"The thing about roads is sometimes you happen upon them again. Sometimes you get another chance to travel down the same path." - Jill Santopolo, The Light We Lost
"Last time on Total Drama Sci-Fi Showdown," Chris started as he stood at the entrance to a resort near the beach area across the Drama Dome's location. "The teams were placed in a large spaceship, with their goal being to escape on a single spacecraft located in a hanger. Armed with all the assets at their disposal, and Cyrus' useless knowledge he gained from their team's secret room, they clashed and created drama and chaos! But after a while of going back and forth, the Silver Terminators were the clear winners. This put the Cyan Protoss up for elimination and even though the majority wanted Cyrus gone, Lucy's schemes put Nataline on the chopping block. But with the help of an Invincibility Statue, the noble girl was spared, and a tiebreaker between Nelly and Cyrus. In the end, the emo boy got to stay for another day as the nerd took the fall." He smirked.
He spread his arms wide in a dramatic fashion. "But enough about them, it's time we go see the fallen. Let's see how they have been coping up these past few days so stay tuned on Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!" He finished with a flair.
The camera pans to an aerial view of the resort. It is luxurious in design, with a large creatively shaped swimming pool by the side and a beach front over at the end of the resort. There are a few infrastructures inside that made up the souvenir shop, the bar, and the rooms. There is a massive fountain and gazebo in the middle of the place, which in aerial view the entire place looks like a futuristic power core which fits the sci-fi theme. Chris entered the resort and scanned the place for the eliminated contestants.
"This episode will solely focus on the eliminated contestants and what they think about the game." Chris said to the camera. "There's Valerie and Wesley over there." He pointed to the gazebo, and sure enough the flirt and the rich boy were there, the former trying to flirt with the latter but he was too dense to pick up on her advances.
"You know, I like your clothes. It really suits you." Valerie batted her eyebrows, but only earned an appreciative nod from the boy.
"Why thank you. I personally chose this to be my clothes for this season." Wesley said with his usual charming smile. Chris approached the both of them and got their attention by clearing his throat.
"Ahem. Excuse me, but I'm gonna interview you guys for a while." Chris told them. 'It's for the fans."
"For the fans!?" Valerie looked surprised and then winked at the camera. "Heya! It's me, Valerie!" She said with a flirtatious tone.
"And I'm Wesley, though I'm sure we have all been properly acquainted." Wesley smiled while facing the camera, which made Valerie gush for a bit.
"Alright so I'm gonna ask a few questions before I move on." Chris told them.
"By all means." Wesley encouraged.
"Okay then. You know who the remaining twelve are, right?" Chris asked.
"Yep. We just saw Nelly get here last night so we all know who's left." Valerie answered.
"Good, because now I'm gonna ask you about who you think is gonna win." Chris smirked.
"Isn't it too early to decided on that?" Wesley asked with a tilt of his head. "Not only that, but we have not been able to watch them play the game."
"All we had were their stories." Valerie pouted. "And I don't believe some of them."
"Well too bad, that's the question." Chris shrugged. "So think of a potential winner right now." He urged.
"I say that I'm rooting for Nataline." Wesley smiled. "I believe she is playing a great game and I do hope she wins."
"Then I suppose I should inform you that Nataline got the most votes at the last elimination, and only Tatiana's Invincibility Statue saved her from going to this resort." Chris told Wesley. "But if you still think she deserves to win then go ahead. It's good to know she has supporters over here at least."
"Does nobody like her?" Wesley asked with a frown.
"Watch the season on tv and find out." Chris smirked. "How about you, Valerie?"
"I'm rooting for Phoebe!" Valerie exclaimed. "She totally deserves to win."
"Ah, that's the cute girl who resembles a porcelain doll right?" Wesley tried to remember.
"That's her. She's been doing her best and I wish she wins it all." Valerie said honestly. "Not to mention she plays a clean game."
"Yes, Phoebe has never doing any shady acts since she stepped off the bus and as always genuinely wanted to be better for her team." Chris nodded. "But they could be approaching merge already, so her efforts might be useless now." He laughed sadistically.
"Hey, that's mean. She'll find a way." Valerie pouted.
