(AN) I'm sorry for not updating this story for so long. I was writing chapters for Total Drama All-Stars: Remake. It was popular and it was easier to write. Since then, my writing has improved! I can already notice some grammar errors I made in previous chapters. Hell, at one scene last chapter, I can hardly look at it as I realized I should've added more details with it. But there's nothing I can do now except for learning from my mistakes and moving forward! I should've uploaded this chapter a bit earlier, but I became a fan of a very popular show called Game of Thrones. It was fantastic as there were great characters and locations with such variety! I'm now looking forward for season five!
Before reading this chapter, I want to give a shout-out to a good friend of mine from DeviantART and an author of Total Drama Letterredo: DarkShockBro. I first heard of him from two journals he made about respecting your characters. He had given me different perspectives about TPA characters and characters yet to come. He had inspired several people with his words and most likely improved their characters because of it. He wrote an alternative story of Total Drama Letterama called Total Drama Letterredo. It's a great story about an evil bitch redeeming herself into a better person. I used to hate her, but now I'm rooting for her. Any writer is capable of making a hateable character into a likeable one is a great writer. I've only known him for about five months, but he's already became a great friend and a great person to talk to. If you need any help on how to write your characters, go to his profile and check out his journal called "How to respect your characters."
(Disclaimers) I do not own Total Drama Series or Pokémon. Also, the alphabet theme is NOT my idea. It's originally created by Frank15, so give him credit for that.
The half-moon shined brightly in a warm, steady night. The Lake Trio Hosts usually floated together above the dock as they always were in every beginning of the episode. However, Uxie and Mesprit were floating to the side, leaving Azelf by the centre.
"Previously on Total Pokemon Alphabet!" Azelf announced, smiling. "Our twenty-four competitors were in a fight of their life as they were battling against enemies from the Mass Effect Series. The campers probably wouldn't have had made it to the end were it not for our special guests - Garrus for Unique Uxie, Liara for Mysterious Mesprit, and Tali for my awesome team; Awesome Azelf!"
Mesprit rolled her eyes. Uxie would've done the same if his eyes weren't closed.
"Once the campers were being instructed by Commander Shepard, they were all eliminating the enemies in every wave! But so were the campers. All three teams had reached the end and scored massive points, but it was Awesome Azelf who exited out of the game with their second consecutive victories! Mysterious Mesprit placed second, while Unique Uxie had to boot off another loser."
"During the backstage, Furret had an interesting introduction to her new team. She was being interrogated by Sableye, and joined Girl Power consisting of herself, Gothitelle, Whimsicott and Octillery, who had lost her marbles for not sleeping at the Winner Cabin last night. Our married couple, Ursaring and Azumarill reacted badly once Druddigon bluntly revealed he was onto their act. Although, it was surprising when he decided not to spill it to anyone else since he wanted them for their plan to fail. Not really smart, albeit that was expected from a redneck."
"Stereotyping much?" Uxie remarked.
"I couldn't recall any redneck we met that was geniuses." Azelf shrugged. "The main action of the previous episode was the elimination. Most of them were expecting a simple one by sending off Zebstrika."
He chuckled as he shook his head. "Those guys were so naïve! Zebstrika threw everyone off when playing the Guess Idol and guessed five, making the difference between his total number of votes and his guess to became one. But even he was flabbergasted when Vanilluxe was revealed to be eliminated. This elimination ended with a sad note when Vanilluxe's teammates bid goodbye to him.
"While Unique Uxie was wrapping their mind on the elimination, one devious cat, Purugly, was in triumph as she was the one who gave the idol to Zebstrika and then voted for Vanilluxe. That woman was a lot devious than my mind could comprehend. Or her unexpected serious skills at video gaming and her disturbing crush on Garrus." Azelf shuddered.
"Garrus may be a video game character, but he received my condolence." Mesprit said.
Azelf nodded. "Agreed." He faced the camera again and grinned. "Obviously, you guys should notice that I'm doing the introduction instead of three of us. Well, before this season started, the producers had been so kind enough to give each of us a solo hosting episode. And today is all about me!" He grinned. "You'll be seeing a lot of me more than usual this episode! Will Girl Power work? Was it a good idea for Yanmega to hide the idol where it was? And what challenge do I have in store for our cast? Find out right now on Total! Pokémon! Alphabet!" He grandly announced.
"It was kinda weird when only one of us says the title." Mesprit mused.
"It was." Uxie said.
STARRING:
Azumarill - 30 - The Slave Wife (Female)
Chandelure - 22 - The Gentleman Reader (Male)
Druddigon - 35 - The Redneck Survivalist (Male)
Espeon - 26 - The Christian Fundamentalist (Female)
Furret - 21 - The FanFic Writer (Female)
Gothitelle - 20 - The Smart Transsexual (Female)
Infernape - 58 - The War Veteran (Male)
Jolteon - 18 - The Normal Guy with a Big Secret
Klinklang - 18 - The Control Robot (Male)
Leavanny - 47 - The Strict Teacher (Female)
Marowak - 28 - The Zombie Fanatic (Male)
Ninjask - 19 - The Ninja Wannabe (Male)
Octillery - 18 - The Lazy Party Girl (Female)
Purugly - 37 - The Ex-Porn Star (Female)
Qwilfish - 31 - The Underwater Cop (Female)
Rapidash - 23 - The Fast-able Horse (Female)
Sableye - 21 - The Secrets Spiller (Female)
Tangrowth - 29 - The Passionate Hairdresser (Male)
Ursaring - 31 - The Abusive Husband (Male)
Whimsicott - 18 - The Tomboyish Prankster (Female)
Xatu - 53 - The Foreseeable Psychic (Female)
Yanmega - 30 - The Enthusiast Pilot (Male)
Zebstrika - 45 - The Sexist Coach (Male)
Middle Cabin
Most of Mesprit's teammates were on the porch. Despite a long challenge that took away a lot of stamina, they weren't too tired yet and the weather was warm. Infernape was leaning against the rail, smoking his cigarette. He preferred cigars but he knew they weren't unlimited. Yanmega was staring at the stars. Whimsicott was listening to Gothitelle who was talking about her time in uni. Octillery was reading one of her magazines she had brought with her.
Infernape narrowed his eyes at something moving up ahead on the field. It was getting harder for the war veteran to see clearly. He still narrowed his eyes once seeing Sableye's running toward the cabin – most likely from visiting the elimination area.
"Found the little bugger." Infernape muttered before incinerating his cigarette butt.
Yanmega craned his neck down to see Sableye's running toward the cabin. "Been wondering where she went off to."
"Guys!" Sableye exclaimed, stopping in front of the porch. "I was watching Unique Uxie's elimination to see if they were really voting off Zebstrika."
