Disclaimer: I do not own Yuri On Ice, nor do I own Running Man China. I only own this fanfic.
Hey, guys! I've been really wanting to write this fanfic for a long time. I've been a fan of Running Man China (Ben Pa Ba Xiong Di) since I can remember, and I used to identify certain cast members of that show with characters from my favorite anime during that time. Currently, it's Yuri On Ice.
And then I thought that maybe I could do an entire rewrite of this comedy game show in English, and replace the cast members of it with Yuri On Ice characters! I really like that show but I'm kind of sad that it's available to everyone since it's in Mandarin. So this is kind of a way for me to promote Running Man China to other people out there!
I'm thinking of making this into a series. With each fanfic being a different episode from the actual tv show. But I don't know how well this will be received, so I'm just testing the waters first and see how much views this first chapter gets.
If I think enough people like it (by REVIEWING, FAVOURITING, and FOLLOWING!), then I'll continue on writing this! Lets say...about FIVE REVIEWS, TEN FAVOURITES, and TEN FOLLOWERS!
Please enjoy! :D
PS. The dialogue in here are not all directly translated from the show, I just made some parts up to fit in with the characters that are based on the show (I speak Mandarin), so if you are a fan of Running Man China and see some incorrect dialogue, please don't complain. Thank you! :D
Game 1: Complete That Obstacle Course in Under 90 Seconds (Part 1)
Toronto, Canada. The Eaton Centre.
The selected cast for this brand new reality comedy game show, Hurry Up, Skaters! Shows up on scene one by one. The director of the show stands by with several game referees and much more people working as cameramen.
This is the first episode of this show, and they need to make it as good as possible to get viewers. They already have the cast members, who are quite popular with the public. Now, they just have to get them to look absolutely ridiculous during these games scheduled for today.
First to run on set was Swiss skater, Christophe Giacometti. He is nicknamed "Captain Superman," and is known for his horrible Japanese speaking skills. He has a very protective parental attitude and that's why he's deemed a senior among the entire cast. He attempted a spy-like stunt to make himself look cool, but the director simply shook her head.
Next came Otabek Alton, the Kazakhstani skater and is nicknamed "Big Black Bull" due to his enormous strength and athletic ability. His mature personality also causes him to be deemed a senior alongside Chris.
Yuri Katsuki appears out of the car from the side of the road and runs up to the rest of his teammates. The Japanese skater is known as "the Piggy" or "the genius," due to his appetite/weight and his ability to analyze complex problems.
One of the younger members, Russian skater, Yuri Plisetsky, emerged onto the set. He runs towards the three people already standing next to the director. His speed has earned him the nickname, "the Cheetah." They all welcome him onboard.
Another car pulls up the curb and the passenger is opened slowly and dramatically. Out came the eldest member of the cast, Russian skater, Victor Nikiforov, aka the "Chance-grabbing King," due to his creative problem-solving skills to make himself win. He took off his sunglasses and gives a wink to his lover before breaking down into laughter from this little act. He joins his teammates.
A mysterious person standing by a blue car suddenly turns around. It was Thai skater, Phichit Chulanot. He ran around the set, giving the cameramen high fives before meeting with his teammates. He is the most cheerful of the whole cast, and therefore is named "Lil Phichit" or "Lil deer," because he is fast and somewhat clumsy.
The last car appeared around the corner, carrying the last member of the selected main cast. A round of applause was given as she stepped out of the car and waved to all the people on set. 14-year old, non-skater, Martz Mizuki, aka "President Mizuki" by the cast members, and "Satan" by Yuri. P due to their feud-like relationship and her being the president of the world-famous "I hate Yuri Plisetsky Club."
The director smiled at all of the members of the selected cast. They were all conversing and laughing together, they had great chemistry, which is good for audiences outside of ice skating. The director cleared her voice.
"Welcome to the first episode of Hurry Up, Skaters!" Director Leaves shouted.
They all clapped and cheered until Yuri. P spoke up. "But wait, director! The title says Hurry Up, Skaters but that person over there is not one!" He points over to Martz. "So why is she here?"
