Okay, we're still down to the final six teams. Pressure is now higher than ever (with a couple teams who I won't mention demonstrating this), and the alliance seems... like it's getting dull, but it should hold out until we get to the final four. That is, if the entire superteam makes it there. Oh, and as long as the Ice Dancers stop glaring holes into The Acrobats a.k.a our souls.
Which ironically... was... what... they were... doing... right now. Hmm, I guess I did push them over the edge a little...
"Do you think they'll stop glaring at us anytime soon?" I asked my ever-so-loyal cousin. We both look back toward them, but Jacq and Josee still kept up their angry gazes. "I mean they have to, right?" Even Courtney couldn't hold a grudge this long.
Then again... she threw challenges back in World Tour to get rid of Gwen when she got with Duncan. Not her finest hour.
"I don't think so." She answered back quietly.
We took the next travel tip after the Surfers. "We're going to Darjeeling, India."
Both of us, with the Sisters, were trailing behind the Cadets... who yet again, somehow managed to pull ahead of us.
"WOO! India!" Kitty cheered as all of us waited for a taxi to arrive.
"Taxi!"
"TAXI!" Emma, who once again was trailing behind us, beat MacArthur to the punch by coming out of nowhere and launching herself on top of the hood of the taxi. "We call this one!"
"Ooookaaayy..." Kitty nervously smiled, while MacArthur glared at Emma. I'm now starting to prefer Noah and Owen back right now.
(Combined Confessional: Inside the Taxi)
Zane, Sky, and Kitty: *Have visible expressions at Emma clearly saying, 'Are you serious?'*
Emma: What? We're down to the final six. Every second counts.
She was right, but mostly wrong. Why? Because all the teams were put on the same flight... again.
Right now, I was walking over to Devin, who just so happened to be in a confessional.
(Confessional: Plane)
Zane: So are you gonna confess your feelings to Carrie or what?
Devin: I'm... gonna do it. This leg of the race, I'm gonna tell her I love her. *Nervously* I just hope she doesn't kick me in the kiwis.
Zane: Yeah... *Realizes what he just said* Wait, what?
"Carrie," Devin started. He's going for it. He's going for it! He's gonna score it, folks! "I love yoooooou-tensils!" I facepalmed at the failed attempt. He had it in plain sight, then he lost it. He was VERY close.
"Um... cool." She answered, looking at him strangely. "I"ll... be right back." Carrie walked off somewhere.
(Confessional: Plane)
Zane: *Slight glare* Yoooooou-tensils? Really?
Devin: It's hard ok? *Crosses arms* Besides it's not like you confessed your feelings to Kitty.
Zane: *Wide-eyes* Wait... you know about- *MacArthur's crying interrupts him, causing both to look over*
The rest of the flight to Darjeel was quiet, if you were able to ignore MacArthur's brief crying. Took taxis to the next Don Box. Soon as all of us got here though...
"Still first! Heh, heh, heh..."
"OH!" The Ice Dancers dropped to the ground from exhaustion.
"Heat, too hot." Jacques groaned.
"Ugh, this humidity's bad for my hair." Emma complained.
"Tell me about it." Kitty agreed, with her ponytails now puffed up. Eek. That's not good.
"Whoo! So hot and sweaty, I could cook rice in my armpits." MacArthur agreed. Oh great, now I have to live with that image for the rest of my life. She sniffed them. "Whoo! That's pungent."
"Too much information." Sanders commented. Yeah, WAY too much info.
"Too hot... for... hat." Geoff struggled to walk to the Don Box with Brody while taking his hat off.
"Can't... take... this... heat." Sky trudged behind them.
"Wimps." I shook my head, walking casually and faster than everyone else to the Don Box. Remember, I still have body temperature adaption folks. I'm able to work in nearly any weather condition.
"Dude, how come you're not bummed out like us?" Brody strained.
"Body Temperature Adaption." Sky answered for him.
"Thank you, Sky." I thanked her. I pressed the button on the Don Box and received the next tip. "Tea Time."
