A/N: Welp, we're back after...2+ years, holy crap. Well, sorry for the long wait, I decided to focus on my other series first and mostly finish that before coming back to this. Let's hope it doesn't take that long for me to update now.

Also, I'm in my final year of high school, so almost college = prob less updates, ANYWAY….let's get back into it!

000

Raikou was asleep in his room, dreaming peacefully of him and Suicune making love on a beach as the sun set. He was tossing and turning in his sleep, causing him some discomfort, as he didn't do this too often.

Eventually, his blissful slumber was interrupted by a loud SLAM!

The smilodon jumped up, sparks coming from the cloud on his back. Upon seeing who was at the door, he groaned.

"What the hell do you want now, Entei? It's 9:45 in the morning…" Raikou muttered as he got under his sheets to try and get a few more hours of sleep.

"Arceus and Giratina want me, you, and Suicune…" he said. "So get your lazy ass up and come on. I don't wanna hear them complaining about you being late…"

Raikou groaned childishly before rolling out of his bed and heading to the door. "What the hell do they want? And they couldn't just get Suicune to get me? Really?" he asked himself.

-000-

Raikou made it to the main foyer, where he saw Suicune and Entei sitting there, while the embodiments of God and Satan themselves sat on their platform.

"Nice of you to finally join us, Rai…" Arceus commented.

"You guys know I like to sleep in…" Raikou responded, sitting beside Suicune, causing Entei to grumble a bit to himself. "So, what is it?" he asked.

"If it's about the toilet explosion, it was Victini and Hoopa's faults…" said Entei.

"What toilet ex-" Giratina started before hearing a faint boom in the background. "Never mind…"

"No, it's not about that", said Arceus. "We've realized that you all haven't worked on your own show in almost 3 years! Yet, you're perfectly capable of going on other shows…"

"Hey, there's nothing wrong with a break", said Entei. "I was tired of hearing whining by those bastards. Plus, last challenge, MY TEAM LOST!"

Suicune and Raikou both gave him a look, as did Giratina and Arceus.

"You're right Entei...there's nothing wrong with taking a break...AS LONG AS IT AIN'T OVER 2 YEARS!" Giratina exclaimed. "Hell even three months is too long…"

"So, what?" asked Suicune. "You want us to go back and-"

"Wait a second, I just realized something…" said Raikou. "How do we know if the contestants we had are even still there and alive?!"

"We had Dialga freeze the time over there once they were all asleep; so as far as they know, the next challenge you do is directly following the last one…"

"Oh right...challenges…" Suicune said, forgetting everything about their show. "Uh...what was the seasonal theme we were going with?"

"Movies and media…" Arceus reminded with an annoyed look.

"And how many contestants did we have, again?" asked Raikou.

Giratina groaned. "You had 73, but two are gone now, so you have 71 right now…"

"Right…" Entei said before plopping on his chest. "This is gonna be a looooooooong season…"

"It's your own fault…" said Arceus. "Next time, don't choose so many contestants…"

"Now get out!" Giratina exclaimed as the three of them were teleported away.

000

The legendary beasts were teleported back into their lavish trailer-cottage. Raikou and Entei stayed put near the door, while Suicune walked up the short set of stairs.

"Great...we're back in this place…" Entei muttered as he looked out the window and saw the apartments, as well as the studios.

Raikou took a deep breath. "I guess I missed the smell of blood, sweat, and misery…"

"Guys, I found the challenge list!" Suicune said.

Entei was confused, while Raikou facepalmed upon forgetting. Suicune came back down, a piece of paper in his ribbon-like tails.

She put it on the table and the three of them looked over it. Upon doing so, Entei licked Raikou's cheek, causing unease as he jumped away.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

"This list is great!" Entei said. "We already have our next twelve challenges, so we can just think up more as we go along…"

"That doesn't mean you had to lick him!" Suicune growled.

"We've both licked him at some point, don't act like it's taboo…" Entei retorted.

"Well, ignoring that, I think Dialga has the time going normal again by now, so let's get back to it…"

000

All of the competitors were sound asleep in their respective team apartments, but little did they know, it was about to be interrupted…

"GOOD MORNING COMPETITORS!"

Hearing this startled everyone up out of their sleep.

"What the hell!?" Eelektrik exclaimed, drowsily.

He and the other male Suicunes groaned as they sat up or remained lying down in the beds.

"Report to the craft services tent for breakfast and socializing…"

"Breakfast and socializing?" Honchkrow asked. "They hardly ever care to do that for us!"

"Hey, maybe they had a change of heart…" Tepig said before sneezing, causing smoke to alert the sprinklers.

As the rain poured down, Bronzor groaned. "Why me?"

000

"If that's gonna be a daily occurrence every time we're in the apartment together, I'm gonna need a plastic cover…" Bronzor stated.

000

"Breakfast and socializing? Really?" asked Lairon. "I bet it's a trick…"

"Or maybe you're thinking too hard and you just have a pessimistic attitude toward anything nice they may do…" Bellossom said.

"As the only veteran female on this team, I think I have the right to have that attitude…" Lairon stated. "Everything 'nice' they do is either a trap, or a lie…"

"Don't those two count as synonyms in that case?" asked Mandibuzz.

"No!"

"Ugh...well if you're done with your hesitant, negative rant, will you just come on so they won't say anything about the full team?" asked Skuntank.

"Whatever, skunk…" Lairon said as she walked past her and a few others. "You'll all learn soon enough."

The girls that were still there exchanged nervous glances.

000

"These veterans must've really had a tough time. But so far, things don't seem that bad. Seriously, is it that hard to believe that Raikou, Entei, and Suicune can do something nice?" asked Milotic.

000

"Yeah, I don't buy it…" said Houndoom. "Something's wrong. They never choose to serve us…"

"New season, new attitudes…" Swirlix said with a smile. "Maybe they're lightening up!"

"Yeah, directly following a challenge that dealt with most of us dying…'let's give 'em some breakfast'", Dusclops commented. "As much as I hate to admit it, I agree with the mutt…"

"Watch it…" Houndoom growled.

Dusclops rolled his eye.

"Well fellas, we won't know unless we go, now won't we?" asked Grovyle.

"You do what you want, country hick, but I'm not going anywhere…" Dusclops said as he laid back down in his bed, pulling his cover over him.

Ursaring immediately yanked his cover off and tore it to shreds.

"Ya know I expected that…" Dusclops commented, still lying down.

"Get up. Now…"

"Ursaring, was that really necessary?" Quilladin asked.

"Was that necessary!?" Braviary exclaimed. "I mean, it's Dusclops, so who cares, but seriously?!"

"Well, looks like I'll be using your sheets tonight…" Dusclops responded.

"No you won't, now ALL OF YOU", Ursaring shouted. "Craft services tent, now…"

"And may I ask who you think you're taking to?" Umbreon growled.

"I'm talking to you irrelevant ass clowns", Ursaring retorted. "You're lucky that I'm still here, because without me, this team would spiral out of control…"

"And with you, we get nothing but insults and unnecessary actions…" Wooper replied.

"You fucks are weak! We lost the last challenge because of you guys and those useless bitches!"

"Meanwhile, you were one of the first ones out…" Zebstrika muttered.

"WHAT'D YOU SAY?!"

Metagross walked forward and punched him through the wall once again to shut him up. He was getting really tired of him.

"That never gets old…" Quilladin commented with a smile.

"That never gets old…" Wooper repeated.

"Ya got that right…" Braviary stated.

"I just-ugh….why do I even bother?"

000

"I EXIST, ARCEUS DAMN IT! WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE KEEP IGNORING WHAT I SAY?!" Quilladin exclaimed, distraught.

000

"They're actually feeding us now?" asked Espeon. "What a pleasant surprise…"

"What? They didn't feed you guys?" asked Zangoose.

"Hardly", Mightyena responded. "We usually had to eat berries or sneak food from either their trailer or the mess hall. When we had an eating challenge, however...that was a different story."

"Well, are we gonna waste our time talking about it, or are we gonna go?" Goodra asked with a giggle.

"Goodra's right, talking about food is actually making me hungry for once…" Jolteon said as she headed to the door.

"For once?" asked Cherrim.

"Usually I don't get hungry so easily…" Jolteon explained.

"I'm pretty sure none of us are like that, but okay…" Breloom replied as she walked to the door as well.

As the girls started clearing out, Mightyena noticed that Absol was still lying in her bed. She could tell she was awake, as she heard whimpers and faint sobbing, so she walked over to her.

"Absol? You okay?" she asked.

"No!" Absol cried softly. "Why won't Houndoom love me again?! I apologized so many times!"

"Well, I can't speak for him, but I think that it still doesn't help", Mightyena explained. "You dumped him because of what a known jackass said...practically accusing him of rape when he actually tried to get you out of your shell."

Hearing it from her, despite hearing it elsewhere already, it made her feel like scum. She looked down, burying her head in her pillow. "Great, he'll never love me again…"

"Hey, I never said that…" Mightyena said, jumping onto her bed and lying down. "Just give him some more time…"

"But...but what if he falls for someone else?" Absol asked. "Jolteon's already got her eyes on him and I don't think he'll be up to turn her down…"

"Well...I don't know what to say about that…" said Mightyena. "But...just don't give up. I'm sure he still has feelings for you…"

Absol sniffled and wiped her eyes. "I hope he does, too…"

"Come on, let's get to the craft services tent…" Mightyena said as they both got off of the bed.

Once the two of them were out, Delphox got out of the closet with a smile. "Very very interesting…"

000

"Looks like Absol is still heartbroken about Houndoom", Delphox said with a smirk. "Hmph, I guess I can use that to my advantage. There's 8 veterans on our team, same with the others, so if I'm able to knock them all out...this game will be a cinch."

"Time to put my feminine wiles to good use…"

000

"Man, it feels like I've been sleeping forever…" Drilbur groaned, popping his back as he got out of bed.

"Aye…." Clawitzer said as he got up as well. "Reminds me of me father's ship. Got knocked out instantly…"

"Well, might as well go see what bullshit they're trying to pull this time…" Flygon said.

"What bullshit?' asked Shellder.

"They barely fed us last season, that's all…" said Luxray as he stretched, Manectric watching intently, purring in his head upon seeing his muscle more defined now. "So yeah...it's probably bullshit…"

"Mr. Cornall said that maybe they grew hearts…" Heliolisk said, still holding his 'friend'.

"Ha! I doubt it... " Drilbur said. "The legends of these shows love nothing more than torturing us for no reason…"

"Complaining won't do shit", Tyranitar commented. "Let's just go…"

Dragonite was still sound asleep, which the others noticed. As Delibird proceeded to try and wake up, Shedinja appeared directly above the snoozing drake and stared down at him.

Dragonite felt a strange presence and started turning in his sleep. Upon opening his eyes, he screamed and fell out of his bed.

The other guys laughed, causing him to groan and frown as he stood up.

"You okay, dude?" asked Spheal.

"Other than the miniature heart attack...yeh…" Dragonite said, rubbing his head.

"Well, let's get going", said Tropius. "We don't wanna keep the girls waiting…"

"Oh~" Luxray said with a smile, noticing his demeanor. "One of the girls seems to have caught your eye, I'm guessing?"

Tropius blushed faintly. "No comment…"

"Aw come on man, which one is it?" asked Shellder, urging him on. "We won't tell her!"

"No thanks...I'm good", Tropius said bashfully.

"Whatever you say", Farfetch'd chuckled as they all headed to the door.

000

The girls of the Raikous had woken up and some of them, specifically two of them, were already arguing.

