I’m No Military Citizen

## Subpages

**I’m No Military Citizen** is the second episode of *TSM The Amazing Race 8: Fighters*.

## Story

Leg 2 (Based off Leg 2 of The Amazing Race 25)

The race resumes at Cinta Costera Tres.

Poet & Chic will depart 1st.

**Route info:** Teams must fly to London, England, United Kingdom. Upon arrival, teams must travel by taxi to the Tower Bridge, where they must find a Pearly King and Queen who will hand them their next clue. All teams will be on the same flight.

Flight Lands

**Detour:** About Face or Pancake Race?

**Choice A:** *About Face*
At the Somerset House in Westminster, teams must dress into a traditional Queen's Guard outfit before participating in a guard mounting ceremony of the changing of the guards, learning a piece of choreography used from the traditional guard mounting ceremonies, then performing with the satisfaction of the parade captain in order to receive their next clue.

**Choice B:** *Pancake Race*
At the Victoria Tower Gardens, teams must participate in the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race, in which they must first cook a well-cooked pancake, then participate in a race where they must run while flipping their pancake, without it falling from their frying pan, in a time of 1 minute and 15 seconds to receive their next clue. If the pancake falls from their pan, the racers run out of time to complete the race, or they were judged by not flipping their pancakes enough, they must restart their race.

Getsome & Spark are doing About Face

Peanut & Amy are doing About Face

Halcy & Mali are doing About Face

Candy & White are doing Pancake Race

**White:** "I hope we get to eat the pancake."

Angus & Evan are doing Pancake Race

Poet & Chic are doing About Face

Abi & Katie are doing Pancake Race

War & Coolguy are doing Pancake Race

Imp & Ciera are doing About Face

Bwinter & Liam are doing About Face

Mega & Cloud are doing Pancake Race

White drops the pancake

**White:** "RIGGED! THIS IS UNFAIR."

**Candy:** "Idiot shut up."

**War:** "We got to crush this."

**Halcy:** "I can’t remember anything. That guy keeps screaming at me when I fail. I’m no military citizen."

**Mega:** "Let's do this."

**White:** "Drop your pancake! We're the better winners."

Mega & Cloud finish detour currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must travel by train from London Paddington station to Oxford railway station. Once at Oxford, they must then travel to the Magdalen Bridge at the River Cherwell to find their next clue.

White: “THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY RIGGED.”

Peanut & Amy finish detour currently in 2nd place.

Mega & Cloud are on a train heading to their next destination.

The train leaves.

Abi & Katie finish detour currently in 3rd place.

Poet & Chic finish detour currently in 4th place.

War & Coolguy finish detour currently in 5th place.

Candy & White finish detour currently in 6th place.

Peanut & Amy, Abi & Katie are on a train leaving.

Getsome & Spark finish detour currently in 7th place.

Train 1 arrives.

**Route Info:** Both team members must participate in punting boats. One team member must row the punt, standing on the Cambridge End at the back of the punt, while the other team member stands on the Oxford End, the front of the punt, waving a small Union Jack. Once they have successfully traveled around the Magdalen College Island on the River Cherwell, they will receive their next clue from the punting master at the boathouse.

Mega & Cloud start paddling

Cloud falls in the water

(Confessional) **Mega:** "Cloud's only job was to stand on a boat and she still fell in."

Poet & Chic, War & Coolguy, Candy & White, plus Getsome & Spark get on the next train.

Imp & Ciera finish detour currently in 8th place.

Angus & Evan finish detour currently in 9th place.

Abi & Katie find the speed bump.

**Speed Bump:** Abi & Katie must properly organize ten different boats in the right spots before they can continue racing.

Peanut & Amy start paddling.

Mega & Cloud finish the task but they were standing on the wrong side and must do it again.

**Cloud:** "That's total bull crap."

Imp & Ciera and Angus & Evan get on the next train.

**Bwinter:** "We got to do this now."

**Halcy:** "I can’t screw up again."

Bwinter & Liam finish detour currently in 10th place.

Halcy & Mali finish detour currently in Last place.

Bwinter & Liam and Halcy & Mali get on the last train.

The next train leaves

Candy & White start paddling

Poet & Chic start paddling

Getsome & Spark start paddling

War & Coolguy start paddling

Peanut & Amy finish paddling currently in 1st place.

**Route Info:** Teams must travel by taxi to Tom Quad of the Christ Church College, where teams are given a bowler hat and an umbrella, which they must bring with them to the **Pit Stop**, and are told by the bowler to open their umbrellas, in which they are given an opportunity to search Oxford for the Bear Inn to retrieve the **Express Pass**, or to tip the bowler and give them their Pit Stop clue.

Abi & Katie finish the speed bump.

Fourth train arrives.

Abi & Katie start paddling

Imp & Ciera start paddling

Angus & Evan start paddling

Last train arrives.

Bwinter & Liam start paddling.

Halcy & Mali start paddling.

Poet & Chic finish paddling currently in 2nd place.

Mega & Cloud finish paddling currently in 3rd place.

Peanut & Amy choose to go get the express pass.

War & Coolguy finish paddling currently in 4th place.

Poet & Chic choose pit stop.

**Route Info:** Teams must travel by taxi to the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the Blenheim Palace, to check in. The last team to check in WILL be eliminated.

