A Dramatic Ridonculous Race

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

With Chris McLean rotting in prison, it seems like the era of Total Drama has come to an end. However, numerous contestants flock to other shows, and some find themselves in yet another race around the world, and they'll make some new friends along the way. Some of them may even find love.

2. None Down, 18 to Go, Part 2

(None Down, 18 to Go, Part 2)

OmnipotentUIJudgeOfCharacterOV: Yeah, I figured I might receive some backlash for my choice to cut out the Daters and Police Cadets (the latter in particular), but I have a few ideas to make sure that things don't turn out exactly like they did in canon. Glad to see you do agree with my decision to include Bridgette though, because I did once say that she's the most screwed over character in the show, and her and Geoff not being a team was a missed opportunity. As for my headcanon about Bridgette and Carrie being sisters, I didn't mention this before, but I see the two of them as twins. I do still plan to go through with making an All Stars fic, so you'll see what I have planned for that soon enough. I also agree with everything you said about All Stars, and I do prefer it over Pahkitew Island.

PrincessGumballWatterson777: I get what you're saying about the Police Cadets, but I do stand by my decision to cut them out. Besides, I replaced them with Leshawna and Trent, and I think that was a trade worth making. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

SuperSonicHeroes: Yeah, I doubt many people are gonna miss the Daters/Haters, so that was a fairly easy decision. I know the Police Cadets are pretty well liked, but considering who I chose to replace them with, I think it will be worth it. I'm glad to see you liked the original teams I chose to include. Geoff and Bridgette being a team was a no brainer, and her and Carrie being sisters was actually meant to be a nod to how Bridgette and Carrie had the same voice actor. Leshawna being in the race was something I hinted at awhile back in my BFG's World Tour fic, when I was asking for suggestions about who her partner should be. Eventually I settled on Trent, because I thought they would be an interesting dynamic. Just be clear though, I never said that he competed in World Tour in my BFG's World Tour fic, because he didn't. But he did appear in the Niagara Falls episode, and that's what I was referring to. Cameron and Lightning becoming a team was an idea I came up with when I saw a complaint about there being no second generation Total Drama characters in the face, and that was my solution. Cameron is one character I have a soft spot for, and I'm actually rather neutral regarding Lightning. Like I said though, neither of them will be competing in All Stars in this fic, so I'm gonna try and do them justice.

Brocknedjar: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. This is only one of the sequels to BFG's World Tour that I have planned, though as far as my All Stars fic goes, I don't want to spoil anything for you or the other readers, so you'll just have to wait and see.

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"Last time on the Ridonculous Race: 18 teams arrived to start our race around the world. After a lot of running, waiting and even more running, not to mention surviving some noxious fumes left behind by one of the Reality TV Pros, confronting fears and pushing themselves further than I had thought was possible, especially since it was the first episode, all 18 teams were able to reach the island airport and booked themselves on three different flights to our first location in the race, which just so happens to be Morocco. The first flight, which carries six teams on board, has already departed. The next six teams are on the second flight, which is about to take off any moment now. Meanwhile, the third and final flight, which will be carrying the LARPers, the Goths, the Adversity Twins, Mother & Daughter, the Stepbrothers and the Tennis Rivals, won't be departing for another hour. Will one of the teams lagging behind the ultimate humiliation via a reality show and be the first ones to get kicked off? There's only one way to find out, and it's by watching it happen for yourselves on… the Ridonculous Race!"

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"12 of our 18 teams are already on their way to Morocco, but the last six of them are still waiting at the airport waiting anxiously, and trying unwind in their own ways. Case and point."

"No thanks on the hand sanitizer, I made a point of not touching anything." Jay held up his arms to show that he was wearing a set of oven mitts "You want some juice?"

"Greeting gentelemn!" Leonard and Tammy suddenly popped up next to them, freaking both of them out pretty thoroughly "What say both of you noble souls to an amalgamation of adversaries, a weaving of wizards and doppelgangers to rule them all?"

"Huzzah!" Tammy threw some confetti into the air for emphasis… which ended up making things a hell of a lot worse.

"Oh no, I'm allergic to confetti!" and then Jay ran off in a panic.

"Jay hold on, you forgot your caliby lotion!" and so Mickey chased after him.

"So…" Leonard glanced over at Tammy "Does that mean that they refuse our offer to form an alliance between our two teams?" he was met with a shrug.

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Meanwhile, with the Stepbrothers…

"Forget it mom, your stupid plan isn't gonna work!" at the same time, Chet was talking on a nearby payphone "We're not gonna become friends, because Lorenzo is a stupid dipshit and I hate him! Can't you just divorce his dad or something?"

"Hey who the hell are you talking too assclown?" Lorenzo stormed up to him "Are you talking to my dad?"

"No, I'm talking to my mom."

"Not anymore you're not, now give me that!" he tried to make a grab for the phone "Dad it's me, you gotta divorce Chet's mom!"

"Give me that!" and that led to the two of them fighting it out over the phone.

