{"sf1_id":1040318,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Tough Break","author":"houndlover56","words":5213,"posted_at":"2016-07-04T22:33:00.000Z","tags":["Battle of the sexes","escape","prison","san francisco","travel","trip"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1040318-tough-break","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/1040318","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=1040318\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"","content":"\nHour 1\n            The beautiful blue waters splash\nalong the shore of San Francisco. Along the beach are two RVs, each with the\nmaximum capacity of at least ten people but small enough to be safe in public.\nOne of them is purple with an eagle logo on it and the other is orange, bearing\na picture of a tiger on the side.\n            In the middle of the bay is an\nisland where a certain familiar red dog stands, awaiting the arrival of\nthirteen brand new players for a new type of competition on SoFurry.\n            \"Greetings fans!\" Toner greets. \"You\nbetter grab a fresh pair of pants because this show is going to probably make\nyou wet yours.\" He snickers a little before saying, \"I'm just kidding. Thirteen\nnew players in an all new challenge around the country. Except this one will be\nlike never before. So get ready, grab some popcorn, sit back, and relax because\nit's time for season one of...\" He throws on his shades. \"... Road Trip!\"\n***\n            \"Welcome back to Road Trip. Thirteen\nbrand new contestants are already on their way towards Alcatraz Island in the\nmiddle of San Francisco Bay.\" The sounds of engines fill his ears. He gets out\nhis binoculars and sees about a dozen jet skis carrying a staff member and one\nof the players. \"Speaking of which, here they come now.\"\n            The first player is a polar bear with\nbeige fur. She steps onto the dock and joins Toner. \"I come here for money,\nyes?\" Her tone is not one that the dog expected; low and a bit confrontational.\n            \"Uh... Alisha, right?\" Toner asks.\nThey awkwardly shake paws. \"I don't ever recall you saying that you were from\nCanada.\"\n            \"I'm not. I hail from Dutch land. My\ngrandmother grew up here. We go through rough times so we money, yeah?\"\n            \"Sure...\" Toner directs her to the\nside, secretly getting the chills. The next one up is a familiar chubby cheetah\nthat everyone knows; but instead of his ZPD uniform, he's dressed in a casual\ngreen shirt and jeans. \"Ladies and gentlemen... Benjamin Clawhauser!\"\n            The ski stops in front of him and he\nhelps Ben onto the dock. \"It's finally great to meet you, Toner!\" the flamboyant\nfeline says. \"Judy has told me a lot about you from the Race show... Please don't\nhurt me.\"\n            The dog chuckles in a completely\nguilty way. He wraps and arm around Ben and says, \"Oh, Ben. You know I'm going\nto at one point.\" He pats him on the shoulder and sends him off towards the\npolar bear.\nContestant number three is a green badger who stands\non the back of the jet ski as it glides through the water. Once she sees the\ngroup on the dock, she waves over to them. \"Hi Toner! Hi!\" However, she loses\nher balance and falls into the water with a splash. Alisha immediately runs to\nthe rescue, jumping into the Bay and swimming after her.\nA minutes later, she comes back with the badger in\narms. \"Who is crazy girl?\" Alisha asks.\n\"This is Chrissy,\" Toner explains.\nThe badger shakes her fur dry and hops out of the\nbear's arms. \"Well, yeah! But my real name is Christina.\" One thing everyone\nnotices right away is that she talks fast. \"But I don't really like Christina,\nso people call me Chrissy. Ooooh! What're we doing at a prison? Are we going to\ndo something awesome?! Is there free lunch?!\"\nToner looks towards the audience. \"I'm going to go out\non a limb and say she's on some kind of medication.\" The next one to show is a\nblack and white husky with a crown on his head. \"Ah, yes; our Prince Charming\nof the Planets: Eclipse. Nice to meet ya.\"\nEclipse looks around, but only seems to notice the\ngiant scary-looking facility behind them. \"I did not sign up for a Trip that\nstarted at a prison,\" he points out.