Author's note: Well guys, these are going to be a very complicated week for me, 2 weeks of exams starting from tomorrow, so I decided to be kind and let you out with this awesome Interlude chapter, have fun reading it.
Now answering reviews:
djinn : Well in cannon Chris never mentioned that or even punished any of the campers because of that, so I think he doesn't care as long it would bring the viewers and make them enjoy the episode.
kazikamikaze24 :I laughed hard with the Courage Plush idea, however I don't think they could make a toy of him so quickly, but it was really a funny idea. XD
MatiasND : Glad that you understood what happened.
Just a wee guest: Well it was one of my first ideas to use the dog mask and the batoon, but sadly the reference would be took week on that time, it wouldn't have been on the right time for that meme since they never heard about that type of dog. So I decided to use the classic dog and cat water spray tactic, XD. I hope you enjoy this chapter. XD
Mr. E Guest: I'm glad you liked the chapter, I hope you like this one.
Wolfang21 : I'm glad you took the Kronk's reference, and I have to confess that it has been so fun to interact with... And if you want to know who I based both Angel Lindsay and Devil Lindsay. Look for both Emily and Charlie from Hazbin Hotel, their personalities are exactly like what Lindsay's angel and devil would be. XD
chepapu518: Well thank you for like the chapter, and to be honest, as long you are honest and will give me the credits, you are free to translate my fanfic and publish in wattpad, you can find my cover art on deviantart as well, and I wish you success on the translation, and I hope it brings more public over here.
Benny Farr :Trust me, you will find out on this chapter. XD
BrightNova169 : Thank you for pointing out the mistakes, they are already fixed, and you are kinda right, the muffin button would have been overpower on the show in emergencies, and you are right, things are going to get serious from now on...
duskrider : Well, have fun reading this chapter. I hope this will answer your questions. XD
Now, have a good time everyone, and enjoy this interlude. XD
"Aham, I think that's quite good for today," Ezekiel commented as he finally finished another page of his work, with Noah who had been enjoying eating a pineapple slice and watching Sadie working out, as Katie was dancing with Cody. Everything seemed to be peaceful around the Playa del Losers, even after the events of Geoff and Bridgette finally finding their love once again.
But still...
"Ughh. Can't you two stop? You have been kissing on the pool for 10 minutes." Tyler said as he was feeling uncomfortable at seeing Geoff and Bridgette showing their affection without stopping around the pool. He was even swimming but he was interrupted when he crashed upon the couple. And he waited for a single response from each of them. With his eyes rolling and annoyed by being ignored by his friends, he couldn't take it anymore. "ZEKE."
And for the next minute... the same pattern would happen again.
*Tsk tsk tsk.*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, WHY?" The sounds of the spice water spray were what became the limit of the restrictions of the couple who just were enjoying their next 3 days around, and with Ezekiel as a guardian of their boundaries, it was the time when even his friends of Killer Bass, and even members of Screaming Gophers had enough of them and wanted them to stop kissing.
"What did I tell you about making out a lot outside of the room?" Ezekiel said as he was with his arms crossed at the duo who were laughing sheepishly at him.
"Not cool guys," Tyler commented as he crossed his arms, and decided to take Geoff with him. "Now come on Geoff, let's play some frisbee."
"Hey, but what about Briahhhhhh." Geoff wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend, but Tyler wasn't going to have it, so he forced the party boy to play with him without thinking twice. That boy needed something to distract himself from the surfer since they had departed from the show for only 3 days.
Ezekiel raised his eyebrows at Bridgette who blushed and smiled nervously. The boy sighed and walked with her.
"I don't know what to do with you, Bridgette."Ezekiel commented as he whistled at Harold who had been carrying a plate of food for everyone, since the food always has been a great thing in comparison to the ordinary food from the show."Get hold of yourself, girl."
"I know, I know," Bridgette commented as she saw Buggsy the bunny jump around the island but not without pausing and giving a slight wave at her. The young girl who loves nature waved back at the sweet animal. But then seeing Ezekiel giving a glance at her, she couldn't help but confess. "But it's just, it feels like an eternity those days, and he really made me happy. And I wanted to be with him forever and ever."
"Yeah, I can imagine," Ezekiel commented as he clearly saw on the future episodes of Total Drama Island on what happened, both Bridgette and Geoff would always makeup, passing minutes kissing, which led to them being the first eliminated in Action, and then become hosts of Aftermatch, which Geoff became a jerk and had a terrible downgrade that many fans disliked him into doing it. But still, they always would find a way to keep together and kiss each other. "Just please, know your limitations, you have room for making out, and what is behind 4 walls it's up to you. But come on, you have friends outside of your mouths, and we want to enjoy the rest of the show on this paradise and have a great time with you two as well."
Bridgette paused... and thought about it, as Ezekiel was indeed wanting to call her attention telling her that indeed she had friends around who wanted to pass the time with Geoff and her, and not leave them both to always kissing around.
