While things had gone well for the heroes of Edmonton so far, it seemed to have taken a rather dark turn as Morgrem and Rolycoly were out cold. While Rillaboom watched medics carry them away on stretchers, she frowned and thought, 'Don't worry, guys. We'll win our match for sure, then Drizzile and Gallade will make those two pay.'

"Well, folks, with that match out of the way, it's now time for our ten minute break," Beedrill stated, "Will the next two teams get ready for their match?" Shaymin overhearing this from the training area and squealing, "Did you hear that, Melmetal!? It's our time to shine!"

Melmetal nodded with an implied smile and said, "Yep. You know, I doubted this strategy at first, but you know what? I feel like we can really do this. Besides, it's like you said. Dialga and Palkia are our top priority."

"Exactly," the hedgehog replied, "If we just happen to become the tournament champions afterwards, it'll be a nice bonus," a big grin on her face before she and the cyborg bumped their fists together.

Dialga stood up from his seat and said, "Well, you heard the insect, Palkia. Let's show these people why they should fear us when this is all over," Palkia nodding and getting up along with him.

Rillaboom watched them walk down the steps and thought, 'Right, I keep forgetting why we came to this time in the first place. But I'm sure Melmetal and Shaymin can beat them. After all, Melmetal's tough, really tough, and I can only imagine there's a reason Shaymin's the chairwoman of our time.'

After the ten minutes passed, Beedrill stated, "Alright, everyone, it's now time for the fifth match! While every match up until now has included at least one new hero, this one will be especially unpredictable as we are yet to see any of these fighters in combat!"

Butterfree nodded and exclaimed, "In the red corner is a rather odd team to say the least! One is a ball of energy who's more than eager to kick some major ass! Her partner is a rather intimidating cyborg! Introducing the Metallic Terrors!"

"Metallic Terrors?" Vaporeon uttered, "That was the best they could come up with?" Zeraora replying, "I don't see what's so bad about that."

Everyone watched when Melmetal and Shaymin rode toward the ring atop a float with a model of Hero Planet's tower of justice on top. Beedrill's eyes sparkled as he uttered, "Wow, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone add an homage to Hero Planet to their entrance," Butterfree nodding and replying, "Yeah. That is pretty cool."

Once Shaymin and Melmetal got close to the ring, they entered while the hedgehog blew kisses to the crowd, squealing, "Thank you! Thank you all for coming to see me!" Melmetal rubbing the back of his head.

But it did not end there. Much like the last two teams, Shaymin seemed to have a song prepared for her entrance. However, everyone was rather surprised when rather than making up a song like the others, she cleared her throat and sang, "Up in the galaxy between the Earth and moon is a nation that is super in every single way. We wake up every morning so that we can all work hard to make tomorrow an even brighter day."

Beedrill gasped and immediately held his right stinger up to his chest before signalling Butterfree to do the same. The butterfly rolled her eyes and followed suit with her right hand, Nori feeling strangely obligated to do the same. Sure enough, a few other members of the crowd saw this and did the same thing, Vaporeon and the others shrugging and joining them.

"We live every day to make everything alright," Shaymin continued, "We have one goal in mind, and that's to fight, fight, fight! What is this glorious land, oh, what could it be!? It's the greatest place for you and me! All hail Hero Planet, the greatest in the galaxy!"

The music stopped before everyone gave a standing ovation, one audience member saying, "So that's their national anthem." Beedrill, all the while, released a light tear and nodded his head in approval. While he had mixed feelings toward Shaymin before, now he had gained a lot of respect for her.

After a few seconds, he cleared his throat and stated, "Anyway, in the blue corner are two members of Hero Planet's staff! In fact, they are actually the new advisers! I have not yet seen them in combat, but I imagine they must be pretty impressive to say the least! Give it up for The Time Space Squad!"

"Do two people really make up a squad?" Scorbunny uttered while Vaporeon folded her arms and thought, 'If Shaymin and Melmetal fail, Zeraora and I will definitely take them down.'

