Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama. If I did then the actual All Stars wouldn't have been so horrible
Chapter 1: Let the Games Begin
In a dimly lit room, a demon sat at a piano playing a melancholy tune. He had bushy brown hair, pale white skin, piercing scarlet eyes, and the pointed teeth of a carnivore. He wore a striped prison uniform, a fez hat, and a pair of shackles around his arms and demon was Cedric von Túfeice, who had been sealed away after his humiliating defeat at the end of Total Drama World Tour. To most people he had been dead and gone since then. However he was still around and plotting vengeance with an old friend.
This old friend was Mal Doran who came through the only door in the bar for the occasional visit. And this particular visit happened to be very important. "Well if it isn't Mikey boy? I'm assuming from the look on your face you're not here to play cards." Cedric stopped playing and looked at Mal as he came through the doorway.
"It's time for our plan to come around. A fifth season was just announced and I have a feeling that Mike will be in it, and so will Cody and Duncan."
"How do you know that? And what about Red?" Cedric asked as he made a cigarette appear.
"Tyler's not participating because he's got a baby to take care of now. But everybody else got dragged in the same way. The fine print."
"I love the fine print." Cedric dropped his ashes into a tray "I presume it's cross generational?"
"Yep. It should give you time to test out your new powers."
"Of course. I'll just sit here waiting for you to break out." Cedric walked away from his piano and over to the bar.
"That should be a lot harder now that your contract with the Baron has been rendered null and void." Mal said before sliding down a piece of paper "This is a list of people that's competing. Pick from that list who'll join us."
"You got it Mikey. Pip pip cheerio and all that!" Cedric said as Mal slowly shut the door to the bar.
It had been two years since Total Drama World Tour ended and Cedric's black mark left on the world had begun to fade. People had finally gotten back to their normal lives and found that they were capable of relaxing now. Especially those who had participated in the first generation of Total Drama. But they would now get no such rest as Chris had recently finished his one year sentence for illegally dumping toxic waste during Revenge of the Island and had ordered a fifth season back on Camp Wawanakwa.
"Welcome to Total Drama All Stars! After my year long vacation in the Ottowa-Carleton Detention Centre, I need to be in a familiar environment with the people I love…to HURT! Conditions of my parole: 'cept the hurt, that's all McLean!" Chris walked across the repaired dock past to the do further exposition "For this year, I've decided to bring back 30 of your favorite players in a clash of wills. And this time, it's for a whole new prize! First off from Revenge of the Island we have Multiple Mike, and his four extra personalities."
Chef then pushed Mike out of the plane as he was introduced, followed by others who met a similar fate "The pushover who briefly turned commando, Zoey. Athletic meat head, Lightning. And brainiac bubble boy, Cameron."
"This is highly illegal." Cameron cried as Chef pitched him out the plane.
"Also from season 4, the game loving dough ball Sam. Challenge throwing dirt farmer Scott. Bruising jockette Jo, who dominated until her victim fought back."
Unlike the others, Jo gave Chef quite a sum of resistance "You're a deadman McLean!" She was then given a hard shove out the door by Chef, sending her flying.
"Next up, friendly army cadet, Brick."
"Brick MacArthur ready for duty." Brick saluted only to be pushed out with a scream.
"Nature loving moonchild, Dawn." Chef pushed the seemingly unfazed Dawn out of the plane's door "Fame mongering mutant, Dakota."
"Oh no! Not this show again." Dakota cried in horror. She had gone back to her normal blonde appearance after cleansing, but still wanted nothing to do with Chris.
"And Jersey Shore Wannabe, Anne Maria."
"Watch the hair Reaper face!" Anne Maria yelled at Chef who managed to push her out and into the waters below.
"And now from our original cast, bossy know it all, Courtney!"
"This so violates my contract!" Courtney yelled as Chef dropped her by the heel into the lake.
"Gothic boyfriend stealer and breaker of the lust chain, Gwen."
"I said I was sorry!" Gwen cried as Chef tossed her out of the plane like a sack of potatoes.
"Next up 3/4 of the Drama Brothers: musician with a 9 fetish, Trent; super dweeb, Harold; and prissy pretty boy Justin." Chris said their names as they fell.
"Not the hair! Not the hair!"
"By popular demand and death threats we have returning favorites from Season 1: temperamental body builder Eva." Chris winced in fear as Eva roared when Chef finally managed to get her out the plane "Snarky bookworm, Noah."
"No! No! No! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Noah grabbed on for dear life to Chef's leg, only for the grim reaper to shake him off.
"And the Prairie born poser Ezekiel." Chris announced with a deadpan tone and scowl.
"Yo, Yo, Yo! The Zeke Man's back and in it to-" Ezekiel tried to rap out for Chef to literally kick him out of the plane.
"Also returning are the party boy Geoff, surfer chick Bridgette, and super fan Sierra."
"For Cody!" Sierra cried as she dived into the lake.
"Man do I feel sorry for that white boy." Leshawna said while sticking her head out the door, only to be pushed out herself.
"Loud and proud Leshawna, and her archenemy Heather."
"I hate Chris!" Heather yelled as she descended.
"Not to mention the chicken hearted brick house with a soft spot for animals, DJ."
"Not again!"
"Resident psycho hose beast Izzy, former delinquent Duncan…"
"Bring it on McLean." Duncan said nonchalantly as he fell. After his green mohawk had been damaged beyond repair by Cedric, he'd grown a new crimson one with triangular spikes.
"And season one winner Owen."
"LET ME OFF THIS THING!" Owen charged off due to his incredible fear of flying causing a massive tidal wave in the lake.
After spitting out a bit of lake water Zoey asked "Is that really everybody?"
"Has to be. That's everyone worth sending home." Scott said earning him a glare from many of the second generation contestants.
"Not quite Scott. There's still two more." Chris folded his umbrella back up before pointing back at the plane's drop zone "Last but not least, we have Alejandro, the latin liar who ended up at the wrong end of a talisman back in World Tour…"
"GET HIM AWAY FROM ME! PLEASE GET HIM AWAY FROM ME!" Alejandro was having a visible panic attack due to something else on the plane, and leapt out without Chef's help.
But what drew the most attention was the hideous X-Shaped scar that marred his handsome face "W-What happened to that guy's face?" Anne Maria asked, a little sick to her stomach.
"Cedric, Cedric happened." Duncan said as he watched Alejandro land in the lake. Out of anybody in the world who Cedric's rampage of cruelty had hurt, Duncan was at the top of that list.
Only one person there experienced it more than him "And half pathetic geek/half demon possessed sociopath, Cody."
As he'd mostly kept to himself during the flight there, no one noticed Cody's presence. Several of the players were shocked upon seeing him, especially those from the second generation.
"What's he doing here?" Jo asked judgmentally.
Confessional:
Scott: "So the demon wimp is competing? Hah! This season just keeps getting better and better!"
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Cody: "I really hope everyone isn't afraid me like Al; I already lost some friends after World Tour."
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Noah: "Seriously Cody, after what happened in World Tour you still had the courage to compete? You've got some serious balls."
As he washed up on shore, Noah gave his much larger friend an annoyed glare "How come every time I'm in the same area as you I almost die. But then again that's pretty much the whole show."
"It's not so bad. Cedric could still be around." Owen said as he shook himself clean of any water.
"True. Speaking of that, where's Cody anyways. Haven't seen him since we were kidnapped by McMuffin."
"It's pronounced McLean Noah." Sierra said as she walked by. Like Noah and Owen she noticed Cody wasn't in plain sight and began looking for him due to her stalkerish nature "Codykins? Come out, we have relationship business to talk about."
