Episode 19: Pure Swiss Miss

(Scenes from the previous episode are shown along with another recap.)

Ludwig VO: Previously on The Incredible Crossover Race 2! Our crazy eight teams visited the Amazonian Jungle dealing lots of wild things in there which happened to be crossing a thin bridge and mad tree hopping skills. It was wild and out of control seeing these players wipeout and fail in more hilarious ways than one. Seriously, it was funny seeing all of this. The winners, Sonic and Tails with an incredible performance they put out there and the Gender Benders got their just desserts in both challenges knocking them into sixth. All may have seemed lost for the Chaotic Couple, but they didn't get eliminated. As it turns out, it was actually the Evolution Foxes because Braixen got bit by a snake making them lose valuable time and the race with the medical attention Braixen had. On the bright side, at least she and Fox are back together again and they both shared one last kiss, got things straighten out, and even got a romantic date with each other as soon as this race is over.

(Both Ludwig and Lakitu appear.)

Ludwig: But who knows when this race will end exactly? Your guess is as good as mine, but that's enough of yesterday because it's time to start today's episode of... The Incredible Crossover Race!

Lakitu: For some reason, he just keeps ignoring the '2' part!

(A blast of magic fires into the air which starts up the intro again.)

(Intro is over.)


Episode 19: Pure Swiss Miss.

(We open to Ludwig and Lakitu standing close to yesterday's finish line.)

Ludwig: Time for us to leave Congo and go to our next destination. (Turns to Sonic and Tails) Speedster Friends, you know the drill! Start us off.

(Sonic and Tails step up to the cloudbox and get their tip.)

Sonic(reading): Take a jeep straight to the airport where you will then fly to Grindelwald, Switzerland.

(A postcard of Switzerland is shown.)

Ludwig: Switzerland, a landlocked country that's best known for cheese and chocolate. Home to numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. Its cities contain medieval quarters, with landmarks like capital Bern's Zytglogge clock tower and Lucerne's wooden chapel bridge. The country is also known for its ski resorts and hiking trails. Teams will take one flight to this destination and find the next cloudbox waiting for them outside the airport.

(The Speedster Friends leave as the Pilots come up next.)

Falco: You ready?

Fox: Yeah, *sighs* I wish Braixen was still here. She's still the most beautiful fox I've ever met. I just wish she never got bitten by the snake!

Falco: Well I'm sure she's doing alright. Like she said, she'll be rooting for us. The only thing I want to know is who even sent her that fake break up letter? Look buddy, I know you're bummed she got eliminated but just remember to do it for her. We can do this! You with me?

Fox: You're right, she'll always be in my heart, and I'm not gonna let this break me. We've got a race to win! (Gets the tip.) Switzerland, let's get a jeep and head to the airport!

Falco: That's the leader I know!


(Interview: Pilots.)

Fox: I guess you're right. It's time to put the past behind me and focus on the future. Don't worry now Braixen, we'll do this for you and Delphox.

Falco: Sorry about what happened to you, but get well soon. I wasn't too keen on this before but I guess if my leader prefers this, then so be it.

Fox: And just remember when this is over Braixen, it's a date. I hope you're watching this and wish us luck!


(The rest of the teams get their tips and ride their jeeps to the airport. Cut to the Flight Friends riding their jeep.)

Silverstream: Uh Gallus, can I tell you something?

Gallus: Actually, I wanted to tell you something.

Silverstream: What is it?

Gallus(to himself): Come on, you can tell her how you really feel. Don't be a coward. (He turns back to her and spoke up.) Look, I just want to say that I-

Silverstream: Yes?

Gallus: I l-l-l (Suddenly, a fly flew right in his mouth making him cough and gag which cuts him off.)

Silverstream: Oh no, you're choking! I can help! (She gives him the heimlich maneuver and gets the fly out of his throat.) Better yet?

Gallus: Yes, that fly just came out of nowhere. Thanks Silver!

Silverstream: You're welcome! So... what was it you wanted to tell me?

Gallus: Uh... I'll tell you later! I can't get that fly taste out of my mouth.

(Silverstream sighed and turned away. We go to the team that left the starting line last.)

Screwball: We're off to Switzerland! Can you believe it?

Mothball: Oh i believe it! I just wish we didn't start in last.

Screwball: Well on the bright side, at least there will be some chocolate for us to sample if we get the chance.

Mothball: Suddenly, this just got a whole lot better. However, I think I already see something sweet already and everyday.

Screwball: *giggling* Oh stop it.

(Skip ahead to the teams already making it to the plane and getting onboard to Switzerland.)

Ludwig VO: Everyone has managed to catch the same flight on their way to Switzerland. Since it's another long flight, we're just gonna use the power of editing and skip right ahead, and it works, because we're already here! Now the real competition begins here!

