The Ridonculous Underdogs (Story 2 of 4 of my Underdog Series)

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Hosting the Aftermath of Total Drama World Tour gave Devin and Carrie a good idea of what to expect from reality TV so they decided to give one a try of their own for a change, but with the competition throwing one obstacle after another their way, will their friendship be able to survive? Second story in this series.

14. The Shawshank Ridonction

"Last time on the Ridonculous Race: Dwayne feared that he had lost Junior for good and like always the Stepbrothers tried to lose each other for good. Devin told Junior that he's too young for Carrie while Dwayne FINALLY started to realize that his little boy was starting to become a little man, and after a detour to Hawaii in order to return their cursed volcanic lava rock the Ice Dancers came in last but it turned out to be a non elimination round so they're still in it, which I'm sure that we're all super happy about. We're just under halfway through the race and the 10 teams still in it are halfway closer to winning the million dollar prize. I myself have no idea what's going to happen next but I'm pretty sure we're about to find out right here and right now because this is… the Ridonculous Race!"

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Don stood next to the Chill Zone from the day before, now with a Don Box, to start the next leg of the race "We're back in Zambezi National Park where yesterday's first time winners, the now confirmed Reality TV Pros, are about to collect the first tip of the day."

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"Yes, we're in first place!" Owen caught Noah in a bone crushing hug.

Noah quickly freed himself and rubbed his possibly broken spine "Yeah what he said, so from here on out we're gonna double time it."

"Yeah, million bucks here we come!" they high fived.

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Noah picked up the tip from the Don Box and read it to Owen "Looks like we're gonna be heading for Australia."

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"Australia, the home of the famous and unique Sydney Opera House, the famous Airs Rock and several disturbingly cute koalas. All 10 teams will travel by bus to the Harare International Airport of Zimbabwe to book their flight to Melbourne and once they land they'll have to find the Don Box with their next tip so they can see what's up downunder! Okay seriously, what is wrong with every single script guy that I hire?! If this is payback for what I said at your bachelor party I said I was sorry Steve!"

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Noah looked over at Owen as the Bromigos grabbed their tip "No more than double timing jokes, I hate those." he banged on the door of the bus until it opened, revealing the driver sleeping beneath a newspaper "For crying out loud, guys like him are either mindless or just super lazy. This one is both."

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"More and more of the teams receive their tips and get on the bus, but before they can leave they're going to have to wait for the last place team to get on board."

Gwen and Noah both looked up and saw the Ice Dancers in new black outfits and shared a simultaneous look 'Seriously?'

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"The typical pink and purple colors were too friendly." explained Josee "The black screams at all of those insignificant peons to get the hell out of our way."

Jacques nodded "That and it washes with similar colors."

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Soon enough, the bus was on its way to the airport.

"Hey dad be sure to stick with me today." Junior shot him a look "The last thing that either of us want or need is for you to get lost again alright?"

"But you- What?!" Dwayne spluttered "I wasn't the one who- You were the one that- Okay for the record I don't have a problem with directions, I have a problem with FOLLOWING directions. There's a huge difference, but then again that's just part of my ruggedly handsome charm."

"...Try again."

"My doey middle aged charm?"

"That's better."

"I'll take what I can get."

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"All of the 10 teams are now aboard the same 13 hour flight to Melbourne, Australia. Sleeping would be beneficial to the teams, so to make it more interesting we decided to give the teams something to worry about instead."

Sure enough, most of the teams were fast asleep as the plane soared through the skies towards their next destination. And then this happened.

"Attention teams, what I'm showing you now is called a Boomerang, If you manage to find one attached to your travel tip then you can use it at the next Don Box to send one of the teams back to repeat the last challenge."

Upon hearing this, Josee's demand was a simple one "I want one!"

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Gwen looked over at Kevin "Okay listen man, if we manage to get one of those boomerangs then we need to be smart about it and-"

"Use it on the Ice Dancers." Kevin cut her off "Got it."

"No I mean assess the situation and pick the team that we feel-"

"Are the Ice Dancers, got it."

"Oh for god's sake, will you let me finish-"

"Off the Ice Dancers with the Boomerang, you bet your ass Pasty."

"...Why did I agree to do this with you? You hurt my brain more than Adam does and that is saying something."

"Oh get real Gwen, there can be only one of me."

Gwen whipped around and found Adam standing in the aisle "Adam?"

"Sup pasty?"

"Oh for god's sake. I've already got Kevin calling me that, I don't need another psychotic idiot trying to hurt my brain."

