Ayo Replyo
Space Zodiac- They'll compete, not disclosing for what yet. You may be right, maybe not.
Chandagrigus- I think we all need to worry for Luna a bit. More on that below.
Li'lNuggets- Hannah's situation is kinda blurry right now, and it won't be covered here, but check out next chapter for closure.
Ok, it's go time.
Episode 6: Aftermath I: Fly Me to the Luna
Three letters dropped down from a blue screen. The first, a 'T', followed by a 'D', and finally an 'S'. They all lined up, and then, the word 'aftermath' dropped below it. Following that, clips began to play of each eliminated contestant.
Norm got up. "Kind of saw this coming. Honestly, I'm relieved."He went over to Luna. "You'll regret this." He went into the escape pod and was fired out.
Chander got up and sighed. "If only you have gotten to know me," he said, upset. "Sorry, but you cost us the challenge," Marty said. "No hard feelings, right?" Chander shook his head. "No promises."
"That sucks," Kara said, getting up to go to the pod. "Second to last to out on the second episode..."
"Damien." Everyone gasped. "That can't be right," Eden protested. "I know how we all voted." She turned to Sebastian.
"Are you kidding?" Jonathan complained. "This early? That can't be real!"
Ezekiel went over to the pod. "All good, yo," he said. "I'm just glad I didn't lose first."
"Oh," Sybil said. "Was I too creepy?" "No," Brook said. "Actually, Chris said it perfectly. This team isn't ready to have a wrench in the plans yet. That goes for both sides." "For once, I agree," Therion responds. "Sorry."
Opening Sequence
{The intro music plays as multiple camera pop out from random places. The first emerges from the ceiling in the control room, a second from a bowl of fruit, and a third one from a escape hatch.}
Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine
{The camera quickly goes through the Super Sub until it hits the sleeping chambers. It moves out the window until it reaches Gretchen, barely swimming underwater. Meanwhile, Juan is pressed up against the wall, trying to avoid Hannah. Juan is unable to escape. Sybil stands on the side and smiles evilly.}
You guys are on my mind
{Ethan and Quaoar both have dueling sticks, but they appear to be evenly matched. Brook shoves Quaoar into water below him, while Ethan passes his dueling stick to Mag, who throws it at Jonathan. Jonathan also falls into water.}
You asked me what I wanted to be
{The camera zooms to the mess hall, where Chef throws food at Damien and Ezekiel. Iris walks over to them, holding one of Quaoar's swords. She makes a threat to the two boys and walks off.}
And I think the answer is plain to see
{Norm sits in his bed as Sheldon begins blabbing off to him. Norm has zoned him out and begins thinking about other things. Luna growls at him in the back, while Adrian overlooks this, laughing.
I wanna be famous
{Flora, Lavender, and Mackenzie are looking at fish out the window. Paul walks over and taps Flora on the shoulder. She gets up and hugs Paul.}
I wanna live close to the sun
{Eden pokes her head out as she watches Juan and Sebastian form some sort of deal. She scowls}
Go pack your bags, cause I've already won
{Kara pokes at an escape pod near some benches. One of them shoots off, startling the girl.}
Everything to prove, nothing in my way
{Aaron and Sebastian are seen arguing in front of their team. Meanwhile, Eden in looking for something.}
I'll get there one day
{Ezekiel is now seen with Ethan, who is teaching him something.}
Cause I wanna be, famous
{Kayla writes on a white board while Sheldon observes. Basic social manners can be seen on the board.}
Na na na na na na, na na na na, na na na na na na
{Madison walks away from Sybil, who was being weird. She grabs a dueling stick to face off with Hannah.}
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
{Sets of two face off similar to the season five intro. Ethan and Jonathan, Eden and Marty, Madison and Hannah, Quaoar and Iris, Angie and Paul, Therion and Adrian are all facing off.}
I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!
{In the center of them all, Chander is seen spinning fire. He sends one though the middle.}
Whistling- I wanna be famous
{The mess hall zooms out to see all thirty contestants. In the middle, Jonathan has flowers for Kayla, who walks away from it.}
Once again, the three letters descended down and the aftermath logo appeared. It faded to the old studio, where Randall and Alexa sat in the couch in the middle. The old contestants sat on the right, and no one occupied the couch on the left, which was actually stage right. Huh.
