Watch Out Australia, Here Comes The Racers

Story by houndlover56 on SoFurry

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#9 of The Amazing Race 2


On the last leg of the Amazing Race, the teams traveled to Madagascar. They had to golf a 400-yard hole then had to chow down a whole pound of rice. Due to his bigger stomach, Griffin won for him and Zander. Barbara & Eddy fell to last place; but luckily it was a non-elimination round so no one went home. 13 teams are still in the race for a million dollars. Who will get left behind? Find out right here on... the Amazing Race.

***

"Welcome back to Le Lac Hotel Ivato in Madagascar." Toner says. "Yesterday's winners are the first ones up." He waves over to the clue box, but no one steps up. "Where are Griffin & Zander?"

"Over here, Toner!" Zander calls over from another room. Toner walks over to them and is shocked by what he sees.

"What the?" He stutters. Griffin sits on the floor shirtless with Zander massaging his belly.

"After he ate all that rice, I felt like he deserved it."

"Sup?" Griffin says.

"Whatever. It's 7am so, here's your first clue." Toner hands it to Zander who proceeds to read it.

"Route Info: get two seats on the next flight to Sydney, Australia." Teams will travel to Sydney, mostly known for its opera house on the shore. Once they get there, they'll find the clue box outside the airport.

"Let's go." Griffin gets his shirt back on and the coworkers run off. The rest of the teams collect the clue as well and race out of the hotel. Once the teams get in their cabs, they drive off to the airport where Toner's jet awaits.

"Starting out in last place isn't very good." Eddy says. "We're just lucky to still be in this game."

"I know. But let's just hope that we can keep up." Barbara says. "Yesterday may not have been elimination but you never know with today."

"Starting out in second," Tammy says, "doesn't really bother me. We're finally in the top three. I've been waiting for this the entire race."

"I'm happy you've finally calmed down," Rachel says, "on the other hand, we've made a lot of enemies including the Policefurs and the twins."

"Leave them to me. If we get them out, we basically have no competition and we have our paws in the million dollars." Rachel rolls her eyes.

Teams make it to the airport and all of them get on the same 10-hour flight to Sydney. Once everyone gets settled in, the intercom goes off and Toner's voice spills out. "Attention Racers: hidden in this leg of the race is a U-Turn. Find it, and you can send one team back to do the last task. It will be hidden in one of the clues at the next clue box. Good luck."

"Woah. A U-Turn? We could use that to send home the Olympians." DeeDee says.

"I know." Diesel says. "But we should subtle about it."

***

Toner's private jet lands in the Sydney Airport 10 hours later. Zoe & Patricia make it to the clue box first. "Route Info: take a cab and drive 6 miles to Belmore Park." Teams will travel to Belmore Park but they might want to be careful. There are a few hundred people who live in tents there and the last thing they want to do is disturb a lot of homeless people. That would be bad.

"Cmon." Patricia says. The publishers take the lead. More and more teams get the next clue.

"Let's see..." DeeDee opens her clue and something falls out. It's a yellow clue with a U sign on it. "Yes! We got the U-Turn!"

"No way!" Diesel says.

"Seriously?" Kit asks. "What do you plan on doing with it?"

"Not sure yet." DeeDee says. Everyone gets in their own cabs and drive off towards the park. The critiques and the directors falls behind and are currently in a race for last.

"We have to move." Amy says. "There's no way we're going to win when we're not in first."

"I know." Hector says. "I'm just wondering how we're going to win this time. After all, we were just in first two days ago and now..."

"Well, I'm not going to turn into one of those people who get race rage when their in last."

Kit & Kitty make it to the park roughly 20 minutes later.

"There's the clue box!" Kitty points out. The twins run up to it and they read the clue. "One-Way: time to play some soccer." Australia was one of the countries featured in the FIFA World Cup. Today, each team will kick a soccer ball from end of the park, to the other where their next clue awaits. Kit grabs a soccer ball.

"Let's go." Kit says as she kicks it. The Policefurs make it there next followed by the coworkers and book publishers.

"Soccer, eh?" DeeDee says. "This will be a snap. My folks have always said that I'm good with my feet."

"Let's hope that that actually works out." Diesel says. DeeDee starts kicking a soccer ball and running off.

"I'm not good at soccer!" Griffin says.

"It's ok, babe." Zander says.

"I'm so glad my parents forced me to take soccer lessons." Patricia says. Her and Zoe take turns kicking a soccer ball across the park. The Olympians make it there next.

"Soccer?" Tammy asks. "I'm not the best, but we might as well do this." Rachel kicks the ball first and they run off. Jasper & Mitch, Maxwell & Richard, Milon & Zax, and Becky & KiKi arrive and start kicking their soccer balls to the other end of the park.

"Crap! How'd we fall behind?" Joey asks.

"Not sure." Miles takes a soccer ball and kicks it. "But we have to move." Vince & Sam get there next. Barbara & Eddy and Amy & Hector arrive at the same time.

"Sorry losers, but this one's mine." Barbara says.

