Author's Note:
Well, I'm happy to tell this new chapter is going to show how I plan to write the chapters from now on. I hope you guys get ready and enjoy this amazing chapter. Have fun guys.
kazikamikaze24 Ezekiel is still very sick he still need 2 more weeks to recover, and that time he doesn't have.
MatiasND the timeline already changed, but enjoying the newest future and with the present with potential ideas and outcomes, you don't know how you expect XD.
Giltlawyer9000 Cyrus? I don't quite get, anyway, I hope you like this chapter XD.
Wolfang21 I don't think what Dawn knows can be taught by anyone, I think it's more like a family tradition and just for people who is part of her family can do that. It's a blessing but also a curse.
Now, prepare yourselves for the newest chapter, and have a nice reading XD
"Wait, so let me see if I got this straight... You escaped RCMP and you went across the abandoned shores of Lake Huron, which inside has a cargo of maple syrup and cheap plastic souvenir beavers made in China." Ezekiel commented as he listened carefully to the explanation made by the ginger girl who was drinking coffee and eating some cookies...
"Yep," Izzy smiled as she could see the confused glance and decided to tell the continuation of the story. "And then the idea struck in my mind, and then presto. I created a product combining the two, and I named Izzy Happy Sap, and now I'm selling online which created a huge demand..."
"Probably because of your popularity around the show," Ezekiel said as he was surprised to never have seen an episode like that or someone explaining what happened to that event... "And what are you going to do after you sell everything from the cargo? Did you just know the recipe for maple syrup, try to reach a factory in China to replicate the beaver model?"
"Yep, yep. Had to create a contract of liability to make sure they wouldn't tell the recipe to anybody, while it was difficult to find a good factory in which plastic was cheap but also safe for drinking my Sap." Izzy was happy, seeing the time traveler boy who understood all her plans actually was surprised and listened to the business strategy made by herself. "I have plans to make my first billion dollars until the end of the season."
"Well, that's good... did you pay a lawyer to help you to pay the fine from RCMP?"Ezekiel was surprised to know about how the ginger's life was going so well, so he had no idea why she had so many problems in the cannon universe...
That was until he saw the face of the ginger who froze and giggled sheepishly...
"Eh he he he..." Izzy gave a nervous smile which made Ezekiel stare at her in disbelief.
"Wait, did you just forget to do it?" Ezekiel asked in disbelief, but seeing her nervous giggle and sweat made him sigh in disbelief. "Well, at least tell me you paid your taxes after you got a very stable income," and once again came the silence which Izzy was now blushing... "Please at least tell me you were planning to pay your taxes."
"Ehehe..." Izzy is as smart as she can be, even with the high IQ that she showed around plans over plans... "I forgot?"
Ezekiel facepalmed. Knowing that officially even the smartest of the people can somehow make dumb decisions.
"Well, at least now I know how you got bankrupt in the future, and even after your acting career you had to keep selling our secrets to Sierra." The homeschooled boy was happy to finally talk about the future with someone, even though Izzy could be unpredictable in the game, he felt that her loyalty and friendship were real, and she could feel the same.
"Okay, fine. I'm going to hire a lawyer to help me with my case over RCMP..." Izzy said as she rolled her eyes and decided to walk towards the phone in the next room.
"And..." Ezekiel called loudly which made the ginger crazy girl groan...
"And a professional who can help me to pay the Taxes, happy now?" Izzy said as she walked to the other room, where Ezekiel lay on the bed with a softer smile on his face.
"You have no idea," Ezekiel replied, even knowing that seeing Izzy annoyed by doing her obligations was the first time into done it, but he felt a slight pleasure in seeing her snarky like that. Even as the time he hadn't passed an hour, it still took a little time to realize that he had been surviving with Killer Bass for so long...But now a suite, something that he didn't have a luxury in both lives...
Even if the time he has been in that world. He still missed the time when the internet was way faster, and cellphones and tablets were far better than they were...
Or he missed the time he used Photoshop to draw his fanarts and even the time he liked to write fanfics to publish to the public...
Still, those 2 to 3 years have been very crazy... But at least he has someone to talk to about it.
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"Wait, wait, do you mean the show became so big that we had 6 seasons and even a reboot? Wow, that means a new generation of campers to Chris and Chef to torment." Izzy laughed as she made some calls, she was able to have her leash loosened because now she wouldn't need to risk too much her income and becoming bankrupt, and since her stress and worries about being recorded on live television, she was free to have that personal talk with the boy who knew the future.
"You have no idea. *cough*" Ezekiel smiled, as he was enjoying a good cup of coffee... but not before doing a weak cough and almost spilling the liquid on his lap. "Dammit."
Izzy offered a paper to the boy who accepted happily.
"That's what happens when you get into a full tempest around a cursed island," Izzy said, making Ezekiel roll his eyes in front of her. "Hey, it was your idea to break the curse for a member who isn't for your team, that means you know how the curse would have affected the life of Beth."
"I know, I know... But that curse attacked her in such a way that wouldn't believe what happened."Ezekiel had to explain his point, and Izzy was in silence expecting him to explain what happened... And with a sigh, Ezekiel decided to tell... "She just managed to get herself and Lindsay banished from France..."
Izzy had her eyes wide open, as she looked confused, and then like a machine tilting she had no idea what Ezekiel had said...
"Lindsay set off the alarms of Mona Lisa, which immediately put them in jail... So to bail their way out, Beth had to give the prize money and never stomp her foot in France ever again," Ezekiel gave the details on how the farm girl managed to have the unluckiest moment ever made in life... And from seeing Izzy in a state of shock, he knew it was a serious issue. "That's the curse of unluck, since Beth didn't break the curse at all,"
Izzy remained quiet, still processing the new information around, and then a scoff came out from her lips, which immediately she couldn't contain anymore.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Izzy laughed all her heart countain... She never thought someone would have been so stupid and so unlucky to be banished from a country like that. "Please tell me you are kidding."
Ezekiel chuckled, since nobody from the fandom could deny that it was indeed ironic, for someone like Beth to do the whole Total Drama Action, just to lose her money and be banished from a country.
"I wish I was, but I have to tell you that curse isn't a joke, and while it is hilarious that such an idea happens to her... I pity her because I think until this day she wouldn't have broken the curse, and her life would have gone even worse from there..." Ezekiel while he was smiling at the joke of the show, couldn't deny that as a winner of the show, Beth didn't deserve to lose her money like that, and possibly Brady would need to break up with her because of her criminal scandal... That's what the fandom has debated on a forum in the life he had before.
"Hmmm, so that's why you wanted so much to break the curse. Because you pitied Beth, and you waited at the right time to talk to them. Heather played in your hands." Izzy said as she was satisfied and impressed with how the boy in front of her played so well.
"I gotta say that I don't know how Heather and Beth became friends, since in the past, Beth was supposed to hate her and Lindsay cursed Heather so much that it would make a sailor blush," Ezekiel explained as he had no idea into what must have caused such a thing.
"Hmmm, probably for the fact the future has changed and how desperate Beth was on the episodes. Since you are here, you could watch from the beginning and see how it turned out everything." Izzy explained as she also started to check the clock, seing that soon it was going late, and seing the paper schedules of the remedies Ezekiel was going to take, a grin appeared on her face.
"Makes sense..." Ezekiel nodded his head. He then glanced at Izzy before knowing what she had in mind. "Do you have questions..."
"And some of them you may are not willing to answer." Izzy was smart, and knowing the time traveler boy, he knew many things, but he wasn't going to be stupid to tell her, since there are reasons why. "So what's your plan after elimination?"
"Participate in season 2," Ezekiel said clearly and Izzy raised both her eyebrows at him. "Total Drama Action, this will be where our futures can be changed for the better, a show to determine the winner of 1 million dollars."
"And what about me?" Izzy asked as she hoped Ezekiel would shed light on the plans she has doing...
"Well from your interview on Aftermatch, you were approached by Chef and he made a proposal of alliance but you refused, so he had no choice but to go after DJ," Ezekiel explained, and he could see Izzy staring at him in disbelief.
