Hey, everyone! Back from being sick, busy from school, and lazy at the same time. Here's an update on the polls.
TDI: 7
TDA: 6
TDWT: 4
TDAS: 1
Still any season's game, mostly Action and Island. Not so much for All Stars but you never know. We're nearing the end of the Ridonculous Race, and things are gonna heat up. What will happen?
Read and enjoy the next chapter.
Oh and thanks for the reviews.
And yet another victory for the Superteam alliance. They are now heading towards the next Don Box as we speak. What will happen next?
Find out in the next exciting chapter of the story...
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NAH! WE WOULDN'T DO THAT!
"S-U-P-E-R. Whatit'sspell? Suuuper! T-E-A-M. What's it spell? Teeeam! Put it together what's it spell? Suuuuperrrrteam!" I sang and was doing a victory dance as my cousin took the next tip from the Don Box.
"Catch a flight to Siberia." Sky read from her tip.
I stopped celebrating and talked normal while stretching, "Siberia, huh? That doesn't sound so bad."
She deadpanned, "It's in Russia, Zane. And it's cold. VERY cold." Clearly she does not know her own cousin very well.
"Yeah, so?" We stood for a few moments in complete silence...
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...she only sighed before walking off to get us a taxi.
"Hey, wait up!" I caught up with her.
"So the Axis of Evil will be targeting us, the Surfers, Best Friends, and Sisters." Sky started as we were being driven to the airport, "Now would be a good time to actually get off their radar and strategize how we can break them apart."
I waved a hand off in confidence, "Pfft. We don't need to get off their radar. We've done pretty good in the race so far. If anything, the Ice Dancers will try to sabotage the Cadets thus breaking the alliance as a whole." I put a finger on my chin in thought. "Actually now that I think about it, I'm not sure they were even an alliance to begin with."
"Yeah... but we still need to get off Ice Dancers' radar." She said just as we stepped out of the taxi and walked into the airport. "Your little... uh... shenanigans overtime have gotten EVERYONE'S attention. The next one even more collateral the last. Plus, you always seem to let them know it was you."
I shrugged my arms. "Oh, c'mon. I'm pretty sure we'll be okay. Besides what could happen in a few short challenges?"
And just right after I said that...
"SO LONG LOSERS!/MOVE IT OR LOSE IT!" Josee taunted us as she and Jacques ran past us with devious smiles on their faces... oh and MacArthur and Sanders managed to stay right behind them the entire time.
Sky and I looked on in disbelief at the scene before I finally broke the silence and pointed to both teams ahead. "Weren't they behind us after we got our tips?"
Just as the rest of the teams arrived we heard a message from the loudspeaker. "Welcome, uhhhh... aboard everyone." Russian pilot speaking: we will now trolling as soon as possible. A.k.a just right now.
"RUN!" We heard Emma scream as she ran past us.
Sky and I shook ourselves out of stupor and sped over to the desk to get our tickets to this flight along with everyone else. 'Cause if we miss this flight, it'll be an 8 hour wait which would be very detrimental to our position in the race.
"We are going to be, ummm(HURRY!)... closing the... uhhhh... cabin doors... ehhh(GO! GO! GO!)... any uhhh... second now for the taking off."
(A/N: Did anyone else feel like they were just trolling here on purpose?)
"CLOSE THE DOORS ALREADY!"
You could practically hear Josee's beautiful voice from afar. And the doors did close.
Right after we got on board.
"Woo-hoo!" Kitty cheered as we past the Ice Dancers and went to the back.
"That was too close!" Carrie agreed. No kidding. I almost broke a leg trying to get here.
"Right on, dudes!" Geoff said.
"'Sup, Ice Dancers!" I taunted her as all of us went to the back of the plane. She growled in annoyance. HAHAHA! Don't cha just love irony?
(Dual Confessional: Plane Seats)
Josee: *Angry, while crossing her arms* Now we're all on the same flight. And it's all because of that PILOT!
