Richard was smirking slightly as he talked to some local women "You know if you want to come back with me, we Canadians have indoor plumbing" he leaned in closer.
Both girls just looked insulted as they got up and walked away from him.
Richard lowered his head in disappointment before looking back at the camera and forcing a small smile "Ah, hello viewers!" He forced a cheery chuckle "Didn't see you there… and that cameraman is definitely getting fired after today" he whispered the second part threateningly.
"But last time on the Radickulous Race, we went down to Zimbabwe, enjoying the sights" it shows the teams falling down from a large waterfall "And the nature" shows the hyenas gnawing on Piccolo and the rhinos running over Deion and Joe.
"But, in the end, La Familia managed to take out the Famers before they could do the same. With Deion now being stuck in a third world hospital," it shows Deion with a full-body cast and a defibrillator.
"But with all the drama brewing under the surface, let's cut right to the chase in today's episode of… the Radickulous Race!"
Intro plays
The first part of the challenge is set at the very start of the chill zone from the last leg. Arnold and Aisling were the first two to walk up to the new dickbox.
"First place, and on to a second consecutive first place" Arnold smirked as he tapped the top and pulled out the tip.
Arnold started reading the tip, with Aisling leaning over his shoulder "Oh, this is one of those tips that only gives a location to get to. Lame"
"Well, we better hurry there then!" Aisling smiled as she grabbed his arm.
Arnold just turned his arm around to grab her by the arm. "I'll lead the way, let's go!"
"Yes sir" she saluted before following after him.
Richard appeared in Australia with the Sydney Opera house "Today's challenge, we're going to Australia. The weird cousin of the Anglo-sphere. All the contestants need to do land at the Sydney airport and from there they will be running to Geelong for the first real challenge of the day!"
Richard stood there, waiting for it to cut back to the contestants when he looked to the side to see a large furry spider crawling towards him "Get away" he waved.
The spider however didn't care about his wave as it continued to crawl "Interns step on that thing!" He screamed while running off-screen as it picked up after him.
All of the contestants made their way to the plane. For once, everyone was now seated on the same plane. Everyone was sitting in the order they came in for the last leg of the race. Because of this, the Last Resorts were seated close to the Polar Opposites. Tamera was listening to some music with her headphones as Bonnie just slouched forward in her seat.
Hope silently looked over at the two to see how miserable Bonnie was sitting around with Tamera.
"That team somehow got more awkward than it ever was before" Anne lightly joke.
Confessional: Hope
"I didn't see their fallout, but from what I heard the others say Tamera got mad and yelled at Bonnie… I thought those two were a public couple that just liked to bicker. Like an old married couple. But seeing how she tore Bonnie's heart apart… I m-may have realized I c-could do better with my relationship advice…" Hope sighed miserably "I-I think I s-should just accept that Anne can do so much better than me already. It'd be best for both of us"
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Many others weren't in the best of moods similar to them. Makenna was still down about her missing locket, but Cord and the Simps were still trying to make her feel better as Maria silently watched.
"I can't believe I lost it… I'm such an idiot" she groaned softly.
"Come on Makenna, I'm sure it'll come up… eventually" Cord pat her back. She looked just as sad as her friend just having her be like this.
"Yea, I'm sure they kept some people back there" Rodney smiled as Adam just quietly nodded his head.
"It was a big river… I don't see it coming up anytime soon" she sighed as she got up "I need to be alone for a little bit. Sorry guys"
"Don't worry about it" Adam waved his hand "take as long as you need"
She only nodded as she walked to the bathroom on the plane. She leaned down at the sink to splash herself in the face. She was trying not to get upset. She looked up to the mirror, before looking down to see a small picture resting on the sink.
She grabbed it and pulled it up to her face, seeing that it was a picture of her locket that was in the same restroom behind the toilet.
Her eyes shot open as she looked around to find the toilet. She dove to the ground and looked behind it, not seeing her locket around at this point.
Confessional: Makenna
She was still standing in the bathroom as she clutched the photo "Someone on this plane has it… and they're taunting me!" The rocker balled the photo in her fist "Whoever has that locket is going to pay when I find out who did it!" For once she seemed to be more than angry but on a warpath.
XXX
"What a beautiful trip" Tamera grinned confidently as she hears Makenna rummaging all around the cell room.
However, all of the contestants were quickly distracted from their own issues when Richard's face suddenly appeared on their little movie screens "Hello contestants! Hope you're all excited about this trip and all. But we got a special one, today folks! Like last time, we're introducing a new gimmick. And this one fits in with our next location. It's the Boomerang!"
On the screen, a red boomerang was tied to the normal blue one. "When a team receives this tip, they can send anyone they choose back to the start of the challenge. So be on the lookout for anything like that!"
Almost immediately everyone took an interest in these. "Only two of these are around so you better be on the lookout!"
Not long after this announcement, they landed, and everyone immediately started sprinting to their next dickbox. This leads them to Geelong where a dickbox was set up next to a large brick wall with some fencing atop them.
Desmond was the first one to run to the dickbox, trying to grab the tip before Hannah pushed him aside with her large weight, before then being pushed aside by Monstro as Piccolo snatched the first tip "Alright what do we have here?" Piccolo began to quickly read over the tip before frowning towards the camera "This is so fucking embarrassing" he deadpanned before a security guard tackled him to the ground.
Richard was standing in front of a large gate, which was then in front of a large prison "For the big challenge in this race, the teams are going to be put in this retired top of the line prison. Most rooms should have some way to sneak out of it, but we didn't exactly check all of the rooms or anything" he grinned in amusement.
