"Last time on the Ridonculous Race, our 15 remaining teams got geysered in Iceland and that was a lot of fun. And then they had to either chip out a fossil from an ice cave or choke down an Icelandic Thanksgiving feast. The Goths came in first and they went crazy because of it, the Vegans went rogue and ate the feast but they still ended up in last place, lucky for them it turned out to be a non elimination round so they got to stay and I found out that not all girls punch like girls. I was able to survive that but one team isn't going to survive today. This is episode 6 of… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Now sporting a black eye, Don stood at the Chill Zone in Iceland from the day before "We're back in Iceland where the Chill Zone from yesterday is the starting line for today. The winners from yesterday, the Goths, are the first ones to collect the first travel tips of the day."
Sure enough, Ennui dryly pulled out a tip from the Don Box "Huh. It says we're going to Brazil."
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"Yep that's right, sunny sunny Brazil. Home to bossa nova music, makers of fine coffee and other things that keep me awake at night like you wouldn't believe. Teams will travel to Brazil on one of two chartered planes, the first 8 teams take a direct flight but the last 7 will arrive 2 hours later because they're on the milk run. Literally."
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The first group of teams, mainly the Goths, Fashion Bloggers, Best Friends, Ice Dancers, Artists, Reality TV Pros and Father & Son, had reached the airport and were running to catch the first flight.
"Good thing we didn't get stuck on the old cow pie express right sporto?" Dwayne held up the fossil they picked up yesterday "Must be thanks to this bad boy, I kept it as a present from your mother."
"You know I still feel bad about taking the Vegans' fossil yesterday." Junior told him "Maybe we should try and apologize to them."
"Well it was just an accident, it's not like we knew it was theirs pal. Besides like a wise man once said, happy wife happy life." the fossil slipped out of his hand and shattered all over the ground "Uh oh."
"Like a truly wise man once said, it's the thought that counts. Now enough wasting time, we've gotta move." they rushed onto the plane and found everyone else already strapped in, with Owen chewing on his stuffed bear.
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"Owen is a bit nervous." explained Noah "You know, being in a military plane again after what happened on Total Drama World Tour."
"Well it's not like you can blame me!" Owen protested "I almost got sucked out of the plane and I almost died!" he belched up stuffing all over Noah "Where's Beary?"
"You just ate him."
"Oh crap! Will you please hold me?"
"I'd rather do anything else, but I can help you." he pinched Owen on the neck, causing him to pass out "Thank you Bridgette, oh and good luck in the surfing tournament."
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Josee had her own problems and was foaming at the mouth because of it "We failed in Iceland, of all places we failed in Iceland! That is absolutely unacceptable. The last time I was this mad about where I placed I got a new partner."
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"As teams finally fill up the second place, the first plane is preparing to leave. Or it would be if it didn't end up with a flat tire and in a stunning reversal yesterday's winners now look like losers since the second plane is already in the air on the to New Zealand. Along with the milk run in the form of several cows and the like."
Taylor was quick to voice her opinion "Okay yeah so no, there is no way in hell I'm gonna do this."
"Oh come Taylor it's not that bad." Kelly told her "They're just cows, I mean you eat them as much as you wear them. It's not so bad, you just have to be one with the cow." and then the cow decided to make its droppings one with Taylor, causing her to let out a scream of pure, unyielding rage.
"It pooped mom, it pooped on my boots!"
"...You know everyone said that we wouldn't last 2 days on the show, that we'd never be able to survive outside of the hills. I told them we may be a lot of things but we are not quitters."
"I am so quitting." she kicked a goat out of spite.
"If you stay then I'll buy you a car when we get home."
"Okay done and done." she was promptly rammed by karma in the form of the same goat.
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Laurie was still mortified over eating meat in the feast the day before "I ate the sheep's head so we would be able to stay in the game, but the non elimination round meant I didn't have to! I didn't have to!" and she almost broke down crying.
Miles was quick to slap her across the face "Okay you need to calm down, what happens in Iceland stays in Iceland okay?"
"Okay."
"...Oh god."
"What's the matter?"
"I'm sorry, it's just that your breath smells like sheep head. Does anyone have a mint?!"
"Here." Kevin tossed her one without looking, earning a raised eyebrow from Gwen "What's the matter?"
