Review Responses
t20n00- Glad to see you're still reading. Don't worry too much about not being able to review every time. I love reviews, but I never want readers to feel their forced to review. Glad you're liking the story arc and character developments. I agree that challenges are the weakest part of my writing, but I am working on getting better at that. I agree that I'm not a fan of characters returning, but I wanted to do it here to give past characters a second chance now that I'm growing to be a better writer. As usual with these long reviews I can't respond to everything or we'd be here all day, but I appreciate your thoughts on the contestants remaining as well as those eliminated. I'll take your points of criticism in mind as I keep working to improve my writing.
LaViolaViolaRosa- Koh was a fun character to write, and I'm glad that you like how I wrote her and her story arc. Hope the aftermath and the coming merge meet expectations after I've been hyping it up for so long.
Gucci Mane LaFlare- I've been waiting for a while to reach this part of the story because it's when things get intense. There will be a bit of lower stakes, but the drama will keep coming. Thank you for sticking through the story as we finally reach the halfway point.
skydragonknight57- Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Pahkitew Island won't be playing a part in this. The season itself wasn't too bad, but I never really cared for Pahkitew as a location. I chose just to ignore it and besides I doubt Chris would return there after what happened with Scarlet.
Nikolai777- My friend you sent a review so long it got cut off and had to be finished through a series of PMs. If that isn't impressive I don't know what is, and I'm honored that you have so much to say about my story. I wish I could discuss everything, but this chapter is already most likely going to be long as the Aftermath revisits every character we've seen leave. I'll touch on what I feel are the most important parts of your review.
I'm glad you liked the Trial of Lucina von Richter, and the action that followed. The chapter set up a lot of points that will come into play for the merge and a lot of them are things you mentioned. Regarding Calista (the villain not Koh) and the origin of the Calista file those are loose ends, but they along with other loose ends will be addressed in the aftermath special. I didn't want to wrap everything up in the chapter, but the Aftermath special gives me a chance to do that. Finally, regarding Lucy I agree that her reveal was a bit anti-climactic after all the build up. She's not done yet though and in some ways her arc has just started here. She's my OC so I've been hesitant to use her too much, but I realized I used her too little at first. Hopefully the end of her arc is more satisfying than her diary reveal.
SinWriter7- Well hello there, this is a very pleasant surprise. I didn't expect anyone that hadn't submitted an OC to follow along with the story as much as you have. It's nice to see you're invested without having a personal character to follow along with. Unfortunately I can't reply to every single review you're sending, but I am reading them and I love the kind words you have. I'm especially surprised to see a Dante fan since I thought everyone hated him. If you want to discuss the story more once you're caught up and provide feedback or comments just know I love when people PM me and I'm willing to talk as much as I can. Thank you for the kind words and I'm glad to have you on board for the story.
Last Time on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island, following Koh's berserk attack on Lucy the contestants stepped in to figure out what was going on with her. After Koh unwillingly decided to tell them her story, Genevieve decided to hold The Trial of Lucina von Richter. In the trial Zelda failed to serve as a good defense, and Koh's attacks kept coming. Secrets were revealed such as Genevieve getting blackmailed by an intern, Koh finding a USB in the water, and most shockingly Aiden being an actor. The trial came to an end with Genevieve realizing Koh either can't do basic math or thought a toddler could murder someone.
No rest came for the cast after the trial however as an explosion in the Intern Camp called their attention. They received a transmission from the mysterious Calista that Koh had been hunting for quite some time. Seeing the game and their lives in danger, the two teams worked together to find Chef, disarm Calista's bomb threat, and stop the criminal.
When it came time to rescue Chef, Ciara's brilliant idea was for Zelda to flirt and seduce the guards. Luckily for Zelda, she only needed to stall long enough for Miriam to show up. Unluckily for her, that poor seduction was shown off on national television. The climax came on the yacht where Calista held the upper hand against the contestants at every turn. Too bad in her overconfidence she overlooked Lucy being able to stop her.
Everything seemed to be resolved, but then Calista revealed not only was Koh the real Calista, but Koh's parents' were alive somewhere. Koh quit the game, and Aiden went with her. Genevieve's father may be behind Dante's elimination, and Lucy's diary was nothing more than just a diary. With the cast getting a week off there's now time for the first ever Total Drama Rebirth of the Island Aftermath Special. How have the losers been since elimination? What do they have to say about their time on the show? Find out right now on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island Aftermath Special.
(Dear Mom and Dad I'm doin' fine,)
The opening begins with a quick pan of the Island. It passes by Chris who is relaxing while his interns tend to him. There is a quick pan towards the tallest cliff.
(You guys are on my mind)
On the top of the cliff Gonzo cannonballs off into the water.
(You asked me what I wanted to be and now I think the answer is plain to see,)
In the water below Kai is seen surfing. Gonzo's cannonball causes him to crash onto the shore where Nadine was building a sand castle.
(I wanna be famous)
Kai looks embarrassed about ruining her sand castle, but Nadine laughs it off. Nearby, Maximilian is looking around with a metal detector. Seeing Kai and Nadine rebuilding her sand castle he runs over to help them.
(I wanna live close to the sun,)
Over in the forest Ciara is trying to first with Wallace. Wallace quickly runs away from her.
(Go pack your bags, 'cause I've already won,)
Ciara sits down on a tree stump saddened that she was rejected again. Nicky hands Ciara her guitar in an attempt to cheer her up. They start to play their instruments together until they notice Maddie attempting to start a fire and rush to make sure she doesn't set the entire forest on fire.
(Everything to prove, nothing in my way I'll get there one day.)
Inside the Mess Hall Clifford and Kyoko are comparing sketches they made of each other with Clifford looking skeptical of what is supposed to be him. Next to them Johnathan and Dante are arm wrestling. While Johnathan seems to be having a good time Dante looks frustrated. Dante suddenly gets up and runs out leaving Johnathan confused for a moment until Brett takes Dante's place and they begin to arm wrestle with Brett's shirt sleeve ripping.
(Cause, I wanna be famous!)
Outside the Mess Hall Zelda and Anthony are working on an invention together while Sarah and Kyle watch them. Dante suddenly shows up, grabs Zelda, and carries her away over his shoulder. Sarah, Anthony, and Kyle are left unsure of what just happened.
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na!)
Nearby at the cabins Tom and AJ are reading books while Lucy writes in her Diary. Miriam is next to them dancing to her music. Unable to concentrate Tom shuts his book and angrily walks away while pulling out a pen and notepad. Genevieve turns off Miriam's music also annoyed causing Miriam to glare at Genevieve who simply ignores her and walks away filing her nails.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
At the dock Koh is spying on Chris' interns. She heads off trying not to be seen by them when she bumps into Aiden. Aiden extends his hand offering to help her up, but she pushes him away getting up on her own. She notices the interns are now gone and angrily storms away from Aiden while the camera pans into the sky.
(I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous)
Transition to night where all the contestant are sitting around the campfire. In the center AJ looks over at Tom briefly and blushes hiding behind her book. Tom is about to reach over to her when the campfire suddenly goes crazy. Maddie is shown having added extra fuel to the fire. The contestants all run off with the fire out of control.
(Whistling in tune)
The fire consumes the screen and it turns black until the logo shows up.