"Anyway, last question for each of you, starting with Wesley." Chris turned to the rich boy. "You eliminated because of a strategy spearheaded by Lucy and Terrance. What can you say about that?"
"I understood the circumstances of my elimination, as Ivy explained it to me when she got eliminated." Wesley nodded with his charming smile. "But I do not hold it against them. Surely they had a good reason for doing it, and I've never been one to hold grudges."
"So forgiving..." Valerie sighed dreamily as she stared at him.
"Next is for Valerie." Chris turned his attention to the flirt, who snapped back to reality. "Marvin and Phoebe got together now, any reactions?"
"Yes!" Valerie stood up and cheered.
"I'm happy for them." Wesley chimed in.
"I knew they would get together! They both deserve it!" Valerie beamed.
"Well that's about it then." Chris laughed. "Enjoy whatever you guys were doing, I suppose." He said dismissively as he headed for the poolside.
Chris reached the poolside and found Delilah, Harvey, Betty, and Sarah hanging out. Delilah wore a green one piece swimsuit with the design of a slithering snake across the back is currently on top of a float bed with a drink in hand. Harvey wore his simple gray swim shorts and wore his shades as he relaxed by a beach chair under an umbrella. Betty wore a polka dotted two piece with a short skirt, doing a swimming competition with Sarah, who is wearing a black bikini. Chris wemt over to the four of them.
"Attention! I came here to interview you all so get over here!" Chris ordered. They all stopped what they were doing and turned to face the host. "Good. Now let's start with something simple. Who do you think will win this game?"
"Arnold." Sarah exclaimed simply. "I'll always be rooting for him."
"Such loyalty." Betty complimented with a smile. "I'm rooting for either Jane or Tatiana." She took her phone from the table beside Harvey. "Maybe I should make this a poll." She excitedly typed away on her phone.
"Well I don't know what happened much in the game but since Arnold's still in the game then I root for him too. You know, because alliance member and all." Delilah shrugged. "I'm actually still pretty pissed that I left early."
"Well you can obviously blame Lucy for plotting that, and she's still in the game." Chris laughed. "I bet you want a second chance to get back at her."
"Darn right I do." Delilah frowned.
"And what about you Harvey?" Chris turned towards the boy that's still looking out over the pool. "Are you even listening?" He asked, annoyed.
"I am." Harvey replied casually. "And I think that Arnold can win. He's a pretty chill dude."
"Wow, look at all of Arnold's supporters." Chris smirked. "Now I'm tempted to tell you guys how he's doing in the game."
"Tell us." Sarah urged as she went up to Chris. The host had to back away to avoid getting soaked.
"Fine fine, he's playing aggressively now." He told her.
"But isn't that part of his nature?" Harvey asked as he lowered his shades a bit to look at Chris.
"I meant that he really went aggressive. He started relentlessly hurting the girls from the other team just to win the last challenge." Chris chuckled. "He really didn't like Sarah leaving so he's trying twice as hard to win."
"Yikes, that doesn't sound good." Delilah shook her head.
"Oh Arnold..." Sarah sighed to herself as she looked away in thought.
"Well enough about that." Chris said dismissively. "I have individual questions for all of you. Let's start with Delilah." He turned towards the girl with a smirk. "If you made it to the merge, what kind of strategy would you play?"
"Well I'm out anyway so I guess I can just say it here." Delilah sighed. "I was gonna play the cunning strategist game. I'll use whatever I can to get boys to do what I say then plant the seeds of doubt to those who oppose me. It's a simple villainous strategy but it works. I'm gonna be like a deceiving serpent." She said proudly.
"Yeah, your swimsuit says all." Sarah pointed out.
"Nice answer. Too bad the viewers won't get to see it in action." Chris laughed sadistically which made Delilah frown. "Next up is Harvey." The boy took off his shades and faced the host.
"Shoot it, my man." He nodded.
"Why are you always so chill?" Chris asked. "Your elimination went so smoothly it's pretty pathetic to be honest. This is Total Drama after all." He pointed out.
