"Last time on the Ridonculous Race, we saw some serious head games, and some headier games, and some even headier games than that, and I mean that literally. The headiest game out of the whole bunch came from when the Ice Dancers, Josee to be more specific, tried to mess with some of the teams, only for that to backfire when the Best Friends Boomeranged her and Jacques and sent them back to the start, which was awesome. In the end the air was full of ice cold as the Ice Dancers barely managed to pull themselves out of last place, which led to the Rockers being sent home in style, so now only 8 teams lived to fight another day. Man did it just get cold out here or is it just me? Oh yeah that's right, we're still in the Arctic Circle but now the time has come to heat things up with more of… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Like always, Don stood at the Chill Zone from the week before, now with a Don Box to start off the next leg of the race "Last week the Best Friends were the winners so they get dibs on the first travel tip of the day."
Sure enough, Devin and Carrie were making a beeline for the Don Box, both shivering "Man it's times like this I wish I wore a thicker shirt, I mean this thing is practically a wet t shirt with another wet t shirt underneath."
Carrie snapped out of her brief stupor "Oh yeah yeah totally, sorry I just kind of spaced out for a second. You know I don't think our win yesterday would've happened if you hadn't been so on top of everything."
"Well it helps to have your priorities straight. Today it's all about the race, keeping with our alliance with the Fashion Bloggers and making sure the Ice Dancers don't try to cheat their way to first place. Or at least Josee doesn't, Jacques is a good guy."
"Yeah, why does he put up with that?"
"Well he said his reasons were personal and I've never been one to pry into that kind of stuff with other people."
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"I WILL DESTROY THEM!" Josee was literally foaming at the mouth "Those last two wins should've been MINE, we finally got back to first place where I belong in New Zealand and that's where we should've stayed this entire time. THEY WILL PAY FOR DENYING ME WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY MINE!"
"Easy Josee, calm down, take deep breaths." Jacques tried to make a futile effort to calm her endless rage "What happened over the last few days was not our fault, it's the Best Friends that are to blame. They've been targeting us because they see us as the biggest threat. They rammed us off the road and into that ditch in Alberta, and last week they Boomeranged us so that they could take the win and we couldn't."
"...Oh my god Jacques, you're right. They've been sabotaging us all this time and now they might be planning to unite all of the other teams against us! Well we can't let that happen, I've come too far to lose out on the gold now!" and so she stomped off, cackling maniacally for some reason.
"At last I've figured out how to calm Josee's ever increasing rage and insanity, just tell her exactly what she wants to hear so she'll sabotage the other teams, and sabotage her attempts to sabotage so it's not really cheating and we don't get penalized for it. That way her sanity remains somewhat intact and no one gets hurt or eliminated unfairly. It's perfect!"
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Devin slammed down on the Don Box and pulled out the first tip "Buckle up homie, looks like we're flying to Flores Indonesia. I just hope it's warm there."
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"Oh yeah you had better believe it is." Don stood next to three large cargo planes (like the Jumbo Jet from Total Drama World Tour, only they don't look exactly like that death trap and they're mostly safe) "Flores Indonesia is packed with tons of beautiful empty beaches, majestic mountain ranges and jungles that are so ominously silent it's the exact opposite of what you would expect from a Disney movie. Each of our 8 remaining teams must fly to Flores and then take taxis to the Don Box in a local village. How do the locals keep tourists away from this island paradise you may be wondering, nobody really knows for sure but there's a hunch that it might have something to do with the komodo dragon problem. Teams will depart on three different cargo planes, each one taking off one hour apart from the other based on when they arrived at the Chill Zone yesterday so the front runners will have a real advantage in this leg of the race." he jumped when a pissed off narwhal stabbed through the ice, followed by several more popping the tires on the first plane "Uh… okay, it looks like the narwhals are still upset about our ring toss game. Those things were smiling so you wouldn't think they would turn out to be so hostile, anyway it's the same idea but now with two planes." and then the narwhals popped the tires on the second plane "And just like that we're gonna go ahead and throw caution to the wind. Everyone on the last plane right now, go go go, move it, hurry before they skewer us like Jaws!" this was followed by the Best Friends bolting onto the last plane, with the Artists, Fashion Bloggers, Bromigos, Sisters, Reality TV Pros and Goths all following right behind them once they grabbed their tips from the Don Box.
