Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon
POV. Third person
Chris is standing on the Pier of Shame, " Last time on Total Drama Island. The campers got sent out on safari," Izzy hangs upside down from a tree while the others are in a cage, " they made like they were zookeepers. But more than one realized how monumentally complicated the job was hahahaha. Heather swallowed her pride and asked her former ally/love interest for help in hunting her animal. But the weight of her past sins eventually crushed her," Heather shoots the bear, only to reveal that it was Izzy, "thus marking her end in the competition. But not without giving the audience what we've all been waiting for since the beginning of the show, a heated kiss with our resident geek," she grabs Cody by his shirt and kisses him before pushing him into the lake, "a chick in each hand, you're crazy buddy lol, but as long as you keep raising the ratings, as far as I'm concerned you could set this island on fire, who will cooperate better to win today? Who will cause their own downfall? Find out here, on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!"
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POV. Cody
I was sitting on the floor leaning against my bed, Izzy was sleeping in it, at some point in the night she had snuck into it, but all she did was hug me and talk in her sleep.
"Hmm~ cheese~" Owen said in a dream.
I laughed; I wonder what he was dreaming of. I haven't felt this calm in weeks, since Lindsay's expulsion to be exact, but now that Heather paid for her crimes and we were back to square one, I feel like I could relax a bit, Courtney on the other hand was more alive than ever.
At this moment I was reading a tally of all those who had been expelled, apart from Courtney I doubt very much that anyone fully remembers the order of elimination without having analyzed it even once.
Re-reading the names I realized how changed things were, and yet the constant of this season is still rampant chaos, so much had happened that I have a little hard to believe that I had made it this far, I am really far from being the same person I was in the past.
I looked at the boys and girls I shared a cabin with, what would their future versions think if they knew I was here trying to figure things out? I guess it's something I can add to the long list of things I'll probably never know.
Izzy moved around looking for something, but when she couldn't find it she decided to get up with a yawn.
"Good morning my red-haired beaver," I said from my place on the floor, she looked at me sleepily, then frowned, "Izzy?"
She got out of bed, walked over to me, then lay down on the floor and put her head in my lap, "mine," she said as she closed her eyes again.
I was silent just watching her sleep, "Izzy... You shouldn't sleep on the floor, you might catch a cold."
"...", I stung her cheek, but there was no response, she was back in La La Land.
I hadn't thought about it, but this girl had me in her clutches from the day she jumped on my back before that crazy trip to Boney Island. She said it took her a while to realize she liked me, but I didn't even think about it until she told me how she felt in that clearing.
I stroked her head, wondering if things between us will last considering all that is coming.
The day she becomes Brainzilla will probably also be the day she breaks up with me, if we get that far of course... And it's also the day when I'll finally get some answers, I guess it's true what they say, you can't ask for something if you're not willing to give something in return.
Knowing that, I probably shouldn't have fallen in love with her... But you don't just tell your heart what you want.
*Helicopter noises*
My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a helicopter outside.
"KEEP IT DOWN OUT THERE!" yelled LeShawna from the girls' cabin, I couldn't help but laugh at it, it's been a while since Chris woke us up so early, I guess she thought he wouldn't do it anymore.
Everyone here got up thanks to LeShawna's screams, Owen got out of bed and went straight to the window bypassing Izzy and me.
"Is the doughnut-copter" He said excitedly, seriously, what was he dreaming about?
After finally waking Izzy up, we went outside to see what the crazy host wanted now.
"Welcome back to Total Drama Island. Over the past six weeks, we've watched sixteen campers push themselves to the limit, and then get their butts kicked off the island by their fellow campers," he had to put it that way, right?, "Ezekiel, Eva, Justin, Dj, Katie, Tyler, Izzy, Beth, Trent, Noah, Duncan, Harold, Eva, again, Gwen, Bridgette, Lindsay, Sadie and Heather. Only six campers remain, and after six weeks of bugs, crappy camp food, and even grosser bathrooms, our six finalists are about this close to losing it," I think we've long since passed the line of insanity, "we strove to come up with the best way to help the campers destress… then decided it would be way more fun to handcuff them together and see if we couldn't push them over the edge."
