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When the camera opens we see the large waiting room last seen at the beginning of the first aftermath. Inside the room we see Duncan, Owen, Justin, Harold, Tyler, Lindsay, Beth, Katie, Sadie, and Eva. Also in the room are the first four eliminated: Leshawna, Alexander, DJ, and Rebecca. Owen was standing at a large table with all kinds of food on it. Next to him was DJ, who was also grabbing a bite to eat, but unlike Owen, it was DJ's first trip to the table.
"So Owen," DJ started to say, "is being an intern fun? Or is it just boring?"
Owen laughed and said, "It's so totally fun! I mean, I get to see my friends and not be eliminated ever. Although Chris hasn't had us do anything recently. The last thing I did was help announce the baseball game with Duncan."
DJ shrugged and said, "Well, from the looks of it, it seems fairly easy."
Duncan, who was listening to the conversation, snorted and said, "Yeah, it's been easy so far, but Chris showed me the schedule of upcoming challenges. We've got a lot of work in the coming challenges."
Owen shrugged and said, "So? Our friends are competing, so it's awesome!"
"Whatever you say Owen, whatever you say," Duncan said.
Elsewhere, Harold was trying to win over Leshawna. The African-Canadian girl was sitting on a couch, relaxing with Harold, Lindsay, and Tyler.
Harold tried to appeal to Leshawna again, saying, "But my fair Leshawna, why won't you go out with me?"
"Harold, you just ain't my type string bean. And besides, we're friends aren't we," Leshawna responded.
"I suppose," Harold sadly replied.
Tyler commented, "Why don't you try going out with him Leshawna. It can be a friendly type of date, and who knows, you might find out you are right for each other after all, despite being different."
Harold perked up and nodded, saying, "That's true. Who knows, our personalities can be like a magnet, in which the opposite polarities attract each other."
Lindsay had her eyebrows knit in thought before she replied, "Wait, I'm confused."
"Don't worry about it Lindsay. I didn't really understand it that much either," Tyler replied as he scratched the back of his head.
Eva, who was watching the whole thing, muttered, "Dorks."
Alexander, who was sitting down near the easily-angered girl raised an eyebrow and asked, "What, still bitter about being in only one season? Trust me, it's much better to be here, relaxing and such."
Eva turned and scowled at the lazy teen before she said, "You think so? Well I know of something better than staying at a resort."
"And what would that be," Alexander asked, oblivious to Eva's rising temper.
Eva bellowed, "WINNING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS!" Alexander fell backwards out of his chair due to the sheer force of Eva's rage.
Beth, who was talking to Justin, said, "Oh no! Eva's going crazy again! Justin, stop her!"
Justin sighed and removed his shirt and immediately all the girls (and Owen) started to stare at the model. This continued for a few seconds, during which time Tyler tried to snap Lindsay out of her trance. After about fifteen seconds, Justin put his shirt back on and the girls stopped staring at Justin (A turkey leg had to be passed under Owen's nose in order to get him to snap out of it.).
Katie, who was near Justin said, "So Justin, like why does that always happen whenever you take your shirt off?"
Sadie, who was next to her best friend, added, "Yeah, how come it never happens when we look at your face?"
Running a hand through his hair, Justin smiled and said, "Well, it has something to do with hormones, or so Harold tells me. When you fine ladies see my perfect chest, you become entranced by it and as a result become fixated on me. There's some science behind it, but I don't need to know it."
"That makes sense," Beth said before realization hit her, "Wait a second, where's Rebecca?"
After she posed the question, the door that led to the stage entered and a splashing sound was heard. The teens looked over to see a bucket on the head of an intern wearing a now soaked navy blue t-shirt and black jeans. The intern grumbled, "Okay, where is she?" His response was the sound of the grate to the air ducts closing.
The intern took off the bucket and shook his head, trying to get water out of his hair. Harold looked up and said, "Are you okay Carl?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Look, be on the stage in two minutes and tell Rebecca that I would like a word with her after the show. And make sure you are on stage at the proper time Tyler and Lindsay." The intern then walked out, trying to wring the water out of his hair in the process.
