The next chapter enough said. I want to thank Fuzzboy for being a very incredible reviewer, not afraid to rant about the problems with my story but not being obnoxious. I've seen plenty of reviewers just hate a story with really little reasoning other than one or two points, but Fuzzboy points out more flaws within my story. One problem I do have is characterization based on time, I do tend to favorite other characters and a specific two especially, but Fuzzboy brought it to my attention to fix.
That and I used generic characters that are too generic and I admit that I do, especially in terms of antagonists. I have no excuses and accept my flaws wholeheartedly. Thanks to all of you for supporting me in any way shape or form. I want to inform you that making chapters that are 6k in words is actually really hard for me, because I am a procrastinator. I tend to play video games a lot and recent games have gotten me hooked which delayed this chapter's release. Anyway, Merry Christmas to you all/Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year
The Mystery of the Lot
Solgaleo's
"So how does it feel to evolve?" Kiera asked curiously as Lapras couldn't evolve at all
"It's...hard to explain honestly. It feels weird not having any arms or legs to use anymore. I can manage that." Lilliana answered looking at herself
"You definitely wiped the floor with that ninja wannabe," Yoru joked
"More like out ninjaed by a serpent," Momo added as she and Yoru high fived while laughing
"We shouldn't be too relaxed about it. I can already tell he won't be very pleased and the fact we are going to be close to the merge. Three contestants are already gone, lowering us down to eleven. The hosts generally knock off about half the competitors before making everyone go against one another." Autumn warned being very serious about the situation
"As long as it's a vote, we'll all get into the final six," Fiona replied
"It's never just vote, they make automatic eliminations even the score," Autumn shook her head
The entire Solgaleo team was silent by this news. How did Autumn know so much? Then again, this was a televised program. Everyone knew about how the mechanics worked, whether you were a contestant or a viewer. They knew that only a few of them would be able to go further, and this troubled them. Who?
Lunala's
"I say we get rid of Tsunami as soon as possible," Skyler stated to Logan and Jennifer as they met in the hallway
"I would agree only if there was more reason to. I don't like him much either but he's a strong part of the team. Eliminating him may get rid of a threat in the later run but it also makes us very vulnerable to only four players while the other team still has their six," Logan replied
"I don't trust him," Skyler sighed
"We know that you've stated that quite a while now. Jennifer, how do you feel about him?" Logan asked now ignoring Skyler's obsessive hate of their teammate
"I don't know. I feel sorry because of what he went through. Maybe that's why he is the way he is, he can't bear to be around others anymore or he feels that we will all be his downfall again," Jennifer answered
"Sounds like you've been around him a bit," Skyler accused immediately
"Yes, I have. He's not that hard to read, it's pretty obvious that he is going through a personal issue that bears upon his shoulders pretty heavily. I believe the most logical course of action is to try and talk to him. That or we have no choice but to leave him alone," Jennifer admitted
"Or we could eliminate him," Skyler suggested
"Worst case scenario, we do," Jennifer sighed in defeat
"Where's Michael? He hasn't said or done much lately," Logan now wondered looking around
Michael
Michael kept a close eye on Tsunami from the start, especially since yesterday when Michael was able to see what Tsunami's past life was like. To him, Tsunami was nothing more than an emotionally wrecked young adult that is still going through a phase now. The only reasons why Tsunami behaves like a villain is because of his past. Now, Tsunami's past allowed Michael to exploit the Greninja's personality, strengths, and weaknesses.
From what Michael gathered, Tsunami's only key strengths were deception and being a proficient battler. This was very easy to deal with as Tsunami's weaknesses outweigh his strengths including; being easily outplayed, not being very social, getting the suspicions of decently minded Pokemon, and overall being a typical villain. One that could be beaten and defeated without raising an arm to attack.
"Now to see what his elimination order is like," Michael told himself as he saw Tsunami pass by
Once out of sight, Michael went to Tsunamis room and with a little lockpicking and hacking, he was able to get inside. The room definitely lacked character as there was too little in a way to show the personality of a Pokemon. On the wall, Michael saw the elimination order of everyone Tsunami was targeting. Taking a good look, Michael was not surprised that Tsunami chose weaker players first while he left the strongest for last. It was clear that Tsunami wanted to be challenged when he competed.
