Richard was standing in the Vietnam jungles while sweating up a storm and talking on his phone "You're saying Piccolo did what…?"
He chuckled softly as he started pulling on his collar "That's, uh, not my fault sorry!" Richard hung up and chuckled awkwardly.
"Turns out Piccolo had some stuff with him this whole time. So we'll have to hurry out of here before the communist government starts trying to arrest us. That's all you really need to know, Piccolo and Monstro got out yesterday"
The screen shows Piccolo trying to rip his eyes out of their sockets as a naked Rodney ran past him. Then Piccolo messed with some chemicals as Rodney looked down at his new roadie card.
He scratched his chin "And I guess the Axis of power being around is also rather important." he shrugged as the screen showed La Familia, the Simps, and the Gay Disasters working together and trying to sabotage the other team.
Specifically showing Margaret giving Monstro a croc, and then showing her ditching Rodney in the caves. The last clip before going back to Richard was of the Disorganized Disasters running the moment they got their tips.
"They're already eating each other alive so it doesn't matter much to me. Let's see if the alliance goes caput in today's episode of… the Radickulous Race!"
Intro plays
"Let's hurry this along everyone!" Richard yelled to the final five "Think of this like the Arctic challenge. We have a really limited amount of time before we're in trouble!"
Confessional: La Familia
"My ideas haven't been working out" Margaret quietly grumbled "I tried trapping Rodney and they somehow still made it out of the elimination. And I put that locket into Ben's pocket yet the Bandmates didn't even do anything about them!"
Maria shrugged "Maybe we should work with the others to get out the Last Resorts. Bonnie is basically as strong as it gets"
Margaret frowned "I guess we can do that. But I want to target those Bandmates. They somehow missed my bait and at the same time always do well"
"Fine by me" Maria smiled a little "I'll be sure to tell Adam and Rodney about this plan"
"Sure. And if the plan fails we can sacrifice them" Margaret smirked, which made Maria less excited.
XXX
The bandmates walked to the tip, quickly grabbing it and reading it. "Oh, another awesome location!" Makenna raised her fists into the air.
Cord just nodded "I hear India's pretty warm but shouldn't be too bad. Right?"
Richard was standing at the edge of a sizeable Indian ranch. He was sweating intensely as a group of dying interns fanned him.
"Warm?" He snickered "Oh it's not warm here. It's blisteringly humid!"
"Once they land here they'll understand that much. But they better hurry to this first dickbox. How fast you get to the second leg of the race will make or break your entire game"
He looks down at the people fanning before scowling, "I'm starting to get toasty!"
The interns immediately sped up their fanning.
The final five teams went running to the first plane, taking the first one they could find and taking off as soon as possible.
Almost everyone sat in silence as they stared at each other. With how far the contestants had gotten, almost none of the contestants liked each other by this point. Margaret was staring down the Simps, the Bandmates were silently and suspiciously looking at the Disorganized Disaster, and Tamera was scowling at the smitten Bonnie.
"The air feels very…"
"Dense?" Ben finished Desmond's train of thought.
"Yes, thank you Ben" Desmond smiled at his partner "I guess those clowns lightened the mood"
Ben simply shrugged "It is the final five. Tensions are going to heat up. But I'd say we're safe"
Desmond silently shrugged "I guess having allies and no enemies does help a bit"
Speaking of no enemies, a few seats back Makenna and Cord were silently disappointed in their friends getting eliminated.
"Hopefully Piccolo isn't still with the big guy" Makenna quietly worried like Monstro's dear old mother.
Cord silently patted her friend on the back "I'm sure Monstro's doing ok Makenna. He's a big kid now, you have to let him go someday" she teased.
Makenna chuckled a little "I guess I am worrying too much about him."
"Exactly" Cord nodded "We have more to worry about. Like Ben, Tamera, Margaret, and most importantly: having fun"
The blond rocker smirked "I can agree to that!" both girls proudly fist-bumped.
Further back, Adam and Rodney were both silently glaring at Margaret, who was simply glaring back at them as Maria silently tried pretending everything was going ok.
Tamera silently glanced at them while putting a divider between her seat and Bonnie's. "I'm starting to get suspicious of those three who were on the other fishing boat…"
Bonnie looked past the divider and at her partner "What do you mean by that?"
"Just look at them!" the HBIC gestured to La Familia and the Simps. The redhead continued to silently stare before putting a finger to her chin.
"I… don't get it." Bonnie leaned closer, mostly trying to move closer to her partner "It looks like they hate each other. Honestly, it looks like they might've gotten along worse than we did with the others"
Tammera scoffed "Of course, you wouldn't notice anything that's not a butt right in front of your face" she leaned back in her seat "They're acting like they hate each other purely to drum up attention away from me!"
