior (Killer Grips)

I noticed Courtney had a 'zoned out' look on her face. I turned to look at the crates and I also saw the hoses connected to each one. Thank God I'm not there. I thought to myself. "Ok, Junior," Courtney suddenly spoke up out of her daze. "I'm going to have you grab 5 keys and at the same time I will study each key just to see if I can sort out any differences between them. I went over to the keys and grabbed about 6 or 7. I quickly went over to crate number 2 simply because I knew that was the crate that Duncan was in.

Emma (Killer Grips)

Crate 2: Duncan,Emma,Owen

Owen,Duncan and I heard the rattling of the crate. The crate was in fact human sized but honestly, it just and I mean just fit everyone I can only turn around slightly. I mean this is just so damn uncomfortable, I should have sat out. I mean it would give me a nice view of what Noah's doing. I feel like we haven't spent any time together in a while. I looked down and away and smiled. I will definitely be making that happen after this challenge. I looked down and it felt like I was standing on paper of some sort. I was barefoot so I moved my feet over slightly, but alas water from the hose came flowing in putting my feet in a small puddle."uh, do you have any trust in them?" I groaned asking Owen and Duncan. "Well, Courtney is very determined, so she will be sure to get it done. And Junior, well I don't know much about him." Owen stated.

"Junior is a smart kid, he's more than capable." Duncan said bluntly.

"Hmm...and what about the other half?" I said with a smirk plastered on my face. "What about the other half?" He said in a rather cold way. I felt the water up to my ankles, and at this point I wasn't sure what to say to Duncan. "Don't get yourself voted out because of assumptions." He stated even more coldly than the prior statement.

Owen started to whistle as if to cut the tension.

The noise in the crate suddenly came to a halt. Owen just kept on whistling.

Confessional

Owen: "Okay, we're off to a rocky start, but I still want to get to know Emma better so I will just talk about Noah and maybe that will get her to open up. Not everything is a game, sometimes having a conversation is what it takes."

Tyler (Killer Grips)

Crate 1: Sierra,Beth,Tyler

Beth and Sierra were chatting and joking around with each other. My face was very still and the last thing I was interested in was their conversation. I could also feel a small wet piece of paper floating against my leg. I didn't know what it was but it was just slightly bumping my leg. The water was up to my knees and I just wanted that crate to be opened as soon as possible. All I know is that it's not fair that Lindsay sat out this challenge. And her so called friend wanted to be complicit in getting her out. What's worse is, it was the fatass's plan to have her sit out. And that super fan of Cody pushed it, I have half a mind to vote Cody out just to spite her. "Is now a good time?" Sierra, asked Beth. "Yes," Beth said happily. "Tyler," the two girls said in unison. I looked at them, but I couldn't really turn to their faces. I blurted out a 'yes' as normal as possible. "We were thinking, well I'm very tired of bad people going so far, so I figured…" Beth got cut off by Sierra. "We form an alliance to cut them all out." Sierra finished. "I'm listening," I said, partly intrigued. "Don't get me wrong, Lindsey being out of this challenge is something that I'm not a fan of. However, they are coming to me. And If I had a majority on this team well, then I wouldn't mind being on top of the heap. I thought to myself.

"Well," Sierra started, "Let's throw a scenario out there, Alejandro, then maybe Duncan,Courtney, then Emma in that order. Imagine them being voted out one by one, and who's left, all the people who are nice,fair,sweet, kind all of the above."

I looked at them and started blinking a little bit. The water was just below my waistline by now and that paper lightly tapping me seemed like it was gone. "So you wanted to ask me to join, is this why you had Lindsay sit out?"

"Well, Lindsay and I are the best of friends, so I figured that it would be way easier to talk to her, but if you and I should establish that we have a trust, so that's why…" Sierra cut Beth off by saying,"We wanted to ask you directly just to be honest, how about you just think about it."

"Hmm." I thought to myself. All my anger seemed to be nullified. I have a lot to think about.

Courtney (Killer Grips)

"Courtney, none of the keys are working!" Junior shouted to me. "Ok Junior," I grabbed five more keys and Junior ran up to me. "All these stupid keys look the same!" I said in frustration. "It's fine we still have time!" Junior said in a positive way. I looked at him and smiled. "Ok, we can do this." I started with confidence. I looked at one key and noticed that they were all different colors. I looked at the 3 locks on the crates and saw that all of them were a rusty brown color. "That's no help," I said aloud. I looked over at Junior and saw that he was at Crate number 3.

Cody (Killer Grips)

Crate 3: Harold,Cody,Alejandro

It was quiet. The only thing you can hear was the sound of water slowly taking over our bodies. The water was currently covering my chest and that says a lot because I'm so damn short. As far as being here with Harold and Alejandro, none of them spoke. It was calm but awkward in a way. I mean what do we have to actually talk about. There is a coalition forming with a goal of trying to get Alejandro out, but this hot piece of meat is probably already 10 steps ahead of them. But if he's not 10 steps ahead, he's just so intimidating, that I'm afraid to say something that he would or could potentially use against me in the long run. So what's the point of tipping him off? He might already know. I gave the pretty boy a side eye but he was not looking at me. The sad part is I don't even want him out, I want to get rid of all the damn obstructions in the way of Noah and I. All I want to do is get some alone time with Alejandro to make my move but with these people, it will never happen. I mean, I didn't know where Harold stood, hes a wild card. I thought, wildly annoyed with the situation. I looked over at Harold. The guy just looked straight up depressed. I mean, I don't know who it is who did this to him but, if this is about Leshawna, the guy needs therapy. Honestly, he probably just needs a better dick because I heard that Leshawna was not getting anything from it. Why would anyone want to get Alejandro out? He's a piece of art but it stops there. The minute the guy opens his mouth I remember that this is a game and anything he says or tells you could be held against you at any point in time. I could end his whole game by sparing the obstructions and going with the majority. Taking Alejandro out will make my game easier in the long run. I heard a crank of the crate and the door busted open. I looked up and saw the sunshine beaming on our heads. "Courtney I got one!" Junior shouted with joy. Alejandro quickly climbed out the crate and then he was followed by Harold. Damn, I thought as the two quickly disembarked. I guess Harold,Alejandro and I truly have nothing to talk about. Who am I kidding, people like Heather, Alejandro and Justin can manipulate with ease. I'm just slow. I started to rub my neck noticing it was getting wet. Uh, I groaned. I got out of the crate and walked over to the towels. I wrapped it around my body and proceeded to dry off. I tried to keep a straight face and not get emotional. Because, I set a plan in motion

and it failed. I looked down at the ground as if I was in defeat. I looked over and away from my team as I didn't want my team to notice. I didn't really know, something was just coming over me and I did not like it. I started to breathe a little heavier. I walked away from Alejandro and Harold so they wouldn't get a glimpse of my state. Who am I kidding, I thought. I made it so far in Total Drama Island because of my crush for Gwen. I made it even farer in Total Drama World Tour because of Sierra. Both times it got me far but not the win. and now, I had an opportunity to shape the game but because of my over analyzing and not having the courage to speak up I did nothing. I let the opportunity pass me by. I looked at my team, and Courtney and Junior were still looking for keys, none of the other crates were open and Harold and Alejandro were just sitting on the sidelines. I looked at everyone on the opposing teams and no one was paying attention to me, so I walked off as quickly as possible up the beach and towards the cabin to have some alone time. I wasn't sure why but I just felt like I was drifting to a bad place. Something was looming over me and it always happens. This always happens.

