"Last time on the Ridonculous Race, our teams took a blistering stroll through the tropical paradise of Hawaii. Geoff and DJ the Bromigos showed some love as they took first place, whereas Josee lost her old good luck charm and found a new one. The Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers formed an alliance so we'll see how that works out later. Mother & Daughter came in last and Kelly finally told Taylor that she's not as chipotle as she thought she was, and it's about time she did, but when it turned out to be a non elimination round you could really feel the love between them. Now it's time for the madness to continue because it's time for… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Don appeared at the previous Chill Zone in Hawaii "Welcome back to the Ridonculous Race where our 13 remaining teams are ready to say aloha to Hawaii and aloha to the location for today's leg of the race. It's still funny because aloha means hello and goodbye. Geoff and DJ our very own Bromigos came in first so they get to take the first tip."
"Yes, first place here we come!" DJ was quick to grab the tip from the tip.
"Man I don't know what's crazier, that we came in first or that we didn't come in last. It blows my mind." Geoff muttered.
"Let's just make sure it stays that way." DJ read the tip "Looks like you and I are heading to Dubai."
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"Like the smart one said, the location for today's leg of the race is Dubai, an oasis of luxury full of man made islands and a mall so big that even teenagers get lost inside of it. Once they land teenagers teams have to take a bus to Burj Al Arab, the only 7 star hotel in the world to find the Don Box with their next tips."
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It wasn't long before the teams all burst into the airport, with the Bromigos, Best Friends, Ice Dancers, Fashion Bloggers, Reality TV Pros and Sisters in the front "Dubai please!"
The flight attendant checked the records "Flight leaving now time, 12 seat. Rest of you on next flight."
This was when Dwayne and Junior showed up, with the Rockers right behind them "Alright, looks like we made it!"
Junior let out a sigh "Count again dad."
"2, 4, dang it!"
"Great, now we're already tied for last."
"You can't count us out yet kiddo, last time we were on the first flight and it ended up getting delayed remember?"
"And how did it get delayed again?"
"...Oh yeah."
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"While the 7 teams who were last to arrive to the airport wait to board their next flight out, the first 6 teams are about to start their flight to Dubai with the most opulent first class section for winners only. Let me put it this way, since Geoff and DJ came in first yesterday they get it all to themselves."
"CANNONBALL!" Geoff burst into the hot tub with a mighty splash, blowing his hat off in the process "Oh man this is awesome!"
"Yeah I know what you mean dude, this is what I'm talking about." DJ held out a cookie "You want one?"
"Oh, may we-" Jacques was promptly pushed out the door into economy class by the flight attendant.
"Huh. I guess not."
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Josee was foaming at the mouth with rage "That hot tub should be ours, how the hell did we place 4th?! It's just like my mother always says, no medal is the medal of failure!" she spat on the ground "But worry not mama, our luck is about to change." she pulled out her new lucky lava rock "I replaced my lost Bun Bun with this treasure."
"Perfect, now our luck is bound to improve!" and then Jacques was crushed by several things falling out of the compartment above him.
"Forged from the fires of lava, this stone I hold in my hand embodies my fiery determination to win!" and she let out an evil cackle.
"You mean our determination to win, right?"
"What? Oh yeah sure, whatever lets you sleep at night."
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"Both flights are headed Dubai with one leaving a full hour before the other, and it's going to be a quick flight. At least that's what I was led to believe, in truth it's gonna be about 17 hours which will give them plenty of time to rest and enjoy each other's company. And for one team, realize the good and bad consequences that came with yesterday's luau."
Kevin looked increasingly weirded out "Uh… hey Gwen…"
As it turns out, Gwen was clad in a strapless blue dress with a flower in her hair and a number of birds sitting on her shoulder with white doves resting across her shoulders, a bright smile spreading across her face "Well hello Kevin my dear friend, your heart is exceptionally pure today is it not? Is spring in the air this day?"
"...Are you high? Did you find my secret stash in the hotel room?" the only reply that he received was Gwen softly humming to the birds "God this is just like that episode of the Nanny where Maggie and her boyfriend… Oh. OH. Hey Gwen?"
"Yes?"
"Just out of curiosity, did you and Cody… do anything last night?"
"Myself and my beloved did little more than prove our love to each other to the fullest that we could, why do you ask?" she received no reply "Kevin?"
