Ultimate Total Pokémon Action

by Dark Arcanine 33

The sequel to possibly the weakest TPI in history. Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are back and are welcoming players new and old. What will happen this time? Tune in to find out. Or don't... It's fine if you don't.

6. Final Devastation

ANOTHER ONE! (And please review)

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Eelektrik had woke up the members of his alliance early in the morning so that they wouldn't have to bother after breakfast like they usually would. He knew that he would arouse suspicion if he went to the Raikous' and Enteis' apartments and made noise. The windows creaked and the elevators dinged, so he really didn't trust it.

Instead, after first waking Bronzor, he told him to teleport them all back to the horror movie set.

Upon bringing them, he saw that all of them were still asleep, aside from Dusclops, who was reading a book with a monocle on. Seeing his new location, he closed the book with one of his hands and glared at the eel and plate.

"Do you mind explaining to me why the hell we're in front of the horror set in the middle of the night?"

"I didn't want to deal with doing this after breakfast, so here we are…" Eelektrik said.

"And four of our members are still asleep as we speak…" Bronzor said.

Eelektrik groaned before hitting them with Thundershock.

Umbreon, Espeon, and Froslass jumped awake. Umbreon panted and upon seeing where he was, he growled. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Glad to see you're awake…" Eelektrik said.

"Why are we out here?" asked Froslass. "It's like 3 in the morning!"

"He wants to do our meeting early so that we don't have to after breakfast…" Dusclops explained.

"Uggh…" Espeon groaned as she stretched. "What the hell is there to talk about?! Altaria's gone. That's good. Discussion over. I'm going back to bed..."

"Yeah, I'm with you, sweetie…" Umbreon said as he walked next to her, with Espeon leaning against him as they walked back to their apartment.

As they left, Eelektrik groaned. "Fine, whatever. We'll let them know later…"

"What's your plan right now?" asked Delcatty. "We have nothing to go off of."

"How about logic?" asked Eelektrik. "Altaria's gone now...so that's one veteran from one of the teams. My plan for the next challenge is to try and intentionally lose so that we can get rid of another veteran. Namely Haxorus…"

"Haxorus? Already? Pretty bold if you ask me…" said Dusclops.

"Yeah, but he and Charizard are a force to be reckoned with when they're together. Their little contraption is the reason our team won the last challenge!" Eelektrik said. "I'd say we get rid of Charizard, but something's going on between him and Garchomp from my observations and it seems to be eating at him in some way…"

"You see something eating at him?" asked Bronzor. "From what I've seen, Garchomp's the one who's got something eating at her…"

"Oh she just wants him, it's classic girl bullying-slash-hatred that really means love…" Eelektrik said. "It's stupid and disturbing…"

"So you're just gonna leave them alone because of that?" asked Froslass. "You're not gonna try to interfere in anything?"

"I'm trying not to make any enemies...and I'd also like my body to stay intact…" Eelektrik explained. "Interacting with them in that kind of nature will insure that my ass is grass…"

"So, you sure about Haxorus?" asked Delcatty. "Because I don't think he's really anyone to worry about. From what I've seen on your team, he doesn't talk much and he's mostly just...there."

"But he also made it to the merge…" Dusclops chimed in.

"...So did you…"

"I got eliminated second, albeit on purpose…" he explained. "Anyways, my point is that anyone who made it to the merge needs to be deemed as a threat. For instance, even though they don't look like it, the stomach, hairy pig, and ice cream made it-"

"We know", said Bronzor. "They told us already…"

"So, they're floaters…" Froslass reasoned. "They just go through challenges without dealing with anything major or minor and just end up staying in by not pissing anyone off…"

"Well, Gulpin pissed off all of the girls last season for petty reasons, but they still kept him in…" Dusclops explained. "But the overall floater label is correct. Those three are the most pathetic floaters…"

"And they aren't doing much for our team…" Eelektrik said to himself. "Okay, change of plans. One of those three goes when we lose...but the question is...which one?"

"Well, while you sort that out, I'm going back to my book…" said Dusclops as he phased away, followed by Froslass.

Eelektrik groaned. "Of course…"

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6 Hours Later...

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Suicune stretched in her bed once the clock struck 9:14 AM. She sighed in relief, and upon looking around, she saw that the trailer was now clean, if not cleaner, than it originally was. As the sole winner so far, she had all of the benefits so far and she was getting very comfortable.

Going down the stairs, she saw Raikou fast asleep with a damp, blue towel over his head. Entei was asleep next to him with a smile. She scoffed and rolled her eyes with a smile. Suddenly, the phone started ringing.

Hopping over her co-hosts' unconscious bodies and went over to the phone before using one of her ribbons to pick it up. "Hello?"

"..."

"Oh yeah, we're-"

" …"

"Wait, what? Three new contestants?"

"..."

"We all know about their existence already!"

"..."

Suicune scoffed. "Because we're already stocked up on contestants!"

"..."

"Well, it just adds more unnec-"

"..."

"Oh that's not fair!"

"..."

Suicune groaned. "Fine. I'll let Raikou and Entei know…"

"..."

"Yeah yeah yeah…" Suicune replied before hanging up the phone. She grumbled to herself before walking back over to the two sleeping beauties. She immediately used Hydro Pump, soaking both of them as they jumped awake from the sudden cold rush.

"WHAT THE HELL, SUICUNE?!" Raikou exclaimed, while Entei panted and started shaking himself off.

"Just got a phone call from 'the producers'..." said Suicunes. "Looks like we're getting three new competitors…"

"WHAT?!" both of them exclaimed.

"We can barely deal with what we have now!" Entei exclaimed.

"They don't care. They're doing it like they made us bring Pangoro and Heliolisk into the game…"

Raikou groaned. "Of fucking course…" he muttered. "Fine...who are they?"

"They said since they're watching the live feed, they'll teleport them when we do breakfast so that the teams can choose and get accustomed…" Suicune explained.

"Great...just great…" said Entei. "Well, at least they'll get to experience the pain first hand in the next challenge…"

"Oh...definitely…"

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"I can't believe we've been doing so well!" Skuntank exclaimed happily.

"I honestly can't either; look at our team!" Garchomp exclaimed. "No offense to anyone, but we only have a few actually useful players and the rest are just there…"

"Hey, we're useful, there just hasn't been any need for us to do anything because either your group or Skuntank's group does everything…" Milotic explained.

"Exactly", Bellossom stated. "It's not out faults. You all just do everything yourselves and don't really let us get out anything or show our worth."

"Hmm...fair point…" said Lairon.

"Okay, then…" Mandibuzz started. "How about we step a bit back in the next challenge and let you all take a bit of charge to see how you do?"

"Oh, I don't know if that's a good idea…" said Garchomp, folding her arms. "The team is doing fine the way we are…"

"Then there's no use in complaining about us not doing anything…" Leafeon muttered softly.

Garchomp groaned. She had a point. She couldn't complain if they were gonna keep winning by not letting the others do anything major to help…

"Okay...fine", said Garchomp. "We'll let you all take charge of your own choices. We'll step down. But if we lose…"

"We already know. Elimination…" Bellossom muttered.

"Actually, that was part of it, but I was also gonna say that you're gonna work harder and we're gonna be back in charge, though still a bit back", Garchomp explained.

"Are we so sure that this'll do anything?" asked Cubchoo. "We may just lose quickly considering the guys, no offense to them…"

"No, you're fine with your statement. Only four of the guys have actually proved themselves useful on this team…" said Mismagius.

"Ooh….do I sense a girl's alliance emerging?" Vaporeon asked with a smirk.

"No you do not…" Skuntank said. "The guys need a fair chance just like the others who haven't done much need a fair chance…"

"Alright, fine…" said Bellossom.

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"Alright guys, we have a major problem…" said Gligar, who was hiding under his bed once again thanks to Tepig activating the sprinklers.

"Other than smoke schnozz constantly flooding our apartment, what might that be?" asked Eelektrik, he peeked in from the bathroom door to avoid the sprinklers.

"Why the hell are you in the bathroom if you're a fish?" Pangoro asked as he used a pillow to cover his head.

"None of your business!" Eelektrik exclaimed quickly.

"So what's the other problem, again?" Honchkrow asked, hiding under his covers.

"I have the strangest feeling that one of us is gonna be gone after the next challenge…" he explained.

"How can you be so sure?" asked Manectric. "We've either won or gotten second place in every challenge so far. What makes you think the next one will be any different?"

"Because no team ever stays safe for this long…" Gligar explained. "In order to be in stable ground, we have to lose at least once, twice, or even thrice in the first ten challenges…"

"Where are you getting these statistics?" asked Vanillite.

"Just observation and hypotheses…"

"Well they're wrong", Pangoro said. "There's no way we're losing the next challenge. All we have to do is keep doing what we've been doing…"

"That doesn't always work", Bronzor responded. "So Gligar's guesses might be correct."

"That sucks…" Gulpin said.

"So does life…" said Manectric.

"Hey, uh...where's Charizard?" asked Piloswine, noticing the 'dragon's' empty bed.

Haxorus just sighed in response.

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Charizard was on the floor above them lifting weights with a glare on his face.

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"Okay, changes need to be made immediately!" Typhlosion growled. "We've lost two challenges back-to-back and that's unacceptable!"

"Hey, Heliolisk was to blame last time, but he's still here", Delcatty said. "We can't control what events happen. Anything can happen…"

There was a moment of silence.

"Okay, something's wrong here…" Noibat said, shaking her head. "You're actually being...helpful and not bitchy. What gives?"

"I'm not a bitch!" Delcatty exclaimed. "You just treated me like it because of first impressions and when I lashed back, I still got the short end of the stick."

"Yeah...sure…" Noibat thought in the back of her head.

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"A bitch like Delcatty doesn't just up and change their personalities so quickly", Noibat said. "She's up to something. I know it…"

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"Well, Delcatty has a point. We can't control what happens…" Meganium said.

"But we can get rid of what causes it to happen…" said Blissey.

"I still want to know how the hell Altaria unanimously got eliminated when we didn't even vote for her…" Lanturn said.

"No doubt it was some bullshit from the other team…" said Gothitelle. "It's the only thing that makes sense…"

"Well...it could've been Farfetch'd…." Delcatty said, holding back a smile. "He was so quick to defend Heliolisk and he may have just lied to keep himself safe."

"And why would he choose to get rid of Altaria then?" asked Noibat. "It's obvious he wanted you gone."

"Well, that rules him out then…" Delcatty said. "Must've been someone else on the other team…"

"Hmm...I wonder who'd have something against Altaria…" Typhlosion said sarcastically.

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"It's gotta be Espeon's fault", Flygon muttered as he sat in his bed. "That devious, slutty bitch!"

"What happened to not being crazy or vengeful about it?" asked Tyranitar.

"Who says that I was?" asked Flygon. "I'm not gonna act on my frustration and anger...I promised Altaria after all…"

"Well, what are we going to do about it?" asked Spiritomb. "If that's the case, we're just gonna end up not knowing who's gonna go when we lose…"

"We need to make sure she doesn't do anything else…" said Shellder. "But uh...she scares me."

"Oh please, she's not scary at all…" Luxray said. "She's just devious and that's it."

"Well, whaddya say that we return the favor and out her?" Pyroar asked with a smile.

"That...sounds like a great idea!" said Tropius said. "An eye for an eye. Or, well...unfair vote for unfair vote."

"Huh, I thought you said that you were a peacekeeper…" said Tyranitar, stifling a laugh.

"Oh I am, but it's mostly when there's actual fights and arguments…" Tropius explained. "This isn't anything major to me, so…"

"Aye, so t' plan be t' retaliate…" Clawitzer said. "Sounds like it could work…"

"It has to…" said Tyranitar. "That little bitch isn't gonna screw us over this early. Altaria will be the first and final instance…"

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"Will you fuck off already!" Dusclops exclaimed. "Geez, so I went outside this morning. Big whoop…"

"That's completely irregular behavior for you and you know it…" said Houndoom.

"Worry about your paw…"

"Look, I just want an explanation. Simple as that", Grovyle said. "Why the hell were you and Umbreon gone this morning?"

"Whoa, why is my name in it all of a sudden?!" Umbreon asked with a glare.

"When I got up earlier today, I saw that your bed was empty, too. But you got teleported back quickly…" Grovyle explained, causing a few other guys to glare.

"How coincidental...the douchebag and the mate of mean bitch went away together this morning…" said Zebstrika.

"And you're gonna make bullshit assumptions because 'durr hurr, they're the bad guys'" Dusclops said. "Well allow me to tell you that whatever you're thinking isn't the case…"

"As if we'll believe you…" Houndoom growled.

"You have issues. That's not my problem…"

"YOU ARE MY ISSUE!"

"Just keep my name out of your mouth…" Umbreon said. "FYI, I was busy with Espeon during that time...she had a-"

"We believe you. Please don't finish that…" Braviary said.

"What do you know? I'm already proven innocent", said Dusclops. "If he was trying to make babies, then how the hell was I up to anything?"

"You're Dusclops. You're able to function alone…"

"Plus, Umbreon could be lyi-" Quilladin didn't even get to finish as Umbreon blasted him with a Shadow Ball. "I withdraw my accusation…"

"Why are we even bothering to talk about this shit?" asked Ursaring. "JUST VOTE THEM OUT WHEN WE LOSE AGAIN…"

"Go fuck yourself, buddy…" Dusclops said.

"There's no bitches around, so sorry I'm not a fa-"

Metagross punched him through the window before he could finish that word.

"No need for homophobic slurs…" he said.

"Well, I'm gonna watch TV", said Swirlix, ignoring the conversation and issues as he clicked on the remote with his tail.

"El es tan ignorante…" Hawlucha chuckled. "Muy adorable…"

"SUBTITLES DAMNIT!"