"In your dreams!" Amy says. The four of them start running. The twins and Policefurs maintain a lead with the Olympians start catching up with them.

"Crud!" DeeDee says. "We can't U-Turn them if they catch up!"

"They have the U-Turn?!" Tammy yells. "Of course they do!"

"Kick harder, Tammy!" Rachel says.

"Wow. The Policefurs have the U-Turn." Zander says quietly. "Think they might take out the Olympians?"

"They might." Griffin says. "It's highly likely since they hate each other's guts right now."

"Well, we're in the middle group right now." Jasper says. "Think we have a shot of staying?"

"I'm sure of it." Mitch says. "If we're still here after sundown, then we should be able to stay a lot longer."

"Shit! Thighs on fire!" Richard says.

"C'mon baby." Maxwell says. "You can do this!" He takes the soccer ball from Richard and continues to run.

"I'm so pumped up man." Milon says. "Several days ago back in Egypt, I thought for sure that we were goners. Now we're more steps closer to the million dollars."

"I think we have a real shot at winning." Zax says. "As long as we keep our head in the game. By the way, have you ever played soccer before?"

"Not really. Although I've seen my cousins play it before. But I come from a British background so they call it 'football.'"

"Huh."

"Honey, we might want to pick up the pace." Sam says. "Our alliance has been further ahead of us for a few days."

"Maybe they don't want to stick with us anymore." Vince says.

"Nonsense. They want to stay in this race too. Plus they've been dead set on getting the Olympians out. We'll talk to them once we get to the checkpoint." The twins make it to the next clue box and the Policefurs are right with them.

"Route Info: drive to the Sydney Opera House for your next challenge." Diesel reads.

"Let's hurry!" Kitty says. The four of them willingly share a cab and drive off. The Olympians finish the task next.

"No!!!" Tammy yells. "I will not go home!" She gets in the driver's seat with Rachel riding shotgun.

"Oh boy." Rachel says. "This ought to be fun." And yes, she's being sarcastic. Griffin & Zander surprisingly finish next followed by the vegetarians and the book publishers.

"There's the clue box!" Becky points out when she and KiKi finish the soccer task. KiKi takes the clue and they head off. As Jasper & Mitch and Milon & Zax receive their next clue, the Olympians fight to catch up to the twins and Policefurs.

"Here come the Olympians!" Kitty says.

"Twins! Stop them! I don't care if you have break bones, do it!" DeeDee says, determined to get the the opera house before them. Kit looks out the window and sees a tomato cart several hundred feet ahead.

"DeeDee! Drive a little closer to the left!" Kit says. DeeDee complies. Kit opens her window and reaches her paw out. She manages to grab a tomato as they drive by. "Here, Kitty. You've always been better at baseball than me." Kitty takes the tomato and aims it at the Olympians.

"First place, here we come!" Tammy says. All of a sudden, red stuff gets splattered all over the windshield. "What the?"

"Slow down!" Rachel exclaims, worried they might crash. Tammy does as she says and the twins and Policefurs continue to pull ahead.

***

Kit & Kitty and Diesel & DeeDee make it to the opera house next and they find the next clue box. "Roadblock: whoever didn't eat rice in Madagascar must now do another swimming challenge." Diesel reads. Whoever watched their partner eat rice must jump into the water and swim 100 feet away towards buoys, which carry a flag with their team's faces on it. Once they bring it back, they must go into the opera house and run to the stage where the checkpoint rug lies. Last team there could be cut from the race.

"Here's the U-Turn station." DeeDee says. She sifts through the pile of photos and finds Tammy & Rachel's photo. She slaps it on the 'U-Turned' box and her and Diesel's picture in the 'courtesy of' box. "Now, it's my turn to swim." Her and Kitty jump into the he water and start swimming. Zoe & Patricia and Tammy & Rachel make it to the clue box next.

"You've got to be kidding me." Rachel points at the U-Turn station. Tammy sees her photo and rage boils within her. Rachel grabs her arm and drags her back to the cab. "No time to freak out, we've got to move!"

"Sucks to be them." Patricia says as she jumps into the water. Griffin & Zander, Becky & KiKi, and Miles & Joey make it there next.

"It my turn to do this." Zander says. He quickly hugs Griffin. "Wish me luck."

"I guess I'm doing this." Miles says.

"Alright. Another physical challenge." KiKi says. The three of them jump into the water and start swimming for the flags.

***

Vince & Sam, Maxwell & Richard, and Barbara & Eddy manage to finish the task and they grab the next clue. As they start to get in their cabs, they notice Tammy & Rachel coming back. "Woah! Have they been U-Turned?" Vince asks.

"I think so." Sam says.

"Wow. That means none of us are in last place." Eddy says. The three teams drive towards the opera house.

Amy & Hector see the clue box. Hector kicks the ball hard. But it bounces off a tree and it rolls towards a tent. "Shit! Grab the ball Hector!" Amy yells. Hector runs towards it, but it rolls into the tent. When he goes to open the flap, the ball is in an adult coyote's paws.

