Episode 12: Total Drama All Stars Aftermath Part II
Aftermath intro plays, with scenes featuring the eliminated contestants sliced in.
Annabeth
"Yes, I'm afraid of spiders. It's a fear all children of Athena share."
Sabriel
"Are you blackmailing me?"
Alice
"*beep*, I haven't fed since Day 1."
Rachel
"I should spearhead this challenge. I have years of singing experience, and I've actually written songs before."
Murtagh
"Thorn's several miles out to sea hunting. I might be able to let myself out to win us the challenge by using the Ancient Language to keep the water out as I leave."
Intro finishes, and cuts to a stage with Geoff and Bridgette.
"What's up, dudes?" said Geoff. "Welcome to another totally awesome episode of Total Drama All Stars Aftermath. I'm Geoff."
"And I'm Bridgette," said Bridgette. "And we have a lot of awesome stuff crammed into this episode. We've got all five contestants eliminated since last time, as well as That's Gonna Leave a Mark, some never before seen footage, and Truth or Whatever-Horrifically-Dangerous-Creature-Geoff-Has -Managed-To-Get-His-Hands-On."
"Ha, pretty sure we have Izzy for that," said Geoff.
"Actually, we don't," said Bridgette. "Once Hit-Girl regained consciousness after our last episode, she started hunting Izzy, so she's gone into hiding."
"Whoa, I didn't know there was anything that could force Izzy into hiding," said Geoff. "Well, other than the RCMP. Guess I'll have to make other arrangements."
"Well, how about you do that while I introduce this week's Peanut Gallery," said Bridgette.
"Okay, thanks Bridge," said Geoff, grabbing his phone out as he left the stage.
"Okay then," said Bridgette. "Well, joining us this week in our rotating peanut gallery, we have Blamely." An intern rolled a still heavily bandaged Blaineley onto the stage. It was hard to tell, but she seemed to be glaring at Bridgette for that remark. "Cameron." Cameron walked onstage waving, before struggling to pull himself up onto one of the raised chairs of the Peanut Gallery. "Cody." Cody walked onstage, and gave two thumbs up to the crowd as he sat down. "Courtney." Courtney came onstage talking on the phone, in a heated argument with someone. "Dawn." Dawn seemed to float onstage, before taking her seat. "Jo." Jo walked onstage carrying a pair of dumbbells. The intern that got a concussion from Eva last time saw them, and immediately ran away. "Owen." Owen blasted himself onstage with a powerful fart, before walking the rest of the way to the seats. Unfortunately for the intern, Owen's gas was aimed directly at him, knocking him out. Coincidentally, Jo chose that moment to discard her dumbbells, which landed on the intern's head. "Sam." Sam came onstage playing his PlayStation Vita before taking his seat. "And Trent." Trent came out onstage holding his guitar, before taking his seat. "So hey guys, what do you think of the show so far?"
"Oh, man, that Bart kid is awesome," said Owen. "He's one seriously cool party dude."
"Are you serious man?" asked Sam. "He's working for Light. He doesn't deserve to win. Now, Zidane, he should win. He reminds me of someone, but I can't think who." At this, Sam returned to his PS Vita, where he was playing Dissidia.
"I personally believe Katniss will win," said Dawn. "She's fighting a losing battle to get rid of Light, and holding her own well. She deserves it."
"As a fellow guitarist, I have to support Marty," said Trent. "Unless Light completely corrupts him."
"I'm supporting Kim," said Cody. "She's hot."
"Okay, that's sorted," said Geoff, walking back onstage.
"You've found something dangerous to make our guests tell the truth?" said Bridgette. "How'd you do that on such short notice?"
"All will be explained soon," said Geoff. "For now, let's bring out our first guest."
"Okay," said Bridgette. "Our first guest was eliminated after finding out about Light's mysterious notebook. She's the world's best anti-necromancer, please welcome Sabriel." Sabriel walked out onstage and sat down. "So Sabriel, what's up?"
"What's up is that Light is a freaking murderer, and I'm the one who gets eliminated," said Sabriel bitterly.
"Yeah, that's tough. I had the same thing happen in season three with Alejandro," said Bridgette.
"Mmrr, rrm mr," said Blaineley under her bandages. Realising she couldn't be understood, she ripped the ones over her mouth off. "No you didn't. You fell for his charming good looks and personality. Sabriel was just blackmailed."
"Shut up Blaineley," said Geoff. "So, who do you think will win?"
"Light," said Blaineley.
