Guidingkey123: Oh yeah. Just like with Geoff, I'm REALLY going to miss Owen.
MarkLevins: I'm so glad you liked last chapter. And trust me, that 'and-' will certainly come into play again.
Aleheather4ever: Yeah, the manipulative Alejandro and Heather definitely shown their stuff that challenge.
And here is the first Aftermath chapter of the story. This chapter will be far shorter than most of the other chapters, but I hope you enjoy it either way. What kind of shenanigans may occur with Amy and Sammy as the hosts, and will Geoff be able to succesfully show them the ropes? Let's find out.
An animation of a boat sailing across the ocean was displayed. Soon, a graphic stating Total Drama Voyage was displayed. Seconds afterwards, the word Aftermath appeared underneath it.
The footage cut to a clip of Justin when he was sinking in quicksand back on Boney Island. "You know, when you guys pull me up, can we take some of the quicksand with us? When you're not at risk of drowning in it, it's actually really good for the skin."
The footage changed to Cody strutting up to Gwen after he and the Drama Brothers performed on the yacht. "I was pretty good up there, huh Gwen?"
The footage then cut to a clip of a frustrated Sky talking with Heather in the hallways of Cirque D'hiver. "Turns out that over a decade of blood, sweat, and tears to hone my gymnast skills means literally nothing compared to someone who gets them at the press of a button."
One last clip was shown of Owen running around while being attacked my a Snail Kite. "We are one! We are one! Don't attack the naturalist!"
The logo for the Aftermath was displayed again before the camera zoomed away, revealing a set, and the large television that was displaying the logo. On the set were five couches. One in the middle, and two on both sides of it. Seated in the middle couch were Goeff, Amy, and Sammy, the latter looking pretty uncomfortable. Geoss was in the middle of the couch, Amy on the left side, Sammy on the right.
Seated in the two couches on the right were several previous contestants. The first couch seated Courtney, Eva, Izzy, Katie, and Sadie. Courtney was on her PDA, talking to someone. The second couch, elevated and behind the first, had Cameron, Brick, Dave (with his hair regrown), Max, and Ella. Cameron was shaking in fear, awkwardly glancing at Izzy.
"Hello peeps out there watching! This is Total Drama Voyage Aftermath, where we'll be dishing the dirt about the show's contestants!" Geoff announced. "I'm Geoff!"
"I'm Amy!" Amy exclaimed.
"...and I'm Sammy." Sammy said.
"Try to put more energy into it." Geoff whispered to Sammy.
"Ha! Like she'd know how to." Amy taunted. Sammy didn't react, to the annoyance of the mean twin.
"We'd also like to give a huge hand to the people in the Peanut Gallery for coming here on such short notice!" An applause came from the audience, several of the peanut gallery waving in response. "Let's welcome Courtney, Izzy, Eva-"
"Um, cough cough." Amy interrupted. "Why are we wasting runtime of these nobodies?"
"Excuse me?!" Courtney asked.
Amy turned to the camera. "We'd LOVE to give introductions to these guys, but like, come on. We know you're not here for them. No, the point of this show is to get the scoop from people who were, like, actually competing in the season."
"I WOULD have been there if they told me it would be another season!" Courtney protested. She put her PDA back on her ear. "What do you mean I have no standing to sue them? They failed to disclose the contract to the other party. Just because it wasn't me doesn't mean it doesn't count. ...The sign-up sheets shouldn't count!"
"And how DARE you treat me, The Dark Overlord of Evil, as a mere afterthought, wench?!" Max yelled to Amy.
"Ugh. You remind me that I had to deal with so many losers in my season." Amy replied.
"We're not JUST gonna be talking with the eliminated contestants though." Geoff said. "As we found out last episode, Chris has been dealing with a mystery thief lately. And it looks like there's more to come. In fact, let's kick off this Aftermath with the segment, Total Drama Fugitives!"
"Roll it!" Amy yelled.
"You're really getting the hang of this hosting stuff, fast." Geoff complimented.
The screen displayed footage of Chris looking at the letter given to him in the Cirque D'hiver. "Chris first got a letter from this mystery thief in Paris during the circus challenge." Sammy narrated. "At the time, nobody really knew what the letter was about."
A clip of security guards guarding the S.S McLean is played. "But Chris hiring a security team to guard his yacht sure made it clear that the news wasn't happy." Amy said.
The footage changed to a figure in a suit and tophat running past Gwen and Kitty. "Then, Gwen and Kitty got a glimpse of the perpetrator, who was fleeing the scene after knocking out ALL of Chris' guards." Geoff stated.
