Welcome back to the show that Victini will swear isn't a desperate attempt at copying someone pink and feline! Sorry for any delays! Enjoy this episode of Total Drama Pokemon, where the drama is sort of the focus!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own TDI or Pokemon. If I did, the crossover would already exist. Stuff writes itself... or not.


Episode 5: Two Fort!

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Aggron huffed as he sat in front of the Flareon cabin, annoyed by the pestering from the bone-wielder in front of him.

"Please Aggron! I know you want too! You said you love exploring!" she pleaded.

"No."

"It's just the mine and that's it! No crazy stuff, I promise!"

Aggron said nothing.

"Just today please!?" Cubone continued to beg.

Aggron got up from his seat and started to walk away. Cubone trailed behind him.

"I'll stop bothering you! Please!"

Aggron snorted, "I don't believe that." he stopped and turned to her, "Also, why me specifically?"

Cubone chuckled, "You said you were good at exploring caves and stuff! Why wouldn't I ask you first!?"

The Iron Armor Pokémon folded his arms.

"Ask Minun. You two are close."

"She's busy."

"Sentret."

"With Mienfoo."

"Chespin."

"Refused."

"Spoink."

"As did he."

"Mothim."

"Why Minun is busy."

"Flaafy."

"With Noibat… who I might add, will never come with me on an adventure!"

Aggron sighed as he ran out of campers who would bother to deal with the Lonely Pokémon.

"Tried any of the others?"

She twirled her bone club and hummed.

"No, but I think the answer from the all would most likely be no." she threw it into the air and caught it, pointing it at him.

"So how 'bout it!? Will you join me on a spelunking adventure!?"

"Why these 'adventures' in the first place? Can't just sit around, talk, and do other mundane things?" Aggron asked, emphasizing adventure.

Cubone frowned for a moment before smiling again.

"I never really left home. I always dreamed of just going places but… I couldn't." she admitted.

Aggron sighed.

"Fine, I'll join you."

Cubone eyes lit up.

"Really!" he nodded with a groan, "Awesome! Thank you so, so, so, so, much!"

Aggron began to walk away towards the mine.

"Let's get going while it's still morning. We can make it back before lunch." he said.

"Right-e-o captain!"

"Don't call me that." he grunted.

Cubone giggled, "I'll try lieutenant!"

"Ugh…"

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"She irritates me with all the chatter but that aside… she has aptitude for exploring. Maybe in a different world, we'd be a team." said Aggron.

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Ledian brushed her way around the woods of the island. The ladybird had chosen to walk rather than fly to enjoy the quiet, mild morning within the forest instead of passing over them like she usually did.

"People back home always said woods were boring as fuck but it's peaceful compared to city street…" Ledian told herself.

Her walk brought her to the lake that they crossed in the race a week ago. She sat down at the edge to rest for the moment. Just as she laid back to relax, she heard a familiar buzzing sound.

She sat up and looked around.

"That noise… it's the same one I heard…"

A minute passed before it went off again. Ledian quietly walked around the area, listening. As the sound got louder, she heard whispering.

Soon, she came upon a small stream flowing out of the lake. On the other sat, she could see someone sitting in the shadows with a camera in hand.

"Who can that be?" Ledian asked herself.

She took a step closer and watched the figure turn their head at her. They quickly ran off. Ledian only got a glimpse of the figure's shape but no discerning features.

"Damn. Super sleuth I am not."

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"I wonder who it is but I honestly don't care. What I'm concerned about is whether they took a picture of me- I don't like it when people take my picture. The fact someone has a camera here also means blackmail. Might as well cut it down before it stands." said Ledian.

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Lunch time filled the mess hall with hungry campers and plenty of chatter. Cubone was showing off the multitude of gems and such that she and Aggron found while Glaceon tried to hit on all the girls once more until Ledian threw him out a window. Aipom was enjoying a small poker game between her, Flygon, Buizel, and Sandshrew.

Mothim ignored all this as he typed away at his laptop, drowning out the chatter of the other campers around him.

"You sure work hard on that thing." said Raichu as he ate beside the moth.

When he didn't respond, Raichu repeated himself, louder than before. It took a moment for the moth to respond.

"Yes, it is a lot but practice makes perfect."

"Everyone says that but why practice when nobody's perfect?" quipped Sneasel, to his detriment.

Amidst the quiet chuckles around them, Mothim scoffed.

"Well, you're funny for once…" he muttered, "Certainly, that's true. But I'm not aiming for perfect but better than before. As I said… I don't think I've done enough practice."

"I think you have Mothim. You work on that laptop, day in and day out." commented Duosion, "Don't you think you should talk to us more? Socialize?"

"I do." he shot back, typing away for a moment more before adding, "I talk plenty."

Minun hoped up onto the table in front of him, "You need to talk more to people who like you!"

Her yell caught the attention of every other camper.

"U-uh…" he meekly whimpered, "W-what do you mean?"

Minun ran off to the other team's table, grabbed Noibat, to Flaafy's protest, and ran back to Mothim. She the dragon-bat set down in front of his laptop before disappearing amongst the Flareons.

"Uhh… hey Noibat. Sorry for Minun." he said to her as tried to think of what else to say, "So… uh… you're okay right?"

The bat nodded, "I'm fine, I'm fine. Nothing wrong."

She paused, unable to keep talking as her blush grew at the sight of Mothim.

"What's wrong Noibat?" missing the blush on her face.

Everyone in the mess hall facepalmed.

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"You can't be that dense, can you?" said Flaafy before humming.

"Then again, there was Phantump…"

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Pancham walked up to the pair and set down two notes for each of them. Mothim saw his only had the words 'talk hobbies' which confused him. Noibat's, on the other hand, had several sentences, all of them topics of which to talk but number one was still hobbies, like Mothim's.

Pancham sat back down with Chespin, who elbowed him.

"Think that's enough?"

The panda shrugged and slide a note into the chipmunk's view.

'I don't know. It's up to them to get somewhere.'

Mothim blinked at the sheet while Noibat tried to find the courage to speak.

"I… I… mu… mu… uhh… err…" she stammered, trying to form the words she wants to say but is lost within her anxiety.

"So, what do you like doing?" Mothim calmly asked, going along with the charade.

"Well…"

[\/\/]

"They're getting somewhere! Thank you Panny~!" cheered Minun.

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Pancham rubbed his right arm, a look of happy pain on his face. He held up a note in the other hand.

'Minun hugs really hard.'

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As the campers went back to their food, the doors to the mess hall slammed open.

"Helloooo~ my precious campers!" yelled Victini as he waved an orange flag in his hand.

"Oh boy, it's everyone's favorite orange turd." complained Sneasel, only to get a bowl of corn thrown in her face, "Real corny, you jerk."

"Well excuse my pep, my little iceberg- no sinking it nowm! Wanna know why!?" he enthusiastically asked everyone.

"If we refuse to answer, will you not do it?" asked Helioptile.

"Nope!"

"There's a challenge, isn't there…?" groaned Glaceon.

"Correct my chill little doggie! It's CHALLENGE TIME!" shouted Victini, "And today's challenge is-"

"Let me take a shot: simple?" asked Duosion.

"I was going for a doozy, actually." corrected Victini, "Maybe you should keep your mouth zipped, blob boy, and listen."

Duosion huffed but stayed quiet.

"Well, today's challenge is a game of capture the flag! The aim of the game is, get this: capture the other teams flag! Awesomely not hard for any of you to screw it up, right?"

"I make no assurances for anything certain," Helioptile eyed Whimsicott, who was playing with a stack of utensils, "members of our team will do."

"Same for our team." Duosion said, eyeing Aipom, "Some of our members are quite angry these days." he chided.

Aipom growled softly. Flygon put a hand over her mouth as a precaution but the monkey gently moved it away and whispered something to him. He nodded back and they sat silently. Duosion's suspicion of her was heightened immediately.

"Well, those assurances should extend to all of you for today's challenge with what you're all going to be dealing with! Follow me!"

Victini floated out the door, most of the campers following behind. Only a few remained in the room, continuing to eat.

"I intend to finish my," Glaceon's bowl of pudding fell through a portal onto his head, "pudding…"

"Come on playboy, you have somewhere to be." ordered Hoopa.

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"A-plus assholes, the lot of them. Ruining my coat…" complained Glaceon.

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"Wo~oooow!" exclaimed Minun at the sight before her.

In the middle of the large field that dominated the center of the island sat two large forts made of wood. Each one had a motif and a flag- either orange or yellow. The fort with the orange flag held a motif of a Flareon while the fort with the yellow flag held a motif of a Jolteon. Each fort had multiple points of entry but both also clearly had one central room in the upper portion.

"So, I'm guessing those are what we'll be dealing with?" inquired Buizel.

"I like'em, they really b'ing out the b'own in ya'." said Sableye, earning an elbow to his side, "Ya' know it's true!"

Victini chuckled and smiled, "While they're quite brown, they're also you're base of operations for today's challenge! A fort for each team!"

The Victory Pokémon held up the flag in his hand for all to see.

"As I said earlier, the aim is to capture the other team's flag, which is held in a room within the upper parts of the fort. You all have to decide carefully on your offense and defense- as you can see, there are many ways in and out of each fort and plenty of space for fighting in and outside them as well!"

Raichu raised his hand, "Can we barricade rooms off or is that not allowed?"

"Nope, can't modify the forts. Gotta use'em how you get'im." he saw the frown on the mouse's face, "This is more in line with the knowledge you're around. Sorry dude."

"It's fine."

"Is destroying walls okay?" asked Fraxure, earning her a few looks.

"The outer ones? Never because I plan to use the forts again someday, so don't… or else."

A random pillar of fire rose behind him, adding to his scary voice. Noibat promptly fainted.

"Inside the forts? Definitely. So, plan what your attacks do really, really, carefully, or else, they'll knock out something you guys will need and then you'd all be, really, really, really, doomed! Which would be awesome to watch obviously!"