Bonnie sat in silence before quickly nodding in agreement "Yes, that's definitely possible! I do remember the less hot stud on the Simps and the hot redhead ditched their teams to wait when we passed them by"
"They did do that…" the vixen nodded slowly before the realization hit her "They're in an alliance. They're acting mean to try distracting us from that!" she whispered a bit too loudly.
Her redheaded partner nodded with a wide smile "You're so smart Tammy! I never even considered that"
"I know" Tamera rolled her eyes "So we're going to need to handle those other three teams, no matter how annoying the Bandmates are"
Bonnie simply continued to nod as she silently moved their barrier down "So what are you suggesting for a plan?"
Tamera smiled back at Bonnie, surprising the ginger as she started leaning closer to her. Bonnie wiped some drool from the side of her lip as she leaned in to try kissing Tamera. But ended up kissing the divider again as Tamera set it back up.
"I'll be more than happy to share with you" the vixen taunted.
Bonnie silently drooped in her seat as she listened to her plan in silence.
Going from Vietnam to India didn't take too long. All five teams came rushing out of the airport, before suddenly and totally stopping in their tracks.
Adam collapsed on the ground, sweating and gasping loudly "This… heat is unbearable!"
"Too hot for you?" Margaret smirked down at him. Maria and she were both sweating profusely but they seemed to be taking it better than him.
"Maybe it is" Adam glared before grabbing Rodney's pants to pull himself back up "But I'll survive"
Margaret just smirked and started jogging off "Whatever you say, but I know you're in for a rough time now" Maria silently smiled at Adam before jogging behind her partner.
"Let's get going big guy" Adam instructed his farm boy partner, though he looked just as ready to pass out as him.
The shorter simp silently pats Rodney on the back, getting the redhead to start lightly jogging to the dickbox. They arrived after La Familia at a large tea leaf field. Margaret and Maria were already reading their tip.
Margaret looked away from the two of them before laughing confidently "OH, this will be too easy! Picking leaves in the warm? I lived in Italy, this is hardly a challenge"
Richard was still in the fields with a fan before walking away "In your first challenge, the challenge is rather simple"
The host walked into the shade away from the fields to cool off a bit more "Here in India, thanks to their former colonizers, they love their tea! So the people of lower standing stay out in the fields picking tea leaves."
It cuts to the field. The tea leaves were being picked by some locals with large wooden baskets that were wrapped around them like a backpack.
"Once your team's baskets are filled, you're free to come in here and take your last tip" Richard was walking inside a small local building, with a native woman looking at the camera with a smile and wave.
Richard leaned against the table and smirked "So. I hear your people like producing a lot. If you got some spare daughters above 18 I wouldn't mind getting to meet them while we wait"
The woman silently glanced at the camera, before shrugging.
All five teams received their baskets and went into the fields. None of the teams seemed effective at handling the warmth. The only ones aside from La Familia handling it seemed to be Bonnie.
"How… are you handling this heat?" Tamera scowled at her partner.
Bonnie was simply whistling as she worked, already getting a third of her leaves packed into her basket. She turned back to her partner and giggled "I'm from South Africa my hunny bunny wunny. That whole country is effectively in a desert. I know warm"
Tamera smirked "Ok, so here's an idea then. I'm gonna go to the shade, and you can fill my basket for me. That should go by pretty fast"
"I have another idea" Bonnie smiled "I can keep you feeling cool, or at least barely notice the sweat! I know many techniques"
The vixen was naturally skeptical of her claim but relented "Fine. What could you possibly do to not make me feel disgustingly sweaty?"
Bonnie smiled blankly before silently walking over to her partner. Tamera silently stared back at her before Bonnie suddenly grabbed her shoulders and licked her cheeks and forehead.
When Bonnie was done all the sweat was gone. The redheaded girl smiled at her partner "Feeling better now?"
Tamera silently sat in shock. It took her several moments to reboot her brain "I'm… gonna go sit in the shade now" she whispered before silently walking away.
"I… suppose that might have been a bit forward" Bonnie admitted while watching her walk away.
Elsewhere in the massive fields, Ben and Desmond were easily the worst at handling the heat. Both boys were lying on the ground, trying to use the bushes as shade as they slowly pulled one leaf at a time.
"Do… you have a plan?" Desmond pleaded miserably "I think I'm going to die…" he had pulled off his scarf and tied it around his head to stop the sweat from getting in his eyes.
"Too hot to think…" Ben groaned while planting his face on the ground "I think I'm gonna nap…"
Desmond silently looked at his partner before trying to shake him awake. Ben silently just groaned and started swatting his hand away.
