My comments for the reviews in the last chapter:
Platrium: Weird to read? Sometimes you have to make a subliminal approach. ;)
Guest #1: You got that right, man. :D
Guest #2: Thanks, man! I hope your pick wins! :D
Episode 4, Part 1 – "One Is Better Than Two" – Theodore
"Previously on The Amazing Race…" Phil said as he began to narrate the recap of the last leg. "Teams remained touring around Prague in the Czech Republic!"
"Yeah!" Lawrence exclaimed after finishing the aerial rope course.
"As some teams faced a splashing Detour, making waves of emotion from teams…"
"But it is easy to do, Theodore!" Eleanor told Theodore, continuing to persuade Theodore. "It is more fun!"
"But I can't—"
"Come on or we'll get in last!" Eleanor replied, becomes irate due to Theodore's constantly rejecting the offer of doing a task.
Theodore sighed in defeat. "Okay then."
Emma & Noah's boat flipped over after a rapid surge of waves from the watercourse.
"Whoa!" Emma reacted.
The scene transitioned to the Neighbors who are arguing about using the Express Pass at the Detour.
"Are we gonna use it now?" Timmy asks Chloe.
"NO!" Chloe madly refused to let go of the Express Pass off her hand.
"But they're getting away! Come on, just think already!"
"While the others, climbed up to the top!"
"Let's go, honey! That's it, you're getting it!" Linda shouted Lawrence, who was still working on progressing on the rope course.
Charlie snatches a ribbon at the end and arrived at the end of the line.
"Good job!" Viola complimented her sister.
"Yeah, I have done it so well…" Charlie said, panting after a grueling obstacle course.
"Which lead to a surprising victory for the sisters…"
"You are team number ONE!" Phil announced Charlie & Viola as leg winners.
Viola was holding her head in disbelief. "We're first?! Are you serious?!"
"Oh, my god!" Charlie said softly as they shared hugs with Viola. "I can't believe it!"
"While the last two teams, Timmy & Chloe and Clarence & Jeff, fight it out to stay in the competition…"
"Wait! We gotta go now! Here's our chance!" Jeff said after realizing the former team is not moving from their position.
"Until the Express Pass became a big wildcard for both teams…"
"Hey! Is this what you're fighting for?" Clarence said, picking up the Express Pass in the air.
"What?!" Timmy reacted in shock.
"What?!" Chloe added.
"WHAT?!" Jeff shrieked. "What are you doing, Clarence?!"
"In the end, The Neighbors barely survived elimination…"
"Timmy & Chloe…" Phil paused to elevate the tension. "…you are… team number eight."
Chloe suddenly embraces Timmy, holding to her emotion. "Oh my God!"
"…and Clarence & Jeff arrived last but was in awe after hearing the good news…"
"I'm pleased to tell you that this is a pre-determined, non-elimination leg, so your adventure continues forward!" Phil announced.
"Wait, what?!" Jeff reacted surprisingly.
"Since the third leg has concluded, which team will receive the second Express Pass?"
I think this team deserves the Express Pass. I hope we can work with them someday again, or maybe in the next leg!" Chloe described the team cryptically.
"Ooh, I hope that too." Timmy sneered while crossing his arms.
"And that team is…"
"We will find out next."
"Getting tired is getting me tired literally…" Sanjay said in the confessional.
(The intro is on the third chapter or Episode 1, Part 2)
2:43AM – Prague Castle
The episode opener begins with the light-filled shots of the big night square of Prague, specifically focusing at Prague Castle, which a team was spotted departing from the mat. Since it is currently dawn, the inside premises are closed. Therefore, the first team departed outside of the castle. The smaller one opened the clue to read the first details for this leg.
Charlie & Viola – 1st Place; departed at 2:44AM
"Travel by train to Vienna, Austria!"
"Teams will now leave Prague and will travel by train more than 200 miles to The City of Music, Vienna in Austria! After the arrival, teams will now take a taxi to Wien Kanal, where they will have to take an underground expedition into the Historic Sewers. They must follow the marked path and they will eventually lead to a monument nearby, where their next clue awaits." Phil stated the first details of the leg.
"Yeah! Austria, here we come!" Viola reacted excitedly.
"Let's find a taxi first then we can react lovingly, Viola," Charlie replied.
Charlie & Viola (Confessional)
"I have been so crazy about being first the last leg!" Charlie said. "That was a lucky shot!"