"Too late, my I made him my secret protegee." he caught Kevin in high five "You see aside from him being Bridgette's cousin Kevin here is unique, he's the only guy that I know who's style I actually like and that's really saying something coming from me."

"...Yeah, so what the heck are you doing here anyway?"

"Well a couple of things, top of the list being that I'm gonna surprise Bridgette after she wins in that surfing tournament. Then there's surprising Carrie and Devin after they win today's leg of the race, but right now there's something else." he let out a sigh "Gwen… I need your help with something really big."

Gwen raised an eyebrow "Which is?"

"I've been keeping something from you guys, something that's been eating away at me for my entire life."

"...Oh look at the time, it's time for United States of Terror. Bye." Kevin quickly got the memo and left.

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At the same time, Carrie made her way back over to Tom and Jen "Hey guys listen, I'm going to tell him."

"Wait what?" Jen nearly dropped her magazine in shock "Are you for real? Like for real for real?"

"I can't hold it in any longer, I wrote it down and I'm going to tell Devin how I feel once and for all."

"I am so proud of you, to have the guts to tell him how you feel after all this time is really impressive." she held up a hand to Tom "And before you say anything we agreed that I wouldn't make any moves with Geoff until after the race is over."

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By this point Adam had finished explaining everything to Gwen "So yeah, that's pretty much my life story."

Gwen leaned back and took a moment to soak it all in "Wow, that's just… wow."

"And I'm guessing you don't believe the fact that Alejandro and I met the Ninja Turtles."

"Oh no that I totally believe it, truth be told Adam with a guy like you being the older brother of my boyfriend and the guy who trained the psychopath I'm doing this race with there's nothing that surprises me anymore. So your problem is whether or not to tell Bridgette?"

"No Mike is okay with that, he and I talked about that a few months ago and he said that if I wanted to tell her then I have his full support. My real problem is telling the people who helped me recover from my grief the first time around."

"You mean Devin and Carrie."

"Yeah. That's what I'm struggling with right now Gwen. Devin was the one who really helped me move on from my grief, something that not even Carlos was able to help me do entirely. I mean Devin's known that I've been keeping something from him for years and he hasn't tried to ask or anything so, what the hell am I supposed to do?"

"That's up to you to decide."

"I hate when people say that. Oh and before I forget, take one of these." he managed to summon a Dragonfang "This bad boy is something I picked up during my road trip, it oughta help you when you're in a bind."

"Good to know, thanks."

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Several hours passed, and the flight landed in Australia.

Devin was the first one to pick up a tip from the Don Box and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head at what he was reading "Oh my god, oh my damn."

Carrie looked up at him "Hey Devin listen, I need to-"

"No time, we've gotta move!" he grabbed her by the arm and took off with Tom and Jen just as they collected their tips, and he pulled the group into a taxi and read the tip "Okay so first we've gotta stop in at Geelong Maximum Security Prison."

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"The famous Geelong Maximum Security Prison had closed back in 1991, but during the 146 years in which it was operational it was the most brutal and violent lock up on the face of the Earth. Now it's an extreme travel hot spot! Anyway as the teams arrived they're going to be throw into cells and each one is equipped with one of four methods for them to escape, those being hidden tunnels, secret trap doors, hidden tools or loose bars. Once they manage to break out of their cells they're free to make their way to the final Don Box of the day located on the side of the Barwon river. This is the only place where a Boomerang can be used, after teams pass this point the Boomerang expires and as a special bonus treat the first team to the Chill Zone gets to make a phone call home."

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Josee grabbed a tip from the Don Box and found a Boomerang attached to it "Yes, at last our long awaited ticket to the gold! Let this be a life lesson for you Jacques, first you get the gold and then you get the Boomerang and then you get the power!" she received no reply "Jacques are you listening? Hello?"

As it turns out Jacques was pinned underneath her feet "Um Josee, would you mind getting off of me?"

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Devin let out a groan of frustration "Well that's just great, we're stuck in traffic. Hey driver I'll give you a huge tip if you pass these guys." this prompted the driver to floor it with a huge greedy smirk "Oh yeah, now we're kicking."

"Well, this is happening." Carrie looked up at Devin "So Devin listen, I know that-" she was cut off by all the bumps in the road.

"Oh man this is awesome, I can only imagine how much Adam would love this!"

"Oh yeah, speaking of love I've been wanting to tell you that-" she got thrown out of her seat.

"Oh hell yeah, hey driver put on some racing music!" and cue the hilarious yet badass banjo music "So Carrie what did you wanna say?"

"...Just forget it, I'll tell you later."

