Zoey was by the stairs that she would soon be walking down, as she got closer and closer to Playa des Losers. She looked to see who was awaiting her, and she could see two tanned figures arguing, while they are separated by everyone else, "Wait... is that who I think it is..."
"Chile, you're cast is getting into it. Shit, y'all MIGHT be messier than us," Leshawna commented, as she tried to sightsee what was taking place.
The boat soon landed on Playa des Losers, and every one of her former cast members stopped in their tracks. Gwen gave Zoey a reassuring pat, "Well, good luck. Looks like you're gonna need it. These folks are crazier than our lot."
Zoey waved to some of the first generation cast mates, "Thanks for keeping me company. Hopefully we can all get together soon." She was changed back into her normal clothes, and walked down the stairs nervously, while she landed on the dock. She stopped for a few seconds before walking to her former contestants.
No one knew how to react, and Mike was trying to calm himself down. In order to avoid Anne Maria's glare, she turned to Staci, and gave her a hug, "Hey Staci. I'm glad that we get to spend a few days getting to know one another." She felt Dakota give her a cold nod before turning around, "Right... I would like to have a conversation with you Dakota soon, before we leave here." B just gave her a hand to shake, which she took, "I forgot that you don't speak. Nice to meet you anyways."
Dawn sensed her nervousness, and gave her a hug before whispering in your ear, "I can feel your heart pounding, and your nerves getting the best of you.. I can tell you personally that you have nothing to worry about. You have to let all of those insecurities go."
"Thank you," Zoey responded, patting Dawn's back, before they separated. Sam was focused on his video game, while being held by Dakota, only to look at Zoey, "Nice to meet you too Sam." She walked to Brick and Jo, only for the former to squeeze her into a hug, "Alright Brick, it's too tight. Nice to see you again."
Brick put Zoey down, and she stood in front of Jo. She didn't know what to do, but decided to go out of her way to hug her, but Jo stopped her, "You know I don't do the mushy stuff... but I will say that I was hoping that you would win it for the girls. I'm disappointed that you didn't make it to the end, and we're left with... those two."
She didn't know how to take this, "Well... that is nice of you Jo." Zoey turned to look at the three other people she didn't interact with. Scott gave her a cold look (or at least as much as he could attempt in his state), and she gave one back to him. She turned to Anne Maria, and their glares met one another for what seemed like a torturous eternity, before they both suddenly turned around. Mike was the other person she did not interact with, so she ran to him, and embraced him in a romantic hug, "I've missed you so much Mike. These last few weeks have been torturous."
He started crying in her neck, before reaching out to kiss her cheek, "It's definitely been a nightmare for me too. I'm so glad you're here, and we can spend the last few days together. I've missed you so much too Zoey." The two soon walked off the dock, while everyone else followed them.
The new couple just got her suitcases, and rolled them in her new room with a huge grin on her face. Zoey started unpacking her suitcase, and putting them into the drawer, "It's so nice to be with you again. It looked like you and Anne Maria were fighting, from what I could see from a far, before you two was separated. What happened, and how has it been since you got here?"
All he could do was sigh dramatically, "It has been awful. When I arrived, I told Anne Maria everything about my disorder, and how it caused the... triangle, while also breaking it to her that not only are you and I together, but she fell in love with a personality that isn't real."
"Oh goodness, I could only imagine how poorly she reacted to that," Zoey spoke, already sounding exhausted. "Don't tell me she didn't hit you, or else we will have a problem."
"Not at that point... Anne Maria arrived on the dock in lingerie, thinking that we were going to make love. She threw herself on me, and it was really uncomfortable. She got embarrassed, and started making a lot of low blows once I told her everything, and I found myself getting emotional; triggered. We both said some... not nice things about the other, and I almost relapsed. We did not speak for the next week, and it was mainly due to her hiding in her room. I was at peace, and I was fine with her not coming out, but then she claimed that I convinced everyone to not check on her, and felt like she was being isolated. Things didn't get crazy until Scott joined."
