And here we go once again, ta another Chapter of Total PokeDrama Island!
I hope all of ya are ready for more excitement, more thrill, more CHAOS!
So let's sit back and enjoy the show, shall we?
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Chapter 3: To Freeze A King:
It's been a week since Staravia was eliminated. Today was Sandslash's last day in the infirmary. He woke up to see a note beside him.
"What is this?" Sandslash picked up the note to read it.
Dear Sandslash,
I'm off to do some…. Important event. I won't be here when you wake up. But I will meet with you after I'm done.
Sincerely, Heracross.
"Alright. I guess I can go walk around or something" Sandslash said. He later left the infirmary and was about to walk around the island when he saw Excadrill sitting on her cabin steps. "Hey Excadrill"
Excadrill looked up at him "Oh, Hi Sandslash. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah" Sandslash replied "I'm up again so I was thinking about going for a walk. Mind coming with me? It'll be good for you."
"Sure, I guess…. I haven't really done much of anything this past week. Best I did was talk to Emolga about Krookodile being a god" Excadrill said.
"Krookodile a god?" Sandslash asked with a chuckle "That sounds right for Emolga. Come on." He lead Excadrill into the forest, where she was noticeably nervous as they walked around.
"Are, you sure it's safe in here?" Excadrill asked
"For the most part" Sandslash answered. "Aside for all the wild bears and other pokemon, poison berries, and stuff like that, it's safe" He looked at Excadrill after he said that and stopped to see her petrified in fear
"Um…. you don't get out much do you?" Sandslash simply asked
"N-No. I've always been in my house, generally with my room. I've always been scared of the outside and other people." Excadrill answered "Only reason I'm even here is because my mom tricked me into signing up"
"How did she trick you" Sandslash out
"She said I was signing up to win a new computer… I fell for it easily" Excadrill answered.
Sandslash smiled "Well don't worry. If something comes to hurt us. I'll make sure to protect you. All out progress of you getting used to the outside would be lost otherwise right?"
Excadrill looked at him, smiled, and nodded "Yeah. I guess we keep walking now?"
"Exactly. Let's go" Sandslash said
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Excadrill: "You know, when I arrived here, I thought it was going to be scary people all around me. But then I met Sandslash and I'm actually feeling better about being here. With him around I feel comfortable able trying to get out of my comfort zone" She smiled. "It's better than I thought it would be"
Sandslash: "I'm glad Excadrill is getting a little better about talking with others and exploring the island more, rather than just hiding in the cabin all day. Although Liepard told me that she did do that one of the days I was in the infirmary… At least it wasn't more than that."
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Heracross found some flowers that wasn't poisonous and knocked on a cabin door. "Hope this works." Heracross muttered.
Scizor opened the door and smiled a little. "Hey Heracross"
"Hey there, I got you these." Heracross said, giving her the flowers.
Scizor took them and blushed a bit. "Thank you. They never had someone do something like the to a girl in Juvie. The best I got was a necklace made out of teeth."
Heracross blinked. "Alright then, shall we?" He asked, holding his hand to her.
Scizor took his hand "I guess we shall."
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Heracross: "A necklace…. Made out of teeth…. What the fuck happens in Juvie?"
Scizor: "Worst part is… I still have it at home."
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Heracross took Scizor to the forest. He stopped as he showed her the spot. It was a giant Oran berry tree.
Scizor looked in amazement. 'Wow. How did you know this was here?"
"Me and Sandslash found this while we were searching for the Idol. We used the Oran Berries from here and some bushes near them to make the grey mush in the cafeteria taste better." Heracross replied.
"That's what Dragalge was talking about the other day! I knew it looked weird that you both could just eat that food so for easily." Scizor said.
"Well, consider me sharing this Oran Berry tree to you, as a present." Heracross said.
"Thank you." Scizor said as she grabbed an Oran Berry
"Of course, just do me a favor and don't share this with anyone else. I don't want Hannibal finding out and burning down this tree." Heracross joked.
"Nah, I'm sure some wildlife protection group would sue him for that" Scizor joked back. "Plus I think this is the tree they get the Oran Berries for the eliminations from."
"Wouldn't surprise me if he tried." Heracross said as he ate an Oran berry. He then looked at Scizor and smiled.
Scizor smiled back at him. "So… exactly why come here for first date spot? I'm sure most guys would have went to the beach on this island."
"Well, I'm not most guys. I plan to overkill everything really." Heracross replied, eating a berry. "Plus, it's the perfect moment to see how cute you are when you have some Oran Berry juice on your mouth." He pointed out.
Scizor blushed to that "Well you got your wish. So why did you join the game, if I my ask?"
"I have many reasons, one of them being is for the challenge. I love me a good challenge. Everything back home is too easy at this point." Heracross replied as he ate an Oran Berry and spilled some juice on his mouth.
"Well at least you know what you want out of this game" Scizor replied.
"Yep. Say, I never asked, how did you get in Juvie in the first place?" Heracross asked.
"Some guy killed this other guy who wasn't paying for the drugs that he wanted and I happened to have the worst timing and got the evidence planted on me" Scizor answered. "The police where I live are idiots and I got sent for a year and a half before I was released for my innocence."
…. Heracross was silent after that. "I…. I'm sorry for calling bullshit on you on the first day, about how you said that before."
Scizor sighed "It's fine. It's not like you knew."
"Still, that was a dick move." Heracross admitted. "You deserve better that that."
"That's what a lot of people say…. Yet look at where they are in life." Scizor pointed out.
Heracross looked at her for a moment, before he looked down. "My parents were murdered, when I was young."
It was Scizor's turn to go quiet and look at him "I… I'm… I'm sorry"
"Their death, was the reason I went to mystery and crime solving in the first place. No one knew who did it, but that didn't stop me from trying. It took me a year, but I finally figured out who it was. He's currently serving a life sentence now." Heracross said.
"Wow." Scizor said simply "I'm glad he got what he deserved. You didn't deserve to lose your parents like that."
"No one does, but shit just happens." He looks at Scizor. "The point is, I know what it feels like, for something to happen to you when you don't deserve it. You're not alone."
Scizor looked at him for a bit and then smiled "Yeah. And neither are you."
Heracross smiled as he took another bite of the Oran Berry, getting more juice on his mouth.
Scizor got a little closer to Heracross "Hey, you got a lot of Berry Juice on you mouth. Maybe I can help with that a little"
"Hmm? How?" Heracross asked, trying to wipe it off, but is wiping the wrong spot.
"This." Scizor said as she got closer to him and wiped off the actual spot, her face getting close to his own when she finished.
It was now Heracross's turn to blush. "Oh, I see. Is there still any left?"
"Y-Yeah." Scizor replied as she blushed herself. "Right there" She goes and kisses him on the lips.
Heracross got a little surprised, but he took it and kissed back.
They looked at each other.
"Thanks, felt really nice." Scizor said "What about for you?"
"Well, I have to say, you're both very hot AND a great kisser. Looks like I won myself the jackpot." Heracross replied.
Scizor smirk "Then shut up and just kiss me you beetle!"
Soon after that, the two were now just kissing in the woods.
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Scizor: "When I first met him I thought I would hate him… but honestly, I do like him. I never realized that we had that much in common either. Maybe this relationship will work out. It would be better than the guy in Juvie… Psycho."
Heracross: Heracross was taking deep breaths after all of that. "Well, I'll add that to the list. I can't wait to see Heliolisk's face when he sees this. I wish I brought my camera."
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Sandslash and Excadrill were now walking along the beach when they see Emolga arguing with Klinklang.
"Um, what is going on over there?" Excadrill asked.
"I… don't know. Let's find out." Sandslash said as they went to them.
"How many times must I tell you? Krookodile is not a God. He's just any other normal Pokemon, like we are." Klinklang said.
"Then how do you explain what happened yesterday!?" Emolga shouted "He flipped his coin and he found a whole bunch of money on the ground!"
"That was just a coincidence. Just like all the other moments he had, coincidences. It's just luck, it doesn't mean that he's a God." Klinklang argued.
"Yes it does! He caused Heliolisk to appear out of nowhere a few days ago!" Emolga shouted.
"That's because Beheeyem was pissed off by him annoying her so much and threw him into the air with Psychic. It was just good timing that he landed right when Krookodile wanted him to." Klinklang pointed out.
"UGH! You're impossible!" Emolga shouted
"And you are delusional." Klinklang replied.
Out of this, Sandslash cleared his throat to get their attention.
"Why are you two fighting over this?" Sandslash asked. "Isn't this a little trivial?"