"Fine, I'll keep going" Desmond silently continued to pick up some leaves, before passing out just like him.
While the Disasters were drowning in their own failure, Margaret was silently looking around at the other teams. Most teams were making slow but steady progress.
"I think it's time we try working through that alliance of ours" Margaret glanced at Maria, who was silently sneaking closer to the Simps as she picked up leaves.
The mafia boss silently crawled closer before grabbing her partner by the ear. Maria whined in pain "Sorry, sorry. I heard you were talking about working with the alliance so I thought we should go talk to Adam and them"
"I'll talk to them" Margaret stated plainly "You can keep picking. You've barely got any leaves so far, so when you're caught up with me you can talk with whoever you want"
Maria silently looked at her boss's basket. It looked like it was just about full already. "Ok…" she sighed before going back to picking.
Margaret walked past her and to her 'alliance' members, the Simps. "Hey there boys" Margaret waved.
Both Simps silently ignored her as she walked over. Rodney smiled down at Adam as he moved his basket "I'm full, I think we'll be ready to move on before long!"
"That's great bud!" Adam smiled.
"Hey, I was talking to you both!" Margaret scowled as she smacked them both on the back "Trust me, you don't want to ignore me when I'm talking"
The Simps turned around with annoyed scowls "What do you want now?"
"That's more like it" Margaret smirked before crouching down next to them "I was thinking we start working up this alliance a bit more"
Rodney shook his head "You tried eliminating us last time! Why would we actually help you now?"
"Because I could hurt you or Maria" she deadpanned before pointing past them. Both simps begrudgingly turned around to look at the Bandmates rocking through the heat as they blared pumped-up music. "They're who we should get out"
"The rockers?" Adam tilted his head curiously "I didn't think you had it out for them. I would've targeted the Last Resorts or something"
"You would think that" Margaret mocked. She snuck her hands to their lower backs before pulling on their latches, releasing all of their tea leaves. "But they do well and have no opponents around. If we don't stop them they'll likely take us out"
"That's dumb" Rodney shook his head "They're nice, so even if you weren't an enemy I wouldn't be behind that"
Margaret shrugged "Your choice" she started walking away. And once she was out of the way they got right back to work on picking leaves.
"This race must really be a good workout. This basket feels like I'm carrying nothing at all!" the farmer boy smiled.
Adam silently looked back at him. The realization finally hit him as he looked at all the leaves lying on the ground. "I hate Margaret" the boy growled while closing both of their latches again.
"What?" Rodney turned around to see what he had seen "Dang it I fell for her flirtations again!"
"I don't think she was flirting buddy" Adam deadpanned "We need to start picking faster, we can't let Margaret think she can just take us out"
Even with how exhausted they were they tore through all the leaves in front of them.
Confessional: Bandmates
Both of the rockers were still sweating up a storm as they crouched by the tea leaves. One of them had their phone set on the ground as it blared some of their tunes.
Makenna smiled as she looked up at the camera when she noticed it was on them "Oh, hey there! Bet you're wondering why the music" she smirked.
"We thought, well, we're just doing labor. But that doesn't mean we can't have some fun" Cord followed up her smirk "As long as you're having fun it's not really labor"
"Plus some of the people around could use a good time" Makenna gestured to some of the workers behind them, who all looked miserable, even more than when they first got there.
"I think they need some more music" the greenette shrugged before turning the volume up on their phone, making the music much louder.
The local workers loudly groaned as the two rockers started playing invisible guitars.
XXX
Not far from them Bonnie was ripping bushes out of the ground and pouring all of the leaves into both of their baskets.
With this one swift move, the Last Resorts were now back into a leading position. "Hey, Tammy, I got it!"
Bonnie turned around to see Tamera leaning back in the shade. She wasn't giving any attention to Bonnie, instead looking at a young well-built man working in the fields.
The vixen was silently applying more makeup as she dabbed away any of the sweat from the heat. Bonnie silently ran up to Tamera before she could get up to go talk to him "Hey, I got what we needed"
Tamera silently stared at her for a moment before sighing exaggeratedly "Fineeee, let's move on. Having a lead now means we'll be more than safe" she got up to follow her inside a local building.
A local woman was silently cleaning the inside of the building when the Last Resorts suddenly ran inside.
"Do you have a tip?" Bonnie raised both baskets to show they were both full. The local woman silently stared at their baskets, inspecting them for a moment.