Rather than the island that the season had been taking place, there was a set with an audience in the background. Sitting in the center of the set was a blonde middle age woman. "Hello viewing world, Blaineley Stacey Andrews O'Halloran here and welcome to the first ever Aftermath Special for Total Drama Rebirth of the Island." Blaineley introduced. "After the last intense challenge the cast earned themselves a week off giving us time to hold this special. Watch as we catch up with the thirteen eliminated contestants as well as view some never before seen footage from the show. It's going to be quite a show that you won't want to miss." She explained. "Now then let's not waste any time and get started with Wallace." Blaineley said.
Wallace stepped out from backstage and took a seat on the couch across from the chair where Blaineley was sitting. As he stepped out there was minimal audience reception for him.
"This is a bigger set than I thought we'd have." Wallace said looking around at the set.
"Well the ratings for this season have given us an expanded budget. It looks like Chris is finally doing something right." Blaineley said. "Enough about that, onto you Wally. You got voted off after leaving your team behind on the first challenge." She said.
Wallace shrugged indifferently. "I thought I'd be able to handle the game on my own, but I guess I was wrong. You win some you lose some." He said.
"Well you lost big here being the first loser. Do you think that you would change your strategy if you could start over again?" Blaineley asked.
Wallace thought for moment and shook his head. "I'll just have to be faster next time. They voted me off, and while I now see it was a reasonable elimination it goes to show I can't trust any of them." He said.
"You seriously mean there wasn't anyone you wanted to get close to. Getting eliminated was your own fault for going alone and being last in the challenge." Blaineley told him.
Wallace shrugged again. "I'm not going to start trusting people I barely know, especially not with a prize this big on the line and everyone waiting for the right opportunity to back stab you." He said.
Blaineley smirked and pressed a button on a remote next to her bringing a large screen down behind them. "Well we have never before seen footage that seems to suggest you did want to make friends with others on the island. Let's take a look." She said.
Footage from the first challenge was broadcast. Wallace was seen gathering the materials he needed to survive. He grabbed a first aid kit out from a cabinet in one of the rooms. "I knew there'd be a first aid kit in one of these rooms, now I just need to find a rope and I'll be ready to get out." Wallace said to himself. "There might not be any ropes, but if I take some tablecloths from the dining room I can tie them together to make a rope myself." He said.
Wallace headed back to the dining room, but stopped when he noticed his teammates that he had left behind around the corner.
"We're making really good progress on the crane to get out of here. Shouldn't be too much longer until we're done." Anthony said.
"Do you think that we should try and find Wallace?" Nadine asked. "I'm sure that he would be very helpful with this." She said.
Sarah looked down and shook her head. "He wanted to go on his own so forcing him to work with us isn't going to make him trust us. Besides, even if we wanted to we don't know where he is. I only hope that he makes it out in time." She said.
"Come on let's get back to work before we run out of time." Anthony said. Sarah and Nadine nodded, getting back to work with Anthony.
Wallace paused in thought for a moment. He slowly moved towards them, but then clenched his hand in a fist and turned around going back to the dining hall.
"What do you have to say about that?" Blaineley asked Wallace as the footage ended.
Wallace groaned and grumbled something under his breath that wasn't understandable. "I made my choice long ago. I'm not falling for fake friendships again." He finally said.
"You seem so convinced that nobody on the island really wanted to be friends with you." Blaineley taunted. "The world wants to know Wallace what happened to make you so distrustful of everyone around you." She told him.
"I'm not talking." Wallace said crossing his arms.
"What's the matter? Are you too scared to tell us the truth, or do you not want to admit your trust issues are nothing more than you being paranoid?" Blaineley asked him.
"You want to know what happened fine!" Wallace yelled out. "I made the mistake of trusting my so called friends once and I'm never making that mistake again. I thought cared about me, but those friends ruined my life when they brought a clown to one of my birthdays when I was just a child. They knew how terrified I was, but all they did was laugh at me while I could only cower in fear. Go ahead and call me paranoid, say I have trust issues, but I'm doing what I have to so I never fall for something like that again."
"That's such an awful thing to happen to you." A female voice was heard from just offstage.
Wallace and Blaineley both turned to see it was Nadine. She ran on stage and sat down next to Wallace offering him a hug for his sob story. Wallace pushed her aside avoiding the hug.
"Nadine you're supposed to wait until you're called to come on set." Blaineley told her.
Nadine hung her head embarrassed. "I'm sorry, but hearing what happened to Wallace I couldn't just stand there waiting for my turn." She said.
"Well we may as well move onto you next since you're already here. Don't think there's more I could squeeze out of Wallace after that story anyway." Blaineley said rolling her eyes.
"Before we start Blaineley allow me to offer one last word to Wallace." Nadine said.
"Just make it fast we have a lot more interesting people than you to get to." Blaineley said.
Nadine nodded and turned to Wallace. "From your story it's clear that your friends weren't nice people. It's no wonder you stay away from people." She told him. Nadine extended her hands out towards Wallace and smiled. "If you'll allow me though, please let me be your first real friend." She said.
Wallace looked unsure as he stared at Nadine's hands. "How do I know I can trust you? What if this is some game you're playing to make fun of me?" He asked her.
"You can trust this one, she's almost too perfect." Blaineley said. "We dug through hours of footage, but can't find a single moment where she isn't this nice. It's so sweet it's practically sickening." She said.
Nadine kept her hands extended and kept a smile on her face. Finally, Wallace reached out and held onto her hands.
"You're hands are very soft. Is this what trust feels like?" Wallace asked himself. "I don't know about everyone else, but something tells me that I can trust you." He said.
Nadine's smile grew as she pulled her hands back. "I hope that the trust you put in me can help you to trust others in time." She said.
"Booooring!" Blaineley yelled out. "Let's hurry up and get through your interview Nadine because there's plenty of drama to follow after you." She said.
Wallace got up from the couch and headed over to a row of seats set up for those who had already been interviewed. Nadine moved to sit in the center of the couch facing directly across from Blaineley.
"Let's get this over with." Blaineley said. "The people want to know Nadine, has there ever been a time where your little ball of sunshine reached it's limit and you just exploded on someone?" She asked.
Nadine pondered for a moment, but shook her head. "Sorry, but I can't say that I ever have." She answered.
"Are you sure about that?" Blaineley asked. "Are you so sure that you'd be willing to take an electric lie detector test to find the truth?" She asked.
"I'd be more than happy to take the test." Nadine answered calmly.
A few interns came on set to quickly hook Nadine up to the electric lie detector that they had. She kept her calm expression as they set it all up.
"Okay, I'll ask one more time Nadine. Have you ever reached your limit and exploded at someone?" Blaineley asked.
"Nope." Nadine answered.
Blaineley waited for the electric shock, but scowled when it never came. "Okay, well have you ever gotten mad at anyone?" She asked.
"Everyone gets mad sometimes, but I've never held a grudge and I'm quick to forgive." Nadine answered. Once again the test registered her as telling the truth much to Blaineley's frustration.
"Who do you hate from the game?" Blaineley asked.
"I was eliminated early, but I don't there's anyone there that I would hate." Nadine answered.
"Not even Genevieve?" Blaineley asked.
Nadine thought before answering. "Well she could be a lot nicer especially since she has a much nicer life than ours, but I don't think I hate her either." Nadine answered.