Zoey growled at the news, "He was doing things to mess with me when you were gone as well. What did he do to cause trouble to you? I don't care about him being in the machine. I will give him a piece of my mind."
Mike put his hands on her shoulder to ease her down, "I did hear that he did something to you that caused you to break down. We were told that Scott was booted, but he was sent to the hospital after he was booted, and before he arrived, so we had a day to plan a party celebrating his elimination. Jo and Brick decided that they wanted Anne Maria and I to make the food. This experience was mixed, since we did talk about what happened, and why the other is the way we do it. I never knew that she could cook, and we cleared the air about misunderstanding the other. The both of us grew up in foster homes for a bit, and we both had... people who abused us, that's all I'm going to say. We ended up arguing about how we handled our hardships, so whatever goodwill we built, it was soon crushed. Scott arrived, and showed up with an installation in his machine where he could speak, and he revealed about finding footage of Vito and Anne Maria... doing it, and showing it to you. Him and I got into a huge argument, and I almost attacked him. I am sorry he put you through that."
"Even when it was the 5 of us, Scott kept on ranting about how you and Anne Maria had so much in common, and how Vito could appear anytime, since you haven't gone to a doctor yet. He kept on mentioning you two having intercourse, and with Lightning assisted, they really picked on my looks, and said that any decent man would get with Anne Maria first," Zoey spoke out, with some anguish in her voice. "It wasn't until some days later where he played the tape, and I ended up tripping over. All of that caused me to almost quit, and Cameron had to convince me to stay in the game. With that, and what happened in the final 4 challenge, with Chef shooting us, and making us eat poisonous food, I... snapped, and turned into a Commando Zoey. It wasn't until Cameron was about to be eaten in the final 3 challenge, where I turned back to normal. It was scary as hell, and I found myself turning into someone I didn't like. I don't want to be a negative, mean, shameful person because of stuff that happened to me."
He gasped from her words, "Oh my goodness, that is horrible. I'm glad you snapped out of it. Anne Maria and I were talking about that, and I told her that she shouldn't let the bad things that happen to her, to turn her into a bad person, and she claimed that people like you and I victimize ourselves. Anne Maria had told some of the others about what happened, and what Scott said made it SEEM like she told him. So I was mad at her, but we kept our distance from one another, but when we were together in a group, we did not make it uncomfortable for the others."
Zoey was starting to get confused, and angry when she notices some discoloration, "Wait, so what happened today? And WHY do you look injured. DID SHE HIT YOU? I will go after her right now."
He saw his girlfriend get up from her bed, and go in the direction of the door, only for him to hold her shoulders, "Don't worry about it. Brick and I were playing volleyball, but then Jo decided to join in to go against him, but she needed another person, so they dragged Anne Maria in it. I did not want to play with her, but they didn't care. So we start playing volleyball, and there's a lot of aggression between the two of us. We started complaining about that, and she mentioned that my personality disorder is one of the reasons why I beat her in the game. It was a shot at my mental disorder, and I was over it, so I called her out for being a sore loser and a quitter in everything. I asked her if she told Scott that information about the beach challenge, and she yelled at me for accusing her of it. If that wasn't bad enough, everyone decided that today was going to be the day where we talked about the final 3, their personalities, their gameplay, and who you are rooting for."
"Oh goodness. I remember watching the first season, where they dedicated an entire episode to it. A lot of drama happened from what I remember. I could only imagine what happened here."
Mike started laughing softly, "It was dramatic... to say the least. Scott and I were already arguing about you, but then that settled. Anne Maria was asked about you, and it caused things to heighten once again, since she was taking potshots about you not playing the game, and how you and I put on an act. I was over it, and I called her out about suddenly caring about the game, and being jealous about the fact that you have optimism and a family. She claims that I made fun of her family, so she threatened to hit me. Staci had to separate us. The conversation went to Lightning, and Anne Maria started lusting over him, which I knew she was doing to bother me, since she NEVER had an interest in him the entire season, and we just got into an argument. I called her out about it, and then she mentioned about how him and Brick are better looking than me, and she mentioned that I have a small dick."