\n\"Actually, you did.\" Toner holds up the paperwork to\nprove it. \"Besides, wouldn't it be great to live up to your friend Felix's name\nafter he went far in the last race?\" The husky sighs and walks over to join the\nothers.\nNext up is a vixen with a nice shade of grey fur. Once\nshe gets in the island, she shrinks in on herself and waves nervously.\n\"Eileen,\" Toner greets. \"Glad you could make it.\" He holds a paw out for her to\nshake, but she blushes and backs away a couple steps. \"Too shy, huh?\" Eileen\nnods. \"Listen, sweetheart, I don't blame you for being shy; but you've got to\ntalk at one point in the game. Just try to make one friend and I guarantee you\nwill not be kicked off too early.\"\nShe blushes more before going over to the rest of the\nplayers. Player number six is one Toner has personally been looking forward to\nmeeting. Maybe it's because they have the same shade of red. \"Everybody, this\nis Faith.\"\nA vixen with the same red fur as Toner comes up from\nthe dock to greet the others. \"Hi,\" she waves. \"It's great to meet everyone.\"\n\"Oh, honey, we've still got another seven people left\nto introduce.\" His ears pick up the sounds of rock'n'roll music in the\ndistance. \"Speaking of which... number seven is Fritz.\"\nTwo large feet of a sandy colored kangaroo hop onto\nthe dock; sunglasses on and black leather clothes visible to everyone. It\nreminds Toner of a Seven \u0026 Stuart, the junkies who played in the first\nrace. When asked, Fritz replies, \"Yeah, they're my good friends. We hang out\nall the time. They convinced me to sign up for this show, thinking it was as\ngood as the Race.\"\n\"Buddy, this show is a lot different from the Amazing Race, trust me.\" The host's nose catches\na familiar scent. A sweet one of dough and sprinkles. That's when player number\neight shows up, a wolf with black, orange, and white patches of fur all over\nhis body. \"Ah, Glaze, that smell was coming from you. Now, tell me, why do you\nsmell like Jolly Pirate's?\"\n\"Because I work at a donut shop,\" Glaze answers\nslowly.\nToner chuckles and wraps an arm around him. \"You must\nhave proud of Karen \u0026 Carol from the Race.\"\n\"Who?\"\nThe silence drags on for a minute until Toner gently\nnudges Glaze towards the other players. \"Alright, that was number eight so we\nhave five left.\" Number nine is a yellow cheetah with black spots all over her.\nShe's thin; perfectly thin. She captures the attention of most of the guys\nthere with her gorgeous blue eyes and her brown sundress. \"Huh. Not too bad\nlooking if I may add.\"\nShe gasps when she steps on the dock and sees Toner.\n\"Oh my goodness! It's so good to meet you... you... uh...\"\n\"Toner McAlister, host of the show.\" He holds his paw\nout and she takes it.\n\"Oh that's right.\" She shakes paws with him before\nturning to join the other players. \"Hi everyone! My name is... is...\"\n\"Jenna!\" the red dog reminds her. \"And be careful with\nher guys, she has memory issues!\" He looks at her for a little longer than he\nthinks because the next player taps on his shoulder, bringing him back to the\nshow. Number ten is a wolf with glossy brown fur. \"Oh, I'm sorry, Natalie.\"\n\"My name is Natasha,\" the wolf corrects him. Like it\nmatters, he thinks. She looks over at the rest of the group and sees all sort\nof outstanding personalities and outgoing people (even the yellow cheetah,\nwho's facing the other way for some reason). \"Um... are these my competition? I-I\ndon't know if I really belong with these kind of people.\"\nToner steps in. \"You'll be fine Natasha. Just don't go\nhome first and everything will be fine.\" The wolf joins the others as number\neleven arrives. This particular person is not one that Toner wasn't so eager to\nmeet because of his intimidating predator look.\nA purple and orange sabretooth with black patches here\nand there on his body. He silently gets on the dock and walks past Toner\nwithout a word. \"Ravertooth, it's great to see you.\" When he's out of frame,\nToner looks to the camera and quickly shakes his head, already afraid of him.\nHe stops at the end of the line of people, next to the cheetah facing the wrong\nway.\n\"Hi! I'm Janine!