"I was talking to Sabriel," said Geoff. "Why would I want to talk to you?"
"You invited me on the show," replied Blaineley.
"You were contractually obliged to do this," said Bridgette.
The audience laughed as Blaineley backed down. "My manager is so fired," she said.
"Well anyway, I'm putting my support behind Ayane," said Sabriel. "She's one of the only girls left, and I want to support my own team."
"Hold on a sec," said Geoff, holding the earpiece he was wearing. "Awesome. My dangerous surprise is here. So Sabriel, how would you like to play a game of Truth or Chef?"
An animation featuring the words Truth or Chef appears, followed by Chef cutting through the words.
"Really Geoff? You got Chef?" asked Bridgette. "And how'd you get that animation made so quick?"
"First, you try getting something dangerous at such short notice," said Geoff. "And second, I don't know, but someone's getting a pay rise." Geoff then turned back to Sabriel. "Okay Sabriel, here's how it works. Bridge and I will ask a series of questions, and you have to tell the truth, or Chef gets a free shot at you with whatever he's got."
At this point, Chef was pushed onstage. "Why do I agree to do this stuff?" muttered Chef as he took his position across from Sabriel.
"So, Sabriel, what was the deal with the whole stealing from Light thing?" asked Bridgette.
"Light has a dangerous object with him," said Sabriel. "His notebook can kill you."
Geoff and Bridgette looked at each other, stunned. "Riiiight," said Geoff. "Chef, if you would."
"I thought I was only meant to attack her if she lied," said Chef.
"Wait, then that means . . ." said Geoff.
"Yes, Light has an evil notebook that can kill people," said Sabriel. "I met his Shinigami."
Geoff and Bridgette exchanged confused looks, and then decided not to question this. "Well, I know you and Kim are friends," said Bridgette. "So I wanted to ask: what do you really think of Kim's crush on Light?"
"It's harmless if she doesn't do anything," said Sabriel. "Unfortunately, Light knows, so I'm worried she'll be brought over to his army of darkness."
"Yeah, that's going to be a problem," said Bridgette. "Now, I think we have someone from home who wants to talk to you."
A giant TV screen dropped down from the roof, which soon showed King Touchstone on it. "Hello? Sabriel? Are you there? I don't know if this thing's doing anything."
"Yes, it's on Touchstone," said Sabriel.
"Oh good. I never know if any of this technological sorcery is working," said Touchstone.
"I told you before, it's not sorcery," said Sabriel. "And anyway, I have some big news for you."
"I already know you lost Sabriel," said Touchstone. "Mr Producer told me that when he got here."
"Umm, actually, it's something else," said Sabriel. "You see . . . I'm pregnant."
A collective gasp rose from the entire studio, and then shocked silence. Finally, Blaineley broke the silence. "Who's the father?"
Sabriel glared at her. "The guy on the screen, a.k.a. my husband," she said.
"Pfft, that's not scandalous," said Blaineley. "Where's the juicy gossip in that?"
"Life isn't all about scandals Blamely," said Geoff. "Sabriel, Touchstone, let me be the first to say congratulations guys. That's awesome."
"Yeah, that's really cool," said Bridgette. "Though I'm not sure it's good for the baby's health to be dropped in shark infested waters, attacked by giant spiders and fired out of cannons."
"You people are hopeless," said Blaineley. "You there, wheel me outta here. These people know nothing about entertainment." These words were directed at the unconscious intern, who nobody had bothered to move. When he didn't move, Blaineley groaned with frustration, but otherwise did nothing.
"Speaking of things that are bad for babies," said Geoff, ignoring Blaineley. "It's time for That's Gonna Leave a Mark."
An animation plays for That's Gonna Leave a Mark.
An intern is seen walking in the woods when he comes across a hanging thread. He pulls it once gently, then several more times fairly hard. Suddenly, the giant spider falls out of a tree and crushes him.
Zidane is seen expertly swinging from tree to tree, when he accidentally missteps and falls down the tree, hitting every branch on the way down, including several times between the legs.
Infernape is seen walking through the woods when a rustling is heard from a nearby bush. He jumps in and immediately starts attacking, only to realise that it was just Kevin taking a leak.
Marty and Rachel had just finished their performance, when Marty accidentally lifts the guitar up and hits Rachel under the chin.
And finally, as the Giant Shark's submarine crashed to the ground, a piece of metal from the back broke off and struck Chef, knocking him out.
