Richard, like most starts to an episode, was just standing in the last location. The host was standing on the Indonesian beaches, doing his usual thing of flirting and getting turned down.
"Man, that turn down was way faster than the last one" he mused.
He chuckled a little before taking a sip from a tropical drink. "So. last time on our race, we landed in a beautiful archipelago known as Indonesia."
It shows the contestants running around the islands, including the Polar Opposites sitting together in their taxi before suddenly reaching a stop "And in the first leg of the challenge, our contestants had to steal some drool from a few of the island's more… scaly locals"
It shows the creature stopping them was a giant komodo dragon.
"And in our second section, the teams had to grab some carpets. Was a bit of a downgrade but what can ya do" it shows the teams running around trying to find their carpets.
"But in the end thanks to Anne's clumsiness the cast lesbians were sadly eliminated" Anne and Hope happily sat together on top of a carpet pile.
The camera suddenly swapped back to Richard "But we're now moving on with our final seven. The race is only getting smaller and smaller as the room for error shrinks and shrinks. So see who makes a fatal error in today's episode of… the Radickulous Race!"
Intro Plays
After scoring first last time, the Last Resorts came running up to the Dickbox. "Think after we take the tip we can wait behind for a bit to talk with Rodney?" Bonnie grinned.
Tamera silently growled "Not a chance" she deadpanned before tapping the top of the dickbox and taking the tip.
The vixen scooped up the tip and started reading "Our next destination is… Siberia. Ugh, of course, it had to be somewhere cold"
Bonnie shrugged a bit "I come from South Africa, I can't imagine it'll be much colder than down there"
"I think the lowest recorded weather ever in South Africa is -5 Farenheight. This is going to be much worse" Ben corrected from off-screen.
Bonnie shrugged "Rodney will keep me warm"
"That's indeed right, Siberia Russia." Richard was standing in the middle of the cold while reading a newspaper "Yea… maybe not the perfect timing to be coming to Russia… but whatever we spent our money on this challenge already and I'm using it!"
He crumpled up the paper before throwing it over his shoulder "But all you really need to know about this place is that it's cold as sin down here and you better get your nips ready!"
Richard looked off-screen "I can't say that? I have to do another take?-"
Confessional: Last Resorts
Both girls were standing in front of the airport. Tamera had her hands on her hips as she slowly walked around "So… the Bandmates will likely avoid us now since we don't have their precious locket… and we just lost my advice arc. I need to find something new to do if I want to keep the attention on me"
Bonnie shrugged "I don't know, I think most of the contestants know you can be rather unpleasant to be around"
The vixen scowled, before a small smirk formed on her face "Oh, is that so? I think I have quite the idea for how to get some attention"
"What's… that?" the redhead got a little nervous at what she was saying before the Simps ran past them and into the airport.
"Oh Rodney, wait for me~" Tamera flirted before running after him.
Bonnie's jaw dropped as she chased right after "Wait, Rodney, don't listen to her! I promise I can give triple what she offers you!"
XXX
The first four teams were quick to make it onto the plane as they all took their seats. "Let's get this show on the road!" Margaret crossed her arms as she waited for the plane to take off.
"Uhhhh, welcome to uhhhhhhh… Russian international" the speaker spoke in a very slow Russian accent.
Outside of the plane, the three teams in the very back were just trying to make it onto the plane to not fall terribly far behind. Naturally, the Turtle School was easily leading ahead of the others as the Disorganized Disaster fell behind.
"We will… uhhhhhhhh, be leaving, uhhhhh soon"
"Just get on it!" Tamera whined angrily.
Piccolo grabbed a bat from under his seat "If he doesn't start this soon we'll see if he can bleed out faster"
"And…. we're ready to set off" the loudspeaker announced as the doors to the plane finally closed.
"Finally" Margaret rolled her eyes. "I've seen someone in their 90's move faster than this guy"
"At least the others didn't make it" Maria shrugged.
As she said that, the last three teams came running in while cheering "Just barely made it" Makenna sighed in relief.
"Remember if any ladies need some warmth I have some special techniques for keeping warm for hours at a time" Shiro smirked as Ninja and him walked through the aisles.
"Do you actually have something like that?" Desmond looked down at the little guy.
Shiro was hoping for a response from a woman but happily nodded "I have techniques for all kinds of weather. It's part of our training"
Desmond seemed to light up at his strange ideas for technique. "We should sit together! I only know martial arts from things like movies I have no idea if those kinds of things are actually accurate"
Ninja and Shiro smiled "We have so much to tell you" the ninja was practically jumping in excitement.
Confessional: Bandmates
Makenna and Cord were both a bit happier than their recent confessionals as they sat in their airplane seats.
