Total Drama Island Revamped Chapter III: Em-Bonding-Ment, a total drama series fanfic

Hello! Toxicistoblame here with another chapter of TDIR! Last time, Cody and the others started their first challenge, and the Screaming Gophers won the challenge, leaving the Killer Bass to decide who would be the first to go. In the end, Courtney was voted off.

I was originally going to make a short chapter dedicated to Cody and Marie, but I decided to interpret it in the next challenge instead.

I'm sorry if I sound like a broken record when I say this, but I'd like to interact with you guys more by reviews, so if you can, please do so. Usually when I make stories, a bunch of people respond to it. It's just bugging me out that its like radio silent. But if you don't want to review then that's okay too.

Anyways, this time the 23 remaining contestants are going to partake in their second challenge. I'm excited to write this, so let's get on to the reviews:

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Anyways, sorry this took a bit to upload, thank god that I still have time to make this chapter, as I don't go back to school until the following Tuesday. Anyways, enough stalling, let's get started reading the chapter, shall we?

Chapter III: Em-Bonding-Ment

Screaming Gophers: Cody, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Marie, Noah, Owen, Tobias, Trent.

Killer Bass: Beth, Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie, Tyler.

Intro; Camp Wanwanakwa

Chris started the episode "Last time on Total Drama Island..."

"Twenty-four campers arrived and learned that they will be spending the next eight weeks at a crusty old summer camp. The campers were faced with their first challenge, jumping off a cliff into shark infested waters. And while most of the campers took the plunge, three individuals refused to jump, and as a result, they were forced to wear the chicken hat. The Killer Bass lost and, at the elimination ceremony, it all came down to two campers. Courtney has experience as a CIT in summer camp, and she refused to jump. And DJ, who refused to jump, but he has more strength and wholesomeness. In the end, the first camper voted off Total Drama Island was Courtney. However, this was only because Courtney was nagging her team on about her being a CIT, and she told off Duncan and Tyler. Don't know what Tyler did to her, but ok. Courteny is an example of a first boot, proving that CITs and reality TV don't really mix," Chris explained.

Chris continued, "Who will win the challenge? Who will be getting the boot? Will Chef stop eating my supply of marshmallows, like what he is doing right now in front of my goddamn face?!"

The camera focused now on Chef, who was eating 3 bags of Chris's marshmallows, "Oh, sorry Chris." Chef said with a straight face.

Chris wrapped up, ignoring Chef, "Find out what happens, right here and right now on...

Total."

"Drama!"

"ISLAND!"

Screaming Gophers Cabin: Male Side

I yawned, stretching and waking up from my sleep. Man, I still can't stop thinking about what Marie said about me after the first challenge three days ago.

Like, why is she so nice to me now? Well, I ain't complaining or anything, in fact, it's actually quite nice. However, she used to be cold to me and tried to bring me down.

I ain't going to think about it right now. Today's going to be a day where we have to do a new challenge. Man, I wonder what it's going to be...

"Hey, Cody," Tobias yawned.

"Good morning Tobias," I replied back.

"Were you thinking about something?" He asked me.

"Yea, I was thinking about what today's challenge is going to be," I answered.

Tobias replied, "I guess we're going to find out soon,"

"Hey! I'm PUMPED for this challenge! Are y'all guys excited too?" Owen went in between us and squeezed us, "Hey! Owen, don't squeeze us like that!"

Owen released us, "Oh, sorry guys!"

"Can't you guys be quiet?! I'm trying to get my beauty rest! Shoo!" Justin swatted us away as if we were flies.

"You don't need any more beauty rest, Justin," Noah rolled his eyes, "Sound like a pretty princess whenever you say that,"

"Aye! Shut up, bookworm!" Justin got offended. Since when did he become Australian?

"Oh, like you could do something in return..." Noah scoffed.

"You look so damn weak. You look like a doll. Just one step and you're done," Justin insulted.

Noah then fired back an even harsher insult, "And you're an accident that your mother and father NEVER wanted, blame your dad for his weak pullout gain,"

DAMN!

I got to admit, that was a good one, but he may have taken it a bit too far.

Justin's face was red with anger, "You want to say that again, bookworm?"

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT! ENOUGH! Let's not fight, we don't want the other campers waking up!" Trent tried to deescalate the situation.

