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.

8. Hello Dolly!

Honey, could you be a doll and start this-

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-Static-

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Crashes and growls were heard in the hosts' trailers.

After Suicune was finished with her punishment, she was furious. She was always portrayed as a slut and was getting very aggravated with it. So, at the moment, she was 'venting.'

Raikou and Entei constantly ran from her as she continuously attacked them. Raikou jumped out of the trailer and closed it, with Entei banging on it, trying to get out.

A Hydro Pump from her blasted the door down, sending Entei onto Raikou as they were both soaked.

Suicune was panting angrily as she glared at them. "I am going to tear you to pieces…"

"It was your punishment. Deal with it!" Entei exclaimed as he got off of Raikou.

"Okay, fine. You guys wanna play dirty, I'll play much much dirtier…" she said with a sinister expression.

"Sure…" said Raikou. "No offense, honey. But I doubt you'll think of something bad…"

"You'll see…" said Suicune, giving them a threatening glower, her brow furrowed. "Now, come on. We've got breakfast to serve…" she said, now surprisingly calm.

As she started walking towards the craft services tent, the guys regained their composure and shook themselves dry before following her.

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Everyone was called to the tent for breakfast, some of them cranky and others uncaring.

Once each team got as much as they wanted from their respective tables, the players split up into their separate, usual groups.

000

Lairon and her alliance were making their way back to the exercise floor. Before they could get to the elevator, Haxorus bumped Lairon with his leg.

Haxorus gestured to Garchomp, who was walking through the apartment door behind them.

Lairon nodded; Haxorus smiled before heading to the elevator with Charizard, Honchkrow, and Mandibuzz. However, upon seeing that she was going to be the only girl, as Charizard hit the button of the floor they needed to go to. She immediately flew out as the door started to close.

Seeing this, Garchomp growled. "Jerks…"

"Actually Garchomp, we need to talk…" Lairon said as she picked up her plate and walked over to the sofa in the foyer.

Garchomp raised a brow. "For what?"

"You know what…" Lairon said before gesturing to the elevator.

Garchomp sighed. "I just got that situation OUT of my head. Why are we talking about it if it's over?"

"Because you pretty much just admitted that you were having a tough time getting over it", Lairon explained. "And if we want this alliance to work, we all need full cooperation and participation."

"Not really…" Garchomp said as she put her plate on the table, folding her arms as she sat on the couch across from her. "Haxorus works better with him anyway, so I don't see why I have to be involved in this…"

"Because you two had a bit of a falling out in the last challenge and it seems to still be eating at him", Lairon explained.

"And how is that my problem?" asked Garchomp. "If he wants to be a baby, then let him. I kept telling him to leave me alone, so now it's my fault that he's 'upset'?"

"I don't even think it's that. Haxorus told me that he just wants you to explain to him why you kept attacking him when he barely did anything", Lairon explained. "He just wants you both to be on the same page…"

Garchomp looked to the side a bit repentantly. However, she still didn't feel like she owed him anything considering that he was the one bothering her.

"He should have acted that way in the beginning…" she said before grabbing a piece of bacon from her plate. "I don't like playful assholes…"

"Understandable…" said Lairon. "But we still need you two to get along…"

Garchomp knew that this was never going to end unless she complied. She already knew that she was going to regret it. She moaned in annoyance. "Okay, fine…"

"Okay, great", said Lairon with a small smirk. "So, uh...you wanna go meet up with the guys or-"

"Nope, I'd much rather stay here…" said Mandibuzz. "I don't see what the big deal is with wanting guys to like you or why we have to appease them in order to move on…"

"We don't have to. We just have to do it sometimes so that we get what we want…" Lairon explained. "Charizard just wants to talk and I think that's pretty reasonable."

"But Garchomp doesn't want to talk to him. If anything, she should be the one upset at him. He's the one that kept bothering her", Mandibuzz reasoned. "She didn't do anything but defend herself."

"Defend herself from what? Words?"

"If you don't want to do something, you shouldn't be forced to do it by someone else. That's all I'm saying…" said Mandibuzz.

"No one's being forced, though. This is an equal compromise", Lairon said. "All I want is for our alliance to be stable and not have any resentment or underlying hatred for each other…."

"Then why aren't you talking to her about Honchkrow?" asked Garchomp, pointing to Mandibuzz briefly.

"Because Honchkrow doesn't have any problems…" said Lairon. "He's just dealing with whatever comes his way…"

Mandibuzz rolled her eyes. "Quick question. I think I forgot; how far did you, Haxorus, and Birdbrain make it in your last season again?"

"We all made it to the merge…" said Lairon. "I just got eliminated before them…"

"Figures…" Mandibuzz said, rolling her eyes. "Guys always have to dominate and get rid of girls early on…"

Lairon and Garchomp gave her confused looks. Noticing their facial expressions, Mandibuzz got a bit irked and confused herself.

"What?!" she asked.

"Um...I know this is gonna sound weird; don't get offended by this; but, are you a lesbian or something?" asked Lairon. "Because with the way you've been talking-"

"Of course not!" Mandibuzz exclaimed. "I consider myself asexual. Love is nothing but a form of mind and body control…"

"Well...it's a damn good mind and body control", Lairon said with a giggle.

Mandibuzz held her same, serious expression, causing things to immediately become awkward.

-000-

"I doubt that getting Lairon to talk to her will do anything, man…" Charizard said as he sat against the wall, his empty plate on the side of him. "She's stubborn and I'm certain that she doesn't give a fuck about anything dealing with me…"

"She let herself be abused by a jackass and apparently me grabbing her, whether it be to stop her from hitting me, get her to focus on me, or gently-" he continued before getting stopped by Haxorus.

"I get it man, she's got problems…" Haxorus said. "But, Lairon has it covered. I know she does…"

"Hax, how the hell do you have her wrapped around your fingers like that?" asked Charizard.

"She's not wrapped around anything…" said Haxorus. "She has her own mindset just like I have my own mindset. The only thing is that when I ask her for a favor, she does it, and I do the same for her…"

"So are you guys calling it a relationship now?" asked Honchkrow.

"We've been calling it a relationship…" Haxorus stated. "You just didn't know about it…"

"Aw well look at you. Taking down the one who initially hated you…" Honchkrow said.

Haxorus sniggered. "I'm just waiting for her to evolve so I don't have to go easy…"

Charizard stifled his laugh initially.

"Okay, I didn't need to know that", Honchkrow said as Charizard started chortling.

"Well, I hope that happens soon for you two…" Charizard said, wiping a tear from his left eye.

"And I hope Garchomp stops attacking you…" Haxorus retorted. Charizard immediately rolled his eyes. "Like I said, I doubt it…"

"You never know…" said Honchkrow. "If she stayed in an abusive relationship so that people can actually acknowledge and notice what she does, that should tell you something…"

Charizard looked to the side.

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"Alright, we've been doing pretty well, I think it's about time that we actually succeed in our plan and get rid of Heliolisk…" said Blissey. "Our team has not been thoroughly challenged as of late, but I think that we should try and purposely fail..."

The others gave her a look of disbelief.

"We've been doing actually good!" Noibat exclaimed. "Why should we purposely lose? Let's just wait until we fail!"

"And how long is it gonna take before that happens again though?" Blissey asked. "Do you really expect us to be able to take on all of these veterans if we keep getting first or second place? We'll be at the merge before you know it!"

"True...but this just means that we're fine the way we are!" said Delibird. "Having these naughty plans won't do anything positive if the veterans were to find out…"

"And would they ever find out unless one of us tells?" asked Gothitelle.

"I'm just saying that it is a possibility…" said Delibird. "I mean, Salandit doesn't really come around anymore…"

"Hmm...he has a bit of a point, there…" Spiritomb said in agreement. "She hasn't been meeting up with us as much as we'd like, so it's a possibility…"

"I would think that one of the veterans or anyone else not here from the team would confront us if they knew…" said Noibat.

"Just telling you the possible outcomes of this naughty-"

"Okay, enough with the naughty and nice bullshit!" Blissey snapped. 'You're either for the alliance or against the alliance, now which is it!? I'm tired of hearing your fucking interjections when you don't even give an idea of your own!"

"Well, since you asked nicely", he said sarcastically. "I think that we shouldn't be doing anything drastic or specifically targeting. We may end up regretting it in the long run…"

"You don't know that…" said Gothitelle.

"You also don't know what could happen…" said Delibird. "So...yeah. That's my suggestion."

"So you pretty much don't want us to do shit…" said Blissey. "How the hell are we gonna get anything done if we don't set up a target or-"

"You choose those who didn't do well in the challenge and look at their backgrounds! Did they do well in previous challenges? Are they naughty or nice as a person-?"

"Alright, that's enough from you…" said Blissey. "We're gonna keep going for our plan whether you like it or not…"

Delibird and shook his head. "Okay. It'll be your own demise…"

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"He sure his adamant about us failing and being found out…" said Gothitelle. "Hmm...either he's right or he's going to expose us. It's one of those options…"

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After eating his fill, Hawlucha returned to the apartments. He entered the elevators to head back to his and the other guys' room.

Once he was on the floor, he was immediately hit with an unfamiliar, but sweet scent. He instinctively covered his nose and headed to the bathroom to do what he came to do. The scent was even stronger in there, so he grabbed some toilet paper from the roll and plugged his nostrils, breathing from his mouth.

He grabbed his toothbrush from the variety of others hanging on the wall and turned the hot water on. As he squeezed the toothpaste and started to brush his teeth, the shower curtains drew back quickly, revealing Salandit.

"AY DIOS MIO!" he exclaimed, his toothbrush his mouth as he held his chest, panting. "¿Qué demonios te pasa?!"

"Nada de nada. Hola tambien", she said with a faux friendly tone as she crawled out of the tub. "So senor, are you willing to cooperate with me?"

"Ya te dije que apenas sé nada de estas personas. Obtener la información usted mismo…"

Salandit thought about it for a moment. That wasn't such a bad idea.

"Gracias, senor. I'll be sure to credit you as a source…" Salandit said as she started leaving the restroom, whipping Hawlucha on the butt in the process with her tail.

"AY!" he exclaimed, holding his butt as she closed the door behind her. He sighed in annoyance and started muttering before continuing to brush his teeth.

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"Excelente…" Salandit commented. "The fool has given me an even better plan. This should be very fun…"

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The Enteis' girls' alliance was back in the rec center, their breakfast already finished. They were thinking about a better strategy, as well as some of the new information they learned from the last challenge. A few other subjects were touched on as well...

"Well, there goes my chance at being with Houndoom…" Jolteon muttered.

"Hey, you don't know…" Breloom said, trying to boost her confidence back up. "Maybe he just feels empathetic and guilty?"

"And that guilt is gonna make him fall for her again…" Jolteon responded. "It's not fair…"

Mightyena sighed. "Jolteon, I've been meaning to talk to you, Absol, and Delphox about that…"

"About what?"

"This whole competition or whatever it is you have going on", Mightyena elaborated. "I think you're letting it control your judgement of each other…"

"What do you mean?" asked Jolteon, her eyes furrowing into a glare as the other girls decided to just listen.

"The three of you are in some kind of competition to see who Houndoom is going to go out with without even considering what he wants!" Mightyena explained. "You're just assuming that he's gonna be willing to get into a relationship as soon as he gets to know you. That's not how that works. Plus, it's leading to the three of you becoming enemies when you barely know anything about each other!"

"She's got a point there, Jolteon…" said Servine. "The three of you do have tension because you each want him. You haven't even truly interacted in a positive way to get to know each other."

"Delphox did porn and Absol got raped and had an abortion…" Jolteon stated apathetically. "I'm pretty sure I have enough info already…"

"Jolteon, seriously?!" Goodra exclaimed, surprised at her attitude. "I thought you were better than that!"

Jolteon groaned to herself. "I AM better than that. It's just...I don't know. Something about Houndoom just...makes me tingle, y'know. I've never felt that way about a guy…"

"He's barely spoken to you…and when he does it's because you initiate it…" Breloom started.

"I know that! I mean his body language, it just…" she purred and shuddered just thinking about him.

Mightyena shook her head slowly. There was no getting through to her; she was dealing with love at first sight and she wasn't gonna stop until Houndoom was hers and hers alone. The thought of it annoyed her, but she decided to just drop it. For now.

"Well…" Goodra started, attempting to move past the argument. "...offering myself to Dragonite seemed to be the wrong thing to do…"

"Wait, you offered yourself?" asked Mightyena, confused. "I thought you said that weren't gonna sleep with him…"

"Whoa whoa, what's happening?" asked Servine. "Why are we offering something to Dragonite anyway?"

Goodra and Mightyena exchanged nervous looks. They hadn't really explained to them what they were doing regarding Dragonite.

"Well…" Mightyena started. "Goodra kinda sorta likes Dragonite, but isn't quite seeking a relationship. She feels like he isn't ready due to him being so shy, so...in order to bring him out of it, she's been trying to encourage him and haven't been seeing real results…"

"So, Mightyena told me that some guys needed incentive, and I didn't have anything to offer, so...I just randomly said that I'd date him…" she said sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head.

Jolteon, Servine, and Breloom exchanged glances, all of which were a mix of a smile and frown.