"It's a bit of a bummer knowing we lost our lead on the locket, but on the bright side, Tamera can't keep blackmailing us anymore" Cord smiled.
"Yea, I'm sure we'll find it somewhere sooner or later. I just have to stay optimistic" Makenna nodded.
XXX
Later into the flight, a few hours in to be specific, Ben had gotten up to go to the bathroom. When Margaret could hear him flushing she quickly got up to try going to the bathroom next.
As the Disaster came out of the bathroom he walked away, not paying too much attention to anything besides something he might trip on.
This resulted in Margaret and him accidentally bumping into each other. Margaret scowled as Ben dropped onto the floor "Watch where you're going jerk"
She glared, but for some reason still lent a hand down to try helping the smart boy back up. Ben was clearly skeptical of her sudden act of kindness but still reached for her hand to pull him up.
When he got onto his feet Margaret pulled him into a hug "Don't make me warn you about where you're walking again" she warned.
"Ok…" Ben silently walked past her, not really sure what he was supposed to say in response. Margaret smiled before going into the bathroom.
Eventually, their plane started coming to a landing. The Turtle School could tell that every single other team was getting ready to sprint out the doors.
"Sensei, I think I have an idea to get past everyone" Ninja whispered.
Shiro looked back at her, seeing that the plane was slowly stopping on the runway "Ok, let's see what you've got in mind"
Ninja smiled, happy to impress her sensei as she smashed the window next to them open. Before her master could respond she was already jumping out the window while holding onto him.
The Disasters just watched in shock as Ninja slid down the plane's wing and onto the ground "Let's get to the dickbox!" Shiro pointed while perching on Ninja's head.
Ninja nodded before quickly jumping away at breakneck speeds. "They're going to be an issue" Margaret murmured while watching them go.
"Bet she wouldn't jump that fast if her leg broke" Piccolo murmured from behind them, weirding Margaret out.
Eventually, their plane was at a complete stop and they were free to go as they all started running ahead as fast as they could. By the time they made it out of the airport, they could see Ninja and Shiro were already reading their tip.
"Ice sledding in our swimsuits" Shiro spoke slowly before turning around to smile excitedly at the other contestants, mostly Margaret or Tamera "This challenge is going to be great!"
Richard was standing at the start of a long ice-covered river. Behind him were multiple wooden shacks with a basket for clothing "When the contestants get here, they will have to drop their usual attire into those boxes before getting onto these"
He pointed to a set of eight ice yachts sitting on the ice. He jumped into one of them before taking off "All you have to do for this leg of the race is drive while trying to not freeze to death" Richard chuckled a bit before hugging himself as his teeth started chattering "It… is definitely freezing cold out here!"
He continued to drive on the ice "W-when they make it to the other side of the ice they'll be allowed to put their normal clothing on"
Richard smiled at the camera before suddenly slamming into a random giant rock "B-be sure to not go too fast…" he groaned in the rubble of his yacht.
Confessional: Clowns
Piccolo looked pretty unimpressed as per usual "We're just yachting on ice in swimsuits? I'm surprised the challenges are only getting easier"
"I don't know, I'm sure it's going to get cold quick" Monstro shrugged a little.
"I've been thrown into the snow just in my birthday suit. This will be a cakewalk" Piccolo stated flatly.
"I'm just excited to get my swimsuit back out" Monstro smiled.
XXX
The contestants were all rapidly making their way to the frozen tundra. The majority of the contestants managed to reach the changing rooms before the Disaster or Bandmates. Somehow everyone else managed to outpace them.
Both teams were running through the freezing cold, but at the very least they still had their cold-weather attire on.
"This is really going to blow when we put our swimsuits on" Cord murmured while trying to cover the snow flying into her face.
"It won't be all bad" Desmond smiled, blushing a little as he looked at his partner and remembered him in his swimsuit. He had his hands moved to cover Ben's eyes.
Makenna was looking down at the ground to avoid the snow getting in her eyes. She looked up a little to see something purple sticking out of his pocket "Hey. Ben. What's that in your pocket?" she whispered.
Ben silently glanced back at her before reaching into his pockets. In his right one, he had nothing but when he reached into the other he found he had a purple locket.
"When did you find a locket like that?" Desmond tilted his head.
Ben shrugged a bit "I don't remember having it"
Suddenly Makenna jumped forward and snatched it from his hand "So you stole it from Tamera? I would've at least liked being told that you stole it" she scowled a bit before putting it back on around her neck.
"Hey, we didn't take it from anyone" Desmond frowned "Ben would never steal from anyone"
Cord frowned a little as she stepped forward "So were you two not planning to hand that back or…?"
Ben stared at them before shrugging "I didn't do anything" he stated plainly before finally getting to the changing room.