"Whatever!" Noah and Justin said in unison.

Chris's megaphone interrupted everyone's thoughts. Everyone walked outside in anger.

Leshawna yelled, "God dammit Chris! It seven in the fucking morning! Do I look like a farmer to you?!"

Tyler groaned, "For real, do you have to do that shit dude?!"

Chris shrugged, "I guess I do,"

Mess Hall

Chris walked in with a straight face, "Hope you slept well,"

Heather went sarcastic for a second, "Hi, Chris. You look really buff in those shorts,"

Chris still had his straight face on, "I know. Okay, I hope you're all ready because your next challenge starts in exactly one minute,"

Noah freaked out, "What the fuck?!"

Owen got a little sad, "Oh, excuse me. I don't know if that's enough time to eat breakfast..."

Chris replied, "Oh, you'll get breakfast, Owen. Right after you complete your twenty kilometer run around the lake./,"

Eva got enraged, right about to punch the host, "Oh, so you're funny now? You know what I think would be funny?"

Geoff got in front of Eva, "Woah, Eva! Try to control your temper, dude!"

Eva was still a bit enraged, spoke to Chris, "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

Chris replied, "A little bit. You have thirty seconds,"

Confessional

Geoff - "Woah, that Eva girl needs to calm down bro! She literally almost assaulted the host! She needs to calm down, otherwise she might not only be eliminated, but charges will be pressed on her!"

End of Confessional

Chris got ready "On your marks, get set, GO!"

After the first challenge is over...

Duncan yelled at Harold, "What took you so long, dork?! We just lost the challenge!"

Harold breathed heavily, "I think I'm having heart palpitations..."

Gwen beamed, "Hey, wait a minute! If they lost, that means we win the challenge!"

The Screaming Gophers cheered.

Chris spoke, "Whoa there! Hold your horses, guys! That wasn't your challenge!" Fuck you Chris.

Chris continued, "Who's hungry?" The host showed the massive buffet. Our eyes basically were looking at a festive party, a shit load of food, much better than what Chef Hatchet was cooking us.

I replied, "I'm basically in heaven..."

Confessionals

Gwen - "After a whole week of brown sludge, I almost cried when I saw the buffet."

Owen - "And then I saw it, the buffet table. It was beautiful. There was turkey and Nanamo bars and baked beans and maple syrup! Ha...can I have a minute?" Owen started crying uncontrolably.

Tyler - "I think I'm dreaming! I almost ate that whole thing of pudding. At this rate, I might've gained more pounds of fat than Owen! Wait... That seemed rude... Sorry Owen..."

End of Confessionals

Chris grabbed the megaphone, "Okay campers! Time for part two of today's challenge!"

Owen's mouth was full, "I thought that was part two, though!"

Gwen got furious, "What more do you want from us!" I'm with Gwen on this one.

Even Heather agreed, "Weird goth girl is right. Haven't we been through enough?!"

Chris replied, "Um...Let me thing about it. No! It's time for... The Awake-a-thon!"

Owen replied, "The what-a-thon?"

Chris responded, "Don't worry! This is an easy one! The team with the last camper standing wins invincibility!"

Gwen got mad, "So, what you're saying is that the 20k run and the turkey eating frenzy were a part of your evil plan to make it harder for us to stay awake?"

Chris replied, "You're right, Gwen!" Chris is a fucking douchebag.

Gwen said, "Man, he's good."

Tobias replied, "Man, that's just evil!"

Chris reminded us, "If you need anything to bring with you to keep you awake during the challenge, then bring them with you before we start the challenge. And meet me at the bonfire in 10!"

I went in my cabin. I looked in my bag and found my Nintendo DS. I grabbed 5 or so games with me in case if I get bored playing just one game. I also brought my Starbucks Frappuccino and one of my books too.

"Hey, you like Starbucks coffee?" Someone asked me.

I looked at the other direction, and it was none other than Trent, "Yea, I do. You don't like it?"

Trent replied, "Yes I do! Although I don't drink much coffee,"

At the Bonfire...

Chris explained the rules and, the challenge basically started.

I got basically everything I need. Video games and history books to keep me entertained, and some Frappuccino to keep me awake more.