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Espeon yawned as she stretched. "Well, I call the shower next…"

"You can't do that...I already called it after Servine!" Jolteon exclaimed.

"Well, I'm sorry, but do I look like I care?" Espeon growled.

"Well, with those Murkrow's feet on your face, I can't really tell…" Jolteon retorted.

Espeon's eyes tightened into a glare as Absol and Mightyena tried to stifle their laughter unsuccessfully.

Servine sighed in relief as she opened the shower door, letting steam exit into the room. Jolteon immediately rushed inside while Espeon quickly shut the door and locked it so that she couldn't get inside.

"Aw...poor you...looks like I'll have to go next…" Espeon said as she teleported inside of the room.

Jolteon growled. "I'm gonna get you back, bitch!"

"You can try, but you won't succeed!" Espeon replied teasingly.

"Ugh...when are we gonna get rid of her?" Breloom grumbled softly.

"We don't know…" Goodra whispered back. "Maybe we can try the next time we lose…"

"The faster the better…" Mightyena added. "We don't need her making it further than she already has before…"

"Definitely…" Absol agreed.

"Come on, she may be brash, but she's an alright competitor…" said Froslass. "If she made it to the finals, don't you think she's a bigger help? If you ignore her...annoying habits, she may be a good asset…"

"Um...why are you defending her?" asked Absol.

"Because I don't want to see actual strong or useful players on our team get eliminated because they hurt your feelings or cause a bit of irritation!" Froslass exclaimed. "Like Ursaring said, we'll be digging our own graves if we let minor things guide our decisions…"

The girls exchanged glances. On one hand, she had a good point, on the other hand...there were plenty of other strong players on the team.

"Look, I know that you're gonna say something about Metagross being stronger than Ursaring or Delphox being just as good as Espeon, if not better, but...if that's the case...keep them in", said Froslass. "Can't hurt to have more strength…"

"You're really going in detail trying to save Espeon's ass…" Jolteon said, eyeing her in an untrusting manner. "What's really going on?"

Froslass facepalmed. "Okay, so because I'm trying to be smart about the situation, you think I'm working with her or that I'm doing something suspicious. Am I right? Or am I right?"

The girls didn't respond.

Froslass sighed. "Fine, do whatever you want...but if we start losing more after they're gone, don't say I didn't explain…"

"Um...okay…"

"COMPETITORS! REPORT TO THE CRAFT SERVICES TENT FOR BREAKFAST AND AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!"

"Important announcement?" Zangoose asked, confused.

"Hopefully it deals with having more bathrooms per room…" Cherrim muttered.

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Everyone reported to the craft services tent, which was a bit closed.

"Alright, what's the big announcement?" asked Pangoro. "I just want my food…"

"Well, each team will have to share some of that breakfast with one extra player…" said Raikou, less than enthused.

"WHAT?!" Almost everyone exclaimed.

"I've barely been able to deal with these clowns!" Umbreon exclaimed. "What makes you think we want more?!"

"It's not what you want, it's what the producers want…" said Suicune. "Now, introducing...Popplio!"

A small, blue sea lion was teleported in front of them all. Upon seeing them all staring at her, she immediately sweatdropped. "Um...hi…" she greeted.

"Next up, we have...Salandit!"

A small, black and gray lizard appeared. Her body was dark gray with a black head and feet. Along her back and down her tail was an orange-red line. The marking split into short lines with round tips on her back. At the base of her neck were two short, flat spines. Her eyes were light purple with slit pupils and there were several tooth-like protrusions along her upper jaw. Each of her feet had four pointed toes.

"Mucho gusto..." she greeted is a seductive, Spanish accent, making a few guys blush.

"And finally….Type: Null!"

A chimera-like Pokemon appeared with a glare on her face. Her quadrupedal body was black and she had a brown helmet-like mask covering her face with an axe-like crest on the top of it. There were screws on the side of her face, on the mask. From the mask there was a ring resembling Arceus' arch around her neck. Silver frills draped down from the mask, covering her chest and part of her back. Her front legs were green and resembled talons, while her hind legs had purple hexagonal growths on them. Her tail resembled a fin and was blue and silver in color.

"Get in my way...and I will destroy you and everything you love…" she growled in a deep, threatening tone. However, once she saw Houndoom, he mood immediately changed. "Well...maybe not all of you…"

"Alright, there ya go, and since we're nice, we're gonna let you guys choose who you want on your team…" Suicune said.

"You call that nice?" asked Drilbur. "Ha!"

""We'll take Type: Null!" Ursaring shouted quickly.

"Oh, well-"

"Oh that's not fair!" Skuntank exclaimed.

"Shut the hell up already!" Dusclops exclaimed. "You're the main one to scream it's not fair, but when it's unfair to us you wouldn't want to hear it now would you?"

Skuntank remained silent and looked down, causing Dewott to glare daggers at Dusclops.

"Alright, so Type: Null, you're with the Enteis…"

"Fine. They better not be losers though. I hate fucking losing…"

"Alright, so-"

"Salandit! Over here!" Heliolisk said quickly with a smile.

"WHO TOLD YOU TO SPEAK!?"

Heliolisk winced, but he didn't want to scare Salandit since, well...he thought she was actually cute.

"Alright, and Salandit, you're with the Raikous…" said Enteis. "Meaning Popplio, you're with the Suicunes."

She sighed. "Picked last. It's gym class all over again…"

"Well, now that you have your new team members…" Raikou said as the tent opened. "Dig in!"

The Suicunes and Enteis rushed to their tables, minus Popplio and Type: Null, who took their time, as they were confused. Salandit looked at the lot who were left on her team and smirked. "Hmm...seems like a male majority...excelente…"

She cleared her throat. "So, um...why are not eating as well?"

"Oh we will, but it's nothing much", said Tyranitar. "We lost the last challenge-"

"-thanks to him having a breakdown…" Delcatty said, gesturing to Heliolisk.

"Breakdown?" she asked. "Interesting…"

"Can we not talk about it? I already feel bad enough…"

"As you should you COWARD!"

Heliolisk grunted in pain before holding his head. "St-stop it already...leave me a-alone…."

"I'M THE ONLY ONE YOU HAVE! YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO, BUDDY!"

Heliolisk screamed out and used Thunder frantically. Everyone had to jump out of the way, and eventually, the tent was struck, causing it to set alight and eventually burn to the ground. Heliolisk then fainted, with Farfetch'd sighing before walking to him.

"What the hell was that!?" Honchkrow exclaimed.

Gulpin and the others looked at him worriedly.

"Well, I'm going back to the apartment. I don't want shitty breakfast. I'd rather starve myself", said Spiritomb.

"I would agree with you, lad, but you have t' get what you receive; I need me rations…" Clawitzer said.

"Alright, your next challenge will begin in an hour, so use this time wisely…" said Raikou. "We'll call you when it's time…"

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Lairon's Alliance was back in the gym above the guys' room.

"Great, just great", Garchomp groaned before gnawing on a piece of bacon. "We've got possibly the shittiest new newbie out of the three…"

"Hey, we can't really judge her right now", said Honchkrow. 'We don't know what she's capable of…"

"What possible capabilities could she have?!" asked Garchomp. "The other two at least looked like they had some fight or oomph in them...she's just…" she finished with a groan.

"Well, we already have other players like that, so no use in complaining…" said Lairon. "Especially since we're gonna have to let them take charge and prove themselves in the challenge…"

"Uh...say what now?" asked Haxorus.

"Well, we spoke to the other girls about how most of our team is useless except for us and Skuntank's little clique, but they blamed us for it saying that we hog all the work…" Mandibuzz explained. "So, we're gonna see how they do. If they make us lose, one of them goes. Simple as that…"

"Oh, well...I guess that's fair…" said Honchkrow.

"Hey, where's Charizard?" asked Lairon.

Haxorus pointed towards the corner of the room, where the orange drake was eating his breakfast alone and away from them. He looked pretty agitated as well, as well as a bit more buff

"Um...what happened to him?" asked Mandibuzz, seeing his condition.

"Oh he's just upset that I wouldn't cater to his every whim-"

Suddenly, a plate soared past them, embedding itself in the wall. They turned back to Charizard who was now right next to them, glaring daggers at Garchomp, who actually felt...threatened. However, she couldn't show it and instead just glared back.

Charizard's piercing glare was actually really scaring her and she couldn't help but back away a bit. Charizard noticed this and let up his look, raising a brow instead.

"Uh...could you guys leave us alone for a bit?" Charizard asked, giving Haxorus a specific look.

Seeing the look, Haxorus nodded and picked up Lairon, who cooed as he walked to the elevator and pressed the button, Honchkrow and Mandibuzz following them once the elevator opened.

Once those doors started closing, Garchomp started looking around for the nearest window. Once Charizard saw the doors close, he turned around and saw Garchomp trying to sneak away. He immediately grabbed her arm again and pulled her back toward him.

She growled angrily and tried to struggle in his embrace, eventually getting her arms free enough to feel his arms and chest. They were...more muscular than they were before. She cleared her head and put a claw to his neck.

"Let...me...go", she growled threateningly.

Charizard didn't respond, he just stared into her eyes, which was scaring her more, but also making her blush. She started moving her claw, but Charizard stopped it in an instant.

"You were...hurt?"

Garchomp paled. She kneed him as hard as she could in the groin, making him wince and allowing her to quickly run and fly out of the window.

Charizard panted, now on his knees gripping his crotch. He gained a small smile. "Now we're getting somewhere…"

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Mightyena, Servine, Goodra, and Breloom were in the rec center, per Jolteon's request.

"I have a feeling that I know what this is about…" said Mightyena.

"Well, we're gonna see if you're right when she gets here…" Servine said before chewing on a piece of semi-burnt toast.

The girls heard the doors open and Jolteon came in, with Houndoom in tow, still slightly limping. Though the hellhound didn't exactly look enthused.

"Alright, I'm here now, what do you want?" asked Houndoom.

"She wants an alliance…" Mightyena answered as Jolteon was about to.

"Exactly", Jolteon said excitedly. "I really think we could go far with this."

"But why not a few others? Zangoose, Cherrim, Delphox, Abs-"

"NO!" Jolteon growled, startling the others a bit before regaining her composure. She took a breath. "Delphox and Absol would just argue and whine about Houndoom being close to me-"

"And you'd do the same if I was around them-"

Jolteon shushed him. "So yeah, those are definitely not joining. Froslass is too suspicious. Espeon ain't joining for obvious reasons. Cherrim is okay, but I don't think she'll impact us greatly. Zangoose...I just don't know what her thought process is that well. We haven't really seen her strength or anything…"

"What about the new girl?" asked Breloom.

"Um..I'm not so sure about that…" Jolteon said, concern and fear in her voice. "She's pretty scary and I don't think teamwork will be something she cares about…"

"Well it's her first day…" said Goodra. "Let's see what she does first and just go from there."

"I like it…"

"Okay this like a girl's only alliance, so I'm just gonna go…" he said as he started limping towards the exit.

"No no no…" Jolteon said. "You're staying right here with me…"

"Uh...I'm not comfortable with this…"

"You'll be just fine, honey…"

Houndoom twitched.

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"Honey? HONEY!?" Houndoom exclaimed. "I am NO ONE'S honey anymore...at least not now. This is fucking awful..."

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Gulpin, Piloswine, Zebstrika, Vanillite, Shieldon, Gligar, and Tepig were inside of their apartment, along with Shellder, Quilladin, Heliolisk, and Farfetch'd, surprisingly. They were the only ones inside.

"So, what's going on, Heliolisk?" asked Gligar. "You're starting to scare us a bit…"

Heliolisk sighed. "I don't know. It's just...Mr. Cornall is acting crazy now and he's yelling at me and it hurts my head."

"Wait, isn't Kernel your 'friend'?" asked Shellder.

"He is or...well, I don't even know anymore…" Heliolisk explained, looking down.

Farfetch'd rubbed his back.

"I've been meaning to ask, and no offense, but why are you here, Farfetch'd?"

"I'm trying to help him overcome his problem…" he explained. He had hardly any control over when he had his flashbacks, but he was still trying to help.

"A young war vet with PTSD is trying to help someone else with schizophrenia…" Piloswine said. "Sorry, but I don't see that working out so well…"

"I'm trying…" said Farfetch'd.

"When you try your best, but you don't succeed…" Quilladin sang softly.

"Now's not the time for Coldplay…" said Gligar.

"Guys, I think we need to start actually planning things out, because in my eyes, I feel like we're sitting ducks…" said Tepig before sneezing.

"What do you mean?" asked Vanillite. "No one seems to care about us…"

"That's what scares me…" said Tepig, sniffling. "We're not doing anything, so that gives them reason to vote us out. They may not be saying anything, but something is definitely going on…"

"Oh great, now you've got me paranoid…" said Gulpin.

"We just have to make sure that we make ourselves useful quickly…" said Tepig. "I mean, Heliolisk already has a target on his back…"

"When your team has plenty of stronger players, you don't do anything unless they want you to…" said Gulpin.

"Might as well just do it anyway. Maybe it'll show them some initiative…" said Gligar.

"I doubt they'll care about that…" said Zebstrika. "We have no idea how some of these guys think…"

"Well, we'll just have to see", said Shieldon.

000

Leafeon and Manectric were inside of the movie theater, alone. Leafeon had gone inside on his own, but Manectric followed him inside, much to his dismay. Sure, he appreciated Manectric for being the only one to really interact with him and also keep his secret, but he was getting WAY too clingy for his liking.

"Um...Manectric, why did you follow me in here?" asked Leafeon. "I was hoping to be alone…"

"Why would you want to be alone when you have friends?" Manectric asked with a smile, much to Leafeon's chagrin.