Martz crossed her arms. "Isn't it obvious? I'm here to bring more viewers in! After all, I have more Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat followers than all of you famous-people combined!"
The skaters resisted to talk back and calmly sucked in the burn they just received from President Mizuki. Chris came up to Yuri. P and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey now, let's all try to get along here. This is going to be aired internationally for all to see and dubbed in over 18 different languages!" He explained.
Director Leaves nodded. "Is there any more complaints I need to hear?"
"No." All the skaters replied.
"Well then, let's begin the event of this episode! Crew team, bring in the golden pillar!"
Immediately, a large gold painted wooden pillar was wheeled in. The top part was covered with a golden cloth that got all the cast wondering what was underneath. They gathered around the pillar and Chris instructed each of them to grab an edge of the cloth.
"Alright? Three, two, one, pull it off!"
The cloth was removed, revealing a clear glass case containing a single rectangular decorated card inside. The cast was in shock. They were expecting some sort of gem or jewelry to be there.
"That's all?" Victor pointed at the very unprecious looking card.
"No, look! It has flowers on it! It must be special!" Phichit cried.
Martz touched the case. "You guys are all idiots! Look, we can lift the case like this!" She took the lightweight glass case up and over the card before taking the card and turning it around.
"Oh, look guys! It's a mission card!" Martz showed it for all to see. Yuri. K looked from behind and read the instructions out loud.
"Tomorrow at 6 am, go to the Varsity Centre. Why? What for?" He wondered.
Suddenly, a tv screen came on, displaying a mysterious man hidden in the shadows wearing a black suit. He spoke to them in a deep voice.
"Skaters, listen to me. The ISU had lost their top-notch gold medal. It has been stolen by a world-class robber, who has locked it in a passcode-locked safe. Your job today is to find the different numbers of the passcode that will unlock the safe containing the stolen gold medal.
"The mission card in your hand will tell you where to go, but it will also tell you some important hints as to what the passcode is. In order to receive the new mission cards, you must complete each challenge today successfully.
"Each mission card you earn after a challenge will have a clue that is based on real life facts about the ISU and figure skating. It is your job to decipher what you are given and to make out the passcode. Good luck."
The tv screen turned off, but then turned back on immediately after! The same man reappeared onscreen. "Oh and one more thing I forgot. To help you guys with this task, I've invited two guests to join you guys today, they should be coming soon."
As if it was all planned (which it was), the doors of a nearby stairwell opened, revealing the two guests. Italian skater, Sala Crispino, and Russian skater, Georgi Popovich appeared and ran up to the main cast. They cheerfully greeted them and shook hands. Director Leaves smiled, she knew that this was going to go well.
The man on the tv screen continued speaking. "Alright. Now that everyone is here, I can finally divide you into three teams. The teams are as is on this screen."
The tv screen cut to a papyrus background divided into three sections. With teams, one, two, and three displayed above each section. In the red team, there was Victor, Georgi, and Phichit. In the yellow team, there was Chris, Otabek, and Sala. In the blue team, there was Yuri.K, Yuri. P, and M—
"Martz!" Yuri. P yelled. "Director, do you hate me or something? Why is she of all people, on my team?"
"Director, do you hate me too?" Victor asked. "Why did you separate me from my 'one and only?' Who's going to protect him? Who's going to give him a bandaid and a kiss on the head when he gets a cut or something?"
"Now, Victor." Yuri. K replied. "I'm not a baby, besides this is only a tv show. We'll still be together off camera."
Director Leaves nodded. "That's right. And these teams were completely made by choosing names out of a hat! So I guess it was destiny that you're with the people in your teams!"
Chris was not upset with his team. Sala and Otabek took things seriously, maybe they could win a few challenges. "Everyone, everyone! Listen up. Though we may all be split into teams, the important thing is that we all know the directions to the Sims Building tomorrow, right?"
