Richard was still sitting in the sauna collecting some sweat as large chubby men stood around or sat near him also enjoying the sauna. He smiled as he started stretching "Ahhhhhhhhh last time on the Radickulous race…" he kept stretching.
"The teams came flying into Siberia where their first challenge was driving on on some ice yachts" it shows the contestants riding on the yachts, along with Ninja breaking her break.
"But, throughout the challenge love was in the air. Along with plenty of strategies," it shows Tamera tricking Shiro into licking a trashcan and then later asking Bonnie out by the giant dark hole.
"But the closer we get to the end, the more drama is beginning to stew between the teams" it shows the Bandmates finding their locket in Ben's pocket, and then Ben stealing their red tennis ball in the pit.
"Thanks to Shiro, in the end, the SImps made it to the end. But we have to say sayonara to our Turtle School. But Ninja wasn't at the top of my list anyhow. Let's see how our contestants will handle the exact opposite of their current situation"
He reached for a bottle of champaign "But right now me and the boys are gonna party!" he cheered.
Intro plays
Richard stood in the warm sauna "Yesterday's winner will be taking today's first tip. Lucky them"
La Familia was the first one to walk up to the dickbox in the middle of the frozen tundra. "I'm glad the Simps gave us this lead. Getting first place this late into the game is a real game-changer" Maria smiled softly.
The redhead turned around to look at her partner, only to realize Margaret wasn't listening to what she was saying and was currently threatening the other teams.
Maria sighed before grabbing the tip from the dickbox "Today's landing will be in… Vietnam. I hear that place is beautiful"
Images of beautiful Vietnam appeared on screen "Vietnam, a country known for kicking out powers like China and America on a regular basis. But that part isn't important in today's challenge just some backstory."
Richard appeared on screen looking around awkwardly "I… don't quite know what I should say now. Uh. Land in Vietnam and you can take a Rickshaw to a nearby river for your next tip"
As usual, every team started racing to the nearest airport. With the teams now getting down to the final six, everyone was racing as fast as they could to get there.
"Taxi!" Makenna called trying to get a good ride for her and her partner. Eventually one drove up to them before Bonnie suddenly jumped onto the taxi's hood.
"No! Tamera and I claim this one! It's ours!" she hissed at the two girls, swatting at them like an angry cat.
Makenna and Cord silently frowned as Tamera walked over with a smug smirk "You heard her, it's our taxi" she shoved them out of the way with her hip before getting into the back with Bonnie.
"I hate those two" Makenna murmured before trying to call for another taxi. But considering they were in the middle of one giant frozen wasteland there weren't many cars that were going to take them anywhere.
Nearby, thankfully, Piccolo and Monstro managed to find a taxi, and before taking off Monstro got the car to come to a stop for them.
"Do you two need a ride?" Monstro smiled.
"Thanks a ton, dude" Cord smiled before hopping in "We weren't getting anything out here"
Piccolo silently glared at the two girls as they got inside, effectively slamming him against the taxi window thanks to how big Monstro was.
Confessional: Last Resorts
Bonnie was practically trying to meld herself against Tamera as they both sat in the back of their taxi. Tamera was silently rolling her eyes as Bonnie kept hugging her tighter "This is the best season ever" the little goblin whispered excitedly.
"Even when you help give us a lead you're entirely unbearable" Tamera deadpanned. Bonnie silently looked back up at her, causing Tamera to start getting unbearable "B-but you're my… little goblin?"
Bonnie smiled wide "And you're my perfect queen!" Bonnie gushed before pushing Tamera onto the seat to snuggle her more effectively, causing the vixen to groan in annoyance.
XXX
Eventually, all six managed to make it on the plane, so the Resorts stealing that taxi didn't give them a lead on any of the others as they flew and landed in Vietnam.
Once they landed, the Simps and La Familia were the first two teams who made it out of the airport and into the open. Rodney walked behind Adam before slowly stopping in his tracks with a confused look.
"What's wrong buddy?" Adam started slowing down to look back at Rodney.
The large farmer chuckled awkwardly "I… have no idea what we're looking for"
Adam chuckled a little "It's a rickshaw. It's like one of those things that people use by having someone run for them"
Rodney just continued to look confused before Adam pointed them out to him. There was six waiting for them close by with small local children sitting in them.
"I don't think he's going to be able to move me along" Rodney noted as they started walking up to the closest one.
"Better than one of us doing it" Adam shrugged.
Margaret and Maria were about to get into the first rickshaw that was open when the Mafia boss noticed the two of them coming closer. She grabbed Maria by the ear to get her out of the seat.
"Ow, ow, ow. What are you doing?" Maria scowled.
Adam scowled at Margaret as he came over "Can you please stop harassing Maria? It's already getting tiring"
Margaret ignored what he was saying before pointing at the rickshaw seat "Take it"
Rodney and Adam looked at each other confusedly before Margaret shoved them into their seats and slapped the kid on the back to send him going ahead.
