Okay, it's been pretty hectic lately with Owen eating cheese back in Paris, plus Sky and I getting lost on our way trying to find the train station. I've told her my idea with forming an alliance with the Reality TV Pros and she said it was a good idea since they did have experience with competing reality shows in the past, even though we were once in the previous series ourselves.

So things are off to a good start at least.

After Owen and Noah got their tip, we took ours and Sky read it, "Take a bus to the geyser field of Geysisgil for your next tip."

We ran ahead with the Reality TV Pros at our side, other teams behind us, and caught up with the Ice Dancers who were waiting at the bus stop.

Stephanie waved to them, "Hi!"

"Don't even think about getting on the bus before us!" Jacques exclaimed while directing a glare at us with his partner. They do realize it's a bus right? We're all getting off on the same stop and bus.

"You can't stop making me think of it." MacArthur said with her own back at them, "Get out of my head!"

Soon, we and the Reality TV Pros were caught up in the middle because of their argument, "Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!" The cadet got up in their faces and ours.

"Some personal space here?" I interrupted their argument.

"Uh, guys?" Noah got our attention, "The bus." Wow, I didn't even notice it pulling up behind us. Nevertheless, we pulled ahead and took the front of the bus.

After a short ride, all of us ran to the Don Box received the next tip, "An All-In: Broken Icelandic Telephone..."

I finished the rest of it for Sky, "Teams must push the button down on the Icelandic Telephone to hear 'Please give me my next travel tip'... in Icelandic... with perfect pronunciation. Then run across the field of hot springs and repeat the sentence to the Icelandic local." We looked to see the geysers erupting and the local at the other side, "That is a long walk..."

"Come on!" Noah ran ahead of us where the first three teams were ahead of us already.

"Ooh, look a speaker box," Owen pointed ahead to the telephone, "We can order food here, then carry on with the challenge!"

I shot him an unimpressed gaze, "No, Owen. That's where we're supposed to hear Don say the phrase in Icelandic. We're not getting-"

"YAY!" He darted ahead of us and pressed the button of the telephone, making me sigh.

"Vinsamlegast gefa mer mina travel abending," It said as the rest of us arrived.

"Wow, they must speak a different language here..." Sky facepalmed at Owen's comment.

(Dual Confessional)

Sky: Okay so, Owen's a lot of things: big, lovable, a goofball, party dude, *shrugs with a sheepish smile* 'not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed' kind of guy...

Zane: I actually made a list of things he is with a pen and I ran out of paper... and ink.

"...travel abending."

And after many times of hearing the box, Owen still at the time trying to order food, "Watang's rice, garlic shrimp, house noodles, and egg rolls please."

The seconds bus with the other teams had just arrived, and we didn't have time for fooling around (even though it was unintentional), "No time, let's move!" Noah replied. The four of us ran across the geyser field to catch up with the other teams, but...

"Uh... little help here guys?" Owen was stuck in one of the geysers. Oh, you're junking me.

"Ugh, seriously?" Sky groaned.

We tried to pull him out, but the dude needs to lose some weight, "Aah, aah! I'm stuck!" We lost our grip on him, "Tell my parents I lived a good life!" After that, the geyser he was stuck in erupted and he flew into the air, "WOO HOO! AH-HA, HA! AAAHHH!" Then he landed in another geyser with his head stuck inside this time.

"Is he gonna be okay?" My cousin pointed to him.

"He'll be fine," Noah shrugged, "After all he did survive three seasons with Chris and Chef."

"Point taken." We ran across the field to the Icelandic native where Owen and Noah tried first and pronounced it wrong.

Sky was up for it, but she kept struggling until the Reality TV Pros came back, "Vinsalmetrast... AGH! Mer fifa?! UGH! Winslammecast...? Uh-"

"Vinsamlegast gefa mer mina travel aubending." I said in Icelandic before she gave us the next travel tip and I thanked her, "Takk!" I looked to see them stare at me in shock, "What?"

(Dual Confessional)

Sky: But Zane... h-how did you... I mean what... I... WHAT?!

Zane: *Smiles* I took Icelandic as my second language two years ago.

When we got our phrases right we received the next travel tip where we would travel off to a national park. The four of us took off in the second helicopter. When it landed, we grabbed the next travel tip.

I read it aloud, "It's an Either-Or: Feast or Fossil. Either dine on a traditional Icelandic feast or retrieve one of the intact fossils from the ice cave."

"Ooh, let's do the feast!" Owen clapped his hands.

I raised an eyebrow at him, "Um... are you sure? Because knowing this show-"

"It can't be that bad," Nice going, Lucky Leprechaun. It's bound to be terrible. We saw other people were feasting on the dinner... and it didn't look pleasant.