The stage is shown and nothing has changed in the setup since the previous aftermath. There are still close to forty chairs on each side of a long couch. Mounted on the wall above the couch was the flat screen TV which still said TDHS Aftermath. As the various members of the peanut gallery walk out, they take their seats on the left side of the couch. Justin, Katie, Sadie, Beth, Leshawna, and Alexander sit down in the front row. Behind them are Duncan, Owen, Tyler, Lindsay, DJ, and Rebecca, who crawled out of the air duct after Carl had left the lounge.
The cheering audience was quieted by the announcer who said, "Welcome to yet another installment of the Total Drama High School Aftermath! Please put your hands together for the hosts today, Harold and Eva!"
It was quiet for a moment before Eva yelled, "Get out there dweeb!"
A shout of surprise is heard and Harold is then seen flying onto the end of the couch. Eva walks onto the stage and said, "Ha! Told you I could do it Carl! You owe my five bucks now!"
A shout of "damn it" follows Eva's slight boasting.
She then sits down on the couch and said in a forced voice, "Welcome to the second aftermath show. There are four guests with us, or rather three guests and an annoyance."
Harold spoke up, "But before we get to them, let's recap what happened since the last aftermath. There were challenges based on math, chemistry, physical education, and biology. I'm not quite sure what the last challenge actually had to do with biology, but whatever. Anyways, Nicholas and Jessie officially hooked up, while it seems like Cody and Emily are growing closer. It also seemed like Mikey and Megan have a strong bond, as shown during the chemistry challenge when he didn't want her to be in his group in fear that he would simply bring her down. For the rivalries that Total Drama is known for, Courtney joined Noah and Joseph's alliance. Not the best move if you ask me."
Duncan shouted out, "You're damn right about that, McGrady!"
Harold blinked before saying, "Gosh, try not to interrupt me so much! Anyways, Danny once again pissed off Nicholas, so I would watch my back if I were Danny. That pretty much covers the last four challenges."
"Yeah, so the first guest is a rookie, was a decent guy who turned into a douche, then back to a decent guy, and he kissed Gwen. Please welcome William, or not, I really don't care," Eva said.
It was quiet until a cry of "Banzai!" was heard. Many looked around for the crazy guy until he was seen dropping from the ceiling. He landed with one knee on the ground and his other leg bent. He looked up at the crowd and they immediately started to cheer wildly. He stood up and walked over to the couch and sat down next to Harold, seeing as sitting next to Eva would be a rather stupid idea.
The dweeb shook hands with William and said, "Hey William, how's it going?"
"Not too bad Harold, not too bad," was the crazy guy's reply.
Eva smirked and asked, "So you got voted off fifth. Not only that but it had to do with your douche behavior during the challenge and kissing Gwen. Care to explain?"
William shrugged and replied, "Well, as I've said before, I was trying to last as long as I could in the game. Unfortunately, I went too far and was in the position to get eliminated. On top of that, Joseph's vicious lie about Gwen liking me ruined even more of my chances at winning. People probably don't look too kindly at me now, but once Joseph gets exposed for the lying bastard he is, I'm sure to become more popular."
"Now about your change in attitude, it was caused by Rebecca's gift, correct? What does that sword mean," Harold asked inquisitively.
"Well, if you all remember, Rebecca gave me the sword when she was eliminated. I told her I would go as far as I could and the sword was a physical representation of that promise. Speaking of which," William said as he pulled the sword off of his back.
He got up and walked over to Rebecca, holding the sword up. As he handed the sword back to the anime nerd, he said, "I told you I would give the sword back to you and here it is, safe and sound."
Rebecca nodded and said, "Thanks. I knew you would give it back."
She grabbed the sword and the announcer associated with the sword said, "Rebecca earned the Power of Love!"
William whipped his head around and said, "Seriously, who is doing that?"
"Hey! We have an interview going on here," Eva barked at the crazy guy.
William raised an eyebrow and said, "Well? Are there any other questions you want to ask me?"
"No," Harold said while giving Eva a disapproving look.
"Well all right then," William said as he took a seat behind Rebecca.
Harold directed his attention toward the camera and said, "Now for our next guest. He's home schooled, was voted out first in TDI, and got freaked out by Izzy, its Ezekiel!"
