Author's note:

Alright everyone, thank you for giving me your PM's and your reviews about which style you wanted to do this fanfic, but after receiving these reviews and PMs, I came to a conclusion that I'm going to continue writing like I said on the script. There will not be a harem, but a poly between Ezekiel and 3 girls like I first planned. So there isn't going to have a excuse. Sorry to disappoint the others. But that's the way I want to do, which makes me more comfortable. Maybe in the future I'm going to write a fanfic of AUs related to other shipping using this fanfic as AU, where he can be shipped with each girl in a different chapter. But I cannot promise anything.

Now to answer the messages.

Blagoj Pejov1 Thank you for enjoying the concept of the idea of why such characters deserved to have arreason to be afraid. I hope you will like this challenge.

ShadowBladeSabre You are the one who guessed correctly the main girls, but also me and my friends have developed some ideas about how to make it work, so maybe in the future you would see how it would turn out. I will be trying my best.

Marxgreyjoy You raised a great point, so I hope you like this chapter.

Metal Face Sorry dude, but you got outvoted, and the ships will remain like I constructed like that, maybe in the future I will do an AU, but the shipping you expected most will not happens.

JRWeiss I agreed, too much harem stories and fanfics sometimes it's too difficult to write it right, and I kinda don't like harem of one guy and 10 girls and etc... so I think the first idea I did was the best for this story.

Benny Farr It was the cellphone version who had the little glitch but fixed it... And I will follow your advice and go with the script since it makes me more comfortable.

Giltlawyer9000 I will try my best to make the good chemistry.

Anyway guys, have a nice reading.

"Last time in Total Drama Island," Chris smiled as he pointed out the flashbacks of not just the episode prior, but also a few good interesting scenes after the challenge. "The campers had to put their survivor abilities to the trial by fire, by spending the whole night camping in the middle of the forest, the teamwork of the Killer Bass team was enough to make a comfortable night for them, Duncan's mad ghost storytelling skills showed that Ezekiel isn't the only one who can be a storyteller since he freaked out the Killer Bass, haha, Ezekiel has to tell one story that made Duncan cry, I saw that Duncan. HAHAHA. Izzy played a prank on the Gophers by dressing up as a bear, but passing too much time making the real bear showed up and the Gophers spent the night up in a tree, which sucked for them. Cody peed in his pants and then it rained. Who knew tempting fate would cause such a thing? Oh yeah, the Killer Bass. The next morning showed one of the biggest plot twists in the story of Total Drama Island since the real bear attacked the team of Killer Bass, and while it showed an epic showdown between Eva and the bear, in the end, Eva had to save Courtney but got her leg broken because of it. Alright, this summary is getting longer and longer."

Chris complained as he waited a few seconds to show the flashbacks and then went back to narrating.

"Killer Bass had to come up with a decision, and Eva is forced to leave the show to go to the surgery. And to the surprise of everyone, Eva chose Gwen as her substitute. And now the Gophers have fewer members on their team, while the Killer Bass has a new participant to get used to living in the Aquarium. Nice pun haha." Chris enjoyed the script he has done the way to described the summary. "The celebration of the party showed secrets and traumas of the Killer Bass, that even the happiest of them all, could show how it was being in the clutches of the death. Yup, the challenge was rough, all right. And if I have anything to say about it, today's will be even more brutal. I lament… for them. For the sake of everyone watching, this is a trigger warning, so prepare yourself, because I'm so excited about this. What fresh horror have we planned for our campers? Find out next on Total DRAMA ISLAND!"

MORNING

It was now three days after the last challenge. From the time everyone has told about their fears to each other. And the Killer Bass getting used to their newest member. There was one topic among the group who were eating at the table of Killer Bass. And from the group looked totally in disbelief while Duncan couldn't help but laugh.

"SHE SHAVED YOUR INITIALS IN HER…" Duncan screamed as he was ready to make fun of it.

"I KNOW WHAT I SAID," Ezekiel shouted as his face looked like a tomato, and he even used both his hands to cover his face in embarrassment. And then saw everyone from the Main Lodge staring at him. Even the Gophers. "Err… guys, can we tone down? I don't want to shout about it again. And like I said, it's just a dream."

While there were a lot of conflicting reactions from the Killer Bass…

"Duuuuuude. That's the dream, Zeke." Harold commented as he raised his hand to give a high five, but the homeschooled boy glared at his friend, who noticed that he wasn't comfortable with sharing. So dropped his hand. "But never thought your subconsciousness would see her like that."

"Yeah, but thinking about it, that crazy girl would do it if she liked you," Duncan commented as he stared at Izzy who just shrugged and went back to talk happily with Owen. "But it looks like she had the big fat fish caught. So sorry to tell yah dude."

"That's fine." Ezekiel raised his hand, properly covering the lies of what happened in the cavern where he was captive a few days ago. "It was just a dream. I'm sure that she will be happy with Owen. I mean, he is awesome."

"Why do you say that?" Courtney said as he coughed on her first. "First off, while I find it interesting you boys want to share with us your thoughts since the last men talk you had… there are things that it's TMI."

"What's is that?" Ezekiel asked as he tilted his head…

Courtney was about to facepalm, but then she remembered Ezekiel lived on a farm and composed herself.

"It's the abbreviation of Too Much Information," Courtney explained that the green hat boy opened his eyes and took a way to understand it.

"Ohh, got it." Ezekiel smiled as he raised his thumbs.

Making Courtney to sigh.

Confession – Courtney.

"Alright, sometimes Ezekiel is the smartest and most creative member of our group… But sometimes I had to treat him like a little brother and I had to make some explanations for him to understand the big city… Sometimes the real world isn't about movies or cartoons." Courtney said as she pointed out the camera. "And sometimes I like to act like the big sister role, it makes me correct some bad habits he has, and try to make sure Duncan wouldn't be too bad an influence on him."

"Now, second off…" Courtney said as she tried to make sure her posture was fine and decided to remain polite. "Do those dreams happen very often?"

Ezekiel's eyes went wide open, as it sounded a red flag to him…

"No…? That's the first time…" Ezekiel said slowly, as he heard Courtney groaning, and even the other girls nearby her. While the boys nearby him started to chuckle."What's wrong?"

"You just got caught by a trap," Geoff said as he was giving some space.

Harold gave space, and DJ smiled widely as he wanted to see that, Tyler was looking at Lindsay far away, but with his side glances, he already could guess what was going on.

Duncan was smiling like Ezekiel was screwed with no way to go back.

"What do you mean?" Ezekiel asked, which Courtney and Bridgette sat near him, side by side.

Confession - Bridgette.

"You know? Sometimes Ezekiel is like a little kid, his parents may have explained how life works around the farm, but I don't think they have enough understanding to explain how puberty works. So… me and Courtney gave him the talk.

"Oh no…" Ezekiel faceslamed his face on the table, as the boys were chuckling away. The girls on the Killer Bass tried to be as quiet as possible to not make the other table hear their conversation.

