A/N: What's it to ya, guys? It's finally here! We've been waiting for this for a long time and here it is! The first part of the finale of TAR:TC! Like I said, I'll separate this leg into parts since it's a long, long leg, might I add up.
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Legend:
Normal – Character's Dialogue
Bold – Character's Confessionals and Team's Placements
Italic – Setting and Character's Actions
Bold and Italic – Phil's Dialogue
Bold, Italic and Underline – Flashback Dialogues, Time of Arrival, and Title
Italic and Underline – Batch Numbers and Names
Episode #12 (Part 1) – Let us go to our victory! - Luke
"Previously on The Amazing Race…" Phil kicking things off. "…11 teams began a race of a lifetime!"
"GO!" Phil swiped his arm down and teams began running.
"In the beginning, teams struggled earlier…"
"Sheesh! This is so hard to find!" Susan said in an angry voice while desperately checking every reading material.
After that statement, some books are starting to fall from their position and some of the team members are in deep, deep trouble; groaning in annoyance.
"How am I gonna go faster?" Irma started to sound eerie as she began crying.
The screen transitioned to Lincoln, who was checking his ankle for any severity of a possible injury.
"This is punishment in my ankle! Dang, it! Gotta get going!"
"As the race continues, they made bad decisions…"
The Wrestlers were struggling at the Detour challenge in Zimbabwe and shared their sentiments.
"…are we missing something?" Luke said.
"I-I don't know. I'm gonna keep digging here and while you, doing nothing!" Karl started to become annoyed.
"Whoa, chill down. I'm just asking." Luke tries to comfort his partner with his hands.
"Then go back finding one!"
"Okay, okay! Geez, Karl."
At the 4th leg, Lori became frustrated then began to felt the regret on her decision.
"Ugh! This is so bad!" Lori said and growled.
"Lori, just calm down, we're finishing painting though." Lincoln tried to calm her.
"You're right, Linc. We should take the other Detour challenge." Lori admitted. "…sorry."
Meanwhile, in Chamonix, Margaret became annoyed when The Chipmunks ended their Detour challenges and this made her upset.
"Ahhh! I forgot they have that stupid pass! We're so stupid!"
"Yo, chillax. We just need to stack these sticks and we're going to the walls." Eileen comforted her partner verbally.
"…serious altercations…"
In the first Japan leg, Brittany released her vicious rage and took things to the limit, orally.
"…that's our friend and neighbor right there! OUR. FUCKING. FRIEND!" Brittany vented her legitimate frustrations over Jeanette.
While stuck in a waiting queue for taxis at Lisbon, Bloo became enraged at the predicament.
"GAH! Why are they getting that fast?"
"Geez, calm down a bit. We could—"
Mac tries to settle down Bloo but he got interrupted. "Come on! There is no time for the calming part, we gotta move or we're going down to the bottom!" He started running.
Mac facepalmed. "Oh Lord, please let this be temporary, I'm getting stressed right now… geez…"
"…and experienced memorable places."
At the 5th Leg in Africa, Jeanette was mesmerized by the sight and the lions who were beside them.
"This is amazing!"
4th Leg's Roadblock challenge was Alvin's best moment as the screen captured his great expression of the challenge.
"Here we go!" Alvin said as the plane takes off and shouted to the sky. "Woo!"
The screen transferred back to the 2nd leg where some of the teams were stunned by the unique designs Costa Rica's souvenirs and lights.
"Kinda cool, isn't it?" Marky asked Joey about the lanterns.
"Yeah," Joey nodded in agreement.
"As the competition progresses, 8 teams did not have the chance to be in the finals."
"Robin and Cyborg…"
"Joey & Marky…"
"Mr. Bean & Irma…"
"Susan and Mary…"
"Eileen and Margaret…"
"Marceline and Simon…"
"Alvin and Simon…"
"Lincoln and Lori…"
"…you have been eliminated from the race."
All of the eliminated teams had their wholesome moment when they got mentioned.
"Friends and Pro Wrestlers, Luke and Karl was a big threat to the other racers when first introduced…"
"…we still have the same plan and that is to win more Tag Belts and of course... The Amazing Race!" Karl said in their introductory confession.
