"Last time on the Ridonculous Race: Things got hot, and by hot I mean both dramatic and scorching as our teams headed for Darjeeling, India. Devin confessed to the Goths the truth about him being in love with Carrie, emphasizing the point that sometimes the truth hurts a lot more than people think and that next time he should tell Carrie herself, and Jacques told Devin the truth about his secret promise regarding Josee and why he puts up with her crap. I almost feel sorry for him because of that. Almost. In the end this lead to the Ice Dancers coming in last, but lucky for them and lucky for Jacques it turned out to be a non elimination round. We're still dealing with our final four teams battling it out for our grand prize of one million dollars. The question still remains, who will survive the next set of challenges? There's only one way to find out and that is to watch right here and right now on… the Ridonculous Race!"
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As you probably can imagine by now, Don was waiting at the Chill Zone from the previous leg of the race, now equipped with a Don Box for the next race to commence "Welcome back to Darjeeling India where the winners from yesterday's race, Crimson, Ennui and Loki, are about to receive the first travel tip of the day."
Sure enough, Ennui picked up the tip and read it out loud "It says that we're gonna be going to Argentina."
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"Or to be more specific it's the capital of Argentina in the form of Buenos Aires, which happens to be a world class city which is famous for its love of football (or soccer or whatever people wanna call it), theater and various forms of delicious red meat. I've actually been able to try some and it's not bad, anyway once our four teams land they'll find the Don Box outside of the airport with their next tip."
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"With their tips in hand, all four remaining teams are now in a taxi race to the airport to get seats on the next flight out."
"Looks like the Goths are in the lead right now." DJ noted "Plus there's Devin and Carrie and they're working together so they're tough, but right now we've gotta focus on getting rid of the Ice Dancers."
Geoff nodded "Yeah no kidding, that chick as bad as Heather and she's the reason why Jen is out of the race now."
"Along with who knows how many other teams."
"Yeah that too."
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Carrie and Devin were riding in their own cab "So how's your ankle? It must've gotten pretty banged up after what happened with the train yesterday."
"Oh it's totally fine now." Devin leaned back "Man everything's coming up for us, I bet that today nothing is gonna go wrong."
"Oh no don't say that, great now something is bound to go wrong!" this was followed by their taxi hitting an elephant, which then proceeded to sit on what was left of their cab.
"That's just a coincidence."
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Josee let out a scream of frustration "You need to drive this thing faster, FASTER! I swear if the other teams catch an earlier flight then I'm going to do something really bad that defies the laws of physics!"
"You do know that you can't crash airplanes with your mind right?" Jacques pointed out rather nervously.
"No Jacques I don't know that, DO YOU?!"
"...I'll shut up now."
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One excruciating cab ride later, at the airport…
"GET OUT OF MY WAY!" Josee stormed her way into the line at the airport, only to find a long lineup waiting for them "Well that's just great, a lineup is exactly what I need right now! This is just perfect, WILL YOU HURRY UP?! GET US IN THE SKY BEFORE I DO SOMETHING VERY BAD!"
DJ and Geoff noticed this and got a very devious and hysterical idea "Oh don't worry about those two, they're some friends of ours, using that term very loosely, and they're just worried that they won't get their favorite seats at the very back of the plane near the bathrooms that the fat guys use. Do you think you could save those seats for them?" he received a thumbs up from the clerk "Awesome thanks."
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"All four of our remaining teams are now on the same flight to Buenos Aires, but one team almost wishes that they weren't and yet none of us feel sorry for one of them."
Josee was less than thrilled, even more so than usual, about her and Jacques being stuck sitting near the bathroom used by the fat guys "This is just unbelievable, that party boy and the BFG (Big Friendly Giant) reject deliberately got the ticket guy to stick us with the worst seats on the entire plane!"
"So remind me again, how long does this flight last for again?" asked Jacques.
"It's supposed to last for a full 24 hours at the very least, those two rejects are going to suffer for this."
"...Yeah I'm out." and then he walked off.
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Carrie raised an eyebrow when she saw Devin drinking a hot cup of tea "Well that's kind of unusual, I don't think I've ever seen you drink tea."
