Author's note:
Here we are, for the episode I promised to make, and there was some thing that I never realized towards the last chapter which let me with my slaw dropped... People really liked Ripjaws, so much that I had been discussing with my friends so much about it that it became a part tiring for myself. So I'm going to give an answer towards the reviewers, so I hope you all read the message I'm going to give to you. Now I'm going to rest, because it has been a long week for me, and next week is exam week, again, and I need to study a lot tomorrow.
Reviews:
KenWil2001: I cannot guaranteed anything, because it took him so long to just write one season of the show on television to a book, if he works like that so much he would overstress himself and that's not good, so I will not promise you anything. And don't worry he will fix the ultimate alien and omniverse.
Sleepyhead guest: "That would be crazy, but I don't think I should make it Doctor Paradox the main icon of what happened, and I don't want to make crossovers like that. Thank you for your kind review, and I hope you like the chapter.
Just guest : Thank you for liking the fanfic, and trust me, I thought about adding Scooby Doo, however the show is a rabbit hole so big that I felt intimidated... If ben 10 is big, Scooby Doo is way supreme of the past, and I don't think Ezekiel would ever have a courage to write a book about it, because it was many generations from a franchise loved... And he would hate to see it that treasure to being like... Ugh, Velma. Also there is 4 series of cartoons Ezekiel is focused now, more work would make him overwork and be fatal for himself.
Wolfang21: I'm glad that you liked it. And Trust me, Kai for me isn't going to be written, she doesn't exist, and that wolf episode is a filler so doesn't exist as well, so she will be removed from the book. Now, Lucy? That sounds interesting, I was thinking Enchantrix, July or even the alien from Omniverse. For me it would make sense if Ben would romance an alien like his grandpa. It would be funny.
Just a wee guest: I'm glad that you understood my point, however... many loved Ripjaws into got a point that made me debate about him for 1 hour...and I got a headache, so please read the final scene of this chapter, it's a challenge for you all.
Mr. E Guest : I'm glad you had a lot of fun on the last chapter, and while your idea is interesting, I recommend you to read the last scene of the chapter, it's a challenge for you all.
Guest99: Well, I cannot give you spoilers about what's going to happen. But one thing I can tell you about Helluva Boss... I got a writer's block... what I can say. (GODMAMMIT BLIZO, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT OF THIS SEASON) *cough*, and I was going to be on writer's block for so long, but then, one of the most famous crack shippers of Moxxie, had the audacity, the balls to actually write a chapter of Moxxie around the Holiday of my Country which happens on this Tuesday, the Valentine's day. So it's my countrie's Holiday, and he published a chapter this week. And I got a look at it and I said. (Oh that cretine) and now I felt challenged. (Jokes aside). I will write Hell's Bell's chapter because it's the DATE OF MOXXIE AND CARMILLA, so it's an official Valentine's day, on the true day of Valentine's day. (YOU HEARD THAT CHRIS? I'M GOING TO DO IT ON THE RIGHT VALENTINE'S DAY CHAPTER. TAKE THAT). *Cough* again, jokes aside. The most of my other Helluva Boss fanfics is on hiatus because of Blitzo and his past, which now is probably going to mess up everything I wrote so far. So, I'm going to write Hell's Bell's Sunday, and probably will release Tuesday. Sorry I needed to vent about it.
BurstEvolution9000 :Who knows? Nobody is sure on how far Ezekiel would write the books, or even if he had thoughts about making Crossovers, he is taking way to long to write one season, so better not pressure.
duskrider : I'm glad that you agreed with my point, however... there was a lot I had to talk, and in the end I came up with a challenge for everyone who wanted Ripjaws, it's on the end of the chapter, on the final scene. So I'm with a headache, and I had a lot to discuss which lead to nowhere, so now I hope you like this chapter, and have a lot of fun. And enjoy the challenge. Also thanks for the playlist, I loved so much the ultimate alliens that I decided to do exactly like that.
Guestspirit: There you go
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Benny Farr: I understand your point and critics about people saying in unison, however I find it funny when it comes about Jinx, since people stopping to talk because of talking in unison and their mind tricks to predict what they are going to say... But anyway... the Toystory 2 reference... to be honest I don't know what I did, maybe I did the reference by accident? Can you point it out what reference I did? And about Ripjaws, please read the final scene, and there is a challenge for everyone... So please read the scene and do the challenge I gave. About the Andromeda Aliens, I kinda forgot about them, so the final scene will explain everything, so please have that in mind. Enjoy this chapter.
Now everyone, enjoy this chapter. Because I loved to write it... Except the last scene... that scene I wrote it with my remaining forces. So please enjoy this, and accept my challenge.
"Last time on Total Drama Island…"Chris presented the resume of the last episode of the show while he was over the Dock of the Shame with his arms wide open. "The campers got sent out on safari. They were made like they were zookeepers. Although, some of them might wanna look at other careers. Owen passed not just the whole episode suffering the worst day of his life, while everyone becomes a winner, he was the only one who had the worst result of Karma by being unlucky to not eat the amazing food made for the hunters, but also had the punishment to clean up the washroom which he himself sabotage from his digestive system lack of control. We had Duncan provoke a bear with a dress, and now he had to run and scream like a little girl while the bear took his chainsaw and went after him. Thankfully our new members of the crew proved not just being useful, but also extremely hilarious."
(It showed a video of Sanders saving Duncan's ass by using a Taser to zap the bear, and a video of MacArthur fighting the Mecha Racoon)
"Come on MacArthur, I bet 20 bucks that you would kick their asses... This week, our six remaining campers will get way too close for comfort. Now that there was only 3 members of Killer Bass and 3 Members of Screaming Gophers. Will this challenge break send another member of the good friends of Killer Bass? Will Owen be eliminated after screwing up on the last challenge? Will Heather and Lindsay be part of the final 3? And who will be voted off this week in the most dramatic campfire ceremony yet? Find out tonight… on Total. Drama. Island!"
The morning started around the camp Wawanakwa, the good time for the 3 days of their normality around the reality show, Owen was having a good time having a good dream. Even as he was upset about not being able to eat the amazing food, he was happy to hear Izzy had forgiven him for his screw-up. And while it has been really difficult to clean up the washroom... Heather helped him... Well, she shouted at him to do the work and telling where he should watch.
She is scary, but at least all the cleaning he did, was worth it because he enjoyed the good fresh smell of the washroom... Before dirtying everything again. He couldn't help it, he was used to the food of the camp and he was always hungry. But the smell he had after dirting the washrooms again reminded him of the cheeses he loved to eat...
So much that he was having sweety dreams of cheese. Where he was in the sky made of cheese, with a lot of types of cheeses for him to enjoy. It was his paradise. People usually would be afraid of having a naked dream, but in his dreams, he didn't have anybody to judge him, so he loved the freedom of eating his favorite food, and when he thought things couldn't get better, the sounded like helicopters whirring. And it was Helicopters carrying giant donuts. So much so that he flew in the middle of the donut and got stuck on the sugary delicacy. Everything was perfect.
"What's going on out here?" Gwen said which made Owen just wake up from his dream, and slowly got up to hear the sounds of the helicopter, which made him blink...
"Is that the doughnut-copter?" Owen opened the window as he looked at the possibility of his dream becoming true.
"Ugh…"Heather looked at Owen and grunted as she couldn't believe how that ball of grease managed to go that far on the show, and the worst part was that from the instructions Izzy had given to her. She had to maintain Owen on the game because she needed his vote to remain on the game, and slowly sabotaged the other team, she felt the urge that when it was the right moment she would eliminate him. But until then, she couldn't...
She looked at DJ, and she knew that he just needed one more push... She and Lindsay had always used the homesickness of the Jamaican boy to take him to the verge of saying the word Condor, but that boy had been very lucky and stubborn to remain in the game.
But the queen bee knew, that she just needed one more opportunity.
The campers looked at the host of the show who was piloting the helicopter with his smirk on his face.
"Welcome back to Total Drama Island! Over the past six weeks, we've watched sixteen campers push themselves to the limit! And they get their butts kicked off the island by their fellow campers! Sucks to be you!"
"Noah, Sadie, Justin, Leshawna, Eva, Tyler, Izzy, Cody, Beth, Ezekiel, Katie, Harold, Trent, Bridgette, Geoff, Courtney, Eva again, And Izzy, again..." At the time Chris said that it showed the highlight moments of each camper being eliminated, in which some were outraged, some cried, and some had to leave due to medical problems. Showing the best moments, and some others of the most embarrassing moments.