Palkia flew into the area with Dialga's shoulders in her arms. She then soared high above the ring and performed a variety of flips before dropping the blue dragon toward the ring. Dialga flipped vertically toward the canvas and landed perfectly against it before Palkia slowly descended herself. The crowd cheered wildly as both dragons grinned and waved to them.

Shaymin frowned and thought, 'Enjoy the attention while it lasts. By the time we're through, you'll wish you never set foot in our time line.'

Melmetal struck a pose as well before Nori stated, "Well, folks, both teams are definitely prepared! Let's begin!" ringing the bell.

Shaymin wasted no time as she had Melmetal form his fingers and lift her up. Everyone gasped when they saw the fingers in question, Gallade uttering, "You know, I was starting to wonder how he can hold things."

The cyborg swung his arm in a circular motion before he released the hedgehog. She curled up into a ball and spun vertically into Dialga's face before she barked, "ROSE BUSH BASEBALL!"

As if that was not enough, Shaymin had formed thorns along her back before she struck, thus this wound up dealing more damage as Dialga growled and backed up. However, after the hedgehog's attack landed, her eyes widened. While the blue dragon had certainly taken in pain, her thorns had not put any cuts in him whatsoever.

Thus he smirked and asked, "Is that really the best you've got?" before Palkia flew toward Shaymin with her arms out.

Melmetal gasped and spat, "I don't think so! HARD KNUCKLE!" before he stretched his arm forward. Palkia's eyes widened when she took a hard punch to her forehead, the crowd even more amazed by Melmetal.

But while this had dealt pain, Melmetal's eye widened when Palkia ignored it, lifted up her arms and took hold of his hand. She then used all her might to lift him over her head and ram his skull into the canvas while the crowd was truly amazed.

"Damn," Butterfree uttered, "Those two are hardcore," Dialga lifting up Shaymin and ramming his knee into her gut as Beedrill stated, "Yeah. Maybe I should make them bodyguards instead."

It did not end there when Dialga hurled Shaymin toward Palkia who smirked while she continued to hold onto Melmetal's hand. She then proceeded to swing him sideways, ramming him into Shaymin before releasing him. This caused both heroes to fly into the ropes, bounce off and land hard against the mat.

"Okay," Melmetal uttered, "These two are even worse than I thought they'd be," Shaymin grunting, "No, it's fine. In our time, I and two others were challenged by a trio of gods for some sort of trial. Their names were Zacian, Zamazenta and Eternatus. Granted, all three fought us at a fraction of their strength for the sake of fairness, but they were very similar. It took a lot for us to draw even a tiny bit of blood from them, but we did manage to pull it off. We just have to keep trying our hardest against these two. I know we'll see real results soon."

The cyborg took many deep breaths and nodded with a serious look before he pushed himself upright. He then helped Shaymin back up before she said, "Thanks, but I could have done that on my own."

Scorbunny bit her lower lip and whimpered, "Do you think they really stand a chance?" Drizzile replying, "This is Melmetal we're talking about here. I have no doubt they can turn this around."

Machoke blinked and replied, "You seem to know Melmetal an awful lot," Gallade replying, "That's because Drizzile beat him in a fight and turned him to the side of good," Gardevoir smiling at Machoke and giggling, "It's just like what we do all the time."

Dialga smirked at Shaymin and said, "Well, I certainly would have been disappointed if that was enough to defeat you. Even so, you really don't seem to have improved much since our last match. You've managed to hit me once, but that's pretty much it."

The hedgehog frowned, turned to Melmetal and grunted, "Alright, we're gonna have to go all-out against them. I'm willing to bet that punch earlier would have been a lot more effective with spikes, don't you think?" the cyborg blinking and forming a serious look with his eye.

"You're right," he grunted, "Even though this does hurt me a little bit, it's worth it," before barking, "LIQUID METAL PUNCTURE!"