"Oh boy, whatever comes at this leg, we will definitely bring our A-game there!" Viola added as she punches the air with her fist. "I am so stoked!"
Luckily for them, they found themselves inside of the cab where they continue to talk about the new destination.
"How come are you excited about Austria?" Charlie asked.
"Hey, you didn't know about Austria's rich history composers? Maybe not." Viola gladly answered.
"Oh… so that's how you got so excited at first…" Charlie trailed off. "Maybe we can use it as an advantage!"
"That's what I'm going to say!"
Both girls shared fives with each other.
Stan & Steve – 2nd Place; departed at 2:47AM
"We're going to Vienna!" Steve announced as he reads the other details.
"Not Vietnam?" Stan replied, curiously asking if he got the right country.
"It's Vienna! Austria, dad!"
"Oh… I thought it was Vietnam! Damn it!"
Stan & Steve (Confessional)
"We almost got the number one spot but because the other team was way ahead of us by a few minutes, we just got the second," Steve said.
"Which means we're the first loser!" Stan exclaimed. "We shall resurge and we shall avenge for those who passed us!"
"Dad, we're not even at the finals yet!" Steve told Stan.
"It applies even right now, son! Don't get too negligent about everything! A soldier must face adversaries at all times!"
Steve muttered and smacks himself with his palm in reaction.
3:04AM - Prague Main Train Station/Praha Hlavní Nádraží
The sisters soon arrived at the train station where it was closed in operation but the establishment is open for reservations. They walked over to a presumed employee of the station.
Charlie & Viola – Sisters
"Excuse me, do you know when will the train station open?" Charlie asked.
The individual of interest only gestured over to a counter, in which the team walks toward the said counter, which has a poster saying the operation hours.
"So they open at 4?" Viola inquired. "Huh, guess we have to wait."
"And there goes the lead, dude!" Charlie reacted in an upsetting manner.
"Alright, I guess an hour of waiting could take a while…"
Prague Castle
Linda & Lawrence – 3rd Place; departed at 3:20AM
"Ooh! We're going to Austria! Sounds so sweet in my ears!" Lawrence reacted enthusiastically.
"How come have you so excited about everything?" Linda curiously asked his beau.
"Well, you know… experiences and knowledge about histories between lands and so on…" He chuckled afterward.
"Wow…"
Linda & Lawrence (Confessional)
"So far, we've been in an overjoyed ride in this race," Lawrence said. "I have been more fascinated with the tasks recently, they seemed decent."
"Looks like we're going to have fun, isn't it, hon?" Linda asked.
"Pretty sure we are." He replied with a chuckle.
4:02AM - Prague Main Train Station/Praha Hlavní Nádraží
The train station just opened a few minutes ago. Teams made their way to the counter to book their trip to the neighboring country of Austria. Another team showed up after the station was operational.
Kevin & Sami - Wrestling Teammates
"There they are…" Sami said, surveying the current situation by his eyes. "I guess it was just opened when we got here."
"Good, good," Kevin replied with a nod. "We need to do some serious competition after we arrived in Vienna."
Kevin & Sami (Confessional)
"Since we've been under the rubble for this past leg. Guess we need to come up with a magic trick to catch up and make it to the top again." Kevin said.
"If we can utilize our tricks, we could use it and try to collide with some teams, especially those couples in the back," Sami replied.
"Man, why they can't just stop being so observable?"
"Can we get tickets for Vienna, just like them?" Sami asked the counter.
"Okay." The counter quickly offered the tickets to the Canadians.
"Thank you."
"Alright, time to get inside," Kevin said.
Both men entered their train, noticing the other teams, who was just plainly doing their own doings.
"Wonder if we're last in this trip?" Sami asked.
Kevin shrugged in response and added. "Probably, but we don't need an answer to that. Let's just go to rest, this train might take a while."
Sami followed Kevin's reminder as they entered a private room, provided by the train, where they slept.
But they didn't know that Sanjay & Craig also joined to their first voyage as they encounter nothing but silence.
Sanjay & Craig – Adoptive Brothers
"Woop! Yeah!" Sanjay exclaimed.
"Man, it-it's f-f-freezing here!" Craig said, quivering from the heavy, cold temperature of the train. "Are w-we going t-to another one o-of those… p-p-places?!"
"I don't know but that's the possibility."
