No Pain, No Game
POV. Third person
Chris is standing in his usual spot on the pier, "Last time on Total Drama Island. The Bass and Gopher teams were disbanded into a Battle of the Sexes challenge that put their taste buds to the puke test, with bovine testicles, live bug insect pizza, and worm spaghetti on the menu. But what the competition decided, was when we revealed the last dish... dolphin sausages, as a good animal-loving surfer, Bridgette refused to eat," Heather threatens her, but she remains steadfast, "while the boys did it smoothly, winning the challenge and reward even though the girls outnumbered them. They left the island for two days, while the girls chose sides and separated into three groups, hahaha. How will this affect competition in the immediate future? Find out today, here, on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!".
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POV. Heather
I got up from the incredibly comfortable bed I was sleeping in, tried not to think about who it belonged to as I stretched, Lindsay still slept in the top bunk.
Confessional.
Heather
"Can you believe the bitches of LeShawna and Courtney left Lindsay and me out of the cabin for the past two days? And since Chris used the extra spaces of the cabins as storage rooms, we had no choice but to sleep on the boys' side... I guess I have to be thankful that Cody's bunk bed was clean," she didn't know, but she had blushed a little, "seriously, Owen's reeked of farts and Geoff's had crumbs of food, yuck," she ended her tantrum.
End of the confessional.
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POV. Cody
I was standing at the front of the cruise ship that brought us back to the island, the hotel was amazing, it reminded me a bit of when I was traveling first class during World Tour, an experience I would have enjoyed more if it weren't for Sierra's constant harassment, I sighed and leaned against the railing, I wonder if she's watching the show right now, Licking the screen or doing who knows what while watching me participate, I didn't do anything relevant during the first season and she still became my fan. I'm a little scared of how she's going to behave now that I've become a more relevant player. Not to mention, she was likely to obsess over the mystery of my drastic change in behavior.
If anyone can figure out what my secret is, it could definitely be her. I don't know what I'll do when that time comes, but for now there's a competition to win.
Finally, the island was visible, "hey dude there you are, we're looking for you everywhere", Geoff and Owen arrived carrying bags, they were gifts for the girls, I told them that when we came back, we shouldn't brag about our trip, and bring them something so they wouldn't be too mad at us, they were more after all.
"If I came to observe the view, the island is very close."
"Squawk."
I looked next to me, and a seagull was standing on the railing, "oh look Kevin came to greet us," Owen said.
I grabbed some snacks from my pocket and offered them to him, he ate them and then flew away.
The boat finally arrived at the dock, and we got off. Just as I expected, the girls were all standing at the end of this one and they weren't happy at all. Honestly, it was a scary sight.
"Ahem," I cleared my throat trying to dispel my fear, "before you guys throw us over the edge of the dock...", Geoff and Owen approached just as nervously with the bags, "I just wanna say, we brought you peace offerings," I said.
Some were surprised, "yeeeeeeeah, gifts," but when Lindsay and Sadie approached us excitedly, the others followed curiously.
"Are you telling me you went out of your way to bring us gifts?" asked LeShawna curiously.
"It's probably a bribe," Courtney said.
"Is it working?" I asked.
"I should have known that you planned this," she told me annoyed, she tried to keep it up for a while, but in the end she relented and smiled, "but I guess I can take another bribe from you", I breathed a sigh of relief, just like Owen and Geoff, it seems that we avoided a possible death by firing squad by the girls against us. We can't afford for them to decide to work together.
"Thank you for the gifts," Lindsay said as she gave Owen and me a hug.
"Hey Bridgette, I was able to get this for you," Geoff gave her a phrase.
She gasped, "this is surfboard wax, thanks Geoff!" said Bri, excitedly.
She was about to kiss him in front of all of us which surprised me, it looks like those two have already made it to first base.
"Ahem," Courtney caught their attention by reminding them where they were.
She quickly kissed him on the cheek and walked away, "Nice, bro", Owen high-fived Geoff, "Anyone care for a chocolate coated cherry blossom?" he said offering said dessert, I tried it before, and they are extremely delicious.
"Dude, bring a little bit of that over here," Leshawna told him, that's really a change.
" Listen up, campers! As of right now, all teams are officially dissolved. From here on in, it's every camper for themselves ", Chris announced over the megaphone.
"Uh, yes, we know, you said it, last week," Courtney replied.
"Well, now I'm making it official," she looked dismayed that he actually replied, "Now, get ready for this".
A ship honked its horn and everyone gasped at the sight of who was standing in front, even if I already knew it was a terrifying and surprising image, something like the arrival of the end of the world.
"You're frontin' me", said LeShawna.
"But, that's impossible," Heather and Lindsay cowered in fear.
"Oh no," said a distraught Courtney.
"Back by popular audience demand, it's Eva," she arrived on the boat with the ocean ablaze in the background, I don't know how they achieved that effect, but it seemed too appropriate.
She got off at the dock, "That's right. I'm back. And just to be clear, not only am I gonna kick butt, but I'm giving special attention to my backstabbing Bass team who voted me off," she said angrily.
"Wait a sec. You said no one is allowed back," Gwen called out of the loudspeaker.
"I did? Oh yeah, that… yeah, I lied," the host responded.
"You can't do that, it's not fair," Gwen replied.
"Whoa. Girl, you're reasoning with a loudspeaker, that just does not look good," Leshawna told her.
Eva breathed erratically behind Bridgette, she tried to do some chitchat, " So, Eva, whatcha been doing since you left the island? ".
"Taking anger management classes. I seem to remember you thinking I needed them".
Confessional.
Courtney"
"Eva! Did they really bring Eva back!?" she asked the camera in anguish.
End of the confessional.
" She was an audience favorite?" asked Heather.
" Not really, but we liked her. Also returning to camp, it's Izzy."
Izzy.
"Oh no," said all the girls, even Eva, I guess she's not someone easy to live with.
"Ahhhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhh", Izzy came swinging with a vine, directly... towards... Oh shit.
"Uff!", Izzy hit me like a ballistic missile, we both rolled down the dock. When I came to my senses, she was sitting astride me, her hair acted like a curtain between the two of us, she was looking at me in the eye with that crazy look very characteristic of hers.
"Hahahahahaha, hi best friend, it's been quite a long time, we've got soooooooo much to catch up on, hahahahahahaha".
Instead of getting worried or scared, I just smiled happily, she was still here and that's what mattered to me, ignoring that we had an audience I gave her a hug, "hahahaha, welcome back Izzy", she stiffened at first, but then she hugged me back.
"Group hug!", Owen and Lindsay equally excited came and lifted us up joining the hug.
"Hahahahahaha, Izzy is also glad to see the two of you."
"But I thought the RCMP hunted you down" asked Gwen.
"They tried, but being a wilderness survivor, I was swift-footed and avoided capture," she said as she pulled out a raw fish and bit it, unsettling the other girls, "I was surviving in the forest of the island all this time, I befriended the family of beavers who lived there and together, we foraged for nuts and berries," she got on all fours and began to scratch her head with her foot. From what Eva said, she was also at the resort all this time, I imagine Chris did something to get the army off her back. He was able to arrange our entrance to area 51 after all.
"All right, campers! Report to the amphitheater where you'll learn all about this week's challenge! McLean out!".
"Woo hoo! Another challenge! Party!" said Owen excitedly, I don't know why, he is one of those who get hurt the most during the challenges.
"I wouldn't be so excited my brother, Chris said it's now every camper on their own we can't work as a team anymore," Geoff said as he walked past him.
"Oh, right, I forgot."
I was going to walk to camp, "wow," but I almost fell when I felt an extra weight on me.
Izzy climbed on my back, "come on Cody, the competition is waiting for us," she said excitedly.
"Uff, okay, okay," at least she was much less heavy than Sierra... and much more enjoyable.
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POV. Courtney
We went back to the cabins, from what I saw, they brought another bunk to accommodate the new arrivals.
Eva walked in and everything went silent, "this place is too crowded," she complained.
"There's nothing we can do, Chris wants us to live together," I said.
"I'm surprised you didn't complain about that, it's the only thing you're good at," Heather tried to hold back her laughter when she insulted me.
Eva walked over to Sadie's bed, "I want this bed, unless you have something to say about it?" she asked.
"No, no, it's all yours," Sadie got out of bed.
Confessional.
Courtney
"It was already too bad that we had to watch our backs for Heather, now we also have to watch our front for Eva, she has to leave in this challenge, no matter what."
End of the confessional.
"Okay, you know what? You can get all up in her face, but don't forget we're all here to win," I've never been so grateful in my life for LeShawna's courage.
"Got that right, Sister Thunderthighs," Eva replied.
"Oh, tell me that the macho mama with butt cheeks tighter than my weave did not just say that."
"Woah, timeout," Gwen said, standing between them.
"Can't we just talk this out over low-cal snacks" asked Lindsay, the others just stared at her.
"Whatever, I'm still gonna win," Eva said, then left.
I breathed a sigh of relief, "Hey, isn't someone missing here?" asked Heather, I looked around, sure enough, someone was missing.
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POV. Cody
Izzy was chewing on a piece of wood sitting on my bed, "this is something I was taught to make by beavers," she told us, then the wood broke in half, I'm not going to lie, that was awesome.
"Great, buddy, but hey, shouldn't you be settling into the girls' cabin?" asked Geoff confused.
"Oh, there's no need, I've decided to stay here."
"What?", okay, that surprised even me.
"That place is too crowded for my liking, and the tension is felt around every corner, this place is so much quieter, plus I said I was going to catch up with my best friend," she said as she hugged me from behind, she was really excited.
"Then do you stay here?... Great!", Owen high-fived her.
"Yes, make yourself comfortable my friend," Geoff told her nonchalantly, without Duncan here acting as leader, they continued their serene and carefree personalities.
Confessional.
Owen
"Izzy is great, she's almost like a boy, not at all feminine... uh, it's not that she doesn't look like a girl, it's just that she looks more like a boy, Ah! No! What I meant was...!"
Geoff
"It's not the first time I've shared a room with a classmate, there was this girl... Or was it a long-haired guy? ... Uh, I don't remember, but that would make more sense."
Izzy
I was holding Courtney's bra, and Heather's topless photo, "I found this among Cody's things while he wasn't looking, I see that he has been busy while Izzy wasn't around, it seems like I'm not the only one who has a lot to tell...", I look at the bra and try it on over her clothes, "Hmm... it's a little too big for me, is this the size he likes?"
End of the confessional.
"What do you say Cody, I promise to sleep clothed," I blushed, was it necessary to say that?
"Owwww, uff, I mean that's a relief," Owen said when Geoff nudged him.
"I guess it doesn't matter if it's just for sleeping," I said, it's not like I hadn't shared a place with one or five girls before, the first class of the Jumbo jet wasn't necessarily private. Even though they've never changed in front of me... and even if they had, Sierra probably... Now I feel a little sad.
"The leader of the hut has spoken," said Geoff, "Since when am I the leader of the hut?"
"Sweet," Izzy let go of me and lay down on my bed, but immediately raised her head and started smelling, "hey your bed smells like a girl, have you been cheating on me with another best friend? That's not right at all, Cody," he teased me.
"Huh?", the three of us approached the bed, it did indeed smell of perfume, "but the three of us were in a hotel for the weekend, who... Could... oh," sure, LeShawna made Heather and Lindsay sleep outside, I guess that wasn't just for a day.
Although I didn't expect them to sleep in my bed... I wonder which of the two was the one who did it.
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POV. Courtney
"That damn, she must be trying to form an alliance with the guys, I'm going for her," Heather said, if you ask me, she was making drama for very little, plus Izzy doesn't seem that strategic to me.
