The Grand Ridonculous Race
Chapter 2: Everyone's In The Mersey!
Part 6: Birkenhead Book Brawl!
With three spots reserved for the most lackluster teams, the lackluster duos are definitely trying their hardest to make it out of this leg with some chance of making it through!
However, that doesn't mean that landing on the third or fourth flight isn't going to be detrimental to the viability of some of the teams!
This time, all seats on the second and third flights will be filled and words will be thrown because of that!
"Welcome back to the Ridonculous Race, where a karate genius and an actual rocker make it through at the same time...in a rocking challenge!"
Luna and Katsumi were far from the best in the world, let alone in Liverpool, but they were finally able to make it through and make their reputation not suffer a huge loss in the process.
One was more adept at music than the other, but they weren't scared at all.
"This ain't going to be an easy challenge, but it's definitely a challenge that I've got my chops at!" Luna shouted.
"Good, because getting on the fourth flight would be terrible!" Lori shouted.
"I'll do it, sis."
"Thank you, gotta call Bobby."
The sisters were more happy to contrast each other in the best, as the karate pros were very angry at this possibility and were hiding it pretty well and Gilgamesh didn't help matters.
"I thought you were prepared for any kind of battle that would come your way, but this is certainly an very unusual one." Gilgamesh stated, also shocked.
"Yes, this is pretty much karoke, but pointlessly hard." Doppo stated. "But for the sake of the dojo, this is just another battle."
"A hard and a very different kind of battle, but a battle nevertheless."
"I can't believe that some pretty boys beat us in some simple challenge."
Raz wasn't getting tired of the complaints.
"Yeah, keep on complaining. Let's see how that's happening when you're not losing." The purple rabbit proclaimed, happy to bring it on. "Especially you, guy with the weird green shirt."
"Dude, I'm not even sure that you've heard of me!" Chris was more stunned than anything.
Either way, it wasn't that much of a surprise when Luna managed to get through and it would actually be a bit embarrassing if she didn't get through.
Katsumi had aweirdly okay singing voice and he wasn't looking like a happy man at all...and he got through.
"Father, I can't believe this challenge took us a long time, but I will not let you down again."
"Heh, you already did...but not on this."
Other than that, Schnitzel sung his own heart out over his own problems and Chowder wasn't even really processing it and also Shaggy was just plain tired from the challenge.
But he did it anyways, despite having a pretty shaggy voice.
"Whoa, how did you do it?" Chowder asked.
"I just did it for the whole team." Shaggy replied. "Gotta get out here after all."
"Yeah!" Scooby exclaimed.
"Cool, now we've gotta go to the next challenge."
"The Don Box!"
"Yeah, that's it!"
With several teams being able to make their move and finally get out of the dreaded singing challenge, the hustle and the bustle.
*The Huntresses' confessional*
Blake and Yang were both looking a little bit shaky.
"Though we may not be that talented at singing, it doesn't matter that much if we get into the second or third flight at all." Blake said confidently. "We still can make it from there."
"Can we? I dunno, have you seen these awesome contestants? Even the lower-tier teams are pretty good at doing stuff!"
"Yang, all we need is a good enough strategy to deal with those guys and we should be clear for the second flight."
"Okay, I'm good with that. You know how to surprise people!"
*The Competitive Brothers' confessional*
Wario and Waluigi were looking very shaky.
"I can't believe that we're still all of the way down here! That bald-headed guy and actual rock beat Waluigi to the punch!" Wario complained.
"Okay, Wario. Waluigi's going to make it this time and Waluigi can keep promises."
"What about that when Wario's car got busted up because you decided to drive it off a ditch!"
"Some guy stole it for sure! Your camera recorded it."
"And you should know that Wario doesn't borrow easily!"
Waluigi also wasn't in the best of moods.
*Confessional cut*
"With 33 teams confirming their seats and safe in their positions, there's 7 more spots on the second flight, which is still pretty good!"
5 out of the remaining 7 spots would be filled by the teams that recently passed the challenge.
"...though the library isn't going to make things easy for anyone!"
Once again, it was that time again to get the cameras back into the library for no apparent reason...other than to race.
"What else are they going to throw at us, I wonder?" Doppo asked.
"Maybe some kind of challenge that tests your strength." Katsumi probably suggested.
"Yes, but I doubt it's going to be something like that early on."
"Whatever it is, pushing through it is going to be pretty easy."
"It's not a fun one, that's for sure." Shaggy added to the conversation.
Travelling to the library was the hard part, as to no-one's surprise, the karate pros were the first ones of the four or so teams that recently left the challenge.
The library was introduced and unsurprisinly, none of the teams liked the challenge...maybe except for Shaggy.
"I knew Velma was telling me to read more, but this is just crazy."
"Yeah!"
Shaggy and Scooby was definitely scared of the challenge, but the other teams were a little more blase about the challenge that was about getting Ridonculous Tips in books.
"Hmph, this is going to be easy." Doppo said.
"It's not exactly my favourite challenge, but we'll rock through it." Luna said to his own sister.
"I hope that we get lucky in this. It's not even a good challenge, just a tedious one." Lori wasn't too excited.
"Come on, I know that!"