"Whoa-oa-oa, dude!" Geoff looked at it while Brody looked... out of focused for some reason.

The Reality TV Pros had wide-eyes, Mother and Daughter Team (who were next to us) plus Sky gagged at the sight of it and said, "Ugh, what is that?!"

I read the rest of the tip, "Icelandic feast consists of putrefied shark, pickled herring, cured ram, broiled pompin, and singed sheep heads. Wow, that is kinda brutal but that's really not much coming me."

Taylor refused to do it, "No! Uh-uh! Not happening! We're going fossiling because ew! Barf!"

"Don't say barf!" Kelly replied, but it was too late. They both threw up just at the word.

Both of them walked off to go fossiling until Dwayne Senior came out of nowhere and took the axe, "Yoink! Pardon us!"

"Dad, slow down it's super icy!" Junior called after him.

Unfortunately, he wasn't gonna listen, "Heh, I used to curl kiddo so I know ice as much as- WHOA!" We looked into the cavern to see him crash into a rock and the axe spin toward in the air and nearly miss his head (it even cracked the rock a little).

Taylor, Kelly, Sky and I glanced at each other with wide eyes and I broke the silence, "So, who's ready to feast?" I managed a weak smile.

After recovering from seeing someone almost die from a pick axe, the Reality TV Pros and us were getting ready to eat the Icelandic dinner.

"I'm not sure I can do this Zane," Sky had a distressed look on her face.

I reassured her, "It's okay, Sky. Just close your eyes and imagine it's a regular Thanksgiving dinner." She only gulped before we started eating.

To be honest for me, it was easy but for my partner/cousin? Not so much. I mean from the Juggy Chunks from Pahkitew would really leave a mark on a person. Soon enough, we cleared our plate of all the food.

We walked over to finish line right after Owen and Noah, "5th place." Sky gagged but swallowed down her food.

(Dual Confessional)

Zane: Compared to all the junk I've been fed over the years, *Smirks* it was actually kinda delicious. *Loses smiles and gestures to his cousin* But I can't say the same for Sky.

Sky: *Holding her stomach as it rumbles* It was almost like the Juggy Chunks from Pahkitew *Gags again and swallows*.

"You're eighth!" Don said to the Mother and Daughter Team after the Surfers finished, "But... you've earned a one hour penalty. Please step aside."

Taylor (the Daughter) was confused, "Wait, what?"

"After getting the Icelandic sentence wrong, you were both supposed go back through the geyser field. But only Kelly did."

"UGH! Way to go mom!" She glared at her mother. I rolled my eyes in response. Ah, yes sure. Blame your mother for something that's clearly your fault. Yeah, way to go trash-hole.

After the Surfers finished their leg of the race, Dwayne and Junior came to the chill zone.

"Father and Son, you're the ninth team to arrive," Don said them, making them cheer.

"WAIT!" One of the vegans, Laurie had arrived and accused them, "That's our fossil!"

Junior groaned, "I knew something was wrong."

Dwayne pushed the fossil back to them and sighed, "Fine, here you go."

That was until Don stopped them, "No sharesies! You'll have to try again." He told the Vegans.

"But-"

"Don't care."

"But-"

"Don't care."

"BUT-"

"Don't care." Don walked off.

Laurie glared daggers at Dwayne, "THE GODDESS OF KARMA WILL GET YOU FOR THIS!" Hm, I guess some people can't take losses very well.

But don't worry... the Vegans came back! Well, not as soon as you think.

"For sure our penalty's up now?" Taylor asked Don.

"Not yet," He answered back, "Oh, and here they come!" He pointed to the Rockers and Vegans, who were racing toward the finish line. After a few seconds of Taylor and Kelly nervous glancing, Don called, "Penalty over!" They both hopped over, "13th!" The Rockers had pulled ahead of the Vegans, "Rockers, 14th." So like I said, not as soon as you think, "Well, my meat-eating Vegans, you're the last team to arrive."

Needless to say, they didn't look too good.

Don smiled at them though, "But this is a non-elimination round. You get to stay!"

Laurie gasped in shock, "I ate animals... FOR NOTHING?!" Uh, oh...

"Um..." Don returned a fearful look before he was tackled and just got the living daylights beaten out of him. Sky and I flinched at the beating, not to mention gave nervous glances at the scene, while the others looked in shock, "OH-HO! SECURITY! OH! NEXT TIME ON-OW!- THE RIDONCULOUS RACE..." He was thrown on the ground, "BRAZIL!" Laurie screamed again and pulled him back, "AAH! HEEEELLLLLP!"

Miles walked over before she threw up on the ground. Well, I learned three things today: geyser fields are dangerous, Icelandic feasts can be brutal, and apparently Vegans know how to rearrange someone's organs...

Yeesh.