We're Not Going to China!

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**We're Not Going to China!** is the fifth episode of *TSM The Amazing Race 8: Fighters*.

## Story

Leg 5 (Based off Leg 4 of The Amazing Race 20)

The race resumes at Michaelskirche.

Abi & Katie will be depart 1st at 2:43 PM.

**Route Info:** Teams must fly to Turin, Italy. Upon arrival, teams must choose a Ford Focus and drive themselves to Lingotto, where they will find their next clue. The first 3 teams will be on the first flight. The next 3 teams will be on a flight that's 30 minutes after. The last 3 teams will be 45 minutes behind the first flight and 15 minutes behind the second flight.

**Katie:** "Let's wait for another team so we can follow them."

Peanut & Amy will depart 2nd at 2:44 PM.

**Amy:** "Ok. I’ll drive nice and slow! That'll be better than speeding like what you did in Spain."

**Peanut:** "You're never gonna let that go huh?"

**Amy:** "Nope."

**Abi:** "This is pathetic. She is going 10 below the limit."

Getsome & Spark depart 3rd at 2:47 PM.

Angus & Evan depart 4th at 2:49 PM.

**Evan:** "We need to see if we can pass these other teams."

**Getsome:** "Is that speed necessary at all?"

**Spark:** "They're actually going to, like, crash, like, slow down."

**Amy:** "Here it is. Where is the ticket counter?"

**Abi:** "It should be marked. Look there's an amazing race flag."

**Katie:** "That's not an amazing race flag, that's just Chinese flags."

**Abi:** "Were not going to China!"

War & Coolguy depart 5th at 2:54 PM.

Candy & White depart 6th at 2:55 PM.

**War:** "Hey cow, give me your map."

**White:** "No!" (drops the map)

**War:** "Thank you, I will lead us."

**Getsome:** "I see the ticket."

Getsome & Spark first team on the first flight.

**Amy:** "Where is it!"

**Abi:** "Keep following them!"

Mega & Cloud depart 7th at 2:57 PM.

**Peanut:** "I see it, run away fast enough so they don’t realize."

**Katie:** "Where did they go?"

Peanut & Amy are the second team on the first flight.

**Abi:** "I see it woo!"

Abi & Katie are the last team on the first flight.

Bwinter & Liam depart 8th at 3:11 PM.

Poet & Chic depart Last at 3:14 PM.

War & Coolguy are the first team on the second flight.

Candy & White are the second team on the second fight.

**Evan:** "I’m lost!"

**Mega:** "Found it!"

Mega & Cloud last team on the second flight.

**Flight 1:** Getsome & Spark, Peanut & Amy, Abi & Katie.

**Flight 2:** War & Coolguy, Candy & White, Mega & Cloud.

**Flight 3:** Poet & Chic, Bwinter & Liam, Angus & Evan.

Flight Lands

**Roadblock:** One team member must rappel down the spiral ramps of the Lingotto building within a time limit of two minutes, stopping to retrieve a clue on the way down. If time expires, the team member would have to start all over.

**Fast Forward:** One team member would have to pilot a remote controlled helicopter and land it on a replica of the Lingotto building's helipad placed on a helmet worn by their teammate. Once the helicopter has landed, that team would win the Fast Forward.

Abi & Katie are doing the fast forward

Peanut is doing the RB

Spark is doing the RB

**Abi:** "This is a kids toy and we suck at this."

Peanut finishes the RB currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must drive themselves to Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile and use the active car park on the Focus to park their car. Once finished, teams must head inside the museum and search for the 1916 Tin Lizzie to find their next clue.

Spark finishes the Roadblock currently in 2nd place.

Flight 2 Lands

Abi & Katie finish the fast forward.

**Abi:** "WE ARE QUEENS. WE THE BEST. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!"

Coolguy is doing the RB

**White:** "I’m lost."

**Cloud:** "Which way were we suppose to go!"

**Mega:** "Oh gosh, we're a mess!"

Peanut & Amy find the clue

Getsome & Spark find the clue.

**Detour:** Clean That Statue or Taste That Salami?

**Choice A:** *Clean That Statue*
Teams would have to go to L'Arte Marmi and use the provided equipment to completely and properly clean a marble statue. Once it is back in pristine condition, they will receive their next clue.

**Choice B:** *Taste That Salami*
Teams would have to go to the Gastronomia Salumeria to taste and memorize the names of fourteen different kinds of salami: piccante, cacciatorino, tartufo, mucca, toscano, 'nduja, aglio, cotto, cinghiale, finocchiona, felino, noci, barolo, and mandola. They then have to travel to the Piazza Vittorio Veneto and find the designated salami vendor to correctly identify and name all fourteen types of salamis they tasted. Once they get all 14 correct, the salumiere would give them their next clue.

Peanut & Amy are doing Taste That Salami.

Getsome & Spark are doing Clean That Statue.

**Abi:** "Where is the pit stop."

**Katie:** "I’m lost, where are we suppose to go?"

War finishes the RB currently in 4th place.

Flight 3 lands

Cloud is doing the RB

Bwinter is doing the RB

Chic is doing the RB

Bwinter finishes the RB currently in 5th place.

War & Coolguy are doing Clean That Statue.

White is doing the RB

Evan is doing the RB

Chic finishes the RB currently in 6th place.

White finishes the RB currently in 7th place.

**Cloud:** "It's hard!"

Evan finishes the RB currently in 8th place.

Cloud finishes the RB currently in Last place.