"Dammit!" Whimsicott cursed. "I knew I forgot something!"
"How can you forget about Unique Uxie's elimination?" Gothitelle asked.
"Gaining back my energy from that exhausting challenge topped off everything else."
"AS I was saying…" Sableye said, irritated. "Watching the elimination had given me new information. The first information: Zebstrika was safe due to the idol he had found earlier."
Her teammates except Octillery, who wasn't bothered about the idol, grew their eyes big.
"What idol was it?" Gothitelle asked, wanting to know about the idol.
"I couldn't get close enough to hear what the idol was called. But I can see well enough that the idol was shaped like a question mark."
Infernape and Yanmega exchanged glances. It wasn't the idol the pilot had found earlier. It was something else.
"What's the next information you've got?" Whimsicott asked Sableye.
"Vanilluxe had been eliminated." Sableye said bluntly.
Instead of being in shock, her teammates stared at her suspiciously. This made Sableye frown.
"I spill secrets, not lies." Sableye stated.
"I'm finding this hard to believe that a chill guy like Vanilluxe is gone." Yanmega said.
"It's probably one of the ladies since Zebstrika has the tendency to think girls are inferior to guys." Whimsicott guessed.
"You might want to disregard those theories." Infernape muttered, pointing to Unique Uxie ahead of him.
Gothitelle, Whimsicott and Yanmega narrowed their eyes at the team before their eyes became as big as a dinner plate.
"That's… impossible." Whimsicott gaped.
"Nothing in this game is impossible." Gothitelle lamented, not pleased with losing one of her first friends in the game.
The Unique Uxie walked closer to the cabin enough for Ninjask to greet the opposing team with a "Hey."
"What the hell happened?" Yanmega asked.
Espeon nodded her head at Zebstrika. "A sexist demoralized our team by using an idol to save himself and scarified a wonderful man." She glared at Zebstrika sideway.
"I apologised already!" Zebstrika protected.
"What kind of idol was it?" Infernape asked.
"It called a Guess Idol. It had given me a chance to guess how many votes I had received." Zebstrika explained.
"The difference between his guess and the actual amount of votes he'd receive become his real vote count." Chandelure finished.
"How many votes did you actually have?" Whimsicott asked the sexist.
"If it wasn't for the idol, I'd be eliminated with four votes. I guessed five, which makes it one as my official vote total." Zebstrika replied.
"Wouldn't that make it a tie if you voted for Vanilluxe?" Whimsicott said.
Zebstrika shook his head. "No, I voted for Qwilfish. She would've been useless during future challenges and she had been a literal thorn to my side."
"He's right. I saw his reaction when I was announced safe. There was no doubt that he did vote for me." Qwilfish stated.
"Then how did Vanilluxe get the most votes?" Jolteon asked. He and Furret stepped outside to figure out the commotion on the porch.
"He casted a vote to himself and someone else had voted for him." Purugly said sadly.
"With just two votes, Vanilluxe's gone." Tangrowth mumbled as tears trickled down his face.
"Are you okay, Tangrowth?" Gothitelle asked in shock of seeing Tangrowth's tearing up.
Tangrowth rubbed away his tears but still stared at the ground. "I-I get very emotional." Ninjask patted the hairdresser's back sympathetically.
"The sound of Tangrowth's tears splashing to the grass initiated my investigation." Sableye declared.
"If you're talking about Vanilluxe's elimination, it'd be better if I do the investigation." Qwilfish stated.
"How are you going to do it if you can barely move?" Sableye sneered.
Qwilfish glared as she hopped over to Sableye. "My experience makes up for my lack of movement." The moonlight had made her spikes shine brightly.
"I have experience too." Sableye gestured her claws to the underwater cop. "These can take me to places no normal reporter could do."
Purugly snickered a bit at that statement.
"You? Any evidence you'd find back home would be all washed away." Sableye said smugly.
Qwilfish opened her mouth to argue, but Infernape interjected. "Enough. We had a long day. We don't need any more drama right now."
"He's right. I just wanna go to sleep." Tangrowth grumbled.
"I refuse to sleep in that disgusting place once more. Out here would be a more appropriate choice." Espeon said.
"Sleeping with the nature might be our best choice indeed." Chandelure said to Espeon before facing the rest of his teammates. "Before we arrived here, I read the forecast for this week and the next. There's going to be a heatwave that would last for several days starting tomorrow. As you may notice, the temperature is abnormally warmer tonight."
"The hosts never said it's against the rules to sleep outside." Ninjask recalled.
"I'm all for it. Spending a night without having to smell piss is a good night." Purugly said before letting out a yawn.
Zebstrika scanned around the campground. "Where do you expect us to sleep then?"
"That's the beauty of sleeping outside; you can see anywhere you like." Ninjask smiled. "I sometimes like to meditate in my sleep under the stars."
"You can do that?" Furret asked.
"If you practice, yeah." Ninjask said before Furret wrote it down on her notepad.
Tangrowth looked around for a moment before pointing near the centre of the campground. "That's where I'll be hitting the hay. Night, guys." He waved to everyone before walking over to his 'bed' and flopped himself onto the grass.
Purugly craned her neck toward Mesprit's men. One side of her lip moved upward and posed in a language that everyone could understand. "I'm not that tired. Are any of you in a mood for a little chat?"
"Night!" Jolteon exclaimed, quickly walking back into the cabin.
"See ya in the morning, guys." Yanmega said, flying into the cabin. Infernape gave out a wave before following the men.
Purugly rolled her eyes and walked away from her team to find a place to sleep. Behind her, Espeon glared at her at the ex-porn star and then bade goodnight to her teammates. "Goodnight, team." She walked in the opposite direction of where Purugly was going. The remaining Unique Uxie exchanged looks with each other and Mysterious Mesprit. Qwilfish and Sableye, on the other hand, exchanged glares. Qwilfish hopped away and headed for the beach. Zebstrika silently walked away from others.
"Goodnight." Chandelure and Ninjask said to Mesprit's women in unison.
The women except for Sableye and Octillery gestured a wave as the guys floated away. Whimsicott tapped on Octillery's shoulder, initiating the octopus to follow Whimsicott inside. Furret and Gothitelle remained still as they stared at Sableye, who was looking at Unique Uxie.
"Are you coming inside, Sableye?" Gothitelle asked, warily.
Sableye never left her eyes off the Unique Uxie. She could've walked over to them and demanded to receive answers about Vanilluxe's elimination. She turned around and walked up the porch. "Yes."
Gothitelle and Furret exchanged shocked glances as Sableye stepped into the cabin. Both ladies followed Sableye and sat on their respective beds. Furret glanced at Octillery, who's still reading her magazine.
"What's your reaction to Vanilluxe's elimination?" Furret asked.