"I think I saw him head towards the washrooms." Trent pointed out causing Sierra to head in that direction. When the coast was clear he crouched in the sand "You can come out now man."
Cody broke from the pile of sand, taking a deep breath of fresh air "Thanks man. I owe you one!"
"No probs" Trent assured his friend. "Truth to be told, I feel you on that one; I have my own share of stalkers"
"You mean the kid named Kelsey back in the TDA aftermath, or Ginger?" Cody had him in the right spot as Trent cringed at the mention of their names.
"Both of them actually." Trent said in admission. Ever since the conclusion of World Tour, the two had the good idea of joining forces to hound him. There's never a day where he would stumble upon them. Heck, even his privacy in the bathroom was being disturbed. Which was another reason why he's competing - to get away from his obsessive fan-girls.
Cody was about to continue when he saw someone approaching behind Trent, his orange hair still wet from the fall.
"Hey there demon wimp. Didn't think you'd be competing again. You're either really brave or really stupid!"
Irritated by Scott's insults, Cody asked "…Ummmm…who are you?"
"Some jerk from from season 4." Trent said with a glare. Unlike Cody, Trent took the time to watch Season 4 and knew of everything Scott did.
"Yeah I'm a jerk. And you're a serial killer, wimp!" Scott got up into his face, while Cody tried to back away.
However Trent showed more resistance towards his bullying "Hey. He may have let Cedric into his body, but his involvement was a complete accident. At least he actually stopped him, where as you rely on dumb luck to get you anywhere!"
"Whatever. Now we know who's going home first this time around." Scott mocked him with a laugh as he walked away.
"What a prick. Hope I'm not on his team." Trent glowered at Scott before turning to Cody, who depressively trudged away with his hat covering his face.
Confessional:
Trent: "Psyched to be back for another shot. I really screwed things up back in Season 2, so I'm happy I get to redeem myself. I'm just worried about how everybody will treat Cody after what happened two years ago."
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Harold: "Scott thinks he's so clever. Well, we'll see what happens when he gets a taste of mad skills!" Harold flung around nunchucks only to hit himself in the head
"Unbelievable, this is not happening!" Gwen tried to imagine everything transpiring before her as just a dream... a bad dream and not reality.
"For once, I agree with you." Courtney begrudgingly came to an agreement with her rival.
As one of the very few surviving victims of Cedric von Túfeice, she didn't want to endure anymore pain and hardship and return only empty-handed.
"I didn't sign up for this Mclean!" Leshawna complained.
"Contracts, remember"
"Screw that, there may not be any boats here but that won't stop me from getting off this hole. I'm swimming!" Duncan said in defiance as mutterings of agreement rang across both generations of tormented teens.
"Oh really? I can promise that you wouldn't want to..." Chris began once again. "...'cause in this season, you'll be competing for not one million, not two million, nor 3 million, but ONE... BILLION... DOLLARS"
Everyone looked flabbergasted.
Confessional:
Zoey: "Did he just say..." static came as Zoey's words are perpetuated by others of similar reactions.
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Courtney: "... One...!" Courtney followed in a bright expression that people would see on children receiving their desired gifts for Christmas.
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Heather: "...Billion...!" Heather screeched as she pulled her long neat hair in disbelief.
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Eva: "...Dollars...!" Eva crushed the coconut in her hands, her determination spiked even more by the grand scale of the prize.
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DJ: "One billion dollars!" DJ gaped before managing to find the words. "Forget getting Momma back to Jamaica! With kind of coin, I could get her a mansion there!"
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Duncan: "Ok I take back everything I said before, bring it on McLean." Duncan declared with fire in his eyes.
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Lightning: "That billion dollars in mine and sha-mine alone!" Lightning boasted as he pointed a finger toward the camera.
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Alejandro: "As tempting as this competition's prize is, count me out." Came one of the rare truths from the forked-tongue of Alejandro. His eyes now lacked the manipulative and greedy passion that was found in World Tour. "All I want now is to escape this place... Away from... Cedric."
There was a knock on the confessionals door.
"Umm... Al are you finished yet" Recognizing the voice in a mere millisecond, the brutalized latin bolted right through the wall with a scream of utter fright.
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Cody: "I'm not really sure. I could use the money, but they'll probably vote me out the first chance they get!" Cody said reluctantly.
"Now that I have your interests, we can begin. This year the teams will be done in specific categories. When I call your name please go over to the correct mat."
"Surfer Chick, Sir Wetsalot, you go over to the white mat." Bridgette and Brick scowled at their nicknames.
"Captain Feral, black mat. Also on the black mat, Jersey Shore and the Brawny Woman." Ezekiel gave Anne Maria a flirtatious look, to which she sprayed him in the face, and caused him to stumble back into the growling Eva.
"Doris the Doorstop, Multiple Mike, and Beetle Whisperer you're on the white mat." Dawn, Mike, and Harold walked over to their team.
"Dakotazoid, Brainzilla, and Tower Jumper, you're on the black mat." Chris ordered Dakota, Izzy, and Justin.
However Justin stopped for a moment "That was only once! And I didn't jump, I was pushed!"
"Right. Next up for the white mat, we have Bubble Boy, Colonel Colossal, and Circus Thumb." Sam, DJ, and Cameron walked over to the mat "And on the black mat is Pride, Lust, and Wrath."
"Oh come on!" Courtney yelled.
Courtney: "How come I'm on a team with those two traitors?"
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Gwen: "I hope this makes things better. I haven't seen Courtney in two years and she still hates my guts. Not that I blame her though considering I stole her boyfriend and almost caused the apocalypse but…"
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Duncan: "I know I've turned over a new leaf and everything, but if he calls me Pride one more time, I'm gonna break him like a KitKat Bar!"
"Please save all complaints for after pairings. Back to the white mat, we have the Trash Talker and 9 Picker." Trent and Leshawna both glared at Chris for the nicknames "Also on the white mat, are Tubby and the Brain."
Owen grabbed Noah in a bear hug, while Chris continued "And on the black mat, we have Scarface, Queen Bee, and Party Boy." Geoff walked over while Alejandro winked at Heather only to get pushed over in response.
"And finally, on the white mat, Redhead Rambo, Captain Hook, and Yandere Queen."
"Crap." Cody face palmed himself with his false hand before Sierra tackled him in glee.
"Shouldn't we help him?" Zoey asked.
"Nope. Audiences think sexual harassment is funny if it's a girl doing it to a guy." Chris said before looking at his clipboard "And finally for the black mat, Pitsniffer, Shemale, and Athletic Nonsupporter."
"Sha-team!" Lightning responded.
"I'm on a team with him again?" Jo objected to the decision while Scott scoffed.
"Hey, we could be stuck with the demon wimp."
"I wasn't finished yet!" Chris snapped before explaining further "These teams have been coded based on your past performance in the game. White team, you're the Heroic Hawks, and black team, you're the Villainous Vultures."
"Villainous? I'm on a villain team? Why?" Gwen asked, shocked at her placement.
"Maybe because you stole my boyfriend and became the new Heather! Not to mention what you and Duncan did to let Cedric out!" Courtney growled in her rivals face, before turning to Chris "But why am I on the villains team? I've done plenty of heroic things!"
"Not really. You cheated your entire way through Action, and if Gwen stealing Duncan constitutes being on the villains team, I'd say you cheating at the game definitely does." Chris explained while Courtney tried to object again "No more problems? Great, let's move on!"
Confessional:
Heather: "Not that I'm complaining or anything, but shouldn't Cody be a villain? His little demonic pen pal did nearly destroy the world!"