"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."Chris landed the helicopter and walked in the direction of the remaining 6 campers on the show, as he showed a good part of his sadistic part, as the duo of cadets marched across the camp and with a surprise for the group. "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."
"Oh look, did the police academy send a care package?" Heather asked as she saw Sanders and MacArthur appear with the handcuffs on their hands, ready to make the campers know what is like to be handcuffed.
"Yeah, they did. They even had your name craved on it with glitter and sparkles." MacArthur commented as she raised one of the handcuffs and to the surprise of the queen bee, there was indeed one with the name Heather and glitter on it. Heather doesn't know if she should be offended, or flattered by the Cadets to actually have to think ahead on such a thing.
"Wow Heather, they made one with your name on it. I wish I had one too." Lindsay commented as she pouted from the envy she had over her friend, and Heather didn't know if she was going to facepalm or have a migraine at that moment.
"Well luckily for you Lindsay, you also have one." Chris decided to give the good news, as he could see the blonde bombshell being so happy and excited that she even started clapping. "Each handcuff, had two names on it, one in front and the other on the back. Each member who has a name is responsible for being stuck with their partner for our challenge of today. All in the name of today's challenge: The Tri-Armed Triathlon!"
"Tri-armed? Like, three arms?" Owen asked confused, as Duncan felt excited about the challenge, the big guy was looking at his arm until he raised and asked the host of the show just to be sure if it was the challenge.
"Yes! Three challenges, three teams of two, three arms per team." Chris answered the question, as he placed both his arms behind his back and enjoyed the nervous look coming from all the other campers.
Heather from her time and seeing there were 2 handcuffs one belonging to her and the other belonging to her only friend on the island.
"Please tell me that we would be wearing 2 handcuffs instead of one," Heather said hopeful as she would at least be chained, but from seeing the smirk of the cadets and from the host himself, she sighed in frustration. "Of course we wouldn't."
"Winning team members both get invincibility from tonight's vote," Chris smirked as the groups looked at each other, unsure of how the groups would be separated as duos, and the possibility of having a guarantee on the top 5 was something tempting to everyone.
(Confession - Gwen)
"Seven long weeks. It has been a long ride around here. Some times were good, and some times were terrible, I found a few weeks ago that my belief in horror movies wouldn't actually prepare me into fighting an actual danger and I just saw one of my friends hurt, and a person that I never thought was sane break down crying on the same night. Sure that I had great times with friends and had a good laugh and I enjoyed the hot tub... but to be honest, I don't know how much more of this I can take." Gwen confessed as she looked at the camera giving a good resume of what just happened since the two episodes before. "I think I can take for a few more rounds on this show, but in case I lose, I don't even care. This show is always getting on my nerves. And the more friends I lose on the challenges, the less exciting is getting for me to continue on the game."
(Confession - Lindsay)
"I can't believe I'm on the final 6, Mom, Daddy, Paula, you have no idea how much I passed on here," Lindsay commented that she felt that she was telling her family about her experience. "I'm almost on the final 3 as Heather told me, and I passed so many things, I ate the worst food I could, cried a lot, and had fear, but also made great friends like Beth and Heather, I'm sure that when everything is over, we three are going to buy a lot of new shoes and makeup because I'm running out of mine recently... Owen is also a good guy and I'm glad to have so much fun talking to him, he is a good friend, but Heather told me to use him as a meat shield for votes when things got terrible. I don't know why... I met Izzy and I thought she was crazy and would hurt me, but she is so smart that I had no idea what she said so many times, she is smart enough to even tell me in short words what I could do, and I have to tell, thanks Izzy for the candy and the fun we had. Maybe I should find lipstick with mango essence because I think that's how it fits her... Oh, never mind... what was I talking about again? Oh right... I'm in the final 6, and I hope to win this. Because if I eat yellow pancakes again... I'm going to break everything."
And when she said those words, the gleam on her eyes, turned in a shadow mark, as she looked at the camera in deep hatred... proving a point that nobody would ever bring again.
(Confession - Duncan)
"This place is torture, man. At least in juvie, we had a half hour of television a day and they kept the lunatics locked up separately. I mean, this outhouse, this is the only place I can go for peace and quiet. Oh, and you do not wanna come in here after Owen."Duncan explained the terrible things that happened around the time on the island to prove his point, he gave a sharp inhale on the place which made a disgusting gag, "Oh, yeah... the only nice thing we had around this camp, for surprising as it was... were the friends we made, I know it sucks for being cliche, but I never thought I would miss the time of the first episode when I just watched Harold prove his kung fu skills only to hit himself on the crotch... or the time I and Ezekiel hunt down a roach which we did an awesome overkill... Or for when we worked together to have our amazing hot tub... After everything we passed. Jumping from the cliff in a safe zone with an area infested with sharks, became tame for me... I miss you, Princess. I will win the big money for us."
(Confession - DJ)
"I'm in the final six! I didn't think I'd make it this far, especially with all these intense challenges. But here I am. I've just got to keep being myself and doing my best. Having only my friends and learning a lot from a little pink beagle, showed me that I indeed could be courageous even in the worst cases of fear... And my mom always says, 'Stay true to who you are,' and that's what I'm going to do." DJ said as he reminded himself of the good parts of the challenges, but then a ping of doubt started to hit inside of his heart. "But I think after I being so long on this game, she could understand that I reached my limit... I had so many opportunities to say that word... but something happened... And I was shocked when Izzy said it, the show managed to even break the most unpredictable camper of the show, and I felt my heart ache to see her on that point... I think she was right, even if she was on the Killer Bass for a few hours, I think it should be fair for her to use that word... I hope you are feeling better now Izzy. And I'm going to try to keep up on the show... I hope so."
(Confession - Owen)
"YEAH, BABY! HAHAHAHA." Owen shouted as he was happy to be part of the final 6 and giving himself a good speech around the confession booth. "PLACE AT THE TABLE! WOOHOO! IT'S PRETTY AWESOME TO BE HERE. I'M SO PSYCHED, DUDE, WOOHOO."
(Confession - Heather.)
"Well, well, well, final six. I knew I'd get here, but it wasn't exactly smooth sailing... from everything I had to do to adapt around this show, I had to sabotage some campers, manipulate some... make a deal with the devil not just once but twice, and to see a despaired girl who was from a lame background to become a girl that I took under my wing and to my disbelief became one of my best friends, with a girl who seriously needs to learn into not becoming too naive, or believe the world was only kindness, I had too much in my plate to teach them both..." Heather confessed the way she would be, she knew that her friends knew that's how she would say that she cared for them. "Beth, I swear if you are not taking care of yourself while I'm here, you are going to deal with me... and please be fine. Me and Lindsay are trying to keep up until the final 3, and then... that's the game me and Lindsay must know... after that, it would be between me and her, and friendship wouldn't be used between us and 100 thousand dollars. I hope you and her understand that because that's what I said when we did the alliance... And then when I win we can go have dinner at the restaurant and you two can help me on how to spend the rest of the 100 thousand dollars. I pay for the dinner... that's what friends are for."
After the confessions, for the despair of some campers, and the disturbed of others, the duos were tied together with their names putting the duo in the handcuffs. DJ is handcuffed with Owen, Lindsay is Handcuffed with Gwen, and Duncan is handcuffed with Heather.
Each of them looked at their handcuffs and the person they were locked with, being now responsible for winning the challenge with their partners. And some are very hesitant about their chance of victory.
"Great, I'm handcuffed to Queen Bee. What did I do to deserve this?" Duncan commented as she could potentially see that it was already a bad start from the challenge.
"Just stay out of my way and let's finish this." Heather rolled her eyes, knowing that the first impression of the delinquent wasn't even good.
"Sure thing, I'll let you boss everyone around while I plot my escape." Duncan joked as he knew it would annoy Heather, but then to make things worse someone else appeared with a smirk on her face.
"Don't get any ideas, Duncan. I've got a taser, a pepper spray and I'm not afraid to use it." MacArthur chimed in as she could see the delinquent now when he realized that he missed the juvenile, Chris found a manner to bring it to the show, which made it even worse.
"Good to know the fun police are here. Literally." Duncan sarcastically remarked as he could see Sanders rolling her eyes. "And you saving me from the bear doesn't change anything."
"I didn't say anything." Sanders snarked, which made the duo wait for Chris to explain more about the challenge.
"First of our three challenges, competitive chow-down," Chris was happy to annunciate the first challenge, which of all the groups, only one clearly had the advantage. And talking about the advantage... Owen immediately laughed as he was feeling happy with the challenge.