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Meanwhile, with some of the other teams…

"Salutations!" as the wait for their flight continued, the LARPers had taken it upon themselves to annoy the crap out of another team with an offer for an alliance, this time the Goths "We wish to make a proposal of an unstoppable forming of alchemy and alabaster, to vanquish any and all of the foes that dare to cross us!"

"Huzzah!" Tammy threw some confetti into the air that ended up covering the Goths.

"Surely you shall not say nay."

"Nay." and so the Goths took their leave.

"Aw crapbaskets."

"Huzzah!" Tammy threw some more confetti.

"Take it easy Tammy, we only had the one bag of confetti with us."

"Huzzah!" she threw some more confetti.

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(Confessional)

"I am grateful for Tammy and her enthusiasm." Leonard gave a shrug "She and I became friends when we were in ninth grade, and we quickly became very close."

"We were stuffed into the same locker." was Tammy's input.

"And in that moment a powerful friendship was forged as the two of us calmly ate our lunches while we waited for the janitor to locate the bolt cutters and free us."

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"Our first leg of the race takes us to Morocco, which was originally named Italy, until it had been discovered that there was already a country with that name. This land is home to foods and deserts with one thing in common, that they're so hot they're scorching. The first flight has just landed in this beautiful land, and now the six teams on board will have to find the Don Box and collect their next travel tip."

"Come on, we can't waste any time!" Jacques and Josee were the first ones to reach the Don Box and collect a tip "This challenge is called the Spice is Right, and it's an All In!"

"An All In is a challenge that requires both members of the team to take part. In this case, teams must make their way to Yusif's spice kiosk, you'll recognize as the one run by the guy with the dark skin, the beard and the fez, and choose five different spices from the bountiful array that he offers to his customers. Paying customers only apparently, because I tried to reach for one of them and he smacked my hand. Some of them are sweet, but some of them are so blisteringly hot that they can and will turn your stomach into a volcano of pain, so we took the liberty of recommending the ones that the teams should pick, and partially so we don't get sued. The five spices to pick ideally would be cumin, cinnamon, paprika, saffron and ginger. Only when they collect their five spices to receive their next travel tip."

"Sweet, I love spices and stuff and-" Owen didn't get a chance to finish before he and Noah were promptly run over by the rest of the teams as they bolted for the taxis "Ow, and taxi!"

"Great, just got off the plane and we already got run over." Noah let out a groan as he pulled himself to his feet and dusted himself off, with Owen doing the same "Something tells me that this is gonna be one hell of a long race."

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(Confessional)

"Hi there." Dwayne looked over at the camera as he put a hand on Junior's shoulder "I'm Dwayne and this right here is Dwayne Junior."

"They already know that dad." Junior pointed out dryly.

"We're the Father & Son team in the race."

"They know that too dad."

"Well we're gonna win this race, I bet they didn't know that. Newsflash, this just in, the Father & Son team will the million bucks!"

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Meanwhile, with Brains & Brawn…

"I believe I can identify the spices we need." Cameron glanced over at the camera in front of him as he and Lightning rode in their taxi "Spending 16 years living in a bubble gives you time to do a great deal of research, which includes knowledge of certain spices, so I can identify the five we need without any real difficulty. I never got to experience them first hand though, since my mom never let me try any of them because she thought my frail constitution would be unable to handle them well."

"Lightning don't need to identify nothing." Lightning let out a scoff "Just hand those stupid spices over and Lightning can down them like they're going off that cliff on the island!"

"That… That doesn't really make sense."

"Lightning knows what Lightning said!" and then he turned away indignantly.

Cameron let out a sigh and glanced over at the camera, his voice low "I did say that he had grown rather bitter, and part of my reasons for entering this race with him was to try and help him. I'm just not sure how to go about it. This might require some patient thought."

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Meanwhile, in another cab…

"You know, even after all the stuff we went through on Total Drama World Tour, I'm still kind of scared of flying, so I got this guy." Owen held up a stuffed bear "His name is Beary. Do you guys get it?"

"Because he was a bear." Noah inputted dryly.

"Yeah well, he keeps me calm whenever we fly. Noah doesn't like him that much, but he sure does like Noah."

"Put the bear near my face and it goes out the window, just like the 7 that came before the 9 that you ate."

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"Meanwhile, the teams on the second flight are preparing for the inevitable battle that lies on the ground below. Some talk strategy, but some do other things."

"Yes, got another one!" Geoff had taken it upon himself to throw pretzels into the mouth of one of the Vegans while they were sleeping, but then he glanced over at the Rockers "Hey, you dudes okay over there?"

"What? Oh yeah, it's just…" Rock glanced around nervously "You see, Spud and I have never really been on a plane before we signed up for this race."

"You're not scared are you?"

"Nah man it's nothing like that, I've seen a ton of planes on TV."

"Wait what?" Spud blinked with a rather dull look on his face, but then he grinned "Oh yeah man, I totally love that movie!"

"...Yeah. We're just not used to it, that's all."

