User:The Flaming Sword of Fury/RR Chapter 7

“Last time on the Ridonculous Race: Some teams had more fun than others. The ants came marching one by one and an alliance between the sisters and twins ended before it had even started. The pressure of the race started to get to the Daters and the Vegans came in first despite one member not participating in the All-In Challenge. Unfortunately for the sisters, they had received a penalty due to not completing the challenge. It was close between them and the uncooperative Stepbrothers, but in the end, the Sisters managed to stay, and the Stepbrothers were sent home with…mixed reactions. Who will flop next? Find out, for this is: The Ridonculous Race!”

(theme song plays)

“Yesterday’s chill zone was here on Copacabana beach, which is the starting point for today’s leg of the race. Starting us off, will be the Vegans!” Don narrated. After he finished talking, Laurie and Miles ran up to the Don Box and grabbed their next travel tip. Laurie looked much better than she had before, although her cheeks were still somewhat puffy, her face wasn’t red or that swollen anymore.

(Team Interview: Laurie and Miles)

“We were truthfully blessed in Brazil! When Laurie got those bites, I thought it’d be all over for us!” Miles commented.

“Thankfully, they managed to heal slightly quickly. Though my cheeks still swell a little bit, they don’t hurt AS bad, plus I can see clearer now!” Laurie said.

“Again, a blessing!” Miles repeated.

(Team Interview Over)

“Looks like we’re going to Transylvania!” Miles said to Laurie.

“Transylvania- home of majestic mountains, old Saxon architecture, and the birthplace of the heebie jeebies! Teams must travel here to this castle to receive their next tip!” Don narrated.

“This shuttle bus will take you to the airport! But, it will only leave once all the teams are on it!” Don said to Laurie and Miles, who nodded in understanding. The two got on the shuttle bus and patiently waited for the other teams to arrive. After all the other teams had got on, the bus quickly departed. The Ice Dancers, however didn’t look very happy about losing their chances of getting a possible lead.

“Ennui, I’m starting to have this really strange feeling…” Crimson said flatly.

“Same, I’m fearing…it may be happiness.” Ennui said.

(Team Interview: Crimson and Ennui)

“Transylvania… I can’t believe it…” Ennui said.

“Awesome.” Crimson added. (Team Interview Over)

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“We are so disappointed! Losing to those hippies back in Brazil was one thing, but the fact that we have to put up with so many annoying people is another!” Jacques said. Josee started breaking things from offscreen and instead of trying to calm her down he simply smirked.

“She’ll be ok! She’ll rage herself to sleep!” He exclaimed.

(Team Interview Over)

Josee later had turned out to have fallen asleep on the bus, whispering about how much she hated this show. Tom, who was sitting behind them, looked ecstatic.

“Jen, do you think I should show them?” He said excitedly.

“I say go for it!” She said.

(Team Interview: Tom and Jen)

Tom pulled out a fez hat and put it on his head, “I bought them off a local here, who as it turns out, is a distributor!” Tom said.

“So, Tom ordered 4,000 of them to be shipped home!” Jen said.

“I am going to make FEZES happen, if it’s the last thing I do!” Tom declared.

(Team Interview Over)

“Put yours on, Jen.” Tom said.

“Hmmm, now’s not the right time. Maybe later.” Jen shifted her eyes back and forth, turning away from Tom.

“Ok…” Tom said, looking a little confused. The bus finally arrived at the airport and the teams immediately ran out of the bus and into the airport. While waiting to go to check-in, Stephanie got impatient and started conversing with Ryan.

“There are only TWO flights to Transylvania, and no way in hell do I want to get stuck on flight number 2, got it?” She demanded.

“B-but…” Ryan said sheepishly.

“Pick me up and throw me over to the front!” Stephanie said.

“Um…I’m not sure if I could-“ Ryan got cut off when Stephanie got up into his face and shouted, “DO IT!” The Cadets got their tickets, before they had heard screaming, which turned out to be Stephanie. She got up, dusted herself off and said, “Hi, tickets to Transylvania please!”

The clerk, not sure how to respond, simply gave the tickets to Stephanie who smiled in gratitude. Rock saw what Stephanie did and turned to Spud.

“Did you see what she did? Throw me up bro!” He exclaimed. Spud then proceeded to throw him at the front of the line and managed to get tickets on flight number one.

(Team Interview: Ryan and Stephanie)

“Ryan has voiced some concerns about my more demanding nature.” Stephanie said, she nudged Ryan and who looked hesitant but started talking.