I turned on my Nintendo DS and put a game inside it. I decided this time to play Pokémon Platinum. This game always has a special place in my heart. It helped me through most of my rough times as a kid, whenever my only friend back home wasn't around to help me with life. This is also the first Pokémon game that I 100% completed AND spent the most time on. It basically set the stage of me completing any game i have not previously beaten 100%. I fought a random trainer. I sent out Infernape. He sent out his Aggron. I defeated him easily and, had the best IVs.

Two hours went by, and I got bored playing the game, so I inserted another game in the slot. This time, I played Sonic Colors. Imo, best Sonic game out there in existence. Even new Sonic games don't have this legendary feel that Sonic Colors has. It's has so many cool things in it and set the presidence of every Sonic game that came after it when it came to graphics.

I got bored so I look to see what Gwen and Trent were doing. Luckily, I was close to where they were sitting, so I listened to their conversation.

Gwen told Trent, "This is the most boring thing I've ever done in my fucking life,"

Trent responded while yawning, "Could be way worse."

"Oh yea, how?" Gwen asked.

Trent replied, "I could be stuck here without you to talk to,"

I'm just glad Trent probably has a thing for Gwen. Gwen is pretty cool though, just by personality. However, I'm not really looking for a girlfriend, at least, not yet. Honestly, the closest thing I've ever gotten to a girlfriend was probably Marie. But even then, we're still just friends, right?

Confessional

Heather - "So my strategy is to get two other campers to form an alliance with me and take to the final three. The only question is, who can I find that is either desperate or dumb enough to do whatever I say? I could probably take Lindsay, I already know for a fact. But who else?"

End of Confessional

Something then peaked my interest; Marie was talking to that Lindsay girl!

I'm honestly proud that Marie is bonding with other contestants. Because, before this point I only saw her bonding with me. Not that that's a bad thing per say, I'm just glad she's starting to make new friends.

I decided to see what they were doing, "Hey, Marie! I see you're making some new friends, right?"

"O-Oh, hey Cody! Yea, me and Lindsay became friends this morning," the beauty replied, brushing her long, cinnamon brown locks of hair out of her face, "Have you made new friends yet, Cody?"

I replied, "Yea I did! I'm friends with Noah and Trent now, and I'm getting there with Owen too,"

Marie smiled, "That's great!~"

There was a bit of silence before we started talking again.

Marie continued our conversation, "Let's just talk about some stuff at where you were just sat at, sound good?"

I responded, "I guess we can! Let's go," and so we went back to where I saw sitting, and talked about how the last few days were, since we didn't talk since yesterday.

And before we knew it, 2 more hours had past.

I saw Heather talking to Lindsay, so I listened to their conversation.

Heather walked up to us "Lindsay, and I guess Tobias. Can I talk to you guys for a sec?"

Tobias replied "Okay, anything for you, girl,"

Lindsay responded "Sure!"

Heather apparently got slightly mad at Tobias, "You're really that desperate for me, aren't you?"

"That's classified information," Tobias looked the other way, kicking the dirt.

"Whatever you say, punk boy," Heather then explained like nothing happened, "Okay, I have a plan to get me and two other people in the final three, and I chouse you guys."

Lindsay's eyes beamed "Really?"

Heather responded "You should know that this is a very big deal. I'm placing my trust in you two. And trust is a two way street. So you'll do everything I say then?"

Lindsay answered, "Sure!"

Tobias responded, "Of course princess!"

Heather gave him the death stare, quickly prompting Tobias to apologize, "O-O-O-Oh! Sorry about that... H-Heather..."

Heather then switched off her evil side, "Good! Now let's get started with the talk!"

Confessionals

Heather - "God, is that Tobias guy really desperate to claim me? What do you even see in me anyway?!"

Tobias - "Mean girls are always the coolest!"

Lindsay - "Omigosh! I can't believe I'll be in the final three! Woooooo!"

End of Confessionals

I drank some Frappuccino. I really don't want to lose this challenge, so I'll drink a few sips each time. And about a third of my drink is gone.

A quick recap.

Remaining campers in challenge:

Screaming Gophers: Cody, Gwen, Heather, Lindsay, Marie, Noah, Tobias, Trent.

Killer Bass: DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Tyler.

Out:

Screaming Gophers: Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Owen.

Killer Bass: Bridgette, Harold, Katie, Sadie, Beth.

We're winning by two extra people.

THUD!

Make that one.