"Don't give it too much thought man, you just gotta get used to it." Geoff suddenly gave them a wide grin "Hey how about this, you guys wanna chuck some pretzels and see if they land in the mouths of the others back there?"

"You can do that?"

"Oh yeah, if you try it with a high enough arc you're totally golden."

"Well then hell yeah, let's do this!" and so they each grabbed a handful of pretzels.

Bridgette gave a small smile and rolled her eyes, then glanced over to where Leshawna and Trent were sitting across from him "As you guys can see, the more things change the more things stay the same right?"

"Yep, but that definitely ain't a bad thing, now bring it in baby girl." Leshawna reached over and pulled Bridgette into a tight hug "I gotta admit I'm kind of surprised, DJ said that Geoff was gonna compete with one of his other surfer buddies."

"You mean Brody? Yeah I was actually gonna compete in a surfing tournament in Australia, but then it got cancelled so I was free to do this with Geoff. Plus my sister Carrie is on one of the other teams, so I figured it'd be a good chance to hang out with her too. What about you guys?"

"Truth be told it's pretty much the same with us." Trent gave a shrug "The thing is that the two of us signed up for the race so late that we sort of got wait-listed, since they only allowed 18 teams to compete this season."

"Really? What changed then?"

"This team of police cadets that was meant to compete got called away on an assignment, so the producers asked us to take their spot."

"Huh. Well that's convenient. Maybe we can work together at some point."

"Maybe, but don't think that means we're gonna go easy on you girl." Leshawna shot a smirk in her direction "We're in it to win it, so may the best team win."

"Fair enough."

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"Some of the teams from the first flight have reached Yusif's spice kiosk, and now they're about to get started on the first part of today's challenge."

"Hey what gives, none of them are labelled." Jen and Tom glanced around at the various baskets of spices "Are they trying to make this harder for us?"

"It's this one right here!" Carrie frantically pointed at one of the baskets "This is cinnamon, this is cinnamon, this is cinnamon!"

"...Nevermind then."

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(Confessional)

"Cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon, cinnamon!" Devin let out a chuckle "Seriously homie, take it easy with the cinnamon high."

"Oh come on, I'm not that bad." Carrie started blushing again "You totally would've missed if it I wasn't here."

"As if I would've missed it, even without you ranting about it in my ear."

"Well keep in mind that I'm the one who lives for cinnamon lattes."

"Yeah, which you constantly spill on me at least once a day."

"Okay fair enough, I'll never doubt your ability to detect cinnamon again."

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Meanwhile, with the other 5 teams…

"Okay, let's see here…" Jen frowned in thought as she scanned the baskets of spices "We know she picked the cinnamon so that's one, but what about… Wait!" she pointed at one of them "Go for that one, it's the cumin."

"That's the paprika." Tom pointed to another one.

"Then the saffron."

"And the last one is the ginger. That makes five for us."

"Which also makes five for us." Jacques and Josee received their bag of spices, as well as a travel tip to go with it, but then he recoiled in disgust "The tip says that we have to ride to a restaurant in the Moroccan desert."

"Why do you say that like it's so disgusting?" Josee shot him a raised eyebrow.

"Because it says that we have to ride on the back of a camel!"

"...This is going to be a long rage." and so they bolted over to one of the provided camels, with the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers following right behind them.

"Okay, that's all five of the spices we need." Trent received his bag and the travel tip, then glanced over at Yusif "Hey, so do you know where there's a restaurant around here?" the only answer he received was Yusif pointing at the cameras "I mean, do you know which way to go or…?"

"Forget it white boy, he probably just doesn't understand English." Leshawna grabbed Trent and slung him over her shoulder, and then they made their way over to the camels with the others "You know you really oughta put on a few pounds."

"I thought you said you didn't wanna carry me."

"Yeah well, I ain't coming in last in this race, so I gotta improvise." they mounted their camel and took off after the other teams.

"Oh man, these camels smell like Owen."

"Huh?" Lightning took a quick whiff of his pits, then cringed at the smell "Uh hey, don't mind the big desert horses. Lightning don't judge." he looked away somewhat indignantly.

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"As the first four teams head off into the desert in search of the designated restaurant, the second of three flights has finally landed in Morocco. Most of the teams have already collected their tips from the Don Box and hailed taxis to take them to the spice kiosk. Most of them."

"Come on you stupid taxis!" Taylor tried to chase one of the taxis down, with Kelly lagging behind her a short distance "For crying out loud, would you hurry the hell up!"

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"Meanwhile, the third and final flight is finally in the air, and teams are either discussing strategy or taking the chance to unwind before the challenge. Or do other stuff."

"Get your pits out of my face!"

"Get your face out of my pits!" as it turns out, Chet and Lorenzo were at each other's throats once again in typical fashion, though this was mostly ignored by everyone, the same with all of the loud snoring coming from the Tennis Rivals.

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Meanwhile, at the spice kiosk…

"Hmm, let's see here…" Owen frowned in thought as he glanced at the various baskets of spices in front of him "I think… uh… Okay don't worry, I'm not gonna panic over this or anything."

