Search & Do Not Destroy
POV. Third person
Chris narrates from the Dock of Shame, "Last time on Total Drama Island. The teams were dissolved, leaving each and every camper to look out for number one. And just to add a little more drama to the mix, Izzy and Eva returned for more fun", Eva arrives on a boat with the sea on fire, while Izzy crashes into Cody on the dock, "the campers remained to suffer all manner of abuse in the No Pain, No Game Challenge", everyone is seen performing the different challenges, "Eva managed to put Courtney in a dire situation, only for her to then humiliate herself on television," Courtney lifts her shirt in front of the camera, "but in an interesting turn of events, who would do the final challenge would be chosen by LeShawna, who chose Cody, automatically eliminating Eva and preventing her from gaining immunity," Eva angrily pushes Chris into the water, "as expected she was kicked off the island", Eva leaves in the boat of losers tied up in a straitjacket, "Now that the campers are forced to fend for themselves, who will be selfless? Who will be selfish? Wow!"
*splash*
Izzy came out of nowhere and pushed Chris off the dock, "Find out this week on ¡TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND! Jajajajajajajajaja", The madwoman laughed.
"Hey! I'm the host!", Chris was duly ignored.
-0-
POV. Cody
I woke up in the morning and started stretching to stretch out, I looked around, I was still in the cabin with the guys. I decided to stay here because I liked being in company with others more, I moved the trailer to the river that acted as a blind spot on the island, the one where I saw Izzy naked for the first time. He didn't want Chris to destroy it. For now, it's time to concentrate on the treasure hunt, today I had the intention of changing some things.
"Good morning Cody," Izzy's head poked out from the top bunk, just as she said, she stayed in our cabin. Not that any of us cared.
"Good morning Izzy, comfortable after sleeping in a bed for the first time in weeks?", I'm just going to play along with her story of survival.
"Meh, the forest had more comfortable leaves than these beds."
I groped the lumpy bed, "I'm not going to discuss that", she jumped off the top doing a somersault and falling to her feet with her arms outstretched without making a sound, the other boys were still asleep after all.
She was wearing one of my spare baggy lumberjack shirts. When she said she would sleep clothed, she didn't specify what. She took out one of my shirts and had put it on to sleep. It was quite big for her, just like it was for me. It covered her entire body to a little above the middle of her thighs (not that her skirt hid more), when I first saw her, I naively asked her if she was wearing anything underneath.
And I still can't decide whether or not that was the right decision, as she lifted her shirt to show me that she still had her green panties on, the only thing she took off was her skirt.
People will say I'm a pervert, but there's no denying that she's an exhibitionist. At least we were alone when she did that.
But her constant teasing aside, having her as a companion was pretty funny, and everyone else feels the same way. I looked at her back as she unbuttoned her shirt, why did you disappear without a trace?... I guess that doesn't matter, as long as I can prevent it from happening again.
We left the cabin when she finished changing, then we saw Gwen sitting on the stairs of the girls' cabin. Izzy ran off towards the dock for some reason, I walked over to Gwen to talk.
She had something in her hand, "What are you reading?" I asked as I approached.
"It's a letter from Trent, apparently he sent it a little after he left, but Chris didn't give it to me until now. I was beginning to believe that he wouldn't write to me," she said cheerfully.
I suppose the presenter wanted to make sure that Trent didn't write anything revealing in his letter before it reached its intended recipient... And the fact that he turned it in so late makes me think that he forgot it for a while.
"Do you miss him?"
"A lot... But I'm fine, I have good friends here after all."
~0~
Some time before the trial...
I was looking at a painting in a studio, but it was an abstract painting, I had no idea what it was, I was squeezing every last neuron I had to understand it.
"Hmmm...!".
"Just give up, you have no idea what it is," Gwen's mocking voice told me.
"At least give me a hint," I complained.
"No".
"Then I give up, I have no idea what it could be", she laughed at me, "yes, yes, laugh", this studio was where Gwen painted her artwork, I was in the area and as Chris's trial would be soon, I decided to stop by to say hello, "Are you excited to see everyone again?", I asked and she sighed.
"Not so much honestly, after what happened on All-Stars, I feel like everything that has to do with that show is nothing but problems," she looked in one direction.
I followed her gaze to another abstract painting, but this one was quite recognizable, "Courtney...", yes, the one who appeared in the painting, no matter how vague the image was, was none other than her former friend.
Gwen sighed again, she did that a lot nowadays, "I don't know what face I'm going to look at her with, after everything I did to make us friends again, she just decided that the competition was much more important and threw all our friendship in the trash."
"Did you ever talk to her after the show?"
"No, I tried many times, but I don't know if she's been ignoring me out of spite, or out of shame... Either way, this will be the first time I've seen her in years... And I don't feel ready."
"Hey, calm down, you're not alone in this, Owen, LeShawna, Dj, Bri, and even Trent, they'll be there, you're not alone in this, you have good friends here after all."
She laughed, "you forgot to count one," she told me.
"Did I?" I counted on my fingers, trying to think of who I could forget.
"Forget it, it's not important... Hey, let's see if you can guess what's in that painting."
"Pff, yes of course, you only want to laugh when I'm wrong," but at least her laughter was better than her sadness.
-0-
"Hey, are you okay? You stared at nothing for a while," Gwen told me.
I shook my head, "I'm sorry, something you said reminded me of the past, I'm glad Trent wrote to you."
"Thank you, I was a little worried when the love letter turned out not to be from him, but now I can be at ease, can you believe Harold would write something like that to LeShawna? It took me completely by surprise," yes, it was a shocking thing at the time.
"I was also surprised, I guess you never know what will happen in this kind of show," the irony goes.
"Squawking," Kevin was standing on the railing of the stairs.
"Hi Kevin, good morning to you too."