Gwen shook her head "Nothing, it's just… You haven't tried to mention Co- my boyfriend at all today."
"...You know I was a huge fan of Total Drama World Tour and I absorbed every word of wisdom spoken, in particular something once said by Alejandro."
"And what would that be?"
"You can't just jump at the first chance that pops up, you have to be patient and wait and listen for the right moment to make your move. Oh yeah, that reminds me." he knelt down next to the goat "Points for savagery, way to unleash some thug like on that bitch."
The goat put on a pair of shades as the savage sound effect sounded through the loud speaker and they fist bumped.
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Mickey looked over at a nearby cow "Well they aren't making us sneeze or anything so that's something, I wonder if being near so many actual cows will have any effect on our lactose intolerance."
Jay shrugged "I guess we'll find out."
"Looks like it."
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"After several hours of travel the second flight has finally started its descent into the destination in Brazil."
As soon as the plane landed, Mickey and Jay raced out of the plane, with Mickey keeping lookout while Jay ducked behind a bush "So we have our answer, apparently our lactose intolerance extends to even being near cows." his stomach growled in a disturbing fashion.
"Hey." Jay poked his head out "You think you could find some toilet paper or maybe some napkins or something? Or at least some clean pants?"
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At the same time, the other teams were collecting their tips from the Don Box in an attempt to secure a win of their own for once.
Kitty was the first one to pick up a tip "Looks like this is another botch or watch, and this time I'm up."
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"In this botch or watch, whoever didn't swim with the sharks in the Mediterranean must try to perform a traditional Brazilian rite of passage in which they must stick their hand inside a mitt filled with hundreds of venomous bullet ants in order to retrieve their next travel tip. This one is insane, I mean we put a turkey leg in there about 10 minutes ago and I'm pretty sure they devoured it bones and all."
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"Bullet ants?" asked Kitty "Should I be worried about that?"
"I would be." Emma told her "Little known fact, the pain caused by the venom in their bites can last up to 24 hours."
"Oh. Well that sucks."
"Just don't look directly at it and it shouldn't be that bad."
"Makes sense." she looked over as the ants belched up the bone and it hit Mickey "Then again…"
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(Solo confessional)
Emma let out a sigh "Okay so yeah I'm trying to be nicer to Kitty, I'm not saying that that snarky jerk Noah was right but maybe I have been a little bit hard on her. Anybody say she was right and I will lawyer them so hard and fast their heads will spin."
"You know we can hear you right?" Cameron pointed out.
"Yeah I know."
"Just checking."
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(Local confessional, connects to the outer world)
"I get bitten by venomous creatures a lot." explained Mickey "It happens so often now that I've developed an immunity, last year on a school trip to Seaworld a box jellyfish sat on my head like it was a hat." he tried to catch Jay in a high five, only for them to miss "We don't high five much, it's a pretty new concept to us."
"Okay I think I've got it." Jay accidentally hit Mickey in the face, sending him stumbling straight into Laurie, causing her to fall face first into the mitt full of ants.
"Oh god I am so sorry about that!"
"No no, it's okay… I deserve that." she pulled her head out of the mitt, her face now swollen from the bullet ant venom, much to the horror of everyone else "What? What's the matter?"
"...Forget it, it's nothing." Miles took the tip from Laurie's swelling "Feeling divine and swing your butts over to the coconuts."
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"That's right, teams must cross a nearby gorge by any means necessary and then search for their next tip hidden amongst several piles of coconuts."
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"Sounds good to me, let's get going! First place here we come!" Laurie started going the wrong way.
"Uh yeah let's go." Miles dragged Laurie in the opposite direction.
"Called it!" Lorenzo stuck his hand into the mitt and screamed in pain.
"Beat it butt breath, it's my turn to botch!" Chet stuck his hand in and grabbed the tip, receiving a number of bites on the hand in the process.
"Alright here goes." Mickey made his way over to the mitt.
That is, before Lightning shoved him out of the way and started flexing "Alright you stupid ants, get ready to taste the Lightning!"
"Sorry about that!" Cameron called to Mickey "And for the record Lightning it's my turn to do the botch or watch."
