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.

16. Maori or Less

"Last time on the Ridonculous Race: Our bunny hunting bonanza saw the Ice Dancers try to bag, bully and blow their chance to reach the non existent gold, and instead settle for bronze. It was awesome! Anyway the Fashion Bloggers took their second win of the season, Devin the Dumper/ Dumped went into overdrive which got insanely old insanely fast, and the two worst crash and burns belonged to the Artists and the Stepbrothers, and in the end it was the latter of the two teams that got sent home. It's not like I was going to pull a double elimination out of my butt like that, I already did that in Finland. With only 9 teams left in our race around the world we're officially halfway through with these guys and things are definitely heating up. Who's about to get the biggest burn? Time to find out right here and right now on… the Ridonculous Race!"

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Don stood in the snowy remains of the Chill Zone from the day before "Welcome back to beautiful and incredibly snow New Zealand where the winners from yesterday, the Fashion Bloggers, are about to grab the first tip of the day."

Sure enough, Jen pulled the first tip of the day out of the Don Box "Okay so this one is called Go Go on the Loco."

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"In the first leg of today's race, each team will have to climb a dangerously steep path to the train station and then take a historic ride through the lush mountains of New Zealand all the way up to Decision Junction and find the Don Box with their next tip."

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Josee was practically foaming at the mouth with rage, with Jacques staying silent "We have had to deal with not one, not two, but SEVEN horrible finishes! I don't care what we have to do, we are getting first today by ANY MEANS NECESSARY!"

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By this point the first four teams were racing up the path towards the train station.

Geoff and DJ quickly caught up with Jen and he tried to play it cool "Hey, so how is your ankle doing?"

"Oh that old thing? I didn't even notice that was a problem." Jen waved that off "But seriously, these boots cost more than my life. What about you?"

"Hey I'm a survivor, I lasted in 2 seasons on Total Drama. That's actually how me and DJ met too, the same with our main man Duncan. The only thing is that he's actually in a committed relationship, I'm just as shocked as everyone else."

"No kidding."

"Yeah I know, awesome right?"

"Yeah I'll say, but either way I'm a survivor so there's no way I'm gonna give up over something like a twisted ankle."

"Same here." they shared a small smile and leaned closer, until…

"MOVE IT!" Josee forced her way past them and took off at full speed.

'...F*CK!'

"First place here we come at last!"

"Hey watch it!" Devin burst up behind them carrying Carrie in one arm "We're going for the gold while our ally team is engaging in the war zone that is romance! Back off Ice Demons and move it!"

"Yeah well what are you gonna do about it, throw the useless blonde rag at us?" this actually caused Carrie to shrink back and Devin to stop running, his expression unreadable, and Josee suddenly crashed into something "What the-"

As it turns out, Devin had suddenly appeared in front of him, his eyes burning crimson and radiating with fury "You just crossed the uncrossable line." he picked Josee up by the front of her unitard "I want you to listen to me and then pass this message to every low life piece of crap that you know. If you want to insult me or hurt me then fine because I can take that and their insults mean less than nothing to me. LOOK AT ME!" he grabbed her by the throat "But if you hurt Carrie in any or shape or form and I mean you insult her in any way, you hurt her in any way or if you even so much as LOOK at her the wrong way then I will unleash hell upon you the likes of which would make even Satan wretch at the mere sight of it." his grip tightened "Do I make myself clear?"

"Deal… Deal, just… just let go!"

So Devin let her go "Good, now don't forget about this and don't even think about insulting her again."

Jacques, who had wisely chosen to stand back during this little exchange, was left standing there with his mouth agape "Wow, just… wow."

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Devin cringed "Yeah ever since we were little I've always been super overprotective of Carrie and whenever someone hurts or insults her I've had tendencies to go into what my friend Adam has dubbed as Rage Mode, it's not something I'm proud of but what are you supposed to do when someone insults the most important person in your life?"

Carrie blushed when she heard this "I'm the most important person in your life?"

"What are you kidding? Of course you are, you and Adam both are. I couldn't imagine my life without you." this caused her to blush even further.

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Junior and Dwayne on the other hand were falling behind the rest of the teams in front "Come on and get a move on dad, we've gotta make this train!"