"D-D-D-Dang it!"
Both men soon head out to their room as the train moved out from its station.
Prague Castle
Emma & Noah – 6th Place; departed at 4:51AM
Both were seen entering a cab as they dispatch towards the station.
Emma & Noah (Confessional)
"We have a rough last leg, we thought we're going all the way to the bottom at the last challenge. That was pretty tiring." Noah said.
"We? You mean I. That was so tiring." Emma replied with an elaboration.
"It was tiring too to watch you struggle, so that's technically both." Noah elucidated. "Anyway, I think I should do make a brainstorming about this leg, you know… just in case, something might happen."
"I? You mean we? We should plan it inside of the train." Emma replied with another clarification. "Noah, you seemed different from the past legs."
"What? Me? Nah-uh. I'm still me." Noah replied, pointing himself for emphasis.
"Still not convinced," Emma answered with crossed arms.
Eleanor & Theodore – 7th Place; departed at 5:21AM
Both chipmunks are in their taxi to talk about something.
"Guess we're still here." Theodore sheepishly said to Eleanor. "How does it feel?"
"Still pretty good, Theo." Eleanor simply replied, who just watches the building go pass by every second from the window.
"Still upset?"
"What?" Eleanor looked back to Theodore. "What do you mean by that?"
"I mean, you looked so down lately. I-I just wanted to know."
She sighed. "Yeah, maybe? I just thought that I remember the way I treated you last leg."
Last Leg - Kajaky Trója
"Ah, Eleanor. I think we should do the other one." Theodore replied, disapproving Eleanor's decision.
"But why?" She asked.
"Because I really wanted to—" Theodore said until he got interrupted by Eleanor.
"But it is easy to do, Theodore!" Eleanor retorted. "It is more fun!"
"But I can't—"
"Come on or we'll get in last!" Eleanor started to became irate because of Theodore's constantly rejecting the offer of doing a task.
Theodore sighed in defeat. "Okay then."
After receiving several mistakes from the watercourse, Eleanor quickly realized her mistake and instantly regrets putting over her ego than to her partner.
"Theodore, I'm so sorry about earlier. I didn't even know that we're last over there, I thought it would be faster but it wasn't." She paused. "Now I feel so awkward right now."
"Yeah, it was… bad." Theodore said, recalling that certain ordeal.
"I know… I'm sorry again, Theodore. It's just… I can't control myself, it's just I always play the game on my own." Eleanor replied, explains her actions from the past legs. "Because of my mistakes, maybe you can decide and we'll try to figure it with ourselves? How about that, Theo?"
Theodore hummed to give some time to think until he decided. "Yeah, we should help each other out! Just like what Alvin and Simon, and Brittany and Jeanette did last time. The girls won, right?"
"Yeah! Still remember that." Eleanor said. "Can't believe they won."
"If we can work it out fine, then we might be the winners as well." Theodore simply smiled.
Eleanor smiled back and embraces back Theodore, who hugs back.
05:44AM - Prague Main Train Station/Praha Hlavní Nádraží
Emma & Noah - Dating Reality TV Pros
"Guess we learned that the last team is like an hour ahead, so we're here the chipmunks…" Noah said.
"I heard that the girl is a feisty one," Emma told a bombshell to Noah. "Sounds like she's one of those kinds of adversaries from the last competition."
"Could be." Noah shrugged. "But since this race is way more innocuous than the last one, I doubt that."
"We'll see it later."
"I rest my case."
Emma frowned from Noah's last response but she instinctively follows him to their room, while the aforementioned anthropomorphic team was nowhere to be found, assumed to be in the room as well. The train soon left off from the station and moved forward.
Břeclav Train Station
The camera showed a train who stopped at another station for a long time. Confusing the teams on the trip, they asked one of the facilitators of the train to give them a valid answer.
"Why did the train stopped?" Sami asked.
"There was some mechanical issue from the train and we decided to make a stop here." The facilitator answered.
"So what are we gonna do?" Kevin then asked.
"There will be another train coming."
"When will it arrive?" Viola came next.
"Maybe one hour."
That answer sends shockwaves to the five teams, most of them got upset about learning this breaking news.
"Or you can book another ticket to Vienna."
"Thanks," Lawrence said to the facilitator, who greeted back and left.
"Damn it! We're supposed to have a race!" Stan cried. "Why did this happened anyway?"