\" Jenna introduces, still not going\nthe right direction. Glaze turns her around so she's facing the right way.\n\"And your name is Jenna,\" he reminds her.\n\"Oh. Right. Thanks, Glenn.\" The wolf's ears give a\nlittle flick.\nPlayer number twelve is someone Toner thinks he might\nenjoy. Until he hugs him too tight for him. \"Toner!\" the purple/white shepherd\nshouts.\n\"Rio! Put me down!\" he commands.\n\"Oops. Sorry.\" Rio sets the dog back down on his two\nfeet before trotting off to the others. Only one more left, the host thinks.\nAnd here she comes, a black hyena with orange stripes running up and down her\nback.\nShe makes her way onto the dock, her fists twitching a\nlittle bit and she keeps rolling her arms around. \"When are we starting the\ncompetition?\" she asks. \"What are you doing just standing there? Host!\"\nToner takes an easy step back. \"Easy there, Chris\n2.0.\" He refers to the wolf/husky hybrid who competed in the third race. \"We're\njust about to get there.\"\n\"My name is Sonya!\" she shouts. The hyena goes over to\nthe others, leaving Toner to wonder why he let a wrestling coach compete in the\ncompetition this year. He already made a mistake letting Helga \u0026 Gretel\ncompete the first time.\nWhatever, it's time to introduce a little twist to the\ngame. \"Alright folks. Time to start the first season of Road Trip. It's going\nto be a little bit different from the Amazing Race. For example, in every\nepisode, someone will be in danger of heading home.\" The crowd gasps. \"Hold on,\nthere's more. Instead of pairs, we'll soon divide you all into two teams. Every\nday, we'll go to a new location for a new challenge. The winning team wins a\nfew luxuries as well as a Headstart. The losing team, however, is at risk\nbecause they have to vote one of their own out of the Trip. The last person\nstanding will win... One. Million. Dollars!\"\nThe thirteen standing there break out in a cheer.\n\"However, I got one last twist up my sleeve,\" Toner continues. \"Everyone, would\nyou please turn your heads to the left a little bit.\" Once everyone does, they\nwiden their eyes in shock at what they see. That can't be possible, most of\nthem think.\nA yacht makes its way towards the island with five\npeople aboard. But these particular five are familiar. Each of them are past\nracers that have tried to win before and lost. From season one, our lovable\nlame-brained lion, Sara. \"It's so crazy to be back here,\" she says.\nNext to her is everyone's favorite human, Brent. \"I\ndon't know why I did this,\" he says. \"It's not that I particularly like being around Toner Mc-Crazy again.\"\nOn the opposite end of the ship are those from season\ntwo. One of whom is the cuddly, tubby tiger, Griffin. \"Wow! I never thought I'd\nget to see this island up close!\"\nTwist number four is the Olympic red skunk known as\nTammy. \"Stay out of my way, cat, and we'll get along just fine,\" she says.\nAfter she lost the race, her and Rachel parted ways and are no longer friends.\nNow she needs an ally to stick with during this\ncompetition. Griffin is obviously not a very good choice.\nThe fifth one, though, is nowhere to be seen. Toner\nswore that he was on board with the others. Where could he be?\nSuddenly, smoke comes out of nowhere, making everyone\njump back. \"Abracadabra!\" Parker, the black tiger magician from the Race,\nappears out of nowhere. We need a bell on him, Toner thinks.\nOnce the five returnees make it to the island, the\nthirteen originals start to bicker and argue over what's happening. Toner grabs\na whistle and blows it to shut them up. \"Relax everyone! They're not here to\ncompete against you. They're here to compete with you.\" Everyone looks confused for a second. \"Except these five\nare after a different prize at the moment: a fourteenth spot in the\ncompetition.\n\"Over a while, they'll compete with you guys, but they\nwill not be scored. Every once in a while, we will have a special episode dedicated\ninto sending one of these guys home.\" He indicates Brent, Sara, Griffin, Tammy,\nand Parker. \"I personally like to call this twist: Team Inception. Get it? A\ncomp within a comp?\" Crickets are his response.\nToner moves on. \"Anyways. It's time for your first\nchallenge in the Road Trip.