"Yeah, sure you're not." Noah rolled his eyes as he glanced over at the others and started counting down "3… 2… 1…"

"Why do you all look the same?!" and then he ran away screaming.

"And there it is."

"Yeah well, it's not a man's job to know spices." Dwayne gave a shrug "Back in ancient times it was the women that did the whole thing about being spice collectors, while the men like myself were the hooters. Oh man those were the days, the men had all the power and-"

"You do realize that mom is gonna see this back home on TV right?" Junior pointed out dryly "Her and pretty much every other woman in the world."

"Uh… and the times have changed since those days, so it's a lot better now."

"Yeah I'm sure that's what you think." Junior rolled his eyes, but then he noticed several taxis approaching the spice kiosk "Aw man this is bad, the other teams are catching up and now we're gonna lose our lead!"

"Okay let's just pick out any five, I doubt any of them could be that bad."

"Yeah fair enough, works for me." Noah glanced up at Yusif "Go ahead and just give is the five of them closest to us." he was met with a raised eyebrow "Come on man just do it already. The big guy over here can and will eat anything, I once saw him chow down on half a shower curtain, and only half because me and Cody had to rip it out of his mouth."

"There were pictures of cupcakes on it!" was Owen's sheepish protest.

"I rest my case." so they received their bag of spices and travel tip, and they subsequently made a beeline for the camels as the other teams started pulling up.

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(Confessional)

"This is a matter of understanding patterns and predicting outcomes." explained Elloday "In this case, we predict that there will be an eating element involved in the next portion of the challenge, so picking the right spices will be of the utmost importance."

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Case and point…

"Cumin, cinnamon, paprike, saffron, ginger." Ellody and Laurie were quick to pick their five spices with visible ease "That was surprisingly elementary."

"I know right?" Laurie received her bag of spices and travel tip, and she and Miles took off for the camels, with the Geniuses following right behind them, just as the Surfers and a few other teams reached the kiosk.

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"As more and more teams reach the spice kiosk to begin the challenge, the third and final flight has finally landed in Morocco, and the six teams that were on board will have to hurry if they hope to catch up to any of the teams that are already in search of the Culinary, especially those that came on the first flight since they have such a head start."

"Come on, come on, faster boy! Mush!" Dwayne tried to press his and Junior's camel to continue moving forward, only for it to end up slowing down further "Oh come on!"

"Dad, I think our camel is going to pass out." Junior pointed out.

"You've got nothing to worry about son, camels are the ships of the desert and there's no way they would tire as easily as this." he tried to urge the camel onwards, only for it to collapse to the ground and pass out on the spot "Oh great, we just had to get the broken one didn't we?"

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Meanwhile, at the spice kiosk…

"Okay, we only need one more." Emma frowned in thought as she glanced around the various baskets of spices "Come on, which one is cumin?"

"I think it's this one." Kitty pointed at a certain basket as they noticed a few other taxis pull up onto the scene.

"For crying out loud Kitty, this is no time for guessing games. Now then… I don't know, how about this one?" she pointed at random basket, and then received the bag of spices and the travel tip."

"So what then, you mean you can guess but I can't?"

"The difference between us is that mine is an educate guess instead of something just random, so can you please not throw a temper tantrum right now?"

"Are you seriously-"

"Hurry it up already!" and so they rushed off towards the camels.

"Is this cinnamon?" this was when Jay and Mickey showed up at the spice kiosk and sniffed one of the baskets, and then he sneezed and sent it all over the two of them, leaving the two of them in a coughing fit "And apparently we can't breathe cinnamon."

"Greetings!" it was during this that the LARPers showed up "Do you accept dragon coin as a form of payment?"

"The last teams have started to gather spices, but they still have a long journey ahead of them, and keep in mind that this is only the first leg of the race."

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(Confessional- Vegans)

"Our camel Banafrit was beautiful." Laurie let out a sigh "And deserts are really hot, so if the two of us win the million dollars then we're launching a campaign for people to stop riding camels as a way of transportation."

"Take hikes, not humps!" Miles pumped a fist for emphasis, but she retracted it when she saw the look she was getting from Laurie "What, no good?"

"I think we should probably call it something else."

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(Confessional- LARPers)

"We're currently in last place, but that doesn't give us any cause for concern." Leonard gave a shrug "We were just delayed by a very angry taxi driver, but it's his own fault. The fool refused to accept my dragon coins as payment."

"What a fool he is!" Tammy let out a scoff "He's going to rue that poor choice when Armethyus the dragon ruler takes the throne."

"Oh he'll so rue it!"

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"Looks like things are starting to heat up as the first team, the Performers in this case, arrives at the desert restaurant."

"Alright, there's the Don Box!" Trent leapt off the camel and rushed over to the Don Box, where he quickly pulled out a tip "You doing okay back there Leshawna?"