Randall opened up. "Welcome to the Total Drama Submerged Aftermath! I'm psyched to be hosting this show!"
"Co-hosting," Alexa corrected. "After a bunch of cleanup of this grungy studio-"
"Which I did," Randall mumbled.
Alexa ignored it. "We finally got to get this on the road, and Chris has permitted us a special surprise for everyone here!" There was cheering from the audience.
"Before we meet the losers," Randall continued, "let's meet everyone who isn't competing at all! First up, Chad!" Chad snapped his fingers and pointed at the camera. "Sarah!" Sarah waved and smiled. "Helio!" Helio flexed and smiled at the camera. "And, finally, Daniel!" Daniel waved.
"And, of course, us," Alexa added. "Not sure why none of us qualified, but fact of the matter is, we don't have to compete and I think we're all so excited." Everyone began to nod and chatter in agreement.
"Well, it was a water season," Sarah mentioned. "I think I would have had fun."
Alexa shook her head. "You call that fun? Hostile eliminations have started already! In fact, the first one was hostile!"
"True, but Ethan got going real fast last season too," Randall countered. "It's a hostile show."
"Yeah," Alexa agreed. "But this season is brutal! Norm was eliminated from sabotage on the first episode, as was Chander!"
"Speaking of," Randall said, "It's time to introduce our first guest. He probably hates you, dated a freaky psychic, and teamed with the most dangerous competitor last season, Norm!"
Norm went out and sat of the left couch. "I'd say it's nice to be here, but- actually, it's pretty nice."
"Sucks about what happened," Randall started. "I mean, thirtieth? That's a super low-low."
Norm shrugged. "If I'm away from Luna, it's all good."
"Then this might not be good," Alexa prompted. "We have a few questions for you."
Randall added in. "Thanks to the unknown mechanic skills from Chad, we got the hammer working again!"
"Perfect," Norm deadpanned.
Alexa started off. "We'll begin easy. Luna. Are there any feelings there left?"
"Feelings of pure hatred," Norm answered. The hammer didn't come down.
"At your elimination," Randall asked, "you told Luna she'd regret what she did. Why?"
Norm sighed. "As much as I despise her, I did care about the others. Problem is, without someone like me to distract her from the harsh realities of the game, she's bound to pass her breaking point any minute, hurting many people, most likely causing her elimination. I wouldn't be surprised if she was here next aftermath." Everyone gasped.
"Breaking point?" Randall asked. "What would that mean?"
"I'd rather not say," Norm concluded. "You wouldn't want it either."
"One final question," Alexa said. "Luna mentioned something on the raft." A screen dropped and played footage.
Luna growled. "Norm, how dare you take the joy out of this poor boy. What would," she said the last few words slyly, "you know who say?"
Norm turned slightly red and then shook it off. "It isn't important, and if you could not read my mind for a few seconds that would be awesome!"
"Is there someone special out there?" The audience made a suspense sound, whatever that is.
Norm hardly moved. "Yes, and it's confidential, and I don't plan on telling you."
"Wow," Randall said. "No hammer at all."
"I can't believe that people actually lie when they know the situation at hand," Norm said. "It's rather foolish."
"More like rather lame," Alexa commented. "That was brutal. How many more interviews do we have?"
Randall sighed. "Six." Alexa flopped onto the couch and began to sleep.
Randall was on his own now. "Um, so I guess next up is our first newbie to be shot to the surface. He's witty and clever, but never got to show it, Chander!"
Almost on cue, a ball of fire shot onto the couch. After screams from the audience, the fire died down to show Chander in the middle. He was laughing. "Did you see that?" he asked. "You should've seen the looks on your faces!"
"I take it this is why you were on the villain team," Randall told him.
Chander nodded. "Yeah, for my short amount of time...but I guess the show wasn't terrible to be on. Now I get to sit here and enjoy everyone else who didn't make it. I mean, not like I was gonna go all the way."
"Not with that attitude," Norm said to him. "You hardly tried to save yourself."