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Noah let out a sigh as he felt a certain weight crushing his entire being "I know the fasten seatbelt sign is on but why do I even bother I wonder."
As it turns out, Owen was crushing Noah by sitting in his lap "Hey at least it's cozy."
"Yeah, for you maybe."
"Hey flying is the scariest, I mean I would squeeze Beary to get through this but-"
"You ate him when we were on the flight to Brazil."
"Yeah, so now I gotta squeeze my Noah!" he reached over to squeeze him.
"Touch me and I will nurple you so hard they get ripped off." this prompted Owen to back off entirely.
"...So are you gonna want the window seat?"
"You know what, I think I'm gonna pass on it this time around." he looked over to where Emma and Kitty were sitting.
"Oh really? I mean you always want the window seat, I wonder why you would want to stay there instead."
"So I can do this." he promptly smacked Owen across the face using a magazine, which he began reading.
"...Message received."
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At the same time, Kitty was working on Emma with the same goal in mind "I was thinking we should form an alliance with, I don't know, maybe Noah and Owen?"
"You're kidding right?" Emma let out a scoff "I have enough trouble keeping you on track as it is, with a whole other team to worry about I wouldn't be able to ride her as much."
"Yeah we totally need an alliance. Besides the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers formed an alliance and the Ice Dancers and Artists are both super tough, if we're gonna tough it out then we need all the help we can get."
"Well I don't think it's worth it. Besides Noah is a snarky know it all, do you have any idea what it's like to be stuck with someone like that?"
"I can't imagine." she received a glare "But these guys are pros with this stuff, they know what's what and how it goes. Take a look." she pointed at them.
As it turns out, Owen was struggling to put on his seatbelt "Okay come on, I've almost got it in there…" and he let out a fart, much to the horror of Noah, the Sisters and even the alarm, which ended up blaring loudly for a moment.
"Yeah that's about all I can take." Noah covered his nose "If you need me I'll be hanging in the toilet where it smells better." he made his way out of his seat and locked eyes with Emma.
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At the same time, on the second flight.
Jay was having some serious problems "STEWARDESS! This altitude is giving my brother a nosebleed and an inner ear infection.
Mickey did have both of those things and he was freaking out because of it "How much longer is this flight?!"
Taylor shot them a dirty look "We're still on the ground you babies." that shut them up really effectively.
"I like how you handled that honey." Kelly told her.
"Oh wow, do I get a fake trophy for it or something?" note the sarcasm.
"Honey I feel terrible about what I said before."
"Oh well then all is forgiven. Psyche, that means it isn't. Mom you're crowding me, I need some space. I'm giving you a time out."
"I'm not sure it works like that honey-" she was cut off by Taylor holding her breath "Well okay then." she made her way over to where Dwayne and Junior were sitting "Hi there, is this seat taken?"
"No no, the seat isn't." Dwayne told her "But I am, that is to say I'm married."
"She's not into you dad." Junior pointed out.
"Oh. Sorry."
"No problem." Kelly sat down.
"Where's your daughter, is something wrong?"
"Oh not really, I'm just having some family issues I guess. It all started back when Taylor was…"
Dwayne leaned over to Junior, his voice low "Hey think about this pal, if we play our cards right then this could turn out to be our first alliance. Pretty cool right?"
"You're kidding right?" Junior shot him a look "Have you met them? I know kids in my class with an ego the size of the Empire State Building and these people are worse than them."
"Oh come on, it can't be that bad."
"...and I guess I shouldn't have told her the truth." Kelly finished her story "What do you think about that?"
"Well our opinions mean a lot to them, one time Junior made pancakes for Mother's Day but I said they were overdone. He almost cried. Okay I almost cried, he just made another batch pretty well."
"I had the exact same thing happen with Taylor a few years ago except I was the one making pancakes for her that time and she threw them at me. And the pan too. I still have the scar to prove it."
"...Oh. Wow. Well that's kids for you. I think."
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Kitty watched as Emma and Noah were talking in the aisle way "Those two are so snarky and full of themselves."
"Well Noah's not that bad anymore, he's actually gotten a lot better." Owen told her "Still though, how are those two not a couple yet?"
"It's because of Emma, she's still hurt from her last breakup."
"Oh is it still fresh?"
"It was 3 years ago."
"Oh. Wow."
"Yeah I think it's safe to say that getting these two together is gonna take some work."
