(Maori or Less)
Cody Fanatic: Thanks, I'm glad to see you liked it. You're right, I was referring to you as the reviewer that predicted my plan for the Rockers. I'm also glad that you've read some of my other stories. I thought it only made sense that Leshawna didn't fall for the trick about the fake albino bunny, it shows that while they are in place of the Police Cadets, they're not the same people. On that note, I thought that Lightning would be a good choice to fall for the plot, and I haven't given him and Cameron much to do in the last few chapters. The scene with Trent and Carrie was one that I knew from the beginning that I was going to do. But yeah, some of the teams had to get pushed to the background for the sake of others getting some spotlight.
OmniIBIBUltraInstinctGodzilla: Yeah, I thought that if anyone would understand how Devin feels in his current situation, it would be Trent. I never really pictured the Stepbrothers going any further than this, but at least I get to keep the Rockers in for awhile longer than canon, so we'll have to wait and see how that pans out.
SuperSonicHeroes: Glad to see that you approve of me not doing the double elimination and keeping the Rockers around, and I'm glad to see you liked the chapter overall. Leshawna might be impulsive but she's not stupid, so I chose not to have her go for the fake albino trick, but I also wanted to give Lightning and Cameron some more to do, hence why I chose them to be the victims instead. I'm also quite fond of Loki, and I couldn't resist making a shoutout to the MCU version, especially given his popularity. My mind immediately went to Generator Rex the first time I saw the rabbits, and I couldn't resist making a reference to it. Also despite what you said, I did look up that scene from Re:Zero, and I really wish I hadn't.
Frosty Wolf: The number of episodes is something that I hadn't really considered, but I guess that would make sense. Knowing what the Rockers are like, they probably wouldn't have made it too much further, but at least this way I can give them a better sendoff when the time comes for them, and at least the Stepbrothers got a solid ending either way. The farmer did get helped with getting rid of the rabbits, so that has to count for something. Also yeah, Ennui and the rabbits was hilarious, and I figured that if there was anyone on the show that would give solid advice regarding a relationship, it would be Trent. Also I appreciate you giving your opinion regarding the live-action Spider-Man, and I agree with it. Personally my problem with Tobey Maguire is that he's just not funny.
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"Last time on the Ridocnulous Race: Our bunny hunting bonanza in the heart of Austrialia saw the Ice Dancers try to bag, bully and back bite their way into first place, only to be forced to settle for silver instead. Lightning went albino hunting, only for it to blow up in his face in more ways than one. In spite of all of that and the other hilarious mishaps, the worst crash and burn would belong to the Stepbrothers and the Rockers, but in the end only the former of the two teams would end up getting sent home. Now there are only 10 teams remaining in our race around the world, things are about to heat up. But the question remains, which team is about to get burned next? There's only one way to find out, and it's to watch the next exciting installment of… the Ridonculous Race!"
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One intro later…
"And here we are again." once the intro had come to an end, Don started off the new episode in front of the Chill Zone from the day before, now covered in heaps of snow and complete with a new Don Box "Allow me to welcome all of you back to beautiful New Zealand, now covered with heaps of snow, where the winners from yesterday, in this case the Performers, are about to grab the first travel tip of the day."
Sure enough, it was at this moment that Trent and Leshawna made their way up to the new Don Box, and the two of them glanced over at the camera "You know I didn't think the Ice Dancers would go so far as to outright cheat like they did with that fake albino yesterday."
"What (bleep) sociopaths have you been watching the last two weeks?" Leshawna let out a loud snort "That short little white chick has been tripping to hell and back since the race started, and I ain't gonna put up with it for two more weeks."
"I'm pretty sure it's just her though, Jacques seems a lot more sane."
"Okay fine, you have a point there. I almost feel bad for that one, having to put up with the antics of a crazy little (bleep) like that all the time."
"Yeah, I… don't have a clue what that's like." Trent immediately flinched under the angry glare he was getting from Leshawna.
"You gonna elaborate on that one white boy?"
"...Oh hey look, there's the Don Box, let's focus on that and literally anything other than what I just said." and so Trent quickly pulled out a travel tip "Okay so we're not going to any new countries yet, but based on the name of the challenge I think we're going by train again."
"What's it called?"
"Go Go on the Loco."
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"As mentioned by Trent, each team will have to climb a dangerously steep path until they come to a certain train station, and then take a historic ride through the lush and majestic mountains of New Zealand until they reach Decision Junction, where they'll find the next Don Box sat at the station there, holding the travel tip with their next set of instructions."
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"Getting the first tip at the start of the day is the easy part for each team. It's after they get it and get on their way that things start to get fun, and a little bit messy, but in a good way. At least for ratings. Lawsuits, not so much."
"Come on bro, we've gotta rock our way to the lead already!" Rock was leading the charge up the climb to the train station, with Spud lagging a fair bit behind him "We just gotta get past the skater dudes and we're golden!"
"It's skater lady I'll have you know!" Josee shot her typical pissed off look at the Rockers as she and Jacques continued to carry a lead over the rest of the teams "And whatever you wanna start shrieking about, stick it in that ridiculous haircut and blow it out the flat end of your-"
"Hey watch what you say about the hair, it took me forever to get it this long!"
"Well what are you gonna do about it, shriek like Steven Tyler?"
"Hey!"
"Why don't you give it your best shot, and I might even turn the other cheek." she jerked a thumb down at one of her… cheeks on the other end, so to speak.
"Oh it is SO on now!"
"Wait, what did she say?" Spud shot a dull look at Rock.
"She just mocked Steven Tyler and Bon Jovi."
"What?! Oh she did not just insult the king!"
"She did bro, what are we gonna do about it?"
"Nobody disrespects the king!"
"You got that right, now let's use that rage and kick it up a notch! ROCK AND ROLL!" and so the Rockers suddenly picked up the pace, overtaking the Ice Dancers and prompting a chase between the two teams.
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Meanwhile, with one of the teams at the back…
"Come on, come on!" Junior and Dwayne on the other hand, they were falling behind the rest of the teams as they continued the climb to the train station "Come on dad hurry up, we've gotta get on this train or we're gonna fall behind!"
"Hey you don't have to worry about that son, I checked the schedule for the trains before we left so-" Dwayne was cut off by the sound of a train whistle ahead of them "Oh come on, you've gotta be kidding me!"
"Don't talk, just hurry!" they continued on a short ways until they reached the train station… just a few seconds after the train left.