"Can't take the heat… gotta turn off the sun…" Leshawna let out a groan as she fell off the back of the camel "So what's the tip say?"

"It says we have to do something called a Botch or Watch, I think it's a challenge that only one of us does. If that is the case then I can tell you now that you're gonna have to do it, it's an eating challenge and I think I'm pretty notorious for having a weak stomach. I still have nightmares about the Brunch of Disgustingness too." he shuddered at the memory.

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"As Trent mentioned, a Botch or Watch is a challenge where only one member of each team is meant to participate. In this case, the teams must hand over the spices they collected from the kiosk to the chef of the desert restaurant, so he can add them to a bowl of Moroccan stew, which one member of the team has to eat. This is why it was so important to pick the right spices, or else this could and probably will get ugly fast. Once they finish their stew, the teams will have to race on foot as fast as they can to the Chill Zone, because the last team to meet me and stand on the Carpet of Completion will be cut from the race."

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Meanwhile, at the restaurant…

"Fine, we don't need you puking all over the place." Leshawna shuddered at the memories as she received the bowl of stew "Then again, I wasn't much better during all of that. Just remember though white boy, you're gonna owe me for this one."

"Come on bun bun, don't let us down." Josee and Jacques dismounted their camels as they showed up on the scene, the former rubbing a white rabbit's foot hanging around her neck, with the Best Friends.

"Right right, better get started."

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(Confessional)

"I'm not superstitious or anything." Josee held her rabbit's foot tightly "I simply believe with every fiber of my being that this rabbit's foot is responsible for everything good in my life."

"So can I rub it myself?" asked Jacques.

"Oh come on now Jacques, what kind of question is that? Of course you can't, touch it and you'll lose that hand."

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Meanwhile, with the last place teams…

"If I may offer some sagely wisdom to my fellow competitors…" Leonard and Tammy looked over to see Dwayne and Junior struggling to get their camel moving "I do not wish to overstep my boundaries, but perhaps it may be a great deal easier if you actually ride the camel."

"Oh is that right?" Dwayne shot them a dirty look, his tone laced with sarcasm "Well thank you so very much!"

"You're welcome!" was Tammy's input, and then they passed by Brains & Brawn and the Vegans as they continued onwards "Greetings to our fellow competitors!"

"Take hikes not humps!" Miles chanted, earning another look from Laurie "What, do you really think it's that bad?"

"Far from it, it's actually growing on me a lot." Laurie gave a smile.

"Okay good, I was kind of worried for a moment there."

"The two of you seem very close to each other." Cameron glanced over at them with a raised eyebrow.

"You could say that. Laurie and I actually became friends when the two of us first met a few years ago and an anti-meat meeting. When she suggested that we just call them ings and omit the meet from the word, I knew that she and I were going to get along well. That's part of why we agreed to enter this race together, because we knew we could win and use the prize money to support various causes that encourage people to stop eating or harming animals."

"Oh, so you want to support something you strongly believe in. that's admirable."

"I'm glad to see you think so." Laurie gave a smile "We also plan to use it to punish whatever meat eaters we find."

"Um… what?"

"The Goddess of Karma will make them suffer for their sins?!" her expression turned vengeful as her body was suddenly surrounded by comedic flames, leaving numerous others freaked out as a result.

"...Oh. Well then-"

"Pull it back smart guy." Lightning slapped a hand over Cameron's mouth as their camel pulled ahead of a few of the other teams "Seriously, even Lightning knows that messing with the meat haters is a stupid idea, and that's coming from Lightning. They be vengeful like Lightning after he got robbed in that immunity challenge."

"I thought you said you weren't mad about that anymore."

"Lightning's trying to make a point!"

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"While the LARPers and a few other teams try to dig themselves out of last place, the race to come in first continues to heat up as more teams dive into the restaurant challenge."

"Oh Devin…" Carrie let out a sigh as she watched Devin slurping down his stew from afar, but then she noticed the camera watching her and started blushing "Um… that's not… I didn't… Okay forget it, the truth is that I love him! I've loved him since we were four and he peed in my turtle pool! I mean that's not why I love him, that's just when it started. But after all this time, how am I supposed to tell him how I feel, and what do I do if he doesn't feel the same way? The last thing I want is to ruin our friendship, and besides he already has a girlfriend in Shelley… who's going to see this on TV." then she facepalmed "Oh my gosh, what am I doing?"

"Done and done!" Devin held up his empty bowl and slammed it into the ground in triumph as he was tackled into a hug by Carrie "Come on homie, we're in first place so let's not waste any time yet!" and so they took off, just as a few other teams arrived on the scene, such as the Tennis Rivals, who were flung off their camel and sent crashing into Brains & Brawn.

"Come on, come on…" Leshawna gritted her teeth as she continued downing her stew, and after a moment she threw the empty bowl to the ground "Finally, now come on white boy let's go, we've got a race to win, and the competition ain't far behind."

Sure enough, Jacques was watching in awe as Josee slurped down her bowl of stew "She shows such a wonderful performance of grace and efficiency, bravo in every sense of the word!"

