Richard sat in an igloo, smiling flirtatiously at the local lady. He leaned in closer to her before seeing the camera was on him "Oh you've got to be-"
He chuckled softly at her "I'll be back in one moment"
The host slowly crawled back out of the igloo before clapping his hands together "SO. Last time on the Radickulous Race… we came all the way up to the North Pole, and man was it chilly"
It shows Anne and Hope blushing and trying to stay warm.
"Once the teams got there, they were met with the first challenge. Finding and throwing rings at narwhals. Which sounds harder than you'd think"
It then shows Bea repeatedly whiffing her throws.
"Then after that, they had to quickly get to work on making igloos." the scene shows the teams cutting ice and stacking them "But in the end, the Wilderness Girls, the victims of Piccolo's boomerang were eliminated"
"But find out what happens next in today's episode of… the Radickulous Race" he smiled.
He was about to go back into the igloo before the ice the igloo was on started drifting away.
"I really thought hosting this show would be more fun…"
Intro Plays
Richard walked on the frozen snow. He smiled as he walked closer to the chill zone "We will be starting today's challenge in the freezing cold. With our leading team, the Turtle School leading"
Both martial artists smiled proudly, jumping to the chill zone.
Confessional: Turtle School
"It's great getting to be in first place" Shiro smiled pretty proudly "Still a bit of a shame the Wilderness Girls got booted right after they hit their stride"
Ninja nodded solemnly "I was so excited to get to train Sophie in the touch of death"
"Maybe it's good that you didn't get to show her that move quite yet" Shiro mused.
XXX
Ninja grabbed the dickbox button before looking down at the tip "we're going to a… Flores Indonesia" she scratched the back of her head "What's an Indonesia?"
Shiro shrugged "Can't imagine it's too far from here"
"Flores Indonesia, an island paradise. To get to our destination teams will be taking off on these large hangers to the island. From there the contestants will be taking taxis to one of the island's many beaches."
Richard smirked as he stood on the ice "If I were teams I'd be prepared for some little surprises when you land. There's a reason this island isn't a very famous tourist attraction" he chuckled.
Confessional: Circus Duo
"Second place! That's just so great" Monstro smiled excitedly.
"It's ok" Piccolo shrugged "I'm honestly just surprised the boomerang worked"
"I know!" Monstro smiled "Things never go well for you when you do things!"
Piccolo silently stared at him "Shut up"
XXX
Richard was standing by the three large planes as the final 8 started grabbing their tips. "The first three will be getting on our first plane, followed by-"
As the host spoke, a group of narwhals came from the water to pop the tires on the plane "Well… ok. First four get on our second plane-"
"Ok, the narwhals are furious about our game of ringtoss. Every just grab your tips and move, move, move!" the host started running onto the only plane left "Anyone who doesn't get on will be left behind!"
"What?" Tamera frowned and stomped her foot on the ice "I carried my team to the top of the ranking and you're putting me in a plane with all the others!?"
"It can't be that bad" Bonnie shrugged "We getta hang out with Rodney more"
"That's not helpful" the vixen scowled before hearing a narwhal ram into the ice she was standing on prior.
The HBIC screamed in fear, jumping into an excited Bonnie's arms. Giving the redhead a faint blush before another narwhal almost impaled her from the side.
"D-Do you think we can join the others now?" the redhead worried.
"I suppose I can allow it" Tamera nodded before both ran screaming after the others.
Once everyone was safely on the plane they took off without any delay. Avoiding the narwhals fully stranding them on the frozen wasteland.
"Ok contestants" Richard smiled while clapping his hands together "You can all get comfy until we get back. I'm going to go see if the pilot is a woman" he smiled before walking into another room.
"He's just constantly sleazy" Ben murmured.
"I don't know he seems interesting to me" Desmond mused.
"I guess interesting is a way to put it…"
Elsewhere on the plane, Adam was getting up and away from Rodney to sit next to Maria with a more nervous smile "So… Maria. Can we talk somewhere else?"
Maria silently looked to her partner. However, Margaret didn't even seem to be paying attention. Just noticed the Last Resorts and the Bandmates talking together.
"I think that's a yes" she whispered with a smile before getting up.
Adam smiled at her, leading her to another room on the ship while Margaret was distracted. Adam sat down next to her with a warm smile.
"So. at this point I've kinda gotten you don't care so much about dating now. But is there any chance I could get a maybe on a date at another time?"
Maria blushed slightly in surprise, before looking over her shoulder. She could see Margaret was now where Bonnie was sitting prior. Not looking anywhere close to where they are.
"I'd love to date Adam" she smiled "However I can't until I win this competition"
"You… won't date me until the competition?" the simp frowned "So if you lose… you won't want to date?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure if I don't win I'm going to die so… yea" she lowered her voice "But let's not talk about that. I don't want to get in trouble"
"Wait, if you're in danger we should totally talk about this-"
She silently put her finger to his lip, noticing Margaret was starting to get up again "We can talk once we land"
And with that, she got up before walking back to her partner.
Adam sat there for a moment. He wasn't sure what he should say about what happened. So he stood up in silence to walk back over to his partner. Rodney was just looking confused by Bonnie sitting next to him as she rubbed his strong arms.
"What's wrong with you buddy?" Rodney turned around to look at his worried-looking friend.
"I… think Maria is being held hostage" he murmured slowly.
"Oh…" Rodney frowned slightly "Do we… do something about that?"
"I don't know, maybe? I don't even know who would want to harm her beautiful red hair or wonderful smile"
Rodney smiled a bit before turning to Bonnie, who was latching onto him and mostly ignoring the conversation "Do you know?"
She shrugged a little "I knew she was Adam's territory so I don't exactly follow her around or anything"
"...thanks for not harassing her?" Adam didn't know quite how he was supposed to respond to that.