Victini tossed the orange flag to Hoopa, who disappeared through a portal.

"I'll be giving you all one hour to plan what you do. After that, game's on! And it will continue into the night if it has too, but I advise not taking that long. The challenge won't end until one team captures their enemies' flag twice! Also, FYI, every time you guys do capture a flag, the field is reset."

"Best two out of three…? Ugh…" moaned Monferno, "I hope I don't get hurt too much… It's been good today so far."

"Like when you woke up and the lamp in the cabin fell on ya'?" said Sandshrew.

"And when you slipped and fell on that banana when you entered the mess hall this morning?" said Spoink.

"Or when you fell into the river when you tried to copy Mienfoo running path?" said Sentret.

"Okay, okay! I think everyone's got it- I get hurt a lot! Mostly my fault but still- it's kind of strange and stuff…" she whined.

Buizel gave her a pat on the back.

"Eh, it's part of your charm Monferno, I can't see you without having at least one bandage somewhere."

She glared at him.

"That doesn't make me feel better."

"Wasn't trying to." he admitted, earning a shove to the ground. It only caused her to fall to the ground instead when she missed, "…"

"I'm okay!"

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"Steal the Jolteon's flag? What an easy task- we can do that pretty easily if work to our strength…" said Duosion.

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"Who's doing what? Simple: Me, Whimsicott, and Nidorina defend. Rest attack. No way to mess this up. Plus… gives me time to plan my next few moves." revealed Helioptile.

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Monferno sighed, "This is the challenge where I might actually break a leg…"

She popped up with a confident smirk on her face.

"But it might not! Maybe I'll get through entirely unha-GAH!"

She was cut-off when a bucket fell on her.

"Sorry Monferno, that was meant for tha' genie!"

"I'm fine…"

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The Flareons entered their fort and explored it thoroughly, searching for any hidden entrances that may be within. When Duosion himself stated it was clear, they all met in the flag room at the top.

"So how do we proceed?" he asked his teammates.

Surprising to him, Aipom stayed quiet, either without anything to offer or out of respect to both Flygon and Sneasel. Who wasn't quiet, he wished they were.

"So, I think we should let me stay behind." offered Glaceon, "Along with the rest of the girls on the team…"

The eeveelution eyed Ledian.

"Except for the ladybug. She gets to play offense."

Ledian scoffed, "Funny. I'm sure you're better at offense then I'll ever be."

Glaceon grimaced. When he opened his mouth to retort when Duosion cut him off.

"Glaceon, you're with me and Raichu on offense. Red bug, defense."

Ledian didn't bothering to correct him, instead moving to a corner and sitting down. Glaceon, on the other hand, whined.

"But…"

"Glaceon." Duosion said threateningly.

He decided staying quiet was the better option.

"I offer myself to stay with the flag!" chirped Minun.

"Granted." said Duosion.

Chespin leaned onto Pancham and raised his hand.

"What about me and my buddy here?" he asked.

Duosion thought for a moment before nodding.

"Yes, I think you two will be good for offense."

Cubone opened her mouth.

"Defense." everyone else said.

She closed her mouth.

Duosion pointed at Aggron and Mothim, "You two as well."

"Sure." Mothim answered while Aggron stood silent.

He nodded again and smiled, pointing at the other base through a window.

"These positions will change when the situation calls for it, so don't get comfy with what you're doing and don't shirk responsibility."

He looked straight at Glaceon.

"Got it?"

"Yeah, I know." moaned the eeveelution.

Again, to Duosion's surprise, the monkey he despised so much, remained oddly silent, as did her cohorts. He glanced over to where the trio was standing and noticed that they were talking amongst each other, giving him no mind at all.

"Is there something you three are discussing that you wish to share with the team?"

Aipom turned to him and smiled. It angered him how relaxed she seemed.

Like she knew something he didn't.

"No, other than that I offer myself for defense."

Duosion tilted his head and leered at her, confused. He straightened up when he realized everyone was staring and continued.

"And you two?" he inquired, pointing at Sneasel and Flygon.

"Offense." they both replied.

"Something is rather odd about all this…" whispered Raichu.

Duosion didn't acknowledge the mouse but did hear him and agreed silently.

"If that's what you want, then I'll grant you that."

"It's so nice that we're finally working together as a team again! I'm tired of working alone!" cheered Cubone.

"It is!" exclaimed Minun, "I can't wait!"

Duosion cleared his throat, "Alright, offense, come downstairs with me so we can talk tactics." he turned to Flareon defense, "You all come up with something together. Good luck."

The Flareons on offense followed Duosion down the stairs, while the defense members stayed behind.

"So, gotta plan anyone?" Aipom asked the group.

"No."

"Nah."

"Meh."

"Do you?"

Aipom shrugged.

"I'm gonna stay downstairs. How 'bout you all stay up here and split up? It's easier that way."

Aggron shrugged, "Sure."

"I'll keep the bad guys out, no sweat!" cheered Cubone.

"I'm cool with that." agreed Mothim while Ledian said nothing.

"You guys do your best." Aipom said to everyone as she walked downstairs.

Minun chewed on her hand in concern as the rest of the defense separated into different places on the floor.

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"I don't know what Pom-pom is doing and I don't know what to tell Duosion! He is going to mad, mad, mad!" sang a nervous Minun.

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"It may look like we're planning something big but really, we're not. For now, we just play along." said Aipom.

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Buizel stood by the main entrance to their fort, watching Duosion speak to his team. He shook his head and walked back over to the rest of his team.

"So, what do you see?" asked Flaafy.

"Duosion is leading them." revealed Buizel.

"What a shocker. Really." quipped Monferno in a snarky tone.

"That guy is gonna make our lives 'ell." said Sableye.

"Well, if that's true, then what do we do Buizel?" asked Spoink.

The rest of the team agreed with his sentiment. Buizel put his hands up and backed up a few steps.

"Whoa, why are you all asking me?"

"You got us this far, it's only natural." remarked Sentret.

"Plus, you always have a trick up your sleeve." said Flaafy.

Buizel chuckled nervously and flashed a smile of the same fashion.

"I'm no Aipom or Duosion. I'm not as crafty as either of them- I just get lucky but… if you all want me to keep leading then so be it."

Sableye pat the otter on the back.

"It's what you were made for."

"Okay, well… here's what we do. I got a little advice on how he works."

"Where the fuck did you get your 'advice?" asked Fraxure.

"It's not important. As long as he's right." said Sandshrew.

She put a hand on his shoulder.

"Right?"

Buizel shrugged.

"I mean, it's not much. Only that he expects us to make plans as well. So, in turn we should instead just… do whatever we want."

The group of campers fell silent. Buizel sighed.

"Yeah, I know… it's dumb but…"

"No actually… that's pretty smart. If we have no clue what we're doing, then he certainly won't either and can't do anything in response." said Mienfoo.

"I'm down with just kicking ass." said Fraxure.

Sandshrew smiled, "Same here. I'll join you… I can kick Chespin's scrawny hind into next week."

"Wanna go together?" Spoink asked Sentret.

"As the wind flows through the valley, the world turns and…"

"Just say yes."

"Yes."

Buizel watched his team pair up together and make plans on their own. He watched Sableye pair up with Flaafy and Noibat.

"I guess I'm alone."

"I'll be your partner."

Buizel looked to his side to see Mienfoo. He turned away and hid the blush forming on his cheeks.

"Uh… that's cool I guess…"

Mienfoo let out a sigh. She forcibly turned his head and they met eye to eye.

"We need to talk- I don't care if it's during a fight or after the challenge but I have to speak with you."

"A-alright… uhh… after the challenge."

"Okay then."

Mienfoo walked away and began speaking with Sentret while Buizel stood in place, still too nervous to move.

[\/\/]

"This is going to be an easy! Four wins in a row, here we come!" bragged Sableye.

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"I hope we win… four losses in a row would be such a shitty record to have." commented Ledian.

[\/\/]

Buizel sat with a terrified expression on his face.

"Oh gods… I can't talk to her…"

[\/\/]

Victini raised his phone-for-a-microphone to his mouth, making sure the intercom system was on, before beginning the challenge.

"Campers, the game is on in threetwooneGO!"

He blew the airhorn he was holding in his other hand, signaling the start of the challenge with a loud, obnoxious fanfare. Once down, he shut the phone with a clap and leaned back in the lawn chair set up for him and his two co-hosts. He turned to Hoopa, who was trying to take a nap.

"So, how long do you think it will actually take. We both know it's not going into the night."

Hoopa opened an eye and looked at Victini.

"How long…?" he closed his eye and rested his detached hands behind his head, "Two hours, tops."

"I say one hour."

Jirachi floated in with a shake in hand.

"One hour for what?"

"How long the challenge will take."

The three could see just down the hill they were on the two teams rushing out of their makeshifts bases. Jirachi laid down in her chair.

"Well, I say two hours. Though I will say it'll be ten minutes before one of them is injured." she said.

Victini teleported a pair of sunglasses and slide them over his eyes. He let out a laugh.

"Wanna make a bet you two?"

"Go to hell Victor." "No Vicky." the two replied instantly.

Victini shrugged.

"Oh well, your loss…"

He watched Sableye take on an off-guard Pancham. The panda tried to run away from the imp, who gave chase.

"Hey Hoops, what're you going to do to him today? If I can recall, he put laxatives in your food yesterday."

"Do not. Remind. Me." the Mischief Pokémon growled.

After a few minutes of shouting and flashy attacks, Hoopa finally answered his friend/host.

"I got something in the works. Takes a bit but he'll be feeling it soon…"

Jirachi glared at him.

"It won't send him to the infirmary, will it?"

"It may or may not." admitted Hoopa.

Jirachi got up and hit him straight in the stomach.

"Hoopa!"

"I mean, he'll be fine, he'll be fine! Don't hit me again!"

Jirachi laid back down and Hoopa turned to Victini, who was quietly snickering to himself.