He sighed.

"So...what were you gonna do here alone?" asked Manectric.

"I dunno...watch a movie, eat some popcorn, play the arcade games…"

"And those things are always better with more than one person. How coincidental…"

Leafeon shook his head slowly as Manectric walked forward to check out the movies. He caught a glimpse of Manectric's butt and blushed a bit before looking away quickly.

"Oh! Let's see Planet of the Primeapes 2!" Manectric said, his tail wagging in happiness, still looking at the listings.

"I've already seen that four times…" Leafeon said, padding up next to him to look for himself. "You can go see that, but I'm going to see…'Til Death Parts Us…" he said as he started walking away.

"Well, I can see Planet of the Prime apes at any time…" Manectric said, running after him. He really just wanted to be alone with him. They had gotten along, and unlike with Luxray, he was going to go slow and try to actually build a friendship-type relationship before trying to make moves. He may have been coming on a bit too strong, though…as he saw Leafeon's annoyed looks, dismal attitude, and urgency to get away from him.

He was just trying to get to know him more and Leafeon was making it hard. As they walked to the theater, Manectric started to strike up a conversation. "So...Leaf...uh...what do you like to-"

"Look, Manectric…" Leafeon said, stopping. "You already know my biggest secret; I am an effeminate male who prefers being called a girl. I don't think there's anything else that you need to know."

"But, I just-"

"No", Leafeon said as he entered the theater, leaving Manectric looking dejected. He decided not to egg this on much further, as he really knew better considering his experience with Luxray.

"Um...okay, then", Manectric said in a depressed tone. He started walking away as Leafeon entered the theater.

000

"Well, I guess I'll try again later…", said Manectric. "I need to break him out of his loner persona. Just because he's effeminate doesn't mean others will make fun of him. He's probably so used to being teased he doesn't give a damn anymore, so he just stays away from the group unless we're in a challenge…"

000

Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Luxray, Pyroar, Flygon, and Drilbur were back in their apartment on the guys' floor After Altaria's elimination, they knew something needed to be done.

"Alright, I think an alliance is in order again…" Flygon said.

"An alliance already?" asked Pyroar. "Isn't it too early and kinda unfair for the rest of the team?"

"Look, we know it's a bit sudden to throw you in, but you interact with Luxray a lot and you're pretty cool, so here you are…" Drilbur explained. "So are you in or out?"

Pyroar sighed and looked to the side. "I'm in…"

"Great…" Tyranitar said. "Now, we're all sure that Espeon is the reason Altaria got eliminated. We need to plan some retaliation…"

"I know Altaria said she didn't want anything like this to happen, but...I'm not in control this time, so...", Flygon started. "What have you got?"

"I say that we screw over Umbreon…" Luxray said. "A spouse for a spouse…"

"I like it, but then it'd start a battle that we don't wanna participate in…" said Typhlosion. "I don't wanna deal with anything else from her after this…"

"Hmm, I'd say go after her specifically, but whenever she's close to elimination, she does something or something else happens that changes it", said Drilbur.

"I swear. That's way too annoying", said Luxray.

"Well it's either or in that case," said Pyroar. "We risk a chain of shitty events or we risk someone else getting eliminated instead of her…"

Flygon sighed. "Sorry Altaria", he said to himself.

"I say that we try to go for a threat…" Flygon said. "Going for Espeon or Umbreon have some type of consequence attached, so we might as well move on…"

"Well if that's the case, I day we go for Metagross or Grovyle", Pyroar said.

"No, those two aren't remotely close to being threats…" said Luxray.

"What?"

"The quiet, underestimated, or unnoticed ones are the biggest threats", Tyranitar explained. "They go through the game almost unscathed."

"Hence why Gulpin, Piloswine, and Vanillite made it further than they should have…" Drilbur added. "No offense to them."

"So, who is the least functioning or useless player over there at the moment?" Typhlosion asked as she put on a thinking face.

"Well the only ones I can think of are Braviary, Wooper, Breloom, or Cherrim…"

"Well Braviary and Wooper are out since they're vets and automatically threats, so...out of Breloom and Cherrim…"

"Breloom is more useful than Cherrim from what I've seen" said Flygon. "Apparently, her and Quilladin were the ones who did their team's balloons last challenge…"

"Alright, so Cherrim it is…"

"Wait, if we're worrying about the other team's elimination...what happens if we lose again?" asked Pyroar.

"We'll save that for when we actually lose again..." said Tyranitar.

000

Below them, on the girls' floor, Blissey had asked Gothitelle, Noibat, Salandit, Shedinja, Spiritomb, and Delibird to meet her there.

"So, what are we doing here, Blissey?" asked Spiritomb. "I feel uncomfortable being in here…"

"And why is that?" asked Noibat.

"I just do…" Spiritomb replied stoically.

"Well, you may notice that there are no veterans around... " Blissey explained.

"You didn't eat them all did you?" asked Delibird, earning him an Egg Bomb.

"ANYWAYS!" Blissey started, calming herself down a bit. "I asked you all here because I think that we have a chance to take out the veterans…"

"Wait, what?" asked Gothitelle. "I mean, I think I understand what you want, but...why?"

"Because we outnumber them!" Blissey exclaimed. "Seriously, they have much more experience and do you really think they'll be turning on each other? No!"

"So what do you suppose we do?" asked Noibat. "I mean, I actually like them…"

"Yes, they are really likeable...for the most part, but we're here to win, not make friends…" said Blissey. "Though, that is a very awesome bonus…"

"So, who are you trying to eliminate first?" asked Spiritomb.

"I still think that Heliolisk needs to go because he cost us the last challenge", Blissey said.

"He did?" asked Salandit, holding back a smile, though it didn't really help.

"Yeah, and keeping him in means that we may lose more challenges…" explained Blissey. "But somehow Altaria got eliminated instead…"

"Yeah, i'm still kinda weirded out about how that happened…" said Noibat. "She was cool. A bit shaky and stuff, but cool."

"She won already, though…" said Delibird, rubbing his head. "So her elimination wasn't really that bad of a thing…"

"Don't let Flygon hear you say that…" Gothitelle said.

"I have an advantage, so I'll still be my jolly ol' self…"

"You call insinuating that I ate all of the veterans because of my shape, jolly!?" Blissey growled.

"...Merry Christmas…"

Blissey groaned. "Well, at least we got this plan covered. Heliolisk is next to go."

"Sure…"

000

"Um...why are you guys just sitting in front of the TV?" asked Braviary, seeing that Spheal, Wooper, and Swirlix were sitting on the floor in the guys' room on the Enteis.

"Because TV is fun", said Swirlix, still staring.

"Um...okay then…" said Braviary.

Suddenly, the guys heard the door open and saw Type: Null enter. The chimera, upon seeing them all, glared. She recognized Swirlix, Wooper, and Braviary, but seeing Spheal.

"What are you doing socializing with the fucking ENEMY?!" she exclaimed, stalking towards them.

"Oh we were just-"

"Giving away secrets? Cheating? Trying to trick him? I don't give a damn!"

"Whoa...you're thinking way too much into this", said Wooper. "We're not even in the challenge yet, so who we hang out with in the meantime doesn't mat-"

Type: Null used Tri Attack, aiming it directly at Spheal. Wooper kicked him out of the way as the attack blasted a hole in the floor. Braviary quickly flew over and pinned her with Crush Claw.

"What is wrong with you?!" he exclaimed. Type: Null was easily able to overpower him and used Tri Attack again, paralyzing him.

"I'll make sure you traitors will never make it further in this game…" Type: Null growled, getting back on her feet.

As she left, Wooper and Spheal looked pretty frightened, while Swirlix still had his eyes glued to the TV.

"What is with her?!" asked Wooper.

"I don't know, but she scares me now…" said Spheal. "You okay, Braviary?"

Braviary groaned. "Yeah, she packs a punch…"

"Mmmm….punch…" Swirlix moaned.

The others sweatdropped; he hadn't paid attention to anything…

000

Skuntank, Dewott, Mismagius, and Vaporeon were in the romantic movie lot. "Um...why are we in here?" asked Mismagius. "I prefer the rec center or even the apartment again…"

"Nothing wrong with a little change, right Dewott?" Skuntank asked, looking at the otter dreamily. He sweatdropped and just nodded.

"So, I have to say...this game is going great for us!" Vaporeon squealed.

"I know right! We've either won or been in the middle!" Mismagius agreed. "Hopefully this lasts a long time…"

"You know that all good things have to come to an end", said Skuntank. "I don't want it to, but it'll be inevitable, so just be ready…"

"Aw...why'd you have to be a downer", Vaporeon said. "We could very well keep winning as long as-"

"The others are taking charge this challenge...remember?" asked Skuntank.

"Oh...right...well, we could still give them a bit of faith...right?" Vaporeon asked.

"Considering that they're trying to prove themselves by taking control...I have to say that the doubt should stay neutral…" said Mismagius. "We have no idea what they're capable of, and judging soley on the looks...I'm not so confident…"

"Hey, they could very well do-"

"Hello?!"

"What the-" Skuntank started, hearing the voice.

"Um...is anyone in here? I saw someone come in, but I just wanted to-"

"Yes, we're in here!" Vaporeon replied.

"What are you doing?!" Mismagius exclaimed softly. "We can't let-"

"Uh...hi…" Popplio greeted, coming into view.

"Oh, hey Popplio…" Skuntank greeted. "What's up?"

"Well, I don't really like being alone and well...I was for a while. So, I saw you guys come in here and just thought…"

"Aw...well, you can hang with us at any time…" said Vaporeon. "In fact…"

She turned to the others. "You think we should let her join? She is new to the team…"

"Well, I think four is just about eno-h-h-h-h", Skuntank started before purring, Dewott stroking her fur. Skuntank smacked her lips. "Okay…she can join…"

"Join what, exactly?" asked Popplio.

"Our alliance…" Mismagius said.

Popplio gasped. "Wait...this is a bad group?"

"No no no no…" Skuntank clarified. "This is strictly for our own protection…"

"Oh...um...okay then…" she said before looking at the four of them a bit more intently. Her eyes locked onto Dewott and she gained a faint blush. Just the way he looked and how he acted with Skuntank made her feel that way.

While the others didn't notice her look, Dewott did, and he groaned in his head.

"COMPETITORS! REPORT TO THE FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS! IT'S TIME FOR YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE!"

"Well, let's get going…" said Vaporeon.

000

Everyone made it back to the apartments, some looking more relaxed, others exchanging glances towards others.

"Alright, it's about time for the next challenge, and it's going to be very entertaining and fun…"

"And that's code for we're all fucked…" said Drilbur, folding his claws.

"Your next challenge will be based off of the movie Final Destination…"

"Oh joy, we get to die again!" Dusclops said sarcastically.

"Actually, that means that all ghost-types are disqualified from this challenge…" said Suicune.

"Oh, that's great…" Haxorus said, rolling his eyes.

"We know!" Raikou said cheerily. "Now, this challenge will be a last player standing thing…"

"The first team to lose all of their players will be going to elimination…" said Entei. "And the winners will get a special reward that may benefit them in the challenge we have next time…"

"So, uh...how the hell is this gonna work?" asked Tropius, rather nervous about the challenge.

"Oh you'll find out…" said Suicune. "There's some things in your apartments that'll help you understand it better. And if you've seen the movie, you'll get it pretty fast…"

"The challenge begins...NOW!" Entei exclaimed. "All ghost-types remain behind. We have our own special tasks for you…"

000

The Raikous rushed into the foyer and saw a slip of paper on the elevator door. Tyranitar tore it off, only for Blissey to take it and start looking over it.

"Okay, so-" Blissey started. "Hey, this is just a list of our names with pictures next to them…"

"Lemme see that", said Flygon, taking the paper from her.

The order of the list was Clawitzer, Noibat, Shellder, Delibird, Farfetch'd, Dragonite, Typhlosion, Delcatty, Tropius, Heliolisk, Blissey, Drilbur, Salandit, Flygon, Pyroar, Luxray, Tyranitar, Gothitelle, Spheal, Lanturn, Meganium.

"Okay, so according to the list, it seems that Meganium may be the last one standing…or the last to die..." Flygon said stoically.

"Wait...so...if the movie is Final Destination, that means…Clawitzer's first…" Spheal said.

"Arrgh...this be a problem…" he said, nervous.

"Wait, didn't you say there were pictures next to the names?" asked Typhlosion as she took the paper from Flygon.

"Yeah, there are small ones…" Blissey said.

"Let me see-" Typhlosion said, looking for her name. Once she found it, she saw a picture of what looked like a go-kart next to it.

"A go-kart? How the hell is a go-"

"We don't have time for your singular needs", said Delibird. "Remember, last player standing! We need to make sure that this list doesn't work!"

"Yeah, so what picture does it have next to Clawitzer?" asked Drilbur.

"Um...it's a chandelier…"

"Oh, well...we're fine then...there's not a chande-"

Suddenly a shattering, crashing sound was heard. The others turned and their eyes widened to see that a chandelier was now in the ground, Clawitzer's large claw next to it, detached. The worst part...Lanturn was right next to him, but there was not a scratch on her. She was petrified, shaking in fear upon hearing the crash and seeing him be crushed.

"Oh crap!"

"Well, we're down one already…"

"And we don't need to lose any more!" Delibird exclaimed.

"Well at least if we do, Noibat's next."

"FUCK YOU!"

"What picture's next to her?" asked Shellder.

"Um...looks like gas…" said Typhlosion.

"Great, I'm gonna be hotboxed to death…"

"Okay, so I think we need to stay together for this…" said Luxray. "Being separated leaves a higher chance for being killed without anyone helping or trying to save you..."

"I agree. We need to stick together…" said Pyroar.

