"Stupid fox, I already told you I don't need your stupid help."
Peace returned to the camp. Although it was sad to say goodbye to Beth, the farm girl did the right thing by making amends for her mistake. Once the totem was returned, the spirits had said that they were now at peace and could finally go to eternal rest.
"Don't move, Heather. I can't place the new heat seals on your body if you keep moving like that. I should have brought the acupuncture kit Mei gave me for Christmas." I said the last thing in my mind angrily due to the girl's lack of cooperation.
"And I already told you that." Heather couldn't continue speaking because she suddenly felt her body go stiff.
"Good thing my set of needles aren't just for sewing, and good thing I managed to hit the right nerve," I said before continuing to place stamps on Heather.
"What happens if you hit the wrong nerve?" Leshawna asked curiously looking at me as Gwen walked behind with a tray on her way to order breakfast from Cheff.
"The consequences would be horrible. It could leave Heather's body irreversibly paralyzed, sever a major nerve that could cause a chain reaction of her organs, or even stop her heart permanently." Although Heather couldn't move. The girl felt terrified upon hearing that, and deep down in her heart, she was grateful to me for touching the right nerve.
"That's music to my ears." Gwen said before looking at her breakfast. An infusion of all the foods served in the food challenge, mixed together and reduced to a mysterious mush.
"I'm not even going to try that." With those words, we all watched as Owen took the tray out of the goth girl's hands before walking away with the food.
"Don't worry, Gwen. I think I can make breakfast better," I said before reaching under the table and suddenly everyone was surprised to see that I pulled out a beautiful set of china with ruby red decoration.
"How did you do that?" Leshawna asked dazedly looking under the table as I poured a few cups of steaming tea.
"Mystery has its charms, and its wonders." I put my hand behind Leshawna's ear before pulling out a tray of cookies. That made the girl freeze.
Heather.:
"First he has control of nature, and now he's able to materialize things out of thin air. What's next, turning into a bat?!" Heather screamed in shock and anger at the camera.
"Are you hungry, buddy?" At my team's table, DJ, Courtney, and Geoff were sitting while the big boy held the bunny he had adopted from the forest challenge.
Geoff was about to speak until he saw DJ eat some of the mysterious oatmeal, after chewing, the teen regurgitated the food to the rabbit who ate the food with relish. The party boy didn't speak, instead he almost felt his vomit rise up in his throat.
"I'll go get some coffee." Courtney quickly stood up before going to the coffee machines in the dining room. If she saw DJ do the same thing again, she was going to throw up.
When the girl was arriving she could see Duncan pouring himself coffee, the girl was about to ask the punk boy for a cup of coffee until she saw with surprise and annoyance how he hid the last cup under his shirt.
"I saw you! How dare you steal a mug!?" Courtney confronted Duncan before he could even leave with his coffee cup. To her further annoyance, the punk boy just gave her a mocking smile.
"Because it's pretty and I don't have one. Sorry, I had one." Duncan said before walking to the table. But Courtney followed close behind him.
"But Chris can expel you." The girl said looking at the boy, but she only managed to make him smile even more.
"Aww, are you worried about me leaving?" Duncan's question made Courtney turn bright red in embarrassment but she quickly regained her composure, albeit with difficulty.
"We're on a perfect winning streak. We can't let it go, and we can't afford to lose any more teammates either," Courtney said seriously, but that didn't wipe the smile off Duncan's face.
"It doesn't matter, you like me." The punk boy's words hit Courtney hard causing her to turn red again from embarrassment and also from anger.
"Ugh, you know what!? Well, I don't know why you bothered me!" As Courtney walked back to her table, Leshawna and Gwen noticed her giggling mischievously.
"The scent of love is as sweet as dango." I said chuckling as my hair turned a pastel pink color.
"Fox, why did your hair turn pink? Are you doing this?" Leshawna asked curiously but I shook my head.
"No. Love is a power that has no control whatsoever, no one can possess it or destroy it, for a long time I learned to recognize soulmates and their destinies, but I am far from learning everything related to the magic of a cherub. But, I learned that, if there is romance in the air, then I will be able to smell a sweet scent, but if it is heartbreak, it will be a sour and horrible scent." I said before drinking from my cup of tea before pouring more for Leshawna.
"Honey, you're a closed book full of mysteries." Leshawna's words made me laugh.
"There are many things you don't know yet, maybe one day I'll tell you my story. Now, let's enjoy tea time." I said smiling. Gwen was going to grab a cookie but noticed the absence of them which confused her, the plate was full five minutes ago.
"Where are the cookies?" We all heard a burp and turned around to see Owen, it was clearly him, the chocolate chips on his face gave him away.
"It wasn't me." We all laughed while Owen blushed in embarrassment and joined in the laughter.
The cameramen were visibly confused and some surprised. Chris had asked them to film the nature of the camp while the host prepared some words for the audience, something that not even Cheff had expected.
"Hey everyone, I'm Chris. You know what's hard for me? The hardest part is seeing how my campers don't get along with each other, the producers and I have been thinking about it, what could we do to improve the camaraderie and help with the trust friction? By exploiting it, this will be wonderful." Chris' words caused Cheff to laugh while the cameramen didn't say anything, something already told them that everything was good to last.
"Attention campers! I want everyone on the dock in two minutes, it's time for camaraderie to shine like never before!" Chris' voice boomed through the camp's speakers for everyone to hear. I grabbed the tea set and before I made it disappear, we were all about to leave until I heard moans and saw Heather still paralyzed.
"Sorry." I smiled shyly with a blush of embarrassment before pulling the needle out of Heather's nerve making her able to move again. But then I was startled when she gave me a dirty look.
"They'll call me, meet me at the dock," I said before quickly leaving. It was clear that Heather wasn't going to just yell at me for paralyzing her.
Once we were all at the dock we waited for Chris, we didn't have to wait too long because the host came over and looked at us before speaking.
"Campers. Last week's cooking battle made me realize that we have some cracks in the Screaming Gophers loyalty and camaraderie." Chris didn't lie. When I looked at the opposing team I saw not only the few remaining contestants, but I also saw Leshawna, Gwen and Heather glaring at each other with clear hatred.
"And I can't help but notice something about Killer Bass Lake." Chris turned to look at us. Duncan playfully punched Courtney in the arm causing the girl to turn her head though with a noticeable blush on her cheeks.
"This week's challenge is all about trusting each other. Because as everyone knows, the best thing always comes from trusting someone who will always be there for you," Chris said, smiling. Even though his words were full of sincerity, I could see that Trent didn't want to look at Gwen when the host brought up the topic of trusting someone.
Gwen.:
"I trusted Trent once. He almost left me to die on the beach, luckily Benja saved my life." The goth girl's face turned red as she remembered what I did to save her and then looked at the camera before leaving the confessional.
"Today's challenge is made up of three challenges made up of two or more team members. Naturally we let the campers choose their partners, but today will be completely different. Better for me." All the campers rolled their eyes and some looked nervous. I couldn't blame them, I understood their frustration instantly.
After the talk on the pier we all went to a part of the forest where there was a small mountain in front of us.
"Alright. For the first challenge, what better way to start than with a hands-free climb." Chris said as the host showed off the small mountain to climb.
"Good thing we're not using the cliff." I said looking at the size of the small mountain but then we all noticed Chris's laughter.
"Well, I tried, but the lawyers say it's too much and the interns who went are now hospitalized." No one said anything. Internally we were grateful for this news.
"Back to the topic. DJ, Duncan, you two will be representing Killer Bass in this challenge. Heather, Gwen, you two will be representing Screaming Gophers." The two boys smiled at each other with confidence, but on the other hand, the two girls looked at each other with disgust and resentment.
"Here are your restraints and belts." The host threw the ropes to Heather and Duncan while Gwen and DJ grabbed the belts.
"Okay, you go up and I'll go."
"No way, you goth bitch." Heather roughly pushed Gwen away, preventing the two girls from exchanging items.
"If you think I'm going to let her hold me you're completely wrong, I'm not giving my life to a bitch that almost killed me." The two girls looked at each other with hatred but then we all heard Chris laugh.
"Actually, you're not going to be holding anyone up, Heather. One camper must pull the rope through the tie-downs while the second camper climbs up, if they fall, the rope will keep them from crashing." Chris said with a smile, demonstrating before speaking once more.