"DJ? But he is a huge softie... There is no way he couldn't have stayed long." Izzy made a point, and Ezekiel agreed with her.
"He didn't, his guilt made him quit the show which led the others to cry because he was the only person who took care of the food and made them happy."The turquoise winter hat boy now explained the situation to Izzy who just raised her eyebrow in surprise.
"So I take my decision to reject Chef's offer came back and bite my ass?"Izzy predicted as the way she knew Chef holds a grudge sometimes.
"Yeah... You were eliminated from the acting challenge, and you lost to Duncan..."Ezekiel knew that this would be like a water bucket on Izzy's pride, since she always acted like a fool in front of the show, for many seasons, and yet learning that she lost in the challenge where she had the best advantage?
"They WHAT?"Izzy said as she stomped her foot angrily, as she never felt so hurt in her pride.
"Duncan made a noire drama style, and he nailed in the drama which made Chef and the others cry with that scene..." Ezekiel told one of the reasons why she lost... "You tried to act a semi-dramatic scene by doing an old lady persona who seems to be a mafia boss old lady but still showing signs of craziness..."
"THAT WAS THE PERFECT COMBINATION," Izzy shouted as she couldn't believe that one of her ideas was destroyed by the acting of a simple Noire Drama. "How good Duncan was at that moment?"
"He is the nephew of detectives, so he is aware of mystery and investigation drama... he was in his element." Ezekiel didn't sugarcoat what happened to Izzy, and from seeing her expression to show not just anger, but hurt for something like that to happen to her...
"Dammit, so they wanted not suspense, but drama to make them cry? Oh, I'm going to make them cry." Izzy said that she never felt so determined to put her pride in being an actress at stake.
"Calm down Izzy, you need to not let the stress of your pride get over your mind... Because you became so much stressed over your acting career, that this was what led to your exposure... You cussed a cameraman for 2 whole minutes and made yourself exposed on the internet and television..." Once more Ezekiel explained how Izzy's action caused terrible consequences in the future of the ginger girl, and even being the voice of the reason was difficult to deal with the unpredictable girl like her.
"Okay, okay I got it." Izzy raised both her arms in the air and gave a deep breath to calm herself down... "It's just so unfair, I love acting and I know that I can make myself a star, and yet losing the acting challenge?"
"Izzy you must understand, it happens, Sometimes we have bad days, but we never should let that affect others, people are doing their work. And while you may have lost the challenge, you had 4 movies and were in a good acting career, but you need to know when to do a break and to not lash out at the others..." Ezekiel said this time firmly, trying to reach the mind of the proud ginger who was having difficulty accepting it. "You have to admit that even great movie stars sometimes make terrible decisions, and when they do, the consequences are cruel and would lead to that.
"So what I should do in case I'm on the edge of freaking out?" Izzy asked as she had no idea what she should do... But like a good hope, she smiled as she saw Ezekiel with a smirk on his face.
"Well, I have a perfect plan... all you need to do it's this..." And with that, Ezekiel passed the time talking with Izzy, both of them planning how to develop better their future...
"So I think that's it..." Izzy noticed she had been around in that suite for 5 hours, talking, having fun, and enjoying the company of someone who could see her true self...
"That's what looks like," Ezekiel said opening the door, as he could see the wild ginger girl giggling as her eyes were soft and resolute.
"Thank you for sharing my future, I know that my plans will keep going very well, I just hope Eva isn't going to get really mad with what I'm about to do," Izzy said as Ezekiel rolled his eyes.
"She probably would, but she will warm with time, so I wish you success with Owen, you two look amazing together. Have a good night Izzy." And with that, Izzy gave a glance at the boy before closing the door.
Izzy looked at the door closed, and how usually the boy talked to her, willing to help everyone, even as crazy as she was...
"I wish you could say the same of us, we could be incredible together," Izzy commented as she sighed but with a focus on the future. "Maybe later, now I need to focus on coming back on the show, and then give a chance to Owen... well, he is cute, it wouldn't hurt to give him a chance. Thank you again, Zeke..."
Izzy had left the place, and Ezekiel was finally on his time alone in the suite, he was afraid to turn on the computer to check the emails and the possibility of knowing what the events of all the episodes coming and what the forums and the fandom would be writing about him? He had to confess that kind of thought was something that would make him scared.
So he would take the courage... to pass by the computer and go straight to his bed.
"Well, I think I have time to marathon all the episodes," Ezekiel used the remote control to turn the television on because he would feel better checking the computer on another day... So at that moment, he decided to make the recording of the episodes, there was a list of episodes that he would watch... Starting from the first episode...
And with the same introduction of the show... Ezekiel waited to see how the opening would be different since Ezekiel wasn't tied with Noah... So he smiled as the song and nostalgia once again hit him, just like in the past.
Cameras and stage lights pop throughout the forest knocking a gopher out of the ground and a squirrel out of its tree. We zoom through the island passing Chris knocking over his coffee
Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,
You guys are on my mind.
The camera reaches the mountain peak diving into the water as Owen swims by letting loose a fart just as Geoff is laying back on his surfer board before falling over from the stank with Bridgett surfing past him.
You asked me what I wanted to be
And now I think the answer is plain to see,
I wanna be famous.
A hawk swoops down picking up a dead fish from the water soaring into the sky accidentally dropping onto a peaceful Dj surrounded by adorable animals who soon bite him when they see the fish causing him to run off screaming in terror as Duncan laughs and Courtney rolls her eyes.
I wanna live close to the sun,
Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
I'll get there one day.
Cause, I wanna be famous!
Heather and Leshwana slap fight on a raft unaware of the waterfall nearby as it falls downward as Harold is practicing karate. Izzy swings by on a vine crashing into Harold knocking them into the confession booth knocking Lindsay out. Ezekiel was in front of the Main Lodge while he was reading a bunch of papers, and when he walked he passed over Lindsay without realizing it was her, inside the main lodge, Chef sticks his arm into a pot of green soup smirking into the tied up and Fearful Noah, his unlucky taste tester.
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous
Katie and Sadie swoon as Justin looks at himself in the mirror while Beth twirls around her batons tossing the flaming stick into the air. Gwen and Trent look at each other before Cody gets between them smiling with an arm around each of them the campers Chef and Chris sit around the campfire whistling to the tune of the song.
"Wow, so that's what happened while I was doing the grammar review in Adventure Time on the next day? I need to apologize to Lindsay when I see her again." Ezekiel looked eager as he could see how different the show become, since if they could do the opening once again, Gwen would be looking at Trent with hatred, as some of Killer Bass...
And with that, the first episode was in the air... And Ezekiel felt like a child once again watching Total Drama Island for the first time. A good marathon time for Ezekiel, before going to sleep...
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"Zeke, zeeeeeke, wakeeee up," A soothing and happy voice called for the boy who still remained with his eyes closed and insisted on calling for him, bringing attention to make him wake up.
"Izzy, I'm sleeping." Ezekiel ignored the voice and turned his head away.
"But you have to take your medicine, it's on your schedule." Izzy once again called him, and this time he woke up more alert and was happy to see the medicine and a glass of water.
"Oh thank God, I almost forgot..." Ezekiel didn't think twice as he looked at Izzy in gratitude. "Thanks for reminding me Izzzzzzzzzzzzz... ah, ah ah..."
Izzy smirked as she managed to bring attention to her... She was holding the pill of medicine and the glass of water, however, she decided to be on the theme... By wearing a sexy nurse outfit.
"Well then, be a good boy, and let me treat you, my patient." Izzy smiled as she sounded soothing and calm with her voice, and she was enjoying to see Ezekiel blushing like a tomato. "I still need to reward you for all the help. So say ah,"
"Ah, ah, ah..." Ezekiel was blushing as he was stuttering from the wild girl who was dressing and being that near to him. And then she placed the pill on his mouth, and slowly made him drink the glass of water. And with a smirk on her face, she knew she did her job right, as by the time Ezekiel finished the drink he looked like he was on the verge to freak out.
