Chapter 1: The Beginning
A/N: Hey guy, how's it going? I've had this idea in my head for a good while now, and I think it's time to actually put it up for everyone to see. There aren't many zombie-related Total Drama fan fictions out there, so I thought I'd help contribute by adding a new one. Now, this story doesn't have a specific main character, but Shawn is the leader, so I guess you could say he's the main character. This story will mainly focus on the group as a whole, but every now and then, some characters will have their own little scenes. Oh, also, Duncan is still in prison when the outbreak occurs, so he will not be featured in this story. Or will he? HAHA! Well, I think I've rambled enough. On with the story!
It was a warm summer day in central Canada, and the sun was just getting ready to set. To the contestants of Total Drama, today was a special day, as the seventh season of Total Drama had come to a close. All fifty contestants were relaxing at Playa des Losers, waiting to return home after an exhausting and drama-filled season. This season's lucky winner was Brick, with Bridgette coming in as the runner-up. Brick was walking around the playa, hands in his pockets.
"I still can't believe that I won two million dollars!" Brick exclaimed happily to Shawn, who was walking beside him."I'm sure your mom's very proud of you," complimented Shawn.
"I know my dad was when I won the million back in season six."Shawn and Brick walked to the main pool area where all of the ex-contestants were relaxing, talking, and just enjoying themselves (except Duncan, who was still serving a prison sentence for blowing up Chris's cottage/mansion in season five). The duo walked over to Jasmine, Mike, and Zoey, who were hanging out by the buffet table.
"What's up, guys?" asked Brick when he and Shawn reached the three.
"Not much Brick," replied Zoey. "We're just waiting for Chris. He said that he's got an important announcement to say before we are sent back home or something like that."
"Well, whatever it is, I hope it's quick. Cause I'm really hopin' to catch the first flight back Australia," said Jasmine. "I really can't wait to see my mum and dad again."
"Don't worry, Jaz," said Shawn, patting his unbelievably tall girlfriend on the back. "We'll be outta here soon."
"Will you come visit me in Australia?" she asked.
"Yeah, definitely! I just need to take care of some stuff at home, and then I'll catch the first flight possible," nodded Shawn. Jasmine bent down and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"All right! I'll be waitin' for ya!" the Aussie exclaimed.
"Hey guys, I think Chris is gonna say something," said Mike, pointing towards the main pool area. The five teens stopped talking and looked over towhere Mike was pointing. Indeed, Chris had walked out with Chef and looked like he was going to begin speaking. The five teens proceeded to walk over where all of the other ex-contestants were. In Chris's hands, he held the briefcase that contained the two million dollars that now belonged to Brick.
"It is my honor to reward Brick the ultimate prize in Total Drama: two million dollars!" Chris proclaimed proudly, as he motioned Brick to come over to him. With mostly everyone applauding or cheering, Brick marched confidently up to the host. The cadet took the case full of money and said, "Thanks Chris, it feels great to be the winner."
"Whatcha gonna do with all that money?" asked Cody.
"He should split it with me!" proclaimed Jo.
"No, if he's gonna split it with anyone of us it should be me!" stated Heather. "In case you have forgotten, I was robbed back in season three. I DESERVE that money!"
"You are all incorrect!" shouted Max. "If he's going to split the two million dollars with anyone it should be ME! If Brick was wise, he would give the entire case to me this instant, or I will-" Max was interrupted by Scarlett, who had shoved a mango into Max's mouth to shut him up.
"Stop. Talking," the evil genius said coldly with an annoyed look on her face. Max could sense
the anger in her voice, so he nodded and removed the mango form his mouth, throwing it over
his shoulder.
"Well, as I was saying, it's awesome to be the winner, and it's been really fun this season," Brick continued, who had set the briefcase at his feet. His face soon lit up, as if an idea had sparked inhis mind. He turned to Chris. "Speaking of which, Chris, when's the next season?"
"You know what? I'm glad you reminded me," said the host. "Everyone, I have another major announcement. Due to the show's unbelievable success, I'm retiring early!" This earned many gasps from the audience. "That's right! Total Drama is coming to a permanent close. That means that you all will just go back to your normal, uninteresting lives, while I will spend the rest of my life living the life of a god!"
"Wait, I thought you said that you were gonna host the rest of your life, no matter how much money you make," Topher pointed out.
"True, but then I was handed a big-ass check with A LOT of zeroes, hehe," chuckled Chris.
"So does that mean I still have a shot at hosting something?" Topher asked hopefully.
"Uh no. The producers have sent e-mails and phone calls to every major hosting shows,warning them about what you tried to pull last season. Remember that?" Topher thought for a minute before slumping back into his seat, pouting with his arms crossed. "Anyway, to summarize, no more screen time and no more potential money for ANY of you."
"Well that's just great," complained Scott, crossing his arms and rolling his eyes.
"Would you rather go through more seasons of pure pain and misery just for the very slim chance of winning a large sum of money?" asked Gwen.
