A/N: Hello people! And good news: I'm still not dead.. yet. But anyway, I'd like to apologize for not uploading for almost two months. I've been... busy. Okay, fine. I almost completely lost interest in this and nearly gave up. But I'm back now and I here to give you another chapter of the Ridonculous Race (or should I say In-Zane Race? I really should fix that title...)
But anyway, here's the next chapter!
Okay, so admitting your feelings to someone you really like is easier said than done. Or is it easier done than said? Maybe both? Okay now that I think about it, it has to do with doing AND saying it to your crush. It was easy for Noah and Emma. Why is it so hard for me and Kitty? I mean I survived seasons throughout Total Drama, downed terrible food without even gagging, and even fought a giant ninja for a commercial.
But confessing your feelings to your crush?! This couldn't get any worse...
"We're going to Flores, Indonesia. Teams will depart on cargo planes an hour ahead based on their position from the last challenge," Sky read from our next travel tip just before she shivered, "I could really use a warm-up right now."
"Then start doing some jumping jacks." I laughed at my joke. "Heh, heh. Get it?"
"Ha, ha. Very Funny, Zane." She replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes, "Jokes aside, shouldn't you tell Kitty that you like her?"
"Of course I tell her..." Sky brightened up at my response, "...as a friend." She frowned at the last part, while I sighed, "Who am I kidding? Of course I want to be more than her friend. I... just can't do it."
"But if you don't confess your feelings, she'll give up and you two may never be together at all." I frowned at her truth. She was right, but I just couldn't mount up the courage to tell her that I liked her.
At least back there, but now I felt like it this was my last chance.
I shrugged in response the grinned, "You're right, Sky. Guess it's now or never. I'll do it! I'll tell her."
She smiled at my face crossed with determination as I walked toward her, "There's the Zane I know."
I walked over to Kitty, who was sitting by herself with sadness written all over her, "Hey, Kits!"
She turned back to me with some surprise, "Zane?" Kitty stood up, "Um... what do you... I... uh... you wanted to say something to me?"
I nodded my head, "Yeah... um... I've wanted to tell you that... ehm..." Come on, Zane. Now or never! "I... like..." I stopped as I heard a crack in the ice, "What was-"
"YAAHH!" We screamed in surprise as a narwhal suddenly popped out of the snow with its horn intent to hurt us. Kitty jumped into my arms to avoid it, while I held her. It suddenly went over and popped the tires on one of the planes we were supposed to be departing from.
Both of us presented wide-eyes at that moment, "So... uh... you were saying...?"
I let out a breath of relief, "Okay, I was trying to say-" The narwhal from earlier, popped up from behind me. I jumped in order to avoid its horn again, but this time into Kitty's arms. It popped the second plane's tires, which left only one plane left.
"Uh..." We released in nervousness.
"EVERYONE ON THE LAST PLANE RIGHT NOW! GO! MOVE, MOVE, MOVE! HURRY!" Everyone else who hadn't received their tips, pressed the buttons on the Don Box in a hurry and made a break for to mention, Jacques screamed like a girl again as he and Josee were running onto the plane.
*Laughs* What can I say? It's funny to me... at least for a moment anyway.
So with all the teams (and a slightly angry Zane and depressed Kitty) tied, we were all in a tie on our flight to Indonesia. As soon as the plane landed, all of us piled out. Sky and I running behind the Sisters and in front of the Reality TV Pros. We were quickly passed by the Ice Dancers who took a luggage cart.
"Bye, bye! See you at the finish line!" Josee taunted as she and Jacques passed by. But, instant karma was served to them when they turned back around to avoid the plane that was going back.
I called back to them with a smile on my face, "Alright, we'll meet you there!" After a short run, we stopped by the road, "Taxi!"
Owen and Noah caught up to us a second later, "We need a taxi!"
"Hey, Noah! Over here!" Emma called us, with a taxi ready. We ran over to get inside the taxi; it was a little tight squeeze.
And might I say the seating arrangements seemed to be set on purpose...
"Just look at that: sapphire blue waters, hot, steamy jungles... I wish it just were the two of us." Noah flirted with Emma.