"Wow, I must look like a jerk," Bridgette confessed and Ezekiel nodded his head.
"And you were, but at least you saw the reason, now. Let's go watch the Pay-Per-View. Maybe we can find out what it's the new challenge for today on the show." Ezekiel commented as he could see Bridgette thinking about the idea. Since Ezekiel already finished what he wanted, and Noah was having a good time relaxing, he didn't care to watch the episode, until it came the edited version on the night.
Bridgette remained quiet, as she had nothing better to do since she already had a great time surfing, and then kissing her boyfriend, now that the challenge was probably going to happen, they at least would have some debates on what was going to happen, and who could probably be the next eliminated from the show.
And seeing the episode in pay-per-view usually, it's slower than the full edited version, but thankfully Bridgette and Ezekiel weren't alone, since Beth also came, and then Noah who didn't have anything else interesting to do, so it was talk around the room watching the pay-per-view, talking about their ideas while they watched the episode.
Beth got emotional as she saw her best friends talking about how they missed her, and she couldn't help but feel guilty about the curse she had brought to her team and friends, she did what she had to do, but still missed her friends was painful, as she felt the same thing, she missed her best friends who were always teaching her on how to be a more elegant girl and pretty like them.
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"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, GO IZZY, SHOW THAT SNAKE HELL." Noah laughed loudly as he felt vindicated into seeing Izzy bringing Heather to the cliff on her bike, Beth looked horrified at what the military crazy girl had been doing with Heather, and worse, the bookworm didn't stop laughing at her. "Oh I'm going to watch the whole pay-per-view on them, I will watch the edited episode tonight, this... isn't something I wish to miss for a second. Let me check the channel where this camera is... oh there you go. 744, got it. See you later guys."
Beth narrowed her eyes, while Ezekiel and Bridgette gave a glance at each other before simply shrugged and continued the episode.
When it comes to Lindsay being alone... she suddenly starts to talk alone.
"Err, what is she doing?" Tyler asked as he saw his girlfriend talking to nobody around at the camera. Beth and Bridgette were unsure of how to say it, but Ezekiel got covered.
"It seems she is talking with her Shoulder Angel and probably her Shoulder Devil," Ezekiel commented as Tyler raised his eyebrow. "Hey, it's fascinating, the two sides of your conscience, and you probably saw it in cartoons or even movies, which I'm surprised to see Lindsay having them."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Tyler and Bridgette asked, while one sounded offended by what he said, the other asked curious.
"It's because Lindsay is too nice, I never thought she would have a shoulder Devil, but that's a surprise for me to see it on the television firsthand," Ezekiel commented as he mused as he imagined what would have been an extra scene he would have loved to watch when he was on the life before that, imagining on how someone naive and good heart like Lindsay having both shoulder entities, he couldn't help but imagine if Lindsay was the Canadian version of Kronk, and if that was the case, he would have loved into seeing those 3 interacting with each other.
Until the trio of Lindsays came up with a very interesting and appealing idea.
"Combining the two halves of bikes? That's actually a pretty great idea." Ezekiel commented, as he was impressed that in times of need, creativity would be a great idea, and it's good to see Lindsay having her own episode to shine, knowing the actual episode, Ezekiel could potentially see Izzy knowing the outcomes of saving Heather from elimination just like she did with Leshawna.
And from building the bikes, Ezekiel looked surprised and terrified of one thing...Eva's confession regarding Owen.
"Poor Owen, he is her next victim," Ezekiel commented as Bridgette stared at the homeschooled boy. "At the time she decides that you need a workout, then prepares yourself for the nightmares. Thank God I'm just doing my exercises while I focus on my writing. And she couldn't check up on me or Sadie anymore."
Bridgette raised her eyebrow, debating if Ezekiel just jinxed himself or not.
And like he said, when the bicycles were built, it was the time to exchange bikes with each other. It was like a sick irony of destiny since Owen got Eva's bike, and he looked like he was dying, and with Eva's shouts, the poor optimistic chubby guy was in panic and exhaustion, when he spun the valve, Ezekiel had a sense of dejavuu, since it looked almost exactly like the cannon.
And when the race finished almost exactly like the cannon, but with a camper more on the next phase. It was the time for the campers to use their confession.
Owen was the first to do his non-edited version, where he began crying and shouting about how Eva was a demon, which made Ezekiel nod his head and Bridgette and Beth look terrified about Eva.
And then came Eva's confession.
"YOU TWO, IF YOU HEARD ME, I HOPE YOU TWO ARE DOING YOUR WORKING OUT RIGHT, OR YOU ARE GOING TO DEAL WITH ME."
Needlessly to say Ezekiel palled from the threat and cursed himself to open his mouth. Now he needed to make sure to train more around the day because he didn't want to deal with Eva. Especially in case, she would be eliminated from the next phase.
But also a good part of Ezekiel was curious. Without Heather being the winner of the cannon challenge, who would win this time, and who would be eliminated?