"It's normal to feel this way when you are a nearby a girl you like Zeke," Bridgette commented as she pointed out and gave a slight glance at Izzy. "I mean, she may be a bit chaotic… but I think that's fine, but please don't do anything crazy in the bathroom."

"I'm not hearing that." Ezekiel pulled his hat to cover his ears. And pretended to be sleeping.

"What you got Ezekiel is puberty, which later you will have a change of voice, and maybe need a few more hygienic products. And I'm watching you, Duncan. Don't let him do whatever you guys do when…" Courtney was already snapping on the delinquent but he smirked and raised his hands.

"Alright princess, I think he had enough… Maybe he already knows what puberty is from the cartoon and shows." Duncan chuckled as to see the homeschooled boy dying of embarrassment.

Ezekiel took his hat off and glared at Duncan.

"There will be a character in one of my stories, and he will suffer and be named after you," Ezekiel swore revenge on that, while everyone from Killer Bass was laughing at that talk.

Gwen still was trying to get used to it… it was a totally different vibe being with the Bass than being with the Gophers. And yet she couldn't complain it. It was a bit more peaceful, and she was also smirking at the way she saw Ezekiel embarrassed.

"Now that we talked about puberty, we also have to talk about the other stuff." Courtney took a paper and a pencil which made Ezekiel stare at her in betrayal.

"Starting with the need for the use of condoms," Bridgette commented, as Ezekiel stared at her in horror.

"About the STD which stands for Sexually transmitted diseases." Katie decided to join, just for Ezekiel's dismay, and for the entertainment of the guys. Making Courtney's nod while writing down.

"What to do when you get a girl pregnant." Gwen decided to join the ideas which Ezekiel stared at her in disbelief and in betrayal.

"Et tu Gwen?" Ezekiel said as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Alright girls. You know I may not have sisters… but now I can see that you took the whole nagging, embarrassing, and annoying sister's role, really well."

The girls giggled, which made the guys start to laugh. And making Ezekiel stares at the group of boys and girls in anger.

"This will have payback, know this," Ezekiel complained as he felt his body being the most annoying backstabber of his entire life. Second Puberty, a torture that he never thought he would have again. "Can't we just eat?"

The Killer Bass chuckled, while Ezekiel preferred to eat the terrible food instead of dealing with his friends at that moment.

However, a certain host had some drastic changes in plans. A whistle got everyone's attention as they saw Chris come into the mess hall and look at both teams at their tables.

"Campers!" Chris announced with his usual grin on his face. "Your next challenge is a little game I like to call…Phobia Factor! Prepare to face…your worst fears!"

Ezekiel remained quiet because he already could see what was going to happen...

"We're in trouble," Gwen said as she knew this challenge was going to be truly brutal. Ezekiel couldn't help but nod.

"Now for our first victims…Heather!" Chris announced as he took a bunch of cards out of his pocket. "Meet us at the theater!" Heather took a long sip of her coffee as Chris announced what she would be going through. "It's…Sumo time!" At hearing this Heather's eyes shot open as she spat out all her coffee…on Trent.

Beth, Cody, and Lindsay all gasped as Chris made the next announcement right at Gwen and then Ezekiel at the same time. "Gwen, Ezekiel. You, me, the beach. A few tons of sand." Gwen's eyes shot wide open similar to Heather as the goth loudly gasped.

"*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.*" Ezekiel shouted as he glared at Chris. "Don't you dare… Don't you *BEEEEEP* DARE."

Chris smirked, as he showed a shovel… And Ezekiel felt like his eyes losing sparkle, and feared the challenge… The Killer Bass couldn't help but glare hatefully at Chris.

"Relax. It's sand, not earth… but it will not be that different." Chris said as the group saw, Ezekiel trembled… but then returned to his seat.

"Wait, how did they know those were your worst fears?" Lindsay asked in a confused tone after Chris listed the fears of not just one, not two, but three of the campers.

"Ugh." Gwen groaned as she laid her head down on the table. Bridgette was quick to sit next to the Goth and rub her back to comfort her. "Because we told them."

Lindsay still didn't quite get it, while Heather was still in shock.

"At the campfire last night." Trent further elaborated on the blond bombshell.

"Wait," Lindsay said as she tried to piece things together in her mind. "They were listening to us?"

"It's a reality show, Einstein." Gwen irritably rolled her eyes. "They're always listening to us."

"But that's like…eavesdropping!" Lindsay gasped out in discomfort that all of their conversations were being listened in on…despite the fact that Chris said they would be monitored 24/7 on day one.

"Chef." Chris didn't care as he looked at the chef and his friend, and called for him. "Didn't you prepare a special meal for Tyler this morning?"

Chef was smiling sadistically as he was using the fryer, and the moment he took off the metal basket… it was a perfectly sculpted fried chicken. Tyler looked at it in horror but decided to have the courage to give it a try.

He cursed himself to share his fear in live television. And hesitantly decided to slowly give a first bite on the head. And with a crunch, he took the head of the fried chicken…

The silence was around the Main Lodge, until from nowhere a living chicken head appeared from the hole of the fried food. And made Tyler shout in terror.

"Alright, campers. Better finish breakfast in the next five minutes." Chris announced to everyone as he held up his wrist and showed off his watch, specifically the time. "Because once that's up, it's time to confront your fears and become better men…or chicken out and give the audience something to laugh at!"

After the time Chris had given anyone, it was time for probably the most intense challenge yet of Total Drama Island. First up was Beth and her fear of being covered in bugs. For this challenge, Chris had set up a medium-sized inflatable pool filled to the brim with worms. Everyone was there to watch and either cringed in disgust, nearly barfed, or in Owen's case, fainted at the sight. DJ vomited behind Geoff feeling disgusted to see it.

But to everyone's surprise Beth stepped up to the pool of worms and simply shrugged at it before diving in. Beth didn't even have an ounce of fear in her eyes when she went it and everyone watched in shock as the braces-wearing girl swam from one end of the worm pool to the other and emerged from it and ended up covered in worms.

"And Beth sets the bar way up there!" Chris commentated as Beth's teammates cheered for her. Even Owen managed to recover and cheer for Beth…only to faint once again a few seconds later. Heather walked nearby Beth as she looked a bit disgusted but couldn't help but ask.

"Beth, what happened? You said you were always afraid of insects, why do you look so in peace with the worms?" Heather asked as she raised her eyebrow.

"That's fine Heather. I'm a farmer, so I always have to deal with the dirt and have to use worms to make the earth well for the plants. When I meant insects I was talking more about cockroaches, beetles, wasps, and even ladybugs. I got really lucky." Beth said proudly as Heather couldn't help but nod her head in satisfaction.

Next up were Katie and Lindsay for the Killer Bass and Screaming Gophers respectively. The two shared a fear of bad haircuts so Chris ordered them to get into the mess hall where Chris had a matching pair of ugly wigs for them. Chris was about to put one on each girl's head…only for Owen to grab one of them and put it on his own head. The big guy then danced around a bit before hitting a wall and falling to the floor, allowing the host to place the ugly wigs on Lindsay and Sadie's heads.