"Come on. This is like a dream I had once." Owen said as Heather rolled her eyes, and decided to play a joke with Owen.
"The doughnut-copter dream?" Heather asked which made Owen excited and look at the queen bee with hope.
"You've had it too?" Owen asked as Lindsay tilted her head.
"The doghnut-copter was made of donuts?" Lindsay asked innocently which made Owen shake his head.
"It was a normal helicopter-but it was carrying a giant donut," Owen explained while Lindsay nodded her head in understanding, and Heather wanted to facepalm. "But a helicopter made by Donuts would have been way better."
"Wow, the instructor said it happened once at the academy, and someone named that Code 96-10." Sanders commented while MacArthur was musing about the idea of possibly happening.
"I still said it was *beep* for creating a code and never showing a picture to us," MacArthur commented about the possibility of a real helicopter made of donuts and they didn't have an opportunity to be registered at that time.
And that was the cue for Heather's facepalm.
" Each team will choose a feeder and an eater. Eaters must put their hands behind them, making it more difficult for the feeders." Duncan and Heather glanced at the campers, in the same way Gwen and Lindsay stared at Owen and DJ, knowing that their good chance of winning the first challenge was just slim as null. "One last thing. This is the wimp key. A skeleton key that will open any handcuffs. You'll be offered the wimp key at each challenge to unshackle yourselves from your teammate."
Heather looked tempted to use the idea, but she knew there would be a catch on that moment.
"But… if you choose to accept it, you'll both be eliminated."And then Chris had to ruin it, but to the surprise of nobody, they were expecting that nothing would be that easy.
"Hello? How do we win this thing?" Gwen rolled her eyes as she wasn't refiring about the eating contest, but for the other challenges, since looking for her partner being nobody other than airhead who seemed to be eager and nervous around the challenge. She felt that her chances weren't great.
"Chef's getting platters for each team. The title goes to the team who finishes their platter of delicacies fastest." Chris explained the first challenge, which now was a chance for each duo to see who between them would be the eater and who would be the person to feed them.
"I'll do the chowing down,"Duncan said as he glanced at Heather who was looking at her nails.
"Suit yourself, if you think that you can beat the bottomless pit that it's Owen's stomach, I wish you good luck," Heather remarked as the delinquent narrowed his eyes at the queen bee.
Lindsay stared at her friend and the delinquent not excited for the challenge, and from seeing Owen already jumping on his place excitedly, she gave a slight glance at the goth girl who was watching the delinquent and the queen bee into planning a strategy.
"Hey Gwen, do you want to eat it?" Lindsay asked gently as the girl who saw the blonde cheerleader with unamused, and not eager to participate in the challenge.
"I don't know, what about you?" Gwen replied as Lindsay gulped, but gave the same weak smile.
"I can try, but I don't know if I could keep with the food," Lindsay said with hesitation, which made Gwen raise her eyebrow raised her.
"Okay, let me eat," Gwen said when she suddenly felt hugged by the blonde girl.
"Thank you," Lindsay said as both girls looked at DJ who was smiling nervously, and Owen was so eager to eat anything. "If you don't want to eat, or if the food is terrible, we can slow down and make you stop."
"You really don't want to eat this, do you?" Gwen asked amused as Lindsay gave a puppy look to the goth, which she rolled her eyes, but accepted. "Fine, I will stop if I don't like it."
And with the blonde cheerleader smiling at her, Gwen doesn't know if she should be annoyed or not. But it was a challenge and they had to compete.
At the time Chef came with the trays, the duos found a very unique culinary when it comes to Chef, the chicken was green, and there was a quiche and cheesecake... And Gwen was very hesitant to try to eat.
"Ohhh, cheesecake, and quiche," Lindsay said in a happy tone which caught the attention of the goth who seemed to find something surprising, the desserts seemed to be ordinary.
"Do you want to eat?" Gwen asked, hiding the hopeful tone from her voice, which Lindsay nodded her head eagerly.
"I just hope the yellow is just the usual flavor of it. So please, if it's... you know..." Lindsay was excited, but then a part of her voice cracked... Gwen had her eyes wide open on that tone, which she understood about one thing...
She didn't get over the pancakes...
"Just say it once and I will stop." Gwen could understand Lindsay's fear of food, the food challenges were always traumatic, and Trent really managed to break Lindsay somehow.
Lindsay sniffed but tried to contain herself.
"Thank you," Lindsay whispered as she got ready.
" Ooh! Delicious!" Owen commented as DJ looked at the food, from his point of view, the food looked well made, and since the last reward, every camper knew that Chef when he wanted to make good food, everyone would treat it as food that was brought by the paradise, since in comparison of the ordinary food from the military, it was indeed a hell and heaven situation.
"Doesn't the green chicken look strange to you?" DJ looked as he tried to guess if there was a kind of preparation that would make a chicken delicious but also with a different color.
"Mm, maybe it's lemon-lime chicken," Owen commented DJ had so much time cooking with his momma, and she always had interesting recipes to cook, from hearing a person who ate practically almost anything. He couldn't help but nod his head.
"It could be, but are you sure that you want to eat?" DJ asked and the big oaf laughed as he was slapping his belly with pride.
"I can feel my stomach full with all of this, so bring it in," Owen said happy as the others looked at Owen, and with a challenge like that, it would be kinda useless to try an eating contest with Owen...
And when it was time, Lindsay placed her hands behind her back while Gwen was pulled with one of her arms, the same could be said for Duncan who pulled his arms behind his back, almost making Heather fall from her place. Owen did the same, and if wasn't for the fact DJ was big and strong, he would have fallen from the pull of the chubby boy.
"Oh, this is going to be good," MacArthur commented, as she was enjoying her coffee time, while Sanders was even having some donuts to make the challenge more sweet.
"Want some sir?" Sanders asked Chris, who tapped the finger on his chin before nodding at his employee.
"Alright, you can start the challenge... Now." Chris gave the signal and the duos decided to see who could win the first part of the challenge.
And they started eating. Each of them was doing at their own speed, Heather was doing her best to make sure Duncan ate the fast as he could.
"C-ould we go a little slower?" Duncan said with his mouth full, as Heather raised her eyebrows...
"Well, if you see on your side..." Heather said Duncan turned his head and had his eyes wide open to see DJ at a fast speed, and Owen was with his mouth wide open as he seemed to be not even chewing... until Owen finally started chewing.
"Go Faster!" Owen said as DJ nodded his head and continued to move as fast as he could.
Duncan looked in disbelief, as he then narrowed his eyes.
"Oh, now is on." Duncan gulped his food and gave a nod to Heather who continued to go faster.
Gwen on the other hand was more strategic.
"One, two, three, four, five, open." Gwen gave the instructions as Lindsay opened her mouth and ate eating fast as she could. "Are you okay there?"
"The quiche and the cheesecake are good. Keep going." Lindsay said as she was grateful the food was good, and Gwen was going to a slower pace for her, even as she knew they couldn't eat, at least she was trying her best to be up from the challenge.
"Go faster!" Owen said as he demanded more food, and DJ wasn't being able to keep up with a spoon.
"Sorry momma, but I have to do this." And DJ did one thing that he knew would be unethical in a way to eat the food. And dropped the spoon and decided to use his hand to grab a lot of food and give it to Owen. Why was anti-etic? Because DJ didn't wash his hands for that.
"Now, we are going good," Owen said without caring about the idea of being fed by his partner's hand.
"Mm, I can't... I can't" Duncan who was trying to control his speed, but felt his throat almost choking, couldn't help anymore, and spat the food on the floor. "There is no way..."
"Good. I was almost done with spoon-feeding." Heather said as she was amused to see the delinquent boy looking at dirt from all the food he spilled on himself trying to keep up with the only camper who would eat his own weight in food. "That's what happens when you want to keep up with a human trash disposal."
"Noted," Duncan said as he didn't like the taste of the defeat, but trying to keep up with DJ and Owen was ridiculous.
"Ohh, I think I'm on my limit," Lindsay commented as she felt that her stomach wasn't keeping up with the speed, and that was the signal that Gwen stopped her arm.
"Are you sure?" Gwen asked as she was also feeling her arm tired, and from seeing Lindsay giving a final gulp, and looking dizzy, she decided to give a stop. "Alright, we couldn't do much."
"But it was fun," Lindsay commented, as she smiled at Gwen, who just blinked at the type of answer...even as terrible the challenges would be, she never thought that there were other campers, sans Owen that still enjoy challenges like that.