"I can't believe you gave it a name."
"Hey, at least we don't have to just say 'that bird' anymore."
"I prefer Courtney's, 'feathered demon,'" we both laugh at the bad jokes.
"Speaking of Courtney, what has it been like to live together in such a small space?"
"Heather! I swear if you ate my dessert, I'm going to...!" yelled LeShawna from her cabin.
"Don't look at me, I'm pretty sure it was Courtney!" the queen bee replied.
"Great, we're like a huge happy family," he said sarcastically, "Heather, LeShawna and Courtney split the cabin into three, it's like a war zone most of the time inside."
"Ouch, I'm sorry for you, on the plus side you don't have to share a room with Eva."
"How did you stand being Heather's boyfriend? Don't take offence, but she's unbearable," Gwen asked me, it's interesting that no one thought our relationship was fake, although after Heather's performance in the extreme sports challenge I think that belief only became more entrenched; now that I think about it, she didn't give me back that vest, it's a good thing I have more.
"What can I say? You just have to love her enough that everything else gets buried," I told her.
"I already told you not to take your desserts, put me down right now!"
"With taste".
*Crack* "Ouch!".
"Well, those things must have piled up quickly if you two finished so soon. I'm impressed by how calm you are after that," she told me.
"Well, it's not the first time I've been rejected by a girl," I said proudly.
"..."
"... That didn't sound as good as I had hoped."
"No, it didn't," she said, holding back her laughter.
"WHAT!? You and Heather broke up!?", Izzy came out of nowhere scaring us both.
Confessional.
Izzy
"I didn't even know they were dating," (she didn't watch all the tapes on the losers' beach), "And now it turns out they broke up? But she even gave him a picture of herself showing her breasts, that's the ultimate show of affection in a couple and I know what I'm talking about, I'm a government-certified romance expert... before they decided to hunt me down, hahahaha. But the point is, it can't stay like this, they've been my favorite couple for five minutes. And I swear before this toilet that I will make it the main goal of my life now, that they will make amends and get back together, even if it costs one of us his life in the process, is a promise."
End of the confessional.
*BOOM*
The sound of a cannon firing caught our attention before I could explain anything to Izzy.
He destroyed the latrine... again, "Don't you know how dangerous it is to fire a real cannon here?" complained Gwen.
"Oh believe me, he knows," it struck me that Izzy began to shudder for no reason.
"Hey, are you okay?" asked Gwen.
"Cannon~... explosivo~... I~... Need~", she began to drool, and for a moment I feared that something else would start to slip out of her from the way she rubbed her thighs, and although it was a very hot picture, this could be dangerous. We don't need a crazed Explosivo roaming the island.
"Ok, why don't we go see what Chris wants now?" I said starting to drag her with me, Gwen didn't need an explanation to dissemble and follow us too.
As we walked, Chris made his announcement, "Arr, maties! Meet me at the amphitheater in five minutes and I'll tell you about today's challenge", he said in a pirate accent.
"Argh, I can imagine what a dumb challenge we'll be doing today."
"You and me, both of us."
"Cannon~".
-0-
We arrived at the amphitheater and out of habit we all sat in the places of our old teams. Izzy regained her composure on the road here, but now.
"You don't care, do you? Thank you," she came and sat on my lap without warning.
"Hey, I...", I swear I could feel Heather's eyes trying to pierce the back of my head. Knowing her, she must assume that she forms an alliance with Izzy, and that we are now pretending to have a relationship. I was too afraid to look in her direction, "Izzy I don't think this is right," I whispered to her.
"Why not? We're friends, aren't we?" was his casual reply as she curled up a little more.
Confessional.
Izzy
"Step number one to get Heather and Cody back together, make Heather understand that another woman can take her guy away from her, and from her murderous look, I'd say it's working really well."
Heather
"You damn bitch!"
End of the confessional.
I had to fight so that a certain part of my anatomy wouldn't wake up right under Izzy's butt. From my attitude it may seem that I don't want to relate to her in this way, but the truth is that I enjoy most of her antics. She's an incredibly sexy girl after all. I tell you this because I've already seen her naked twice. She's also a thousand times nicer than Sierra, whose target of her madness was me entirely. Whereas Izzy's madness is more scattered and impartial.
The real reason why I always stay alert when I'm with her, is that she is also extremely unpredictable.
When she was dating Owen, she caused him all kinds of injuries, from minor injuries to dropping a plane on him. Some were accidental, while others were moderately on purpose.
Speaking of those two's relationship, they haven't interacted in the same way as they used to, I mean, they're still friends and they do some silly things together, but, there's not that romantic attraction that they once had anymore. I guess that's my fault, as I apparently started hogging Izzy's attention unintentionally.
But I think that's good, their relationship wasn't as bad as Courtney and Duncan's, on the contrary, they complemented each other quite a bit... And therein lay the problem.
Izzy is extremely capricious, as evidenced at the moment, while Owen is overly complacent. When they had their first kiss, it was on a horror movie whim of hers, he just went along with it. And every time she injured him. He just laughed or brushed it off. He never reproached Izzy for anything, he just enjoyed watching her madness grow, and at some point, it was too much even for him. Which was when he decided to break up with her in Jamaica.
Yes, they complemented each other, but in a self-destructive and dangerous way, like adding fuel to a fire non-stop. I think it was better to leave them separate. There is no pain when you finish something that never started. I looked at Courtney rubbing her skull necklace subconsciously. If only Duncan and Courtney's relationship was that easy to end.
I looked at the back of the girl who was currently sitting on top of me, she had a pretty big butt. I wonder what's going through her mind right now. And what is the reason for her capricious behavior now, because no matter how random she may be, she always does things for a reason.
