User:The Flaming Sword of Fury/RR Chapter 6

“Last time on the Ridonculous Race: Our teams got geysered in Iceland. Hah, what a rough landing! Then they had to either chip out a fossil or joke down an Icelandic feast. The Goths came in first and went craazy, while the Vegans went rogue but still came in last. Lucky for them, it was a non-elimination round; unfortunately for me, I got a taste of what it feels like to be punched by a very angry vegan. And man, do they pack quite the punch! I survived that, but one team won’t survive this round! Who will it be, find out, for this is The Ridonculous Race!”

(theme song plays)

“Here in Iceland, yesterday’s chill zone becomes today’s starting line! Starting with: The Goths!” Don said. After he said this, the Goths suddenly appeared next to him to which he yelped in fear.

“Y-You scared me!” Don said. The Goths said nothing but looked at him with their usual stares. As the two were walking over to the next Don Box: Tom looked around nervously, searching for Jen.

“It’s Brazil.” Ennui said after he read the travel tip.

“Brazil, sunny sunny Brazil. Home of bossa nova music, makers of fine coffee, and other things that keep me awake at night. Teams will arrive there on these chartered planes: The first 8 teams take a direct flight to Brazil, while the other 7 will arrive 2 hours later because they’re on the milk run, literally!” Don said.

“Come on, come on! Where is she? It’s nearly time for us to leave…” He muttered nervously. Just after Crimson and Ennui had left, Tom heard footsteps coming near him. He turned and saw Jen, or at least he thought it looked like her. Jen looked different from her usual self: Her hair was let down and wild, her eyes were bloodshot, and what was most of all odd was those markings of what appeared to be lipstick that appeared on her face and around her neck, indicating that someone had kissed her there. Tom saw this and looked at her in shock.

“J-Jen, what happened to you? Are you ok?” Tom asked. Jen looked up at him, with a wide grin on her face.

“Oh, Tom I’m just peeerfect! That swan lady was such a good host, especially later in the evening. I was definitely not expecting the surprise she gave me!” She winked, causing Tom to realize what exactly she meant, and what had really been going on.

“Oooooh…I see! Lucky you…Anyway, we got to get our travel tip so- “Tom was interrupted when Jen pressed the Don Box and grabbed the tip from the box. After they left, the Ice Dancers and RTV Pros hit the Don Box to grab the next tip. They all managed to catch taxis and were well on their way towards the airport with the Surfers, Daters, Best Friends, and Father and Son following close behind them.

“Our first eight teams have managed to reach the airport and are running to catch the first flight to Brazil!” Don said. As they were running towards the plane, Dwayne turned to talk to Junior.

“Good thing we’re not on the old cow pie express, hahaha! All thanks to this baby!” He pulled out the fossil he and Junior found in the previous challenge, “I’m keeping this around as a souvenir for your mom!”

“I still feel bad about stealing it from the Vegans though…” Junior said.

“Ah, don’t worry about it pal! It was an accident, how were we supposed to know it was theirs’?” Dwayne pointed out.

“You have a point, dad, but I just can’t help but feel guilty.” Junior admitted.

“Well, when you see the look on your mom’s face when she gets this, hopefully they’ll go away! You know what they say: Happy Wife, Happy life!” As soon as he said this, Dwayne accidentally dropped the fossils and they broke into pieces.

“Well, it’s the thought that counts!” Junior noted. He and Dwayne both walked onto the plane, waiting for it to take off. Once they got on, they heard a squeaking noise, which turned out to be Owen biting down on his stuffed teddy bear, Beary.

(Team Interview: Noah and Owen)

“Owen’s a bit scared of going into a military plane again.” Noah commented.

“Can you blame me? The last time I was on one, I nearly died!” Owen pointed out.

“I don’t blame you. Being on that plane was like walking into a death trap.” Noah said.

(Team Interview Over)

Owen in the end, had managed to accidentally swallow Beary. He burped out a few chunks of teddy bear fuzz and looked around nervously for his teddy bear.

“Where’s Beary?” Owen said.

“You ate him.” Noah said.

“Oh nooooo! Will you hold me?” Owen asked Noah who simply looked at him in disbelief. Owen then proceeded to give Noah one of his bone crunching hugs, yet again. Right next to them, were Jacques and Josee who were pouting.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“We failed in Iceland, a place that has ICE in the name! We are Ice Dancers; that is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!” Jacques exclaimed.

“Agreed, last time I was this mad about losing, I replaced my partner with someone else.” Josee said.

(Team Interview Over)

Meanwhile, the final 7 teams had managed to get onto the second plane. As they got on however, the first plane had prepared to leave before one of its tires was punctured by the shards of Dwayne’s fossil.

