I Trust You Taking Our Wheel of Victory: Part 5/5


Waiting out penalty at pit stop:

Paul & Wibsky: Ship Captains

En route to Hyrule Circuit:

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings
Lawrence & Priscilla: Cyborg Soulmates

En route to Dragon Driftway:

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters
Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

En route to detour locations:

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists
Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders


«Animal Crossing»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists [Tame]

"We have finally arrived!" Pete the Parasect announced aloud.

"Wait, boss," said Panth the Porygon monotonously as he parked the kart in front of someone's house.

They entered the seniors' home.

"Yeeheehahahahaha!" laughed Pete.

They sat with the seniors.

Panth started monotonously, "Once upon a time..."

"You're so boring, you fool!" said Pete. "I SHALL READ!"

"Yes boss," Panth replied.

"Once upon a time," started Pete.

Pete read the text with his eyes while looking at the picture of a princess with long hair.

Pete continued, "There lived a princess who was POSSESSED by an evil witch."

The elderly looked interested from the way Pete said it with passion. It's as if the seniors never heard of such a story. Pete flipped the page to see the princess trapped in a tower.

"And then... she was told to stay... in the MORGUE! Her body will be EXAMINED!" Pete read with passion.

"Boss, that's not the..." Panth tried to say.

"Shut up, FOOL!" Pete said. "And then... a prince, so handsome like a pair of..."

"Tangerine," said Panth.

"TANGERINE!" said Pete passionately. "The prince looks like a pair of tangerine. He will slice the princess's throat and give her the autopsy of a lifetime!"

"Ooh!" said some of the elderly, sounding interested.

"Then, the princess vomited... PEACHES!" continued Pete.

Some of the elderly gasped in horror.

"FULL PEACHES!" said Pete full of passion. "The tangerine prince who pretended to be a doctor grew HORNS! Then the princess died of... FEAR, and PEACHES!"

Some elderly gasped again.

"He used his HORNS to call his HORSE!" said Pete. "Then guess what."

"What?" said an old horse in an elderly tone, because he couldn't hear much.

"They went to the castle, but fell into the MOAT!" Pete said.

Some gasped in horror again. Isabelle just looked shocked.

"The moat was full of ACID!" continued Pete. "And so the prince and the horse died UNHAPPILY ever after. MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The elderly clapped to his creativity anyway. Isabelle couldn't force a smile from the atrocity of Pete's storytelling, but the evil scientists still received their clue.

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists (11th)

"Read it, fool!" Pete commanded.

While Panth read the clue, they went outside and back to where their kart was supposed to be.

"Where is our KART!?" said Pete.

"It got towed away!" said a dog citizen.

"WHAT!?" Pete said. "You MORON! Why did you park it HERE!?"

"You were gonna leave me," Panth replied.

"Unreasonable, FOOL!" Pete reacted.

«Dragon Driftway»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters (9th)

"This is gonna be fun!" said Anathea the Swablu.

They joined the other racers for the kart racing task.

"Get ready to be rained on!" said Chantallia the Swablu as she flapped her fluffy cloud wings to Harl & Natt.

"Oh yeah!?" said Harl the Chespin.

Before Harl could counter her with something, the Lakitu arrived to start the race.

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«Mario Kart World»

Lawrence & Priscilla: Cyborg Soulmates

The two were shown getting directions from a restaurant.

"I hope this is right," said Lawrence the Riolu as they got back to their kart.

Priscilla the Buneary said, "Let's hope."

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters

While racing in a good position, someone hit them with a green shell.

"See ya!" said Harl as he bumped them while Natt the Fennekin passed the thundercloud.

"Oh shoot!" said Chantallia.

They shrunk as an effect of the thundercloud.

"It's the third lap, ugh!" said Anathea in a high-pitch voice due to the effect of the thundercloud item.

They finished the race, and the scoreboard was shown:

1st: Mario & Luigi

2nd: Carol & Giselle

3rd: Lilly & Kelly

4th: B. Toad & Y. Toad

5th: Pink Yoshi & Yoshi

6th: Harl & Natt

7th: Peach & Daisy

8th: Nick & Lea

9th: Anathea & Chantallia

10th: Trev & Mac

11th: King Boo & Petey Piranha

12th: Toad & Toadette

Their next four attempts had been montaged, since they didn't seem close to the top three.

