"Last time on the Ridonculous Race: the final 8 teams went to Flores, Indonesia. There were dragons and poison, great displays of bravery and ingenuity and a little bit of cuddling. Not just by our lovebird teams, but also by the komodo dragons that were trying to eat them. The Ice Dancers, well mainly Josee, made a dirty play for gold but the Goths won by a hare, which is a fancy word for rabbit. And as unfortunate as it might have been, we had to say a heartfelt farewell to the Sisters after being the last team to reach the carpet. But today is a new day any anything can happen, because this is… the Ridonculous Race!"
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Like always, Don started of the episode next to the previous Chill Zone, now with a Don Box for today's leg of the race "Welcome back to yesterday's Chill Zone in Flores Indonesia where the Goths, still giddy from their win yesterday, are ready to get their first tip."
Sure enough, Ennui and Crimson, still stoic grabbed the first tip from the Don Box "Looks like we're heading to Las Vegas."
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"Located in Nevada USA and one of the most famous cities on Earth, Las Vegas is most famous for its bright lights, bold and occasionally provocative and derogatory entertainment and very very poor judgement. Oh yeah, and the old smoke, dirty money, recycled air, led wheels, slot machines and broken dreams, just like my sister. The only difference is that unlike our seven remaining teams won't be seeing any of that stuff, after all this race is supposed to be PG, so instead they'll be heading past Vegas to the provided desert Don Box to get their next tip. And now the teams are off, and thanks to recycled stock footage and the power of editing a flight that would normally last a full 18 hours only lasts a few seconds. You're welcome world! Anyway now they have to get taxis and make a beeline for the desert Don Box."
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By this point, Gwen and Kevin had already managed to get a taxi and were heading through the desert of Nevada "Not the worst place we've been dragged to."
Kevin nodded "Tell me about it, aside from the whole overwhelming feeling of sadness I've always had a knack for magic that rivals Neil Patrick Harris himself."
"You mean the guy who plays Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother, the show that gets Canada wrong in pretty much every way, shape and form?"
"That's what makes it so damn good!"
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Josee was foaming at the mouth for like the umpteenth time "Failing to come in first again is bad enough as it is, but losing first to the Goths is unacceptable! Oh I'm onto those two idiots now, and I will do whatever it takes to ensure that we get back to first place where I belong! And as extra insurance I picked up some things while we were in Finland." she held up garlic and a wooden stake "This will take them down and out once and for all!"
Jacques let out a groan "Sacre series are you losing it? Just because they're goths doesn't automatically make them vampires!"
"Doesn't it Jacques? DOESN'T IT?!"
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Crimson and Ennui were already headed across the desert towards the Don Box "Not the worst place that they've made us go to."
Ennui nodded "Agreed, we particularly like the overwhelming feelings of sadness and despair that are generated by the city." they were promptly rammed by a pissed off Josee.
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Other teams were having a hard time hailing taxis.
Devin let out a sigh as he looked at the camera while Carrie was trying to hail a taxi "I don't know what to do, ever since I broke up with Shelley in Australia my head has been spinning in circles like I'm at a monster truck rally. I went to one of those in 8th grade with Adam and I ended up with a scar on my- You know what, I'm not saying that on camera. Anyway over the past week or so, I've been seeing Carrie in a whole different way. I can't really explain it, everything just feels… different. For now I just wanna get my head sorted out so I asked Tom and Jen to let us do this leg of the race on our own while they stick with Geoff and DJ because of… well you know. Oh hold on, taxi!" he hailed a taxi.
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Owen and Noah, on the other hand, were suffering a serious low in their moral "Man, it just feels so… empty without Emma and Kitty here having fun with us you know?"
Noah nodded rather absentmindedly "Yeah I know, Emma and I used to call these things germ incubators. So us. Oh crap I keep slipping into Emma dazes, hey Owen if I drift off again then you might have to hug me."
"Okay!" he pulled Noah into a bone crushing hug.
"I meant when I drift off!"
"Hey I never pass on and invitation to hug!"
"...Yeah I should've seen that coming.
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At the same time, Geoff and DJ had managed to catch up to Tom and Jen just before they took off in their cab "Hey guy, you mind if me and my bro DJ grab a lift?"