“Sorry folks, flat tire. Must have rolled over something pretty sharp.” The pilot said over the intercom.

“Haha, what a coincidence!” Dwayne chuckled nervously, Junior simply gave a facepalm.

“In a stunning reversal, yesterday’s winners now look like losers as plane number 2 has now taken off into the air!” Don said. On plane number two, the teams were shown reacting to the animals in different ways: The Twins were getting nauseated, Spud was trying to ride a rather stinky cow, the Vegans were currently petting a sheep, while nearly everyone else had their noses plugged from the smell. Taylor especially, was disgusted by the presence of the animals on the plane.

“Ugh, I am so not doing this!” She complained.

“Oh, come on Taylor, they’re just cows! You eat them, you wear them. It’s not so bad, just be one with the cow!” Kelly said.

“‘Be one with the cow’? What kind of hippie talk is that? I do not LIKE cows, they’re just so…stinky!” Taylor complained. After she said this, a nearby cow farted on her and she screamed.

(Team Interview: Kelly and Taylor)

“Ughhhh! It pooped on my BOOTS!” Taylor said.

“Everyone said we wouldn’t last two days on the show, that we’d never survive outside of the hills! Well you know, we may be a lot of things, but we are not quitters!” Kelly said.

(Team Interview Over)

“I’m quitting!” Taylor declared, she kicked a nearby goat and walked off.

“If you stay, I’ll buy you a new car!” Kelly promised.

“Really? Then fine, I’ll stay!” Taylor ran back over excitedly, unfortunately the goat from earlier rammed her in revenge for kicking it. Meanwhile, the Vegans were watching the sheep eat grass. Laurie was looking down at her hands and back at the sheep constantly.

“I ate the sheeps’ head so we wouldn’t come in last! And we still came in last, but the non-elimination meant that we didn’t have to! We could have dealt with a penalty, we still would have survived…. I didn’t have to eat it, I didn’t have to!” Laurie exclaimed, starting to get choked up. Miles shifted her eyes back and forth nervously, before giving Laurie a slap on the face.

“Ok, listen, you need to calm down. What happens in Iceland STAYS in Iceland, got it?” She said. Laurie sighed sadly but nodded her head in agreement. The stink of Laurie’s breath caused Miles to feel sick and want to barf again.

“What? Is everything ok?” Laurie asked, concerned for her friend.

“I’m sorry, it’s just your breath smells like sheep head…Does anyone have a mint?” Miles asked. The twins were also watching an animal, but this time it was a cow.

“I wonder if being around them will help our lactose intolerance…” Mickey said.

“We’ll just have to find out.” Jay said.

A couple hours later, the plane landed in Brazil and the teams immediately ran out to grab their next travel tips. Most of them did anyway, the Twins on the other hand passed the Don Box and ran into the nearest bush, groaning in pain.

“It’s a Botch or Watch…” MacArthur said after grabbing the tip.

“In this Botch or Watch, whoever didn’t go swimming with sharks in Calanque de Maubois must perform a tradition Brazilian rite of passage and reach into this oven mitt, but with a twist. This oven mitt is filled with bullet ants, who pack a very powerful and painful punch, but it also contains their next travel tip. Once they manage to grab their tip, being bitten by bullet ants or not, then they can move on!” Don narrated, he threw a chicken leg into the mitt and was surprised when it was all devoured, besides the bone.

“Bullet ants? He can’t be serious right?” Kitty asked as she and Emma walked over to the mitt’s location.

“Little known fact: the pain caused by their venom can last for up to 24 hours!” Emma said.

“Oh, boy…this sounds fun.” Kitty muttered. All the teams gathered at the mitt and watched as the bone from earlier was spat out and hit Mickey on the chest.

(Team Interview: Mickey and Jay)

“I’ve been bitten by venomous creatures so often that I’ve developed an immunity to them!” Mickey said, looking confident. The twins tried to high five but missed causing Mickey to stumble.

(Team Interview Over)

Mickey continued to stumble backwards causing him to knock an unwitting Laurie into the oven mitt, face first.

“Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry!” Mickey apologized. “N-No…I deserve it…” Laurie said, her voice however was much more muffled than usual. She had finally managed to get her face out of the mitt and it was revealed to the other teams what exactly had happened. The teams stared in horror as they saw her new appearance: her face was red and puffy looking. She had managed to get the tip somehow, but it was stuck on an especially puffy area on her forehead.

“H-Huh…what’s wrong?” Laurie asked.

“Um…nothing!” Miles said, and she grabbed the tip on Laurie’s head.

“Ok, find a vine and swing your butts to the coconuts.” She read out loud.

“Teams must cross this gorge by any means necessary and then search for their next tip hidden inside these piles of coconuts!” Don narrated.