"Another hour?" Sanjay said. "That sounds so bad."
"Oh, boy, I can smell trouble from a distance," Craig added.
Kevin & Sami (Confessional)
"From that moment, we thought the mission for getting to the top is slowly pouring down to our faces," Kevin said. "And we know that the next train that will come might contain other teams, and that adds from insult to injury."
Sami only gestured his hand in a wave-like movement, raising and dropping in a beat. "Woosh. Just like that."
"We are in for a treat, seriously." Kevin sneered.
06:40AM - Prague Main Train Station/Praha Hlavní Nádraží
Timmy & Chloe - Neighbors
"Here we are, so lonely…" Chloe said, sighing in the process as she enters the train, followed by Timmy.
"Yeah, this feels right but not so much right," Timmy added.
Timmy & Chloe (Confessional)
"What a leg was that! We almost got knocked out of the competition!" Chloe admitted.
"All for that because of the Express Pass, which is out of our hands now!" Timmy added.
"Well, we did send that to a team who we think deserves to hold it. I wish we made the right choice."
Timmy frowned. "None that I care about that one. Blah, blah, blah."
Clarence & Jeff – Best Friends
"You got that one thing that we needed?" Jeff asked Clarence.
"Yeah, we did!" Clarence hoists a yellow-colored pamphlet, which seems to be important to them. "Got the Pass!"
"Oh, yeah!" Jeff exclaimed. "But better be careful on holding it."
Clarence & Jeff (Confessional)
"I never thought that we would be the lucky team to get the Express Pass!" Clarence said, cannot hold his feelings over the pass that he was currently holding. "This is great!"
"I don't know if they know that… we're still here." Jeff added. "I mean, we are a few minutes behind of them, which seems skeptical for me to know that they know that we are still racing."
Both men entered the train and they try to look for that certain team. Without a minute, they already found that team, who seemed surprised at their presence. One of them proceeds to hug them, while the other, staring at them in bewilderment.
"You're still here!" Chloe said. "I thought we made a bad choice!"
"Don't you worry there, it won't happen again since it's officially ours now," Clarence said, winking to Chloe, who smiled.
"Besides, we're the last teams here. So…" Jeff trailed off when he begins to think of a plan and lighten up. "…maybe we can… work just the four of us?"
Timmy suddenly recuperates from the dumbfounding state. "Really? I thought we are all working in alliance with teams."
"Let's just say that it's not gonna last long and we should help each other around for a while."
"Whatcha say, guys?" Clarence said.
Both the holders of the Express Pass are offering the former holders an impromptu partnership. The latter team looked confused on the details over the offer. Because Timmy doesn't want to get pressured over Chloe, who is the leader of their team, they both shrugged and accepted the offer.
"You got yourselves a deal," Chloe said, shaking hands with Jeff.
"Alright!" Clarence excitedly reacted. "We're gonna bring it!"
"We can discuss the plans later, we need some tight sleep for now," Timmy said as he yawns from his mouth.
"Sure, sure…" Jeff nodded.
"Gotcha, man!" Clarence also nodded.
Both Clarence & Jeff left them in their room to gather some rest privately.
"See ya, boys!" Chloe waved the other team with glee. She turns back to Timmy to ask. "Aren't they just dandy?"
"Yeah, yeah…" Timmy sneered.
Břeclav Train Station
The train arrived in time but the teams inside of this train had no idea what just transpired. They got their answers when they saw the other team, the stalling teams were looking at every window just to see the occupied teams.
"You're serious, right?" Stan asked Steve.
"Gosh, they just caught up with us!" Viola exclaimed.
"Luckily…" Charlie answered softly.
"I think it's better for the best… right, sweetie?" Linda asks Lawrence.
"I mean, it's the only way, so yes," Lawrence answered.
"Aww, man! Thought we had it!" Craig said.
"Don't worry, we can run as fast as we can," Sanjay replied.
"Are you kidding?! It's so cold out here!"
While The Wrestlers were not happy when they saw the faces of their despised team in the race.
Kevin & Sami (Confessional)
"Guess destiny is a bitch, right?" Sami said. "I couldn't even understand how this works! It's like, you just struck out a flash of lightning in your grave, which is not an occasion to happen."
"Can't wait for them to take over with us." Kevin sarcastically replied with crossed arms. "Blah, blah, blah."