With the sisters and the karate pros also getting into the library challenge, it was bound to be a bit of a rough time for some of them and for others, it was going to be fine.
Not really good, but fine, as the light in the library was warm and good for reading a pretty cool book, as the three teams were definitely doing.
"Wow, there's a lot of books. Do you think there's something that can make my appetite-"
"No!" Scooby suddenly said. "I dunno."
"But I'm hungry."
"Oooh."
While the detectives did share a strong appetite and some pretty notable cowardice, there was more important matters happening...like what was Lori going to do.
*The Sisters' confessional*
Lori was just looking tired of the challenge.
"I can't believe that it even takes this long to find a tip and it makes sense."
"Yeah, but it's not over. We just have to keep on finding!"
"I guess so, but it doesn't mean I like this."
*Confessional cut*
With that being said, there was just going to a bucket load of speed reading, skimming, thrown books and books that were forced into the shelves and all that.
"Damn, dude. I got some chills." Shaggy was just looking towards the karate professionals. "Those guys could probably tear a sandwitch in half!"
"Yeah." Scooby exclaimed.
The karate pros were actually more than determined to actually read some books at a high speed...or attempt to, as the combined adoptive father and adopted son duo couldn't handle tabloids.
"Huh, who are these celebrities and what are they doing?" Katsumi asked, actually reading a tabloid. "Sorry, was reading it."
"Just ignore it, it's written nothing."
"Yes, sensei."
Doppo deeply sighed, as a tip literally fell out of the book that he was reading.
"At least they get paid!"
With the karate pros out of the challenge and the foodie detectives were actually spooked by the mens' presence and this time, some other teams were...attempting to get through.
"Doppo & Katsumi Orochi, you're in 34th!"
The adopted team of karate warriors, basically an adopted son with a balding badass adoptive father doing the most 'karate' pose that anyone could do.
Shaggy and Scooby were actually closer than they thought, really, as a tip randomly dropped out of a book.
"If there's a scary monster, I would like for it to not scare us. Thanks, book...monster!"
The foodie detectives just took it and left the challenge quite instantly, as finding monster wasn't exactly on the menu.
"Shaggy & Scooby, you're in 35th!"
They were just thinking about it for a second, before realising.
"Dude, we're still in the competition!" Shaggy celebrated
"We're already in it."
With two teams reserving three more pairs of seats on the second flight, as this odd trio of teams were taking four more spots on the competition and there's still more teams passing the singing.
Some of them didn't really want to sing at all, but Yang wasn't actually one of them and having her one of best friends around just made things better.
"Go, Yang." Blake was just more interested in reading some books. "Come on!"
"I'm already going!" Yang enthusiastically shouted.
Said blonde with fiery gauntlets were just singing her heart out, even if her singing wasn't good and that was just enough for the somewhat worn-down judges to accept her.
"Heck yeah, that was pretty good!"
"You did well."
While the two good friends were out of the singing challenge, it was time for the...time-displaced heroes to make their moves on the microphone...which is going to a problem, being time-displaced and all.
"What really is this invention? It just makes me louder!" Richter shouted honestly.
"Just use it to get us out of here, because the singing is usual and horrendous!" Siegfried shouted from the chairs.
"Not exactly the answer I was asking, but fate led me here."
*The Hunters' confessional*
Blake and Yang were slightly confused.
"How did those guys make it from? Did they time-travel or something, because they're kinda old school." Yang said enthuastically. "Like really old-school."
"Hey, it's not actually that long ago...actually, that kind of armour, clothing and the like aren't in any books that I can see." Blake said, surprised. "And it's on TV."
"That just mean it's only up from here!"
*Confessional cut*
And many more teams were still hanging out at the singing place, as they were really getting into a singing mood of sorts...despite the fact that a good chunk of them couldn't sing.
"Who came up with this challenge?"
Richter couldn't even be heard over Chris trying to sing like he wasn't washed up.
"This is definitely not Dracula's doing, for he can't send me to other worlds."
"I can't believe we've both got the same letter." Maria remarked. "And it leads to...this."
"Hold on, that doesn't make sense. We come from two different worlds, though." Siegfried said, noticing something off.
"That's all I really know. That and the fact that this Chris man can't sing-"
Chef was just giving Siegfried a glare that the knight threw right back at the tough black co-host of Total Drama and this time, it was just making things more awkward for everyone.
"Dad, when are these guys gonna stop being lame?" Bowser Jr. asked, getting tired of the pointless drama that was hanging out near the back.
"When these guys stop fighting in dumb ways, which is gonna be soon." Bowser said.
"Man, you suck sometimes! I want them out now!"
"Hey, Junior, I can't deal with them right now."
"Or get outta here, because you sing good!"
Siegfried and Chef actually agreed on something and Sophitia and Chris didn't exactly like the menacing energy that came from the two muscle bound men.
"Get outta here, suckers!" Waluigi shouted. "Thirty-something place is Waluigi and Wario's!"
Waluigi wasn't scared of anything that included the microphone and he respected the microphone, as he was pretty close to having a voice that came from the throat.