"Why'd you give up our lead?" Maria frowned while backing away and rubbing her ear.
"Paying them back for last time" Margaret stated flatly before getting into another one of the rickshaws "I hate owing debts so I prefer getting over them as fast as possible"
The mafioso turned around to glare at the small boy "Are you going to get moving or what!?" the kid whimpered before moving as fast as humanly possible.
The rest of the teams came running out soon after this, with everyone vying over who can get into the rickshaws first. Monstro managed to chuck Piccolo into the closest rickshaw, though maybe a little too hard as he laid down like he had been knocked out.
Monstro then grabbed the kid and placed him into the front seat with Piccolo "Don't worry clown man, I'll get us there in no time!" and with that, the mountain of muscle started peddling their rickshaw as fast as he could.
Ben and Desmond got into another one as the Bandmates and Last Resorts started taking off. "These things don't have much room" Ben murmured as they started riding away. Both of the Disasters were practically pressed together in their seat.
Desmond was blushing deeply "I-I really don't think it's that bad" he smiled "I mean, this town is pretty. And it's definitely more relaxing than getting thrown around in a taxi"
Ben silently nodded in agreement. To his partner's surprise, he wrapped an arm around his shoulder while glancing away "Sorry" Ben apologized "It's rather crowded on here and I'm just trying to get comfy"
"I don't mind at all" Desmond smiled while also trying to get comfortable.
Past them, Makenna and Cord were both looked around excitedly, just wanting to see all the sights of the city "We have to add this to our list for all of the places we want to have a concert at"
Cord nodded as she slowly added it to her a list she was making on her phone "Man, when we're done with this race we're going to have a lot of places to go" she mused.
"How many do we got down?" Makenna looked over her shoulder to look at their list. A realization hit her as she saw they listed every location they went to.
"That might be a bit much" the rocker chuckled softly.
Cord shrugged "Not like we have to do them all in one go. We can at least go off of continent. I'm sure Lily would die if we didn't have our first trip go to Transylvania"
"Always have the clever idea" Makenna smiled before leaning back in her seat "It's so exciting to not know where we will go next"
"Well, it might be home after this one" Cord mused, getting a small frown from Makenna.
"We have my locket back and we know we can't trust anyone in this game besides Monstro or the SImps. We could be in much worse waters"
"Yea, but Monstro does whatever Piccolo does. And I don't know how much of a good influence the little clown is" Cord pointed ahead of them, showing that Piccolo was now directing which way his massive partner would drive them.
It was pretty obvious to anyone watching that Piccolo was directing Monstro to try hitting a group of children walking from their school or a pregnant woman trying to walk home.
Makenna silently stared at the scene "Yea… maybe we shouldn't rely too much on them either…"
Monstro turned around as Piccolo started directing them to an older man. He smiled and waved at the two of them. Both rockers awkwardly waved back at him.
"We have to get him away from Piccolo" Makenna whispered, getting a silent nod in agreement from Cord.
Eventually, their long rides ended as they left the Vietnamese city and into the rural side of the country. There was plenty of nature and rivers around. The Simps and La Familia were the first two to arrive.
"We're getting the first tip!" Margaret warned the Simps as she pushed past Rodney and Adam, sending them down into the mud.
Adam glared at her, but Rodney couldn't help blushing a little at Margaret's confident domineering energy. As Margaret snatched their next tip, Maria silently helped the two of them up as they ran to get their own tip.
"In today's challenge, we have to go noodling. What the hell does that mean?" Margaret frowned at Maria "Do they want us to make some noodles for them and just have no idea how to ask?" she deadpanned.
"Oh, I know this one!" Rodney smiled proudly as he started wiggling his fingers in the air "I used to go noodling with some of my younger brothers!"
"Fun" Adam deadpanned when he noticed that the first part of the tip mentioned a three-person super team "Was almost missing that gimmick"
Richard was now standing on a boat floating in the middle of the water. He was the only one in this area that wasn't standing chest-deep in the water. "As they said so very elegantly, today's challenge is our second super-teams! Remember them back in Zimbabwe? Hope so, it would be weird to only do this once in a full season" he chuckled.
The camera shifted to a local standing in the water "Noodling is a technique used by fishermen that simply don't want to spend money on bait. They wave their fingers around like worms or noddles, and that attracts their targets"
It shows under the water the man was trying to attract a catfish with his fingers when suddenly, one swam closer and bit down on its hand. He smiled as he raised it up in the air.
"Nasty!" Richard chuckled before looking back at the camera "So yea, with your three teams you have to get six fish. Once you have enough, a local here will give you your tip for the second challenge"
The local floated over on another boat and waved at the camera.
"So we need three teams" Adam frowned "That might take a good while"
"That's assuming I even want to be on your team" Margaret glared.