"Why are you dressed as a nurse?" Ezekiel said as he tried to compose himself, but seeing that his entire body was betraying him, he failed miserably.
"Well, you need to take your meds, and I have memorized the schedule, so I think while I still have time to be here before me and Eva go back to the show, I think you need to be taken care of... So why not be on the theme?" Izzy gave her silly smile while deep inside Ezekiel knew that she was loving every second to make attacks on his puberty. "And if I tell you I'm without my pant..."
"Izzy, thank you for your work, now you can go," Ezekiel said loudly as he pointed to the door, and with a silly salute, Izzy giggled as she walked outside from his room... And Ezekiel groaned as he felt his pants tight. "Damn you puberty."
And that's how his life would be until the last episode of the season...
Later that day he more normal in comparison to what he would usually do in Camp Wawanakwa, on a time of the morning, Ezekiel had a good breakfast with his friends while trying to not flinch too much from Eva's scolding about how he had been irresponsible and how she shouldn't have overworked himself if at the time he was sick, she promised him that at the time he would be on his 100% she would personally give a training routine which would make him has a better health to deal with the challenges again...
And the boy would have been happy if wasn't for the fact Sadie was crying of happiness of being freed from Eva's torture routine...
"Shit..." Ezekiel thought as he could see that Sadie must have suffered a lot since she looked stronger and better fit from being alone on the island during all those weeks.
"And you better be 100% healthy, because when you are done, you are going to be way stronger than Tyler," Eva said as she walked at him, even with the cast on her leg...
"HEY," Tyler shouted as he felt offended by Eva making fun of his own strength, but with the smirk from Eva, he knew he couldn't say much. He lost 25 arm wrestling against her, and it was very humiliating, so he needed to go back into shape.
Ezekiel looked at Eva's leg, and from the way she was walking normally without any painful expression on her face.
"Eva, how is your leg?" Ezekiel asked, but then he could see Eva smirking at him.
"Ready to run a marathon, I just need the right moment to take the cast out." The bodybuilder replied, and from the way Ezekiel looked at it, he knew she was telling the truth.
"Great," Ezekiel was happy to see how his team had been around, and little by little, more members from the show appeared to have breakfast... And on that morning, they also had one more thing.
"Hey guys, it's the morning of the challenge. Let's turn the TV on pay-per-view and see how the others are doing." Cody said as he called the group to appear in the main room of the resort... And one by one, the members had their meal ready to see how the campers would have to deal with the day of the challenge...
And Ezekiel, just hoped that his friends would do well in the Basic Stranding... In one of the episodes, Harold became infamous for cheating on the votes, and Courtney for becoming a crazy girl after such an event... He prayed that all the work he did for his friends would be well together, wouldn't have problems after his departure...
(Pay-Per-View)
"Last time on Total Drama Island…" Chris began his usual recap of the episode. "The teams were given three challenges that tested their trust in their teammates. The rock-climbing challenge revealed more than just Heather's grudge against Trent, Ezekiel even as his health compromised, refused to throw the towel that easy, and made his team give their 100%. Also, Trent got the bad end of a blowfish courtesy of Lindsay, what a nice payback. Some other campers got dropped on their butts and in the end, Ezekiel's cold was revealed to be pneumonia, so he had to go to the hospital in the most touching way. Leaving the entire Killer Bass without one of their pillars. Will Killer Bass find the inner strength to remain in the game without one of their leaders? Stay tuned for the most dramatic bonfire ceremony yet on Total. Drama. Island!"
"And Cut," Chris called as he then checked if everything was right, seeing that the crew would make the editions for what he would plan for the rest of the day. Since the episode would be aired at Midnight if possible. He was still being recorded for pay-per-view. "Do we have news of Ezekiel?"
"They said he received discharge today, and he is already on Playa Del Losers." One of the cameramen shouted and that news made Chris grin and smile even further.
"That's great, let's make the recording of another take, but this time explaining to the public, this way they will be relieved into knowing one of the pillars of Killer Bass is now in a less critical state. Do you have the camera on?" Chris took a sip on his water bottle and made sure to check if his hair was right.
"Alright, in 5,4,3,2,1…" One of the cameramen gave the signal and Chris once again made the intro.
"Last time on Total Drama Island…" Chris began his usual recap of the episode. "The teams were given three challenges that tested their trust in their teammates. The rock-climbing challenge revealed more than just Heather's grudge against Trent, Ezekiel even as his health compromised, refused to throw the towel that easy, and made his team give their 100%. Also, Trent got the bad end of a blowfish courtesy of Lindsay, what a nice payback. Some other campers got dropped on their butts and in the end, Ezekiel's cold was revealed to be pneumonia, so he had to go to the hospital most touchingly. We received the confirmation from the hospital that he has been discharged and now he is not in a critical state, so you don't need to worry about him, he is fine. But leaving the entire Killer Bass without one of their pillars. Will Killer Bass find the inner strength to remain in the game without one of their leaders? Stay tuned for the most dramatic bonfire ceremony yet on Total. Drama. Island!"
"Cut." The cameraman shouted, and Chris knew it had been perfect. Now the next challenge would be more interesting with his partner making the life of the others into hell.
As the sun rose up above the horizon, casting long shadows away from the tranquil shores of Camp Wawanakwa, a heavy pall of melancholy hung over the Killer Bass team and their cabins. With the departure of Ezekiel, their fellow teammate and friend, still fresh in their minds, these three days had been difficult to deal with the atmosphere tinged with a sense of loss and longing that seemed to permeate every corner of the camp.
In the wake of Ezekiel's emotional farewell, the remaining members of the Killer Bass team found themselves grappling with a tumult of conflicting emotions – from grief and regret to anger and resentment. The once close-knit camaraderie that had bound them together now seemed fragile and frayed, tested by the harsh realities of the competition and the weight of their collective loss.
As they gathered around the flickering flames of the cave of Aquarium, Duncan, Courtney, Geoff, Harold, DJ, Katie, Bridgette, and Gwen sought solace in each other's company, their faces etched with a mixture of sorrow and determination. Despite their differences and past conflicts, they knew that they needed to band together in the face of adversity, drawing strength from their shared experiences and mutual support. It has been that way since Ezekiel became the glue that tied the team together.
Nobody had the desire to laugh or make a joke, nobody knew how to express a good time since what had been someone who had always made sure everyone had a great time, from reading, from talking and even drawing…
Geoff tried to focus on drawing some scrubs, but even with the idea of being abstract… he used more shadows and the tips his friend managed to explain to him… The same dog he found not great before, became far more realistic from learning from a boy who never dared to go to a school before… The irony is that he didn't suspect of why he hesitated when someone called him a teacher… Since his aunt died for being a teacher in a school… If he could come back in time, he would have slapped himself in the face for being too stupid with words…
DJ was trying to relax in the hot tub, but while the relaxation was a preparation for the challenge they were about to have together, a piece of worry was always appearing in his mind. He was one of the most cowardly of the group, and yet Ezekiel was the one who made him turn his cowardice into pure courage, from the inspiration he had of that little dog… He still thought about it, if wasn't for that boy, he knew that they would have lost the challenge…
Harold was sitting near the hot tub, without any desire to do anything… He didn't have the inspiration to write a haiku, or even practice martial arts… The thing he must have been on his mind was still worried about if they were going to receive any news about the conditions of Ezekiel. He just hoped it wasn't too late for the treatment.