The woman gave them a thumbs up and a smile, before handing them a tip. Tamera pushed Bonnie out of the way with her hip to hold it closer to her face "Let's see… we get first-class tickets on a train! Trains are a bit low class but I believe this won't be so bad"
Richard was standing at a train station while looking down at his watch. After a few moments, the train came in and stopped suddenly. "Ah, just in time" he smiled.
"For the second leg of the race, the contestants have to just get on this here train. Based on when they come in, it will decide where they are on the train. And from there, they just have to travel up the train and try to not be the last one off when they land here"
He suddenly appeared at the second chill zone "But, don't think the train is going to wait for everyone. In fact…" he walks off the chill zone and finds a small remote.
The host tapped a few buttons before suddenly a clock above the local building started ticking "Now that the Last Resorts are in, the rest of the teams will only have thirty minutes to make it on the train or be left behind! And at that point, why not just throw in the towel?" he joked.
Tamera and Bonnie went running to the cab closest to the train's locomotive. But the other four teams were still hard at work trying to get the needed amount of leaves.
A shade slowly came over the Disorganized Disasters, who were still passed out. Their faces were a bright red and it wouldn't be farfetched to guess they were experiencing heatstroke.
The shadow remained over them long enough for Desmond to regain consciousness. He slowly crouched and looked up to see Richard silently staring at him with a phone up to his cheek.
"Yep, one of them is alive! We don't have to get any medical support. Yea. Yea. Love you too mom" he smiled before hanging up.
"What happened?" Desmond groaned while rubbing his temple.
Richard shrugged "You just passed out from heatstroke. But. legally I have to give you both something to help with that"
The host silently threw a water bottle down at Desmond and then one at the unconscious Ben's head, which just bounced off him.
"Gee thanks" Desmond glared, before guzzling the water as fast as he could "Ok… actually thanks. I needed that"
"No problem" Richard shrugged "You're both falling behind anyway so I didn't want to make the elimination that obvious"
Desmond frowned "We're behind?" Richard pointed past them and at the big local building. The clock was down to just ten minutes left, as La Familia, the Simps, and the Bandmates were running into the building with all of their baskets filled.
He silently watched them run before spitting the water out of his mouth "We have to hurry!"
Richard was already walking away as Desmond looked back down at his unconscious partner. He mentally started panicking before he rested Ben's head on his lap and started opening the second water bottle.
Once it was open he put the cap to his lips and started making him gulp it down. Ben's eyes slowly began to open again. And all he saw was Desmond smiling down at him.
The stoic boy could feel his cheeks flush as he jolted awake while coughing up a storm "ugh, s-sorry I passed out there…"
"It's fine, I followed you soon after" Desmond admitted "But we need to hurry as fast as we can"
"Oh, right" Ben nodded before grabbing some leafs "We're collecting these"
Desmond silently nodded "And we better hurry, we're kind of in last… and currently only have ten minutes left"
Ben silently glanced up at the clock to see they were beginning to run out of time, seeing they were now down to eight minutes.
"We might get a penalty but I think at this point we can take that" Ben stated before standing up and walking over to one of the locals. He snatched their full basket while they were looking away.
He then snatched another to give to his partner "Now we should be good to go"
Desmond silently frowned "Is it ok to steal from that local?"
"We have six minutes left and we barely started to begin with." Ben states plainly "So we can either be moral or we can get eliminated now. I promise we won't do this again, just this once, for the game"
Desmond sighed softly before taking the basket and running into the nearby building, getting the thumbs up and tip. Ben grabbed Desmond by the arm before sprinting to the nearby train station.
By the time their weak, scrawny little legs got them there the train was already about to take off. Ben managed to run on first before the train took off.
Ben turned around and extended his hand back to Desmond. The clingy boy tried to grab his arm but was starting to slow down. Ben sighed slightly before leaning further back to grab Desmond by his shirt and tried everything in his power to lift him up.
Desmond got the boost he needed to scramble onto the back of their train while gasping and sweating. Ben groaned from under the collapsed Desmond.
"Let's… take a break" he whispered, not moving an inch. Desmond silently nodded in agreement.
While they were resting, the teams in the cabins ahead were beginning to form the exact same strategy, climbing ahead to catch up with Bonnie and Tamera. Adam and Rodney were in the third cabin while La Familia was just a few cargo holds ahead.
"When we catch up to them I'm gonna throw Margaret overboard" the farmer boy scowled as they started walking out of their cabin.
"Let's not get us a penalty" Adam warned him "We just need to get to the chill zone before them and it's all fine"
They opened their cabin door and moved into the first cargo box ahead of them. On the outside, there was a vague warning sign but they ignored it. Inside they found multiple pigs silently munching on hay.
"Oh, I was worried this cargo was going to be dangerous!" Rodney smiled before leaning down to pet one of the pigs on the head.