Owen remembered the flashback of him and Izzy saying that they never wanted to fly, and Izzy agreed with him… Just a few days later both of them were treated to an incredibly old and rusty plane that looked like it should never be allowed to be in the air for a second. Its wings were held together by packing tape. Owen and Izzy gasped as the door to the plane opened and revealed Chef to be the flyer, while dressed as a flight attendant.

The two aerophobics very reluctantly stepped into the plane. Chef didn't give the two a chance to back out as he closed and locked up the door and quickly got the shacky plane into the air, treating Owen and Izzy to one of the most terrifying flying experiences ever.

With Harold, the ginger was simply walking into the bathroom with a magazine in hand and was about to head to a stall to do his business. However, Harold soon stopped and carefully looked around as he heard the sound of something opening close by.

Before Harold knew it, ropes were lowered from the ceiling and the ginger witnessed as three ninjas made their way into the room and blocked off Harold's path to the bathroom stall. But similar to Beth when she did her challenge, Harold wasn't even fazed by the ninjas. He tied his pants back showed his nunchucks And decided to remember everything.

"I was bullied by kids dressed as ninjas since I was kid… and no matter how much I trained that time, they always would win… but this time, I have trained so much. That you dare to challenge me today." Harold took out his shirt off. And decided to spin his nunchucks at maximum speed. Faster than he ever did before. He trained every time he could on the Aquarium, and now he was ready. "To win the challenge I must fight my biggest fear… and by meditating since the start of the challenge… my friends need me."

The ninjas stared at him in surprise as he placed the nunchucks around his neck after surprising all of them, and doing a dragon style of kung fu.

"COME ON, COME ON AND GET ME. I DON'T HAVE FEAR ANYMORE." Harold roared as he went to beat the crap out of the ninjas who suddenly became his prey

The loud shouts of pain and sounds of impacts being heard from the outside were enough to make the public watch one ninja without a mask trying to run away by crawling, but the next moment he felt terrified as someone was pulling his leg, and he screamed as he was being dragged back to the bathroom…

Chris looked surprised at seeing Harold with some punch marks on his chest and face, but he seemed well-spirited. At the time Chris went to see what happened in the bathroom, he found a mirror broken, and three ninjas on the floor. Knocked out. And guaranteeing the first point of the Killer Bass.

Next up was yet another Screaming Gopher in Heather. Everyone could be in the stands of the theater where the talent show occurred and watched as Heather was facing her fear. On one end of the stage was a shaking Heather and on the other was a sumo wrestler so she crouched by reflex, while the sumo wrestler didn't know what it hit him, but at the time he went over Heather he stumbled on her, and that made him fall outside of the theater and his body was like a ball that he went bouncing away, which made the Screaming Gophers another point.

Heather sighed in immense relief and fell onto her butt and successfully earned her team a second point.

Meanwhile, the plan Owen and Izzy were in flew above everyone with their screams being heard.

Chris then showed a camera pointing directly at Bridgette who was sitting in a log while feeling alone…

"Bridgette started her 6 hours isolated in the forest, feeling very confident." Chris decided to happily narrate what is happening.

Bridgette looked left and right and tried to remain composed and tranquil.

"I'm not afraid… 6 hours in this place is easy peasy," Bridgette commented as she didn't see any animal approaching her, so she smiled happily since the experience from the last challenge, it usually wouldn't have much difficulty around on the day… but she didn't see the little squirrel approaching her leg near the log. So it decided to greet the human… Surprising Bridgette by kicking the poor animal and launching it in the air.

That squirrel got a dive as Chris was happily burying both Gwen and Ezekiel… And differently from the actual show… Chris went far beyond… A stone resembling a gravestone was placed in front of the hole with a timer on it set to five minutes. He made them both get inside 2 glass coffins, but inside of it, he placed dirt and earth with rocks inside of it… And fulfilled half of the coffin from the inside, to make them both have almost the same experience of Ezekiel telling the story about how he almost died.

Ezekiel and Gwen stared at Chris like he was a demon, and the host of the show didn't even smile, which would be the opposite of what he would do.

"I did half of it because that would make it the challenge more real, don't worry about it. It will not be on your neck, so you still have space to breathe." Chris said as he was giving a bit of mercy towards the duo, but yet both of them stared at him like he was a monster.

The Killer Bass team was looking horrified, as they never thought Chris would be so cruel to do that with both of them… Every single one of them was so worried, that they even went near the coffins. But suddenly near the coffin of the Goth girl, Trent was there first and giving Gwen a walkie-talkie.

Inside the hole was a glass coffin with Gwen lying down inside with a walkie-talkie.

"There's enough air for an hour," Trent told as he was looking down at her and reassured the terrified goth. "You only need to do five minutes."

"As long as we decide to dig you up." Chris joked as he placed more sand on top of Gwen's box.

"Not funny Chris!" Gwen snapped at the host.

"Sheesh." Chris rolled his eyes a bit. "Take a pill."

"I'll be listening the whole time," Trent told Gwen as he held up his walkie talkie which was connected to the one Gwen had. "Just yell for me if you panic and I'll dig you right up."

Heather glared as he walked near the guitarist.

"Hey, what are you doing by helping the fish head?" Heather commented as she glared down at the goth who was too terrified to even say something.

"Yeah, I have to agree with Heather. What are you doing near our teammate?" Courtney asked as she was staring at the boy using a walkie-talkie. "Well at least you brought contact, have one to spare for us and Ezekiel?"

Trent looked at the group, as he then smiled sheepishly. This made Courtney's eyes twitch and the Killer Bass group started to get mad and wanted to demand the walkie-talkie.

"GUYS." Ezekiel finally shouted from the coffin he was in, which made everyone stare at him. "I'm fine, I'm going to be fine. This is my personal hell… I need to do it… so do me a favor… everyone who finishes the challenge, come and get us okay?"

"Don't worry dude, I'm going to stay here. I will take you both after the 5 minutes." Trent reassured the homeschooled boy, but he already saw the future.

"Everyone who finishes the challenge, come and get us RIGHT?"

"RIGHT." The Killer Bass answered their teammate, while Trent was shocked at being ignored…

"Don't worry about them. They just trust their teammates. So they will come to be sure we are okay. But stay here okay?" Gwen asked and Trent smiled and gave his word. Gwen finally sighed and said grimly "Goodbye cruel world…"

Ezekiel stared at his friends, as Chris decided to bury the homeschooled boy. He was in silence, but he could see the worry on his friend's face… and he couldn't help but also feel terrified… But he went there… was buried, without saying a word.

A few minutes passed and in the theater, it was DJ's turn to face his fear. Once again everyone was gathered up at the theater with DJ on stage. In front of him was a table that had a little terrarium on it that contained a snake that was only a few inches long. DJ was shaking a bit as Duncan clapped and encouraged him.

"Hey, you can do this, buddy!" The delinquent cheered the gentle giant on.

DJ continued to stare down at the tiny snake which was actually smiling at him. Both were completely still until…the snake blinked. "Ahh!" DJ squeaked in fright as he backed away. "It blinked!"