"Let's just change Ben, we don't need to listen to their accusations" Desmond started leading him to the same changing cabin before the genius went into a different shack.
Confessional: Bandmates
Makenna was smiling contently as she held the locket in her hands "I'm so glad I finally have this back…"
Cord was just happy for her friend "I'm glad you have it again, but I still wonder why they were hiding the locket only to give it up so easily"
"Well… I noticed the locket in his pocket. Maybe he knew I already saw it and just wanted to cut his loss?" Makenna shrugged a little.
Cord slowly nodded "We might have to keep an eye on them either way"
XXX
Ahead, multiple teams were already getting changed and ready. Maria was one of the first contestants to get dressed in her swimsuit as Adam and Rodney came out soon after.
Adam blushed a little looking at her in a bikini. He slowly walked over to her with a flirty smile "Hey there"
Before Maria could flirt back with him Margaret slammed out of the changing door in Adam's face, sending him back onto his butt "Let's get going" Margaret demanded.
"S-sure thing" Maria quietly nodded in agreement before running over to the closest yacht. Before Margaret got in she looked back at all the yachts with a small smirk.
"One second" she instructed before turning around and getting into another yacht to tear out its breaks. "Whoops" she snickered before getting back in with Maria and driving away.
Rodney silently walked up to Adam, who was covering his now bruised nose. "Nice try" Rodney joked before carrying him to a yacht to catch up.
"We need to find a way to get Margaret away from Maria" Adam continued to rub his nose.
"Kinda hard to do that when it's a team-based race" Rodney noted, just used to being Adam's wingman.
Adam sighed a little "That's true. Maybe we'll need to make a new strategy for this?"
Rodney shrugged "If Maria's being held hostage I assume the only way for her to not be harmed by Margaret is to have them win"
"I… hate that you're probably right" Adam frowned "We just have to make sure Margaret stays in the game"
"They usually do well so it shouldn't be much of an issue" Rodney smiled.
As the two of them continued to talk, La Familia suddenly came into view again. Margaret was sitting in the back taking control of their yacht as she started ramming them.
"Just because we can't let them lose doesn't mean we can't fight back" Adam scowled to the mafia boss before he started slamming against her.
Once they were a good ways away, Bonnie came out of her room, honestly pretty happy her swimsuit covers most of her costume "Oh I hope Rodney hadn't finished changing yet" she whispered to herself before looking around the stalls.
Before she could peep into a stall and get her head caved in Tamera came out of her own changing stall. Like before she was wearing a black bikini that showed plenty of skin. The vixen was already hugging herself.
"This place is so f-f-f-fucking cold" she whined, before noticing Bonnie was silently staring at her.
"Like I said on the plane I would be happy to help keep you warm" Shiro smirked as he leaned against one of the stall doors.
The HBIC was about to insult him when she got a little plan "I suppose I might be inclined to listen" Tamera gestured for Bonnie to go get them a yacht, which she surprisingly listened to and ran back.
Tamera walked away from the shacks, getting Shiro to follow behind her. Tamera then turned around and leaned down "I think maybe we could work together"
"Finally, a beautiful woman wants to call me her master" Shiro smiled as he got face to face with her.
"Wanna seal this alliance with a kiss?" Tamera smiled.
Shiro lit up with a proud smile, before leaning in closer to the vixen. He closed his eyes as a malevolent smile grew on Tamera's face.
Before he could respond she quickly moved out of the way before shoving him into a frozen metal trashcan. "What tha-" he tried pushing off the large trashcan, but realized his tongue was frozen to it "What happen?"
"Sabotage" Tamera snickered before running over to Bonnie "Get our transportation going you goblin"
Tamera jumped in as Bonnie started moving the yacht forward. The vixen jumped in, accidentally landing on Bonnie's lap as they started drifting away. Bonnie groaned softly as Tamera scowled back at her "Just stay focused"
When the vixen turned back away from Bonnie she smiled confidently, naturally not being surprised Bonnie was getting excited by her again.
After they were already gone, Ninja came out of the changing room "Sensei?" she frowned when she noticed he was frenching a trashcan.
"Help me up Ninja" her master waved his hands frantically "Someone used a dark trick on your sensei and he's trying to not get his tongue cut off!"
Ninja helped bring Shiro back to his feet, though the trashcan was still attached to his tongue "You're going to have to be my eyes this challenge Ninja"
His apprentice seemed surprised, and smiled pretty excitedly "I can do that sensei!"
"Great, can you lead me to one of the yachts?" Shiro slowly waddled through the snow. Ninja silently looked over all the yachts.
"Ok, let's do this one" Ninja took a grip of the trashcan lid to start dragging him over to one. She was about to reach for that one when Piccolo suddenly hopped into it.
