Total Drama Island (OC x Duncan) ON HIATUS

Not So Happy Campers Pt. 2

Nicky's bathing suit, shoes and hoodie are up top ^^^
So, here we are, on top of a cliff, in our bathing suits.
"Okay. Today's challenge is three full" Chris began. "Your first task is to jump off this 1,000 foot high cliff into the lake."
"Piece of cake" Bridget remarked.
"If you look down, you will see two target areas. The wider area represents the part of the lake that we have stocked with psychotic, man eating sharks. Inside that area is a safe zone. That's your target area. Which we're pretty sure is shark free" Chris continued.
"Excuse me?!" LeShawna exclaimed.
"For each member of your team that jumps and actually survives, there will be a crate of supplies waiting below. Inside each crate are supplies you'll need for the second part of the challenge. Building a hot tub! The team with the best own will get to have a wicked hot tub party tonight! The losers will be sending someone home. Let's see. Killer Bass. Your up first" Chris announces.
"Oh, wow. So, wants to go first?" asked Bridget as she looked over the cliff.
We could hear the crickets chirping.
"Hey! Don't sweat it guys. I heard that these shows always make the interns do the stunts first to make sure it's survivable" Owen encourages everyone.
"So. Who's up?" asked Eva. "Ladies first" said Duncan, looking at Courtney. I sighed.
"I'll go" I offered. "No way! You can't swim, remember!" exclaimed DJ. "But I don't want to be one of the ones that makes us lose. I'll go first. This is honestly nothing compared to at home" I said, stepping forward. I sighed, before I jumped. I didn't scream, though I felt my stomach almost come out of my mouth.
Soon, I was surrounded by water. I kicked my legs, but I couldn't make it.
Then, I saw someone dive after me, and soon, we resurfaced. I looked over and saw Bridget. I smiled at her. "Thank you" I said.
"No problem. Besides, we are in the safe zone" she said and we climbed onto the boat that came to get us.
Then, I watched as Tyler came down in a swan dive, but he landed on buoy. Geoff cheered as he fell, Eva was kind enough to say, "Look out below!"
Duncan fell with a straight face, though when he got on the boat, he checked over me, making sure I was okay. We smiled at each other.
DJ didn't come down, so I assumed that he didn't jump.
Then, Ezeakil jumped, but he hit a part of the cliff, and went spiraling into the safe zone.
Harold jumped, but he landed on his crotch.
After a few minutes, the 'twins' jumped. But Courtney didn't jump either.
I watched LeShawna throw Heather into the lake, and the rest of her team followed except for Beth.
Justin landed in the shark area, but because of his 'good looks', the sharks fell in love with him, and swam him to shore. I honestly don't see why everyone is swooning over him.
Beth also didn't jump, which made Heather and Lindsay say rude things about her, though Lindsay looked like she was trying to be like Heather.
Soon, it was down to Owen.
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Nicoletta: "I was really worried about Owen. I'm not saying this so that our teams would be even, but I hoped he wouldn't jump, because he looked like a nice guy, and nice guys don't deserve to die."
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But, he jumped, though it made a huge wave that knocked everyone over.
I crashed into someone's chest. I looked up and saw that it was Duncan. I turned a small shade of red, and we both got up. "Sorry" I said, until I remembered Claude.
I shuddered, and looked down, blocking out everyone.
Soon, the Gophers were walking away singing the 'Pop on the Wall' song. (is that the title? Idek)
They left us in the dirt. The 'twins' and Courtney were pushing their crates while I carried multiple smaller crates and Eva carried a big one. Duncan was kicking his.
"Ow! I think I just got a splinter" complained Courtney. I rolled my eyes. Duncan and a few other people looked annoyed as she talked and talked about being a CIT and how we needed her.
Then Eva snapped.
"Stop whining and pick up your crate" she snapped. Courtney narrowed her eyes at Eva.
"Hey! You guys need me! I'm the only one with CIT camping experience here!"she exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes and just kept walking. Soon, I was beside Bridget, DJ and Geoff. We smiled at each other. "Hey. I'm Bridget" she introduced herself. I smiled. "Nicoletta but call me Nicky. It's more simpler" I said. Wow, I can English!
