TOTAL POKE-DRAMA: TO THE FILMS

EPISODE 4

MEAN EVERYONE


"Last time, on Total Poke-Drama, To The Films!"

"After being divided into their teams of 7, our 14 contestants were locked behind bars for the three-part prison challenge!"

"Xavier tried to grow closer and closer with Jesse, but all Jesse wanted was to be further and further from Xavier!"

"There were punches, beatings, and boiler rooms as the two teams vied for invincibility! ThunderShock dominated the first two parts of the challenge, but when it came to the part of the challenge that meant most, 5 of Thunder Shock's 7 found themselves locked tight behind bars! And not to mention Drake refused to win the challenge for them!"

"That refusal was what got him the first boot, finding himself being driven away on the Limousine Of Loserdom!"

"He wasn't the only member of a team who found themselves in sour water for trying to throw the competition, however, as Ashlyn, Drake's closest friend, found herself in the same predicament on the other side!"

"Is there any chance Maria will ever learn to forgive and forget?"

"How will Ashlyn react to Drake's elimination?"

"Who will be voted out?"

"Find out tonight, as the contestants GET SCHOOLED, on TOTAL!"

"POKE-DRAMA!"

"TO!"

"THE!"

"FILMS!"


*Cue Intro* (In Profile)


NIGHT 3 - AFTER ELIMINATION CEREMONY

RELEASED ON TV: 2nd Week Of June, 2017

Those from Team Thunder Shock had just returned from the elimination ceremony, males filing into the males living space and females filing into their own. In the female living space, before Thunder Shock returned, a lot of the females were left to hang out amongst each other. Maria, Ally, Julliet, Ashlyn, and Bayley. Ashlyn and Ally had started talking with each other, looking to get to know each other due to their new mutual friend, Drake. Then there was Julliet, who was lying down, under her covers, curled up and everything trying to get some shut-eye. And then, Maria, looking into the mirror in the room, large paws pushing against her face as she attempted to work on her makeup, letting out low growls as Bayley, the fenniken, continuously tried to huggle up on top of her...


[Confession = Maria]

"Why is it that I had to be on the same team as a bunch of idiots? If I had known these mons would be so damn annoying I wouldn't have picked them! Maybe if I had chosen the others, my team would have won all three challenges yesterday, instead of just the last one!"

"Bayley is so damn clingy, Ashlyn and Ally are drawn to Drake for whatever reason, Ashlyn to the point where she tried to THROW THE CHALLENGES FOR HIM YESTERDAY, Matt is just a fucking dickhead, All Julliet does is mope around and cry about her 'love', and Mark is just the shadiest, most pathetic loser I've ever met."

"Drake had better been voted off of the other team! I need everyone on their A-Game tomorrow so we can dominate, instead of just getting lucky when it came to the win! I'll give Matt one thing, he was the ONLY REASON we won yesterday!"


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"Gosh... I'm really concerned for Drake... I mean, I know he seems confident that it isn't him going home... But I'm still worried... Ally seems pretty worried too..."


[Confession = Ally]

"Did I, at one point, think Drake was definitely staying if his team lost? Yes."

"Were those thoughts tossed into a cold, dark oblivion when the voice of him refusing to win the challenge for his team rushed through the Speakers in the Prison?"

"Yes."

"I would be surprised if he stayed."


The sound of the door handle jiggling causes everyone's ears to perk up (well aside from Julliet, who at this point was dead-asleep).

Ashlyn, Julliet, Maria, Bayley, they all turn their heads to watch as the one female from Thunder Shock pushed open the door and stepped inside, kicking it shut behind her.

"So, tell us," Maria is first to speak up, glaring, "Who'd you guys vote out?"

Kristen rolls her eyes at the glare and demand to answer the question, turning and padding over to her bunk, one of the bottoms, hopping up onto it and lying down, forming a small curl atop her bed, "The stupid Mudkip who threw the challenge."

"WHAT?!" Ashlyn squeals out loudly, eyes widening very much so at hearing that, "B-B-But... Wh-Why?!"

"He threw the challenge. Plus, he's the weakest out of all of us, he deserved to go."

Ashlyn looks down at the ground, head hanging in shame...

"You okay Ash?" Ally asks in a soft, hushed tone, reaching her paw out and resting it along Ashlyn's back, "Don't worry... You can still make it far. I'll make sure of it."

Ashlyn just sort of silently shook her head, low whimpers easing out from her maw...

Ally gently rubs Ashlyn's back, letting out a low sigh...


[Confession = Ally]

"I can understand why she's taking this so badly, but really... This is a lot more than I expected after thundershock lost... No matter though. I can pick her up, and we can work to get her as far as possible. Me and Matt."


[Confession = Maria]

"YES! HAHAHA! OH YES, THIS IS GREAT! Now hopefully that bitch can focus on what is important! WINNING!"


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"D-Drakes gone... H-He's actually g-gone... I-I... *Gulp* I... I can't believe it..."


"How about we go ahead off to bed, Ashlyn?"

With a small sniffle, Ashlyn would nod in response to Ally's suggestion, dragging her paws as she padded toward her bunk, the one right beside Kristen, and on the top. Ally slept on the bottom one.

With help from Ally, Ashlyn was guided up to her top bunk, where she lied down, planting her face into the pillow, and softly cried herself to sleep.

Ally lied down below, and it wasn't much longer before Maria and Bayley also found themselves climbing into their own bunks, Maria a bottom beside Julliet's and Bayley's on top of Maria's. Of course, Maria turned the light in the trailer off before making her way to bed.


Back in the males trailer, Matt and Mark were left having to hang out with each other. Though they didn't really try to. They both left themselves on opposite sides of the room, Matt on one end, and Mark on the other...


[Confession = Matt]

"So, you guys at home are probably wondering what the hell I went off looking for in the prison. Evidence is all I have to say, incriminating evidence at that. And I'm going to use that to make the lives of those prisoners better, try to convict those two fucked up guards. That'd be the day, huh?"

"Well, I have the evidence. Right here," He lifts up a large packet of papers, waving them around and showing them off. Only the one on the front could be seen. showing one of the guards, the Charizard, tossing a flamethrower on one of the prisoners, "Yeah after this game, they're going down. And maybe I'll keep one of the pictures to remember that day. Maybe." He grins, lifting up a little backpack and shoving the photos inside.


[Confession = Mark]

"Quiet is nice. It is. But this is NOT what I want! I want CHAOS ON THIS MOVIE SET! I WANT CHAOS ON MY TEAM! And what would be the best way to toss us into chaos?!"

"Lose tomorrow's challenge!"

"Yeah, we need to lose tomorrow, and throw this team into a chaotic mess! Because that's how I rule! IN CHAOS! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!"


The shaking and rattling of the door handle being turned could be heard, catching the attention of Matt and Mark, turning to stare as it opened up, and the males from team Thunder Shock filed in one after the other. James, Jordan, Jack, and Jesse and Xavier, the latter cuddling close to the shivering former.

"Missing the Kip?" Mark asks, letting off the slightest of grins, "He's gone?"

"He's gone," James replies, turning to look at Mark and glaring, "Now shut up, I want some peace and quiet."

A vine extends toward the light switch, right beside the door, which had just been closed after everyone entered, and it's flicked off, the room cascading into a soft darkness, "Everyone get to bed right now."

"Oh shut it James," the familiar voice of Matt speaks up, the Umbreon rolling his eyes, which glowed a dark red in the dull dark... "Like all of the guys are gonna listen to you with the snap of a finger..."

James's head shoots to look at Matt, glaring at him harshly... It was too dark for James to see too clearly, but with Matt being a dark type, he was able to see pretty well in the dark.

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DAY 4

The old, familiar sounds of alarm clocks ringing throughout the trailer suddenly shined into the ears of the sleeping Pokemon in each room. Those sleeping in the female trailer were left dull, quiet, and most groaning at the sound. Although one Pokemon in there seemed peppy about the situation, Bayley, who almost immediately sprang to life and giggled cutely!

"Uuugh, it's bad enough having some random alarm wake you up, but now with the giggling too!" Maria spoke in a harsh, annoyed, and bothered tone, glaring toward the clock, growling lowly, "Uuugh, turn it off!"

Bayley only gave a slight chuckle at Maria's annoyance, leaping out of her bed and making her way over to the clock, pushing down on the button to turn it off. Although, she noticed a note beside the alarm clock...

"Oh, a note!" She announced, looking over it and reading it aloud to the other girls, "'As soon as the alarm clock goes off, shower up and meet at the craft services tent for breakfast', Oooh I wonder what this could be about!"

"It's still dark out... Why does he want us awake so damn early...?" Ally groans out lowly, slowly rolling off of her bed and onto her paws... She lowered her head and took a small sniff of herself, something she used to do often in her normal wake-up procedure...

... And she gave a small gag...


[Confession = Ally]

"Oh my Arceus... I smell just... Just... Terrible! I need a shower, bad!"


"Ugh... Well, at least we have time to shower... Hopefully." - Ally


"What the hell is Donny thinking, having us wake up this damn early! The suns not even out! It hasn't even started rising yet!" James was pissed, yelling out in full anger and rage in the guy's trailer, something he was prone to do at any time, anywhere.

He was almost immediately met with a paw to his cheek, a black paw, that of Matt's, the Umbreon glaring back at James, slowly shaking his head, "You need to cut this out, James. Yeah, we get it, it's early. We don't want to be up either. But all your complaining is doing is making this worse for us, dammit, so shut the hell up."

James's head snapped back to look at Matt after the slap, a heavy glare drawn on him, eyes of rage and fury shining through his eyes... "What the fuck are you thinking...?"

"I'm thinking you need to calm the hell down. Go punch a pillow or something, as long as you stop reacting like this, okay? We're all tired, that challenge kept a lot of us up, and that ceremony I know kept you up longer, even if we went to sleep at the same time. Just calm it the hell down."

James stays silent...

... Breathing deeply...

... Glaring hard at Matt...

... Before letting out a long, drawn-out sigh, shaking his head, turning, and walking off back toward his own bed, hopping onto it and starting to tear up the pillow to try and take his anger out of him.


[Confession = James]

"That prick actually thinks he can just slap me and get away with it?! Fuck that prick! He's dead today! Dead!"


It was only about an hour and a half later by the time a majority of the contestants were in the craft services tent, gathered along and sitting on the separate benches beside their team members. Only one Pokemon was missing, Maria.

Though she soon walked through and into the tent, her fur soaking wet after taking a nice, long, steaming shower. She swayed her body in a perfect manner as she stepped into the tent, long fur rustling through the air with every movement she made. She looked simply gorgeous.

"You gonna sit down or what?"

Her parade of beauty is interrupted by one of her teammates, Matt, who was left in somewhat of a pissy mood after the altercation with James that morning, and the early and rude wake up from the alarm clock...

Maria stops a moment... Sends Matt a long, drawn-out glare... And then walks up to the benches, sitting down across from Matt, and glaring him down...

"Everyones here?" The familiar voice of the host asks, stepping into the tent, wearing a nice, yet cheap looking suit and tie, grin worn on his face and holding up a billboard, "Allow me to take attendance."

"The hell are you spewing on about?" James prods to Donny, also in a bit of a pissed off mood it seems, "You're talking like we're in class or some shit and you're some pathetic teacher."

"Well, maybe because in a good hour from now, class will be in session for you?"

"What's that supposed to mean?" - Ally

"Oh Arceus, this better not be..." - Mark

"Are we going to do a school challenge today?!" Bayley shouts out excitedly, eyes wide and excited for the day ahead!

"That is correct! Today's challenge will be school-based! And with a special twist!"

"EEEEEEE!"


[Confession = Bayley]

"Oh yes! Oh yes yes yes yes YES! I LOVE SCHOOL! YAAAAAY!"


Not everyone seemed as excited for today's film-based challenge as Bayley, most groaning in annoyance, some just not even speaking, though Ashlyn didn't really react, head down on her table and sighing softly...


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"Drake always loved school..."

"... He would have loved this challenge..."


"Now then, if you can shut it and let me explain!"

The room slowly goes quiet.

"Great! Alright, so we're finally going to be utilizing the sets today. Most specifically Sets A and B. Set A will be where the real challenge happens. It's a school gym set, and you'll be playing team dodgeball! 5 Pokemon on the field at a time, same rules apply with regular dodgeball. The first team to score three points, playing to the best of 5, winning one game earning you one point, wins immunity. But, between each game, there will be a socialization period on Set B, which is a mix of hallways, different rooms used to represent classrooms, and a library. It's a maze in there, so I suggest not getting lost. After one team wins, the winning team will then vote for one Pokemon on the losing team to be crowned 'Mr or Ms. Popularity!', and they will also be given immunity, but they'll still have to show up to the elimination ceremony, and they'll still have to vote."


[Confession = Maria]

"Well, that helps! If something happens and the pathetic group of nobodies that work with me and declare themselves a 'team' lose, then I'll surely be voted Ms. Popularity and be given an easy immunity! I mean, I'll still be furious if we lose, but meh, being told I'm popular has never been bad for me~"


"Go ahead, finish up breakfast. When you hear the bell, you better get to Set A within 5 minutes, because if you're late ONCE, you're completely ineligible to win the Popularity Vote!"


HALF AN HOUR LATER

The next scene finds itself set in a large, indoor school gym set. Bleachers, wall decorations, everything that one could need for a pep rally or school basketball game. Or in this case, dodgeball.

The decorations on the wall end up looking familiar to one show, Bayley letting out a small squeal as she walks inside to notice everything, far behind the remainder of her team, and just barely making it in time, the last to enter actually.

"What the hell was that squeal for?!" Maria shouts back, turning and glaring daggers back at Bayley, who didn't seem to take notice to the hostility in Maria's... Everything.

"I know this gym! I know this gym!"


[Confession = Bayley]

"Ohmahgawd! Ohmahgawd! Ohmahgawd! This is the gym from Taiken High School Dreams! Ohhhh yes, I loved that shoooow! Taiken was so cuuuuute!"


"Good for you..." Maria states in a partially harsh and dragged tone, glaring away from the Fenniken.


[Confession = Maria]

"This whole swooning over this 'Taiken' thing better not hurt our chances! I will be damned if that happens!"


CHALLENGE - ROUND 1

A sudden clap can be heard in the distance, contestants looking toward where it came from, the other side of the gym, and watching the host, Donny, the Charmeleon, making his way over, slowly clapping his hands, the same sarcastic manner as most movie villains work their claps, "Welcome, Welcome. This is the first part of the challenge! You will be playing in three rounds of dodgeball. Whoever wins the majority of those rounds earns a point! After the point is earned, we will go to free time, then the second game of dodgeball! There's gonna be free time between every game. Whichever teams wins the majority of dodgeball games, 3 of 5, wins immunity! And, they get to vote one of the members of the other team to also be given immunity. Is that simple enough to understand?"

A majority of contestants give a fair nod. But Jack suddenly raises a paw, and speaks up, "Uh, so, we're down a player. Does that mean that the other team has to sit someone out?"

"Nope! Only 4 pokemon will be on the court at a time, so sitting someone out isn't necessary! They just have one pokemon fresher than you! Oh yes, and after each round, two pokemon from each team have to switch out with two on the court, so everyone gets a chance to play!"

"Go ahead, pick your starting teams, we'll get started!"


The stage was set. One side of the court, lined with red, contained the members participating for Fire Fang. The other side, surrounded by yellow, contained the participating the members for Thunder Shock. There were also benches beside each portion of the dodgeball court, containing the members of each team who were sat out that round. There were also a line of dodgeballs on the black line that separated both teams's sides of the court.

"Kristen, Jack, Jordan, and James playing for Thunder Shock, Xavier and Jesse sitting out!"

"Maria, Matt, Julliet, and Mark playing for Fire Fang, Ally, Ashlyn, and Bayley sitting out!"

"After this first round, two people from each team will switch out. Best of 3 games wins immunity!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"Go!"

Right off the bat, Kristen, Jordan, and James all rush forward toward the dodgeballs, Jack following though at a slightly slower pace. Whilst for Fire Fang, Maria, Matt, and Julliet take on that rushed off toward the dodgeballs, with Mark following behind Maria, pretty much using her as a shield.

Matt reaches the dodgeball line first, leaning his head down and butting the side of the ball, watching as it launches over and collides with the skull of a running James.