"Oh heck yeah!" they fist bumped.
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"The first flight has at last landed in Dubai and the 6 teams on board are now being taken by shuttle bus to the Burj Al Arab."
Noah was the first one to grab a tip from the Don Box standing outside the hotel "Looks like it's another either or, Serve or Squeegee. Say what now?"
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"In this either or challenge, teams can either return one serve each from the Tennis Menace, the toughest ball launcher in the entire world which oddly looks like a Dalek from Doctor Who, or wash an entire column of windows on the side of the hotel starting from the top and going all the way down to the bottom. Apparently legal actually cleared that one and I'm just as shocked as the rest of you. Anyway the first team was the first to arrive here at the hotel so they have the choice of doing either-"
"Serve!" Geoff and DJ chorused.
"-or-"
"Squeegee! Come on, let's get moving already!" Noah and Owen took off.
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It wasn't long before the Ice Dancers, Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers reached the tennis court on the roof with the Bromigos.
Geoff was the first one to step up to the Tennis Menace "Alright you tennis Dalek, let's get this show on the road!"
"You got this dude?" DJ called.
"Trust me dude, I've got this! Tennis is the ultimate wimp sport, I mean there's no checking and no tackling and there's just a fluffy little ball! I've got this!"
The Tennis Dalek on the other hand had other plans "Participate." it started firing at Geoff like a hurricane.
"I so don't got this! That thing is a mechanical DEVIL!" and he ran away screaming as balls were hurled at him like a barrage of bullets.
Devin was quick to try and calm Carrie down "I know you're scared but just know that whatever happens I have faith in you."
"Alright… if you think so then I'll give it my best shot." so Carrie made her way up to the Dalek- I mean Tennis Menace.
"Anyway I figured we might have to deal with something like this so I asked Shelley for a couple of pointers and she says that tennis is a mental game."
"What-" unfortunately this caused Carrie to lose focus and for her racket to be knocked out of her hand. And for Chet to be knocked out while laughing at her like a chihuahua. Which led to him and Lorenzo beating the crap out of each other.
Jen put a hand on Carrie's shoulder "Are you okay?" she suddenly let out a yelp as the Tennis Menace knocked her glasses, but luckily didn't damage them "Hey watch it, these things were expensive." then she pointed at Devin "If these things get broken then I am so sending you the bill."
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By this point the second flight was in the air and on the way to Dubai carrying the last 7 teams on board.
Kelly was still telling Dwayne about her many, many problems with Taylor "Well that's it isn't it? Anyway after she had crashed her third sports car I wanted to cut up her credit card but to be honest I just knew that she would steal mine but that is parenting isn't it?"
Dwayne shrugged in a very uncomfortable fashion "Well the teenage years are a lot more challenging."
"Oh no you misunderstand me, this all happened when she was 10 but the real drama started when she turned 12."
Dwayne almost immediately did a spit take "Okay I think that's enough. Look Kelly I think that the problem here is that Taylor doesn't have proper boundaries."
"You think so?"
"Absolutely, if you let them do whatever they want then they'll never be able to grow and mature as human beings. The only thing you can do for her now is put your foot down before it's too late or you'll end up regretting it for the rest of your life."
"But won't she be mad at me?"
"Maybe but you have to remind yourself that it's for the best."
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Owen looked down from the top of the Burj Al Arab "Oh man it's times like this I'm glad I'm not on a plane."
That was when Kitty showed up dragging Emma over to him "Hey guys check it out, we're doing the same challenge as you two! What are the odds?"
"Oh I have an idea, maybe the four of us could work together."
"Yeah that would be-"
"Thanks but no thanks." Emma promptly dragged Kitty away, her teeth grinding as they got onto "I told you before, no alliances remember? Keep in mind sis, we're here to finish first not make friends. No surrender and Noah distractions."
"Did you just say Noah?"
"Zero distractions!"
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"Now that teams from the second flight are arriving the heat is on for the rest of the teams."
Owen quickly finished one of the windows "Well this is pretty tough but I think we're making some pretty good progress, how many is that?"
"One." Noah told him dryly "And you used up like half of our water."
"Hey I can't help how much the squeegee soaks up!"
"You drank it."
"I was thirsty!"
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Kitty was having doubt about their choice as the wind began howling "I'm starting to think this is more terrifying than tennis."