"Well, at least someone is still having fun on this show," Gwen commented as Lindsay tilted her head.
The duo watched Owen and DJ keep working together, until everything on the tray was cleaned, sans the bones of the chicken which was the signal that the duo just finished everything.
"The winners are... DJ and Owen!" Chris commented as both cadets clapped their hands, Owen was happy chewing the food, and DJ was feeling a bit disgusted from his hand covered with food. Making a person eat food by hand without washing the hands first really irked the poor gentle Jamaican giant.
As the duo seemed to be fine with themselves, DJ finally learned one terrible consequence of his actions, since the stomach of Owen started to rumble loudly which made DJ realize something terrible was about to come. And from the time Owen was farting... He gave a sheepish smile to DJ, which made the boy gulp...
(Confession - DJ)
"The things I saw in that bathroom, and the traumatic experience I had by helping on... that...nobody should suffer that, not even monsters who could lurk in the shadow, they didn't deserve to do what I did. That was the most disgusting experience I ever had..." DJ commented as he had cold sweat across his face, and stared at the sheepish Owen... He couldn't help but whimper. "Why didn't I wash my hands?"
"Did you wash your hands after we finished it?"Owen asked which made DJ who was with his hands on his face look in panic.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH."
10 minutes later...
The duos saw Owen calmly tapping the back, of DJ who was trembling, and traumatized.
"We have a 7-11 situation in the bathroom. I repeat, we have a 7-11." Sanders commented which MacArthur tilted her head.
"Hey, I remember that one..." MacArthur commented until she blinked before narrowing her eyes."HEY. THAT JUST HAPPENED ONCE."
"I mean Owen and DJ," Sanders said the chubby cadet looked at DJ traumatized and Owen looking sheepish.
"Ohh... Trauma due to explosive bathroom break. Got it." MacArthur nodded her head, as both cadets were enjoying drinking coffee.
"I don't know why, but I'm so glad that I'm not his partner," Duncan commented as Heather felt a shiver on her spine and a huge relief in her heart.
"Yeah, me too," Heather said in reflex, as the duo watched Chris showing the key once more.
"Last chance for the tempting wimp key before part two!" Chris was giggling at the key the groups were staring at each other, and from the look of the traumatized DJ, they were expecting the giant to say something.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." DJ shook a bit of his head and concentrated on the now. "We won the first challenge, and I cannot back down now."
"So what's the challenge, Chris?" Duncan asked as he then saw Chris with his usual smirk on his face.
" On the beach, you will find three canoes. One for each team. Your challenge is to paddle your canoe while wearing handcuffs," Chris commented as he saw Heather's face getting pale and she was trembling in her place, which Duncan raised his eyebrows in surprise. And Chris was giving an evil chuckle. "All the way to Boney Island."
"OH HELL NO!" Heather shouted as the campers jumped away from the queen bee, as she was both infuriated but also trembling in panic. "I'm not going back there. No way."
"Relax," Chris said as he raised his arms. Knowing very well the reason why the queen bee was the most terrified of the group. "We didn't take anything from the island, which I wish I could have, but from seeing what happened at the climatic changes happening from having the curse for so long, it isn't worth the extra money we would pay for our equipment and for the health care. So the Island is with sunshine and there isn't a cloud in the sky."
And that was enough to make Heather's shoulders drop, and she recovered her breath.
"Heather, are you okay?" Then a voice was enough to make her snap from her panic, and from seeing on her side, there was Lindsay who was horrified from seeing her like that, and the other campers such as Owen and DJ looking at her in concern and even fear...
(Confession - Heather)
"Why Boney Island? Of all places, why there? Last time, it was an absolute nightmare. Freak weather, getting sick, and then Beth had to leave. And Ezekiel... we wouldn't have broken the curse without him. I owe him 2 favors because of that." Heather commented as she knew the terrible outcome of everything, but still, she had to go that far on the show, so she needed to recompose herself. "I don't think I'm ready to face that place again, but I don't have a choice. I just hope I can keep it together."
Heather raised her hand and took a few seconds... to recover her breath and calm the beatings of her heart.
"I- I'm fine, as long it's a sunshine on there..." Heather commented that Chris smiled at her, but then she narrowed her eyes. "I swear, if the sun was too much that it would make me sweat, I will return back to the camp..."
"You can use the key if you want..." Chris said as he showed the skull key, which Heather hesitated... But then gave a deep breath, and closed her eyes.
"Let's just go," Heather said to Duncan, who remained in silence but watched every single moment to notice all the signs she was having.
"Now. Go!" And with that, every single camper went excited by passing over Chris, who was just on the floor being stomped by every camper running in the direction of the boats.
"Alright, let's push this beauty, and let's go," Duncan said as he was pushing the canoe, while Heather was a bit hesitant to push...
"WOHOOOO," Owen said happily as DJ was also pushing which was followed by the last duo.
"Let's go, Gwen." Lindsay was excited, while Gwen rolled her eyes, but did the same thing. With that, the second challenge already started.
Heather and Duncan paddle through the water, with the distant outline of Boney Island looming ahead. Heather's strokes are hesitant and uncoordinated, causing the canoe to waver. Duncan notices and tries to pick up the slack, but it's clear they're struggling.
"Come on, Heather, we need to pick up the pace if we want to win this thing," Duncan said as he gritted his teeth, while he could see the queen Bee who was in front of him was trembling. "What's with you?"
Heather who was trembling, was feeling more and more like they were approaching the island, as her hands were trembling and her eyes were diminishing in tiny dots.
"I can't, I CAN'T, I JUST CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T," Heather said as she released the paddle above her lap her hands froze and she placed one of them on her face... She was palled as the delinquent could see that the girl was hyperventilating. And from that moment her hyperventilation became so much that she could only hear her heartbeats.
"Heather, Heather..." Duncan said as the words couldn't be reached in the queen bee's mind... But she couldn't hear him. Her eyes and her constant breath made the delinquent try to think about any ways to stop her... "Oh screw it."
Heather was still hyperventilating until she felt an arm crossing her shoulder, and a head over her... She then realized that she was being hugged by the delinquent who was with his eyes closed... And was giving deep breaths at that moment. Heather just started to feel the heartbeats and the slow breathing of the delinquent. And from that, Heather slowly felt her heartbeats diminish, and tried to follow the rhythm of the person behind her, as her fast breath was becoming slower, and slower... Until her eyes closed made her get herself back together.
"Thanks..." Heather commented as Duncan nodded his head at her... "How did you do that?"
"My aunt taught me how to deal with people with panic attacks, she told me there were times when some cases were so much that she needed to help the families of the victims to deal with this kind of terror and stress," Duncan commented as Heather was even releasing a few tears in terror. "Was it really that terrible?"
"It was awful, Duncan. We started off sweating like crazy because it was so hot. But the moment we got to the island, everything changed. A snowstorm hit us out of nowhere. We were freezing, soaking wet... and then it turned into a rainstorm with lightning. We even got chased by an albino version of the carnivore beavers." Heather explained, as Duncan remembered from Ezekiel, and when he told everyone about what happened. They got angry at him for being reckless... But it was the first time Duncan could be hearing from another's person perspective on how awful it was... "It was like Mother Nature wanted us gone. And Ezekiel... he was the only reason we made it. He knew about the tiki and how to break the curse. We were running out of time, and he managed to set up the altar and bonfire. We broke the curse, but what cost... We all got sick. Beth and I recovered..."
"While Ezekiel didn't..." Duncan said as he looked at the reflection of himself. "I gotta say it has been partially my fault, even as he said it wasn't, I did a prank war with him which instead of letting him recover, got to a point that he got pneumonia. And I think if he didn't have the sickness he would have stayed far longer than the others."
"Well, you tell me. I owe him 2 favors. And I'm afraid of what he is going to use for the future." Heather said as he could see Duncan rolling his eyes but also chuckling.
"Knowing him, he would ask you to help in some of his works," Duncan commented as he could see Heather scoffing.
"Yeah, he also told me about a unicorn made by Rainbow which only speaks my family's language," Heather said as Duncan snapped his fingers.
"Wait you speak Korean?" Duncan then realized what would be the other language Heather was talking about, since one character of Adventure Time where Harold was curious about why he chose Korean instead of Japanese, so having a camper being able to speak Korean would make it funny, especially if was the queen bee. "Because if you say so, I can't wait to hear Ezekiel using one of his favors and make you do something Lady Raincorn would do."
