Authors Note:

Hey guys, I passed most of the part thinking and rethinking about what to do on this chapter. So I think ti's the best I could do. And I hope everyone enjoys this new chapter. And now replying the messages.

Brazilianotaku and MatiasND : Well I hope you both like the new chapter, since it shows exactly the outcome of what happened after the last episode.

1 Trustme, I had to think about about the stories which should be told on this chapter. And I hope you will like this chapter as well.

BrightNova169 I'm glad you liked the last chapter. I hope you like the chapter I did. Have good fun.

ice of darkness You got it right, Ezekiel is the kind of guy who would help them to try to hook the girl, but if they screwed up, it's on them, since Ezekiel isn't expert on love issues, so he doesn't want to get involved when it comes about terrible moments. And when you said choas did you mean chaos? Because I hope I'm going to do a lot what you were expecting, since I wanted to make sure Ezekiel has a great character development, even with the potential girls in the future. And I hope the chaos I would create it would make well constructed and interesting for everyone. Enjoy this chapter.

Now, let's continue the journey of the newest chapter of Total Drama Island, and have fun everyone, and nice reading.

"Last time on Total Drama Island…" The camera turned on as Chris went over what happened last episode. "A talent contest brought out the best in our campers. It was awesome! The Killer Bass and Screaming Gophers Clashed showed the best talents that everyone would ask for. Gwen remained quiet and observant when it came to Heather showing her true face around other contestants. Even showing the best of their skills the Screaming Gophers just lost by a few points which showed how close they were to the victory. Heather didn't know that she had to make a deal with the devil to manage to save her butt by convincing the rest of the team to vote off Leshawna. And Ezekiel showed that in the fact that to be able to upbeat a snake, you must also become one. Harold had to confess his love to Leshawna and give a very heartwarming goodbye... But by being provoked by Heather, I never thought I would say this, but Harold explained how Whiter Sharks are terrifying. Did you know adult great white sharks grow to a maximum size of approximately 20 feet in length, weigh up to 6,600 pounds, and are estimated to live for 30 years? Or do the great whites play a special role in the ocean as a top predator by keeping prey populations such as elephant seals and sea lions in balance? No? Neither did I but I got curious about it... But anyway, who will be the next one to walk off this crappy dock? Will the Screaming Gophers finally manage to break their pathetic losing streak? Find out tonight in the most dramatic marshmallow ceremony ever! On Total. Drama. Island!"

(?)

By the time he opened his eyes, all he could see was dirt... Rocks and snow around the windows inside the wreckage he was in… a boy who was feeling so weak, at the time he opened his eyes, the cold and from the look of his arms and legs… the blood filled most parts around his body. The earth was what made him try desperately to breathe. But the darkness around the tunnel was enough to give him pieces of what happened.

He was happy enjoying another episode of his show when suddenly a loud brake sound was heard and the trembles were enough to not scare only him, but also a lot of people nearby him…

The horns of the train were enough to show it was desperately time, and when it got inside the tunnel… derailed inside, but not before creating a loud crash, and with that everyone inside of the cabin was moved from such impact…

A second later, the fear of what was happening, the adrenaline but also the fear of the tunnel trembling… And on the next second… the tunnel closed… with all the earth going down over the train… getting inside of every single window… and with the pressure… Wrecking everything…

The boy stared at his laptop and cell phone… Broken from the crash… And the only tunnel seemed to be trembling even more…

"heeelp…" His voice was weak since he didn't have the force to move his arms or legs… and his vision started to get blurry, as the oxygen was enough to be dragged out from the tunnel… In answer to his pleas… The dirt moved even stronger as the tunnel crushed down… and with that enabling him to breathe ever again… he was buried with the others… while he showed still a few signs of living…

"Please…" That was the last thing the boy remembered when he closed his eyes.

*GASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSP*

Ezekiel gave a deep breath as he woke up from such a nightmare… his breath was fast, and his heartbeats were going crazy… The homeschooled boy felt a good pressure after 2 days of relaxing from the last challenge… However, there was one single challenge his nightmare attacked him with so much force… Being buried alive…

"Phobia Factor is coming." Ezekiel thought to himself, as he felt his panic attacking him… nightmares like that weren't something that he had often… but that one was always the one who ticked him off, a lot.

He just hoped that he would have enough strength to pass such a terrible challenge.

(Main Lodge)

Courtney, Eva, and Bridgette were talking as they seemed to be discussing what would be the next challenge over the show. Katie was smiling on her table, while she seemed to be waving at Cody, who was also smiling and enjoying a good time with Trent and Owen.

The good time over the morning seemed like any other.

Until the door opened which revealed the Killer Bass boys talking nonchalantly like any other day. Harold was still talking like his usual self, Duncan was explaining other things while he was showing his knife. DJ was a bit terrified but also talking, and Geoff was smiling widely like planning to go ahead with their conversation. Tyler was still playing with his yoyo, and talking with the others as well... And Ezekiel was happy with them while he had a black eye...

Wait what?

Eva, Courtney, Bridgette, and Katie turned their heads to see one of their team members with a black eye on his face.

"Zeke, what happened?" Courtney asked as she was looking at the homeschooled boy in disbelief.

"What?" Ezekiel asked as he looked around his body, to try to see if there was something wrong. "Did I miss something from my clothing?"

"Not that dumbass. Your eye, why do you have a black eye?" Eva said as she looked closer, and noticed that there was one thing which would cause like that. "It looks like someone punched you."

"Oh that, yeah, someone punched me in the face," Ezekiel said, and simply sat, while he looked happy and calm.

"Zeke, who punched you in the face?" Bridgette asked, as she looked at him in concern and she wanted to demand answers of why that happened.

"Nah, it's not something you should be worried about. What is done is done. And there is nothing more around that." Ezekiel said as he looked happy with the outcome.

"Yep," Harold said as he sat happily on the seat.

"Damn Right." Duncan agreed, and DJ and Geoff also followed in agreement.

"Yeah, nothing more to worry about," DJ said as Tyler placed his yoyo on the table.

"It was a man talk, and now that is done, you don't have to worry about it," Tyler said, but he chose poorly his words when Eva took him by the collar and raised to her face.

"What did you say? Men talk? What do you mean by that?" Eva said as Tyler sounded a bit sexist and Ezekiel slammed both his hands on the table.

"Enough, like I said, it's over. End of subject. I'm fine, we have to focus on the challenge today. That's what it matters." Ezekiel was directly on the point, and when Courtney was about to ask, Duncan raised his hand.

"Nope, you better drop it. Like jock has said, it was a man talk, you girls wouldn't understand." Duncan wasn't afraid of Eva as she was growling at him and that remark of sexist, but he rolled his eyes. "It was a talk between us. You can have your talk, but this was something just me, DJ, Harold, Geoff, Tyler, and Zeke would understand, so drop it off, and let's focus on the challenge."

The girls stared at Duncan who seemed to be resolute over the choice of words. Not seeing Harold and Ezekiel giving a slight nod to each other.

1 hour before (Aquarium)

"YOU DID WHAT?" A voice shouted as it echoed around the caves of the Aquarium.

The only people who seemed to be in that place were nobody else than the boys of the Killer Bass, and from one of them, it seemed to have more far reasons to be angry.

"I did what I had to do," Ezekiel said as he looked seriously at the nerd who seemed to be angry at that moment.

"WHY DID YOU GIVE HEATHER SOMETHING WHICH WOULD HELP HER TO ELIMINATE LESHAWNA?" Harold snarled in fury and Ezekiel stepped on his foot and stared at the nerd in coldness.