"And for those who will step us down, you're all going down…" Luke added and threatened. "…all of us!"
They executed their trademark taunt to the camera.
"They started the first leg in jeopardy…"
"There's no way we would find it fast!" Luke stated while rummaging an aisle full of magazines.
"We gotta hurry, man!" Karl instructed as Luke followed and started to run out of a restaurant.
The aforementioned team was seen checking in for Phil.
"…you are team number ten! You are still racing!" Phil announced their position.
"We'll take it!" Karl accepted as they both used their hands to perform their gesture once again.
"…as the race continues, they slowly climbed up to the top of the mountain because of their clear communication and their great strength..."
We sighted the men talking with one another on various legs and their actions at the tasks. Especially at the 4th leg where they finished first at the Detour.
"Come on, man! This should be light." Karl said while carrying a basket
"I'm trying!" Luke replied while trying not to be exhausted.
"…that made them victors for several legs."
"…you are team number one!" Phil raised his finger as he announced their placement at Leg 4.
"…you are team number one!" Phil declared their victory at Portugal
"…you are team number one!" The host announced their win over the 1st Japan Leg.
"Will they add another achievement on their accolades and become the winners of The Amazing Race?"
"Luke and Karl… you are team number one… again!" Their streak continued at the next leg.
Both men exclaimed "YES!" and executed their high fives to each other.
"I think that's a great sign for a position at the finals. Keeping ourselves focusing on the race is all we need." Luke answered while Karl nods in agreement.
"The Singing Chipette Sisters, Brittany, and Jeanette was the most inconsistent team on the final three! Because of their misunderstandings…"
"Jeanette, please get off of me! You're useless!" Brittany ranted as Jeanette became shocked at the remark.
"Jeanette..." Brittany muttered as she tried to hold her onto one of her shoulders and Jeanette flinched.
"Please just give me some lonely time, please? I'm trying to figure what was the mistake that I made into you." Jeanette replied when she looked back to the window of the bus.
"…an injury that almost cost them the race…"
Jeanette got fell flat onto her face as soon as she stood up, Brittany saw that her forehead has a small volume of blood dripping down and a small bump.
"I-I'm okay. H-how did I get fall that hard?" Jeanette rubs her head and screamed in pain.
"…and a violent play of emotions!"
"Wha?!" Jeanette reacted in disbelief. "We did just save a spot for the final three! What are you talking about?! Are you joking with me right now?!"
"I am not! You should have abandoned us in the first place! What the FUCK is wrong with you?!" Brittany argued relentlessly.
"NO! What is wrong with you!"
"That's it! I have enough with you!" Brittany suddenly cried and viciously attacked Jeanette with a vicious head-butt, making Jeanette collapsed.
Brittany's face went from rage to horrified when she saw her sister lying down unconscious.
"Jeanette! Jeanette!" Her voice was added with worrying huffs. "Oh no, we are so screwed!"
"After things cooled off between them, they began to bounce back to the competition…
"Just act still, Brit." She hopped on the wall twice as she continues her progress of descending down.
"That's it, Brit! There ya' go!" Jeanette clapped and cheered for her sister.
"…and this made them secured a spot for the final three and made them the first all-girl team to enter the final three!"
"Brittany and Jeanette… you are team number two!" Phil declared their position. "You're one of the three teams that will race at the final leg for the million dollars."
"At least, we're in at the final leg…" Jeanette said.
"Right! But we must be first this time, but that's not happening!" Brittany replied.
"We will try at the next leg."
"Alright! We will!" The blonde chipmunk nodded gleefully.
"The odd team of Bloo and Mac, The Imaginary Friends, always struggles on vehicles…"
The screen showed them still searching for a cab in the vicinity of France's airport.
"This place is huge, dude! We will never find that faster!" Bloo said.
"Don't be a downer! We could just search around here." Mac commented.
"Alright, alright, we'll take your shots." Bloo frowned.
Next was the Portugal leg where Bloo asked the driver to take them to the Pit Stop.
"Hey sir, you know Castelo des Mouros?"
