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Chapter 4: Dousing the Flames

After everything that happened in the forest, it was time for a good meal. Even though he was still wet from the lake, Cody walked to the cafeteria. Filling his plate with meat and sweets, he browsed the room before sitting next to Noah who was reading a book as usual.

"Trent's over there." Neglecting the view away from his beloved book, Noah indicated a table behind them. Cody saw the musician talking with Katie and Sadie.

Noticing Cody, Trent secretly motions Cody's help. He needed Sadie to leave, so he could ask Katie out.

Rolling his eyes, Cody decides to help his friend out. "Noah," he says aloud offhandedly. "I can't believe that Justin is just standing outside with just a speedo. He really shouldn't be wearing that." that's what Cody said with signs and moving the mouth, Trent understood the plan and did it.

Hearing this, Sadie shot like a bullet to chase Justin. Katie wanted to be the wing-woman for Sadie, but ironically, Trent convinced Katie that Sadie could do it on her own. Thankfully, it worked, and Trent and Katie continued to talk.

"You're making it too easy for Trent," scoffed Noah.

"What can I say? He's my friend. Besides, not all of us has a perfect girlfriend." Even though he had a full plate, Cody started with his dessert. He couldn't help it. It's like a drug.

Noah smirked. "Speaking of girlfriends, Trent mentioned that you stopped chasing skirts."

Cody rolled his eyes. "Get to the point Noah. I want to eat."

"You can't be serious. I saw what happened between you and Kitty. She's a sweet girl, but I'll always have eyes for Emma. If anything, she suits you, and she's single." Noah kept an innocent smile.

Cody raised the hands in irritation. "We seriously just met yesterday. I'll be honest. She is cute and has a sweet personality. Would it be nice to be in a relationship with her? Most likely. However, from my experience over the years, imagining a relationship just based on a first encounter isn't healthy."

"Wouldn't that keep you from making any connection with a woman?"\

"I'm not saying that I won't try and make a connection with people. I'm just saying that I won't become obsessive over it. You saw how I was with Gwen."

The bookworm laughed. "Yeah, I remember that. I still can't believe you made a deal with Gwen for her bra."

Cody groaned. "Please, don't remind me. I'm still trying to live that down. Returning to high school after the show was not quiet for weeks."

Before Noah had a chance to make a snappy comeback, they head a scream of agony. "

Bridgette had kicked Geoff's kiwis. "What the hell, Geoff. I thought we went over this womanizer phase after Total Drama Action. Do you want to see other girls? Fine! We're over!" Bridgette stormed out of the room crying.

From what the others could guess, Geoff cheated on Bridgette with someone else on the island. Those who were close friends with her quickly glared at the party boy on the ground. Even though he was holding his nether region in pain, his eyes looked emptier than even. It was a minute before Duncan came by to get Geoff back up and snap him out of his stupor.

"Whoa. This place just got tense. It's time for me to leave. I'll see you later, Cody." Noah stood up and left.

Cody got up to follow him. He didn't want to get caught up in a possible beat down. He still hadn't finished his food. Thankfully, the next few hours were relatively uneventful. When he heard there was a convenience store in the island's hotel, he wanted to stop by. In his pursuit to make it to the boat on time, he had forgotten a few of his accessories. On his way to the suite, he passed a service closet when he heard muffled whimpers. Realizing where the sound was coming from, Cody slowly opens the door slowly and see Bridgette drying her tears with a towel.

Hearing the sound of the door, she grabbed the nearest object and proceeded to beat the intruder down.

Fortunately, one of the few good things about the show is that it helped his reflexes, and he dodged the first strike. Unfortunately, the show improved Bridgette's skill too. After about six hits and fruitless attempts to block the girl's tantrum, Cody spoke. "Ow! Quit it, Bridgette. Calm down! It's me, Cody."

Realizing his identity, she dropped the broom. "Close the door!" she commanded. Out of fear, Cody complied and closed the door shut. Bridgette took several breaths. The rage that she let out began to dissipate. Leaning against the wall, she slowly slid her back against the wall until she was sitting. "Oh, God. I'm pathetic... I'm crying over a cheater, and I'm beating down one of my friends."

Cody didn't like seeing her act this way. "It's fine Bridgette. I've been through worse thanks to Chris..." His joked seemed to help, but it didn't take long for her to start sulking again.

"I uh... saw what happened in the Cafeteria today."

"You want to talk about it?"