"Aw crapbaskets."
"Hey watch the language mister, you don't see any of the other teams saying stuff like that!"
"See you at the finish line you (bleep) rejects!" Josee was waving mockingly from the window of the train car she and Jacques were on… only to end up smacking into a support beam as the train pulled out of the station.
"...Well that's not an example we want to follow either way. But in any case it's not the end of the world, we can always get on the next train. Besides, we can pass the time and play a game or two while we wait." Dwayne pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket "I'm up for shuffling, or if you want to…"
"Thanks for the offer dad, but I'm just gonna go and listen to some music until the next train gets here." and so Junior strapped on a pair of headphones, and then he wandered off and began to tune out his surroundings like any other teenager.
"Oh. Well okay then, I guess." Dwayne let out a sigh as he turned to face the camera "Sure the chance to win a million bucks would be amazing, but truth be told the reason why I signed us up for this race in the first place is so I could spend some quality time with Junior. He's gonna be going off to high school soon after all, and then it's gonna be driving lessons, going on dates, going to the prom… then going off to college and moving out… oh my god, my little bird is that close to leaving the nest!"
Junior on the other hand, he had made his way over to a nearby kiosk window and was looking over a magazine "So can I get this Maori tattoo magazine, and… Any chance you guys are going to have anything on how to chill out an embarrassing dad?" he was promptly handed another magazine "Oh yeah that works, thanks." and then he started looking through "Let's see, a guide to parenting methods from New Zealand. Get your ankle biter to do what you want." he looked over to see Dwayne chasing after his deck of cards after they had been blown out of his hand, only to crash into a support beam "Yeah call it a hunch, but I have a feeling they'd have their hands full with him."
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Meanwhile, with the lovebirds…
"I swear I couldn't make this up if I wanted to." by this point, Noah and Emma were engaged in conversation as they made their way up the path to the train station, with Owen and Kitty both running a short distance ahead of them "I flat out told the producers that if they made Owen eat all of that butter then he was gonna blow like a two-ton butter-filled firecracker, it's not my fault they chose not to listen to me. Apparently barfing all over the other contestants is okay, but farting in the face of the host is where they draw the line."
"You mean they actually kicked you guys off just for that?" Emma let out a scoff "There's no way that's fair."
"Yeah well in all fairness, it probably didn't help that I kicked the producer in the kiwis when he and a few other guys tried to stuff me in that duffle bag full of raw meat. Speaking of which I'm pretty sure I see Owen trying to eat… I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be bad for all of us, so I'd better go deal with that." and so he quickly rushed ahead.
Emma on the other hand, she continued at her pace and glanced over to see Kitty fall back a bit until they were together "Hey."
"Hey." Kitty promptly pulled Emma into a hug and let out a squeal "I can't even begin to say how happy I am that you're taking another shot at love."
"So I take it you're not worry about that at all?"
"Of course not, I know just how important it is to you that we win the race, and you've learned from any of the mistakes you've made in the past. This time you know that things have to be taken nice and slow."
"That's exactly my plan, I'm not going to allow my lovelife to become so much of my focus that it clouds everything else. It doesn't matter if Noah is totally hilarious and does that adorable thing where he squints his eyebrows, and he's got the butt of a roman god- Oh my god, now I can't wait for when the two of us finally have our first kiss! I haven't even-" her rantings were cut short by Kitty smacking her upside the head "Thank you, I needed that. Anyway we'd better get going."
"For the last time Owen, just because something looks like chocolate doesn't mean that it really is!" Noah was sent tumbling to the ground in front of the Sisters as he discarded a small brown substance by throwing it into a nearby bush "Then again, even if he knew that I'm pretty sure he would still eat it either way."
"What was it?"
"I don't know and I don't want to know, but I'm chalking it up to one of those reasons why the people that carry around hand sanitizer might be onto something. Anyway, time for a change of topic. Have you heard about that new show Alligator Bite's? We're thinking about auditioning for it, maybe you guys should give it a shot too."
"Yeah maybe we will, but before any of that…" Emma suddenly grabbed Noah by the hand, and the two of them stopped running and started staring into each other's eyes.
All the while, Owen was watching the scene from a short distance away while he was munching on a bag of popcorn "Oh man, stuff like this is why I love happy endings!"
"For crying out loud, what the heck are we stopping for-" Kitty screeched to a halt when she saw the scene taking place between Noah and Emma "Oh. Wait, does this mean that they're finally about to-"
"I think so."
"Yes." she paused, then glanced over at Owen "Where did you get the popcorn?"
"Uh… I found it. You probably don't wanna know where" and then the two of them focused back on the would be kiss between Noah and Emma, until…
"Coming in hot, Brains & Brawn going for the win!" this was when Lightning suddenly rushed through the scene, carrying Cameron on his shoulders, and quickly killed the moment "Now stand back and watch the masters!"
"Aw man…"
"Oh that is it you muscle bound piece of (bleep), I swear on my nana's grave you're gonna pay for that!"
"You realize that nana isn't dead right?" Kitty pointed out.
"I'm making a point, now quit squawking and get to running!" and so the two of them took off running, with Noah and Owen sticking close to them.
"On the one hand, reaching this train is of a high priority to us." Cameron glanced back at the Sisters and Reality TV Pros, then down at Lightning "On the other hand, it seems that we might have interrupted a rather intimate moment between the two of them."
"Hey you said that we don't wanna miss the train up there." Lightning gave a shrug "Besides, the chance for a guy to kiss a girl are like a dime a dozen, and I'd know."
"You have a special someone waiting for you back home?"
"Not really no, I mostly focused on prepping for the games and other sports, but I'd always get a little… victory present from one of the cheerleaders. Maybe I'll give the whole dating thing a shot when I get back home."
"I have yet to achieve any truly significant experience in that field myself. I find that most of the girls aren't particularly inclined to pay attention to someone they might step on."
"Hey people think I'm as dumb as a bag of rocks, I think it evens out." and so the two of them carried on their way to the train station.
All the while, Noah was listening to the conversation between Cameron and Lightning, and he quickly shot a scowl in the direction of Owen "Make a mental note of this for me, if we ever come across one of those two trying to lock lips with a girl, then remind me to kick both of them in the kiwis as a hard as I can."
"Um… you know that's kind of morbid right?" Owen glanced over at him nervously.
"And you realize that I really couldn't give less of a damn right now."