"Ugh, another one..." Heather said as she was feeling a migraine already.
"Hey, look on the bright side... We are almost there, and I don't see any ice, and neither a cloud... This time is going to be fine." Duncan said as Heather gave a small glance at the island... And from the comparison to before, it looked exactly like the first time they went there...
"I hope so..." Heather commented... The duo continued paddling.
"Ever since I was little, I've always felt like no one really listens to what I have to say. I'm a person who feels things deeply." Owen commented as he was paddling with DJ who had been in a conversation with him for a few minutes, and while the chubby boy had been a guy with a very great optimism, it was the first time Owen had brought the feelings he had about himself.
"Really? I wouldn't have guessed. You're always so upbeat, man." DJ commented in surprise since he was being honest about how much the big man never seemed to be upset. He always was the person who would be optimist about everything.
"Yeah, that's what everyone sees. The happy-go-lucky guy who's always ready for a joke or a snack. But inside, sometimes it feels like I'm screaming and no one hears me." Owen commented as he continued paddling sadly, as the giant with a gold heart could comprehend many things happening around him. "I mean, I love to be happy, and I love to be cheerful, but I felt like any second I could screw up, and then mess up badly... Well, more badly than before."
DJ could understand what the person was saying since he was aware of one incident that had been marked around him which he wasn't there, but from how the victim was on that night, it wouldn't need to be a genius to understand what he was talking about.
"You are refiring about Izzy, right?" DJ asked as Owen nodded his head, as the awkward silence was the answer to the question made by DJ. "I'm not going to lie, that night Izzy cracked in a way that I and my friends never thought to see Izzy in such a way, and she said she was a former Killer Bass for at least a few hours, so it was enough to convince me she was part of my team, and as a good teammate, I have to tell... You screwed up, very very very badly."
"I know," Owen said as he felt guilty as he continued paddling towards the direction of the horizon. "But I was really scared, what option I could have done in the time I needed to run?"
"Do what Courage would have done," DJ said firmly as Owen tilted his head at him.
"Courage?" Owen asked as he tilted his head. Which DJ nodded his head firmly.
"Yeah, Courage, he was a pink coward beagle, and even in moments of immense fear, when he found monsters, assassins, or even people to hurt him or his family, he would have done the most basic of instructions of being a coward... He would have carried the person he loves, and run away with them and not let them be caught or killed by the monster." DJ said firmly, as he understood that while being a Coward, in all the stories, as much he hated Eustace and loved Muriel, he always would have carried both of them on his arms and back, and would have run away with them. "Your mistake has been pushing a girl you liked in front of Chef. Nobody would have blamed you for being a Coward, but at could at least carried Izzy and run away from Chef instead of pushing her, that was a low blow, and I have to say, Owen, I never thought to see Izzy cry... Whatever thoughts or ideas you had about you and her, it's over, my momma always said one thing that I will have always in my heart. When you make a woman you love cry by a mistake you made on purpose, you can even hook up with her again, but the love she had for you? Will never be the same, so it would be best if you run with a tail between your legs, take your big man pants, and learn from your mistake."
Owen was in shock, as he flinched from the words said by a person who was one of the kindest hearts when it came to the island, and yet his words had hit Owen on the stomach, harder than a burrito with expired hot sauce. Owen dropped his head and decided to continue paddling, while DJ decided to be serious around some point.
The awkward silence had been so much, that Owen couldn't help but muse loudly.
"Wow, your mom is really wise," Owen commented as DJ nodded his head at him.
"The wisest person I know. Her lessons have been helping me so much in dealing with the problems around the island, and I'm proud to learn everything from her." DJ said as he gave a nostalgic smile, and Owen nodded his head at him.
"Yeah, and her food, oh my God, I never thought I would have loved Caribean food so much," Owen commented as he could hear his stomach humbling from desiring another go into Jamaican cuisine, but then he remembered one thing. "It must have been hard for you to not win the challenge where your mom is in..."
"Yes it was, but one thing that hurt me much more was the disappointing look she had on her face," DJ commented as he shed a tear on how that look was indeed hurtful for the kind brick wall, he felt that on that day he had failed so much for his momma, that he felt he deserved to eat the punishment food.
"I have to confess that at the time your mom came to the island, it made me wonder about my parents, how are they," Owen commented as DJ gave a look around, and even around his own reflection on the water. "Sometimes I wonder if they are missing me."
DJ felt even more conflict, as he had seen seeing in a situation that he never thought of before... when it was him and his momma, he always felt that he was the only family they had, he never met his cousins in Jamaica, and he wished to bring take his momma to Jamaica... It was one of the main reasons he wanted the 100 thousand dollars, but the pressure of the show had been so much, and the homesickness and the worry he had over his momma was so much... That he isn't sure if he still has the strength to keep up... He missed her, oh God how much he missed her.
"DJ, are you okay?" Owen asked which made the brick wall snap from his thoughts. "You are crying."
"Huh?" DJ hummed as he touched his face, and he realized that it was indeed true, as his body and heart were releasing all the tears that he had been holding without realizing... "I... I don't know... Let's keep focus on the challenge. We are almost on the island."
"Okay, if you say so..." Owen commented as he wasn't sure what just happened, and the duo continued to paddle in the direction of Boney Island.
The trip across the water had been in unsettling silence, and while Gwen would find it easily a good way to have a moment of silence, she felt curious about seeing Lindsay being one of the people who didn't want to talk in the middle of the challenge.
And from the speed at which both girls were paddling, Gwen knew that she might regret commenting.
"You are very silent," Gwen asked which startled Lindsay so much that she jumped on her place. Which made almost both goth and cheerleader lose their balance around the canoe. "Sorry."
"No, it's alright," Lindsay commented as she gave a glance towards the direction they were going. "It's because I'm just thinking too much."
Gwen raised her eyebrows, as she took a few seconds to process it...
"Try to not fry your brain while doing it," Gwen made a sarcastic remark, which Lindsay blinked for a few seconds, and then gave a deep breath to place her head on the water which almost made the goth lose her balance again. And when she returned with her wet hair and face. Gwen learned that she may not want to make sarcastic remarks around Lindsay again.
"Thank you, I think this actually helped," Lindsay said with a smile, which made Gwen try to say something. But decided to ignore.
"You're welcome," Gwen replied as she could see that the girl still looked in conflict as the duo continued to paddle in the direction of the challenge. "Just speak your mind already."
"Oh, well... It's Heather." Lindsay commented as Gwen rolled her eyes as she knew what probably since the duo had been united during almost the whole show. "I never saw Heather in that way when Chris said we are going to Boney Island again."
Gwen remained quiet, as she usually could understand why the girl was in concern about her friend.
"You two are really close," Gwen commented as she could see Lindsay nodding at her. "It's actually surprising, that she was a jerk at the beginning of the show, but she always warms up and has patience with you."
"Oh yes, I think that since the time we formed the alliance, Beth and Heather became my best friends," Lindsay said happily as she was always happy to talk about them. Which made her realize one more thing. "Ah, and Izzy, she scared me first but then she was really smart, when I thought I couldn't understand a thing, she always would explain to me in a few words in a way I could understand. So she is also a new friend to me. I'm just a bit sad that she had to leave."
Gwen remained quiet, and from the way the girl was at the end of the challenge, both Lindsay and Izzy were the ones who were caught most in the episode. Especially with Eva protecting Lindsay during the night.
"She had her reasons, and nobody could blame her for it," Gwen said as Lindsay gave a weak smile. "To be honest I never thought a cheerleader, a farmer, a queen bee, and a crazy girl (military genius) would have become a circle of friends."
"Well, I like to make friends with everyone," Lindsay said proud of herself, as even commented something about what happened. "Even though I know that I may never be able to read a book, or try to remember other people's names, it takes a long time for me to do that."
"Well, maybe you didn't find the right book to read," Gwen said as she commented about the blonde girl having maybe an interest, but then she saw Lindsay shaking her head.
"That's not it. My parents and my teachers always said this happening to me since I was a child, letters go right to left, and left to right." Lindsay commented as she then made Gwen had her eyes wide open in surprise. "Sometimes I had to take 10 minutes to write something with the right letters. And if wasn't for my classmates I would have bombed on class many times."
Gwen listened to the explanation made by the cheerleader and the last sentence suddenly took the goth by surprise.
"Wait..."Gwen was calm as she then looked at Lindsay as if something happened in her mind. "You..."
(Confession - Heather.)