"BECAUSE SHE CORNERED ME YOU MORON," Ezekiel shouted as he glared at Harold couldn't comprehend what was happening. "I'm not stupid to see that she has been manipulating everyone around her team to do exactly like she wants, but you want to know one thing? She came to me, I didn't go to her. She went after me because somehow she found out I have candy, which she used to bribe the one who literally would love anything else to eat than Chef's food. To win against a snake, I had to act like a boss of a mafia. I needed to have the upper hand to make sure she wouldn't come after us. And now she owns me."

Harold listened to Ezekiel explain as the homeschooled boy kept deep breathing and took his hat to start to scratch like his anxiety was attacking him.

"Sure, what I did was a dick move, was a low blow, was something only a jerk would do. But you forgot one thing, Harold. She now knows that you love her. How Heather did found out I don't know. But I'm glad that we managed you to confess to Leshawna that you like her. Really, from the deep of my own heart. I'm glad that you confessed to her after that crap happened." Ezekiel said as he tried to calm down, and from seeing the anger on the nerd's face, he could see how is it going. "I didn't lie to you, I said to not ask me how I found out, because we were running out of time. And I'm going to tell you this if was between you or Leshawna... I prefer to choose a friend I know than an acquaintance that I don't know yet."

Harold gritted his teeth, as he glared at Ezekiel in anger.

"So that's it, you told me to confess to her because you knew that she was going to leave the show, just like that? Do you think I'm going to forgive you just like that?" Harold said as he stomped on the floor, as he was still angry with his friend... Not much as before, but he still has some questions...

"Yes, because I know you, tell me, Harold. If you knew Leshawna was going to be voted off on the last challenge... tell straight to my face, that you wouldn't sabotage yourself to make the Screaming Goophers win." Ezekiel hated to use that fact, but knowing his nerd friend, he had to...

Harold remained quiet, as he could see that the words indeed affected his judgment... So scoffing Harold turned his back and walked off.

"Ah screw this." Harold tried to go away, but then he was blocked by both Geoff and DJ who was with their arms crossed and acting like a barrier. "Let me pass."

"Not so fast ginger head," Duncan said as he walked towards Harold. "You two had a lot to talk about, and we are going to stay here until you both finally finish off this conversation."

"THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO TALK ABOUT, LET ME GO," Harold said as he tried to pass the barrier, but he was surprised that even Tyler grabbed by his shoulder and directed at the homeschooled boy.

"Oh, there is... you have no idea how much talk we need to do right now. You don't need to answer that question, since your actions replied for you." Ezekiel said as he took out his blouse, his hat, and his t-shirt. "We still need to talk."

Geoff and DJ stared at each other not knowing why Ezekiel took out his shirt... Harold knew it didn't have any escape from that situation, so he decided to glare at his supposed friend.

"Fine, what else do you want to tell me?" Harold narrowed his eyes, and he wasn't even impressed to see the boy looking skinny just like him.

"It annoys me the fact that you don't see how much we cared for you. At the moment Heather left, I could have pretended that I didn't know anything, I could have lied to you, I could even have told you it was all Owen's fault since he likes to eat food, or even made Heather steal food from us. But I didn't do it. I wanted you to not miss your chance, to make Leshawna fall for you. Because you were stalling too much time for her. And if you pretended just for one more day... She would have gone without knowing about it." Ezekiel spoke the facts, as he walked towards his friend, and even pointed a finger at you. "What I did, I don't regret it. Because let's be real... I don't have a guarantee that I could win this show. Would you have?"

"Of course I..." Harold tried to scoff but then he felt Ezekiel's hands grab around his shirt.

"Don't pretend Harold. Because on this show, skills aren't the only thing we can have... there would be a time alliance and backstabbing would happen quicker than you would ever imagine, especially with Heather on the field. She was already too strong on the other team, it was only a matter of time until Leshawna was out. But even if she managed to be the last Goopher on the show, do you think we the Killer Bass would show mercy to her every challenge just that she could pass time with you?" Ezekiel spoke as the other boys from the Killer Bass had their eyes wide open, and for the next second, they became sharp as they could see where Ezekiel was going with his point... Even Harold could see it... "We are a team, we are friends, but everyone wants to win 100.000 dollars... And Leshawna also wants 100.000 dollars, not just us..."

"Okay, okay, you are right... but... It's my Leshawna." Harold said as he was still hurt, even with the fact that he got it from his friend, he couldn't be angry with the facts in front of him... they were playing the game, even if he was angry with his friend for doing something like that... he doesn't blame them since they came for what they come in the first place.

Ezekiel gave a smile, as he even felt happy to hear that from his friend.

"Well, I'm glad you said that. Because while I cannot guarantee you will win in the game, at least you won in the game of love." Ezekiel commented as there was the same saying from losing in the game but winning in the love, and the other Killer Bass couldn't help but agree. "Now, that's settled... Punch me."

"What?" Harold blinked, as he saw his friend then asking something so weird like that.

"I want you to punch my face. As you think I still deserve some sort of punishment for breaking your trust, which I never had... I think at least I should get a punch in the face for being a jerk." Ezekiel gave his reason, and while Harold and even DJ, Tyler, and Geoff looked unsure what to say. Duncan grinned with his teeth wide open.

"Now we're talking. Alright, ginger head, you heard him. Sometimes friendship means that we have to punch them in the face if they screw up. And he is giving you this chance. Don't mess this up." Duncan slapped the back of Harold who then looked shocked about that.

And even before he replied or said something, Ezekiel raised his hand.

"But before you do it, I want to be clear on one thing. Not half as hard, not some arbitrary percentage. I want you...punch me... as hard as you can." Ezekiel clarified as pointed his finger to the nerd, and then to his face. "Try to not break my nose and we are cool."

"Why?" Harold asked as he had no idea why the homeschooled boy had asked him for such a specific task.

"Because I don't think you are man enough for Leshawn..." Ezekiel didn't even finish the sentence, and Harold gave the biggest swing he had his whole life, and he punched so hard, that Ezekiel went down instantly.

"EZEKIEL" DJ and Tyler shouted as the duo went to take the boy who went down on the cave floor. While Harold took a few seconds to realize what he had done.

"Wha...what" Harold stuttered as his own fist looked in pain, and which showed a little mark of cut.

"DAMN DUDE, THAT WAS AWESOME," Duncan said as he raised Harold's arm in the air like he was a boxing champion. "A punch like that could knock out anybody. Damn, now I know what I'm never going to say nearby you. That punch was awesome."

"Zeke, are you okay?" Geoff asked loudly in worry but got relieved when the brown-haired boy raised a thumb up.

"Argh, it hurts," Ezekiel replied as he felt one of his eyes feeling a lot of pain and started to swell up. "But now I'm fine. Are you okay Harold?"

Harold blinked... as he glanced at his fist... and then the silence of the others, the anticipation of the discussion being finally over... And the nerd came to a decision and nodded his head.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Harold commented as a good weight from his chest was out. That punch was something he needed to have done. And knowing that possibly everything was recorded... Leshawna would be proud of him.

"Awesome, just for the note, I take that back," Ezekiel commented as he was with his damaged eye closed from the punch, but he was happy with how things turned out in the end. "But there is also one thing I need to talk to you, actually, to all of you."

Harold remained quiet, as the others walked towards him, Ezekiel looked at every single one of them.