"That warning wasn't there just for jokes Rodney, so be careful and not get too attached" Adam warned while trying to sneak out of the room without angering any of the pigs.
Rodney chuckled "Come on, they're harmless!" he continued to happily pat the pig, which was slowly becoming less peaceful and much more infuriated.
The farmer boy started walking away when the pig suddenly squealed loudly. Both simps turned around before the rest of the pigs suddenly started growling.
Confessional: Simps
Both of the Simps were now gravely injured "I didn't know pigs could be that dangerous…" Adam was rubbing one of the cuts on his skin.
"Reminds me of my first girlfriend" Rodney smiled contently. "Though, I eventually found out it was my brothers putting a pig in a dress and giving her makeup"
Adam silently stared at her "You have more issues than I ever could've guessed"
Rodney smiled and shrugged "I heard online women like scars and I've got plenty to show off!"
"They mean cool scars bud. I don't think anyone was referring to mental scars" Adam quietly pat his buddy on the shoulder "After this, I'm gonna need to show you a dating website"
"Fun!" Rodney smiled excitedly "I always wanted to try one!"
"You'll change your tune before long don't worry"
XXX
As they tried to survive, the Bandmates were quietly walking on the top of the cabin. They could hear all the violence going on below them.
"Now I'm glad we chose to go up top" Makenna grinned.
"Definitely one of our better ideas" Cord mused before jumping onto the next roof. They continued on like this for some time, easily outpacing the Simps.
They were having a rather peaceful time until they suddenly heard strange plunger noises. Both girls silently looked around in confusion, but when they couldn't see anyone on the sides of the cabins or running behind them, they chose to ignore it.
The camera slowly shifted under the train, where Ben and Desmond were both silently using plungers to avoid the entirety of the train and its obstacles.
"Is this really the best option we have?" Desmond worried as he crawled behind Ben.
"We'll be fine. This is the least time-consuming way through" the bookworm informed as he kept going.
Desmond stood there for a moment before shrugging "If you say it is I'll believe it!"
The two of them continued to climb as it cut to the first-class cabin. Bonnie and Tamera were sitting in the front cabin, just enjoying themselves as a waitress came over and handed them some wine. They had seats right next to each other.
Bonnie smiled and thanked her before gulping hers down immediately. She was about to flirt with Tamera when the vixen suddenly stood up. Naturally Bonnie followed behind her, while silently staring down at her legs.
"What are you doing now?" she wondered.
Tamera smirked as she opened the back door of their cabin "I'm making sure we come in first place. That's what" the vixen crouched to try pulling the connector apart.
Bonnie silently watched her struggle with the act, before noticing a lever was on the wall right next to her. Bonnie smiled a bit before clearing her throat "I think I can handle this for you baaaabe"
"And how's that?" Tamera scowled while backed away from the connecter.
"Allow me to show you how" the redheaded girl grabbed the lever before pulling down on it, causing their cabin to separate from all the ones behind them.
The Bandmates and Disorganized Disaster could both hear Tamera's victorious laughter not too far away from them. Which immediately made both teams move as fast as possible to see what they did.
Tamera turned around as the rest of the teams' carts started slowing down. "Taking first place once again. It's almost like all of the other teams want to give me the win. Not that I need it"
Bonnie followed her master back into their room, silently locking the door behind her before happily jumping on Tamera "Final four, we should celebrate!"
While usually, the vixen would have screamed in anger, she only sighed softly in annoyance as she made sure there was no camera in the box "One kiss, but the moment I even see a camera on us I'm gonna throw you out the window"
Bonnie cheered in excitement as Ben and Desmond crawled their way onto the last of the cargo cabins. The Last Resort cabin was barely ahead of them at this point.
"Do you think we could make it?" Desmond quietly worried.
Ben silently stared at the cabin ahead of them, considering the situation for a moment before quickly nodding and just jumping without any warning.
Desmond yelled in surprise as Ben gripped onto the edge of the cabin, only staying on thanks to his plungers. "Let's keep it moving" he called back to his partner.
Ben was looking at Desmond expectantly, who was starting to get cold feet. The Disaster silently slapped his cheek "Come on, it's Ben. his ideas are always genius. I'm coming, Ben!"
With that, Desmond took a few steps back before running and jumping for his partner. Even with the running start he barely managed to grab ahold of the cabin. He plungered the connector, but his lower body was slamming over and over again on the ground.
"I've gotcha Des" Ben pulled himself up before reaching over to help Desmond on. While they were settling back down, the Bandmates finally came running over to see their side was coming to a stop.
"This is going to be another misunderstanding, isn't it?" Ben quietly deadpanned.