Chris stood at the front of the stage with the treasure chests covered with a blanket, finally starting to speak with his absurd pirate nod, " Well, my little scallywags. Have we got an adventure in store for ye?", Your plastic parrot almost fell off your shoulder.
"¿Qué hay bajo la sabana?", Geoff asked curiously.
" All in good time, laddie. Who here has a-hankerin' for a good ol' fashion treasure hunt?", Gwen sighed, I guess she guessed what today's challenge was about, "Now, this treasure hunt's got a twist, mates. What you're looking for isn't hidden and it isn't treasure".
"Uh, so what's the point of all the pirate mess, plus your accent is terrible," Courtney asked rolling her eyes.
"Arrrrr it was to keep the vibe, but now you ruined it Courtney, as always," she gave him a bad look, "continuing with the challenge, lo que estarán buscando es la llave del cofre del tesoro", chef quito la manta de encima de los cofres, "You're looking for keys to a treasure chest! Inside each of these chests is a treasure that will pamper you landlubbers", pff, yes right, nothing but junk and cheap gift shop prizes, "and one of these chests will even give you invincibility! Ha har! Now come 'round and pull a clue out of this bucket or you'll have to walk the plank".
I lowered Izzy from my lap and we were both among the first to go on stage, before the others arrived I noticed out of the corner of my eye what was the clue I was looking for.
"Arrrrr, go ahead sailors, don't be shy."
That one, take the clue along with the others, the chef's freezer, okay, now I have the immunity key. Heather has been feuding with Leshawna and Courtney for a while, if I cause them to be able to eliminate her now, then she would leave without much fuss.
Speaking of her, what clue did she get?, I peeked in to see what she got, it was the key in the ring of fire, wow, that's intense, but knowing how skilled Heather is I'm sure she gets it.
"Chef's fridge, nice. I hear he brushes it daily for fingerprints", said Chris, that's nothing, I've already stolen from him once and I'm going to do it again.
" Ah, wha, bear?!", Owen said frightened.
" I was hoping you'd get that one, dude", said Chris, then he approached a confused Geoff, " That there is the septic tank. For the washrooms. All you scallywags, go find your keys and bring them back by six p.m. Eastern Standard Time to open up your chest and get your loot. Fair thee well, young scallywags... well, get to work," the presenter said.
"Well, I've got a snake to find, I'll see you later friend Cody," Izzy told me.
"Yes, good luck", in my carelessness, she took my chin and gave me an unexpected and resounding kiss on the cheek in front of everyone.
"MUUUUUUACK~, bye, bye", Then she ran off, leaving us all surprised.
"What was all that?" asked Bridgette incredulously.
"Believe me or not, I have no idea," I said wide-eyed, rubbing my cheek, her lips were cold.
"Hehehehehe, first Heather and now Izzy, you like risk, don't you Dude?" said Geoff with his arm around my neck.
*CRACK*
We all watched with a bit of horror as Heather shattered her clue, squeezing it with her hand, but no one seemed more surprised than Heather herself, "I... I have to go," she grabbed Lindsay's arm and hurried away.
Confessional.
Heather
"Don't think I don't know your game, you redheaded bitch, you can't fool me... and your performance is too exaggerated, who do you think you're fooling by being all clingy and affectionate?" she crossed her arms pouting.
Chris
"Do you smell that?... Looks like we have a promising and dramatic love triangle forming in the air, hahahaha... Oh, this will definitely divide the fandom."
LeShawna
"I'm not going to judge my friend for his kinky tendencies, but the guy does have a weird taste when it comes to girls, I'm just saying."
Gwen
"I think that in addition to being a pervert, Cody could also be an adrenaline junkie, I can't imagine any other reason to choose either of those two as a possible love interest."
Owen
"Izzy is great, I probably would have asked her out at some point, but since she started sleeping with us, it's hard not to see her as one of the guys... ah, it's not that I wouldn't go out with her for looking like a boy... AH! I didn't mean that, she's a girl of course she just doesn't act very feminine, not that that's a bad thing, I like manly girls...", Owen slapped his face when he realized his poor choice of words, he tried to explain himself again, but it only generated even more misunderstandings.
Cody
"Heather is acting strange, I think there's more here than just resentment for leaving the alliance."
End of the confessional.
Geoff approached Bridgette as she tried to decipher her clue, "Hi baby, how about I help you find your key before I go for mine," he proposed.
She was going to respond excitedly, but Courtney and Sadie took her arms, "I'm sorry Geoff, but we already have plans, you get it right? thank you", with that she and Sadie left taking a confused Bridgette with them.
"Oh, don't take it the wrong way bro, girls love to do things together... even going to the bathroom, isn't that crazy?" said Owen to the confused partier.
"Well, it's time for a scavenger hunt," I looked at the clue I had in my hand, but then I saw the direction Izzy took, "although... Maybe I need to do something before."
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POV. Heather
I was with Lindsay in a clearing. Before making any moves, it was necessary to talk about strategy.
Confessional.
Heather
"LeShawna and Courtney are after my head, even though they're not working together, I have no doubt they'll take any opportunity they have to vote me off, and since I don't have Cody's support now, along with the immunity thrown to chance, I need a backup plan, but what?"
End of the confessional.
"Ok Lindsay, I've never asked you for anything beyond what I think you can handle (which would be anything intellectual), but now our alliance is in trouble, LeShawna and Courtney want me out, and there's no doubt that if I fall you'll do it too for helping me, so you better start coming up with ideas to bring them down," You may notice that I'm a little desperate at this point.
She started thinking of something, "oh, I've got it," that was quick, "we can ask Cody to help us," It made me jump when I heard her idea.
"No, he's already made it clear that he's not going back to the alliance," I said somewhat annoyed, not realizing it.
"Uh, how about looking for another ally then? Oh, Izzy might want to help us."