"Okay...and what did he say?" asked Servine. "Did he jump for joy?"

"Actually no", Goodra answered. "I was a bit surprised. He said that he'd rather be a relationship that's genuine."

"Wow. You usually don't hear that from guys…" said Breloom. "They'd usually hop on that opportunity in a snap…"

"Well, he's actually different…" said Goodra. "That's why I'm sorta reconsidering what I said about not dating him. It may be later on down the line, but...maybe…"

"Speaking of different...I don't like Type: Null", said Servine. "She wants us to change and do what she wants so that we can apparently win more?"

"Meanwhile we stayed the same in the challenge and we still ended up winning…" said Goodra. "Zangoose was also telling me about how she walked in when she was talking shit about the team…"

"What?!" Jolteon exclaimed. "What did that bitch say?"

"According to Zangoose, she called us stupid for fraternizing with the opposite team…" Goodra said, folding her arms. "And she said that as long as she was on the team, we were all going to be focusing only on the game."

"She doesn't control shit", said Breloom. "Who does she think she is?"

"Obviously she thinks that what she says is relevant even though she's one of the new newbies…" Mightyena said. "I say we get rid of her. I don't like bitches like her that try to control what people do…"

"Actually, Zangoose and I talked about the possibility of keeping her in, because despite that large flaw, she does seem to be stronger than some of the others on the team, no offense to them…" Goodra explained.

"That may be a possibility, but she still needs a warning so that she watches herself…" said Breloom.

"And uh...this is a bit weird but...she knew about what I was doing with Dragonite and I didn't even tell her…" Goodra added. "I don't know she's spying, she's got a bug planted somewhere, or one of us unconsciously told, but...she knew."

"That is weird…" said Jolteon. "Well I know I didn't tell…"

"Me neither", said Mightyena.

"Same", said Servine.

"I didn't…" Breloom said.

"Then how the hell could she have known?!" Goodra exclaimed.

It was truly a freaky situation. If none of them told...and Type: Null was nowhere around them, how could she have known about the offer and their meeting? There wasn't anyone else around that they could see, so it was a mystery.

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Houndoom and Absol were inside of the movie theater, sitting in silence. After learning the entire story regarding her 'situation', he actually felt really bad about putting her through this.

He wasn't a jerk or anything. He was just stubborn, vindictive, and actually held grudges. The more he thought about it, the guiltier he felt.

She was naive and foolish, yes, but he shouldn't have held it against her for that long. He looked to his side awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

Absol was just lying down next to him with a blank, distant expression. She never wanted ANYONE to find out about her abortion. She never wanted to be treated like a victim or get sympathy from anyone.

If the jackass hosts had never mentioned what happened to her in their first season, everything would be different and she probably wouldn't even be there. She'd be at home, still secluding herself.

She heard a few noises coming from Houndoom, but she no longer cared. Everything she wanted to stay private was now public and now she was always going to be seen as nothing more than a victim.

She knew that was the only reason he was there. To give her sympathy as a rape victim, not because he still loved her.

Houndoom was trying to find the right words without sounding like an awkward dork. Luckily, while he stuttered, he saw Tyranitar, Typhlosion, and Luxray passing by.

He looked back at Absol before standing up and running up to them.

-000-

The three of them noticed the hellhound running toward them and stopped walking.

"Oh, hey Houndoom..." Luxray greeted. "How's it going?"

He sighed. "Not good. I don't know what to say to her!"

"Well what can you say?" asked Tyranitar. "You dumped her for accusing you of being her rapist. Granted, Dusclops lied to her, but still."

Typhlosion scoffed with a small smile. "You guys are so hopeless. Why don't I just go and talk to her? Then maybe you can gather what you want to say…"

"That could work…" Luxray said. "And hey, we'll give you some ideas…"

Typhlosion stifled a giggle upon hearing that. "Okay, you guys have fun with that idea, I'll be back…"

Tyranitar gave her a smirk and shook his head playfully.

-000-

Absol saw Typhlosion heading her way, but she was still unfazed.

Typhlosion noticed her distant expression and stare as she approached. "It must be really eating at her…" she thought with a empathetic expression.

She made it to her and slowly sat down beside her. Absol acknowledged her by turning her head briefly, before putting it back in its initial place.

"How're you doing?" Typhlosion asked softly.

Absol didn't respond, which she expected. She couldn't blame her. If she was in that same situation, she'd be acting the same way, albeit with a bit more violence towards guys.

"Well, I know you won't respond, so just listen", Typhlosion said. "We all feel really bad for you, especially Houndoom, so know that there are people who care about you here. Also, I don't want you to stay like this. You are are strong, independent Dark-type girl and you should act as such."

Absol turned her head slightly as she continued. "Don't let what happened on your past bring you down, use it to pull yourself up. I know you can do it…" Typhlosion said, rubbing her back.

Absol let what she said sink in for a bit. She was sorta right. She shouldn't be moping around, but this made her feel a bit better. And as for the care part? She felt like that was bullshit.

No one here truly cares about each other unless they're a committed relationship. She knew that if they were out in a terrible situation, almost everyone would be looking out for themselves, with only a few of them actually trying to put others first.

Them feeling bad didn't mean that they cared in her eyes. To her, that just meant that they were glad it wasn't them.

No one cared about her and the one person who she wanted to care was actually the same species that brought her grief. She needed to get her mind straight. Typhlosion was definitely right, she was much stronger than this.

-000-

"Okay, hon, I talked to her and I gave her a bit of confidence in addition…" Typhlosion explained as she came over. "Just go over there and tell her how you truly feel."

"Are you sure?" asked Houndoom, nervous about the situation.

"Definitely. Now get going…"

Houndoom took a deep breath and started walking back to the theater.

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Absol was starting to rise up and stretch when she saw Houndoom coming back over.

"Um...h-hi Abby…" Houndoom greeted, using her old nickname.

He saw that her look was serious and sighed before looking down. "Look. I feel like I was a bit too harsh toward you when we first broke up. I shouldn't have put you through that and I just wanna say...I'm sorry", he stated.

Absol nodded. "Okay. Thanks…"

He noticed her tone had a mix of apathy and actual cheer. Did she not care anymore?

"Thanks? That's all you have to say?"

"Well, I know that you're only doing this out of your own guilt, so what do you expect?" asked Absol.

Houndoom was surprised to hear that answer from her. This wasn't like her at all.

"Wait , what are you talking about?"

"Oh please. Don't act like you don't know", Absol said, her eyes glaring.

"Um. I actually don't, thank you very much…" Houndoom said with a glare back.

"You're only talking to me and being nice because these fucks told everyone about my abortion that I had done YEARS ago…" Absol growled. "Don't act like you care now when this entire time you've been treating me like I was insignificant and desperate."

"YOU WERE ACTING LIKE IT! DON'T BLAME ME!" he exclaimed. "Plus, you don't know how the fuck I feel. This was one of your damn problems. You always think you know everything that someone's gonna do when you fucking don't!"

"Oh, so I'm supposed to be satisfied with the fact that you're attracting fucking sluts and letting them flirt with you in front of me, you were ignoring my apologies and acting like I was scum, and then when you hear about another bad thing that I've had to go through, that's when you want to acknowledge me and APOLOGIZE?! You're out of your fucking MIND!"

"You know what, FUCK YOU!" Houndoom snarled. "I tried being nice, I tried supporting you, but you heard a lie and you went along with it like the fucking naive bitch that you are! Now when I ignore you and then decide to try and talk with you, you act like I am the one doing wrong?!"

"Maybe I should've been the one who did it…" he snapped.

Absol gasped softly and growled before tackling him and pinning him down, biting at his neck. Houndoom was biting back and immediately, Tyranitar, Typhlosion, and Luxray ran over to break them up.

Typhlosion held Houndoom and Tyranitar held Absol as they both struggled to get at each other.

"Whoa, whoa, what just happened?" asked Luxray.

"FUCK HER/HIM!" they both exclaimed.

"Okay, then…"

"I should have never given you a fucking chance, all of you Houndooms are the fucking same. Nothing but manipulative, unsympathetic, disgusting fucks!"

"Aw, but you liked when we banged, right? Oh wait, sorry, I mean when I 'raped' you…" Houndoom retorted.

"Go fuck yourself!" Absol growled as she got out of Tyranitar's grasp and started sprinting away angrily.

When Houndoom was released, he blasted a Flamethrower in the fleeing Absol's direction.

"Dude, what happened?"

"I apologized for treating her like she didn't exist and being harsh, but then she said that I don't care about her and I'm only apologizing because I feel bad about her fucking abortion", Houndoom growled. "That ain't the case. I was apologizing because hearing about the abortion made me realize how much of a shithead I was being! But noooo, she just has to assume and put words in people's mouths. So fuck her...I hope she never talks to me again…"

He started walking in the direction opposite of where Absol had gone.

"Well...this can only end badly for their team…" said Luxray.

"You can say that again…"

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Eelektrik and Bronzor, regretfully, decided to tag along with the Underdog Alliance. They had to get along with them if they wanted to gain their trust. Their main target was Tepig, but considering that majority of the useless guys on their team, as well as a couple from the other teams, they thought that they would get to know them a bit.

"So...what are you guys doing here again?" asked Tepig, finding it strange to see the two of them amongst their group.

"Well, out of our team, most of other guys are either in this group or with Garchomp's group…" said Eelektrik. "I think there's a less risk of being torn apart in this group…"

"Well, you guys are FUCK BALLS DAMN right…" Shieldon said. "So, what do you like to do?"

"Nothing in particular…" Bronzor said stoically.

"Eh, I guess plan for my future…" Eelektrik stated. "It gives me a sense of control over my life…"

The other guys exchanged blank glances. These blank glances made Bronzor and Eelektrik rather annoyed, but they kept their cool.

"Well, uh….now that we've got that out of the way. What's the plan this time?" asked Shellder.

"Plan?" Eelektrik thought. "What plan?"

"Well, we don't have much to go off of…" said Gulpin. "So, we don't really have a plan…"

"Um...excuse us, what plan are you guys talking about?"

"Well, uh...you guys are just guests here, so we can't disclose that…" said Tepig.

"Um...okay", said Bronzor. "If that's the case, we'll happily tell the rest of the team about your alliance and get you all on the chopping block for EACH of your teams…"

The guys all exchanged the same blank looks before looking back at them.

"Well?" asked Eelektrik.

Piloswine used Ice Beam, freezing both of them solid., with Bronzor's ice breaking once he hit the concrete.

"Well, thanks for the extra incentive to reveal you…" Bronzor said as he lifted Eelektrik via Confusion.

He started floating off with Eelektrik's still frozen body.

"I had a feeling they were here for a reason like that…" said Piloswine. "Oh well…"

"Wait, what do you mean 'oh well…'?!" Gligar exclaimed. "They're gonna tell the others about us!"

"Even though they all pretty much know?" asked Piloswine.

"Yeah, plus we don't even have a plan", said Shellder.

"Wait, then wh-oooooooooh…" Heliolisk said as he understood. "Nice job…"

"Hey, we're not as dumb as they all think we are…" said Gulpin. "Now, who wants to go explore the sewers?!"

"NO!"

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"Well, that was fundamental…" said Bronzor. "Now we have dirt on eight of these guys. Hmm, makes me wonder what their little plan is..."

000

Spheal and Popplio were hanging out in the pool at the rec center. After the pep talk he gave her before the last challenge, Popplio ended up finding a friend in him. A very close one at that.

"So, why do you think you use pessimism as a defense mechanism?" asked Spheal. "That can't be mentally healthy…"

Popplio sighed. "I know…" she said softly. "I just...I don't know. I just feel like...I can avoid bad instances by already thinking negatively…"

"But, doesn't it make you sadder to know that you were correct in your failure?" asked Spheal.

"No...like I said last time, if I do fail, I feel no disappointment because I was right…" Popplio explained. "But if I succeed, I feel great!"

"I don't really think that's good for you…" said Spheal. "You're a great girl, you shouldn't be so negative about yourself…"

"People always tell me that, but...I just don't feel like it…" Popplio said, looking down in the pool. Seeing her reflection, she sighed. "Everyday, I see this face and think...wow, you're disgusting. Who'd ever want to be friends with a freak like you?"

"But...didn't you say that your parents and friends encouraged you to come here?" asked Spheal.

"I said 'friend', singular", said Popplio. "And as in friend, I meant my plushy…"

"Oh…" Spheal said softly, a bit shocked to hear that. "Well, you've got a friend in me! So, that's a step in the right direction."

Popplio smiled softly at that. "Thanks, Spheal…"

"No problem…" said Spheal, tapping her flipper. "Just know that as long as I'm here, you'll always have a friend…"

Popplio felt herself get teared up a bit. She never had someone say that to her before. She nuzzled up to him.

Spheal hugged her back with a smile. Popplio kissed his cheek, making him blush. "Uh…"

"OMA! I'm sorry, I just-"

"No, no, it's fine…" Spheal chuckled. "Kisses from girls are always welcome!"

Popplio giggled softly before nuzzling him again.