"Looks like someone is jealous of another woman hanging around her ex," Gwen teased.
"Aw, Heather is jealous, that's so sweet," Lindsay said.
"I'm not jealous!" she shouted, turning red, "I broke up with him, I have no reason to miss him!"
"I'm with Heather on this, girls, we shouldn't leave her out there with the guys, I don't think it's appropriate," Bridgette said worriedly.
"Are you afraid Geoff will lose interest?" Sadie asked, Bridgette just turned red, we'll have to talk about her thing with Geoff at some point.
"Look at it this way, she's not here driving us crazy, that's fine with me," Leshawna said. Heather resigned herself and went to sit on her bed.
"Yes, on top of that, if Chris forced us to stay here all together, and even brought another bunk bed, there's no way he's going to let Izzy stay with the guys," I chimed in. He would learn later that the obnoxious presenter didn't care in the slightest, and that he wasn't going to do anything about it.
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POV. Cody
We were all gathered in a stand, I was sitting next to Izzy, by his decision really, Chris was about to explain the next challenge. Now that there were no teams, everyone would act on their own, I hope to be able to withstand today's challenges, I know that torture is more of a mental issue than a physical one, in which I had an advantage, today's goal was simple, that Eva does not get immunity, something easier said than done, but today I intended to go all the way.
" Welcome to your next challenge! The time-honored game of torture. Say Uncle! You are all about to be out through the tests of endurance so insane... that some of 'em sent our interns to the emergency room", Many opened their eyes in anguish at this news, " If you back down from the challenge or do not last the required ten seconds... you will be eliminated. The winner will not only be safe from elimination but will win this luxurious trailer. Yours to take home at the end of the summer", If you don't destroy it with a cannonball, of course.
"¿Qué clase de torturas?", LeShawna asked suspiciously.
" Why don't you ask my lovely assistant?", Said assistant was the chef with a hockey mask and a kitchen knife, "alright, let's do this. Sadie, you're first up, let's spin the Wheel of Misfortune to select your torture ", Chris spun the wheel, and we were all expectant, especially Sadie, the wheel stopped at the picture of a turtle, " Turtle puck shots! Our interns spent weeks collecting the grumpiest, angriest, crustiest, hungriest old snapping turtles on the island ", he said in a sadistic voice, " while you stand in the goalie net completely unprotected, Chef will fire off turtle slapshots ", the chef had a hockey stick and in front of him were snapping turtles, which made Sadie nervous.
"Hey, can't we start with something softer?" asked Sadie worriedly.
"Let me think about it... No!" he pushed her in front of the goal, "good luck."
The chef started throwing snapping turtles at Sadie, "AH!", she ducked when the first one was thrown at her. When he got up, he had it hanging down, biting one of his pigtails.
Confessional.
Heather
"She's finished, she'll never dodge them all since she's such a... big target."
End of the confessional.
"You can do it, Sadie," Courtney encouraged.
"They're just turtles," Geoff said.
"Can't you aim for the chef head?" Eva claimed, she now has three goals instead of one.
Sadie struggled to dodge the flying turtles, but unlike Duncan.
*Bite*
"Ouch!" I grimaced when a turtle bit her on the butt, yes, she was just a much bigger target, she tried to persevere a little longer.
*Bite*
"Ouch!", but the turtles didn't make it easy for her, "enough, enough", she gave up.
She had turtles, hanging from her hair, butt and calf, "uh wow, pretty close, three more seconds and you would have made it," Chris said, Sadie lowered her head sadly, "please go back to your new seat," Sadie's chair became a medieval stock, and she was handcuffed there.
Confessional.
Eva
"One down, two to go."
End of the confessional.
Chris continued, "Next up... Lindsay," she swallowed, "your torture is..." she spun the wheel, until she stopped at the image of the marshmallow, " marshmallow waxing! We're gonna wax every part of your body," they actually just shaved her face, " If you can take the pain for a full ten seconds, you can go to the next level."
" Oh, I so need this. I've been dealing with nasty razor stubble for weeks, try not to wax off my tan, 'kay?" she told the chef, that's weird, I've seen her many times in a bathing suit, where the hell is she tanned?
The chef spilled the melted marshmallow on Lindsay's face, and she screamed, that scared us all quite a bit, even me who knew she would be fine.
"Hahahahahaha, Cody, I know you're worried, but I can't feel my hand," Izzy told me with a laugh.
"Huh?", I had inadvertently grabbed Izzy's hand in fright and was squeezing it tightly, "I'm sorry," I apologized before letting go.
"Okay," she said as she rubbed her hand, "cramps from a sleeping hand are so funny," unbeknownst to us, someone was watching us discreetly.
Confessional.
Heather
She looked pretty annoyed, "He leaves me and as soon as I turn around, he goes and flirts with the crazy chick Izzy?... I mean! Abandon an opportunity for another alliance with me! And then he goes and socializes with Izzy suspiciously as soon as she returns!? Are you telling me that he thinks she's better than me?... As an ally! I mean as an ally, of course! ... I... grrr," she proceeds to attack the camera, "How do you remove the tape from this thing?"
Izzy
The camera has some fractures in the lens, Izzy opened and closed her fist, "wow, Cody has a phenomenal grip, do you think it's because how often he *beeppp*", the audio was censored, but the back-and-forth movements she made with her hand, were more than enough to know what she meant.
End of the confessional.
"Ouch!", we turned our attention back to Lindsay, who the chef pulled off the marshmallow mask, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe how smooth that is, thanks, Chip", pff, I had to hold back my laughter, she still didn't learn his name.
"It's Chris," the host told her in a bad mood. She resumed her place, which was now on top of Eva, "Well done Lindsay, since you didn't complain once, you choose who follows."