She sent back a smile to him, "Uh, Noah, we're not supposed to be dating 'til after the race."
"I know, I was talking to Owen." Wow... way to use sarcasm Casa-Noah.
Emma laughed, "You're too funny!"
Kitty sent an uncomfortable look to me while I sent an unamused expression with a mutter, "And they wanted to talk about our behavior." She nodded her head in agreement.
"We heard that." Noah and Emma glared at me. I shrugged as if saying that I didn't care at all... which was true. We stopped at a komodo dragon sign.
"Dragon crossing? Ha! I gotta get a selfie with this!" Kitty exclaimed with her cell phone out; I raised an eyebrow at her in response.
"OH!" Owen screamed and pointed at a komodo dragon approaching the car, "OMG! THAT IS TERRIFYING!" We all had wide-eyes as it stood in front.
I replaced my frightened look with a confident smirk, "Don't worry. As long as we're in the car, we're perfectly safe." Right after I said that, the dragon tore of the front bumper with its teeth and spat it out. We screamed in terror while Kitty and I hugged each other on instinct.
"GO, GO, GO! RUN IT OVER!" Sky order the driver. He was close: he missed it by a couple feet and hit the dragon crossing sign instead.
"This place is crazy!" Owen spoke in terror.
"Relax, I've smelled your farts for many years. If anything, those dragons should be afraid of you." I sent Noah a 'Really?' look while Emma laughed at his remark.
(Dual Confessional)
Zane: I can't tell if he's doing that on purpose just to get himself or Emma eliminated.
Sky: *Nods her head*
When the taxi arrived at our destination, all of us (with the Best Friends) ran over to get the next travel tip. Only for it to be guarded by a sleeping komodo dragon.
"Seriously?" Sky groaned in annoyance.
"Uh... so who wants to be first?" Noah asked anyone in particular.
"First on the menu? No thanks." I answered back.
"Oh, just honk dude and it'll scatter." Brody said as he and Geoff got out of their taxi when they arrived. He honked the horn, which woke it up in a few seconds. The dragon chased after the fleeing taxi, "See? Told ya."
Sky ran up to the Don Box and got the next tip, "It's an All-In: How to Milk Your Dragon. Wait, what?"
I read the rest of the instructions, "Teams must collect one vial of komodo dragon drool and hand it to the local for your next tip. Warning: side effects of getting bitten include headache, dizziness, and getting eating by a komodo dragon."
We ran to the next part of the challenge, "Isn't this a little dangerous?" Owen asked.
Before I could reply sarcastically, Devin beat me to it, "Danger? We all die eventually." Yeesh, what's up with him?
The six of us met in one of the local houses... tents... house tents... forts even? I don't know what they are honestly. But anyway, we met up in one of them. Well, Sky and I met up with Owen and Noah. Emma joined us in order to spend time with her 'boyfriend'.
Kitty climbed up the fort, "Hey, so I know you're in a happy place, but can we do this one like without Owen and Noah?"
Emma turned back to her, "Why? They've always helped us. Wait a second... you said Owen and Noah. Aw, you want to spend time with Zane!"
Kitty blushed while I glared at her sister, "Hey, you leave me out of this!"
"Besides that the PDA is starting to throw off our game." She continued.
"You're exaggerating." Emma said after she scoffed. Oh, really? Then how do you explain yourself being held by Noah in a cuddling position (Sort of...)?
"I don't wanna take sides, but Kitty might be right." Noah replied.
"Hey!" I sent an angry look to him.
"I meant about that game." He corrected with an eyebrow raised.
"Oh..." I felt my cheeks heat up a little.
Emma sighed, "Fine, just five more minutes." And by five more minutes, she means five more decades. But that was enough time for me confess my feelings to Kitty.
I walked over to her, "Okay, so like I saying back in the Arctic, I like-"
Sky seemed to helping us with our alliance with the Owen and Noah. Too bad it just so happened to be the time I was talking to my crush, "Okay, time's up. Go away."
"W-wait, Sky! Just five more..." It was too late. Emma and Kitty had already walked off in the distance. I facepalmed at her action; it wasn't even five seconds!