"The problem with that race was that the items kept hitting us," said Chantallia.

"If getting to the top was hard, what else fighting for the express pass?" Anathea said.

«Mario Kart World»

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings

After asking for directions, they bought two bottles of water.

"I'm glad we're on the right track," Wally the Wobbuffet said.

Audra the Wynaut was still weeping silently on the back seat.

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

They were shown getting directions to Dragon Driftway.

"I'm so hungry," said Sam the Slurpuff.

"Me too," Arra the Aromatisse said.

«Animal Crossing»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists

At the police station in Animal Crossing, the two had been talking the situation out with the police animals.

"Officer, we're in a race!" Pete said angrily.

"Boss," Panth said. "We're never gonna get our kart back if you keep..."

"SHUT UP YOU MORON!" Pete said angrily.

«Wild Woods»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

As they had finally arrived Wild Woods and parked their kart, they looked for their detour clue somewhere in one of their bags.

"We have not touched our clue for about six hours now," said Radonna the Rapidash while searching for the clue.

Ron the Typhlosion brought it out and said, "Here."

They both read the clue to realize that they didn't have the mails.

"Are you kidding me," Radonna said softly while reading the clue.

"We have to go back to the outpost," said Ron. "***k!"

"***KING ***T!" Radonna cursed aloud. "UGH!"

They headed off to Ice Ice Outpost, but they asked for directions from a local Shy Guy before leaving.

«Dragon Driftway»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters (9th)

Scoreboard:

1st: Harl & Natt

2nd: Anathea & Chantallia

3rd: Carol & Giselle

4th: Pink Yoshi & Yoshi

5th: Lilly & Kelly

6th: Trev & Mac

7th: Nick & Lea

8th: Mario & Luigi

9th: B. Toad & Y. Toad

10th: Toad & Toadette

11th: King Boo & Petey Piranha

12th: Peach & Daisy

They got their clue, but they were going for the express pass.

"Knowing that Sam & Arra and Ron & Radonna are behind us, I think this is the best time to fight for the express pass," said Anathea.

Chantallia added, "Besides, there are probably still teams with four-hour penalties."

The sisters were shown racing again.

«Animal Crossing»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists

After talking it out with the police, they gave up their last six pokédollars and Panth's gold pet collar to pay their fine. Their kart had been released from the police.

"One more time you do this foolishness, another gold pet collar of yours will be confiscated!" Pete scolded.

Panth replied, "Yes boss."

They left Animal Crossing. Twenty minutes later, Anathea & Chantallia were still fighting for the express pass.

«Dragon Driftway»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters

"How about having a race where nobody uses any item?" asked Anathea.

While the other racers were preparing, the sisters tried to convince other racers for a "clean" race.

"... So that we can beat the ace time," said Anathea.

"Uh..." said Mario. "Okie dokie."

"Is that okay?" asked Chantallia to another racer.

"Why do we have to listen to you!?" reacted Giselle.

Carol sighed then said, "Whatever."

«Hyrule Circuit»

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings

They entered the gates of Hyrule Circuit.

"I love how a piece of Hyrule exists in Mario Kart World," said Wally. "I wish we have a piece of Mario Kart in the Pokémon World."

«Dragon Driftway»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters

On the third lap, Anathea & Chantallia were leading in first.

"Almost in," said Anathea.

"We need to push it!" Chantallia said.

Meanwhile, Giselle was being the usual rebel.

"You drive!" commanded Giselle to Carol. "I'll throw it!"

"No!" said Carol.

Giselle threw a blue shell. It took its time to get to the first placer, then it hit Anathea & Chantallia before reaching the finish line.

"Oh no!" said Chantallia.

They crossed the finish line in first, but their time was so close to the ace time.

"We'll get it on the next try," said Anathea positively.

Carol approached them after the race and says, "I'm so sorry."

"We understand," said Anathea.

"We understand," Chantallia repeated in a tone.

«Hyrule Circuit»

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings

The two got off their parked kart. They checked and double checked their belongings.

"Sis, no need to run," Wally reminded.