"Who do you think is going to win the challenge?" Beth asked Bridgette who seemed to be also wondering about the idea of immunity, while Ezekiel remained quiet because the rules of the next phase weren't explained yet.
"I don't know, but Duncan's and Eva's Bicycle seemed to be the fastest so far," Bridgette commented as Tyler wondered as well.
"Well I hope Lindsay wins since she worked hard, and she is my babe." The jock commented as Ezekiel smiled from the optimism of him.
"Oh yes, I hope Lindsay wins, she is so good in challenges like that, remember the flag capture challenge? She was amazing." Beth commented as Tyler nodded his head at her.
Ezekiel gave a slight glance at the screen, and with a thought on his mind... He couldn't help but muse with one question.
If Lindsay hadn't stopped in the piranha pool on the cannon or listened to Heather, she could have won the challenge easily... But also in the cannon, her outburst was one thing that the fans never thought it would have been being one of the first campers to need censored words for so long.
Either way, it was a well-deserved Lindsay episode...
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It was a shocking episode because neither, Bridgette, Beth nor Tyler could have expected to Courtney be forced elimination... However Ezekiel at the moment only remained only Lindsay and Courtney at the race... Chris wouldn't waste his opportunity to say the same words as he did in Cannon. But this time, without negotiation.
It was still heartbreaking to see his friend Courtney break, but in comparison to her cannon version, Ezekiel was happy, that this time, her departure from the show was more fair in being voted out by rigged votes by Harold.
Ezekiel got up from his seat. And turned off the television, and everyone looked at him in surprise.
"Let's not talk about what happened on this episode to the others," Ezekiel commented as the group looked at him in disbelief. "We watched the pay-per-view from the start, and I think they will deserve only to know when they watch the episode. It was their choice to watch the edited episode."
"Fair enough, I don't want to spoil anything, because I'm still trying to process this challenge," Beth commented as she had no idea how Chris could have been so ruthless, and in the end, Courtney was fated to lose.
Ezekiel had so many mixed feelings toward the episode since it has been both great to see Lindsay deserving the victory, but also very sad to see Courtney being eliminated like that.
And probably with so many changes from the cannon, he hoped, and even prayed for the destiny of his brown-haired C.I.T friend wouldn't fall for the darkness which happened on World Tour. And there was one thing he must do, since at least differently than the cannon, she now has friends to give support to her and be by her side.
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To say Sky and Jane were surprised was an understanding, because from all the campers they thought it would be eliminated from the episode. Courtney was in their opinion the one who had the less chance of being out of the show. It was so shocking to find out that between the lines, Chris would have been so cold that it would eliminate someone if they didn't understand exactly what he said.
"Oh my God," Jane commented as Sky was lost for words, they looked at each other and saw Courtney breaking down on television, which by far attacked their hearts. The whisper of her defeat was heartfelt and emotional on how the drama was indeed on the show, and you never should expect to be completely safe, because if you drop your guard for a second in the challenge, then you could be the next eliminated on the show. "I knew that she was going to be out, but not like that."
"I thought she would at least go to the top 4 contestants, but being eliminated easily like that?" Sky agreed with her sister, and seeing such sudden elimination was both revolting and sad at the same time. It wouldn't be a surprise that this episode would be one of the most debated around the show. Since the sudden elimination of a camper who just got saved from the last surprise elimination. "Do you think Chris rigged this, because of his revenge with Courtney?"
"I don't know. But it's Chris, anything could happen. Especially that he warned the rules of the third phase." Jane commented as both sisters couldn't help but grimace from seeing the C.I.T. being the one leaving the show. "Now Duncan is the last pillar, the pressure of the game and dealing with DJ, Eva, and Gwen, it's a huge responsibility on his shoulders now."
"Each episode surprises me more and more, from the fact it has been more and more members of Killer Bass losing, I have no idea who would be the next camper to leave," Sky commented as she was happy for Lindsay to win by herself. "I never thought Lindsay would have been able to win this. But way to go girl."
"It was well deserved," Jane commented that both sisters while being sad for Courtney, were also happy for Lindsay, it was indeed her time to shine and show her skills. "She is awesome when she is serious. And to think I didn't like much of her at the beginning. But I think at the moment Trent messed with her, he unlocked something inside of her which made me care for her, and even for Heather... Now that I think of it."
"WHERE ARE HEATHER AND IZZY?" Both sisters shouted in surprise and went to watch the other cameras of pay-per-view. Until they found Izzy carrying Heather who looked very angry and traumatized... Both sisters remained quiet.
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"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA," Until the whole neighborhood listened to the sisters laughing at the painful adventure the queen bee suffered in exchange for her immunity on the show.
Life was good.
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Dawn watched sadly the events happening around the episode, just like Bridgette breaking on the Brunch of Disgustness and Ezekiel's departure, it has been a scene where Dawn learned from first experience how to be aware of the trickster nature from the host of the show.