"No problemo dude" Bonnie smiled before squeezing Rodney.
"Is she cold or something?" Rodney whispered back to his partner, getting a small chuckle out of him.
Not too long after that, the teams could feel the plane slowly landing on the ground. Ben and Desmond had both waited by the exit of the plane. So when the back entrance was finally open both guys started running off as fast as they could.
"Taking back the lead!" Desmond cheered from behind his partner.
However, this short lead was quickly cut off by the physically stronger teams like the Simps and Turtle School rushing past them.
"See you guys at the chill zone" Margaret taunted while riding on a luggage carried. Maria silently waved while sitting behind her.
The mafiosos rode off-screen, before quickly riding back from where they came as another large plane started landing.
"Nothing wrong with seventh" Ben mused.
"Taxis!" "Taxi!" the contestants raised their hands to try to get the attention of the taxi drivers.
Most of them drove past the contestants. However, Tamera being the beautiful genius that she was quick to make a plan.
She leaned back, placing her heel on the ground to show off her long legs. While at the same time placing a hand behind her head and one on her hip to strike the perfect pose.
Almost immediately a taxi rolled by, with the taxi driver smiling up at her "Keep it in your pants" she deadpanned before getting in the back with Bonnie in toe.
Ninja watched the duo drive away and silently looked down at herself "I wonder if I can do that…"
The ninja tried copying the pose Tamera pulled off. However to literally anyone looking her way it was clear she had no idea why she was posing that way or how she was supposed to do it right.
That didn't stop another taxi from stopping in front of her "It worked!" Ninja beamed before hopping inside with her sensei.
Confessional: Bandmates
"Almost getting out is a real bummer" Makenna started as the Bandmates sat in the back of a taxi "But that's not our main focus this time around. What we need to focus on is finding a way to get that locket back"
"I don't know. I doubt she'd just give it to us without much of a fight"
"That's why…" she snapped her fingers and smiled to the camera "We've gotta be sneaky"
XXX
Confessional: Last Resorts
Tamera was repeatedly feeling her pockets. She had a panicked frown as she tried desperately to grab something. "Bonnie. Were you reaching into my pockets again?"
"What?" Bonnie looked back at her "If I was reaching into your pockets you'd know. Why? Did someone take jewelry or something?"
"Well, technically. Someone stole the Bandmates' locket! I can't manipulate those girls and get attention if I don't have it"
"Well, they don't know you have it right?" Bonnie tilted her head "You can just pretend you have it"
Tamera sat there for one moment, before smiling proudly "Ugh, I'm such a genius"
XXX
In one of these taxis, the Polar Opposites were happily snuggling together in the back.
"This competition couldn't be nicer" Anne giggled while holding her close.
"It's the nicest time of my life" Hope sighed happily.
However, their snuggle fest was interrupted by the taxi suddenly stopping. Anne frowned slightly before looking through the window "Why are we stopping?"
Both girls didn't get a response, just seeing a crossing sign with a weird giant lizard on it.
"Huh… that's weird" Hope murmured "I never saw a crossing sign like that"
"Maybe we can pass the time with a joke. How do you make a robot angry?" She smiled, bouncing from the excitement of getting to the punchline.
Hope smiled, getting ready to respond when her eyes widened in surprise "G-Giant lizard!"
"What? No. You push his buttons!" She giggled.
"No. A-Anne, there's a g-g-g-giant lizard" she grabbed Anne's face to turn her face to the road.
The clown looked at the road, seeing the giant lizard Hope was talking about "Oh my… do you think that's the surprise?"
"I hope not…" Hope whimpered pathetically as the lizard refused to move from the road.
Further ahead, several teams were making it to the first real part of the challenge. The first two teams to make it to the dickbox would be Turtle School and the Circus Duo.
However, neither team dared get close enough to the large lizard. Or, well, Ninja and Piccolo were just fine for walking towards it but their partners were holding them back.
"Come on sensei!" Ninja smiled excitedly "I wanna fight it, I wanna fight it!"
"Sorry Ninja, but I don't think you're ready for facing against something like that" Shiro held her by her scarf "Those are Komodo Dragons"
"Komodo what's?" Monstro looked back at him while holding the smaller clown in his arms. Piccolo tried to rip himself from his grip but the giant lug just tightened his grip "Pickle-o! You can't run at it! I've seen snakes half its size that have eaten you whole"
Before Shiro could explain what it is, another taxi drove into view. Ben and Desmond both walked out, with Ben not showing any fear towards the giant lizard.
"Komodo dragons. They're just giant lizards with saliva filled with enough venom to kill someone" Ben bent down to the taxi before loudly honking the horn "Some loud noises should distract it"
The dragon raised its head, turning to the taxi before chasing after it with its mouth wide open.
"Sounds less painful than waking up in the morning" Piccolo deadpanned before sneaking out of Monstro's grip to grab the next tip.
"All in…" as he read it he slowly turned to the others with a vindictive smirk "I hope you all have fun with this one"
That almost immediately worried the other four contestants.
Richard smirked while standing in the middle of a thick jungle "So, as I'm sure you've all noticed there are giant dangerous lizards. As stated those are komodo dragons."
The camera cut to one of these large lizards sleeping on the ground. However, the one it was focusing on was drooling "Also stated is how dangerous their saliva can be. One bite and you're probably dragon chow."
It cuts back to him slowly walking forward "In this challenge however you're getting up close and personal with these babies. That's right, every team starts off with a vial, and then they have to collect some drool. And not some droplets. You gotta fill this baby up halfway!"
He walked over to a small native boy "And once you have enough you can hand the spit off to… this kid"
The kid smiled at the camera "I'm glad I'm not competing" Richard joked with a small chuckle.
Tamera and Bonnie were silently standing at the edge of the forest.
