The Grand Ridonculous Race
Chapter 1: Everybody's In Calgary
Part 1: A Syrupy Start
With the new season fully set up, it's time for these seventy three crazy teams to take each other and the world's best locations on, as they're up for three million dollars, making it better for all of the competitive duos out there!
For all of the tourist challengers, they're going to make the others compete and also take in the scenery at the same time!
Don't ask, how that's possible, because it very much is, especially when villains are involved in this!
Anyways, with a new start to a new race, these 74 duos are up for some serious games!
Don was just back in Calgary, ready to get himself started with all of these crazy duos that are just here to compete and with a race that wouldn't be like any other, as the previous thing was just the team introductions.
This time, the crossing over was for real, as the main host just readied himself.
"Calgary's a city where wrestlers are taking in the sights, Canadian are being proud and where horses bronc-ing around like it's nobody business!"
A horse that was just jumping around and having a fun time with its rider was just definitely in the Stampede, doing some things.
"In this city, this huge Ridonculous Race consisting of 74 previously introduced crazy teams, including a returning duo, is going to get themselves started in the middle of this city!"
The portraits were showing the teams and then the locations were shown in postcards, all of them very different from each other in location and in climate.
"From Calgary to exotic wildlands, brutal beaches and all sorts of crazy locations, these duos are ready to take on the world and each other in...The Grand Ridonculous Race!" Don was just keeping his teeth well-shined, as the race was just finally ready to have some competition waiting in the wings.
With all of the competition prepared and waiting the race to start, it was definitely looking like a crowd of 150 contestants just waiting to race down the street in downtown Calgary and there was actually 148 contestants in the race this time.
This time around, Don was definitely having some serious experience on this side, as there was a lot of duos that were bringing their A-game in this race
"Welcome to the Grand Ridonculous Race, where 74 teams are racing to the edges of the planet to claim a lot of cash! How far will these already introduced teams go? Let's find out?" Don was just really motivated to get this race going, as there was already the whole bunch of contestants that were ready to get some exposition thrown their way.
As expected, some of them were actually complaining already and this time, they weren't just down to get some new things introduced, as Don just tried to shut the louder contestants up.
It was really time for the announcements.
"Duos of all sorts, welcome to the biggest season of this show that has ever happened so far!
Some of them were cheering with some serious excitement, as they were just about to embark on another race, while others were just keeping an close eye on their own competition and all of them were just checking for the obvious.
"As you guys know, The Ridonculous Race involves teams travelling across the world to many perilous locations and try to knock each other off!"
A whole bunch of varied locations were shown off, from a city that had its heart steeped in modernity, to a town that hadn't changed that much in five centuries and to some sun-soaked plains that had the hills be a rough climb.
"Each round, two or three teams will be sent out of the race by being the last few teams to the Chill Zone! Wherever that's through the challenges or the drama is a mystery."
The Chill Zone, which was in an English gated park that was actually open to the public, was just shown to the public that was just watching it.
"There's only a few teams that survive every round to the finale, where the first team to hit the final Chill Zone in an new location wins three million dollars!"
A big load of cash was just shown on screen, but for the actual teams that were just being announced to, most of them were just as shocked as the potential audience that was just watching this on the big screen and the rest were more motivated to do it.
Don was just putting his two hands towards the box that was just designed after himself, as every other duo was just looking towards it.
"Look over here, this is The Ridonculous Tip Box AKA The Don Box, which will provide all of you duos with the challenges, the directions and the words you need to make it through this race!"
Some of the more impatient duos weren't too excited to just see some more talking from Don, but there was definitely still more to this that the main host wasn't explaining.
"To spice things up, we've got three new mysterious challenge types that are starting in this season and this time, all three of them will involve some serious teamwork!"
Sonic and Tails were just ready to try it out, as a few other duos of long-time friends were willing to test their physical limits and friendship limits, but a few other teams were definitely more intrigued than ever.
"Have all of you guys got it?"
A lot of the contestants were actually nodding to Don's simple question, as their ears were wide open.
"Good, so get yourselves ready..."
Teams like Krillin and Yamcha were just preparing themselves to do a running pose, while others like Zangief and R. Mika were just doing their own showy poses and the rest were just preparing for battle.
"...now race!" Don was letting his good arms do the talking, as he put both of them to the sides of him, which was actually making every single team go to the sides to get themselves racing towards the first Don Box of the season. "Finally, I can get back to hosting!"
Don was just in a really good mood for this season, as he knew that the competition was all fired up to do their thing.
With all of that done, it was going to be a short run to the first Don Box in the heart of downtown Calgary, as all of the contestants could definitely see it already, but this it wasn't going to be as close as it originally was in the previous part.
No matter what, some of the teams were also quipping and running, mostly because they just wanted to throw some words at other people.
"Hey, I heard the competition was tough." Lea/Axel was just looking straight at the spiky white-haired hero like he had a request.