"Uh yeah sure, go ahead." Jen ushered the two of them in.
"Thanks."
"No problem." they both shared a matching pair of small smiles.
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"There's the Don Box!" Kevin and Gwen were the first team to reach the Don Box, with the Bromigos and the Fashion Bloggers "Looks like we've got ourselves an Either Or, Dune Buggy Bonanza or a magic show."
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"Yeah that's right dudes, you heard the man! In this Either Or, teams can either race a set of remote controlled dune buggies around this course and collect three flags in under 60 seconds or they can perform a classic trick from a Vegas magic show and make a lion disappear, only with a certain tiger instead of a lion, for a judge from a certain other reality TV show that's been off the air for about a year. Once teams complete either task and then it'll be a foot race across the desert of Nevada all the way to. And just like in every race, the last team to arrive could be heading home, empty handed and ashamed just like everyone else in Las Vegas."
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Kevin shot a smirk at Gwen as his tip suddenly burst into flames and vanished "I say it's magic time a-holes."
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Geoff grabbed a tip "Dude, dude, dude, dude…"
DJ let out a sigh "Oh boy."
"Is he alright?" asked Jen.
"Give it a minute. 3… 2… 1…"
"DUDE BUGGIES!" Geoff pretty much exploded, which was the end of the discussion.
"See what I mean?"
Jen and Tom shared a look "Magic show, big time."
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Ennui and Crimson picked up a tip "Magic."
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Josee pressed down on the button on the Don Box and pulled the tip out of Jacque's ear with surprising gracefulness "Magic."
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Owen collected the tip from the Don Box and pondered for a moment "Wow this is a toughy, you know my uncle used to be a stage magician before he and this one showgirl-"
"Don't need to relive that story." Noah cut him off, his tone flat "That's one of two reasons as to why we're doing the dune buggies."
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By this point Gwen and Kevin had reached the stage for the magic show challenge "So what do we have to do?"
"Okay here's the deal." Kevin threw aside the tip "The assistant has to go into one side of the cage and the lion is in the other side, the cage gets covered by a huge cloth and the magician puts the lever to the correct position to drop the divider in the stage and the lion off of the stage which saves the assistant from getting mauled, eaten or both."
"Okay let's get this started."
"Great, I'll be the magician and make sure you don't get mauled to death or else Cody would do unspeakable things to me."
"You have no idea. So where's the judge?"
"Alright maggots!" that was when the judge showed himself, revealing a tall, bald, dark skinned figure in a tux, only to smirk rather sadistically when he saw Gwen "Well better you than the Mohawk I guess."
"Son of a- Chef?!"
"That's Hatchet to you right now one of the few contestants I wanted to throttle less than I did the others and one who actually completed the challenge."
"How in- What the hell are you doing in Vegas?"
"Moving up in the world, Chris is in jail for another half a year and a guy's gotta make a living right?"
"...My head hurts worse than trying to understand Adam's mindset."
"Oh yeah, the kid who f*cked history and nearly made Chris lose it. Tell me something Pasty, how's he doing?"
"He's… a lot stronger now than he was then."
"...I see, good for him. Now enough of that mushy stuff, you've got a challenge to suck at and I've got a tiger to make some use of."
"Wait, tiger?"
'Pasty!' sure enough, a very familiar tiger in the form of Tony pounced on her and started licking her face 'Well she doesn't know how to hit my sweet spot like Bridgette does but at least she tastes like blueberry!'
"Holy shot Bridgette wasn't kidding, there actually was a tiger on crack." Kevin knelt down and started petting Tony.
'And yet there is one that can hit it! There is still hope for the world! Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba- Wait I think that's the wrong movie reference.'
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At the same time, DJ and Geoff had reached the sight of the dune buggy challenge "So it says here that we've gotta collect three flags in under a minute, one of us controls the buggy with the remote from that tower and the other one is in the buggy holding on and trying not to upchuck while collecting the flag."
"And try not to crash." Geoff noted "God this is so awesome!"
"And if the buggy crashes or loses its passenger then we've gotta start over. You go ahead and get in man, I'll control it from up there."
"You're letting me do the dangerous part? Best. Friend. EVER!"
"Yeah I know, but not just because of that either." DJ climbed his way up to the top of the watchtower.