"Victor, your girlfriend hurts."

"I know that. But it's the charm."

He paused.

"And don't call me Victor."

"Alright… Victor."

[\/\/]

"Yes Victor, getting bruises is charming."

Hoopa rolled his eyes. "What a weird taste in women he has."

[\/\/]

Duosion, Raichu, and a reluctant Glaceon, formed a defensive line in front of Fraxure. They were trying hard to keep her from getting to their fort while trying to get to the opposing fort but the dragon was having none of their games.

"Come closer fuckfaces! Don't be a bunch of little bitches!" taunted Fraxure as she watched the trio in front of her get slowly get closer as they pushed forward.

"Be careful… watch for her-"

Duosion was cut off when the3 ground under them gave way. Duosion stayed in place while Raichu deftly hopped back. Glaceon was too slow and fell in.

"Why is it always a hole!? And why me!? My fur is all dusty now…" he shrieked from below.

Duosion and Raichu stared down Fraxure as Glaceon continued to whine. She let out a loud laugh as the ground began to rumble again. The pair readied themselves for another collapse when Glaceon went silent.

"AAAAAHHHHH!"

They watched the canine fly into the air, only to fall back into the hole, unconscious from his fear. Sandshrew neatly jumped out of the trench next to Fraxure.

"Ready ya' two? Us girls are going give ya' two a right good one today." she said.

Raichu gestured them to come and fight. Fraxure jumped over the gap, forcing the two to dodge or get crushed. As she landed, Duosion pushed her back into the pit with a quick use of Psychic.

Raichu decided to run around the large trench, only for Sandshrew to hit the ground, causing another Earthquake. As ground around the mouse began to shift, he made a quick decision to use Quick Attack to get past all of the trouble and to his goal.

"FUCK!"

His dash brought him to Sandshrew, only to slam right into her fist.

"Should'ave expected as much but… 'eh, as long as you're out, I'm 'kay with it."

She walked over to Fraxure, who was still trying to take out Duosion but failed to even get a hit in. Or really, get out of the trench.

"Let me out, you cheating fuck!" she yelled.

"That's not really an option for me…" he eyed Sandshrew walking over, "I'm not getting any respite, am I?"

"Nope."

She jumped down into the trench with Fraxure and began to dig at the edge Duosion was on. He watched the lip fall away and a simple climb appeared. Fraxure charged up immediately, only to for him to stop her with a Protect.

"You little fuck! Lemme through so I can kick your…"

She watched Sandshrew walk up to the shield and tap it. It shattered. The two stood in shock.

"Feint is pretty fackin' useful ain't it?"

Duosion wished he knew Teleport at this very moment.

"I'ma fuck you up and rearrange your limbs! You'll regret crossing a monster like me!" Fraxure yelled as she charged at the him.

[\/\/]

Raichu sat in the booth, bandage on his nose.

"She's a monster all right…" he shuddered, "You don't want to see my superior right now."

[\/\/]

Buizel watched as Fraxure attacked the Flareon leader mercilessly with Mienfoo and Monferno, who decided it was better to stick with the two. They heard him scream as he tried to get away.

"It's scary to see her actually fight." said Monferno.

Buizel nodded, "Agreed. Hope she doesn't make it to merge."

"Who knows, maybe she'll mellow out." suggested Mienfoo.

"Leave me alone!"

"Get back here you fucking poor excuse of a dragon!"

They watched Fraxure begin to chase Flygon down, shooting Dragonbreath's at the janitor.

Mienfoo let out a nervous chuckle.

"On second thought… maybe she should be our next elimination."

"There's a plan…" Buizel muttered to Monferno, who nodded. "Let's go before someone actually beats one of us.

The three made their way to the Flareon fort. It was only a short distance away but the odds of getting attacked was high but, unknown to the three, Buizel's idea of controlled chaos was working. The Flareons were too preoccupied to mount a useful defense.

They met Noibat outside one of the doors- which was odd since she was paired up with Flaafy and Sableye.

"Noibat? Why are you here and not with...?"

The bat quickly latched onto Buizel's face, crying hysterically.

"Safety, safety! Don't leave me, don't leave me! Please!"

"What happened Noibat?" Mienfoo asked for Buizel, who was still struggling with her.

The bat let out a wail.

"AAAAHhhaaaa… we were attacked by Sneasel, Pancham, and Chespin… they were so mean… so mean…"

"I take it they got through and you ran away?" the weasel asked.

Noibat slowly nodded. It was then that Buizel finally got her detached from his face.

"Right, you can stay with us instead…" he sighed, "I hope Helioptile, Whimsicott, and Nidorina can take them out. I didn't even know a few got through."

"It's not our problem now, let's go get their flag while they try to take ours." said Monferno.

The monkey rushed into the fort and quickly tripped on a loss plank. She faceplanted on the wooden floor with a groan.

The other three walked in behind her and let out sighs as she pulled herself to her feet.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!"

"You sure about that?"

They all swiveled around to see Aipom sitting on a staircase not too far from them.

"I mean, you just ate the floor."

"Aipom, good to see you're not mad I won that last poker game." said Buizel.

Aipom let out an audible chuckle and stood up.

"Nah. It's all good. I hope you used that info well..."

Mienfoo, Monferno, and Noibat all gasped.

"Wait… your advice… was from Aipom!?" a shocked Mienfoo said.

Aipom smirked, "That a problem? We made a bet and I lost so I paid up. Info for losing."

"But that… it… you're betraying your own team! That's-" exclaimed Monferno.

Before the fire monkey could continue, Aipom covered her mouth shut with her tail.

"Keep it quiet. No one knows I did this…" she snickered, "So, if I hear them talking about it, I'm not going to be happy and that means I kick your ass."

Monferno pushed the tail out of her way. She then tried to Fire Punch her as Aipom took a step back. The purple primate jumped away just in time.

"Really? I wasn't going to fight but…"

Aipom charged up a Focus Punch. They all guarded, expecting her to use it on them but instead, she slammed her tail onto the floor. The sheer power of the impact created a crater and blew the four away from her.

"I'll keep her busy. You three get the flag." said Buizel as he stood back up.

Aipom laughed. "Yeah okay, like I'll…"

Buizel knocked her flat with a surprise Aqua Tail.

"Let's go!" Mienfoo ordered.

Aipom sat up and watched Mienfoo run up the stairs, tailed by Noibat and Monferno. Buizel stood right in front of her, blocking her from chasing them.

"You know… I was just going to let you all past." she pointed out.

This statement threw Buizel for a loop. He knew she said she trusted him but going that far was not what he expected.

"What are you doing…? Giving me information, letting them past… you have a goal- besides your team losing."

He locked eyes with her. He could see the fury in them, even if her face held a smile that told the opposite story.

"I have my goals. Right now, winning this competition isn't really number one on that list."

She sighed and sat back down. Buizel relaxed and dropped his fighting stance. He knew she wasn't going to suddenly attack him.

"So… what are you doing now?"

"Now? I want to speak to you since I have the chance…"

To the otter's surprise, she produced a poker card. He could see it was one of the two joker cards of her deck and that she had written something on it over and over.

"I wanna shuffle the deck in this entire game. I want you raise the bet with this request and in exchange, I'll you owe a few favors in the future."

Buizel mulled over her offer for a minute. Tense silence was broken by the sounds of fighting upstairs and outside. He eventually came to his decision.

"Alright… let's talk."

[\/\/]

"I never knew Buizel like that but he did win it fair and square. Aipom isn't the type where you need to cheat to win." said Mienfoo.

[\/\/]

"Glad to know Buizel is someone with open ears. I should keep that in mind after the merge." remarked Aipom.

[\/\/]

"Aipom concerns me but… I have no reason to not trust her so far, she's been a good friend."

Buizel sighed.

"I should talk about this with the other three."

[\/\/]

Nidorina watched Helioptile sit in a corner, flipping through her book as she always does. The Poison Pin Pokémon knew that she wasn't reading but instead, checking over her notes.

"Whimsicott. Stop dancing." the reptile ordered.

The ram, currently hopping around the flag, ignored her leader's order. Helioptile closed her book. Whimsicott immediately stopped.

"Okay, what?" she asked in a serious tone.

Nidorina quietly shook her head, still not used to Whimsicott's attitude flipping so quickly. She would have never known her entire ditzy persona had been an elaborate act and that she was serious underneath.

"From what we know, it's likely Buizel already made an alliance." the lizard turned her head slightly, eyeing the ram, "Confirm it."

"On it!"

Whimsicott bounded, singing merrily about cheeses, out of the room, leaving Nidorina and Helioptile alone.

"Nidorina…"

"Y… yes?"

"Drop the act."

"W... what?"

"Drop. The. Act."

Nidorina sighed.

"Not right now. Later… past merge."

"I mean, in front of me."

Nidorina glared but dropped it and walked away.

"As… as I said. Later."

Helioptile snorted.

"Alright. But I will say that you have an assignment now."

"Hmm?"

The poison-type turned around.

"Duosion is becoming too powerful. I want you to find a weakness."

Nidorina nodded.

"Okay."

[\/\/]

"I can see the person she is. She can try to hide it but no one hides anything from me." said Helioptile.

[\/\/]

Nidorina let out a despondent sigh.

"I… don't like… myself."

[\/\/]

Helioptile stood there, staring silently at the Poison-type as they heard someone come up the stairs. Instead of Whimsicott as she expected, Pancham came around the corner. Helioptile turned to him.

"Why hello Pancham."

The panda waved and mimed a chuckle while scratching his head. His eyes were still closed when she attacked but it never made it to the panda. Her eyes widened to see Chespin take the full brunt of the Thunderbolt.

"That's not even remotely fair, attacking when someone's saying hi." said Chespin as he grunted through the electricity.

Nidorina launched a Poison Needle attack at him but Pancham but up a Protect in front of the barrage.

Sneasel ran in, Whimsicott right behind her. Whimsicott flashed a Dazzling Gleam at the cat-weasel. Sneasel managed to dodge the attack by dashing past Nidorina, who took the attack for her.