"Now how can I use this to my advantage?" Michael wondered to himself as he saw the wall
He developed a plan, a really good plan to get Tsunami in the end. He just needed the hosts to throw out the right challenge and Tsunami was good as gone.
With the hosts
The hosts were watching a classic black and white film about detectives solving murder mysteries. Chewing popcorn and drinking high sugared soda to go along with the movie. It was moments like these that the hosts were able to come up with challenge ideas.
"I love detective films, they're filled with mystery and suspense," Keldeo commented
"We need to make a challenge about this," Genesect nodded
"I know how to," Kavi replied smiling
"Just don't pull a Victini or Mew on this, we can't just copy other challenges from other shows,"
"I don't copy, I modify,"
"Same thing,"
Outside
BAM!
"Contestants! Get down here now!" the hosts yelled
The contestants were greeted with the whole world now in black and white. All color was lost to the two main colors of the early television. On the floor, Keldeo lay dead with a bullet hole in his head, blood spilled on the floor in a black color similar to chocolate syrup. Kavi and Genesect were waiting there trying to figure out who would cause this murder.
"Well contestants, our challenge today is simple. Figure out who killed Keldeo, whoever does gives their team the win. There are no challenges after this, you will have to interrogate everyone here besides yourselves. Good luck and stay safe," Kavi explained as there were police arriving to investigate
"Hm, since everything is in black and white," Yoru said as he then put on a detective outfit
"Is that really necessary?" Kiera questioned
"Hey, I'm living the character, let's go!" Yoru answered as the Solgaleo's went to the kitchen area to begin questioning some of the cooks
"Alright, everyone needs to stick together and que-where did Tsunami go?" Skyler asked not seeing the Greninja anywhere
"He just left," Jennifer answered as Skyler growled in irritation
"Typical,"
Yoru
"It was a cold night, rain pelting on our bodies like small icicles of frost. We were to discover who murdered one of the hosts and why. We had, to begin with, the cooks as they often get more time with the hosts other than us," Yoru was monologuing as his team sweatdropped noticing his total seriousness of the character
"Yoru, you realize you aren't a detective," Fiona said
"I'm not?" Yoru question confused
"No, you aren't but you would be a good actor," Momo answered
"Are you going to question us or what? We got work to do," a Delibird cook was getting irritated as he was tied to a chair
"WHERE ARE THEY!?" Yoru suddenly yelled in the cook's face causing the cook to be frightened
"W-what?"
"The murder weapon and your compatriots!"
"N-nowhere. I don't know anything!"
"Aren't you being a little too harsh?" Kiera asked
"Read his mind to be sure he isn't lying to us right now," Yoru ordered to Fiona as Fiona did so
"He's telling the truth,"
"Hm, who else was close to the hosts?" Yoru interrogated the cook more
"Well, the interns that handle their trailers,"
"Quickly, we have to catch them!"
"This will be a while," Lilliana sighed
"You can say that again," Autumn nodded
Lunala's
"Did you get anything out of her?" said Skyler as there was a shivering Bidoof which Jennifer talked to
"Yes, he said he had nothing to do with the murder and that we should ask the janitors," Jennifer answered with a nod
The Lunala's went to where the janitors often clocked in and clocked out of work. As they arrived at the separate building, they saw there was an Infernape, an Alakazam, a Loudred, and a Gallade. All four of the Pokemon were relaxing in their makeshift beds, mainly hammocks, as they couldn't work with the police barring off a lot of the area because of the murder.
"What do you know about the murder?" Skyler immediately questioned as she was not having any smart ass talk
"Well, Keldeo tends to have a lot of enemies due to his annoying nature in the past. Although he is much better now than ever, I'm sure he still has enemies," the Infernape answered
"Do you guys have any work history?" Jennifer now asked
"I used to work on the last show but I wasn't around him that much,"
"What about you guys? Surely you have some idea of who did it," Logan spoke as he was suspicious of the Gallade
"No clue honestly, the rest of us got hired at the beginning of this season," the Gallade stated clearly
Tsunami
"Now look here, who did it?" Tsunami had a Prinplup intern with a Night Slash up to the intern's neck
"I...I don't know! Please I got a wife and two kids!" the Prinplup intern begged as Tsunami released him
"You worked in the trailers didn't you?" Tsunami asked now less threatening
"Yes I did, why?"