“Sounds good to me! Let’s go!” Laurie said. She started walking in the exact opposite direction and Miles stopped her before she could go any further.

“Ok…this way!” Miles then proceeded to drag her by the arm in the other direction. Meanwhile, Lorenzo ran up to the mitt and proceeded to put his hand in. He yelped, and his hand looked noticeably puffier, Chet then proceeded to shove him out of the way.

“Haha, loser, it’s MY turn to botch!” Chet laughed. He stuck his hand in the mitt and proceeded to scream loudly too. He did manage to get his tip however, and the two ran off. Mickey tried to go up and grab his tip, but he was shoved out of the way by MacArthur. She kissed her biceps and flexed before placing her hand inside the mitt. Like Chet before, she yelped in pain, but did manage to grab her tip. However, in the process, bullet ants had also managed to get on her arm, she tried shaking them off, but they didn’t budge.

“They’re on my person! They’re on my person!” She screamed, she ran off with Sanders following behind her. Mickey walked up to the mitt and tried again to grab his team’s tip, but Taylor got up in his face.

“Don’t you dare think about going before me!” She threatened.

“Hey!” Kitty exclaimed walking up to where Taylor and Mickey both stood, “He was here first, it’s only fair that he should get his tip!”

“Ugh…fine!” Taylor rolled her eyes, “But make it quick, ok!”

“T-Thanks for standing up for me back there…” Mickey said shyly.

“Hey, it’s no problem…are you sure you’re going to be ok handling those bullet ants?” Kitty asked. Mickey nodded and stuck his hand inside the mitt, the bullet ants bit him, but Mickey felt no pain. He took his hand out and was holding two tips, he handed the second one to Kitty.

“Whoa!” She looked at him surprised, “Thank you! This calls for a selfie!” Kitty grabbed Mickey and pulled him in as she snapped the pic.

(Team Interview: Emma and Kitty)

“Whatever happened to our ‘no alliance’ agreement?” Emma asked.

“Um…I don’t remember ever agreeing to anything. Besides, who says we can’t be friendly to the other teams?” Kitty said.

“Kitty’s in favor of trusting our competitors…yeah, that’s going to last, hah!” Emma scoffed.

“And you’re in favor of not trusting anyone at all after your boyfriend broke up with you.” Kitty said. Emma glared at her fiercely, while Kitty just smiled and shrugged.

(Team Interview Over)

Taylor went up to the mitt, looked at it, and blew inside. A tip flew out and she quickly grabbed it, with her mother looking rather impressed.

(Team Interview: Kelly and Taylor)

“Doctors say my lung capacity is so huge, they can’t even measure it with their rulers…or whatever they use to measure that kind of thing.” Taylor said.

“When she was 5, she held her breath underwater for seven minutes before we got her the very expensive Malibu Bonnie dollhouse she wanted.” Kelly reminisced.

“It so wasn’t worth the trouble… When I got it, I played with it for five minutes, got bored, and asked my parents to get something better.

(Team Interview Over)

Meanwhile, the Vegans had managed to find a vine and were currently using it to swing over the gorge.

“Aaaah! The wind is making my face hurt!” Laurie screamed. Unfortunately for the duo, their vine swung them right into the face of a cliff.

“Now the cliff hurts my face!” Laurie said. On the other hand, the Cadets had managed to tie two separate vines around their bodies and managed to successfully get over the gorge.

“Yes, first place! That’s how us girls in blue roll!” MacArthur declared, immediately after she was finished talking, Lorenzo slammed into her using his vine. She fell over, and Lorenzo pointed and laughed at her. Chet slammed into Sanders not too much after and laughed at her as well.

“Stop copying everything I do, doofus!” Lorenzo shouted at him.

“I don’t copy everything you do, jerkface, I just do it better!” Chet said proudly. He walked off towards the coconuts, and Lorenzo followed him with an angry expression on his face. Jay and Mickey on the other hand, had tried swinging over the gorge using their vine but it broke and the two fell into the water below.

“Come on guy, you gotta get the tip.” Rock said, looking at his partner nervously.

“Fine…why not?” Spud slipped his hand inside the mitt of bullet ants. Biting noises were heard, but Spud didn’t scream in pain, he very calmly took his hand out holding a tip.

(Team Interview: Rock and Spud)

“My partner Spud, has delayed reactions to everything, including pain! He could eat a ghost pepper and not feel the pain for at least 2 hours! It’s one of those things about him that makes him absolutely wicked!” Rock said.

“Uh, Rock, what on earth are you talking about, man?” Spud said. Rock gave him a confused look but said nothing.

(Team Interview Over)

Flight number 1 on the other hand, had finally managed to arrive in Brazil. As soon as it landed, the teams hurried over to the Don Box, Josee was the first to press it.