"Just help me lower this thing." Emma told her "According to the instruction manual the sides are designed to move separately so we have to pull both of the levers at once to make it even out."
"Why would they design it like that?"
"Probably for the same reason why they put a tennis court on the roof of a hotel 1000 feet high in the air, now pull on 3! 1… 2… 3!" this quickly went south and led to them hanging onto the side of the platform for dear life.
"Well that's just great!"
"...I'm gonna go ahead and say that was your fault."
"Of course you are."
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"The teams from the second flight have arrived at the hotel in time to catch up with the frontrunners from the first flight."
Taylor and Kelly collected the tip "Serve or Squeegee?" they looked up at Emma and Kitty holding on for dear life and, along with many other teams, reached the same conclusion "Serve!"
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"We're feeling good about this tennis challenge." Jay commented "I mean sure I'm allergic to felt and Mickey gets motion sickness at the sight of a moving ball but at least we won't have to deal with heights."
Mickey nodded "Heights give me life threatening nosebleeds."
"For the first time I know we can win this one." they both posed like macho men. Which they really weren't.
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It wasn't long before a large majority of the groups arrived on the roof to begin the tennis challenge.
Mickey was quick to notice something "Hey look, my nose isn't bleeding!" he was promptly hit in the face with a tennis ball "Ow…"
"Nosebleed?" Jay received only disorientation as a reply.
"We'd like to thank everyone involved with the show… Bye…"
"Yeah I figured."
"Are you guys gonna stick with the tennis?" asked Kevin.
"Yeah I think so, the problem with squeegeeing is that we can't stand the sound of the streaking noises. It's like sponges and nails against a chalkboard made of glass."
Junior quickly shoved them out of the way to get a better look at the Tennis Menace "That thing is so cool!"
Dwayne had other plans though "We're gonna be switching to windows."
Kelly nodded "Us too."
"Why mom? I've won like a bajillion tennis trophies as it is-" Taylor was cut off by a nervous smile, to which she let out a scream of frustration "Are you kidding me?! You always find new ways to ruin my life don't you?!"
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Up in the front, Jacques finally had enough of the squabbling "Will you please be silent? I'm trying to concentrate!"
Devin let out a snort "Yeah good luck with that dude, nothing personal but I've watched my girlfriend play tennis for years and believe me when I say that it's a lot harder than you might think it is."
"Oh is that so?" Jacques easily and gracefully swatted the tennis ball aside, causing it to disappear into the sunlight as he gave a pose "You were saying?"
"...You know what, I'm just gonna go ahead and shut up now."
"Probably for the best."
"Now stand aside reject!" Josee stormed her way up to the front.
"Just watch, you might end up learning something.
Josee planted a kiss on the lava rock and prepared to take a crack at the Tennis Menace, only to find a pigeon resting on top of her head, causing her to miss "Wait a second, that was interference by flying rat! I demand a do over!" her demand was promptly hit on the head, much to Jacques' horror.
"Oh boy."
"So what was I supposed to learn from that?"
"...I probably deserved that one so I'm going to let that slide." Jacques quickly picked Josee up in his arms "Josee we have to withdraw, we're never going to make the podium waiting in line up here so I think we should switch to windows."
Josee breathed a sigh of relief "Fine but after we win this leg of the race I am going to throw a massive tantrum!"
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"Tantrums are a bad habit that run in her family." explained Jacques "One time a few years ago I was late picking up Josee from practice and her mother attacked me with a lamp!"
Josee's scowl deepened "I don't miss that lamp."
"Or your mother."
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Dwayne and Junior were working on the window washing starting from the top "Now you see here son the trick to squeegeeing is to-"
"Use the squeegee to wipe the window?" Junior guessed.
"...That's about the sum of it yeah."
"Cool." so he went back to work on the windows.
"You're quite the fast learner."
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Kelly watched them from one balcony over 'Maybe Dwayne is right, Taylor has been getting a lot more irritable lately but I can't help but wonder if that's because-'
"Enough of your crap mom." Taylor cut off her thoughts "Get moving already, these windows aren't gonna wash themselves."
"Right I'm on it, and good call honey."
"Of course it was, why do you think I made it?" she failed to notice Kelly's eye twitch from pure frustration.
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By this point, Kevin had lined up to face the Tennis Menace "Alright big guy, I'm ready to participate… in sending you to Dalek Hell! EARTH FOR ALL BITCHES!" with a mighty roar he fired off the tennis ball and sent it crashing back into the machine, sending it falling off of the court "And that's how we do it on my planet!"