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By this point DJ and Geoff were on their way to the prison "You know if we win this one then I wanna call my momma, it's been a long time since I've gone this long without at least checking in and… I just really miss her you know?"

"Yeah." Geoff let out a sigh and looked out the window towards the sea.

"You're not even listening are you?"

"What? Oh sorry dude, it's just that looking out at the ocean makes me think about how Australia has some of the best surfing spots in the world and… it makes me think about Bridgette. I know that I'm into Jen now but what am I supposed to say if I see either of them?"

"If I could offer my two cents here." that was when Adam suddenly popped up in the window running alongside the taxi, freaking the two of them out pretty thoroughly but oddly enough not disturbing the driver.

"Dude what are you- What the hell are you doing?"

"I went through some stuff on that road trip with Mike and now I'm trying to see if I can out run a taxi. How am I doing so far?"

"Are you sweating?" asked DJ.

"No."

"Then I say you're good."

"Okay then." he suddenly pulled himself into the taxi through the window "So let me see if I got this Cowboy of the Sea, you're still hung up on Bridgette?"

"No that's not-" Geoff found a hand held up to his face.

"No it's cool man, I get it. Bridgette's one of a kind, not to mention she's one hell of a heartbreaker. Which reminds me, two things guys. DJ I need to talk to you about something later, and Geoff?"

"Yeah?"

"How the hell do I make her dad like me?" this was followed by a pause, before Geoff suddenly burst out laughing "Seriously? The guy gave me the stink eye every time he looked at me even though it was my idea to bring him to Bridgette's birthday."

"Oh trust me dude I get it, but let me save you the time and effort and tell you that that is one battle that even you can't hope to win. The guy doesn't like anything, and the fact that you blew up a plane on international TV just cemented you as a loose cannon in his eyes."

"Hey I said it was an accident!"

"Tell that to him."

"I did, he tried to skewer me."

"...Oh yeah you're screwed."

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By this point Carrie and the others had been dropped off at Geelong Prison "Thank you, that was very scary."

"Come on guys let's get moving!" Devin rushed off towards the gate.

Carrie turned towards Tom and Jen "I have to tell Devin how I feel about him as soon as I can, I mean if we win today and he calls Shelley then it could ruin everything that's been happening between the two of us."

That was when the three of them got cuffed by one of the guards at the prison "Welcome to Geelong, we'll be escorting you to your cells for the challenge."

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It wasn't long before Devin and Carrie found themselves locked in a cell "Okay Carrie let's get moving, you look for any trap doors and I'll check for any loose bars." and so the two of them quickly got to work.

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"One by one the teams are cuffed and led into their cells in Geelong and most of them do go peacefully, but others needed a little bit of convincing."

Kevin poked his head out through the bars of his cell and looked at one of the guards "Hey come on man, it's not like it was personal or anything. I mean yeah it was your ass that I kicked but I still respect you as an officer of the law turned victim of the hell that is reality tv! Plus you only cried a little bid, that's super manly dude!"

"Are you done yet?" asked Gwen "Seriously do you plan to mock him all day or are you gonna help me find a way out?"

"Hey when you love what you do Pasty there's time for both."

"Yeah sure there is." she started feeling around the room.

"You know sometimes I wish you would cut loose more and have a little bit more fun, just stop and smell the roses you know?"

"And I wish that you would stop acting less mature than my little brother and be more professional, it would be a nice change of pace! Can't you ever just play nice for once?"

"Oh get real, I play nice with you all the time."

"Can you please keep it down?" Josee called from down the hall "If it wasn't obvious we're trying to think!"

"Don't worry about that short stuff, after all trying anything for the first time is bound to be hard for anyone!" he received a look from Gwen "Oh come on, she was practically begging for that one and you know it."

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Chet slammed Lorenzo's head against the bars of the door "Wow, you know if your thick head can't break us out then I doubt anything will."

"Oh is that right? Well then I say we oughta check the wall too!" Lorenzo slammed Chet's face into the wall in return.

"Hey!" they started strangling each other "Let go!"

"You let go!"

"There's no way I'm gonna let go!"

"I can't breathe!"

"Neither can I!" so they stopped and took a minute to breath.

"I think… I think we're really trapped."

"Yeah well lucky for you I have a plan that can get us out of here."

"Oh yeah, well I have a good plan."

"Oh yeah, well mine is awesome."

"Oh yeah well mine is awesome good."

"Okay so how about this, we'll both say our plans on three!"

"Least stupid plan wins."

"Agreed. 1."

"2."

"3."

"We put a mirror up to the bars-"

"-so that the guard locks himself in-"

"-and opens the cell!" they both gasped "Did we just come up with the same insanely genius idea?"