Behind him, Hannah was screaming and fighting against a swarm of police officers as they tried their hardest to drag her back into the prison. "You pigs cant' take whoever you want to jail! Black lives matter! Black lives-" the cops finally pulled her into the prison so the camera couldn't tune her in any longer.
"Phew that one got close" he wiped his brow.
Tamera and Bonnie moved up in the line to move on. Tamera stood back slightly as she beckoned for Bonnie to go ahead "If they tackle you it won't be as big of a problem for us. But I don't want to get my beautiful face blemished in some way"
"I understand" Bonnie murmured sadly as she tapped the dickbox. She looked down at the tip to see that it had the red boomerang attached to it. Before even Tamera noticed she snatched it and put it in her pocket with a small smirk.
Bonnie then looked up to see security guards running towards them, causing Bonnie to smile wide as she extended her arms, welcoming them to tackle her. Which they did, piling on top of her.
"I'm living the dream" Bonnie groaned while giving her partner a thumbs up.
"You're disgusting" Tamera rolled her eyes before walking to the prison.
Meanwhile, Margaret and Maria stood behind all of the others as they looked at each other. Margaret looked more concerned than Maria was, however. "We need to find a way to get past this segment" Margaret whispered angrily looking at all of the police guards who no doubt have seen her before in one way or another.
"It's a challenge we kinda have to accept it" Maria murmured.
Margaret groaned angrily as they followed behind the Simps. The cops came around, picking them up by their wrists. However, they don't even get close to going inside as they look more suspicious at the two "You're kind of familiar" one murmured while staring at Margaret.
Margaret was ready to call in one of her men to take care of the issue when Adam spoke up from beside them "Oh, that's because both of them are models" He smiled "Specifically the redhead, I'm sure you've seen them before somewhere"
"Quiet inmate!" The cop hits him in the arm with a baton as the four of them are dragged in. Maria couldn't contain her smile as La Familia was chucked into a cell next to the Simps.
Their cell was pretty basic. It had a cell window, a bunk bed with blue blankets, and a toilet.
"Let's just try finding a way out of here" Margaret cracked her knuckles "Many of my men have found a way to sneak out so this should be more than easy for us"
"I'll leave you to it" Maria murmured while sitting down on the bunk bed.
"Just touch every part of the walls" Margaret threatened as she started lightly tapping on the cell windows.
"Yes ma'am" she grumbled before getting up to get to work on escaping.
In another cell, the Disorganized Disaster was thrown into an almost identical cell. Ben silently dusted himself off as he stood up and looked around, seeing how small their cell really was in his mind.
"Alright, let's get this challenge done!" Desmond smiled while raising his hand for a high-five with his partner.
Ben however didn't respond as he silently moved to the cell window and aggressively pulled on them to desperately try pulling them open.
"Woah, woah Ben are you ok?" His partner worried before trying to grab him by his shoulders.
Ben turned around to look at his partner, showing he was distraught. Desmond frowned slightly as he looked at him "Are you ok?"
"No. I'm not ok. We need to find the fastest way out of here and pronto!" Ben went back to banging on the bars like a wild animal.
Desmond backed up slightly, raising his hands defensively.
Confessional: Desmond
Desmond was standing in the cell while looking away from his partner "I've never seen Ben act anything like this before. If I'm honest, I'm sincerely starting to worry about him. I always liked how Ben was, even if his lack of emotion can make talking difficult Ben is Ben and that's great. What was I getting at again…?" Desmond scratched his neck "Oh, right! We need to get to work getting him out of here as soon as possible!"
XXX
Monstro and Piccolo, like everyone else, were locked up in a room together. Piccolo was leaning against the prison cell, pressing his face against the cells.
"I thought I'd go to jail for not being funny… but for once I'm actually innocent" he whined.
"Quiet down inmate!" One of the cops opened the cell door suddenly just to jab him in the throat.
Piccolo groaned in pain as he dropped onto his knees "I-I'm going to cut your tires" he groaned before balling on the floor
Monstro rushed over to his down friend "That wasn't nice Mr. guard!"
"Oh, you want one too tiny?" A guard threatened.
"Sure!" He dropped his friend back to the ground as he stood up.
"Alright, you asked for it!" The guard opened the cell again to try swatting the giant, however, the giant grabbed him by the arm and tossed him through a wall.
Piccolo snickered slightly as he got back up "nothing nicer than someone else being in more pain than yourself"
Monstro then suddenly picked Piccolo up under his arm "Let's go! I can't take being a criminal any longer!" Monstro yelled before running out the opening.
"Don't worry you'll get used to it" the clown murmured.
Naturally, another team to be making some progress on their escape was the Ninja School. While Ninja's weaponry had been confiscated from her. But that wasn't going to stop the two of them.
"How are we getting out this time sensei?" Ninja smiled excitedly, just waiting to see some master move from her master.
Shiro just smiled at her as he cracked his knuckles "Don't you worry Ninja. Your sensei has been in more dangerous cases than this before"
The small pervert moved his legs to the sides to get into a sumo wrestling stance. He turned to the wall with the cell window as he placed his hands on his hips.
He spoke three Japanese words under his breath before slamming his hands into the wall, causing the wall to practically fly off without any issue.
"Woah!" Ninja's eyes widened at his impressive use of force.
"Impressed?" Shiro smiled smugly as he pointed at himself with his thumb.
"It feels like I'll never match your abilities sensei" Ninja's smile became a little weaker.
Shiro smiled as he pats her on her upper leg "Don't worry Ninja-san, believe it or not, but when I was your age I could hardly cut a bamboo leaf flying in the air with my katana. Besides, depending on how you train Sophie you might be next in line to inherit my dojo when I die. Or when I get a bikini model and lose interest"
Shiro started climbing down the side of the prison, but Ninja wasn't following him. She was staring in the distance with a wide starry-eyed smile.