As the home schooled teen walked on stage, the first thing he noticed was the boos from the female members of the audience. The second thing he noticed was the evil look Eva was giving him. As he timidly sat down next to Harold, the nerdy teen asked, "So Ezekiel, how did it feel not being eliminated first?"
Ezekiel tugged at the collar of his shirt nervously and said, "Um, it was ookay, I guess."
"Yeah? Are you still the same sexist redneck twerp you were before," Eva harshly asked.
Ezekiel pulled his toque over his eyes and said, "N-n-n-no. I've learned better, eh. P-p-please doon't hurt me Eva."
Eva cracked her knuckles and said, "Oh yeah? What have you learned homeschool?"
"I've learned t-that there's plenty of g-girls that are s-s-stronger than me, eh," Ezekiel timidly replied.
"Good," Eva replied.
Harold clapped Ezekiel on the back and said, "So what was your favorite part about the season Zeke?"
Ezekiel scratched his head underneath his toque and said, "Oh wow, I don't really know. I liked the fact that Courtney forgave me, but I never really had fun in the challenges. I seemed to be a bad luck magnet."
Eva snorted and said, "You think? We have a short video to show of how much bad luck you had. Roll the stupid video!"
The video opens with the veteran girls glaring at Ezekiel as he steps off the bus. It then shows him getting his question wrong in the quiz show. Next Ezekiel is shown to slip on the water during the second challenge, followed by being caught in the crossfire during the laser tag challenge. His embarrassed look during the woodshop challenge is shown, which is followed by his freak-out during the chemistry challenge. Finally, he is shown at all six of the elimination ceremonies prior to his elimination and finally his elimination.
"See? Clearly you're a bad luck magnet. Now get in the stands before a throw you there," Eva threatened. Ezekiel was in a seat next to William in approximately 2.4 seconds. Eva smirked and said, "That was satisfying. Now our next guest is another rookie, beat the crap out of Heather, and has a cheery personality I find annoying. Please welcome Julie or whatever."
Julie happily walked onstage and sat down next to Eva. She looked at Eva and said, "You know Eva, you should try being nicer. It will easily get you farther in the game."
"Right. Now, why do you hate Heather? I mean, besides the obvious," Eva asked.
Julie frowned and said, "Well, it all has to do with this one girl at my school, Leslie. She's just like Heather: a vicious popular girl who uses the power of gossip to control the school. Last year, she spread a lie that I was in poverty and was only acting friendly in order to gain people's trust so I could steal their things. After that, less people have been accepting of me. My true friends all know that was just a lie, but it still hurt."
Harold tapped his glasses and said, "So you dislike all queen bee types because of something that happened to you because of a queen bee?"
Julie nodded and said, "That's right."
"You need muscle, that way you can beat up any queen bee that gets on your nerves," Eva said in a humorous tone.
Harold looked at Eva oddly and said, "Don't tell her what she should do Eva. Anyways, how did you mesh with the other contestants? And were there any guys you had your eye on?"
Julie blushed slightly and said, "Um, no, there weren't any guys I had my eye on. I have a boyfriend back home actually. He helped expose Leslie's lie and helped some of the other students warm up to me again. As for the others, aside from Heather I felt like they were nice people."
Eva raised an eyebrow and said, "Even Joseph?"
Julie raised an eyebrow in return and said, "Um, yeah? Why do you ask?"
"You mean you don't know? Joseph's a bad guy! I mean, Gosh! He got my luscious Leshawna eliminated," Harold said, surprised.
"What? But Joseph was so nice," Julie defended.
Eva yelled up to the control room, "Hey! Get a clip of Joseph being evil played!" A few seconds later, the screen showed a few scenes with Joseph.
The first clip shown is Joseph manipulating Courtney to vote off Leshawna. After that is Joseph talking to people in order to eliminate DJ. Following this is Joseph's plotting to get rid of William. Finally, his role in Ezekiel's, Julie's, and Heather's eliminations are shown.
When the clips ended, Julie looked shocked. "Wow, I can't believe Joseph is evil. He's a ridiculously good actor," Julie said.