"I just think stressing out too much is gonna give you gray hairs faster, you know." Harvey answered. "Sometimes being too stressed makes you hate life, not enjoy it. I don't want that. I'm not about to go insane because I couldn't pass algebra yo."
"I can relate to that." Betty said solemnly. Sarah nodded as well and patted his shoulder.
"We feel you, brother." The rocker girl added.
"That's pretty deep." Chris remarked. "But still useless on a show like this." He shook his head. "You're up next, Betty."
"Hold on a moment." Betty said as she typed away at her phone. "My classmate Betsy just chatted me."
"I don't have all day you know." Chris said impatiently. He then snatched her phone and confiscated it.
"Hey!" Betty objected but the host held her back. "I gotta wait for her reply."
"I'll give it back after you answer my question." Chris told her irritably.
"Fine." Betty grumbled and crossed her arms. "Hurry up already." She urged the host.
"Your teammates voted you off mostly because you were always on your phone. Why do you always use it even during challenges?"
"I literally CANNOT live without my phone!" Betty exclaimed with emphasis on the word 'cannot'. "I need it to take pictures and chat with my online friends and everything! I kinda thought that a little checking here and there wouldn't hurt."
"A little? I could make Chef set up a montage of you using your phone on critical moments." Chris pointed out to her.
"It's that bad?" Betty frowned. Chris nodded. She looked at everyone else who only shrugged in response.
"Dude, the only people who would comment on this are your teammates yo." Harvey said in a clam voice.
"Then I'll go ask Wesley or Felix later." Betty sighed.
"Last is Sarah." Chris called for the rocker girl, who made air guitar sounds.
"Here!" Sarah waved her hand.
"Wow, nice way of establishing your presence." Chris shook his head. "Anyway, what do you see in Arnold?"
"You mean, as a boyfriend?" Sarah asked.
"Yeah, that. Why him?" Chris shrugged his shoulders. Sarah thought for a bit before snapping her fingers.
"I like his enthusiasm and his passion for what he does. It's not everyday you see someone so pumped up to do physical challenges or even care about team moral. I know this game caters to cutthroats so it's good to have a positive vibe every now and then because it's still a part of reality tv." Sarah answered honestly and seriously.
"Rocker dudette knows what's up." Harvey nodded in agreement.
"I can agree with that." Delilah chimed in.
"Same!" Betty exclaimed.
"That's actually a good answer." Chris blinked. "Honestly, I didn't expect thatk ind of answer from you."
"Hey." Sarah pouted. "Well at least you were honest about it." She grumbled as she crossed her arms.
"Well I'm done with you people and I have to interview the rest." Chris said dismissively as he walked away from the group.
"Notice how Chris doesn't immerse himself in our season?" Harvey suddenly asked them when he was out of earshot.
"I did notice that, yeah." Delilah realized. "It's like his only job here is to give out challenges and do eliminations."
"I do remember him being more sadistic and someone who likes making snarky comments so it is kinda weird." Betty added.
"But isn't that a good thing?" Sarah tilted her head. "We're basically the chill cast."
"Amen to that." Harvey grinned.
Chris went inside the bar to find Nicholas and Shane sitting inside by the counter. Both had a drink in hand and the contents indicated it was whiskey.
"Isn't it a bit too early to be drinking?" Chris smirked as he approached them and sat down on a seat between them.
"Isn't it a bit too early for you to start talking?" Shane countered as he took a sip of his drink.
"Respect the host, Shane." Nicholas scolded in an even tone. "He's obviously here for something. I deduce it has something to do with the aftermath and he's here to interview the both of us."
"Not bad. What else can you find out about my visit here?" Chris asked.
"I found out that you're not doing the interviews in order." Nicholas stated with confidence as he shook his drink a little, making the ice clink together. "Before I came in, I saw you conversing with Wesley and Valerie. The lack of sweat on your forehead indicated that you have not interviewed anyone else at that time, which is obvious given that they were 18th and 17th place respectively. You seem to only interview people as you go along and find them." He deduced. Chris look at him in surprise while Shane only scoffed.
"Get off your high horse." The loner boy muttered under his breath.
"Well you're right. I do interview people along the way." Chris admitted. "But who's to say that maybe I brought along a handkerchief to wipe my sweat?" He smirked.