The driver nodded but however, they didn't buy the answer.
"We're really in big trouble," Mac concluded.
"But they did not show any serious drama as they kept going through despite their differences…"
"Let's get this over with, Bloo! We're basically last!" Mac said.
"Yeah, what a great time that we had here. It was majestic and blooming!" Bloo agreed while paddling in a lake.
"Showing their passion and their fun spirit led them to their major victories…"
They both gasped and jumped when their placement was called. Then Bloo punched Mac in the shoulder, earning a yelp.
"Oh my God! Is this real? First?" Bloo said ecstatically.
"Yes, it's real and serious." Phil nods.
"Ohhh!" They both hi-fived in the air in unison.
"...and to the finals!"
"Bloo and Mac… you are team number…" Phil slowly raises his hand to gesture their position. "…one!" Phil announced their placement.
"Hoooooo!" Bloo cooed happily. "Oh my God! Oh my God!"
"Yes!" Mac simply jumped in reaction.
"One of these teams…"
"Gooooo! Goooo! Drive!" Bloo chanted while standing on a post.
"…will take home the million dollars…"
"This is so hard!" Brittany cried while thinking beside the people in her radar.
"…and will be crowned the inaugural winners…"
"I think that's it…" Jeanette assumed that she was finished doing a task.
"…of The Amazing Race!"
"Come on, please be let right this time!" Karl checked on the matter that he gathered.
"Find out…"
"Damn it!" Luke cursed while figuring out something.
"…next!"
"Yes!" Mac jumped in celebration.
(The intro is on the first chapter)
The show kicked off when a montage of destinations that teams passed over was caught. Then we saw a fleet of yachts anchored at the shore and out comes Phil who was looking over to the water transportation vehicle.
"This is Mooloolaba… a suburb town on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. This town is the home to a large fleet of fishing vessels. And the main headquarters of the said vessels is located here… at Mooloolaba Yacht Club and it is the final Pit Stop of this race around the world." Phil narrated the former Pit Stop for the last time. "Which team will succeed on conquering this final leg? Who will cross the finish line first?"
"Bloo and Mac arrived here first at 9:11am and will depart at 9:11pm…"
Bloo & Mac – 1st to Depart; 9:11pm
"This is it!" Mac said while he opens the clue to read. "Make your way to your final city destination, Miami!"
"Teams will now travel almost 15,000 miles by plane to The Magic City – Miami, Florida! Once arrived, they must make their way by taxi 4 miles to Knight Concert Hall where they will find their next clue." Phil gave the details for their first tip.
"Okay… here we go!" Bloo cried as they left the mat to find a cab.
"This is it. Winner takes all! There's no turning back!" Mac said first in the confessional.
"We're going to get that money and we will consume every energy that we had!" Bloo added with confidence.
"Ooh… I like that."
"Thanks!" The blue creature grinned innocently.
They got inside of a taxi where they asked the driver.
"Is the airport still open here?" Bloo asked.
"Yes." The driver nodded.
"We'll go to the International Airport, please," Mac ordered which made the driver nodded.
Brittany & Jeanette – 2nd to Depart; 9:12pm
Brittany opened the clue and reads it aloud.
"Make your way to your final city destination, Miami!"
"Ooh, Miami. I like the sound of it." Jeanette gave herself a satisfying smirk.
"We survived every leg! We never won a leg! I cannot contain my feelings over those matters! That was a crucial round of challenges and a dumbstruck of bad luck!" Brittany said in the confessional.
"Good thing, we still had our trust inside and we cannot go beyond our emotional distress this time around!" Jeanette added.
They obtain a taxi and both girls entered the cab and quickly interrogated their driver.
"To the airport… make it faster!" Jeanette commanded as they left the yacht club.
Luke & Karl – Last to Depart; 10:24pm
"Miami, baby!" Karl exclaimed while scanning the details of the clue.
"Let's go!" Luke invited Karl as they went over to a taxi and put their baggage on the back of the car.
"It's all about the final leg… us against the underdogs…" Luke said in the confessional.
"You know that we can easily outlast those other teams," Karl replied.