Watching television, she could see some of their auras, however, she wasn't strong enough to identify them by watching on the screen. She would need contact with the person for her to read their aura, and one thing she really wanted to know, is what the hell is on Chris' mind, she isn't sure if his aura is black like darkness, or grey of madness, but she knew that some times he likes to create drama like that. And that's both infuriating and yet fascinating.
Something inside of this show always brings attention from the others, even her since she is a nature lover, but enjoying the lessons she learned from the show and all the drama and adventures each camper has on the show.
Indeed, the more she watches, the more she and her family ask themselves what Chris is going to plan next.
The trip by boat sounded in silence, as the sound of waves DIDN'T even reach her ears. Even though the journey seemed long, and even the battles and challenges fought and won sometimes, the biggest loss Courtney ever had in her life.
Thinking about the possibility of what to do at the time she returned to her house, talk to her parents about how her life must have been around the show, even if they probably saw her on television, but she wanted to try to explain to them on their mind about the things that she learned about the island. How she was afraid that her mom wouldn't like her friends, or even not approve of her boyfriend.
Such thoughts once again happened in her mind, and that has to stress her out. Even as she looked at her collar...one craved in wood made by Duncan, she gave a small smile, before getting to focus on their own personal problems, but thankfully if the information Eva told her was true, there was a resort for all of the people who lost around the show, and if was indeed a 5-star resort like she was told before, anything was good for her to refresh her mind and body, from the shameful defeat she got on that show.
But suddenly as the time of the afternoon was over, and the sundown came to an end, the night was starting to happen, and then she was brought into a place that she had never seen before, it was another island as the bodybuilder had told her, and to her surprise, Ezekiel was sitting on the docks, with a drawing book on his hands...
Courtney was confused until Ezekiel stopped drawing and saw the boat approaching the shore.
"Final stop girl, got rest a bit, you deserved it." The captain of the boat was clear as Courtney finally reached her destination, and with control of her feelings and her chaotic mind, Courtney recovered her composure and took the suitcases and luggage that she brought on the show, and placed them on the shore.
But then she felt someone holding one of her luggage, and from the innocent smile of a friend that she hadn't seen for a while, Courtney felt her lips tremble and her eyes tear up.
Ezekiel didn't say a word, but helped her to carry some luggage and place them on the shore, and before they could go to the resort. Ezekiel finally opened his mouth.
"Before we go. Can you follow me a bit?" Ezekiel commented as the C.I.T. girl tilted her head before he led in the place of the beach a bit distance from the shore, without the weight of her baggage and suitcases.
Ezekiel took out his shoes and instructed Courtney to do the same, which she hesitantly did... And a bit nearby on the beach, Ezekiel sat down...
"Ezekiel, what are you doing?" Courtney asked with a bit of impatience but then she saw Ezekiel instruct her to do the same. She sat in front of him.
"Okay, close your eyes," Ezekiel commented as the girl raised her eyebrows, but she then saw Ezekiel closing his, which made the girl a bit strange about what he was doing.
"Okay," Courtney decided to just follow his instructions. She felt the darkness around her eyes and then started to hear Ezekiel's voice as all the focus was on her mind.
"Breath..." Ezekiel commented as he could hear Courtney start breathing, and Ezekiel knew what he had to do, for a friend like Courtney, he knew exactly what was important to do. "Here in the darkness, everything is okay, listen to the waves and let them fade away...here comes a thought... *snap*"
And from a sound snap of a finger, Courtney snapped her eyes wide open, as she saw something that she had never seen before, a world completely blue and serene, it wasn't anything that she ever thought of before. It was like she reached the deep of her own consciousness.
*snap* *snap* *snap* *snap*
And then from the sounds of the snap of fingers, she heard Ezekiel humming a melodic song, it didn't have an instrument, but from the melodic humming, it seemed that stroke deep inside of her mind. And then Ezekiel started whistling, and like the whistle and humming, it seemed like music to her ears... Until Ezekiel finally showed the purpose of why he did.
"Take a moment to think of just, Flexibility, love, and trust," Ezekiel commented as he placed both his hands in a meditation state, which Courtney saw him do, she was so confused but immediately followed his actions. "Take a moment to think of just. Flexibility, love, and trust"
Ezekiel turned his head, and Courtney did the same, and to her surprise, she just saw another Ezekiel on there, instead of the same person who she found around the show, this one was different, it was a younger version of himself, and then something that she never thought before, an ugly version of himself, a boy with a green skin with damage without hair, a person that it wasn't human, but a monster destroyed by the humanity, it was horrifying.
"Here comes a thought that might alarm you, What someone said and how it harmed you" At the time Ezekiel sang the song, both of them saw little light butterflies flying across the area, and when they hit the little kid, Ezekiel, the kid felt horrified while the beast was feeling furious and ran away to try to attack the butterfly. At the time one of the butterflies reached Courtney's finger, which made her feel guilty of the feelings that she may be having on her thoughts. "Something you did, that failed to be charming, Things that you said are suddenly swarming."
