Richard smiled as he stood down by the airport "last time on, the Radickulous Race, we were introduced to our teams… and that was it" he chuckled "yea, we were given more teams than I anticipated so we had to cut that one a bit short. BUT, the teams did get into their first challenge. Scares or stairs, where they have to climb some stairs, or can take a nice, comfy elevator ride up… only to have to run into harsh winds and potentially become a nice little pancake on the ground. But, which teams will conquer their fears, and who will make it to the top before passing out? Find out on… The Ridickulous Race!"
Intro Plays
It comes back into Bonnie and Tamera standing at the exit to the skywalk. Both girls looked rather nervous "I told you, that will ruin my hair. I refuse to be on national tv with a bad hairdo"
The teen just rolled his eyes at her.
Bonnie smiled a bit at Tamera as she waved her hands at her "I can be a shield for you! Yea, it really wouldn't be a problem. I can walk…" Bonnie quietly stared down at her chest "I can walk in front of you… like, right in front, and the wind shouldn't be strong enough to ruin your hair"
Tamera stared at her, before staring back at the harsh winds "I'm getting the feeling, either way, I'm going to regret it…"
"Meanwhile" Richard's voice cut in as the camera the elevator came back down and some teams rushed inside.
Laurie and Kylie were about to join the groups inside when Guy raised his hands to them "sorry ladies, but the people with a shot of winning are going in next so I hope you don't mind" he waved as the elevator closed. Laurie didn't seem to make any move to try and get in. Leaving the Psychic and Skeptic, Jaime, the Toxic Couple, and the Polar Opposites.
"H-have a good time up there" Laurie meekly waved once they started heading up.
Kylie glared at Laurie once the elevator closed "why'd you let them walk over us?"
"Y-y-you let t-them go in before us. A-and they had busy work to do up there…" Laurie looked down meekly.
"You totally let them walk over you" Arnold snarked in amusement "I mean, you were acting like a dog who was told to sit and rollover. Not even my maids are that submissive"
Laurie looked down, obviously embarrassed.
"Hey, back off pal." Kylie immediately spoke up, glaring at him.
"Why do you care? You were just saying the same thing to her"
"I'm just motivating her, you're the one laying it on too thick. Now go back to your weird "magical" partner before I make it an issue" Kylie raised her fist angrily.
Arnold rolled his eyes and walked away from them. Looking over to Aisling and Jaime who were talking with each other.
"I'm guessing Aisling is annoying you with her "powers"?" The future CEO taunted as he stood over them.
Jaime shrugged "I-I'm friends with Dawn, it's nothing too weird" he smiled nervously as Arnold stared more skeptically at him.
"Speaking of your partner, where has she run off to?" Arnold raised his eyebrow.
"O-oh, she's already at the top. She just couldn't bring me with her…"
"And how did she do that?" Arnold tapped his foot as he crossed his arm.
"Her… powers?" Jaime chuckled awkwardly, not sure what else Arnold could want.
Arnold stared down at him more skeptically when Aisling shot up with a smile "see Arnold? She used her powers to get past the majority of the challenge. Isn't that wonderful?"
"She's probably just climbing the stairs and didn't say anything to him" he rolled his eyes "I'll believe she has any kind of power when I see it"
Aisling smiled "you will be impressed by what we can all do Arnold. That's my next prediction."
/
The teen was still relaxing at the top when the elevator came all the way to the top, with all the teams in the elevator coming out.
"Ugh, that took forever" Makenna groaned, stretching her arms a bit before suddenly being handed the helmet "what's this for?"
The local just threw his thumb over his shoulder and towards the exit.
Makenna's smile grew as she grabbed Cord's arm and pulled her out "this is gonna be sick!"
Rodney smiled, cutting past the Opposite Twins to grab a helmet "I'm gonna go chat it up with the rockers Adam… I'll see you around" Rodney smiled to himself as he started chasing after the two of them.
Adam sighed in annoyance, just taking his helmet "sorry about him everyone" he apologized to the twins before he started making his way to the outside.
"Pricks" Zeth grumbled as she got back up, quickly taking one of the helmets.
Seth smiled softly as he got up and dusted himself off "they don't seem so bad. At the very least they're forward about why they're here"
"Of course you'd be the type to support a bunch of simps" Zeth rolled her eyes before going into the task.
The rest of the contestants who used the elevator started getting their helmets on. Blake smirked a bit at Guy, who was having trouble getting his on over his big head.
