Chapter 50

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The Baker's and the Murtaugh's were now even and there was only three events left to go. The first of the three events was family volleyball.

Jimmy still had to try and get his family to take part because they had all stormed off after Jimmy had shouted at them all.

"There you guys are," Jimmy said as he found them all sitting down on the grass.

"What do you want now?" Elliot asked.

"A team to take part in the volleyball," Jimmy replied.

"Yeah we'll do it," Becky said, "But not for you we're doing it for ourselves."

"Well come on them we better get going," Jimmy said.

"You're lucky their even playing because it took them a lot of convincing because they were refusing to do it for you so I told them to do it for themselves," Serena said.

"Thanks, "Jimmy replied.

"You better get your act together and stop letting this all get to your head and treating your family like that because we're not just your team we're you're family and if you do continue to act like this they will all pull out including me and I don't just mean pull out of this completion I'll pull out of being you're wife," Serena said begin very serious to Jimmy.

The volleyball was a very tight but it was the Murtaugh's who game out on top. This meant that the Murtaugh's were ahead by one game.

"That's it we win one more game and we've won this cup," Jimmy said celebrating with his family but they all just ignored him.

"Guys come on I've said I'm sorry," Jimmy said.

"That's just it you aren't really sorry. Sorry is just a word and you don't act like it," Daniel said.

"But I am," Jimmy replied.

"Jimmy just leave it," Serena said, "You're just going to upset them all even more."

There were only two events left the relay run and the obstacle course. The Baker's had to win this round if they still wanted to stand a chance in winning. Each family needed to pick a team of five for the relay and any family with less than five some of their players would have to run more than once.

"I need our five fastest runners for this one," Tom said.

"And who is that then?" Kim asked.

"I think our five fastest runners would be Nora, Charlie, Sarah, Jake and Mike. Everyone agree with that choice?" Tom asked.

"Yeah," All of his family agreed.

Jimmy was also choosing his team.

"Right I think I know who we're going with," Jimmy said.

"Ok then so who have you chosen?" Kenneth asked.

"Ann, Calvin, Daniel, Elliot and Becky," Jimmy said.

"Everyone happy with that," Lisa asked.

"Yes," the Murtaugh's all agreed.

There was still tension between Jimmy and the rest of his family. They had had enough of his constant high expectations of them all and his desire to win and they were now at a stage where they could no longer take any more of it.

The relay race was just about to begin and the Baker's and Murtaugh's were getting themselves lined up ready to go. There was five family's taking part in this race.

"On your marks. Get Set. Go!"

Mike was first to run for the Baker's and for a little boy he sure could run fast. Daniel was first for the Murtaugh's and he was also really fast but he and Mike were even.

"How is that possible," Jimmy said, "Mike is about half the size of Daniel he should be miles in head of him."

"Come on Mike keep going," Sarah shouted.

Mike ran back to his team and handed to batten on to Nora who was the next person to run for the Baker's and it was Calvin for the Murtaugh's. Nora was really quite fast but Calvin being a boy was faster so the Murtaugh's took the lead.

"It's ok we'll be able to catch up," Charlie said.

"Yeah I sure hope we do," Sarah said.

Nora passed the batten on to Jake who was next to run and he was up against Becky but she was in head because Calvin has finished before Nora so she has a head start.

"Come on Jake," Kyle and Nigel cheered form the side lines.

He was catching up on Becky she was only just a little bit in head of him now. Becky passed the batten no to Ann and Jake passed it on to Charlie. Ann shot of like a bullet but Charlie wasn't far behind and soon took over but Ann was only a step or two behind him.

"You have to run you're absolute fastest Sarah because you're up against Elliot and he's fast," Mike said.

"Yeah I know but I'll try my best," Sarah replied.

Charlie ran up behind Sarah and passed the batten onto her he was about two meters in head of Ann now so Sarah had a slight advantage against Elliot.

"That's it Sarah keep going," Tom shouted. He was jumping up and down like an excited little kid.

Sarah was still in front of Elliot but he was beginning to catch up now.

"Come on Elliot just a little bit faster and you've won this," Calvin shouted. He put every bit of energy he had into but he still couldn't over take Sarah. They were only a few steps away from the finish and it looked like it could go either way at the moment.

Sarah just crossed the Finish line before Elliot so the Baker's had won and were now even with the Murtaugh's and there was only one more event to go, the obstacle course which would decide the winner.

"Great work team," Tom said to Ann, Charlie, Sarah, Jake and Mike as they walked over towards the rest of their family.

"So how does the obstacle course work then dad?" Jake asked.

Tom looked out his leaflet which had all the information about each event in it, "It says each family must choose one family member to take part in the obstacle course. The obstacle course includes completing a big inflatable assault course and then crawling under a cargo net and then doing the monkey bars and then jumping into part of the lake and swimming across it and then the final sprint at the end."

"So only one person," Mike said.

"Yeah how are we going to decide who that is," Kim asked.

"Well hands up if you want to do it," Tom said. Charlie, Sarah, Henry, Jake, Mike, Nigel and Kyle all put their hands up.

"Ok this is difficult," Tom said. He started to think about it, "Ok based on all the activities I think it should be Sarah who should do it."

"Me," Sarah said looking quite surprised.

"Yeah you," Tom said.

"What about Charlie?"Sarah asked.

"I thought about him but I thought you'd manage the inflatable assult course better because you'd get through all the small tunnels better and you're a strong swimmer and fast runner and you're good at monkey bars so it made more sense for you to do it," Tom said, "I hope you understand Charlie."

"Yeah I do because she will get through the small tunnels in the inflatable assault course faster than me so it's the right choice," Charlie said.

"You ready for this Sarah?" Jake asked.

"Yup," She replied.

"And don't worry if you don't win as long as you try you're hardest that's all that matters," Tom said.

The Murtaugh's were also trying to decide who should do it for them. Jimmy was having similar thoughts to Tom and thought it would make more sense for someone a little smaller to do it because they'd be able to complete the inflatable assault course better.

"Right I'm thinking that Elliot would be best for the job," Jimmy said.

"Yeah so do I," Ann said.

"So are you all happy about that?" Jimmy asked.

"Yeah we are," Kenneth replied.

Sarah walked over to the start of the obstacle course and looked at. First she has to climb up a slide and then slide down at the other side and then crawl through a tunnel and squeeze through two giant tubes and then run through loads of big inflatable people and then crawl out of a tunnel to finish the inflatable assault course and then step through tyres and then crawling through the cargo net and then the monkey bars and then the swim through the lake and the last sprint at the end.

Elliot walked over and stood beside Sarah also ready to do the obstacle course.

"You're doing it?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah and I'm guessing you're doing it too," Elliot said.

"Yeah," Sarah replied. She couldn't believe that in the deciding round she was up against Elliot.

"Well good luck," Elliot said.

"Yeah same to you," Sarah replied.

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