The crowd stared when his liquid churned and vibrated. It then pressed up against his hexagonal nuts and caused spikes to form around them. Dialga and Palkia both stared in stunned silence while more appeared around his shoulders.

"Did you know he could do that?" Gallade uttered before Drizzile nodded and sighed, "He almost beat me with that ability."

Dialga frowned and grunted, "Big deal. We can work around that easily," Palkia nodding before racing forward. But there was no way Melmetal would allow them to keep the upper hand, thus he stretched his right arm forward only for Palkia to dodge the incoming fist. Her eyes widened, though, when he stretched out his left arm and planted the spiked nut into her face.

The crowd was even more intrigued when he formed his fingers again, only this time he sharpened the tips of them and planted them into the purple dragon's head, barking, "LIQUID METAL ICE PICK!" He the spun the nuts around and shouted, "HARD BUZZ SAW!" Palkia biting his lower lip only to cave in and cry out in pain.

Dialga growled and raced toward the cyborg only for Shaymin to leap at him and bark, "Did you forget about little old me!?" taking on her sky form and ramming her ear into his neck, shouting, "SKY CLOTHESLINE!"

While this did not deal a whole lot of damage, it distracted the blue dragon long enough for her to send a roundhouse into his cheek. And while this went on, Melmetal lifted up Palkia and slammed her hard into the canvas.

But just as it seemed like the Metallic Terrors truly had the advantage, Dialga ignored the pain dealt by Shaymin's kick and grabbed her ankle. He hurled her into Melmetal's head, distracting him just long enough for Palkia to plant her claws into the sides of his nuts, pretending the spikes were not there.

Drizzile stared at this in horror and shook his head. What had been so hard for him to pull off seemed like a walk in the park for the purple dragon. And it only got worse when her body turned a dark shade of purple and her claws glowed pink.

Melmetal tensed up when she planted the claws right into his hexagonal nuts, causing blood and oil to spill out while she smirked and stated, "Dialga did a bit of research on you not too long ago. We may not know too much about your skills, but what we do know is that your solid parts are your most vulnerable. All someone has to do is cut them open and you become a much easier opponent."

Beedrill lowered his eyelids and groaned, "That would have been nice to have known sooner," Butterfree sighing, "Tell me about it," only for Nori to protest, "I know you fought them before, but you're supposed to be neutral!"

Palkia flew high above the ring and leaned backward. Then using her wings, she descended at an incredible speed toward the canvas and exclaimed, "SPACIAL SLAM!" ramming Melmetal's skull into the canvas while Dialga bounced off the ropes and sent a flying kick into Shaymin's gut.

The hedgehog fell on her back and slid across the canvas before she took a deep breath and pushed herself up. Melmetal, all the while, implied a frown with his eye and grunted, "Alright, fine, let's see you counter this!" his body once again churning and wobbling before it started to inflate like a balloon. His arms and legs were completely covered, but his head and shoulders were still exposed.

However, his move did not end there as soon enough, protrusions shot out of his entire body, forming rounded spikes all around him. Palkia and Dialga both stared in shock when he exclaimed, "JACK MARBLE!" and rolled toward the purple dragon while also making his body just big enough to hide his head.

But while this seemed ideal at first, Palkia quickly calmed down, smirked and said, "Oh, this is easy," clenching her hand into a fist and sending it forward into him once he got close enough. She had timed and aimed this just perfectly so she would avoid hitting any of the protrusions, but what was even more shocking was that this punch was just powerful enough to send the cyborg careening backward before Dialga lifted up a dazed Shaymin and hurled her right in front of his path.

As soon as the cyborg saw this, he quickly retracted his protrusions and deflated back to normal size, but Shaymin still coughed up a bit of blood when he collided with her. As if that was not enough, he soon fell on his back, crushing the hedgehog under his weight.

"Please tell me I didn't just see what I think I did," Drizzile uttered only for Vaporeon to groan, "It depends, did you just see the same move that defeated your family's greatest defence get, well, defeated?" the chameleon whimpering, "I was afraid of that."

