Chapter 4 is set for takeoff. Sorry for the delay but I just got back from spring break and had midterms the week before that. Anyways I've read you reviews those of you who did review and have decided on the lists. However they won't be starting the fifth season until I see who the winner of the 4th is. Anyways here's the list of old and new listed below. Keep in mind this list may be tweaked before the finished product. Others not listed will either be in the Aftermath show or make cameo appearances. Anyways let me know what you think and enjoy the story.

Old Returning Castmates

Alejandro

Bridgette

Cody

DJ

Duncan

Eva

Geoff

Gwen

Harold

Heather

Izzy

Leshawna

Lindsay

Trent

New Contestants

B

Brick

Dawn

Joe

Mike

Sam

Scott

Zoey

Cafe

Following Heathers statement an unusual science fell over the table, Cody looking at Heather blankly as she sat in front of him, his thoughts hidden internally. Heather for her part sat there, taking a sip every now and then of her coffee while she waited for his reply. Finally after a minute or so he spoke up.

"Before I agree or disagree to anything...I'll want to ask you a few questions." Heather grinned a little behind her cup before setting it back down, a neutral expression on her face. "Fire away."

"We'll I guess we'll start with the obvious. Why do you want an alliance with me?" Heather huffed a little, disappointed by the question. "Because I want to win captain obvious, why else?"

"I mean why me specifically? You're not the kind of person to do things on a whim and while I'm not the worse competitor in this thing I'm certainly not the strongest. So why?" Heather lost the attitude, now seeing the point to his question.

"Ah I see. Well first off I don't have the most sparkling reputation as you and I both know. While I don't regret any of my actions I definitely have made a lot of enemies during my time. A lot of people wouldn't even hear me out as far as you have, or would rat on me the first chance they got. Your dependable, a fairly good competitor and unlikely to stab me in the back, so there you go."

Cody nodded his head, cheeks just a little bit red at the compliment. "Well that's good to hear, umm alright next question. What makes you think we could win? Like you said you're not the most popular at the moment and could potentially be picked off at the beginning. And a lot of my success last season was due to everyone being too afraid of Sierra to try messing with me? I don't think the odds are very high in our favor."

Heather smirked, leaning back a bit and putting her hands behind her head. "Normally you'd be right but you're missing a few details. First while I may not be the nicest person in the world I have learned to be a little more subtle. The emergence of other villain characters and grudges has also split a lot of the attention away. Finally let's not forget that a lot of suspicion is going to be thrown towards whatever newbie's are picked for the game. Better the devil they know than the one they don't, so they say."

"Well I suppose. I guess there's only one question I have left." Heather nodded, already knowing what it was. "Why should you trust me, and what's in it for you?" Cody nodded back, eyes looking down at his plate. "I-It's not like I don't think you've changed, you have become a little bit nicer since the 1st season. But you have to understand I've seen what you're willing to do for a million dollars. And it wouldn't be the first time you double crossed someone. If I'm going to help you I need to know if I can trust you."

Heather sighed a little, placing her coffee cup back on the table. "I'll say only two things in my own defense. Number one, I never broke a promise unless the person broke their side of the deal or circumstances forced me to do so. Beth and Lindsay are text book examples of this, had things gone my way we all would have made it to the final three. I would have beaten them, but I would have kept my word. So I give you mine right now, if either of us should win this contest I will split the money with you 50/50. What do you say?"

Saying this she reached across the table, her hand outstretched to take his hand. Cody almost grabbed, only to pull his hand back as his eyes slanted a little in caution. "You said two things in your defense. What was the second?" Heather frowned a little at this, but with a defeated huff pulled her hand away. "Right, obviously if we're going to win this game we're going to need some alliance members to help control the vote. As a sign of confidence in this rel- partnership I will allow you to suggest members and choose who gets the votes." Cody's eyes went from cautious to surprise, the enormity of this move not passing by him. "Y-You'd give me control of the alliance?"

Heather nodded in agreement, although she showed she clearly did not enjoy it. "It's the only way this partnership is going to work. Regardless of who we choose they are going to listen to you and not me anyway. If I tried to give orders they'd probably expose us. And if you ever start to suspect that I'm going to break my end of the bargain you can boot me from the game."

Heather leaned closer to Cody, brushing her hair back as it threatened to spill over her face. "But that's not going to happen because neither of us will win if we don't work together. I need your help in staying in this game and you'll need my help taking down the tougher contestants. And you know you'll need it."

Narrowing her eyes she stared him in the eye, something that made Cody want to squirm, although from anticipation or fear he couldn't tell. "I need to know Cody, are you in or not?"

Plaza De Losers

Gwen sighed as she laid back by the pool in her black bikini, the shade from the umbrella shielding her from the bright sun. Gwen normally was not the biggest outdoor person in the world, but following her subsequent burial with the videogame nerd, she would take in as much open space as she could get.

Speaking of said nerd...Gwen thought as she watched Sam and Dakota sitting back to back, or rather back too lower back. Dakota was still mutated from her experience on the show, and was frustratingly trying to send a text on a phone five sizes too small for her hand. Sam who up until that moment had been playing furiously on his DS noticed his girlfriends predicament, took the phone from her and began typing the message for her, while she gave him a kiss on the cheek in thanks.. It was a very sweet sight, weird, but sweet none the less.

"Never thought I'd see an actual mutant in life, or see one with a boyfriend. Man my life has gotten weird." Shrugging her shoulders Gwen closed her eyes to take a small snooze. Lord knows she could use one.