"Well I figured that maybe while we're doing this race I should try and expand my horizons at least a little bit." he downed another sip 'I fell in love with Carrie during the whole tiger incident when we were in Vegas but every time I try to tell her I end up screwing it up or get screwed over in some way. No Devin that's it, no more stalling and making excuses. Adam had the courage to tell you a secret that's been plaguing him for more than ten years so you should have the courage to tell Carrie how you feel. Today is the day, for Adam's sake at least. Anyway Carrie there's actually something that I've been trying to tell you for a good long while now."
"There is?"
"Yeah there really is, I'm just kind of nervous about it and-" and then his cup of tea slipped out of his hand and spilled all over his crotch "Hot hot hot hot hot!"
"Hold on!" Carrie poured her cup of ice water over it, which only ended up making it that much worse.
"Cold cold cold cold cold!" and then he ran away.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry!"
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Devin wiped off some of the liquids from his pants "It's times like this I'm really glad I'm not on camera."
"I do not have such a privilege." that was when Jacques came over to him "So have you told her yet?"
"I wanted to but I got nervous and-"
"And then you peed yourself? Even if we're not on TV that's just wrong, and that's coming from a guy who hasn't washed his underwear since the race started (reference to what he said in episode 8)."
"No I didn't pee myself, I tea'd myself."
"Meaning?"
"I spilled some hot tea on my crotch and then she threw her ice water on it, it still burns like it's on the sun."
"Oh, well that's somewhat comforting. Devin look-"
"I know what you're going to say Jacques, I have to tell Carrie how I feel or I might as well spend the rest of my life wondering what might have been. It's not just about how she and I feel about each other either, I've got a lot more riding on this than just that. See after Carrie and I checked into the Chill Zone yesterday my friend Adam showed up and he told me his deepest darkest secret, one that he had been keeping from the world for years. Adam and I have been friends since middle school, when we met back then I knew that he was pretty emotionally fragile because he had lost pretty much everyone he loved in just one night and he didn't trust anyone else. I only knew that much but yesterday he told me everything, and now I feel like if he had the courage to tell me the truth about his past then I should have the courage to tell Carrie how I feel about her, and if I don't then I feel like I'm betraying one of my closest friends. You don't have to say it Jacques because I know, I have to tell her. Not just for her sake or for my sake, but for Adam's sake too."
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"After a 24 hour flight our final four teams finally land in Buenos Aires and the Goths are able to take an early lead."
"There's the Don Box." Ennui pulled the tip out of the Don Box "It's an All In and it's called Tango Takedown."
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"For out next All In challenge each of our four teams must journey to the National Academy of Tango to learn and then perform the famous and passionate Argentinian dance, be warned that one misstep means starting over but if the teams get a thumbs up from the local tango instructor whose name I never bothered to learn then it's another race by cab to a local Argentinian ranch where they'll find the Don Box with their next tip dressed up like some kind of cowboy. You know it's kind of weird, normally I hate it when they dress these things up but this one I love for some reason. I don't know why but I do."
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"A tango challenge? Well it's about time we got something good!" Josee let out a loud scoff from where she and Jacques were riding in a cab "I mean we're ice dancers for crying out loud, take away the ice and what do you get? Dancers, any halfwhit that wasn't on Total Drama would know that, at this rate they might as well just come over here and hand us the million dollars on a gold platter.
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Geoff seemed rather concerned "I don't know about this one DJ, I think my history speaks for itself when I say that I'm not much of a dancer. For all we know I might be the worst dancer ever."
DJ let out a chuckle "Not possible dude, we've already seen the worst dancer ever. Leshawna, or as she claims they call her, Le-Shaking-It."
"But didn't you say that that's not what-"
"Dude I was just kidding when I said that they called her Le-Bomba, but it's not like it's inaccurate."
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It wasn't long before all four teams had arrived at the National Academy of Tango and found the instructor demonstrating how the dance was supposed to do.
Devin let out a huge grin "The Tango huh, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that supposed to be a super romantic dance?" he received a nod from the instructor "Yeah that's what I thought. My ex girlfriend Shelley used to make me take these crazy hard dance lessons with her and we got pretty good at the Tango, at the end the dance always features a dip and that's the perfect time for me to make my move. The grand gesture, the kiss, the anime levels of romantic confession of love, the-'
"Are you done monologuing to yourself?" Ennui asked dryly.
"Uh… maybe?"
"Are you gonna do it?"
"You bet, today is the day."
"About time."
"...Shut up."