Zoey felt frustrated all over again, but also blushed at one part, "Well... I've seen you in your swim trunks, and that's a lie. And she wouldn't have gone crazy over you if you did have a... small... you know. Especially with her caring about the physical parts."
"Exactly. I was so tired of being the bigger person, so I grabbed a bucket of water, and dumped it all over her, so the hair products and makeup would disappear. Her biggest fear is to show her natural looks, and after taking shots at my looks, I wanted to expose her." He continued as he heard Zoey gasp, and had a shocked look on her face, "Anne Maria got up, grabbed my shirt, and started punching me in my face over and over and over again. I didn't want to hit her, but I didn't want to get beat up, so I moved her to the point where I could trip her in the pool. While she was falling, she grabbed me, so I fell in, and the fight continued in the pool. We were pulled out, and while we were making our way to the dock, we continued arguing about all of that, and who we wanted to get booted, and then she threw sand in my hair and face."
Her eyes widened, and face got red, "She did WHAT? THAT IT! She went TOO FAR..." She bolted for the door, and was frantically running around in the hallway, "WHAT'S HER ROOM NUMBER?" It seemed like Commando Zoey had some kinks in her still.
Anne Maria was in her room trying to go to sleep, until she heard a bunch of rummaging in the hallways, "ARGH. Whoever's doing that is gonna get a BEATDOWN in the morning." She tried to ignore it, but a specific voice alerted her out of her bed.
"WHERE IS THE BITCH AT? I'M TIRED OF HER THUGGISH WAYS."
She decided to tie her hair, as those words and that tone was a threat, "She wants to talk about ME like that? I guess she's feeling BOLD." Door knocks were heard, until it stopped, and it repeated with the knocking on her door. She could tell that it was Zoey.
"COME OUT HERE, AND BE A REAL WOMAN. WE'RE ENDING THIS TONIGHT!"
Anne Maria opened the door, "BITCH, you BETTER HAVE A REASON FOR STORMING AROUND LIKE THIS, AND THREATENING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT." The other ROTI boots started coming out of their rooms to observe the mayhem.
Zoey started getting close to the curvy woman, and poked her in the face, "NOT ONLY do you argue with Mike for almost 3 weeks, but you MAKE FUN OF HIS DISORDER, and NOW YOU DECIDED TO HIT AND THROW SAND ON HIM? LEAVE US THE FUCK ALONE!" She then palmed Anne Maria's face, and then found her arm to be twisted, as Anne Maria removed the hand from her face.
"BITCH, YOU BETTER NOT TOUCH ME, AND HE'S HAD THAT ASS WHOOPING COMING." She felt Zoey knee her in the stomach, and started punching her with the untwisted arm. "YOU WANT AN ASSWHOPPING WITH YOUR MAN? FINE WITH ME!" Anne Maria punched Zoey in the stomach, before ramming her head into the redhead, causing both women to fly out of the room.
Anne Maria got on top of Zoey, and started punching her in the face, "I SEE YOU CAN'T PUT ON THE FAKE BITCH PERSONA ANYMORE. YOU AND MIKE ARE NOTHING BUT JERKOFF VICTIMS." Zoey made sure to grab a good hold of Anne Maria's hair to yank the woman beside her, before she started punching the tanned woman in the face herself.
Dakota and Sam got out of their room, and bolted to the two women who were punching, slapping, and kicking one another on the floor. The VERY tall woman got involved to split them up, but the two women grabbed the other's hair on a tight hold, and their legs were wrapped around one another, so they were not that separated, "STOP THIS NOW. EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO BED, AND NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR DUMB TRIANGLE."