Jacques: *Glances at her while holding his magazine* Why? Just because he... *trolling* uhhh... spoke-uhhhhhh... *gets punched in the face by Josee* GAH!
Zane: *Whose ironically (and on purpose) right behind them, peaks up from above their heads and mockingly speaks* Aw, what's wrong Josee? Are you mad because we... *now trolling* uhhh... got on th-uhhhhhh... *Gets pulled down by Sky* Whoa!
Sky: *semi-glare, crossing her arms* There really is a thing called 'Getting TOO Comfortable'.
Zane: *Crosses his arms and groans begrudgingly*
After a long flight (and giving the Sisters a heads up), we ran to the Don Box to receive our tips.
Emma gasped. "We have to ice yacht to the Kola Superdeep Borhole-"
"-In our swimsuits." I finished in a not-so-surprising tone. "Anyone really surprised?" Ironically, everyone raised their hand. Wow, that's all I can say. Just wow. Seriously. It's Total Drama people. The new host might be less sadistic, but the challenges are still diabolical. Fortunately, I still have the body temperature adaption advantage. Can't really say the same for everyone else. The good news is, we'll get our clothes back at the next Don Box.
"Taxi!" All of the teams called for their vehicles. We drove to the location to change into our swimsuits.
Sky had her purple one piece, while I wore black swim shorts and long sleeved t-shirt. Once we were ready, I cracked my fingers, "Alright, guys ready to get this show on the roooooo..." I stopped as I found myself staring with mouth wide open at Kitty in her bikini.
She must've caught me though, sent a sly smirk, and posed, "Like what you see Zane?"
I looked on for a moment, until I slapped myself and felt my cheeks heat up... a lot. "No! Yes... maybe... I don't know..." I was not gonna give her my satisfaction... while trying not to hurt her feelings.
"Aw, you hurt my feelings." Kitty faked pouted then giggled while walking to the yacht. She's so innocent yet diabolical at the same time. I'm so gonna get her back for this.
(A/N: Suggestive, ain't it?)
"Zane, you have a little something on both your cheeks." Needless to say, Sky was in on the fun. Yeah, I forgot to mention. She can be a little evil too.
I glared at her, crossing my arms. "Oh, I couldn't tell. I thought I had fever." When we complete this challenge, it's gonna be a LONG night.
"AAH!" We heard a familiar scream come not to far from us. Unsurprisingly, MacArthur's tongue was stuck to a trash can. Hm, gonna have to hold off this awkward moment for a sec.
"Sorry, it's slippery out here." Josee fake apologized. Okay, time to for revenge.
I kicked her to where MacArthur was and now she was stuck in the same position, smiling deviously. "Oops. Lost my footing." As I walked back to the yacht areas, I heard MacArthur laughing and Jacq sped past me to Josee...
...in a speedo. Something I haven't seen since Alejandro. "Dude, word of advice: get something has leggings like my shorts." I called to him as he ran. It's always disturbing to see any guy in a speedo.
Anywho after that disturbing sight, Sky and I took our boat and raced across the ice. My cousin decided to take the wheel much to my dismay just because I stared at Kitty... once.
We were approaching the hole (with the Sisters who were seemingly waiting for us), but we were coming in a little hot. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Brakes! BRAKES! BRAKES!" I screamed at Sky. She pulled hard on the brake lever, still the yacht kept going. As a last resort, she did a 180 which almost left me plummeting into the borhole. I caught myself with one hand with some ice falling down toward the center. Judging from up here, that's even worse than the 1,000 foot cliff dive from the first season.
Getting back on track, I managed to pull myself up and get out of the boat with Sky just as it fell down into the darkness. All of us glanced down the hole with wide-eyes (Although Kitty looked like she was gonna have a heart attack). I can't even imagine how painful or fast death would be for anyone who fell down there.
Ugh, gives me the creeps just thinking about it.
Sky broke the moment of silence. "Uh... that happened..."
"Yeah..." Emma said.