Throaty voice aside, he was able to sing pretty well even with one word and thanks to...whatever lessons he had, even said caveat wasn't as strong as it normally would be and Waluigi got it.
"Yeah, that's one for Waluigi and none for any of you guys!" Waluigi shouted.
"Man, fight me!" Raz shouted. "I don't know why you have noodle arms!"
"He sang very well." Gilgamesh ignored his partner's shouts.
"As a few more teams have sung their way to a tip of their own…"
Mika and Bowser nailed it in two very different ways and Chris didn't really do it, ending with him dodging a tomato.
Mika just made herself be out there...more and Bowser showed what he was about.
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"...those teams are going to provide some quick reading and are also kinda hating it."
In other news, the hunters weren't actually the only team at the library as they were joined by The New Day and the cooks, as all three were competing to move forward.
And Wario and Waluigi not caring that much about being in a library, as four teams were on their way to making it and these four were doing their proclaims differently.
"Come on, Yang. There's a ton of books that I haven't seen in this world, there's probably a million interesting books that I could easily read." Blake said, while still keeping the monotone.
"Still not a bookworm, but I'll let you do you." Yang just crossed her arms. "And we're in a challenge."
"That's not a problem. Learning about the world we're in quickly is-"
"-Man, boring! How about a challenge about fighting some people." Wario just scoffed at Blake's words.
"I'll warn you, you'll have a problem dealing with me."
"Yeah, thanks! Wario likes to have a good fight."
With three out of the four teams actually having some business with each other, Big E was just trying to get this challenge done as quickly as possible and Kofi was...not about this challenge.
"You know, you have to deal with some dumb challenges sometimes. This is definitely one of them." Kofi said. "Gonna push through it, because we're the New Day!"
"You gotta whisper it. The New Day!"
With the bold wrestling heels making their words count, the speed reading required to make it through quickly...was probably more obvious than anyone thought.
"Schnitzel, where's the books? I wanna read some food stuff!" Chowder exclaimed.
"Rada rada rada." Schnitzel grumbled.
"Yeah, it's taking too long."
"Rada."
Blake and Yang were both motivated to get the heck out of this challenge, probably realising that this actually can take forever if the wrong books are chosen.
"Hey, let's go. I think I've got something!" Yang just attempted to pull a blue bookmark.
"You sure?" Blake asked, not really looking up from a book.
"Yeah, I'm sure, I know what a tip looks like."
"Wait, there's a second one."
Blake just took a quick glance up before that comment, as Yang was just holding them up in confusion and Schnitzel also noticed the second tip and things...got a little more complicated, as a rock monster was coming up to the young hunter.
"Oh."
"Rada rada!"
Yang just turned around with her fists cracked ready to throw some hands and Schnitzel...just stood up with a scared look.
"Oh, yeah, there's two." Yang actually noticed.
"Rada rada rada." The rock monster aggressively asked. "Rada!"
"Okay, I guess we can both get it."
Schnitzel just took the other tip and just booked it, as Yang still had an odd feeling in her stomach and Blake just got up instantly with a very sure look...that was mostly stoic.
"Let's go, we've still got ours!" Yang almost shouted.
The librarian just shushed the excited blonde.
*The Cooks' confessional*
Chowder and Schnitzel were just giving their serious faces.
"Oh wow, we're beating those...girls really hard, Mung said to never lose this one and to cook while on the plane!" Chowder proclaimed.
"Rada rada." Schnitzel said, as though the kid raccoon misheard him.
"I ain't scared of those two, because we're gonna to be in front!"
"Rada rada."
Schnitzel just shook his head.
*Confessional cut*
"Blake & Yang, you're in 36th!"
Yang was still in a pretty good mood and Blake was...just her usual stoic self.
"Chowder & Schnitzel, you're in 37th!"
The cooks were mostly stoic, though Chowder wasn't really ready for the picture, as he was trying to stop the picture.
"Aw, man!" Chowder complained.
With two other teams in the library, it could be a while before the next few tips were found and it wasn't actually a while at all, as Wario and Kofi found their tips within two minutes of the cooks and the hunters leaving the place.
But they were pretty much in the same spot when the leader of the two duos were there.
"Got it!"
They both shouted at the same time, as the teams both split up and went to the exit of the library.
The two teams were actually neck and neck, even at the bookmark check, as they both were lined up side-by-side with their game faces on point.
*The New Day's confessional*
Kofi and Big E were just standing near the Chill Zone, as though they were about to drop some truths.
"Being the champions takes a lot of effort and everyone's just hating on y'all because you're that...even if we deserve it." Kofi made his point.
"Yeah, we do. Point is, staying positive helps like crazy."
"It ain't just that, we won those belts because we're hella positive! I would play Franchesca, but the border guys took it!"
"You sure?"
*Confessional cut*
"Wario & Waluigi, you're in 38th!"
These two brothers actually had some wide grins, being in a thirty-something positions.
"Kofi & Big E, you're in 39th!"
The two brightly coloured wrestlers were both doing the peace sign with some scary smiles.
"Yeah, there's only one more spot on the second flight and after that, the extra 30 minutes waiting for the next flight...is gonna be painful!"