"Oops, sor~ry!" apologized Whimsicott.

Nidorina just sighed.

The cat took the moment and turn around, letting off an Ice Beam at Whimsicott, who easily dodged it.

"Try~ harder~!"

"Rrr…" Sneasel growled.

Chespin groaned. Pancham smiled and held up a hand. He dashed forward and Body Slammed Helioptile into the wall, knocking her out. This left Nidorina open to attack, which he held up a sign for Sneasel to read.

'Sneasel v Nidorina. Chespin v Whimsicott.'

"Right!"

Sneasel hopped away with Agility, leaving Whimsicott behind. The ram tried to follow but Chespin came in and launched her away with Take Down from the side. She slammed into the wall next to Helioptile.

Nidorina couldn't move in time when Sneasel launched an Ice Beam mid-air, freezing her solid.

"Awesome work!" Chespin said, high-fiving.

"Eh…"

Sneasel noticed the two giving her judging looks and promptly backed down, not in the position to fight them.

"It's… okay it was pretty good teamwork." she admitted.

Chespin flashed a smug smile as he plucked the Jolteon flag from its base.

"So, the conceited cat finally admits she can work with others."

"When'd I say I work alone!? I fought alongside Aipom for the last two challenges! Hell, I fought off Buizel, Sableye, and Sandshrew with her during the whole Mine escapade!"

She noticed Chespin and Pancham walk out the door to the room. She caught up to them as they began walking downstairs without her.

"Hey, at least answer me!" she called to the two.

Chespin turned around, smacking Pancham in the face with the flag. The panda rubbed his face in pain.

"Whoops, sorry Pancham…" he turned back to Sneasel, "You don't deserve an answer. Not with your attitude."

Chespin began to walk away once more.

"If you want lip service, get it from your girlfriend."

Sneasel paused on a step. The other two noticed after a few steps and turned around. They saw her frozen in place, trying to process what he just said.

"My… girlfriend?" she narrowed her eyes, "What are you talking about?"

Chespin raised an eyebrow.

"Well, with how much time you two spend together, most of us think you two are…"

He stopped.

"Why the fuck am I telling you this? Fuck giving you something close to an explanation."

He began to walk away, leaving Pancham behind when Sneasel jumped in front of him.

"Tell me." she icily ordered.

"Fuck you."

The hedgehog brushed past her. He slapped her in the face with the flag as he passed. Pancham, unable to intervene vocally, decided to run up and get between them. He did his best to keep the two apart. Still, Sneasel still tried to get close to him as they walked.

"I said tell me. Either you do or you become frozen up to your neck until you do."

Chespin just scoffed and ignored her, giving her the middle finger as he did. He didn't have time to react when Sneasel, in her anger, let out an Ice Beam. It almost hit him when Pancham, grabbed her by the stomach and slammed her into the ground in a quick use of Vital Throw.

"Aa…" she groaned.

Chespin fell to the ground in surprise. The Ice Beam that had come out only managed to freeze the frame of the doorway in front of him, instead of him. He turned to Pancham and pat him on the head. The panda smiled back.

"Whoa… thanks dude."

He turned his attention to the squirming cat on the floor nearby. He walked up to her and looked her in the eyes.

"Fuck you. Wait till the team hears about you attacking me. Let's see what happens when we lose, you little bitch."

Pancham laid something over her eyes and walked away with Chespin. Eyes scanned the note and she let out a whimper when she did.

'You're just as evil as the one on the other show.'

Sneasel could only groan in pain as they walked away.

[\/\/]

'It's kinda silly. I know she's not a bad person per say but she isn't exactly the kindest here either- the fact she has such an attitude is much worse. Her attacking Chespin is a step too far.'wrote Pancham.

[\/\/]

Sneasel sat, looking away from the camera.

"I… may have acted a bit rashly… that's my observation."

[\/\/]

Noibat raced out of one of the entrances of the Flareon fort in a desperate bid to outrun the sand dragon behind her.

"Get back here with our flag!"

"Nononononnonononono!" she screeched, brushing past Sandshrew and Chespin duking it out before hiding on Fraxure's back.

"Noibat! This isn't the damn ti…"

Fraxure glanced up to see her former target in front of her. Flygon landed, trying hard to give her a confident stare. All he did instead was nervously dart his eyes between Fraxure and the flag behind her.

"I… uhh… I need that back."

Fraxure snorted and held out her hand. He watched it glow bright purple as her claws extended.

"I'm guessing…" he gulped, "That's a no?"

"You're damn right it's a fucking no!"

She rushed at him with the charged Dragon Claw. Instead of running away, Flygon decided to finally fight back. He swept her to the side with his tail and then took to the air once more.

"Noibat, use Supersonic on him!" the Axe Jaw Pokémon ordered.

The bat complied, almost losing grip of the flag in her stubby fingers, as she let out a piercing cry at the airborne Mystic Pokémon. Flygon beat his wings faster than usual, creating an odd hum in the area. The hum he created met the Supersonic, cancelling it out.

"Did you forget I can do that?" he asked.

Fraxure roared in anger, not anywhere close to wanting to answer his question. Noibat struggled to stay on her back and grip the flag at the same time. Fraxure shook the bat off to her shock and roared even louder.

"GO!" she ordered. Noibat raced off with the flag.

Flygon tried to give chase but the other dragon grabbed him by the tail. He looked back to see her glowing red and realized what Fraxure was trying to do.

"Uh oh…"

Fraxure roared again, Outrage overtaking her as she swung the Mystic Pokémon onto the ground some distance away.

"Clean this!" she uttered as she made for his neck, Guillotine charged up.

Flygon watched her get closer and closer with her claws, waiting for the right moment. When she came within striking distance of his tail, he sideswiped her with another Dragon Tail, launching her away.

He got back into the air only to see her stand up once more. Tired of fighting, he went up to her and slammed into the ground, sending out shockwaves that knocked her back down again.

"Sorry, gotta go!" he yelled as he rushed off after Noibat.

Fraxure got up in time to see him heading to the Jolteon fort. She immediately gave chase.

"Get back here Mr. Clean! You fucking wimpy excuse of dragon, I'll teach you what a real dragon is like!"

"I like just being Mr. Clean if that's alright!" he replied.

As Flygon entered the fort, hoping to catch Noibat before she made it, a loud alarm rang out. Next thing he felt was suddenly falling onto the ground.

"Jolteons have scored a point and so have the Flareons! It's tied up one to one! Don't quit now- only one point is away from victory or loss! So, don't let your team down!"

A pause.

"Or do! Haha!"

"What an asshole." quoted someone.

Flygon got up and turned around to see Aggron standing there. He looked around to see the rest of his team in the room, all of them injured to varying degrees. Flygon uttered a few chuckles as Aggron brushed past him.

"At least we're tied?"

"Nice getting the flag back." Aggron charged. Most of the team glared at him.

"You try fighting Fraxure on your own." retorted Flygon.

"I'm pretty sure all of us would be slaughtered." said Chespin as Pancham tended to his injuries.

"Well I held my ground. Even won."

Aggron stopped and turned around. Most of the team turned to Flygon.

"You… won?"

Flygon gestured to himself, ignoring the dust all over him for the moment, even if it ate at him.

"I'm not unconscious, am I?"

Aggron flashed a grin then snorted and turned away.

"I guess you're not. But you'll be taking four showers pretty soon."

"No…"

Aipom put a hand on him and gave him a look in the eyes.

"Don't lie Flygon."

"Okay… maybe three… six tops…"

[\/\/]

"Hmm… Flygon is more impressive than he puts on… I feel that Aipom has someone more powerful than I expected." said Duosion.

[\/\/]

Aggron sat, arms folded and a smirk on his face.

"He's tough. As expected. Lose the cleaning habits and he becomes a serious threat."

[\/\/]

Flaafy looked around the room. She leaned against the wall she had been standing in front of for some time. Spoink bounded over with a concerned look on his face.

"What do we do now? Not all of us are in good shape to fight." he informed.

Flaafy stared at his pearl for a moment before shaking her head.

"I don't know… I guess we'll have to change up our tactics?"

"Well, can I come with you this time? Sentret is joining up with Mienfoo and Buizel." he asked.

The sheep nodded. "Sure. I'm sure Sableye would love to stay…"

She looked around and noticed the imp wasn't around.

"Where'd he go?" she pointed at the corner closest to them, "He was resting over there a minute ago."

They walked around, watching Buizel lead his group out of the fort on a new offensive while some of the others tended to their wounds. Throughout the fort, they couldn't find Sableye.

"This is concerning. Did he go out alone?" pondered Flaafy.

"That'd be pretty silly of him to do. Maybe… hmm…"

Spoink closed his eyes in thought.

"If I recall correctly from Victini's web-series, Hoopa can do his portal trick silently and well… he does hate him…"

"So, you're saying he's… err… unavailable?"

"Yeah, pretty much." he clarified.

[\/\/]

Sableye struggled to sit up in his own bed. The ropes binding him were strong and a Spell Tag was taped to his forehead, preventing any sort of ghostly escape. Over his ears were a pair of headphones, blasting the cheery sounds of K-Pop.

"HOOPA. I'm GONNA MURDER YOOOOIIIUUUUUU!" he screamed over the music, unable to rid himself of his suffering.

[\/\/]

"K-Pop is a Ghost's worst nightmare. Too sweet, too cheery, and too loud. There's no spirit in it." said Hoopa.

[\/\/]

Duosion looked out of window to see Mienfoo fighting Flygon, with Buizel and Sentret beside her. Monferno was on the ground nearby, out cold thanks to the rock lying next to her. Even with one less fighter, he knew it was a matter of time before they got through Flygon.

"Chespin, Pancham, are you two ready to get back out there? Flygon needs help."

The duo looked each other up and down, scanning their injuries.

"I think I'm good. So is Pancham."