"Hahahahaha, I know a very effective way to de-stress, with- beeeeeeeeeeeeeep", Izzy said, this will surely be censored in the edit. But for those of us who did hear it and saw the back-and-forth movements she made with her hand, this would certainly be a hard thing to get out of our heads, really? Why does everyone keep labeling me as the pervert of the camp? There is no one here who is a saint.
They were all staring at Izzy with wide-eyed eyes and puzzled expressions.
Confessional.
LeShawna
"Chris better not handcuff me to her, or else I'll choke him with his handcuffs."
Courtney
She had a small trickle of blood on his nose, "Has she ever done it? Is she aware that there are cameras all over the camp?"
End of confessional.
"Ahem," Chris tried to move on ignoring what Izzy said, "alright, today's challenge is The Tri-Armed Triathlon."
"Tri-armed? Like, three arms?" asked Owen.
"Yes! Three challenges, three teams of two, three arms per team."
We all looked at the campers who were around us, wondering who we might be paired with. I know for sure that Izzy won't be my partner, as the point of this is to generate as much drama as possible, last time Chris relied on enmity to choose partners, but I don't know if there's anyone here who really hates each other.
"Winning team members both get invincibility from tonight's vote," the host said.
Confessional.
Cody
"I can't believe it's been six weeks now, I couldn't say if time flew by or very slow, anyway I don't think I get along badly with any of the ones left, so I'll be fine with whoever my partner is."
Geoff
"Camp is great and that's and... I'm really excited to be here, yes, I miss my friends back home, but most of all... to my dear Bridgette, hello baby, if you're watching this right now, this is for you, muuuuuaaak~" he finished kissing the camera.
Courtney
"I made it this far, there's nothing Chris can bother me with to make me quit, I don't care who my partner is, I'm going to win this challenge."
LeShawna
"Yo! This is a shoutout to all my sisters back home. What's up, y'all? Girl, you would not believe the crazies they got up in here. But I came to win, and I'm hanging on, baby, only five more campers to go."
Owen
"Yeah, baby! hahehehaha! Final six! Place at the table! ¡Woohoo!".
Izzy
"You're not going to believe the crazy dream I had last night, Owen was there, but he was purple, so was Noah, but his head was an actual egg, Kevin was really a human disguised as a seagull, and of course Cody, but he was kind of like a time traveler, spouting nonsensical ravings while riding a velociraptor and having a waffle maker as a pet hahahahaha, What a crazy dream, isn't it? Anyway, I already knew it would come down to these six since I saw them at the beginning of the show, it was too obvious, I'm so smart that sometimes It's scary."
End of confessional.
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We had moved to the dining room, now we all had our partners, on the one hand, there was Courtney and Owen, weird couple, but quite balanced, then there was LeShawna and I, we've been friends since we were Gophers so we didn't have any problems, and finally there was Izzy and Geoff, oh dude, she's going to eat him alive, literally.
"First of our three challenges, competitive chow-down," Chris said.
"Come on, this is like a dream I had once," Owen said.
"The doughnut-copter dream?" I asked humorously.
"You've had it too?" he asked excitedly, Courtney just rolled her eyes.
Confessional.
Courtney
"Now that Heather is gone, I've been able to sleep and breathe comfortably the last few days, with the exception of Cody, none of those left should be that hard to beat."
End of confessional.
"Each team will choose a feeder and an eater, eaters must put their hands behind them, making it more difficult for the feeders, one last thing, this is the wimp key", He showed us a key in the shape of a skull, "a skeleton key that will open any handcuffs, you'll be offered the wimp key at each challenge to unshackle yourselves from your teammate, but… if you choose to accept it… you'll both be eliminated".
"You can keep it, I'm not a wimp," Courtney replied, without Heather here, she's more focused on the competition than ever, she's going to be someone hard to beat.
"Chef's getting platters for each team. Title goes to the team who finishes their platter of delicacies fastest."
"Great, I'll be the eater," said Owen.
"Wait Owen, we don't know what they're going to bring us, maybe it's better for someone with a stronger stomach to eat," Courtney told him.
"But I can eat anything."
"You couldn't handle the bull testicles."
The three boys shuddered at the reminder.
"Well, we still won the challenge," Owen replied.
Confessional.
Owen
"I don't have anything against Courtney, but she's too serious all the time, I feel like anything I do could make her angry," he was now cowering in fear, "and we all saw what she's capable of when she's angry, that killer was bigger than me, and she had no problem taking him down."