"Finders keepers" Piccolo stated plainly, before starting to drift away from them.
Moments later Monstro came running past the Turtle School "Hey, wait for me!" he called loudly.
"My bad" Piccolo didn't turn around as he slowed his yacht. Monstro smiled as he reached forward to try grabbing it only for Piccolo to start speeding away from him again. This continues for a while.
"Uhhhhh" Ninja looked around before just running to the one Margaret messed with. "This one is perfect" she helps her master get into the seat before getting in after him.
"Doing great so far" Shiro gave her a thumbs up before she took the yacht off its break. She smiled softly as they started catching up with the others.
Further ahead, La Familia and the Simps were still fighting against each other. Slamming into each other over and over again.
"C-can we please stop fighting with them?" Maria pleaded.
"I'm not backing down to some Simps!" Margaret growled before getting up on the front part of the yacht to try cutting up the Simp glider.
When Adam saw what she was doing, he jumped up to their front to grab her arm "You're not getting away with your treatment to Maria!" Adam threatened.
"I haven't done anything to her that she doesn't deserve" the mafia boss stated flatly before now just trying to cut him.
Rodney managed to swerve out of the way as Adam clutched onto the sail. "Bring me back over!" the tan simp called to his partner, who just listened.
Margaret smirked as she watched them come closer "Hope you have a thing for guys with scars, Maria" she tossed the blade around in her arms.
Confessional: Rodney
He had a little blush as he sat on the ice and tapped his fingers together slowly "I-I'm trying to be less of a simp… but man! Margaret is just so pretty when her hair is flowing in the wind! And just how confident she is too…" he sighed softly "The bikini helps as well…"
XXX
The two teams continued to fight when Maria's yacht suddenly came to a screeching halt. Adam and Rodney looked confused, as they easily zoomed past them.
"What was that for?" the shorter simp wondered.
Rodney looked ahead of Adam, and immediately realized they were coming increasingly close to one giant pit in the ground. "Oh no!" he screamed before pulling back as hard as humanly possible on the breaks.
It appeared the break was frozen solid, but with how strong Rodney is he actually managed to bring their yacht to a slow and screeching halt. Adam jumped back to Rodney's part of the yacht as the front hung above.
"Why is there a giant hole in the middle of the arctic?" Rodney tilted his head as he held a terrified Adam in his arms.
While the two of them were distracted La Familia was sprinting into the changing rooms to get their cold suits back on and grabbed the tip.
"Alright, this is another easy one" Margaret smirked confidently.
Maria frowned "Going down into a giant pit sounds easy to you?"
"Yea, it's practically a cakewalk as long as you don't mess it up" the mafia boss smirked before putting a miner cap on her own head.
Richard was standing at the large Kola Borehole, which was just a giant pulley machine next to a giant deep hole. "While the machine gives the idea that it would just hand you cola, it is not that kind of machine. For you see, this hole was created when the Soviets lost the space race. Naturally, since the Russians fail at effectively everything their country comes around to do, they decided to try getting a head start"
It cuts to the bottom of the hole "Instead of racing for the stars, they started racing for the center of the globe. At least until they realized no one cared to challenge them. And was thus quickly abandoned"
"For this challenge, one partner will help their partner to the bottom. Like so" Richard started cracking a machine by the side of the hole.
It then cut to him slowly moving down the pit with the help of a rope tied around his waist. He had a helmet on that illuminated his route. "The other teammate will be going down like this"
"Once they reach the bottom" he drops to the ground floor "All they have to do is find a red tennis ball" he looked around, not seeing any in plain sight before tripping over one.
It once again cut to him, now holding his right eye as he walked around in a sauna "Once they have their ball, they just have to run here and they're safe!"
The four of them were getting their equipment and deciding who was going where.
"You can carry me down right big guy?" Adam smiled up at Rodney.
"Oh yea," he nodded while flexing a little, showing his muscles "I've definitely got the upper body strength here"
"Thanks" he smiled while putting his miner helmet on.
While Rodney was flexing, they could both hear a loud thud. They turned around to see the Last Resort yacht smash into the cabins. Tamera was still sitting in the yacht while Bonnie was now laying down on the ground, staring directly at Rodney's muscles.
She drooled a little as Adam chuckled "Ok Rodney, I won't get in your way so let's get going" he wrapped the rope around himself as he realized Margaret was getting ahead.
Tamera noticed Bonnie staring at Rodney before quickly stepping in front of her to make her eyes all on her "Bonnie, let's get changed. I'll be going down into the pit"
"Ok…" Bonnie stared dreamily at her.
Moments later the vixen was leaning against the cabins as she waited for Bonnie to change. "I need to keep the attention on me and keep Bonnie from simping after that giant ape" she murmured while looking over to Rodney.