(Dual Confessional)
Zane: *Glares* Couldn't you have waited after I was done?
Sky: *Shrugs in confusion* Done with what? *Widens eyes realizing* Oh... aw, crud. *Facepalms*
The Reality TV Pros and us went into the jungles where the dragons were roaming about. We hid behind a rock where we saw a couple of them licking on bones with their saliva visible on them.
"They look a little harmless..." Sky said. One of them suddenly ate of the horn of the fossilized bone which made us cringe for a second.
"Yeah, they're definitely harmless." I sarcastically said with an eyebrow raised.
"Maybe they won't try to eat us unless they're already full!" Owen smiled.
Noah responded, "Being full never stops you from eating. Let's wait 'til they're done and grab some spit from the carcass."
"Great idea!"
"Okay." Sky and I spoke with shrugs.
"That gives us some free time. What should we do with it; maybe see what the Sisters are doing? Okay." Noah didn't wait for answer and sped away from us.
"Hey, Get back here!" I glared as I gave chase to him.
(Confessional: Jungle)
Owen: I love that Noah's happy and doesn't care for the race anymore, except for the part where he doesn't care for the race anymore.
Sky: Why not just take charge so we can win this?
Owen: Hey, that's a good idea! I'll be leader of our team slash alliance from now on! *Runs off*
Sky: *Calls* I meant the both of us!
I pulled Noah back near Owen and Sky were, tossed him on the ground, and waved a finger, "Bad Noah!"
"Aw, come on, Zane. Just a few minutes?" He begged with his hands together.
I shook my head, "Not even for a second." He mumbled under his breath.
"Check it out!" We walked over to where Owen and Sky were viewing a layer of komodo dragon skin on the ground, "That komodo exploded or something."
"It's just skin. I guess komodo molt like every other reptile." Noah voiced. Owen gasped as if he had a ridiculous idea, which he did, "Uh-oh, I see wheels turning."
"If I wear a komodo skin, I could just crawl up to one and swipe some spit!"
"WHAT?! Are you deranged?!" Sky screamed at him.
"Yeah, Owen. That's crazy!" I tried to reason, then placed a finger on my chin, "But it just might work... and it's all we have."
"We're gonna watch him make out with a komodo dragon?" Noah asked us.
Owen laughed, "No! But I won't rule it out." He snorted, "And it wasn't my plan." That's a relief. I can barely stand it when Noah and Emma romance with each other. I can't even imagine what it would look like if Owen and a komodo dragon did it.
(A/N: One crazy idea later...)
Owen put on the skin and crawled up to a group of komodo dragons, while the three of us hid behind a rock. Operation: Spit and Release was a go.
"Hey, g'day mates! Mind if I join in, yeah?" He said in an Australian accent. How in the world was this going to work?
"Why would he fake an accent?" Noah voiced out as if it wasn't gonna work.
"As long as he gets the vials of spit, we should be okay." Sky answered back. Owen chewed on one of the bones, whilst the komodo went back to eating theirs.
I raised an eyebrow at the scene and released, "Wow... I don't even know what to say on this one."
The komodo suddenly licked on Owen's cheek and in response made him laugh, "Oh, like you too!" He licked on the dragon's face.
You heard right. He LICKED the dragon's face in response. I looked at the scene in disbelief then to the camera, while Sky and Noah threw up in the bushes a few feet away from me.
(Dual Confessional)
Owen: I like making new friends! I'm gonna call him Chewy!
Noah: *Sighs* How are you still alive? (A/N: That's a good question)
He got the vial of saliva from the bone and tossed it to me. I caught it and dropped the drool in my vial, "Ha, ha, beauty! Well, I just be going off- AAH!" The komodo dragon from earlier tackled him into the dirt. At first we thought his cover was blown, but then the reptile was actually sticking out its tongue in... happiness, "Or not."
The komodo purred as it sat on top of him, "A little help, mate?!"
"He's your boyfriend! You dump him!" Noah called back.
"Actually, I think it's a female." I interjected.
"How?"
"Don't know. I'm just trying to keep this story rated T." Sky and Noah raised an eyebrow in response. Whoops, I broke the fourth wall again.