"What about the talent show. Everyone thinks you were sabotaged, and then Aiden schemed to eliminate you. Doesn't that just get you really angry at the other players?" Blaineley asked.
"Lucy did ask to see my cards before the show, but I don't think someone like her would sabotage me. As for Aiden, even if he didn't get them to vote for me I know I wouldn't have lasted too long. There's no reason to hold a grudge on either of them." Nadine answered.
Blaineley yelled out in frustration and stood up from her seat. "Why are you so happy and nice. What is wrong with you?" She asked.
"Well my parents always told me that if I kept a positive attitude I'd succeed in life. I'm pretty sure they were right since I made honor roll at my school last year, I have some amazing friends, and I even got the opportunity to compete in this game. Maybe if you looked at the positives instead of focusing so much on the negatives you'd have a better life too." Nadine sweetly answered.
Blaineley rubbed her forehead to ease the headache that Nadine was giving her. "Let's move onto our next guest. We're not going to get any juicy information from Nadine." She said.
Nadine carefully removed the lie detector from herself and curtsied respectfully towards Blaineley. "I appreciate the time that you gave me on your show." She said before taking a seat next to Wallace.
"Let's try and get the show back on the road with our next guest everyone's favorite psychopath Gonzo." Blaineley announced.
Gonzo cheered loudly as he ran his way onto the set. As he approached he did a double back flip somersault landing himself onto the interview couch. "Bring on all the questions. I'm ready to tell the world everything they've ever wondered about Gonzo Enrique-Núñez-García Ramírez-Vasquez-Rodriguez-Hernandez-Cortés Martínez-Roberto De La Cruz." He said.
"Is your extremely long name really necessary?" Blaineley deadpanned.
"Genevieve gets to say her full name at least twice a day, but enough about that it's question time." Gonzo said.
"Okay, well to start off viewers want to know what forced you to move out of your hometown. Chris never finished the question in the secrets challenge and it's plagued viewers since to know the truth." Blaineley said.
Gonzo laughed as he reminisced on the moment. "Now that's quite the story. I was only six years old, a little Gonzito, and this policeman starts yelling at me for skateboarding on private property. I just wanted to skate in peace so I figured the easiest way to get rid of him was to set his pants on fire when he wasn't looking. It wasn't long after that we got kicked out of the town." He said.
Blaineley sat dumbfounded at his story before taking a moment to compose herself. "Well that's definitely something. Moving on Gonzo let's talk about those bombs you left behind. They might have helped with taking down a spirit, but they also caused a lot of trouble recently with Calista and her gang of criminals. Do you regret leaving those bombs on the island?" She asked.
Gonzo sat rarely silent, and for once he did not have a crazy smile plastered on his face. "It was just supposed to be for fun you know. I really wanted to go out with a bang. Maddie told me she'd take care of the bombs to make sure they didn't go off accidentally, but neither of us knew there were criminals around. Neither of us could have prepared for that."
Gonzo paused taking a moment to breath before he continued talking his voice cracking a bit. "Blowing stuff up is fun. I love the destruction and mayhem from a well made explosion, but seeing someone try to take what I made to hurt others. It just wasn't right you know." He said.
"Wow, you really feel terrible about what you caused. Please tell us more." Blaineley said. "Why do you feel so strongly about your bombs being used the way that they were?" She asked him.
"Look, I'm just a guy that likes to have fun in a different way than most. I love skateboarding and getting into accidents. If I see something shiny I'm going to try setting it on fire. I've caused more than more fair share of property damage with my explosives. I'm unpredictable, and yeah I'll admit it I'm a little crazy too. But what I'm not is someone who wants to hurt people." He said.
Blaineley smirked as she pulled out her next card. "Well it's too bad that you couldn't do anything to stop your bombs. Neither could Maddie since she was also out by the time the criminal interns put their plan into action. Speaking of Maddie however everyone is dying to know did you ever have feelings for Maddie beyond friendship." She told him.
Gonzo quickly returned to his normal self laughing insanely at the question. "Of course not. Maddie is a really special girl. There's only so many people who share your love of blowing stuff up or setting it on fire, but she's not the type of girl I'd find myself falling in love with." He said.
"Well then who is the type of girl that you see yourself falling in love with?" Blaineley asked.
Gonzo shrugged in response. "I don't know what that type of girl is yet, but I'll know her when I find her." Gonzo answered. "Besides, if I had tried getting together with Maddie I'd be robbing the show of it's best couple." He added. Gonzo lifted up his shirt to show that under it he was wearing a second white shirt that had Maddie's face on the front and Nicky's face on the back. Under their names was #Maddicky4Life.
Blaineley cringed at his shirt. "Do they know that you have that shirt?" She asked him.
"No, but I have five more in my car if you want to buy one after the show." Gonzo answered.
"No thank you. Now lets finish with perhaps the most requested question. Fans want to know why you're so terrified of water. For someone who doesn't even seem afraid of death what caused you to fear water so much?" Blaineley asked.
"How is that even a question? Have you ever seen how terrifying that thing is?" Gonzo asked her. "I've known from an early age that water isn't something that you should mess with. I"m crazy, but I'm not insane enough to even think about that. Kai is the real lunatic on the show surfing as if he didn't care about his life." Gonzo answered.
Blaineley sat unsure of what to say next. "Right, well thank you for joining us, but it's time we move on to someone a little more sane." She said.
Gonzo stood up on the sofa and leaped over Blaineley until he landed on the other side of the set. As Gonzo exited, Sarah took her seat and stared over at Gonzo in disbelief.
"Couldn't he have just walked over there?" Sarah asked Blaineley.
"You think that was bad, just try interviewing him." Blaineley said. "Enough about him however, let's move onto you and let's not waste any time. How do you feel about the way that you were eliminated."She asked.
"At first I was fine with it since I messed up in the challenge, but the more I thought about it the more I realized I was cheated out of the game. I was eliminated by a man-child with a sister complex. If it wasn't for Dante I guarantee you I'd still be in the game right now." Sarah answered.
"Love the anger, but are you sure about that? What makes you so sure you'd still be in the game if Dante hadn't been passed an instant elimination from his friends?" Blaineley asked Sarah.
Sarah pondered Blaineley's question. "I was helpful to the team and a strong player." She answered.
Blaineley laughed sarcastically. "That's hardly a role your team was lacking in. Miriam handled being leader just fine. Koh played the tough girl act like nobody else could. I don't think you start to compare to Zelda in the intellect department, and even Anthony offered more with his inventions. Face it you'd have been gone that night with or without Dante eliminating you." She said.
"There's no reason they'd vote for me and not Genevieve if we were voting in that challenge, and after that my team started winning challenges. Like I said, I guarantee you I'd still be in the game right now if things went differently that night." Sarah said.
"Too bad we'll never know which of us is right, but I love the fire you have in you. Speaking of that fire, viewers want to know where your drive comes from. What motivates you and gives you the serious attitude you've become known for?" Blaineley asked.
Sarah shrugged nonchalantly. "Same as anyone else, I want to have a good life. I'm working hard to make sure I have a future. I'm at the top of my class, and I'm always preparing for what comes next. Sure I like to have fun when I can same as anyone else, but the most important thing right now is focusing on building myself up." She answered.