The teams entered the train quickly as they met with each other, except for Kevin & Sami, who instantly enters a room to isolate themselves. The train soon trailed off from the station.
Eleanor & Theodore (Confessional)
"Oh gosh, best time ever!" Eleanor exclaimed. "Just glad that the first teams on the train got stuck around for a bit. We needed that."
"Y-yeah, absolutely!" Theodore sheepishly responded. "It's crazy to think that, right?"
Eleanor chuckled in response. "Yeah, you're right. It's crazy!"
09:49AM - Wien Hauptbahnhof
The first train arrived safely as they disengage themselves from the train to find any directions to the exit and the taxi station.
"Where are the taxis here?" Charlie asked to no one.
"Taxi!" Stan, Sanjay, Sami yelled simultaneously while running with their partners.
"Excuse me," Noah asked a local. "Taxi?"
The local gestured to his left, sending them packing in a hurry. The other teams discovered the taxi station, in which three teams took their respective taxis and left.
Stan & Steve – Father/Son
"Wien Kanal, dude! Let's go!" Stan exclaimed.
"We need to move fast!" Steve added.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"Good thing we followed them," Sami said.
"Stalking is a very effective strategy, so far," Kevin replied. "We need to keep our eyes open for any turns."
Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends
"Thank goodness for a good run over there, right, Eleanor?" Theodore said to Eleanor.
"Yeah, that one is a lucky timing," Eleanor responded, proceeds to plead the driver. "Faster, please! Thank you!"
A few minutes ahead was Emma & Noah, who just got out of the station as they picked up a taxi and leave the place.
Emma & Noah - Dating Reality TV Pros
"Bitte gehen Sie zum Wien Kanal. Und wir müssen schnell dorthin gehen, es ist sehr wichtig! (Please go to the Vienna Canal. And we need to go there fast, it's very important!" Noah told the driver in their natural language.
"Ja, werde machen. (Yes, will do.)" The driver responded.
"Okay, I never learned anything complex German, all I know is simple terms," Emma said, impressed by her boyfriend's language skills.
"Honestly, German is a tough language to teach about. But all of the hard work from learning linguistics will culminate into something valuable, like the one we're currently doing right now – racing!"
Noah smirked over Emma, who grimaced then smiled afterward.
"Trottel. (Jerk.)" Emma muttered.
Charlie & Viola – Sisters
"There's the taxis!" Charlie said, gesturing the exit. "Taxi!"
"Don't worry, we're in a station," Viola replied.
Both girls entered a cab and told the driver to go to the canal and nodded.
"This is important for us, sir!" Viola added.
Sanjay & Craig – Adoptive Brothers
"Taxis?" Sanjay asked an employee for any direction.
"Taxi? Du bist in der falschen Richtung. (Taxi? You're in the wrong way?)" The employee answered.
"What?" A perplexed Craig asked Sanjay "What did he say again?"
"I-I don't know! Maybe we just need to walk." Sanjay answered and faced the employee again. "Thanks."
Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents
"A canal? Sounds spooky and interesting at the same time." Linda said.
"Yes, it is fascinating. I think this is the first time that we're getting together inside of a tunnel." Lawrence replied.
"Ooh, now you are talking, honey," Linda said and chuckled.
Wien Kanal - Entrance
A team was spotted getting nearby in the next destination as their taxi roams around the vicinity of the tunnel.
"Stop-stop-stop here!" Steve told the driver, who complied immediately. "Thank you!"
"Come on, I'll pick up our stuff," Stan said.
Both men exited the taxi as Stan picks up their bags from the trunk. They sprinted forward to the marked arrow, leading to the underground sewer. Behind them were two teams, who immediately left their taxi and followed the same direction as the first team.
Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends
"Hey, there's an arrow over there!" Theodore gestured straight ahead to a marked arrow.
"Nice eye, Theo! Come on! We need to go second." Eleanor said.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"Don't stop running," Kevin told Sami. "Someone's behind us."
"I am! Just look at me!" Sami replied with a snarl.
Stan & Steve – Father/Son
The safety crew told them to wear safety light hats while traversing across the canal. Both men walk downstairs towards the passage, all they see is nothing but their light.
"Good thing this ain't filled with toxic water or something," Steve said.
"Except for some that we need to get to, I know it's disgusting but we need to make it out as disgusting creatures," Stan replied confidently.
"Wow, you just turned into a polarizing military figure," Steve replied. "How convenient."