"I have been loyal to the pact I did since from the day I said. Every time you said you love a girl and wanted to be happy with her, I gave my all support. But the real action and attitude must be done by you all. Harold managed to go after Leshawna because we worked together and insisted he do it. So I'm still loyal to all of you." Ezekiel commented as he glanced at the boys, who were unsure of to what say in response. "Some of you may have come to this show intending to have these 100 thousand dollars. But for me, I had nothing to lose, I was just a boy who wanted to write and draw my own stories, but I was always alone with my parents. I had no friends, and coming here, I already won too much. Because you Harold are my friend, you DJ are my friend, you Duncan, Geoff, Tyler, Katie, Sadie, Eva, Courtney, Bridgette... All Killer Bass has been my friends... I don't regret what I did, because it was to guarantee another victory for the Bass and make another friend to remain on this show. I will do it again. Let the Gophers kill themselves, and let the Killer Bass reap all the victories."

Ezekiel spoke with his heart... because what he felt was true, because his plan was clearly to make sure the Killer Bass were solely victorious before the merge. That was his objective.

(Campside nearby the forest)

"Campers, today's challenge will test your outdoor survival skills." Now both teams could be seen gathered up at the campfire site as Chris gave them instructions about today's challenge. "I'm not gonna lie to you. Some of you may not come back alive."

Many of the campers gasped only for Chris to laugh from seeing the panic in their faces.

"Just kidding. Hahaha. All you have to do is spend one night in the woods. Everything you need is at your team's campsite in the forest. You just have to find it. Oh, and watch out for bears. Lost a couple of interns in pre-production. The first team back for breakfast wins invincibility!" Chris then launched a map and compass for each team. To ensure find what would be needed to survive in the forest. blew an air horn and pointed over to the woods. He had also handed "Well, off you go!"

Heather was the first to get up and walk, already painful enough she didn't need to add bears to the list of things to look out for. She gave a glance in hatred to both Harold and Gwen, before marching angrily as a team leader.

"Who needs to worry about bears when we have an Eva?" Duncan said as he pointed a thumb at Eva who proceeded to just shrug and crack her neck.

"Never fought them before. But I think it would be smart not to do unnecessary fighting." Eva said as she glanced at the other team members, who seemed to be fine with her point. Eva may be strong, but it's best to not also temptate fate.

"I had a little encounter with a bear once." Owen bragged confidently as all of his teammate's eyes were now on him. "Let's just say his head looks real nice up on my mantle."

"Ooh! This one time, I saw a bear eating our garbage!" Izzy told a story of her bear encounter to Lindsay as Owen walked away. "He had old spaghetti noodles hanging from his big, huge teeth! It looked like blood and guts! It was so gross. And we thought he was eating the neighbor's cat Simba, but it turns out he was just lost for a week…uh, you didn't eat spaghetti, did you?" Lindsay, feeling sick to her stomach, shook her head with Izzy smiling again in response. "Good! Let's go!"

Lindsay simply gulped as she reluctantly followed her team into the woods.

(Screaming Gophers)

As the Screaming Gophers walked through their assigned path towards the campsite, Heather was in the front walking as far away from everyone as possible without outright separating from them. She was very angry at the way she found herself waking from a few days ago.

"Oh they are going to pay for that, I swear." Heather declared as she looked annoyed from seeing the one who she thought was a nonthreat now managing to make her very angry. "I couldn't even enjoy a day of peace."

Trent looked worried at Gwen who seemed to be in good humor on that morning.

"Gwen, are you sure that it was wise for you to do that with Heather? She looked like she wanted to kill you." Trent usually is a chill guy, but seeing Heather with murderous eyes pointing at the goth girl, he started to get worried about her.

"That's fine, wasps stings are going to be less painful in a few days." Gwen felt kinda vindicted as she couldn't help but glance at Beth and Lindsay who seemed to be trying to reach Heather who was still angry at her. "Also, it seems that the queen bee was playing in our backs… and she shouldn't have provoked someone who had a crush on Leshawna… I think it was a sweet revenge she would enjoy it."

"Yeah, but please be careful, you never know what is going to happen later." Trent cared for the girl, so at the time she just smiled and was assured that everything was going to be fine, he could at least be at peace with that.

(Killer Bass)

As the Killer Bass headed towards their campsite, Katie gasped as she excitedly pointed to the bush of fruit.

"Blueberries!" Katie smiled as she proceeded to go in the direction of the bush, Ezekiel who was the last one in the group stared at the tan girl who seemed to be so happy to find it. "I just love blueberries."

Ezekiel nodded as he started at the group that was going in front of them.

"Okay, so take all of them and bring them with you. We don't want you to be left behind and you get lost in the middle of the forest." Ezekiel instructed as he took out his blouse and gave it to her. "Try to catch every of them, because who knows if we are going to need something to eat for later."

"Oh… that's right, the challenge." Katie nodded her head as she saw the boy who was still with a dark eye, "Err… are you sure that you are okay? Because it seems that you may need an ice…"

"Ice would have been nice, oh, that rhymes," Ezekiel commented as he shook his head. "But I didn't have time to have one… so I need to wait for tomorrow to help to treat my eye. But come on, we don't have much time."

"Got it," Katie commented as she tried to go the fast as she could. Ezekiel watched the group going in the direction, that he would follow them quickly.

Confession – Ezekiel

"I know Katie and Sadie may be sometimes like Duncan said dunderheads, and I'm glad that I was the last one of the Killer Bass to go behind them all because from the look of Katie, she would have eaten the whole blueberries and she would get lost in the forest without we notice…" Ezekiel said as he placed a good ice sack on his eye, and making groan in relief. "Ahhhh, sweet relief."

"You are ready to go?" Ezekiel asked and the tan girl nodded her head happily. "Good, let's go, they are not far away. They went ahead and turned on the right."

Katie smiled, as she followed Ezekiel who was holding a good bow on his hands.

"Err… Zeke, where did you get the bow?" Katie asked in surprise, which made Ezekiel stop, and look at it.

"Oh, I got a hunch that I was going to need it in the first place… never doubt about your instincts. You never know if you are going to use them later." Ezekiel shrugged, as he remembered also one good information which he snickered. "Duncan also took with him the axe, which means that we may have some extra tools when it comes to this challenge."

"Hmm… isn't that cheating?" Katie asked worried, which Ezekiel thought for a few seconds… and then shook his head.

"Nah, as long we use it for the sake of entertainment or in case Chris forgets to be specific on the rules if we entertain enough while using our tools. Everything is fair game." Ezekiel explained as he could see Chris McClain smiling from where he was watching.

"Ohhh…" Katie nodded as she then noticed a group of people who were far away. "Oh look at that, I think that's them. BASS, WE ARE HERE."

The group suddenly watched both Katie and Ezekiel coming towards them, and Courtney and Eva looked at both of them with their eyes narrowed.

"Where have you two been?" Courtney asked angrily as she placed both her hands on her hips.

"Katie found some blueberries so we took all of them to bring in case we would need food for tonight," Ezekiel replied as they saw Katie grinning with all the fruits she found at the start of the forest.

"Woah, awesome, now he has a bit of food," Harold commented as he was happy and even took one of the little fruits which tasted delicious. "Man, it was the best food we had in days."

"Great job tan twin." Duncan nodded his head, as he could see that he approved someone thinking ahead, and making Katie happy on the team. "But I don't think this is going to be enough for all of us. So we may need to have more food."

The reality made Katie's smile drop, and Ezekiel nodded and cracked his neck.