Lawrence & Priscilla: Cyborg Soulmates

As they entered the gates, they saw Wally & Audra walking to the castle from afar.

"I wish we can get ahead of them now," said Lawrence.

Priscilla said, "I wish so too."

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings

They walked into the castle to see Ryder waiting at the pit stop mat. They eventually reached the pit stop mat.

Toon Link greeted, "Welcome to Mario Kart World's piece of Hyrule, Hyrule Circuit!"

"Thank you!" both siblings said.

"Wally & Audra," Ryder started.

Wally nodded as he and his sister waited for the imminent statement.

"You are the seventh team to arrive."

They both nodded this time.

"I believe you are aware of your four-hour penalty," said Ryder. "However, I have... some good news."

Both of them were shocked from what Ryder just said.

"Good news?" said Audra.

"The good news is..." says Ryder.

Lawrence & Priscilla: Cyborg Soulmates

The scene changed to Lawrence & Priscilla getting their bags from their kart. They ran to the castle as quick as they can.

"I see Wally & Audra," said Priscilla.

Wally & Audra moved to one side of the pit stop mat, while Lawrence & Priscilla slowed down their running to jump to the other side of pit stop mat.

Toon Link greeted, "Welcome to Mario Kart World's piece of Hyrule, Hyrule Circuit!"

"Thank you!" both soulmates said.

"Lawrence & Priscilla, you are the eighth team to arrive," said Ryder.

"We finished one tough leg," said Lawrence. "And we can't be more proud of ourselves for making it this far."

"However, as I have told Wally & Audra, I have some good news," Ryder continued.

"That's great to hear," said Priscilla as a sigh of relief.

"Due to an unexpected dinner break from the other racers during Dragon Driftway, all of you are receiving a thirty-minute time credit," ended Ryder.

"No way!" said Priscilla.

"I know right!" Audra reacted.

"Do you want to hear some better news?" asked Ryder.

"What is it?" asked Audra.

"Fortunately for all of you, another team with a four-hour penalty is still behind you," said Ryder. "Therefore, all of you are still in the race."

Audra emotionally gave Priscilla a tight hug on the pit stop mat. The two teams exchanged more hugs.

"I'm glad we'll be racing with our friends for another leg," Lawrence said.

"It's great to know that our allies are still with us," Wally said.

Ryder said, "We have dinner prepared for all the teams upstairs. Take some rest for now. We'll call you once your penalty time is up."

"Alright," said Wally.

"Thank you so much, Ryder!" Audra said with a hug.

"No words can express how surprised I am to have Lawrence & Priscilla still be racing with us," said Audra.

Wally said, "We hope we can bring them with us to our ideal final three."

Both teams left the pit stop mat and headed upstairs.

«Dragon Driftway»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters

The scene showed them crossing the finish line in first.

"We wanna see our time," said Anathea.

2:04.52 flashed on the screen beside their names. Ace time: 2:05.487

"Yes!" said Anathea.

"We did it, sis!" Chantallia said.

The Lakitu took the express pass from the cluebox and handed it to them.

"Congratulations on being the first team to beat the ace time!" the Lakitu told them.

"Thank you!" both sisters said.

They ripped open their clue which was given to them more than half an hour ago.

They read, "Drive yourselves to Kart Kapital's Hyrule Circuit. Warning! The last team to check in may be eliminated."

They left Dragon Driftway.

"We finally get a break!" complained Harl.

"We've had a fun day today," said Nick.

"I'm so sick of this race course," complained Kelly.

Giselle added, "Can we leave now and tell the other teams to just get a penalty!?"

"I thought we were going to be paid?" Trev pointed out.

«Mario Kart World»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

"We're running out of gas again," said Ron.

"What!? We can't let this happen now!?" Radonna said.

"There's nothing we can do."

"I know. We've been driving for too long! We don't want to give up, but I guess we're at the end of our road."

«Dragon Driftway»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

The former racers were about to take a rest, but then another team came.

"Oh my grass!" said Lea. "Another team."

"Not again," complained Kelly.

"Oh dear," said Carol.

Sam & Arra excitedly got off their kart to get a clue.

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers (10th)

"Oh my gosh!" said Sam.

"Oh my gosh!" said Arra.