Josee on the other hand wasn't so reasonable "This is outrageous, we didn't put up with getting tied with last place just to be stuck with a bunch of losers who are inferior to me!" she jumped when a narwhal nearly skewered her "Then again perhaps we should join them in order to save some face." and so she bolted after Jacques into the plane, narrowly avoiding death by narwhal as she did so.
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"So after that little fiasco it's an eight way tie for first place as our remaining teams fly to sunny Flores Indonesia, a country free of narwhals and thank god for it."
"GO GO GO GO!" seven of the eight teams took off on foot at full speed once the plane had landed.
That is to say, the Ice Dancers had other plans that involved stealing a luggage cart "Bye bye losers, see you at the finish line!" and so they took off, only to be forced to drive in the opposite direction when the plane took off again.
So yeah, not a great start for the Ice Dancers.
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It wasn't long before all of the teams were trying, and most of them failing, to hail taxis to take them to their next location.
"Taxi, hey we need a taxi over here!" Devin was more of one of the latter cases, and now he was starting to get frustrated "Oh come on!"
"Hey guys check it out, we've got some seats over here!" Jen quickly ushered the two of them into the cab and it took off.
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"Taxi, hey taxi!" Noah was trying, and failing, to hail a taxi "Dammit, I guess trying to hail a taxi like you're a real New Yorker doesn't work if you're not in New York."
"Hey Noah, guys over here!" Emma quickly got their attention and gestured for them to join her and Kitty in their cab.
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Kitty let out a sigh "So you know I really am proud of Emma liking Noah but I would also like to win a million bucks, if you know what I mean." she received a dirty look from Emma "Yeah you totally know what I mean."
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Noah let out a wistful sounding sigh as he looked out at the scenery of the jungle "Well would you look at that? Sapphire blue water so clear you can see all the way to the bottom, hot and steamy jungles as far as the I can see, man it's times like this I wish it were just the two of us together alone."
Emma blushed slightly "Hey Noah not that I'm not enjoying you being super romantic like that or anything but we're not dating until after the race is over remember?"
"Oh yeah I know, I was talking to Owen." this prompted Emma to burst out laughing.
"Oh man you are hilarious, but seriously we're on hold until after the race so stop poking me with your little bookworm."
"What the hell are you- Oh no it's not that." he pulled out his Dragonfang "Oh yeah, this thing that Adam gave me and DJ back in Australia."
"What is it?"
"Not a f*cking clue, all he said that it was totally badass so my guess is that it's insanely dangerous. I once said that he's even more psychotic than Izzy but there's a difference. He's not psychotic, he's just insane and totally reckless."
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At the same time, Carrie and Devin were still with Tom and Jen in their taxi on the way to the village "Josee was really mad after we Boomeranged her and Jacques yesterday, I feel really bad about it though. Jacques is really a nice guy so doing something like that was really mean, plus I think Josee is gonna do something really bad because of it."
"Yeah well you don't have to worry about that." Jen assured her "If they try anything then I'll do to them what I did to the last guy who tried to touch my hair, Jennifer Masterson you little skank I'm looking at you!" (Insert 6teen reference, never seen it but since they did a reference to it in canon I figured I might as well here too.)
"...Oh. Well that's reassuring, I mean I really do appreciate that but-"
"Hey guys check it out." Devin pointed to where their taxi had stopped in front of a crossing with a strange sign "A dragon crossing sign, are they serious? That's weird even by the standards of this show."