Bwinter & Liam are doing Clean That Statue.

Poet & Chic are doing Clean That Statue.

Candy & White are doing Taste That Salami.

**White:** "I Have an amazing memory so I know, I will do very well at this challenge."

Angus & Evan are doing Taste That Salami.

Mega & Cloud are doing Clean That Statue.

**Katie:** "So we just talked with some guy and apparently with are navigation issues we are now like an hour and a half from the pit stop and we now have to go in the exact opposite direction."

**Abi:** "Wait, Phil is right there, he lied."

Abi & Katie, you are team number 1!

**Katie:** "We slay queens."

As winners of this leg of the race, you won 10,000 dollars each!

**Abi:** "YASSS."

**Katie:** "Two in a row, we are getting tasks that play to our strengths this time, we are here to play!"

Getsome & Spark finish detour currently in 2nd place.

War & Coolguy finish detour currently in 3rd place.

Poet & Chic finish detour currently in 4th place.

Bwinter & Liam finish detour currently in 5th place

Getsome & Spark, you are team number 2.

Peanut & Amy finish detour currently in 6th place.

**White:** “Ok, let's go, first try!”

Candy & White finish detour currently in 7th place.

**White:** "Told you, bye suckers!"

Mega & Cloud finish detour currently in 8th place.

Angus & Evan finish detour currently in Last place.

**Bwinter:** "Woo!"

Bwinter & Liam, you are team number 3.

**War:** "Here we are!"

War & Coolguy, you are team number 4.

**Amy:** "Wait for us!"

Peanut & Amy, you are team number 5.

**Poet:** "Explore, maybe it's in this general vicinity."

**Angus:** "This can't be the end!"

**Cloud:** "Is it a left or a right ugh!"

**Candy:** "I think its that way."

SUSPENSE MUSIC!

**Poet:** "Yeah baby!"

**Candy:** "I think I see it right there!"

**Cloud:** "Please be it."

Poet & Chic, you are team number 6. Candy & White, that would make you team number 7.

Mega & Cloud, you are team number 8.

Angus & Evan, I am really sorry to tell you that you are the last team to arrive. And that you have been eliminated from the race.

## Route Markers

* Pit Start
* Route Info 1
* Fast Forward
* Roadblock
* Route Info 2
* Route Info 3
* Detour
* Route Info 4 and Pit Stop
 The order of departure from Michaelskirche are as follows:

1. Abi & Katie (2:43 pm)
2. Peanut & Amy (2:44 pm)
3. Getsome & Spark (2:47 pm)
4. Angus & Evan (2:49 pm)
5. War & Coolguy (2:54 pm)
6. Candy & White (2:55 pm)
7. Mega & Cloud (2:57 pm)
8. Bwinter & Liam (3:11 pm)
9. Poet & Chic (3:14 pm)
 Teams must fly to Turin, Italy. Upon arrival, teams must choose a Ford Focus and drive themselves to Lingotto, where they will find their next clue.

 The **Fast Forward** instructions were given to them after receiving their clue at Lingotto.
One team member would have to pilot a remote controlled helicopter and land it on a replica of the Lingotto building's helipad placed on a helmet worn by their teammate. Once the helicopter has landed, that team would win the Fast Forward. Abi & Katie won the Fast Forward.

 The team member assigned to perform the Roadblock would have to rappel down the spiral ramps of the Lingotto building within a time limit of two minutes, stopping to retrieve a clue on the way down. If time expires, the team member would have to start all over.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

* Angus & Evan
* Bwinter & Liam
* Candy & White
* Getsome & Spark
* Mega & Cloud
* Peanut & Amy
* Poet & Chic
* War & Coolguy
 Teams must drive themselves to Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile and use the active car park on the Focus to park their car. Once finished, teams must head inside the museum and search for the 1916 Tin Lizzie to find their next clue.

 Teams must figure out the building on the 2 cent euro coin is the Mole Antonelliana. Once there, teams must ride the elevator to the top, where they find their next clue.

**Choice A:** *Clean That Statue*
Teams would have to go to L'Arte Marmi and use the provided equipment to completely and properly clean a marble statue. Once it is back in pristine condition, they will receive their next clue.

Bwinter & Liam, Getsome & Spark, Mega & Cloud, Poet & Chic, and War & Coolguy chose this task.

**Choice B:** *Taste That Salami*
Teams would have to go to the Gastronomia Salumeria to taste and memorize the names of fourteen different kinds of salami: piccante, cacciatorino, tartufo, mucca, toscano, 'nduja, aglio, cotto, cinghiale, finocchiona, felino, noci, barolo, and mandola. They then have to travel to the Piazza Vittorio Veneto and find the designated salami vendor to correctly identify and name all fourteen types of salamis they tasted. Once they get all 14 correct, the salumiere would give them their next clue.

Angus & Evan, Candy & White, and Peanut & Amy chose this task. Teams must drive themselves to Piazza Castello to check in.
For coming in first place, Abi & Katie each won $10,000.

## Leaderboard

**Legend:**
     First Place •      Eliminated •      Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg•      Saved from elimination by the Salvage Pass or The Save •      Season winner •      Season 2nd place •      Season 3rd place • **►** Used the Fast Forward • **ϵ** Used the Express Pass• **⊂** User of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⊃** Recipient of the first Double U-Turn slot • **⋐** User of the second Double U-Turn slot • **⋑** Recipient of the second Double U-Turn slot

 **1st place**

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