"Not in a million years!" I admit I got carried away with that answer, if Lindsay's terrified look is any indicative of anything.
"Why?" Why? Because the bitch is glued to the guy of my (strategic) interest as if she thinks she can use him to her advantage just rubbing her huge ass like a cheap slut...
...
...
... but I think Lindsay might have a point here, if she's our ally, I can keep an eye on her, and stop her from using Cody and the other guys to her advantage.
"You know what? I changed my mind, maybe having Izzy as an ally, it could be... fun," I had a hard time saying that last part, "at least for the vote," I don't want her around me constantly, "but that's just one more vote, we need something to ensure victory," I said as I tried to think of something.
Lindsay sighed, "I wonder what Cody would do, he always knew what to do."
What would Cody do? Suddenly a pretty bright idea came to me, I couldn't help the huge dark smile that appeared on my face, "I think I know the answer to that, I just need the right victim".
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POV. Courtney
"Okay, you brought me here, what's this all about? Geoff wanted us to look for our keys together," Bridgette asked.
I inhaled deeply, I know she's not going to like this part, "we brought you here, precisely to talk about your relationship with Geoff," I said.
She looked worried now, "You're not going to ask me to break up with him because of the competition, are you?"
"No, of course not, it's just... You should stay away from him, just... during the game."
"Why?"
"Because the boys are so close," Sadie said, "they haven't fought once, whereas we live in a constant war against Heather."
"She underestimates them, the boys' team is very well balanced," I subconsciously squeezed the skull necklace on my neck, "Cody is very cunning, Geoff is athletic, and Owen is unpredictable, if you just get distracted by Geoff, then we'll be on the ropes again."
"I don't know girls, I don't think the boys are going to come for us, they don't have a reason."
"In addition to the hundred thousand dollars? And even if they don't, Heather does, and she was dating Cody, we can't rule out the possibility that they're secretly colluding."
"Don't you think you're giving it too much thought?" Bridgette replied defensively.
"Look, I understand how you feel, but I'm not asking you to break up with him, I'm just asking you to give more importance to the alliance, besides, what if Heather wants to use your relationship against us?" was a pretty high possibility.
She thought about it carefully, then seemed resigned, "okay, I'll try to stay away from Geoff, but you have to let me explain why," she said with no intention of negotiating.
"Okay, but try to do it privately, we don't know who might be listening," this is better than nothing I guess, I can't lose this competition, I made a promise after all.
Confessional.
Bridgette
"I don't like this, Geoff and I were finally able to get over our awkwardness, and now Courtney is asking me to push him away. I mean, I understand her reasoning, the competition is still going on, but still..."
Courtney
"Maybe I'm being a little tough with Bridgette, but until Heather is eliminated, I won't sit still, she just needs to put her eyes on the finish line, I'm sure she'll be fine."
End of the confessional.
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POV. Izzy
I hurried out to find the snake that had my key, can you imagine snakes being able to use keys? Humanity could never hide from them again.
Well, anyway, the reason for my haste is that I wanted to take my key and then go to the dining room to see what Cody was doing to steal his key from the chef, knowing him he will surely devise a crazy plan that will work at the end.
He does that a lot, he's a mad genius. I can't imagine what it's like to be as crazy as he is.
After that I thought maybe we should go find Heather, so I could flirt with him in front of her, which would make her even more jealous.
Seriously, I should turn this into a full-time job, I know a lot of people would come running just for Izzy the matchmaker to solve their love problems.
Of course, I have to think of a way for Cody to also realize that he should get back together with Heather... I know! I also have to flirt with Heather to make him jealous, it's so obvious, why don't people ask me to fix their love problems? If I'm that good.
"Ssssssss", I stopped when I finally reached my target, it was a harmless little rattlesnake, this was a piece of cake.
I approached him or her to engage in a civilized dialogue, "Hey, little fella, how you doing? Aw boy, you sure are cute," she was about to bite me, which wouldn't have done her any good, since I'm very resistant to poison, but she didn't make it as someone's arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me back.
The snake only managed to bite the air, "that was too close... you'll probably tell me you had everything under control, but seriously you should be more careful," Cody arrived without me noticing and prevented the snake from biting me, "uh, is something wrong?" he asked strangely.
I just looked at him with a smile, did he really come because he cared about me? That's so sweet, "oh nothing, it's just that I can't get up if you don't let go," I said humorously.
He realized he was still hugging me, he's been much more open to giving hugs since I came back, he let go, blushing a little, "I'm sorry, I think it was because of the tension," he apologized.
"No problem," I got up from his lap, purposely ignoring the slight bulge I felt on my butt for the second time, as a woman I'm very flattered that he reacts to me that way, I thought that little things like these wouldn't affect him after seeing the entire exhibit so many times. But I was wrong, he's always fun to mess with. It's a shame that he belongs to Heather, but I've already made a promise and Izzy doesn't back down... except when it comes to reverse driving racing.
He looked at the snake that had my key, "it will be dangerous to approach head-on, rattlesnakes are very aggressive when it comes to defending themselves," he said as he thought of a plan.
"Oh, oh, are you thinking of a crazy plan to take the key away from it? Please tell me you're thinking of a crazy plan to take the key away from it," I was excited, he always pulls something spectacular out of his sleeve.
He blushed a little, "Well, I have one, but I don't know how crazy it will seem to you," he took off his vest, and then proceeded to take off his shirt. I wasn't as toned up as most guys here... or in general, but after weeks in this place some muscle was starting to form, plus her scars gave her a wild touch, and momma likes wild stuff.
I had to pretend to look at the snake, so he wouldn't notice the little blush he made me, "if your plan is to seduce the snake, let me tell you clearly, I don't think you're his type", he just rolled his eyes, then threw his shirt on the snake, "oh... That's actually a good idea hahahaha", I couldn't help but laugh at how simple but effective it was; indeed, his plans are never what one expects.
