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Chapter 10: Inside the Walls Part 1


"Last time on Total Drama World Tour, our newlyweds fell hard for Niagara Falls. With the teams dissolved the remaining males in the game formed an alliance, which seems to have gone better than the last two times that's happened. But fake marrying our new arrival Blainely didn't get Tyler much besides a kick in the shin. Against all the odds our same sex couple, Gwen and Courtney won, and Sierra got the boot on Cedric's whim, thanks to her annoying him with her marriage scheme all challenge. She took it pretty well."

The scene now changed to Chris' recently rebuilt lounge "With both newbies this season gone, who will win? Who will lose? Who will be…In my hot tub?!" Chris cried in shock upon seeing Blainely relaxing in his hot tub.

"The hot tub is only for hosts, and co-hosts. It's off limits to contestants!" Chris said angrily, not that Blainely minded all that much.

"I'm a host, watch! Lights, fights, frights, and a whole world of awesome sights right here on Total! Drama!"

"Okay! Out of my tub!"


Things in first class were going about as well as you'd expect. Courtney had been giving Gwen the cold shoulder the entire time, not even noticing when Ezekiel tried to steal they're wedding cake. However Gwen was trying to make peace at the moment.

"How are you doing Courtney? The cake is pretty good you should really try some!" Gwen said nervously while Courtney merely gave her a cold sideways glance "Come on Courtney, I really am sorry about how everything went down. Can we just make up and try to sort things out?"

"I don't know how much more of this cake do you want?" Courtney said bitterly before tipping over the platter holding the cake and tilting it over onto Gwen.

The now crumb and frosting coated goth groaned before walking off in a huff "I'm going to go take a shower."

"Good as long you stay there we can't fight." Courtney said smugly while her rival walked off only for the intercom to start blaring from the cockpit thanks to a recent starlet addition to the cast.


'Attention fellow passengers. Are you feeling alone in the game? Looking for an ally you can call your own? Consider joining forces with me! You won't regret it! The promise of no regret is not legally binding;offer may be withdrawn at anytime; you are not allowed to apply if you have red eyes. So act fast!'

Blainely slammed the intercom mic back down before staring intently at Chef, who was currently flying the plane in his pilot's uniform "Have you considered helping me out Chef? I promise it'll be worth your while."

"I've learned my lesson girlie. No more messing with the game for me. Especially not with that chain smoking, top hat wearing, gag-you-with-your-own-shoe lunatic involved." Chef explained coldly before turning his focus back to the air.

But Blainely wasn't finished the man yet and moved closer to him "Oh right, got busted cheating for DJ last season. Shame really, because I've thought you'd always be great on your own show. Chris' just holding you back you know." Now Chef seemed incredibly interested.


Confessional:

Chef Hatchet: "Hey, it's not cheating if you don't get caught. Unless your my mama's third husband! Wound up becoming famous afterwards and went to the States. Think his name was Charlie Sheen or something."

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Gwen: "And here I was thinking the game would become less complicated when the teams merged, but now it's worse than ever! Not only are none of my apologies good enough for Courtney, but Cody is practically a crazier version of Izzy now. And Duncan's acting weird too; all jumpy and tired looking all the time! And forming an alliance with Cody and Tyler is definitely something I wasn't expecting. You think you know a person."


"Hachachacha, Hacha! Hachachacha, Chacha!" Cedric hummed to himself as he danced across economy class, beaming at the results of last nights elimination.

"I knew Cody would by happy that Sierra got sent home, but this is ridiculous. He's been at this for twelve hours straight." Tyler said to Duncan while watching Cedric's gleeful jig.

"Tell me you wouldn't be jumping around like that if you were in his shoes." Duncan said only for Heather to interrupt their conversation.

"Forget about that dweeb's mental breakdown. Let's talk about more important things, like alliances." Heather said in her normal sneaky tone, though Tyler and Duncan weren't fooled for a second.

"Nice try Heather, but we're already in a guy's alliance with Cody." Tyler told the Queen Bee, though this didn't deter her in the slightest.

She scoffed at the thought and continued "Please, why would you ever want an alliance that twig? He's practically been dragged around this whole game. There are lots of more viable options than him."

"Funny, you say something like that Sloth. You say I'm not viable due to my past performance in the game, but you've yourself as trustworthy as Richard Nixon in all 3 seasons. And besides you got kicked before the merge past year right?" Cedric fired back while continuing his happy dance, much to Heather's ire.