"Yeah I know. I'm totally taking a selfie of this." Jen pulled out her phone, only to freeze when she saw a komodo dragon appear at the crossing "Oh…"
"OMG that is terrifying!" Tom latched onto Jen and held on for dear life.
"Hey hey take it easy Tom, at least we're safe in here." this was followed by the komodo dragon ripping off the front fender of the taxi with its teeth.
"OH MY CRAP!" Devin threw his arms around Carrie and pulled her into his chest "Drive already man, drive like all of our lives depend on it BECAUSE THEY DO!" this prompted the taxi driver to floor it past the komodo dragon, leaving actual flaming skid marks on the road behind it "Man this place is nuts."
"Hey easy man, you don't know what I'm like if someone messes with my hair or my clothes so if anything those dragons should be afraid of me."
"...I'll take your word for it." Devin looked down at where Carrie was still lying in his arms curled up against his chest, and he semi unconsciously tightened his hold on her 'She feels so warm and peaceful, it kind of feels good to snuggle with her like this. God that dragon was terrifying but I'm just glad I can be here to protect her, if anything ever happened to her then I'd never be able to forgive myself. You know I kind of get you at times like this Adam, no matter what you've got going on you've always put protecting and helping people first.'
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It wasn't long before teams started arriving at the Don Box, but ran into a problem.
And by problem, I mean a komodo dragon curled up around the Don Box.
Noah looked back to where the Best Friends and the Fashion Bloggers showed up behind him and the rest of his alliance "So… who wants to go first?"
As convenient as it was, this was when the Bromigos showed up, with Geoff actually taking the initiative "Oh don't worry about that dude, just honk and that thing will scatter like my every date I've ever been on."
"I wonder why."
"Just check it." Spud slammed on the horn of his and Rock's taxi, which woke up the komodo dragon and sent it chasing after the taxi "See? Told ya!"
"Yeah man, rock and roll for the win!" Geoff took this chance to grab the first tip from the Don Box "Looks like it's an All In, How to Milk Your Dragon. First of all, love the reference to How to Train Your Dragon. Second of all, we have to do what?!"
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"Yep you heard Rock right, just when you thought these beasts were harmless it turns out that their saliva is loaded with venom. Each team must collect one vile of komodo drool and hand it to a local kid in order to get their next travel tip. That being said you really should try not to get bitten, in case you do get bitten side effects may include headaches, dizziness and being eaten by a komodo dragon."
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Geoff stared long and hard at the tip "You know it's kind of weird, with something this dangerous and stupid and crazy you would think he'd dare us to do it."
"Yeah this either gonna be really cool or really painful." DJ muttered.
"I'm thinking both."
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At the same time, Kitty made her way over to where Emma was sitting on Noah's lap in some kind of daze "Hey listen, I know you're in your happy place and all but do you think we can do this one on our own, I mean like without Owen and Noah?"
"Why what's the big deal, they've always helped us." Emma pointed out.
"Yeah, helped as in the past tense but the PDA is starting to throw off our game and by our game I mean your game!"
"Oh please, Kitty you're just exaggerating."
"You know I don't want to take sides, but I think Kitty might have a point." Noah told her "I mean the other teams are already going on ahead."
"Fine, just five more minutes." and she leaned into his chest.
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By this point Gwen and Kevin were trying to collect some venom from one of the komodo dragons that they had come across "Alright come on you gigantic gecko, I know how to deal with lizards so just give me some spit or something and let us live and we'll leave you alone okay?"
"Woah back it up pasty." Kevin pulled her aside "I know how to deal with these things, so all you've gotta do is-"
"You're not gonna say anything about them breathing fire like actual dragons are you?"
"Oh please, I might be certifiably insane but I'm not stupid."
"I would beg to differ."
"I choose to ignore that, but anyway I was going to say use that kickass sword that Adam gave you back in Australia." she opened her mouth to question him "He told me about that and said to keep an eye on how that thing works for you, and you talk in your sleep."
