Disclaimer: I don't own anything in this story aside from Cedric's character...Just don't tell him I said that ok?
Chapter 12: On the Hunt Part 1
"Last time on Total Drama World Tour, we took a shocking trip to China. Or at least Heather did when she failed the first challenge more than anybody else did. Meanwhile Cedric caused more trouble for our budget and international relationships by hacking up some Interpol agents sent to catch him. Gwen tried to make up Courtney but instead she just made up with a wandering clan of Chinese cobras. While Duncan had a complete breakdown because of Cedric torturing him. Because of the budgeting issues and Cedric causing some more internal issues, we had a two for one sale on losers with Heather and Blainely, the latter of whom was being assisted by a repeat offender!" Chris said while glaring at his anxious pilot.
"We're down to the final five. Cedric, Courtney, Duncan, Gwen, and Tyler. Who won't make the cut for the final four? And how will I punish Chef for helping someone cheat? Again!" Chris asked the audience while Chef responded with a nervous gulp "Find out in this totally game changing episode of Total! Drama! Wooooooooord Toooooooouuuuuuuur!"
Tyler was currently sitting in Loser Class with no one else but Courtney and Gwen. And the former was releasing thick hatred at the other, no doubt for the previous incident he'd revealed to the plane back in Greece. He'd been invited back to First Class last night but was forced to leave by Chef when it was lights out.
And he could tell that Gwen was just as uncomfortable as he was "So pretty weird how Chris suddenly decided to do a double knockout last night, right?"
"I'm just glad I wasn't caught up in it. Especially after how badly I screwed up during the eating challenge last time."
"Still surprised how good Cody did at that challenge. Well right up until the Balut anyways. He did better than me at it that's for sure. At least it got that cow Blainely out." Gwen grumbled at the thought of the starlet.
"Not like she's the only cheating whore around here that deserves elimination around here." Courtney once again insinuated something which made Gwen groan in frustration "And it'll happen sooner or later. You're little guy's alliance has the advantage in numbers, and since I plan on winning this next challenge, you'll have no choice to vote Gwen out. Either that or Duncan will have to find another person to betray."
"But what if one of us win. We won't vote out Gwen since Duncan and Cody like Gwen. Or at least I think Cody does; bro's kind of hard to read. Are all british people like that?" Tyler asked which seemed ridiculous to Courtney.
"Since when is Cody british?"
"He's sounded like he's from England since Australia I think. Maybe it's just a new thing he's trying out?" Tyler asked before he saw Duncan coming through wearing clown make up similar to the one he'd worn back in Sweden "Duncan, what are you wearing?"
"Let's just say that Chris pays the DOP waaaaaaaay to much. Now if you excuse me I've gotta wash this monkey suit off." Duncan said bitterly while his ex quipped at him.
"Why do that? With that much clown make up on you and Gwen can match." Courtney mocked her ex-boyfriend while he merely walked away, much to her shock "That's weird. Usually Duncan will try to start a fight."
"Now that you mention it, Duncan's been acting pretty weird lately too." Gwen leered curiously at the delinquent as he stomped down the hall.
When he was sure no one had followed him Duncan angrily wiped the clown make up off his face and punched the wall next to him "Thanks to that Red-eyed jerk I'm losing my edge. Why do I feel so guilty about everything! Screwing up Gwen and Courtney's friendship, letting Al die..." Duncan looked shamefully at the ground for a moment before regaining his hard look.
"I'll show him who's a coward! How about a classic skull and crossbones!" Duncan pulled out a can of spray paint and tagged the wall with graffiti only for Cedric to come by.
"What a cute little bunny." Cedric sneered which only made Duncan angrier.
"Don't call me that asshole!"
"I was talking about painting Pride. Don't take things so personally." Cedric mocked him as he walked back to First Class.
"It's not a bunny! It's emotional graffiti!' Duncan yelled back at the demon and threw his paint can against the wall only for it to ricochet back and hit him on the forehead.
He quickly got back up and stomped back into the cargo hold where he saw what appeared to be a pair of shackles and a large bloodstain covering the wall nearby. Knowing who likely caused this, he turned his head away in disgust only to notice something else near the drop area. Chef Hatchet's military jeep.