"Is it iced tea?" Josee asked, still on the ground with her partner.
I returned a deadpan expression. "No... 'Each racer must strap on a basket and fill it up with the tea leaves in the field. Once full, bring it the local. If approved, you'll receive your next tip." Everyone groaned in response.
A little while later, everyone was strapped into their baskets and were collecting leaves. Sky was struggling to get leaves in her basket, while I was nearly done with filling mine. She sighed in exhaustion and wiped sweat off her forehead.
"Faster, Sky. The sooner we get this done, the sooner you get out of this heat." I tried to encourage her. Sure she's an athlete, but even professional athletes need breaks once in a while.
"Don't you mean 'the sooner we get out of this heat'?" If she could, Sky would look at me strangely.
"Uh, body temperature adaption. Remember?"
"Oh, right." She sulked down in despair. "Wish I had that too."
"Oh, Acrobaaaats!" We turned our heads to see the Wicked Witch of the West's sister and her pet spider monkey. Just so we're clear the actual Wicked Witch of the West is Heather, not Josee.
"Just when this challenge couldn't get any worse." Sky muttered to me. I nodded my head in agreement.
"Both of you are the best team this show has to offer because of your recent top placements." Ah, buttering up Jacq. It just screams betrayal slash double cross.
"We've also overheard the Sisters talking behind your backs of how completely oblivious the both of you, think you're losers, and are considering of breaking the alliance with you. So we're here to give you an opportunity to create an alliance with us." Josee finished.
Sky and I looked toward each other for a moment...
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"A-hahaha-heh-hahaha!" We both sighed and wiped our own tears from laughing. Josee frowned at both of us as if we should believe them.
"Oh wait, you're serious?" I questioned. They both nodded in head in response. I elbowed my cousin and both of us smiled. "Let's laugh even harder."
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" We both cracked up as the Ice Dancers glared.
(Dual Confessional: Fields)
Zane: *Still smiling* What, do they honestly take us for idiots? I know jars of mayo that's smarter than these two.
Sky: *Giggling*
"Do you think we're idiots? The Sisters would never betray us." My cousin argued.
"She's right." I nodded my head in agreement with a stern look on face and tone in my voice. "We've been in an alliance with them ever since Owen and Noah left the competition, and we've been good friends ever since. So let me ya something." I glared at them with hostility and walked aggressively as they back away in fear. "You WILL stop these mishaps against my friends and play fairly, or both of will face FULL EXTENT OF MY LATH!"
The Ice Dancers both stared at me strangely. "Uhh... what?"
I placed a finger on my chin. "Oh, sorry. Did I say lath? I meant wrath. You'll face the full extent of my wrath. I always get those two mixed up for some reason..." I muttered that last part to myself. "But as said before, don't even think of trying to empty out our baskets behind our backs." I pointed a finger to them with a death glare. "Like we said, we're not stupid and we're not pushovers! So stay out of my, Sky, and my friends' way, or else I'll introduce both to a NEW WORLD OF PAIN!"
Both of them had wide-eyes, but they got the message and stormed away with angry looks evident on their faces. I was serious about what I said too, and I rarely get serious. I don't hold back ANYTHING when I'm ticked off. Last guy who got me irate wished they'd never been born.
And I'm not talking about the 'I surrender!' kind of wished you'd never been born. I'm talking about the 'I wish this world never existed' kind of trauma.
(Dual Confessional)
Sky: You think they got the message of never messing with us?
Zane: Probably. But that shouldn't stop us from letting our guard down.
Josee: *Evil Chuckle* They don't realize they just confirmed what we needed to know. All we have to do is use their own strength against them.
Jacques: *Smiling* You are so evil.
Josee: Yes. I know.
We walked over to the Sisters who were busy picking leaves at the moment.
"Hey, girls." They both turned their heads to me. "Just wanna give you a heads up, keep an eye on the Ice Dancers."
"Yeah, we know what they're doing." Emma brushed it off as it was nothing and went back to leaf picking.
I frowned back. "I'm being serious. I have a feeling they're gonna try something crazy to either get rid of us or break up the entire alliance."
