Total Burst Island

by Roran the Zoroark

What do you do, when an ambitious host and his partner in crime puts together 36 contestants with , a Serial Killer, a Hunter, a Queen, a Giant, and many more contestants of all species and out there personalities in one island? The most action packed, eventful, dramatic show that will ever be made in history. Join Burst and his best friend Cog, as they try to do the impossible.

3. The Mythic Maze

Hello everyone! Roran's back with another chapter! Sorry this one took so long, I actually finished way sooner but had ta wait for me 2 editors ta finish.

Yes I did say two, don't ask me why it's best if ya just go along with it.

Anyways, a lot of changes and fixes has been made thanks ta xLittletail and Mr. Anonymous (That's not the real name but he just doesn't want his name out in the public)

Now, lets get on with the episode shall we?!

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Late one night, Burst, Cog, Harrison, and the interns were all tired. They had just finished construction on the new challenge.

"Holy hell, that was a lot of work." Spike huffed.

"For once, I agree with you." Pearl replied, her harsher tone unnoticeable due to her own exhaustion.

"Oh come on guys, I thought it was pretty horrible!" Doc shouted happily.

Cog looked at the finished project, then to Burst. "So, now that we're done. What else do we need to do?"

Burst looked at the finished project with a determined look. "Now, we unleash the monster inside of it."

"Monster? What Pokemon could possibly be a match for thirty six contestants?" Cog asked.

"No, not a Pokemon…Something else entirely." Burst said, before he snapped his fingers, opening a wormhole inside the finished project.

All anyone could hear were snorts and loud bellows of anger. They may not have been able to see it, but they knew they didn't want to go anywhere near this monster, as the interns glanced at one another in fear.

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It was the day after their first challenge, and everybody was just lounging around, doing their own thing.

Golurk was still on ground level, having just awoken from its slumber. He looked around and spotted Mimikyu, sleeping on its shoulder. The automaton looked happy, as it softly poked her on top of the head.

Mimikyu blinked open her eyes sleepily, before looking up at Golurk. She smiled, "Morning, Golurk."

Golurk made it's usual deep response, but in a happy tone.

"So, do you have any plans for today?" Mimikyu asked.

Golurk made a thoughtful pose as he had an epiphany. Golurk placed Mimikyu in its right hand and stood up.

"Golurk?" Mimikyu asked.

Golurk looked up before jumping; its legs extracting into its waist as they were propelled up into the sky like a rocket.

"Wooaaah!" Mimikyu cried.

Golurk started flying around the island, seeing all the sights. He glanced over at Mimikyu, seeing her laughing. "This… Is… Awesome!"

Golurk began to feel a tinge of happiness, and flew once more, doing some tricks in the sky. Mimikyu only continued to laugh; it was indeed amazing.

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Burst had just woken up as he left his trailer. He had a cup of coffee in his hand and looked up, "Ah, such a beautiful day."

Out of nowhere, Burst saw Golurk and Mimikyu fly through the air, until disappearing just as fast before he knew it.

"..." Burst turned his cup upside down and spilled all the coffee onto the ground. Burst then went back into his cabin and closed the door.

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Golurk finished its trip with Mimikyu, and slowly landed back to where it was before. Its feet re-extended, allowing him to land softly. He saw that Mimikyu's rag was a little ruffled, but she laughed regardless, "That was so awesome! You're so amazing, Golurk!"

Golurk made a deep noise in a happy way once again, looking happy. Mimikyu finally calmed down and hugged Golurk, "Thank you…For being here with me. You have no idea how much I needed a friend like you 'till now."

Golurk looked at Mimikyu, and placed its arm around her, as if hugging back.

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Mimikyu giggles, "If I can bring Golurk to where I live, all the other Pokemon back at home will be so jealous."

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Cog was in Burst's trailer, reading a newspaper, Until he saw Burst come back inside the main room.

"I thought you went out." Cog presumed.

"I saw…Something. Anyways, I'm back. So let's go check on the ratings, shall we?" Burst asked.

Before Cog could reply, Burst rushed to his computer to check the ratings.

Burst laughed. "Would you look at that?! 1,167 Pokemon watched the show! We already reached the thousands!"

"Well, it sounds like Platinum is more possible than we think." Cog assured.

"Oh you bet my little space friend! Now, let's prepare for our next challenge!" Burst shouted, as he ran out of the trailer.

Cog chuckled and went back to his reading, "Five more minutes."

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Sableye was walking around the treetop cabins, looking down from below. He was recovering well from the ambush that happened to him last night. That weird Spiritomb gave him…Something. But he didn't question it.

Sableye was walking until he stopped and widened his crystal eyes. He saw Shelgon, at the edge of a platform, looking down.

"Hey Shelgon, what are you doing?" Sableye asked, a little worried of what the answer might be.

"Just checking how far the fall is." Shelgon replied.

"And why is that?" Sableye asked.

Shelgon didn't reply yet, all he did was take a lot of steps back, as if preparing himself.

"So that I'll know when to fly!" Shelgon shouted, as he starting running to the edge and jumped off.

Sableye's eyes were now very wide with shock. "What?!"

Sableye rushed to the edge and saw Shelgon going down…Down…Down…Until-

CRASH!

Shelgon hit the ground hard.

Sableye looked down in worry. "Shelgon! Are you alright?!"

After a few seconds, Shelgon got up and smiled at Sableye. "Don't worry my friend! This shell can take almost any punishment! This fall was nothing!"

"..." Sableye was speechless.

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Sableye grasped onto the sides of his head, "Yep, I'm going to die here."

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Corsola had just woken up. She smiled as she got up from her bed. She was planning to spend some time with Araquanid, maybe get to know him better and start off from there.

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Mareanie had just awoken as well, annoyed at the irking feeling that was still bubbling inside her. While Mareanie really, really didn't want to leave, she did…Just to make sure that Corsola wasn't with Araquanid.

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Corsola smiled, "I can't wait to meet up with Araquanid again. Hopefully we can get to know each other more than just him saving me."

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Mareanie groaned, "Ugh! I still have this…This feeling! What is it?! Whatever it is, it's bothering me and I have to do something about it. Maybe Araquanid can-" Mareanie stopped herself and blushed, "Ah! Why did I say that?!"

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Araquanid was walking near the lake, admiring the scenery. "Wow...This place, it's quite beautiful." He looked down at the water, watching the fish swim by rapidly.

Araquanid walked a bit further before sitting down to relax. Suddenly, a huge figure emerged from the water; a Kingler was readying to attack Araquanid!

The water spider blinked. "Well, this can't be good."

The Kingler lurched forward, preparing a Guillotine attack. "Oh dear…" Araquanid sighed before counter-attacking. "Liquidation!"

BOOM!

An explosion sounded at the lake, and then…Silence.

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Araquanid shook his head. "Poor soul…Didn't deserve such a fate..."

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Corsola eventually found Araquanid near the lake, and she smiled as she approached him, "Hey, Araquanid."

Araquanid smiled at Corsola, "Hello, Corsola. I see you found me."

"Yeah, I kinda did." Corsola said, sitting next to the water spider. "So, whatcha doing here?"

"I like being around peaceful places such as this. It's so beautiful here and really relaxing, you know?" Araquanid asked.

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean." Corsola said, joining him in his relaxation time.

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"Wow… Araquanid's such a great guy. He's so nice and I can see that he loves nature." Corsola now blushes, "Just my type of guy..."

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Mareanie had managed to navigate her way through the forest until she came across the lake, only to find Araquanid and Corsola sitting together, chatting and laughing away. Mareanie growled, furious as she left the area.

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"Ahh! What the hell is wrong with me?!" Mareanie took a deep breath to calm herself down before sighing. "On one hand; I know I can't trust anyone, especially that host. But…That spider just makes me feel…Off. I don't know why he makes me feel that way, but…I don't hate it." She huffed, "But then, on the other hand; seeing that stupid rock with him pisses me off and I don't know why! The only time I feel like this is when she's with Araquanid…It's like I don't want her to be with Araquanid, but I don't know why! What is it about Araquanid that's making me feel like this?! Ahhhh! I wish I knew! One thing's for sure, I do not want Araquanid to be with her. I'd rather feel the unusually good feeling than deal with this questionable rage, any day!"

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Goodra, Galvantula, and Lurantis were hanging out in the forest, chatting away to each other. Corsola was supposed to be joining them, but the rock-type was a bit busy at the moment. Despite Corsola being on the opposite team, that didn't change their status as friends.

"So, you're training with Marowak? Goodra asked Lurantis. "That's so cool!"

"It's nothing, really… It's just to make sure I don't get destroyed in this competition… like Luxray." Lurantis explained.

Goodra frowned, crossing her arms at the mention of the electric lion. "Luxray… I still don't like what he did to Archeops; that was way too cruel."

"S-S-Speaking of Archeops, d-d-didn't you invite her along t-t-too?" Galvantula asked.

"I did, but she was busy; but I don't mind, really." Goodra replied.

Eventually, Corsola joined the trio.

"There you are, Corsola; what took you so long?" Goodra asked.

"Oh, I was just… hanging out with Araquanid." Corsola admitted, a hint of a blush appearing on her face.

"Araquanid? Uh-oh… that's not good." Lurantis frowned.

"What? Why? I don't see anything wrong with it." Goodra asked.

"It's bad because… Mareanie also likes Araquanid." Lurantis explained.

Corsola's eyes widened. "What- Mareanie likes Araquanid too?!"

"H-H-How do you know that? Mareanie's on the opposite team." Galvantula questioned.

Lurantis shrugged. "I'm… invisible to most Pokemon; which is sad to say… but it means that Pokemon tend to talk to themselves… even if I'm around. You wouldn't believe how many times that happens…"

"Oh… well, I wouldn't mind Mareanie." Goodra reassured Corsola. "She can't really do much to you while Araquanid is around, so you'll be fine."

"I know, but still…" Corsola said.

Lurantis noticed how long she'd it'd been and got up. "Well, I'd better go. I have to start training today."

"G-G-Good luck Lurantis." Galvantula said, with their other two friends wishing her luck as well.

Lurantis curtsied, before leaving the group to go find Marowak.

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Corsola was looking terrifed, "Mareanie likes Araquanid too?! I'm so dead!"

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Archeops was flying around the island, taking things easy. Her time on the island had been good, considering not much had happened to her so far; other than her usual bad luck and that incident with Luxray.

Speaking of Luxray, she didn't understand why he was so aggressive towards others. Something bad must have happened to him to make him like he is, right?

While Archeops was deep in thought, she didn't notice the flock of Pelipper flying straight at her.

By the time Archeops noticed the flock… it was too late. She was swarmed as the flock slammed into her, knocking her down to the island.

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Luxray had just left his cabin and was taking a stroll through the treetops. Thank Arceus, no one was around at the moment… or so he thought.

"WATCH OUT!" A voice called out from above.

"What the-?" Luxray questioned, looking upwards.

The electric lion widened his eyes, reacting far too late as Archeops crashed into him.

' The dust settled to reveal Archeops on top of Luxray, the latter of who was groaning in pain.

Luxray quickly regained his senses, growling at Archeops.

The bird chuckled nervously. "Heh… Sorry about that."

Luxray didn't care for her apologies as he used Discharge on the poor rock-type.

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Archeops sighed, injuries visible throughout her body, "Why does life hate me?"

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Luxray growled, "I am going to roast that bird alive if she ever comes near me again!"

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Krueger was climbing up a tree until he came across a rather large branch. He made his way onto the branch and sat down.

Krueger looked down; he could see the entire campgrounds from here, including the tree cabins a little far off the campgrounds.

This was perfect for him for two reasons. One; it let him spy on all the other competitors, who was interacting with who, which Pokemon grouped up together. He could find out the many strengths and weaknesses of his fellow competitors.

But there was a second reason why he climbed up the tree all by himself; to isolate himself from the rest of the competitors. Krueger had an urge… an urge to kill. So far, he'd managed to suppress the urges, but that didn't make them go away. So, he's decided to keep to himself up here to make sure he doesn't kill anyone. But that won't be able to help him forever; eventually, the urge will be far too strong for him to control.

But Krueger wasn't worried about that right now, he was busy spying on the other Pokemon. To be more specific, he was spying on Doublade. Ever since yesterday, and what Doublade said about him being a serial killer, he was keeping an eye on the ghost-type. He didn't like that pair-of-swords one bit; there was just something off about him, and Krueger needed to know why.

Doublade was simply floating around… until he stopped.

Krueger didn't know why Doublade stopped, as there was nobody around him.

Krueger found out why when Doublade turned around and looked right at Krueger. Doublade gave the bug-type a bored wave before floating away.

Krueger widened his eyes in surprise.

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Krueger tapped his chin, "He knew exactly where I was, huh? Well, that doesn't matter; there's thirty five other Pokemon to spy on. The more I know about them and the less they know about me, the better."

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Doublade shook his head, "Please, like that serial killer can ever get the jumps on me. It's so sad, I almost pity him…Almost."

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Honchkrow flew up to the top of his cabin and peered at the sky. He extended his wings, letting them flutter a bit, before taking flight.

He soared through the morning sky, gaining altitude.

He didn't care if his wings grew tired or his lungs gave him trouble, he refused to quit flying.

Eventually, the dark-type bird did reach his limit. And when he did, he raised his right wing up in what seemed like an attempt to grab something... but it was just out of reach.

Honchkrow sighed before flying back down to the island.

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Honchkrow admired the tips of his wing, "Still out of my reach… It feels quite closer this time…I just have to try harder…I just need that push, is all."