I looked over to see who fell asleep, and it was Lindsay.

Got to admit, I kind of expected that.

Anyways, me and Marie continued talking, "So, how was your life in high school before... you know happened?..."

I casually responded, "Terrible,"

"Huh?"

"Well, come to think of it, it wasn't as terrible or depressing like elementary school was..."

"Depressing?"

"Yea, but It wasn't because of you, though..."

"Then... Why?..."

"Well, I'll explain. It involves me and your brother first meeting,"

3rd Grade, Year 1999

Three bullies were attacking the young Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson, causing the fight to spread over to Toronto News. They clawed his cheek, making it take months for it to recover.

"P-Please! Stop it, stop it!" young me cried out. But this did not stop the kids from beating the shit out of him. The young me began to cry. "Haha, look it this stupid kid, he still fucking cries, what a damn loser! Heh." Everyone started laughing. The teachers disn't do anything about it. The other students started to watch the fight and most were enjoying it, as if this were a good movie. "AHHHHHHHH! STOP IT, PIECE OF CRAP!" young me cried out, but this still wouldn't stop them from harrassing and beating him up.

"WAIT!" Someone cried out.

Cody looked behind him, and saw a classmate of his. He recognized his cinnamon brown hair.

"Wait...Tobias? Is that, really you?" A young me asked.

Tobias responded "Yea... Also, you punks better leave Cody alone! He did nothing to deserve this!"

"Well, he is one of the losers though!"

"He's also a geeky loser, he's on the bottom of the food chain. Don't you get it?!"

"Yea, why are you even protecting that bozo?!"

Tobias glared at his fellow classmates, "Well, that doesn't excuse you three beating up someone because of their interests and hobbies! Y'all three like football, would it be funny if I made fun of you and beat you guys up?!"

"But, he's at the bottom of the-"

"I DON'T CARE! LEAVE HIM ALONE! SCREW YOU GUYS!" He then turned to me, "If it makes you feel better, I can be your friend?" He suggested.

Young me didn't know how to process this. Somebody wanted to be his friend? The young me had never even had a friend at all. He thought he was dreaming, like if this wasn't real. Nobody even wanted anything to do with him at all.

"Ye...yes. We can be friends!" The young me went up to hug Tobias. He finally found his first true friend.

I suggested, "Maybe we can...hang out some time?"

Tobias then responded "Yes! I forgot my daddy's phone number, so maybe sometime later this week?"

The young me finally had something he wanted all these years; a friend. He finally felt a sense of hope. He found his first happiness.

Back to Present

"You now see what I've had to endure for all of elementary school?" I asked Marie.

"O-Oh... Sorry about that..." Marie said in awe.

Marie felt split on what to do. One part of her wanted to give me something that would make him happier, like according to her original plan. Another part of her wants to try to resist it, because she doesn't want to be teased if she did do it, because she wants to be viewed as a nice girl, and not be teased about what she was going to do.

In the end, she decided to do the latter, "Well, if you're still sad about it, then I can fix it for you," Marie whispered into my ear before kissing me on the cheek!

My eyes widen in shock, "M-Marie!"

She didn't realize it until it was too late. She was panicking in her mind, 'was that the right approach?' 'did I make him mad?' 'what if he doesn't want to talk to me anymore?'

Her eyes widened, panicking, "I-I'm sorry Cody! I didn't mean to kiss you on the che-"

"It's okay,"

She gasped.

"It's fine. I know you didn't mean to,"

"Really?!"

I reply to her, "Yea! I think that was kind of cute, it showed me that you cared about me!"

Little did I know, Marie was blushing more heavily than I've ever saw her blush before.

"Hehe!~" she giggled.

"You ok?" I asked.

"Y-Yes! I-I'm okay!" She replied.

Confessionals

Marie - "He thinks that was cute! W-Wait... Do I have feelings for him? Just thinking about Cody is making my heart beat fast!"

Cody - "I think there's something going on with Marie... I have a feeling she... Likes me? I don't get why, I'm nothing compared to half the guys on this island..."

End of Confessionals

A While Later...

Remaining Contestants:

Screaming Gophers: Cody, Gwen, Heather, Tobias, Trent.

Killer Bass: Duncan, Eva, Tyler.

Out:

Screaming Gophers: Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Marie, Noah, Owen.