"The trap? The side and base of the mountain are littered with minor distractions such as rusty nails, slick oil stains, small, harmless explosives, and a few other surprises." We all fell silent. DJ, Duncan, Heather, and Gwen were now terrified.
"Cool." We all turned to look at Harold. The nerdy kid was speechless as we all stared at him with raised eyebrows.
"The tied person must trust their other partner. This is about mutual aid, and remember, never let go of the rope, your partner's lives are in your hands." Chris said seriously but with an evil smile. Duncan and DJ looked at each other with clear confidence, while on the other hand Gwen raised her hand.
"Excuse me. Can we switch partners? I'd rather give my life to someone else than a bossy, big-mouthed girl." The goth girl said venomously, looking at Heather.
"Oh I'm so sorry, princess of the night. As much as I 'love' your company, we're not going to risk a challenge to please you. Now shut up and get on." Heather said venomously, holding the rope firmly.
"You've done this before?" While the two girls were fighting each other, Duncan was adjusting the harness and belt. The punk boy chuckled at his partner's words.
"You have no idea." The boy said but then noticed the bunny he had adopted emerging from DJ's pocket.
"Sorry buddy, but you can't come with me. I don't want you to fall. Geoff, could you look after Bunny for me until I get back?" DJ asked with a smile before handing the rabbit to the party-goer.
"Don't worry old man, I'll take care of this beauty." Geoff petted Bunny as the rabbit seemed calmer now.
"There you go, you're hooked." Heather said with a smile. Gwen turned around to check if it was true, but then she noticed something suspicious that caught her attention.
"Why the second string?" The goth girl asked seriously looking at her companion.
"It's a spare rope, we don't want you to fall, do we?" The girl asked, still keeping her smile, something that Gwen didn't like at all.
"Why are you still smiling?" Heather laughed at the goth girl's question.
"Because I'm really excited to do this challenge with you." Gwen looked at the girl with a raised eyebrow before heading off to the mountain with DJ, but when she left, Heather's smile grew bigger.
Heather.:
"That bitch Gwen, along with Leshawna and Lindsay threw me into the freezer and almost killed me. I won't thank that stupid fox for saving me, but I will make them pay for what they did to me." Heather said with a smile looking at the camera.
The challenge began and Gwen along with DJ began to climb the mountain being careful with the objects that Chris mentioned, Duncan and Heather were helping their companions from below while all of us observed the situation with concern hoping that no one would get hurt.
"I'll see you up there, turtle." Gwen started climbing at a faster pace but then she heard a loud bang, but when she was about to turn, an explosion sent her flying. I was ready to fly away but then I saw Heather save the goth girl from falling.
"Okay, I got you!" Gwen was visibly surprised, she never believed that Heather was going to catch her.
"I promised you surprises and here they are, does anyone want a habanero?" We all saw that Chris was holding a water gun, suddenly the host pressed the trigger and a strong jet of hot sauce was shot at Heather who received the shot full in her face.
"My eyes!" The girl instinctively let go of the rope causing Gwen to fall but before she hit the ground I quickly caught her before lowering her and running to where Heather is.
"Heather, show me your eyes!" I immediately started healing the girl while Chris simply started laughing before shooting Duncan.
"Watch out Duncan!." Courtney shouted but then we all saw that the punk kid didn't seem affected, in fact, he turned around showing that he had sunglasses on, he opened his mouth letting the habanero sauce enter his mouth before looking at Chris mockingly.
"That's the best you've got?" Duncan asked mockingly.
"Is this the best we can do?" Chris asked as he looked at the cameras. The host was internally upset that the products wouldn't let him do the most dangerous challenge.
"Benja hurry up, DJ is halfway there." Gwen said worriedly while I used vines and plants to help Heather.
"You're ready, Heather." I said as I finished curing the effects of the habanero.
"Don't think I'll thank you. And you, get your ass up and get on now!" Heather shouted seriously as she looked at the goth girl. Gwen wanted to protest, but when she saw DJ, she quickly started climbing once more, trying to reach the teen before he got too far.
"Come on man, Gwen's close!" Duncan shouted, looking at his partner. DJ was struggling to climb as fast as possible, but the effort was taking its toll and his arms were already starting to tire.
The two competitors were shoulder to shoulder, neither of them giving in to exhaustion and tiredness, even though their arms were shaking and sweat was pouring from their foreheads, DJ and Gwen did not back down at any time.
"Come on Gwen, you don't want to be left behind." Heather said before pulling on the second rope. Suddenly, to everyone's shock, especially Gwen, the goth girl's skirt flew off revealing a pair of magenta panties while the torn skirt hit DJ in the face.
"Well, you don't see that every day." Duncan said with a smile looking at Gwen's panties making Chris laugh. On the other hand, the team moved seeing that Courtney had a murderous aura around her.
"You're right, buddy, you don't see that every day." The host said. DJ pulled off his torn skirt and turned bright red in embarrassment at the sight of Gwen's panties. In a desperate attempt to respect the girl's embarrassment, he tried to cover himself but only managed to yank his hands free of her clothes, causing them to fall. Before he fell, the goth girl pulled the torn skirt out of his hands as DJ fell into the void.
Duncan noticed at that moment that the rope began to rise rapidly, the boy let go of the rope but when he was about to flee the same rope tied itself to his foot before lifting him into the air leaving him hanging along with DJ.
"This sucks." The punk kid said while DJ nodded sadly at the situation they were now in.
"That bitch, she's dead when she comes down." Gwen tried to cover her panties but then sighed irritably. She bit her skirt and continued climbing until she reached the top. All the members of Killer Bass celebrated at the victory of the first challenge.
"And despite the difficulties, Killer Bass is leading one to zero. After losing streaks, our campers rise to victory!" Chris said while Gwen, in her excitement, raised her skirt like a flag but then she noticed that I was blushing with a lost look.
"It had a skull on its left side," I said, but accidentally said it out loud, causing the boys to laugh and whistle in daring.
"Man, Kitsune has good eyesight." Duncan said mockingly. Gwen heard this and covered her panties with a bright red face.
"Benja, don't look!" When I heard Gwen I immediately covered my eyes in shame while my tails made an attempt to cover me.
"Sorry!" I cried out embarrassed. Heather's sudden movement stunned me so I couldn't take my eyes off Gwen.
"Alright campers. Benja, help DJ and Duncan down, tell Gwen to get changed while we all head to the dining hall for the next challenge." Chris said before leaving. I started flying and began to untie my friends.
"Did you enjoy the view, buddy?" The punk boy asked in a mocking tone making me blush, that made the two boys laugh as I helped them down.
When I went to find Gwen, neither of us could look each other in the eyes because of everything that had happened. We were both embarrassed and blushing.
"Let's pretend nothing happened, okay?" Gwen was the first to speak to break the silence.
"Yeah, umm. If you want I can repair your skirt right now." I said embarrassed as the girl handed me the torn piece of clothing.
After fixing the skirt, and swearing that we would never speak of it again, Gwen and I went to the dining room, it was awkward because everyone was laughing at me and others were trying to comfort the goth girl. Out of nowhere the lights went out before turning back on, Trent, Lindsay, Geoff and Bridgette emerged from the floor.
"Alright campers. It's time for part two of today's challenge. The extreme cooking challenge!" shouted the host with a smile. Suddenly the lights came back on and on the tables there was everything you could possibly need. Knives, big and small, spices, pans, ingredients, there was a huge variety.
"So that's it, one of you will cook while the other will taste the food." The two representatives of both teams looked at each other.
"You helped a lot yesterday, I'll cook for you today." Bridgette said smiling looking at Geoff.
"Don't worry Toth, I'll cook today." Lindsay said with an innocent smile hugging the teenage musician's arm. I could see that Gwen was annoyed to see the blonde girl so close to him.
Trent.:
"Yeah, she's not Stephen Hawking, but hey. It's just a cooking competition, how bad can it go?" the musician boy asked with a smile.
"Today, you're going to prepare one of the most demanding and at the same time the most dangerous culinary dishes of all. Fugu sashimi, puffer fish." When I heard that, I was horrified. Yukie, Kokoro, and even Momoyo's grandfather didn't dare to eat or prepare Fugu sashimi because of the danger it entails.
"This puffer fish may look small and harmless, but the toxin it carries inside is more than enough to kill 300 people," Chris said as an intern played a video with information about the puffer fish.