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"As the Bromigos, Artists and Reality TV Pros arrive to start their chosen challenges, the Best Friends, despite losing some valuable ground to a crappy taxi, have finally reached the Don Box."
Devin pulled a tip out of the Don Box "It's an Either Or, either we do something with dune buggies or a Vegas style magic show."
Carrie nearly freaked when she heard this "Magic show, like for real? Oh man that would be so cool, we could do an actual magic trick on an actual Las Vegas stage! That would be so amazing!"
"Well who would've thought that you'd get so pumped up over this? You know I still remember when the two of us and Adam did that magic show for the talent show back when we were in eighth grade."
"Oh yeah and Carlos let us use his pet chinchilla since we didn't have a rabbit, but then Adam petted it in the wrong spot-" she blushed a deep shade of red "Oh man I think he still has the scar on his butt cheek."
"Yeah, scar…" Devin frowned in thought.
"Devin are you alright?"
"...Yeah, yeah sorry I just got distracted for a second there. Who knew a chinchilla would turn out to be so violent? So, magic show?"
"Oh yeah magic show big time." and she went on ahead.
Devin trailed behind slightly 'I can't tell her about Adam's scars, no matter how much it may hurt me I won't betray his trust like that. Still though, the way that the sunlight reflects off of her hair makes me so-' he slammed into a cactus "Ow…"
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By this point, DJ and Geoff were about to start the challenge "Hey are you ready to do this yet man?"
"You know it bro!" Geoff strapped himself "Drive it like Malibu Street Racer 5!"
"On it! GO GO GO!" and so he started darting Geoff around the course at full speed, sending him spinning all over the place like a top.
By this point Owen and Noah had arrived at the sight of the challenge "So which one of us is gonna drive?"
"I'll do it, I'm a hard core gamer as it is so I've got this." Noah assured him "And I'm not talking about consoles or any of that crap. No I'm talking the classics, good old fashioned arcade games."
"Wait you actually like those things?"
"Dude when it came to Pac Man and Donkey Kong I went from being a bookworm to being a total GOD. It's where used to hide from guys like Duncan every day after school, until I ended up on Total Drama and became a celebrity. Long story short, I'll drive."
"Done!" Geoff screeched to a halt with three flags in hand "Sweet driving DJ my main man, hey what's our time?"
"Looks like we got 18 seconds!" DJ climbed his way down from the tower.
"ALRIGHT! Man you know what I hate more than anything else, when those idiots say that people don't teach you any skills that you'll use in real life. Take that every teacher I never listened to."
"Which explains a lot." Noah pointed out dryly.
"You know it! To those people I say this, did you see how much we just killed that challenge just now?!"
"So we gonna head over to the Chill Zone?" asked DJ.
"Not yet, I've gotta do something first." Geoff leaned out of the dune buggy and started puking his guts out.
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Tom straightened up his bow tie and looked over to where Jen came out in a sparkling purple dress with white gloves "Way to work it chica, so glad you get to keep that. So are you ready to start this-"
"Voila!" Jacques literally leapt out of the dressing room, earning a scream from Tom "Oh yes I know, I look great in this."
"That's not why I'm screaming!"
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Jacques came off as increasingly smug "You know I have no problem being the assistant this time, whenever we skate I'm always the magicians."
"I'm sorry what the f*ck did you just say?" Josee shot him a dirty look like she was trying to glare holes through his skull.
"Think about it. I lift you and carry you and twirl you around, all you need to do is smile and not fall down."
"Oh wow I hope I do this trick right, I'd hate to watch you get EATEN BY A BRAIN DEAD TIGER!"
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By this point Jacques had been crammed into the cage and was literally shaking with fear as he received a look of hunger from Tony 'Okay so maybe that wasn't one of my better ideas.'
"Abraka-gold!" Josee pulled the lever to cover the cage, earning a scream from Jacques, and then moved it back, only to reveal Jacques cowering in terror "Oh come on!"
"The divider the Josee, could you please put the divider BACK!"
By this point, Tony was sucking on Jacques's foot like it was a bone 'Hmm, polyester. Tastes a lot like chicken.'
"Sorry maggots, not even close." Chef gave a simple thumbs down just as the Goths emerged from the changing room "And just give Tony your sock or something stuffed into a ball of cheese on the floor, you won't hear from him for about an hour and a half."