"How inspirational." Blaineley said. "Maybe a little too inspirational." She mumbled under her breath. "Thank you for your time, but we're about to reach the interesting part of this Aftermath Special." She said.
Sarah exited stage right, and Kyle came from the left. He smiled and waved at the audience as he took his seat across from Blaineley. "I'm really glad to be here Blaineley." He said.
Blaineley smiled back and pulled out her question cards for Kyle. "I'm glad to have you here too because there's quite a bit that we need to discuss. To start off why don't you tell us where your fascination with the paranormal comes from." She said.
Kyle leaned back in his seat getting comfortable. "Don't really know when it started, but I've just always been fond of things like astrology, fortune telling, and of course the paranormal. Part of it might be that I live in a small town near a swamp. There's no shortage of abandoned places where I live so I'm always exploring them with my friends."
"Well that fascination ended up being what caused you to lose. How does it feel knowing you'll be remembered for basically quitting the game?" Blaineley asked.
Kyle shrugged. "I made my choice that day, and it's not one that I regret. Leaving the game was the best thing I could have done because it gave me the time I needed to clear my conscious of the guilt I carried from the spirit challenge." He said.
Blaineley smirked as she brought up the screen once more. "You say that you have no regrets, but I think there's a major regret you have leaving the island. Let's take a look at this never before seen footage from after the talent show challenge." She said.
The footage played depicted Kyle and Lucy together. They were sitting on the beach together as the sun was about to rise.
"So what exactly are you doing awake at this hour?" Lucy asked Kyle.
Kyle chuckled. "Just a little bit of insomnia. I'm still not used to the schedule we're running on in the game so my sleep schedule has had trouble adjusting." He answered. "What about yourself?" He asked.
Lucy looked away slightly. "I wanted to see what the sunrise was like. I don't really get a chance to see the sunrise at home so I made sure I'd be able to see it at least once while I was competing." She said.
"Well I hope you enjoy the sunrise." Kyle told her. "What do you think about our team by the way?" He asked.
"Oh umm... they all seem like nice people. I don't really know what else to say." Lucy answered.
"That's true. We haven't spent too much time with them, but there are some people who have already captured my interest. Some that I'd love to get close to if given the opportunity." Kyle said looking directly into Lucy's eyes.
Lucy blushed from the implication and looked back at the sky as the sunrise began. The two of them watched the sunrise captivated by just how beautiful it looked from the island.
"Getting to see that almost makes being here worth everything we have to go through." Kyle said.
"Right... well I'll umm... I'll see you in the next challenge." Lucy said heading back to her cabin.
Kyle stood up and began to head back to his cabin as well. "Such a sweet girl. Such an enigma." He said to himself.
The footage cut off and back in the Aftermath Studio Kyle was attempting to keep a calm expression while Blaineley smirked at him.
"So do you regret leaving Lucy back on the island?" Blaineley asked him.
Kyle squirmed around a bit in his seat. "I wish I could've gotten to know Lucy better, but that's not the point. I wasn't in the right mind set when I decided to get eliminated. Even if I had stayed on the island I wouldn't have been a good friend to her." He answered.
"Maybe things would have turned out better if you had stayed." Blaineley said. "The night you were up for eliminated Koh was also close to being voted out. Maybe if Koh had been eliminated that night instead of you then the mess with Calista would have never happened. We all know how much Lucy was affected by that mess. In a way some might say you're to blame for putting her through that by keeping Koh on the island." Blaineley pointed out.
Kyle crossed his arms sitting up. "What you say is possible, but there's no way to know the truth. It's just as possible the Calista drama would have occurred without Koh, and they'd have been at a great disadvantage without her Intel." Kyle said. "If you're trying to make me regret what I chose to do, then I'm sorry to disappoint you but that won't happen." He bluntly told her.
"What about your friends and family? What did they think about you deciding to willingly get eliminated from the game?" Blaineley asked.
"I thought they'd be more dissapointed in me, but my dad and sister couldn't have been prouder of me. My friends too. I did what I thought was right, and it just isn't a choice I'm going to regret making." Kyle answered.
Blaineley groaned out in frustration and threw Kyle's question cards on the floor. "I think that's enough from you. It's obvious that there's no point in continuing so let's move on to Kai." She said.
Kyle shrugged again and put his hands in his pocket as he headed out. Kai in turn ran over to the interview couch cheering loudly with one hand raised in the air.
"Welcome Kai, it's a pleasure to have you here." Blaineley said.
"Psyched to be here Blaineley. Being on the show was a lot of fun so I can't wait to get to look back on it." Kai said.
Blaineley chuckled and shook her head. "You might want to lower the excitement a bit considering the rough terms you left on." Blaineley said. "Why don't you tell us how it felt being turned on by your team and voted out because of Dante and Ciara's lies?" She asked him.
"Whoa, hold on there a minute." Kai said holding his hands up in protest. "What happened with Dante and Ciara was a rough misunderstanding, but I don't think it's cool of you to call them liars." He said.
Blaineley laughed sarcastically. "You mean to tell me that you're fine with getting voted out just because Ciara couldn't tell you how she felt, and Dante decided to jump to conclusions about you?" She asked.
"Yeah I wish things had gone differently, but you can't change the past. Whether it was on purpose or not, we both know I hurt Ciara pretty badly that day. Dante was just standing up for his friend when he got me eliminated." Kai said.
"Let's move on just a little bit Kai. After flirting with you for days and revealing her feelings for you Ciara seemed to move on really quickly. How does it feel knowing you got rejected by the biggest flirt on the island when you tried asking her out?" Blaineley asked.
"Ciara was one of my closest friends on the island, but maybe it's better that we stayed just friends. Besides she seems really happy with Dante so how selfish would I have to be to try and take that away from her?" Kai asked.
"You aren't going to show me a shipper shirt for them are you?" Blaineley asked Kai.
"A what?" Kai asked confused.
From across the set Gonzo stood up. "I have Dantiara shirts available too!" He yelled out.
"Your interview time is over already!" Blaineley yelled back over at Gonzo. "Now then Kai eager viewers want to know if your family surf shop has gotten any popularity after you appeared on the show." She said.
Kai nodded happily. "It's insane how much tourism we've gotten. I didn't think I'd be that memorable, but I guess people really liked my time on the show. I get letters from fangirls all the time. Did you know I have fangirls? That's just crazy to think about. Seriously, thank you Total Drama for helping Nohea Surfing Goods and Novelties to become a hit tourism spot." He said.
"It seems even after you got accused of playing with Ciara's heart your popularity hasn't diminished. Any other girls you plan on toying around with?" Blaineley asked him.
Kai frowned and stood up from his seat. "You keep going back to that, but literally everyone knows it was a misunderstanding. Nobody on the show holds it against me, and nobody off the show has ever brought it up to me either. I think I'm done with this interview brah, thanks for the time." He said walking away.
"Wait, I'm not done with you yet. We still haven't talked about your surfing history, or what you thought of your teammates." Blaineley said.
Kai ignored her and instead simply took his seat with the other interviewed contestants. Blaineley stomped her foot in anger, but quickly composed herself as she saw an intern leading Brett onto the set.
"Everyone welcome Mr. Muscles himself Brett to the Total Drama Aftermath Special." Blaineley introduced.