Killer Bass: Beth, Bridgette, DJ, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie.

Marie & Noah fell asleep in between then and now.

As for the Killer Bass, DJ, Ezekiel & Geoff fell asleep during that time.

My Frappuccino is almost empty now, and I'm starting to feel tired, even after drinking the coffee.

THUD!

Chris announced, "And Tobias is down!"

Oh shit.

I can't believe I outlasted Tobias out of all people. He was known in my class for getting barely any sleep on school days.

THUD!

Chris said, "And Tyler's down! Only 6 remain!"

6 Hours later...

It's been six hours, and no one else has fell asleep yet...

I... I need to win this for my team! I can't lose!

But... Sleeping does sound nice right now...

N-No! I need to stay...

I need... to...

I... need..

I...

Everything went black for me.

Zzzzzzzzzzz...

My Dream...

Dreaming paradise...a Dreaming Kingdom Paradise...

I used to rule the world

Seas would rise when I gave the word

Now in the morning, I sleep alone

Sweep the streets I used to own

I used to roll the dice

Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes

Listen as the crowd would sing

Now the old king is dead, long live the king

One minute, I held the key

Next the walls were closed on me

And I discovered that my castles stand

Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'

Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'

Be my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason, I can't explain

Once you'd gone, there was never, never an honest word

And that was when I ruled the world

It was a wicked and wild wind

Blew down the doors to let me in

Shattered windows and the sound of drums

People couldn't believe what I'd become

Revolutionaries wait

For my head on a silver plate

Just a puppet on a lonely string

Oh, who would ever want to be king?

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'

Roman Cavalry choirs are singing

Be my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason, I can't explain

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh

I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'

Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'

Be my mirror, my sword and shield

My missionaries in a foreign field

For some reason I can't explain

I know Saint Peter won't call my name

Never an honest word

But that was when I ruled the world [1]

All of a sudden, I felt two pillows, they both were on my face.

It felt really nice. Suddenly, the Dreaming Kingdom Paradise changed into an empty void, with nothing but a bed I'm sleeping on and two pillows covering my face. These felt...really nice...like wayyy better than normal pillows...

They felt huge too! Like really huge!

I almost felt like...

Like kissing the pillows goodnight...

So I began kissing the pillows...

I yawned and moaned slightly. I felt so comfortable, just like the dream I was having.

Wait, if I had a dream, then I must've fell asleep! Dang it! I was so close, though I didn't expect to make it that far into the challenge. I thought I was gonna be one of the first one's out for sure.

"Hehe!~ Feels so good!~ Don't stop it!~ Mmmmmmmph!~" I hear a familiar voice.

"Huh, don't stop wha-" I immediately froze in place. I was grabbing her ass.

Marie apparently snapped out of her dream too, as we both started screaming, "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

This woke up everyone that was napping.

Confessionals

Cody - "The fuck did I do?! I didn't mean to do that! Now Marie is going to think that I'm a pervert now! God dammit..."

Heather - "Man, why do those two lovebirds have to scream so damn loud?!"

Tobias - "I got to give my sister and Cody some props! It's like they were meant for each other!"

End of Confessionals

It was only Gwen and Duncan left, since Heather & Eva both fell within seconds of each other.

Chris announced "Alright! Time for another break! Any takers?"

Duncan replied "I've held it for so long, sweetheart. I could go all day!"

Gwen responded to Duncan "Yea, but can you hold it in for the next ten chapters?"

Duncan decided to go in the bathroom, with Chef following him.

Ten minutes had past, and Duncan had yet to come back.

Chef handed Chris a paper "And we have news! Duncan has taken a dive in the can, and that means the Screaming Gophers won today's challenge!" The Screaming Gopher did what the Screaming Gophers always do, and screamed in excitement, while the Bass frown in defeat. "Killer Bass, I'll be seeing you at the campfire this evening at 6PM. It's time to vote someone off."

Tobias walked up to Heather, "How about we hang around the beach this evening?"

This resulted into Heather punching him in the face, "Oh ok, guess you're not ready yet. I see,"

Gwen was still sleeping at the campfire. I guess she fell asleep as soon as Chris announced that we won the challenge. I walked over to her and Trent and Owen hoisted her up and took her back to the Gopher cabin. Once there, the girls took over and brought her to bed.

A Little While Later...