000

Popplio sighed. "Spheal is the first guy to try and be my friend. And actually encourage me. My parents didn't really 'encourage' me, they just told me to come so that they could get me out of the house so that they can bang multiple times a day…"

"I couldn't let anyone know the truth...it'd make them look at me differently. I already have no friends, I don't need any pity…"

000

A few members from all three teams met up at the battlefield. They decided to have a battle competition, just for fun. The girls had to spectate, despite a few of them wanting to battle and take out their anger.

"Alright girls, you can battle next time…" Pyroar said with a smile.

"Or whenever I feel like you can…" Ursaring said, folding his arms.

"Ursaring, go fuck yourself…" Breloom growled.

Ursaring sneered with a wink, making Breloom blush slightly and turn away angrily. He chuckled slightly.

"Alright, so who's gonna battle?" Grovyle asked the group.

"Hey, since the girls have to spectate...why don't we let them choose who goes against who?" Tropius suggested.

"Are you an idiot? That's a-"

"-great idea!" Delphox said with a devious smirk. "I mean, you guys don't want us to battle, so I think it's fair that we tell who goes against who…"

"Okay, how about you all bend over and then we'll see-"

The girls glared daggers at Ursaring and were prepared to kick his ass. However, Metagross beat them to it and punched him, sending him across the concrete.

"Alright, ladies, who's up first?" asked Grovyle.

"I feel very uncomfortable…" said Wooper. "It's like we're gonna be their toys…"

"It's only like that if you think of it like that…" Tropius said with a chuckle.

"Okay, for a battle royale type of deal...I kinda wanna see what Tropius will do…" Meganium said with a smirk.

Tropius blushed, but he also gave her playful grin.

"Ooh, if that's the case, let's have...Braviary…" said Jolteon.

Braviary turned to Tropius and nodded.

"And for us...I wanna see what Dewott has to offer, battle-wise…" Skuntank said with a seductive gaze focused on him.

Dewott chuckled silently.

"Alright...two Flying-types versus a Water-type…" said Blissey before hissing in unsureness. "I don't see this going that well for Dewott, whether he likes pain or not…"

"You don't know what could happen", said Vaporeon.

"Oh, please", Pangoro said. "The skunk just volunteered her antisocial boyfriend to a disadvantaged battle. He's not gonna make it more than a minute…"

Dewott smiled rather grimly upon hearing the lack of confidence in himself.

"Alright…" Servine started. "The three of you get into separate corners and then you can start…"

The three of them did as they were told and went into three separate corners.

"Alright...3...2...1...GO!"

Immediately, Braviary flew upwards, with Tropius doing the same. Dewott remained in his same spot, unmoving.

Braviary used Heat Wave, causing intense heat to wash over the battlefield. Tropius fell back down immediately due to the close proximity he had. He looked over at Dewott who was staring with a devious smirk.

Tropius mustered up his strength to stand up and used Leaf Storm, sending leaves towards the otter. Some of the leaves were set on fire due to the Heat Wave and ended up reducing to ash before they even reached Dewott.

Tropius felt his energy draining due to the intense heat and collapsed with a groan. He looked up and saw a purple and yellow ball of energy coming towards him. He looked back at Meganium, who had a worried look on her face. He had to get out of the way quickly.

He flew to the side quickly as the Heat Wave started letting up. He then quickly used Dragon Pulse, hitting Braviary at the same time that he crashed into the ground.

Tropius had to turn back around and handle Dewott quickly; he had the advantage after all. He turned back around, but saw that Dewott wasn't there.

"What?" he asked himself softly.

"TROPIUS WATCH OUT!"

Tropius looked to his side as saw Dewott there. He used Blizzard, striking him hard and knocking him into Braviary, knocking both of them out.

Everyone was shocked. Did he just knock both of them out with ONE hit?! Then again, they were both weak to ice, so it should've have been that big of a surprise, but still!

"Dewott...that was incredible!" Skuntank cheered with a smile.

Dewott smiled and winked at her.

"Well, since Dewott won, looks like he's gonna be staying down there…" said Garchomp. "Any of you guys from the other team wanna take a chance?"

The other guys exchanged looks of nervousness.

000

Leafeon was taking a walk around the lot just to calm his nerves. But, of course, he couldn't go anywhere without-

"Manectric...STOP FOLLOWING ME!" he exclaimed as the thunder wolf sprinted behind him.

"Not until you give me a good reason!"

"Okay...IT'S FUCKING CREEPY!" Leafeon exclaimed.

"I said a good reason, not an opinion…"

Leafeon growled. "Will you please just leave me be!? I thank you for keeping my secret, but will you just leave me alone now? What do you want from me!?"

"I just want to talk and get to know you", Manectric replied with a hardened gaze. "You keep pushing me away and making it harder…"

"Maybe you should take the hint and just leave me alone, then!" Leafeon snapped. "If I wanted to fucking talk to you I would!"

Manectric gave him a stern look. "You know, I thought that you'd be a bit more gracious and tolerant, maybe more open later on, but I guess I was wrong. You're just like the rest of them, someone with a random problem that they take out on others, you just like being seen as a girl even though you're a guy…"

Hearing that and seeing him start to walk away, Leafeon growled. He quickly ran in front of him.

"You don't know ANYTHING about me!" he snapped. "I'm NOTHING like these others! And I AM tolerant! You just bring out my aggravated side sometimes when I just want to be alone!"

"...Sometimes?"

Leafeon groaned. "Look, outside of challenges, I'd like to be ALONE. In challenges, I'm fine…"

"We barely get any real time to talk in the challenges because we're DOING the challenges…" Manectric retorted. "You're yelling at me for making assumptions when I don't know you, but you're giving me a CHANCE to know you!"

"Well maybe if you-"

A bang was heard from from a nearby alley, cutting them off immediately. They turned and saw a dumpster move slightly.

Exchanging nervous looks, they hesitantly moved toward it and saw a few blue and pink tail fins coming out of it.

Getting closer, they noticed that the tail was shuddering.

"Milotic?" asked Manectric as he lifted the lid, only to see Milotic with dark red eyes and a needle next to her right pink tendril.

"MILOTIC!"

The two of them pulled the Tender Pokemon out of the dumpster and saw that she was groaning.

"Milotic, what the hell are you doing?!"

Milotic tried to respond, but her words were garbled ands she shook a bit.

"For fuck sake…" Manectric whispered. He used Thunder, shocking her into unconsciousness.

Everything went black.

-000-

Milotic' vision was blurred as she slowly opened her eyes. She could barely make out the tannish green and blue and yellow figures before her.

Eventually, her vision became clearer and she was able to see the canines looking at her. She groaned before looking around and seeing that she was in a hospital bed, most likely in the infirmary.

"Ugh...what happened?" she asked groggily, bags under her eyes.

"That's a good question…" said Manectric. "Why don't you tell us what happened?"

Milotic couldn't really remember everything. She just remembered deciding that she was trash and hanging out in the dumpster. Anything before and after was a blur. "I...I don't remember…"

"Oh?" asked Leafeon. 'Well maybe this can jog your memory", he said as he tossed a plastic bag with a syringe inside onto the bed.

Immediately, Milotic looked down disappointedly.

"Where the hell did you even get drugs? I thought they were supposed to make sure you didn't have any paraphernalia on you before you came", said Leafeon.

"These fucks don't care about what we do since most of us are 17, 18, or above now…" Manectric explained.

Leafeon groaned before turning back to Milotic. "How long have you been doing these kinds of drugs?"

Milotic sighed. "I never started out of my own free will. My dad wasn't just a drug dealer, he was making them, too. He used me as his test Mankey once I was old enough to not have too fatal repercussions. Soon enough, I ended up getting addicted, but I just had to take pills to satisfy my needs."

"Wait, so have you been putting yourself through withdrawal this entire time?" asked Manectric.

"No. I just...do them when there's no one around. Without them, I'm just...nothing", Milotic said.

"Are you kidding me?!" Leafeon exclaimed. "Look at yourself! You've got bags under your eyes, your body is starting to lose its luster, your eyes are bloodshot, and you're losing your memory! You'd be better off as nothing than what you are with these drugs!"

"What are you talking about? I'm not taking drugs…" Milotic said before resting her head back on the pillow.

Leafeon sighed as Manectric pat his back. He would have bitten at it, but he decided against it.

"Alright you two, we're about to fix your friend. Your next challenge is about to begin", a Blissey nurse said.

The two of them nodded.

"CONTESTANTS! REPORT TO THE APARTMENTS IMMEDIATELY!"

The two of them looked back at Milotic, who seemed to be perfectly fine now thanks to the nurse. "Let's get going", she said, not mentioning anything about the drugs as she slithered past them.

They exchanged looks of worry.

000

Everyone made it back to the front of the apartments, with Milotic, Manectric, and Leafeon coming last. Some of the guys were looking rather beaten up, with Dewott holding a smile.

"Alright, it's time for the next challenge!" said Suicune. "And the movie for today is...Annabelle!"

"Of course it is…" Shellder said meekly. "Dolls really creep me out…"

"Oh no…" Dusclops groaned sarcastically.

"Now, for this challenge, it's going to be a bit of a change in ambiance…" said Raikou. "Follow us…"

The three of them started walking and the others hesitantly began following.

-000-

They were all in front of a large building that had beige walls and a mahogany roof. There were multiple blue tinted windows, and stone stairs leading up to wooden doors.

"Welcome...to the Old Chateau. Home of the Old Gateau…" Raikou said with a smile.

"Um...how the hell were you able to make a full scale replica of the Old Chateau in such a short period of time?" asked Espeon.

"Remember, they're legendaries. They can just call in a favor and have shit magically done for them…" Drilbur stated.

"Yes. Thanks for filling them in, Drilbur…" said Suicune said, rolling her eyes.

"Alright, you said the basis of the challenges is gonna be Annabelle, so why are we at an Old Chateau replica?" asked Mandibuzz.

"Because, this is where your first challenge will be taking place", said Entei. "I thought that'd be obvious…"

"Now, your first challenge will be to enter the Old Chateau and retrieve a doll", said Raikou. "There are exactly six dolls, each with something special about it, so choose the one you want wisely…"

"In addition, some dolls are guarded by traps, and we've had interns place numerous traps around the Chateau as a whole, so it will not be as easy as you think", said Suicune. "The team that exits with their doll first will get an advantage in the next challenge…"

"Quick question for understanding...are the dolls possessed?" asked Farfetch'd.

"That's up for interpretation…" said Raikou.

"Okay, the challenge starts...NOW!" Entei roared. "Get the fuck in there!"

The teams started rushing through different doors, with the Suicunes going into the far right, the Enteis the left, and the Raikous straight forward.

000

Once the door closed behind them, the Suicunes found themselves in complete darkness. Luckily, Charizard's tail flame was able to provide them with light.

Looking around, they saw that they were in a basement area. A wooden staircase was on the far, top right corner. A furnace with numerous bricks and a pile of coal was tucked under the staircase. The floor was cold, made of solid concrete, and there were wooden shelves with tools and chemicals sitting on them, as well as a few boxes.

"Alright, I don't think splitting up would be smart or necessary this time, so no one had better say anything about that…" said Pangoro, looking at the creepy area.

"Then maybe you should stop talking…" said Lairon as she and Haxorus moved forward. Haxorus was walking toward the furnace so that they had more light other than Charizard's tail.

He dumped some coal into the furnace and called Charizard over. He walked over and put his tail inside, lighting the coal. Haxorus closed it shut.

"Alright, now we have a bit more light…" said Gligar.

"Which is useless because we aren't gonna be down here that long…" Eelektrik stated. "We could already see the damn stairs, but they just wasted their time lighting a furnace!"

"And you just wasted more time complaining!" Mismagius exclaimed. "Come on…"

They all headed toward the stairs and started climbing up.

000

"Alright, where are we gonna look first?" asked Typhlosion as she and the rest of the Raikous stood in the foyer. The area had two doors on opposite sides of each other on the first floor. The dual staircases both led up to a door on the second floor. There was another door straight ahead of them as well.

"Sheesh, there's a lot of doors…" said Gothitelle, looking around.

"Think we should split up?" asked Blissey. "With all of these doors, it'd take a while before we got to search them all together…"

"Hmm...that's a good point, but I don't really trust it", said Flygon. "They said that there's traps, so if a group gets caught in one, how're we gonna know?"

There was a short moment of silence.

"Uh...we could all just meet back here and whoever doesn't get back, we find them and help them…" Shellder said.

"That...actually makes sense…" Delcatty said.

"Alright, does everyone agree with-"

"There's no everyone", Blissey said, cutting him off. "Majority rules. Now who wants to split up?"

Majority of the players raised something.

"Um..okay?" Tyranitar replied. "So, what groups should there be?"

"Stop making things awkward; we can just go with our normal groups", Blissey said as she started walking to the door straight across, with Gothitelle, Noibat, Spiritomb, Shedinja, and Salandit following.

Seeing this, Tyranitar couldn't help but sigh. Yet again he was starting to feel like he wasn't doing that well acting as leader. He was doing well, but thanks to Blissey, he was starting to feel less...and he didn't like it.

Typhlosion definitely didn't like it, as she growled once they were gone. Tyranitar, knowing how she was feeling due to the growl, touched her shoulder and shook his head.

"Jeez, she didn't have to be a bitch about it…" Pyroar said.