"Little fish. Meet your cooks." said Cheff before throwing the puffer fish onto the cutting boards of both teams. We all looked at the animals in fear, the most scared of all was Trent.
"This fish must be cut with millimetric precision, even the most veteran and experienced chefs are put under pressure by the organs of the Fugu fish, the intestines must be removed with extreme delicacy, the poison paralyzes the nerves of the body and there is no known antidote." Chris said with a smile looking at the two team representatives.
"Please tell me you took biology," Trent said, terror etched on his face as he looked at Lindsay. The musician boy was putting his life in the hands of the bombshell girl, while she nodded nonchalantly.
Bridgette was visibly terrified. The girl was about to do something that was beyond her understanding and cooking skills, she was about to put the knife down on the table in surrender but Geoff held her hand.
"I trust you." Bridgette took a deep breath before sighing and showing a look full of determination.
"Yes, thanks Geoff." The two looked at each other with a smile but with a small pink tint. I smiled in the same way Cheshire would do in this situation.
"Alright campers. Get started!" Chris shouted, kicking off the challenge. But the moment Lindsay made a small cut into the fish, the poor animal shot out the window like a missile.
"Don't look at me. You think those fish are cheap? Go get that fish, you worm!" Cheff shouted, causing Bomb Girl to run off to get the fish. Trent internally regretted not being the cook this time.
The hours dragged on. The atmosphere felt like an operating room and our colleagues were the doctors. Chris had asked Trent and Geoff to leave the room while we all watched the representatives from both teams work.
Bridgette was sweating profusely, the girl felt like she was undergoing open heart surgery, Courtney helped the girl many times to wipe the sweat from her forehead while the surfer girl carefully cut the flesh and removed the organs.
The Screaming Gophers team was at a loss for words. Lindsay was never careful, in fact, the girl was crushing, hitting, making random cuts in a careless manner. Gwen wanted to jump on Lindsay and stop her, but no one could do anything because Chris was in the place. And if anyone got in, the entire team would be out.
After two difficult hours, Bridgette had a proper Fugu sashimi before her eyes, and we all applauded the surfer girl's perfect job in creating the sushi rolls.
No one said anything at Screaming Gophers. There was no sashimi in front of them, the poor puffer fish was reduced to a homogeneous mass of raw meat mixed with its organs, the scales had not even been removed and some bones were visibly there, broken, but there.
"Alright. Now, let's make way for the tasters." Chris said with a carefree smile. Geoff and Trent entered the room, while the party boy marveled at the sushi rolls, the musician boy didn't notice the sushi plate. Lindsay looked at Bridgette's plate and then sadly she looked at her plate before grabbing a bottle of ketchup.
"Alright. Killer Bass, you go first." The host said with a smile. Bridgette handed her plate to Geoff, who looked fearfully at the sushi but then met the girl's eyes. The party boy adjusted his hat and gathering his courage, Geoff grabbed the first roll before digging into it.
We all got nervous, I was already ready for any trouble. Geoff chewed, tasted and then swallowed, he was already waiting for the effects of the fish but after two minutes that seemed eternal, we were happy to see that Bridgette had succeeded.
"And that's a point for Killer Bass. Let's see how Screaming Gophers does." Chris said with a smile. Now we were worried, and when we turned around we tensed up at the mass of meat and scales on Lindsay's plate that was trying to be camouflaged under an excessive rain of ketchup.
Trent now regretted letting Lindsay cook. In fear, the teen speared a piece of fish with his fork before eating it. After tasting and swallowing the whole thing, we watched in shock as the teen began to hit his head repeatedly and started choking. I was ready to run away, but I stopped when I saw that he was okay, and in fact, he started laughing.
"It wasn't that bad." We all calmed down until we saw Trent hold his heart tightly and fall backwards to the ground.
"Trent!" Gwen and I quickly approached before helping the boy to his feet, we were horrified to see his grey skin.
"You told me you passed biology," Trent said, barely able to get through his airways. Lindsay bit her lip in guilt and sadness. Once again, the girl had made a terrible mistake.
"I said I was taking it." Suddenly we all jumped as Trent began to vomit uncontrollably.
"We have to get him to the infirmary now!" I shouted seriously as Gwen and I took Trent out of the cafeteria and immediately ran to the camp infirmary.
With that, Chris decided that we all take a half hour break before continuing. Trent was now lying on a stretcher while plants were biting his arms and legs.
"Will he be okay, Benja?" Gwen asked worriedly while I was checking the teenage musician's body.
"Yes. Fortunately that puffer fish wasn't lethal, it's a variant where its toxins are capable of paralyzing the human body. My plants will be sucking out the poison but the paralyzing effect will continue on Trent for a few hours, fortunately nothing serious, he'll live." I said looking at the goth girl. Gwen smiled and approached Trent before petting his head.
"Thanks Benja, you're the best." The girl said with a smile making me blush and laugh shyly.
"No problem. Umm, Cheff will be here soon to give him antibiotics, it'll be better to let him rest." I said smiling shyly but noticed that Gwen didn't seem to want to leave Trent.
"I, I think I'll stay with him for a while longer." Gwen's words made me smile like a cat before laughing a little.
"Okay, lovebirds. I'll see you later." I said before leaving the medical tent. Gwen heard footsteps and turned around to see Cheff dressed as a nurse. That didn't faze her, what really scared her was the huge injection in the cook's hands.
"This won't hurt a little, it will hurt a lot." What Cheff said disturbed the goth girl who quickly moved away. Trent on the other hand, could only look at the cook in horror while inside he screamed like a lost soul.
As I walked to find my team I saw Lindsay sitting on the steps of her cabin, I bit my lip feeling guilty, I wanted to help her, I wanted to prevent her from making mistakes, but if I did that my team would be disqualified and I would be sent home.
"Is there room for one more?" The girl turned to look at me and just nodded silently, I accepted the gesture and sat down next to her.
"I really tried. I really, really tried. Now Trent is like this because of me, I'm no good at this." Lindsay said with tears in her eyes. Making me hug her.
"Why are you doing this?" The girl pulled away from the hug before staring at me.
"You, you always look for me to support me and even advise me. Do you do this because we are friends or because." Lindsay stayed silent thinking about the other thing making me smile a little with a small laugh.
"I'm not doing this because I feel sorry for you. I feel like you can be better, you just need to keep trying." I said smiling but Lindsay looked away sadly.
"What's the point? No matter how hard I try, I always end up ruining everything." When I heard Lindsay say that I fell silent before smiling.
"You know, Lindsay? Whenever I feel useless, I like to practice with my magic. And there are times when I do spells on the sly, do you want to try?" I asked with a smile, which surprised Lindsay a lot.
"Are you serious? But aren't you going to get angry and attack me like you did before?" The girl asked nervously. That made me blush in embarrassment remembering when I accidentally attacked everyone and almost killed Cody.
"It'll only be for a few minutes. 30 minutes is okay with you?" The girl thought deeply and nodded before watching as I placed my hand on her head. I closed my eyes and suddenly the bombshell girl's body was covered in a turquoise aura before disappearing.
"Now you have some of my air and water magic." I said smiling before standing up with her.
"Now what do we do?" Bomb Girl asked before watching as I began to fly slowly.
"I think a flight around the island wouldn't be bad either, right?" I asked, smiling. Lindsay tried to catch up with me, but she couldn't get off the ground.
"I, I don't want to ruin this, what if I mess up and destroy something?" The girl blushed as she took her hand. We both looked at each other confidently, Lindsay took a deep breath before smiling and began to fly with me slowly but with difficulty.
"WOW, haha, I forgot it's hard to control this." Lindsay said as she tried to keep her balance.
"You're doing great, Lindsay. Now catch me if you can!" I said before starting to fly quickly, the girl seeing this started to laugh with a pout.
"That's not fair, come back here!" Lindsay struggled to fly slowly before starting to fly at the same speed as me.
Geoff and Bridgette took advantage of the time out to go to the dock to relax. Both teens changed their clothes and were ready to get in the water but then the party boy remembered the DJ bunny.
"Oops, sorry buddy, any longer and you'll end up wet because of me," Geoff said before placing the bunny on the beach chair.
"I still think you were very brave to eat that sashimi." Bridgette said with an embarrassed smile and a slight blush on her cheeks. She always thought her partner would back out, but instead, Geoff took the risk for her.