(The seven teams exit the plane and find the cloudbox outside.)

Sonic: Take the next shuttle bus to the Jungfrau Top Ski Area and you'll locate the next cloudbox.

Thorax: I think that's the one right there. (Pointed to a bus nearby.)

(All seven teams get on the bus and head over to the Ski resort. Pan over to the Pilots in their seats as Fox stares out the window.)

?: You and I both know that this is not over.

(Fox heard the voice and it turns out out to be his one true love in the reflection.)

Fox: Am I hallucinating, or this real?

Braixen: This isn't really me. I'm just your hallucination.

Fox: Braixen?

Braixen: I know you miss me, but you can't give up that easily. The Fox I know is not a quitter. Keep on fighting until the very end, and everything will work out just fine. Trust me!

Fox: I will. Don't worry now.

Falco: Uh who were you talking to?

Fox: It's hard to explain.

(The teams arrive at the ski resort and found the cloudbox.)

Ocellus: We're here! Now to find out what were doing. (Gets the tip.) It's a one or the other, Cheese or Chocolate.

(Up on the top of the mountain was Ludwig with a cheese wheel in winter clothes.)

Ludwig: Expecting skiing for this? Well you thought wrong. In this one or the other challenge, teams will either take a cheese wheel up the ski lift and ride it down this mountain without falling off or dare I say it: wrecking their cheese wheel. Do either of those things, and it's back to the top to try again. For chocolate, teams will have to work together and finish three boxes of chocolate each. Teams will have to finish either task and make their way to the Belvedere Hotel. The most popular spot here in Grindelwald is also the finish line for this part of the race. Last team to arrive here, gets to be the unlucky team that goes home next.

(The teams make their choices.)

Sonic: We'll go with cheese.

Tails: Alright let's go.

Mothball: You know which one we're going with right?

Screwball: No need to tell me twice! Chocolate it is.

Ciel(monotone): Chocolate!

Ocellus: We'll go with cheese I guess.

Bowsette: Chocolate.

Fox: You know, I thought it would be lovely sharing chocolate with Braixen. She would probably-

Falco: Ahem.

Fox: Very well, cheese it is.

Silverstream: Wow, can we do chocolate please?

Gallus: Eh, I don't think it's a good idea. You know you have a peanut allergy.


(Interview: Flight Friends.)

Gallus: It's complicated to explain, but Silverstream has an allergic reaction to peanuts.

Silverstream: It's kinda embarassing now that I think about it.

Gallus: I know you want to have some chocolate, but I can't let you eat any. I think cheese might be our only other option.

Silverstream: *sighs* Alright. Can we get some later if there aren't any nuts in them.

Gallus: It's a definite maybe, but lets ask them first. If there's no nuts in them, then we can do chocolate.

Silverstream: Yippee!


(Some of the teams are at the summit and look at the slope they have to scale.)

Ocellus: Is it too late to switch challenges cause I really am having second thoughts.

Ludwig VO: Hope you do or don't. Either way, this will be so fun to watch. Right after the break!

(Break)


(The break is over and the players who chose cheese are still up on the summit with their cheese wheels.)

Sonic: Let's ride. (Starts going down the slope.)

Thorax: Uh not to be rude or anything, but I think he was supposed to take these as well. (Holds up some ski poles.)

Tails: Oh boy.

(Sonic however doesn't notice a hole in front of him and flies off.)

Sonic: That came out of nowhere.

Ludwig VO: Oh did I forget to mention to watch out for holes I dug on the slope? Whoops, guess it slipped my mind. You really didn't think I'd make it that easy for the players did you?

(Meanwhile the teams that chose chocolate are in the lodge.)

Bowsette: Ok, let's get eating.

Booette: Way ahead of you. (Both begin eating their chocolate bricks in their boxes.)

(The Flight Friends go to the vendor.)

Gallus: Uh excuse me, does this chocolate have any nuts or peanut oil in them? My friend here has a nut allergy.

Vendor: Well yes it does, but let me see if I can find you some that don't have any. Be right back!

Gallus: Thanks. (Turns to Silverstream.) Ok, I guess we'll do chocolate then.

Silverstream: Really? Thanks! You're the best.

(He chuckled lightly and rubbed the back of his head facing away from her. We go to the teams having their chocolate and eating at different paces. Sig and Ciel eat theirs slowly and do one at a time. Screwball and Mothball go at a normal pace and even feed one to each other a few times. The Gender Benders try to speed up a little bit and try two at a time, but went back to one. Switch the scene to the teams that picked cheese as they are attempting to ride down the slope.)

Sonic: I really should've grabbed the ski poles before going down.

Tails: It's cool. At least you get to learn from your mistakes. Now let's give it another go!

(They start going down as we switch to the Changelings.)