Brett waved at the audience happily. As he took his seat on the interview couch however the sleeve of his shirt quickly ripped off.
"Well I figured that was going to happen." Brett said.
Blaineley laughed at Brett's comment. "Well that actually leads us into our first question Brett. How many shirts do you go through each day, and how do you manage to afford so many shirts?" She asked.
Brett thought for a moment before shrugging. "It's probably once or twice a day that I just end up being shirtless. The only reason I'm able to afford so many shirts is because I buy them in bulk so it's cheaper for me. Once I save enough money from my odd jobs I'll be going to a tailor so I can have shirts and actually fit." He answered.
"Interesting, and how exactly did you get to be this big? Is it genetic? Do you workout a lot? Did something happen that made you want to get this big?" Blaineley asked him.
"Not really." Brett answered. "I always liked to work out, but before I used to be a really little guy. When I was a kid I was a lot shorter than most of my classmates. Then I guess puberty just hit me like a train because next thing I know I'm the largest guy in my class. I have a good workout routine and a nice diet too, but there's no real secret to getting as big as I am. Most if it just happened." He said.
"Well you definitely towered over the other contestants. Most of them anyway." Blaineley said. "Dante was the only one close to your size and build, but he wanted nothing to do with you. Why were you so adamant about being friends with him?" She asked.
"There aren't too many people I can really work out with. Dante would have made a cool workout partner since he could keep up with me. Besides, I don't think Dante is that bad of a guy. He just has a few issues he needs to work out." Brett answered.
Blaineley smirked as she pulled out the last card for Brett. "One last question for you Brett. You got voted off by the other team and not your own. Do you think your team would've voted for Dante instead of you?" She asked.
"I hate to say it, but yeah they probably would. Clifford was always complaining about Dante, and Tom seemed pretty scared of him. Ciara and Max probably would've tried to keep him around, but I don't see him surviving elimination against me if our team was the one voting." He said.
"Well why don't we hear what Dante has to say since he and Maximilian are the next pair up." Blaineley said.
As Brett exited the stage, his shirt ripped off leaving him shirtless as he expected. Dante and Maximilian took a seat together on the couch.
"Why are we being interviewed together while everyone else got an interview to themselves?" Maximilian asked.
"The two of you were eliminated in the same challenge. Besides, I don't think anyone is interested in Dante's sidekick getting an interview without Dante being around." Blaineley answered.
Maximilian glared at Blaineley and stood up heading out. "If you aren't going to respect me enough to consider me a person, then what's even the point of this interview?" He asked.
"Wait wait wait!" Blaineley yelled over at him standing up. "We really need you to get the most of the interview. I can interview you first if you want." She offered.
Maximilian looked over at Dante who shrugged at him. Maximilian nodded and returned to his seat on the interview couch next to Dante.
"Okay, then let's get started." Maximilian told Blaineley.
Blaineley smirked and took her seat once more. "Let's start with some questions about yourself before we move onto Dante. Your contestant profile says you're the lucky guy. Do you have any experience gambling, or where did that title come from?" She asked.
Maximilian laughed and smiled. "Well I've never been gambling before so I don't know how well my luck holds up there, but I just feel like I've had a very lucky life." He said.
"Can't be too lucky since you got voted out of the game due to a cat. Why are you afraid of cats?" Blaineley asked.
"To be honest I'm not too sure myself. It could be some childhood trauma that's I've repressed, but all I know is that cats fill me with so much terror you couldn't imagine it. They're terrifying." He answered.
"Okay." Blaineley nodded. "Let's get to what everyone is wondering. Why did you become friends with Dante. What could have driven you to befriend such an unlikable person?" Blaineley asked.
"I'm right here." Dante pointed out.
Maximilian laughed again. "It's something people back home asked me too. I get it, Dante isn't the type of guy who you'd expect someone like me to be friends with. He's always so angry, he's violent, he's brash, abrasive, unintentionally controlling, and if I'm being honest he comes off as a complete asshole when you first meet him." Maximilian said.
"I am still right here!" Dante yelled.
"But," Maximilian said putting his hand on Dante's shoulder. "If you can somehow get passed the awful first impression there's a lot to like. I think Ciara said it best when she said Dante hides a sweet side and pushes everyone away before they can find it. Unfortunately for him, I was too stubborn to be pushed away. Dante's been through quite a lot, and he definitely needs to grow a lot more but he's not as bad as he seems." Maximilian answered.
Blaineley wiped away fake tears from her eyes. "That's the sweetest thing ever." She said. "It's no wonder that so many people ship you together." She added dropping the sad act.
"They what?" Maximilian asked.
"Oh you don't know?" Blaineley asked. "There's a large Dantimilian fan base, and they were quite angry when Dante got together with Ciara instead of you. Honestly just take a look at the Dantimillian fan boards and see how many hate posts there are for Ciara." She said.
Maximilian shook his head in disbelief. "That's insane. Please if any of you are fans of me then don't do that. Ciara is my friend too, and I'm more than happy for her and Dante. I don't want any hate being sent their way." He said.
"So you mean to tell us you never had any romantic feelings for Dante yourself?" Blaineley asked.
"No!" Maximilian yelled. "Dante's my closest friend, but that's all he ever was and all he ever will be. Let him and Ciara be together in peace without having to drag me into it." He said.
Blaineley smirked once more and turned slightly to face Dante. "I doubt the fans will listen to you Max, but why don't we take some time to talk to Dante instead. I have to know how it feels knowing you're probably the most hated contestant on the show." She said.
Dante kept a neutral expression on his face. "No bother to me at all. I'm used to everyone hating me, and somehow I made it out of the game with a better friend than I've ever had, a girlfriend who understands me, a stronger relationship with my sister, and a better outlook on who I am. What the viewers think doesn't matter to me at all." He said.
"There's the rough exterior everyone keeps mentioning. Let's see if my questions can't crack into the so called sweet side of Dante." Blaineley said. "You had a reputation for threats and violent. That ended up sending you home. Do you regret being so violent on the show?" She asked.
"I won't say I regret it, but I could have played smarter instead of stronger." Dante answered.
"There's something that's been bothering viewers for quite some time. You've always called Zelda your sister, but yet you refer to your father by his first name. Is she actually your sister, or is she only your step-sister with a different father?" Blaineley asked.
Dante clenched his hand in a fist angrily. "She's my sister, and he is my father, but he lost the right to be called my father a long time ago. He's never cared about anything other than himself. Even Zelda means nothing to him than just being a way for him to preserve his so called legacy. I'm not going to call him my father if he isn't going to act like one." Dante answered.
Blaineley's smirk grew as she saw Dante getting angry. "Speaking of Zelda, before getting eliminated she told you to live your own life and stop worrying about hers. Have you taken her words to heart, or are you still living for her instead of living for yourself?" Blaineley asked.
"I will always be there for her, but maybe I was there too much for her. Max told me once that I was too controlling of her. I didn't want to accept that, but if there's anyone who's word I should believe it's his. I never wanted to control her, I just wanted to keep her safe and make sure she lived the best life she could. I don't know what living for myself means yet, but maybe after Ciara's done with the game we can find out together." Dante said.
"You know we never learned who sent the love note to Zelda. Aren't you worried about her potential love interest still being on the island?" Blaineley asked.