Adam rolled his eyes "I don't want to be on your team either but it'll go by much faster if we just suck it up and team up"
"He's right" Rodney smiled "Who knows how long it might take for enough teams to arrive. In fact, we should start getting a raft"
"Ok, I'll go get that then" Margaret was about to leave when Maria stopped her "Adam and I can get a nice one. Don't you worry at all" the redhead smiled before walking off with Adam.
Margaret silently growled as Rodney casually walked over "I guess the two of us can spend some time together" he chuckled.
Margaret scowled at him before following after the other two "Bring any other team that comes into our group" she instructed without turning around.
Rodney silently frowned while saluting at the mafioso. It was a few minutes later when there wasn't any progress he just came running over to the other three just to not be as bored.
Moments afterward the Disorganized Disaster somehow managed to come in. "How did we get ahead of the others?" Desmond looked around, confused "We literally took the scenic route to get here"
It suddenly cuts further back to the road they took to get to this area. Somehow Bonnie and Tamera had got their rickshaw flipped over with them still in it as the other two teams stayed stuck behind it. The local boy that was driving their rickshaw was trying his best to flip it back over. Cord and Makenna used their phones to make a honking noise to try to make the process hurry up.
It cut back to Ben who shrugged "I won't complain about it" he started running over to the dickbox. Before he could even read it, however, Margaret was already starting to drag him over to their boat.
"Hey, what are you doing with him?" Desmond ran over to them, grabbing Ben's legs to try pulling him back.
Ben stared blankly at the tip as both of them started ripping him apart. "Oh. Desmond. You can stop now"
"What? Why?" Desmond frowned as he let go of Ben, who dropped onto the ground before being dragged again.
"Because it's a super team" Ben turned the tip to show it to him.
"Oh, well alright" Desmond started following them "I just hope Margaret isn't throwing you into anything dangerous"
"I will if you keep talking like that" Margaret growled.
The three of them took off into the catfish-infested waters as the next three teams came into view. The Circus Duo and the Bandmates looked annoyed by the wasted time while Tamera had a purely blank face that was covered in lipstick kisses all over.
"I can't wait for this challenge!" Bonnie gushed before tapping the dickbox and getting their tip.
She read over the tip as the two teams behind her started reading at the same time. All six contestants finished at the same time as they looked between themselves.
"Guess we're partnering up!" Monstro cheered excitedly.
"But the challenge is absolutely sickening!" Tamera gagged "Why would I let a slimy fish wrap its mouth around my hand? I already have a goblin with me who does that for me"
Makenna and Cord raised an eyebrow at Tamera calling Bonnie a goblin when said redhead wrapped Tamera's arm in a hug "I love that you gave me a pet name~"
"They're a real match made in hell" Cord deadpanned with a slightly amused smile.
Makenna chuckled softly before noticing Piccolo was already moving ahead and pushing their boat into the water. "Hey, wait up!" the rocker called before chasing after him.
The rest of their team realized how fast Piccolo was moving before they chased along after them.
Both teams made it out onto the water, keeping their distance from the other super-team to avoid any potential sabotage. Both teams had plenty of players who would likely be more than happy to do that.
Both teams quickly jumped in the water, not wasting time. With the exception of Tamera, who was just enjoying the sun in the team boat.
"Why aren't you getting in with us?" Makenna frowned up to Tamera, who simply opened one eye to look down condescendingly at her.
"If I must answer, I'm here to help keep the fish on our ship. I think the five of you can handle the water on your own" while she was enjoying the sun, Bonnie suddenly came over with a drink in her hand before handing it over to Tamera.
"Thank you" she smirked while taking a sip.
Before Makenna could complain Monstro came running over with an excited smile on his face "Guys, guys! I got some!"
"Good to see some of our team is really carrying their weight" Cord smiled, giving the big guy a thumbs up.
Monstro smiled as he raised his carp-covered hands in the air before chucking them at Tamera. Who dropped her drink while catching them. "Ugh!" she whined before tossing them onto the ship floor.
"Two down, four to go" Bonnie smiled.
"Catch anything yet Pickle-o!?" Monstro yelled to his partner, who was standing in the middle of the river by himself.
"No. Like always everything around me either dies or runs away" the clown frowned annoyedly as he kept trying to catch a catfish's attention.
"Just keep trying!" Monstro smiled encouragingly, which just annoyed Piccolo more.
Tamera noticed the entire team was staring at Piccolo, so she whistled to gain their attention again "Keep grabbing fish everyone, we don't know how fast the other team is going to be catching fish"
"Would you like to help then?" Monstro tapped his fingers together.
"No. I'm this team's captain. And so. I tell you all to get back to work." Tamera smirked down at the crew.
Bonnie just saluted before getting back to her work. However, the others didn't seem happy with the idea. "And so all you'll do is boss us around? You can at least pretend you're trying to help us" Makenna glared.