Flash Back

Total Drama World Tour- Condor

"...Trust me, oh, trust me-e!

I'm your best friend,

And I'll never eat eggs agai-i-in!

My licorice! Oof!..."

"Turn that off Cody!" My mother said from behind me. My mother has watery sad eyes of disappointment. She was sad for me. I was sitting on the couch, wrapped up in a blanket. My eyes were watering as well, and my head was unclear. Look at me, I had a shot that many people who got voted out early in the first season did not have. I did none of them proud, I did none of my family proud. Me being naive and easily manipulable means I did nothing of substance. I have accomplished nothing in this season except being swayed by sugary goodness,and a fan obsessed girl. And I listened to Alejandro because he was so cute. So persuasive, full of confidence, everything I wanted it to be in life. When I go out, I'm known as the comeback kid that never amounted to actually coming back. But being dragged to the end by this girl who was obsessed with me. All of my successes in the game got pinned on Sierra. Thus confirming the fact that I'm a dead weight who will always need someone to bring him though an obstacle. Im Dead weight…..

Junior (Killer Grips)

I saw the crate that I just opened quickly moved up to nearly the top. I looked over at Courtney and she uttered something under her breath, she then grabbed some keys and went over to a crate. "Junior! Just grab some keys! it's too hard to distinguish the differences!" I ran over to the key container. I grabbed some keys and went over to Crate number one. (C1-Sierra,Beth,Tyler) I placed the keys in the lock as quickly as possible. To no avail none, were opening the lock. "Shit!" I shouted.

"Time!" Chris shouted over the mega phone. I turned and looked at Courtney. She put her head down in defeat. "That's the game folks, it's difficult!" Chris said as his team rushed out to unlock the crates. The crates were opened and my fellow teammates started to walk out one by one. "What happened!" Emma shouted out determined. Emma rolled her eyes when she saw that Courtney was right next to her crate. "Uh, you failed, I told you all what should have happened, if I took charge we wouldn't be in this position! Did y'all open any crates?"

"Yeah, Harold,Cody and Alejandros," I said confidently. May I ask who opened the crates?" She scolded. I looked at Courtney and then looked at Emma…"Uh well, Courtney sorted the keys in a way that we had a system in place, so without her sorting, we wouldn't have anything open at all." I said with a shrug. Emma looked at me very skeptically, but Owen moved her along to the resting area. Duncan then popped up behind me. "You did good bro, we got this and if we don't, you were the one who opened the crate so I don't think you are at risk of being voted out." He gave me a fist bump and walked on to the rest of the team. I looked at Courtney and she looked down. I walked over to Courtney and put on a confident face. "Hey, I don't want them to see you down! You did your best!" I moved closer to Courtney, "I saw the show, you shouldn't give them ammo to vote you off."

"You're right, we got one opened." Courtney said with a half smile. She then took a moment and a sudden flow of confidence went over her. Courtney with her head held high and I walked over to the rest of our team. Once we got there she almost completely dismissed the likes of Emma.

"What? It was Owen's plan." Courtney sniped at her.

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Emma: "It was Owen's plan, it was Owen's plan." She said in a mocking tone. "What I don't understand is that, 'this know it all' could not even open a crate with keys that we're right in front of her….it's ridiculous. I want Courtney out but I don't think these people would be on board with that! Duncan's definitely not, and Owen while sweet he's not engaged in the game. My hands are tied until I find a way around this."

Courtney: "If anyone is a breath of fresh air it is clearly Junior unlike some people…." *Looks up* "That is all." *lifts up hand and swipes through hair and smiles*

Chris

"Screaming Gophers, you're up!"

Katie (Screaming Gophers)

Crate 3: Katie,Sadie,Scott

"Sadie, I can't believe that you and I got stuck with Scott of all people." I made a gesture of putting my finger in my mouth and fake vomiting. Sadie gave me a smile and then said "Come on, it's not so bad, I mean it will give you a break from Trent. It also gives us more time to hangout. You missed bathroom time too."

"I'm sorry, I had to….I was busy." I said, grabbing my arn nervously. "Ladies," Scott said. I looked at him and rolled my eyes. Scott walked up to the crate. "Sadie, you can go in first,"

"Oh, thank you." Sadie climbed into the crate then when I was about to follow, Scott walked right in after her. I rolled my eyes and walked into the crate as well.

I stood next to him and his smell quickly consumed the insides of the crate. The sad part is the crate door wasn't even closed yet. Uhh, I groaned.

Eva (Screaming Gophers)

I was supervising my team like a hawk. I was especially looking at Heather, I want all three of our crates open in a timely manner. If not, I will hold her personally responsible, and I will bury her. Heather turned away from my gaze and was talking to Staci. I walked over to Trent and Jo. "She better perform Trent!"

"She's not my responsibility, and according to the vote you don't even have the majority. So if she crashes and burns you better get your side of the aisle." Trent stated as if he wasn't haven't it. "Oh we will be rallying our troops!" I said turning over and watching Scott and Sadie go in their respective crates. "Come on Trent, let's do this," Jo said, taking his arm and leading him towards the crate in an aggressive manner.

Heather (Screaming Gophers)

Staci and I walked over to the key box. "Listen," I turned to her forcibly, "I don't want to hear great graze your lips, do I make myself clear. I am the captain and you are not ramming the ship into an iceberg!" I said, my eyes sharpening as I stared at the girl.

Staci attempted to speak but I placed one finger up.

Confessional

Staci:"My great,great,great,great,great,great,great…."

Heather: "I can't believe I got stuck with this stupid, pathological liar….uhh!"