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"The second train has departed, and on board is Father & Son, Brains & Brawn the Surfer couple, though there is a bit of tension in the air."
"Hey sport." Dwayne sat down in the seat next to Junior, which immediately prompted him to hide away the parenting magazine he was reading "What are you you reading there?"
"Oh uh, nothing too big." Junior tried to play him off "Just looking at a local tattoo magazine, I got curious, that's all."
"Oh yeah that's my boy, way to take the chance and soak up some culture. But in all seriousness, no tattoos. Ever. Seriously, I'm pretty sure your mother is gonna kill me for what happened back in Africa, I don't want to make her any more mad."
"See I was correct, we're not the only ones in this car of the train." this was when another duo showed up on the scene, those being Cameron and Lightning "I do have to say that being in the presence of additional company makes the journey that much enjoyable for all of us."
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"While the second train is making its way with the next batch of teams, the first train has already arrived at Decision Junction with the first three teams, those being the Ice Dancers, the Goths and the Rockers."
"Get out of my way peons, it's time for me to claim my rightful victory!" Josee burst out of the entrance to the train car and shoved the others out of the way, then pressed the button on the Don Box and snatched the travel tip "This challenge is an Either/Or, it says that we either have to jump down or jump around."
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"As mentioned by the crazy one, this is another Either/Or challenge. In this case, each team has the choice to either bungee jump down off the Kawarau Bridge and catch a local bowery fish with nothing but their bare hands, or they can choose to jump around and perform a traditional Maori haka, the name given to a warrior's challenge dance that was designed to scare the ever loving crap out of anyone that's subjected to watching it. I can also tell all of you from personal experience, it's pretty effective at what it does. In any case, once each team has successfully completed either of the two challenges, it's a foot race to today's Chill Zone. As is the status quo by now, the last team to arrive may be cut from the race entirely. Seriously, I think that's pretty much to be expected by now."
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And now for the choices of the first three teams…
"Jump down. Let's go." and so that blunt agreement was enough to get Crimson and Ennui to take off along the path to the Kawarau Bridge.
"Well apparently they have some sense of brains after all." Josee let out a scoff "Those freaky clown wannabes would rather jump to their possible deaths, than face us in a competition that involves what we're best at. I guess they're not as dumb as I thought them to be."
"Yeah well guess what?" this was when Rock stepped up to the plate and grabbed his own tip from the Don Box "Nobody ever accused us of not being dumb, and everbody knows that you don't insult the Kings of rock and roll in front of us!"
"She insulted the king?" Spud glanced over at Rock.
"You're damn right she did, and that's why we're gonna show them what we're made of. We're going with the jump around!" and so he and Spud took off running with renewed vigor.
"...The two of them being dump enough, that I definitely believe." Josee glanced over at Jacques, and then the two of them took off as well.
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Meanwhile, on the second train…
"So let me see if I got this." Junior stared at Cameron and Lightning across the table "The two of you basically had to fight each other to the death, along with a bunch of monsters and mutants like something out of a comic book, and in the end Cameron won… but he was gonna use the prize money to pump a giant bubble full of air? Seriously?"
"That was the original intention." Cameron gave a shrug "I had meant to use my bubble in order to heal my shattered body from what I believed to be the inevitable torment that Lightning was about to inflict upon me, but given that I not only survived without any crippling injuries, there was no need for me to go back to my bubble at all."
"Sounds pretty hardcore."
"Indeed, it was quite the terrifying experience. I truly believe that despite all of the hardships and suffering, my time on Total Drama did help me to grow as a person."
"Sounds pretty cool, maybe I should sign up if they do another season."
"Um…" Cameron shared a look with Lightning, then glanced back at Junior "That is not the course of action I would recommend. At least not if you want to avoid receiving a wide variety of physical and mental scars."
All the while, Dwayne just sat a few rows up from the group watching them talk, and he let out a sad sigh "Yeah it's official, my son would rather hang out with his cool new friends than have to stick with his uncool old dad." it was then that he glanced over and saw Lightning making his way past "Hey Lightning, do you have a second to talk?"
"Sure man, what's going on?" Lightning shot him a raised eyebrow.
"Well the thing is that my son seems to get along really well with you and Cameron, and a bunch of the other contestants like the Surfers and the like. So I guess what I'm asking is, how do I get to be more like you and the others?"
"Ah, I gotcha man. Let's say it's like you're trying to go for a touchdown, you try to control what the others are gonna do then you're gonna end up choking and botching it, and then you're gonna get shamed by the cheerleaders. You gotta keep your cool and loosen up, and let the ball do its thing once you let it go. You know what I'm saying?"
"Huh. You know I think I do actually. Thanks."
"Sure thing." and so Lightning made his way back to his seat, only to notice Cameron glancing over at him "What?"
"What were you and Dwayne Sr. talking about over there?" asked Cameron.
"Just giving the guy a few pointers."
"About what?"
"Something about wanting to be cool."
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Meanwhile, with the new alliance…
"Okay, so here's what I'm thinking right now." by this point, Emma and Noah, along with their partners, had boarded the third train and were making their way toward Decision Junction, and they were taking the time to strategize "I have a plan that can get all of us to the finale, but if we want to do that then we need to do it as an alliance."
"I love the way that you say alliance." Noah let out a wistful sigh, only to be hoisted up into the air by Owen grabbing him by the shirt "Going overboard?" he was met with a silent nod "Got it, thanks for catching that." he was set back down and turned back to Emma "Anyway, you said you wanted an alliance?"
"Yep, and I know just how to proceed. First off, we should schedule regular team meetings in order to work through any competitive behavior that may arise between our two teams, and for us to have the chance to discuss the recent behavior of Kitty and Owen."
"Say what now?" that got a reaction out of both Kitty and Owen.
"What's more is that the four of us sticking together will increases our chances of winning, and keep in mind that the two of them are way less mature in comparison to the two of us. Plus we need to gather plenty of anecdotes to use during the rehearsal dinner."
"What kind of person has to rehearse eating? Also we should probably clarify to Owen that there isn't any food before he starts trying to eat one of the seats. Again."
"No silly billy, that's one of the things you have to do the night before the wedding!"
"...One more time?"
"You heard me."
"Yeah, I think we all did." Kitty promptly grabbed Emma by the arm "You got a second to talk in private?"
"You got it maid of honor." and so she was promptly dragged away by Kitty "So what exactly is this about?"