A few of them scratched their heads while others pushed Chris back and laughed. Chris calmed them all down. "No, it's alright if some of you don't know! It's alright. The real important thing is that we tell Director Leaves what our common interest is."
They all nodded, understanding where Chris is going down. Chris prompted for them to all say it together. "And that is, one, two, three…"
All of shouted while bumping one fist out in front of them and standing on one foot: "Hurry Up, Skaters!"
The next morning…
The individual teams got into their cars and drove down the road, following the people holding up the Hurry Up, Skaters sign on the sidewalk. That's the direction they need to go in. The first car to arrive the destination was the yellow team.
That's consisted of Chris, Otabek, and Sala, who all woke up and got ready nice and early. They stepped out of the car and saw the large open outdoor track with several buildings lining one side of it. Chris gasped at the sight of it.
"You guys see that?"
Sala and Otabek nodded, equally shocked. It was massive. Chris then realized that more team cars were coming up behind and encouraged for them to start running up to the area for the first challenge. "Quickly, quickly! Run!"
While running, Chris decided to yell one more time. "Hurry Up, Skaters!"
Otabek did the same, except he added in a little jump and superman pose midair. "Hurry up...Skaters!"
The red team, who are Victor, Phichit, and Georgi, emerged from their car. Victor was the first one out, he waited for the rest of his team to come out. Phichit saw that the yellow team was already ahead of them and shouted for his other two teammates to start running too.
"What are you guys doing? Run, run!" He cried.
The red team began tailing the yellow team just as the blue team's car pulled up from behind, and Yuri. K jumped out of the driver's seat. Phichit leads his team at the front, constantly turning around to yell back at them. Victor sweats as he increased his running speed.
"Phichit, please! Don't do this to an old man!" He complained, but Phichit didn't turn back.
Otabek turned around though. He saw that the red team was closing in on them. "Hurry! They're catching up to us!" He sprinted straight ahead, leaving Chris and Sala a bit behind.
At the far back, the blue team also began chasing after the red and yellow team. Martz gapped at the distance between the area where they parked to the area where the first challenge is supposed to be. "Why is it so far!? I can't run that much!"
"Not my problem, Satan." Yuri. P replied while running ahead.
"Wow, always so chivalrous, Urinal."
Yuri. K sighed from behind the two bickering teenagers. "Will you two please give me a break? I want to be able to go through at least one challenge today without babysitting you two!"
At the very front, Otabek has increased his distance from the rest of the members exponentially and made it to the large open concrete space. He leaped over a set of bleachers victoriously before turning around to see whether or not Sala and Chris managed to catch up.
But instead, he saw Phichit and Victor running right behind him, with Sala and Chris tight on their heels. Otabek shrugged and ran up to where the person holding up the Hurry Up, Skaters sign was standing. He looked down at the sight in front of him and took off his sunglasses in shock.
Victor and Phichit caught up to him and also looked in front. Otabek's sunglasses fell out of his hands while Victor looked like his eyeballs had bounced out of his sockets. "What is this!?"
More skaters were catching up to them and also caught sight of the shocking view in front of them. In front the members was an enormous group of women, all dressed in red t-shirts and black dresses and carrying a brown pouch bag, dancing some sort of weird mob flash dance. A cute little children's song was playing in the background as the middle-aged women danced.
The song was catchy. Catchy enough for the yellow team to start dancing along with the mob flashers in front of them. Eventually, all of the teams began dancing along too, though no one knew exactly why they were doing it, or what exactly was going on. It was just fun.
The red team was the one who was expressing themselves the most out of the three teams. Mainly due to Victor's exaggerated but deep movements, which made him look like he was really into this. Georgi couldn't help but laugh, while Phichit tried to copy Victor's movements exactly.
And then suddenly, the cute little music stopped playing. As soon as that happened, the women all reached into their brown pouches and took out some kind of a rectangular green mat and began placing them down on the ground in a certain pattern.
The skaters all looked on with shock. Martz's eyes widened in shock. Victor had question marks coming out of his head. "What's going on now?"