"Cool. So, like, wanna get to know each other since this seems like a team building challenge?" asked DJ as he walked up behind us. I shrugged. "Nothing much to tell for me. I sing, I go to high school in Toronto, and I have a boyfriend named Claude" I said, though I tensed slightly at the mention of Claude.
"Cool! I surf a lot, and I usually work at the aquarium, also in Toronto" said Bridget. "Okay. Who lives in Toronto?" asked Geoff. We all raised our hands, except for me because, you know, carrying multiple boxes, but I nodded.
"Cool! After this we should totally hang out" said Geoff. We all agreed, though I might never see these people again.
That actually made me sad, because I started to care for these people.
Soon, we were at the cabins.
Turns out that we were the first of our team here.
We all started to open the crates. I saw Izzy pulling on her rope, and it opened, though she got a rope burn on her tongue.
I winced.
I waited until I saw more of my team. I notice Katie and Sadie weren't there. "Hey. Aren't y'all missin' a couple of white girls?" asked LaShawna.
"They're, um, getting a drink of water" said Courtney. "Yeah, if they drink with their butts" sniggered Harold.
I gave a confused look at Duncan. "They squatted in poison ivy" he muttered with a humored smirk. I smiled.
"Dang, what happened to your eye girl?" LaShawna asked Courtney. "Oh, um, just an allergy" she said.
"I think it's getting worse" I commented. "Shut up! We don't want them to know that" she snapped at me.
I flinched back.
"Hey, take it easy, Princess" Duncan defended me. "I was just going to say that I have a lot of medical experience" I muttered. "I said it's fine, it's just an allergy" she emphasised the word 'allergy'.
I nodded, and sat on the stairs of our cabin. I zoned out the speech Geoff gave, and ignored Courtney.
I really don't like her.
I walked over to my box, and started to try and figure out how to open it. "Hey, Shorty. Need some help?" asked Duncan. I shrugged. "I think I got it" I lied.
"Y'know, your a terrible liar. Here, I got it" he said, and he got out a pocket knife. I stiffened at the sight of it out of habit, but he used it to open my crate.
"Thanks" I said. I looked inside and saw that I had a pool liner and a few tools.
I have built a hot tub before because Claude didn't want to, and he was going to have friends over for the night. I shuddered at that day, because he made me listen to a tape over and over again so that I would obey him. The tape has the recordings of the screams as he tortured my sister.
He uses that as a threat so that he shows he has leverage over me.
It's my own personal blackmail.
"I, um, I actually built a hot tub in under two hours if you want me to help direct" I offered Courtney.
"But you lack the leadership skills, so no. Go take the buckets, and start filling them with water" she ordered. I sighed, but did as she said. I grabbed the two buckets, and went down to the water. I filled them, and took them back.
My team was fighting over tools and accidentally hitting each other, which is the exact opposite of the Screaming Gophers.
Soon, we were done. All in all, ours was crappy, theirs was amazing.
Chris tested the Gopher's hot tub. "This is a rockin' hot tub!" he exclaimed.
Great, definitely gonna lose. I sighed, and sat on the ground.
I thought back to my sister.
Sammy is only thirteen years old. I basically raised her when my dad was too busy working and my step mom was too busy drinking and hitting me. I used to have an older brother, Tommy, but he and my real mom died in a car crash.
It crushed me, and that's when I first went into depression.
But, then Sammy came around, and I couldn't let her live a bad life. She became my world, and actually saved my life. Whenever I get in a suicidal mood, I think of her, and I can't just leave her.
Then I met Claude.
I thought I loved him. He helped me and let me and Sammy move in with him. Then, he got abusive. If I threatened him with the cops, he threatened to torture my sister.
Whenever I refuse to do something, he makes me listen to a tape recording of my sister when he tortured her.
I brought it with me, so that when there is a challenge I didn't want to do, I had motivation. I'm doing this for my sister, to get her a better life.