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Geoff: "Am I surprised I ended up on the villains team? No. I was a major dick back in Season 2, and I've gotta make up for it. I just hope I can survive living in the same cabin as Eva again."
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Trent: "Happy Cody ended up on the Heroes team. The kid made a mistake, but he doesn't deserve to be vilified for it. He was one of the ones who killed Cedric after all."
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Mike: "I can't really harp on Cody for what happened last year. It would be pretty hypocritical of me" He then proceeded to switch over to Vito with a gasp.
Vito: "Things should be cool as long as Captain Pinkeye doesn't show up for an encore. Otherwise the freak better be ready to rumble."
"Now then, onto the first challenge. To make the season all the more painful, we've decided to fuse together several of the previous challenge with an extra twist. Minus the possibility of a demon hacking you to pieces."
In response to Chris' jokes, Cody sunk slightly as he used his top hat to cover up his face "Also, we cleaned up the island, so you can't get mutated. All the mutants have been moved to a FUN ZONE over on Boney Island."
"And we needed to know this why?" Duncan asked with a roll of his eyes.
"So you'll know what's in store if we ever decide to head over there." Chris said before changing subjects "Your accommodations have also changed. The losers of each challenge have to sleep in the same shitty old cabin, and eat in the same shitty old mess hall, with the same shitty old grub."
"So nothing's changed?" Noah snarked, getting a small chuckle out of Owen.
"Let me finish!" Chris yelled before continuing "But win the challenge, and you get to stay the night in the Victory Lodge. Five Star Meals, Ultra Soft Bedding, Veteran Butler, Luxury Massages, and Hot Tub!"
Heather: "Oh, I am so going too win that Victory Lodge. Have you seen who's on the Heroes team? We should win every challenge by the time the merge hits."
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Alejandro: "The Lodge is tempting….No still not worth it. I've got to get out of this hell."
"Aside from that, the rules are basically the same. Win the challenge, you get immunity, lose and risk getting voted off." Chris said and pointed towards the infamous 1000 foot high cliff "Your first challenge will be a homage to the original. Diving off the Cliffs of Wawanakwa into waters infested by psychotic, man-eating sharks!"
"y-You mean Fang?"
"No. Fang's in the FUN ZONE with the other mutants we didn't feel like cleaning. So you'll be free of a visit to the Trauma Chair. For now anyways."
Scott: "So I have a phobia of sharks? Can you blame me? I was stuck in that stupid trauma chair for 8 months, and my kidneys got switched around. But now I'm going to get back at the one who caused it! Watch yourself Zoey!"
"Once you've dived into the water, you have to pick a key embedded into lake floor. Assuming you're still alive, a chosen teammate will drive you to the hotel in a baby carriage from Season 3's Central Park challenge. If the key fits, you win, but if it doesn't then you go back to the start and tag another teammate in to dive."
"And if we win, we get to stay in the Victory Lodge right?" Owen asked.
"Correctomundo my chubby friend. You've got half an hour to get your swimsuits on and pick a carriage runner. Now get your game on."
Bridgette: "Considering I was the first person to do that challenge, I know how difficult it is. Doing it without a safety ring could get us killed."
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Izzy: "Oh yeah Shark Wrestling! That's what I'm talking about!"
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Courtney: "We're doing this again? I couldn't even do it last time!"
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Jo: "No fair! The first generation will totally have the advantage in this challenge!"
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Ezekiel: "No shark's gonna stand in the way of the Zeke winning! I may have blown it last two times, but there's no way that's happening again. Sharks are way less than the scariest thing I've dealt with." After he said this, Ezekiel shuddered a little at the painful memories.
About 20 minutes later, the teams had moved their luggage over to the craft's tent and changed into their swimwear for the challenge. At the moment, they were all marching towards the infamous cliff.
"Why do I have to push the carriage?" Owen asked his much shorter friend as the walked side by side.
"We don't want to blow every key out of the water with your impact, and no one will be able to push your weight." Noah explained before noticing Brick was listening in on them.
"I like your leadership skills. Name's Private First Class, Brick MacArthur."
"I'm Noah, no rank. Aren't you that fashion bomb guy from last year?"
"Not my best work." Brick said bashfully before noticing Cody was in the back of the crowd, masking his face with his top hat "What's wrong with that soldier?"
"He's trying to hide. Judging by how everyone's reacted to him, he's probably avoiding everyone on purpose."
"Because of the Mad Hatter Crisis?" Brick correctly guessed in reference to what happened in World Tour, which nearly resulted in the show's cancellation. "It's not his fault".
"He thinks otherwise."
Behind them, Mike and Zoey were also conversing. "Poor guy." Zoey vocalized her bleeding heart towards the Geek. "To be indirectly involved in Cedric's crime spree must really weigh on his conscience."
"I really feel bad for him." Mike sympathized before he mutters. "Probably because it's just like my situation with him."
"Who's him Mike? Is this about another personality of yours? I thought we've seen them all?" Mike snapped back to reality over Zoey's question.
"Oh, no you have. It's just Vito doing some crazy things at night while I'm asleep. Gotten me into trouble before." Mike nervously chuckled. The statement itself is but a half truth, considering that Vito nor any of his personalities are responsible for such thing. The personality he was referring to before was susceptible to a situation similar to that of Cedric's demonic possession, but it was also impossible considering that he got rid of them long ago.
Just as those watching him had expected, Cody's psyche had continued to amass guilt from the actions Cedric committed while possessing him. Not helping was the plethora of people who blamed him for the demon's tenure of serial murder as The Mad Hatter Killer. Two of his old teammates on the Screaming Gophers noticed his depression and approached.
"You had nothing to do with what Cedric did you know." Cody was disturbed from his deep contemplations, and turned his head to the side to see both Gwen and Leshawna staring at him with pity and understanding.
"Of course I did. If I hadn't put my trust on him 8 years ago, all those people wouldn't have died... Like Tyler's mom and sister." Sadness gripped his tone at the remembrance of the fact that he had indirectly helped Cedric in killing the relatives of his fellow contestant and friend.
Leshawna moved in to help "Shortstuff, you were pressured back then. Cedric pushed the right buttons to trick you like the sneaky jackal of a man he was."
"And it worked. I have no one to blame but myself for falling for his lies."
"It's not like anyone holds it against you." Gwen tried to comfort her friend who merely walked away.
"I wish that were the truth."
"That's weird. Two years ago, the kid would have paid money to be that close to you." Leshawna noted his out of character behavior.
Seeing their confusion, Trent walked up "Well that was before Cedric took control, and you haven't really talked since we visited him and Tyler in the hospital after Cedric died. The guy's practically been celibate since." Unlike most of the cast, Cody had kept in touch with Trent after the Mad Hatter Crisis.
"Is it because of what I did back then?" Gwen asked, still feeling a great measure of guilt for her own actions during the infamous third season.
"No. The kid's just really paranoid about Cedric coming back. He's been getting a lot of harassment about the whole thing, so Cedric getting revived is a pretty big fear of his. Distanced himself from romance in case that kind of thing happens. That included getting over you."
"Man, Shortstuff's got some baggage." Leshawna gave the geek another sympathetic glance as he allowed himself to trail to the back of the team.
"Well, Sierra stalking him probably has something to do with it too. Even with the restraining order, she'd probably tear apart any other girl who got near him."
"That's true." Gwen said remembering how hostile Sierra acted towards her for being the object of Cody's affections "I wish he would actually talk to me though. You'd think we'd still be friends."
"Hey Count Lesbianess! You're at the wrong team!" Jo yelled causing Gwen to sigh and walk up to the Villainous Vultures.
