THIS IS HALLOWEEN!
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Announcer: Last time on Total...Pokemon...All-Stars; karaoke with a twist was on the menu as drama coursed from every orifice. Shade got fixed at the infirmary, making him normal again and making Demenio furious. Nate got the story of Aylesha and Jet...sorta, leading to Aylesha getting angry with him. Ebony was feeling nervous, as he didn't know if he was going to be eliminated or not. In the challenge, Shocking Karaoke was the name of the game, with points given based on if your score was over 20 or not. In the end, because of the massive lead they had, and the fact that numerous villains stopped mid song, the heroes got another win and Ebony was eliminated, but not before the Grand Alliance flipped the script on the Mob Alliance, making them targets instead.
What happens now? Will there actually be more drama for the heroes? Find out right now on Total...Pokemon...All-Stars!
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*Intro plays*
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The Grand Alliance was in the old cabins.
"Wow, those idiots actually fell for it!" Vile laughed. "I can't believe it!"
"I know right…" Hope said while giggling. "I thought that they were actually smarter than that."
"Hopefully Flynn doesn't rat us out to his 'new friends'", Aldon mentioned, making the other two who spoke sigh.
"I still don't get why he blames us for him getting eliminated early in the past two seasons…" Vile added. "It was his own damn fault for trying to target a baby's family…"
"Eh, we just have to leave it alone…" said Hope.
"Hey...Flynn was in you guys' alliance before, right?" asked Zayn.
"Well, yeah…"
Zayn gained a smile. Mentioning Flynn made something tick in his head. Flynn was almost always with Kevin, Krack, and Hayden, so it would be extremely beneficial on both ends if they were to combine. After that, they could easily get rid of the rest of the idiots on their team, starting with Giovanni and his alliance. "Then this is the perfect time to make our alliance even stronger and get rid of those mafia misfits completely!"
"Wait...you want us to-"
"Ooooh", Jason said, understanding what Zayn was saying. "You want them to get Flynn and his group to combine with us...making an unbeatable alliance!"
"Exactly…" said Zayn before looking back at the others. "What do you guys think?"
Vladimir didn't have much history with any of the people they were talking about, so he stayed silent and just looked the others.
"I don't know…" said Aldon, rubbing the back of his head. "Flynn is a bit prideful and stubborn…"
"Oh please…", said Hope. "He'll do anything to get further in the game again…"
"Yep…" Vile agreed.
"So, I'll take that as a yes…" said Zayn, folding his arms.
"Yep", said Hope, nodding. "So, do you guys want to go now, or wait until after the next challenge?"
"Doing it now would probably be easier…" Vladimir advised. "After challenges, I'm pretty sure we don't want to have anything to do with anyone other than your friends…."
"True…" said Jason, wagging his right hand's finger. "So, now it is…"
As they all started getting up, Aldon had a semi-crucial question. "Wait...where do they always go when they're not in the lounge?"
"When have they ever gone to lounge, anyway?" Hope added.
"Other than the first few days...they haven't", said Zayn.
"I think they're always in that ocean cave", Vladimir said. "It seems like a major hot spot…"
"Well, let's go and check there first, then…" said Hope.
They all got up and started exiting the cabin, on the search for their possible new and old members.
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"Well, I guess him joining our alliance was useless…" Flynn laughed.
"Yep, just like he was in general…" Krack laughed.
They were all talking about Ebony, who had joined their alliance that morning….only to be eliminated that same night.
"That was absolutely ironic…" Hayden laughed.
"Uh huh…" Krack said with a hint of annoyance in his voice, giving him a glare. "You're lucky that I didn't rip your arms off for trying to get him to kiss me…"
"Oh, so you're not itching for anything?" asked Hayden.
"YEAH, BUT I AIN'T ACTING ON IT!" Krack exclaimed. "It's been a bit hard, though…" he growled.
"And now this has just gotten very awkward…" Flynn said, backing a few steps away from him, as did Hayden.
"YAAAAAY! CROC MAN WANTS BANG BANG!"
Krack growled as his face flushed. "Shut the fuck up…"
"HELLO?!" they all heard.
"What the hell?" Hayden asked.
They all started walking in, raising suspicion for Krack and Hayden, while Flynn just had a mix of indifference and surprise. "Oh, what's up guys?"
"Nothing", said Vile. "We just wanted to talk to you guys…"
"All of us? Really?" asked Hayden.
"Yes…" Jason said. "So stay quiet."
"Alright, what?" asked Krack.
"Well...we were wondering if you guys would be interested in combining alliances…" Hope explained.
"Wait...you guys want US to join YOU?"
"Pretty much", said Aldon, shrugging. "It'll make our alliance huger, making us the most powerful."
"That way, we can take out these other losers and win!" Zayn explained with a smile.
"I like that…" said Hayden, 'punching his cannon'.
"Eh, more stability would be useful…" Krack said, shrugging.
"YAAAAY! MORE ALLIANCE PEOPLE!" Kevin cheered.
"Well, looks like the Evil Alliance is getting back together again…" Flynn laughed. "This time...we're ten-strong!"
"Yep...and with only six other idiots on this team...it'll be hilariously easy to get rid of them…" said Vladimir.
"Well...five idiots and Razor, to be specific…" Zayn said, holding a claw to his chin.
"Speaking of Razor...he hasn't been that significant lately, but he's still our heavy hitter. Maybe can get him on our side, too...that way we can get rid the mob and the loser brothers…" Aldon said with a small smile.
"After that, we should be at the merge…" said Vile. "Then, we can do whatever we want to those dumb heroes…"
"Yep...and the game with be mine," Zayn said, whispering the last word.
"So, which one of them should we get rid of first?" asked Flynn.
"Well, I say Giovanni", said Jason. "He's the ringleader...so getting rid of him dismisses the other two…"
"Nah…" Hope said.
"Nah?" asked Jason. "Then what do you suppose we do?"
Hope grinned. "We take out Mai...then Swift...and then get rid of him…"
"Um...any particular reason for that order?" asked Krack.
"Yeah, it'd be easier to just get rid of him instantly instead of waiting…" Hayden added. "If someone's getting on my goddamn nerves, I'd want them gone as soon as possible…"
"Well, they tried to pick us off, so we pick them off…" said Hope. "In a way, Giovanni is like their Vile, so saving him for last allows him to see how screwed he is…"
"Oh...you're going for the paranoia aren't you?" asked Aldon, causing Hope to nod. He grabbed her immediately and brought her close, kissing her.
"So...instead of just going for him and getting it over with...you want to drag out his pain?" Flynn asked rhetorically. "That's the Hope I know…"
Hope giggled.
"Well...I guess we'll be getting rid of Mai…" said Jason.
"Eh, I hate her anyway..." said Vladimir.
"Good", Aldon said simply. "Then after her, Swift is gone, and what do you say...instead of going straight for him, we get rid of any other possible allies he can make."
"Who? Mason and Ray?" asked Krack.
"Exactly", Aldon responded.
"That makes this even better…" Zayn said deviously.
"YAAAAY! ALLIANCE!
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Lila and her alliance were in the lounge in the den.
"So...how did you enjoy your song last time?" asked Hex, holding back a laugh.
Dew growled as his face burned a bright red. "S-Shut up. I still don't get why they gave me THAT song!"
"Maybe because of your history", Lila enunciated before giggling.
"Oh ha ha, very funny", Dew said sarcastically. "Look, just because I'm a part-time stripper doesn't mean I have to do things connected to it all the time!"
"Wait...you're a stripper?!" Jet asked before he and Volante burst into laughter.
"Ugh..." Dew groaned. "Great…"
Darren sighed suddenly, getting Lila's attention. Lila knew that sigh, as she'd heard it when Jesse was disheartened and sad. She grew concerned.
"What's the matter Darren?" she asked lying down next to him.
"I don't know…" he said, looking down. "I guess I'm just homesick or something…"
"Um...you know there's a phone in the kitchen…" Jet said. "Maybe you should just…"
"No, no...I'm really homesick…" said Darren. "I mean, I miss Aquamarine, I miss Sea Sea, I miss our house and being a family and not doing this!"