"My God, how slow can those Bandmates be!?" the vixen paced back and forth.
"Maybe we should just go ahead and get them to do the second part again?" Bonnie shrugged "It's kinda boring just sitting here by ourselves"
Tamera stopped in her tracks to turn around to Bonnie "You don't get to say you're bored when around me. You're far more basic than I am" she flipped her hair with her chin raised high.
Bonnie silently stood up "Ok, if I'm boring I'll just go find Rodney. He probably isn't so bored of me. In fact, I'm sure he's drooling just thinking about me!"
"Not even a dog would drool looking at you" she taunted.
Bonnie frowned as she started walking into the jungle. Tamera didn't notice she was starting to walk away until she was already partly into the forest.
"Hey! If I'm standing here by myself I'm barely going to be in this episode!" she started sprinting after her partner.
"Oh thank god they left" Makenna peeked out from behind one of the houses with a relieved expression.
"You know she's going to be annoyed if she finds out we're ditching her" Cord mused.
""If" is the keyword" she smirked back.
"Good point" Cord chuckled "So how are we going to go about this challenge exactly?"
"That's a good point" Makenna rubbed her chin in thought, "You think we can scare them with a guitar or something"
"I think that would just draw them in" Cord deadpanned.
"Ah, whatever" Makenna waved her hand dismissively "We'll just wing it as it goes. That usually helps" she started running in a different direction to the Last Resorts.
"When you're right you're right" Cord shrugged before following.
Further in the jungle, Ben and Desmond were silently sitting behind a large rock. In front of them, a pack of komodo dragons were chewing on a large oxen's bones.
"So Ben, what do you plan for this one?" Desmond smiled, excited for whatever plan his partner might make.
"Not too sure yet" Ben quietly admitted "But I think right now, we should focus on waiting for them to get tired with the bones and for them to go away. Then, we can try getting any drool left on the carcass"
"Great idea!" Desmond clapped "But, uh, how long do you think it might take for them to start moving on?"
As he spoke, one of the dragons bit down on the ox's head. It easily chewed through the bones before licking its scaly lips.
"And… how safe is it for us to be standing in the open?"
"You make two very good points" Ben slowly nodded before sitting down on the ground.
Desmond crouched down next to him "I need to think of a backup solution in the case that teams start leaving us in the dust"
"Makes sense" his partner smiled "I'm sure your backup plan will be just as good as the main plan"
As they spoke, Desmond could hear loud thumping sounds on the other side of the rock. He stood again to see the group of komodo dragons running away from the bones.
"Oh, Ben! This is our chance!" he leaned back down to try shaking him out of his planning phase.
Ben looked to the other side of the rock. Seeing that the komodo's all had a look of fear on their faces "I think we might need to leave the bones"
"What? Why? They're running. This is the whole plan"
"They're scared" Ben noted quietly "If they're scared of something, I don't want to know what's at the top of the food chain here"
"I'm sure they're not scared, they're just-" he stopped talking as they both heard loud steps slowly coming closer as birds cawed and flew into the air as more animals started running from another part of the forest.
"We're going. Now" Ben grabbed Desmond by his shirt before running in another direction. Desmond didn't argue as the stomping only got closer.
Once they were both well out of sight, the stomping came into the small clearing. Revealing the loud noise was just Monstro looking around "Here komodo dodo. C'mere komodo dodo!"
Moments after Piccolo came out after him. He had a small squirrel in his hands as he pulled out a makeshift slingshot. He raised it high in the air before shooting the squirrel into the sky.
"Did you hear anyone talking around here?" Monstro looked down at his partner.
"Someone talking?" Piccolo looked back at him while stepping on another squirrels tale "Not really"
Monstro shrugged, assuming he was hearing things as he kept walking. Accidentally crushing the ox's skull.
Confessional: Ben
They were now standing in another clearing without any of the dragons "Admittedly, I don't think there's any natural animal on these islands that could outmatch a komodo dragon. Besides a herd of ox trying to crush them. But it's better safe than sorry right?"
He silently glanced over his shoulder to see Desmond looking for a new target "I don't want to see him get hurt because I wanted to finish a challenge. He's… a good person. So it's only reasonable to want him to stay ok"
XXX
Anne and Hope were the last teams to make their way into the jungle. Both walking hand in hand and right next to each other to avoid losing the other.
"I hope the show won't let us just die out here" Hope whimpered.
"Don't worry" Anne smiled "If one of these dragons comes around I'll jump in front of you. I'll be like one big chew toy"
"That would be worse than if one of them caught me!" Hope looked like she was about to cry just thinking about Anne dying for her.
Anne rapidly waved her hands "no, no, no. I was just making a joke! I mean if you punched me anywhere I'd make a noise one way or another"
Hope slowly caught her emotions again "You… how?"
"I just have so many horns or other things like that strapped to my body if I need them!"
Hope silently stared at her before poking her stomach. Anne giggled as a french horn noise played out.
"I guess you're right" Hope giggled.
While they were distracted, they could suddenly hear someone walking closer. They both turned around quickly, with Anne putting Hope behind herself.
Both girls relaxed pretty quick after seeing that it was just Bonnie storming toward them.
"Oh, hey Bonnie" Anne waved.
"Oh, hey clown girl. Booberina" Bonnie waved back, mostly looking at Hope as she kept walking.
"Good nickname" Anne deadpanned.
While they were both looking at Bonnie, her partner walked right into them. "Watch where you're going!" Tamera complained while stumbling backwards.
"Oh. it's you" Anne frowned immediately after hearing her voice "We'll just see you around"
"Hey, no wait!' Tamera stopped them from walking away "Hope you owe me one, you gotta get the venom for Bonnie and I"
"What?" Anne frowned "Just get it yourself"
"This doesn't involve you clown girl" the vixen pat her head condescendingly. Anne silently growled at her but didn't say anything else.
