Kirk is now standing in front of the Crystal Cave between the last two teams. ?Welcome back to Legends,? he says. ?Now the glory goes to the fastest and the strongest, but before we get started, I wanna talk to our team players.? He turns camera-left to talk to a short girl whose blond hair is tied back with a blue scrunchie. ?On the Blue Barracudas, we have Brooke. How old are you, Brooke??
?Twelve,? replies Brooke.
?Now I understand you swim and run cross-country,? Kirk says, reading off an index card. ?Which do you like better??
?Um? Probably swimming,? Brooke explains, ?because I love the water.?
?Which one are you better at??
?Swimming,? Brooke answers with a smile.
?That?s why she?s a Blue Barracuda,? Kirk smiles, then turns to Brooke?s partner, a medium-sized boy with short hair, oval-lensed glasses and dark brown eyes. ?And also on the Blue Barracudas, we have Jeff. How old are you??
?Twelve,? Jeff replies.
?And I understand you?re into Japanese comic books,? Kirk reads. ?Tell me about that.?
?Well,? explains Jeff, ?I?ve been reading Naruto and Bleach for a couple years now, and I?ve been trying to teach myself how to draw like them.?
?Ah, very nice. Let?s hear it for the Blue Barracudas!? Kirk shouts, and as the audience applauds Kirk turns to interview the Orange Iguanas, starting with the girl to the immediate stage-right, a slightly overweight kid with wavy brown hair.
?And on the Orange Iguanas, we have Kelly-Anna,? says Kirk. ?How old are you??
?Twelve,? she answers.
?I understand you draw? Jeff, meet Kelly-Anna. Kelly-Anna, Jeff? but you also play golf,? Kirk reads. ?Tell me about that.?
?Well,? she says, ?I play with my uncle, he takes me around to different courses. I play a few times a month.?
?How?s your score?? Kirk asks.
?Usually? two or three under par,? Kelly-Anna replies.
?Sounds like you?re a good player,? Kirk says. He then goes to the far right of the screen to interview the last player, an Asian boy with short hair.
?And also on the Orange Iguanas, we have Zac. How old are you??
?Eleven,? says Zac.
?And I understand you want to become a DJ,? Kirk says. ?Tell me about that.?
?Well,? Zac explains, ?I wanna learn how to remix or arrange music. I play a lot of video games, and I wanna learn how to remake those themes on new instruments and stuff.?
?This sounds like a musical team here,? Kirk comments. ?Let?s hear it for the Orange Iguanas!? The audience applauds for the Orange Iguanas.
?All right! Go get ready for the Temple Games,? Kirk says as the players walk offscreen, ?and I'll explain what's gonna happen here. Now, in the Temple Games, these teams will be competing to win?" he opens his pocket and pulls out a small gold medallion to show to the camera? "Pendants of Life. The winning team will need those Pendants to protect themselves from the dreaded Temple Guards as they make their way through the Temple. There are three Temple Games, and Olmec will tell us about the first one.?
Olmec begins:
?A scientist like Louis Pasteur always has to be ready to conduct experiments. In this game, you will retrieve equipment for him. When Kirk gives the signal, crawl into the first cube, grab one of the containers, then crawl back and place it in your bin. Then, go back to get the next one. Along the way you must try and avoid the swinging sandbags. If you?re hit, you?ll have to go back and start again.?
?The first player to get all four beakers? or the player that?s further along after 60 seconds? wins!?
The camera fades to Kirk. ?Put 60 seconds on the clock,? he says, and a countdown clock appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen. ?Let?s get the sandbags back in position and then let?s start swinging them again.? The spotters do just that. ?On your marks, get set, GO!?
?There they go! These guys are fast!? Kirk remarks as Jeff and Zac take off. Both players are quick, but Jeff is markedly quicker than Zac. Zac gets to his first beaker in only four seconds, but Jeff has already gotten his and brings it back just five seconds into the game. Jeff keeps the same breakneck speed as he goes after the second beaker; Zac returns with his first after nine seconds, but by then, Jeff has almost come back with the second for the Blue Barracudas already. He brings it back with :49 on the clock, right before Zac can grab the second beaker for the Orange Iguanas.
?This is a fast game,? Kirk comments. ?Guys gotta make sure they don?t get hit.? Jeff reaches his third beaker with :39 remaining, just a second after Zac comes back with his second. Then, Zac picks up the pace a little as Jeff slows a tad. Zac reaches the third beaker with 34 seconds left, just as Jeff returns with the third for the Blue Barracudas.
?Blue Barracudas just need one more,? Kirk announces, ?but Orange Iguanas can still scramble for it!? Zac gets the third beaker in the bin with 28 seconds remaining; Jeff gets his paws on the last one for the Blue Barracudas a moment later and starts to crawl back with it.
However, amidst his rush to make it back and win the Temple Game, Jeff is hit by a sandbag when just twenty seconds are left. He gets off the cube he?s on and the beaker is put back as he starts the round over, while Zac slows down just to be careful, inching toward the final beaker. He finally gets to the last beaker with :14 left and starts back; he picks up the pace a bit as Jeff gets to the fourth beaker again, and beats out Jeff by getting the last beaker in the bin with just five seconds remaining.