And then like a little butterfly created hundreds of them, overwhelming everything Courtney ever thought before, it was a scary vision, as they flew like a river overwhelming not just the kid, but the beast who found himself scared by the giant river of little butterflies.
"And, oh, you're losing sight, you're losing touch, All these little things seem to matter so much." And from that river created a light spiral which not just scared the kid, but terrified the beast who just crouched himself and whimpered in fear even shedding a tear at that moment. "That they confuse you That I might lose you."
Courtney looked heartache from that moment, but the tonality of the voice of her friend seemed so calm like he was expecting her reaction to be like that. And every single word of his song was indeed craving on her mind.
"Take a moment, remind yourself, To take a moment and find yourself, Take a moment to ask yourself, If this is how we fall apart" Ezekiel saw both butterflies nearby him, each on his shoulder, as he raised both his hands, the little butterflies went into his hand, as he calmly made the big questions which impacted Courtney from his song, but then he smiled and shook his hands, making the butterflies flew away from him. He smiled happily and gave the answer she was looking for. "But it's not, but it's not, but it's not, but it's not, but it's not."
Then Ezekiel gave a deep breath and she saw both kid Ezekiel and the beast Ezekiel trying to calmly deep breath on the situation.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, You've got nothing, got nothing, got nothing, got nothing to fear." Ezekiel pointed at the little Ezekiel to calm himself down and went after the beast version of himself, crossing the river of butterflies, he gave a hug to the beast, who emotionally embraced himself. "I'm here, I'm here, I'm here"
Ezekiel smiled, as Courtney felt it was her time to share the same feelings. As he opened her mouth.
"Here comes a thought that might alarm me, What someone said and how it harmed me." Courtney sang as she followed the same pattern of melody, and then her eyes wandered as her own memories attacked her, from the time she felt defeated as the words of the host of the show seemed to be making fun of her, "Something I did that failed to be charming, Things that I said are suddenly swarming"
And when she was singing she felt her brain explode, as crossing over her mind thousands of butterflies flew outside her head, creating a river even stronger than before. And from that quantity of butterflies, it created a giant version of a light butterfly, that indeed scared the C.I.T. brunette.
"And, oh, I'm losing sight, I'm losing touch, All these little things seem to matter so much, " And at that moment, both Ezekiel and Courtney saw something that only the former could understand who it was, Courtney tried to reach to the version of the butterfly which showed her deep inner thoughts, which was an angrier version of his friend, a C.I.T. girl who was hungry for power, with lawsuits on her hands, wanting to control everything, making Duncan to be a better boyfriend, to make Chris pay for his actions, and that version of Courtney was getting darker and darker, and even crueler with the time. "That they confuse me, That I might lose me"
Courtney then realized Ezekiel sang at the same time as her, and with a smile on his face, Courtney remembered the words his friend had told her. And followed the same lyrics as him.
"Take a moment, remind yourself, To take a moment and find yourself, Take a moment and ask yourself, If this is how we fall apart," Courtney came to a decision, as Ezekiel nodded his head at her, which made both close their eyes and went to have their own hands into meditating position, and then like a breeze of wind appearing strongly, Courtney opened her eyes, as she saw the giant butterfly she created suddenly separated from itself, like different little butterflies and flew away from each other, "But it's not, but it's not, but it's not, but it's not, but it's not"
Courtney took a deep breath, as she then saw the inner thoughts of herself suddenly disappearing like a whisper in the middle of strong waves of silence.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay" Courtney smiled as she then saw a little child version of herself, a little girl wearing a pink shirt, blue pants, and a white skirt, as she had 2 little pigtails on her hair like the good times she had on the childhood. From the time she grew up, she looked at the good memories, good friends she made, the deepest fear she had, and how her friends helped her to overcome it. "I've got nothing, got nothing, got nothing, got nothing to fear, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here"
Both Ezekiel and Courtney sang as they looked at each other, as great friends would be, a brotherhood they created on the Killer Bass, as she never felt the pain in her chest being released, she now felt free from everything.
"And it was just a thought, just a thought, just a thought, just a thought, just a thought," Courtney took a few butterflies with her hands and gently released them in the air, as she saw they flew away from the horizon and the good breeze crossed on her hair, and her mind finally came into peace. "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay"
"We can watch, we can watch, we can watch, we can watch them go by, From here, from here, from here" Both Ezekiel and Courtney sang as they felt relieved from all the inner terrible thoughts they had, and finally with a lot of stress happening on their minds, Courtney felt exhausted and laid her back on the floor, as she then saw Ezekiel doing the same, and both of them watched the butterflies leaving the area, which even as the time they come could cause disasters, by seeing them leave it's a beautiful thing to see. "Take a moment to think of just, Flexibility, love, and trust, Take a moment to think of just, Flexibility, love, and trust..."
