Sun, Moon and Ultra Doom! Part 2

Mew was just staring at her players a bit spaced out.

"What she meant to say was... we will go to Hano Beach in Akala Island for a shell collecting challenge! A scavenger hunt!" Pumpkingking announced.

"Ooo may I squire with Numel on this peregrination!" Vespiqueen flew in circles quickly and happily.

"Nope, we wanna test new interactions so many rivals and friends will be split apart for a bit, only a handful full of you will go, see we will break you all into small groups Crack-A-Chu, Druddigon and J4N-R will be in Diving Peak Tunnel near Route 7! Dragonite, OOM and Flareon will be on Pikachu Valley! Vespiqueen, Makuhita and Alcreamie will be on Lush Jungle! And finally Dusclops, Numel and Psyduck will explore Brooklet Hill!" Pumpkingking announced and teleported them all away.

(Brooklet Hill)

"Ugh why I'm I stuck with you two shady motherfuckers!" Numel glared at them.

"Says you." Psyduck placed her hands on her hips.

"Shut up and keep moving, I don't want to lose, it says here there is some sort of paper hidden towards our next clue, and it's in the X3 Y9 Axis." Dusclops looked confused reading the paper.

"Psh that's easy, if this the X axis and that one the Y axis, then the clue is hidden under this rock." Psyduck pointed at the big rock.

"Wait how did you know those were the Axis.. this isnt a graph-" Dusclops asked walking to that rock.

"Because over there is North and there is West you moron." Numel boredly rolled his eyes, Dusclops looked a bit mad.

Dusclops used his strength to pick up and throw the rock away and under it was a note.

"Meh perfect, now let's find this stupid treasure already what does the clue say?" Asked Numel.

Psyduck smirked as she picked it up and read it.

(Diving Peak)

The boys were walking around searching for clues around the cavern, wet dripping sounds could be hear from the Rocky stalagmites as the ocean waves could be heard nearby the watery cavern.

"Ugh I hate that I got to get stuck with you losers." Crack-A-Chu complained.

"We hate we got stuck with someone so incompetent." J4N-R spoke as he walked.

"Hey what does that mean-" Crack-A-Chu glared and prepared to fight him but with lightning quick attacks and kicks; J4N-R began slicing and smashing him until he finally crushed his head with his metal heel.

"He didn't respawn... holy shit Janitor we should've done this hours ago." Druddigon told him staring as the black droid stood on top of the yellow rats corpse.

"Indeed, he was getting on my coding nerves; Let's proceed." J4N-R calculated the next clue would be nearby.

(Pikachu Valley)

There were many cute and weak Pikachus everywhere.

"Ah isn't this nice, an afternoon of just us girls hanging out." Flareon smiled.

OOM looked like she wanted to say something but didn't because she tried to look serious and mature.

"Flareon, you can stop pretending to be nice... I know you wanna do some secret alliance bullshit stuff, and I'm not gonna fall again for your Team Dominator gaslighting!" Dragonite glared at her.

Flareon frowned. "I feel sad that you're still stuck in the past Dragonite... I really have changed... I'm not interested in alliances but what I am interested on is... saying I'm sorry... sorry for whatever problems I or Team Dominator has caused you in the past... I genuinely want you to know that I'm sorry about that whole ordeal." Flareon spoke as she was looking around for clues.

Dragonite looked at her shocked, was Flareon saying the truth? No it had to be a ruse! But... she seems so genuine..

"Heh you used to be one of my second in commands Dragonite... but back then I saw you as a tool... now I just want to see you as a friend." Flareon smiled at her and extended her paw. Dragonite looked at it for a few seconds and shook it.

"Hey Gals I've found a clue for this scavenger hunt!" OOM proudly pointed at it.

"Great work OOM! Now we can get this show on the road!" Flareon smiled.

Dragonite stared at how OOM and Flareon looked happier for some reason. 'Maybe she finally did change...' Shs thought with a small smile as she walked towards the two girls.

(Lush Jungle)

The jungle was large and jungle-y.

"When are we gonna get repose again..." Vespiqueen frowned as she looked exhausted.

"Not sure Vespiqueen-y we been walking for a very long time now..." Alcreamie was frowning, then Vespiqueen looked angry.

"Ugh this blasted Jungle is so icky! I can't fathom staying on covered in all this grime and muk any longer!" Vespiqueen grumbled.

"You bitches are lucky! You can fly Vespiqueen and I have to carry Alcreamie so her cream doesn't get dirty..." Makuhita frowned carrying Alcreamie above his head while he was getting dirty.

"Hehe yea sorry.." Alcreamie shrugged.

"Meanwhile I have to step on all these twigs and mud!" Makuhita growled.

"Look at the bright side you two! These flowers look pretty, I'm sure they smell pretty too!" Alcreamie smiled.

Vespiqueen flew towards one with a reluctant look on her face and smelled it.

"Ah i suppose that's quite the pleasant redolence, it has a barely recognizable scintilla but it's there; the sweetness of it all." Vespiqueen smelled around and gave a small smile.

"Hey what's the hold up." Mew appeared by herself as she teleported.

"Well we aren't the most intelligent so finding these clues will take quite a while..." Vespiqueen spoke.

"Yea but still we just have to keep on doing teamwork since it will makes ,he dreamwork!" Alcreamie smiled.

"Sorry but that's the stupidest shit I've heard all season..." Makuhita spoke but then everything else sounded muffled.

As Mew had a blank look on her face once she heard a few certain words.

"Mew, Mew! You can do it, you're New Mew!" Suicune cheered for her friend.

New Mew was a thing Suicune created when Mew was sad for being so shy and submissive, Suicune told her she has to fake it till she makes it to become more confident, Mew was still very awkward and shy but appreciated her support.

"New Mew you can win! New Mew will win this!" Suicune cheered from the bleachers.

"That sounds so dumb you cunt.." Palkia glared at her.

"Hey... that was rude." Suicune frowned for a few seconds and then smiled as she kept cheering for Mew, Palkia rolled his eyes.

"Oh come on Palkia, don't be such a frowny face! Just cause you got a red card in the first few minutes of the match doesn't mean you have to be so mean." Lunala smiled at him, Palkia rolled his eyes.

Both teams were in an intense soccer match as Mew passed the ball to Regice, she stumbled and fell making Groudon take the ball and run towards it until Darkrai took it back and kept kicking the ball.