"You don't need to put on fucking make up before going to breakfast!" Noibat screeched. "We're gonna be late!"

"It's not my fault you don't care about your looks", Delcatty responded as she used her tail to powder and blush her face. "I actually have someone I want to impress around here, which is something I'm sure hardly any of you have to deal with…"

"Damn right, because I'm alreadydating!" Typhlosion said, folding her arms.

"You're dating a big green rock lizard that is a wannabe leader…" Delcatty responded. "It's pretty obvious you don't have anything to impress…"

"WHAT?!" Typhlosion growled fearsomely, neck blazing.

"Typhlosion...calm down", said Blissey as she held the angry badger back. "Sticks and stones can break your bones-"

"But words can never hurt me, yeah yeah yeah…" Typhlosion growled, getting out of her grasp. "But the words aren't hurting me...they're gonna cause Espeon 2.0 to get hurt…"

"Oh please...I'm nothing like that ugly bitch", Delcatty commented as she blurred in the makeup so that it matched her complexion.

"You know what, you're right, I'm sorry…" Typhlosion started. "...you're a more pretentious bitch…"

"Watch yourself she-man! You already look like a guy, and I don't want any of your bad genes to rub off…"

"Oh, THAT'S IT!" Typhlosion yelled as she tried to lunge at her, only for Meganium's vines to stop her.

"Violence isn't the answer…" Meganium said. "She may be irritating as all hell, but we just have to deal with it because we're a team."

"Ugh...she's right…" Noibat groaned. "Delcatty has absolutely no class and is a major let down, but...she's a teammate and we have to treat her as such...even though she won't reciprocate the actions…"

Typhlosion took a deep breath. "Fine...but get out of line again, and you're gonzo…"

"I'm not scared of any of you…" Delcatty replied.

"You don't have to be. You just have to be scared of the votes and losing your chance at the prize…" Lanturn stated.

"Whatever you say…" Delcatty muttered.

"Let's just leave without her", Gothitelle said. "They didn't say we had to go together…"

"Yeah, but it's better that all of us go together…" Altaria said. "That way we don't get the crappy 'finally' or 'about time'. I'd rather just get the challenge over with and come back to sleep."

"I agree with that…" said Sawsbuck. "Like...I didn't 100% complete my beauty sleep, so I'm like at... 86%..."

"Um...Sawsbuck, you still look the same", said Gothitelle commented.

"Aw...thanks!" she said with a smile.

"Ugh...will you all leave already?!" Delcatty exclaimed as she went back to doing her makeup. "You're ruining my concentration!"

"Gladly", Noibat said as she and the other girls made their way to the door and out.

000

"I swear, whoever she gets with is gonna regret it within seconds…" Noibat commented.

000

Everyone was heading their way to the craft services tent, some of them engaging in a bit of chitchat along the way. Because there were 70 of them at the moment, minus Delcatty, they looked like a herd of wild Tauros.

Eventually, they made it to the craft services tent, which surprisingly got larger since the last time it was seen. Before they could walk in, the three hosts walked in front of them.

"I knew this was a trick…" Lairon said.

"I'm pretty sure all of us did…" Farfetch'd commented.

"Oh, this is no trick. You all are going to get your breakfast, but it's gonna be happening in a unique way…"

"Wait, so you're really gonna feed us?!" Gulpin exclaimed happily.

"Idiot, you and your friends were the only ones who ever ate regularly because you made the mess hall your little club…" said Pangoro, folding his arms.

"It's not our fault that you guys never bothered to get your own food…" Piloswine retorted.

"Now you listen he-"

"SHUT IT!" Entei roared. "We're not at camp anymore, so you're getting food, just be fucking thankful…"

"We'll be fucking thankful when you're not a fucking asshole…" Drilbur commented with a chuckle.

Oh how he hated that mole, but...he also missed him, so he let it slide and just gave him a glare.

"Now, since there are three teams, we thought that it'd be fitting to serve you based on your rankings…" Raikou explained. "So…"

Suicune and Entei opened the tent, showing three different long tables, each with different foods on them. There were also trays, cups, and silverware on the edge of each table.

The first table was made of shiny hardwood and had a plethora of foods like muffins, waffles, pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausages, toast, cereal, and oatmeal line organized on it. There were also Watmel, Colbur, and Razz juices along with the food.

The second table was made of solid iron and had oatmeal, fruit, biscuits, sausages, eggs, and bacon. There was a pitcher of Oran Juice along with that.

The third table, made of old, wet wood, just had biscuits, eggs, and bacon. They only had a pitcher of water.

"As you can probably guess...the team that actually wins the challenge, gets the big breakfast. The second place team gets the decent breakfast...and the losers get, well...that", Raikou said, eyeing the third table.

"Oh that's just great. We get punished for losing even AFTER we lose a player…" Dusclops said.

"Well, this should be enough incentive to get you to actually try harder, right?" Suicune said. "So, come on up and dig it. Feel free to take your food back to the apartments and we'll call you when it's time for your challenge…"

000

After receiving as much food as they wanted, each team returned back to their apartments.

000

"Okay, if this is the reward, I definitely want to win all the time", said Gulpin as he devoured an entire pancake before belching.

"You didn't want to win all the time before this?" asked Skuntank, lying next to Dewott. "What's the point of competing if you don't wanna try to win?"

"I don't think you understand him…" Vanillite chuckled sheepishly. "He knows that we may lose challenges, but he wants to win all the time now that this breakfast is the reward…"

"Okay...explain to me again how you beat out Kung Fool Panda last season…" Mismagius commented.

"Watch yourself noob", said Pangoro, tearing into a waffle. "I still have more experience than you ever will. Plus, I got outed because I was 'mean' to a fucking legendary child…those fucks were just lucky floaters…"

"Maybe don't talk with your mouth full…" said Mandibuzz. "You're getting waffle on the carpet…"

Pangoro looked down and saw that there was a piece of chewed waffle on the ground. He shrugged and continued eating.

"Well, since we're talking about winning and everything...what info do you veterans have on the others?" asked Garchomp, putting one leg over the other.

"Um...what do you mean by that?" asked Manectric.

Garchomp groaned at their ignorance. "Strengths, weaknesses, things that make them feel bad so that we can use it to our advantage…"

"Wait...isn't that a bit-COCK SUCKING BITCH!" Shieldon blurted out randomly, causing everyone to stare at him. He twitched a bit and backed away. "S-Sorry. I didn't mean to…"

"Okay, I'm guessing you're either a troll or you have Tourette's…" Eelektrik said. "Either way, you're going to be getting on my nerves and I don't like it…"

"Really Eelektrik?" asked Bellossom, giving him a look.

"Hey, I'm just telling the truth…"

"Okay, let's just not get into his condition, we have more important things to worry about", said Mismagius. "So...like Garchomp asked. Do you know any strengths or weaknesses we can use?"

"Um...well...there's a lot that we can say about the others and honestly...I'd rather not say…" Honchkrow said.

"And why is that?" asked Mandibuzz. "Too much of a big shot, or are you too attached to them?"

"Big shot?" Honchkrow asked. "I wish...and honestly, yes. That, and I'd rather not be the scapegoat when they get eliminated. Majority of us are pretty damn violent…"

"Oh right…" Gligar spoke up. "That guy Flygon has those different personalities and Farfetch'd has PTSD or something…"

"Yeah...and it'd be extremely beneficial to get rid of those two now so that we won't have to worry about them at the merge", Vaporeon said. "Plus, it seems like they're pretty much gonna go far if there's anything war-related or just crazy…"

"Okay, so we have Flygon's MPD and Farfetch'd's PTSD…" Milotic said. "That's just two of them. Anything else?"

"Well let's see…" Lairon started. "Mightyena hates when Manectric is around Luxray, so Manectric may have to do a bit more flirting…"

"Um...N-no thanks…" Manectric said, looking down.

"Come on man, when it comes down to it, you're gonna have to in order to stay in the game…" said Gligar.

"Well, Mightyena's not that big of a threat anyway", said Vanillite. "The only threats are probably Espeon, Dusclops, Farfetch'd, Flygon, Tyranitar and Typhlosion, and Luxray, kinda…"

"We still need the strengths and weaknesses…"

"We only know about Luxray, Flygon, and Farfetch'd. We don't know anything more…" Haxorus stated as he put a strip of bacon in his mouth.

Lairon gave a soft, throaty growl upon hearing him talk again.

"Alright, that's seven veterans to get rid of…" said Eelektrik as he took a bite of the bacon. "Now we just have to make sure we win again. The bacon tastes like ass…"

Tepig was in the corner just eating eggs, pancakes, and waffles. Knowing the others were eating bacon, he just decided to stay away for a bit and not watch.

000

"Yeah...I hate bacon. It's made of me for crying out loud! A-CHOO!" he sneezed, causing smoke to fill the confessionals. "Oh come on!"

000

"Hmm...this isn't as bad as I thought it'd be…" said Tyranitar as he ate a piece of sausage.

"A big boy eating a sausage and saying 'not bad'. How humorous…" Delibird commented.

"So, since we're all here again, what made you guys sign up for the show?" asked Flygon.

"Yeh, how much of a horrible or boring life do you have to have to subject yourself to bullshit?" asked Drilbur.

"Same reason that you guys did most likely…" Blissey said. "We hear the words prize and money and we're all up for it…"

Typhlosion giggled. "Fair enough…"

"The breakfast isn't that bad, but it isn't as good as it looks…" Shellder said.

"Of course it's not…" said Noibat as she bit into a biscuit. "This is second place breakfast, so it's neither delicious or horrible…."

"And that just means that we need to start winning more…" said Luxray. "If we actually want to good breakfast, we can't just settle for 'good enough'. "

"Luxray's right…" Pyroar said. "We have to try harder…"

"You realize that saying that we should do that won't change anything right?" Lanturn asked. "Us winning is determined by the other teams and what the challenge is…"

"Lanturn has a point, thar…" said Clawitzer. "If we want t' tasty breaksmartly, we have t' work hard, but also see what happens in t' challenges."

"Uh...what is breaksmartly?" asked Spheal.

"I'm pretty sure context clues tell you that he means breakfast…" Gothitelle answered.

"Oh…."

"Hey Dragonite, you okay over there?" asked Drilbur, seeing the large yellow dragon sitting by himself on a sofa.

"Yeah, I'm fine…" Dragonite replied. "Just prefer to eat alone or at least have some distance...hehehe", he said sheepishly.

"Riiiiiight…" Typhlosion said.

"Well, while we're all still here and you got to ask us some questions. I think it's fair that we ask you some questions…" said Spiritomb.

"Didn't we already do this?" asked Luxray.

"Not entirely…" Spiritomb replied. "So...what are some specific strengths that you guys have?"

All the veterans exchanged glances.

"Um...there aren't any specific individual strengths that we have…" said Altaria.

"We know that you don't have any strengths since you're just reliant on your crazy boyfriend…" Delcatty said as she walked from the elevator and heard her say that.

"Delcatty, do you mind keeping your shithole clenched shut? We're actually trying to learn things that can help us win…" Noibat growled.

"Like what? How to use your hideous face to distract the other teams from the challenges?" Delcatty hissed.

Noibat took a deep breath in order to resist the urge to beat the living daylights out of her.

"Sticks and stones...sticks and stones…" she repeated to herself.

"Well, this is getting us nowhere fast…" said Drilbur.

"Hey, we're still waiting on your answer…"

"Like Altaria said, there aren't any specifics…" Tyranitar replied. "We just do what we need to do…"

"Well, that was anticlimactic…" said Shellder.