"Who was the last person to work before this happened?"
"It was..."
Solgaleos
"WHERE IS THE EVIDENCE?!" Yoru yelled in the face of Sylveon intern who was shaking
"I-I have n-nothing to d-do with t-the murder," the Sylveon intern stuttered
"You better tell me because I'm Batmon..." Yoru said with the most serious face he could muster without almost breaking down into a fit of laughter
"Huh?"
"We're getting nowhere," Autumn muttered watching the scene happen
"I'm sure the hosts designed this to be tricky," Fiona nodded
"What would be worse is if they added some stereotypical villains," Lilliana responded
"We already have one and that's Tsunami," Momo finished as most of Solgaleo chuckled except for Lilliana
"I believe we found our culprit!" Yoru yelled as he dashed out of the area
Lunalas
"Is it just me or is that Gallade giving off a bad vibe?" Logan asked Michael
"He could be the one," Michael shrugged with a general answer
Logan turned to face the Gallade but he noticed he was gone, the Aggron growling to himself as he let him get away. Skyler saw how angry Logan was as she knew that the Gallade had to be the one to commit the murder. It didn't take a genius to figure out that if a suspect leaves while being questioned, they clearly are hiding something.
"After him!" said Skyler as the entire team left the other janitors alone
The Gallade kept running, firing Psycho Cuts at his pursuers, some making contact and others entirely missing. Logan tanked past all the attacks and slammed the Gallade with Iron Head against a wall.
"Surrender now," Logan growled as he pinned the Gallade with his horns
"Never!" suddenly the Gallade was covered in a cocoon of energy before changing form
"What the?" Logan would say until he was suddenly attacked by multiple punches and kicks by Close Combat
The effect of this attack sends Logan flying away as the Fighting type move was super effective to the Steel/Rock Type. The Mega Gallade would have stricken too if it didn't have to dodge a Signal Beam fired by Skyler. Dodging the attack, the Mega Gallade then avoided an overhead attack from Tsunami that appeared out of nowhere.
"Where have you've been?!" Skyler questioned
"Searching as much as the rest of you," Tsunami retorted before getting hit with a Close Combat attack and sent into a wall and smashed it
Skyler used X-Scissor as the attack hit dead on the Mega Gallade. Thanks to reducing his Defense stat because of Close Combat, it did, even more, damage than usual. Jennifer assisted by firing a Moonblast that sent Mega Gallade reeling. Mega Gallade didn't even recover before Logan burst out of the wall, grabbing him with Strength and brutally kept punching the smaller Pokemon. Mega Gallade was knocked out now as he reverted back to his normal form.
"Fuck that hurt," Tsunami grunted holding his left arm that was injured
"Not surprised, you clearly had the element of surprise but missed,"
Tsunami sighed agitated with himself.
"Alright, so fess up bub. You committed the murder didn't you?" Skyler questioned
"Yes," the Gallade muttered as a bullhorn was rang
"You have solved the murder Lunala's! That's only part one!" Keldeo exclaimed getting off the floor
"Wait! You're dead aren't you!?" Jennifer said angrily
"Oh, Pokemon can't really die that easily, especially us legendaries. I know we said that there wouldn't be a part two to a challenge but honestly, we need the screentime," Keldeo answered
The Solgaleo's were teleported back to the lot with the Lunala's, the hosts standing there with the next challenge.
"As you are all aware, there is a part two of the challenge. Your second part of the challenge involves finding Mega Stones that unlock Mega Evolutions for a select few of you," Kavi began
"You need to find the cave network that runs underneath the lot and find your Mega Stones for your team. However, due to one team having more Mega Stones than the other, you have to search for a list of them that we assign to you," Genesect added
"Ah great, we're mining," Momo sounded bored at the idea of hunting for gems
"Yes, you definitely are. The first team to find all your Mega Stones will win. One more thing, each of you is assigned to get three stones, and you have to work by yourselves. No teamwork in this other than counting the stones. Here are your lists and good luck! Oh, watch out for the Bolder and Gigaliths that inhabit the caves!" Keldeo finished
"What?!" the contestants yelled as the hosts teleported them
Autumn
Autumn found herself within a dark cave system that glowed with different crystals of assorted colors. She had to look for whatever was on her list to keep her team in the lead. She looked at her list that was on her paw.
