Episode Seven: Night at Walmart
Episode Seven! Yay! And the answer to the Q of the Week was…Bridgette! Ya know, Bridge, from Total Drama? Anyway, thanks for reading!
TDU Train, Conductor's Room
"Last time on TDU," Chris began. "The contestants were forced to visit/revisit Bony Island, where they had to find certain items. It was SO BORING to wait for them. Anyway, after Iris and Georgia's bickering and Melaney apparently becoming a secret agent, Angel pulled through for Team Y with TM 70, which apparently she had been keeping in her pocket for three years. In the end it was Iris who was voted off, since Georgia actually helped out with the challenge. It seemed like the end of the daily drama, but did something happen between a paranormal being and Phineas in the bathroom confessional? Who will win? Who will lose? Who will get horribly maimed? Find out right here, right now, on Total…Drama…Universe!"
(Theme Song. Awesome Sauce.)
First Class, Team Y, Tails' Room, Three in the Morning
Tails was sleeping in his room, sweating profusely. He tossed and turned, trying to escape the nightmare…the darkness. "Please," he mumbled in sleeping panic. "Don't hurt me…"
"Where am I?" Tails asked himself. He looked around and saw nothing but black, and the odd feeling that someone was watching him. It made his fur stand on end, giving him goose bumps all over.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
Tails spun around at the sudden noise. His heart was racing now, his breaths ragged and uneven. He felt compelled to move towards the sound. He took a step in its direction.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
The more the noise repeated, the more Tails wanted to move toward to it. It was mesmerizing… drawing him in closer…and closer.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
Tails was almost completely unaware of the fact that he moving now. He was in a trance, not able to think clearly. He was dimly aware of another noise in the background…it sounded like singing…a child singing…
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
Tails stopped when he had finally reached the sound. He looked down at the ground, in front of him a puddle…a puddle of blood. He stared at it listlessly. He didn't make any movement, any reaction, only wanting and caring that the hypnotic sound continued.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
"Can you feel the sunshine?" a voice asked from above.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
Slowly, Tails lifted his head and looked up at the figure. It was a doll…a doll that looked just like him…it had a blood red gem on its head, a knife in its hands. Its soulless black eyes stared at Tails, but the fox made no movement…he was too deep in the trance.
"I'm so lonely…" the doll said. Its voice was eerie and scratchy, but to Tails it sounded completely normal. "Won't you join me, Tails? Will you play with me forever?"
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
Tails nodded slowly, a mindless drone by now. "I will," he said monotonously.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
"That's good…" the doll said ominously. It approached Tails, then raised the knife to the small fox's neck and applied pressure. Tails made no movement.
Drip, drop. Drip, drop.
"Now we can be together…forever…"
The doll then slit his throat, leaving him to die.
First Class, Angel's Room
Angel woke up to the sound of screaming coming from across the hall. Her eyes flung open and she was out of her room in a flash. She rushed in to Tails' room, not caring if she woke anyone else up. "Tails?!" she asked frantically.
Tails was sitting on his bed, curled up in to a ball and rocking back and forth, panting heavily. There were tears in his eyes, which were usually a calm and joyful blue, but were now filled with panic and fear. "Please…leave me alone…don't kill me…" he sobbed shakily. Sonic and Melaney had shown up by now as well, but he didn't seem to notice that any of them were there.
"What the heck happened?" Sonic asked. Angel ignored him and ran over to Tails, sitting on his bed and holding him close. Still rattled from shock, he continued to stare forward, sobbing and breathing heavily. Angel could tell that he didn't even realize that she was hugging him.
"You're okay, you're okay," she whispered, rubbing his back. "Everything's fine, it was just a dream…" He continued to shake and mumble unintelligible words, still sobbing. "You're gonna be alright," she said in a calm voice. Tails was unresponsive, as if he was still trapped in the horrible nightmare. "Shh…" she whispered in his ear. "No one's going to hurt you…I'll protect you, I promise." He took in a deep breath, which caused him to shake even more. "Deep in the meadow…under the willow…a bed of grass…a soft green pillow…" she continued to sing to him until the shaking stopped and his breathing was somewhat normal. She carefully laid him down in his bed, his eyes still filled with hysteria. She kissed him on the forehead. "Close your eyes, no one's going to hurt you." He must've been somewhat aware of what was happening, because he did what he was told. A few seconds later, he was fast asleep.