Mega & Cloud choose to go to the pit stop.

Peanut & Amy get the express pass, and they are now heading to the pit stop.

Candy & White hit Imp, and she falls in.

**Imp:** "You're getting a penalty for that!"

**Candy:** "You hit us!"

Angus & Evan finish paddling currently in 5th place.

Mega & Cloud run to the pit stop.

Mega & Cloud, you are team number 1! You win a trip to Singapore.

**Chic:** "Stupid taxi where are you going."

**Poet:** "Ugh... I think we lost our lead."

Poet & Chic run to the mat.

Poet & Chic, you are team number 2.

**Poet:** "Gross."

**Chic:** "We were robbed."

Abi & Katie finish paddling currently in 6th place.

Peanut & Amy run to the mat.

Peanut & Amy, you are team number 3.

**Amy:** "And we've got an express pass!"

War & Coolguy run to the mat.

**War:** "PHIL!"

War & Coolguy, you are team number 4.

Bwinter & Liam finish paddling currently in 7th place.

Getsome & Spark finish paddling currently in 8th place.

Candy & White finish paddling currently in 9th place.

Abi & Katie run to the mat.

Abi & Katie, you are team number 5.

**Abi:** "OUR HIGHEST PLACE EVER!!!!"

There's another team.

**Angus:** "We're here!"

Angus & Evan, you are team number 6.

Imp & Ciera finish task currently in 10th place.

**Ciera:** "We have to go were so close to last come on!"

Halcy & Mali finish the task currently in Last place.

**Halcy:** "Let's run, come on!"

**Bwinter:** "Here it is."

**Liam:** "Bwinter this isn’t it. Our taxi driver dropped us off at a coffee shop."

**Bwinter:** "Let's have some while we're here."

**Liam:** "Sure!"

Getsome & Spark check into the mat.

Getsome & Spark, you are team number 7.

**Imp:** "I hope this it."

**Bwinter:** "They're getting out."

**Ciera:** "We got to run."

**Mali:** "I hope we're almost there."

Bwinter & Liam run to the mat, followed by Candy and White.

**Candy:** "Oh my gosh."

Imp & Ciera run to the mat.

Bwinter & Liam, you are team number 8. Candy & White, you are team number 9. Imp & Ciera, you are team number 10

**Imp:** "Lets party!"

**Liam:** "Woo!"

Halcy & Mali, unfortunately, you are the last team to arrive. And I'm sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated from the race.

## Route Markers

* Pit Start
* Route Info 1
* Detour
* Route Info 2
* Speed Bump
* Route Info 3
* Route Info 4
* Route Info 5 and Pit Stop
 The order of departure from Cinta Costera Tres are as follows:

1. Poet & Chic
2. Peanut & Amy
3. Mega & Cloud
4. War & Coolguy
5. Getsome & Spark
6. Bwinter & Liam
7. Halcy & Mali
8. Angus & Evan
9. Imp & Ciera
10. Candy & White
11. Abi & Katie
 Teams must fly to London, England, United Kingdom. Upon arrival, teams must travel by taxi to the Tower Bridge, where they must find a Pearly King and Queen who will hand them their next clue.

**Choice A:** *About Face*
At the Somerset House in Westminster, teams must dress into a traditional Queen's Guard outfit before participating in a guard mounting ceremony of the changing of the guards, learning a piece of choreography used from the traditional guard mounting ceremonies, then performing with the satisfaction of the parade captain in order to receive their next clue.

Bwinter & Liam, Getsome & Spark, Halcy & Mali, Imp & Ciera, Peanut & Amy, and Poet & Chic chose this task.

**Choice B:** *Pancake Race*
At the Victoria Tower Gardens, teams must participate in the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race, in which they must first cook a well-cooked pancake, then participate in a race where they must run while flipping their pancake, without it falling from their frying pan, in a time of 1 minute and 15 seconds to receive their next clue. If the pancake falls from their pan, the racers run out of time to complete the race, or they were judged by not flipping their pancakes enough, they must restart their race.

Abi & Katie, Angus & Evan, Candy & White, Mega & Cloud, and War & Coolguy chose this task. Teams must travel by train from London Paddington station to Oxford railway station. Once at Oxford, they must then travel to the Magdalen Bridge at the River Cherwell to find their next clue.

 At the Magdalen Bridge, Abi & Katie would receive their clue for their **Speed Bump**.
Abi & Katie must properly organize ten different boats in the right spots before they can continue racing.

 Both team members must participate in punting boats. One team member must row the punt, standing on the Cambridge End at the back of the punt, while the other team member stands on the Oxford End, the front of the punt, waving a small Union Jack. Once they have successfully traveled around the Magdalen College Island on the River Cherwell, they will receive their next clue from the punting master at the boathouse.

 Teams must travel by taxi to Tom Quad of the Christ Church College, where teams are given a bowler hat and an umbrella, which they must bring with them to the **Pit Stop**, and are told by the bowler to open their umbrellas, in which they are given an opportunity to search Oxford for the Bear Inn to retrieve the **Express Pass**, or to tip the bowler and give them their Pit Stop clue.
Peanut & Amy won the **Express Pass**.

 Teams must travel by taxi to the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the Blenheim Palace, to check in.
For coming in first place, Mega & Cloud won a trip for two to Singapore, provided by Travelocity.

## 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

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