"Find a Garchompite, Aerodactylite, and an Abomasnowite," Autumn said to herself
Autumn began to walk through the entire cave system, seeing all the green crystals that emanated a calmness to the area, the blue crystals that gave a peaceful vibe and the orange-red crystals giving off some kind of power. Roggenrola and Bolder were watching Autumn closely but didn't dare attack her directly as they feared the worst would happen to them if they did. Autumn smirked at this as they definitely wouldn't want to mess with her. Looking ahead, she saw a glowing purple and brown crystal that pulsed with extreme energy.
"How can I tell which stone is the one I need?" Autumn wondered to herself as she thought back
"From my experience, the color of the stone reflects the typing of the Pokemon it is meant for," she remembered her father telling her
"This stone is purple and brown. Purple represents dragon types while brown can represent rock and ground types. This has to be a Garchompite," Autumn concluded as she grabbed the stone
"Two more to go,"
Fiona
"Hm, a Gardevoirite, Absolite, and an Altariaite," Fiona muttered to herself looking at the piece of paper given to her by the legendaries
The Bolder and Rogenrolla didn't attack her on sight, instead, staring at her with love stricken eyes. Sure, she was a Gardevoir, but that didn't mean that she was the most beautiful Pokemon. Though, it would benefit her if they knew where the Mega Stones were at. Walking up to a Rogenrolla that just simply stared at her, she then asked.
"Excuse me, would you happen to know where these items are?"
"Rola!" the little rock Pokemon nodded as it hopped towards a dark cavern
"I hope there isn't any Gigalith," Fiona sighed to herself following the Rogenrola
Yoru
"Are you for real?" Yoru questioned as he saw a bunch of Bolder who were sleeping on top of each other that formed a wall he couldn't pass
Yoru looked around for another way around the place but the only way towards his items was through this pathway. He was assigned to find a Lucarioite, Sceptileite, and an Ampharosite. He tried to launch Dark Pulse and Shadow Balls to wake up the Bolder, but that only kept them asleep. Growling to himself, he used his ability to make himself look like a Tyranitar and roared at the sleeping Bolder. The Bolder then woke up and scurried away quickly in fear, Yoru transforming back to normal chuckling to himself.
"Wow, that was just too easy!" Yoru said as he then felt something breathing down his neck
"Giga,"
"Aw shit,"
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"You know, Rock types are real dicks sometimes," Yoru muttered covered up in bandages
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Jennifer
Jennifer avoided a large amount of Rock Blasts fired by the Bolder in her area, returning with Moonblast that sent the Bolder scattering. A few fired Flash Cannons which she had to avoid or be heavily injured since Fairy type Pokemon were weak against Steel types. One of the Bolder had a stone lodged into the side of its head which Jennifer noticed. She quickly used Moonblast to knock the other Bolder away as the one Bolder with the stone tried to attack her with Rock Blast. Jennifer dodged and fired another Moonblast that sent the Bolder flying and the stone fell to the floor.
"Hm, which one is this?" Jennifer wondered as she picked up the stone and looked at the list she was given
Judging from the picture, she concluded that this stone was a Charizardite X stone. The next one on her list was a Venasaurite, and it would not be an easy one to find in this cave. Sighing to herself, she began to go through the tunnels recollecting her memories from before she came on this show. The fire, being put in that damn orphanage with that racist Weavile, the brothel she was forced to work in, and Seth...poor Seth. She should have brought him with her, but she was unable to.
"Jennifer?" Jennifer's was snapped out of her thoughts as she made a sharp gasp in alarm and turned towards the voice to where it belonged to the Greninja
"Oh Tsunami, you scared me," Jennifer said with a small blush in embarrassment but noticed he was clutching his arm that was bleeding
"Yeah...I did," Tsunami said with a grunt as he sat against the wall
"You're bleeding,"
"Thanks for the observation...you should go on ahead before the other team wins," Tsunami sarcastically said but he found himself being healed by her with Wish, and he didn't protest it either
Logan
The other Bolder didn't even try to attack Logan as they had no moves that would be super effective against the Aggron. In turn, Logan had plenty of Steel-type moves that would wipe out the other Bolder if they were to try and attack him. Pushing even deeper into the tunnels, he found himself in this large pit that was covered up by fallen trees. In the middle, there stood a large pillar with a crest on it and some Mega stones.