"Well since I'm finished, I'm gonna go for a walk…" Meganium said.

"Oh! I'll come with you!" Tropius said quickly before catching himself. "I mean, if you don't mind, that is…"

"Um...sure. That's fine…" Meganium said as she grabbed her tray with her vines and placed it on the dish cart that each apartment had. She started heading out, and Tropius followed suit, putting his tray on the cart as well.

"Well, looks like love is blossoming already…" said Blissey with a smile.

"And I doubt that it'll last long if Dusclops or Espeon find out…" said Luxray.

"Okay, I'm really getting tired of hearing you veterans bitch about two losers that got lucky and played you all. It's your own damn fault for not being smart…" Delcatty stated.

"YOU ACT IT'S OUR FAULT THOSE FUCKS WON THINGS!" Typhlosion exclaimed, rising in a rage, her neck ablaze.

"Anger issues…" Spiritomb thought in his head. "Check. Can't get any strengths to sabotage, so might as well use weaknesses…"

Tyranitar had to stand up and bring her back down into his lap to keep her from pummeling Delcatty. Seems like she was gonna be making a lot of enemies.

000

Delcatty giggled. "This is waaaay too easy. I'm getting under their skins already and we're not even at challenge five!"

"They make it too easy. The weak minded losers…" she continued. "I bet that most of the veterans would be gone before I ever get down to the bottom…"

000

Meganium wanted to walk around to gather her own thoughts, but also get to know the area a bit better so she wouldn't be confused. She was a bit confused as why Tropius wanted to tag along, but then she realized what was probably going to happen once he caught up, so she prepared for it.

In all honesty, she found Tropius a bit cute, but she barely knew anything about his character, as they didn't talk much. And usually, in her experience, cute guys always end up having massive egos, and she absolutely hated that.

She heard the flapping of wings and looked back and up to see Tropius flying down toward her. Once he landed, he stumbled a bit, chuckling to himself. "Sorry for the abrupt appearance…"

Meganium gave him a smile. "It's fine…"

Tropius blushed a bit before returning the smile as they continued walking. Meganium was much more focused on walking and knowing where everything was, which Tropius seemed to notice amidst their silence.

"SO, uh...any reason in specific you signed up?" asked Tropius. "I mean, other than the money that is…"

"Well...doing porn just wasn't cutting it any more…" Meganium said jokingly to see his reaction.

Tropius, being a playful jokester at times himself, could tell that she was joking and so decided to go along with it. "Oh yeah...I think I've seen you on Porntube before. Did that Toxicroak hurt?"

Meganium was shocked to hear that as a reply and actually thought that he was being serious. He was that convincing.

Seeing her smile fade and be replaced with a semi-offended frown, along with a blush, Tropius decided to clear things up quickly. "Um...you know that I was just joking, right?"

"Oh!" Meganium exclaimed, before giggling sheepishly, embarrassed that she didn't see that he was just kidding.

"Come on, you're too cute to do porn…" Tropius commented. "Plus, I'm sure you have more respect for yourself…"

Meganium blushed as they continued walking. So far, he didn't seem like that bad a guy. A bit hard to understand, but not bad. However, she still didn't really trust him. Too many bad experiences…

000

"Tropius is cute and all, but I don't think he's my type. Plus, I still don't really know a lot about him. I mean, he's good at convincing...or maybe that was just me…" Meganium said. "I'll see what happens with him as the game persists and see if my thoughts change…"

000

Luxray and Mightyena decided to meet up at the romantic movie set again for some private time. Mightyena was already there, and as Luxray entered, she immediately padded over and they locked lips briefly.

"I've was thinking about you all last night…" Mightyena whispered seductively.

"Really?" Luxray asked. "I was thinking about Manectric…"

Mightyena scoffed and playfully shoved him. "Don't even bring up that name. I still can't believe that they decided to bring him back out of everyone else they could have picked."

"Hey", Luxray said, rubbing their noses together. "He's on neither of our teams AND he's actually been leaving us alone. I think he's actually gotten over me!"

Mightyena gasped. "Really?! That's great!" she exclaimed as she pounced on Luxray, pinning him down.

"Yeah, but I think we have something else to worry about…"

Mightyena immediately groaned, keeping their position. "What is it now?"

"I think Pyroar has a crush on me…"

"W-WHAT?!" Mighytyena exclaimed. "Where'd you get that?!"

"Considering that he killed you and then stared at my junk with 'bedroom eyes' in the last challenge and the fact that he's been getting a bit closer to me than I'd like…"

Mightyena sighed as she lied on him, their muzzles close, but not so that they were kissing. "Why does this keep happening?"

"I don't know, all I do know is that I love you and just you…" Luxray said before connecting their lips. Mightyena accepted the kiss and started getting into it a bit more.

Luxray knew where this is going, but decided to end it before it started. He quickly used the same maneuver Houndoom did in the previous challenge and rolled over before rising off of Mightyena.

She giggled. "Like the view~?" she asked seductively.

"Oh definitely…" Luxray said with a smile. "But, we shouldn't be screwing as much anymore unless we're completely in private. With over 50 people here, I don't trust it…"

"Yeah, you're right...plus, I don't wanna get pregnant or anything….yet…" she said with a wink. Luxray immediately paled a bit. He wasn't even thinking about having kids!

"Yeah…" he said before laughing sheepishly.

Mightyena raised a brow.

000

"It sounded like Luxray was a bit shocked when I mentioned kids…" Mightyena said. "I mean, I don't want kids now, but maybe sometime later on…"

"Plus, we have a game to focus on now and we can't risk it...no matter how good it feels…"

000

"Okay, okay, okay, I love Mightyena, but I don't think I'm ready for kids…" Luxray explained. "I mean, I fine with having them. I won't leave her or anything, but...it may just be overwhelming to me…"

000

Most of the Suicunes had left the apartment, leaving Honchkrow, Lairon, Haxorus, Mandibuzz, Charizard, and Garchomp alone.

"Alright, now that everyone else is gone, what info do you really have?" asked Garchomp.

"What, you thought we were holding back?" asked Honchkrow. "We were serious…"

"Wait, what!?"

"You got Farfetch'd and Flygon, those two are the main ones to watch out for and that's good enough…" Lairon said. "Not our faults we didn't want to learn every little detail…"

"Well, it is a waste of a part of an already stupid life…" Mandibuzz stated, causing others to stare. "Why the hell are you staring at me?"

"Because you sound like an edgy 13-year old…" Garchomp said, folding her arms.

"Hey, that was just my viewpoint…" Mandibuzz defended.

"So you're a goth chick…" Lairon said. "That would've been good to know earlier…" she muttered.

"It doesn't matter. I have different views than you, so what?"

"Oh that's just Lairon being who she is...There's no problem…" Honchkrow said.

"Hey!"

"COMPETITORS! MEET US OUT IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS! IT'S TIME FOR TODAY'S TERRIFYING CHALLENGE!"

"Terrifying?" Charizard questioned. "Didn't we just have a challenge where us dying was the main objective?"

"Oh you'll get used to it. It's pain after pain with these guys…" Haxorus responded.

"Wow, the first words you two say at this meeting and it's to each other, how precious and annoying…" Garchomp said. "Everyone has something to say, so just fucking talk…"

"You don't control anyone, missy…" Charizard said.

Garchomp huffed, folding her arms, "Well since I'm acting as leader of this team-"

"According to who?" Lairon scoffed.

"Me! Now, come on...I can see them out there…" Garchomp said, looking out the first floor window.

000

"I don't know who Garchomp thinks she is, but if anyone is going to be the leader of anything, it's going to be me!" Lairon growled.

000

About 5 or 6 minutes after the call, everyone gathered to hear the challenge synopsis.

"Alright, now that you all are here-"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Gulpin screamed as he fell from the sky, landing directly on Shellder.

Both of them groaned in pain.

"How the hell did you get in the air?!" Suicune asked, surprised.

"A bird picked him up and took him away…" Shieldon explained. "And it was too fast, so we couldn't hit it…"

Umbreon laughed. "Bad luck for the stomach…"

"Screw...ah forget it…" Gulpin groaned.

"Alright, NOW that everyone's here, it's time for your next challenge", said Entei. "And today's movie is…'It'."

Cubchoo immediately paled.

"'It'?" Dusclops asked. "That stupid book-turned series about the shape-shifting Mr. Mime?"

"Yeah, that's not really a movie, it's a mini-series…" said Servine.

"Well it's called a film, so we're saying it's a film. DEAL WITH IT!" Entei roared.

"Ugh...you really need to get some ass…" Drilbur groaned. "Maybe once you aren't a virgin, you'll be nicer…"

Entei eyed Raikou with a smile, making him uncomfortable. Entei already wasn't a virgin because of him, so that smile send off alerts in his mind.

Raikou cleared his throat. "Anyway...this is essentially a face your fear challenge. 'Pennywise' can transform into your worse fears and since he loves to eat children…MEWTWO, NOW"!

Mewtwo teleported into the lot and an aura enveloped the competitors. They all started devolving into their basic forms, minus the ones who didn't evolve at all and the ones who hadn't evolved yet anyway.

"Thank you Mewtwo…" Suicune said.

"Whatever…" he said before teleporting away.

"Okay, I was hoping that this would never happen again", Tyranitar, now Larvitar, said.

"Well, your hopes were dashed…" Entei said. "Now, there will be two parts to this challenge. One part in this form, and the other in your present states...so some of you will just stay the same anyway…"

"How wonderful…" Bronzor stated monotonously.

"And...since Pennywise resides in the sewers...that's where each of your challenges will be located", Suicune explained.

"Now, each team has a different goal", Raikou started. "My team's goal is trek through the sewers and collect ten photos of Pennywise…"

"My team will have to search the sewage streams and collect as many keys as you can…" said Suicune.

"And my team has to find hidden pokeballs", said Entei.

"And how the hell does that help us when we have a killer clown on the loose?!" Shroomish exclaimed.

"You'll find out later…" said Raikou. "Now, we're taking one more question before we start, so you better make it good…"

"Are all of our challenges intertwined in some way?" Goomy, formerly Goodra, asked. "Like, can one team find a different team's objects?"

"Considering that we're most likely gonna be in the same fucking sewer, I think that's pretty obvious…" said Pancham, formerly Pangoro.

"What the panda said…" Entei said.

"Well I have an actual-"

"Nope! We said we were taking one-"

"How the hell am I supposed to move anywhere?!" Feebas, formerly Milotic, asked, cutting him off.

"Ask Lanturn...or well, Chinchou", Suicune said. "She's a fish and she doesn't have big fins, but she still made it work…"

"By bouncing or scraping on my stomach!" Chinchou interjected angrily. "It fucking hurts, but I don't like complaining!"

"See!"

"Ugh...fine...someone give Feebas a fishbowl with wheels…" said Raikou.

"And give their team an extra player that may be useful?" asked Espeon, now an Eevee again. "No thanks…"

Bronzor spawned a Feebas into a fishbowl strapped to a rolling cart. Feebas sighed in relief. "Thanks Bronzor…"

"Alright, no more questions", Entei said. "We mean it."

"Now, to get you all into the sewers…" Raikou said as he pulled out a button.

Once he pressed it, all of the competitors were dropped down via trap door.

000

The group landed in the large sewer. Everyone had to climb out of the mass pile of bodies or in some cases just phase out of it. Grunts and growls of discomfort and annoyance ran rampant and echoed throughout the sewer.

Once everyone was able to get on their feet, and in Feebas' case, back in the bowl, they divided into their respective teams.

"It smells like shit…" said Gligar, putting his claws in front of his face.