"It means she likes you!" Katie reassured DJ.

"It's the smallest snake ever, DJ!" Courtney called him, "Don't worry you can do this. This isn't the same one who was on the tree…"

"Yeah, but it's slimy and scaly! Slithery!" DJ listed all the reasons why he hates snakes.

"It's is not venomous, calm down, and remember Courage," Courtney told DJ in a still stern but a little bit more of a soft tone. "And you need to conquer your fears at some point. If you can't do it for your team then at least do it for yourself."

DJ took in Courtney's words. She was right. He couldn't live with this fear forever. And from all the stories he heard from the little beagle, fighting a curse of an old pharaoh, fighting a man depressive to the point to try to make everyone depressed, to the point to even fight a demon inside of a mattress… Courage was so cowardly, and yet an inspiration to always be followed.

"The things I do for love," DJ commented as he then looked away from the snake. And taking all the air out of his entire lungs. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."

He released the most terrifying scream he could give, which made everyone watch it in disbelief. So taking all the courage he had within him, DJ closed his eyes and slowly put his finger inside the cage. After a second or two, he felt the snake slither onto him, and…it wasn't that bad. Opening his eyes, he brought the snake closer to him and couldn't help but admit it was a little cute.

Everyone cheered as DJ earned another point for their team Courtney crossed her arms and nodded her head, proud of one of the achievements, until a thought appeared on her mind.

"DJ, you did it. Now go back to the beach, NOW." The C.I.T. girl commanded as the whole group of Killer Bass noticed what she meant by that.

"GOT IT." DJ jumped from the stage and quickly went after the buried glass coffins. And he hoped that the Screaming Gopher had accomplished his word.

(12 minutes ago Gwen)

Back on the beach, Gwen was still buried under the sand with three minutes left on the timer and Trent lying down right next to the fake grave with his walkie-talkie.

"You still alive in there?" Trent spoke into the walkie-talkie. "Only three more minutes."

"And then you'll dig me up, right?" Gwen quickly asked, her tone frightened and showing how freaked out she was.

"I promise," Trent reassured the goth in a calm tone.

"I need some kind of distraction!" Gwen told Trent while taking deep breaths. "Tell me a story! Um, why do you hate mimes so much?"

Trent sighed but decided to explain. If it would help calm Gwen down, then he would do it 100 times if needed. "My mom took me to this carnival once when I was four." Trent began telling the story. "So I could see the elephants. I was stoked!"

"Yeah?!" Gwen fearfully let out as all she could see from her point of view was the sand she was buried in. She really needed this distraction.

"I was so busy watching them that I lost her for a minute." Trent continued. "I called out, but when I turned, all I could see was the horrible white face with black lips pretending to be me! I screamed and tried to run, but every time I turned around, he was there, doing this creepy fake run-and-scream routine!" Just then Trent felt someone poke his shoulder. Looking back, and doing a classic invisible box routine, Trent came face to face with his worst fear…a mime.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Trent screamed, dropping his walkie-talkie, and quickly started running away with the mime quickly chasing after him.

"Trent?" Gwen asked as she didn't hear the voice of the guitarist anymore… And the feeling of the earth around her body really freaked out… "TRENT, WHERE ARE YOU?"

Her body felt like she was frozen, and then she tried to maintain her calm… taking the maximum deep breaths that she could feel… She remembered how Ezekiel felt in his story, and the situation she was in was easier than the version Ezekiel was in… but still, the feeling of the mud and dirt touching her skin, really made her mind gets in panic… she prayed for someone to come after her… and quickly.

Trent ran but was being followed by the mime as well they both passed by Chris and the other teams, being far away from the beach and in the wild. The host called Trent with a megaphone.

"Come on Trent, you just need to talk to him, he came here just for you," Chris told Trent as the guitarist and mime passed by him again. And Trent ignored him and ran away from everyone followed by the mime. "Cody, now it's your time to shine."

Cody stared at Chris in surprise. At that time, Cody remembered how he said that he feared disarming a bomb by pressure, and Ezekiel joked about Chef being the one giving instructions, which made Cody freak out.

The next moment, many trash cans were tied together as it resembled a time bomb of nastiness… prepared to be disarmed in front of him. The countdown of the beeps already made the geek start to freak out. And he was looking in fear about what he should do.

"That's right Cody, this trash bomb is going to detonate in exactly 10 minutes. All you need to know is how to disarm it, it's right in this instruction manual." Chris smiled as he gave a blue paper to Cody who was terrified to see the host. "WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING? I cannot do this."

"Then, it's better to find a place to hide… But also, here is also a little surprise for you." Chris smiled evily as he pulled a headset which made Cody looks at him confused. "Try this one. You are going to love it."

Cody hesitantly followed the idea, until he placed it on his ear.

"Bzzz… HELLO MAGGOT." The irate Chef Hatchet's voice shouted as made Cody jump from his place. "You better read the instructions really carefully, or I'M LITERALLY GOING DOWN AND BEAT YOUR ASS, AND MAKE YOU CRY FOR YOUR MOMMA."

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH." Cody shouted as Chris happily decided to walk away. "Wait, are you not going to wait to see it?"

"Me? Oh heck no." Chris said as he waved at the geekester. And pointed at the bombs nearby him. "That's a real bomb dude."

And with that, he ran away… Leaving Cody with a time bomb, and an irate Chef shouting at him.

"CONCENTRATE YOU MAGGOT," Chef shouted from his headset. "I'M SPINNING THIS AIRPLANE IN THE AIR AND I STILL CAN HEAR YOUR EXCUSES FROM HERE. NOW GOT SOME GUTS AND DISARM THE BOMB."

"Okay," Cody said as he was trembling in his place.

"IT'S YES CHEF SIR," Chef shouted angrily which made Cody quickly correct himself.

"YES, CHEF SIR," Cody shouted in fear, while he looked at the time bomb like a nightmare in his life.

Trent tried to hide himself, but suddenly the mime pulled himself up, making him jump away and start running again. Desperately he tried to run away, but he was still being followed by him. And at the time both of them stopped. Trent saw the mime doing the classic invisible wall.

"THERE IS NO WALL ON THERE YOU MADMAN. STOP BEING CREEPY." Trent shouted in panic, but nothing he said was enough to make the mime stop. So in time of panic… Trent looked at the dooks and decided to use the only way to survive… the water. At the time he was followed again in the docks, Trent jumped without thinking twice. And looking at the mime who stopped in his place. Trent smiled victorious. "OHOOOOOO, HAHAHAHA, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM MIME, DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO SWIM?"

Trent smiled happily until he saw the mime taking a deep breath and preparing himself to jump in the water.

"NO, NO, NO, STOP… Err… Your makeup is going to get destroyed." Trent pointed out, which made the Mime stop and rethink about what he should do… Nodding as understanding, the mime walked away in defeat. "YEAH, YOU LOSE. PALLED FACE, SUCKER."

Trent managed to get another point for his team. And Chris enjoyed the show as he started clapping for Trent's personal victory.