Everyone prepared to race, again.

"Where did Giselle go?" asked Carol.

Lilly said, "Kelly disappeared too."

Lilly & Carol stared at each other.

"Oh dear," said Carol.

Since Arra didn't know how to drive fast, her team was predictably last.

Scoreboard:

1st: Pink Yoshi & Yoshi

2nd: Trev & Mac

3rd: Mario & Luigi

4th: Wario & Waluigi

5th: Toad & Toadette

6th: Peach & Daisy

7th: Nick & Lea

8th: Harl & Natt

9th: King Boo & Petey Piranha

10th: B. Toad & Y. Toad

11th: Lilly & Carol

12th: Sam & Arra

«Ice Ice Outpost Regional Post Office»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

As they made it back to Ice Ice Outpost, they failed to park their kart properly, since it just ran out of fuel.

"So... frustrating," Ron said.

"We're expecting Ryder to tell us we're done," said Radonna to the camera before entering the post office.

They entered the post office and started searching for twelve mails to the Shy Guys of Wild Woods. After ten minutes, Sam & Arra were still faced with a problem.

«Dragon Driftway»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

Scoreboard:

1st: Mario & Luigi

2nd: Peach & Daisy

3rd: Pink Yoshi & Yoshi

4th: Wario & Waluigi

5th: Trev & Mac

6th: King Boo & Petey Piranha

7th: Toad & Toadette

8th: Nick & Lea

9th: Harl & Natt

10th: Lilly & Carol

11th: B. Toad & Y. Toad

12th: Sam & Arra

"We're not even getting close," said Sam.

"I know!" said Arra. "I don't know how to drive fast."

"That sucks. I don't know how to drive at all!"

"What do you suggest now?"

"Let's take a penalty. We're never gonna finish if we don't."

"Fine."

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers = 2:00:00 remaining

Harl approached Sam & Arra.

"Hey!" said Harl. "I just wanna say thank you for quitting, because we're so tired of this!"

"Oh," said Sam. "You must've been here since..."

"Since after lunch," said Harl. "Want some snacks?"

"I'd love to!" said Arra. "We're so hungry!"

"We've been driving for so long," said Sam.

Meanwhile, the former racers gave confessionals.

Natt said, "This leg's teams are so scattered. It makes our jobs harder, and more time consuming."

"This leg's navigation must've given teams so much problems," says Carol.

Lilly said, "Carol, I can't find neither Giselle nor Kelly."

While Carol & Lilly left to find their actual teammates, the others continued giving their opinions.

"I'm tired," said Nick.

"Me too," said Lea.

The two stargazed, lying down on a grassy area while being beside each other.

"Remember our Leg 1, babe?" said Nick.

Lea smiled and said, "It feels like it was just yesterday."

The camera moved to the right for another team's opinions.

Trev said, "We're having so much fun!"

"Even if we're losing, we're still very thankful for this opportunity," Mac added.

«Ice Ice Outpost Regional Post Office»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

After almost half an hour, Ron & Radonna finally found their mails.

"That took forever," Radonna complained.

Upon leaving, they tried to look for help.

"We can't drive if we don't have fuel," Ron said. "We can't leave if we can't drive ourselves out of here."

«Dragon Driftway»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists (11th)

Five minutes later, they arrived to start the kart-racing task.

"You have to drive WILDLY!" said Pete.

Panth responded monotonously with, "Yes boss."

They prepared to race like the others. Only eleven racing teams were present.

"I wish we have an express pass!" said Pete in a frustrated tone.

"We wanted to just give up, but we didn't want to accumulate another penalty after our four-hour penalty," Panth said.

«Hyrule Circuit»

Anathea & Chantallia: Science Sisters

Fifteen minutes later, another team arrived at the pit stop. The moon shined brightly above the castle.

"Sister," called Anathea to Chantallia while the former was focusing on parking the kart. "Count the karts."

After counting, Chantallia replied with, "Our kart is the tenth."

"Sam & Arra and Ron & Radonna," concluded Anathea.

Chantallia agreed, "Yeah."

They packed their belongings and ran to the pit stop mat in the castle.

Toon Link greeted, "Welcome to Mario Kart World's piece of Hyrule, Hyrule Circuit!"