"The last thing we need is someone going home in a body-cast." Sky added.
"The challenges aren't that diabolical." Kitty argued with a sympathetic expression.
"But the Ice Dancers are. Remember they've been trying to sabotage teams throughout this race just to get the 'gold'." I quoted the last word. "Jacq and Josee will do anything to make sure they get to every chill zone first; especially the last one in the finale, and leave EVERYONE behind if they can. Mainly us."
Emma and Kitty turned to each other with surprised looks. "You really think they'll do that?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if they did." I returned an unsurprised face to them. "Remember, I've been stopping their sabotages throughout the race, they know how skilled and friendly we are toward one another... plus I also told them off back there, and we're sure they won't take too kindly to that. The Ice Dancers WILL do anything to break us."
Emma had a determined face, while Kitty looked a little worried. I cracked my fingers and smiled. "Don't worry; we'll be ready for them." Part of me was confident saying that, the rest of me wasn't too sure. I've dealt with some crazy players back in the last series. I just hope my and Sky's experience is enough to keep us and the Sisters in the race at the same time.
I just wish I had the time and bravery to tell Kitty my feelings towards her. Maybe that's what been bothering me these last few challenges. I really couldn't stop thinking of her and Emma's safety during the race.
(A/N: Daw, isn't dat lovely? Zane: *Annoyed* Seriously? When are you gonna stop with these random notes?)
After a little longer of picking up leaves, the four of us were able to fill up our baskets with leaves. We took to the local and received our next travel tips.
"Get sent reeling on the Darjeeling: teams will go to the Darjeel Station and take a passenger car based on the order you arrive. As the train moves the chill zone station, fight your way to front train car to exit." Sky read from the travel tip.
"C'mon let's go!" Emma commanded us.
The order of the passengers car were: Ice Dancers, Best Friends, Cadets, Surfers, Sisters, and us, the Acrobats. Yeah, it seems like we're at a disadvantage, but hey we'll catch up to everyone else quickly.
"Hello, racers in cars 2-6. You are free to begin making your way to cabin one... NOW."
"Go, go, go!" We started to run to the next car. Sky and I stopped when we saw a kangaroo sign up top.
"Pfft. A kangaroo? That's it? This'll be a cakewalk." I waved it off is it were nothing.
"I... don't know, Zane. Kangaroos are tougher than you think." Sky replied, visibly nervous.
"Oh, c'mon. How tough could one kangaroo be against two athletes like us?" I still had a confident smirk on my face. "We'll take it on 3." We got in a pouncing position. "1... 2... 3!" Both of jumped in after it.
The plan to obliterate the kangaroo...
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"AAH! OOH! OUCH! OW! AAH! MY LEG!" Both of us were tossed out... by the kangaroo with bruises and scratches evident across us.
"Man, kangaroo fighting's hard." Sky groaned in pain.
"Not as hard as a boxing glove to the face." I strained with a finger raised. I returned a glare back to the kangaroo inside. "That's it! This time, THE GLOVES ARE OFF!" I took my gloves and pushed to them to Sky behind me, who held them. I lunged myself back inside the train car and started to pound the living daylights out of the animal.
(Confessional: Outside the Car)
Sky: *Cringes as punching and kicking sounds are heard inside* Ooh! Ouch! *THWACK* That's gonna leave a mark.
*POW*
Sky: ...for the kangaroo...
I dusted my hands off in satisfaction as I walked out. "We're good. C'mon let's get to the next car." I gestured for her follow, so she did. When we got to the next car, both of us saw the Sisters scratched up.
"Ouch. What happened to you two?" Sky asked, in a concerned manner.
"We were beaten up by chickens." Emma answered.
"Chickens? That's it?" I snapped my fingers, in confidence. "Eh, this'll be easy."
"Zane, those chickens are tougher than you think." Kitty said. "I literally coughed up a feather when we got out."
"Oh, c'mon. I've had to take on a boxing kangaroo. How tough could a train car full of chickens be?" I asked as I walked in there.
In t-minus 3... 2... 1...
