The hunt for the Gemmy was on! All 82 contestants are racing towards Casa Loma; some of them were taking transportation to get there, while others were racing on foot. Some were unorthodox on moving through the city, like Izzy jumping from building to building.
"AW WHAT?!" Lightning was shocked to see Izzy's nimbleness. "Crazy girl's going crazy up there! Lightnin' can do that!" He then started to climb from a dumpster and jump onto a ladder. Sky, Amy, Sammy, Shawn, and Jasmine saw him going up.
"That seems like a bad idea." Jasmine said.
"It's kinda smart," Sky interjected. "Besides, it might be faster for the rest of us! Come on!"
"Sky's right! Being up high can keep us away from a huge crowd or even a horde of zombies!" said Shawn while climbing up the ladder.
"…. I love him, but sometimes I think the zombie thing is getting a bit tiresome." Jasmine followed them up.
The twins stare at each other for a short time, until Amy opened her mouth. "Well…?"
"Well what?" Sammy asked.
"Aren't you gonna throw me up there!? There's no way I'm touching that filthy ladder!"
Sammy frowned for a bit, but had an idea.
"Alright, I'll help you out." She put out her hands and Amy puts her foot on them. As Amy was up the air, she barely was able to catch the corner of the roof, and Sammy opened the dumpster for her to fall inside of. Sammy shuts the dumpster, drops a box full of trash on top of the lip, and starts climbing the ladder, but not before taunting her sibling. "Sorry, but I'm not gonna let you ruin our chances of winning the money."
"SAMEY! COME BACK HERE!" Amy screamed as she struggled to open up the dumpster.
Meanwhile, Ryan, Stephanie, Trent, Gwen, Leshawna, Harold, Mickey, Jay, Crimson, and Ennui were on the sidewalk, running and pushing people to the side. Ryan and Stephanie were in the front.
"Come on Ryan! I do not want to lose this time!" Stephanie shouted at Ryan, who was carrying her on his shoulder.
"I'm running as fast as I can babe!"
"Well it doesn't seem like it!"
"They seemed like a healthy couple," Trent said sarcastically to the rest who were behind.
"They were like that during the whole race," Mickey said.
"They're kinda a weird couple," Jay added.
"Well, at least these two are calmer than those intense lovebirds." Gwen pointed towards Crimson and Ennui.
"Calm is what we need to be." Ennui said.
"Showing emotion is the least of our concerns," Crimson added.
"….Do some of your friends act like them?" Leshawna asked Gwen.
"They're what others call extremist in the Goth Community, they usually take the idea of emotions as a hindrance and non-existent." Harold stated.
"Wow Harold, didn't know you know something about our group." said Gwen.
"OUT OF THE WAY!"
Suddenly, Jo, Scott, Brick, Eva, Josee, and Jacques came out of nowhere and ran past the others while pushing Jay and Mickey down.
"COMING THROUGH! FUTURE MILLIONAIRE RUNNING HERE!" Jo said.
"Slow down Cadet! You'll bump into something hard!" Brick shouted.
"HA! LIKE I'M GONNA FALL FOR-" She suddenly cut off when she hit an electric pole.
"HAH!" Scott laughed as he ran past her. "Watch where you're going next time gorilla gi-" He got cut-off when he hit a fire hydrant on the groin. A single tear fell down his eye.
"What a bunch of imbeciles!" Josee said. "This race for the trophy looks easy, Nothing's gonna stop me and-"
"WATCH OUT!" Jacques pulled her away from the sidewalk, and out of the blue, a tree came out flying from the sky and crashed where Josee was standing originally. It was thrown by none other than Eva, who ran past the Ice Dancers.
"If anyone's gonna win, It's gonna be me. I won't be called and seen as the first one eliminated anymore!"
While the Ice Dancers were shocked by the pure strength of Eva, A police car was heard and zoomed across the other competitors. The person driving was none other than MacArthur, with Sanders in the front seat, and from the side of the police vehicle, Geoff and Brody were shouting and having fun, while the car was zooming through a lot of red lights with their bodies popping out the windows. Bridgette was in the middle of the 2 party boys holding onto her seat.
"COME ON BABE! DO THIS WITH US! IT'S FUN! WHOOOOO HOOOOOO!"
"I'll think I'll stay put here, Geoff. You go ahead and have fun!"
"Won't we get in trouble for this?" Sanders asked MacArthur.
"OH, WE WILL! BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT DOUGH BABY!" MacArthur said.