“I need to try harder, so Stephanie doesn’t feel like she needs to be the lone motivator all the time.” Ryan said. Stephanie then proceeded to hug and kiss him, much to Ryan’s pleasure.

(Team Interview Over)

“The first seven teams are on flight number 1!” Don said, as the Cadets, Ice Dancers, Sisters, Rockers, Goths, Daters, and Surfers raced into the plane.

“We did really well the first couple days, but I’m afraid our position has been stagnating lately… We came in eleventh and thirteenth!” Sanders said.

“But we got ourselves on the first flight today, and we’re going to double time it!” MacArthur declared. As Kitty walked over to her seat next to Emma, she gave a sad sigh and looked miserable.

(Contestant Interview: Kitty)

“After we nearly got eliminated in the last challenge, Emma gave me a stern talking to from talking to or making friends with other teams. She said that if she caught me trying to talk to any other teams there would be harsh consequences…She also made me stay up all night for strategy talk.” Kitty said.”

(Contestant Interview Over)

Kitty waited until Emma was fast asleep. She felt a tap on her shoulder and turned to see Rock who gave her a friendly wave.

“Is your sister asleep?” He whispered.

“Yeah…why?” Kitty asked.

“Just wanted to know: You see, my main goal on this show is mostly to promote my band…” Rock said.

“Wait, you have a band?!” Kitty asked, Emma started snoring rather loudly and even turned. The two looked frightened for a moment, before being relieved that she wasn’t waking up.

“Not so loud…anyway, I wanted to show off my music to someone on this show at some point…and I was wondering, would you be willing to listen to some of it? We’re not a huge band, so we need all the support we can get.” Rock said, looking serious.

“Sure.” Kitty shrugged, she pulled out some spare headphones that she had been carrying in her bag. Rock then handed her his phone, “There’s some recordings of our music on this…I hope you like it.”

After listening to some of their songs, Kitty took off her headphones and gave him a thumbs up, “I really like it Rock, especially the way you managed to mix rock and hip hop! Who knew that could work so well?”

“Yeah, haha…that was Spud’s idea actually! Thanks again!” He took back his phone and raced off to find another team to share his music with. She saw him go up to the Surfers and converse with them, and smiled warmly.

“The remaining seven teams on flight number 2 leave 45 minutes later, a hurdle for any team hoping to catch up!” Don said. As soon as plane number 2 had started to leave Brazil, plane number 1 had just landed. The teams immediately raced out of the plane and almost all were unnerved by the sight in front of them, Dracula’s castle, besides the Goths who for a change seemed to look slightly impressed.

“Wow…” Crimson said.

(Team Interview: Crimson and Ennui) “Ok, Dracula was the first goth ever. He was our king, to be here…I just…I can’t…” Crimson said.

“Be careful Crimson…I nearly saw some color on your face…” Ennui said. After he finished talking, a wolf was heard howling.

(Team Interview Over)

(Team Interview: Geoff and Brody)

“There’s no taxis around, but we look up the road and see this really creepy looking castle.” Brody said.

“It’s so creepy, I got goosebumps thinking about it, man.” Geoff shivered.

(Team Interview Over)

The teams then started to run up the hill, Crimson and Ennui were panting trying to get up to the castle while Jacques and Josee were doing their usual elegant walk with their signature creepy grins on their faces. MacArthur managed to catch up to them and eventually pass them, much to their annoyance. When Sanders started to catch up to the Ice Dancers, Josee turned and grinned evilly.

“Oh, sorry.” She said maliciously, before pushing her down, “Didn’t see you there!”

Sanders rolled down the hill and her scream immediately caught the attention of MacArthur, “What the-? Sanders!” She turned to the Ice Dancers and glared at Josee before proceeding to tackle her and Jacques. The three of them then began to wrestle while Sanders managed to regain her footing and simply stared blankly once she saw them fighting.

Meanwhile, on flight number 2, Carrie had struck up a conversation with the Fashion Bloggers.

“So, you two run a fashion blog…that’s cool.” Carrie said, “Um, if you don’t mind me asking, which of you two started it?”

“I did!” Tom and Jen exclaimed together.

“No, I did!” Tom turned to Jen and corrected.

“You’re wrong it was me!” Jen said.

“You had the idea, it was ME who actually started it!” Tom argued.

“Um, no, I’m pretty sure I had the idea AND started the blog before you did!” Jen said. The two then started to bicker about the creation of their blog, while Carrie sheepishly looked at the duo.