"Stopping you from making a gigantic mistake that you'll regret for the rest of your life. Don't get me wrong, I think it's totally adorbs that you've got this whole plan worked out about how you plan to spend your entire life with him, but you can't tell him about it. Guys hate stuff like that, and keep in mind that the million bucks is our focus in this race, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah I know. I just can't help myself. When I look into those dark chocolate brown eyes of his, and then I can't help but start swimming in them and then I-"
"The race Emma, focus on the face! You have to pay for law school somehow don't you?"
"Right right I know. Okay now you see me like this, it represents me putting aside the feelings that I have for Noah and concentrating on the Noah." she was promptly met with a smack upside the head "Correction, concentrating on the game."
"There we go."
"I will say that you do have a point, I need to concentrate on winning the race and get Noah out of my head, at least for the time being. Let's not forget that Jake was constantly on my mind, and you saw how I totally fell apart after he broke up with me."
"Yeah I know, we still have that dart board with your face on it in the basement."
"Exactly. I would hate to lose because of a boy, so for the time being it's all about winning the race and getting our hands on that million dollars so I can pay for law school. And then we can do stuff on my desk when I grab him by the-"
"Emma! Not on TV!"
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Meanwhile, in another train car…
"Oh wow, take a look at this view." Carrie glanced out the window and was left in awe at the sight of the New Zealand countryside "Hey Devin check it out, you are getting a good look at the view right?"
"Hm? Oh yeah, cool…" Devin didn't bother looking up from the book he was reading.
"And… hey check it out, there's a baby goat out there eating another baby goat."
"Uh huh."
"And then one of them exploded."
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure they tend to do that."
"Hey did you know that their horns are full of… is that peanut butter?"
"Life can be like that. I'm gonna run to the bathroom." and so he promptly walked away from the scene without another word.
"...This could be going better."
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing too." Trent cringed from where he and Leshawna were sitting in the seat across from Carrie "This is probably gonna end badly."
"I don't know what to do about him. I know you said that I should give him some time to himself after the whole breakup with Shelley, but now he doesn't seem like he's affected by it."
"I figured you'd be thrilled by that, didn't you hate Shelley with a burning passion?"
"That's not the point, it's like he doesn't show any emotions anymore. He might as well not even be the same person."
"I should've thought about this happening. There's a pretty good chance that he's just bottling up his emotions now, and that's not good for him."
"Tell me about it." Leshawna breathed a sigh "I almost got a freaking ulcer the time Harold and the guys dragged me to Comic Con."
"Okay to be fair, Gwen warned you what you were getting into and you could've said no."
"You could've mentioned those freaks were gonna try and jump me!"
"Because you flat out said that anime blows chunks in front of a group of body builders that were cosplaying as Dragon Ball characters. I'm not really into that stuff, but at least I know not to badmouth the stuff in front of them."
"Um… can we get back to my problem now?" Carrie broke back into their conversation.
"Right right, sorry. The point I was trying to make is that he needs to let out the emotions that he's bottling up, but in a healthy sort of way."
"Right."
That means no kicking anyone in the kiwis or getting his hands on an angry goat." Leshawna gave her input.
"...An angry goat?"
"You'd be surprised what someone can do with one of those things if you piss them off enough, and I would know."
"...Should I ask what that means?"
"I'd try my damndest not to personally." Trent told her flatly "Trust me when I say this, there are some things better left unsaid."
"I'll take your word for it."
"Hey." this was when Devin made his way back over to the group, and he and Carrie locked eyes for a moment, until…
"Attention ladies and gentlemen, keep in mind that this is the express train, so please be sure to remain seated." and then a large bump sent Carrie and Devin sprawling to the ground in an instant.
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"As the second and third trains battle it out to try and get a lead over the other, the frontrunners from the first train are enjoying a healthy lead over the rest, though some of them are still in the midst of trying to one-up each other."
"Alright, rock and roll my dudes!" Rock and Spud were left in awe at the sight of the warrior dance, and then they subsequently started rocking out to it.
"Yeah, I think we both knew they weren't gonna be any competition. In the meantime, I think we've got this in the bag." Josee shared a look with Jacques, and then the two of them went on to perform the dance flawlessly, to the point where the men demonstrating the dance were left awestruck and started applauding them "Why don't you give that a shot on skates at some point, and then it might actually be impressive. Come on Jacques, let's go and get the gold that I clearly deserve!"
"Um… you mean that we deserve right?" Jacques shot her a raised eyebrow.
"Whatever you need to tell yourself, now let's go!" and so Josee prepared to take off… only to end up tripping on a rock and falling flat on her face.
"Oh no, it seems that Karma has chosen to do its job. The only thing that would add further insult to injury would be if a certain other team were to take the chance to finish the challenge and catch up to us." there was a pause, and he glanced over at the Rockers "I'm referring to the two of you."
"What? Oh crap, right!" Rock shared a look with Spud, and then the two of them started going through the dance as Jacques picked up Josee and took off running, and once they were done and received a thumbs up from the demonstrators, they took off as well. Well Rock took off, and he had to lead Spud by the arm.
"Looks like the Ice Dancers and the Rockers are neck and neck at the moment. Not a sentence I ever thought I was going to say, at least not in regards to this show. The question remains, how are things going to play out from here, and are any of the other teams going to catch up in time to close the gap? There's only one way to find out, and that's to tune in when we come back, right here on… the Ridonculous Race!"
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"Welcome back to the Ridonculous Race! In a turn of events, the third train has managed to arrive at Decision Junction ahead of schedule, not to mention against all odds."
"I can tell you now that it's gonna be pretty interesting." Noah and Emma took off running for the Don Box the second they got the chance, with Owen and Kitty left to try and keep up "I can't wait for when I get the chance to post my review on the internet, because if you have a death wish then this is the train for you. Then again, it's still got nothing compared to being stuck on that flying death trap from Total Drama World Tour. Blowing that thing up is one reason why I've gained so much respect for Gwen, and the fact that Cody managed to land her is why I have so much respect for him. That, and he's one of the few smart guys I know."
"Oh man!" that was enough to make Emma burst out laughing ridiculously loud "Do you have any idea how hilarious you are?"
"Enough for the following reference to make sense: I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say."
"...Come again?"
"That's a reference to Team Four Star. Check them out when you get the chance."
"Believe me I've tried, it's like trying to explain anime to a normal person. Actually that's exactly what it is." Kitty slammed a hand down on the button on the Don Box, then grabbed two tips and handed one to each of them, with the other teams grabbing their own tips "Jump down or jump around."