Just when Sandslash asked this, Krookodile was walking along the beach as he said something to himself and flipped his coin. After he did that, a Primarina came out of the water and gave him some extra gold nuggets she had and went back into the water.
Everyone was just shocked at what just happened.
"Did… DId I just see that correctly?" Sandslash asked.
"That…. That was just timing is all." Klinklang said.
"I… Think I need to lay down now." Excadrill said, then went into her drill form.
Emolga just looked at what happen and grinned
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Emolga: "HE IS A GOD! How could a normal pokemon get something like that to happen to them!?
Klinklang: "He is not a God. Everything that's happened to him is either by sheer luck, or timing. This does not prove that he is a God." Klinklang groans. "I swear, if there's one more Pokemon in this show that believes he is a God, I think I'll actually lose it."
Excadrill: "I… have no idea what I just saw"
Sandslash: "… No comment"
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Liepard was laying down in front of the cabins trying to think.
"How am I going to get them out… I know I can charm and all, but it's still not going to be easy." Leipard muttered to herself
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Liepard: "I don't fully see how Cacturne expects me to get this person out.. But I'll do it if it means getting into the alliance"
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Monferno and Smeargle were eating in the cafeteria together
"So, when do you think the next challenge will be?" Monferno asked, trying to eat her mush.
"I heard that Sandslash recovered all his HP so I'd say anytime now" Smeargle replied "I hope it's something that I can really help out with, I didn't do too well last challenge"
"Yeah, what did happen to you last week?" Monferno asked with curiosity
"I… I fell into a pitfall" Smeargle answered sadly "I'm much better than that"
Monferno patted her friend's back "Hey, cheer up. Maybe today will be a better day for you. Who knows, maybe you'll level up." She winked
Smeargle couldn't help but smile "Thanks Monferno"
"It's what friends are for" Monferno said "Now if only this mush would be a helpful way to do that."
"Yeah… but hey, food is food" Smeargle said with a bit cheerfulness in her voice. She put some of the much and gagged a little, causing Monferno to laugh a little.
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Smeargle: I'm glad to actually have a friend in this game. Most people see my hobby or how I talk as weird but Monferno is nice about it and even jokes around with me as well. It's great!"
Monferno: "What can I say. Smeargle is actually kinda cool. Plus as a gamer, I'm pretty sure she's pretty smart and I think can have some good ideas for the team."
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Monferno turned around and saw Dragalge appear to the cafeteria.
"Oh, hey Dragalge!" Monferno shouted to him
He saw Monferno and smiled. He waved at her as he went to get his real food.
"You friends with the guy now?" Smeargle asked.
"Yeah" Monferno replied. "Is there something wrong with that?"
"I mean, don't get me wrong, he's a good leader and all, but he's very rude to everyone here." Smeargle pointed out.
"Yeah, but… He's nice to me." Monferno noted
"Maybe, he has a crush on you." Smeargle teased.
Monferno looked at her in surprise. "What are you talking about!?"
"Oh come on, he gives you bacon or anything from his plate, only you every time it's breakfast. You were the first one to be called by your real name by him in the first day. And I've seen you to laugh together sometimes. You two look cute together." Smeargle teased some more.
"Smeargle I have no idea what you're talking about" Monferno said "I'm just a cool girl who just so happens to get along with a King… you know when I say that outloud I sound like i'm in denial."
"Total denial. It seems that you lack points in deception." Smeargle said.
"Still…. A normal girl and a king… do you even see that working?" Monferno asked.
"Please, look at everyone here. You have a Detective, a possibly insane Pokemon, a Witch who has a witchcraft shop somewhere in the forest, a King, and from what I've been hearing around a God even. We all have these amazing ranks and titles when we level up high enough, but at the end of it all, we're all still just Pokemon, the same Pokemon that we start out with as level 1." Smeargle explained.
Monferno looked at Smeargle for a moment "I… I'm so sorry for ever thinking you weren't that smart. But…" She sighed "I guess I'll think about it."
Soon after, Dragalge sat by Monferno and started eating. It was pancakes for him and Krookodile today. He gave Monferno a pancake. "Here you go." He said.
Monferno smiled at him "Thank you Dragalge." She eats her pancake.
Krookodile sits down with his pancakes and starts eating them. He notices Druddigon was beside him again.
"Is… is it okay if I have one?" Druddigon asked, being a little sick of the mush.
"Let's see if the fates say so today." Krookodile said, as he flipped his coin. It was Heads. "Yeah, you can have one." He said as he gave Druddigon a pancake.
Druddigon grinned "Thanks man!" He happily ate his pancake.
Sandslash, Heliolisk, and Excadrill were eating their food. Sandslash gave Heliolisk the Oran Berries to help eat the food as a way of returning the favor from last week.
"Thanks Sandslash… this actually is worth eating now." Heliolisk said
"No Problem. Although I may want to start using other berries sooner or later." Sandslash said. "This island has a lot of different Berry types".
Soon after, Heracross finally came to the cafeteria, with Scizor coming soon after, glaring at him as an act.
Scizor sat at a table away from Heracross, as he sat with Sandslash, Heliolisk, and Excadrill.
"Morning." Heracross simply said as he started eating his food with the Oran Berry juice.
"Morning" Both Sandslash and Heliolisk said, Excadrill still a little nervous around most but did wave.
"Sandslash, I take it you were wondering where I was?" Heracross asked.
"Yeah, I was" Sandslash replied
"Well, I only have this to say." Heracross looks at Heliolisk. "I proved you wrong."
Heliolisk rightly looked confused "You proved me wrong? How?"
"I'll show you." Heracross said, before he looked at Scizor and gave her a wink.
Scizor, making sure no one else notice, winked back. Heliolisk was still a little confused
"You got her to wink, so… Oh." Heliolisk said "Are you talking about what I told you about what you said to people when I arrived on the island?"
"Exactly." Heracross said, as he simply continued eating his food.
"I'm probably never going to understand you" Heliolisk said shaking his head, then going back to his food.
Suddenly, Xatu finished eating and stood up for some reason.
"Shit." Heracross said as he got up as well.
"Um, Why are you getting up?" Heliolisk asked as Excadrill got up as well a little scared
"Xatu just got up… which means Jaba and Hannibal's coming." Heracross replied.
Sandslash got up, following Heracross "But he didn't get up last week"
Soon after, Jaba and Hannibal came to the cafeteria.
"... I retract my statement" Sandslash said simply.
"Same with me" Heliolisk said getting up
"Alright everyone," Jaba started.
"Is it time for the next challenge already? I just got out of the infirmary a few hours ago." Sandslash pointed out.
"Keep talking and maybe you'll go right back." Hannibal said, grinning devilishly at him.
"I'd sue" Sandslash said flatly
"One word, Loopholes." Hannibal countered.
Sandslash sits down, grumbling.
"Anyways." Jaba said glaring at Hannibal "It's time for the next challenge. If everyone could follow us to you challenge location, we will explain it to you all" Jaba starts to walk out of the cafeteria with everyone getting up and following him
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Hannibal: He cackles. "It's great to be back."
Druddigon: "We've played Dodgeball and then Capture the Flag. What could we possibly do next?"
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Jaba took everyone to the top of a snowy mountain on the island, nearby was the volcano.
"Welcome to one of our mountains on this island." Jaba announced. "To your right, you can see the volcano" He nodded to the volcano
"Are we doing something with that volcano?" Mismagius asked
"No." Jaba answered. "Just wanted to point it out. Your challenge today is to build an Ice/Snow castle!"
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Druddigon: "... At least it isn't a snowball fight."
Dragalge: "Well, we're making a Castle?! Thank you creators!" "FOURTH WALL!" Someone from the outside shouted. "... Who the fuck keeps doing that?!" Dragalge shouted.
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"Seeing as we are on a snow mountain, you will have snow, ice, you're wits, and bit of other supplies we give you to build the best castle in order to win. You don't have to make all the rooms, mainly just the outside and a throne or something like that in it as well. You will be given a few hours. The best looking castle will win it for their team!" Jaba announced
Xatu raised his wing.
"Yes Xatu?" Jaba asked
"What about sabotage?" Xatu simply asked.
"Sabotage is allowed, but nothing big. Try to keep it to a small hindrances to the other team's build process and castle itself." Jaba answered.
Heracross gained an idea and nudged Sandslash beside him that he needs him later.
Xatu raised his wing again.
"Yes Xatu?" Jaba asked again, surprised by Xatu being so vocal.
"What if the volcano erupts and melts our snow?" Xatu asked.
"Good question" Jaba replied "And it shouldn't erupt any time soon. So you all will be fine" Jaba assured. This made Hannibal gain an idea and snicker quietly.
Xatu raised his wing once more.