"You don't have to worry about that sporto, I checked the train schedule and-" Dwayne was cut off by a whistle not far ahead of them "Oh you've gotta be kidding me!"

"Don't waste time let's move!" they rushed out onto the platform just as the first train left carrying the Best Friends, Bromigos, Fashion Bloggers and Ice Dancers.

"Oh that's just a load of puss buckets!"

"Hey watch the language mister, besides we can always get the next train. For now let's just play a game while we wait, I've got some cards here." he pulled out a deck of cards "I'll shuffle for you."

"Thanks for the offer dad but I'm just gonna listen to some music." he strapped on his headphones and began tuning out the world.

"...Oh. Well okay then." Dwayne let out a sigh and turned to face the camera "Sure winning a million bucks would be nice but the real reason why I signed us up for this race in the first place is to spend some quality time with Junior, he's gonna be off to high school soon. Yeah soon it's gonna be driving lessons, going on dates, going to prom, going to college, oh my lord my little bird is about to leave the nest."

While that was going on Junior made his way over to the nearby kiosk window and grabbed a magazine "Hey so I'll take this Maori tattoo magazine and… Do you have anything on how to chill out an embarrassing dad?" he received another certain magazine from the clerk "Oh cool thanks." he opened the magazine "New Zealand Parent, getting your ankle biter to do whatever you want." he looked over to where Dwayne crashed into a nearby pole "You got anything for that guy?" he received a small bottle of pills "Anything legal?" the clerk snatched the bottle back from him "Yeah that's what I thought."

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At the same time, Noah and the others were running up the path to the train station " I told the producers of that show that if they made Owen eat all that butter then he was gonna blow like a two ton buttery firecracker, I guess barfing and farting all over the other contestants is okay in their book but barfing on the host is where they draw the line."

"I can't believe they kicked you guys off just for that." Emma commented "That seems way too unfair in my opinion."

"Yeah well it didn't help that I kicked the producer in the kiwis for trying to stuff me into that duffle bag full of rotten spam."

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Kitty let out a loud squeal "I can't even begin to say how glad I am that Emma is giving love another shot."

"Are you sure you're not worried about that?" asked Emma.

"Of course not, I know just how important winning the race is to you and you've learned from your mistakes. This time you're gonna take it slow."

"Yeah you're right, my love life is not going to become my sole focus even if Noah is totally hilarious and does that adorable squinty eyebrow thing and has the butt of a Roman god- Oh my god when are we gonna have our first kiss?! I haven't even-" she was promptly smacked upside the head "Thank you, I needed that."

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"So have you seen that new show Alligator Bites?" asked Noah "Me and Owen are thinking about auditioning for it, maybe you guys oughta give that some thought."

"Yeah maybe we will, but before that…" Emma suddenly grabbed Noah's hand and they stopped running and gazed into each other's eyes.

Owen watched them from afar while munching on a bag of popcorn "Oh man I love happy endings!"

"What the heck are we stopping for-" Kitty paused when she realized that Noah and Emma were in the middle of a moment "Oh, so are they finally gonna-"

"God I hope so."

Noah and Emma leaned in for their first kiss when…

"Coming in hot!" Gwen and Kevin bolted past them, accidentally knocking Noah to the ground in the process.

"Not so fast Pencil Freaks, don't let them get away!" Emma took off running, with Noah and the rest right behind them.

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"After our close calls with the Ice Dancers and the Stepbrothers we decided that we needed a new strategy so now I'm taking charge." explained Gwen "I mean sure I feel bad for somewhat accidentally cutting off Emma and Noah when they were about to seal their first kiss but I'd like to call that payback for Noah trying to screw over Cody in the race to Hawaii during the final three for Total Drama World Tour."

"And you kept up with the daily Cody reference." Kevin gave her a mocking bow "I've taught you well young Grasshopper."

"You taught me absolutely nothing. But seriously though, Emma and NOAH. As the voice of literally everyone in the world who knows Noah, what the f*ck?"

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Noah let out a groan of pure frustration "You know if I ever see Gwen and Kevin trying to lock lips with each other I'll be sure to get in between those two."

Owen shot him a look "Uh, Noah…"

"Yeah yeah I realized the minute I said it."