"What are they doing?" Chris asked.
"They could be spelling something out!" Sala suggested.
The women ignored the skaters and continued placing down their green mats in specific areas, making a large rectangular course that stretched around the open outdoor area. As they put more of those mats down, the skaters could see that those green mats have several tiny little pointy objects on them.
Victor couldn't take it any longer. "Come on, please tell what this is. Ladies, ladies, please. I'm asking politely. Hello? I'm being ignored..."
But of course, they just ignored him. After a few more minutes of placing down the green mats and making sure the pattern is right, the women left to go behind the rope surrounding the area. Several spectators were also gathered behind the rope. Many of them were fans that had their phones and cameras out, filming the events that are going to take place soon.
Director Leaves stepped up. "Welcome to the Acupressure Mat Obstacle Course!"
All of them looked at her in confusion. "What?" Chris asked, sweating a little. "Acupressure mat?" Sala repeated, also looking a little sweaty.
The blue team instantly gets it. Yuri. K sighed in relief. "Oh, it's nothing foreign at least. But…"
Yuri. P shook him by the t-shirt collar. "But what!? Is it painful!?"
The look on Yuri. K's face already gave it away to everyone. Director Leaves smirked as she handed out the task cards to each of the teams that will tell them of how this game will be played. The teams each looked over the instructions.
Victor read them out loud. "The Acupressure Mats Obstacle Course Relay Race. There are three sections of this obstacle course, assign one member of your team to each section. One: leap-frog over three women in a row then run up the steps and jump rope up to 20 times. Run back down and pass the baton to the next person.
"Two: pass through underneath the little arches on top of the green mats, then make your way across the three high hurdles and pass the baton on to the last person.
"Three: finally, carry the selected woman piggy-back style up to the ramp. Then run up the ramp to jump and reach the bar set high above. Grab the onion ring dangling from the bar and run to the starting point. To complete this successfully, you need to finish this whole course in UNDER 90 SECONDS!"
Victor dropped the task card. He stretched his arms and hamstrings before squeezing the hands of Phichit and Georgi. They all nodded at each other, confidently. Phichit pumped one fist up in the air. "We got this, red team!"
Director Leaves gave all the teams permission to try out how it feels to be stepping on the acupressure mats. Martz was the first to go on it. She immediately cringed at how painful it was for her feet and almost fell over. "I'm going to need some ice after this…"
The other skaters decided not to try it out after seeing the expression on Martz's face as soon as she stepped onto those mats. The red team, being the first one to arrive, (since Otabek was the only one on his team that arrived first) got to go first in this challenge. They began removing their shoes and warming up, their hearts beating fast with excitement.
Each red member walked to the section of their desire. Georgi walked to the first section, he would be starting this entire course off. Victor gave him a thumbs up. "You got this, Georgi! You got this! We believe in you!"
Georgi smiled back. "Sure, sure. You do your best too!"
"Good luck to all of us! We'll make it through!" Phichit cried.
"I won't die! Never!" Victor shouted back.
"You will. Believe me!" Chris answered.
"No! Because we believe in ourselves!" Phichit fought back.
Victor stood by his section of the obstacle course, a serious look on his face. "I promise today. I shall do, the IMPOSSIBLE! Because this is the first game of the first episode today. We must make our mark. As the strongest and best players in this whole show!"
He walked across the mats to get to the left side of the course. Pain shot through the soles of his feet the top of his head. Tears welled up in his eyes. Victor cried, mentally yelling, "why do you hate us, director?"
At the starting point, Georgi squeezed the baton, silently groaning as he stepped on the mats. Phichit flexed his arm at him from his section, giving him some encouragement right before Director Leaves shouted in the megaphone, "Alright, everyone get ready! We're about to get this thing going!"
Georgi gulped as he looked at the obstacles that lied ahead of him. Phichit shouted one last time, "Good luck!" While Victor put his 'game face' on. The rest of the skaters watched from the sidelines, eager to see how things will turn out for the red team.