"We're in a sewer, what'd you expect it to smell like? Pansies?" Tynamo, formerly Eelektrik, questioned.

"Well, good luck everyone…" Stunky, formerly Skuntank, said.

"Who needs luck?" Teddiursa, formerly Ursaring, said. "You losers won't win anyway…"

"Says the guy whose team lost the first actual challenge…" Litleo, formerly Pyroar, said.

Teddiursa growled at him and got in his face. "Say that again…"

Litleo, not afraid of him, just used Flamethrower, causing him to faint.

"Thanks for that…" said Zangoose. "He may be on our team, but Arceus damn is he gonna be a pain…"

"Well, time for us to go our separate ways. We have a challenge to win!" Cyndaquil said.

The teams each split off, as they were dropped in a section of the sewer that had three separate paths.

000

The Raikous had gone to the right path.

"Alright, I feel like we got the short end of the stick with this challenge…" said Spiritomb.

"How so?" asked Trapinch, formerly Flygon.

"We have to find pictures scattered who knows where down here, while the other teams have to look for keys in the streams of water, which are usually running along the center of sewers, and pokeballs, which are much more noticeable and thin, flat pieces of glossed paper…"

"Spiritomb's right…" said Gothita. "How are we gonna find the pictures fast and easy? Especially if we have a psychopathic Mr. Mime hunting us down?"

"Do you guys wanna split up?" asked Farfetch'd. "I mean, it'll get things done faster…"

"But it also give us a higher chance of being captured…" Noibat said.

"Did they even mention anything about being captured?" asked Skitty. "No, they didn't. So stop complaining."

"One, no one's complaining except for you. Two, it's pretty much implied that we're fucking targets!" Cyndaquil exclaimed. "Why else would they change us back into our basic forms?!"

Skitty rolled her eyes.

"Let's just ignore her and continue on…" Shinx said. "As for the picture thing, it'll all be up to luck and good eyesight.

"Two things I doubt any of you have…" Skitty said, prompting Nincada, formerly Shedinja, to use Night Slash, knocking her against a wall and into a pile of sewage.

"Effective…" said Happiny. "...but not called for…"

"No, I think that was definitely called for…" said Chinchou.

A groan and a bit of spitting was heard as Skitty emerged from the sludge with goop stuck to her fur.

"Nincada...I am going to-" she started before Litleo looked on her back and saw a picture sticking to it. He snatched it off quickly.

"OW!" she exclaimed, turning around. "Who did that!?"

"Oh, sorry Skitty, I didn't know it was that stuck on…" Litleo said sheepishly.

"Oh, it's no problem, cutie~" she said with a smile, getting a bit close to him, making him blush and gulp.

"Well…" Larvitar said, taking the picture from Litleo. "That's one picture down…"

"And nine more to go…" said Delibird.

000

The Suicunes, going down the middle path, found themselves at a large pool with walkways on either side.

"Well, this is definitely a shitty challenge…" said Misdreavus. "No pun intended…"

"Wow, I actually expected that from anyone else on the other teams...not here…" said Tynamo.

"So uh...how's this gonna work?" asked Shieldon.

"How do we even know if this is where we're supposed to be looking?" asked Tepig, sniffling a bit. "Didn't they say something about streams?"

"We need someone to check…preferably a water-type or someone who can swim…" said Oddish, formerly Bellossom.

Everyone immediately looked at Oshawott, formerly Dewott. He looked a bit peeved before pointing to Feebas.

"Oshawott, come on...no offense to Feebas, but you're more capable…" Stunky said. "Please…"

Oshawott sighed inaudibly before hopping into the water. Looking around, he saw something shiny at the very bottom and swam down toward it.

He made all the way to the bottom and saw that there was a key surrounded by barbed wire there. He was confused, but also pleased. He, without hesitation, reach down and grabbed the key, taking the scratches with a smile.

Once he got the key, he made his way back up, trailing a bit of blood in the process. He resurfaced and climbed out of the pool with the key, Eevee-Vap and Stunky staring at him.

"OMA! What happened?!" Eevee-Vap exclaimed.

"He got some scratches, so what?" asked Gible, not really caring since he wasn't flinching or anything. "We've got one key. Did you see any more down there?"

Oshawott shook his head 'no'.

"Crap…" Pancham, formerly Pangoro, said.

"So what do we do now?" Eevee-Leaf asked.

"We keep moving…" Aron said as she started walking.

"Why don't we just follow the stream back to where we came from and check?" Cubchoo meekly asked.

"That sounds like a good idea", said Tynamo. "Let's go back to where we came from and check the ground that we were already looking at on our way here and hinder our progress…"

"Hey, you didn't have to be a dick about it…" Swinub said. "You could've just disagreed and gave your point…"

"Yeah yeah…" Tynamo said. "Main point, if we wanna actually make progress, we keep going forward…"

"He's right…" Murkrow said. "He was rude in his approach, but he's right…"

"Well, what are we still standing here for?" Vullaby asked. "Oshawott gestured that there were no other keys, so let's just go."

"Um...g-guys…" Electrike, formerly Manectric, said, fear evident in his voice.

"What is it, lion stalker?" asked Aron, turning around.

Everyone looked behind themselves and saw a Mr. Mime with razor sharp teeth, red 'ears', and a creepy smile standing behind them at the entrance they came from.

"Hello kids…" it greeted with a deep, scary voice. "It's your pal, Pennywise…"

"Oh no…" Gligar said, backing away a bit.

"RUN!" Stunky exclaimed as they all took off running in the opposite direction, Pennywise following them with his same smile.

000

"Finding pokeballs in a huge ass sewer, what a great idea for a challenge…" Duskull said sarcastically.

"Hey, less complaining, more looking…" Treecko said. "Your negative attitude won't do anything but bring us down…"

"HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT US TO FIND POKEBALLS IN A SEWER?!"

"Um...like this…" Absol said, pulling a pokeball out of a sewer pipe.

"Okay good...now find about ten or so more, then we'll be fine…"

"If only we were still fully evolved…" said Eevee-Esp said. "I could just use kinesis and get as many pokeballs as we want."

"And then be disqualified for 'cheating' even though there was no rule against it…" Cherubi, formerly Cherrim, said.

"Hey, let's try to stay positive and not complain. The more we do, the less likely we are to win…" Chespin, formerly Quilladin, said.

"When the hell did you even get here?" asked Veeger.

"I've been here the entire time!" Chespin exclaimed.

"Um...no, I'm pretty sure you just got here…" said Snorunt, formerly Froslass.

"What the-"

"He's been here the whole time guys. Quilladin ring a bell?" Shroomish said.

"Nope", Zangoose said.

"Nada", Snivy, formerly Servine, said.

"Who is he again?" asked Wooper.

Chespin groaned. "Just forget it. Let's just keep looking. Complain all ya want…"

Screams in the distance echoed throughout the sewer.

"What was that?" Houndour, formerly Houndoom, asked.

"Pennywise is probably eating one of the other team's players...not our problem…" said Fennekin, formerly Delphox, brushing her tail against his underbelly as she crawled between his legs with a smirk.

Absol gasped, as did Eevee-Jolt. Houndour didn't even flinch or show any attraction, though he did throw her a passing glance.

"Okay, ignoring that unnecessary and rather slutty display-" Goomy started.

"Who're you calling slutty, slug?" Fennekin growled.

"Look, I'm not gonna argue. What you did was a bit slutty", Goomy said. "Now, we need to come up with a system to find the pokeballs we need."

"What the fuck kind of system do you suppose we use when we're in a stinky ass sewer?" Eevee-Esp growled.

"Siempre podíamos simplemente GUARDAR EL MOVERSE!" Hawlucha exclaimed, gesturing in the forward direction.

"No habla espanol, dipshit…" Teddiursa growled.

"Uf ... la ignorancia es alto en este equipo…" Hawlucha said, rubbing his temples.

"Is there a remote around? I think we need closed captions in order to understand this idiot…" Veeger said.

"He said that we can always just keep moving, and I fucking agree", said Eevee-Jolt. "The more we whine, the more time we lose. Now come on…"

"Hold on, what was the second part, then?" asked Teddiursa with a glare.

"It doesn't matter, now shut up and come on…" Poochyena said annoyedly.

000

"Aye, this trek be makin' me legs cramp…" Clauncher said as they continued walking along the side of the sewage pool.

"Hey, feel free to swim in the sewage", Skitty said. "You're already crusty and have poor hygiene."

"That be nothin' but a stereotype, ignorant lass", Clauncher replied, annoyed.

"Do you take pleasure in annoying everyone you talk to?" asked Drilbur.

"Do you take pleasure in acting like a tool to one of the hosts who could eliminate you at any time?"

"HA! I'm not on his team, so I give zero fucks…" Drilbur laughed, folding his claws.

"Can we focus on the challenge at hand, please?" Dratini, formerly Dragonite, said. "I don't wanna be down here any longer than we have to be. Especially if we just have nine more pictures to find. The other teams just have to find as many as they can…"

"Dratini's right. We have a set number, the others don't…" said Swablu, formerly Altaria. "That means our challenge is easier…"

"No, that means our challenge is as difficult or more difficult than the others…" Gothita said. "If the others just have to find as many as they can, and we have a set number, that should tell you that the keys and pokeballs are more common to find, therefore the photos are NOT as common to find…"

"Of course they aren't, they're flat strips of paper that can be hidden almost anywhere…" Spheal said.

"Well, we got one...that's something, at least…" said Noibat.

"Hey, I think I have an idea!" Shellder said.

"Oh my Arceus, like me too!" Deerling, formerly Sawsbuck, said. "What's yours?!"

"Noibat can use her ultrasonic waves to find the pictures!"

"Oh, I was gonna say we go to the pipe across there, climb out, and go to the mall!"

"Deerling...we're in a competition, you know..." Chikorita said. "There's no mall here…"

"Aw…"

"At least Shellder's plan has a lick of sense", said Trapinch. "So, Noibat, can you do it?"

"I can try…" said Noibat. "Lemme see that picture we already got…"

Larvitar held up the picture, which showed the Mr. Mime holding a meat cleaver with blood dripping off of it.

Noibat closed her used as she used her waves to get a sense of the picture.

"Okay...let me see if I can find any others…" Noibat said as she closed her eyes again and started using her waves to sense the presence of any other pictures. After a few minutes of nothing happening, Noibat sighed. "Sorry guys, I don't sense anything."

"It's alright…" Tropius said. "At least you actually tried to help out…"

"I'm sorry, but are you doing, exactly?" Skitty asked, figuring that he was targeting her with that statement.

"Uh...what?"

"I know you're trying to put me down like the rest of these losers. None of you fucks are doing anything either!" Skitty said.

Helioptile tilted his head toward his arms. "Mr. Cornall says that you need to take your pole out of your butt."

A few of the others snickered.

"Why don't tell Mr. Kernel to shut the hell up before he's dinner!"

"He said….'try me, bitch'..."

"I'm arguing with a moron...you're bringing me to your level…"

"Oh-ho no...you're WAY below our level and you've been so ever since you first spoke…" Farfetch'd commented.

"Oh, go fuck yourself with a rusty knife!"

"OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH!" Shinx exclaimed, sparks coming from his body. "We're wasting time with this bullshit arguing. We get it! Skitty's annoying-"

"Hey, watc-"

Shinx gave her a glare, actually frightening her a bit, as she took a few steps back. Litleo purred softly at seeing that.