"Yeah I think so. Favorite Dinosaur Ninja Movie?"

"Dinosaur Ninja 4-"

"Rise of the Caveman Wizard!" more gasps.

"Best anti zombie weapon?"

"Chainsaw missile launcher, duh!" and even more gasps.

"Did we just stop hating each other?"

"I think we did."

"...GUARD! WE NEED A MIRROR!"

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Noah was searching for a way out, only to be left mortified when he saw Owen sit down on the toilet "Oh god no, anything but that. Hold it man, please just hold it if you value my life!"

"I'm just as unhappy about this as you are." Owen promptly let out a massive fart.

"I highly doubt that. I mean come on dude, what the hell do you eat for breakfast?"

"What don't I eat? This is me we're talking about."

"Fair enough."

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Lorenzo and Chet were giving a so called vicious verbal beatdown to one of the guards "You probably don't have a mirror because you're so funny looking!"

Chet nodded "Oh yeah totally, I'm glad I don't have your face on my head!"

"Yeah for sure, if I had your face then I'd totally do something about it!"

"Yeah like we'd go to the face changing doctor!" and then they quit, and the gods thanked them for it, as did the other contestants that had to listen to it.

"Oh man that verbal beatdown was insane!"

"Yeah a word-nado of slams!"

"I bet when he wakes up tomorrow he'll be in a coma!"

"Dibs on the bottom bunk!" Chet landed on the bottom mattress, causing it to break, but they just burst out laughing.

"Well it could've been a lot worse, I mean just imagine if-" he climbed onto the top bunk which caused the floor to collapse beneath them, sending them down a hidden trap door.

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"The Stepbrothers have found the trap door hidden in their cell and landed themselves in first place, but other teams are continuing to search and are getting more and more frustrated and desperate with each passing moment."

Jacques noticed something off in the floor "Hey Josee tell me, does this spot sound different to you? Listen to it." he tapped on the spot on the floor.

Josee on the other hand was freaking out "Oh god it's like there's no air in here. Do prisoners from Australis not get air? Is that part of going to jail, having your air supply get cut off?!"

"Josee come on, there's plenty of air. Are you okay?"

"Yes I'm fine, I just want some air! It's these bars, they're blocking the air!"

"I don't think that-"

"They're using special air blocking bars!" she started slamming into the bars in a desperate attempt to get out.

"Josee stop it, you're going to-" and cue the crash "-find a way out! Yes!" he stepped out through the hole in the door.

"Air, thank the great god above."

"Wow, your claustrophobia is worse than I thought."

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At the same time, Adam was bolting his way down the halls of the prison, only to stop when he saw the Goths casually making their way "Oh, hey what's up?"

"Hey." Ennui and Crimson both slowly turned to face him and eyed him with a mix of suspicion and curiosity "You…"

"What?"

"You have it don't you, the power of a Cosmic Elemental."

"Oh crap you guys sense that?"

"Being a goth gives us a lot of insight, you hold great power within you along with a massive amount of untapped potential and a heavy burden weighing on your heart. You wish to consult a few people that you only somewhat trust before telling the two people that helped you to begin the quest to mend your wounded heart."

"...Damn you're good."

"It comes with being a goth."

"Good to what's your advice then?"

"Do not hold this burden all by yourself or you will be guaranteed to fail and die a painful and agonizing death, but in a bad way. Share the burden with those you know you can count on in your life."

"...Wow, that's just… wow. Thanks… I think. Hey by the way, how do I get to the Barwon river from here?"

"Go out to the left from the front door and it's a few miles that way, you'll find the Don Box to mark the location."

"Just checking, thanks." and he rushed off.

"And there goes a true survivor, he would make all goths proud."

"You seem so confident in him." Crimson noted "You see him as some sort of hero don't you?"

"As I said, he's a survivor. He'll go far Crimson, just wait and see. Far beyond anything that a hero could ever be."

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Devin was struggling to find any way to escape from the cell "Come on come on, we've gotta win this round and fast!"

"Or we could take a break." Carrie suggested "I mean breaks are good aren't they?"

"Not this time, right now I've gotta do something that I should've done a long time ago. I mean even Adam has been telling me to do it for years."

"Well sure but I need to tell you something really important-"

"Gotcha!" he pulled the pillow apart and found a bar cutter "Perfect, hey whatever you gotta say go ahead and say it while I cut." he started cutting the bars.

"Well that's the thing." she pulled out a piece of paper "Well Devin, growing up together there are a lot of things that I remember how you were happy when your training wheels came off your bike."