"Jackpot," he smiled to himself as he went towards the pillar and tried to pull out the stones he needed. However, upon the touch of the pillar, the Aggron was sent flying by an unknown force. The pillar began to shake as it crumbled into many tiny little pieces. The pieces then reformed into a goliath of rock, known to many Pokemon as Regirock.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Logan growled
"Eradication of hostiles commencing," Regirock stated in a monotone voice as it fired Zap Cannons at the Aggron
Logan noticed that Mega Stones were right on Regirock's chest and that he would have to tear Regirock to pieces to get a hold of them. He proceeded to attack by using Iron Head, sending the Goliath Rock skidding back, but looking unharmed even when it was hit with a super effective move.
"Calculating, commencing new attack protocol," Regirock would then slam the ground with Superpower as it sent a shockwave that knocked Logan back
Thankfully, his ability was Sturdy, preventing him from getting immediately KO'ed by the Superpower attack that did four times the regular damage due to his typing. Logan retaliated with Metal Burst as it knocked Regirock's health down to the smallest amount of strength it could muster, which wouldn't last long. It tried to attack but was met with an Iron head that finished off the Rock Goliath. The body of Regirock turned to dust suddenly as the Mega stones were left where its body once was.
"That was a bit too much," Logan breathed in and out heavily due to how much pain he was in at the moment. He slowly picked up his Mega stones and proceeded on his way
Momo
Momo was running around the tunnels avoiding the Bolder who were shooting Flash Cannons and Rock Blasts at her. The tunnels were filled with dust due to the explosions of the various attacks hitting the walls and breaking apart rocks. Due to that, there was hardly any cover to hide away from the relentless Bolder, especially when you happened to be a bright yellow Pokemon that is easy to see. She would occasionally hit the closest Bolder with an Iron Tail and that would knock down the rest momentarily before they gave chase again.
"Why are there always hostile Pokemon around?!" Momo yelled as she kept running, and eventually dived into a small hole none of the Rock type Pokemon could fit through
Upon going through the hole, she was met with an entire room full of gemstones and had plenty of Mega Stones of different colors for the others. She took out her list and looked for the right stones, except that was going to be hard due to her lack of knowledge of which stones were which. She needed someone like Skyler to tell the difference.
"Okay, let's get all the Mega Stones separated from the gems," Momo told herself as she went to work on collecting all the Mega Stones
Skyler
BAM!
A hole appeared in one of the tunnels as Skyler punched a Bolder through it, the poor Pokemon was instantly knocked out as it stood no chance in beating the Steel-Bug Type. In her other claw was the Mega stone that one of the Bolder held but she was still missing two out of the three she had to collect. She explored these tunnels for about twenty minutes and she only found one stone. She swore that she must have passed through these tunnels for the fourth time, and the Bolder weren't even putting up a fight to stop her.
"At this rate, I might as well blow the entire tunnel system to find those stones," Skyler sighed
"Oh, wouldn't you like that," came a teasing voice from the back of her head
Skyler turned around to find nothing around, on the ceiling, the ground, or on the walls. The fact the voice sounded so close to her and yet was nowhere around only gave her only gave her one conclusion. This had to be her, the one that she had tried to suppress for years on end. If she let her anger get the best of her, SHE would come out. Not bothering to even look around for the fifth time, Skyler punched the adjacent wall of another tunnel system.
Kiera
"This is going to be a major problem," said Kiera
Being in a tunnel system had to be the worst challenge for her, especially the fact that there was hardly any water. Luckily, the hosts were considerate of her to put her in a tunnel system filled with water. The problem though was that she could only gather whatever stones that were above the water, which was a rare occasion. The Rock-Types in the area did not dare get close to the water which would make getting the Mega stones much harder.
"Sometimes I wonder if the hosts don't like Pokemon who have two legs," muttered Kiera as an irritated symbol appeared on her forehead
"You're the only contestant that didn't have two legs!" retorted the host
"Cream and Cherish didn't have legs!"