"Get ready...whistle blows! The timer has already started counting down!" Director Leaves shouted.
Georgi was a little slow on the reaction. He was expecting a 'get set, go!' But he gets a whistle instead. "Oh, has this started? We're starting!? Oh!" He began bolting across the acupressure mats.
"Ah! Oh! Man, this hurts!" Georgi cried as he got closer to the first woman who was hunched over for him to leap over.
He leaped over the first woman and began running to the second one. Victor cheered as he saw that the first leap was successful. "Georgi, you got this!"
However as Georgi was leaping over the second woman, his right leg failed to get enough height and so, gets caught by the woman causing Georgi to fall over and roll onto his side. He screams in pain, laughing at the same time.
The yellow team laughed at the fall. Sala encouraged Georgi to keep going. Chris cried, "You didn't even get to the last woman yet!"
When the rest of the red team saw that Georgi was slow on getting back up, they began pushing him. "What are you doing? Hurry up!" Phichit shouted while also laughing.
Just as Phichit said that Georgi made it across the last woman and ran up the steps that led to the jump roping area. The mats placed on the stairs were much more painful than the mats on flat ground! Georgi had to slow down a bit to minimize the pain.
Even Victor began getting a little concerned about their remaining time. "Hurry!" He cried.
Georgi put the baton down and picked up one of the jump ropes available to him. It was a bit knotted up, but he didn't notice it until he tried to jump over it. "Eh?"
Phichit face palmed himself. "GEORGI!"
Georgi offered a mild excuse. "I didn't know it was knotted! Let me just untie this…" But he only made the knot worse. From the distance, the yellow team could see that the knot had turned into a dead one.
Sala pointed it out. "Georgi made it worse for himself!"
"He just had to pick the one with the knot." Chris shook his head.
Phichit began shaking his wrists back and forth. "My heart is literally jumping right out of its cavity! Hurry up!"
Georgi finally untied the knot to the jump rope. "Wait, wait." He tried to calm his teammates down.
Yuri. K looked at his own watch. "Look at their time! They've practically lost this round! I think they've used like about, 200 seconds by now!"
Upon hearing that remark, Georgi attempted to pick up his pace, by jumping doubles. He tried to make the rope go under twice in one jump, but it only slowed him down even more. "One...two...ah! Three...shoot! Four...fiv—! Hold on, guys!"
Yuri. K couldn't believe it. "And he's trying to jump twice in one jump!"
Georgi realized that his decision wasn't a good one, and decided to continue jumping singles instead. Victor was losing his mind. "Young! You're still young, goddamnit! Even I can jump faster than that!"
Georgi hit the 20th jump and lets go the rope. He picks up his baton and makes his way down the steps on the other side, which was just as painful as it was when he was first going up. Georgi was full out sweating by now and decided to walk his way down instead.
From the sidelines, the yellow and blue teams cheered Georgi on and gave a few snide remarks. "He must've used about 5000 seconds," Chris said.
Phichit saw that Georgi was literally right in front of him, but is moving at snail's pace, and went onto his knees and began praying. "Hurry up. I'm praying right now! Oh, Lord in Heaven above us! Make that man faster!"
Victor also began went down onto his knees and began praying. "Me too, me too! I'm begging you too, oh Lord in Heaven above us!"
Finally, Georgi made it to Phichit and stretched out his hand to give him the baton. Phichit snatched it with all his might from Georgi's hand and began sprinting, painfully, down the mats towards the tiny arches that had been laid out in front of him.
Martz began clapping and cheering as soon as she saw Phichit sprinting. Sala remarked that the red team is finally picking up the pace. Phichit turned around and lied down on top of the mats, using his feet to carefully scooch underneath the tiny arches. It was super painful for both his feet and his elbows!
Halfway there, Phichit went off to the side a little and hits his head on the leg of one of the arches. Despite that, he shrugged it off and continued on. He had to make up for the lost time! So there is absolutely no room for delays right now!
Victor began doing a funky little dance to express his happiness that things are finally speeding up again. "Phichit, you got this! You rule at this!"