Tamera silently thought back to a few other reality shows she's seen. From the little she watched, she knew antagonists always got the most attention.
Slowly she started remembering that a lot of finalists were in some type of romance. She tried to not become sick at the thought.
Oh god… I might have to date someone here for a little while if I want to make it big… she started to silently weigh her options.
Almost no one around remotely lived up to her standards. The Ninja School was gross, most other teams didn't even want to be around her.
As she was thinking she looked over at Rodney. I'm pretty sure Bonnie would throw us under the bus if I got with him…
While she was staring she could hear Bonnie growling lowly "Are you thinking about hitting up my man again?"
Tamera turned around with a silent annoyed look. Before the idea finally hit her "No. In fact, I was actually planning to ask you out"
Bonnie silently stared at her "….What?"
"Yes. You may rejoice. I'll allow you to date me while we're in the race"
"What's the catch?" Bonnie spoke slowly "No one with those childbearing hips would just suddenly ask me out!"
Tamera just forced a smile as she scratched Bonnie's chin "Nothing at all… I just finally found my true love~"
Bonnie's foot stomped on the ground like an excited dog "Now… how about we go send you down into that dark deep hole?" Tamera whispered.
"My, we're moving so fast~!" Bonnie smiled.
"The hole in the ground" Tamera kept smiling as a blush covered her face.
Confessional: Tamera
"That was almost too easy to make her simp me again. Now I have an arc to last me the rest of this season and now she'll do whatever I say. It's like having a gross dog who's also a butler"
Confessional: Bonnie
"I've never had a hot person ask me out!" She gushed "Or… really anyone asked me out" she admitted a little more dully "I have to make sure this goes well! I can't have Tamera think I'm just here for the booba. But what do girlfriends do…" she frowned as she tried to think "I presume just doing whatever the other wants?" She guessed
XXX
While those three were going in, further back, Monstro was silently looking around. Somehow, he actually lost which way Piccolo had gone. "Huh…" he scratched his chin in thought.
While he was thinking, the Bandmates slowly slid closer, bumping into the back of him "Hey Monstro" Makenna waved.
Monstro turned around with a surprised but happy smile "Oh, hello there! I wasn't expecting to find you out here!"
Cord looked around the tundra to see they were by themselves "You need a ride?"
"I would love one!" the gentle giant smiled before sitting on the front end of the yacht "Let's get going!" he cheered before they immediately took off again.
A good way behind, the Disorganized Disaster and Turtle School were still just trying to catch up again. The Turtle School were a bit further behind from the large trashcan. The sensei was still trying to pull the can off but it kept pulling on the can.
"This ith terrible!" he whined miserably.
Ninja looked back at him "I hear if you use hot water it'll unfreeze!"
"We don't exactly have hot water" he deadpanned back.
Ninja looked around, trying to think of something clever before she just decided to spit on him, though she only hit his cheek. "Ninja!" he started backing away from her "I'm more than happy to swap spit but not like that!"
Ninja tried spitting again before he ducked out of the way "We'll get rid of the trashcan another way later" he swats her before she can try spitting again.
Further behind them Ben silently wiped the spit away from his eye with a slightly annoyed expression.
Back to the second leg of the race, Margaret and Adam were already a good ways down as the smitten Tamera just started rolling Bonnie down. Piccolo was silently standing at the waiting area for his big dumb partner.
Adam and Margaret eventually reached the bottom, though they glared at each other for the majority of the way down. "Oh, it's actually pretty warm in here" Adam smiled.
"Sure is" Margaret punched the top of his head to turn off his miner's cap "Have fun seeing without a light" she mocked before scampering away.
Adam scowled, trying to run after her when he suddenly tripped on the ground. He groaned softly as he sat up and looked at what he had, finding that it was one of the red balls they needed. He looked back to Margaret, who just couldn't find anything before he shrugged.
"She'll be fine" he stated to himself before tugging on his rope. Suddenly he started getting pulled back up by the rope, and on the way, he could see that most of the contestants were starting to come down.
He silently frowned as he looked down, realizing that Margaret was already starting to lose her lead "Ugh, Rodney, can you bring me back down please?"
"What? Why?" the ginger responded back through their microphones.
"Margaret is already losing a lead, if she ends up losing I don't know what she might do to Maria"
Rodney sighed softly "Alright man" he slowly started cranking the machine to send Adam back to the bottom.
Once the simp was back on the ground floor he moved out of the way of Makenna, Bonnie, and Piccolo. When he found Margaret was still having trouble finding any balls in the dark. He sighed a little before rolling the ball her way before walking in another direction.
Once he was out of sight Margaret could feel something roll and hit the side of her foot. She looked down and noticed the ball with a confident smirk "About time. Alright Maria, start pulling me up"
"Yes ma'am" Maria responded.