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Vespiquen was laying near her cabin, smoking her morning cigarette. She noticed, in the distance, something flying high in the air.

She eyed the object in the distance before shaking her head and taking another drag, only to be interrupted.

"Hey there." Mawile greeted with a short wave as she approached the queen bee.

Vespiquen glanced at Mawile and rolled her eyes. "What do you want?"

Mawile frowned at the bee's tone. "I don't want anything, except to say hello. You don't seem to have any friends here."

"And what makezz you think I want any friendzz?" Vespiquen asked coldly.

"Oh, come one; everybody needs at least one friend. Do you really want to go through this whole competition without anyone by your side?" Mawile asked with concern.

Vespiquen got close to her face. "Yezz." She said before blowing a puff of smoke into Mawile's face, making her cough. "Now leave me alone."

Mawile caught her breath and frowned, but obliged.

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"Did…Did I do something wrong? I didn't mean to upset Vespiquen…" Mawile sighed.

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Vespiquen laid back against the wall and sighed. Eventually, Honchkrow flew down and landed right in front of her.

Vespiquen blinked with surprise, but quickly regained her composure and glared at the dark-type bird. "Wazz it nezzezzary to make zzuch a big entranzze?"

Honchkrow adjusted his hat before smiling at the bug. "Not at all, old sport. I simply needed a place to land, is all."

Vespiquen rolled her eyes. "Right… Now, could you go away?"

Honchkrow instead walked closer to Vespiquen. "Now, now, why are you always in such a lousy mood with me. I have given you nothing but kindness, after all."

"I care very little for your kindnezz." Vespiquen buzzed. "Now zzcram."

"Being like this shall get you nowhere in this game, old sport. I hope you realize that before it's too late… I sincerely do." Honchkrow said, before he flew away.

Vespiquen watched Honchkrow go before laying back against the wall and sighing, this time sadly.

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Vespiquen scoffed in annoyance, "I can already feel thizz becoming quite taxing. But I have to keep zztrong; I don't want to get booted anytime zzoon."

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Honchkrow shook his head, before staring at the camera, "I hope she takes at least some of my advice to heart. It would be quite a shame if she got eliminated early due to her mood towards the rest of the people here. Not everyone is as observant and forgiving as I am."

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In the bathroom, Nidoking, Toxicroak, and Malamar were all waiting outside the stalls for Darmanitan to finish his business.

Nidoking knocked on the stall door. "Hey, Darmanitan! What's taking so long?"

"Just give me a second, bro, I'm almost done!" Darmanitan shouted from inside the stall.

"This is preposterous! How can a Pokemon take this long? This is a question that must be answered by SCIENCE!" Malamar shouted.

"You wanna know how long I've been waiting here Malamar? The sun was starting to rise when I got here." Toxicroak said, with his entire body shaking.

A few seconds later, the sound of the toilet flushing was heard and Darmanitan came out with his suitcase. "There… finally finished."

Before Nidoking could go in, Toxicroak pushed Nidoking and got in before he could react. "Hey! Come on 'mon! This is messed up!" Nidoking shouted.

"That's street rules for ya, Nidoking!" Toxicroak shouted from inside the stall.

Malamar noticed Darmanitan had his suitcase with him while he was in the stall. "Darmanitan, would you explain why you brought your suitcase with you… to the bathroom."

Darmanitan took a while to look down at his suitcase and nervously chuckle. "Sorry bro… I just like to have my stuff where I can see it, that's all."

Darmanitan then slowly left the stalls, as the two were waiting for Toxicroak to finish. When he did, Malamar tried to push Nidoking and slide in the stall but-

"Oh no! That's not happening a second time!" Nidoking shouted, as he grabbed Malamar and threw him all the way out of the bathroom.

"Aaaaah!" Malamar shouted as he slammed into a tree before falling into the bushes.

Malamar groaned. "Well… at least there's no one in these bushes… Ow."

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Galvantula had left her friends a while ago to head back to the campgrounds. She paused her movement as she spotted Diggersby in the bushes.

Seeing her rabbit friend hiding, Galvantula grew curious and went to him. "H-H-Hey Diggersby, what're you doing?"

Diggersby saw Galvantula and quickly grabbed her. He shushed at her before she could panic again. "Quiet, I'm hiding from the enemy."

"W-W-What enemy?" Galvantula whispered.

Diggersby used his ear hands to point at Blaziken at his tree cabin. "That's our enemy."

Diggersby brought out a pie in his ear hand. "I have this pie here to throw at him, but I'm trying to make sure I don't miss. I only have one shot."

"Hmm, I-I-I can help. My eyes can see pretty far." Galvantula said.

Diggersby grinned. "Nice, now quick, help me aim this pie before it's too late."

Galvantula nodded and Diggersby started aiming.

"A little to the left." Galvantula advised.

Diggersby aimed more to the left.

"Aim more upwards." Galvantula said.

Diggersby rose his hand a little bit.

"Steady….steady….FIRE!" Galvantula shouted.

Diggersby nodded and threw the pie at very high speeds.

Blaziken looked at the scenery and sighed happily. "Sometimes, it's worth it to just stop working, and just look at the beautiful scenery, so relaxing."

Then suddenly, a pie just landed right in his face.

Diggersby and Galvantula saw that and laughed together.

"..." Blaziken's face started steaming as he quickly cleaned up his face. His face was red hot. "WHO THREW THAT?!"

Diggersby and Galvantula quickly stopped laughing, as Diggersby covered both Galvantula's and his mouths.

But the attempt to be unnoticed failed, as Blaziken saw the two pranksters from afar. "I'M GOING TO ROAST YOU TWO ON AN OPEN CAMPFIRE WHEN I CATCH YOU TWO!"
"Quick! Initiate Plan R!" Diggersby shouted.

"W-W-What's Plan R?!" Galvantula asked.

Diggersby grabbed Galvantula and started running away with her. "RUN AWAY! RUN FAR AWAY AND DON'T LOOK BACK!"

The two were running away as Blaziken got down to the ground and started chasing after them.

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Galvantula was panting, until she finally calmed down. "W-W-Wow…That…Was actually really fun! T-T-That was the most fun I've had here! And it's only day t-t-two! D-D-Diggersby sure knows how to have a fun time."

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Diggersby was panting, until he calmed down. "I think…I think I lost him."

Suddenly, there was banging on the confessional door.

"DIGGERSBY! I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE!" Blaziken shouted.

Diggersby gulped, "Umm, Diggersby isn't here right now. Leave a message after the beep….Beep."

The banging got even louder.

Diggersby screamed, "NO WAIT! I'M JUST A POOR LITTLE BUNNELBY! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!"
The door crashed open and screaming was heard until the camera glitched out.

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Lurantis was going around the forest, looking for someone. She stopped when she found a small clearing, with Marowak in the center, meditating.

"You're late." Marowak simply said, while still meditating.

"Sorry…. I had to meet with my friends first." Lurantis said.

Marowak opened her eyes, went to Lurantis, and bonked her on the head with her thick club.

"Oh… what was that for?" Lurantis asked, rubbing her head.

"Training is a serious matter, when I say a specific time, you should be here on the dot, no one hour after, thirty minutes after, or even one minute after, on the dot. That especially means cutting time for your 'chit chat'. Do I make myself clear?" Marowak asked.

Lurantis nodded. "Yes Marowak, sorry."

Marowak was giving her a serious look, until she said. "I shouldn't be so hard on you, it's only your first day, but I don't want it to happen again, let's begin."

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Lurantis heaved, "Wow...This is a lot more than what I signed up for…But I made a decision and now I have to stick to it... No matter what happens next."

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Marowak: "I have to teach that girl discipline, before I can do anything else with her. She needs to know that there are rules and you must uphold to them to keep a willed mind."

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Up on a really high cliff, Garchomp and Shedinja had paragliders strapped onto them. Today was the day they were going to paraglide.

"Alright Shedinja, everything's ready, ready to have some fun?!" Garchomp asked.

"Sure, let's go with that." Shedinja dryly replied.

"Alright, on a count of three, we jump off this cliff and start paragliding. One...two…..three!"

Garchomp rushed and jumped off, screaming in joy as she went

While Shedinja on the other hand had to pull the paraglide, since it was actually heavier than he was. After a while, Shedinja finally fell off the cliff and let the paraglide his movements.

Garchomp was having the time of her life, swinging around back and forth with the wind on her shoulders.

"This is amazing! What do you think Shedinja?!" Garchomp asked.

Shedinja though was just paragliding calmly. No excitement, no thrill, all he did was giving a deadpan look.

Shedinja looked around and noticed there were sharp rocks along the way… he started heading straight towards them.

Garchomp saw where Shedinja was heading for and widened her eyes. "Shedinja! Look out!"

But Shedinja didn't care, it's what he wanted the whole time.

But before Shedinja got to the rocks, a giant gust of wind pushed him upwards, just out of danger from the rocks.

Garchomp saw that and sighed with relief. "Wow, that was close."

"..." Shedinja didn't say anything, but he didn't look happy.

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Shedinja stared at the camera, "... Dammit."

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Froslass saw Galvantula sat on a log in the campgrounds, just sitting there. She didn't care though, all she needed was to get something out of that knight.

Froslass took off her ribbon and threw it in some random direction. She then went to Gallade with a fake concerned look. "Hey Gallade, can you help me find my ribbon? I can't find it anywhere."

Gallade simply looked at Froslass and got up. "... Sure, that doesn't seem to be a problem."

Froslass smiled. "Thanks. I think it's somewhere over here."

Froslass led Gallade to the area where she dropped her ribbon and was pretending to look for it.

Froslass noticed Gallade was carefully looking around the area, trying to feel the softness of the ribbon. She didn't know why Gallade was searching like that, but it didn't really matter to her.

Eventually though, Gallade did find the ribbon and turned to Froslass. "Here's your ribbon."

Froslass smiled, grabbed the ribbon, and hugged Gallade. "Thank you so much! I've been looking everywhere for it!"

"You're welcome Froslass." Gallade said, not returning the hug.

Froslass noticed that and frowned. She broke the hug and left with her ribbon.

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Froslass sighed. "Still nothing, what do I have to do here? I'm trying every trick in the book, and nothing?!" Froslass groaned and hit her head on the side of the confessional. "This guy will be the death of me."

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Gallade pondered to himself, "Froslass seemed sad after she hugged me. But I don't know why though. I did help her, right?"

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Varx was at the beach, just looking out in the ocean. He sighed as he just sat there.

"Feeling homesick?" Delibird asked, walking towards him to sit beside him.

Varx looked at Delibird, before looking back at the ocean. "I'm not even going to ask how you knew that, but yeah, I am."

"Well, you ain't going anywhere feeling like that, why don't you go spend some time with the other campers?" Delibird suggested.

"I feel like I don't belong. Back where I lived, Sharpedos were feared among many." Varx replied.

"Varx, we have a serial killer, a queen, a hunter, and a giant. If there's one thing I know, is that feeling like you don't belong is the one thing you shouldn't feel. Come on, go over there and have some fun. This is a new start for you, so don't waste it by sulking." Delibird advised with a kind smile.

"... Yeah, you're right. I'll… I'll go now. Thanks for the advice, even though you're a little strange." Varx said, going to the campgrounds.

Delibird looked at the ocean and chuckled. "Yeah, I get that alot."

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Varx sighed, before growling, "That snowbird's right, I can't sulk for what happened back at Hanakala Island. But I swear, if something makes me regret this decision, I'm having some Delibird for dinner."

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Cacturne was walking along the tree cabins, looking for her shark friend. Well, she doesn't know if Varx considers her a friend, but it can't hurt to hope.

Cacturne walked around, but she saw something that made her curious. She saw a hole in a tree that seems to be carved out. Cacturne went inside to find Banette had his own private room, with a mirror helping him tailor a purple suit with dark stripes, fit for his size.

"Hey Banette, whatcha doing?" Cacturne asked.

Banette turned around and grinned at Cacturne. "Ah, hello sweetie. I'm making myself a nice suit."

"Ohh, looks nice." Cacturne awed, going to Banette to touch the suit.

But Banette slapped Cacturne's hand away. "No touching. Mine!"

Cacturne pouted and crossed her arms. "But I want a suit."

"Hmm, if you can behave then maybe I'll make one for you." Banette replied.

Cacturne squealed and gave Banette a tight hug. "Oh thank you Banette!"

Banette laughed a little, while Cacturne was confused. "Huh? Why aren't you in pain?"

"Oh Missy, you ain't getting anything out of me. I'm impervious to pain." Banette replied.

"Ooooh, that's really cool!" Cacturne shouted, as she lets go of Banette. "Hey Banette, can we be friends? I don't have any yet and I would love a friend like you."

Banette grinned and reached his hand out to Cacturne. "Well why not? Let's be friends."

Cacturne squealed again and shook Banette's hand vigorously. "Yay! I have a friend!"

Banette let go and shook his head. "Haha, you definitely have a lot of energy. Now run along now, I have work to do."

Cacturne nodded and rushed on out, while Banette went back to tailoring his suit.

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Cacturne squealed, "Yay! I have a new friend! I'm so happy! Well, not as happy to see someone in pain, but still happy nonetheless!"

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Banette cackles, "Well, someone needs to help me bring joy to everyone. So a sadist like Cacturne would be perfect for the job!"

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Delphox was hosting a little magic show, with Corsola, Mawile, Mimikyu and her friend Golurk watching.

Delphox went to Mimikyu and pulled out a coin out of her ear. Mimikyu giggled and clapped. "Wow! What a great trick."