"Oh my gag. What's the point of hiring a security team if ONE person can take them all out?" Amy asked.
The footage cut to Duncan, Noah, and Alejandro all talking to the remaining contestants in the previous challenge. "That's when the others found out that the thief was going by the name Arsène Lupin, a fictional thief written in the early 1900s by French Author, Maurice Leblanc, and leaving calling cards of his thefts ahead of time." Sammy said.
Clips of Geoff coming back to the yacht with a Gemmy, and then reading a second note after Owen's elimination are shown. "And we also found out that the thief stole one of Chris' Gemmies, and made the host pay a fortune to get it back." Geoff noted. "Only to get a letter saying that the thief's next target is the entire S.S McLean."
"Good. That loser deserves any misery that heads his way." Amy said.
"I hear that." Eva agreed from the Peanut Gallery.
"But dudes. If this thief succeeds, the entire show might get hijacked. This might be the hugest news for the show yet." Geoff said.
"The question is, who is this dorky thief?" Amy asked.
"Any theories, Peanut Gallery?" Geoff asked.
"Hmmm. My guess is Ezekiel." Katie said. "I mean, he's still all psycho and scary. And he's done stealthy before. Plus, nobody's known where he's been since after All-Stars."
"Oh my gosh. You are SO smart." Sadie complimented.
"Awww. You SO would have thought of it too."
"You really think so?"
Amy gagged as a reaction to the best friends. Courtney just scoffed. "Ezekiel barely had a grip on English and that was when he was still sane. There's no way he'd be able to write fluent French in his feral state." Courtney said.
"So, who do YOU think it is?" Brick asked.
"It's gotta be Alejandro. He, along with Noah and Duncan, knew who Arsène Lupin was. He knows several languages, including French by his own admission. And the camera crew conveniently didn't show what was happening on Team Heather's boat during the night before the challenge. Unlike with the Blades and the Shortcakes, the timeframe for anyone on Team Heather is a complete mystery."
"Hmm. Not a bad guess." Geoff said.
"But what motive would Alejandro have for doing that?" Brick asked.
"Probably so he can get a ton of money without having to actually win the game." Courtney responded.
"Nice guess, but you're wrong." Izzy said.
"So, who do you think it is?" Sammy asked Izzy.
"Obviously, it's the author of the Arsène Lupin books, Maurice LeBlanc. He knows all of Arsène's tricks and mannerisms because he WROTE them."
"But...he died in the 40s." Geoff told her.
"Oh please. Obviously LeBlanc faked his death. I would know. I faked my own death at least 7 times before. One time was on the show! Yeah, it was during Season 2, where Chef was dressed as an alien and was all 'Rahh! I'm gonna shoot you!' And then when he shot me with the goo gun, I collapsed and didn't move for a while. He totally fell for it! Haha! I stuck my tongue out, went limp, you know, the works. Then I was all like 'Gotcha!' Hahahaha! It was SO much fun."
Cameron started to hide behind Brick. Izzy took notice of this and turned to Courtney. "I think he likes me."
"Oooooookay." Sammy reacted.
"Well, I guess at the end of the day, all we can really do is make guesses about it." Geoff said.
"But there are definitely some losers that we can do a lot more than guess about." Amy said. "One of them being the first contestants eliminated this season, Justin."
"Originally, he had the reputation as the hottest guy on the show, as most of the girls from Season 1, Owen, and even Sharks can attest to." Geoff said.
"However, it all went downhill from there, as girls started to get used to Justin, as well as him taking injury after injury during Season 2." Sammy added.
"Justin started to grow some major jealousy issues because of Alejandro, who seemed to better than him in every way. Kinda like how I am to Samey." Amy said.
"Except for show ranking." Sammy replied with a smug smile.
"UGH!" Though truthfully, Amy was a bit relieved. She finally got a reaction from her sister. Now she just needed to get Sammy to remember her place.
"Easy there girls." Geoff said. "Eventually, Justin's envy came to a breaking point when he started a fight with Alejandro during a boat race, costing his team the challenge."
"And the has been ended up getting the boot first." Amy said.
"Our first guest has gotten CPR from a shark, got tossed inside a basketball net, and fell for Courtney both figuratively AND literally." Geof said.
"Hey, it was strategy." Courtney defended.
"Give it up for Justin!"
A mild applause came from the audience as Justin walked on stage. "So glad to see that SOME people appreciate my looks." Justin said. He sat down on one of the empty couches on the left side of the stage.
"Justin! How's it going man?" Geoff asked.