Courtney said the final words, until she then had her eyes wide open in surprise, seeing that the night had arrived, and Ezekiel with a happy smile on his face, still in a meditation state. And she couldn't help but be so happy, to even hug the boy in surprise.
"Woah," Ezekiel said, as he got happy about making a difference, knowing that what Courtney would need at that moment, was to find her inner peace, and by being his friend, he knew how much she needed that. And once again, one of his favorite shows childhood taught an important lesson to someone.
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"So they didn't know I lost yet?" Courtney commented as Ezekiel helped her to carry her stuff.
"Just me, Tyler, Bridgette, Beth. But I asked them to be in silence and let the others see the end of the outcome." Ezekiel commented as he could see her eyebrows raised. "Hey, it would be unfair for them to let them have spoilers, especially since your departure was so shocking."
"Well, makes sense, even if I hated being eliminated like that, it must have caused a shock to everyone who watched the pay-per-view." Courtney since the time she was there, could see why Eva wanted to give the good news. The entire place seemed indeed a well-paid resort that Chris would like so much the campers to avoid losing on purpose. And speaking of Eva... "Oh yeah, Eva told me for you to double your weight."
"Wait what?" Ezekiel said as he dropped the suitcases, and palled into hearing what Courtney had said. "Doubling the weight? But I have 5kg in each arm and leg, if I use 10kg for each I will be walking like a tortoise, the only thing I would miss is a purple shell and a flying cloud."
"What?" Courtney asked as she looked confused about what the homeschooled boy had told her.
"Nevermind, I'm talking gibberish," Ezekiel replied as he waved his hands dismissing the thoughts of his friend, but then looked that she had just gotten in there, and they reached a good place for the baggage, Ezekiel then looked at the other campers reunited to watch the episode, which was showing the events of the challenge happening."But since you are here... want to play a little prank on them?"
Courtney stopped and mused for a minute...
"I'm listening..."That was everything Ezekiel wanted to hear, as they planned to put their plan in motion.
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"Wow look at Owen, Eva is not going to let him off of the hook easily," Katie commented as she saw Sadie feeling pity for her fellow chubby friend.
"She is in the shark mode, it's the mode where she is going to make you cry for doing exercises, and she is going to focus her eyes only on yourself," Sadie commented as she palled from that thought. "Once I had a nightmare of doing push-ups, and when I woke up I was sweating and with my arms sore."
"Wow Sadie, even though I was here for a few weeks, watching you doing those exercises made me sore just by watching," Cody replied as the group watched the second phase of the race happening.
"I don't know what Izzy was planning, but I had a good laugh into seeing Heather screaming," Leshawna said happily as Noah felt he was having the best day of his life.
"Oh, it's get even better." The bookworm replied as a good part of his sadistic side that he never thought he had was happy to see the suffering of Heather happening. Karma is a bitch sometimes.
With everyone talking, Harold was sitting on the couch, enjoying a good bowl of popcorn, while Geoff and Bridgette were having a good making-out session and ignoring the events of the episode. The nerd ginger was so focused on the events of the episode that he wasn't even blinking.
"Hey Harold, can I have some of that popcorn?" Then a familiar voice came to nearby, as Harold without turning his head simply passed the bowl to the person. "Thanks... oh, that's what happened to Owen? Wow, poor guy."
"Yeah. Sometimes Eva scares me, and I'm glad that she didn't place me in the working out session. Even as the amazing skills I have. I wouldn't have enough stamina to survive a single hour of Eva's working out." Harold commented as he then took the bowl back.
*crunch* *crunch*
"Hmm, this popcorn is really tasty." The voice commented as Harold nodded his head.
"Yeah, I'm glad you liked Courtney." Harold happily commented, as then suddenly he blinked... a few times, but not before turning his head. "WHAT THE HELL?!"
Harold's reaction was so loud and so spontaneous that he launched the bowl into the air which made it fall over Noah who was nearby. And from the shout. Everyone turned to see, that on the couch, there was a familiar camper, who placed her hand over her mouth, trying to hold her laugh... Seeing Harold screaming was so funny, that even the other's reactions immediately made her laugh.
"COURTNEY?" Many of the campers who were watching the episode stared at the screen, and at the C.I.T. who let the hell broke loose, and finally had a good moment of laugh... A good day to start her vacation.
She felt that she deserved this. A reward for all the work that she did, and she was glad with how things turned out.
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And with the C.I.T. girl watching the episode, looking for all the perspectives of the situation, she could understand that Chris wasn't sure if he was telling the truth if was another person being eliminated.
"Do you think he told the truth? And it wasn't just because of me?" Courtney asked unsure, and while some campers were unsure of what to say, Ezekiel knew the answer.
"If you had passed Lindsay, Chris would have eliminated her Courtney. The rules were clear, and even if they were easy to find a loophole, it still happened, you just lost because you were indeed the last person crossing the line." Ezekiel commented as he knew how the cannon episode would have turned out.