"I don't know if it'll do much of anything. If we're in a group we all may just die at the same time…" said Delibird.

"That's also true…" said Gothitelle.

"Okay, how about we just separate into groups and make sure that we have each others' backs…" Blissey suggested.

"Didn't I just say-"

"Luxray, both of them have valid points, and I know it's risky, but I'd rather not possibly end up dying all at the same time…" Farfetch'd said. "I say we split up…"

"Okay, and how is going to work when we're all next to each other on the list?"

"Well, there's 20 of us at the moment...so I saw make four groups of five…" Blissey stated. "And whoever is closer to dying last goes with the ones who may die sooner…"

"Well, this is going to suck…."

000

"Alright, if I remember correctly, in the movie, death skips you if something intervenes with your encounter…" Cubchoo said, shocking the others a bit.

"Um...how do you know so much about that?" asked Piloswine.

"My brother forced me to watch these movies…" Cubchoo said softly. "Luckily, and also unluckily…"

"Alright, so who's first on the list?"

"It's-"

"COMPETITORS! RETURN OUTSIDE OF YOUR APARTMENTS FOR A BRIEF MOMENT! WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION!"

"What?!" Garchomp exclaimed. "I'm pretty sure we all get it…"

-000-

"What the hell do you idiots want now?" asked Dusclops.

"We decided to make this more interesting…" said Raikou. "Knowing you all will be trying to do some highly irregular or boring things, we've decided to add a scavenger hunt…"

There were many shouts of protest, which were shut down immediately by Entei roaring.

"We don't care about your complaints. Deal with it!"

"Why don't you deal with-"

"Don't test me, mole!"

"Alright alright ya big pussycat…"

Entei blasted a Flamethrower toward him, which he dodged by digging down, making it hit Spheal.

"Ugh…" Spheal groaned.

"There will be another list in your apartments with five items that have been scattered thoroughly around the lot…" said Suicune.

"Wait, what happens if we find all of the objects first?" asked Absol.

"Yeah, unless you're taking out the deaths, this part doesn't make sense…"

"Oh there's no reward…" Raikou said with a smile. "AND, if you refuse to look, your team automatically loses…"

Almost everyone gasped.

"Okay, these rules are complete bullshit!" Jolteon exclaimed.

"We know, isn't it great…?" Entei said with a smile. "Now, to address Kimba's question. If you find all of your objects, you have to make it back here and we'll give you another task…simple as that."

"This'll keep going until all of one team's players are 'dead'..." Suicune added.

"AND NO USING PSYCHIC-TYPE OR GHOST-TYPE MOVES TO HELP!"

Everyone groaned.

"Ahh, I love the sound of dying hope…" said Entei. "Now get going!"

Everyone glumly started heading back to their own apartments.

-000-

"This is bullshit!" Skuntank exclaimed. "Now we actually have to do shit?!"

"Well, prepare for death everyone…" said Vanillite. "It's gonna be a loooong day…"

"What does the new list say?" asked Lairon.

Garchomp grabbed a list off of the table and growled. "A tire, a sandbag, heart-shaped pillow, an iron, and a saw blade…"

"Tell me there are pictures beside them so that we know where to go…" said Mandibuzz.

"Nope, absolutely nothing...we're screwed", said Garchomp.

"Well, since we're all fucked anyway, let's split up into five groups and try to look for these stupid things…" said Pangoro, snatching the list from her and tearing each item into a slip.

"And who is going to go with who?" asked Gligar. "The death list seems to make it pretty obvious that splitting up will be our downfall…"

"All we have to do is split up with people who die later so that they can probably save us…" said Eelektrik. "According to Cubchoo, it'll then skip over us and we'll be fine for the most part…"

"Okay fine…" said Honchkrow. "So, Charizard, Dewott, Piloswine, Vanillite, and Gulpin are in different groups since they're the last five to possibly die. "

"Wait, what does the list say exactly?" asked Mandibuzz.

"Um...Tepig, Manectric, Cubchoo, Eelektrik, Milotic, Gligar, Bronzor, me, Bellossom, Leafeon, Garchomp, Pangoro, Lairon, Shieldon, Mandibuzz, Skuntank, Popplio, Haxorus, Vaporeon, Gulpin, Vanillite, Piloswine, Charizard, Dewott…" Honchkrow read.

"Okay, if that's the case-" Milotic said. "What you said about Charizard, Dewott, and the three stooges can stay correct…"

"Hey!" Vanillite, Piloswine, and Gulpin exclaimed.

"So...Haxorus, Lairon, me, Tepig, and Gligar will be one group", Bellossom said. A crash was heard as Tepig jumped out of the way of a falling chandelier. The little, sick pig was panting like mad from the pressure and rush.

"Whoa, are you okay, Tepig?!" Gligar exclaimed.

"Ye-yeah…" he said, looking back at the broken chandelier.

"Okay, so if it skipped Tepig, that means…"

"Wait, I-I'm next now?!" Manectric exclaimed, terrified. "This is bullshit!"

"Well you'd better hope you avoid your death…" said Bellossom.

"Okay, so we have one group. What about the other five?" Bronzor asked.

"Shieldon, Popplio, Pangoro, Manectric, Mandibuzz, and I will be another group…" said Milotic.

"Um, and who put you in charge?" asked Pangoro. "Last time I checked, you, plant girl, snot runt, and you other losers barely do anything…what's the big idea here?"

"That's the thing...we're trying to do more, so our 'leaders' have been so gracious to let us be in charge this time around…" Bellossom said.

"WHAT?!" most of the guys exclaimed.

"This has to be a joke. You really think that you being in charge will be good when you barely contribute to anything!?"

"You barely contribute to anything yourself!" Leafeon countered. "We could do well, you don't know!"

"Bitch...both you and ice runt are soft-spoken wrecks, flower girl is a bit too freaky for my liking, don't think we forgot about that bondage question, and tranny Gyarados over here may only be good for one thing, and it ain't a challenge…"

The four of them glared at him.

"Hey, just give them a chance. You don't have to be such a dick about it…" said Manectric.

"You can't be serious right now…" said Pangoro.

"Hey, they wanna prove themselves. I say let them. And if they fail and we end up losing the challenge, one of them goes. Simple as that…" Eelektrik commented.

"That's not fair. This'd be our first time. You can't judge us for this", said Milotic.

"Yes we can. Like they said, you've barely contributed, meaning if you take charge and screw us...you're at fault", Bronzor added.

"By that logic all of you need to be up for elimination, too, except for Charizard and the others!"

"ENOUGH!" Haxorus roared out. "We don't have time for this. At this rate we'll be disqualified for not doing what they said. You got two groups done, so let's fucking go already!"

"He's right", said Lairon. "We need to get a move on…"

"Alright, if you're already in a group, let's get going", said Milotic.

The ones who were already put into groups started exiting the apartment.

000

The Enteis, unlike the other teams, decided to stick together. After Umbreon almost died by the chandelier, they felt that if they stuck together, it'd be easier to have each others' backs, though some of them didn't want to save anyone.

"Alright, so if I was skipped, doesn't that mean I'm safe?" asked Umbreon.

"Nope", said Servine. "It can come back at any time, kill you, and then continue going…"

Umbreon groaned.

"So, what was the first thing on the list we need to find again?" asked Swirlix.

"Apparently, we need to have a golden key, a popcorn bucket, an ax, a bag of chips, and a stick of dynamite…" Zangoose said, looking over the list. "How great. Two murder weapons…"

"Well, we know where to find the popcorn bucket…" Swirlix said. "To the theater!"

-000-

The Enteis all made it to the theater, luckily without any casualties. A few of them went inside and the remaining ones stayed outside.

The ones outside were acting as lookouts in a way, but also just sitting there waiting for the others to come out.

"So, what do you think is gonna happen now?" Servine asked Grovyle, who was standing against the theater wall. "I have no idea, darlin'..."

Servine giggled. "Oh come on, you have to know something. Do you have a plan or anything?"

Grovyle sighed. "Nope. All I'm worried about is how long we're all gonna last and who's gonna be the last one…"

"Hey...what happened to the list. We could use that to keep going, you know…"

"Yer right...hey you lot, where'd that list go?!"

"How should we know, hick?" asked Ursaring. "Didn't one of you grab it?"

"Ugh...oh this is just-"

SSSSSSSSSSSKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRR-CRASH!

"G-Grovyle?" Servine asked, shocked as the gecko was struck by a sports car and slammed into the side of the theater.

"Welp, he's dead now", said Cherrim. "Time to get fuck out of here!"

"What about the others still inside?!" Zangoose exclaimed. "We don't know-"

"Who cares?!" asked Ursaring as he started leaving.

"Yeah, did you not see the sudden death!?" Umbreon asked he and Espeon started running off as well.

"Ugh, assholes!" Houndoom growled.

-000-

"I thought you said that it was here, Swirlix!" Quilladin stated as he and a few others looked throughout the inventory of the theater.

"They should be! It's a theater!" the pup said, looking through the shelves and boxes.

"Ugh...I swear if they put the items in places they don't belong, I'm gonna be pissed", said Breloom, tossing a box to the side.

"Well, go on and be pissed because that seems to be the case…" said Wooper as he came into the room the others were searching in. There are no popcorn buckets here…"

"THEN WHERE THE HECK ARE WE SUPPOSED TO FIND ONE?!" Breloom exclaimed.

"I don't know, but I think guys need to get out of there before something bad happens…" Wooper said. "Grovyle's dead…"

"What?!" Quilladin exclaimed.

"Yeah, so hurry!" Wooper said.

"Aw...but I found a bucket of Nacho Cheese!" Swirlix exclaimed.

"Swirlix, we don't have time. Just come on", Jolteon said, coming to the door as well.

"Aw…." Swirlix groaned before a creaking was heard and the large shelves moved slightly.

"Oh no…"

"MOVE!"

Everyone that was inside quickly made their way out as a loud crashing and gushing sound was heard.

They all let out a sigh of relief.

"Well, let's get looking again…"

"Wait...where'd Swirlix go?" asked Jolteon.

Looking around, they saw that the Cotton Candy Pokemon was nowhere to be seen.

"Don't tell me-"

"Yep, he's gone…" said Quilladin, closing door again after checking the room.

"Ugh...let's just go", said Breloom. "We can't dwell on that…"

"But we don't even know who's next…" Braviary said. "Or more so remember who's next…"

"We'll just have to deal with it. Now come on!" said Wooper as he started walking towards the exit, the others in tow.

000

Instead of four groups of five, the Raikous just separated sporadically, making sure those who were close together on the list weren't so close. Their items were a locket, a gravestone, a helicopter propeller, a kite, and a banana.

-000-

Meganium, Tropius, Dragonite, Farfetch'd, Salandit, and Noibat were together in a group, looking for the banana first since it was the simplest and they were the smallest group. They headed to the craft services tent to look for the banana.

"Are we sure that we should be heading here?" asked Noibat. "They could just be bullshiting and putting items where they don't belong to broaden our search routes…"

"And give us more of a chance to fucking die…" Farfetch'd muttered.

"And I'm next apparently, but nothing's gone wrong, thankfully…" Noibat said.

"I don't think you should say that, senorita…" Salandit said. "You could give yourself bad luck. Mala suerte…"

"Oh please, I don't believe in tha-"

"WATCH OUT!"

Suddenly a glass bottle flew in her direction, but she promptly dodged it.

"What the-"

"Sorry about that…" a Bibarel intern said, standing next to a Lurantis and Alolan Raticate. They were next to a pile of trash and broken bottles. "We're playing a little game."

"Well, be careful with those…" Meganium said, giving them a serious glance.

"You were the ones who walked next to the trash can…" the Raticate said, before gnawing on a banana peel.

"Where'd you get that banana peel?!" Tropius exclaimed.

"Uh...it was in the trash that we got from the craft services tent…"

"So, there are bananas there…" Dragonite said to himself.

"Let's get going!" Noibat said as she and the others rushed to the craft services tent.

"Speaking of the craft services tent, did you turn off the gas?" the Lurantis asked.

"Uh…."

-000-

They all made it to the tent and entered it, immediately feeling light-headed upon entering.

"What the heck?" asked Tropius. "Suddenly, I feel...weird…"

"Yeah...yeah, I think we need to get out of here…" Meganium said as he, Tropius, and Dragonite got out.

"Y-Yeah, I think w-we should-" Farfetch'd started as he started gagging a bit. He moved out of the tent quickly.

Salandit took a deep breath. "Hmm, reminds me of mi madre's taco salad…"

"I-I think I see the bana...bana-" Noibat coughed a bit before gasping and dropping.

Salandit's eyes widened.

-000-

The others who left were trying to catch their breaths outside.

"What the hell...was that!?" Dragonite exclaimed.

"I can't quite identify it…" Farfetch'd said, panting, wiping his mouth from his barf. "But I remember inhaling it before. Prolonged exposure can cause nausea and death…"

"NOIBAT! SALANDIT! Get outta there!"

Salandit came out, but Noibat did not.

"Wait, where's-"

"Uh...alas, she did not make it…" Salandit said.

"How are you okay?" asked Meganium.

"Ugh...she's a Poison type, so toxic, deadly gasses won't do anything to her…" Farfetch'd realized.

"Well, did you see a banana in there?" asked Tropius.

"Yes, but it turned out to just be a cutout…" said Salandit, dragging out a small, banana cutout with her tail.

"Ugh...where the heck are we su-" Dragonite started before pausing and groaning.

"What's the matter?" asked Tropius.

Dragonite reached up and pulled a banana from his neck before shaking it.

"...We're idiots…" Farfetch'd said.

000

Shieldon, Popplio, Pangoro, Manectric, Mandibuzz, and Milotic were looking for the tire. They had a feeling that since this lot held different movies, there had to be a racing movie set somewhere. Finding where it was and traveling there was going to be a bit nerve-wrecking, though.