"Thank you!" both Anathea & Chantallia said.

"Judging from the teams we've seen behind us and the karts in the parking lot, I think we're tenth," Chantallia said.

"Well?" Anathea said. "Bring it on!"

Ryder started, "Anathea & Chantallia, you are the ninth team to arrive."

"Oh wow!" said Chantallia.

"However..." Anathea said.

"However, since three teams who arrived ahead of you are waiting out their penalty," continued Ryder. "You are officially team number six."

Anathea & Chantallia = 6th place (10:05 PM)

"No way!" said Chantallia. "We missed one team."

"One of the teams with a four-hour penalty," Anathea specified.

"They're done for sure," said Chantallia.

"Yeah," Anathea agreed.

"We have moved up from a terrible placement, and we have earned ourselves an express pass," said Anathea.

"I'm excited for the next leg!" Chantallia said.

Ryder said, "Get some rest, you will need it before the next leg."

"Thanks Ryder!" said both sisters before going upstairs for dinner.

«Ice Ice Outpost Regional Post Office»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

About fifteen minutes later, Ron & Radonna finally got help.

"Right now, this Toad is helping us get fuel straight from the outpost," said Radonna to the camera.

"We couldn't be more thankful for this help he has offered us," Ron added.

"Thank you so much!" they both said to the Toad.

The Toad gave them directions to Wild Woods, since they're afraid of getting lost again.

"We're gonna finish strong," said Ron.

"Oh yes!" Radonna agreed. "We will."

«Dragon Driftway»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists

"Hurry, hurry, HURRY!" Pete yelled.

They passed the finish line in first, and they finally finished the task.

"YES! YES! YES!" Pete shouted happily yet in a mad tone.

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists (10th)

"Pit stop AT LAST!" said Pete.

"I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones," said Panth before driving off. He then specified, "Not the only ones racing at this time."

As they left, Natt gave a confessional.

Natt said, "We're gonna be paid for overtime."

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers = 37:40 remaining

"This is probably the last of us," said Sam.

"Nah, we're almost done," said Arra. "We can beat them later since they have a four-hour penalty."

"Cool!" said Sam.

«Wild Woods»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild]

Fifteen minutes later, Ron & Radonna arrived at a task location this late at night.

"Because it is too dangerous to do this task the 'wild' way this late at night," said the Mayor Shy Guy. "You're gonna have to do it the long way, with the boardwalks."

"Oh dear Arceus," said Radonna.

They started climbing the tree. Twelve minutes later, they reached the top.

"Let's start... walking," said Ron.

"This will be long, ugh!" Radonna complained.

Ten minutes later, a team finished its penalty.

«Dragon Driftway»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers (11th)

"Warning! The last team to check in may be eliminated," read Arra.

Sam confidently said, "That won't be us."

They drove off afterwards. There was nothing eventful with the other teams, so after twenty minutes, this team will show all the viewers of the show why it's best to master driving before joining the race.

«Mario Kart World»

"We're so lost," said Sam.

"We have three hours to look for Kart Kapital," Arra said.

The camera zoomed into the car's front. No headlights were on. A kart passed by in front of them, and...

BANG!

Both ladies shrieked.

"OH MY GOSH!" exclaimed Sam.

"OH MY GOSH!" exclaimed Arra.

Worse for them, it's a police car.

"***T!" exclaimed Sam. "OH ***T!"

From the police car, they saw a familiar figure. Worst of all, it's none other than the Toad who gave them warnings earlier this leg.

"AAAHHHHH!" they both shouted as if they're watching a horror movie.

"Girls, what did I tell you?" the Toad said, disappointed.

The two just cowered in fear in their kart.

«Hyrule Circuit»

With nothing else eventful happening, three teams were able to check in during this time. Each team was called down one by one, and the whole check in scene was montaged.

Paul & Wibsky: Ship Captains

"Paul & Wibsky, you are team number seven," said Ryder. "You are still in the race."

"Yay-yay!" Wibsky said.

Wally & Audra: Farm Siblings

"Wally & Audra, you are team number eight," said Ryder. "Congratulations!"

They both hugged each other at the pit stop upon finding out that they're finally and officially safe. Audra hugged Ryder again before going back.