"Shut it Pipsqueak! And don't call me Sloth!"

"Kid's got a point Heather. We may have not been on the best terms for awhile, but aside from cutting ties with Gwen and getting rid of Basketcase last night he hasn't really done much wrong. Whereas you've been plenty suspicious." Duncan lied through his teeth concerning his feelings for the Mad Hatter. While he would even take Heather as an ally over Cedric, by this point he knew it would be unwise to directly oppose him in public.

"Yeah and besides, I haven't forgotten what you did to Lindsay back at Camp Wawanakwa. Or how you threw a canoe down onto my head!" Tyler pointed out one of their past encounters, which made Heather even more frustrated.

Before she could respond again, Cedric interrupted while using a hula hoop he'd seemingly pulled from nowhere "I don't know why you're trying to take my allies away from me Sloth. Especially with Hilton being a much bigger threat."

"Oh really?" Heather asked her former teammate, now seeming interested in what he had to say.

"Isn't it obvious? The broad knows what's been going on in the game, knows where we're going next thanks to the list being released to the public, has connections to the Aftermath, and an adult charm with interviewing skills she can use to pull info out of McDonalds and Chef." Cedric explained while shaking a pair of maracas, which caused Heathet to give some thought on the matter.

"Hmmmm. I'll be right back." Heather said with suspicion in her voice before running off to the confessional to strategize.

"Well she certainly reeks of paranoia today. What a maroon!" Cedric mocked her before whiffing himself and double taking at the stench "And she's not the only one that reeks here. I really need to take a shower."

"Don't use the one with the red curtain, its plumbing is really backed up." Tyler warned his false friend as he walked off to the showers.

When he was sure that Cedric was completely out of earshot to what was happening in economy class, he made a mad dash towards one of the walls and began shining his black light frantically around the walss as if he was looking for something. Once he saw the previously left message again, he pulled out his knife and began stabbing into the wall.

All the while Tyler looked on "What are you doing?"

"Almost…got it."

Duncan said with a grin after making a hole into the wall, before moving the knife down and tearing the sheet metal that made the wall. Then being careful not to cause damage to the exterior of the aircraft, pulled the metal apart and took whatever had been hiding in there out. It appeared to a potato with wires and a small switch sticking out from its side. On the other side of the tuber was a metal talisman with triangular points sticking out from all ends, and another strange symbol flashing blue embedded into it. Looking both ways to make sure Cedric wasn't back yet, Duncan pulled the tear back together to make it less noticeable. And in the middle was a small speaker wired to the switch.

"What's that man?" Tyler said while pointing to the potato in Duncan's hand.

"I'm not really sure. But I've got a feeling I'm going to find out." Duncan said with a determined look on his face.


Confessional:

Duncan: "I would be lying if I said I had a clue what this thing is, or what it's supposed to do. But what I do know is that it has something to do with Cedric. Why else would it have this weird symbol on it? Doesn't look like the one on his glove though. I'll have to get a closer look at this during the challenge. Hope it's one you can distance yourself."

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Heather: "You'd think that with Alejandro out it would be easier to control the game, but things are only becoming more difficult. Courtney and Gwen are too wrapped up in their own drama to be any use, and Cody's got Tyler and Duncan in his corner right now. And Blainely is definitely trying something up there! I've got my eye on her!"

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Cedric: "Two major problems: Sloth is trying to control the game again, which might lead to my discovery; And Hilton already knows who I really am under the Beanpole costume. Solution? Turn them against each other! While they're busy devouring each other, I can slip by and cause more discord. Then once one of them leaves tonight, I can just get rid of the other the next day. And the only real obstacles left, will be Metallica and Wrath!"


"Ni Hao contestants. Welcome to Beijing, China. One of the most powerful countries in the world, China is rich in history, culture, innovation, and delicious sauces." Chris said while standing in the middle of Tiananmen Square "Our first challenge is torn from China's rich history in the form of the Forbidden City, which was the Emperor's Palace from the Ming Dynasty, all the way up to the Qin Dynasty."

"That's nice but what's the actual challenge?" Heather asked irritably to the Host.

"Hush young grasshopper. All will be revealed when we actually enter the Forbidden City's walls." Chris said before leading the group of teens/adults/demons to the doors of the temple and eventually to the throne room. The large circular mat was laid on the floor, and the room was lit up by a large ultraviolet chandelier resulting in an eerie glow.