"Do you think they have sizes in XXXL?" Blake mocked before Guy raised his helmet and bonked him over the head, before looking around to see that all of the other teams had already started walking.
"Let's just get going. All those girls are starting to get ahead." Guy started going towards the strong winds, seeing some of the teams having trouble facing it. However, Guy didn't seem at all phased by the wind, smiling as he just started walking.
Makenna smiled over at Cord, standing close to the edge "check it out check it out! Think of how cool it would be to bungee jump off of this!"
Cord just nods as she kept trying to push past the wind "yep… way to go Makenna…" she states absentmindedly.
Makenna sighed "come on, this is totally co-"
Makenna was cut off by Guy and Blake pushing past them, nearly pushing Makenna off the side before Cord caught her by the hand after running over.
"Watch where you're going!" Cord yelled at the two memers.
"Sorry, not sorry. Didn't see her there" Guy states dismissively. Just continuing to walk with the wind not slowing him down much at all.
/
Back inside, the door to the stairs slams open as Joe and Deion crawl through. Both were sweating as they weakly panted.
"W-we finally made it" Deion groaned, trying to get up before falling back down.
Joe snickered at him falling "I guess age hit you like a truck huh?" he dragged himself towards the local "tip. Now"
The local just dropped the tip down on his head and walked off. Joe was about to reach for it before Deion grabbed it off his head and started reading it "we gotta… zipline. Oh cool, I haven't done that in a while"
"You haven't done anything in a while" Joe mocked, still trying to get the strength to get up.
The camera cut to a zipline over a long river "and thus some of our teams make their way to the second part of this race. They must use a zipline to zip down to the airport and grab a tip on the way!"
It cuts back to Joe and Deion "oh this will be easy" Joe says confidently.
"You shouldn't talk to yourself too much old man" the two Hall of Famers looked to the side to see Piccolo and Monstro coming in. Monstro was noticeably tired.
"Ah man, we're already losing our lead" Joe rubbed his head before Piccolo stepped on his back.
"The future is now old man" Piccolo taunted as he grabbed the tip and went straight to the zip-line. "And keep up Monstro! We don't have all day!"
Monstro panted as he tried to run after him weakly reaching for the zip-line trolly only to just run off the edge. Piccolo watched him fall down before shrugging "he'll catch up later" as he took the ride down.
As he goes down Piccolo grabs the tip, laughing maniacally before slamming hard into the cushions at the bottom of the zipline.
"Ugh…" Piccolo groaned softly.
Piccolo slowly raised the card "gotta… catch a flight… to Morocco" he plopped his head back down.
/
"Our clown companion is right! After getting down from that tower teams will be taking a flight to Morocco, the home of dry deserts, and an even drier nightlife" Richard popped up in front of a desert "last team to make it to Morocco and get to the chill zone will be sent home"
It then shows the Opposite Couple making it to the top and grabbing their tip; Joe and Deion going down the zip-line; Bonnie and Tamera making it through the scares. With Bonnie doing a sorta crab walk.
"Just stay like that until I can get my hair back into presentable condition" Tamera ordered.
"And while those teams get further, the last group of scares makes their way to the top," Richard announced as that group practically jammed themselves into the elevator. It closed and brought the group to the top.
"Woo-hoo!" Tyler cheered as Kali and he flew down the zipline, being way more focused on the thrill of the ride down.
"Hey, remember to grab the tip!" Kali called back to him.
"Oh, right!" Tyson grabbed the tip from the air, before going right back to celebrating. They both reach the end and just pile on top of Piccolo. Quickly being followed by Team Last Resort, with Bonnie being on top of Tamera and choosing to lie there for a while until Tyson pushed them all off.
"Woo, first place!" Tyson pumped his fists as Kali and he ran away from the pile.
"Bonnie, get up!" Tamera growled, shoving her away from her as Bonnie tried getting comfier "we're almost in the lead, and if you stop us from getting screen time so help me-"
"Oh, don't worry I got this!" Bonnie grabbed her arm and quickly chased after the Opposite Couple.
Piccolo continued to lie in the small crater he was stuck in as a bruised Monstro walked over "please… pry me off this dirty mattress…." Piccolo murmured with his face stuck on the bed cushion.
/
Back at the top, many of the others were beginning to get their tips and were getting down to the planes. With the Hall of Famers, Bandmates, La Familia, and the Disorganized Disaster making their way down.