"Wait...are you telling us that you want to leave?" asked Hex.
"I mean...I've already won, and things here seem to be getting worse, so it doesn't matter to me…" Darren said.
"Aw come on…" said Volante. "You're saying that you're fine with the money you have already and that you don't want more?"
"I won 5 billion Poke", Darren explained. "I'm not that greedy and I only used like 790,000 Poke on the beach house…and like...one million or so on paying off my entire family's bills."
"My point is, your amount is decreasing, right?"
"Not really…" said Darren. "I put my money in the bank with an annual 15 percent interest rate, so I'm actually making a lot more!"
Everyone stared at him.
"Okay, how about you let me borrow a million Poke so that I can quit!" Dew said.
Darren chuckled, as did a few others.
"You'll be fine….Sexalicious", Hex chuckled.
Dew pulled out one of his swords and glared him down, silencing him.
"Well...at least wait until we lose another challenge", said Combat. "It'll be easier that way…"
Darren sighed. "Okay…"
"Well...I guess we have someone who can leave when we lose now…" said Hex, a bit saddened.
"Aw come on, it's not that bad", said Darren. "You guys will be fine…"
"Yeah, but...it's still upsetting to have a friend wanting to leave…" said Dew.
Darren looked down.
"Well, looks like we're gonna have to keep winning challenges…" Combat said with a smile.
"Wait, what?" they all asked.
"Hey, I got us a deal. he stays until we lose again…" said Combat.
"Um...no", said Lila. "We can't go against his wishes…"
Combat rolled his eyes.
"Wow, I didn't know you guys liked me that much…" said Darren. "I always thought that I was kind of just...along for the ride with you guys."
"Oh please...you're a good friend", Hex said, don't start doubting yourself. "I know that trick all too well."
Darren chuckled. "Worth a shot."
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Aylesha was inside of the stadium. Ded, Emilia, Piff, and Laxish were there as well, with the couple practice battling on the ground and the other two in the bleachers. She really needed to talk to someone, as she hadn't talked to Nate at all every since she left that morning.
"Wait, so he confronted you and Jet about your past?" Piff started.
"So now you don't want to talk to him...until he apologizes to both of you…" Laxish finished.
Aylesha nodded sadly.
"So...did you...break up with him? Warn him?" Laxish asked, wanting to get more information before attempting to give advice.
Aylesha sighed. "No, I didn't say anything. I just left him alone and went back to the cabins…"
"Aylesha, you have to talk to him about this!" Piff said. She knew that their relationship would not go well from this point if she kept this up.
"But-"
"No buts, you HAVE to, or else your relationship is finished", Piff explained. "You don't want that, do you?"
"Um...Piff, I think you've seen too many romantic comedies…" said Laxish, holding his head.
"What's the supposed to mean?"
"You're saying that the silent treatment practically ruins relationships, when their relationship is different", said Laxish.
"Hey, it happened to Tracy! When she did it to Jessie, he moved on to Emma and they never got back together! Then she started dating that biker punk, Angel..."
"Wait...what?" Aylesha asked, genuinely getting confused. "Where did Jesse and...all these other people come from?"
"They're different characters in some show called Shameless", Laxish said. "Which is exactly why you can't ALWAYS listen to her. She has a lot of intellectual moments, but half of the time, when it comes to love...HA!"
"Oh please, like you could give better advice…" Piff laughed, folding her flippers.
"I can and I will…" Laxish said before clearing his throat. "You have to talk to Nate and tell him how you feel about how he handled the subject; that way, you guys can reconcile, make up, and then make out. Easy…"
"Oh please! That's not helpful at all…"
"It totally was!"
The two of them immediately started arguing in front of Aylesha, who shuffled uncomfortably on the hard seats. As the two continued arguing, Emilia and Ded came up from the bottom of the stadium and sat down, with Emilia lying on her back in Ded's lap.
"So...what are you guys talking about?" Emilia asked with a semi-lovestruck look on her face as Ded rubbed her abdomen.
See this, Aylesha gained a small smile and scooted towards the two of them while Laxish and Piff continued arguing.
"So...what's wrong with those two?" asked Ded, motioning to Piff and Laxish.
Aylesha let out a sigh. "I was trying to get advice about what I should do about Nate…"
"What's the matter?" asked Emilia, sitting up.
"Well...after Nate found out about me and Jet, he took it upon himself to take us to the beach and interrogate him like an asshole…"
"Oh…"
"Yeah, so I'm not talking to him until he apologizes", Aylesha explained.
"Well, does he know?"
Aylesha shook her head. "I didn't talk to him when he finished with Jet. I just left…"
"Wait, so did you dump him?"
"No…" Aylesha said, looking down. "I still love him, but...that was way too far!"
"Well, if that's the case...just keep doing what you're doing…" Emilia explained.
"Wait, what?" Aylesha asked, confused. She was expecting to get advice about telling him or just getting back together with him.
"Aylesha, Nate's just being a protective boyfriend", Ded explained. "Knowing that you have an ex...and the fact that he's in the game with you…"
"Plus the fact that Eredar's in his head-" Emilia added.
"He's just a bit insecure…" said Ded. "So, just stay silent and we'll tell him about what you want…"
"Really?"
Ded and Emilia both nodded, making Aylesha give them a small smile. "Thanks…"
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"That was WAY too close…" said Giovanni. "I'm lucky that mutt was useless…"
"Why the hell would they vote for you instead of one of those listin' losers?!" Swift asked.
"I have no idea...but we're finding out after the next challenge…" Giovanni said angrily.
"So, we still going after the slut rabbit?" asked Mason.
"If those other nimrods haven't betrayed us!" Mai said.
"I don't know why they would…" said Giovanni. "I mean, we exposed weasel girl and her pals' list scheme. They should be trusting us more…"
"Well, consider that bullshit deleted…" they heard another voice say.
Turning, they saw Razor flying towards them.
"Oh, sharkface…." Mason said. "What are you doing here?"
"Well...considering my last ally was eliminated...I'm looking for another alliance…" Razor explained, holding back a smile.
"OH...and you decided to come to the more superior side?" Mai asked rhetorically with a smile. "Wonderful…"
"Yeah, dis'll be much easier now…" said Swift. "Another vote increases our odds…"
"Yeah, no…" Razor said.
"What do you mean?"
"Well...Vile and her gang convinced the others that YOU guys were the ones who made the list in order to frame them…" Razor explained, causing all four of them to gape in shock.
"What-How-" Giovanni started. "HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?!"
"Well, they explained the possibility of you all leaving their names out and putting your own names on it to directly fuck them up…" Razor stated.
"Damn...they're good…" Swift said with a slight chuckle, earning him glares from the other four. His smile immediately disappeared.
"Wait...so how did yous know they was lying?" asked Giovanni.
"No offense, but you're too simple-minded to pull off something that big", Razor explained, folding his claws.
"Hey! I eliminated a shit ton of people in my season! That's not simple-minded…" Mason explained.
"Oh yeah...hypnosis, so original and not at all generic as fuck…" Razor countered.
Mason growled.
"Well fish breath, since you're supposedly NOT simple-minded, why don't you give us an idea on what we can do?" asked Swift.
"I can't", said Razor. "I'm not afraid to admit it. They got the others believing them, so that's...ten of them, vs. you guys…"
"Um...dat includes you, buddy…" Giovanni said. "You're in dis alliance now…"
"Oh, I am?" Razor asked blankly. "Alright then…we'll see what happens during eliminations..." he said as he started walking away.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Mai asked.
"Walking…" Razor answered broadly. In actuality, he had to find Vile and her group in order to explain his plan. That way, once the four of them were gone, he could take them out as well.
"You need to help-"
"I said I can't…" Razor repeated. "Think of something yourselves. Sometimes simple is good!" he said as he continued walking.
"I don't trust him…" Mason said.
"Oh shut up", said Mai.
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Razor: Man, doing this feels so fucking good! I guess dating Vina had a bigger effect on me than I thought. I'm thinking much more strategically...and it's great!