"Yes?" Jaba said
"How do we know which one is the best? What if both castles are similar? How does the point system work?" Xatu asked.
"Well, it works by size, detail, and how close it looks to an actual Castle. Me, Hannibal, and Bruce will be the Judges to find out which Castle looks the best." Jaba replied.
Xatu raised his wing yet again.
"Yes?" Jaba said, exasperated by Xatu asking so many questions.
"You know I already know all of this, right?" Xatu asked.
Hannibal was laughing at that as Jaba just glare at Xatu.
Xatu was about to raise his wing again.
"Raise you wing one more time and I will paralyze you then throw you over the edge!" Jaba shouted.
… Xatu didn't raise his wing this time.
"Thank you." Jaba said, gaining his composure again. "Now does anyone else have any questions?"
Smeargle raised her hand.
"Yes Smeargle?" Jaba said
"Xatu wanted me to tell you if we can use Pokemon moves?" Smeargle asked.
Jaba just had an expressionless look on his face "Yes, but don't use anything to just instantly destroy the opposing team's castle. Keep attacks to a minimal. Got it?"
Monferno raised her hand.
"Monferno?" Jaba said
"Xatu wanted me to ask you if we can use Fire Type moves?" Monferno pointed out.
"Xatu, I swear to Arceus!" Jaba groaned ."No Fire Type moves, and try not to melt anything with your tail Monferno."
Druddigon raised his hand.
"Xatu asked you to?" Jaba asked flatly.
"Yes." Druddigon replied.
"Just ask it." Jaba said flatly
"Xatu wanted me to tell you hi." Druddigon said.
… Jaba started to walk off the Mountain "Hannibal, you're in charge! I'll be back in about hour after I've cooled off!"
Hannibal looked at everyone and grinned. "Oh goody, I'm going to have LOTS of fun with all of you!"
Everyone stood in silence.
"Yep" Scizor stated "We're fucked"
"Alright everyone, I'll be back! But the challenge starts… NOW!" Hannibal shouted.
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Scizor: "Xatu really pissed Jaba off, didn't he?" Someone knocked on the door. "May I come in?" Heracross asked.
"Um, yeah!" Scizor answered.
Heracross & Scizor: "Any reason you wanted to come in with me?" Scizor asked.
"Well, I had to see you somehow, I couldn't just keep up the act for long." Heracross said, grinning at her.
"I guess you have a point there" Scizor said with a grin
"So, wanna continue what we did at the tree?" Heracross suggested.
Scizor smirked "Gladly."
The two started kissing each other madly.
Heracross & Scizor: They were going at it for a while before someone knocked on the door. "Um… I need in there." Snorunt said.
Snorunt: She looked around the confessional. "Um…. what am I doing here again?"
Smeargle: "Hmm.. I am good at painting and I've seen so many castles in video games. I think that I may just be a big help today"
Liepard: "Okay… So eliminating my target just got easier than I thought"
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The Deadly Darkrais got together.
"Alright, so first off, we need to group up our creative team members and have them build the Castle. Who can do that?" Heracross asked.
"I think I can do this. I might be some help with getting ideas down" Heliolisk said. "Is it alright if both Snorunt and Sandslash help too? They are ice types after all."
"Sure, but before Sandslash helps you, I'll need to borrow him for a moment." Heracross replied.
"Okay." Heliolisk said
"I'll stay with the castle. I might be able to edge things out… plus someone needs to watch Snorunt" Croagunk said.
"Good point. Alright, then I'll have me, Klinklang, and Emolga with me to try to stop the opposing Castle, if that's okay with them?" Heracross asked.
They both nodded in agreement.
Krookodile looked at his coin. "Heads, I'll stay for defense. Tails, I'll go out as well." He flips his coin and it was Heads. "I'll stay for defense." Krookodile said.
"I guess that means I'll stay too." Mismagius added.
"That might be good" Sandslash commented. "Krookodile has sharp claws to make details with. What are you doing to do Excadrill?"
"Um… I think i'll help Heliolisk… I've seen a lot of castles online. Maybe I can help with the design." Excadrill said, a little nervously.
Sandslash smiled "That sounds great!"
"Well, with all of dis defense, I might as well be goin' out der ta help sabotage." Cacturne said.
"I'll go out to sabotage to, being quick and all. But if Heliolisk needs me later for claw made detail I'll come back" Liepard said.
"Alright, that makes everyone then. Everyone to the center." Heracross insisted.
Everyone got into the center.
"One… two…. Three. GO DEADLY DARKRAIS!"
"GO DEADLY DARKRAIS" Everyone but Excadrill cheered.
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Snorunt: "I'm supposed to do what again? And why are we on top of a mountain?"
Liepard: I think that even if I wasn't trying to get someone voted off today, I still would have said what I did"
Croagunk & Snorunt: "Seriously, what are we doing again? Snorunt asked. Croagunk just sighed sadly.
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Meanwhile with The Grandiose Giratinas.
"Alright everyone, now that I can think clearly, I want Smeargle to help with the design of this Castle." Dragalge said.
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Smeargle said. "I'll do my best!"
"Alright, I'll also stay here, I live in a Castle obviously, so I'll make sure the Castle looks like a real one." Dragalge insisted.
"I'm staying here… the other team has ice types and I don't feeling like getting frozen today." Druddigon said. "Plus I'm good for heavy lifting"
"Alright, Xatu will stay to warn anyone if anyone's nearby, Cofagrigus," He said his name with slight spite. "Will stay for defense as well. Beheeyem will stay as well for obvious reasons, and I believe Scizor will stay this time. We need the extra defense to make sure no one fucks up with our Castle. Anyone else wants to go?" Dragalge asked?
"Would it be bad if I stayed behind as well?" Monferno asked.
Dragalge looked at Monferno. "No, not at all."
Monferno saw Smeargle smirk at her when she asked that.
"Alright, then that means that Banette and Zoroark will do the sabotage. I believe you two are best fit for the job anyways." Dragalge said.
"Yay! We get to stomp the tiny Durants!" Banette shouted with glee.
Druddigon whispered to Cofagrigus. "Should I be worried by that?"
"Nah, she's on our team, so she's harmless." Cofagrigus then realized something. "But what if she makes it to the merge?"
"Don't look at me. I guess we can just watch and wait" Druddigon replied
Zoroark grinned and tipped his hat. "It'll be my pleasure."
"Alright, everyone to the center!" Dragalge shouted.
Everyone got into the center
"One, Two, wait for it….. GO GRANDIOSE GIRATINAS!" Dragalge shouted.
"GO GRANDIOSE GIRATINAS!" Everyone but Beheeyem and Xatu cheered.
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Monferno: "I'm glad that Dragalge let me stay for defense… My tail kinda makes things difficult in the first place. Plus,I get to spend more time with him." After a second her eyes went wide. "Oh shit, did I just say that on air?"
Dragalge: "I have no idea why Monferno chose to stay for defense again. She's part Fighting Type, which means she could do major damage to the other team." Dragalge shrugs. "You never know what certain Pokemon might think these days."
Zoroark: "Oh goody, more fun for me." Zoroark cackled.
Banette: "I knew bringing my Durant spray was a good idea!"
Xatu: "Alright, everything's in place. Now all I have to do is wait."
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While the Giratinas were starting to construct the Castle, Monferno was watching it happen with Dragalge.
"It looks pretty good, don't you think?" Monferno asked
"Yes, so far." Dragalge replied. "I just hope it stays like that."
"Because we could use the win, or because you want a nice Castle?" Monferno asked.
Dragalge grinned at Monferno. "Can't I have both?"
Monferno grinned back "Fair enough"
Dragalge looked at the Castle being made for a moment. "So, what's the reason for staying?"
"My tail wasn't going to help me here. I thought maybe staying back and possibly
helping Smeargle a bit would be a good idea. Plus you did say you wanted a really good defense" Monferno replied.
"That's true, but you're part Fighting Type, that could help easily put a long hold on the opposing team's Castle." Dragalge pointed out.
Monferno blinked before facepalming.
Dragalge chuckled. "You didn't think of that, did you?"
"Not at all." She replied.
"Well, it's not too late to go for the offense, if you wish?" Dragalge asked.
Monferno sighs "May as well. We do need that win."
"Of course, shit happens, you never know what could go wrong. Extra defense is always needed." Dragalge said, now teasing her.
"Hearing you loud and clear oh great King" Monferno teased back as she went to help Banette and Zoroark.
Dragalge shook his head. "That monkey is a fun to be with, that's for sure."
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Monferno: "... Smeargle might have a point. I lost common sense for a moment to be around him" She sighed "What's wrong with me?"