The rest clapped, even Golurk, whose hands made an echo every time he clapped.

Delphox bowed, until-

"Oh please, that wasn't magic." Malamar said, interrupting the magic show.

Delphox folded her arms. "Oh really? Then how did I get the coin?"

Malamar chuckled and brought out a device attached to his wrist. "Teleportation of course. You teleported the coin in your hands to only fool everyone that it's magic. Now witness everyone! As I teleport a coin in my hands as well, in the name of SCIENCE!"

Malamar teleports a coin in his hands and grins. "Ha! Told you Magic is fake!"

"Hey! Who took my money!" Blaziken shouted.

Soon after, Blaziken came by, took his coin, and kicked Malamar in the gut, making him fall to the ground and groan in pain.

Delphox chuckled. "Oh yes, you definitely proved me right Mr. Science."

Malamar just groaned in pain as a response.

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Mimikyu giggled, "Hee hee! That was funny! That Magician showed that Science guy who's boss! Score one for Magic!"

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Delphox chuckled. "That Scientist is very determined to bring me wrong. But when will he learn? Magic exist everywhere, it's not a thing to be proven wrong." She shrugs. "Oh well, more pain for him I guess."

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Malamar was still groaning in pain. "I… may be hurt now…. But I won't give up…. I will prove Magic to be fake…. In the name of SCIENCE!... Ow."

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Riktar was laying on a tree, watching a tree cabin from above. He's been waiting for Blaziken to finish talking to Lopunny and leave. He wants to at least talk to Lopunny, there's only a few moments he can with them being in opposite teams and all.

Riktar saw Blaziken leave and smiled, perfect. Once the coast was clear, Riktar started climbing up the tree. He was planning to climb up the tree stealthily and meet Lopunny above.

When Riktar made it to the edge of the platform and starting getting up, he saw Blaziken looking down at him.

"Riktar, what do you think you're doing here?" Blaziken asked, folding his arms.

Riktar nervously chuckled. "Just wanted to get some exercise. I'm a hunter after all."

"Really? Exercising? Well, you won't mind if I do this then?" Blaziken asked, kicking Riktar square in the face and causing him to fall.

"...aaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Riktar shouted, falling closer and closer, until he crashed into the ground. "...I'm okay."

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"Damn, well there goes that plan." Riktar took out some twigs off his hat.

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Blaziken folds his arms, "If that hedgehog gets anywhere close to the tree cabins again, I'll do more than just kick him off the edge."

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Meowstic was in his cabin, just reading a book, waiting. It was a while before Mawile and Malamar entered the cabin.

Meowstic closed his book and sighed. "We can't be meeting here like this. Someone's going to find out about us."

"Well, it's not like we can just go to the forest. You also don't want some random Pokemon eavesdropping on us if we did it there." Mawile pointed out.

"I'm telling you, if you just let me make a secret lair for us to discuss about our alliance., we wouldn't have this problem." Malamar said.

Meowstic hit Malamar's leg with his cane. "First off, don't call it a lair, it makes us sound evil. Second, you can go build one yourself if you really want to. Because there's no way I'm getting anywhere near you when it comes to Science."

"So, what do we do first?" Mawile asked.

Meowstic got up and went to look out the window. "Well, we choose a certain individual and learn about them. See what their ticks are, and to see if they're a dangerous threat to take care of."

"As long as we're doing it for good, then I'm okay with that." Mawile said.

"We should choose the Magician first. To prove her Magic is truly fake." Malamar suggested.

"As much as I want to do that, no. Delphox is a valuable asset to the team. Whether her magic is real or not, she's not a huge threat to us as of right now." Meowstic replied.

Malamar just huffed and crosses his arms as a reply.

Meowstic looks out the window more, until he decided. "No, the first Pokemon we'll look at is… Araquanid."

"Araquanid? Why him?" Mawile asked.

"I concur with Mawile, why the water spider?" Malamar asked.

"Hear me out, sure he's a great guy. But, I can tell he's hiding something else. Isn't it weird that when you walk around him, you can feel very small tremors from the ground?" Meowstic asked.

"Actually, I do feel that for some reason." Mawile admitted.

"And he's not a Ground Type, so he doesn't have control over the ground to cause tremors." Malamar pointed out.

"So, either Araquanid is heavier than Golurk, or… he's a lot stronger than Pokemon think." Meowstic confirmed.

"Wow… that's a little scary to think about." Mawile said.

Meowstic turned to Mawile and Malamar. "Mawile, Malamar, I want you two to get as much info as you can. See how strong he really is, and see if he's a potential threat to us. And I don't care how you do it, just don't do anything stupid. I'm talking about you Malamar."

Malamar raised his hands in defense. "Since when have I ever done something stupid?"

Meowstic gave Malamar a look, which made Malamar nervously chuckle.

"Now, are we ready to start the investigation?" Meowstic asked.

The two both nodded. "Yes."

"Well, then get to it. We only have so much time before another challenge starts." Meowstic requested.

The two went out the cabin as Meowstic looked back at the mirror. "Meanwhile, I have my own target to investigate.

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Mawile's eyes were wide in surprise, "Wow, this alliance got way more real than I thought it would. But that doesn't mean it'll scare me away. I'm up for the challenge!"

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Malamar scoffed, "Pfft, me committing something stupid?! Preposterous! I'll go show Meowstic what I can really do! Then he'll fully appreciate the power of SCIENCE!"

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It was a while before everyone went to the cafeteria to eat lunch. Even Pokemon like Krueger and Luxray went to the cafeteria. They may not be the most social butterflies, but they still have to eat.

Sableye chose to sit by Doublade in a table. "Hey Doublade, can I ask a question." Sableye asked.

"Hmm? Alright, you may ask your question." Doublade said.

"How do you eat? Since you have no mouth." Sableye asked.

"Ah, that's an easy one. I steal your soul and use it as food." Doublade calmly replied.

Sableye looked at Doublade, until he nervously laughed. "Hah, that's a good one Doublade. I mean, you're kidding….right?"

"... Sure." Doublade simply replied.

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Sableye looked worried, "I mean….He was kidding….Right?"

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Doublade was just calmly whistling.

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Mimikyu was carrying two plates and sat them down on a table. She then started eating from both plates.

"Um, Mimikyu, you do know you're allowed to only have one plate of food right?" Archeops asked.

"I know, but Golurk's letting me have its plate. He doesn't mind really." Mimikyu replied, happily eating her food.

"Wow that's very nice of him." Toxicroak said. "So is it okay with you if I can eat some of your food?"

Right after Toxicroak asked the question, Golurk lowered himself to see Toxicroak from the opening of the cafeteria, just staring at the frog.

Nidoking felt the tension and nudged Toxicroak. "If you want to live, you might wanna tell Mimikyu you were only kidding."

"...Right, I was just joking really. I have my own plate of food right here, no harm no foul." Toxicroak assured.

Golurk looked at Toxicroak, before it got back up and went away.

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Toxicroak sat in the confessional in a terrified position, "That moment right there, was one of few moments in my life where I felt death staring me right in the phone…Note to self, don't piss off the giant."

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Delibird sat at a table and started eating, what he noticed was that Meowstic came and sat by him as well.

"Well well, nice to see you again." Delibird greeted.

"I think you and I both know why I came to greet you again." Meowstic said, while he started eating his food.

"Come on Meowstic, if it was the time to give you your present, I would've given it to you by now." Delibird replied.

"You think I care about a simple present? No, I'm not petty." Meowstic said.

"No, I don't think you're petty. But I do know is that you're curious." Delibird corrected.

"Yeah, I'm pretty curious alright." Meowstic said, using his cane to point at Delibird's bag. "I'm especially curious of how you know present to give to each Pokemon. Seems a little suspicious don't you think?"

Delibird chuckled. "Meowstic, there's nothing to be suspicious about. I assure you I'm not a bad guy."

"... Yeah, you're right about that. But that doesn't mean you aren't suspicious. Now for the real question, what do you mean by it's not my time yet? What will be the time for my "present"? Or do you even have one?" Meowstic asked.

"I have one for you Meowstic, a present that you will need when you're at your lowest. A present that will remind you of who you are." Delibird replied.

"... That has got to be the most convoluted answer I have ever heard in my life." Meowstic said.

"Just trust me on this, you'll get your present. Just have faith is all." Delibird assured.

"Faith is for Pokemon who don't do things for themselves. I'm not a 'mon to believe in something that isn't there, I'm a 'mon who gets it done and expects things to happen by my own doing." Meowstic replied.

"Well, then I guess you just have to wait then." Delibird said, which made Meowstic grumble and continue eating his food.

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Meowstic gave the camera a questioning look, "Faith? My time? Presents? Who is this guy? Santa Claus?"

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Delibird just chuckled.

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Meowstic saw Mawile enter the cafeteria, but not Malamar.

"Mawile, where's Malamar? You two are supposed to start this investigation together." Meowstic said.

"He said he won't be back for a while. Something to do with and I quote, 'A better future, in the name of SCIENCE!'" Mawile quoted.

"..." Meowstic face palmed. "Arceus dammit Malamar."

A little while, Araquanid entered the cafeteria, and Meowstic saw that. "Mawile, forget Malamar right now, the investigation starts now." Meowstic said.

"Oh my, right now? Well, alright, here goes nothing." Mawile said, going to Araquanid.

Doublade was humming to himself quietly, when he saw two things happen. One, Araquanid entered the cafeteria, and two, two females both noticed and looked at the water spider for quite a while, two certain water type contestants.

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Doublade chuckled, "You have got to be kidding me. No, I mean it, you have got to be kidding me. Oh this is just too easy. I see a love triangle. Well, I don't know why it's called a love triangle really, more like two lines meeting one point. Not like the females like each other or anything. But I digress, love triangles are the easiest groups to manipulate. All you have to do is tell the two girls, guys, whatever, to tell them the other wants them gone. Based out of fear, they will be forced to do anything, including actually eliminating the other, just to keep their mutual crush. And I don't have to do anything after that. All I have to do next is just sit back, and watch the chaos happen. This will be a good exercise for me before I can do anything major. But the only question that's in my mind right now is how did a love triangle form this quick? Usually these types of relationships come to form later on in the competition." He shrugs, "It doesn't matter, what matters now is that I have work to do. Let's see how this ends."

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"I'll be back." Doublade said to Sableye, before getting up and floating away.

Sableye sighed with relief. "Thank you Arceus."

Doublade first went Corsola, as she was with her friends. Doublade tapped her shoulder and Corsola turned around.

"I have some concerning news for you." Doublade said. "Will it be okay with you if we could go somewhere a little private?"

Corsola turned to her friends, before turning to Doublade. "Sure, I guess."

Doublade took Corsola to a private area of the cafeteria. "Now, I have some troubling news, Mareanie wants you eliminated."

"What?! Why?!" Corsola asked in fear.

Doublade pointed at Mareanie. "She knows of your little crush with Araquanid, and wants you gone, so that she can have him all for herself."

"But, that's so cruel… what should I do?" Corsola asked.

"That's something you have to figure out for yourself, I'm only a messenger. I hope you can figure it out soon though, before Mareanie takes you out." Doublade replied.

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Corsola looked terrified, "Oh no, Mareanie's going to eliminate me. I don't want to get eliminated. I was just starting to get to know Araquanid. I guess the only thing to do is… take her out before she takes me out. It sounds wrong saying it but… it's something I have to do."

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Corsola went back to her group of friends, looking very sad.

"Corsola, what's wrong?" Goodra asked in concern.

"It's… nothing really. I'll be fine." Corsola assured.

Goodra didn't buy it, but she didn't want to pry into Corsola's business, it's her privacy after all.

Doublade went to Mareanie next, who was sitting all by herself in a table0. "Mareanie, I have some troubling news for you."

Mareanie rolled her eyes. "Please, why should I believe a word you say? All I know you're just trying trick me into doing something."

"You don't know the half of it." Doublade thought to himself, but he focused on Mareanie. "It involves Corsola wanting you gone."

"Please, like that's any news to me. I'm obviously not her best friend." Mareanie doubted.

"Well, the reason's way more serious than you think." Doublade revealed.

This now got Mareanie's attention. "Exactly what are you talking about?"

Doublade pointed at Corsola with his right blade."You see her? She knows you have a crush on him." He then pointed at Araquanid.

Mareanie widened her eyes. "What?! What are you talking about?! I don't have a crush on anybody!"

Doublade shrugged. "Well, Corsola thinks so, and that's why she wants you gone. You can choose to believe me or not, I'm just a messenger after all. I hope you choose wisely on your decision though, for your sake."

Doublade left, as Mareanie gave him a glare, but on the inside, she was terrified.

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"Damn it! Corsola wants me gone now? I can't have that! She's the one that needs to be gone! I can't stand this constant irking feeling!" It took a while before Mareanie calmed down and sighed. "Now how the hell am I going to get her eliminated? I'm not exactly the most trustful of Pokemon here. Looks like I have a lot of work to do."

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Doublade shrugged, "Well, my work here is done. Now all I have to do is make sure I don't do poorly on a challenge, and watch them fight to no end. Honestly, the mere thought of them fighting because of my doing almost makes me want to chuckle. Well…Almost."

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Banette soon came to the cafeteria, while wearing his new suit. It was a purple suit with dark stripes and had a purple flower on the left side of chest.

Banette went to sit by Meowstic and chuckled. "Hello there friend."

Meowstic gave Banette a confused look. "Sorry, but you must be mistaking me for someone else. I'm no where near your friend. Now run along to your own team."