Angel turned to Sonic and Melaney. "Let's go," she mouthed. The three of them exited the room silently, leaving Tails all by himself…or so they thought.
A few minutes later, a red glow started up in the corner of the room. Tails' eyes fluttered open, then grew wide as the light became brighter and brighter by the second. He backed up against the headboard of his bed, trying to become as small as possible. Then he saw it:
The Tails Doll was floating before him, and this time it wasn't a dream.
Tails tried to scream, but the doll covered up his mouth before he could do so. "Listen to me," it said in a demonic voice. "You and I are one in the same. I'm going to possess your body, and you are not to tell anybody. I will take over at any time I please, making you do horrible things." Tails wanted to shake his head, try to escape, or do anything, but the doll's soulless eyes kept him from moving. "And if you refuse, or in any way try to deny me, I'll eat your soul, then the two blue hedgehogs' too. Maybe I'll eat the Yoshi's as well. We wouldn't want the orange-to-blue ratio of your little alliance to be thrown off, now would we?" it then let out an evil laugh. "Now let's get down to business." Tails watched in horror as the gem on its head began to glow and a red smoke came out of it, swirling around the room. The doll dropped on the ground, then disintegrated in to nothing. The fog concentrated itself in to a small wisp of air, then flew in to Tails' mouth and down his throat. He began choking, gagging on the smoke. He felt his heart try to fight off the evil spirit, but it failed. A few minutes later, he passed out on the floor.
"Now I have control…"
First Class, Team Y
Angel yawned, then sat down on the couch next to Sonic and Melaney. "I didn't get any sleep last night. How 'bout you guys?"
Sonic shook his head. "Not after I heard Tails screaming. I've never seen him so scared before."
"I got really creeped out," Melaney answered. "I don't know what it was, but after we got out of there something didn't feel right."
Angel was about to respond but she was cut off when Eggman stormed over to them.
"Why was that blasted little pest screaming last night?!" he exclaimed. "Don't you know-"
"Shut up!" Angel snapped, her temper shorter than usual. "Or he won't be only one who's screamed today. Why don't you go die in Lav-"
"What're you guys talking about?" a voice said from behind them. It was Tails, his eyes tired and his fur more ruffled than usual.
Bathroom Confessional
(Tails)
"I don't know what to do. If the Tails Doll is inside of me, how can I stop myself from doing something that I'm going to regret for the rest of my life? What if it takes over…forever?"
First Class, Team Y
"Thank goodness you're okay," Angel said as she hugged him. She and the others had no idea what had happened after they left the room. "You were really scared last night."
"I…don't remember anything," Tails lied. He felt a pang of guilt in his chest. That's good…keep lying… a voice in his head said.
Angel let go and looked in to his eyes, which were a darker blue than usual. "Your eyes," she said quietly. "They…they look different."
"I-It's probably the lighting," Tails said nervously. He looked down at his leg, which was still in a boot. "I can't wait to get this stupid thing off," he said, trying to change the subject. He looked at Angel's arm, which was cast free. "What'd you do with yours?"
Angel shrugged. "I got sick of it so I ripped it off and threw it at Brock's face." They both laughed, but apparently Tails didn't do it convincingly enough. Angel looked in to his eyes again. "If there's anything that you're worried about, just tell me." She kissed him on the lips, which made the Tails Doll growl in disgust. Tails ignored it however and pulled her closer.
"That's enough," the voice in his head snarled. Tails felt a white hot pain in his stomach as if someone had kicked him as hard as they possibly could. He fell to his knees in pain.
Angel knelt down to help him up, but he prevented her from doing so.
"I'm okay," Tails winced as he stood up. "I'm…going to go take this boot off." He limped away to his room, leaving the others behind.
Bathroom Confessional
(Angel)
"Tails has been acting strange since last night…I wonder if something happened to him…"
Loser Class, Team X
Team X was crowded in Loser Class, waiting for Chris to come and tell them what their next challenge would be. Phineas and Ferb were in the corner, whispering to each other. Well, Phineas was, anyway. Ferb sat and listened.
"I think the plan worked, Ferb," Phineas said excitedly. "I heard screaming at exactly 3:07 this morning. Just think, we've got complete control of that two-tailed freak, and nobody he cares about will ever know. We can use him to break up their little alliance! Then we go in for the kill…"
Ferb nodded, pretending to agree.
"It'll be so much fun to watch Sonic and Angel beat him up," Phineas continued. "They're both too stupid to realize what's going on."