Then Zarude took it. "Zarude kick ball in Ze goal, no Rude just Za rule!" Zarude spoke with his tribe chief voice and earned a goal for his team, they cheered.

"Ugh dang it!" Mew grumbled, Darkrai facepalmed.

Cresselia did cute claps from the bleachers, Zeraora, Heatran and Regigigas were all watching.

"Nya, this match is intense rawr!" Zeraora was staring.

Arceus smiled and blew the whistle.

"We cannot lose! We already lost Regirock last episode!" Landorus yelled.

"Calm down everyone, we need to relax and we will be able to win." Lunala smiled.

It has second half of this soccer game and the score was 3 - 2

"A tie means both teams will be up for elimination but at this rate how could we ever catch up to them!" Volcanion spoke.

"We must work together as a Team! No more fighting, no more arguing, we need focus and work together!" Mew smiled at them.

"Heh sounds cringe but sure" Tornadus Therian form nodded.

"Alrogjsytshenosthsefimengtlorhkshdhehbcuckkrhyobehethosudhdheleyshdhteannsydidhdhbdgejenneykswkakcyyekieieyejtsyalalwyyeisjshejekekek" MissingNo cheered.

"You said it MissingNo" Landorus therian form nodded.

Meanwhile on the other team

"Ugh things are getting heated..." Xernias spoke.

"They will likely try to take us down, we better crush them where they stand!" Groudon growled.

"And risk automatic elimination!? No thank you!" Calyrex crossed his arms.

"We Have To Focus And Mantain Our Lead, They Have 2 Goals, We have 3; If We Play Only Defensively..." Genesect spoke.

"We might be able to win! Great idea Genesect!" Meloetta smiled in her pirouette form.

"Let's focus and do this then." Registeel spoke.

The soccer match continued, however Team Legendary was focusing just as much as Team Mythical was...

The timer almost ran out and then Tornadus scored a goal!

"Amazing Kick Tornadus!" Lunala cheered from sidelines.

"Yea sir you did amazing" Reshiram smiled, Zekrom nodded in the bleachers.

"Great work." Marshadow nodded.

"Blast it! They scored a goal!" Yveltal looked angry.

"We will either tie or lose?" Shaymin looked scared as she was shaking.

"Better yet, we can still win team just follow my lead!" Terrakion spoke.

Arceus and Giratina added 15 minutes of extra time for tie breaker, both teams were working as hard as they could, doing everything in their power to win.

Only a minute left on the clock Mew was running with the soccer ball, Genesect and Groudon snarling behind her.

"Ah crap ah crap ah crap Ahhh!!!" Mew did a kick and Zamazenta missed the ball as it went in the goal.

Goal!!!! The players cheered.

"And in a Ironic turn of events, the shield Legendary Zamazenta couldn't shield his goal from a small soccerball haha!" Arceus cheered.

His entire team glared at Zamazenta while Team Legendary was cheering and praising Mew.

"Great Job Mew!"

"You're amazing!"

"That was so cool Mew!"

"Nice one dudette!"

"Thank you all!" Mew was humbled and flattered everyone cheered for her.

Suicune walked towards her and smiled. "See Mew, I told you Teamwork makes the Dreamwork!" Suicune cheered and hugged her bestie Mew, they both looked happy.

Teamwork... dreamwork... teamwork... dreamwork...

Mew looked spaced out and looked around. Vespiqueen, Makuhita and Numel were nowhere to be found.

"What the..." Mew asked herself.

Mew was lost in the jungle looking around for the players.

"Ugh why do I keep thinking of... those times..." Mew looked sad.

Vespiqueen, Alcreamie and Makuhita were boredly walking around.

Mew was levitating trying to find them but her head hurted and she was having old repressed memories again...

"And the final one safe is... Tornadus! Surpringly you stay for now... Marshadow is actually eliminated!" Arceus announced.

Gasps!

The small shadowy marshmallow man stood up and walked to the ball of losers.

"I don't get it! We should've had more votes!" Asked Suicune surprised.

"I actually voted myself, I decided.. to give you all a chance to continue... you have shown a lot of growth ever since I've first met you here Tornadus... don't be like your jerk brothers... be better.." Marshadow spoke to him frowning and then was sucked inside the masterball.

Tornadus looked surprised and looked at his wings, and then smiled as he was getting character developement; he didn't want to be a jerk bully anymore he was now a friend to most of these players!

Giratina brought all the pokemon together.

"Anywhooo you are all in the merge!" Arceus smiled smiled she pointed at Mew, Suicune, Regice, Tornadus, Lunala, Zarude, Calyrex, Registeel!

All the legendaries and mythicals jumped and cheered that they finally made it this far. This game was hard as there was no rejoins and once you are out, you're gone for good.

"But we decided to make 4 debuts so here are the legendaries that will join the battle.." Giratina spoke as Solgaleo, Zacian, Zeraora and Mesprit appeared.

"Eeek! Bro! I didn't know you'd join!" Lunala hugged him.

"Well.. I didn't know I'd join too, they just told me to come for a surprise." Solgaleo looked gruffly, and then gave a small smile. "Well at least now that I'm here I'm in it to win it." He nodded.

Lunala looked very happy.

"Psh, i bet I can easily defeat any of you here, I have a freaking sword on my mouth." Zacian grinned as the doggo had a sword on her mouth, which made her a bit harder to understand/hear.

Solgaleo rolled his eyes and Lunala giggled.

"Nya! This will be like so fun!" Zeraora UwU'd.

"Looks like we finally won't be in opposite teams huh sister?" Registeel walked to her and spoke robotically.

"Wow...i-i can't believe I managed to make it this far.. I thought I'd be eliminated for sure when I was bottom two with Terrakion..." Regice shyly spoke, she also sounded robotic.

"Za Rude, made it Za far? New Rule of Za jungle." Zarude nodded.

"So why did they add you instead of your other cousins?" Asked Tornadus.

"Because out of those two idiots, I'm actually just better!" Mesprit smirked.

"Nah, it was because I think it's kinda weird Uxie knows everything and... well..." Arceus looked nervous.

From far away we see Azelf having big eyes and a vein is popping on his head. "I CAN SEE EVERYTHING!!!!!!!" He screamed.

"Oh we finally made it to the merge Mew! I can't believe it! We all worked so hard!" Suicune looked happy.

Mew shyly smiled. "Y-yea, I cant believe it myself... I am so happy to be here right now."