"...We'll talk about that later." Gwen pulled out her Dragonfang, only to find a note attached to the blade, which she read out loud "The Dragonfang reads the heart of whoever wields it and changes into a weapon based on their personality traits." this was followed by the Dragonfang glowing a dark shade of blue before a dark blue katana like blade started to stick out of the actual sword itself "Huh. Nice, kind of has that silent but deadly feel to it. Alright, let's go."
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At the same time, Noah and Owen were watching from afar as a group of komodo dragons were devouring a skeleton "Okay so we've established that they're about as harmless as me if you insult the vest."
"Maybe they won't try to eat us if they're already full." Owen suggested "I mean that usually works for me."
"That has literally never worked for you, I think we should wait until they're done and grab some spit from the carcass."
"Great idea, way to be the brains of the team!"
"I have to or we would've been killed a long time ago."
"Yeah… Hey!"
"Well I'm right aren't I? Anyway that gives us some time, what do you wanna do?" he looked over and saw Owen gnawing on a wheel of cheese "Do our thing it is then." he pulled out a book from thin air and started reading.
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"By now all 8 teams have collected their tips and started the first challenge, although while some have game plans worked out already."
Kitty looked beyond a rock and noticed something within a pack of komodo dragons "Hey check it out, it looks like that komodo dragon exploded or something."
"Looks to me like it's just its skin." Emma told her "I guess komodo dragons molt and shed their skin just like every other reptile."
"Wait…"
"Oh no, that's the look you get when you have a really stupid and reckless idea."
"A skin like that must be loaded with saliva and venom and other gross stuff, all we have to do is sneak up to that thing and swipe some spit from it." she bolted towards the skin.
"Kitty wait!" Emma was about to go after her but froze when she heard a growling noise and looked to see at least 10 komodo dragons gathering around them "Uh, Kitty? I don't suppose you have a Plan B?"
"I just thought of one."
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5 minutes later…
By this point, Emma and Kitty were stuck high up in a tree with more than 20 komodo dragons surrounding them down below "I don't like Plan B!"
Kitty shrugged "Hey we're alive aren't we?"
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Josee and Jacques watched as a komodo dragon belched up some bones covered in saliva "Well that's totally disgusting, well what the hell are you waiting for? Go already!"
"Right right I'm going!" so Jacques bolted out to get some komodo saliva, only to slip on it and fall to the ground, right in front of an actual live komodo dragon, which growled at him but then sniffed and ran away whimpering "What the-"
As it turns out, the Goths had just walked up to the komodo dragon "You wanna spare us some venom?" this caused it to hide "Ugh like fine, whatever coward." they helped Jacques back up to his feet "You okay?"
"We both wear organic komodo dragon must deodorant, it's called Komodorant. Obviously it comes from bigger and scarier komodos than these things so we smell like trouble to these medium sized wimps
"Oh. Huh."
"JACQUES!" a pissed off Josee stormed up to him "NEVER socialize with the enemy, they'll just try and sabotage us when we least expect it!" and she dragge Jacques away before he could protest.
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Other teams were coming up with… creative ways to get their own vile of komodo venom.
Exhibit A being that Gwen was using her new Dragonfang katana to hold back a komodo dragon trying to maul her face off "Get the venom, GET THE- You know what, screw it." she kicked the komodo dragon in the face and held out her vile "Venom. Now." this prompted the komodo dragon to spit in her vile and run off in terror "And that's how we get it done."
DJ and Geoff observed this from afar and shared a look "Well now, I think I just figured out how to get our own vile of venom."
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At the same time, Jacques was trying to approach a komodo dragon without waking it up "Okay now Jacques, you can do this. It's just a cold blooded venomous reptile, you skated with Josee for your entire life."
"AHEM." yeah, it turns out Josee was standing right behind him.
"...I knew you were listening."