"Then go help him. If you three can, get their flag as fast as possible."

The duo ran out of the room and downstairs. The psychic watched them run out and enter the battle, evening the odds for the dragon.

"I don't think we're doing so well sir." Raichu said as he walked up to Duosion's side.

"I think the opposite. Much of the other team is hurting. They're lucky they got the flag at all. It was lapse in guard that let Buizel's group through. And it was my fault for forgetting they have Noibat." he said.

"So, what do we do now?" the mouse asked.

"I'm trying to reorganize everything. A few of our own are not going back out there anytime soon, and that is me, Glaceon, and Sneasel. I'll have to switch things around to make this work but…"

He glanced around the room. The flag was prominently displayed in the center and a few of the Flareon's milled about.

"I want you to go on offense with Aipom and Aggron."

Raichu raised an eyebrow.

"Really? Are you sure that's a good idea? Aggron is best at defending and-"

"And he is excellent at dishing out hurt while taking hit after hit."

Duosion turned to Raichu with a smile on his face. He moved in close to make sure no one else heard him.

"Plus, gives us a chance to knock out our friend for good. Let's say she causes us to lose and with you framing her and Aggron being goaded into agreeing, we can make an easy case to get her voted off if we lose.

"What if we win though?" inquired Raichu.

Duosion chuckled, "If we win, then we benefit still. It solidifies that I'm the better leader- what better way to prove that than by winning?"

Raichu took a moment to think over the plan before nodding.

"I'm with you one hundred percent sir."

"Good."

He turned to Aggron, who was standing guard by the door.

"Aggron!"

"Mhmm?" he grunted, turning to look, "Yeah?"

"Go out with Raichu and Aipom and get the Jolteon flag. I'll head up defending now."

"Alright then."

They watched the Iron Armour Pokémon leave the room, informing Aipom on the way out of the new plan. The monkey was hesitant but joined him after Sneasel told her it was fine and she could take care of herself.

"Well, best of luck to us." said Raichu as he ran to join up before they head downstairs. Minun tried to come along but Duosion grabbed hold of her and pulled her over.

"You can't go with him, you're needed on defense."

"Aww…" she moaned.

She walked away, despondent. Duosion sighed and looked out the window once more. He could see activity at the base of the fort across the field.

"Looks like you're gonna need luck…" he muttered.

[\/\/]

"There's always a risk when you make a plan because ninety-percent of the time, it usually falls apart in the face of the enemy… least, that's what they told us in basic."

Raichu smiled and laughed.

"They also told us that wearing two pairs of underwear was better in the mud… it wasn't."

[\/\/]

Flygon, Chespin, and Pancham continued to try and hold off the three fighters. Buizel, Mienfoo, and Sentret were trying hard to make it past.

"You guys are persistent." noted Flygon as he dodged a Water Gun.

"Of course we are!"

Sentret dodged an Arm Thrust from Pancham by mere centimeters only for Chespin to grab him with Vine Whip and slam him into Mienfoo. This gave Flygon an opportunity to use Dragon Tail on them but Buizel stopped him with an Aqua Jet, smashing right into his side.

Buizel stood up to see he was clearly outnumbered. He could see Aggron, Raichu, and Aipom heading for the fort nearby but he couldn't do anything to stop them. He watched as the three opposing Flareon's charged up attacks.

"Out of the fucking way otter!"

Fraxure barged past Buizel and smashed right into Flygon, knocking him to the ground. A single use of Dragon Claw made sure he stayed down for the moment before turning her attention to the two other Flareon campers next to her.

"Pancham… run." warned Chespin as he squared up with Fraxure.

The panda wasted no time doing the opposite, instead forming up with Chespin instead of the taking the chance to run.

"Well, looks like you two have a thing for pain!" she yelled as she charged and slashed at the two.

Chespin tried to jump away but a Stone Edge slammed into him as he did. He slammed into the ground, leaving a large indent. He sat up to see Sandshrew standing next to Buizel, a smug grin on her face.

"Time fa' round two cunt." she snarled as she walked up to him.

Chespin narrowed his eyes, "Hmph. You were lucky the first time. I won't let you stay standing this time!"

[\/\/]

"Those two…" Mienfoo chuckled, "They need to make up and get in bed."

[\/\/]

Mienfoo and Sentret regrouped with Buizel, who helped a dazed Monferno to her feet. They turned to see Chespin busy fighting with Sandshrew and Flygon helping Pancham fight Fraxure.

"They're aren't going to last." remarked Mienfoo.

"Our side or theirs?" questioned Sentret.

"Both. We need to hurry. A group made it to our fort." said Buizel.

Monferno cracked her knuckles, letting out a laugh as she did.

"Let's go then!"

The group started running for the Flareon fort in front of them.

"Why, you're ever energetic today." said Buizel.

"It's my day today!" she replied cheerfully, "Nothing truly bad has happened yet!"

"Aside from…" the other's all started.

"Don't even say a word!" she quickly retorted, putting a stop to it.

They came to the door of the fort to, once more, find someone they weren't expecting clinging to the wall as if it would keep her safe.

"Noibat?"

The bat quickly let go and attempted to attach herself to Buizel's face once again but the otter was ready this time and all she managed to clutch onto was his right hand.

"You guys, you guys! I'm safe, I'm safe!" she cried.

"What're you doing out here? We all thought you stayed behind!" said Sentret.

Noibat let out a few sobs and sniffles before answering.

"I-I was l-looking for Flaafy, for Flaafy! But I-I couldn't fine her so I, so I… I came here… thinking she'd be here, be here…"

"Well, we're here so don't worry too much. Also, can you please let go of my hand." said Buizel.

The bat nodded. She hopped off his hand and hovered next him.

"So, what do we do? I assume most of their team is up there." said Mienfoo.

"Hmm…"

Buizel looked at the small group in front of him. He looked up at the fort then back to the group.

"Noibat, Sentret. You two stay down here. Me, Mienfoo, and Monferno will go get the flag. You two be ready to run when we do."

"Wait… what's the plan here?" asked Monferno.

"There isn't one. We just dive right in." answered Buizel.

"I'm coming with you then. You need the extra pair of hands." said Sentret.

"No, you need to stay down here with Noibat. Just in case a they come back with the flag."

"Then count us two in for him."

The group turned to see Flaafy and Spoink approaching. Noibat immediately latched onto the sheep's shoulder.

"Flaafy! Flaafy!"

"It's nice to see you too Noibat." she replied.

Mienfoo smiled at the sight.

"So, we're all just going in without a plan from what I heard?" inquired Spoink.

Buizel shrugged.

"Worked the first time."

"Well then, let me come up with something first." replied Spoink.

[\/\/]

"I doubt it actually did work as well as he said but I wasn't there… so I'll take his word for it."

Spoink shook his head.

"Doesn't mean I wasn't going to pitch something."

[\/\/]

"It actually wasn't as easy as I make it out to be. We barely got it the first time, what with Aggron, Cubone, Mothim, and Minun all guarding it. Now there's bound to be more." explained Buizel.

[\/\/]

Minun leaned against the wall overlooking one of the two sets of stairs in the fort. She sighed listlessly as the thought that she wasn't spending time with her sweetheart- even if it is a one-sided love.

"This is soooo~ boring…"

She was also immensely bored.

"Cheer up Minnie!" called Cubone from nearby.

"I can't when Rai-Rai isn't here…" she responded.

"Think about what you can do when you do see him later! All the adventures you two can have!"

Minun didn't catch the meaning of her sentence and instead just settled on thinking about Raichu.

"Yeah… I guess…"

The sound of footsteps climbing the stairs caught her attention. She skipped over to the top and looked down.

"Huh? I thought I heard…"

She didn't have a chance to finish the sentence when she was spun around and was suddenly facing Flaafy.

"Hey. Sorry for this."

The sheep's eyes glowed for only a moment but the effect was instant. Minun was deeply confused by the Confuse Ray attack and managed to bang her head on the wall a few times before she knocked herself out.

"Hey!" Flaafy whipped around to see Cubone down the hall, "Intruders!" she yelled.

Cubone raced over to confront Flaafy. Mothim and Ledian raced out of the room to help.

Flaafy scoffed, "Two on one? Hardly-"

"Excuse me!?" exclaimed Ledian in a huff.

"Oh, sorry… three on one. That's not even remotely fair."

"That's how it has to be."

She watched Duosion leave the room with Glaceon beside him.

"Well, it's a good thing I'm not alone."

She snapped her fingers.

"Now guys!" she yelled, covering her eyes.

A bright pink flash blinded the Flareon's. Once the light subsided, Buizel's group stood amongst the defenders.

"Oh fuck." quipped Glaceon, slowly backing into the flag room.

"Hello Duosion, nice to meet you here." said Buizel.

"Made a plan this time instead of winging it I see." the Cell Pokemon said sarcastically.

"No, this is all me." said Spoink.

"Smart, using Flaafy as a distraction, but you're not getting the flag as long as I'm around."

"We'll see about that!" shouted Monferno.

The monkey dashed past everyone, to their surprise. Just as she tried to enter the room however, she slammed, face first, into a translucent wall.

"Ahh… that hurt…" she groaned as she fell to the floor.

Duosion let out a laugh and went back into the room.

"Try and get past this." he said.

"First gotta get through us!" yelled Cubone. Mothim and Ledian flanked her.

"Flaafy, get the moth and the red bug!"

"LEDIAN!"

"I'll take the crazy girl!" Spoink turned to Buizel and Mienfoo, "You two get through the barrier."

"Got it!" yelled Mienfoo, running up to the doorway with Buizel.

Flaafy let out a Spark, intending to hit Mothim but the attack was deflected by Cubone.

"I take offense to crazy! I'm not crazy!"

"YAAAA! CCCUUUUBBBOOOONNNNEEEE!"

Cubone turned to see Ledian electrocuted by the deflected move. She fell to the floor, unconscious, once the electricity passed.