“Oh…um…never mind, then…” Carrie said, turning away from the arguing duo and trying to relax.

(Team Interview: Tom and Jen)

“Ok, so like, yeah you typed it up, but I technically had the idea to even start it. So, I started it!” Jen declared, “I was the creator and you were more like…my secretary.”

“Um, excuse me? What?!” Tom exclaimed.

(Team Interview Over)

Stephanie and Ryan were the first to reach the Don Box in Dracula’s Castle.

“Yeah baby! First ones here!” Stephanie cheered. Ryan looked around and said, “But weren’t the Goths in front of us?”

The Goths were actually in a section of the tower, looking at a rather old picture. Ennui held it up and it was revealed to the camera to look a great deal like Ennui himself. “Doesn’t Vlad look striking?” Ennui asked.

“I see the similarities between you two…” Crimson pointed out.

“Stop. You’re making me blush.” Ennui pleaded.

Stephanie hit the Don Box and started to read the Travel Tip, “It’s an All-In!” She said cheerfully, she then turned and hugged Ryan while saying, “Awww I love doing things together with you!”

“In this All-In, teams must enter Dracula’s castle and find an empty coffin. Whoever took the tip from the Don Box must carry the coffin with their team member inside. They must carry it all the way to the graveyard, and tip it into an open grave.” Don said.

“Complete the task, and the gravedigger shall give you your next tip! Alright, sounds wicked!” Brody cheered. He and Geoff raced into the castle with the Sisters following behind them.

“The teammate in the coffin may not get out or help at all…” Spud read from the tip.

“You’re fine doing this on your own right?” Rock asked.

“Don’t worry about me man.” Spud said and walked off into the castle. Rock looked worriedly after him but followed him nonetheless. Meanwhile, the Cadets and Ice Dancers were still fighting.

“G-Get off of me! I am NOT losing my gold because of you, you brutish cop!” Josee grunted as MacArthur held her down.

“Then why don’t you LET GO!” MacArthur retorted.

“You go FIRST!” Josee said.

“Never!” MacArthur replied. MacArthur continued to hold the two Ice Dancers down as Sanders looked at her disapprovingly. As they were fighting, plane number 2 had managed to arrive, with the teams racing out and looking in horror at the castle in much the same vein as the teams from plane 1 had. The Adversity Twins especially looked terrified at the sight before them.

(Team Interview: Mickey and Jay)

“We’re terrified of many things, but the worst one has to be our fear of creepy castles…” Jay said.

“And when you see a creepy castle, it’s almost certain that there’s one particular thing that could be lurking…” Mickey trailed off.

“WEREWOLVES!” The two screamed and embraced each other tightly.

(Team Interview Over)

While most of the teams had started to race up the hill to the castle, Tom and Jen remained motionless with Tom turning away from Jen.

“Ok Tom, let’s do what the tip said, and go to the castle!” Jen demanded.

“That’s exactly what the tip said, unless you want to take credit for that too!” Tom said. Jen got annoyed and said, “Look, I am NOT putting up with this right now! Let’s just go!” She took Tom by the arm and dragged him. Meanwhile the Surfer Dudes were walking alone in the castle.

“It’s like…super SPOOKY in here man!” Brody said excitedly.

“You know, I was terrified by this place at first, but now that I’m more used to it; I think this place is a cool type of creepy, not a scary type of creepy.” Geoff noted.

“You said it bro!” Brody agreed. He then looked at a moose head that was planted on the wall, “Whoa man! That moose doesn’t need mouth to mouth! It’s just a head on the wall!” The two boys chuckled and began running through the halls yet again. The Cadets and Ice Dancers on the other hand, had managed to stop their fighting and got their next tip, heading into the castle, with the Father and Son closely following them.

They weren’t too far behind as most of the other teams inside the castle had gotten lost and hadn’t found their coffin. That was the case anyway, until the Daters had managed to find their coffin.

“Get in!” Stephanie shouted towards Ryan who sheepishly went in.

“Um, Steph, you sure you’ll be fine carrying me?” Ryan said.

“I’ll be fine! Now play dead!” She slammed the coffin door on him and heaved the coffin onto her back. Afterwards, she slowly started to make her way towards the graveyard.

(Team Interview: Ryan and Stephanie)

“My girl is bionic!” Ryan exclaimed.

“Awww, I’m just trying to keep up with my superhero!” Stephanie gushed, hugging Ryan yet again.

“I’m not sure if you can see it at home, but I’m 75% upper body!” Ryan said. The two then began making out yet again.