Staci: "...Great,great,great,great,great…"

Trent: "I don't know what's worse, being in this stupid crate with Jo and Eva. Or being stuck with Staci...anywhere."

Staci: " ….Great,great,great,great…"

Eva: "Heather better come though, but if she doesn't, it's a win for me because she will be gone. Or Trent, or Katie….any of those three can go for all I care.:

Staci: "...Great,great,great,great, uncle Max, invented a device that distinguishes keys to their respective locks. Unfortunately the device never took off because, It gave people too much power to open other people's doors. but, his work got passed down through my family from generation to generation and now it's my time to shine! I'm making uncle Max proud. "

Chris

"Ok Screaming Gophers, Go!" I shouted with my mega phone.

Heather (Screaming Gophers)

I bolted over to the key box and started to look at the keys. I kid you not I have spotted zero differences with these keys. "Heather, can I just say that my great….." I rolled my eyes and gave Staci a deadly look. "I don't want to hear it." I stated, grinding my teeth. I grabbed a couple of keys and completely passed Eva's crate. Sorry Trent, but if Eva drowns I would not mind one bit. I thought to myself. I ran up to crate number two (Crate 2: Justin,Izzy,Geoff) I turned slightly to see Staci looking at the keys. "Uh, she's useless!" I groaned.

Justin (Screaming Gophers)

Crate 2: Justin,Izzy,Geoff

"Hey guys, what's the possibility of us drowning here?" Izzy stated excitedly. "Please,you're not going to find me dead by drowning in this crate." I said as I started rolling my eyes. "Come on, it won't be so bad, the tabloids will go crazy. Guy who used to be the Alejandro of Total Drama dies. Now they would just have to make that into a headline." Izzy stated excitedly once again as if she wanted that to happen. The water quickly started to form and consume us. I looked over at Geoff and he was leaning his head against the side of the crate. Izzy started to move up and down significantly moving around the water. "Izzy can you please stop!" I yelled holding my head in annoyance. "I don't know, this is extremely exciting! I mean, what if they don't open it, maybe the challenge is not just of them, maybe it's on us." Izzy bent down ever so slightly. I'm not sure how she was moving so damn much, I mean we barely had space to do anything in here. But there Izzy was crouched down on the floor. "Izzy what are you doing?" I started hearing a clawing sound. I looked at Geoff and he was not even looking at her. The clawing sound got more and more aggressive. "Izzy what are you doing!"

"Bingo!" She shouted. Just then the sound of a plank got raised up. A burst of sunlight came though the crate. I covered my eyes as the sun was beaming in our faces. The water started to pour out the side that Izzy was on. Just then the sound of another plank came loose. "Let's go boys!" Izzy stated as she walked out the crate. Geoff followed without saying a word and then I went last. "Woah! Look at Izzy! Crate number 2 is opened with no thanks to the key finders!" Chris shouted out. The whole Killer Grips team as well as Team Amazon stood in shock. "What the hell!" Heather started stopping her focus on the other crates. I looked at my crate and saw it fell into pieces. The water hose was still going. "Good news, you three are moving on to the second half of the challenge! Team Amazon, your members in crate 2 will also immediately be going to the second half of the challenge! Congratulations, Noah, Taylor, and Ezekiel!"

I looked at Izzy like she was a mad woman, who breaks a crate from the inside by clawing at it. I looked at Geoff for any type of reaction and still the guy stood quiet.

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Taylor: "You hear that! That's the sound of me not participating and getting through the first half of the challenge. I'm already doing better than hairspray!"

Ezekiel: "i'm still here boi! You counted me out, but no I'm the comeback kid eh!"

Noah: "I mean I rather be doing anything else than participating in this challenge, so I'm glad the crate fell apart. Thank god for Izzy's crazy ass. However, I looked over at Emma's team and I noticed Cody was missing. I wonder if he just went to the bathroom or something, this would be a good time to find him. I mean it is not like they need me for a while. I just hope Emma does not spot me."

Eva (Screaming Gophers)

Crate 1: Trent,Jo,Eva

"I bet your girl didn't even open one crate! Heather is useless!" I shouted as water was filling up more and more. "You do realize there's two people, and also three crates, maybe they don't want to focus on this crate, partly because they know who's in it." Trent slyly said back to me. "Staci is not the issue, I know she's deadweight. She's not a threat to any of us. It's Heather who is the threat."

"Is it Heather or is it me?" Trent asked.

I chuckled and smirked. "Your smart guitar boy!" Jo blurted out. "Separating Katie and Sadie from me, won't help you." Trent said bluntly. "Says you," Jo said mockingly. "Once Scott does his work, we will see who's the real priority to get out." I said maniacally. The water reached my breast. Trent got very quiet. "Hmmm." I said with a grin on my face.

Scott (Screaming Gophers)

Crate 3: Katie,Sadie,Scott

"So, Katie, I noticed you left the cabin very early in the morning, What was up with that?" I asked looking at Sadie casually. "I also noticed that Trent was gone, that's so funny, because I would at least expect for all three of you to be gone. Not just you and Trent." Katie's eyes went wide and then they narrowed. "That's none of your business, and now is not the time." Katie said defensively. The water was getting louder as it was filling up higher and higher. "I would like to know," Sadie said, shrugging. "Can we just take a step back. Because, water is filling up. And we can talk about this during…."

"Bathroom time?" Sadie said, raising an eyebrow.

"You missed bathroom time, I had to talk to Staci." Sadie stated sadly.

"Ladies, may I offer up a solution?"

"You...Scott this is not about you!" Katie stated in frustration as the water reached our necks.

"Katie, we should hear him out." Sadie said happily.

"Sadie our friendship is fine. I just missed one day of bathroom time. We will be in this for a long time. We have many more mornings to do this." Katie pleaded to her friend. "Scott, what do you have in mind?" Sadie said ignoring her friend. "Maybe Katie should just keep her distance from Trent for a while."

"This is ridiculous, stay out of my friendships!" Katie shouted angered. "I like the idea," Sadie said. "What!" Katie shouted. Just then, the sound of the crate started to rattle and then the door opened. All three of us paused for a moment. The sun shined on our heads.

"Come on you three get out!" Eva's voice echoed over the crate. "I like the idea," Sadie stated as she got out the crate. Katie looked at me angrily. I smiled back and climbed out as well. "Congratulations Staci, you managed to open the crate with no help from Heather." Chris shouted out happily. I looked over at Heather and she stood there in angry shock.

"You, you weren't communicating with me!" Heather shouted out as Staci had a very happy look on her face. "After I swam out and tried to save your ass last challenge you had all the answers and wouldn't even fill me in! Uh!" Heather screamed.

