(Hawaiian Style)

I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, favorited or followed this story since I last updated it.

Ellismskd24: Yep, you pretty much hit the nail on the head.

Brocknedjar: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. Alejandro being in the hole was meant to be a little role reversal, and to actually put him in a rather perilous situation.

Gman5846: Yeah, I hated doing that to Gwen. Don't worry though, I'll make sure that everything works out for the others.

OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOG: Yeah, since Cody and Gwen are a couple now I figured it was only right to have her treat him to something special on his birthday. I figured that it was only right for Cody to give Gwen a proper apology now that they're a couple, though I am glad to see you like my portrayal of Gwody. DJ would never turns his back on someone in need, no matter who they are or what they've done, and Alejandro being in the hole was meant to make him look more vulnerable and show that he's not really invincible. I didn't want to have to blow up the plane and make Gwen lose like that, but it had to happen. But yeah, for someone who competed on Total Drama, blowing up something with Chris' face on it was incredibly cathartic. Glad to see that you caught onto that Infinity War reference. You're right though, I never expected to see this story get as much love as it has. As for what comes next, you're just gonna have to wait and see.

SuperSonicHeroes: Yeah you're right, so I pretty much had to destroy the plane to keep the story progressing the way it's supposed to. I know what you mean about the final three changing, but all things considered I think I did pretty well with getting to this point. I'm glad to see you liked the role reversal in the song. DJ's showed off his strength of character and strong sense of right and wrong here, and it also showed that Alejandro isn't as invincible as he's portrayed in the original series.

Zoryan El Muerto: Yeah, unfortunately there are some things that just can't be changed for the sake of the story. DJ being saved from elimination was the original prompt for this story, but I also saw it as a way to make other changes to the second half of the season, and to try and improve it in ways I thought would be fun. Yeah, I hated doing that to Gwen, but someone had to blow up the plane, and like she said, blowing up something with Chris' face on it was about as cathartic as it can get on this show.

WeirdAlfan101: Yep, the final aftermath is upon us. I wouldn't say that Alejandro isn't going to have any support, given that there are at least a few stupid people in the cast, and he's got his looks and brains, so he's not out of the running yet. As for Bridgette pulling people over to another team, I actually haven't given that much thought. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Romeoaifesili: I know what you mean, though I did enjoy doing the Cody and Gwen scenes over the course of the chapter. I've given Gwen some more development over the course of this chapter, the same with Cody too, by delving more into his insecurities. You are right though, what he did on the island is nothing compared to the crap Sierra pulled with him. Granted it did turn out to be rather bittersweet when you know how it turned out, but I'm glad you liked it either way. Yeah, it kind of had to be Gwen that went next, given all the reasons you listed, and that she had already been a finalist back in the first season. You're right though, I still think I did it better than the way she was eliminated in canon, and she got all the way to the final four. Yep, the three men are still in the game, and DJ and Cody are still allies against Alejandro.

Sunshine Sayori: I appreciate the feedback. I get what you're saying about the overused joke, but I figured that if it's not broken, then don't fix it right? I will admit that the start of the story might have been a little bit rocky, but once I got past that I think I really hit my stride with the story. I also understand your thoughts on Blainely joining and the plane blowing up. The plane blowing up had to happen for the sake of the story, and I only included Blaineley because my original plan for the second chance challenge didn't work out. I'm glad to see you liked it though. If you have any other feedback, then please let me know.

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The skies of Hawaii were shining brightly over the landscape, symbolizing the tranquil paradise that lay below them.

"Hey now people of the world!" Geoff started off the next aftermath on the new location set up on the beach "Let me welcome you to the Total Drama Aftermath, coming to all of you live from the tropical shores of Hawaii! After spending the whole season travelling all around the world, it only seemed right that we wrap things up with a big shot of paradise! I'm not out here chillaxing solo either, go ahead and say hey to our peanut gallery! From Total Drama Island, we've got Eva and the two twins, Katie and Sadie!" he was met with cheers "From Total Drama Action, we've got me obviously, along with Trent, Justin and the Total Drama Action finalist, Beth!" he was met with more cheers "And from this season, those who've been kicked off the big show up to this point, we've got Harold, Leshawna, Lindsay, Izzy, Heather, Owen and Sierra, along with the best of the lot, at least in my eyes, Bridgette!" he was met with even more cheers "Speaking of Bridgette, the last time on the Aftermath saw my most excellent co host was stuck in Siberia nursing a wounded bear back to health. Well the good news is that the bear is finally better, but the bad news is that the airport officials wouldn't let Bridge fly home because she only had Blaineley's passport. And the fact that she had a bear with her. So anyway, Bridgete has been stuck on a Russian fishing boat for god only knows how long, but the wait is over! Here comes Bridgette!"

Sure enough, Bridgette could be seen a short distance away surfing towards the shore "Geoff, oh baby I'm so glad to see you!"

"I've been going crazy without you Bridge- HOLY HELL BEHIND YOU!"

"What?" Bridgette glanced back to see Bruno riding a surfboard behind her "Oh him, yeah he's so cute isn't he?" this was when she reached the shore and rushed over to Geoff, only to trip on a rock and crash into him, knocking both of them to the ground "Sorry!"

"No worries baby. Now that my granola goddess is back to co host, there isn't anything in the whole world that could hurt me right now." he leaned in to kiss her, only to end up getting a fist to the face from a certain pissed off bear, earning a series of horrified gasps from the members of the peanut gallery.