While the groups that were stuck at the bottom were beginning their fears now. However, Arnold smirked at Jaime when Dawn didn't seem to be around.
"I guess she already ditched you. It'll be nice knowing the team that goes first will be obvious" Arnold taunted the kid with dyed hair.
"Oh, but I'm right here" Arnold jumped slightly as he turned to see Dawn smiling at him.
"How'd you get here? You weren't on any of the elevators up" Arnold now just looked annoyed.
Dawn smiled as she started walking towards the scares with Jaime "if I were to explain it you would just say I was lying anyways"
Arnold crossed his arms and rolled his eyes.
Confessional: Psychic and Skeptic
"I don't like her" Arnold states plainly.
Aisling smirked as she lightly poked him in the side "you seem to be upset? Does your science not seem to be able to apply to Dawn?"
"I'm surprised you're not upset you little creep" Arnold smirked again "after all, she seems to be better at your fake voodoo than you"
Aisling's smirk dropped slowly "I'll assume you're saying that just to get under my skin"
"Right, that's it" Arnold rolled his eyes.
XXX
Out in the scares, Anne and Hope were walking next to each other, with Hope just slowly trudging into the wind "I bet I'd leave a pathetic splatter if I fell…"
Anne frowned "oh come on Hope, we're doing just fine!"
"No… because of me, we're going to come in last…" Hope started to lower her head, already accepting defeat.
"Hope, at least have a little Hope" she giggled faintly before a fly flew into her mouth, causing her to cough aggressively.
"I don't know if it was that funny…" Hope frowned, assuming Anne was laughing at her. Anne tries to get something out before another blag splats into her.
/
Meanwhile, Jett and Tess had made their way around the edges, not seeming to be phased by the scare compared to most people.
"That was too easy really" Jett smiled as he threw his helmet over his shoulder.
Tess grinned "I wanna do that again!"
"Maybe some other time" Jett chuckled a bit "we gotta finish this game first"
Tess smiled and quickly nodded as she took the tip from the local, before giving him a tight hug "thanks!"
The local smiled a little and was about to return the hug before seeing Jett staring at him. The local pushed her back with a faint blush.
"Alright, let's get going then. We're already falling pretty far behind and I'm not getting stuck behind at the first leg" Jett grabs Tess by the arm as she read the tip, standing behind the Toxic Couple.
"I-I can hold onto the pulley and you can… h-hold onto me?" Joshua smiled meekly.
"No! If we're going down I'll be the one holding onto it. It's a horribly sexist stereotype to have the man carry the woman to safety"
"O-ok, I-I don't mind b-being carried by you either"
Hannah frowned, not liking the idea of a white guy agreeing with her, even with how long they were dating. But, chose to not think too much about it as she grabbed onto the hanger, making sure Joshua was holding onto her before going off.
"Ugh, finally. Thought those two would be fighting the entire time" Jett smirked as he grabbed onto another hanger "ready to go Tess?"
"Yessir!" Tess smiled as she grabbed onto his back. Jett jumped down and was quickly catching up on the Toxic Couple.
Further ahead, Joshua grabbed the tip with a smile "I-I got it!" However, after saying that he noticed the zipline they were on slowly start to go further and further down, getting closer to the river.
"Oh, this is just hilarious! Make fun of the woman with a different lifestyle choice!" Hannah yelled sarcastically as her legs dip into the river.
Jett and Tess almost immediately feel the zipline being weighed down as they zoomed past the tip and slam right into the back of Hannah.
"Well… this sucks" Jett grumbled, rubbing his nose after slamming into the back of Joshua.
"Well…" Tess smiled nervously "I kinda didn't grab the tip fast enough… so that might make it worse…"
Jett groaned a little, before looking over to see Hannah still complaining about how rides like this should be made to work for everyone of every body type.
"'Scuse us" Jett states calmly as he 'borrows' her tip and starts swimming away.
"Hey get back here!" Hannah yelled over at them.
"Hey, if you can catch us you can try" Jett taunted as the two of them just continued swimming away with no problem.
Hannah just groaned in defeat.
Confessional: The Toxic Couple
Hannah was fuming in anger "once again white men think they can just take whatever they want without any consequences!" She groaned. Barely able to share how angry she was "He can't get away with this!"
Joshua smiled nervously "y-yea, w-we need to s-show him that this is a woman's world."