Hope silently watched her girlfriend getting upset before stepping in between them "I… think I'll be fine"
"What?"
"I think we'll be fine…" she started confidently but Tamera glaring down at her made her tone soften "y-your advice… didn't help me much… so I think the deal is off"
"Oh, is that right?" Tamera placed her hands on her hips "I guess you're going to be my one-way route to full screen time this challenge then"
"Don't bug us" Anne stated plainly "We don't want any of your drama and I won't have a problem with you"
"Oh, it's not my drama" Tamera smiled coyly "For you see… your girlfriend kind of… likes to get around"
"I don't care if my girlfriend has dated a bunch of other girls. I mean she's great so I'm not all that surprised either"
"Oh, I wasn't meaning that" Tamera giggled before wrapping an arm around Anne, which just angered her more.
"T-Tamera, please" Hope whispered desperately.
However, the vixen totally ignored her "Your girlfriend likes… playing around with her boss for raises. Shall I go into specifics? I'm sure your imagination could fill in the gap for me"
Anne silently glared at her but didn't say a word.
"Yea, you get it" Tamera smiled before backing away again.
Anne silently continued to glare at Tamera's smug smirk. To the side of them, Hope had silently been watching the interaction. She wasn't trying to hold back her tears anymore.
"I-I'm sorry Anne…" Hope whimpered between deep inhales before running away to another part of the jungle.
"Wait, no, Hope!" Anne extended her hand "You're a real piece of work" Anne scowled at the vixen before running after her girlfriend.
"You're welcome!" Tamera smiled and waved "Now. To catch up with the redhead creep" she smiled before happily walking forward again.
At yet another part of the jungle, Margaret and Maria were slowly and silently sneaking around in the thick undergrowth. In front of them was the Turtle School, which was being anything but quiet.
"I want to find one of these guys so bad!' Ninja already had her fists balled and swinging them around as fast as light.
"Ninja these things are a bit more potent than lions. You should at least remain quiet until we find them"
"Of course sensei" she smiled and bowed.
"So why are we following them?" Maria tilted her head to her boss.
"They're clearly going to kill one of the dragons. So, once it's down and if there's not anymore just lying around we can get the drool and move on"
"That makes sense" the redhead slowly nodded.
"Of course it does, it's my idea" Margaret rolled her eyes.
They continued to walk before the Turtle School suddenly stopped. "I think they found one" Margaret whispered.
"Thanks, captain obvious" Maria rolled her eyes back at her.
Margaret silently scowled at her but didn't say anything.
"Alright, let's do this!" Ninja cheered before jumping ahead, with Shiro jumping right behind her.
Margaret and Maria stuck their heads out of the bushes to see that the duo was standing in the middle of a large pack of dragons.
"Ninja… I think this might not have been the best idea"
"We just gotta scare them more!" Ninja raised her hands high in the air to try scaring the dragons, but they didn't seem bothered by her.
"Ok." Ninja stood up straight as they growled at her.
"And that is…?"
Ninja started naruto running away from Shiro "We run!" Shiro silently stared at her running, before sprinting after her.
"Idiots" Margaret rolled her eyes.
"At least it's not us" Maria chuckled.
She could feel something tapping her shoulder, causing the redhead to turn around. She was then facing another one of these dragons.
"Uh… Margaret?"
"Alright ahead of you" Maria turned back around to see Margaret running over to the tree the Turtle School was hiding in.
"Hey wait up!' the redhead started running after them.
In another part of the jungle, the Bandmates were quietly walking around. While they were walking around they suddenly walked into Monstro and Piccolo.
"Oh, hey dudes" Makenna smiled "You guys gotten any saliva yet?"
Monstro sadly shook his head "Not really. Pickle-o scares them all away before we can get anything"
"Not my fault they're scared of me" Piccolo grumbled.
"We haven't had much better luck either" Cord nods a bit "But I don't think anyone has finished the challenge yet"
"Oh, oh, we should cooperate!" Makenna grinned "If the komodos are scared of your Lil clown friend we can totally use that!"
"Got an actual idea? Or are you just spitting hot air out of your gullet?"
"Uh…" Makenna tried to not look like she was still thinking up a plan.
"We could cause one to drool over trying to eat us. If we can find a bucket they can drool into it" Cord shrugged "Then you two can scare the dragon off."
"I knew you two could make a wonderful idea!" Monstro clapped proudly, getting a cheeky grin in return.
"Yea, not too surprised" she chuckled.
"Go get one's attention then" Piccolo crossed his arms "If you can actually get one's attention then sure. We'll help"
"Great" Cord started climbing up one of the trees as the other three moved to hide behind some bushes after putting a bucket at the base of the tree.
Cord sat up on one of the trees, seeming pretty nonchalant and relaxed. One komodo was simply resting on the ground, sleeping until she suddenly threw it at its head.
The large dragon crawled to the tree. It tried climbing up but just couldn't climb anything. It growled angrily at the rocker who just kept throwing small rocks at it. Drool dripped from its mouth and down into the bucket.
"When do you think we'll have enough?" Makenna whispered to the other two.
Piccolo waits a few moments "Probably good enough now" he started walking over to the bucket, causing the komodo dragon to start running away.
However, before he could get a scoop Desmond and Ben suddenly came running out of the jungle to scoop some of the drool from the bucket "Thanks for the help, and sorry!" Desmond called while he kept running.
"He could've just asked" Cord murmured while sliding down the side of the tree.
"I'm sure we have enough for us all to use!" Monstro smiled before scooping up some more saliva. Right after Makenna scooped up some more.
"I think you're right Monstro, we got enough for two more teams at least" Makenna smiled, before Piccolo kicked the saliva on the ground.
"You could've just told us you didn't want us to share" Cord deadpanned.