"At least they could float around or had wings,"
"You're being racist,"
"Technically, we're being speciesist or whatever the term is. Not our problem that some of you had a problem with challenges requiring legs,"
Kiera launched a Hydro Pump whoever the speaker was as it exploded and three Mega Stones dropped into the water. This had to be the worst joke the hosts could come up with. It was only by chance that she destroyed the speaker and that meant if she hadn't, she would have been there forever!
"Well, that was easy," commented the Lapras though was still annoyed with how convenient it was
Hosts
"Are you kidding me!? Which one of you two dumbasses put the Mega Stones in there!?" Kavi yelled at Genesect and Keldeo, the latter having a derpy expression
"What?" Keldeo questioned innocently
Michael
"This was a waste of time," Michael muttered to himself as he was outside the tunnels and still had all three of his Mega stones
Michael found out which stone was which easily from his expertise in retaining knowledge and vast amounts of it. He was able to locate his Mega stones without having to fight and get out of the tunnels before any Bolder decided to go ballistic.
"Sometimes I wonder why I'm even here for if the competition isn't worth the time,"
"ALL CONTESTANTS! DUE TO UNFORSEEN EVENTS, WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE CHALLENGE! YOU CAN THANK OUR DUMBASS FOR THAT!" Kavi announced annoyed
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"The final part of this challenge will be fighting a Mega evolved Pokemon, one for each team. Each team starts with six points, for every member that faints, you lose a point. The team with the highest amount of points wins the challenge and forces the other team to vote off a member," Kavi explained as he looked irritated for the fact the previous challenge was too easy for some individuals
"So you made us look for Mega Stones for nothing," Skyler muttered annoyed as well
"Not exactly, those Mega Stones will go to these Pokemon that we brought here," Keldeo replied as he took the Mega Stones and searched for two particular ones
"Lunalas, you will have to defeat a Mega Sceptile. Solgaleos, you get to fight a Mega Blaziken. Before you ask, none of you can use the Mega Stones that you collected, nice try," Genesect added
Right as Genesect finished his sentence, a Sceptile and Blaziken came forth as they looked very familiar. In fact, they looked like previous contestants of a show before.
"Say hello to Kai and Zayn, contestants of the Total Pokemon series hosted by Mew and Victini. They've agreed to become your obstacle in victory, have fun!" Kavi introduced the duo before
"Oh man, I'm going to enjoy this!" Zayn grinned before he Mega Evolved with Kai not caring and Mega Evolving as well
Lunala's
From the Lunala team, Skyler and Logan were up in front to go against Zayn with Tsunami right behind them and finally, Jennifer and Michael staying in the back as support. The fight would begin with Zayn unleashing a Frenzy Plant that forced everyone but Logan to dodge, the Aggron being forced to take the hit. However, the roots would wrap around him tightly and prevent him from moving while the other vines kept attacking. Michael stayed in the air to avoid all the large roots from reaching him as he began to strategize on the fly. Tsunami and Skyler were cutting down the roots that kept attacking them. Jennifer had the worst of it as she had to dodge the entire amount of Frenzy Plant without rest.
On one instance, one of the roots landed a direct hit, but although it wasn't a very effective attack, Jennifer was almost knocked out. Once the vines retreated back into the ground, Zayn took aim with his tail at Jennifer as he launched it like a drill. The tail would spin and be launched with the force of a rocket, heading straight for the Florges that was the weakest out of the group.
"Jennifer!" Skyler and Logan would yell in shock as the attack was launched at her and she could not avoid it due to her being already weakened by the Frenzy Plant
Tsunami looked back to see the attack coming her way, his eyesight seeing that he had a short window to get her out of the attack or she would be knocked out. As much as he didn't really care, he didn't want to lose again. Another loss would be another possibility for him to be voted off and lose his entire chance of winning the money. Time slowed down as he saw flashes of his burning village. He then pushed off the ground and got in front of Jennifer with a Night Slash ready. When the Leaf Storm would near, he put the Night Slash in the way as the blade and the attack would collide and cause a shockwave. Tsunami stood his ground as the attack was causing the Night Slash to slowly crack and break before entirely bypassing the defensive measure and hitting the Greninja. He would be sent into the wall and fall to the floor severely weakened by a very effective movie.