Gallade blinked and said, "So that marble thing almost beat you, and Palkia took care of it like it was nothing," he and Drizzile holding each other and trembling.

Rillaboom frowned and grunted, "Don't forget, if we win our match, we may end up facing those dragons next. They might have beaten Melmetal's move, but they won't beat ours," Aipom nodding and replying, "That's right."

"Still, it's gonna be tough," Blaziken groaned, "I can see why those two defeated Hawlucha and Diancie so easily. Melmetal and Shaymin have both dished out a lot of powerful moves and have shown little results."

Scorbunny, Drizzile and Rillaboom could not help but feel nervous. Much like with Shaymin, they, too, connected it to their fight with Zacian, Zamazenta and Eternatus.

Melmetal seemed to think the same thing when he rose back to his feet, helped Shaymin up and grunted, "Okay, do you have any ideas at all? Because that bitch just beat my best ability. Seriously, even Drizzile didn't frighten me this much! I'm starting to wonder if I was ever that good of a fighter to begin with!"

"Hey, snap out of it!" Shaymin retorted with a frown, "Luckily for you, I planned for this, therefor it's time to initiate our ultimate team move! You say that spiked marble of yours is your best defence, but I disagree. You have a much better ability that you haven't yet shown them."

Melmetal blinked before he nodded and said, "Yeah, you're right. Let's do it!" the hedgehog grinning before she curled up into a ball and squealed, "THORNY HEDGE!"

Vaporeon's eyes sparkled as she squealed, "Why didn't I think of that!? Those two are in trouble now!" Zeraora uttering, "What do you mean?" before Shaymin started to roll along Melmetal's body like a lint roller. Everyone watched in confusion while Nori stated, "And in a shocking display, it seems as if Shaymin is attacking her own partner!"

She then blinked and uttered, "Is she hoping that the Time Space Squad will show mercy on her if she sides with them?" Beedrill and Butterfree both looking at one-another. They knew exactly what Shaymin was doing, but as judges, they could not reveal any team's tactics to their opponents even if they wanted to.

"So, um, wanna fill me in on what's going on here?" Zeraora enquired before Blaziken stroked her chin and said, "I doubt it's what Nori said. If Shaymin really is hellbent on beating Dialga and Palkia, she wouldn't just assault her own partner, would she?"

Drizzile smiled and replied, "Well, you see-" only for Vaporeon to hold up her hand and say, "Don't. If Dialga and Palkia hear you, they might come up with a way around this."

Back in the ring, Palkia stroked her chin and said, "Well, she would make for an okay ally." Dialga, however, narrowed his eyelids before gasping, "Wait, look!" and soon enough, everyone else noticed it. Melmetal had no holes in him nor did he seem to take in any pain from this.

Shaymin blinked and groaned, "Seems they might have caught on," before leaping off of him, "Alright, Melmetal, let them have it before they have a chance to counter!" the cyborg nodding and barking, "LIQUID METAL NAIL GUN!"

He then proceeded to launch his protrusions out of his belly, the majority of the crowd truly stunned when a barrage of Shaymin's thorns shot out of the cyborg. Sure enough, with no time to prepare, Dialga and Palkia stood there and let them all to fly into them. And for the first time in the entire match, both dragons finally started to bleed.

The crowd cheered wildly while Zeraora's jaw dropped, the cat's eyes sparkling as he exclaimed, "That was so cool!" Drizzile nodding with his arms folded and explaining, "This made most of my best moves useless against him when we fought. See, he can absorb sharp objects and launch them out of his body."

Machoke tensed up and uttered, "I'm not sure who I'd hate to face more," Gardevoir giggling, "But he can't use that ability against us," the reptilian replying, "Oh yeah."

Palkia tensed up and uttered, "Okay, I was not prepared for that," before a smirk crossed her face and she chuckled, "But even so, it still barely hurt, eh, Dialga?"