Duncan was just staring into a knife…One of the pillars of Killer Bass was looking at the reflection of his face, from the harsh words he received from Courtney when they did the first prank, to the serious tone of voice Ezekiel gave about his story… He had stories on the juvenile about nerds who came to the maximum penalty because they didn't dare to off themselves, and Duncan as he has been always a delinquent, scammed people to buy his father's hair as a pet or even made public structures vandalism… But he never killed a person before, and he was always away from that kind of people in the juvie… Because from the stories he heard, they were just simple, nerds or even weird people who couldn't take bulling until a point… and when their main target made them cross the limit… Then there was no way back, and all the mess was just done… Duncan reflected on how sometimes innocent people would lose their lives because someone pushed them to the limit. Sometimes he reflected if he should have at least helped some of the weird kids to have something funny to laugh about school, because he didn't know if there was one of those kids who would be on their limits as well…
Courtney was trying to read a book, trying to absorb all the words to distract herself from the worry on her mind... The C.I.T. camper had always treated all the challenges competitively since she had a flaw that sometimes she would go overboard... She remembered because of such feelings, she would have gone on the verge of elimination in case her team lost... she admitted that she was tempted to not jump from the cliff on the first challenge. But after dealing with such challenges and terrible weeks on the show, if she could have gone back in time, and slapped herself in the face... Because if it wasn't for Ezekiel and Eva, she hated to admit that she would have lost... She always thought that with her leadership everything would have gone perfectly and without problems, but then she learned Duncan hates to follow bossy orders, and it would always cause conflict with her in leadership... Ezekiel was the harmony and the reason they named themselves the 3 Pillars because he was the balance... And thanks to him, they have the double of campers on their team, they are a perfect team, but as a friend, she wanted him to be healthy, because... Who knew a kid who never had friends before, could have taken her as a sister role model, just like the others... And she couldn't help but think the same about him... She missed him.
Bridgette tried to surf, trying to be on the water to make her refresh her mind, with the hope Ezekiel would receive the treatment and be cured of pneumonia quickly, it was unfair that they pressured him to say Condor, but it was necessary because his condition could have become critical and they didn't want him to deny the fact he needs treatment, it hurts to listen to those words, the fact her father sounded so jerk but so kind at same time, she never meet him, but she felt pity towards on why he view life in such terrible way, and from the way he secluded his son to live inside of farm, where Ezekiel explored his creativity to his limit, a father who seemed to be suportive to his son to draw and to write, but still stupid to never taking him into an hospital before... Without knowing Bridgette received a wave making her lose her concentration and making her annoyed... She missed her friend.
Gwen was in her Diary, writing her thoughts about how the last challenge was brutal and how the next days made the whole camp feel like she was in the Screaming Gophers before, her morale was low, like all the members of her team, and knew a boy who wrote so much and drew as well could have made the group work so well together, and how he was one of the first who welcomed her to the team, like he knew they could trust her, at the same time she could trust them... Ironically, her trust was well founded on the last challenge... But one of their best friends was now out of the game, and she feared that his condition would be terrible at the hospital...
Katie felt empty since another member of her team was not around them anymore. Starting with her best friend and sister of other mom Sadie, then her boyfriend the weird and cute geekster Cody, and now a good friend who has always known how to talk, and how to support them... Sometimes it makes her wonder, how far she reached, and when was the time she should throw the towel... First, she was playing because she wanted her and Sadie to be in finals, then she decided to remain in the game because she found love, and then she remained in the game because she thought it was still fun... But now, she is not having fun anymore... Maybe it was the time to give up...
Katie was about to tell the others when they heard feedback coming from the loudspeakers. They were expecting to hear Chris announce the next challenge…but, "Listen up, you little cockroaches!" That was not the voice of the host Chris McClain. No. It was the voice of the gruff and buff cook of the camp Chef Hatchet. "I want all campers to report to the Dock of Shame at 0900 hours!" Most of the campers that were listening looked at each other with confused expressions as to what and when 0900 hours was. "That means now, soldiers! Now!" Everyone flinched as they made their way to the Dock of Shame as quickly as they could to not face the wrath of Chef.
Later at the Dock of Shame, all the campers were gathered up as per Chef's order with Chef himself also there. But he wasn't in his usual outfit. Chef Hatchet was no longer in his usual chef's uniform and was wearing something a drill sergeant would wear.
"Line up and stand at attention!" Chef yelled to everyone making most flinch. His yelling made all the worse by the megaphone he had. "You call this proper formation?! Knees together!" Chef smacked Geoff's legs with a wooden stick to get the party dude to pull his knees together. "Arms down!" Chef smacked Duncan's arms to get the delinquent into proper formation. "Eyes forward! Head up!" Chef then proceeded to smack pretty much every part of Harold.
"Oh, this is gonna be a fun day," Gwen whispered sarcastically to Katie who just nodded her head...
But soon after that Chef was right in front of Gwen and yelling at her point blank with the megaphone. "What did you say to me, soldier?!" Chef roared loud enough that it blew Gwen's hair back.
"Um…nothing?" Gwen said with a bit of fear in her voice. The goth couldn't lie, Chef was intimidating as heck. And to think he already looked like he could kill someone when he was just being a cook.
"And you'll continue to say nothing until I tell you that you can say something!" Chef firmly yelled to all 12 campers in front of him."I'm going to tell what I'm seeing."
Chef looked at the Killer Bass 8 members, every single one of them with no desire or patience to deal with the chef at that moment. And Screaming Gophers who was just there to deal with another challenge. Chef Hatchet knew the reason for the low morale of one team.
"I see a team without one of the three generals," Chef said in military terms but the way he said Killer Bass team could comprehend what he meant. "I know what is like to lose a comrade in combat, but that's what war is about. You lose soldiers but you never should lose your squad."
The Killer Bass remained quiet while Heather rolled her eyes.
(Confession - Heather.)
"Well it seems the curse of the island is really broken because my luck just seemed to be getting better, I recovered from my coldness, and the most dangerous player on this show had to go to the hospital because of sickness complications," Heather commented as she looked at her fingernails. "I'm sure that he will find a way to make me two favors I owe him, but at least I can feel relieved about not watching my back all the time. Nice recovery Ezekiel, and I want you to stay the most far away from me."
"A general who always cares about his squad, and he would be ashamed to see a squad acting like a bunch of maggots."Chef snarled as he pointed out how terrible the moral of Killer Bass was feeling, and how Ezekiel would be ashamed of seeing the group in that state. He made them have their eyes wide open and glare at the military soldier in anger, especially Courtney and Duncan "Good, good, it seems the other two generals woke up from their pathetic state, now you and you..."
Courtney and Duncan remained serious about what Chef was about to say but then glanced at Heather who was still with her arms crossed. But then she saw the glare of Chef which made her intimidated, and that made him choose her as well.
"Today's challenge will not be an easy one. In fact, I do not expect everyone to come out alive." Owen chuckled in response, thinking Chef was messing with them, only to be met with a hard whack to the head. "You three have been selected to lead your own squad. Killer Bass 1 Killer Bass 2, And Screaming Gopher Squad. You acting as generals must have what it takes to be the example and lead your team to survive from me."
Duncan and Courtney their eyes wide open as Heather glared at the unfairness of what she was about to receive...
"My orders are to make sure that all of the babies in front of me drop out of my boot camp except one squad. The last squad standing wins immunity for their team! But you as generals should take responsibility for your actions as well, so every time one of the members of your squad makes an offense on the challenge, the whole team is punished and the general is punished by double."Chef explained the rules which made the Killer Bass team gasp in surprise, while Heather glared at Lindsay, Trent, and Owen... Knowing that if someone did something stupid she swore she would make them pay.
"Killer Bass 1 led by Courtney, followed by Bridgette, Gwen, and Harold. Killer Bass 2 is led by Duncan, followed by Geoff, DJ, and Katie. Screaming Gophers led by Heather, followed by Lindsay, Trent, and Owen."Chef explained as he gave more explanations. "Each member who quits, the rest of the squad must go without him or her, and trust me, every challenge will be a military experience."
Chef was enjoying seeing the intimidated campers who could feel fear in his presence... So he had one final pleasure.
"I want to see if I will be able to make someone say a bird name today... It starts with the letter C... Do you fish have any desire to say it? Because you better not even think about it… Because I talked to the producers, and I got permission to all my challenges alone, you are forbidden to say and I repeat your quit word…" Chef Hatched warned Killer Bass, which made Katie feel conflicted at that moment. And Duncan as delinquent as himself, decided to ask a stupid question.