"I-I could become the sensei…?" She grabbed her scarf as she tried to keep herself from bouncing up and down.
"Are you coming?" Shiro called from the ground, however, this alerted some guard dogs that quickly started chasing after him.
"Oh- coming sensei!" Ninja called before jumping down after him.
In yet another room the Polar Opposites were slowly feeling around the room. Or at least Anne was, Hope was lying on the lower part of the bunk bed in the fetal position while facing the wall.
Anne turned away from the wall to look at her moping friend. She silently moved over to Hope to lie down next to her on the bed "How are you doin?" She asked quietly.
"I've been better" Hope murmured sadly.
"What's wrong?" Anne smiled while pulling her closer to hug her "I hope you've been Anjoying our time together on this show and I'm not annoying you"
Hope giggled softly before quickly frowning sadly again as she hugged herself "I'm… s-sorry how I treated you. Filth like me shouldn't be treating someone as great as you like that"
"Treating me-" Anne giggled almost immediately "I'm not that great, and you haven't been treating me that bad. I've had a blast since we got here!"
"No…. I took advice from… Tamera about how I should treat you and, well, I listened to it. She told me I should be rude to get your attention so after realizing how she is I just want to roll up and die"
Anne smiled and hugged her closer "Don't worry about it. You're still the only person to laugh at my jokes. And that means more than anything to me!" She smiled.
Hope slowly turned up to Anne with a purely blank expression on her face. Before either of them knew what was happening Hope leaned up to peck Anne on the lips.
The sad girl smiled softly to herself, however, Anne's entire face turned bright red as she jumped away from the bed with a shocked expression.
"H-Hope, I, uh didn't-"
While Anne was trying to process what had just happened, the bed Hope was lying on simply collapsed in on itself.
"H-Hope?" Anne peeked down the hole to try and see Hope.
"I-I'm ok… physically" she murmured.
Confessional: Hope
"I'm as dumb as a bag of bricks" Hope murmured miserably "I-I assumed Anne w-was sick of me at this point. S-So getting a-any positive emotion from h-her kind of made me a-act without thinking. And now it's even more ruined than it was before" she slammed her head against the wall in the hole she found herself in.
XXX
Confessional: Anne
Anne had a deep blush on her face but a much larger smile "This is… probably the best day ever"
XXX
Past the prison, some teams were already making their way out of the prison. Thanks to the dogs harassing Shiro and Hope and Anne getting distracted, the Wilderness Girls and the Clowns actually managed to get an early lead.
Piccolo's face was practically one giant bruise while Sophie's fists had bruises all over as she softly rubbed them.
"What happened to the small one?" Monstro asked politely.
"She tried punching through the walls," Bea said while giving Sophie a disappointing look. "What happened to your clown?"
"I broke down the wall with him as the weapon!" Monstro smiled proudly.
Bea stared at him for a moment before pulling Sophie closer to herself "y-you can grab the next tip first"
"Oh, thanks!" Monstro smiled.
Piccolo walked up to a dickbox dressed up as a stereotypical Aussie. He pulled the tip and silently looked down at it "Teams have to make their own transportation to… New Zealand"
Piccolo looked back at Monstro after reading "What the hell is a New Zealand?"
An intern was sitting in a makeshift fighter pilot as Richard pat it on the back, causing it to start taking off. "As he said, make any form of transportation and take it to New Zealand."
As the plane flew into the sky Richard turned away from it as it blew up in a massive explosion "Of course dying does mean you're eliminated too"
"Well, let's get to work Pickle-o!" Monstro smiled before pulling him under his arm and dragging him away.
Bea smiled almost excitedly for this challenge "This is the perfect challenge for us Sophie. You might as well have passed the crafting badge five times by now"
While Bea was talking Sophie had gone somewhere else to put some wood on two stacks of stone before trying to chop it in half, however, it just hurt her arms more than they already were.
Bea frowned before grabbing Sophie by her ear "Listen when your grandmother is talking to you Sophie" she scolded.
"Ow, ow!" Sophie whimpered "I'm sorry I'm sorry!"
"Good, now you're going to help me on the plane, ok?"
"Y-Yes ma'am" Bea let go of her ear, which was the go-ahead for Sophie to start swiftly nailing pieces together. Bea smiled softly before going down to join her.
Arnold silently looked around the prison room, refusing to tap anything he can find. Instead, he tried using his mind to find anything not obvious for an escape.
"Excuse me Arnold" Aisling smiled while watching him work "But I do believe that the toilet would be a good use for an escape route"
"The toilet? You really think they would just have the one escape route in the toilet?" Arnold grabbed the edges of the toilet before pulling on it. To his surprise, he actually managed to pull the thing off the ground. "Oh…"
"Shall we go then?" Aisling smiled as she walked closer.
"No no no no" Arnold waved his hands "I'll find another way out that will save us far more time" Arnold grinned.
Aisling frowned "Are you sure that's worth waiting on?"
Arnold nodded "I just want to make sure there's nothing hidden here"
As the rich boy went back to looking around Aisling sighed softly. Expecting this to take a while.
In the cell across from them, Rodney and Adam were just sitting around. They hadn't made much progress with tearing down parts of the room. "I… don't mean to be gross but I kinda need to use the bathroom" Rodney chuckled awkwardly.
Adam frowned slightly "Oh, fine. Go ahead. Just try to be quiet if you can"
Rodney smiled, giving him a thumbs-up as he went to sit down at the toilet. Adam continued to sit on the bed before leaning back to relax as they thought up a plan. While he was relaxing the wall to his side suddenly cracks open as Margaret and Maria fall on top of him.