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Demenio was laying in the foyer haunted house, alone. It seemed that ever since the day of the last challenge, Shade nor Ray nor even Ricky had been coming around. This infuriated him. He had been through so much in his entire life, but when he decides wants to combat it and reciprocate the pain that he felt, no one feels any sympathy or fear.
He would have flat out stated what his intentions were, but he knew that it would be idiotic. He would be eliminated whenever they lost another challenge if he did so.
"Why does nothing ever go completely positive for me?!" he growled, laying his head on the ground and covering his eyes as he started sobbing softly. He felt extremely sad and truly hated what he'd done to his brother, to Ricky, and...Ray, to an extent. No one else knew what he was doing, which was a good thing. "What's wrong with me? Why does MY life always have to have negatives? Maybe I should have just killed myself and got it over with!"
"No...no...there's no need for that…"
"What the hell?" he asked himself, looking around in a paranoid fashion and changing into his Mega Form.
"Calm down, D…it's your conscience..."
"Oh great...now I've REALLY lost my mind…" Demenio stated, devolving back to his original form.
"No, you haven't. This is completely normal…"
"Yeah, talking to yourself sure is a sign of mental stability…" Demenio said, rolling his eyes.
"Ugh...just shut up for now. Just listen. I know that you're going through a lot of stress and you can't take it anymore, but killing yourself nor torturing others is going to make you feel better!"
"It'll make it all go away and others will know how it feels!"
"Y'see, that's what you don't get. You don't know how others have lived. They're lives have probably been WORSE than yours. The difference between you and them is that you let it build up and you keep thinking about it pessimistically…"
Demenio sighed. "So I'm supposed to be happy will all of the horrible shit in my life?"
"Yes, because that means that things can only get better…"
The chandelier above him creaked before falling directly on his back, making him howl out in excruciating pain.
"AAAAHHHH! Okay...s-starting now?"
Demenio panted and tried to get up, but the chandelier had shattered, embedding shards of glass into his back and sides. He couldn't move without feeling a lot of pain.
"I-I deserve this…" he whimpered before finally losing consciousness.
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After about thirty or so minutes, his eyes slowly flickered open. He squinted as two blurred figures hovered over him, one black and the other yellow.
After a few more seconds, his vision was no longer compromised and he could clearly see Shade and Ricky, who had worried looks on their faces.
"Ugh…" he groaned.
Ricky gasped with a small smile. "He's awake!" he shouted to the sidelines.
He looked down and saw that his abdomen was completely wrapped in bloody bandages, which were covered in another coat of bandages. He gulped before the same Chansey that helped Shade and Ricky came into the room. "Well Mr. Volkratus, how are you feeling?"
"Shitty…" he said raspily.
"Well, that's to be expected when a 643 pound chandelier lands on your back and embeds glass into you…" she said with a smile, which was strange considering the circumstances.
"What happened?" asked Shade. "Did you go apeshit and make it fall?"
"NO!" Demenio tried to exclaim, but couldn't. "It just...fell on its own. I didn't do anything."
"Hmm, maybe karma caught up with what you were trying to do…" Shade said with a sheepish chuckle.
"If that was the case, wouldn't you be in jail or dead by now?" Demenio retorted with a sly look, shocking Shade.
"Wait...are you...okay again?!"
"I guess so…" he replied with a sigh.
Ricky walked next to him and kissed his cheek before nuzzling him. "I'm just glad you're okay again…"
"Um...Ricky, he's fine. You don't have to act like a kiss-ass anymore…"
"I never was…" Ricky said with a glare. "And you should at least show a bit more concern for him!"
"So...when he kicks MY ass and I'm hurt, it's fine. When he's just accidentally hurt, it's a crisis…"
"Aw...don't be jealous…"
"HA!" Shade laughed. "I'm fine. Good to see that you're completely back…"
"Well, not exactly…" the Chansey interrupted. "The chandelier broke a couple of your thoracic vertebrae and nicked at your femoral artery, so I'm afraid you're too injured to keep competing…"
"WHAT?!" all three of them exclaimed.
"No! Please….I need this! I want to stay!"
"Please let him stay!" Ricky begged.
"He wouldn't be able to compete without hurting himself! He's lucky that he didn't DIE from blood loss…so I'm sorry, but I have to say no…"
Shade gave the Chansey a suspicious look. She had helped Ricky using her egg...and Chansey in general are known to be great healers. He'd even heard on the news back home that a Chansey was able to save someone whose blood was completely gone! He growled softly.
"Bullshit…" he said.
"What?" the Chansey laughed.
"Your kind can heal ANYONE with those fucking eggs of yours…" he said, glaring daggers at her, making her back away. This shocked both Ricky and Demenio. "So why don't you?"
"Look, they just said that if they're too injured, they're eliminated…"
"They didn't say shit about you healing them and making them better did they?" Shade retorted.
"Well, no, but-"
"Well then I suggest you fix my brother...or else I'll make sure that once you're dead...you can never be healed…" he snarled darkly.
The Chansey chuckled as an Audino came in and Mega-Evolved. She immediately got behind it.
"Now what are you gonna do?"
"What the hell? Nurses fighting the guests?" Ricky exclaimed. "This show is so fucking dumb!"
Shade grinned and used Toxic, poisoning the Audino. The Chansey prepared to heal her, but Shade interrupted by using a powerful Iron Tail, sending the Audino through the wall, unconscious. He panted with a grim smile before looking back at the Chansey, who was now terrified.
"Now FIX HIM!" he commanded. "Or you're next…"
The Chansey gulped in fear before going over to Demenio, who had a smug grin on his face. Ricky just stood there in shock. Shade never had any of those moves before...so how did he get them?
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Ricky: Call me crazy, but I think something's up with Shade. He didn't have EITHER of those moves when we battled. It's really weird…
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The Chansey healed up Demenio using her egg. He was able to get out of the bed and walk about, but he still had a slight limp.
"There...are you happy now?!" she asked grumpily.
"Yes…" Shade responded calmly with a smile.
"CAMPERS! REPORT TO THE HAUNTED HOUSE IMMEDIATELY!"
"Great...back to the place that cause my initial injury…" Demenio muttered.
"Well, we can't complain now…" Ricky said, bumping his hip playfully. "You're okay now and the chandelier's already down. It'll be fine…"
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Everyone met up at the haunted house, where it surprisingly looked even larger than it did hours prior! It now resembled a huge castle; wispy, transparent cloaks flowing from flagpoles that were inside of conical topped pillars. The original bricks were now even darker, now a blackish gray color with a light maroonish tint.
A moat had formed around it, with red hued water all around it. A drawbridge was let down by chains with sharp creak as everyone gaped in complete shock.
"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?!" Dew exclaimed.
Mew and Victini appeared before them with smiles. "Welcome to the third generation Haunted House!"
Nobody said a word as they still gaped at the building.
"Anyways...today's challenge will be involving...dancing!" Victini said, doing jazz hands.
"...You're kidding us, right?" asked Volante.
"Nope…" said Mew. "We're DEAD serious…"
"Why would you upgrade the Haunted House to the Haunted Castle….just to make us DANCE?!" Vile asked, completely dumbfounded.
"Hey, we do this every Halloween…" said Victini.
"Wait...what?" asked Hex. "It's Halloween?!"
"Yep...which means...time for terror!" said Mew. "Today's challenge will have you all going into the castle and collecting these!" he began explaining, holding a vial of glowing fluid.
"And what the hell is that?" asked Mai.
"This...is ectoplasm!" Victini said, pointing to it. "The only way to get it is to engage in a dance battle with someone from the opposite team inside one of the rooms inside of the castle."
"Each room has a different Ghost-type that will have different requirements when you dance…" Mew added. "They will be the ones deciding which one of you wins. The winner will get the ectoplasm...and the loser dies…"
"WHAT?!"
"Oh for fuck's sake…" Victini said, facepalming himself. "You all have heard that shit for years, you know that it's not gonna last. You're gonna spin a wheel that's on the wall and whatever it lands on...that's what'll happen."
"The team that has the most ectoplasm collected by the end will win!"
"Now...we prepared your pairs FOR you, so don't worry…" said Victini with a smile.
