The episode starts with Don narrating. "Last time on the race around the states, Devin unfortunately had to drop out of the competition again, but this time it was due to lung cancer." "Harold returned as his permanent replacement, clearly holding a grudge against the people who pulled that prank on him, to the point where he's filing a sexual harassment lawsuit." "What was more shocking, was that he and Izzy got married, and didn't make this information public until now." "Then when nighttime came, Leshawna did something that was completely unnecessary." "She had the decency to attack Jay's pet owl, and then ripped Jay's hand off." "Obviously, she was heavily punished for it." "She used to be a nice person, oh how the mighty have fallen." "She was heavily punished for her actions, and essentially put on probation." "Let's see how this affects her, in this episode of the race around the states."

Intro consists of a shorter version of the final countdown.

**Flashback**

It had just stopped raining last night, and a four month old Junior was playing in the mud, wearing nothing but his diaper. "Doesn't he just look adorable?" asked Annie. "Y yeah, r really cute" said Dwayne. While looking at his son, he saw a baby Sarah.

The fun in the mud eventually ended, and Dwayne was giving his son a bath. "You are a naughty, dirty, cute little tyke" said Dwayne as he scrubbed his son's back. "D d d daddy" said Junior. "OH MY GOODNESS, ANNIE THIS IS AMAZING, YOU HAVE TO WITNESS THIS!" said Dwayne. Annie quickly ran into the bathroom. "Come on son, say it again" said Dwayne. "D d d daddy" said Junior. "This is so cute, Dwayne, you're his first word" said Annie. "With a smile on his face, a small tear dripped from Dwayne's eye. "That's my boy" he said.

**End of flashback**

As everyone was about to get on the bus to go to the next state, Don was holding a newspaper. "This is absolutely bull crap" he said Frustrated. He then showed everyone what was written on the front page.

REALITY SHOW CONTESTANT CHOPS OFF HIS OWN HAND

Race around the states contestant Jacob Fritzell more commonly known as Jay, made the bonehead move of adopting a wild and possibly infected owl, one that's been in his ear for the past decade no less. He clearly did not take into consideration what happened a year ago, when fellow contestant Dwayne Santori II more commonly known as Junior, was nearly killed by a wild rabbit. His roommate, former Total drama contestant Leshawna Bray, tried to prevent the owl from attacking anyone by locking it in a cage. Jay then proceeded to attack Leshawna, despite the fact she was doing the right thing. Leshawna had no choice but to break off Jacob's hand in self defense, and yet somehow she got in trouble, when it was Jay who started the fight. Several people are questioning Don's ability to host this show, and they are thinking that Jay needs to be suspended for a few challenges, while he takes sensitivity training.

(Confession cam- The news isn't always true)

Don- "Oh I see how it is, apparently animal abuse warrants no punishment whatsoever."

Jay- "When I had Hazel removed from my ear, I had her taken to the vet so she could get her shots." "I made absolutely sure she was tame, to stop a repeat from the rabbit incident a year ago."

Harold- "I can't believe, I actually had a crush on her."

Junior- "IT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT THAT THEY ARE MAKING LESHAWNA THE HERO, AND JAY THE VILLAIN!" "SHE'S GOING TO GET IT, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T WIN TODAY!"

**End confessional**

As they were on the bus, Leshawna began looking worried, and sat down next to Jay. "The hell do you want now?" asked Jay. "I wanted to tell you that i'm sorry" said Leshawna. "I'm sorry for hurting your owl, and for chopping off your hand, I never wanted anybody to get hurt." "I've been a big old jerk since I came to fill in for your brother, and I regret everything." "You're a liar, you don't feel sorry at all" said Jay. "You're glad that Mickey is on his deathbed, all you car about is winning." Leshawna felt hurt, she really did feel bad for what she did.

The bus stopped, in front of a casino. "We are in, Las Vegas Nevada" said Don. "This time it isn't the desert outskirts, we are actually in the city." "This challenge, is going to be a card game inside of this casino."

They all stepped inside, and all thirty six contestants were seated around a table. "This is going to be large game of Uno, playing clockwise" said Don. "We'll go in the order you are in points, staring with Owen, and we'll eventually make our way down the table to Harold." "The rules of Uno are very simple." "Each player starts off with 7 cards." "The top card in the deck will be flipped over, and the first player must lay one of their own cards on top of it." "The card needs to match, wether it be the same color, or the same symbol." "If you do not have a matching card, you must draw one from the deck." "If the card you drew is a matching card, you may play it." "The cards range from the numbers zero through nine." "Skip cards make the next player forfeit their turn." "Draw 2 cards also make you lose your turn, along with giving you a 2 card penalty." "Wild cards match all colors and symbols, and the player who lays down the wild, chooses what the next color is." "A wild draw 4 can only be played if it's your only option." "The same rules apply for a regular wild card, with the addition of the next player forfeiting their turn, and drawing 4 cards." "Reverse cards change the direction of play." "When a player has only one card left, they must say the word uno, or receive a two card penalty." "The first player to use all of their cards, wins the game."

(Confession cam- those are a lot of rules )

Junior- "This is it, i'm going to smoke everybody else."

Harold- "I'm decent at card games, I think I can finish in the top half."

