"Are you sure about this, Tetsu?" David asked.
"Yes...he was seen here." Tetsu said as they entered a bar where they saw Chance pouring himself a drink.
"Well well...looky here. I didn't expect anyone to have found me yet." Chance said. "You must want something otherwise you wouldn't have wasted time trying to find me."
"You know Fair Dark better than your brothers. And you have beaten him before yes?" Tetsu asked.
"Yeah...I beat him once. Tried to kill me over it but he failed. See...I'm pretty hard to kill." Chance said. "Fearing death, risking my life...I have no fear for death and I'm always willing to risk my life on something that might kill me."
"Well tell me how to draw Fair out so I can finish things." David said.
"Yeah, I know a way to draw him out...but there's no way he's gonna wanna try playing you again." Chance said.
"He doesn't realize that as long as our wager still stands, he doesn't have a choice." David said.
"Not true. Wagers mean nothing to him. If you wanna break his curse...the only way to do so is to play him at a game he thinks he can win." Chance said. "And as luck has it, I know just the one. But if you really agree to this. You're gonna have to be willing to risk it. Your own life."
"It's nothing new to me. I'm risking my life every single day out here." David said.
"Ahahahaha! Man, you must be some kind of crazy kid. Okay...here what ya need to do." Chance said.
Meanwhile in a dark location…
"Great...first there was Ludenberg, then Ishihara...and now I have an assassin on my ass! My luck is running out fast. I need to get rid of Ishihara fast." Fair said. "Hmm...maybe it's about time I forced my lapdog on his little friends." Fair said as a cell door rose up. "Okay. Here's the deal...kill all the heroes and I'll let you go. Sounds fair to me, doesn't it...Hate?" he said looking at a chained up Hate.
"Fair, it seems a villain was just released into Paris." Shot said.
"Perfect timing. I order you to hunt." Fair said as Hate's eyes glowed as he roared.
On the Galaxy King…
"Uh oh...we have a major situation. A villain attack, a shadow pokemon alert...and someone from the Dark Kingdom. A triple threat." Jeremie said.
"This anger I feel...It must be Hate." Ace said.
"Hate? Him again?" Marco asked.
"Yes, and it seems his curse is in full throttle." Ace said. "If we want to handle this triple threat, we need to split up."
"I will go ahead and deal with the villain. The pokemon and Hate I will leave with all of you." Iida said.
"Alright. If our songs don't work on Hate, we may have to use force if necessary." Azura said.
"Hate isn't doing this on his free will." Pen said. "Before I escaped, he was made a slave by Fair."
"So if we take out Fair, Hate will regain his free will. We'll leave Fair to David then." Shanoa said.
"That being said, the Shadow Pokemon also need to be dealt with. Shanoa, think you can handle it?" Jexi asked.
"Of course." Shanoa said. "Without hurting the Pokemon too much, I will have to use my Elemental Glyphs."
"By the way, what Shadow Pokemon are we dealing with?" Aria asked.
"Based on witness reports...Houndoom." Tails said.
"Bzzt! Houndoom, the Dark Pokemon and the evolved form of Houndour! A Fire and Dark Type! Identifiable by its eerie howls, people a long time ago thought it was the grim reaper and feared it." Rotomdex said.
"So people thought of him as Death back then." Shanoa said.
"Most likely." Sachiko said.
"Can't say that brings back bad memories of when I fought and defeated him." Shanoa said. "Alright, I shall return." She said before running off.
"Huh? Text from David." Twilight said. "He wants to borrow Gemini and two of our members."
"An odd request...what is he up to?" Jexi wondered.
In the middle of the square, Hate was roaring loudly as he charged through buildings causing lots of destruction.
"That's right. This amount of chaos should draw them here." Fair said watching.
"You're a monster, you know that, Fair Dark?" A voice said behind him.
"Ah...right on time." Fair smiled turning around.
David appeared as he warmed up.
"I've come to see you hold up your end of the bargain." David said.
"Yep...I'm destroying Paris with my own special weapon of destruction." Fair said. "And he'll be glad to kill you."
"You could kill him...but why not make it interesting?" Chance asked stepping forward.
"Chance...what did you have in mind?" Fair asked.