"If you did, then strands of your hair will clearly be shown in messy ways and parts of your light make-up will be smeared. I can see that not a single aspect of that has changed since you came here." Nicholas stated as he glanced at the host's face. "And if you truly want to make a point, then go ahead and show us your handkerchief."
"Most of the time Chris really is all talk." Shane gave a side smirk as he finished his drink. "So let's get on with the interviews."
"Just for that comment, I'm gonna interview Nicholas first." Chris huffed and faced the detective, who finished his drink as well.
"Please, go ahead." Nicholas told him.
"Why are you so bent on observing the law so much that you used whatever power you had to try and take out Lucy, who simply did venial crimes?" Chris asked him.
"Ever crime must be punished, no matter how minor they may be." Nicholas stated evenly. "Without the hand of justice, there will be chaos and anarchy. The law is what keeps society intact. It is what preserves people's sanity." He continued.
"That's a dumb reason. You can't just catch and kill every criminal in the world." Shane scoffed.
"I'll do whatever it takes to make it so. The difference will be beneficial to all." Nicholas insisted without losing his cool.
"Well you answered the question. I could care less about what reality it becomes." Chris shrugged indifferently. "Alright Shane, your turn."
"Whatever." The loner boy rolled his eyes.
"Why do you refuse to work together with your teammates, even when they seem to get along in challenges?" Chris asked him.
"Because I don't care about teamwork." Shane answered as if it's the most obvious question in the world.
"That's it? Nothing else?" Chris tried to pry but only received an annoyed grunt.
"Nope. Now get lost." Shane growled a bit. "You're done, right?"
"Actually I still have one more and it's for both of you." Chris announced. "Who do you think is going to win the game?"
"Definitely not Phoebe." Shane rolled his eyes. "I honestly don't care who wins."
"For me, either Nataline or Jude deserves to win. I'd like to think they are working hard to be able to make it this far." Nicholas answered.
"Nice answer." Chris nodded towards Nicholas.
"I answered too." Shane pointed out.
"Your answer is worse than the others' actually." Chris shook his head as he stood up and left the bar.
"Piss off." Shane grumbled.
"Watch the language, Shane." Nicholas warned.
Chris went over to the souvenir shop to find Ivy, Nelly, and Felix inside and looking at a few items for sale. He smiled as he went inside and cleared his throat.
"Nelly! Felix! Ivy! This season's fan favorites!" He announced with a wide grin.
"Really? We're fan favorites?" Felix asked hopefully.
"Of course not." Chris chuckled. "What are you, part of the merge cast?"
"Technically, I was supposed to be part of the merge cast." Nelly said bitterly. "Stupid Tatiana had to use her Invincibility Statue on that rich girl. Emphasis on rich, by the way. What right does she have to compete over me!?" She complained.
"Well that's the beauty of Total Drama for you." Chris smirked. "Pure, random, and effective drama for everyone to enjoy. Your elimination just added to that." Nelly responded by stomping down on Chris' foot, making him cry out in pain. "Yowch!"
"He deserves it." Felix sighed. "So what is it you want anyway?"
"Just an interview." Chris said simply. "I'll ask you a general question first."
"Shoot." Felix nodded.
"Who do you think is going to win?" Chris asked them.
"My vote goes to Terrance." Nelly sighed. "He's the only decent person on my team. I don't know much about anyone on the other team plus I hate Arnold so yeah."
"Nice answer. What about you, Felix?" Chris asked the prankster. Felix thought for a moment.
"Desmond is still in the game, right? I guess I'm rooting for him since he's the only one who bothered to make me his alliance member." Felix shrugged. "I didn't stay long in the game, okay?"
"And what about you, Ivy?" Chris turned to the other girl only to find her staring blankly at a rack of sunglasses. "Ivy!" Chris said in a louder voice now. This brought her back to attention.
"Yes?" She asked in confusion with a tilted head.
"I said, who ado you think is going to win?" Chris asked in an annoyed tone.
"Oh, okay." Ivy nodded as she understood the question. "Let's see, maybe Phoebe is going to win. I mean, she did make it this far and is working hard for it." She explained.