"Yeah...I gotta admit that was a bit...unnecessary…" said Meganium.

"Yeah…" Tyranitar muttered softly. "But, like she said, you guys can just go in your normal groups. It's no biggie…"

"Um...are you sure?" asked Lanturn. "Because we can-"

"Yes, I'm sure…" said Tyranitar. "Now, go look for some dolls…"

A few of the others looked at each other before going their separate ways. Once they were gone, the only ones left were Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Luxray, Pyroar, Drilbur, and Flygon.

"Um...are you alright, dude?" asked Flygon. "Blissey didn't make you feel some bad did she?"

"If she did, I'll crack her eggshell head open…" Typhlosion threatened, her neck ablaze.

"No, no, no need for cracking of any body parts…" Tyranitar said before pecking her on the lips. "Glad you still care so much…"

"Of course I do...what kind of girlfriend would I be if I wasn't?" she responded, hugging him.

Tyranitar smiled down at her. He could always count on Typhlosion to make him feel better.

"Let's go find those dolls…" he said with a smile.

Typhlosion kissed his lips briefly.

"Alright, Blissey and her group went to the front, Tropius and his group went to the room on the top right and Dragonite and his group went to the top left, so...let's get to the top center room…" Luxray said.

Pyroar nodded in agreement.

The six of them made their way up the stairs and into the last room.

000

The door the Enteis entered lead them into a tool shed. There were numerous sharp tools hanging on the wall. Next to them, a rake, shovel, and hoe.

Two lawnmowers were across from them, as well as a washer and dryer. There was also a cooler there.

"A tool shed. How useful…" Froslass said sarcastically.

"Well, at least I have an opportunity to keep you all in place…" Ursaring said as he picked up a pair of garden shears.

"Why don't you use those to snip off your nonexistent balls…" Espeon commented.

Ursaring attempted to snip her tail, but she moved out of the way. Umbreon growled. Servine tried to use Vine Whip, but Ursaring prepared to use the shears and snipped at them as well.

"Okay, as fun as this game of 'Rush the Dumbass' is, I think we need to focus on the challenge…" said Dusclops.

"He's right", said Grovyle, looking around. "Staying here and dealing with Ursaring isn't gonna help us win the challenge…"

"Yeah, but it'll keep us from having any bodily harm dealt to us…" Quilladin said before getting punched in the back of the head.

"That's gonna happen regardless, bowling ball", Ursaring growled.

Breloom kicked him in the crotch immediately after he said that. She was getting very annoyed at him already, but seeing him hurt Quilladin again was it for her.

Ursaring dropped the shears, gripping his crotch. He panted and grinned at her. "Nice to see that you still care…"

"FUCK YOU!" she exclaimed with a blush.

"Okay, podemos ir realmente en el castillo francés ahora?" Hawlucha asked in a stultified tone.

"English! Do you speak it!?" Umbreon exclaimed.

"He asked if we can just get the fuck in the chateau now!" Jolteon exclaimed. "We've been wasting fucking time", she said as she walked through the door on the side, leading to a staircase.

"I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm with her…" said Type: Null as she started following Jolteon. "Fucking idiots wasting time…"

The others glared at her before they followed them up.

-000-

Jolteon opened the door and entered the foyer of the Chateau. Type: Null followed her, and the rest of the team followed her.

"Alright, this challenge is fucking pointless…" said Houndoom. "If all of the doors are gonna lead to the same place and there's barely that many places to look, how are we supposed to find the dolls without fighting with the other team…"

"...I think that's the point", said Cherrim. "This place probably doesn't have a lot of places, therefore we have to be fast and even fight over dolls we find…"

"Or maybe, y'know, there's six doors in plain sight and six dolls we can find, so…" Zebstrika stated.

"Are you fucki-" Goodra started. "There was a doll in the fucking tool shed?!"

"Do you really think these jackasses would make it that simple?" asked Mightyena. "It's a good lead and thought, but it'd be unlike them if they did…"

"Well, nothing wrong with double checking. Cotton candy, cherry blossom, bowling ball, you three are useless, go check back down there", Type: Null stated.

"What? No!" Cherrim exclaimed. "We maybe be useless to you-"

"No, it's based on group consensus, get down there…" Ursaring said.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Quilladin exclaimed. He was getting really really annoyed at the mistreatment. He already had low self-esteem, so this wasn't helping at all.

"Well, we're not", said Ursaring as he kicked Quilladin, causing him to fall on his stomach. "Now just get down there and look for a doll.

"Hey, didn't you hear Mightyena?" asked Swirlix. "There might not even be one down there!"

"And there also may be one, so just go…" said Espeon.

The three of them stayed put, with Quilladin getting back on his feet.

"Okay, this is dumb as fuck. Get down there or else you're definitely eliminated when we lose!" Type: Null threatened.

They didn't budge. They weren't fazed by her threats, as the others didn't really care about her opinion or feelings.

"Okay, fuck this. I'm going…" Absol said grumpily as she started walking to the door. "It's not like it's a big fucking deal!"

"Then did you have to declare that you're leaving?" Houndoom retorted. "Just fucking go then, bitch!"

"Big talk for a little dick!" she growled back as she went back down the stairs, causing most of the guys to stifle their laughs. Houndoom blushed with a growl and sprinted after her in anger.

"Whoa...what happened there?" asked Goodra. "I thought that they were just on about neutral grounds, why are they acting like they despise each other now?"

"Who gives a shit?" asked Ursaring. "We now that the demon mutt has small junk and we have work to do…"

-000-

Houndoom tackled Absol down the stairs and they landed with her being on top. Houndoom kicked her off him.

"Why the fuck did you follow me? Get back up there!"

"Make me…" Houndoom snarled.

Absol huffed with a grin. "I don't have to make you do shit...I'm down here to actually help with the challenge since everyone was being a fucking idiot up there. You're down here because I told the truth…"

"Oh please. 7 inches is small? Even though you loved it-"

"Shut the hell up…" Absol growled as she started looking around the shed. In plain sight, there was absolutely nothing, so there must be something hidden around there.

She started smelling around the ground to see if she could sense where something may be hidden, but as she grew closer to the cooler, she felt a powerful negative aura coming from it. She smiled to herself.

"Hmm...I think that cooler has a doll inside of it…" said Absol as she sat down.

"Uh...okay…" Houndoom said, walking closer hesitantly. "Take it out, then so we can fucking win already!"

"Nah...I think you should do it. I mean...you are the male here…" she said.

Houndoom gave her a look of distrust. However, if the doll was in there, he'd be stupid not to take it, but so would she. Why didn't she just take it? All of these thoughts were going through his head, but eventually, he mustered up the guts to open to cooler.

When he did, he found that there was nothing inside. He turned to Absol with a glare. "There's nothing here…"

Absol raised a brow. She had sensed danger coming from the cooler. If it wasn't a doll, then-

A metallic arm sprung out of the cooler, grabbing him around the waist and keeping him in place. A smile appeared on Absol's face.

"Well, looks like it was just a trap…oh well", Absol said as she started walking towards the stairs.

Houndoom saw this and blasted a Flamethrower in her direction, getting her attention. "Don't you DARE leave me here! You got me in this shit, now you get me out!"

"Technically, YOU opened the cooler, so YOU get yourself out of it", Absol responded as she moved back to the stairs again. "Have fun…"

"FUCKING BITCH!" he exclaimed as she closed the door.

000

"How...many...stairs...does this fucking place have?" asked Vaporeon as she and the others continued to climb stairs.

"How should we know?" asked Manectric, getting exhausted himself.

"Hey, shut up...there's a door coming up…" said Pangoro, looking further past those in front of him.

And he was right, a door was coming up. They had been climbing for almost seven whole minutes without a rest and they had no idea why considering the 'basement' was on the same level as the foyer.

Once they were at the top, they saw that the door had no handle.

"You've gotta be kidding me!" Lairon exclaimed.

"The door doesn't have a handle?!" Eelektrik exclaimed. "Why kind of horrible architect designed this place?"

"I don't know, but whoever did put a lever right above the door…" said Mandibuzz, eyeing a red lever lined horizontally across the door hinge.

"Well, move it! Maybe it'll open the door", Gulpin exclaimed.

Mandibuzz shrugged and used one of her wings to move the lever. Once it was across, the stairs slanted, forming a slide and causing everyone, minus the ones floating and flying, to start sliding all the way back down.

As soon as a thud was heard from below, the door creaked open slowly and the stairs went back into their normal state.

"Well, that works…" said Bronzor.

"Shouldn't we check on the others?" asked Mismagius.

"Why?" asked Eelektrik. "All you have to do is use your ghostly powers to teleport them up…" he said as he floated out of the door, with Bronzor following.

"Eh, he's got a point…" said Mandibuzz as she promptly followed the two of them. Honchkrow and Mismagius exchanged glances before Honchkrow followed them. Mismagius looked back down and sighed before following as well.

-000-

Once the five of them were out, they saw that they were in the foyer and some of the members of the other teams were starting to go into different rooms.

"We're in the fucking foyer?" Eelektrik exclaimed. "What is wrong with this building?!"

"It's a replica…" Honchkrow said while landing. "They most likely had whoever made this place rig it with traps and structures that make no sense…"

"Hey, finally something from your mouth that makes sense…" Mandibuzz stated, causing Honchkrow to take a deep breath. It was taking all he had not to yell at her.

"Mismagius...can you teleport them up now?" Honchkrow asked.

Mismagius' eyes glowed and, immediately, all of the others on their team were teleported up with them.

"Nice of you to join us. We need to hurry up and find a doll before one of these other teams do!" Bronzor exclaimed.

"If that's the case, we need to-"

"NO. SPLITTING. UP!" Pangoro exclaimed.

"Dumbass, how else are we gonna get anything done fast?!" Garchomp exclaimed.

"Don't screw up or get in anyone's way. Simple as that!"

"Okay, we're leaving…" Gligar as he, Shieldon, Gulpin, Piloswine, and Tepig started going across the foyer to the other door.

"Get back here you fuck ups!"

They didn't listen and continued walking.

"Ha! Looks like you're not even intimidating THEM anymore…" Lairon laughed.

"Go fuck yourself!" Pangoro growled, folding his arms.

"Well, if they left, I guess it's safe to assume that we can go…" Cubchoo said.

Pangoro growled at her, making her whimper a bit, but keep her composure. Leafeon, Manectric, Milotic, Bronzor, and Eelektrik started heading to the room across from the front door, with milotic using her tail to guide Cubchoo with them.

"Hey!" Pangoro exclaimed, watching them. He turned back around and saw Skuntank, Dewott, Popplio, Vaporeon, and Mismagius going up the stairs. "What the fuck? I said-"

"This should tell you that no one gives a flying fuck about what you say…" said Mandibuzz as she Honchkrow, Lairon, Charizard, Garchomp, and Haxorus went across to the other staircase, leaving the panda alone.

He growled annoyedly before deciding to go back down into the basement. They hadn't really searched it thoroughly anyway.

On his way back, he tripped over a lump in the rug, causing him to topple down the stairs.

000

Blissey and her group, along with Jolteon and her alliance had found a Mantyke doll hanging on a Sawsbuck head's antlers above a cupboard. One of them would have gotten it quickly, but there were bear traps and mousetraps all over the floor and table. And the room had intense gravity, making any flying or floating attempts useless.

Once Manectric and his group entered, Bronzor and Eelektrik both hit the floor immediately, with Bronzor being immobile now, stuck on his back.

"Well, this is great…" he commented, deadpan.

"Oh great, more of us…" Goodra stated, annoyedly. Somehow, everyone inside had ended up in a different place on the dining room.

"Uh...what the hell happened in he-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Manectric exclaimed as he stepped on a mousetrap, making Leafeon facepalm.

"How the hell do these idiots expect us to make it across to get the damn doll?!" exclaimed Spiritomb, who couldn't really move a lot, himself.

"Wow, I'm pretty sure you all are dumb now…" said Eelektrik as he sat up slightly.

"Oh? And why is that?" Breloom questioned with a glare.

Eelektrik tried to use Thunder, but found that he couldn't use it. He looked over and saw the girls and a few guys giving him looks of 'I'm waiting'. He then tried to use Thunderbolt, but that didn't work either.

He laughed sheepishly. "Uh...maybe-"

After failed attempts with his electric-type moves, he tried to use Signal Beam, but he got the same result. Nothing.

"Yeah, try to use attacks all you want, it ain't gonna work…" said Mightyena. "We've already tried…"

"So, you wanna take back the 'you are all dumb' statement?" asked Gothitelle, folding her arms.

Eelektrik sighed. "Fine…" he said, rolling his eyes.

Cubchoo began pondering something. At the moment, Milotic's tail was keeping her in the door frame. She stepped forward, touching the dining room floor with both feet, before trying to use Ice Beam. Nothing happened.

However, while the others continued conversing and trying to figure out what to do, she moved back and stood on the carpet of the foyer. This time when she used Ice Beam, IT WORKED. She smiled to herself.

"Um, guys...can you come back out here for a bit?" Cubchoo asked.

"What for? We know the doll is in here!"

"Please! Just come on!"

Milotic slithered out, followed by Manectric, Leafeon, and Eelektrik, who had to slither out like a snake before being able to float again.