"Yay!" Gwen danced her way around him with birds surrounding them as she started to hum We Are the Champions and the birds chorused with her.
"...Okay now you're starting to make me uncomfortable."
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The Tennis Menace landed on the Sister's platform "Participate."
"...Is this part of the challenge?" was all Emma could think to ask.
"Participate." and then the thing started shooting tennis balls like a barrage of bullets, which prompted Kitty to start batting them away with her squeegee in a terrified frenzie.
"Oh come on you've gotta be kidding me, why didn't we choose tennis?!" this went downhill fast when the lever was turned on one side, leaving Emma dangling in mid air and holding on for dear life "Kitty! HELP!" and then she fell to her death and shut her eyes as she waited for the inevitable, only to find something odd when it didn't come 'What the… okay why the hell am I still alive?' she looked up.
As it turns out, Noah had caught her by the arm before she could fall to her death "Yeah yeah I know, I saved your life and now you're eternally grateful to me and I don't wanna hear another reference to Toy Story in any way, shape or form."
"Oh… okay…" they locked eyes and she blushed a deep shade of red.
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Noah let out a sigh "You know that moment where you realize that you would care if someone died? I didn't, until she nearly died."
Owen started tearing up "That was so beautiful."
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Emma let out a sigh "Okay so maybe Noah isn't the worst human being in the world, I mean he's better than Jake was."
"That's the nicest thing you've ever said." Kitty pointed out.
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Taylor was still acting like a little bitch to Kelly "Will you wipe faster already mom, we're going to lose!"
"Yelling isn't going to help sweetie." Kelly ground out through gritted teeth.
"Hey I'll have you know that I yell at the maid all the time and then she wipes faster so I think I know what I'm doing."
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It wasn't very long before the Tennis Dalek (I'm not even trying anymore), or what was left of it, was brought back to the court on the roof.
Devin pumped "Alright that's awesome, anyone could clobber that!"
"I think you mean almost anyone." Jen pointed to where Jay was freaking out behind her.
"...Oh. Yeah they're probably screwed."
Jay slowly and hesitantly made his way up to the court "Alright Mickey we can do this, we have nothing to fear. TELL MOM I LOVE HER!"
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By this point, Emma and Kitty stood on the platform with Owen and Noah "I'm glad we're alive but I'm pretty bummed we're gonna tie for last place."
Kitty scowled "Could you be more negative?"
"Sure, she implied we're gonna finish." Noah pointed out "We only have one squeegee between the four of us and the two of you lost your water."
"It's not over yet, I know how to win this but you guys have to agree to an alliance first before I tell you." Owen told them.
Noah shared a loom with Emma "Yeah okay, what are you thinking chubby buddy?"
"I will be our squeegee!" so Owen ripped off his shirt, poured their bucket of water over himself and pressed himself against the glass "Let her drop ladies!"
"Right!" so Emma and Kitty pushed the levers and they started their decent, Owen cleaning every single window on the way down.
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Jay heard the streaking noise from up top and started freaking out "That… SOUND!" he passed out as his racket reflected a ball hurled at him.
"Alright tiny dude, way to show off those sweet moves!" Geoff cheered.
"Jay hold on, I'm coming!" Mickey rushed over to Jay but he got hit on the helmet with a ball, reflecting him and knocking him out cold.
"...Woah! Twins finish first!" so the Bromigos, Artists and Rockers all clapped politely in approval.
The Adversity Twins gave two weak groans as they slowly got up and made their way off of the court.
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By this point, the Sisters and the Reality TV Pros had finished the window challenge not long before the Ice Dancers "Alright, go Owen!"
"Yay…" Owen fell to the ground on his back with a thud.
"Way to take one for the team big guy." Noah quickly put Owen's shirt back on him "How are you doing?"
"I feel like I just took a roller coaster through a car wash."
"Okay, you're fine."
Emma quickly took a tip from the Don Box "It says here we have to find the Chill Zone inside the Gold Souk."
"The what?"
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"The Gold Souk, it's just a normal plaza where literally everything is made of gold. Yeah I think it goes without saying that they really like their gold here. Teams will have to arrive at the Gold Souk in taxis, some of which are gold, in order to reach the Chill Zone inside. And as always, the last team to arrive could be cut from the race. You know the shtick."