After a few moments, all of us got back into our regular clothing and in winter attire; basically winter gloves, hat, and cover up from the Narwhal challenge and took the next tip from the Don Box.
"Who's Ready To Go Deep?" Kitty read and the three girls suddenly had wide-eyes. "Uh-oh."
"What does uh-oh mean exactly?" I asked, already knowing the answer.
"Uh-oh means one of us is gonna have to lower our partner down the hole using a harness to retrieve a ball." My cousin translated from reading the next part of the challenge. "Then pull their partner back up and race to the chill zone."
Once again and somehow, Kitty and I were somehow the ones going to be lowered down. I'm starting to find this pairing a little fixed.
(A/N: It is fixed.)
"So, how far down are we going exactly?" I'd like to know if I can even climb back up without the harness.
"Uh..." Sky looked to her tip. "Seven miles." Wow, I was right. It's almost like the cliff diving challenge from the first season... except there's so water to land on... and no safe zone... plus a higher chance of death without the harness... and possibly a tight space.
"Seven miles down? Okay..." Kitty looked very uneasy. "Will there still be air?"
"Well, we are above a giant hole with air circulating as we speak. It's kinda hard not for air to travel down there." I tried to reassure her. Hey, I'm no scientist, but pretty sure there would be oxygen there anyway.
Kitty deadpanned, "That's... not reassuring."
I shrugged my shoulders. "Well, I'm no geologist."
Amazingly (and somehow), the Ice Dancers managed to catch up with us. They started blowing kisses out to their imaginary fans, who even they seem might wanna boo them. Though I was wondering right then, how did Josee even get off the trash can? Did she somehow rip her tongue without feeling pain? Because I'm sure liquid water is not within the 100 mile radius.
"What the...? How did you even-"
"Ugh, enough with that move already!" Kitty cut off my question with a complaint as we were both getting lowered down by our partners.
"Yeah, we get it. You're Ice Dancers." Emma agreed.
"And no one really cares!" Sky called to them. It's nice to see my friends are in the same boat as I am.
"Plus it still won't change the fact that you still flunked at the Olympics, 2nd place losers!" I taunted, then laughed along with my friends. The Ice Dancers gasped in shock then glared daggers at me. Hey, what can I say? There is such thing as 'All Show, and No Go'.
(Dual Confessional)
Josee: *Devious Glare* I'm going to make sure neither of them come out of that hole. *Smiles at the thought of it*
Jacques: *Smiles* Good.
"Okay, we can do this..." Kitty calmy said, seemingly to herself.
Sky gave a sly smirk as if she's gonna say something dirty. "Oh and don't get bright ideas of bonding too much down there."
Kitty and I blushed brightly at the thought. "WE AREN'T!" Both of us were lowered down into the borhole.
(Confessional: Outside the Borhole)
Kitty: *Still blushing while scratching her head* Your cousin is so evil.
Zane: *Stubborn Glare* Yes. Yes, she is.
"PULL ME UP!" Our eyes went above us and saw Josee being positioned back up again. She was lowered down by only for a few seconds. "BACK UP. BACK UUUUPPP!" Kitty and I shared uncertain looks with each other that seemingly said 'Uh... is she even a threat anymore?'. I only shrugged in response, before we heard her yell once again. "PULL ME BACK UP! BACK UUUUPPP!" Man, that's just sad. She has claustrophobia worst than Gwen.
And even she can handle tight spaces better than that.
I only shook my head in response while I crossed my arms. "I almost feel sorry her. Almost."
"BACK UP AGAIN! BACK UUUUPPP!"
An unamused look crossed my face. "...Okay, now I feel sorry her." I'd never thought this moment would come. Uh... me feeling sorry to Josee, not the other thing.
Eventually, we reached the bottom of the hole. And yes, there was air down here... and surprisingly, it wasn't half bad.
"Oh, Emma, it's nice and warm down here." Kitty replied, smiling.