"Oh yeah, then I gorged on pizza and got sick for like 3 days afterwards. That was a good weekend."

"Or when you worse your favorite shirt backwards for a whole school year."

"Yeah that was the year that I met Adam, I still get the feeling that there's a lot of stuff that he's not telling me." the bars finally came off.

"But the one thing that I can't remember was a time where I wasn't head over heels in love with you." she looked over and found the bars off and Devin nowhere in sight "Devin did you hear me?"

"No sorry, tell me later. Come on homie, first place here we come!"

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By this point Owen had gone through exactly 7 rolls of toilet paper "Oh man that's one heck of a load off. It's kind of weird though, I wonder where it all went. I mean it had to go somewhere, everything goes somewhere." he tapped on the toilet "Alright a trap door, come on help me open it!"

Noah snapped out of his daze from where he was huddled into a ball "Owen I would rather let you use me as a battering ram then let you drag me down that thing. We are NOT going to escape down the-" he was cut off when the wall burst open.

Then Emma popped out, along with Kitty "Well that's just great, all we did was break into another room."

"Emma?"

"Noah? Hey."

"Hey." they locked eyes.

"Have you guys found a way out?"

"A way out? Possibly. A way out that won't kill us from toxic fumes? I wouldn't hold my breath about that, no pun intended." he pointed to where Owen was trying to pry out the toilet.

"Oh. Ew. Well it's not like anybody anybody has been using it, I mean this prison has been closed for years."

"Yeah but this is Owen we're talking about."

"...Well that's just great, did he do number 1 or number 2?"

"Knowing Owen I would say number 6, but it had about as much consistency as-"

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"Number one!" with the two of them still in first place, Chet grabbed the first tip from the Don Box along the Barwon river "Yeah man! We're in first place, second time and second place!"

"When was the first?" asked Lorenzo.

"Transylvania."

"Oh yeah, man you're the coolest brother ever! What's the challenge?"

"It's an All In call Craft a Raft."

"Kind of a lame name."

"Yeah but this is still awesome!"

"Oh hell yeah!" they high fived like a bunch of idiots.

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"In the second challenge of the day, teams have to construct a raft and sail it down the Barwon River until they reach the dock where today's Chill Zone is located. And as always, the last team to arrive may be cut from the race."

"Oh yeah!" Chet pumped a fist.

"You know what screw the raft, I say we oughta build a floating SPACESHIP!" Lorenzo told him.

"Oh my god it's like you're inside my brain taking my ideas before I have them!"

"Like this one, we need to have our own theme song!"

"Oh yeah totally! Stepbrothers, Stepbrothers, we're the Stepbrothers! YEAH YEAH YEAH!"

"That… was… GENIUS!" and they high fived like a bunch of idiots.

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"Come on homie, let's get moving!" Devin was leading Carrie by the hand along the river towards the Don Box.

Carrie was left panting very heavily as a result "Oh god… Devin… can we please… just slow down…"

"There's the Don Box, let's pick up the pace!"

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Rock was in the middle of tearing up the cell, with Spud checking for trap doors "Okay so after trashing the cell like a rock star would, I can confirm that there are no hidden tools."

"Well you get points for using your rock star knowhow to your advantage."

Rock looked back and saw Adam outside of the cell "Oh hey you're Adam from Total Drama, long time no see dude!"

"Hey I remember you guys, during the race to Hawaii. Been awhile. Hey I know I probably shouldn't interfere since I'm not part of the race but have you checked for loose bars?"

"Not yet, why?" he pushed on the door and the bars fell out "Oh, so that's why."

"Good luck dudes." and he took off.

"Oh hell yeah, Chill Zone here we come!" and so with Adam in front of them, the Rockers bolted out of the prison.

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By this point, Emma, Noah and the rest of their alliance were making their way through the sewers to find a way out "Oh god this reeks, I knew this was a bad idea."

Owen let out a nervous chuckle "Well there could be any number of reasons for that, I mean who could really say when-"

"Oh yeah, the stink is the 8th great wonder of the world." Noah's tone was filled with sarcasm and clear disgust.

"Hey come on Noah, everybody poops! There's even a book about it, I mean I can't remember what it's called but-" he looked back and saw an alligator reading and promptly ran away screaming."

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The race down the Barwon River had at last begun.

Chet and Lorenzo had taken an early lead "Full impulse captain!"

Lorenzo nodded "Prepare to engage transport drive Mr Chet!"

"Copy that sir!" they started making laser noises.

"Stroke! Stroke! Stroke!" that was when Devin and Carrie came up behind them on a raft of their own.