"You don't think she might get overwhelmed by the others?" Chris asked.
"Not really. The merge is where people would normally turn their sights towards the challenge threats. This is the perfect opportunity for Phoebe to slip on by under the radar." Ivy said in a slightly distant tone.
"I wonder if she knows she can do that now." Nelly rolled her eyes.
"She probably doesn't." Felix shrugged. "Oh yeah, I was not able to prank her. It might be good."
"Or she could get a serious anxiety attack." Ivy frowned.
"Yeah that too." Felix admitted.
"Nobody cares whether Phoebe gets an anxiety attack or quits the competition." Chris interrupted. "What's important is that you answer my questions. First up is Felix."
"Well it's now or never." Felix said nonchalantly. "Go ask away."
"Do you regret not pranking anyone in the game?" Chris asked.
"Yes I do." Felix answered without hesitation. "I seriously wish I pranked someone in the game. But then again, I don't have my stuff with me."
"Cyrus pranked someone with just a banana peel." Nelly smirked.
"Who?" The prankster asked.
"Nataline." The nerd said with a small giggle. "It was pretty funny."
"I wish I saw that." Felix sighed.
"You can watch this season at home." Chris reminded him. "Enough of that for now because it's time for Nelly to answer hers."
"Just get it over with already." Nelly rolled her eyes. "I wanna go back to checking the souvenirs."
"What made you a nerd?" Chris asked bluntly.
"What do you mean by that?" Nelly narrowed her eyes at him.
"I meant, what made you interested in all this sci-fi stuff? One of your biggest advantages in the game is your knowledge regarding it which helped your team. Any comment on that?" Chris reiterated.
"I was always interested in that kind of stuff since I was little." Nelly answered. "I watched Back to the Future and Terminator, and played games like Bioshock and Starcraft. Seeing what science could become and imagining what we could do with such technology amazes me."
"I play games but I don't go all deep and contemplative about it." Felix shrugged.
"Well that's on you and you suck." Nelly snapped and huffed. "I'm clearly the better nerd here."
"I'm not even that much of a nerd." Felix shook his head.
"Isn't Terrance the biggest nerd here?" Ivy asked innocently. Nelly's face got flustered with anger and turned away from her without answering.
"Let's ignore Nelly for now." Chris said dismissively. "Last up is Ivy."
"Yes?" Ivy tilted her head.
"I was about to ask you why you always space out but you already answered that in a confessional." Chris admitted. "So here's another question, why did you join Total Drama?"
"Why did I join Total Drama?" Ivy repeated. "I originally came here for inspiration like Cyrus. But as I went on I realized that I do need the money in order for me to continue doing what I love."
"You don't think you'll make it big?" Felix asked.
"I want to be safe about it." Ivy stated.
"Too bad you can't support your dreams now." Chris gave a sadistic chuckle. "That's what you get for always dozing off."
"I know." Ivy frowned.
"Now since I'm done with you all I want you guys to gather back at the gazebo. Tell everyone to go." Chris ordered them.
"Sure." Felix nodded as he and the other two left the souvenir shop to go get the other eliminated contestants.
The eliminated contestants minus Richard all gathered around the gazebo when Chris arrived holding a small hologram device. He saw that almost everyone was present and so he placed it on the ground, prompting it to flicker to life and show a roulette with their face portraits on each slice of the circle.
"Now that everyone's here, we can start." Chris announced.
"I feel like we're missing someone yo." Harvey said as he glanced at his fellow eliminated contestants.
"We're missing Richard." Nicholas noticed.
"Who?" Nelly raised her eyebrow.
"Richard?" Valerie tilted her head in genuine confusion.
"You guys forgot about the first eliminated contestant, didn't you?" Chris smirked and waggled his finger. "Such bad friends."
"Hey we didn't see you go and interview him." Delilah defended.
"He didn't look interesting to interview." Chris countered.
"Now that's just mean." Ivy frowned.
"Yeah since Shane isn't interesting too." Nelly smirked. Shane glared and was about to go over to her when Nicholas stopped him.
"I swear I'll shut you up for good." Shane threatened.