"Now why would I do that? You and I have a lot more things in common than anyone in my team." Banette said.

Meowstic glared at Banette. "I have nothing in common with you. For one thing, I'm not delusional, and I don't see you walking around with a cane either."

"But, we both have similar experiences, our very own 'bad days'. I don't know about you, but I think you and I should work together. It'll be very fun for the both of us." Banette offered.

Meowstic rolled his eyes. "There's no way in hell I'm joining you. First off, you're insane, I would never associate myself with illogic crazy Pokemon, no matter how interesting I find them. Two, you're on the opposite team, not going to jeopardize myself for that. And three, you're insane."

"Aww, you're just breaking my heart now." Banette said with fake sadness. He then saw Delibird and quickly grinned again. "Say birdie, got anything for me?"

"Sorry, but I only give presents to good Pokemon." Delibird remarked.

Banette only huffed and crossed his arms as a reply.

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Meowstic was thinking in the confessional. "...What's your game, Banette?

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Mawile sat by Araquanid and smiled at him. "Hey there Araquanid."

Araquanid smiled at Mawile. "Oh hello Mawile, what brings you here? We're on opposite team after all."

"I know, but that doesn't mean I can't just chat with you." Mawile replied.

"Hehe, fair enough." Araquanid agreed.

The two started eating together until Mawile gained the courage to ask some questions.

"Hey Araquanid, I noticed you're a little strong. How strong are you?" Mawile asked curiously.

Araquanid chuckled nervously. "Too strong for my own good."

"Really? As strong as Riktar claims he is?" Mawile asked.

Araquanid saw Riktar Riktar arm wrestling with Diggersby and won, laughing heartedly for his victory. Araquanid then chuckled. "I'm not exactly sure on that, I just know I'm stronger than I should be. Is that a fair enough answer for you?"

"Yeah, I guess so." Mawile replied.

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Mawile sighed, "I didn't get much out of Araquanid. I guess I just have to witness myself how strong he is. That can't be too hard, right?"

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Burst and Cog entered the cafeteria, and saw that most of the contestants were here… most of them anyways.

"Cog, where's Malamar? I don't see a crazed Malamar anywhere." Burst asked.

"Hmm, I don't know. But I could just teleport him with the rest." Cog replied.

"Alright, fair enough. Just make sure to knock him out with the rest." Burst requested, before he brought out a walkie talkie. "Harrison, release the sleeping gas."

Harrison nodded and got out a gas mask, as he pressed a red button.

A lot of contestants didn't notice it, but Meowstic saw Cog put on a gas mask, and since Burst doesn't have a nose…

"... Oh crap." Meowstic muttered.

One by one, all the contestants succumbed to the sleeping gas. Well, except for Banette. But he got shot with a tranq dart that forced him to pass out.

Burst put away his tranq gun and the two hosts came out to see a knocked out Golurk.

"Well, everyone...ish, is knocked out. Let's now take them to the challenge." Burst requested.

"Right, let me go find Malamar real quick." Cog said, teleporting away.

Burst took a look back at the cafeteria. "I hope they'll be okay with what I have in store…"

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A while later, some started to wake up. But they weren't in the cafeteria, there were somewhere else much different.

Banette was the first to wake up and looked around. "Well, we definitely aren't in Kansas anymore."

"What the hell's Kansas?" Mareanie asked, waking up as well.

Banette only cackled as a response.

Shedinja groaned as he woke up. "Dammit… I wanted it to last longer."

Meowstic woke up and saw his cane was a few feets away from him. He groaned. "Dammit."

Meowstic tried getting up, but he collapsed to a nearby wall for support. There was excruciating pain on his right leg. So much pain that it was unbearable.

Meowstic quickly searched and found his small box. He opened it and it was filled with small blue capsules, all labeled "R" on them.

Meowstic took a capsule and swallowed it. After a while, he put the box away and slowly limped his way to his cane without anymore pain. Meowstic grabbed his cane and managed to do all of that without anyone looking.

Blaziken was still asleep, until he woke up and found Diggersby's arm was accidentally placed on him. He growled and threw Diggersby to a wall.

Diggersby groaned. "No no, I'm fine, thanks for asking."

Mimikyu woke up to see Golurk shrunk down a huge bit.

"Golurk, what happened to you? You shrunk down to someone like Blaziken's size." Mimikyu commented.

Golurk started waking up and noticing its shrunken down size. It shrugged, not knowing what happened to itself.

Mimikyu smiled. "Don't worry, you're still my friend, big or small."

Golurk looked happy as it picked up Mimikyu and placed her on its shoulders, no matter if it got smaller or not.

Darmanitan groaned and woke up, but widened his eyes a little when his suitcase wasn't near him.

"Huh? Where did it go?" Darmanitan asked himself.

The fire ape looked around the area… no suitcase.

"Oh dear." Darmanitan muttered. Now he was very worried.

Meowstic walked around and found Malamar. He went to the squid and poked his head with his cane.

Malamar groaned and woke up to see Meowstic above him.

"So, where were you the whole day?" Meowstic asked.

Malamar got up and adjusted his glasses. "Do not worry Meowstic, for I have constructed something that will benefit all three of us. And I've done it at a very quick pace, thanks to SCIENCE!"

Meowstic smacked Malamar's shin with his cane. "I'll see it for myself, but for future cases, try not to yell it out for everyone to hear. That would be the smart thing to do."

Thanks to Malamar yelling out "Science", everyone started waking up at their own pace.

After a while of questioning where they are, they saw a television screen lower down and turned on to reveal Burst and Cog.

"Burst, mind telling us why we were all dragged here?" Honchkrow asked.

"Yes, I can. But first off let me say sorry for shrinking you down again Golurk. You were just too big to be in this place. But at least you still have the same strength as you were a giant." Burst apologized.

Golurk gave Burst a thumbs up, as if saying "It's okay".

"Now you see, this is your first elimination challenge of the season, and it's something that everyone has never seen before. Take a look around you, what do you see?" Burst asked.

Everyone starts looking around. "Um, all I see is walls." Luxray replied.

"Correct, but it's more than just walls. Everyone, you're in a maze." Burst said.

"Burst, I don't know if you noticed, but that's obviously been done before." Mareanie corrected.

"Haha, funny. Cog, wake up our little friend." Burst requested.

Cog teleported away from the screen, but quickly came back. But when he did came back, there was loud bellowing heard somewhere in the maze.

"W-W-What's that?" Galvantula asked in fear.

"That, is something no one in this universe has ever seen before. You've all seen a Tauros I'm sure, but imagine this monster as a bipedal Tauros." Burst explained.

"What… are you talking about?" Vespiquen asked. Even she was scared by what she's hearing.

"I'm talking about… the Minotaur." Burst replied.

Right after Burst said that, another bellow was heard. Only this bellow was a lot louder than the last one.

This legitimately scared a lot of the contestants, including some like Araquanid, Luxray, Varx, Delphox, and even the two leaders, but only a little.

"The Minotaur is half 'mon, half bull. Who can walk like a 'mon, but has the head of a bull. A creature I pulled out from another dimension to use for this challenge. We made this maze to be almost exactly like the one he lives in. Only we added some things here and there. But that didn't stop the Minotaur from adjusting very quickly. He's very strong, maybe even stronger than Golurk." Burst said.

Golurk pointed at itself in like if Burst really meant it. Golurk was now a little surprised by this.

The Chesnaught only laughed though. "Please, it doesn't matter if this bull's stronger than Golurk. He's nowhere strong as the great, Riktar the Hunter!"

"Alright hedgehog, I think the boasting has gone off long enough. As if you're really that strong." Blaziken doubted.

Riktar laughed some more and tipped his hat to Blaziken. "Watch me."

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Meanwhile, something was moving heavily through the maze. It heard a lot of ruckus nearby, so it pounded the wall like there was a hidden trigger.

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The two teams heard some rumbling, until a wall came out of nowhere, separating the one group into their separate two teams.

"What the?! What just happened?!" Toxicroak asked.

"That would be the Minotaur, doing what he does best. Now, for each team, there are three doors in this maze. You need to get through all three doors to escape the maze. In order to get through these doors, you need to find the three keys for each team. When a team member makes it out of the maze, their team receives a point. Now you all may be separated, but make sure none of you go through the wrong door. If you do go through the wrong door, then you'll be eliminated and automatically lose your team a point. You need to do all of this while at the same team avoiding the maze. The team that makes it out of the maze with the most contestants wins the challenge. " Burst explained.

The bellowing got even louder and now closer.

"Well, what are you all waiting for? The challenge starts now!" Burst announced.

It didn't take long for the contestants to quickly scatter in groups and start running.

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Varx deadpanned, "First official elimination challenge, and we're running in a maze, while being chased by a Minotaur. What in Arceus' name have I signed up for?"

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Sableye was signing his Will, before he heard someone shouting about someone stealing their pen. Sableye looked at the pen in his hand and quickly left the area.

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Darmanitan groaned, "I hope we can finish the challenge quickly. My suitcase's probably back at the campgrounds. I don't know how long I'll last without it."

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Riktar triumphantly laughed, "Haha! Please, this bull's nothing! I hunted plenty of bull before! This will be too easy!"

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Blaziken was dragging Lopunny through the maze, taking any turns they go.

"Wait! Shouldn't we at least wait for others to help us?"! Lopunny asked.

"No time! We have a giant Minotaur hunting us! We need to find those keys quick!" Blaziken shouted, while still dragging Lopunny around the maze.

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Lopunny was fixing her fur. "Brother always gets so rough. Can't I just have some time to at least adjust first?"

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Luxray was running around the maze by himself. He made sure to be slower than the rest so that he wouldn't get accidentally paired up with anyone.

He just looked around before running some more, making sure no one was nearby.

Sadly though, Luxray wasn't going to have his peace for long.

"Watch out!" Archeops shouted, as before Luxray knew it, she rammed into him.

Archeops recovered as she just noticed she crashed into Luxray again. She quickly got off the lion. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry… again. It was an accident I didn't mean to-"

"Calm down bird, I'm not going to shock you." Luxray groaned.

Archeops looked surprised. "Really?"

Luxray got back up on all fours. "As much as I really, really, REALLY want to, I don't want to waste electricity on you. There's a bull after us and I want to make sure he stays far away from me."

Archeops was slightly relieved, but when Luxray started walking and Archeops quickly followed, Luxray growled and turned to her. "That doesn't mean you follow me. I go alone, and that means you go somewhere else."

Archeops frowned and crossed her wings. "Alright, show me the keys."

"What?" Luxray asked.

"I said, show me the keys. You obviously know where you're going, since you wanna be alone and all. So, show me the keys." Archeops said, patiently waiting.

"..." Luxray's eyes twitched, before he groaned. "Fine, you can come with me, but don't say anything I want some peace and quiet while we go."

Archeops grinned a little, before she started saying nothing and started running with Luxray.

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Archeops grinned, "Well, that went better than I expected. I could've got shocked… again, hehe."

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Luxray growled, "Don't look at me like that. I'm just going to ignore her like I did with Doublade when we paired up. After that, it's back to peace and quiet for me."

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Krueger was calmly walking inside the maze, just taking it nice and calm. Don't want to show too much attention.

Krueger then met a fork in the maze, only going left or right. He stood in the middle and closed his eyes to listen carefully.

It took a while, but Krueger could hear some bellowing in the right path. So he opened his eyes and took the left path, away from the bellowing.

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Krueger smiled, "When I hunt for my prey, it could take days, maybe even weeks until I find the right moment to strike. Therefore, I have to rely heavily on all of my senses in order to make sure I'm not interrupted."

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Lurantis and Marowak were walking inside the maze. They were walking because admittedly, both are naturally slow Pokemon.

"Shouldn't we wait for any other of our teammates? The more the merrier right?" Lurantis asked.

Marowak shook her head. "That would just create a lot of noise with a large group of Pokemon. This Minotaur would come looking for us easily. We need to stay in this small pair of two so that we can easily scatter away if it does come to us."

"Oh….okay…" Lurantis said, a little crestfallen.

Marowak noticed the tone and gave Lurantis an assuring look. "Do not worry Lurantis, if we do find any of your friends, we can protect them for a little while before we have to separate again."

Lurantis gave a small smile. "Thanks…."

Marowak only nodded and turned around to continue walking.

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Lurantis smiled, "It's a good thing…. To see that she cares."

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Marowa stared at the camera, "I may be strict, but I do have a heart."

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Meowstic and Mawile were following Malamar with his universal detector out.

"Please tell me we're getting somewhere. I don't want to keep going like this with a freak show bull after us." Meowstic commented.

"Rest assured Meowstic, my universal detector found us the statue for the first challenge, and it can easily find the three keys. We just have to get to them is all." Malamar replied.

"Are you sure it works? We only found that statue by complete accident." Mawile admitted.

"Do not doubt me and the power of SCIENCE! I used this machine hundreds of times, and it hasn't failed me yet." Malamar replied.

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While the three were walking, something nearby heard them chatting, especially one of the shouting something about Science. The mysterious figure slammed his fist on the wall again, as if there was another trigger inside.

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Back to Team Trinity, there was another rumbling.

"Oh no, is that-" Mawile tried to ask, but she was interrupted when another wall came out of nowhere and separated the three. Meowstic and Mawile were on one side of the wall while Malamar was on the other.

Mawile pounded on the wall. "Malamar!"

"Dammit, it happened again." Meowstic said. "Malamar, are you okay?!"

"I'm fine, but I don't have anything to break this wall!" Malamar replied.