Logan eventually broke out of his restraints, getting into a daze of his past repeating itself. He remembered being captured and forced to watch fellow comrades being executed in front of him, with him unable to do anything. Seeing two of his teammates almost knocked out and his inability to do anything about it caused him to go berserk as he came running straight at Zayn like a giant freight train. He used Iron Head as he slammed into Zayn with the power of that of a Bullet Train that would send the Mega Sceptile flying far. However, Zayn recovered mid-air and launched another Leaf Storm that connected to Logan and forced the Aggron to skid backward before the tail would explode and cause a smoke screen. Using that smoke screen, Zayn would land on the ground and charge into it with Leaf Blade, sprouting green blades on his two arms. A bunch of slashing would be heard before Zayn appeared on the other side and the dust would reveal Logan on the floor in a weakened state.
Before Zayn would be able to give a finishing blow, he had to dodge a Fury Cutter from Skyler. The Scizor was being extremely aggressive as she would launch attack after attack at the Mega Sceptile in order to overwhelm him or tire him out. Likewise, Zayn avoided her attacked and launched his own to put distance between them as Skyler would be very resistant to his Grass-Type attacks. But, he had an ace up his sleeve that would do some good damage against the Scizor. Right as Skyler attacked him with a Fury Cutter, he would grab her claw and hit her in the abdomen with a Brick Break. This would send Skyler flying across the area and hitting the floor multiple times as the attack did moderate damage but the placement was the worst part. Scizor's had a small abdomen based on their body structure and therefore, a small abdomen meant the attack was more focused and caused more damage.
Again, Zayn would deal another finishing blow but was stopping but a Wind Cutter launched by the airborne Michael. Due to his position, Michael had the high ground, or rather air, that Zayn could not reach unless he did a frontal attack. Knowing this, Zayn growled as he launched a Leaf Storm attack that Michael was able to dodge due to his ability to avoid an attack thanks to the maneuverability of the air. Zayn would try launching other ranged attacks to see if any of them would be able to hit Michael but he was met with no luck. Tsunami grunted as he, due to his typing, took the worst of the damage. He pushed himself up as he struggled to stand, likewise with the others.
"Man, this is fun to watch," the host would say as he ate popcorn
"Watching teens struggle to fight someone who is clearly outmatching them?" Keldeo questioned
"Yep, how are the Solgaleo's doing?"
"Uh...it's Kai...should I even say?" Keldeo sweatdropped as the hosts would look and see that the entire Solgaleo team was literally destroyed as Kai was relaxing, all of them were knocked out and with massive bruising
"HOW?!" questioned the host as he felt stupid for inviting a Pokemon that literally didn't need to fight, the opponent's simply lost
"It's Kai...he's just too damn badass. If the audience literally saw what he did, their minds would be blown apart by the sheer awesomeness that is Kai." Genesect explained
"YOU'RE BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL!"
"SHUT UP!"
"Did you at least get the footage?"
"Yeah...but then the camera broke because it couldn't handle the badassery,"
"Kai is Saitama in Pokemon form, enough said," Keldeo finished the debate as the two other hosts would just nod
Finally, Zayn was too frustrated with his fruitless attempts to hit Michael as he launched himself high in the air. He launched himself so hard that he caused the ground to crack and shot at Michael faster than a bullet. Michael immediately tried to move away but he was unable to move out of the way and was hit with one of Zayn's attacks. Zayn used Dragon Claw as it was the only move that he could use effectively against the Poison/Flying type. Michael was sent into the ground as he was able to stand the attack but like everyone else was severely weakened.
"Is that all of you got?" Zayn taunted as he had taken some damage but still was in good condition as Tsunami stood defiantly against giving up
"I won't fail again!" Tsunami thought as his anger rose thinking about his past
"Then prove it!"
A vortex of water surrounded Tsunami as he yelled at the sky, his appearance changing. It looked like Torrent was activated at this stage but Torrent wouldn't cause an appearance change. Zayn just watched as the vortex caused Tsunami's transformation and red eyes glowed out of the water veil. A white glow emanated from where Tsunami's feet were as the Greninja suddenly launched forward faster than ever. Zayn immediately launched a Leaf Tornado but to his surprise, Tsunami kicked the attack away and used Acrobatics. Zayn blocked the first flurry of punches and kicks but left himself open as he was then kicked in the abdomen and sent crashing into the wall. Right after this, the veil disappeared from Tsunami as he fell to the ground and fell to darkness.