“Botch or Watch, you’re up Jacques!” Josee said. Jacques walked up to the oven mitt fearfully and hesitated on putting his hand in.

“Come on Jacques! Get the tip!” Josee demanded. Jacques sighed and reached inside the mitt, he screamed in pain and got his hand out, with it holding the tip.

“It stings like missing gold in Vancouver by half a point!” He yelled.

“See, nothing to it, now come on!” She dragged him by the arm.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“Arriving late to Brazil means we had to step up our performance!” Jacques said.

“Like the way I did in the Olympic trials!” Josee said.

“Yes…like the way, WE did, haha.” Jacques chuckled nervously.

(Team Interview Over)

MacArthur and Sanders had finally managed to get to the piles of coconuts. Unfortunately for them, their search for one with a tip inside seemed to be hopeless.

“Ugh, nothing again! Come on, where could those tips POSSIBLY be?!” MacArthur yelled in frustration. MacArthur was about to break another one in half before Sanders stopped her. “Let me take this one, please.” She said, she rose the mallet in her hands and struck the coconut. It cracked and turned out to have a tip inside it.

“Nice! I wore it down for you, you’re welcome!” MacArthur said, she grabbed the tip and started reading it.

“It’s an All In, like I said, you’re welcome!” She looked up from her tip and smirked at Sanders who simply rolled her eyes.

“In this All In: One team member has to make a headpiece, the other a tail worthy of walking the parade during Carnivale! When this local approves of their handiwork, they’ll get their next tip.” Don said.

(Team Interview: MacArthur and Sanders)

“I know how to make costumes, I went trick or treating as a beat cop for 10 years straight!” MacArthur said.

“Seriously, every year?” Sanders asked.

“Well, one time I mixed it up and went as a parole officer so, yeah!” MacArthur said.

(Team Interview Over)

Sanders and MacArthur proceeded to make their way over to the craft table to make their costume.

“The lady cops have taken the lead! While the teams from flight one is still botching or watching!” Don narrated. Back at the mitt, Geoff had managed to get his tip and was screaming in pain from the bites. The other teams, besides the Goth simply looked on in horror. (Contestant Interview: Geoff)

“I pump iron basically every day, so once righty started swelling, I switched to lefty. It’s perfect hand symmetry, which is what body building is basically about!” Geoff said.

(Contestant Interview Over)

After the two left, the Goths went up, Ennui placed his hand in and as usual gave a blank stare. He pulled his hand out, it was swollen and holding a tip.

“Ow.” He said flatly.

“Don’t be so dramatic.” Crimson said, the two of them walked off leaving the RTV Pros and Fashion Bloggers left.

“Y-You go first…” Jen turned to Noah and insisted. Noah sighed in annoyance but went up to the mitt and reluctantly put his hand in. He yelped in pain but took it out and managed to get his tip. His hand was swollen, Owen looked at it and gasped.

“Are you ok little buddy? Would a kiss make it feel better?” Owen puckered his lips and Noah quickly shook his head.

“No…but I might need some ice later, come on let’s go!” Noah ran off with Owen following behind him. Jen gulped and walked up to the mitt, she sighed and hesitantly placed her hand inside it. She screamed in pain as the ants bit her and quickly took her hand out. Luckily for her and Tom, they had managed to grab their tip.

“No time to lose, let’s go!” Tom said and dashed off, with Jen following behind him.

Over at the vines, Kelly and Taylor were currently fighting again.

“Hop on and hold on!” Kelly yelled at Taylor. Taylor looked nervous and Kelly went up to her.

“Do IT!” She screamed at Taylor.

“Fine but stop screaming…you know it makes your neck waddle.” Taylor said. She wrapped her arms around her mother and the two swung over the gorge screaming but had managed to land safely on the other end.

(Team Interview: Kelly and Taylor)

“Wow mom, I’m impressed. I never knew you had such good upper body strength!” Taylor said with an impressed look on her face.

“Oh…thanks honey!” Kelly said, flattered.

“I hope you’re not drinking protein shakes or something because if you are, that stuff will go right to your hips!” Taylor pointed out.

(Team Interview Over)

Chet and Lorenzo had for the most part, been goofing off around the coconut piles. The two of them basically were throwing coconuts around just for fun and weren’t really trying to advance. At one point though, the two realized they needed to get serious so they sat down and tried to break some coconuts open.

Lorenzo had tried breaking one open with a rock, but it hit him in the face instead. Chet laughed at him and said, “Watch and learn!” He tried breaking his coconut open by having it fall, landing on a rock. But it only bounced back up and hit him in the face, which caused Lorenzo to laugh at him, before yet another coconut hit him in the face. This coconut, unlike the others had cracked, and eventually revealed a tip inside.