"Did you two remove the connector!?" Makenna called down at them.
"Not at all!" Desmond called back "We just jumped over after Tamera and Bonnie went back into their cabin"
"Oh, like how you coincidentally had Makenna's locket?" Cord dropped down from the roof "We know your guys' game"
"And what's that?" Ben asked skeptically.
"Either you're both working with Tamera against everyone else or you're trying to play everyone and lay low" Cord raised her fist "There are way too many "coincidences" for me to just keep turning the other cheek"
Ben shrugged as he stood up and dusted himself off "I don't especially care what you think of us. It's gonna be the final four in a few moments. If you're not out it'll just be competition as usual. I know Desmond and I aren't evil by any stretch of the word"
With that, the bookworm started climbing up the last cabin room. Desmond smiled with a faint blush at Ben's speech before he quickly followed after him.
They didn't have to worry about Tamera spotting them with the blind being pulled on the door's window.
Makenna sighed as she slid down the ladder "Maybe we were a bit too suspicious of them…"
"Maybe" Cord shrugged slightly "But he was right. It's a competition, so we're gonna need to find a way to not get last"
The greenette gestured to their side of the train effectively coming to a stop.
"I think there's only really one way to stay in the race right now" Makenna jumped off the front once they were effectively stopped in place "We have to run"
Cord sighed slightly before jumping after her "I think the Simps are still a good way back so let's move!"
The Bandmates started running away.
Confessional: Disorganized Disaster
"That was an amazing speech Ben" Desmond almost seemed smitten by how verbose Ben was when speaking to the rockers.
Ben shrugged "I assumed that was the best way to keep them off our backs at least until the next coincidence"
"Yea, it's weird how every time we meet them it makes us look bad. I still don't know how you got their locket"
"Not a clue" Ben admitted "All that happened before that challenge was that I went to the bathroom and bumped into… Margaret…"
Ben violently slapped his forehead "I feel like a complete ignoramus" Desmond silently watched in confusion, not really sure if he should ask or not.
XXX
The scene cut back to before the train came to a screeching halt. Adam and Rodney seemed even more bruised and beaten than they were before.
"I didn't know chicken could even be that violent…" the redhead groaned, trying to keep himself standing.
"We're probably not that far to the end buddy, just gotta push through it!" Adam smiled. This smile however was gone in an instant as he saw the warning and loud slamming noises going on inside the cabin.
Adam turned around. He was gonna ask if Rodney wanted to go first but the big guy was already starting to walk away. "Hey, hey. This is probably the last one we can do this"
He grabbed Rodney by the arm and started dragging him through the next door.
Inside the room, they found La Familia was currently dealing with a large bull. It was constantly slamming into walls as it tried skewering Maria.
"Well, it looks like they have it distracted" Rodney smiled as he walked in "Let's just scoot by them"
Before Adam could respond the bull turned its attention to the intruders. Well, more specifically at Rodney. His bright orange hair was all the bull could keep his mind on.
The bull snorted before running as fast as he could at the ginger. Rodney screamed in fear, jumping out of the way as the bull slammed its head into the wall.
"We need to get out of here!" Adam yelled before running away with Maria and Rodney. Margaret smirked as she dove off the bull and followed the other three out of the room.
Adam sighed in relief "Are you ok?" he silently checked over his kinda-sorta girlfriend. She looked fine as she chuckled softly.
"Trust me, I'm fine, there's nothing wrong with me" Maria immediately frowned when she noticed the bruises on him "But are you?"
"Just fine" Adam smiled "Ignoring the injuries I'm just happy knowing that you're ok"
"Just constant flirting and that with the two of you, isn't it?" Margaret deadpanned before chopping between them "Let's go, Maria, we still gotta get to the end of the train before the Disasters"
"Can you ever not be inconsiderate?" Adam glared at her. Margaret silently looked back at him for a moment before walking over to him.
"I think you just don't realize something almost totally obvious" she smirked "I'm a mafia boss. It's quite literally my job to not worry about what's in my way"
Before he could respond back, Margaret grabbed him and chucked him off the train like a bag of garbage. "And now we're safe for another day"
Maria and Rodney stood there in shock for a moment, before Rodney leaned over the side "Adam!"
The redhead was expecting to see Adam's corpse on the horizon, but to his surprise, Adam was only laying face down in the dirt a few feet back.
"What? Has this train really been going that slow?" Rodney wondered.
Maria and Margaret looked at the ground to see their part of the train seemed to come to a complete stop. Margaret pushed Rodney into the dirt before sprinting at top speeds away from the two of them.
"We have to catch up!" Margaret ordered her partner, who just nodded while wiping her brow of sweat.