"If the challenges aren't that hard, then we can overboard them for good and win the one million dollars!"
"Oh, yeah…" Karl nodded.
"Is the airport open at this time?" Luke asked the driver.
"It's twenty-four hours." The driver answered quickly.
"Oh, okay. Then send us at the departure, international." Karl told their destination to the driver who nodded.
At the airport, both The Chipettes and The Imaginary Friends arrived at the same time where they are on the same boat on a kiosk, negotiating a flight to USA.
"What's the possible earliest flight for Miami?" Mac asked.
"Uh, let me see…" The attendant was typing until she found something. "…there is no direct flight for Miami. All you need to do is book a flight in Los Angeles."
"You mean we're going back there?" Bloo was instantly surprised at the remark.
"I think so," Mac answered. "So what time is the earliest?"
"There is 2 of them. One of them was earlier than the other one but you'll land first on Sydney then Los Angeles and its departure is 7:35AM and the arrival is 9:08AM…" The clerk gave the first option out.
"Then what's the second?"
"It proceeds to Los Angeles already then Miami. Departure is 11:20AM and—"
"Hold it right there!" Bloo interrupted the attendant with his palm and looked back to his friend. "Let's take the 7 one, right?"
"Well, that's our only hope and we're all in that flight." Mac shrugged. "There's nothing we can do about it."
"Damn!"
Both teams purchased the 7:35AM flight and all of them needed to find a place to sleep.
"When we knew that it was going in Miami, we almost lost our minds there!" Brittany admitted in the confessional.
"It's because we have a lot of experiences there! We did a concert over there and that didn't go so well, overall…" Jeanette continued.
"We hope that we still remember the place…"
"Yeah, we need to be geographical as ever and get that million dollars!"
"What?" Brittany asked dumbfounded.
Then they found some vacated benches that the authorities approved to sleep in to. Both Jeanette and Brittany rested on each side. The latter wears her sleeping mask while the former removed her eyeglasses and sets up her alarm clock, just to be sure.
While The Imaginary Friends were looking at them sneakily and proceeded to rearrange their sleeping tools.
"It's kinda disappointing when we found out that we're on the same flight with the others!" Bloo said in the confessional.
"That's the point of the race, it makes even more interesting and more competitive than ever! But we hope we already get a taxi when we arrived in Miami." Mac added.
7:34AM
The sun showed up from the skies and all of the competitors were present at the flight as they eat and drink to replenish their energy and body. The camera focused on The Wrestlers who were looking at the window.
"I guess this is the final showoff… we will show them what we are!" Luke said in the confessional.
"We really have to step on our game, very hardcore than ever!" Karl added.
"Here we go…" Luke muttered while the sound of the engine roared over the plane as it lifted off to the air.
"All teams are now making their way to Miami, Florida in USA!"
9:06AM
After travelling for a long time, the airplane arrived safely on the runway where teams rushed their way along the passengers and sprinted furiously outside to hunt down some taxis.
"I still remember the taxis, follow me!" Jeanette recalled as they turned right.
While the other two teams were lost and needed to be asked for directions.
"Uh, where's the taxis here?" Bloo asked no one.
"Let's go straight there!" Mac gestured his finger straight forward as they continued on running.
"Excuse me, where's the taxi station?" Karl asked a person.
"Take right and you'll see them." The American guy answered swiftly.
"Thanks!" Luke greeted the guy as they run and turned right also.
The Chipettes already found a taxi at the terminal as they left the fleet of taxis in the airport.
"To Knight Concert Hall! Please drive faster!" Brittany pleaded.
"This is urgent, sir!" Jeanette also appealed.
"Come on! We don't want to get passed by those big losers!" Brittany told the driver.
Luckily, their taxi that they got has a GPS installed and had their destination sealed on the device. While The Wrestlers also found a cab and also left in a swift move.
"Knight Concert Hall!" Karl revealed their destination.
"Can you do a fast driving, if that's okay to you? We're in a race!" Luke begged nonchalantly.
While The Chipettes' taxi got out of the usual traffic and made into shortcuts to avoid costing time.
"Alright, way to go!" Brittany praised their driver on his instincts.
