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Episode 5, Part 2 – "Crossed Hearts Gets To Cross First" – Lawrence


? – Main Route

Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends

Both chipmunks looked upon their vehicle, specifically the damaged tire of their car. Seemingly found a chunk of hope from their faces, Eleanor stood up in front of Theodore.

"Okay, we are not going to stay down for the whole time!" Eleanor said in a demanding tone, crossing her arms like she was a mentor to her apprentice. "Let's go check the back of the car to see if there's something we might need."

She offered a hand to her partner, which he gladly accepts as they went back of their vehicle to look for a thing that can help them.


Eleanor & Theodore (Confessional)

"I mean, we didn't check the back of the car properly, right?" Eleanor asks Theodore. "Just so you know, keep and lift our spirits up."

"Yeah, yeah…" Theodore chuckled nervously in response.

"We're just picking the mess that we… I mean, I made."


"Sweet! I found something!" Theodore cried, tries to pull a large black object but his physicality could not take him with the object. "Hey, Eleanor, I think I found something. Help me out here!"

"Got it!" Eleanor replied with glee, hopping inside of the vehicle.

Both simultaneously pulled out their whole energy to reveal the only saving grace for this kind of situation – a spare tire.

"Yes! I think we hit the jackpot, Theo!" Eleanor said, clapping Theodore's palm in delight. "Now we got to replace this one to the other."

"Well, uhhh…" Theodore paused and stammered. "There's a problem."

"What is it?"

"We don't even know how to replace it."

Eleanor realized this in the blink of an eye. Theodore was right, she thought.

"Oh, yeah… darn!" She cursed under her breath.

"Well, we gotta call someone, I gotta start now," Theodore said as he hopped out of the vehicle, leaving Eleanor behind.

"I should've known how to repair a car, I forgot about telling it to Dave!" Eleanor execrated at herself to the camera.

She then hopped off of the vehicle to assist Theodore to call someone to pullover for assistance. After a few minutes, a car parked in front of the racers' vehicle as it unveils a man in his thirties in a hunting suit coming towards them.

"How can I help you, mates?" He asked in his natural accent.

"Hi! We need help on switching wheels and we don't know how to do it." Theodore honestly answered the British man.

"We're in a race!" Eleanor added, adding desperation to her voice.

"Okay, okay, I'll just grab my tools in my car." The English man replied.

"Thank you so much!" Theodore kindly commented to the handy local.

"Now we have to look and maybe, help him, just in case," Eleanor told Theodore, who nodded immediately.

After the tools have emerged, the man began the process of swapping between tires as the camera captures the whole operation, but it was quicken up, due to time constraints.

The tire was successfully replaced, courtesy of the hospitable hunter. Both critters shook hands with the repairman.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" Eleanor said, elated that it was all fixed.

"Thanks!"

"Don't mention it, kids. Just the two of you can make a difference, you are a great couple." The man suddenly spoke a remark that caused the pair to reddened their cheeks, averting looking at each other to avoid embarrassment. "Good luck, guys! I'll see you around."

The man left them stunned for a whole minute until Eleanor spoke up.

She chuckled feigningly. "Well, what do you know? It's fixed and… we need to go… hehehe."

"Yeah…" Theodore also chuckled. "Let's go…"

Both entered the car as Eleanor drove themselves away from the sideways as their trip continued. But the awkwardness between them also continues and they replied nothing for the next few seconds.


?

Kevin & Sami – Pro Wrestling Teammates

"We still have time to catch them up, but hey, they might mess up later," Sami said. "But I know Kevin's sleeping but I feel comfortable while driving."

The camera captures Kevin's smooth rest from the back as Sami continues to confess.

"He looks like some creature from Pokémon, like what's his name again… Snorlax? I mean, he's not snoring and unfortunately doesn't like laxatives for his size. So, yeah, he is one alright."


Brighton Seaside Resort – The Pier

Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents

"Where are they? It seems like an eternity to the other teams." Linda complained, propping her hand in a bench that they were sitting.