"No Bruno, that's a bad bear!" Bridgette was quick to scold Bruno and turned back to Geoff "No need to worry about him. He's gotten so possessive of me since I fixed his paw, but I swear he's perfectly sweet and safe, as long as no one gets withing three feet of me."

"Oh come on! How the heck is a guy supposed to reunit with his girl like this?"

"Maybe he wouldn't get too upset if we just touched elbows?" the two of them tried to touch elbows, only to be met with Bruno growling at them "I think he's just hungry. Anyway, onto the hosting stuff for now. You mind if I give it a shot?"

"Go for it babe, and I already introduced the peanut gallery, so you just gotta introduce the rejects and we'll go from there."

"Thanks." so Bridgette turned to the camera "Like Geoff said, we're just two episodes away from declaring the million dollar winner for this season, and right here in Hawaii is where all of it is going to take place. Before we go any further though, we have to say hi to a few friends that have been kicked off of the main show. First up, she's gone to hell and back through her relationship with a certain mohawked delinquent, sued her way back onto the show halfway through Total Drama Action, and ended up as yet another one of Alejandro's victims this season. Ranking at number 9 for the season, give it up for everyone's favorite CIT, Courtney!"

Sure enough, Courtney made her way out onto the beach, and she gave a genuine smile as she was enveloped in a hug by Bridgette "Hey guys, it's great to be here, even under the circumstances I'm here."

"Tell me about it, it's great to see you though Court. Glad to see you're doing okay."

"You too, you and Geoff did manage to work things out right?"

"Yep, and we went to hell and back this season, but everything is okay now." Bridgette motioned for Courtney to step aside as she carried on "Next up, he's part of the big Killer Bass trio along with Geoff and DJ, is Courtney's true love even if he'd never admit it, and was the winner of Total Drama Action. Ranking in at number 8, it's the former Total Drama Fugitive, Duncan!"

Sure enough, Duncan made his way out onto the beach, earning a few cheers and applause from the audience and the peanut gallery "Here I thought you didn't like me Bridgette."

"I do about as much as you like me." the two of them shared a mutual dirty look before moving onto their discussion "I will say this though, you've gone through a lot this season, from being the second contestant in the history of the show to quit-"

"I thought I was the first."

"Yeah, but DJ quit last season."

"...Oh yeah."

"Yep. Anyway, you quit and got dragged back by Cody and Gwen, then the first thing you did was break up with Courtney-"

"And here we go."

"And you entered yourself and DJ into an alliance to vote off Alejandro. At least you could see how much of a snake he was."

"Oh get real Malibu." Duncan let out a snort "I know a slimy bastard when I see one, and he's not even in my top five. I know one guy from when I was in Juvie that's way worse than Alehandjob could ever dream of being, but the less said about him, the better." he gripped the collar on his neck to emphasize his point.

"Um… okay then. Anything else?"

"Nothing you need to know."

"Duncan my man!" Geoff caught Duncan in a quick bro hug and a high five "How the hell are you holding up bro?"

"I've had worse days you know, and not just on this dumpster fire of a show."

"True enough. Still though, totally glad you and Courtney worked things out. People have been going nuts over that stuff. Most of them have been pissed off Gwuncan shippers demanding that you dump Courtney and get back with Gwen."

"Just tell them to shut the (bleep) up and stop sending me death threats."

"You get those too?" Trent shot a raised eyebrow at him.

"Yeah, but I also get people showing up at my door and trying to bribe me into making Gwuncan a thing. I told them to (bleep off) and threatened to stick a knife in their eyes if they came back. It's a good thing for me that was the last I saw of them."

"Believe me Duncan, we'd do it if it were that simple." Bridgette let out a sigh "But anyway, you were also the one who bore witness to the makings of a new couple in Gwen and Cody after you returned in London."

"I still say it makes more sense than Harold and Leshawna being a thing." Duncan then ducked underneath a rock being thrown at his head by Leshawna "I knew she was gonna do that at some point."

"I think we all did."

"Oh yeah, anyone who knows her did." Geoff let out a chuckle "Anyway thanks Duncan, great to see you again bro. Before we move on Bridge, gotta bring up the giraffe in the room."

"You mean elephant in the room?"

"Nah, I wanted to try that and they said no." Geoff failed to notice the series of odd looks he was getting from the others "Anyway babe, last aftermath we talked with the peanut gallery about how they felt about Cody and Gwen hooking up, but we never got to hear your thoughts about it. So what do you think?"

"Oh man, where to begin…" Bridgette let out a sigh "Look, I'll be the first to admit that I was pretty hard on Gwen last season during her whole breakup with Trent, and looking back, I regret that a lot. Gwen is really cool and she's a really good friend, and now I know how it feels to screw up with a guy you like. I wish I got a chance to say that to her before now. I never really got to know Cody that well before, but if what I've heard from the others is anything to go by, then I think Gwen found herself a great guy, and I'm really happy for them." she was met with a series of cheers from the audience and the peanut gallery.

"Awesome. Okay now that that's out of the way, we've got a few more guests to introduce before we get the real show started."

"Right. Anyway, next up is the guy who's fluted with danger and kicked it where it hurts time and again, even though his memory challenged girlfriend has been here since her loss in Paris, and he's the third contestant in the show to quiet the competition. Coming in at 6th place, it's everyone's favorite lovable jock Tyler!"

Sure enough, Tyler made his way out onto the beach waving at everyone "Hey guys, great to be here again!"

"Glad to hear it Tyler. So I gotta ask, are you okay now? We could all see that you were pretty upset about what happened in China."