Lawrence & Priscilla: Cyborg Soulmates

"Lawrence & Priscilla, you are team number nine," said Ryder. "I'm pretty sure you know what this means."

"It means we can still race for another leg!" Lawrence said excitedly.

"Woohoo!" both Lawrence & Priscilla say.

Paul & Wibsky = 7th place (11:34 PM)

Wally & Audra = 8th place (12:09 AM)

Lawrence & Priscilla = 9th place (12:13 AM)

Not long after, another team arrived at the pit stop.

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists

"Come on, come on!" complained Pete.

Panth parked the kart carefully, trying not to make the same mistake as earlier.

"QUICKLY!" raged Pete.

As Panth finished parking, Pete ran to the castle.

"HURRY UP, MORON!" shouted Pete.

Panth was shown getting all the bags. The scene changed to Ryder hearing them approaching.

"COME ON SLOWPOKE!" Pete yelled impatiently.

"Yes boss," Panth said.

They eventually reached the pit stop mat.

Toon Link greeted, "Welcome to Mario Kart World's piece of Hyrule, Hyrule Circuit!"

Ryder said, "Pete & Panth, you are the tenth team to arrive."

"Then the penalty," Panth reminded.

"However," Ryder continued. "You have incurred a four-hour penalty for not finishing the second roadblock during the earlier half of the leg."

"Your fault," blamed Pete softly and angrily to Panth.

"Moreover," Ryder continued. "You have incurred an additional thirty-minute penalty for bartering your goods when you were taking your kart back from the police."

"UGH!" shouted Pete. "NOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Your fault," blamed Panth to Pete softly.

"However," Ryder continued. "You have received a thirty-minute time credit for being the wrong victims of the yield."

"Oh?" said Panth.

"WHAT!? We were YIELDED!?" Pete said.

"Boss, I'll explain later," said Panth.

"Therefore, you have to wait out a total of four hours before I can check you in, which started since the time you got here. Now, while I call someone to bring you dinner from upstairs, please stay on the side. I will call you once again when your time is up," Ryder ended.

"We're done," said Pete angrily and pessimistically. "UGH!"

The two evil scientists stayed inside the castle to wait out their penalty.

«Wild Woods»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders [Wild, 12 of 12 stamps]

"We have everything! We did everything!" said Radonna determinedly. "Now let's finish this!"

Ron said, "To be honest, I was expecting Ryder to come soon."

"Me too," said Radonna.

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders (Last)

After receiving the clue from the Shy Guy, they got directions from him to Dragon Driftway. Twelve minutes later, they reached their next destination.

«Dragon Driftway»

"Oh we're doomed," said Radonna.

The Lakitu sat on top of the cluebox. He gave them a clue from the cluebox.

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders (Last)

"Unfortunately, there no racers left to compete with," said the Lakitu. "And because of this, you have two choices: Take a two-hour penalty for not making it on time when the other racers were still here, or go a hundred laps around the course."

"We'll take the hundred laps," said Radonna.

Ron said, "Alright! Let's do this."

«Mario Kart World»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

"Officer," Sam said. "We're still in a race."

"Yeah," Arra said. "We'll come back once you let us go to the pit stop."

"Girls, this is not my first warning," said the Toad officer.

"But officer, we're racing for a million pokédollars," Arra reasoned out.

"Yeah!" Sam said. "Pretty pretty please?"

The Toad shook his head and said, "If you can't drive a kart properly, especially after three violations, you don't deserve to win the race."

He continued to shake his head.

"But officer!" they both said.

"No," said the Toad strictly. "I will not, and never will, change my decision."

«Dragon Driftway»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders

On the twentieth lap, Radonna exited the kart.

"I'm so tired," Radonna said.

Upon exiting the kart, Radonna fainted out of exhaustion.

"Babe!" called Ron.

The Lakitu brought out a first-aid kit.

The Lakitu said, "I'm a part-time medic."

After what took like forever, Radonna was back with her consciousness.

"I'll drive for the rest of the task," said Ron, since they were alternating after every lap.

"Please," Radonna said calmly.

Their solo kart driving was montaged. The scene skipped to Lakitu giving them the clue.