"I'm thinking we do the jump around." Carrie glanced over at Devin "Does that sound okay to you?"
"Yeah sure, whatever." Devin gave a shrug, and then he walked away from the scene without so much as another word.
"Call it a hunch, but I'm thinking this can't end well." Trent watched as the Best Friends left, then glanced over at Leshawna "I'm thinking we do the jump down, you cool with that?"
"You serious?" Leshawna shot him a raised eyebrow "You're the one that wants to go and do the bungee jumping and catch one of those ugly-ass fish?"
"I already survived Lindsay poisoning me with that blowfish back on Total Drama Island, I think I can handle this."
"Fair enough." and so the two of them took off running.
"And that leaves us." Noah shared a look with Owen and the Sisters "The jump down isn't gonna be a problem for us, let's do it."
"Actually I was thinking we'd do the jump around." Kitty told him.
"Alright then, it sounds to me like it's time for the four of us to have our very first family meeting." Emma was immediately met with a kick to the shin "Team meeting, I totally meant to say team meeting!"
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Meanwhile, with the frontrunners…
"At last the gold is ours!" in a burst of grandeur, Josee and Jacques reached the Chill Zone and came to a stop on the Carpet of Completion… only to be met with silence, and they found that no one was there "Hello? Don? Seriously I'm expecting a burst of praise for the long overdue win that we so rightfully deserve, now get out here!"
"You know I could disqualify you if I wanted to." this was when Don made his way out onto the scene wearing a plastic bib and a towel over his hair "What are you doing here anyway, did you two skip the challenge?"
"Of course not, we finished it with ease like the goddesses we are. I take it that means we're in first place then?"
"Yes yes congratulations, you can stop acting like a psychopath now. In the meantime, I'm going back to makeup, so don't bother me."
"ROCK AND ROLL!" this was when Rock and Spud suddenly rushed onto the scene "So what did we miss?"
"They're in first and you're in second, nobody else bother me." and so Don walked off without another word.
"Oh. Cool, second place works."
"Wait, we're in second place?" Spud shot a dull look at him.
"Yep."
"Alright, we're killing it!"
"You know it dude!" and so the two of them started rocking out.
"Well at least they're not as annoying as the homegirl and the Elvis wannabe." Josee shared a look with Jacques "In the meantime, is it just me or is this game suddenly getting a lot easier for us?"
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Meanwhile, at Kawarau Bridge…
"Huh… a lot higher up than I figured it was gonna be." Trent glanced down from the middle of the bridge to the river below "Still not as bad as getting thrown out of a plane and ending up in a full body cast."
"You talking about Total Drama Island again?" Leshanwa shot him a raised eyebrow.
"The extreme sports challenge. Not gonna lie, that wasn't fun for me."
"It kind of was for me."
"Didn't you have to ride a moose?"
"Yeah, but then I got to chase Heather around for a few hours and beat the ever loving crap out of her after Harold saw her… Oh yeah, she's getting another beatdown when I see her."
"...You know what I think I'm gonna go first, give you some space." so Trent strapped himself into the bungee chord and leapt off the bridge into the river below, screaming at the top of his lungs all the while.
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Meanwhile, with the new alliance…
"Oh come on, this isn't that hard to figure out." Kitty let out a groan of frustration "The both of us have all kinds of slamming dance moves, so we'd be able to kill a challenge like that without any problem."
"True as that may be, bungee jumping is actually on my bucket list." Noah gave a shrug "Says any loser that would actually be lame enough to have one."
"Oh man this is harder than I thought it would be, I never thought there would be so many other factors to balance between you and-" Emma's rantings were cut short by the sound of a whistle as the second train pulled into the station.
"You know what screw it, we might as well do the bungee jump. I survived doing it off a cliff in Australia while trying to grab a sheep and getting mauled by a dingo, how much worse could this turn out to be?"
"Good enough for me, meeting adjourned." and so the four of them took off.
"There's the Don Box!" the last batch of teams, those being Brains & Brawn, Father & Son and the Surfers, bolted off the train, and Cameron was the first one to grab a tip "I believe the jump down option would be the most prudent for us."
"Good enough for me, now let's move it!" Lightning hoisted Cameron onto his shoulders, and then the two of them took off for the bridge.
"Oh yeah we gotta do the jump down, this is gonna be totally sick!" Geoff was quick to take off running, with Bridgette trailing close behind him.
"Okay, let's see here…" Junior glanced down at the tip "Do you think we should do the jump down or jump around?"
"Hey I say take a raise buddy, take the chance to chilax-ify yourself a bit." Dwayne was met with a look of horror from Junior "What?"
"Okay is this another midlife crisis, or are you actually having a stroke?"
"Let's jet like it's hot bro-bama, I say it's jump time ofr the two of us!"
"...Yeah, hold that thought for a second." Junior looked away and started frantically flipping through the magazin he was holding "Okay it's pretty obvious he's trying to be cool, and he reeks of that air of trying way too hard. Come on, I know this magazine has to have something in there that can help me work with this. Oh wait you know what, I think I can work with this." so with that in mind, he turned back to Dwayne and gave him a fist bump "You're awesome and I value your opinion, and I'm trying to make that sound as sincere as I can."
"You do? I mean yeah, that's cool."
"But the thing with the bungee jumping is that if all of the other teams choose it, then there's probably gonna be a long wait, so do you think it's worth exercising another option?"
"Okay, time to rock it! Out, rock it out. That's what I mean."
"Works for me, now let's go."
"You got it brochacho!"
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Meanwhile, at the bridge…
"Wow, that uh… that's higher than I was expecting it to be. You know it might not be too late for us to switch to the jump around." Bridgette glanced down at the river beneath the bridge, and then she glanced at Geoff, only to see him tearing up "You okay sweetie?"
"Yeah sorry babe, it's just that our life is so… awesome! I totally love this!" and then Geoff leapt off the bridge without a second thought.
"I love you too babe, I just…" Bridgette cut herself short when she looked down and saw the bungee chord that Geoff was supposed to have strapped to himself… which was immediately followed by the sound of his screaming "Uh oh."
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One off-screen rescue later, with the next team…
"Evidently our choice may have proved to be more problematic." Cameron looked down at the sight of the river below "I'm fairly uncertain I would be unable to endure a fall from this height at such a velocity."
"You've survived worse on Total Drama." Lightning pointed out "How much worse could this actually be?"