"It is convenient that you need to take it as a lesson, soldier!"
Next in line was Kevin & Sami, followed by Eleanor & Theodore within inches between both teams as they descend to the dark sewage.
Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends
"Oh wow, look at this place… it's-it's creepy…" Theodore said while his body quivers from the darkness of the place.
"Don't get scared, Theodore. It's safe, no one's going to creep you out, neither is Alvin and a clown!" Eleanor replied.
"But clowns in here? T-That's possible, Eleanor!"
Eleanor facepalmed in response.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"I thought this would be a wider tunnel, but I'm afraid not!" Sami bellowed.
"Shush, Sami. Let's just keep ourselves silent!" Kevin reprimands Sami.
"Come on, man! I'm just nitpicking about tunnels!"
"Keep doing that and maybe we're getting stuck in here!"
Sami groaned in defeat and continues to walk.
Wien Hauptbahnhof
Sanjay & Craig – currently in 7th Place
The brothers are now inside of a taxi after getting lost at the station by a few minutes.
"Did we just end up lost… in a station?" Craig asked confusedly.
"I-I don't know… it's just that… we are so bad at looking signs…" Sanjay replied.
"Don't worry, man! There are still teams behind us, we can overcome it."
"Alright, man, whatever you say," Sanjay responded with a fist bump, which Craig uses his head for the bump.
Wien Kanal
Emma & Noah - Dating Reality TV Pros
"Alright, we've been in Catacombs in the past—"
"That's not Catacombs." Emma elaborated. "If it's a Catacomb, then there would be hidden cheeses inside of it!"
"Yeah, but still, using that as an experience and comparison in the race? Sounds logical and useful for me." Noah replied.
"Okay, Noah, you're getting too smart."
"But I'm already one! Already smart at choosing you."
Emma did hear the line clearly as her cheeks turned pink, but was luckily hidden by the darkness of the canal.
Following them behind were the sisters who were looking up and down in the tunnel.
Charlie & Viola - Sisters
"This is crazy!" Charlie reacted amazingly, awed by the structure of the passage.
"Never knew we could this here without fighting or distracting creatures!" Viola added. "So cool!"
Johann Stauss II Monument
The first team spotted the marked door to open it as it leads them back in the ground. They instantly saw posts from a monument.
Stan & Steve – currently in 1st Place
"Why there are two boxes?" Stan asked.
"I think it's for the last team, I guess?" Steve presumably replied. "Grab the clue, dad."
"Okay." Stan nodded, picking up a pamphlet to rip it open. "Ride a Fiacre and find a way to flag them as yours…"
"What's a fiacre?" Steve asked.
"Teams will have to figure out how they can gain ownership from one of the horse carriages, known as fiacre. If they figure it out by snatching a ticket on its carriage door, they can proceed to the Schönbrunn Palace." Phil stated the next task for the teams in a voiceover.
"…hurry up, there are only three available slots for the first batch. The next batch will arrive in thirty minutes after the last fiacre from the batch is taken." Stan finished reading the details. "Oh, so it's like a vehicle or what?"
"I think it is," Steve confirms the question. "We need to find it now, it has to be here around the monument."
Both of them ran away from the monument to find the horse carriages.
Wien Kanal
The screen showed a complex map of the historical underground, filled with turns and dead ends. There were four dots flickered, one of them was on the verge of getting out of the canal.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"We've been here for like fifteen minutes!" Sami said noticing their expedition was taking too long.
"And yet, we're still following the arrows still," Kevin replied. "At least, it's not narrow anymore."
"Fair point."
"You're still a claustrophobic!"
"NO! I'M NOT!" Sami protested, raising his hands hastily.
Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends
"We're still, at least, not far from those guys over there," Eleanor said, gesturing a team in front of them.
"How long are we gonna keep walking until we get out?" Theodore asked.
"Not sure, Theo. But I can see arrows, so we need to follow them."
"Oh…"
Emma & Noah – Dating Reality TV Pros
"Now this is way getting longer than I thought it would be…" Emma realized after comparing the Catacombs to the canal.
"Eh, it's just part of the race!" Noah replied, scanning the environment of the sewers. "Not gonna lie, this place looks damp."
Charlie & Viola – Sisters
"Watch out!" Charlie yelled, making Viola screamed after seeing a small, fleeing creature on the ground. "Oh, it's a rat."