Instead of responding, the vixen simply pointed to the other team. Margaret and Adam were already throwing in another fish "You can keep arguing or focus on not losing" With an annoyed sigh the teams moved back to the challenge at hand.
Confessional: Bandmates
Makenna and Cord both had their arms crossed "This super-team is the worst" Makenna started "I just can't believe Tamera has lasted this long!"
Cord nodded "I was fine with her just being annoying but at this point, it's hard to really stand her. She brings the entire game down"
Makenna started looking a little more nervous "Should we… consider trying to sabotage her?"
This seemed to surprise her partner "I'm not sure… sabotage is kinda cringe, to be honest"
"You're right" Makenna chuckled bashfully "That was a bad idea. Let's just keep trying our best to win"
XXX
On the other side of the side of the lake, somehow the three of them were actually managing to cooperate rather well. By now they had already gathered up four fish.
Desmond looked over his shoulder while hoisting up a fish to see some crocodiles smirking and beckoning for him to come over. The boy shuddered nervously "Ok… let's all agree to avoid that area" he worried.
The other teammates nodded in agreement. Ben wasn't paying attention however, he was silently watching the others work together as a grin formed on his face.
The bookworm floated over to the rest of the team. Rodney and Desmond were on the boat while Margaret, Maria, and Adam threw fish up for them.
"I'm not quite the type to bring this type of thing up but perhaps we should all consider an alliance?" Ben smiled as they all turned their attention to him, some being more surprised than others.
"I would love to!" Rodney cheered while glancing down at Margaret.
"I don't want to cooperate with some simps" Margaret stated flatly.
Maria floated closer to Margaret "It's not that bad of an idea. If we can target everyone on that other team we could probably beat the others in a finale" she whispered.
Margaret considered the possibility while looking over the others. "Ok. I'm in" the mafia boss nodded.
"I guess if they're in, along with Rodney, I might as well be" Adam shrugged a little, even if he was suspicious of Margaret.
"This is going to be great!" Desmond smiled while high-fiving Rodney.
Confessional: La Familia
Margaret was sitting on the coast with Maria at her side "Ok, I admittedly don't trust Maria's idea often, but Ben's suggestion wasn't half bad. Ben and Desmond are practically walking sticks so they won't be hard to take out later, and Adam will throw his whole team under the bus just so his boo can win"
"Yea, like I said it's a good idea" Maria nodded.
"Oh shut up, I would've considered it before long anyways. The Circus Duo is more intimidating than these clowns over here" Margaret poked her side with a pointy stick lying on the coast.
Confessional: Disorganized Disaster
Ben and Desmond just smiled at each other before fist-bumping "That was as clever as your usual ideas Ben" Desmond complimented.
"Thanks" Ben smirked "Once the threats on the other super-team are gone they'll likely target each other because of how more intimidating the other is"
"Finale here we come!" Desmond cheered.
XXX
"So. quick question Bonnie," Cord asked casually "Are you... Actually dating Tamera?"
"Yea, she seems to really not like you" Makenna pointed out.
Bonnie just smiled at the two of them as she pulled another fish from the water with her hands "I know Tamera can be a bit rude or just doesn't seem into me. But I don't get given this opportunity very often!"
The bandmates silently looked at her "What do you mean by that?"
"Oh, it's pretty simple" Bonnie continued to smile "I know I'm totally unattractive in almost every single way possible. But, even if Tamera is just using me for attention, she still asked me out. That never happens! And if we stay together in the game long enough, maybe she'll want to use me as more than just as a tool"
"That's… really sad" Makenna murmured.
"It is" Bonnie nods "But it's best to be opportunistic and positive! It's not like a babe such as Tamera falls from the sky every other day"
The Bandmates silently looked at each other before they continued looking around for more fish.
The teams continued to stack their piles of fish one after another. Eventually getting down to just needing one more each.
In the Axis corner, they weren't too worried about getting the fish they needed. After the suggestion of an alliance, they only seemed to be working together faster and more effectively.
Margaret was slowly moving her fingers around when a little plan slowly formed in her head "I think we have enough people working on the fish, I'll let you guys finish this up"
She started trudging away in the water, ignoring Adam calling for her to come back.
Margaret moved her way closer to the rocks they saw the croc at. She could see Monstro was also in the area before walking up to him.
"Hey, there big guy" she waved with a calm smile.
"Hello there!" Monstro smiled and waved at her "You're not on our super-team, are you?"
Margaret stared at him for a moment. Not quite being sure if he was pulling on her leg or something "No… I am?"
"Oh, good!" Monstro smiled "I'm trying to find the last fish we need but they're really not biting anymore" he frowned while trying to grab one that was swimming away.
"That's good coincidence" Makenna smiled "I saw this one fish nearby that was that was bonus points!" she spoke excitedly like it was a big discovery.
"Where!?" Monstro smiled "I can grab him no problem!"