"Are you kidding? I trust you a lot, you know he's crazy too?" Geoff asked before running over and jumping into the water. Bridgette laughed at that and ran over before diving into the water with the party boy.
"You're a crazy person, Geoff." The surfer girl said mockingly as the two laughed.
"Maybe, but it's also because you drive me crazy." Bridgette turned bright red upon hearing Geoff's words before seeing the surfer boy's hand.
She hesitated. On one hand, the surfer girl thought that everything was going too fast, but that side was slowly silenced by both the beating of her heart and her emotions. Shyly, the girl took Geoff's hand and they both began to swim.
Everyone was doing their thing until they saw two shadows in the sky and when they looked up they saw Lindsay and me flying, we both laughed while the blonde girl tried to catch me but I wouldn't let her and kept flying.
"Dude, that fox is quite the Casanova," Duncan said mockingly, but that made Courtney punch him in the arm.
"That white girl sure has fun, Benja's a good guy, ugh. If he wasn't on a dating show, he'd be a prize I'd take home." Leshawna said with a smile but then she felt a chill and turned around.
"Leshawna, is something wrong?" Katie asked curiously as she watched the girl look around.
"No. It's weird, I thought someone was behind me." While everyone continued to watch the scene, Heather was watching everything with an angry look.
Bridgette and Geoff had had a lovely swimming session together, both teens had enjoyed the water but also each other's company. While the surfer girl dried her hair, the surfer boy just shook his body like a dog making the girl laugh.
"You're crazy." Bridgette laughed looking at Geoff while the boy laughed back.
Time seemed to have stopped for both campers. Bridgette wanted to tell herself that everything was going too fast, but she couldn't hear it, her heart was beating so loud it sounded like a giant drum. Shyly, both teenagers held hands and their gazes connected. Little by little the distance was shortened and their lips were only a few centimeters away.
Nothing and no one could ruin it. They were both ready but when they were about to kiss, Bridgette let out a scream of horror, something that made Geoff very nervous and tense.
"What!? Is there something in my teeth?" Geoff asked fearfully, Bridgette grabbed the teenager by the head and made him look and the horror was now mutual. Bunny, the poor rabbit was sleeping peacefully but behind him was a snake staring at the bunny.
"Geoff, do something!" The cowboy ran in a desperate attempt to save the rabbit but the snake in a swift movement swallowed the poor animal in one bite.
"No! Let it go!" Geoff tried to grab the snake but suddenly a Hawk swooped down at high speed holding the snake.
"Grab her by the legs, do something, don't let her fly away!" Bridgette tried to help but it was useless. Both teenagers stared at the Falcon killing the snake that Bunny was still inside.
"Come here, pretty bird, pretty snake." The party boy only took three steps before he saw bad luck shine in its splendor. A shark came out of the water and devoured all three animals at once before returning to the water.
"Are you kidding me!?" Geoff yelled his hat to the ground in frustration. But then the cowboy froze a few seconds later as he remembered an important detail.
"That rabbit was..."
"DJ's bunny? Yeah, that was it," Geoff said, finishing Bridgette's sentence as both teens now looked at each other in fear.
Even though I told myself I would never give my magic to anyone else at camp, I was happy to make an exception for Lindsay. The blonde girl was having a lot of fun flying, her contagious laugh coupled with a childish attitude made her look adorable.
"I think that's enough, Lindsay." I said before landing on a log near the waterfall while the girl did the same, and just in time as the aura on her body faded away.
"Too bad, I wanted to fly a little higher." The bomb girl made a childish pout that made me laugh a little.
"Sorry Lindsay, maybe another day." I said before sitting down on the log while the girl did the same.
"What is it like when you have feelings for the other person who has something you want so much?" The bombshell girl asked in an innocent tone making me laugh.
"It's jealousy, Lindsay. I promise you that when the challenge is over we'll do whatever you want, I'll let you use my magic if that makes you happy." I said smiling making the girl laugh and make her jump something that made me blush since I saw her breasts bounce.
"Yes, more magic for me!" The bombshell girl stopped cheering when she noticed that I stopped looking at her something that left her very confused.
"Benja are you okay?"
"Y-Yes, Lindsay, no..."
I was speechless when suddenly the girl hugged me, that wasn't bad but what made me tense and cold at the same time was that her breasts were in my face which made me very red like an apple.
"Aren't you sick? You started getting sick because of me!? You're very hot." The girl said worriedly looking at me while I tried to get away.
"Lindsay. I can't breathe, please..." But I only made the problem worse because suddenly the girl hugged me tighter which made me even worse.
"You can't breathe!? Oh god, don't worry, I saw it in romance movies with my sister." Suddenly the girl laid me down on the floor, I got scared when I saw her leaning over but I quickly stopped her.
"Lindsay wait, I'm okay, really I'm okay!" I shouted with embarrassment relaxing the bombshell girl.
"Oh really? You're still very red, you sure you don't want me to give you air? You just have to open your mouth and I'll..."
"No!" I shouted embarrassed before laughing nervously.
"Better, let's go back to camp, we've already gone too far and I think Chris is going to want us there for the next challenges. Better, get on my back, I'll take you faster." I said timidly but I regretted it instantly. When Lindsay got on the girl hugged me so tightly that her breasts were pressing against my back like two huge balloons.
"Yes, more adventure in the air. I love how the wind feels in my hair." The bombshell girl said with her typical tone and childish attitude making me laugh a little before starting to fly.
"I better keep Lindsay away from Metropolis, or else Diana will start a hunt, and not exactly for animals." I said in my mind with fear. I could already feel the girls' eyes on me and Lindsay, promising pain and lots of blood accompanied by broken bones.
When we got to camp Lindsay went back to her team and I went back to mine, I felt embarrassed because the boys were looking at me with mischievous smiles and cheeky whistles.
"How was your date with Lindsay, Kitsune?" Duncan asked mockingly, ignoring the fact that Courtney nudged his arm.
"I was just hanging out with her to cheer her up for the challenge with Trent, that's all." I tried to clarify but the boys kept smirking.
"Alright campers. So we've stopped talking about Benja and his girlfriends." Chris looked at me along with Gwen and Lindsay, the goth girl and I blushed in embarrassment because the memory of the kiss on the beach was hard to ignore while the bombshell girl didn't seem to pay much attention to what the host said.
"Good news everyone. The final challenge consists of 3 extra mini-challenges." We all smiled when we heard this, it gave us a chance to have extra opportunities or to have a huge advantage, but then my smile faded when I remembered that the person in charge of the challenges was Chris.
"Three blind challenges. Ranging from Blind Archery, Blind Trapeze and culminating with the deadly Blind Slide." Chris said with a smile looking at us. Our horrified faces were enough to immortalize in a painting and name it "The Tragedy of Wawanakwa."
"Hey Geoff, where's Bunnie?" I turned to see DJ and Geoff, I freaked out when the party boy looked even more horrified by the other boy's bunny issue that he even seemed to have trouble breathing.
"Bunnie? Umm, I'll go find him right now." Geoff said before walking out, when DJ didn't see him, the party boy ran out as fast as he could.
"Bridgette, what happened to Bunnie? Is she okay?" I asked quietly looking at the surfer girl, who didn't look all that well.
"Come closer and I'll tell you." I got more confused and worried before I listened.
When I heard everything my ears drooped in horror and sadness, I surreptitiously looked at DJ and saw that the boy was really missing his pet.
"Holy Trinity, please have mercy on me." I whispered in fear and pain. DJ was one of the sweetest and gentlest boys in the camp, seeing him devastated would be a heartbreaking sight for everyone.
"Alright campers, eyes here." We all turned around and watched as Chris put goggles on DJ, but what left us confused was that he also put an arrow in his head.
"Umm, isn't there supposed to be an apple on his head?" I asked confused but only got a laugh from Chris in response.
"In this challenge as the legendary William said, you will knock the arrows out of their heads with a white apple." What the host said certainly left us more confused now but I slowly realized and got scared.
"It wasn't the other way around?" Courtney asked confused.
"Shh, listen now. The thrower, will also be blind." Chris's words terrified everyone and the teenagers who were near DJ moved away which scared the poor boy.
"Now listen, the person who knocks the arrow off their partner's head causing the least facial damage wins." Chris grabbed a slingshot and an apple before firing it blindly. All of the boys, including myself, felt a phantom pain when the apple instead of hitting the arrow, hit DJ in his nether regions causing him to fall to the ground on his knees in pain.