"Don't scare me like that!" Viola reacted with a growl. "Not funny!"
"I swear, I saw something moving!" Charlie replied, raising her hands to prove her innocence. "God dang it, I must have been thinking about Sewer Scorpions!"
Johann Strauss II Monument
Kevin & Sami – currently in 2nd Place
"Whew! That's not bad at all…" Sami said after they exited the sewers as they went ahead to the monument, which they catch a glimpse of a second post. "A second one? Speed Bump…"
"Don't care about that, let's go, Sami!" Kevin said, picking up a clue and opens it. "Ride a Fiacre…"
"A what?"
"It's a vehicle, halfwit!"
"Alright, genius! Let's go!"
Both men left the monument.
Stadtpark
Stan & Steve – currently in 1st Place
"There they are!" Steve exclaimed, seeing the horses made them stopped. "Okay, let's figure out how can we own this thing?"
"You mean…" Stan replied as he made towards a carriage and saw a piece of paper from the door as he removes it from being hanged. "…this one?"
"Nice! I think we got it!"
"We did?" Stan dumbly asked. "Alright!"
"Come on, we can hop on to the back!"
Stan & Steve (Confessional)
"I don't know but I just notice that we're getting along now," Steve said, observing their current status as a team. "Dad is really getting along to the waves, you know what I'm saying, catching the wave…"
"I get it, even though I don't do surfboarding. I will be scared if I get caught in a current!" Stan replied.
Steve only frowned in response.
Johann Strauss II Monument
Eleanor & Theodore – currently in 3rd Place
"Ride a Fiacre and find a way to flag them as yours…" Eleanor reads the details of the clue. "Okay, let's own one, Theodore!" She moved out while Theodore followed.
"Wait! What's a… fia-kra? A firecracker?" He asked innocently.
"I don't know but it might be something important."
Wien Kanal - Entrance
Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents
"Woo, okay! I'm so ecstatic! We're gonna go underground!" Lawrence excitedly exclaimed.
"Me too, honey, me too," Linda said, following her husband's movement inside.
"Let's go!"
Stadtpark
A team was detected, a few meters away from the carriages. They were sprinting so hard that one of them tripped to the ground.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"Awww! Fuck, man! I tripped!" Sami said, holding his left arm carefully.
"Are you alright?" Kevin asked.
"Of course, I'm fine!" Sami answered, standing up from the ground. "I'm just woozy at running until I tripped."
"Isn't that serious?"
"No, it isn't! We can just go now…" Sami told Kevin, who helped him stood up until he suddenly clutches his arm. "Ow! Shit…"
"Jesus Christ, Sami! Don't try playing with me!"
While behind them were the chipmunks who easily passed them without noticing. While running, one of them looked reluctant to help them.
"Hey, Eleanor. Are you okay?" Theodore asked.
"Y-Yeah. I think we need to help those guys out." Eleanor replied.
"I think we should go ahead, I thought we were focusing on the race," Theodore said, recalling Eleanor's strategy.
Eleanor & Theodore (Confessional)
"You see… I am a girl who instinctively wants to help a person out from their injury, whether they are friendly or not." Eleanor admitted. "I think maybe this time, we should ignore those kinds of situations because you'll never know what will happen next."
Johann Strauss II Monument
Emma & Noah – currently in 4th Place
"Okay, a fiacre… cool…" Noah said after reading the clue.
"What's that?"
"Well, it's French for carriage."
"Okay… never knew that."
"Did you even took linguistics from your class in the past?"
"No, not at all."
"Come on!" Noah ordered. "Now you'll see how I can take you into linguistics without studying!"
"W-wait… Without studying?!" Emma reacted in disbelief. "Are you out of your mind?"
"Just kidding, let's get one for our team!"
They both soon headed out to the carriage station.
Stadtpark
Emma & Noah soon passed Kevin & Sami, in which the former uses his body to lean over the latter. The former team, especially Noah, smirked in satisfaction.
"What a great scene to watch…"
Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends
"Okay, there's one! We're taking it!" Eleanor announced as they both entered the carriage. "Uh, excuse me? Can we go to Shaun-bron Palace?"
The driver did not reply to the chipmunk's question, which made Eleanor reiterating the question, but it wasn't helpful the second nor the third time; no charm to any attempt.
"Why isn't he moving us?" Theodore asked.