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Heracross took Sandslash for a second as they hid behind a rock and saw the other team.
"Okay, I see them. So now what?" Sandslash said quietly
"We have a problem." Heracross simply said.
"What problem? Sandslash asked "They are down two players."
"It's not the numbers I'm concerned about. You see Cofagrigus over there?" Heracross asked, pointing at Cofagrigus, who was using his four shadow hands to help build the Castle.
"Yeah, why?" Sandslash asked.
"Last week, I saw the elimination when Staravia was eliminated. The way Jaba described it. It was him and Staravia. Jaba said that Cofagrigus was in the bottom two because he fucked up badly in the challenge. You would think that he would be eliminated, right? But he wasn't, it was Staravia who was eliminated. She was eliminated because of her attitude and constant bickering towards Dragalge was too much, but that's not something to eliminate for this early in the competition. It just doesn't make any sense."
"I guess you have a point, but despite being an athlete Staravia didn't really do the best in those two challenges. Sandslash pointed out.
"True, but remember Marill? She fucked up in the first challenge, and she got booted out immediately. Cofagrigus did the same thing, but nothing happened to him. It just doesn't add up." Heracross replied.
"Fair Point" Sandslash said "So why are you so worried about this?"
"I'm worrying about this… because I think Cofagrigus is in an alliance." Heracross revealed.
"An alliance?" Sandslash asked.
"It's the only thing that makes sense. An alliance is the only thing that would keep him in the game." Heracross deduced.
"I guess you're right" Sandslash said "So what are you going to do?"
"For now, we have to do the challenge. I'll watch throughout the challenge and afterwards to see if he talks to anyone in particular, for any possible suspects. You just go back to the Castle, okay?" Heracross asked.
"Alright. Good luck" Sandslash said, going back to his castle.
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Sandslash: "I'm not totally worried about that alliance, considering it's on the other team, but Heracross figuring it out could possibly knock out some threats in the game. So I won't stop him"
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Sandslash came back to his team's Castle as he joined Heliolisk and the others in construction.
"I'm back. How is it going so far?" Sandslash asked
Heliolisk smiled "Great. Snorunt and Croagunk are doing well with making ice and shaping it. Excadrill is working on some details, and Krookodile and Mismagius are keeping an eye out for anything"
"That sounds like we're doing well." Sandslash noted "So what do you need me to do?"
"If you can create more ice, that would be great. Then we can get more on the castle" Heliolisk suggested.
"Sounds good to me" Sandslash said, he then started using Frost Breath to help make more ice, causing Heliolisk to smile some more.
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Heliolisk: "Sandslash is really cool… and kinda hot. What? Don't look at me like that"
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Krookodile was making some beautiful claw designs as Mismagius was making sure no one would come to sabotage.
"So Missy, figured out the coin yet?" Krookodile asked.
"No… all attempts I made, literally blew up in my face. But the shop business is going well. I think Banette bought a voodoo doll for Sandslash to mess with him. Probably explains the reasons he's always yelping in pain." Mismagius said.
"Well, good for you." Krookodile said as he kept on working.
"You going to tell me how the coin works?" Mismagius asked.
"I already told you, but every time I do, you call it bullshit." Krookodile replied.
Mismagius chuckled. "Oh yeah, right. So, how did you come up with this philosophy in the first place?"
"Well, before the coin, I was or technically still am a Gambler, but I wasn't so lucky back then. I had a horrible addiction and was in deep debt. Before anything worse could happen, I did everything I could to get lucky, and I mean EVERYTHING. I tried witchcraft, praying, all the things that could make me luckier, I did. But none of them worked in the slightest. I was about to hit rock bottom when this Drampa came to me. He said if I needed luck and I said I would do anything. So he gave me the coin and said, "Just ask it a question, and believe in its answer. The fates will do the rest." I never saw that Drampa again, but I took his advice. And soon after, I gotten luckier and luckier, to the point of where I am now. I would say that I'm in my prime right now thanks to the fates." Krookodile said.
"Wait, witchcraft didn't work?" Mismagius asked.
"Yeah, not even that worked." Krookodile replied.
"That's impossible! Witchcraft is very powerful! There's no way it would work just like that!" Mismagius argued.
"Well it did, but I'm not too worried about it, I got the fates now to guide me the way." Krookodile said as he finished the magnificent design.
Mismagius looked at his design and thought about something.
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Mismagius: "There's no way witchcraft just doesn't work. Something must've tempered with Krookodile's luck, or put a curse on him. Either way, I'll need him to come to the shop. I'll figure out this mystery, one way or another."
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Klinklang, Emolga, Cacturne, and Liepard saw the construction from afar.
"I have a plan to bring the Castle down, without disturbing the workers in a major way." Klinklang said.
"Hmm? What is it?" Emolga asked
"I need you and Liepard to distract the workers anyway possible. Me and Cacturne will take the rest from here." Klinklang replied.
"Okay." Emolga turned to Liepard "How to you look in makeup"
Liepard's eyes lit up
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Liepard: "Best. Plan. EVER!"
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Meanwhile, Zoroark, Banette, and Monferno were watching the construction from afar.
Zoroark scanned the Darkrai's Castle. "Hmm, they seem to be pretty far at it already."
"Yeah, looks like it" Monferno commented
"Hmm," Zoroark saw Heliolisk being the main overseer for the construction and grinned. "I have an idea."
"What is it?" Monferno asked.
"We're going to slow down the construction, by taking out their overseer." Zoroark replied. "Here's the plan, I'll go distract the workers, you Monferno will knock out that Heliolisk over there, and Banette can go grab him and take him away. Me and Banette will hand the Heliolisk, while you distract the rest as long as possible. Can you do that for me?"
"Um… I guess I can" Monferno replied, not fully sure about it.
"Good, then let the fun begin." Zoroark said, grinning at his plan.
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Monferno: "I really don't like the way Zoroark said any of that…. I'll go along with this, but still. I'm a bit concerned."
Banette: "Zoroark said we'll have fun with the Heliolisk with a lot of snow. Are we going to force feed him snow? Because that's already happened to me one time."
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Heracross was watching Cofagrigus as he went. So far, he's talked with Dragalge, but he was the leader, so he took that out, Druddigon, Beheeyem, and Scizor. He knows Scizor wouldn't do something like that, so the main suspects were Druddigon and Beheeyem for now.
He then saw Emolga and Liepard out in the distance.
Emolga whistled to get their attention "Hey Everyone!"
Everyone turned around to Emolga.
"My friend Liepard and I wanted to come by to see how you guys were doing with your Castle" Emolga said, putting an emphasis on Liepard's name
They saw Liepard as she had on violet make up and her eyelashes were brought up.
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Emolga: She blew some air at a makeup brush like it was a gun she just fired "Oh yeah. I'm good" She winked
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Liepard batted her eyelashes "Hey guys, I hope that you're doing well with all your hard work" She then winked all cute like
All of the male Giratinas dropped what they were doing and just looked her beauty… minus Xatu
Beheeyem and Scizor tried to stop them, but she was blocked by all the men.
Smeargle was confused at what's going on. "Guys! What are you doing!?"
While all the men were distracted, Klinklang and Cacturne got close enough to the tower.
Klinklang was firing small precise Charge Beams at key points on the Castle, while Cacturne was firing small precise Pin Missiles at key points as well.
Eventually, Beheeyem and Scizor pushed them all away with Psychic or by brute force as they were going to stop the two.
Emolga noticed this "Guys Abort! Abort!" She then started to fly away, Liepard running after her
Klinklang and Cacturne heard that as they escaped without being spotted.
Heracross saw the whole thing, as he also saw Xatu just standing there as it all happened.
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Heracross: "While was Xatu just standing there? He could've warned the team of what was going to happen, but didn't. What is he planning?"
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Zoroark saw all the workers as he grinned. He snapped his fingers as a giant black bog of smoke was made and everyone, including the Castle was inside.
"Ah! What's going on!?" Sandslash asked in surprise
"Guys! Are you okay over there!? Black smoke came out of nowhere!" Heliolisk shouted..
While this was happening, Monferno came behind Heliolisk and punched him behind the head, knocking him out.
Banette grabbed him and took him away as Zoroark ran with her and ended the illusion.
Everyone could see now as Monferno was there.
She quickly moved away for sight before any of them could see her. "Dammit Zoroark, you couldn't have waited for me to get out of sight before getting rid of the smoke!?" She mumbled.
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Heliolisk woke up as he was buried in snow up to his head. He also saw Zoroark and Banette there.
"Why am I buried in snow!?" Heliolisk shouted
"Well, you were the overseer of the Castle. We had to slow you guys down somehow." Zoroark replied, grinning at his work.