(Team Interview Over)

The team to find their coffin next was the Father and Son team surprisingly. Junior stepped into the coffin and Dwayne lifted it with slight ease.

“Wow, you’re light as a feather, son!” He mused. He then started carrying off the coffin off to the graveyard. Josee and Jacques had found their coffin at the same time, and Josee was flipping the coffin towards the graveyard.

“AH! NOT MY FACE!” Jacques screamed.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“Ugh…by the way you were moving that coffin, I was starting to feel a mix of pain and nausea. I thought for a moment I was going to be COVERED IN BRUISES!” Jacques said.

“Oh, much in the same way that I was covered in bruises when my partner DROPPED me on the most important DAY of my life?!” Josee got up into Jacques’ face and said.

“Ugh…how many times do I have to say I am sorr-ee?!” Jacques asked.

(Team Interview Over)

“Vintage, hexagon, oak wood with Corinthian leather interior…nice.” Crimson commented. She leapt in and said, “Take me.” Ennui did as she asked and slammed the door shut.

(Team Interview: Crimson and Ennui)

“Modern graves are so boring to look at…” Ennui said.

“When I die, I want to get buried in the same graves as the ones they used during the plague. They really knew how to make a coffin.” Crimson said.

“So true…” Ennui agreed.

(Team Interview Over)

Mickey on the other hand, was struggling to carry his coffin. He had managed to carry it at least a little way from where he and Jay had found it, but he was still moving slowly.

“Ugh…I think my legs are starting to cramp!” Mickey complained. He tried carrying it a little further before the coffin eventually fell on him.

“Hey, if he can’t do it, I probably wouldn’t do any better.” Jay said to the camera. Mickey put started struggling underneath the coffin, he tried to push it off and with a burst of luck managed to hoist it over his head.

“Y-Yes!” He cheered, he started to carry the coffin to the graveyard, this time with a boost in speed. Geoff and Brody had also managed to find their coffin, with Geoff climbing inside and Brody hoisting the coffin upon his back and starting to walk to the graveyard, the Sisters and Vegans both had also managed to find their coffin during that time.

Back at the graveyard, Josee had finally managed to find an open grave and flipped Jacques into it, in the same vein that she had managed to get him there. The coffin broke and he yelped in pain, but he managed to lift himself out of the grave and gasped as he saw someone who looked like the gravedigger.

“Josee, look! I think it might be the gravedigger!” He pointed, Josee stamped over to the gravedigger and pointed to the open grave Jacques currently inhabited. The little man said nothing but gave her the tip to which she grinned. Noah, by some stroke of luck, had managed to get Owen over to the graveyard and pushed the coffin into the open grave next to the Ice Dancers’ but was scared by the gravedigger. Dwayne made it to an open grave shortly after the other two and lifted the coffin into the grave gently.

Back at the castle, the Bloggers’ had somehow managed to find their coffin. Tom looked indifferent as Jen climbed into the coffin.

“I hope there’s enough room for your amazing ideas…” He said.

“It won’t be terrible having you carry me for a change!” Jen said.

“Yeah, but in this case,” He slammed the door shut, “I’m not the one in a coffin…” He looked at the coffin for a few minutes before sighing and hoisting it on his back.

“I don’t get paid enough to do this job…” He muttered under his breath and started walking. Ennui on the other hand had made it to the gate to the graveyard, before Crimson told him to stop. She popped out of the coffin and said, “You should take a turn, this is the only time you’ll ever be able to lie inside these coffins…Well, a time you’ll remember anyway.” Ennui nodded in understanding and lied down in the coffin in the same vein as Crimson had before. Crimson slammed the door shut and started carrying it inside the graveyard. Over at the graveyard, Dwayne and Stephanie both had managed to collect their tips from the gravedigger.

(Team Interview: Ryan and Stephanie)

“It took us a little while to find the graveyard…” Ryan said.

“Me, you mean me! It took ME a little while to find the graveyard!” Stephanie corrected.

“Aww, babe…don’t worry about it, we’re still ahead of most of the other teams!” Ryan said.

“Fine…” Stephanie sighed, “But, we STILL have to make it first, got it?!” She got up into Ryan’s face who recoiled slightly.

(Team Interview Over)

After Ryan and Stephanie, several of the other teams had managed to push their coffins into the open grave and collect their tip. Geoff and Brody were especially impressed by the short and creepy man.