"... Mawile, let's go." Meowstic advised.

"What? Why? Malamar's on the other side! We can't leave him!" Mawile shouted.

"There's nothing we can do here. All we can do now is to keep going, and hope that we meet up with Malamar somewhere else." Meowstic replied in a serious tone.

"Meowstic's right, we'll just meet up at a different location! And I'll make sure to get the keys along the way!" Malamar assured.

Mawile looked at Meowstic, before she looked back at the wall. "We're going to find you Malamar! Be careful!"

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine, you two worry about yourselves now! Go before the Minotaur finds you two!" Malamar warned.

"Let's go Mawile." Meowstic said.

Mawile looked at Meowstic and nodded, as the three separate to their own paths.

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Mawile looked shocked, "I never knew until now now serious Meowstic can be. It's…A little scary to be honest."

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Meowstic sighed, "You may think I don't care, but it's not like that at all….. I just hope I don't screw up again… like last time."

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Golurk was carrying Mimikyu on its shoulder as the went. Golurk didn't want to run for it thumps a lot as it goes.

"Wait, Golurk, put me down. I think I see something up ahead." Mimikyu said.

Golurk nodded and placed Mimikyu down. Mimikyu went a little ahead and saw from far away there was a big door with a "W" branded on it.

"That must be our door! Quick Golurk, let's try gettout our key first!" Mimikyu shouted.

Golurk nodded as the two started looking around.

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Nearby, the same figure heard the two ghost types chat, well one of them anyways, the other one was only thumping. He slammed the wall once more.

As he did that, rumbling was heard and a wall separated Golurk and Mimikyu.

Mimikyu jumped and looked at the wall. "Golurk!"

Golurk went to the wall and started pounding on it, trying to break the wall. Sadly though, Golurk wasn't getting anywhere.

Mimikyu tried getting to through the wall too with Shadow Claws, but she stopped when she saw a wall open up and a pathway revealed itself.

What came out of that pathway, was nothing but a monster.

He was quite large, with huge black armor. He also had a huge black axe, ready to strike down at anyone to come close to this beast. He laso had a helmet, but the head was shaped like a bull with its two huge horns.

This was the monster, this was the Minotaur, as Mimikyu saw this him and cowered in fear.

The Minotaur saw the little ghost, and started walking towards her, snorting and readying his axe as he went.

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Burst, Cog, and the chef and interns were watching everything that's going on in a camera room.

"Oh joy, Mimikyu's going to die!" Doc shouted.

"Um, Burst, Mimikyu's not going to die, right?" Pearl asked.

"Don't be stupid Pearl, like there's ever going to be death here. But it does make great tension." Spike replied, while eating some popcorn.

Pearl glared at Spike, before she slapped the popcorn out of his wings.

"Oh come on! This was buttered popcorn!" Spike shouted.

David looks at his popcorn, and scoots away from the two to make sure his is safe.

"No Pearl, Mimikyu won't die. If anyone even come close to being in mortal danger. Cog here will teleport them here, but that also means they'll be eliminated. I may have a show to run, but I won't let the safety of the contestants get harmed through these challenges." Burst assured.

That didn't stop most of the interns from worrying. Even Aria put down her earbuds to make sure Mimikyu was alright.

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Corsola was running through the maze as fast as she can. She was hoping she could meet up with someone in this maze. Araquanid, some of her friends, anyone that isn't Mareanie.

Corsola stopped, as she had to catch her breath.

"Why… is… this…. maze… so….. huge?" Corsola asked herself.

Corsola heard loud bellowing nearby and decided to run some more. She ran and turned until she ran right into someone and they both fell down.

Corsola groaned. "Ugh, sorry there." She widens her eyes as she realizes who she bumps into.

Corsola bumped into Mareanie, who was rubbing her head.

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Corsola bumps her head on the side of the confessional. "Why me?"

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Darmanitan was running as fast as he can, looking for any keys, doors, anything. He just wanted to get out of this maze.

Darmanitan stopped as he started resting on a wall.

"Ah 'mon, I'm not getting anywhere. At this rate, I'll run out of time. If only I could find at least something." Darmanitan said to himself.

Darmanitan finished his little break and started running some more, only to trip on something shortly.

Darmanitan got up. "Ow, what was that?"

Darmanitan looked and found something strange. It was a platinum leg, as if it was a piece to something else.

"Now what could this be?" Darmanitan asked himself.

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Mimikyu was running out of utter fear. She was dodging the many strikes from the Minotaur's might axe.

The Minotaur was catching up, and he kicked Mimikyu down.

Mimikyu was now hurt and scared, as she turned around and quivered in fear at the sight of this beast.

The Minotaur looked at Mimikyu, before he raised his axe, ready for the kill.

Mimikyu teared up. "GOLURK! HELP ME!"

Before the Minotaur could strike down, Golurk came out of nowhere and punched the beast right in the face, sending him back by quite a distance.

Mimikyu looked up and smiled at Golurk. "Golurk! You saved me!"

Golurk turned around and gave Mimikyu a thumbs up, before it turned around and gave a fighting stance to the armored beast, readying its fists like a boxer.

The Minotaur got up and snorted, as he readied his axe to fight this giant.

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Back at the camera room, Spike got out a black board.

"Alright everyone, Golurk vs. The Minotaur. Place your bets now." Spike said.

"Don't be stupid Spike," Pearl scolded. "there's no way anyone would bet on a petty-"

"10 Pokebucks on Golurk." David gambled.

"What?!" Pearl asked in shock. "Are you-"

"Nah, give me 10 for the Minotaur. He looks wicked." Aria commented.

"Guys, this is-" Pearl tried to say but-

"GIVE ME 20 ON THE MINOTAUR!" Doc shouted.

"Hmm, alright. That's 10 on Golurk, 10 on the Minotaur, and since Doc is messed up, 20 on Golurk as well. Anymore bets?" Spike asked.

"I'll join in on this, give me 25 on the Minotaur. You have no idea what I had to do to pull him to this dimension. This is a true beast right here." Burst commented.

"I don't know, Golurk's a giant, and can hit like a truck. 25 on Golurk." Cog said.

"Alright, that's a total of 55 on Golurk and 35 on the Minotaur. Pearl?" Spike asked.

"..." Pearl groaned. "Give me 15 on the Minotaur."

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Pearl smiled, "What can I say? That's one big bet right there."

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Spike smirked, "Now would you look at this? Who knew betting on other contestants against terrifying monsters from another dimension was a great idea? I should do this more often."

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Golurk was the one who went to the beast first.

The Minotaur bellowed loudly and swings his axe.

Golurk dodges and shoulder bashes the beast's chest and pushes him back.

While it got the Minotaur to falter a little, Golurk grabbed his head and started punching him over, and over, and over.

"Go Golurk!" Mimikyu cheered.

Golurk finished by punching the beast's chest and picked him up with the punch, throwing him to a wall.

The wall made only a small dent, but the Minotaur came out of the wall and shook himself, as if all of that did nothing in the slightest.

The Minotaur dragged the earth with his foot and charged at the giant, ramming into it to another wall.

Golurk felt the horns jabbing into its chest, but picked up the horns and threw the best off of it.

The Minotaur snorted, until he saw there was a crack on Golurk's chest, covered by a brown patch. He readied his axe and charged at the giant again, but this time swinging at the patch.

Golurk raised his arms to block all the swinging, groaning a little as the beast went.

The Minotaur saw this was getting nowhere as he swung his axe at Golurk's left shin and hit.

Golurk groaned and fell to the ground.

"Golurk!" Mimikyu shouted, now worrying for the giant.

Golurk shook its head and saw the Minotaur ready to swing at its patch. But before the Minotaur could, Golurk turned its right hand into a cannon and fired a Shadow ball at the Minotaur's head.

The bull bellowed and covered his face, which gave Golurk just enough time to get back up and jump.

Golurk's legs went to its waist as it started flying like a rocket again. Golurk went and punched the Minotaur hard.

After the Minotaur felt the punch and tried to recover, Golurk made a U-turn and went to punch the bull again.

The second time was a lot harder than the first thanks to momentum, making the Minotaur needing more time to recover.

But the beast didn't have enough time, as Golurk went far away, before it made another U-turn and readied its fist.

Golurk went and used Dynamicpunch on the Minotaur, sending way way back.

The Minotaur was sent so far back, that he crashed harder into another wall.

Mimikyu cheered. "Yay! Golurk you did it! You won!"

Golurk suspended itself in flight, as it gave Mimikyu a thumbs up.

"Now, let's go get those keys!" Mimikyu said.

Golurk nodded, as it picked up Mimikyu and started flying inside the maze, going much faster than before.

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Mimikyu giggled loudly, "Wow! Golurk's just amazing! Did you see all that?! Pow! Boom! Zam! Whoosh! Golurk can do anything and everything! The perfect giant to have!"

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"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Pearl shouted.

"Dang it." Aria said.

"Oh come on! That was so close too!" Burst shouted.

While they were whining from their loses, the winners including were just chuckling at their winnings.

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After Golurk and Mimikyu left, the Minotaur just came out of the dent he got slammed in. He looked around and didn't see the giant anywhere. The Minotaur snorted and bellowed out of anger.

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Diggersby and Galvantula were walking inside the maze.

Galvantula noticed Diggersby was surprisingly calm. "D-D-Diggersby, why so calm?"

"Hmm? Oh, no reason, I'm just not worried about this challenge is all." Diggersby replied.

"W-W-Why's that? There's a scary Minotaur chasing us." Galvantula pointed out.

"Don't worry about it. We have the best alarm system ever." Diggersby assured.

"Oh, o-o-okay." Galvantula said.

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Galvantula stuttered, "W-W-What alarm system."

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Delphox was looking around the maze for anything.

"Hmm, I can't seem to find any keys anywhere. If only I knew where the exit was at, then I could just teleport everyone there."

Delphox stopped when she heard something come near her.

She turned around and widened her eyes at the sight.

The Minotaur saw the fox and bellowed, started to charge at her.

Delphox calmed down and grinned, bringing out a red cape. "Ole!"

The Minotaur saw the red cape and focused on it, but when he got close, Delphox lifts it up in the last second and the bull rams right into a wall.

Delphox chuckled as the beast groaned and shook his head. He turned around and saw Delphox has the same cape. "Ole!"

The bull bellowed and charged at the cape, but Delphox lifts it up once more and the Minotaur rammed into another wall.

Now the bull's mad, he saw Delphox taunting him with the cape again, but this time he starts charging at Delphox.

Delphox grinned and went in the cape as the cape fell to the ground.

The Minotaur was now confused as he rammed himself into yet another wall.

After he recovered, the bull looked at the cape and rubbed his head.

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Delphox chuckled. "The good old disappearing act. Gets them every time."

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Blaziken and Lopunny were going around until they stopped. There was a key at the end of the hallway.

Blaziken smiled and looked at Lopunny. "Why don't you go get the key? You're faster than me."

Lopunny nodded. "Okay."

Lopunny went to get the key, but as she reached her hand out to get it, another hand from another corridor grabbed her.

"Ah!" Lopunny shouted, trying to get loose.

Blaziken widened his eyes. "Lopunny!"
The second hand came from the Minotaur. As he got a hold of Lopunny and grabbed her.

"Let me go!" Lopunny shouted.

Blaziken started running at full speeds, trying to get back Lopunny.

But before he could, The Minotaur pounded the wall and another wall came out in front of him, blocking the path.

Blaziken went to the wall and started kicking the wall in utter rage. "LOPUNNY! LOPUNNY!"

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Blaziken looked livid. "I'M GOING TO KILL HIM! I'M GOING TO FIND LOPUNNY, AND FUCKING KILL HIM!"

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Gallade and Froslass were doing their best to traverse the labyrinth. But they were having trouble finding a path to go to without ending up to a dead end.

"Oh come on, not another dead end. Gallade, why do I always have to lead?" Froslass asked.

"I would just prefer if you did. I'm not the best at traversing places like mazes. I get lost really easy." Gallade admitted.

"But you're a knight, shouldn't you be an expert at tracking? In case someone in the royal family's missing or gets lost?" Froslass asked.

"..." Gallade didn't want to answer that, as the two kept on going.

But when the two were going, Gallade stopped Froslass.

"Gallade, what's wrong?" Froslass asked.

"... get behind me." Gallade warned

"What? Why?" Froslass asked.

"Please, just do it." Gallade said.

Froslass looked at Gallade a little worryingly, until she did as she was told and got behind of Gallade.

A little while later, footsteps were heard. Out came from another corridor was the Minotaur.

Froslass was now shaking in fear as Gallade made a defensive stance.

"You will not get anywhere near her. Leave, now." Gallade said, with a very serious tone.

The Minotaur bellowed before he slammed on the wall and triggered something.

Rumbling was heard, before spikes from the walls started heading towards the two Pokemon.

Froslass screamed in fear and cowered behind Gallade, while Gallade used his armor to protect both himself and Froslass.

When the spikes passed the two, the Minotaur bellowed and charged at Gallade. He rammed right into the knight and sent him to a wall.

"Gallade!" Froslass shouted, before the Minotaur grabbed her and took her away, while she was screaming for anyone to help her.

When Gallade had recovered from the attack and looked around….. It was already too late.

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Gallade was looking down. "I….failed her. I failed Froslass. She trusted me and…. I just failed her….." Gallade punched through the side of the confessional.

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Doublade just found a key and was heading towards his door, but as he was floating he saw the Minotaur… carrying Froslass to another chamber.

"..." Doublade just turned around and kept on going.