\" He pulls out his whistle again and blow on it.\n\"Guards!\" Suddenly, a few muscled wolves come out with handcuffs and start\ncuffing the contestants.\n\"What in the world?\" Faith asks.\n\"Hey! Nobody is arresting me on my watch!\" Sonya\nshouts. \"I just got on parole!\"\n\"This is ridiculous!\" Ravertooth growls.\nHour 2\n            All thirteen real players slowly\nwake up to find themselves locked into one of the cells in the prison. They\nhead out towards the aisle to search for an explanation. They see five guards\ndown below, but a closer look reveals that it's just Team Inception. Loud boot\nsteps echo through the hall. A red dog with \"Warden\" on his cap walks down the\nhall.\n            Toner.\n            \"Yo! You better give is a big\nexplanation of what's happening!\" Sonya yells. \"Why did you lock us up in\nhere?\"\n            \"Yeah!\" Fritz joins in. \"I can't\nafford to go back to juvy! You know what my parents will say about that? And\nwhy are those five wearing guard outfits?\"\n            The host brings up a megaphone and\nturns it on. \"Welcome to Alcatraz, players. Your first challenge is escaping\nthe prison grounds. Our 'guards' here are can either help or hinder your game.\"\nHe lets those words sink in, knowing Tammy will get ideas. \"Each one of them is\narmed with a flashlight, a set of keys, and a map of the prison. If they decide\nto let you out, you are free to go.\n            \"But, stick together! This place is crazy haunted by past prisoners\nbefore this place was shut down. I recommend groups of three or more. The\neasiest way out is through the dungeon and into the yard, but that place is the\nscariest and most haunted. So, in my opinion, I'd try to go through the showers\nand out the kitchen doors. The only reports in that room are cold chills and\nsounds of banjo music.\n            \"Once you're out of the prison, swim\nyour way across the Bay towards the shore where one of two buses will be\nwaiting for you. The first person back wins for their gender, meaning it's guys versus gals. The winning team gets a\nten-minute Headstart to our next destination. Your challenge begins... now!\" He\nblows an air horn and runs off.\n            Brent, Griffin, and Parker\nimmediately huddle together. \"Listen, boys, we need to split up,\" the human\nsuggests. \"I saw each of us take two other boys and we head separate ways.\"\nThere are only six guys and seven girls in the Trip so far, so Brent's thinking\nthat the guys are going to need as much help as they can get.\n            \"Alright,\" Griffin says. \"I'll take\nFritz and Glaze out. Parker, you handle Ravertooth and Rio.\"\n            \"And I'll take care of Ben and\nEclipse. Let's go!\" The boys quickly move to free the male \"prisoners\" from\ntheir cells and split up into their respective groups. Brent's group decides to\nhead for the showers, Griffin's go towards the dungeon (despite Toner's\nwarning), and Parker's bunch goes directly for the main entrance.\n            Tammy and Sara work together to free\nall the female players. Their idea was that if all nine of them stay together\nin one large group, they can have better progress. \"So, what your strategy?\"\nAlisha asks.\n            \"My plan is for all of us to work\ntogether,\" Tammy explains. \"Every year it's the same thing: the guys work\ntogether and pick us all off one by one. It's time we started turning this game\naround. It's time for a female to win. Who's with me?!\"\n            \"I am!\" Chrissy shouts. \"Woohoo\nlet's do this!\" She runs off in a random direction, laughing hysterically. This\nis going to be a long season, Tammy thinks.\n            All nine girls head towards the\nlibrary (which is where they hear Chrissy heading). Meanwhile, one group is\nreluctant to head into the dungeon. Griffin, Glaze, and Fritz stand at the top\nof the stairs where it leads down into the darkness. \"You go in there first,\"\nthe tiger says, hiding behind Glaze. \"It looks a little freaky down there.\"\n            \"No way.\" The wolf pushes himself\nbehind Griffin. \"I'm too young to die. I haven't had the chance to fulfill my\ndream of baking the world's largest donut.\" The others look at him like he's\ncrazy. \"What? It can happen!