Hannah softened a little at him saying that "glad to hear at least one privileged white man gets the problem here"
XXX
The camera showed a map of the airport "More and more teams continue to make their way to the planes where they book their flights. On our first flight, we have the teams Last Resort, the Circus Partners, the Opposite Couple, Disorganized Disaster, the Opposite Twins, and the Ninja Schoolers!"
Symbols with their faces on them appeared. "Then, for our second class flight, we have the Hall of Famers, the Rivalry Twins, the Simps, La Familia, the Internet Losers, and the Psychics!"
Their symbols appear as it then moves further back "thuschuckledJoshuaJoshuaJoshuag us with two plane rides. And boy, do you not want to be on either of these!"
Richard snickered a bit "for our second to last trip, we got the Runaways, the Toxic Couple, the Unbalanced Friendship, Psychic and Skeptic, the Bandmates, and Brains and Brawn….. leaving us with the Polar Opposites and the Wilderness Girls in last!"
Confessional: Wilderness Girls
"Last place…" Bea looked down a bit "admittedly the stairs weren't a great choice. Even that scrawny kid, Freddy I think, had trouble with it so obviously, it wasn't me slowing us down or anything"
Sophie just nodded along with her "oh yea, don't worry about it grandma I'm sure we can get back to a higher spot! We'll only be a bit behind everyone else"
Bea smiled and pat Sophie on the head "that's the kind of confidence I look for with my troop!"
XXX
Confessional: Polar Opposites
"Well, this isn't going as well as I hoped" Anne smiled sheepishly as she rubbed her arm "I mean, I really thought this would be a piece of cake" she pulls a slice of cake out of her bag and starts to slowly eat it.
Hope was just looking down pathetically "this is all my fault anyway. I'm so thin that wind would've blown me off if you didn't care…"
"There's no need to look down yet!" Anne raised her hand "we'll last at least two more episodes, I promise you that much!"
"With your skills, we might at least get close to not last…"
XXX
Soon enough, the first plane was taking off to Morocco. With those 6 teams in the lead running out of the airport and to the closest Dickbox.
"Alright, already taking a lead!" Tyson smiled confidently as Kali took the tip and started reading it "It's an All-In!"
/
"That's right, an All-in is when we have both members of a team take part in a challenge" Richard was standing in front of a large expansive desert "and for this challenge, they have to make it all the way here to this quaint little spices shop. Wherein, they will have to select five of these exotic spices. From there, they'll get their next tip"
/
All the teams immediately ran towards some taxis. Tyson and Kali jump into theirs, before quickly kissing each other.
Bonnie jumped into the first taxi she could find, keeping the door open for Tamera.
"Ugh, that seat looks so nasty!" Tamera complained, holding her hands up as she backed up slightly.
"Come on come on, if you don't want to get dirty you can just sit on my lap!" Bonnie smiled perversely as she pats her lap. Which just disgusted Tamera more.
While Tamera was still considering her best course of action, the other teams drove past them. In the taxi leading the group was team Turtle School. Ninjas was sitting on her knees as she looked back to the other teams "we're actually in the lead sensei!"
Shiro nods slowly, rubbing his beard "yes young grasshopper, our early lead is very much appreciated, but, we cannot think too far ahead. For one to win the future, they must first conquer the present"
Ninja's eyes beamed hearing him say that "oh that's genius sensei!"
Shiro had a small confident smile "well it's all thanks to my students keeping me sharp" Shiro turned towards the camera seeing it was on them "and my words of wisdom can be shared with anyone wishing to join the Turtle School of the Martial Arts. We have people of all kinds at the school so sign up today!" he flashed the camera a smile as it quickly cut scenes to the groups making it to the spices shop, except for team Last Resort.
The Disorganized Disaster ran to the shop, followed by the Clown Posse. Desmond looked down at the spices and frowned a bit to himself "hey, why aren't any of these marked? How are we doing to know which is which?"
The man behind the counter just shrugged at him, not really having an answer.
"Well, this just became a little more annoying" Ben murmured to himself. He tapped his chin as he looked over the different spices.
Desmond smiled "I do not doubt that you can get the right one's buddy boy!"
Ben rolled his eyes a little, trying to tune the other boy out. He continued to look over them for a few minutes until the other three teams behind them were starting to get annoyed.
"Is he going to be at this all day?" Zeth asked annoyedly. Tapping her foot on the ground.
"At this rate" Piccolo looked around at the spices "whatever, just grab me and the big bozo some of the ones close to you. I doubt it'll matter" the clown raised his hands, taking the bag of spices and the next tip.