The TV showing the clips rose back up to the roof. Geoff was laughing at the footage they'd just seen. "Aww, man, Chef," he said. "One little piece of submarine and you drop like a stone."
"Oh yeah?" said Chef. "How about I hit you with a large piece of metal and see if you stay conscious."
"Umm, no, I'm good," said Geoff, regretting laughing at a man who was twice his size.
"Well, how about we move on to our next guest shall we?" said Bridgette.
"Yeah, okay," said Geoff. "She aspires to be a Broadway star, yet lost a singing contest to a ten year old boy. Please welcome Rachel." Rachel walked onstage and sat down. "So Rachel, how are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you," she said. "Though I'd be better if I didn't make that stupid wager that I should have won."
"Yeah, not a smart move that," said Geoff. "Neither was only putting in a minimal effort. You should never do that with your elimination on the line."
"It doesn't matter," said Rachel. "Soon I'll be a superstar, and they'll realise my greatness."
"You go sister," said Courtney. "This world needs more women who don't need a man."
"Says the girl who pines over Duncan AND Alejandro," said Jo. "Seriously, when are you going to realise they're not interested." Courtney glared at her, but didn't say anything.
"So Rachel," said Geoff. "Sadly, you didn't get much airtime during your run . . . "
"What?" demanded Rachel. "I did lots of stuff. I rehearsed daily with Carly outside the cabin, I figured out where the giant spider was, I caught the fly Alice killed . . ."
"None of which was interesting enough to make the final cut of any episode," said Geoff. Rachel glared at him.
"Well, I think we should go on to your message from home," said Bridgette. Once again, the large TV dropped down from the ceiling, and soon the face of Kurt appeared on the screen.
"Hey Rachel," said Kurt. "Is TV stardom working out for you?"
"Sadly, no, but at least I tried," said Rachel.
"No you didn't," said Kurt. "You even admitted you didn't because you thought you had it in the bag. Maybe this is why we can't beat Vocal Adrenaline."
"Kurt, we both know that's not true," said Rachel. "We just need to get better."
"Yeah, I guess," said Kurt. "Well, I gotta go. Before I do though, that Wallace guy. Was he . . ."
"Pretty sure he was," said Rachel.
"Thought so," said Kurt, before calling to someone off-screen. "Hey Blaine, I told you he was . . ." The video cut off here, and the TV rose back up.
"Before you guys go to another interview, I wanted to tell everyone about my new restaurant," said Chef.
"You can legally sell people food?" asked Sabriel.
"I made you the best stuff I could on the miserable food budget Chris gave me," said Chef.
"Really?" said Rachel. "I could have sworn most of it was found on the bathroom floor."
"You still ate it didn't you?" said Chef. Rachel and Sabriel looked at each other, shock and disgust clear on their faces.
"We'll get to that later," said Geoff. "Right now, it's time for our next guest."
"Yes it is Geoff," said Bridgette. "She joined the competition to distract herself from her missing boyfriend, and somehow has a belly button despite being 'a child of the mind', whatever that means. Please welcome Annabeth." Annabeth walked onstage and took a seat.
"Annabeth, what's up?" said Geoff. "Welcome to the show."
"I'm fine, thank you Geoff," said Annabeth. "Although technically, I think you should have said those two sentences the other way around."
"Well, anyway, tough break about being eliminated," said Bridgette. "I mean, a giant spider? Who wouldn't freak out over that?"
"It's worse when you're biological designed to be scared of spiders," said Annabeth.
"Yeah, I wanted to ask about that," said Geoff. "What sort of mother intentionally makes her children scared of spiders?"
"It's because of what mother did to Arachne," said Annabeth. "Arachne claimed to be a better weaver than Mother, so Mother challenged to a weaving contest. Mother won, and turned her into a spider as punishment. Arachne swore she'd get revenge, and, well, there you have it. Hopefully I never have to meet her."
"Excuse me, but since when is arachnophobia genetic?" asked Cameron. "I had arachnophobia, but I got that from being bitten as a child. Surely yours is similar, possibly as a suppressed memory?"
"Did you take into account that my mother is a goddess, not a human?" asked Annabeth.
"Well anyway, Annabeth, we have a call from home for you," said Geoff. As he said this, the giant TV lowered from the roof. Shortly afterwards, Leo's face appeared on the screen.
"What's up Annbeth," said Leo.
"Hey Leo, how's it going?" said Annabeth.
"Me, I'm fine," said Leo. "As for the Argo II, well . . ."