King Dedede wasn't even bothering anymore, as Demoman showed up to do the library challenge like no-one else would and he was not happy about this choice.
"We've got to read like the patriots would. Taking every bit of information in and learning...how to fight enemy soldiers!"
"This is a library." Demoman commented.
"I know, but sometimes you have to do it for your country."
"Do what?"
While the odd soldiers weren't the best duo to deal with the many shelves of Birkenhead Central Library, others weren't much better...at all.
"There's no way that someone's going to see this as fun!" Mika complained.
"Aye, this is just faster reading." Zangief was struggling to turn pages.
"Mmm."
"Lies." Zangief just threw a book backwards and Bowser caught it with a laugh. "It's the spiky turtles!"
"Yeah, it's me and my dad!" Bowser Jr. proclaimed with a lot of passion.
"Spiky turtles aren't any problem for us." Mika just said, standing with the book in her hand. "...or me!"
"Yo, this is a library. I'm just trying to read some good stuff." Bowser said.
With several teams doing their good reads and something else, as the competition was actually way tighter than before...for the second flight, as the reading became quicker and the challenge was just getting more interesting.
Even if it was just teams rummaging through a lot of books to make sure that there was a tip, which wasn't even that easy to find in all of these books and Bowser wasn't down to do all of that.
"I swear I hope that there's just less challenges like this, because this ain't fun!" Bowser shouted.
*The Royal Rulers' confessional*
The father and son duo had their fair share of complaints.
"To be fair, it's not like all of the challenges can be winners. Some loser probably thought it was okay." Bowser complained. "Seriously, this is just not fun and not smart."
"Yeah, what my dad said...and reading can go and suck...a toad!" Bowser Jr said, as his dad was looking at him.
"You got lucky this time."
*Confessional cut*
And it was back to the singers that were not in the best of moods, as Richter was just pointing out even in his own performance.
"Why are you all in a foul mood?" Richter asked the audience, as the contestants that were not in the best. "This is normally a thing that provides the joy!"
"Shut up, white dumbass!" Chef shouted from the back, as the challenge basically got thrown back.
"I'm not just a white dumb...ass."
Even with the chance to sing, Richter just got messed up by the critics for being really throaty...again and Maria wasn't willing to watch the awkward situation.
"Urgh, this isn't going to be fun." Maria groaned.
"Hold on, it could be!" Maya exclaimed, as she stood up. "I'm about to make some songs more known...because they're hella cool!"
Maya just lept onto the stage from the line, bringing some energy to the place and took the microphone from the vampire hunter like it was her civic duty to take over the stage.
"I'm back on stage and I'm here to sing about justice stuff!" Maya yelled enthusiastically. "Okay?!"
"Yeah, that's fine..." Phoenix was just blown back by his partner's reaction. "...Please do something."
Maya was more than determined to just sing the theme song, as she was just bring on the microphone and nearly recited the Silver Samurai's theme song by heart.
She was just crying a little bit more than usual, but she really made the effort to get it out there with heart and waiting.
Also, she managed to get the tip.
*The Defense Lawyers' confessional*
These two were just more than determined to have a good time.
"Hold up, how did you do that and more importantly,
*Confessional cut*
However, there was still one more spot on the fourth flight for the library teams and all three of them somehow managed to find tips...almost simulteanously, as the wrestlers found it in a wrestling annual, the royal rulers found it in a random thick book and the cocky kings found it in a random comic.
And they were all going at the same time.
"Hey, let's get to the zone and also those other guys!" King Dedede proclaimed, as the penguin had some good words. "Get 'em!"
Bowser and Zangief were already off with their teammates and K. Rool was trying to avoid Soldier's random projectiles of stuff.
"Man, that's pretty cool." K. Rool just got inspired, as four teams were racing towards the Chill Zone. "Seriously, write that down."
The cocky kings were moving that slowly thanks to the talking and they didn't even realise it at all, but the soldiers were way ahead...really quickly.
"Yo, slow down!" Bowser yelled.
"I'm too drunk to slow down!" Demoman proclaimed.
Even with four or so teams racing at the same time, there was still a clear winner out of the four teams, even with the explosive pros being slower runners than general.
Demoman and Soldier were not scared of the road, the traffic lights or actually waiting for the green man, as they were patiently speeding through the end of the leg.
"Demoman & Soldier, you're in 40th and taking the final spot on the second flight!" Don announced, as the Soldier accidentally proclaimed something dumb.
"I promise to do more spot stealing, because you need to intimidate your enemies." Soldier stood proud.
"Good luck with that." Demoman said, just patting the bottle in his hand.
The next three teams were really feeling the disappointment of not being on the third flight, especially since they were slower than average.
"Kings K. Rool & Dedede, you're in 41st and on the third flight!"
These kings were definitely not happy and K. Rool was actually content.
"Man, that took it outta me! We literally dropped two flights because you suck at reading!" Dedede shouted.
"What matters that I did it and I owned it!" K. Rool proclaimed something.
"Wow, what a croc."
"Bowser & Bowser Jr., you're in 42nd and also on the third flight!"
The spiky turtles were just plainly angry and weirdly silent as well.
"Zangief & Rainbow Mika, you're in 43rd!"