?That?s it! Stop the clock!? Kirk shouts out, appearing on screen. The players go over and join him. ?Orange Iguanas hung in there; Blue Barracudas had to go back, letting the Orange Iguanas get the fourth beaker in first and giving them the half Pendant of Life!? Zac and Jeff high-five as the audience applauds. ?Blue Barracudas can catch up in the next game, it?s worth a half Pendant. Olmec, tell us about it.?
Olmec continues:
?Louis Pasteur?s discoveries might have earned him quite a bit of money, and in this game, you will collect a bit of money that he never received so that it can be brought to its proper heir. When Kirk gives the signal, jump up, grab a coin off the ceiling, and come back down to place it in your bin. Then, jump back up and do it again.
?The first player to grab all the coins? or the player that?s further along after 60 seconds? wins.?
The camera fades to Kirk. ?Set the clock for 60 seconds,? he says. A clock then appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen. ?On your mark, get set, GO!?
Both Brooke and Kelly-Anna have some trouble with this game at first. The girls try to jump up, but can?t quite get up high enough on the first attempt. The second time around, they both get to the first of the ten coins on the ceiling and get it in the bucket, although Kelly-Anna is a second faster than Brooke, getting her coin in with :53 remaining. The next attempt by both players is a failure, but they both make it to their second coins the next time around. Kelly-Anna remains a second faster, getting hers in the bucket and taking off again with 45 seconds left. However, the next time they both try to jump up, Kelly-Anna doesn?t make it high enough but Brooke does, scoring her third coin.
?This game,? Kirk explains, ?you gotta? push yourself high enough to get to the ceiling, and it?s tough.? For a while Kelly-Anna fails a bit more than Brooke, but she soon manages to close a scoring gap, bringing the score for the two to 4-4 just before the halfway mark. After that point, Kelly-Anna starts to score more often? it helps that she?s a bit taller than Brooke. Brooke tries to stage a comeback, but it?s just too little too late as Kelly-Anna jumps up to get the last coin with two seconds left. However, a pattern of ceiling spotlights flash, to indicate the end of the Temple Game, before she can come back down. Kelly-Anna tries to drop it into the bucket as soon as she grabs it, but it lands after the clock stops ticking.
Kirk runs back on screen and grabs the bins. ?Time?s up! Let?s see how they did,? he says as spotters free the girls from the equipment. ?Blue Barracudas got?? he pulls out the coins as he counts them? ?one, two, three, four, five, six, seven coins. Orange Iguanas got? that last one didn?t count?? he tosses it aside? ?one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine coins! Orange Iguanas get another half Pendant of Life!? The audience applauds again. ?Orange Iguanas so far have a full Pendant, Blue Barracudas have a half? I mean, they don?t have any yet? but the third and final game is worth a whole Pendant. Olmec, tell us about it.?
Olmec narrates:
?Like all scientists, Louis Pasteur used the scientific method throughout his experiments. On the wall above you are the four major stages of the scientific method: Inference, Hypothesis, Data Collection, and Conclusion. When Kirk gives the signal, load the slingshot and fire a ball. Your partner must catch the ball and stick it on the first stage. Once you?ve covered a stage, it means it has been completed, and you can climb up and try to complete the next stage.
?The team that completes all four stages first? or the team that?s furthest along after 60 seconds? wins.?
?This one?s for the Temple,? Kirk says. ?Blue Barracudas need it to tie the game up. Let?s set the clock for 60 seconds.? The clock appears onscreen. ?On your mark, get set, GO!?
Jeff and Zac stay in position at the base of the walls, right next to the first step, ?Inference,? already. Neither Brooke nor Kelly-Anna has exceptional aim with the slingshots, but Zac manages to catch the first ball and stick it on ?Inference? with :48 remaining. The Blue Barracudas are but a second behind, though? Brooke takes just a little longer to shoot than Kelly-Anna? and both teams make their way up to the second stage, ?Hypothesis.? Again, neither of the girls is a crack shot, but Kelly-Anna finally gets a shot that Zac catches and puts on ?Hypothesis? at the :27 mark, letting him climb up to ?Data collection? while the Blue Barracudas take three more seconds to cover ?Hypothesis.?
?This game takes a lot of coordination,? Kirk mentions, ?but I think Orange has got it? Blue too,? he adds as Jeff climbs up to ?Data collection.? Neither team lands a shot on ?Data collection? before time ends, however; right after time expires, Jeff catches a shot, but the spotlights are already flashing and a spotter signals to Jeff and Zac to come down. Kirk comes onscreen to count the scores.
?All right!? Kirk remarks, gesturing to the boards while spotters undo the equipment Jeff and Zac are strapped in. Brooke and Kelly-Anna come over to join Kirk and the boys. ?Blue Barracudas and Orange Iguanas both got two stages, that means it?s a tie! They each get the full Pendant, giving Blue Barracudas a Pendant, but Orange Iguanas two Pendants? they?re going to the Temple!? The players all meet each other and high-five, congratulating one another. ?Blue Barracudas gave it a great effort too, we got a great gift for them both. Here?s what they get.? Jeff and Brooke will each be receiving a copy of the Kingdom Hearts II PlayStation 2 game.
The camera cuts back to Kirk standing with the Orange Iguanas in front of the giant wall. ?They were tough and they stuck it out,? Kirk remarks, ?and now we?ll see the Orange Iguanas try to make it through Olmec?s Temple to retrieve the Broken Flask of Louis Pasture? right after this!? A different camera cuts around from behind the equipment for the third Temple Game, across the Temple Games arena and stops at the Switch Inferno before fading to commercial.
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