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders (Last)

"Let's rest first," said Ron. "I can't... PHEW!"

The Lakitu brought them food and coffee for free.

"Don't give up," said the Lakitu. "You will need these."

"Oh my glob, burger!" said Radonna.

After a whole hour of rest, the Lakitu gave them directions.

"That's the shortcut to Hyrule Circuit," he said. "Good luck, travel safe, go!"

"Hehe!" Ron said. "Thank you so much!"

"My pleasure!" the Lakitu replied.

Ron & Radonna drove off.

«Hyrule Circuit»

Pete & Panth: Evil Scientists = 00:01 remaining

"Pete & Panth, I can now check you in," called Ryder.

They dashed to the pit stop mat.

"Pete & Panth, I am pleased to tell you, that you are officially team number ten."

Pete & Panth = 10th place (4:33 AM)

"Miraculous," Panth said monotonously. "We have a lot of ground to make up."

"I wonder who is behind us!" said Pete.

«Mario Kart World»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

The two were still trapped in the police station. On the desk of the officer were their passports, holding them from departing the police station. They stared at the window to see a team driving slowly.

"I see a team!" said Sam. "I SEE A TEAM! I SEE A TEAM!"

From the window, Ron & Radonna were still driving slowly.

"Shhh..." Arra said as she slowly got their passports.

Since the police were asleep by this time, they had the chance to escape. Sam got the keys slowly and silently to free themselves from the police station.

"Yes!" they both said as they successfully escaped the police station.

They went back to their kart, which was wearing a tire boot. They tried to drive it, but they couldn't.

"Their car," suggested Arra.

They tried to run off with a police car, but Arra clumsily bumped into another police car, so the sirens wailed and the police officers came out.

"***t!" said Sam.

They were both taken back inside. They stared at the window, but Ron & Radonna were no longer visible from that point of view.

«Hyrule Circuit»

Ron & Radonna: Flame Riders

They counted the karts, and they counted twelve.

"We barely saw a team for the whole leg," Ron said.

"It sucks actually," Radonna added.

Ron parked their kart. They ran to the castle. Inside, Ryder waited for them.

"One last time, babe," said Ron.

"It's actually our first time, babe," Radonna said.

They both jumped to the mat.

Toon Link greeted, "Welcome to Mario Kart World's piece of Hyrule, Hyrule Circuit!"

"Thank you!" they both said.

Ryder stared at them, then he somehow raised an eyebrow.

"Please tell us," Ron said.

"We're ready," said Radonna.

They both looked dead and were extremely exhausted.

"Ron & Radonna," Ryder started. "You are the last team to arrive."

They both nodded.

"Unfortunately, all the teams who had their four-hour penalties have already checked in," Ryder continued.

The two nodded further.

Ryder continued, "And you know this is an elimination leg."

They both continued nodding in acceptance.

"Unfortunately for you two, this means that your race is supposed to end here," Ryder said. "I'm so sorry to tell you... that you would've been eliminated from the race."

"We knew it," Ron said.

"We could've done better," Radonna said. "But we completely messed up today. It was awful."

The two took their bags and were about to leave.

"Ron & Radonna," continued Ryder. "You are not supposed to be leaving."

Ryder raised an eyebrow, and the two were obviously baffled.

Ryder said, "Please come back to the mat."

They stepped on the mat once more.

"Ron & Radonna, you may have been the last team to arrive..." Ryder said.

The two stared at him, waiting for a proper explanation of what was happening.

"However..." Ryder continued. "You are not the last team to check in."

"Oh God!" exclaimed Radonna.

"No way!" said Ron. "I don't believe you! You're trying to say that someone is behind us!?"

"As hard to believe as it is, yes," answered Ryder. "Ron & Radonna, you are officially team number eleven, and you are STILL IN THIS RACE!"

Ron & Radonna = 11th place (5:17 AM)

Ron said, "Words can't express how lucky we feel to be spared like this."

"We didn't expect ourselves to be racing for another day," Radonna added. "We're just shocked to be still in this!"

"We might need to catch up next leg, but the fact that we're still in is surprisingly amazing!" Ron said. "There was no way we could think of another team falling behind us."

