Lost The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

-Make a list.

-A list?

Put anything you want on it and I will do it.

And once I complete it, we're back together.

'I entered the studio because I know Emily and Riley are in there,

'and I felt like'

I should probably get number ten - Get to know Emily - off the list.

Costumes?

'Our National costumes are being delivered today'

and I have to make sure they're put in a safe place.

'I want Hunter and Emily to break up...

'so that she can prove her loyalty to me.'

CAPOEIRA MUSIC PLAYS

'I decided to bring in the capoeira troupe to perform for the Next Step.'

You know, because the kids have all brought in some really

exciting dance troupes, and I figured it was my turn.

The capoeira dancers were actually really cool.

You know, I really enjoyed the style.

Um, it's like a mix of...

martial arts, dancing and tricking, as well.

'So there's a lot of acrobatic moves and it kind of looks

'like they're always, like, dodging each other's movements.

'They stay really low to the ground'

and it's really different. I've never seen anything like it.

'They're doing tricks that West, Eldon and I'

haven't seen before, so we're definitely getting inspired by them.

So, I heard the costumes came in.

Yeah. James and I put them away yesterday.

So, I thought you should know that I've decided to let you join me,

and that means that you're going to help me steal those costumes.

OK.

Good.

I had to break up with Hunter,

isolate myself from all my friends, just to get Amanda to trust me.

It's finally happening.

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Stand up! #

'I'm just checking in to see how James is doing'

on his quest to win me back.

So, you ready for number seven?

I'm slowly getting through all the tasks that Riley has given me.

So far I've got one, two, ten, four, and eleven.

It's a pretty long list.

No.

I did book the appointment with my doctor to get the malaria pills,

but not until next Thursday.

Oh, I figured you'd say that so I got you number eight.

Number eight is a mystery quest.

All right.

Yeah, you might need some help with this one.

Good luck.

'This is not too difficult for someone who is good at math,'

but James isn't, so...

I just wish him luck.

# I'll follow you

# To the ocean

# I see from a distance but you're disappearing

# Beneath the crashing waves. #

All right, Riley gave me number eight. Let's see what it is.

I don't even know what it is, I've been waiting for you all.

OK. I think it's like a riddle or something. OK.

"A fox, a bag of grain, and a chicken have to cross a river..."

You have to get them each across to one side of the river,

but you could only take one thing in the boat at a time.

The chicken can't be with the grain, or it will eat it.

And the fox can't be left with the chicken, or it will eat the chicken.

This riddle is going to be a breeze.

I mean, how hard is it to take a chicken, a fox,

and a sack of grain across the river?

-Is that it? That's all she left?

-That's it?

-Not a chocolate, nothing?

-This is going to be so easy, man.

With all four of us.

What if... Does the chicken have to be alive or can I eat it?

Dude, all three of them have to be on the other side,

so they have to be alive.

-If you're hungry...

-So we can eat it after?

I got my boys with me, so we got this. Let's do it!

'Amanda and I were going to sneak into Kate's office to steal

'the key to the costume closet, but...'

we weren't expecting to see Phoebe.

So, how we going to get the key now?

Well, uh, since Phoebe's there,

why don't we just come back tomorrow or, like, next week?

No. Follow me.

-Hi, Phoebe.

-Hi!

I was wondering if you could show me a yoga position.

I think it's called child's pose.

-Oh, my goodness, I would love to show you...

-Not me.

..both the pose.

I would love to show you both.

'I'm so happy.'

I'm, like, bursting with joy inside.

Finally, one of these kids wants to connect with me.

It's actually a rather simple pose.

-This is it, Amanda.

-That's great.

'I feel...'

I feel pretty bad about stealing the key.

I mean, stealing is the worst thing you could ever do.

OK, thanks, Phoebe. I appreciate it.

-I've got more.

-That's fine, we're good.

-OK, bye.

-Lovely to see you girls.

-You too.

I just hope I can figure out how to stop this.