The blue dragon nodded and replied, "Indeed. It was certainly an impressive tactic, but it wasn't good enough," Shaymin and Melmetal both staring in shock.

"You lie!" the hedgehog retorted while her eye twitched, "Look at you! You're both bleeding!" Dialga looking at his arm and saying, "Oh, so we are," Vaporeon tensing up and thinking, 'They didn't even notice? Oh god, can we really stand up to those two?'

Zeraora looked as if he was praying for another team to defeat them if Shaymin and Melmetal failed. Thus the fox chuckled nervously and uttered, "Don't worry, I'm sure they can think of something else."

Unfortunately, Shaymin and Melmetal were at a loss. This was the best tactic they had and it did not have the results they wanted. Even so, the hedgehog frowned and grunted, "Whatever! They're obviously bluffing! We'll just have to hit them harder!"

Melmetal nodded and replied, "Right," Shaymin taking on her sky form and flying toward the dragons while the cyborg stretched his arms out toward them and spun his hexagonal nuts. Dialga simply looked at this and sighed, "You know, this is just sad now. I'm done playing around with them," Palkia nodding and replying, "Yeah, let's end this."

Thus the purple dragon lifted Dialga up by his shoulders and took to the air. She then pointed herself and her partner forward, wrapping her legs around the blue dragon's sides and pointing her claws out while he followed suit. Palkia's skin turned a dark shade of purple and a pink aura covered her claws while a sky blue aura surrounded Dialga. And once they were ready, they both spun like a drill just in time for Melmetal's fists to ram into them and bounce off.

The cyborg's eye was wide with terror when the Space Time Squad sped forward and struck Shaymin mid-flight. This put a large cut on her as she coughed up a large amount of blood, the dragons shouting, "SPACE TIME DRILL!"

Melmetal frowned and stretched his arms forward, this time shifting them sideways and barked, "DOUBLE IRON CRUSH!" But when he sent them inward, the dragons sped up their flight, thus his nuts hit each other before the cyborg took their claws to his face.

Blood and oil spewed out of his head before the assault ended, thus he backed up slightly and fell hard on his back. His eye turned into a big X while Shaymin lay on the mat. Her body twitched as she tried desperately to get up only to lose all strength and pass out.

Nori started a ten count as Beedrill announced everything that just happened. Vaporeon tensed up while Scorbunny whimpered, "This is worse than we thought," Drizzile uttering, "Shaymin said they were really tough, but I didn't think they'd be this bad."

Gallade and Blaziken stared at the two, wondering what the big deal was. Although Machoke and Gardevoir had a feeling that they might have known. After all, they had started to consider the possibility that Dialga and Palkia might be evil, and if this was true, they could not allow them to win the tournament.

Once ten seconds passed, Nori rang the bell and exclaimed, "Melmetal and Shaymin put up a great fight, but our winners are the Time Space Squad!" the area going silent. But after a few seconds, the crowd broke out into heavy cheers and applause, truly impressed by Hero Planet's new advisers.

Vaporeon and the others stared in horror when medics came in to carry the Metallic Terrors away on stretchers. The blue fox tried her hardest not to let this get to her while Scorbunny and Drizzile trembled. It was clear that these dragons really were the major threat Shaymin built them up to be.

Rillaboom and Aipom did not even need Beedrill to tell them to get ready. They simply got up from their seats, nodded at one-another and headed off before their friends gave them thumbs up.

Zeraora blinked and uttered, "You think we'll have to fight those dragons at some point?" Vaporeon replying, "I don't think so, not if Rillaboom and Aipom face them in the second round," thinking, 'I hate to admit it, but Rillaboom probably has the best track record out of all of us. Yeah, she'll definitely beat Magnemite and Squirtle and then own Dialga and Palkia's asses.'

Vaporeon had been certain that she would be the one to defeat the dragons if given the chance. Or at the very least, she wanted to. Yet after seeing them in action, she could not help but wonder if she really was the best pick for this. What if she was in over her head?