"Shit, my bad." Chris said, looking pitying but snickering.
"Leshawna, your teammate will be Katie. Since one of your team members temporarily switched to Killer Bass and you're almost out of teammates, we'll be doing an exchange today. Harold, as a temporary member of Killer Bass, you and Owen will also be participating." The two girls looked at each other as Owen smiled happily, however, the nerdy boy raised his hand.
"I'm deathly allergic to apples." Harold said, making Chris pause momentarily to think.
"Alright, Courtney, you and Owen will represent Killer Bass." The girl looked at Owen and then at DJ who was still recovering from the blow.
"I'll take the slingshot if you don't mind." The older teen just laughed and nodded before going to his place.
"I'll shoot, trust me, I'm good at it." Katie said with a smile looking at Leshawna.
"I hope so." The girl said regretfully before going to stand next to Owen.
"Alright campers. Everybody rock out!" Chris shouted with a smile as he looked around at everyone.
"I hate this show / I love this show." Were the thoughts of Leshawna and Owen as they looked at Katie and Courtney. The two girls put on their blindfolds while Chef left some barrels of apples near them. I internally thanked all the gods that Chris didn't think of using bows and arrows.
"Alright archers, shoot!" Chris shouted before standing next to Chef as they both watched everything.
Katie and Courtney fired immediately, Owen didn't seem to be affected when the apple hit his chest, in fact it tickled him, however, Leshawna didn't have a good time when the apple hit her stomach. The rain of apples continued, Owen didn't seem hurt or bothered by being hit by the apples, in fact, the fruits exploded upon contact with his body as if it were armor. Leshawna on the other hand was cursing over and over again as she kept getting shot in the head, chest, stomach, legs and arms.
The shooting became more frenzied with each miss, Owen was hit in the head by 5 apples leaving him stunned while Leshawna was hit by the same amount begging for this to end.
"Come on princess, just do it!" We all turned to see Duncan supporting Courtney.
Courtney grabbed the last apple she had left, took a deep breath and prepared her last shot, when she released the fruit it flew and to the joy of our team, the apple managed to knock down the arrow from Owen's head getting the first point for us.
"This time I have it in my sights." Katie said already upset before starting to shoot apples left and right.
"Hey sister, the challenge..." Leshawna was silenced when an apple hit her mouth and then the apples fell like bullets on her.
"Courtney already won, you can stop now Katie!" Chris shouted but the girl continued throwing apples everywhere.
As a result of the shots, a bear and a seagull were hit, on the other side, a yeti was watching trying to fix his television until an apple hit one of the sides, the monster smiled satisfied to see that his television worked and sat down to watch TV.
"Shit, now I'm not going to miss." Katie in an act of desperation grabbed three apples before firing them at once.
When I saw that, I quickly stood in front of Leshawna before making my knife appear, immediately cutting the apples before throwing my weapon into Katie's hands causing the slingshot to be cut in two.
"Hey what..."
"Killer Bass won the first point, Katie. Stop it already!" Chris shouted, grabbing the girl's shoulders tightly.
The moment Katie took off her blindfold, she saw that many campers had been hit by the apples and even Cheff, a cameraman and his companion were looking at an apple embedded in the camera lens and some animals were on the ground knocked out.
"Oops, sorry." Katie said with an embarrassed giggle while I made my knife disappear.
"Well, at least no one is unconscious." I said relieved before looking at everyone.
"Little fox, you're my hero." Leshawna said with a smile making me laugh.
"It was nothing, now everyone come, I'll heal you for the next challenge." They all nodded before approaching me.
"And Duncan, nice words of encouragement for your girlfriend." I smiled mischievously while the boys whistled and laughed at my joke, the punk boy instead of being embarrassed, started laughing, unlike Courtney who was bright red in embarrassment.
"What can I say, every princess deserves her prince." We all felt a phantom pain when Duncan, after speaking, was hit in the crotch by Courtney making him fall to the ground.
"Love hurts." The punk boy said weakly while my plants quickly went to heal him.
After everyone recovered we went to the other challenge. In front of us was a lake and on it, a trapeze stage, I smiled a little nostalgically, it made me remember the performances that Cerebella, Feng, me and the Monster High students did.
"I'm dying to go back on stage again." I said quietly with a smile promising that the first thing I would do would be to perform at Cirques des Cartes again when I returned home.
"Alright campers, as a second challenge, the blind trapeze. As a safety measure we decided to place the trapeze over this small lake, full of jellyfish." Chris said in a carefree manner. We all freaked out and as we tilted our heads we could see with fear the numerous jellyfish that were in the water. The amount of jellyfish was such that we could not count them with the naked eye.
"This is easy. Two of you will have your eyes tied while your partners give you the signal to jump, holding you and preventing you from falling to your imminent doom." Chris said before handing the blindfolds to Heather and Bridgette.
"Any questions?" No one raised their hand. Not that there weren't any, we all knew Chris didn't give a damn if we had questions or not.
"Great. Let's do it!" The host shouted with a smile.
This time, Harold and Lindsay were on the trapezes while Heather and Bridgette waited to be caught, but the fear was palpable and inevitable, after all, they were under a pool full of jellyfish.
"Hey Geoff, where's Bunnie?" Geoff and I felt a pang when we heard DJ's already depressed tone.
"Well, you see the thing about Bunnie is that..." Guilt was like a knife to the party boy's heart when he saw how DJ had a face full of worry and sadness like a mother to her child which did not help at all.
"The thing is that when Geoff went to look for Bunnie I was in the dining room." The two teenagers turned to see me and I had a nervous smile.
"It's just that, my knife was getting dull, and I have a habit of cutting through meat and bones if I need to make sure my weapons are sharp. I probably got a little too excited and Bunnie ran away scared thinking I was going to eat him, so Geoff asked me to go get him but the bunny hid. He'll probably come back later." I said with a nervous smile. The party boy noticed a root touching his foot and then the plant pointed at me, giving him a sign that he understood.
"Umm, yeah! What Benja said is true, but don't worry, you know he has a nose like a bloodhound, we'll find him very soon." Geoff said with a nervous smile. But despite our attempts, DJ didn't seem to be okay.
"DJ. I'm so sorry, I..." The party boy tried to apologize, but the other teenager stopped him.
"No, it's okay buddy. I don't blame either of you." DJ said with difficulty before starting to walk to a secluded place where his tears fell like rain.
"Bunnie, after so many things we've lived together, I thought we were good friends. My bunny." The poor boy fell to his knees and looked at the sky in pain.
"Bunny, why did you do it!?" DJ's scream echoed throughout the island which didn't help Geoff or me. If this was his reaction to a lie, telling him the truth will tear him apart without a doubt.
Duncan watched the situation with a raised eyebrow before starting to walk, perhaps to get away from his partner's dramatic scene.
To say that Bridgette was terrified was an understatement, the girl's legs were literally shaking like jelly, it didn't help at all that if she fell, her fate would be to fall into waters infested with jellyfish.
"Okay, Bridgette. Are you ready?" Harold asked from the trapeze looking at the girl who nodded terrified.
"Jump now!" The surfer girl wanted to force her body to jump into her partner's arms, but panic made her dig her nails into the wooden structure almost like a terrified cat.
"Bridgette, please, if we want to win you must trust me." The nerdy boy said with concern looking at the girl who trembled with panic.
"Yes it's okay, next time." Bridgette said with terror hugging the poster tightly.
"There will be no next time if you don't let me help you, please Bridgette, trust me!" Harold shouted looking at the terrified girl.
Lindsay was nervous and terrified at the same time, the bomb girl now had a second chance to help but that wasn't the problem, the problem was Heather who was firmly holding on to the poster not wanting to let go in the slightest.
"Come on Heather, you have to jump." The bomb girl said in a low voice nervously before sighing. I saw that the blonde girl was lowering her arms which made me feel bad, I looked at my team and then at the bomb girl.
"You can do it, Lindsay!" The girl turned to look at me like the rest of the others.
"You can do it, I trust you, you're not going to screw it up, do it!" I shouted with a smile looking at her who was surprised by the support.
"What are you doing!?" Courtney shouted looking at me seriously and angrily.
"Supporting a friend, I don't care if you take this as a betrayal. Lindsay is my friend and I'm going to support her." I said seriously before looking at the bomb girl.