**End confessional**

Dividers had to be put up on each side of Jay, so nobody could see his cards. He couldn't hold his cards with 2 hands, as he only had 1. The first 20 minutes of the game were incredibly interesting, as several different cards kept getting put down. At the 10 minute mark, Mary rotated the entire game with a reverse. It seemed as though Jay was about to get uno, until Junior hit him with a blue skip. The both of them only had two cards left. Junior's two cards were a blue zero, and a wild draw 4. If he didn't have to lay down a blue or a zero, he could put Jay at a disadvantage.

The table cycled around again, and the card that was there was a red 7. Junior then set down his wild draw four. "That's uno, i'm making it yellow" he said. He elected not to go with blue, as he was banking on it changing from yellow to blue. He got his wish when Rock set down a blue 4. Junior then put down his blue zero." "Game over" said Junior. "And with that, Junior becomes the first contestant this season to win consecutive challenges" said Don. "Now we just need to keep going to see who finishes second, and so on."

Many boring hours later

Ever since Junior emptied his hand, nobody had gotten uno, and everyone still had a large number of cards. Junior got bored of waiting for the challenge to finish, and ended up falling asleep. The owner of the casino then came into the room, to see how much longer this was going to take. "How much longer are you people going to be?" "You've been here since 3:00 PM, and now it's 9:00" "Wait a minute, we've been sitting here for six hours straight?" asked Taylor. "I gave you all bathroom breaks" said Don. "You do realize this room is booked for a club of preachers in five minutes" said the owner of the casino. "Who the hell would pray, in a god damn casino?" asked Stephanie. "Knowing this is not going to end anytime soon, we'll call it right there and determine the finish by how many cards you have" said Don. " And this was the order from Second to last. Chet, Leshawna, Noah, Owen, Crimson, Ryan, Tammy, Laurie, Emma, Leonard, Sanders, Geoff, Ennui, Kelly, Mary, Harold, Jen, Miles, Rock, Kitty, Spud, MacArthur, Stephanie, Ellody, Tom, Pete, Jay, Jacques, Taylor, Lorenzo, Gerry, Josee, Brody, Carrie, Dwayne.

(Confession cam- Finally it's over)

Laurie- "I'm back in the top 10, but only by 2 points." "I'm not worried though, Leonard should be easy."

Leonard- "I sit as the second wild card, but Junior is coming on strong." "I think it's time to hex him."

Junior- "Heck yeah, twice in a row." "I'm only 9 points away from grabbing a wild card spot." "Jen better be ready, cause i'm coming."

Dwayne- "Last place again, at least Junior managed to win."

**End confessional**

Everyone was outside for the podium ceremony. Jay had just gotten Hazel back, and she had made a surprisingly quick recovery. Leshawna stood on the third place pedestal, Chet stood on the second place pedestal, and Junior stood on the winners pedestal. Leshawna surprisingly wasn't sulking about losing to Junior again. "Junior, you just won yourself the entire collection, of every Madden NFL game released up to this point" said Don. "Hey Junior, what were you dreaming about when you fell asleep in there?" asked Chet. "Winning the entire competition, holding the million dollar briefcase above my head" said Junior. "Kid is dreaming big" said Don. "That's all for this episode, we'll find out if Junior can get inside the top 20 in points, on the next episode of the race around the states."

Point standings.

First place: Owen, 240 points

Second place: Chet, 227 points

Third place: Noah, 221 points, 1 win

Fourth place: Ryan, 221 points

Fifth place: Crimson, 207 points

Sixth place: Brody, 203 points, 2 wins

Seventh place: Tammy, 201 points

Eighth place: Lorenzo, 198 points

Ninth place: Emma, 189 points, 1 win

Tenth place: Laurie, 181 points, 1 win

Eleventh place: Leonard, 179 points

Twelfth place: Kitty 177 points

Thirteenth place: Sanders, 175 points

Fourteenth place: MacArthur, 172 points

Fifteenth place: Geoff, 168 points

Sixteenth place: Kelly, 166 points

Seventeenth place: Taylor, 163 points

Eighteenth place: Jacques, 162 points, 1 win

Nineteenth place: Ennui, 161 points

Twentieth place: Jen, 145 points

Twenty first place: Junior, 136 points, 2 wins

Twenty second place: Stephanie, 136 points

Twenty third place: Mary, 131 points

Twenty fourth place: Miles, 128 points

Twenty fifth place: Pete, 119 points

Twenty sixth place: Devin, 114 points

Twenty seventh place: Jay, 110 points

Twenty eighth place: Rock, 107 points

Twenty ninth place: Leshawna, 92 points

Thirtieth place: Mickey, 86 points

Thirty first place: Spud, 83 points

Thirty second place: Tom, 77 points

Thirty third place: Ellody, 61 points

Thirty fourth place: Gerry, 48 points

Thirty fifth place: Josee, 38 points

Thirty sixth place: Carrie, 32 points

Thirty seventh place: Dwayne, 23 points

Thirty eighth place: Harold, 20 points

Thirty ninth place: Lindsay, 18 points

Authors note: There you go, now you know this isn't a Leshawna bashing story, she actually feels guilty about what she did.

The newspaper article is a harsh reality of real life. The press doesn't always tell the truth, and this leads to slanderous comments about the innocent.

That long uno game where they ultimately decided to just give up and call it, is proof that when you have a card game with 36 people, it's going to take a long time to finish it.

As always if you have an idea for a challenge in an upcoming state, or a prize for a future challenge winner, feel free to let me in a review.

Thank you for reading and please have a great day.