"What're you doing?" The coyote asks.

"Sir, I need that soccer ball. If not, me and my partner could be cut from the Amazing Race." Hector says.

"Too bad. It's mine now." Hector grumbles.

***

"Hurry!" Rachel says. She grabs another soccer ball and starts kicking it towards the other end of the park again.

"You think I don't know that!" Tammy says. Meanwhile, Hector is still having trouble getting the ball back.

"Sir! Give us the ball back!" Hector says.

"No!" Amy pulls Hector aside.

"Hec, I've got an idea. Shh." Amy sneaking lay walks over to the tent, counts to 10 and quickly dives into the tent, grabbing the ball. She uses all of her might and rips it out of the coyote's paws. "Run!" Amy & Hector run off. Tammy & Rachel manage to catch up and get another cab back to the opera house.

"Follow that bear and vixen!" The coyote says once he gets out of the tent.

***

Most of the other teams make it to the opera house and the get their next challenge. "I'm not that great of swimmer." Zax says.

"Neither am I." Eddy says. The two of them jump in and start swimming. Vince, Jasper, and Maxwell jump into the water to get their flags as well.

"Got it!" Kitty says once she gets back to the shore.

"Me too!" DeeDee says. The two of them run into the opera house. Patricia makes it back to the shore and run off as well. Once inside, teams find the stage quickly.

"Wait!" DeeDee stops Diesel from stepping on. "We've already had two wins. You two take this one."

"Seriously?" Kit asks.

"Of course. Alliances are fair and balanced." Toner appears onstage to announce who comes in first.

"Well, thanks." Kitty says. The twins start stepping on but another team rushes in before they can fully step on.

"First place goes to Zoe & Patricia." Toner says.

"Alright!" Zoe cheers. The publishers get off the stage and the twins hurriedly step on.

"Kit & Kitty come in second." Toner says. The Policefurs step on as well. "Diesel & DeeDee, third place."

***

"I have the flag!" Zax says.

"Me too!" Zander says. "I've got us, Griffin!"

"Woohoo!" KiKi says as she makes it back to the shore and reunited with Becky.

"C'mon, we've gotta hurry." Vince says. Him and Sam run off. As teams finish the roadblock, they start heading inside to find the stage and officially check in.

"Becky & KiKi, you're in fourth place." Toner says. They hug each other and step off. Another team checks in. "Milon & Zax, fifth place."

Griffin & Zander- 6th place

Miles & Joey- 7th place

Barbara & Eddy- 8th place

Vince & Sam- 9th place

Maxwell & Richard- 10th place

"Jasper & Mitch, you've earned 11th place." Toner announces.

"Yeah!" Jasper says. "Bring it in, dude."

"No. No. I'm supposed to keep it professional." Jasper & Mitch tightly hug Toner and then run off. "Well, that leaves two teams. The Olympians and the directors." Amy & Hector and Tammy & Rachel make it to the opera house at the same time.

"C'mon Rachel!" Tammy urges. "You need to move!"

"I know!" Rachel jumps into the water at the same time as Amy. The two swim neck and neck with Tammy and Hector on the sidelines, anxious as for who will make it back first.

"You've got this Amy!" Hector cheers. Rachel hears it and gets more nervous. Amy seems more athletic than her. She knows she might regret what she's about to do, but she has no choice. Rachel quickly puts both paws on Amy's shoulder and pushes her deeper into the water. She quickly swims off as Amy ties to get back to the surface. Tammy and Hector gasp at what they see.

"What the hell, Rachel?!" Amy yells.

"Sorry, panicked." Rachel says, swimming back with her flag. Amy makes it to the buoy and gets her flag. She makes it back to the shore but Tammy & Rachel have already run off.

"Hurry!" Hector says. Him and Amy run into the opera house a few seconds after the Olympians. Toner sees the team running towards him.

"And 12th place goes to..." He starts out. Amy & Hector quickly catch up to Tammy & Rachel and one team steps onto the rug. "Tammy & Rachel."

"Yes!!" Tammy says. She hugs Rachel tight and they walk off. Amy & Hector step on.

"Sorry Amy. Sorry Hector. You're the last to arrive. You're done."

"Awwww, man." Amy says. "It's all because of Rachel."

"Whatever. Goodbye." Toner walks away. Hector puts an arm around Amy and they walk of the house.

"I think we did ok." Hector says.

"13th place sucks, though." Amy says.

"I think that we did pretty good. After all, we did manage to win back in Zimbabwe."

"True. I think we couldn't done better though."

"Oh well, let's go home and go back to our jobs." Hector stops Amy and kisses her on the lips.

"Oh, my. Hector, have you had feeling for me for a while?" She asks.

"Maybe a little. Just had been nervous to tell you for a while and... this might as well me as good a time as any."

"Oh, Hector." The go to kiss again but they hear something. The look over and see the coyote from the park with a few friends.

"There they are!" The coyote says. They start charging for them.

"Run!!!" Amy says. She and Hector scream as they run away.