Eldon, man, put your chicken tag on.

I don't know who the chicken is if you don't have your nametag on.

'Right now, I just thought maybe we should layout this riddle,

'so that we could'

get it done quicker. So I made a river.

'We've got nametags on, each playing a character.'

We're just working out the riddle.

OK, we've tried chicken off the top,

so I don't care, let's try grain.

-OK.

-Maybe there's something we're not seeing.

'Honestly, I think I'm doing quite well on Riley's list. So far...'

I've been getting them done pretty quickly.

Although I'm not going to lie, it's a lot of work.

No, man, this isn't going to work.

I'm the fox, he's the chicken, fox eats the chicken.

-Ah, let's go back.

-Come on, let's get in the boat.

Back to this side.

OK, Chicken, get in the boat.

-All right.

-Let's go. Get in the boat.

I'm just tired of this. I thought this was going to be easy.

-I know, man.

-OK, hop out. OK, now what?

-Um... Grain, get in the boat.

-All right.

OK, hop out. OK, we're all good, yeah?

Yeah, this is looking good!

If he gets in...

Oh, James, are you serious right now? Look at this.

Ohh.

I'm the grain, and he's the chicken,

and he could eat me if I'm over here.

It's a lot harder than we initially thought.

Eldon keeps eating me.

But, what, if I were to bring the fox over there,

the fox would have eaten the chicken.

The chicken is causing havoc on all of our lives right now.

Why don't you teach the chicken martial arts?

-There we go!

-So it can defend itself.

I think that's a brilliant idea cos then

Chicken wouldn't get eaten by the fox.

You can't teach a chicken how to do martial arts.

Especially against a fox.

Uh, yeah, I've seen fighting chickens. I've seen it.

The martial arts idea is ridiculous. Teaching a chicken martial arts?

We can't teach the animals anything.

They have to stay how they are.

Everybody on this side of the river bank. Let's go.

I'm not going to lie to you, it's going pretty bad right now.

It's definitely a hard riddle, but we got to keep trying.

Hurry up.

'I don't know if I'm going to let Emily join me officially.'

I think I have to see what lengths she'll go to first.

'I really don't want to do this,'

but I don't have enough proof to expose Amanda yet.

-OK, here.

-Thanks.

-Uh...

-So we shred them.

When Amanda suggests shredding the costumes,

I swear my heart stops.

I can't let that happen.

If we don't have costumes, we can't go to Nationals.

No, that'll take too long.

Um... Let's hide them in the garbage?

The garbage?

Yeah, I saw it in a heist movie, and I know a back way out, so follow me.

'Once they're hidden, I can somehow get them back'

into the costume closet and make sure they're safe again.

'Kate kicked us out of Studio A, so we're in the music room

'trying to figure out the riddle.'

Yeah, it won't work. You just said what if the fox is invisible.

OK, wait, wait, wait. Everything's there.

-You're standing...

-It's not part of the riddle.

-There has to be a way around this.

-We're thinking about this all wrong.

We're not farm boys, we are city boys.

We have to switch our items.

Personally, I think switching the names will really help because

these are all, like, farm animals that they were talking about

so switching it to, like, the city scene

will definitely help us.

Like a raccoon.

A raccoon is a city animal.

-I know.

-That's why he said it.

Anyway, sorry.

OK, we have a raccoon, and then what else? Come on.

-Oh, like, a sandwich.

-Sandwich. Raccoon, sandwich.

A raccoon would eat a sandwich.

So we have a raccoon.

Yo, wait, time out. I'm the sandwich, just so everyone knows.

-Uh, no.

-You're the sandwich, that's fine.

I think I should be the sandwich. I mean, I'm pretty edible.

No, OK, but listen. I'm the chicken and chicken sandwiches are the best.

'I mean, I appreciate them brainstorming different ideas,'

but if we could just focus on the real riddle more,

that would be greatly appreciated.

Who cares who the sandwich is. We'll figure it out later.