Katie stepped out of the cabin and groaned.

"Nice going Heather, glad to see you contributed to your team." I said sarcastically.

"Fuck this!" Heather screamed out walking towards the dirt trail. "Yeah, enjoy your alone time because if we lose you are getting voted out!" Eva shouted after her. Trent scoffed at that threat. I looked over and saw Alejandro go after her. I then saw Noah look around and follow up behind him. "Noah where are you going?" I asked as if I talked to him. Noah looked back and glared hard at me. "He then looked towards Emma, and smiled. "I'm just uh, going to the bathroom, Izzy did break my crate." He said with a shrug. Izzy broke her….I turned and saw the broken wet crate on the floor. "Hey Scott, how about you mind your business and focus on your own team!" Emma shouted out defending Noah.

" What, he was trying to leave without anyone noticing. I was just bringing awareness to the group."

"Fuck you Scott, he can do whatever he wants, mind your business." Emma shouted out.

"I didn't know he needed a spokesperson!" I sniped at Emma.

"I will show you loud and clear what this spokesperson will do." Emma started dimming her eyes.

I looked over at Chris and he just shrugged. "Well if you lose you may potentially know who to blame it on." Chris said, dismissing the people leaving. "Next up is Team Amazon!"

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Emma: "He's using the bathroom Scott, Get off my man's dick!"

Scott: "Ok I could have played that better, but I did not like how sneaky Noah was trying to be. It just looked like he was up to something to me."

Staci: "I knew my great,great,great,great,great,great,great, great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great, uncle Max's key strategy will pay off. But I don't know I still feel as if my win was somewhat overshadowed. I mean I came from almost drowning in my first challenge to helping out substantially in this one...it's just kind of sad. I already feel as if people don't take me seriously, it's magnified even worse by this win being taken over….its fine though my great,great,great,...uncle Max will be proud."

Alejandro (Killer Grips)

As I was going after Heather, I heard footsteps not too far behind me. I would have turned around to see who was following but I did not care. I continued to walk towards Heather but she was walking faster and faster away. It amazed me that my girlfriend Heather,manipulative,backstabbing, usually keeps a level head despite it all. Seeing her fly off the handle is something that I would never think of. But it seems like her team is treating her so badly it's getting harder for her to keep it together. She already won this game so why is she doing it again. We don't need the money. We should have never come back here. Once I made it to her cabin I turned and saw her mattress on the ground flooded with bugs. I opened the door and I saw her angrily collecting her things. She turned and saw me and continued packing. "Were not leaving are we?" I asked hoping the answer was yes, because we didn't need the money. At the same time I wanted to stay because I would want to rein terror on this team. "I'm going to be moving into your cabin, get my shit. But first…." Heather walked to the window.

Noah (Team Amazon)

I started to walk slower, as Alejandro was in the range of hearing me. I paused for a moment and waited until he walked up further. Once he was out of sight, I quickly walked over to the camp grounds. I made it to the Killer Grips cabin. I opened the door and quickly shut it behind me. Once I shut the door, I turned and there laying in the middle of the floor was Cody. He was staring at the ceiling and did not bother to look up at who was there. Dead weight, I thought to myself. "Cody, you're not dead weight." I went over to him and laid down right next to him. Cody turned to me and tears started to stream down his eyes. Cody leaned in and moved forward to my chest and he started to cry his eyes out. My vest was getting all wet. I leaned Cody's head up and I started to lean in for a kiss. He smiled all teary eyed and moved in and planted one on me. I pulled away and told him once again that he was not dead weight. Cody fought so much depression after seeing how he essentially flamed out in season three. He had an oppression that he could only get far if he had someone bringing him there. Not only in the game but in life. Cody turned his body and moved backwards. I wrapped my hands around him and hugged him tightly. I started planting small kisses on the side of his neck. Just then with a jiggle of the handle, Alejandro and Heather walked in silent. Cody and I turned and looked up and I simply rolled my eyes, while Cody seemed to pause. Cody broke away from me. "God damnit." He started, angrily looking at the duo. Cody looked looked as if he was about to panic. "Guys not now." Heather said with out emotion. I looked at them in a confused way, we have been caught. Theres saying nothing.

The pair walked passed with luggage. They also looked a little dirty as well. "What happened to you guys?" Cody asked with nerves flowing in. "We just had a mattress to take care of." Alejandro said with his eyes still narrowed. "I sat up, what are you going to do tell Emma." I said annoyed at how reckless Cody and I were. I mean it was my fault, he had an anxiety attack and I was too damn forward. I looked at Cody and he was growing more and more upset. I looked at Alejandro and Heather and they sat on the bed emotionless. "What are y'all going to do?" Cody screamed out annoyed.

Heather looked at Alejandro and shrugged. She still looked rather upset from Staci blowing her out of the water in the challenge. I sat up and Cody started holding my hand. I removed Cody's hand and walked towards the door. I turned and saw that Cody,Heather, and Alejandro were all staring at me. I made it to the door and locked it. I then turned and laid back down on the floor and Cody laid on my chest. I looked towards the devious couple and Heather started to lay onto Alejandro's lap and he started to stroke her hair. I was not sure what the couple was going to do, but I didn't care either. I'm here for Cody.

Chris

"Ok, Team Amazon, Taylor,Ezekiel, and Noah are all safe for the next round, thanks to Izzy. So you have two options, you can use the people who made it through, or you can go on to part two of the challenge with the people who made it? Team Amazon, discuss."

Zoey (Team Amazon)

"Guys, what do you want to do?" I asked looking around at my team. "Wait, wait, wait… Taylor,Ezekiel and Noah are going to be our representatives if we choose not to participate!" Anna Maria said while looking strictly at Taylor. "I'll play, I don't care, I'm not going in that crate anyway. It does not matter to me anyway." Taylor said, back with an eye roll. "You little bitc….you know what?" Anna Maria went over to the hose next to the broken crate. She picked it up and pointed at Taylor. "What's your deal, hair spray?" Taylor mocked. Anna Maria lifted the hose slightly and the water started to come out. Taylor moved in the nick of time and the water hit Mike. It got all over his face and hair.

"What the fuck man!" He shouted out angrily.

"Guys let's just take a step back." Gwen stated as she saw that tensions were getting high.