/
"Once the teams have selected their spices, they have to take them here by riding on camel-back" Richard explained, with his jacket tied around his waist. He walked to his left, and towards another local of Morocco stirring something in a large pot.
"Once you get here, hey, all you gotta do is stew it up, doesn't sound so hard does it?" Richard smiled at the camera, trying to not laugh too much.
/
"And while those teams begin their trek" it moves to the Clown duo getting on a camel with the Opposite Couple and the Turtle School following behind. Still at the spices stand was the Disorganized Disaster team as Ben tried to assess the situation, and team Last Resort as they just made it over.
"But, our second flight isn't far from making its way over as we speak. Leaving those on the last two flights all on their own. But, gives them plenty of time to talk strategy!"
It cuts to the airport, where most of the contestants were off by themselves. It moved over to the Brains and Brawn to show Danny picking his ear before looking at the wax on his finger. He slowly just rubbed it on Freddy's sleeve when he wasn't looking "lots of strategies here!"
/
It cuts back to the contestants who were stuck on the second flight. They were all running out of the airport and quickly grabbed their tips "we gotta get to the desert, come on Deion!" Joe yelled as he ran in the way of traffic to grab a car.
"Joe, don't just run in the way of a taxi!" Deion yelled as he chased after his partner.
While those two were having their own fun adventure, Maya was standing near the road and waving her hand "hellooooooooo" Maya tried to garner their attention while Jeremy continued to listen to his music.
A taxi driver soon drove near them, with the man lowering the window and smirking at her "oh thanks!" Maya smiled and jumped into the back, slowly being followed by Jeremy.
While they were already getting a ride, Margaret imposed a similar strategy, standing by the streets as she waited for someone to stop for them. After a few moments, a few men with black attire drove over.
Margaret sighed at the group "of course you guys are our ride. Come along Maria" Margaret side-eyed the other girl, making sure she wasn't thinking of doing anything she'd regret.
Maria just nodded and walks towards the doors, only for them to suddenly open. Maria looked a little surprised before looking over to see Adam smiling at her "please excuse me and my associate. We just couldn't let two cute girls open their doors on their own" Adam winked a little at her, causing her to blush a little as she slowly got in.
Meanwhile, on the other side Rodney was smiling like an idiot at Margaret "you I- Love is- your hat- love-" Margaret just walked into the car and slammed the door behind her.
Back at the dickbox, Guy was looking around "wait… where the heck did the Psychics go?"
/
Ben was still scratching his chin as he looked over the spices when suddenly he felt someone tap him on the shoulder. Ben sighed "Desmond, I'm in the middle of thinking I told you not to bug me"
"Sorry, but we are not him" Ben turned towards the feminine voice to see it was just Dawn and Jaime.
"Oh, go ahead I guess" Ben moved slightly to the side before his eyes widened slightly.
"We'll take a Cumin, paprika, cinnamon, saffron, and ginger" Dawn and Jaime say at the same time. Smiling as they took their tip and went off to the camels.
"Ben, can we move on now, please?" Desmond smiled sheepishly at him "we're already behind, what's the harm of just taking some of them?"
"We'll take what they had" Ben finally says, pointing exactly at theirs as he took the spices.
Desmond smiled at his 'friend' almost immediately "you were just waiting for someone who knew their spices! Genius!"
"Don't make it a big deal, we gotta go catch back up with the others" Ben states dismissively as he ran towards the closest camel and hitched a ride.
/
Further ahead, the leading teams were riding on their camels in the harsh desert. Almost everyone was sweating profusely. Well, except for Tamera who was being protected by Bonnie, who stood in the way of the sun.
However, as usual, the Opposite couple was taking the lead, Tyson smiled when he saw something in the distance "we're getting there!" He cheered happily.
Kali smiled faintly as she looked in the distance "babe… I think you're seeing a mirage"
He looked further ahead before lowering his head "yep…"
Meanwhile, not far behind him the Opposite Twins were barely holding onto the camel together "this camel is so crowded" Zeth groaned weakly before shoving Seth off "much better…"
/
"This just in, our last plane is getting closer! And the next, much crappier plane carrying our bottom two will be taking off ten minutes after that!" the screen showed their planes flying in "now that they're in the game, the race for last place has begun!"
/
The second planers made their way to the spices, with the Hall of Famers almost immediately just grabbing whatever they could before running to their camels.