"-but we need to maintain our sanity and find these pictures in order to win this challenge…" Shinx continued. "We're already lucky that Pennywise hasn't came around, so let's not waste time and just keep going…"

"And what do you know…." Spiritomb said. "In giving that speech that probably won't change anything, you've wasted more time…"

Shinx twitched and growled before unleashing a Thunder in the sewer water. "Dude, calm down…" Larvitar said, holding him back.

A loud groan was heard as a large Muk, as well as a couple of Grimers, emerged from the water Shinx electrified.

"Nice going, idiot…" Skitty commented.

000

The Suicunes were all panting as they stomped in another part of the sewers.

"Are we okay?" asked Stunky.

"Of course not!" Pancham exclaimed. "A fucking clown-mime ate pork boy and the ice cream!"

"Well, looks like we gotta move on without them, what a pity…" Tynamo said. "Let's go…"

"We can't just let them-"

"They got eaten", Gible said. "Unless you want to risk yourself for a couple of pretty much useless players, you'll get over it…"

"Everyone's useful in their own way…" Eevee-Leaf said.

"Oh, so you wanna go back?" asked Gligar.

Electrike moved in front of him. "Leave her alone…"

"Geez, calm down…" said Gligar. "It was just a question…"

"We don't have time for this, you know…" said Bronzor as he floated forward.

"You're not even looking on the ground!" Swinub said.

"There's twenty-four of us. I'm pretty sure there's gonna be more than one person looking…" Charmander said.

"Found another key…" Oddish said, kicking over a can on the side.

"Joy…" said Vullaby.

"There were probably SON A BITCH, FUCK!" Shieldon started before groaning. "There were probably keys on the ground that we missed while running from Pennywise…"

"Well, I ain't going back there", said Misdreavus. "He vanished after he got Tepig and Vanillite and I don't trust that…"

"I'm surprised that you two aren't more concerned about your friend…" Cubchoo said softly.

"The three of us deal with a crap ton of stuff like this all the time, so we just don't care anymore. It's become a custom to us…" Swinub explained.

"That's very sad...and mildly disturbing…" said Feebas.

"We have two keys and an unknown time limit left", Aron started, "we need to kick it into high gear…"

Axew smirked at her before they shared a quick kiss.

"Uh...was that really necessary?" asked Vullaby.

"Just let them be. They insist they aren't a couple, but they do things like that…" Murkrow explained.

"Well we don't care…" Gible said, causing Charmander to give her a look. "We have a challenge to focus on…"

Axew looked around the area. He eyed a pew thin pipes on the ground and saw an old, broken miniature vacuum next to the can Oddish kicked.

Aron noticed his look and grew perplexed. "What's up, Axew?"

Axew walked over to the vacuum and picked it up before moving back over. He then jumped up and grabbed onto the pipe before snapping it off, causing sewage water to start pouring out of it.

"Okay, while you gather useless items and break things, the rest of us are gonna keep going…" said Tynamo as he and the others continued going forward, leaving Aron and Axew, as well as the others of their alliance.

Gible growled. "What the hell are you doing, you idiot?!"

"Hey! He's not an idiot!" Aron growled as she crawled into his lap as he used his fingers to unscrew the bottom of the vacuum.

"Axew, come on. What the heck are you doing?" Murkrow asked.

Axew groaned. "I'm trying to make a metal detector. There…"

"Why did you just tell us sooner?!" Gible exclaimed. "Now the rest of the team has gone who knows where!"

Axew made eye contact with Charmander, who smirked. "Well one, he doesn't have to explain himself as long as he's helping us out. And two, I'm pretty sure we're on a single path, so we should be able to catch up with them…"

"Excuse me, but I'm sure I wasn't talking to you…" Gible growled, locking eyes with him. Seeing that he had a smile on his face, she groaned and folded her arms.

000

"Something about that Charmander just doesn't sit right with me…" Gible said. "He always seems to be so chill and once I say something to him, he has a stupid, dopey smile on his face."

"If he's trying to make a point or get with me or something, he's got another thing coming…"

000

"Okay, that's pokeball number 10…" Swirlix said as Treecko put another pokeball in an old plastic bag.

"So, you still wanna complain, Dusclops?" asked Blitzle.

"You still wanna keep your secret?" Eevee-Esp retorted.

"Fuck off!" Blitzle retorted quickly.

Fennekin grew involved. "Secret?"

"Watch who you're talking to, buddy…" Veeger growled.

"Then tell your mate to mind her own fucking business…" Blitzle growled back.

"Whoa…" Rufflet said, getting between them. "We don't need to be fighting right now."

"He's right", said Treecko. "Come on, we have more important things to worry about…"

The team started to walk again and look for more pokeballs.

Veeger glared at Blitzle as he followed suit. Eevee-Esp nuzzled him lovingly. "I love you~"

He chuckled before nuzzling her back and following the team.

000

"No one is going to disrespect my girl or me and get away with it…" Veeger said. "I won't allow it…"

000

"Well, since we're all-" Cherubi started before being cut off.

"We're not talking about our feelings or giving any strengths or weaknesses…" Duskull said immediately.

"Do you have to be such a dick?" asked Zangoose.

"Do you get any, period?" Duskull replied, making Zangoose blush and growl.

"Come on, be nice…" Snivy said.

"Sorry, but ain't happening as long as the bitch and her mate, dead lethargy, and bully bear is on this team…" Poochyena.

"Funny enough, Teddiursa hasn't said shit lately…" Chespin said with a smile.

Treecko immediately stopped and turned around, stopping the entire group. He looked over the group and facepalmed. "Well, he's gone, that explains…"

"That's good for us…" said Swirlix.

"I'd agree with that if we didn't have to worry about ol' Pennywise…" Treecko said.

"Oh please…" Duskull said. "He probably just walked off somewhere muttering how we're all dumbasses…"

"That could also be the case…" Goomy said.

"I agree…" a voice said.

Treecko turned back around upon hearing the voice and saw the creepy Mr. Mime right behind him.

"Oh crap!"

Beldum immediately used Take Down, knocking Pennywise down before turning the opposite direction and flying off.

"HEY! WAIT UP!" Eevee-Jolt exclaimed as she followed.

The others on the team followed as well.

000

The Muk and Grimer were unconscious with burn marks as Cyndaquil retrieve a picture from the Muk's head.

Most of the newcomers had petrified looks on their faces as Cyndaquil gave the picture to Larvitar, who then kissed her cheek. "Nice work…"

"Naturally…" she responded with a smile.

"Well, that's one-fifth of our challenge complete…" Drilbur said. "Let's try not to find and anger any more Pokemon down here…"

"Tell that to the one who caused it…" Skitty said.

"So...you?" Trapinch asked. "You are the one who caused Shinx to get pissed…"

"But he carried out the action!" Skitty exclaimed. "I swear, you guys are just weak-minded losers!"

"And you are a bitch with no life…" Noibat said.

"Says the one who's wasting her time saying that…" Skitty said.

As the two of them continued arguing, a few of the others started walking, not wanting to deal with it anymore.

"10 MINUTES LEFT!" they all heard.

"There's a time limit t' this? That be very scummy…" Clauncher said.

"I kinda expected that to be the case…" Trapinch said. "They hardly ever tell us a time limit, but when we're in a challenge, they'll randomly say how much time we have left…"

"Welp, we're screwed", Delibird said as he plopped on the ground.

"Not necessarily…" said Spheal. "Maybe the other teams haven't found a lot…"

"Nice job with the false positivity…" said Gothita.

"HEY! Less talking and more searching…" Cyndaquil said as she and Larvitar started walking forward. "You heard them, we only have ten minutes left. Well, less than ten minutes now…"

"I doubt we'll be able to find any more pictures within that time frame…" Dratini said glumly.

"What about a picture frame?" asked Deerling as she saw a picture frame floating in the water with something sticking out of it.

"What are you babbling about n-" Skitty started before looking at the water and seeing the same thing as her. "There's one in the water!"

"Clauncher or Spheal, can one of you get it?!"

"Aye!" Clauncher said as he jumped into the water and sped after the frame. He picked up the frame in his claw and tossed it up and on the side before climbing up himself. "I be goin' t' be needin' a long bath after this be over…" he said as the odorous water drip from his body.

Chikorita used one of her vines to get the picture from the frame. "That's three…"

"Still less than half…" said Litleo before noticing Shinx's annoyed expression. "Um...y-you okay, now?"

"What do you think?" he asked rather bluntly.

"Well, you'll get through this…" he said before getting a bit closer. "If we lose, we can get rid of Skitty or well, Delcatty…" he whispered.

Shinx was a bit uncomfortable, once again, but nodded along. Litleo nuzzled him, making him more uncomfortable.

000

"I'M NOT THAT ATTRACTIVE FOR FUCK SAKE!" Shinx exclaimed. "First Manectric and now Pyroar, what the hell!?"

000

Litleo sighs. "He's so cute...and that power gave me chills. But, I'm not gonna push too hard since he's already got a girl. I just gotta hope that he doesn't say anything or they break up…"

"Like I said, Vaporeon is hot as hell, too and if this doesn't work out...I'll start working my way to her…"

000

"Less than ten minutes left and those morons still haven't taken the hint and are staying back…" Tynamo said.

"Or maybe Pennywise got them, too", said Eevee-Vap.

"Maybe we go back and look for them…" Stunky suggested.

"No. They made their choice, now we have to keep going…" said Pancham. "Who cares if they get eaten?"

"I do!" Stunky replied. "We're a team!"

"That doesn't mean we have to care about each other's well-being. We aren't family; I barely know any of you fucks, including the ones I've already dealt with…" Pancham continued. "As long as our team wins, that's all that matters…"

Pancham said before stepping on something soft and weird feeling. He looked down and saw that it was something pink. He looked up and saw teeth.

"Oh f-" he didn't get to finish as the mouth closed and he was swallowed.

"Mmm….endangered flavor…" Pennywise said, rubbing his stomach.

"Okay, maybe going back isn't such a bad idea…" Oddish said.

"Don't talk, just RUN!" Feebas exclaimed as they all ran off. She, however, got caught and was eaten immediately.

Misdreavus stopped and attempted to use Shadow Ball, but Pennywise and dodged it and swallowed her up as well.

The others continued running like heck, Cubchoo tripping in the process, resulting in her getting eaten as well.

Once finished with her, he disappeared into the wall, which Oshawott noticed as he stopped and grabbed Stunky's tail briefly to get her attention.

"What is it?" she asked before seeing his point in the direction that Pennywise was originally. "He's gone!"

"That's good…" said Gligar as he landed.

"Good?" asked Oddish. "You call losing four more players of ours, good?!"

"For fuck's sake, I mean the fact that he's gone!" Gligar exclaimed.

"Ugh...well since we're going back anyway, let's see if we can find the others…" Eevee-Vap said.

"No, I think it's in our best interest to just leave…" said Bronzor. "Seriously, we just got chased and lost four more players…"

Suddenly, beeping was heard coming from the opposite direction they were initially running toward. There, they saw Axew, Lairon, and the others walking towards them, Axew holding what looked like metal detector.

"There you guys are!" Electrike said. "Where've you been?!"

"Collecting keys and coins…" Gible said, holding two more keys, while Vullaby held coins in her skull-diaper. "What about you?"

"Oh, how precious, while you and your little friends decided to stand back and work alone...WE LOST FOUR MORE PLAYERS!" Tynamo exclaimed.

"WHAT!?" Gible, Murkrow, and Aron exclaimed.

"Yeah...so thanks a lot", said Oddish.

"I'm sorry, but they just brought us more keys and some money, so I'm okay with this…" said Gulpin.

"Yeah, lay off a bit…" said Swinub.