[Confession = Matt]

"HAH! I didn't expect that to happen but that was so damn good!"


"AHH!" James screeches, stopping quickly and taking a few steps back, shaking his head, and letting out a snarl, looking toward Matt, "James is out of the challenge, sit down with the others!"

Jordan was also relatively quick to reach the dodgeballs, using a similar headbutt technique as Matt, the ball slamming hard and rushing toward Maria, who quickly rolled out of the way. And that ball, flying past a dodged Maria, shot toward Mark and collided with him head first, slamming him back and onto his back!

Jordan only has to look up and see the damage he had done to feel guilty about that action...

... But Maria took advantage of it, lied on her side after the role, batting a ball with her paw, which rolled to Jordan and collided with his paw.

"Mark and Jordan, sit out!"


[Confession = Jack]

"Things aren't going well at all, we're already two down, some of our stronger two teammates are out of this round, and we only have Mark out, the weakest of their team that's participating. Things are sucking right now!"


Kristen rushes forward and kicks one ball with one of her hind legs. It drills forward rapidly toward Matt, though he quickly rolls onto his back, watching it soaring over him. His reaction time is quick... He raises two paws up into the air, and grasps the ball quickly, catching it!

"The balls been caught! Kristen, that means you're-"

"DAMNIT!" She squeals, glaring toward Matt and letting off a violent growl... Before huffing out, turning, and walking off the court.

This only left Jack, with three dodgeballs by his side. He stares toward the other three. Maria, Matt, and Julliet. Julliet with a ball.

He examined the situation, taking slight thought into what he should do...

... And then Julliet kicks the ball that she has.

The ball races forward toward Jack, who, with a slight gasp of surprise, dodges out of the way, rolling into two of the dodgeballs and knocking them away. One of them rolls onto the other side, and Julliet reacts quickly, leaping toward it and kicking it over!

Jack was caught even more off guard by this, evidenced by the time he noticed the ball, it was mere inches from colliding with his leg. And it does, which causes him to kneel a bit, staring up at the other team in shock.

"Jack's out, and Fire Fang scores point 1 in the first round! They only need one more point and this round is officially theirs for the overall score!"


[Confession = Jack]

"Oof, that wasn't the best I could do, I know that for sure. I need a second chance! But, they took me out. *Sigh*"


"Alright, second set!"

"Kristen, Jesse, Xavier and James playing for Thunder Shock, Jack and Jordan sitting out!"

"Maria, Matt, Ally and Bayley playing for Fire Fang, Mark, Julliet, and Ashlyn sitting out!"


[Confession = Maria]

"So yeah, I kept Ashlyn sat out. She's too damn emotional right now, and it could jeopardize a win here. It was better to put in Bayley. Surprisingly..."


"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

"..."

"... GO!"

"Stay there Jesse!" Xavier tells the one he calls mate in warning, trying to assure he stays safe, as himself, Kristen and James all sprint out toward the dodgeballs.

Jesse just sorta gives a small nod and does so, however shaking scared as he watches the scene unfold before him cautiously.

Meanwhile, on the other side, all four teammates rush out at the same, equal time as each other, dashing quickly toward the dodgeballs.


[Confession = Bayley]

"Dodgeball is kinda violent, but it's a game! And all games are fun! So, despite the violence, I'm gonna go ahead and have some fun!"


Bayley could be heard letting off a small giggle, watching her teammates with longer legs quickly outshine her in running, Maria the fastest, reaching the dodgeballs just as Kristen does. They both reach for the closest ball to them, grabbing it at the same time.

They notice just who they're in a pull fight against for the ball, and both growl...

"Just let go of the ball and lose, bitch!"

"Never! We're already down one player!"

"And by the end of the day, you'll be down by two!"

Two soft thuds are suddenly heard.

Dodgeballs colliding with the bodies of the two Pokemon.

They both turn and look over, spotting just what had happened.

Xavier had tossed a boll at Maria...

And Ally had tossed a ball at Kristen...

"Maria and Kristen are out! Need to get off the court!"

James watches the events with a snicker, turning his head and seeing as a ball suddenly rushes quickly toward him, colliding straight in his face once again!

"GAH!" He grunts, shaking his head, opening his eyes to glare toward who had thrown the ball his way.

Matt...

... James snarls, "You little bitch!"

"James is out! Hop off of the court James!"

James turns to look at the host... And with a loud snarl, he walks off the court, following behind a still ticked duo of Maria and Kristen.

Matt watches the Leafeon flee the court with a heavy grin. He was so very distracted by the current watching in pride, that he didn't notice a ball rushing toward the side of his head until it suddenly collided! With a loud yelp, he turns and looks to the mon who had tossed the ball and eliminated him, Xavier.

He huffs out slightly, though only rolls his eyes.

"Matt is-"

"Don't even say it, Donny," Matt interrupts the host...

... But Donny doesn't care, "MATT IS OUT OF THE CHALLENGE! TAKE A SEAT!"

Matt growls lowly, but shakes his head and ignores what seemed like boasting from the Charmeleon, the Umbreon finishing his walk off the court.

This now left Xavier and his 'mate' Jesse, against Ally and Bayley, who had only just then reached the dodgeballs.


[Confession = Xavier]

"Heheh, we're gonna win a point! We're gonna win a point!"


Xaviers ribbon was quick to shoot for a ball, wrapping tight around it and lifting it up. He set eyes on his target, Bayley, the Fenniken with her head down as she tried to lift a dodgeball up with her paws, unable to but struggling hard to do so. Xavier just sorta chuckled, and tossed the ball with his ribbon, watching as it flew toward Bayley!

... But it didn't hit her.

No, instead, a light blue figure shot out in front of Bayley and wrapped her paws around the ball, catching it and landing on her side, rolling onto her gut and pushing up to a stand! Ally had caught the ball!

"Ally catches the ball, eliminating Xavier! Jesse the only one left for Thunder Shock!"

Xavier looked on at Ally with a bit of surprise, but that soon fled his face, and he simply chuckled, "Heh, good catch!"

"Thanks," Ally smiles back, "Hey, could you please bring your 'mate' over here? It doesn't look like he wants to get too involved and I just want to eliminate him in a non-painful way."

"Pffft," Xavier grins a bit, "Jesse's gonna destroy you tw-"

"G-G-Go ah-head.." A voice suddenly calls out, Xavier's ears perking up and turning to look toward Jesse, the Vaporeon now sitting down beside Xavier, an open target, shivering, "G-Get it d-done..."


[Confession = Kristen]

"I see Jesse, the last member of our team in this round, basically sit down, give up, and let the other team best us 2 of 3 so they can be ahead of us in rounds 1-0. I'm fucking furious! Uuugh fuck! We should have taken him out instead of Drake!"


Ally gives a small nod, and gently tosses the ball toward Jesse. It gently hits his side, and rolls away...

"Jesse's out! Which means..."

"FIRE FANG WINS THE FIRST POINT IN THE BEST OF FIVE SERIES!"

Xavier is just left looking at Jesse with his head tilted, looking confused.


[Confession = Xavier]

"I just... Wow. He gave up. He actually gave up."

"..."

"Just further proves he needs help to boost his confidence, and I can do that! Heheh!"


Team Fire Fang gathered among each other and celebrated, whilst those on Team Thunder Shock all gathered up on the court together, most in some silence of sorts, whilst Kristen whipped her head toward Jesse, glaring... "If we lose again, it's you who's leaving."

Xaviers eyes went wide, and he shook his head, watching as Jesse took a small step back, hanging his head, and nodding, "Woah woah woah, Kristen lets not get ahold of ourselves, Jesse is a great teammate and we could go really far with him!"

Kristen let out a huff in annoyance, turning and glaring now to Xavier, "A great teammate? He just gave up what could have been a victory for us. At this rate, with him still here, we're going to be losing every damn challenge."

"But, he can prove himself, can't he?"

"I highly doubt that. But you know what? If you think he can, fine. If we lose tonight, but he did pull his weight, we can just vote you off instead."


[Confession = Jordan]

"Kristen is going way too far right now... It's... Kind of scary."


[Confession = Kristen]

"I may seem loose cannon, but I need to look out for the team. If that means being aggressive about it, then guilty as fucking charged."


Suddenly, a sharp growl came from a member of the team, eyes drifting toward the angered figure of James, eyes set down sharply on the mon who had caught him off guard in the challenge twice! Matt...

Matt was also turned and glaring in James's direction, though wearing a small grin as well.

"... Oh crap, we're gonna have to keep them separated if we want any chance of winning, aren't we?" Xavier suggests shortly, watching the anger between them...


[Confession = Xavier]

"The thought is simple, we simply can't risk Matt possibly taking out James. We'd be at even more of a disadvantage, and with me and Jesse's bums on the line, we need to win! So, for free time, some of us decided to make sure to hold them back from each other. So, Jordan and Jack stayed by James, and me and Jess tried to stay by Matt, keep him from James, make sure they didn't meet back with each other before the next round."


FREE TIME #1

After the challenge, across in the second set, was a large crowd of hallways, along with various doors leading to different classrooms, one double door especially leading into a cafeteria. Posters were strung about the walls, really nailing home the look of a true high school hallway, subtracting the absolute mass of students between any given class.

The contestants had spread among themselves throughout the halls and various classrooms. It was during the moments between the games that somemon had decided it would be a good idea to try and convince another of a possible alliance. Only, this wasn't the first time this mon had asked.

Kristen sat down in the hallway, beside a wall, trying to get some relaxation in before the next portion of the dodgeball challenge, when suddenly, she heard his voice, one she had heard before...

"Helloooo Kristen!"

She let out an annoyed grumble, turning her head to Mark and glaring his way, "What is it you want now, chump?" She definitely didn't seem in the mood for any ideas Mark had.

Mark would just let off a small chuckle, taking a step or two closer to Kristen, grinning, "Heheheh, just wanted to bring up that alliance idea again, see if you had maybe changed your mind?"

"No."

"Come on Kristen, we can really get far in this if we align together! Then we'll have an inside scoop on everyone in each others teams, and we can-"

"Mark, I said no. Get the fuck out of my face," She snarls, claws outstretching from her paw as she pushes Mark away with the aforementioned paw, claws poking against his head, though not pushing in or drawing any blood at all.

Mark stumbles back, staring at the Jolteon, up at her, as she turns her head, and proceeds to pay him no mind, ignoring him.

He huffs out, "Hmmph, fine. Whatever," With his final words to the Jolteon at the time spoken, Mark simply turns and walks off, letting off low, annoyed grumbles.


[Confession = Mark]

"Why can't that snotty, punk ass brat just realize that the best thing for her is to align with me?! This could be the launch off of the greatness of our games! This is the first thing I need to assure my game works me to the end to win!"


[Confession = Kristen]

"Annoying prick, he needs to drown in blood. Take a fucking hint that I want nothing to do with you!"


Sat down at one table in the surprisingly large (for a small portion of a movie set) library, Julliet and Ally were sat across from each other, the two members of Fire Fang not alone though, as lying down atop the table, on her back, staring at the ceiling and shivering, was a third member of Fire Fang, Ashlyn. The Vulpix sniffled softly, continuing her saddened stare upwards.


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"I... I still can't believe it..."

"He's gone... Drake was voted out..."

"I... This was gonna be a fun summer competition, the two of us going far... And he was voted out first..."


"Ashlyn..." A soft voice speaks up, that of Julliet's, reaching a paw over and resting it against Ashlyn's own, gently gripping it, "I understand your pain, Ashlyn... But you have to be strong... For the team, for yourself, for Drake..."

"I... I..." Ashlyn gulps back loudly, sniffling somewhat and shaking her head, "I-I can't... I-I c-can't..."

"But you can Ashlyn, you can... Just try... Try as hard as you can, as much as you can... Drake wouldn't want you to be like this, he'd want you to stay strong and win..."

"I know... B-But I... I can't... I-I'm not good enough..."

"Ashlyn, you are good enough," Ally now chimes in, reaching her paw over and gripping her other front paw, letting off a soft sigh, "And you can prove it. I think you should start for us in the next round for the dodgeball challenge, try your heart out. For Drake."

Ashlyn sniffles... She was starting to tear up... She turned her head to look at Julliet... Then turned it to face Ally... Before letting off a shaky sigh, shivers returning as she looked back upward, "I-I'll try... I'll try... F-For Drake..."

"There we go!" Ally speaks up once more, a bit excited, "That's the spirit!"

"Drake would have wanted this, Ashlyn," Julliet reminds the Vulpix, the Flareon smiling softly toward her.

"I... I know... I know..."


"Oooh, this is where Taiken kissed Samantha!"

"And this is where Taiken kissed Mariana!"

"And this is where Taiken kissed Mandy!"

"And this is where-"

"Is there any place you're looking for that does not involve this Taiken-Whore kissing some girl?!"

Bayley had been running through the halls excitedly, bouncing around happily and giggling as she found places that contained moments from her favorite show, only to be interrupted by the mon who was making sure she didn't get lost before the next challenge, Maria...

She turns to Maria at the question, "I was about to say silly, this is where Taiken kissed Lance!"

Maria goes silent...

...

"... After ten minutes of following you around, you have no idea how much I want my claws to 'kiss' every part of your body."

Bayley's eyes go wide, and silence ensues.


Now we reside in a dolled up looking classroom, looking akin to an art room, many different paintings, and sketches strung about along the walls, art easels and desks existing in the same room.

At this moment, Xavier, Jesse, and Matt all found themselves in the room. Matt was sitting down on one chair, huffing lowly, whilst Jesse sat beside him, shaking in quite a fear.

Xavier sat across from Matt, frowning some at his behavior, "Hey look, you should really calm down..."

"Calm down? I am in the fucking zone! Do you know how therapeutic it was to just... Fucking slam dodgeballs at James's face as hard as I could?! It felt so damn good, and the only thing that would be better is to use my own claws and teeth on that pompous, aggressive ass..."

Jesse simply store forward at Matt's reply, shivers growing, very fearful that Matt may at any point just turn and attack him...

"You're scaring my mate dear," Xavier says, smiling toward Jesse, a ribbon slipping toward the Vaporeon and genty wrapping around his paw, "There there Jess, it's okay..."

"He's on your team, tell me what he's like with you guys. Is he a dick? Is he calm?"

"James can be kind of a dick sometimes, and not the good kind."

"The good kind?" Matt questions, before looking downward below the table and grinning a bit, "Ohhh."

"Yeah, looks like I don't have to answer. But he can be a bit bossy sometimes, and not everyone appreciates it. He's kinda close with Kristen? Like... Sort of. Not for sure just, sort of."

"Right, I getcha."


[Confession = Matt]

"So James and Kristen are likely in an alliance, huh? I can use this..."


"But hey, it might be a good idea to keep a bit calmer Matt. Stuff like that can, of course, put yourself and others on edge, and it probably won't be of too much help in the challenge to be pissed off."

Matt nods at Xavier and his thought process, shrugging, "I mean, I guess. I'll try to calm down."

"Thanks."


[Confession = Xavier]

"Now hopefully, that is enough of a talk for Matt to not try and attack James and try to ruin our shot at winning. Jesse was pretty shaken up during that conversation..."


In a different classroom, looking much more like the generic math classroom, with 5 columns of seats, 5 seats in each column, along with multiple posters hung up around the wall all mentioning weird math puns.

There was one particular poster, that one Pokemon was focusing on... It read 'Dear Algebra, stop trying to find your x, she left you and you will never know y'

"That's a weirdly dark poster to promote in a math class," Speaks up the familiar voice of Jordan, the Luxray having been the one focused on it.

"That stupid poster doesn't fucking matter right now!" Responded another familiar, quite angry voice, that of James! The Leafeon was sitting down in one of the seats, two large red marks on his face from where the dodgeballs collided with him, the ones launched at him by Matt, "What matters is that FUCKING UMBREON thinks he can get away with HITTING ME IN THE FACE TWICE!"

"Okay okay James, you need to calm down a b-" Jack had started speaking up, also in the room, sitting in the seat in front of him, which was turned around to face him. He was interrupted by James.

"CALM DOWN?! YOU WANT ME TO CALM DOWN?! NO! FUCK NO! NOT RIGHT NOW!"