"Where the hell would the damn place even be?" Pangoro growled.

"Maybe we should just find the COCK SUCKING ASS DICK-" Shieldon exclaimed before growling. "Fuck my life! I mean a directory! Damn it!"

"Not that bad of an idea…" said Milotic. "Now the question is where do we find one?"

"Maybe near one of the other sets or buildings…" Mandibuzz commented stoically, pointing a wing towards a sign next to the rec center.

"Good eye", said Milotic as she started slithering toward the sign, the others in tow with unamused and unimpressed looks.

"What does it say?" asked Popplio.

"Hmm...it says that the 'Race Flick Set' is north of here…"

"So we have to go all the way around?" Pangoro asked. "I should've known this would be bullshit…"

"How about you not complain and let's just move on…" Manectric said before moving forward and being struck in the head by a cement block.

"Aw crap…" Milotic stated.

"Okay, I really don't like this challenge…" Popplio said.

"None of us do!" Shieldon exclaimed. "One of us just FUCKING SUCKING COCK died!"

"We can't waste time arguing!" Mandibuzz exclaimed. "Just come on! We don't have time for this! We need to find the tire and just get this over with!"

"We're not even getting anything out of this!" Pangoro exclaimed. "These fucks are just sending on this hunt so that we die faster!"

"Well then we have to do this to SURVIVE!" Mandibuzz shouted with a glare. "They're gonna disqualify us otherwise, so suck it up and let's go!"

Pangoro growled.

"What she said, now let's get going…" Milotic said as she started leading the way, the others following behind.

000

Umbreon and Espeon were back at their team's apartment. The challenge was irritating, and despite them not knowing how well the rest of their team was doing.

The couple was lying in Umbreon's bed watching television. Espeon sighed in happiness, nuzzling into his neck.

Umbreon kissed her forehead, pulling her closer. Espeon purred.

"So, Umbreon...uh…" she started. "What would you do if I said that I wanted kids?"

Umbreon froze. They'd talked about this once before they were separated, but now the idea and its circumstances were weighing in. He wanted kids, to be a good father, but he also wanted it to just be the two of them without any complications. And boy, were kids going to be complicated…

He looked around. "I...honestly don't know", he replied.

"W-what?" Espeon asked softly, hurt.

"I love you, sweetie, and I want to have kids, to be a family, but...I'm conflicted because I want it to still just be the two of us…"

Espeon looked down before kissing his cheek and nuzzling him again.

"You're not mad?"

"No...you gave a good reason…" Espeon said. "And you actually want them, too…"

"I'd love to have a family with you, but I want us to be with each other alone for a while longer…"

Espeon sighed. "Well luckily I'm not pregnant now…"

Umbreon smiled and they shared a kiss, right BEFORE a pop and crunch was heard. Espeon was confused and startled by the sound, and her eyes widened upon seeing the cause.

A bed spring popped up, I'm impaling Umbreon through the stomach. He shivered a bit before collapsing on his back.

"UMBREON!"

Espeon growled in anger before getting out of bed and running to the elevator.

000

"How the hell did he die?!" Espeon exclaimed. "I thought that everyone else was supposed to die before it came back around!"

"Fucking bullshit!"

000

Blissey, Typhlosion, Tyranitar, Shellder, Delibird, Lanturn, and Flygon were all together in the search of the gravestone. They thought that they might as well get the possibly grisly objects out of the way first.

"Are you sure being in this big of a group is a good idea?" asked Shellder. "Some of us are very close to each other on that list, you know…"

"Hey, unless Noibat is dead or it skipped her, you are going to be fine…"

"No, you don't get it. Big group means that we'll eventually get separated and then we're ALL done for!"

"Okay no, you're just being paranoid", said Lanturn.

"You're gonna be the second to last to die!" Shellder exclaimed. "You can't say anything!"

"Shellder, your paranoia is gonna get you killed…" said Blissey.

"WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE ANYWAY!"

"Okay CALM DOWN!" Tyranitar shouted. "We don't have time for this. Let's just get to one of these horror sets and get a gravestone.

"We don't know which one even has gravestones though…" Delibird added.

"Well we'll just have to check them all, then…" Typhlosion said.

"Yay more death possiblities-"

"Shellder, stop", Flygon said. "We get it. YOU'RE SCARED. Just calm down…"

"How can you be so calm about-oh, nevermind, I forgot…"

"Yeah…"

"Can we just move on?" Lanturn queried, annoyed.

"Yeah, standing around here won't do us any good…" Blissey said.

"Let's go then…" Typhlosion said.

-000-

The seven of them made it to the first horror movie set, which coincidentally turned out being the right one; it was zombie based, so limbs jutting out from graves were the norm.

"Alrighty…" Blissey said with a smile. "All we have to do is rip it out of the ground and we're fine and dandy…"

"Sure…" Shellder said sarcastically.

"Okay Shellder, you need to stop", said Delibird. "It's getting annoying. I die after you and you don't see me whining. We're all gonna die!"

"Yeah but-" he was cut off by an arm emerging from the ground and crushing him flat.

"Oh crap, oh crap!" Delibird exclaimed before two arms emerged and twisted his neck.

"Oh great…" said Typhlosion.

Tyranitar quickly yanked a gravestone out of the ground. "Let's just get the hell out of here!"

000

Haxorus, Lairon, Bellossom, Tepig, and Gligar were looking for the iron, but they had no idea where to look. They didn't even know if it was the actual mineral or the one used to steam press clothes!

"Ugh...we're going in circles…" Lairon groaned. "Where are we even supposed to go!?"

"Yeah, there's no specific area where can find iron…" Gligar added.

"Or an actual iron…" Tepig said, sniffling.

"Okay, who don't we split up and search the area more thorough…" said Bellossom.

"Because that leaves us more open to attack…" Lairon stated with a glare.

"There's an order!" Bellossom reminded. "Now, stop being dumb and just split up."

"DUMB?!" Lairon growled as she looked ready to attack, only to be stopped by Haxorus, who picked her up.

"Thanks Haxorus, now get searching. This is going to take a while", Bellossom said as started walking away.

Lairon growled, and once she was out of sight, Haxorus put her back down. "I already regret our decision to let them be in charge. This is so stupid and unorganized!"

"What, this chapter or her leadership?" asked Gligar, folding his claws.

Haxorus facepalmed.

"Okay, now that you've broken the fourth wall, can we just try to keep looking together?" Lairon asked. "That little floral bitch can search by herself…"

"The fact that she supposedly dies sometime after me is scary…" said Gligar. "Didn't think she could get so bossy…"

000

"Am I usually bossy?" Bellossom asked. "Well, as an inspirational and interpretive dance team captain and coach, I have to be! That doesn't mean that I'm a full-blown bitch on wheels like some of these other girls…"

000

"Alright, babe, you and Charizard were able to make that trap with some kind of metal. Where'd you get it?" asked Lairon.

"Babe?" Haxorus asked, raising a brow. "That's a new one…"

Lairon giggled. "Had to happen eventually…"

"I swear, when you evolve, I am going to-"

"NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR DIRTY TALK…" Tepig shouted before sneezing. "We just need to find the iron…"

"We don't die until later on...calm down…" said Lairon as they passed by a few stretched cables in the ground.

"Yeah, I mean, what are the odds that anyone's deaths are going by quickly on any teams?" asked Gligar as his clawed toe accidentally caused one of the cables to snap.

It started whipping around like mad as Lairon, Haxorus, and Tepig lept forward, with Gligar attempting to do the same. He succeeded and crawled up to them, freaked out. He stood up and looked over himself.

He sighed in relief before one of his claws fell off, followed by the other one. Then..his head.

Tepig screamed out in fright and jumped back as the blood pooled around his corpse. Lairon and Haxorus both sighed.

000

Wooper was seen with a screwdriver in his head.

The Enteis were searching the factory set to see if the hosts put something in there on purpose to screw them. They turned out being wrong and a screwdriver left on a high conveyor belt took out the Mud Fish Pokemon.

"What are we going to do now?" asked Braviary.

"Move on. It's not like you traitors are useful…" Type: Null stated, rolling her eyes.

"Whoa, whoa, where'd this traitor talk come from?" asked Mightyena. "Who's the traitor?"

"The cotton candy mutt, mud fish, and 'merica mallard…" Type: Null replied. "They were socializing with the enemy before the challenge…"

The others exchanged glances of confusion. Majority of them did the same thing, so...how was that making them traitors?

"Um...were they giving them any info?" asked Servine.

"No, they were just acting like they were friends…"

"Um...Null...I know you're new here, but outside of challenges...WE CAN TALK TO AND DO WHATEVER WE WANT. IT DOESN'T MATTER…" Cherrim said, raising her voice.

"You don't get it. Conversing with the enemy like that eventually leads to betrayal…"

"Yeah, sure whatever…" Houndoom said. "So, let's just get moving shall we. "We haven't found a damn thing and I'm pretty sure the other teams are doing better…"

"Someone's a negative Nancy…" said Breloom. "For all you know we could the doing the best! Survival wise…"

"Challenge wise, this is stupid", said Goodra. "They just want us to die, so they gave us t-"

"We all know that already. You don't have to repeat it…" said Delphox, folding her arms.

"Look, arguing and disagreeing over petty stuff isn't gonna bring us any closer to finding anything…" said Quilladin.

"He's right…" Absol said with a nod.

"Alright then, let's go check the rec center, maybe we can find some chips there…" Metagross said. "There's some vending machines there after all…"

"You're right! Quick, before something bad happens!"

-000-

"Um...where'd they say to put these javelins again?" a Druddigon intern asked.

"In the Olympic movie set, idiot!" a Tentacool retorted. "It's obvious!"

"Who are you calling an idiot?!" the Druddigon exclaimed before throwing the javelins to the side next to a crate of explosives, among other objects that needed organizing.

The two started fighting, some moves missing and others sticking. The Druddigon threw the Tentacool at the items, with it landing on a detonator. detonator.

The crate exploded, launching a couple of the javelins, as well as the other objects.

-000-

"Hey, um...just so we know...who was next on Death's list?" asked Breloom.

"Oh, I thi-GAAH!" Jolteon was cut off by a javelin piercing her through the back of her neck and exiting through her mouth.

She fell over.

"Well, that answers that…"

Espeon made it back to them with with a frown.

"Ugh, how come you're not dead?" asked Delphox.

"How come you're an insignificant slut?"

"WHAT?!" Delphox snarled, pulling out her branch.

"But the stick back…" Goodra stated. "She'd not worth it. Plus, she dies pretty soon so-"

"Not if it skips me…" Espeon said with a glare.

"Speaking of skips...where's your horndog, I mean…'mate'?" asked Absol.

"I could ask you the same thing…" Espeon responded. "I mean...both me and my man are happy together, while you're just…"

"FUCK YOU!"

"Can we just get to the rec center and stop arguing?!" asked Zangoose. "Things are already nerve wracking and annoying enough!"

"We'll see…" said Houndoom.

000

"THE RAIKOUS HAVE SECURED THEIR BANANA AND GRAVESTONE!:

Spheal, Pyroar, Luxray, Delcatty, Heliolisk, Gothitelle, and Drilbur had been searching around the elimination building when they heard that.

"Okay, we're doing pretty well so far…" said Heliolisk.

"As long as you don't have another mental breakdown, we may actually have a chance…"

"Hey, you can't blame him for his problems…"

Delcatty groaned. Could she not say anything?!

"Well, we're in a pretty good lead, so I don't think we should search so hard…" said Gothitelle.

"Sorry, but I don't think that's the case", said Luxray. "Remember, the challenge is to not have all of your team dead first. This is just random bullshit to kill us…"

"Let's go in the building and see if the kite is inside…" said Spheal.

"I agree with Spheal, let's just keep going until everything's found and we have to do something else", Pyroar said.

"And I agree with Pyroar's agreement…" Delcatty said with a purr, rubbing against him. This made Pyroar a bit uncomfortable, which caused Luxray to smile.

They all went inside of the single story building and began their search for the kite. However, the search didn't take long, as the kite was spied right in the center of the building.

"Well, that didn't take long…" said Drilbur, eyeing the kite from a distance.

"I don't trust it. It's too out in the open…" said Luxray. He used his eyes to look around and saw that there was no danger; he still wasn't appeased, though.

"Oh please, you're just paranoid…" said Delcatty, rolling her eyes.

"Oh yeah? Then you go get it…" said Drilbur, folding his claws.

"Fine, I will…" said Delcatty. "You know that this doesn't mean anything, right?" she said as she moved to the kite. "And if you're trying to get me killed, you're wishing death upon those who died before me…"

"I'm okay with that, actually…" said Gothitelle.

"Hey, she's not that bad. Plenty of people say hurtful things…it doesn't make them a bad person…"

"Thank you for being sensical!" Delcatty exclaimed as she made it to the kite.

A huge, Pokeball ornament hung on the ceiling of the building, and she was now directly underneath it. It was hung very loosely and was now starting to crumble at the base.

She grabbed the kite and calmly moved away from center with the kite in her mouth. She made it back over to them and put it down. "See. No fucking problem…"

The ornament dropped down and bounced toward them.

"Oh shit!"

They all rushed out of the building as the ball bounced toward them. They all made it out as the ball lodged itself in the doorway.

"We got it!" Luxray said, picking up the kite.

"Good, now let's get go-"

Delcatty was struck with a golf cart as they moved forward.

"Well, she's done", said Drilbur. "Oh well. Let's get going…"

They continued their way back to the apartments.

000

Leafeon, Skuntank, Dewott, Vaporeon, and Bronzor were making their way to the romance movie set to look for the heart-shaped pillow.