Confessional:
Gwen: "Well this sucks. Besides Geoff and Duncan, I don't have many friends on the villains team. And a lot of my friends on the heroes team aren't on that good terms with me. It's definitely true with Cody. As much as I hate to admit it, we didn't really treat him that well two years ago. And I tried to manipulate him…even if it was technically Cedric and he was actually manipulating me."
Heather was very confident she could win this season. She had already planned to run her team by the team by the time the challenge was completed. However this would be easier said than done on a team almost entirely composed of people just as antagonistic as her. And the last time she competed, she was constantly forced to battle with another villain in the game for control.
That is until a new threat came into the game to tear apart their rivalry at the seams. He was quickly eliminated, while she followed only two eliminations old rival was Alejandro, who walked despondently along the path in his speedo. His step no longer held the devious confidence it did two years ago, instead being fearfully reserved.
Deciding to take the opportunity to intimidate her old rival, Heather walked up to Alejandro "Don't think you're going to get very far this time around Al. Your nice guy schtick won't work anymore."
"As much as your competitive flare fascinates and attracts me, I must decline your advances. My only desire is to get off this island." Alejandro said, shocking the Queen Bee.
"What do you mean? Why on earth would you quit?" Heather asked before Alejandro pointed towards Cody "That stick figure? Who would be scared of him?"
"He's pure evil! I've got the scar on my face to prove it!"
"Don't be too bugged, my agent says that a few scars can give your face character." Justin said as he walked by with a group of lovestruck birds following him.
"I think you're just wanting to quit because you don't want to lose before me again." Heather sneered, trying to rile up the Arch Villain's competitive nature.
However all of that old fire had been lost to previous trauma "Believe what you want, but no matter what I don't intend on staying very long." Alejandro walked away, still trying to move as far away from Cody as possible.
Confessional:
Heather: "I don't buy this new Coward-jandro. He's definitely up to something."
"So Geoff how are things going with you?" Gwen asked her old friend from Season 1.
"Great. You should've seen the shindig I had before we left. My buds Brody, Lee, and Evan got along great Duncan, DJ, and Bridgette. You should've been there!"
"I've been busy with university and all so…Good thing Chris decided to drag us off during the summer so I'm off."
"So how've things been going with you?" Geoff asked the goth.
"Meh."
"Good meh or bad meh?"
"A little of both. Mostly bad." Gwen sighed "Courtney still hates me, and we're on a team with them." She pointed to a feuding Lightning and Jo.
"I'm pushing the carriage! I'm the strongest person on this team!" Lightning argued with one of his many enemies.
"Of course you are, which is exactly why you got fried last year by the Bubble Boy." Jo said while drawing attention to his electrically bleached hair.
"That game was fixed! Fixed I tell you! That bitch is going down this year. And you too, you creepy Shemale." Lightning proclaimed before backtracking "And for the record, I'm still driving the carriage."
Hearing their conversation, Ezekiel approached "Can I push the carriage eh? I'm really fast!"
"Aren't you that guy from the mine who always gets kicked off first?" Lightning asked.
"Just stay out of our way." Jo brushed Ezekiel off, who responded by sighing in depression.
"Ok I see your point." Geoff said to Gwen with a confused leer pointed towards how they interacted with each other "But hey, at least we can't die this time."
Hearing Geoff's words despite being much further back, Cody sunk down a little more. This resulted in Gwen chastising the party lover "Geoff!"
"Oh crap! Sorry little dude!" Geoff yelled in apology for his insensitive statement and whispered "I'm surprised Sierra isn't bugging the little dude."
"I think Trent is safeguarding him since his restraining order is suspended." Gwen whispered so as to not anger Sierra, before another presence suddenly appeared next to them.
"That would make sense. His aura always shows signs of distress when she gets too close." Gwen and Geoff both felt their heart skip a beat when Dawn snuck up next to them.
"Whoa, Don't sneak up on people like that brah." Geoff said once he gathered his wits.
"Sorry, I noticed that your auras didn't match with a majority of your team, so I came over here to say hello." Dawn explained "I'm Dawn. I played in Season 4."
"Oh yeah, weren't you the girl who got framed by Scott?" Gwen asked.
Dawn's face immediately twisted into a scowl. "Yes. I'd prefer not to be reminded of that scoundrel." Gwen found herself shocked by the uncharacteristic hiss from the usually serene girl.
"Wow. From what I've watched you're usually the one of the peaceful ones in your generation."
"I try to be, but..." Dawn casted an expression of hate towards the ginger-haired vermin that blindsided her, who didn't notice her due to fact he was in front of her. "... I now understand the concept of exceptions"
"I'm usually a friendly guy but I gotta agree with you there brah." Geoff added his two cents in. "Dude's basically a backstabber to his team anyways, so it's pretty justified to hate his guts."
"Yes, which is why I intend on keeping a close eye on him this season." Dawn growled with uncharacteristic "I can see in his aura a lot of ill intents, particularly towards Cody for his connection with the demon Cedric."
Geoff felt his face frown subconsciously. "OK that's so not cool."
"Agreed. He's lucky that Cedric's dead and gone from Cody's body, otherwise..." For a brief moment Gwen held her tongue with the knowledge of what her complete statement would engender. "... He might as well become this season's Alejandro."
Both Geoff and Dawn shuddered at the recollection of the horrid fate that had befallen the Spanish serpent in the previous two seasons, one that even the party animal and the rest of the peanut gallery were horrified to watch.
The moonchild's heart skipped a beat and she felt her body freeze for a second as the party-hard cowboy tried not to vomit over the reminiscence of blood and gore from Cedric's torture-murder of Alejandro.
Their conversation of the brutality that took place during World Tour was immediately cut short when Anne Maria approached Dawn with a glare "Hey Blondie, go screw around witcha o'un team." Upon getting a face full of hairspray, Dawn retreated back to the Hawks.
A few minutes later, both teams arrived at the top of the cliff where Chris was waiting with black and white baby carriages. "About time you all showed up. Now then, would you please name the ones who will be pushing your carriage." Chris said as he had Chef push the carriages over to their respective teams.
"Owen will be our pusher." Noah stepped up, signaling Chef to hand the carriage to Owen.
"Nice move there. And for the Vultures?" In response to Chris' question several of the Villain's more competitive members glared at each other, only for an enthusiastic Ezekiel to step up.
"I'll do it eh!" Ezekiel literally leapt at the opportunity, causing almost everyone on his team to double take back in horror,
Noticing this shock Chris accepted the offer with a mischievous smirk "So it's Owen and Ezekiel who are pushing? Fine by me. Would you two please go down to the beach to wait for your teammates?"
Confessional:
Jo: "So Homeschool is going to push for us? At least we know who to vote off first now!"
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Ezekiel: "I've gotta prove myself this time eh! Otherwise I'll just be kicked off first again! And I refuse to let that happen."
"Now that we've got our runners we can begin the challenge. Each team will send one person at a time to catch a key from down below. And everyone must go according to the line."
"Sha-score! Lightning strikes!" Lightning jumped off the cliff without a second thought, only to find himself surrounded by the sharks "Uh, sha-friends?"
While they heard Lightning's screams as he swam away from the sharks, the Heroes pondered who to send down "Maybe I could bring out Vito and have him fight the sharks?"
"We could send down Cody? He could show those sharks who's boss." Sierra said to which Noah snarked.
"Great idea, then he could lose his other hand." Noah said before turning to Bridgette "You did it first last time, and you're probably the fastest swimmer out of any of us. Think you can do it Bridgette?"
"No problem." Bridgette said anxiously before walking over to the edge of the cliff and letting out an audible gulp "This could be harder than I remembered." Letting her fears go for a brief moment, Bridgette dived into the lake for a key. Luckily for the surfer girl, the sharks were too distracted with Lightning to notice her, and she was easily able to grab a key.