"Eh. Not exactly happy with being the first boot, but at least unlike in Season 2, my gorgeousness remained untouched." Justin smiled at the Peanut Gallery. Other than Katie and Sadie, who merely giggled slightly, nobody reacted. "Oh, come on!"
"Looks like you peaked a bit too early, huh?" Amy taunted.
"Excuse me?!"
"What? It's the truth."
"Speaking of truth, how about we play a little Aftermath classic?" Geoff suggested. "Truth or Hammer! You know how the game is played, right Justin?"
"I'll be answering questions, and if I'm wrong, a giant hammer will swing down on me, right?" Justin asked.
"Bingo! So, first question. How did it feel to be the first eliminated contestant of the season?"
"Humiliating. But what's even worse is that it was because of Alejandro that I got the boot."
"Umm...YOU were the one who started the fight with him." Sammy pointed out.
"Because he was ripping off my image and plotted to steal my popularity."
The hosts flinched, but surprisingly, the hammer didn't come down. "Wait, you seriously think Alejandro is out to shceme against you?" Geoff asked.
"Duh. Think about it for a sec. Muscular guy who manipulates his female competitors with his good looks. Ringing any bells for you?"
"That doesn't mean he's plotting against you though. At worst, he's just taking what you did and improving on it."
"Yeah. Noah's girlfriend Emma is pretty similar to me, but you don't see me making conspiracies about it." Courtney said.
Justin ignored Courtney. "What do you mean improving on it? I did it WAY better than Alejandro!" Immediately, a large mallet swung down like a pendulum, hitting Justin in the face, and knocking him off the couch.
"At least he isn't completely delusional." Amy said.
Justin stood up, now having a black eye. "Great. Now my beauty is tarnished AGAIN."
"It's ok. Because true beauty is on the inside." Ella said.
Justin rolled his eyes. "Are we done yet?"
"With you, yeah. But next is another member in that lame boyband you're a part of." Amy told him.
"It looked like Cody would have a promising start in the beginning of the season." Sammy narrated. "He finally decided to let go of Gwen, and his super fan Sierra was giving him some much needed space."
"Things went down here for the bro fast though thanks to the devious farm boy, Scott." Geoff stated.
"During the challenge in the Everglades, Scott stole the key to the Blades' shock collars and pinned it on Cody. Zoey knew whose fault it really was, and even warned her team about it."
"But it wasn't enough, and Cody ended up getting the boot. But at least Sierra organized a farewell gift for him."
"Ugh." Amy said. "How mushy can you get?"
Sammy glared at Amy, but turned back to the camera. "Our next guest has gotten mauled by a bear, dingo, AND nearly eaten by a shark."
"Are we interviewing Owen already?" Geoff joked.
"Give it up for Cody!"
A large applause came as Cody strutted on stage with confidence.
"How come HE gets more applause?" Justin complained.
Cody looked at Amy and Sammy and gave a finger point to them. "Hello ladies." He said. "Either of you two wanna hang after the show?"
"Ugh. Barf." Amy reacted.
"Umm...I'll pass." Sammy said.
Cody sat down next to Justin on the couch for guests and leaned back in his attempt to look cool. "It's cool. Lots of girls get cold feet around the Code-meister."
"Yeah. 'Cold feet' is the word for it." Justin said, rolling his eyes.
"So, Cody. You probably weren't expecting to get blindsided by Scott, were you?" Geoff asked.
"Definitely not." Cody answered. "I didn't watch Season 4, so I always thought that Scott was just a simpleminded dirt eater. Didn't think he'd sabotage our team and shove me and Duncan under the bus for it."
"Scott was easily the most dishonorable soldier of my season." Brick said. "I don't approve of the actions Jo and Lightning did, but even they wouldn't deliberately sabotage their unit."
"Not to mention using Mike's disorder to blackmail him." Cameron added.
Amy turned to Courtney. "Man, you sure dated a piece of work, didn't you?"
Courtney rolled her eyes. "I'M not the one you should be interviewing."
Amy shrugged and turned to Cody. "So geek, back during the yacht party, you tried to mend things with Duncan. But two episodes after that, he votes you off. Bet that really ticked you off, huh?"
"If there's anyone I'm mad at, it would be Scott. Duncan just got tricked. Scott was the one who got me eliminated." Cody answered.
"By the way, sorry for voting for you too bro." Geoff said. "I should have took Zoey's warning more seriously. You might have still been in the game."
"Hey man, like I said, I have no hard feelings towards you guys. But I'm gonna be hoping that Scott goes down big time."