I had to agree with her. "No kidding. If you ignore the feeling constantly being watched, it's great. I'd want to stay down here for a vacation spot."
Kitty raised an eyebrow. "You mean you'd want to stay in a dark cave for a couple weeks by yourself?" HA! As if.
I returned a sly smirk and wrapped my arm around her shoulder. "Who said I planned on staying down here myself?"
She giggled and got out of my grip. "Uh... no thanks. I'd rather be on the beach in my bikini right now just so could stare at my beauty." She even did her pose again. Aw man, now she's using my weakness against her. Like I said, I'm SO getting her back at this.
I glared back and pointed at her. "I only looked one time! Doesn't mean I'm gonna do it again." Please insert the part where Zane crosses his arms in a very stubborn and childish manner.
"Hey if you two are done flirting with each other down there, Emma and I are freezing up here!" Sky said through our comms.
I sent a semi-glare back up. "Okay, okay. Give us a moment." And soon enough, we found two balls next to each other. "There they are." We grabbed both of them. Actually, I got another one just in case something might happen. I.E. Ice Dancers. "C'mon. Let's get back to the surface. Sky we're done down here."
"Emma, pull me up." We started ascending up towards the surface... with Josee being lowered down from us.
"Hey, are the balls in plain sight or are they hard to see?" She asked.
"With helmet lights, they're actually pretty easy to- AAH!" Kitty was interrupted when Josee punched her light out.
She tried to go for mine, but I stopped her fist in time. Josee turned a surprised look in response. "Nice try, Josee." I then gave a mischievous grin. "But you're just too wound up!" I used my strength to spin her around and around very fast. It was almost like she was screaming murder.
Mostly because she was...' til she stopped. "Uh, did I win a gold medal?"
"Sky, quick! Pull me up before Josee comes to her senses! Get Emma to do the same thing for Kitty too!" I communicated to her through my mic.
"Wait, but what my ball?" Kitty questioned.
"Don't worry." I threw her the spare I placed in my pocket, which she caught. "I kept another just in case something like this would happen. I know. You don't need to thank me."
We hung in awkward silence... until Kitty cleared her throat. "Um, right. Uh, thanks anyway. Pull me up Emma!" She started going up.
"Time to ascend, Sky!" I started moving up too. A short time later, both of us reached the surface and with our partners ran to the chill zone, which was in a Russian Steambath.
"Sisters, you're today's winners." Don announced, while in a towel. I won't even ask. Either way, we finished in the top 2. They cheered and sat down on the other side. "Acrobats, 2nd place."
"Hooray!" Sky and I cheered.
"Hooray denied." Wait a second, you can't just deny hoorays! Not only is it against nature, it also creates anger. "Both of you get a 15 minute penalty. Please step aside."
"Wha...? What did we do wrong?" Sky asked, shrugging in confusion.
"The challenge was to retrieve one ball from the bottom of the borhole. Zane got two of them." Don explained. Okay, so apparently you can deny hoorays like that.
I facepalmed and groaned at myself for breaking the rules. "Aw, man!"
(Dual Confessional)
Zane: *Glare* Why didn't I give away a fake ball instead?
Sky: *Raises an eyebrow* Why'd you take a second ball anyway?
Zane: *Crosses arms and sighs* Ice Dancers, remember?
Sky: *Understanding Sigh*
Speaking of which, they just so happen to hop right in that moment. "Ice Dancers, 2nd place."
"Yes!" They both cheered.
"In your face, Acro-dummies!" Josee smiled tauntingly and blew a raspberry at us while we glared at her. I'm pretty sure both of us were wishing something bad would to happen her to right now.
"I wouldn't be gloating if I were you. Both of you get a 30 minute penalty." HA! Irony again! And they get double our time... plus they kinda got cursed by my thoughts.
"WHAT?!" They both screamed in disbelief.
"You didn't go to the bottom of the borhole to get the ball as the tip instructed." Don explained to them.
"HA!" I pointed at them as if saying, 'In your face!'.