*Knock, knock, knock*
"Owen, you've been there ten minutes, get out at once," Courtney ordered from outside, still chained to him.
"Y-yes maam!".
"And don't stutter, it will become a bad habit."
"I'm sorry! Help me."
"Did you just whisper 'help me'?"
"NO!"
End of confessional.
"I'd better be the eater, I may not be Owen or Courtney, but I've got my own thing, brother," Leshawna told me.
"I don't have a problem with that," I replied, she was the one who took on Owen in the tiebreaker of the original brunch, so at the very least she can withstand whatever Chef serves us.
Confessional.
LeShawna
"Cody and I have worked together in the past, and we're good friends too, this challenge is in the bag, baby."
End of confessional.
"So... How do you want to do this?" Geoff asked Izzy, trying to be nice.
"I'm not going to let another guy feed me in the mouth, you'll be the eater," she told him.
"Cool."
Confessional.
Geoff
"Izzy, I don't have a problem with her, it's just that... she can be scary when she gets intense, totally different from my dear Bridgette, I admire Cody a little bit for having the courage to stay by her side."
End of confessional.
The chef brought us the dishes, except for the green chicken, it didn't look too bad, I'm surprised Chris didn't try to make it grosser, but I guess it's because the focus was on us today.
All the teams started eating.
"I keep saying I should be the eater."
"No, I'm sure I'm faster."
... Two of the three teams started eating.
I was giving LeShawna spoonfuls of food as fast as I could, I have to give her credit, the Big Sister could give Owen and Courtney a run for their money.
"Come on buddy, pick up the pace, I can take it," she told me confidently.
"Owen, I told you, I'm the best choice."
"But I'm hungry!"
"You're always hungry!"
"Mmm, Ichy pleache stop, mmm", Geoff tried to speak, but Izzy kept putting food in his mouth.
"Hahahahaha, come on Geoff, don't chew, just swallow, it's faster."
Confessional.
Izzy
"That's how I fed my 3-year-old cousin when he refused to eat his carrot puree... My aunt didn't bring him back to the house after that for some reason."
End of confessional.
By now it was a race between us and Geoff and Izzy's team, we were all splashing food everywhere.
Chris covered himself from the splash spots, "wow, these campers are like animals... amazing."
"Idy...".
"All that's missing is the chicken, open big," Izzy said sadistically, then shoved the whole chicken into Geoff's mouth.
"Hmm," which seemed to be choking.
"And we've got a winning team," Chris announced, "Geoff and Izzy," these two high-fived while Geoff was still chewing.
"Come on, Courtney, let me do it."
"Alright! You will eat!" she said, clutching the bridge of her nose.
"Hooray!"
"Okay, we can get started now."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Courtney... The challenge is over... Geoff and Izzy won," Chris told her, were they really arguing all this time? Wow.
She and Owen now had their eyes wide open, "What!?" she cried incredulously.
Confessional.
Courtney
"Is this a joke!?"
End of confessional.
"Can I at least eat the food?" asked Owen.
"Sure, dude", Chris told him.
"Woah," He pulled Courtney, the next thing we saw was a spectacle of horror and fascination.
"Hmm~, delicious," Owen had his face full of leftovers and there was no sign of the food, it didn't even take him two minutes. He looked at Courtney, "oops."
She was also smeared with leftovers, but she looked very angry.
"Ok, let's move on to the next challenge before Courtney has time to kill Owen," Chris said a little alarmed.
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Now we were on the dock ready for the second challenge, "last chance for the tempting wimp key before part two," Chris tempted us.
"I'm fine, what about you?" asked LeShawna.
"No problem with me," I said.
Owen was about to raise his hand, but Courtney tugged at his ear, "don't even think about it," he lowered it in fear.
"What's the challenge, Chris?" asked Geoff.
" On the beach, you will find three canoes, one for each team, your challenge is to paddle your canoe, while wearing handcuffs, hahahahaha, all the way to Boney Island."
"What!?" said Izzy surprised for some reason.
"Once there, you will open a package that is waiting for you," after saying that we all went for the canoes.
...
Leshawna and I were the first to get to the canoes, "you can go in front if you want," I said.
"Sweet."
"No! I flatly refuse! You can't force me!"
"Come on, work with me, dude."
We both watched Geoff drag Izzy across the sand like a cat refusing to take a bath.
"What's wrong with her?" asked LeShawna.