Ocellus: How do you use these things? (Tries figuring out using the ski poles)

Thorax: We're changelings. It's tough to maneuver with hooves. Uh oh.

(Up ahead was a mogul and Thorax didn't avoid it in time and he was now airborne.)

Thorax: Ocellus, look out!

(The cyan changelings look behind her and saw Thorax heading for her. She and Thorax collided and rolled into a snowball that hits a pole.)

Ocellus: Maybe I could get a little early warning next time.

Thorax(dazed): Noted.

(Go back to the chocolate challenge as the Gender Benders start slowing down on their eating.)

Booette: I never realized how much chocolate there was in these boxes.

Bowsette: There's just way too much! At least we can't be the only ones struggling. I'll bet the others are having a tough time too.

(Sure enough, they were only partially right. Sig and Ciel were down to their last box and almost done. Screwball and Mothball still shared every other chocolate and they were on their second box and halfway through. The Flight Friends were still on their first box and not even halfway through yet.)

Booette: Or not all of them.

Bowsette: Well let's keep going. We do not want to lose to these losers.

(Time skip five minutes ahead as Sig and Ciel are on their last piece of chocolate. They eat their final piece slowly and retrieve their next tip from the vendor.)

Ciel(monotone): These are directions to the finish line's location.

Sig(monotone): Come on.


(Interview: Brains and Enthusiast.)

Ciel(monotone): Too much chocolate is way too much for most people to handle.

Sig(monotone): For us, we can tolerate it because we'd prefer eating slowly.

Ciel(monotone): My thoughts exactly.


(Cut back to the cheese challenge with the Pilots still going down the slope.)

Fox: Left.

Falco: Mogul up ahead, go right!

(After lots of maneuvering going down the slope, the Pilots reach the bottom without even falling off once.)

Fox: Wow, I guess we're all done then.

Falco: Let's hurry to the finish line.

Fox: Wait, there's one thing I need to take care off really quickly. Follow me!

Falco: What are you planning?

Fox: Just wait and see. (They arrive at the area for the chocolate challenge and go to the vendor.) Excuse me sir, but can I have one box of chocolate to send to a secret admirer?

Vendor: Ooh, a secret admirer? Say no more. (He leaves for a moment then comes back with a heart shaped box with chocolates inside and receives the money.) There you go sir, and please come again.


(Interview: Pilots.)

Falco: Oh I get it now. You want to send those chocolates to Braixen don't you?

Fox: Yeah, I think she deserves a gift sent by me after that run-in with that snake. These will at least make her feel a little better.

Falco: It's nice that you still care about her even though she isn't here.


(On the slope, the Changelings had wipeout again.)

Ocellus: This is getting repetitive.

Thorax: You know, let's just do chocolate. It's easier and we won't have to keep starting this one over.

Ocellus: Agreed.

Ludwig VO: Looks like the Changelings decide to switch challenges. Will that effect them in any other way? However, it seems like our two frontrunning teams are already finished with their tasks and they are now in a footrace to the finish line.

(We see the Brains and Enthusiast out in front. They turn around to see if another team was coming and there was only one: The Pilots.)

Falco: I can see the Brains and Enthusiast up ahead.

Fox: Let's see if we can catch them in time.

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Sig(monotone): Hey.

Ludwig(jumps in shock): How can anyone be that quiet? You almost scared me to death. Nonetheless, you two take first place!

(Sig and Ciel walk off.)

Ludwig: We seriously need to get some bells on those two pronto.

Lakitu: For once, I agree.

(The next team arrives at the finish.)

Ludwig: Pilots, second place. Well done!

Falco: We almost had it.

Fox: It's cool. At least it's the top three.

Falco: Well ok I guess.

Ludwig: Two down and only five more to go. Guess the only left for me to do is sit back and watch who's gonna be the unlucky team to get last place.

(The scene switched right back to the only one or the other challenge that the remaining teams have yet to complete.)

Mothball: I'm pretty sure this is the most amount of chocolate I've ever eaten in my life. How can you handle it?

Screwball: When you have a father who makes it rain chocolate milk, you kinda used to it. Ok, I'm all done.

Mothball: Alright, now I only have half of the last box left. This could take some time.

(We go to the cheese challenge with the Speedster Friends being the only team that's there.)

Sonic: I could've sworn there was at least another team here.

Tails: Do you think they left to finish line already?

Sonic: Nah can't be that. They failed dozens of times and we would've seen them by now if people were coming down on the slope.

Tails: I guess they probably switched challenges since it was too hard for them.

Sonic: Guess that makes sense. Anyway, we made it!

Tails: Let's head over to the finish.

(Back with the chocolate challenge one team manages to finish and that is Screwball and Mothball.)

Screwball: That wasn't too hard was it?