"Fear not, sweetie. They are just inexperienced about the UK, it's okay if they got long enough to arrive here." Lawrence simply replied.

"If there wasn't Intersection, we could have finished the next task, still ahead of them."

"I think we might finish that with someone…"

"With who?"

"Them…" Lawrence gestures straightly to the dock where a team was spotted sprinting towards the clue box. "And oh boy, I am so surprised at their presence!"

Clarence & Jeff – currently in 2nd Place

"We got here! Yes!" Clarence said, already tired due to the wild run. "Just get that clue, Jeff!"

"Okay… but it's an Intersection!" Jeff said, noticing the oddly, new sign behind the clue box.

"It's a team effort challenge."

"Huh? Who said that?" Clarence was surprised at the new voice, catching him off-guard and almost fell on the ground.

"It's them, Clarence," Jeff answered, gesturing the first team to arrive at the dock. "So, we're like working together?"

"We're absolutely sure and that's how it is," Lawrence answered.

"Well, did you choose a Detour?" Linda added. "We're fine with both of them, but of course, we have to do one of them."

Both Clarence and Jeff and looked at each other to decide which challenge favors them the most.


Clarence & Jeff (Confessional)

"I'm pretty sure that we are working with a parent team, they don't have the perfect amount of strength and ability," Jeff said.

"But this is great! We're working with a team. I'm fine with all of them!" Clarence excitedly replied.

"We're already in an alliance, right? Or isn't it?"

"Whatever! Who cares about the alliance, we have a team! Woo! We should have a team name! What should we name though?" Clarence suggested, humming over counting countless possibilities of a name for their team.

Jeff only rolled in eyes in response.


Linda & Lawrence (Confessional)

"It's interesting to see how this team works out, I'm all out for it," Linda admitted.

"The dynamic of each team are fascinating enough to know how it can last for us. But let's see if they can do it with us." Lawrence added.


"So, what did you choose?" Linda asked them for a final decision. "What's it going to be?"

"I think the swimming challenge could be a safer option, we can smash those chests out…" Jeff paused, realized that it sounded so wrong, he clarifies it quickly. "Those treasure chests, I mean."

"I wanna ride the Ferris wheel badly!" Clarence contrasted, giving Jeff a scowl. "It would be fun! It's so-so dirty in the sea, you could get a virus from it!"

"Huh? So, you have different decisions? Oh dear, oh, dear…" Lawrence said, shaking his head continuously.

"It's the Ferris wheel and that's final!" Clarence announced, suddenly dragging out Jeff, much to his protest. "To the Ferris wheel! Woo-hoo!"

"Clarence!"

The parents were left in question as they shrugged it off and followed them.


Brighton Wheel

Clarence & Jeff – Best Friends

Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents

Both teams arrived in unison as they automatically entered a pod of the amusement ride as it started to lift in a snail pace where they will need to find the chest, which is hidden on the back of the door.

"Okay, so we need to find a chest somewhere," Linda said to everyone as she re-reads the clue.

"Obviously, it's a small place to find a chest, so it must have been in front of us," Jeff stated. "I think there's the chest on the door."

"Got it," Lawrence said, kneeling towards the chest to open and revealed and read the text on the lid of the chest. "Try again. Not too shabby, we're on our first try, let's just relish this moment to look at this beautiful resort."

"Yeah!" Clarence nodded in agreement as him and the parents watched the whole scenery right between their eyes.

"Wow! They looked pretty for a beach!" Linda complimented the place.

"It struck a great storm before, but look at what it did right now. All of those phases have culminated into this." Lawrence said, taking a page from his history knowledge. "Isn't it splendid, am I right?"

Linda nodded and hummed in agreement, while Clarence also followed Lawrence's remark.

Meanwhile, Jeff cursed silently as he started ranting.