Octillery lowered her magazine and raised a brow at Furret. "Who's Vanilluxe?"
"He was that nice ice-cream man." Furret blinked.
Octillery went back to reading. "Oh, yeah. That guy was totally weird."
Confessional: It was weird with having a body with two faces.
Octillery: You can't expect me to remember everyone's name!
Gothitelle: (Lament) Both friends I made in the first challenge were gone within four days. Just four. (Normal) I believe the idol had heightened our sense of security. Anyone of us could have any idol we could find. My alliance has to have an idol in our possession.
Yanmega: So an idol had been played. It's good it wasn't mine. Hopefully it's where I left it. If Infernape and I feel like we're in trouble, we'll use the switcheroo to have someone else's butt on Wailord.
Sableye: I can't confront the others and demand for their answer now. That'll only clamp their mouth even further. Plus, I'm tired. (Rubbing her gem eyes)
Winner's Cabin
"Removing that ice-cream was smart." Druddigon stated.
Marowak had just told Druddigon about Vanilluxe's elimination after overhearing the other teams from his balcony. Both of them were relaxing in the hot tub. Rapidash, Leavanny and Klinklang went to their room earlier. Ursaring was making tea for the remaining women, who were watching TV.
Marowak raised a brow. "Why's that?"
Druddigon craned his neck to Marowak. "Too nice. Would you prefer to keep someone you hate rather than someone like Vanilluxe?"
"No, but I understand your point. It'd be like having to choose between two people to be exiled. One who's nice but hardly contributes to anything. The other's a former prisoner and the biggest prick... however, he'd have the most skills to ensure survival for the group. If I have to make a choice, I'd choose the pricks."
Druddigon smirked. "Politicians are always the pricks."
Marowak laughed as Ursaring exited the kitchen with three warm mugs on a tray. The bear stopped at the sound of laughter. He turned to look at the men in the hot tub. The sight of the dragon's smirking caused his blood pumping into his hands as his grip on the tray was trembling.
"U-Ursaring?" Azumarill said in concern.
Ursaring snapped his head to Azumarill and his grip had stopped trembling. "Oh, sorry, dear." He apologised as he placed the tray onto the coffee table.
Xatu nodded, picking up her tea. "Thank you."
Ursaring slumped onto the sofa beside his wife, picking up his coffee. "No worries."
Right after Ursaring took a sip, Xatu spoke up. "You're being disturbed."
Ursaring looked at Xatu in surprise. "What gave you the idea?"
"I noticed your facial expression toward the men by the hot tub. You were gripping the tray enough to make it tremble. I presumed one of them had caused your anger to flow through your body." Xatu explained.
"You can tell all that by just staring at me?" Ursaring gaped.
Xatu sipped her tea before replying. "Body language is very easy to read after practicing for years."
"Do y-you know why Ursaring was angry?" Azumarill asked, curiously.
"I do not know the answer unless you prefer to explain it to me."
Ursaring rested his elbows onto his knees as he was facing Xatu. "If you're a Psychic Teller, don't you know everything in the future?" He knew that if Xatu knew about the pair's true nature, he could be in trouble.
"Visions doesn't show me everything; only certain events." Xatu replied.
"Like what?" Azumarill asked. If Xatu knew about her and Ursaring, that's another contestant who could help her expose her abusive husband.
"Spoiler."
"Oh." Azumarill said, disappointed.
Ursaring raised a brow at his wife before speaking to Xatu. "It was Druddigon that riled me up. He kept annoying me and my wife just for the heck of it."
"Pokemon never commit for their action without reason." Xatu stated.
"I asked him what his problem was. He answered me with the 'finger' and walked away!" Ursaring shouted.
"Perhaps he'll give you an appropriate explanation if you give him time."
"Giving him time would allow him to rally up the others and eliminate me; or Arceus forbid, my wife." Ursaring placed a paw onto his wife's back.
"Then you two want to make the first move." Xatu stated.
"Yes." Ursaring nodded before raising a brow at the psychic. "If that's not a problem to you."
"You can do as you'd please to eliminate him."
"Does that m-mean Druddigon will not w-win?" Azumarill guessed.
Azumarill didn't get her answer as Xatu silently sipped her tea and craned her neck back toward the TV.
Confessional: Who knows if Xatu knows everything.
Xatu: I knew Ursaring and Azumarill's true relationship from the beginning. However, it's not up to me to intervene into their life. That goes to someone else.
Ursaring: Does Xatu know anything about me and Azumarill? She can get fucking visions from the future. She could use it to give herself advantages in the game! You know what? I'll get her out as soon as that fucking redneck is gone. He proved that rednecks are as dumb as some people expected. Calling me and Azumarill out was his big mistake. I had no idea why the fuck would he do that?
Druddigon: Do you wanna know why I called out those two? Sometime back home, I'd be hearin' husbands beating up their wife; enough to see bruises on them. It's why I hardly see any women in town. Lack of police force can let people think they can do whatever shit they want. I was gettin' tired of seeing those shits get away. Calling out the fat bear and the little rabbit was worth it. They're gonna freak out and they'll be gone before ya know it.
The area surrounding her was blurred as she ran past it. The sun was already appearing over the horizon and the temperature was rising every minute. But she didn't acknowledge it because she was used to it. Rapidash was doing her morning jog, or run in her case, around the island. She always does it to keep herself fit for the Olympics' qualification. Another reason was to be familiar around the location so she wouldn't trip and hurt herself. As she was shifting herself around the forest, she was smiling; most likely to be away from a certain zebra. She knew he wouldn't have lasted long and karma had come to remove him from the island.
After running past a large tree, her eyes suddenly grew almost as big as a Pokéball and slammed her hooves onto the ground. Unfortunately, due to her unnatural speed, she didn't brake herself enough to be prevented from being hit by a tree. She screamed as she braced herself for the impact.
SLAM!
Rapidash fell to the ground, groaning in pain. Her sight had gone blurred as she craned her neck upward to see someone walking over to her. When her vision became clear, her eyes had never been bigger than they had been in her whole life.
"You should've been practicing on braking instead." Zebstrika said.
Rapidash scrambled to get onto her hooves and stared at Zebstrika horrified, like a person she had killed had come back to life. "That's-impossible! How-are-you-still-here?!" She asked in a shrill voice.
"Found an idol, got myself safe, and Vanilluxe was out." Zebstrika bluntly replied.
Rapidash gaped at him before glaring hatefully. "You-voted-him-out? How-can-you-do-that-to-an-innocent-man?!"
"He was only out because something went wrong last night."
"Yeah! You!" Rapidash scoffed.
Zebstrika narrowed his eyes. "I'm not fucking around. For some reason, someone decided to vote for Vanilluxe. It's like they knew-" He stopped speaking and eyes were increased slightly.