"Oh get real smart guy, like you could handle something like this!" he failed to notice Cameron gritting his teeth like he was about to snap "Nobody but the Lightning has what it takes to win this game-"
"ENOUGH!" Cameron finally exploded, taking everyone, especially Lightning, by complete surprise "That is it, I have been putting up with your inhumane arrogance for an entire year and I have had enough of it! You're nothing but an arrogant jerk who spends more time flexing his biceps and bragging about himself than he spends on the actual challenges, you're clearly compensating for your lack of self confidence and the knowledge to function in society like a normal human being, for which you barely qualify! Have you ever once considered that that is the reason you don't have any friends?! Now if you will please stop bragging for once in your life while I secure us this tip." so he reached into the bag and collected the tip, receiving a number of big bites on his hand in the process.
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Emma blinked "Wow, so that's what it's like when you get a nerd angry."
Kitty nodded "I know, at least in real life they don't end up turning super bitter and end up becoming super villains or anything."
"...You read way too many comic books."
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Cameron was taken by surprise by his own actions "Wow, that's only the second time in my life I've ever raised my voice. It honestly feels liberating." and then he puked into a bucket.
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Gwen let out a sigh "Okay is it just me or are the producers of this show trying to kill us in just as many ways as Chris did while I was on Total Drama?"
Kevin shrugged "It's the vicious cycle of hell that is reality TV. More danger means more attention which means more ratings which means more money which means more popularity which means more seasons which means even more money which leads to the idiots in charge adding even more danger so that the cycle goes on a never ending loop."
"...Oh my god, did you actually hear that? There really is someone on this show that understands what show business is all about! There really is hope for the next generation yet!"
"I know you're thinking about how they might as well fire actual bullets at us, but then again there is legal to consider."
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"Alright here goes." Mickey made his way over to the mitt and prepared to grab a tip from inside of it.
That is, until Taylor got up in his face in a very intimidating manner "Back. Away."
"Hey leave him alone." Kitty told her "He was here first, it's his turn so just back off."
"Son of a- Fine, but I'm next." and so she walked off.
"Just be patient, we're all going."
"Wow, that was close. So, thank you." Mickey told her.
"You're welcome."
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Mickey let out a sigh "Cute girls don't really talk to us that often unless it's stuff like asking if we're okay or how many fingers we see, who our emergency contact is, how they can't understand us when we're sobbing. You know, stuff like that."
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So with Jay giving him a thumbs up, Mickey took out two tips and handed one to Kitty "Here you go."
"Thank you!" Kitty accepted the tip and pulled him in for a selfie, leaving Mickey rather stunned.
Emma raised an annoyed eyebrow "And what exactly happened to our no alliance agreement?"
"First of all I didn't form an alliance, second of all I didn't agree to your agreement. What's the big deal?"
"The big deal is that you're in favor of trusting our competitors."
"And your problem is that you don't trust anyone since Jake broke up with you. 3 whole years ago!" that shut her up outright "Yeah that's what I thought."
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Laurie and Miles were swinging across the gorge, one of the, in constant pain "The wind hurts my face!" they slammed into the cliffside "Now the cliff hurts my face!"
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Rock was in the middle of trying to encourage Spud to reach into the mitt "Come on dude you've gotta get the tip or we'll lose!"
"...Alright." without giving a damn, Spud just reached into the oven mitt, receiving a large number of bites from the ants inside, and pulled out the tip.
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(Confessional)
"Spud has a delayed reaction to just about everything, including pain." explained Rock "Thanks to that I don't expect him to feel those hundreds of excruciating bug bites for like 2 hours and then he'll be howling in pain like a hyena on a sugar high."
"What are you talking about?" Spud failed to notice his swollen hand.
"...Nothing important."
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By this point, the first flight had finally landed and Brazil and the original first 8 teams raced to the Don Box to collect their tips.
Josee was the first one to collect a tip "It's a botch or watch, Jacques you're up this time. Now hurry up and GET THE DAMN TIP!"
"Alright alright." so Jacques reached into the mitt and got the tip, but he received a swollen hand in the process "Oh lord it stings like missing gold in Vancouver by half a point! Oh well, let's go." and they took off.
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Having already collected their tips from the ant mitt, Kevin let go of the vine he was swinging on and leapt down onto the other side of the cliff, with Gwen slung over his shoulder, with the Stepbrothers and Adversity Twins swinging right behind them, only the Adversity Twins fell into the river below after their vine broke on them halfway across the gap.