"Well..."
"Canoes and Boney island are a Cody and Izzy thing! That was pretty much our first date! I refuse to share one with another man!"
Geoff sighed, "yeah, that."
I looked at the plight of the partier, Courtney and Owen also arrived and took a canoe, but I wasn't worried, "LeShawna you mind if-".
"Go talk to your girl," she told me.
"Thanks, but I'm afraid talking won't work," if there's one thing I've learned from Izzy in all my time in this competition...
I walked up to her, took her cheeks, and kissed her on the lips, in an instant she was stiff as a board.
For Izzy, an action is worth a thousand words.
"Oh wow," I heard Geoff say in surprise, also an impressed whistle from LeShawna.
I pulled away, but I was still holding her cheeks, she was looking at me puzzled, "Okay, now unless you kiss Geoff, this will still be our thing, right?"
She looked at me for a while... then she kissed me back, then blurted out, "Come on Geoff, there's a race to win!" and bolted out, dragging the partygoer across the sand.
"Thank you brooooo!" I heard him shout.
I couldn't help but laugh at how quickly she changed her attitude.
*Hit*
"Ouch!", LeShawna gave me a blow on the back that almost knocked me down, "very impressive dude, I thought there was nothing in the world that could tame her, but once again you surprised me".
"Thank you?"
"Now let's leave or we'll be left behind."
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POV. Third person
"Row~, row~, row~, your boat gently down the stream~, come on Courtney sing with me," Owen asked his canoe partner.
"I already told you no, do you even know the rest of the song?" she asked in a bad mood.
"Does this song have more to it than that!?" He asked her in surprise, she slapped her forehead and decided to just paddle in silence.
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"So, when did your thing with Cody start?" asked Geoff curiously to Izzy.
"Well, I confessed during the killer's challenge," she smiled blushing a little now, "but I think I liked him since the Boney Island challenge, I just didn't realize it at the time."
"Wow, what do you like most about him?"
"Hahahahahahaha, I don't know."
"What?"
"The more I get to know him, the more I realize how amazing he is, how little I really know him, for Izzy Cody it's a box of surprises, the deeper you go the more you are surprised, and I love surprises," she told the partygoer.
But something came to mind, "and... What will happen... when he's out of surprises?" Geoff liked Cody, he was a good friend, so he wouldn't want to see him hurt.
But the huge smile Izzy gave him told him he had nothing to worry about, "then I'll know that I love him so much that I've learned everything about him."
Geoff was surprised, "cool~... That's pure poetry my friend, high five," she did.
"Hahahahaha, thanks Geoff, you're not such a bad partner after all."
"Thank you."
"But don't think I'm going to kiss you, this is still Izzy and Cody's," she said, her eyes narrowing.
"Sure, yes, I understand," he said a little nervously.
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POV. Cody
"Squawk."
"Hi Kevin, I thought I wouldn't see you today," I said to the seagull who sat in our canoe.
"Dude, I don't like that bird, I don't know if its eyes follow me with their gaze or not."
"Me neither," I thought his dead-eyed look was due to the plastic ring on his neck, but it turns out that no, he's just that expressionless, "but you have to admit that it gives him personality," I said as a joke. But she just stared at me, "What?"
"You're smiling more again," she told me with a smile of her own, "I was afraid you wouldn't fully recover after what... happened to Lindsay," she told me carefully.
"Yes, that made me quite depressed," I smiled again, "I probably would have stayed that way, if it wasn't for Izzy, she couldn't leave things as they were and I'm very grateful to her for that."
"And how are you doing now that Heather's gone?"
"Well, I don't know what to tell you, we still have things to solve, but... at least there's no tension between us anymore, but I thought you didn't get along? Why are you asking me about her?"
"... We had a little argument in the bathroom during the killer challenge, I let go of everything I had stored for a while... I also realized on that same occasion that she is actually capable of feeling guilt, I just wanted to know if someone like her is really capable of change, that's all."
Wow, I never knew about this, I think a lot of things happened in that challenge that I missed, "well, if that's all you want to know... Yes, I think she is capable of changing, I have no doubt about that," I replied.
"I see," was her only reply.
Fog began to appear around us, "we are close".
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LeShawna, Kevin and I made it to shore, Courtney and Owen's canoe was already here, sitting on the sand was a backpack. We opened it to see what it contained.