"Don't worry, you're looking at him." Katsuki just reassured him, as he was just looking at the three teams that were clearly faster than him and his teammate, who was just going all in. "Come on, Deku, we've got a box to get to!"
"Right you are, Kacchan!" Izuku was just down to try and work with his egotistical partner in an attempt to make things worth running.
Roxas didn't really have anything to say, but he was definitely more focused on making some cool new strategies possible with his happy partners.
The leading three teams weren't the happiest bunch in the world, as they were just down to make sure that no-one could catch them and unsurprisingly, they were all animals.
"Can't catch us, the better half of Star Fox!" Wolf was just making sure that the space pilots were definitely third with his great pace and Leon's quick block.
"We're all equally good, Star Wolf." Fox told both Wolf and Leon, as his team was still staying pretty close in third place and in the streets.
While the two teams of animal pilots were having a bit of a time in the top three, the leading team was just really close to hitting the Don Box with ease.
"Tails, we've got the box!" Sonic just slid his hand over the button, making a tip come out of it and Tails just barely caught it. "Well, whoops."
"Don't worry, I already caught it." Tails was just ready to read what the tip was going to say for him.
Sonic and Tails were just finally reading the tips, as there was just a whole bunch of teams coming up with their feet set for the Calgary Stampede and this time, one of them was just going to nail it once again, as their re-entry was just unprecedented.
"We're setting our sights for the Stampede, which is on the other side of the river and pretty south of here, but it shouldn't be too long of a run!" Tails proclaimed, still leading in first and going down MacLeod Trail SE and Sonic was right in front of him. "We shouldn't go on the footbridge, because that's blocked."
"Got ya." Sonic was just clicking his fingers to his friend's reading.
"Yeah, I kinda figured." Falco was just seeing the actual place from this central location, as the top five were just trying to catch up to the stepbrothers.
"Come on, Chet, we've gotta get up to a good position!" Lorenzo was just more motivated than ever to not get kicked out.
"Yeah, Lorenzo, doing it!" Chet shouted with only the overconfidence that an 17-year old stepbrother could really bring into the game.
*The Stepbrothers' confessional*
Chet and Lorenzo were both looking ridiculously smug about their achievements, as they were just down to make sure that everyone knew that they were coming back.
"Is there a good reason that we're back? Of course, there is." Chet smugly assured the audience that had an question to ask. "We really wanted to compete in this again, because the roster was crazy and we had skills to fight 'em."
"Yep and this time, we're on equal ground to own it equally! I think we had a plan that somehow got lost somewhere and I didn't write much on it, but we have one!" Lorenzo exclaimed, as he was just making everything he did sound confident.
"...We don't need a plan." Chet just added in with a slightly worried shrug.
*Confessional cut*
With all of the duos, regardless of their speed, stamina or lack thereof, on the way to the Calgary Stampede through some leafy and not so leafy subrurbs of the city, there wasn't really that much time for small talk, but there was still some time left.
"Wow, you're no joke, you guys." Gordeau was somehow noticing that Rad and Enid were definitely right besides him at that current moment.
"Dude, where were you a minute ago?" Rad was just genuinely confused at how a guy with pretty good eyesight couldn't really see him.
Both the bodega heroes and the calm fighters were neck and neck now in seventh and sixth, but a minute ago, Rad and Enid, the bodega workers, were slightly behind an less observant Gordeau.
"Slightly in front of you." Gordeau was just noting, as Rad managed to get the right conclusion.
"Hey, did that mean that we're jokes?!" Rad was just not down for being insulted.
"It would be a good conclusion that you would be a joke at this current moment." Chaos was just making an good observation, as Enid was just trying to get ahead for Rad. "Though, you might have been acting like your bio would have said."
Rad didn't exactly have that much to say, but Enid just made him shut up real quick with an look that saw no point in continuing on with these two.
Being in sixth place made Gordeau and Chaos go a little bit faster, while Rad and Enid were playing side-by-side in seventh, but for now, there was actually a challenge to get to.
And of course, Sonic and Tails were actually ahead of everyone in such a way that showed that they were just going up to the first challenge without a sweat.
"Alright, we're at the Don Box!" Sonic was just actually at the entrance to the stables for an obvious reasons, as there was three different challenges that were on the way for every team. "And it's the Either-Or...wait, did it always have three challenges?"
"Definitely not! At least, Don's changing up the game!" Tails was just down for any one of those three challenges and what were those three.
Finding out what they are is going to be up to the next part to be revealed, and I can guarantee that it does involve some bronc-ing around in Calgary.
To be continued in Part 2, where the reveal of a Stampede-styled challenge along with two others gets the efforts of some of the teams' very motivation for the huge amounts of broncing around that's going to happen to a lot of these teams with some serious motivation to do well!
By the way, it's not coming that soon, but it is coming in March!