Harold nodded and said, "Indeed. Well, if you don't mind, it's time for the final guest." Julie nodded and headed up to the top row and sat next to Ezekiel. Harold cleared his throat and said, "Our final guest was the main antagonist of TDI, had her hair shaved off, and was pretty nasty this season, it's Heather!"
The queen bee walked on stage and was immediately booed by the audience and peanut gallery. She turned her nose up and sat down on the couch. Harold looked and Heather and asked, "So you made it a third of the way through the game. How do you feel about that?"
"How do I feel? I feel like I should be in the finals instead of any combination of those losers," Heather angrily replied.
Eva looked angrily at Heather and said, "Oh yeah? I felt like I would make it to the merge in TDI if you didn't cheat me!"
Heather glared at Eva and said, "Really? I don't think that would allow you to make it into another season. They base things off of popularity, and let's face it, you aren't popular. It probably has something to do with that ugly mole on your face."
"THAT'S IT," Eva bellowed as she picked up a chair.
Justin, thinking quickly, jumped up and ripped his shirt off, causing Eva to drop the chair and the fangirls in the crowd to scream uncontrollably. When Eva appeared to have calmed down, Justin put his shirt back on, making things return to normal.
Eva looked at Harold and said, "We don't have to interview the queen bitch, do we? I doubt anyone really cares and I want to get the show done already."
"I suppose," Harold said before turning to the peanut gallery and asking, "So any thoughts on the recent turn of events?"
Duncan was the first one to respond, saying, "Courtney better know what she's doing!"
"Yeah, but seeing as how Joseph got the upper hand on all of us, she had better be careful," Rebecca countered.
William agreed, adding his thoughts, "If Joseph can get the upper hand on me when I'm extremely focused, then Courtney needs to be one step ahead of him."
Leshawna frowned at Duncan and said, "Personally, I hope nobody in that alliance makes it much farther. They're trying to ruin Gwen's and Bridgette's chances at winning!"
Heather rolled her eyes and said, "Figures you would stand up for Weird Goth Girl."
"Figures you would say that," Leshawna said. The two glared at each other for a moment before looking away, crossing their arms.
DJ shrugged and said, "I don't really know what to think. I guess if any of my friends win, that's fine."
"Oh really? Well, I suppose as long as one of those not in the alliance wins, that's fine. I just hope no fun challenges are coming up," Alexander commented.
Tyler said, "I dunno. The more I see of that Mikey kid, the more I think we will be friends."
"I think I might be friends with some of those new girls too," Lindsay exclaimed.
Katie giggled and said, "I hope Noah gets out of that alliance soon. He doesn't need to be in it."
"Oh yeah, it would be cool if he won, or Cody. They're both great people," Sadie added.
Beth raised an eyebrow and said, "Noah's a great person? From what I knew, he was a lazy sarcastic jerk."
Owen laughed and pointed to Alexander before saying, "That's what Eva thought about Alexander!"
Justin smiled and said, "Well, to clarify on what I said before, the remaining rookie girls are beautiful. I'm not interested in dating one of them, but a really beautiful person needs to win this time!"
Eva glared and yelled, "Okay, enough of you!"
Harold nodded and said, "Actually, that's true. We finally have a short segment of That's Going to Leave a Mark!"
Clip 1: Heather is shown trying to capture the fox. It scratches her and then bites her ear.
Clip 2: The short fight between William and Trent is shown in slow motion. A smacking sound is heard when William is hit in the crotch.
Clip 3: All the carnage that was the dodgeball games is shown.
Clip 4: Ezekiel running by, blowing up the chemistry experiments is shown, again.
Harold nodded and said, "Those were some pretty cool clips."
Eva grunted and said, "For once, I agree with you. Anyways, the show's over! Go home!"
Harold interrupted, "But don't forget to tune in next time, where there will be more challenges, more romance, and more drama! Next time on Total Drama High School! And don't forget to watch the next aftermath, where Katie and Sadie will host! Good night!" As Eva stomped offstage, the other contestants left the peanut gallery and the crowd filed out of the audience.
Another chapter is done! There won't be an update for a few weeks because I have a crap-ton of projects to do for school. Only two more weeks! Anyways, starting next Aftermath, I will be accepting reader questions. They can be for any character, competing or not. Anyways, please review, read my other fics, and thanks for reading. Until next time!