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Devin was still foaming at the mouth with rage as he, Carrie and the Fashion Bloggers sat together on the first train "Who the hell does that little tramp think she is insulting Carrie like that?! When I get my hands on her she'll be begging for mercy!" he slammed a fist into the luggage compartment above him, causing it all to fall on him "OW!"

"...Is this gonna last awhile?" asked Tom "I mean first it was like he was on a sugar high and now he's a normal better looking version of the Hulk."

"This is what Adam has dubbed as Rage Mode." explained Carrie "See over the years Devin has lost his cool a few times and he ends up like this, usually it lasts for a few days at a time and I don't really know how to stop it. Adam actually finds it pretty funny, he's the only one who can stop Devin when he's like this.

"So we're gonna have to put up with this all day until he calms down a little bit or he ends up raging himself to sleep?"

"Probably yeah."

"Just checking."

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"By now the second train has left the station with Father & Son, the Artists and the Rockers all on board."

Dwayne sat down next to Junior while he was reading one of his magazines "Hey so what are you reading there pal?"

"What?" Junior quickly hid away the pamphlet and pulled out the magazine "Just a local tattoo magazine, nothing big."

"Oh yeah that's my boy, way to soak up the culture. But no tattoos, ever. Seriously, your mother will have a cow."

"Hey Father & Son dude, what's up guys?" that was when the Rockers showed up "Looks like we're all on board the train of awesomeness!"

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"Up at the famed Decision Junction, the first four teams have already arrived and are about to collect their tips from the Don Box."

"Get out of my way you worthless peons!" Josee burst forward and shoved the Fashion Bloggers out of the way and snatched their tip "Looks like this one is an either or, Jump Down or Jump Around."

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"In the either or for today's challenge, teams can either bungee jump down off of the Kawarau Bridge and catch a local bowery fish with their bare hands or they can jump around in order to perform a traditional Maori haka, or a warrior's challenge dance which is meant to instill fear in anyone subjected to watching it. I myself have experienced how effective it is first hand. Once each team has successfully completed either one of the two challenges it's a foot race to today's Chill Zone. The last team to arrive, say it with me now, may be cut from the race. Why didn't any of you say it? I said to say it with me."

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"Jump down, come on bro let's move it!" Geoff and DJ took off in the direction of the bridge once they collected their tip, leaving only the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers behind in their steed.

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Josee gave a malicious smirk "Those Bromigo boneheads would rather jump to their possible deaths than face us in a dance competition, maybe they're not as dumb as the one in the cowboy hat makes them look."

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The second train was still on its way to the Decision Junction.

Rock and Spud were telling Junior a story "So the guy zips us both into boards bags while I'm snoozing and Spud's got his whole delayed reaction time thing and he puts us both on the airplane luggage belt thing or whatever the hell it's called!"

Dwayne looked back at the three of them from where he was sitting alone "Yeah it's pretty much official, he would rather be hanging out with his cool new bros than hanging out with his uncool old dad." he looked up as Spud passed by them "Hey Spud do you have a second so I can talk to you about something?"

"Sure man, what's going on?" asked Spud.

"Well the thing is that my son really looks up to you and Rock so I was wondering, how can I become more like the two of you?"

"Let's say you're rocking the ultimate guitar chord, if you try to control the guitar then you'll just stiffen up and totally botch it and end up setting your pants on fire. You've gotta chill out and loosen up a little bit and let the spirit of rock and roll guide you, as for the guitar you just gotta let it do its own thing. You get what I'm saying?"

"You know I think I do get what you're saying, thanks man."

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Rock looked over at Spud in pure awe "Woah dude that was awesome, you know if the whole thing with Devil Frog doesn't work out you could be a guidance counselor or something. Your wisdom knows no bounds."

"Thanks man." Spud held up the two fingers for the peace sign and started listening to music like he always did.

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Emma on the other hand was busy making plans with the rest of her alliance "I have a plan to get all of us to the finale as an alliance."

"Depending on whether or not we actually get to the finale." Noah pointed out dryly.

"Okay first off we need to schedule regular team meetings in order to work through any competitive feelings that may arise and to figure out what to do about Kitty and Owen's recent behaviour."

That got a reaction out of Owen and Kitty "Say what now?"

"The four of us sticking together will increase our chances of winning, besides the two of you are way less mature compared to the likes of me and Noah and we need to gather plenty of anecdotes for the rehearsal dinner."