"Oh, yeah? And what if we do?" Duncan immediately regretted when Chef gave an evil grin at him.
"The generals should be responsible for their squad, so if someone makes an offense, the general also should take the punishment… Meaning, instead of being the person who said the word, it's going to be BOTH GENERALS OF THE SAID TEAM." Chef shouted and Duncan had his eyes wide open and Courtney gasped in disbelief.
"You cannot do that," Courtney said in disbelief and in fear, but seeing Chef grinning evilly at her, she knew he actually could. And she hated the idea.
"But if that's not enough for you…" Chef said which made the group look at him asking what could be even worse than that. "Your last general, Ezekiel, would be disappointed at you all losing face in the challenge, since he just got discharged from the hospital and probably is watching you all by Pay-Per-View."
The moment Chef had said about their friend's condition, it felt like a huge relief coming towards the Killer Bass team.
"Oh that's great," Geoff said until he felt another hard whack this time on the stomach. "Ouch."
"Uh…what happened to Chris?" Heather asked after the reveal of such news, she wondered about the host who hadn't been seen all day and frankly, Heater would rather deal with Chris than Mr. Psycho Chef any day.
"Rule number one!" Chef went back to speaking with his megaphone as he ignored Heather's question. "You will address me as Master Chief! Have you got that?!"
"YES MASTER CHIEF!" All the campers said in unison. Now with the Killer Bass with a better morale, since knowing one of their friends was now out of the hospital, good news indeed for the team who have been down recently.
Satisfied, Chef nodded his head and explained more rules. "Rule number two! When you are ready to give up, you will walk to the end of the dock and ring the bell. Your squad will have to continue without you… If a general decides to quit, then the whole squad fails." Chef pointed to the end of the dock where a big bell was waiting for whatever loser dared to ring it. "Which brings me to rule number three! I'll have to get one quitter before the end of the first day! And that day will not end until someone drops out! Now get your butts down to the beach, soldiers! Now, now, now!" All the campers quickly ran off in a panic so they wouldn't face whatever torture Master Chief had in store for them if they didn't follow orders. Once again feeling like the commander of his own squad in the army… He felt so good. "Let's see who will quit first."
(Confession– Gwen)
"Okay, whoever's sick, twisted idea this was to put him in charge of this challenge, I have to say…I'm a little bit impressed." Gwen had to admit as she looked at the camera with a smirk.
The teams were now in front of the beach with the Killer Bass standing next to two red canoes with the Gophers having a green one next to them. Chef was standing in front of them all as the former explained how this would go. "Listen up!" Chef yelled to get all the camper's attention on him. "Each squad will hold a canoe over their heads! I catch you taking your hands off the canoe, and you will be eliminated. And no one eats lunch until someone drops out. Canoes up!"
Both teams did as they were instructed as all members of the Bass and Gophers lifted up their respective canoes with relative ease. "Pfft! This isn't that hard." Owen said that this really wasn't all that challenging.
"Piece of cake," Geoff said confidently.
THREE HOURS LATER
The ones who thought this wouldn't be so bad were soon eating their words. For three hours straight they were forced to lift up the heavy canoe, in 95-degree weather, with absolutely no food for their incredibly hungry stomachs. And to make it even harder, Chef was currently lying on top of the Bass' canoes, while the man himself Chris Mclain finally appeared before everyone and made himself comfy on the Gophers' canoe.
The squads didn't have enough strength to hold them off, since it was 4 for each canoe and they couldn't take much more… Courtney's arms were on fire, while Owen's stomach was begging for food.
"Come on, you sissies!" Chef yelled to the campers below. He could see many of their arms shaking from the strain of lifting up both the canoe and either Chef and Chris as well and he heard many of their grumbling stomachs. "It's only been three hours!"
"Looks like they missed lunch today," Chris said with a grin as he heard Leshawna's stomach growl under him.
"Mmhmm. Guess they just weren't hungry!" Chef nodded and soon went back to yelling at the two teams. "Unless someone wants to quit now."
"I QUIT." Then a surprise shout, made the whole group of campers stare at the trembling and hungry Katie who was releasing her arms immediately.
Duncan, Geoff, and DJ took that as an opportunity and the trio released the canoe at the same time, making Chef lose balance and fall on the sand. At the time Chef got up, he didn't show any anger, or neither outrage from what happened to him, he recovered his composure like a soldier, and waited for the tan girl to walk towards the bell just to ring it, making all the other campers release their canoes…
Katie was sad, hungry, and with the desire to quit the game, but she wasn't able to do it. Still, Chef Hatchet went near her.
"Listen here. You have nothing to be ashamed of." The buff chef told her in a reassuring tone…before yelling at her point blank with the megaphone. "Except being a little baby that let your squad down!" He yelled with such volume and pressure that he actually ended up knocking Katie down before turning to the rest of the campers. "As for the rest of you, head to the mess hall! Lunch is served!"
For the first time, the team felt happy to receive a small mercy for the one who sacrificed to make them eat.
(Main Lodge)
All the campers were lined up ready to finally get something to eat. "All right, maggots! Open your ears! You've got ten minutes to eat before night training begins! Get to it!" Chef said swiftly and loudly as he presented…trash cans to the campers.
Many of the campers complied over the night training, feeling tired and exhausted enough after lifting a canoe for a whole day, while Gwen raised her hand. "Um, excuse me? Master Chief?" The goth spoke up getting Chef's attention. "Where's the food?"
"You're looking at it." Chef chuckled as he gestured to the trash cans.
Owen was the first to step up and remove the lid of the trash can to see what was inside. "This is the leftover garbage from this morning's breakfast," Owen stated as he looked at the garbage inside.
"Darn right!" Chef yelled as the other campers cringed as they looked over the garbage they were being served. "When you're at war, you take what you can get!"
Meanwhile, Chris grinned and nodded in approval as he saw some of the campers, mostly Owen, actually take some of the garbage for food. "Well, I can see you've got this under control," Chris said as he looked up at Chef. "I'm off to craft services. Coming?"
"Serve me up some of that," Chef said as he followed Chris to go and get some actually good food. Leaving the campers with only trash to eat.
As some like Heather and Courtney refused to eat the garbage, while Duncan had something else entirely.
"Ah screw this, there is no way I'm going to eat trash, squad let's make a surprise raid on their food tonight." Duncan, even as he was treated as general, knew that he and his team had some pride and wouldn't do something stupid like that. He would act exactly the delinquent that he always aimed for.
"What are you doing?" Courtney said in horror as she thought she had mistaken what he had said.
"Princess, there is no way I'm going to lower my level to that, I'm a delinquent and not a soldier boy, I'm going to make my squad have some privileges. Are you up?" Duncan smirked as Courtney glared fiercely at him.
"And what if they get you? You wouldn't only be punished, but my squad as well, don't you have consideration?" Courtney said as she feared what Chef had in mind if they somehow captured him.
"Then let me take the whole blame, if things get terrible, then I ring the bell and let you control the challenge, and if that's not enough you can bail," Duncan said as he knew that it may come to bite his ass, but he wouldn't let Chef make his life hell.
Courtney remained quiet, and then with a nod of her head, she remembered the talks she had with Ezekiel and Duncan, they were the trio of pillars, and when someone was down into one idea, the other 2 would also do it as well... Duncan never had let her down before, so she knew it was their moment to strike. That night they would have the good food they deserved.
(Afternoon)
The afternoon of training began. And that training was…dancing along with Chef to the song Thriller. Chef had a radio playing the song as he danced on top of a wooden platform with Edward beating his tail against the wood in rhythm with the music.
And the campers, per his instructions, copied his dance moves as best they could. There was no sign of when they had to stop…until Duncan went up to the radio and turned it off. Everyone sighed in relief as Chef glared down at Duncan. Courtney quietly called out to him as Duncan crossed his arms at Chef and said, "One of us drops out, we're done for the day."