"That's it! I'll drop Chef's ride from 3000 feet in the air! That'll show Cedric who the real bad guy around here is. Without losing it and killing somebody." Duncan said as he hopped into the driver's seat and attempted to drive it over to the hatch, only for the vehicle to start sputtering.
"Great the starter's broken." Duncan growled as got in front of the hood and began doing work on the car to get it moving. He was done in only a few seconds, but then Chris spoke over the intercom.
'Attention passengers. We're about to reach our next destination, in the lovely Serengeti savannah. Hope you brought your safari gear! And anything that will prevent from blunt force trauma.'
Confessional:
Gwen: "So I'm in the final five again. Judging by my track record this season, that's a pretty big shocker. But to be perfectly honest I don't I have many rabbits left in my hat right now. Unless Courtney suddenly forgives me, which I doubt will happen."
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Duncan: "Final five three times in a row! The only problem is I'm in it with that lunatic. But it's not all bad. Best case scenario I find Cody, take out Cedric, and win another cool mil. Now if only there weren't like 77 different seats on this plane to check for him."
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Cedric: "Well would you look at that, only two more idiots to go and nothing will stand in my way. As long I've got this tape I can cow Pride into quitting, and Red should be a slice of cake. But the question still remains. Who should I send home first? Lust or Wrath?"
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Courtney: "Looks like I'm in the final five again, and this time I did it fair and square. And it's not like I have any real competition left. All I have to do is get rid of Gwen and Duncan, and destroy Cody and Tyler in the finale. It's all outlined in my to do list."
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Tyler: "I still can't believe I've made it this far. With Noah and Zeke taking the early drop, I was sure us underdogs were getting the shaft again. But hey, I've already made it to the final five. That means I can keep my promise to Lindsay and win the game!" Woohoo!"
*Falls back off his seat"
When they landed and disembarked the plane, every laughed at Chris' current attire as to most westerners it appeared rather ridiculous looking "Nice dress!"
"It's traditional Masai warrior garb. And it also came with this little number." Chris said as he held up a spear and tossed it at the delinquent who'd been insulting him.
"Watch it man!"
"Trust me that's the least dangerous thing happening to you guys today. Welcome to Tanzania's Serengeti Plains. Home to over 70 different kinds of animals that can kill you. Seriously even the flies are bad news around these parts!" Chris said before pointing to a nearby clearing in the wild grass "Now if you'd please follow me to the first part of today's challenge"
"Wait, is Chef expecting a blizzard or something?" Courtney asked when she noticed Chef was wearing a heavy parka, unusual for the weather of this particular area.
"Behold, the penalty parka! Plus pants. Created and patent specifically to help people sweat out their cheating ways. Looking hot Chef!" Chris taunted his assistant resulting in an apple being thrown at his head. He managed to duck at the last second, resulting in it hitting Tyler instead.
"Hey McCheddar, what's with the footballs over there?" Cedric asked about the black and white balls on they playing field, which confused just about everybody there.
"You do realize those are Soccer balls right Cody? Your vision hasn't gotten that bad from the migraines has it?"
"Those are only soccer balls in like two countries Metallica. Everywhere else they're called footballs." Cedric explained to the goth while Chris got annoyed.
"It there are no more interruptions it's challenge time! You're first challenge combines two of Africa's most popular sports, Cricket and soccer. It's deemed, "Soc-Et To Me"!"
"It's called football here too you know."
"The challenge isn't a geography lesson Courtney!"
PART ONE: Each contestant must run one at a time, from the starting line to the nearby pile of African Safu Plums. They must grab as many as they can carry and run back, while they're fellow contestants kick soccer balls in their path. Once all the contestants have received their plums, they must whack them with a cricket bat to break a gourd. Whoever breaks their gourd first will receive an advantage in the next challenge.
"You're gonna throw soccer balls at us? Oh how terrifying." Duncan said sarcastically before Chris kicked the soccer ball he was holding right into the delinquent's face.