After I left the campgrounds, I heard Heather and Lindsay talking at the side of the Gophers cabin.

Curious, I wanted to get a closer look at what thy're saying. However, to prevent them from seeing me, I hid behind a nearby bush.

"Heh! Did you see how I set the whole MP3 situation up like as if Beth hid it from Eva instead of me? That was hilarious!" Heather giggled.

"Um, don't you think that's, like, mean to do that to someone? Like, setting them up, you know?" Lindsay was concerned.

"Well, there's money on the line, you know that right?" Heather said.

"Yea, but, like,-"

"We have to make some strategic moves in order to get to the final three, that's just a part of game shows like this," Heather cut her off.

"Yea, I guess so..."

I thought I had seen too much, so I swiftly left the bush and tried to leave, "Hey, YOU. Wait," Heather yelled at me.

"Huh?" I turned around, and she was right in front of my face,

"You know what you saw!" Heather glared at me, "You saw everything, didn't you? You overheard our conversation, didn't you?!"

"Uh, I did, but I promise I won't tell anyone here! On god!" I yelled back.

"Good. Now, Lindsay, let's go to the cabin," Heather walked away.

Lindsay whispered in my ear, "I'm so sorry about her,"

I whispered back, "You're good,"

"Lindsay! Hurry up!"

"Oh, sorry!"

And there they went. I just had to keep my mouth shut or I'm fearing she might vote me out!

Exhausted from the previous challenge, I went to sleep in my cabin soon afterwards.

A Few Hours Later...

I woke up around 4PM, somewhere in that ballpark. This was about the time dinner was supposed to begin, so quickly walked straight to the Mess Hall, where I went to get my food.

"Oh hey, Chef Hatchet. Crazy as always, dude!" I said. That must've upset him, because he slammed the food on my plate, "O-Oh! S-Sorry about tht Chef! I won't say that again!"

"Good kid," Chef Hatchet replied, "Now SIT DOWN!"

"O-Okay!"

I sat down next to Marie, "Hey, sorry about touching your ass... I get it if you think I'm a perverted loser..."

Marie replied, "No! You're neither perverted or a loser! You've helped me before, remember?"

"Huh? Like the time from a week ago?"

"No..."

"Then when?!"

"Remember in 2nd grade?" She asked.

"Uhhh..."

Wait, I think I remember!

20 February 1998...

Marie was playing with her friends in the playground.

Marie and her friends were playing hide and seek.

Marie's friend asked her friend group, "How about we play hide and seek?"

Marie responded, "Sure thing!"

After finding a place to hide, Marie sat down. However, whenever her friend found her, Marie tried to run away, only to end up falling and her leg had a bruise, "Owwwwwwww!"

I was playing on the swing set alone, because I didn't have any friends at the time, not even Tobias. I was known to be great at tending to human wounds, so when I saw Marie hurt herself, I couldn't resist the opportunity to help someone, even if they were rude to me in the past.

"Here you go! You should be careful about where you step! You want me to give you some ice pack from my lunchbox? I wasn't planning on using it today anyway, but I always bring it with me when times like this happen," I said to Marie.

"T-Thanks..." Marie murmured.

Ever since then, I've always had a fondness towards you, Cody.

Back to the Present...

"Soon after that, I became rude to you because I didn't want to show my true feelings for-" Marie was cut off by the ruckus at the Bass Table.

"WHAT DO YOU MEA- I mean, well, I'm a strong team member, and I made it far into the challenge today, so I think I shouldn't get voted out. However, I think that Beth should get voted off for stealing my MP3 player..." Eva glared at Beth.

"I mean, she does got a point,"

"Yea, I think she did a pretty good job in the challenge today,"

"But Eva messed up a little bit of the girl cabin, though,"

"But at least she stopped when she realized her mistake,"

The Bass table was divided on who they thought should go home. They couldn't make an agreement in the end.

One by one, people left the Mess Hall, until it was me, Marie & Gwen, who was just staring at the paintings at the Mess Hall.

"So, what did you mean 'true feelings'?" I asked Marie.

"O-Oh! Can I tell you when I'm ready? Just give me tonight to think, alright?" Marie asked me.

I thought about it for a second, and I decided to let her think about it, "Ok, but please tell me about it whenever the next challenge hits, okay?"