"JAMES!" Jack yelled back, panting deeply, "YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET REVENGE IF YOU ARE THIS TICKED OFF! YOU WILL BE VULNERABLE AND WE CANNOT HAVE VULNERABLE!"

James goes silent... Staring at Jack with a bit of a shocked face...

"Plus," Jack resumes, voice lowered to his normal talking voice, which was still relatively loud, "Calming you down isn't the only reason I'm in here," He turns to look over at Jordan too, standing to their side, now examining the conversation, "I came here to discuss an alliance. Us three, til the end."

"... Are you fucking serious?" James starts, glaring, "With Mr. Religion over there?"

"There's nothing wrong with being religious," Jordan states back, a bit confused at the insult.

"Look, I think it would be best. James, the only pokemon who would expect me and you to work together is Kristen. No one would expect James in the fold, it would be huge."

"... You're really serious, aren't you?"


[Confession = Jack]

"It's quickly becoming obvious that James doesn't trust me, and that isn't a good thing at all. It will take some time, but I can resolve that issue."


"Yes, I'm serious. Just trust me, we can make it far with Jordan as well."


[Confession = James]

"Something is telling me this could lead into us turning on Kristen, and I would have to think hard on that. Kristen could be a benefit but... Eh, I don't know if I trust her. When you're this angry for such a long amount of time, trust is something you need to rely on. That and brute fucking strength, and I have a shit ton of that too!"


"... Fine Jack, I'll give it a shot."

Jack nods to James, smiling, "That's all that I was asking for."

A rather loud beep noise comes from the P.A. System of the school set, and the voice of Donny Perkins rings through, "Free Time is up! Get back into the gym for the next round!"


CHALLENGE - ROUND 2

After the contestants had filed back into the gymnasium for the next challenge, they were given notice that things looked a bit... Different. There were six balls on the court, when before there was the same amount of dodgeballs as there was pokemon on each participating team.

"Contestants!"

Donny's voice rings through the gym, heads turning to view the Charmeleon, who grinned ear to ear, standing atop the Raichu's shoulders, one of the two assistant-like Pokemon of the show, Davis.

"Welcome! To the showdown scramble!"

"Showdown Scramble?" Questions Xavier, tilting his head, "What's the showdown scramble?"

"It will be all members of one team against all members of the other! Six against Seven!"

"WHAT?!" Seems to shout a majority of Thunder Shock in surprise, most with wide eyes, knowing now they were outnumbered for this challenge, in such an unfair manner.

"That's right! And just in case any of you were wondering, it's still best of 3! Now everyone get out on that court!"


[Confession = Kristen]

"Fire Fang is given a one player advantage, and that's completely unfair! Donny is basically trying to hand fire fang this round!"


[Confession = Maria]

"Pfft, the look on everyones faces on that other team were hilariously adorable~ Especially Kristen's! Heheheh~"


Each side of the court was lined with each member of each team, the six of Thunder Shock cautiously eyeing down the seven of Fire Fang. Due to the numbers advantage on Fire Fang, Thunder Shock was allowed to start one quarter closer to the dodgeballs than last round, while Fire Fang started in the same place.

Both teams awaited, eyeing the balls... Ready to break out into a burst for them... Well, not everyone from each team, Jesse from Thunder Shock was a bit apprehensive, and Jordan was a bit shaky too, as was Ashlyn from Fire Fang, very shaky.

...

"GO!"

As soon as the word sounds from Donny's mouth, a majority of the members of both teams race into a sprint, six of Fire Fang and four of Thunder Shock. Jesse and Jordan were both staying behind, and so was Ashlyn.

With Thunder Shock being given the advantage of starting closer, everyone on that time reached the set of dodgeballs before anyone on Fire Fang did, Jack even going as far as twisting around and sliding backward, kicking one ball with a hind leg, before leaping to the side, twisting back in mid-air, and placing his paw down on another ball, seeing the damage he did.

The ball had knocked Bayley clean in the face, casting a yelp from her and blasting her back a bit, being knocked into the mon behind her, who had only been using her as some slight cover, Ally.

Kristen and Xavier reach the dodgeballs as well, and Kristen out of the gate delivers a mad headbutt to one, causing it to forcefully push out and slam hard against Mark's side, the Zorua. It seemed the tactic for Team Fire Fang here was to put their small ones out in front, their weaker mons.

When Xavier reaches the dodgeballs, he's quick to wrap two up in his ribbons, lift them up! He tosses one wildly, missing just about everyone on the court, but keeps the second to hold until he feels he would need it.

James reaches the dodgeball set right after them, but he isn't left to his own for long, as Ally had grabbed the ball that eliminated Bayley, tossed it over to Matt, who was quick to give it a vicious headbutt!

"GAH!" The sound of harsh dodgeball against face comes for the third time from James, who's rammed hard in the face, again! The ball rolls away, and he shakes his head, growling out in a furious rage!

"Bayley, Mark, and James are eliminated!"

Announces Donny, after all of the events that had taken place over only a short few seconds, a wild start!

Matt is focused on James's pissed off features, chuckling some... Only, he was a bit too focused on him, unable to notice as a ball comes riding toward his side, and collides hard with the side of his gut. He 'oof'ed' hard, turning his head and seeing Xavier as the one who had eliminated him, with his left over ball!

"Matt's eliminated as well! Down to Ashlyn, Maria, Ally, and Julliet for Fire Fang, and Kristen, Xavier, Jesse, Jordan, and Jack for Thunder Shock!"

They had turned a 6-7 game to a 5-4 game, Thunder Shock actually had a player advantage at that point in time!

But, there were only three balls left that Thunder Shock could actually access, one on the line between each side of the court, the one Jack had pushed his paw down on after kicking the first, and the one that had just eliminated James.

This left the other 4 to the four left of Fire Fang, and they were quick to work on picking them up! There were two near Maria, just up ahead of her, the Arcanine grinning and lining up her shot, with Ally and Julliet both making a dash for two separate dodgeballs that were starting to roll toward the other side.

Julliet had to leap forward toward one ball, just barely sticking her claws into it and landing on her gut, lifting her head and looking to the ball, smiling!

Only for a sudden kick of a different ball to cause said kicked ball to collide with Julliet's side, Jack huffing somewhat happily as he eliminates Julliet!

"Julliet is eliminated! Fire Fang down to three!"

One of Xavier's ribbons shoot toward the ball near where James was eliminated from the challenge, a second ribbon though reaching toward the one he had grabbed and was about to use.

However, the sound of two balls being kicked simultaniously can be heard, Xavier's eyes going wide as one of them quickly collides with his ribbon and shoves it out of the way, eliminating him. The ball continues flying though, and it collides with Jesse's gut, who lets out a loud yelp and oof, whimpering...

"Xavier and Jesse are eliminated! Three to Three!"

"JORDAN! FUCKING HELP US!" Kristen shouts out for aid, quickly sliding under Xavier's second ribbon, the one that wasn't hit, launching out for a ball and hitting it hard with one front paw, which launched toward Maria.

Maria only snarls, reaching out for the ball, and...

... Hitting it with her paw... Causing it to rush toward her side, and partially behind...

... And that collides with Ashlyn, who also yelps and backs up, staring down at the ball and gulping.

"Maria and Ashlyn are eliminated! Thunder Shock has three left, and Fire Fang is down to just Ally!"

Ally lets off a shaky gulp, staring down at the other three Pokemon on Thunder Shock... Kristen, Jack, and Jordan... But, she smiles, and reaches out for a ball beside her, the one she was chasing earlier and had managed to stop.

...

"LET'S DO THIS!"

She tosses the ball in the air, waiting for it to fall, before headbutting it hard, just as Matt had done earlier, watching as it very quickly launches past Kristen and Jack, right toward Jordan.

The Luxray stared at it with wide eyes, shaking his head some, lifting up his paws...!

...

... And catching the ball.

He looks down at the caught ball in shock...

...

"ALLY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! THUNDER SHOCK ONLY NEEDS ONE POINT LEFT TO EARN THIS ROUND AND TIE UP THE MAIN GAME!"

Members of Thunder Shock cheer loudly and happily as they earn that point in the second round, whilst those from Fire Fang stare on with a slightly defeated look.


[Confession = Ally]

"Well, gosh... At least I tried, hahah. There's always the second and third points to earn, anyways!"


[Confession = Maria]

"WHAT THE FUCK ALLY, USE YOUR HEAD! YOU DON'T FIRST AIM AT THE POKEMON FURTHEST FROM YOU, YOU AIM AT THE POKEMON CLOSEST FIRST! WE COULD'VE WON IF YOU HAD JUST THOUGHT THROUGH THAT!"


[Confession = Jesse]

"T-That b-b-ball to my b-belly... Hurt..." He was rubbing his gut in the confession area, "T-T-That was a g-good catch from J-Jordan, a-at least... O-Ow..."


[Confession = Jordan]

"I did it! I caught that ball! Oh gosh, I'm so excited, can I say it? Oh whatever, I'm gonna say it! I Fire-Typin Caught That ball!" His eyes go wide, "Oh goodness, forgive me for that inappropriate language!"


"ALRIGHT, SECOND GAME OF THIS ROUND!"

The 6 and 8 members of each team were once again lined up on each side of the court, most prepped and ready to take the dash toward the dodgeballs to get started, Thunder Shock once again being given the advantage of being closer.

However, before the round gets started, Ally, from Fire Fang, turns her head and directs her attention toward Ashlyn, giving off a small smile, "You should come run to thr front lines with us as soon as the round starts."

Ashlyn doesn't turn her head to look back at Ally, instead giving off a small, shakey nod, "O-Okay..."

"Ready... Set... GO!"

Right off the bat, just as before, everyone on Thunder Shock aside from Jesse and Jordan all sprints into action, making a mad dash and beeline toward the objects used to eliminate contestants in this challenge, the dodgeballs, while as a difference to Fire Fang, every member breaks out into a quick sprint. Even Ashlyn can be seen making a jog on her way toward the dodgeballs!

Xavier, running as his as he can, decides to use his body toward his advantage, stretching out two of his ribbons to quickly wrap tight around two dodgeballs before anyone can come anywhere near them, lifting them up and very quickly tossing one toward Julliet, who manages to make a leap over it, landing back down on her paws and continuing her dash. This left Xavier with one ball, pulling it back toward himself quickly.

He comes to a stop where he is, watching on as the rest of his team reaches the dodgeballs, Kristen first, who quickly turns around and outstretches her hind legs, pushing her hind paws up against two balls and launching them outward toward Fire Fang!

At first they are dodged, but the way they are kicked, they end up coming back toward one another and colliding with each other, which causes the balls to bounce out and collide with two members of Fire Fang, one hitting Maria, and the other hitting Ally.

Jack reaches the balls just a second after Kristen does, taking a sharp look back to notice James furiously rushing his way toward them. Jack gets a sorta idea, kicking one ball back and watching as James lowers his head and hits the ball hard with his forehead, causing it to launch out past Jack and toward one specific member of Fire Fang, Matt, very quickly. However, Matt seems to end up dodging to the side of the ball, collapsing to his side on the ground.

He watches the ball closely, watches as it collides with the wall of the other side of the court rather hard, and just sort of grins... The ball ends up soaring straight back across the court, onto Thunder Shock's face, and... Hitting James right in the face.

"OOF!" He yells out, as the harsh ball that he had passed himself collided hard with the side of his face, shaking his head and letting out an absolutely furious growl, whilst Matt simply snickers.

"MARIA, ALLY, AND JAMES ARE ALL ELIMINATED! DOWN TO AN EVEN 5-5 AND WE ONLY JUST STARTED, ASHLYN, MATT, JULLIET, BAYLEY, AND MARK ON FIRE FANG, AND JORDAN, JESSE, KRISTEN, JACK, AND XAVIER ON THUNDER SHOCK!"

Those on Fire Fang, well, Julliet and Matt at least, finally reach the row of dodgeballs, only two being available to them, Matt quickly launching forward and kicking back one of them, Julliet doing much of the same for the other, to assure they aren't taken by those on Thunder Shock. However, Matt, after launching one ball back into the safety of the Fire Fang side of the court, quickly leaped in the path of the dodgeball that Julliet kicked, and he takes that to his favor, outstretching his head and grunting as the ball collides with his head and shoots out into Thunder Shock territory!

It doesn't get too far in there before a ribbon wraps tight around it, catching it, the ribbon of Xavier, who chuckled and grinned, turning to look toward the now eliminated Matt.

"MATT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, THUNDER SHOCK WITH THE MAJORITY!"

Kristen turns to Xavier, taking a sight at how Xavier had caught the ball to eliminate Matt, giving off a devious grin and nodding toward him. Xavier was quick to smile, and nod back toward Kristen, dropping the ball from his ribbons right beside Kristen, so she could use it as needed.

It wasn't too long though, before the sudden sound of a strong breath of fire came into play, and a ball, spinning wildly and shooting almost as quick as the speed of light, collided hard with Xavier's face, the Sylveon letting out a loud yelp of pain and falling back onto his side. His face exposed, holding a huge red mark, both one of collision and burning...

"XAVIER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED! GAME IS EVEN ONCE AGAIN!"

Kristen turned her head to look toward Fire Fang court, taking notice of what had gone down. Ashlyn and Bayley, mid court, stood side by side with each other, flame sizzles leaking from their mouth. Julliet was in the far back, dashing around the court, gathering dodgeballs, passing them to Mark, who would pass them to the girls. Mark at that moment was waiting for Julliet to pass him one, glaring and growling angrily, "DAMNIT! JULLIET, I NEED A FUCKING BALL! THEY HAVE AN OPENING!"

"I'M TRYING!" Julliet calls back, continuing to look around for one, but their court was surprisingly lacking a lot of them, most of them on Thunder Shock's side.


[Confession = Mark]

"Hey hey, don't get me wrong, I want us to lose as much as Maria wants us to win, but I'm not going to downright screw myself up by not making it look like I was trying. That would be foolish to just obviously be not trying, because then Maria's wrath would come down on me just as hard as it came down on Ashlyn, and she's no doubt the next one to go if we lose today. I'm not gonna put myself in the same position as her."


Mark seemed very distracted, not paying any attention to his surroundings, and Kristen took advantage of that knowledge. With the ball Xavier had dropped beside her, Kristen lowered her head behind it... Lined up her shot... And with a loud grunt, rammed her head into the ball, watching as it went flying toward Mark.

The Zorua turned his head quickly, getting sight of the ball, eyes widening. He attempted to quickly leap forward, but definitely not out of the way, as the ball collides hard with his gut, and pushes him back quite a bit, landing hard on his side on the gym floor.

"MARK IS ELIMINATED!"

Bayley turned her head and squealed out at the sight, eyes wide, quickly rushing toward Mark and crouching down to check on him, in a good deal of worry, cuddling close to the Zorua as the Fennekin checked the point the ball had collided with him.

Jack had sat there, he had been waiting for his chance almost the entire game, holding that one ball... And he knew now was his chance.

He reached his paw behind the ball, and quickly flicked it, kicking the ball, watching as it lifted off the ground after the kick, the force of said kick causing the ball to fly toward Bayley. Jack watches expectedly, as the ball just barely pushes against Bayley's ear, quickly passing by her. That... That actually hit her ear.

And Julliet, still rushing around looking for a ball in her distraction, would turn quickly at the sound of a ball roughly colliding with the wall, seeing the ball quickly launch toward her and hit her square in the chest! Julliet yelped, staggering back a few steps, and staring down at the ball, bouncing off the ground a few times before settling, and starting to roll...

"BAYLEY AND JULLIET ARE ELIMINATED! FIRE FANG ONLY HAS ASHLYN LEFT!"

Ashlyn had been sitting in the middle of the court throughout the entire venture, shivering deeply... The flames from her maw still settling and sizzling... She store with fear and regret in her eyes at the remaining four in Thunder Shock... Jack, Kristen, Jordan and Jesse...

And she gave a gulp...

"U-Uh... Uh..."

"Hey, Hey Hey," The sound of Kristen calls out, Ashlyn slowly turning to look toward her, "Yeah you, bitch, come over here so we can just win already."

Many eyes widen and gasps arise from the rather rude comment to the Vulpix, who took a few blinks... Her eyes started to tear up... And she slowly came to a stand, head hung in shame, and taking steps back toward the line...