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Josee let out a scream of frustration "Well that's just perfect, the worst part is that we have to let the other teams have a turn before we get to try again."
"Are you serious?!" Jacques on the other hand had his own thoughts, mainly due to the fact that his outfit was ripped to shreds and he was covered in Tony slobber "You're saying that's the worst part? Really?!"
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Gwen was not keen on the outfit for the assistant "I'd just like to point out that I hate this challenge with a burning passion."
"And I'd just like to point out that I don't give a rat's ass." Kevin threw Gwen into the cage Uncle Phil style and moved the lever around until the trick was finished and Tony was dropped beneath the stage.
"I. Hate. All of you."
"Yeah yeah, get lost." Chef just gave them a thumbs up.
"Worst challenge ever."
And then Tony leapt up and pounced on Gwen again 'Mmm, blueberry…'
"I rest my case."
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"While the Artists and Bromigos are rather stalled and the Fashion Bloggers, Reality TV Pros and Ice Dancers struggle to complete the challenge, Jacques more than the others, the Goths are about to take a crack at making some of their own magic happen."
"Okay, stand back." Ennui pulled on the lever to lower the divider, to which Loki took the chance to hop into Tony's mouth, leaving Chef horrified.
Josee on the other hand burst out laughing, only to receive dirty looks from everyone present and death glares from the goths "Oh I mean, sorry for your loss."
"You wouldn't last in Vegas, or on Broadway for that matter." so with that in mind, Ennui went over to Tony and reached into his mouth, and he pulled out Loki alive and well, albeit covered in a little bit of Tony slobber "Well?"
"...Yeah works for me." Chef gave a rather stunned thumbs up.
At this, Josee let out a scream of frustration "That is IT!" and she even pulled out the garlic and the wooden stake.
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"The judge said it was the greatest trick he'd ever seen." Ennui noted.
Crimson nodded "He offered us 8 shows a week, but we said no."
"Just wearing our happy faces for the cameras is exhausting, but we might reconsider depending on how the race turns out." Ennui looked back to where Gwen was still being tackled by Tony "I sense something strange from the tiger, his spirit is pure."
"Yeah I know, it's sickening but in a good way."
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By now Tom and Jen were finally getting a crack at doing the magic trick "Alright chica let's do this, first place here we come!" and so he pulled the lever to cover the cage, only for nothing to happen, and so he tried it several mores, to no avail.
"What the hell are you doing?" asked Josee.
"Just give it a minute." this was followed by purring and then a thud, and Tom pulled up the curtain to reveal a slobbery Josee in the cage by herself.
"Fine I'll take it, if only to see the idiot in the dress get mauled even more." and so Chef gave them a thumbs up.
"Yes!"
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The only thing is, Tom had one last thing to do before they left for the Chill Zone, that being try on the dress "Yep it's official, we both know how to rock this outfit."
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Noah found himself spinning in circles all across the track "This is the sixth time that we've done this, I'm gonna be sick!" and he hurled "You know that it's, Owen stop the buggy! We're switching drivers!"
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Josee pulled on the lever to reveal the cage, only to find Jacques with his head stuck in Tony's mouth "Are you kidding me?!"
"Dude buggies, please?!" Jacques was practically begging.
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"The Ice Dancers have switched challenges, and also mixing things up are the Reality TV Pros, who have been making asses out of themselves this entire time, have finally done the smart thing and traded places since one of then can't really do much more than eating. As that's going on, the frontrunner teams, those being the Goths and Fashion Bloggers, are in a foot race to the Chill Zone."
Don was waiting at the Chill Zone with a glass of water, only to end up doing an epic spit take when he noticed the Goths "How the hell is anyone that quiet?! You know what screw it, congratulations on coming in first again."
"Yay." and they walked off.
"I've gotta see if I can hang some bells around their necks or something." he looked over and saw the Fashion Bloggers arrive "Jennifer and Thomas well done, the two of you are in second place." this was met with squeals.
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"Both first and second place have been taken, and now teams are starting to finish up the challenges, but two more teams are still struggling and/ or starting with their respective challenges."
Devin straightened his bow tie and adjusted his hat, his mind wandering 'No come on Devin, you have to focus or you'll end up coming in last. Focus!'