Several of the Peanut Gallery looked at Courtney. The CIT groaned. "I'm not gonna care about every matter that involves Scott you know."
"Well it DOES look like he stills holds affection for you." Ella said.
"Not to mention that Bridgette told Scott that she'd try and get you two talking again." Sadie added.
"I really couldn't care less about that." Courtney claimed.
Once again, a hammer came swinging like a pendulum. Cody ducked in time, but Justin wasn't so lucky, getting knocked to the ground once again. "Ow!" Justin yelled.
"Ok, you guys REALLY need to stop these things from activating when somebody ELSE lies." Cody told the hosts.
"Duly noted bro." Geoff replied.
"Though we DO have another question for you." Amy said. "Back in World Tour, you were beyond upset that Duncan got together with Gwen. But during Season 1, you said that you'd be happy as long as Gwen was happy. Why the flip-flop? And be careful about what you say." Amy pointed to Justin and the now two black eye's that he had.
Cody rubbed his arm awkwardly. "I guess at the time...I thought I finally had a chance since she broke up with Trent, you know? Getting shot down is one thing, but losing her when I got a second shot? Kinda sucked."
Dave sighed. "It really hurts when a girl you think is cool breaks your heart like that, huh?"
Cody opened his mouth, but Amy leaned in close to him. "Trust me. That freak is NOT someone you want to relate with."
"For once, I agree with Amy." Sammy said.
Cody looked confused, but shrugged. "Still, that was the past. Gwen's not into me. And if she dates Duncan, Trent, or some third guy, I'm fine with it." No hammer swung down. Cody was telling the truth.
"Props bro. Still, now that the topic's been brought up, how about we talk about Gwen's secrety crush?" Geoff suggested.
"During the Truth or Electrocution segment of the Florida challenge, Heather asked Gwen if she had feelings for anyone on the show. Gwen said she was done with romance, but the collar she was wearing revealed that she wasn't exactly telling the truth." Sammy narrated.
"And naturally, tons of fans are making guesses about who the secret crush is."
"Including us hosts." Amy said.
"We are?" Sammy asked.
"Yup. All three of us are putting 20 dollars into a pool. Correct guess takes all."
"But...we never agreed to-"
"My money is on my bro, Duncan." Geoff said. "I mean, you saw what happened when Duncan saved her life. Gwen was gonna say something to him before she got cut off."
"Yeah, um, that doesn't mean it was going to be a love confession though." Amy responded. "That 'and' could have been anything. It could be 'and I owe you one' or 'and my hair looks even worse than before'. MY money is on Trent."
"The two of them find it too awakward to even be in the same room for too long." Geoff pointed out.
"Doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings for him. The truth or electrocution challenge revelaed that Trent still liked Gwen, remember? Besides, I think some behind the scenes footage that was taken shortly after the Barcelona challenge can back me up on that."
The monitor displayed Gwen outside of the cabin cruiser, looking at the night sky.
"Hey Gwen." A voice said. Gwen turned her head and saw that Trent was behind her.
"Oh, Trent. Um...I was just leav-"
"Come on, enough of this." Trent interrupted. "Ever since that Truth or Electrocution challenge, we've been avoiding each other. It almost cost us the game this challenge."
Gwen sighed. "Yeah, can't exactly deny that."
Trent walked up next to Gwen, and started looking at the sky alongside her. "You know, I'm not sure if it's just me, but these past couple nights, it always look like the stars have been forming a cross sign." Trent pointed to where he was looking at.
"That's Cygnus." Gwen said.
"Cygnus...you mean Swan?"
Gwen nodded. "It's at it's most visible during summer."
Trent looked. "Hard to think of it as a swan though. No beak, no feathers, nothing."
"Constellations aren't exactly a photograph you know." Gwen snorted.
"Yeah, but why call it a swan? Calling it 'plus' would make more sense. More accurate to what it looks like."
"Ok Harold." Gwen chuckled.
"Hey!" Trent protested, but he was chuckling too.
A few seconds of silence passed before Gwen turned to Trent. "So, are we cool?"
Trent gave a thumbs up. "Totally."
Gwen smiled before she and Trent hugged each other.
The screen stopped displaying the footage, Amy smugly smiling at Geoff. "See?"
"Friends can hug." Geoff pointed out.
"It's WAY better evidence than what you brought up though."
Geoff shrugged before turning to Sammy. He wanted to make sure both twins were involved. "Who are you betting on?"
Sammy rubbed her arm. "I dunno...Kitty maybe?"