"Seriously? That is so unfair!" Josee complained. Oh wow, that's rich coming from you Ice Cheater. So far you've tried to sabotage the Cadets by tripping one of them up back in Transylvania, another attempt to them AND Surfers back in the bunny catching challenge, play mind tricks on the TV Pros (kinda miss them right now) plus the Surfers, from what I've heard, push the Cadets off their boat in the prison break challenge, took the Goths' bunny to send them on a wild goose (in that case bunny) chase, yet ANOTHER sabotage attempt for a crocodile trying to eat our catfish, oh and you almost punched my lights out and throw me and Kitty's balls back down the hole.
Did I miss anything? If so, just say it in the reviews.
(A/N: Yet another fourth wall comment)
"Oh really? And punching someone's lights out isn't?" I countered, still they ignored me.
"Considering you're horrible people who's gotten more penalties than all the other teams combined, I'd say you're getting off quite easily." Heh, heh. Tell 'em Don.
They walked begrudgingly to their seats, which were right next to us. The most awkward part of all this was... actually, it was pretty ironic. I mean you don't expect two teams who are enemies to be in the same boat.
And a little while later, the Surfers raced inside. "Surfers, 2nd place, and might I say you guys haven't done anything wrong." Don emphasized, mostly insulting and looking toward us. "OW!" Josee threw a ball at his forehead, whilst sending a glare at him. He rubbed said part and sent an angry look back at her. "And aren't being spoiled brats about it."
She only growled in response which made Jacques move away from her slightly. I only commented. "Yeesh. Someone's angry they aren't out of the penalty box yet."
Josee turned her gaze toward me with an irate expression. "Well... neither are you!"
*BEEP*
"Acrobats, your penalty is up." Wow, that was timely Don. Sky and I smiled and hopped over to the chill zone. "3rd place... and now you can hooray."
"Hooray!" We cheered for real this time.
Soon enough the Best Friends came up. "Best Friends, 4th place." Devin and Carrie cheered. The Ice Dancers' penalty was up and they walked up. "Ice Dancers, 5th place." Both of them walked past us with angry looks with Josee giving me the 'I'm Watching You' sign. I only waved back in response, while Sky returned a disapproving expression with a shake of her head. I gave back a sheepish shrug to her. Not like I can keep players safe plus stay off the radar at the same time.
Don flinched as he got a message through his mic. Turns out MacArthur let the competition go to her head and dropped Sanders without even using the lever to control her fall. In the end, she was taken away and sent to the hospital to tend for her broken arm.
And might I just say... ouch.
Both of them soon arrived to the chill zone (with Sanders' right arm patched up). "Sanders, MacArthur, I'm sorry to say this but you're the last team to arrive..." His solemn look turned into a smile. "But this is a non-elimination round."
"Yes!" MacArthur hugged Sanders, accidentally hurting her arm in the process.
"OW!"
"Sorry." She put her hands up as her partner glared at her.
Don started to talk to them. "Sanders, we spoke with the doctors and they will allow you to continue in the race if you feel you're able to. The choice is yours, but you have to make it now."
Sanders hesitated for a moment before asking MacArthur with a slight glare. "Have you learned your lesson?" She only sent a sheepish smile and shrugged. "I'm probably gonna regret this, but Don, we're still in the race!"
And so the Axis of Evil (or whatever was left of it) was now confirmed to be forever split of any and all relations (if there were any). Still, the Cadets were still somewhat of a threat unless they were to play the game more fairly from now on. Worse off, the Ice Dancers were still a giant problem and would probably try again with their sabotaging the 'Superteam' alliance plan.
The only question is... can they keep this up and eventually break us?
Only time can tell.
And that's another chapter done and we're nearing the end of the competition. Polls will still be up for grabs until the end of story.
Closing time for the polls will either immediately after the finale or a week after and that'll be it. So be sure to tell other writers of this poll of where I can start the 'Karmic Trickster' prequel.
Until then, read and review please.