"Well, this could have gone worse! If one of us gets a sneeze, we are pretty doomed from here until we found the right pod." He said, fearing that he might get caught a possible sickness at any instance.


Brighton Seaside Resort – The Dock

A team arrived a few minutes after the most recent team as they leave their car in a marked lot to make a hasty run towards the dock. One of them picks up the clue from the box as it began to read.

Charlie & Viola – currently in 3rd Place

"Detour… Rise or Fall?" Viola reads the clue clearly. "Fall sounds easier on script, don't you think?"

"I mean, yeah, diving sounds physical but hey, I miss taking heavy work, especially with dad!" Charlie answered, accepting the option of her sister.

"If we got to the next team, we should force them to choose diving as well. That would be fun!"

"It wouldn't be fun if we're a bunch of happy kids." Charlie chuckled.


Brighton Wheel

The first paired team is a few minutes away from their arrival to the bottom as the older team pressures the younger ones to answer some questions.

Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents

"So, who are your lovey-dovey, boys?" Lawrence asked them.

"Uhhh, what's that mean?" Clarence curiously counters with another question.

"It meant for a crush or a girlfriend, Clarence," Jeff answered for his partner and freaks out immediately after mentioning the last sentence that he utter. "But I don't have any! Besides, we're still young and we are focusing on the school, the race, and the future!"

"Ohhh…" Clarence reacted, realizing the meaning of the phrase. "Does bird count there?"

The parents chuckled at the bubbly Clarence.

"Well, it doesn't matter if it's a person or not as long as you're admiring the one that you like," Linda commented.

"As long as you preserve the love, it will last to eons!" Lawrence added.

"Oh, okay." Clarence smiled.

"Are you fine with us as your team partners?" Linda asked next.

"Wait, how many questions you've stored for us?" Jeff complained. "That's like the tenth question!"

"Oh, I want more!" Clarence had a distinct answer.

"Clarence!" Jeff shouted.

"Jeff!" Clarence also cried.

As they began arguing with each other indistinctively as the parents watched them without any complaints.


Linda & Lawrence (Confessional)

"Good thing there's a hundred kind of people that I have seen and they are two of them are on the same ride as ours. Diversity is such a wonderful concept." Lawrence said.


Brighton Seaside Resort – The Pier

Charlie & Viola – Sisters

"So, uh, is there any team somewhere on the beach?" Charlie asked her sister.

"Not that I can see from this huge dock…" Viola answered, sticks his hand on her forehead to get a clearer view from the distance until she saw not just one but two familiar cars arriving simultaneously. "Hey, there are… two teams arriving! And they're running wild!"

"Oh, goodness, now which team are we getting now?" Charlie said, propped her finger under her lip.

The said teams are currently running towards the clue box as the sister watched in anticipation. When the distance is getting closer, they were in awe at the sight of them, taking off the clues from the box in unison as they ripped the envelopes open to read.


Timmy & Chloe – currently in 4th Place

"Rise…" Chloe reads first.

Stan & Steve – currently in 5th Place

"…or Fall?" Steve reads next.

Meanwhile, the sisters are still trying to figure out who would be paired up with them.

"Rise!" Stan shouted.

"Fall!" Steve contradicted.

"We're going with Fall!" Both Timmy and Chloe cried concurrently, realizes that they are on the same page, they laughed out loud.

"Nice! We have the same mind!" Chloe said.

"Not really," Timmy replied with a frown on his face and had a look between them and the other teams. "Well, we should pick somebody and that's—"

"We're taking a dive in the ocean."

Both Timmy and Chloe looked back towards the source of the voice, which unsurprisingly belonged to Charlie as she made a few steps near them.

"We should work with us, we require getting the challenge done."


Charlie & Viola (Confessional)

"Since they decided to go with the diving task, we instantly picked them as our partners!" Charlie said.

"I hope they know how to swim, or to solve a puzzle! 'Cause I hate solving them!" Viola admitted.

"Don't worry, I know they are a great team to rely on."

