"Uh, her sister."
"Correct," replied Xellos as Lina shivered. "Amelia, what is the name of the Demon Dragon King?"
"Gaav."
"Once again correct! Zangulus, who's the coolest character in Slayers?"
"Hmmmm... Me!"
"Incorrect. The coolest and most kawaii character in the series is me!" Xellos announced.
"WHAT?!" shouted all the contestants together.
"XELLOS is the correct answer!" Xellos insisited.
"Why, you little..." Lina muttered.
"So, Sylphiel, give an example of a Chaos spell."
"The Giga Slave, which should NEVER be used..."
"Correct. Filia-"
"Bank, Namagomi."
"Who's better, mozaku or ryuzoku?"
"WHAT?" Filia protested. "You can't keep asking opinion-based questions. The answers are all based on YOUR opinions!"
"Yare, yare. I suppose you're right. Okay, name a mozaku that almost wiped out the Golden Dragon race during the War of the Monsters' Fall."
"That... would.... be... YOU!" Filia shouted, shaking with anger.
"Correct! Very good, Filia!" Xellos smirked as Filia scowled. "Martina, who killed Gaav?"
"Phibrizzo!" Martina replied. "How could I forget that? Another monster tricking me!"
"Correct again. Lina-"
"Bank."
"How is-" Xellos started as he was interrupted by the bell. "And that's the end of the second round. So, it's time once again to vote off... The Weakest Link!"
Although last round the statistics were unable to be stated because GOURRY held everyone up, this round's statistics were cited. Filia is the strongest link in this round, because even though she took a while answering, she DID answer her question correctly and was the only one to bank money. Zangulus is statistically the weakest link, since he answered his question incorrectly-
"THAT'S BECAUSE XELLOS SAID HE WAS THE BEST CHARACTER!!!" Zangulus shouted.
I forgot that the contestants can hear the announcer too. Oh well. Anyway, those are the facts, but how will the votes go?
"We've got a certain amount of gold pieces banked, but only ONE will walk off with the money," Xellos said. "The rest will go home... with nothing! Who's a few pages short of the Claire Bible?"
The audience laughed again.
"And now... voting off..."
Lina: "Zangulus".
Amelia: "Filia".
Zelgadis: "Zangulus".
Martina: "Zangulus".
Sylphiel: "Filia".
Zangulus: "Filia".
Filia: "Zangulus".
"So, Zelgadis, why'd you pick Zangulus?"
"He answered his question incorrectly."
"It wasn't fair!" Zangulus protested.
"And Zangulus," continued Xellos, "why Filia?"
"She took too long."
"It was Xellos's fault for picking such a stupid question!" Filia argued.
"Well, whatever the case, Zangulus, you ARE the weakest link!" Xellos pointed out. "G'bye!"
And Zagulus took the walk of shame off the stage.
Backstage...
"You all saw that question! It was Xellos that said he was the best character! I'll get him for that someday!"
"And we're now starting round 3!" Xellos announced happily. "As for the winner... That's a secret!"
"Xellos, would you QUIT THAT?" Zelgadis muttered, annoyed.
That's it, Xellos. You're out of the story.
"WHAT?!" Xellos protested, making his most pleading face. "It was just starting to get interesting!"
Hmmmm....... Oh, fine, but you'll have to be a contestant.
"Very well, then. It might even be more interesting that way!"
"That's too many people!" Amelia pointed out. "We can't have 9 rounds! We're on a schedule, you know!"
All right, to continue the Slayers version of The Weakest Link, we'll need a new host, and perhaps we can just vote off someone else.
"Fine," replied the contestants. The audience was pretty excited at this sudden change in plan.
Who should I pick as a new host? Ah, I know!
The new host chosen by the almighty announcer suddenly walked onto the stage, her hair over her eyes as usual. "Oh, Lina..." she said, then smiled.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lina screamed, then ran out of the game show room, getting as far away from the Weakest Link studio as possible.
"Well, I suppose that solves that problem," Xellos smiled, taking Lina's place.
The new host smiled too. "Well, we should be starting the third round soon. Ready?" Luna gazed in amusement at the huge trail of dust Lina had left behind, and at the Lina-shaped hole in the wall at the end of studio.
And the audience just gaped, so surprised by Lina's sudden outburst.
Xellos had become a contestant; the Knight of Ceipheed had taken over as host.