"Um, out of nowhere much?" Amy asked.
"Well you guys already picked the two likely options! Besides, she's nice, fun, and seems to get along with Gwen pretty well."
"Thinking of it at a different angle. Not bad." Geoff praised.
"Whatever. Are we gonna move on to the next guest now?" Amy asked.
"In a sec. First, there's one last question to ask Cody." Geoff then nudged Sammy.
"Huh?" The nicer twin asked.
"We prepared for this." Geoff whispered.
"Oh, right! Um, so, Cody. During the Florida challenge, you talked about how part of you missed Sierra obsessing over you because it made it feel like you mattered. Can you talk further about that? I mean, if you don't want to, that's totally ok."
"No it isn't. The entire POINT of this show is to get the dirt, Samey." Amy told her.
Sammy didn't respond.
"Ugh, would you say something already?!"
"It's cool ladies. No need to fight over the Codester." Cody said. Cody stopped leaning back. "For a while now, I always kinda wanted some recognition. But I guess it was around the time All-Stars happened for when it was at it's worst. Everyone who made it to the final 5 of World Tour got invited for All-Stars...except for me. I thought World Tour was where I made my mark, you know? I made it to the Final Three, and when I got eliminated, helped Heather win. But it still wasn't enough for the producers."
"So, it was all about not getting invited for that season?" Geoff asked.
"Well, not all of it, but partially. I know it's kind of a lame reason. I'm far from the only one turned down that season. But it felt like World Tour amounted to nothing, you know? But the more I thought of it, the more I realized that I kinda relied heavily on Sierra. A good amount of the fans were talking about that too. The pride I was feeling after ranking so high plummeted when it started to feel undeserved. I was actually kinda excited to be doing another season, since I'd get another chance to make a mark. But then I'm the second person to get the boot. Then when Sierra stopped freaking out over me, I felt like something was missing." Cody let out a sigh. "And that's when I realized that having a superfan helped make me feel special. Like I was actually the cool guy I wanted to be."
"Whoa...didn't know you felt that way bro."
"Wah wah wah. You didn't get the attention you wanted." Amy mocked.
"Um, that's kinda harsh brah." Geoff reacted.
"What? He's far from the only one who didn't leave much of a mark. That dumb jock guy already did this song and dance during Season 3. And hello? You're talking to someone who got unfairly booted out third because of her sister's cheating. You don't see me throwing a pity party about it."
"Wow. She's like, really mean." Katie whispered to Sadie who nodded in agreement.
"Whatever. Can we move on to the next guest already?" Amy asked.
"In due time. First, it's time to show a personal favorite, That's Gonna Leave a Mark!" Geoff exclaimed. "Roll it!"
The television displayed Emma, Brody, and Alejandro riding a bear through rocky terrain on Boney Island. Seconds later, Brody lost his balance and fell off the bear, painfully skinned across the ground. Emma and Alejandro didn't even notice.
Next was a clip of Duncan shooting at Team Heather's goal during the soccer challenge. Harold gets in the way of the shot, only to have the ball hit him in the groin, Duncan and Geoff both laughing as a result. It's followed by a clip of Duncan relaxing on the bench during the break only for a soccer ball to hit him on the back of the head. He turns around and sees Leshawna whistling innocently.
A clip of Mike and Harold walking by mangroves in the Everglades together is shown. Soon, a python with a collar slinks out from the mangroves, and wraps itself around Harold, crushing him.
A clip of Mike and Sky practicing their trapeze act is shown. At one point, Sky is about to leap towards Mike's hands, but misses, and falls painfully to the ground.
Finally, one last clip is shown of Dawn scratching the panther's ears to relax it. The panther looks calm before Owen suddenly farts, causing the panther to pounce on and maul Owen.
"Man. The big guy just can not win with animals." Geoff chuckled.
"Whatever. It's about time we move on to our next guest." Amy said. "Let's see how they're doing."
The monitro displayed footage of Sky and Owen in the green room. Owen was still in a wheelchair and wearing an arm cast. Despite only having one good arm, he was helping himself to the snacks just fine. Sky meanwhile was nervously tapping the floor with her right foot while sitting on the couch.
Owen tossed a sandwich into the air and caught it with his mouth. "Mmm." He then took a look at Sky. "You ok Sky?"
Sky took a breath. "Stage fright I guess. It's kinda weird. It's not like this is the first time I've been on TV before. But being interviewed in front of a live crowd hits in a different way."
"I can understand that. But don't worry. Just tell the truth, and you'll be fine. I didn't get zapped by the electric chair once."