"YES! I'm THAT determined and I'm THAT stupid," replied the devious redneck, unashamed of what he just said.
"Ahem!" Chris cleared his throat. "I was talking! Anyway, you all will be taken to the airporttomorrow morning at 9 AM. After you reach your destination in Ottawa, you will be greeted by your families and go your separate ways or whatever. I could really care less. So with that being said, enjoy your last full day of relaxation! You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow! Now, I- Hey! Hey you! What are you doing here?" Chris was shouting at a person who was roaming around the hot tub like he was lost or something. He appeared to be in his early twenties, with short jet black hair. He was dressed in an intern's outfit, complete with a dark red shirt withlong white sleeves exiting from the short red sleeves, khaki pants, and black sneakers.
Chris shouted to the man again, "Hey Blake! Can you hear me?" Blake the intern didn'trespond, but once he heard Chris's voice, he slowly turned to face Chris and the gang. Upon inspection, everyone could see a large chunk of his neck missing, exposing the muscle and tissue underneath. There was also something wrong about his eyes: they were an odd mixture of colors, mainly dull green, mixed with dark yellow, as well as a small touch of black. He also had really pale skin.
"Um, is he all right?" asked Sky.
"I'm not really sure. Chris I thought that you said that you sent the interns away like two daysago?" Chef spoke up, looking confused and concerned. Chris looked up at Chef and responded with, "I did, but why is this one still here? Can someone, like, go check on him? And ask him if he needs a doctor or something?"
"I'll do it!" volunteered Staci. She stood up and walked over to the intern. "Yeah, my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather invented the doctor profession. Before him, people just lived with disease and pain and-"Staci never got to finish her lie as when she got within grabbing distance, Blake grabbed a hold of the girl and sunk his teeth into the side of her neck. Staci began to scream with pain, as the intern ripped out her jugular artery with his teeth. This caused everyone to scream in horror.
"What the hell?! Did he just rip out her jugular?!" shouted Courtney, eyes wide with horror and hands of her cheeks. Before anyone could respond, a few people slowly emerged from the woods behind the resort. They all looked pale, and had wounds on their bodies similar to Blake's. One man had a large chunk of his left forearm missing, and two others had bite marks on their necks. It wasn't long before more and more people began to stumble out of the woods,moaning loudly as they did so.
"What the hell is this?" asked Chris. Unnoticed by anyone, Shawn's eyes had grown the size of dinner plates and his face had become completely pale. He began stammering words no one could understand.
"Z-zz-z-zzz-zz," he stammered over and over again. After a few moments, he had finally built up the nerve to shout, "ZOMBIES!" and ran faster than the Roadrunner into the main building of the resort.
"Wait, do you guys really think that this is for real?" asked Heather, hands on her hips. "I mean, this is could just be an elaborate prank set up by Chris to scare us one last time."
"Normally, I would agree with you, mi amor, but Staci's neck being torn open looked pretty real to me," replied Alejandro. Speaking of Staci, by this point, the zombified Blake and two other zombies had begun feasting on Staci's corpse.
Chef spoke up, saying, "Everyone! Get inside!" All of the teenagers sprang up and made a B-Line for the main building that Shawn had ran into. The building was a good one hundred feet away, and everyone was trying their best not to run into or be grabbed by the , Justin wasn't so lucky, as he accidentally ran into a zombie. The roamer then took are large bite into the model's shoulder, causing Justin to let out a scream of , two more zombies had joined in, and the four of them fell into the pool. All the while, the three zombies didn't stop gnawing on Justin, as they dragged the poor teen underwater, and soon blood began to cloud up the water.
Meanwhile, Chris, Chef, Jo, Trent, B, Lightning, Jasmine, Gwen, Harold, and Brick had alreadymade it inside. As Brick ran thought the ajar twin doors, he used the briefcase full of money to smack a zombie across the face. Soon after, Geoff, Bridgette, Sky, Beardo, and Alejandro and Heather and safely made it inside, the latter of the bunch being carried by Alejandro bridal style. Jasmine looked over and caught a glimpse of Shawn. He was sitting in one of the far corners of the room in a fetal position. Jasmine ran over to her boyfriend and crouched down to his level.
"Shawn! Shawn! Snap out of it! Help us barricade the place up!" She tried clapping her hands a couple of times but this didn't help. She then tried snapping her fingers in front of his face, but no response. She then thought of an idea. She gave him a kiss on the lips, and just like that, Shawn snapped back into reality.
"What? What happened?" Shawn asked.
"Apparently there are zombies outside, and we need your help, like NOW!" Jasmine declared. Shawn took in what she had said, and remembered why he had crouched in the corner in the first place.
"Z-Zombies? Huh, not on MY watch!" said the zombie prepper. He sprang to his feet and ranstraight towards the entrance. He immediately began spitting out orders. "Chef, B! Take that couch over there and put it against this window." The cook and the silent genius did as they were instructed and picked up the leather sofa that Shawn had pointed to, and proceeded topick it up and place it against one of the large front windows. "Sky, Geoff, Lightning! You three move those love seats over here and place them against this window!" The trio quickly ran and got the two love seats that were by the sofa that Chef and B had moved just a few moments ago. They then placed them against another one of the main front that point, Rodney, Mike, Zoey, Cameron, Dawn, Scarlett, DJ, and Ezekiel (who was now back to his normal self) had made it inside.