Rodney groaned on the ground as he slowly raised his head again "Jeez, they're really violent…" Adam walked over to Rodney and silently helped him up.
"We just have to try catching up. The Disasters should still be behind us so we don't have to worry about too much" he smiled.
While they were distracted, the cabin they just walked out of suddenly burst open. They both turned around to see the bull from the room managed to break through the doors. "H-hey big guy" Rodney waved innocently.
The bull silently smirked at him as it started dragging its hooves on the floor. "We're not here to harm you" Rodney raised his hands as he slowly started backing away from the bull "Though… you would probably be tasty with some gravy…"
"Not the time to think with your stomach." Adam deadpanned "Now's the time… to run!" both boys turned and ran. The bull snorted at the thrill of the hunt before chasing after them.
While three of the final five teams were running as fast as they could to catch up, the Last Resorts were finally coming to their final stop. Tamera walked out of their cabin with a confident smile before running to the chill zone with her partner.
"Easiest win yet" Tamera raised her head high "We got here so fast that host likely didn't even know we made it yet"
"Good one" Richard joked as he walked over "But hey, congrats on making it first" Richard walked over while clapping slowly.
Bonnie smiled excitedly "The final four! I can't believe we made it so far together" she squeezed Tamera in a hug, though the vixen seemed to not be as annoyed.
"Hey, let me finish first" Richard smirked "You would be first if you didn't cheat. So, you get a thirty-minute penalty"
"What?" Tamera raised an eyebrow as Bonnie let her go "What could you possibly be talking about?"
"You thought I wouldn't notice most of the train was missing!?" Richard deadpanned "Thirty minutes. You sabotaged more than any of the other teams still here, so be grateful for just thirty minutes"
Tamera shrugged before walking away from the chill zone. She had a confident swagger as Bonnie walked beside her. As usual, she didn't seem too bothered by the penalty, even moreso than usual.
"We're practically miles ahead of the others. I'd say our spot is more than secured. Worst case scenario we'll get third" she mused.
"Sounds worth it to me" Bonnie looked up at her with hearts in her eyes.
While they were still enjoying their victory lap, Ben and Desmond jumped off the train's cabin before lightly jogging in that direction. Both silently waved at the Resorts as they stepped into the chill zone.
"Ben! Desmond. Congratulations on first place!" Richard gave them a thumbs up "Good moves jumping on their train while they were distracted"
"Not like they would've thrown us off" Ben smiled slightly.
"Thanks for the lift!" Desmond waved goodbye at the duo. Both Disasters started walking away.
Richard silently waved them off before turning back to Tamera "Get nervous now? Who knows how close the others might be. I'm sure it's starting to eat you up inside!"
Tamera shrugged while filing her nails "I got fifth. I'm not remotely worried about going home. Even if I do, I clearly carried this show to the end" she smirked.
"Right, right" Richard nodded slowly "So you wouldn't care if I added another twenty minutes for sassing me?"
Bonnie squeaked nervously as Tamera simply shrugged again "I can just sue you for discriminating against me. If that's really what you want to do"
Richard silently frowned. He looked like he was close to saying something before he just shrugged "I know when I'm defeated"
As they were talking the sound of footsteps started becoming louder and louder. Richard and the Resorts turned around to see the Bandmates sweating and panting. Once they stepped onto the train station they started severely slowing down.
When they finally got to the chill zone they collapsed on each other. Richard smiled down at them "Good running girls! Really helps with the figure!"
They both silently glared up at him "Hey, I thought you did well" he shrugged "Second place, big win"
He snapped his finger, getting some interns to sweep the two girls off the chill zone before wiping away the sweat.
Confessional: Last Resorts
Tamera was still doing her nails. Bonnie however was starting to look nervous.
The vixen silently looked up from her nails and at her "As I said, the worst that will happen is we end up in third. I wouldn't bother worrying"
"We just can't go home yet" Bonnie whispered worriedly, glancing at Tamera "We just can't"
Her partner sighed exasperatedly "Nothing we can do about it so just take it and stop weeping"
"If that's what m'lady wants" Bonnie smiled.
XXX
The time above them continued to count down as both girls sat on the ground, using their phones to try passing some of the time. Richard kicked some rocks as the time on the clock came down to the last ten minutes.
"Jeez, I didn't think it would take them this long" he murmured.
"Guess you'll have to prepare for another leg with us" the HBIC smirked.
Richard silently rolled his eyes "I'm gonna go watch for where they are" and with that, he started walking out of the train station.
The cameras cut back to La Familia running ahead of the Simps as said Simps were just trying to avoid being skewered.