"I knew you three would want to help the others so I decided to skip past the vote and get to the good part. Ignoring the results" the clown started running away with the saliva he collected. The other three didn't have much to argue with him over so they just chased after.
Elsewhere, Bonnie and Tamera were back together again as they slowly looked around. "Hey, what's that?" Bonnie's eyes suddenly set on what looked like the dragon's skin.
"I think one of them shed their skin. I'm surprised you didn't know I thought all lizards shed their skin" the vixen mocked, only to find Bonnie was barely listening.
"I think I just formed a perfect plan…" she grinned while tying the skin around her back like a cape.
"Ugh, if you're imagining me dressed down in something like that you've got another thing coming"
"You wearing it? Honestly, I forgot you were here. I'll be fine wearing it" she smiled before dropping to the ground and slowly crawling to a herd of dragons.
They were eating some bones that were coated in their saliva. Bonnie smiled as she crawled over to one of them "Ello mate"
The dragon silently glared at her. The redhead reached forward, trying to get take its bone. But it only growled angrily.
"Alright govna, I'll just have to work up a plan…"
Confessional: Last Resorts
"Why did you go from a British to Australian accent?" Tamera deadpanned.
"Australians are just hotter Brits so I assumed they'd still get what I was saying" Bonnie shrugged.
"You know we're in Indonesia right now, right?"
"Same area, besides it doesn't matter." Bonnie smirked confidently "I just know I'll have to charm these little buggers"
"You couldn't charm a box" Tamera murmured while rolling her eyes "But how will you do it here, if I have to play along with your terrible idea"
"It's called… subtlety" Bonnie grinned with a finger pistol to the camera.
XXX
Bonnie hugged the komodo while rubbing her cheek against him "Oh come on slimy, can't even share your bone for a girl like me?"
It grumbled slightly but handed her the saliva-covered bone "Ah, thanks mate!" Bonnie giggled happily before crawling away with the bone.
However, before the perv could sneak away, the komodo jumped on top of her before snuggling on top of her back.
"This is a plum mistake" Bonnie worried before turning to Tamera "Tammy, can you help me out here?"
Tamera silently smirked down at her nails, filing them "He's your boyfriend. You can break up with him"
"I've never broken up with someone!" Bonnie whined, "How am I supposed to do this?"
"Not my problem"
Bonnie sighed miserably, watching the dragon slowly get comfortable.
Past the rest of the contestants and the jungle itself, Ben and Desmond actually managed to reach the small child first.
"I feel a little bad stealing from those other guys" Desmond murmured while handing over their vial.
"I'm sure they had enough" Ben raised his head while thinking "It drooled for a good few moments. I'm sure they could both get half at least…"
Desmond handed their drool to the small child. He silently examined the drool before smiling and handing them their tip.
Ben snatched the tip "It's an all-in."
Desmond shrugged looking at it "I think this should be easier than that last one"
Richard was now standing in a large open area surrounded by fencing. The area was covered all over by large carpets.
"In this all-in, teams will be running around in this area trying to grab three special made carpets"
He looked around before finding a blue carpet. When he pulled it out it showed to have the Radickulous Race symbol on it "When you have all three you can meet me at today's chill zone. Which is happily dragonless"
The Disorganized Disaster made its way into the open area. Desmond was looking back at Ben to see what their plan was.
"We've got a head start" Ben stated while grabbing different piles of carpets "No plan this time. We just need to look around a bit and we should get enough before long"
"Great idea" Desmond smiled "We don't need to split up to look around right?"
Ben silently looked at him "I don't think we will have to no"
"Great!" Desmond smiled excitedly before running in one direction while holding Ben's arm to make sure he keeps up.
When they turned a corner, they could already find the Turtle School looking around at some different mats.
"You find anything yet Shiro?" Ninja looked over her shoulder to see him holding up one of the ones they needed.
"Sweet!" Ninja smiled proudly.
"How- how did you two get here before us?" Desmond seemed flabbergasted.
They both turned around, Shiro had a laid-back smile as he rolled the carpet under his arm "Some dragons cornered us but we just jumped to another tree. After that Ninja pinned one on the ground and we stole some of his spit"
"I just wish I could've taken him with us… imagine having an actual dragon at our dojo!" Ninja gushed.
Ben silently soaked in the situation before snapping his fingers "How would you two like to work with us in this part of the challenge?"
Shiro tilted his head slightly "If some beautiful woman was suggesting that I might've said yes… but I don't know how much you two could help us"
"Ben's easily the smartest guy here I'm sure we could find some really quick!" Desmond smiled.
"I always wanted to form an alliance!" Ninja squealed "Can we, can we, can we?" she jumped up and down excitedly.
"Ok ok" Shiro sighed "If we find any spare carpets we'll throw them your guys' way"
"Great, thank you" Ben nodded slightly before walking away from him.
Desmond smiled at Ben "That went well. Even if we don't have a carpet yet"
"Yea well-" as Ben spoke they turned a corner and found that the Circus Duo and Bandmates had already made it there "Ok, now is just when we hurry and not care about the consequences" Ben decided before diving into one of the carpets.
"Ah- wait up!" Desmond jumped in after him.
Back in the jungle, Adam and Rodney were holding a lone komodo to the ground while taking its venom straight from the mouth.
"I think we got enough" Adam was still holding the komodo down "H-How should we go about this now…?"
Rodney shrugged, getting off the dragon to toss it away from them "That seemed to solve it fine"
"Great, let's try catching up with all of the others then!"
As the two started running they could suddenly hear a female voice screaming. Adam almost immediately realized who was screaming.
"Maria!" Adam turned around to the scream before running to the noise.
Rodney could see him running so he quickly turned around "We're almost done man, come on" the farmer boy tried chasing after him.