"That terrifying. And just for that outburst, you get the first go!" Chris said while passing out soccer balls to the other cast members.
While Chris was doing this, Cedric slid over to Tyler and whispered into his ear "Be sure not to hit any members of our alliance."
It was at this point Duncan started running. Being that 2 out of 4 of the other players were going out there way not to hit him, he made it to the pile of plums in no time at all. However he still had to avoid furious kicks from Courtney and shot that Cedric aimed to just barely miss.
"Told you soccer's a wimpy sport!" Duncan said on the way back, only to get hit right in the nuts by a ball aimed specifically by Courtney.
In response to this Cedric picked up his plums before dragging him off "And that's what you get for not calling the sport by its actual name."
After dragging his shell shocked pawn off the field, Cedric went up next. Courtney intended to dispatch Cedric in a very similar way, only for him to simply duck whenever a ball got close. Gwen just flat out had bad aim, Tyler was trying not to hit him, and Duncan was still keeled over on the ground. Cedric made it back to the finish line with ease.
"How did you-"
"Remember Wrath, I'm small but I'm quick on my feet. You'll need to be trust me." Cedric mocked her as he walked back to his alliance. Just as Cedric said, Courtney did very well at this part of the challenge, citing her agility as well.
Tyler however had a bit more trouble due to his massive clumsiness, tripping on many of the balls and losing his plums many times after being smacked in the face. And Gwen just did flat out average on the challenge. Next up it was the batting challenge and each of them smacked their plums rapid fire. However Tyler continuously missed, at one point hitting Chef in the groin.
"Looks like the universe ain't pleased with you're meddling either Chef. But seriously, you're supposed to crack your own gourds, not Chef's." Chris mocked his cohost further while Duncan angrily exclaimed after failing to crack the gourd.
"Hey I'm used to smashing stuff with the bat. No middle man involved." The other players were having similar luck, with Cedric and Gwen having made little progress as well, while Tyler hadn't made a dent in his. However Courtney had a much higher performance rate, and cracked her's open with ease.
"Yes! Batter, batter swing!" Courtney cheered as she swung her bat like she would during a softball game.
"Still the wrong sport Courtney, but the rest of you have ten more seconds to smash you're gourd. And believe me when I say you want what's inside." Chris explained resulting in the others desperately trying to smash their's open. Duncan just flat out tossed his bat at the gourd which shattered it instantly, while Cedric did something even more unorthodox.
He walked up to his gourd and swallowed it whole "Tastes like chicken."
"Last one better make it count!" Tyler said before hitting his last plum, only for it to go right into Chef's groin again.
"Broken, but it's most certainly not a gourd. Tyler, Gwen; time's up! Neither of you get an advantage which will make it harder for you to deal with this!" Chris said while gesturing to a growling animal box, which frightened everyone but Cedric who seemed to know what was inside already.
"Should we be running now?" Gwen asked, while Chris answered seconds later.
"You should be scared, for Part 2 of today's challenge is a genuine African Safari." Chris said before banging on the box which opened to reveal a caged green humanoid, who appeared very skinny and deprived of nutrition and had many red welts and gashes around his chest "And the prey? Only the most dangerous, and wild animal of all! Ezekiel!"
"But didn't you send him out back in London?" Gwen asked, only to grow more concerned when the feral teen began biting his own leg.
"We did, but he must have hung on to the landing gear again! He's like some sort of one man cockroach infestation. Chef found him chained to the wall yesterday. I should warn you though, after all that time with our cast of animals, he's gone completely feral. Whoever catches him wins invincibility from elimination, and first class seats to our next destination along with a passenger of their choice!"
"Hey what happened to that weird robot voice that usually announces the challenges?" Tyler asked as the announcement hadn't come this time.
"We lost the tape for this challenge. Think one of our interns stepped on them before we fired them all back in Nevada."
"That's interesting but how are a bunch of unarmed teenagers supposed to catch a guy whose brain has practically turned to mush?" Cedric asked only to cough up about 15 small pink pellets "What the heck are these?"