"AAH! OOH! OUCH!" I was thrown outside where everyone else was by the chickens (somehow) with even more scratches across my face. I even coughed up a feather... and an egg.
In response, I only said one thing.
"I hate chickens."
(Author: *Sighs and shakes head* Zane, Zane. When will you learn...?)
"We got four more cars to get through." Emma complained. "Ugh, we're not gonna make it!"
"Well, we could just distract them with bird seeds." I suggested, struggling to stand up.
"Not unless you want the chickens to kill you." Sky placing a hand on me as if saying, 'Not a good idea.'
"I have an idea." We looked to Kitty as she spoke. "You know how most train windows have those signs that say 'keep your arms in'?
"Yeah...?" Emma said back.
"We're listenin'..." I replied with a smile, knowing where this was going.
"Well, this one doesn't. SO WHATEVER." Kitty answered back with a smile.
Her plan was to get to the front train car by literally jumping on top of the passenger cars and navigating to the next.
"Jumpin' catfish! You're a dangerous gal, Kitty!" I glared at her, then returned a smile. "I like that in you."
"Aw, thanks, Zane!" Kitty blushed happily. We stared at each other's eyes romantically... until Emma snapped us out of our moments.
"If you're done staring at each other, Bonnie and Clyde, we're in danger! We should definitely go back in the car!"
Nuh-uh." I denied her the chance of us going back in there. "I got owned by a car full of chickens... and they threw me out... and I lost all my street cred."
"What street cred?" Sky looked to me with an unamused look.
"Oh, come on! You never take risks!" Kitty was more focused on arguing with her sister.
"Like the time you went tobogganing blindfolded?" Emma countered back.
I raised an eyebrow at Kitty and asked. "You went tobogganing blindfolded?" Kitty looked embarrassed and laughed sheepishly.
(Dual Confessional)
Kitty: *Annoyed* Ugh, you had bring up the blindfolded tobogganing story in front of him.
Emma: It speaks to the reckless behavior Kitty's done her entire life.
Kitty: I was 10! Come on. Live a little.
Emma: She slammed into a tree and "lived a little" in the hospital for two weeks.
Kitty: *Glares at her*
"Isn't that a little dangerous?"
Sky crossed her arms and deadpanned. "Not nearly as dangerous as the time you went biking... blindfolded." I widened my eyes instantly after she said that. I thought I told her to keep that a secret!
Kitty this time looked at me strangely. "You went biking blindfolded?"
I nervously smiled. "Heh, well... you see..." I pointed ahead to the front. "I'm just gonna go over to the next train." I didn't really wanna talk about the blindfolded biking story.
(Dual Confessional)
Zane: *Annoyed* You had to bring up the blindfolded biking story in front of her.
Sky: The blindfolded biking story pretty much states for part of Zane's overly confident attitude and recklessness.
Zane: I was 11 and trying to earn street cred when that happened! Gimme a break.
Sky: *Crosses arms* He earned street cred alright... when he fell down an open sewer entrance and stayed in the hospital for a week. The doctors also had to quarantine him because the *plugs her nose* sewer smell was so bad, he wilted the ground when he stood in one place for too long... and he was IN the hospital... and that doesn't even make sense.
Zane: *Growls and crosses arms stubbornly*
We all jumped to the next train and heard a familiar voice from behind.
"Kitty!"
Below from behind us were Devin, who was holding his... uh... kiwis, and Carrie.
"Hey, neighbor!" Kitty said back. "You okay?"
"Devin took a goat to the crotch." Carrie answered. Ouch! That hurt my cheez-its just thinking about it! "Can we come up?"
"Sure, let's all die." Way to put a positive spin on things Emma. You really do replace the pessimistic role of some people who won't be mentioned. "Come on up."
(Dual Confessional)
Kitty: We should hang with Devin and Carrie more often. With the Axis focused on us, we'll need all the help we can get.
Emma: I guess. Aside from us and the Acrobats, they're the only other sane team left.
"C'mon, we're almost there!" Sky exclaimed as me and her helped Devin over.