"I know you can do it, Lindsay. I believe in you!" I shouted, looking at the girl with a smile again.
The girl was blushing and smiling hugely as she watched me support her, she touched her chest feeling inspired before looking at Heather. The bombshell girl seriously needed to get Heather to trust her, something that would be almost impossible since she was the one who locked the other girl in the freezer.
"Okay Heather. Wait for my signal!" Lindsay shouted as she swung around staring at the jellyfish.
"1...2...3, jump now!"
"Goodbye cruel world, and fuck you all." Heather said before jumping, expecting to fall into the jellyfish but was very surprised when instead of falling into the infested waters, she was saved by Lindsay who caught her.
"Well done, Lindsay!" I shouted happily as the girl was happy.
"I did it, I did it, I finally did something right!" Lindsay shouted but due to the joy of the moment, the girl accidentally dropped Heather into the water with the jellyfish leaving us horrified.
"Ugh, still, this is a point for Screaming Gophers for being the first to jump." Chris said in pain watching the girl being electrocuted.
"Heather hold on!" I yelled before jumping into the water to rescue the girl. She was suffering from the electric shocks until suddenly she felt me wrap my arms around her before pulling her out.
"Shit, those wounds look horrible, stay still." I said before extending my hands to heal her but Heather moved away from me.
"I don't need your help, stupid fox, I'll go to the infirmary on my own." The girl said before walking away.
"Ungrateful bitch, Benja could have hurt himself and he still saved your life!" Gwen yelled angrily looking at Heather who snorted angrily.
"So what? Don't think I'll thank him for saving me, I'm not a damsel to be saved by a stupid monster." The goth girl would get angry at Heather's words and without hesitation would grab one of the jellyfish before throwing it at the girl's head causing her to scream from the electric shocks.
"Gwen!" I yelled in surprise while the girl looked at me with a smile.
"She deserved it." The goth girl said but then saw a burn on her hand.
"Shit, that eel must have stung me when I grabbed it." The girl said angrily scratching her hand.
"Don't do that, let me help you." Gwen was surprised when I grabbed her hand and started to heal it, the girl blushed due to the unexpected act while her hand was being healed.
"There, you're better now." I said smiling looking at the girl, but when I noticed her blush I quickly moved my hand away.
"Sorry Gwen. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." I said blushing but the goth girl shook her head.
"No, it's okay. Thanks Benja." The girl said with some shyness.
"Benja!" Suddenly I was surprised and my face turned red when Lindsay hugged me from behind.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. I was able to get a point for my team and all thanks to you, you're the best!" The bomb girl shouted with a huge smile while I laughed shyly.
"Thanks Lindsay, umm, but, don't you think that maybe, you're a little close?" I asked nervously as I felt Lindsay's breasts on my back, but she didn't understand.
"What are you talking about?" Gwen was looking at everything with a blank look, it was confusing, but, why did she feel a pang when she saw Lindsay so close to me? That same pang, is the one she felt when the bombshell was with Trent.
Gwen.:
"What's wrong with me? Only Lindsay went to give Benja a hug. A hug, her, with her fucking balloons that she has for tits, the same fucking tits she uses with Trent." Gwen seemed more and more annoyed looking at the floor than at the confessional camera.
"Alright guys. Putting aside the love triangle between Benja, Gwen and Lindsay. We have another challenge pending, so let's move." Chris said mockingly. Gwen and I turned bright red while the bombshell girl looked confused amidst everyone's laughter.
"Dude, ladies fall from the sky for you. Who's next, Leshawna?" Duncan asked mockingly looking at me as we walked.
"First ask me out, bitch. Then we'll talk." The girl said as she moved her hips in front of me which made me blush even more. But then she stopped as she felt that chill on her back.
"Ugh, I should have put on a sweater, this cold is like a scythe is about to cut my head off." Leshawna said as we all continued walking but then I saw Duncan stop.
"Get ahead of everyone, I have to go to the bathroom." The punk kid said before leaving but as we left, Cournety stayed behind watching the kid go into the bushes.
"Where is Duncan going? That's not the direction." The girl stopped to look at the others and back at the punk kid before sneaking after him.
"Fucking bitch, busty cow. Why did I have to trust that..."
Heather's insults were stopped when the jellyfish on her head gave her an electric shock, which only made her more angry.
"That bitch Gwe, I don't care what she has to do, she's going down." The girl said angrily before being horrified to see Cheff in a nurse's uniform feeding Trent, who was still paralyzed.
"What? We don't have the budget to hire medical staff, that idiot Chris wants to keep his stupid private Jacuzzi." The cook said seriously while the girl shook her head.
"Forget it. Do you have something to remove jellyfish?" Heather asked looking at the cook who nodded. Once the girl received the answer, she laid down on a stretcher in silence.
Cournety followed Duncan into the dining room, the girl was confused at this, but even more confused when she saw the Punk boy come out with a carrot. The boy looked around as if he had stolen something dangerous, before walking into the woods.
"I don't understand. Out of all the things inside, he only took that? What is he planning?" Cournety asked herself before following Duncan closely.
We had all arrived at the last challenge for today. The first thing we saw when we arrived were some sleds that were near the trees, that confused us a lot but we decided to let Chris explain the challenge.
"Alright campers. The last challenge for this afternoon, the blindfold toboggan race." The host said with a smile. But when we heard that we froze.
"What did you say?" Leshawna asked between surprise and fear at what the host said.
"In this challenge, each driver will have a navigator, the driver will drive the sled blindfolded, being helped only by his navigator who will be the only one who can see and will help his partner by giving him directions." These words were enough to make more than one person swallow saliva out of fear while I watched all this with concern.
"I have to admit, everyone is dropping like flies, there are literally fewer of us than where we started. So, the drivers for this challenge will be Leshawna and DJ, while the navigators will be Geoff and Gwen." The host said, looking at the teens.
"Chris, I couldn't help but notice that I'm not participating today." Everyone turned to look at me when I raised my hand.
"Well Benja, you're a special case, think about it, who wouldn't trust you after all the things you've done on this island? You've saved the lives of all your friends and even the rival team, that makes you someone to trust, that's why you're not here, practically, today you have immunity." Chris said with a smile leaving me in shock.
"But, that's not fair, I don't know." I stopped talking when I heard Geoff laugh.
"Dude, you deserve it. You've saved our necks so many times that I have a hard time thinking how I'll ever return those favors." The party boy said with a smile looking at me.
"But."
"Little Fox, stop thinking that you won that immunity unfairly. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have survived on many occasions, like in this storm we had to go through before. You're our hero." Leshawna said with a smile as I blushed and looked at everyone who smiled at me making me smile shyly.
"Alright racers, grab your navigators and head to the top of the hill, and prepare for your doom, ahem, I meant race." Chris said with a smile looking at the participants today.
"Bro, ready to race?" Geoff asked looking at DJ but the boy didn't seem to be in the mood.
"Yeah, let's go." Before the party boy could speak, the caramel skinned boy started to climb the hill along with Lesahwna and Gwen, Geof instead sighed and lowered his head in slight sadness before following his teammate.
Courtney was confused by Duncan's behavior, the girl continued following the Punk teenager to the forest where she saw the boy walk to a burrow that was under a log.
"Hello friends." Duncan said with a smile seeing some rabbits but the animals backed away when they saw the punk boy.
"No, no, no. Calm down, look at this." The boy showed the carrot but still, none of the rabbits approached.
"Look, I know you're scared of me, and it's normal, I often scare myself. But I would never ever hurt cute and tender little animals like you, come on, come out, I just want to pet you." Duncan brought the tip of the carrot closer and slowly, emerging from the burrow, a rabbit that looked just like Bunnie came out and slowly approached.
"Yes, yes, good boy." The punk boy said before gently lifting the rabbit, letting the animal eat the carrot in his arms.
"Great, now come with me, cutie. You and I have someone in pain to help." The teen looked around before walking away with the rabbit in his arms and even petting and cuddling it, not noticing that Cournety was watching everything from behind in amazement.
"Shit, I didn't remember it was that high."
Geoff, Leshawna, Gwen and DJ were now at the top of the hill, naturally they knew it was safe since there were no death traps but now knowing that two of their companions would be driving blind and that they should help each other, of course, the two girls were fine with that, but the party boy was more worried about DJ.