"But aren't they part of the alliance?" Viola asked Charlie.

Charlie gasped in reaction. "Oh, yeah! But I think we should still keep an eye over them because who knows what will they plan ahead from this race!"


Timmy & Chloe (Confessional)

"Okay, I am not one-hundred percent sure of teaming with those sisters, because I know they are good but they might have schemed something for us!" Timmy said, unsure of the pair-up between his team and the sisters.

"If that's true, then, they are a great and a manipulative of a team! But I am pretty sure they are good and trustworthy." Chloe added.

"What makes you think of that? Did they even join the alliance back from the first leg?" Timmy countered.

"Well…" Chloe stammered until she recovered and answers back. "They didn't come to the assembly of the couple and they are clueless at that time of the formation. So…"

Timmy groaned in response. "Fine, guess we have to deal with what we had on our side."


Both neighbors looked at each other as Timmy nodded, followed by Chloe.

"Okay, you have a partnership with us," Chloe said, shakes the hand of Charlie, who gladly accepted and relieved that they found a pair.

"Well, let's go! We've been here for like twenty minutes!" Viola shouted from behind.

"Yeah, yeah, we're going now!" Charlie told Viola, then went back to their partners. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get plunging!"

The sisters went running while followed by the neighbors. The lone team watched the whole ordeal right in front of them.

"We should have gone for the Fall too! But of course, you decided to mess up the position that we had a few minutes ago!" Steve complained.

"You know that they are sharks in the ocean? Shark attacks are one of the deadliest ways to die. You know that, right?" Stan replied hastily towards his son.

"Come on! That's bull—"

"No! That's final and nothing's gonna change!" Stan interrupts Steve's counter, crosses his arms and looks away from his son.

Steve groaned in reaction.


Brighton Wheel

The duo of parents and best friends are currently entering a new pod as it began ascending in the sky. Jeff quickly opens the chest from behind the door. When he opened the box, he found a folder that reveals four images.

"We got it!" Jeff announced.

"Woo! Nice work, Jeff!" Clarence compliments his buddy.

"Well, splendid job to you, guys!" Lawrence added. "We should solve the puzzle here."

Linda suddenly coughs to caught the attention of everyone. "I think we should do it when we got back down, we just need to relax and rewatch the beach from here."

"Oh…" Lawrence chuckled at his wife's cleverness. "You are right, sweetheart. That will help us lighten the mood, just like the calmness of the ocean."

"Yeah, being in narrow places is not my thing; not a phobia, it's just my thing," Jeff admitted.

"That's okay, that's what I am also thinking as well," Linda said, agreeing to Jeff's reason.

"Now we have to wait and watch the whole view!" Clarence exclaimed.


Brighton Beach

Within a few distances ahead, the latest quartet head over to the marked tent, where they met with the professional divers, along with their diving suits on the table.

Charlie & Viola – Sisters

"Good day, sir!" Viola greeted one of them.

Timmy & Chloe – Neighbors

"Good morning, mister! A pleasure to meet you." Chloe happily greets the other, who accepts a handshake.

"Welcome to Brighton Beach! Are you ready to take a dive?"

All of them nodded simultaneously.

"But first, instructions should be revealed to the takers. So, number one is…"

The instructor continued to share some guidelines and instructions about the diving challenge as the foursome listens carefully. After gathering all information, they seemingly are ready to take on the challenge.

"Okay, now that you have fully complied with the guidelines, you may now take these suits and change to the portables over there." The instructor gave the suits to the teams and shows the multiple portables, a few feet away from the tent. "Good luck and have fun!"

"Thank you!" Chloe thanked the instructor as they went ahead to the modernized changing room.


? – Main Route

Kevin & Sami – Pro Wrestling Teammates

Sami looked upon his window to see Kevin is still sleeping on the back, groaning at how long did his partner had rest of the journey.

"Well, I can't think of something unless he wakes up all of a sudden!" Sami said to the camera.