"Yes well I'd say this show definitely brings out the weirdo's in life, wouldn't you agree chica?" Gwen's eyes opened up to see Alejandro leaning on a wall close by, dressed in his usual red shirt. The former Latin heartthrob was still quite handsome even after the months of care and hospital stays, though the more serious burns were still present on him, albeit healing at a slow rate. One particularly vicious scar shaped a half broken moon across his eye, looking both alluring and intimidating (Katie and Sadie's words personally).

This did little to phase Gwen though, the Goth raising an eyebrow neutrally at him. "Hello Darth Al, nice to see you out of your tin suit. To what do I owe the displeasure of this visit?" Alejandro's eyes widened for a brief moment, unused to being addressed so disrespectfully from the female gender. Or at least in a hostile way. "I happened to be walking by and seeing you relaxing so peacefully by the pool, I thought it might be nice to take this moment to chat. We never really got much of a chance to get to know each other."

Gwen snorted at this, crossing her arms across her chest. "I think we know each other plenty, considering how you exposed Duncan and I last season. Don't think that little fact has slipped by him either Al." Alejandro's eye twitched at the use of the dreaded name, but only for the second it took for a grin to cross his face.

"Yeah cause I'm supposed to be frightened of the guy who got taken down by the ladies fool and uber nerd? For a bad boy he doesn't take a beating particularly well. Although it seems your choice in suitors has always-"

"Enough!" Gwen said standing up and clenching her fists, marching up to glare Alejandro in the eye. "If you have something to say then say it. otherwise get lost!" Alejandro was surprised by the short temper in the dark haired girl, giving a small chuckle at her anger. She and Heather have more in common than...

The memory of his former crush, as well as the blow she had delivered to both his body and pride, wiped the smirk off his face. "If you insist my lady of the night, I heard an interesting piece of information a little while ago, one involving our resident tech perv and the bruja." Gwen's expression went from angry to interested, curiosity momentarily overpowering her irritation. "Cody and Heather? Not that I keep tabs on Heather, as we are such "good" friends, what could possibly be interesting regarding the two of them?"

Alejandro was about to answer when a loud war cry yelled out above them. The two had just enough time to look up to see Izzy leaping above them from the second story of the plaza, a manic grin on her face. Hitting the water with a boom she sent up a large wave from the pool, the force of it managing to defy all physics and knock the two over.

Groaning Alejandro stood up from where he had landed, soaked to the bone from the wave. No sooner had he stood up though then he was knocked down again, this time by an irate Gwen who was on her feet, black mascara running down her face in twin lines. She cast a scathing look at the redheaded psycho before looking down at Alejandro, scowl deepening on her face.

"You know what, I have better things and better people to be hanging out with. Thanks for the tidbit of gossip, but if I wanted to hear about baloney rumors I'd simply turn on The View. Cya later Al." Not waiting for a reply she turned away and stomped off, heading back towards the hotel part of the resort. Alejandro watched her walk off for a moment before turning back to Izzy, who had just climbed out of the pool.

"Would you mind explaining why you ruined a perfectly pleasant conversation, Izzy my dear?" The redhead laughed as she rung her hair between her hands, getting the water out. "Oh Alejandro, haven't you heard about the boy who told the crow's secret to the world?" Alejandro became completely confused, lost by the seemingly nonsense question. Before he could say anything Izzy leaned closer to him, a cold smile replacing her usual one. "I hear the boy got pecked to death by the crow's friends, something you might want to keep in mind. After all, I did get my license to kill renewed. Bye Bye."

Izzy walked off leaving Alejandro alone by the pool, the sun just starting to fall behind the resort.

Cafe

"Alright I'm in." Heather clapped her hands together, a pleased look on her face. "Excellent, now before we-"

"I didn't finish, I'll agree to work with you but on one condition." Heather frowned a little, not liking the sound of this. "Fine, what is it?" Cody gulped a little, bracing himself for the inevitable explosion. "Whoever we bring into this alliance, they get a share of the prize money as well."

"WHAT?" Heather yelled out, jumping straight out of her chair. Once she noticed the stares she was getting from the cafe's other patrons she sat back down, leaning over the table to whisper in Cody's ear. "You can't be serious, it's hard enough for me to split the money with you, and you at least have some respect. Do you really expect me to take a smaller piece of the pie?" She almost hissed this last part, anger very recognizable in her voice

Cody nodded his head, despite how close the girl was leaning near him. "Heather whoever I bring into this partnership is going to be friend and I'm not going to throw them under the bus. Either we all win some of the money or none of us is going to. So what's it going to be?" Heather ground her teeth at this, she hated the thought of giving away more of her share. Eventually she calmed down and begrudgingly stuck her hand out

"Fine, I accept. But let's be clear on this, if any of them betray this alliance in any way they forfeit their share. Correct?" Cody hesitated for a moment, but eventually reached forward and clasped his hand with hers. Once he did Heather's face took on a warm smile, her posture relaxing in satisfaction.

"We'll work out the details and the game plan tomorrow, for now we should get back to the resort. We wouldn't want people to start wondering where we are." Standing up the two of them left the cafe as the sun began to descend, bathing the town in an orange gold light. In the corner of the store a pair of eyes watched as the two left the shop. Calmly sipping her tea she watched the two walk by the window, a small smile on her face.

Their aura's...are so interesting right now. Perhaps they can help me after all.

And scene. Thanks everyone for being patient with me. Things have been kind of hectic for me this summer in terms of work and time, but I hope to do more writing in the near future Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and if you have any ideas for upcoming ones let me know. Thanks and see you at the next update.