"Lindsay had Dyslexia for a good part of her childhood," The queen bee was in front of the confession booth as she was still distressed from her trip to Boney Island. "It didn't take long for I and Izzy discover when she told us her symptoms, and I have to say that I was so surprised that even as the girl looked airhead most of the time, she didn't show most of the other symptoms which would be coordination and singing a song. But it must have been really hard for her to keep on the school with that baggage."
Heather just shrugged, as she looked at the camera.
"She may have problems remembering names, so give a bone for her. She has gone further than most of the campers on this show." Heather said as she looked at her own explanation. "Maybe that's why Izzy always found an easier way to explain things to Lindsay."
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know," Gwen said as Lindsay tilted her head.
"Why are you feeling sorry? It's just a thing I have since as a kid. And while I can't read a book, my dad always read books for me when I was a child. And I always loved him telling me a story." Lindsay commented, that even as difficult as she was for her family and friends, she was happy that her father read for her. "He always made CDs of him reading me a good book, which made me love some good ones."
"Huh, that's very nice of your father, what books did he read for you?" Gwen asked as she imagined that Lindsay would come for fairy tales, which she didn't expect what Lindsay would say next.
"Murder on the Orient Express, The Hound of Barkersvile, a Study in Scarlet," Lindsay commented as Gwen had her mouth dropped. "I always love a good mystery case. And Murder on the Orient Express has always been my favorite. Since I took almost the end of the story to find out who were the culprits."
"You found out?" Gwen asked as she blinked... "How?"
"Oh, my daddy asked the same thing. And then I told him my whole plan while using a cane, a pillow, gunpowder, and makeup, and my daddy told me that the idea was so crazy, so stupid... That it just might work." Lindsay said as the goth never thought of seeing another face of the blonde girl before...
A girl that even as she seemed airhead and stereotypical, always had a good heart, and possibly had difficulties like everyone and yet found herself to adapt her problems into being herself...
"Okay, tell me your crazy plan," Gwen asked amused as the girls seemed to be approaching the boney island.
(Confession - Gwen.)
Gwen blinked at the confession both, as she stared weirdly at the camera...
"Her father was right... It was so stupid and so crazy, that it would have worked so fine." Gwen said as she couldn't believe how the little things that Lindsay knew, the fact she thinks outside the box... Could be very clever in the way she acts. "She is a good girl."
At the time Heather and Duncan reached the sand, Heather took a deep breath and checked that it was indeed the same island before the curse happened. So the relief crossing her heart was enough to make her feeling more calm around the challenge.
"See? It's fine, there isn't a curse." Duncan said as the duo took the backpack and decided to open, it to reveal a map on it.
At that time the duo heard the sound of a helicopter approaching them, which showed nobody other than Chris was already in there.
"Welcome to the second part of the second challenge!" Chris commented across a helicopter as the duo opened the map of the island, and on the said map, there was a mark in X in one of the spots over the map. "This time there will be a challenge of resistance since it's a race towards the beach where the bonfire challenge on episode 8. And oh yeah! One of you has to piggyback the other!"
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." Heather narrowed her eyes, as she then saw Duncan crouching.
"Just shut up and let's go," Duncan commented as the queen bee raised her eyebrows at him. The delinquent rolled his eyes. "Do you want to lose the challenge?"
"Of course not. Let's go before this place gives me nightmares, again." Heather said as she went above Duncan and the duo started to run...
While the duo went ahead, Gwen and Lindsay, and DJ and Owen also heard the explanation given by the host of the show, and they had to think about it...
"Let's go Big Guy," Owen said as he was happy to help his teammate, but then he started to regret it since the big weight was enough for him to almost go down. But taking a few seconds, he got the right position and started walking. "Let's go Wohooooo."
Lindsay and Gwen looked at each other, and Gwen just smiled and pulled Lindsay behind her back, which the duo smiled and started walking in the direction of where the challenge had led them in the first place.
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Thankfully for everyone, Chris seemed to have been taking it easy for them, since the direction of the map was in a different type, and had more shortcuts than the first time, since it had been a whole chaos.
"Be careful with those freaking bees. If you see any one of them, just tell me and we run faster." Duncan commented as Heather nodded her head, while she had no idea what he was talking about.
"I didn't find a beaver until now, neither grizzle nor albino. So that's good, really good." Heather commented as the duo went to check every single detail, Heather's sweat was even watering on Duncan's back, but he didn't complain, since that place indeed was giving himself creeps.
It's never too much to be careful on that island.
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"Okay I think we are almost there," DJ commented as the duo seemed to be crossing the woods, until suddenly the sound of wood being chopped and then the sound of wood falling in front of them. "Oh no..."
Owen was feeling exhausted, but then his entire face got palled as he heard a familiar sound, and when the big man turned to see beavers about their size, staring angrily at him, Owen almost fainted. "What we are going to do?"
"LIKE COURAGE ALWAYS DOES," DJ said as he got from the back of the giant. And took Owen from the floor, raised over his head, and did what he had to do. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
And with the beavers running after them, DJ carried Owen, not leaving him behind. Like an honest Courageous Coward would do.
"THAT'S HOW YOU SHOULD RUN FROM FEAR OWEN,"DJ shouted as the big man was almost crying in fear.
"OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE LESSON," Owen said as they both panicked when the beavers ran after them.
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"So this is the place where you and Trent almost fell on quicksand?" Gwen commented as she slowly walked around the dangerous trap that Chris would be enjoying for their torment.
"Yes, Boby even went to a tree to use a vine to save us, he was my hero," Lindsay commented as Gwen listened with a thought on her mind.
"Boby, boby, boby... Cody?"Gwen asked as the blonde girl gave a gasp, which confirmed the name that Lindsay remembered at that moment. "Okay, that's good for him to save you. And thanks for telling me about the quicksand."
"You're welcome," Lindsay said with a smile, as Gwen passed a few moments alone as the duo continued walking...
"Hey Lindsay," Gwen called the attention of the blonde girl as she looked at her. "I'm curious since you like mystery stories, I'm curious to know what mystery movies you like."
"Well I always liked stories where I was caught by surprise, so the Unusual Suspects, The Pink Panther movie, and Ace Ventura," Lindsay commented as Gwen had her eyes opened in surprise, from seeing Pink Panther and Ace Ventura she could understand, but Unusual Suspects? It showed that indeed she liked the genre. "Also, my daddy said I'm too smart for my own good in movies since I destroyed his favorite movie..."
"Oh, that's fine Lindsay, maybe you could buy another one for him," Gwen said as she could see her new friend sniffing in sadness.
"No, it's not that, I destroyed everything he liked on his favorite movie," Lindsay said as she noticed Gwen pausing and looking at Lindsay. "I just don't know why people liked Indiana Jones and Raiders of Lost Arc. The man with the hat and whip even if wasn't part of the movie, the bad german nazis would have found the arc, taken to the island, open it up, and all die. Just like the way it happened when he appeared."
Gwen stopped and opened and closed her mouth many times as suddenly she realized what Lindsay had said...
(Confession - Chris)
Chris looked astonished, staring at the camera without a good smirk, as his look was nothing more than terrified, and in a broken state, Chris pulled his hair.
"*BEEP* THAT'S TRUE. *BEEP*. HOLYWOOD, WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?" Chris shouted as he cried to the skies about one point that he never thought of before. A movie that it had been a national treasure for many fans, and with just a review, it destroyed the favorite movie of many fans. "One of my favorite movies... destroyed, with a single sentence."
Chris doesn't know if he should be angry with Lindsay for destroying his favorite movie, or laugh about his lament on how stupid he was to never find out something so simple.
"I beat 10 dollars that my brother is freaking out right now," Gwen commented as Lindsay stared confused at her. "Nothing, let's just finish the challenge."
"Alright." Lindsay smiled, not realizing that her innocent smile was what caused the broken dreams of many movie lovers from the most iconic archeologist in the world.
The Pandora box was just opened.
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After the duos were running towards the beach, Duncan and Heather were the first duo to reach the beach, and Chris was there... staring at the nothing.
"Er... Chris?" Duncan asked as Heather noticed the hair from the host was messed up, which immediately shook and tried to compose himself.
"Ah, Duncan and Heather. It seems that we have the winners of the second challenge." Chris commented as Heather had to raise her eyebrows.
"Are you crying?" Heather asked which the host cleaned up his face, and gave them both a smirk.
"No. Why did you say that? I'm just fine." Chris commented as he was still smiling. "And I will take out your point if you continue asking.
Duncan and Heather looked at each other and raised both their arms.