Maya smiled absentmindedly as she looked up at the spices "man I have no idea which of these spices could be which"
Jeremy raised his hand up "well I think it might be-"
"I'll take these five!" She pointed at what seemed to be just five random spices. Maya smiled and clapped her hands before running away with the spices. Jeremy started sweating more nervously as he tried chasing after her.
The rest of the groups were more or less just chosen randomly.
When they get to the camels, the simps follow La Familia with small smiles "would you like some help up?" Adam smiled towards Maria.
"I-I'll be fine" Maria blushed faintly as her team started riding off.
Adam smirked a little to himself as he waved them off.
Confessional: La Familia
Maria was still blushing as Margaret looked annoyed "those two are really starting to feel suspicious now. I mean, they've followed us since we got here"
Maria chuckled a little "I-I think they're just into you Margaret"
Margaret side-eyed her skeptically "or they're here just to help someone get out of the competition… for some reason"
Maria nervously looked at the camera as she started sweating.
XXX
The group on the camels eventually make it to the man stewing something in a large pot. However, the teams just see Dawn and Jaime standing there while petting their camel.
"H-how did they get ahead of us!?" Piccolo yelled in exasperation.
Dawn turned towards the group before smiling "oh, we took a short cut"
Instead of responding, Zeth pretty much passes out and falls off the side of her camel.
"Can you at least tell us what the challenge is?" Piccolo asked nonchalantly.
Dawn was about to say something before Jaime covered her mouth "they don't need to know one of them has to drink the chili yet. Let's just get going, getting first in our first challenge would be great for mother earth"
Dawn looked at him for a moment before walking away "you're right. I wish you all luck with this challenge!" Dawn waved as Jaime and she start walking away from the chef.
Tyson finally got off and walked over, handing the man their spices as he read their newest tip "ah, a botch or watch!"
"Oh… and one of us gets to drink the … how nice" Kali chuckled nervously.
/
Further back and all the last people were getting their spices.
Hannah side-eyed Joshua as most of the teams picked "it would be sexist to make the woman do it, thinking she would know the differences in spices. You do it!"
Joshua didn't complain, just looking over the spices on his own.
"hey, thanks pal" Jett shot him a finger pistol. However, the guy didn't respond "I said thanks" he states dryly.
"Jett, he doesn't speak English" Tess smiled "sorry about him" she waved her hands "I SAID SORRY ABOUT THAT" she gets in the guy's face when he says tried to communicate with him.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Hannah's jaw literally dropped as she stomped towards them.
"Great, two-ton Kathy has something to say" Jett rolled his eyes at her, smirking a little seeing how pissed she was starting to get.
While Jett and Hannah started staring each other down, the other groups were slowly starting to sneak past them.
"Good to see people have their eyes on the prize" Freddy stated sarcastically to Danny.
"I can't say I'll miss either of them a lot" he joked back.
"You're really starting to get on my nerves!" Hannah continued to yell at the handsome traveler. Joshua noticed the Wilderness Girls and the Polar Opposites pass them by as he tried pulling her sleeve "Not now Joshua!"
"You're worse than the host if you think you can just act like that towards anyone who doesn't fall into your world view" Jett scowled at her "originally you came off as someone who came from a hell of a cushy family and doesn't know what life is like. And I'm glad I totally had you pegged"
Joshua blushed slightly at the last word Jett says. Hannah was practically foaming at the mouth "you fucking men think you can just insult and walk over anyone and I'm sick of it!"
Jett rolled his eyes in annoyance "come on Tess, we gotta get going" Jett grabbed his partner's arm and walked towards the camels.
Meanwhile, Joshua was just trying to calm his girlfriend however he could.
/
Further ahead in the challenge, the second fighters were finally rolling into their destination. All the teams from the first flight were already into the slurping process.
Tamera, Seth, Tyson, Dawn, Ninja, and Ben. Ninja had to lower her scarf to gulp down the chili, showing off a narky scar on her lip.
"Oh god look at that!" Piccolo pointed at Ninja, obviously looking disgusted.
Ninja blushed hard as she moved her scarf back up.
"Come on Ninja, ignore them. One must use their biggest weakness as a strength"
Ninja slowly started smiling before turning back towards Piccolo and Monstro to fully show off her scar. Monstro's eyes widened as his cheeks puff up.
"Don't you dare throw up! Swallow it!" Piccolo quickly demanded. With Monstro just trying his hardest to keep it together.