"Come on man, I know you're hurting for your bunny, but please right now we're in a life or serious injury situation." Geoff said looking at the boy who still had his head down.
"Bunny's gone, why should I trust you?" That question was like a dagger to the heart of the party boy who bit his lip. It was a painful truth, because if DJ found out that he was the one who lost his pet, everything would go to hell.
"Because I know your bunny would want us to get out of this in threads." Geoff said before hearing something spill. Turning around, he saw Cheff painting grease on the sleds.
"Lubricate them, and you'll get more speed." The cook said with an evil smile causing the party boy, Gwen and Leshawna to gulp while DJ didn't seem to care.
"Alright drivers, grab your blindfolds." Chris said before giving the bandages to Leshawna and DJ who took them before tying them over their eyes with the help of the others.
"So tell me sis. Will your little fox be waiting for us downstairs to help us?" Leshawna asked with a flirtatious smile while the goth girl tied the blindfold over her eyes with a blush.
"Why do you refer to Benja as my fox? He and I are friends, nothing more." The girl said seriously tying the blindfold over the other girl's eyes.
"Well, if it's not yours, I hope you don't mind that maybe Benja and I can talk at the dock, maybe I can ask him to put a protector on my back." Leshawna said in a flirtatious tone but then screamed when Gwen pulled hard on the bandage.
"Sorry, I got scared by a bee." the goth girl said with a shaky smile before leading her partner to the sled along with Geoff and DJ.
"Alright campers. I just want to tell you, your contracts exclude us from injuries, psychological damages or bone fractures. So, good luck." Chris said with a smile while the teenagers were terrified.
"You're joking right?" Geoff asked fearfully making the host laugh.
"Haha, yeah, haha. No." It was the last thing the boys heard before being pushed down the hill with screams of terror.
"Right, right!" Gwen screamed in fear seeing a tree, Leshawna quickly reacted and turned the sled to avoid the impact.
"Watch out for the tree, DJ. Left!" Geoff screamed in terror. The teenager who was driving came to his senses to make a quick turn, the girls seeing this had to dodge them but by accident Leshawna would not notice a rock in the form of a ramp that would accidentally make both girls fly away.
"Girl, we're flying!" The dark-skinned girl screamed with a smile while Gwen screamed in horror. The fear and nerves intensified when they landed in a lake that led to a waterfall.
"Oh god, I'm not ready to die yet!" The goth girl screamed before clinging to Leshawna as the two of them fell off the waterfall, but instead of hitting the rocks, an old board that was embedded between the rocks would propel the girls into the air again.
The race only got worse for Geoff, the party boy had to take the wheel again and again to keep them from crashing, while DJ didn't seem to care in the least, and just kept wondering quietly "Why did you leave?"
"DJ, bro please we need you to drive. Bunny wants you to live!" The party boy shouted, begging his friend to please reconsider.
"Hey, DJ. Check this out!" All of our attention turned to Duncan who had returned. We all gasped and Bridgette and I rejoiced to see that the Punk boy had a rabbit just like Bunny in his hands.
"DJ, Duncan found Bunny!" Geoff shouted pointing down at where we all were.
"Don't fool me buddy." DJ said sadly but that sadness died when he took off his blindfold. His eyes sparkled like a child finding his lost puppy and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Bunny, you're back." The teen said emotionally before turning serious and covering his eyes again.
"Alright, let's do this." Those words were enough to make Geoff smile at the sight of such determination.
"Left, right." The two teenagers began to dodge obstacles masterfully, regaining that lost confidence.
"Let's go DJ!" The party-going teenager shouted encouraging his friend, suddenly they both heard distant screams that slowly became more intense, suddenly, Leshawna and Gwen had returned to the race, stealing first place from the boys.
"Right, left." Gwen was seriously guiding her partner while the boys were slowly catching up to them.
"Right, left." Geoff stopped talking when an explosion left him stunned, and out of fear, he hugged DJ, who was startled.
"What's going on!?" The surprised teenager shouted, his answer was not long in coming when he heard another explosion.
The camera shifted to show Chris hammering a detonator with a carefree smile.
"We had plenty of explosives left over from the first challenge. And I hate to waste these beauties." The host said with a smile before hammering the detonator again.
Now we were all scared and worried, the explosions were only increasing causing devastating damage. Internally I was already preparing to rescue the four teenagers but I decided to stare at the race praying that no one would get hurt.
"Left!"
"Right, Leshawna!"
Geoff and Gwen's screams could be heard clearly despite the explosions, the two teenagers screamed loudly to be heard. It was either losing their voices or their lives.
"Right, DJ!" The party boy shouted, causing the teenager who was driving to turn, but to everyone's horror, the two boys would end up under a stick of dynamite that Chris detonated, sending the two teenagers flying.
"Guys!" I screamed terrified ready to go out and rescue them but then I saw something that left us surprised. As if it were a movie, the two teenagers began to fall until they landed at the finish line, just a few seconds before the girls. Seeing this made us all jump for joy.
"Guys, that was amazing!" I shouted happily looking at DJ and Geoff as we helped the teens up. The caramel skinned boy took off his blindfold to see the bunny in Duncan's hands, without wasting any time, he went to where the punk boy was who handed him the little animal.
"Thanks Duncan, you're the best friend one could have." DJ said between tears of happiness as he petted the bunny. On the other hand, the punk boy rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. It's just a dumb bunny."
"I can't believe you got DJ a new bunny. That was so nice of you, Duncan." The boy turned to see Courtney who had a huge smile.
"I don't know what you're talking about, princess." Duncan said without interest making the girl laugh.
"I know exactly what I do. I saw you with a carrot and talking to the bunnies, you're a good boy." The girl said, still keeping her smile. That annoyed and irritated Duncan, who then sighed reluctantly.
"Fine. Yes, I did, okay? But I don't want you to tell anyone, I don't want people to think I'm soft." Duncan said reluctantly looking at the girl who was still smiling at him.
"Your secret is safe with me." Courtney said before going with the others making the boy sigh.
"And with me." The punk boy turned around and saw me point at my Kitsune ears with a smile before leaving with the other boys.
Duncan:
"Let me make this clear to all of you. I'm not soft, okay!?. I just did this shit because I don't want to see DJ cry, nothing more, it's honor between men." The Punk boy spoke seriously and coldly to the confessional camera, pointing at the viewers.
We were all gathered at camp again. Unlike the others, Heather and Trent were the only ones who were hurt, although, the musician boy was the one who was most affected.
"Benja, is it normal for him to do this?" Gwen asked with some fear watching Trent babble incoherently.
"The effect of the fugu fish must have numbed part of his brain as part of the paralysis, I recommend that after this he goes to sleep. Tomorrow he will have a horrible headache." I said looking at the boy with concern. If we were in Overwatch, we would have immediately taken him to the emergency room.
"Alright campers, I have news for everyone." Our attention was now fixed on Chris who smiled at us.
"Killer Bass, you are the winners of today's blindfold race." Hearing that made my team and I celebrate hearing that making Chris laugh.
"Well, I'd say you're the winners, but we have something else to tell you," the host said now seriously, silencing us.
"DJ, Geoff. I'll clarify before we started the challenge by saying that these would be blindfold challenges, and unfortunately, a certain teenager broke the rule by peeking while removing the blindfold." The caramel-skinned teenager was speechless upon hearing that and a blush of embarrassment appeared on his cheeks as he realized his mistake.
"That means, Screaming Gophers take the win today!" Chris shouted with a smile causing the rival team to celebrate at the victory that broke their losing streak.
"Yeah baby, that's how we roll!" Leshawna shouted with a smile high-fived Gwen.
"Killer Bass. I'll see you at the elimination bonfire tonight." As everyone walked away. My team and I looked at each other, while I was happy to have my immunity, that didn't help calm my nerves of choosing who would have to go home tonight.
The moon was now high in the sky, the elimination bonfire had already begun. Unlike other nights, Chris handed me a marshmallow, leaving only 6 on the plate.
"Who wants to eat? A delicious sweet that represents safety, peace of mind..."
"Ugh, get this over with." The host was abruptly interrupted by Courtney who had already lost her patience.
"Whoever doesn't get a marshmallow will have to march to the dock of shame and will not be able to return, ever." Chris said with a smile looking at the girl who previously interrupted him, getting white eyes from her.
"Alright. Here I have one for Duncan, one for Bridgette, and one for Courtney." The host grabbed three marshmallows before throwing them at the three aforementioned teenagers.