"What?" Rapidash raised a brow at him. She had no idea why Zebstrika suddenly stopped in the middle of the sentence.
Zebstrika then shook out his thought. "Nothing. Anyway, because of my idol, Vanilluxe was out with two votes. I never wanted that to happen because I wanted Qwilfish gone."
"Your-hatred-for-women-has-never-ceased-to-amaze-me." Rapidash muttered.
Zebstrika was silent for a moment before replying in a calm voice. "I never said I hate women."
"Right-because-you-think-so-highly-for-women-in-sport." Rapidash said sarcastically.
Zebstrika frowned. "Rapidash, I know I'd been treating you ladies as inferior, but I only did that because I was concerned for your well-being."
"Then-stop-babysitting-us-because-as-I-said-on-the-first-day-women-are-just-as-capable-as-men! It-was-so-unfair-of-you-for-tipping-heavily-on-male's-side!"
While Zebstrika had a hard time understanding everything Rapidash was just saying, he did manage to hear the word 'unfair' as clear as crystal. His frown had gotten deeper to the point that he could be snarling.
"Do you want to talk about fair? Let's talk about your super speed. For some unknown reason after you evolved, you somehow managed to gain so much speed; you became faster than any Rapidash I've ever seen. On the top of that, you became even faster than a NASCAR racer. Did you have any thought that your super speed can give you an unfair advantage over the other athletes?"
"Yes-I-realized-that! Becoming-the-'Flash'-wasn't-my-intention!"
"And you still want to be trained for what…?"
"Olympics."
"Olympics." Zebstrika closed his eyes as he smirked. "The Ultimate Games – a game filled with the greatest athletes in the world who have all come together to take home the gold." He opened his eyes again to stare directly into Rapidash's. "I still remember the Olympic Oath every athlete has to make before participating. 'In the name of all the competitors I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern them, committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams.'" He phrased.
"I-wouldn't-be-breaking-the-oath-if-there's-nothing-against-my-speed." Rapidash reminded.
"True, but it's still unfair to me."
"Since-when-are-you-being-fair-in-anything?"
"As a coach, I have to teach them to approach sports with honour and fairness."
"Did-you-also-teach-them-to-discriminate-against-women?" Rapidash said coldly. Zebstrika opened his mouth, only to be silent when Rapidash raised a hoof. "Say-no-more-I-already-know-the-answer."
With no more words spoken, Rapidash started galloping away from a sexist coach, who rolled his eyes.
Confessional: If Rapidash is gonna be Flash, she should be called "Wildfire"!
Rapidash: (Glare) No-amount-of-honour-or-fairness-makes-up-for-his-sexist-attitude!
Zebstrika: Someday, her unnatural speed will cost her. You'll see.
The sun had cast a large shadow in front of the VR building. Klinklang stood there, monitoring at the VR building for an hour. He knew he needs to continue hacking the security's control systems. But he cannot get any closer without setting off the motion detector. Something inside the VR building was something he needs to proceed into the next stage of his mission.
Noticing the half-Pokemon and half-robot staring at the building, Tangrowth walked over to him.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Tangrowth asked Klinklang, who turned to him.
"BZZT, I AM MONITORING FOR ANY BREACH SO I CAN OBTAIN ENTRANCE TO THE VIRTUAL REALITY BUILDING, BZZT." Klinklang replied.
"Why?"
"THE VIRTUAL REALITY BUILDING CONTAINS SUCH ASSETS FOR MY MISSION, BZZT."
Tangrowth raised a brow at Klinklang. "What mission?"
"BZZT, CLASSIFIED, BZZT."
"Were you always behaved like a robot your whole life?" Tangrowth asked.
"BZZT, CLASSIFIED, BZZT." Klinklang repeated. He spoke up again before Tangrowth had his chance. "BZZT, HOWEVER, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BY APPROACHING THE BUILDING, BZZT." He nodded to the virtual reality building.
"Just last night, Azelf announced they installed motion detectors onto the building. I can't go near it."
Tangrowth can hear several beeping from the half-robot before the latter spoke up again. "BZZT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MY MISSION, BZZT."
Without warning, Klinklang slammed Tangrowth enough to send the hairdresser flying about five feet ahead. Before Tangrowth could do anything, a loud siren rang across the campground. A panel from the building's wall opened up, firing electricity at Tangrowth, who screamed in agony. It suddenly stopped and then a different panel opened up, shooting out a medium sized boxing glove.
BAM!
Tangrowth screamed as he flew across the campground and crashed next to the Winner Cabin. A groan can be heard from him.
Another computerized beeping from Klinklang before noting himself. "BZZT, THE SUBJECT HAD BEEN ELECTROCUTED WITH FIFTY VOLTAGES WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE BUILDING. TAKING SEVERAL SHOCKS FROM THE VOLTS CAN BE FATAL TO MY SYSTEM. IT'D BE IMPERATIVE I WOULD DEVISE A PLAN TO RECEIVE WHAT MY MASTERS ACQUIRE, BZZT." He floated away from the building.
Tangrowth groaned for more as electricity can be seen all over his body. Sitting on the porch swing, while sipping her coffee; Leavanny looked at Tangrowth and showed a smirk.
"It hurts, doesn't it?"
Confessional: Not as much as taking a kick to your groin!
Tangrowth: (Electrocuted before groaning) (Glare) It was totally uncool what Klinklang did to me! Does he really see all of us as test subjects? (Electrocuted again) OW!
Klinklang: BZZT, I NEED TO FIND SOMEONE TO WITHSTAND THE VOLTAGES AND HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO AVOID THE BOXING GLOVE. I MUST FIND MY SUBJECT BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, BZZT.
Ursaring and Azumarill were walking on the beach between the ocean and the forest. After an idol had been used last night, Ursaring wanted to take no chance and dragged his wife to search for the idols. So far, they had haven't accomplish their goal. The water type Pokemon stared out at the ocean and the calm was beginning to flooded all over her face when Ursaring smacked her in the back of the head.
"Hey! Pay attention." Ursaring snapped. "This isn't some romance walk on the beach. We've come here to look for the idols. I won't get a chance to use it if they're all found by others."
"S-sorry." Azumarill mumbled, staring at the sand.
Ursaring let out a gruff before scanning around the area. He slowly moved to a stop once staring at the ocean. Gaining an idea, he craned his neck toward Azumarill.
"I want you to step into the ocean and see if there's any idol underwater, am I clear?" Ursaring pointed to the ocean.
Azumarill nodded and then walked into the water. She stopped at waist deep when hearing her husband again. She looked back at him.
"Oh, and don't even think about trying to escape. You know the consequences." Ursaring snarled.