The wrestlers were making the royal rulers a little bit more silent than before, as these two were really happy to just make it to the end.
"I've fought a good bear before, this isn't that bad of a comeback to make." Mika was just in a very comeback-loving mood.
"Bears are no problem. This is very small problem." Zangief just said the obvious.
"Yeah, it's very big problem!" Bowser shouted.
"You must have some kind of small brain."
"No, it's always a big brain in here."
With these two not exactly getting along and a potential rivalry was already being stepped up between the coat wearing wrestler and a turtle that was just ready to spew fire.
"And the third flight has 17 more spots for every teams and it's up to these teams to not lag even further than before! Also, more bad singing, because TV's too good!"
With many teams being able to make their way out of the challenge, that made the struggling teams all of the more apparent in the leader board and there was going to be a lot of apparent things.
Such as Raz just being particularly angry at no-one in particular, but it was actually the challenge.
"Someone better explain to why things are the way they are!" Raz shouted loudly with the angriest voice that she wanted to give.
"Because it's hard, awesome and tough!" Chris proclaimed.
"It's not and you're just saying it because-"
"Trust me, I've still got it."
With the fact that the moods for everyone was actually going up thanks to the fact that everyone was a little bit more successful than previously and there was already a lot of leavers.
"Yeah, Antonio! We need to get out of this singing place!" Margo was just more worried about losing. "These complainers are really annoying."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm doing it!" Antonio begrudgingly said, even if he liked performing.
"Okay, then."
Gromit was just coming with an confused look.
"I swear some of these teams shouldn't really be in."
"You tell me, some buncha weirdos." Chef just added to the conversation about the weirder teams.
*The Young Couples' confessional*
Things were still unsurprisingly awkward.
"Oh, er, it's kinda annoying how you're so...good and yet, pretty dumb." Margo was just happy to say that.
"What is that even supposed to mean?" Antonio asked. "But it's cool, if you want a date."
"...No?" Margo answered, slightly confused.
*Confessional cut*
Even with that, there was still a lot of a good times that were being had with the other teams in the singing place and Eggman and Hugo were more than happy to just talk a bit.
"Those are some impressive muscles, but I've also been working on my physique when I don't make my evil plans." Eggman told Abigail with a smug face.
"Yeah, you're just tooting your own horn." Abigail just butted in.
"I've got a good work ethic, though." Eggman stated.
"Still tootin' your own damn horn."
"Is this even about horns, I don't get it!"
Boxman was on stage, though, as the guy was more than willing to belt out a random song, even if he ripped his shirt off...or unbuttoned it slowly while trying to do a belter and stopped at a single button.
"No, but your partner's just...being dumb as hell."
"Guess whaaaat?!" Eggman was just feeling that feeling again.
"I don't want to guess, because some random guy-" Nathan was also on the same table, as Boxman was just given a tip...with some slow claps. "-You actually got lucky."
"Yeah, congrats." Abigail genuinely was happy for Eggman.
"No, he did it with his talent!" Eggman yelled.
*Boxman's confessional*
Boxman was just happy to say his thoughts.
"This challenge is really bringing it out of me. Still can't believe that those fools are up there on the leaderboard and we're not!"
"...Are you done?" Eggman honestly asked.
"YES!"
*Confessional cut*
Jonesy and Megamind had the smiles to stun and their partners were just talking about each other, because a stoner guy and an actual fish talking to each other would naturally result on that.
"Dude, I like the way that you're living your life. You can walk and all that." Jude was just in awe.
"Well, it's due to the way that my master made me." Minion said.
"Man, you've gotta thank him, because he's sounds like a cool dude."
Jude was just pointing at the grinning Megamind raising his own eyebrows.
"Yes, he is a 'cool dude' and also a great boss."
"Seriously! Hey, thanks for being a cool dude, big head guy!" Jude genuinely said, as Minion was just looking at him with shock.
"Why did you say that?" Minion asked, as his boss was just giving him a look of dissapointment. "You've could just looked up the team list."
That being said, PJ was actually doing pretty good on stage and this time, as he was just remembering being in his own band and doing some pretty good moves on the stage.
As he just dropped the microphone for the short performance.
"Wow, you're pretty good." The female judge said, as the other judge agreed with her.
"Heheh, it's not much." PJ said with a sheepish smile.
Needless to say, he was also out of the first challenge and so was the next guy that was coming up with some serious charisma and whatever else, he could bring.
"Sometimes, a lawyer needs to take on any challenge that he is given. This is just one of them..."
This man came up to the stage with his cravat and simple, but determined demeanour.
"Are you going to sing or not?" The judge said.
"Yes..."
Edgeworth was on stage, proving that he had other talents other than putting criminals in jail and bringing his singing voice...obviously, though it was somewhat shouty and he made this fourth attempt worth it.
The judges didn't exactly share the feeling, but they felt good enough to let him move on.
*The Prosecutors' confessional*
Franziska was just shocked, though she hid it really well.
"You are full of surprises, though it should have been when we were in a less serious disadvantage." Franziska just said.
"To be fair, I'm not the best at this challenge. It did take a lot of effort to even pass this challenge, though I expect the other challenge to be much easier." Miles just explained with a serious look.