Back on the surface, the Turtle School was finally getting closer to the giant hole. Shiro still had the trashcan on his tongue but he had come to accept this. "We're getting there sensei!" Ninja pointed out.
"Pull the breaks" he murmured slowly.
"The breaks?" Ninja looked down, realizing what he was trying to say "Oh, the breaks" she smiled before pulling on the break, which immediately broke.
"Oh…. sensei, the breaks aren't an option" she chuckled nervously.
"Abandon ship!" Shiro screamed before jumping off, being closely followed by his student. Their yacht just continued to fly forward and down into the hole below, barely missing Margaret on her way up.
"People don't know how to drive anymore" she deadpanned.
The yacht came crashing down the whole way. It cuts to the bottom where Piccolo was looking for a ball. He suddenly found one on the ground before picking it up "Ok, I'm good to go" he called Monstro.
"One sec" his partner responded.
"What do you mean one sec I have the ball?"
"I wanna see where that yacht is gonna crash!" he seemed pretty excited.
"What do you mean where it's going to cras-" mid-sentence the yacht slammed down on him and created a pile of rubble.
"Ok, I'm ready now" he started pulling but couldn't pull Piccolo from the car crash.
Back on the surface, as the Turtle School and Disaster started changing into their cold-weather clothes, La Familia went running to the finish line, making it to the chill zone without much of an issue.
"First place!" Margaret stood victoriously. Maria seemed less excited but was more than fine not getting out.
Richard walked over with a towel around his waist "Congratulations, you're both first place and keep a spot in our final six. Not too shabby"
"To be expected" Margaret smirked.
"Yea, it was really nice of those Simps to let you have the win" Richard smirked.
Margaret silently stared at him, dropping her smirk "What do you mean by that?"
"Well… Adam found a ball and then he gave it to you" Richard shrugged "It's as simple as that really. Not too surprised, they are called the Simps"
Maria smiled a little "Nice to know they have our back"
"You would say that" Margaret murmured before walking away.
Confessional: Margaret
"I would've gotten a victory just fine without those two simps" she grumbled "I'll dominate the rest of this game without their help"
XXX
Back in the pit, everyone was still going as fast as they could to scoop up the balls they needed. Adam was having a particularly hard time with his lack of vision.
Ben and Shiro were now also down in the pits with all of the others. Thanks to how warm it got down there, Shiro managed to finally get his trashcan out of his mouth "ugh, thank god" he groaned.
As he looked around he noticed that Bonnie was already making her way back to the middle with multiple red balls in her mouth, for some reason.
"What are you doing?" Ben deadpanned.
Bonnie shrugged with a smile "I wanted to show my G.F how much I can hold in my mouth"
Ben continued to silently stare in disappointment "Is your girlfriend a chipmunk? I don't quite get why she would want to know how you can do that"
"No, no" Shiro shook his head "She's onto something here. That is impressive"
Bonnie smiled proudly "Thank you Shiro" she murmured through her stuffed mouth as Tamera started hoisting her back up.
Back on the surface, Tamera was slowly cranking her partner up slowly. But not in a weird way. Most of the challenge she was trying to say something snarky to someone, but since every single time they ignored her she really didn't get much in the way of screen time.
Near her, Ninja was silently staring at her. Remembering what she did to her sensei was slowly starting to upset her.
So, she stopped messing around with her team's crank to walk over to the vixen "Excuse me Tamera-san, but could I have a word with you?"
Tamera silently looked back at her with a bored expression "What do you want now you wannabe ninja?"
"I wanted to speak to you about what you did to my sensei. I know my sensei can be rather perverse… and inappropriate… but what you did to him was wrong in turn. It likely hurt his honor as a martial artist. So all that I ask of you is to apologize"
Tamera silently smiled at her "No"
"W-what?" Ninja seemed surprised at her immediate 'no' "W-why not? I thought I asked rather politely"
"You did, but that just gives me a reason to not respect you" she mused with a shrug.
Ninja was simply flabbergasted as she tried to think about what she should even say as a response. However, before she could find her words Bonnie made it out of the chasm with the balls still in her mouth.
"Tada" Bonnie grinned.
Tamera tried to keep herself from rolling her eyes as she pats her head "Very funny Bonnie dear"
Bonnie lit up from the praise, dropping one of them into Tamera's hands when she gestured for it.
"H-hey" Ninja frowned while getting up in Tamera's face "I-I want the sincere apology or I'm going to be upset ma'am"
"Ma'am?" Tamera snickered "Yea, ok. I'm sooooooory" she had a shit eating grin on her face as she leaned forward "Satisfied?"
The young ninja tried to contain the pure anger that was building up inside of herself. "Great, you're welcome then" Tamera mocked before turned around with a flip of the hair.