Somewhere near Casa Loma, Lindsay, Beth, Tyler, Emma, Kitty, Noah, Owen, Jen, and Tom were nearing the castle.
"We're almost there!" Noah said. "Just a little further, we just need to pass this shopping mall!"
"Can we stop for water?" Owen asked. "My throat's getting really itchy!"
"We have no time for that Owen!" Emma said. "You'll get all the water in the world if we win that money!"
Suddenly Lindsay, who was in front of the others stopped, causing the other contestants to bump into one another.
"Lindsay? Why did you stop?" Beth asked.
"THEY'VE GOT A 50% OFF SALE ON DESIGNER CLOTHES!" Lindsay squealed while pointing at the store that had a sale.
"Lindsay! We don't have time for it!" Tyler said to his girlfriend.
"Honey, trust me when I say this," Tom said while touching Lindsay by the shoulder, "that 50% sale won't do anything when we share the money to buy all designer clothes you want, sale or not."
"Really?"
"Uh Huh," Jen added, "plus those clothes in that store don't look as fab as-" as she was about to finish her sentence, she gasped for air and grabbed Tom by the jaw and pointed at the display shown through the glass. "TOM! LOOK! IT'S THE LIMITED EDITION 2010 MARCO FRANCESCO HALTER TOP SPRING COLLECTION!"
"*Gasp* THEY ONLY MADE 600 OF THOSE! I WONDER WHAT ELSE IS IN THERE! I TAKE IT BACK! LET'S SHOP FOR SOME TOP!"
All 3 of them went inside, leaving only the others to stare in disbelief. While Beth, Tyler, Noah, and Emma looked on, Owen heard and saw something he shouldn't be near… an ice cream truck passing by, going towards the opposite direction of Casa Loma.
"ICE CREAM? ICE CREAM!"
"Owen, don't you dare!" Kitty tried stopping Owen by stepping in front of him, but it was useless as Owen just ran at her, and got her hanging by his shoulder. As she screams, the others who were in complete trance snapped out of it to notice Owen starting to chase the truck.
"Kitty! Owen!" shouted Emma.
"DOWN OWEN! DON'T ME HIT YOU WITH THE NEWSPAPER AGAIN!" shouted Noah.
As they all ran after the two, a bus moved past the store driving towards Casa Loma. Inside, all of the passengers were the contestants on the hunt as well. The passengers were Chet, Lorenzo, Ellody, Mary, Beardo, Dave, Staci, Sugar, Courtney, Justin, Katie, Sadie, Miles, Laurie, Leonard, Tammy, DJ, Dwayne, Junior, Taylor, Gerry, and Pete.
"And so that's how my great-great-great aunt made the wheels for the bus, but she had this huge fight with my great-great-great-great grandmother because she believed that there should only be 6 wheels for a bus…" Staci kept on talking and talking to Chet, Lorenzo, Ellody, Mary, Beardo, and Sugar. All of them we're bored out of their minds out on what she's rambling about, except for the latter, who was hooked, line, and sinker with her lies.
"How much longer of this are we gonna take?" Ellody asked Mary.
"About an estimate of 16 minutes provided all traffic lights are green."
In the middle of the bus, Justin was looking at a mirror, admiring himself, with Katie and Sadie were dreamily staring at him.
"No matter how long it's been, Justin is still a dreamboat," Sadie said to Katie.
"Totally! Like if I were to have his babies, they'll be born, like, super handsome!"
"Nuh-uh! If I had his babies, our children will look super-duper handsome!"
"That's a lie and you know it, Sadie!"
"How about both of you shut up!" Courtney, who was sitting behind them shouted. Courtney and Dave were sitting next to each other arms crossed and angry. Without looking at each other, they chatted with little interaction.
"What are you in here for?" asked Dave.
"Need to pay my lawyers and entrance exam money. You?"
"Just making sure she doesn't get the money."
"…Harsh."
Near the back of the bus, Laurie and Miles were conversing with Leonard and Tammy, albeit the latter duo were the one doing all the talking.
"And so, Tammy and I came across the Gigantic Kraken of Muldostro. We battled it with me casting Lv. 15 freezing spells, while Tammy, the barbarian she is, slew the beast with the mighty sword, Calister!"
Laurie and Miles were just smiling at Leonard as he tells his story. Laurie leaned at Miles and whispered, "Why are talking to them again?"