"Ugh, fine...we're almost done with this challenge anyway…"

"FIVE MINUTES REMAIN!"

"So...do we have to find our way out now with the four keys we have...or are they gonna get out themselves?" asked Eevee-Leaf.

"We'll see…" Murkrow said.

000

"Less than five minutes to go, thirteen pokeballs…"

"And only nine of us remaining…" Duskull said emotionlessly.

Among them, only Beldum, Duskull, Treecko, Snivy, Poochyena, Swirlix, Eevee-Jolt, Snorunt, and Hawlucha were left.

"Geez, this is very bad…" said Swirlix before he licked his cheeks, regaining a bit of happiness back. "What if he comes back for more of us?!"

"Then you're becoming a shield…" Duskull said simply.

"No one needs to become a shield", said Treecko.

"Beldum siempre lo ataca, lo que ayuda. Tal vez en realidad podemos seguir empujándolo hacia atrás de esa manera", said Hawlucha.

"That's a great idea!" Eevee-Jolt exclaimed.

"What? What'd he say?" asked Snivy.

"He said that because Beldum always tackles him and pushes him back, we could attack, too…" she explained.

"That's common sense…" Snorunt said. "No one was really thinking about that except him…"

"Too bad that doesn't matter considering we're almost done with the challenge…" said Poochyena as she kicked a paper bag over and a pokeball rolled out. She scoffed. "Unbelievable…"

"That's fourteen", said Treecko as he picked it up and put it in the bag.

"TIME IS UP!"

000

Everyone was brought back above ground, the Enteis looking remarkably scarce compared to the other teams.

"What the-" Entei started before growling angrily and firing a Flamethrower at the sky. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?"

"Um...y'see sir…"

"Wait...how the hell does your team still have all of its players?!" Suicune growled, glaring at Raikou.

"What are you looking at me for?! How should I-"

A cackle was heard and Nincada, Swablu, Chikorita, Deerling, and Shellder were all grabbed and phased through the ground from their locations. They weren't even all together!

"SWABLU! CHIKORITA!" Trapinch and Tropius exclaimed simultaneously.

"Great...just great…" Raikou muttered. "Well, let's see who won their challenge. Present your items…."

Larvitar held his team's three pictures, Treecko held the bag of pokeballs, and Gible held four keys.

"How the-" Suicune started before groaning.

"Ha!" Entei laughed. "My team actually beat both of you by a LOT!"

"But your team still lost most of its players…" Drilbur said. "So...might as well stop that…"

Entei growled angrily.

"Alright, Entei's team won, but the challenge isn't quite over yet…"

"That's right, now that you've faced Pennywise as children...you can now face him as your normal selves…"

Mewtwo returned to the scene and aura enveloped all of the contestants again. They were all returned back to their original stages. He quickly left after that.

"Man it feels good to be in my regular body again…" Honchkrow said, spreading his wings. "I felt so awkward as a Murkrow…"

"You sure it was just as a Murkrow?" Mandibuzz asked.

Honchkrow gave her a look.

"Now, like the previous challenge, each team will have a different objective, and based on how many objects you have, that's how much help you get…" Raikou explained.

"Wait, do we get our players back?!"

"Nope, they're out of the challenge until the very end…" Raikou replied. "Sorry…"

"How the heck are we supposed to get anything accomplished with nine players?" asked Mightyena.

"Shoulda thought about that before you lost all of those players…" said Suicune.

"And...because you won the first challenge anyway, you get an advantage…" Raikou said before walking away momentarily and coming back with a baseball bat in his mouth. He dropped it in front of them.

"A baseball bat? Really?" asked Metagross. "How is this gonna help anything?"

"You'll figure it out…" Raikou stated. "Now, onto the second challenges. My team, you guys have to collect the items found in the pictures and bring them back to the center. However, since you only got three, you will have to find the other items on your own…"

"HOW IS THAT FAIR?!" Typhlosion exclaimed.

"It's fair considering we gave you ample time to find all of your objects and ,whether you believe it or not, the distance that each of you got in the sewers held all of the pictures…"

"Are you KIDDING ME!?" Flygon exclaimed.

"Nope. Maybe you shouldn't have spent so much time arguing…" Raikou said.

They all glared at him.

"My team, your goal is to try to find and free all of your fellow castmates…" said Suicune. "The only way to free them is by key, and since you just have four keys...you better hope you got one of the right ones because of the thirty keys that were hidden, ten of them work…"

"Wait...there were thirty keys down there...AND WE ONLY GOT FOUR!?" Garchomp exclaimed.

"Yep…" said Suicune. "Pretty sad…"

"And my team, since you've got a bag of pokeballs, I think you're pretty much set, unless you got some shitty choices…" Entei said. "Your challenge is to find and defeat Pennywise…"

"Oh great...we may have a chance…" said Servine.

"Yeah, but like he said, we probably have some shitty choices in there…" Dusclops said.

"Let's hope that ain't the case…" Grovyle said, looking at the bag in his hand.

"Alright, you guys have your challenges-"

"Hold on! Can we at least get some hints or something to help us out?!" Pyroar asked. "Because if we just have those three pics, we're gonna lose for sure!"

"No you won't", Raikou said. "Just do the challenge…"

"WE'RE AT A DISAD-"

"GO!" Raikou said before pressing the same button, this time only dropping the Enteis as the Suicunes ran off. The Raikous remained, glaring.

"Um...that means you, too…" said Suicune. "Get going, now…"

"We need more than this shit if you expect us to actually have a fucking chance", Farfetch'd said, holding the three pictures.

"Just go and you'll see that you're fine!" Raikou said.

Disgruntledly, they went ahead and left.

"You'd think that they'd learn to just listen and go along with it by now", said Entei.

000

"So...anyone here into bondage?" Bellossom asked.

"WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?!" Eelektrik exclaimed, shocked to hear that from the flower Pokemon.

"Just trying to start a discussion…"

"Well sorry, but I'm afraid none of us want to have that conversation…" Garchomp said.

"Where are we even supposed to be going?" asked Leafeon. "She just said we had to find and free everyone that got eaten…"

"I guess we just have to find them ourselves…" said Manectric walking up next to him.

"I don't see that working out…" Bronzor said. "Finding things don't seem to be our strong suit if we missed twenty-six keys on the single path we took…"

"Hey, we had to SUCK COCK SHIT!" Shieldon blurted out before groaning. "Nevermind…"

"We had to run from Pennywise most of the time we were down there, it's not our fault…" said Skuntank.

"If only we had gone back after we were chased…" Piloswine said, eyeing Eelektrik.

"Don't try to blame this on me, pork boy…" said Eelektrik.

"We don't have time for arguing! We only have four keys because of that!" Lairon growled.

"And we don't have any ideas on where the others could be!" Vaporeon said. 'So we're pretty much screwed either way!"

"...We could check the sets…" Gligar suggested after a moment of silence.

"Hmm...that actually makes sense…" said Honchkrow. "But, if we probably have a time limit again, we should split up…"

"Wait, is Pennywise still gonna be after us?" asked Manectric.

"Of course not, he targets children…" Garchomp said.

"And basic stage Pokemon look like children…"

Gulpin, Shieldon, Gligar, and Bronzor exchanged glances.

"We can't worry about that right now. There will still be enough of us to look around the challenge as long as the four of them are split up amongst the groups, so who's going with who?" Bellossom asked.

"Well, Haxorus, Lairon, Honchkrow, Charizard, Mandibuzz, and I are gonna be one group, and I guess we'll take...Gligar", Garchomp said.

"Why the hell do you six always have to be together...seems suspicious…" Eelektrik said, giving them a dirty look.

"Ugh...fine, if you're gonna make a big deal out of it, you, Mandibuzz, Honchkrow, Gligar, Bellossom, and Shieldon can be one group…"

"Whatever floats your boat…" Eelektrik said.

Lairon scoffed. "You can't just-"

"Lairon, Haxorus, Charizard, Bronzor, Vaporeon, and I will be the second group, and the rest of you will be the last group", Garchomp finished. "Satisfied?"

"Don't know why you're still asking me, but yeah, sure…" said Eelektrik.

"Alright, we're gonna check the western movie set. Where are you gonna be so that know where to go if you find something?" asked Garchomp.

"Um...I guess we can go check out the special effects building…" said Manectric.

"You're not checking things out, you're looking for the others…"

"Ugh, fine…" Manectric said, rolling his eyes. "I guess we'll go to the romantic movie set or something…"

Leafeon both blushed and paled upon hearing that.

"Okay, and we'll go to the space movie set…" said Gligar.

"Alright, now how are gonna know if someone else finds something?" Skuntank asked. "And what if a group goes to another set?"

"Shit…I guess we didn't think that through…" said Garchomp.

"How about this…" Mandibuzz said. "After we're finished searching a set, we meet up back at the apartments and let each other know where we're heading next if we don't find anything…"

"Good idea", said Shieldon.

"Sure…" Mandibuzz said, rolling her eyes.

"Alright, let's get going!" Lairon said as everyone dispersed into their groups.

000

"Okay, there are nineteen of us, and we have three objects to choose from…" said Tyranitar, looking through the pictures. "A meat cleaver, a pillow, and some rope…"

"So murder, sleep, and BDSM…" Spiritomb said. "How fitting…."

"So, since there's three, we need to split up", said Typhlosion. "And just so we don't have any major problems...we're just gonna say and if you have any objections...please don't."

"Gee, that sounds fair…" Delcatty said, rolling her eyes.

"Shut it!" Noibat growled.

"Flygon, Drilbur, Noibat, Clawitzer, Heliolisk, and Tropius, you guys can go for the cleaver…"

"As long as we don't have Delcatty, I'm perfectly fine with this…" said Drilbur.

"As if I'd wanna be with a loser like you…" Delcatty growled.

"Good", Drilbur replied with a chuckle. "I'll happily be a loser if it means I'm away from your shitty attitude…"

"You little-"

"Okay, Luxray, Pyroar, Farfetch'd, Gothitelle, Blissey, and Spiritomb, you guys can get the rope…" said Tyranitar.

"Sounds good", said Pyroar, winking at Luxray, who sighed.

"And that leaves me, Tyranitar, Delibird, Lanturn, Dragonite, and Spheal to find the pillow…"

"Hey what the hell am I supposed to do then?!"

"STAY OUT OF THE WAY!" Farfetch'd exclaimed.

Delcatty growled.

"Ugh, fine...you can be with Luxray's group…"

"WHAT?!" Luxray and Farfetch'd exclaimed.

"I'm certain you can handle t' lass", said Clawitzer.

"We can, but we wish not to…" Luxray, glaring at the Prim Pokemon

"The badger said no objections, so it looks like you're gonna have to whine to your bitch on your own time…" Delcatty said.

Luxray growled angrily.

"Alright, we all have the groups, so let's get going", said Tyranitar.

000

"This is very annoying…" said Dusclops.

"You know what's more annoying?" Froslass asked. "You saying that this very annoying!"

"And you know what's more-"

"Okay, are you two gonna make out or something?" asked Swirlix.

"WHAT!?" both ghost-types exclaimed.

"Ha!" Mightyena laughed. "That rat bastard hates relationships. I doubt that he'd even have the balls to ask a girl out…"

"Real mature…" Dusclops said. "How many times as Luxray pounded you senseless since we've been here, ya slutty horndog?"

"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME!?"

"A. Slutty. Horndog…" Dusclops repeated.

Mightyena snarled and stalked towards him, only to be picked up by Servine's vines.

"Ma'am, I understand your anger, but this ain't the time nor place for settlin' this…" Grovyle said.