Azumarill gulped and then nodded. Slowly, she continued entering the ocean until she was completely submerged. Ten feet deep in the water, Azumarill eyes around the seafloor for anything out of place. She lifted her head again, only to see a Dewott and a Crawdaunt swimming together in the distance. Both Pokémon looked happy to be in each other's presence, indicating they were a happy couple. They vanished when they swam far enough, prompting Azumarill to let out a depressed sigh.
She then slowly snapped out of her deeper depressed state and looked ahead at the vast ocean. Contemplating, she could swim away from the island, to escape from Ursaring. To get home to pack up her stuff and leave from a vastness of despair she called home and give herself a fresh start. Her mind was screaming at her to swim away now! Swim like she's never swam before!
The screaming thought had vanished from mind and she swam back to the surface. Ursaring scowled with an eyebrow raised. Azumarill shook her head.
"N-nothing…"
Ursaring gestured his head to the spot beside him. "Get out of the water; don't think the hosts would be stupid enough to place idols underwater." He grunted.
Azumarill walked out of the water, not bothering drying herself, and started walking again beside her abusive husband.
Confessional: I've found a Pokémon's version of Sadness!
Azumarill: (Quiet) How can I be such a fool…?
Ursaring and Azumarill continued walking on the beach, searching for the idols. Ursaring eyes around the area including the sky, which made his eyes increase. He planted a paw about his wife's mouth and then moved her between the two large rocks. Azumarill didn't say anything in fear as her husband crouched down beside her. Noticing his wife's confused, but usually frightening expression, he pointed up to the sky. Azumarill looked up to see a silhouette, which shaped like a Y, moving around.
"An ability to fly could easily give Yanmega a stronger chance of finding the idols." Ursaring scowled.
"What d-do you think we s-should do?" Azumarill asked.
Ursaring still glared at the pilot above. "We'll follow him. Wherever he's going, we're going." He looked down at Azumarill. "If he doesn't find the idols then we'd know which places don't have idols, got it?"
Azumarill nodded before the married couple moved out between the rocks. They jogged at the edge of the forest to keep Yanmega in their sights, while being quiet to prevent the pilot from noticing them. Five minutes had been passed and the married couple were inside the forest when Yanmega suddenly flew faster; enough to be unseen. Ursaring let out a curse and punched a tree next to him, making Azumarill jump in fright before his wife pointed in Yanmega's direction.
"I think h-he's heading back to c-camp."
Ursaring took a deep breath, stared at the direction Yanmega was going and then craned his neck back to Azumarill. "From here on out, we'll go out every morning for idols and spy on anyone who searching too." Ursaring declared, glaring at his wife, who nodded. He started walking in Yanmega's direction. "Now, c'mon, we've gotta get back for breakfast."
With no word, Azumarill followed him as they were heading back to the campground.
Confessional: I believe I can fly!
Ursaring: I'm not at the bottom of the food-chain, but I could be in seconds if the redneck spills it! I could tell the team that he was bothering me and my wife and persuade them to vote him off. I ain't taking any chances.I need to keep remembering where we searched so we wouldn't be running around in fucking circles. The more idols we find, the more power I'll have in this game.
Gothitelle leaned forward into a tree hole, only to step back when realizing it was empty. She, Whimsicott and Furret had been walking around the forest for about forty minutes. They knew they have to have an idol in their possession before anyone could try to eliminate them. Octillery didn't go because she complained about how she didn't want to walk for too long. The girls didn't mind leaving her back at the Middle Cabin. Like everyone else who had been searching, they didn't find any idol.
Furret broke the silence. "It's a nice idea searching for the idols in the morning. It's keeping us away from the worst of the heat." Furret smiled, looking around the forest.
Whimsicott craned her neck at Furret. "But what's to stop us from participating in today's challenge?"
Gothitelle's glancing at her two friends. "If the hosts don't want us to suffer from the heat, perhaps the challenge will take place later than usual."
"I hope you're right. I don't do well under the heat." Furret stared down at her fur. "My furs are great for winter, but summer makes me feel like a roasted Torchic inside an oven." She mumbled.
Gothitelle nodded. "My dress has given me similar conditions."
"At least it makes you hot." Whimsicott smiled.
Gothitelle blinked. "Did you just flirt with me?"
"What's not to flirt, babe?" Whimsicott winked.
"Are you a bi or a lesbian?" Furret asked, curiously.
"Come out as lesbian when I was fifteen. Whenever I see hot ladies, I like to show off my personality and if I get a bit cheeky, I'd give a tap to their fine butt." Whimsicott grinned as she peeked at Gothitelle's bottom.
Gothitelle became a bit red but showed a small smile. "I appreciate you think I'm hot. Unfortunately, I'm only into men."
Whimsicott shrugged. "That's fine. I was expecting it."
"Would I be expecting you to flirt with me too?" Furret raised a brow at the tomboy.
Whimsicott looked up and down at Furret. "I'd say you're a 7; Solidly Cute. As for Gothitelle, a 9; Smoking Hot."
"Did you meet anyone with a '10'?" Gothitelle said.
"Perfection? No. That's about as rare as having to go on a class trip to Hearthome City and ending up being left behind with all those fine ladies at the Pokémon Contest; which he had won on his first run." Whimsicott stated.
"That happened to you?" Furret said in shocked.
"No, but I wish it was me." Whimsicott grinned.
Gothitelle smiled in amusement. She looked up the trees and stopped. Noticing she stopped, her friends slowly stopped too. They followed Gothitelle's gaze and see Druddigon standing on a branch by top of the tree.
"Hey, Druddigon, what are you standing up there for?" Whimsicott called out to Druddigon, who was staring out to the distance before craning his neck down toward the ladies.
"What's it to ya?" He grunted.
"How did you get up there?" Whimsicott asked the dragon.
Druddigon gestured to his claws. "Does this look foreign to ya? It'd be damn hard to climb with ma mouth."
"Whimsicott asked you a question; why are you up on a tree?" Gothitelle said.
Druddigon shrugged. "Can't a guy just climb up here to enjoy some sightseeing? What you're doing here then?" He raised a brow at them.
"We're exploring around the island. We've been here for five days and we haven't bothered doing it until now." Furret explained.
"So you're lookin' for idols then." Druddigon said.
Realizing that she just explained her answer to Druddigon, Furret smacked her forehead. "Shit! Sorry, girls."
"It's cool." Whimsicott assured before facing the dragon again. "I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're looking for idols too."
"How can I if I'm up here? You can't go around pulling a Sableye on anyone." Druddigon said.
"But unlike Sableye, our mouths wouldn't be occupied all the time." Whimsicott smirked.
Druddigon and Gothitelle chuckled while Furret looked confused. "I don't get it."