"Girl that's what I'm talking about!" Leshawna said, praising Anna Maria. B took the hose from her and placed it down. I ran over to Mike and asked if he was ok. He looked at me and walked off in an annoyed manner. "Nice going, Anna Maria," I said, scolding her. I looked around and saw that Dawn had a worried look on her face. "Huh," I groaned. I looked at Ezekiel and groaned even more. Noah was M.I.A to. But I don't think I can get these people in line. "Chris Team Amazon, has chosen to not to participate in this part of the challenge."

"Thank you Zoey!" Chris shouted as I put my head down annoyed. I don't enjoy making equilateral decisions. My team was on another level although, so I just had to do what I had to do. I couldn't imagine putting these people in crates after what happened. I looked over at Mike and he was nowhere to be found. I turned all over but he was gone. I never seen him that mad before, I mean after all it was a mis….I looked at Dawn and saw the concern on her face. Once again she seems to be concerned with what my boyfriend is doing. I walked over to Dawn but Gwen was near her. Gwen took the wind out of my sails because she was someone I actually liked. "Gwen at least you won't have to get in the crate." I said happily but I did look at Dawn and she looked very concerned. "Yeah thank you for that, but can Dawn and I have a moment please." She asked very politely. I looked at Dawn and said "sure". I started to walk away but Dawn started to utter something, I turned to look at her. "Check on Mike...please!" Dawn asked. "Don't worry about it." I reassured her. I walked away from the pair and indeed started to look for Mike.

Gwen (Team Amazon)

As Zoey walked away, I looked at Dawn and asked, "Can you give me any insight to what's going on with you? I mean what happened at the mess hall was one thing but you just seem a little tense."

"Look, I understand your concern, Gwen, I'm fine." Dawn said with a smile. "Ok, I won't push any further." I walked over to the resting area where my team was. On the way I flashed Duncan a smile and he smiled back.

Chris

"Ok Campers, we have part two of our challenge to get to! I know a lot has happened during this challenge, tempers flared, and what not but I don't care, anyone who has left better hope they win, because they could be on the chopping block. This next challenge features an even bigger crate! With more hoses." A helicopter flew over and dropped this massive wooden crate. Everyone stared at it in awe. "Yes, everyone who made it though will be in this crate, with horses filling it up with water. Your goal is to get out each team mate who made it through part one. So it actually works backwards, the more people the key holders got out, the less advantage it would be for your respective teams! So let's do a Tally on who's in and who's out!"

~Tally

Killer Grips

In

Harold, Cody(Not around) Alejandro (Not around)

Out

Courtney,Junior,Lindsay,Sierra,Beth,Tyler,Emma,Owen,Duncan

Screaming Gophers

In

Trent,Jo,Eva,Justin,Izzy,Geoff,Katie,Sadie,Scott

Out

Heather,Staci

Team Amazon

In

Taylor,Ezekiel, Noah (Not around)

Out

B,AnnaMaria,Bridgette,Dawn,Zoey,Gwen,Mike,Leshawna,Brick

Chris

"Staci, it looks like you didn't do that good a job!"

"What the fuck Chris!" Eva barked out. "Our whole team did what we needed to do but now we're at a disadvantage!"

"Well now you must feel dumb about giving your fellow teammate flack for not getting the job done." I said, raising an eyebrow and smiling. Eva glared at me hard. "Ok people get to it. Your job is to get out the crate by any means necessary! There are keys and locks at the bottom of the crate."

Dawn (Team Amazon)

I watched all the people tallied one by one roll in the crate. I looked around and saw how bare it was when it came to campers. I watched Zoey walk off in some random direction, but I felt something bad brewing under the surface. I looked around some more and then to the sky. I saw birds flying over the woods. I looked down to the crate and I saw the hose that was filling it up go into the woods. Um, I thought, as I looked up and saw more and more birds fflying over the woods. Do I have to go there? What are the animals telling me. I looked around once more to make sure no one was paying attention. I saw that everyone going in the crate was inside. Chris's intern started to close the crate door. I looked up at the sky and saw the birds flying faster and faster towards the woods. I looked at the hose and saw where they were flying. I walked away rather suddenly, and walked towards the hose. I didn't care who was looking, I felt like something was off. I walked over along the hose and followed the cord.

Chris

"Once again your goal is to get your team out the crate, as fast as possible! Go!"

Crate

Eva (Screaming Gophers)

"Izzy you broke out of this before, do your stuff!" I shouted at her.

"Yeah do your stuff Izzy, this loser and I can get out with ease!" Taylor said, referring to Ezekiel. Ezekiel looked away from Taylor as much as he could, we didn't have a lot of room to move away from each other so it wasn't much. The hose started to fill the crate with water slowly. "Izzy get to work!" I shouted out.

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Ezekiel: "Talyor never even really talked to me before, I don't appreciate her calling me a loser...eh."

Taylor (Team Amazon)

"Uh, I'm not going to lose to fucking hairspray of all people!" I slither my way down to the crate floor and noticed that there were locks at the bottom of the crate. I got out a hair pin from my hair and I noticed the water suddenly got really cold all of a sudden. "Uh,what the fuck?" I shouted out. I was of course rather annoyed at the temperature but I was still persistent at picking the lock. One picked rather quickly, the water was getting unbearably cold after a while though. I shoved my way up and said, "What the fuck is going on, why is the water so damn cold!"

"I...I don't know!" Justin said moving around. "Izzy work faster!" Eva shouted out at how unbearably cold it was getting. I looked down and I saw Izzy doing something underwater.

"Hurry the fuck up Izzy, I'm about to freeze my nuts off!" Scott shouted out. I looked around and Sadie and Katie started squealing in a slightly bothered way. The water pressure seemed to get amped up a bit as well. "What the hell?" Jo shouted out.

Emma (Killer Grips)

"Chris is everything ok?" I said, starting to hear the screams from outside the crate. "We got to open the crate!" Leshawna yelled out as she ran up to the crate. Gwen followed her in concern. "Leshawna, the door will open, when the crate is filled." I looked over at the hose and noticed that the water was pumping rather faster than it should. "Chris help them!" Courtney shouted out as she ran up to the crate. "Hey, calm down everything is under control!" Chris said dismissing us. I ran over as well and I looked around, followed by Duncan, who started pulling on the crate top to save the people inside. I looked over at Chris and he shouted "Stop the water!" On his megaphone to the interns. The interns started to run into the woods to pass along the message.