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Doublade shrugged. "Not on my team, not my problem."

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DING! "Doublade opened the first door!" Burst announced from a microphone.

Golurk and Mimikyu were flying at high speeds, until they saw a second key.

"Golurk! Get that key!" Mimikyu shouted, pointing at the key.

Golurk nodded and grabbed the key.

A little while after.

DING! "Golurk opened the second door!" Burst announced.

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"Blasphemy! Why hasn't there been any keys anywhere?! This scanner should be scanning for the keys!" Malamar shouted.

"You mean, this key?" Someone asked.

Malamar turned around and the scanner went crazy. Riktar was smiling, while holding a key in his hand.

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DING! "Malamar and Riktar opened the first door!" Burst announced.

"Come on! We need to go!" Mareanie shouted, as her and Corsola were running together.

"I'm trying… but I'm so tired." Corsola said.

The two girls made it past a door as they heard someone screaming.

"What was that?" Corsola asked.

"No time! Just keep moving!" Mareanie shouted, as the two just kept on running.

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Meowstic and Mawile were still traversing the labyrinth, when suddenly they heard someone screaming.

"Meowstic! Did you hear that?! Someone needs our help!" Mawile shouted.

Before Meowstic could reply, he heard bellowing at the same area the screaming was heard. "No, no way."

"What?! Why not?!" Mawile asked.

"That beast is over there, what do you expect a crippled to do?" Meowstic asked.

"We… have to do something. We can't just leave someone in trouble." Mawile argued.

"Have you even considered if they're on the same team or not? What if they betray you after we rescue them. We won't take the chance, let's just keep going." Meowstic advised.\

"I… I can't do that… I'm sorry." Mawile said, as she started running in the direction of the screaming.

"Mawile!" Meowstic shouted, but it was too late, Mawile was gone.

"... Dammit." Meowstic groaned.

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Meowstic growled in fury, "That idiot! She just can't handle herself to help can't she?! With that stubborn attitude Mawile…. She's going to get herself killed."

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Araquanid was walking inside the maze, just now getting past the first door. While he was walking, he heard some screams along the way.

"Oh my, I hope they're alright. It would be terrible if something bad happened to them." Araquanid said to himself.

While he was walking, he also heard bellowing nearby.

"What… was that?" Araquanid asked himself.

Araquanid's was going to get his answer sooner than he thought when the Minotaur came out from a nearby corridor.

The Minotaur snorted and readied his axe.

Araquanid looked at the beast and got ready. "Well, if you're the one who's causing all that screaming, then I won't let you hurt anyone else."

The Minotaur bellowed, as he started charging at the water spider with his axe.

Araquanid readied one of his legs to attack the beast. "Liquidation!"

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Multiple explosions can be heard in the distance.

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Shedinja was floating inside the maze, going slower than usual.

To be honest, he actually wanted something to take him. As he could hear the screams, he knew he was getting close.

Shedinja stopped when he heard bellowing nearby.

"Come on…. Come on…. Just get over here already." Shedinja muttered.

When the bellowing got even closer, Shedinja closed his eyes, ready for it to happen.

But something unexpected happen, he felt like he was grabbed so he opened his eyes and saw Garchomp, carrying him as she was flying through the many corridors of the maze.

"Boy am I glad to find you. I could've sworn I heard that beast nearby. Well, at least you're safe now with me." Garchomp assured, smiling at Shedinja.

"..." Shedinja said nothing as he was screaming inside his head.

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Shedinja growled, "Only Arceus would have this cruel sense of humor. Well stop it, stop torturing me."

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Mawile was running as fast as her little legs can take her, running to help whoever was screaming. She stopped when she found something really strange.

At a corridor looked like a war just occurred. Many holes were in the walls, the ground, and strange enough a lot of water around the area.

Mawile looked at the area a little more, before she shook her head and ran away from the scene.

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Mawile gasped, "What….What exactly happened there."

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Diggersby and Galvantula kept on going. Diggersby noticed that something was following them and he only grinned.

"Hey Galvantula, sorry for what I'm about to do." Diggersby apologized.

"W-W-What do you mean?" Galvantula asked.

Diggersby picked up Galvantula and threw her whoever's following them.

Galvantula landed and groaned, as she saw the Minotaur right in front of her.

Galvantula screamed as a Thunder was shot right on the bull.

This gave the Minotaur quite the sting, as he was shaking his head and groaning in pain.

"And there's our cue." Diggersby said, as he grabbed Galvantula and the two quickly fled the scene.

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Galvantula blinked, "Oh, I was the alarm system….rude."

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Diggersby chuckled nervously. "Sorry. But hey, it did work."

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Lurantis was now very scared and started walking close to Marowak.

Marowak noticed how close Lurantis was walking, but right now was not the time to argue. There were screams heard from somewhere, and it was… unsettling.

The two females kept on walking, until Marowak stopped Lurantis.

"What's wrong Marowak?" Lurantis asked.

"...It's here." Marowak simply replied.

Lurantis was now terrified and stayed by Marowak's side.

Shortly afterwards, the Minotaur came out of a nearby corridor and saw the two girls.

Marowak took a fighting stance. "Back away beast, you will not get past me."

The Minotaur snorted, before he started charging at the two.

Marowak stepped up and twirled her club around, ready to strike.

The Minotaur raised his axe and Marowak readied her club.

The two attacks collided and they were at a standstill.

The Minotaur decided to push Marowak away and went to use his horns against her.

Marowak swung her club against the horns and blocked the attack.

While Marowak blocked the attack, it didn't stop the bull from pushing her with his brute strength.

The bull managed to overwhelm Marowak and throw her off by quite the distance.

"Marowak!" Lurantis yelled, before the Minotaur grabbed Lurantis and took her away.

"Lurantis." Marowak groaned, before she got up and found Lurantis gone.

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"... I…. Failed…." Marowak used her thick club to smash the camera.

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Goodra was getting worried while walking inside the maze. She's been hearing a lot of screams, but she doesn't know where they're coming from. All of it was starting to scare her.

She kept walking, until she stopped and noticed something.

This big creature what looked like the Minotaur as he was carrying Lurantis over his shoulder.

He slammed the wall and another corridor appeared, where he went inside and the wall closed it up.

Goodra went to the wall and knocked on it a little, before she now gained a determined look. She quickly left the area.

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DING! "Malamar and Riktar make it past the second door!" Burst announced.

Riktar and Malamar were running inside the maze.

"Malamar! Where's the third key?!" Riktar asked.

"I don't know, the scanner's not showing a definite location for some reason! It shouldn't have a problem since we found the second key easily." Malamar replied.

The two kept running until they found Meowstic.

"Meowstic!" Malamar shouted.

Meowstic turned around and went to Malamar. "Quick, can your scanner track Mawile?"

"Of course it can, thanks to SCIENCE! But shouldn't we look for the last key first?" Malamar asked.

"You see, I would agree with you, if Mawile's life wasn't in danger." Meowstic replied.

Malamar and Riktar looked at each other, before Malamar changed to settings on the scanner to find Mawile and the three quickly left.

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Vespiquen made it past the first two doors and was making her way to the last door. She didn't need to worry about the key since someone faster than her can get it before her. So she might as well wait for the third door to be opened and be safe from elimination.

Vespiquen started feeling uneasy though when she started hearing screams somewhere in the maze, but she just kept on flying.

She stops and lays on a wall to rest and take some drags off her cigarette.

Vespiquen takes some drags and stops when she heard some bellowing nearby. She groaned and dropped her cigarette, getting ready for whoever's coming by.

A little while later, the Minotaur came out from another corridor and saw the queen bee.

"I take it you're the one cauzzzzing all thozzze zzzzcreams?" Vespiquen presumed.

The Minotaur said nothing, as he was getting ready to attack.

Vespiquen sighs. "Well, if it'zzzz a fight you want, then it'zzzz a fight you'll get. But be warned, I'm not your average damzzzel in dizzztress, I'm quite the fighter."

The Minotaur snorted, before he bellowed and started charging at Vespiquen.

Vespiquen started flying towards the bull, as she starts fighting back.

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Blaziken, Gallade, and Marowak were searching for their friends, when they all saw a Fire Blast shot up to the ceiling nearby. They all went to where the shot was fired from and found Goodra.

"Goodra, you better have a good reason for calling someone from the opposite team." Blaziken said, crossing his arms.

"We don't have the time for this Blaziken. I think I know where that beast's been taking some of the contestants to." Goodra said.

This now got everyone's attention.

"Really? Well where is it?" Marowak asked.

"Don't worry, I'll take you there right now, but the way inside won't open until the Minotaur opens it up. We'll follow him inside and save our friends. Now, despite one of us being on the opposite team, is everyone with me?" Goodra asked.

They all looked at each other, until they all nodded.

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's kick some bull ass already." Blaziken said.

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Blaziken says, "That-"

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Gallade says, "Minotaur-"

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Marowak says, "is-"

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All three but at different times: "mine!"

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Mawile was getting nowhere in this maze, she's been running all over the place and just keeps on running into dead ends. She was about to give up when she ran into Meowstic and the other two.

"Meowstic! Malamar! And… Riktar?" Mawile now questioned.

Riktar grinned and waved. "Hey."

"Mawile, you're not getting anywhere running around with your head cut off. Malamar just changed the scanner to find Froslass, since she's the only one of the three screams we recognize. Come on, let's go find them." Meowstic said, offering Mawile his hand.

Mawile looked at the hand and smiled at Meowstic, as she grabbed it and got up.

Meowstic grinned. "Good, now let's go."

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Meowstic growled, "Don't think that I'm a nice guy now. I'm making sure Mawile doesn't do anything stupid and get herself killed. And plus, the more Pokemon finding the last key the better. I'm doing this for the challenge, not because I care."

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Mawile chuckles. "Yeah, he cares."

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Darmanitan was running inside the maze, searching for the last key or door. He kept running until he finally found the third door.

Darmanitan smiled as he went to it to rest.

"Finally… I made it. Now I just need to wait for someone to find that key." Darmanitan said, as he now sat by the door.

A little while after, he started shivering and his arms were twitching.

Darmanitan noticed this, as he also started sweating. "Oh no, I guess I ran out of time. This sucks."

Darmanitan just lied there, as he was shivering, twitching, and sweating at the same time.

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Goodra and the other three were near the area where the Minotaur takes his victims to. They waited until they saw the Minotaur go to the wall, while holding his arm in pain from his last battle with Vespiquen.

The Minotaur pounded on the wall and it opened, as he went inside.

"Now." Goodra said.

The four started rushing towards the wall, as it started to close up.

It was almost too late, but the four made it inside.

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Lopunny, Froslass, and Lurantis were all chained up on a wall. They tried screaming for anyone to hear them, but after a while, they stopped entirely.

They noticed that the Minotaur came with his axe.

"So, is this it?" Lurantis asked.

"I really hope not, I don't wanna die." Lopunny said, tearing up a little bit.

Froslass noticed how the other two were scared and didn't want to die, so she thought of something she thought was the right thing to do. "Hey big guy, why don't you take me first?"

The Minotaur noticed Froslass and looked at her, snorting.

"Yeah, that's right. Why don't you take someone who has more spirit than these two combined? It would be too easy if you took out a rabbit or a praying mantis first. But taking me out would be worth for someone like you wouldn't it? So what are you waiting for? Take me out already." Froslass taunted.

The Minotaur came to Froslass and bellowed, as he raised his axe to strike at her. But before he could, he got shot with a Fire Blast and turned around to see who shot it.

There was Goodra, Blaziken, Marowak, and Gallade, all looking ready to fight the bull.

"Give us back our friends!" Goodra shouted.

"Or, you can get your ass kicked, your choice." Blaziken added.

The Minotaur bellowed in rage, before he charged at the four Pokemon.

Gallade went first, as he got in front of the bull. "Parry!"

He used his two arm blades to parry the strike the Minotaur was going to make and disarmed him.

"Bloody rose dance!" Gallade shouted, as he started slashing the Minotaur hundreds of times with his arm blades. He stopped when he went around him to give a slash at his back.

The Minotaur bellowed in pain and fell in one knee.

This gave Marowak her chance to attack. She stopped the ground with her thick club many times before she burst into flames.

"Fiery Lotus." She said, as she used Flare blitz to run up to the Minotaur and whack him with her club.

This blast caused the Minotaur to get pushed back a few feet, as Goodra fired a few Fire Blasts at the bull to stun him.

Blaziken finished it off with a High Jump Kick right at the bull's face, sending him to the ground.

"He's down! Quick, let's help the girls!" Goodra shouted.

Blaziken helped Lopunny off the chains, Gallade helped Froslass, and Marowak helped Lurantis.

Lopunny hugged her brother. "Thank you!"

Blaziken smiled and hugged back.

"Thank you." Lurantis said quietly to Marowak.

Marowak nodded. "I did not want to fail you a second time."

Froslass sighed with relief. "About time you got here. I thought I had to save everyone all by myself."

"Oh really? Well I will make sure to give you extra time to save everyone." Gallade replied.

The seven heard the Minotaur get up and got his axe back. He bellowed at everyone in rage.

All seven were ready to fight escape from this beast, when they saw a trashcan from a Gunk Shot hit the Minotaur in the back.

The Minotaur turned around and saw Toxicroak who made the attack, along with Nidoking, Shelgon, Varx, Cacturne, and Honchkrow.

"Did someone order a rescue? With everything on it?" Honchkrow asked.

"Honchkrow? What are you all doing here?" Blaziken asked.