While she was turned around Ninja balled up her fist before punching her in the back of the head. Tamera fumbled forward as Bonnie and everyone else gasped in surprise.
"Fight!" Piccolo cheered as he finally started getting pulled up to the surface again.
Tamera tackled Ninja onto the ground, both lightly elbowing or kicking the other before Rodney and Bonnie came over to pull them apart. Though they kept swinging their fists in the air.
"Should we get going Piccolo?" Monstro cautiously asked while pulling his partner onto solid ground.
"Once we're sure there's not gonna be any more fighting" Piccolo swatted Monstro's hands away from himself as Ninja got out of Rodney's grip and ran at Tamera again.
Piccolo clapped like a child watching fireworks on the 4th of July "Winner has more teeth by the end of it!"
Confessional: Ninja
She had a few bruises and a bit of her hair was pulled out "I-I never lose my cool… b-but darn it she was being so mean!" she started fixing her hair again "I may have injured my own honor fighting that woman like that, but I would have been an awful student if I left his honor injured like that"
Confessional: Tamera
Tamera sccowled, she was clearly more bruised by Ninja than what she did "That little goblin… what's the point of winning when I don't win well?" she was standing outside the sauna while applying makeup "I'm going to mess her up…"
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Eventually Tamera's fight ended in her clear defeat as Bonnie carried her in her arms "We need to find the closest hospital to make sure those brusies don't stay on that beautiful clean skin of yours!"
"Just get us to the finish line" Tamera dramatically laid back in her arms "I have the skin of a goddess, it will smoothen in no time"
They soon reached the sauna, though they were beat to it by Monstro carrying his little clown buddy.
"Circus Duo!" Richard smiled at the two "You're second place, very impressive!"
"A show and a win. I'd smile if I could" Piccolo simply started walking away. Monstro chose to follow behind him, but on the way high-fived the host.
Richard smiled as the Last Resorts came in after them "First to third. Usually those who do well blow the next challenge but you two kept it going. Congrats"
"The power of love just carried us I guess" Bonnie smiled before hugging Tamera tight like a teddy bear.
Tamera silently accepted the hug "Yes… the power of love is truly carrying us through this competition"
Richard silently stared at the two before taking a step back "Usually I'm all for a lesbian team… but this is just unatrual!"
Back in the pit, Ben was silently looking through the dark, just trying to find a red tennisball. Not far from him Makenna was holding up a red tennis ball in her hand "Hey, Cord, I finally got the ball!"
"Good job, let's get going" Cord spoke through the mic.
Makenna was about to walk away when suddenly something from the dark grabbed her arm. She shrieked in surrpsie as she dropped her ball before flashing her light at the figure, revealing Adam.
"W-what were you doing?" she held her chest.
"S-sorry" he chuckled bashfully "I-I was just hoping to have your helmet so I could look around"
Makenna smiled "Sure, when I get my ball back I'll give it to you" she turned around to try finding her ball but couldn't see it anywhere.
"Oh, a ball" she could hear a very dull voice. She turned to it to see that Ben had the ball and was walking closer to the center of the pit.
"Hey, wait!" Makenna called before chasing after him. Ben turned around as he stood under their entrance.
"Yes?" he tilted his head.
Makenna smiled a little at him "Hey, sorry, but that was my ball. I dropped it because Adam was wanting to borrow my helmet because his is broken. Do you mind handing that back?"
Ben silently looked at her, before the rope he was attached to started dragging him away. He didn't give a single explanation before he was fully out of view.
"H-hey!" Makenna called, trying to get him to come back or at least drop the ball for her. The only thing to drop was Ben's cap as it came flying down. Which Adam was quick to take.
"Thanks" Adam called before going back to the hunt.
Elsewhere, Shiro was fumbling around as he looked around, just trying his best to keep from bumping into some large stones.
Confessional: Shiro
Shiro chuckled a little while standing in the middle of the dark "I know they gave me this helmet to help me see, but it's really not that good. I admit, I'm old, so my nightvision has gotten a lot worse over time. But I'll still find my way out!"
He smiled before walking over to one large rock, slamming into it and falling on his back.
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Eventually, Makenna managed to find another red ball and made it onto the surface again. Though by then Ben and Desmond were long gone.
"What took you so long?" Cord asked casually.
"Ben took our ball!" Makenna crossed her arms angrily.
Cord gasped slightly "No way, really? Why'd they do that?"
"I think it was a finger's keepers kind of thing" Makenna murmured, though she was clearly upset.