"Yeah, I can think of other words to describe her, but I'm pretty sure that I can't say any of them on TV." Leshawna glanced over at Trent as her gaze hardned "I spent three seasons of Total Drama stuck with Heather, I know a nasty white bitch when I see one."

"You know I don't think that one got censored." Trent pointed out "But anyway we'd better get moving then."

"Yeah fair point, now let's move!" and so they took off into the desert.

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Meanwhile, with the Best Friends…

"Come on, we can't be that far from it now!" by this point, Carrie and Devin were making a beeline through the desert on foot, only for the former to trip on a rock and end up falling flat on her face as a result.

"Easy now, you okay homie?" Devin helped Carrie to her feet and then started carrying her in one of his arms as he continued running in search of the Chill Zone.

"Hey now, take it easy Romeo."

"I do what I gotta do for my Juliet." that caused her to blush even further "You know it might be kind of awkward for most of these teams to be so close to each other, but you and I are so close that I don't think it even matters. It's just like whatever, am I right?"

"Yeah, whatever…"

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Meanwhile, at the desert restaurant…

"It's go time now, Lightning's about to show this stew who's the man!" Lightning let out a roar and started downing his stew with a will, pouring it down his throat at a rapid speed.

"Well he's… passionate if nothing else." Cameron watchedas Lightning downed his stew, then glanced over to where Bridgette and Ellody were standing next to him as they watched Geoff and Mary down their stew "He and I met when we were competing on Total Drama Revenge of the Island, and we were actually finalists."

"Yeah I know, I watched the season from home." Bridgette told him "And you said that you saw the first three seasons."

"So I know that you and Geoff met during Total Drama Island."

"Yep."

"I actually met Mary at an engineering student's potluck dinner, and the two of us both brought pie in the form of pie charts." Ellody let out a chuckle "The two of us are quite whimsical."

"That's pretty cool actually."

"Oh god… oh god…" Owen on the other hand was left red in the face as he struggled to finish with downing his stew "So hot… hotter than Justin without his shirt on! I think we picked the wrongs spices!"

"First of all, I thought you were over the whole Justin thing." Noah pointed out dryly "Second of all, I've seen you eat and you're about as picky as a raccoon, so just do it!"

A few feet away, Kitty was trying to encourage Emma to down her stew "Come on Emma, I know you can do it!"

"I can't with you yelling in my ear." Emma told her flatly "Evidently we chose some of the wrong spices at the kiosk."

"But you chose all the spices." she was met with a dirty look "Which is a good thing, because I think I totally would've guessed."

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Meanwhile, with other Total Drama veterans…

"Oh god, Leshawna's going down…" as they made their way through the desert, Leshawna fell to her knees and began clutching her stomach in pain "It feels like that stew is putting up a fight, and it's not going down easy!"

"No worries, let me give this a shot." Trent took Leshawna onto his back and began running through the desert once more "Now let's move, we've got a race to win."

"Even if we don't win, I say we finish ahead of the Ice Dancers and I'll be cool. Like I said before, I'm getting vibes from one of them like I got from Heather, and I ain't spending another season putting up with that load of (bleep)."

"Okay now see, that's the kind of thing that's worth censoring."

"And that's how you know I'm telling it like it is, because they can't handle the full force of it coming out like that."

"...Yeah sure, let's go with that."

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Meanwhile, with the Best Friends…

"Hey how's it looking?" Devin continued running through the desert with Carring being held in one of his arms "Can you see the Chill Zone homie?"

"No I don't see it anywhere, I think we might be lost- Wait, there it is!" she pointed at a set of palm trees.

"Easy homie, don't freak me out like that, but yeah we made it!" they bolted through the palm trees and screeched to a halt on a certain carpet.

"Welcome to the Chill Zone." Don was quick to greet them "Congratulations, you two are the first team to arrive."

"First place? Holy crap that's amazing!" Devin set Carrie down, but then spun her around in a hug full of joy and triumph "We did it, we really did it! And there's nobody else I'd rather have by my side right now."

"Not even Shelly?" Carrie cringed when she realized what she said.

"Hey look at it this way homie, I picked you as my partner for a reason. Still though, coming in first place is kind of a shocker."

"Yeah, I mean I knew we'd be a good team, but first place? Wow."

"And like I said, there's no one else I'd rather have by my side."

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Meanwhile, at the restaurant…

"Great, so much for having any sort of lead over the rest of these idiots." Noah scowled slightly as he glanced around at the others, but then let out a sigh "Oh well, better than coming in last place I guess. So how are you doing with the stew chubby buddy?"

"NEED WATER!" Owen (now thoroughly red in the face) threw down his stew and made a beeline for the nearest source of water he could find: drinking saliva from a camel, much to the disgust of pretty much everyone present.

"...I constantly question why I bother to hang out with you."

"At least you're not stuck with him like I am with this dipshit!" Lorenzo shot a dirty look towards where Chet's cheeks were bulging at the sight of Owen's actions "Don't even think about spitting that out or we're gonna lose."