"What did you say?"

"Wha—" Sami got caught off guard by the voice of his partner. "Kevin! You woke up!"

"How many more minutes?"

"Only thirty minutes or less as long as we are moving." Sami honestly answered.

"Oh, okay. Just drive while I keep resting in here." Kevin said, instantly collapses on the seat to continue napping, much to the chagrin of Sami, who slaps his forehead.

Eleanor & Theodore – Best Friends

"How long are we in?" Theodore asked Eleanor, who was busy driving. "I'm really nervous about getting… last…"

"Don't worry, Theodore, we are getting there. Besides, we're not the last one leaving back at the airport, right?" Eleanor replied.

"Right… but it doesn't mean that—"

"Shush-shush-shush!" Eleanor covered Theodore's mouth with all of her strength while gripping the steering wheel, silencing Theodore fully. "Don't say that! We know we're not last and we don't wanna get to that part, right?"

Theodore nodded in response.

"Good. Now think some good things or share a story while I'm listening."

"Oh… okay…" Theodore paused. "Well, it started like this…"


Brighton Wheel – Outside Premises

The pair from the Ferris wheel soon exited the pod as they left the grounds to find a place to solve the puzzle. They soon encountered a vacated wooden table and bench that will help them on their task, they sat down immediately.

Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents

"So, how many images are there?" Lawrence asked.

"Uhhh, let me check again…" Jeff replied, opening the folder to reveal several images. "It's four!"

"Only four, huh? That could be easy." Clarence commented.

"Easy for you to say, Clarence."

"He's right," Linda said, agreeing to Jeff's remark. "The images are hard to solve without any context to it, it's just random images. And we need to know what it is."

"Well, what do we got?" Lawrence said.

"Here…" Jeff said, giving out each a picture, including for himself as it reveals a picture of a hand touching the switch. "Huh? What's this?"

"I got a weird-looking bridge…" Linda announced hers.

"I got a scintillating castle." Lawrence came next.

"An arrow?" Clarence describes his image as he rotates the paper irregularly. "Uh-huh, I can spin with this picture! Whoosh!"

"Clarence! Stop playing! We are in serious mode here!" Jeff shouted, making Clarence shut his mouth with a zipping gesture. "Now where are we? Ah, solving!"

They all looked at their images seriously as they gathered silence for the whole minute.


Brighton Beach

Both sisters and neighbors are now on their approved suit as they stopped by the sand, few meters away from the water.

Charlie & Viola – Sisters

"Are you ready, guys?" Viola asked the other team, who both nodded at the same time.

"Well, time to dig in for some treasure!" Charlie exclaimed as she plunges herself on the water, proceeding towards the deep part of the ocean.

"I'm coming!" Viola said, following Charlie's tracks as she swims swiftly.

Then, Chloe looked at Timmy as she shrugs and trails Viola behind. When the former was far away from the latter's sight, he sighed and said.

"This is gonna be scary…"

He held her breath and descends down right into the sea, not far behind from Chloe.

"Wait for me!"


Brighton Seaside Resort – The Pier

Emma & Noah – Dating Reality TV Pros

"Oh, I can see a team over there," Noah said nonchalantly. "And it looks like a new platform has welcomed us."

"Is it what I think it is?" Emma thought and assumed. "Oh, crap, intersection…"

They went fast towards the clue box where the father and son duo were waiting for many minutes. Noah picks up the clue from the box as he reads the next task silently.

Emma & Noah – currently in 6th Place

"I would say we would take a dip in the ocean," Noah said, turning around to the other team. "What do you think?"

"I'm pretty sure we picked a different choice there," Steve said.

"We did just that," Stan added.

"Well, it's a unanimous decision, Noah! We will take the Ferris wheel!" Emma replied. "Do you have anything to say?"

"Nothing?" Noah reacted nervously and chuckles immediately as he followed the trio, who just left already. "Oh, forget about pair decisions, let's just go with the majority from now on!" He scowled as soon as he began walking.