"Yeah, but the idea of getting bombared with questions that I'm uncomfortable being asked is...wait, electric chair?"
The camera cut back to the hosts. "Sounds like our next guest is pretty nervous. Perfect time to bring her out." Amy said.
"Might as well get her segment over with." Dave muttered.
"And not just her, but the big man Owen as well. Roll it!" Geoff said.
"This season, Owen and Sky were faced with insecurities of theirs early in the season." Sammy narrated.
"Fatso was freaking out about the idea of being his team's leader." Amy said. "And the pressure that lawyer girl was placing on him didn't help."
"While Sky was feeling overshadowed by teammates and enemies alike." Geoff stated.
"Both of them had people to fall back on for support, including each other after the two made an unexpected friendship in Barcelona, Sky even confronting Emma for her treatment of Owen in a later challenge." Sammy said.
"But while all of the support for the big man came from good faith, Sky's confidant was the backstabbing Heather, manipulating Sky into taking away votes from her, and then dumping Sky afterwards. Harsh."
"Man, didn't take her to be so much of a dupe." Amy taunted.
"Owen on the other hand finally overcame his insecurities and gained confidence in himself as a leader." Sammy said.
"But the victory was short lived, 'cause the dude got eliminated due to massive injuries he got from saving Duncan and Gwen's lives." Geoff added.
"But he left happy, especially when all the contestants came to bid farewel to him."
"Gag. I thought we were done with the sappy eliminations." Amy complained.
"Our next two guests have swarmed by bees, drank disgusting food blends, and trained themselves to burp beyond what a normal person can do. Give it up for Sky and Owen!" Sammy announced. Geoff smiled. Sammy was finally getting into it.
An applause came as Sky and Owen came on stage, Sky pushing Owen in his wheelchair. "Hi everybody!" Owen waved happily.
Sky waved as well. She then took a look at the peanut gallery, and groaned. "Hi Dave." She said.
Dave crossed his arms and turned his head away.
"Owen, my bro. Good to have you on." Geoff said. He offered a fistbump, which Owen accepted.
"Thanks Geoff." Owen took a look at the peanut gallery and gasped in pleasant surprise. "Holy guacamole! Hi Max!"
"Ugh. Hello cousin Owen." Max said, annoyed.
"Wait, he's your cousin?" Sky asked Owen.
"Totally! We used to play a ton of games when we were kids." Owen answered.
"We weren't playing games, I was teaching you how to embrace your evil side!" Max protrested. "You were making such good progress until you threw it all away after 5th grade."
"Oh, what a heartfelt reunion. This makes me wish my cousin Gwen was a guest as well." Ella said.
"Wait, Gwen's your cousin?" Cameron asked.
"Indeed. We had so much fun when we were little. I would sing songs for her, and in turn, she would throw clothes and pillows at me. I'm sure it was her way of throwing flowers."
"There'll be time to talk about boring family stuff later." Amy said. "Which one of you losers wants to answer questions first?"
Owen took a look at Sky. She was clearly still nervous. "I'll do it." He volunteered.
Sky gave an appreciative look to Owen before sitting down on the couch meant for guests.
Geof put a finger on his earpiece. "Yeah? Ok, got it." Geoff took his finger off his earpiece. "The producers want us to make this short, since you've already been an aftermath guest big guy."
"We're seriously putting him truth or hammer? But he can't even stand." Sammy pointed out.
"It's no biggie." Owen said. "Fire away!"
"Wa-hoo! Go Owen!" Izzy cheered. "Taking the risk!"
"You're on surprisingly good terms with your ex." Eva said.
Izzy raised an eyebrow. "Ex?"
"So, this is by far the earliest you got eliminated in a Total Drama season, and that's including if we count Ridonculous Race. Were you surprised that you got eliminated so early?" Geoff asked.
"Honestly, I'm kinda surprised I lasted this long." Owen answered.
Geoff noticed that no hammer swung down. "For real?"
"Ever since Florida, I was worried like crazy that I would screw things up for my team. Finding out about all the responsibilities of being a leader really freaked me out, you know? I was sure I'd let them down and get voted off, so getting eliminated on my own terms was actually better than what I was expecting."
"So, do you hold any hard feelings towards Emma for pressuring you the way she did?" Sammy asked.
"Not really. I'm just worried if the team, other than Kitty and Noah of course, will hate her for it. Especially Gwen. Emma's pretty competitive, but she's not Courtney."
"Um, I'm right here you know!" Courtney yelled.
"Oh. Sorry.