"Well, I'm going fishing, it's the safest way to get food since it has more chance to bring food than hunting. Also, we have to be fast to eat it when is done since the worst it can happen is bring a bear over here." Ezekiel commented as he prepared some of his arrows to take some fish with him.

"Are you sure that it's going to work? Fishing with arrow and bow?" Geoff asked as he raised his eyebrows.

"No, it's for the case we encounter a wild animal and I would need to protect myself," Ezekiel explained, as he wanted to be armed in case some shienegam related to bears would happen to him.

"Hey, let me go with you," Geoff said as he proceeded to take off his hat. "We can use my hat as a net, and try to catch them easier like that."

Ezekiel paused, and then glanced at his green hat… and a good smile appeared on his face.

"Geoff, you are a genius," Ezekiel said as he raised his hand for a high five. And Geoff didn't waste his time. "Alright let's go."

"Hey, you are going to need extra arms. Let me help with you two." Tyler called as he took his sports jacket with him, which would also be used as a fish net.

"Alright, just bring enough for us to eat, and like Ezekiel said let's just try and not encounter a bear at all please." Courtney raised her voice as the duo walked away and went in the direction of the river.

"Aaaaw, what's wrong princess?" Duncan asked Courtney with a smirk. "Afraid of a little bear?"

"Yes, I MEAN NO!" Courtney immediately denied it as she snapped her head towards Duncan and glared at him. "I just don't want anything to break our winning streak is all. Ok? And also we don't want anybody hurt. We can't have anything slowing us down."

"Just chill would ya." Duncan said, and as usual not threatened in the slightest by Courtney's glare. "If any bears come along I might just project ya~ but also Eva can punch directly on their belly, and we can use that as a good time for everyone to escape."

"Ugh!" Courtney grunted out, completely disgusted by Duncan's words. "Can we just hurry it up now?"

Duncan silently snickered as Harold gave a thumbs up and DJ high-fived him. It seems the challenge was going to be easy for them, just like it always has during the other challenges.

(Screaming Gophers)

After their hike was complete, the screaming Gophers were now in a mostly open area of the woods where different supplies were waiting for them such as a tent and sleeping bags. Owen put his hands on his hips. "Uh…" The big guy let out nervously. "There's no food here."

"This is a survival task," Trent informed Owen as he looked over a piece of paper that was previously attached to the supplies they had. "Look at the instructions."

"I wonder if there are any bears around today," Owen asked as he walked up to Izzy with a smile on his face. "Wouldn't it be funny if we made some bear sounds and then they came?"

"Ha! That would be so funny." Izzy laughed and agreed with Owen.

"ROOOOOOOOAR!" Owen let out in a deeper voice. "I'm a bear!"

"Would you please shut up? I'm trying to read here!" Heather rudely yelled at Owen making him flinch as the mean girl looked over the instructions she took from Trent. "It says we're supposed to find our own food." Heather scoffed and looked around the campsite and still saw a complete lack of food. "I still don't see it."

"I think they mean in the woods." Trent pointed out as he pointed towards the woods around them. If this was a survival challenge it would mean they would have to, well, survive off of the things they can find around them baring the tent and sleeping bags.

"I'll go!" Owen offered as he started walking into the woods. "I'm good at finding food!"

"Well, at least this will be a good week for my diet." Heather sighed as it looked like she would have no choice but to accept whatever food Owen could find in the woods.

(Ezekile, Tyler and Geoff)

"Alright, it seems this river is full of fish, so we have great chances of catching some for us." Ezekiel smiled as he could see many fishes jumping directly towards them. And Geoff who seemed to be using his cowboy hat, was having a great way of capturing some 2 or 3 fishes with him. Tyler was doing a great job capturing at least 5 with him.

"Man, this fish is jumping on the jacket." Tyler smiled as he could see the proteins everyone was going to have for tonight.

"Yeah lil' dude, this is going to be awesome for we have a great dinner tonight." Geoff, Tyler, and Ezekiel enjoyed a good time fishing as he then glanced at the black eye the homeschooled eye was having. And even flinched from thinking about it. "Hey Zeke, I gotta say what you did with Harold was insane."

"Yeah, you asked Harold to punch you in the face after what you gave to Heather." Tyler had to confess that it was a messed up thing to do, giving an enemy a weapon for them to use, but Ezekiel asked to be punched in the face as a way to prove his loyalty to his friends.

"Ah don't tell me you wouldn't do the same if I did the same thing with Lindsay, Tyler." And at the moment Ezekiel said that the jock shut his mouth... knowing that the boy wasn't kidding when he said that."She didn't do that to her because she has an alliance with Lindsay, but if you both were in the same position as Harold and Leshawna wouldn't you do the same? If I ask you to punch me, as hard as you can. Wouldn't you do it?"

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"Without thinking twice." Tyler lowered his head, admitting that he would have done it and he would be angry with Ezekiel if he had done that with the babe he had hooked up on the show... "And you are right."

"And Geoff, wouldn't you do the same if Bridgette had been a Screaming Gopher and Heather would want to vote her off." Ezekiel rolled his eyes, while Geoff immediately shut his mouth. Noticing the silence over his friend Ezekiel sighed exasperated. "Dudes, you know I would never go against our pact. I would help you to achieve your maximum potential over winning the challenges if I have to, but I'm not perfect, and I'm not invincible, Heather went to our cabin a few days ago... what would you think I would do if she gets me alone and tries to threaten me or blackmail me? If she wants to play the little games she has on her team, whatever, she can do it. But for my team. I would fight tooth and nail for it. Don't even doubt about it."

"Little dude, you need to get out more of your farm," Tyler said as he sighed in sadness. "I feel sad that you see all of us as friends, and you would go to such extremes for us. You know what? When this show is over, I'm going to take you to my city, maybe take you to do some sports with me and my family. Heck, I can even bring you to see some hockey with my family."

"Really? That would be awesome." Ezekiel smiled, as Geoff seemed to be also happy, and decided to nod his head.

"Yeah dude, maybe we can have a party in your city Tyler. I think I can bring some friends and we can go out all night to enjoy a good time." Geoff smiled as he could see that the team he formed was indeed becoming friends with him.

And that's how the good time of fishing made the trio even happier for the challenge.

(Screaming Gophers)

Currently, at the Screaming Gophers campsite, all the Gophers were simply sitting around the campfire they built. All except for Owen who was still out finding food. And speaking of food, that was something the Gophers really needed right now as most of them were groaning with growling stomachs. "Ugh, I'm so hungry…" Heather let out as her stomach practically roared.

"I think my stomach ate my stomach…" Izzy painfully groaned out.

"Yo!" Suddenly a new voice popped up and everyone looked to see a guy carrying pizza. "Who ordered the pepperoni, and extra cheese?!"

"It's for the camera crew." The man working the camera said as his hand was seen waving in front of the camera. "Over here!"

Heather gasped and glared in response.

"No way." The mean girl said. If they couldn't get the luxury of that kind of food, then neither should the camera crew.

Just then the bush nearby started shaking and the Screaming Gophers saw something that would fix all their food problems.

"I am man!" It was none other than their teammate Owen carrying a bunch of decently sized fish tied together on a rope. "I bring fish!"

"Are you kidding me?" Heather let out in complete disbelief. How could a fat oaf like Owen manage to catch that many fish? It should have been impossible.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Gophers walked up to Owen and voiced their compliments to him getting them a good amount of food with Izzy quickly taking one.

"Oh, I love fish! I love fish!" Izzy then sank her teeth into the raw fish making everyone watching gasp and cringe in disgust. Izzy quickly realized this and took her teeth off the fish. "I… I guess we should cook it first."