"I am still worried, but if I'm trusting her then I'll trust her to make the right choice. If it turns out this guy, whoever he may be, hurts her then I'll be more than willing to break his face in." Dante answered.
"Still not completely over the tough older brother act I see." Blaineley taunted. "How about Ciara's plan to have Zelda seduce Calista's henchmen? What did you think about that idea?" Blaineley asked.
Dante clenched his fist again and grumbled slightly. "I'll be talking with her personally after the game. That isn't something I'm going to share in this interview." He answered.
Blaineley smiled evilly and brought footage the screen down. "Okay Dante, before we finish with you there's some behind the scenes footage that I think you need to see." She said.
The footage showed the beach at night. Kai and Ciara were in their bathing suits and each had a surfboard in their hands.
"I'm glad that you decided to let me teach you how to surf Ciara. It can be a little scary, but I think you'll be great at it." Kai said.
Ciara blushed and walked towards the water with her surfboard. "Well you always know the best ways to get me wet Kai." She flirted.
Kai laughed shaking his head. "Love the jokes, but let's be serious for a moment. Surfing is a blast, but we should take it slowly on your first lesson." Kai said. "Balancing is probably the most important thing so we should start there." He said.
Ciara put down her own surfboard and sat on Kai's surfboard as he pushed it into the ocean. He sat on it himself moving out towards the waves.
"This is a little scary." Ciara told Kai.
"Just grab on tightly to me and you'll be fine." Kai instructed.
Ciara grabbed onto Kai pressing against him firmly. She was shaking in fear as the waves started to pick up.
"Maybe this was a bad idea." Ciara yelled out.
"Do you want to go back?" Kai asked her.
Ciara nodded being too scared to speak. As Kai moved across the wave to head back to the beach, a large wave suddenly picked up moving the balance that the two of them had. Ciara struggled to hold onto Kai, but slipped and fell into the water.
"Ciara!" Kai yelled noticing she fell in.
Ciara struggled to swim up from the water, but the force she fell off the surfboard and the intensity of the waves made it hard for her to keep going. She began to feel herself losing consciousness as Kai swam down and picked her up. Kai carried her back to the beach and checked to see if she was still breathing. Noticing a faint breath Kai performed CPR on Ciara.
"Come on Ciara stay with me." Kai pleaded.
Kai continued to perform CPR until Ciara coughed up the remaining water she had in her lounges. Opening her eyes Ciara smiled to see Kai leaning over her with concern. "So when's the next lesson?" She asked.
Kai laughed at her nonchalant attitude to almost drowning, and Ciara laughed along with him too.
The footage ended and Dante immediately stood up walking over to where Kai was sitting. Maximilian stepped in front of him quickly.
"Dante you can't be jealous if it was before you were dating her." He said.
Dante put his hand on his friend's shoulder. "If you trust me then you'll step aside right now. I know what I'm doing." He said
Maximilian hesitated, but nodded stepping aside. Blaineley moved the camera over to follow Dante as he approached Kai. Kai closed his eyes and flinched expecting Dante to relentlessly attack him. When the impact didn't come however he opened his eyes and saw Dante extending his hand out.
"You aren't going to kill me?" Kai asked.
Dante kept a blank expression on his face with his hand extended. "You saved her life there. I almost lost someone I cared about to drowning before, and this time it would've been Ciara if not for you. The next time you want to teach her to surf, you mind teaching me too?" He asked.
Kai smiled and ignored Dante's handshake instead going to hug him. "You bet." He cheered.
Dante pushed the hug away quickly. "Don't ever hug me again. Despite everything that went wrong I'm sure Ciara will still want to be your friend, and as long as she's your friend then I can't hate." He said.
"Are you kidding me!" Blaineley yelled. "All of the work I put into building up his anger just for him to forgive Kai." She yelled.
"I already told you the tough guy act is just an act. Dante was never going to hurt Kai. In fact though he'll never admit it I'm sure that Dante had already forgiven Kai a long time ago." Maximilian said.
Dante smiled briefly and punched Maximilian in the arm. "Shut up Max, has anyone ever told you that you talk too much." He said.
Blaineley pulled at her hair and knocked over a camera in anger causing the aftermath special to briefly cut off. When it returned with a new camera Blaineley was sitting in her seat looking much more composed and having makeup applied to her.
"We're almost done with the Aftermath Special. Let's bring out the pyromaniac who captured everyone's heart Maddie." Blaineley said.
Maddie came onto the set holding Nicole with her. Nicole was barely visible however as she was covered up in a large cat sweater. She sat down and placed Nicole on her lap who proceeded to fall asleep right away.
"Let's not be too loud Nicole hasn't taken a nap today since I was getting her ready for the show." Maddie said.
Blaineley stared blankly at Maddie. "It's a bit hard to host an interview for a live audience with a sleeping cat." She said.
"If you wake up my baby I swear I will burn down this whole set!" Maddie yelled.
Blaineley took a step back. "You're the one who's yelling." She pointed out. "I guess we can start with what you're most remembered for. How does it feel knowing you're one of the most popular characters and part of the most popular ship in the show?" Blaineley asked.
"Maddicky!" Gonzo cheered lifting up his shirt.
"Wow the shirt came out great Gonzo." Maddie told him looking over at his ship shirt.
Blaineley stood her mouth hanging unsure of what to say. "I thought you said she didn't know about the shirt!" She yelled over at Gonzo.
"Yeah I may have lied about that part." Gonzo said laughing.
Dante looked at Gonzo's shirt and rolled his eyes. "You'd better not have one of those for Ciara and me." He said.
Gonzo gulped and sat down nervously. "Of course not." He said.
"If we can focus on the interview at hand please." Blaineley said.
Maddie smiled looking down at Nicole, then looked back at Blaineley. "I didn't join this expecting to become popular or a fan favorite. I've always been the weird girl, but I never cared much about what people thought. Never really had too many friends, but now I have more than I could ever wish for." She said.
Blaineley fake gagged and rolled her eyes. "Enough with the sweetness please we have had too much sweet and not enough drama on this Aftermath Special." She said. "Have you met Nicky's family?" Blaineley asked.
Maddie nodded. "I've only met them once, but her sisters contacted me hoping that we'd be able to meet in person. I had no idea that Nicole was named after one of Kitten's sisters, but I should have guessed it with how nice they are." Maddie said.
"Doesn't Nicky hate her sisters?" Blaineley asked.
"Of course she doesn't. She's smothered by how much love they give her, but she loves them just as much. Honestly I'm a bit jealous, I wish I had that much love." Maddie said.
"You don't have love in your household?" Blaineley asked her.
Maddie looked away a bit. "I do, but not the same that kitten has. At home it's just my dad and me. He loves me a lot, but he was always busy working when I was growing up. Nobody wanted to be friends with the weird girl so I was a little lonely. I had my cousin to keep me company, but she was just as lonely as I was. In a way I guess Kitten and I complete each other. I helped her find the strength she needed inside of herself, and she helped give me love that I didn't know I was missing." She said.
"There's something that's bothered me and several other fans Maddie. When Nicky asked you out you had already assumed you were dating. In your mind when did you start dating?" Blaineley asked.
"There's no need to ask me, the bonus footage speaks for itself." Maddie said. Blaineley looked confused and turned around to see that bonus footage was indeed playing.