"It's either them or the chatterbox up front, besides, they're not so bad. Strange, but not bad."
At the back of the bus, the older contestants were talking about their lives as young adults to Junior and DJ.
"And that's how I got my first divorce!" Gerry said laughing.
"No wonder she left you! You were a terrible husband to her!" Pete said with a smile on his face.
"If I was a terrible husband, then you're a terrible father after that milk incident with your kids!" Both of them started to laugh at their own misfortunes. DJ and Junior were looking at each other, hoping for a miracle or something to stop them from talking about their terrible life.
"You know," Dwayne talked to Pete, "It never really is easy raising kids, you'll eventually do make hiccups in their life. But that is what makes your bond with them strong."
Junior facepalmed himself due to embarrassment. He then looks up to DJ and apologizes to him. "Sorry that you're stuck with us, being behind back at the studio."
"It's cool my dude! I'm used to being with older people; momma raised me to be respectful and kind to them."
"Uhh speaking of kids, where's yours? I was hoping she would be with you?" Dwayne asked Taylor.
"Oh you know her, she's out there to prove herself. All this is happening just because some girl provoked my daughter!"
"Then why'd you still sign the contract?"
"I'm just looking out for my daughter, that's all! Who knows where she is and what dangers she's facing right now!"
"Well, you know how kids are! A free-spirited bunch!"
"Yeah!" Pete chuckled. "But never truly focused in life! That's why us veterans are gonna win this, and there is no way these young folks are gonna win this!"
"Who said we're not gonna win this!? We definitely can!" Chet heard from the back of the bus.
"Yeah! You old geezers can't possibly beat us on a foot race to the castle!" Lorenzo added. The fuel to the fire has ignited and tensions were about to rise.
"Listen here kiddos!" Gerry stood and came face to face with the younger ones. "You may have the hipbone and the cardio, but us 'old geezers' have the experience. So I say bring it on you little ankle bitters!"
With what Gerry said, the rest of the contestants were eyeing their group, and when DJ tried to push him back to his seat, the bus driver announced that they were nearing Casa Loma.
"Oh yeah!? Can you race with those knees of yours up the castle?!" Chet challenged Gerry.
"Oh, I'll even outrun you with these knees!"
*CRASH*
The contestants went flying to the sides as the bus made a sudden twist to the right. It stopped right in its tail, and the reason for it was a police car crashing onto it. It was the same police car MacArthur was driving. They all got out of their airbags and fell down onto the pavement.
"MacArtHuR….NevEeR abUSSse YoUr BaDGee AggGaIN…" Sanders said with a dizzy voice.
"Duuuuddeeee! What a ride!" Brody right before falling down to the ground and faint.
Everyone from the bus to the police car stopped in their tracks as they're still feeling the effects of the crash.
At the entrance of Casa Loma, Mike, Zoey, Dakotazoid, Sam, B, Cameron, and Dawn just arrived at the castle; they huddled up and think of a strategy to find the trophy as fast they can.
"Alright gang, we need to find that Gemmy if we want to get that prize!" Zoey exclaimed.
"So, what the plan? Any suggestions?" Mike asked the group.
"Do you guys have any hat we can put on Mike?" Cameron suggested.
"Cam, you know all my personalities are gone."
"Oh yeah…"
"Dakota smash?" asked Dakotazoid with a clenching fist.
"Pretty sure we'll get arrested if we do that." Sam puts down Dakota's fist away. "…Dawn, you can talk to animals right?"
"I can… Why?" asked Dawn with a curious face.
"Can you find a rat inside the building and asked them if they found any strange-looking award?"
"It's not that simple Sam, I can only talk to them if they talk to me. And knowing that building, I would say there are 0 chances will find a single one of them."
"Bummer."
While the others were thinking of a plan, B then had an idea. He took a stick and wrote down a formula on the ground, and when he was finished, he whistled the group to come near him. He pointed at the formula, only for Cameron to understand what it is.
"OF COURSE! IT WAS SO EASY! WE CAN BUILD A METAL DETECTOR!" Cameron then looked toward the group. "All we need is to find the right components, build it as fast as we can, and then use our handmade detector to-"
"Or we can buy that metal detector at that store over there." Zoey pointed out the convenience store across the street selling a metal detector for 200 Dollars.
"Works for us! Come on!" Mike leads the group towards the store, as they were running towards it, a new group appeared and entered the castle. The group was comprised of Rock, Spud, Cody, Sierra, Rodney, and Ella.