"Sure you did."
"I did, really." so Jacques crawled slowly up to the komodo dragon, only for it to suddenly run away mere seconds before they got trampled by a stampede of terrified komodos.
"Ow…"
That was when the Goths showed up "Come back you cowards."
Josee forced Jacques up to his feet "Alright screw it this is hopeless, it's time for us to forget the challenge and focus on destroying the other teams!"
"Oh yeah because that worked so well last time!" Jacques' tone was oozing sarcasm "For the record that was sarcasm."
"I KNOW! Just follow my lead." and so the two of them made their way over to the Goths "Hey there guys, you know that rabbit of yours is just so darling! Jacques used to carry around a Shih Tzu just like it!"
"Um, Loki isn't darling." Ennui told her "He's meant to be a beacon of famine."
"Oh yeah sure but still you must be terrified, those komodo dragons are just waiting to gobble him up! One wrong move and he's dragon chow, it's probably best to get him out of here."
"...Let's see what Loki has to say about all of this. Crimson hold him still, I'm going to link with him."
"Uh, what the hell are you…"
Ennui touched foreheads with Loki and seemed to read his mind in a sense "Loki says that he is refusing to leave, he has another plan. He says that he has no fear, follow him and we will be led to victory." this was followed by a chitter from Loki.
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Josee let out a loud scoff "They're taking orders from a rabbit? And I thought the guy on the Artists was insane, you might as well pack your bags rabbit lovers because you're gonna come in last place!"
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What follows next completely contradicts Josee's hypothesis.
With Loki distracting a komodo dragon by throwing acorns at it and getting it to snarl enough to drool into a bucket, Ennui and Crimson stood on standby "That's it, drool for us. Give us your essence." so they soon went over to the komodo dragon and quickly used their deodorant to scare it off "Yes that's right coward, smell your defeat.." they scooped up some venom, grabbed Loki and made their way off to deliver their venom.
Josee and Jacques poked their head out from the bushes in surprise "Yeah okay you've gotta give it to them, that is on bunny."
"Well that plan backfired, and much faster this time as well.
"Who cares? We have what we need! TO THE WINNER'S CIRCLE!" so she scooped up some venom, kicked over the bucket, and they bolted off to get their next tip.
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By this point, Ennui and Crimson had handed in their vile of komodo venom and received their next tip "Looks like it's another All In, prepare to meet your loom."
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"Yeah that's right, we said loom. Indonesia is very well known and famous for making ikat textiles, and when I say ikat textiles I mean A LOT of ikat textiles. Somewhere in the massive piles of ikat textiles that we've provided are 8 Ridonculous Race rugs with the race's logo on the front of it, each team must find one and only then will they be able to head over to the Carpet of Completion. No rush, I wanna take some time and enjoy the scenery. Oh yeah, and like always the last team to arrive could be cut from the race."
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By now, more and more teams were finishing up the first challenge.
Noah picked up the remains of the aforementioned skeleton and dumped some of the saliva into their vile "We've got our dragon drool now let's go-" he was cut off by two screams sounding through the air "Wait was that Emma?"
"Look up there!" Owen pointed to where Emma and Kitty were stuck in the same tree "Oh man they're dragon chow."
"The hell they are. Owen my big chubby friend you once told me to stop being a hero to her because it almost cost us the race, but now that girl's life is on the line." he pulled out his Dragonfang, which then took the form of a blue energy sword like the Finn Sword from Adventure Time "And while this may be so out of character for me that I feel actual physical pain from it, it's Hero Time!"
"I'm with you my little buddy! BATTLE CRY!" they charged at the pack of komodo dragons, only to be chased away by them three seconds later.
2 minutes later…
And then Owen and Noah joined the Sisters up in the tree, their expressions being a shared deadpan look "Well, that didn't work."