"DJ, Geoff, even though you didn't win the final challenge, you two had a movie ending, and I love that." Chris said before throwing two marshmallows at the two teenagers.
Now the moment of horror had arrived, there was only one marshmallow left, and now it was between Harold and Katie who were sweating profusely.
Katie was staring at the marshmallow in fear as if it was the last candy in the world. Harold was craning his neck as if the piece of clothing was suffocating him as the tension only increased in the room.
"Ugh, just do it already!" Courtney shouted seriously looking at Chris.
"Who's in charge of the show? Don't rush me." The host said seriously before raising his hand.
"Harold." When that name reached our ears. We all saw the marshmallow fly into the hands of the nerdy boy who smiled while the girl simply lowered her head.
"Katie, we're so sorry." I said looking at the girl but she shook her head with a weak smile.
"No, it's okay. Don't worry about me, go ahead and win, don't let Screaming Gophers overtake you." Katie said with a smile making us nod before hugging her.
"We're going to miss you, friend." Bridgette said with a smile as we all watched the girl separate from the group.
"Bye, friends." Katie spoke before flashing us a smile and then heading to the losers dock.
Katie was fine, it was strange, even for her. The girl knew she should feel bad, feel disappointed in herself for failing everyone, but instead, she was walking with her head held high to the dock, accepting her elimination. The boat slowly began to arrive, but what she saw made Katie drop her bags in shock and tears of happiness.
"Cody!" The girl screamed seeing the boy with a cast on his arm and a broken leg, even so, she ran into his arms with tears of happiness.
"I missed you so much, you have no idea how much I suffered because of our separation." Katie said happily while Cody stroked her hair with difficulty.
"I'm glad to see you too, Katie. But, there's someone else who wants to see you." The girl was confused by her boyfriend's words, but what she saw left her in shock. Sadie was there too, the chubby girl slowly got off the boat and walked over to where the two teenagers were.
"Hey Sadie." Katie said awkwardly looking at her friend.
"Hey Katie." The same awkward greeting was returned by the chubby girl who sighed.
"Katie, listen. What I did was terrible, no, worse than terrible. It was the worst thing anyone would do to a best friend, but, I only did it because I didn't want to lose you, and I didn't want you to get hurt either. I know a lot of girls who were dumped by their boyfriends or cheated on them, and a lot of them were horribly depressed. And I was so scared that that was going to happen to you, that's why I acted that way between you and Cody. I did it because I thought it was the right thing to do, but I was wrong, and what I got was that our friendship was broken and I'm really sorry." Sadie said with tears looking at Katie who was in shock.
"Sadie."
"But now you have Cody, right? I'm so glad to know that you two are together now, I talked to him, and he's not really bad. I just hope you two take care of each other." The chubby girl was about to turn around to go to the boat, but Katie stopped her in her tracks.
"You're not going anywhere, what would I do without my best friend?" Sadie's eyes widened in surprise and she turned to see her best friend who was looking at her with a smile and a few tears.
"But Katie..."
"What you did hurt me, I can never deny that, but the fact that you took the trouble to come and apologize and accept Cody, means a lot to me Sadie. I can have a boyfriend now, but I don't want to lose my best friend again either, but I don't want any more secrets between us, okay? From now on, we'll be together, the three of us." The girl said with a smile looking at Cody and Sadie who smiled.
"Yes, the three of us together. As it should always be." The chubby girl said with a smile before gathering everyone in a group hug.
"Let's go home." The two girls nodded at Cody's words before getting on the boat who set sail, leaving the island and giving a new beginning to a new page that this time, Katie, Cody and Sadie will write together.
"Okay Trent, stay still, stare at the light for a second."
A new day began at Camp Wawanakwa, the first thing I did was go check on the teenage musician to see if he was in better shape now.
"Good. It seems that the effects of the fugu fish have worn off, Trent is in better shape." I said looking at Gwen while the boy touched his forehead.
"My head, I feel like it's being broken." Trent said touching his forehead in pain, which worried the goth girl.
"Yes, I'm afraid that's the side effect of cerebral palsy. But I know a tea that can ease the pain, I'll go prepare the pot." I said before leaving the cabin to go to the dining room. But the first thing I smelled scared me and worried me a lot.
"Shit, something's burning!" I quickly entered the dining room where I saw black smoke all over the room, I immediately ran to the kitchen before kicking down the door.
"Where's the fire!?" I screamed looking everywhere in search of the fire.
"Benja?"
When I looked in front I could see Lindsay coughing as she blew smoke out of her face. The girl was wearing a white apron that was dirty as was her face, hair, and arms.
"Lindsya? Wait, are you okay? What happened here?" I asked surprised looking at the girl who then showed me a plate of burnt pancakes with a nervous smile.
"umm, I wanted to make breakfast today." The bombshell girl said innocently. I looked around better and could see flour on the floor along with broken eggs, empty milk cartons, and even ones lying around that were spilling their contents, suddenly I felt something fall on my tails and when I turned around I saw a half-cooked pancake, and when I looked up I saw many pancakes stuck to the ceiling.
"Chef is going to kill us." I said worried and nervous. The cook gave us permission to cook in his kitchen, as long as we don't steal, break, or leave the place dirty.
"I'm sorry Benja." I turned to see Lindsay who lowered her head sadly.
"I just wanted to give everyone a nice breakfast." The bombshell girl said with tears in her eyes making me smile a little.
"Lindsay, relax, you don't have to apologize. It's very nice of you to want to do this for everyone, but maybe you lack experience cooking." I said before grabbing a napkin and wiping the raw dough off the girl's face.
"Mom makes this look so easy, and you make it look like it's not a problem, I on the other hand, only make messes." The girl said sadly before watching in surprise as I put on an apron.
"Cooking is fun but also demanding. It helps me sharpen my senses and stay alert at all times, but it also gives me peace and tranquility." I said smiling looking at the girl who stared at me before blushing embarrassed.
"Would you teach me how to cook?" The bombshell girl asked shyly making me laugh.
"Gladly. But first, it would be better to clean this up, to cook, every chef needs to have their space well organized." I said before starting to clean the place with Lindsay.
"Why is Benja taking so long?" Gwen looked at the cafeteria and then at Trent who was sleeping. The goth girl stood up before walking to the dining room in silence, as she opened the door, she heard laughter and a pleasant aroma. Slowly, she approached and was surprised to see Lindsay and I cooking pancakes.
"Don't go overboard with the chocolate syrup, Lindsay. Remember that there must be enough for everyone." I said looking at the bombshell girl who laughed as she put the chocolate on the pancakes.
"Okay, now we need the whipped cream." I said before grabbing two pots of cream and starting to decorate with Lindsay.
"Hey, Benja. Do you have a moment?" I turned to look at the girl, only to be surprised when she put cream on my nose making me laugh.
"Lindsay, don't waste the whipped cream." I said looking at the bombshell girl with a smile. Suddenly, I was speechless when the girl kissed my nose, eating the cream in the process, which made me turn bright red.
"Why, why did you do that?" I asked in a daze, looking at the girl who looked at me in confusion.
"Why do you ask? My mom and dad do that every morning when I wake up for breakfast." The goth girl said confused while I was fuming.
"Better, let's focus on finishing the pancakes, everyone must be hungry by now." I said shyly looking at the plate with my head steaming.
Gwen looked at everything surprised, she didn't know why, but seeing this scene made her feel uncomfortable and upset at the same time, the goth girl could feel a pang in her heart but then she shook her head.
"Ugh, control yourself, Gwen. You already have Trent, Benja and you are just best friends. That's how it should be." The goth girl spoke to herself before leaving the cafeteria, but still, why didn't that feeling and that sensation go away from her chest? She shook her head, deciding to ignore those feelings before returning to the cabin with Trent, who for the goth girl, he, was her crush.
"Cousin, are you really sure you want to send this email to everyone?"
"Don, when did I fail you?"
"Umm."
"Don't you dare reply."
"Come on Chris, aren't you exaggerating? Your plan is to gather everyone to watch a tape that magically appeared on your table just like that?"
"Come on Don, you're curious about this too. Besides, you and I are curious to know who this "Benja" guy is, right?"
"Well, yeah?"
"Exactly. Just relax, make sure your competitors attend too, I have a feeling something big is coming. Something magical."