*Confessional cut*
"There's 17 spots on the second flight and there's at least four teams gunning for those spots and their reputation!"
With there being a whole lot of book-reading some of the teams were not liking this, even if their expectations were a little bit...lower than it really should be.
"This is going to be like doing your homework to get a million dollars. So, it's not cool." Gabe complained about the situation.
"It's not cool, but it's definitely a million dollars." PJ just shrugged.
These two were more scared of the challenge ahead of them, even if it actually wasn't that scary at all.
"Yeah, we will do things with my half of the two million dollars! I will make those Lakewood losers regret things!" Boxman proclaimed, in a winning mood.
"What do you mean regret things?" Eggman asked.
"I mean I will win and make my inventions strong."
"That's literally what I want to do, but you don't see me boasting about it."
"Man, what are you two even talking about?" Gabe asked with an weird look in his eye.
The two scientists might have realised that they've been caught out this time around, but they were still in the running to beat those teenagers with some good enough efforts.
The prosecutors were just calmly moving through the roads of Birkenhead towards the library, where many teams have read the books and found the bookmarks to leave it.
"As the race for the third flight heats up, everyone starts to sing better! Which is also good for the viewers and the other contestants!"
Jonesy was just giving everyone a pointlessly smarmy look and to that point, he came in to impress his own friends and even after a few tries, he just walked in very confidently.
He made a bit of a comeback, making some serious looks towards the crowds that didn't want to like him, and he had a...above average voice on this attempt, though.
The guy made a good song slightly less good, but in comparison, he didn't butcher any part of the song and it got him a tip and he raised his own eyebrows.
Alya wasn't exactly the performing type and that was still apparent here even in the winning attempt, as she was just singing fine and trying to just get out of here.
It was pretty okay, but it was good enough for the judges to pass her and Nino through the first challenge.
The second challenge was a lot less fun than the first one, even if the embarrassment was way less apparent and some teams had some serious advantages in the reading part.
"Haha, yeah, I'm good at this!" Maya excitedly proclaimed.
"Maya, we're just reading some books about...martial artists." Phoenix just said.
"Come on, they're good and awesome."
"Yeah, but we're still in a good challenge."
These two were more than determined to read pretty good, as their rivals were coming in and Maya immediately noticed that Edgeworth was there, as he was walking in.
*The Scientists' confessional*
Eggman and Boxman were both in a very confident mood.
"Wow, these challenges are kinda unbalanced. First there's something that is very specific and then there's something that is also very random in the same leg." Eggman complained calmly. "I have no hope for this challenge."
"These challengers have no hope when it actually comes to smarts and in physical challenges, we have a slight disadvantage."
*Confessional cut*
There was still a lot of action to be done in the library, as two rivalling teams were actually there doing some good reading to do in the challenge.
"This is just a challenge that is all about the proper expertise and the proper skills...is what I would about the previous challenge. I assume this is relaxation for that previous challenge." Edgeworth said.
"There's no coffee in this library, now that's a better question to ask." Von Karma just said, not noticing the coffee machine. "Those fools must be struggling badly."
"I don't think they are. This is a challenge of chance, because several of these books still has tips."
"I agree, which is why I think they won't make it ahead of us."
The supporting friends managed to overhear that conversation with some shocked looks that was coming from Nino and Alya was just surprised.
"Come on, I don't know why she's just hating on the lawyer dude and the lawyer girl. I think she's cool." Nino was just saying, while he was reading the book.
"I mean, you kinda don't know, so they could be bad people." Alya just took some pictures on her phone.
"You could be kinda right, but you don't know those dudes! They're literally next to us." Nino said without looking.
"Hold up, they were here the whole time?! They're gone now, though."
Nino actually looked, as the defense lawyers were still in the library, they just about managed to move to a different shelf of books and other teams were not having that much fun.
"Ugh, reading. At least, this guy's cool." Gabe complained. "It's not homework, I can tell you that."
"Reading isn't exactly my forte." Antonio just stated. "This challenge, though, is something else."
"I hope the other challenges aren't just like this."
"I've seen the show and every season kinda has a few boring challenges."
Gabe was just crossing his own arms, as Antonio was good with doing the challenge and Morgo was rolling her eyes pretty quickly...and she saw that Nino had gotten.
"This is literally a game of chance. How good." Margo wasn't in the mood to see a random win.
"Dude, I kinda just got lucky. No biggie." Nino awkwardly just moved back.
"Yeah, you did."
That being, the supporting friends were not the only team to make it through out of randomly, as there was a group of lawyers that also got lucky.
"Are you serious? This is my favourite comic book!" Maya exclaimed, still trying to be quiet. "Whoa, I'm way out of date and I've got a tip."
"Don't worry, Maya, I heard all of it."
Two more teams were at the finish line and more than happy to actually have gone through it and then kinda dissapointed to realise where they placed.
"Supporting friends, you've got 44th!"
Alya and Nino had their backs to each other, as the redhead blogger did a wink.
"Defense lawyers, you've got 45th!"
Phoenix and Maya were just giving some weary smiles to the camera.