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Don stood at the Chill Zone narrating the current statue of the race "While the Reality TV Pros and the Sisters circle the last place drain, the Ice Dancers and the Rockers are still battling it out for the lead. On the other end some teams are collecting venom, some more dangerous than others. Yeah that's right Bromigos, I'm looking at you. But you never know what's gonna happen, more often than not the team in first ends up in last." he looked over
"And by that I mean congratulations, the Rockers take first place!" this was followed by banshee like screaming sounding throughout the area as Josee stormed her way up to the Carpet of Completion and started throwing a tantrum, with Jacques quietly following behind her "And the Ice Dancers just found out, and now they're in second place."
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Josee on the other hand was foaming at the mouth yet again "I can't believe those pasty face freaks took the gold that rightfully belongs to me, oh those two idiots must be just loving it right about now!"
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"We won.'' that was the only word uttered in the entire confessional.
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"And while the first team… celebrates their victory and Josee's meltdown continues, more and more teams complete the second challenge and make their way to the Chill Zone, thus narrowing down the race for last place that much further."
Sure enough, one by one the teams arrived at the Chill Zone, with Don counting them off as they did so, starting with the Artists.
"Third place!"
The Fashion Bloggers.
"Fourth place!"
The Best Friends.
"Fifth place!"
The Bromigos.
"Sixth place!"
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"The race for not last place has come down to the final two teams, both of whom are currently stuck in a rut, and/ or tree surrounded by venomous komodo dragons."
Emma looked down at the komodo dragons and came up with a plan "We need to create some kind of diversion, if we throw something that smells like one of us then they might go after it instead and leave us alone."
"Well I do have one idea." Noah held up his Dragonfang "This thing is covered in my scent and my fingerprints, with any luck that'll be enough to draw them away."
"But you said that was a gift from that friend of yours, won't he be upset if you just throw it away like that?"
"If there's one thing that I actually did get during Total Drama World Tour it's that Adam doesn't care about winning or losing, he fights and protects people and understands the sacrifices that he has to be made. To keep a long story short enough to be put into one episode of this show, it's that yes he will understand." so with that in mind Noah tossed away the Dragonfang, which prompted them to chase after it instead of them, which allowed them to return to the ground unharmed.
"So what do we do now?"
"Well you guys don't have any drool and I lost ours when we got stuck in the tree, frankly I think we're screwed."
"No we're not!" Owen suddenly let out a loud whistle "TAXI!" this was followed by a taxi appearing out of nowhere.
"Well that's convenient."
"How are there taxis in the jungle?" asked Emma.
"I find that this is one of those things that you really shouldn't question."
"Yeah!" Owen poked his head into the taxi "Pardon me good sir, would you mind lowering that window for me?" this was followed by the taxi driver lowering the window "Thanks." he honked on the horn, drawing the attention of a nearby komodo dragon, which he promptly trapped by partially closing the window "Yeah that's it, good boy." he managed to catch two viles worth of drool from it "Thank you Chewy, who wants some free spit?"
"Alright Owen, way to pull through for the team big guy."
"Hey I'm just glad to help out." Owen looked up towards the camera "But just for the sake of being clear I'm a trained professional in all things that could eat me, this is something you guys should NEVER try at home."
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"With that mess out of the way, it's still neck and neck between the final two teams to avoid coming in last."
Sure enough, it wasn't long before the Sisters and the Reality TV Pros arrived at the scene of the second challenge and started searching for the correct rug, until…
"I've found it!" Owen held up one of the Ridonculous Race rugs with the race logo on the front of it.
"I've got one!" Emma and Kitty held up their, which prompted both of the two teams to take off running.
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Don was waiting at the Chill Zone with clear anticipation "Looks like it's still down to these two teams to not come in last, it's gonna be close and…" this was followed by Owen and Noah both crashing onto the carpet in a heap, with the Sisters only a few feet behind them "Reality TV Pros in 7th place, you're still in the race!"