Dawn (Team Amazon)

I was so far up the woods until I finally saw the source of the hose. I saw no one there, but I did look at the water hose machine. I saw that it was turned all the way up to max pressure. I ran up to the machine and tried to turn it off but the nob seemed to be broken. "Uh," I looked over to the side of the machine, to see if there was some sort of emergency off switch. There wasn't. "Damit, who would do this!" I said as I saw the hose begin to pump out more water aggressively. I didn't know what to do, I looked down and saw a tree branch on the ground. I picked it up and started to hit the hose. I started to bash it over and over, but the problem with that was that so much water came out the hose, it was very strong and hard to puncture. I then started hitting the machine itself and electricity start at to flow out the machine. The electricity started to become worse. I backed up from it because I wasnt sure what was going to happen. However thankfully with one last push of water, the machine simply stopped all of a sudden.

"Huh,huh,huh," I breathed out loud rather heavily. "Oh my god who would do this!" I said as I looked around. Know one was there. I started hearing footsteps. "Oh, I don't want people to blame me for this mess." I quickly walked away further into the woods and headed for a loop around towards the challenge site.

Jo (Screaming Gophers)

Everyone started to panic, as the water pressure was getting worse as well as colder. People around me started shivering, including people like Geoff. He hasn't said a word the whole time he was here too. Just then we started hearing rumblings on top of the crate. As if they were trying and failing to push it open. The waterhose let out one more burst of cold water until it seemed like the water filling up came to a halt. People started to breathe and calm washed over our bodys. With a rumbling of the crate top in an instant, it came open. "Let's go!" I shouted out knowing my team takes up the most people. "Come on loser! We are not giving them the satisfaction!" Taylor shouted out with her holding Ezekiel's hand. she pushed though everyone who seemed to be in a state of shock at what could have been a really bad situation. "Uh, Scott hold Harold!" I ordered him as Katie,Sadie and Trent followed by Izzy and Justin all scattered out the crate. "Get off!" Harold shouted angrily. Harold had no chance I thought as Eva also got out. I looked at Geoff and he also got out the crate. He looked simply disgusted as he was doing it. Hopefully he quits, because that would be one less person to worry about. I got out after Geoff and Scott tossed Harold aside. He then quickly got out of the crate as well.

"Congratulations, Team Amazon! Nice little first place finish! Followed by Screaming Gophers, and lastly Killer Grips, someone will be the second person voted off tonight!" Chris said a little tone death to the general vibe. Everyone was rather uncomfortable with what happened in the crate.

Chris quickly caught on and said "Look we will review the tapes to make sure that doesn't happen," he said rolling his eyes almost showing a shred of humanity. I looked around and saw the stress that everyone was under. It...wasn't great. I have to admit.

Alejandro (Killer Grips)

Heather laid on my lap for about 25 minutes. I stroked her hair and felt super relaxed after a while. On the floor, Cody and Noah were laying down holding each other. I could ruin them and tell Emma but, I'm having a change of heart. Seeing how annoyed Heather is makes me want to take down her team in every way possible. If I could get Noah and Cody to help me with that then. I mean don't get me wrong I could do it myself, but my reputation is shot around here. Noah and Cody doing what I say will just drag Heather's team down with out me or Heather having any involvement. I stopped my train of thought as I heard people starting to walk up the cabin stairs. Noah and Cody got up quickly. Noah took a peek out the window. Cody got up off the floor and walked over to his bed. Before he sat down he gave me a long stare. I simply smirked at him. Once the door opened, Emma shouted in delight. "Noah!" She screamed out excitedly. She gave him a hug. "Oh, I see you and Cody just wanted to hang out because...well…."

Emma let go of Noah and gave Heather and I a side eye. "They just got here." Noah lied. "Well we lost in a rather… unorthodox way." Courtney announced as she walked in going to her bed looking stressed out. "I know who I'm voting for!" Emma said, draping her arm over Noah. "Emma, we should go out to eat later while you figure out who to vote out. Hopefully it's not you." Noah stated clearly giving me a glance. Heather sat up from my lap and said, "You should worry about this. I will not be returning to my team's cabin. " She got up and immediately walked out. Heather, while calm just looked drained. Noah also followed behind her. As those two left, my team slowly filled in. Harold walked in and headed straight towards his bed. He then did a slight double take and looked at Cody and I. At that same moment Junior and Duncan came in as well. It looked as if Harold was backed in some sort of sad corner. What the fuck is going on around here?

Confessional

Noah: "Cody and I have a high chance of being exposed. I already saw how Duncan and Gwen got blown up. I don't entirely know what's in the head of Alejandro and Heather. I mean Heather just seems like she gets constantly shit on by her team. There was a rumor going around that she wasn't even a part of the DJ upset vote. I mean while she may have deserved it in some instances, this season of her being trashed is taking the cake. I just pray that Cody does not get screwed over tonight…My god."

Alejandro (Killer Grips)

"Codykins!" Sierra shouted out. I looked at "Codykins" and saw that they were chatting back and forth. I then saw Beth walk over to the duo. Lindsay soon followed with a smile. I stared at them, specifically Cody. Tyler walked in with a rather perplexed look on his face. "Guys can we address the elephant in the room." Emma stated as I noticed that Beth,Sierra and Lindsay all just got from there bunks leaving Cody. "Ladies." Emma called them out with a smile. They stopped moving and looked at Emma. "You can't force them to tell you who they are voting for. This is not the race, scramble find your friends like you have any and don't get voted out. Or in your case get voted out." Courtney said standing up in opposition to Emma. I looked over and saw that Emma was simply stunned and taken back. The three ladies ignored Emma and walked out the door. I then saw that Cody walked over to Tyler. I looked over and just observed everyone. You can slowly see the transformation on peoples faces that went from our team just lost the challenge...to who's going to be voted out. I walked up to Tyler and Cody in mid conversation. "Let's take this outside boys." Cody and Tyler walked out and I followed behind them.

Junior (Killer Grips)

I saw 6 people leave the cabin immediately. I got up from my bed and went over to Courtney. "Hey, so this whole voting thing, it's kind of makes me a little nervous. "Please you're not a target and if you are the target, you have my 150% insurance that people will pay." She said while pounding her fist into her hand. "Thanks Courtney, who are you going to vote for?"

"Uh, please it obvious, but vote how you feel. Vote for what's best for your game. And if the person you vote for doesn't get out then, then you try try again." Courtney said, dimming her eyes at Emma. I smiled at her comments. I looked over to see how others felt. I landed on Harold, He just seemed like he was on the break of collapse. I could imagine that it had to be because of the crate. I mean I honestly didn't really pay attention to Harold, but I don't think anyone in that crate could have imagined that things would take a terrifying turn for the worst. And also so many of us are acting like we were brushing it over. I mean, I saw the show, I don't think whatever happened in the crate was out of the ordinary. I mean, I always thought they weren't in real danger. I moved away from Courtney and went over to Harold. "Hey bro, are you ok?" I asked with a smile. Harold looked at me and dimmed his eyes. He then turned to his bed and was fixing it. "Look, I'm sorry about what happened in the crate, something clearly went wrong with the hose or something. I watched some Total drama before and quite frankly I thought things like this would happen but wouldn't be that bad. And also you seemed happier in prior seasons." Harold put his hand on his head in annoyance. "Stay away from me, Junior. The person you have most embraced is the scum of this game. Therefore we are enemies in combat and you are his soldier. I will best you!" Harold said in ultimate nerd.