Margaret pointed over to the rocks, specifically at one of the crocs that were chilling in the water "It's them. They're more dangerous but if you collect it you get an immediate immunity for the team"
Monstro couldn't help his confidence as he cracked his knuckles "I'm not scared of a scaly fish! I'll catch him just like the others!"
Margaret smirked as she started floating back to her team "Alright, we should be safe now."
"We got the last fish we needed anyways" Adam shrugged "But hey, good job. I'm sure your contribution will add great stuff for this alliance"
"Shush" Margaret put a finger to his lips while scowling "You just need to get the local. I don't care what you have to say or think"
Adam grumbled before swimming to find the local. But the other team had managed to reach him first, with Piccolo swimming over to get them.
"Guys, I got another one!" Monstro called while dragging the croc's tail through the water.
Makenna smiled "Good job Monstro. But we already got all the fish we need"
Monstro shook his head "This one gives us an immediate win! Our teammate told me that!" he smiled before throwing it on board. Almost immediately Tamera could be heard screaming before jumping off the boat.
The three waiting girls looked onto the ship as the locals arrived to see that the croc was in the middle of eating most of their fish. Piccolo silently looked at it with the local "Monstro did this. Didn't he?"
"Yes. yes, he did" Tamera glared when she felt her hair get wet. The local frowned at the group wasting his time when Bonnie suddenly jumped onto the boat.
"It's one thing to steal our lead, but scaring Tamera is my last straw!" she screamed before grabbing the croc in the heimlich maneuver. She repeatedly compressed its stomach until all of the fish, and then some, splattered onto the floor.
Everyone looked disgusted by the display as Bonnie chucked the croc into the water "That's enough, right?"
The local shrugged and gave a thumbs up, before handing each team their own tip.
"Sweet" Makenna smiled while taking hers. As they started reading Adam snatched the local to get him over to his team as fast as possible.
"Dark spooky cave. Perfect place to scream in pain without being heard" Piccolo noted.
Richard was standing outside the entrance of a cave with his hands behind his back. "Today's follow-up challenge isn't going to be all that flashy or intense. In this challenge, all our contestants have to do is run through these caves and find the next dickbox"
He walked into the cave to show three paths "But be careful, I sent a few interns in earlier, and I haven't quite heard from them yet" he chuckled softly.
The dysfunctional team went running to the cave, though they were now quickly being followed behind by the Axis of Evil.
They all ran inside before finding three paths was going in different directions.
"Well, the team was soooo much fun but we should split up" Tamera smiled before going down the middle path before Bonnie quickly followed behind.
"I definitely won't miss them" Cord shrugged before looking back at the Circus Duo "Do you two wanna stick around?"
"You helped us, so I'll tell you now. You don't want to be alone with me in the dark" Piccolo honked his horn while staring at the two of them.
The Bandmates gulped as Piccolo backed into the dark path to the right. Monstro waved at them before following behind the clown.
"Yea, let's go left" Makenna smiled before going to the left.
Once they had all gone their own way, the Axis looked between their options. "We should stick together" Rodney suggested.
"No, it might be faster if we take other routes" Ben shook his head.
"Then how do I know you're not ditching us?" Margaret eyed him suspiciously.
Adam frowned as the others started arguing "OK!" He raised his hands "Here's a plan to avoid sabotage. We all split up and partner with those on another team, and then we call for someone else if we find the end"
"I call teaming with Margaret!" Rodney raised his hand, before chuckling bashfully "I-I assumed I should call it as fast as possible…"
"Whatever, I don't care. You at least look strong" Margaret shrugged.
"I guess I'll partner with Adam?" Desmond awkwardly walked over to him.
"And I'm with Ben. Great" Maria and Adam seemed annoyed they had to partner with the Disasters but all chose to go through their own routes.
In the middle path, the Last Resorts were going at a leisure pace trying to find their way out. Tamera had a confident strut as usual to their lead.
"This challenge has been a true cakewalk" she mused.
"Yea, you're really doing great!" Bonnie praised her while hugging her side again.
Tamera just silently accepted the hug as she stopped walking as confidently "Great…"
As they walked ahead, they suddenly found a hole in the rocks that had a giant spider sitting on the webs.
The moment it came into view Tamera screamed in fear before Bonnie threw a large rock at it, sending the spider scurrying away "don't scare her!" she growled.
Elsewhere, Piccolo and Monstro were running all around the caves, they were trying to find any route forward but every time they ran somewhere it ended in a dead-end. They continued to run until bumping into another.
"Another one. I haven't felt this stuck since my time in jail" Piccolo started running in another direction to find a route.
"Wait!" Monstro raised his hand. "I think I finally got it!"
Piccolo had absolutely no faith in Monstro knowing what he was doing as he turned around just to see what he would do.
The clown could see Monstro had his fist balled up as he leaned back and slammed it against the wall over and over again.