"Listen to the country hick; you're wasting our time…" Dusclops said.

"He's not a hick…" Servine said, glaring at the ghost as she dropped Mightyena abruptly, making her yelp upon landing. "Oops, sorry."

"Hey, while we're actually trying to find the psychopath, why don't we check out what we have in these Pokeballs?" Jolteon suggested.

"That makes sense…" said Metagross. "We need to make sure that what we have isn't useless…"

"You're right about that…" said Grovyle as he dropped the bag of pokeballs. "We have fourteen balls to choose from, so hopefully at least one or two of them is good enough…"

Grovyle took out one of the pokeballs and tossed it up, releasing a Palossand.

"Great...we got the sand castle…" Dusclops groaned.

"Hey, it's part ghost-type, so it's useful to us…" said Grovyle as he put it down on the ground. He took out another ball and opened it, releasing a Magikarp.

"How'd I know that one of these things was gonna be in one of the balls?" Dusclops asked rhetorically.

Grovyle recalled the Magikarp and sighed. "One good, one bad…"

He pulled out another ball and released the Pokemon inside, only to see that it was another Magikarp.

"You've gotta be shitting me…" Mightyena cursed, seeing the Magikarp flop on the ground.

Grovyle returned the second Magikarp with a sigh before taking out another ball. "Hopefully…"

It was another Magikarp. Everyone looked at each other.

000

Eelektrik, Mandibuzz, Honchkrow, Gligar, Bellossom, and Shieldon were at the space movie set. Gligar and Shieldon looked intrigued, while the others weren't that impressed.

"A crummy set for a crummy show…" Mandibuzz said.

"These props look cheesy and stupid…" Eelektrik said, looking at a stack of fake meteors in the corner.

"I doubt they'd get actual space rocks for a low budget film…" Honchkrow commented before sighing to himself. He was the only newcomer in the group, which made him rather uncomfortable, but also a bit looser.

"Hey look, a rocket!" Bellossom said, pointing to a large, fake rocket. "Maybe the others are in there…"

"If they were, I'm sure we'd have heard them yelling for us now wouldn't we?" Eelektrik retorted. "That being said it seems like no one's here, so we can go…"

"Where's Slur Spouter and Mister Misunderstood?" Mandibuzz asked, looking around.

"I don't know…" Bellossom said, looking as well. "Gligar! Shieldon!"

"They were here a second ago…" Honchkrow said.

"And now they're not…" said Eelektrik. "So let's not waste time wondering and just get outta here before whatever happened to them...happens to us."

The four of them began heading back to the apartments.

000

Flygon and his group had to find a meat cleaver, which was pretty easy, as all of the cutlery was usually around a kitchen or the craft services tent.

"Alright, we're here", Drilbur said. "Time to check some cutlery…"

They entered the tent, only to find that the tables were empty; no cutlery or plates to be seen.

"What the-where'd everything go?!" Noibat exclaimed.

"Looks like they cleaned up…" Tropius said. "Meaning no cutlery for us…"

"Well, this is just the craft services tent…" said Flygon. "We don't know where the kitchen or food tent is…"

"Um...isn't t' ration tent t' same as this one?" asked Clawitzer.

"No, that tent holds all the food and the refrigerators and stuff. This place is where we eat…" Flygon explained.

"Well, that means that finding that tent will be useless as well…" said Noibat. "Do we know where the kitchen is?"

"They never gave us a tour of where we're eating, unsurprisingly…" the Drilbur said. "I'm surprised we even found this place…"

"Following the mob…" Tropius said with a chuckle.

Mr. Cornall had smacked Heliolisk, making it seem like he jerked his head to the side suddenly.

"What the hell? You okay?" asked Noibat.

"Ow…why'd you do that?!" he growled, glaring at his hand.

The others exchanged glances.

"Oh...that makes more sense…" Heliolisk said, nodding slightly. "But you still didn't have to hit me!"

He sighed after a while. "Mr. Cornall says that we should check a murder movie set since most actual weapons are found there. Just because it's a knife doesn't mean it's gonna be in a stupid kitchen…"

"Yeah, we get that, but these hosts are known for stupid shit like, I don't know, PUTTING THINGS IN STUPID PLACES!"

"That doesn't mean they did it this time…" said Heliolisk.

"Okay, fine...let's just humor him…" said Noibat. "Come on, let's find the slasher film set…"

"Whatever…" said Drilbur.

-000-

The six of them made their way to one of the many slasher movie sets.

"Wow, thar be a lot o' murder movie sets here…" Clawitzer said, looking at a directory on the wall next to the large door. "12 out o' 80."

"Joy…" Noibat said. "We're having more instances like last challenge. I swear, they need to put that crap in the sign up forms!"

"I doubt they'd get any people to join, then…" said Drilbur, folding his claws. He lifted one of his feet, seeing a red substance on it. He sighed. "I wonder if this is real or fake…"

"It'd better be fake or they could be sued…" Flygon said before growling. "I still can't believe that fucker took Altaria…"

"They had to take some people from us bro…" Drilbur said.

"No they didn't, they could have left our team alone!"

"I found the cleaver, guys!" Tropius said.

The other five followed the sound of his voice and saw that the pistol shrimp had indeed found the cleaver. Only thing…

"Well, this isn't pretty…" said Heliolisk.

The cleaver was embedded in the head of an Aipom. They didn't know if it was real or fake, but the blood around it made it look authentic.

"Well, uh...anyone wanna grab it?" asked Drilbur.

Tropius and Heliolisk moved back, while Noibat gave him a look. Heliolisk shook his head quickly. Drilbur turned to Flygon, who seemed to be transfixed on the bloody chopper.

"Um...F-Flygon?" Drilbur asked.

The dragonfly's eye twitched before they darted to the mole. He yanked out the cleaver with swiftness and threw it at him. Drilbur quickly ducked as the cleaver embedded itself in the wall.

Drilbur jumped up and smacked Flygon, snapping him out of his transfer. Flygon rubbed his cheek and groaned. "What the hell, man?!"

"You just chucked the cleaver at me, dude!" Drilbur retorted.

"Oh…" Flygon started. "S-Sorry about that. Sheesh, I was doing well keeping them in check, too…"

"Well…" Noibat said as she grabbed the cleaver and tried pulling it out with little success.

Heliolisk walked over and pulled it out with ease. Noibat huffed. "Show off…"

"Alright, that's one down, and nine more to go…" said Tropius.

000

"I can't believe it…" Froslass said. "Fourteen pokeballs, and we have nine Magikarp, a Palossand, a Drampa, a Banette, and two Klang."

"Well, we're fucked…" said Swirlix.

"Disponemos de el bate de béisbol también…" Hawlucha said, waving the baseball bat.

"And what the hell is that gonna do?" asked Dusclops. "He's a psycho. I doubt that'll do much of anything…"

"Don't know unless we try…" said Servine. "If we find him, that is…"

There was a particularly long moment of silence among them, which began irritating Mightyena quite a bit. She didn't mind the silence, but it just made her feel so bored and annoyed. If only Luxray was there with her...she wouldn't have any trouble keeping herself preoccupied then…

She sighed. "This is boring…"

"What? I'm not allowed to complain about anything, but you can do it whenever you want? That's fair…" he said, rolling his eyes. "What is it? Can't handle being without your boyfriend's genitals so long?"

"Will you shut the hell up!?" Mightyena growled. "What me and Luxray do is between us!"

"And everyone who's ever watched the show since there's CAMERAS EVERYWHERE!"

"Oh go fuck yourself, ghost boy…"

"Ouch, my feelings…" Dusclops retorted.

"Now, what did I jus' say?" asked Grovyle.

"Nothing. You've been silent for the past two minutes…" Froslass said.

Grovyle groaned.

"Look!" Servine exclaimed. "We don't have time for your senseless arguing. We have a CHALLENGE. I thought that since you were veterans you'd be focusing more on the game instead of what each other has to say!"

"Sheesh, someone has her vine up her ass…" said Froslass, folding her arms.

"At least she has an ass...well, partially", said Metagross.

"Wow, the first few days you guys are silent, now we see how you really are…" Jolteon said. "I don't like it…"

"Am I supposed to care?" asked Froslass.

Jolteon didn't even respond and just sighed as she continued walking.

000

Lairon, Haxorus, Charizard, Bronzor, Vaporeon, and Garchomp were at the wild west movie set.

"Welp, looks like nobody's here. Guess we can go now…" Lairon said before being stopped by Haxorus. "Ugh...come on! We would've heard someone yelling by now. It's obvious they aren't here!"

"It can't hurt to explore…" Vaporeon said, looking around and sniffing at a rope.

"Is smelling rope what you call exploring? " asked Bronzor. "If so, I agree with Lairon that we should go…"

"FYI, I was just trying to see of it had a scent of any of the others…" Vaporeon explained.

"That doesn't make any sense…" said Garchomp. "Who grabs a rope for a few seconds and then drops it for no reason?"

"No one. I was acting. Gosh, I'm not an idiot…"

"I'm not even gonna respond to that nonsensical bullshit…" Garchomp said, looking away. "So, are we leaving or what?"

"Or what…" Charizard answered. "Just because no one's screaming doesn't mean they're not here. They could be hidden somewhere that we can't see or hear…"

"Are you shitting me?" asked Lairon. "I am NOT about to waste all my t-"

Haxorus began whispering in her 'ears', causing her to stop and immediately start blushing with a mischievous smile.

"I withdraw all complaints…" she said in a semi-dazed manner.

Garchomp was amazed at this, while the others paid it no mind. Charizard saw her expression and smiled.

000

"What the hell is up with the guys on this show?!" Garchomp exclaimed.

000

"She's cute when she tries to keep in her anger and confusion.." Charizard commented. "She'll break soon enough…"

000

"Alright, there isn't anything, so let's get outta here" said Garchomp. "I don't wanna be here longer than I have to be…"

"Thank you!" Lairon said as both she and Garchomp started heading toward the exit.

Charizard and Haxorus exchanged smirks. Bronzor floated out of the set as Vaporeon sighed and followed suit.

Haxorus grabbed and dragged Lairon back in, as Charizard pulled and spun Garchomp back in, holding her.

"WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!?" Garchomp growled, getting free of his grasp.

Charizard didn't respond and instead gave her a smile, which she hated. She growled and looked at the other two, who were now making out.

"Um….are you guys coming out, or what?" they heard.

Haxorus and Lairon ceased their actions, while Garchomp still glared at Charizard.

"Yeah, we're coming…" she said as started walking out again.

This time, Haxorus allowed Lairon to exit before patting Charizard's shoulder playfully. "You'll get her eventually", Haxorus said. "She can't fight it for long…"

Charizard nodded and followed them out.

000

Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Dragonite, Lanturn, Delibird, and Spheal went inside of their own apartment to look for the pillow. They pretty much gave themselves the easiest object to find, but they still needed to find other objects they didn't know about.

They all entered the elevator and started going up to the bedrooms. They decided to stop on the guys' floor first and just go to the girls' on the way back down.

"Alright, hopefully you boys have taken care of your room…" said Lanturn.

"You make it seem like it's gonna look like a hurricane passed through…" Delibird said. "Only naughty boys do that…"

"No...no naughtiness is involved", said Spheal as they stopped and the doors opened.

They left the elevator and saw that the pillows that were usually on the beds were no longer there.

"What the hell?" Tyranitar cursed. The guys began looking under the covers and under the beds, as well in the closets and bathrooms, but came up empty.

"You've gotta be joking…" said Dragonite.