"I liked what I saw Trent." Chris happily said as he saw the mime passing by him, which made him freeze and shrove from the freaky guy passing him. But then he took a remote control and decided to have another personal satisfaction to see the others suffer. "But unfortunately, things aren't going to be that simple for our comrade Geoff."

Geoff seeing that his team was finally doing well themselves, decided to take a little time to rest a bit on the beach chair and close his eyes to maybe have a nap… Thinking there was no way of Chris bringing a hailstorm at him, it was piratically impossible.

Little did he know, that there was a remote cloud being controlled by Chris… At the time he was taking a sunbath, suddenly saw a cloud covering the son which woke him up in surprise. And then from that little cloud, little pieces of ice started raining down on him.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, OUCH, OUCH, AHHHHHHHHH" Geoff decided to run away, trying to find something to protect him from the hail. But everywhere he went, Chris controlled the cloud to go after him.

At the time he passed the Screaming Gophers, Lindsay was happy to see something so cute happening in front of her, so she pointed at the little cloud.

"Look that little cloud, it's following him, awww." She gushed to see something so cute happening from the suffering of the others. "Like a cloud pet, I WANT ONE TOO, COME HERE LITTLE CLOUDY."

At the tombstones of sand… 12 minutes already passed, until DJ took a shovel and quickly went straight to one of them. And neither of them were with holes.

"WHERE TRENT GO? WHY DIDN'T HE DIG THEM AWAY?" DJ shouted in panic, as he went directly from Gwen's buried side. ignored the walkie-talkie and started to dig. "GWEN, ZEKE, WAIT A BIT, I'M TAKING YOU BOTH OUT."

DJ gritted his teeth as he saw his friend Geoff passing by him, and with focus on his mind and with all the strength of his arms, he managed to dig enough to surprise Gwen who stared at him.

"DJ? Where is Trent?" Gwen asked as she was trembling in fear, and was both in anger and relief. Not knowing how to feel at that moment.

"I have no idea, I came here as soon I finished the challenge, and when I found you both still buried, I went the fast as possible, now let's dig Zeke, he is still there," DJ said in panic as he gave the shovel to the goth, and he started to take the sand with his own hands.

Gwen noticed the panic in his eyes, and she also felt the same concern, since that challenge was almost like the remake of the way he almost died.

"ZEKE. WE ARE HERE, WAIT FOR A LITTLE BIT." DJ shouted as he started digging in despair. Gwen followed by using all the strength of her arms to take the sand until the glass box was there… And for their horrors. The glass was scratched from the inside, and some cracks were in one of the parts of the said place…

And by opening the glass coffin… both saw the look of horror… Ezekiel's eyes lost the sparkle, his body trembled like was cold… and from the time both touched his hands… there were even some marks of cuts on his fingers… Relieving a trauma like that was something Gwen never thought would come up on that stage…

"Aq... ..aqua…"Ezekiel stuttered as both of them looked at his face… someone who always was cheerful and happy… was looking as if he was on the verge of dying in shock…

"What is it, Zeke? Talk to me, man." DJ hugged the poor boy who returned the hug, as he dropped some tears on his face.

"Aquarium, take me to the aquarium…" Ezekiel finally got his voice back, and immediately said what he wanted, he wanted to be away… from everything, he needed to be on their secret base.

"I'm going to take Zeke to the Aquarium and go with the others. And find out WHERE THE *BEEP* HAS BEEN THAT *BEEP*" DJ shouted angrily, which made Gwen nod her head and look with shadows in her face.

Confession – DJ

"Momma taught me to never swear… to never be cruel, but Trent made Ezekiel revive his worst day and made Gwen scared on that coffin for 12 minutes…" DJ said as he narrowed his eyes. "He is going to get pranked so hard when the Killer Bass knows what he did… Ezekiel and Duncan were right, taking out Gwen, never trust a Gopher."

"Ezekiel wait for a bit. We are almost there." DJ said as he carried Ezekiel trembling on his back. The homeschooled boy tried to regain compose, but it was failing miserably.

It didn't take long until the caves of the Aquarium were reached, and the giant Jamaican was able to let the little boy sit on the floor of the cave, near the hot tub, which at the moment DJ could see, Ezekiel wasn't fine, he was far away from fine.

"Zeke, I'm here. You are not alone." DJ said, as Ezekiel remained quiet and was staring at nothing… as if nobody was there.

(Coffin -Ezekiel 15 minutes ago.)

The moment he was inside of the coffin he felt that he was in hell… since the feeling of earth managing to touch his skin again, and from the vision being blocked with the darkness around his eyes. The silence of nobody could hear him… It was a feeling that nobody would ever imagine.

Ezekiel tried his best to relax his body, by closing his eyes, and trying to focus on his breath… But at the time he closed his eyes… It felt like he heard the sound of the train derailing and the sound of the landslide appearing again. The moment he opened his eyes, he was once again looking at the destroyed train, with his eyes covered with both earth and snow.

"AH AHHHHHHHHH." This time Ezekiel screamed as he tried to move away the dirt and the snow around his face… but somehow at the time he moved himself, the landslide once again fell over him, and this time he felt like he was trapped in that hole once again, playing Hide and Seek.

But he tried to move his body once again, using everything on his body to try to breathe.

"I WANT TO LIVE, I WANT TO LIVE. NOT LIKE THIS. PLEASE GOD NOT LIKE THIS." Ezekiel screamed, as he desperately fought against the earth, as the voices around his head, shouting for his name, sometimes were from his parents… from his past parents, from his new parents… from DJ, from the Killer Bass… "I WANT TO LIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."

Ezekiel felt his fingers bleed from how much he scratched and wanted to get out… But still, his eyes were losing the spark… his body was getting tired, and his breath was getting heavier and heavier…

It was supposed to be 5 minutes… But it looked like it had been hours…

"ZEEK, WAKE UP." Then suddenly a shout was enough to make him open his eyes, completely tired… and looking in front of him, there was the duo looking at him horrified…

(Aquarium)

DJ looked horrified as he saw his friend closing his eyes… But in the next moment, he started to hear the sounds of a person crying… like a child who just got hurt really bad.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Ezekiel screamed with all his longs, as he felt his nightmare became real, and he was once again in the verges of death, but suddenly felt something different…

DJ was hugging him… hugging him with all his heart… And trying to not cry at that moment… Because Ezekiel was already crying… from all the fear, pain, and being alone… But this time he wasn't… his friends were there for him.

"Thanks…" Ezekiel mumbled as he felt a bit of sparkle return from his own eyes…

DJ remained quiet. Because there wasn't a word he could say to make few better for him… that man had to deal with his trauma again, what he could say about it? He just needs to be there for him… that would be enough.

Duncan remembered the time he told the story as he was a kid, and it led to a moment when everyone from the Kille Bass was concerned but still hoping for Duncan to go against his personal trauma. For the first time, as looked right in front of him and saw that a few 2 yards away…was a cardboard cutout of Celine Dion, but for fear of Duncan, the full-size picture of the singer… was covered with fake blood. Which made Duncan start to grind his teeth…

Duncan was frozen in place as Courtney spoke up.