"Last question. After you were declared too injured to continue competing, you chose Noah as the new team leader. How do you think he'll do?" Geoff asked.
"Noah's really smart, so I'm sure there's nothing to worry about with my little buddy leading the team." Suddenly, a mallet came swinging in, hitting Owen in the head, and tipping him out of his wheelchair. "Augh, that smarts!"
"Looks like you don't have faith in that little buddy of yours after all." Amy said with a smirk.
Sky and Justin got out of the couch and helped Owen stand back up. "Urghh...I'm sure Owen can explain." Sky strained to say.
The two of them put Owen back into his wheelchair. "So tubby, why the lie?" Amy asked.
"I wasn't entirely lying. I do think Noah will do a good job." Owen answered. "But I guess there is one thing to worry about."
"His relationship with Emma, right?" Geoff guessed.
Owen nodded. "When we competed in Ridonculous Race, Noah lost focus a lot because of his feelings for her. I don't think it'll happen again, but I guess I am kinda worried about that."
"Well, let's hope Noah doesn't get himself eliminated that way then. Alright Sky. You're up next." Geoff said.
Sky sighed. "Alright. I'm ready."
"So, back before we knew that Chris would be roping us in for another season, you were keeping your distance away from the others at the party. Any reason for that?"
"Yeah, I never took you for the shy type, Sky." Sammy said.
Sky rubbed her arm awkwardly, but didn't answer.
"Um, this is a TALK show. So talk." Amy said.
"Can't we skip this question?" Sky asked.
"Nope. Now spill."
"It has to do with me, doesn't it?" Dave asked from the peanut gallery.
Several of the peanut gallery looked at Dave. "You really think so?" Brick asked.
Sky sighed. "He's not wrong. I really wanted to avoid talking about the Dave stuff, and Sierra and Chris bringing it up being the literally first thing I hear when I arrived at the yacht didn't help."
"So you were worried that if you socialized, they'd bring up the Dave situation?" Sammy asked.
Sky nodded. "Yeah. I have enough people asking me questions about the Dave situation back at home, so I really wanted to avoid that."
"Can we not name it that?" Dave asked.
Dave's question went ignored. "So, what made you decide to trust Heather? Geoff asked. "I mean...she's Heather."
"I only watched some of the Total Drama episodes of previous seasons. I knew Heather was bossy and underhanded, but I didn't know that it would be to that great an extent." Sky answered.
"Live and learn." Eva said. "She's a backstabbing, manipulative little witch."
"But even more than that, it was that Heather was the first person who I felt I could talk with. Like Owen, she helped me out when I was feeling inferior to Mike and Alejandro. And she was treating me pretty nicely."
"And then it all turned out to be a scheme of hers to save her own butt." Izzy said.
"Yes. Thank you Izzy." Sky sarccastically answered.
"I get why she acted so nice to you, but why did Heather vote Sky off?" Owen asked. "If she voted for Al with her leader vote, combined with Sierra and Sky, he would gave gotten 4 votes. She could convince Harold and B to vote for Sky like regular, but Al would end up going home instead."
"Huh. You're right." Sammy said.
"Do you think Heather just messed up?" Katie asked.
"I doubt it. Heather's a cunning competitor." Brick replied.
"She was probably worried that Alejandro had an immunity idol, like how he had it back in All-Stars." Cameron suggested. "Then Heather and Sky would be facing off in a tie breaker challenge since they would be tied for the second most votes, and Heather wouldn't want to risk that."
"Or maybe she doesn't want to take Alejandro out so early. She might still find him useful." Courtney said.
"It doesn't really matter. In the end, I failed." Sky said.
"Sky..." Owen said.
"Well Sky, we have someone who wants to talk to you on webcam, from Pesaro, Italy." Sammy told her.
The monitor came down and displayed a young woman who looked very similar to Sky. Her hair was longer, reaching down to her shoulders, and was wearing bright red lipstick. She seemed to be standing in an apartment. "Hey sis! Long time no see."
"Luna?!" Sky asked in shock.
"Your sister lives in Italy?" Owen asked.
"No. I'm just competing there for the Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in about a month." Sky's sister, apparently named Luna, answered.
"An entire championship just for ribbon twirling?" Amy scoffed.
"Hey, it's far more than-" Sky began to yell.
"Relax Sky." Luna told her. "No need to get in a fight on my behalf again."
"So, Luna. What do you want to say to your little sis, Sky?" Geoff asked.
"I mostly just wanted to check up on my kid sister. I've been so busy traveling that we haven't seen each other since Christmas."