Martz gapped in amazement from the sidelines, along with the rest of the blue and yellow team. At the end of the arches, Phichit performed a quick back somersault to get back onto his feet, earning a round of applause from all the spectators. He began running up to the three high hurdles.
He leaped over the first one like an Olympic athlete. The yellow team's jaws dropped at Phichit's leap. "Whoa, check him out! Now that's a jumper!" Otabek shouted.
Phichit ran up to the second hurdle and leaped over it with ease as well, only cringing a bit (ok, a lot) when his feet touches the mats again. Victor clapped and wiped away fake tears from his eyes as Phichit successfully completes the last hurdle and hands him the baton.
Victor takes the baton and began running down the last stretch of the obstacle course. But he was barely a quarter of the way there when a very large woman suddenly ran onto the mats and stopped him from running anymore.
His eyes popped out of its sockets when he saw the sheer size of the woman in front of him. She took off her jacket and pointed at herself, then at him, then at the ramp at the end of the course. Victor screamed as he turned around to let the woman onto his back.
"Aaaaahhhhh!" He cried as he turned around to face the front and the woman jumped onto his back, nearly causing him to fall.
The yellow and blue teams had completely lost it and fell to the ground laughing. Chris had tears in his eyes while Yuri. K held his stomach, trying to catch his breath. "RIP Victor…" Chris sighed.
"And his back." Yuri. K added.
Victor cried out in pain and determination as he carried the large woman across the last stretch of the obstacle course, that once looked very short, now seemed like a mile long. It was already bad enough that he had to walk across these painful acupressure mats, but now he had to do it with additional weight!?
Phichit and Georgi ran by Victor's side, cheering him on. "Victor, you're a World-class champion! You got this!" Phichit cried.
"We believe in you, Victor!" Georgi encouraged.
Victor didn't need to hear it though. "Will you guys please stop shouting at me!? I'm trying to concentrate! Don't you worry, ma'am, I'm not tired at all! I got this!"
Yuri. K was sprawling on the ground, unable to contain his laughter at the sight of his fiance in this situation. Victor continued to cheer himself on. "Mom, I love you! I love you for raising me to a big, strong, boy! Today, you'll see what I have become!"
From the sidelines, behind the spectators' rope, the fans all began cheering for their five-time Worlds, Europeans, and Grand Prix Final Champion. "Victor! Victor! Victor! Victor!"
They began clapping at the same time as they cheered. "Victor! Clap, clap! Victor! Clap, clap! Victor!"
Victor began nearing the ramp at the end of the course, he decided to shout one last sentence to the woman he's carrying. "Ma'am, you're a lovely lady! Don't let anyone say otherwise! You're very healthy and nice! That's why I didn't drop you once!" With that, Victor let the woman back down and ran up the ramp.
That's when the yellow and blue team realized that the bar Victor's supposed to grab onto, is actually very, very high…
"He's not going to make it." Chris remarked.
Just as soon as Chris said that Victor jumped off the ramp and reached for the bar above him. And he missed it.
Phichit and Georgi fell to the ground at the same time as Victor fell back down. They couldn't believe it. All of that, and in the end, Victor can't complete the very last obstacle that would end this entire course!
The blue and yellow teams from the sidelines began breaking down into an even more violent fit of laughter. Chris gestured towards the fallen Victor who's about to run up the ramp again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: our Champion figure skater, in his finest moment!" He cried.
Victor ignored that sarcastic remark and tried again. He ran with a little more speed this time but was also a little more impatient. He didn't jump as high and completely missed the bar once again. Otabek rolled onto the ground, tears streaming down his face. Martz covered her mouth to muffle her laughter.
Once again, Victor ran up the ramp and jumped, but this time, he wasn't even close! Getting impatient and annoyed, Victor tried one more time, this time, he was successful in getting the onion ring from the string that dangling from the bar, but he wasn't able to grab the bar.
Director Leaves blew the whistle, signaling for them to stop this round. "No time for you guys. Sorry, you guys just took too long." She explained.