Duncan felt him self get nauseous as he looked at the mat, as seeing the circle lined with animals reminded him of another of its type. One that he had very bad experience with. Ignoring his PTSD, Duncan asked "What's with the lights, I thought we already had a circus challenge back in Sweden."

"Don't remind me about that challenge Duncan. And for the record the UV lights were Chef's idea. Now on with the challenge!"

PART ONE: Contestants will receive a card with the Chinese Zodiac animal best representing their personality and a number of years. Using this information the contestant must navigate the zodiac to find the correct animal based on the amount of years from their own animal they received. Correct guesses will allow the contestant to move on to the next phase at the Great Wall of China by train or helicopter, while every incorrect guess will incur a penalty.

"What kind of penalty is it?" Courntey asked, not wanting to know the answer.

"If you miss too many times, than we give you the eunuch treatment!" Chris answered with his signature sadistic grin before it turned into a scowl when his phone rang "Yes I know, our budget is getting lowered! It's not my fault that pyromaniac got loose!"

Ignoring Chris' angry phone call Tyler asked fearfully "What's the eunuch treatment exactly?"

"You know how we get dogs and cats fixed? Well, to make sure they're wives didn't cheat on them with the guards, Chinese nobility would…well you know." Gwen explained awkwardly and reluctantly, much to the immediate discomfort of all the males who protected their groins at the mere thought. With the exception of Cedric who had no reaction due to his lack of empathy.

However much like Cedric, Courtney had a very different reaction while glaring at her ex "Maybe I should've done that to Duncan."

"Too late Honey. Cody's had a hold of Duncan's nuts for quite some time now." Blainely snidely remarked while pointing her finger towards the Delinquent and Mad Hatter, who seemed very disturbed by this insinuation. Both for fairly obvious reasons.


Confessional:

Duncan: "In one half season I go from kicking back in London to being shipped with a deranged murderer in the middle of a dusty old hack's office! What am I Noah!"


"Turns out legal says that punishment is strictly forbidden by Human rights. So we'll just go through the tried and true shock therapy!" Chris said before gesturing to his assistant to pass out the cards. Some were satisfied while some were clearly annoyed with what they got.

Cody: Dragon

Duncan: Dog

Tyler: Steer

Gwen: Rabbit

Courtney: Tiger

Heather: Monkey

Blainely: Boar

"Hey we got the cool animals guys! Kind of wish I got the tiger though." Tyler said while looking down at his card.

Duncan seemed equally happy with his selection "Won't hear me complaining, dogs are my favorite animals. Besides tarantulas."

"I was expecting something like a snake or a jackal, but I'll take what I can get." Cedric beamed before the objections came from some of the girls.

"How am I a monkey? And more importantly how come weird goth girl gets a bunny instead of me." Heather angrily denied her animal which Blainely soon followed.

"And how is someone as glamorous as me a boar?" Blainely said before noticing her card was a cheat sheet left by Chef, revealing itself in the UV rays from above.

"My reasoning is simple ladies. A monkey was the closest animal to a sloth we could find, rabbits are about as good as handling their hormones as Gwen, and I just don't like you Blainely."

"Now there's something me and Chris can agree on, eh Gwennie?" Courtney once again spat at her former friend, while Gwen merely looked ashamed.

"Enough with the conflict, we only have half an hour of footage allowed! Any volunteers?" Chris asked to which Blainely stepped up almost immediately.

"I'm pretty confident I can win this. 3 years before right? Piece of cake!" Blainely said while stepping on boar section of the mat and waiting for the horn signaling her to go and start her attempt. She walked halfway across the mat to step on the Monkey seal which resulted in the purple shaded glass turning green, signaling a correct answer.

"Are you kidding me! She gets the first go!" Heather once again complained at the new turn of event, still highly suspicious of the starlet due to what Cedric said earlier.

Blainely simply scoffed at her anger and mocked the younger girl, tossing her card away "Come on Heather, jealousy so isn't your thing. Maybe you should go back to fawning over…No wait, that's too soon." The starlet rethought get her choice of words upon remembering what had happened to the Spanish teen after the Australian challenge, only to be grabbed at the wrist by his murderer.

"Heather seems to be getting awful suspicious of you. Probably annoying." Cedric thought aloud to Blainely, and grinned when his tell spotting revealed the starlet found the idea interesting.