We reached the second car. "We're nearing the front car. We might have to throw you over." I stated. "Unless you think you can make the jump."
"Well, actually-"
I cut of Devin's statement by screaming. "WE'RE THROWING YOU OVER!" At least, I was the one who did.
"AAH!" Whoops. Turns out, I had too much power in my throw and ended having him hit a the ledge of a rooftop square... right on his kiwis.
As everyone looked to me, I sheepishly chuckled and shrugged. "Oops."
(Dual Confessional)
Emma: *Unamused* At least Sky's sane.
"Yo, dudes!" The Surfers jumped toward the second to last train car we were now on. "How's it going?"
"Well, aside the fact we're all gonna die, pretty good." Ah, Emma. Still lookin' on the downside, eh?
"Man, is she always this pessimistic?" I asked Kitty.
She only returned an annoyed expression. "You have no idea."
*CLANK*
I made a strange face. "Did anyone else hear that?"
"Aha ha ha ha ha!" That was the unmistakable laughter of Jacques. "Okay, bon voyage!" He and Josee walked back into their car.
"Okay, see you too bro!" Brody waved back to him with a smile.
I sent a slight glare to him and gestured below me. "Brody, the Ice Dancers just separated the cars!"
"They did?" I nodded my head annoyingly. "Whoa... isn't that like cheating?" I only facepalmed at his question. If anything, he's slightly smarter than Lindsay.
"What do we do?" Kitty asked in desperation.
"Jump for it!" Sky screamed, she hopped over first. Kitty went after her, followed by Emma, Carrie, Geoff, and Brody. That left me and Devin.
I waved for him to go. "Go on Devin. Jump already! I'll be right behind you!" He audibly gulped, but he was able to fork over the bravery and get to the other side.
And the good news, no nuts were cracked.
"Zane, NOW! Jump for it!" Kitty screamed over to me.
I exhaled softly before I ran over. I grabbed the ledge of the car and felt my myself slipping. "No, no, NO, NO-" I was about to fall, until Kitty caught my mere seconds from my death. I sighed in relief and grinned in satisfaction as she helped me to the top of the car. "Thanks."
"Just returning the favor back at the Tower." She smiled back.
"Uh, you do realize there was a ledge below right?" Emma pointed out. Both of us looked below, and she was right. Can't believe I thought I was gonna die for a second there.
I crossed my eyebrows at our slight ignorance. "Oh, we didn't noticed that. But we were gonna go inside the car anyway, weren't we?" I rubbed my chin, while both of us stood up.
A stampeding bull from below interrupted my thoughts. The Cadets stepped out of the open space. "Heh, you better run." Both gasped at the scene.
"The train! Zane unhooked it!" Sanders cried.
"ZANE, THAT WAS A BIG MISTAKE!" MacArthur screamed at me.
I glared toward them below. "WHAT?! I never-"
She stopped me mid-sentence. "Hey, Acrobats! You're now our WORST ENEMY!"
Sky sighed in frustration and voiced my thoughts. "Great. Now we've got the Cadets AND the Ice Dancers after us!" Carrie only sighed sadly and walked to the front of the train car.
"Yo, man. What's eating her?" Geoff asked his partner. Brody only shrugged to his question.
"Zane, think you could pick the lock?" Emma asked me.
"I'm part athlete. Not thug." I returned a disapproving look to her.
"Well, you could try!" She's persistent. I'll go her that.
"I don't have any tools with me. Even if I was able to, we'd be out of time!" I argued back.
"Guys, what's wrong with Carrie?" Devin interrupted our dispute. "Is she okay?"
"Oh, what do you care?" Emma snarked back as she and her sister glared at him. In the background, Geoff and Brody were awkwardly standing by plus were utterly confused.
"Uh-I... I do care."
"You don't act like you care!" Kitty retorted.
"Okay... I'm in love with her!" Devin spilled the beans, making Kitty and Emma gasp.
Kitty grasped his shirt. "Are you kidding me?!" She started slapping the living daylights out of him. "ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME?!"