Bridgette ran up to Owen with key in hand and jumped into the carriage "Go Owen go!" In response to her request, Owen charged towards the Lodge at his top speed, with Lightning arriving moments later.
"What are you waiting for eh? They're ahead!" Ezekiel said to Lightning.
"I noticed! Now drive man drive!" Lightning ordered Ezekiel who took off like a cat that had a bucket of water dumped on it at hearing the frustrated athlete's words.
Due to Owen and Ezekiel's low fitness they both made it to the Lodge at around the same time. However while Owen merely stopped, panting on the stairs, Ezekiel had lost control of his speed, causing him and Lightning to crash into a nearby tree.
After making sure Owen was okay, Bridgette inserted the key, only to find it didn't fit "Owen, I think we'll have to go back."
"Please tell me that there'll be water there!" Owen trudged back to the beach, not noticing Lightning angrily chasing Ezekiel behind them.
"I'm sorry eh!"
"Lightning's gonna make you even more sorry!"
Cameron: "I feel sorry for Ezekiel. As Lightning's archenemy I know how painful his wrath can be."
Bridgette and Lightning both made their way back up the cliff as fast they possibly could, and tagged back in causing Chris to speak up concerning the results. "Alright campers, here's the deal. Because of how the line works, the next one's to go down should be Trent and Anne Maria." Chris said, causing Cody to audibly gulp at the thought of being left alone at Sierra's mercy.
Seeing his friend's distress Trent placed his hand on Cody's shoulder "No worries. Just avoid Sierra till I get back up and-"
"COOOOOOOOOOODDDYYYYYYYY!" Sierra immediately took her opportunity to get Cody alone by shoving Trent off the cliff and embracing him in a bone crushing hug.
"I really think someone do something." Zoey mumbled nervously as she watched the awkward scene.
"She might rip us to pieces if we tried." Cameron backed away. The small trio then noticed that another more volatile confrontation was going on with the Vultures.
"Have you seen me? There's no way I'm getting my tan washed off." Anne Maria defiantly said before continuing to spray herself down with a tan.
"Does it look like I care. You're jumping even if I make you!" Jo began to push Anne Maria along with Heather, while she violently resisted.
"Don't touch my hair!"
In response to her complaints, Eva stepped in "Move over, bodybuilder coming through." Eva said with intent to lift Anne Maria up, only to get a face full of spray tan "ACH! It tastes like how Ezekiel smells!"
"Hey McLean, we've gotta situation over here." Duncan called Chris over, who walked right up to Anne Maria.
"And will the lady be participating?"
"Yeah right! Let one of the ugly girls do it!" Anne Maria flippantly said, immediately irritating Heather.
"Excuse me?"
"I will allow you to move further down the line, but it will incur a penalty for the person jumping instead." Chris explained before pulling out a familiar hat "Courtney, I believe you're acquainted with El Sombrero del Pollo?"
"What?" Courtney cried in shock "But she's the one refusing to jump, not me!"
Not caring, Chris stuck the chicken hat on Courtney causing Anne Maria to burst out laughing "What do you know? It looks even more ridiculous the second time around." Growling at Jersey Shore Reject, Courtney jumped off the cliff. Trent had quite a few issues with the sharks in the water surrounding him, and barely able to avoid losing a few pieces before making it to shore. However Courtney was easily able to take out the sharks.
"Hurry Trent!" Owen cried to the guitarist who leapt into the baby carriage, allowing the much larger man to charge forward.
Courtney arrived at Ezekiel's station shortly after "GO! GO! GO!" Ezekiel once again took off like a bat out of hell, which backfired when he stepped on a large fire ant mound.
While the homeschooled boy's screams of pain echoed from below, Cody was being put through a whole different kind of pain by Sierra "I'm soon happy to see you again. Now we can take care of our blossoming romance that was put on hold because of that mean ol' Cedric." Sierra squeaked out as she gripped Cody tighter and tighter.
"We were never…"Cody tried to say, only for his stalker's grip to become to tight for him to speak.
"Silly Cody."
Feeling sympathy for their fellow bandmate, Harold and Justin saw it fit to distract his obsessive admirer. Giving each other a quick nod of understanding, the Dweeb and the Male Model walked past Sierra, who was still using Cody as a makeshift squeeze toy, before changing to what appeared to be poorly made disguises based of Cedric's appearance. These came complete with insulting masks of The Mad Hatter which either had him with a stupid face and drooling, or him with buckteeth and a mullet.
"We, I mean I have come to take all the World of the Living's souls!" Justin spoke with a very bad British accent, which sounded more Jamaican than it did Cedric's cockney voice.
"Bow before our, I mean my might!" Harold yelled in an accent that vaguely sounded German "Big Ben, bloody pudding, King Henry VII!"
"Cedric!" Sierra growled at Harold and Justin, completely and utterly fooled by their terrible disguises. They immediately ran in the opposite direction when the fangirl turned hostile, causing her to drop Cody and give chase to them "Don't worry Codykins, I'll get vengeance for you! Get back here you filthy Cody impersonators!"
Cody was sent stumbling back, arms waving with losing balance and finally fell on someone behind him. He and that someone landed with a grunt into the ground, he turned and discovered who it was that he fell on. "Oh." embarrassed, Cody got up and offered his prosthetic hand to the fallen girl. "Sorry about that."
"No worries. It was accidental" Dawn replied with a reassuring smile as she dusted herself. However having supernatural powers of her own, Dawn sensed a faint aura of evil coming from the talisman Cody had been using as a makeshift prosthetic. Fearing of something with the gauntlet, Dawn tried to shrug it off by reasoning with herself that it was a result of being used by a demon previously that left the evil aura behind.
Seeing her distress, Cody looked down onto where his hand used to be and figured out why she seemed frightened "You're afraid of my gauntlet aren't you? I can't say I blame you all that much. I'm just the one who has to keep tabs on it so it can't cause the World of the Living anymore trouble."
"Oh nothing's wrong! I was just examining it to make sure that nothing was suspicious!" Dawn came up with an excuse for her staring. Before their conversation could continue any further, they both heard the loud revving of a chainsaw, and they turned around to see Sierra had chased Justin and Harold up a tree, which she attempting to cut down with a chainsaw.
"Where did she get a chainsaw?!"
"Why are you asking me?!"
"I better go save them before she does something even crazier." Cody said to the small blonde girl, before running off "See you later!"
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Dawn: "I'm not sure what that evil aura around the talisman means quite yet, but I'll have to do some investigating into it before anything else. On the bright side though, Cody seems nice. I just wish his aura wasn't so unstable from all of his anxieties."
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Cody: "So Dawn is pretty cute, but I'm not going to make a big deal out of it. I came on way too strong with Gwen both times and I totally wrecked my chances with her. Besides, I've sworn off any romance whatsoever, after World Tour. It's just not in the cards with the Mad Hatter Crisis and Sierra to worry about. I'm just happy Justin and Harold saved me from her while Trent was out. You guys are the best!"
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Justin: "What can I say, us Drama Brothers stick together. They really helped me get myself together after the disaster for my looks that happened in Total Drama Action. Besides, back home in Haleiwa I had about a hundred Sierras, so I can take one for the team.
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Harold: "After the Mad Hatter Crisis, Cody's got enough to worry about without Sierra bugging him. So I'd be happy to loan him my mad skills in case of an emergency."
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Sierra: "I've got my eye on that Dawn girl; she's getting way too close to my Codykins, and I'm not letting him get away from me this time. We never got together for real in Season 3, so I'm sure our romance will blossom this year! Especially without that nasty Australian jerk face making Cody do such terrible things this time! Wherever Cedric went after he died, he better stay there!"