"A game." Chance said drawing a gun. "Russian Roulette."
"You know how it works, right? Six shots, one bullet." David said.
"But this won't be a traditional Russian Roulette. Instead of one bullet...we'll use two." Chance said. "Whoever is left standing wins."
"How do I know you won't try and cheat?" Fair asked.
"I won't be the one firing. Miss Sunrise here has generously offered to fire the gun for us." Chance said.
"Yeah….I'll fire it." Gemini said.
"Heh. Fine. I'll play...but only if she fires at you first." Fair said.
"Good enough." Chance said. "Now...miss Sunrise. Here is how you'll fire off. You will go around in a circle and fire right at the heart. Pretend that we're your enemies."
"I don't like this...but if you have that much confidence in me…" Gemini said as she fired the gun. A bullet soaring out and piercing Chance's heart. "Oh god!"
"Don't...stop. Keep the game...going…" Chance said as he fell to the ground lifeless.
"Okay...uh…" she said turning to Spade next. She fired the gun but nothing came out. "Spade is safe."
"*Phew*." Spade said.
Gemini then turned to Tetsu. She aimed the gun at him and fired. Again, nothing came out. "Tetsu is safe."
"I had no doubts." Tetsu said.
"Next up." Gemini said turning to Hope as she fired, nothing coming out. "Hope...is safe."
"Oh thank god." Hope said.
"Hehehe. Just me and Ishihara left. Once he's good and dead...I'll win!" Fair thought.
"Next up...Ishihara." Gemini said aiming the gun right at him. She pulled the trigger but to Fair's shock, nothing came out. "David is safe!"
David left out a smirk at this. "It would seem, that this is the end."
"(No… this is impossible! Wait...maybe they were bluffing about the second bullet. No, there's no way Chance would lie like that.)" Fair thought.
"You know, Fair. There was something I couldn't get off my mind. What was it that you told Peacock when you placed a hit on me? That I was cheating?" David asked. "It just got me curious. Tennis is a sport that I have a great passion for above all else. What reason, pray tell, would I have to cheat in something like that?"
"(Damn it...he's rubbing salt in the wound cause he knows he's gonna win.)" Fair thought. "What do I do?"
"Last call...Fair...Dark." Gemini said preparing to fire.
"Wait! I…*murmur*" Fair said.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Gemini said.
"I…*murmur*ender." Fair said.
"One more time." Gemini said.
"I….I SURRENDER! I SURRENDER! I FRICKIN SURRENDER!" Fair shouted in a panic.
"That's all we needed to hear." Spade said.
"(He surrendered. So that would mean…)" David thought as he looked at Hate below as some sort of spiritual chain around his neck shattered as Hate stopped and fell unconscious. "I guess that takes care of that. Not only that, but his curse on everyone else he used it on should negate as well."
"Meaning...the Dark Kingdom no longer has hold on any government power." Hope said.
"You all played the game quite well." a voice said as a woman was standing where Chance was previously. "You showed my brother quite well."
"Huh? Wait...is that...Chance?" Tetsu asked.
"Ah...see...this is an unfortunate side effect of my own curse." she said.
Chance Dark
Curse: Nine Lives
Chance has the ability to come back to life nine times. But while his age and his appearance remain the same, his gender and species change depending on the person who kills him.
"That makes two times I died now." Chance said.
"Your curse is Nine Lives? What are you, a cat?" David asked.
"I dunno. Maybe I was in a past life." Chance said. "Now...as for the fatal bullet that might have ended Fair." Chance said taking the gun and aiming at Fair. Upon firing, only confetti shot out. "It wasn't even a real bullet. Just a gag from a joke shop. Guess joke's on you."
"(Fair wasn't the one who died, though.)" David thought.
"Now...I recommend tying him up and turning him into the police...before he regains consciousness." Chance said looking at Fair who was unconscious and foaming at the mouth.
"Good idea." Spade said as he held out a pair of handcuffs to David. "If he tries to use his curse, he'll be in for quite a shock, literally."
"Big time." David said.
"Well, have fun. I best be off now." Chance said walking away.
"Starting to see how Fair lost to that person." Hope said.
"Yeah. I could never read that guy… Er, girl. I don't know what Chance is anymore." David said.