"Well, Zane knew too!" Uh-oh...
"WHAT?!" They and Sky turned their death glares to me. "YOU KNEW?!"
I rose my hands in defense. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's not get hasty here! He told me to keep it secret!" I pointed to Devin to avoid getting my lights punched out. "I did what any good friend would do and kept my end of the bargain!"
"You mean keep a good relationship from happening?!" Emma yelled at me.
"NO! To keep complications from rising! But it looks like I didn't do a good job at that either!" I attacked with my own glare.
"You knew both him and Carrie were love with each other!" Kitty screamed. "You should've told her!"
"Well, I didn't SO THAT'S THAT!" I screamed, shocking everyone in the conversation to silence. Kitty even looked a little hurt. I sighed to calm myself down. "I didn't ask for any of this. I only came here with Sky because our parents felt we needed this race in order to keep us out of trouble. But thanks to me, I'm doing the exact opposite of that. The Ice Dancers want all of us, ESPECIALLY me and Sky, down in the dirt to achieve their dreams for a 'gold medal', the Cadets are now declaring us their worst enemies, and now everyone of you's against me because I kept Devin and Carrie from becoming boyfriend and girlfriend." I slumped down to the ground in sadness. "I'm not a good cousin or a player at all. I'm a failure." All that guilt was starting to come down on me.
And I'll be honest too. I felt like crying.
Kitty placed a hand on my shoulder for comfort. "You're not a failure, Zane. If you weren't here, you and Sky would still be in trouble, and all of us wouldn't be here right now. You did what you could and that's all that matters." She gave me an understanding and comforting smile. I'll have to give to her, she has some charisma.
I smiled back as we stood up, clearly showing I gained back some spirit. "Thanks, Kitty. By the way, we're gonna forget this whole secret thing right?"
*SMACK* "OOF!"
I rubbed the spot where she slapped me; it stung... a lot. "Yeah, I... guess not."
"I almost forgot it. Almost." She admitted. Me and my big mouth.
"As for you," Emma started, glaring at Devin as she grasped his shirt, "What Kitty meant back there was-" She told him everything that her sister meant. I really couldn't understand, the train horn was blocking most of the sound. "-with you. YOU TURKEY! Come on, Kitty! Let's try to get that door open!" She and Kitty walked back onto the ledge of the cabin car to try pick the lock.
I walked over to Devin to confront him about his relationship to Carrie. "You really should tell Carrie how you feel about her. Who knows when you two'll get eliminated? Wouldn't you rather have her find out right now while you still have the chance?"
Devin looked at me then he smiled. "You know what? You're right! I'm should tell her." He gained a nervous look. "But what if I flunk out?"
I grinned. "Then Sky will be right there to support you."
She smiled as well. "Yup. That and I'll slap you if you mess up."
All color left Devin's face. "Uh, right." He walked over to the front of the car with Sky behind him.
After a long wait of silence, Geoff spoke up. "Dude, what just happened?"
"I think it was an alliance problem or something like that." Brody guessed.
I walked down to where the Sisters were. "Step aside, gals. I'll try crack this open." I took out a bobby pin and screwdriver.
"Uh, where did you even get that bobby pin and screwdriver?" Kitty asked me.
"I... can't really answer that." I focused on trying to pick the lock. It was too advanced for me. That and I had little experience at picking locks. "Sorry, this lock's too hard for me. We're better off waiting for the-"
"AAH!" Devin fell down from the train and I somehow caught him in time. "Thanks."
I returned an encouraging smirk. "Get up their tiger. You're future wife's waiting for you." He rubbed the back of his head and blushed before climbing up on the rooftop. I turned my gaze to the Sisters. "So like I was saying, we'll have to ride the rest of way up top. Besides, knowing Don, he'd probably give the Ice Dancers a major penalty for separating the cars."
"You're probably right." Emma said. "Besides we're almost at the station."
A short time later, the train stopped at it's destination. Everyone else (except for Carrie and Devin unnoticably), got off from the top of the train and started running to the chill zone.