Ferb nodded again. He had been doing that a lot lately. He wondered if anyone else nodded as much as he did.
"And when I win the million, I'll build a machine big enough to destroy Tails' world. That'll be fun!"
Instead of nodding, Ferb gave him a thumbs-up. Nodding was getting boring.
"I'm glad to see you agree," Phineas said.
First Class, Tails' Room
Tails was sitting on his bed, unstrapping the medical boot and unravelling the bandages on his leg. He reached in to a drawer and pulled out a knee brace, then put it on. He sighed. If he had to choose between the infirmary and the Tails Doll, he'd choose the infirmary. Scratch that. He'd choose the ER over the Tails Doll.
"Don't dwell on it too much," the voice in his head said. "You don't want to lose whatever free will you have left."
Tails gasped and looked in to the mirror. To his surprise, he didn't see himself, but the Tails Doll instead. It was laughing at him evilly.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Tails asked pleadingly. "I did nothing wrong!"
The Tails Doll glared at him. "I do what my 'Master' wants me to do." He reached behind him and took out a small black orb that was sprinkled with a few small smudges of white here and there. "This is your free will," the doll explained. Tails stared at the ball in awe. "The black is my control, the white is yours. Now when the white disappears…well, I can show you that right now." The doll rubbed its thumb over one of the very few pure white spots, turning it a horrible black. Tails felt a wave of exhaustion sweep over him, causing him to crumple to the floor. The doll laughed at him as he tried to stand up. "I'll-" it stopped when the door to the room opened.
"It's challenge time!" Chris said way too cheerfully. He then slammed the door, making the furniture in the room shake. Tails turned back to the mirror, but the Tails Doll was gone.
Gorham, New Hampshire, Walmart
"Welcome to Walmart!" Chris announced to the competitors. They were all gathered inside a Walmart, the lights shut off and tiny circles of moonlight came from the few glass windows above. Somehow it had become nighttime, despite the fact that no one had lunch yet.
"Wow, Chris," Heather said as she rolled her eyes. "A Walmart! That's SO dangerous."
"Oh, but it is," Chris said with an evil smirk. "You see, it's been said that the butcher that used to work here died in a freak accident, and goes around kidnapping people from the ages of six to eighty."
"I'm not that old," Eggman mumbled.
"There are two ways to win the challenge," Chris continued. "You can avoid capture and win for your team, or you can turn the tables and capture the butcher. Either one will secure you a ticket to first class. Ready? Go!" The contestants took off in to the pure darkness, many of them bumping in to things along the way. Chris shrugged. "I say they'll last twenty minutes."
Walmart, Guns and Bullets Aisle
Sonic, Melaney, Morgan and Team Chaotix had all gone straight to the weaponry aisle, mainly because of Melaney's 'secret agent' skills.
"I'm a secret agent," Melaney whispered, a loaded tranquillizer gun in her hands. "I'm seen by old people, high schoolers, cars, and everyone who drove down Bridge Street. I…am honorably discharged." She tiptoed up and down the aisle while the others watched.
"Why do they sell tranq guns at Walmart?" Sonic asked. "What's there to tranquillize?" Morgan only shrugged.
Melaney suddenly spun around and pointed her gun at Chaotix. "SECRET AGENT!" she screamed. She shot at the three of them multiple times, knocking them out with tranquillizer.
"Melaney!" Sonic scolded. "What the heck?! You just knocked out three of our teammates…" the two of them started to bicker while Morgan watched. She was about to break up the fight but was stopped when a large hand covered her mouth and dragged her away, along with Chaotix. Sonic and Melaney never noticed.
Walmart, Jewelry Section
Shadow, Rouge, Amy, Knuckles, and Silver had happened to go in the same direction. Well, not really. Shadow and Knuckles wanted to keep Rouge from stealing something, Amy didn't want to be left alone, and Silver was just being Silver.
"My, look at all these gorgeous jewels," Rouge said, staring through the glass at a beautiful diamond necklace.
"Don't even think about it," Shadow said, leaning against the glass case.
"Ugh, why'd I get stuck on a team with you guys?" Amy complained. "I'd rather be with Sonic. Angel's probably trying to take him away from me right now!"
"Are you blind?!" Knuckles exclaimed. "Where exactly were you in Icirrus City?!"
"What's in Icirrus City?" Silver asked curiously.
"Evil clones, an organization bent on world domination, and romance caused by near-death experiences," Shadow answered.