Mothball: No, but I need to take break from chocolate since that was the most I've eaten.

Screwball: Well you'll get used to it soon. Ready to go?

Mothball: I'm ready. (Both of them get up and leave.)

(Time skip 3 minutes.)

Booette: That's... the... last... one.

Bowsette: *groans* I'm never another piece of chocolate as long as I live.

Gallus: Tell me about it. That's the last time I do something like this.

(Silverstream just finished her last box and licked the chocolate off her talons.)

Silverstream: No offense, but you two are lightweights. Well see ya.

Booette: Oh no you don't! You two get back here right now!

(The two teams leave as the next two placements are said with two teams making it to the finish line.)

Ludwig VO: 3rd. (Speedster Friends), 4th. (Chaotic Couple).

(At the lodge, the Changelings just got down to their final box and pick up the pace.)

Thorax: Oh man, we're so far behind.

Ocellus: Let's at least try to finish what we started. Who knows? Maybe a team is still stuck on the cheese challenge or a team could probably have a penalty. We need to keep going.

(Racing to the finish were the Gender Benders and Flight Friends who were both neck and neck.)

Gallus: I can see the finish line from here.

Bowsette: So can we. (She and Booette speed up a little.)

Booette: See you two at the finish line.

Gallus: Time for my last resort, and please don't judge what I'm about to do.

Silverstream: What are you gonna do?

Gallus: This! (He takes a spring forward and pinned both the Gender Benders down to the ground.)

Bowsette: No fair. That's playing dirty!

Gallus: Doesn't feel so good now does it?

(He hops off and joined Silverstream right at the finish line.)

Ludwig: Fifth place. You're still in it!

Silverstream: We did it!

Gallus: Yeah I guess we did, didn't we?

(The Gender Benders arrive next and they did not look to happy.)

Lakitu: Well you two suddenly seem grouchy all of a sudden, but you take sixth place. Second last.

(Both of them leave without saying a word.)


(Interview: Gender Benders.)

Bowsette: I can't believe he had the nerve to pin us both down like that. That should've been a foul. Was it simply just payback for what did to them? UGH, I can't stand them!

Booette: Neither can I, but we'll deal with them another time. On the bright side, we didn't come in last.

Bowsette: You're right, we'll just have to bide our time and wait.


(A few minute later, we see the last team coming in.)

Thorax: We're here. We finished!

Ludwig: You sure did, but in last I might add.

Ocellus: We know. *sighs* I guess it was a bad choice switching challenges. That gave us a huge disadvantage.

Thorax: It's ok, but we need to learn from our mistakes.

Ludwig: Hate to interrupt you two, but if I'm not mistaken, I have to send both of you home, or I actually would if this was actually an elimination round. As it turns out, it not today. You're both still good to go.

Thorax: Seriously?

Ocellus: Oh that's a relief. It's not over yet.

Lakitu: However, there will still be a penalty challenge in store for the two of you.

Ludwig: Ok let me take it from here. (Shoves him out of the shot.) So all seven teams survive for today, but it's not over till a team takes home the the million. Who will it be? Even I don't know for sure, but you definitely want to catch more of... The Incredible Crossover race! And don't even try it!

(Lakitu sighed knowing what he was talking about.)

Lakitu: Why can't ever say the '2' part?

(END)


Change of plans, this season won't end in 7 episodes. It will actually be six instead to those who are reading this series.

Once again, no eliminations this time. It was still good that Fox decided to send something to his true love after Braixen's little injury. Still ship those two together. This destination was also request by one of the readers so if it was you, then you're welcome.

You know what I'm gonna say, look for any references in this chapter if you like and send destination requests on the last six episodes.

Results after leg 19:

1st. Sig and Ciel (Brains and Enthusiast).

2nd. Fox and Falco (Pilots).

3rd. Sonic and Tails (Speedster Friends).

4th. Screwball and Mothball (Chaotic Couple).

5th. Gallus and Silverstream (Flight Friends).

6th. Bowsette and Booette (Gender Benders).

7th. Ocellus and Thorax (Changelings).

Eliminated teams

8th. Braixen and Delphox (Evolution Foxes).

9th. Blueberry and Cherry (Pie Sisters.)

10th. Link and Zelda (Hyrule Heroes).

11th. Prism and Gemstone (Crusaders).

12th. Lip and Windy (Fairies).

13th. Jessica and Patty (Dragon Questers).

14th. Lightning and Thunder (Dash Twins).

15th. Dark Prince and Dragonlord (Dark Figures).

16th. Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong (Kongs).

17th. Hip and Hop (Koopa Kids).

18th. Amitie and Ally (Puyo Girls).

19th. Dry Bones and Dry Bowser (Bone Baddies).

20th. Jay and Elle (Prankster Twins).