Heliolisk struggled to get out of the snow "I don't think kidnapping is a loud!"
"But you see, here's the thing, Jaba never said that we couldn't kidnap. So technically, it's perfectly legal." Zoroark replied, as Banette chuckled.
"Great." Heliolisk said flatly "Then how long are you going to keep me here!?"
"Hmm, now you see, I never really thought of that. Tell you what, we'll come back AFTER the challenge to let you go, if you can live long enough that is." Zoroark replied.
"What!?" Heliolisk shouted "Zoroark let me out of here! I could get frostbit!"
"Oh come now, the odds of that happening… actually pretty likely. Oh well, come on Banette, we have more fun to do." Zoroark said.
"Oh boy, fun fun fun!" Banette shouted as she and Zoroark left Heliolisk to himself.
"Zoroark! Banette! Someone! Anyone! HELP ME!" Heliolisk cried out.
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Sandslash: "After the smoke cleared none of us could find Heliolisk. Worse is while we looked for him, there seemed to be dents in our castle… weird."
Zoroark: "I don't know how long I left Heliolisk there." Zoroark shrugs. "Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter really."'
Heliolisk: He was shivering in the confessional, his body was a little blue. "I…. Hate… Zoroark!"
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Hannibal looks from afar. "Man, things sure are boring down there. Time for a little, excitement."
Hannibal presses a button and the volcano erupts, as flaming rocks starts falling on the contestants.
Jaba was walking back to the mountain after cooling off from the Xatu incident… then he saw the Volcano erupt "WHAT THE HELL!?"
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Jaba teleported to where Hannibal was.
"Hannibal... " Jaba started. "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!?"
"What? I'm just making things more interesting. This is a show after all." Hannibal responded, acting innocent.
"Oh my fucking Arceus!" Jaba yelled in anger. "You could have killed any of the 22 contestants! Some of them are weak to Fire! We could be sued you dumbass!"
"Nah, they're not dead yet, so we have nothing to worry about." Hannibal said, grinning.
"Just endangering their lives like this will give someone a good reason to sue I'm sure." Jaba commented. "Let's go make sure everyone is safe, we can't let this challenge last to much longer after the stunt you pulled."
"Alright, five more minutes, tops." Hannibal said, grinning.
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On the Giratina's side, they were dodging all the flaming rocks. "How the hell did this happen?!" Cofagrigus shouted.
"I don't know, but make sure the Castle is safe!" Dragalge shouted.
Some of the flaming rocks hit the Castle, and because of Klinklang and Cacturne, it was starting to collapse.
Dragalge and Smeargle widened their eyes. "NO!"
Dragalge went to Beheeyem. "Stop it from happening!"
Beheeyem nodded and stopped it with Psychic, but she was having trouble keeping the massive Castle in place.
"QUICK! GET SOME SNOW AND ICE AND REPAIR THE CASTLE!" Dragagle shouted.
"All the Ice is being melted by the flaming rocks!" Druddigon shouted back.
"NO, WE HAVE TO SAVE IT!" Dragalge replied.
Monferno just came back and saw what was happening.
"What the actual hell happened!?" Monferno asked in surprise
"My Masterpiece!" Smeargle replied "It's being destroyed!"
"Some bastard from the other team must've sabotaged the Castle!" Druddigon shouted.
Beheeyem was doing her best to hold it still, but it was making her weak.
"DON'T STOP! WE NEED IT TO STAY UP!" Dragalge shouted.
"Shit!" Scizor shouted "I don't think Beheeyem can keep it up though! A psychic can only do so much!"
"Then where is Xatu!?" Druddigon pointed out.
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A few minutes earlier, Liepard snuck up on Xatu and used a powerful Night Slash on him, managing to knock him out.
"Huh… that was easier than I thought… Oh well." Liepard said
She then run back to her castle mere seconds before the volcano erupted
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Beheeyem was doing her best, but she was losing it.
"DON'T YOU DARE! WE NEED IT UP! DON'T DROP IT!" Dragalge roared.
Beheeyem couldn't hold it anymore as she let go. The Castle fell down and collapsed.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Dragalge shouted as he ran to the destroyed Castle.
Smeargle saw this and fell to the ground.
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Smeargle: She was crying. "It's like someone just wiped my save file… no chance to get it all back!"
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Monferno saw how Dragalge was just standing there, silent as he just looked at the destroyed Castle.
Monferno walked up to him "Are… Are you okay?"
Dragalge didn't respond, as he just kept on staring.
"Dragalge…. I'm sorry." Monferno said sadly
"It's…. It's all gone. Just like that." Dragalge muttered.
"Yeah." Monferno said simply. "Smeargle is taking it pretty badly as well" She pointed to a crying Smeargle who was being comforted a bit by Scizor.
He just kept staring, until he looked out at the other end with blinding rage. He slowly went to the other side.
Monferno noticed the look in his eyes and rightfully followed him.
He had the others go out of his way as he kept on going.
"Dragalge, what are you going to do!?" Monferno asked him.
"They took down my Castle, so I'm taking down theirs." Dragalge replied, very darkly
"How do you even know that the other team did this?" Monferno asked "A freaking volcano erupted!"
"It's like Druddigon said, someone must've sabotaged it. Otherwise, it wouldn't have gone down by just a couple of hits." Dragalge replied as he kept on going.
"Okay… fair point." Monferno admitted "But don't you think it's possible that the other team's castle is also in rubble!? I did some damage to it before the volcano erupted. Maybe some of the cracks caused it to collapse."
He stopped when he had enough distance. "I don't fucking care. If it is in rubble, then I'll make sure it stays in rubble." Dragalge said.
She stopped next to him, "But… wouldn't that be rubbing salt to the wound?" Monferno asked
"I wouldn't call it rubbing salt to the wound, more like spraying acid on the wound." Dragalge said, before he charged up a powerful attack in his mouth.
Monferno backed up from him a little. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Monferno asked.
"Very." Dragalge replied, before he shot it up in the air. He used Draco Meteor as hundreds of meteors went towards the Darkrai's Castle.
"Woah" Was all the Monferno could say seeing the powerful attack.
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The Darkrai's Castle was taking a lot of damage, but Sandslash and Snorunt fixed the dents on the Castle, and Krookodile and Mismagius were fending off the flaming rocks.
"Looks like we should be able to easily get through this." Croagunk commented
"Yeah!" Snorunt shouted with glee
"Makes me wonder how the other team is holding up." Croagunk said.
Cacturne looked up and widened his eyes. "Shit, dat's not good."
"Why do you say that?" Liepard asked, who was walking to to him. Then she looked up. "Oh… Shit! Guys look up!"
Everyone saw the Draco Meteors. "TAKE COVER!" Sandslash shouted.
The meteors were going all over the place. One was going at Emolga and crashed down right at her.
Emolga widened her eyes and fainted on the spot from the sight of almost getting crushed like that.
"EMOLGA!" Klinklang shouted. Klinklang tried to get to her, but Klinklang got hit by the meteors and was knocked out as well.
Meteors were heading straight towards Liepard, as she was too petrified to move.
"No… this can't be happening." Liepard said in fear.
"WATCH OUT LIEPARD!" Cacturne shouted, as he shielded Liepard and took the meteors that were heading towards her.
"Cacturne!" Liepard shouted, watching him get hit and knocked out cold.
Heracross came back and saw what was happening. "OH SHIT!"
A couple of meteors were heading towards Emolga's fainted body, but Heracross grabbed her and got her out just in time. "Damn, that was close!" Heracross shouted.
Sandslash saw all this happening, as he saw meteors heading straight towards Excadrill.
"Excadrill! Look out!" Sandslash shouted to her.
Excadrill looked and saw the meteors going for her. She screamed and quickly drilled herself underground before any meteors hit the ground where she stood moments before.
Sandslash sighed in relief before he widen his eyes "OH SHIT HELIOLISK!"
Sandslash rushed in to find him, but one hit him in the shoulder as he saw the Castle was coming down.
"No! The Castle!" Sandslash shouted, a little weak from the meteor hitting him.
Mismagius got Krookodile down to the ground as this was happening. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" Mismagius shouted.
"Meteors, but from where?!" Krookodile shouted back. He then saw the Castle was coming down on both of them. He looked at the coin. "Heads, we both make it. Tails, one of us makes it." He said, before he flipped the coin. It showed Tails.
He sighed and looked at Mismagius. "I'm sorry Mismagius."
Mismagius looked at him in confusion. "Huh? What do you mean?"
Krookodile pushed Mismagius out of the way. But before she could react, the castle fell down on Krookodile.