We need a third object.

Yes, who cares who the sandwich is. I'm the sandwich.

Uh, the city. Think of the city. Um...

-Yo, money.

-Yeah, money. A bag of money.

Yeah, there we go.

That could work.

-It works.

-A raccoon, sandwich and a bag of money.

But a sandwich doesn't eat money.

No, but it cost money.

Exactly. Oh, yes.

That's a good one.

OK, now I guess it's raccoon, money and sandwich.

I mean, if that's what it takes to get them to focus, whatever,

change the things.

# Go, go, shake it, go

# Go, go, shake it, go

# Go, go, shake it, go

# Go, go, shake it, go. #

I have had enough of the chicken, and the fox, and the grain.

'I've come into the music room to get the costumes for Nationals

'and I see the boys are still working on their riddle.

'Honestly, I don't have time for this.'

Where are the costumes?

We put them right here.

James, they're not there. Where are the costumes?

I put the costumes there, I swear.

If we don't have the costumes, we can't go to Nationals.

I promise you, me and Emily put the costumes there.

-OK, so you and Emily received the costumes, right?

-Yes.

-OK, let's go find Emily.

-OK.

'You walk into Nationals without costumes,'

you automatically get points taken off.

If you have points taken off before you've even hit the stage,

you're done for.

Emily. Office, now.

'When Kate calls me into the office, I'm a little nervous. I mean...'

It could be about the costumes, it could be about something else.

I just know it's not good.

Do you remember anything suspicious happening

-when the costumes were delivered?

-No.

I'm not asking you, I'm asking Emily.

Uh, when they were delivered, no.

I really didn't want James to be dragged into this.

I completely forgot he was with me when we put the costumes away.

And you're positive you dropped them off in the costume closet?

Yes, we put them right where I showed you.

I definitely put the costumes there, and Emily knows it.

So, I just want to make sure everybody knows

I put the costumes there.

We're going to have to tell the other dancers.

OK.

'I can't call Amanda out yet.'

No-one believes me about anything.

And besides, my first priority is getting those costumes back.

Guys, I have some bad news.

What is it?

What's going on?

-The costumes are missing. They're gone.

-What?

They're not in the closet.

'When Kate realises that the costumes are missing...'

I try and hide the smile on my face. I mean...

Messing with The Next Step just makes me happy.

I don't know why.

Hearing that the costumes have gone missing...

..is the worst possible thing that I could've heard right now.

Who would want to steal our costumes?

Maybe it could be Elite?

I don't... I honestly don't know.

OK, let's not panic. Maybe they've just been misplaced.

We'll all split up all over the studio and look for them.

Good idea, Chloe. So...

You take the foyer and I'll take the change rooms.

I say Emily will look in the foyer, so no-one else will look there

and find the costumes hidden in the garbage.

OK, well, let's go. Go look.

'Emily hasn't really kept me in the loop with everything, but'

I have a feeling that Amanda has something to do with this.

HE SNIFFS

'When I see West, he is acting'

so weird.

But then again, it's West, so it might be normal for him.

Hiss! Back it up. Never pet a raccoon.

What are you doing?

Oh, I'm just channelling my inner raccoon to try

and find the costumes.

When I take on characters like these,

I really like to become a method actor.

You know, I don't like to just do it, I want to live it.

I...I've looked everywhere.

I looked in the music room, in the hallways, and I can't find them.

Hopefully someone else will, so...

'I am extremely worried about the costumes.'

But then it hits me - raccoons like the garbage.

I don't even know what raccoons do. What do they do?

Raccoons go in the garbage. You should go in the garbage.

The garbage! Nice! Good one, Emily. Thanks!

Yeah. Uh, good luck.

I really hope this works.

Or we're sunk.

Any luck?

-ALL:

-No.

I can't believe no-one has found the costumes.

I looked everywhere, everyone looked everywhere,

and the costumes are nowhere in sight.

What are we going to do without costumes?