"It's fake blood, it's not real Duncan, and she pretty. She's nice." Courtney reassured the delinquent in a gentle tone.

"Just one hug and you're done," Chris said with the snap of his fingers. He pointed at the version of the horrific Halloween bloody singer. "Does the delinquent have enough courage to return to the crime scene with a standee following him?"

"SHUT UP," Duncan said as he felt like he was staring at his nightmare… "T-That looks really…real, man."

Duncan spoke to Courtney with a fearful tone.

"Hey." Courtney put a reassuring hand on Duncan's shoulder. "It's okay if you can't do it. It's your trauma… your personal hell."

Duncan took a deep breath as he looked between Courtney and the standee of Celine Dion. Letting out a deep sigh, Duncan saw a version of himself, reviving the same childhood, in the music store… seing the same standee with only blood covering her body…It has been one of the most traumatic days he ever had… until he remembered what his uncle told him at the time he went back home.

"There are times like this that would shake even the most courageous of us… You should be glad to be afraid of that… that means you know when would be a line too far for what humanity should go… the biggest worry for a man like me would be the day that you wouldn't be afraid or sick of something like that… Sometimes being afraid is what makes us alive… but, having courage to challenge the fear and outcome it by creating the Courage, would makes feel rebels against our fear…" The detective told the little boy who was still using his little jacket with a dog stamp on his back… the little boy who liked to see delinquents around, and found his uncle wearing a skull tattoo around his arm… "I know that in the future you will go rebel against everyone, you took it from my side of the family… just remember that in times of need, you have to rebel against your own fear."

Duncan opened his eyes… and looked at the same monster who had been making him feel panic since childhood, he took a deep breath and looked at Courtney…

"All right…I'll try." Courtney cheered Duncan on as the delinquent took a deep breath… ran full speed towards the cutout and proceeded to pick it up and hug it. Still bothered by the slimy fake blood, but his team cheered as Duncan earned the Bass their fourth point.

Courtney suddenly ran up to Duncan and enveloped him in a hug.

"Duncan! You're awesome!" Courtney cheered for him as Duncan wrapped a single arm around her.

"Ha! I did it!" Duncan said with a smile, now feeling like a new man. The one who conquered his demons.

Courtney then leaned in closer to Duncan…but then realized what she was doing and quickly separated from him as the rest of the team came up to Duncan and cheered for him. Everyone was enjoying themselves happily until they suddenly saw someone approaching them… it was Gwen who was covered in dirt, and her eyes looked way tired, and really angry with something.

"What happened Gwen?" Courtney asked in worry, as the whole team looked at her who hugged herself.

"DJ took us from the coffins… but it's Ezekiel… he's not fine. He is the opposite of fine." At the time Gwen said those words… the whole group stared at her horrified. And before they would say something. "He is in the Aquarium, DJ is taking care of him."

"We gotta go," Tyler said loudly, as he was about to run away, but Duncan and Harold took him by both his arms.

"You stay here. You guys need to finish your part of the challenge." Duncan said as he strongly advised to not go against the challenges. "We already sacrificed too much, you guys need to finish the challenge. But what about the guitar boy? Didn't he take you both out?"

"No, Trent wasn't around. And I have no idea where he is…" Gwen said as she looked defeated… and for the first time, she felt pressure, because everyone in that circle, looked murderous…

Duncan didn't say a word, but he quickly went directly to the Aquarium, Harold went after him to try to reach his friend and see if the group of boys could work together to make the little Ezekiel back as he was before.

At the beach, Trent smiled as Chris was using the remote control to make the hail cloud keep firing hail around the cowboy hat Killer Bass, and he couldn't help but be interested in how that would go. So he gave a few ideas.

"Can you make the cloud go lower and fire with more power?" Trent asked as he was enjoying seeing the team rival member getting a personal hell just like he did with the mime.

And Chris was enjoying playing with the cloud, by sitting in a chair and enjoying the suffering of the others, but even himself couldn't help but to confess.

"You are a cruel man. Huh? But… I can." Chris accepted his suggestion, which made the cloud go in Geoff's face and his entire body was attacked with the hail, shouting in despair and pain.

"AWESOME, THAT'S SO COOL." Trent felt happy as he enjoyed how some challenges were creative when it came to dealing with the sake of entertainment. But suddenly he felt something crossing over his mind, like the feeling he had forgotten about it. "Yo, ever had that feeling that you were forgetting about something?"

"Sometimes," Chris commented as he was still distracted by the cloud, and how Geoff was going to lose his points if he wasn't able to find protection in the next 2 minutes. "I usually ignore it, and that feeling goes away. Hehehe. Check this out, I'm going to bury him with hail."

"Bury?" That was a keyword that clicked Trent's mind until he remembered that he was supposed to dig out both Killer Bass members a few minutes ago. "OH NO, GWEN."

Chris saw Trent leaving that place to go after the goth girl and the homeschooled boy who were probably in a panic since he wasn't there.

Inside the forest, Bridgette was alone, as she tried to focus on the beauty of nature.

"Okay, okay, okay. Bridgette, you can do it. Just more…" Bridgette had to take a look at her watch to make sure that she would be fine. "4 hours and 15 minutes."

She was feeling confident in herself, but she saw a crow trying to catch her attention.

"Oh no way. Don't even start it. I'm not going to get scared of that, I know it's part of the production…" Bridgette tried to argue with the animal until suddenly…

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

The loud explosion was enough to make Bridgette jump in her place.

Trent and Chris were already on the graves were placed.. and to his surprise both places were dug, so that meant Gwen was safe… so they were the ones who took her out, maybe in time.

"What was that?" Trent asked Chris, who seemed to be smiling like a man who won in the lottery.

"I'm going to guess, but it seems, Cody just blew himself up." Chris stared in the direction of the sound.

And in the middle of the forest, there was what remained of Cody, totally covered in trash, and even a watermelon above his head.

"YOU USELESS MAGGOT, I TOLD YOU TO CUT THE BLUE WIRE, AND NOT THE YELLOW WIRE," Chef shouted from the headset, which Cody felt his entire body start to walk around to try to reach help for himself.

"Ughhhhhh. Someone there? Help. Anybody?" Cody called for help, but nobody was there… just Chef who was getting annoyed.

"YOU USELESS PUNK, STOP BEING A SCARY CAT AND LAY DOWN AND REST," the Chef shouted as Cody felt his entire body get heavier, and with that got knocked out from the pain.

"Useless kid," Chef said, as he looked at both Izzy who tried to look scared, and Owen was completely terrified from flying and having the worst experience of his life. "We are almost there, need to practice my landing."

"OH NO," Owen shouted in fear. While Izzy tried to look terrified as well.

Trent and Chris were looking around as they wanted to see if Geoff was able to finish his task, but after still being followed by the cloud, and not even going at the water like Trent did to save himself… Geoff was declared a loser on that point…

But at the time was over and the cloud finally diminished… When Geoff got out from the painful hail, having even some red marks around his body…he glared at both of them.