Whimsicott snickered in respond.
Confessional: The author often doesn't understand jokes too!
Furret: Seriously, what do I not get?
Gothitelle: Druddigon mentioning Sableye brought me back to last night. It was abnormal that she didn't interrogate the other team for answers. Whether she had given up or changed her strategy, I couldn't tell.
"Last night, you said you voted for Purugly. Can you please give me an explanation?" Qwilfish asked Espeon.
Qwilfish meant what she had said last night as she determined to solve the mystery behind Vanilluxe's elimination. She asked the first teammate she found, which was Espeon, to answer her questions at the beach.
"I've already told you my reason the previous night. What's your purpose for asking this?" Espeon raised a brow at the cop.
"Your mouth can tell a story. Your body language and your tone… can say something entirely different." Qwilfish stated.
"I submitted a vote to Purugly because I want her to be aware. She'll be reprimanded by Arceus for her sins." Espeon replied calmly.
Qwilfish wrote down Espeon's answer onto her notepad while using her tail to write. She faced Espeon again. "If you have to vote between Purugly and Zebstrika, who would you choose?"
"Discriminating women is offending: Zebstrika is violating equality between both genders. There are possibilities he may have committed other sins. As for Purugly, she is an epitome of Lust." Espeon narrowed her eyes as she continued to mention Purugly. "Her desire for fornicating made me disgusted to be in her presence. Who knows how many men out there could be infected by her diseases. Arceus forbid if she ever has children, or had." She grimaced.
Qwilfish wrote it down onto her notepad before nodding to her. "That's all I need. Thank you for taking your time." She jabbed her notepad onto her spikes near her tail. Amazingly, it didn't break. As she was about to pick up her pen, Espeon spoke up.
"Had it occurred to you how strange it was that Zebstrika used an idol and someone else voted for Vanilluxe - both occurred last night?"
Qwilfish looked at Espeon for a moment before nodding. "That had been bothering me before I slept."
The cop picked up her pen with her mouth and then hopped out of the beach. She stopped when seeing Sableye speaking to Chandelure by the Middle Cabin's entrance. The secret-spiller seemed to be holding a pen and a notepad too. Angry, Qwilfish quickly hopped over to Sableye just as Chandelure left. She spat out her pen and glared. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I was asking Chandelure a few questions for my investigation." Sableye replied.
"Sableye, I told you, since the investigation involves my team, I'd do the case." Qwilfish reminded.
Sableye frowned. "If the investigation involves your team, it would include you." She jabbed a finger at Qwilfish. "No suspects should interfere, including cops."
"I know how it works."
"Then you know it's unfair to make yourself innocent when your teammates aren't." Sableye smirked.
"I cleared Zebstrika. I abhorred him, but I didn't let my conflict bias it." Qwilfish calmly stated.
"Maybe your conflict was what gave you the motivation to save Zebstrika. The longer he stays, the more you can torture him." Sableye sneered.
Qwilfish narrowed her eyes at Sableye. "When I jabbed him, it wasn't out of sheer enjoyment. It was to serve him a punishment for his sexist comments."
"You're right. It's up to a cop like you to give a bad man like Zebstrika his punishment." Sableye teased and then grinned when seeing Qwilfish taken aback.
"What?" Qwilfish gasped before snarling at Sableye. "T-that was completely out of proportion!"
"You'd be surprised how easy it is to get your answer by saying random sentences." Sableye smirked. Suddenly, a hand wrapped around her and lifted her off the ground. She yelped in surprise until craning her neck to see it was Infernape who lifted her. The war veteran nodded at Qwilfish and then walked away with flailing Sableye in his hand. "Hey, put me down! I'm not a rag doll!"
Qwilfish stared at Sableye with a mix of anger and WTF.
Confessional: I know a Pokémon who's an actual doll!
Qwilfish: Had Sableye spoken to Purugly recently? (Glare) She could not be any more wrong. I would never go out with anyone like Zebstrika, even if he's the last guy on the planet!
Sableye: I was trying to see if I can provoke Qwilfish enough to make her confess. That stupid monkey dragged me away before I could crack her.
Infernape: (Open the confessional door, glaring down at Sableye, who smiled sheepishly) What did you say?
Sableye: I meant superior. Heh. (Infernape pulled her out of the confessional) AH!
Floating thirty feet above the forest, Ninjask watched around the island and the sea with an expression of content showing. To his left, he can see Chandelure who was appearing to be floating toward him. Once the ghost floated beside him, Ninjask greeted. "Oh, hey!"
"Hello, Ninjask." Chandelure nodded before taking in the view. "It's quite a lovely view from this position."
Ninjask smiled. "Make me grateful for being a Ninjask. Is that what you're here for?"
"As much it was quite a pleasure from witnessing an aerial view of this island, I am here for you." Chandelure turned to Ninjask.
Ninjask blinked. "Me?"
"Yes. For the past several days, I've been watching far from the sidelines; analysing you and our teammates. I was seeking a potential alliance member. After deducing my choices, I came to a conclusion by choosing you."
Ninjask grew his eyes big. "Really? Why?"
"Loyalty could be etched into your family name, and possibly unluckiness as well." He said quietly on the unluckiness part. "However, you never gave up after being knocked down again and again. I always have admiration for anyone with strong will. It's your choice – do you want to form an association?" Chandelure asked.
"I wasn't expecting to be offered to join an alliance, but yeah, I'm in, man!" Ninjask smiled.
Chandelure smiled. "Splendid. From here on in, we'll look out for each other. We'll search for the idols together, discuss the votes together and create plans together."
"Awesome."
"So, is there any question you want to ask me?"
"Was there any reason why you didn't ask the others?"
"Zebstrika is an intolerant sexist. Purugly sends shiver down my soul. Espeon is interested more in praying and sightseeing rather than playing the game. Tangrowth could be a reliable ally; but I'd fear his emotions could influence his performance. As for Qwilfish, her lack of limbs gives her a disadvantage, but if we need a third member, we'll offer a proposal to join us."
Ninjask nodded. "Make sense to me. I guess Awesome Shadow Strike is officially in motion!"
Chandelure stared at Ninjask, showing unimpressed expression. "That's quite dirty."
Realizing the acronym, Ninjask's eyes grew big. "Oh, yeah…" He chuckled, sheepishly. "Let's just called ourselves Shadow Strike."
"Better. Do you want to have a short look around the island to pursue any idols?"
"Sure." Ninjask nodded before him and Chandelure lowered into the forest to search for the idols below.
Confessional: Are we pursuing anyone from American Idol?
Chandelure: Now that I've obtained an ally, it increases my chance of winning the money. In the meantime, no one must know about us. Simply the word "alliance" can easily paint a target on our backs. From my observation, Ninjask doesn't appear to be one to announce news to everyone.