"Red alert! Red alert!" they started making even more laser noises as they pretended to fire with their oars, allowing the Best Friends to pass them and take the lead "This is so AWESOME!"

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"As the Stepbrothers celebrate falling from first place to second place and the Best Friends take the lead, most of the other teams have busted out of jail and gine into the raft building business for the second challenge, some with a little bit of encouragement from an unexpected intruder for today's leg of the race."

"There's the Don Box, the gold is ours-" Josee suddenly tripped on a rock and fell face first into some mud, only to hear someone laughing as a result "Who laughed?"

"I'm pretty sure it's whom laughed." it was Kevin and Gwen.

Josee promptly threw some mud in his face.

"...Oh you just messed with the wrong badass sista!"

"Oh I am going to enjoy this." Josee pulled out her Boomerang.

Gwen pulled out her own Boomerang "Drop it girly."

"Not a chance, you drop yours!"

"Look I think it goes without saying that none of us want to go home today but if we use our Boomerangs on each other-"

"Oh no she's right, Josee this is a bad idea." Jacques pointed out.

"Yeah listen to the smart one."

"Dammit." Josee snarled "You rip yours in half and I'll do the same."

"She's lying, don't trust her!" Kevin protested.

"Don't you accuse me of lying-"

"On 3!" Gwen cut her off "We do it together on 3."

"Fine, on 3. 1."

"2."

"3!" and they both did nothing.

"I knew it!" Kevin snarled.

"You lying little-" she was cut off when Kevin and Jacques charged towards each other "Oh that is it!"

"You bet it is!" Gwen held up her top.

"Boomerang!" cue the simultaneous chorus that sent Kevin and Jacques crashing to the ground like they had been shot.

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"Thanks to the hilarious and epic double Boomerang, both teams are returned to the mother of all Geelong cells: the Black Hole. For the Artists and the Ice Dancers, the race to not come in last place begins."

"Perhaps a temporary truce is in order?" asked Jacques "Just until we get out of here and back to the river?"

"...I'm taking charge from here on out." Gwen slapped a hand over Kevin's mouth "I'll check for loose bars, pretty boy checks for hidden tools. Kevin checks for trap doors and the she devil checks for hidden tunnels. Now get to work."

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By this point, Devin and Carrie had reached the dock at the end of the river "There's the Chill Zone, come on homie!" and they rushed off.

Don was quick to greet them and conform their placement "Best Friends you've come in first place, congratulations! You've won the phone call home." he held out a cell phone.

Devin quickly took it "Hey I'm gonna call Shelley okay? There's something that I should've told her a long time ago. Well that's just great, it keeps going to her voice mail."

"You can keep trying until you reach someone."

"Just checking thanks." he went back to dialing.

Carrie tapped him on the shoulder "Devin I really need to tell you something before you talk to her."

"Don't we both." a new voice grumbled.

Carrie looked back and found a soaking wet Adam drag himself out of the river and onto the shore, soaking wet from the swim but with his eyes blazing "Adam?"

"Hey."

"Hey, what are you doing here? In Australia I mean, and I guess on the show too."

"Well I came to see Bridgette in her surfing tournament, stopped off to surprise you guys when you won a leg of the race, talked to Gwen and the Rockers a little bit, decided to beat the other teams and swim down the river to the Chill Zone, and now I'm here to tell you this." he gripped her shoulder, his voice low "This is the moment that I've been waiting for for nearly 5 god damn years, if you say anything to ruin it then I will not hesitate to light your shirt on fire.

"...Duly noted." cue a terrified gulp.

"Good."

"Yeah hold on a second." Don cut into the conversation "You realize that as entertaining as your appearance was it still counts as trespassing and I could have you arrested for this."

"Yeah I figured you were gonna say that, lucky for me I know people in high places."

"What do you-" then Don's phone rang "Hold on. Hello? Yep he's here, swam down the Barwon river too. Wait a second, how much? Okay done, bye." he hung up "You can stay until the end of the episode."

"Like I said, it's good to know people in high places."

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Chet and Lorenzo were still making their way down the river towards the dock "Propulsive systems activation guidance guiding now!"

Lorenzo nodded "Affirmative, you have now been cleared for docking merger alignment proceedings."

"Man I wonder if Don is gonna let us keep our spaceship when this is over." then they hit the dock and the raft came apart, leaving them crying and hugging like a bunch of idiots, but they quickly got over it and made their way to the Chill Zone "Oh you gotta admit how cool we just looked!"

"I know right, it was so cool!"

"Actually it wasn't." Don told them "But if it's any consolation you guys have come in second place." and the two of them started cheering and singing like a bunch of idiots.