The footage that played was from after the phobia challenge, but before the elimination of that day. Maddie and Nicky were heading back to their cabin when they noticed a small orange tabby cat following them.
"This little kitty seems to be following you." Maddie told Nicky.
Nicky picked up the cat and looked at it curiously. "I think this is one of the cats that Chris put in the challenge for the feline room. I wonder what it's doing out her." She said.
"She," Maddie corrected. "The cat is a she." She said.
Nicky checked the cat's gender and nodded. "You're right, but how could you have known that just by looking at it?" Nicky asked.
"I could just tell. This is a really cute cat too. It's a shame that she had to be used for the challenge the way she was." Maddie said.
Nicky nodded her head then turned to look at Maddie. "I have no idea where Chris got this poor little baby from or where he's taking her back to, but I just know it isn't anywhere good. I wish I could help her." She said.
"Then why don't you adopt her?" Maddie suggested.
"I don't know if I could raise a cat all by myself. I don't know the first thing, and it might end up worse for the poor little thing then whatever Chris has planned." Nicky said.
Maddie shook her head in disagreement. "You need to give yourself more credit Kitten, I know that you can do this. Besides, maybe it was fate that someone with a cat nickname ends up adopting a cat on this game." She said.
Nicky stood silent in thought. "What if you helped me to raise the cat Maddie?" She asked. "If we adopt her together and raise her together then I know she'll have a great life." Nicky said.
"You want me to have a cat with you?" Maddie asked in disbelief.
Nicky nodded handing the cat over to Maddie. Maddie stood unsure, but took the cat from Nicky's hands. "I know we'll be the best moms to this cat as long as we do it together." She said.
Maddie smiled and caressed their new cat. "Don't worry you little baby. Kitten and I are going to give you the best life ever." She said.
The footage cut off and the audience was in tears along with most of the eliminated contestants. Maddie herself was flooded with emotion remembering the moment they got Nicole together.
"How did you get that bonus footage?" Blaineley asked Maddie.
Maddie chuckled and shook her head. "I have my ways." She said. "I know Kitten didn't think we we're dating back then, but when she asked me to help her raise this beautiful little kitty I knew we'd be together in no time." She said.
"Well, we have one last question before you make the audience cry anymore. Sent in by a viewer who's a massive Maddicky fan, if Nicky let you dye Nicole's fur blue, but you had to wear Nicky's cat onesie for the entire time Nicole's fur was dyed, what would you do and why?" Blaineley asked.
Maddie laughed nervously. "Well it's a bit too late for that one." She said. Maddie took off the sweater that Nicole was wearing to show her fur had been dyed blue. "I didn't do it this time, it was Kitten's sisters." She quickly added defending herself.
Blaineley laughed at the sight of Nicole with blue fur instead of her orange. "You'd better hope that washes off before Nicky sees her or she might ask for sole custody of the cat." She said.
"It's okay, I made sure they used cat friendly hair paint, and as long as Kitten wins there will be just enough time for Nicole to be back to her usual fur." Maddie said.
"Well then you really better hope that Nicky wins. Thank you for the time, and with only three more to interview let's all welcome Anthony to the show." Blaineley said.
Maddie gently put the sweater back on Nicole making sure she wouldn't wake up before leaving the seat open for Anthony to take.
"Tough break being here Anthony. You seemed like you were going to make it far, but then the teams switched. That leads us into our first question, do you think you would still be in the game if the teams hadn't switched?" Bla/ineley asked him.
Anthony tilted his head back and forth as he pondered the question. "I think I'd have a stronger chance of being in the game, but at the same time I think Genevieve would have found some way to throw me under the bus and get me eliminated regardless of which team I was on." He answered.
"Well it seems you're taking your elimination better than your girlfriend took hers. She said she was eliminated due to a quote 'man-child with a sister complex.'" Blaineley said.
Sarah looked nervously over at Dante and faked a smile. "No offense." She sheepishly told him.
"None taken." He huffed out after Max shoved him in the arm.
"While we're on the topic of Sarah, you two had a pretty rough relationship. Just when you were getting to figure out how you felt you got separated from each other. How have things been for the two of you?" Blaineley asked.
"You couldn't have asked me that question?" Sarah asked Blaineley.
Blaineley glared over at Sarah. "Your interview ended long ago and your input is not required." She said. "And Gonzo you'd better not bring up another ship shirt for these two." She added losing her patience with everyone.
"Don't worry I don't have any shirts for them." He said.
"Why don't we get a ship shirt?" Sarah asked offended.
"Sorry, but there wasn't enough demand for you two. If it makes you feel better Koh and Aiden don't have a ship shirt either yet." He told her.
"Enough with the shirts!" Blaineley yelled out. "We have three more interviews to get over with and we're running low on time, so if you can all stay quiet that would help the process out greatly." She yelled. Blaineley took a breath to compose herself and turned back to Anthony.
"Well if you want to know about Sarah and me, we haven't had too much time together unfortunately. We're both very busy so scheduling time to get together hasn't been easy. When we do meet up we always have a great time together. She's fixing so many of my inventions that I'm starting to think she's the better inventor between us." Anthony said.
"Oh you know that's not true. I can fix a couple of mistakes here and there, but you build these things from scratch. That's something I could never do." Sarah told Anthony.
Blaineley glared over once more. "The next person to speak from over there is getting removed from the set. These are my interviews, not time for all of you to catch up with each other." She yelled. "You bring up your inventions Anthony, and the world is dying to know what got you started with making inventions." Blaineley said getting back on track.
"I guess that goes back to my childhood. I always loved playing with toys, but more than playing with them I loved taking them apart to see how they worked. That was really where the start of love for inventions began." Anthony explained.
"And where do you see yourself going with these inventions? Have any schools offered you a scholarship for them? Do you intend to make a career out of this?" Blaineley asked.
"To be honest I haven't put too much thought into it yet. I've gotten a lot of opportunities presented to me from working in a toy factory to being a civil engineer. I could study robotics, or I could go more basic and oversee construction. I don't know where I'm going with my inventions yet, but I know that I'll follow Sarah wherever she goes." Anthony said.
"You know you could always open your own inventing firm. The money you make off of patenting your inventions is far better than any of those other jobs you mentioned. If you really wanted to bring Sarah into it you could share ownership to reduce the taxes you have to pay. Sterling and Blake invention firm. Just think about it." Blaineley suggested.
Anthony smiled and nodded. "That's an idea I'll have to keep in mind, especially if Sarah agrees to it." He said.
"Well thank you for being our guest. To wrap things up we have our final guests of Koh and Aiden. Unfortunately they couldn't join us today in the Aftermath studio, but we did set up a video chat with the training base where they are currently located at." Blaineley explained.
The bonus footage screen came down showing Aiden and Koh. While Aiden looked the same as he appeared on the show, Koh had a drastically different look. Her hair was straight and held back with a silver hairband. She wore a sparkling pink top with blue jeans, white socks and white running shoe along with a jean jacket. Her nails were painted purple with a flower nail design in white.
"You're looking very different from the last time we saw you Koh." Blaineley pointed out.
"I'm having a bit of self discovery. Learning my parents aren't dead changed a lot of what I thought I knew about myself. I still haven't found them, but I'm getting close thanks to this." Koh said holding up a pretty necklace that was engraved with her birth name Calista Rose Riverton and date of birth on the back. "This is the last clue we found to where they might be, and I'm using all my resources to find her. By the way, I go by Calista now not Koh." She said.