Kristen waiting until Ashlyn was close enough, before kicking a ball softly toward her, the ball rolling to the Pokemon, about to gently brush up against her leg...


[Confession = Maria]

"That brat better-"


[Confession = Kristen]

"Not-"


[Confession = Maria | Kristen (Side by side confession, yet not together)]

"Catch that damn ball!"


It reaches Ashlyn's leg, rolling forward, just a few short seconds from gracing it...

... Before Ashlyn suddenly lifts her paw up and plants it down atop the ball, pinning it...

... Catching it!

"KRISTEN IS ELIMINATED!"

Kristen store on with furious eyes at Ashlyn, just shaking and fuming with anger... And she suddenly shook her head, turning and walking off the court, letting off a low mumble of "Bitch"...

Ashlyn took a few steps back, staring to the other three, who all at this point had their eyes on her.

The fire in her maw crackled and sizzled, and with a quick action, she shout out a rippling flame thrower, colliding hard with the ball and shooting outward toward the wall, passing beside both Jack and Jordan. It collides hard with the wall, and Jordan turns his head and body to watch, eyes wide as it hits his tail, pushing out off trail, eliminating Jordan for one, and sending the ball quickly toward Jack, colliding with his back, Jack yelping out and collapsing onto the ground, paw rubbing quickly at his back after that rough force...

"JORDAN AND JACK ARE ELIMINATED! WE ARE NOW ONE TO ONE, ASHLYN V JESSE, FIRE FANG V THUNDER SHOCK!"

It was really down to them two. Some of the Pokemon who were proclaimed the weakest on their respective teams, had outlasted the others, one even managing to aid in or complete on their own, three whole eliminations of the other team. Ashlyn huffed and puffed, staring toward Jesse, with eyes wide and shivering near the end of the court.

On one bleacher, Xavier cheered cutely, "COME ON JESSE, YOU CAN DO THIS!"

Maria turned her head toward the Thunder Shock bleachers, glaring toward Xavier, shaking her head, before turning back to the court, "ASHLYN, COME ON! TAKE THIS SHIT HOME!"

Ashlyn and Jesse continued staring toward one another.

Ashlyn had a ball roll up beside her, turning her head to look down at it. She slipped behind the ball, huffing slowly, still shaking, and reaching a paw over, softly kicking the ball toward Jesse.

The Vaporeon watched as the ball rolled slowly toward him, gaze shifting around toward everyone in the room, everything going silent for him in his nervousness. He looked toward Ashlyn, than to the ball...

Ashlyn

Ball

Ashlyn

Ball

Ashlyn

Ball...

... He looked back to Ashlyn, and mouthed the words 'I'm sorry.'

She gave a small nod, hanging her head down as she looked to the ground once more, as Jesse lifted his paw, and pinned down the ball, like Ashlyn had done before.

"ASHLYN HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, THUNDER SHOCK WINS THAT ROUND!"

A lot of the teammates on Thunder Shock let out loud roars and cheers of happiness, Xavier even going as far as hopping off of the bleachers and dashing quickly to Jesse, pulling him in very close for a lovely hug!

Meanwhile, Fire Fang slowly collected themselves around Ashlyn. None of them seemed happy at the situation. Well, aside from Ally and Julliet, who both wore small smiles, and addressed Ashlyn.

"Ashlyn," Ally starts, "You did so well! Don't beat yourself up over this loss!"

"Yeah Ashlyn, you were so great out there!" Julliet assures, pushing up against Ashlyn's side, rubbing her cheek with her own, "You proved you can handle yourself here, that you are an asset to the team!"

"We still lost," Maria let out simply, gazes turning toward her. She turned and started to walk off after those few words shaking her head. Those words sunk deep into Ashlyn... And she continued her shivers...


FREE TIME #2

After that huge outright dodge-brawl between Fire Fang and Thunder Shock, Matt, still along with Xavier and Jesse, found themselves walking through the halls of the other set, searching for a different classroom to explore and wait in for the next challenge. One of Xavier's ribbons was wrapped tight around Matt's front left leg, and despite the fact that Matt was willing to come along, he was still being partially pulled by the plump Sylveon.

The calmness of the situation continued only until the sound of a loud, angry voice burst through the halls, shouting out, "YOU!"

Ears perked, and the trio looked back, watching as James was stomping his way toward Matt and the others, Jordan and Jack trailing behind and trying to stop him.

"What now?" Matt asks, scoffing in annoyance of the situation, of James once more grabbing his attention.

"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!" James shouts, quickly launching forward, though being stopped by Jordan, who launches forward himself and tackles his Leafeon-body down to the ground, pinning him.

"James, No! We can't risk anything right now! We could get disqualified!" Jack slips the words out.

The other five all watched James under Jordan, sparatically squirming, barring his teeth, growling, anything to try and get out from Jordan, "Get off of me you religious prick! I need to fucking end him!"

"Come on Matt, lets go," Xavier suggests, watching Matt...

... Who gives off a grin, and takes a few steps closer to James, shaking his head. Xavier is quickly up on Matt though, ribbons pushing out and wrapping around his legs, starting to pull the Umbreon back.

Matt allows it, though he gives off a bit of a chuckle too, and speaks, "You could never square off with me one on one. You'd get your ass kicked."

Finally, Matt turns and walks off, James continuing his wild squirms under Jordan, trying to get the large Luxray up and off of him! However, it is no use, as Matt, Xavier, and Jesse retreat into a classroom.

"Arceus damn you all..." - James

"I do wish that you don't use Lord Arceus's name in vein..." - Jordan

"Just shut the fuck up."


"I... I failed... I... I... I cost us th-that r-round..." Ashlyn sobs out, lying once more atop the table back in the library, with Julliet and Ally back in their same positions as before, sitting down on the chairs pushed beside said table.

"Ashlyn, really, you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. You gave it your all! Hell, you eliminated half of their team in one round, you didn't cost us anything!" Julliet pleads to the Vulpix in encouragement, smiling at her, reaching a paw over and gently rubbing her gut.

"B-But... I-I still lost... T-The round... H-He caught th-the ball..."

"You rolled it very slowly Ashlyn, it was a way of showing you didn't want to hurt Jesse, because he was so frail and scared. What you did was the biggest move you could make in that game, something that some pokemon here would never think of doing, and that's showing mercy. That's what gets you respect, that's what shows you just how kind and loving you truly are," Ally explains with a small smile, leaning her head over and gently Ashlyn rubbing cheek-to-cheek.

Ashlyn gulps, shutting her eyes and sniffling, "B-B-But..."

"But nothing dear. You gave it your all, and in the end, you chose kindness over victory. That's what really matters, that you showed how caring you can really be," Julliet continues off of Ally's talk, smiling.

"Yeah, you did so good Ashie!" Came the booming young voice of Bayley, bouncing into the room unexpectedly, and making her way over, climbing up onto one seat, and even up onto the table, sitting down beside Ashlyn's lying body, "You showed you can tough it out and that you care! And for that, you deserve a nice big hug!" Bayley giggles, outstretching her front legs and leaning downward, pulling Ashlyn into a tight hug!

Ashlyn gulps, eyes still shut tight, in the midst of the warm hug... She sniffles, "I... Th-Thank you..."

"It's no problem! Now then, are you ready to show what you're made of next round?!"

"I... I... I'll try... A-Again..."

"YES! Thank you Ashlyn, you are the best!" Bayley giggles, letting off a cute smile, continuing to hug Ashlyn tight!


While there are some more kind events going on at that moment, the attempts to cheer up Ashlyn, there are also some not so kind moments mixed along with them. As currently, the Zorua of the competition, Mark, stood in front of a door that leads into an English classroom, was about to stir up some trouble. He grinned deviously, and pushed the door open with one paw, padding inside and watching it close behind him. He looked around the room, seeing just who he wanted to see. Kristen, lying on her side in a corner, resting, eyes open as she store toward Mark, said eyes giving off a roll, "What the fuck do you want now? For the last time, I will not be in an alliance with you!"

Mark just shook his head slowly, taking a few steps closer, "Come on Kristen, you should really hear me out..." Mark would suddenly leap into the air, perform a very quick twirl, before landing back down on his paws, now a Jolteon, though still retaining his Zorua tail, "Heheheh... You wouldn't want me ruining your reputation around here, would y-"

The sound of the door being pushed open rang through the room, Mark quickly turning his head, tail in reveal to whoever stepped inside...

... That being Maria, letting off wide eyes and a gasp of shock! Before growling... "WHAT THE FUCK MARK! WHY ARE YOU TAKING KRISTEN'S FORM, IN THE SAME ROOM AS HER?!"

Mark let off a gulp, almost immediately realizing that this was his tails doing, "Wait, Maria, I can expl-"

"NO FUCKING EXPLANATIONS!" Maria growled out, taking two steps forward, Mark very quickly leaping into the air and performing the twist once again, back into his own Zorua form! He then turns and tries to rush out of the room, but quickly lets out a squeal of surprise, feeling Maria's long, sharp claws poke up into his back!

"YOU ARE NOT LEAVING, YOU ARE ABOUT TO GET THE BEATING OF A FUCKING LIFETIME! YOU'RE IN LEAGUE WITH THE OTHER TEAM, AREN'T YOU?! YOU WERE GOING TO TRY IMPERSONATING KRISTEN NEXT ROUND LEAVING US DOWN TO FIVE! I'M NOT FUCKING STUPID!"

Suddenly, the P.A. once again blared, as it had before, and the voice of Donny rang through the speakers in the school, "It is time for the third part of the challenge! Everyone back to set 1!"

"But you are out of time," Mark replies, quickly slipping away from Maria's long, deadly claws once given the chance, and dashing out of the room, on his way to the set.

Kristen just lets off a huff and small chuckle, standing up, "Seems Fire Fang has some issues to work out," And with that, Kristen also passed by Maria on her way out the door...

... Leaving Maria alone... Letting off a pissed off huff... "Oh they are so fucking dead..."


CHALLENGE - ROUND 3

On court once again, the teams stand, contestants together side by side with their teams, looking over to Donny, who stood in the middle of the court, "Alright, this time, still best 2 out of 3, we're gonna go to a more laid back turn. Everybody, get into pairs, one person sitting out of Fire Fang, and select an order for each pair to jump in. We are doin now! Round one will be two v two, Round two will be a different two versus a different two, and Round three will be the final pair of two left versus the other final pair of two left. No one playing a second time, understood?"

Most members of each team let out definitive, positive responses to the understanding of the next part of the challenge.

"Great! Get in your pairs, and one of those pairs need to get down on the court now!"


"Alright! First round, Xavier and Jesse representing Thunder Shock, Maria and Mark representing Fire Fang!"

Xavier and Jesse were indeed stationed side by side on their side of the court, Jesse giving off shivers as he eyed the large Arcanine from the other team, giving off a shaky gulp.

Maria wore a heavy glare, set ablaze toward the other side, toward Thunder Shock... Though her glare wasn't meant for the other team.


[Confession = Maria]

"After what FUCKING MARK DID during Free Time, I could not resist doing what I then fucking did. It was practically second nature by that point!"


"GO!"

As Donny shouts for the teams to begin the challenge, Maria bursts out instantly, eyes set dead ablaze and forward, flames leaking from her mouth, in pure and utter anger!

Xavier had started walking before, but seeing Maria like that, he gave off wide eyes and simply took a step back beside Jesse, deciding it would be much easier to try and catch the balls rather than get closer and try to grab one before she can, the Arcanine on a war path!

Of course, Maria is the first out of everyone to reach the set of dodgeballs, shoving her sharp nails into said ball, lifting it up, turning it, and out of nowhere flinging it toward Mark!

Almost immediately do the loud gasps of a large majority of the contestants, especially Mark, watching as that ball roughly plants hard against his face, knocking him back, sending him flying in the air, before landing with a hard thud on the ground, on his side... He's left panting and breathing deeply, whimpering...

"THAT'S WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO SCREW OUR TEAM!"

"Mark is eliminated!"

"What?!" Matt shouts in shock from the Fire Fang bench, "What the fuck do you mean, he was hit by someone on our team!"

"Hey, I said get hit by a ball, and you're out. I never said who had to toss the ball in the first place!"

Xavier had managed to wrap his ribbon around the other ball, aiming at the still very large and distracted Arcanine target... Glaring down hard at Mark, who's eyes were left shut, shakily breathing...

And Xavier tosses the ball, watching as it flies over, and collides with Maria's side softly, falling after and landing on the floor of the court, bouncing...

"Maria is eliminated, Xavier and Jesse score for Thunder Shock!"

Contestants on Thunder Shock both let out loud cheers, as Xavier turns to look at Jesse, smiling toward the shaky Vaporeon, who had stayed in the background for just about the entire challenge.


[Confession = Jesse]

"Th-That was... I... J-Just... Th... I-I am s-scared of M-Maria... S-S-So scared..."


[Confession = Matt]

"Well lookie there, huh? The pokemon who got pissed at Ashlyn just for thinking she was throwing the challenge, has just thrown the challenge. She is such a fucking idiot..."


"Alright, round two! Jordan and James playing for Thunder Shock, Matt and Ally playing for Fire Fang!"

James and Jordan stand side by side, Jordan crouching down, prepared to run after some strategy talk from Kristen while everyone picked side. James, right beside Jordan, was sending a certain Pokemon on the other side one hell of a death glare, Matt, who grinned away any guilt that he surely was not feeling in any way shape or form, Ally simply smiling and crouched ready to break into a sprint...

"GO!"

Matt and James both immediately sprint onward toward the row of two dodgeballs, Ally and Jordan sprinting too, however both looking to be taking the hind side, purposely making progress forward slower than the other two.

Matt and James are both dead even toward the dodgeballs, though Matt looks to change that fact, blurs of white starting to form around the pokemon, starting to speed up, steadying his dash... He was using quick attack!

He lowers his head, ramming it into the nearest dodgeball and scooting to a stop, watching as James quickly dodges to the side, mere inches from hitting the Leafeon dead-on in the fact. James hops back into the path the ball had soared through, grinning toward Matt, "Hah! Weak ass piece of shit, what's wrong? Couldn't hit me in the face AGAIN?!"

As James taunts, the blurred lines disintegrating from around Matt, the Umbreon watches as the ball bounces off the wall, coming flying back in the same direction it had originally gone to hit the wall in the first place... And James was much more in the way of the ball...

"Can't look at me eye to eye motherfu- AUGH!" James lets out a hefty yelp, many pokemon watching on the bleachers letting out loud gasps, some wide eyes, and Matt with a hearty grin... As the dodgeball had collided with James's... Yeah... That area...

James's vines wrap around his crotch, the Leafeon falling to the ground, tears slipping form his eyes, filled of pain... "-cker..." He finishes his insult from earlier in pain...

"James is eliminated!"


[Confession = Julliet]

"James may have hurt me emotionally on the first day being here, but Jordan, I'm pretty sure Jordan was right, with what he told me back at the prison. Maybe James does feel bad and want to make things up to me. Whether he is or he isn't though, seeing that... Collision. It didn't feel good at all."


Ally had just reached the center of the court, using a paw to pull away the other free dodgeball, Jordan instead having side-stepped to and taking over the ball that had just ended any chances of James conceiving offspring, pinning the dodgeball under his own paw.

They both store each other off, ready to do as they needed... But waiting for the other to make the first move...

It was pretty sudden when Matt made a sudden dash over and kicked the ball out from under Ally, the Glaceon letting off a gasp, stumbling, watching as the ball goes flying towards Jordan!

The large Luxray's eyes go wide, taking a quick step back, turning his head toward his team and shutting his eyes.


[Confession = Kristen]

"Jordan really just... Fucking... UUUUGH... Fucking asshole! He just stood there and took it!"


The ball quickly collides with Jordans side, falling after the slight collision with the large pokemon, and bouncing on the court floor...

"Jordan is eliminated! Tied One to One, will go to a final round!"


"Alright, final round! Winner here takes the point, no matter what going 2 to 1 against the other! Kristen and Jack representing Thunder Shock, Ashlyn and Bayley representing Fire Fang!"

Kristen and Jack stood tall together, side by side, ready to run, ready to attempt that final point and come to the advantage! Bayley was much of the same, perkily bouncing on her paws and giggling, turning her head to get a look at Ashlyn, who was shaking and shivering...


