"They do seem like they're pretty in love, don't they?" Baby snickered.

"Yeah, gross." Randy stuck out his tongue.

Ericka gave Maxwell a nuzzle and got into position, the whistle sounded and they were off.

Maxwell did his best to mind Erika. "Right hand here... I mean my right... I didn't pull you too fast, did I?"

Meanwhile, Randy VIII looked ahead, plotted a pattern of hand and footholds that would carry the both of them, and mentally flashed it to Baby.

Baby nodded and tried her best to comply, but she was a small woman and not very athletic so it was slow going on her end.

Ericka giggled and did her best to climb with Maxwell, laughing when he bumbled and making a game out of the whole ordeal.

"You got it, sugar," said Randy VIII as Baby followed alongside him. While he wasn't the most patient individual, it was a nice activity and helping Baby climb rocks was strangely appealing.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the climbing wall...

"Naw, womern, we gotta go thissaway!"

Baby slipped twice, had Randy been lighter they would have fallen quite a few feet.

"Crazy ol' man! Stop yankin' on me!"

"Best watch out; I think all that slippin' an' fallin' is attracting the attention of predators," said Randy VIII with a toothy grin as he pulled Baby up toward him.


"Well, you shoulda grabbed that orange rock when I told you to! Now I'm 'bout to fall!"

Baby nearly lost her balance and ended up throwing her arms around Randy to stay in place. "EEEEEEK!"

"Left! Richt! Left!" Ericka barked cheerfully as she and Maxwell moved up the wall.

"Get your ear out of my face 'fore I bite you!"

Randy giggled and licked her. "Don't you worry, honey. Big Bad El Lobo's got you now; I won't let you fall."

Maxwell climbed along, still occasionally confusing left and right whenever their hands needed to cross...

Kenny wiggled his fluffy black-and-white tail in Kari's general direction. "You bite me an' I'mma let one rip right on you!"

Meanwhile, Erin and Junior were steadily nearing the top with scarcely a word uttered between them...

Baby gave him a kiss, "My hero,"

Erika and Maxwell hardly noticed that they were only in second place, Ericka continued her mantra of "Left! Richt! Left!"

Kari shrieked and let go of the wall, causing the pair to stumble and drop a few feet.

Erin reached her hand upward, almost at the last section!

"Mm..." Randy kissed her back, lingering for a moment. "Well, c'mon; we still got a ways to go. You just stick real close to Randy, now, Little Red."

Kenny cling tightly to the wall with both hands as soon as he was able to grasp it. "Jesus Christ!"

Junior climbed along quickly beside Erin. "I can see the bell at the top," she noted without missing a step.

Baby did just that, by now they were in third, Erin and Junior within reach of the bell and Maxwell and Ericka not far behind. Kari and Kenny had barely moved from the bottom.

It wasn't long before the bell rang, signalling that Erin and Junior had reached the top first. Kenny pushed away from the wall and let the security rope lower him and Kari the rest of the way to the ground. "We done lost anyway an' I gotta take a leak," he reasoned.

The second bell rang not long after, Ericka and Maxwell claiming second and eventually Baby and Randy got to the third bell, "looks like we lost," said Baby.

"Thass alright," Randy replied, kissing her again. "Now we get to jump offa here; you ready?"