Marie nodded her head and waved goodbye, "Bye, Cody!"

"Bye, Marie,"

"Hey, Cody," a familiar goth voice spoke,

Huh?! Who's there?!" I panicked.

I got a bit of a jumpscare out of it, it turned out to be Gwen! I forgot that she stayed here, "Heh, I scared you, didn't I? I didn't even try to!"

"Sorry, it's just you said that out of the blue!" I told the goth.

Gwen crossed her hands, "I see you're close to that Marie girl, right?"

"Yeah," I replied, "Why you asked?"

Gwen responded, "Well, she talks about you a lot. Like A LOT!"

"Yeah, she's been clingy and shy around me, she was never like this whenever we were in late elementary school up until like a week ago," I reply.

"That's the point!"

"Huh?"

Gwen rolled her eyes, "You still don't get it? She likes you. She has a crush on you. Like a MAJOR crush on you. A few days ago she was talking to Lindsay about you non-stop, it was actually kind of cute,"

Then it hit. She started acting so nice to me after that incident a week ago. I replied, "It probably started around a week ago,"

"What?"

"Let me tell you the story," I said

Then I told her the story of me saving Marie from the weirdos that were trying to date her, "Oh, I see..."

"Yeah, so that explains why she's been clingy to me and started to talk and bond with me more. That has to be it! There's no other explanation!" I told Gwen.

Then I proceeded to tell her how I helped her at the playground in 2nd grade, "Oh... I think she probably liked you for that long. However, I think she didn't realized that until you saved her for that second time," Gwen said.

Me and Gwen continued to talk for about 10 ish minutes, until she told me she was too tired to stay up any longer, so she excused herself from the conversation, "Goodnight, Gwen!"

"Goodnight, Cody," she waved back.

This confirmed my suspicion of Marie liking me. If I'm going to be honest, I think I have feelings for her too, but not much, but still have this... love feeling... I don't think I've experienced this kind of love before... as I've never had a girlfriend...

It was about 5:20PM, so I decided to head back to my cabin.

At the Bonfire...

It was close battle between Eva and Beth, but the results were...

"And this is the final marshmallow of the night. This final marshmallow goes to...

...

"Beth," Chris said as he handed her the last marshmallow, "Sorry Eva, but you've been eliminated by a 6-5 vote! Dock of Shame is that way!"

Eva got enraged, "NICE. REALLY NICE. Who needs this stupid TV show anyway?!" Eva threw a twig at Chris, however he ignored it, "Oof! Owww! Have a good sleep tonight. The rest of you are safe!"

"Bye, losers! You just kicked out your strongest team member! Shame on y'all!" Eva then stormed off.

After the Ceremony...

When I saw that Eva was eliminated, it really did not surprise me at all. She let her temper get the best of her, and she should've kept it in. In the end, she got voted out, and that's that.

Also, maybe Gwen was right. Marie probably likes me! I'll ask her about it tomorrow, but for now, I'm beat out from that awake-a-thon challenge that lasted over two days.

Soon enough, I fell asleep.

Zzzzzzzz...

And that's pretty much it for this chapter! Hoped you liked it! I had a really fun time writing this during my free time. As for when I upload the next chapter, I'm not sure. My school starts back up Tuesday, so that means I'll have to try to find a day before Tuesday to work on the dodgebrawl episode next time.

I was actually originally going to keep Eva into the game and have her eliminated first during the merge, but I scrapped that idea, and as a result has kept her same elimination as is.

[1] Viva La Vida, by Coldplay. My favorite song from them!

Here's the votes:

Beth: Eva

Bridgette: Eva

DJ: Beth

Duncan: Beth

Eva: Beth

Ezekiel: Eva

Geoff: Eva

Harold: Eva

Katie: Beth

Sadie: Beth

Tyler: Eva

Eva: (6)

Beth: (5)

Eliminated: Eva

Elimination Order:

24th: Courtney

23rd: Eva

Screaming Gophers: Cody, Gwen, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Leshawna, Lindsay, Marie, Noah, Owen, Tobias, Trent.

Killer Bass: Beth, Bridgette, DJ, Duncan, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Katie, Sadie, Tyler.

Make sure to vote in my profile poll, if you can!

If you have any suggestions, ideas or feedback, let me know via PM or review, stay safe and have great day!

- toxicistoblame