"For a normal person yes, but for someone of my… fragile constitution, the results may turn out to be considerably more lethal."
"Oh. Yeah good point, hand the thing over." so Lightning strapped himself into the bungee cord, and then he leapt off the bridge and down towards the river below, screaming at the top of his lungs all the while.
"...As much as I appreciate the sentiment of you taking the initiative, I fear that such a thing may have been a bit too impulsive on your part!"
"For what it's worth, I know how you feel." Bridgette got his attention from where she was standing on the side of the bridge "The interns just spent the last 45 minutes fishing Geoff out of the water, he jumped off so fast he forgot to strap himself into the bungee chord."
"But if they fished him out then what are you still doing here?"
"They got Geoff out no problem, but he insisted they go get his lucky hat out too. He'd never go anywhere without it. Don't get me wrong, I love Geoff with all my heart, but some of his quirks can be kind of… grating."
"I understand that sensation all too well."
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A short while later, with the new alliance…
"I don't know about this." Owen glanced over at Kitty "Call it a hunch, but is it just me or do you think Noah and Emma look like they're a little bit distracted today."
"Oh wow, whatever was your first clue." Kitty let out a scoff and glanced over to where Noah was trying to pose on one of the support beams and Emma was watching him in awe "Cameron just jumped, all goes well and he's gonna get a fish and it will be our turn, but the thing is that we might still be in last place."
"Yeah good, whatever works for you." Emma pretty much ignored Kitty for the most part and kept her focus on Noah "Try and bring your arm up a little bit higher, okay yeah that's good, just leave it there. Hey Kitty, can you take a picture of me and No-No while he's up there?"
"You want me to do that now, while we're in the middle of a- Okay hold up a second, did you just call him No-No?"
"Yeah, we've got the time don't we?"
"You might wanna make it fast." Noah's tone was filled with strain "There's a reason why I'm never going to compete on the next Massive Male Model, and it might have something to do with the fact that I've got the muscle tone of a paper clip."
"And keep in mind that we do have to wait for the other team to finish, so we might as well make the most of our waiting time in paradise right? Didn't someone else use to say that kind of stuff to me all the time?"
"...Yeah, this whole thing is gonna suck in the end." Kitty let out a sigh, and then she went over to where Lightning was waiting on the edge of the bridge "What the heck is taking you guys so long? The rest of us still haven't had a turn."
"Apparnetly we gotta take turns on this stuff or we're gonna get a penalty, and Cameron is down there right now." Lightning glanced down at the river below "I think you can guess how that's gonna work out."
"Is he the little guy with the glasses and the muscle tone of Noah?"
"Yep."
"Gotcha. I will say though, at least you guys have a bromance going on, and the way you guys support each other isn't absolutely sickening."
"You talking about you and your sister?"
"Nope, my sister and Noah over there."
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"Many of the teams are struggling to complete the challenge, whether it be bungee jumping off the bridge for the fish or trying to complete the traditional warrior dance. In any case, it's both pathetic and hilarious to watch. In any case, the Goths are the second team that manage to get through the bungee down challenge, and the Performers end up being the third, though not in the way they would've liked."
"Not gonna lie, didn't think that was how things were gonna go down." Leshawna glanced over to where Trent stood sopping wet and with a fish in hand "When I got up this morning, I didn't think it was gonna end with you getting pimp slapped by a fish."
"Really? Because somehow I feel like it was inevitable at this point." Trent let out a sigh as he tried to keep hold of the fish… only for it to slip out of his grasp and end up chomping down on his head "You're gonna laugh your head about this aren't you?"
"Like I'm gonna stop there, the first chance I get I'm putting that on the internet." and then she burst out laughing.
"Oh so you're not even gonna wait for me to leave, okay then."
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Meanwhile, with the dance challenge…
"Okay, is that it?" Carrie was trying to get her way through the dance challenge, but she wasn't having much luck "No I don't think that's it, but I could've sworn I heard one of those guys say something about a burrito." she let out a sigh and hung her head, then glanced over towards the camera "This is getting worse by the minute, I can't get this challenge right and we're probably going to lose. What makes things worse is that Devin is still an emotionless mess over the whole breakup thing. Win or lose, him being like this is the worst part of it. I just… I want my Devin back already." it was then that she looked back over… only to freeze when she saw Devin was standing just a few feet away from her, his expression unreadable "Devin, I…"
"...You know what Carrie? Just stand back, I've ot this" Devin took a deep breath and stepped back onto the scene, and then in a sudden burst of anger he started going through the poses of the dance with surprising level of ferocity "Shelley you troll! I will I! Will! Crush! You! Under! My! Winter! Boots! YOU! WILL! BEG! FOR! MERCY!" then he let out a comedically loud roar that shook the landscape, and once he was finished he noticed the judges holding up a hand to stop him "Is that good or bad?"
"They're scowling, so I don't really know."
"Great. Fine, let me do it one more time."
"There's no need." one of the judges got his attention, and then to their shock, both of them gave a smile "That was phenomenal. The anguish of a broken heart, the burning desire to do right by a friend, the overwhelming ferocity and rage. You have the spirit of a true warrior in every sense of it."
"Um… cool, I guess. Does that mean we pass?"
"Go and spread that warrior spirit elsewhere!"
"...Good enough for me." so Devin scooped up Carrie into one arm and took off running without another word.
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Meanwhile, at the Chill Zone…
"And just like that, the foot race between three teams is about to come to an end almost as soon as it starts." Don stood by and watched as the next few teams made their way to the Chill Zone and reached the Carpet of Completion "Carrie and Devin, you're in third place. The Goths are in fourth, and that leaves the Performers to round out the top five."
"I can live with that." Leshawna shared a glance with Trent "Better than us coming in last place again, and as long as we beat the Ice Dancers."
"Yeah, I wouldn't count on that one if I were you."
"...What?"
"Yoo hoo, over here sweaty peons!" that was when Josee got their attention from where she was sitting around in a lounge chair, with Spud taking a nap next to her, and Rock and Jacques both engaged in a game of cards "I was wondering when the rest of you were finally going to pick up the pace and show up, we've been waiting here for hours."
"...Forget everything I just said, I can't live with it if it means they place ahead of us."
"Well then you should've gotten here a lot sooner, it's not my fault you're slow."
"So which challenge did you guys do?" asked Trent.