"Ok,good luck with that." I said as I slowly walked away from him and over to Duncan's bunk. "So Harold's acting rather weird." I said to Duncan. Duncan, who was currently laying on the bed, looked up at Harold. "Uh, he's just a nerd and a loser, don't listen to him. However I guess you shouldn't underestimate him. He did a lot of shady moves in season 1. If anyone should go home it should probably be him." Duncan said bluntly.

"I'm down if you're down." I said holding my fist up."

"I mean he's probably not going to go home, but who cares it's so early in this game you never know." Duncan lifted up his fist and completed the fist bump.

Confessional

Junior: "I mean Duncans my bro, and Harold clearly has a grudge. So why not vote him off. And like Courtney said, if it doesn't work try try again. "

Harold: "Junior is getting tossed around like a kid whose parents had a divorce. Both Courtney and Duncan are trash, but Duncan takes the cake. Scott is actually a close second because of how he held me in the crate. All these people don't deserve a shred of humanity. They treat others like trash. And what's worse is Leshawna likes the worst one. It's not fair!"

Cody (Killer Grips)

"What's the deal Alejandro?" I asked him, trying to be cautious. I mean he knows about Noah and I. All because my anxiety was inflated to an all time high...about talking to Alejandro. It's weird how this all comes full circle.

"Tyler, what was the plan?" Alejandro asked, straightforwardly ignoring me. "It's you, and unless you have a plan, my goal is to keep Lindsay safe." I blinked three times and turned my neck to Tyler. When did he get brain cells? I stood silent freaking out a bit. The plan was Alejandro, but Alejandro knows my secret with Noah. Heather is still in the damn game, so I tried to pin Tyler against Beth by sitting Lindsay out. So that I can team up and form a coe against Noah's friends and girlfriend and my girlfriend. But now Tyler wants to go along with the plan. My mind started racing. This is why I had my anxiety attack. Nothing is going right and I already got my secret exposed to the two people you don't want to get exposed to.

"We might have to change that right, boys?"

"Uh...find numbers and we will change it." Tyler said in a very assertive, confident way.

I really looked at Tyler now. I was completely floored by his confidence.

"We just need a name. And y'all may be at the top of your alliance or should I say Cody may be at the top of the alliance. I mean come on during the challenge, Sierra was pushing Lindsey out. And Beth agreed with her. That's a lot of sway in my book Tyler."

Tyler started to do the math calculations in his head. I felt like all of his confidence was washed away in that one statement. Alejandro was making such a convincing argument with Tyler but we still needed a name to pivot to. I liked the way he was thinking to. I mean Sierra was pushing all the buttons. Maybe I can get what I want today after all.

"Where is she!" I heard a voice across the camp grounds. We all looked over. I was looking at the sight of Eva stomping over and dimming her eyes at Alejandro She had two henchmen with her. Scott and Jo. "Where is she!" I heard the screams of Katie and Sadie in the background. "The dirt and bugs! It's everywhere!" Katie and Sadie screamed in unison.

"Gentleman, give me a second." Alejandro said looking at Eva and the duo behind her. He then turned to us.

"Tyler and Cody, I'm just asking you to think about it."

Tyler and I started to walk away from Alejandro. The four behind us continued to talk with the conversation going into clearly aggressive places. "How do you feel about all this?"

"I find it interesting how fast you are to flip." Tyler said. My mouth dropped as I was stunned at what he said. All that confidence that was deconstructed by Alejandro quickly revamped with me. Tyler is bolder than what I remembered. I mean I didn't really talk to him, I always thought he was an idiot.

"Tyler, I'm just trying to weigh all options…"

"If you want a name why don't we just get rid of Courtney. I mean Sierra said she's on the list. You clearly want to keep Alejandro." I rolled my eyes at what he was saying. My goal is to get rid of Noah's god damn friends. Who knew it would be this hard. I started to think.

"Tyler, you clearly want power. So this will be a good opportunity. If Alejandro, you and I split. We just need a couple more people, you can even get Lindsay on board. We just need a name, who do you feel comfortable with?" I started getting frustrated. This day totally just went off the rails and I blame my anxiety. All of this wasn't supposed to happen. "Tyler give me a name because I'm not voting Alejandro!" I shouted at him. Tyler dimmed his eyes. "Are you guys ok?" I looked at Tyler and then turned and saw that it was Owen. I rolled my eyes and I could hear a scoffing sound under Tyler's breath. Owen heard the scoff come out of Tyler's mouth. "Tyler is everything ok? I mean you're not still mad about the challenge, I was trying to do the best I could to make the teams bond, and I guess I failed."

I looked at Owen and I smiled, "it's not on you, Tyler is mad at someone else."

Chris

Voting

"Hello killer Grips! And everyone in the peanut gallery! Heather,Noah and Gwen! Everyone welcome, let's start with the challenge, I'm not really sure what happened with the hose, but I can only say that we will try to not make that happen again." Harold rolled his eyes at me. "Harold if you have something to say just say it. I mean you look mad, so you clearly have something to say." I said as he crossed his arms. "I have nothing to say Chris." He stated clearly in an uncomfortable mood. "Ok, this is a very interesting group. I'm very curious to see where the votes will land tonight. Some of yall are looking very confident but, I just hope it works out for everyone involved."

"Chris what are you saying, are you stalling? Can we just get on with it." Courtney said out loud.

"Yeah,that's the one thing I agree with Courtney on." Emma said nodding her head.

"I don't need your support!" Courtney said, very annoyed. I looked over and saw Beth whisper something to Lindsay and the two girls giggled.

"Oh, brace face is laughing

everyone." Courtney said, promoting some people on her team and others in the gallery to laugh.

"I don't have braces anymore!" Beth said out loud. "Don't listen to her Beth, Tyler and I got your back!" Lindsay said with a reassuring smile. "With that I'm going to ask one more question, if anyone has the hidden immunity idol now is the time to use it? Just a reminder you can find these at challenge, if you want safety that's how you get to safety!"