Mismagius widened her eyes. "KROOKODILE!"
Sandslash just saw the Castle fell on Krookodile. "Holy Shit! That can't be good!"
Croagunk had grabbed Snorunt and gotten her out of the way before either of them could get hurt. Now they were a little away from where the meteors were falling.
"Snorunt! Are you okay!?" Croagunk asked, in a bit of panic
"I'm fine." She simply said with a smile
Heracross got Emolga and all the others who were knocked out out of the blast radius.
He looked and saw Sandslash was still there. "SANDSLASH! GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!"
Sandslash got back up and was trying to get back to the others "What about Heliolisk!? He's disappeared a while ago when black smoke came over the Castle!"
"He's not here, which means he's out of the blast radius! NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF THERE!" Heracross yelled.
Sandslash was running as fast as he could to the others "A meteor hit me in my shoulder a bit ago!"
Mismagius got in range and pulled Sandslash out of range with Psychic back to the rest.
Sandslash landed on his side when she did that. "Thank you!"
Sandslash and the rest saw the Castle being destroyed as the entire area was being destroyed by meteors.
"Damn…. There goes all that work… and half of our team." Croagunk said
"Damn indeed Croagunk, damn indeed." Heracross commented.
Soon after, the meteors and the falling rocks stopped as the volcano stopped erupting.
Jaba and Hannibal went down to the others.
Jaba was running "IS EVERYONE OKAY!?" He shouted with concern
The Giratinas just arrived where the Darkrais were at.
"HALF OF OUR TEAM IS KNOCKED OUT, KROOKODILE IS IN THE RUBBLE, AND HELIOLISK IS MISSING, SO YEAH, WE'RE FUCKING DANDY!" Heracross yelled.
"Don't yell at me!" Jaba shouted "I'm not the one who caused the volcano to erupt! It was dormant when I checked it yesterday!"
"I didn't cause the meteors though! The falling rocks were the only things that came from the volcano!" Hannibal shouted.
Sandslash was holding his shoulder "Then who caused the meteors!?"
"Um… Maybe it was the other team." Snorunt replied. "They have two dragon types who can learn Draco Meteor."
"I'm sorry, we were too busy trying to keep our Castle up! We would have no time to fire random rocks at your dumb Castle!" Druddigon shouted.
"You have two Psychic Types… I don't think it could be that hard" Croagunk pointed out.
"Excuse me smartass, but Beheeyem can't keep the Castle up all by herself, and if you haven't noticed, we have no idea where the hell Xatu is!" Druddigon replied.
"Yep… that would do it." Sandslash said.
Monferno looked at Dragalge, and he slowly shook his head at her.
"So now what? What do we do about the challenge?" Scizor asked
"Well, it seems that the Giratina's Castle fell before the Darkrai's did. So by technicality, we'll place the win to the Deadly Darkrais." Jaba simply answered.
"That's great and all… BUT WHERE THE HELL IS HELIOLISK!?" Sandslash shouted.
"If you want to find him so badly, then stop asking and go find him already!" Hannibal shouted.
Jaba slammed Hannibal down the mountain, being fed up with him for the day. After making sure that he fell to the ground, he turned to everyone and sighed as he teleported Xatu and Heliolisk to everyone.
"Why the hell is Xatu knocked out?" Dragalge asked.
Sandslash saw Heliolisk a little blue and shivering.
Sandslash ran up to him with a really concerned look on his face "Heliolisk! Are you okay!?"
"I sp-spent the l-last Ar-Arceus knows h-how long b-buried up to m-my he-head in s-sn-snow. I'm f-far fr-from o-okay!" Heliolisk shouted shivering quite badly.
"Alright, everyone get back to the campgrounds. Me and Hannibal if he ever recovers, will bring all the injured contestants to the infirmary. Giratinas, I'll see you tonight for your elimination ceremony.
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Sandslash: "Who the hell would bury someone up to their head with snow and leave them there!? Hypothermia is a thing you know!"
Zoroark: "Wow, I left him there that long? Arceus I can be forgetful sometimes." He chuckled.
Emolga: "I was told later that Heracross saved from being hit while I was fainted… Those meteors could have killed me! I sure owe him one now."
Krookodile: Krookodile was a little banged up, but he grinned as he flipped his coin. "The fates kept me safe from that Castle. I never doubted them for a second."
Monferno: "Geez… Dragalge hurt a lot of members from the other team. All because of them sabotaging the castle to collapse… I'll be honest. That was really harsh. It didn't help that we lost anyway and major damage to the other team's Castle was not in the rules for the challenge." She sighed. "I think I might have to have a talk with him later."
Smeargle: "The other party got decimated… and we still lost. I don't like how that match played out. I really don't. Plus, that Castle was my best work… now the world may never truly see beauty."
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Everyone was leaving the mountain, but Monferno saw that Dragalge was back at his destroyed Castle, just staring at it.
Monferno walked up to him. "It's time to go Dragalge. Why are you staring at it? You still have your Castle at home."
"I know… but watching it go down like that, made me worried. What if that happens to my Castle? What happens if my Kingdom crumbles, and my people are caught in the crossfire, and I wasn't able to save them. I don't want that to happen, watching something crumble before me and can't do anything about it. That would be too much for me." Dragalge said, still looking at his Castle in ruins.
"Is.. Is that the reason you went and Draco Meteored half the other team?" Monferno asked.
Dragalge turned and looked at her. "Yes."
"Oh" She simply said. "You do realize that doing that was against the rules of the challenge right? If it wasn't for the fact our Castle fell first, you would have caused our team to be disqualified."
"I realize that, and I don't care. Our Castle still fell, I retaliated, and that's what happened. We still would've lost either way." Dragalge replied, turning back towards the rubble.
Monferno looked at the rubble with him for a bit. "So, what are you going to do for the elimination?"
"Not now…. Just…. Just give me a moment. Just for a little while." Dragalge said.
"Want me to go then?" Monferno asked. "To give you your time?"
Dragalge looked at Monferno. "Please…. Don't go. I need the company right now…. Can you stay for just a while?"
Monferno looked back at him. "Alright. I'll stay."
Monferno stood beside Dragalge and noticed he was shivering.
"Dragalge… Oh right you're part Dragon Type." Monferno said. "You should go back to the camp, being up here isn't good for you."
"Just…. Just give me a moment." Dragalge said.
"Alright." Monferno simply said.
The two just stood there for a moment, just staring at the rubble before them.
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Dragalge: "It was nice, for Monferno to stay. That was a difficult moment for me, and I appreciate that, a lot." He then looked very confident. "But right now, I have an elimination to go to, and I know EXACTLY who to vote for!"
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Heracross was with Sandslash and Heliolisk… for the second time now. "Are you sure Zoroark did it?" Heracross asked.
"How can I not be sure" Heliolisk replied, not shivering anymore but still cold with blue skin. "He had someone knock me out while the team was distracted and I woke up buried in snow with him and Banette in front of me. Kinda clear on who did what."
"So, Zoroark outfoxed everyone in the first challenge, burned Sandslash to submission, and buried you up to the head with snow… this fox is not someone to mess with. He clearly doesn't care about anyone's well being but himself. I can see him being a huge threat if he makes it to the merge." Heracross admitted.
"I can see see half of the people on this show in the infirmary by merge thanks to him" Sandslash commented. He was sitting on a bed next to Heliolisk since his shoulder was being tended to.
"Then we also have the question, who caused the meteors?" Heracross asked. "It's either Dragalge, or Druddigon."
"Someone caused meteors to come down?" Heliolisk asked. "That would explain why half of our team where knocked out."
"I'm going to have some talks with the other team after the elimination, to get some possible information out of this. You two just stay here and don't get any more hurt than you are." Heracross advised.
"Considering that I'm a survivalist and this is the second time I've ended up in the infirmary out of three challenges… I'll make no promises" Sandslash said.
Heracross got up and left the infirmary, but not before telling them goodbye.
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Heracross: "First Cofagrigus is in an alliance, next there's a fox that's wreaking havoc on the other players, now someone fired the meteors that caused half the team to be in the infirmary. I knew things would go bad, but not this quick. It's time to step up my game."
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Dragalge called in the Royal alliance to the beach. "I know exactly who we should vote for." Dragalge announced.
"And who is that?" Druddigon asked
"Someone who has done absolutely nothing for the team, someone who just watches it happen, with no regard for his teammates. Someone, who let this whole catastrophe happen." Dragalge said, before he told them their next target.
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Liepard was in the infirmary to see the members of the Brotherhood as they all had fallen during the meteor shower. She saw Emolga talking with Klinklang and Mismagius with Krookodile so she went to Cacturne.