"No thanks," she replied, but Eva tilted her to the downstairs seats grabbing her by the hair, and whispered in her ear, "oh, wait, I change my mind I choose...", she whispered, "Courtney, with lake leeches, because she's a controlling, obsessive bitch with bad taste in dressing", Lindsay said, Courtney opened her eyes wide, *whisper*, "besides, her fake tits are not impressive", woah, Eva is seriously going all out here.
"Objection!" cried Courtney, standing up, as she covered her bust with her arm.
"Eh, this isn't a trial," Chris told her.
"This isn't fair, Eva is cheating, are you just going to allow it?"
Chris shrugged, "Hey, the choice was Lindsay's, and all I saw was that she chose you... for having fake boobies, among other things, apparently."
"I don't think it's legal for him to weigh in on something like that," Gwen said, but she was ignored.
"So, I'm sorry Courtney, but it looks like it's your turn," the chef brought a barrel full of leeches, Eva smiled at her creepily, while Courtney just gulped.
"It's payback time, traitors," Eva said to the three female Bass.
Confessional.
Courtney
"The plan was to get rid of Eva, but at this rate, we will die before we can defeat her."
Eva
"I'm going to teach you who needs to control their anger, you uptight bitch."
Heather
She rubbed her chin thoughtfully, "Hum... Eva as an ally...", she shuddered, "yeah, it's not worth it".
End of the confessional.
Courtney was standing in front of the barrel of leeches, I wondered if there was any way to help her, but with my scrawny complexion, those little bloodsuckers would quickly dry me out. And I couldn't convince Owen to do it without seeming too suspicious, so I just sat resignedly, curiously Izzy patted me on the back when she noticed my bad mood.
Courtney plucked up the courage and stepped into the barrel, many made a disgusted face, "oh, ew, ew, this is like jelly, I feel them everywhere," Courtney said with a shudder.
It was a somewhat disturbing and at the same time hypnotizing spectacle, we could hear the leeches sucking her... blood, but unlike Geoff, she resisted, "and... the ten seconds are up", Courtney came out of the barrel full of leeches, quickly took them off, but something was wrong, she started to wobble slightly from side to side, "congratulations Courtney, you made it".
"Hahahahaha, thank you Chip~," said a smiling Courtney who scared Chris and surprised us all. I walk to the stands somewhat dazed.
"Courtney, are you okay?" asked Bridgette worriedly.
"Of course~ officer~," Courtney replied, "I can drive perfectly~," then she fell to the ground with a thud.
"Uh...".
"I'm fine~," he stood and leaned against the front row, "it was on purpose~ I won't... let you win~ bitch~," he said pointing to the side of Eva's face, she instead of getting angry, enjoyed Courtney's pathetic performance, who moved to another section of the stands, "Duncan~! When did you come back~?... And why do you look so feminine?" she asked Gwen to her face, as she stroked her cheek.
The scene was very funny, so much so that I took a picture of it, of course Gwen didn't share the humor, "ok, what's wrong with her?" she asked uncomfortably.
"If I had to guess, she's dizzy from blood loss due to the leeches," I told everyone.
"And will he recover?" asked Heather, irritated, because Courtney was poking her cheek with a finger.
"Eventually, though a lot of sugar might bring her back rapidly," I remarked, ironically the one who showed me this was the same person who just stole Geoff's hat and was waving it around the stage like a cowgirl.
"I don't know, this new Courtney, she's a lot more charismatic," Chris told the chef.
"Hello world~," Courtney said with Geoff's hat on her head waving to the camera, "I have something for you~", in one movement she lifted her sweater along with the shirt below, exposing her breasts, "100% natural baby~!Woo~ hoo~!"
Yeah, she was wearing a bra, but the shock was enough to stun us all. My nose even bled a little.
Although... I think I spoke too soon... She was now going for her bra.
"Oh shit! Cut to commercials, cut to commercials! This is still a family program!", since when? And everything else you've already shown?
Confessional.
Chris
"Yeah, the truth is that the censorship function of the cameras is broken, so we couldn't cover that up without removing the whole scene... And this is too much fun to cut."
Eva
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha", she just laughed like crazy.
Heather
"What happened to me was certainly humiliating, but it was an accident, Courtney's on the other hand..."
Courtney
"Hello~ Duncan~," she waved his hand, "I miss you so much~mmmmmuack~," she said, kissing the camera.
End of the confessional.
...
After that peculiar... exhibition, we took a few minutes off, while some interns brought treats and soda to get Courtney back on her feet faster.
"Okay, let's continue, Courtney completed the challenge, so Lindsay is eliminated," Chris said.
"Yes."
"That's you," Heather told him.
"Oh... Lindsay's chair was replaced by stocks, where she was handcuffed.
"I was going to ask Courtney who she wanted to sacrifice next, but..." she had her head smashed against the table, "yes, let's give her a few more minutes... hmm, let's see, eeny, meeny, miny...".
"Is this a joke?" LeShawna asked Chris, but was ignored.
"Catch a Heather by the toe...," he said, pointing at the bitter girl.
"Oh, great," she complained.
"And your torture is...", he spun the wheel, and it stopped at the image of a snake, "constrictor embrace, you must endure ten seconds being hugged... by him," the chef brought a terrarium with a snake inside, "Say hi to Hugs, the constrictor snake," said snake wrapped itself around a mannequin and tore it to shreds.
Heather's eyes were wide open, but then she sharpened her gaze, got up from her seat and went to the stage, "big deal," she said.
"Chef, release it," said Chris, chef opened the display case and the snake came out wrapping around Heather, and starting to squeeze.
"Uff, this, it's, nothing," she said, her lungs crushed.
"Look at that, family reunion," LeShawna said mockingly, many laughing at the joke.
"Shut up, LeShawna," Heather said with difficulty, the snake's rings getting tighter and tighter.
"Come on Heather, just say the word and we'll get it off your back," Chris tempted.
"Uff, never," the snake came face to face with her, but Heather wasn't intimidated, "listen to me well, second-hand boot material, I'm going to win this and when I'm done, I'll turn your skin into a fancy makeup bag and the rest will be Owen's dinner," she told the snake with her deadliest and most murderous face.