“Aww, dude, the way you scared us was super SICK!” Brody commented. Emma shoved Kitty’s coffin into the open grave, but Kitty had managed to turn out reasonably unharmed. She got the tip from the gravedigger and thanked him.

“This calls for a selfie!” Kitty cheered, she managed to take a picture of her still sitting in the grave with the gravedigger looming over her. Emma sighed impatiently and pulled her out of the grave.

“Come on, there’s no time for games!” She called, Emma quickly scanned the tip and dragged Kitty along. By some miracle, Mickey had managed to get his coffin towards the open grave; unfortunately for him and Jay, he fell in the grave and screamed in pain. He and Jay looked outside of the grave cautiously but were scared yet again by the presence of the gravedigger.

(Team Interview: Mickey and Jay)

“Luckily, there was no werewolf, but believing there had pushed us farther than we thought!” Mickey remarked.

“I’ll just tell people I spilled water on my pants if they ask why they’re wet.” Jay said. Unbeknownst to the duo, there was a strange creature hiding behind them that looked very much like a humanoid wolf.

(Team Interview Over)

Laurie had also managed to get her coffin into the open grave, she pushed and it broke. Miles popped out of the grave, smiling. The gravedigger handed them their tip and the duo smiled at each other.

“Need a hand?” Laurie offered. Miles nodded, and Laurie pulled her out the grave.

“It says we have to ride on horseback to the next part of the challenge. Come on, let’s go!” Laurie and Miles dashed off to find a horse.

The Ice Dancers were the first to reach the next section of the challenge which was at the gymnastics center. Once they got to there, they hit the Don Box and read the tip.

“It’s a Botch or Watch! Oh, and it’s your turn this time, it’s gymnastics!” Jacques cheered.

“Gymnastics? Pfft, they might as well just give us the gold right now!” Josee said.

“In this Botch or Watch- whoever didn’t stick their hand into the mitt full of bullet ants in Brazil must perform some gymnastics, nastics that take place in a gym! They must perform 2 gymnastic feats, first they must cross a balance beam and land a split jump at the center. Then they must complete a flip over this vaulting horse, once they meet the approval of this local judge, Bala Kareoke, they must collect their next tip and race down to the chill zone! The last team to meet me here will certainly be eliminated!” Don said.

Josee kissed Bun Bun, and effortlessly completed the feats Don mentioned earlier successfully. She got the approval of the judge and was handed the tip, she grinned at Jacques and the two started making their way to the chill zone.

(Team Interview: Jacques and Josee)

“Of course, I’m good at gymnastics, it’s a lot like Ice Dancing. Only in Ice Dancing we wear knives under our shoes and there’s no soft padding to help you if you fall, just a rock hard solid layer of ice!” Josee said. Jacques simply sighed and rolled his eyes.

(Team Interview Over)

Back at the graveyard, teams were still pushing their coffins into the open graves. Tom pushed his into one and smiled as Jen yelped and said, “I broke a nail!” He later screamed at the sight of the gravedigger and fell into the open grave himself.

(Team Interview: Tom and Jen) “Tom was taking breaks every 10 feet, he seriously needs to like work out more!” Jen said. “Or maybe you could lay off on the bread a little?” Tom suggested with a sly smirk on his face. Jen gasped loudly and looked at him furiously.

“FEZ HATS ARE DUMB, AND YOU WILL NEVER MAKE THEM HAPPEN!” She shouted.

“Oh, like you tried to make plaid leg warmers happen?” Tom retorted.

“I can’t even with you right now…” Jen said and walked off.

“Of course, you can’t…” Tom smirked.

(Team Interview Over)

(Team Interview: MacArthur and Sanders)

“How are we in the bottom four again? I could’ve sworn we were the first to get here!” MacArthur said.

“Maybe if you hadn’t wasted time fighting with the Ice Dancers…” Sanders said.

“It’s not my fault! They’re just so annoying, and cocky!” MacArthur explained, while Sanders rolled her eyes.

(Team Interview Over)

“Yes!” Spud cheered when he got his tip.

“Um, why are you all like wohoo? We’re in the bottom four!” Rock said.

“Dude, we’re in a GRAVEYARD! That’s pretty sick! And usually we’re in the bottom three!” Spud said.

The Ice Dancers had managed to make it to the chill zone and were called first.

“Congratulations, you’re in first place!” Don cheered. Josee leaped for joy while Jacques grinned behind her.