"Uh...HELLO!?"

Milotic moved her tail back inside and smacked Bronzor on the face with it before dragging him back out. Once back in the foyer, he shuddered as his body glistened due to Milotic's body. "I knew there was a reason I hate the taste and feeling of fish…"

"Why did you want us back out here?" asked Manectric. "The doll-"

"I know the doll is in there!" Cubchoo exclaimed before calming herself down. "But, we can't use moves in there and we CAN in here. So, I thought it'd be a good idea to try and direct some moves in there and clear a path that way."

"Um...you realize doing so would other make it easy for the other teams that are closer already, right?" asked Bronzor.

"Not if one of us goes as the traps are set off…" Cubchoo said.

"Well, I volunteer...Manectric", Leafeon said.

Manectric gave him a look. "That's not funny…" he said in a serious tone.

"Why not?" asked Leafeon. "Milotic can use Hydro Pump and make the path, Cubchoo and I can hold off the others, and Bronzor and Eelektrik...well…"

"I'm down with doing nothing", said Bronzor. "Less work."

"I'll just direct the path…" said Eelektrik.

"See!" Leafeon said. "Come on…"

Manectric kept his stern look before a smile slowly appeared on his face. "If I do, you have to actually talk to me outside of these challenges…"

"WHAT?!" Leafeon exclaimed with a glare. "I told that that's my alone time!"

"And I care...why?"

Leafeon twitched. "Fuck it. I'll do it myself…" he said passing by him.

Manectric groaned. "What is wrong with her?! I just want to talk!"

"You need to understand that when a girl says no, she means it…" Milotic stated. "You can't bribe us…"

"Hell, even if we do, you'll do it anyway…" said Eelektrik, earning him a smack from Milotic's tail.

Manectric sighed as Leafeon sat at the side of the dining room entrance. Inside, the others were still trying to make their way across to get the doll. At this point, Blissey was using Spiritomb's key stone to clear out the bear and mouse traps, dropping him on the traps and having them snap on him.

"I'm so glad that I can't feel this…" he commented while safely tucked inside of his stone as Blissey constantly picked up and dropped him, clearing a path towards the doll.

"Hurry!" Leafeon exclaimed.

Milotic slithered forward and used Hydro Pump, with Cubchoo coming up behind her and using Ice Beam. Leafeon ran in, but the moves didn't do anything, leading him to scream and shriek as pain as the traps remained in the same places.

000

"Okay...maybe moves weren't allowed in there at all…" Cubchoo said sheepishly. "S-Sorry Leafeon…"

000

"I...hate...my...life…" Leafeon stated, his body covered in teeth and snap marks.

000

Grovyle, Servine, Hawlucha, Absol, Delphox, and Zangoose were in the upstairs left room. There was an Igglybuff doll in a glass case on the wall, but there was also a rather large hole in the floor, making any attempt a risk. To make things even worse, from the Raikous, Dragonite, Clawitzer, Lanturn, Spheal, Delcatty, and Delibird were there, and Skuntank, Mismagius, Popplio, Dewott, and Vaporeon were there from the Suicunes.

They all had to stay a bit back, so half of them were inside, and the other half were outside. They had tried to attack the glass case, but it didn't make a dent or crack.

"Alright, this is fucking stupid…" said Zangoose. "How do they expect us to get the doll out if the case is indestructible!?"

"There might be a hidden lever or something around here…" said Delphox as she started looking around.

"Um...have any of you tried to just open the case manually?" asked Mismagius as she floated past and through a few of them.

She floated up to the case and upon grabbing the case, felt a strong jolt of electricity, causing her to faint and fall through the whole through the floor.

"MISMAGIUS!" Vaporeon exclaimed in worry as she, Skuntank, and Popplio sprinted forward to look in the darkness of the hole.

"Well, that plan is out of the window…" said Delibird, folding his arms.

Delcatty saw this as a chance to get on Spheal's good side. He had the capability of helping them out.

"Spheal", she whispered. "You should freeze all of these guys and make a staircase with Ice Beam so that Lanturn can-"

"What?" Spheal replied. "That's mean and unfair. We're all here together!"

"I know, but there's a chance that these other teams will get a doll at any time now!" Delcatty lectured. "You have the ability to ensure a victory for us. Are you gonna let it pass you by?"

"You're making this really difficult…"

"There's nothing difficult about it, honey…" she whispered sweetly. "I'm telling you this as a friend and teammate. You can help us win right now. Just follow my lead…"

"WHAT?!"

"Ugh...this fucking sucks…" said Skuntank. "How are we supposed to-"

Delcatty used Shadow Ball, startling Vaporeon as she fell in, with Skuntank and Popplio following suit.

"NO!" Spheal exclaimed, seeing them fall.

"Use Ice Beam!" Delcatty exclaimed.

"What?!" Zangoose shouted in shock.

"No way! That was too far!" Spheal exclaimed.

"Do it now! We nee-" Delcatty was cut off when she felt breathing behind her. She turned around and was met with Dewott's furious eyes.

"Uh…"

He kicked her down into the hole and folded his arms.

"Well, that happened…" Clawitzer said. Absol started smelling around again, thinking about what Delphox said.

She went over to the bookcase and started sniffing around, feeling a aura from one of the books. She started pulling books out of the bookcase in hopes that one of them would act as a switch.

The others eyed her with curious eyes initially, but then they understood and decided to see if she was successful. It would be up to speed after that.

However, Absol knocked all of the books down, no levers, switches, or buttons to be seen. She could have sworn that something was there. She felt it in her bones. It was then that she recalled what happened with Houndoom and as Hawlucha walked forward, the bookcase disassembled and towered over the two of them before reassembling into a cage.

"Aye caramba…" Hawlucha growled as he started punching and kicking at the wooden cage, with little results. Absol growled to herself.

000

"DAMN IT KARMA!" she exclaimed.

000

"How typical, out of everyone from the Enteis we'd have to deal with, we have to deal with sarcasm, apathy, bitchiness, and fake intimidation…" Lairon commented, seeing Espeon, Froslass, Umbreon, and Dusclops in the same room they were entering.

"Excuse us, but we were here first, so those comments aren't necessary…" Froslass. "Especially commented from someone who's not even fully-evolved…"

"If that's the case the comments from Dusclops are unnecessary…" Garchomp countered, glaring at the ghost, who was working on a chest in the middle of the room.

"My comments are as necessary as you banging flame breath behind you…" Dusclops drawled as he continued working on the chest.

Garchomp blushed like mad and looked behind her out of the corner of her eye. She saw that Charizard wasn't there and was just standing outside of the door.

No one else said anything, indicating to her that they somewhat agreed. This made her scowl "Shut the fuck up! What's in that chest anyway?!" she inquired aggressively.

"What do you think he's trying to do? Circumcise it?" Froslass blustered. "That's what we're trying to find out."

The chest was dead center in the middle of the room, and Dusclops was the only one trying to figure out the combination, while Espeon and Umbreon just watched him on each side, ignoring what was happening behind them.

Honchkrow groaned before getting tapped by Haxorus, who pointed at the ceiling. Honchkrow looked up and his eyes widened. He saw Tropius, Meganium, Shellder, Farfetch'd, and Heliolisk all 'sleeping' in pinkish-purple bubbles on the ceiling.

"What on Earth did you do?!" he exclaimed.

"What are talking about now, birdbrain?" Mandibuzz asked.

"LOOK UP!"

Mandibuzz, Lairon, and Garchomp looked up and were a bit horrified at what they saw. It was like a scene out of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".

"Oh, them?" Espeon inquired after looking up like the others. "They got trapped when Heliolisk tried to open the chest. He fucked it up, of course…"

"Wait, so that was the main trap?" asked Mandibuzz. "That's pretty basic considering what we've already been through…"

"You say basic, I say fair", said Honchkrow. "Now, uh...can you go ahead and fuck up so we can-"

"You might as well fuck off because we ain't going anywhere…" Umbreon rasped, startling Espeon and bit and making her blush. She had to remember that they weren't together anymore; she couldn't be affectionate or show any sign of love.

Umbreon was just over the situation. He loved Espeon, but if she wanted them to stay in a break, he wasn't gonna bother. He just stayed focused as Dusclops tried to unlock the chest again, once again with no results.

He was using his ears to listen closely to the ticks of the combination lock as Dusclops turned them and was getting a bit distracted whenever someone spoke.

"Well, we'd hate to have to force you out…" Garchomp threatened.

Froslass used Ice Beam on Honchkrow and Mandibuzz immediately, freezing them both solid before freezing Garchomp's entire body except for her head.

"DAMN YOU!" she exclaimed before Froslass went back and floated in front of Dusclops. "For fuck's sake you STILL haven't got the combination!?"

"Excuse me, but is there a slip of paper or clue around that tells me the combination?" Dusclops inquired, his eye still locked on the lock. He got no answer; Froslass looked to the side exasperatedly. "No? Then don't question me about speed…"

Haxorus walked up behind the ghost after freeing Mandibuzz, Honchkrow, and Garchomp, which Froslass noticed. She immediately used Ice Beam, but Haxorus used Iron Tail, sending her into the wall, unconscious.

"Er-hem…" he cleared his throat, folding his arms.

"No one cares axe face…" Dusclops as he tried to tug and open the lock again, only to huff. "Okay, fuck this", he groaned as he picked up the chest and tried to smash it on the ground, with poor results. There was a hole underneath the chest and water started filling the room.

"Oh you've gotta be kidding…" said Espeon, raising one of her paws.

"Well, have fun in here…" said Lairon as she and the others exited the room.

After they exited, they saw the four of them outside of the room.

"You've gotta be kidding me…" Honchkrow groaned before four of them were pushed back in by a psychic force. Mandibuzz and Honchkrow remained unaffected, which was instantly dealt with as Froslass used Ice Beam again, freezing them.

Espeon pushed them in as she saw Charizard start to get up. She shut the door immediately and a metal gate slammed down, covering the door.

"Well, that works fine…" said Umbreon. "Let's go check the other idiots…"

He started walking to the room next to them.

"Um...I don't think that's a good idea. There's a ton of-"

A whip sound was heard as a part of the wall swung out and smacked him in the face, causing him to whimper briefly upon impact. Once it swung back into the wall, he growled.

"Traps. Of course…" he muttered before continuing towards the door.

The others started following him with indifferent expressions.

000

"So, uh just for clarification...there's no doll down here?" Piloswine asked Houndoom yet again as the hellhound struggled to get free.

"No, for the fourth and final time. THERE'S NO DOLL!" he snarled. "NOW CAN YOU GUYS HELP ME OR NOT?!"

"Maybe if you ask in a nicer way…" Gligar said.

Houndoom glared daggers at the Fly Scorpion Pokemon. This look struck fear in his very soul. "U-Uh…guys, maybe someone should just go on and help him out…"

"How do you expect us to help?" asked Gulpin.

"I don't know, just DO SOMETHING!" he exclaimed.

"Alright, alright, jeez", said Shieldon. "Is it constricting you or something?"

"No, but I'd much rather be trying to actually help my team!" Houndoom exclaimed.

"Well, we've gotta help our team, too…" Tepig said before sneezing, causing smoke to blow into Houndoom's face.

He coughed a bit as the guys began climbing back up the stairs. As he wheezed, he called them back.

"Wait! C'mon!"

The door closed, making him growl. He struggled to get free from the arm that held him before remembering that it was metallic! However, his higher than normal body heat should have been melting it or heating it up by now. It was still cold on his paws.

He looked on the opposite side of where he was and noticed that the there was a minute indentation in the wall. Confused and intrigued, he blasted Flamethrower at it. Hitting the indentation caused the arm to release him, but also open a small door beside it, showing a Cleffa doll.

"Yes!" he exclaimed as he grabbed it and ran to the stairs.

000

Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Luxray, Pyroar, Flygon, and Drilbur were dodging cannon fire along with Type: Null, Ursaring, Braviary, Wooper, Zebstrika, and Swirlix. Umbreon, Espeon, Dusclops, and Froslass came into the room, with Umbreon taking a tennis racket to the face.

Espeon gave him a worried look as he growled again. He charged up a Shadow Ball, only to be struck with a truck wheel, knocking him out of the room.

"Umbreon!" Espeon exclaimed in worry as she ran out and nuzzled him; she wanted the break, but she couldn't stand to see him hurt.

"ENTEIS! REPORT OUTSIDE! YOUR DOLL HAS BEEN PROCURED!"

"Huh...I guess whoever found it isn't that useless after all…" Froslass stated.

-000-

All of the Enteis started exiting the place, with Houndoom, Quilladin, Metagross, and Cherrim already outside.

Upon seeing Houndoom, Absol's eyes furrowed in a glare, especially upon seeing his mocking sneer.

"Well, you all can thank Houndoom for finding your doll and getting you the advantage in your next challenge…" said Raikou.

"Which is…" Dusclops urged.

"You'll receive it after the Raikous and Suicunes retrieve their dolls…" Entei gloated cockily as the other beasts rolled their eyes.

"Well, we're gonna be here for a while…" said Cherrim. "Anyone up for charades?"

"Why the hell weren't you even inside looking like the rest of us?" asked Type: Null, growling.