Hit after hit the walls and ceiling around them began to shake on impact. "Hey, stop it you incompetent muscle head!-"
His screaming was ignored by the large man as he punched until the ceiling of the path collapsed in on them.
The team that was going that way, being Desmond and Adam, saw their path was cut off by the large pile of rocks.
"Huh. I guess this route was just meant as a quick distraction" Adam looked confused by the sudden cutoff.
"Guess we should just go down a different path" Desmond started turning around.
Adam just nodded before leading to the path with Maria and Ben. "I'm half surprised you're not choosing to go find Rodney" Desmond noted.
"Eh" Adam shrugged "I know he's kinda simping Margaret so I'd rather let him have his fun"
"I'd say you're a good friend if it wasn't Margaret" the Disaster chuckled alongside the Simp as they went down the left side.
Going down the middle Margaret was silently ignoring Rodney as she kept her distance from the Last Resorts.
"So, uh, where are you from?" Rodney smiled innocently.
Margaret silently looked over her shoulder, giving him an annoyed glare "That's none of your concern"
"I was just curious. I'm from Kansas" he smiled.
"Greaaaaaat" Margaret turned back around to see that the Last Resorts had somehow disappeared. "Ok, I guess we're gonna have to look around on our own now"
"I'm sure we'll find a way out, look!" Rodney pointed to a hole that the spider was in earlier "We can try looking down here! I think they just walked past it after the spider"
The mafia boss walked back to him "I guess that's better than just following them to a dead-end" she walked in front of Rodney and down into the cavern. The big simp followed behind her, though it was a very tight squeeze for him.
"Ugh, Margaret, this path is a little tight. Can you maybe help me out?" he smiled bashfully. However, this smile faded as Margaret just continued to walk away from him.
"Margaret?"
Meanwhile, back with the Bandmates, they were wandering completely blind in the dark. Both girls were feeling around on the walls to try to find any potential openings. However, after a few moments, they can hear the sound of more footsteps behind them.
"Oh, shoot it must be the other teams!" Makenna panicked.
"Should we just start running and hope we find a way out?" Cord looked back at her partner. Makenna seemed to just nod as they started running down the path, however, they hardly took two steps before falling into a sudden sinkhole.
The two Bandmates slammed and tripped over rock after rock as they rolled into a large cavern with the light shining down on them. "Oh, hey, that worked out pretty well" Makenna smiled as she rubbed the large bruise on her forehead.
"I, uh, don't know if I'd say that" Cord murmured with her head planted down on the floor "I think my nose is broken…"
"I think I heard something" the two Bandmates could hear Ben speaking up a good way behind them.
"It was probably the Bandmates, I bet they found something!" Maria spoke up next as their footsteps got louder.
Cord raised her head to look at Makenna before quickly reaching for the dickbox and the tip "We can read it while we're running" the two quickly started running ahead.
The two started running as the greenette read their tip "Oh, we just have to run for the chill zone. Glad we didn't waste time reading that" she mused.
Richard shrugged while standing at the chill zone "Effectively what she said. Now is just a race to the chill zone. Last team to make it to this zone will be eliminated, like how it's been for the majority of this season"
He looked over his shoulder "Man, the locals are hard on the eyes. I have no idea why we even fought for this place"
The two Bandmates continued to run to the chill zone, surprisingly not hearing anything from the teams behind them even when they managed to reach the chill zone.
Richard was standing there, though he wasn't paying attention to them as he started mocking some locals nearby. Makenna and Cord waited a few moments for him to notice they were there before they had enough of waiting and coughed obnoxiously.
"Oh, you two" Richard turned around "I'm genuinely impressed the two of you actually managed to turn around your scores so fast! From barely lasting to first place again. Well done"
Makenna and Cord just smiled and high-fived each other.
Back in the cave, the group of four that were following the Bandmates were slowly looking around. "Where did those two go?" Ben scratched the top of his head.
"They must've heard us coming and ran away" Maria frowned "We'll have to try finding our own way out of here"
Ben shrugged "That shouldn't be too much of an issue. I thought up the alliance, so just give me a moment to think…"
Maria silently stared at him, mostly because she didn't want to think up an idea herself. After a few moments, the two of them could hear more steps coming closer.
She looked to the side while Ben continued to try thinking up a clever plan. She could tell it was Adam and Desmond.
"Did you two not find a route?" Maria asked.
Adam shrugged "Monstro and Piccolo covered their tracks. They must've been sneakier than we thought"
"Or that route just wasn't stable" Desmond shrugged before looking at Ben "Oh, he's thinking up a super-serious idea isn't he?"
Maria looked back at him. He was still standing still just like a statue "Uh, maybe?"
As they spoke Ben suddenly snapped out of his thinking before running ahead of them. "I think he got his idea" Desmond smiled before he started running behind him. The other two glanced at each other before just following after them.
Desmond continued to follow behind Ben when he suddenly disappeared from sight. The bootlicker slowed down to a standstill right in front of the pit.