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"Okay, here we go." DJ and Geoff had lined up to take the first crack at the challenge "Ready, let's do this." they started to do it, only for Geoff to accidentally step on DJ's foot, causing them to get a thumbs down from the instructor.
"Step aside and let the real pros have a crack at it." so Josee and Jacques went next and in a dazzling display of grace and natural swiftness they completed the challenge with ease, earning and applause from the instructor, much to the dismay of the other three teams "Good luck catching up yee who don't have the gold!" and so the two of them took off.
"We won't need it." Ennui and Crimson went onto the dance floor next and despite it seeming rather disturbing at some points, they held nearly as much grace as the Ice Dancers, earning the approval of the instructor and allowing them to proceed.
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"My cousin is a dance instructor." explained Crimson flatly "I had to help her out with some of her classes and I picked up a few things so, whatever."
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Devin and Carrie were the next team to have a turn at it "Okay listen up Carrie, I need you to to just maintain eye contact and follow my lead."
Carrie let out a slight giggle "Whatever you say homie."
"Alright, let's do this." so they took a few steps forward and he spun her around as he rushed over to get a rose and caught her in the dip, only to accidentally headbutt her, earning them a thumbs down "Oh crap, Carrie I am so sorry!"
Geoff and DJ cringed "Oh man right in the old sniffer too."
"Hang on I'll get some tissues." Devin quickly rushed off 'Dammit I'm nervous and whenever I get nervous I screw things up, I've gotta focus if I'm gonna do this right.'
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By this point, Jacques and Josee arrived at the ranch and collected the tip from the hilariously dressed Don Box "It's another Botch or Watch called Ride em Gaucho."
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"For this Botch or Watch challenge, the member of each team didn't play the narwhal Ring Toss game in the Arctic Circle gets to ride a horse and use a set of traditional boleadoras to tie up the designated emu for their team. Once they've managed to wrap up their emu they must bring it by taxi to the Chill Zone for today's race, which we've located on the top of Mount Aconcagua in the Andes. But they had better hurry because the same rule applies, the last team to arrive at the Chill Zone may be cut from the race."
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"Back at the National Academy of Tango, the Best Friends have suffered a setback but they're not letting something as small as a nosebleed stop their drive to win. Devin's clumsiness on the other hand…"
Devin failed to grab Carrie for the dip, causing her to fall to the ground "Oh crap Carrie I'm so sorry! Again. God dammit this is ridiculous, I can't think of anyone else in the world who had this much trouble telling their best friend that they're in love with them.'
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At the same time, Josee was quick to sabotage the Bromigos and their emu by squirting vegetable oil all over it, freaking it out and causing it to shake some all over her, but she didn't notice "Oh my how awful, I semi accidentally got vegetable oil all over the Bromigos' emu. Oh that is just terrible, I hope that doesn't make the challenge harder for them." and then she slipped on some of her own oil "Ow."
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DJ was spinning Geoff on their next attempt at doing the tango "Okay easy, easy…" he dipped him and earned a thumbs up from the instructor "Yes we did it!" the two of them high fived and then took off.
Devin and Carrie shared a look and let out a sigh "Yeah okay this isn't looking good, but there's no way that we're giving up now."
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Geoff noticed DJ looking rather down during the cab ride "Why the long face dude, we got the tip didn't we? And we even picked up some of that awesome red meat." he munched on some of the red meat.
DJ let out a sigh "I just don't want the Ice Dancers to win after everything that they've done, that's all."
"Hey don't worry about it, they'll get what they deserve sooner or later. We've just gotta bide our time until they do."
"...Yeah I guess you're right." the two of them reached the ranch and picked up a tip from the Don Box.
"Looks like it's a Botch or Watch and it's your turn to botch it."
"On it, so which emu is ours?"
"I think I just found it." Geoff pointed to the emu that was covered in oil "Okay I know I'm no Einstein or anything but are emus supposed to be covered in what I think is tanning oil or something?"
"No dude, no they are not."
"Oh my whatever happened to your emu?" Josee let out a cackle from on top of her horse, still drenched on vegetable oil.
"Okay yeah that makes sense."
"Why whatever do you mean? Are you trying to suggest that we did such a thing? Come back when you actually have some decent evidence in order to back up your talk." she slid off of her horse and fell to the ground "Ow. That evidence is circumstantial at best Big Friendly Giant reject. Oh yeah and thank you for selecting our seats on the flight over here, that was oh so kind of you."