"We both thought it'd be the end of our road," Radonna said. "No wonder Ryder never came to eliminate us whenever we expected it."

"Get some rest," Ryder told them. "You need it now."

"We do!" Ron agreed.

"Alright," Ryder said. "While you take your break, I will need to visit one team."

"Sure Ryder!" said Radonna.

"We're very glad it wasn't us," Ron added.

They all laughed.


«Mario Kart World»

Sam & Arra: Fashion Bloggers

The sun rose from the horizon, and then the scene changed to Sam & Arra exiting the police station. Production bailed them out.

Local Time: 6:30 AM

"Ryder is here," said Sam.

Ryder rode the extra Pipe Kart that was parked on Hyrule Circuit all along. He parked the kart and approached Sam & Arra to give them the bad news.

"Sam & Arra," said Ryder. "Unfortunately, all the other teams have checked in."

They both nodded.

"I believe you have seen Ron & Radonna passing by earlier," said Ryder. "They made it to the pit stop more than twelve hours after the first team."

Sam sighed while Arra was closing her eyes.

"Unfortunately, for failing to arrive at the pit stop, and for not learning how to drive properly, you have both been eliminated from the race."

Sam & Arra — ELIMINATED

"We had fun even though it lasted very short," said Sam with a frown.

Arra said while starting to cry, "We will learn our mistake next time."

"Unfortunately, there will be no next time," said Ryder. "You have forced us to bail you out."

"Oh," said Sam, saddened further.

"We'll take our time to look around the region one last time," said Arra, wiping her tears.

"That won't happen either," Ryder said.

The two Toad police officers appeared from behind. One of them held their passports and a pair of plane tickets.

"These two guys will be escorting you to Kart Kapital International Airport," Ryder said. "Unfortunately, you two are being deported, and you will never be welcome here again."

"No!" Arra said, crying louder. "NO-HO-HO!"

"We're sorry!" Sam said. "Please!"

"PLEASE!" shouted Arra while crying even louder.

The police officers brought them to the police car without another word. They were all on their way to the airport.

Ryder turned to the camera and said, "Oy vey!"


Next time on The Amazing Race Pokémon...

Teams head to the tropics.

"Beach time!"

"I'd love to eat you on a hot summer day!"

While the island sits literally cool.

"This is one weird place."

"Is it swinter here?"

The roadblock challenges teams to their limits.

"This one is too hard for me."

"I was so close!"

"Do you think we should use it?"

The drama heats up with the Kick Heart Couple.

"AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"They don't deserve to race further."

"Howdy Horsey!"

And teams scramble their way around the island.

"Twist, twist, twist."

"I'm stuck!"

"This way, that way, whichever way."

On intense footraces to the finish...

"We gotta hustle."

"They're the only team we have to beat."

"Move it!"

Which team will raise its average?

"Top three today, then top three tomorrow."

"Is it necessary?"

"It can be very useful later in the race."

And which team will be sent home?

"Run boy, RUN!"

"We gotta push it if we wanna pull this through."

"Drop the bags!"


07/08/2016

Last Edited: 12/19/2018

Stuff you can answer about this leg so far:

a.) Do you have any requests for bonus scenes? Make sure to leave it as a review while it's early, and you'll be able to read it next chapter.
b.) The elimination interview is coming up next chapter. Do you have anything to ask the recently eliminated team?
c.) Who are your favorite and least favorite teams so far?
d.) Which team do you think will be eliminated next?

I got good news and bad news:

The good news is that the next 2 locations will be on my places again. I'll be drawing a better map. I'm so excited for the 3 original places I prepared this season. :D

The bad news though is that my updating speed is getting slower and slower. I hope you stay with me even because of this. Schoolwork gets heavier, but more than 50% of my trimestral breaks are dedicated to writing and editing this fanfic. Please bear with me.

Meanwhile, I am starting a Hunger Games (SYOT) fanfic today. Unfortunately, I'm not the type of writer who can work on so many things at the same time, thus I will put TARP3 on hiatus for now. If ever you are reading and somehow following this fanfic as a guest or user, please let me know by reviewing. It might inspire me to work on this sooner than later. :)

Despite all the slow updates, the author wants to say thank you for your support! Until next time! :D


December 2018 update: New update coming soon! :3