"Hey, are you feeling okay?" Liepard kindly asked Cacturne.
"Please, dis is nothin'. My ole grandma can pack a better punch dan some stupid rocks." Cacturne joked.
"And yet they still knocked you out cold." Liepard teased him.
Cacturne rolled his eyes at her. "Whatever, dat may have knocked me out, but it doesn't hurt one bit."
"Alright then" Liepard said. "So… I think my job has been done."
"Really? What makes ya say dat?" Cacturne asked.
"You saw how it all played out. Everything could have been avoided if they helped their team actually get through it." Liepard replied
"Hmm, so ya sayin' dat, they didn't?" Cacturne asked.
"No chance at helping" Liepard replied "I stopped them before they could do a thing. I think I got it so they go home tonight you will never have you have to worry about them."
Cacturne grinned. "Well I'll be, ya actually pulled through. Well, a deal's a deal. Welcome ta the alliance."
Liepard smiled "Thank you Cacturne. I'm sure that I will be a big help to you going forward."
"Let's hope so." Cacturne replied.
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Liepard: "Perfect. I got exactly what I wanted. Now I'm sure that I will be safe for a while."
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"So, you now see Krookodile in the infirmary. Do you realize now that he isn't a God?" Klinklang asked Emolga.
"But he was crushed by a Castle of Ice." Emolga replied. "I'm sure the was cut by so many of shards of ice. Yet he is totally fine and not even bleeding as much as someone else would. That has to mean something."
"Of for the love of, maybe he was crushed by the snow part of the Castle. Not all of it was made out of ice." Klinklang protested.
"For all you know, ice shards could have gotten to that part. The meteors released a lot of them around the Castle I'm sure." Emolga said.
"For the love of Arceus, he is not a God! He is a normal Pokemon like everyone else here is! All he has is EXTREME amounts of luck, that's it! Other than that, he's just a normal Krookodile!" Klinklang shouted.
"What about his coin!?" Emolga asked him
"All he does is flips it for crying out loud! All the events that happened before was all just coincidences! None of that means that he is a God! He still didn't make something out of thin air, manipulate anyone he pleases, or laid down judgement on the wicked! HE! IS! NOT! A! GOD!" Klinklang yelled.
She scoffed at him. "Fine then. Believe what you want."
"And keep being delusional." Klinklang retorted.
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Emolga: She sighed "Why doesn't Klinklang get it? Krookodile is a God! He has done all these things that normal Pokemon can't! What is he not seeing?"
Klinklang: "If I have to hear her or anyone else for that matter ramble on about how Krookodile is a God, I'll throw myself in the volcano and stay there."
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You know, you could've died you know?" Mismagius asked.
Krookodile grins. "Yeah, but I didn't. The fates kept me safe from danger."
Mismagius frowns. "Krookodile, I'm being serious. You saved me twice now, and one of those times you could've died. You can't believe that the coin can save you from everything."
Krookodile looks at Mismagius. "And I'm being serious too. This coin hasn't failed me yet. I've been through a lot of shit with this coin, and it saved me from worse dangers than a Snow Castle falling on me. Plus, the coin said only one of us would be saved. It didn't say I had to save you. I did that one by choice."
"I don't care if- wait…. That was your choice to save me?" Mismagius asked.
Krookodile nods.
"But…. but why me? I've been not believing your stupid fates thing since day one. Why save me, twice?" Mismagius asked.
"Because out of all the Pokemon here, you actually stayed with me and tried your damnedest to find an answer. Not aweing, or praising, but truly interested on how the coin works. Plus, I'm a nice guy, I can't help it when I save a damsel in distress." Krookodile joked.
Mismagius scoffed and started leaving.
"Oh come on, I was only joking." Krookodile said.
"Oh screw off." Mismagius replied. But she turned to Krookodile and grinned at him, before she left.
Krookodile chuckled. "I'll never know how that woman works, even with the coin.
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That night, Jaba and The Grandiose Giratinas were at the campfire pit. Hannibal was currently recovering from his fall from a mountain.
"Alright, Griatinas" Jaba said. "Three times in a row… did someone curse you guys or something?"
"Shit, wrong team." Banette mumbled.
"Nevertheless. We are here now. So I have 9 Berries… and 10 of you. If I call your name, come and get a berry." Jaba explained. "Are you all ready?"
"Might as well." Druddigon replied.
"Alright… Beheeyem… And Smeargle." Jaba announced .
Beheeyem grabbed both berries with Psychic and passed one of them to Smeargle.
"Sweet. Thanks Beheeyem." Smeargle said, grabbing her berry from the air
"Hmm… Monferno… Cofagrigus… and Banette." Jaba announced.
Cofagrigus sighed with relief as he got his berry.
"Good thing I didn't curse myself along with them." Banette said to herself.
"Scizor…. And Druddigon" Jaba announced.
Scizor calmly walked up to get her berry, so did Druddigon.
"Zoroark… and Dragalge." Jaba announced
Zoroark happily got his berry as Dragalge got his as well. Dragalge looked at Monferno and gave her a nod.
"Xatu, this is a very weird situation… but everyone voted for you… including yourself!" Jaba announced "So because of this, you have been eliminated."
"I know, I voted for myself because I knew I would be gone. You should know that by now." Xatu said. "But may I do something before I go? It's only a small matter."
"I guess you can." Jaba reluctantly agreed. "Just be sure to stop by the confession before going to the dock."
"Will do. Oh, and before I go, don't go to your cabin Jaba, trust me." Xatu said before he teleports away.
"Don't go to my cabin… what? Jabe said to himself. He then turned to the other nine. "You are all dismissed… and you might want to start winning soon."
"I need to talk to Mismagius about fixing this." Banette said to herself.
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Xatu went into the woods and walked calmly until he saw a cave. He threw a rock inside to get someone's attention.
Moments later, a Bewear came out of the cave to see Xatu.
"Hello there," Xatu calmly said. "I can tell that you're the nicest out of all the Bewear here. I would like for you to do me a favor, in exchange for a lot of Sitrus berries."
"Sitrus berries?! My favorite!" The Bewear shouted. "What do you want?"
"I want you to do this." Xatu started.
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Xatu: "Alright, everything's set. I've done all I can for everyone here. I hope the rest of the future plays out as I hope it does. Goodbye everyone, may your future be well."
Liepard: "You know, now that I think about it… I feel like Xatu let me knock him out. He can tell the future after all. Oh well, he gave me a great safety net. Who am I to question it more than I need to?"
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Xatu was prepared to leave the island. He got on the Lapras and looked at everyone.
"Beware the one who's playing you all. They loves to their play games." Xatu warned, before the Lapras took off away from everyone's sight.
"'Beware the one who's playing you all'?" Druddigon asked. "Who the hell is that?"
"How the hell should I know? All that matters is that he's gone." Dragalge replied.
"I guess" Druddigon said. He looked at Smeargle. "Or is it you little miss gamer?"
"Haha, very funny" Smeargle replied "Nice to see that subtlety is one of your lower stats."
Zoroark only watched Xatu go as everyone else was talking.
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Zoroark: "I know who exactly Xatu was referring to, but it doesn't matter. No one knows about what my plans are for them. They're going to love it. After all," He grins devilishly at the camera. "I love to play my games."
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Sandslash was looking over Heliolisk, who was still confined to the infirmary.
"You sure you're okay Heliolisk?" Sandslash asked "You weren't too far away from Hypothermia."
"I'll be fine Sandslash." Heliolisk assured. "The nurses here are actually pretty good. I should be out of here soon."
"Thanks good." Sandslash said.
"You were really worried about when I disappeared weren't you?" Heliolisk asked.
"Yeah" Sandslash replied "You are my friend after all and I care. Seeing you close to possibly losing a limb scared the crap out of me."
"Don't worry too much. I'll be okay" Heliolisk said
"That's good" Sandslash said, before yawning "I think today wore me out. Nurse said I'm okay to go to the cabins again but… is it alright if I stay here with you for the night?"
"Hm? Sure. I don't mind" Heliolisk replied. "Just don't freeze me okay?"
Sandslash chuckled. "Promise. Good night"
"Night" Heliolisk said before Sandslash fell asleep
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Heliolisk: "Sandslash has to be one of the most caring guys I've ever met… I honestly like being around him." He sighed. "Just don't get your hopes up Heliolisk. You can't be that lucky."
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While Druddigon was relaxing on a log in the campgrounds, Heracross approached him.
"Hello there Druddigon." Heracross said.
Huh? Oh hey Heracross" Druddigon said. "You need something?"
"Not much, I was just wondering if you can answer some questions for me?" Heracross asked.