"Yeah, I was pretty broken up about it. But like I said then, if I can't win it the right way, then I don't want to win it at all. I'd take my code of honor over a million bucks any day!" he was met with a series of cheers from the audience "I just feel bad I couldn't keep my promise to Lindsay, I mean she did want me to win it for her and-"

"Tyler!" this was when Lindsay rushed up to him and pulled him into a heated kiss, earning some more cheers from the audience.

"Yes, I knew you'd remember me babe!"

"You ain't the only one sugar!" Leshawna gave Harold a high five and turned to Trent "That's five bucks you owe me, thank you." she was handed the bill "Yes!"

"Okay, glad to see you two enjoying a reunion." Bridgette watched as Tyler and Lindsay started making out, before turning away from them "Okay, there are two more guests to introduce. Next up, he's cynical and sarcastic, and yet he's considered two be one of the closets friends of two of the nicest contestants on the show. On top of that, he's proven himself to be Alejandro's biggest rival since Heather was eliminated. Ranking at number 5, give it up for Noah!"

Sure enough, Noah made his way out onto the beach amidst a series of cheers, his expression dry and deadpan as usual "Huh, wasn't expecting an actual applause."

"LITTLE BUDDY!" Owen wasted no time in pulling Noah into a bone crushing hug "You totally rocked it out there, all the way to the final five! Great job!"

"Can't… breathe… lungs… crushed by ribs…" once Noah was released, he collapsed to the ground gasping for air "Oddly enough… a small part of me missed that…"

"Yeah, he's got love to him alright." Bridgette gave a shrug as she helped Noah to his feet "Now then Noah, you didn't make much of an impression back on the island, but this season you earned a lot of love from the fans. You were smart enough to see through Alejandro's deception and even proved to be his biggest rival after Heather was eliminated."

"I've said what everyone thinks about him, he's as slippery as Heather is, with the only difference being that he has social skills. But at least I play fair."

"And that mindset and resolve in taking Alejandro down managed to last you all the way until the final five, where surprisingly you let Cody and the others vote you off. Care to explain your logic behind that?"

"Well for one, I was happy to get off of that flying deathtrap full of psychos." Noah gave a shrug like he didn't give a damn "For another, as much as any idiot would love a million dollars, I found it would've been a lot more satisfying to make sure that slimy eel loses, and even if I couldn't do it myself, I take comfort in making sure that he will lose."

"And how did you do that?"

"By ensuring that Cody was still in the game. He's one of the few people on this show that actually has brains." he was met with a series of dirty looks "I've watched all of you throughout the past three seasons, I stand by that claim."

"...Well we know who you're rooting for to win it."

"And that's all I have to say on the matter." Noah rolled his eyes as he sat down in the peanut gallery, and he shot a glance over at Harold "At least the stuff I know is useful and I don't cram it down people's throats for the sake of recognition."

"And we're moving on now."

"You got it Bridge!" Geoff made his way back over "We've got one last contestant to introduce before we get started. It's the queen of being a pain in the butt herself, Blaineley!" he gestured over to where Blaineley (heavily wounded and wrapped in bandages all over) was wheeled in on a dolly by some interns.

"Damn." Duncan let out a low whistle at the sight "Hot damn dude, I didn't know you had that in you. I'm impressed."

"That wasn't me bro. Don't you remember when Blaineley and Tyler got booted out of the plane together in China? Get a load of what happened next in this previously unseen footage!" he jerked a thumb back towards the screen behind him, which showed Blaineley crash through the roof of a hut, which caused everyone to burst out laughing and Blaineley to scowl at them.

"Oh. Wow." Bridgette glanced over at Blaineley with some sympathy, only to receive a dirty look from her, causing her to shy away somewhat "So, onto hosting?"

"Yep! Anyway, our peanut gallery is about to have a pretty big say in who's gonna win the million dollars!"

"I've already said my piece on that." Noah commented dryly "Cody is one of the few people on this show that I tolerate."

"And me too right little buddy?" Owen pulled him into another bone-crushing hug.

"It varies from moment to moment. Besides, they have to get the hell out of Drumheller first, and god only knows how they're gonna pull that off with Chris holding them back."

"Which raises the question." Bridgette glanced over at Geoff "Are we sure that all of them are gonna get here okay?"

"Don't worry about that babe." Geoff waved it off "These guys are a pack of survivors. Just take a look at Alejandro, the dude's like a Total Drama cockroach."

"I though that was Ezekiel." Duncan commented dryly.

"You know I'm sitting right next to you right?" Ezekiel glanced over at him.

"Yeah I know."

"The point is, these guys are gonna get here one way or another." Geoff told them "And everyone knows that it's sure as hell gonna be exciting however it goes down."

"For sure Geoff, but the question still remains." Bridgette glanced over at the camera "Who do the members of the peanut gallery think deserves to win the million? Geoff, you care to start off the song?"

"I say you do it babe, you deserve it."

"Alright then." and so the two of them started off their song "Who you gonna root for? Who's it gonna be?"

"Is it DJ, Alejandro, or will you pick Cody?"

"There's DJ, he's the nice guy, and he's been playing hard!"

"Too bad all the animals hate him, he'd have to pay a body guard!"

"Who you gonna root for? Who's it gonna be?"

"Is it DJ, Alejandro, or will you pick Cody?"

This was when Harold took over and basically hijacked the song with a rap solo "Ricki-tick-ity, you're gonna hear it from me! The only one winning this is C-O-DY! Pimping like a king, sipping lemonade in the shade! Kicking it Hawaiian style, gonna take home the cheddar! We're gonna be all smiles! Shawty!"