"Oh, contraire," Chander said. "Neither did you."
Norm shook it off. "I didn't want to be there, not with Luna going nuts there."
"So, last question," Randall prompted Chander. "Any regrets?"
"I wish I got out there when I had the chance," Chander said. "We've seen Iris go nuts and she's still in the game."
"Fair point, dude," Randall finished. "Awesome, thanks!"
Alexa finally woke up. "Did I miss one?" She asked.
"Yeah, a whole interview," Randall said.
"Awesome, I got this one," she said. "Up next is a curious twin who made it the inverse of what she did last season, Kara!"
Kara walked out and waved. "Hi guys, great to see you all!"
"It won't be," Randall said. "We have pressing questions. First, where was the mistake? You were out in the second challenge."
Kara pondered it. "I can't say I made one, it was all luck. Whoever brought up that photo would have been the one going out."
Alexa asked next. "Marty and Brook. They're two newcomers who have shown they'll do anything to win. What are your thoughts?"
Kara shrugged. "Villains don't win, and I'm sure they won't."
"You called Ethan a villain in the finale, and he, well, won, did he not?" Randall asked.
"I've changed my mind since then," Kara confirmed. "And you will too. Jonathan's sitting silently the prep room right now. He's probably gonna lose it up here."
"Rad, one more question," Alexa said. "We all were with Luna last season. What are your thoughts on Luna now?"
"I think Norm's overreacting, and she'll be fine." The hammer swooped down, narrowly missing her. Everyone gasped. "Ok, fine! I'm worried about her, and the opportunity to go back and save her from herself would be awesome."
"They no have that chance," Helio assured her. "We all stuck." Kara nodded as she went to the peanut gallery.
Randall introduced the next person. "We haven't had rigged votes since season five, but it showed up here. First member of one of the strongest teams to be eliminated, Damien!"
Damien walked out and sat down. "Hi, I guess."
"Dude, you upset you lost at all?" Randall asked.
"No, not really," Damien said apathetically.
Alexa tried to stump him. "How about the fact Juan rigged the votes against you?"
Damien again responded slowly. "Not surprised."
"Can we talk about Juan for a second?" Alexa said. "This guy has brought the firepower out of nowhere! From being last season's attempt at a mediator to a vote rigger and relationship abuser? That's hardcore!"
"He has no allies left," Norm argued. "No one besides Hannah is on his side, and with the team swap, that's no longer useful for him." Norm shrugged. "I'd say he's here next time."
"I beg to differ," Alexa said. "Juan has shown he'll stop at nothing to make sure his plans go his way. He has more motivation than like, thirty of me!"
Norm countered it. "Damien has more motivation than fifty of you." The audience laughed.
"Whatever," Alexa said. "Thanks for trying to ruin the show, Damien!"
"Okay, I guess," Damien answered. He sat down with the others.
"We have three more interviews," Randall said, "and the first of which will be for the big baddie of last season, from poisoned love to defeated failure, here's Jonathan!"
Jonathan sat in the chair silently. "Oh, I'm going to enjoy this," Norm said.
"Can it!" Jonathan eventually shouted. "I messed up, alright? Not your business, seeing I still outperformed you this time as well!"
Randall interfered. "Careful what you say, the hammer's live. Also, I'll be asking the questions here."
"Whatever," Jonathan responded.
Randall smiled. "Much better. Now, you were a powerhouse last season, but this season, chose to go against someone on your team who did better than you. Why?"
Jonathan scowled. "Because Ethan was a traitor and didn't deserve to win, and is unfit to be any sort of leader!" The hammer swung down, and Jonathan narrowly avoided it.
"Truth please," Alexa asked.
Jonathan sighed. "Whatever. He did better than me, and I guess that's worth something. I'm just mad about how he acted at the beginning of last season."
"And, you took that act to eliminate Norm, Randall, Alexa, Juan, almost Paul, and Sarah!" Kara pointed out.
"We're getting sidetracked," Randall said. "Next question. You tried to make something work with Kayla." Kara gagged off-screen. "What was going on in your head?"
Jonathan began to get angry again. "What do you mean by that?"