Now that the snake was mowed, I was able to easily catch its head, which was sticking out of the pile of clothes, Cody took out the key, then we left the animal alone.
"That was too simple, is this supposed to be a challenge?" I asked cheekily.
"Believe me, not everyone is so excited about the idea of taking on a rattlesnake," he said as he put on his vest back, what a shame.
"Okay now that that's settled, I guess now you want momma to help you face the terrifying chef, don't you?"
"Actually...", to my extreme surprise, he turned me down, and he did it with the most mischievous smile I've ever seen on him, "I just want momma to sit back and watch, because in this case I have such an absurd plan, that I'm 100% sure, it's going to work."
Something inside me shuddered as I heard him say that with that mocking face, and it didn't take long for my smile to imitate his, "illuminate me then."
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POV. Third person
The chef was walking around his kitchen keeping an eye on the key, he had thought about taking a nap, but he knew that the person who had had to retrieve the key he kept was too resourceful to let his guard down. So far he hadn't found anything out of the ordinary, and that worried him, since by now the geek should have tried to steal the key at least once.
He went back to patrolling when he heard something behind him, he turned around quickly, but there wasn't anything, perhaps he had only imagined it. When he looked straight ahead again, he noticed something on one of the tables that wasn't there before. He went over to see what it was.
The object was a chinese finger trap, "hey, I had one of these when I was a kid," chef said excitedly, he put his fingers in the trap, but when he tried to pull them out he couldn't anymore, "Uh?", he pulled harder, but the trap stretched.
While he was concentrating on that, a figure came into the dining room, went to the kitchen, and then left, all without the chef noticing.
"Uh, come on, let go of my fingers, you little plastic trash," chef moved back forcefully, entering the kitchen.
*Boom, splash, crack, plot, clank*
All that could be heard was the sound of things hitting and crashing, "Damn! How do you get this thing off!?" and the chef's voice complaining.
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POV. Cody
I walked out of the dining room with the key in my hand, "I can't believe that actually worked", I know the chef was naïve at times, but seeing it first hand was a truly unique thing. I turned around the side of the cabin, to find Izzy who had been watching the whole show from the window, "How about that Izzy?", few things could surprise her, this in a way was a small revenge for all the times she surprised me.
But sadly, I was the one surprised again, Izzy was leaning against the wall shuddering, covering her mouth with her hand while crying for some reason.
"Izzy!" I quickly ran to her side to see that she had, "Izzy! What's wrong?" she grabbed my shoulder.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!", And he let out the biggest laugh I've ever seen in anyone ever, the birds even flew away scared, "You-you used a fing- finger... A finger trap, haha, you tricked him hahaha... With a damn finger trap of all things, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha".
I just looked at her with a poker face as she laughed clutching my shirt, "now I feel silly for worrying about you", that only made her laugh louder.
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POV. Third person
Heather is standing in a clearing with her key dangling inside a ring of fire, she looked a little unsure at first, but she took a deep breath hardening her determination. She took several steps back, then started running, did a few pirouettes as if she were a professional gymnast, then... Step through the hoop without touching any flame, and with her key in hand.
Chris popped up out of nowhere, "and it looks like Heather's athletic skills helped her get her key, too bad Cody wasn't around to be impressed, right?" he teased her.
"Don't you have something better to do?" asked the irritated queen bee.
"You know? I bet he's somewhere in the woods making out with crazy Izzy, that must hurt, right?" She looked at him with her most murderous expression, then showed him her middle finger and left. "Hm, I was expecting something more outrageous."
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POV. Cody
I was walking through the woods when I saw Gwen standing near a burrow, it seems she had the same key as before. Izzy left on her own, she had to go to the bathroom... although I'm pretty sure it went in the wrong direction.
Gwen was frightened when a skunk peeked out of the burrow, "Any trouble?"
" My key is in that skunk hole, skunks totally freak me out, this challenge is impossible," it was a little funny to see her so scared of a skunk, when she drank soda from a toilet to defeat Heather. But then again, she's usually pessimistic in general, I guess without Trent here it's up to me to help her.
"Pss", we both saw Owen hiding behind some bushes.
"Ehhhhhh... What are you doing?", I asked confused, this is different.
"I came to ask for help, but I don't want Chris to catch me cheating, so I hide."
Gwen and I exchanged glances, "Owen, it's not forbidden to help others with their keys," she replied amusedly.
"It isn't?"
Confessional.
Chris
"It isn't?" he checks a piece of paper, "oh wow, I seem to have forgotten...", he shrugs.
End of the confessional.
"I was going to do the challenge on my own, but then I remembered that my good friend Cody is a bear expert, so I came to ask you for help," I wouldn't consider myself a bear expert, but I guess I can give him a hand, I looked at Gwen first.
"Go, I can do it on my own," she told me with a smile.
"If you want to get the skunk out, you should put water in the burrow," I gave her Trent's advice.
"Can skunks swim?"
"Totally".
"Great".
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POV. LeShawna
"I swear I'm going to kill that presenter," I said as I balanced myself on a suspension bridge, my key was in a glass in the middle of the river with two crocodiles guarding it, "oh no folks, you guys don't want to mess with this sister," I threatened, I wasn't going to lose to two boot skins.
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POV. Cody
"Hey... Are you sure that's all you need?", we had a basket full of marshmallows.
"Believe me, these are it's favorites."
"So what? Are we just going to go in and swap the marshmallows for the key?"
I rolled my eyes at him, "Owen I know bears, I don't speak their language. You'll understand what we're going to do once we get to his cave," this plan wasn't very complicated, just like with the chef, it just required a simple trap.
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POV. Sadie
Uff, why should my key be in a tree? I'm not the best climber, plus the tree was tall.