I honestly wasn't surprised, "What's this thing?" asked LeShawna holding up the cursed idol, which was already missing its top.
Chris arrived by helicopter, "Back in episode 8, Cody found that cursed tiki doll near the beach".
"I remember it," Izzy said, she and Geoff had also arrived, "I asked Cody to give it to me, but he refused and threw it into the jungle, I had even offered him to see my boobs," she said pouting.
Geoff and LeShawna didn't say anything, I think at this point they expected anything and decided to just ignore it.
"Well, I sent some inmates to get it and that backpack is all that's left of them," we all looked at the backpack in horror, LeShawna dropped it, "your challenge is to take the pieces and return them to the cave of treacherous terror, so they will remove any curse I accidentally lifted when picking up that thing."
"Pray I don't catch you when you get out of that helicopter!" LeShawna yelled at the host.
"And you'll wanna do a double quick, 'cause the longer you have the doll, the worse your luck. Oh yeah, one of you has to piggyback the other," that only made her even angrier.
I split the piece in two and threw one at Geoff, "thanks buddy, then mate, how do you want to- Wow!", Izzy carried it on her back as if it were a sack of potatoes.
"Bye LeShawna, bye bye love, we'll see you both at camp!"
"Dude, that girl has powerful legs," LeShawna said in bewilderment, then leaned over offering me her back, "get on, we'll be left behind again."
I wouldn't worry about that.
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POV. Courtney
Owen was carrying me into the cave while I navigated with the map.
Confessional.
Courtney
"It looks like this team is finally starting to work."
End of confessional.
"Look, I see it," I said, it was the cave indicated on the map, "this challenge is ours."
"Hahahahaha yes we did Woo-".
Owen stopped at the entrance of the cave very frightened, "Owen, what's wrong?"
"S-spi-spider," there was a small spider above the entrance.
"It's just a little spider, just walk," but then the spider came down and landed on his face, "oh no."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!".
"OWEN CALM DOWN! AHHHHHHHH!" he was now running away from the cave.
Confessional.
Courtney
She was sitting idly by and an angry expression, "yeah, what I said a moment ago, forget it."
End of confessional.
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POV. Geoff
We got to the cave, and saw Owen run away with Courtney, "yes, it looks like we can win this challenge too."
Confessional.
Geoff
"Cody once told Owen and I about something called tempting fate, which is saying the wrong phrase at the right time," he scratched the back of his head, "I wish I'd heard him."
End of confessional.
"Oh, oh," Izzy stopped before entering the cave, the reason? There were three monstrous beavers standing in front of us, "hehehe, cute beavers," she started to back away.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" then we ran out screaming as they chased us.
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POV. Cody
LeShawna, Kevin and I watched from the bushes as the beavers chased Geoff and Izzy, "they'll be fine, they're both tough," LeShawna said.
"Yes, but now we know that it's not safe at all to approach the cave."
"What do we do then?", I started to think, getting closer is not an option, I could try to launch it, but I don't know if I would get inside
"Squawk."
I looked at the seagull that was with us, well, at this point I've done crazier things.
"Hey Kevin, could you take this inside the cave over there?"
"Do you have a few screws loose? He's a bird, there's no way he's going to understand what you're saying."
"You'd be surprised."
...
POV. Kevin
"Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa", What are these hairless apes saying? I don't understand their primitive language.
"Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa", And why do they have in their possession a portion of the offering to the chaos deity, Lord Skull? Whose spirit sleeps in this sacred precinct.
I even tried to warn them to leave on their driftwood... But the fat lady just looked at me with a hungry desire to feed herself, she reminds me of the ape with dark skin and stunning curves who I thought was carrying a relic of worship of the god of this island, from the way she sought to recover it there is no doubt that her power had already taken over her mind.
"Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa, pa", This must be the work of the Dark One, the one I fought with the other night, and guides the unwary into this forbidden land.
At this rate Lord Skull will take hold of their souls, there is no other choice, I will have to put aside my façade as a watchman and save them.
...
POV. Cody
*Peck*
Kevin pecked me on the finger.
"Squawk," then he took the piece in his mouth.
"Hey! Give that back you sea rat!" Kevin started flying, right in the direction of...
"LeShawna, wait! Look," we both watched as Kevin flew into the cave.
"..."
"Squawk," and a moment later he came out, with nothing in his mouth.