Meanwhile Heather picked up the card Blainely had smugly tossed away and noticed it showed the answer while under the light of the UV chandelier. In anger, she crumpled the card in her hand before Chris yelled at her through his bullhorn "You're up Heather!"


Confessional:

Heather: "So she is cheating! I guess Cody was actually right for once; but that's not really important right now. What is important is making sure Blainely goes home!"


"Heather, you got the monkey card so you have to find the space twelve years after it. But first." Chris pressed a button which caused all the animals on the mat to randomly change position, revealing the zodiac on the mat to be a projection. While everyone looked surprised Chris mocked them "You didn't think we'd have the mat be the exact same pattern the entire challenge that would make it too easy."

"No problem, I can do this anyways." Heather said while nervously walking around and trying to find the correct animal before stopping "It's the snake right?"

She got the answer to her question when Chris pressed the button to activate the low voltage shock, causing smoke to float around her "Not quite, go back and wait until I give you the go to try again. Any volunteers to take Heather's spot?"

"I'll go! Might as well get it over with." Duncan said while walking up to the dog position on the mat.


Confessional:

Duncan: "Ok, I didn't really want to go but I needed to get away from Cedric as quickly as possible to figure out what this wall potato had to do with him. Hopefully I'll get the chance to actually talk to Gwen since because of everything happening lately I've been on a pretty tight leash."


"So I'm supposed to go 6 years before right?" Duncan asked as the pattern changed once again.

"Correct Duncan; but before we begin there's a bit of a precaution we need to take care of." Chris said while Chef walked around and put Chinese finger traps on Cedric and Gwen.

"What's with the finger traps? And why are we the only one's wearing them?" Gwen asked which warranted a response from Chris.

"Both you and Cody are allies of Duncan with a lot of knowledge on how the Chinese zodiac works, so to make sure you don't him any answers we've added some deterrence. If either of you open your yap during Duncan's run then the traps will tighten. Hard! Gwen, you can take yours off after Duncan finishes but Cody has to leave his on till Tyler's done. Any questions?"

"Yeah mine doesn't have a chocolate coating!" Cedric complained while Duncan began moving around, desperately hoping he guessed correctly. By pure luck he decided to stop on the snake, and gave a sigh of relief when the light turned green.

"Duncan gets to move on; by pure luck I may add! You've got five minutes to get out of here and on the nearest train to the Great Wall of China you're challenge will be explained there." Chris explained while Duncan ran out and Gwen's finger trap popped off, before turning to Heather "You get another shot now Heather, but chose a bit more wisely this time."

"Oh shut up McLean." Heather growled while standing on the repositioned monkey, before walking around again and eventually standing on the Sheep symbol. This resulted in more shocking results for the Queen Bee.

"Back of the line Heather. Courtney you're up!" Chris informed the type a girl, to which she stood on the tiger symbol.

Due to Courtney having as much knowledge as Gwen when it came to the subject, the challenge was easy for her. And Gwen went next after another failed attempt from Heather, completing the task with similar ease. Now the only ones left in the throne room were Cedric, Tyler, and Heather, the latter of the three was currently trying out the challenge again.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGH!" Heather cried out in pain, before falling over from being shocked for the third time that day, all the while Chris laughed at her misfortune.

"You totally turned up the voltage on that one didn't you?" Cedric asked while smirking just as much as the sadistic host next to him.

"Nope! But I did turn up the current though. You're up Tyler!" Chris informed the jock who seems very happy with this and ran over to his spot.

"You got this Tyler!"

"Heck yeah I do man! Let's do this!" Tyler cried before pulling his headband down and running around the circle blindly "I'll have to rely on luck for this one, come on 8 years, 8 years!"

Tyler eventually stopped dead in his tracks with a hop, and smiled when he saw the light around him turn green through the bottom of his sweat band, only to move it back up and realize where he was standing. The rooster section. Letting his fear take over Tyler dashed away as fast as he could, only to run straight into a pillar.

"Okaaaaaaay. You're up again Heather. And please try not to fail to hard this time." Chris taunted Heather to which she responded with a slit throat gesture. She then took a single step before stopping again and getting shocked.

"Process of elimination is hardly a viable method for this type of challenge. I hope you realize this Sloth." Cedric mocked the girl much to her ever growing anger.

"Oh Really! Well if it's really so easy then you try it pipsqueak!" Heather screeched the dare at Cedric who shrugged and stood on the Dragon square and making his journey around the mat. To Heather's surprise, he completed the task within less than a minute "But how did you-?"