"O-Oh, hey there" Adam smiled while looking at Maria.
Maria smiled up at him as Margaret pulled herself up "Oh are you kidding me? I spent way too long trying to get out just to get into another cell"
"Well, we can at least look for an escape together" Adam smiled "With four people we can look way faster"
"No need" they all looked toward Rodney to see him holding the toilet over his head.
"How'd you know to do that Rodney?" Adam started getting up and walking over with the two girls.
"Oh, I just sat down and I realized. This place has no running water because it's abandoned. We can probably just go down here!"
"Good thinking" Adam smiled as he softly grabbed Maria's hands "Is it ok if you two come along with us?"
"It's better than wasting more time looking around" Margaret grumbled before walking ahead of the two. When she walks to Rodney she gives him a small pat on the shoulder "I give praise when it's due so well done" she barely complimented as she went down the sewage hole.
Rodney had a deep blush on his face as Maria and Adam go after Margaret. "Is he ok?" Maria whispered.
"Uh, probably not" he admitted.
Confessional: Rodney
The giant farmer boy slapped the side of his head to keep himself collected "Ok… Margaret isn't into you Rodney. She was saying good job… she doesn't want to settle down and have a family and…" he slapped his face again "Ok! Focus it all on the challenge! Yea, just focus on doing good. That'll work!"
XXX
The group of four walked around the dry sewers. Rodney made sure to walk on the opposite end of the group as Adam and Maria walked in the middle.
"Gotta say this challenge has been pretty fun" Adam smiled "Granted, I'd like it more if we were put into a cell together earlier" he flirted toward Maria.
The redhead only blushed a little as she smiled. "Keep it focused!" Margaret yelled back at them "I don't know where the exit is so you all better pay attention to the walls!"
"Yes ma'am!" Rodney saluted her as he kept his eye on all the walls to try impressing her. Margaret just rolled her eyes as they kept moving.
Above ground the Toxic Exes and the Last Resorts. Bonnie was running a bit faster than Tamera, and she looked to be in a better mood than she was before as she slowed down to her partner's speed "Hey, Tammy, I have a boomerang" she shows it off.
"And you only say so now?" The vixen angrily rolled her eyes as she tried to take the tip from Bonnie. However, the redhead pulled her arm away from her.
"Unless I get to grab something of yours you aren't taking this tip" Bonnie frowned before turning to the Exes who were slowly running in silence "But should we use the boomerang on them?"
Tamera nods "Of course! If we use it on them they'll be out for sure, just look at the big one! I don't think she could even fit through one of the prison doors"
Bonnie stopped and turned around, raising the boomerang to point it at them. The Exes stopped in their tracks before suddenly Joshua pulled his own boomerang out.
"Ah crap" Tamera worried.
"Joshua what are you doing!?" Hannah turned to her partner.
"They're about to boomerang us. I can't just not threaten them back"
Tamera raised her hands before a small smirk appeared on her face "I wish I could say this was the only time someone has tried harassing me just on the color of my skin…"
Hannah looked like she was about to explode with anger as she turned and nabbed the boomerang from him "Well maybe a white man like you should know how it feels to be disadvantaged!"
Joshua backed up "H-Hannah are you that dumb? You know if you boomerang me we'll both be sent back right?"
"Then apologize to this queen of color" Hannah threatened.
Joshua looked at Tamera, seeing her shit-eating grin as she waved condescendingly. He turned back to Hannah with an annoyed frown "I'll take the boomerang"
"Boomerang!" Hannah yelled while pointing it at him. Joshua sighed softly before two security guards suddenly appeared to drag them back to the prison.
"That went well" Tamera smirked "Now we just need to wait for the next team and we can get out no problem"
Bonnie silently looked down at her boomerang before glancing up at Tamera. The vixen looked back at her "What are you looking at me for?"
Bonnie simply raised the boomerang while pointing it at her "Boomerang"
"Wha- why are you-" two guards suddenly grabbed them before throwing them into a new cell. Joshua and Tamera looked annoyed but the other two in the room were fine with how things went.
Confessional: Bonnie
"Yea, it wasn't the best move on the planet and all, but I don't know. Tammy just being so smug made my body move on its own. And not in the usual way where I just start grabbing. Maybe I'm getting over her?" she tapped her chin before shaking her head. "No, that's not it. I think I just want to meet Tammy in the showers. Yea, that sounds right"
XXX
By now, all of the teams had moved on to the building phase of the challenge. Everyone was building in a rather open area, except for La Familia. They had moved behind a wall of trees. All of the other contestants could hear loud construction work but didn't actually see any of that.
Makenna and Cord were both building together as they silently looked throughout the area at the other contestants.
Confessional: Bandmates
"In our cell, we talked about that photo Makenna found" Cord had her arms crossed as they sat far away from all of the others "And currently, everyone is our suspect."
"Besides Monstro" Makenna smiled a little "I know that guy wouldn't be able to steal something without letting it out almost immediately"
"Right… so we're not really sure where to start besides assuming the most obvious suspects. Ie, Margaret or Tamera"
"And we're going to investigate the shit out of them" Makenna grinned.
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Makenna and Cord snuck closer to Monstro who was happily hammering on a piece of wood as Piccolo did the actual work. Monstro turned to the two of them and smiled "Oh, hey girls!" He waved.
"Hey Monstro" they waved with small smiles "Have you seen a necklace or anything that's purple by chance?" Cord asked.
He shook his head "Not really, no"
Makenna sighed softly "C-Can you at least keep a lookout for it?"
"Oh of course!" Monstro smiled "I will watch anything purple like a hawk!"