Blaineley looked uncaring and shook her head. "That's going to get a bit confusing since we all know the criminal you apprehended as Calista so let's just keep you as Koh for simplicity." Blaineley said.
"Didn't you hear what she said?" Aiden asked Blaineley pointing angrily at the screen. "She's not going by Koh anymore." He said.
Koh gently lowered Aiden's hand and held onto it warmly. "It's okay Aiden, I entered the game as Koh I might as well finish it as Koh." She said.
"Well it looks like Koh's lost all of the toughness that she had when she was in the game." Blaineley taunted laughing.
"Don't push your luck." Koh warned glaring at Blaineley.
Blaineley payed no attention to Koh's threat instead moving on with the interview. "Let's start with Aiden since there's less to talk about there. Everyone's dying to know how training to be an undercover cop is." She said.
"Well I can't talk about that too much, but I can say it's not as easy as I expected. I passed the written exam with no worry and of course made it through the acting portion perfectly, but the physical part of the training has been too much. I thought Cal.. er I mean Koh had impressive physical capabilities before, but she really downplayed her abilities on the show compared to what I've seen her pull off her." Aiden said.
"How about your plans of being an actor? You joined the show to promote your acting abilities, but now it seems like you're settling for being an undercover cop instead. What exactly is your plan for the future?" Blaineley asked.
"Don't get me wrong, I'd still love to be an actor and get my name in a big film. That's still the dream, but right now I can put my dreams on hold if it means helping Koh out. She needs me right now, and being an undercover cop is still a type of acting. I've got a long life ahead of me, so I can make my dream come true, and Koh's dream of finding her parents." He said.
"Enough with the sweet talk." Blaineley yelled. "This has been the least drama filled Aftermath Special of my life because you're all so focused on your love life, and your friendships, and forgiving those who hurt you. Let's just get this over with. Koh we have a lot of holes we need to fill. How involved was your gang in sending you to the show? Who is Calista and why was she there? Where did the Calista file come from if you're the real Calista? Do your parents know you're alive? We need answers and we want them now." Blaineley demanded.
Koh took a deep breath and focused on Blaineley. "Those are a lot of questions, and a lot of that information is classified even to me. When I was assigned the job of hunting down an escaped criminal on the island I was only given a breakdown of her physical appearance. Our intel didn't include her name at the time so that's how she was able to pass as Calista. As for the Calista file, she planted it there herself to distract me, and I fell for it. She knew that if she could get me to look into a file for someone who didn't exist I'd be wasting time I could spend looking for her. Then she deleted it so I'd get suspicious of the other contestants." Koh said.
Seeing Koh having difficulty retelling the story, Aiden stepped in to help her out. "Criminal Calista was one step ahead of us the entire time. She played Koh to do exactly what she wanted. As for Koh's parents we don't know if they're looking for her too, but we hope that they are so that finding them can become an easier task. Both the agency Koh works for, and her gang are using every resource they can to find her parents so it's only a matter of time." Aiden said.
"So then Koh's gang was already aware that Koh was an undercover cop?" Blaineley asked.
Koh nodded. "That's a long story, but the gang was the one that raised me from the streets. I joined the undercover agency afterwards as a trade to get some gang members out of legal trouble. I guess the agency saw potential in me." Koh said.
"Well Koh you certainly have the most interesting background of any Total Drama player." Blaineley said. "That's all the time that we have for today everyone. Thank you for joining our show tonight." Blaineley said.
Gonzo ran over in front of Blaineley and stood in front of the camera. "If you want your own Total Dram Rebirth ship shirt you can order them online at any time." He advertised.
Blaineley shoved Gonzo away and took the focus back. "Ignoring him we hope you enjoyed revisiting the first 13 eliminated players on Total Drama Rebirth of the Island. Now the power lies in the hands of you dear viewers. If you want to see one of these losers return for another shot at the game vote for them in the official Total Drama returnee poll." Blaineley announced.
"What!" Shouted out the contestants gathered on the other side of the set. Blaineley turned the camera over to them showed the group shouting over each other and pushing each other around trying to get focus presented on them so they could return to the game.
"There's the drama I was looking for." Blaineley said happily. "Only you can decide who will return to Total Drama Rebirth of the Island." She announced.
Elimination List
24. Wallace Corona: The Crazy-Prepared
23. Nadine Navarro: The Pure Hearted and Innocent Girl
22. Gonzo De la Cruz: The Crazy Spaniard
21. Sarah Blake: The Serious One
20. Kahlin "Kyle" Mora: The Laid-Back Observer
19. Kai Nohea: The Surfer Bro
18. Brett Drake: The Powerhouse Man
17. Dante Valverde: The Overprotective and Overbearing Older Brother
16. Maximilian Brooks: The Lucky Guy
15. Madelyne "Maddie" Michelle Heines: The Small Pyromaniac
14. Anthony Sterling: The Ambitious Inventor
13. Koh Lewandoski: The Undercover Cop
12. Aiden Rose Hall: The Actor
Remaining Contestant
Killer Hydra: Clifford, Kyoko, Genevieve, Tom, and Lucy
Screaming Phoenix: Zelda, Johnathan, Ciara, Miriam, AJ and Nicky
Apologies to nobody because there was no elimination today.
A/N: I really wanted to get this out before last year ended, but I was swarmed with holiday plans between both friends and family. Then after that I got a promotion at my job. Good for me, but bad for writing time. Hope everyone had great holidays and sorry about the wait. My goal is to finish before the 2 year anniversary in June, but my progress has been slow the past few months. I'll just have to keep at it and see how far we go. Thanks for sticking around as we approach 2 years of writing this story and even if we don't finish by then I once again promise I will finish no matter how long it takes.
This will be a short Author's Note since there isn't much to discuss. Thank you to every reader who suggested questions or ideas for deleted footage of past contestants. It really helped me to write the Aftermath and make it fun. If you submitted a character that was already eliminated, let me know if you enjoyed what I did with them on the Aftermath. I enjoyed revisiting the past contestants a lot, and it's for this reason that I am now confirming there will be as second Aftermath Special later on. Aftermath 2 will come when we hit the final 3 so it'll be a while away, but it'll give us a chance to revisit the contestants that made the merge.
There's something major I must address now. A lot of people have brought up the fact that the merge sees us with only 3 males and 8 females. I'm sorry about the huge gap, and to be honest I didn't pay attention to gender distribution when making the elimination order. I'll try and make a more even gender distribution if I do another story, but for this one it seems a bit too late to fix it. What can I say, I just love so many of the female characters I'm working with. While it may seem that a Female v Female finale is practically guaranteed at this point, let me just say don't count the males out yet. A female v male finale is still possible, and heck a male v male finale isn't impossible either. Anyone can make the finale it's just a matter of how they play the game.
As always thanks for the support from readers, everyone who leaves me great reviews, and readers that swarm my PMs either wanting to discuss the story, provide me ideas, or just ask for any update into the next chapter. It's you guys that keep me going even when I feel I have no idea what I'm doing. Let me know what was your favorite past character to revisit in this Aftermath, and don't forget about the poll for returning contestants.