Chet smirked and grabbed it, “Hah, I guess at least ONE part of you is actually useful!” He laughed. Lorenzo glared at him and rubbed his head.

“Oh, stop pouting, you doofus! We’ve got some stupid costume building challenge to do!” Chet said, Lorenzo sighed and started following Chet over to the crafts table. Mickey and Jay had finally managed to climb up the gorge, with their hair all wet.

“I, can’t believe we managed to do that!” Jay exclaimed, panting.

“Neither can I…” Mickey agreed. The two had finally managed to get onto the other side of the gorge before they were knocked over by an incoming Jacques and Josee, who were swinging on a vine. Once they made it over, Josee started to sniff the air.

“I can smell it, Jacques! I can smell the gold! It tastes so sweet!” Josee exclaimed. The two of them dashed gracefully over to the piles of coconuts. Jay sat up and rubbed his head, before looking at what Mickey had managed to do.

“Whoa, Mickey! You somehow managed to get a tip using your head!” Jay said. Mickey opened his eyes and lifted his head up, to see a coconut broken in half with a tip nearby, he grabbed it and grinned.

“Wow, it’s our lucky day!” Mickey grinned, he and Jay read the tip and raced off to the crafts table. Geoff and Brody had also managed to successfully complete swinging over the gorge, before Brody accidentally hit his groin on the face of the cliff.

“Ohh…that smarts…” He moaned. He nearly fell off his vine, before Geoff grabbed his hand and pulled him back up. Over at the piles of coconuts, Kelly and Taylor barely needed to search for their tip due to Kelly breaking open the first one she saw with the mallet, which turned out to have a tip.

“Yes, yes, yes!” Kelly cheered, she grabbed the tip and Taylor looked shocked.

“Mom, have you been lifting weights recently?” She asked, Kelly didn’t give her an answer and quickly raced off over to the crafts table. Miles had also finally managed to successfully climb the face of the cliff up to the other side of the gorge. Laurie had just managed to get her head onto the other side of the gorge before Taylor screamed in fright and hit her with a coconut. Miles tried to stop her friend from falling, but it was too late. Luckily for her, the coconut hadn’t fallen, she grabbed it and it turned out to have a tip inside.

“Yes! Thank you, mother earth!” She said gratefully. Rock and Spud on the other hand, had only just gotten to the gorge.

“Um, Spud, how’s your hand feeling…” Rock asked Spud, looking concerned.

“Oh…it’s feeling fine. Don’t worry about me man!” He said, looking relaxed. He looked at his swollen hand and looked confused. He put his other hand on a snag that had happened to be near him to examine it closer before the snag fell on top of the opening to the gorge.

“Whoa, dude! That was amazing!” Rock said with an impressed smile.

“I don’t know how that happened, but I agree!” Spud said. The two boys slowly started making their way across the gorge using the “bridge” Spud created, all the while Spud kept looking at his hand confused.

“I swear they were the same size this morning…” He mumbled. The Best Friends too had started making their way across the “bridge” and were looking at it cautiously. At one point, the two teams heard a rumbling noise from below them and looked scared, and Carrie and Devin clung to each other in fear. It turned out however to just be a noise and once it was apparent that the bridge wasn’t falling apart, Carrie and Devin released their embrace and sighed in relief. The two teams began to carefully make their way across the gorge and hopped off onto the other side.

Ryan and Stephanie on the other hand, were only just beginning to make their way across. The two looked scared as the creaking noise appeared yet again, and the snag started to snap. The two hugged each other in fright before it completely broke and they fell in the water. Owen and Noah were having better luck, as the two successfully managed to swing over the gorge, as did Crimson and Ennui. Jacques and Josee were busy cracking coconuts open with their mallets but were unsuccessful on getting them open.

The teams that had finally managed to make it to the crafts table were working on their costumes. While nearly every team member was trying to contribute to making at least one part of the costume, Laurie was the only one who didn’t due to suffering some temporary blindness. The Stepbrothers, on the other hand were the only ones not working on their costumes at all. In fact, they were too busy bickering about the design of their costume.

“Listen doofus, I’m saying we follow the design used by that lady over there!” Lorenzo said, pointing to the Brazilian lady.

“Yeah, well, I’m suggesting we be more creative! Not that you have any of that in you, poohead!” Chet said. Lorenzo glared at him and then proceeded to squirt glue on his shirt. Chet screamed and proceeded to pounce on Lorenzo as the two fought once more. The Cadets were the first to walk up to the task judge with MacArthur wearing the costume, but she gave them a thumbs down.

“What? This is perfect!” MacArthur shouted. “This is what I think of your ruling! THIS!” MacArthur threw her hat down and started to stomp it. Sanders dragged her away before any violence could break out, but it didn’t stop MacArthur from giving the judge a dirty look.