"Thanks, Monstro" they smiled again before getting back to their own work. He just gave them a thumbs up with a wide grin.
Near their spot, the Polar Opposites were awkwardly sitting with each other on the ground. Hope looked miserable as she usually did, but there was now a hint of embarrassment on her face.
Anne and Hope both reached for a plank lying on the ground when they accidentally held hands. Hope turned bright red as she stood up "S-sorry about that. I-I'm going to go slam my head against a rock"
"You don't have to do that" Anne smiled while shaking her head "Instead you can slam your head against mine for another kiss"
A blush covered Hope's face before sitting back down "D-D-Did I hear y-you right?"
"Maybe you did maybe you didn't" Anne smirked slightly before leaning toward her "What did you mean by that little peck on the lips earlier?"
Hope fidgeted "I-I'm sorry a-a-about that Anne. I-I don't really know what came over me. I-It was p-probably just the stress of the competition and-"
Anne just smiled as she spoke before leaning in to peck her on the lips. Hope's blush only deepened as she leaned back to silently stare at Anne.
Anne just smiled "You know, it's a little known fact that the Inuit always know when someone wants a kiss. They have a good nose for it" she giggled.
Hope giggled softly as she averted her gaze from Anne.
As the two of them awkwardly explored their feelings Bea and Sophie had finished most of their plane. Bea smiled proudly at their contraption "I think we should be ready to go now"
Sophie nodded slowly while wiping her brow.
"Hey, Gals" Ninja smiled while walking up to the two of them "Are you two doing ok? Need any help at all?"
"We're fine Ninja but thank you" Bea chose to not turn toward her as she started walking to their wooden plane.
"Oh, are you sure?" Ninja suddenly dropped in front of her with a wide grin. "I haven't really done carpentry or anything before but I could give your plane one quick lookover"
"I think we'll be fine…"
Ninja clasped her hands together while looking up at the gilf "Please, I have to impress Kohai if I'm to one day become her sensei" she whispered while gesturing toward Sophie.
"I… don't really know what Kohai means… but if you want to impress Sophie you may go ahead" she sighed softly.
Ninja collapsed her hands together "thank you thank you!"
Bea just nodded slowly. The martial artist smiled before running over to their plane, hammering at any piece she could find to try making this plane as stable as it could possibly be.
"She's so fast!" Sophie just watched in awe at Ninja's speed.
"It helps that we did most of it" Bea murmured before Ninja jumped back toward them.
"Your plane is secure!" Bea turned around to see that their plane suddenly looked just like an actual professional plane.
"H-How did you do that?" Bea looked genuinely surprised.
"I don't know" Ninja admitted with a wide smile "But I do know that when I close my eyes and just start swinging it usually works out pretty well"
Bea grimaced as she turned back to the plane "Thank you… Ninja"
The ninja just smiled and bowed to them "If you will excuse me, I must now run to my sensei!"
Before Bea or Sophie could thank her she had already sprinted past them. Sophie just smiled at her grandma before running over to it "I can't wait to try flying a plane!"
Bea nervously followed behind her.
Confessional: Bea
Bea was sitting in the cockpit while having Sophie stand outside of the plane "She really did a wonder on this." Bea murmured sadly while rubbing the board in front of her "I don't think I could've done this in my wildest dreams and she did it in barely a minute" she sighed softly before resting her elbows on the control board "I guess I should've stopped when I was still ahead and not hold my girls back with my old self"
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While they were still getting ready, the first team took into the sky, that one being the Disorganized Disaster. Ben was sitting in front of Desmond who just sat there in silence for most of their trip.
"So… f-feeling better now Ben?" Desmond smiled over his partner's shoulder.
"I'm just fine" Ben murmured annoyedly.
"Sorry, sorry. I just couldn't help but worry. I know I can get randomly upset too" Desmond smiled encouragingly.
Ben sighed softly "You really want to know don't you"
"Oh more than anything" Desmond quickly nodded.
Ben sighed softly "Ok, well… back home… when I told my parents about how I am… they locked me in a closet… I k-kinda remembered the claustrophobic room when it happened so I sincerely apologize if I annoyed you in the first segment Desmond"
Desmond didn't say anything, just leaning forward to hug him. He moved his head to show Ben his smile "I'm sorry to hear that happened to you, Ben, but I think you're amazing for how you are. Easily the coolest guy I've met!"
Ben smiled slightly before suddenly feeling something hit their plane. They glanced out the window to their plane to see Margaret and Maria flying in a jet black… jet.
"Be a shame if you two don't back down. Would hate to see you get lost at sea" Margaret smirked as her voice went in through their radio.
"Did you set that up?" Ben glanced at his partner. Desmond simply shrugged. The bookworm frowned before pulling the radio closer. He tapped it before leaning in close "We're gonna keep going thanks"
"Don't say I didn't warn you" Margaret growled before hanging up.
"Oh, what's the worst that lady can do?" Desmond smiled while shrugging his shoulders. Right after asking this, they flew above their plane swiftly. Almost moving too fast for them to keep up with them.
Once La Familia was securely above their plane they moved their plane down on theirs, slamming on the top to try getting them to land in the water. Whenever they tried getting out from beneath them the mafia girls just moved back into their way.
"This isn't good" Ben worried while trying to pull himself up by pushing their plane against La Familia's.
"Do… you want some worse news or do you just want to face that when we face it?" Desmond nervously braced himself.
"What are you talking about?" Ben turned around to his partner, who was pointing ahead. The bookworm turned around to see that they were flying right into an opening between two mountains. "Oh… great" he sighed.
Both planes rammed into the passageway between the mountains, causing their wings to get ripped off as they crash-landed toward the chill zone.