"What kind of person has to rehearse eating?" Noah leaned forward in a sort of teasing manner and held up a hand to Owen "And no Owen there's no food right now."

"No silly billy, it's one of the things you and I will have to do before the wedding!" that actually caused Noah to freeze.

"Okay that's enough of that." Kitty grabbed Emma by the arm "Hey sis can I talk to you for a second, in private?"

"You got it maid of honor."

"Good." Kitty pulled Emma away to the edge of the train car where the others wouldn't be able to hear "Look Em as adorbs as it is that you have a plan on how to spend your entire life with him but you can't tell him, guys hate stuff like that and don't forget that the million is our focus in this race right?"

"Yeah you're right, I'm sorry but when I look into those dark chocolatey brown eyes and I start swimming in them and then I-"

"The race Emma, concentrate on the race!"

"Right right right, okay this is me putting aside my feelings for Noah and concentrating completely on the Noah." she was smacked across the face "I mean the race, concentrating on the race! Yeah I need to concentrate on the race and get Noah out of my head. I mean you know how I was with my ex boyfriend Jake constantly on my mind and you saw how I totally fell apart after he broke up with me. I would hate to lose because of a boy, it's all about winning the race and getting that million dollars so that I can pay for law school."

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"As the teams on the second and third trains jockey for their positions, the frontrunners from the first train are enjoying a healthy lead over the rest."

Josee watched as the men on the stage did the warrior's dance and held up a hand to stop them "Yeah okay we've got this, Jacque don't hold me back." and so they successfully did the dance on the first try, causing the men to applaud them "Try that on skates sometime and then it might actually be impressive. Come on Jacques, let's go be the champions we were always meant to be!" and so they took off.

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Gwen looked over from the edge of the Kawarau bridge down at the river below "You know it's times like this I'm glad I'm not afraid of heights."

"Not to mention we're lucky we didn't end up getting beaten within an inch of our lives by a kangaroo like the Stepbrothers did." Kevin pointed out "So do you want me to do this or-"

"No way in hell, I told you before that I'm taking charge of the team from here on out so just stand back and watch a pro at work. Oh and for the record, I learned from personal experience that if you mention the kangaroo in front of Adam then he'll throw you through a wall." and so she strapped herself onto the bungee cord and jumped down into the river.

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"Looks like Gwen is falling pretty hard for her new leadership role but the question remains, how is she going to fair leading a wild card like Kevin? The only way to find out is to watch and wait until we return on the Ridonculous Race."

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"Now that we're back with the Ridonculous Race the third train has just reached Decision Junction ahead of schedule not to mention against all odds."

Noah took off running alongside Emma and tried to act like a smug jackass "You know I can't wait to post my review online, if you've got a death wish then this is the train for you. Or if you're a psychopath like Adam."

Emma burst out laughing at this "You are absolutely hilarious."

"Yep and now you're gonna quote everything that I say."

"...What?"

"That would be a reference to TeamFourStar." Noah picked up two tips from the Don Box and handed one of them to the Sisters "I say jump down."

"I say we do jump around." Kitty told him.

"Okay I think it's about the right time for us to have our first family meeting." Emma received a boot to the foot "Team meeting, I meant team meeting! Yeah that's what I totally meant to say all the time."

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By this point, Josee and Jacques had arrived at the Chill Zone and waited for their, or rather her, praising from Don, only to find that he was nowhere in sight "Okay where the hell is Don, I'm expecting our well deserved praise for winning the gold. DON! GET THE BLOODY HELL OUT HERE!"

"Stop screaming, you know I could disqualify you here and now." that was when Don showed up wearing a plastic bib and a towel around his hair "What are you doing here anyway, did you two skip the challenge?"

"No I finished it like the goddess I am, I take it I'm in first place then?"

"Yes yes yes congratulations, you're both in first place. Okay now leave me alone, I'm going back to makeup, leaving Josee to cackle like a demon.

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Gwen pulled herself back up to the bridge gasping for air with a fish in hand "Oh thank the great god above, air again."

"How did you catch one of these f*ckers on the first try?" asked Kevin.

"The same way you managed to bail our asses out of the fire time and time again over the past 2 weeks."

"Through dumb luck?"

"Pretty much yeah."

"Okay just checking." and so they took off towards the Chill Zone.