"Oops…"

"Well, crazy and clumsy can be interchanged in this case…" said Mothim.

She rounded on the moth.

"Not you too!"

The moth scoffed. "It's not hard to think that way. What normal person keeps cave delving over and over?"

Mothim didn't get his answer as Flaafy hit him with a Thunderbolt.

"YAAAAAA!" he screamed before fainting.

"You're next Cubone." warned Flaafy.

Cubone glared but her view was interrupted when she was flung away by Spoink. She smashed into the wall upon landing.

"Ow!" she stood back up, "That's so unfair!"

"Not my problem, really." replied Spoink.

Cubone gripped her club tightly and watched Spoink's eyes light up in psychic energy as Flaafy stepped forward, ready to make a charge and use Take Down on her.

Cubone threw her club at Flaafy, pinging off her head. She grabbed it from the ground as she ran past and, before Spoink could send her away, she threw it once more. This time, it connected with Spoink multiple times, in the fashion of Bonemarang, before going back to its owner.

"Can a crazy adventurer like me do cool stuff like that!?" she asked the pair as they shook off the hits.

"Yes, since you just did." answered a reluctant Spoink.

"I'm not crazy! Just… uhh… different!"

The two gave her flat looks.

"Not buying that."

"Neither am I."

Cubone stamped a foot on the ground in anger.

"I'm not crazy!"

She did over and over, shaking the entire floor. Flaafy, Spoink, Buizel, Monferno, and Mienfoo were all thrown to their backs from the Stomping Tantrum. Cubone's yell was drowned out by the noise from her constant stomping.

Once she stopped, she huffed and turned away.

"Meanies…"

[\/\/]

"All she did was prove it better than we could!" said Flaafy. She paused and thought for a second.

"Though I guess childish works better… but then again, she's pretty mature…"

[\/\/]

Cubone stomped on the floor of the stall multiple times, shaking everything.

"I'm not crazy! I am not crazy! I'm just DIFFERENT!"

[\/\/]

Duosion used the chance and dropped them all down to the bottom floor. He then ordered Sneasel to use Ice Beam on both sets of stairs.

"Done." she said, freezing the bottom half of both sets. "Why'd we do this again?"

"To keep them from coming up here."

"Alright genius, and suppose Aggron comes back with the flag, what happens then? You gonna go fight through them all to get it from him?"

"Flygon exists. Now stay here and be a good guard."

She watched the globular Pokémon float back into the flag room and reset his shield, trapping her outside. With Mothim and Ledian unconscious, it was only her and Cubone left to defend.

"This sucks. No one to battle, observe, or criticize…" moaned Sneasel.

Cubone wiped away a tear.

"…they called me crazy."

"I'd call you more eccentric then crazy."

Cubone looked up with an angry glint in her eyes. Sneasel held up her hands.

"Relax, it's a compliment!"

Cubone shook her head.

"Doesn't sound like one…"

"I mean, compared to crazy it certainly is. Eccentric just means…" Sneasel scratched her head, trying to think of an modest word to use, "Strange? Odd? Weird? One of those I guess…"

"But I'm not weird…"

Sneasel shrugged. "From what I see of you and your adventures, you go exploring all the time. We barely see you in camp. You're the weirdest girl here by far in my book, barring Whimsicott."

"And you're the biggest mean girl here in my books!" said Cubone defiantly. Sneasel held back a hiss, instead clicking her tongue and saying no more.

"ARGH!"

Shortly after the shout, they heard a bang downstairs, likely from someone who tried to climb the now frozen stairs. They both moved to the edge of the stairs and looked down.

"Looks like their cavalry is here." commented Sneasel.

[\/\/]

Fraxure slid back down the freshly made slide that Sneasel had made in the fight with her. The rest of the Jolteon's were equally frustrated by their new predicament.

"Why does Monferno got to be out like a light, right fucking now!? The one time we really goddamn need her!"

"Can't help it if a few planks fell on her in the chaos." said Buizel as he tended to the unconscious monkey.

"Calm down Fraxure, getting angry won't solve anything." chided Mienfoo.

Fraxure shoved the Martial Arts Pokémon back and glared at her.

"Fuck you. You act so high and mighty but I haven't seen you doing anything so far."

Mienfoo was taken aback.

"Excuse me? I got the flag before! What have you done!?"

"Get that flag to our base! If I hadn't been there, Noibat would've been caught by the fucking janitor!"

"She could've held him off!"

"No, she fucking can't! Right Noibat!?"

"Eee…" she squeaked.

Sentret came out from a doorway nearby. He was greeted by Mienfoo and Fraxure yelling at each other.

"Uh… hey Sentret?" said Spoink, unsure what to say.

"Hey… err… what's going on?"

"Fight. I'd ignore it honestly." Spoink replied flatly, "What'd you find on the other side?"

"Why must it be, that they froze it all up for thee?"

Besides Mienfoo and Fraxure, the rest of the Jolteons all stared at him. He groaned.

"They froze the other stairwell. No getting up there anytime soon on our feet."

"And six of them are in our fort… hope we get up there in time…" said Spoink.

"Don't fret. We can still win. I'm confident we will." assured Sentret.

"Yeah, 'cept we can't get UPSTAIRS!"

"And I bet using the same plan twice would get us nowhere- not with Duosion blocking me from teleporting." Spoink pointed out, "Let me think…"

He bounced up and down for a moment. Everyone had their eyes on the pig and before long, he gasped.

"I got it!"

He looked straight at Buizel.

"Use Aqua Jet to get to the top of the stairs. Keep the two up there busy."

"Got it."

He turned to Noibat.

"Sorry Noibat but… you're gonna have to go up there but using the other stairwell."

"And what about us bacon breath!?" yelled Fraxure.

"Well, remember how Victini said we can destroy walls?"

Everyone nodded. Spoink beamed.

"He never said anything about the floor."

[\/\/]

"Spoink's smarter than he lets on. He may fanboy Victini time to time but the guy has a real big brain in there." said Flaafy.

She sighed and put a hand on her face.

"Sucks I have to steal from him."

[\/\/]

Aipom and Raichu ran around the corner outside the Jolteon base. Whimsicott followed closely behind the pair, hopping and skipping as she attacked.

"Come o~ooonnn you~ two~! Let's~ have~ fun~!" she sang, letting loose an Energy Ball.

The ball of grass energy slammed into Raichu's back, sending him flying to the ground. Before he could stand, a flurry of cotton fell on him, weighing him down, to his surprise.

"Wh-what the!?" he yelled.

He tried to get the cotton off but found it clung to him tightly. He too distracted to notice the second Energy Ball coming. It slammed into his stomach and knocked him out.

Aipom continued running, leaving him behind. She saw an entrance ahead and jumped in. She jumped up and clung to the ceiling with her tail to make sure she wasn't seen. When she watched Whimsicott skip past, she let out a sigh in relief.

"Geeze… to think, a single 'mon like her could be so terrifying…"

She shook her head and took the time to catch her breath. She began to think.

"We're not getting their flag like this. Even with three of them defending it. They're damn good battlers now that they're not being caught off-guard. Flygon, Chespin, Pancham, Raichu… they're all out. I don't even know what happened to Aggron… but Nidorina is a better battler than she lets on."

A loud slam outside told her the fight was still going on between him and the Poison Pin Pokémon. She winced when she heard him yelp in pain.

"Man, at this rate, we're going to fail."

She paused. She put a hand to her mouth.

"Did he plan for us to fail…? No… he couldn't have predicted they would overpower us."

Silence. She knew she was alone know but she didn't care.

"But he could predict the we could failure… And he'd blame it on me…"

Aipom looked around the room. She could the stairwell close to the entrance on the other side.

"I'm not letting him play that game with me."

She jumped down to the floor and walked over to the stairs. To her surprise, Helioptile was waiting at the top.

"Don't even try to run." advised the reptile.

Aipom could feel Nidorina and Whimsicott were staring at her from outside. They had her blocked in with no hope to win.

"What? Taunting me before knocking me out?"

"No."

Helioptile threw something down the stairs. Aipom was shocked. She picked up the Jolteon flag, confused by Helioptile's gift.

"Your flag? You're just giving it to me?"

"Take your time getting back. And if you say anything about this, I will not be merciful."

Aipom understood and walked out, passing Nidorina as she did. She caught sight of the damage the Poison Pin Pokémon had done to Aggron and Chespin. She dared not look at Nidorina herself.

"Good luck." she heard Nidorina say.

Aipom felt a chill go down her spine.

[\/\/]

"Why let her get our flag? Because letting Duosion have his way is no fun." said Helioptile.

[\/\/]

"All of us down yet Aipom kept at it. She's determined. Kinda sad she didn't make it in time." said Chespin.

[\/\/]

"Two words but… I don't like the tone she used… it's… eerie." revealed Aipom.

[\/\/]

Cubone sat in the corner, bored. Sneasel sat on the opposite end of the hall, just as bored as her. The two jumped up when a tremor shook the floor.

"What the fuck?" exclaimed Sneasel.

Another tremor shook the floor and a few planks fell from the ceiling. When the next one came, the floor rose significantly, leaving a large mound in the middle.

"Uhh… Duosion!" called Cubone.

The blob came to the door to see the problem.

"Well, that's new." he chuckled, "Cubone, Sneasel, I think you two should get ready-"

Before he could finish, the floor broke open. From it jumped Mienfoo, Flaafy, Buizel, and Spoink. Sneasel and Cubone had no time to react, with Mienfoo and Buizel knocking each out respectively.

"Told you three I could hold all of you in the air." said Spoink.

"This is the master plan you made after twenty minutes? Nice try, but you're still out there." said Duosion with a prod of the shield.

"Sure about that?" asked Spoink.

"What're you talking about?" asked Glaceon.

Duosion heard Glaceon yelp as the floor bucked up. The eeveelution disappeared a moment later in a loud crash from a large hole in the floor where the flag once was only to reappear against the wall, wide eyed. He looked down to see Fraxure simply pluck the flag out of the rubble and walk away.