"I see," Silver said, lost in thought. "So, it's pretty much how Pokeshippers see The First Pokemon Movie?"
"Little bit," Rouge replied, taking her eyes off the gems for the first time. "Except instead of Pokeshipping it was Taingel, and it wasn't a fake romance. It was love."
Knuckles blew a raspberry. "Yeah right. More like he was delirious and she was…" he trailed off, unable to think of an excuse. He growled. "Fine, it was love! But Tails having hypothermia had to have put the odds in her favor." He and the others walked away, but Silver stayed behind for a second.
"Taingel," Silver said to himself. "It sounds like it should be some sort of fruit…" he looked up and saw that the others had disappeared in to thin air.
Walmart, Bikes Section
"This has got to be the stupidest challenge Chris has ever created," Gwen said. She, Duncan, Starfire, Raven, and Eggman were all hiding from the butcher in the Bikes Section.
"Agreed," Raven said.
"Well I think it's pretty cool," Duncan said as he stabbed one of the tires of a bike with his knife. You could hear the air spilling out of the darkness. "We finally get a challenge that regular people don't suck at."
"Are you kidding?" Gwen exclaimed. "I'd rather be on a team and have to do a challenge I suck at so I wouldn't have to be the one to go through with it!"
"Oh, way to have team spirit, sis," Duncan fired back. The two of them began to argue so loudly that it could be heard from anywhere in the store.
"Help me," Eggman mumbled as he face palmed.
"What might you need help with?" Starfire asked curiously. "Would you like help crossing the road?"
"No," Eggman groaned.
"Perhaps you must be needing help crossing your yard?" Star questioned.
"No," Eggman said again.
"Would you like help crossing your porch-"
"I'M NOT AN OLD PERSON!" Eggman exploded. "ARE YOU-" he was cut off when someone grabbed him, Starfire, and Raven. Like Sonic and Melaney, Gwen and Duncan never noticed.
Walmart, Bathroom Lobby
Phineas, Ferb, Cilan, Heather, Savannah, Stephan, Bianca, Trip, Georgia, and Team Rocket were all gathered outside the bathroom area of Walmart, which was right outside the electronics department. Why? Because Bianca needed to pee, that's why.
"This is ridiculous," Heather mumbled. "Why is more than half the team here because one of us needed to pee?"
"Because, strength in numbers," Savannah explained. "In case we all get captured, Shadow and the others are our backup. I'm not sure where Mike went though…"
Bianca came rushing out of the bathroom, still zipping up her skirt. "Sorry it took so long," she said quickly. "I had waay too much Powerade today!"
"TMI, lady, TMI," James mumbled.
"Whatever," Heather said. She pointed at Savannah. "If we all get captured, it's all your fault!" As if on cue, a pink smoke bomb dropped in from the ceiling, causing the X's to back away in fear.
"It's a sleeping gas bomb!" Trip exclaimed. The bomb exploded, putting the contestants in to a deep sleep. A few minutes later, a large figure put each of them in to a burlap sack, then ran off.
Walmart, Video Game Aisle
"I can't believe this place still has Black and White 1," Ash said as he looked at the DS games in the glass case. "That was like three years ago."
"I still can't believe that Mario was mentioned in Red and Blue," Misty said to Ash and Brock. "That was like eighteen years ago."
"You saw that too?" Brock asked. "Why did he have a bucket on his head?"
"Guys, can we focus please?" Ash interrupted.
"On what?" Misty asked. "We're literally just sitting here and waiting to be captured. There's nothing for us to be focused on-" she stopped suddenly. "Where's Brock?"
Ash looked around, and sure enough, there was no Brock. "Uh-oh."
Walmart, Frozen Goods Aisle
Blaze was walking through the frozen goods aisle of Walmart by herself, her only company the small flame that sat in her hand. She stopped suddenly when she saw a cyan colored light floating above her. "Silver?" she asked.
Silver flew down to her using his telekinetic powers. "Thank God I found you," he said. "My group vanished like they were thin air or something! Did yours too?"
Blaze shrugged. "I came out here all by myself. I don't know where the others are. I figured if I were to meet the butcher I would fight him off myself."
Silver nodded. "Maybe the two of us should stick together…you know, if we need any help?"
"We're on different teams," Blaze said. "Say we were to capture the butcher. How would we decide which team wins?"
"I'll let you win," Silver offered.
"That's kind of you, but it would extremely unfair," Blaze said. She began to walk away, but Silver stopped her.