"Because apparently, I'm useless to you, so what's the point?" Cherrim responded, folding her arms.

"You coulda changed my mind, but instead you decide to sit out here and do jack shit…" Type: Null yammered before turning to the others. "Now do you fucking see what I mean?!"

"Just shut up…" Zangoose said exasperatedly. "We'll deal when and if we lose…"

"Hey! Quilladin and Metagross were out here, too!"

"Metagross is more useful than both of you and Quilladin is in the same boat as you…" Ursaring growled.

Metagross was surprised to hear that. He constantly battered the bear, but he was still giving him credit? Weird…

"Can't you just give them random dolls so that we can get on with this challenge?" asked Breloom. "I don't see why we have to sit here and wait for them to figure out and dodge some traps that some of us couldn't even do…"

"Yeah, we'd be here for like twenty more minutes…" said Zebstrika.

"And uh...that wouldn't do that well ratings wise now would it?" Wooper questioned. Immediately the three of them paled.

"EVERYONE GET OUT OF THERE! WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE!" Suicune called. "WE'LL SUPPLY YOU WITH DOLLS OF OUR OWN CHOICE!"

000

"Note to self…" Type: Null said. "To make the hosts bend to your will, mention ratings…"

000

Everyone was still in front of the Old Chateau replica.

"Um...why are we still here?" asked Tropius. "I thought that we'd move locations like we usually do…"

"Well we're not, so deal with it…" Entei said snarkily.

"Could you not have an attitude with every statement or question?" Drilbur asked. "Seriously, there's no point…"

Entei was rather surprised at the mole's tone. He wasn't acting like usual, which was a step in the right direction for him.

000

"After talking with Flygon, he told me that continuing this 'feud' with Entei would be a waste of time and eventually lead to me getting eliminated…" Drilbur drawled. "So, he wants me to be 'mature' when talking to him…"

"It hurts so bad…"

000

"Alright, moving on. This next challenge will once again revolve these dolls, but on a grander scale", Raikou explained. "In the movie, Annabelle, the doll is possessed. So, your next challenge is going to involve you all attempting to keep it from happening…"

"Um...could you elaborate, please?" Shellder inquired.

"That's what we were preparing to do, so CLAM UP!" Entei blustered, causing Shellder to shriek and hide behind Dragonite.

"Now, each team will have to keep their doll from being possessed by a Rotom. These dolls are robotic after all…" Raikou lectured, showing the Enteis' Cleffa doll's battery pack on the back.

"So, we're just keeping Rotoms from possessing the dolls?" asked Delibird. "That sounds simple enough…"

"Oh, you wish it was that simple…" Suicune said, causing everyone to frown. Of course there was more…

"While your teams are protecting your dolls, five of you from each team have to search the lot for props…" Suicune explained.

"Props?" asked Farfetch'd. "You mean like for Pokemon Musicals?"

"Precisely, Farfetch'd", Suicune continued. "There is no set amount that you have to collect, but the number of props you have will definitely boost you up if your time is low…"

"Wait, what the hell are you on about now? Time?" asked Umbreon.

"The time is for how long you keep your doll from being possessed…" Raikou elucidated. "If you have a longer time, you were more successful, if you have a lower time, you were less successful."

"Each prop you bring back adds a minute to your initial time", Entei added. "And the challenge ends when all three dolls are possessed. Is it clear enough for you now?"

Nobody said anything, a few of them just exchanged looks.

"Alright, then…" Entei rasped with a smile.

"Now, for winning the last challenge, the Enteis get this…" Raikou announced as a vacuum was wheeled up by a Watchog intern. Almost all of the ghost-types were petrified with the exception of Dusclops, Froslass, and Shedinja.

"A vacuum? Seriously?" Mightyena asked, picking up the vacuum hose.

"Take it or leave it…" said Suicune.

"We're taking it", Grovyle said, picking it up. "An advantage is an advantage after all. Even if it is a bit...ludicrous…"

"Now, Enteis. You have your Cleffa doll…" Suicune said, handing Hawlucha the Cleffa doll with her ribbon tails. She moved on to the Suicunes. "Since neither of your teams got your own dolls, you get these."

"You guys get a Magby doll…" she said, handing it to Dewott. She then walked to the Raikous. "And you guys get a Chingling…" she said, handing it to Heliolisk.

Immediately, the lizard heard an eerie chime coming from the bell, making him uneasy in an instant. He quickly handed the doll to Farfetch'd.

"Alright, find yourselves a safe place in the chateau. And be careful, the traps are still there", Raikou warned with a smirk.

"You fu-"

"CHALLENGE BEGIN!"

000

All of the teams quickly sprinted into the chateau once again, this time with the Raikous going to the door on the left, the Enteis going through the front, and the Suicunes being left with the right.

000

The Raikous took shelter in the basement.

"Okay, which five 'o ye be goin' to be off lookin' fer th' props?" Clawitzer asked.

"Whoever is the most reliable…" Blissey said. "Simple as that…"

"Okay, and who fits that criteria?" asked Typhlosion, folding her arms.

"Hmm...out of everyone, I say Meganium, Lanturn, Noibat, myself, and...Gothitelle", Blissey said.

"Hmm...all females and all newcomers. How predictable…" Luxray commented, rolling his eyes.

"Well excuse me, but their personalities just seem a bit more serious and friendly than most of you", she explained. "It's not like I'm saying that you all aren't reliable at ALL…"

"You just think that you and who you chose are better than the rest of us…" Flygon said, holding a glare.

Immediately, the girls Blissey chose looked to the side bashfully, not wanting to get yelled at.

"Look, do you wanna spend time arguing or do you want to win the challenge?" Blissey asked.

"It's not even about that, it's your attitude! You think that you're better than everyone!" Drilbur ranted.

"No I don't", Blissey replied calmly. "I just tend to take charge went I don't see anyone else doing so. Are you guys done now?"

Tyranitar sighed. "Yeah yeah."

"Good", Blissey said cheerfully. "Now, girls, let's get going. The rest of you, just make sure that the doll is safe…"

Blissey and the four other girls she called out started heading out, albeit a bit hesitant.

"I swear, she's getting annoying…" said Farfetch'd.

"Come on guys, she probably means well…" Tropius said. "It may come off as disrespectful, but she's still getting some things done…"

The veterans exchanged looks. They didn't want to admit it, but he was right. Blissey was getting things done, even if she was unintentionally rude in the execution or development.

Tyranitar especially didn't want to admit this, but he felt that at this rate, she was already doing better than he was! Her only problem was, well, how she talked to them. This was great. First, she makes him feel like an idiot, now she's slowly proving herself to be more effective than he was.

"Alright, let's just worry about this doll…" said Spiritomb, looking at the Chingling doll sitting on the ground. "Rotom could come from anywhere…"

"Hmm…" Dragonite started as he assessed the situation in his head. He then got an idea, but was a bit hesitant to express it.

He really needed to work on his people skills, though. He wanted to have something to tell Goodra, let her know that he was making a bit of progress.

"Um...I have an idea", Dragonite spoke up.

"Hey, so do I", Shellder announced with a smile.

Dragonite immediately frowned sadly. "Of course when he tried, someone else had to have an idea, too.

"We could have Drilbur drill a hole and bury the doll in the ground. Since Rotom are Electric-types, they won't know where to look and wouldn't want to go underground!" Shellder expounded.

Dragonite's plan wasn't anything like that, so he regained his smile.

"Hmm...that's one idea", Pyroar commented. "What about you, Dragonite?"

"Well, my plan was to just have Drilbur hold the doll and go into his drill position", Dragonite said. "That way, we can combat the Rotom that get down here…"

"Aw…I wanna be part of the action!"

"Well, both of those plans seem like they could work, but I think that Shellder's will work a bit better because it'd be better hidden…" said Flygon. "The Drilbur plan would work, too, but-"

"Excuse me for interrupting, but I think the opposite", said Delcatty, surprising everyone with her...respectfulness?!. "Think about it. If Drilbur makes a hole to hide the doll, don't you think the Rotom will notice? They still have eyes, y'know."

"Th' lass has a fair point…" Clawitzer said.

"Then we hide the hole", Shellder said. "Tyranitar could be big enough to sit down and cover it. N-No offense…"

Tyranitar chuckled. "None taken…"

"Overall, both plans are plausible", Farfetch'd stated. "But, I think hiding the doll would be a better plan instead of just having Drilbur hold it."

"Well, why doesn't Drilbur dig a hole, grab the doll and jump in, and we just bury him with it so that there's more layers of security?" Spheal queried.

"That...could actually work", Typhlosion said with a smile. "Nice work guys…"

"Drilbur, you up for it?" asked Flygon.

"If I have to…" Drilbur groaned.

000

The Enteis gathered into the dining room. The bear and mouse traps were all gone, but apparently there were still traps around the place.

Hawlucha closed the doors once everyone was inside.

"Alright, now what's the plan?" asked Jolteon. "Who's doing what?"

"Let's try and get the usel-"

"No. You know what, NO!" Quilladin exclaimed. "I'm tired of you and Ursaring deciding what's best for the team when you barely contribute anything positive your damn selves! So why don't you two shut the hell up and get the props yourselves!"

Everyone was shocked, and a few were pleased to hear him actually express how they all felt.

"I'm going to wring you dry, you fuckin-" Ursaring growled as he prepared to grab the Spiny Armor Pokemon. He immediately ducked and covered his head.

Breloom moved in front of him, making Ursaring immediately stop his actions. "Don't you fucking touch him. We all know what he said is true...you and Type: Null talk all this shit, but never ever show any utility yourselves. Strength does not equate to instant usefulness."

Ursaring chuckled. "You sure are pushing the fact that you want me…"

"ARE YOU THAT DENSE!?" Goodra exclaimed.

"Okay, can we just throw him and Type: Null out so we can focus on the doll, because this is just distracting us?" asked Houndoom.

"And maybe we should throw you out of there with them", Absol commented. "Your attitudes would mesh perfectly."

"Suck. My. Dick, you annoying bitch", Houndoom snarled. "Oh wait, you already have, so keep it closed!"

Absol's fur stood out of anger as she suddenly began glowing. A blinding purple enveloped the before revealing Absol, who had just mega evolved.

"Take...it...back…" she growled.

Houndoom sneered. "I don't have to do shit. I'm here to actually help the team; you're the one who wants to fight…" he said mockingly.

Absol prepared to pounce on him, but Braviary got in the way.

"¡ESO ES SUFICIENTE!" Hawlucha exclaimed, getting everyone's attention. "No tenemos momento para reñir como idiotas!"

"Translation?" asked Froslass.

"That's enough. We don't have time to fight like idiots", Jolteon translated, rolling her eyes.

"Código Cero, Ursaring, Braviary, Metagross y yo voluntad ir a buscar. El resto de ustedes protegen el muñeca…" Hawlucha explained.

"Listen birdbrain, I don't know what the fuck you just said, but don't lump me in-"

"He said that he, you, Type: Null. Braviary, and Metagross are gonna go out looking for the props", Jolteon said.

"Yes. Please. I second that", said Mightyena. "The faster we get them out, the better we'll do…"

"And you'd better not sabotage us to try and blame it on us!" Cherrim blustered.

"Watch yourself...you're still completely useless. At least I'm doing something now…" Type: Null countered as Hawlucha opened the door. "Vámonos…"

"No one is the boss of me", Ursaring snapped.

Immediately, Metagross punched him, sending him out of the room before following him. "Idiot…"

Braviary, who was still holding Absol back, groaned and released her as Houndoom moved out of the way. He flew out after Metagross and Ursaring. and Type: Null looked back at the rest of the team with resentment before going out.

"Buena suerte", Hawlucha said before closing the doors again.

"That took ENTIRELY too long to get settled…" said Zebstrika.

"Like your court case?" Espeon questioned, making Zebstrika growl.

"Yeah, while we're guarding this doll, let's get a bit of a clearer understandi-" Servine started before hearing more growls and attacks.

They all turned and saw Houndoom and Absol, now both in their mega forms, biting and attacking each other rather savagely.

"Okay, will someone stop them?" Dusclops questioned with his same deadpan tone.

"You're the reason they're like this! YOU fix it!" Zangoose ranted, folding her arms.

"You weren't even there and you were filled in by biased associates…" Dusclops countered, eyeing Mightyena, who glared back at him. "Also, how did I cause any of this exactly? I just said a possibility and she took it upon herself to act in the manner she did."

"YOU PUT THE THOUGHT IN HER HEAD!"

"And she was still the one who acted. So, it's not my fault; therefore, I don't have to do anything", Dusclops retorted. "They're your friends...not mind…"

"You're unbelievable, you know that?" Goodra growled as she went over to the two of them.

"Unbelievable because I don't want to involve myself in something that I don't care about...very sensical…" Dusclops said, rolling his eye.

A minor explosion was heard as Goodra returned with Absol under one arm and Houndoom under the other, both smoking a bit from the Focus Blast Goodra used to stop them.

Once she was back over, she dropped Absol beside Mightyena and put Houndoom by Zebstrika, who was further away.

"What the hell is wrong with you two?!" Mightyena exclaimed. "Why are you at each other's throats all of a sudden!?"

"That bastard said that he should've been the one that raped me…" Absol rasped, glaring daggers at the hellhound, who was glaring back.