Not long after Geoff and DJ showed up and Geoff handed his hat to DJ "Hold the hat for me bro, I'm going in."

"Are you sure about this?" asked DJ.

"You bet I am, this is what I was born for!" he even started tearing up "Seriously dude, our life is just so… so… AWESOME! I love this!" and so he jumped down off of the bridge into the river below.

DJ noticed something and held up the cord that Geoff hadn't attached to his ankle, and only uttered two words "Uh oh."

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Kitty let out a groan "Oh come on we both have some seriously slamming dance moves so we would kill with that."

"Bungee jumping is actually on my bucket list." Noah commented "Say any loser that actually has a bucket list full of random crap that no normal person could possibly pull off." he was suddenly struck by lightning out of nowhere, leaving him charred and smoking like a cartoon character "Ow."

"Hey there's a note." Emma pulled a note out of Noah's charred hair "It says Noah, make a crack about me again and they will never find your body after I skin you, mount your head on a pike and make you suck yourself off. Adam. PS, don't tell Devin about the stuff that I told you and DJ back in Australia. Wow, he's kind of…"

"Unbelievably sadistic? You don't have a clue. Anyway going back to the bungee jumping thing…"

"Oh wow this is so much harder than I thought it was gonna be, I never thought there would be so many factors to balance between you and the race and-" she was cut off by a whistle blowing as the second train finally arrived.

"You know what screw it, let's just do the bungee jump."

"Well alright then, meeting adjourned." and so they took off.

"GO GO GO!" the Rockers bolted out of the train and collected their tip "Jump Around all the way, ROCK AND ROLL!" and so they bolted off to do the Jump Around challenge.

That was when Dwayne started doing the whole rocker thing like Spud had said "Take a raise and chillax-ify yourself."

Junior was mortified by what he was seeing "What the heck is wrong with you, is this another midlife crisis?"

"Let's jet my brobama, I say it's time for the jump of a lifetime!" he held out his fist to him.

'...Oh god he's trying to be cool. Okay think Junior, what did the magazine say to do about this sort of thing? Oh yeah!' Junior accepted the fits bump "You're awesome and… I value your opinion."

"You do? I mean yeah that's cool!"

"But if all of the other teams are choosing the bungee challenge then there's probably gonna be a wait and knowing the Rockers they're probably gonna finish the dance challenge pretty quickly so I think it's worth exercising that option."

"Alright little man, it's time to rock and roll!"

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Now out of make up, Don counted off the Artists as they arrived at the Chill Zone carrying their fish "Artists nicely done, you're in second place."

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Carrie made a failed attempt to do the dance challenge "Is that it? No I don't think that's it but I'm pretty sure I heard you guys say burrito. Oh man Tom and Jen are already done and on their way to the Chill Zone, now we might as well come in last unless we can pull off some sort of miracle."

"Stand back Carrie, I've got this." so with a raged filled snarl and a mighty roar as he held out a hand to her, Devin started doing the warrior's dance powered by his anger "Hoo haa, Josee you with! I! Will! Crush! You! Underneath! My! Boot! You! Will! No! What! It's! Like! To! SUFFER!" once he was done the judges each held up a hand and gave him a thumbs up.

"Alright way to go Devin, we passed!"

"Good enough for me now COME ON!" so with a roar as he acted faster than she was able to follow, Devin scooped Carrie up and took off at full speed towards the Chill Zone.

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Don was waiting at the Chill Zone for the next batch of teams to arrive "The Fashion Bloggers and the Best Friends are in a foot race for third place, and it looks like the Fashion Bloggers take it while the Best Friends have come in fourth place."

Devin and Carrie shared a look and shrugged "You know what screw it, we can live with fourth place."

"Yoo hoo, over here sweaty losers!" Josee called from where she and Jacques were sitting around in lounge chairs "We were wondering when you would arrive, we've been waiting for all of you for hours."

"...Carrie forget everything that I just said, we can't live with third if it means that they place ahead of us."

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"Coming in first place means that you get the royal treatment." explained Josee "That includes ice drinks, gourmet meals and profession foot rubs."

"Foot rubs? I never got one of those!" Jacques protested "You made me give you one of those!"

"Well whatever, now Devin and Carrie are added onto our list of enemies just below those god damned Artists!"