"It's a little something called Karma." DJ hopped on top of his horse "And no need for you to worry about that one Heather on ice skates, there's plenty more DJ style karma where that came from coming your way!" and then he took off on his horse.
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Not long after that whole shabang started, Ennui, Crimson and Loki showed up on the scene and collected a tip from the Don Box "Botch or Watch on a horse, you're up."
"Woo hoo, whatever." Crimson hopped onto the back of her horse "Giddy up." and then she took off on her horse.
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DJ was riding on the back of his horse and threw his boleadoras at his and Geoff's emu, only for them to slide right off because of the oil "Yeah okay this is gonna be a little bit tougher than I thought."
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"While Geoff and DJ find themselves in a slippery situation and the Goths are beginning to catch up, the Best Friends Devin and Carrie are still at the National Academy of Tango and having to dance like no one is watching, mainly because nobody wants to watch a train wreck like that."
Devin was beginning to get frustrated "Oh come on, we've done this 17 times so why can't I get this right?!"
"I don't know but I think I have a better question." Carrie picked herself off of the ground, now with a bloody nose "Is there a way for you to get this wrong without hurting me like we're in some kind of cartoon?"
"Look I know how to do this, I just need you to bare with me for a little bit. Shelley used to always make me-"
"I don't care what you and Shelley used to do alright?!" Carrie finally lost her temper "No more following your lead, now we're doing this my way!"
"...Yeah okay works for me." and so with Carrie taking charge in a rather scary fashion, the two of them walked each other through the steps of the Tango until the spin came.
"Okay just gotta pace this right, and… now!" Devin managed to dip her just in the nick of time, earning a shrug and a thumbs up from the instructor "YES!" and then he dropped her for like the umpteenth time "Oh crap!"
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The showdown of the Botch or Watch raged onwards, with each team having a great deal of trouble due to varying circumstances.
DJ made yet another attempt to catch his and Geoff's emu using the boleadoras, only for it to slide off again "Oh come on!"
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Josee on the other hand was struggling to just hold onto her horse due to being splashed with vegetable oil previously "So… slippery! Must… hold on!" and then she slid right off.
So yeah, those two teams could be going better.
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"By this point the Best Friends have finally arrived at the ranch and have now joined the other three teams struggling with this Botch or Watch. Well, most of them are struggling."
"I GOT YOU NOW YOU STUPID PIGEON FROM HELL!" Josee chucked her boleadoras, only for them to wind up getting stuck to her own face "I HATE THIS CHALLENGE SO MUCH!"
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"Okay this one is mine, I've got this." Devin hopped onto the back of his horse, his appearance glistening in the sunlight like a knight in shining armor.
At least that's what Carrie saw when she laid eyes on him, blushing heavily and trying not to swoon 'Woah…'
"Carrie? Carrie? Hey look free cinnamon lattes!"
"What where?!" she snapped out of her daydream (callback to episode 2 in Morocco) "Oh sorry you say something?"
"I just wanna say that I'm really sorry about what happened back at the academy with the whole Tango thing."
"Oh. Forget about that right now, we've gotta catch up to the other teams!" she slapped the horse on its ass, only for it to kick her in the face and take off running.
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As for our final team that I've been neglecting this chapter…
"Giddy up." with a simple pat on the side of its leg, Crimson managed to catch her team's emu with one swift movement, prompting her, Ennui and Loki to grab a taxi and take off towards the Chill Zone.
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Josee was having some major problems with their own batch of vegetable oil "My shirt won't absorb the stupid oil, it's the only downfall of polyester." she received a "What the f*ck" sort of look from the horse "What? Polyester is the only fabris in the world that moves as beautifully as I do, having you ever tried doing a triple lutz while wearing a uniform made of cotton? Of course you haven't, because it would be impossible!"
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DJ was still struggling with his and Geoff's minor setback "The thing won't stay on our emu, it's just way too greasy!"
"Yeah I kind of noticed that but can't give up on me now bro." Geoff told him "You keep on trying while I try to think of something."
"Alright, let me give this another shot." DJ tried again with the boleadoras, only for it to fail and for him to snap "Oh that is it!" he charged at the emu in a blind rage, sending both him and the emu sliding down the slope.
"DJ!"
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Josee was running out of patience "This isn't working, I need something to absorb all of this stupid oil off of my hands or I'll never be able to-"
"Here." Jacques got down on one knee before her.