"What?" They both said.
"Nothing."
And after an hour or so of no progress...
"We're gonna end up in last place!" Noah exclaimed.
"You mean one of us is gonna end up in last place." Sky corrected.
"Oh, no!" Owen exclaimed in terror, "Chewy's drooling in his sleep!"
"I still think it's a-" I was interrupted by his scream of pain.
"Ah, AAH! AAH! The venom's in my eye!" Owen then farted which woke up the komodo dragon and scared it away. I'd run away too if I woke up to his gas.
Owen: *shrugs* I guess farting's a side effect of komodo venom.
Noah: *holding his nose* No, it isn't...
"Didn't see that coming." We ran up to the local and the kid gave us our next travel tip, "Alright, we have to search these piles of textiles for the Ridonculous Race rug and we get to the chill zone."
The four of us ran over, until Owen tripped and we picked him back for a moment, and continued toward the pile, "Okay, I'll search this pile, you two go over there, and you..." Noah stopped when Owen tripped again on a rug.
Might I add that his eye is swollen from the venom, "Aah! I landed on my keys." Owen said in pain.
He replied, "New plan: we'll search and you... try not to hurt yourself."
"LET'S DO IT!" Owen ran into a pile of rugs and was able to find a Ridonculous Race rug, "YES! Found one!" But he caused an avalanche to come right on top of Noah, while me and Sky ran to safety before it came on top of us, "Uh, Noah?"
"I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I AM!" He screamed from the pile beside us.
Sky sighed, "New, new plan: you search for Noah while we try to find our rug and join you as soon as we're done." The Cadets and Surfers arrived a moment later, "Go, go, go!" We ran toward another pile of textiles in a hurry. After a few minutes of searching, we got a Ridonculous Race rug. We joined in Owen's search for Noah, right after we pulled a rug from his head. We looked in different piles for our friend.
Unfortunately in our search for Noah, the Surfers and Cadets already found their own rugs and finished the challenge. "Great, now only one of us get to complete the challenge or face elimination." I frowned at our streak.
"It's okay, guys. Just go to the chill zone." Noah said from somewhere in the pile.
"Wait, what?" My eyes widened in response, "No way! We've gotten to the finals in Total Drama before. You haven't, not once!"
"It's okay. We've had a good run!"
"That's not a good reason." I frowned in remark.
I heard him sigh from the pile, "Owen, throw them away from us!"
"Okay. I don't know how that's gonna help, but whatever you say." He replied.
"I'm sorry, wha-" I stopped as Owen picked me up and threw me toward the chill zone with the rug, while Sky landed on top of me, "Darn it, Noah!"
"Acrobats, you've come in 8th place." Don announced.
"Woo-hoo." Sky and I had no enthusiasm in our voices whatsoever (it was more like pain). After got Don was done telling the Reality TV Pros they were eliminated, we walked over to the pile to help Owen fish out Noah.
Emma joined us a moment later, "Noah? Noah? If I could find you, I'd totally kiss you."
"HERE I AM!" Noah's head popped out of the pile.
(Dual Confessional)
Zane: *In complete disbelief* Wha-W... how-d... you-j... WHY?! *Crosses arms with a glare* Seriously, Noah?!
Sky: *Sighs*
"Aw, where was that energy a minute ago?!" Owen complained. My thoughts exactly!
Emma hugged Noah (or at least his head), "You meet me at the final chill zone after I win, and we'll go on our first date okay?"
"What about the 'I totally kiss you thing'?" She kissed him just as she promised before. I looked on in disbelief then to the camera for the second time.
Something told me they'd be eliminated sooner or later, but not like this...
A/N: And that's another chapter for the books. I was kinda sad that Owen and Noah were eliminated this episode. I thought for sure they would've gotten further. I mean you'd think they probably make it to the finals. Anywho, after this I still plan on doing other stories for the Total Drama Series before the Ridonculous Race, but I still don't know where to start. Let me know in your reviews if I should go from the very beginning of the show or somewhere in the middle.
'Til then, I'll see you in the next chapter. Buh-Bye!