"Sure. Shoot" Druddigon replied
"Thanks." Heracross said as he sat by a log in front of him. "So, my first question is, during the Capture the Flag challenge, I've heard Cofagrigus fucked up. Was that true?"
"Yeah." Druddigon replied. "What of it?"
"Well, since Marill did the same thing and got eliminated, I've been wondering how Cofagrigus is still here. After all, Xatu also fucked up as well. It just hurts my head thinking about it you know?" Heracross asked in a friendly tone.
"What can I say, Staravia was annoying all of us. Plus, despite her saying she is an athlete, she sucked in both those challenges. Cofagrigus screwed up, but at least he's still useful to the team." Druddigon replied.
"Hmm, I can see how that makes sense. But I have a little theory that I've been having. Mind if I share it with you?" Heracross asked.
"Sure, I don't mind" Druddigon said.
"Now, I think the reason Cofagrigus is still here, is because he's in an alliance. I mean, it makes sense, alliance members makes sure their teammates don't get eliminated. That's what I think the reason Cofagrigus is still here. Doesn't that make sense?" Heracross asked.
Druddigon shrugged "I guess."
"Now, if that was true, that would mean that Cofagrigus would be pals with some of the other members in his team. Well, the only ones that would fit the bill, would be Dragalge, but it's highly unlikely since he's already the leader of his team, Scizor, but she's more of a lone wolf, and then there's you, Druddigon." Heracross presumed.
"What about me?" Druddigon asked
"Well, I'm just guessing here, but it seems that Cofagrigus has been buddy buddy with you the most. I'm only guessing here, but what if you were in his alliance? Not to stereotype here, but every alliance needs a brute, it just makes sense." Heracross said.
"Call me that again bug and we'll see where you'll end up!" Druddigon threatened. "And I'm friends with Cofagrigus because he's one of the few people here I can talk to with wanting to insult the rest at while at a time."
"Easy there Druddigon, I didn't mean to call you that. I was only putting the pieces together. After all," Heracross now gives Druddigon a serious look. "You and your alliance did make it obvious as hell. Next time you make someone a scapegoat, don't make it someone like Staravia. She may have been annoying, but that's NO reason to eliminate her! And the last two challenges, she lost the first one because she lost against the luckiest crocodile in the world, and the second was because it was an asinine challenge in the first place. Even you know that. Staravia shouldn't have been eliminated, Cofagrigus should."
Druddigon just looked at Heracross. His face should no signs of surprise or anything. "Say if I was actually in this alliance. What would you do? Not like it's on your team."
"No, you're right. But, there's one thing that I can do. I can still tell everyone. They may not believe me at first, but doubt is a powerful thing. It can make people believe in one thing, by just having someone tell them. Maybe, they'll find the clues like I did, and they'll all eventually believe that Cofagrigus IS in an alliance. After that, his ass would be gone faster than a Ninjask. What do you say to that?" Heracross asked, cockily.
"Whatever then. But you're better of finding the one who's playing everyone." Druddigon said, in his mind he used that to get Heracross off his back a little.
"What the hell do you mean by that?" Heracross asked.
"Xatu's last words" Druddigon replied. "He said to watch out for the one who's playing us. He loves to play his games."
"Well, what if Cofagrigus was that person? After all, he's a trickster, and playing games is his forte. Besides, you're just saying that to throw me off. Like I'm buying for your bullshit." Heracross said.
"Hey, you can ask anyone on my team. Xatu did say that." Druddigon noted. "Plus, if there is someone playing us, then they are likely playing you and your team as well. Just a thought. Now I'm going to bed." He started walking off
"… Wait." Heracross spoke up.
Druddigon turned his head, he looked a little angry now. "What?"
He walked up to Druddigon, not fearing the Cave dragon. "Now, let's say what you said is true. If it is, then I'll stop this 'trickster', but that doesn't mean I'm not stopping my pursuit on Cofagrigus. So I'll give you a deal. If you tell me, that Cofagrigus is in an alliance, then I can use your witness account, to convince everyone that he's in one, eliminating him from the island in the process, and I won't tell anyone that you're involved in it. Your secret is safe with me. But if you don't, and we keep playing this game until I find enough evidence for myself that Cofagrigus is in one, and if I find out that you're in it as well, I will bring your asses down to size. So, what's it going to be, Druddigon?" Heracross asked.
Druddigon thought about that for a moment. "Give me two eliminations. By then I should be a final decision of what I'll do. That sounds good to you?"
Heracross thought about it for a moment as well. He raised his hand to Druddigon. "Deal. Two eliminations should be plenty of time."
Druddigon shook his hand. "Alright. Now I'm going to bed." He lets go and heads to his cabin.
Heracross looks at Druddigon for a moment, before turning his back on him and doing the same thing.
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Heracross: "Like hell I'm trusting that Dragon. I'll just have to find proof for myself if I have to, and to see if this 'trickster' is a real thing or not. But if he is telling the truth, then it would make my job a whole lot easier."
Druddigon: "Rat out Cofigrigus… or keep it a secret, but possibly ruin my game as well. Shit, I have no idea right now. Still though, if he figured this out, maybe he can do something with what Xatu told us before he left. I don't think it's Cofigigus though. I might not the be the smartest, but if someone is playing us and likes to play games, wouldn't they had the fact they like to play games? Just saying."
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Monferno was at the beach, thinking about everything that's happened. She then see Dragalge by her side again.
"Back again I see." Monferno said
"Well what can I say, this place has just that effect on me." Dragalge replied.
"Beaches tend to do that to people" Monferno commented
He sat down by Monferno. "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm just thinking about everything that happened today. What Xatu said isn't helping either" Monferno replied.
"We can worry about that later, besides, I wanted to thank you again." Dragalge said.
"Thank me?" Monferno asked. "Why?"
"You were with me, when I was at a low point in my life. I needed that. Your company helped alot." Dragalge admitted.
"We are friends, aren't we? That's what friends do." Monferno replied
Dragalge smiled at Monferno. "Yeah, friends. I don't think I ever did this much for a friend before."
She smiled back. "It's not like anyone else here is going to be nice like that to you."
"True, but I have never been that kind to anyone here other than yourself either." Dragalge admitted.
"Touche" Monfero said "But you could maybe give some of the others a chance. Not everyone here is bad"
"Snorunt?" Dragalge simply asked.
"From what I heard… no one understands that girl." Monferno replied
"How about Staravia then? Dragalge asked again.
"Okay now you're just messing with me" Monferno said.
"Oh, here's the best one…. Marill." Dragalge said.
Monferno started laughing.
Dragalge laughed with her. "The day I give anyone else here a chance would be the day Marill would actually be a good singer."
"Well that is never happening then" Monferno said "But still, I'm sure there are still decent people here. Look at Smeargle for example."
"She told me I reminded her of a scary gruesome boss she faced before….. I don't think it's happening anytime soon." Dragalge said.
"I never said she was perfect. But if I'm the only one you actually feel like having a good conversation, then I'll take it." Monferno admitted "Besides, I like spending time with you" She smiled again.
Dragalge smiled back. "And I the same as you Monferno. You're probably the only Pokemon here that I'll actually enjoy myself with."
"And aside from Smeargle, you're the only Pokemon I like talking to you on a constant basis." Monferno said. "Do you… want to just sit here with me for a while? Even if we end up falling asleep."
Dragalge looked at Monferno and smiled. "It would be my pleasure."
Monferno smiled back. "Perfect"
They sat on the beach, talking and looking out on the horizon.
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Monferno: "I… don't think that I can deny how much I like being around Dragalge anymore. I think Smeargle might be right. I might just have feelings for Dragalge. But would he even have feelings for me? Ugh! I don't know."
Dragalge: "Monferno was definitely more glad for me to be around with her. And I'm also glad that she's around me. I wonder…" He shrugs. "I'll figure it out later, I'm too tired for this shit."
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Infernape: And… Done! That was fun. And I personally like the challenge we used. And we must now say goodbye to Xatu… let's be honest did anyone expect him to get very far?
Roran: Well, the guy's too OP, must nerf. IGN.
Infernape: Who are you, Smeargle?
Roran: Close, I'm the guy who makes her games.
Infernape: Oh Shit! Anyways, I hoped you all enjoyed this chapter.
Roran: Oh, and if anyone…. If anyone thinks that Krookodile's a God…. he's not. Consider your mind blown.
Infernape: Alright then. It's only chapter 3 and I'd say things are rolling pretty well. Please send us Feedback with reviews and We'll see you all next time. Laterz!
Roran: I'll see ya around, laddies!
Xatu: I already know that your going to Review, but I'm forced to do this so…. Review.