"The key didn't work! We need to send someone else down!" Trent told them as he ran back up the side of the cliff where the rest of his team waited for him "Who's the next person in line after me?"
"I'm up next! Wish me luck!" Mike gave Zoey a quick kiss on the cheek and high-fived Cameron before jumping off the edge of the cliff and into the shark infested waters. After making a splash onto the water, he took off his shirt to transform into Vito but was surprised to find no change "That's weird, normally he's out when I pull that trigger."
Shortly after realizing this, Mike took in a large breath of air before his personality switched to that of Chester "Where the hell am I! This water's too cold! I'm gonna catch my death in here!" The old man then realized that he was in shark infested waters when one gave him a tap to the shoulder before giving chase to him in the water. In the meantime, the Vultures still hadn't sent anyone down yet due to further conflict about how the line was ordered once Courtney made it back up.
"Alright I'm next! Hope you'll enjoy the luxury life in the winner's cabin, because that's what I'm bringing!" Jo said as she stretched herself in preparation to jump, only to be interrupted by Chris.
"Not so fast Vultures, Anne Maria still hasn't gone yet so she's technically still at the front of the line. So that means she has to go before you, unless she opts out again." Chris told the competitive girl before facing Anne Maria again "That means you're up!"
"Have you seen my hair? I don't think so!" Anne Maria brushed off the host once again. In response to this refusal, Chris immediately pulled out a chicken hat from his pocket.
"That means you're up instead Jo! But this means you'll have to wear the chicken hat just like Courtney."
"No way! There's no way I'm a chicken!" Jo growled as Chris forced the chicken hat onto her head, which managed to make her incredibly mad. This anger only increased when she heard Anne Maria and Lightning's obnoxious laughter that had been directed towards her; as a result Jo took off the chicken hat with intent to toss it on the ground "I'm not wearing this stupid thing!"
Before she could toss the humiliating punishment to the ground, Chris stopped her "Not so fast Jo! If anyone sentenced to the chicken hat tries to get rid of it for the rest of the day, then their team will automatically be disqualified from the challenge and face elimination." Upon hearing his warning, Jo begrudgingly placed the hat back on before jumping off the cliff and into the shark infested waters below. Mike having already finished the challenge with limited results, ran up to a clearly very tired Owen.
"...Why...did...you...turn...into...Chester?" Owen asked his teammate in between his pants.
"I don't know; I was trying to let Vito take the reigns but he was a no-show!" Mike explained to Owen, before he heard Jo's frantic stomps on the sand behind him "We've got company big guy! Let's move!"
Ezekiel watched the lethargic Owen race off along with a severely confused Mike, and felt sweat dripping down his face, fearing that he would be sent home first if the Villainous Vultures lost. The fear briefly subsided itself when Jo leapt into the baby carriage and began barking orders "What are you waiting for Homeschool? MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!"
"Alright, alright!" Ezekiel panicked and took off like a bat out of hell away from the shore.
While Mike pondered what had happened to cause Vito's sudden failure to appear properly, it actually occurred not long ago when Cedric and Mal set their plan in motion inside of his subconscious. Ever since Mike officially took control of their shared existence, the mind had become a much more ordered location for the pieces making up their soul to coexist. Currently, Vito, Svetlana, Chester, and Manitoba Smith sat together in the waiting area where the personalities not in control conversed with each other.
"So that's why the Stars don't stand a chance against the Canucks." Chester voiced his argument to the other personalities, who seemed relatively disinterested with the exception of Vito.
"Never really pegged you as much of a hockey fan Gramps."
"Please, back in my day I ruled the ice! Glacier Cutter Doran is what they called me." The elderly personality boasted of his past achievements before taking another sip of the tea they'd had set out on the table "I wonder when we're going to summoned again. I know we each get about 30 minutes a turn even without those kerfuffle challenges."
"Probably won't be long with Mike back in the game." Manitoba Smith grinned as he leaned back in his chair before he felt a cold chill run down his spine "Oy mates, is it getting colder in here or is it just me?"
"Now zat you mention it, ze air has gotten colder in here. You don't think he's coming back, do you?" Svetlana voiced her concerns before the center of the table suddenly erupted into a circle of black flames, from which a figure emerged from "It is the Malevolent One!"
"Worse! It's the Mad Hatter Killer!" Manitoba Smith immediately recognized the figure from his wool collar jacket and silk hat, which was confirmed when he saw the demon's messy brown hair, piercing crimson eyes, and pointed shark like teeth.
"Honestly, I'm rather offended you'd mistake for a fuddy duddy like Mikey. I'm much more exciting than that old tightwad is!" Cedric said as he suddenly made a pair of skulls appear from nowhere, and proceeded to nonchalantly juggle them "Glad to see his entire family together for a big reunion of arseholes! Well, except for Lack of Personality Disorder that is. Or is his name Mikey? I always seem to get them mixed up."
"Hey Manitoba, this guy's got a British accent just like you!" Chester pointed this out.
"Oy! He's a Brit and I'm and Aussie!" Manitoba growled, clearly annoyed with the old man mixing up his nationality before turning his attention back to Cedric "What are you doing here you wanker?"
"It's a long and deadly story bugger. Ninja of Santoryu got stuck on hiatus till next January so I figured while I had a bit of spare time to kill, I'd come back to this story for a little fun. And by fun I mean, REVENGE!...oh and chocolate, but mostly revenge. And Mikey-boy told me rounding up you group of tossers is a one way ticket to it." Cedric gave them his signature evil grin before realizing something "Actually wait, my adventures in Ninja of Santoryu are supposed to be after this story and another one I've got planned in the continuity. Just forget I said anything!"
"Screw that, let's rumble Captain Pinkeye!" Vito threatened the demon as he stood up from his chair and cracked his knuckles. Cedric burst out laughing at his words before glaring at the party animal personality.
"Let's see how well that ends for you and your merry band of soul fragments." Cedric said before speeding off in the other direction "Try to catch me slags!"
"Get him!" Chester yelled and pointed at the demon while the other personalities gave him chase, only for the old man to sit right back down "You go get him, I'll just be here in case Mike calls us up…Wait, who were we chasing again?"
Manitoba, Vito, and Svetlana chased Cedric throughout the mind, only ending when Cedric entered a certain door which caused the personalities to stop dead in their tracks. Only Vito continued further "Hey, aren't you coming?"
"Don't think so mate; that used to belong to The Malevolent One! And this whole situation reeks just like him." Manitoba explained himself.
"What if ze Mad Hatter Killer is still dead, and zis is all an illusion made to fool us?" Svetlana theorized which caused both Manitoba Smith and Vito to freeze in their tracks. But before they could make another move, the door to Mal's old room suddenly slammed open and several tendrils of shadows shot out from the dark room. They wrapped themselves around the closest personality, that being Vito, before dragging him inside.
"What the hell is going on here?! Let go of me you chumps! Let-" Vito was cut off when the door suddenly slammed itself shut. Manitoba and Svetlana briefly had a look of horror on their faces upon seeing Vito dragged into the unknown, only for their faces to turn blank as their eyes flashed purple for a moment.
"So what are doing at the Malevolent One's old room again?" Manitoba asked the gymnast personality, remembering none of what had just occurred.
"Come on Homeschool! Move it!" Jo yelled at Ezekiel who had gotten into yet another accident by tripping over a tree root, which allowed Mike and a heavily exhausted Owen to catch up to them. This only made her even more irritated with Ezekiel's poor performance thus far "I'm not losing this challenge because of you."