"Yes," I finally reached the branch of the tree where my key was hanging, I slid down it to reach it.
*Crack*
But I stood extremely still, when I heard the branch make a noise.
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I breathed a sigh of relief when it didn't break.
*Toc, toc, toc*
Until I looked ahead, a woodpecker had stood on the branch and was hitting it with its beak, "this is not good."
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POV. Gwen
I decided to take Cody's advice and went to get a bucket at the boat house, "hmm... there are too many, which one would be the most suitable?", none were big enough to flood the burrow, "that one looks adequate", I saw one at the top of a pile of boxes that was quite large. I took it, but a box fell out, "Huh, what's this? Spray paint?", Why was there spray paint here?
Suddenly inspiration hit me like a brick house, and my smile couldn't be bigger and crueler, time for a little revenge, I have some time after all.
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POV. Bridgette
I was finally able to find my key, it was being taken care of by a cute little bunny, I went over to him to take it.
"GRRRRRRR!".
"AHHHHHHHH!", I don't even remember how I got to the tree I was in, rabbits shouldn't be able to roar!
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POV. Courtney
I was standing on the dock with my bathing suit already on, but I still don't know how I'm supposed to distract the sharks, one of them looked at me hungrily, and I'm sure he had cutlery and a bib.
"This is ridiculous, how am I supposed to take on a couple of sharks? I bet Chris planned it."
Confessional.
Chris
"Hahahahahaha, surprisingly not, it wasn't planned, but I'll enjoy it anyway."
End of the confessional.
"Squawk."
"You!" I put my hand to my neck unconsciously when I saw the demonic seagull that stole my necklace. I didn't bring him with me, I left him in my clothes as a precaution, "if you're here to laugh at me I suggest you leave, I already have too much to do to waste time with you."
"Squawk."
"Agh, I'm talking to a bird, I must be freaking out, I already look like Cody."
Confessional.
Cody
"Achoo! Is it weird that I've started talking to animals like they're people since I came on this show?"
End of the confessional.
"I guess you don't have an idea to get rid of sharks?", I can't believe I'm seriously doing this.
"Bluagh!".
"Ewww! Disgusting," the seagull regurgitated a fish... Wait a minute, that gives me an idea.
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POV. Geoff
"Yuck, where's that key?", swimming in a septic tank wasn't fun at all.
"Geoff? Are you here?" I heard Bridgette's voice from outside.
"I'm here baby, what's wrong? Did you manage to get your key?"
"Yes, I did, somehow... You better not ask me about it," she sighed, "listen, this may not be the right time, but we need to talk."
Confessional.
Geoff
You could see how much he stunk, "it's universal knowledge that when a girl tells you we need to talk, it can't mean anything good," he said worriedly.
End of the confessional.
"Courtney and I talked, and I think as part of the last eleven campers left, it would be best to focus on the competition from now on, which means putting our own thing aside for the time being."
"What!?", that request was enough to make me forget the key and come to the surface. Bridgette held her nose, but didn't walk away, proof of how serious it would be here, "Why?"
"Courtney said this could hinder us during the competition, not to mention that Heather might try to sabotage our relationship," she said scratching her neck awkwardly, I was a little relieved to know that this wasn't entirely her decision, but still...
"But we've barely done enough to say we are together, you don't have to listen to Courtney, do you? That was just advice."
She looked even more embarrassed, "I can't ignore her, she, Sadie and I, we kind of formed an alliance..."
"You formed an alliance... without me?" that's sad.
"It's to defend us from Heather and her tricks, she's made our lives miserable since we've all been living together," she sighed, "this is silly, why can't we all get along?"
"Hey, calm down Bri, this kind of show does things to people's minds, but it's just a game, you don't have to worry so much."
"Do you really believe it?"
"Yes, look, if you want me to keep my distance during the competition, then I will... Hey, but it's going to be hard to stay away all the time, especially if I don't know where you are."
"Hahahahahaha, yes I guess so... In that case, we can't do anything if we run into each other... by accident," she said. We both looked into each other's eyes for a while, moved closer for a kiss. But Bridgette walked away as soon as my smell reached her, "I'm sorry, maybe after you take a bath?"
"Heh, yeah, it sounds fair. Well, I've got to find my key, I'll see you later."
"Yes... I'll see you later," she hurriedly exited the bathroom.
Confessional.
Geoff
"It's going to be hard to stay away from Bridgette, but if she asks me, I'm even willing to kill... Hey, I hope it doesn't get that far."
End of the confessional.
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POV. Cody
Owen and I waited a long time for the bear to appear. Don't underestimate the power of editing, it made this look shorter in the final product when I saw it on the losers' beach.
"Look, there it is," Owen whispered, sure enough, it was the bear carrying his key in a necklace.
"Remember, don't do it ahead of time," he nodded.
We hid further behind some rocks, the bear came to a pile of leaves that acted as a bed. Then he saw our trap, a basket full of marshmallows.
The bear's mouth watered, he stuck his head in to eat the marshmallows.
"Now?"
"No."
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"Now?"
"No."
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"How about now?"
"What-wait," the bear began to shake the basket with his head stuck inside because of the sticky treats, "now."
Owen came out of hiding, the bear sat down and tried to remove the basket, thus exposing the key. Owen reached out trying to grab it, but when he was close to reaching it, the bear would claw occasionally, causing him to push his hand away.
"Let's go."
"Come on", the tension was overflowing, Owen couldn't take it, it was there but it didn't come, "you can do it... just take the key."
Finally, he reached it, "YES!" but the fool shouted to the heavens, and the bear managed to get the basket out.
"Grrrrrrrr", Now he was growling angrily.
"Shit".
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"¡GRRRRRRRRRR!".