Over at the gymnastics center, multiple teams had arrived and were starting to complete the challenge with varying results. Owen tried to jump over the vaulting horse but hit the springboard and continued to bounce it, trying to launch himself upward. Kelly on the other hand did well on the balance beam before falling off the edge. Noah continued to look unimpressed by Owen before his eyes locked on Emma. He watched as she launched herself off Owen and completed the challenge gracefully in awe. He raced up to her wanting to talk, but Emma dashed off soon after getting her tip leaving Noah behind.

“That was…amazing…” Noah said, speechless. He was then crushed by Owen who had managed to launch himself in the air somehow. Luckily, the two were given a thumbs up by the judge and had received their travel tip. Unbeknownst to Noah, Kitty had seen Noah’s reaction and smirked knowingly. She then tried taking a selfie, before Emma interrupted her and the two departed. “Second place!” Don cheered once the RTV Pros stepped on the mat. Owen then proceeded to give Noah one of his signature bone crunching hugs, and Noah squeaked in pain. The Sisters followed soon after them.

“Third!” Don said.

“YES!” Emma cheered, “That’s our best placing yet!”

“This calls for a selfie!” Kitty started to pull her phone out.

“No it doesn't!” Emma frowned, “Now come on!” She dragged Kitty by the arm off the mat.

Back at the gymnastics area, the other teams were still trying to complete their challenge. While Sanders and MacArthur had been given the thumbs up, others such as Ryan were struggling. Ryan looked nervously at the balance beam.

“Come on Ryan! You can do it, don’t be a chicken!” Stephanie said.

“I-I’m not so sure…” Ryan tried to do the split jump, but only managed to land on his groin in the process.

“Get up, Ryan!” She called after him. Soon after Ryan’s first failed attempt, the Vegans had arrived at the center.

(Team Interview: Laurie and Miles)

“We were a bit…late getting here. Our horse wasn’t exactly the best…” Laurie said.

“But that doesn’t mean we’re about to give up now, I may not be the best at gymnastics, but I’ll certainly try! For Mother Earth!” Miles said.

“You can do it Miles! I know you can!” Laurie cheered her friend on.

(Team Interview Over)

Unfortunately for the duo, Miles’ first attempt at the gymnastics challenge didn’t go so well. She wobbled across the balance beam and tipped over soon after she got on. Stephanie looked impatiently as Ryan continued to whimper eventually he got up and walked back to try to attempt it again.

(Team Interview: Stephanie and Ryan)

“I’m trying to stay patient…” Stephanie said.

“Yes! And you’re doing a great job!” Ryan said.

“You’re doing great, sugar plum. But YOU NEED TO TRY HARDER!” Stephanie exclaimed.

(Team Interview Over)

“Fourth!” Don called as Kelly was seen nuzzling Taylor, much to her discontent.

“Fifth!” Don called as Dwayne tried to high five Junior but missed. Junior then smiled and gave him a real high five, causing Dwayne to grin.

“Go Jay!” Mickey tried cheering his partner on. Despite Mickey’s encouragement, Jay was struggling on the balance beam, he tried hugging it and crawling across it, which immediately met the judges’ disapproval. Devin also failed his challenge when he accidentally landed on his groin at the vaulting horse.

Rock on the other hand was having slightly better luck. While his partner was barely watching, Rock had managed to leap quite well over the vaulting horse and looked worriedly at the judge before he gave him a thumbs up.

“Wicked!” Rock cheered and strummed an invisible guitar.

“It’s called a balance beam Ryan! 12-year old girls learn how to do this!” Stephanie said. When he was about to fall off, Stephanie accidentally headbutted him and made him hit his groin on the balance beam.

“You’re in sixth place!” Don cheered as the Goths arrived, “Or you would be, but you have a 10-minute penalty! Only Crimson was supposed to lay in the coffin, but both of you did!”

“It was totally worth it.” Crimson said.

“Indeed.” Ennui noted.

Tom on the other hand had managed to complete his first attempt of the challenge rather well until he forgot to leap over the vaulting horse. Jen looked at him disapprovingly as he came back, but Tom ignored her glance.

“You got this baby!” Stephanie shoved Ryan yet again. Unfortunately, Ryan failed the challenge yet again and Stephanie started to grow more frustrated with him.

“It’s JUST a balance beam! It ISN’T that hard!” She yelled. Jay also attempted it again but failed to land properly on the springboard. The other remaining teams at the center seemed to be having troubles.

“Come on Miles!” Laurie said, “You can do it!” Miles did manage to do the split correctly but wiped out on the springboard much like Ryan and Jay before her.

“Sixth!” A picture of Sanders and MacArthur appeared.