"We're done when I say we're done!" Chef yelled at Duncan as he looked right into the delinquent's eyes. "Now drop and give me twenty!" Duncan rolled his eyes and just decided to start doing push-ups as Chef turned to the rest of the campers. "Anyone else got anything they want to say?"
"Uh, yeah," Gwen said with a raised hand while crossing her legs together. "Can I go to the bathroom?"
Apparently, Chef's answer to that was to have Gwen clean the bathrooms for the whole day.
After that whole fiasco, everyone was once against gathered up at the main lodge with both teams at their respective table. "For your next challenge, you will complete a three-hundred-word essay about how much you love…me" Chef explained getting a few deadpanned looks from the campers. "Anyone who falls asleep or fails to complete the challenge will be eliminated!"
Two hours had passed before a timer went off. It was currently 8 p.m and the campers were looking with signs of tiredness, But time was finally up for completing the essay and Master Chief came in and quickly started looking over everyone's essays. He nodded in approval as he read over them seeing both the correct word amount and bathing a bit in his ego at the nice things said about him. If only because that's what he ordered them to write. And when picking up Duncan's essay, "I love Master Chief Hatchet because he is very very very very very very very very very very very very very very…this is just one sentence with five pages of very's in between!"
"It's three hundred words exactly!" Duncan stated that he technically followed the requirements of the essay. "You can count them if you want."
Chef growled as he slammed Duncan's essay down in front of him, but then looked at the other members who finished the review of the essay, he snarled at the delinquent but got his control back.
"You are pushing my patience soldier, you better be careful about what your actions will cause to your whole squad." And with the last warning he turned to the others who completed the essay. "You guys will receive one last mercy from me. You can have your dinner on the trash cans again, and report to the playing field at 0500 hours."
Chef left the mess hall which made Duncan and Courtney stare at each other, and with a knowing they would be in silence... They followed Chef who was also going to have dinner.
"I hope you are ready because at the time we do this, there will be no way back. We are going to do it until the end." Duncan gave a last warning, to Courtney who was determined and with her own stomach hungry for food.
"I have eaten terrible food for weeks, and the last time we ate something good we had to resist to hunger for hours, I think we deserve a reward for this, and working together we still can do this." Courtney followed Duncan but she was being held by her hand, and Duncan while he tried to act serious, couldn't help but smirk happily at how she trusted him.
That moment they knew that even without their friend, they still work together, like a duo. A power duo.
And where could these two possibly find some actual quality food on this island? Quite simple. The place where Chris and Chef got their food. The craft services tent! "Slowly. Slowly. Crawl." Duncan quietly whispered to Courtney as the two hid inside some bushes they pulled up from the ground to use as disguises so they could sneak up to the tent.
Luckily, when they got there, Chef and Chris were busy talking to each other so they didn't notice Duncan and Courtney crawling in and stealing stuff from the fridge.
"I made a terrible mistake, and then she got so angry that she beat me with a bucket of fried chicken," Chef explained as immediately Chris laughed so hard that it made both Duncan and Courtney slowly crawl into the fridge, but still with curiosity on their minds.
"So like mother and like daughter. I have to say Izzy must have been tough for you." Chris laughed, and both Duncan and Courtney paused and slowly took piece by piece of food. Even if the story is good, they cannot be captured, it is a suicide mission so they want to make their effort worth it.
Once both Duncan and Courtney made it back to the cabins, they decided to throw a bit of a party with everyone from both teams involved. Everyone was more than happy to quickly indulge themselves in some real food and pop for the first time in weeks!
The operation raid was a success, and Courtney felt like she had fun, like when she does things together with her team, and by helping Duncan raid the fridge, she's been a little…out of control. She couldn't stop giggling and bouncing up and down. It was as if she was on a sugar high. Which probably was true as she was stuffing her face with cookie sandwiches. She was actually about to reach for one more until Bridgette stopped her. "Okay, I think you've had enough." The surfer girl smirked at the CIT.
But Courtney quickly took her arm back from the surfer and giggled madly, unable to keep still, as she swiped the sweet sandwich away. "Hehe, oh no! No! Just, just one more. Mm!" Courtney then stuffed the dessert into her mouth and swallowed…and was quickly met with a gurgling sound coming from her stomach which was followed by a burp. "Oh…yeah…yeah that one was a mistake." Courtney quickly ran out of the cabin where she proceeded to lean over the railing throw all her stolen food up and send it to the ground.
As she did this, Duncan grinned as the delinquent walked up to her. "So the Princess has a dark side." He said as Courtney finished unloading her sweets and groaned.
"It's not like I have a dark side... I like to follow the rules sometimes, but after working together as a team, I learned how having friends could help me deal with all kinds of problems, even if I had to lead my squad to possible problems. I have to confess that this has been the most exciting thing I ever done in my life." Courtney confessed that she never felt so alive...
"Well, that's life. I may be a delinquent, but after hearing the story from Ezekiel, I at least know what type of criminal am I." Duncan said which made Courtney freeze and stare at Duncan in surprise. "I'm a vandal who likes to make fun... but I will never kill anyone, that's a line I will never cross, I'm not a monster. I break rules for fun. Like vomiting in public places."
"Okay. That was so gross." Courtney groaned out as she held her stomach. Looks like she still had some limits to her and it was best she not try and break them less that happens again…or worse. But the CIT soon went back to smiling like crazy as she said. "But it was like, once I did something bad, it was so much fun, I just wanted more!"
"Well, you could always gimme that kiss." Duncan offered as he wiped some chocolate off of Courtney's cheek. "That would be pretty bad."
Courtney playfully scoffed as she ruffled Duncan's mohawk. "You're still not my type," Courtney said with a smirk.
"Fine." Duncan shrugged as he faced his back to Courtney. "Enjoy a peanut butter-less life."
"Thanks." Courtney put her back to his. "Enjoy prison."
"I will," Duncan said…right before Courtney grabbed his face and placed her lips against his. That's right. Finally, the CIT had taken up Duncan's offer to kiss him and the delinquent didn't resist one bit and leaned into the kiss. After a few moments, Courtney separated from him and walked off leaving Duncan in a loved dazed trance.
"There you go." Then was a voice that made the duo freeze and stare at Geoff, DJ, and Harold raising their thumbs up to Duncan who scoffed but looked proud at the girl who was now in his arms. And possibly with Ezekiel and the other Killer Bass members watching them. It was a nice time for both of them.
Katie remained away, as she watched happily to the groups who were having fun, and even enjoying some great food, she was enjoying a good time alone.
"I know what you are doing." Then Gwen said which surprised Katie and before she would even try to deny. "Don't worry, it's going to work."
With that answer, Katie smiled as she cried in relief, she was happy that she didn't need to say it, the team already guessed what she wanted. Like all the time she and Sadie thought about the same thing. So she knew she must have faith.
"Well, at least we have another victory." Surprisingly Heather could guess as well, she would have exposed the issue to Chef, but now she was so pissed with both the host and the military commander, that she decided to let herself enjoy good food. Cookies, caramel, and cake, it was a good life for her. And with another member of the other team in pair of the elimination, she could be happy with what she has.
Trent and Owen were enjoying their time by eating some chocolate and having the only time of rest before on the next day being a terrible exercise...
At least nothing Chef could do would make themselves worse...
(The next day...)
HE DID IT, HE REALLY MADE IT EVEN WORSE.
"So... someone was smart enough to try to take my desserts from the fridge..." Chef said angrily as he was feeling way angrier than before, decided to show a sadistic side of the military. And in his head, had a gas mask. "Well then, we have a new special military training for you all. I hope you enjoyed all the good food yesterday because you are going to lose everything."
"Oh yeah?" Duncan said as he rolled his eyes, but seeing the gas mask was giving a dread feeling. "And how are y...oh no... please..."
The evil chuckle from Chef gave everyone a bad feeling in their stomachs, and then he raised his arm... a paper bag, one that made Duncan's, Geoff's, DJ's, and Harold's eyes shrink in fear and in terror.
"The next military training is... Resistance is a terrible gasses." Chef's cheerful smile made all the boys from Killer Bass get to their knees "May I present you something some of you are familiar with, El Mongo and La Muerte."