The set had been a bit more updated. There was now a large heart structure with four straps on it.

"Wow...this place turned really kinky really fast…" said Skuntank.

"Yeah...it's disturbing", said Bronzor.

"Well, actually...it's a bit...nice…" Vaporeon purred, bumping against Dewott playfully. Skuntank saw this and growled a bit.

"Alright, we need to find the bed…"

A support beam for the set was breaking a bit, a breeze pushing it slowly, but surely.

"Alright, where's this pillow?" asked Leafeon as they began exploring the updated set a bit more.

Skuntank and Dewott walked together and eventually came across a frilly bed. Dewott sweatdropped, while Skuntank purred. Sure, she was focused on the game, but...she really liked Dewott at this point and she wanted to express it. Verbally, of course. She wasn't that type of girl…

She hopped onto the bed and laid down, looking at Dewott seductively. This made the Discipline Pokemon blush.

"Dewott...I want to talk…"

Dewott gulped in response before sighing in silence. He climbed onto the bed next to her. She took a breath.

-000-

Leafeon had stumbled upon a pile of rose petals in another corner. The corner they were against had a cable leading to another pole. He immediately backed up; he was allergic to roses; however, he saw something sticking out of it and it looked curvy and frilly.

He sighed in misery; he was gonna have to get close, reach in there, and retrieve what was inside. It looked a lot like the pillow. Once he got close and reached in, he immediately started sneezing. Once he sneezed and caused some rose petals to be pushed aside, he saw that it was a trick. It was only a piece of paper! Along with that, the cable extending from the pile was already frayed, only two thin wires showing.

He turned around and saw the cable lead to the beam. He unwillingly sneezed once again and the leaf on his head was apparently sharp enough to nick the already frayed cable. It snapped.

Leafeon looked back at what the cable was attached to. Nothing happened. He was confused, but he swiftly got as far away from the roses as possible, as he saw his limbs begin to swell slightly. He quickly ran, unintentionally bumping into Vaporeon, who saw his condition.

"Whoa, what happened?!"

"R-Roses...I-I'm allergic…" Leafeon explained. "I thought the pillow was underneath a pile but...it was a trick!"

"A grass-type allergic to roses?" Vaporeon giggled. "That's pretty ironic…"

"I know. Could you not laugh about it?"

"It's fine. Don't worry. We'll find you some rash cream…"

Leafeon gave her a small smile. "Thanks…"

"No problem…" Vaporeon replied with her own smile.

Leafeon blushed a bit.

-000-

Bronzor was floating around further back in the set, thinking that the others were gonna be too preoccupied. They're probably gonna kill each other by getting too close to different objects. There was still Death's list, though...and none of them knew who was next at that point.

He found himself next to a fireplace with two chairs in front of it. "Stereotypical fireplace set up...hard to see how this is romantic…"

The broken planks near the door broke, causing a chain reaction. The plank hit a microphone, which hit a camera, which spun. The camera hit a boom mic that was hanging from another creaky support beam right above and behind Bronzor, who was eyeing a painting above it. The painting was of a full moon, but it looked like blood was dripping from the moon.

"What the hell?"

Suddenly, another gust of wind blew the beam to the side, allowing it to swing forward, knocking Bronzor forward into the fireplace, which closed up behind him.

-000-

Skuntank sighed with a smile as she and Dewott walked around the set a bit more to try and find the heart pillow. Why was she so happy?

-000-

"Dewott, I um...I...I really like you, okay?" Skuntank said. "And...I know that both me and Vaporeon have been trying to make 'moves' on you, but...I think that we should be together…" she explained.

Dewott raised a brow.

Not getting a response after about two minutes, she sighed in disappointment. "I get it. You're not interested in either of us…"

Dewott hadn't said anything about that, so he folded his arms to see where this was going.

"Well, if you ever change your mind...let me know…" she said sheepishly as she proceeded to hop off of the bed. Before doing so, though. Dewott grabbed her and brought her back up with a smile.

She blushed a dark crimson. "D-Dewott?"

Dewott kissed her, making her eyes widen as she melted into the kiss. He broke it with a smile, kissing her nose in response before releasing her and folding his arms.

Skuntank was stunned, still blushing the entire time. "Y-You…"

Dewott nodded. Skuntank smiled and jumped on him, kissing him.

-000-

She nuzzled him again before they bumped into Leafeon and Vaporeon, the latter who was still looking a bit rough.

"Leafeon, what happened?!"

Leafeon sighed. "I'm allergic to roses…"

"I thought you were gonna keep it a secret?" asked Vaporeon.

"People are gonna see me anyway...I just realized that it's no point…"

"Um...you could always lie…" said Skuntank.

"Oh...right…"

"Also, we have some great news…" Skuntank said, eyeing Dewott.

"You found the pillow?!"

"No, that'd be spectacular news..." Skuntank replied. "Dewott and I are now going out!"

A frown appeared on Vaporeon's face before it turned into a sneer. "You lucky little-"

"Shoulda asked quicker, my friend…" Skuntank teased. "Plus, I think Pyroar may have a thing for you…"

"Yeah, well...you're still lucky…"

"Thanks…" she replied before gaining a realization. "Hey...have you guys seen Bronzor?"

"Actually...now that you mention it...I haven't seen him since we split up…"

"Well of course…" Skuntank replied sarcastically. "I mean, we haven't heard anything from him at all, and we really didn't go that far…"

"Wait...who was next on the list?"

"Well...Eelektrik got sucked into that fan, so after him, it was...Milotic, I think…" Vaporeon started. "Then...Gligar, and then…" her eyes widened. "Bronzor…"

"Shit, we have to find him!" Leafeon exclaimed. "Which way did he go?!"

Dewott pointed in the direction he remembered Bronzor going.

"You sure?"

Dewott nodded before they all started running towards the back.

Once there, they smelled something metallic and looked at the fireplace, seeing that a blue liquid was starting to leak from it.

"Oh no…"

Dewott ripped the scorching hot, metal plate off and used water gun on the fire while still holding on to it. His hands were sizzling, but he only smiled before seeing that Bronzor's body was unmoving and he was half-melted.

"Fuck fuck FUCK!" Skuntank exclaimed. "We need to hurry and find this damn pillow!"

"That won't do anything. This'll just continue to happen until all of one of the teams is dead, remember? We have to just keep finding them anyway so that we CAN die!"

"So who's next?"

000

Ursaring was relaxing inside of the sauna in the rec center. He was sure that his team was half dead, but considering that he was still alive and he was on the lower half of Death's list, he was pleasantly surprised.

He got up and walked to the door, only for it to be locked. He tried punching it, but it didn't work. The door was indestructible.

Despite this, he tried using Hyper Beam, which didn't work in the slightest. He growled in anger and started banging on the door. The steam in the room started getting hotter, as a leaky pipe was dripping onto the temperature gauge, short-circuiting it.

He started coughing and finding it hard to breathe as he desperately beat on the door and twisted the door to get out.

"HELP ME!" he screamed out as he slumped to the ground, holding his chest as he wheezed.

000

Farfetch'd and Dragonite had both died prior, leaving Meganium, Tropius, and Salandit the only ones left in their group.

"AND THE RAIKOUS HAVE SECURED THEIR KITE! THE OTHER TEAMS ARE REALLY SUCKING!"

"Well, there goes looking for the kite…" said Tropius. "What else did we have to look for?"

"Um…" Meganium started, digging into her mind to remember. "A locket, and a helicopter propeller…"

"Propeller...that can't be good…" Salandit commented. "Muerte inmediata…"

"Well, this won't do anything, but we might as well keep looking and bringing them items..." Tropius said. "Then they'll give us something else to do; hopefully something less tedious…"

"We've searched almost half of the sets on this side…" Meganium said. "And a locket is pretty small, so it could pretty much be anywhere!"

"Hmm...maybe we should search...around the apartments…"

"Why would a locket be there?"

"I don't know...but I doubt the hosts would put the items in actual logical places…" Tropius said as he started flying.

"That makes sense, but it doesn't really matter!" said Meganium. "We just have to-"

"Um...wait...do you guys hear something?" asked Salandit.

"Uh...no, not real-"

"TROPIUS LOOK OUT!" Meganium exclaimed.

Tropius moved back just as a harpoon fired across the window of one set to another. He panted in shock and looked back down. "Crap, that was close…" he whispered to himself. "Thanks!"

Meganium was panting herself; she was actually scared for him for a second. Realizing this, she shook her head. "Get down here!" she shouted, not wanting to feel that way again. She let her emotions control her judgement over men too many times.

"No, it's okay...I think it skipped me", Tropius explained. "I guess I was next…"

"Well, that's still-"

Another harpoon fired from the same window, slashing Tropius across the neck, causing him to choke before collapsing on the ground. He was dead, instantly.

"TROPIUS!"

Meganium exclaimed as she and Salandit rushed over to him. Meganium sighed. "I tried to warn him, but didn't listen!"

"It'll be okay, amiga. Your novio is only dead temporarily…" Salandit said, patting her leg.

"Novio? He's not my boyfriend", Meganium explained. "We're just friends…"

"Oh...my mistake. It's just...the way you two talk to each other…"

Meganium sighed. "Well, I'll be sure to take note of that…"

"Well, let's just go look in the apartments like he suggested just to get that part out of the way…" said Salandit. "It's what he would have wanted…"

"...Um...like you said, he's only dead temporarily…" said Meganium. "But, I agree. Let's go…"

000

"Oh this is perfect. The Raikous have three-fifths of their items, while we have jack shit!" Garchomp exclaimed. "And to make it worse, I'm stuck here with three useless fucks and a bastard! No offense to the useless fucks…"

"It's okay", Piloswine said. "We're used to it."

Charizard only glared at her. He knew that something was wrong with her, but the fact that she wasn't accepting it and hating him more for no reason was really pissing him off.

"Go fuck yourself…" Charizard growled.

"I'd happily do that as long as you're as far away from me as possible…" Garchomp responded, folding her arms.

Charizard twitched and took a step forward with a death glare, causing Garchomp to step back, returning the glare.

She slashed at him, leaving a cut on his chest. Charizard growled and grabbed her before throwing her on the ground. "I HAVEN'T DONE SHIT TO YOU!"

Garchomp picked herself up as she started panting out of fear, and with adrenaline.

-000-

"GET UP BITCH!" an unknown voice said as Garchomp lay on the ground, crying and bruised. She got back up, only to be kicked back down. "Don't you EVER talk BACK to me AGAIN!" the voice said, kicking her numerous more times.

-000-

Garchomp got up and snarled before leaping at Charizard and starting to attack him again. This was really getting old to the dragon as he rolled her off of him and pinned her down.

"Stop...attacking me…" Charizard said threateningly.

"Well, to be fair, you threw her on the ground…" said Vanillite.

"Yeah, after she attacked him first!" said Gulpin.

"True, but she's a girl…"

"That means nothing…" Piloswine added.

While they were preoccupied, she saw that Charizard was a bit distracted, listening to them. Garchomp went with her usual move when Charizard was over her and kicked him in the groin. He flinched and growled angrily, not letting up as he usually did.

Garchomp gulped in fear and closed her eyes tightly, holding back tears. Charizard saw the fear in her eyes and despite his anger, he got off of her.

Once she was up, she immediately flew away. Charizard scoffed before going after her, leaving Piloswine, Gulpin, and Vanillite alone.

"Well, this sucks…" said Vanillite.

-000-

Garchomp landed in the same alley and this time, she was no longer sad; she was furious. Once Charizard landed behind her, she picked up a fallen brick and attempted to bludgeon him, only for him to dodge her attempts and knock the brick out of her hand.

"WILL YOU STOP TRYING TO HURT ME?!" Charizard exclaimed, pinning her against the wall. "WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU?!"

"Stop trying to pry into my life and stop fucking bothering me and I'll leave you alone!"

"You start the bullshit!" Charizard growled in her face. "What did I do? Mess around with you? Say something to hurt your feelings? TELL ME SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FUCK OVER THIS!"

"Wait...what?"

"I never wanted to fucking argue with you; I was just trying to have a bit of fun, thinking we could eventually get along, but I guess I was fucking wrong!" Charizard growled. "I have much better things to do than be hated and have to worry about a girl that thinks I'm the scum of the Earth for NO. FUCKING. REASON!"

Garchomp gulped and looked down. He had a point. He wasn't doing anything really bad to her...other than throwing her around, but that was when she attacked him or confronted him for...personal reasons.

"I...I'm s-sorry…" she squeaked out, her voice breaking. Charizard saw tears start coming down her eyes and was shocked.

Above them, on the edge of the building, was a wooden board with hammers and nails on the middle of it, keeping it balanced. An eerie breeze blew forward, tipping the board over and causing the nails, hammer, and the board itself to tip over.

Charizard released her and backed up a bit allowing her to move forward. Charizard looked up and saw the objects falling right for her. He gasped and pushed her, taking her spot. The nails clinked off except for one, and the hammer landed on his head, followed by the board.

He slumped to the floor, unmoving. Garchomp gasped and crawled back before flying off.

000

Half of the Enteis were now dead. Espeon, Delphox, and Metagross had been skipped and the list moved on.

"Alright, let's go to the fake mine…" said Braviary.

"Thanks for the stupid idea…" said Espeon.

"Hey, it's one of the only places we haven't looked!"

"And dynamite and axes being there actually make sense…" said Zebstrika.

"You can get blown up if you want, but I'm not going…"

"Yes you are…" Mightyena growled. "You're lucky your ass got skipped. You're safe now…"

"That means nothing…" said Espeon, rolling her eyes.

"Look, we can just leave her…" said Zangoose. "She's utterly useless anyway. We've got Delphox…"

Delphox giggled with a devious smirk.