"Right, because barking in his face like an angry dog totally makes him go faster."

"Hey I know what I'm doing man. My dad is a motivational speaker, and he taught me pretty much everything there is to know about motivating people. Now swallow you fat tub of lard, DO IT ALREADY!"

Chet swallowed, and then he breathed a sigh "You know, my barf is actually a lot less spicy than the stew." and that was enough to make a lot of cheeks bulge.

"We have to eat our own barf?" that was Leonard's takeaway from the situation when his team and the Vegans arrived on the scene… and then one of the camels puked on Miles' head.

"Real organic camel munch!" Laurie lit up at the sight, disgusting the others even further.

"Done!" it was at this moment that a number of teams finally finished their stews, allowing them to take off into the desert in search of the Chill Zone.

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Meanwhile, with some of the frontrunners…

"Oh man, it hurts so bad!" Leshawana was left clutching her stomach in pain as Trent continued to carry her through the desert, but then they looked back to see the Ice Dancers quickly catching up to them, Jacques holding Josee over his head and giving those creepy smiles as they did so "Okay that's just unnerving on a whole other level."

"See you at the finish line losers, we'll be waving the gold in front of your faces!" Josee's smirk turned even more smug… right before she and Jacques crashed into one of the palm trees.

"Word to the wise skater girl, don't take your eyes off the prize or you're just gonna be asking to get your skate-covered hide handed to you!"

"Speaking of which, you good enough to run now?" asked Trent.

"Gonna have to be, they just picked themselves up and they're gaining on us!" she leapt down off of Trent's back and the two of them kept sprinting, until they leapt onto the carpet just a few seconds ahead of the Ice Dancers.

"Yep, a messy and unrefined win, but a win nonetheless. The two of you have arrived in second place, nicely done." Don gave them a nod of approval, then turned to where the Ice Dancers were doing their waving and smiling routine "So as a Canadian ice dancing team, I can imagine that you more than likely hear this a lot: You just came in third place!"

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(Confessional)

"Oh no…" Jacques was forced to cower in fear at the sight of Josee throwing a tantrum, along with several sharp objects "This is going to be a long race, I just know it."

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Back with the race…

One by one the other teams began to arrive at the Chill Zone, with Don counting them off as they reached the carpet, starting with the Tennis Rivals "Fourth place!"

Surfers.

"Fifth place!"

Brains & Brawn

"Sixth place!"

Geniuses.

"Seventh place!"

Reality TV Pros.

"Eighth place!"

Rockers.

"Ninth place!"

Fashion Bloggers.

"Tenth place!"

Sisters.

"Eleventh place!"

"You mean we're 11th?" Emma was less than satisfied with the ranking, and then took the chance to round on Kitty "You need to start doing more, this kind of ranking definitely isn't going to cut it for us."

"I would love to start doing more, so please just let me?" Kitty tried to plead with her, earning yet another dirty look.

"I'll tell you when you can do more okay? I will tell you." and then she stormed off, earning a loud sigh from Kitty.

"Yep, this is gonna be a long race."

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Meanwhile, at the restaurant…

"Come on dad get up already, you gotta eat the stew!" Junior glanced over to where Dwayne was sprawled out on the back of the camel "The other teams area already way ahead of us!"

"Okay, I'm done…" Kelly finished her stew and tried to rush off after Taylor, though she was left clutching her stomach in pain "Don't run so fast sweetie…"

"I'm done!" Chet threw his bowl to the ground, but he clutched his own stomach in pain "But I don't feel so good…"

"That's cause you just ate your own puke you loser!" Lorenzo shot him a smirk as he took off ahead of him.

"Yeah well you watched me eat puke, so who's the loser now?"

"Great, we're pretty much in last place." Junior let out a sigh "Look, I didn't sign us up for this race and I don't really wanna be here, but now that I am I definitely don't want us to be the first team to get kicked off. Come on dad it's like you always tell me, never say quit."

"Actually…" Dwayne was panting heavily from exhaustion and the heat "I'm pretty sure it's never say never…"

"I don't

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Meanwhile, at the restaurant…

"And here come some more teams." Don continued counting off the teams as they arrived at the Chill Zone, continuing with the Adversity Twins "You're in twelfth place!"

Mother & Daughter came next.

"Thirteenth place!"

Then the Goths.

"Fourteenth place."

The Stepbrothers.

"You're in fifteenth place!" Don glanced around at the various contestants "Fifteen teams have been counted off, and that leaves the Vegans, LARPers and Father & Son. One of these three teams will be heading home."

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Meanwhile, at the restaurant…

"I really hope we got the right spices…" Dwayne glanced over at the bowl of stew the chef was handing to them, only to see a small burst of fire come out of it "Oh god…"

"Focus dad, we're in last place." Junior told him "If you don't want us to be the first team to get kicked off, then you've gotta hurry and down the stew!"

"Level completed, now onwards to victory!" the LARPers finished their stew, and then they promptly took off towards the Chill Zone.