And from the name alone, the entire Killer Bass team knew the consequences of their actions, because now, it became torture for them.
"Everyone gets inside for 10 minutes. Anyone who leaves it before this time is eliminated." Chef smiled as he could see every single Killer Bass team afraid of him... "Anyone wants to say a bird name now?"
It was cruel, it was sadistic... And now, they are in a trap... But they remained quiet...
"Well, let's begin then." Chef made the whole group walk inside of a special cabin, just made for that moment. Big enough to fit all the 12 campers... And Duncan, Harold, DJ, and Geoff were on the verge of madness.
"Come on Master Chief, you know that you are the best cook in the whole world." Duncan forced his smile as he tried to make the Chef laugh. "I mean I always admired commanders. And you have been done well so far."
Heather raised her eyebrows, as she had no idea why the delinquent who had been against Chef so long now was almost on his knees and kissing his foot.
"Come on Master Chief, have mercy on us," Geoff said as he himself wasn't going to take it... not 10 minutes of that... "We can clean the bathrooms, we can even quit on spot... Please, don't let us suffer that."
"Well..." Chef thought for a second... But not before taking both Duncan and Geoff and launching inside of the cabin.
"NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." Both shouted in despair, while Harold was about to run away, but he was caught by the T-shirt and was launched to the group of cowards, and his shouts also were heard from inside the cabin...
"The PTSD on those boys will make this challenge even more fun," Chef said which made DJ so afraid, but receiving a glare from the gas mask, and gulping, he had to do it... He had to wait for the bomb to be launched before he quit. So he accepted his destiny, as a punishment for making his friend sick... it was their fate.
And when the Killer Bass boys went inside... Chef looked at the girls from Killer Bass, who were also trembling in fear.
"Get inside on there..." Chef just said an order, and Courtney gulped as she immediately felt her stomach turn upside down... She knew the after-effects of that stink bomb, but just the boys received such an attack, and now they are going to receive the same thing.
The Killer Bass were walking to their death sentence.
The Screaming Gophers just followed them, without knowing what's going to happen...
Gwen stared at Heather who had her eyebrows raised, and for the first time, she envied the Korean's innocence from the terrible torture of what was about to happen.
"Hey guys, what are you doing?" Trent tried to cheer up, but then he saw the boys covering their faces, and crouching on the wall... Trying their best to not look, Harold quickly found a fissure in which he found a way of safety for himself, maybe it could be his salvation, or it couldn't let him die that quickly...
The girls of Killer Bass also tried to find a good way to protect themselves by following the example of the other campers… While Owen and Trent, Lindsay and Heather had no idea what was happening at that moment.
Until Chef was in front of the door, and with the same paper bag, dropping brown liquid, and flew above it… And it was the countdown that made it 10 times scarier.
"5,4,3,2,1… Fire in the hole." Chef said as he launched the paper bag in the air, and Heather realized too late what was about to happen, Lindsay blinked in surprise, and Owen opened his mouth in surprise, Trent had just realized the true fear of what was about to happen…
*BOOM*
Like the second time, the bomb destroyed every single smell in the room, from the liquid fart to even the green liquid around the entire cabin, the effect was… all the liquid exploded to every single camper around the cabin. There wasn't a competition anymore… Now it was pure instincts of survival.
Chef hammered some wood to make sure the door wasn't going to open that early, since he wanted to make every single member know about why he was known as Master Chief, and from making them unable to get out or quit on that time…
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." The despair cries and shouts were music to his ears… to dessert thieves, they now know that they shouldn't mess with a military man… An old dog can always learn new tricks, and this bomb is what the definition of a war bomb is, so he was proud to learn the recipe.
"Now the countdown for 10 minutes begins," Chef smirked, as he could hear from the outside, the shouts, the vomit, the cries of agony… And now he knows that this challenge was fun for him.
(Confession – DJ)
"Momma, I want to go home," DJ said as he such in a terrible state, all covered in green goo, as he was like in the fetal position and traumatized to be passing the same torture all over again.
(Confession – Lindsay)
"I'm ruined, all my beautiful smell, all my work into making myself beautiful, ruined, I cannot breathe without vom... *BLURGH*" Lindsay cried as she felt the green stink liquid all over her face and hair, she sniffed just once and vomited in the confession bathroom.
(Confession – Duncan)
"Once was too much, but TWICE? This should be treated as a war crime. WHY THIS IS EVEN LEGAL IN CANADA?" Duncan freaked out as he was trembling in terrible nightmares.
(Confession – Gwen)
"It's far worse than I expected, I swear, to however provoke Ezekiel, and Chef Hatchet, is going to get a kick in the balls. I swear." Gwen said as her eyes were twitching and a good part of her blouse was covered in vomit.
(Confession – Courtney.)
"Okay not to myself, breaking rules is fun, but if is related to Chef, be prepared to vomit a lot. He is sick… And Ezekiel, WHY YOU CREATED SUCH STINK BOMB?" Courtney shouted as she felt her body and mind breaking from how much suffering she was suffering from that challenge.
(Confession – Owen)
"PLEASE, PLEASE, DON'T EVER LET THIS STINK BOMB IN THE HANDS OF MY COUSIN MAX, HE COULD USE SUCH A WEAPON TO TRY TO CONQUER THE WORLD," Owen begged as most of the viewers had no idea what happened to Owen, but seeing him covered in the green goo. His own tears revealed some traumatic events. "Max, I'm warning you, don't even think to weaponize this stink bomb. Or I'm going to tell Aunt Celly."
(Confession – Trent)
"Not cool, NOT COOL. THIS IS *BEEP* UP. NOBODY DESERVES SUCH A BOMB."Trent crossed his arms, trying to calm down, but the terrible smell which was going to take days to take it out, was going to be painful and he had no idea who could be the monster who created the bomb itself.
(Confession – Heather.)
Heather was foaming from her mouth, and gagging from how terrible the smell was, and she was in a state of shock… Unable to say anything.
(Confession – Bridgette.)
"When I first heard about Ezekiel telling this bomb should be taken seriously, and how we should sleep at Aquarium, I thought he was just making fun of it… But now, I know that he has protected us… From our ignorance, when we thought the cabin was just smelling awful, we should be wary… No… he protected our innocence since now receiving this bomb… I think *sniff* *sniff* AHHHHHHHHHHHHH." Bridgette tried to act maturely, but how terribly the bomb had damaged their psychology, it felt like they were 5 years old again, and now they wanted to cry their tears out.
(Confession – Harold.)
"Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says now I've become death the destroyer of worlds." Harold felt his face looking at the space, showing one of the most known speeches from the world… Making a mention of that same moment. "That bomb was what Oppenheimer tried to warn us."
(Confession – Geoff)
"I think it would be so easy to take out my skin and place it in the car wash… Maybe that would be the easiest way to make this smell go away…" Geoff said as he was now without his hat, without his pink shirt, and neither his pants… He was smelling so bad, that he wanted to see that suffering away.
"In 5,4,3,2,1…" Chef then opened the door which made everyone get out of that place in despair. Trying to have a fresh breath outside of his torture chamber… His smirk grew inside of the mask after seeing the remains of all the food which was on the floor, all of them vomited, and that made his day sweet; "Congratulations on passing 10 minutes inside of the cabin soldiers."
"You said we could get out before 10 minutes," Gwen said angrily as she didn't care about feeling intimidated by Chief Comander.
"Yes you could, but you didn't break the door, and neither the walls for that. So that means you would stay inside." Chef smiled as he could see the terrible state of the soldiers now… But that wasn't over. "Now follow me, the true final challenge is here… I want to see who of you are going to the end…"
The group wanted to protest, but now the glare of the Chef made them flinch and they didn't have any options other than to accept…
And so began the last leg of Chef's boot camp training…hanging upside down from a tree. Geoff, Courtney, Gwen, and Duncan were hanging on a branch from the left side of the tree since Harold, Bridgette, and DJ just got out from the challenge because their heads couldn't take the blood pressure on their heads. Owen, Trent, Lindsay, and Heather are on a branch on the right side. Nobody from the Screaming Gophers must have given up on the challenge yet, and they have become solid through the challenge.