"Look um I been thinking... since Lunala is on our alliance well... you and I don't have any responsibilities as legendaries... but Lunala works her ass off making the Moon rotate around the planet and stuff! So I was thinking how about we work hard so SHE wins!" Suicune smiled.

"But then.. wouldn't we lose?" Asked Mew.

"It doesn't matter if we win or lose, what matters is that we tried!" Suicune smiled.

In real time... Mew was spacing out.. then she snapped back to reality.

"What do you mean we lost!" Vespiqueen yelled.

"Well everyone found the clues and shells before you three ... soooo you all lost!" Pumpkingking smiled at Alcreamie, Vespiqueen and Makuhita, He was growling.

"Ugh this fucking sucks!" Makuhita yelled.

"So this entire thing was nothing but fritter!" Vespiqueen looked upset.

"Pretty much!" Pumpkingking smiled shrugging, Mew awkwardly levitated next to him.

"When am I gonna be able to be getatable with Numel again?" Asked Vespiqueen looking annoyed.

"When I feel like it." Pumpkingking snickered.

"Come on Vespiqueen it's okay, it doenst matter if we win or lose, what matters is that we tried!" Alcreamie looked happy.

Mew gasped.

Everyone stared at her.

"Something up Mew?" Asked Makuhita.

"No no... everything is fine.." Mew quickly spoke.

"Ugh! I can't believe this! Numel would've found all the clues hours ago instead of us having to traverse this ruled jungle!" Vespiqueen snarked.

"Jungle? Rule? Za is not da way of ze jungle." Spoke a voice.

Then from the vines swooped down a gigantic ape looking thing.

"What do trespassers, zo in za jungle, very rude very rude for Zarude." Zarude spoke looking at the small pokemon, he spoke in a Tribal chief voice... then he noticed her.

"Oh iz that Mew I Ze.. I remember you.. how have you been..." Zarude spoke.

"Oh um.. well good..?" Asked Mew.

"You za lie, you always za lie, ze jungle whispers to me, ze tells me you bad, you catch Legendary, you kill friends, you za evil ze jungle wants to destroy as you are true Rude.." Zarude frowned holding his big walking stick.

"I.. um... catch them..." Mew spoke as Pumpkingking teleported masterballs to the players.

Apon seeing the Masterball, Zarudes pupils shrinked for a few seconds as he recognized them...but then they turned back to normal and he gave Mew an Icy stare.

"You catch me? You hurt me, You kill me, but Ze jungle will go on, Jungle lives forever, Ze jungle is free of darkness, you rude you kill, you are bad bad pokemon..." Zarude spoke.

Mew looked guilty and had a hard time staring at him.

"Mew... if Suicune would be here... what would you zo..." Zarude glared at her.

Mew flinched and froze.

Vespiqueen and Alcreamie felt awkward about catching Zarude, but Makuhita did it with no hesitation.

Mew was still in shock remembering awful things..

"Okay I think it's about time I let free a few players who were eliminated!" Arceus smiled.

Suddenly Thundurus and Jirachi were out.

"ahhhhh! Finally! Out of that literal hell!" Therian form Thundurus screamed.

"Uncool man...uncool..." Jirachi spoke in a Drowsy voice as she levitated tiredly.

"W-what do you mean?" Askes Regice.

"Being eliminated... being trapped in those Masterballs... for some reason it REALLY hurted... like a LOT! It was so painful! I- ugh I don't even wanna think about it anymore!!!" Thundurus yelled.

"Painful, that's odd... these aren't supposed to- Giratina..." Arceus glared at her girlfriend.

"Oh come on Assface-" Giratina grinned.

"Don't call me that." Arceus deadpanned.

"it's just a bit of punishment for being Eliminated, they'll be fine once they're out." Giratina rolled her eyes.

"W-wait you mean to tell us everytime we voted and eliminated someone we been sending them to many days of physical and mental pain! What the hell Giratina!" Suicune yelled.

"Yea Giratina this wasn't supposed to happen!" Arceus yelled.

"Well it did, and we are almost done with this show so we can't change the rules, it would be unfair for players to get better treatment than the ones that had to last way longer inside those evil balls than they did." Giratina spoke and grinned knowing she pulled Arceus weakness, her love for equality.

"Ugh I guess you're right... I'm sorry but whoever is eliminated will have to suffer through those painful masterball things.. blame Giratina for the sudden change of rules but... I gotta be fair.." Arceus shrugged.

"So so painful..." Jirachi twitched a bit and Thundurus loooked genuienly sad.

"You're crazy if you think we are going to go inside those balls!" Yveltal yelled.

"Yea those look v-very scary!" Shaymin shaked.

"You'll only be there for a few days... I had to be there for almost 2 weeks! You people are monsters for torturing me there, the never ending pain, the horrible noises! Ahh!! I can't even think about it or my entire body just feels like it's in pain again!!!" Thundurus screamed.

Jirachi looked sad and nodded.

The players looked scared they really didn't wanna be eliminated now.

"Team Mythicals you get to vote someone off because your team lost so now that you have this new Info...choose wisely... also Lunala because you did best in this cooking challenge You earn a reward, good job!" Arceus gave her a cookie.

Mew was still spaced out levitating.

"You earn a reward Makuhita good job!" Pumpkingking patted his head, a bit too roughly causing Makuhita to repeat saying ow, but ate his chocolate bar prize.

Pumpkingking then teleported all the players to the Alolan Route 17.

They all looked around.

"With the same groups you had last time you will travel to Po Town, find the 4 hidden Bug Z move crystal shits and get back here on Route 17, only a few changes... I will name the groups now, here." Pumpkingking snapped his fingers and all the players were on groups.

Druddigon, Dusclops - Red

J4N-R, Numel, Alcreamie - Blue

Makuhita, Crack-A-Chu - Yellow

Dragonite, Flareon, OOM - Pink

Vespiqueen, Psyduck - Green

"Are you that lazy you couldn't think of more original team names." Numel boredly rolled his eyes.

"Hehe oh Numel how pawky" Vespiqueen smirked, Numel also gave a small grin.

"Of course I switched up a few people but that won't matter much if you know how to work around your new groups, begin walking!" Pumpkingking announced while Mew looked to be flashbacking, this time we weren't seeing what she was.

The players sighed and walked inside...

(Music: Po Town - Sun and Moon)

The inside of Po Town was raining, like a downpour... the rapid drizzling of the water splashed down, the Grey sky making the abandoned Town look more somber...