"What? What's happened?" asked Annabeth.
"It's . . . kinda sorta finished," said Leo with a huge grin on his face.
"Damn it Leo, don't scare me like that," said Annabeth. "So we can finally go get Percy?"
"Yep, as soon as you get back," said Leo.
"Awesome," said Annabeth. "Hey, are Jason and Piper around? Can I speak to them?"
"Sure," said Leo, walking just off camera. "They're just over . . . WHOA! Jeez, sorry guys." Leo turned back to the camera. "Umm, sorry Annabeth. They're a little busy DOING something with EACH OTHER, if you catch my drift."
"Oh," said Annabeth, clearly understanding. "Well, good to speak to you anyway. I'll be back soon."
"Seeya Annabeth," said Leo, then the TV disconnected.
"Okay, I've waited long enough," said Chef. "If all goes well, my new restaurant will be opening after next week's show. It'll be called 'KFC'." Everyone gave him a confused stare.
"Umm, Chef, there's already a restaurant chain called KFC," said Trent.
"Yeah, but they only serve chicken," said Chef. "My restaurant is called Kentucky Fried Contestant."
"Oh, I get it," said Owen. "You're going to open a fired food restaurant with all the dishes named after Total Drama contestants."
"Err, yeah, of course," said Chef. "Come on down next week for a little piece of loser."
"Wow, that sounds really cool," Geoff said. "But now, we have to move on to our next guest."
"That's right Geoff," said Bridgette. "She's psychic vampire who was kicked out of the contest because she forgot to feed herself. How did she not see that coming? Please welcome Alice." Alice walked out on stage and took a seat.
"Now Alice, before we begin," said Geoff. "Have you eaten since your elimination?"
"Yeah, I drained a mountain lion before I came here," said Alice. A shocked gasp came from the audience. "Hey, it was attacking a hiker." The crowd settled down when they heard this.
"I have to ask: how can you forget to eat?" asked Bridgette.
"I was focusing all my energy on what Light was doing, and how to stop him," said Alice. "As a result, I forgot pretty much everything else, including when I last ate, which I don't do as frequently as you humans."
"I understand completely," said Dawn. "Once when I was trying to connect with Mother Nature, I was focused so hard that after I finished talking to her, three days had passed."
"Exactly," said Alice. "Psychic powers are a blessing and a curse. They help you a lot once they work, but the cost can be extreme."
"Yeah," said Dawn. "Except my powers are more general psychic, as opposed to those of an oracle."
"True, though I've got more speed and strength than I know what to do with," said Alice.
"Are you challenging me?" asked Dawn.
"Whoa, that would be awesome," said Geoff. "But first, Alice has to receive a call from home." The giant TV once again dropped down from the roof, and Jasper appeared on the screen.
"Hello Alice," said Jasper. "How are you?"
"Hi Jasper," said Alice. "I'm fine. How's everything at . . ."
"Come on Alice, right here, right now," said Dawn.
"Settle down," said Jasper, looking down at Dawn.
Dawn, who was about to strike Alice, suddenly stopped where she was standing. "Huh. I suddenly lost my will to fight," said Dawn.
"Yeah, Jasper has that effect on people," said Alice. "Now, like I was saying, how's everything at home?"
"Everything's fine," said Jasper. "Except . . ." Suddenly, Jasper was pushed out of the way, and Caius was on the screen.
"Alice dear, what the hell were you thinking?" demanded Caius. "You know full well that we don't appreciate vampires being revealed to the humans in such a public forum."
"And you went on international TV to tell me this?" asked Alice.
Caius sat in silence for a minute. "Shut up," said Caius. "We're going to come over there and . . . hey, where'd she go?" Sure enough, Alice had disappeared.
"Guess we don't get to see the psychic battle then," said Geoff. "But we still have something you guys will want to see."
"That's right Geoff," said Bridgette. "You guys like never before seen footage? Well, we managed to find something Ayane might find interesting."
"That's right folks," said Geoff. "Ayane was originally coaxed into competing in Total Drama because Chris told her that her sister Kasumi was hiding at Camp Wawanakwa. This was a complete lie."
"Or was it?" asked Bridgette. "We keep seeing strange things on the forest cams, and we don't know what to make of it. Is it possible that Ayane's claim from episode 4 was right? Check out this montage."