\"\n            The kangaroo, on the other hand,\nrolls his eyes and hops down the stairs. \"You guys are such babies. There's\nabsolutely nothing down there except a dark hallway.\" Fritz's ears pick up a\nsmall sound that is similar to footsteps. \"And nice try, guys. I'm not going to\nbe fooled by a bunch of fake footsteps.\"\n            \"Umm... that wasn't either of us,\"\nGriffin reveals. \"And there's no one else around...\"\n            Fritz then hears the sound of a\ndistant moan, and not one that he would normally like to hear. \"Ok, now this is\nsome freaky shit!\" he shouts. \"Grif! You have a flashlight; why don't you turn\nit on?!\"\n            The tiger snaps out of his senses,\ndigging into his pocket where a foot-long flashlight sits. He turns it on,\nrevealing a bright beam of light and shines it down the stairs. \"Hey!\" Fritz\nsays when he feels his retina burning slightly. \"Point that away from me!\"\n            \"I'm sorry!\" Griffin shouts. He\nturns to Glaze and wraps an arm around him. \"Shall we head down together?\" It\nsounded like the tiger was going to pee his pants any second. So the wolf\nslowly inches his way down the stairs with him at his side. When they reach the\nbottom, Fritz is nowhere to be seen. \n            They look around, but the roo has\nsomehow disappeared. \"Fritz?!\" Glaze shouts. \"Where are you?! I thought we had\nto stick together!\" He feels a slight brush on his shoulder and spins around to\nonly see Griffin, who's several feet away. \"Ok. Now I'm officially scared for\nmy life.\"\n            \"BOO!\" A voice behind him makes the\nwolf shriek and take off down the hall. A laughter reveals that Fritz was\nhiding in the shadows. \"Man, that was so awesome. Did you see the look on his\nface?\"\n            Griffin scowls at him. \"What was\nthat about? You just scared our teammate away and...\" He sniffs the air when a\nfoul stench starts to consume it. \"... and you made him piss himself.\"\n            Three other boys make it into a room\nthat they believe was once a dining hall. \"Woah. It's kind of sad to see\nsomething like this,\" Brent says. \"Although it's a little cool.\" The human\nleads the husky and cheetah through the room towards the kitchen. Once they're\nin the room, they find that the doors there are blocked by a few purposely\nplaces boards.\n            \"How in the world are we going to\nget out of here?\" Eclipse asks, slipping into a state of panic.\n            \"Relax, English mutt, I've got\nthis.\" Brent goes to the windows for inspection. He presses on them a little and\nsees that they open, but are barred shut. He takes a few steps back before\nswinging his leg out and hitting the bars with his boot as hard as he can. \"Ow!\nThat really hurts!\" Pain spreads across his foot, making it numb.\n            \"You can't break the bars?\" Ben asks.\nBrent shakes his head, stepping on his foot to test it out. \"Well, what else\nare we going to do?\"\n            The three look around the room to\ntry and find something that will break the bars. The only way to break it is to\nhurl something heavier and harder at it. Like a wrecking ball. Brent's gaze\nwanders over to what look like two large silver bullets. The larger one looks\nlike it can fit a person in it. He then looks back at Ben, with a gut that\nlooks like a perfect fit.\n            Eclipse recognizes the look on\nBrent's face. \"You've got a plan, don't you?\" he asks. \"I can tell. That's an\nidea face.\"\n            Indeed, he does. \"Hey, Ben. How much\ndo you weigh?\" he asks.\n            \"Around four hundred pounds. Why?\"\nBrent rests a hand on his shoulder, giving him an evil plan grin.\n***\n            \"This is not something I wanted to\nbe doing.\" Ben looks at the window as he's stuffed into the larger bullet that\nBrent ripped out of the ground. Him and Eclipse hold the cheetah up as they\nprepare to send him hurling through the window.\n            The human gets another grip on him.\n\"Just stay calm and keep your arms in at all times. Eclipse, on three. One...\ntwo... three!\" Both boys throw all of their strength pushing Ben through the air.\nThe collision of the silver container and the barred window makes a loud noise\nthat echoes throughout the prison. Ben ends up outside onto the ground with a\npossible bruise on him somewhere.