As most players went inside the water made them wet and they looked annoyed.

OOM would've began glitching and twitching to shut down; but luckily-

"I'm glad we implemented more water proof material on you right OOM?.." J4N-R asked her, she huffed and walked away feeling clearly upset at him, this made J4N-R feel a feeling he didn't feel in a while, genuine sadness... why was she avoiding him all of the sudden...

Pumpkingking teleported in.

"OOM! Congratulations you're excused for this challenge because if you do it then Time Space Blast will spread even faster! So uh hang outside of Po Town." Pumpkingking smiled at OOM.

OOM had a disappointed look on her face.

OOM (Team Z): "*sigh* How can I ever prove myself that I am strong and independent on my own if I can't truelly show it off to Janitor... I just want him to realize that I'm more than just a toy or a mindless footsolder... I just want him to know I am my own person and despite my love for him, I ain't gonna have others slow me down." She spoke in her feminine droid voice.

"Ugh that shit is so unfair why does she get to skip on the challenge!" Crack-A-Chu yelled.

"Yea what's up with that, why does she skip out on this." Dusclops glared.

Psyduck a bit irritated at them both.

"Like I said, Time Space Blast reasons OOM get the hell out of here now, the longer you stay here the faster reality and this timeline will break." Pumpkingking smiled.

OOM sighed. "See you all later." She spoke and walked outside of the gloomy rainy shady town as OOM left.

The sky still looked grey with clouds and And the town had a abandoned look with trash on the floor and graffiti sprayed on the walls of the abandoned runned down houses, the Town looked very sad as some rain piled up on puddles...

"Ugh let's just get inside the damn mansion, this water is so annoying." Numel growled and walked inside the Mansion.

His group, Alcreamie and J4N-R followed suit, Hey does that even make grammatical sense? Whatever...

"I lost two actual good group members, this will make finding the bug Z crystals harder... come on Vespiqueen.. let's go inside the house." Psyduck spoke.

"Please! All this hydrogen is getting my Beautiful wings wet! Despicable!" Vespiqueen complained and flew inside the Mansion.

"You better not slow me down!" Crack-A-Chu yelled.

"Dude.. nobody likes you anymore and you only have one life left... drop it." Makuhita looked at him boredly and left.

Crack-A-Chu looked shocked, did he lose his spark? Was he not the big bad intimidating Pikachu anymore?...

"Welp looks like it's just the two of us!" Druddigon tried to smile.

Dusclops stared at him and rolled his eye as he kept walking...

Druddigon frowned seeing him silently walk away but followed him.

"Ugh this water is annoying.. come on Dragonite let's win this thing.." Flareon spoke, Dragonite said nothing but she followed the orange doggo.

Now every single player was in the Shady Mansion of Po Town..

Meanwhile on the Route OOM was revived and she was next to Mew.

"Ugh! How am I gonna prove to Janitor I am more than just a sex toy if I easily get destroyed by water!" OOM looked upset.

"Maybe it's best if people don't always prove themselves..." Mew smiled awkwardly.

"Mew, I rather die than to have others forget who I really am... there's is nothing more cowardly than hiding who you really are inside cause it means you don't love yourself." OOM glared but smiled.

Mew looked at the small pond near her and her reflection showed. "What if..i don't want to change... what if I feel stuck with how others see me... what if I'm too afraid to go back to how things were.." Mew frowned.

"Then you will suffer a lot, and by sensing your heart palpitations I can tell your emotions are quite distressed, have you been having flashback overdoses?" OOM asked.

"What the...how did you know?" Mew asked.

"I have a bit of Nurse Droid programing, you know fixing droids and fleshy beings... I can sense that you aren't happy... are you just realizing all this pain and mental torture you been causing these young adults.. is just for nothing.." OOM asked her.

"It's not just "for nothing" OOM! I- uh- you see I will make a new timeline with the Interdimensional Portal! A timeline where I never hurted anyone in The Arceus Competition and everyone still loves me!" Mew yelled.

"Does Pumpkingking want that?" Asked OOM.

Mew paused.

"I've seen how you two interact... him yelling, insulting and hitting you... you think that's healthy? You think that's someone you can trust... I bet he wouldn't care if he killed you... you needed every single Legendary and mythical to open the Interdimensional Portal... what about you Mew... you are a mythical pokemon..." OOM frowned.

"I- h-he said he had it covered... he would get a Mew from a different dimension or something... that I would be safe..." Mew looked a bit upset.

"Alright then Mew..you can choose to believe whatever you want... but just don't forget who you are... I feel you're smarter than this..." OOM walked away leaving Mew all by herself levitating.

Meanwhile...

(Music: Pokémon Mansion Remastered - Red and Blue)

The Mansion was old, dark and clearly deteriorating... the smell of musk and rotten wood flew on the aroma.. cobwebs and covers to protect dust on top of furniture surrounded the property..

The teams all agreed to separate and search for Z crystals on their own to avoid fights.

(Group Red - Druddigon, Dusclops)

The two powerhouse players kept looking around the rooms, in search for Z Crystals.

"There should be some hidden thing around here right?.." Druddigon spoke.

Dusclops stayed quiet and avoided eye contact.

"Dusclops dude you been silent for more than half an hour... I'd appreciate some teamwork cooperation around here..." Druddigon spoke.

"...maybe we should search in separate areas..." Dusclops spoke.

"Uh no, this Mansion is already huge we need all the help we can get!" Druddigon spoke, but Dusclops ignored him and phased through the walls away.

Druddigon sighed and grumbled as he kept looking around.

(Group Yellow - Crack-A-Chu, Makuhita)

They were both walking around looking for the Bug Z Crystals

"Ugh where could these shits be?!" Crack-A-Chu complained.

"Don't fucking ask me, i ain't no genius and neither are you! Ugh if we had Numel, Psyduck or The Boss then we would've already won this mini challenge..." Makuhita grumbled.

"Hey! I am smart too you know!" Crack-A-Chu yelled.

"Crack-A-Chu you don't have many strengths other than being a huge asshole no one likes so fuck off, best if we look for the crystal in separate ways." Makuhita then walked off.

"Grr fine! I don't need you anyway!" Crack-A-Chu looked angry as he walked the opposite way.

(Pink Group - Flareon, Dragonite)

"This Mansion is pretty big... where do you think the Z Crystals are?" Asked Flareon.

Dragonite just boredly shrugged.