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Owen was quick to notice something off "Hey Kitty is it just me or do Noah and Emma seem kind of distracted today?"

"Are you serious?" Kitty let out a loud snort and looked over at the two love birds "Look we're the only ones left here so we're up now but chances are we're probably still in last place if we don't hurry up."

Emma ignored her and had Noah continue to pose on the bridge "Okay so bring your arm up a little bit higher- Okay that's good now hold that pose, hey Kitty do you think you could take a picture of me and No-No while he's up there?"

"Now of all time, are you for real?"

"Why not?"

"You better make it fast." Noah told him "There's a reason why I'll never compete on the next Massive Male Model and it has something to do with the fact that I've got about as much muscle as a pencil stick."

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Don counted off the Rockers, the Goths and the Bromigos as they arrived "Rockers are in fifth place, the Goths are in sixth place and seventh place to the Bromigos. By now only three teams are left in the race to not come in last place and potentially get sent home."

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"And now for a little bit of bro mixed into it!" Dwayne started trying to bro-ify the warrior's dance and ended up botching it completely.

Junior let out a groan "Dad what the heck are you doing?"

"I'm just adding a little bit of a bro mix to the dance, adding some hip cool juice! Whoo to the whoo to the whoo baby! Hey check it out, now I'm moonwalking!" and yeah he started moonwalking.

'...Oh my lord I've created a monster and it's the lamest thing in existence.'

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Emma was mortified by the thought of Noah bungee jumping by himself "You can't do this on your own Noah, we should do it together."

"You know that would be pretty romantic." Noah put his hands on her shoulders "You know like every romantic death scene in every movie ever." his tone was laced with sarcasm that went over her head.

"Oh I love that movie." yeah needless to say she didn't really get it with her current state of mind.

"...You really don't get sarcasm when you're like this do you? Seriously that's the most common movie cliche ever, more than the black guy cliche that's been taken up by Sam L Jackson. I mean if you've ever seen any movie ever he's the black guy. And that would be a Ted 2 reference right there courtesy of Seth MacFarlane, the middle finger to society. See you on the other side." and so he jumped in.

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By this point Junior had had more than enough of Dwayne trying to be cool "Oh for god's sake dad, enough is enough! Stop it already!"

"Yeah but my moves are super cool!" Dwayne protested.

"No they're super not, they're making my eyeballs bleed like mom does once a month when you go bowling!"

"Oh but those guys are cool?" he jerked a thumb back at the warrior judges "What's so cool about them?"

"What are you kidding? They're huge men with face tattoos, goatees and muscles bigger than my head, that makes them automatically awesome!"

"Well yeah but I-"

"Dad you are not cool and you never will be!" Junior quickly regretted this when he saw the look on Dwayne's face "Dad, I'm sorry."

"Forget it, let's just get this whole thing over with."

"Yeah, sure thing." and so now that all of that was out of their systems, Dwayne and Junior flawlessly completed the warrior's Haka challenge dance, earning tearful smiles and thumbs ups of approval from both of the judges.

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By this point, Emma and the others had caught their fish and were dashing their way towards the Chill Zone "You know I would name my fish Noah but it's not cute enough, or maybe it's because it's too cute and this fish is too ugly. Maybe I should call my fish Jake after my ex boyfriend, he said that I was too intense if you can believe that! You don't believe any of that do you?"

"...No I don't believe that for a second." Noah shared a nervous look with Owen.

"Okay good, I'm glad you're not like him.

"Hey you remember the part where we're trying not to come in last place right?" Kitty pointed out dryly.

"Yeah I know I'm coming, I'm just using Jake's hideous teeth on Noah so that I can cut off a lock of his hair."

That got a rise out of Noah "Wait hold on a second, you're using who now to cut off my what now?"

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"Oh crying out loud!" Kitty let out a groan of frustration "Seriously Emma, there's obsessing and then there's you!"

"...Yeah." Emma hung her head and let out a sigh "Okay maybe I have a problem, but in my defence you told me to go for it."

"Yeah but not like this, at this rate you're going to end up losing both the race and the guy. You know I'm right, if you're going to make a choice then you have to make it now."

"I… you're right, we've gotta run fast if we're gonna make it."

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Owen was surprised to see Emma and Kitty take off running ahead of them "Man they're way faster than I thought they'd be!"