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"To the gold! NOW!" the Ice Dancers, Sisters, Reality TV Pros and Adversity Twins all made a beeline for the taxis.
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One by one the teams started to finish the tennis challenge, in the order of the Artists, the Bromigos, the Goths, and Jen had just finished her turn, only to find a problem.
Devin was trying to encourage Carrie only to make things much much worse "You can do this, I have faith in you homie. You just have to ask yourself, what would Shelley do-"
"NO!" Carrie finally lashed out at him "I'm not Shelly and I never will be!" and she ran off in a huff without bothering to hit the ball.
"Carrie wait!" Devin slapped his head "God I'm an idiot." he prepared to go after her.
However, Jen was quick to stop him "Trust me, doing that after upsetting her the way that you did is a horrible idea and it's only going to make things worse. I'll go talk to her since this is a girl thing while you and Tom take your turns." and she ran off to find Carrie and help to calm her down.
"Well it's official, I'm an idiot."
"No you're not, you just say the wrong things at the wrong time." Tom took his turn "But girls always hate being compared to other girls, never forget that."
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By this point, Kelly had finished the last of the windows at the bottom "There, now we're finally done."
Taylor let out a loud scoff "It took you long enough. Oh gross, now there's bird poop on my boot!" she then proceeded to cross the line when she wiped it on Kelly like a doormat "There, that's totes better."
Kelly was horrified by this and immediately rounded on Taylor in a rage "Do not treat me like a doormat!"
"Hey you were already sweaty and gross as it is, the way I see it there's no reason we should both have to suffer."
"That. Is. IT!" so Kelly pushed on the lever and sent the platform upwards, leaving Taylor hanging in the air 'Wow Dwayne never told me how good it would feel to dish out some parental justice.'
"Don't just stand there like an old mannequin, help me down!"
"No, I'm giving you a long overdue time out."
"You can't do that, I'm your daughter!"
"Well that's the way it works young lady, I won't help you down until you apologize."
"You're in for a long wait!"
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By this point, the Sisters and the Reality TV Pros had reached the outside of the Gold Souk.
"Hey don't forget everyone, we're looking for a gold Chill Zone." Owen pointed out.
Noah stopped when he noticed some Gilded Chris Statues in the window "Hey check it out, they even have dollar stores."
Emma burst out laughing "Oh man you are hilarious!"
"...You don't get it do you?"
"No."
"It's a Total Drama thing, you have to watch the show to understand." they reached the store where the Chill Zone was located "And here we are. Ladies first."
"Wait are you serious? Why would you… I don't really know what to say."
"How about instead of saying anything you go ahead and get in there before the other teams show up."
"Oh yeah right." and so they did.
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Don was quick to count off the Sisters once they reached the Chill Zone "Sisters congratulations, you're the first team to arrive!" this was met with cheers "Owen and Noah you guys are in second place and here comes the third team."
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Noah shrugged "It's not like this is for the million bucks so I might as well go ahead and let her know how I feel."
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Emma was taken by surprise "Wow, just… wow. Noah is… he's…"
"What?" Kitty shot her a knowing smirk.
"He's… really interested in forming an alliance with us."
"...So close." cue the facepalm.
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Don met the Ice Dancers once they arrived "Welcome to today's Chill Zone, you guys are in third place." he was met with a horrified gasp from Josee "Kidding!" he gestured to the Adversity Twins standing behind him "The Twins got here way before you did."
"Me and Mickey took one of the non gold cabs." explained Jay "It turns out they're a lot faster than the gold ones."
"Yeah, what the semi normal one said."
Josee was mortified by this "You mean… we're 4th?! We didn't make the podium at all?!"
"...What podium? There is no podium."
"There is ALWAYS a podium!"
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Mickey failed to notice Josee throwing a tantrum in the background "Alright, third place! We usually have way worse luck than that."
Jay nodded "Yeah I know, it's as if all of the bad luck in the area was soaked up by some other team."
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One by one the teams started to arrive at the Chill Zone and were counted off by Don, starting with the Artists "5th place!"
Father & Son "6th place!"
The Goths "7th place!"
The Rockers "8th place!"
The Bromigos "9th place!"
The Stepbrothers "10th place!"
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"As more and more teams arrive at the Chill Zone and one team is on their way, it's a dead heat as two teams try their hardest to not cooperate with their partners. The question remains, whose apathy will come out on top?"