Cody sighed once more. This was getting nowhere. Thirty minutes of silence and the occasional sob passed. The sugar from lunch was getting to him, and he was getting thirsty. Grabbing a bottle of water from his shopping bag, he took a drink. In the corner of his vision, he noticed Bridgette eyeing his bag. Reaching in again, he pulled out another bottle. "Want some water?" he asked with a raised brow.

Realizing she had been caught, she turned her head the other direction. "..."

He shook his head in irritation before a strange sound filled the closet. Cody looked around the room before the sound happened again. His eyes landed on Bridgette who scooted farther from him and turned the complete opposite direction. It dawned on him that her confrontation with Geoff happened before lunch. She probably didn't eat. Reaching into his bag once more, he pulled out a Twinkie. It wasn't much, but it would work for now. "Here." Cody got up and placed the bottle and snack cake in front of her.

Bridgette looked at the offer before glaring back at Cody. "I don't need your pity."

"I can tell you haven't eaten since breakfast."

"So? I'm fine." Her stomach betrayed her once more.

Cody gave her a deadpan look. "Just shut up and take it..." She hadn't even budged, so Cody opted to sit back down. About another ten minutes passed before he saw Bridgette reaching for the snacks.

Once Bridgette got her fill, Cody asked, "Are you done being an idiot?" asked.

"Yeah..." Bridgette muttered.

"Are you ready to talk?"

She sighed. "You're not gonna let it go, are you?"

Cody raised a brow at her. "I found you crying, and you proceeded to beat me with a broom. You know me better than to leave you like this."

"Figures..." She slumped against the wall. "As you could guess from earlier, Geoff cheated on me."

"I'm sorry to hear that..."

Bridgette sighed. "During Total Drama Action and the Aftermath show, the fame was getting to his head."

Cody nodded. "I remember. If I recall the online polls right, Geoff was more popular than you. " He received a sharp glare from the surfer. "Sorry. That's beside the point."

Ignoring that remark, Bridgette continued. "I had to deal with a bunch of Geoff's fans." She remembered the times when the two wear alone together only to be interrupted by fan girls showing up. "I thought Geoff would be different from those Hollywood types. I thought I knocked sense into his thick head up to now."

Cody held up a hand to interject. "Um, Bridgette. Please don't take this the wrong way, but isn't this similar to the whole Alejandro thing? I even remember you two in a boxing ring before making up again and making out."

Her old wounds opened up again. "I won't lie, I was seduced by Alejandro back in the Yukon. I gave in to my desires and tried to kiss the guy. I felt so guilty. I betrayed Geoff's trust. If anything, I'm thankful that it was a ruse from the start to get me eliminated."

"From what I recall, things between you two have been pretty good during Revenge of the Island and Ridonculous Race."

"Things were nice. If you recall, I was in Australia for a surfing competition. He told the world that he loved me on the first episode that season. As it continued on, I kept getting the feeling that Geoff was afraid of me."

"He was very careful about doing something that might upset you."

"I thought it was sweet at the time, but I think that his fear went deeper than I thought."

"Between the two of us, I'm considered more violent. I've hit him more times than I can count and electrocuted him on live TV. I even hit him today. Not once in our entire relationship did he ever lay a hand on me. "

Cody rubbed his temples. "I want to say that what you did were in response to him doing something dumb, but that still shouldn't justify violence in a relationship."

Tears began welling in her eyes. "He's afraid of me. I've become an abusive partner... Now I've driven him into another woman's arms." The emotional dam finally burst, and Bridgette cried once more, sobbing into her knees.

Finally understanding the situation, Cody moved to Bridgette. He was about to risk getting hit again, but if it was to help her feel better, it was worth it. At that moment, he pulled Bridgette into a hug. She continued to cry, but she bashed against him with both arms. Each hit was weaker than the last until she simply dug her face deeper into Cody's shoulder.

Bridgette slowly wrapped her arms around him, returning the hug while still tearing.

Thirty Minutes Later

Cody was leaning against the store counter with Bridgette leaning against his shoulder. Bridgette's sobs slowly stopped over the course of half an hour.

"You're not a bad person, Bridge."

Bridgette looked away from him. "Yes... I am. I suck."

Cody rolled his eyes. "Bridgette, this isn't you. This isn't the same person I met from season one."

She became more depressed. "I know. I'm worse."