"Anything we can do to help?" asked Rodney.
"Yes, actually," replied Shawn. "Go downstairs to the basement and try to get as manybludgeons and melee weapons as you can find and bring them up here." With that, Rodney,Mike, DJ, Scarlett and Harold ran to the basement door and disappeared downstairs where the gardening tools were kept. Shawn turned to Zoey, Dawn, Cameron, and Ezekiel. "As for you guys, I want you to stay here and inform people as they come in to start putting furniture and whatever else they can to place against the windows. Got it?" The four nodded in , Courtney, Scott, Sugar, Beth, Sam, Izzy, LeShawna, and a now normal-sized Dakota came running through the doors.
"MAKE WAAAAYYY!" came a voice from outside. Sierra came sprinting through the doors, carrying Cody over her shoulder. "There you go, Codykins! You're safe now!" She set Cody down and gave him a bear hug.
"Sierra. Sierra, I can't breathe," choked out Cody, due to the fan girl hugging him so tight. All of a sudden, Tyler and Lindsay came running in, holding hands, and soon came Noah, Sammy,Amy, Ella, Anne Maria, and Eva. Shawn scanned the room."Who else are we still missing?"
"Leonard, Dave, Max, Owen, Katie, and Sadie," replied Sammy.
"I saw Max go down," said Anne Maria, pointing back where they had come.
"Yeah, and I think I saw Dave climb up on top of the shed where we keep the pool floats," said Amy. Shawn looked outside, and saw that Amy was right. Even with Leonard, Katie, Sadie, and Owen still trying to make their way inside, as well as the dozens of zombies roaming around, he could see a familiar germaphobe was sitting on top of the pool shed, just like the evil cheerleader twin had said. Eventually, everyone else had made it in inside. Also, Rodney and hissmall group had made it back upstairs with various machetes, knives, and other outside tools.
"These are all of the ones we could find," stated Harold.
"Okay good," said Shawn. He immediately turned to Owen and said, "Owen, I want you to run
into the kitchen and collect as many knives as you can." Owen gave a salute and ran off to findthe kitchen. Shawn turned back to Rodney and company and said, "Go around and start passing out weapons. Jasmine! Shut the doors, and Sam and Izzy, Barricade them with that sofa!"Everyone did as they were told, and within minutes, the doors were blocked, and everyone had at least one melee weapon (including the knives Owen had brought from the kitchen).
"Okay, can someone PLEASE tell me that this isn't real?" asked Katie, who was clutching Sadie.
"I wish that I could, but I think that this is for real," said Shawn, hands in his vest pockets. "The weapons that Rodney and the others had passed out are yours from this moment in. Do NOT lose them and keep them close." He then rested his newly equipped machete on his shoulder.
"Wait, so, if this is real, is this happening elsewhere too?" Tyler questioned.
"I believe so, yes," stated Shawn, who then turned to Chris. "Chris, turn on the TV. Maybe wecan get some intel about this." The host walked over to the giant flat-screen television and turned it on. The screen displayed nothing but the Emergency Broadcast bars, accompanied bythe iconic "beeeep" that blared without end. Chris turned off the television after a couple of minutes.
"Well, that's fantastic," he muttered, tossing the remote onto the floor, which shattered to bits. "Without any news, how can we know what's going on?"
"Chris, I'm gonna be up front with you: if Shawn thinks that this may be global, then it's gotta be," said Chef, who was armed with a large machete with jagged teeth running along the spine.
"So what do we do now?" asked a nervous Beth.
"We gotta get back to mainland. We can try to make it to my bunker I had built with mywinnings from season six," said Shawn. "My bunker is deep in the woods outside Toronto, and unfortunately, it's designed only for four people, but I've been stockpiling on guns and ammo for the past couple of years, so we should be all right by then."
"Sounds good, but only one problem: how the hell are we gonna save Dave and get past all ofthose zombies?" asked LeShawna. After thinking for a good few minutes, Shawn replied:
"I have an idea."
Whew! First chapter finished. I will try my best to update as often as I can. Also, in this story, "The Ridonculous Race" never happened. However, I will include a few characters from that later on in the story.
Alive: Chris, Chef, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, Topher, Leonard, Ella, Beardo, Dave, Scarlett, Rodney, Amy, Sammy, Sugar, Alejandro, Sierra, Tyler, DJ, Harold, Heather, Gwen, Trent, Owen, Lindsay, Eva, LeShawna, Bridgette, Katie, Sadie, Courtney, Ezekiel, Beth, Izzy, Noah, Mike, Zoey, Dawn, B, Cameron, Lightning, Anne Maria, Dakota, Scott, Brick, Jo, Sam
Dead: Staci, Justin, Max