~Voting

"Ok campers, this vote was very interesting, it was all across the board, y'all need to strive harder to be a more cohesive unit or else you're going to lose the challenge, and vote someone else out. Let's start with the people who received no votes, Tyler,Owen,Lindsay,Junior,Sierra and Cody. To the people who received a vote but are safe, Duncan…"

"Uh," Harold groaned. Duncan and Junior looked at Harold weirdly as he received his marshmello. "Courtney….Emma…"

"Try try again," Courtney said under her breath.

"Harold…." I said giving him a marshmello.

He dimmed his eyes.

"We are down to our final two! Alejandro and Beth." "What! what's going on?" Beth said, taken back. I noticed that some of the campers started to look elsewhere. "Why is no one looking at me! We had a plan!"

"Second person voted out of this game is Beth!" I said as Beth was already standing up. Tears started to stream down her eyes. "This...this was supposed to be my game. This was supposed to be Action 2.0. My...moment, what….what the hell!" Beth screamed out upset. Her team started to disembark, clearly some of them had no interest in her. Lindsay and Sierra went up to Beth and they started to walk her to the dock. Beth turned and looked towards Tyler and Cody as they didn't look her way. Both of them did not move. "Did...did y'all turn on me!"

"Beth I think you're just upset, Cody and I will get the people who did this, we tried. That's all we can do." As Beth and the ladies walked away, Beth asked a very valid question. "They're not even looking at me!" Sierra and Lindsay looked back at their respective boyfriends in a bit of confusion. "How dear you keep Alejandro, a clearly evil person over me, you will make the same mistakes prior seasons." Beth then looked at Owen and you could clearly see the immediate guilt in his eyes. The girls walked to the dock with a very annoyed Beth.

"Ok, well Beth's out that's it for today, come back next time, when we probably take these campers into a therapy session because some of them are very upset. And we also want to say a apology to the viewers for the crate mishap, that won't happen again...hopefully."

Voting

Harold: "Honestly, what's the point, he's not going home anyway, hes Duncan, he always gets his way….Duncan."

Cody: "Sorry, you were breaking the unity in our team in the view of Owen's stupid ass. I mean it's not his fault, it's not your fault, you're not even a target on my list you're just a casualty of war. But Alejandro has me at the moment and since he has me, you're the name….Beth."

Duncan: "I know he's not going home, but if he keeps reacting to me like he has a problem with me I will do more of a job, rallying against him...Harold."

Junior: "You are coming after my boy, Duncan, that just won't do. At first I was nervous about voting someone off now I'm just excited…..Harold."

Courtney: "Emma, you don't even deserve my breath….Emma."

Emma: "Courtney, it is time to get rid of the toxicity out of our team….Courtney."

Beth: "Well, it's been fun, but I had enough of my game being ruined by not so great people, if you don't go home tonight all is clearly not right….Alejandro."

Sierra: "Our alliance is solid, it's what I call a dream team, good bye Alejandro. I feel like this is Justice for World Tour...Alejandro."

Alejandro: "These people just need to quit trying to get Heather and I out, it never works and with my knowledge about Cody and Noah, I will make it my mission to bring Heather's team there knees. Placing Heather's mattress in the middle of her cabin floor was just a taste. And this is nothing against you, I felt uncomfortable and I needed a name...Beth."

Owen: "I saw how you acted in the challenge, pushing Lindsay out, it hurt Tyler, and I know we have negative people on our team but I was just kind of surprised at you. So that's why I'm voting you out, I don't want you to be corrupted. I'm sorry but Cody made good points...Beth."

Lindsay: "Alejandro, I can't wait to see the look on his face when he goes…..Alejandro."

Tyler: "Let me start off by saying Owen's dumb, but despite his stupidity, he is another vote to get you out. My team is so divided anyone could go home but, I feel like the people saying your name has a slight edge hopefully. I mean this is a win in many different ways, it gets you away from Lindsay. I won't have to spend time with you anymore. I won't have to pretend to care about what you're talking about with your braces. So it's a win all around. However, Cody is able to flip on a dime so I don't trust him as far as I can throw him. And it's weird that he wants to work with Alejandro. All in all, you're just annoying but trust me there are worse people on the team then you….Beth."

Duncan 1 Emma 1 Courtney 1 Harold 2 Alejandro 3 Beth 4

36: DJ 35: Beth

Confessional

Eva: "Heather is a dead teammate walking."

Katie: "I have to keep my distance from Trent, in order to prove to Sadie that my friendship is alive and well, just wait until the next time we vote Scott, I made DJ happen and I like him, I will surely decimate anyone who fucks with me that I don't like."

Author: "Anyone else have any last words?"

Anna Maria: "Taylor is a bitch!" *Sprays camera

Noah: *coughs* "What is that hair spray?" *Covers mouth* "Uh, Alejandro and Heather know about us…greatttt."

Lindsay: "Beth asked me to ask Tyler if he flipped, I don't believe her, he wouldn't do that to me, Beth and I are besties, and we were in an alliance, I would not be surprised if Courtney had something to do with this. I mean she has a problem with the whole world. But Beth you will be missed at the same time you did try to exclude me from the challenge."

Staci: " Ok, my win with the keys did backfire a little but we still won the game, I still don't feel like I got proper credit for that. But I owe all the thanks to my great,great,great,great,great,great,great…."

Gwen : "I'm still worried about Dawn, like she ran off to the woods...and then the hose started to malfunction…..I mean, I don't think…No it has to be just a coincidence."

Mike (Team Amazon) flashback

I was currently watching Dawn, undoing my work on that water hose. It was very unfortunate that I couldn't make the crate harder to open. If only Anna Maria sprayed me with the hose sooner. There would be less people in this damn game. Poor Dawn, because while Mike may not truly know what happened, it is alive and well in his memories, and you can count on me to send signs to him that Dawn is the one who was trying to kill half of the contestants. Dawn, I'm just getting started, when I have full control of Mike, I will show everyone here who's running the show and what I'm capable of just ask Dj's cousin. You cant because there dead.

Screaming Gophers

Trent,Sadie,Katie,Heather,Jo,Scott,Justin,Eva,Staci,Izzy,Geoff

Killer Grips

Harold,Duncan,Tyler,Owen,Alejandro,Emma,Courtney,Cody,Sierra,Lindsay,Junior

Team Amazon

Leshawna,Gwen,Brick,Mike,Zoey,Dawn,Bridgette,Noah,Ezekiel,Anna Maria,B,Taylor

Author: "When my story won't make any sense because I don't update. Review if you want thanks to all who make it this far."