Trent and Chris gave a smile when suddenly Trent looked around and saw Duncan going in one direction, and being followed by Harold, both with a thunderous look on their faces.

"Oh hey, boys. Thanks for..."Trent didn't even have time to finish because Duncan who was covered in fake blood gave a punch to the gut of the guitarist which made him go to his knees.

"Don't… talk...to us…" Duncan said firmly, as Harold also wanted to beat the guitarist, but decided to go faster.

"Let it go, Duncan, Gophers don't deserve our time," Harold said as he looked at the hurt cowboy. "Geoff, Gwen said Zeke is feeling terrible, probably PTSD, let's go."

Those words made Geoff stare at his friends in worry, and quickly with a nod, he decided to run with them, without being able to glare at the duo of demons of the host and the boy who watched it for his pleasure.

"Ughh…" Trent was still feeling the punch in his gut.

"Ouch, I'm so glad that wasn't me," Chris said as he was smiling happily to avoid being hurt on live television. This scene would be really valued in the summary of the next challenge.

After that, the sound of a plane was heard and Chris watched as the plane Owen and Izzy were on landed with the two mentioned campers quickly jumping out and kissing the ground. Earning two points for the Screaming Gophers.

Now the score was 5 for the Screaming Gophers. 5 For the Killer Bass.

Confession – Bridgette.

"The truth is… I want to thank the production for forcing me to fight against my fear… I'm proud of myself." Bridgette smiled at herself after finishing her challenge. "Now I have fear of nothing."

After finishing the 6 hours. Bridgette couldn't help but jump on her place, happy to don't have to deal with such a tragedy as one of her coworkers at the ONG had to deal with in the past, and she now felt happy to win one irrational fear she had before.

At the time she went back to the Killer Bass, every single one of them looked with seriousness.

"Guys? What happened? Gwen? Are you okay?" Bridgette asked as she suddenly saw the gothic girl still trying to remain strong, but was still having difficulty.

"I'm fine, but we were supposed to be inside of the coffins for 5 minutes… we just got dug 7 minutes later. It was 12 minutes of torture." Gwen commented as she tried to compose herself. "I'm fine… but Ezekiel, he's not."

Bridgette's eyes went wide open, as she was about to say something, but Courtney interrupted her.

"The boys are with him right now. We just need moral support to win this challenge, then we are free to go." Courtney commented as she used her neck to make Bridgette follow her… "Trent disappeared, he was the one who was supposed to take them out… but it seems my instincts were correct by calling DJ to take them both out…"

Bridgette's eyes looked at Gwen, as she tried to be alone for a while, and narrowing her eyes… she noticed that everyone from her team was bloodthirsty… they knew Trent messed up badly, but how much, they didn't have any idea...

And with that, Katie and Lindsay met up in the washrooms…

Both girls stared at their reflection as Lindsay felt so happy.

"We did it," Lindsay said as she raised her arms in victory, and Katie felt so happy that she was also freed from that curse. "We passed the entire day like that. Are you ready?"

Katie smiled happily as both of them managed to get rid of their terrible wigs.

"1,2 AND 3" Both girls took off their wigs and stared at each other.

"Ahhhhh… I forgot how you are beautiful." Lindsay commented as Katie also felt emotional from seeing the beautiful blonde hair of Lindsay.

"Wow?" Katie commented happily as she also gushed for her. "You too."

"Help…" Then it was a familiar voice, which made Katie stare outside of the washroom… and see the terrible victim of the trash-bomb which made her terrified.

"CODY." Katie quickly went to help the poor boy, who was still with all the trash around his body and smelling badly. "Ewww, don't worry. We need to take you to have a bath… Let's go."

"katie…" Cody said still stunned from the impact of the bomb. But somehow he felt relieved, to finally have help.

The Killer Bass boys went directly to the Aquarium, just to find DJ sitting and watching Ezekiel who was without a shirt, and without shoes, but already sitting and trying to recover himself on the hot tube. The boy felt like he was sleeping through the massage bubbles.

"DJ, how is he" Harold called as the giant Jamaican stared at the group In surprise.

"You guys made it… I hope the challenge wasn't as terrible as it happened to Zeke… Dude, the glass coffin… this challenge was messed up." DJ said as he decided to give them a summary of what happened.

Word by word, the boys looked angrier every second while listening to how the situation was for both Gwen and especially Ezekiel.

"Trent is dead…" Duncan commented as he looked with skull shapes in his eyes…

"Duncan, it's not worth it," Harold said firmly, and the group stared at the nerd in surprise. "That's why Courtney commanded DJ to find them both and dig them out… I wasn't there so I didn't know where they were… If I knew about them being buried I would have come the sooner I got out of the challenge."

"Well, at least if everyone does their part right, we just need 7 points to tie with them. We have more members so that would be easier for us to win…" Duncan commented as he was sure that his team would win.

"I wouldn't say that." Harold decided to comment which made the group stare at him. "If we tie we lose."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" Courtney shouted angrily as the group was there to see Tyler was feeling confident with himself, and Chris seemed to still be smirking his usual smile.

"That's because to be a fair game, we used the percentage system. This means that while 7/8 members of the Screaming Gophers managed to win against their fears. Which made 87 percent of the points… the Killer Bass with 6 of their 9 members managed to pass, while Geoff suffered a defeat in his challenge. Which is 67% of your victories… Which means, one more mistake, and your team loses." Chris explained as most team of Screaming Gophers seemed to be in cheerful mode.

Trent tried to smile at Gwen, but then saw the hatred look from all members of Killer Bass as he flinched himself…

Heather noticed that…

Confession – Heather.

"Lindsay told me what happened after this sicko challenge, Trent to betray the goth girl and the little boy like that? I have to say, I'm surprised… Never knew what it had in him." Heather smiled evilly, as she could imagine how betrayed the goth girl was… and maybe the boy who she owns a favor, she could use that favor to vote him out and be free from her debt…

"Now Tyler, all you have to do… it's to stay inside of this place… with this little chicken right here." At the time Chris opened the box and showed the chicken with her little chicks… Tyler felt himself palled…

"You can do it Tyler." Bridgette tried to cheer the jock up. And from looking at the chicken she was still with her head intact. "She isn't with her broken neck. You got this."

"Yeah, because the producers said it would be too much for the kids and for the PETA to show a scene of animal cruelty. So we decided to not do it…" Chris said as he kicked the floor in disappointment. But seeing Tyler in the fetal position "Anyway, you are not helping your situation like that."

"Tyler, you can do this. You just need to make sure to pass 3 minutes… Everyone had to suffer from their fears, so you are not alone in that…" Courtney commented, and Chris smiled at her.

"Oh, that's good for you to think like that…" Chris smiled as he saw Chef Hatched finally bringing a plate which Courtney suddenly realized one thing…

"Oh no…" Courtney saw it… from under the tray, Chef and Chris revealing 5 little plates of green jello staring directly at her.