The Imaginary Friends got their taxis, sacrificed some minutes and got inside of the vehicle.
"Knight Concert Hall, please. And make it quick! Find some shortcuts!" Bloo desperately pleaded to the driver.
"We're in serious business here!" Mac added.
Unfortunate for The Wrestlers as they got stuck on city traffic at this moment.
"Jesus, this traffic…" Karl muttered. "It's taking forever."
"If we didn't move for more minutes, we're screwed up!" Luke commented.
Their frustrations were covered in a snail pace as it was the perfect time for a commercial break!
We saw the first glimpse of Knight Concert Hall, an arena that shaped like a complex one. When they entered inside, party-vibe music blasted through their eardrums and The Chipettes' minds were blown away at the design of the arena. The stage was wide open flat and currently run by a DJ and a host. The lights were illuminating the orange-painted walls. At the top of it was a spiral-shaped chandelier that is filled with stage lights, hanging on the balance. And the bottom were chairs that are glittering in orange also and those chairs were accommodated currently by hundreds of people from there until to the second floor. And those people were partying like an animal.
"Wow… that looks awesome!" Brittany judged the place in the blink of an eye as she grabs a clue from the box.
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 1st Place
"It's a Roadblock. Who makes the final decision?" Jeanette reads the question.
Phil was inside of the big concert hall and was at the front stage with the DJ and the host to reveal the first challenge of the leg. He grabbed the mic to start.
"At this Roadblock, one team member will need to fight off the loud noise of this party to find several people at this event…" The camera zoomed out to reveal that they were lots of people dancing and grooving on the floor. "…filled with hundreds of people!"
"At this task, one team member will have to find 13 people by identifying the countries that they had visited. They will identify them using the flags that are glued on their T-shirts…"
Every country flag visited by the series was shown:
1. Peru
2. Panama
3. Costa Rica
4. Argentina
5. Zambia
6. Zimbabwe
7. France
8. Portugal
9. Japan
10. Australia
"…however, there's a catch, if they noticed that they had only 10 of them, they must learn that they need to find the remaining 3 by finding their duplicates from the 10 countries that they have chosen…"
Duplicates that they needed to add:
11. Zimbabwe
12. France
13. Japan
"…if they think that they had it all, they will climb up to the stage. If they got a mistake, they will find and replace the country that they think is wrong. If they got it all correct, the host here will hand over their next clue."
The DJ shouted in joy and jumped over to the beat of the mix, while Phil did not dance.
"Should you do this, Brittany?" Jeanette offered.
"But why? You know I hate loud noises!" Brittany answered in an upsetting tone.
"I know, I know that you are a short-tempered but you must fight this one! Just do it and just in case, there's another one, I'll do that one!" The brunette winked at her sister, who sighed in defeat.
"Fine…"
"Oh yeah! Let's go Brit!"
Both girls passed the curtains backstage to reveal that Brittany will need to find several people in these huge crowd.
"What in the hell?! In here?!"
"Better get started before someone shows up!" Jeanette loudly hollered while standing aside of the stairs that lead to the stage.
Brittany started to get serious on this mission. The people were wildly moving and Brittany has difficulties in passing some of them.
"Excuse me? Excuse me!"
"I thought it would be some musical challenge when we arrived here but I guess they guessed the other way…" Brittany frowned in the confessional.
"This is gonna take long…" Jeanette sighed. "But hey at least, I can sit here." She chuckled and sat down on a chair.
Luke & Karl – currently in 2nd Place
"Who's going to do it?" Karl asked and pointed himself. "Am I?"
"Yeah, you're doing it," Luke replied.
"I know it's gonna be a harder one to swallow to do it, but yeah…"
Karl seemed to be in disbelief when he saw the arena.
"Oh my God! They are everywhere!"
Brittany caught two people that had her interest and send them to an isolated place to gather her guesses.
She had the following: (Format: Country; in Italic are incorrect, in Bold are correct)
1. Australia
2. France
"Okay, need to think first." Brittany began to reflect at the past legs to collect data from her mind. "I got it! I think we're in Japan!"