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"O-Oh arceus, I-I can't do th-this... One of the others i-is the strongest on th-their team... I-I can't do th-this... W-Why did Julliet h-have to be the one t-to sit out..."


"Come on! You got this Ashlyn!" A voice calls from the bleachers of Fire Fang, Bayley turning her head and seeing Julliet cheering her on, "You can crush them! Just try your best!"

Ashlyn gulped... Letting off a small blush, and turning her head back to focus on the challenge, still shivering in fear... "Julliet is right Ashlyn! You can do this~" Her partner in this portion of the challenge, Bayley encourages as well, Ashlyn turning her head to Bayley too and gulping... Her shivers were starting to slow, hearing these encouraging cheers...

Her heart was starting to beat a little faster... Adrenaline was pumping through her...

"Give 'em hell Ashlyn!" Ally cheers out now, smiling, "For Dra-"

"OH SHUT UUUUP!" An angered voice interrupts the soft, tender moment, causing all of these built up emotions from Ashlyn to sort of crack and break! She jumps a bit, turning back to look toward the bleachers, toward Maria, who had let off the scream, "JUST GET THE ROUND STARTED!"

Ashlyn's shivers had quickly returned... A certain fear in her eyes had formed... And she let off a low whimper, looking back toward the court...

"GO!"

Donny shouts off for the round to start, and a very confident Kristen immediately breaks out in a quick sprint toward the center, Bayley doing much of the same though at a much slower pace. Jack stood behind for a second though, thoughts racing through his mind.


[Confession = Jack]

"Damn, that was pretty bad... What happened there with Ashlyn. I'd go for it but with all of her will to win crush, I'd just feel waaay too guilty. So, I decided I'd wait back until I no matter what am required to enter the brawl."


Kristen was quick enough to reach a dodgeball first, but Bayley was determined to get this victory, spewing a quick few Embers, watching as they fly toward the dodgeball that Kristen was only inches away from!

The Jolteon was far too quick though, leaning her head down and delivering a harsh headbutt to the ball, watching as it pushes through the embers, dissipating them, before colliding with Bayley's head, hard! Bayley is sent twisting and twirling, before collapsing onto the ground.

"Bayley is eliminated!"

"ASHLYN, YOU BETTER FUCKING DO SOMETHING!" Maria screams out once again, causing Ashlyn to jump, whining out some now, and starting to take slow, shaky steps closer...

Those steps don't last too long, before Kristen gets her paws on the other ball, and kicks it over with a decent speed. It rolls along the ground, before colliding with one of Ashlyn's paws, the Vulpix letting out a small yelp in surprise as her paw seems to be swept off of the ground, slipping forward and landing face first on the court.

Gasps come from Julliet and Ally, the two Eeveelutions both making their way off the bleachers and bounding toward the Vulpix, who had by that point curled up on the ground, tears starting to slip from her shut eyes.

"Ashlyn is eliminated, Thunder Shock wins their second round in a row!"

It's not too much of a celebration from Thunder Shock though, left somewhat quiet as Ashlyn continues her soft whimpers and cries on the ground, Ally and Julliet both cuddled close trying to calm her.

"Thunder Shock now in the lead, 2 and 1! Only needs one more game to make sure their team is safe! Will they win it all though? Find out after lunch!"


FREE TIME #3

The next scene saw contestants all now sat in a small cafeteria for lunch. There were only two tables, each seating 8, so the cafeteria was almost a perfect fit for the contestants. One seat held the 6 members of Fire Fang, one side seating Kristen, James, Jack, and Jordan, from left to right, and the other side sat Xavier and Jesse, from left to right once again, in front of Jack and Jordan. Xavier was cuddling very close to Jesse, of course, who was still shivering and fearful of the Sylveon.

The other table held the 7 members of Fire Fang, though only 6 seats were being occupied. On one end of the table, Julliet and Bayley sat side by side, left to right, and Ally sat across from Julliet, alongside Ally's mate, Matt, the Umbreon sat across from Bayley. Lying down on the table in front of all of them was Ashlyn, curled up tightly on her side, silently whimpering, tears still spilling after the events that had proceeded at the last part of the challenge. While the other end of the table sat just Maria and Mark, sitting right across from one another, Mark with a huge black eye, and bulging cheek.

Food had already been passed along everyone, and it seemed just about everyone had the same thing. Just a plain old rectangular cheese pizza, a fruit cup, and milk, of different flavored varieties. Everyone was given their own choice on milk, so that was something.

Ashlyn's stomach was letting off low growls in her tight curl, though the Vulpix looked to be ignoring her food, face turned away from her tray, which was positioned between Ally's and Julliet's.

"Geez, she's taking this pretty hard," Matt comments out of the blue, "She was just tripped by a ball."

"It's a lot more than just that Matt," Ally turns to Matt, whispering so Ashlyn couldn't hear, "Hun, she was so hurt when she found out Drake was voted out. She was whimpering all night, she could barely sleep. All this continued bullying and pushing from Maria isn't helping at all either. She really can't take all of this, and we've been trying to pull her back up, cheer her up, everything. But that trip and slam into the court must've been it for her. It may have shattered any little bit of confidence she had left in herself."

"She's only been here a few days, this really can't be hitting her that hard, can it?" Matt asks back, head tilted, whispering.

"Everyone reacts in a certain way to things, she seems to be very emotional. There's really no way to tell... I'm just hoping this doesn't consume her, she's such a nice Pokemon..."

"Ashlyn..." Julliet speaks up sorrowfully, paw having been reached out and rubbing her back, the Vulpix having been faced in Ally's direction in her depressed mood.

Ashlyn gives off a loud sniffle, gulping and shivering against the feel of the paw, eyes shutting back once again...

"Ashlyn... Come on Ashlyn, hon... Are you okay...?" - Julliet

Ashlyn sniffles once more and shakes her head, scrunching up even closer against herself...

Ally lets off a low sigh, reaching her paw over as well and gripping Ashlyn's nearest paw, frowning as she store her face over, "Ashlyn, please calm down... I understand that a lot has gone on for you, and that isn't the best thing, but we can get through it. Maria needs to be ignored, she is just a total bitch, and first chance we get we'll vote her right out."

Another sniffle comes from the fire fox, eyes slowly opening up... "R-Re-Really...?"

"Really Ashlyn, I'm telling you the truth. We're gonna get you to the end Ashlyn, for Drake," Ally smiles to Ashlyn...

... The Vulpix giving off another low sniffle... And nod... She gulps back somewhat, teary eyed... "I-I... Th-Thank y-y-you..."

"Now come on Ash!" The youngly voice of Bayley spouts and giggles, the suddenness of the voice causing Ashlyn to shift a little in surprise! Bayley pushes her food to the side and hops up onto the table, standing over Ashlyn's sad body and giving off a fairly lovely giggle, "We can keep on fighting and win! We may be down two to one, but we just need to win two more games and all of us are safe! Wouldn't that be great?"

Ashlyn looks up to Bayley, eyes tearing up far more... She lets out very low whimpers, but gives off another nod, "Y-Y-Yes... I-It would b-be nice to w-win..."

"So lets give it our all! It's victory time!" Bayley giggles off her own choice of words, sweeping herself off of her paws and onto Ashlyn, hugging her saddened body tight.

Julliet had by this point kept up the rubbing of Ashlyn's back, Ally still holding one of her frontal paws, and Matt just watching on silently, Ashlyn shivering against Bayley's body... Before shifting onto her back, and hugging back... "Th-Th-Thank you..."


"You need to actually fucking try Mark, you can't give in and try to make relations with the other team!" Maria was left in the middle of an argument with Mark, the larger of the two letting off growls, as the smaller of the two sighed out... Rubbing his black eye and bulging cheek, rolling his eyes a bit...

"You hit me in the face with a dodgeball as hard as you could, who the hell does that?" - Mark

"Pokemon who have to deal with teammates who are trying to turn on them!" Maria shouts back in response, glaring hard at Mark, "You're lucky as hell I didn't decide to outright attack you!"

Mark rolled his eyes off from Maria's verbal attacks, starting to simply ignore her and look down at his food, finally beginning to eat up.

"Oh what, are you trying to fucking ignore me now?!" - Maria

No answer, No response from Mark, who kept on feeding.

Maria huffs out in anger, "Fine, go screw yourself. Have fun taking 13th place if we lose!"


[Confession = Mark]

"I am in quite the predicament... I've gotten myself in some trouble, but I know just how to get myself out. Step One of Chaos enters the frame, even if it may be by accident. Sometime soon it will be time to work my magic~"


"All this stuff between Matt and James is kinda crazy, isn't it?" Starts Jack, sitting at his teams table, alongside the other three mentioned earlier, Jordan, Xavier, and Jesse.

"Yeah, it really is. I'm hoping nothing starts between them, and I'm reeeeeally hoping that nothing happens to my big 'ol lovely mate because of them~!" Xavier proses, the Sylveon leaning to his side, up against Jesse's seated side, the Vaporeon letting off a gulp and shivering somewhat...

"Eh, Xavier, Jesse doesn't seem too-" Jordan would start to speak, before suddenly being cut off by a grinning Jack, the Shiny Espeon speaking out to the remainder of this small group of 4.

"So, idea here," He starts, pushing his tray of food off to the side somewhat, "We have us four doing all this work to keep Matt and James apart, and I thought that we were working well enough together with out plan, even if we were separate! So, I was thinking, maybe us four could make a pact to get to the end together!"

"What, ya think so?" Xavier responds, tilting his head, before turning to look to Jesse, smiling, "Well, what do you think Jesse, should we align with them?"

"I-I-I uh... S-Sure...?" Jesse stutters out an agreeing response, very shakily nodding his head.

Xavier frowns a little at Jesse's slight reluctance to answer, as well as all of his stuttering and freight, but he would nod back and turn to look to Jordan and Jack, "Well, does that answer your question? Looks like we're going to the final 4 together!"

Jordan continues to examine the scene before him, leaving himself quiet purposefully.


[Confession = Jordan]

"Eh, Jack really isn't helping much at all. Sure, now we have alliances with everybody but one person on the team, but they were formed pretty quick and spur of the moment. What are the odds that they'll all actually work out? But me and him are getting close, so I'll trust him going forward. He really is a nice guy."


"Well, that's great then!" Jack smiles in response to the agreement, nodding his head back, "So, we're all gonna make it to the end together!"

"Heheheheh, I can't wait~!" - Xavier


Kristen and James both sat together on the other end of the table, each across from each other. James was huffing and puffing as he ate, absolutely fuming with anger, his eyes practically glowing red out of frustration...

"You really gonna sit back and let that asshole do that shit to you without getting back at him?" Kristen very suddenly speaks up, causing James's ears to perk up a bit.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He responds, unable to look around without giving off the simple glare of anger, "Of course I'm gonna get back at that fuckface..."

"Not really showing that you will. I mean, he slammed dodgeballs in your head multiple times, and even got your crotch, but you don't seem ready to take him on, you don't even seem like you want to."

"Of course I want to take that asshole down! After the shit he pulled on me, he's fucking dead!"

"So, then here's what you do," Kristen grins a bit, "We win this next part of the challenge, send Fire Fang to eliminate someone, and right after the challenge, you walk up to Matt, and you take him down."

James stops speaking for a moment... His glare grows worse...

"Unless you want Matt to win?" - Kristen

James's glare grows even worse, and he snarls, "Fuck that! After the next challenge, he will fucking get destroyed!"

Kristen gives off a bit of a chuckle, "Great. You beat him the fuck up!"

"Fuck yeah I will!" - James


[Confession = Kristen]

"Pfft, James is so easily manipulatable when he's pissed off like this. Something I can use to my advantage, no doubt! So I will. And we fit together so well, what really are the odds this won't end in us destroying the others?"


CHALLENGE - ROUND 4

The contestants all stand side by side with their teams once more, Donny soon once again padding his way onto the court, and smirking at the others, "Alright, round four is going to be special as well! We are doing a best of three, one v one competition! One pokemon from each team will battle against each other! One will win, one will lose, point goes to that pokemons team. Different set of pokemon battle second, point goes to the winning pokemon's team. If necessary, a third set of pokemon will battle off third, winning pokemon wins it for their team! Understood?"

Sounds of agreement and understanding come from most of the contestants, Donny nodding, "Alright, discuss your order, and get your first game pokemon out there!"


"Kristen and Maria start off for their respective teams!" Donny chuckles a bit, "Oooh this is gonna be good~"

Kristen and Maria both stand on the ends of their respective courts, glaring across at each other, deadly glares. Between them, faaaar between them, a single dodgeball. These one v ones could easily end with one blow...

"Go!"

Kristen and Maria are both very quick to rush off and onward toward the dodgeballs, Maria seeming to get a lead on her with her much larger body and therefore taller legs and further strides! Maria grins as she reaches the singular dodgeball first, lowering her head and ramming it into the dodgeball hard, lifting her head right back up and watching as it comes racing toward Kristen, who seems to leap right out of the way, watching with a bit of a grin as it races toward the wall and hits it with a rough force, making its way quickly back toward Kristen!

Now though, Kristen doesn't hop out of the way, instead leaping toward the ball, outstretching her paws for it.

Maria watches this scene with a cocky grin, obviously assuming that Kristen was about to eliminate herself in some weird, stupid way. However, Kristen's idea doesn't seem to fail in that regard, as her balls wrap around the ball, the force from the headbutt still clinging on as Kristen ends up taking half a spin, before letting go, changing the direction of the ball straight toward Maria!

The Arcanine lets off a loud gasp in surprise, turning and leaping out of the way! Or, at least trying to, as the ball ends up colliding with her tail! With widened eyes, Maria turns to look back at the ball as it finally slows and lands on the ground, rolling to a stop...

...

"Maria has been eliminated!"

"Wait!" Maria glares toward Donny, "But she grabbed the ball and let go of it without it stopping! She lost her grip!"

"Meh, I'm feeling generous today, so I'll let that one slide!"

"Generous my ass..." Maria whispers, shaking her head.

"Thunder Shock Up, 1 to 0! Next contestants!"


"Next round! Fire Fangs Matt takes on Thunder Shocks James!"

On either side of the court, Matt and James stood off. They both glared hard at each other, though Matt's glare was accompanied by a slight grin. James's grin was simply accompanied by a face fuming with anger...

"Go!"

Both Pokemon burst out into a very quick sprint, though it seemed Matt was holding back some in his own sprint, watching as James reaches the singular ball first and swings around, kicking the ball hard with his hind paws!

Matt watches as the ball races toward him, suddenly lifting one of his front paws up and halting it, also pushing it up into the air. Matt watches the ball fall, before leaping up into the air, over the ball, and slamming his front paws down hard on the two! The ball collides with the ground pretty hard, soaring up into the air at a rapid rate, and even hitting the ceiling at the same fast rate.

James just stood there, paying no mind, looking to Donny, expecting to hear that he had won!

Before the force of the quick ball hit him hard on the snout, James's paws collapsing as he hits the ground, rough ball following and colliding even harder with his snout on the floor!

"James has been eliminated!"

Kristen grumbles from the bleachers...

"Oh hush you, they get the same treatment your team does bitch!" Donny shouts out.

Matt pads up to James, letting out an enjoyed huff and pushing the ball out of the way. He sees blood leaking from his lips, looking around some before finding one of James's teeth... Blood coated the entire tooth...

He shrugged and reached down, picking up the tooth with a paw.


[Confession = Matt]

"This is gonna be a fun story to share with Ally's siblings, huh? And the proof will stay here," Matt reveals an envelope that had writing on it, 'James's Teeth'. He opens the envelope and drops the tooth in there, sealing it up. Then, he unzips his bookbag, the one he had stuffed proof from yesterdays episode in, and tossed the tooth in, zipping it back up, "Memory of battle."


"Alright, Fire Fang and Thunder Shock are tied, 1-1! Need the final contestants out for the last round!"


"Final game of this round! Winner earns it! Thunder Shock can assure that they don't have to go eliminate another Pokemon tonight, or Fire Fang could tie things up, and force the final round!"

"Representing Thunder Shock, Xavier! And representing Fire Fang, Ally!"

The two contestants stare each other off from their separate courts. They both held small smiles, and both seem to mouth the words 'good luck' to each other.