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"We arrived late in Brazil because of that stupid delay and that meant that we had to up our performance." explained Josee "Exactly like the way I did in the Olympic trials."
Jacques nodded uncomfortably "Yes, you mean the way we did that."
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Now at the coconuts, Kevin was using his swollen hand in an attempt to cut open the coconuts by force.
"So when are you gonna use this?" Gwen held up a mallet with a bored look on her face "And when are you gonna mention Co- my boyfriend like you do every day just to get under my skin?"
He said nothing and just kept on chopping it
"Okay, that is it!" Gwen finally exploded "I have had it up to HERE with you and your crazy antics!"
Kevin raised an eyebrow "What are you going on about Pasty?"
"You know damn well what I'm going on about! You've barely said a word to me or anyone ever since we got to Brazil! No snarky comebacks, no dissing the Ice Dancers, you've barely even mentioned Cody to me since yesterday! You've got me so confused and frustrated and I can't even think straight! Just how like the lone wolf you claim to be, mock me for having the skin of a vampire, mention Cody and rub it in my face! Do something!" she grabbed him by the shirt with a crazed look in her eyes.
"...So you want me to mention Cody."
"For the sake of my sanity yes, and I love it when you mention Cody and rub it in my face as much as you do okay?! I love it because I love him! I LOVE CODY!" she took several deep breaths of frustration, only to pause when she noticed that Kevin had a huge shit eating grin on his face "You… You did that on purpose didn't you?"
"Why whatever do you mean Gwendolyn?"
"You- You spent the entire race up to this point conditioning me to get me used to you mentioning Cody every chance you got and then you just go silent out of nowhere- My sanity is just some sick joke to you isn't it?!"
"Rack em up Gwendolyn, let's play again."
"...Oh yeah that reminds me." she slammed a mallet down on his skull "Call me that again and no amount of Adam levels of crazy will be able to save you!" she opened up a coconut and took out a tip "Looks like this is an all in."
"Ow…"
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"In this all in challenge, one team is required to make a headpiece and the other a tail for a costume deemed worthy of walking in the parade during Carnivale and once a local approves of the design of their costume they'll get their next tip."
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"Works for me, let's get moving." Gwen picked up Kevin by his hair "And for this one, please for the love of god just shut the hell up and let me take charge."
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"In a surprising burst of speed and drama, and by surprising I mean awesome, the Artists have taken the lead, but back at the bullet ants the other 7 teams from the first flight are still botching or watching."
DJ shrugged as he held up two swollen hands "I started lifting a little bit back home after what happened back in Africa during Total Drama World Tour, so once the right started swelling too much I just had to switch to the left. Symmetry is super important in life."
"Oh my shit dude, your mitts are so ripped." Geoff told him.
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Kelly gripped one of the vines "Alright sweetie, get ready hop on and hold on like your life depends on it. DO IT!"
"Alright alright now give it a rest mom, you know screaming makes your neck waddle now chill out!" Taylor grabbed onto Kelly and they swung on the vine across the gorge and onto the other side, taking Taylor by surprise "Okay didn't see that coming, that was some seriously amazing upper body strength mom."
"Oh, well thanks honey."
"Are you drinking protein shakes or something because if you are then it's gonna go straight to your hips."
"Oh, uh…"
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Lorenzo tried to open a coconut against a rock and ended up hurting himself instead "Ow!"
Chet ended up having the same results "Ow!" and then they both started beating the crap out of each other and throwing coconuts at each other.
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By this point, Jay and Mickey had climbed their way back up the cliff "Okay… I think we're good…"
"Move aside pencil boys!" Josee kicked them out of the way as she and Jacques landed right in their spot "I can smell the gold, now onward to the coconuts!" and they ran over to the coconuts.
Jay, however, noticed a broken coconut with a tip right in front of them "Hey Mickey check it out, you found a tip! Maybe this is a sign that our luck is changing, I mean we found this tip without even trying. It kind of off sets off the vine breaking and us falling down into the ravine the way we did."
"Yay…" Mickey face planted into the ground.
"Mickey? You okay?" he received a muffled groan?"
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"Look out, we're coming in hot!" DJ swung across the cliff on a vine.