“W-What color of beetle is this, Miles?” Laurie said, pinching a beetle between two of her fingers. Miles turned towards her and smiled, she released the beetle from Laurie’s grasp and watched as it flew away.

“There you go! Be free, little one.” She said. “Ok…headpiece is finished now time for the tail.”

“You sure I shouldn’t be helping?” Laurie asked.

“Don’t worry about it, Laurie. We’re doing just fine as it is!” Miles reassured her, Laurie looked at her nervously but smiled back.

(Team Interview: Laurie and Miles)

“I’m gonna use some of my winnings to start a support group called ‘The Closet Vegan Society’ for vegans like Laurie who’ve lost their way.” Miles explained.

“Hey, I didn’t WANT to eat the meat, I thought I had TO!” Laurie exclaimed.

“Maybe so, but did you have to lick the plate afterwards?” Miles asked.

“I thought what happens in Iceland, STAYS in Iceland!” Laurie said pulling on her hat.

(Team Interview Over)

“Still think it’s a bad idea to form an alliance with the twins?” Kitty asked Emma as she made their costume.

“Absolutely not! They look harmless, but they’ll stab us in the back the first chance they get!” Emma shouted.

“Um, you know we can hear you right?” Mickey said with his hands glued to his chin.

“Yeah, and we’re not really the backstabbing type…” Jay said.

“Ugh, fine! We’ll do a trial alliance, but that is it!” Emma said. She turned to Kitty and whispered harshly, “If you turn out to be wrong, and the twins betray us or fail, there will be HARSH consequences for you! Got it?”

Kitty gulped nervously and said, “Y-Yes sis…”

“You can take your hand off your face now…” Emma turned back to Mickey and commented.

“Oh, I uh…glued it there, hehe.” He said nervously. Jay tried to help him get his hands off his chin and the sisters winced as Mickey screamed in pain.

The Daters had finally managed to get to the other side of the gorge with Stephanie glaring at Ryan who was standing on top of one hand.

“I told you we should have used a vine! But no, we just HAD to take the long way around and end up in the water!” Stephanie complained. Her mood immediately changed however when she hopped onto the other side and saw the piles of coconuts.

“Ooooh coconuts, yaaay!” She squealed. Owen and Noah were also trying to break a coconut open before Owen had swallowed one whole.

“Great…we’ll just have to wait 6 hours to see if that had a tip in it…” Noah muttered and poked Owen in the stomach.

“Ow!” Owen yelped, “You poked me right in the coconuts!”

Geoff and Brody were the first team to pass the costume building challenge and had received their tip.

Brody read it over and grinned, “Whoa, bro! We’re going gliding!” Geoff cheered, and the two immediately started heading towards the chill zone.

“Copacabana Beach is the site of the chill zone for this leg. Teams must use one of the tandem hang gliders perched on the edge of that cliff to either soar like eagles, or plummet like turkeys because they didn’t hold on tight enough, “As Don was speaking, the Surfers tried to glide to the chill zone, but had only managed to plummet into the ocean. “The last team to check in will be eliminated for sure this time!” Don narrated.

The Cadets yet again went up to the task judge but were rejected.

“It’s called BEING creative!” MacArthur said.

“Did you see what HAPPENED over there?!” Lorenzo overheard the judges’ and MacArthur’s conversation, and looked at Chet, “I’m telling you, doofus, we have to stick to the JUDGES’ DESIGN!”

“And I’m saying you’re a poohead!” Chet exclaimed. Lorenzo was seething but said nothing. Over at the coconut piles, Carrie and Devin had successfully managed to get their tip and ran over to the crafts’ table. Crimson and Ennui managed to get their tip, by breaking two open on Ennui’s head, the two grabbed their tip and walked off nonchalantly. As more teams started to get their tips and leave, Jacques and Josee started to worry.

“Let’s try that area over there!” Josee exclaimed. Dwayne and Junior had also managed to find their tip and were running towards the craft table before Josee pounced on Dwayne.

“Give that to me! It’s mine!” She exclaimed.

“Run son, save yourself!” Dwayne said, Junior obeyed and proceeded over to the crafts’ table, however Jacques had started pursuing him. Josee got mad and threw a coconut at Jacques head, which cracked open to reveal it had a tip inside it.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“So, explain to me exactly what had happened?” Jacques said, rubbing his head. “I told you already, a monkey popped out of the trees and threw a coconut at your head!” Josee said. Jacques looked at her suspiciously.

(Team Interview Over)

“Teams are working frantically to complete the costume challenge.” Don said. Jacques and Josee quickly put something together before racing up to the task judge. She gasped and immediately gave them a thumbs down.