"I'm sorry eh. We're almost there." Ezekiel got Jo up to the door, only to find that the key didn't fit and that they'd have to go back.
"Seriously! How many keys are there?"
The Vultures sped past Mike and Owen, the latter of whom was incredibly exhausted as a result of his lack of physical fitness that was required for the challenge "Come on Owen move! We've gotta catch up to them!"
"I'm trying my hardest...It's not easy running back and forth while moving three people around." Owen trudged further down the path that led back to the cliff "How much further do we have to move."
"Um..." Mike pointed back to the lodge to show his overweight teammate that they had only walked a few feet away, causing him to groan in exhaustion. Cameron saw his from technologically modified glasses, and began to panic.
"Ezekiel and Jo are in the lead! What do we do!" Cameron yelled to the other members of his team, causing the Villanous Vultures to cheer in joy.
Upon hearing this from Cameron, Brick faced Noah and asked of him "Commander Noah, do you have any idea what we should do?"
"Relax Brickhouse, I anticipated something like this when I put Owen in charge of manning the stroller. It's important to always have an ace in the hole." Noah proceeded to pull a bag of BBQ chips, and tear them open. Normally this wouldn't result in much of a difference for most people.
However Owen had a superb sense of smell when it came to just about every food known to man, and smelled the flavoring from miles away "Is that BBQ flavor up there? Now you're speaking my language Noah! Game on!"
"Yes, things are looking up!" Mike cheered as he and Owen sped past Jo and Ezekiel, much to the fury of the latter.
"What are you doing homeschool?! That guy has legs shorter than Tyrion Lannister and you just let him catch up to us!"
"I'm sorry. But you can't between Owen and food very easily eh!" Ezekiel said as he futilely tried to catch up to the rampaging Owen. And in the process he ended up tripping over his own feet once again, resulting in him losing track of the now runaway stroller "Oh crap! No no no no no!"
Just as Noah had predicted, Owen made it back to the cliff within a matter of minutes, resulting in him receiving the bag of chips and a bottle of water which were tossed down by the former. In the meantime Mike easily made it back up.
"We didn't get the right key, but lost the Vultures so I think we're okay!" Mike told his team.
However before the challenge could continue, Heather had a loud complaint "Hey! No way that wasn't cheating! They just interfered with the race!"
"Oh really? I don't recall you having any objections to that method when you used it to help Owen win in Season One." Trent smugly pointed out to the Queen Bee, who tried to continue her objections, only for Chris to intervene with the arguement.
"Trent's right, if it wasn't cheating then it ain't cheating now." Chris stated to Heather's irritation only to hear another ruckus down at the bottom of the cliff "Now what would we have hear?"
When Ezekiel lost control of his stroller, it proceeded to go down a nearby hill and speed right into a nearby log that not only sent Jo flying but also totaled the stroller. As a result of Jo was beating Ezekiel with whatever parts were left "You idiot! Now how are we supposed to complete the challenge!"
After giving a devious laugh at this sight, Chris grabbed a bullhorn from Chef and yelled down to Jo and Ezekiel "You know, you can still complete the challenge even if your stroller is totaled. Ezekiel will just have to carry you piggyback style for the rest of the challenge."
Upon hearing this, Jo rolled her eyes before forcing Ezekiel to crouch down and run to cliff with her on his back. When they got to cliff, Jo made a mad dash up where the rest of the players were waiting "We've gotta send someone else down. Anne Maria, you're up!"
"That's right Jo." Chris said to the Vulture before turning to face a still indifferent Anne Maria "Since you've skipped out on the last jumps, I highly recommend that you do this time."
"Um hello, international TV! I'll get my hair wet!" Anne Maria once again refused to do the challenge to the ire of her teammates.
Sighing in annoyance, Chris turned to face Izzy and pulled out a chicken hat "Izzy since-" Unlike the others who'd jumped thus far, Izzy enthusiastically grabbed the chicken hat from Chris and made a jump off the cliff and into the shark-infested waters.
"Man, that girl is nuttier than a jar of crunchy peanut butter. Brick, I think you're up next." Noah said to the cadet who responded by saluting him.
"I'll do my best for the squad's honor Commander Noah!" Brick said to Noah before he jumped off, only to realize what he just did and begin screaming about half way down. In the meantime Izzy had easily taken out the sharks that were in the water, and grabbed a key.
"Good luck next life you cartilaginous wimps!" Izzy mocked the defeated sea predators while twirling her finger around the key only for her to notice Brick falling from above. Upon seeing the Cadet, a typical sly grin spread across her face "Oh wow, me likey."
Izzy quickly found that she should have moved out of the way, as Brick landed on top of her, knocking them both back under the water. Izzy arose from the lake a few minutes later, walking onto the beach with Brick in her arms "Hello there handsome, I'm Izzy."
"Um I'm Brick." Brick bashfully introduced himself to the crazed girl, before coughing up one of the keys that were left in the water "Mission accomplished."
It was at this point that Izzy dropped him and ran towards Ezekiel, jumping on his back and excitedly yelling at him "Come on Zekey! Let's move! MOVE!"
"Ok, I'm moving eh!" Ezekiel ran as fast as he could with Izzy on his back, only to find that Brick and Owen were easily surpassing them due to Owen's brute strength and rejuvenated energy. However this served to motivate Ezekiel further, as he proceeded to rip of his jacket and sprint towards the Lodge "I'm not going home first again!"
When they saw Ezekiel and Izzy move past them, Owen and Brock looked incredibly confused as to what exactly was happening "What am I looking at?"
"Why did he take his shirt off exactly?"
Upon seeing the Lodge come into view, Ezekiel kicked his body into overdrive with Owen moving close behind him. Once his foot connected with the stairs, Ezekiel took the key from Izzy and ran towards the door in an attempt to unlock it. To his surprise and glee, the key fit and unlocked the door.
"Looks like Ezekiel and Izzy have pulled out a dark horse victory for the Villainous Vultures!" Chris said after looking at the end of the challenge, causing the Vultures to break out in cheers while the Hawks merely groaned in frustration. However Chris had another announcement "Unfortunately Izzy was the one who was supposed to unlock the door, not Ezekiel. That means that the Heroic Hawks are today's big winners! Vultures, I'll see you at elimination."
The Heroes broke into their own set of cheers, a majority of the Villains glared down Ezekiel. Only Lightning spoke up, growling in a low tone "Great job Zeke. Now you can go for three!" Upon seeing their glares, Ezekiel went into a fetal position while Izzy played Taps on a bugle she somehow picked up.
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Lightning: "That homeschooled wimp cost us the challenge! Now he's gonna get struck by Lightning! Shabam!"
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Anne Maria: "I think Zekiel should go home first again. If he keeps screwing up on the first challenges he won't be to useful later on."
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Heather: I'm voting for Alejandro. He's up to something big, I can feel it!"
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Duncan: "Anne Maria's gotta go. We're better off without someone who didn't even try at the challenge."
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Alejandro: "I'm voting myself off. At least at Playa de Losers I'll be able to stay far away from that Mad Hatter!"
Later that day once night had begun to fall, the Villainous Vultures were sitting in the new elimination area for the new season that was designed very much like an old domed Roman Congress complete with pearly white walls and furniture. The benches on which the team sat were aligned in a circle that surrounded Chris, who was dressed in a Roman Emperor costume and holding a plate of marshmallows. On his left was a large fire pit which had a large red crystal hanging by seven chains above it; and on his right was Chef who was now wearing his Grim Reaper uniform, complete with his ragged black cloak and skull shaped mask.
"What's with the new place? What happened to the bonfire?" Dakota asked.