"Yeah boy, that's how the Bromigos role!" Geoff however ended up crashing into the ridge of the cliff, his nether region experiencing a loud crunch as a result, causing him to let out a high pitched squeak and a tear from the pain, his voice increasingly high pitched "Ow…"
"Oh man, dude are you okay?" DJ helped him to his feet.
"Yeah dude… just gotta walk it off…" he fell to the ground "Ow…"
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Kelly was quick to find a tip inside of one of the coconuts "Yes yes yes!"
"OMG mom put your arms down, you have pit stains!" Taylor hissed.
"We made it!" Miles climbed up to the top of the cliff side, with Laurie following right behind her, scaring Taylor into throwing a coconut at her, which Miles caught and opened to reveal a tip inside "Yes, a tip! Thank you mother Earth for this kind gesture."
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Ennui pulled a tip out of the mitt, his hand now red and swelling "Ow."
"Don't be so dramatic about it." Crimson told him.
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By this point Rock and Spud had made it to the gorge "Hey Spud, how are you doing with your hand?"
"It's fine, why?" then he noticed the swelling in his hand "Woah what happened?" he ended up pushing over a tree that ended up acting as a bridge.
"Right on, great thinking dude! Come on, let's get moving!"
"I could've sworn my hands were the same size when I got up this morning." and they slowly but surely made their way across the bridge, with the Best Friends following not long after.
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One by one the teams from the first flight, with the exception of the Artists since they had taken a huge lead early on, had either crossed or were crossing the gorge and moving onto the coconuts, and those teams either were or would soon be moving on to the costume challenge.
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Miles finished up with the head piece for the costume "There, that's one done."
"Hey Miles, what color piece is this?" Laurie held up a beetle "Where am I supposed to put this?"
"Hold that thought." Miles freed the bug and handed the head piece to Laurie "Here's the head piece, I'll go ahead and get started on the tail."
"Okay."
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"I already have a plan for some of my winnings." explained Miles "I'm going to use some of it so I can start a support group called the Closet Vegans Society for vegans like Laurie who've lost their way."
"Hey, I didn't want to eat the meat!" Laurie protested, facing the wrong way "I thought we had to!"
"Maybe but you didn't have to lick the plate now did you?"
"...I thought what happens in Iceland stays in Iceland!"
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Kitty was with Emma hard at work on their costume "Do you really think it's that bad of an idea to form an alliance with the Twins?"
Emma let out a scoff "You know how that would go, they'll get us to think they're on our side and then they'll dump us when we least expect it!"
"Are you sure about that?"
"We would never do that!" as it turns out the Adversity Twins were literally standing right next to them "The two of us are gentlemen."
"Awkward."
Emma let out a groan "Alright fine, I'll go along with a trial mini alliance. That's my offer and my only offer."
"Deal!" Jay held out his hand.
"You can take your hands off your face now."
"I would but I kind of glued it there." Mickey told her.
"Hold on I've got it." Jay grabbed onto Mickey's arm in an attempt to free his hands, earning a scream of pain and causing Emma and Kitty to cringe.
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By this point, the Reality TV Pros, Father & Son, Ice Dancers, Stepbrothers and Ultimate Duo were still searching through the coconuts.
Noah looked over and saw Owen choking on a coconut "Are you kidding me?"
It took a few minutes but Owen managed to swallow it "It's okay, I got it down."
"Well that's just perfect, now all we have to do is wait 8 hours and see if there was a tip in that one." he poked him with a stick.
"Ow! You got me right in the coconut."
"...I have no snarky comment for that."
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"While most of the teams continued to search for their tips hidden amongst the coconuts, the Fashion Bloggers, Tom and Jen, have just samba danced their way into first place with the Bromigos, Geoff and DJ, not far behind."
Jen read the tip out loud "Make your way up to the cliff and take one of the tandem hang gliders to the Chill Zone on Copacabana beach. Let's go!" and she and Tom took off at full speed.
"To the cliff!" Geoff and DJ were right behind her.
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"Copacabana Beach is the location for today's Chill Zone, teams must use one of the tandem hang gliders perched on the edge of a nearby cliff to soar down like eagles onto the beach. Or in case of Geoff and DJ, they'll plummet like turkeys because they didn't hold on to the gliders tight enough."
And once again, Geoff hit his kiwis on some very pointy rocks "Ow…"
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By this point, the Ultimate Duo and Stepbrothers had already found the tips in their coconuts and moved on to the next challenge.