“What? What’s wrong with this? It’s PERFECTION!” Josee exclaimed. The judge pointed to what she was wearing and said, “You’re not following the right design.”

“There’s a CORRECT DESIGN?! Ugh!” Josee complained.

“Calm down Josee, I’m certain we can create something that looks exactly like what she’s wearing.” Jacques said. Josee pouted and folded her arms but followed Jacques as he walked back over to the crafts table. The Vegans had much better luck, as the two ran up to the judge and were given a thumbs up. Miles cheered and grabbed their travel tip, walking Laurie over to the hang gliders. The Ice Dancers saw the two leave and groaned in annoyance. The Goths also got a thumbs up by the judge, who looked terrified of their looks.

“Thanks…” Crimson said.

(Team Interview: Crimson and Ennui)

“Bright colors are for people who are trying to make up for the fact that they lead sad, monotonous lives…” Crimson said.

(Team Interview Over)

Kelly and Taylor had also managed to get approved by the judge, and Kelly whooped in celebration.

“Mom, your pits!” Taylor said, to which Kelly gave a sheepish smile and covered them with her hands.

“On the count of three we jump, ok?” Miles said as she and Laurie prepared to lift off with their glider.

“Ok…” Laurie said. “One! Two! Three!” They both said together and glided off the cliff and onto the carpet of completion.

(Team Interview: Laurie and Miles)

“I had to take control of the team. With the condition Laurie’s in right now, she’s not really much use.” Miles looked over at Laurie sympathetically.

(Team Interview Over)

“Wohoo! We made it in first!” Miles cheered, she hugged Laurie and the two both jumped for joy.

“Hmm, not quite…” Don walked up to them and said, “You see, you both were supposed to make the costume.”

“But, Laurie is temporarily blind because of the bullet ants, I was trying to do the work for both of us…” Miles said gloomily. Don looked over at Laurie’s face and immediately cringed.

“Ok…you have a point, she looks terrible! Go and get her checked out by medical, you two are in first!”

Miles smiled gratefully and turned to Laurie, “Thank you so much! Come on Laurie, let’s go get you checked out, ok?” She wrapped her arm around Laurie’s shoulder and the two walked past the Carpet of Completion. Behind them, the Goths were the second to arrive at the Carpet of Completion.

“Second place!” Don called the two. They blinked nonchalantly and walked off the mat. “Third place!” Don said to Kelly and Taylor. Kelly squealed and hugged Taylor in celebration. Taylor looked at her awkwardly but forced a smile and hugged her back. Back at the crafts table, the Sisters and Twins had managed to get approved and grab their tips.

“Yes!” Kitty squealed. The Father and Son followed behind them and were approved as well. The duo responded to this by high-fiving in celebration.

“Ugh…” Josee said as she finished Jacques’ costume, “I’m mad she didn’t approve us!”

“You’re nearly done, just put the finishing touches on that tail!” Jacques said. Josee did so and the two raced up to the task judge.

“This is what you wanted right?” Josee said pointing to Jacques’ costume. The judge smiled and gave them a thumbs up in approval.

“Finally!” Josee snatched the tip out of the judges’ hand and quickly raced off towards the gliders. The Father and Son and Ice Dancers had both managed to get on their gliders and flew successfully towards the chill zone.

“Ice Dancers you’re in fourth place!” He called the two once they managed to get to the carpet.

“WHAT?!” Josee screeched, “Not even ON the podium!”

“There’s no podium…” Don pointed out.

“You’re lying, there is ALWAYS a podium, always!” Josee said. She proceeded to go up to a tree and start beating it up.

“Father and Son, you’re in fifth place!” Don said to the Father and Son. Brody and Geoff had also managed to resurface from the water and were immediately called sixth. Meanwhile the Sisters had managed to get onto their glider and hopped off with the Twins, the two gliders immediately got bumped into the other and both teams plummeted onto the chill zone.

“Ugh, trial alliance over!” Emma groaned.

“Sorry guys, but I’ll have to go with my sis for this one…” Kitty said.

“It’s fine, we understand.” Jay said, dazed.

“Hmm, twins in seventh!” Don said. “And Sisters…a 15-minute penalty!”

“Wait, what, but WE made it here fairly!” Emma screamed.

“Yes, but here’s the thing. Kitty was supposed to reach inside the oven mitt and grab her own travel tip. Mickey grabbed both his and hers.” Don explained. Kitty sighed sadly and the twins looked ashamed.

“I’m sorry for getting you and your sister a penalty.” Mickey apologized, “I should have let you get your own.”

“It’s fine, Mickey. I just hope my sister is alright, she doesn’t take failure well at all.” Kitty said.

“Hmm, maybe we could help you with your sister? Like maybe a secret alliance?” Jay asked.