The next second, Gwen and Lindsay reached the beach which Chris had to cough on his hand to make sure to not scream to not show how outraged he was.
"And for our next duo, Lindsay and Gwen," Chris said as he immediately raised his hand. "And if any of you say something, I will eliminate both of you on the spot. Got it?"
Gwen dropped down her hand, as the next 10 minutes of silence, and Chris was using a hairdryer and water to fix his hair, which thankfully was ready to see DJ and Owen.
"And the winners of the first phase of the challenge got the last place on this one... What happened to you boys?" Chris commented as he managed to recover from his meltdown and was able to continue the rest of the show. And from the other campers who stared at the outbreak Owen and DJ it seemed something big happened.
"Beavers, giant beavers..." Owen said as Heather shivered from hearing the animal which made her remember the albine version of them. "We ran far away from them."
"Oh that's good," Heather commented as the others looked at her. "Don't ask, just... don't ask."
Lindsay looked worried, but Chris decided to shake his head.
"Never mind. Now that everyone is here. Let's prepare for the final challenge. Sit on your tables." Chris commented as DJ and Owen, Duncan and Heather, Lindsay and Gwen decided to choose which table they were sitting at, and above the tables there were some lumps covered with a fuchsia fabric on it.
"And now for the last challenge of today." Chris went back to his usual person and smirked as he pulled a fabric in front of Owen and DJ.
"Ahhhhhhh." Both DJ and Owen screamed in surprise from seeing what would be heads above the table, while Heather and Duncan looked in surprise at them.
"Relax, they are just made of wood," Duncan commented as the duo looked at Chris.
"The totem pole of shame and humiliation," Chris commented as he decided to explain the rules the camera showed a display video from the complete totem since it was taken after the challenge was over. "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!"
And with that, Chris used a whistle which made the duos finally work together for the last challenge.
DJ was looking around over the heads as Owen just gave a slight glance towards the wooden sculped Justin.
"Nice guy, Justin. Look! Even his wood carving of him is smoking hot!" Owen commented DJ just paused and looked at Owen who didn't realize what he just said. "I mean, it's a good carving! His features are so chiseled." DJ continued staring at him. "I mean, someone chiseled them really well!"
Owen continued chuckling nervously...
"Owen, can you do me a favor?" DJ calmly commented which made the big guy nod his head at him. "When you are about to find out that you said something wrong, don't keep digging yourself down, just drop it and don't justify yourself, it makes yourself look even worse."
"I will do that," Owen said as he nodded quickly at DJ who was looking at the heads on the table. "And thank you for not judging me."
"It's fine, we can say something wrong sometimes, it's just not to keep insisting. It never helps." DJ gave a slight lesson and Owen nodded his head, even as lovable as he can be, he couldn't help himself. "Sadie, then Eva, then Tyler..."
"Wow, you got these already?" Owen asked in surprise, and DJ nodded his head at him.
"Yes, one time, Courtney just wanted us to remember that our work always reached the point of the sacrifice of the others, so we always would put an order on who was eliminated first from the Killer Bass," DJ commented as he, Duncan, Gwen and a few other members of the Killer Bass always had to update which were one who was eliminated... Since their names were on the Killer Bass flag, they used it not only to pride but to remember how far their friends reached in the game.
"Noah is the base," Heather commented as Duncan nodded his head at her, and with Noah being the first head, she still had a bit of a sadistic smile from making that loser to lose control and make himself eliminated so easily.
"Sadie was eliminated on the wake-a-thon," Duncan said as he placed the chubby Asian girl above the bookworm wood head.
"Justin whined a lot on the dodgebraw, he was a model that he was so afraid to hurt himself, that it's disgusting to see." Heather looked disgusted as she placed the head above the chubby girl.
"Eva when she broke her leg by saving Courtney, and Tyler for being the first member of the team to say our Condor," Duncan said as he made Heather raise her eyebrow at him.
"Aren't you going to eliminate yourself for saying that?" Heather commented and the delinquent rolled his eyes.
"Nice try, but you are not going to eliminate me like that, you can only use this word as a way when you really mean it. We are not stupid." Duncan said as he placed the heads above the order.
"Hmmm... Drat, and here I thought I could eliminate you."Heather joked as Duncan looked around and found a head which he clearly saw a face that he missed so much...
And grabbing his trusted knife there was something he needed to do.
"So who was after Bo...I mean Cody?" Lindsay tried to focus while Gwen was separating the heads for the order where she remembered from the flag, she placed the Killer Bass from left to right, Sadie, Eva, Tyler, Ezekiel, Katie, Harold, Bridgette, Geoff, Courtney and Eva. While a part of her was trying to figure out the order of the Screaming Gophers.
But there was one person who she knew who was before the next member of the Killer Bass, and the first pillar going down...
"It's that one," Gwen commented as Lindsay gave a look, and then she had her eyes wide open and then her face went sad at seeing one person that she knew she missed at that moment.
"Beth," Lindsay said as she tried to remain calm and not cry. But then seeing the other duo, Heather and Duncan still working, she gave a serious face. "Hey Heather, Beth's after Cody."
"Why did you do that?" Gwen asked in disbelief as Lindsay pointed in the direction of the other team, while Duncan was holding Courtney's head, Heather was holding the said head which Lindsay had said. Heather passed a few seconds alone, and it went even faster to collect all the remaining heads and went back to pile the totem even faster.
"Because it was her sacrifice that made both me and Heather reach until now," Lindsay commented as she looked at the head of her best friend. "Even as people could see it, she is our best friend, and it was because of her, that she made all your team lose so many times."
Gwen had her eyes wide open. As Lindsay didn't stop.
"We know that after her, Zeca was the next one, which after him, the Killer Bass lost member after member, and while that's sad that happened to him... It was because of the sacrifice of Beth that she managed to take you all down, and it's because of her that I and Heather will reach the final three." Lindsay said as she managed to grab more heads, and her eyes looked more alive than ever, even as she had tears in her eyes. "We are going to reach the final three, for her. NOW LET'S GO."
And for the first time, Gwen decided to grab more heads and continue to pile more heads.
"Let's see what our other team is up to. What's this?" Chris said as he managed to find something around one of the wood heads. At that moment Duncan saw it and acted in anxiety.
"Don't!" Duncan said as Chris looked at him in disbelief and started to chuckle because on Courtney's wood head, there was a mark carved indicating the letters D+C, and around there was a heart on it... Chris started to chuckle louder and Duncan scoffed angrily. "It's not funny, man."
"Most guys kiss girls they like. Dude carves her head. Mr. Tough ain't so tough." Chris decided to make fun of Duncan Duncan gritted his teeth while he was about to punch the host, but without a warning, Eva's head went directly into Chris's face, which made the host get knocked out, and Duncan slowly turned his head to Heather.
"Huh, look at that, Eva can hurt people even after leaving the show, curious," Heather said in an amused tone, which Duncan smirked at her. "Now give me your girlfriend's head, and let's be done with it. I hate this place."
"You don't have to tell me twice," Duncan said as he smiled at the girl who while she was a bitch sometimes, could give respect to someone who was willing to hurt the jerk McLean anytime.
DJ and Owen were trying their best to remember if Justin or Noah was the first person across the elimination. Since it had been so many weeks, that they couldn't remember the order of the Screaming Gophers, while the Killer Bass the order was right. And sadly for both of them, neither could find a good start... So in the challenge, Justin was the first and then the order went a bit confused, from mixing Cody, Beth, and then Izzy, and when the duo seemed to be almost on the Courtney... Owen just realized one thing.
"Oh no. I think Noah was the first one." Owen said as DJ paused, and then made a slight nervous smile... "It seems that we cannot win today."
"It's fine Owen... we tried our best." DJ gave a slight smile, but he couldn't help it. It was like he was not just telling the big oaf... but also to himself. "I'm going to take a shower when we get back to camp."
"Yeah, I think I would like to eat something. Do you think Chef still has the food of this morning?" Owen smiled and DJ shrugged...
"I don't know, but hey, it was a good day," DJ said as he concluded, and from seeing the other team's totem pole, Lindsay and Gwen almost went to the top while having 3 more to go, but Duncan and Heather...
"We have a wiener! Hathun and Dender take it!" Chris said as he was disoriented, and with his head spinning, as the other duos looked at Heather's and Duncan's pole and there it was, a totem pole of all the members, done correctly, (Noah, Sadie, Justin, Leshawna, Eva, Tyler, Izzy, Cody, Beth, Ezekiel, Katie, Harold, Trent, Bridgette, Geoff, Courtney, Eva again, And Izzy, again..., all in the order like the host said on the start of the show). Lindsay clapped happily as the queen bee won the challenge, and Gwen nodded her head at Duncan who was smirking. "That means they have immunity to the challenge."