"Come on Harold we talked about this, stop hijacking the songs!" Geoff's protests were pretty much ignored.

"Okay cut, stop the music!" Geoff was quick to cut off the song and snatched Harold's mic away from him "I like a party as much as the next guy, but Harold dude I gotta draw the line! This thing is so confiscated." so he held the mic out to Bridgette "Here Bridge."

"Thanks Geoff." Bridgette accepted the mic and moved in to kiss him, only for Bruno to burst up and backhand Geoff, sending him crashing face first into the water, much to the horror of everyone else.

"Geoff! Bad Bruno, I told you that Geoff is my boyfriend." Bridgette's scolding caused Bruno to sulk his way over towards the stands with the peanut gallery.

As one can imagine, Courtney and the others weren't exactly thrilled by this and took to hiding behind Blaineley "Could we try and calm him down with something?"

"Perhaps some kava tea would help." Harold offered "Kava is a root that has long since been used by native Polynesians in order to calm the mind. Though you might want to include an appetite suppressant as well."

"Probably for the best." Bridgette helped Geoff out of the water and turned back to the camera "So anyway, before the peanut gallery hold up their flags to show us who they've chosen to root for to win it all, let's see how our finalists are stacking up."

"Oh you got that right Bridge, let's see who has the best chance at taking home the cash? Let's see who might have earned it the hard way, thanks to some hardcore Total Drama!" Geoff gave a wide grin as he gestured for the monitor to come down "Cody took a bit of a beating this season, though most of it was accidentally on the part of Sierra. But then things got pretty interesting around after the episode in London, where somehow he ended up winning Gwen's heart." and that was enough to make Sierra breakdown sobbing loudly "Oh… Yeah, I kind of forgot about that. Anyway, he and Gwen have shown themselves to have a pretty touching relationship this season, but as of the infamous Drumheller episode, Gwen is out of the running and Cody is officially on his own for the first time."

"Plus you can't count out Cody's killer right hook, especially given that he's the one who delivered the biggest punch of the season when he knocked out Duncan in Greece!"

"I took a dive so the runt would feel better." Duncan grumbled, only to get an elbow to the ribs from Courtney "What?"

"Between being the gentle and sweet object of Gwen's affections, or the only guy who had the guts and grit to punch Duncan in the face, Cody is impossible to predict, and that labels him as our unknown quantity." she glanced over to see Geoff doodling on Cody's picture "Come on Geoff, cut it out."

"What? I'm just having some fun." Geoff gave a shrug "Next up is Alejandro."

"Alejandro has been able to avoid serious injuries all season, even when he was battling giant rabid caterpillars in the Amazon, alien creatures in Area 51 and the biggest threats to his schemes over the course of the season in the likes of both Heather and Noah. Speaking of which, raise your hand if he's the reason you're here now." Bridgette raised her own hand, which prompted Leshawna, Harold, Owen, Courtney, Duncan, Tyler and Noah to do the same "Yeah."

"But he's not perfect, especially considering Zeke the Ripper nabbed him before he could even get off the plane in London, and he took the most humiliating face plant of the year in Greece. Man, a lot happened in that episode didn't it?" they glanced up as the monitor showed Alejandro hitting the hurdle face first during his race with Courtney "Oh yeah that's awesome, now let's do it again in slow motion. Back and forth, and there we go."

"He might have his clutzy moments, but he's still crafty." Courtney pointed out "Don't forget that he actually is in the final three, though that is only because Gwen was kicked out after she and DJ blew up the plane, which actually was kind of cathartic, otherwise Alejandro would've been voted off for sure."

"Exactly, the dude has a horse shoe up his butt the size of Texas!" Geoff went on to do some doodling on Alejandro's face "Bridge you wanna do the last one?"

"With pleasure." Bridgette gave a smile as the monitor showed a picture of DJ "I doubt many people saw this one coming, but I'm sure no one is complaining about DJ being up here. Over the course of this season alone, he's managed to outlast the likes of angry animals on just about every continent, especially one particularly angry baby seal. But ironically he has Alejandro to thank for helping him get past that supposed animal curse, even after he almost got him booted off the show altogether.

"Unlike the rest of Tean Victory, DJ got saved from elimination by a stroke of luck, when Izzy was injured and had to get taken out of the competition for medical treatment, and after that he quickly showed himself yet again to have one of the biggest hearts on the entire show, especially when he was the one who put the pieces together for Cody and Gwen to get together, and Duncan and Courtney to reunite. I think it's safe to say that nothing seems to stop him, whether it be his animal curse, Alejandro trying to play him like a fiddle, or fighting off that one baby seal from the Yukon that seriously hates him with a burning passion."

"If Cody is the unknown quantity in this situation, and Alejandro is captain comeback, then that makes DJ the unstoppable force!" Bridgette glanced up at DJ's picture, then frowned "Why the heck did you draw him like a vampire?"

"He's unstoppable, you said it yourself Bridge, and they're evil and undead. It doesn't get much more unstoppable than that."

"You think DJ's evil? He's about as intimidating as a cocker spaniel." Noah told him dryly.

"The point still stands!"

"No, it really doesn't."

"Yes it does!"

"Anyway!" Bridgette was quick to get things back on track "So far, it seems like this race is still way too close to call, so why don't we go ahead and take a look at what might stop our finalists in their tracks. Cody has some serious allergies, and any sort of epipen he had was destroyed when the plane got blown up, which actually was pretty cathartic."