"Come on, let's try that area over there!" Josee threw away a random coconut, hitting Owen in the face with it.
Noah caught the tip inside said coconut "About time. Come on, let's go!" and so they took off for the costume challenge.
"...Well don't just stand there, go back!" she threw away another coconut.
Dwayne picked up this one and found another tip inside of it "Well what do you know? Come on son, let's get going." and he and Junior took off.
"That's ours! Give it to me!" Josee tackled him in an attempt to steal the tip.
"Uh… whoops." Jacques semi intentionally slipped on a coconut, which ended up hitting Josee in the head, revealing a tip inside.
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"Tell me again what happened?" Josee let out a groan "What hit me?"
"I already told you, it was a monkey." Jacques lied "A monkey jumped down from one of the trees, picked up the coconut and threw it at you." he received a skeptical glare.
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"By now almost all of the teams are either working on or have already finished the costume challenge, and some of them are growing frantic."
Sure enough, the Vegans and Stepbrothers (the latter being glued to each other like a bunch of idiots) received their tips and went on their way, with the Ice Dancers showing up almost immediately after with ridiculously authentic costumes.
"What the heck? Didn't they just get here like 5 minutes ago?" Noah pointed out.
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Jacques let out a snort "We've been designing and creating our own costumes since we were only 4, stuff like this is something we can do in our sleep! All we need is some beads, sparkles and a theme and we can skate your dream."
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Gwen received a tip from the local as she displayed her costume "Yes!" she cringed when she noticed Crimson in her black version of the costume "Oh, wow. Hey. What's with the dark colors?"
"Bright colors are so meaningless." explained Crimson "They're nothing more than tools for people to use to make up for the fact that they lead sad and monotonous lives."
"Uh huh."
"I've seen you on Total Drama, you try to pass yourself off as a true goth, one who has a heart as black as the night itself, when the truth is your heart is full of gold. Don't try to be something you're not." and she and Ennui went on their way.
"...Okay." Gwen slung Kevin over her shoulder and went on her way after the Goths, ditching the costume in the process just as Mother & Daughter received their own travel tips.
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Miles was trying to lead Laurie as they took off "Listen to me Laurie, on the count of 3 we're gonna jump okay? 1… 2… 3!" they jumped.
"Come on, I can see the Chill Zone from here!" Gwen, along with a still very disoriented Kevin, took off not far behind, the Goths right on their tail.
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"I took charge of our team." explained Miles "I felt like I had to if we were going to have any chance of finishing the challenge today. Laurie couldn't even see because those mean ants basically turned her face into raw meat." this was meant with a moan from Laurie "Um I'm sorry, was that a yummy sound?"
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Don was still waiting at the Chill Zone on the beach "As the race for first place is about to come to an end, the race to not come in last is just getting started. And it looks like the race for first has come to an end! Congratulations, the Fashion Bloggers take first place."
Sure enough, Tom and Jen had arrived first to the Chill Zone "Yes!" they high fived.
"Now stand aside, the second team is about to arrive and this is gonna be awesome."
Sure enough, this was when Miles and Laurie arrived and raced onto the carpet "Yes we made it, from last place to second place in one day! And we deserve it."
"Actually you don't. What you do deserve is what you're getting, and that is a 30 minute penalty." this wiped the smiles off of their faces.
"Why? We won fair and square, we completed the challenge and everything!"
"Yes but you didn't follow the instructions exactly, each one of you were supposed to make a component of the costume but Miles made both of yours." he sent them on their way and turned to the next team that arrived "Ice Dancers you've arrived in second place."
"...Second place? SECOND PLACE!?" Josee was about to throw a massive tantrum, only to let out a terrified shriek when she saw Laurie's face.
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Lorenzo and Chet were making their way off of the cliff, still stuck together "The fact is that I'm doing pretty well considering I'm glued to him."
Chet let out a scoff "That's the only reason you're doing well, fact!"
"Fact wrong!"
"Fact right! Stamped it, locked it, no erasies!"
"Dammit!" they fell off of the cliff with their glider "Nice job, I'm being sarcastic!"
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Don let out a horrified shriek as the Goths landed on the Chill Zone "Oh great flying birds of death, the Goths have come in 3rd place!"