Espeon scoffed. "Please. Ms. Hairy Ears couldn't do anything that I could…"

"Wanna bet?" Delphox retorted, twirling her stick in her fingers.

"I really don't think this'll do anything…" said Goodra. "Both of you are useful, your personalities are just different…"

"The voice of reason strikes again. Do you like being a killjoy?" asked Espeon.

"We have a challenge…" Goodra responded with a glare. "I don't care about what you want to do. If it ain't helpful for the challenge, then it's irrelevant…"

"I agree wholeheartedly…" Mightyena said with a smile as the others started agreeing.

Espeon glared daggers at the slimy dragon.

000

"Okay, she is starting to get on my nerves. The more she talks, the closer she is to getting eliminated…" Espeon growled.

000

They all made their way to the mine set, which actually led underground. There was a minecart sitting there on tracks that looked rickety and rusted.

"Well, this looks suspicious…" said Houndoom. "I don't think I'm gonna go down there…"

"Aw...the demon dog is a fraidy cat…" Espeon teased.

"Coming from the bitch who didn't want to go there to begin win…" Zangoose retorted. "Shut the hell up…"

"Watch it...I have a lot more power than you think…" Espeon threatened. "That goes for all of you…"

"No one's scared of you, bitch…" Zebstrika growled.

"Worry about yourself, punk…" Espeon retorted. "You're so sensitive about a stupid secret that you're not even relevant anymore…"

"Well, you just replied to me, so I must be…"

"Let's just get in, fuck's sake…" said Cherrim as she hopped in the cart. "We're not gonna get anywhere ahead if we're standing here arguing…"

The cart rolled forward on its own, sending Cherrim down the mineshaft.

"Welp, she's dead", said Delphox, her arms folded.

"How can you be so su-"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!

"Okay, never mind…"

"Told you that coming here was a shitty idea…"

They all glared at her.

"...Can we just throw her down there?" asked Mightyena.

"She'd come right back up...no point", said Servine. "Let's just go check somewhere else…"

000

Tyranitar, Flygon, and Lanturn were the only ones left in their group. They were just looking inside different lots to see if one held machinery or vehicles. It should be easy, but it was far from it.

"Ugh...this is going to take forever!" Lanturn groaned.

"We have to do this no matter what, so just suck it up and come on…" said Tyranitar, still grumpy about Typhlosion's death.

They passed by and looked in about seven sets, coming up empty each time.

Flygon groaned before taking a deep breath. "Gosh darnit! This dang challenge is going to take forever! I've been alive for 72 years and death still hasn't taken me! Where is the object?"

Tyranitar smacked him out of it.

"Ow…" Flygon groaned as he got up. "Thanks, dude…"

"Whatever…" said Tyranitar as he looked inside of a bigger set and saw both a tank and a helicopter. "Yes!"

"Um...be careful with that…" Lanturn said. "We don't know who's gonna go next…"

"I die later on…" said Tyranitar. "I'm not worried. Plus, Flygon dies before me and he's still here…"

"If you say so…" Lanturn said, rolling her eyes.

Tyranitar went up to the helicopter and knocked it over, knocking over a container of gasoline in the process. He went around and started tugging on the propeller until it eventually popped off, with him slipping on the gas in the process. The scary part...there was a blow torch rolling toward the edge of the table it was lying on and the gas was getting close to it.

He groaned and stood up with the propeller, not noticing anything, before walking back towards the exit.

"Whew...you reek now, man…" Flygon said, covering his nose.

"Sorry. I didn't know gas was supposed to smell like cinnamon…" Tyranitar responded, shaking his arms off.

"Well, you sure said cinnamon quickly…"

"Don't judge me", Tyranitar said as he started walking back to the apartments with the propeller dragging behind him.

000

Shieldon, Popplio, Pangoro, and Mandibuzz were heading back to the apartments, Pangoro toting the tire under his arms.

"We finally have an object…" said Mandibuzz. "It only took HOURS!"

"Don't blame us! It ain't our fault!" Pangoro growled as he put the tire down. "This thing was in a damn mudpit!"

It was true. Somewhere near the exit of the lot, there was a large mud pit in another set that had numerous tires, as well as wooden structures and a green screen.

"Alright alright,don't get your fur cape in a knot, just pick the tire back up and let's keep going…"

"Whatever…" Pangoro growled as he picked up the heavy tire once again.

-000-

They made it to the apartments, where they saw the hosts laid with bins next to them. They also saw Tyranitar, Lanturn, and Flygon heading towards them with their next object.

Pangoro growled. "Oh no they don't!"

"Pangoro, what are you-" Popplio started before he tossed the tire to her, unintentionally crushing her under the tremendous weight.

"PANGORO! YOU IDIOT!"

Pangoro rushed forward, eventually running on all fours in an attempt to hinder them. Tyranitar put the propeller in the bin, with it hanging out at an angle.

"You FUC-" he leapt forward, just in time for Tyranitar to move, causing him to impale himself through the head.

Flygon stifled a laugh. Usually, he'd turn into Virgil and try to take out everyone, but it seemed that he was having an easier time controlling him now compared to challenges prior.

Shieldon pushed the tire for his team over, after rolling it off of Popplio of course.

"Um...quick question. What happens if you die out of order?" asked Mandibuzz. "'Cuz this nimrod killed Popplio somehow and she was supposed to die after me…"

"Oh, well if you know the movies, if you kill someone, you get their lifespan…" said Suicune. "Since Popplio was killed by Pangoro, he was gonna take her place and die after you, but…"

"So, wait...who gets Popplio's lifespan then?" asked Flygon.

"And why the hell didn't you explain all of this to us at the beginning!?"

"Because we didn't want you to start intentionally killing each other to live longer. That'd be boring", said Entei.

"As for Popplio's lifespan, since Tyranitar indirectly caused Pangoro's death by moving out of the way, he gets it…"

"Um...and what does that mean?" Tyranitar asked. "We're not on the same team…"

"Oh, well, judging by how many players are on each team...you're gonna be dying a bit earlier...because of the ratio of players…" said Entei.

"WHAT!?"

"Uh...ratio?"

"GET BACK TO SEARCHING!"

They all started running or flying off again.

"Fucking invalids…"

Raikou rolled his eyes, while Suicune giggled while shaking her head.

000

"THE SUICUNES HAVE SECURED THEIR FIRST ITEM! A TIRE!"

"THE ENTEIS ARE DOING PRETTY AWFUL!"

"HEY, IT'S TEN VS TEN VS TEN, YOU FUCK! KEEP GOING!"

"Well, this is actually great…" said Houndoom. "We may actually have a chance."

"There's 10 of us left on each team. What are the chances?" Mightyena asked. "Are the lists going slow or something?"

"Maybe we shouldn't question anything…" said Servine. "We could jinx it…"

"Please...what are the chances of us getting screwed over after simply saying something?" Espeon queried.

"Bitch. Jolteon died while she was about to answer who was next on the list!" Zangoose exclaimed.

"Watch. Your. Self…"

"Where are we gonna go look now?" asked Goodra.

"Okay, we have absolutely nothing found, Espeon is still acting all high and mighty, and we could die at any time…" Metagross said.

"Thanks for the recap…" Servine commented.

"Have we checked the rec ce-"

"Yes", Goodra said instantly. "We've checked majority of this place and we still haven't found shit!"

"I think they just set us up…" said Zebstrika.

"Come on, I mean, that may be a possibility, but our stuff has to be here somewhere…" said Houndoom.

"Keep telling yourself that…" said Espeon.

"Can we split up now?" asked Braviary. "Groups of two for each item?"

"Hell, we've got nothing to lose at this point. Let's just make sure it's one person who dies later and one who dies soon…"

"Oh, well that'd be nice if we actually had the fucking list with us!" Espeon exclaimed.

"It also doesn't help that we're next to construction set…" said Metagross.

"Nothing's gone wrong so fa-"

A bang and crunching sound was heard as a saw blade was launched from a malfunctioning saw, slicing Houndoom clean in half.

He groaned before promptly collapsing, his body falling in opposite directions.

"What was that about it possibly not going wrong?!" Delphox growled.

"Hey, he could have moved and it would have skipped him…" Espeon replied.

"Ugh...you lack empathy. It's so annoying…"

"Deal with it!" Espeon growled.

000

"I really want her gone...she is going to be a pain in my ass and I know it!" Goodra growled.

000

After Drilbur died from a drowning on a pool cover, Spheal, Pyroar, Luxray, and Gothitelle exited the rec center quickly.

They still had to find the locket, and they believed that it was in there, but after thorough searching and Drilbur's demise, they decided to go somewhere else.

"Maybe we should check the infirmary or g-"

"What infirmary?" asked Luxray. "We haven't seen any signs of nurses or help since we got here!"

"Have we checked the apartments?" asked Spheal.

"You mean the place where Clawitzer died?" asked Gothitelle. "Of course not! Why would anything be there if that's the starti-"

"Because that'd be the last place we'd think to look!" Pyroar realized. "Come on, let's go!"

-000-

The four of them made it to the apartments and upon going in, they saw that Clawitzer's body was still there.

"Okay, this is disturbing…" said Gothitelle. "Maybe we should-"

"NOPE!" Luxray said, pushing her forward with his head. "We're going in…"

"Dear Arceus, please let us survive in this…" Pyroar said as he and the others entered the elevator.

"Oh please. Arceus is a false god…" Gothitelle said as the elevator doors closed.

"Wait...what?"

"I find it hard to believe that Pokemon and humans used to believe that one single god can cause all of this to happen and be created. Like seriously. Where did the power 'magically' come from? Arceus was apparently born from an egg, but where the hell did this 'egg' come from?" Gothitelle questioned. "It's just a normal legendary who is able to create some others. My parents created me and the way we all were created will forever be a-"

"Please stop! I don't wanna learn now!" Spheal said.

"Yeah, that's not really a good conversation piece, so maybe you should drop it. He said Arceus, big whoop…" Luxray said as their elevator stopped and he, Spheal, and Pyroar began exiting.

"I'm just saying that if Arceus was this almighty, great being that everyone claims, why does it allow bad things to happen?"

"Because life…" Pyroar countered. "Shit goes both ways, now I implore you to drop it…"

"Fine...fine...just know that-"

Luxray pressed the elevator button, making the doors close as she prepared to walk out. The guys heard a cable snap and a bit of scraping before feeling a slight bump.

"Aw crap…" Luxray muttered.

"Well, she's dead now...we can't mourn it…" said Pyroar, side bumping him. "Let's just search this part and...uh…"

"We're stuck here since the elevator's...y'know…" Spheal reminded.

"Well...that sucks…" said Luxray before looking around. They were on the very top floor of their apartments, where a workout room resided.

Entering, they saw numerous workout machines. Thinking about all of the muscular bodies that were probably maintained in there, Pyroar purred to himself.

He turned to Luxray, who sweatdropped. "Dude…calm yourself", Luxray joked.

"Not my fault I'm next to a stud like you~" Pyroar said suavely.

"Uh huh…" Luxray replied with a chuckle. "Well, let's start-"

"There's the locket!" Spheal exclaimed, pointing to a necklace with a heart at the end hanging off of a treadmill handle.

Luxray went over to it and took it off. "Yes!"

"Okay, we got it, but now how are we supposed to get out of here?" Pyroar asked.

Spheal looked around and saw and fire escape in the far top left corner of the room.

"There!"

Luxray and Pyroar turned to where he pointed and saw the fire escape.

"Come on!"

The three of them made it over to the fire escape, with Spheal getting help out of the window. Pyroar followed suit, whipping Luxray with his tail playfully in the process.

"Now's not the time, dude…"

"Sorry…"

Luxray climbed out of the window finally and they saw that the stairs were rusted and rickety.

"You've gotta be kidding me…"

"Don't worry, guys. I got this…" Spheal said just before using Ice Beam on the stairs, making a flat slide that lead to a dumpster that was on the side of the apartment.

"A cold slide…" Luxray said. "I don't think this is gonna work so well for Pyroar…"rk so well for Pyroar…"

"It can't hurt to try…" Spheal said as he went forward and slid down, landing in the dumpster, luckily with plenty of trash bags inside.

"Come on, guys!"

"Well, looks like it's safe…""It can't hurt to try…" Spheal said ashe went forward and slid down, landing in the dumpster, luckily with plenty of trash bags inside.

"Come on, guys!"

"Well, looks like it's safe…" said Luxray as he walked forward a bit. He slowly started sliding down. The stairs started creaking and leaning down a bit. Jumping down, he landed on the bags as well. He groaned softly and shook himself off before climbing out of the dumpster.

"Come on Pyroar!" he called, watching him.

Pyroar gulped before slowly making his way down. He started making it halfway and suddenly started sliding involuntarily. The stairs creaked down and snapped off of the side, making him quickly jump down. Luxray ran in his direction and braced himself as the Royal Pokemon landed on him.

Both of them groaned.

"Are you guys okay?!" Spheal exclaimed, rolling over.

"Yeah...I think so…" said Pyroar as Luxray got up, lifting him. Pyroar got off of his back and nuzzled him. "Thanks…"

"Uh huh…" Luxray muttered. "Let's just get this stupid locket to the hosts…"

They got out of the alley between the apartments and immediately found themselves in front of the hosts...and Pangoro's body.

"Oh Arceus what the hell happened here?!"

"Don't dwell on it, do you have your last object?" Raikou asked with a smile.

"Yep", said Spheal.

Luxray took the locket off and put it in the bin next to Raikou.

"ALL RAIKOUS' OBJECTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED! ALL REMAINING RAIKOUS RETURN TO THE APARTMENTS!"

"Fuck's sake!" Pyroar exclaimed, lying down and covering his non-visible ears.

"This was fucking rigged. I know it…" Entei growled angrily. "Our teams barely find their objects, but yours gets them all in an instant."