[Confession = Xavier]

"Ally is pretty nice. But I couldn't imagine taking this easy. Especially since this whole thing seems to be riding on me. If I lose, Kristen is going to try her hardest to get either Jesse or myself out, and I can't deal with being away from Jesse at all... So, the best thing to do is just to win."


[Confession = Ally]

"I'm pretty sure tying things up and getting us closer to safety will cheer Ashlyn up exponentially, so it's all up to me to make sure we can make Ashlyn happier! I'm sorry Xavier but I'm gonna have to win here bud."


"Go!"

Any friendliness and good lucks and well wishes from earlier seemed to have been tossed straight out of the window! Xavier and Ally both break out into rapid sprints, their determination to make things better driving each other to get the upper-paw and reach the dodgeball first!

Ally seems to be speeding a bit closer, mere inches from the ball before a white ribbon goes and ruins that whole thing, Xavier wrapping a ribbon around the singular dodgeball and quickly yanking it away, pulling it from reaching Ally's grasp!

The Glaceon comes to a quick stop, looking at Xavier as he pulls the ball to his side, looking back. He sends her a small smile, "I'm sorry hon, but me and Jess need to be safe tonight."

Xavier rears back his ribbon, before launching it and the ball forward, letting go, watching the dodgeball as it goes flying to Ally!

Ally leaps up into the air, outstretching her front legs, looking like she's going to try and catch it! The ball quickly collides with her gut though, and she lets out an oof, her legs coming down on the ball as she's pushed back, falling down back onto the court, on her back!

Xavier stares in astonishment at the sight before him, wide eyed, gasping surprise. As even after the rough blow to her chest...

... Ally had managed to keep hold of the ball!

"Xavier is eliminated, Fire Fang ties it all up! We are going to have a fifth round!"

The members of fire fang all start to cheer! Well, most. Ashlyn remained quiet, though even she had perked up a little bit at hearing that!

Meanwhile, Xavier turns his head to look at the very underwhelmed Thunder Shock. Kristen glaring his way... And shaking her head.


FREE TIME #4

James was sat right by the entrance to the set of hallways and classrooms, watching as mons padded inside, one by one, glaring at each of them, waiting for the one Pokemon he was wanting to see...

And then came in Matt. The Umbreon had his head held high, grinning happily.

That grin doesn't last too long, until James leaps out from his position, catching Matt of gaurd and colliding with the Umbreons back, tackling him to the ground! James quickly leaps off of Matt afterward, turning around and glaring hard at the Umbreon.

Matt shook his head after the bump, lifting up his head and glaring up at James, "Wh-What the fuck is your problem?!" The Umbreon growls loudly, starting to push up to his own stand!

Only for one of James's vines to quickly shoot over, whipping hard against Matt's body! Another vine comes and joins in whipping harshly on Matt's body too, starting to form cuts, "YOU'RE MY FUCKING PROBLEM! TAKE MY VINES BITCH!" James screams, repeatedly slamming vine whips against Matt's sides and body.

Xavier and Jesse just happen to enter the set, Xavier's eyes widening at the scene before him! "Oh arceus, Jesse you stay right here," Xavier instructs, before quickly leaping into the action! "James! James you need to stop!"

Xavier dashes around Matt's body, still getting whipped hard of course, and quickly tackles James to the side, said vines retreating back!

Xavier stands up over James's body, two ribbons shooting downward and pinning him to the ground, "James, you can't be doing that! It's not going to help anything, you could get us disqualified!"

James snarls hard, shaking his head, squirming and struggling under the Sylveon, "I don't fucking care! This asshole needs to pay his fucking dues!"

Matt had just slowly gotten up, groaning some as his body stung pretty hard. Thankfully there didn't look to be too much damage. The Umbreon glares hard at the Leafeon, snarling loud himself, and starting to take steps toward him...

"Matt," Xavier starts to plead, "Stop, please, don't hit him back."

Matt just shakes his head, claws protruding from his pawpads, James's struggling growing... The Leafeon is starting to wiggle out of Xavier's grip! And as Matt lifts his paw up, and starts to slash it down toward him, James is able to push right out of the grip, leaping out and away from Matt's paw! James leaps out in front of Jesse, glaring toward Matt, who quickly turns his head and looks back to him...

"You little bitch! Come and face what you started!" Matt shouts out, growling viciously!

James huffs out deeply, glaring hard...

Matt starts taking steps toward James... His right paw starts to glow a dim white...

James glares to Matt... Noticing the paw... Ready to attempt to evade...

When Matt thinks he's close enough, He raises his paw and leaps forward, clenched in a fist, white glow now shining bright and harshly, as if a flame had ignited on it! He was trying to use feint attack!

The attack is known to never miss it's target, however its shown that James was not close enough to have been identified as a target to the move, able to dodge out of the way with ease! The move ends up going past where James was previously standing...

... Right toward a shaking Vaporeon, letting out a yelp before the first collided hard with his gut!

Jesse was shoved up against the harsh opened door with the move, Matt taking a step back and watching as Jesse slumps down to the ground, seemingly unconscious...

Eyes wide... The Umbreon gives off a gulp...

Xavier stares on at the scene with heavily widened eyes, teardrops starting to slip from his opened up eyes...


[Confession = Xavier]

"Matt... Matt... M-Matt hurt Jesse... B-B-Badd... O-Oh Arceus... Please be alright Jesse..."


It's not five seconds later that Xavier is cuddling close to the unconscious pokemon, crying small tears and whimpering, whispering small assurances that he will be alright into his ear...

"Uh..." Matt starts off, giving off a light gulp, "I'm sorry Xav-"

Xavier interrupts him with a light, "D-Don't talk to me... Just get Jordan and Jack... Please..."

Matt sighs lowly... And he nods, turning and starting to dash away, in search of the requested pair. And James? That pesky Leafeon watches leaned against some lockers, with a devious little grin...


[Confession = James]

"Is that the revenge I wanted? No, of fucking course not. But Matt did sign his death wish if there was any need for him to work with the other tribe, and that's something I'm pretty happy about. Who would want to help the guy who punched poor old Jesse in the gut?"


"You're gonna be okay Jesse, you're gonna be okay," Xavier continues to assure of Jesse, whispering lightly into his ear, having calmed down exponentially since the incident. By now, the Sylveon and Vaporeon were now in the nurses office, Jesse lying down stretched out on the bed, shakily breathing, though eyes closed and still out cold.

"That actually happened?" Jack asks with wide eyes and in shock, as Xavier had just finished explaining what went down not too prior before, "Matt used feint attack and hit Jesse in the gut?"

"It was an accident... James dodged..." Xavier admits, sighing lowly, ribbon curled tight around one of Jesse's paws.

"Xavier, feint attack is an undodgeable move. It always hits it target," Jack explains, wearing a small frown, watching as Xavier turns his head and looks back...

"Wait, it is...?"


[Confession = Xavier]

"Did... Did Matt mean to hit Jesse? After our talk, even?"


The moment is interrupted by Xavier letting out a small gasp, feeling some stirring from Jesse, turning his head and watching as the Vaporeon started to move around just a bit, opening his eyes slowly and looking up to see Xavier, shivering at the sight of the Sylveon.

"Jesse!" Xavier squeals out, leaning his head down and hugging the Vaporeon close, "Jesse, are you okay?"

Jesse was wide-eyed at the hug. His shivers were lowering a bit, and he gulped, "I-I... I-I'm alright... M-M-My gut hurts a-a bit..."

"Don't worry, I can fix that Jesse. I'm just glad your awake again," Xavier sighs out, pulling him in as close as physically possible. Jesse was... Starting to blush a bit.

"Th-Thanks..." - Jesse

"Now, lets get you all better," - Xavier


[Confession = Jesse]

"X-Xavier k-kind of s-s-surprised me th-there... He... R-Really was worried... W-Wasn't he...?"


Ashlyn lies down still atop the library table, once more surrounded by Bayley, Julliet, and Ally.

"Ashlyn, aren't you any happier? We won last round, we have a chance to tie up again and keep all of us safe!" Ally continued off the attempts of the trio to try and cheer up Ashlyn, smiling bright.

"I'm... A bit happier, yeah... But Drake is still gone..." Ashlyn responds with a heavy frown, still staring straight up at the ceiling, sighing out...

"Just think about how happy Drake is going to be though," Julliet starts now, "You lasted longer than he did, and that's gotta mean something to you, right? It likely means something for him! He's gotta be so proud that you made it further than him. He's gotta be sitting wherever he is right now, relaxing with a smile, knowing that you're still here, and that he doesn't have to deal with the crap some of these other pokemon supply anymore."

"That..." Ashlyn paused a moment, starting to really think about that selection of words...


[Confession = Ashlyn]

"That's right... Drake may be gone, but at least he's not miserable here dealing with pokemon like Maria or Kristen hurting his body or feelings... Drake..."


"... Drake isn't suffering..."

"That's right," Julliet affirms that as the correct meaning of her words with a smile, "Drake doesn't have to suffer, and wherever he is, he can be proud of you, that you're staying strong, not quitting, and trying as much as you can! He's happy Ashlyn, I'm sure of it!"

"He..." Ashlyn sniffles a little bit, turning her head and looking at Ashlyn, tearing up a bit, "He's... He's happy where he is... He's healthy... And not suffering... And he's... P-Proud..."

"Julliet's right," Ally speaks up too, Ashlyn turning her head to focus on her, "Drake is healthy and happy, and he's proud of you. He's proud that you're staying strong, and he's excited to see you win!"

"Yeah!" The happy, excited voice of Bayley pokes into the conversation, hopping out of her seat beside Ally and up onto the table, standing over Ashlyn, "And you know what? All of us are proud of you too!"

"Y-You are...?" She asks first off, Ashlyn speaking in question form, before speaking in more of an accepting voice, "Y-You are... Y-You guys are proud of me... And so is Drake..."

"And we'll always be proud of you! Ashlyn, we just want you to be happy right now!" Bayley giggles, leaning down and giving Ashlyn's cheek a lick, the Vulpix flinching back, and managing to let off a low giggle. Bayley's smile instantly grows, "Heheh, see? Wasn't that nice? You laughed!"

"I... I did laugh," Ashlyn starts, her lips forming a small smile, "I-I laughed and... Now I'm smiling..."

"Because you know everything that Ally and Julliet said is true!" Bayley chuckles, backing up from standing over Ashlyn, looking down at her, "Come on, stand up."

Ashlyn gives off a small nod, rolling over and pushing up to a stand on the table, turning around to look back at Bayley, giving off a small smile.

Bayley laughs at the small smile from the Vulpix, reaching forward her front paws and pulling her in, giving her a nice, big hug, "Come on Ally, Julliet, come join in!"

The Glaceon and Flareon both let off somewhat small giggles, and following in Bayley's lead, climbing up onto the table and pulling Ashlyn into a tight group hug now, "Ashlyn," Julliet starts, "You're strong. You deserve to be happy."

"Thank you..." Ashlyn responds, sniffling a little once again, "Thank you guys for helping me... I'm sorry I was so upset..."

"Don't be sorry," Ally smiles, "Just be happy."

Ashlyn nods, shuts her eyes, and settles into the warm embrace of three pokemon, letting off a nice, big smile, tears of happiness spilling from her eyes, running down her cheeks.

She was finally happy again.


Kristen was left alone, sitting in a classroom used primarily for Science courses. She had her ear pressed up against the wall, trying to listen into the room beside her own, knowing that Maria was in there, wondering if to any extent she may have been talking to anyone. Information is always important, especially if that information could change your fate in the game, and Kristen wanted to know any dirt Maria may have had on her.

The Jolteon is caught off guard though by the sudden opening of a door. She takes a few steps away from the wall, looking toward the now opened door and watching as that damned Zorua from team Fire Fang walks back in once more, looking to talk to Kristen again. The door closes behind the two, as Kristen groans out loud, "Uuuuuugh, what the fuck do you want?"

Mark sighs, walking up to Kristen once again and sitting down in front of her, "I 'wanted' to give you one more opportunity to make an alliance with me, Kristen. Join or don't, I don't care, but it could be seriously helpful to your ga-"

"Oh my FUCKING ARCEUS!" Kristen suddenly screams out, interrupting Mark midway through his words, "For the last time, I don't want to fucking work with you! You want to talk about being seriously helpful to my game, well constantly fucking trying to align with the other team is the opposite of that! You know what? I don't give a shit anymore!" Suddenly, Kristen seemed to start taking heavy stomps toward the door to the room, starting her way out.

Mark blinked, and gulped, following behind her, "What are you do-"

"Shut up," Kristen demands, stepping out of the room and walking down the hall just a little bit, before opening up a door, the one to the room right beside her.

Kristen stomped inside to what looked like a math class, looking around before spotting Maria, scratching at the wall. The Arcanine turns and looks at Kristen, glaring, "What do you wa-"

"I cannot fucking take this shit anymore!" Kristen suddenly shouts, Mark deciding it best to wait out in the hall, gulping.


[Confession = Mark]

"She's actually about to ruin my fucking chances here! What the hell!"


"For too fucking long now, almost every day, I mind my own business and your fucking Zorua-ass teammate Mark comes up, trying to form a cross team alliance! I have had enough of this bullshit!" Kristen shouts to Maria, growling, "You better fucking get him to stop, because if you don't it's you who's gonna pay!"

And just as quickly as she had came in, Kristen turned and stomped off, leaving Maria alone to think that through, before speaking to herself aloud, "Fuck... That makes total fucking sense now. That doesn't explain why he morphed into fucking Kristen's form though... But ohh is he gonna get what's coming to him!"

From the outside of the room, Mark gulps and shakes his head, turning and quickly running off!


CHALLENGE - FINAL ROUND

The contestants all stand with their groups again, their teams. Xavier is making a point of keeping close and cuddling tight with Jesse, who still shivered, though not as much as usual, and held a small blush on his face. Ashlyn seemed a little happier and even a bit hyped up, giving off a smile and showing she was ready. Matt looked a bit bruised, but overall he seemed ready to hopefully win with his team once again.

"Alright," Donny starts, standing in front of the 13, "Final Round! It will be going under the 'Elimination And Entry' rules! We're gonna start with three pokemon on each side for each team. Once one pokemon from a team is eliminated, another Pokemon from that team will jump in and take their place, until there are no more replacements left to hop in for eliminations. The team who still has players left after the other team is eliminated wins invincibility! Won't have to vote someone out!"

"This round will only go for one game, meaning now is the moment to prove your worth! Also, Fire Fang will have to not allow someone from their team compete, go ahead and choose that, strategize your picks, and we can get to the pain!"


"Mark has been sat out for Fire Fang, won't hop in at any point! It will b when it comes to everyone else! Starting from Thunder Shock, Kristen, Xavier, and Jesse, with Jordan, Jack, and James as alternates! Starting from Fire Fang is Maria, Julliet, and Bayley, with Ally, Ashlyn, and Matt as alternates!"

Kristen, Xavier, and Jesse, whos gut was wrapped in bandages, were all lined up together on Thunder Shock's side of the court, Kristen turning her head to look at the two other Pokemon, and address them with words, "Don't fuck up, or the vapes going."

Jesse gulps, and gives a small nod, whilst Xavier nods enthusiastically, "We won't."

Maria, Julliet, and Bayley were lined up on Fire Fangs court side, staring forward, not addressing each other, though Bayley was bouncing a bit, obviously excited.

"Go!"

Everyone aside from Jesse breaks into sprints toward the long line of dodgeballs, spread along the entire court. There were dodgeballs-a-plenty, seemingly ready to start some chaos! Jesse would've stayed back, but he knew he had to at least do something if he didn't want to get voted out, Kristen made that pretty clear. So, Jesse was making a slow walk toward the dodgeballs himself.

Out of all five runners, Kristen is the first to reach the dodgeballs, kicking the first one she sees quickly, and watching as it launches forward, planting hard into the face of Bayley, the Fenniken, before being launched to the side, where Julliet quickly lifted a paw and lightly gripped the ball with her claws, doing a quick spin so the ball kept up its momentum, and launching the ball in the air!

The momentum wasn't really kept well, as it started quickly to slow down, and by the time it hit its target, a still walking Jesse, it was practically just rolling.

"The dodgeball is on a roll already! Bayley and Jesse eliminated, one alternate from each team needs to hop in!"

Jordan leaps into the dodgebrawl battle for Thunder Shock, Ally leaning in almost at the exact same time for Fire Fang!