Mike was a bit further behind, and didn't get involved to separate it. Sam saw this, and went to yell at him, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? THIS WAS CAUSED BY YOU, AND YOU AREN'T EVEN SEPARATING THEM? STOP BEING A FUCKING PUSSY."
Everyone else came out by this time, while Staci dragged Jo with her to separate the other women, "COME ON LADIES. WE ARE NOT GENETICALLY MADE TO FIGHT LIKE THIS." Both of the ladies legs were freed, but it just caused them to kick one another.
"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH A VINDICTIVE BITCH ANNE MARIA? WHO CARES IF HE DOESN'T WANT YOU. IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO HARASS ME."
"YOU AND HIM MOCKING AND LIGHTGASING ME ISN'T RIGHT. INSTEAD OF BEING MAD AT YOUR MAN, YOU'RE MAD AT ME FOR EVERYTHING. YOU'VE BEEN A SHADY BITCH, AND ALL OF THE GIRLS HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT."
Everyone soon got in the way to separate the two, and to place them in the other side of the hallway, before placing them in their separate rooms. Once Zoey and Anne Maria were handled, B decided to speak, "That's it. We're putting a line down tomorrow with this foolishness. Mike, GET IT TOGETHER." The others soon stormed back into their rooms angrily to sleep, leaving Mike in the hallway on his own, before he sulked, and started crying in the hallway.
The eleven eliminated contestants were at the breakfast table, and there was a noticeable tension amongst everyone. Mike knew that he was centered around it, "Listen, about last night..."
The silent B cut him off, "It isn't about last night, solely. All of yesterday, and the last 3 weeks have been unbearable due to the drama with you and Anne Maria. With Zoey here, it has gotten worse, and I don't even know if she's been here for 12 hours yet. We are ALL tired of it."
"Listen. I was just told everything that happened over the last 3 weeks, and after my... meltdown a week ago, I've had this... aggression built up in me. I thought I got it solved, but seeing and hearing how he was bullied pissed me off, and I had to stop her," Zoey explained, without a hint of regret in her voice. "I was so worried that the two of them would hook up again being here all of this time, but I didn't even think that there would be so much drama, so when I heard about it, I snapped."
Scott was annoyed, and typed on his keyboard, "You could have at least waited until the morning for goodness sakes. And while Anne Maria is awful, in every way, what makes you think your man was so innocent?"
Zoey turned around to Scott, "SHUT UP."
"And HOW AM I awful in every way, you freckle-faced jerkoff?" Anne Maria retaliated. "I was in my room asleep, before she started rambling and talking shit. What was I supposed to do? I defended myself, and AM NOT sorry for it. Mike dumped water on me after being passive aggressive, and being aggressive towards me ALL DAY, so I defended myself. Mike made fun of my lifestyle and my choices for WEEKS, and this was AFTER dumping me in the most humiliating way. I was painted as a whore by them BOTH even when we all were in the season, and was deemed lesser-than. I. AM. NOT. SORRY."
"You love to leave out how you made fun of my looks, my lifestyle, pushed me, and bragged about not being seen as attractive or worthy. You made fun of Mike's mental illness Anne Maria. Your way of resolving everything is through violence, and you wonder why people perceive you a certain way."
Anne Maria was not going to take this, "He TRIPPED ME INTO A POOL, AFTER he dumped water on me. You made fun of my looks, lifestyle, and slapped me too, and this was BEFORE I was booted. YOU also started the fight last night, so you got those lumps on your face. Stop acting like you and your boyfriend are blameless. He made his disorder a topic of discussion when he not only signed onto the show, but lied about the destruction it caused everyone."
Dawn had enough, "For the love of all things nature, STOP! TALKING! WE ARE TIRED OF ALL OF YOU. You are ALL to blame for this. Anne Maria, you are aggressive, defensive, and throw unnecessary blows because you don't want to be hurt. Mike, you lie and hide because of your traumas, but it causes you more drama, especially when you choose to poke the bear. Zoey, you jump to too many conclusions without much thought, and your words do not match your actions. You are ALL EQUALLY responsible for this."