"I should have figured…" Tyranitar muttered. "These bastards never make things simple…"

"Maybe they left some pillows on our floor…" said Lanturn.

"They most likely didn't, but it can't hurt to look…"

-000-

"Nope, just like I thought …" Typhlosion said, her arms folded as the others tossed the girls' room.

"What do we do now, then?" asked Spheal.

"We have to just...try to find them somewhere else…" said Tyranitar.

"Hey, what if they just took the pillows from our apartments and not the others?" asked Dragonite.

"That's not a possibility…" said Typhlosion. "These assholes wouldn't make it easy, remember. It's not in any apartments. It's probably in one of the sets."

"Pillows...in one of these sets?" Lanturn asked, tossing a sheet to the side. "I doubt it…"

"It's the only lead we have…" said Delibird. "Ho ho ho...let's go!"

"Never say that again…" Spheal pleaded.…" said Typhlosion. "

000

"Okay, this is just getting agitating…" Froslass stated as she stopped. "We've been walking for almost 12 minutes already and we haven't heard or seen any sign of Pennywise!"

"I think they want him to come to us…" Jolteon. "It's the only thing that makes sense. Plus, he's sneaky and scary, he's not just gonna appear in front of us…"

"We need to use Swirlix as bait…" Dusclops stated with no remorse.

"WHAT?!" the cotton candy pup yelped.

"Your body looks and tastes like cotton candy already. It's the best bet. Take one for the pathetic team…" Dusclops said.

"You're not sacrificing Swirlix", Mightyena growled.

"Then how do you expect us to lure the coin named clown?"

"I dunno, but sacrificing a teammate is NOT the answer…" Servine said.

"YUMMY COTTON CANDY!" they all heard, immediately causing Swirlix to yelp in fear and hide underneath Mightyena.

Pennywise rose from the ground with his same smile. "Come here you tasty morsel…"

"Fuck off!" Grovyle exclaimed, throwing the pokeball with the Palossand.

"USE SHADOW BALL!"

The Palossand prepared to use Shadow Ball, but Pennywise transformed into a water hose, spraying the Palossand, but because of its ability, its defense grew. This caused Pennywise to change into a Gengar and fire a Shadow Ball at it, knocking it out immediately before letting out an insane laugh.

"Ugh...Klang…" Dusclops groaned in annoyance as he tossed the ball as Hawlucha snuck to the side to avoid conflict.

Immediately, the Klang was knocked out by Pennywise, who turned into a Flamethrower.

"You've gotta be kidding me…" Froslass muttered. "So we can't do anything to defeat him!"

A sound POW was heard and Pennywise fell forward, unconscious, revealing Hawlucha holding a now broken baseball bat.

"Wow, nice work Hawlucha!"

"THE ENTEIS WIN THE CHALLENGE!"

"VERY nice work, partner! We got us a victory!" Grovyle laughed.

"Es un placer…" he said with a smirk.

000

"Looks like we won't be going to elimination tonight…" said Mightyena. "Hopefully Luxray's team doesn't end up going to elimination…"

000

Dewott, Skuntank, Gulpin, Piloswine, Leafeon, and Manectric were at the romance movie set. A couple of benches on a green screen, as well as a bedroom scene were there.

"Ooh...very interesting~" Manectric said, eyeing Leafeon from the side before clearing his throat and side bumping him, making him blush and move away. He sighed. "So, I don't think anyone's here…"

"Why?" asked Piloswine. "We haven't even searched yet."

"Yeah, but sound wise-"

"Don't even finish that sentence", said Skuntank. "That's the lazy man's excuse...get looking."

They all split up with their 'partners', leaving Dewott with Skuntank. She didn't know why, but there was something about Dewott that rubbed her the right way in ALL connotations. She had a feeling Vaporeon was gaining a few feelings as well, so she decided to try first.

"So...Dewott, what do you like to do?" asked Skuntank as they started looking in an area the others weren't.

Dewott sweatdropped and just gave her a sheepish smile. Seeing this, she grew a bit confused. Was he a mute? Was he not interested in her? Or was he just not talkative?

"Um...what's the matter?" asked Skuntank.

Dewott shook his head with a smile before walking over to her and rubbing her fur, making her purr. She then remembered that, despite that being very pleasant, she had to focus on the challenge.

She cleared her throat with a blush before moving back. "Okay, so...where should we look?"

"FOUND THEM!"

"Wait, what?" Skuntank asked, while Dewott raised a brow.

000

Luxray, Pyroar, Farfetch'd, Gothitelle, Blissey, Spiritomb, and Delcatty were in the wild west set.

"Alright, we got the rope", said Blissey. "Let's get going."

"Are there any clues that'll give us info on where the other items could be?" asked Luxray.

"I don't know..." Pyroar said, bending over to 'stretch', actually giving Luxray an unwanted view. He groaned in annoyance, though he had to admit, Pyroar had a cute butt.

"I think we can worry about that, later…" said Delcatty. "We have it now, so let's go!"

"No, we need to worry about it now!" said Farfetch'd. "We don't-"

"AND THE SUICUNES SNAG SECOND PLACE! MEANING...THE RAIKOUS ARE HEADING TO ELIMINATION...SADLY!"

"What the hell!?" Luxray exclaimed angrily. "This is-"

000

"BULLSHIT!" Typhlosion exclaimed while Tyranitar held her back; she was trying to throttle them. "THAT WAS SET UP DUMB LUCK!"

"No...you guys messed up your challenge, so you screwed yourselves here…" said Suicune.

"Yeah, so get ready for your first elimination in 15 minutes…" Raikou muttered. "Dismissed…"

As they all left, Entei and Suicune smirked at Raikou rather suggestively.

"Why are you two looking at me like that?" he said as the two exchanged looks and started circling him.

"Well, your team was the bottom of the barrel, and you're usually the main chief for the show, so…" Suicune started.

"We were thinking of implementing a new system just for us…" said Entei. "Whosever team loses...has to do whatever the other two say until the next challenge."

"I didn't agree to this!"

"Two out of three means majority rules...sorry hun…" Suicune said with a smile.

"Oh you've gotta be-" he didn't even finish as he was pounced on.

000

"I can't believe we fucking lost!" Flygon said, slashing the wall of the guys' floor.

"Laying waste t' our room won't change anything, lad..." Clawitzer said.

"Yeah, plus I'm pretty sure we all know who we're getting rid of…" said Drilbur.

"Oh-ho definitely…" Pyroar said. "Delcatty is the reason we kept arguing and wasting time. She's such a fucking bitch!"

"Actually, as stupid as this sounds…" Shellder started. "I think we should get rid of Sawsbuck. Delcatty's a bitch, but at least she knows what she's doing. No offense to Sawsbuck, but she's an idiot."

"I'll take idiocy over bitchiness anyday…" said Farfetch'd said. "Plus, she just rubs me the wrong way…"

"Well, I guess it's settled, then…" said Tropius.

-000-

"You are NOT voting me out…" said Delcatty as she lied in her bed.

"Oh yes we are. If you hadn't been insulting everyone and wasting our time, maybe we would have found more of the pictures!" Typhlosion exclaimed.

"If you hadn't been talking back or smack to me period, I wouldn't have said anything!" Delcatty countered. "I didn't even do anything wrong! I found one of the pictures when I got out of the sludge!"

"True, but there was outside party as well, so it doesn't count", said Noibat. "Face it, you're out. Deal with it…"

"Hey, come on…" Meganium said. "I don't agree with all she's been doing either, but I think that this is a bit unfair. Just because she's a bit...uncouth now doesn't mean she will be later…"

"Ever heard of first impressions?" asked Lanturn.

"Ooh ooh, I have! Are those when you stop?!"

"St-w-NO!" Gothitelle groaned.

"I think she's talking about intermissions…" Blissey said.

"While you're planning on getting rid of me over something that YOU can control...why not target something that WON'T be in your control?" Delcatty stated, glaring at Sawsbuck.

The girls exchanged glances. On one hand, Delcatty had a point; Sawsbuck's dimness made her a bit useless, but on the other hand….Delcatty was a bitch.

"I'm gonna go talk to the guys and see what they think…" said Altaria as she flew towards the elevator.

"Yeah, I'll come, too…" said Typhlosion.

"You can't leave us with Delcatty! At least take her with you!"

"WHAT'D I JUST SAY!? YOU'RE PROVING MY POINT!"

"Oh I'm sorry. Your demeanor is just shit to me…" Noibat said.

"And your face looks like shit to me!" Delcatty growled.

"You're gonna regret that!"

"RAIKOUS! REPORT TO THE ELIMINATION AREA! IT'S TIME FOR ONE OF YOU TO GO!"

000

Mightyena was looking out of the window as the Raikous left their apartments to go to their elimination ceremony. She knew that Luxray was gonna be safe, but it still saddened her a bit.

"Hey, cheer up. Luxray will be fine…" said Absol.

"Yeah, I know, but...it's still pretty sad…"

"If that's your attitude, I don't see how you survived that long last season or why you're still here…" said Espeon.

"Just because you don't have compassion or empathy for anyone other than yourself or Umbreon doesn't mean my attitude is bad…"

"Whatever you say…"

000

The Raikous were all sitting in the building as Raikou stood their with an unamused face. Something pretty new from him.

"Look, starting now, I don't want any more fuck ups", Raikou stated. "You hear me?"

"Oh trust us, after this elimination, that problem will be all but solved…" said Noibat.

"See that it is…" Raikou said with a glare. "I don't have the time nor patience to deal with this, so when I call your name, you get a bag of chips, meaning you're safe..."

"Chips?" Dragonite asked, shocked. "You mean...you're rewarding us?"

"Of course not! You lost! The chips are all old and stale…"

"Oh…"

"Yeah...so Flygon, Altaria, Farfetch'd, Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Heliolisk, Drilbur, Luxray, Pyroar, Dragonite, Clawtizer…" he started, tossing them all chips using a small catapult. "Meganium and Tropius, you two are safe, too…"

Tropius smiled at Meganium, who smiled to herself.

"Lanturn, Shellder, Gothitelle, Delibird, Spiritomb, Blissey, Shedinja, Spheal, and Noibat, you all are safe as well."

"Sawsbuck and Delcatty...you two are at the bottom…" Raikou said. "Delcatty, your entire team pretty much hates you, with a few exceptions. And Sawsbuck...you're just dumb."

"Hey!"

"That's a good thing…"

"Oh...YAY!"

Raikou sighed. "I'm actually shocked to say...Delcatty, you're safe…"

"WHAT?!" Noibat and Farfetch'd exclaimed.

"Sawsbuck...time for you to go…"

"Go where, exactly?"

Raikou was getting irritated already. "The mall...just go to the limo…"

"LIMO!?" Sawsbuck exclaimed as she quickly trotted down the red carpet and hopped into the rocket limo, which promptly blasted her away.

"What the heck guys?!" Noibat exclaimed. "I thought we agreed on Delcatty!"

"Funny thing, it was one vote off from a tie…" said Raikou. "But, anyway, you guys are dismissed. And like I said, don't let it happen again…"

They nodded before heading back to their apartment.

Raikou took a deep breath before he headed to his, Entei's, and Suicune's trailer.

000

AND THERE WE HAVE IT! SAWSBUCK IS THE THIRD PERSON ELIMINATED! 70 PLAYERS REMAIN. Also, sorry about the long wait, but like I said, I was focusing more on my first series than this one, and luckily the latest season just has 8 chapters to go so...cross your fingers about updates for this because well...life. I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you next time on Ultimate Total...Pokemon...Action! See ya guys, BYE!