\n            \"Awwww yeah!\" Brent roots. \"First\nplace, here we come.\"\n            \"I'd like to see the girls try to\nbeat that,\" Eclipse says.\n            All nine girls are in the library,\nfinding the same thing those in the kitchen found: boarded up exits and barred\nwindows. They hear a large sound echoing around them. \"What in the world was\nthat?\" Faith asks.\n            \"It better not be a ghost,\" Sonya\nsays. \"Otherwise, I'm going to destroy Toner!\" She pounds her own fists and\ngrowls a little. Tammy and Sara hop on top of a desk to try to get the others'\nattention.\n            \"Listen up everyone!\" Sara shouts.\n\"Whatever the sound was, we're not going to let is scare us. The last thing we\nneed is to be a laughing stock of the boys. Now, it looks like we're going to\nhave to get through the windows in order to exit. Anyone know how to get though\nbars?\"\n            The sea of seven remain completely\nsilent. Until when Jenna speaks up. \"Hold on there, what are we doing again?\"\nSome of the females facepalm and others groan.\n            \"We're here to break out of prison,\"\nAlisha explains.\n            \"What did I do to get here?\"\n            \"Why don't I just take you away from\nhere to other side of room?\" The bear nudges the cheetah away from the rest of the\ngroup and heads for the other end of the library. At this point, it just seems\nlike the girls are splitting up to find a way out of the prison. Natasha and\nEileen go off to one corner to think by themselves. Chrissy just runs around\nlike a maniac, which leaves Faith and Sonya.\n            Tammy rubs her forehead. \"Great,\"\nshe says. \"I came all the way back to this kind of gaming and I'm stuck working\nwith a wrestler on steroids and 'Girl Next Door'.\" Faith blushes and pins her\nears back.\n            \"How much longer am I going to have\nto listen to you?\" Sonya complains. \"I'd rather just go back to the cell blocks\nand bash my head over and over again on the cell doors!\" She brings her head\ndown on one of the old shelves hard and ends up breaking it to pieces. \"Oops...\nNone of the rest of you saw that. Got it?!\" The other women nod quickly.\n            The insane hyena starts to scale the\nshelves to one of the windows. Tammy and Sara then turn to Faith, who was yet\nto give an idea. A sane one. \"Well,\nyou've got something?\" Sara asks. \"Because we've got zip.\"\n            \"Um... well, those bars are not easy\nto break,\" Faith points out. \"The only way out of here is through one of the\ndoors, which are all barricaded. I don't know what Toner is trying to make us\naccomplish with this task-\"\n            \"The dog is sadistic; did you now\nknow that?\" Tammy asks. \"Have you not seen all three seasons of the race? He's\ncompletely bonkers.\" She's interrupted by the loud sound of screaming. She\nwhirls around in time to see Sonya having ahold of the bars and ripping them\nout of the walls. This girl is completely scary, Tammy thinks. She's got to go\nsometime soon.\n            \"Found the way out,\" Sonya calls\nover her shoulder innocently. She crawls out the hole in the wall and drops to\nthe ground on her two feet. Tammy comes out next followed by Sara.\n            Natasha slowly walks over to open\nhole where everyone else is going. \"This is pretty exciting, isn't it?\" she\nasks Eileen. The sky vixen just gives a shrug of her shoulders. \"You don't talk\nmuch, do you?\" Eileen shakes her head no. \"Don't worry, I promise that I can\nfix that by the time this whole thing is over.\"\n            Somewhere towards the front of\nAlcatraz, the last group of guys enter a room that seems creepier than the cell\nblocks. On one of the walls are several booths with a small sliver of glass\nabove them. \"I think this was some sort of visiting room at one point,\" Rio\nobserves.\n            Parker looks around the room,\nnoticing that there isn't a way for them to crawl out of here except the way\nthey came. \"I don't think we're going out this way,\" he says.\n            \"Well then, magic boy, why don't you\njust poof us out of here?