"Oh please, all of the objects are evenly hidden throughout. Your teams just didn't look well enough…"

"Uh huh...where are they then?"

"And why would I tell you?" asked Raikou. "So you can guide your teams? HA! Remember, these objects mean nothing."

"Jackass…" Entei mumbled.

000

Haxorus, Lairon, and Tepig were heading to the makeup trailer, AKA, the confessional. They were still on the lookout for iron and were coming up empty. On the way there, they passed by a set with a green screen and numerous fake geological props; it was most likely an action or documentary set.

They saw Skuntank, Dewott, and Vaporeon exiting it, and immediately caught up to them.

"Guys! Good thing we found you", said Tepig before sneezing. "Have you found any objects?"

"Yeah, we got the sandbag!" Skuntank said, Dewott swinging it around in circles.

"I can't believe the fucking Raikous found all of their objects before we did!" Lairon growled.

"Hey, this is our second object, so we're doing pretty well…" said Vaporeon.

"I guess, but I still don't see ho-"

As their conversation continued, Haxorus heard a scraping, buzzing sound. Looking to the side, he saw a bloody saw blade heading their way; the same one that killed Houndoom an hour prior.

It was heading towards Lairon and he immediately used Dragon Pulse to stop it, knocking it over in the process.

"Whoa, what ha-" Tepig started before seeing the blade. "The saw blade!"

"Nice one!" Lairon said, winking at him.

Haxorus smirked back.

"Alright, that's three items!" Skuntank said. "Who says that we don't have a chance?!"

"WATCH OUT!"

Dewott instinctively tackled Skuntank out of the way as a large wooden crate dropped from the sky and onto the area where she was standing.

Skuntank panted from the sudden rush, and seeing the huge crate, she eyed Dewott before kissing him.

"Thank you…" she said with a purr.

Dewott smiled and kissed her nose before sitting back up, with her doing the same.

"Um...so when did-"

"While we were looking in the romance movie set…" Vaporeon said, eyeing the two.

"Well...uh...congrats, I guess", said Tepig. "Now, if Skuntank was just skipped, who's next?"

"I'm pretty sure it's Haxorus…" said Vaporeon. "I die right after him and I'm pretty sure that it's sometime after Skuntank."

Lairon looked a bit worried initially, but she snapped herself out of it. "Well, when that happens, it happens…"

Haxorus nodded, which she was a bit confused by. She didn't want to dwell on it, though, so she let it go.

"Well, we've got two more items…" Vaporeon said. "You guys wanna go turn them in already?"

"Might as well…" said Tepig. "It'll let everyone else that's left know about them, too…"

They all started heading back to the apartments.

000

The Enteis had separated into groups of two: Zebstrika and Braviary, Goodra and Mightyena, Servine and Delphox, and Metagross and Zangoose, with Espeon being the only one alone due to Houndoom's death.

-000-

"I think we need to search some places again. I don't feel like we really searched thoroughly like we should have…" Goodra said.

"Yeah, I agree", said Mightyena. "I understand the concept of not splitting up, but sometimes doing that is a good option…"

"Yeah…" Goodra replied. "So, where to first?"

"Hmm...we still need the popcorn bucket, so why don't we start back at the theater?" asked Mightyena. "They only checked the concession stand and back room, anyway…"

Goodra nodded.

The two started their way to the theater and, not to be silent, they decided to engage in a bit of conversation. Mainly about their relationships and hobbies.

"Wait, so he was only with you because you can cook?" asked Mightyena, giggling.

"Unbelievable, right?" Goodra asked. "He couldn't do anything on his own and he'd always yell when I'm tired and call me lazy."

"Oh-ho I would have left him the first time he did that…"

"Yeah, but I was still a naive teen, so I thought he was right", Goodra replied. "But, eventually I got tired and got some independence…"

"And you kicked his ass to the curb?"

"After a couple more months…"

Mightyena raised a brow. "Why would you stay with him that long if he wasn't providing any real love for you?"

Goodra sighed. "I don't know. He was first boyfriend and I just thought that was what we were supposed to do as girls. At least, that's what my mom told me…"

"Wow", Mightyena giggled. "My dad told me that us as girls were naggy, entitled, bitches…"

"What the heck?!" Goodra exclaimed.

"Yeah, my dad hated me. He wanted a son, so...he just took his anger out on me because my mom left him…" Mightyena explained.

"That doesn't give him a good reason…" Goodra replied.

"Yeah, well, them's the breaks…" said Mightyena. "I'm just glad that with Luxray I have a real man in my life…"

"Oh, so he's your first boyfriend?"

"Yeah…" Mightyena said with a dreamy tone. "And we're still going strong for the most part…"

"Most part?" asked Goodra. "Why not fully?"

"Because of Manectric and now Pyroar…" she explained. "Manectric had a massive crush on him and it seems like he's gotten over it, but now Pyroar's after him. Or, well, he was. Now that Luxray's talked to him, we're back to normal."

"Jeez, that must've been rough…"

"Dealing with Manectric for most of last season was a pain, but as long as he doesn't try any shit this season...we're fine…"

Goodra nodded.

"So...any guys here catching your eye?" asked Mightyena.

"Hmm...kinda sorta, but not really."

"Oh, what's the 'kinda sorta'?" Mightyena asked with a smirk.

"Well, believe it or not...Dragonite", Goodra replied. "I mean. He seems sweet, cute and all, but I don't think he's ready for a committed relationship."

"How come?" Mightyena asked as they made it to the theater.

"I don't know, he's just...really timid and has a bit of low confidence…" Goodra explained, folding her arms.

"Well...why don't you try to bring him out of it?"

"As a friend, I've been trying, but he hasn't made much progress…" Goodra said.

"Aw...well maybe you should explain the situation and give him a reason to try", Mightyena suggested. "Some guys need incentive to better themselves, which sucks, but it works."

"So, what do I offer?" asked Goodra. "I'm not trying to be in a relationship with him and I'm not sleeping with him…"

"Wait, so you DON'T want to be with him?"

Goodra sighed. "It's complicated. I'll just see what I can come up with, because right now I just want to help him a bit as a friend only…"

"If you say so…" said Mightyena as they entered the theater.

000

"I'm not really looking for a relationship at the moment. After my last boyfriends, I know not to rush into things and instead let friendships build up", Goodra explained. "Last challenge, since I know how you viewers think, I just said that Dragonite was sweet and cute and that he probably wasn't ready for a relationship because of his shyness. It may have been implied, but I didn't mean with me!"

000

"I can't fucking believe that there are only six of us left and now they want us to go and find some random notes around here…" said Tyranitar.

"Granted, we have to just sign our names on notes we find…" said Luxray.

"This is just dumb…" said Lanturn. "I mean, seriously…but, I guess it's better than nothing."

"No, doing nothing would be perfect right now…" said Pyroar. "I wish one of the other teams' players would just fucking die so we can get this over with…"

"THE SUICUNES HAVE LOST ALL OF THEIR PLAYERS! THE ENTEIS WIN!"

"Whoa, whoa whoa, WHAT?!" Tyranitar exclaimed.

000

Everyone returned back to the apartments, with the 'deceased' players now alive again.

"Why the hell did that fucking set explode?!" Lairon exclaimed angrily.

"And how the hell did we lose if we still had another group?!"

"Um...how do you think the place blew up?" asked Entei.

"Hey, you can't pin that on us! The pillow was stuck to the wall!" Gulpin exclaimed.

"Alright, Suicunes, you guys will be heading to your first elimination tonight, so pick your favorite loser…" Raikou said with a smile.

"How the hell did the Enteis win if both of our teams still had people that were alive!?" Typhlosion exclaimed.

"Uh...they had more than six people still alive shockingly…" said Raikou. "They barely even knew the order in which they died even though we gave it to them…"

"Anyways, my team, I'll see you tonight…" Suicune said begrudgingly.

000

Lairon and her alliance were in their apartment's workout room. Charizard and Garchomp were away from each other, which confused the others.

"Um...what the hell is going on between you two?"

"Nothing", they said simultaneously, holding the same grouchy expression.

"Oookay…" Honchkrow said.

"Well, I say that we get rid of Bellossom…" said Lairon. "She's practically useless and out of the ones who wanted to take charge and try, I dislike her the most."

"How is she useless exactly?" asked Mandibuzz. "I'm not arguing against it, I just have my own reasons for thinking it…"

"Well, she's weak, she's puny, her attitude in the challenge sucked-"

Haxorus stifled a chuckle. "You are complaining about attitude?"

"What does that mean?"

Haxorus gave her a look; seeing it, she rolled her eyes. "Anyways, I just don't think she's gonna bring anything useful to the team…"

"And at least the others have something going for them…" Honchkrow added. "Leafeon is much better than her, Milotic has her looks-"

"Misogynist-" Mandibuzz muttered under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Oh nothing…"

"Uh huh…" Honchkrow replied, knowing that she was probably talking about him in a negative light. "And Cubchoo may just be as strong as Piloswine or Vanillite or even stronger. Especially if she evolves!"

"Alright, so Bellossom it is…" Mandibuzz said. "Uh...you two agree…"

"Definitely…" Garchomp said.

Charizard simply shrugged. Haxorus gave him a look.

000

"I don't know what's happened between them, but I'm gonna find out…" Haxorus said.

000

"Alright, I've thought about it, and I think that Vanillite needs to go", said Eelektrik.

"Um...okay, but why did you choose him?" asked Delcatty. "I would've went for Piloswine since he seems to have more common sense than the other two…"

"It was a toss up, but thinking about who made it further...Vanillite definitely needs to go…" said Eelektrik.

"So you want the ice cream gone...that can be arranged…" Espeon said with a smile.

Dusclops and Froslass appeared among them.

"There you two are!" Bronzor exclaimed. "Where have you been?"

"Oh, uh...the hosts decided to have all of us ghost-types cause your deaths…" Froslass explained.

"Wait, WHAT?!"

"Yeah, all those 'accidents' and 'coincidences' and 'random things' were all us. Well, they had us go after the Suicunes, Mismagius had to go alone after the Raikous, and Spiritomb and Shedinja went for you guys…"

"And did a piss poor job at it…" Dusclops added. "So, since you and Bronzor's team lost, have you decided?"

"Yeah, we want Vanillite gone…"

"...pretty dim-witted choice, but alright…" said Dusclops.

"SUICUNES! REPORT TO THE ELIMINATION BUILDING!"

"Well, that's our cue…" said Eelektrik. 'We'll meet up again...hmm...Friday…"

"...So tomorrow?"

"...Whatever…"

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All of the Suicunes were rather annoyed. Their first elimination...how was this going to go? Suicune came out with a tray of plushies of herself.

"Wow...conceited are we?" Pangoro asked, only to be hit with an Aurora Beam.

"Anyways, I'm disappointed in you guys. We had a good run…"

"And these idiots had to ruin it…"

"HEY!"

"Anyways, let's get this started. When I call your name, you'll get a plush", Suicune said. "If you don't get one, proceed down the carpet and enter the Rocket Limo or Limo of Losers or whatever the guys call it…"

They all looked tense.

"Mismagius, you get the first one for helping us out with the deaths…" said Suicune, tossing her the first plush.

"Wait, she did what now?" Skuntank asked.

"Mandibuzz, Honchkrow, Lairon, Haxorus, Popplio, Tepig, Vaporeon, Skuntank, Leafeon, Dewott, Milotic, Manectric, Pangoro, Eelektrik, Charizard, Garchomp,Shieldon, Cubchoo, Gligar, Bronzor, Gulpin, and Piloswine, you all are also safe…"

"Bellossom, Vanillite...you guys are at the bottom…" Suicune said. "Bellossom, you're pretty much useless due to an abundance of other more powerful players on your team, you annoyed your group in the challenge, and you didn't do anything significant prior…"

Bellossom looked down. That was pretty harsh.

"And Vanillite...you hang with a group of idiots and you made it to 4th place last season already, which makes you a threat, albeit a weak one…"

Vanillite sighed. At least it wasn't as much as Bellossom.

"The player going home is…

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...Vanillite!"

"Wait, what?!"

"Yeah, WHAT!?" Gligar exclaimed. "Bellossom's way more useless! Um..n-no offense…"

"I don't regret saying this. Bellossom needs to go!" Lairon growled.

"Sorry, but the votes leaned toward Vanillite by two.." Suicune said. "So, Vanillite, time for you to go…"

Piloswine, Gulpin, Tepig, Shieldon, and Gligar went down and hugged him before he floated to the limo.

"Alright, you guys are all dismissed…" Suicune groaned. "Now I have to go deal with these two…"

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Upon entering the trailer, she saw that it was a complete mess. Worse than what she and Entei did! She twitched.

"Ahh….sweet revenge...isn't it great?" asked Entei as he and Raikou emerged.

Suicune took a deep breath. "Okay, not that bad...just need a bit of-"

"Uh uh uh...this isn't all…" Raikou said with a dirty sneer as he went into a closet. You have to clean while wearing this…" he said, pulling out a maid's outfit.

Entei growled under his breath, while Suicune gaped.

"You have got to be joking!" Suicune exclaimed, her cheeks flushing.

"Nope, as serious as a heart attack…" said Raikou as he hung it on her crest. "Might as well get changed and get started, Consuela…"

Suicune glared at him as he and Entei returned to their rooms.

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And here's another one for ya! Another death-filled challenge. Man, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune are fucking sick. Vanillite got eliminated….WHAT?! Oh well, we still have a lot more players to go. Speaking of that, so far who are your favorites and least favorites? Now that you've seen a bit more of their interactions. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all next time on Ultimate Total...Pokemon...Action! See ya guys, BYE!

Next time: "Where do babies come from?"