'This isn't getting anywhere.' "That's not what I mean, and you know it. I'm not gonna lie, Bridgette. The impression you put on Geoff was kinda shitty."

"I know... I'm supposed to be more mature than that. Simple talks would have made all the difference."

Cody pulled Bridge to look her in the eyes. "You're not a bad person, Bridgette. A selfish person wouldn't have remorse or feel guilty about this."

She looked down. "What's the point? I've already lost Geoff, and I'll probably ruin any other relationship."

"You can change. You can be better, and you won't know if you don't try. You will have to apologize to Geoff about this, but I do recommend that you give him time. Problems like this aren't fixed overnight."

"Feel better now?" Cody stood up and extended a hand to her.

"Yeah... Yeah, I do." She accepted his hand. "Thanks, Cody. I really needed this."

Cody gave her a comforting smile. "Come on. I'll take you back to your room."

20 Minutes Later

When they finally reached her room, they learned that Geoff had taken his luggage with him. It was another shot to Bridgette's heart, and Cody told that it was all the more important to apologize to Geoff. There was little chance of them getting back together after this, but it was the right thing to do.

Cody and Bridgette said their goodbyes, and he decided to check up on the others. He's been separated from them for quite a while, and he wanted to know if he missed anything important. When he reached the lobby, he heard screams outside. Upon exiting, he saw the swimming pool tainted with green vomit. A number of contestants were trying their best to rinse themselves off at the showers. "What the hell happened?"

"It's Scott! It's all his fucking fault." scream Tyler.

Scott rolled his eyes. "I didn't do any of this." He gestured to the mess in the pool. "All I did was tell Zoey to get revenge. You saw how pathetic she was. She was eating all the ice cream." Knowing his reputation, Scott didn't earn good graces with the others.

Alejandro finished showing the bits of vomit off of him. All the victims would have to bath five times to remove the smell of vomit. "This is getting nowhere. Tyler, explain what happened, now!" he demanded.

Tyler took a deep breath to calm himself down. "Okay. Scott and I went to the roof, so I could prove to him that I could dive from there to the pool easily." There was no doubt to the others, that Scott wanted to see Tyler with broken bones in the water. Give Tyler a challenge, and he'll do for better or for worse. "When we got up there, Zoey was super depressed, eating ice cream alone. It didn't help that she was watching 'Vito' making out with Anne Maria on the other end of the roof. We tried to comfort her, but nothing helped. This whole mess started when this idiot told her to get revenge on the bitch who stole her boyfriend. For some reason, Zoey murmured something about commando mode. Hours later, she did something, and now we're covered in this shit."

Cameron gasped. "This is bad! Zoey in commando mode is unpredictable. She will stop at nothing until she achieves her goal." He still had bad memories of his season. If it had not been for Zoeys kind heart and his cries, he would have been toast.

Topher came out of the showers next and overheard the conversation. "Well, Zoey is obviously blind because those two aren't even here. Last I heard, they went somewhere private."

Shawn finished drying himself off. "We need to stop her. Anne Maria can be a bitch, but we don't need this crap. We came to have fun, not get caught in the crossfire." While some of the contestants ignored him to take another shower, Cody and the others decided to go search for her and put a stop to this.

"Considering that Vito was brought up, I take it that this has something to do with Mike's accident?" asked Cody as he ran alongside Cameron to the beach.

Cameron nodded. "It's really sad. Mike had finally overcome his multiple personalities at the end of all-stars. His relationship with Zoey was blossoming for two years. Unfortunately, when Zoey and Mike were crossing the street home one night, a drunk driver sped into them. Miraculously, Mike pushed her out of the way, but he got hit."

"Oh, god..."

"When he was taken to the hospital, he fell into a coma, and the doctors diagnosed that he had a major brain injury. He woke up a month later, but he's changed. Instead of Mike, Vito's in control. The Doctors weren't sure when or if Mike would come back. To make matters worse, Vito doesn't remember Mike or other personalities." Cameron sighed. "While I'm thankful that Mike isn't dead and Mal is still gone, it's still heartbreaking to see him like this. Zoey and I worked hard with his psychologist to bring him back, but news of this development finally spread. It wasn't long Anne Maria found out and messaged Vito online. Since then, they started dating, breaking Zoey's heart. It's so depressing after everything we've been through to help Mike." Cameron looked around once more and his eyes widened. "And now, Zoey's about to do something incredibly stupid!"