"How do I look?" that was when Carrie stepped out in the assistant's dress, catching Devin's eye in an instant.
"Wow, you look… amazing."
"Really?"
"Oh yeah for sure. Come on homie, we have a magic show to do and a race to win." and so they made their way out onto the stage.
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By now Josee and Jacques had set up their positions at the dune buggy track "You take the tower while I take the buggy!" and she took off before Jacques could protest "Grabbing the flags is the most important part of this challenge, there's no way I'm just gonna stand back and let that waste of space and tiger bait screw it up!"
Jacques had his own thoughts about this "I have to admit I'm surprised she actually gave me the tire considering how much she enjoys looking down on people."
"I heard that!"
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One by one teams started to arrive at the Chill Zone and were counted off by Don, starting with the Bromigos "Third place!"
The Artists.
"Fourth place!"
Then the Reality TV Pros.
"Fifth place! Only two teams are left, the Ice Dancers and the Best Friends. Who will make it to the Chill Zone next? The pressure is on."
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"Okay third time's the charm, fingers crossed." with a mighty gulp, Devin pulled on the lever to cover the cage "Tada!" and he moved it back, only to reveal that Tony was still there and Carrie was nowhere in sight "Carrie? Carrie?! Oh fu-"
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"Devin?" on the other hand, Carrie found herself stuck underneath the stage with a pack of tigers, and she let out a squeak of terror.
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Josee screeched to a stop with all three flags in hand "Well are we done yet?" she looked over at the clock "5 second over, are you f*cking kidding me?!
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Chef downed another glass of water as he watched Devin freak out 'And I thought screwing with the Goth was funny, this kid is a riot. Then again, he would never have lasted on Total Drama.'
"Carrie?! Carrie! CARRIE!" Devin was searching around the stage for Carrie, his mind and heart both racing like the never had before "Oh god oh god what the hell have I done?! She's one of my best friends! She's like the- the most important person in my life and… and… AND I LOVE HER!" he froze, but then suddenly grinned "Yeah you heard me! I love Carrie and I just blurted that out on international TV! God I've been such an idiot, I've been so engrossed in my on again off again thing with Shelley but the girl for me has been by my side for my entire life! She's been putting up with that even longer than Adam has and I took advantage of her, but that ends here and now! Hang on Carrie, I'm coming baby!" and he continued his search with renewed vigor and determination.
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By this point Carrie was fending off the literal copies of Tony with a chair "Okay face it Carrie, I think this counts as the sign that you need to get over Devin. It's obviously that it's never gonna happen, oh but I've wasted so many years. But you know what, maybe it is time that I stand up for myself! No more putting my needs aside for what he wants, no more trying to make him see how great we'd be together! I! Am! Moving! On!" but then the chair she was using was ripped apart by the tigers "Okay let me rephrase that, I'll be moving on if I survive." and then she proceeded to scream in terror.
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Josee screeched to a stop in her dune buggy, three flags in hand, and she looked over at the nearby clock "59 seconds, yes we did it! Now move it to the Chill Zone!" and so the two of them bolted.
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Devin continued desperately yanking the lever back and forth "Work, why won't you work for the love of god?! I'm begging you, WORK!" he finally managed to bring Carrie back up, along with some random lion "CARRIE!"
Lucky for both of them, Tony pounced on the lion 'Remember this noble friend and ally of the one who scratches my sweet spot, though our paths may diverge our hearts will forever remain as one. Believe that the blades of our hearts and souls will never shatter, believe that our resolves will never waver! Even if the land itself shall break asunder, we shall all reunite alive and well!' and with that, Tony tackled the lion down into the trap door, both of them disappearing from view.
"Carrie!" Devin took this chance to get Carrie out of there, then he looked down the trap door and saluted Tony 'Thank you noble tiger.'
Carrie looked over at Chef once she recovered from her shell shock "So uh…"
"If you earn Tony's respect then you earn mine too." Chef gave them a thumbs up and a small smile that was barely noticeable "Now go on and get the hell out of here."
"Yes we did it!"
"Yeah!" Devin gently gripped Carrie by the shoulders "Hey Carrie listen, there's something that I have to-"
"No time Devin, we've gotta move!" and so she made a beeline for the changing room backstage.