"That's a good question old sport. You see, I grouped these five here with me to follow the Minotaur. The only one who knows this maze better than anyone is the beast itself. We figured eventually, the Minotaur would lead us to the third door and we would escape easily without the Minotaur ever noticing. But when we saw he started capturing other contestants. Well, it's only natural to come and save you all. Now what are you fools waiting for? Go, we can easily take care of this." Honchkrow explained.

The seven nodded and quickly left. Before the Minotaur could stop them, Nidoking stopped the bull in his tracks with Earth Power.

While the Minotaur stopped, Varx went and used Crunch on the bull's left arm and kept it there.

The bull bellowed in pain and tried to punch the shark off his grip. But Cacturne giggled and hugged the Minotaur's right arm before he could do anything else.

While that happened, Shelgon and Toxicroak held the bull right in his place, giving Honchkrow the perfect chance to fly up, then back down to go straight through the Minotaur with Brave Bird.

The Brave Bird connected and sent the Minotaur to the wall and then to the ground.

"Alright everyone, let's get out of here before the bull gets back up!" Honchkrow shouted.

Everyone did just that and left before the Minotaur could finish processing what just happened.

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Cacturne clapped, "Yay! We did it! And I did it hugs!"

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"Gotta admit, that was way better than just going through it alone… or going through it with only Cacturne." Varx shivered after saying that.

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Shelgon laughed, "That felt great! Maybe after doing that, I'll get enough experience to evolve!"

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Nidoking smiled, "This has been a pretty good route for me to join with Honchkrow. The bird never gave me a reason to doubt him yet."

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Toxicroak smirked, "I would like to believe I did more work than anyone with that Gunk shot, but hey, that's just me."

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Honchkrow tipped his hat to the camera. "Another job well done. I hope you like what you see old sports."

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Meowstic and the other four were hurrying with Malamar leading the way with his scanner.

"Malamar, how close are we?!" Meowstic asked.

"Hmm… that's weird. The scanner says Froslass is… coming to us." Malamar replied.

Malamar was right when the four found both Honchkrow's and Goodra's group come to them.

"Wait, you're all okay? What happened?" Mawile asked.

"You can thank Goodra and Honchkrow for that. They saved all of us from the Minotaur." Lopunny replied.

"Well, that's good to hear. Saves me the job of saving you all. Now, let's get the hell out of here." Meowstic said.

They all agreed and started leaving, but the Chesnaught stopped when he heard bellowing behind them.

Mawile stopped and noticed Riktar wasn't moving and was looking behind him. "Riktar, what are you doing?"

Riktar turned to mawile and grinned. "I think it's time the hunter does what he does best, hunt the beast."

Meowstic stopped and turned to Riktar. "Riktar don't be stupid, come with us and let's get out of here."

Riktar shook his head. "Can't do that Meowstic, that bull's just going to follow everyone and will slow us down even more. Let me do you all a favor and finish things once and for all."

"..." Meowstic groaned and shook his head. "Just make sure you come back to us alive."

Riktar gave Meowstic and Mawile a thumbs up. "Don't worry, nothing beast Riktar, for no one's stronger than Riktar the Hunter!"

With that said, Riktar turned behind him and started running towards the bellowing.

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Mawile sighed, "Riktar… good luck."

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Meowstic shook his head. "Idiot."

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Golurk and Mimikyu were flying, until they saw at the end of a hallway there was the final key.

"Quick! Get that key!" Mimikyu shouted.

Golurk nodded and flew to the hallway to get the last key.

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Meowstic and his group separated from Honchkrow's to get to the last door. They still have a challenge to win after all.

While everyone was running, Meowstic noticed Sableye was caught in a big net.

"Sableye, what the hell got you up there?" Meowstic asked.

"I don't know! I was just running when I suddenly got trapped here! Help me!" Sableye shouted.

Meowstic groaned. "Froslass, get the poor fool down from there."

Froslass nodded and fired a Shadow Ball at the net, bringing the imp to the ground.

"You could've done that gently you know?" Sableye groaned..

Meowstic shook his head, until he noticed Sableye…. Had their key.

Meowstic groaned and swiped the key off of Sableye's hands. "No wonder you got trapped up there, you took the wrong key you moron!"

Most like Malamar and even Marowak face palmed for what Sableye did.

Sableye chuckled nervously. "I did? Oops, my bad."

Meowstic bonked Sableye with his cane. "Come on everyone, let's go win ourselves a challenge.

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Riktar was running as fast as he can, until he made it to his destination and stopped.

The Minotaur didn't notice yet, but he now saw a big Chesnaught in front of him.

Riktar adjusted his hat and readied his fists. "Hey there big guy. How about you and me go for a tussle?"

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Back at the camera room, a lot of bets has been placed. It's now Riktar vs. The Minotaur.

"Alright everyone, last bet! Who wants to bet on who?!" Spike asked.

"After all the bets on Gallade and Marowak and getting squat, I might as well bet 15 on the Minotaur this time." Pearl said.

"20 ON THE MINOTAUR!" Doc shouted.

"Give me 10 on the Minotaur." Aria said calmly.

"Um, I'm going to be the first to bet on Riktar. Give me 25." David said.

"I'll give all my money on Riktar. Sure the Minotaur's tough, but something about that hunter strikes me as a winner." Burst commented.

"Bold move Burst. Well, I'll give all my money on the Minotaur, just to see Burst lose yet another bet." Cog said, chuckling a little.

"Haha, in your dreams Cog, in your dreams." Burst replied.

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The Minotaur snorted, before he put his axe behind him and readied his fists.

Riktar grinned. "Then let's get started shall we?!"

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The two charged at each other as they both punched each other's fist at the same time. They were at equal footing as Riktar started punching the bull's stomach again and again.

The bull stopped Riktar by grabbing him and throwing him to a wall.

Riktar landed at the wall and saw the Minotaur charge at him. He dodged just in time for the bull to ram himself into the wall.

The bull quickly recovered but didn't see Riktar punching his face and body.

Thanks to his armor, the Minotaur took little damage and rammed Riktar to a wall, and then rammed him over and over.

Riktar winced in pain, before he punched down at the bull and threw him to another wall.

The Minotaur bellowed and went to strike at Riktar with his axe.

Riktar though used Spiky Shield to protect himself from the attack.

The Minotaur tried breaking the Spiky Shield with his axe, but it wasn't getting anywhere. So the Minotaur stepped back and pounded on a nearby wall.

Riktar laughed. "What's the matter? You going to get a wall to separate us and run? Coward."

But that didn't happen. Instead, a wall was about to close in on Riktar himself.

Riktar managed to hold the wall before it could crush him, but he was stuck where he's at, constantly trying to get the wall off of him.

The Minotaur took the opportunity to charge right at Riktar.

It connected as Riktar was pushed off to another wall.

The Minotaur then brought out his axe.

Riktar only laughed. "Ah, street rules now? Alright, I can do street rules." He throws a lot of Seed Bombs at the Minotaur.

The Minotaur easily destroys all the bombs with his axe and tries to strike at Riktar with it.

Riktar blocks the axe with his Wood Hammers.

This became a standstill for the two, until the Minotaur stroke Ritkar's leg with his axe.

Riktar yelled in pain and bent on one knee, while the Minotaur then strikes Riktar to the ground with the blunt end of his axe.

As Riktar was down, the bull started striking down at Riktar, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over.

Once the Minotaur saw Riktar didn't move, he bellowed and left the Chesnaught to find the others.

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The Wishiwashies were at the third door, waiting for someone find the key and open the door.

Nidoking looked a far and saw Golurk and Mimikyu with the key. "Look, they have the key!"

Honchkrow saw that and smiled. "Well I'll be, looks like we win this challenge."

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DING! "Golurk and Mimikyu opened the final door!" Burst announced.

The Metagrosses heard that and were hurrying to the last door.

"Darmanitan! There you are! Quick! Take this key and go open the door!" Meowstic shouted to Darmanitan

Darmanitan nodded as Meowstic gave him the key and went to unlock the third door.

Once it seemed safe, everyone started slowing down.

But Meowstic widened his eyes when the last door was rigged with explosives. "Wait! Stop!"

"What?!" Darmanitan asked, as she unlocked the third door.

Meowstic showed Malamar the explosives and he nodded, as he brought something out.

BOOM!

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DING! "Darmanitan opened the final door!" Burst announced.

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Just in time, it seems Malamar had a force field to save everyone from the blast.

Malamar brought the force field down and grinned. "Looks like SCIENCE saves us once again!"

"What… what happened?" Lurantis asked.

"Someone rigged our door to blow up the moment anyone would unlock it." Meowstic replied.

"But, who would do such a thing, and why?" Goodra asked.

"I… I don't know." Meowstic replied.

They all noticed the door was jammed.

"Gallade, Malamar, Goodra, Darmanitan, un-jam that door and let's get the hell out of here." Meowstic said.

Before they could, they all heard...bellowing.

"No… that can't be." Mawile said.

They turned around and saw the Minotaur, ready to strike them all down with his axe.

Most cowered before the Minotaur, as he started walking to them.

But before he could get close, Seed Bombs blew up on his back.

"What was that?" Marowak asked.

Everyone heard laughter as Riktar revealed himself. "Did you really think you could kill me that easily? You barely scratched my armor!"

"Riktar!" Mawile shouted happily.

Riktar charged at the beast and charged him to a wall, punching him again, and again, and again.

The Minotaur managed to push him off and was going to strike Riktar down with his axe.

But the Minotaur missed as Riktar used Wood Hammers to strike at his armor.

The armor was cracking as Riktar went at it, over, and over, and over, and over.

Meowstic turned to his group. "Well? What are you all waiting for? Open the door!"

The four nodded and resumed to prying the jammed door open.

Riktar used one last Wood Hammer and punched the bull far back.

The Minotaur saw his armor was going to break, so he decided to finish the job himself.

The bull ripped off his chest armor, armor at his lower waist, shoulder plates, and then finally ripped off his helmet to show his head.

He was a black bull, with black fur and had a menacing face of a black bull.

"Now that, is one ugly bull." Riktar said.

The Minotaur bellowed, as he now charged at Riktar way faster than before.

Riktar wasn't ready as he got slammed to a wall.

The Minotaur then threw Riktar to the ground and started punching him.

Riktar got the Minotaur off of him and started punching back.

Since the armor was now off, this made the Minotaur a lot quicker and started punch Riktar much faster than before.

Riktar held his arms in defense to take the blows, as he started using Spiky Shield.

The Minotaur punched Spiky Shield and winced in pain. He then got his axe out and started striking Riktar repeatedly with it, striking him down.

Riktar was taking the blows, until he yelled and punched the bull back.

Riktar was now covered in small cuts, as he adjusted his hat and growled. "No one, and I mean no one, is stronger, than Riktar the Hunter!"

Riktar pounded his fists together and showed a green aura around him. He activated his Overgrow ability.

The Minotaur only bellowed, as he started charging at Riktar.

Riktar threw Seed Bombs that blew up in front of the bull with more impact than before.

The Minotaur stopped and shook his head, but it was too late as Riktar used supercharged Wood Hammers to slam down at the bull.

The Minotaur bellowed and got the Chesnaught off of him, as he raised his axe at him.

Riktar used Spike Shield to protect himself from the axe. When he found the right moment, he broke the shield and grabbed the Minotaur's horns to throw him to the ground.

While the fight was going on, the four finally pried the door open and they started escaping the maze.

Literally almost everyone on both teams at some time or another started escaping the maze. The only one who didn't escape was Riktar, who was fighting the bull, Meowstic, Mawile, and Malamar, who had to make sure everyone left.

When everyone did leave, Meowstic looked at Riktar. "Come on Riktar! Let's go!"

"No! I'm not done yet!" Riktar shouted.

"This isn't a request! I'm not leaving you behind Riktar! Let's go dammit!" Meowstic shouted.

"I SAID I'M NOT DONE YET!" Riktar roared, before he punched the bull over and over.

The Minotaur bellowed and kicked Riktar, as he readied his axe once more.

Riktar used Spike Shield, before he threw the bull off and disarmed him.

Riktar used the chance to repeatedly assault the bull with Wood Hammers.

Riktar started yelling between blows. "No one!... Is stronger!...Than Riktar….. THE HUNTER!"

Riktar used one last Wood Hammer to punch the Minotaur right in his face and sent him far more than fifty feet away.

Riktar saw that and bent to the ground on one knee, panting. He grinned as he knew he won the fight.

Riktar couldn't move anymore, as Malamar had to help him out of the maze.

Meowstic and Mawile were about to leave when they heard bellowing.

"No… it can't be." Mawile said.

The Minotaur started charging at the two, as he jumped up and was about strike the two down with his axe.

Mawile cowered in fear, but Meowstic knew there was only one thing to do. His ears unfolded as he suspended the bull up in the air with Psychic.

"Leave us alone, and go back to the same hell you came from." Meowstic said, as he threw the bull hundreds of feet with Psychic.

The Minotaur was bellowing the whole way… until it was never heard from again.

Mawile opened her eyes and saw what Meowstic did. "Wow, that was amazing."

Meowstic soon screamed in pain, as his right leg was hurting again.

"Meowstic! What's wrong?!" Mawile asked.

"I'll be fine! Just help me get out of here!" Meowstic shouted.

Mawile nodded and helped Meowstic get out of the maze.

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As the two escaped, they were teleported outside the campgrounds, with everyone else there, including Burst and Cog.

"And it looks like I win the bet." Burst said to Cog.

Cog only grumbled and just folded his wisp-like arms.

"Now, as we can see through the cameras, the Witty Wishiwashies made it through the maze first." Burst started.