Jolteon and Delphox were shocked to hear that Houndoom would say such an awful thing. A few of the other girls gained furious looks, while the guys didn't really have any other expression other than nervousness for Houndoom. This looked really bad.

"Whoa whoa, WHAT?!" Mightyena exclaimed before turning to Houndoom rather angrily. "Did you really say that?!"

"Sure, SURE! Tell them the only thing that makes me look bad!" Houndoom countered.

"Okay, then what's your side of the story?" asked Cherrim, holding her frown.

"This morning, I actually tried to comfort and talk to her. I even fucking APOLOGIZED for treated her the way I was!" Houndoom explained. "Then, she decides to tell me that I don't mean it and I'm just doing it because of her abortion! Then she said that if I expect her to forgive me, I'm out of my damn mind!"

"And that gives you the right to say that you should've been the one who did it to her?!"

"She is the one who royally fucked up everything by listening to that fat ghost bastard!" Houndoom said, gesturing to Dusclops. "Now when I finally give her the kindness and attention she wants, she acts like I'M the one who did everything wrong!"

"YOU WERE NICE TO ME AFTER YOU KNEW SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENED TO ME! THAT ISN'T SINCERE YOU ASSHOLE!"

Houndoom cackled. "So, so anyone who tries to offer condolences or comfort to someone who's hurting isn't being sincere in their sympathy? You really have issues!"

"YOUR SPECIES IS MY ISSUE!" Absol spat venomously, cheeks red with anger.

Houndoom froze. Nobody else said a word and Absol could see that she had hurt him deep down, which brought a small smile to her face.

Houndoom glared and shook his head before heading to the door. "You can fuck yourself with a rusty knife for all I care…" he rasped. "You say my species is your issue, but you willingly and happily got with me even though one of 'my kind' raped you. It just makes you look more stupid…"

Absol fired a Shadow Ball at him as he exited the dining room. There was a moment of silence.

"Well, that was eventful…" Dusclops commented. "Pointless, but eventful…"

Everyone glared at him.

000

The Suicunes were in the tool shed. They would have gone upstairs and took shelter in another room, but it wouldn't feel right or smart to them.

"Alright, this challenge should be easy", said Manectric. "Majority of us are able to resist electric-moves, so we don't have to worry about much."

"Well, we have to worry about who's going after the props…" said Lairon.

"Oh, we'll take care of that…" Skuntank said confidently.

"Hey, and three of the ones in her clique are weak to electricity, so that's an extra good thing", said Piloswine.

"We may actually have this in the bag!" Milotic said. "We just need to make sure we don't fuck up…"

"Yeah, well make sure that you don't please…" said Vaporeon. "These props could be impossible to find, so don't act like we're the life line…"

"We'll see what happens…" said Bronzor.

The five of them exited the tool shed, leaving the others in silence for a while.

"So, uh...this is gonna be a pretty boring challenge…" said Gligar.

"No Rotom have appeared yet. It's only the first couple of minutes…" Leafeon replied.

"I think he was actually expecting us to be immediately thrust into the action…" said Eelektrik. "Which is not the case. This time, since we have to protect the doll, these hosts probably want to surprise us, so we won't see any Rotom until-"

Immediately a bolt of blue electricity was seen as it started bouncing around the room.

"Well, whaddya know…" said Mandibuzz as she and the others watched it.

The bolt struck the lawnmower. "Ro-totototototototo!"

It exclaimed as the lawnmower changed shape and color, gaining a green plasma around it. It started charging towards them

Piloswine and Cubchoo both used Ice Beam, striking the Mow Rotom and knocking it out.

"Well, that was FUCK easy…" said Shieldon.

Suddenly, two more bolts were seen and heard.

"Oh Arceus damn it…" Honchkrow stated in annoyance.

Piloswine immediately covered the doll with his body as more and more Rotom filled the shed. "Well, this is a bit problematic…"

000

The group from the Raikous were heading towards the apartments to check around there first.

"Can't believe they were actually complaining that I named you four as the most reliable…" Blissey said. "I swear, they're so egotistical…"

"Uh...I don't think that was it…" said Meganium. "I think that it's because you didn't allow them to give any input and chose us because you wanted to..."

"Their input barely matters", Blissey countered. "There's seven of them left; we out number them vastly. Plus, honestly, I know we all have flaws, but theirs are much more prominent."

"What do you mean?" asked Lanturn. "If you actually hang around them long enough, you can understand them better…"

"That doesn't change the fact that their experience and flaws make them rather unreliable at times…"

"Wait...I think you have that backwards…" said Noibat. "I thought that experience makes them MORE reliable…"

"It depends on who it is…" said Blissey. "Say...if we had the veterans from the Suicunes on our team, then I'd happily let them stay in control since they're actually reliable. Minus Piloswine, Pangoro, and Gulpin…"

"What's so bad about the ones we have?" Meganium queried, confused as to why she was so negative towards them. "They're nice…"

"Farfetch'd is a psycho, Heliolisk has mental problems, Flygon can't decide who the hell he is, Drilbur is only good at pissing off Entei, Typhlosion has anger issues, Tyranitar is weak, and Luxray is just...ugh…"

"As shallow as it sounds, I agree with Blissey…" said Gothitelle. "All of the vets on the team have flaws that kinda overshadow their possible 'good' qualities…"

"Come on. Farfetch'd is fine unless war is involved; Heliolisk hasn't been saying much of anything since he screwed up; Flygon is perfectly stable and his condition helps us sometimes; Entei's not always around, so Drilbur is fine in that sense; Typhlosion is calm unless something pisses her off; Tyranitar is a sweetheart, and Luxray is just chill unless he's pushed…" Lanturn explained. "You're taking the negative qualities of them and just using them to justify what you're doing…"

"Look Lanturn, I chose you because I thought that you'd be reliable and focused…" Blissey said. "If you're just gonna berate and criticize my choices, then you might as well just leave…"

"No, I'm gonna help the team. I'm just saying that your assumptions are unfair", Lanturn said as they reached the apartments.

"Whatever you say…" Blissey said, rolling her eyes.

"Alright, so are we going inside or are we just searching around the buildings?" asked Noibat.

"Mmm...why don't Lanturn and Meganium search inside and the three of us search outside?" Gothitelle asked.

"That's fine…" said Meganium. "There's five of us for a reason…"

"Alright, good", said Blissey. "We're gonna go ahead and get looking…"

The three of them started heading into the alley on the side of their apartment. Lanturn gave them a distrusting look as they disappeared around the corner. "I don't trust them…"

"Hmm?" Meganium asked as they walked towards the door. "Who? Blissey?"

"All three of them…" Lanturn specified. "Just the fact that they're usually always in a group together with a few others and the fact that Gothitelle actually agreed with Blissey's negativity. And Noibat seemed to be defending them, but then she went with the two of them. It rubs me the wrong way…"

"Well, why don't we just focus on the challenge and not worry about their negativity until it becomes a major issue", Meganium said. "Not everyone feels the same…"

Lanturn sighed. "You're right. Let's ge-"

Lanturn stopped speaking as soon as she looked around the foyer and saw that the table now had a scarlet tablecloth. The table never had a cloth over it before, so it very peculiar.

"Uh...was that cloth there this morning?" asked Lanturn.

"No...not that I remember…" Meganium replied.

The two went closer and saw that the 'cloth' had a collar on one side.

"This isn't a cloth at all!" Meganium said, using her vines to take the fabric off. "It's a cape."

"Well, I guess this is going to be easier than I thought", Lanturn said, a smile appearing on her face.

"Hopefully we keep finding them fast…" Meganium said as the two headed to the elevators.

-000-

"I'm regretting my decision to bring Lanturn into this…" said Blissey, her arms folded as she sat behind her team's apartment building. "I didn't expect her to argue against what I said..."

"Well, you have to admit she has a point…" Noibat spoke up. "The veterans aren't all that bad, we may just have to hang around them a bit more…"

"We're not here to make friends…" said Blissey. "It's just an addition to the experience here. All I know is that those veterans are threats and if we want to last, we need them gone. We've got one gone already, and that's why I'm persistent in eliminating Heliolisk the next time we lose…"

"But...you just detailed their flaws, giving them weaknesses and making them sound less threatening…" Gothitelle said.

"Those flaws are negative, but also a part of who they are, so they actually make them BIGGER threats…" Blissey explained.

"So...their flaws make them threats...but also unreliable? I'm confused…" Noibat said, completely muddled.

"It's complicated, I know, but you'll understand it when time goes on…" Blissey said as she got back on her feet. "Right now, let's focus on finding these props…"

"Wait...you want Heliolisk gone, right?" asked Gothitelle. "Why didn't you let the unreliable ones go so that we could possibly lose?"

"..." Blissey sighed. "I keep thinking about victory in the long run and our individual priorities get pushed to the side…"

"Well, let's just start looking for the props and hope that maybe something screws up the team…" said Noibat.

"We'll see…" said Blissey.

000

"I swear, if you punch me one more time, I will tear your fucking arm off!" Ursaring growled, covering his now blackened eye.

"I wouldn't say that while covering an injury…" Braviary said.

"QUIET TRAITOR!" Type: Null exclaimed. "You were the first offender, so don't you say a word…"

"Ella está loca…" Hawlucha said, shaking his head, his arms folded.

"Are you ever gonna learn how to speak English?" asked Metagross.

Hawlucha shot him a look.

"Oh, not to sound rude or anything. Just genuine curiosity. You seem to be able to understand English, but what about speaking it?"

"Hmm, cuando llega el momento y me siento como él, tal vez", Hawlucha responded, putting his arms behind his back.

"And you didn't tell the Spanish speaking bitch to come, why?" Ursaring growlled.

Hawlucha glared at the bear with a smirk. "De modo que usted no va a entender lo que que digo, carajo ignorantes…"

"Okay, will all of shut up so that we can look for these props!?" Type: Null exclaimed.

"YOU FIRST (TÚ PRIMERO)!" all four guys exclaimed.

Type: Null was a bit startled, but kept her composure and stayed silent after that. As they passed the rec center, Ursaring started slowing down and went inside.

-000-

Ursaring sighed as he entered and felt the cool air and smelled the clean odor. He went to the restroom. After using a urinal, he went over to the mirror and looked at his black eye. He sighed in sadness as he turned on the water to wash his hands.

He heard the door of the center open and growled. "The one time I get away from them like they'd like…"

000

Skuntank, Mismagius, Dewott, Vaporeon, and Popplio had entered the recreational center. They had seen the Enteis pass it by and gained a bit of confidence since they hadn't checked it.

"Alright, I think we should split up", said Skuntank. "Cover more ground…"

"Yeah, I think that'll work best…" said Vaporeon.

The others nodded in agreement before splitting off in different directions. Once out of the vicinity, Ursaring slowly came out and prepared to head to the door to leave. But then, he thought about it…

These were people on the opposite team. And though maybe Dewott could kick his ass, the girls probably couldn't.

"Nothing wrong with a bit more insurance…" he said to himself. He turned back around and started following them.

-000-

Vaporeon had entered the sauna to see if anything was inside and was surprised to see a Smiley-Face Mask hanging on the wall. It actually scared her a bit when she first walked in.

She went up to it so that she could take it when she heard the door close behind her. She gasped and rushed to the door's window to see Ursaring smirking at her as he grabbed the knob and locked it from the outside.

Vaporeon started banging on the door as Ursaring walked away. Everyone else was in different locations, so they couldn't hear her banging on the door.

There were locks on both side of the door, but due to Ursaring locking the outside one, she couldn't get out. She cursed to herself as the steam began fogging up the window.

-000-

Popplio was leaving the indoor volleyball court and heading to the pool when Ursaring saw her. Smirking, he followed her outside.

Popplio looked around and saw a Toy Fishing Rod sitting on the edge of the pool. She smiled and went over to it, only for Ursaring to push her into the pool and grab the rod for himself.

Popplio swam back to the surface, just in time for Ursaring to throw a pool cover over her, getting her a bit tangled.

He instantly ran back into the rec center and luckily, he hadn't seen any sign of Dewott. As he headed back to the front, he saw Skuntank entering the indoor basketball court. He sneered deviously and continued towards the room, only to feel something touch his back.

He turned around abruptly and aggravatedly, only to see Dewott standing there with his arms folded; his facial expression alone asked the question, 'what the hell are you doing here?'.

After seeing this capabilities earlier, Ursaring didn't want to deal with him, so he just kept walking to his same location with the fishing rod.

Dewott went to the door he just came in from and saw Popplio trying to climb out of the pool, but the pool cover was constricting her movements. He growled as he walked towards her and pulled the pool cover off before helping her out.

"Thanks Dewott…" she said with a smile.

Dewott kept his serious face and nodded before heading back in. If Ursaring was the only one alone with Popplio at the time and he was heading back toward the front, he could only guess what else he was going to do.

He saw Ursaring enter the basketball court and growled. As he went, he passed by the sauna, only to step in a rather large wet stain on the carpeted floor. He went to the door and saw that it was locked, confusing him. Once he opened it, he saw nothing but a large pool of water, which was surprising considering the sun was very steamy and hot.