"Are snakes food?" asked Gwen, to a distraught Bridgette.
"Sadly," she said.
To everyone's surprise, the snake freaked out and quickly returned to his terrarium closing the door and trembling inside, "yes, I did it," Heather celebrated.
"Oh, no, you didn't," Chris replied amusedly.
"What?"
"Look at the stopwatch," the stopwatch was stopped at nine seconds, "the goal was to endure the hug for ten seconds, but when you scared the snake, it let go of you first... One second away from victory, it sucks to be you right now hahaha", she may be scarier than a constricting snake, but that played against her this time.
"Noooooo!", screamed Heather.
...
Now she too was handcuffed to a stock, "it's just the first round and with the exception of Courtney, everyone is dropping like flies, don't you love this game?" asked the sadistic host.
"Oh, oh, me, I love it," Izzy said, raising her hand.
"Let's go ahead, and punish another camper, Geoff, it's your turn," Chris spun the wheel and it stopped on the wooden shorts.
...
"Wow wooden shorts," he said sporting a custom-made pair, "cool, dude," all his joy was gone when the chef lifted a branch with a woodpecker on it, "oh, dude... that's not right," the bird flew up to his shorts, and began pecking at the front under Geoff's anxious gaze.
This time I took Izzy's hand on purpose, like what happened with the bull testicles, this was not an easy thing to see, even some girls felt sorry for the party bro.
"I don't wanna see," Owen said, covering his eyes.
"Don't worry guys, this isn't too bad," Geoff said, but then the bird finished its hole, and started looking for its food, *prick*, Geoff stood still with his eye trembling, "AHHHHHHHHHH!", and then shouted to the sky making some birds fly.
We all winced, 'Oh, that hurts even me,'" Chris said.
...
Geoff was now back in his seat, holding his crotch.
"Hahahahahahahaha, it looks like someone besides Courtney, finally completed a challenge," however, the supposed winners, were the same or worse, than the losers, "okay, let's move on to the next one."
The next two were Gwen with the nose hair removal and Bridgette with the shirt of live bees, there were very few left to finish the first round.
"Hey Cody, that's a nice dreamcatcher," Izzy's voice pulled me out of my thoughts.
"This?" I said holding the necklace in front of her, "was a gift, I carry it with me for good luck, it helped me cope with a difficult situation."
"Oh, that's when you protected Lindsay from that huge bear, right?"
"Yes," let go of the fact that she shouldn't know that.
"Izzy regrets not being there to help you," she said with a little regret, but then gave me one of her signature big hugs, "but mom is so proud that her best mountaineer friend didn't need her help," she said recovering her humor, I smiled, she's much clingier since I came back.
"Get a room, you two" said a grumpy Heather handcuffed above us. Izzy stared at her, which made her a little uncomfortable, "What?" she asked nervously. She made her face more mischievous, as she held up a black marker, "don't, you, dare," Heather warned.
Confessional.
Heather
She had an elegant mustache painted on the top of her lip, "she dared," she said angrily with her arms crossed.
Izzy
She also had a mustache painted on her, "hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, a classic".
End of the confessional.
"Does she look good?" she asked, I tried to hold back my laughter.
"You're going to pay for this," Heather threatened.
"Okay," then Izzy drew a mustache on her own face, which fit her very well even though she didn't see what she was doing. She then glued her face to Heather's, "We're mustache sisters now hahahahahaha".
"I certainly see the resemblance," Leshawna said, I took a picture of them, having Izzy around was always interesting.
"Grrrrrr", Heather could only growl.
"Hahahahahaha, alright, let's get on with the competition, we only have so many hours of filming on camera," said the presenter, "our next challenge is to spend ten seconds in a wooden box with... Sasquatchanakwa. Bridgette, you haven't complained in a while, you can pick the next victim".
Before everyone started singing for Eva, I raised my hand, "Actually... I don't mind doing this one," I said.
Many gasped or widened their eyes, this was a real surprise, "Are you completely crazy? You can't do this," said the mustachioed Heather, worried as she'd never seen before.
Izzy put her hand on my forehead and smiled, "no, he's completely sane, he's going to do it on purpose," she said excitedly.
"Dude, are you sure?" asked Chris, showing genuine concern for once.
Confessional.
Chris
"You see this graph?" said the host who wore fake nerd glasses, showing the camera a bar graph on an iPad, "statistically Cody is in the top three in the competition right now, if he kicks the bucket this show risks losing a lot of ratings."
Gwen
"I'm not worried, honestly, I've seen him make very questionable decisions before, it's always because he has a plan up his sleeve."
Lindsay
"I'm worried, what if that thing eats him? he's my best friend."
Heather
"That irresponsible jerk... he could have a little more consideration for his own life! He's supposed to be one of the sanest here, but all of a sudden, he makes the stupidest decision I can think of, and even if he survives, doesn't he know how distressing his recklessness is to me—to everyone?" she continued to rant for another half hour.
Owen
"Cody is so cool, that's why Geoff and I chose him as the cabin leader... Uh, but I think we forgot to mention it to him."
End of the confessional.
Seeing that I wasn't going to back down, Bridgette nodded her head in resignation.
Chef brought a very large box with him, which was shaking wildly, inside the grunts of Wawanakwa's missing link could be heard. I stood in front of her feeling the expectant and worried eyes of my friends behind me, but there was no turning back, I opened the box and entered.
~0~
I was sitting somewhere in the studio of The Aftermath show inside the movie lot, those of us who were left out this season weren't allowed to go to the rest of the place, honestly it was very boring, Courtney kept ranting about talking to her lawyers to let her participate in this season.
I think she should give up, I don't think Chris is going to give in.
To kill the boredom I borrowed a keyboard and was playing some chords, I didn't have time to practice during Total Drama Island.
"Hola, Cody".
"What are you doing?"