Maria makes it to the dodgeballs next, leaning her head down and roughly headbutting the ball, and in a very painfully hard fashion, the sound of her head colliding with the dodgeball ringing through the court! It's launched with a fury and passion toward the newest entrant to Thunder Shock, Jordan, and it collides hard with his gut!

The Luxray lets out a low off, watching as the ball fell and hit the ground after eliminating him!

"Jordan is out, need another Thunder Shock alternate!"

The Next Pokemon leaping into the battle is Jack, the Shiny Espeons first move being to grab the dodgeball that had just gotten Jordan out with psychic ability, and launching it crooked ways toward Julliet.

The Flareon noticed though, dropping down onto her gut, onto the floor of the court, the ball soaring over her and colliding with the wall behind, rushing back though to another pokemon...

Maria had her head down, aiming with a dodgeball behind her, ready to launch it toward another member of Thunder Shock, when she is caught off guard by a dodgeball hitting her fluffy tail! She lets out a little yelp of surprise, head bursting forward and launching the ball anyways, though with very little force, just enough for it to roll in front of Xavier, who wrapped his ribbon around the ball and lifted it up!

"Maria is eliminated, need someone else to step in for Fire Fang!"

Ashlyn is the next to leap in, the Fiery Vulpix now with a newfound confidence and determination in her heart, smiling as she got to hop inside, making a rush for the dodgeballs!

Xavier, with ball wrapped in ribbon, quickly launches the dodgeball toward the nearest Pokemon, Julliet, who dodges by leaping up into the air, the dodgeball bouncing off of the ground below her and flying out toward someone else, Ally, the ball colliding with the Glaceons side after she had also been trying to aim!

"Ally is eliminated, need the last member of Fire Fang in there!"

And that was Matt, the Umbreon bursting out prepared and ready, shooting a glare toward the last remaining member of Thunder Shock who hadn't jumped in, James. Matts immediate first objective is to launch quick attack, glowing white light spewing from his paws and body as he ran, getting quicker and quicker by the second, before he collided head-first to a dodgeball, his paw nudging a second one onto Thunder Shock's court though!

The first ball rushes with a surprising amount of speed toward Jack, the Shiny Espeon caught off guard, trying to channel psychic energy to grasp the ball, but not being quick enough, as it hits him hard in the side of the head, causing Jack's head to fling to the side!

"Jack is eliminated, last member of Thunder Shock needs in right now!"

Matt leaps backward and turns, channeling his quick attack once again and starting to race around his own court, growing speed as James leaps into battle, rushing toward a dodgeball first thing, with a growl! He kicks the ball, watching as it flies past two members of Fire Fang before slowing to a roll on the ground. Though one of those pokemon, James's mate Julliet, got too distracted in trying to dodge that one, not noticing as a second ball was flying her way, slashing up against her side and causing her to yelp out loud!

That one had come from Kristen, who took advantage of the accidental nudge of the second ball from Matt earlier!

"Julliet is eliminated! Thunder Shock with three left, Fire Fang down to two!"

On one side of the court, Xavier, Kristen, and James from Thunder Shock were left for their team, with the numbers advantage and everything! Whilst Fire Fang only had left Ashlyn and Matt.

"ASHLYN!" A loud scream comes from the still quick attack-charging Matt, "PASS ME A BALL!"

The Vulpix nods quickly, racing to the line for a dodgeball as quickly as possible and tossing it over to Matt, the Umbreon headbutting the ball in the middle of his quick attack, not even watching as it launched madly toward James! The Leafeon had yet to notice though, too invested in aiming a ball toward Ashlyn...

He kicks the ball harshly with his hind legs, before turning his head and letting out a loud yelp of surprise at the quickly racing ball, slamming hard right into his face right then and there! James even did a full spin before collapsing to the ground, groaning in pain...

That toss wasn't with casuality though, as the ball James had kicked manages to bounce up against Ashlyn's body, the Vulpix staring down at the ball as it collides with the ground, right after hitting her not too roughly in the gut. She had retreated to the backcourt so the ball had a lot of time to decelerate.

"James is eliminated, followed by Ashlyn! Down to Xavier, Kristen, and Matt! Two from Thunder Shock, One from Fire Fang!"

Hearing that, Matt knew one thing, and that was that it was time to go all out for this possible victory. He had been responsible for Fire Fangs victory in the previous challenge, and he was set on history repeating itself! Still charging his quick attack, he turned his direction off toward the row of dodgeballs, dashing quickly at them, letting off a loud scream!

Kristen was in the middle of her side of the court, watching Matt, getting ready to grab whatever is shot her way, catch, whilst Xavier grabbed up two dodgeballs in his ribbons, ready to toss when he thought it was best!

Matt soon collided with one dodgeball, his quick attack fading to nothing! All of that build up and charge left the Umbreon exhausted, watching as Kristen leaped into the balls path, trying to grab it! Her paws reached out around it, but the ball was much too quick for her to grab, instead colliding with her paw before falling to the ground, the heavy sound of ball connecting with paw a very loud sound, and the pain coming from its speed causing Kristen to let out a harsh yelp!

"Kristen is Eliminated! It's Xavier Versus Matt!"

With Matt exhausted, the Umbreon could only turn his head and watch as Xavier quickly tossed two balls his way!

Mustering just enough energy, Matt was able to jump out of the way, paws not holding him as he collapses to the ground, panting and huffing heavily.

Xavier watches Matt closely. He looks back to what had happened with Jesse... Knowing that Matt may have full well meant to attack Jesse...

Using all four of his ribbons now, he grabs up four dodgeballs, lifting them up into the air. He sends a glare toward Matt, gulping, "This is what happens when you hurt mate!" He shouts loudly, quickly launching all four dodgeballs straight toward Matt at once!

Unable to dodge, Matt can only look up and watch as the four dodgeballs shoot his way, each of them colliding at the exact same time, two to his gut, one to his face, and one to his hind-side.

"Matt is eliminated! Xavier wins invincibility for Thunder Shock! Six remains Six!"

A majority of the team members from Thunder Shock start to cheer out, excited and happy for their victory. Xavier was left panting though, kind of tired after the battle. He turns and looks to his team, seeing Jesse watching him, still shivering... Still partially blushing.

He lays eyes on Kristen, the Jolteon wearing a thick grin, and giving a small nod to Xavier, as if saying 'You've done good kid'.

Fire Fang was left to silence. They didn't have many words for what had happened. They were so close, but in the end, exhaustion took over Matt, and they couldn't stay a powerful group of seven.

"Alright, get back to your trailers! Get dolled up and ready, and come back here in two hours for the Popularity Prom! There will be time to hang out, freak out, and everything in between! And, all members of Thunder Shock will vote one member of Fire Fang to be represented as Mister or Miss Popularity, and will not be able to be voted out!"


THE POPULARITY PROM

A nice looking scene is what greeted our 13 remaining contestants. An actual, nice looking scene. The gym set had been decorated and spruced up for this, the popularity prom. There were three tables towered with catering items, food and drink, especially that classic prom punch bowl. Balloons were floating along the top of the ceiling, there were purple and yellow banners strung up across the gym, and there was a small stage set, where speakers blasted a mixture of soft and rock songs, as well as a microphone center stage, currently off.

This prom scene begins two Pokemon standing side by side together, beside the catering tables, enjoying some punch. Those two pokemon were Bayley and Ashlyn, the Fennekin and Vulpix duo enjoying themselves at the party, talking and giggling together, as Bayley waits in hope for a certain song to be played.

"Heheheh, that's a pretty funny story Ash!" Bayley comments, giggling a little more, before leaning down, her cup on the floor, to take a sip.

Ashlyn though, was using one of her tails to hold up her own cup, taking a sip herself before speaking up, "D'aww, thanks, it's one of my most fond memories!"

"Of course!" Bayley smiles quite happily.

"Hey, so," Ashlyn starts, stopping herself and turning her head, looking away, "Uh, we know who we're voting for to leave, right?"

"If she doesn't win the Popularity Vote, yep. Maria is gonna go. I'm gonna be a bit upset not being able to hug her fur but Jordan's is just as good~!"

"Heheh, yeah," Ashlyn smiles a bit, looking out toward the dance floor, at Maria, who stood there in aggressive stance, looking around angrily for someone, "I just can't help but feel like something could go wrong."

"Nothings gonna go wrong Ashlyn, I'm sure of it!" Bayley chuckles some more, before the start of another song comes on, and she grows wide eyes, letting off a cute little squeal, "Eeek! Come on, this is my favorite soooong!"

Bayley bounces forward a bit, knocking her drink over and spilling it onto the floor, but not caring, as her bushy tail wraps around Ashlyn's front right paw, and starts to drag the Vulpix onto the dance floor!


Meanwhile, three Pokemon sat side by side together, slightly calmly though one of them a bit twitchy, looking at one specific pokemon. The one they were looking at was James, and that slightly twitchy mon was Matt, The Umbreon still fiercely pissed with the Leafeon in every sense of the word. He was kept side by side with Jordan and Jack, the Luxray and Shiny Espeon staying close to make sure another fight didn't break out.

"I want to punch him." - Matt

"Maaaatt..." - Jack

"I want to scratch him." - Matt

"Matt, stop. Please." - Jordan

"I want to fucking murder hi-" - Matt

"Matt, no, you really need to calm down!" The ending of those words finally comes from the firm interruption by Jack, who let out a gruff sigh and shook his head, "Look, attacking James right now isn't gonna help anybody. In fact, it's only gonna hurt you in the long run."

"That doesn't change how much I want him out..." Matt's eyes twitched just a bit, so focused on the anger and rage that came from the attack earlier, and what had happened with Jesse as well, "If he hadn't dodged out of the way before that feint attack could properly target him, he wouldn't be here right now."

"Properly target?" Jack asks with a bit of a tilted head, going quiet.


[Confession = Jack]

"Oookay, that makes a lot more sense than him just attacking Jesse for no reason. Well damn, gonna have to tell that to Xavier soon."


"Yes, I couldn't get locked on..." Matt growls out, eyes twitching...

"Right..." - Jack


"Look at him over there..." The familiarly rough feminine voice of Kristen wavered through the air, right beside the ear of James, the Leafeon having been looking that way for quite some time, "He's just begging to get his paws on you... Claw you up, beat you down, whatever he can do..."

"He'll never get the chance..." James responds, a heavy glare residing on his face.

"You're gonna show him that this is your territory, aren't you?" - Kristen

"That you aren't afraid to back down?" - Kristen

"That you'll go all Alpha on his ass?" - Kristen

"I'm gonna fuck him up right no-" James was immediately cut off by a harsh shush coming from the electric type eeveelution, shaking her head.

"No no no, you can't right now. You have to wait for a more appropriate time, and with all these people able to pull you guys apart, what good'll trying to get him now do?" - Kristen

James lets off a gruff sigh, turning to look toward Kristen, "Fine. I will try to wait, but I can't guaruntee I'll be able to hold back for long..."

"Oh of course you could, you'll just need a little distraction, won't you?" Kristen starts, smirking, "Maybe a distraction from your own mate?"

James stifles back a bit, head whipping in turn to look through for Julliet, scanning around for her, before finding her by the food tables, conversing with Ally, "Julles..."

"Oh my, you haven't forgotten about her have you? You've been so focused on Matt today that you've likely undone any of the progress you've made out here." - Kristen

James went dead silent, ears lowering, keeping a firm stare down on his mate.

"If you don't try and get her soon, she may turn to the other side. Just look at her, having such fun... With Matt's mate." - Kristen

James's fur stands tall, a certain cold shiver pouring through his body, "No... She can't!"

James starts to move forward, only for his tail to suddenly be grabbed by Kristen, the Leafeon stopping and growling immediately, "Let me go..."

"Now's not the time to try and make things up James. Think about it. It'll only cause a commotion. You need to wait until she's alone, and that won't be until after the elimination ceremony. Until then she'll have her mind warped and stressed, you wouldn't want to cause her any more stress, would you?" - Kristen

James opens his mouth up to speak, only for Kristen to interrupt him, "And don't say you haven't caused her any stress whatsoever. That's an outright lie. She's been upset every night going to sleep, worried about the next day and how you will affect it."

"No..." James shakes his head, "That's not true."

"I live in the same trailer as her James," Replies Kristen, smirking a bit, "I would know. Just wait until after the elimination ceremony. You'll thank me."

"I..." James goes silent for just a few moments, before letting off a sigh, "Fine. I'll wait..."

"You won't regret it."


[Confession = Kristen]

"I really couldn't care any less about these people, but damn is it fun to manipulate James and his emotions."


"Today is definitely considered a success!" Cheers Julliet, the Fire Eeveelution laughing some as she raises a glass of punch into the air, clinking it against another glass, held by the Icy Eeveelution, Ally.

"Sure, we may have lost the challenge-" Ally was going to continue off her explanation, only for Julliet to interrupt smiling!

"But, we cheered up Ashlyn, AND we're getting out one of the bigger targets on our team!" - Julliet

"Mark, right?" Ally asks with a tilt of her head, causing Julliet to tilt her own head, losing some of her excitement.

"Huh?" She questions, "I thought we were voting Maria out?"

"Well we need some challenge strength don't we?" Ally begins with a small shrug, "Plus, Mark is definitely shady and working with Maria, so it'd lose her some power either way."

"But..." Julliet sighs, turning her head to look toward Ashlyn, "Wouldn't that be blindsiding Ashlyn too?"

"I'm pretty sure she has the same thought process," Ally smiles, "She knows we need strength over here, so we're not in this kind of pickle again."

"So, we're voting out Mark." - Julliet

"Right now, yes. Next time we lose, it's Maria for sure!" - Ally


[Confession = Julliet]

"Eh... I'm not too happy hearing that Mark is the plan now, but it does weaken Maria strategically. Ashlyn should be knowing that too, right? I hope. But what will stop Ally from saying next time that we still need challenge strength and deciding to vote out one of the two smaller ones? Hopefully she won't think like that..."


"Ow ow ow stop it!" Mark shouts in anger, squirming as he's pushed and shoved forward by a pissed off Maria, the Arcanine shoving Mark into a bathroom, against one of the stall walls, and snarling!

"You were trying to turn on us!" Maria shouts in anger, barring her teeth as she growls, "You were trying to work with people on the other team!"

"I-It's not what it sounds like!" Mark yells back loudly, whining out a bit...

"Oh it's exactly what it sounds like, Kristen told me and everything! You've been actively trying to betray our team and that is something I cannot deal with! You crossed the fucking line!" Maria's claws start to slip from her paws, Mark shaking his head and looking away at the sight.

"J-Just let me talk! I-I can help you!" - Mark

"Help me?! It's not like I'm going home tonight! I'll make sure it's you!" - Maria

"If you don't win Ms. Popularity y-you will be going home!" Mark shouts back, panting deeply, as Maria looks down toward him, eyes widing.

"What the fuck, is that a threat?!" - Maria

"N-No! No it's not!" - Mark

"Then explain what you mean!" Maria's right eye twitches in annoyance and absolute anger, growl lowering...

"P-Pokemon have been throwing your name out... To vote you out..." Mark squeaks lowly, keeping his back pressed up against the stall wall, watching the Arcanine closely.

"Which pokemon?! Oh when I get my paws on them they're fucked!" - Maria

"Ashlyn and Bayley," Mark states outright, giving off a small shiver, "I overheard th-them talking about voting you out tonight... I-I could help that not be you..."

Maria growls... And she gives out an annoyed huff, "Of course... Of course they'd be coming after me! Like hell I'm going home, I'll make one of them go home!"

Mark nods quickly, "Y-Yes, that's why I brought it up to you."

"It's Ashlyn then!" Maria turns and look toward the mirror, eyeing her fuming, pissed off face, "Ashlyn is going home tonight if she loses the popularity vote!"

"A-And Bayley if Ashlyn does s-somehow win it," Mark gulps, starting to take a few steps back...

"Right," Maria nods a bit, snapping her head back to look toward Mark again, "Don't think I forgot about what you did though, mother fucker!" She suddenly slams one of her paws forward, clenched up and colliding with Mark's face, causing the Zorua's body to swing to the side, the side of his head colliding with the stall wall!

He's almost immediately knocked out, slumping down to the floor and lying in a heap...