"Fun challenge huh?" she taunted.

The Cell Pokémon turned and stared at the pig in front of him. Spoink laughed.

"Don't get angry at me. I just wanted to win." he said, bouncing away.

Duosion snorted. He waited until they were all gone before letting out a loud laugh.

"I'm not angry at all Spoink. Oh no, I'm actually quite happy right now in fact."

Minutes later, the announcement he was expecting rang true.

"JOLTEONS SCORE THEIR SECOND POINT! Jolteons win the challenge and with that, I'd like for the two teams to meet me in the center field for a little chat with me!"

[\/\/]

Victini looked at the two teams of campers assembled before him. Both were injured to varying degrees. The Flareons were clearly displeased compared to the elated Jolteons.

"So that's another win for the Jolteons! Congrats on the three-peat- but don't let the excitement get to you or else next time, you'll be heading to the elimination ceremony…"

He smiled and turned to the Flareons.

"Which is exactly what our amazing losers will be doing for the third time in a row! From winning it all to losing so much- how could you make me any happier?"

"Fuck off…" mumbled Sneasel.

"I'll meet you all later when you kick off you of your own! Have a good time Flareons!"

Victini teleported away with the snap of a finger, leaving the two teams behind. The Jolteons slowly dispersed, some carried, some by their own feet. The Flareons tried to leave but Duosion called them to meet immediately.

"What now…?" asked a tired Mothim.

"We need to discuss something about our loss." said Duosion.

The campers around him groaned.

"Seriously? Now? Can't we rest first? I'm ti~iiiiirrrrreeedddd…" whined Cubone.

"Same here…" moaned Minun, who had chosen to cling to an exhausted Raichu.

Duosion let out a loud throat clearing to quiet the team.

"Fine. Seeing as how all of you are tired, we'll meet later in the mess hall."

At that statement, the team dispersed. Soon, if was just him and his alliance left behind. Raichu walked up to him with Minun in tow.

"So, sir, what do we do? We can't really pin anything on the enemies amongst us."

"I know, it's disheartening. It's a slight setback but I have a plan in mind."

Glaceon walked up and snorted.

"What's that? Voting out Aipom even though she got pretty far alone?"

"Actually, yes. I want you to carry this through but the trade-off is that you can't attend the meeting later."

"But the girls need to see me." complained Glaceon.

"But the mean red bug will be there!" exclaimed Minun.

"Second thought, I'll stay away."

Duosion smiled.

"Glad you understand. Time for you to get to work."

The three watched Glaceon run off to camp. Raichu could barely hold back a snicker until he was out of sight- letting loose once he was.

"Hahahaha… he really fell for that? What a grade A grunt he is." remarked Raichu.

"Well, with this plan in motion, it'll block whatever Aipom is planning. I want you two on guard however- anything can happen." ordered Duosion.

"Yes sir!" "Okie dokie!" the two exclaimed.

[\/\/]

"I love that Duosion has us in mind at all times. Don't regret joining this alliance one bit." said Glaceon.

[\/\/]

Raichu laughed. "If Duosion does as he says, Glaceon will regret joining with Duosion."

[\/\/]

Buizel sat in the shade of the tree, waiting for his alliance to arrive. He chose the depths of the forest for this meeting in particular thanks to the serious matter at hand.

He heard the bushes nearby rustle and watched Sableye and Monferno walk out in front of him.

"Finally… man Buizel, ya' choice in meeting spots is real… shit." complained Sableye.

Buizel chuckled.

"Sorry. I'm just playing it safe."

"Well you couldn't be farther from camp."

The three watched Sandshrew walk out from the darkness.

"Wow, we're all here. I thought it'd take forever." said Monferno.

"I'm just glad you're okay." said Buizel.

Monferno shrugged.

"I get hurt a lot- play a lot of sports ya' know. I always come back pretty quick."

"That's good." Buizel sat up, "Okay, so you three are probably wondering why I called a meeting out here."

"That would the million-poke question…" joked Sableye.

"Well, I got an offer from a friend. Help them and they'll help us- now or later."

"Who's the friend?" asked Monferno.

Buizel opened mouth but hesitated. He wasn't sure if she would approve but he couldn't dare lie to his group. They trusted him.

"Aipom… she wants help with something."

"Aipom? As in, the one that helped us win?" remarked Monferno.

Sandshrew raised an eyebrow.

"Eh? How did she help?"

"She gave me some advice, nothing actually that game-changing but now she's asking for help with something."

"And you're unsure whether to go with it, am I right?" asked Sableye.

Buizel nodded, "Yeah… I'm mean, I have no problem helping her with regular stuff but what if it costs us a challenge?"

"Then make sure it doesn't." replied Sableye.

Sandshrew held up hand. "Woah, hold on. You're going along with this?"

"I got nothing wrong with Aipom- her friend is a different story."

"Monferno?"

The monkey shrugged.

"I have no problems with this either. Buizel said she would help later on if needed. Who knows, maybe after merge, she'll join us."

Sandshrew sighed and looked back at Buizel.

"You know, if you don't agree, you can-"

"No, I'm okay with it… as long as it doesn't get us in trouble." said Sandshrew.

"Cool. I'll tell her tomorrow."

Sableye laughed and began running to camp.

"Well, with that settled, who wants to go back to camp and play some Tekken."

Monferno ran after him.

"I call first round!"

Sandshrew and Buizel followed them, disappearing in the bush. Left behind, Whimsicott hopped out of the tree she was in and laughed.

[\/\/]

"Monferno is right. This would be a good opportunity to make allies after merge but is Buizel willing enough for this? I don't know." said Sableye.

[\/\/]

"Helioptile is go~ing~ to lo~oooove~ this!" sang Whimsicott.

[\/\/]

"Yeah, yeah, I'll vote for her, now leave me alone!"

"You sure you don't want more tips?" questioned Glaceon.

Mothim glared at the eeveelution.

"No."

Glaceon snorted.

"Your loss. If, by the end of the show, you don't have a girl still, don't come cryin' to me."

Glaceon walked off the porch as Mothim typed away furiously in his laptop, angered by the 'tips' Glaceon was trying to give him. He almost didn't notice Pancham walk up and sit down next to him.

'You okay?'

"Yeah, yeah. He's just really arrogant and thinks he knows best." Mothim let out a laugh, "I don't even know why he was bothering to err… 'help' me? No girl in this camp wants to stick with a loser like me."

Pancham chuckled, 'If Ledian was willing to stick up for Phantump, then you have a chance as well.'

Mothim stopped typing and looked at Pancham.

"That's true but who would be that willing?"

'It might surprise you but the answer is closer than you might think.'

Mothim thought hard for a moment. Long enough that Pancham began to write a hint.

"It's not you, is it?"

Pancham snapped his pencil in surprise and looked at the moth with a look that him he was wrong on every level.

"So that's a no I'm assuming."

Pancham nodded and went to write but stopped and looked down at his snapped pencil. He then eyed Mothim's laptop, which the moth noticed.

"Uhh… wait-"

He took it from the moth, opened a new window and wrote on that instead.

'NO. NOT ME.'

Pancham then copied and pasted the statement over and over, looking at the moth as he did.

"I get it, I get it! No need to hammer it in!" Mothim scoffed, "Never took you as afraid."

Pancham glared at him.

"I mean, yeah, a girl… hehee…"

He paused.

"Wait, which one?"

'That's up to you to figure out but remember, she's quite close to you.'

"Hmm…"

Mothim opened his mouth to speak but Pancham stopped him.

'Not right now.'

"Oh."

[\/\/]

'Helping him is harder than I thought. But… it'll be worth it.' wrote Pancham.

[\/\/]

The Flareon's met up on Duosion's request in the mess hall. The mood among them was sour- four losses in a row had hampered what morale they had left.

"Okay, so we lost for a fourth time. We need to see why we did."

He immediately looked to Aipom's group to find her snoozing away, not a shred of concern for the discussion at hand.

"Aipom!"

The monkey sat up and stretched.

"Yeah?"

"What's your excuse?"

"Eh?"

"You had the flag? What reason was there that you couldn't get back in time?" reiterated Duosion.

Aipom snorted.

"Dude, I was halfway there. Did you think I was taking a stroll?"

Unknown to them all, Aipom indeed had taken a stroll, adhering to Helioptile's strange request. Duosion scoffed.

"You took your time."

"It takes time to take outmaneuver three pokémon and steal a flag. But let's turn this around- how did you fail to defend the flag?"

"We didn't. It was only a matter of time really."

Sneasel snickered, drawing attention to her.

"Yeah sure, not like I didn't hear the confidence in you when you said you'd handle the defense and I'm pretty sure I saw that you had the room on lock-down before me and Cubone got jumped."

Cubone nodded along.

"She's right- you had a wall! They had no way in! How'd they get in!?"

Duosion cursed mentally. He had forgotten the two were unconscious when they broke through the floor.

"They got inside because they simply used a loophole I didn't plan for. I didn't expect them to go through the floor."

"Yes, about that..."

Everyone looked at Raichu.

"If I recall correctly, Glaceon was with you as well. What did he do? Nothing?"

Duosion shook his head. "I couldn't tell. I was holding up a shield- attacking Fraxure would certainly gotten me attacked."

"So, you're saying that Glaceon had a chance to delay the challenge for a little longer but fucking didn't?" said Ledian.

"The red bug is right- why didn't he do anything?" restated Chespin.

Duosion smiled.

"Adding to that, why didn't you tell him to do something, Duosion?"

The cell's smile quickly turned into a frown. He turned to Aipom.

"What do you mean?" he asked her.

"Sneasel and Cubone were unconscious. He was in the room with you and only you. Yet you didn't give him anything close to an order. Even if you couldn't see him, you could've tried."

"I'm not his parent- he should've done it with or without my word."

"But aren't you our leader?" asked Flygon.

"Some leader." said Sneasel flippantly.