"Oh we went through the dance challenge, if it was on skates then we might have actually found it somewhat challenging, but we did it and earned the gold. What's more is that coming in first by such a wide margin means that you get the royal treatment, the sort of thing that only true champions deserve, stuff like iced drinks and gourmet meals, not to mention the complementary foot rubs. Well I got one, I don't know about Jacques. He's been off playing cards with one of the other idiots."
"Huh. Who's winning?"
"Ha, 4 aces, that's a win! Rock and roll!" Rock bolted to his feet and threw down his hand of cards, and then he started rocking out.
"Asked and answered. You think they'd let me get in on the next hand?"
"You do whatever you want white boy, I know damn well what I wanna do." Leshawna let out a snarl "Next leg of the race I'm gonna get my hands on those Ice Dancers, then I'm gonna grab em by the throat and (insert massive stream of cursing and stuff that would never pass on TV, which left the others terrified and/or mentally scarred)!"
"...I'm gonna tell you now that I'm not testifying."
"Yeah… so anyway…" Carrie took the chance to glance over at Devin "So… are you gonna be okay now?"
"We just went from being near the bottom all the way up to third place." Devin looked back over at her "Why wouldn't I be okay about that?"
"I didn't mean that, I meant… you know…"
"...Oh. That. Right." Devin let out a sigh and looked away "I don't really know. I mean she did make me choose between her and you. I don't regret the choice I made, I mean you've been by my side for as long as I can remember, and there was no way I was gonna give that up. But to be honest, even knowing that doesn't really make it any easier."
"So then…"
"I will get through this yeah, it's just gonna take me awhile. But at least I've got you to help me work through it." he turned back towards Carrie and gave her a small smile, then pulled her into a tight hug, causing her face to turn red and her to let out a tiny squeal.
"Yeah enough with the fan service, more teams are coming in." Don motioned for the others to step to the side as the next few teams came in "Brains & Brawn are in sixth place, and seventh place goes to the Surfers!"
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"Seven teams are down, with only three remaining in the race to not come in last. At this point, it could be anyone's game."
"And now to add some bro stuff into the mix!" Dwayne then proceeded to ruin the warrior dance by adding numerous other moves to it, not noticing the series of looks that he was getting from the others "And that's how we do it!"
"Oh you've gotta be kidding me." Junior let out a groan of exasperation "Dad seriously, what the heck are you doing?"
"Nothing too big, I'm just trying to add a little bit of bro mix to our dance routine, add some hip and cool juice and the like. Whoo to the whoo to the whoo baby, and now I'm about to show you guys some good old fashioned moonwalking! Michael Jackson, eat your heart out!" and that was when he started moonwalking.
"...Oh dear god I've created a monster, and it's the lamest thing I've ever seen." Junior went pale at the sight and turned to the camera "I'm pretty sure Michael Jackson would be rolling in his grave right now. Please let the magazine have something to fix this."
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Meanwhile, with the love birds…
"You can't be serious about this!" Emma was left looking on in horror as Noah strapped himself into the bungee chord "You can't really jump all by yourself Noah, if we have to do this then we might as well do it together."
"The thought is definitely tempting, not to mention it would be so romantic I'd find it kind of nauseating." Noah turned around and gently grasped Emma's shoulders "Like that one movie about that couple on the sinking ship, the only difference being that I don't get to be king of the world, which totally sucks."
"Oh man I love that movie, and you would make an amazing king of the world."
"I've never told anyone about this aside from Owen or Cody, but I've seen it way too many times to be physically possible."
"...It's true. I've seen it with him and cried every single time." Owen wiped away a few tears and noticed the look he was getting from Kitty "What?"
"Nothing, just… questioning a lot of my life choice." Kitty let out a sigh "I gotta be honest with you though, getting the two of them together when we did might not have been the best idea after all."
"You think?"
"Take a look at them, I never knew people could be so nauseating."
"Yeah, and now that I think about it he did make me promise that I'd never let him turn into as big of a simp as Cody." he paused, then glanced over at the camera "Sorry Cody, that was just to make a point."
"Aren't he and Gwen still together?"
"Oh yeah and it's been awesome, they seem so happy. Kind of like what Noah and Emma have right now."
"Focus on Cody being a simp later, we have other stuff to worry about right now." Noah glanced down at the river blow "Oh crapbaskets, that's a long way down."
"That bad?" Emma glanced down, then up at Noah "Should we?"
"Could we?"
"We could, and frankly we should go."
"True, and let's not forget that we are still in a race. But still…"
"I know. You're so close to me, and talking about a first kiss story to end all first kiss stories to tell our kids one day." the two of them closed their eyes and leaned in, until…
"For the love of (bleep), focus on the game!" and then Kitty proceeded to push both of them off the bridge and let them bungee down into the river below "You'll probably be bad at me when you come back up, but you'll thank me when you can pay for law school. And Noah will be thanking us for not letting him turn into a simp."
"I didn't push him off though." Owen pointed out.
"Whatever, I'm making a point."
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Meanwhile, with the dance challenge…
"Okay, I think we got it this time…" Junior continued trying to get through the warrior dance, only to quickly get fed up with Dwayne trying to be cool "Oh for the love of god dad, would it kill you to give it a rest!"
"Give it a rest with what?" Dwayne glanced over at him "You saw for yourself that these moves of mine are super cool."
"No, I saw for myself that they're super not! Seriously, those things were making my eyeballs bleed like what Vecna from Stranger Things does!"
"Oh but what, those guys get to be cool?" he jerked a thumb at the judges "What do they have that I don't? Aside from the upper body strength I mean."
"What are you kidding? They're huge men with face tattoos, goatees and muscles bigger than my head, so yeah that makes them automatically awesome."
"Well yeah, but I-"
"Dad you're not cool, you never have been and he never will be!" Junior was quick to regret saying this when he saw the look on Dwayne's face "Aw crud. Dad I didn't mean to…"
"Let's just… get this stupid challenge over with already."
"Yeah… yeah okay." and so with all of that out of their systems, Junior and Dwayne went on to perform the warrior dance flawlessly, with that and their emotional scene turning out to be more than enough to move the judges to tears "I think that means we're done."
"Good enough for me. Now let's go."
"Right."
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Meanwhile, with the lovebirds…
"So what do you think of this guy?" by this point, Emma and Noah were making their way to the Chill Zone, giant fish in hand, trailing behind Kitty and Owen "I have to admit that there is a part of me that wants to call my fish Noah, but I don't think it's cute enough. Maybe I should try and call it Jake, name it after my ex-boyfriend. Can you actually believe that crap?"