"Let's see…" Mew said, teleporting a clipboard to himself. "We have...Ded vs. Hayden, Emilia vs. Swift, Piff vs. Mai, Laxish vs. Vladimir, Lila vs. Hope, Dew vs. Giovanni, Hex vs. Jason, Darren vs. Mason, Jet vs. Zayn, Volante vs. Razor, Combat vs. Kevin, Nate vs. Aldon, Aylesha vs. Vile, Demenio vs. Ray, Shade vs. Flynn, and Ricky vs. Krack…"
"Oh how fucking amazing…I'm with Mr. Psycho…" said Flynn, grumpily.
"Yeah it ain't pleasant for me either trunk face…" Shade retorted.
"Gotta love how they put two sexy chicks with each other and two gays with each other...that way, one of 'em dies…" Mason said.
"Just shut up…" said Emilia.
"Alright, we'll put you all in your rooms now and the challenge may begin!" Mew said.
"Wait, so after we get the ectoplasm...what do we do?"
"You come back out so that we know...duh!" said Victini. "Now….let's go!"
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Lila and Hope were teleported into a room with a Froslass; a very familiar one at that. The room was almost completely dim, a single light fixture hanging from the ceiling. On the floor were two dance pads, and on the wall, a large screen; next to it was a small PlayStation3. On the wall to the right of them was the wheel that Victini told them about.
"Hi guys!" she said cheerfully.
"Wait...do you know us?" Hope asked.
She folded her arms with a growl. "It's Lassie!"
Both Lila and Hope gasped. "Heeeey!"
"Yeah...you couldn't remember me, huh?" she asked a bit angrily.
"Sorry...it's been years…" Lila said sheepishly.
"Whatever…" Lassie said, shaking her head. "Now, for your dance battle, you two will dancing in a Dance Poke Dance-style manner.
The two girls eyed the screen and pad and gained small smiles.
"We're gonna do three rounds…" Lassie explained. "The one who wins two rounds gets the ectoplasm…" she said, holding the vial.
"Any rules?" asked Hope.
"Nope…" said Lassie.
Surprisingly, Lila gained a smile at the same time Hope did.
"Ooh...you two seem happy about that…" Lassie said with her own smile.
"Well, looks like we'll be seeing who's the better female…" Hope said, holding her hips as she got on her pad.
Lila giggled. "It's not even a competition…" she started as she got on her own pad. "We're actually alike, Hope."
It was Hope's turn to laugh. "Well, that's true..."
"The only difference is that Jesse is the only guy I've been with…" Lila added with a wink.
Hope blushed and gave her a playful look. "Okay, I see how it is…"
The two were actually getting along a bit during that the screen was being set up. Surprisingly, the screen took a while to heat up and load, causing agitation.
"Fuck's sake…" Lassie cursed. "I fucking told those stupid hosts that this old ass game wouldn't work!"
"Wait, so...what do we do?"
"Don't worry, I'll be back…" Lassie said as she vanished, leaving the two girls alone.
They sat down and just stayed in silence for about two minutes before Hope decided to break the ice. She and Lila were just talking like they were good friends minutes prior, so why not try to make another friend? Just because she was a villain doesn't mean her heart was completely dark.
"So...um...how's Jesse?" she asked out of curiosity.
Lila sighed. "He's fine, but...Solis still has an impact on him from time to time…"
"Oh...well...I'm sorry…" Hope said, looking down.
Lila looked down. "I am too. I just don't know why Solis wouldn't leave us alone!"
"I think it's the predatory urges that we all get when we see something that we really really like…" Hope stated. "She and Aura liked Jesse and Shade, respectively, so they didn't care about who they had to fuck over to get at them…"
Lila growled. "That doesn't explain why she still acts like a bitch towards me even though she's with Jason now…"
"Yeah...I can't explain that at all…" Hope said before she remembered something crucial. "Wait...now that I think about it...I think I can…"
"What?!" Lila exclaimed softly. "How could you explain why she-"
"Um...it's a personal issue…" Hope said, rubbing the back of her head.
Lila huffed. "Fine…" she said before calming down. "So...how are things with Aldon?"
Hope gained a smile. "Amazing...just amazing…"
"Oh?" Lila purred with a smile. "How amazing?"
Hope sighed blissfully. "He's so...passionate, generous, caring...strong-willed...protective...just an all around amazing guy."
Lila smiled. "That's the same way I feel about Jesse. He does so much for me and Sonan without caring about what happens to himself. He's so amazing…"
Hope nodded, bringing Lila's next question.
"So...are you two planning on-"
Hope giggled. "Yeah...he already proposed. We're just here to see if we can win…"
"Oh...so you're hear to pay for your wedding?"
Hope nodded with a blush. "The others don't know because we wanted to see how far we can make it before we surprise them."
"Aww...that's so cool", Lila said. "Well...I hope you at least make it farther than the merge…"
Hope smiled. "Same to you…"
Lassie came back just at the right time with a PlayStation 4. "Alright, I took this from Egridos' man cave, so let's hook it up and put it back when we're done…"
The two stood up with soft smiles.
000
Dew and Giovanni were in a room similar to Lila and Hope's. The only differences were that the wheel was on the left wall, there were large pressure pads of different colors on the floor separated by a thin line that was the same color as the ceiling, and there were two pillars that each held one vial of ectoplasm against the back wall. Each vial was covered by a glass case.
"What the hell is this?" asked Dew.
"Um...pillars with the junk we need, duh!" Giovanni said, stating the obvious.
Dew growled. "Where the hell is our Ghost-"
"Who the fuck needs it?" asked Giovanni. "They're right there. I can just get it, and YOU can die…" he laughed as he started flying towards it, only to be zapped down.
Dew laughed. "So much for that plan…"
Giovanni groaned while he sat up and a small orange and blue figure appeared between the pillars.
"Hehehehehe!"
"A Rotom…" Dew observed.
"Why dat little-AAAHHHHH!" Giovanni squawked as he was zapped again.
"Hehehehe!" the Rotom laughed. "Hi! Ready to dance, puppets?!"
"Wait...what?"
"Puppets?!"
"Yes….hehehehe!" the Rotom laughed, actually becoming more disturbing. "You two have to dance while also stepping on the correct pressure pads."
"Correct pressure pads?" asked Dew, looking down at the floor.
"Yes", the Rotom said. "Some of the pads are fine, but some of them will electrocute you once you made contact. AND they change each time!"
Giovanni and Dew both paled.
"What kind of sick shit is this?!" Giovanni exclaimed.
"It's not sick...it's fun!" the Rotom said creepily as ominous, disturbing music began playing in the background. "Like watching your friends all swallow knives on a dare then you pull out the knives from their stomachs, letting all of their blood and organs douse your body and it tastes so…"
Dew and Giovanni had disturbed looks on their faces as they looked at each other briefly before looking back at the Rotom.
"Anyways...you guys' challenge is to keep dancing without making a lot of mistakes…" the Rotom finally explained in general. "As you each dance on your own pads, the glass cases will rise...and every time you mess up, it will drop…"
"Um…"
"The first one to completely get the case off will win…" the Rotom said. "And the loser spins that wheel...hehehehehe!"
"Dis guy is fucking psycho…" Giovanni whispered to Dew.
"No duh…" Dew said back.
"Now...let's get started!"
000
Hex and Jason were inside of another room that was similar to the previous ones. However, this one was completely barren except for a chair in a corner. A Dusknoir was lying in the chair.
"Um...what the hell is going on here?"
"Catch!" the Dusknoir said boredly throwing the vial of ectoplasm towards the two of them. Jason jumped forward and grabbed it.
"Um...so-"
"Congrats monkey, you win...dog, spin the wheel."
"WHAT?!" Hex exclaimed.
"Monkey caught it, you lose…"
Jason laughed, while Hex growled. "How is that fair?! You didn't give us a dance challenge!"
"Who cares?" the Dusknoir responded.
"Yeah...don't argue", said Jason. "Accept your fate…"
Hex growled before going to the wheel with a frown.
000
Hex: This shit is so unfair…
000
Hex spun the wheel and once it stopped, it landed on 'skin'. His eyes widened.