'God Carrie is so amazing, how could I have not seen this sooner. Adam, if you were seeing this now I wonder what you would say.'
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Next up: What Adam would say (AKA yet another Team Four Star reference)
"I AM GOING TO CASTRATE HIM!" Adam was pouncing towards the TV, only to be held back by the combined might of Cody, Bridgette and Alejandro.
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"The final two teams are on their way in one final race to the Chill Zone, but only one of them will earn the title of the loser for today. The question still remains, which team is it going to turn out to be?"
Don addressed the team that arrived at the Chill Zone first "Ice Dancers congratulations, you're in sixth and just barely miss out on coming in last."
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Josee let out a scream of frustration "I can't believe the Goths came in first again, and if that wasn't bad enough the Artists finished in the top three!" she held up the wooden stake "I knew I should've used these when I had the chance!"
"For the last time they're not vampires, just be glad we didn't finish last." Jacques held up the assistant outfit "And they let me keep the outfit."
"Why would you want to keep that?"
"Because I look fantastic in it."
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Carrie and Devin finally reached the Chill Zone "Did we make it?"
"Yes, you did make it. More or less." Don told her.
"Alright we did it!"
"The only downside is, you're in last place."
"Oh. Aw man."
"Carrie I'm so sorry, this is totally my fault." Devin gently gripped her by the shoulders "But I guess things happen for a reason, because it was thanks to this that I realized something extremely important."
And then Don ruined the moment "Did you realize that this is a non elimination round? Because that's exactly what this is."
"Wait what-"
"YES!" Carrie cheered and accidentally knocked Devin out with an uppercut to his jaw, much to her horror "Oh no Devin I'm so sorry!"
Don took this chance to sign off "So all of our final seven teams live to fight another day, some more than others I guess. But only one team can win the million dollar grand prize, which team will it be in the end? I guess the only way for you to find out is to tune back in to see the next episode of… the Ridonculous Race!"
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And now to close the chapter, a continuation of What Adam would say.
"...WITH A BUTTER KNIFE YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Adam was still thrashing around while being held back "I SWEAR TO DIAGON, I'LL TIE YOU DOWN TO A CHAIR FIRST AND GAG YOU WITH YOU OWN SMALL INTESTINE!"
A/N:
Okay this is EXTREMELY important to the story, since this entire fic is about the developing relationship between Devin and Carrie. Now we just have a few more chapters to go and then we get the best team into the finale.
I made it so Geoff and DJ didn't screw around like Geoff and Brody did in canon, and with the Goths out of the race by this point it gave them a chance to get into the top 2, while the Reality TV Pros get another win under their belts.
As a special bonus, I gave Chef from Total Drama and Tony (the tiger from chapters 21 and onwards of the Rise of an Underdog, the homage to Ted from A Codette World Tour) some screen time in place of the original judge and the lion. It's meant to be a tribute to the epilogue of A Codette World Tour where the two of them end up playing Vegas after Total Drama comes to an end.
Those scenes with Adam throwing a tantrum over Devin's realization about his feelings for Carrie are based on Chichi's scenes from episode 59 of DBZ Abridged by Team Four Star. Expect more references to them in the future.
As I'm sure all of you noticed, I deleted all of my original chapters (with the exception of the prologue) from this story and pasted them all into another story that I created called The Ridonculous Underdogs: Another Story. I actually got the idea from watching Phineas and Ferb and decided to do what they did sometimes, instead of cramming everything into one super long story they cut it up into two separate stories. The main reason why I did this is that I've noticed that this story is nowhere near as popular as the Rise of an Underdog, and I believe that the original chapters are the main reason why.
Also, as I'm sure you're aware by now, I've rewritten and updated all of the other chapters in the story up to this point. It was a lot of grammar errors that I made, and in case it wasn't clear I brought the Goths back. I honestly was never sure about getting rid of them but I never thought the story would be hit so hard by it. And to be honest I do like them, and clearly almost everyone else does too. And as a bonus in that regard, next chapter is another divergence from the canon elimination order.
Rankings:
Goths: 1st
Fashion Bloggers: 2nd
Bromigos: 3rd
Artists: 4th
Reality TV Pros: 5th
Ice Dancers: 6th
Best Friends: 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