Maria and Adam ran up to the spot, seeing the pit "This must be where those Bandmates went" the mafia hostage looked down, but couldn't see where it would lead.
"Should we go down there?" Adam wondered before Desmond suddenly threw himself into the pit.
"I'm coming Ben!" he called. Adam and Maria silently looked back at each other before shrugging and jumping down after him.
It was a long bumpy ride down, but eventually, they landed, with a loud thud. Desmond groaned weakly in pain as he looked up to see Ben, who was also bruised standing at a dickbox.
"Oh good Desmond's here" Ben smiled a bit before grabbing their tip.
"Shouldn't we wait for the others?" maria asked skeptically.
Ben shrugged "They'll get here in no time. I found the dickbox anyways so I think it's fair if we get to leave first"
Adam slowly pulled himself up before helping Maria onto her feet "I guess that's fair enough. I don't think the Resorts and Circus Duo have outpaced us at least"
"I'm glad you understood" Ben smiled faintly before trying to help Desmond onto his feet before dragging him up the tunnel while he was still disoriented.
Maria and Adam stood close to the dickbox "So what should we do about getting the rest of our teams here?" Maria leaned on the top of the dickbox.
Adam scratched his chin before shrugging "Just scream until they show up?"
"Sure" Maria shrugged with an amused smile. They both then immediately started screaming loudly to try to get Margaret or Rodney's attention.
After a little while, they eventually heard the sound of footsteps coming their way. "Oh, that must be them" Adam smiled slightly at getting through this challenge.
However, the two that started running that way were Bonnie carrying Tamera on her back. "Thanks for the attention nerds" Tamera taunted as her steed ran past them while grabbing the tip.
Adam groaned in annoyance "I was worried that would happen"
"Honestly I was happier to see them more than Margaret" Maria murmured.
It cuts back to the surface, past the large caves as the two leading teams started making their way into the sunlight. The Disorganized Disaster managed to keep up their solid lead on them, however, Bonnie was sweating like she had just spent hours in a sauna.
"Must. Win!" She panted as Tamera backed away from Bonnie's greasy hair to not get any on her.
With this bit of motivation, she came sprinting past the two scrawny Disasters. Managing to make it to the chill zone before collapsing on her stomach.
Tamera got off her back so as to not collapse with her "Made it pretty fast" the vixen smirked while looking at Richard "So what, are we first?"
"Second, actually" the host corrected "But not half bad still. You were only beat by your super-team ally the Bandmates"
"Even now they take advantage of riding on my coattails" she shook her head while walking away, not even bothering to help Bonnie up.
The two Disaster Duos slowly came walking up to the chill zone, with Ben slowly pushing Bonnie off the mat.
"Gay Disasters, you're third. Not bad" he gives them a thumbs up, not putting attention to what he called them.
"Please tell me that's not our new team name" Ben frowned with a faint blush.
Richard shook his head "At least it isn't currently"
Desmond and Ben silently walked off the chill zone, just accepting of how the host is. Once they were all gone, Richard looked down at the unconscious Bonnie "Can we get a janitor in to move her or something? I don't really want to touch her"
Eventually, an intern came around and used a large wooden stick to help push her out of the way. "Thank you!" Richard smiled as they went off-screen.
Back in the caves, Monstro and Piccolo were pulling themselves from the rubble. "Ugh, we wasted all that time over your own incompetence!" Piccolo slapped him across the face out of anger.
Monstro silently rubbed his cheek "Maybe wasn't my best idea…" the giant admitted sheepishly.
"Just find us another way out of this cave before I have to show you why I'm not allowed within ten miles of a nursing home" the clown threatened.
"Don't worry Pickle-o! I have a genius plan this time!" Monstro smiled as he walked over to another dead end. The small clown silently stared at him, before Monstro tried breaking another opening in the wall again. At least this time he didn't seem to be bringing the whole house down again.
Back at the Dickbox, Adam and Maria were still just trying to get Margaret and Rodney's attention again. Lucky for at least one of them, Margaret finally heard their calls and started walking over to them.
"Sorry I took so long to get here" Margaret smirked.
Adam silently glared at her "Where's Rodney?"
"Who?" Margaret tilted her head at him before she grabbed the tip from the dickbox "Oh, goodie" she smiled "Let's get going Maria"
"Hey, wait-" Maria tried to protest being dragged along before Margaret tightened her grip on her wrist, hurting her arm. Which pretty quickly shut her up as they kept going.
The two mafiosos got back to the surface as Adam ran into the dark caverns to try to find his partner. "La Familia, you're fourth place!"
Maria looked guilty over how they managed to get that ranking but Margaret looked very proud of herself. "And with our fourth placing team making it in, that only leaves one spot left between the clowns or the Simps!"
It shows in the caves that Rodney was still stuck as Adam tried looking for him. All the while the Clowns were trying to make their way out of a dead-end through pure strength.