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By this point the Artists and the Ice Dancers were still struggling to find a way out of the Black Hole.

That is, until Gwen noticed something "Guys there's a trap door on the roof, if the four of us get onto each other's shoulders then we should be able to reach it."

"And just for the sake of being clear." Kevin shot a glance at Jacques "If you guys betray us once you get up there then I will make you bleed in places you didn't know you could bleed."

Jacques let out a scoff "You don't scare me." he was grabbed by the front of his shirt.

"I will break every bone in your body, tie you into a know and throw you out to the wolves to be devoured."

"...Yeah okay that actually does scare me."

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One by one more teams started to arrive at the Chill Zone as Don counted them off, starting with the Goths "3rd place!"

The Fashion Bloggers.

"4th place!"

The Rockers.

"5th place!"

The Sisters.

"6th place!"

The Reality TV Pros.

"7h place!"

Father & Son.

"8th place!"

The Bromigos.

"9th place!"

Devin kept trying to dial on the phone "For crying out loud Shelley, would it kill you to pick up just once?"

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At the same time, the Artists and the Ice Dancers had all made it out of their cell and were racing towards the river.

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Devin was still trying to get through to Shelley "Oh for crying out loud why do I keep getting the voicemail?"

"You can keep trying but once the final team checks in that's when your time is up." Don told him.

Carrie blinked "Is it bad that I hope he runs out of time?"

"Not like it's gonna make a difference." Adam pointed out "I've still got my phone here so he can use that if he does run out of time."

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By now the Artists and the Ice Dancers had both finished building their rafts and were now racing down the Barwon river towards the Chill Zone.

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And then a miracle happened.

Devin had finally gotten through with the phone "Shelly hi it's Devin, listen I think you and I need to talk. Look what you and I went through what with the on again off again relationship for 3 months at a time or so, but after awhile the spark just… kind of died. And since we both know how much Adam hates you and you tried to spread multiple rumors about him being a man whore, Bigfoot and a spawn of Satan."

Adam looked indignant "Well screw you too she beast!"

"Thank you Adam, anyway… we need to break up. I know doing this by phone is horrible but I'm gonna be doing this race with Carrie for a few more weeks and- No this has nothing to do with her." this caused Carrie to flinch "Hey she and I never kissed and more importantly we never had sex, that was just a rumor Adam started in 10th grade to try and get rid of you!"

"Hey what can I say, I only hate one person in the world more than Shelly and in short that little bitch had to go!"

"Again, thank you Adam. Hey don't say that about either of them, even if Adam is certifiably insane!" he received a shrug "Hey don't talk about Carrie like that! You know this just goes to show how horrible of a girlfriend you were, and I'm not even going to count how many times you've abused me over the years! You get so hung up on having your own way but that's not how life works! I'm done alright, it's over! Well fine, I never wanna see you again either you ungrateful little harpy! Hey you started it by insulting my friends! I can't believe I wasted 5 years of my life on you! Fine! Burn in hell you soulless witch!" he hung up "Good riddance to bad scum!"

"...So can I have my phone back?" asked Don.

"Here." he handed Don the phone.

"Thank you. So how's the girlfriend?"

"The biggest mistake of my life, that's how! I'm gonna go dunk my head into the river and scream underwater, that oughta get some of the rage out." and he stormed off.

"So that's a thing."

Adam looked up from where he was praying on the ground "Sorry you say something?"

"Did you really come all this way just to see him break up with her?"

"I don't think you understand how much I hate Shelley."

"Yeah… so should I go ahead and tell him now?" asked Carrie.

"After he just broke up with a girl, do you really think that's a good idea. Besides, even if you were gonna tell him now and I know you're not because I know you and Devin like the back of my hand. Now if you'll excuse me." DJ and Noah suddenly appeared in his grip "Me and these two have some talking to do.

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"By now the final two teams are neck and neck in their race to the Chill Zone so the question remains, who's going to take it?"

"Goodbye and good riddance!" Josee attempted to use her raft to knock Gwen and Kevin off of their raft.

However, Gwen's Dragonfang suddenly sliced through the oar like butter, which gave her the chance to knock Josee off of the paddle instead "Wow this thing really works, I really should give Adam more credit."

"No time, let's go!" Kevin grabbed her hand and quickly pulled her onto the Carpet of Completion.

Don was quick to confirm their placement "The Artists get 10th place!" this was met with cheers.

"That's what I told you chica, follow my lead and the Ice Dancers are as good as gone. Don't hold back against them, don't give them an inch, don't even give them a chance to breath or it's game over."