"I think it's pretty safe to say that if the final challenge includes a hike through the buggy jungle, then there is a chance he won't make it back out."

"As for Alejandro, it turns out he's quite the picky eater. His body is a temple that will not accept foods that are fatty, processed or chemical based."

"The dude better hope that there isn't any kind of eating challenge, since he isn't gonna have Tyler there to cheat for him. No offense dude." Geoff was met with a shrug from Tyler "As for DJ, the poor guy's biggest weakness, aside from him not having a violent or angry bone in his body, seems to be most of the animals that he's encountered over the season, especially that one baby seal that seems to live to make him suffer. Seriously, that little thing has been proven to throw him off his game just by being there, so if DJ wants to come out of this on top, he's gonna have to get his head in the game and show that baby seal who's boss!"

"Without hurting the little guy obviously. Here's where it gets interesting though, because now it's time for you to vote for your favorite finalist!"

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One quick transition was all that was needed for the teams to be decided.

"Alright then, looks like the teams were decided." Geoff and Bridgette glanced around "First up we have Team DJ, which consists of myself and Bridgette, along with Duncan, Courtney, Eva, Izzy, Ezekiel, Beth and… Heather?!"

Sure enough, Heather sat with the members of Team DJ, holding up a DJ flag and looking rather annoyed at the various shocked looks she was getting "What? If you've got something to say then spit it out already."

"You… You're not voting for Alejandro?" Beth glanced over at her with a raised eyebrow "But we all thought that-"

"Someone make a crack about me and him, and what the bear did to Geoff is gonna look pretty tame in comparison." that made everyone shut up, and she let out a sigh "But I do have my own reasons for siding with DJ."

"Which are?" Bridgette gave a raised eyebrow.

"Well aside from the fact that DJ actually hasn't done anything to really annoy me, I do have my reasons for choosing him over Alejandro." she gritted her teeth "As much as it pains me to admit it, the whole experience on the island did teach me one important lesson about this game. No matter who you think is the biggest threat, you never underestimate the wild card."

"Would you mind elaborating?"

"Like I said, it pains me to admit it, but on the island I was so focused on the feud I had going with the likes of Gwen and Leshawna, I completely blew off Owen as a threat, and in the final three I saw how that turned out. Make a joke about that and you all die." she was met with silence "Okay then. Then last season, I could see that Courtney was so focused on the likes of Leshawna, Beth and Lindsay, she never even considered what might happen if Duncan had turned on her, and that ended up being her downfall in the end."

"Don't remind me of that." Courtney muttered as she looked away in shame, only to feel Duncan grip her hand reassuringly, and the two of them exchanged a small smile as she moved closer to him and leaned her head on his shoulder.

"Then there's Alejandro this season. First he was focused on me, as he should've been, but after my so-called teammates voted me off in London, he put most of his focus on Noah when he discovered that the little smartass saw through his act, that he completely ignored the one that got screwed over by him but was still in the game: DJ. Alejandro totally ignored him because he was so focused on Noah, and now DJ's gunning for him along with the others, and that's going to serve as Alejandro's downfall. To put it in simple terms, because some of you obviously need that, it's why I say DJ is the most likely candidate to win." she was met with a round of applause from the audience.

"Huh. That's actually a really good point, very insightful on your part." Bridgette shared a glance with Geoff, and the two of them shrugged "Team Cody consists of Leshawna Trent, Justin, Harold, Tyler, Lindsay, Owen and Noah."

"Team Alejandro consists of Katie and Sadie, along with Blaineley, which really doesn't surprise me at this point." Geoff let out a chuckle, only to be met with a muffled reply from Blaineley "So does anyone know what she said?"

"I got this, I speak muffle eh." Ezekiel popped up next to her and listened to her muffled angry yelling, and he was quick to translate "She says there's no way that Cody and DJ are gonna be able to beat Alejandro if they can't even fend off Sierra or that baby seal eh."

"Yeah but to be fair, those things are persistent." Owen pointed out.

"She says that Alejandro blew all of us off the map, that he's the best player that the game has ever had aside from me." he was met with muffled yelling "Okay she didn't say that last part, but she did say that he's ever girl's wet dream, whatever that means."

"But Cody and DJ are the only nice guys left in the game." Trent pointed out "If anyone deserves the cash then it's the two of them."

"I'm just telling you guys what she's saying eh."

"Um, hey guys?" Beth glanced over to where Bruno was looming over them with a hungry look in his eyes "Is that kava tea ready yet?"

"I have it right here!" Harold rushed over to the group with a tea kettle in hand "I can handle this one, I did a whole summer's worth of training at Magic Steve's Circus and Aeronautics Camp a few years ago. Hey there nice bear, you're a very handsome Ursus arctos arctos aren't you? And I have a delicious and nutritious kava based treat for you, now open wide." this caused the bear to roar at him, causing Harold to drop the tea kettle into Bruno's mouth, leaving him to gulp all of it down and let out a yawn.

"Well that's a relief." Bridgette let out a sigh as she glanced over at Geoff "After having to spend a full 44 days without you, I think I could really use a hug."

"You and me both babe." Geoff moved in for a hug, only for Bruno to stumble over to him and collapse on top of him.

"Geoff!"

"I'm okay, just… go to commercial break okay?"

"Uh, right! Coming up next, a few lucky members of our peanut gallery are going to face off in one heck of an exciting and death-defying surf challenge, and a chance to win a huge advantage for the finalist that they want to win!"