Further ahead, Dawn was wiping her lips as she put the bowl down "first place here we come!" Jaime cheered.
"Don't get too confident" they turned to see Ben's blank expression "nice to see we "guessed" right"
Dawn and Jaime looked at each other, before immediately making a break for the chill zone.
Richard was tapping his foot looking down at his watch further away from them, he looked offscreen "so I literally just wait here the whole time?"
Someone talked off-screen "seriously? That sucks"
He looked back over to the side and sees the two teams running towards him. Both teams landed on the chill zone at the same time.
Richard smiled a bit at Dawn, walking towards her, and held her hand, before shaking it "well, congrats on claiming first!"
"Hey, we got here just as fast!" Desmond loudly complained.
Richard didn't even pay attention to the two of them "oh right, and the Disaster Situation gets second"
Jaime awkwardly got inbetween Dawn and Richard "w-we should get out of the way for the other teams" he smiled meekly at his partner.
"Yes, that's a good idea" Dawn nods as she walked past Richard. Not even reacting to his stares at her. Desmond walked past him with an annoyed glare, but Ben was still rather neutral.
Richard smiled at the camera before it shifted to a black screen "in third we have Turtle School! Fourth is the Opposite Twins, followed by a close fifth place featuring the Clown Posse!" Piccolo and Monstro's icon showed a little green covering Piccolo, who looked more annoyed than usual.
"And then, in a lucky sixth place is the Opposite Couple. The race for first is long over but the race for last continues to heat up!"
/
Several more groups have gotten to the chili competition and were slurping as fast as they or their mouths could go. For the second flighters: Blake, Deion, Jeremy, Maria, and Adam slurping their s.
Tamera was taking small sips of the chili, before groaning a bit "ugh, it's too spicy!"
Bonnie gave her an encouraging smile "you got this Tamera! You're way spicier than that!"
Tamera groaned before sipping some more of it "and when you're done I'll be more than happy to cool down your mouth with my sali-"
Tamera's cheeks puffed up as she spat the chili all over Bonnie "y-you're so lucky that wasn't vomit…"
While Bonnie was laying down the flirt, most of the other teams were handling their s pretty well. Except for Jeremy, who was sweating and panting as he lowered his bowl every single sip.
"We… we really chose the wrong ingredients…" Jeremy panted, hunching forward in pain "I feel like my lungs are literally burning"
Maya just smiled encouragingly at him "you can do it, baby bro!" She just continued to encourage.
The Simps and La Familia however finish theirs rather quickly, with Adam throwing his bowl over his shoulder "ah, that was hot. But not as hot as that girl over there" he makes sure to make it loud enough for her to hear before turning towards Maria and winking.
Maria blushed, but Margaret didn't give her time to say anything as she quickly dragged her along.
"Well, at least she noticed" Adam joked to Rodney.
"Well I'm glad you're getting some luck" Rodney chuckled a little "but, uh, maybe we should chase after them"
"No no Rodney. A true Simp waits for the girl to get used to the affection. Then they go all-in"
Rodney shook his head "no, I meant that the other teams were getting here" Rodney threw his thumb over his shoulder, showing the other teams were catching up, with the two arguing teams trailing behind the others.
"Oh shit, you're right Rodney!" Adam grabbed his arm and quickly started running off.
/
"La Familia is 7th, Simps 8th, and Last Resort made their way to 9th place!" Richard announces with their symbols appearing on-screen "and now, everyone is racing for the illusive not-last place"
For the last few groups, Makenna, Hope, Bea, Hannah, Jett, Danny, Laurie, and Aisling.
"K-Kylie… i-it's way too hot!" Laurie whimpered pathetically.
"Drink it! If you think you can get far in a competition like this you gotta be able to handle something as simple as some hot chili!" Laurie just looked down a bit before sipping the chili faster.
"That girl's intense" Freddy murmured as Danny gets through his chili fast "glad we don't gotta work alongside her"
"She could probably run up some stairs at least" Danny lightly jabbed his partner. Freddy smirked back at him before shoving the chili back down his throat.
Meanwhile, Aisling was drinking the chili and obviously sweating and panting through the sips.
"What? Was your prediction wrong and you made a bad choice?" Arnold asked dryly.
Aisling smiled "if fate chose for me to do this then I'll do it!" She starts sipping faster until suddenly her eyes started to dilate.
"Are you ok-" Arnold asked skeptically as he pointed at her eyes before someone cut him off.