"How do you know how to fish?" Heather demanded to know how Owen was able to catch that mighty haul of aquatic creatures.

"My grandpa taught me," Owen told everyone before turning around and bending. "I caught a shark once; it bit me in the butt. Check it out."

Owen then pulled down his pants to reveal said scar making most of the Gophers back away in disgust. All except Izzy who stared right at it. "That is so awesome!"

(Killer Bass)

As time passed, Courtney with the other members of the Killer Bass, seemed to be doing their best to prepare a good part of the camp, Duncan and Eva were at work building a fire pit, by using the Axe Duncan brought with him to cut the wood brought by Harold, DJ walked around with Katie to see if they can catch up more fruits and berries around. Bridgette and Courtney were doing a good job setting up the tent.

"GUYS LOOK HOW MUCH FISH WE MANAGED TO BRING," Tyler said loudly the group couldn't believe that it was enough to feed the team with 2 fish for each.

Duncan, Eva, and even Courtney seemed to be happy to see that it was enough and with a good administration would be for the whole night. Bridgette looked sad and tried to look away.

"Hey guys, look what we found," Katie said as she smiled with even more dozens of berries, some herbs, and even a carrot, DJ brought a bunny with him as well.

"Oh, awesome," Duncan said as he nodded his head towards the duo. "We have both fish and bunny meat, we are going to eat like kings and queens tonight."

"NO." Both DJ and Katie said which made Duncan stop... And DJ protected the little bunny with his life.

"This is my new pet!" DJ told everyone as he held the rabbit closer to him. "I'm callin' him Bunny!"

Duncan looked at the bunny and then looked at the fish, he then shrugged.

"Alright, but you are the one who is going to clean his pop when does." The delinquent shrugged off and the group of Killer Bass now seemed to be ready for the whole challenge.

"Well, everything looks great so far..." Courtney smiled as she felt proud of her team for another challenge going to be easy. "Well, there is also the tent which still needs to be done."

"Hey, let me help," Geoff said as he seemed it was a good opportunity to talk with Bridgette, which left Tyler and Ezekiel to be let the things nearby.

"Welp, it seems this is going too well," Tyler commented as he clearly could see that everything was fine. "The sky is fine, the camp is almost done..."

"Yeah, it's not like is going to rain tonight..." Ezekiel commented, and at that moment he paused himself. In the same way, Harold, Duncan, Tyler, DJ, and even Geoff paused mid-preparations.

"UGHHHHHHHHH." The boys of the Killer Bass groaned at the same time.

"Why did you say that?" Duncan said as he facepalmed.

"Sorry, I didn't know it was going to escape, it got easily out of my mouth," Ezekiel replied as he quickly went ahead to bring some leaves.

The C.I.T. girl tilted her head, as Harold took a bit of his time to also help Ezekiel bring all the leaves they could.

"What's going on?" Courtney asked, and Eva in silence went to help the group of boys to quickly take more leaves and even some branches to help.

Duncan stopped doing the fire since he wanted to help the homeschooled boy as well.

"First rule in the nature princess. Never say is not going to rain in the forest. Because that would increase the chances of actually raining." Duncan commented as the group seemed to be speeding up.

"That's ridiculous, we are in a good nature, and the sky is without clouds, there is no way it's going to rain," Courtney said as she rolled her eyes, but at the time she said that, the whole group who have been taking leaves, groaned even louder.

"Congratulations Princess, now you confirmed it's going to rain. And now we need to prepare a tarp for the whole tent." Duncan said annoyed, as the group seemed to be now focusing multi multi-tasking from all the problems.

"Hmph." Courtney rolled her eyes but still watched her team in amusement.

And it took hours until all the camps were formed for the whole teams.

(Screaming Gophers)

"Okay. The fire's hot. Fish are grilling. Tent is tenting." Owen listed off the things going on in their campsite with all the Gophers looking pretty relaxed right now. All except Izzy who wasn't even with the group right now.

"Nice goin', man." Trent complimented the big guy. "Fish looks awesome."

"Thanks, man. I owe it all to Grandpa." Owen said as he recounted all the times he and his grandpa went camping, fishing, or hunting together.

"So, you and your grandpa fought a bear once?" Trent asked pretty curious about that story.

"Heck yes, it was the scariest day of my life," Owen said as he proceeded to tell his teammates the story. "We were out in the woods when we came upon the great beast. I tell you; he was ten feet high if he was afoot! And then he roared his terrible roar! [imitates roar] We grabbed our shotgun. We knew it was either him or us. It was nothing personal, just the law of the wild. And then, bam! One shot was all it took to feel the great beast. We took his blood and marked ourselves to honor him. It was a good death."

"Yeah right." Heather rolled her eyes, not believing Owen for even a second. "There's no way you took down a ten-foot bear." Heather then looked around and noticed a distinct lack of a certain orange-haired girl. "Hey, has anyone seen crazy girl?"

"I think she had to pee," Lindsay said as she remembered Izzy saying she had to use the bathroom…quite a while ago.

"That was over an hour ago!" Trent immediately stood up with a concerned expression as he called out to their missing teammate. "Izzy! Izzy?!"

"Izzy the Gopher, where are you?!" Owen called out loudly to the orange-haired girl. Just then a bush started shaking causing everyone to relax. "Hehe, good. We thought we lost you there for a minute-" But everyone gasped in fear as they all saw what emerged from the bush. It certainly wasn't their missing teammate but a big brown growling bear. "Great Pyramid of Giza!" Owen started running around in a panic as the rest of the Gophers backed away in fear with Cody even peeing his pants. "We're all going to die! We're gonna get eaten alive by a bear! Oh, the horror! Somebody help us! I want my mommy!"

At this point, Heather got annoyed by Owen's screaming and tripped the big guy before pointing at the tall tree nearby. "The trees! Climb into the trees!" All the Gophers were quick to do so before the bear got to them.

(Killer Bass)

Everyone was working so fine, Duncan preparing the fish on the fire, DJ feeding his bunny for having a good night of sleep, Ezekiel and Harold were sitting watching the stars forming in the sky covered with trees, Courtney watched amused Eva once again defeating Tyler in the arm wrestling. Katie was looking at nature and missing her good best friend and Geoff was having a good time finishing the tent with Bridgette.

Geoff smiled as he looked at the surfer doing her best to help make everything ready for the night, and then he decided to use a pickup line to flirt with her.

"Wow, you pitch a tent like a guy…" Geoff commented as he then looked at Bridgette who raised her eyebrow in anger, and the sound of crickets was enough to make all the Killer Bass men stare at Geoff, who was blinking and realizing what he said.

(Confession - Duncan)

*FACEPALM*

(Confession - Harold)

*FACEPALM*

(Confession - DJ)

*FACEPALM*

(Confession - Tyler)

*FACEPALM*

(Confession - Ezekiel)

*FACEPALM* But he hit his hurt eye.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Ezekiel screamed in agony from the painful hurt he had on his face.

(Confession - Geoff)

"Wow, you pitch a tent like a guy…" Geoff replied the same words he said sarcastically as he realized how dumb it was by saying in the first place, and then facepalmed himself into knowing that he screwed up.

Harold noticed that there was nothing Geoff could say to salvage such a situation, so he did what a good man would do.

"You Man Ching Chao? The expert of survivalist and creator of great styles of arming tents from nature?" Harold lied about the person who was, which made Bridgette raise her eyebrows in surprise.