"Keep making threats like that and I'll have to use violence on you." Nicholas said evenly to him. Shane sneered but backed away.
"Now that that's over, let's go back to what we're supposed to be doing." Chris got their attention again. Just then, Richard came running towards them. He stopped beside Chris and panted while he adjusted his wig.
"Why...wasn't I...informed of this?" He asked as he tried to catch his breath.
"I couldn't find you anywhere for your interview." Chris shrugged. "And I don't know why the others here didn't call you." He gave a side smirk towards the rest of teh contestants.
"I didn't forget about him yo." Harvey pointed out.
"But you still made no effort to go get him." Chris argued.
"Eh, fair enough." Harvey conceded.
"Go take a seat there." Chris told Richard as he pointed at a spot beside Valerie. The wig wearing boy obeyed and sat down beside the flirt, who made no attempt to flirt with him as she was too busy looking at Wesley. "Now then, I had you guys gather here so that we can determine the returnees for the merge."
"What?" Sarah widened her eyes. This was also met with collective gasps and murmurs.
"Such a fortunate turn of events." Wesley smiles.
"Finally, I have a chance to redeem myself." Delilah whispered to herself.
"Another chance at the million." Felix said excitedly.
"Don't get your hopes too high." Nelly rolled her eyes.
"Quiet!" Chris ordered. This made everyone shut up. "Good. Now obviously not every one of you will be brought back to the merge, so I will only bring back three returnees." He placed hi hand on top of the holographic wheel, but his touch made it feel and look so real.
"Just spin the wheel already." Shane said impatiently.
"Kill joy." Chris muttered before spinning the wheel. It spun for a long moment as everyone leaned forward a bit to see where it would land. It gradually became slower and slower until it finally stopped at someone's portrait. "Nicholas! You win a spot at the merge!" Chris announced to the detective.
"I am honored to be part of this show again." He gave a small smile and bow as he stood up.
"Stand beside me and don't sit with these losers." Chris smirked. "Don't worry, two more will join you." Nicholas obeyed and stood beside the host as he waited for him to spin the wheel again.
"Come on, please let it be me next." Valerie muttered hopefully.
Chris spun the wheel again. Everyone saw it get slower and slower and soon landed on Valerie's portrait.
"Yes!" The flirt cheered as she jumped up. Because of this, she accidentally hit Wesley in the face. "Oh no, I'm so sorry!" She apologized quickly as she covered her mouth.
"It is alright." Wesley said with a reassuring smile but Valerie still checked to see if he was alright.
"Oh thank God. I thought your beautiful face got damaged." Valerie breathed a sigh of relief before joining Nicholas over at the other side.
"Anyway, let's move on to the last returnee." Chris interjected.
"The suspense is killing me. I gotta tweet about this!" Betty exclaimed as she took out her phone and began snapping photos and a few selfies.
"Last returnee! Who will it be?" Chris said for dramatic effect as he spun the wheel again.
Everyone looked intently at the wheel as it gradually became slower, each hoping it would land on their portrait.
"And the last returnee is..." Chris started as the wheel came to a stop. "Felix!"
"Alright! Another chance to win it all!" Felix exclaimed with happiness as he cheerily went over to join the other two.
"That's right. The three of you have another shot at the million by joining the rest of the merge cast." Chris announced to them.
"Aw, this blows." Sarah frowned.
"Perhaps there is still next season." Wesley tried to say optimistically.
"Assuming you get chosen for it." Shane grunted as he stood up and began walking away from the group.
"Anyway, you guys can go do whatever you want. I'm done here. Too much exposure to loserville and I might get the infection." Chris smirked as he waved dismissively. He started walking back to the Drama Dome while Nicholas, Valerie, and Felix trailed behind him.
"Wait! What about my interview?" Richard called out as he ran up to the host.
"Don't care." Chris simply said as he brushed him off and continued on his way. The maestro just sighed dejectedly as he went back.
The four people entered the virtual world once more and looked around to see that it was still the same as when they left.
"Alright, so what should we take note of as we rejoin the rest?" Nicholas asked the host.
"Yeah like what happened to the others and about any alliances or threats or things like that." Valerie listed.