"No, I can't imagine it for a second." Kitty shot a dry look back at Emma "Speaking of which, do you remember the part where we're trying not to come in last place?"
"Yeah I'll be there in a second, I'm just about to use Jake's hideous but ridiculously sharp teeth to try and cut off a lock of Noah's hair."
"Wait, you what now?" Noah shot an unsettled look at her.
"I said I'm gonna-"
"Yeah we heard you, so did everyone all over the world!" Kitty suddenly grabbed Emma by the arm and dragged her ahead of the others "Seriously, there's obsession, there's super creepy stalker stuff, and then there's you way up at the top."
"Okay yeah, I'm beginning to think that I might have a problem. But in my defense, you did tell me to go for it."
"I never said to do it like that, with the way things are going now you're going to end up losing both the race and the guy. I'm right about this and you know it, if you're gonna make a choice then you're gonna have to make it now."
"...In that case, if we wanna make it then we're gonna have to pick up the pace. Are you with me on this?"
"You know I am."
"Then let's move!" and so the two of them took off running, leaving the Reality TV Pros trailing behind.
"Not gonna lie, didn't see that coming." Noah shared a look with Owen "Stuff like this is why I don't get women. You can't live with them, you can't live without them, and apparently you can't run as fast as them either."
"You can't climb a tree and scratch behind your ear with your leg like them either." was Owen's input.
"You talking about Izzy?"
"Yep."
"Just checking."
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Meanwhile, at the Chill Zone…
"And here they are." Don was quick to address the next team that managed to reach the Chill Zone "Dwayne Senior and Dwayne Junior, the two of you are in eighth place."
"Yes, we're still in this!" Junior pulled Dwayne into a tight hug "We did it dad, we get to stay in the race!"
"Yeah we sure did son, we sure did." Dwayne returned the hug and wiped back a few tears "You know something Junior, the two of us… we make a really good team. I'm sorry I tried too hard with all of the stuff I did today. It's just that I thought if I could make myself a little bit cooler like the guys on the other teams, then maybe you'd actually want to be around me more."
"Well according to that tattoo magazine that I got from the kiosk at the train station, it said that I'm supposed to be pulling away from you a little bit right now, and what's happening is a natural part of me going through puberty. It doesn't mean that I don't think you're cool. Ish. In your own way."
"I'm cool-ish in my own way? You know what, I can live with that."
"As touching as it is, I'm gonna have to remind you that we're in the middle of a show and you're both standing on the Chill Zone." Don quickly motioned for the two of them to leave, just as the Sisters came running "Emma and Kitty nicely done, more or less at least. The two of you are in ninth place. And here come the official losers of the day."
"Emma! Kitty!" this was when Noah and Owen came running onto the scene "I don't know what kind of screwed up dictionary you're using, but your definition of alliance is way off. Seriously, what the hell was that about?"
"Oh god, I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." Emma let out a sad sigh.
"Come to what?"
"I'm sorry about this Noah, this is exactly what I was afraid would happen. I like you a lot, I really do. But I can't be with you, at least not while we're in this race." and so she walked away without another word, Kitty trailing behind her in silence.
"...Huh." Noah's expression turned into one of shock and sadness as his fish slipped out of his grasp and hit the ground "Well that happened."
"Uh… are you okay little buddy?" Owen cast a nervous glance over at him.
"Well now I know for a fact that I do I have a heart. Because I just felt it shatter like a gem out of Steven Universe."
"...Aw crapbaskets."
"Way to reach out to the TFS fans." Don was quick to cut in "On a more somber note, Reality TV Schmos- I mean pros. Actually no I don't. Anyway, I'm afraid that the two of you have come in last."
"Crap infinity."
"At least that's what I would say if it wasn't for the fact that it's a non-elimination round, but it totally is. Congratulations you two, you get to stay in the game. So have fun with that." and then he walked off.
"Okay, crap slightly less than infinity." Owen glanced back over at Noah, only to notice that his expression had turned unreadable "Hey, so… you okay buddy?"
"What do you think?" Noah's tone held a certain level of bitterness to it.
"Hey come on little buddy, you don't have to be sad. There's tons of fish in the sea. Just like this one over-"
"You better not be pulling out the fish."
"...I wasn't gonna-"
"Yes you were."
"Noah come on, I know how bad it hurts to go through a break up."
"Drop it Owen, I'm fine. Emma made it pretty clear just now that she chose the race and the prize money over me, so it all worked out the way it was supposed to obviously."
"I know, it's just-"
"I said I'm fine!" Noah's tone was sharp and his expression flashed with rage, but he was quick to compose himself, and then he walked off without another word, with Owen following after him in silence.
Don on the other hand, he just glanced over at the camera "I can just tell this episode is going to be ridiculously popular when it comes out, especially if this next part is any indication."
"Hey check this out sporto, how do you like your old man now?" this was when Dwayne made his way back onto the scene with a new tattoo on his chin "What do you think?"
"What do I think of what?" Junior glanced up from his magazine, and his jaw nearly dropped at the sight "Woah dad I've gotta give it to you, that thing is totally full on."
"I bet it's as cool as they come."
"Oh you'd better believe it, that's- Oh crud."
"What's the matter?"
"Dad try not to freak out, but according to the magazine I got from the kiosk, only women get that kind of tattoo!"
"Wait what?!"
"And I think that's my cue." Don popped up in front of them to sign off the episode "Ten teams still remain in our race around the world for one million dollars. The question remains, which one of them will be the next to go? Is it going to be our new Mother & Son team?"
"Hey!"
"There's only one way to find out, and that is to watch the next exciting installment of… the Ridonculous Race!"
A/N:
So here we are again, this time there's another non-elimination around, but there's plenty of drama to make up for it. Sadly, I had to give the Ice Dancers their win, but it was a lot closer this time than in canon, so that was fun. Next chapter will have another elimination though.
As far as character interactions go, this one I thought turned out to be a lot more interesting than I had expected. It might have been brief, mostly because of how the episode is meant to play out, but I got to show a little bit of a rivalry between the Ice Dancers and the Rockers, both teams being fairly close during the challenge.
What's more, I got to show a dynamic between Junior and the two guys from Brains & Brawn, and bring in some callbacks to Cameron and Lightning's time on Total Drama. In addition to that, I showed more of Trent helping Carrie and Devin with relationship drama.