"Ohhh, I remember him. Man, his documentary about him making a gym by using nothing but rocks and mud. It was nuts." Tyler also appeared to the rescue of the party boy who looked at them gratefully.

"Yeah him, I mean, he is a complete professional, but I think you have great potential." Geoff had used the best he could and made Bridgette glance at the tent, but then give a slight smile to him.

"Oh, cool, thanks," Bridgette said as she turned her back, not seeing Harold and Tyler glaring at the party boy who looked so grateful for their help. But when she turned back at them, the group were all smiling at her. "I just learned from the ONG I was helping when I was a kid. They always taught the basic stuff. But I think I can manage to do better."

"Yeah," Geoff said as he could see his friends looking at him, with one thought on his mind, and he promised that he wouldn't screw up again.

"Anyway, dinner is ready. Let's eat fast. Or some bears will appear." Duncan made fun of it, and Ezekiel glanced at the bow and arrows in case they would need it.

It's never too much in case you would want to save yourself against predators.

"Don't even start with that Duncan, let's eat quickly, and let's not leave anything, I don't want some wild animal making us lose the challenge." Courtney rolled her eyes, but she noticed that it was never too much to be safe than sorry.

An hour has passed, bellies full of fish and berries, and the Killer Bass were simply passing the time by sitting around the fire.

"HOOT! HOOT!"

Bridgette flinched and breathed heavily for a bit in response to the owl. DJ, with Bunny in his arms, was quick to reassure the girl and calm her down.

"Be cool," DJ said to the surfer girl in a calm tone. "It's just an owl."

"Sorry." Bridgette apologized as she rubbed her arm. "I just get freaked out in the forest."

"This reminds me of this really scary story I heard once," Duncan said, getting everyone's attention.

"Awesome," Geoff said, already wanting to hear this story. "Tell it, man."

"Are you sure?" Duncan asked with a bit of a smirk. "Because the story I'm thinking of is pretty hardcore."

"Ooh, we're so scared." Courtney sarcastically said with a roll of her eyes.

"I have to agree with Duncan, we are in the middle of the night. And it's not like a good time to make people have nightmares tonight." Ezekiel tried to be polite but then Tyler just ignored.

"Relax dude, it's just a story. Nothing to worry about. If things go wrong you can tell one your stories." Tyler smiled as he wanted to be scared on that night, and Ezekiel glanced as he looked that his friends seemed to be excited to hear a campfire story.

"You know what? Go ahead Duncan, I'm going to tell a story to try to make people at least have a good night of sleep later." Ezekiel didn't want to make fun of it... neither wanted to tell one of his scariest Courage the Cowardly dog stories because the next challenge would be something that he would be dammed if Katie and Lindsay would hear Freaky Fred's story a week before the Phobia Factor challenge.

Duncan looked at Ezekiel and then nodded his head.

"Alright." Duncan simply shrugged. "But don't say we didn't warn you. One night, a lot like this one…"

And so Duncan got to tell his story. And what a story it was as soon enough a majority of the Bass team was shaking in their boots with the only exception being Ezekiel who seemed to be amused by the story.

"So suddenly…they-they heard this tap-tap-tapping on the side of the car." Duncan continued to tell his story, enjoying the looks of fear on most of his team's faces. "The girl started to freak out, and by this time, even the guy was getting a bit scared. So he turned the car on and he stepped on it. When they got back to the girl's house, she opened the door and screamed! Because there, hanging from the door handle…was the bloody hook. They say that this killer is still alive, wandering these very woods. He could be just about anywhere. Maybe even right here!" Duncan then suddenly pulled out a meat hook attached to his hand causing everyone, to scream with a majority of the team hiding behind DJ.

"Muahahahahaha!" Duncan laughed evilly as he put a hand to his head in response to everyone's fearful reactions.

"Duncan!" Courtney yelled as she walked up to the delinquent. "That was so not funny!"

"Well, you all asked for it," Ezekiel said as he cleaned the sweat on his face. "I'm never a fan of hardcore gore stories, but that jumpscare was spot on."

"I'm glad you liked it. I have to keep up my game when it comes to you telling stories." Duncan said as he started laughing. I just wish it was all on camera!" Duncan laughed before pointing to the camera recording them. "Oh wait, it is!"

"You are so vile." Courtney glared hard at the delinquent. "Do your parents even like you?"

"I don't know, Jumpy McChicken," Duncan answered with a smirk. "I haven't asked them lately." Just then a wolf howling could be heard making Courtney flinch in fear and end up leaning into Duncan who took the frightened girl into his arms. Duncan smirked and looked to Geoff, Harold, and even Ezekiel to give him a thumbs up.

"Anyway, now that you all felt a good heart attack... it seems that it's my time to defuse such a scare, so I need to tell a wholesome story... something that would make you happy... so here... I'm going make you cry." Ezekiel said which made the whole group stare at each other.

"But you said..." DJ was about to reply to him, but Ezekiel interrupted.

"I know what I said. So let me prepare myself. *cough* cough *cough" Ezekiel did his best to cough everything he had in his throat before he closed his eyes and then did his best to do an impression of a deep voice. "My name is Dr. Zalost. And I'm about to tell the story of that stupid dog that changed my life. In a town... in the middle of nowhere... I Doctor Zalost, came to a project and I need someone to invest in it..."

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And the time Ezekiel continued to talk about his tale, every single moment, the group seemed rooked, as Ezekiel raised his body and acted like he had been in his character since from beginning.

"Err, boom?" Ezekiel told the moment the poor beagle was tied in front of the cannon and yet he managed to pay for the tip and with that find the answer.

"*tsss* That moment the wick stopped the fire, and it made my own eyes in fury. YOU CHEATED. *Boom Boom*" Ezekiel did that scene but while it sounded a lot funny, the tension of his wrath was enough to make DJ jump.

"RUN COURAGE RUN," DJ shouted as he could imagine Courage in a bad position to run away from the depression cannon balls.

And more and more, Ezekiel told the tale, nobody wanted to interrupt. Since it showed how important it was knowing how depressing would be mortal.

Until it comes at the final moments.

"Hehe... Rat, give me a hug." Ezekiel said as he gave a good happy hug. "Ahhh, ah ha."

"Ah Courage, isn't that the coziest picture did you ever see? Muriel asked as the little beagle couldn't help, but show his smile and yet funny laugh, as his teeth were covered with the remains of happy Plums... Hahahahahaha... The end..." Ezekiel finished telling one of the saddest and yet wholesome stories that ever saw in his world, and he knew that his friends would be feeling the same... since Katie, Courtney, and even Eva were sniffing from seeing such a happy moment. DJ was crying but gave a good hug to his bunny who seemed to be also enjoying a good experience. Tyler and Harold were trying to hold back their tears, but it was so easy to guess that they had been crying the whole moment. Geoff was also sniffing.

"Bro, that was awesome," Geoff said, as he then glanced at Duncan who was with his back turned from everyone. "Duncan, are you fine dude?"

"Yeah, I'm okay," Duncan said as he tried to force himself to be tough... But a little sniff was clean and he was also feeling emotional.

"Well, I think with that it's good enough to have a good night of sleep... Good night everyone." Ezekiel said as his voice looked weak, and his eyes seemed to be starting to get a bit better, but he still wished to have an ice sack to help him deal with that.

The group stared at each other, and looking at night, it sounded clear that it was the right time to sleep.

(Screaming Gophers)

The Gophers were dealing with an actual bear it ended up chasing the whole team up a tree.