By the time he caught up to Adam, he found him hiding in a bush looking to an opening "Come on, we might still be getting a lead"
"We need to help them!" Adam yelled loudly while gesturing to the Familia hiding up in a tree. Margaret was repeatedly trying to push Maria down into the pack of dragons.
"I don't see how we could" Rodney frowned.
Adam silently watched the scene before smiling up at Rodney "I think I have an idea" he jumps onto the farmer boy's shoulders to stand up high "We'll just scare them with our height!"
Rodney sighed softly, walking forward with a slightly annoyed frown. The dragons turned around to see Adam waving his hands above his head to try grabbing their attention.
The dragons growled angrily before running towards them "I knew that wouldn't work" Rodney groaned while sprinting away, accidentally slamming Adam against a few branches.
Maria sighed in relief as she slowly slid down the trees again. "Thank goodness they came back…"
Margaret dropped down on top of her, slamming her to the ground "They drooled on the ground, try scooping it up!" she demanded of her companion.
"Ok" she groaned softly before trying to scoop up any saliva that wasn't immediately absorbed by the ground.
Confessional: Simps
Adam and Rodney were both slightly bruised, but Adam seemed much more worried over something else "I think… Margaret is the one who's abusing Maria. Or at least threatening to harm her. I mean, she was about to throw Maria down to be eaten by one. Who would throw their partner into danger like that?"
Rodney silently looked at the camera "Yea, that would be messed up"
XXX
While basically every team was starting to make it to the second stage of the challenge. However, the Polar Opposites were still in the jungles.
Anne was slowly walking around the jungles, not remotely concerned over the large Komodo dragons as she just tried to find her partner.
"Hope! Hope! Where could she be? I feel like I've been all over this jungle" Anne frowned sadly. As she looked around she could hear loud sobbing.
The clown silently snuck closer to see Hope crying on the ground, curled up in a little ball. Anne frowned seeing her so upset and continued to slowly sneak up on her.
Once she was close enough she sat down next to her and placed an arm around her shoulder. Hope slowly raised her head to look at Anne. If the sobbing wasn't obvious enough the tears trickling down her face made it clear she was crying.
Anne smiled warmly "Hey Hope, I hope you didn't miss me too much" she wiped the tears away from her eyes.
Hope sniffled, still frowning sadly "I-I don't know w-w-why you followed me…"
"Because you're my girlfriend. And you were upset. Either way, I'd want to make sure you were ok" Anne pulled Hope closer to hug her.
"I don't deserve to be your girlfriend. You heard what Tamera said I'm a s-s-" Anne put a finger to her lips while shaking her head.
"You deserve more happiness than you know Hope. Besides, I don't feel angry at you for your relationship with your boss. I entirely blame him for taking advantage of you!" Anne's expression became much angrier and more aggressive.
Hope jumped slightly at her change in expression. She'd never seen Anne get angry about something before "Y-You're not m-m-mad at me about it?"
"Nope" Anne smiled and shook her head "So let's get back to this challenge. Once we're done here and win the million you can quit that job and we can get a much nicer job for you!"
Hope smiled softly "T-thanks Anne. But… how will we catch up? I wasted a lot of our time already…"
"Oh, believe me, I have a plan" Anne smiled confidently before reaching into her pants.
Hope turned beet red, not quite sure what Anne was reaching for in there when the clown pulled out a large chew toy. "Ah, here we go"
Before Hope can ask what she was going to do with the toy Anne threw the toy into a clearing. As it hit the ground it made a loud squeaking noise. One of the dragons turned its attention to it, before running over and biting into it.
"So we j-just wait?" Hope looked up to Anne with a curious look.
"Not for long" she whispered before pulling a clown horn out of her pocket. She honked it as loud as humanly possible before throwing it in the distance. The horn honked with every bounce, calling all of the dragons in that direction.
Anne ran over and grabbed the chew toy "Alright, we're good now" she smiled.
Hope stared at her for a moment before hugging her "Good job"
Confessional: Polar Opposites
Hope was smiling softly as Anne hugged her in her arms. They didn't seem as worried about catching up to all of the others quite yet. "You're so smart" Hope whispered up to Anne with a cheesy love-sick smile.
"I only act smart because I have to compare with my girlfriend" Anne smiled while kissing her on her forehead.
They continue to nuzzle as Richard's voice cut in "I love lesbian stuff but they're really taking their time"
The confessional started speeding up, starting at x3 before speeding up to x20. The entire time they just continued to snuggle and compliment each other.
"Lesbians just aren't as entertaining as they were when I was younger sheesh"
XXX
Back at the carpeting area, everyone at once was looking around in the same area. With some being more focused on the challenge than others. Adam was still silently eyeing Margaret, who was bossing Maria around as she carried two carpets for them.
Multiple teams had managed to get two carpets already. The Disorganized Disaster, Turtle School, and the Clowns. But, already in the lead were the Bandmates
Both girls had managed to get all three carpets they needed to grab and were making their way out of the large holding area. However, before they could even leave a tanned arm cut them off. Makenna and Cord could both see that Tamera was smiling smugly at them.
"Pardon me but I think you both have something we want" she spoke coyly, relishing in their clear anger towards her.
"Oh come on Tamera, can't we just win this one?" Makenna whined.
"Not my problem if you want your pendulent" Tamera smirked while moving her hand expectantly.
The bandmates sighed miserably, before handing all the carpets to Tamera "Thank you dolls. I'll see you around"
She was about to confidently walk away when she noticed that Bonnie cornered Rodney against a tower of carpeting.
"You know Rodney, if you're looking for carpet I'd be more than happy to show you some I found" she smirked, though Rodney seemed to not remotely get what she meant.
Tamera stormed over to try pulling her away. While she was distracted by Bonnie, Margaret noticed the scene playing out and started silently smirking. She walked over to the Bandmates before clearing her throat.