"Yeah that's very interesting." Don shoved them out of the way just as the Ice Dancers, including a soaking wet and pissed off Josee, made their way to the Chill Zone "Jacques and Josee I'm afraid you're the last to arrive. I wish you the best of luck… in the next leg of the race because this is a non elimination round!"

"...Well that's great." with a sickly sweet smile, Josee turned to Gwen and Kevin and gave them a cut throat gesture.

Don took this chance to sign off "A close call for the Ice Dancers and the Artists, and some angry closure for Devin. Who knows what's going to happen next? You don't so be sure to tune in next time for the next episode of… the Ridonculous Race!"

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(Exclusive Clip: DJ and Noah)

By this point Adam had finished explaining to DJ and Noah about the whole story "So yeah that's it, now I've got about 6 months to train and prepare for when Mal returns and if I can't beat him then Mike is doomed."

Noah and DJ shared a look "Wow, that's just… wow."

"Look I get that you guys are probably mad that I kept this from you and everyone else, and probably even more mad that I told Alejandro before you but you've gotta understand, I've spent years watching Mike get tortured because of his secret and I refuse to let anyone think less of him for it so-"

"Hey easy man, we get it." DJ cut him off "All you've been doing is what we already know you would do, going to the ends of the Earth to look out for a friend."

"So… you're not mad at me for keeping this from you, lying to you about Mike or anything like that?"

"What are you kidding, how could we? Adam we've seen you help so many people just by doing what you do, heck you've even saved a bunch of lives including ours just with your iron will, strong spirit and courage. You've helped a lot of people, even some of your worst enemies, but now it's their turn to help you. This is a burden you have to share with others if you want any chance of winning against this guy."

"Yeah I know, Alejandro and Aurora gave me the same shtick. And so did Gwen a few hours ago when I told her. And as I swam down the Barwon River I made a decision. I've decided that when I see Bridgette later… I'm gonna tell her the truth, and I'll accept the consequences of keeping this from her for as long as I did."

"That's a pretty gutsy thing to do."

"Yeah and while I'm at it, there's something else that I should tell you DJ. You remember back in Newfoundland when Cody cured your animal curse with that japanese mantra?"

"Yeah?"

"The thing is, it wasn't a magican mantra or anything and you were never cursed."

"...Wait what? So that chant that he taught me, kore wa nanimo imi shinai?"

"That whole thing came from an episode of Ninja Turtles, and it literally translates to "This means nothing." in Japanese."

"...So then it's not some magical chant?"

"Nope. The mantra meant nothing just as fear means nothing, neither of them have any power of their own except for the power that you give them in your mind."

"Wow, that's… that's super deep. You know I think I get it now Adam, thanks."

"Don't thank me, thank Cody. He's the one who came up with the idea. But still, thanks for understanding."

"Sure thing man, take care and say hi to Bridgette for me." and he left.

"And then there were two."

"So what else is there to talk to me about?" asked Noah "Aside from your physical and emotional scars that is."

"Nothing really big, I just wanted to wish you good luck with Emma. Oh yeah, and take these just to be safe." he handed Noah a Dragonfang and a pair of shades "The Dragonfang has some kickass abilities and the shades oughta give you a cool edge or when you just wanna hide your emotions."

"...Good to know." Noah put on the shades like he was trying to gain some swagger "Later man, the next time you see me I'll be a taken man." and he left.

Adam stayed for a moment more before departing himself.

A/N:

So no, Devin will not be going through the 7 stages of heartbreak like in canon, I honestly thought that was really annoying so I figured why not have him try to break up with Shelley with the phone call since she does sound like the kind of bitch who would cheat on him.

I added in Adam here as part of Adam's story arc, so that he could tell Noah, DJ and Gwen (his compadres from the Rise of an Underdog) the truth about Mal. Plus I wanted to reference the Rockers' appearance in the Rise of an Underdog and how they met Adam and Cody during the final three's race to Hawaii.

That exclusive clip was for Adam to tell Noah and DJ about Mal and everything, and a quick callback to Total Drama World Tour with DJ and his animal curse.

Rankings:

Best Friends: 1st

Stepbrothers: 2nd

Goths: 3rd

Fashion Bloggers: 4th

Rockers: 5th

Sisters: 6th

Reality TV Pros: 7th

Father & Son: 8th

Bromigos: 9th

Artists:10th

Ice Dancers: 11th

Elimination:

Adversity Twins: 12th

Mother & Daughter: 13th

Ultimate Duo: 14th

Vegans: 15th

Geniuses: 16th

Tennis Rivals: 17th

LARPers: 18th