"Alright people, you know what needs to be done! Split up into 3 and start looking under tables." Cody said to his group.
"OH OH! I WANNA BE WITH CODY!" Sierra excitedly jumps towards him.
"Uhhhhh, maybe I should I go with Ella instead, she gonna need some help after all."
A slight eye twitch came from her, and while smiling, said "Okay…No problem."
"I should go with Spud. You know how he is…a bit slow with stuff." Rock said while grabbing his buddy by the arm. "We'll take the first floor."
"Ella and I will take the second floor, which only leaves Rodney and Sierra on the third floor. Alright everyone, break!"
They started to move away from each other to go to their respective floor.
"Where shall we look first, Prince Cody?"
Sierra's eyes widen when she heard her call Cody a Prince. "Prince?"
"Uhm…. Maybe the bedroom, Chris loves to hide things in the least expected."
"Bedroom?! I should be the one going with him to the bedroom?! If that girl thinks he'll come between me and my Codykins, she is dead wrong!" She then started to rage, which caught the eye of Rodney, who obviously, started to fall in love with her.
"I..we..maybe…I me prince…" Rodney tried to finish a sentence, but fumbles over the words as Sierra grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of the room.
As they all split up, a new group arrived onto the scene, comprised of Heather, Alejandro, Carrie, Devin, Max, Anne Maria, and Topher. As they exited towards the garden, Heather looked at their group and said "All right, remember, if anyone of you finds the trophy, bring it to me, and maybe I'll split the money with all of you."
"Devin? Why are we with them again?" Carrie asked Devin.
"Because those two we're the finalist of World Tour, so they gotta be the strongest… also she kinda scares me."
"Sure, as lon' as I go with hot stuff here!" Anne Maria moved closer to Alejandro.
"Back off tan in a can! He's mine!" Heather then came face to face with Anne Maria, but Alejandro was able to relieve the two women before there were any hair-pulling.
"Ladies, ladies, please! There's plenty of me to go around, but alas, I am already taken by her my darling Anne Maria."
"Ugh…This is why I don't do romance. It gets in the way of my evil scheming." Max said to the couple watching afar.
"Pfft! Fine, guess I'll go for handsome no. 2. Yo! Toopic, come here to mama!" She gestures to Topher.
"Uhhh.. maybe later. Right now, that trophy must be here in the garden. If I know Chris, he's sure to put it somewhere extravagant."
Just then out of nowhere, by pure coincidence, by pure surprise, a familiar face walks out of the castle into the garden with a bunch of camera crew with her.
"And as you can see, the exterior doesn't disappoint as well, as the garden mix and match with the-"
She stopped in her words to see the surprising contestants looking at her in shock.
"HEATHER?!"
"BLAINELEY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
"What else do you think? I'm recording an episode for 'Interior Inferior.' this week's topic, Casa Loma! What are all of you doing here?"
"None of your bees-" She was cut off by Max.
"Trying to find a Gemmy Award Chris hid here in the castle so that I could get 5 MILLION DOLLARS AND BECOME THE RIGHTFUL RULER OF EARTH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Heather hit him on the head and said "Shut it, you dunce!"
"Really?!" Blaineley turned to her cameraman, "Michael, change of plans! This is much more exciting!"
"Oh no, you don't! You just want to get a good view of us hurting each other!"
"Exactly! That will bring the ratings on the show to skyrocket! I'll get a raise and finally get that 3rd beach house I needed"
While the two were arguing, Devin caught something glimmering to his side. He looked where it was coming from and what he saw made his eyes open wide. "Uh guys, I think I found the trophy!"
They all turned their heads to where Devin was pointing to see Chris' Gemmy award flying high in the sky thanks to the water fountain's jet. Heather saw the opportunity to push both Max and Anne Maria out of the way and started to run towards the golden trophy.
"That money will be mine!"
"Don't you mean ours, sweetie?" Alejandro added.
"Yeah, sure whatever!"
As Heather was closing in on the award, she smiled hugely, until she heard an unnerving voice.
"I don't think so, you washout!"
A rope came flying through the air, and was tightly secured onto the trophy and was pulled from the fountain onto a hand. The hand was owned by none other than Taylor.
"You!"
"Looks like I won't be disappointing anyone, except for you, loser!"
The two glared at each other for a short while until Heather loses it and declared to Taylor, "OH IT IS ON!"
It was indeed on, as for the fight for the award has BEGUN!
Continue in Part 4