"Well let's try to look on the second floor, perhaps there we will find more clues." Flareon spoke.

Dragonite just silently nodded and both walked up the stairs of the mansion.

(Blue Group - J4N-R, Numel, Alcreamie)

J4N-R, Numel and Alcreamie were walking around the Mansion.

"Where could those crystals be?" Asked Alcreamie.

"Meh, impossible to tell... this Mansion has been abandoned for centuries likely.." Numel was looking bored.

"I don't even know what Z Crystals look or what pokemon are.." J4N-R spoke.

"Wow you're going to be so helpful then.." Numel rolled his eyes and said in a sarcastic tone, Alcreamie lightly shoved him and smiled at the dark droid.

"Don't worry Janitor, the fact you're still here trying to help us find the Z Crystals is good enough!" Alcreamie smiled.

J4N-R felt odd... his new emotions were giving him...a tingle of happiness? Joy? What were these feelings... how could a killing machine feel emphaty for flesh beings...

"Come on you two, I have a feeling the Z Crystals could be hidden in a chest under this Mansion..." Numel boredly pointed at the basement entrance.

"Clever idea Numel let's go!" Alcreamie cheered.

J4N-R walked behind them, perhaps eradicating all flesh beings shouldn't be his number one goal anymore...

Perhaps there was more to life than just conquering and dominating... further research was needed...

(Green Group - Vespiqueen, Psyduck)

The two girls were walking around looking for the Z Crystals.

"Hey Vespiqueen I wanted to talk about Numel, why does he always seem so cold and rude to everyone... like he never let's anyone other than you approach him?" Asked Psyduck while walking.

"I know my Numel may seem a bit overloaded with ennui but he's quite the winsome nice Camel once you get to know the man! He's really trying to assuage me whenever I need something!" Vespiqueen smiled.

"True but his character really makes it hard for others to relate to the Camel as he's just so... passive aggressive whenever anyone tries to talk to him.." Psyduck spoke.

"Yea I must admit he can be quite capricious..." Vespiqueen sighed.

"True, with him always being microaggresive to other players, it's hard for anyone else to like or trust him.." Psyduck was smirking looking away from Vespiqueen.

"I know others see him as quite peccadillos and cloying, always holding harsh piques against others but-..." Vespiqueen frowned.

"-But honestly you always being around him could ruin your public image... makes you look shady and untrustworthy." Psyduck grinned.

"May you please stop being such a grinagog." Vespiqueen told her annoyed.

"Sorry sorry, I'm just saying he's a mischievous schemer who could manipulate others to his advantage." Psyduck nonchalantly shrugged.

"*scoff* Quite Hypocritical coming from you!" Vespiqueen glared.

"Touché; but i believe you and Numel have a one sided toxic relationship, once he has you in his grasp; You can be his scapegoat in case things go south, you're his escape elimination card and I'm sure you know it." Psyduck smirked evilly.

"What's your point! What are you trying to derogate Psyduck; are you trying to deride me!" Vespiqueen glared.

"All I'm saying is test him, ignore him or mistrust him and see how he reacts! You'll see his true colors that he's only using you to evade elimination, he's using your looks and popularity to stay farther in the game... you can't see it but literally everyone else can and if you don't do something about it you will sink down Vespiqueen!" Psyduck grinned.

"Ugh how could I ever remiss him, i really do not appreciate you placing me me in a quandary as Numel is my partner, my soullmate! My-" Vespiqueen glared.

"Remember Vespiqueen, you never know how people will react when they're underpressure! Numel may act all bored and calm in the surface but once you... his immunity idol is gone... you will see his true face, eat your heart out Vespiqueen and realize the truth!" Psyduck spoke and then her and Vespiqueen were teleported.

"Numel wins immunity for his team so he gets 1 heart back!" Pumpkingking spoke and returned his heart.

"Heh nice, pretty cool eh Vespiqueen." Numel smirked at her, and she crossed her arms and huffed. Numel looked at her confused.

Psyduck (Team Z): "Ha! Manipulating the final power couple was easy as eins, zwei, drei! Once there isn't full trust in a bond then it all crumbles down! And they will both be eliminated as I climb to first place!" Psyduck smirked and looked cocky as she wagged her finger.

Vespiqueen (Team Z): "I can't believe it! Could Psyduck be telling me the truth? I never stopped to think why Numel was with me... we barely do things together other than fuck or do challenges... we don't have the bonds a knight and her queen should have... I feel worried that I was nothing but another tool for his schemes all along! Was I really turning a blind eye to all the malicious schemes he has been committing this season?!" Vespiqueen looked sad.

"You Okay Vespiqueen?" Asked Alcreamie.

"Oh quite mercurial actually..." Vespiqueen looked sad.

Pumpkingking teleported everyone to the top side of Mt Lanakila I'm Ula'Ula Island.

(Music: Sun and Moon Elite Four Battle Theme)

"Mini Challenge is a sled race down this snowy mountain, jump on your sleds individually and win a life for yourself!" Mew smiled at them.

"We gonna be chillin' and killin'" Crack-A-Chu smirked as he got on his sled.

Mew was having a flashback but we didn't see this time what she was thinking of.

"Ready? Set? NOW GO!!!!" Pumpkingking screamed.

The players got on their sleds and began sliding down the mountain, they tried to avoid trees and rocks down the snowy mountain.

The sleds were going down the mountain at an incredibly fast speed making it hard to control.

"Woah Ahhhhh!!!" Alcreamie went flying.

"No AlcreaAHHHHH!!!" Flareon smacked face first into a tree.

Vespiqueen was having a hard time trying to steer the sled and she crashed into a tree.

"How is this fair for quadrupleds!?" Numel yelled as he was having a hard time grabbing the steer.

"It isn't." Pumpkingking smiled as Numel fell off his sled and became a giant Snowball going down the hill.

The other players tried avoiding the Snowball but Makuhita and Crack-A-Chu were consumed by it.

Psyduck was caught off guard when the Snowball catched up to her.

Dragonite finally punched the Gargantuan Snowball and it broke making Numel, Crack-A-Chu, Makuhita and Psyduck be dizzy on the snowy ground with swirly eyes.

J4N-R was focusing on steering his sled while OOM was doing the same.

"We need to take them down or they will win!" Dusclops spoke.

"What's so bad If they win?" Asked Druddigon.