"...You're not gonna propose to me are you?"
"Of course not! Unless you'd-"
"No."
"Okay Plan A it is then." he lowered his head and rubbed her hands all over his hair, cleaning them while leaving his hair insanely greasy, much to Josee's disbelief "Your hands are dry now mademoiselle."
"Oh my god, I can't believe you just sacrificed your hair for-"
"Please just don't talk about it, just go and get us into the top three."
"The hell with that, I'm going for my gold!" Josee made a mad dash on her bare feet for the emu and managed to tie it up in one swift go "Yes!" she made a beeline for Jacques and threw her arms around him "You're my hero, you're everyone's hero!" and then she slid to the ground with a thud "Ow."
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"The race for first place is underway with the Goths having a substantial lead over the Ice Dancers, but for our Bromigos Geoff and DJ things are still going pretty downhill. And I mean literally."
"MOMMA!" DJ and the emu slid all the way down the mountain until they slammed straight into a tree "Ow… Well we're both still alive, now I just have to find a way to get you back up to the top."
"LOOK OUT BELOW!" that was when Geoff suddenly came sliding down the path and hit the tree at the bottom of the mountain path with a loud thud "Ow."
"Geoff what the heck are you doing down here? You could've gotten yourself killed, are you insane?"
"One of my best friends just got thrown down a mountain and I got worried about you man, are you okay?"
"Well my shoulder got popped out of its socket and we're stuck down here with a flightless bird that smells like expired cheese from Chef's fridge." this was met with angry squawking and snarling as the emu started chasing them.
"Did you have to piss off the bird that could and is trying to peck our eyes out?"
"Hey the truth hurts sometimes man and I made a promise to my momma a long time ago that I was never gonna lie again!"
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On another hand…
"Get over here you stupid bird!" Devin threw his boleadoras at his emu, only for them to miss, much to his dismay "Come on Devin you've gotta get your head in the game or you're gonna get screwed!"
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Don was waiting at the Chill Zone on top of Mount Aconcagua for the Ice Dancers and the Goths to finish their race for first place "The Ice Dancers and the Goths are racing into the area of the Chill Zone, these two teams are the contenders for the last ditch foot race to the finish line! It looks like the Goths are- No way the Ice Dancers are taking it but now the Goths are pulling ahead of them! Who's it going to be?!" this was followed by the Goths narrowly beating the Ice Dancers to the Carpet of Completion "And the Goths take first place, the Goths have grabbed the gold! And the Ice Dancers take second place. Or they will if the other teams don't show up before the 10 minute penalty is up."
"What?!" Josee was outright snarling at him "What the hell did we do?!"
"What do you think? We saw you shamelessly squirt vegetable oil all over Geoff and DJ's emu with a smile on your face, now stand over there." this was met with angry snarling as she reluctantly complied.
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"One team is waiting for a penalty to end while the other team is now one step closer to the grand prize of one million dollars, and the other two teams are in a last ditch battle to avoid potential elimination."
Carrie could do little more than watch Devin struggle with the Botch or Watch, but she still tried to be supportive "Come on Devin, you can do it! Wait where did Geoff and DJ go? Oh no, don't tell me we're in last place right now! Hurry Devin!"
"Alright enough of this! This game ends right here, right now!" using every ounce of his strength and focus, Devin threw his boleadoras at the emu, causing it to screech to a halt and land in a puddle of mud, splashing Carrie in the process "Oops."
"Nevermind me, just grab the bird!" Carrie spat out some mud.
"I GOT HIM!" Devin managed to grab the bird "Yes finally we're done, wait are we the last team here?"
"Yeah I think so, we had a good run but it's come to an end. Come on, let's just go get eliminated already."
"...No."
"What?"
"There's something that I need to say. Carrie, I need to tell you that… I'm in love with you, like anime levels of in love with you. I'm talking like Inuyasha, that Naruto movie The Last, Clannad, best romance anime of all time levels of in love with you. And I can't even begin to describe how sorry I am that it took me so long to see where my heart truly lies, to see just how amazing you are in every sense of the word. You're the most important person in my life and somewhere along the way I lost sight of that, but now my mind is clear and I know where it is that my true feelings lie, and if there's any chance at all that you feel the same way about me that I do for you then-" he was cut off by her wrapping her arms around his neck and putting her lips to his in a gentle kiss, to which he wrapped his arms around her waist and returned the kiss in full, only for the moment to be ruined when they noticed Geoff and DJ running and screaming up the side of the mountain being chased by their pissed off emu.