"Or… they're sabotaging us like how they had that locket" Cord noted casually. "Two suspicious acts in a row is probably less of a coincidence"
Makenna rubbed her chin slowly before slapping her cheek "Let's just focus on the challenge. We're only ahead of two people so it's better to just keep moving"
Cord simply shrugged before running towards the final chilzone with Makenna. By the time they got there, they could see that the DIsorganized Disaster already got fourth.
The two of them slowly walked inside "You all just keep piling in" Richard mused noticing them "But since you're fifth, I don't quite feel like giving you a big announcement. Just go enjoy the sauna" he gestured behind himself.
Makenna and Cord silently walked past him, and as they walked they could see Ben and Desmond were already changing into their sauna attire. Desmond smiled and waved "Congrats on making it"
It took everything in their fun loving, laid back nature to not wave back at them as they simply kept walking. Desmond silently scratched his head in confusion.
Back in the pit, the last two teams were desperately looking around for any kind of ball they could find. Eventually the two of them came back to the middle, and looked at each other awkwardly.
"Guessing you haven't found a ball yet?" Adam asked bashfully.
"Not a one that isn't attached" Shiro nodded "I'm starting to get a bit worried we're just out of balls"
Adam sighed slightly "I knew I shouldn't have given Margaret that ball earlier"
"You gave her your ball?" he sounded surprised "I thought you were after the beautiful redheaded girl?"
"I do, but I also know if Margaret loses she'll take out Maria and I just can't live with the idea that that could happen and I didn't stop it"
Shiro stared at him for a moment, he looked around slowly before noticing a redball was seemingly sitting in plain sight on a stone slab. He quickly walked over to collect it, hiding it in his hand before going back to Adam. "Guess you win" the simp smiled softly "I hope you two manage to do well. You've definitely got the skills to carry this game"
"We sure do" he admitted before handing Adam the red ball "But I think it would be better if you moved on" he smirked.
Adam looked dumbfounded, trying to come up with a response to this act of kindness before Shiro pat his arm "Trust me, I'm just fine letting you move on. If there's one things about me that you should know beyond my martial arts… it's that I would rather fade away than see a beautiful woman like Maria get hurt. I'm a hopeless romantic like that. So when you kiss her next time think about me" he joked.
Adam chuckled a little before pulling on his rope again. Like last time he was pulled up "Thanks master Shiro"
"No problem" Shiro smiled while giving him the 'ok' gesture.
Eventually Adam made it to the surface "Alright Rodney, let's get going" he smiled.
Rodney smiled back, giving him a high five before he started walking away. Adam slowly followed behind. However, before getting too far from the pit he turned around to bow in appreciation to Ninja.
Eventually the two Simps made their way to the sauna, where Richard was already sitting in a towel just enjoying the heat. He was so distracted he didn't even notice the two of them coming in.
Both simps silently waited for him to notice them before Rodney loudly cleared his throat to get his attention. Richard opened one of his eyes to glance at them "You're sixth place, you're our last safes of the day" he murmured before closing his eyes again.
"Can't believe we pulled it out in the end" Rodney smiled before walking further inside.
"Me neither" Adam quietly mused as he followed behind him.
Back at the hole, Ninja finally pulled Shiro out of the pit. He didn't seem too bothered by how things went as he untied the rope "Was fun while it lasted" he mused.
An intern slowly walked up to them "You know already… but you're out. We hope you had fun!" they smiled.
"I did" Shiro smirked. Ninja however stayed silent.
"What's upsetting you Ninja?" Shiro asked casually as the screen showed their many martial arts moves through the season. Along with all the perverted things Shiro did like stealing Tamera's bra.
"We lost and lost our honor at the same time" Ninja drooped.
"I wouldn't say that" Shiro shrugged as the camera shows them walking into another sauna with more people in it "I could hear your fighting with Tamera, and believe me my student, nothing matters honor wise when I know my student finally got into a cat fight!" he smiled like a proud father.
Ninja smiled a little "So you're not disappointed in me?"
"Not at all" he smiled "If anything, I should apologize for giving away our victory without speaking to you. And for that I do indeed apologize"
Ninja didn't seem angry, instead just hugging Shiro "You're the best sensei ever!"
Shiro smiled a little as she hugged him against her cleavage "Yea… I know" his smile continued to slowly grow "Now… let's go enjoy the beautiful Russian women using these saunas!"
Ninja cheered along with her master, even if she didn't get what was so exciting about it.
AN: and there goes the Turtle School. I know prior I think they did better in the order but I felt now was a good time to send them home. I also wanted to give a nice little Shiro moment since I think for a good chunk of the earlier part I focused more on Ninja than him. But with the final six, that means we only have 4 more chapters left for this. But more importantly, the arc I've waited for all season involving Bonnie and Tamera has finally come. And I'm all here for it.
Remaining team order: La Familia, Clowns, Resorts, Disaster, Bandmates, Simps