Dusclops charged a Fire Punch and tried to hit J4N-R but the droid dodged it and then his arm turned into a gun, he boredly without even looking at the phantom menace shot Dusclops, however since he is a ghost the bullets went right pass him, J4N-R rapidly calculated an alternative punishment and aimed at his sled, blasting it, breaking it and of course making him fall off and be disqualified.

"Uh... yea I rather not mess with them.." Dragonite looked at them.

"W-well said..." Druddigon gulped.

J4N-R was boredly driving his sled with no problems until someone bumped into him, he looked to his side to see an angry looking OOM.

J4N-R looked surprised. "OOM! What are you doing!"

"In order to prove my strength I've decided to defeat the biggest baddest strongest guy there is on this prison and that's you!" OOM stretched her long and hard legs to make a hole on Janitors sled Making him spiral out of control.

"That doesn't even make sense gramatically or in this context!!!!" J4N-Rs yells slowly faded as he crashed his sled far away into the snow.

Final 3!

Dragonite seeing this bumped Druddigons sled.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me..." Druddigon used an Outrage attack at the sky making Dragonite flinch and fall of her sled.

Only Druddigon and OOM were left, Druddigon stared oddly at the OOM who was clearly glaring at him.

OOM bumped her sled against his as a sign of intimidation.

"Jeez what's your deal OOM!" Druddigon told her.

"Cum." OOM glared.

"What?" Druddigon asked.

OOM shot a blast of Cum from her droid silicone tits at Druddigons face, making him scream in confusion and not making him able to see as he crashed his sled.

Then OOM stopped shooting and kept glaring as she easily crossed the race finish line.

Pumpkingking teleported everyone.

"Good job OOM! You have won the sled mini challenge!" Pumpkingking smiled.

"Ah even tho I reappeared I still have this shit on my face!!!" Druddigon dug his face and the snowy floor like an ostrich.

"You'll get used to it big boy~" Alcreamie blushed and nudged him.

"Congratulations on winning OOM." J4N-R tried talking to her but she huffed, ignored him and walked away.

Pumpkingking then teleported everyone to Poni Island, Vast Poni Canyon!

"Welcome to Poni Island!" Pumpkingking announced.

"You better take that back right now! I ain't gonna be in an island full of degenerate bronies!" J4N-R glared as his 3 red eyes shined brightly.

"Bronies? Rawr never heard of anything so kawaii nya!~" Zeraora did cute OwO face.

Pumpkingking then boredly threw a Masterball at her and she was caught.

"Here you will all battle! That's right a tournament style battle to the death just like on Galor!" Pumpkingking smiled.

"What!" everyone exclaimed!

"That ain't fair! I only have 1 life!" Crack-A-Chu yelled making Dragonite glance at him for a few seconds.

"Too bad these are the brackets!" Pumpkingking snapped his fingers and gave everyone a paper.

Round 1 Druddigon vs Dusclops

Round 2 Vespiqueen vs Numel

Round 3 Flareon vs Alcreamie

Round 4 Dragonite vs Crack-A-Chu

Round 5 J4N-R vs Makuhita

Round 6 OOM vs Psyduck

"Ugh this better be some sort of barbarous jape!" Vespiqueen looked aghast at the round brackets as she stared at Numel.

"You know the drill, You win you go to next round, you lose and you lose one life, you both refuse to fight and you will both lose ALL of your life's and die!!!!" Pumpkingking had an insane look on his face as he began laughing.

The players were all set to fight at the same time in different parts or Vast Poni Canyon...

Pumpkingking hardly shoved Mew.

"Oh yea... um... one more thing..." Mew looked sad.

(Ding!)

The players cursed under their breaths..

(Music: Sword and Shield Elite Leader battle Theme)

Pumpkingking: WELCOME EVERYONE TO EPISODE 23 OF MEW'S NEWEST ALL-STARS LEGENDARY WORLD TOUR! THIS CHALLENGE IS A FIGHT TO THE DEATH! HURRY UP AND PLACE YOUR BETS! LET'S SEE WHO'LL END UP DEAD AND-

Mew: ...now go...

Druddigon: We have to fight..

Flareon: This doesn't feel right..

Makuhita: Show your might!

Numel: Time to bring out the fright!!!

OOM: As we have to fight!!!

J4N-R: Because... we're the best of the best...

(Mew: So come on and pass this strength Test!)

Psyduck: We made the farther than the rest...

(PumpKingKing: I wanna see you all be nothing more than bloody gore spread out on the floor from east to West!)

Alcreamie: Get ready

Crack-A-Chu: Get ready to be demolished

Druddigon: Get ready

Dragonite: Get ready to be astonished

Vespiqueen: Get ready

J4N-R: Get ready to die to my knife!

Makuhita: Get ready

Flareon: Get ready to run out of life..

Numel: We have to fight!

Vespiqueen: To the death, Oh my!

OOM: We have to fight!

Alcreamie: Or we will die!

Dusclops: Come on, just die!

Dragonite: Dont make this harder for both of us, just stay down and die, simple as that!

Crack-A-Chu: You're crazy if you think I'll go down without; giving it a try!

Numel: Sorry but I promise it won't hurt when you die..

Vespiqueen: Quiet I can easily tell that's a lie!

Druddigon: Get back here; sorry but you're mine!

Dusclops: I won't lose; to you again this Time!

Instrumental plays as we see the players fighting.

Druddigon and Dusclops were having an intense Brawl as Druddigon tried to get close and personal with Crunch attacks but Dusclops kept hitting him with super effective Ice Punches.

Vespiqueen looked nervous but Numel quickly took her down with a single Flamethrower, her burned dead body on the ground laid as Numel looked at it and looked very very sad.

Alcreamie sadly kept using moonblasts on Flareon as she refused to fight, Flareon died and Alcreamie looked very sad.

Dragonite and Crack-A-Chu felt awkward but quickly Crack-A-Chu used Thunderwave on her and then maxed his Agility speed and dodged all the attacks the slow bulky dragon shot at him, Crack-A-Chu then kept using Thunderbolt!

Dragonite growled in pain and glared at the small rat but then looked impressed when she noticed he was crying before she fainted from taking to much damage.

J4N-R didn't look happy as he easily defeated Makuhita by picking the small fat sumo pokemon and crushing his head with his metal hand.

Psyduck was trying to out maneuver OOM but the fast droid looked determined determined win as she dodged all of Psyducks Psychic and water type attacks, OOM used many powerful kicks and Punches to the small yellow duck until she was out!