"Um...s-skin?"
A groaning sound was heard and the floor opened up, showing a glowing orange entrance with red fog emerging from it.
"Oh no…"
A large, thin bloody tongue emerged from the entrance and wrapped itself around Hex as he struggled to get free.
"THIS IS BULLSHIT! AHHH!"
Sharp jagged teeth appeared around the entrance and the inside of it, making Hex whimper as he was pulled.
"HELP! NO!"
"You have fun in there…" the Dusknoir said as it vanished.
Hex was pulled inside and agonizing screams were heard, startling Jason. He had to shake it off as he walked towards the exit. Just as he reached for the door handle, Hex's deceased, skinned body was tossed back out of the wall.
Jason gagged in his mouth before quickly rushing out.
000
Darren and Mason were inside of a large room that was completely cold, ice was all around and a pool with two ice floes was in the middle of it. On the wall near the entrance/exit was the wheel.
"Okay, they've officially lost their sanity…" Mason said. "Why is there an ice room in a fucking haunted castle?!"
"Just let them do what they want…" said Darren. "It's their show…"
"That WE ARE competing on and that I am going to win again…" said Mason.
"We both won a season already and have plenty of money...why do you care so much?"
"You can never have enough money, idiot…" Mason responded as a female Jellicent rose from the water.
"Hello…" it greeted. "Welcome to your challenge…"
"Yeah yeah...just tell us what we're doing", Mason demanded.
"Um...actually...there's no need for that…" said Darren. "I'll just spin the wheel…"
"Wait...you're not going to participate in the challenge?" the Jellicent asked.
"HA! You knew you'd never stand a chance…" said Mason. "Glad you see it my way…"
"Um...no", Darren explained as he slid himself towards the wheel. "I just think I've made it far enough and I'm ready to go HOME…"
Mason scoffed. "Yeah right...call it whatever you want."
Darren rolled his eyes and spun the wheel. The wheel landed on 'impalement'. "FML…" he said as a hole appeared underneath him. "AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!"
He fell into the hole, which had large, steel spikes of various sized lined up at the bottom. He landed hard, numerous spikes going straight through his head and abdomen.
Mason looked down into the hole and started laughing. "Loser!"
Seeing this, the Jellicent frowned at Mason and sprayed him with water, causing him to slip and fall into the hole as well.
"Oops…"
000
Jet and Zayn were in a basement like area, as there was a staircase in a corner and there was a heater in another. The walls were gray with red 'paint' flowing down all over it. However, that wasn't really 'scary', the frightening thing in the basement was that there were two transparent cylindrical bubbles with poles in each of them that were sitting over a steel orb. On the left wall was the wheel.
"What the hell…" Jet muttered as Zayn folded his arms.
"Hey guys…" a Chandelure said as it appeared before them.
"Wha...Chandler?" asked Jet.
"Glad to see that you remember me…" he said with a smile. "Now...do you think you're ready for your dance challenge?"
Zayn shrugged. "I don't really care, I just want to get this over with."
"Alright, that's one assurance, what about you, Jet?"
"Oh, yeah. I'm ready…"
"Alright then…" Chandler said. "Let me explain…"
He turned to the three circular cases. "You two will be placed inside those two containment units. Once you're inside, I will ignite a fire inside of the steel orb. Since metal absorbs heat, it's make it unbearably hot to touch, which is where your challenge comes in."
"I don't like what i'm hearing so far…" Zayn said, sweat dropping.
"Well, since you're a Grass-type, that's to be expected", Chandler reasoned. "You have to dance while the bottom and the pole of your container becomes hotter and hotter. Whoever lasts the longest inside will win this", he said, holding the ectoplasm vial.
Jet and Zayn exchanged glances.
"Alright, let's do this!" said Chandler as he put each of them inside of a container.
"Well...this is going to suck…" said Zayn, placing his palms on the wall.
Chandler lit up the steel orb.
000
Nate and Aldon were in an attic of sorts, as there were many cobwebs, wooden and steel planks. There were also more rocks and bricks. There was a screen hanging from the ceiling and a Wii on the floor.
"Wait...are we playing a Wii?!" Nate laughed. "This'll be easy as hell…"
Aldon looked at his arms before growling angrily.
"Hahaha...for me", Nate added upon seeing Aldon's expression.
"Hello you two…" said a Gengar as it appeared.
"Um...who are you?" asked Nate.
"Oh right, we haven't really met…" the Gengar said, rubbing the back of his head. "But...I know this asshole remembers me…"
Aldon chuckled sheepishly before rubbing the back of his head. "Oh...Dhaunt..."
"Yeah…" Dhaunt said.
"Oh, right...you're one of the originals…" said Nate. "Sorry…"
"It's fine…" said Dhaunt. "Now...for you guys' challenge!"
"Well, we can already see what it is…" said Nate. "We're playing the Wii...and I'm guessing that it's Just Dance…"
"And you are right…" said Dhaunt. "How'd you know?"
"Just a guess…" Nate said sarcastically, folding his arms.
"Anyways, you guys' dance challenge is simple…" said Dhaunt as he handed them each a Wii remote. "Whoever gets the most points after a song will win…"
"Wait...A song?" asked Aldon. "No best two out of three or...four out of seven?"
"Nope…" said Dhaunt. "I don't want to be here for long. Sorry…"
Aldon groaned, looking at his arms as his Wii remote's wrist strap dangled from his right one.
000
Aylesha and Vile were in front of a Golurk in a bloody room. Blood was continuously leaking from every corner and the wheel of death was on the left wall.
"Um...t-this is creeping me out…" Aylesha said, afraid of what she was seeing.
"Eh, I've seen more blood when my dad tore open a Snorlax", Vile explained.
Aylesha paled a bit. "Um…"
"Alright puny females, it is time for your dance challenge…" the Golurk said.
"Um...okay...what is it?" asked Vile.
"Kiss each other…"
The two girls paled and stepped away from each other. "NO!"
"Worth a shot…" the Golurk said. "Your real dance challenge is...um...uh…"
After about 10 minutes of him stuttering, both girls grew annoyed. "ALright already, you dumb fuck!" Vile exclaimed. "Just give us the ectoplasm if you don't have a challenge for us!"
"No, I have a challenge, I just forgot it…" it explained, causing the girls to groan. Looking behind it, they saw two platforms sitting above the ground.
They gave the Golurk an 'are-you-kidding-me' look.
"Um...look behind you…" Aylesha stated in a bored way.
The Golurk turned around, and seeing the platforms, it immediately remembered what his challenge was.
"Oh, right…" the Golurk said. "You two have to dance on those platforms while body organs are dumped on you…"
"WHAT?!" Aylesha exclaimed.
"Oh, well this will be easy", Vile said, folding her claws.
"The thing is that, you can't stop dancing at all", the Golurk explained. "If you flinch, fall off, or stop, you automatically lose…"
"Oh, never mind…" Vile said.
"Well...let's you two settled…"
Aylesha and Vile were placed on the platforms. Aylesha had chills up her spine, while Vile kept her composure.
"Alright, let's get started!" the Golurk said. "Go on and start dancing…"
"With no music?!" Vile asked. "We'll look stupid…"
"I know…" the Golurk said. "Now begin…"
"This is so embarrassing…" Aylesha said as she awkwardly started dancing.
Vile started dancing as well, feeling like a huge idiot as she did so.
The Golurk laughed as it pulled a lever, opening two tiles in the ceiling. Blood poured down in a continuous fashion, not letting up one bit. Aylesha flinched and wanted to get out of the way, but she didn't want to lose. Vile, on the other hand, was perfectly fine and continued dancing.
A pungent odor hit them both hard, however.
"Wait...i-is this blood fake or real?" asked Aylesha.
"Real, of course!"
Aylesha squeaked and felt ready to vomit immediately, but she swallowed it and just continued dancing, while Vile groaned.
Soon, the blood kept pouring, but organs began falling as well, including hearts, livers, gallbladders, lungs, intestines, and...reproductive…
Aylesha was trying to keep her cool, but was so close to throwing up and stopping. Nate had always told her to stay strong and never give up on anything, so she was trying her best not to just lose this for her team. She began holding her breath and closed her eyes and she pop-and-locked.