Victor looked at her in shock. He pointed at the bar. "B—b—but, director! I swear, that bar is way too high! It's humanly not possible to reach it! Please, can't you just...lower it? Just a tiny bit?" Victor begged.
That request caused all blue and yellow and teams to burst out laughing once again. Director Leaves chuckled and shook her head. Victor didn't give up.
"But I'm the oldest guy here! My body is not as fit as the rest of these guys!" Victor attempted.
"Lies. You're still fit. You're the Five-time Worlds, Europeans, and Grand Prix Final Champion, and were known for your jumps. You should be able to do this!" Director Leaves pressed.
Victor brought his hands up. "Fine. Fine. Ok, if you say so, director." He put his baton in the belt of his shorts and backed up, preparing to run again.
"I'm going to attempt this for myself alright? No timing! No timing, just want to see if I can at least touch it." Victor breathed in a deep breath and exhaled right before he took off.
From the sidelines, Phichit and Georgi watched on with enthusiasm as they cheered for their teammate. The other two teams also cheered Victor on. "Go, Victor! You can do this! Give it all you got!"
Victor's 'game face' turned back on as he ran down the mats and towards the ramp. Bending his knees deeply down, he jumped with all his strength and reached his arms out as far as he can towards the bar up above him.
Everyone held their breath as they watched Victor's fingers get closer and closer to the bar. It was as if everything was being played in slow motion. Phichit and Georgi's eyes opened wide and the other teams all gasped in shock. The fans from behind the spectators' rope all cheered.
Victor's hands grasped the bar tightly! The whole area broke out in thunderous applause. Victor growled happily from the bar. "Yeah! Mom, did I make you proud!? I did it! I did the IMPOSSIBLE!"
Georgi and Phichit immediately ran over as Victor lets go of the bar and embraced him in a tight team hug. "We may not have made it past this first round. But we tried our hardest and we had the most heart!"
Yuri. K clapped and felt a wave of pride wash through him as he watched Victor successfully complete the last obstacle, even though the course was already over. His fiance is one perseverant man.
Victor apologized to his teammates. "Sorry, guys. I wasn't able to complete that when it actually counted."
Chris walked over to give him a hug. "Don't apologize to your team, Victor. That was very good. It was a good effort."
Yuri. K also came over to embrace Victor. "I was really moved. You're an inspiration to all of us."
"You say that my love, but I can feel that you're still laughing at me inside," Victor replied.
Director Leaves blew the whistle again. "Yellow team is the next one to go! Take your places please!"
The yellow team stood by the starting position and Chris cautiously walked onto the acupressure mats. Instant pain shot through him. "Ohh! They weren't lying when they were screaming!"
Director Leaves looked at the bar and nodded for her crew team. "Please lower the bar back to its default position." She commanded.
"What!?" Victor cried as he saw the two men from the crew team carefully lower the bar down a few centimeters. "Director! You purposely did this! You do hate me!"
Director Leaves shook her head. "I just wanted to see if you could live up to all of your titles. If you really are a legendary jumper, then it would've been a piece of cake reaching the bar at that height! And you did!
"Don't worry. You guys will be given as many rounds as you need until you finish under 90 seconds!"
Victor walked away, doing the v-fingers to eyes gesture to the director. "From now on, I shall not be victim to your games, director."
"Yellow team, up next!" Director Leaves shouted, ignoring Victor.
The members of the yellow team took their positions, nervous and excited as the director slowly brought the whistle to her mouth. Chris is taking the first section, Sala the second section, and Otabek the last section.
How will they fare in this obstacle course?
Yes, the director is me. I've always wanted to insert myself into one of my own fanfics, but didn't know how to do it smoothly. Now I do! Anyways, like I said, I'm just testing the waters here, so if you enjoyed this chapter and want me to continue on and make this into a series. Then I'm going to need you all to REVIEW, FAVOURITE, FOLLOW, and tell anybody else that you think may be interested in reading this!
Thank you and peace out!