Kitty shook her head, “No it’s fine, I’ll…deal with her on my own. Thanks for the offer though.” The sisters proceeded to step off the mat and wait for their penalty to be over. In that time, Tom and Jen had managed to get their costumes approved and were currently gliding over to the chill zone. Lorenzo looked at the number of remaining teams and panicked.

“Chet, we’re falling behind! We have to start making our costume!” Lorenzo said.

“Fine with me,” Chet said, “How about you do it?” Lorenzo glowered at him.

“Look, doofus! As much as I hate you, I also want to win this competition, and I am not letting a jerkbag like you stop me!” He started building their costume and looked at him, “Start building slowpoke!”

Chet grumbled in annoyance but started reluctantly building their costume. The Fashion Bloggers gracefully glided onto the Carpet of Completion.

“You’re eighth!” He called to the duo and they squealed in celebration. As for the Sisters there was only 7 minutes left on their penalty. Emma watched the clock annoyed, only stopping to glare at her sister who could only smile sheepishly. Following behind the Bloggers was Noah and Owen who would have been called in ninth place had they not crashed.

“Ninth!” Don said to the Daters who ran on the mat.

“Tenth!” Don called the Best Friends who followed the Daters.

The Sisters began to look worried about their position, as only 5 minutes remained on their penalty. Noah managed to get Owen unstuck and the two were called in twelfth.

“Come on, come on!” Kitty muttered.

The Stepbrothers had finally managed to create their costume and were given a thumbs up, as were the Rockers.

The two teams both raced over to the gliders glaring fiercely at each other, Rock got on his and Spud barely managed to fit, while Chet and Lorenzo had fit just fine.

(Contestant Interview: Rock)

“I’m starting to worry if Spud will eventually feel the pain before we’re sent home! Usually, it doesn’t take this long for him to feel it! I don’t want to go home, not now!” Rock said looking worried.

(Contestant Interview Over)

The two teams jumped and glided off the cliff, both landing on the sand. Chet and Lorenzo got up first, before they heard screaming coming from behind them. They turned and saw Spud screaming in pain, Kitty looked at the two Rockers and gasped. Spud started running extremely quick and Rock jumped on him. Once the two finally got to the mat, Spud fell on top of it, asleep and Rock whooped and cheered.

“You did it buddy! Good job!” He patted Spud’s back.

“You’re in thirteenth!” Don called them. Rock smiled but heard sighing. He turned in the direction of it and saw Kitty walking towards him.

“We were penalized…it seems it’s all over…” Kitty said, Rock looked at her and couldn’t help but feel a tinge of worry for the energetic girl. Meanwhile, there were only 5 seconds left on the clock. They counted down slowly.

5… Chet and Lorenzo started hustling towards the mat.

4… Chet panted, and Lorenzo barked at him to get a move on.

3… The two started to move once again and were starting to make their way towards it.

2… Chet and Lorenzo started to get closer.

1… They were about to step on the mat but…

0… Emma and Kitty immediately jumped on the mat like a drowning man clinging to a rock.

“Sisters, you’re in fourteenth!” Don called. Kitty sighed in relief while Emma glared at her.

“You and I are going to have a SERIOUS talk later, ok?” She yelled. Emma walked off and Kitty sighed helplessly.

“Wohoo!” Rock raced up to Kitty, with Spud following him, and pumped his fists, “Give me a high-five!” Kitty and Rock then proceeded to high-five each other in celebration, she then proceeded to give one to Spud, but accidentally high-fived his swollen hand.

“Yeooow!” Spud screeched.

“I’m so sorry!” Kitty said. Spud looked at her and shrugged, “It’s fine…just painful.” The Stepbrothers on the other hand walked on the mat and stood with a defeated expression on their faces.

“Stepbrothers I’m sorry…but you’re in fifteenth, meaning last place!” Don said. The two walked off, with mixed expressions on their faces. Lorenzo was sad, while Chet was angry.

The camera then cut to a montage of Chet and Lorenzo’s moments on the show.

“I can’t believe we got cut over those sisters!” Chet exclaimed.

“We probably would have been just fine if you had actually cooperated with the costume making, dumbface!” Lorenzo pointed out.

“Yeah, well you’re a poohead! So, I didn’t listen!” Chet said.

“This experience was fine, it helped me get out, so I’m not mad they forced me to do this, unfortunately I had to do it with that dumb face, Chet!” Lorenzo shouted.

“You know, I think we could probably agree on one thing! This show stinks!” Chet said.

“Yeah, but you stink way worse!” Lorenzo said.

“What! You come back here!” Chet said. The camera cut back to Chet chasing Lorenzo on the Brazilian beach in the sunset.

Previous <--