"I don't mean to interrupt your whole… situation but I could easily overhear it. And the conversation she had with Bonnie in their taxi. Are you sure she still has your pendulent? Or whatever it is?"
"Of course, she showed it to us earlier in the day" Makenna nodded
"And how would you know their talk in the taxi? I think those two took a ride by themselves?" Cord was clearly suspicious of her.
"Trust me. I have companions all around this world. I know what's going on. And she lost the thing you're after. But I have a challenge to finish so I'll see you around" Margaret shrugged before leaving the two to consider her options.
Makenna and Cord silently glanced at each other. Makenna sighed slightly before turning around to Tamera "Hey, Tammy. Can I ask something?" Makenna smiled and spoke casually.
"What? We're kinda busy" Tamera was trying to drag Bonnie as she made kissy faces to the large farmer boy.
"Do you mind if we see the pendulent again? I just want to see it again… I miss seeing my sister's face"
The vixen's eyes notably shifted to faint surprise "I don't owe you any viewing of it"
Makenna and Cord silently glanced at each other "I think she did lose it" Cord whispered just loud enough for Tamera to hear.
"No doubt about that" Makenna nodded.
Tamera frowned, before laughing challenging "Well if you're so sure I don't have it I'll just leave her and go smash it against a rock"
Makenna and Cord just continued to give her a silent skeptical look. Tamera glanced around slowly before just running away with Bonnie "I still win!" she yelled confidently.
"We'll find the locket after we finish this challenge" Cord murmured before going back to looking around again.
As the Last Resorts went running to the final destination, the Polar Opposites finally came running in and ran to the first pile of carpets they saw.
"Ok, so only one team is ahead of us. Let's just try catching up and-" as Anne spoke Monstro shot out from a large pile.
"I got one!" he cheered.
"Let's get going then" Piccolo threw his two carpets at Monstro before beginning to run.
"Man am I glad we didn't waste too much time before coming here!" Monstro cheered.
"Yea, it would be pathetic if someone didn't even have any carpets yet" Piccolo nodded, while Monstro was just acting innocently Piccolo was practically staring at the Polar Opposites as they started running.
"I'll stop talking now" Anne murmured.
At the final chill zone, Richard was sitting on a comfortable wicker chair without his shirt and shades. Multiple interns were spraying dragon-b-gone around the circle.
"I wonder if any of the contestants have been eaten yet?" Richard wondered aloud "Guess I'll find out in a few hours" he mused.
After a few moments, he could hear some loud footsteps coming toward him. He lowered his shades to see Bonnie and Tamera sweating from the run.
"First place I presume?" the HBIC whipped her hair to the side of her head.
"Right you are Tamera. You're first place, so go enjoy that beach" Richard gestured to it over his shoulder.
"Ugh, like I'd change into my swimsuit when someone like Bonnie is around" she rolled her eyes, before glancing at Bonnie to see her drooling slightly. This gave her a small smirk.
"Imagine Rodney in his swim trunks. He'll be shirtless… and I doubt those trunks will be hard to pull down!"
Tamera groaned angrily before stomping off. Before Bonnie could wonder what her problem is Monstro and Piccolo came rushing into the red carpet.
"Monstro, Piccolo. You're also safe today! Second is pretty good" Richard gave them a thumbs up.
Piccolo just shrugged "First place is for winners anyways" he started walking away.
Monstro was pretty excited either way, so he raised his hand to Richard, who was just fine to return the high-five.
Back at the carpeting, teams were still trying to find their last needed carpets as all of them save the Bandmates were already one away from leaving.
Shiro found their last needed carpet stuck in the very middle of a large stack. It seemed to be something holding the whole thing together. Shiro smirked as he cracked his knuckles "I just have to be swift… and sneaky" he slowly reached forward.
As he slowly pulled the carpet like a Jenga piece, when Ninja suddenly jumped forward "Did you find another one!?" she called.
Shiro's turned around quickly, accidentally pulling on the carpet too quickly as it came crashing down on the two of them.
Many of the others came running over to the scene. They could all see the fallen tower, but more importantly, there was a RR carpet sticking out of the top.
Desmond and Ben ran over before La Familia came around the other side. Both teams looked at the pile before their eyes set on the same carpet. Ben and Margaret ran as fast as they could to grab it first.
Both grabbed the carpet at the same time and tried pulling it away from the other. Desmond and Maria dropped their carpets on the ground to run over and help their partner.
"Give us the carpet!" Margaret growled threateningly.
"I'm pretty sure I grabbed it first" Ben stated plainly.
"Can't we just have it?" Desmond asked politely.
"We kinda need it too" Maria glared while pulling harder.
Desmond nervously looked between La Familia and his partner "B-Ben maybe we should just let them have I-" suddenly Margaret slammed her foot into Desmond's face, sending him flying down the side of the carpet mountain.
Ben turned around quickly, seeing Desmond fall down on their pile. He didn't yell his name, instead quickly sliding down the side of the pile.
"And we're safe" Margaret smirked as they walked back down their side and picked up their other two carpets and started running. On the other side, Desmond landed on top of one RR carpet.
"Are you ok?" Ben quietly worried.
Desmond slowly rubbed the back of his head "Eh, wasn't the worst thing to ever happen." he looked back to their pile to see that it was now just one carpet "No wait, did we seriously lose progress from that?"
Ben silently looked at their now smaller pile "I suppose someone stole from us. But no matter, we'll find another one before too long"
"I guess" Desmond sighed sadly "We just better hurry, we're already falling behind" he gestured to the Polar Opposites now having two along with the Bandmates.
Confessional: Simps
"I feel a little bad nabbing that carpet from the Disasters" Adam admitted while looking down "But it is a competition right?"