Katie and Sadie came to see what I was doing, they had been snooping around the set just now.
"I'm practicing, I skipped several sessions because of the first season," I put aside the womanizing heartthrob charade, it didn't work for me during the island, so I left it for now, we're not on camera right now.
"Oh, woah".
"Are you in a band?" they asked excitedly.
I just laughed, "no, I'm not in a band, it's just a hobby."
"Oww, it's a shame."
"Ah, you should form a band then!"
"Oh my god, Sadie! That's a wonderful idea!"
"I know! Girls love boy bands! That could be your chance to meet someone!"
"Really?", I was surprised by that, a certain goth girl came to mind for a moment, but I shook my head, she had a boyfriend at this time, but the idea of a band certainly sounded interesting.
"Oh, look Katie, there's Noah."
"Let's talk to him, goodbye Cody," they ran after Noah, who fled when he saw that they were coming for him.
I laughed, Katie and Sadie were certainly full of energy, they also didn't judge me despite my nasty performance during the first season, "a boy band, huh? It's true that at some point I thought about having my own garage band", I said playing some chords, "I guess I should look for some members, although I don't think we will ever be that popular", a giant shadow covered me, I turned around curiously, "AH!", and I was scared to see Sasquatchanakwa looking at me, I was surprised that it was so quiet despite being so big, "Uh, would you like a snack?" I asked the huge humanoid ape offering him a sandwich from the buffet table, he accepted.
It was a surprise to everyone, to learn that the huge sasquatch was actually a paid employee of Chris, sometimes we saw him hanging around the studio, but no one approached him for obvious reasons.
We both sat together in awkward silence, I tapped the keyboard to try and distract myself. But to my surprise the huge yeti was curious, "uh, do you want to try it?", I gave him the keyboard, "do it like this", I played a chord as an example, then he followed it perfectly, "wow, that was very good, now try this one", my fear was completely left behind as I showed him different chords, this wouldn't be the last time I would end up teaching the sasquatch, thus gaining one of the rarest friends of this program.
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Standing in front of me in a bad mood was the unmistakable Sasquatchanakwa, he was four times bigger than me, and a head and a half taller than the bear, the reason for his anger was because Chris and chef put him in a box during his nap time, he would get very grumpy when he didn't get enough sleep, he could crush me with a single flick of his huge arm. But instead of feeling scared, I just felt nostalgic seeing one of the strangest friends I ever made, even if he didn't know who I was.
The big creature raised its fist when it saw me, "Wait!", I spoke to the yeti, he raised an eyebrow, confused, he didn't expect me to talk to him, I took out a chocolate coated cherry blossom that I had kept in my pockets, "you don't know me, but I do know you and I know you don't like it when someone interrupts your nap time", He lowered his much more curious fist now, "Here, an offer of peace", I handed him the dessert and he ate it, he seemed very happy, because he immediately went for the others.
I smiled when I saw that he was in a better mood, at least now Eva wouldn't make a hat and boots out of his fur.
...
POV. Third person.
Meanwhile, out of the box...
Everyone saw how Cody didn't think twice before entering the box, and as soon as he closed the door, everything went silent, the beast stopped growling, and the box didn't move anymore. Many were left restless.
"He's going to be fine, right? Why is it so quiet?" asked Heather worriedly.
"Maybe he ate it in one bite, which caused him to choke and die," Izzy said with morbid curiosity.
"Shut up Izzy!" complained Heather, "he wasn't eaten, there's no way he was," no one missed the queen bee's strange behavior, but no one said anything to give their full attention to the box.
"Oh, I can't stand the suspense," Owen complained.
"Maybe we should have put a camera in there," Chris said.
For many these were the longest ten seconds of their lives, the silence was too much, no one knew what the hell was going on in there.
Finally, the timer hit ten, "ok, it was ten seconds, Cody you can get out," Chris announced.
But when the box didn't open, everyone feared the worst. They waited expectantly for a second, a very long second.
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...
...
...
...
Then the door opened, everyone was attentive to the state in which Cody would come out.
...
POV. Cody
"Ok, it was ten seconds, Cody you can get out now," I heard Chris' voice.
"Well, it was fun to see you again. Although for you it was the first, see you later", I was about to leave when he offered me his fist, I looked at him surprised, but I smiled and bumped mine into his, "it was good to see you", I opened the door and went outside.
Everyone was looking at me with wide mouths, including Chris and the chef... I wonder why, "Uh, you said I could get out, right?"
"I'm at a loss for words, Cody managed to survive in the box without a single scratch, unbelievable!" the host announced excitedly.
Everyone clapped as I walked back to my seat, "What the hell happened in there?" asked Geoff.
"I'm sorry dude, what happens in the box, stays in the box," I said in Izzy style.
"Hahahahaha, I love you so much buddy," she said as she patted me on the back, but then came up to me to whisper, "the girl in stocks up there wouldn't stop worrying," she said pointing at Heather.
"Really, that's good to know."
"Well, Cody survived Sasquatchanakwa without saying anything, which means Bridgette is eliminated," Bridgette's chair became a stock.
"I'm sorry, Bri," I apologized.
"Okay, at least you weren't mauled by a wild creature, better for you than for Eva."
Confessional.
Eva
"And there was only one left."
End of the confessional.
Chris spun the wheel and stopped at the image of the electric eels, "electroshock treatment, Cody you can choose someone for this challenge."
"It's okay, I don't choose anyone," I wasn't going to risk being eliminated.
"Too bad... Any volunteers?" the presenter asked.
To the surprise of many, there was one, "oh, me, me, I want to do it," Izzy said raising her hand.
She didn't volunteer on the original game, I imagine she's just copying me.
She propped herself up on a tilted surgical table while the chef, wearing a pair of rubber gloves, grabbed two eels from a tank and then used them to electrocute her*zap* "Hahahahahahahahaha", Izzy only laughed during the touches, now her hair stood on end, "that was great, hit me again," she asked the chef, who only shrugged *zap*, "Hahahahahahahahahaha", In addition to looking a little singed, she was fine.