"Please, I insist," he said.
Blaze smiled. "You're a nice guy, Silver."
He gave a small nod, then suddenly stopped when he heard a sound around the corner. "Get ready," he whispered. He picked up a few heavy boxes using his psychic power while Blaze set her fists on fire. They were ready to attack, but were disappointed to find that it was only Mike and Zoey.
"What're you guys doing here?" Mike asked.
"We could ask you the same," Blaze replied. "What happened to our teams?"
"We don't know," Zoey answered. "All that's happened to us is we saw each other and paired up. I haven't heard anything from the Y's."
"Maybe-" Silver began to say, but he was cut off when a large cage dropped in from the ceiling. Everything went black.
Walmart, Checkout and Clearance Area
"I wonder what the others are doing," Angel said to Tails as she leaned up against a clearance bin. "What do you think?"
Tails didn't answer. His thoughts were preoccupied with other things. He jumped when Angel put a hand on his shoulder.
"Something's bugging you," she said softly. "What is it?"
He shook his head. "Nothing. I'm just-"
"It's time for me to take control now, Tails…"
"No!" Tails exclaimed. He felt a slicing pain in his chest, making him gasp for air. He was dimly aware of Angel trying to help him, but she couldn't.
"Remember your promise, Tails…"
He fell on all fours, unable to breathe. Colorful spots floated in front of his eyes as his vision began fading, making his head spin. He saw a soft white light coming toward him…beckoning him…then he blacked out.
"Tails?" Angel asked frantically. He stood up slowly, completely ignoring her. Angel sighed in relief however. "I thought you were gone." He turned and looked at her, his irises and pupils completely blacked out. She gasped and backed up against one of the checkout counters. "Tails?! What's happening to you?!"
He stared at her, completely emotionless. He reached behind him and pulled out a knife, his expression blank. He approached her slowly, making her back up further in to the counter.
"What're you doing?!" she asked in panic. "It's me, Angel! C'mon, Tails, you know who I am!"
He was oblivious to what she was saying and raised the knife to her neck, choking her.
"Please, Tails," she begged, barely able to breathe. "Please, remember me…"
He was about to slit her throat, but stopped when something pinched his calf. He turned and looked at it.
There was a tranquillizer dart.
Feeling drowsy, he dropped the knife and fell in to Angel's arms, knocked out cold.
Angel looked up and saw Melaney, Sonic, Ash, Misty, Gwen, and Duncan a few feet away, watching her. Melaney blew on her gun. "Secret agent."
Still shocked, Angel looked down at the sleeping fox in her arms. He seemed just as innocent as he was a few days ago now that he wasn't trying to kill her. But…why?
Chris ran over to the contestants. "And Team Y wins the challenge!" he announced. Chef came in a few seconds later, the rest of the contestants following him. "Team X, head to the Elimination Room. One of you is going home."
Bathroom Confessional
(Heather)
"I'm voting off Savannah for making us stay all together! Maybe if we didn't we would've won the challenge!"
(Angel)
"Tails just tried to kill me…why? Why would he try to kill me?"
Elimination Room
Team X was gathered in the Elimination Room, every contestants having a cupcake except for Savannah and Heather. "Contestants," Chris began. "This, is the final cupcake. Whoever doesn't get a cupcake, is going home. Now the last cupcake goes to…" there was a long, very annoying, yet very dramatic pause. "No one." Chris threw the cupcake behind him, hitting Stephan in the face.
"What?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"Both of you are going home," Chris said with an evil grin.
"WHY?!" Heather shouted.
"'Cause I feel like throwing two people off the train today," Chris said with a shrug. Chef grabbed the two girls and tossed them off while Chris turned to the camera. "That's two more gone! What other punishments will these guys have to go through? What's happening to Tails? Find out next time, on Total…Drama…Universe!"
Episode Seven's done! Yay! Hmm…thing's is getting interesting XD Did you guys find certain parts of this chapter to be creepy? I don't know. Apparently I might be good at creepy stuff because in seventh grade I made a book trailer for the Graveyard Book and everybody liked it, so, ya know. Speaking of Gorham, I have to go there on Tuesday for the Math League! Yay! Fast food, three and a half hours of driving, and getting out of gym! Awesome :D Okay, so Q of the Week: Which Gym Leader did the rebels meet in Mistralton City? (Iris, Cilan, Brock, and Misty don't count :P) Thanks for reading! Please review! See ya later!