Rodney nodded with a shrug "It's not like it's the worst thing we could've done. We only took one anyways"
"Right" Adam smiled slightly "And if they're gone maybe Margaret will be less hard on Maria? She does seem to hate them a lot"
"I… wouldn't bet on anything" he lightly pats him on the head.
XXX
Back at the chill zone, La Familia was still running over when Adam and Rodney made it first with their three carpets.
"Simps, my guys" Richard smiled "You're third place. That's nothing to scoff at"
"Alright," they cheered before high-fiving.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me" Margaret scowled while walking closer "Does that mean we're fourth?"
"Right you are" Richard shot a firm thumbs up.
Margaret groaned loudly, stomping the floor "We need to start getting better!"
"I don't know, we're 4th out of eight, that's not so bad" Maria tried showing her boss the bright side, but she didn't want to listen as she glared at her.
"Let us get eliminated in the final four, and you'll see how bad it is" Margaret threatened before walking away. Adam gave Maria a small, warm smile before walking away with Rodney. She silently followed the two of them.
Richard smiled while watching them walk away "Good to see the drama will be sticking around with who's come in so far"
He turned back around to be face to face with Ninja. She had a bright smile on her face even though her entire outfit and her hair looked messed up.
"Gah!" Richard took a quick step back "When did you two get here!?"
"We were here right after those girls" Shiro shrugged "They wear jeans so I felt like we could take things a bit slower"
"Also because we got trapped under a pile of carpets" Ninja smiled.
"Right… well you're fifth then" he just gave them a nod out of courtesy.
Confessional: Turtle School
"Shame that alliance probably isn't going anywhere" Shiro shrugged.
"We could've still helped" Ninja frowned slightly.
"We could have yes, but counterpoint, we were already falling behind and the others were catching up. I know the Japanese stereotype is honor… but there's a tradition in our culture that goes much further back and is still used to this day"
Ninja perked up hearing this new technique "What's that sensei?"
"The art… of running away" he smiled.
XXX
Back at the carpeting, Anne and Hope were managing to finally capture their third RR carpet. They were standing on a large pile of carpets.
"Oh, thank goodness" Hope sighed in relief.
"To victory!" Anne cheered loudly. She turned while holding the carpets before tripping over her own feet and tripping face-first into the carpets as her three went flying down to the ground.
Hope silently watched the carpets roll all the way to the ground, where the DD and Bandmates were both silently looking around when they practically landed in their arms.
Makenna and Desmond both silently looked down at their now complete set before shrugging and started to lightly jog away.
"Ah, Anne they're-"
"I got this!" Anne raised her legs and head to make her body curved "Ride me down there and we'll catch them!"
"Is that really the best way we can-"
"Just come on Hope!" Anne smiled excitedly. Hope silently nodded as she got on her back, and held her arms up so she was like a large toboggan. "Here we go!" she cheered before sliding down.
The moment they started sliding down the carpets Anne could feel a terrible rug burn all over her body as she whimpered and groaned in pain the entire way down "This wasn't nearly as fun as I thought!"
Hope could see them getting further away "I'll save us, Anne, I'll make up my shortcomings to you" she pecked the back of her head before jumping off of Anne to try landing on the others.
Anne just continued to slide down until eventually faceplanting hard enough in the ground to make a large crack in the ground. Hope meanwhile was still flying through the air and was actually managing to fly directly in their direction as the two teams made their way out of the fenced-in area.
Ben turned around to see them flying closer when he swiftly turned to the side to slam shut the fence door. She crashed into the fencing, only the front half of her managed to make its way through the fence.
"W-we gotta chase after them…" Hope slowly dragged herself out of the hole she made.
"When… my entire body isn't in hellish fire" she whimpered back.
Hope silently watched the other two teams make their way to the final chill zone, much to her disappointment.
"Well done!" Richard clapped encouragingly at the two teams making their way in. "Bandmates, you're sixth. Disaster, you're seventh"
Ben shrugged with a small smile as they walked off-screen.
Richard slowly walked back to the carpet piles, frowning slightly at the two girls who had reconvened "Well, well, well. You're both out. A bit of a shame. But, at the same time, you two were barely lezing out. So…. I don't feel that bad either way" he chuckled.
Hope and Anne silently glared at him "I'll see you two at the finale. Do whatever it is you have to do"
"So… we lost and I probably have to keep my job…" Hope sighed miserably. This time it didn't show their time on the competition but just them sitting together on some of the carpets.
"You can keep your job. I might not be the brains in our relationship but I do have a little trick up my sleeve" she reached into her pocket, before pulling out her phone and dialing a number.
Hope silently tilted her head as Anne put the phone up to her ear "Hey" she spoke cheerily.
On the other end of the phone, it is revealed that Hannah was the one she was calling as she sat in a kiwi restaurant. She was clearly very excited to have someone calling her, especially after finding out it was Anne.
"Hello Anne, what do you need? Is a straight white man abusing the competitors still?" Hannah smiled confidently "I already have my tweeting phone ready!"
"Actually, kinda. Hope's boss at her job has been taking advantage of their-" before Anne could even finish she already heard Hannah rapidly typing on her phone.
"No need to say anything more, by the time you're back in your country they'll be wiped off of all social media!" she smirked.
"Thanks, Hannah" Anne smiled before hanging up "Who would've guessed Hannah is actually good to keep around for something?" she joked.
Hope giggled softly as she hugged Anne's side "So… c-could we spend a little more time here?"
"Did you get that attached to the dragons?" Anne teased.
"No, but being at an island paradise with you sounds like a paradise" she whispered.
Anne smiled before leaning closer "I couldn't agree more" she lightly pecks her cheek before just enjoying the setting sun.
AN: and now we're in the final 7. Fewer and fewer teams remain and more and more conflict is brewing among the contestants. Not too much to say just glad I could get through this one and with a decent length too.