"It was difficult to get in contact with your parents… But they managed to tell us the special recipe of your grandmother Lemonade Mellon Jello. And I have to say, it's fantastic… really worthy to die for." Chris joked, but then he saw everyone from the team glaring at him. "Okay, okay, sheesh. Tough crowd."

"I can't believe it my parents gave the recipe to you," Courtney said annoyed, and she looked fearfully at the little plates of the gelatinous treat.

"Oh yeah… all you had to do, is eat 3 of them in 1 minute… They are small so you can do it easily." Chris commented simply… But Courtney felt like the whole weight of the past was staring at her…

Tyler looked from his fetal position… seeing Courtney staring at the dessert in fear… her sweat appearing on her face, and her entire body trembling… Tyler stared at the chicken, the demonic animal with feathers… and then saw Courtney slowly trying to reach the spoon… And even as the jock as he is… he knew that he couldn't make it… But from seeing Duncan, and hearing about Ezekiel… and now seeing Courtney… they have traumas… they have demons that nobody should make fun of… and the aftermatch could be disastrous for any of them…

Tyler closed his eyes… and then made his decision.

"CONDORRRRRRRRRR." Tyler shouted with all his lungs. This made Courtney stop, and the Killer Bass in the area stop… and turn their heads towards Tyler who just shouted the forbidden word… The Screaming Gophers stared at him confused, but from the look of the Killer Bass team, something big just happened.

"Tyler…" Courtney said horrified, while the jock jumped away from the chicken and looked at Chris… Katie, Bridgette, and even Gwen gasped at seeing Tyler saying a word that nobody thought was needed.

"We were going to lose anyway, there was no way I was going to deal with a chicken. But you already have the trauma of being choked from that, you don't need to worry about it. If we are going to lose, it must be by me and not by pressuring you." Tyler commented as he remained strong and smiled at himself.

Courtney felt her lips tremble, and a little tear coming from her mind.

"Thank you." Courtney hugged the jock who smiled proud of himself. She was thankful for the decision a friend of hers did it. And then staring at Chris Courtney cleaned the tear, and proudly said. "Alright Chris, we give up. The Screaming Gophers can win this challenge."

Chris was surprised to see such a decision, but then sighing he turned his smile up.

"The Gophers win invincibility this week. Their losing strike finally coming to an end." Chris commented that he was happy to see a big entertainment end like that. "It seems that some challenges couldn't end with a big climax, but that's okay. Now, as commanded by the production, no animal was cruelly murdered in this episode, the trigger warnings towards this show include gore and even self-depression inside of a confinement. All the campers have signed the contract allowing them to participate in any kind of challenge. So here you have our disclaimer."

Chris quickly read the paper to make sure he wouldn't get sued from the episode alone.

Trent went to try to see Gwen. But the glares he was receiving from anyone made him step back. Lindsay went to go after Tyler… which made Katie look sadly at her… The Killer Bass stared at the jock who seemed to be proud, and yet sad to now have come to that decision.

"Hey Tyler," Lindsay said as she was happy to win the challenge… But then she saw the sad look on his face. "What happened?"

"Tyler, you have until tonight… please, enjoy it," Courtney said as she was still holding a plate of jello and a spoon… She turned her back and walked directly towards their secret base.

Tyler sighed… and hugged the blonde girl.

"Babe… there is a thing I have to tell you," Tyler commented… as he knew it would be difficult to say to her… but the truth would hurt… since he said the word that he would make himself eliminated.

(Aquarium)

At the time the group walked inside the Aquarium, they found the boys watching Ezekiel sleeping on the hot tube…

"What happened?" Duncan asked as he saw Courtney with a sad face… "Did we lose?"

The group nodded their heads, and Duncan got a bit annoyed.

"Tyler said Condor," Courtney commented which made the delinquent narrow his eyes… "Because he didn't want me to rush myself to go after my trauma… it was to eat 3 green jellos in 1 minute… And he was already nearby a chicken…"

Duncan had his eyes opened in surprise… and seeing Courtney still trembling with the plate and spoon in her hands…

"Like the one you are holding right now?" Duncan asked, surprising Courtney who just noticed the food in her hands…

"Oh… I didn't notice them until now…" Courtney commented as she saw Duncan trying to reach them. "No...please… Now… I want to do it, but… can you guys wait for me?"

The Killer Bass remained quiet, but with their heads, they nodded at the girl who seemed to be taking her time… to raise the spoon and in a few minutes… Courtney got the courage to take the first bite.

Courtney doesn't even remember which day of the year was the time she heard the news about her granny's accident… she just remembered how old she was… But after so many years… tasting the recipe of her grandmother again… made her tear up…

"My favorite," Courtney commented as she took another bite, but still as slowly as ever. And the team smiled at the little personal victory of the C.I.T girl.

Slowly they are still surpassing their fears.

Didn't they know… But Ezekiel opened a bit of his own eyes, and seeing his friend defeating her own trauma… he couldn't help but smile proudly at her… and then go to sleep once again.

THAT NIGHT

It was time for yet another dramatic bonfire ceremony. Once again, it was time for the Killer Bass to send one of their own home. However everyone from the Killer Bass made a unanimous decision, Tyler was there without fear, without nervousness… the same could be said by Geoff who was looking sad at his friend… The whole Killer Bass was in a somber mood, but the jock was there standing proud of his choice.

"There is only one marshmallow left on this plate," Chris said with the two remaining campers looking unphased at the host of the show. Which made him roll his eyes. "Oh come on, couldn't you guys at least pretend that this isn't a unanimous vote?"

"Sorry Chris, man, but we had the entire day being a hell for all of us. Can you just give me the marshmallow so we say goodbye to our friend? Please?" Geoff asked, as he usually would have been more sportive about it… But since he got hail from many places, even on his head… He wasn't in the mood to play games…

"Okay, spoilsport… Geoff." Chris commented as he launched the marshmallow to the cowboy hat boy.

"You will get that chicken on the next time," Duncan commented as he was clear that his friend did that by both wanting to save the C.I.T. girl and he wanted to avoid the fear he has. "And nobody would have the courage of what you did. You are awesome dude."

"Thanks," Tyler commented as he felt terrible to leave the island like that. So he gave a final hug to every single member of his team, and got the boat of the losers…

The group stared in sadness as the boat got a few meters away until they started hearing Tyler's shouts of fear coming from the boat.

"Just because you quit, doesn't mean you aren't going to fight your own fear Tyler," Chris commented as he stared at Courtney. "You did a great job finally defeating your fear, Courtney. You would still lose, but at least every single one of you managed to go against your own fears. And you all should be proud of that… Especially you three. Ezekiel, Duncan, and Courtney… it's not easy to overcome a trauma like that. So you have my kudos. But don't think you will get a pass on the next challenge."

The Killer Bass glared at him but remained quiet, and one by one decided to leave Chris alone on the beach…

Confession - Lindsay

"I will never forget the time we passed together Tailor… I mean, Tyler." Lindsay said as she kissed her palm and blew up to the camera. "See you later."

And with that, another episode of Total Drama Island came to an end.