Alexa took the heat on this one. "Well, not saying it was me, but some people have the thought you were simply playing Kayla like they assume you did to Madison to eliminate her."
"It's on a whole website," Randall explained further. "Whole bunch of theories."
Jonathan stayed still for a minute. Everyone watched in a mix of anticipation and fear. Then, he opened his mouth, and it wasn't loud or mean. "I guess I can see where they come from," Jonathan said. "It never looks sincere." He sighed.
"Never?" Randall asked. "Has this happened before?"
Jonathan sighed again. "I had a really rough childhood, okay? No one was there to be nice to me, and when I came here, and immediately screwed up, I swore I'd made it back to Madison. Then, she didn't hate me for almost killing her. Being as inexperienced as I was, I figured to just wing it and hope something worked." The audience was silent. "When I started to get feelings for Kayla, I tried suppressing them. It was the final eight! I just got rid of Norm, a big threat that season!"
"Flattered," Norm said. He chuckled. "No, I'm not."
Jonathan continued. "I hoped I had my chance, but my reputation killed anything there. Hopefully I can go to college and actually meet someone there."
"I hope so too, man," Randall said. "Your elimination clip said you wanted another chance. Take it there. Or, take it to the mountains. Dude, you won't believe the-"
Alexa stopped him. "Let's move on before he gets into the mountains too much again!"
Alexa took the next introduction. "Our next person has a habit of going home first, and not accepting loss. He turned feral and back, and was idolized by mutant animals in the Fun Zone! Ezekiel!"
Ezekiel ran out and sat down. "Yo, never been here. This new?"
"You have been here," Randall mentioned. "You were here season two."
Ezekiel stopped. "Oh, ok. What do I do?"
Alexa answered. "Just answer the questions honestly." Zeke nodded. "Ok, did you think you'd win, being the only one with that much experience?"
"No."
"Um, care to elaborate?" Randall asked.
Ezekiel tilted his head. "What's that?"
Randall and Alexa sighed at the same time. "You know what? We need to get this going, and get to the surprise." Randall pointed to the peanut gallery. "Just, go there." Ezekiel nodded and kept going.
"Finally," Randall announced. "Our final boot is a silent girl who was quick to identify Team Friendship's motives. Sybil!" Sybil walked out and sat down without even looking at the audience. Randall started firing questions. "Okay, your elimination clip. What was that code for?"
"What?" Sybil asked.
"You kept talking about 'suffering'," Alexa stated. "What is that a euphemism for?"
Sybil hesitated. "Um, development?" The hammer swung. She popped up and laughed nervously. "Heh, if I told you it wouldn't be a secret anymore!"
Randall stared at her, then shrugged. "I guess that checks out. Next question. What was your biggest regret?"
Sybil didn't move as she answered. "I should have put Luna over the limit as early as possible," she said. "Better for the long run."
"That might be hard, maybe," Damien said. "She's smart I guess."
"True," Randall said. "But, she did manage to put Hannah over the limit very quickly. Imagine her power other places!"
Sybil nervously looked around. "Imagine..."
"Well, have a seat, because it's surprise time!" Alexa said. Confetti flew down from the ceiling, and the floor opened up to seven chairs. "Have a seat, eliminated friends!"
The seven eliminated contestants sat down. "Do you regret being eliminated?" Randall asked them.
"No," Norm answered.
"No, Jonathan said.
"I don't care," Damien said.
Randall sighed. "Pretend you do." He pointed at the screen above them. Each of you have a button on your chair. Each time it's pushed, the light above you moves over one. You can choose to press the button, or to not. After the round, one person is out. Last person gets to go back to the competition!"
"Go...back?" Kara asked. "I'm intrigued."
"I'm not," Norm said. "No thanks. I quit this." He tried getting out, but was stopped.
"No chance," Alexa told him. "Everyone plays."
The seven chairs were lined up in this order: Kara, Damien, Jonathan, Sybil, Norm, Ezekiel, Chander. "Ok, round one, have fun!" Alexa said. "Hit the button if you want!" The light was currently over Kara.