"It's too hot… and I've run for too long!" the farmboy groaned "I… need a rest!"
"Rodney, that bull is literally after you. You can't stop now!" Adam warned while turning around. When he glanced back at his partner he saw Rodney had already given up and was collapsing on the ground.
"Rodney!" Adam screamed in shock.
The massive redhead laid on the ground, not bothering with what the bull would do as it got close. It lowered its horns and lifted Rodney into the air. His legs dragged on the ground as he smiled to himself "Oh, cool, fastest way to the final four, yea!"
He raised his hands victoriously before lowering them again to keep a hold of the bull's horns. Eventually, Rodney and the bull were caught up to Adam and went right beside him. "Hey man, looks like we don't gotta keep running" he gestured behind himself.
Adam seemed skeptical of the bull but climbed on when he saw how fast it was going. With their new speed, they were able to fully outpace La Familia.
"Later Margaret!" Rodney smirked as he turned to wave at them. However, his turning to one side directed the bull to go in that direction, throwing them entirely off course.
"Rodney!" Adam yelled as he tried to pull the bull in a different direction.
The simps were now stuck trying to get the bull to do what they wanted as La Familia ran onto the train station and jumped on the chill zone.
"La Familia, third place! Leaving one team left to come in. The Last Resorts" it shows them both now standing as a minute remained on the clock "Or the Simps!" it then shows them bucking and riding on the bull's back.
"I got an idea!" Rodney lit up in thought, before turning around to direct the big bull back to the train station. The farmboy started climbing onto the bull's back. With two firm hands, he gripped the horns of the beast to make it go faster by pushing forward.
"Thirty seconds remaining" Richard grinned.
Bonnie started pacing nervously "I'm so worried. I can hear them coming!"
"Would you just stop? It's ten seconds. We'll be fine!"
She silently glanced at the ground when the bull's stomping became much louder. Both girls turned around to see the Simps riding in. The bull didn't seem to notice where it was going before it saw Bonnie and her red hair.
The bull huffed angrily before turning its direction toward the Last Resorts. Richard silently smiled as he snuck out of the way "Resorts, your time is up!"
Tamera was about to run onto the carpet when the Simp bull pushed Bonnie and her through the carpet along with them. They ran over the carpet and into one of the train station columns. All four groaned in pain as they collided with it.
Richard stared at the scene before glancing away "Security? Can someone get that bull before it regions consciousness!?"
Several interns ran over as fast as they could with dog catcher nets.
Eventually the two teams regained consciousness as the catchers dragged the bull away from them. "Hey, glad to have you all awake" he smiled at them.
All four of them had bandages on their heads "Sorry for the injuries and all. Wasn't honestly expecting the bull to be a big issue"
"You seemed just fine with all the danger attacking us on the train" Adam grumbled "But just cut to the point. Did we make it or are we out?"
"Jeez, no sense of drama at all" Richard shook his head "Last Resorts were dragged ahead of you two by the bull. So Simps, you're done and out of here!"
Bonnie and Tamera lit up before hugging each other.
Rodney and Adam silently drooped at the announcement. The shorter simp silently looked to the side, seeing Maria was about to come over and talk to him before Margaret threw her hand in her way.
"It was a good effort you two" the host smiled "But, at the same time, having one sausage party make it into the final four is more than enough. I'll leave you two to walk home"
Multiple scenes of them played. Specifically showing Rodney simping for Margaret, Bea, and then Margaret again. While at the same time showing Adam's moments with Maria. The only noise playing with the music was several boops on a phone and some ringing.
"What are you doing?" Rodney wondered as it cut back in to them walking in the hot Indian plains.
Adam smirked slightly "I'm calling the IPA. this entire show she's basically been admitting to being a mafioso. If the IPA doesn't care Europal will probably listen"
Rodney smiled down at his friend "If I had managed to get a girlfriend by now I would say this is the perfect way to go"
"You never know buddy" Adam smiled back at him "I honestly wouldn't be shocked if you got a call from Bea at some point"
Rodney sighed happily "A man can hope…"
The camera turned behind them as they continued their trek. Adam's phone stopped ringing. It however cut off there.
AN: And there goes the Simps, our second prior finalists to be taken down. Naturally, I was going to change where they place because of the whole reveal thing, along with their creator just not being on fanfic anymore. But, they were fun. I admittedly had more fun writing Rodney in the end, though Bea really helped with that lmao. But now we have our final four teams. Meaning two chapters left and absolutely no breaks in the race. Once a team finishes a race in the next chapter, they're on to the next leg almost immediately. But now's the big time to guess who the final two will be. You have a 25% chance of getting one right so not terrible odds.