Vile had the intestines like a scarf and was using it like so. Things were getting more gruesome and disturbing and more and more blood and organs came down, as well as blackish-red figures. Neither girl was giving up, though Aylesha really wanted to.
Soon enough however-
"AH!"
Vile was hit by the body of a dead and eviscerated Meditite, causing her to stop. Aylesha heard the thud, but didn't stop.
"Mushroom top wins it!"
Aylesha stopped and immediately screamed upon seeing the dead and mangled body.
"Weasel lady, you die", said the Golurk as it gave Aylesha the ectoplasm.
Vile got up and growled before going towards the wheel. She spun it and it landed on 'dead body'.
"What the hell does-" she was interrupted by a dead Exeggutor crushing her.
Aylesha sniffled and looked away. She really didn't like this kind of stuff. If she was ever scared of something back at home, Nate would chuckle and hold her close. It just made her feel much more secure and loved. Then, she realized that by giving him the silent treatment, she was denying herself that love. She looked down sadly before beginning to cry.
000
Aylesha: I-I WANT NATE!
000
Ded and Hayden were inside of an alley like room, where a piece of cardboard was lying in the middle. The alley room was completely laid out with bricks, with a dark sky painted ceiling and a concrete floor. There was a dumpster in one corner and the wheel was on the back wall.
"Yeah...this isn't scary in the slightest…" said Ded, folding his arms. "So much for being Halloween based…"
Suddenly, the room changed. Bricks were now missing, with decomposed bodies halfway coming out of some of them. A white fog enveloped the room and blood stains were all around the room.
"You were saying…" Hayden growled.
Suddenly, a rumbling was heard from inside of the dumpster. Seeing this, Hayden's eyes widened. "Oh hell no!" he exclaimed, aiming at it.
"Calm down…" said Ded as he moved towards it.
"Ey, don't come crying to me when you dead!"
"I'm a Normal-type", Ded said blankly as he opened the dumpster.
A Sableye jumped out, passing right through Ded as it attempted to use Shadow Claw.
"Aw...I to cut you…" it said.
"Yeah, sure…" Ded said. "Now, tell us our fucking challenge before I destroy and splatter you on these walls…"
"I am Ghost! You cannot harm me…"
Ded gave it a look before using Double Team, surrounding it. Then, he used Flamethrower, effectively knocking out the Sableye with no difficulty.
"Nice try aggro, now we can't get our challenge!"
"He tried to attack me and he didn't give us our challenge after I asked...and he just questioned my methods…"
Hayden groaned.
Ded looked into the dumpster and pulled out a vial of ectoplasm. "Well, if there's no challenge, looks like I win…"
"Hold up...who says that YOU get it?!"
"Me…" Ded answered easily. "And if you disagree, I could help with your death sentence…"
Upon hearing that without even a shift in tone, Hayden grew afraid. "Man, this is some bullshit!"
"Whatever you say…" Ded said. "Now spin the wheel…"
Hayden grumbled as he went over to the wheel and spun it. After a brief moment, it stopped and landed on 'blowing from a gun'.
"What the hell is that?"
Suddenly, Hayden was risen up and tied up by a ghostly force.
"WHAT THE HELL!? NO!" Hayden screamed.
Soon enough, the wheel changed into a cannon and Hayden was placed directly in front of it.
"Oh the irony…" Ded said with a small smile.
"AHHHHHH!" Hayden screamed as his body was blown apart by the impact of the cannonball and the close proximity.
Ded clapped with a smile before walking out of the door.
000
Ded: What? I despise hoodlum asswads and wannabe thugs, so seeing one get blown apart is actually very satisfying…
000
Emilia and Swift were in a dining room. Blood stained the pure white table cloths as spiderwebs cloaked the corners and objects in the room. There were twelve chairs on each side of the 30 foot long table and a fireplace on the back; over it was the wheel.
"Okay...so, what's going on here?" asked Emilia.
"How da fuck should I know weasel girl?" asked Swift.
Emilia glared at him. She had already gotten over Sadao, now she was paired with another snake...who was also an asshole. She sighed at the irony.
She sat down in one of the chairs.
"What is youse doing?" asked Swift.
"Sitting down…" Emilia explained in a questioning manner. "Is there a problem?"
"Considering that we has to do a challenge, yes!" Swift answered. "So stand the fuck up…"
Hearing that, Emilia growled and got up. "Look, you wannabe mobster. I don't know WHO you think you're talking to, but just know that I'm not the girl you want to mess with…"
"Oh please, what are yous gonna do? Cut me?" Swift teased. "My boys will dismember ya and place you around different parts of Hoenn…"
"And my man with grab you all, disembowel you and eat a few of your organs, then he will pound you into dust and bury you in a shallow grave near the edge of a cliff…" Emilia countered with a serious glare.
Swift was extremely disturbed upon hearing that, but he brushed it off and kept his composure. "Oh please...your man won't do anything with bullet holes throughout his body…"
"You'd think that…" Emilia laughed darkly.
Hearing that scared the hell out of Swift, but he didn't show it.
"Good evening…" a Gourgeist said as it appeared from the wall.
"Oh, hi…" Emilia greeted.
"Are you ready for your challenge?" the Gourgeist asked.
"Duh…" Swift said. "We wouldn't be here if we weren't…"
"Excellent…" it said as the entire room began rumbling.
A crack appeared through the center of the floor, splitting it in two. The two sides began moving away from each other, leaving a huge gap. The table broke and fell down the chasm where, at the bottom, was a river of magma. The table melted immediately.
Emilia and Swift looked down and immediately gulped in fear.
"Now...your challenge is to do the dance that I tell you to do in order to move forward…"
"Move forward?!" Swift exclaimed. "You tryin' to kill us?!"
"Move a foot foward…"
Emilia looked at Swift before hesitantly moving a foot forward. Feeling a surface, she stepped forward and stood over the chasm.
"What the…"
"The floor is invisible…" she explained. "Gotta have you know what's in store if you do not abide by my rules…"
"Oh, you're good…" Emilia complimented.
"Thanks…"
"Alright, so you just tell us to do a dance and we can move, right?" Swift asked.
"Yep, and you have to do it at the same time so that there is no cheating…" the Gourgeist added. "You will have three chances. If you mess up three times, you die and the other player wins immediately."
"Oh come on, that's unfair! I don't have good legs and my arms aren't that long!"
"Oh well...is that a forfeit?" asked Gourgeist.
"NO!"
"Okay, then no excuses…" it continued.
Swift growled.
"Alright...let's get started…" said the Gourgeist. "First dance...the Macarena!"
"Oh, that's easy…" Emilia said as she began doing the dance.
Swift was trying his best to do the dance, but his arms were just too short. He sighed in defeat as Emilia finished.
"Okay, you get to go first, miss…"
Emilia giggled. "Call me Emilia."
"Okay...Emilia…"
Emilia moved forward, while Swift stayed in his same spot.
"That's one negative for Mr. Snake…"
"Da name's Swift…" Swift hissed.
"Whatever…" the Gourgeist said. "The next dance is...the pop, lock, and drop it…"
Emilia smiled immediately. "Easy…" Emilia said as she began doing the dance, leaving Swift annoyed.
"Okay, you know what, fuck this…" Swift said. "Just kill me…"
"So, you ARE forfeiting...good to know…" said the Gourgeist as Swift was pushed into the magma.
"AHHHHHHHH!"
Emilia watched Swift fall to his death and shrugged. The Gourgeist gave her the vial with a smile.
"Thanks a lot", Emilia said with a smirk.
"No prob…"
000
Mai and Piff were inside of a room that was inside of a gym-like area, where they saw two separate boxes sitting in the middle. Around the large area were bleachers filled with dead, rotting corpses of various Pokemon; rusted workout equipment was in a corner, and the wheel was on the back wall.
"Oh boy...what is this now?" Piff asked, exasperatedly.
"Maybe you should work for our explanation before speaking…" Mai stated.
"And maybe you should only talk when spoken to…" Piff retorted.