Brighton Beach – English Channel

Charlie & Viola – Sisters

The camera saw Charlie found a chest as she opens it, she found nothing and proceed to another within a distance slowly. While Viola also found a chest but has the same outcome as his sister.


Charlie & Viola (Confessional)

"We know it's all fun and games until we found zero clues on some chests and it's getting deep from there," Charlie said.

"Did you lay out a pun?" Viola asked her sister.

"Uhhh, yeah?" Charlie replied unsurely as she shrugs.


Timmy & Chloe – Neighbors

Chloe found two chests as soon as she opens it, she found one image from one of them. She rose from the water and shouted.

"Got one, guys!"

Everyone reacted in surprise as they saw an image of a sparkling castle in a water-proof bag.

Charlie & Viola/Timmy & Chloe - 1/4 images found

"We got progress now. Nice!" Charlie exclaimed happily. "Now let's get back already."

Viola nodded as they both submerge back to the waters of Brighton, followed by the neighbors.


Timmy & Chloe (Confessional)

"I think we got great partners to work with now, Timmy, am I right?" Chloe asked her partner.

"Yeah, I'll admit it," Timmy said, relenting to his previous assumption.


Brighton Wheel – Outside Premises

Still in the vicinity of the amusement ride, both pairs of Linda & Lawrence, and Clarence & Jeff, made a decision to ask for a local help as they are clueless at this point on. They went walking to ask some people within the area for any possible assistance.

Clarence & Jeff – Best Friends

"Excuse me? You know what this means?" Jeff asked a blonde man as they present the four images from their grasp.

"No, I don't even get a single clue from them." The man answered. "I'm sorry, guys."

Linda & Lawrence – Married Parents

"That's okay, we'll just ask other people in here," Linda said. "Thank you!"

After one person, they went to another as another man in his twenties came to them.

"Excuse me? Would you mind helping us out in these objects? Is that alright for you?" Lawrence asked the teenager, he presents the images on the teen boy.

The boy looked upon the photos as he tries to get an idea of the objects.

"Uh, can I call my dad first?"

"Uh, sure," Clarence answered bubbly.

The boy instantly went on his phone to call out his father while holding the images as the quartet waits patiently, except for Jeff.

"Oh, boy, we could have just talk to anyone right now," Jeff muttered in the camera.


Brighton Seaside Resort – The Pier

Eleanor & Theodore – currently in 7th Place

Eleanor snatches a clue from the box and notices that there is an envelope left from the box. This made her worried in an instant.

"Oh, no!"

"What? What is it? Is there something wrong?" Theodore curiously asked.

"We're the second to the last! How did that happen?!"

"Remember that the tire got broke, right?"

Eleanor groaned in response. "Don't remind me of that! Added to that, we're teaming up with the last team! If they didn't get here for a long time, we are so definitely screwed!"

Theodore becomes concerned at their current predicament, plus the fact that they won't able to compete right now adds to the pressure of the situation.

"Can I ask who's last?" He said.

"I don't even know! We left the airport like second! So I don't even have any idea who they are! If they are a team, who I have bickered on the past… ugh! I would have lost it all!"


? – Main Road

That certain team who got alluded by Eleanor was caught on camera still driving on the main road towards Brighton.

Kevin & Sami – currently in Last Place

"Almost there, almost there, just twenty-five minutes left," Sami said to the camera as he focuses on both GPS and the road back and forth.


Eleanor & Theodore (Confessional)

"I hope who can work with us will stay with Eleanor, I just don't want her to get fumed!" Theodore said worryingly.


The scene begins to slow as Eleanor madly pounds the clue box as Theodore looks at her in worry as the screen fades to black, indicating for a commercial break!


A/N: No extra scenes for now since we did just that in the last chapter! Thank you very much.

So, what will happen if Eleanor learned that their co-partners will be an adversary? Tune in at the next episode as the situation escalates more!

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