"AHHHHHHHH!", Owen and I ran out of the cave. Luckily the bear didn't follow us.
"This is not good for the heart," I said, clutching my heaving chest.
"I get you," he was panting even more than I was, I wonder how the others were doing.
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POV. Courtney
I went back to the dock with a couple of fish, "Squawk."
"They're not for you!" I threw the fish away from the log that had my key, the sharks followed thankfully.
I quickly jumped into the water and swam up to the log, then grabbed the key and went back to the dock, I don't want those sharks to come back.
"Mission accomplished."
"Squawk."
I gave the bird a bad look for a moment... But then I smiled, "I guess you were helpful this time," I said throwing him a sardine.
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POV. Gwen
I took the bucket full of water to the skunk burrow, threw it in, and then hid. The skunk was swept away by a small current.
"Thank you, skunk," I reached in to take out the key... "Huh?" but I didn't find anything, "no, where is it?", I searched and searched, but it was useless, the key was nowhere to be found, "Don't tell me it's the wrong burrow".
" All right, campers. Meet me at the campfire in ten! And bring your keys," Chris announced over the megaphones.
Confessional.
Gwen
She looked very upset, "Argh, shit."
End of the confessional.
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POV. Cody
Owen and I arrived at the campfire where everyone was already gathered... at a considerable distance from the smelly Geoff. Sadie had leaves in her hair and Bridgette scratches on her sweatshirt, but they managed to get their keys this time from what I see, I'll assume they're acting a little different at this point.
"What happened to you?" asked Courtney.
"Bears," was our reply.
" Yarr. It be time to claim your treasure. Who's fortunate enough to bear the precious key, come forth with it", said Chris.
Heather was the first to open her chest, she took out some chips and a candy bar, "Did I risk my life in a ring of fire for this?", Chris just winked at her making her angry.
Little by little, everyone opened their chests, quickly realizing that Heather's was not the only one that contained nothing but garbage.
"Chris, my key won't open any chests", Owen told the host.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that some of the keys don't open up any chests hahahahahahaha".
"Oh please," Owen complained, sorry dude, at least you have the key.
Geoff pulled a jar out of his chest, "What the…?"
"Geoff will be able to cover up that foul stench with a can of New Cleaver Body Spray. Cleaver. It cuts through the stink," Chris said as if he were in an ad.
"I just snorkled in a septic tank for cologne?! Nice!" Geoff said relieved.
I took the gift basket out of the chest that my key opened, inside was the immunity pass, "lucky you," Bridgette told me, who got a blender.
"Well, at least you'll be able to make a lot of kiwi smoothies with that," I returned.
"Hahahaha, yes I guess you're right."
Confessional.
Bridgette
"Wait a second... How did he know I like kiwi smoothies?"
End of the confessional.
It sounds like she wanted to tell me something, but Heather appeared interrupting her, "Hey Cody, I'm not a big fan of chocolate, but I know you really like sweets, so... I thought maybe... You'd want it," she said, offering me the bar without looking at me.
Bridgette and I exchanged glances at this strange behavior, "uh, okay then", she gave me the chocolate and left leaving us confused.
"Uh, do you think she's trying to get back with you?" that would be a decent deduction Bri, if we'd actually dated. But a bribe seems to me to be something of hers certainly.
Confessional.
Heather
"This body doesn't stay like this by consuming sugar, the most logical thing to do was to give it to him since he has a sweet tooth, there's no other reason, so at least he'll know that he still has a better chance with me than with crazy Izzy."
Izzy
"You saw that! Heather gave Cody a chocolate, in the language of love that's practically, "let's forget everything and make me yours here and now"... Or were those the engagement rings? Okay, it's the same thing, the point is that Heather is taking the initiative because I made her jealous. Now I just have to flirt with her so now Cody gets jealous, ha, you're a genius Izzy, you know it, I know it, let the world know it."
End of the confessional.
"It seems like everyone got what they were looking for and more," Chris said as we all held up our awards, "well, everybody... except one," What? But who-?, then we all saw Gwen with her arms crossed angrily.
Silence filled the bonfire for a moment, I was the one who broke it, "Gwen... Where's your key?", What happened? Don't use the water trap? Why don't you have your key? What's going on? Why did this change?
"I took the skunk out with water as you told me, but at the time of looking for my key, there was nothing, I think I was looking in the wrong place", no, you didn't, it was the right burrow, I know it was, but then what-?... shit.
Confessional.
Heather
She's sitting with a wicked grin as she twirled a key on her finger, "I'm sorry Gwen, it's nothing personal, just strategy, besides, Chris never mentioned that we couldn't steal another competitor's key."
Chris
"I Didn't?" he pulled out a piece of paper again, "wow looks like I forgot about that too, well, that's a shame."
End of the confessional.
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POV. Heather
I watched as Owen and Cody left to try to retrieve the mammoth's key, "with water, huh? I'll have to get a bucket," after saying that Gwen left as well, this was too perfect.
I ran off in search of Lindsay, "AHHHHHHH!", who ran past a swarm of bees.
"Hey Lindsay, you forgot your key, oh Heather, what a coincidence, I was looking for you."
"Izzy," just the person I least wanted to see right now, "Why were you looking for me?"
"I heard you and Cody were dating, but you broke up recently," I narrowed my eyes suspiciously.
"yes, what about that?"
She came up to me with a mischievous smile, "Tell me, did you ever have sex?"
My face burst into flames, at the bold, sudden question, "WHAT!? Of course not, why the hell are you asking that!?", what the hell is she thinking she's crazy about.
"Hahahahahahaha, I was just curious, can you imagine how hot it must be to do it in a place where you don't know if a camera is watching you?"
Well, now I certainly imagined it, and I'm bothered by the fact that that actually does sound like something very hot, I shook my head and focused on the goal. I didn't want to be near Izzy, but now that I was I could move forward with one of my plans.