"To make a long story short, when Chris tossed Zoey's Toxic Marshmallow of Loserdom into the campfire last year it kind of made the area uninhabitable. So we built this new place on top of it with some radiation protection."
Chris then pressed a remote than somehow caused the red crystal to open and drop several stars with the Vultures pictures taped on to drop, only avoiding a fall into the fire from the chain holding it up "What with you being all stars and all, these stars will represent your life in the game. If you get axed, your star will be dropped into the fire and you'll have to leave Camp Wawankwa. And you can't ever come back. Ever! And this time I mean it! Otherwise the rules remain the same concerning the Marshmallow ceremony."
"Get on with it!" Eva growled at the host.
"Alright yeesh." Chris rolled his eyes before began passing out the marshmallows "The first marshmallow goes to…Geoff."
"Yeah!" Geoff cheered as he received the snack.
"Next, Jo, Izzy, and Lightning, you're also safe." Chris tossed them their marshmallows before continuing "Eva, Scott, Gwen, and Heather."
"Ha! Jealous?" Heather smugly rubbed her immunity in Alejandro's face.
"Hardly."
"Courtney, Duncan, Dakota, Justin, and Alejandro." Chris gave out more results, only for the scarred latino to break out into a frustrated scream "Okaaaaaay…Ezekiel, Anne Maria, this is the final marshmallow of the evening." Chris announced to the bottom two. Ezekiel was visibly trembling and breaking out into a cold sweat at the thought of getting last place for the third time in a row, while Anne Maria seemed rather confident.
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"Ezekiel!" Chris announced to the shock of them both.
"Huh?"
"What? There's gotta be a mistake, there's no way he got less votes than me!" Anne Maria loudly objected to Chris, who didn't really seem to care.
"Actually, I'm afraid he did. Zeke stays, you go!" Chris informed the angry Jersey Wanabee, before he pressed the button which caused the chain holding up Anne Maria's star to break and fall into the firepit, officially eliminating her.
"Whatever, where's the stupid catapult?" Anne Maria looked around the chamber for the exit.
"There is none this year, they took it away for radioactive disinfection. So to celebrate your all star statuses, we've developed custom eliminations for each of you!" Chris said before pressing yet another button on his remote "Speaking of which, it's time you take your leave into the Colosseum of Losers."
After giving Anne Maria a thumbs down near his throat, a dog chain suddenly shot out and grabbed her by the neck, before pulling her into another room. Then, a monitor in the room turned on to show Anne Maria having been chained to a post.
Elimination: Tanorexic Nervosa
Several industrial sized cannisters of what appeared to spray tan emerged from the railing and began spraying while they orbitted Anne Maria at a rapid pace "What the hell is this? Make it stop! Make it stop!"
"Is she going to be okay?" Dakota asked, with visible concern on her face.
"Nobody should ever be wearing that much spray tan. You'd be too stiff to move!" Justin also pointed out, which got him some weird looks from the other players.
"Don't worry, the spray tan will wash off with enough water." Chris informed them while the as the can's orbit began to slow while their contents began to empty. When they slowed to a stop, Anne Maria's body had been stiffened to the point where she looked like an orange statue.
"'ll gt y fr ths McCln!" Anne Maria tried to speak through her petrified mouth, only for the chains to fall and a hole to drop in the floor, which sent Anne Maria tumbling down into the darkness and presumably off the island.
All the while the Villainous Vultures looked on in fear "Yeah, pretty nasty right? Gives the rest of you a good excuse not to get voted off though. Vultures, the rest of you are safe…For tonight." Chris said with a smile before pressing another of many buttons on his remotes that caused the stars to retract back into the crystal, and the crystal to retract in the ceiling.
Later that night, both teams went to sleep for their first night back on the island. Much like the first season, there would be a two day interim between the challenges. So the contestants knew that it would be smart to get rest while they could before whatever torment Chris had in store for them. However something would be occurring during that rest, as several of the Vultures had the same dream.
Namely, finding themselves on an old dusty road in the middle of the woods, that led to a bar named Bloody Jackal. One of those who found themselves in this position was Scott "Is this one of those things they call lucid dreams or something?" Scott proceeded to try and control his environment, with little results. Not knowing what else to do, he decided to approach the small bar.
When he walked inside, he found a red bar with an assortment of high quality alcohol and a grand piano in the middle of the room, along with a filled up bookshelf off to the side. What caught his eye the most were the six paintings besides the bar, most of which were just an empty canvas. However two had figures painted on, one that reminded him of Mike's personality Vito screaming in agony, and another that was shadowed and grinning a gapped smile while standing on flames that appeared to be moving.
Due to his personal vendetta with Mike, Scott pulled out a marker and proceeded to vandalize Vito's portrait. This got a response from someone else who'd been sitting in the room "Real mature Dirtboy!" Heather scoffed at Scott's behavior.
He turned around to find that three of his teammates were sitting at the bar nearby: Eva, Jo, and Heather "Like you haven't done to same to Gwen or Leshawna. I guess it doesn't really though since you're just a dream anyways."
"Who are you calling a dream? If anything you're the dream!" Eva growled in Scott's face, causing him to stumble back in terror "Besides, if this were a dream, I wouldn't be next to this scum sucking, backstabbing witch anyways."
"Hey!"
"I feel you there sister. I'm just happy that Lightning for Brains isn't here." Jo rested against the bar stool at ease, only to Lightning to crash through the entrance of the bar.
"Lightning strikes! Hello ladies." Lightning said to the others before glaring at Jo "And Jo."
"Hey!" Jo and Scott both said simultaneously in a noticeably offended tone.
"So where are we anyways? Is this like a dream or something?"
In response to Lightning's question, Eva glared at Heather for a moment for grabbing onto her long dark hair and giving it a hard pull, to which she cried out in annoyed pain "Nope, if the witch here can feel pain then it can't be a dream. Maybe it has something to do with Chris." Eva got numerous murmurs of agreement for her suggestion, only for the faint sound of rattling chains to come from behind the bartender's side door.
The door slowly creaked open while a familiar voice sprouted from the other side "I'm afraid McDoorknob has nothing to do with this loves. I'd actually prefer he and his Reaper pen pal don't get wind of what our plans are. But that's not really all that important right now is it?" While those in the second generation seemed a bit confused as to who this was, both Eva and Heather immediately recognized the voice and froze in horror. The man then opened the door to reveal himself to be the imprisoned Cedric von Túfeice.
"'Ello my duckies, welcome to my new home, the Bloody Jackal Bar! And welcome to the Axis of Malevolence!"
(A/N): Hello new readers and welcome back old ones, to the sequel to Voodoo's Disciple's rewrite, Malevolence! For those of you who are very confused, this story is indeed a direct sequel to a story of mine that I completed last year, so it relies heavily on its continuity. If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend you do so in order for this story to make a lick of sense to you. Now then, back to those who read the original, that story was a rewrite of my least favorite season, Total Drama World Tour. So I figured for the sequel it'd only be right to do one for the season everyone else seems to hate the most (and for very good reason) Total Drama All Stars. As you can imagine, having over 30 characters to develop in one story will be quite difficult, so it may take me sometime to do updates depending on what changes I make to my original outline of the story. But if you get bored of waiting, stop by and read Lord NV's stories Total Drama Eden and Voodoo's Disciple: Peanut Gallery for some good reads that will tide you over till the next update. Speaking of Lord NV, I have to thank him for the help he's given me in writing this chapter and I hope that he enjoys the final version. And in case you didn't pick this up in the summary, the story will be rated T for a short while, before it gains the original story's M rating when the darkness and gore shoots up several levels.
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