“Seventh!” A picture of the Surfers appeared.

“Eighth!” A picture of the Rockers appeared.

“And as for the Best Friends, you are ninth!” Don called. The two frowned for a second but shrugged.

“Well, it’s not the worst that could happen I guess…” Devin said.

“Better than being last!” Carrie noted.

“With only three teams left, the Goths look nervous!” Don commented. The Goths however simply gave their usual blank stare.

By some stroke of luck, Ryan had managed to actually complete his landing on the springboard successfully and got a thumbs up from the judge.

“It’s about time you finished!” Stephanie said, “Now let’s go!” She dashed off as Ryan held his groin in pain following her. Stephanie was close to the chill zone before turning back to see Ryan still slacking.

“Come on Ryan! We don’t have all day!” She barked. Ryan grunted, annoyed but obeyed.

Back at the gymnastics challenge, the final 3 teams were still struggling. Tom managed to get over the balance beam but screwed up at the vaulting horse, as did Miles. Jay on the other hand, could hardly manage to complete the challenge himself and was struggling. Their partners also had varying reactions to their failure.

“Come on Miles! Get back up there and show that horse you’re the boss!” Laurie cheered.

“Try not to die, Jay!” Mickey said. Jen on the other hand rolled her eyes in indifference and scoffed. All of this changed however when Tom got electrocuted and fell on the mat. Jen gasped loudly in shock.

“TOM!” She shouted, she jumped on the balance beam and gracefully crossed it, ran and leapt off the springboard with perfect elegance. She then ran up to Tom and hugged him tightly.

“T-Tom…are you ok?” She said, with concern in her voice.

“I’m sorry, I’m so bad at this, you know my strength is in coordinating clothing not gymnastics. If you were doing this, we would be done by now!” Tom grunted.

“Oh Tom…don’t say that, you’re good at everything you put your mind too! So good it’s almost annoying, but good nonetheless.” Jen said.

“Aww, thank you sweet girl.” Tom said, looking pleased. He got up and looked confidently, “I won’t let you down Jen, I can do this!”

“I know you can.” Jen said, she then pulled out a fez and put it on, much to Tom’s delight, “Now go back in there, and show them what you got!”

Tom ran back to the starting line with Jen following him. Meanwhile, Ryan and Stephanie had finally managed to make it to the chill zone.

“You guys are tenth!” Don cheered.

“We would have been here earlier, if you hadn’t been slacking!” Stephanie said.

“Oh, I’m so SORRY!” Ryan said, he then stomped off angrily while Stephanie rolled her eyes. The Goths’ penalty had also expired and the two stepped on the mat.

“You guys are eleventh!”

“Thanks…” Crimson said.

(Team Interview: Crimson and Ennui)

“Even if we had gotten eliminated, we wouldn’t have felt anything.” Crimson said.

“Being in Transylvania was the best moment of my life, if I could stay here forever, I would.” Ennui said.

“Agreed.” Crimson said.

(Team Interview Over)

Over at the gymnastics center, Tom and Miles looked at the balance beam confidentially. Miles crossed it and did a split jump.

“Yes Miles!” Laurie cheered.

“Come on Tom, you can do it! You’re the best, buddy!” Jen cheered as Tom started walking on the beam. He successfully completed the balance beam. Watching the duo Mickey turned to a scared Jay.

“Come on Jay…like I managed to carry that coffin, you can do this!” Mickey encouraged.

“That’s easy for you to say! You had to carry a coffin…I have to do THIS!” Jay said. He looked at his brother and saw the seriousness in his brother’s eyes, “Fine…I’ll do it…”

Jay was a little wobbly compared to Miles and Tom but managed to perform a small split jump. He jumped off at the edge and nearly tipped over but tried to regain his footing, he saw the two run and jump on the springboard, and dashed after them but slowed as he saw the springboard.

“Come on Jay!” He heard his brother call. Jay then smiled confidentially and jumped on the springboard. While the Fashion Bloggers and Vegans both had completed their challenge and were starting to make their way to the chill zone. Seeing this, Mickey pulled Jay by the arm and the two started running after the other two teams.

While the Fashion Bloggers had started with a decent amount of distance between them and the Twins, they were trying to keep their fez hats on and thus were slowing down.

Laurie turned and saw this, she looked worriedly as she saw the Twins start to catch up to the Bloggers.

“Miles, I think we should help them…” Laurie said. Miles cocked her head and was about to question her friend when she saw a certain glint in her eye. Noticing this, she obeyed and the two slowed until they were neck and neck with the Bloggers.