\" Ravertooth asks. \"After all, you managed to get from\nthat yacht to the dock without anyone knowing. Plus, I've seen you and Chloe in\nthe third race. You two are good.\" Too good, he adds to himself.\n            The black tiger shakes his head. \"I\ncan't,\" he says. \"Toner said that if I used my magic to cheat in the game, he'd\ndisqualify me. I don't know about you, but I can't afford that. I didn't come halfway\naround the country just to be cut on the first day. I came here to win.\" The\nthree continue to look around the room in silence. They eventually leave when\nthey hear something boom throughout the building.\n            \"What in the world was that?!\" Rio\nasks, heart racing faster than before. \"Please tell me is wasn't a...\" He gulps. \"...\nghost.\"\n            Raver rolls his eyes. \"Oh please.\nThere's isn't such thing as ghosts. Toner just said that try to and scare you\nguys.\" He leans against the barred door, thinking that these two were a couple\nof wimps. The sabretooth changes his mind when something bangs on the door\nbehind him. Upon turning around, he sees nothing there but thin air. \"Ok, I\nbelieve him!!!\"\n            The three run out as fast as they\ncan. Eventually, they find the main entrance to the prison where it opens up to\nthe Bay and the shore on the other side of the water. \"There's Toner!\" Rio\npoints.\n            Once all females are out of the\nprison safely, they run on up to the edge of the island where they see the\nseveral foot drop to where the water begins. \"Alright. Who's first?\" Tammy\nasks. No one steps up. Typical newbies, she thinks to herself.\n            Then the red vixen steps up. \"I'll\ndo it,\" Faith says. She takes a few steps back. Getting a running start, she\njumps off the edge of the island, plunging into the water without a scratch.\nThe other girls cheer on and are about to join her when they see Brent, Ben,\nand Eclipse pass them and jump in without a question.\n            \"Crap! It's the other boys!\" Sara\nshouts. The lion hops into the water. Chrissy makes the leap of faith next.\nEileen seems a little nervous to go in, but with the help of Natasha, she jump\nin to join the other females.\n            The three boys ahead of them look\nbehind and see the sister tsunami heading for them. \"Oh no, guys. It's the\ngirls!\" Brent shouts. He tries to swim faster, then realizes he isn't getting\nanywhere. Plus, the girls are still gaining on them. \"Wait! I have an idea!\"\n            \"Well what is it?\" Eclipse asks.\nBrent has them loop their arms around each other's shoulders and start kicking their\nlegs. Slowly, but surely, their plan starts to work. They start to lose the\ngirls.\nUp ahead, Toner leans against the buses wearing a\ncowboy hat for some reason. It's tilted down as he takes a nap. The distant\nsound of splashing makes his ears stand up and he drifts out of his sleep. He\nadjusts his hat and sees three males and the whole sea of females chasing them.\n\"This will be a close one,\" he says to himself. \"The guys are in the lead, but\nGirl Power is about to take them by a storm.\"\n\"Guys, I don't know if I can do this anymore.\" Ben's\nthighs start to burn the more they get closer to the shore.\n\"Come on, big guy, just a little... bit... longer...\" Brent\ncoughs as he accidentally swallows some of the water, setting his throat on\nfire.\nEclipse, seeing as they are close enough, slows down a\nlittle and carefully gets on top of Ben's back. \"Sorry about this, bud,\" he\nsays. Using him as a launchpad, the husky leaps off of him, leaving Brent to\nkeep him afloat. Eclipse somersaults through the air and lands on his two feet\nin front of Toner.\nThe host grabs his paw and puts it in the air. \"In a\nclose finish, the boys win!\"\nHour 3\n            All the boys are in the orange bus\nheading east. Some of them are handed towels to dry themselves off while others\nare just glad to be out of the scary place known as Alcatraz. Meanwhile, the\ngirls are all damp and annoyed as they have to wait another ten minutes before\ntheir bus departs for the next location.\n            \"Who will win the first immunity\ntask of the competition?\" Toner asks. \"And who will be the first person voted\nout of the show? Find out next time on...\" He throws on the shades. \"... Road Trip!\"\n\n"}