Back on the stage, Megamind and Jonesy easily managed to get through, probably because of their sheer confidence and some others were attempt to make good with the formula of confidence and alright singing.
Chris was up again and he messed up again, mostly because he couldn't actually click his own fingers properly.
"Aw, dude. That guy is kinda getting it rough, but he deserves it." Jonesy was just running at his best pace.
"Wait, who's that guy?" Megamind asked with the smug look.
"Come on, you don't know!"
"I don't know some villain hosting on TV. There's a lot."
"Really..."
The mall dudes and the self-proclaimed villains were able to get down to Merseyrail, actually making the ticket guy feel a lot of confusion about their ride.
That being said, as soon as these two got to the library, they noticed that there was a lot of teams doing their thing at speed.
"Dude, how are you gonna beat this? These books are too much!" Jonesy complained, as he was walking along the shelf.
"You don't have to read them, but you've gotta open them." Megamind explained in a condescending manner. "Easy."
"Big head dude, you've got this." Jude was willing to part ways.
"Thanks." Megamind grumbled.
"No problem, my man." Jonesy just smirked.
With the self-proclaimed villains being good at reading, it was sure to be them that would snatch up the next position...or at least, they thought.
Jonesy and Jude were just working overtime to basically ensure that they were the first ones...out of this group of readers to basically leave first and they just got lucky.
"Guess what, we're going first! My problem's are ov-" Eggman shouted, before Jude found something. "You think you're smart aren't you?!"
"Dude, I kinda thought about it." Jude suggested, just holding the tip. "I'm just a dude."
"Some people say that I'm smart." Jonesy told the scientists.
"Those people are probably wrong." Eggman grumbled with an sneer on his face.
*The Mall Dudes' confessional*
Jonesy and Jude were ready to talk about stuff.
"Dude, I'm going to be a hit with the ladies once this show's over, my dude!" Jonesy proclaimed. "And Nikki's gonna be good with me."
"That's weird, man." Jude said.
"Hey, it's kinda true."
*Confessional cut*
"Guys from the mall, you're in 46th place!"
They were just chilling in the Chill Zone, standing together with a pose that furthered that theory.
"PJ & Gabe, you're in 47th place!"
These two brothers were just standing quite awkwardly.
*The Awkward Brothers' confessional*
"PJ, we could've been done way earlier if you didn't suck." Gabe complained.
"I'm not good at reading stuff." PJ just deflected it quickly.
"Wasn't even talking about that, but okay."
"Still not good at reading."
*Confessional cut*
With there being several teams were more than determined to read faster than ever, as these trios were a little bit evlier than your average person...aside from Margo.
"Antonio, are you trying to talk to someone? Because it looks like you're doing that." Margo couldn't be bothered.
"No, I'm reading and doing other things!" Antonio said with a smug look, a book and his phone.
"What other things, might I add?"
"Getting a tip, obviously." Antonio said. "See, look at what I've got."
"Thanks for the tip. You don't need to do that." Margo was more thankful.
These two, though, were out of the library, as the prosecutors and the scientists were definitely noticing something odd with those two, as Antonio's thing dropped.
"I thought there wasn't any cellular communication allowed!" Franziska shouted, before being shushed. "I hope that this is actually true."
"It's not, you're a liar and you're desperate." Boxman fired off. "Hah."
"I should be saying that, because you must have made it up."
"It's true!"
With the prosecutors and the scientists fighting each other for the chance to gnaw at the law, there was a young duo that were not exactly in love, yet, that were on their way.
Antonio and Margo were down to just be ambivolent with each other, as being frozen and being cheated on messes with prespectives.
"Antonio & Margo, you're in 48th place!"
These two were just surprised that they did okay this time around.
*Antonio's confessional*
The teenager had an unearned smirk.
"We jumped from bottom ten to not bottom ten, so we're looking pretty solid so far. If we can beat those gringos at the top, the money's happening!"
"Genius, Antonio." Margo shouted sarcastically.
*Confessional cut*
Once again, they were just arguing over the law and this time, it wasn't even related to the phones anymore.
"You think you can use loopholes to use your questionable methods and ruin the days of innocent people? Honestly, you're more naive than I thought." Edgeworth just said.
"Hey, it sucks when I get it done to me, so why can't I do it back?" Eggman seemingly asked.
"You know the reason and you don't care that much."
"Just because they're ordinary people doesn't mean that doing terrible things to me is good."
"So, do not stoop to their level. Frankly, I'm surprised that-"
A whip strike was heard from Franziska, as the failing villain managed to find two tips and it was really obvious from the fact that both of them had a tip.
"Can you please tell your girlfriend to stop whipping me?" Lord Boxman asked, as he just got back up instantly. "I've-"
Another one was hit, as Eggman and Edgeworth just felt the same kind of pain from the now visible whip-strike.
*The Prosecutors' confessional*
Edgeworth glared towards his partner.
"It wasn't like he didn't try to steal the tip from someone else, even if he already had two. Besides, he'd be foolish to do that." Franziska defended herself.
*Confessional cut*
That being said, the prosecutors were still quite a bit ahead because they actually did some exercise and proper eating and the scientists were noticing it.
"Maybe you need to do some exercise!" Eggman shouted.