"So what do we do now?" Trent asked while sharing a branch with Gwen and Heather.

"Don't look at me," Heather told Trent.

"It was your idea to climb the trees," Gwen stated that it was Heather's fault they were in the position they were in now.

"Well, why don't you ask the bear-hunting expert?" Heather yelled as she looked up at the person who claimed to have killed a bear far bigger than the one terrorizing them right now. "Hey Owen, what now?"

"How should I know?!" Owen yelled while clinging onto the tree for dear life.

"What you mean dude, you said you killed a bear!" Cody pointed out Owen's story of him and his grandpa killing a bear once.

"I was being theatrical!" Owen stated.

"This is all your fault!" Heather yelled harshly at Owen while glaring at the big guy. "If you hadn't been growling like that, we never would've attracted him to our site!"

"Excuse me for living!" Owen cried as he started to bang his head against the tree.

"Hey, hey, hey. Ease up on the guy." Trent tried to get everyone to both calm down and stop yelling at Owen. "He did bring us all that fish."

At the same time, the bear invading their campsite started sniffing at the cooking fish and salivating into finding the good smell of food.

"Hey! Lay off our fish!" Heather yelled at the bear that was still eyeing her team's fish.

"It's probably already eaten, Izzy!" Lindsay cried out as she held on tight to the tree.

"Then it shouldn't be hungry anymore!" Heather claimed causing everyone in her team to gasp and look at her in shock. "What? This is survival of the fittest. She should've just peed in her pants like Cody."

Cody looked down in shame, not knowing what to do at that moment. They looked at the beer going always around the camp.

In the next hour... it seemed that the fish was going to get burned, but the Bear somehow managed to take it off and immediately eat them.

"OH COME ON," Heather shouted as her fury seemed to have attracted another bear, who slowly was walking towards the camp. "Another one? Great, just great."

"Thanks a lot Queen Bee," Gwen said annoyed as she could see how much terrible things were getting on their side...

Until by some miracle, one of the bears tilted its head towards the other one, as the other one seemed to be playing with it... until the next moment the bear looked annoyed, and roared to the sky.

And the first bear who was in the camp for hours, jumped and immediately ran off in fear towards the tree.

"OH NO, IT CAN CLIMB," Cody shouted as he felt pissing himself again from such fear.

"GIVE ME SOME SPACE, GIVE ME SOME SPACE." Then a familiar voice was enough to make the whole group stare at the bear who was climbing the tree...

"What? Did that beart just talk?" Heather asked in confusion as suddenly the bear got sit nearby Lindsay and Beth. The Gophers looked at the bear in confusion…until a few gasped as they recognized the voice the 'bear' had just spoken with.

Everyone watched in surprise as the 'bear' at the time it sat on the branch, reached for its head…and pulled it off. It turned out, the bear was simply Izzy herself in a bear costume.

"Oh my goodness, I did not see that coming!" Owen laughed as he slid down the tree. He's never been happier to see Izzy before.

"Okay, I'm so confused right now," Lindsay said as she and everyone looked at the orange-haired girl.

"What are you some kind of freak?" Gwen asked as she glared at Izzy.

"I thought it would be funny!" Izzy laughed.

(Confession - Izzy)

"Okay, okay, that was so funny," Izzy stated while still wearing her bear suit. "Like 'Oh, it's a bear! Oh no!' and like 'We're all gonna die now! Help! Help!' Hahahaha! And I'm like 'Rah! I'm gonna eat you!' Ahahahaha! Like I could do that! There's no way, okay?"

(Killer Bass)

From the whole group who had a very wholesome and yet emotional story made by Ezekiel, most of the team seemed to have a great time with a good night of sleep... but one of them had a few needs to do at that moment.

"What's wrong?" DJ asked the surfer girl as he felt her constantly shifting around. "Need to go to pee?"

"Like crazy." Bridgette nodded as she looked out at the tent to the dark of the night. Even with the good fire around, she was still afraid to go alone in the wild. "But I'm too scared to leave the tent."

"Yeah, me too," DJ said as he was feeling a bit afraid until they both heard a groaning behind them.

"Ughh, fine... You both are lucky because I also want to go." Eva said which made both Bridgette and DJ a bit relieved that now they have a new option to go on the forest. "Let's just go."

Seeing now they have a bit more of a powerhouse to help them, Bridgette womaned up as DJ seemed to be happy as well and both decided to go after Eva.

"You go to that side, and me and Bridgette are going to go there," Eva instructed as DJ looked a bit nervous. "You are easier because you do it faster. Now stop being a coward and do it."

"Yes ma'am," DJ said as he went into the nearby tree... While Bridgette and Eva had to do their necessities in the bushes.

Even with the strange animal sounds around, Bridgette was trembling a lot, but Eva scoffed.

"It's just noise. Be on guard, but don't be afraid. Just do it and let's go back to the tent." Eva gave her authority voice and Bridgette nodded her head to her...

And surprisingly, nothing has happened. Which was a good time to relieve herself... At the time the trio seemed so happy to be able to go back to sleep... suddenly the trio felt a few raindrops coming, and on the next second, they quickly went under the tent as the fire was extinguished with the rain...

Good timing for the Killer Bass, to feel happy and safe and with a good night of sleep... Since most of the animals would prefer to be quiet on a raining night.

And after closing her eyes. Bridgette finally could dream about the story of a sad Doctor in search of happiness, and a cowardly beagle who managed to eat all the cream over the happy plums...

A very good night of sleep.

(Screaming Gophers)

The night was chaotic, as their only way of safety was the tree they were going to sleep with. And the rain made it even worse for them to try to sleep. As when they looked down, the bear was just there, sitting and feeling the rain pouring over it. Showing that it enjoys a good stormy night.

And Heather was feeling that the day was becoming the most annoying of her life.

MORNING.

With the Screaming Gophers, they were in better shape than they could have been. Due to the bear, which was gone thankfully, they all ended up sleeping in the tree they were using to escape the bear and that left them with aching backs. "Oh! I think it's safe, guys. The bear's gone." Trent told everyone after cracking his back.

"And the map," Gwen said as she held up a completely soaked map.

"Kay, I don't know how raccoons sleep in trees, because I'm so stiff." Izzy, still wearing her bear costume, said while cracking her back.

"They must be really limber." Owen guessed as he stretched out as much as he could.

"You know what, crazy girl? I don't wanna hear another word from you or the bear hunter here." Heather yelled as she glared at both Izzy and Owen. "If you two hadn't been acting like bear bait all night, we could have actually slept in our tent!"

Just then a bird flew by them tweeting leading to Owen, Izzy, and Heather all yelling. "SHUT UP!" At the poor bird.

(Killer Bass)

The morning rose over the group, as some stretched themselves from the good night they had over the camp. Bridgette woke up like she had the best night of sleep in days, and the others couldn't help but enjoy more nature.

"Wow," Ezekiel could see how beautiful nature was around since the good birds were flying and it gave a very good impression of nature itself. Everything was so perfect, that Ezekiel could also find good inspiration towards a few stories he had in mind.

Until suddenly he felt someone trembling in the place.

"Babbabababab." Ezekiel turned his head to see Katie who was happy suddenly getting pale, as she was starting to tremble in fear

"What's going on?" Duncan asked, as he noticed as well, that Katie seemed to be paralyzed in fear. "Dunderhead talk to me, what happened?"

"It seems that she is afraid of something." Courtney stared as she snapped her fingers to try to snap the attention from the tan twin.