She began to go back at the horde of people and begins to hunt down the flag. While Jeanette was checking her fingernails because she was bored.
"I can tell that this will gonna take long enough!"
"Yeah, I can tell that too."
Jeanette startled when she looked back, she saw Luke, standing beside the smart chipmunk.
The screen transitioned back to the challenge where Karl picked up three people that he already guessed. Then put it also on a designated area to assemble them.
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
"There's three of them… ten more to go…"
While Brittany did climb upstairs to the second floor where she saw fewer people than the ground floor and started searching.
"Okay… I don't know more countries but I'll try guessing the flags now…"
She picked up a triband flag which consists of three equally wide horizontal bands colored light blue and white with a sun in the middle. Both of them descended downstairs back to the designated area.
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
Bloo & Mac – currently in 3rd Place
"Who makes the final decision?" Mac reads the question from the clue.
"I guess I'll deal this one…" Bloo volunteered.
"Okay, just don't get exaggerated much or your mind will blow away!"
"I know…"
Bloo sprinted over to the crowd where he commenced the challenge. While Karl found two more people that he assumed to be correct and send them to the area.
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Portugal
5. Peru
"I think Peru is where we got almost eliminated and Portugal was a place with the dart games if I remember correctly."
While Brittany found also two more people and lead them to the other people that she collected.
"Why could I forget Japan? Of course." She chuckled sheepishly.
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Japan
5. Portugal
"Okay, what's next…" She looked up to get more information at the entire race.
"I hate guessing games, they are the worst! You absolutely forgot everything that you did for the past several weeks and you gotta blame it on yourself!"
While Bloo saw a man that caught his attention. The man was wearing a flag that has five horizontal stripes of blue, white, red, white, and blue; with a seal in between middle.
"I think I know you…" Bloo said.
"Oh, really?" The man chuckled. "Send me in!"
Bloo:
1. Costa Rica
While the other members of the team were waiting and waiting for their partners to finish the task.
"Hey guys, how long have you been here?" Mac asked the other waiting racers.
"I think 30 minutes?" Luke answered.
"50 minutes," Jeanette said.
"Really?" Mac said.
"Yeah, I expected this to be that long," Jeanette replied.
"This is going to be a stressful leg…"
The trio remained on their position for a long time. While the other half were back on the crowded people where they are currently struggling.
"Where in the hell is Argentina?" Karl asked himself.
"How in the hell can you finish this task if I get stuck in here?!" Bloo said while passing through people.
"This is so hard!" Brittany cried while thinking beside the people in her radar.
After a few seconds of being alone by themselves, they met in the middle of the partying mass. They shared glares with one another. Their dirty looks from them were the perfect setup for a commercial break.
Elapsed Time: 1:20:08
We go back to the arena where people are still livid from the music that the DJ current played. While the participants are seriously stepped up on his game.
"Okay… time to settle this in my way!" Brittany caught one from the wave of people and assisted to her group of people.
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Japan
5. Portugal
6. Panama
"I guess I got half of it…"
While Bloo catches 3 people from the maze of people and made their way to the designated point.
"Alright you three, stay right there and keep partying!"
Bloo:
1. Costa Rica
2. Australia
3. France
4. Japan
While Karl caught two more but he stopped when he looked at one of the flags that he obtained. That intriguing flag contained two vertical bars, green and white. Charged in the middle were a red star and a crescent.
"I think you belong in the Africa one, but I don't know if this is the real one."
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Portugal
5. Peru
6. Argentina
7. Algeria
While the competitors didn't stop exploring the whole mass, the other half of them were critically bored.
"It's over an hour and this is getting too stressful!" Mac said while playing with his hands.
"That's how supposed the race has to be! More challenging stuff could lead to impatience." Luke responded.
"He's right." Jeanette agrees to Luke's remark. "This kind of challenges has big consequences and we don't know when will it struck."
Mac sighed. "I guess we should stick our fingers into our thick bones."
"I kinda expected that this final leg could take hours than the other ones. It gets more intense than ever!" Jeanette said in the confessional.
At the Roadblock, Brittany stopped searching for a while as she sat down to a vacated bench where she drinks plenty of water to recuperate herself.