"Those are tranq balls and your advantage gained in part one. Shoot them from these and they burst on contact, knocking their target out instantly." Chris said while passing out small orange pistols "Since Courtney one the first challenge her gourd contains 25 of these bad boys. Duncan has 20 while Tyler and Gwen only get five. Now if you excuse me, we need to give the violent psycho a head start."
Chef got close to the cage nervously and let Ezekiel out, resulting in the feral teen bursting out and running into the African wilderness. Directly after Chris came over with his nose pinched "Man you are ripe. But if you've learned your lesson, you can take that off and we can watch the tranq ball massacre live from the jeep."
"I would but the jeep hasn't been able to start since Jamaica. See?" Chef gestured to the car which he had rolled in with neutral in gear, before showing off its broken starter by turning the key. But to his surprise the car revved up just as normal "Wait a minute, I haven't even tried to fix this thing. Who could have done this?"
"Pride." Cedric immediately pointed towards Duncan, knowing it would cause the delinquent more embarrassment.
"Duncan! You fixed my jeep?! You're a good kid!" Chef said before he and Chris drove off after Zeke on the jeep.
This only infuriated Duncan further as he cried out with a groan "No I'm not!" He only got angrier when he heard Cedric laughing his ass off nearby.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, oh, I can't I just can't." Cedric practically howled with laughter before he keeled over as it came to a climax and continued writhing on the ground "Oh, oh, I think I peed a little."
"I'm going to go look for Zeke. Us and Cody were pals in the peanut gallery last season, so he should react a bit better to us." Tyler explained to his ally before walking off.
While continuing to glare at the cause of almost all of his humiliations this season, Duncan snapped out of his fury and chased after Gwen, who was currently following Courtney "Hey Gwen, mind if I tag along with you?"
"Are you sure the other guys would be cool with that?"
"Besides I don't want either of you around. Why would I even consider such a thing?" Courtney asked bitterly of both her betrayers, though Duncan didn't falter in his attempt at warning them.
"Cause Cody and Tyler are heading off on their own, and I could really use some numbers. Besides I could protect you from lunatics like Cody!" Duncan tried to warn them, only for them to break out in the chuckles.
"Protect us from Cody? Honestly Duncan, Chris has told us better jokes than that piss and vinegar." Courtney scoffed at her ex's words.
"I'm not kidding, you haven't been in an alliance with that guy. He's about as vicious as Heather!"
"Duncan, no offense but I've been on the same team as Cody twice already. He's about as threatening as DJ's bunny!" Gwen also joked around Duncan's sudden fears of the geek.
"I'm being serious, the guy's bad news. You need to watch you ba-" Duncan persisted in trying to convince them only for Courtney to suddenly shoot a tranq ball into his face.
"Ok, that was way too much." Gwen objected to Courtney's not undeserved attack on Duncan.
"He would have just kept rambling on about his crazy theories if I hadn't done something. Now go find Zeke somewhere else, and leave me alone!" Courtney ran off into the Serengeti with intent on hunting Ezekiel down, leaving Gwen alone with a knocked out Duncan, and Cedric still laughing like crazy.
But in the darkest most paranoid corner of her mind, Gwen remembered her most notable previous encounter with the geek since his headache somehow caused his personality to make a complete 180. And she began to feel that Duncan might have had a point.
When Duncan awoke he found himself shrouded in darkness, trapped in a room with only two bunk beds a small bathroom and a tv that only worked one hour each day. He immediately recognized the room as somewhere he'd been acquainted with since he was 12. His cell at the Manitoba Youth Centre, a place where his darkest memories had taken place.
He completely froze with fear when he saw the cause of those memories casually sitting on the top bunk, glaring at him intently "So Pride, remember this old hole they locked us in. They didn't care that 19 prisoners had broken out. Before they realized what really happened to them."
"You can't touch me while we're in here! Guards! Guards! This psychopath is going to kill me!" Duncan began to panic as he saw Cedric hop down from the top bunk.
"What, you think that since they saved you from me once, you think you'll be so lucky again? Fat chance! But don't think I'm just going to harm you. That's his job!" Cedric pointed his long, bony finger behind Duncan.
The delinquent turned to see…his father glaring with shame and hatred "Do we love you? How could I have an utter wreck of a son like you."