"Maybe you need an actual strategy!" Boxman shouted.
Edgeworth just took a look backwards at the argumentative scientist.
"Prosecutors, you're in 49th place!"
Miles Edgeworth and Franziska Von Karma were standing seriously, having the faces of people that have probably been through a lot in the court.
"Eggman and Boxman. you're in 50th place!"
The scientists had their backs to the prosecutors with the biggest smiles that they could give.
"But so far, those two are part of the 50 teams have finished and out of the remaining 22, two of them are about to get a free ride home! Wherever they want it or whoever gets will be revealed...after the break!"
To be continued in the final part of the episode, which contains three teams that were about to get themselves sent home!
Confirmed for the first flight:
1st: Alejandro & Jose AKA The Feuding Brothers (Total Drama)
2nd: Isabelle & Digby AKA The Assisting Dogs (Animal Crossing)
3rd: Mario & Luigi AKA The Plumbers (Super Mario)
4th: Sonic & Tails AKA The Unbreakable Pair (Sonic)
5th: Roxas & Lea AKA The Fighting Friends (Kingdom Hearts)
6th: Andre & Robbie AKA The Arts Students (Victorious)
7th: Austin & Ally AKA The Singer-Songwriters (Austin & Ally)
8th: Mordecai & Rigby AKA The Groundskeepers (Regular Show)
9th: Cleveland & Joe Swanson AKA The Family Men (Family Guy)
10th: Murdoc & 2-D AKA The Band Mates (Gorillaz, the band)
11th: Gordeau & Chaos AKA The Cool Fighters (Under Night In-Birth)
12th: Panda & Ice Bear AKA The Bears (We Bare Bears)
13th: Terry Bogard & Joe Higashi AKA The Boisterous Fighters (Fatal Fury)
14th: Chet & Lorenzo AKA The Stepbrothers (Ridonculous Race)
15th: Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong AKA The Monkeys (Donkey Kong)
16th: Ryuji Sakamoto & Yusuke Kitagawa AKA The Classmates (Persona)
17th: Goofy & Max Goof AKA The Awkward Father & Son (A Goofy Movie)
18th: Ralf Jones & Clark Still AKA The Fighting Mercenaries (Ikari Warriors/King of Fighters)
19th: Nana & Popo AKA The Ice Climbers (Ice Climbers)
20th: Rad & Enid AKA The Bodega Heroes (OK K.O.)
Confirmed for the second flight:
21st: Shingo & Benimaru AKA The Japanese All-Stars (King of Fighters)
22nd: Shawn & Jasmine AKA The Survivalists (Total Drama)
23rd: Samus & Captain Falcon AKA The Bounty Hunters (F-Zero & Metroid)
24th: Katsuki Bakugo & Izuku Midoriya AKA The Heroic Students (My Hero Academia)
25th: Dark Pit & Pit AKA The Angels (Kid Icarus)
26th: Leshawna & Leshaniqua AKA The Close Cousins (Total Drama)
27th: Jo & Eva AKA The Gym Ladies (Total Drama)
28th: Fox McCloud & Falco Lombardi AKA The Space Pilots (Star Fox)
29th: Wolf O'Donnell & Leon Powalski AKA The Flying Mercenaries (Star Fox)
30th: Ryo & Yuri Sakazaki AKA The Karate Siblings (Art of Fighting)
31st: K' and Maxima AKA The Cool Friends (King of Fighters)
32nd: Kris & Susie AKA The Classmates (Deltarune)
33rd: Jody Summer & Robert Stewart AKA The Pro Drivers (F-Zero)
34th: Doppo & Katsumi Orochi AKA The Karate Pros (Grappler Baki)
35th: Blake & Yang AKA The Huntresses (RWBY)
36th: Shagy & Scooby AKA The Foodie Detectives (Scooby Doo)
37th: Chowder & Schnitzel AKA The Cooks (Chowder)
38th: Wario & Waluigi AKA The Competitive Brothers (Super Mario)
39th: Kofi Kingston & Big E AKA The New Day (WWE)
40th: Demoman & Soldier AKA The Explosives Experts (Team Fortress 2)
Confirmed for the third flight:
41st: King K. Rool & King Dedede AKA The Cocky Kings (Donkey Kong & Kirby)
42nd: Bowser & Bowser Jr. AKA The Bad Guys (Super Mario)
43rd: Zangief & Rainbow Mika AKA The Wrestling Heroes (Street Fighter)
44th: Alya & Nino AKA The Supporting Friends (Miraculous Ladybug)
45th: Phoenix & Maya AKA The Defending Lawyers (Ace Attorney)
46th: Jonesy & Jude AKA The Mall Dudes (6teen)
47th: PJ & Gabe AKA The Awkward Brothers (Good Luck Charlie)
48th: Antonio & Margo AKA The Young Couple (Despicable Me)
49th: Miles Edgeworth & Franziska Von Karma AKA The Prosecutors (Ace Attorney)
50th: Eggman & Boxman AKA The Scientists (Sonic & OK K.O.)
To be finalised in the final part of the episode, which isn't that much of a coincidence, as 22 teams are going to finish in said last part!