Ninjask: Alliance. I'm teaming up with Chandelure in an alliance. After my performance in the last couple of challenges, I wasn't expecting anyone to ask me to join. It was cool of him to trust me enough to be his ally. My family taught me that TEAM stands for "Together, Everyone Achieves More". I just hope Chandelure didn't bring me into the alliance just to use me. If so, (He brought out his nunchucks) he'll feel the wrath of the Steel Twins! (He swung around his nunchucks, only to hurt himself) OW!
Jolteon felt his feet wet from walking close to the ocean. He had been walking on the beach for a little while. It wasn't every day to get to walk on the beach in the hot, but clear blue sky. He stared at the ocean as he walked. He tilted his head back when hearing multiple squawks in the sky. He can see a flock of Wingull flying together. Like he was being hypnotised, Jolteon stared at Wingull in sense of peace. Just as a flock of Wingull shrunk to a size of a full stop, he craned his neck back, only for his eyes to grow as big as a satellite dish. Standing before him was most likely to be one of the most disgusting things he had ever laid his eyes on...
...Purugly tanning on a towel.
Hearing Jolteon walking on the sand, Purugly opened her eyes, craned her head toward him and showed her usual lusty smile. "Hello, pretty boy."
Jolteon grimaced at the terrible sight. "What are you… doing?"
Purugly grinned with her coiled tail twitched. "I'm getting a tan, of course! I wanna use the beneficial part of the heat. Does my tan make me look golden yet?"
"I… couldn't tell."
"You can come closer if you like. I don't bite." Purugly shook her rump a little.
Unable to handle the scene, Jolteon bolted away with his cheeks bulged. Purugly chuckled as she rested against her towel again. "And so, the hormones kick in."
Confessional: Sometimes, tans lead to cancer, people!
Purugly: (Smirk) As disgusted Jolteon may be of my body, his dick says otherwise. It'd be utterly amazing if I can use my body to fuck my way to the end. (Showing off her body) Do you guys think I'm as gold as golden treasures?
Jolteon: (Cheeks bulging before swallowing) Oh, God… Purugly just made my stomach whirl around like a tornado. That's one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen! (Thinking before throwing up in the toilet)
Relaxing on the beach, Octillery decided to read her magazine at the beach while her alliance/friends went out searching for idols. Feeling like she was being watched, she lowered down her magazine and craned her neck to see Xatu was behind her, eyeing her. The party girl frowned. "What're you staring at?"
Xatu faced the ocean. "I was just observing around this beach."
"If you're stalking that ugly cat," Octillery pointed to Purugly tanning not far from her position. "Can I say, mega ew!"
Xatu shook her head as she looked at Octillery. "No, it's absolutely nothing like that. I just like to silently observe everything wherever I go."
"Totally a stalker." Octillery rolled her eyes before reading her magazine again.
"And you appear to be staring at a young man for lust."
"That's because it's Jacob from Twilight!" Octillery shoved her magazine at Xatu's face, showing her a picture of a man from a certain vampire movie series. "You totally wouldn't understand. He's the hottest guy alive!" She clutched her magazine to her chest. "If the prize money is mine, I'll create an awesome party and invite him so I can wrap my tentacles around his totally hot abs!" She grinned dreamily.
"Sooner than you think."
Octillery looked at Xatu again. "Huh?"
"Nothing." She looked ahead again, seeing Marowak was grunting as he was swinging his bone club around like a samurai. "How's your practice, Marowak?" Xatu asked Marowak, who glanced at her as he continued manoeuvering his bone club.
"This island provided me a great location to practice my survival skills in different landscapes! Soon, I'll be able to survive everything the zombie apocalypse throws at me!" Marowak smiled before making a high jump kick followed by a swing with his bone club.
"What's the gyp about zombies? Unless you're talking about my totally dull teachers, there's no zombies." Octillery stated, not taking her eyes off her magazine.
Marowak manoeuvered his bone club as he was moving toward a large rock ahead of him. "Just because people say that, doesn't mean it's true! Zombies could be anywhere, waiting to create an outbreak. They should not be underestimated. By the time you realized what's happening, it'll already be too late. The world is full of possibilities, Octillery."
About ten feet from the rock, Marowak narrowed his eyes. "Once you step out there, your path will be in a vastness of darkness." He jumped high before swinging his bone club down onto the rock.
KRA-BOOM!
Debris of small rocks flew in every direction. Octillery cowardly moved her magazine in front of her. Not feeling any rock hit her, she slowly lowered her magazine to see Xatu used her telekinesis stopping all the rocks from hitting both women. Marowak stood where the large rock used to be, gripping his bone club proudly. Suddenly, an intercom crackled on.
"Attention, everyone! Breakfast is now available at the Mess Hall! Make sure you drink a lot because it's gonna be one hot day!" Azelf announced before the intercom ended.
Xatu flapped her wings and flew over to the Mess Hall. After giving a look of contempt to Marowak, Octillery left the beach with Marowak soon following her.
Soon, the remaining contestants were eating their breakfast and chatting was heard amongst the teams. The cast finished their breakfast just as Azelf floated inside the room, smiling.
"Sup, guys! Hope you're feeling hot for this hot day because it's gonna be hot!"
"You've already said hot three times." Yanmega pointed out.
"We could stay here and say the word hot many times, or we can get to the challenge to get it over with." Azelf jabbed his thumb towards the outside.
The contestants stood up and followed Azelf outside. The first step outside, they felt the heat blasting onto them. Anyone with furs, wearing clothes or weak against the heat already looked uncomfortable. They arrived at the challenge's location at the middle of the campground.
"Azelf, where's Uxie and Mesprit?" Marowak asked.
"They aren't here because the producers had given each of us an episode where we can host on our own. Today is all about me!" Azelf grinned.
Confessional: Kuzco's here?
Whimsicott: Ego much?
"For my challenge, you have to create a twenty feet statue of me onto that platform behind ya!" Azelf pointed to the platforms behind the cast, which they turned to see three large wooden platforms with their team logo on it.
"You can use whatever material you can find on this island. When each team has their statue built, I'll judge to determine the result. The team with the best statue of me wins! Worst statue will place you a spot at tonight's elimination ceremony. So, any questions?"
"Do you think it's a good idea to do a challenge in this heat?" Jolteon asked, wincing from the heat.
"Having my challenge today was intentional. I'm a kind of guy who doesn't quit when there's obstacles in the way. The heat will determine which of you has the most determination to win." Azelf replied.
"Some of us cannot adapt to this kind of heat. Being exposed too long will cause heatstroke." Leavanny stated.
"You've got Azumarill on your team." Azelf pointed to Azumarill, who took a little step behind Ursaring from all the attention she'd been given.