"I'm not finished with you just yet! I want everyone to see you get fucking destroyed next challenge..." She hawks a lugey and spits on the Zorua, her saliva splashing onto his cheek, before huffing out, "Bitch," Was her last word to Mark, before turning around and stomping out of the bathroom.


[Confession = Maria]

"I only know one other fucking Pokemon who might be willing to vote with us against Bayley or Ashlyn, and he'd better fucking listen to me."


Together on the main wing of the gym, right in the middle, the 'dance floor', Xavier kept Jesse cuddled close to him, the Sylveon and Vaporeon duo very close. Jesse still was bandaged up from the feint attack earlier today, Xavier gently rocking the slightly shivering Vaporeon from side to side, the Sylveon smiling softly.

"You doing better Jess? Still hurting?" Xavier asked, head tilted as he stares down toward Jesse, letting off a small smile.

"Y-Yeah... S-Still hurts a-a bit... But it's a-a lot better..." Jesse responds in a shaky voice.

"That's good," Xavier starts, his ears perking up as he hears a slow song start to play, letting off a little gasp! "Oh! Jesse, would you like to slow dance~?"

Jesse's ears perked up a little bit himself as the soft song started to play, and figuring he wouldn't really be given a choice against it, Jesse nodded slightly, "S-Sure..." He responded in a shaky voice, blush wavering onto his cheeks~

Xavier smiles and keeps Jesse closely cuddled to his side, his ribbons slipping over and gently rubbing Jesse's back, as the two mons continued to gently sway, Xavier pushing the side of his own face against Jesse's, side to side in an even calmer manner then before.

Jesse kept quiet, but he couldn't help but admit in his mind that this felt... Sort of nice.

Xavier gently pulls away from Jesse, walking in front of the Vaporeon instead, and pushing his head up beside Jesse's once again, cheeks rubbed together, Xavier's ribbons around Jesse's neck now as the slow sway of dancing continued.

Jesse was blushing quite a bit now, eyes shut as he let himself enjoy the slow pace for once...

Though Xavier pulled his head back, prompting Jesse to open his eyes a bit, tilting his head in confusion.

This tilt causes Xavier to giggle, "You liked that, huh?"

Jesse gulped shakily, blush growing as he gave a very small nod of approval. He wasn't one to lie unless he felt it was absolutely necessary.

Xavier huffs out happily, nodding back and letting off a small smile. Though the Sylveons eyes shut... Jesse watched as Xavier started to pucker up his lips, lean in closer toward Jesse's!

Jesse's eyes were widened at the sight, blush making his cheeks look like red tomatoes by this point, shaking... He was completely caught off guard by this!


[Confession = Jesse]

"X-Xavier is... T-Trying to kiss me..." He gulps, "I uh... I-I just thought h-he was obsessed w-with using m-me for c-cuddling o-or something... I-I..."

"I d-didn't start thinking until I-I woke up... I-In the nurse's office... Th-That... Maybe he saw more there..."

"A-And he did... X-Xavier... A-Actually has a c-crush on me... D-Doesn't he...?"


Jesse shivers a little more as he feels the Sylveons lips brush against his own, and slowly he closes his eyes... His lips pucker back... Jesse was returning the favor!

The two Pokemon found themselves accepted by each other in the romantic moment, lips gliding against each others as they enjoyed themselves and the moment, and actually kissed each other.

The smooch held up for a good minute or so, before Xavier pulls away slowly, leaving Jesse to open his eyes, slightly panting from the long, drawn out, and adorable kiss!

Xavier giggles a bit, also panting, "Did you like that, Jesse~?"

The Vaporeon gulps some, still blushing, unable to help but let out a small nod, taking a small step back.

Xavier takes a step forward to make up for that though, keeping Jesse held by his ribbons, smiling brightly, "Don't leave Jess~ You notice our chemistry now, huh?"

Jesse shivers some at that question, though said shivers were mostly coming to a stop. He looked down at the ground, biting his lower lip, and didn't give an answer.

"I'll take that as a yes~" Xavier smiles even more, leaning forward and giving Jesse a small kiss on the cheek, the slow song fading out from the background, "Now, why don't we return to our cuddling?"

Jesse only nods, slowly lowering his gut onto the ground, lying down, and Xavier leaping beside the somewhat flustered Vaporeon, following suit and cuddling real close to him~


[Confession = Xavier]

"He kissed me back~! Jesse kissed me back~! Hahahah, this is great~! Maybe now we can be a thing, be a couple~! Oh gosh please let this work out, please~!"


"Alright, I need everybody to gather around by the stage!" Announces Donny, the host and Charmeleon standing atop the stage with a microphone in his hand, "It's time to announce who from the losing team is taking the Mr. or Ms. Popularity honors, and will be safe at the Elimination Ceremony!"

All 13 of the contestants gather on the dance floor, in front of the stage, in a small group. James and Matt were both separated, kept to different sides, thankfully, while Xavier and Jesse were still cuddling close, in the center of the group. Maria sat in front, still shaking from anger, whilst Mark stood in the back, watching Maria's every move in case he needed to ditch. Ally and Julliet were both with Matt, while Jordan and Jack kept alongside James. Ashlyn and Bayley stood side by side in the front, huddled close as they awaited the reveal of who would be safe, and Kristen was right behind them two, ignoring their displays of friendship with a roll of her eyes.

Donny grinned as he showed off the sealed envelope to everyone, "In this envelope contains the votes for Mr. or Ms. Popularity! There will be six votes to read in total, and I will read them one by one!"

Donny quickly tears open the envelope, shoving his hand inside and pulling out all six votes.

"First vote goes to Maria!"

The Arcanine, still pretty damn pissed, manages to give off a grin, "Only five more votes left and I'll be the most popu-"

"Matt!" Maria is interrupted by Donny announcing the second vote, Maria snarling at the sight of a vote that wasn't her. This amused Matt quite a bit, letting off a small huff.

"Ashlyn! One vote Maria, One vote Matt, One vote Ashlyn!" Maria further glares as another vote passes by that isn't for her...

"Matt! Two votes Matt!" Matt starts to grin as he sees that second vote, turning and looking to Ally, sending her quite the smile~"

"Ashlyn! Two votes Matt, Two votes Ashlyn, One vote Maria, One vote left!" Ashlyn is smiling brightly at the sight, knowing she's one vote away from possibly being Ms. Popularity, and being safe!

"Woops," Maria starts, chuckling, "Looks like we're gonna have a three way ti-"

"Ladies and Gentleman, YOUR safe player and most popular out of Thunder Shock's opinion..."

Maria grumbles...

"... ASHLYN!" Donny shouts aloud, causing the little Vulpix to squeal out happily knowing she couldn't go home!

"Oh my gosh, me?!" She speaks up in shock after her squeal!

"Come on up here and take your Popularity Crown and Sash!"

Bayley giggles, patting her friends back and shifting away from her a bit, "Go on Ash, you earned it!"

Ashlyn starts welling up little tears of joy, nodding as she pushes up to a stand and walks up the small staircase onto the stage! Donny stood there with crown and sash in hand now, the latter of the two items covered in holes oddly enough. And it didn't smell all that good either. The crown looked alright though!

Some of Ashlyn's more supportive friends start to chant for her now that she had been declared Ms. Popularity, trying to light up a chant amongst the entire group but most were uninterested in joining.

Ashlyn stands in front of Donny, bowing her head as the host places the crown on her head, and hangs the sash from around her neck. She lifts her head back up afterward and turns to look at the others, tears still leaking from her eyes!

"D'aww Ash, don't cry!" Julliet shouts from the crowd, smiling, "Unless they're tears of joy!"

"N-No," Ashlyn stutters a bit, excitement running through her voice, "T-This thing just s-smells so bad... And yes, I am happy!"

That allows a chorus of laughs from some to echo throughout the decorated gymnasium, as Donny pats the Vulpix's back, "You guys have ten more minutes to have your fun or whatever, but then Fire Fang has to vote someone out! Ashlyn is safe and cannot be voted out!"

"Oh, and Thunder Shock members, you guys are cleaning this up!"

Before any sounds of disagreement can hit the Charmeleon's ear holes, he turns and dashes off stage with a foul grin!


POPULARITY PROM VOTES-

Jack - Matt

James - Maria

Jesse - Ashlyn

Jordan - Ashlyn

Kristen - Matt

Xavier - Ashlyn


Those last ten minutes were a blast for most who got involved in the fun, but now came the moment of truth. Joy was replaced with worry and dread as the 7 members of Fire Fang left the gymnasium set, and started their way to the rather close elimination ceremony area. Ally, Julliet, Bayley and Ashlyn were all in the front together, though they remained quiet. They didn't want Maria to think that they'd be voting her out in anyway, though Maria had already known, and was willing to take advantage of the situation if she could try to, see what their plan was.

Matt was watching a bit from behind as the four walked, smiling a bit knowing that his mate was having fun out here, though he was interrupted by a small tap to the back.

Matt turns his head around, and sees Maria's face before him. He starts to glare, but Maria shuts any possibly voice from leaking out with a simple, "Save it. I want to keep this team strong, and I know that's in your best interest too."

"Why are you talking to me all of a sudden?" Matt asks, the glare starting to fade a bit.

"Because I want to make sure the team stays strong, and I think if we stick together with the votes, that could happen. We can't lose another challenge like that, as is we only got lucky with the prison challenge," Maria sighs out, "I think we should..." The sound fades to low whispers, Maria leaning over and whispering in Matt's ear.

The Umbreon listens in though remains mostly quiet... Before the scene fades away.


NIGHT 4

With the sun having been set a golden few hours ago, seven pokemon found themselves at the elimination set once more, only this group of seven was different from last time. Previously, Thunder Shock's seven became Thunder Shock's six. This time however, Fire Fang's seven will drop down one number, as they will have to vote somemon out of the game.

Donny stood on the awards stage just like before, behind the podium, staring at the bleachers where Fire Fangs seven found themselves. The top row consisted of Maria, Matt, and Ally. Then came an empty row, followed by Bayley and Ashyn sitting together. One more blank row to skip and at the bottom row, Mark and Julliet sat together. Ashlyn still had her crown own, showing how she was immune from being voted out of the team tonight.

"Team Fire Fang," Donny begins, "You're here tonight because you lost todays challenge, the five rounds of dodgeball hell, and you must vote out one of your own. The pokemon voted out will be asked to walk the carpet of shame," Donny extends his arm out to show the stained carpet, leading up toward, Catch the Limousine of Loserdom," A long, gray limousine, with scratch marks and patches of paint, emitting a foul stench, all busted up, "And leave. Those who leave will never be allowed to return. Ev-er."

"You will walk to the confessional, one by one, and cast your vote to eliminate someone from your own team. After everyone has voted, I will announce one by one who is safe. Those who are safe will walk up here, and claim a golden film-reel. It shows that you are safe, and not going home. For now. One person will be left without a film-reel, and they will be the official player voted out of the game."

"We may as well get started, Ashlyn is safe, cannot be voted for. Ashlyn may also go ahead and cast the first vote."

Ashlyn nods, standing up and walking down the set of bleachers, making her way over toward the confessionals.


The voting comes to an end as Matt walks back to the bleachers, taking quick steps in climbing on up, and sitting down beside his mate, smiling.

"When I call your name, come up and grab a golden film-reel. There are only six. The one team member without a film reel will be the one with the least votes, and the one who will have to pack their bags and give this game a goodbye. They will can never come back, ever."

...

"The first film reel goes to..."

"... Our immune player, Ashlyn."

Ashlyn gives a small smile, the fair Vulpix standing up and walking down the bleacher steps, taking her pad up onto the stage and grabbing the first film-reel.

"... Julliet."

Julliet smiles brightly too, standing up and making her way up onto the stage, taking the second film-reel.

"... Ally."

The Glaceon nods shortly, also smiling as she pushes up to a stand, padding up to the stage and taking the third film-reel.

"... Matt."

The Umbreon grins heavily, nodding also, and walking up to the stage to claim his film-reel.

With only two reels left, there were three pokemon left waiting for one. Maria, Mark, and Bayley.

"... Mark."

The Zorua huffs out slightly, grinning as he steps up and walks up to the stage. He grabs his film-reel, Julliet and Ally watching with faces of confusion...

"This is the final film-reel of the evening," Donny announces, Bayley looking up at Maria and smiling some.

"Good luck!" - Bayley

"Bite me." - Maria

"The final film-reel goes to..." Donny gave a small pause, staring down the two pokemon, Bayley still left with a small smile, while Maria seems to be shaking a bit, staring at the rest of her team, glaring them down...

...

...

...

...

"... Maria."

Shocked gasps sprout throughout the team. Ashlyn and Bayley specifically, while Maria just grins, padding down in an above-all-manner, and grabbing up her film-reel. Ashlyn watches this happening, left too shocked for words, though Bayley had calmed down some, smiling a little bit. She stands up and starts to make her way to the red carpet.

"W-Wait, Bayley no! This can't be right, y-you must have tallied the votes wrong, Donny!" Ashlyn seems very distressed, turning and watching Donny with slightly teary eyes.

Perkins shakes his head, "Nope, not wrong. Three for Bayley, Two for Maria, Two for Mark."

"Two for Mark?!" She gasps in surprise, turning her head quickly to look over the rest of her team.

"Ashlyn..." Ally starts first, padding in front of the Vulpix and leaning down to be more at eye-level with her, "Ashlyn hon, I thought you and Bayley were gonna vote out Mark. I wanted to try and keep the team strong, and I thought you had that same idea."

"N-No," Ashlyn sniffles, "I-I thought the pl-plan was to take out Maria."

"Ashlyn," Comes the soft yet loud voice of Bayley, the Vulpix turning her head to see Bayley walking up onto stage, rushing toward Ashlyn and pulling her into a hug, "Ash, don't let this affect you! You need to stay strong! There's always next time for you guys to take Maria out, isn't there?"

Maria scoffs, "Hah, as if there will be a next time. We're not gonna lose another challenge with me still here~"

Ashlyn sniffles, and Bayley simply lets out a happy smile, taking a few steps back and looking toward her team, "One of yall better win," She states, before turning and walking off the stage again, leaving Ashlyn and the others still in shock from the events that had just proceeded them.

Bayley takes her walk down the red carpet, and hops into the Limousine of Loserdom, softly sighing as it glides off away into the night, the other six on Fire Fang watching, with Ashlyn wiping off her tears and gulping.

"Ashlyn," Ally begins, "I'm sorry about that..."

"I-It's fine... S-She's safe now..." - Ashlyn


[Vote = Ashlyn]

"Sorry hon, but it's time to get out of this game! We've all had enough of your aggressiveness! My vote is for Maria!"


[Vote = Mark]

"Oheheheh, this plan better work... Bayley's outta here."


[Vote = Ally]

"And with this vote, Fire Fang stays strong! Hahah, I vote for Mark"


[Vote = Bayley]

"I hate to have to vote anyone off, but I know I gotta! So I'm sorry Maria, but I really have to vote for you tonight."


[Vote = Maria]

"Mark better not have been fucking lying to me just to get me out anyways. If he is, he'll have hell to pay!"

"I'm voting for Bayley."


[Vote = Julliet]

"I still have no idea if this is the right thing to do... But I'm going to trust this. I'm voting for Mark tonight."


[Vote = Matt]

"Me and Maria talked earlier, and she made some pretty valid points to me. We need to keep strength, and to do that the weakest link needs to go. Not only is Ashlyn safe but she proved today she isn't the weakest of us. But I know who is."

"My vote is going to Bayley tonight."


"Will Maria find a way to bounce back from the bottom, outnumbered?!"

"Will Jesse and Xavier actually go further?!"

"Will Ashlyn take this vote out just as seriously as she did Drakes?!"

"Find out, NEXT TIME!"

"On Total!"

"Poke-Drama!"

"TO!"

"THE!"

"FIIIIILMS!"


After some hard work put in, Myself and Ken managed to quicken our production by four months! And if you don't understand what I mean by that, until now it has taken six months to produce each episode! This time it only took two months and a few days, phew! Getting quicker!

I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of TPD! As usual, here are the stories we are currently casting for:

Total Poke-Drama Season 4 - 4/12

Survivor Pokemon: Leiloa - Brains Vs Brawn Vs Beauty (Season 3) - 1/9

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