Round 1 Druddigon vs Dusclops (Dusclops Wins)

Round 2 Vespiqueen vs Numel (Numel wins)

Round 3 Flareon vs Alcreamie (Alcreamie wins)

Round 4 Dragonite vs Crack-A-Chu (Crack-A-Chu)

Round 5 J4N-R vs Makuhita (J4N-R Wins)

Round 6 OOM vs Psyduck (OOM wins)

(Song Ends but music still kept playing)

NEW BRACKETS!

Round 7 OOM vs Numel

Round 8 Crack-A-Chu vs Alcreamie

Round 9 J4N-R vs Dusclops

Numel tried shooting super effective fire type attack Flamethrower at the steel droid but OOM was faster and had a determined look as she with one easy kick sent the small Camel flying.

Alcreamie being a fairy type should give her an advantage as Crack-A-Chu was an Electric/Dark type but the small rodent looked determined to not lose his final life and used a combination of Thunderwave and Agility to outspeed the small cream pile and them shocked her to death.

The Ghost realized he was physical for this fight just like against Druddigon.

J4N-R was just too quick and powerful however he got knocked back by Dusclops fire punches... but even then the heatproof body of J4N-R withstood the flaming attacks.. Dusclops was tired and desperate Ice and Ghost Punches didn't work so he tried Thunder Punch... it seemed to hurt the droid a bit as it messed with his inner circuits but then J4N-R made sure to quickly end Dusclops afterwards.

Round 10 OOM vs J4N-R

Final Round ???? Vs Crack-A-Chu

The players were ready to see some Real Steel battle it out, everyone expected to see J4N-R easily win and cause a massacre on OOM but instead they got to see a war!

J4N-R didn't hesitate to battle OOM hitting her as hard as he could... but neither did she as OOM used all of J4N-Rs weaknesses to her advantage, the two droids were battling it out to the death!

Metal bashing metal, steel trying to break steel!

"The battle is so clangorous!" Vespiqueen tried to cover her ears.

"Kick their ass J4N-R!" Psyduck yelled.

"Come on you can win Boss!!" Makuhita yelled.

"You can do it OOM!" Flareon yelled.

"You go OOM go go win!" Alcreamie cheered.

Both droids felt even more motivated to win now

J4N-R tried to shoot OOM but she grabbed his arm and ripped it off, then she switched it to blade mode and stabbed The Janitor in the chest.

OOM kept glaring at J4N-R while all this was happening.

"What's wrong with you OOM? What's going on!" J4N-R asked yelling.

"I am tired of always being in your shadow Janitor! I am nothing more than a mindless slave to you!!!" OOM did a tornado kick on Janitors face making him fall down but quickly stand up as he tried punching her but she blocked it and counter attacked.

"OOM you were never on my shadow you were always my partner in crime.. my best friend my-" J4N-R spoke.

"Save your pity J4N-R! We all know you never cared about me! You only care for your original OOM!" OOM then grabbed one of J4N-Rs legs and ripped it off.

This made J4N-R hop on one leg grab OOMs arms and rip it off

OOM now had zero arms.

"Oh now you've done it Clanker!" OOM did a REEEEEEEEEEEE screech as she crushed his robot balls.

J4N-R REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in pain.

"Look at you once an almighty God among droids... now you're nothing more than a scrap pile of metal on the floor." She glared down at him and rubbed her steel foot on his crushed balls near the bottom of his chest.

J4N-R was broken, twitching and nutting oil.

"Even gods can be killed Janitor, and you've shown me time and time again that you aren't exactly invincible." OOM glared as she laid on him cowgirl style still being in the dominant position.

J4N-R was struggling to be powered on as his battery was rapidly draining.

"Am I still nothing more than a mindless pleasure droid for you!" OOM snarled as she hard grabbed his fragile droid neck ready to snap it off.

"Y-you... n-never... were..." J4N-R spoke.

OOM looked a bit surprised.

"I... love... you..." J4N-R then shut off.

OOM looked at his dead body.. for a droid that killed trillions of meatbags... He wasn't as hard to defeat by someone his own size..

"Congrats OOM you won" Alcreamie smiled.

"Felicitations." Vespiqueen clapped for her, OOM looked very happy at all the good vibes.

"Awesome work OOM! Also good match boss, you sure made quick work of me haha." Makuhita smiled.

"Oh, no hard feelings flesh being; I just had to continue with my objective as best as I could... you were a respectable foe." J4N-R spoke.

"Of course Boss, I know there was no ill intend, we still cool." Makuhita smiled and fist bumped the droid.

J4N-R finally again felt joy, the loyalty of this Makuhita was incredible, he didn't show it but J4N-R greatly appreciated having someone who was loyal and genuienly liked him, Makuhita was the greatest ally anyone could ever have, and he could be quite fun to hang out once you get to know him too!

"Thanks for always being with me Makuhita, you are more than a minion or an alliance mate, to me you're a best friend." J4N-R spoke.

"That means a lot boss, thanks." Makuhita looked very happy; J4N-R gave a nod.

"Yep now OOM needs to battle one more time against... Crack-A-Chu!" Pumpkingking announced.

Final Round! Crack-A-Chu vs OOM!

The armless droid was staring at the small fat rat.

Crack-A-Chu used Thunderwave and paralyzed her, then used Agility to boost his speed to Max. OOM tried to attacking but she was too slow now as Crack-A-Chu kept using Thunderbolt on her her making her circuits overload on electricity and she exploded.

Everyones jaw drops.

Crack-A-Chu was dirty, beaten up and sweaty as he panted clearly tired.

"Um... Crack-A-Chu wins..." Mew mumbled.

Crack-A-Chu sat down sweating and panting.

"It's okay OOM you tried.." J4N-R congratulated her.

"You're not mad at me?.." OOM asked nervously.

"Nah, that was pretty badass... I'm proud you defeated me... and.. I do really love you OOM, even as much as my original OOM... you are the only person in this crazy elemental animals speaking world I can trust... so thank you for being by my side." J4N-R spoke.

OOM looked happy and went to hug him but then had no arms.

"Hey where are my arms!" OOM glared at Pumpkingking who shrugged.

"Awe come on boss you can't trust me?" Asked Makuhita.

J4N-R picked up the small fat kid. "I guess I can make an exception for you Mahukita." J4N-R smiled.

"Its Makuhita." He said.

"Whatever." J4N-R placed him down.