"Wait is that Geoff and DJ? That means that we're still in the race!" she quickly pecked Devin on the cheek "Okay grab the bird, we've gotta move!"
"Right, we're gonna win this thing!"
"For true love!"
"And for Adam!" they grabbed the bird and took off for the road to pick up a taxi to take them to the Chill Zone.
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By this point DJ and Geoff were stuck in a tree to avoid their emu attacking them and pecking out their eyeballs "Wait that's Carrie and Devin, and they're leaving! Oh man we've gotta do something fast or we're toast!"
"Hold the ball things, I'm throwing myself into the fire!" Geoff suddenly dropped down and grabbed onto the emu.
"Geoff what the heck are you doing?!"
"Helping us finish this challenge, now get it before it starts biting my butt to the point where it starts bleeding!"
"Gotcha!" DJ jumped down and tied up the bird, along with Geoff, using his oil covered pair of boleadoras "So are you okay or-"
"Yeah I'm good now let's just go!" and so they made a beeline and caught a taxi, allowing them to get in.
Carrie seemed concerned by this "Geoff and DJ are catching up, we've gotta hurry or they're gonna pass us!"
"Not to worry, I've got this!" Devin quickly hailed a taxi and ushered Carrie inside, receiving a peck on the cheek "Whatever you do, don't let that other taxi pass us no matter what may happen!"
"The last two teams are on their way to the Chill Zone, if they wanna win this thing then they're gonna have to put their friendship aside, especially if they wanna make it before the Ice Dancers' penalty expires
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Only 1 minute left in the penalty.
Don was waiting at the Chill Zone with the Ice Dancers "There's only a minute left in the penalty and here come the other two teams, it's gonna be another close one. And second place is gonna go to…"
"FOR TRUE LOVE!" Devin and Carrie dove onto the Carpet of Completion a split second before the Bromigos made it, mere seconds before the timer went off.
"The Best Friends take second plane and the Bromigos are left with third place by very narrow margin!" then he smugly turned to the Ice Dancers "Well Ice Dancers last place for the third time in a row, you would think that it would be it… and as much as I would love to cut you from the race, no offense to Jacques, I'm obligated to inform you that this is a non elimination round." he was met with groans from the other three teams "Hey I'm no happier about it than any of you guys are."
"...You will all suffer, that much I can promise you." and Josee calmly walked away, leaving them all greatly unnerved.
Don took this chance to sign off "Well that was all kinds of wrong, but we still have a show to do you know. Anyway we still have four teams vying for the million dollar grand prize. Who is going to win it all? There's only one way to find out and that is for you to keep on watching… the Ridonculous Race!"
A/N:
As if it wasn't obvious, this chapter is by far the most important chapter in this entire fic since Devin and Carrie finally get together. And even better, they don't get eliminated this chapter unfairy like they did in canon. They're moving on with the Ice Dancers, Goths and Bromigos to the final four! Oh and by the way, I got this chapter out way faster than I thought it would. Seriously, I wrote this entire chapter in one full day.
I had the Ice Dancers get penalized for sabotaging the Bromigos like they should've been for sabotaging the Sisters, which let the Goths take the win for this leg of the race. Again. Now it's a tie in terms of number of wins between the Best Friends (Morocco, Beijing, Australia, Arctic Circle and Siberia) and the Goths (Iceland, Indonesia, Vegas, Darjeeling and Buenos Aires), the other two being the Bromigos with (Hawaii, Alberta, and a tie in Vietnam) and the Ice Dancers (Transylvania, New Zealand and a tie in Vietnam).
For the record, I had Josee do this Botch or Watch since she and Jacques got Boomeranged in the Arctic Circle and Jacques had to do the Botch or Watch there, so by that logic Josee would have to do the emu challenge.
Just so you know, this is the last update to this story before New Years so this story will return in January of 2019. Until then my fellow Total Drama fans, Happy New Year!
Rankings:
Goths: 1st
Best Friends: 2nd
Bromigos: 3rd
Ice Dancers: 4th
Elimination:
Artists: 5th
Fashion Bloggers: 6th
Reality TV Pros: 7th
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