One by one teams started to arrive at the Chill Zone and were counted off by Don, starting with the Artists.
"4th place."
The Bromigos.
"5th place."
Father & Son.
"6th place."
The Ultimate Duo.
"7th place."
The Best Friends.
"8th place."
The Stepbrothers.
"9th place."
Mother & Daughter.
"10th place."
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"With time still counting down for the Vegans and pressure mounting for everyone, more and more teams are finishing up the challenges and making their way to the Chill Zone."
Kitty looked over to Mickey and Jay "Hey guys we've still got each other's backs right?"
"Oh yeah, of course we do." Mickey told her.
"Okay, let's go!" the Sisters took off, with the Adversity Twins right behind them.
That is, before Mickey suddenly sneezed and accidentally crashed their glider into the Sisters, causing them to tumble through the air and crash onto the Carpet of Completion.
"Looks like the Twins took the Sisters on a double date to the air show." Don noted.
Emma let out a groan "The trial is over, the alliance is terminated."
"Sorry guys, I've gotta go with my sis on this one." Kitty told the Twins.
"Totally fair." Mickey waved that off.
Don made the call "And it's a painful multi limbed tie for 10th place, only 3 teams left and one of them is about to be left behind." he motioned for a medic to take away the Sisters and the Twins on stretchers.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Noah and Owen crash landed on the carpet.
"12th place." Don had them taken away on stretchers as well "Vegans you've got 1 minute and 20 seconds left on your penalty."
"ROCK AND ROLL!" Rock and Spud landed on the beach and prepared to make a mad dash for the Chill Zone with 60 seconds left on the clock.
That is, until Spud suddenly froze and felt his hand throbbing "Uh…"
"...Yeah I think he feels those bug bites now. I've got your back dude!" Rock quickly jumped onto Spud's back as he started running and screaming.
Don looked up at the clock "Vegans your penalty is up in 3… 2… 1!"
"Yes!" Laurie and Miles prepared to make a mad dash for the carpet, only to be overtaken by the Rockers before they could even move.
Don made the call "Rockers are in 14th, second last place!" then he turned to the Vegans, his expression increasingly smug "Well tofu break ladies, you've been cut from the race. Maybe you can get a job at a tempeh agency. Soy long."
"All of our plans for the money…" filled with remorse, they left and sadly made their way off of the beach.
"Now that the last truly unselfish players have been eliminated, things are going to get VERY ugly. Next time on… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Miles let out a sigh as they made their way down the beach "That million dollars would have helped so many causes."
"I know… and I ate meat." Laurie nearly broke down crying.
"Your heart was in the right place. Not the one you ate I mean your heart, the one that's inside of you. Well I guess they're both inside of you but I meant the-"
"Please, just stop talking."
A/N:
Okay, maybe not my best chapter so sorry for that, but I promise next one will make up for that. It's my second original chapter in this story.
Yes I put Father & Son on the first flight even though they were in 9th, mainly for 2 reasons. First, I had to have a team replace the Ultimate Duo on the first flight and I didn't want to change any of that from canon. Second, I was already through that part when you guys started asking for that.
So I know Cameron lashing out at Lightning might come off as OOC to you guys but I consider it to be a callback to his little adrenaline rush in episode 4 of Revenge of the Island. Plus I figure Lightning deserves it for being such a dick to Cameron this season. Gwen losing it on the other hand, that was just for fun. Oh and by the way, Kevin is so much fun to write.
I know Devin and Carrie didn't really do anything noteworthy in this chapter, which is pretty much the same as in canon, but they'll have a semi larger role in chapter 9.
I thought it made sense to have the Fashion Bloggers come in first because it was a fashion challenge, and because chapter 9 is mostly gonna be about them and the Ultimate Duo, and a little bit about the Best Friends.
Rankings:
Fashion Bloggers: 1st
Ice Dancers: 2nd
Goths: 3rd
Artists: 4th
Bromigos: 5th
Father & Son: 6th
Ultimate Duo: 7th
Best Friends: 8th
Stepbrothers: 9th
Mother & Daughter: 10th
Adversity Twins: tied for 11th
Sisters: tied for 11th
Reality TV Pros: 13th
Rockers: 14th
Elimination:
Vegans: 15th
Geniuses: 16th
Tennis Rivals: 17th
LARPers: 18th