Richard was standing around digging into his nails before hearing them flying at him. He looked up before screaming like a little girl as he sprinted away from them. "This was a terrible idea!"
The scene suddenly turns to black as the DD and La Familia portraits appeared in the void "Ben and Desmond are safe in first place, with La Familia being second"
Meanwhile, the four boomeranged players stood in the maximum-security prison cell. Tamera and Joshua both looked genuinely annoyed at their teammates. Unlike the other rooms, this one had no window, no toilet, and not even beds.
"This is all your fault" Tamera growled angrily at her partner.
"I can't believe you're going to get us eliminated because I tried boomeranging an opponent" Joshua murmured angrily.
"Sorry" Bonnie murmured while rubbing her neck.
"I'm not!" Hannah crossed her arms angrily "You had that much coming!"
Tamera sat down on the ground, with Bonnie trying to sit down next to her. Tamera scowled before getting up again "I'm going to look around for an escape route"
"I-I can do that too" Bonnie smiled as she got up.
Before long all four of them were beginning to look around, but they didn't find anything at all. "There's just nothing" Tamera groaned before sitting on the ground again.
"I can't believe we're going to be eliminated" Joshua murmured angrily.
"Come on, there's gotta be a way out!" Bonnie tried cheering them up again "Dick wouldn't just keep us trapped in here when only one person goes home every time right?"
Hannah nods "You're right girl friend, and I already know our way out" she smirked.
"What did you find and why haven't you shared it?" Tamera scowled.
Hannah just pointed up to the ceiling to show an escape hatch.
"Oh, that's obvious looking at it now" Joshua murmured.
"It's extra obvious for women. I'm used to looking up to see the glass ceiling so that was more than easy to notice"
"So all we have to do is climb on top of each other to get out of here" Bonnie smiled while suggesting her idea.
"Oh, well Bonnie and I should go first then" Tamera smiled innocently as she stood up and held Bonnie's hand "As lesbians, it would be so great if we had an ally here who would want to help us out"
Hannah smiled "We'll help lift you two up and then you can lift us up after you that sounds more than fair!"
"Hannah" Joshua glared slightly "they obviously aren't together and you know it, Tamera literally yelled how much she hated the other one"
"Some… people just get into arguments when they like someone else" Hannah forced a smile, but it was clear she somewhat believed what he was saying.
"He's right Tammy, they obviously don't believe us" Bonnie whispered into her ear "We need to prove how much we are into each other"
Tamera tried to disguise her disgust "And how do you suggest that" she whispered back.
Bonnie leaned in closer so they were face to face as she licked her lips "A… kiss"
Tamera covered her mouth to not throw up "o-ok, one v-very quick one"
Bonnie smiled like a primal beast, to anyone not getting the context she would start being scared. Granted even with the context you would likely be intimidated by that.
Bonnie dove onto Tamera, practically slobbering all over her as she started aggressively kissing her.
Hannah smiled proudly as she watched, while Joshua looked away with a deep blush.
Confessional: Toxic Exes
Hannah and Joshua were still standing in the prison cell as Bonnie continued to go at it in the background "I told you they were lesbians" Hannah smiled smugly "I know some girl bosses when I see them"
Joshua was still blushing deeply "I-I get it y-you were right. C-Can we please get them to stop so we c-can move on?"
Hannah shook her head "Like I would get in the way of true, beautiful love" she glared down at Joshua "You should be ashamed of yourself"
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Bonnie and Tamera eventually finished making their point, with Tamera being on the top of the pillar while wiping her lips repeatedly. "Disgusting" she groaned.
"Can you reach out?" Bonnie smiled while looking up at her. Below her was Hannah with Joshua being stuck at the bottom to hold them all up.
Tamera glared silently at her before reaching up to the top and pulling herself up. She then pulled Bonnie up.
"Alright, pull us up" Hannah raised her hands toward them.
"Mmmm, sorry, but if we help you out we might lose. And after that kiss with that redheaded goblin, there's no way in hell I'm losing today!" Tamera and Bonnie both ran away from the scene.
"What!? You can't leave your fellow women behind with a man!" Hannah screamed for them.
"You're focusing on the wrong thing" Joshua groaned weakly before collapsing under Hannah's weight "At least we're finally out…"
"No" Hannah stated flatly as she cracked her neck "I refuse to let two women give lesbians a bad name" she grabbed Joshua under her arm like a suitcase.
"How are we going to get out? We lost our leverage"
"I don't need leverage" Hannah growled, lowering her body before ramming into the prison wall with all of her strength, causing it to start cracking. After two more slams, the prison wall was broken open.
"Stupid cops think they can keep a strong woman down well they're mistaken!" She screamed before running to the next leg of the race.
While those two were moving to catch up with the others, many of the other teams were making their landings in the New Zealand chill zone.
The Wilderness Girls flew in on their greatly improved plane, getting third followed by the Polar Opposites who just used a boat that was shaped like a clown wig. "I feel like I'm in the wacky races" Hope murmured from her boat.
"I don't know, I think it totally fits us!" Anne smiled as both girls jumped off while holding hands. Both girls smiled with faint blushes as they ran to the chill zone.
The Opposites thus rounded out the top four as the rest of the teams just have to try playing catch-up now.
Those teams falling behind the others but still staying ahead would be the Circus Duo, Bandmates, Simps, and Turtle School took off from the coast.
Adam and Rodney rode in a much larger ship than the others partly to house Rodney inside. They flew right next to the Bandmates, who were riding in a small fighter plane.
"Hey guys" Rodney smiled while waiving at them.
Cord smiled a bit as she waved back at them, but Makenna ignored them and kept focusing on the ocean ahead of them.