"Izzy, who's your next victim?" asked Chris.
"Me, with a poison ivy spa treatment," she replied excitedly.
Many questioned that decision, except me, I just shook my head humorously, just Izzy.
Confessional.
LeShawna
" Is it just me, or is that girl some kind of crazy?"
Cody
He shrugged, "Izzy ladies and gentlemen, there's nothing you can do about her" he said humorously.
End of the confessional.
Chris picked up his phone to make a call, " It's Chris, yeah, yeah, she wants to do it… okay," he hung up the phone, "well... the judges will allow it, but they wanna know why."
"I just want to see how it feels," was her reply.
"She's just as reckless as Cody," Lindsay said.
"What? Of course not! They couldn't be more different!" complained Heather.
"What's wrong with you? Do you miss him that much?" asked a tired Courtney.
"I told you I broke up with him!"
"Doesn't it bother you to be talked about while you're still here?" Gwen asked me.
"Not at all, this is very entertaining," I replied.
Confessional.
Heather
"Izzy's unpredictable craziness and Cody's mastermind, together they would be an invincible alliance, this has nothing to do with whether or not they are a good couple, I can't let them stay together... especially when they're alone, especially with her being so clingy around him, just so you know he was glued to me when you weren't around, redhead bitch," she continued to contradict herself for a whole hour.
End of the confessional.
"Ok, even though all this drama is a lot of fun, I already told you that we only have so many hours of filming, let's move forward with the challenge," Chris said.
...
Chef wrapped poison ivy around Izzy's head, including two cucumbers in his eyes.
"Time's up, chef, remove the poison ivy," Chris said.
"No~, no~," Izzy said very relaxed, although I don't know how, my neck itched just to see her, "it feels great~", she finished.
"You stuck it out, but sadly, you eliminated yourself," Chris told her.
"But look how big my lips are," Izzy said, her face was red and deformed from swelling, she couldn't even open her left eye.
I'm starting to wonder if she's a masochist, I don't really know if she does these things for pleasure or if she's just really good at putting up with pain, I'm honestly scared to find out.
She returned to her seat, "Hi Cody, don't you wanna give momma a kiss?" she asked with her misshapen lips pursed.
I walked away a little, "maybe another time, for now...", took a tube of ointment out of my pocket, "How about we deal with that?", it itched just to see her. She lifted her chin and closed her eyes, I rolled mine, took some cream and smeared it on her face carelessly, not that she cared, "you're enjoying this, aren't you?".
"Just a little."
Confessional.
Heather
"Oh, come on!"
End of the confessional.
...
After Owen was sprayed by skunks, Gwen was traumatized by New Age music, Courtney was brain-frozen with ice cream, and Geoff ran away from the chef with a chainsaw that he was going to use to cut his hair, there were only three of us left in the race for immunity. And honestly, I would have preferred anyone else as an enemy, than the two Titans I now had to defeat.
"We've made it to the home stretch, there's only three left, LeShawna you go next, however, this time there will be a little bonus if you win," Chris spun the wheel, "your challenge is... the Grizzly Bear Log Roll."
"The grizzly bear say what?"
...
" Molotov the Bear performs with the Russian national circus and has been the European log-rolling champion for the past twelve years. To win, you must last ten seconds on the log while avoiding certain death in the piranha-infested water", Chris said, as the bear on the log looked at LeShawna defiantly.
She stared back at him, and he intensified his, "oh, they're fighting with the gaze, I've only seen it in the roughest survivors of nature," Izzy said, now she was handcuffed to a stocks, but her face is back to normal, it seems that we both healed quickly.
"LeShawna, you can back out now... and then we will go straight to the final...", Chris recommended.
She looked at the bear, then at our handcuffed friends, then at Eva, and finally at the trailer for the winner, "No way! I've seen scarier looking faces at the mall, I'm going in", Big Sister said determinedly. Leshawna climbed onto the trunk and immediately Molotov began to spin it. She had trouble keeping her balance, "woah, woah," LeShawna did her best to keep up with the bear who controlled the game.
"Come on LeShawna, you can do it," I encouraged her.
She looked at the bear, and after a few seconds she got fed up with him dictating the pace, she began to increase speed, now it was Molotov, who could not keep up with LeShawna, in an unexpected movement she stopped the trunk, causing the bear to hit its crotch and fall into the piranha-infested water.
When it came out, its fur was gone, and it had bite marks all over it.
We celebrated LeShawna's victory, "ha, and that's how I roll," she said.
"LeShawna wins," Chris said, "and as I promised there will be a bonus, you can choose one of the remaining campers to do the final challenge, while the other will be automatically eliminated," wow, I didn't expect that.
"What!? That's not fair!" complained Eva, it was clear to her that this rule was totally against her.
"As Chris said before, this is not a trial," Courtney scoffed.
Confessional.
LeShawna
"It wasn't an easy choice believe me, Cody is too unpredictable, while Eva is made of steel, either of us had a 50% chance of winning," she crossed her arms angrily, "but we all know who needed to leave."
End of the confessional.
"I, choose, Cody," LeShawna said as he looked earnestly at Eva.
"Which means Eva is eliminated," the presenter said.
"Grrrrr," she didn't take it too well.
"Woah!" *splash*, because she pushed Chris into the piranha-infested water, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! Somebody, save me, host overboard!"
...
"Okay Cody," Chris now had bandages on his body, Eva was not put in a stock like the others but was tied up with a straitjacket and attached to a wheeled harness, she also had a muzzle in her mouth. Chris brought us to the mud pool of the extreme challenge, only now it had many more obstacles, and a railing around the track, "this will be the final challenge, it's something you already have experience with, a clean hand fight with an animal", the chef opened a huge cage and a two-meter crocodile was placed on the track, oh, oh, "like the legendary crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, we'll tie you to the back of this crocodile we decided to call Jerry and you'll have ten seconds to close his mouth with this rope," the host said, Jerry decided to jump up to say hello biting into the air, I swallowed.