"THERE YOU HAVE IT! THE LUNALA'S HAVE WON TODAY'S CHALLENGE!" Kavi announced as he was pleased with the result
"Solgaleo's, you have to send someone home tonight!" Keldeo added as the Solgaleo's all muttered from the pain and the challenge being rigged against them
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"I hated that challenge...ugh," Jennifer groaned as she had a few bruises from today
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"Great, I don't know how he did that, but Tsunami actually legitimately won a challenge for us. It was luck that he was able to do that," Logan shrugged
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"If anyone asks, I'm still planning on getting rid of wannabe ninja frog," Skyler huffed as he had a pained face and a bruised abdomen
Solgaleo's
Yoru, and literally everyone else, was in the infirmary of the show. From what he remembered, Kai only launched ONE attack at them and knocked them all out immediately. In reality, none of them had a chance as Kai's typing literally had a major advantage against everyone on the team. A Fire/Fighting type that had a move pool capable of destroying any of them. Currently, they were all being healed by Nurse Adino as she was using Heal Pulse to get rid of their pain and get rid of as many bruises as she could, though the nurse could only do so much.
"So...out of all of us...who do we...you know, send home?" Momo asked as the rest of the team looked either nervous or pensive
That was the problem, this team was literally built with team members that respected and liked each other. The other team was starkly different and literally the opposite, but it made the Solgaleos have a harder time in sending people home. Being friends to one another and suddenly having to temporarily remove that friendship because one of them had to lose and the others to win. They all had their own legitimate reasons to win the money, but who's was the least worthy of earning it. Should they make a blind vote and let bygones be bygones? What could they do to not hurt each other? Nothing.
"Well, this was going to happen anyway...right?" Yoru tried to cheer the mood but failed to do so
Lilliana and Autumn looked stonefaced compared to everyone else who looked nervous, but they were not immune to the friendship problem. There was nothing that they could do to stop this, and it was literally now in their paws/claws/tail/etc. and the others, to decide out of the five of them, who would go home. The best option about choosing who would go home, it had to be random.
"Whoever we decide to eliminate, no offense," Fiona said with a sad tone
Montage of Voting
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"You've waited and cast your votes. I already explained the rules of this game to you guys already. If you don't get a trophy, you are out of here. Hasta la vista baby! So, without further ado, Fiona, come get your trophy," Keldeo began wearing a suit as he held up statues of Kavi
Fiona sighed in relief as she went up there but then worried who would be next.
"Momo, Kiera, you're both safe," Keldeo added as the two of them were very relieved to hear it
Yoru, Lilliana, and Autumn were the only ones left as they looked at each other and knew it would be one of them.
"Lilliana, you're safe," The Serperior would get her trophy before it would be done to Autumn and Yoru, the daughter of the devil and the Joker
"Yoru, you've received a few votes against you. So did you Autumn, and one of you is going home. The one going home is..."
Yoru looked at the last trophy that Keldeo held as he held his breath, but oddly, Autumn was a little more relaxed.
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"Autumn. Yoru, you are safe," Keldeo finally announced as the Leafeon sighed as she was eliminated
"Thank you guys, most of you here aren't complete assholes, unlike some people I've met before. I can actually call you guys friends, for the short time I've been here," Autumn said simply without wanting to make the scene too dramatic and wanting to get rid of that feeling quickly
Autumn was sent home via the rocket powered Limosine that shot right out of the set with a quick ignition. The rest of the Solgaleo's watched her leave as they would yawn and need to get some rest for tomorrow. Tomorrow's challenge would be very...unique
"So we have Autumn getting eliminated, a sudden surge of power by Tsunami, and best of all, more screen time for everyone here! Thanks for sticking with us viewers and we'll see you next time on TOTAL...POKEMON...IDIOTIC ACTION!" Kavi said at the camera
Next time on Total Pokemon Idiotic Action
Love is in the air...along with death threats and a lot of pounding. The cast will face a challenge that will reforge new friendships, making enemies even more bitter, and break every love chord that can be broken on a harp. However, would one chord might just stay attached as things get a little steamy from a surprise visit from Volcanion! Get it? Volcanion...you know, volcanos generate a lot of heat...he launches steam...ok I'm horrible at jokes. Another co-host comes into the seen that will change Total Pokemon Action forever! STAY TUNE!
To be continued...
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