"Tell me, Izzy, how would you like to form an alliance with me and Lindsay? We can make it to all three finalists together," I didn't expect her to stick directly to my face scaring me.
"Really!? Hahahaha! I came looking for you with the same idea, isn't this splendid? It must be fate or something," she said as she lifted me up in a hug and swirled me around.
"Yes, yes, wonderful... now put me down," she did, "okay, I've got your first assignment, make sure Bridgette and Sadie get their keys."
"Aw, that's so nice of you, I don't know why the others call you a selfish, flabby bitch."
"Grrrr, solo ve", le gruñí.
"Of course."
*Paf*
He ran away after spanking me, really? "Now to take care of Gwen," I said with a sly smile.
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POV. Skunk
I was watching my home, those silly humans left something lying inside, does this look like a garbage dump? Well, anyway, I was guarding the entrance in case someone tried to throw more garbage inside.
When something came down from the sky, it was red and shaped like a horseshoe. It seemed to be tied to a rope. I was so shocked that I just looked at it as it walked into my home and the key that the humans left here stuck to it with some kind of black magic.
Then the rope took the horseshoe along with the key, I have no idea what happened, but they got that out of here, so I'm not going to complain.
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POV. Heather
I lifted the rope with a magnet attached to the skunk burrow totally satisfied, the key was there attached to the magnet, I don't know why this didn't occur to the others, but certainly, it worked for me, "now we just have to hope that this works".
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POV. Cody
I looked at Heather surreptitiously, she was smiling, damn, I let my guard down, I knew she would cause trouble after the merge, but I still didn't see it coming.
"Well, I'm sorry Gwen, but it looks like this is the end of the road for you," Chris told her.
"What? You never said that anyone who didn't get a key would be kicked out," Leshawna said.
"Well, that would have been the case if two or more didn't get their key, or all of you got it. But since only one person failed the challenge of getting a key, I think it's only fitting that that person should be expelled," Chris said, the worst part being that he wasn't going to change his mind, not when this removal was going to cause so much controversy.
"That's not fair," Lindsay said, defending her friend.
"My game, my rules," Chris said.
"This has nothing to do with the portrait she painted of you, does it?" asked Courtney, her eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"What? Noooooo~, not at all."
Confessional.
Chris
"Yes."
End of the confessional.
"Wait, what about the immunity pass?" I asked.
"Oh yes, that... well it's useless now," he tossed me a bag of marshmallows, "Done, now it's a voucher for a bag of marshmallows," this is a very bittersweet prize.
"Okay guys, thank you for trying to help me, I really appreciate it, but a part of me is also grateful to finally get me out of this dump," Gwen said while smiling, "oh yeah, I hope you can get a good night's sleep Chris," she told the host as her smile turned cruel.
"Wait a minute, sleep, oh no, oh no, you wouldn't dare," Chris ran off somewhere.
"What did you do?" Bridgette asked Gwen.
"Let's just say it's a little parting gift."
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POV. Third person
Everyone knew that Chris slept in a super luxurious trailer, much better than any of the cabins the campers slept in.
But now that trailer had a bunch of gothic graffiti painted inside and out, courtesy of Gwen.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Chris as he fell to his knees and pounded his fists on the ground, "it's... so... goth," he said between sobs.
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POV. Cody
We were all standing on the Dock Of Shame to say goodbye as Gwen walked to the losers' boat.
"Take care girl and say hello to Trent if you see him around," Leshawna said goodbye to her.
"That's what I'll do," she approached me and Lindsay now, "I never thought I'd say this to people like you, but I'm so glad I met you," she hugged us both, and we gave it back.
"Believe me...", I squeezed my grip, "I feel the same way", she was my first love in a different time, and now I was saying goodbye to her for the third time in two lifetimes.
"I'm so glad you let me fix your hair all those times," Lindsay told him with tears in her eyes.
"And me to take care of me when I was sick," she blurted out and walked over to Owen.
"I..." she said between sobs.
"Oh, just do it big boy," she said, holding out her arms.
Owen didn't hesitate to hug her tightly, "waaaaa, I'm going to miss you," he cried.
"Yes... surprisingly me too," he let go of her and she walked over to Bridgette to give her a more normal hug.
"Don't forget to write," Bri told her.
"I won't, kick Heather's ass for me, will you?"
"Haha, I'll try."
With the farewells over, Gwen boarded the boat, which departed, disappearing into the distance while we all watched. One more friend who was leaving this island.
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POV. Third person
Heather was taking a shower, Gwen's farewell was an hour ago, but she wasn't part of it.
She suddenly felt a pair of hands grab her breasts, "Ah!"
"Hi Heather," Izzy had gotten into the shower with her without her noticing, "now that we're allies let me help you get clean," she said as she rubbed her breasts with her hands.
"Hey! That's not necessary, let me go, crazy chick."
"Hahahahahaha".
"Hey, move your hand away from there, don't ah~," Heather let out a small moan when Izzy ran one of her hands over a certain sensitive area.
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Meanwhile, outside the bathrooms, Cody listened to the entire exchange, with his eyes wide open and a small nosebleed. The fact that he had actually already seen both girls partially naked at some point, only made the mental image that formed in his head much sharper.
Izzy had told him that she knew a way to cheer him up, now that Gwen was gone and everyone was sad, and told him to go behind the bathroom, but the geek didn't imagine this was what she meant.
From now on, she will never feel anything but appreciation for her crazy friend with carrot colored hair.
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Chris is standing next to his trailer still sobbing, "And now, there are only ten left, what Machiavellian plans will Heather come up with to avoid the guillotine? Who will be the next to be expelled? And who has the best chance of conquering our resident geek? Find out next time, here at TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!" then he continued to sob.