"Listen, we are tired of this, and want to put an ultimatum on the table," Brick told the three of them.
Jo was too excited to get into this, "If the three of you don't stop this, we will kick you out of Playa des Losers. You can be on your own canoe, get stranded on an island, join the yacht with the first generation, we don't give a shit, but we are ALL tired of the three of you. We don't even know why Red got the boot, and what happened yet."
Mike got upset with this, "WHAT? YOU CAN'T DO THAT?"
"Yes we can, and I have the strength to make it happen," Dakota told him, and stretching her long arms to make her point clear.
"NO. I'M NOT GETTING STUCK WITH THESE JERKOFFS, and to leave this VERY NICE resort."
Staci added her two cents, "So get your crap together, and stop the drama. If that's a problem for you... leave."
Anne Maria just glared at her, and turned to look at everyone, who was deadpanned, "Fine. I might as well go to the infirmary or whatever." She held onto the lump on her face before storming up to leave.
Dawn calmed herself down, "Sorry for the yelling, but I just lost my cool with the situation. Anyways, Zoey. How did you get eliminated? We haven't even heard the explanation, due to how quickly things escalated."
All Zoey could do is sigh, "Well, I was Commando Zoey from what happened in the final 4. Cameron and I's friendship started withering as I became more competitive, and I started seeing the world like Jo and Anne Maria did, which was scary. I didn't even care if Mike and I got back together after the show. Lightning of course was a lunatic, and the final 3 challenge was getting a flower from a monster, as it was like a tongue to him. Lightning got it and won the challenge. I had the chance of getting it for myself, or Cameron would get eaten, but of course I chose Cameron. It was like my life flashed before me, and all of the great moments I had on the season, and making friends came back, which caused me to go back to normal. Cameron and I thought he was getting the boot, but Lightning made his first smart move and chose me to get rid of."
Mike and Zoey made their way to the infirmary room, since they still had bruises and bumps over their altercations with Anne Maria yesterday. They were both hand in hand, "Now that I think about it, the others are right, though it hurt to hear it."
"But since the cast wants their distance from us, it will cause the two of us to focus on what we want to plan for, with us outside of the show," Mike replied to Zoey, as they sat down. Both of them waited for a bit, and were shocked when they smelt hairspray, "Is she still here?"
Anne Maria's distant voice could be heard, "You know, I never wanted any of this. I didn't want to be on bad terms with them. I thought I was in love, but to realize that I was seen as the homewrecker, and then made a fool out of, how else would you react."
Zoey turned to Mike in a state of shock, and she quietly spoke to him, "She is. Should we leave?"
Mike held her hand, "No. Let's hear what she says."
The doctor that was tending to her gave her some advice, "Anne Maria, fighting is not the way to live life. Also, going after people for revenge is not the way to live life either. You bring a bunch of negative energy to you, that only destructs you at the end of the day."
"I don't let ANYONE humiliate me. I thought Zoey was someone that I could have MAYBE seen as a potential friend, but she called me names and threw everything I hated against me. Mike seemed like a decent man, even from when he turned in and out of personalities or whateva, but he really shows that he hates everything that caused us to be alike. I... I don't know how to solve this."
He put some ointments and gave her an ice pack, "You are going to have to put your pride aside, and apologize. You cannot control if they apologize, but it will cause you to be able to move on with your life, and to not hold onto some anger. You got some cream, and some ice packs. Just take it easy within the next day or two, and you should be fine."
The two of them left the room, as they made their way to the waiting room, "Thanks for saving my look..." Anne Maria froze when she saw Mike and Zoey, and the three of them looked at one another for the longest three seconds ever, before she bolted out of the room.
The doctor wanted to get the weird tension over with, "I am sure the two of you are here for some of the same physical ailments. Come on and join me."