"I'm not telling." Chris shook his head with a sadistic grin. "It's your job to find that out yourself tomorrow."
"What? Seriously?" Felix gulped. "Out of the three of us here, I'm the one who left the earliest so I'm the most outdated one."
"Didn't you get the chance to ask the others?" Valerie asked.
"I did for some but the story is bits and pieces and you don't know if it's all believable." Felix said.
"That's a fair point. However, there isn't anything we can do about it." Nicholas looked around and saw two tall outposts a great distance from each other. "I'm assuming those are the Cyan Protoss and Silver Terminators outposts?" He asked the host.
"That's right. You won't be sleeping there for now though. Go ahead to the old Red Sith outpost and settle in, I'll see you in the morning." Chris ordered. "And if you try to disobey then your avatar will be brought back out and you'll be replaced." Chris warned as he flickered out of the world before anyone could answer.
"Well, this is gonna be hard for us." Felix sighed.
"Not for me, I'm just gonna talk to Cassie and the rest tomorrow." Valerie beamed. "Aside from me, there is no one from their alliance who got eliminated so I think they're still the biggest alliance there."
"I guess I can go talk to Desmond tomorrow." Felix thought out loud. "He's the only one I know there."
"I'm going to catch up with Nataline and see what I can learn. In the merge, many things can happen." Nicholas told them.
"Chris said that Nataline got the most votes last elimination." Valerie told him. "You should talk to her about it. Hey, maybe I can ask Cassie if she's willing to make an alliance with you two."
"That would be highly appreciated." Nicholas answered with a smile.
"What about me?" Felix frowned.
"You're aligned with Desmond right?" Valerie narrowed her eyes at him. "We don't like that guy, even though he's hot."
"That's true." Felix scratched his head. "Fine. Forget about it. I'll just go talk to whoever." He sighed and began walking in one direction.
"The Red Sith outpost is that way." Nicholas pointed at the other way. This made Felix stop then turn around.
"Oops." He scratched his head in embarrassment before going the right way. Valerie just giggled while she and Nicholas followed him.
"I hope we can have a good time in the merge!" The flirt exclaimed.
~Confessional~
Felix: I was voted out because my team thought I was a weak link. Well that's not fair since I never actually got to show my skills in the game. But now that I'm back, I'm gonna make sure I give it my 100 percent! No more holding back or playing passively, it's time to dish out some big moves!...And then prank them when I feel more comfortable about all this.
Nicholas: If what Valerie said about Nataline is true, then a lot of major events transpired in this game that I am not aware of. I did not often get a chance to talk to the others regarding their eliminations, but I am certain that I can get the gist of it once I see them all again. It isn't that hard to take in the tension in the air. By the way, I noticed that the three of us come from each of the three original teams. I wonder if that is a mere coincidence. *he begins thinking deeply*
Valerie: This is so exciting! I get to see all my friends and the cute boys again! I may not have helped Marvin get together with Phoebe but hey they made it work in the end. Now I need to think of ways to leave my mark in this game. *she winks at the camera* But seriously though, I hope I do well in the merge. The competition is gonna get tougher from here. I mean, these are the people who made it through the team phase so its gotta mean something, right?
~End Confessional~
Chris stood at the entrance of the Drama Dome with his signature smirk. "Now that we know the three returnees, let's see if they'll make it through the merge and into the finals. Tomorrow will be a whole new day for the contestants, and yet the drama still continues! Will Nicholas continue on his mission to bring Lucy to justice? Will Felix be able to cling to Desmond for an alliance? What will Cassie's alliance do now that Valerie has rejoined them? Find out next time on Total...Drama...Sci-Fi Showdown!" He finished with a flair.
And there you have it! Nicholas, Valerie, and Felix are the three returnees in the merge. For all the fans of the other folks back at the resort, I'm sorry that your favorite guy or gal couldn't make it. I just felt like there isn't much to add to their story or that they won't be that interesting in the merge. As for the fans of these lucky three, I'm happy to say that your favorites are going to have another shot at winning this competition. Time to see what they can bring to the table, the table which hosts the merge cast of fifteen!