Everyone looked at each other. Damien hit his button first, than Chander, then Jonathan. Everyone looked around. Then, Sybil and Norm both hit it at the same time. The buzzer rang. "That's it for the first round. Who's the light over?" It was over Zeke. "Sorry man, but no returning for you."
"Dang, yo," Ezekiel said, walking off.
The next round stared, with the chairs in the same order, except for Zeke. With him gone, the light started over Chander. Jonathan hit the button first, then Kara, then Damien. Everyone was hesitant, but no one moved.
Norm looked at the situation. "Sybil wants to come back," he pondered. I just need to push the button, and she'll do the same, taking me out!" He hit his button, but the buzzer rang. "No!" he cried out.
Sybil walked out. "Good luck to our coded speaker," Randall said. "Five of you left. Who's going all the way?"
The round three buzzer rang, and the light began over Norm. Norm hit his button, hoping everyone else would. Chander smiled at him. "Yeah, going back's gonna be a hard 'no' from me. No one else hit the buttons. The buzzer rang.
"Sorry, Chander, you're done," Randall said.
"Don't be," Chander said. "I'm gonna make this show awesome!"
With four left, the chairs were moved in a square, with Kara, Norm, Jonathan, and Damien. The light started over Kara. "Listen," Norm told them, I want out, so help me."
"So do I," Jonathan said, hitting his button. Norm responded by hitting his. They looked at Kara and Damien.
"I don't really want to go back," Damien said, hitting his button.
Kara didn't move. "I plan on returning to help Luna," she said.
The buzzer rang. Damien got our and left. The light sat over Kara again. "Final three!" Alexa cheered. "Good luck!"
Kara laughed. "This will be too easy!" She hit her button.
Norm and Jonathan looked at each other. The light was over Norm. "No!" They both said at once, slamming down their hands on the buttons. The light moved over two spots, back to Kara.
"What?" Kara asked. "Are you kidding?"
"This is your fault!" Jonathan said to Norm. "I don't want to go back!"
"Neither do I!" Norm countered. "Looks like one of us loses!"
The buzzer for the final round began. Jonathan and Norm sat within arm's reach of each other. The light was over Norm. Norm didn't move. "Don't hit it," Norm said.
Jonathan smirked, and hit his button. "Bingo!" He grabbed Norm's arms and prevented him from hitting the button.
"You're nuts!" Norm called out. "Let me stay here! You can win money!"
"I'll get a job!" Jonathan said. He looked over as the buzzer rang. It was over.
"Jonathan's out!" Randall called. "Which means, Norm gets to go back and have fun with the others!"
Norm sighed. "There will be no fun. You put me in Luna's path of destruction." he gulped. "I'm doomed."
Randall handed him a briefcase. "This is yours. You'll be in that sub again before you know it!"
"Can you tell I'm not happy about it?" Norm asked him.
"Hey, man, you could at least try to win," Randall reasoned.
Norm sighed. "I don't think I have much of a choice." He walked out.
Randall faced the camera. "Well, that's all for the first round of aftermath! Tune in next time when we interview the next batch of losers, and hopefully Luna's stable by then."
Alexa smiled at the camera. "You won't want to miss the next installment of Total! Drama! Aftermath!"
(END OF CHAPTER)
Bonus Clip
"Woah," Randall said as he flopped on the couch to an empty room. "That was brutal. Although, I still can't wait for next time!"
Alexa smiled at him. "You know, I really enjoyed doing this with you," she said playfully.
Randall smiled back. "That's awesome, because hating your coworker is not what I wanted to do at all." They both laughed.
So, that's our first aftermath. There's probably going to be four or five of them.
With our returning competitor, how do you think he's going to do? Oh, and remember when I said Norm was a planned first boot? It was because my arc wasn't ready to begin with him yet. He wasn't relevant to the story, and is ready to contribute now.
Jonathan's arc is officially wrapped up, as is Zeke's. You probably won't hear from them much anymore.
Besides that, I hope you liked seeing the eliminated contestants, and I'll see you next time!
ELIMINATION TABLE
Eliminated- Norm
30th- Chander
29th- Kara
28th- Damien
27th- Jonathan
26th- Ezekiel
25th- Sybil
Norm Returns