"I can't believe it," LeShawna said dumbfounded.
Confessional.
LeShawna
"Did that really happened?".
End of confessional.
"Squawk," Kevin circled in the sky above us, I gave him a thumbs up in thanks.
...
POV. Kevin
"Go back, brave hermit, the lands of Wawanakwa are safer for you."
...
POV. Cody
We watched as Kevin left the island back to Wawanakwa, I guess he had enough of this terrifying place.
"Dude, I'll never doubt you again in my life," Leshawna told me.
I scratched the back of my head, "Thank you?"
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After another long, but quieter canoe trip, we were back on the island. Now we were in a clearing that had a totem pole, at the top of which Kevin was sitting, there were three covered tables in front of us.
"And that's a point for the unpredictable team of Cody and LeShawna," Chris said, we high-fived.
"Look, I know we haven't done well in the last two games," Owen tried to explain to a furious Courtney, "but we still have a chance to tie things up... so, are we okay?"
"..."
"Ouch!" she kicked him in the leg, "yes, I deserved it."
"Hahahahahaha, So, an awesome day, huh? Moldy food fights."
"Moldy!?"
"Carnivorous Beavers".
"Izzy was going to eat them with butter!"
"But, it's time for someone to win this thing. Point each for everyone but Courtney and Owen, who could still pull a stopper. Today's final challenge…", Chris removed the tarp from the table of the aforementioned ones, revealing a pile of heads of all those who had been expelled, carved out of wood.
"¡AHHH!", Owen was frightened when he saw them.
"Calm down, they're just made of wood," Courtney reassured him, but when he saw Eva's two heads he shuddered.
"The totem pole of shame and humiliation, your task? Assemble the heads in the order in which your comrades were voted out. Unless you want the wimp key… time for heads to roll", Then a whistle blew to start the challenge.
"Okay first things first," I said, taking Ezekiel's head and spinning it like a basketball, "the base, Zeke."
...
"Owen you're doing it wrong, that's Sadie, the next one is Katie."
Owen looked between the two heads, "And how do you want me to tell them apart? They're exactly the same," now Courtney's eye was shaking, you better shut up Owen we don't have the resources to stop an enraged amazon Courtney.
Confessional.
Courtney
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!", she screamed in frustration to the sky, "How did that fool manage to get this far!?"
End of confessional.
I looked at Noah's head, "even in wood form he has an egg's head," LeShawna commented humorously.
"I laughed, "yeah, I won't argue with you on that."
"Hey Geoff look at this", Izzy was juggling four heads which was awesome, I never went over three objects when I was her age, shit that made me sound old.
"Izzy concentrate, we've got a... totem to make...", he raised a specific head, "Bridgette...", Geoff's eyes moistened, oh no.
Confessional.
Geoff
He was hugging Bridgette's wooden head, "Bridgette! WAAAAAA!", He cryed.
End of confessional.
"Owen! I'm telling you that Izzy is on!"
"But she's still here, shouldn't she be last?"
"That's not how it works! Why can't you be more focused? Just like me," she raised a head, "... Duncan."
...
"This is the next one," I passed LeShawna Lindsay's head.
"Dude, do you know the elimination order by heart?"
"Yes," she put her hand on my shoulder.
"That's very noble of you," I smiled at her.
"I'm done!" shouted Izzy, she had made a pyramid, not a totem pole and didn't even have an order.
"Girl, you're supposed to stack the heads," LeShawna told her as she still passed them around.
"Well, it would be easier if someone could help me," he said, looking at Geoff, who was crying with Bridgette's head in his arms.
"Dude, you're a man, act like one," Leshawna told him.
"Courtney give it to me".
"No!", we all turned to look at the other team, Courtney hugged Duncan's head refusing to give it to Owen, "just let me have it a little longer, continue with the others".
"But that's the next one."
Confessional.
Courtney
"I'll admit I acted a little out of character at the time, but you have to understand me, I haven't seen Duncan since he left, and now I see him again, carved out of wood as the gift he gave me no less."
LeShawna
"Wow, the ones left here do carry heavy stuff."
End of confessional.
"This is the last one," I said as I looked at Heather's head in my hands.
"Please don't tell me that now you're going to get sentime-"
"LeShawna".
"..."
I looked at her, "Do you let me be the one to put it on?" I asked calmly.