"Watch yourself, bitch…" Mai said with a glare.
"No, you watch yourself, whore…" Piff responded.
They growled and glared at each other angrily as an Aegislash appeared. "Interesting quarrel my fair maidens…"
The two immediately recoiled from shock upon seeing the floating sword.
"It seems that since you are here, you are ready for your challenge…"
The two girls exchanged glares, before nodding at the Royal Sword Pokemon.
"Good...now both of you...inside of the boxes, now!
Mai and Piff went into the boxes in the center of the gym.
"Okay...now what?" Mai asked.
"These boxes are six feet tall", the Aegislash started. "I will tell you to do something dance related...and you will gain an iron block underneath it. The first one to have five iron blocks will win…"
"Wait...how does this even make sense?" asked Mai. "It'll end up being a tie!"
"No...I'm gonna be judging…" the Aegislash explained. "I choose who gets what…"
"Well...looks like this is all gonna be luck…" said Piff.
Suddenly, Mai got an idea. Most Aegislash are honesty and hero worshippers...and because this season was 'Heroes' vs. Villains'...
"Yeah, you better hope your villainous self wins…"
Upon hearing that, the Aegislash froze. "WHAT!?"
"What?!" Piff exclaimed. "Bitch, you know-"
"QUIET HEATHEN!" the Aegislash roared. "Madame...here's your reward…" the Aegislash said, handing Mai the vial.
"Why thank you courteous knight…"
"WHAT?!" Piff exclaimed. "That's unfair! SHE'S the villain!"
"Placing the blame is most discourteous!" the Aegislash stated. "Go accept your fate, you wretched bird!"
Piff gaped before glaring at Mai, who smirked.
"GO!"
Piff groaned before stomping over to the wheel and spinning it. It landed on 'stabbing'.
"Oh of c-" she was cut off by a javelin skewering her through the chest.
Blood pooled around her as she slid backwards down the pole. Mai shuddered before walking towards the exit.
"It's been an honor…"
"Um...yeah", Mai said, still a bit disturbed about what she'd seen.
000
Laxish and Vladimir were inside of the Distortion World. The wheel was set up in a carnival-like fashion and floating platforms moved all around them.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS SHIT?!" Vladimir exclaimed, looking around.
"Um...looks like the Distortion World", Laxish said. "However, why we're here...I have no idea…"
"Ugh...can't fucking believe they want me to do this…" they heard.
"Um...w-who's there?!" Laxish exclaimed.
Suddenly, a large basilisk appeared before them.
"GIRATINA?!" they both exclaimed.
"Oh calm down…" the legendary said aggravatedly.
"Wait...are you our challenge leader?"
"Yes...and I hate being it", said Giratina. "Why all these morons keep dragging me into their bullshit is beyond me…"
"Um...aren't you banging the Goddess of Pokemon?" asked Laxish. "I think it's obvious why…"
"That doesn't have anything to do with this shit…" Giratina said.
"Okay...let's just ignore that and do our challenge…" Vladimir said.
"I don't have a challenge, so just take this…" said Giratina as he tossed the vial at them. Laxish caught it.
"Alright, bear, you caught it, rock, you lost...congratulations. Now, if you don't mind, I have 'work' to do…"
Giratina disappeared, leaving the two of them in the Distortion World.
000
"Oh, for fuck's sake!" Victini groaned as he and Mew watched everyone from numerous screens. "We need to reevaluate our choices in legendaries…"
"They all hate you…"
"SO?!"
000
Volante and Razor were inside of a battle arena area. The battlefield was the standard one that used to be used in Pokemon gyms.
The wheel was on the wall of the right side bleachers.
"Ooh...looks like we're battling…" said Razor with a smile as he gave Volante a look.
"Yeah…" Volante said, reciprocating the look.
A Mismagius appeared between them. "Hold on boys, it's not gonna be an ordinary battle…"
"Wh-Monica!?" Volante exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm your leader for this challenge!" Monica explained with a smile.
"Oh….great…" Razor said, causing Monica to give him a look. "Greeeeat…." he said, faking a smile this time.
"Uh-huh…" Monica said. "Anyways….your challenge is a DANCE BATTLE!"
Volante and Razor exchanged unpleasant looks.
"Come on you two...this is the perfect chance for you two to let out some frustrations…" said Monica.
"Um...what frustrations?" asked Volante, despite knowing exactly what she was talking about.
"You both dated Vina...she broke both of your hearts at one point...you both still despise each other deep down because of it...you know exactly what I mean…" Monica said.
Both guys, upon being reminded, wanted to tear each other apart. However, they also knew that it wasn't worth it, as things have gotten a bit better for them.
"As true as that is...I'm okay now…" Razor said through grit teeth.
"You sure?" asked Monica.
"Um...Monica, not to be rude...but are you trying to push us on purpose?" asked Volante.
"No, of course not...I'm just trying to-"
"She's lying…" Razor said immediately. "The redundancy is the key…"
"What the hell are you doing?!" Volante exclaimed.
"Look, you two are the main focal points of a lot of drama because of Vina...I just thought that this'll be easy…"
"Well, you're wrong…" said Volante.
"Plus, a dance battle is SO not my style…" said Razor.
"Wait...so you guys aren't gonna battle?"
"Well, we were before you said DANCE battle…" said Razor.
"Okay...how about I just do this…" said Monica as she gave Volante the vial of ectoplasm.
"Oh how is that fair?!" Razor exclaimed.
"You're on the villain's team, now go die…" said Monica, pointing to the wheel.
"That's bullshit!"
"Go, or your team automatically loses…"
"WHAT?!"
"Just do it…" Volante said.
Razor growled before he went to the wheel and spun it.
"I bet a lot of people are gonna be disappointed…" said Monica. "The thing was that it was still a battle, but you just had to do a dance while doing them…"
Hearing that made Razor's eyes widen. "YOU DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT WELL!" he exclaimed before stabbed in the stomach with a knife. he saw the button on the side of the handle and growled. "This fucking thing again?!"
The button was pressed, blowing up his stomach and making his organs pour out before he collapsed.
"Fuck…"
000
Combat and Kevin were in an extended bedroom that had 20 beds inside; 10 on either side of the wall. Each bed was occupied by rotting corpses. The odor was extremely horrible. The wheel was in the back of the room.
"YAY IT SMELLS LIKE OLD FEET!"
"And dead skin…" Combat added.
"Yeah...which is sad", they heard.
Turning around, they saw a small genie-like Pokemon with rings on its horns
"Hoopa?!" Combat asked.
"YAY!"
"Yes…" Hoopa responded, boredly. "I really don't want to be a part of this, so take this shit…" she said, handing Combat the ectoplasm.
She disappeared immediately after that.
"Well, looks like I win…"
"YAAAAAY! Kevin cheered. "BROOM LINT WAFFLES NOW!"
"...Yes…"
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Demenio and Ray were in another room that was similar to Lila and Hope's. However, their room was almost completely barren and only had a surfboard in the middle of it. There were four cannons on one wall, and the wheel was on the wall to the right of it.
Ray was curled up a ball, crying. He was away from Demenio, who was feeling really bad about what he did. He sighed. He moved towards the weeping Absol, scaring him even more.
"P-Please...I-I just to go home…" Ray cried, his eyes completely red. "Leave me a-alone…"
Demenio sighed and lied next to him, making him back away. "Listen Ray...I'm sorry…I was wrong for what I did to you…"
"W-What?"
"I wasn't in the right state of mind, then…" Demenio said. "So...you don't have to be scared of me…"
Ray sniffled. "How do I know you're not lying…"
"It's a risk you'll have to take…" Demenio responded.
Despite his sincere apology, Ray still ended up seeing him in his Mega Form glaring daggers at him. Fire was blazing around him and he had a sickening grin. "Don't be scared...daddy'll take care of you…" he said with a smile, licking his cheek.
Ray whimpered and ran toward the wheel crying.
"Wait, RAY!" Demenio called as Ray spun the wheel. Demenio grabbed him and Ray struggled in his grasp.
"Dude, calm down!"
"Let me go!" Ray cried as tears streamed down the side of his face. "I want to go home! Let me die!"