"What?!" Duncan turned away from the apparition of his father only to see an equally hateful Cody.
"And you call me a pipsqueak? At least I had the guts to stand up to that monster unlike you!"
Duncan turned away once again only to meet Alejandro still covered in the bloody wounds and broken bones Cedric left him upon his death "Why didn't you thave me amigo? You could have thtopped him, but you didn't! Filthy coward!"
"What did I ever see in cheating trash like you!" Courtney growled in his face.
"But you're more of a sociopath now that I think about it. A really low-functioning one!" Tyler repeated his past words.
He turned again only to be confronted with Gwen, only to see that Cedric's cane had been run through her forehead "I could have lived if you'd let your pride go and let him show that tape! You killed me."
"No…You're not real! None of you are real! Haunt me no longer!" Duncan cried with tears rolling down his face, finally letting his guilt consume him. He then focused his anger at the Mad Hatter standing before him and charged, only for Cedric to make a clean cut across his chest.
Now all Duncan could only scream as all his skin suddenly started melting from his body.
It was then Duncan woke from his nightmare, screaming like a madman. Once he regained his senses, he saw that he'd woken up in a completely different spot then where Courtney had knocked him out. And also that Cedric was standing nearby, out of his disguise.
"I've been thinking a lot lately Pride, and I think that I should get rid of Metallica next. She's getting a bit suspicious of me lately so I think it's time we send her packing. But then again I could take her soul! With a body like that she's bound to have lived quite some time!" Cedric intentionally mocked his pawn, only for his response to act as a surprise.
"You know what, screw you!"
"So you're finally standing up to me eh Pride? Guess that means you can kiss you're bad boy image goodbye, and say hello to wimpy pathetic heroics. Or I could just so everyone this-ACH." Cedric yelped as Duncan managed to hit him square in his now broken nose, knocking the tape out of his hands and his hat off his head.
With the tape finally free of the Hatter's heads Duncan picked it up before snapping into pieces "I refuse to be your botch any longer. Cause guess what I feel bad. I feel bad about being a dick all season, I feel bad for not having a clean breakup with Courtney and wrecking her and Gwen's friendship, I feel bad for letting you mess with this planet as long as you have, and I feel bad for not doing this quicker. If being a bad boy means taking it up the ass from people like you, than I'd rather be a hero like Trent or Cody or heck even Harold!"
"That's good for you Pride. But I hope you remember the dire consequences for knocking off my hat after what happened to Greed." Cedric growled while his nose healed, and he placed his hat back on and unsheathed his sword "Kiss your soul goodbye asshole!"
"Bring it you demon!" Duncan said while pulling out a familiar tool of his, which was ironically rarely used as a weapon. His knife!…
Only for Cedric to almost immediately use his own weapon to slice the blade off the weapon, leaving Duncan disarmed and helpless against his rival's sword. Now all he could do was desperate try to avoid Cedric's mad stabbing of him, until he tripped back on a Sausage Tree root.
The Mad Hatter then slashed him across the chest causing Duncan to scream in pain, before he was impaled through the stomach with the sword pinning him to the ground. With his prey trapped Cedric slid on his gauntlet and reached towards the punk's face "Say hi to Greed for me. Enjoy your millennium of unbelievable agony in the soul of a demon."
"Crap no! Someone help! Someone! Anyone!" Duncan panicked as terrible memories of the first time in this position flooded his psyche, but he knew his time was up when lightning shot from the talisman and began pulling his soul out.
But to Cedric's surprise while he saw and felt the soul coming from Duncan's brain, he couldn't seem to get it past the forehead. While he continued to tug on the soul for a little longer, he realized it was futile when he saw small white lines holding the protruding soul down, and released it from his grip.
When Duncan realized he was still alive, he asked Cedric who was causally lighting a cigarette "Wait a minute, I thought you were going to kill me?.
"I was, but apparently Mr. White put soul strands on you like he did with Beanpole. These bad boys hold your soul to your body till the sweet release of death. Looks like we're doing this the old fashioned way!" Cedric said while taking off the talisman and rolling up his sleeves, before repeatedly punching Duncan across the face.