"What you are experiencing is an ancient form of torture," Chef explained as he paced back and forth in front of the tree. "By now, the blood has begun rushing to your head." Chef started to list the effects of this torture as Duncan started to not look so hot. Also being followed by Geoff who was feeling the same. "The next stage is nausea, followed by dizziness and a flushed appearance as the blood begins to pool in your eyes. You may experience fainting spells."
Duncan proceeded to face that last one and ended up falling off the tree and to the ground with a rather dopey expression on his face. "Duncan!" Courtney called out in a concerned tone. Bridgette went over to check on the delinquent and saw that he didn't seem to have any injuries on his body. "It's okay!" Bridgette reassured her CIT friend. "He's alright!" And at that moment Geoff fell down like a sack of potatoes.
Courtney breathed a sigh of relief as she reached her arm up to grab the branch she was hanging from for extra support. Gwen liked the idea and did the same, but then gave a slight smirk to the C.I.T. It's almost the time.
Heather seeing the strategy of the C.I.T. decided to follow the example and grabbed the branch with their hands. Trent did the same, and Lindsay was having fun without needing to worry about the blood going to her head. Owen tried to do the same but couldn't quite make it. "Come on…I…can't…reach!" In his effort to reach the branch with his hands, a fart ended up escaping the big guy making him laugh.
"Okay, that's it." Heather let out in disgust. "I'm done!" Heather then proceeded to flip a bit and landed back on the ground, perfectly on her feet. This was quickly followed by Owen landing right on top of her. Heather's screams were muffled by Owen's blubber, good thing too, as Owen quickly got off the queen bee. "Off of me, you big ox!" Heather's words were heard once Owen got off her.
"Sorry." Owen apologized…At that moment, Courtney started giggling, and her giggle was also followed by Gwen found that scene funny as well.
Looking at the source, everyone says that Courtney started giggling and laughing uncontrollably. "Stop laughing this instant!" Chef ordered the girls from Killer Bass as he was starting to get annoyed by their laughs
"Sorry." Gwen and Courtney were giggling until Gwen lost her balance and went down and with that pulling Courtney was immediately caught by surprise, and with that, the last members of the Killer Bass team were out of the challenge.
"What a shame, what a shame," Chef said in disappointment. "A whole member of your own squad made you lose the challenge. Pff,"
"I expected more out of you, soldiers," Chef said to Courtney with a disappointed tone. The CIT and the goth were the ones of the campers here Chef actually expected nothing but 100% focus from when it comes to the challenges. And then suddenly they lost control of laughing fit and made themselves lose the challenge? Disgraceful.
Courtney then stood up, all the while she never stopped laughing and looked up to Chef after clearing her throat. "Master Chief? Heh. I just have one thing to say to you." Courtney said while trying her best to keep it under control.
"And what might that be?" Chef asked with a professional tone.
"You really…need to take…a chill pill." Everyone gasped at what Courtney said right to Chef's face with the CIT laughing like crazy and Chef practically fuming as his face went red with anger.
"Hehe, yeah!" Duncan cheered Courtney on for her words and attitude. Man, that girl was hot when she was like this. Even more so than usual. "Now that's what I'm talking about!"
At the time both girls lost the challenge, Trent and Lindsay were happy that the challenge was finally over.
"Soldiers, I'm proud that you both managed to overcome such terrible military training." Chef had called them both and gave them a salute. "Congratulations, soldier. I'd go to war with you anytime."
"Err… thanks Chef, I will have that in mind," Trent said as he wasn't sure if he wanted to do that ever again.
"You do that soldier…" Chef said as a single tear went down his eye. "You do that!"
"What is war?" Lindsay asked as she followed Heather, who was happy to see that another challenge was in their favor… Thankfully everything was over, and she could finally relax, and deal with the terrible smell of dog poop and skunk smell, it was the most disgusting smell that ever existed in her life… And she hated the person who ever had the brilliant idea to create and give to Chef.
(Aquarium)
"I know that it may look terrible, but I think it's time for us to decide between us who should go," Courtney said as she already could see Katie who had a firm nod on her. And from a plan, they need to make it real. "I know Katie you are the first person to give up, so you are already nominated. Is someone else?"
"I hate to be that guy…" Harold said as he raised his hand, but he then pointed at both C.I.T. and the delinquent. "You two also should be on the line of fire."
"What?" Courtney gasped in surprise and Duncan narrowed his eyes. "Why?"
"5 words… El Mongo and La Muerte." Harold proved a very good point since made all the boys shrive in fear, and Duncan gulped his eyes and nodded his head to him.
"Okay, you have a point. I should beat the crap of you, but that's a very good point." Duncan commented as he accepted the accusation. "My first prank started the Prank War, and Chef learned from Ezekiel who was better at pranks than us. I made him sick and then we got revenge, happy?"
"But what about me?" Courtney asked in disbelief, but then she was staring at the camera, but Harold just winked at her, which made her sigh and accept. "Okay, I think my laughing fits messed up the end of the challenge. Alright, does anyone know for whom we should vote?"
"Yes…" The Killer Bass said in unison and the votes were already done in the afternoon.
(Campfire That night.)
"Well Bass, didn't take long for us to meet back here again," Chris said as night had fallen on the camp it was time to yet again send a camper home and bring the number of campers down to 11. Holding up a plate of seven marshmallows, Chris once again explained the rules. "I only have seven marshmallows on my plate. And these marshmallows represent the campers that will continue to be campers. Here. You've all cast your ballots in the confession can. If I do not call your name, you must immediately go down to the Dock of Shame, catch the Boat of Losers, and go home. And you can't come back. Ever."
"Harold," Chris called the name and the nerd was happy with the outcome. "DJ, Bridgette, Gwen, Geoff,"
Every single member of the team was excited to hear their names and get their marshmallows, leaving three members of Killer Bass… Katie who was the first to give up, Duncan who planned the fridge heist, and Courtney who made a throw fit and provoked Chef when she shouldn't.
"Courtney." And with that, Duncan was happy to see the girl receiving her marshmallow as she cheered for surviving another day.
"Well ain't this a predicament," Chris said as he tossed the last fluffy white treat up and down in his hand. "Two campers. One Marshmallow. Who's gonna get it?"
Duncan blinked as he felt the pressure of being the last, and he hated to have a feeling like that… Some of his friends who were on the verge of elimination must have suffered the same ideas and the possible outcome…
Katie closed her eyes and crossed her fingers, as she waited so much for that moment.
"And for the final marshmallow goes? DUNCAN." Chris called the name of the delinquent which made Duncan shout out happy that he survived. Courtney went in front of him and kissed him on the lips… While Katie smiled sadly for both of them. "Well Katie, it seems your twin is not going to be alone anymore."
"Yeah, I think so. Thank you for that Chris." Katie smiled as she hugged the host and was careful to not touch his hair, which he was thankful for. And Katie smiled as she hugged and kissed every single friend in the check. "Thanks, everyone, I'm going to check how Zeke is doing."
"Have a nice trip, tan twin. We are going to miss you." Duncan gave a hug and played with her head, and with that happy smile, she quickly went to the Boat of Losers, and with a new direction of seeing her boyfriend and her sister.
"I did everything I could on this game. And now I'm going to see my Cody, wait for me honey, I'm coming for you." Katie kissed in the direction of the camera… And just like that the episode just ended.
(Playa Del Losers)
"Well played everyone… I'm proud of everyone," Ezekiel said as he went back to sleep… Seeing the not-edited episode made him watch from his bedroom, and taking so long… He was happy to know they planned Katie's elimination like professionals, and now she can be reunited with them. "Cody is going to have happy weeks with Katie around. Good night my friends, see you in the last episode of season 1…"
And just like that, Ezekiel closed his eyes, enjoying another great time on Playa del Losers.