"How are you sure that's what happened?" Justin asked Ezekiel who saw everyone staring at him.
"It's because that's how Chris is... if only 2 people was crossing the finish line, of course, he would enjoy adding a twist on the rules he created, so he made sure to explain the exact rules before the challenge started... Nobody asked about what would happen to the disqualified people from the challenge." Ezekiel commented as the campers had their eyes opened in surprise, "Knowing Chris he always tells the rules that he always finds convenient, but you always should be aware of what kind of loopholes you always can use. And if it's for the sake of entertainment, Chris would love to see it happening."
"So that means Izzy bringing Heather from the cliff," Leshawna asked horrified, to which Ezekiel nodded his head.
"Chris didn't punish either of Izzy or Heather, because if he sees what both girls did on that trip on camera he probably would laugh so much that he would leave them both untouched," Ezekiel commented as the group watched a few scenes of Heather suffering on the crazy smile of Izzy.
"I can't believe it Izzy likes to do this crazy persona on television," Cody commented as Courtney had her eyes wide open in surprise.
"You mean she isn't actually crazy?" Courtney asked as Noah and Cody shook their heads.
"Nah, she is just a great actress, she fooled everyone, ask Ezekiel, she always likes to spend most of the time with him." The bookworm commented as Courtney raised her eyebrow at him, and the homeschooled boy raised both his hands.
"Hey, she is fun to hang out with, and we have been playing archery together, even as she is eccentric sometimes, but who isn't, each of us has some uniqueness for us to enjoy," Ezekielc commented as the boys rolled their eyes, and even Leshawna and Beth chuckled from his reaction.
"Well I supposed, actually she asked me to check on you if you are taking your pneumonia pills," Courtney commented as she then saw Ezekiel give a weak smile at her.
"Whoa, even on the show she is checking on that?" Ezekiel asked in surprise, as he looked at the clock. "Well, next hour I will be taking mine before sleeping."
"Well, at least we... ARE YOU TWO STILL KISSING RIGHT NOW?" Courtney was having a great time talking until she saw that Bridgette and Geoff were pushing her with their bodies since they were making out. Which annoyed the C.I.T.
From the look of the couple, it seems they ignored completely the C.I.T.
*tsk* *tsk* *tsk*
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH." And once again both couples screamed as Ezekiel rolled his eyes.
"I don't know if Pavlov would be proud of you using one of his positive reinforcement tests. Or would be disappointed to find out that some people are worse than dogs." Noah commented as Ezekiel scoffed as Courtney saw both Bridgette and Geoff stop kissing and having their faces burning from the liquid.
"What is in there?" Courtney asked as Ezekiel gave her a bottle of water spray to her.
"Water mixed with hot sauce, whenever they pass their time kissing too much here, and ignoring our comments, we just use this no horny water spray," Ezekiel explained as the couple was feeling both ashamed and annoyed by the fact that once again they had to deal with this humiliating punishment. "Do you two want to continue in your rooms or you two are going to behave?"
Geoff mumbled some annoyed words, while Bridgette looked away sheepished.
"Fascinating. Could I have one?" Courtney asked interested as both Bridgette and Geoff looked horrified by the idea.
"Sure, enjoy yourself." Ezekiel saw the fearful look on their faces, and with a smile gave it to his friend who now knew they had a lot of problems.
"THIS IS A DICTATORSHIP," Geoff shouted angrily and in panic, while every camper who was watching the episode rolled their eyes.
"Sure, sure," Courtney commented, as she decided to make fun, and sat between both Bridgette and Geoff, and that way controlling both couples for not going too frisky on the night. Oh how much she is going to enjoy that.
Geoff and Bridgette couldn't say the same, but since they are annoying everyone, nobody cares.
It was a great night.
Heather was furious, about everything that she passed on the whole day, being kidnapped by the crazy ginger into a rollercoaster of the craziest shit she ever have in her entire life made her livid, from the times she went downhill from that moment, she thought it would be only a distraction for a few minutes, which in the end took literally hours. And for the cherry on top of the shitty day she was having, she was kidnapped AGAIN, by the same crazy girl.
"UGHHHHH, I WANT SO MUCH TO KILL YOU," Heather shouted angrily in the cave where Izzy was just ignoring her angry rants. While she was making tea for herself.
"Wow, for a person who I just saved the ass for today, you never know about the word of gratitude, didn't you?" Izzy said as she rolled her eyes, and those words infuriated even more the queen bee.
"GRATITUDE?" Heather shouted angrily as the ginger military rolled her eyes.
"Yes, because thankfully for what I did, we finally reached the point we wanted," Izzy commented as Heather paused and glanced at the girl who just smiled at her. "Oh, now you understand. We are now officially 4vs4 votes, which means any kind of winner of the next challenge, we can use our 4 votes to eliminate the next camper of our choice."
Heather then had her eyes wide open, as from all the possibilities, she never thought about such a thing and then narrowed her eyes.