Duosion's eyes widened slightly. He chuckled softly.

"Alright, now you three want to play with me? Fine…" he whispered.

He cleared his throat and gave a bow.

"Alright, I concede that I could've said something to him but it's still Glaceon's fault none-the-less. And I say we vote for him- anyone against this?"

No hands were raised.

"For?"

Everyone raised their hands.

"Well, that's settled. I guess Glaceon is going home."

[\/\/]

"A lot of them said they'll do it. Looks like she's going home." said Glaceon with confidence.

[\/\/]

"Goodbye Glaceon." said Aggron

[\/\/]

"Couldn't have asked for something better to happen then making him go away." said Ledian.

[\/\/]

"Sorry not sorry Glaceon but you're the one soldier I'm not watching out for." said Raichu.

[\/\/]

"Well, this is an interesting elimination ceremony. For one, it's the third one in a row for you guys. What a record that'll never be broken!"

"Get on with it." said Duosion.

"Right, right, impatient and angry. I would be too if I lost three times in a row but I never lose ever! And today, I certainly won big with you guys losing- isn't it great how things work out?" bragged Victini.

The Flareon's groaned.

"Back to the point, this challenge provided an outlet for all of you- who knows who's going home!? Anyways, onto the part you guys are waiting for. Poke puff time!"

"Computer geek, you're up first!"

Victini threw the first puff to Mothim, which splattered on the rear of his laptop.

"Thanks, asshole."

"You're welcome! Next, Chespin… Duosion… Minun…"

"Cubone… Ledian… Sneasel…"

"Flygon… Raichu… Aggron…"

Victini stopped and looked between Aipom, who leaned back on her stump for comfort, and Glaceon seemed to be in a different world.

"Aipom, you tried really hard to get to home base but fell short by a single home run! Is this enough to go home?"

"It shouldn't be. I'm not worried either."

"Well you should worry when you're the bottom two! Next comes the Dock of Lame and the Mantine of Disappointment and you don't want that- well, I do, but that's me."

"Orange asshole." she mumbled in a half-hearted response.

Glaceon was in his own world when Victini appeared next to him.

"Glaceon!"

"AHH!" the eeveelution jumped at the sound of his name, "Yeah!?"

"I assume you weren't paying attention, wannabe Romeo, but you're the other one up to go in this ceremony. And with a good reason to boot!"

"And what must that be!?" he said, alarmed he was up to leave.

"Well, besides your antics out and about in the camp…"

Glaceon chuckled. He got a whack to the back of his head from Hoopa.

"You failed your team spectacularly. Instead of trying to stop Fraxure from running off with the flag, well…"

"You just sat there and did fuck all!" yelled Ledian, fuming, "What kind of help are you!?"

He went white.

"We-well, I-I have an explanation for that!"

"Oohahoo! I have to hear this one." quipped Victini.

"It's… it's j-just that I ha-had no time to react is all! I-I mean, one second there's a hole and the next, the flag's gone and Fraxure's w-walking away!"

Everyone looked him with unamused looks. Beads of sweat rolled down his face as he noticed them. Victini looked at Glaceon, a demented smile on his face.

"I have a really bad feeling all of sudden…"

"As you should!"

The fire sprite threw the puff in his hand behind him, landing right in front of Aipom behind him.

"Because you're going home with a good walk down the Dock of Lame and a nice ride on the Mantine of Disappointment!"

Glaceon's mouth opened ever so slightly but everyone could see his ego crack open like a Pokémon egg.

"What!? I'm… I'm out?"

He looked directly at Duosion who shook his head, then to Raichu and Minun, who was hugging him tightly. They all gave him a look that told him to take it as it lies and to not say anything further.

He sighed, "Right. Well, I guess that's that then. I'll be seeing most of later."

The eeveelution walked away in a huff, grumbling under his breath. Everyone let out a breath of relief.

"We finally got rid of him! Thank all the gods!" exclaimed Ledian.

"You all enjoy your evening and if I were all of you, I'd start panicking now, what with how you guys are in with a real chance at losing AGAIN! Haha!"

Victini teleported away, Jirachi and Hoopa right behind as always, leaving the area to the Flareons. Most of them left to head in for bed. Only a few stayed behind to talk to one another.

Aipom walked up to Sneasel and Flygon.

"Come with me you two." she told them.

[\/\/]

"Why vote him off? Because I want my leadership retained and an wasy way to achieve this is to use a scapegoat for all your problems. That's what his purpose was this entire time- a scapegoat. I never intended him to get past merge honestly, not that he would've with or without my help." said Duosion.

[\/\/]

"Bastards threw me for a loop and humiliate me in front of everyone. Not only do I look like a jackass, I look like some sort of jester! I'm not meant to be the butt of jokes, I'm meant to woo and enamour!"

Glaceon let out a huff.

"Who do I want to win? Honestly, Chespin's the only one I even give a marginal crap about now. Fuck everyone else- they have no sense of taste in excellence."

[\/\/]

The trio walked deep into the forest until Aipom felt she was far enough from camp. She stopped and sat down on a rock.

"Okay, what's up Aipom?" asked Sneasel.

"Right now, we have an opportunity- Duosion has lost a member."

"Even though he got everyone to vote Glaceon?" argued Flygon.

"While it seems that way, in reality, no one liked that guy. Wasn't hard to do honestly. And…"

Aipom sighed.

"And he's in on the elimination- he wanted it that way."

"So, you're saying that he wanted Glaceon gone?" asked Sneasel.

Flygon hummed.

"It makes sense. He makes an executive decision to boot out a problem, gaining the praise of everyone else."

Aipom nodded, "And made it look like I finally got a step ahead of him. The bastard doesn't even care. But that was the whole idea in the first place- get him to act."

"Wait, that's was the whole plan you had!?" the other exclaimed.

"Sorry I didn't give you two more details but really, I was testing him. We can't fight the unknown and now we do know how he fights. His style is simple, by-the-book, and hard to hide. He's no good at bluffs."

"Which is why he uses his position to get away with it." finished Flygon.

"It's why I called you two here. To plan what we do now to knock him and his two lackeys down and off the island with that in mind."

The other two looked at each other and nodded.

"How about getting Minun voted out next? She's a weak link between the three and an easy person to mess up generally." suggested Flygon.

Sneasel looked him in the eyes.

"How do you suppose we do that? Not much we can do to make her out as useless on the team."

The cat scoffed.

"I mean, we can use Noibat and Mothim in that case but that'll never work."

"It could. Make Minun mess up with the two, anger every camper here, and watch the votes all go in her direction." said Aipom.

"I'm all for getting her voted off but… sabotaging a budding relationship before it starts? I don't know…" said Flygon.

Aipom shook her head.

"We don't have to make them hate each other, just make it so she causes a few kinks by her hand… or ours. I really don't want to stoop that low but if we have to."

"I guess that's fine." said Flygon.

"It's agreed then?" Aipom asked Sneasel.

The cat nodded, "I'm in."

Flygon put a hand on Aipom's shoulder.

"And I'm as well."

Aipom smiled.

"Good to know I can trust you two."

In the bushes nearby, a certain mouse shook his head and walked away.

"I knew they were up to no good- traitors. Duosion will like to hear this." said Raichu.

[\/\/]

"Now I have a solid plan in place and some other things in the works. Let's see how far a few bluffs of mine can go… like a false plan… Hehehe…" said Aipom.

[\/\/]

Flaafy sat up in her bed. Snores were heard all around her as the rest of the female Jolteon's slept. She carefully got out of her bed and removed something from underneath- a pearl. One of the few Cubone had gotten early in the morning.

"I'm damn thankful the Sinnoh Underground is so rich in this stuff…"

She made sure her hushed voice did not awaken anyone. She didn't see any of the lumps on the beds around her stir. Carefully, she walked over to the door separating the two sides and quietly opened it. Once on the male side, she made her way over to Spoink.

The psychic pig was bouncing slowly in bed but was clearly asleep. Soft snores came from him as she walked up to him.

"Okay… sorry bud…"

She quickly replaced Spoink's pearl with the one she took from Cubone- they matched in size and color perfectly. It was even just as round. She hoped he wouldn't notice and that it wouldn't affect him.

She left the cabin and made her way to the dock, which was silent expect for the water lapping against the land and dock. Looking around, she spotted an open cardboard box with a note on it. Upon closer inspection, she realized the note was nothing but a pink dot. Looking at the pearl in hand, she sighed.

"What a place to leave it…"

She carefully placed the pearl in the box and closed it. The sheep took a moment before turning to leave, only to notice another note taped to the large crate hiding the box. She peeled it off and scanned it.

'It's good to see you're listening to me. You've completed my task for you and for that you get your answer.

The answer to your previous question is as follows:

One of them leads the way, another hides their true face, and the last one is a friend to all. These are the people you seek.

You ask a good question- a smart question. I wonder what you will ask next. And I wonder what I'll ask of you next as well.

Good night Flaafy…

- Your Best Friend'

Flaafy pulled her phone out of her wool and snapped a picture of the note. She then scribbled something down on the back and slipped it under the crate. She began to walk back to camp. Looking at the note on her phone, she began to think.

"Wish my 'best friend' didn't write in rhyme or riddles. Knowing who leads an alliance would be immense help…"

Helioptile popped out of the crate and watched Flaafy leave. Her face held no emotion as she spoke.

"It definitely does Flaafy. You'll be a good pawn of mine in that regard."


And so, Glaceon leaves and what a reason to leave- betrayed by the person you trusted. It's started to get more and more heated, what with both alliances now actively going at it now.

I have to apologize for delays in the updating. Personal life got in the way but I'm back. Hopefully, next week, I can post the next chapter.

See you all next episode where talent can make or break it for the campers next challenge and one camper will reveal something about herself she didn't mean to!

Only on TOTAL… DRAMA… POKEMON…


Glaceon: Considering I was on this show, it would be your honor to humor me and review- especially on parts with me in it.