"Yep, all of that and more when we come back, right here on the Total! Drama! Aftermath!"

"Okay good we're done with that, now can someone get Bruno off my honey bunch?!"

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One commercial break and bear removal later…

"Okay, I think that's all the bear drool." after the commercial break was over, Geoff now stood alone on the beach and wiping the bear drool off of him "Oh crap, we're on? Right, well welcome back to the Total Drama Aftermath, where all wild animals have now been restrained, and I'm not just talking about Sierra, and now we're about to take this aftermath to a whole new level of awesome! Now we're gonna turn it over to Bridgette with the details!"

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Meanwhile, with Bridgette…

"Thanks Geoff, I'll take it from here!" as it turns out, Bridgette had relocated herself and most of the peanut gallery up to a cliffside overlooking a beautiful waterfall "So tell me peanut gallery, how many of you guys have missed being in the game?" she was met with silence "Seriously, none of you?"

"I think I've already established and spoken for everyone, that we're happy to get the hell away from that flying deathtrap full of psychos." Noah told her dryly.

"Uh… Well we're glad to have you guys here with us, because you're going to be competing to help your favorite finalist gain an advantage that could potentially help them win the million dollar prize!" she watched as Blaineley's dolly crashed to the ground, earning no reaction from any of the others "Seriously, I'm the only one that feels bad for her?"

"Didn't she kidnap you and send you to Siberia?" Duncan pointed out.

"Yeah but that doesn't mean I wanna stoop to her level, I think DJ already made that point pretty clear in the last episode. Seriously though, can someone volunteer to look after her?"

"...Alright I'll do it." Owen took a step forward and took hold of her dolly.

"Thanks Owen, I mean just because she's pretty rotten doesn't mean we have to stoop to that level right?"

"Got that right Bridge." this was when Geoff joined the group "Glad to see you're all thrilled about getting back into the challenges and stuff, because one member of each team is about to risk their very lives for your favorite finalist. So who wants to volunteer?"

"I'll do it for Team DJ!" Courtney was quick to raise her hand, earning a few surprised looks from the others.

"You serious about that?" Duncan glanced over at her with a raised eyebrow "You seriously wanna go on some crazy surfing suicide mission?"

"You see anyone else who wanna risks their life out there?" she was met with silence "That's what I though, now wish me luck!" she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him into a brief yet heated kiss, and then she took a step forward.

"And then we have one." Bridgette glanced over at the others "Team DJ has their representative, so who's gonna do it for Team Cody?"

Harold glanced over at the rest of his group "I beg all of you, please let me be Cody's proxy for this challenge."

"If you're moronic and suicidal enough to wanna go through with this, then you won't see any of us trying to stop you." Noah told him dryly.

"Excellent, and you know why? I get to show off to Leshawna how much my surfing skills have improved."

"And then there was one, who's going to represent Alejandro's team?" Geoff received no reply, until he saw Blaineley fall to the ground again "Looks to me like Blaineley volunteers, which works for pretty much all of us. Now then, let's take a look at what Courtney, Harold and Blainely are gonna be up against. Each player is gonna race to the top of the hill and then snag one of the traditional Hawaiian leis from the statue of Lono, the Hawaiian god of prosperity and sporting events, and then grab one of the surfborads we provided and take it back down the stream. Oh yeah, and when you get to the bottom you'd better watch out or you might end up getting a little lava spray." he was met with few terrified yelps.

"Oh boy…" Bridgette glanced down at Blaineley with some pity "I don't know Geoff, maybe we shouldn't be making Blaineley do this, I mean she's so helpless and all."

"Yeah well somebody's gotta do it, and it ain't gonna be one of us."

"Alright, I gotcha." Owen let out a sigh as he grabbed hold of Blaineley's dolly "I'll help her up to the top. I don't even wanna think about what Al might do to me if we lose it for him because I didn't help."

"Great, works for me." Geoff pulled out a chalkboard with drawings of multiple animals "Before anything else though, here some pictures of animals you can find in Hawaii."

"If you went to the Maui Zoo that is." Bridgette pointed out "Each team is gonna have to pick an animal to represent the spirit of their finalist."

"How about it Blaineley, which animal best represents Alejandro?" Geoff and the others watched as Blainely pointed at the chalkboard "Yeah, gonna need more than that."

"I think she's pointing at the jaguar." Owen told him.

"Jaguar? Oh yeah, this one is gonna be fun. How about you Harold, can you pick which spirit animal best represents Cody?"

"Gosh, why are there so many vicious ones?" Harold frowned in thought for a moment, which sort of dragged on.

"You know this is a half hour show right?"

"Technically the show lasts for 22 minutes, and that includes opening and closing credits." and then it seemed to dawn on him "A dear, Cody is a dear." and that was enough to make the others burst out laughing "Go ahead and laugh if you want to, but I have my reasons, ones that happen to go beyond his large and innocent eyes and tiny tail."

"Okay then. What about you Courtney, do you have a choice for DJ?"

"Actually you guys, I'm gonna go with a tiger." Courtney told them.

"A dolphin? Okay, that's not a bad choice. What made you pick that?"

"They're large and have a gentle side to them, but if you provoke them or hurt those that they care about then they will tear you apart. Can you tell me that doesn't describe DJ to a t?"

"...Yeah okay, can't argue with that."

"Nor should you."