OOM, Makuhita and J4N-R were all talking. Dusclops and Druddigon were far away.

"Sorry for killing you." Alcreamie frowned.

"It's fine, you already lost a life before, really didn't want you to lose more." Flareon smiled at her.

"Thank you so much Flareon you're the best friend anyone could ever ask for!" Alcreamie cheered.

"Ginchi." Vespiqueen nodded from far away then Numel walked towards her.

"No hard feelings right Vespiqueen? I mean I had already lost 2 life's didn't wanna lose more." Numel shrugged.

"You killed me without a second thought!" Vespiqueen glared.

"But.. it was strategic-" Numel was then interrupted.

"No! I finally snapped out of it, took off my tinted lunettes and see you for who you are!" Vespiqueen crossed her arms.

"W-what?!" Numel looked confused.

"Ugh just stay away from me, you're nothing more than a balatron!" Vespiqueen side eyed him and flew away.

Numel looked shocked seeing her leave.

"So? How was it?" Asked Psyduck smirking.

"Ah that filled me with delectation, felt good to finally stand up for myself." Vespiqueen stretched.

"Yep just look at his face, he's clearly lost on what to do without the little pawn he was using." Psyduck grabbed Vespiqueen and pointed at Numel who had a dumbfounded look still trying to process everything.

"I suppose you are correct..." Vespiqueen felt conflicted.

"You don't have to break up with him, just keep pretending to dislike him and see how he reacts and then you will see that Numel was using you all along, playing you like spreading Honey on a tree!" Psyduck grinned.

"Wow, you're full of sagacity." Vespiqueen looked impressed.

"I try to be." Psyduck shrugged and she then turned to look at Mew.

Mew was shaking a bit and having more flashbacks.

"And automatically eliminated is..

SOLGALEO!!!" Arceus announced.

Gasps!

"Oh no.. you're out..." Lunala frowned.

"Oh well you win some you lose some... whatever... you did well Zacian, were a pretty decent rival to me and are as physically as strong as me." Solgaleo spoke.

"Heh thanks kitty cat." Zacian smirked.

"You still look stupid with that sword tho." Solgaleo smirked.

"Hey!" Zacian glared.

"Well I guess it's time for me to go.. see you all soon.." Solgaleo was sucked inside the masterball.

Lunala looked a bit sad but Suicune patted her back.

"No worry Lunala just like Za jungle... Solgaleo strong.. he so strong I can feel his aura, a passionate orange, like the one that grow in za tree.." Zarude spoke.

Lunala smiled and Mew looked at him oddly.

"Um aren't you supposed to not talk to us.. because of that whole Alliance of the Triple Zs you have with Zacian and Zeraora?" Asked Suicune to Zarude.

Zarude shook his head slowly and then spoke. "Za alliance is no reason for Zarude to be rude, we all can choose if we rude or if we az Zarude.. you are good.. Zacian no zo much.. but also.. no za rude... I think you all zeem nice.. I hope you win.. but.. a dark aura.. is around one of you... still time to change.. or your life will be rude..." Zarude then began walking away.

"What the.. what does that mean! Are you threatening me or my friends?!" Suicune yelled, she was protective of people she loved.

But Zarude was already gone..

"Hmm I wonder what he meant?" Lunala smiled and looked intrigued.

Mew (Team Z): "Um... okay so... yea as you can see by my confessional icon... I decided to join Team Z... it's just they convinced me it would be better to win the show..." Mew frowned.

"Now that Registeel and Regice are also eliminated... I need to think bigger.. The Triple Z alliance told me that Calyrex also joined them.. and well.. he's my boyfriend.. so I decided to also join.. they plan on voting out Zarude to make them seem weaker and clear our any suspicions... I don't really mind voting out Zarude.. he's a bit weird but nice... I don't know how I'll tell these news to Suicune and Lunala.. but... they convinced me if they're my friends they'll understand... well Zacian did... all Zeraora did was say nya hehe.." Mew looked nervous in the confessional.

"Hey Mew you doing alright?" Asked Calyrex as Mew came out of the confessional.

"Caly... we aren't supposed to speak out loud.. what if someone sees us.." Mew whispered.

"I'm tired of hiding my feelings for you Mew.. I know we both loved each other ever since the paintball challenge.." Calyrex spoke.

"Y-yeah.. but what would the others think... I'd be in so much trouble of they found out about our love..." Mew looked nervous.

"Then well they wont! We will vote out Zarude next and slowly reach for 1st place, I know you got my back because I got yours babe." Calyrex kissed her and floated away.

Mew smiled seeing him leave.

Mew was smiling in the real world when she snapped out of it, as someone kept tapping her she looked around.

Vespiqueen tapped Mew, she looked at the Queen Bee.

"When is the next communiqué?" Vespiqueen asked impatiently.

"The what?" Asked Mew confused.

"She means the next challenge." Psyduck boredly told her.

"Oh I guess since we are on Poni Island we will go to the Altar of the Moone and Altar of the Sunne." Mew spoke frowning.

"To catch more legendaries I presume, Ugh Mew you're one shrewd little reynard!" Vespiqueen glared.

"She's more of a cat." Pumpkingking told Mew who looked confused.

As the players walked towards the Altar of Sunne and Moone 4 Murkrow and 1 Honchkrow appeared appeared started attacking our contestants.

"I need help against these corvidae minions!" Vespiqueen looked flighty as she kept running away.

The players easily defeated the feral pokemon.

"Wait a second what was my prize!" Asked Crack-A-Chu.

"Huh?" Pumpkingking smiled.

"You said if I won the death battle tournament then I'd get a prize, I want a prize, I want a prize, I want a prize!!!!!!" Crack-A-Chu yelled.

"Oh ok, the Prize is that everyone now has the same life you have." Pumpkingking smiled.

Everyone other than Crack-A-Chu was burned and electrocuted, they all had their final life.

"What the.. this isn't what I wanted at all!!! Change it back now!" Crack-A-Chu yelled.

"Nope!" Pumpkingking smiled.

"This is so unfair! You can do this!" Druddigon yelled.

"We don't deserve to lose this many lives!" Dusclops glared.

"I don't wanna die!" Alcreamie cried being hugged by Flareon.

"My chances of winning the game now have drastically decreased!" J4N-R snarled.

"Change it back now!" Dragonite screamed.

Pumpkingking was tapping his chin, giving himself time to think about it; if he would return everyones life's back to normal; and we'd find out after the commercial break.