"This challenge is child's play as long as you know the ins and outs of the Chinese zodiac. And believe me when I say I know zodiacs Sloth. Have fun wallowing in your miserable failure." Cedric continued to mock his rival as he walked out of the throne room, leaving Heather alone in the throne room.

"Well sixth time's the charm I guess."


Taking his sweet time on the trip to the Great Wall of China, Cedric decided to stop back at the plane to check on something he'd been leaving behind every challenge "Might as well check up on Beanpole before I start the second part. We haven't talked since I ripped out his soul and shoved it into a potato battery. I can't wait to tell him how I burned down part of a city, or how Red's under my thumb now."

"Lucy I'm home" Cedric said before hacking down the door and snapping his fingers to signal his shadow loa to repair it. He then began examining economy class, eventually finding a small scratch mark he'd left and scaling upwards "Now let's where are-What is this!"

Cedric cringed when he saw the poorly hidden cut in the sheet metal wall of economy class and easily pried it apart to find that his prisoner was no longer there. Upon resetting the hole, Cedric began rambling "Beanpole's escaped! But how he's a potato. He could have taken control, but he doesn't know a lick of voodoo, and he's nowhere near strong enough to do that kind of damage on his own, especially with no hands. How could he ha-"

His raving stopped when he saw the small black light Duncan had left behind. Having an idea of what happened because of potato juice's transparent color, he shined the light on the wall to see the hidden message.

IM IN THE WALLS

Now Cedric knew full well what Cody had done to deter his plans once again, and felt himself shaking with pure, unbridled, murderous rage. This pipsqueak was the only being on this earth he hated with every fiber of his being. He'd already ruined his original plan 6 years, and now he dared to intentionally halt his current one. How dare he ruin his fun?! HE HAD ALREADY LOST THIS GAME OF CARDS!

After a few minutes Cedric calmed himself down and gave a small smile. His first course of action was to silently take off his signature top hat and leave it on one of the economy class benches. He then walked out and silently closed the door to the plane behind him, dropping back onto the earth below.

It was then he let his true emotions out in the form of a scream filled with complete demonic fury. Fury at both Cody and Duncan, though it was mainly the former for opposing him again. He then charged towards the wall at top speed, with his howling echoing throughout the world.


"Do you hear that Chris?" Heather asked during her umpteenth at the first challenge.

"I feel that Heather." Chris said before giving the Queen Bee another painful shock for her wrong answer.


Meanwhile the world leaders were meeting in Beijing to discuss the many issues plaguing the world at the moment. One of the most heated being Cedric. To begin the President of the United States, Barack Obama stood up.

"Now I know this is my last international meeting as president before I pass the torch on to Senator John Kasich and his Vice President Arnold Schwarzenegger next month, but I want the issue of Cedric von Túfeice to be-" Obama paused when he heard the screams of Cedric enter the office.

In response to the noise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked "What on earth is that noise?"


"Don't worry Bruno. Just a bit more medicine and-" Bridgette said in Siberia while holding a cotton ball to the wounded paw of her patient, only for a scream to echo through the caves. As she had been watching the show Bridgette knew the scream's source and felt her heart drop.

"I hope they're all going to be okay."


About a week or so later Chris was standing in a dower and abandoned looking graveyard looking ready to host "Welcome to the finale of Total Drama World Tour, in lovely New Orleans, Louisiana! I'm your host Chris Mc-" Chris was interrupted when the scream reached North America.

"Chef, what's that noise? Oh crap is that my wife! Leave me alone, you already took the kids what more do you want!"


Back in present day Chris was on the phone with the producers, getting more and more annoyed with the budgeting problems Cedric had caused the studio in recent "What's the strange potato Duncan found? Will Heather ever finish this challenge? And when will the producers stop calling me about the stupid budget! Find out these questions next time on Total Drama World Tour!"


(A/N): Sorry about the month wait, but don't worry I intend to finish some big plots before moving back to Ninja of Santoryu again. Once again I want to thank Lord NV for his new story "Voodoo's Disciple: Peanut Gallery" and out right telling people to read my story. Unfortunately no one really paid attention to him. Even so I give him my heavy thanks and I hope to see more of his work in the future. And that's all have for now. If you read, then please review, favorite, follow, or at the very least tell people you think would be interested about both mine and Lord NV's story. Now I need to go focus on the school year concentration I have left. Joy.

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