"Okay then, but here's the catch. If you guys can get past that pesky lava spray with yourself and your leis intact, then you're gonna have to put the lei on the spirit animal for your team. And that means that Harold is gonna have to put his lei on a dear, Blaineley and Owen are gonna have to put theirs on a jaguar, and you're gonna have to put yours on a tiger."

"...Aw crapbaskets."

"Ha!" Harold shot a victorious smirk in the direction of Courtney "And you mocked me for the way I picked a dear!"

"I didn't, everyone else on your team did."

"Whatever, the point is that all of you should never doubt my mad skills! I always know how to stay ahead of this game!"

"...You know it took me awhile, but there's one thing I've learned on this show you might wanna think about."

"And what would that be?"

"That it doesn't matter if you have mad skills or know a lot of stuff, or if you have a certain type of training, if you keep cramming it down people's throats every chance you get. Something you may want to think about."

"Oh man." Owen let out a groan and cut their debate short as he glanced over at Blainely "So I'm gonna have to keep helping you with the jaguar thing aren't I?"

"Hey to be fair dude, I'm the one that had to marry her." Tyler pointed out "And she almost got me and the others eaten by a pack of sharks on a boat!"

"...Okay, fair enough."

"Anyway, getting back to the challenge." Bridgette was quick to get things back on track "The one that manages to lei the animal for their team first is going to win a major advantage for the player they represent, second place is going to earn a minor advantage, and third place is gonna end up with nothing but a pile of Bruno's drool."

"Depends on whether or not I can get the rest of it off me." Geoff muttered "Seriously, I totally almost drowned in the stuff when he was on top of me."

"And that's going to make the final challenge that much harder for the candidate they represent in this challenge, although it entirely depends on whether or not they get that far at all. Best of luck to all of you, now GO!"

"Prepare to lose to my mad skills!" Harold was quick to take off up the hill.

"I told you that everyone hates it when you cram it down their throats, and that's coming from me so that's when you know it's bad!" Courtney was quick to chase after him.

"Okay now, up we go." Owen grabbed hold of Blaineley's dolly and started walking, only to soon realize that he was going the wrong way, so he whipped it around and was about to take off, only for Blaineley to fall off and hit the ground "Oh holy crap I'm so sorry, hold on let me just grab you and-" he tried to hoist her back up onto the dolly, only for it to hit the ground again "Oh please don't kill me in my sleep later for this, I swear it was an accident!" he was met with a furious look from Blaineley beneath her bandages.

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One race up the hill later…

It wasn't long before Harold became the first one to reach the top of the hill and grabbed one of the leis "Oh great and mighty Lono, I thank you for this flowery blessing. I give you my word as one of your devoted followers, I won't let you or Cody down! My mad skills will do right by you and him and guarantee vicory!"

"Again with the mad skills!" Courtney pounced onto the scene and grabbed one of the leis "I mean seriously, if I'm the one calling you out on cramming a trope down people's throats, then that's when you know it's bad."

"Oh god… Oh god…" this was when Owen made his way onto the scene, pulling Blaineley's dolly behind him, not noticing as she was hit on the head with various branches and shrubs along the way "Oh wow that is steep, but at least we made it right partner?"

"You do realize that with the way you were dragging her-" Courtney was cut off by a familiar chime ringing through the air "You know, I had a feeling that something was missing."

"Yeah, Chris said we had to make you sing a song." Geoff made his way up to the ground with a ukulele in hand "Sorry about this."

"Why apologize, finally I get a chance to sing again!"

"It's gotta be a challenge song Court, so you know what to do."

"Way ahead of you." so with a deep breath, Courtney started the song "Rocking it Hawaii style, surfing down this magic mile! Hoping I don't get burned by the lava that's a-flying!" she grabbed a board and leapt down onto the path that surfed down the hill.

"One last chance to prove my might, that's what keeps me up at night! Why else would I volunteer for something death-defying?" Harold braced himself as he grabbed a board and leapt down onto the waterway that led down the hillside.

"I'm winning for real!

"Yeah, yeah! I'm winning this deal!"

"Yeah, yeah! I'm a surfing genie!"

"Yeah, yeah!

I'm winning, you'll see!"

"Yeah, yeah!"

"Sure you're stiff and don't move much. So what if you can't such and such?" Owen was quick to grab a lei and stick it around Blaineley's neck, and then he pushed her in the direction of the waterfall "You're the queen of Al's team, so time to show them you're a winner!"

As for the rest of them, Courtney continued her attempts to take the lead, and she materialized a vision of DJ in front of her "I'm winning this fight, and this time I'm gonna do it right!"

Harold on the other hand, he had some visions of his own of Cody and Leshawna "Cody needs my mad skills, and I'm giving Leshawna some thrills!"

"Yeah!" but this was when the two of them ended up being forced to dodge the lava sprays from the nearby volcano "What the-?!"

"Oh come on, how in the hell is this legal?!"

"This is messed up, it's true!" this was when Owen joined them at the back, using Blaineley like an actual surfboard "Sorry Blaineley, don't sue!"

"Step aside, let me through!"

"I'm still coming for you!" Courtney pulled slightly ahead of him "Oh, I'm winning this time!"

"Sorry Courtney, it's mine!"

"Sorry about my behind!" this was when Owen finally caught up to the two of them.

"Oh, I'm winning this time! Yeah, yeah, yeah!" came the simultaneous chorus between the three of them, and that brought the song to a close.

"Time for me to win this and show off my mad skills!" Harold surfed his way over the waterfall, only for a small flaming chunk of rock to end up in his shorts "Oh god, it feels like my nuggets are on fire, because they are!" and then he crashed into the water and sent his lei flying "How could my mad skills fail me?!"