"Hey, Shorty. You okay?" someone asked. I looked up at Duncan.
"Yeah. I just zoned out" I said.
"What were you thinking about?" he asked.
"My sister. She's the reason I'm here, actually" I said, and got up from the ground.
As I suspected, we had lost.
"Why?" he asked.
"My, uh, dad is a workaholic, and my mom passed away, along with my older brother. I'm basically all she has. So, I want to win the money to help put her through school and college" I explained, leaving out my step mom and Claude.
"But don't you want to go through college?" he asked.
I shrugged.
"I stopped caring about myself a long time ago. My sister is my world" I said, before going to the lodge to eat. I sat by Bridget and we smiled at each other.
"Okay. We need to figure out who is leaving" said Courtney.
"I think it should be Princess or the brick house. And if we ever have to lift a truck, I like our odds with the big guy" said Duncan, making DJ smile.
"But you guys need me! I'm the only one with--" Courtney was cut off by Bridget.
"We know! You used to be a real CIT. So who would you pick?" she asked.
Courtney scanned us.
"What about her?" she asked, pointing to me.
I looked down, but DJ, Bridget, Geoff and Duncan jumped to my defense.
"But she jumped first, even when she can't swim!" said Bridget. "She actually carried her boxes, and got here first" DJ added. "She never complains" Duncan continued. "And she knew how to build a hot tub in under two hours, but would wouldn't let her do her thing!" Geoff concluded. Everyone else nodded, and I turned bright red.
Courtney rolled her eyes. "Fine. Then what about him!?" she pointed at Tyler.
"No!!... Salt. There's no salt on the table. Bummer" Lindsay said front the other table.
"He actually jumped, Chicken Wing" Duncan said with a smirk. "Shut up!" Courtney yelled. "I'm gonna take a nap" I muttered, and started walking out.
"You can't do that! We haven't decided who's going home!" Courtney yelled at me. "I don't care. As long as it's not me, Duncan, Bridget, Geoff and DJ, I don't care who's going home!" I said, and walked out.
But, I didn't go to my cabin, I went to the bathroom.
I pulled out my shaving razors, and went to a bathroom stall.
I started running g them down my arms, watching the red mix with the toilet water.
I've always loved the designs that are made when blood and water mix. It's so pretty. I stop when I start seeing a few stars, and clean up my arms. I rewrapped them, and head to the cabin for a real nap. However, before I got to even lay down Bridget comes through the door.
"Good, your up. We have to vote and get to the fire pit" she said.
I nodded, though I got the slightest bit dizzy from blood lose. But, that's normal for me.
I walk over to the pit, but I didn't listen to Chris ramble on and on. I had voted for Courtney, because she is actually useless. I didn't notice Chris say my name, until Duncan nudged me.
"Hm?" I ask. "Go get a marshmallow. Your safe" he said softly, looking slightly concerned. I nodded, and went over to him. I took my marshmallow, but I didn't eat it. I gave it to Bridget.
I watched the dramatic pause as the last marshmallow was between Courtney and Ezeakil.
But Courtney got it.
I nodded, and walked back to the cabins.
"Hey, Nicky!" Duncan called.
I turned around. "Yeah?" I asked. "Can I talk to you?" he asked and I nodded.
He led me to behind the cabin.
"Are you okay? You look really out of it" he said. I nodded.
"Yeah, still sleepy" I said. "No your not. You spent a good half hour in the bathroom before going back to the cabin, and even then, you were a little woozy" he said.
I nodded.
"I'm fine" I said, before walking away, and going into the girls side of the cabin. I got my stuff, and went to the communal. I got ready for bed, and went to the cabin.
Before calling asleep, I took out a picture of my sister.
She looked a little like me. We both have the same green eyes. But she has blond hair and a soft smile, and soft skin. But, in this, she had a scar going over one of her eyes, making her half blind. I kissed the picture, as weird as it sounds, and put it under my pillow.
"I promise, I will save you Sammy" I whispered softly. And slowly, I fell asleep.
But, I didn't know that a certain delinquent had heard and witnessed the whole thing.