"Done!" the teams heard a woman yell as they turned towards Makenna who then smashed the bowl against her head "woo that was good!"
Cord smiled a bit as they just started running off.
Joe and Maya both looked at their partners before "helping" them gulp down more of their chili. "Done!" Joe announces before running off.
"Ok, forget what I said. Drink it all until you're sweating fire" Arnold crossed his arms.
/
"10th- the Bandmates, 11th- the Hall of Famers, 12th are the Rivalry Twins! And following from there we have the Brains and Brawn in 13th, then the Unbalanced Friendship in 14th. 15th and 16th are the Polar Opposites and the Wilderness Girls respectively." Their logos continued to flash on-screen "17th is the Internet losers! Then 18th is the Psychic and Skeptic! The race for last place is starting to heat up!"
The camera cuts back to the Runaways and the Toxic Couple.
"Y-you can finish it, Hannah, I-I believe in you!"
"Don't t-talk to me while I'm doing stuff" Hannah panted, barely gulping down any of the chili before having to pull back.
Jett smiled, getting through his chili pretty easily before throwing it at the back of Hannah's head "well Tess, good picks gotta say. Now, let's go take our win" Jett smirked as he lightly jogged away from the Toxic Couple, with Tess happily following.
Hannah's eyes widened in anger, raising the bowl to down all the chili before turning towards the Runaways "they're going down!"
Hannah screeched as she started angrily chasing after them. Joshua, not wanting to get left behind hopped onto her back and rode her towards the Chill zone.
"Uh, Jett?" Tess whispered nervously while tapping his shoulder.
Jett raised an eyebrow at her, before turning around to see Hannah running towards them. His eyes widened as he quickly started running faster "she's fast for someone who spends all their time indoors"
The two teams continued their foot race to the chill zone, with the camera down at the red carpet. After a few moments, a foot stomped down on the ground.
"Jett, Tess. You both get to race another day!" Richard happily announced to the two, trying to go in for a hug with Tess only for Jett to push him back a bit.
"I knew we could make it" Jett smiled confidently.
Hannah and Joshua stopped at the chill zone. However, Hannah was far from being done with this "why do they get to stay!? Did you not see how they insulted the local for not knowing English!?"
"Sorry Toxic Couple" Richard smiled at the two "but this game isn't about being mean to other people. In fact, that's why it's a show, to begin with"
Joshua meekly looked down "d-do we at least get anything from them taking our tip?"
Richard perked up slightly "stole your tip you say?" he rubbed his chin.
"U-uh, yea. They didn't grab their tip so they just took ours" Joshua smiled a little "d-does that matter?"
Richard nodded and pointed back at the Runaways "sorry you two, but you have to grab your own tips to progress. Thus meaning you have a penalty. Meaning! The Toxic Couple is still in and you're so out!"
Joshua had a big grin on his face as he hugged Hannah, who was quietly grumbling to herself about Richard only listening to white men.
"That's not fair!" Jett loudly complained.
Richard shrugged "sorry. Maybe you should've gotten your own tip"
/
"Well, that sucked" Jett spoke as the scene flashed back to the little time they had on screen.
"I do wish we couldn't gone further, but we still got to go to Morocco for free! That's a win in my book!"
Jett's tone softened slightly "well, it was nice getting to travel with you. It'll be nice to not have to deal with Hannah any longer"
The camera moves back to the two losers walking in the desert "I definitely "borrowed" some money from Hannah while she was screaming, anywhere you wanna go?" Jett grinned at his partner.
"I always wanted to go to Italy again!" Tess smiled as she raised her hands excitedly.
"Well, let's get us some first-class tickets" he snickered.
/
"Well, that's one team down. And oh so many to go on our 26 legged race around the world! But which of these teams will go next? And which of these teams will put out to stay in the game? Hopefully, god I hope for that second part, we'll find out in the next episode of... The Radickulous Race!"
20th: the Runaways
AN: and we finally got through the first elimination. There's still a lot of characters to write, but I think in this chapter I did a bit better with dividing some time between them. Naturally, some teams got the shaft, but, every team got a line minimum. Now, for the Runaways. The reason they went first was in part me wanting to do someone who would be a surprise. Since more often than not people would guess the Toxic Couple or the Internet Losers go first. It also helps I have other teams with dynamics that aren't so far off with having a social-friendly one with their partner being more on the cold serious side of things. But hey, while I had them I really enjoyed them.