"Don't think about it. I'm already gettin' a headache just thinking about it." Gemini said. "I wonder how Shanoa and Iida are doing?"
With Shanoa and Iida…
The mage and the Turbo hero faced off against Houndoom and a large, imposing police officer in cybernetic armor.
"Identifications: Tenya Iida, Shanoa Ecclesia. You have violated the law. Charge: Obstruction of justice. Justice must be done to Paris, including the arrest of Ladybug and Cat Noir. So says the directive of Rogercop." the robotic cop said.
"He is not in control of his own actions. Iida, leave Houndoom to me, while you bring the officer back to his senses." Shanoa said.
"Right." Iida said as he ran from the blasts he fired. "He must have a weakness. Where would the Akuma be hiding? Wait…" Iida thought looking at the whistle. "His whistle. It must be where its hiding."
"Analysing… you've figured out where my power has come from." Rogercop said firing.
"I realize it now. On my way here, I saw multiple cases of people being controlled. And that's how you do it." Iida said. "You fire your gun and restrain them, and then you use your whistle to control them into forced labor."
"You may have figured out my power but you will not stop me from bringing justice to Paris." Rogercop said.
"I am also a force of justice. I am the hero Ingenium!" Iida said getting into a sprint position. "Recipro….Boost!" Iida said zooming past Rogercop.
"Unable to track target. Where is he?" he wondered scanning.
"I'm right here!" Iida said standing on the other side of the street holding a pair of oven mitts. "I've made a quick purchase. You can't fire if I cover your hands."
"You will not beat me. I will fire faster than your Recipro Burst." Rogercop said.
"But what is that wasn't all I had anymore?" Iida said. "Recipro….TURBO!" Iida said charging at a much faster speed as he appeared behind Rogercop having put the mitts on his hands.
"What the? I didn't even see him move! How did he do that?" Rainbow said from the ship.
"It was part of Iida's training after the Hero License Exam. He removed the old mufflers in his legs and let new ones grow in. He's even faster now than ever." Jexi said. "With that new move, his speed limit goes from 10 seconds…"
"...to an incredible 10 minutes." Iida said as he took the whistle. "Now then.." he said stomping on the whistle as the akuma flew out.
Meanwhile with Shanoa…
"One Day, Man shall look to Dawn, without need to fear the Darkness." Shanoa recited as she got into a fighting stance as Houndoom prepared as well.
Houndoom growled before it unleashed a Flamethrower at her.
"Grando!" Shanoa called as a tornado of sleet and hail whirled around her. "Light!" She called launching two orbs of light at Houndoom.
It retaliated by firing Dark Pulse at the light causing a massive explosion.
"Oh my…" Anna said from the command center.
"Nitesco!" Shanoa called as she fired a purple beam at Houndoom. "Wings!" She called as black angel wings sprouted from her back as she took flight.
Houndoom growled as it jumped towards her preparing to bite her with Crunch.
"Uranus!" Shanoa called as she struck Houndoom with a sword made of light as it fell to the ground as she descended. "(I wonder…)" Shanoa thought before she began absorbing the darkness from it in the form of a Glyph as the Houndoom regained its normal color as she walked over and kneeled down to it. "It is done." she said.
Back on the Galaxy King…
"Weird...Albarion didn't send in a new video today." Jeremie said.
"You don't think something might've happened to him, do you?" Omnimon asked.
"No...maybe it's cause we took down Fair today." Gemini said.
"That's right. Because of that, Albarion doesn't see the point in laying anymore dirt on him." David said.
"You scared the crap out of us with that stunt… But you had a plan like always." Ace said.
"Yeah… Sorry I didn't tell you guys." David said.
"It's alright. Just try to give us a heads up next time." Simon said.
"I'm just glad we're finally rid of the little bastard." David said.
"Quite. The cancellation of his ability will lower the Dark Kingdom's morale drastically." Leopardmon said.
"But that means that they'll get even more desperate to defeat us now that they have nowhere to hide." Kentaurosmon said.
"That means we'll have to be ready in the future." Ace said.
"Yeah. We need to show we'll be ready for them." Hope said.
Meanwhile, Albarion in a dark location smiled as he saw footage of Fair's defeat. "All according to plan."