Rodney sighed miserably in his trap. Being stuck in the hot cave for so long was starting to slowly cause him to sweat up a storm.
As he continued to squirm around and try to escape from his trap, he could feel something start to crawl on his back.
"Oh god, Adam!" Rodney practically cried in fear as he kept squirming to desperately escape. The fear added to his sweat as he kept moving to try to get out.
Outside of his trap, Adam could faintly hear his screams as he started walking over "Rodney. I can hear ya, buddy!"
The tan simp started walking over as he kept hearing Rodney's loud screams and slams against the wall. The sounds only continued to get louder and louder as he peeked into a cavern the sound was echoing from.
"Rodney, are you in here?" Adam looked around but couldn't see anything in the dark. When he heard Rodney's grunts he started walking inside.
Adam frowned as he walked inside. The grunting became louder before Rodney suddenly came running at him, knocking him over as they both went flying back into the much more open part of the cave. "Oh Rodney, thank goodness you're ok!"
Rodney was sweating and panting while crushing his partner under his weight. However, Adam was more concerned by the fact that his partner was butt naked.
"Rodney, what the hell are you doing!?" Adam started squirming under his grip "It's not that hot down here!"
"There were spiders all over my shirt and pants!" Rodney pulled himself up "I only got out because my sweat was starting to grease me up! And maybe from flailing around…"
Adam really wanted to question Rodney more over his life choices but quickly shook his head when he remembered they were in the middle of a challenge "Let's just hurry up!"
He grabbed Rodney by the arm before running back to the Dickbox. However, by the time they got there, Piccolo and Monstro were already holding their tip.
"You think we're still ahead of the others?" Monstro worriedly looked down at their tip.
Piccolo shrugged at him "I wouldn't be surprised if they locked us down here with a giant rock. And in that case, know I'm going to be eating you in an hour or so"
The two heard footsteps coming their way. Both immediately turned around to see Adam and Rodney were now standing in front of them with their own tip.
"Where did your clothes go?" Monstro asked, genuinely curious.
Rodney smiled before turning to them and explaining the situation. Piccolo just looked at the camera with a deep frown since his head was at the same level as Rodney's nether region.
"That's not important now Rodney, let's move!" Adam grabbed his arm before he started running up the cave.
Monstro noticed them running before looking back down at Piccolo "We gotta go!" he yelled, though Piccolo seemed to be distracted by reaching into his pockets "What are you doing?" Monstro asked before just deciding to grab him and carry him under his arm.
"Finding my equipment for times like this" Piccolo murmured before finding a bleach bottle in his pockets. As they continued to run Piccolo started pouring it into his eyes.
The two teams continued to run as fast as they could to the finish line. Richard was standing to the side to not be trampled. And for some reason, Bonnie was also standing with him as she stared at Rodney.
The contestants ran as fast as they could until both Simps stepped foot on the chill zone. Richard shot two-finger pistols at them as the Circus Duo came to a stop.
"Simps, you're fifth place. Really lucked out today!" he complimented as the two Simps celebrated "But, uh, Rodney… if you get naked on this show we're gonna have a problem. My comments already get us flagged by censors so we don't need the help"
Rodney smiled bashfully with a deep blush as he started covering his crotch "I-I'll find some more clothing sir…"
The two simps walked away as Richard walked a few steps forward "Circus Duo, congratulations!" he smiled "You're out"
Monstro drooped "I was really excited thinking it was a non-elimination round…"
Richard just shrugged while raising his hand up again for a high-five, which Monstro returned mostly out of instinct. "I wish you two luck in whatever you do in the future. I'll admit, you two were pretty fun to watch"
It shows the scenes of them on the show, but for some reason, they weren't talking over it for most of the scene. "Pickle-o, what are you doing?"
It cuts back to the two of them, Monstro was holding the Bandmates' numbers and a job opportunity while Piccolo was on the ground mixing some chemicals into a large container.
"I'm doing science" the clown stated simply before looking back at Monstro "If you want to be allowed on international flights I'd start leaving now"
"But aren't you going back to the circus?" Monstro asked curiously.
Piccolo shook his head "I would rather stand next to naked Rodney again." a small smirk formed on his face as he finished the vial.
Monstro just shrugged "Ok, I hope to see you back in America some time. I'm sure the Bandmates would be more than happy to make you a rodie too!"
"Just go" Piccolo states flatly "You'll see me again. Probably only on the news"
Monstro shrugged again before starting to walk to the airport "I hope Piccolo has fun in Vietnam. This country really is beautiful! Maybe he'll want to be their new president! I'd vote for him"
AN: And there goes the Circus Duo. for a good while I was considering them going around the halfway point for a good while, but people liked them and they were good comic relief so I had no problem keeping them around for a while. But everyone else has more drama and plot going on for them. But thanks a lot Gem for this duo, Piccolo is the definition of king.