"Okay, now you've really gotta down the stew. It's either us or those freaks."

"Yeah well, so what's a little bit of spice? Yeah, let's do this thang!" Dwayne pumped a fist, then let out a chuckle "I said thang, I totally sound like a kid when I talk like that."

"No you don't- Just down the stew already!"

"You got it son." so with a mighty roar, Dwayne started pouring all of the stew into his mouth.

"Okay, that's kind of awesome."

"We're done!" the Vegans suddenly took off out of the restaurant.

"That's not good though, come on dad you gotta hurry up!"

"DONE!" Dwayne held up his bowl in triumph, but then he suddenly paused "Oh no, now I can't see! I think I got temporary blindness!"

"...Oh you've gotta be kidding me." Junior let out a sigh as he grabbed Dwayne by the hand and they stared chasing after the others "There's no way we're going home first!"

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(Confessional- Vegans)

"It's so early in the race, it would be a shame to sent home now." Miles let out a sigh, but then she gave a small smile "But I did give my email address to Banafrit the camel, and I hope that we can stay in touch."

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(Confessional- LARPers)

"They were catching up so fast." Tammy and Leonard shared a look "The two of us were left with no choice, so in order to maintain our lead, we would need to use… magic."

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Now for the disappointment that is reality…

"Song of Slumber!" Tammy pulled out her ocarina and started playing it off key.

"Chaos Barrier!" Leonard pulled out a staff, but nothing happened as the Vegans and Father & Son just passed by them without batting an eye "What the- Okay, there's definitely something wrong with my staff."

"Hurry, they're ahead of us now!" and so they took off after the others.

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At the tail end of the race…

"Looks like the bottom three are about to close in." Don was quick to greet the first of the three remaining teams when they arrived "Congratulations Vegans, you came in sixteenth and that means you're still in the race."

"Yes! We stuck to our principles and we're still in the race, so I guess that means nice guys finish almost last." Laurie and Miles shared a grin as they walked off.

"Yeah I'm calling it now, they're gonna be one of the first teams to go. Anyway, it looks like seventeenth place goes to… Father & Son!"

Sure enough, Dwayne and Junior bolted onto the carpet, but the former kept on going "Do you see a tree? Let me know if you see a tree!"

"Um…"

"No worries dad, we're almost there!" Junior called after him.

"So how long are you gonna let him run for?"

"I just need a little bit of a break from him."

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(Confessional)

"So we came in seventeenth place?" as one could imagine, Dwayne was less than happy with their placement "Oh no, we've gotta do a lot better than that pal. No you know what, the two of us are gonna stay up all night and talk strategy for the next leg of the race."

"...Oh yeah, that's just great." Junior's tone was oozing sarcasm.

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Now for the losing team…

"And then there was one." Don was quick to round on the LARPers when they finally arrived at the Chill Zone "The Ridonculous Race is about skill, it's about determination, and it definitely isn't about magic. You two are done."

"Time reversal spell!" Tammy threw some confetti into the air.

"And that's all I can take from you two. Security!"

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Losing team's laments…

Tammy let out a sigh as she and Leonard made their way through the desert "I think the two of us could've done better."

"I got to do a lot of things I never wanted to try." Leonard gave a shrug "So I guess that counts for something."

"I'm glad that the two of us got to do this together, because whether we win or lose, now we get to share these memories with each other forever."

"Yeah, but I still don't get why we have to walk home."

A/N:

This chapter was pretty straightforward, not really any significant changes from the original, but seeing how Ridonculous Race was a pretty solid season, I didn't see any real need to change anything. I said once before that while I'm not sure what the general consensus is about the Ridonculous Race as far as the fans are concetned, I thought it was one of the best seasons of the show, right up there with Island.

Aside from changing up the elimination order slightly, one other change that is rather minor but still noteworthy, is how changing up which teams are on which flight gave me the chance to show off some interesting character interactions. For example, I got to show Geoff interacting with the Rockers, and I got to show Bridgette engaging with Trent and Leshawna. And then there are some interactions that are there only for comedic purposes, like Cameron and Lightning interacting with the Vegans.

Also, I probably should bring this up: As one of the reviews mentioned, I stated last chapter that Trent had an appearance in Total Drama World Tour, but I think the way it was worded made it sound like he competed. Just to be clear, I never said that he competed. I was referring to the Niagara Falls episode in my BFG's World Tour fic, when he made a cameo appearance. That's what I was talking about.

Rankings:

Best Friends- 1st

Performers- 2nd

Ice Dancers- 3rd

Tennis Rivals- 4th

Surfers- 5th

Brains & Brawn- 6th

Geniuses- 7th

Reality TV Pros- 8th

Rockers- 9th

Fashion Bloggers- 10th

Sisters- 11th

Adversity Twins- 12th

Mother & Daughter- 13th

Goths- 14th

Stepbrothers- 15th

Vegans- 16th

Father & Son- 17th

Elimination order:

LARPers - 18th