"Seriously, this is just one of the many reasons why I don't get women." Noah muttered "You can't live with them, you can't live without them and you can't run as fast as them."

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Don was quick to address Father & Son when they finally arrived at the Chill Zone "Dwayne Senior and Dwayne Junior, the two of you are in eighth place."

"Alright!" Junior caught Dwayne in a tight hug "We did it dad, we really did it!"

"We sure did son, we sure did." Dwayne returned the hug and sniffled slightly "You know we make a good… we make a really good team. You know I'm sorry I tried too hard with everything today, I just thought that if I could be a little bit cooler like the Rockers then maybe you'd like being with me more."

"Well according to that tattoo magazine that I got at the train station I'm supposed to be pulling away a little bit right now, what's happening is normal for me and it doesn't mean that I don't think you're cool. Ish."

"I'm cool-ish? You know what I'll take it."

"That's really touching but that's what the confessionals are for." Don shoved them off of the Carpet of Completion just as the Sisters arrived with their fish "Emma and Kitty, the two of you are in ninth place."

"Emma! Kitty!" that was when Noah and Owen showed up "Okay I don't know what kind of dictionary you're using but your definition of alliance is way off from the truth, what the hell was that about?"

Emma let out a sigh "I'm sorry Noah, this is exactly what I was afraid of. Look I like you alot, I really really do. But I can't be with you, not during the race at least." and so she sadly walked away, with Kitty right behind her.

"...Huh, so this is what it feels like to be dumped. It sucks, but then again at least I have a chance to test these out now." he put on a pair of shades.

"Where did you get those?" asked Owen.

"From Adam when we were in Australia, now I get what these are meant for. To hide the pain of a breakup."

"Yeah I've been there." Don made his way over to them "Reality TV Schmos- I'm sorry, no not really, I only somewhat meant pros, I'm afraid the two of you are the last team to arrive. It's time for the two of you to go."

"Oh crap."

"At least that's what I would say if it wasn't for the fact that this is a non elimination round, but it is. Congratulations you guys, you're still in the race!" and then he walked away.

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"...Huh. Well that's pretty underwhelming." Noah just had the same bored look on his face as always, only now with the pair of shades.

"Hey come on little buddy, you don't have to be sad." Owen told him "I mean there's tons of fish in the sea, just like this one." Owen held up the fish.

"You try to make that thing talk to me and I shove it up your ass."

"...You know what I'm just gonna put this away."

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Dwayne made his way over to Junior, now with a tattoo on his chin "So how do you like your old man now?"

Junior looked up from his magazine and nearly lost it "Woah dad I've gotta give it to you, that is full on! That is-"

"Cool as they come?"

"Oh heck yeah that's- Oh no."

"What's the matter?"

"Dad, don't freak out but according to this magazine only women get that tattoo!"

"Wait, what?!"

Don took this chance to sign off of the episode "9 teams remain in the hunt for one million dollars but the question remains, who will be the next to go? Is it going to be our new Mother & Son team?"

"Hey!"

"The only way to find out is to watch the next exciting episode of… the Ridonculous Race!"

A/N:

So no, Noah will not be spending the next chapter in a crippling yet still funny depression. I thought that while it was amusing, it was a bit out of character for him so instead I gave him the shades that Adam gave him in chapter 17.

That scene in the beginning with Devin going the appropriately dubbed Rage Mode was inspired by Gwen going Anodite on Zombozo in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. I just thought it would be funny to put something like that in there, plus it's meant to set up a rivalry between the Best Friends and the Ice Dancers for later on in the race.

Since the Bromigos were in the top 4 because of last chapter I figured that the Rockers were the best team to put in their place in order to push forward on Father & Son's character arc. I mean someone had to do it right?

Rankings:

Ice Dancers: 1st

Artists: 2nd

Fashion Bloggers: 3rd

Best Friends: 4th

Rockers: 5th

Goths: 6th

Bromigos: 7th

Father & Son: 8th

Sisters: 9th

Reality TV Pros: 10th

Elimination:

Stepbrothers: 11th

Adversity Twins: 12th

Mother & Daughter: 13th

Ultimate Duo: 14th

Vegans: 15th

Geniuses: 16th

Tennis Rivals: 17th

LARPers: 18th