“Excuse me!” Laurie said. The Bloggers turned their heads while running and looked at the two oddly.

“What do you two want?” Tom questioned.

“We’d just like to address a little issue: You see, I think the fez hats are starting to slow you down.” Miles said. Tom glared at her and was about to say something when Jen turned around and saw what she was talking about.

“She’s not wrong, Tom! The Twins are starting to catch up, it must be the fezzes!” Jen said.

“If you think I’m about to ditch my FEZ hats because of them, you must be mistaken!” Tom exclaimed, continuing to run.

“Look Tom, let’s just give our hats to them and retrieve them later!” Jen said, she then looked at the Vegans, “Is that ok with you?” The Vegans nodded, Jen handed her hat over while Tom grunted in annoyance. Jen nudged him, and he gave them the hat with annoyance in his eyes. The Vegans took the hats and started running past them again. Tom glanced at Jen oddly but said nothing as the two continued to race to the chill zone.

Eventually one team had managed to arrive to the chill zone, Don cheered and said, “Vegans you’re in twelfth!”

“Yes! Yes!” Laurie jumped for joy, Miles smiled sweetly but looked at Laurie curiously.

For the bottom two teams, it was a race to not get eliminated. While the Bloggers had managed to be in the lead, at one point the Twins gained some speed and somehow managed to be neck-and-neck with the two. The teams dashed constantly towards the chill zone, with neither really gaining a lead over the other. They stayed like this for a while, much to the Twins’ worry and the Bloggers’ frustration.

After a little while of being neck-and-neck however, one team managed to gain a lead over the other. They raced towards the chill zone rather quickly, so quickly they were almost like a blur to Don.

“It looks like it’s….” Don started. Suddenly two pairs of feet stamped on the mat, and the Vegans gasped at who they saw. The camera then cut to Don’s reaction.

“Wow, congratulations! You two are in thirteenth place!” He cheered, the camera then cut to the team he was talking to which turned out to be the Fashion Bloggers.

“Eee!” Jen squealed, she then embraced Tom and said, “Oh thank goodness…Tom I’m so sorry for saying what I said earlier. I might have made the blog, but you came up with so many improvements!”

“Jen…” Tom smiled warmly, “I’m sorry too! And to be honest, I think I always want to work with you!”

“Aw, Tom. I feel the same way!” Jen said, “And to prevent this from happening again, let’s just say WE both created the blog, ok?” Tom nodded in understanding, the two embraced each other for a minute before Don spoke up.

“Look, this is very touching, but I’d just like to note,” Don pointed to his fez hat, “These are VERY in!”

Tom and Jen smiled happily, they then walked over to the Vegans.

“Um…we’d just like to thank you for earlier.” Tom said, looking at the two awkwardly, “If it wasn’t for you two, we might not have survived.”

“Aww, don’t mention it. But you should really be thanking Laurie, I wouldn’t have even thought about it if she hadn’t pointed it out!” Miles said.

“I was just doing the courteous thing, I saw someone in need and wanted to help. That is all.” Laurie smiled and shrugged.

“Well…thank you anyways. Also, can we have our fez hats back?” Jen asked. The Vegans both smiled and complied with their request much to the Fashion Bloggers’ delight.

The two walked away from the Vegans and pondered their current situation.

“Maybe the Vegans aren’t so bad after all?” Jen said.

“Maybe, but their fashion sense is still poor!” Tom argued, Jen nodded in agreement with him. The two also watched as the Twins stepped on the mat, but not out of exhaustion. In fact, they seemed to look happy.

“Give us the news, Don.” Mickey said.

“Twins, I’m sorry, but you’re in fourteenth meaning you have been cut from the race.” Don said.

The Twins smiled gratefully, “Well it’s been fun.” Mickey said. The two walked off into the woods.

The camera then cut to a montage of the twins.

“Well, I’m proud of us…all the people back home said we would get cut first.” Mickey noted.

“Yeah, I’m not mad or sad in the slightest…we did ok actually.” Jay said.

“I’m proud of us both, we managed to show those people back home that we could do the race and we made it to fourteenth! Which is way better than even I could have thought.” Mickey said.

“We faced a lot of danger, but we managed to overcome it together…as a team!” Jay said. Suddenly the two heard a noise.

“D-Did you hear that?” Mickey said with terror in his voice.

“W-What?” Suddenly bats started flying out and the boys ran terrified. The camera then cuts to the two still running from the bats and it fades out.

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