"I-I don't know!" Eleanor replied in an upsetting manner. "Maybe he just doesn't get me because he never speaks English!"
"Aww, drats! What are we going to do?!"
Little do they know that they should pick up the ticket pass from the door, which they did not see. The next team soon arrived as they saw the chipmunks, who are stalling time talking.
"Weird… they aren't even moving…" Emma said.
"It's because they didn't even pick up the ticket on the door…" Noah said, gesturing the hanging pass on the door. "There's one vacant in there!"
"Hey, are we helping them?" Emma asked Noah.
"From now on, I'm not sure. Maybe they can figure it out already." Noah shrugged in response.
"Alright." Emma shrugged also. "Get the ticket!"
Noah snatches a ticket from the door as they hopped on to their seat and told the carrier to direct them to Schönbrunn Palace.
"Danke. (Thank you.)" Noah said.
They left the station without telling the chipmunks, meanwhile, Kevin & Sami soon arrived at the carriage station where they saw Eleanor & Theodore, trying to escape with the horse carriage.
Kevin & Sami – Wrestling Teammates
"There's one over there! And it has a team on it…" Kevin said in a disappointing tone. "Now we can wait for thirty minutes…"
"Not really…" Sami said.
"Why?"
"Watch me…"
Sami then tiptoed his way to the carriage where Eleanor & Theodore sat upon as he sneakily snatches the pass from the door. Kevin looked surprised at this situation.
Kevin & Sami (Confessional)
"Okay, that one caught me in surprise," Kevin said. "Sami did the impossible… being a smartass individual in front of me…"
"Kevin, I'm always smart!" Sami replied. "I'm always get underappreciated from my efforts every time like you always say!"
Sami proceeds to knock on the door where the chipmunks peeked over to see him.
"What?" Eleanor reacted upsettingly.
"This is our carriage now! Get outta there!" Sami ordered.
"Excuse me?! This is ours! Get your own and don't try to steal this one for us!" Eleanor retorted.
"Really? Technically, you're stealing it from us…" Sami countered.
"Wh-what? What do you mean by that?!"
"Hey, what about this?" Sami asked Eleanor, flailing the pass over his hand. "Why don't you read the clue?"
Eleanor instinctively reads the clue once more. After a keen comprehension, she shot himself in the face with her hand.
"Theodore, we got to get out…"
"What?!" Theodore reacted shockingly. "B-But why?!"
"We gotta go… they owned it now…"
"O-okay…"
Both critters are out of the carriage as the wrestlers took over from the horse-powered vehicle and soon left the station. Meanwhile, Eleanor seemed to be frustrated when she covers her face.
"Why am I so stupid?!"
"Eleanor, are you okay?" Theodore asked, concerned about Eleanor's current mood.
"Why am I such a jerk?!" Eleanor answered indirectly, shaking her head continuously. "No-no-no!"
"Oh, man…"
Eleanor & Theodore (Confessional)
"Oh, man. That one was bad, like bad, as in a rotten candy!" Theodore said. "Maybe Eleanor's temper might be worse than the rotten candy. This is so-so-so bad!"
The scene becomes more awkward for the two of them as the screen turned slow in motion, indicating that it is the perfect time for a commercial break!
Fun/Random Fact/s:
Since I'm too lazy to make a bonus scene for this chapter, maybe I can move it to the next chapter (If you have any requests for a bonus scene from the last leg, let me know!). Sorry about that! :( So, maybe we can switch things up a bit, here are some facts about the fictional series itself. From inception, creation, and planning.
Did you know?
The second season (this fic) is actually the 9th season of the series on paper. However, some of my data from the past season has been missing. Because I made the first season when I was 9 or 10 years old (time flies so fast! XD).
The first season meanwhile is season number eight!
The original team line-up for this season has been scrapped since some of the duos came from the fandoms that already competed from the first season (e.g. The Loud House). Since I don't want to get messed up from the line-up and resetting the whole competition, I only replaced one team from the batch. Who was originally included from the line-up? Maybe I can unveil the answer in the next chapter! :O
A/N: What do you think about these facts? Is it good and interesting? Let me know!
Apologies for the inactivity, it's a rough month and December because I was originally going to update this chapter last December but things don't go according to plan! :(
If you have any requests, questions, suggestions, criticisms, you can put it on your review or put it over on my DMs. They are all open and will reply to it anytime!
See you soon!
~Ellu
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