"Ray...RAY!" Demenio growled, holding him close as he continued trying to break free. "Calm...down...calm…" he said softly while holding Ray like a baby.
Ray soon just gave in and burst into even more tears with his head on Demenio's shoulder. Demenio rubbed his back. This reminded him so much of what he had to do for Shade when they were little or what he does for Sola at their home.
Soon, it was ended by Ray getting hit with a brick in his head, cracking his skull and killing him. When Demenio stopped hearing crying, he shook Ray and got no response.
"Ray?" He held up the Absol and saw that his eyes were closed and his head was bleeding.
Turning around, he saw the brick and sighed. "Dammit…"
Just then, a familiar Cofagrigus appeared before them. "I HAVE ARRIVED!"
"Yeah...well, you're too late", Demenio said, standing up. "You can just give me to ectoplasm…Ray killed himself…"
"WHAT?! AND I MISSED IT?!" Egridos exclaimed.
"Yeah, it's not funny anymore…" Demenio said, glaring at the ghost. "Just give me the vial…"
Egridos groaned. "Fine…" he said, handing the vial to him.
Upon receiving it, Demenio looked back at Ray's body and shook his head in disappointment.
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Demenio: Fuck my life...
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Ricky and Krack were in a large pink room. The room was very dim, making everything much more creepy. There were cobwebs all around as well as kids' toys; a single flower patterned bed in the middle of the room. There was a dead Gothorita handcuffed to said bed, with scratch marks in the head board. The posters were all ripped and there were numerous holes with dead Gothita and Gothitelle inside, their faces indistinguishable...
"Um...why does this room look like a psychotic pedophile's wet dream?!" Ricky exclaimed, very disturbed.
"I'm not a pedophile…" they heard as they turned around and saw a Banette staring at them eerily.
"Wait...YOU did this?!" Krack asked.
"Yes…" said the Banette. "She shouldn't have broken up with me...now look at what's happened…"
"Um...yeah, this is disturbing as shit…" Ricky said.
"Do you want this?" the Banetter said, holding the vial.
"YEAH!" they both exclaimed.
"Then no more talking…" it said. "Now...your challenge things have to involve dancing, right?"
"Y-Yeah…" they both answered.
"Well, your challenge will be to dance with her dead body…"
"WHAT!?"
"NO WAY!"
"Oh...then I guess this stays with me…"
"Good! Keep it!"
"Then...both of you die…" the Banette said.
Krack and Ricky exchanged glances.
"Well, what are you two waiting for?"
Krack used Crunch, while Ricky used Thunder. The combination of attacks easily beat the Banette and Krack immediately grabbed the vial. "Ha!"
Ricky growled to himself.
"THE HEROES WIN!" they heard from outside.
"HA!" Ricky laughed, while Krack crushed the glass vial, making blood and the ectoplasm leak from his claws.
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Everyone was back outside; the ones who 'died' were completely fine.
"Well, that was VERY interesting…" Victini said with a frown.
"Yeah, some of those asshole ghosts just gave the vials randomly", said Vladimir.
"I know, right!" Hex glared.
"And the details weren't scary at all!" said Nate. "They were just disturbing…"
"Oh trust us...you won't want to see the real horrors that were in there…" said Mew. "Consider yourselves actually lucky…"
"Hey, this is a step down from your last Halloween challenges…" Emilia said. "Not surprised…"
"Say that if you want...if we showed what's in there, this challenge's episode could be banned…." said Victini. "Even I don't want that…"
"Whatever…" said Giovanni, holding a chuckle.
"What's funny?" asked Mai.
"Oh...it was probably Dew's twerking…" Mew laughed. "You did that like a professional…"
Upon hearing that, Dew growled and his cheek burned from embarrassment as everyone started snickering. "Don't remind me of that!"
"Wait...you twerked?" Hex asked.
"Yep...wanna see?" asked Victini.
"I'm outta here…" Dew said as he started walking away.
"Alright, we'll see you at the villains' elimination", said Lila with a smirk.
Everyone turned and watched a screen that came out of the hosts' set up.
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Dew was seen twerking and making it across the paneled floor towards the vials while Giovanni was constantly electrocuted.
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"Wow...I'm ashamed to say this and no homo, but he twerks better than most girls in the videos…" Hayden laughed. "That's the scariest thing!"
Everyone started laughed hysterically.
"Alright, we all got our laugh...but now it's time for the villains' elimination!" said Mew as everyone else started heading towards the ceremonial area.
Mew floated after them, but saw Victini sitting in a chair watching a specific screen with a pleased look on his face.
"Are you still watching Lila and Hope's dance off?!"
"Hey, it's the sexiest thing that's ever happened on this show…" Victini said.
"Another reason we couldn't show everything…" said Mew.
"You better not keep that…"
"Oh don't worry…" said Victini with a smile.
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Razor held back Vile, causing a few members of her group to stop as well. The others kept going without a hitch.
"What?" asked Vile.
"Look, I know this is sudden, but I want to join your alliance…"
Vile's eyes widened, as did Hope and Aldon's. "You do?!"
"Yeah", Razor continued. "The only thing is...I'm in Giovanni's alliance, too…"
"WHAT!?"
"It's only temporarily…" said Razor. "You know, for 'double agent' purposes…"
"Ooh...so whatever they plan...you're gonna tell us?"
"Yeah…" Razor said. "That's the point…"
"Well, this is going to be an easy game…" Aldon said with a smile.
Razor grinned to himself.
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Razor: Too easy…
000
Everyone was at the elimination ceremony. Dew wasn't at the ceremony, unsurprisingly.
"Alright...you villains know the routine by now…"
"Stop…" Ray said.
"Shut up Ray…" said Mason.
"No! You can fucking stop this because I QUIT!"
No one said a word for a while.
"Okay…" Flynn said. "Bye…"
"Yeah, are we supposed to care?" asked Hayden.
Hearing that, Ray felt tears begin forming again.
"Ugh...here come the waterworks again...grow up you big baby!" Giovanni.
"That's enough!" Demenio barked. "You fuckers have been doing nothing but belittling him and treating him like crap ever since he got back here. I don't recall him doing ANYTHING to any of you this season, yet you still act like he's destroyed all of your lives!"
"You're actually defending this bastard after-"
"IT WAS OVER THREE YEARS AGO! GET OVER IT ALREADY!" Demenio growled. "AURA IS FINE! JASON IS BETTER! SOLIS IS FINE! STOP ACTING LIKE WHAT HE DID HAS IMPACTS YOU FOREVER!"
"Aw...what is it?" Swift asked. "Sad that your boyfriend is quitting?"
Demenio blasted a Fire Blast at him, knocking him out cold.
"What you're holding against him is fucking child's play compared what's happened to him here!"
Hearing Demenio defend him made Ray realize that he was telling the truth. He smiled softly and blushed a bit.
"Well, idiot, you really went off for no reason…" said Mai. "He's leaving anyway…"
"Yeah...where was this in the past nineteen challenges?" Jason laughed. "Maybe he wouldn't be quitting if you'd done this earlier…"
"Like it would have changed anything…"
"Okay...as fun as this is...we're almost out of time, so let's get this over with", Victini said, tossing the votes away.
000
Ray was inside of the toilet. Demenio, Shade, and Ricky were on the dock.
"Well, you're finally free…" said Ricky.
Ray nodded. "And...I'm really sorry about everything…"
"We know", Shade responded.
Ray looked at Demenio, who kept a serious look.
"Thanks…" Ray said.
"Yeah, I had to prove that you really could trust me again…" Demenio explained with a slight chuckle.
Ray simpered. "Well...I really appreciate it…" he said, before licking his cheek.
Demenio twitched inwardly. "Yeah...remember I'm still Sola…"
Ray snickered before being flushed. "AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"FUCK!" Demenio shouted. "Why am I attracting other guys?!" he asked as he went towards the lounge.
Ricky giggled before following him, with Shade sighing before going after them.
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Lots of stuff happened. Yeah...no words now…Anyways, I hope you had Happy Halloween and I'll see you next time on Total...Pokemon...All-Stars! See ya guys, BYE!