The Wishiwashies were happy, they won the challenge.

While the Meticulous Metagrosses were crestfallen, all of that was for nothing.

"So, without further ado, the winners of today's challenge is...the Meticulous Metagrosses!" Burst announced.

"What?!" All the Wishiwashies shouted.

The Metagrosses though heard they won and all of them cheered very loudly.

"But, how could they win? We made it past the maze first." Honchkrow said.

"Yes, yes you did, but as I said before, whoever goes through the wrong door is automatically eliminated, no matter if they made it through the final door or not." Burst replied.

"Well, who could be zzztupid enough to go through the wrong door?" Vespiquen asked.

"Cog, if you can." Burst requested.

Cog nodded and teleports a TV in the area.

"Now, let's see what happened." Burst said, as he showed the evidence.

It showed Corsola and Mareanie, going through a door with the "M" insignia on it.

"Both Corsola and Mareanie got eliminated the moment they went past the wrong door, so with the Wishiwashi's score subtracted by 2, that would have the Metagrosses win the challenge." Burst explained.

Mareanie face palmed with her tentacles while Corsola nervously chuckled.

"Wishiwashies, you better get ready, because your first elimination ceremony starts tonight!" Burst shouted.

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"Oh you have got to be kidding me. We went through all of that all for nothing?!" Blaziken groans. "Dammit, now we have to go through an elimination ceremony. Well, one thing's for sure, one of those two girls is out of here."

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Corsola gasped, "Oh no, I made my team lose! I don't wanna get eliminated! Not this soon! I need to do something, quick."

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Mareanie growled, "Dammit! Me and Corsola both costed our team the challenge. Now I got to find a way to get her eliminated and not me. Great."

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Honchkrow tipped his hat down. "We lost.. Based on two Pokemon going through the wrong door. It makes sense for one of them to go, but I should eliminate the one who's less useful than the other. It's for the good of the team."

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Meowstic chuckled. "We may have lost the first ever challenge, but the other team has to deal with their first elimination. I could laugh this up all night long, and then some."

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Doublade smirked, "So, now one of the two girls has to go. It's time to see which one can outlast the other, so exciting."

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Honchkrow called for Toxicroak and Nidoking at the forest, where their alliance confide in secret.

"Old sports, as you know, we have an elimination to handle." Honchkrow started. "I think it's obvious which two everyone's targeting."

"Yeah, Corsola and Mareanie." Toxicroak replied.

"I wish it wasn't them, but they did mess up, so there's nothing else to do then to vote one of them off." Nidoking admitted.

"Now the question is which one of the two we should get rid of? Well, that answer's very simple, just choose the one who does worse in challenges than the other. This is a team effort after all." Honchkrow explained.

"Well by saying that, I think we already know which one to eliminate. She sucks… at basically everything." Toxicroak said.

"Well, you're not wrong." Nidoking admitted.

"So, it's obvious then." Honchkrow said. "We should eliminate-"

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The Wishiwashies were at the elimination ceremony. It was the only thing that looked normal with the contestants sitting on logs and Burst had an oil drum to give the votes.

Cog gave Burst all the votes and tallied them up. He cleared his throat. "Ladies and Gentlemen, your team lost the challenge and now has to eliminate one of your contestants. This is the elimination ceremony. As you know this is where we eliminate the contestants and will be forced to leave the island, losing their chances of the prize money. Now, I have with me 17 Sitrus berries. But as you can see there are 18 of you here. When I call your name, you will receive a berry, if you have a berry, that means you're safe. But if you don't receive a berry, that means you're the majority voted for, and is elimination from the island." Burst explained.

There was mixed reactions from all of the contestants. Most were scared, most were confident they won't get eliminated, and some looked aggravated, just wanting to get this over with.

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Corsola let out a sigh of relief, "Alright, I talked to Archeops, Doublade, Sableye, Lopunny, and Shelgon. And they all agreed to vote with me. I think I'm safe since I'm assuming the rest don't like Mareanie either… I hope."

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Mareanie let out a long breath, "I talked with Blaziken, Doublade, Luxray, Cacturne, and Varx. And I persuaded them to vote with me. Now I just hope the rest actually uses their brain and vote out Corsola for how weak she is."

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Araquanid blinked, "Um, what do you do when both mareanie and Corsola want you to vote off each other?"

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Doublade smiled, "Now isn't this exciting? Both Pokemon went with me to vote against the other, and I agreed to both of them. This gives me control on who should stay, and who should go. I only wish I can do this more often."

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"Now, let me start off by saying Golurk gets the first Sitrus berry." Burst said, as Cog teleports the berry to Golurk's hand.

"Next is Mimikyu, Honchkrow, Toxicroak, and Nidoking." Burst announced, as the rest got their berries.

Mimikyu got hers and smiled at Golurk, while the other three were confident they weren't going to be eliminated.

"Next is Araquanid, Shelgon, Banette, Varx, and Cacturne." Burst added, as more berries were given.

"Then it's Luxray, Archeops, Doublade, and Lopunny." Burst said.

For some reason, the berry got teleport like it was thrown at Archeops face and she fell off her log. "... I'm okay."

"Blaziken, you have one vote, but since you only have one, you're safe." Burst said.

"What? Who voted for me?" Blaziken asked.

"Sorry, can't say. Sableye, you have three votes on your name, but you're safe as well." Burst added.

Sableye looked shocked.

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Sableye was left in surprise, "Who voted for me?"

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It was now down to Mareanie and Corsola.

"Corsola, you went into the wrong door and costed your team the challenge. While Mareanie, you costed your team the challenge as well and can also be rude to others." Burst explained.

"Why am I not surprised you want me gone more." Mareanie said, rolling her eyes.

"Anyways, the last Sitrus berry goes to…

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Corsola was shocked. "W-What?!"

Mareanie actually smiled at this.

"Corsola, I'm sorry, but you have been eliminated from the island. Say your goodbyes and head on to the docks of no return." Burst said.

Corsola slowly nodded, before she left to do just that.

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Mareanie laughed happily, "Ah finally, she's gone. It felt like a giant weight on your shoulders just went away. This is nice."

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Mimikyu said, "Corsola went to us and wanted us to vote against Mareanie. Yes she can be rude, but I didn't want to join in on something like that. It felt unfair. So we decided to vote for Sableye, since no one would actually vote him out. Right Golurk?" Mimikyu asked

Golurk nodded in reply.

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Araquanid sighed, "I couldn't choose one of two, I wanted both to stay, even though I knew one of them had to leave. So I decided to vote on Sableye, since no one would really vote on the poor guy."

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Blaziken roared, "I swear, if I find out who voted for me, I'll blow them to smithereens!"

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Banette was laughing horribly.

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Honchkrow: "Me and my alliance voted for Corsola. She was the weakest link after all. Sorry old sport, I hope you understand." Honchkrow tipped his hat to the camera.

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Doublade smirked, "I felt that since Corsola is weaker in challenges than Mareanie can be, she should leave the island. While it can be argued that Corsola is far more easier to manipulate than Mareanie can ever be, she's just too weak to keep around for long. At least with Mareanie I can at least toy with longer. I would say I'm sorry for Corsola, but that would imply I care for her, which I don't."

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Corsola was about to head off the docks, but-

"Corsola!" Someone shouted.

Corsola turned around and saw Goodra, Lurantis, and Galvantula come up to her.

Corsola smiled. "Aw, you guys came to see me off?"

"Of course, we're your friends after all. It would be cruel not to." Goodra replied.

"Y-Y-You're a good friend of mine. I'll miss you." Galvantula said.

"We hope to see you later…" Lurantis quietly said.

Corsola smiled more and they all went into one group hug. She then separated. "Well, goodbye everyone! I'll see you all later!"

Corsola hopped on the boat and said goodbye to the three one last time, before her boat was out of sight.

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Corsola sighed, before smiling, "Well, it was both a great time, and a very eventful time here. I really did wish I would spend more time with my friends, and with Araquanid… but that's okay, I have many friends try their best and win for me! And that's all I'll ever ask of them! At least I'll be away from Mareanie, so that's a huge plus! Goodbye everyone! I hope to see you all later!"

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Darmanitan rushed to his cabin and searched frantically. He kept searching like crazy until he finally found his suitcase.

Darmanitan gave a huge grin, as he rushed to grab it. "Oh thank Arceus! I thought it would take me forever to find you!"

Darmanitan was now happy, as he now left the cabin with his suitcase.

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Darmanitan had the suitcase in his hand. "Ah, much better."

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Lopunny sneaked out of her cabin and went to infirmary.

She walked inside and saw Riktar, lying on the bed.

"Riktar, are you alright?" Lopunny asked worryingly.

"Yeah, I'll be just fine. Doc said I shouldn't move for a while to get my energy back. But to be honest, I'm not quite sure on that. I was warned to take everything Doc says the opposite, and he said I should be dead… weird." Riktar replied.

Lopunny smiled. "Well, at least you're alright. I heard you took on that crazy bull. You didn't have to do that."

"But I had to. I had to prove I'm the strongest and look at me, I still am." Riktar said confidently.

"You know, you don't have to prove anything. At least, not to me anyways." Lopunny said, as she got a chair and sat by Riktar.

Riktar laughed. "While I appreciate what you say, It's more for me than anyone else. You know what I mean, right?"

"Yeah, I guess so. So, do you have anything to talk about? We do have all night." Lopunny said.

Riktar smiled. "Well, I got stories that will take all night, so I think we should start with that."

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Lopunny giggled. "Riktar's a very optimistic guy. A little silly, but very cheerful. If only Blaziken can be like him, then my life would be content."

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Malamar was leading Mawile and Meowstic out of the forest.

"So, are you going to tell us what you've been doing all night?" Meowstic asked.

"Do not worry Meowstic, I will not only tell you, I'll show you." Malamar replied.

"I hope it's worth it. I would rather not seen anymore shots to the shin for the rest of the night." Mawile commented.

Malamar kept on leading the two, until they went inside a cave.

"Malamar! We can't see anything in here!" Meowstic shouted.

"Meowstic! Mawile! Prepare yourselves! As you will see the true power of SCIENCE!" Malamar announced, as he turned on the lights.

Meowstic and Mawile quickly adjusted to the lights as they now see with wide eyes.

There were many computer screens in one area, many chemicals at a chemistry lab, a rest area with bean bag chairs and an espresso machine, and an arsenal room that has an ungodly variety of gadgets and weapons.

"What… is this place?" Mawile asked.

"Mawile, Meowstic, you wanted a place where no one could eavesdrop, or spy on us while we discuss about our alliance. Well, I designed this cave to be our hideout! Say hello, to Trinity Headquarters!" Malamar announced.

Meowstic looked around, until he slowly walked to Malamar.

When he did, he looked up at Malamar and patted his shin with his cane. "Nice job Malamar, it seems there's an actual brain behind that thick skull of yours."

"I'll take that as a compliment. Now everyone, enjoy the many areas of our hideout! Bask in the full potential of SCIENCE!" Malamar shouted.

Mawile went to the rest area to have fun with the bean bag chairs, while Meowstic looked around the cave once more. Yep, this will definitely work as their new hideout.

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Mareanie figured Araquanid would probably be at the lake again, so she went to the forest in hopes of finding him. Now that Corsola's out of the picture, she can finally find out what this other feeling is, the good feeling.

Mareanie come out of the woods and found Araquanid, lying on the ground and looking at the lake.

Mareanie went to Araquanid and sat down. "Hey there Araquanid… you uh… doing alright?"

"I guess. I'm just a little down that Corsola left. It hurts when a friend you made not too long ago leaves so sudden." Araquanid replied.

Mareanie didn't know what to do. She's never been in this type of situation, keeping to herself most of her life. But that didn't mean she couldn't try. "I'm sorry for what happened to Corsola. It's a shame really."

"Thanks. It helps hearing that a little bit." Araquanid said, still in his gloom and looking at the lake.

Well, at least she did something right. Mareanie didn't want to potentially hurt Araquanid even more, so she just sat and looked at the lake with Araquanid.

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Araquanid wondered, "Have you ever made a friend, like say a day ago, and then they're just ripped out of your life? Well, that's what I'm feeling right now with Corsola. Still, it made me feel better knowing that Mareanie was with me during my grief. She may not show it, but I can tell, she cares a lot about those she trusts, even if the number of Pokemon she trusts is very low.

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Mareanie glared at the camera, "Great, now what am I feeling?! Before, it felt great thinking of Corsola gone. Now, it hurts just thinking of what I did… Ack, why does emotions have to be so complicated?!"

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Banette was walking around the tree cabins, just whistling and enjoying the view.

He went inside his hidden room to check on something as he saw his huge arsenal of explosives.

Banette looked at the explosives and grinned, as chuckled at the good work he did today.

When Banette was done inspecting everything, he started whistling again and left his hidden room.

As Banette left, he covered the main entrance with fake wood and just whistled while he was walking away, as if nothing's ever happened.

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Now was that an exciting challenge or what?! Don't worry, I won't do anything OFF THE CHARTS INSANE with the Ultra Space thing. Just using them for challenges is all. But ya have ta admit, it was pretty cool!

Now I gave those two advertisements for Delta's and Nihi's stories. Ya should go ahead and check them out. (But again, I warn ya of Total Xtreme Island)

Now what'll be the next challenge?! Well let's just say the contestants are hunting, but no normal Pokémon in any of the hunting seasons!

Until the next chapter, I'll see ya all later, laddies!

Corsola: Come on everyone! Go ahead and review!