Kelly made her way back over with a tip in her hand "Taylor let me just show you exactly what your attitude is doing to us!"
Taylor let out a loud scoff "It's tude mom, no one says attitude anymore! Seriously, you can't even lecture right can you?"
"I got a tip from the Don Box and it says that our destination is a mall full of gold, we could be shopping right now!" this got a reaction from her.
"I… I had no idea! I'm sorry mom, I'm like so sorry!"
"Do you really mean it?"
"Well not for anything I did but look, you're kind of lame and most of the time you totally embarrass me but if you promise to take me shopping then I promise to pretend you won't."
"Oh Taylor… that's all I ever wanted!"
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At the same time, Devin made one final attempt to calm Carrie down "Carrie listen, I'm so sorry I tried to compare you to Shelley. She might be my girlfriend but you are my best friend and if anyone can hammer a tennis ball into that Dalek then it's gotta be you."
Carrie was left very touched by this "You really think so?"
"I know so, now go get em."
"Right!" so with a mighty yell, she hammered the ball back at the Tennis Menace, destroying it completely "Come on, let's go!"
"Right!" and they took off.
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Don counted off the Fashion Bloggers as they arrived at the Chill Zone "Fashion Bloggers take 11th place, only 2 teams are left and now it's a race to not come in last."
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By this point Carrie and Devin were in a cab nearing the Gold Souk "I'll feel terrible if we get cut from the race because of my bad tennis skills."
"No homie, of anything it was my fault." Devin told her "But that doesn't matter because whether we win or lose, we'll still be best friends. Truth be told I'd take you over Shelley any day."
"Aww." they hugged.
"God I hope she doesn't see this episode." they stopped outside the Gold Souk and rush inside to the Chill Zone "Are we still in the race."
"Carrie and Devin, I'm afraid you're the last to arrive." Don told them.
"Aww man."
"Wait no my mistake, here come Mother & Daughter now. You guys rank 12th and are still in the race." and he sent them on their way.
That was when Taylor and Kelly came up to him "Hey hey hey, check out who got their bling on Dubai style."
"Kelly. Taylor. You're the last team to arrive. You've been cut from the race."
"Oh. Huh."
Kelly let out a sigh "Oh no, I guess we should've checked in before we went shopping."
"Oh well, it was fun while it lasted." they made their way out.
"I hope I never have to touch a camel again but I loved it when we were in Paris, I can't believe how good your drawing was."
"Yeah I know, it was so good but I can't believe your upper body strength. I need to see your trainer like yesterday."
"You now it's funny, we entered this race to win more money but we ended up getting something that we actually needed instead.
"That reminds me, if we're gonna shop more then I'm going to need you to double my allowance."
"Oh Taylor, I'm cancelling your allowance." they got into a cab and drove off towards the airport.
"Hold on, what?!"
A/N:
I'm toning down the Devin and Shelley stuff since that was annoying as hell, and I've got a semi surprise for when the Best Friends win in Australia.
I kind of toned down the Noah acting like a lovestruck jackass over Emma because of the scene in the last chapter.
I had to move the Rockers to the second flight so the Reality TV Pros, Sisters, Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers could all be on the first flight. That and it's part of their comeback for their story arc throughout the race.
That little scene with Gwen was inspired by a scene from a season 6 episode of the Nanny, see if you can guess what I'm talking about. I'll be touching up on that a little bit in the next original chapter featuring Adam and Alejandro, it'll be based on an episode of TMNT the 2012 series. I'm not sure when it's gonna be placed in regards to the story, I'm thinking after the chapter in Finland, which is going to be the second of 4 major divergences from the plot.
I made Dwayne a little bit less incompetent in his conversation with Kelly to point out that he is a parent with experience so he would know better than to insult Taylor in front of Kelly, even if it is 100% true.
Rankings:
Sisters: 1st
Reality TV Pros: 2nd
Adversity Twins: 3rd
Ice Dancers: 4th
Artists: 5th
Father & Son: 6th
Goths: 7th
Rockers: 8th
Bromigos: 9th
Stepbrothers: 10th
Fashion Bloggers: 11th
Best Friends: 12th
Elimination:
Mother & Daughter: 13th
Ultimate Duo: 14th
Vegans: 15th
Geniuses: 16th
Tennis Rivals: 17th
LARPers: 18th