She looked at the camera. "I know we're in a race but sometimes, you should get a rest too." She drinks up again. "I looked like I almost passed out. But they say, you got to be enriched for anything."
She went back to the crowd where she passed by multiple partygoers.
Meanwhile, Bloo held a woman's hand to assist her to the safer grounds, where she went over to the other people.
Bloo:
1. Costa Rica
2. Australia
3. France
4. Japan
5. Argentina
"You're obviously in there, bud," Mac said to the recent-caught flag person. "Gotta get back!"
While Karl is still searching for the next potential answers.
"I know there is one more African country that we visited. But I think I saw something." He went a few meters more to grab a person with a flag. "I think you are the other one."
The man that he acquired has a flag that has a green field with the black-edged red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side superimposed on the larger white-edged golden triangle, also based on the hoist-side, pointed toward the fly-side.
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Portugal
5. Peru
6. Argentina
7. Algeria
8. Guyana
"This task is physical as it gets," Karl said in the confessional. "I think I got messed up on my guesses but I don't wanna tackle the mistakes first. So I just find some flags that caught my interest."
Brittany took 3 additional persons on her list as she turned them over to the assembly point.
"I'm not sure of these guys, but I think I guessed correctly."
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Japan
5. Portugal
6. Panama
7. Zambia
8. Costa Rica
9. Peru
She stopped for a moment to rethink. "Wait… Phil said there are 12 legs and I need to find 13 persons, then how many countries have we visited? 9 or 10? Maybe there are some duplicates here, but how can I figure it out?"
"Let's go, Brittany!" Jeanette shouted from a distance but did not hear the call.
"Where is Karl though?" Luke questioned his existence on the crowd.
"Where is Bloo?" Mac also asked himself.
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Portugal
5. Peru
6. Argentina
7. Algeria
8. Guyana
9. Costa Rica
10. Panama
11. Zimbabwe
"That's eleven, two more!" He counted the acquired flags.
Bloo:
1. Costa Rica
2. Australia
3. France
4. Japan
5. Argentina
6. Peru
7. Panama
"You looked like my next mistake… or not." Bloo muttered.
Elapsed Time: 1:54:42
30 minutes added to the time of their challenge. The trio that is still performing the task did not stop nor facing struggles, they wanted to end this grueling task.
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Japan
5. Portugal
6. Panama
7. Zambia
8. Costa Rica
9. Peru
10. Zimbabwe
11. France
12. Japan
"One more! One more! Good thing I remembered how we got to go from summer to winter in France! That was fun! And Japan… I kinda figured it out." Brittany said to the camera.
Karl:
1. Japan
2. Australia
3. France
4. Portugal
5. Peru
6. Argentina
7. Algeria
8. Guyana
9. Costa Rica
10. Panama
11. Zimbabwe
12. Zambia
13. Austria
"I think I'm going there, just to check…" Karl said as he commanded his team to go to the stage.
The other members finally stood up in anticipation as Luke noticed that his partner was on the stage with his guesses.
"I hope he got it all…" Luke wished.
The host also noticed that there is on the stage and he took charge of it.
"Oh! Looks like we have got some people here! And a racer!" The host said in a cheerful tone. "Stop the music, please!"
The host began scanning the persons that Karl obtained. After a few seconds of silence, he gave a final verdict.
"I'm sorry but that's the wrong line-up! Try again, bud!"
"Alright…" Karl said.
The crowd awed in displeasure when they found out that the challenger got it wrong. The music turned back on but suddenly stopped when Brittany took her team to the stage.
"Oh, why hello there, sister! I hope you got the perfect line-up!"
"Thanks…" Brittany greeted.
The emcee began to check Brittany's guesses.
Brittany:
1. Australia
2. France
3. Argentina
4. Japan
5. Portugal
6. Panama
7. Zambia
8. Costa Rica
9. Peru
10. Zimbabwe
11. France
12. Japan
13. Zimbabwe
"Alright… CONGRATULATIONS! You won the challenge first!" The host declared making the crowd cheered and clapped wildly to the blonde chipmunk.