"Yay…" Owen fell to the ground in exhaustion, leaving Don to address the Sisters.
"Emma, Kitty, the two of you raced hard and well. I'm sorry to tell you this, but as the last team to arrive you've been cut from the race. I'll give you a moment to say your goodbyes." and he walked off.
"Wait… You guys just got together and now you're leaving?!" Owen started sobbing and hugging Kitty, which led to him nearly crushing her to death.
Noah on the other hand had a private moment with Emma "So I guess this is it… So much for law school huh?"
"Whatever, I can just sue you for the money after you win." Emma pulled him into a hug "How about this, I'll meet you at the final Chill Zone after you and Owen win and then we'll go on our first date okay?"
"Well at least now I've got some decent motivation to win."
"And so is this." she pulled him into a heated kiss.
"Hey come on big guy, let's seize the moment." Kitty took this chance to squeeze Owen, herself and the makeout duo into one final selfie.
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Emma let out a sigh "You know I'm not really that upset about losing out on the race or the million, truth be told I'm actually content."
Kitty nodded "Yeah I know, we made some cool friends, saw some new places and did a lot of amazing things. Plus I got a certain cute guy's number."
"...You're gonna call Mickey aren't you?"
"Duh."
"Figures. Plus before this started I didn't even have a boyfriend and now I do, and if things don't work out then I can sue him for the money to pay for law school."
"Still though, I'm glad we got to do this together."
"Me too little sister, me too."
A/N:
First off I want to apologize if this chapter took longer than usual to get out, I spent some time writing out the next chapter of my Naruto fic in order to meet my monthly quota so I had to push this to the side for a little while. Sorry about that guys.
I didn't realize until I was about ⅗ of the way through this chapter that I had mostly pushed the Best Friends and Fashion Bloggers to the side, but truth be told I think that's a good thing. I've been pushing a lot of the other teams off to the side lately, so this gave them more of a chance to shine, like the Artists and the Rockers.
While the Best Friends are my favorite team and the main reason why I created this fic as part of my Total Drama arc, I felt that Devin's sudden realization of his feelings for Carrie was a little bit rushed so at least trying to give it a little bit more of a build up than in canon.
Oh, and in case you guys didn't notice, I took out the whole thing with Geoff mistaking the komodo dragons for actual dragons that they did in canon. I thought it was too stupid even for him and kind of cringeworthy.
DJ and Gwen using their Dragonfangs to collect their komodo venom is an idea that I came up with while I was brainstorming and looking back at a few of my previous chapters, I figured this was the best way to avoid the "Dragon problem" that the Surfers had in canon, and I wanted to expand on some of the abilities that the Dragon Fangs have since I honestly forgot about them for awhile.
This is the third of a few major diverges from canon. I can imagine you guys aren't exactly thrilled about me getting rid of the Sisters instead of Owen and Noah, but I honestly thought the Sisters had outstayed their welcome after the Reality TV Pros got eliminated, and since I've seen them make it really far in almost every Ridonculous Race I've read up to this far I wanted to try and do something different. But on the brightside, more Noah! Noah fans rejoice, NoCo (Noah x Cody) fans get the f*ck out of here and go back to your own sick twisted little world of fantasies that will never come to pass.
I decided to make this one an actual close call instead of making a joke out of it like in canon. Plus I kept the sweet goodbye scene between Emma and Noah, and added in a little bit more of Kitty and Owen in there too.
Rankings:
Goths: 1st
Ice Dancers: 2nd
Artists: 3rd
Fashion Bloggers: 4th
Best Friends: 5th
Bromigos: 6th
Reality TV Pros: 7th
Elimination:
Sisters: 8th
Rockers: 9th
Father & Son: 10th
Stepbrothers: 11th
Adversity Twins: 12th
Mother & Daughter: 13th
Ultimate Duo: 14th
Vegans: 15th
Geniuses: 16th
Tennis Rivals: 17th
LARPers: 18th