"Why didn't you take Lindsay, or why did you make me do all that crazy shit?" Heather said still angry, which made Izzy laugh.
"For many reasons, one... if you participate in the challenge there would be many targets on your back, Lindsay on the other hand, hasn't any target, so she could only trust her skills to make herself get the victory, and which I have to confess that even I had placed my trust on her, I didn't imagine she had done so well as Owen told me," Izzy commented, which Heather had to calm herself down. "And to our surprise, my gut feeling was right, it was an instant elimination for the losers, and Chris used technicalities to make Courtney eliminated. Which would have been terrible for us if only Lindsay had won the challenge."
"And yet you were crazy enough to take such risks," Heather said as she narrowed her eyes, but Izzy scoffed at her.
"The biggest risk, the biggest reward, and taking down Courtney is one of the best things that could happen to us. We have 2 pillars down, we need just one more, and then take care of Eva, DJ will lose himself because sooner or later he can't cope with the pressure of the show." Izzy deduced which once again impressed Heather, but she was still mad at her for everything.
"I hate you will everything after you made me pull for today, but I have to confess you created a very good point. But mark my words you crazy bitch, when we eliminate the Killer Bass, our alliance is over and me and Lindsay will take you down." Heather commented as Izzy started to laugh.
"Oh Heather, bring it on," Izzy commented as she smiled at the queen bee, since even as crazy as it would be, Izzy enjoyed provoking and having a rivalry with the queen bee, but until then, she had a job to do. "Now, let's pick some tools."
"Now what?" Heather asked angrily, and Izzy narrowed her eyes.
"Knowing Chef Hatchet, we had to pass the night fixing his motorcycle, or whatever he is going to make food for us is going to be 10 times worse than we usually eat on the daily camp, and if he finds out the secret stash of the food I took from him, it will be way much worse," Izzy commented as Heather palled into imagining what kind of food would have been worse than they eat... until she remembered the brunch of disgustness, and her stomach flipped as a good part of her wanted to erase that memory from her life. "So let's fix his motorcycle before he cooks tomorrow, knowing it was you, Lindsay, and Duncan who took some of his dismantled material. We better let Lindsay sleep for tonight, and I'm going to wake up Duncan."
Heather hates Izzy for what she did in the morning, but she hated, even more, to know that crazy ginger was saner than the other campers, and the fact she knows more about Chef Hatched and what he could do to them, made her want to fix that damn bike...
But one single thought of relief was on the queen bee... she was glad that her friend Lindsay was the one who won the challenge.
It didn't take long for Courtney to adapt around the playa del losers, since two days had passed since her departure from the show, and she finally got to enjoy her time relaxing on the island, playing with her friends, enjoying the pool and even watching episodes of what happened around. She had to confess that from the viewers' perspective, there were some mistakes that her team had made, but overall they had a very solid teamwork, and a solid strategy, but the sudden departure of strong players indeed made the team getting weaker and weaker.
But she was proud of how much their team worked together, as she was indeed surprised at how far Trent had indeed gone. Even as he apologized to her and Geoff, it took a kick in his nuts, and for her satisfaction, Ezekiel told her that she had to do that again on live television, and she would be happy to oblige that, but still in the end, all the campers enjoyed those 2 days like a blink of an eye.
Not knowing on the night of the second day...
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Ezekiel was having a peaceful night, usually, he didn't like to use blinds on the window, but suddenly something was capturing his attention, many lights hitting on the glass of the window, making the boy try to cover his head with the pillow on his head...Until a familiar sound happened... which sounded far away, but he recognized that sound... A helicopter.
"Helicopter at this hour?" Ezekiel asked as he got up to check the window... And from seeing there was indeed a helicopter flying to a direction, and then a dozen of boats traveling on the sea in the one direction... Ezekiel looked weirdly until slowly his eyes went wide open. "Is that?"
Ezekiel took his remote control and pressed the play to check on the pay-per-view.
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*SLAM* *SLAM* *SLAM*
"WAKE UP WAKE UP." Ezekiel's shout was loud enough to disturb and even made some of the campers jump from their beds since the homeschooled boy was kicking and punching the doors desperately. "CHECK THE PAY-PER-VIEW NOW."
*SLAM* *SLAM* *SLAM*
"WAKE UP WAKE UP." Ezekiel kept shouting as loud as he could, making sure to disturb every single person from the resort, some looked scared and others annoyed.
*SLAM* *SLAM* *SLAM*
"What is going on?" Leshawna asked angrily as she opened the door of her bedroom from all the commotion.
"Turn on the TV now. This is serious." Ezekiel said as he desperately kept knocking on the door,
And more and more campers got out of their rooms. Until Courtney got enough.
"What's so important for you to call us at this hour?" Courtney asked annoyed, but the next words she heard from Ezekiel, it was one of the scariest things she ever heard in her life.
"It's Eva... she got stabbed..."
To be Continued...