"Ice Dancers, you're first... if no one makes it in the next hour. You have a penalty." We heard Don's voice from afar.
"Us?! What did we do?" Jacques questioned in bewilderment.
"Seriously? You thought I wouldn't notice the rest of the train is missing?" What did I tell 'em? Don really is a better version and upgrade to Chris; he's not stupid or very sadistic for that matter.
"Oh, whatever. The rest of the teams are miles away and there's no chance of-"
"You were saying crackpot?" I cut Josee off with a taunt and smirk as I ran with Sky to chill zone, while the Sisters were cheering.
"Made it!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Tie for 1st between the Acrobats and Sisters." Don announced. The four of us cheered and hugged each other.
(Dual Confessional)
Josee: *Glares with Jacques* UGH! What does Don have against us? Is it because we're too talented? Too attractive? Too all of the above?
Zane: *Off-screen* No, you're too (two) trash-holes!
(Author: Get it?)
Ice Dancers: *Glare back to the camera*
Geoff and Brody arrived to the chill zone shortly. "Surfers, 3rd place." They high-fived each other. And yet amazingly, the Cadets rode on the bull and arrived. "Cadets, 4th."
MacArthur blew a raspberry at the Ice Dancers. Joseee growled and twitched her eye in annoyance. I only chuckled at the scene. Any day where you anger your enemy is a good day.
I wondered what was taking Devin and Carrie so long. They were on top of the train with us. Both of them should've been to the chill zone ages ago.
"What's taking them so long?" I muttered to myself with an impatient and annoyed face while tapping my foot on the ground.
"Oh, look. The Best Friends are coming. I hate to be you guys." Don replied to the Ice Dancers, who were scowled at him. He was right. I could finally see them over the horizon walking toward us.
And the best part: they were holding hands and smiling!
Sky beamed up. "Finally, you two show up. Quick, step on the mat. The Ice Dancers still have to wait for their penalty."
I got out the purple pom poms. "Yeah, I'm in a party and gloating position to start."
Both of them looked toward each other. "Actually, we're quitting the race."
"WHAT?!" Everyone screamed while I didn't pay attention at all.
"YEAH! We win, you lose! The Ice Dancerrrr-wha...?" I started celebrating and gloating at the Ice Dancers until I realized what Carrie just said. "Did you just say you're quitting?"
"Yup."
I pumped up a fist. "YES!" Then I realized she didn't say 'no'. "Wait, you didn't say no. That's the exact opposite of what we all hoped would happen."
"But why are you quitting?" Kitty asked them.
"We're happy together, and the race was a great experience, but we decided that it's best for us to cut ourselves from the competition before we lose each other... or worse." Devin explained.
"It's great that you care for each other but what's the worst that could-"
"Yeah, I think that's a good idea!" Sky placed a hand over my mouth before I could finish. She turned to me with a glare and whispered harshly. "Don't. Jinx. It." I nodded my head at her command, afraid of what she could do to me.
"Are you completely sure you want to do this?" Don questioned. Devin and Carrie nodded their heads without hesitating. He only sighed in disappointment. I feel you too dude. "Okay. Ice Dancers, you're penalty's up." Jacq and Josee smiled before hopping to the chill zone and blowing kisses to the camera. "5th place. And unfortunately, you're still in the competition."
Meanwhile, Devin and Carrie smiled toward each other before walking away into the sunset while holding their hands. As they happily walked away, I cried in extreme emotional despair.
Sky placed a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay, Zane. They're both happy together and we'll miss them."
I instantly stopped bawling my eyes. "What?" I frowned at her. "I'm upset because the Ice Dancers are still in the race. Why would I cry for Devin and Carrie knowing we've gotten them together?"
Sky returned a strange look toward me. "Uh... no reason..."
Another chapter for the books done and done! I decided to have the Best Friends eliminated here because they deserved a better ending than the mountain accident.
Hence why I despise the Ice Dancers... a lot.
The end of the story is nearing and so might be the beginning prequel to the Karmic Trickster fiction saga. Any season is still up for grabs so don't give up any hope.
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