She looked at me for a moment, but then smiled, "go ahead."
I stood at the height of the totem pole and placed Heather's head on top, you always considered yourself a queen, I guess this is the most suitable place for your head.
Kevin sat on top of our totem pole, LeShawna and I couldn't help but laugh at it.
"And we have a winner!" said Chris, "Cody and LeShawna win immunity, which means any of the other four will leave the island tonight."
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"Hahahaha, come on Cody, kick faster."
"This is humiliating on so many levels."
After the challenge, there were still quite a few hours of daylight left in the day. Izzy asked me to spend the rest of the afternoon with her playing on the dock, after hauling Geoff around she wanted to spend some quality time with me.
The problem was that now she was holding my hands and making me kick like a little kid learning to swim. The reason? She thought it was funny.
Of course I could refuse, but... Being chest high and so close to her, I had an excellent view of the cleavage in her bikini.
Which in my opinion was worth this passing humiliation, to think that I have already seen and touched them.
"Hahahahaha," however, I stopped being a pervert for a second as I looked at her happy face. I smiled and stood up to her, "What's wrong?"
"You look so cute in a ponytail," I said, when she discovered that the tail worked even in the water she didn't wear her hat as often when she swam anymore, "I didn't tell you before, I'm sorry."
She froze completely red at the unexpected flattery.
*Splash*
Then she dived into the water, "Izzy? Woah!"
*Splash*
She pulled me underwater, I could feel her lips on mine, this was definitely something new, I slowly opened my eyes to look at her underwater, she swam away, she was laughing, but she almost drowned so we surfaced.
"AH!" we both took a deep breath as we went outside.
"Hahahahahahaha, thanks for the compliment," she said with a bright-toothed grin.
I smiled at her too, "You're welcome."
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Geoff and Courtney were standing near the cabins.
"So, who should we vote for?" the partier asked Courtney.
"... Izzy."
"What?" said Geoff in surprise.
Courtney sighed, "she and Cody are too big of a threat being together, you've seen them, Cody alone would be hard to beat, the best option would be to separate them," she said.
But Geoff immediately refused, "I won't."
"Geoff..."
"Courtney... today when I saw Bridgette's head, I remembered how painful it was to say goodbye to her."
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"And I know you felt the same way, when you saw Duncan."
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"I won't do that to someone else, least of all to a friend as good as Cody is, not after what he's already been through... and you shouldn't either, this is something Heather would do and I know the last thing you want is to become like her, right?"
Courtney massaged her temples and sighed, "you're right, forget what I said", she hadn't forgotten everything Cody had done for her, for a moment she felt like rubbish just thinking about betraying him, "well, I can think of someone else".
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We were all at the campfire for the ceremony, I was holding Izzy's hand, I don't think anyone intends to remove it, but I also didn't want it to take me by surprise.
" You've all cast your votes and made your decision, the camper who does not receive a marshmallow tonight must immediately return to the Dock of Shame to catch the Boat of Losers. That means you're out of the contest and you can't come back. Ever," the host said, "Cody, LeShawna, you won the challenge, and therefore, you get the first two marshmallows," he tossed us our marshmallows, "the next person to get a marshmallow is...
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"Yes!", he looked at Owen regretfully, "I'm sorry brother", yes, I voted for Owen, letting him stay in the competition was dangerous, since he is very unpredictable, now his family wouldn't end up in debt with that cheese cellar and this way Chris won't be able to use him as a spy during Action, even so.
"I'm going to miss you buddy, this place won't be the same without you," I said to one of my best friends, in this life and the last, you were the one who gave me a purpose when I came here. I promise you, we'll see them all sitting at those tables someday, together.
"I'm going to miss you Big O, Group hug!" said Izzy, we all went to give a hug to one of the happiest people at this camp.
"Hehahahahahaha, thank you guys, I'm glad I made it this far and met such amazing people, this was definitely the best summer ever, Woo hoo!", it's good to see that nothing can take his spirit away.
After that, we all saw him walk down the dock of shame and get on the boat, we only left when it was no longer visible.
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Chris is standing on the dock, "and so, we finally have our five finalists, who will go the furthest? The pair of lunatic lovebirds? Geoff and Courtney's friendship? Or LeShawna? Seriously, how did she get this far? Find out in next week's special edition, here, on TOTAL... DRAMA... ISLAND!".