"Do you think she didn't hear me?" Rodney whispered to Adam.
"Don't mind us Rodney" Cord waved dismissively "Makenna's just not having a good day is all"
"Sorry for bothering you two" Adam apologized before flying faster to not bother the two of them.
Once they were out of sight Cord silently looked back to her partner, who sighed softly in annoyance "I'm sorry, I just can't help but be suspicious of them. Who knows, maybe they actually found the locket but didn't want to show us for some reason"
Cord nodded slowly "Just don't be too obvious about being suspicious. If they did have it they're going to be way more careful about letting it out"
She nods "You're right. As usual. Let's just focus on finishing this part of the challenge then"
As they continued they could see Monstro in a make-shift helicopter flying to the island with only Monstro. "Where'd your friend go Monstro?" Makenna asked.
"Oh, I don't know?" The gentle giant leaned up to look around, not seeing his partner anywhere.
"That's not good" Cord murmured.
As the two teams continued to fly it pans up to show Piccolo accidentally tied himself to one of the propellers. He spun rapidly in a circle but didn't seem too bothered by this.
Meanwhile, down at the water the Turtle School was riding on a giant fast-moving boat that was shaped like a giant sea turtle.
"Honestly we might need to keep this so we can take it home" Shiro smiled while holding on tight to the turtle's shell.
"It is pretty fun" Ninja smiled while sitting on the turtle's head with her tongue flopping out of her mouth like a dog looking out the window.
The screen shifted back to black as Richard continued his announcements "Simps are fifth, Bandmates then come in sixth and the clowns seventh! Then, our Turtle School fills out the end in eighth"
The camera shifted back to the second part of the challenge. Tamera and Bonnie were both rapidly putting things back together as fast as they could, with the only team still not totally done with the construction being the Lovers.
Arnold was doing the majority of the construction as Aisling sat behind him "Are you sure you don't want me to help?"
He quickly shook his head "After we had to use your escape I'm going to carry the second part of the challenge!"
"That's fine and all but… both of the other teams have started catching up" Arnold turned his head to see a furious Hannah run over before building fast enough to become a blur.
"Ah jeez," he looks at his plane "Ok we're probably good enough let's go!" The Lovers hopped into their plane and quickly took off.
The other teams looked back to see them flying away and getting a quick lead on them. Bonnie and Tamera looked down at their fully motorized motorboat.
"This should be good enough" Tamera smirked as she got in.
"Thank goodness I worked on the farm huh? I make stuff like this all the time to keep the sheep in their pen" Bonnie smiled up at her as she pushed them towards the coast.
"Cool story" she puts on some shades as she leaned back "didn't ask though"
Bonnie just continued to push into the water, hoping in with Tamera as she turned the engine on and started rocketing off the coast.
Hannah grabbed their plane, not waiting for Joshua to follow her in as she started panting and sweating from her fast and quick work.
"Hey, Hannah, are you sure this is ready?" Joshua worried as he tried to get into the plane. However, the blogger had locked the doors inside the plane.
The poor degenerate male could hear his ex turning on the engine "H-Hannah?" He kept trying to fidget with the door before Hannah started taking off.
All Joshua could do was grab onto one of the plane's wings as they took off after the other two teams.
Soon, all three teams were on their way to the final destination. However, the Last Resorts had fallen behind the other two rather quickly.
Tamera lowered her shades while looking up at them "Ok, now's the time goblin" she smirked before covering her eyes again.
"Sure thing sweet cheeks!" Bonnie saluted before reaching for an object under one of the seats, pulling out a large blue shell. She smirked up at the other teams before reeling back and throwing the shell as hard as she could.
"Where'd you even get that thing?" Tamera looked at her "My sister's a professional e-girl, I just looked for shells that looked like what she used" she shrugged.
In the air, the shell flew past the Toxic Exes, but slammed right into the Lover's plane, slamming into the side of it. Their plane started shaking and fuming as Arnold tried to keep the plane in the air.
Aisling looked back to see that Hannah was close to blasting past them "They're gaining on us Arnie"
Arnold looked over his shoulder "Shit, we gotta do something to slow them down" he tried turning the plane to get in their way but Hannah just started flying around him.
Aisling looked down at her crystal ball before sighing softly. She opened the glass cover before turning back to Hannah. The blogger looked confused at her suddenly standing up before she suddenly pulled out her crystal ball before chucking it back at her.
Hannah couldn't respond fast enough as the ball flew right into her face, knocking her out almost immediately as their plane started crashlanding into the ocean.
"Ok, we're good now" Arnold smiled in relief as he looked back to the crash.
"Uh, Arny" Aisling turned back around to nervously point ahead. Arnold turned to where she was pointing to see they were flying face-first into a mountain.
"Ah fuck" he groaned before they slammed into the mountain.
Down at the water, Tamera and Bonnie continued to boat before reaching the coast. "Alright, we're still in this baby!" Bonnie cheered as she jumped from the boat.
"Thank god my last episode isn't going to be the one where I'm smooching you. That would have absolutely ruined everything I've worked for" she spat on the ground when she remembered the feeling.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad" Bonnie rolled her eyes as both of them started running to the chill zone.
Back in the water, Joshua pulled himself up from the plane wing, crawling toward his partner "Hannah, are you ok?" He crawled closer to see she was knocked out cold with a crystal ball in her lap.
"Oh jeez," he worried before grabbing her arm to check her pulse. When he was sure she was alive and not just dead he sighed in relief. "Ok… now we have to… take off"
He moved Hannah aside to take her seat before nervously looking down at the control board. He tapped a few of the buttons, causing the plane to suddenly start powering on again "Ok. let's do this" he smiled before raising the plane back into the air.