"Well, that was fun," Gwen commented as she smiled with Lindsay as Owen and DJ also clapped for the duo who won the immunity and reached the final 5.
(Aquarium)
As the look around the cave seemed in complete silence, DJ alone was on his hot tub, musing around every single moment that he passed across the whole show, knowing that soon would be the time for the votation for the next camper being out of the show... And while Duncan and Gwen were somewhere around their cabin or doing their preparations, the giant was alone, staring at the place that usually had been a good spot for everyone to pass their time together, but each time it gets more and more empty...
DJ looked at Eva's trailer which was the prize that she gave her best to own it fairly and square, and then he glanced at the flag... With each member of his team who had sighed across the challenge, and on their side, there was a number of when each of them was eliminated...
And passing a few minutes alone around the Aquarium... DJ came to pass the rest of the time, staring at the flag, thinking about his decision on who he should vote for... Until he finally made a decision.
(Campfire)
Night had once again fallen on the crappy summer camp as the bonfire was burning bright, the cadets were already in their positions to make sure that everything would be smooth for the elimination. And all the six campers were sitting on a stump.
Just then, Chris walked up to his usual spot behind the metal barrel, in his hand was a plate of only 4 marshmallows.
"You've all cast your votes and made your decision." As usual, Chris explained the rules for every single camper who was ready for the elimination. "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."
For the first time, nobody knows how the votation went since Duncan and Gwen talked over themselves, however, DJ didn't seem to have talked about who he had voted for. It was 3 Killer Bass and 3 Screaming Gophers, and each of them had one person that they could vote off from the remaining camp, while the other 2 members would use their votes to protect and save them.
"The first marshmallow goes to… Gwen," Chris said as he launched the marshmallow for the goth girl, and staring at the remaining campers, she wasn't sure who could be saved. "Three campers are left, but only two marshmallows. The next marshmallow goes to... Lindsay,"
And Chris launched the other marshmallow which the blonde girl felt happy for continuing on the show, and with only two campers left... Duncan and Heather glanced at each other.
"So it's a tie then? Knowing that we have 3 votes on Owen and 3 on DJ." Duncan said as he rolled his eyes, but then one thing caught the attention of the delinquent.
"It's not a tie," DJ said with so much assurance that Duncan palled at what his friend had said.
"Please don't tell me," Duncan said in disbelief as Gwen looked at the Jamaican in shock.
"And it seems that I won't need to create more suspense around this issue... The final marshmallow goes to Owen." At that moment Chris said that Heather, Lindsay and even Owen were in shock as DJ glanced at the camera.
(Confession - DJ)
"I didn't vote for me... I voted for Lindsay because I knew that she would have fewer votes than me and Owen... I knew it wouldn't be a tie if I did something, and that's what I did." DJ commented as looked at the camera, and gave a happy smile.
And just like that, the duo Duncan and Gwen were in shock, as DJ smiled and gave both his friends a hug... and from his baggage he was feeling ready, even as his backpack there was a bunny who was also munching a little carrot as it was also leaving the show with his owner and friend. Even though his friends couldn't believe it, they had to accept it, his friend decided to leave the show, just like all the others.
It was a very harsh way to say goodbye, but they knew sooner or later the gentle giant would have to leave.
And at the boat... DJ sat as he was petting his bunny.
"Sometimes I wondered how I managed to get that far, even as many challenges it had brought the best of me and also my worst qualities. In the end, I could say that... I know that I made my momma proud. And from the boy who just got inside of this show, I felt like I grew up so much on this show." DJ commented as he smiled warmly from relief, as he felt that his soul was freed with good thoughts in his mind. "I never cheated, I never hurt someone, and I lived up to the times of courage that I never thought I would have. And I can have to say, to quote my hero, the pink beagle Courage. The things I do for love... I voted myself off because I love my momma, I love my friends, and I love myself, and I think it was my time to leave because I lived up to the name of a Coward who became courageous... I will meet you all later, Duncan, Gwen, Lindsay, Heather, and Owen. Good luck..."
And with that, the episode ended... with what would be another bittersweet ending for many people... But with a satisfying conclusion for a Jamaican who knew that his momma would be proud of him.
Maybe he lived up to the name of Courage the Cowardly Dog after all. And when he got far away from the island. He couldn't also quote his hero one more word.
"YES." The Jamaican brick wall raised his arms as he cheered just like his friend quote Courage... And with that many viewers couldn't help but giggle from that final scene as the episode ended.
(Play Del Losers)
"Please." Izzy insisted.
"NO," Ezekiel shouted as he looked impatient and very angry.
"Come on Ezekiel, you are being unreasonable," Noah commented as he pointed out one of the drawings he had over the sketch.
"What's wrong with Water Hazard, he is awesome," Ezekiel said but both his friends couldn't agree with him.
"Yes, but he is overpowered, he is one alien that would have way too much power, and from what you told me, you were planning to do versions of Ben where he is older and more experienced. So it would be good for him to appear later on." Noah explained as Ezekiel knew what he was talking about.
"I know, I know. Ben is 10 years old, and he needs to have equilibrium on power balance and weakness. But why are you insisting on Ripjaws?" Ezekiel commented as Izzy was happy with the drawing sketch of the aquatic fish alien which was able to eat metal. "It's just a sketch of him and wasn't even a very interesting alien."
"Ah come on Zeke, look at him, it's a fish which can destroy any kind of metal, and being on water and having weakness of being outside water like any fish," Izzy said as she was giving puppy eyes dog at him, but Ezekiel was deadpanning towards that.
"He was a prototype of something far more greater than that, and that weakness is terrible, most of the adventure and lore around the book will be on Earth, and I want an alien to control water. To be useful, and crushing metal while it happens to be interesting with teeth, Four Arms it's so strong that it can rip robots apart and even punch toward metal from how strong he was, and Diamondhead also can cut metal because of his sharp diamond body." Ezekiel pointed out the most things that he didn't find of the alien useful, which made Ezekiel really angry about his friends insisting on the idea of a mermaid alien having legs and having a terrible weakness of dehydration being like that.
"Then why don't you just modify him? Like a more believable version of him without being overpowered like Water Hazard as you said." Noah commented as Ezekiel was slamming his head on the wall, and while he wanted to point it out, Noah sighed and decided to comment again. "I know that your lore made Ripjaws more like a Neanderthal version of an aquatic type civilization, so why not make his physiology like a fish which is also able to breathe outside of water in a more natural way? Like a mudskipper?"
Ezekiel paused to slam his head on the wall, as Izzy looked eager about it.
"Ohhh, I like this idea, make him absorb oxygen from the water and place it over his lungs, and with the time he passes outside of the water, with each attack he gets, the water from his lungs would be absorbed and he would need to recharge... And as time he gets older or used way more frequently... He would need less oxygen and he would have more time outside of the water." Izzy said as she was giving ideas for the redesign. "Also since he is a very old specimen as you said... you could make his fish scales able to absorb water and redirect the water to his lungs and separate the oxygen from the water."
Ezekiel remained in silence... as he looked at both his friends who were debating ideas... They had been arguing about Ripjaws for a whole hour, and Ezekiel wanted so much to break anything on that point... But at that time he was just too tired.
"Fine, I will redesign him to make him on the original cast of the book," Ezekiel said as he sat on the couch, ironically he couldn't escape from the original design of the Ben 10 drawings, and he regretted making the sketches of all the aliens from the first season. "Just know that I'm doing this against my will, and I blame you two for that."
Izzy cheered while Noah rolled his eyes, knowing that a book should be good and interesting for everyone, and knowing that he was interested in what his friend would elaborate on the one generation one shot he had in mind.
"But I will also make it modifications in a way I want." Ezekiel then decided to make sure to himself... if people wanted Ripjaw, then he was going to make his own version of Ripjaws. "You want an alien with balance and weakness? Alright, I will give you that, but now I want you two to give me the best 10 ideas you have about powers and weaknesses to modify more Ripjaws, I will use your concept of this way Noah, but now I want more. So give me more."
At that time, the trio decided to brainstorm a better way to make Ripjaws loyal to his design, but also make him fulfill his purpose of neanderthal Fishman who not only crushes metal, and swims, but also does something more.