Ezekiel turned his head in the direction Katie was looking, and suddenly he immediately noticed what she was afraid of. And immediately took his bow and arrows.

"BEAR," Ezekiel shouted which brought the attention of all Killer Bass who stared in the direction Ezekiel was aiming his bow.

The reaction was immediate since everyone tried to go away and give some space away from the bear. And the bear stared at the blueberries which the tanned twin seemed to be enjoying so much to eat.

"ROAR." The bear roared as it immediately went in the direction of the paralyzed twin, but at the time it was going to wreck the little skinny girl.

A bodybuilder powerhouse gave a body tackle on the left side of the bear.

"STAY BACK." Eva roared as she gave a command and pushed Katie away from the danger zone.

Ezekiel took the time to shoot a few arrows to hit the face of the bear, but all he could manage was to hit the bulky body of the animal, and the thing he feared was true, the arrows didn't do any damage to the angry animal. It only made him even angrier.

"ROAR." The bear snarled as it went in the direction of the homeschooled boy, but at the moment it tried to attack, suddenly something stabbed on its side… It was an axe Duncan had launched with all his strength. The bear growled as with its own body managed to make the axe drop to the floor. And from the looks of it, it went berserk.

"OH HELL NO." Eva took the opportunity to tackle the bear and with her fist, she gave a powerful swing to make the animal go directly at the tree… And Eva took the next second to go quickly and give one more punch, and another one, and another one. Making sure it would be enough to kill it."STAY DOWN, STAY DOWN."

Eva roared as the bear seemed to be strong and bulky enough to use its body to protect itself, but the tree behind it wasn't that powerful, since the rain managed to make some slight damage… and with the pressure of the punches… it started to crack and slowly was enough to make the whole tree starts to fall.

Eva, watched the tree failing down towards both her and the bear's direction… and with good speed, both prepared to be way…

"Courtney WATCH OUT," Duncan yelled as the group saw the C.I.T. girl was about to get crashed by the trunk… but suddenly Courtney felt someone pushing her…

*crash*

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*" Then the entire Killer Bass team stared in really shock and terrified faces… Eva was on the floor, and the tree trunk was smashing her right leg.

"EVA." The whole team screamed in fear, as the group did their best to try to raise the trunk a bit, just for a few seconds being able to move the damaged leg of the bodybuilder who seemed to be suffering in painful shock.

"*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*" Eva repeated the curses as she could see her leg twisted from such painful impact, and her leg being unable to move…

Courtney stared at the entire scene… and the bear who caused everything used the time to run away in panic… Which the girl couldn't believe.

"You saved my life," Courtney mumbled… as she glanced at the bodybuilder who was still in terrible pain. Shaking her head quickly, Courtney said determined. "BASS, LET'S GO TO THE CAMP, EVA NEEDS MEDICAL HELP. NOW."

The team didn't have to hear twice, DJ, Duncan, and Geoff did their best to have to carry Eva the most comfortable way, as Courtney and Ezekiel stared at the map. Harold looked at the compass and planned a good route. Katie was crying into being so terrified of seeing a scene like that.

But the team is going to move on… leaving all the camp behind if necessary.

And so once the campers on both teams took down their sites, the race was on. Both the Killer Bass and Screaming Gophers headed back to Wawanakwa as fast they could so they could be the first ones and win the challenge.

Chris was seen putting wood into the fire pit for the elimination ceremony that would be taking place that night. Just then the host heard some voices and looked to see none other than the Killer Bass coming to him first.

"CHRIS, CHRIS, WE NEED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, EVA IS DEEPLY HURT," Courtney shouted as she didn't even care if her team was the first to appear.

Chris who was smiling suddenly saw the twisted leg of the bodybuilder, and noticed the good thing wasn't…

"Oh boy, that's going to be tough," Chris commented as he saw the painful face, from the contestant, and looking clearly on how twisted leg and seeing the painful face of Eva… he had to come to a quick decision. "Oh damn, this leg seems to be broken in more than 3 parts… You need to go to the hospital Eva."

"Oh no. NO WAY." Eva shouted angrily as she could feel that she still had the will to fight. "I'm fine. See? OH *BEEP*"

Eva tried to move her twisted leg but the cracking sound made her shout a curse in pain, which made the whole team stare at her horrified.

Just then the Screaming Gophers appeared and gasped when they saw the Bass already there.

"Oh no! They beat us here!" Heather raged at losing four times in a row! She then turned to glare at Owen and pushed him down. "This is all your fault!"

"Not so fast Goopherinos. It seems some serious issues are happening right now… The Killer Bass won, however, it seems one of the competitors seemed to be unable to continue the show for a while." Chris commented as he sighed knowing that technicalities he hated to use it. And seeing Eva still being stubborn, he didn't want the show to receive any sues, on the first season. "All right, Killer Bass, Eva is going to the hospital, which mean while your team won a good prize, you will receive 2 in price of 1."

Chris tried to be cheerful and looking at the faces of the Killer Bass, they are neither happy...

"Well, for you Killer Bass, the first prize is going on an all-expense paid trip to… the Tuck Shop."Chris remained happy as some of the group nodded as it was indeed a good prize, however, Eva was still snarling in pain from all the sacrifices they had to make… "And for the Second Prize… Sorry Eva, but you are going to have to go to the hospital and take care of your leg, which means there is going to be a new spot for the Bass today… so I recommend that you Bass choose wisely who is going to be part of your team… Because Eva is going to be eliminated tonight."

"THAT'S *BEEEEEEEEP*" Eva shouted angrily as she wanted to strangle the host of the show, but she couldn't as she felt like being held by every one of her team.

"Listen here, Eva," Chris said in an annoyed tone. Since he is tired of sugar coat a serious situation. "I'm doing this because I know how bad this twisted leg can be, so you better treat yourself right now, or have a great chance of losing your leg. It's take or leave."

And this time it made an effect, as Eva suddenly realized that she was indeed powerless at that moment, and possibly the future challenges, she couldn't help anymore.

Eva was about to break down… But then she felt a hand holding her.

"Eva...please, listen to him," Courtney said as she looked solemnly at the bodybuilder. "You are already an MVP and our strongest player. But you saved my life… please go to the hospital. 100000 dollars isn't worth of your leg, you value more than that."

"Yeah Eva, please. Listen to Chris." Katie said as she started crying. Noticing that it all happened because the bear attacked her. "You are a hero, please, got treat yourself."

And just like that, the whole team, one by one is doing their best to convince Eva, that her health worthies more than the show…

Eva, gritted her teeth… as she couldn't help but accept…

"Fine," Eva said in defeat… But she then looked determined. "I'm going to treat my leg, and when I get better. I'm going to come back."

Eva said in determination, while the group of Killer Bass looked unsure, Ezekiel smiled.

"I believe in you." Ezekiel could see the grin of the bodybuilder girl, who just messed up the hair of the boy.

"Alright, so you boys protect them while I'm away," Eva said as she saw Chris who seemed relieved that he avoided a good sue for the future. Eva then glanced at the group of Goophers, and each of them seemed unaware of what to do, even Heather who rolled her eyes but deep inside she was smirking to avoid elimination and somehow the Bass lost a valuable player. "Hey guys, do you mind if I choose her to be on the team?"

The Killer Bass looked at Eva who pointed the finger… and for the first time, every single one looked confused for the girl who she pointed off… The Goth of Screaming Gophers… Gwen.

"What?" Ezekiel asked in confusion since he never saw the reason behind her choice…

And neither his team nor the rival team from the show... That's how Eva played… To surprise everyone.

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