Up in the mountain, Arnold pulled himself out of the plane, before grabbing Aisling carefully. He held her in a bridal carry as he stood at the edge of the mountain "Don't worry Aisling, I'll make sure we get off this mountain in one piece!"
As he spoke, however, the cold mountain started shaking "I really need to stop talking so much" he murmured before an avalanche swept them from the top of the mountain.
Down on the ground, the Last Resorts were running as Joshua tried flying faster than them. However, before either of them could make it a large avalanche crushed both of them.
Richard slowly walked closer to the scene while dressed as if he had just woken up. He moved his sleeping mask to look at the scene "Woah, now I'm glad I didn't get here earlier" he chuckled a bit before looking around "Oh boy… Interns! Half of you start digging, the others have to see if this is in the contracts so we won't get sued!"
Eventually, the three teams were pulled from the snow and given blankets and some hot cocoa. However, they were all shaking from the cold.
"Man, what a race huh? Maybe even a three-way tie for last place huh?"
"Don't even joke about that" Hannah scowled.
"You're lucky that we were recording it all" Richard smiled while pulling out an iPad "So we can just rewind this baby to find out who our big losers for today will be"
All of the teams leaned in close to watch the host rewind the clip and play it in slow motion. "If we lose I'm sorry for not warning us in advance Arnold" Aisling apologized.
He glanced away "Yea… I'm sorry I didn't want your help today…"
"I'm going to miss you, Tammy!" Bonnie pulled Tamera into a tight hug, moving Tamera's head close to her chest "But… at least we'll have date night"
Joshua and Hannah silently glanced at each other before looking back at Richard without saying a word.
"And… we have our final results" Richard looked back up to the six contestants.
"Today's losers are none other than….
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The Lovers and Toxic Exes" Richard pocketed his iPad with a big smile "Thank god I'm finally getting rid of that whale"
"Wait, why are we both out? Who came in last?" Arnold scowled.
"The exes, but today's a double elimination. Did I not mention that?"
"You never mentioned that!" Arnold scowled.
"Well, sorry not sorry but you're both out. Last Resorts, I'll see you in the next leg" Tamera and Bonnie both smiled in Bonnie's hug as Tamera actually returned it for a moment as they celebrated.
However, she obviously pulled away and stormed off when she realized she actually returned any contact with that red-headed goblin.
Hannah glared at the host before walking closer to him "When I get home. Expect to see a hashtag about your cancelation tonight"
"Please, I knew I would get canceled one day" Richard rolled his eyes before he started walking away with the Resorts.
"You're not going to get depressed about losing, right Arny?" Aisling started their reminiscing, as their adventures played out.
"No way, I was such a baby about just a few problems. But guess what? I know I'm great, and I know I'll screw up sometimes. But I know in the end I'll always be better than most other people" he smirked.
Aisling smiled back as they walked on the snow "That's a relief. Maybe after we get back we can go on a walk in the park as a date or something"
Arnold rolled his eyes "We won't be going on any date" Aisling looked down in disappointment "we're going to go to the fanciest restaurant in the states just so I can prove you wrong in front of everyone"
Aisling smiled before wrapping her arm around his "That sounds perfect"
"You know it will be. Get ready for me to disprove you every day of the week" Arnold smirked at her.
"Wouldn't want it any other way" Aisling smiled back at him before pecking him softly on the cheek.
"This is all your fault!" Right after their nice moment, Hannah was right to berating her partner, as it shows their moments on the show, specifically their time as a couple "You're the worst person I could have partnered up with!"
"Well, maybe next time you can go with a person of color. Assuming any of them would actually want to partner with you"
"Why wouldn't they!? Are you trying to say something!?" Hannah scowled as it comes back to them walking toward New Zealand proper.
"Because no one likes to constantly be reminded that they're a certain way. At the very least I'm constantly annoyed being reminded I'm white" he looks toward the direction they were going "Why are we going this way?"
"Because I've always wanted to live in New Zealand. It's not as racist and bigoted as America, but also has an amazing culture of respecting the locals compared to other settler colonies. It's like going to Sweden but I can actually be enveloped by a culture that isn't WHITE"
Joshua stared blankly at her before walking in a different direction from her "Where are you going!?"
"I'm going home. Knowing you'll be in a different country is some relieving solace" he murmured sadly.
"Whatever, I didn't need him anyways" Hannah started walking away. While she was always rude to Joshua, seeing him walk away from her life hurt her more than she had expected. A small tear formed at the edge of her eye before she quickly wiped it away.
"I-I'm sure the p-people here will respect strong women way more anyways…"
AN: And so we have reached our halfway point in the story. I have to thank xXRocketShark216Xx and Morbid for the Toxic Couple. They're the team that's shifted around the most, going from fodder to slowly go up the rankings slowly. But in the end, I'm glad I brought them to the halfway point of the season. They've had a fun dynamic and Hannah is just so iconic. It's a true honor getting to write Morbid's most iconic oc ever.
But also thanks to Phoneix and Phoebe for the Psychic and Skeptic. Both teams, in the end, were fun and I was pretty happy to have both of them around I hope everyone is excited to see us get closer and closer to the end. And if the people keeping up haven't reviewed much, y'know, the halfway point would be a pretty good point to do a nice one if ya wanna.
Order:
20th- Runaways
19th- Contradicting Twins
18th- the Opposite Couple
17th- the Rivalry Twins
16th- Brains and Brawn
15th- the Internet Losers
14th- the Psychics
13th- the Unbalanced Friendship
12th- the Hall of Famers
11th/10th- Toxic Couple and the Psychic and Skeptic