Following his gaze, he saw Zoey with some sort of Bazooka aimed at Anne Maria. "Dammit!"

Cameron started running to Vito and Anne Maria "Zoey, stop!" He turned back to see Cody running as well. "Cody, give me time to get them out of here."

"Fuck me... Cameron, you owe me big time!" Cody didn't know Zoey personally, but now was a good a time as any. 'God, have mercy...' With as much courage as he could muster, Cody ran to Zoey and tackled her down.

"Get out of my way scrawny!" Commando Zoey growled with a serious voice.

"I get that you want to split them up but really? Is this really the answer? This isn't even including that mess you caused at the pool. You need to stop this, now." Looking the other way, Cody saw Cameron trying, in vain, to move Vito and Anne Maria.

"Unless you're going to help me, then back off." Zoey knocked Cody off of her and prepared the bazooka. The weapon was ready, a part of her hesitated.

"Will you quit acting stupid?" Shouted Cody. "Is this what you want?"

"Leave me alone!"

He needed to take a chance. "Fine! Go ahead. Do it! Just remember that attacking her won't get you any closer to bringing back Mike."

Zoey remained silent. He finger wavered on the trigger.

Cody slowly crept toward her. "It doesn't need to be like this. Have faith that you will find Mike. Don't lose hope. What would Mike have wanted?"

Seconds passed before, Zoey dropped the weapon. Turning around, Zoey kneed Cody in the stomach. "I hate how you're right."

"Cody!" Cameron ran to them, seeing that the danger passed.

Zoey glared at Cody on the ground. "What do you know about love? I'm pretty sure you've never been in a relationship. What gives you the right to judge me?" Silence filled the air.

Cody sat up and looked at the ground. "You're right. I've never been in a relationship before. I've been a wallflower for a long time. I've seen relationships rise and fall. I know people and their situations. In fact, I envied the relationship you had with Mike. Since the day you two met, it was like a match in Heaven. It may have had a rocky start because of Mikes personalities, but you stuck with each other through thick and thin. I've tried looking for love for a long time with one failure after another. I may grow up to be some forty-year-old virgin. You, on the other hand, had something special. You have such happy memories with Mike. By hurting her, you're throwing away everything Mike loved about you. Don't give up. Mike will come back eventually."

Zoey doesn't say anything. Cody holds his stomach with the lingering pain. Finally, Zoey pulls Cody to his feet before giving him a quick hug. "I'm sorry... for all of this."

"We're human. We make mistakes." Cody tried to laugh off the pain.

Cameron approached the two. "Zoey! Cody!"

Zoey hugged Cam. "I'm so sorry for going commando again, Cameron. I hate how I gave into Scott's temptations."

"Thank goodness that's all over. Anyways, I have good news. While doing some research the other day, I found that there is still the possibility of bringing Mike back. We just wait for the internal inflammation to subside. Once the blood begins circulating normally, it should be easier to tap into the inner working of his brain. From there, we can work to bring him back."

His words invigorated the hope inside her. Zoey wiped away the dry tears and black paint off her face

Zoey looked at Cody. "I hope I didn't hurt you too badly."

Of course, it hurt like hell. Commando mode wasn't something to mess with. Cody faked a smile to ease her worries. The three started to walk back to the hotel. "Where from did you get a vomit bazooka, anyway?"

"I found it in chef's vault. There were a lot of stink bombs, bird guns, and what not," she replied.

"Hey, Cody, you wanna add Zoey to our Discord server?" asked Cam. "Even is she doesn't want to join our games, it's still nice to talk to her."

"I don't mind. Besides, if we're on a losing streak, I'm sure Commando Zoey would carry us," he joked.

All three of them laughed.

Cam smiled. "Cool. I'll add you to the server later."

"Cody Emmett Jameson Anderson."

The three stopped in their tracks.

'Oh, god...' Cody recognized that voice, and there was only one person who told his full name, besides his angry mother. He sighed. "You two, go on without me. I'll see you guys, later." Cameron and Zoey walked on, and Cody turned to the voice. "It's been a while. Nice to see you, Sierra." Cody was very nervous, Sierra was so unpredictable. 'Fuck, what do I now?' If things were like before, his vacation would be ruined.

Sierra slowly walked in front of Cody with a soft smile and gave him a quick hug; however, it was drastically different from those that came before. It was gentle and sincere. "I am so so sorry."

Cody stared at the girl in front of him with a dumbfounded expression. 'What's going on?'