"Bet you're pretty disappointed in her for her shoddy performance this season, huh?" Amy asked.
"Amy! Not cool!" Geoff yelled. Amy was reminding Geoff of how he was like back during the Aftermaths in Season 2.
Luna sighed. "Well, there is something I'm disappointed in Sky about." She answered.
Sky sighed. "Sorry to let you down sis. I didn't do anywhere near as good as I did back during Pahkitew Island. I was completely overshadowed. Both as a contestant, and a gymnast."
"That's not what I'm disappointed about sis. You could get dead last in the competition, and I wouldn't mind."
Sky was surprised by this. "Wait, what?"
"Agreed. What?" Courtney asked.
"What's important is that you give it your all, and you did that."
"Then...why are you disappointed?" Sky asked.
"Because you let the game control you. Just like in Pahkitew Island. Look, you should definitely aim to win. But that doesn't mean you should let it get in the way of making friends or having a good time."
"But it would distract me from the competition." Sky claimed.
"Listen Sky. I can't exactly say that I have experience with reality shows specifically, but I've been in more than my fair share of competitions. And while naturally I tried my best, that wasn't my only priority. I got to know people, including competitors. I toured around when I traveled, made plans, and yes, dated people. You could have dated somebody while still being focused on the game."
"Your sis has a point." Geoff said.
"Not to mention that, with the exception of Cameron, every contestant who won a season on Total Drama also made room for a relationship." Sammy added.
"See Sky? Even your sister thinks you handled the situation poorly." Dave said.
Luna took a look at Dave. "You. Shut up."
"But-"
"After cheering when you thought my sister died in an avalanche, you don't get to talk. You're lucky I'm not in the same room as you right now."
Eva turned to Sky. "I like your sister."
Dave crossed his arms. "It's not like I was the one to cause it." He muttered.
"Ok, but that was last season. That doesn't have anything to do with-" Sky began to say.
"Because of how worried you were about the Dave stuff, you didn't try to socialize with your teammates." Luna told her. "That's the biggest reason for why Heather manipulated you so easily, and how she got two others to vote you off. Didn't help that you spent so much time focusing on people who you thought were better than you."
"But I'm a gymnast! I'm supposed to try and be the best I can be!"
"You're right. That's what you're supposed to do. But does constantly kicking yourself for not being as good as others lead to improvement?"
Sky widened her eyes. Everything her sister said was so simple. But Sky never once thought of things that way. Tears began to build up in her eyes. "I'm...I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry."
With the exception of Amy, everyone was looking either concerned, or sympathetic for Sky. Owen wheeled up to her and gave her a surprisingly not painful hug. "It's ok Sky."
Sammy walked up to Sky, and put a hand on her shoulder. "You don't have to apologize to us."
"She's right. If there's anyone you should apologize to, it's yourself." Luna told her.
Sky sniffled, then smiled. "So, am I supposed to go to a mirror and say apologize to my reflection?"
Luna chuckled. "How about you start with making room for hanging out with other people in that tight schedule of yours."
Sky nodded as Owen broke the hug. "I'll keep that in mind. Kisâkihitin."
"Kisâkihitin." Luna repeated.
The feed cut off as the monitor went back up. "So, how do you feel?" Sammy asked.
Sky rotated her arms a bit. "Like I can do anything. Thanks guys."
"No problem dudette." Geoff said.
"OMG. Have you two forgotten that we're supposed to be getting dirt? We aren't a therapy show." Amy said.
"Ok, can't you just let them have a happy moment?" Dave asked.
Geoff was about to say something as well before Sammy walked up to Amy.
"What? Finally have something to say?" Amy asked.
Sammy slapped Amy across the face.
Amy put a hand on her right cheek in shock. "Wh...what the...?"
All of the peanut gallery as well as the eliminated contestants stared at the twin in shock.
"Get. Lost." Sammy told Amy. "You're seriously the worst."
Amy said nothing for a while. Then suddenly, she walked off stage, still dumbfounded about what happened.
"Um...uh...I guess that's all we have for today." Geoff said.
Sammy turned to the camera, smiling as if nothing happened. "Thank you all for tuning in! Make sure to stay tuned for the next dramatic episode of Total! Drama! Voyage!"
And with that, the first Aftermath chapter is done. I hope that for a non-challenge based chapter, it was still enjoyable for you guys. Next chapter, it's back to the competition. How will Noah handle being the team leader for the Strawberry Shortcakes? Will we get more details about the Arsène Lupin copycat? And what about Gwen's mystery crush? Stay tuned to find out.