"Because you never shut the hell up!" Courtney flew off the waterfall and ended up flying off her surfboard, leaving her to crash into the water and for her lei to land at the feet of the tiger, which promptly ate the lei "Oh come on!"

"Coming in hot!" this was when Owen finally came onto the scene, only to end up falling into the water and sending Blaineley flying and crashing into the sea, where she sank like a rock, but her lei managed to make it onto the jaguar's neck "Alright, way to show them you're a champ! And you're sinking like a rock. Aw crapbaskets."

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Meanwhile, up on the beach…

"Woah now." Geoff let out a low whistle "Not gonna lie, didn't expect that, but it looks to me like our main man Owen just pulled it off!"

"What about Blaineley though?" Bridgette pointed out.

"Oh yeah, she played a part too I guess. Oh joy."

"No not that, she's in the ocean sinking like a rock! We have to get her out before-" Bridgette was cut short when she saw "Wait Bruno no, stop!"

"Well either him or a medic or a lifeguard or something. What, you don't think he's gonna eat her do you?"

"He is pretty hungry, he hasn't eaten all day."

"Well somebody's gotta fish her out, and it's not gonna be me." the two of them watched as Bruno swam back out of the water with Blaineley in his mouthy "Hey check it out babe, she got turned into a real live chew toy. Yeah, that seems about right."

"Aw, I can't tell you how happy I am to have you back."

"And that goes both ways babe, you're the best co host a guy could ask for and the only one I'm ever gonna need by my side." Geoff pulled her into a tight hug, and then the two of them glanced over to see Bruno stare at them, then go back to chewing on Blaineley "Oh thank god, I did NOT wanna become a chew toy like her."

"At least now I can get that hug, and oh god I missed this."

"I think we all missed seeing it too." this was when Owen pulled himself out of the water and onto the shore, with Harold and Courtney "It's so awesome to see you guys together again!"

"Trust me Owen, I think we all feel the same way. What about you guys, are you all gonna be okay?"

"Like I said Bridgette, if the show hasn't killed us by now then it never will." Courtney gave a shrug, earning a series of shocked looks from the others "What?"

"I guess they're kind of shocked. You lost, and you're totally calm."

"...Oh god, this is gonna be a whole thing isn't it?" Courtney let out a sigh "Yeah I get it, that attitude of mine has given me a lot of grief in the past, but after everything DJ said to me and did for me, it just… it doesn't seem that important anymore. I'm not gonna let it control my life like that anymore."

"Oh. Well good for you Courtney, I think I speak for everyone when I say we're all really glad to hear that. Especially since no one was supposed to win."

"What?!" came the simultaneous chorus from Courtney, Harold and Owen.

"Yeah, you can thank Chris for coming up with that little idea. But someone did win, and we all couldn't be happier that the one to win it all was Owen! And Blainely too. Anyway, thanks to the two of them, Alejandro is going to receive a major advantage in the final challenge. And I'm sure we're all really happy about that." Bridgette's tone was dripping with sarcasm as one of the interns brought out the item in question "They've won a wheelbarrow. Don't worry, that's gonna make sense eventually."

"Thanks to Courtney, Team DJ is gonna win the minor advantage!" Geoff gestured to the baby stroller being brought out "Like Bridge said, it's gonna make sense eventually. Unfortunately, since our man Harold came in last, Team Cody is gonna have a pretty hard time keeping up if he makes it to the finale."

"Let's hope he does make it though, because if he doesn't then that means Alejandro is gonna be in the finals. Granted I know Geoff and I are on Team DJ, but I really hope that he and Cody make it to the finale."

"You and me both Bridge, you and me both. You think it's time to sign off?"

"Yeah I think so." the two of them turned to the camera "How is Alejandro's advantage going to play out? Is DJ going to be able to keep up with just a stroller? Will Cody end up taking all the way thanks to her disadvantage?"

"How in the name of Lono are Cody, DJ and Alejandro even going to get here to enter the final challenge and win the million dollars?"

"Find out the answers to those and a heck of a lot of other crazy questions next time, right here on Total! Drama! World Tour!"

A/N:

Now we get into the fourth and final Aftermath of the season, and the second and final one of this story. This one is pretty much the same as canon, the only really major differences being that DJ is still in the game in place of Heather, and Courtney isn't acting like a total (bleep) and siding with Alejandro. Oh yeah, and Sierra is at the Aftermath instead of Gwen.

One other thing I think is worth noting is Heather's scene regarding her reasoning for choosing DJ as her candidate to win: The wild card. That's actually a theory that I myself have been working on for a little while. In Island, Heather put so much focus into her rivalries with Gwen and Leshawna, she completely blew off Owen as a threat, and that came back to bite her in the final three. Courtney was so focused on the likes of Beth and Lindsay in season two, she never even considered what might happen if Duncan had turned on her, and that ended up being her downfall in the end. And in this one, Alejandro was primarily focused on Heather, and then once she was gone, he put so much focus on Noah that he pretty much ignored DJ during the second half of the season.

Remaining competitors: Alejandro, Cody, DJ

Elimination order:

Duncan (returns)

Ezekiel- 18th

Harold- 17th

Bridgette- 16th

Leshawna- 15th

Lindsay- 14th

Izzy- 13th

Heather- 12th

Owen- 11th

Sierra- 10th

Courtney- 9th

Duncan- 8th

Blaineley- 7th

Tyler- 6th

Noah- 5th

Gwen- 4th