A reminder of where all teams are ranking at this point of the race:
1. Tigerstar and Scourge
2. Reedwhisker and Mallownose
3. Bramblestar and Squirrelflight
4. Leafpool and Hollyleaf
5. Jayfeather and Willowshine
6. Tigerheart and Dawnpelt
7. Millie and Blossomfall
All the teams were on their way to the game park. Tigerstar and Scourge got lost. So therefore Reedwhisker and Mallownose arrived first. They quickly found the clue box.
They open the clue and we see Autumnsplash explaining the Detour. "A detour is a choice between two tasks each with their pros and cons. The choices here are: In One End and the other is Out The Other End. In One End, the contestants must cut and prepare 220 pounds of fruit and feed it to the elephants. Out the Other End, the contestants must clear out the elephant stalls filled with dung and bring it to the marked area. They can only use the tools provided. The In One End is less messy but likely to take longer than Out the Other End".
Mallownose says to Reedwhisker, "We must do the crappy one, haha"! Reedwhisker just puts his hand to his forehead and sighs.
"I figure if we must do a task like this, a little humor must be involved", said Mallownose.
"Okay then. Do we at least get gloves"? said Reedwhisker.
"Nope. Do not see any gloves", said Mallownose. As they got to work, Tigerstar and Scourge finally arrived. Tigerstar grabbed the clue out of Scourge's hand and read it.
"Eww, I'm not doing that", said Tigerstar.
Scourge grabbed the clue back and read it. He said, "You are whining over a little poo? What are you a baby or something?"
"Evil warriors don't shovel crap", said Tigerstar.
Scourge shot Tigerstar a menacing look and said firmly, "You will do this if you want to win the race".
"I guess I can do some", said Tigerstar.
"You will do your share. You got that"?! said Scourge.
"Ok then", said Tigerstar. So they got to work and of course Tigerstar tried to shirk out of the task but Scourge would not let him. As they got to work, Squirrelflight and Bramblestar arrived. Bramblestar read the clue.
Bramblestar said, "You will not like this but look at what we have to do". Squirrel flight looked at the clue. It really did seem unpleasant but she knew the other task would take too long. She wasn't going to complain. Squirrelflight was going to keep her thoughts to herself and just do the task. As they got started, Leafpool and Hollyleaf arrived and Reedwhisker and Mallownose finished the task.
Now that Tigerstar was doing his share of the work, Scourge and Tigerstar were making progress and were halfway done. After Leafpool and Hollyleaf read the clue, they went to the elephant stalls.
Hollyleaf and Leafpool did not complain. After all Leafpool is a Medicine Cat and had to deal with things like that. Also Hollyleaf lived in subpar conditions for a while, so it was not as bad for her.
About 10 minutes after Hollyleaf and Leafpool started, Tigerstar and Scourge finished. 15 minutes later Bramblestar and Squirrelflight finished. And 5 minutes after that Jayfeather and Willowshine arrived.
Since no one wanted to be near Jayfeather and a knife, they were doing the elephant dung task too.
Hollyleaf said to her brother, Jayfeather, "Did you hear that Tigerstar? He was such a baby about this task".
Jayfeather said, "He was complaining? Big surprise, Willowshine, Leafpool and I have to deal with that type of stuff many days at our job. Boo hoo Tigerstar"!
Jayfeather, Willowshine and Hollyleaf just laughed and then Jayfeather and Willowshine's laughs turned to smiles. Then they just stared at each other. Hollyleaf noticed the romantic look that passed between both of them but did not comment.
Jayfeather said, Yes we all must get back to work. Good luck. Bye". Willowshine stared at Jayfeather wondering if she should make a comment about before, but decided to pass on it.
Hollyleaf and Leafpool finished. We see Hollyleaf whispering to Leafpool about something but we do not know what. About 17 minutes after Jayfeather and Willowshine started, Tigerheart and Dawnpelt arrived. It would have been 10 minutes but Tigerheart and Dawnpelt got a little lost.
Tigerheart and Dawnpelt teased each other like siblings do. Tigerheart kidded, "Hurry up or I will start a dung ball fight".
Dawnpelt said, "Not if I start first". Dawnpelt decided to throw one at Tigerheart but not to hit him but to startle him. She didn't hit him but she ended up hitting Crowfeather. Both of them could not help but laughing, because they knew that Jayfeather was a grouch. Willowshine was angry and in Dawnpelt's face. "You did not just throw a dung ball at Jayfeather when you know he cannot see to throw one at you back", said Willowshine But as she said that, Jayfeather did throw one and it actually hit Dawnpelt. "
They saw one of the workers come towards them, so they stopped. Then he walked away from them. About 25 minutes later, Lionblaze and Crowfeather came and Jayfeather and Willowshine finished. They were allowed to get some water to clean. They hated water, but they hated dung more. Crowfeather saw the clue and said, "We must do the fruit one".
"Dad, sorry but you are going to have to suck it up", said Lionblaze.
Crowfeather muttered something under his breath.
Lionblaze said, "What did you say"?
Crowfeather said, "Oh nothing".
"Let's just get to work", said Lionblaze. Shortly after Tigerheart and Dawnpelt finished. Again they were allowed to get water to clean up and opted to take it.
Stay tuned next time to see if Millie and Blossomfall use the express pass and the race to the pit stop.