"Oh my God!" Brittany gasped in surprise when she found out the result.
The others were in shocked when they heard the rightful words, especially the Roadblock takers.
"Really?!" Bloo reacted in surprise.
"Wow. I did not expect that…" Karl said.
"Whoa! She got it already…" Mac said.
"I did not know she got a big mind." Luke impressed by the performance.
"Yeah…" Jeanette cannot believe either. "She got it all at the first attempt!"
Brittany & Jeanette – currently in 1st Place
"Jeanette!" Brittany yelled her name.
"Oh my gosh!" Jeanette hugged Brittany. "I never thought you guessed it all!"
"Me too! I was just recalling things and guessing stuff."
"Wow! You're too good at this!" Jeanette chuckled. "Open that clue up."
"Okay…" Brittany rips the clue off. "Make your way to Boca Raton and accompany the people that you have gathered…"
"Teams will have to accompany the people that they have gathered on the Roadblock to the buses, which are parked at the back of the arena. After they chose their bus, teams will now proceed and travel almost 50 miles to the town of Boca Raton where they must find the mansion of the famous singer, Ariana Grande. And find the next clue box on its grounds." Phil narrated their next destination.
"Oh my God! We're going on a trip to Ariana Grande's home! That is absolutely nuts!" Brittany exclaimed in excitement.
"I know, right?" Jeanette replied. "But yeah, let's get these people up… and you too!"
Both girls went over to Brittany's line-up and they assisted all of them to the outside of the arena to get them on a bus.
While the remaining challengers stayed positive throughout the challenge. Karl realized that they were at least ten countries that they have visited and adjusts his line-up.
Karl:
13. Austria – Japan
7. Algeria – France
8. Guyana – Zimbabwe
"I think that's that…" He presumed. "I forgot that we're not visiting a dozen of countries. That's just too much!"
When he thinks that his decision went clear, his group went back to the stage. The DJ stopped the music as the emcee was busy checking his answers.
"Come on, please be let right this time!" He secretly wished.
After a few seconds of checking, the host gave his guesses a perfect score. The audience cheered and clapped for Karl's accomplishment.
Luke & Karl – currently in 2nd Place
"Finally!" Luke said from the backstage while clapping.
The host gave the clue to Karl who proceeded to his partner to buzz off out of the arena. Karl opened the clue to read.
"Make your way to Boca Raton…"
"Alright, let's go!" Luke ordered and focused on their members. "Hey, come on! Follow us! Let us go to our victory!"
"Yeah!" The people raised their fists in agreement as they went backstage to exit the arena.
The Chipettes were on the middle of a freeway and Jeanette was driving the bus as she expresses her thoughts of this leg.
"You did great there, Brit! But at least I can tell that that's just the start of this leg. I think it's going to get nastier."
"Oh… I get it. That's why you've forced me to do the challenge earlier?" Brittany realized and asked to make sure.
"Yep. But at least it's not still traffic here. I could expect traffic when we arrived there." Jeanette predicted.
While back to the concert arena, Bloo was on the verge of finishing the challenge and got one from the massive crowd.
Bloo:
1. Costa Rica
2. Australia
3. France
4. Japan
5. Argentina
6. Peru
7. Panama
8. Portugal
9. Zambia
10. Saudi Arabia
"This is getting stressful!" He wiped his sweat from his face.
"This is getting frustrating! I don't how long we've been here but he should make it faster and we can catch up to the other teams!" Mac said from the backstage.
"I don't know, man." Bloo looked at the camera. "I think I just needed a break…"
Bloo sat down and sighed heavily. He drinks a plenty volume of water and we sighted Mac's impatient of wandering then back to Bloo showered himself with water. This was the time for a commercial break!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Current Results:
1st – Brittany & Jeanette – on their way to Boca Raton
2nd – Luke & Karl – on their way to Boca Raton
3rd – Bloo & Mac – Bloo currently performs the Roadblock challenge
A/N: I think this is the right time to cut it first! I don't want it to make it long enough. Anyways, who's your bet on winning The Amazing Race? Comment your bet on the review section.
I'll see you soon in the second part! Adios!
~Ellu