After getting a little bored with this Cedric stopped to look over the bloody and bruised mess he'd made of Duncan's face "Had enough yet Pride?"
"I've wrestled Courtney before! This is nothing!" Duncan refused to show weakness to his enemy, which backfired heavily when Cedric removed his sword and began thrashing him by the collar of his shirt.
"Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, Bitch slap, and Testicles!" Cedric called as his attack while slapping him multiple times, before kneeing him straight in the crotch. While Duncan rolled over on the ground in agony Cedric used his sharpened finger nail to poke a small hole in his forehead, letting the smallest trickle of blood come out.
It was then he noticed something else at the top of Duncan's head "You're awful proud of this Mohawk aren't you Pride? I'll just have to do something about that aren't I?" Cedric chuckled before grabbing about 3/4 of his victims hair and pulling it out, causing him to scream in pain louder than before.
Things didn't get better for Duncan as Cedric unexpectedly ripped off his shirt, leaving him half naked in the savannah. He wondered where this was going for a moment, only to wince when Cedric took out his ciggarette from his mouth, but didn't snuff it out. Duncan cried out in agony once again when Cedric's ciggarette made contact with his skin, dragging it across. Once it was removed the delinquent looked down to see the demon had burned a message on his skin
PRIDE
Just when Duncan thought things couldn't get any worse, he felt something raise him off the ground and tie all of his limbs to what felt like spokes. He looked around to see that he had been tied to a wheel that had suddenly came from the ground "This is the Catherine Wheel, which will spin around while I break each of your limbs before I kill you. Just like they did to the prideful in hell! But maybe I could have a bit more fun first! How about I pull at each of your piercings on by one!"
"What's going on here!" Cedric winced when he heard a shocked and angered voice from behind. He snapped his fingers to lower Duncan off the wheel, and turned around to see Courtney and Gwen standing nearby, completely horrified by what they had witnessed.
"Are you trying to actually kill Duncan! What is wrong with you!" Courntey cried at the demon. Despite her thick animosity with Duncan, she was utterly disgusted with the torture Cedric had put him through.
"I remember now, you were on the news for something when I was a little girl, and I know it wasn't good. And I know you're no DOP! Who the hell are you and what are you doing with Duncan?!" Gwen angrily growled at the one attempting to kill her boyfriend, who merely glared back.
Cedric knew that there was nothing he could do to explain this way. He had finally been caught. So he merely turned towards them and smugly took his hat off with a bow "Names Cedric, Cedric von Túfeice!"
"What?!" Gwen now recognized the name completely due to her morbid knowledge of serial killers throughout history and now fully remembered what he had been on the news for.
"You mean like the Mad Hatter Killer?! For real?!" Courtney asked, equally shocked as her rival.
"Oooooooooooo, spoilers! Time for a good old fashioned cliffhanger!"
(A/N): Told you this would be a real game changer. No redos, no way out of this, Cedric's identity has been revealed! And soon so will all of other secrets! More good news (well mostly for me)! Since the story really branches off from canon here on in, I won't have to watch this train wreck of season anymore! Seriously am I the only one who hates World Tour? Unfortunately I'm going to have to go on break after this one for a few reasons.
1) Peanut Galley: If you've been following you'll know there's a spinoff out by Lord NV. And while I'm nearing the final third of this story, he's literally at the very beginning. So I should really give him some time to catch up.
2) Ninja of Santoryu: My other story which I need to work on this summer. I've on a break for this one for some time, so I think it's fair I switch hands back to that for some time. But in the meantime check out Lord NV's story!
3) Writer's Block: I've had an idea for this chapter's plot for quite some time. But I only have a few details for next time handy. I'll definitely need some more thinking room before I can update again.
By the way the nightmare sequence was inspired a similar (but less dark) scene from Strix Moonwing's "Candy for Your Thoughts?". It's a short read but among one of the fandom's best. I highly recommend it. See you later and I hope the parts from All Stars didn't make your faces melt. Cause it made mine melt.
Now if you excuse me I need to go buy a new face.
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