"Hey, Chris, don't you think that's a bit of a stretch?" asked Courtney worriedly, some of them turning pale.
"That's why it's a final challenge, if you win, you get the immunity and also the trailer, if you lose both awards are LeShawna's," Chris said.
"This will sound bad, but you should quit," Leshawna told me.
I looked at the track considering my options, yes, I could retire now, Eva was the clear target today, I wasn't in danger, there was no reason for me to risk it here... But when you see the runway, a platform, the torches, the sharks... and him. All that came to mind, I clenched my fist, if I didn't prepare and only dodge the tough challenges when I could, I wasn't going to be able to beat him, I needed to improve, and this was the best way to do it.
"Psss", I turned to see who was calling me, Izzy was waving me closer, she made me move closer to her face so she could whisper something to me, "my nose itches, can you scratch it?", I just looked at her, "What?".
"Uh, nothing... It's just that I thought you'd give me words of encouragement," I said awkwardly.
"Hahahahahaha, and why would I do that?" she asked, "isn't it like you needed it before I got back," she said with one of her devilish smiles.
I understood, so I smiled back... And I scratched her nose. I walked over to Chris and held out my hand, "give me that rope."
...
Chef tied me to the crocodile's back, "Jerry is trained not to move when his mouth is tied, once we let him go he'll go crazy, good luck," Chris told me.
Chef walked away, and when he was in a safe place, he pulled a rope, releasing Jerry's jaws, "Wow, wow, wow, wow!", it was like with the moose, one second it was fine and the next, this alligator was speeding around the track. I couldn't hold on long enough to reach its jaws. At one point it stopped, and it started spinning like a log, it was making me dizzy, not to mention it was dragging me through the mud.
"Come on Cody, you can do it."
"You beat a bear, a crocodile is nothing."
The bear, Lindsay you're a genius, I took the rope that Chris gave me and threw the end at an obstacle, it got stuck and as we were turning the rope started to wrap around us until Jerry was totally wrapped in it, jaws included, which made him stop, I was tied to his back with him, Muddy and nauseous, but alive, it wasn't the most dignified victory, but it was a victory, after all.
"And... time, Cody has done it, he won the challenge and the immunity," Chris announced.
All my friends celebrated, "Cody you made it."
"Tha-", I didn't finish because I started vomiting.
"Yuck."
"Uh, can someone untie me from here?"
Confessional.
Izzy
"¡Woo hoo! My buddy Cody showed that croc who runs the show! I have no idea of what that means, but he did it.".
End of confessional.
"As Cody explores his new home sweet home, the rest of you can go to the confessional booth and vote off a camper, other than Cody," the host announced.
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The remaining twelve campers were now at the campfire ceremony, all sitting reasonably far away from Eva, especially since the confessions would be revealed next.
"Courtney, you don't need to wear that in your head," Bridgette told her friend.
"I'll never show my face in public again," she replied with a paper bag over her head, she seems to remember everything she did while she was dizzy.
"Okay, so first up, we ran out of marshmallows," Chris said, yeah sure, there's a cellar full of them.
"¡NOOOOOOO!", Owen cried.
"I saw the confessions, and I must say that the votes do not surprise me, as much as the dialogues do. While I normally protect your privacy, in the spirit of airing your dirty laundry, I'm gonna go live with your confessionals", A TV came down from somewhere and began to show the confessions.
Exposed confessional.
Courtney
She still had a paper bag on her head, "I would like nothing more than to kick Heather off this island myself, but my vote is for Eva, you have a problem woman."
Bridgette
She was praying to heaven, "Please, please, Eva... I'm so glad you never air these."
Sadie
"Eva and not Katie? That's not fair, she deserved to get back on the show so much more than the furious madwoman Eva."
Gwen
" Eva's a freak. So, see ya."
LeShawna
"This is for calling me thunderthighs, bitch."
Heather
"Courtney, Izzy, LeShawna, Eva, so much hassle to get rid of, but for this time I'll go for the obvious choice," she said while holding up a photo of Eva with horns and a goatee, "however, I'm watching you Izzy."
Cody
"Eva."
Geoff
"She messes up with Bridgette, I choose Eva."
Owen
"I can already taste tonight's sweet marshmallow."
Lindsay
"I just can't get over how smooth this is, anyway, I vote off Eva 'cause she's scarier than Heather."
Izzy
"Look, I can do a handstand on the toilet," she was upside down in front of the camera.
Eva
Only part of her eyes could be seen, " Unless they wanna leave in body bags, they better not say my name… I vote for Heather."
End of the exposed confessional.
Eva looked at us all with resentment, "as I said the vote was not a surprise, but for once, I enjoy the collective hatred, you threw me to the piranhas girl, that's not right," Chris told her annoyed, "so goodbye Eva."
"What!?", she stood up and pointed her finger at him, "this isn't the end of me, you better watch your backs, I'm not done!", actually you are, "I'll get my revenge!".
...
"I'm not done with you! Ouch!" Eva shouted at us from the losers' boat, she had been tied up in a straitjacket.
"Finally," Courtney said.
"And Izzy lied! She wasn't in the woods! She was-", Izzy interrupted her.
"Wow. She has issues, huh? Hahahaha", Then she climbed on my back, I think this is going to be a common thing now, " Party at Cody's new crib! ".
I tightened my grip on her so she wouldn't fall off, "Why not? We deserve a break after a long day," I said excited with the idea that I had a trailer, everyone supported the idea.
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POV. Third person
Chris is standing by the campfire, "and so, as soon as she arrived, Eva leaves again, much to the relief of the Bass girls, what will happen now that each camper is on their own? Which alliances will prevail, and which will fall? Will Heather get Cody back? Find out next week, here at TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!".