'No-one found the costumes. I guess Emily's hiding spot worked.'

That impresses me.

'I have no idea whether West is going to come through or not,'

so I'm getting really, really worried.

Hey, guys, I found the costumes.

-Oh, yes!

-Oh, my gosh.

I am so relieved. I have never been happier to see him.

Where'd you find them?

I, uh, found them in the trash.

Why were you in the trash?

Who goes through garbage trying to find costumes?

Well, if you must know...

As I was channelling my inner raccoon,

the trash just spoke to me, and voila.

It was just right there, on top of the garbage.

'I mean, I didn't really have to do much except for just be'

a method actor.

So, you climbed in the trash?

Yes, I did.

Who cares where you found them? We have costumes!

THEY CHEER

You need a shower.

Yeah, go wash those hands.

OK, give me these.

These are coming home with me for safe keeping

until we leave for Nationals.

Yeah, you do that.

'West finds the costumes in the garbage,

'but Emily was supposed to be'

guarding the foyer so no-one else would look there and find them.

'I don't get it.'

We're going to Nationals!

'When I saw'

the costumes on top of the garbage, I mean,

at that moment I was a raccoon, but if I was West in that moment -

IF I was West -

I'd probably think,

"Why are the costumes on top of the garbage?"

I mean, was someone trying to throw them out?

Who would throw out brand-new costumes?

I am a little upset because I wasn't able to expose Amanda.

-One, two, three...

-ALL: Raccoon!

Yeah!

I guess I'm just going to have to stick with Amanda

a little longer than I had hoped.

So, why did you want me here?

We've been waiting for you.

'We decided to take a very professional approach to it'

'because we want to show her'

how hard we worked on this riddle.

-Hi, Riley.

-Hi...

Today, you will be playing the role of the sack of grain.

You know why?

Because we figured out the riddle.

'We asked Riley to play the part of the sack of grain,

'because West, he kind of took the raccoon thing too far,'

so he's out somewhere being a raccoon, literally.

If you may, come with me to the river bank. Follow me.

Gentlemen, please welcome the newly played role

of the sack of grain, replacing West - Riley.

'The riddle was, honestly,'

it was so long.

It took us the whole day and we worked so hard.

Chicken, in the boat, please.

Off the boat.

'It's kind of funny to see James'

take this so seriously

because obviously he never takes anything seriously.

Grain, my sack, in the boat.

I'd appreciate it next time, if you're in the boat,

to rub my shoulders as we cross.

Chicken, in the boat.

Yeah, that's right. He taught a chicken how to row.

Chicken, off the boat. Fox, on the boat.

Hey, hey, hey. Watch yourself. On the boat.

That's right. He taught the fox how to give a massage.

Fox, off the boat.

I'm watching you.

Chicken, on the boat.

Yeah, he taught the chicken how to do both.

Chicken, off the boat.

A little seasick but he'll be all right.

That's it, that's the riddle.

All three of you are on this side.

That mean's you have to cross off number eight.

'Having solved the riddle feels so great'

because it took so long and so much work to solve this riddle,

but it's done, baby, it's done. It feels great.

Honestly, I didn't think it was going to take him this long.

I want a congratulations. Bring it in.

Give me a hug. Ah, watch the water! You have to jump.

-I'm not jumping.

-This is deep. The tide is strong.

Riley, jump.

Riley, jump. We worked all day on this. Thank you.

-All right, let's go.

-Now can we go?

-We have to row. Stay in the boat.

-I don't want you to drown.

-Oh, my goodness.

Thanks, guys.

'Honestly, paddling my girl, out of the music room,'

I feel like a boss.

But I had to keep paddling because we're still in the river.

With everything that's been going on with the missing costumes

and the whole Amanda situation, it's nice to know that James is

still there to make me laugh.

How are we going to get back across?

Oh, don't worry about that, Chicken.

See, I'm hungry.

Ahh!

# We

# We're gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off

# This place

# You

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows We own this town. #