"What happened if we're unable to finish the challenge?" Tangrowth asked.
"With your fire buddy, Chandelure on your team, I'd highly doubt it. However, if it does come to that, then I'll declare the winner by choosing who was the first or closest to finish making my statue."
"As for the losing team?" Leavanny raised a brow.
"Worst statue or last to finish it. But like I said, it's unlikely it'll come to that."
The strict teacher narrowed her eyes, unimpressed.
Confessional: Obviously, the sun is getting into his eyes.
Leavanny: More the knowledge, lesser the ego; lesser the knowledge, more the ego. Albert Einstein.
"Can we sabotage the other teams?" Druddigon asked.
"Oh, that's an excellent question, dude. Usually, sabotage is one of the sources to our ratings, but I won't allow it today. I don't want the statues to be unfinished just because you were sabotaging each other. Do that, and you'll get a penalty." Azelf warned.
"Dumbass." Infernape muttered, much to Druddigon's annoyance.
"Any more questions as we're standing here looking like idiots?" Azelf asked the campers, which they shook their heads. "Good! Now here's your tape measure! Let's get started!" He threw each team a tape measure.
The teams distanced themselves to prevent their opposing teams from hearing their plan.
"There's loads of hard wood here." Ninjask started.
Purugly snickered, causing her teammates to look at her, making her stop. Ninjask raised a brow at her before continuing. "We can cut them down and I can use my blades to carve our sculpture."
"Do you know where to find wood wide enough for Azelf's body? We can't make him look like he's been trimmed into a stick. On the top of that, how are we going to install his arms and his tails?" Qwilfish said.
"We can use branches." Tangrowth suggested.
"Find branches thick enough and it could sufficiently be used as Azelf's limbs." Chandelure nodded at Tangrowth in approval.
"Would you be able to levitate it back to here?" Espeon asked the ghost, who shook his head.
"Sad as it is, my telekinesis is not superior in strength." Chandelure stated.
"Tangrowth can help you lift it. Ninjask, albeit you're willing to play your part, you need someone beside you to make sure your blades don't cut yourself into the hospital." Zebstrika said.
"That'll never happen!" Ninjask shouted.
Confessional: Never run with scissors, kids, because Scizor will kick your ass!
Ninjask: Although, I almost cut off my Mom's arm when I was seven. I was new with Fury Swipes back then!
"Just because you haven't, doesn't mean it won't. Does anyone know how to carve?" Zebstrika looked around his team, mostly at Tangrowth.
"I cut hair, not wood." Tangrowth said.
Purugly gestured her paw. "My nails were crying out for need to scratch. It'd be about time to put them to good use." She smirked.
Espeon scoffed. It was not unheard from Purugly and glared at her. She showed her paw to the Christian. "You don't like these? I called it Sharp Vibration. You can have a closer inspection." Purugly smirked as she moved her paw toward Espeon, who stepped back like she could get infected if she made contact.
"Stop it!" Espeon shouted, stepping backward as Purugly teasingly jabbed her paw at her.
"Enough! We need to start walking in the forest to be spared from the worst of the heat." Qwilfish said.
"She is correct. Let's go." Chandelure said before him and his teammates walked over to the forest to secure their log.
"Does anyone know anything about sculptures?" Infernape asked his team.
Furret shrugged. "I don't have a faintest clue, sorry."
"Guys, it's obvious!" Whimsicott smiled.
"What is?" Sableye raised a brow at the prankster.
"The whole edge of the island is sand, right? We can scoop them over here and construct them like sandcastles - only instead of a castle, it's a sand sculpture!" Whimsicott explained.
"That's brilliant!" Furret smiled.
"The idea sounds great but that would mean we would have to run to the beach and back. With the sun glaring at us harshly, how do we prevent ourselves from passing out?" Jolteon asked.
"Nuh-uh! I ain't running again!" Octillery shouted.
"You're not going to. We need you to make the sand damp enough to make our sculpture stay intact." Gothitelle faced the rest of her teammates. "We may develop heatstroke if we carried little amounts of sand at each run."
"Ya know, Azelf never said we weren't allowed to use any equipment to assist us." Yanmega recalled.
"Octillery, remain where you are. The rest of us shall get equipment." Infernape declared before him and the others walked to get the equipment they need.
Confessional: S.O.S. stands for Sculpting On Sand!
Furret: Other than creating sandcastles, I have no idea how to make a sand sculpture. Speaking of sculpture, I wonder what'd happen if you combine sand and snow. Maybe it'd be called Snond sculpture? Snand sculpture? Sanow sculpture? Either way, it'd be colorful and original!
"I can use my claws to-" Ursaring said when suddenly being interrupted by Klinklang.
"BZZT, IT'S IMPERATIVE TO INTERRUPT YOU TO EXPLAIN A SOLUTION TO OUR VICTORY, BZZT."
"Enlighten us." Ursaring scowled.
"BZZT, THE GREATEST SCULPTURES IN THE WORLD WERE CREATED OUT OF MARBLE. UNFORTUNATELY, MARBLE ROCK CANNOT BE FOUND ON THIS ISLAND."
"Get to the point." Druddigon said, annoyed.
"THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE. THERE ARE MANY SLABS OF STONES WITH CORRECT WIDTH AND HEIGHT AT THE MOUNTAIN. WE RECEIVE ONE AND DELIVER IT HERE. I WILL USE THE LASER TO CAREFULLY CARVE OUR SCULPTURE INTO OUR HOST, BZZT."
"That-could-work!" Rapidash said.
"BZZT, OF COURSE IT WILL SUCCEED. MY PLAN WILL GIVE US A NINETY-FOUR PERCENT CHANCE OF VICTORY, BZZT."
"Don't get cocky. That was what happened to some people when they were fighting against zombies." Marowak warned.
"Zombies are nothing more than a fiction from folklore and legend." Leavanny stated.
Marowak glared sideways at Leavanny as him and his team started walking toward the mountain. Once realizing someone was missing, Azumarill turned around to see Xatu remained still - staring at the sun.
"A-are you coming, Xatu?" Azumarill asked.
Hearing Azumarill's voice, Xatu blinked and then slowly craned her neck toward Azumarill. "Yes, I am."
Azelf watched his team walking toward the mountain. He then turned back to the camera, smiling.
"On this hottest day ever, how will our campers fare against the heat? Will their sculpture secure them a win? Will anything start to boil other than this heat? Find out after the break on Total! Pokemon! Alphabet!"
He wiped off the sweat from his forehead. "Hoo! Man, I'd better get the air conditioner before I start frying like an egg!"
That concludes part one of this episode! Unlike last time, the end of the challenge and the elimination will appear in the next chapter.