The giant TV drops down from the roof, and starts playing clips from around the forest. First, there was a shot of a squirrel eating an acorn. Suddenly, there was a ninja star in its back, and a hand quickly snatched it up. However, the rest of the body couldn't be seen. Next, there was a shot of someone jumping between trees, but nothing could be seen of them except a trail of red hair. Finally, there was a shot of Ayane walking through the forest. She turned her head to the sound of some rustling in the trees, and fired a tranquiliser where it was. Within seconds, the tranquiliser was flung back at Ayane, hitting her in the neck. As the tranquiliser took effect, a shadowy figure with red hair fled the area.
"What do you think guys?" asked Bridgette. "Real or fake?"
"Totally real," said Geoff. "The only other person who could do that is Kim, and why would she hide from Ayane like that?"
"Well, I don't think it's real," said Sabriel. "Chris said she wasn't there, and of all the places in the world she could hide, why there? It doesn't make sense."
"Maybe she's trying to hide in plain sight," said Sam. "You know, throw off the scent by getting as close to the enemy as possible, where they wouldn't think to look."
"Well, whatever it is, you can rest assured that we'll find out what it is," said Geoff. "We'll hopefully have more in the next episode of Aftermath."
"Now, before we go Geoff, we have one final guest," said Bridgette. "Should we bring him out?"
"Yes we should," said Geoff. "The most recent elimination from Total Drama, he was part of Team Anti-Light, he has his own dragon, and our only male guest tonight. Please welcome Murtagh." A couple of loud booms are heard, accompanied by a couple of crashes. Suddenly, Thorn's head appears from the side of stage, and Murtagh appeared next to him before taking his seat.
"So, Murtagh, Thorn, what's up?" asked Geoff.
"My answer is pretty much the same as Sabirel's," said Murtagh. "Light. That cunning *beep* is taking down contestants left and right, and gaining powerful allies just as easily. It's Galbatorix's rise all over again."
"Except this time we weren't forced to cooperate with the villain," said Thorn in everyone's mind. Everyone looked at each other in surprise for a moment.
"So, what's the deal with you and Thorn?" asked Bridgette. "I mean, I sorta get that he talks telepathically to everyone, but is he, like, your pet or something?"
Murtagh looked horrified at the thought. "Foolish woman," said Murtagh. "Do you really expect a powerful dragon to simply bow down to me like a common dog? Thorn and I are equal. Seriously, Thorn is as intelligent, if not more so, than any human."
"Okay, well, I have a question," said Cody. "How many chicks do you get with a dragon? I might get myself one."
"You do not choose your dragon," said Murtagh. "The dragon chooses you." Murtagh paused for a moment before continuing. "In answer to your question, more than I can handle." Cody looked impressed.
"Well, let's hope you've been keeping your hands off them," said Bridgette. "Because we have a call from home for you, and I don't think she'd appreciate that." The giant TV screen once again descended from the roof, and once again a person appeared on the screen. This time, it was Nasuada.
"Hello Murtagh," said Nasuada. "So, this is what your self-imposed exile is then?"
"Queen Nasuada," said Murtagh, somewhat surprised. "To what do I owe this unexpected call?"
"The producers wanted to make you talk to someone from home," said Nasuada. "Not sure why they picked me. I'm also not sure how they're sending this. Some kind of new scrying technology I assume."
"They're called cameras," said Murtagh. "I don't get it either. So, what's happening in Alegaesia?"
"Well, we're trying to repopulate the dragons," said Nasuada. "And since you and Thorn are . . . somewhere, and Eragon and Saphira have decided to leave Alegaesia, that means Arya and Firnen have left the kingdom, so our main weapons of defence are gone."
"You've got alliances with humans, elves, dwarves, Urgals, and werecats," said Murtagh. "Any one of those in large enough numbers would be enough to defeat any opponent. Besides, who'd want to challenge someone who helped bring down Galbatorix?"
"True," said Nasuada. "Though I'd prefer we had at least one dragon here."
"Don't worry, we'll come back someday," said Murtagh. "Assuming Chris doesn't have any more nasty surprises for us."
"Come home soon," said Nasuada. "I . . ." She looked like she was about to say more, something important, but the screen cut out.
"Ohh, tough break, we're out of time," said Geoff. "Guess we'll never know what Nasuada was going to say."
"You could call her back," said Murtagh.
"We could," said Geoff. "But instead, let me just say that you guys better stayed tuned for next time, when we'll have more eliminated contestants, more exclusive footage, and more mayhem, right here, on Total Drama All Stars Aftermath." The screen cuts to black, and Murtagh's enraged yell is heard.