He also saw a Smiley-Face Mask and gained a smile. As he went to grab it, he saw the water move and Vaporeon emerged from it, slowly panting. She immediately hugged Dewott.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you…" she repeated. "Ursaring locked me in here!"

Dewott's eyes widened upon hearing that. First Popplio, now Vaporeon?! He growled in agitation before thinking about Skuntank. Immediately, he started heading back out of the sauna, his hands clenched.

-000-

Ursaring was locking Skuntank in a cage that was used for the basketballs. There was a pennant inside, which led to her going inside in the first place, but Ursaring came in and snatched it before shoving her back in and locking it with his claw.

"Let me out, you jackass!" Skuntank exclaimed.

"No thanks…" said Ursaring as he started heading back in order to leave. As soon as he wasn't looking, Mismagius made herself seen and started trying to open the lock.

As soon as Ursaring stepped out, he found himself running into Dewott, who didn't look all that pleased. Vaporeon and Popplio were behind him with frowns on their faces.

He stifled his laugh upon seeing the girls' frowns and simply moved away towards the exit with the pennant and rod.

Dewott looked inside and saw Mismagius trying to get Skuntank out of the cage. Dewott twitched and used Aqua Jet to quickly get in front of the bruin before he left.

Ursaring really didn't want to deal with him and so proceeded to push the door, but Dewott locked the doors as he gave Ursaring a death glare.

"U-Uh...truce?"

Dewott took one of his shells off and held it at his stomach.

Ursaring gulped in fear.

000

Numerous Rotom were bouncing around and attacking the Raikous that were in the basement; Spiritomb was constantly using Shadow Balls to knock the Plasma Pokemon out.

Along with him, everyone was doing their best to fend them off, especially since Drilbur was underground with their doll and they had no idea.

"This is very, very agitating…" said Delibird as he was zapped by a few of them.

"How do ye...think we feel?" Clawitzer asked exasperatedly as he lay on the ground, exhausted and weakened from the Electric-moves.

Shellder and Spheal were in the same boat as him, as they were water-types as well.

"Well, we can old fight them off until the other teams screw up…" said Typhlosion.

"Well, this could just take forever…" said Farfetch'd.

"I doubt that they care", said Luxray, who was frankly unbothered by the Rotom. "For all we know they'll start doing more scary things and make us want to leave and leave the doll unattended…"

"Yeah, I can see that…" said Pyroar, lying next to him. "This is supposed to be a horror challenge, but it just doesn't feel like it…"

"Yeah, this honestly just feels like a challenge from the island…" said Tyranitar, still sitting down and covering the hole, using Shadow Claw to swat at all of Rotom that flew by him.

"Yeah, and plus they said that there are more traps, but nothing's been happening…" said Dragonite, fiddling with his claws as he sat in a corner.

"That's also true…" said Delibird. "So...might as well preoccuPYYYYYY!" he exclaimed as two Rotom shocked him, knocking him out.

The furnace immediately fizzled out, leaving them all in darkness, except for Typhlosion's neck flame and the Rotom.

"What th' muck just happened?" asked Clawitzer.

"I don't know...but-"

-000-

"ATTENTION CONTESTANTS! YOU ALL WILL BE REQUIRED TO ACCESS A GENERATOR LOCATED ON THE TOP FLOOR CENTRAL HALL. EACH ROOM IN THAT HALL CONTAINS A SMALL GENERATOR THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO FIX IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT LIGHT. ALL FIRE TYPES MUST EXTINGUISH OR NOT USE THEIR FLAMES OR RISK DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE CHALLENGE!" Raikou announced.

"AND IT IS ADVISED THAT YOU HURRY, BECAUSE WE HAVE A FEW THINGS LURKING IN THE DARKNESS THAT WILL TAKE YOU OUT OF THE CHALLENGE IF LEFT WITHOUT LIGHT FOR CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME! MAKE HASTE!" Suicune added.

"FEEL FREE TO SEND AS MANY PLAYERS TO THE GENERATORS AS YOU'D LIKE! BUT KNOW THAT THE RULES WILL STILL APPLY! YOU ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO HINDER OTHER TEAMS' PROGRESS! ALSO, THE CENTRAL CHALLENGE STILL STANDS IN PROTECTING YOUR DOLLS!" Entei finished.

-000-

"You've gotta be kidding me…" Houndoom muttered as he lay in the right room on the top floor. After hearing this additional 'side challenge', he decided to take the initiative and handle the generator. Some of his female teammates may have a dislike of him now, but he was still going to try to help.

He walked straight forward, blind. There was a small lamp sitting on a shelf that was keeping his room lit, but with the power out, and the fact he couldn't use his fire, he was pretty much just walking around. He should've just kept the door open…

He walked forward and ran into a door, feeling the knob hit his chest. He opened the door and entered the foyer. There was light blue light entering through the chateau's windows, indicating to him that it was suddenly night time.

"What the hell-" he whispered to himself.

He regained his focus and headed to the room next to the one he was in. Hearing creaking, he saw the dining room door open and Jolteon, Delphox, Breloom, Goodra, and Mightyena came out. How wonderful. He almost didn't even want to try now; he didn't want to hear any lip from them.

But then that'd give the impression that he ran away like a coward and didn't help the team, leading to him getting eliminated. He didn't want that. So, despite who was heading out, he quickly ran to the hall door.

"Alright...I don't think anyone else has come up yet", said Jolteon. "Let's try and shield their doors before they come up!"

"Already on it…" Delphox said as she prepared to take out her wand, only to remember that the friction from her fur would cause her wand to ignite; that'd disqualify them. "Crap...I can't. My wand would make fire and they said they'll disqualify us…"

"Damn it…" Jolteon cursed. 'Maybe we should just hurry and get Espeon to-"

Before she could finish, the door to their lefts opened and Eelektrik and Manectric came out. The two of them saw the girls standing right in the middle of the foyer.

The two Electric-types immediately ran up the stairs to the middle room, the girls quickly started running as well.

-000-

Houndoom was in the room on the left. The television was showing nothing but static, but it was still providing him with a bit of light in addition to the miniature flashlight that was provided. The generator was pretty easy to fix, all he had to do was match up wires to the correct colors.

He was already done for the most part; there were twelve wires and he was done with seven of them already.

He heard a door creaking behind him even though the door was off of the hinges. That immediately set of red alerts and he mega evolved in defense.

Seeing nothing, he went back to connecting the wires, went he was suddenly thrown against the wall. He grunted in pain and looked to see what just threw him. His eyes widened in fear upon seeing a Bewear with red ears staring at him before turning around, yanking out all of the wires that he just connected, and punched the top.

It then walked through the wall and disappeared.

"What the HELL!?" he exclaimed as he reverted back to his normal form. He tried moving back on his feet, but he flinched as he did so. "Damn it...why are Bewear so fucking strong? But...I guess that's what they were talking about."

He limped back over to the generator and groaned upon seeing the smoke coming from it. Don't tell me it's not gonna work at all now…"

He started connecting the wires again when he heard voices and footsteps coming from next door. "Hopefully the bastard is ruining everyone's chances…"

000

"Charizard, you heard them, put your tail out…" said Pangoro as he kept attempting to stomp out the dragon's tail.

Getting fed up, Charizard grabbed him by the chest. "Understand this...if my flame goes out...I. DIE", he growled. "So, either you stop your bullshit, or I shove your head through the fucking wall…"

He dropped the panda and sat near the door in agitation.

"Well, if we can't extinguish it, we can make it invisible…" Bronzor said as his eyes glowed. Charizard's tail flame immediately disappeared, sending them into darkness, only a small window giving them light.

Charizard looked at his tail and groaned.

"It's still there, we just can't see it…" said Bronzor.

"Well, the Rotom haven't been back in a while. This is a good sign…" said Honchkrow.

"And you just jinxed us. Thanks birdbrain…" Mandibuzz commented.

"Shut up!" Honchkrow blustered. "Nothing's even happened!"

"Um...hate to interrupt your lover's quarrel, but where's the doll?" asked Gligar.

Both birds glared at the Fly Scorpion Pokemon.

"Hey, Gligar's right. Where is the doll?!" asked Lairon.

Piloswine was asleep, still covering the doll with his hairy body.

"Who cares? As long as it's safe and they haven't announced that we've fucked up somehow, we're fine…" Bronzor said.

"Well you'd better hope that-AHHHHHHHHHH!" Shieldon exclaimed as he found himself being dragged into a dark void in the ground.

Everyone stared in shock. No words were able to come out from anyone for almost a minute.

"Okay, I'm gonna need Manectric and Eelektrik to hurry the hell up with the lights!" Leafeon exclaimed, freaked out after seeing that.

-000-

"Get out!" Eelektrik exclaimed as he and Manectric tried to hold the already busted door against the opening as the girls were trying to get in and possibly mess them up.

"The more time you're wasting with us, the less chance your team has of winning!" Manectric exclaimed.

Goodra kicked down the door, finally, as she hadn't been helping the others until that moment.

"Well, thanks for the-"

Suddenly, a ding was heard and the girls looked back in the hall to see Houndoom heading out of the other room with a satisfied look. That look immediately faded away upon seeing them and he just headed back to his room.

"Wait...did he just-"

Mightyena went to check the room he had just left and saw that the generator inside was up and running.

"He...he actually did the generator!" Mightyena said. "We're good!"

The girls looked down and saw Eelektrik and Manectric glaring at them.

"Uh...s-sorry guys…" said Jolteon as she good off of the door. The girls gave them sheepish smiles before running back out.

"Ugh...and my straight friends ask why I'm not attracted to girls…" Manectric muttered as he got up, lifting the door up so that Eelektrik could get out and he followed.

"You have straight friends?" Eelektrik asked.

"Um...yeah", said Manectric as he walked up to the generator. "Now, what the hell are we-"

Immediately, the Bewear came through the wall and knocked them into the wall before bashing their generator and disappearing again.

"Ugh...what the hell was THAT?!" Manectric exclaimed.

"I'm guessing that's what they wanted us to watch out for…" said Eelektrik.

000

Meganium and Lanturn were finally exiting their team's apartment and saw that it was now night time. Surprisingly, there were five props inside, including the scarlet cape they found. They had found blue and red barrettes in their room, a mallet in the guys' room, and a wrench in the workout room.

"I can't believe how lucky we got", said Meganium, holding everything in her vines.

"Yeah", Lanturn replied. "Uh...why the hell is it night now? It was still sunny when we got in the elevator to get back down…"

"I don't know, but-"

Suddenly, a few shadows were seen coming from the alley and Blissey, Noibat, and Gothitelle came from the alley with nothing, making Lanturn scoff and groan to herself.

The three of them were surprised to see that they had collected that many props so fast. Blissey cursed to herself. Now they were definitely at an advantage, and if she did something, they'd tell for sure. Looks like they were going to be winning or getting second place again…

"Where'd you find all of those?"

"They were in the apartments", Meganium stated.

"Yeah...and I was thinking that if there were five in ours...maybe there are five in the other ones, too!" Lanturn said. "What happened with you? You couldn't find anything?"

"Uh...n-no", Gothitelle said nervously. "Couldn't find a thing…"

"Okay…" Meganium said. "Well, let's check the other apartments. You girls didn't see anyone from the other teams did you?"

"No…"

"They probably weren't even looking…" Lanturn whispered to herself.

Noibat heard that and immediately gulped.

"Alright, then, uh...how about we go and check the Suicunes' apartments and you go to the Enteis'?" Blissey suggested.

"Um...okay, su-"

"CONTESTANTS LOOKING FOR PROPS! THINGS WILL NOW BE GETTING HARDER FOR YOU AS YOU CONTINUE SEARCHING! WE HAVE UNLEASHED STUFFUL! "

"Wait...Stufful?" asked Lanturn. "What are Stufful gonna-"

"THEY MAY SEEM HARMLESS, BUT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO TURN YOU INTO PLUSH DOLLS, WHICH WILL HINDER YOU!"

000

"For fuck's sake. They are going all out for this stupid challenge…" Type: Null commented.

"Well 'Annabelle' is about a possessed doll, so it makes sense for the challenges to deal with dolls…" said Braviary.

"NO ONE ASKED YOU!"

Braviary growled.

"Where the hell is Ursaring?" asked Metagross, who was carrying their five props on his head.

"¿A quién le importa? él no está en nuestro camino…" Hawlucha said with a shrug of the shoulders.

"Whatever he said, I agree", said Type: Null. "That bastard's not distracting us, so he's fine where he is…"

The group made it to the entrance of the lot and immediately started turning around.

"Stufful!"

Looking down, they all saw a single pink red panda-like Pokemon sitting there with a smile.

"Out of the way, runt", said Type: Null, kicking the little thing to the side, much to the annoyance and shock of the others.

"Was that necessary?!"

"Didn't you hear them say those things will turn us into dolls of ourselves!?" Type: Null retorted. "Get the fuck over it!"

As she continued forward, the guys exchanged annoyed looks before hearing more voices. "Stufful!"

Turning around, they saw four Stufful standing there.

Immediately, they started flying after Type: Null, the Stufful running behind them.

000

"Let me out of here!" Ursaring roared, covered in cuts and bruises, as he slashed and hit the cage.

"No, you just stay in there and think about what you've done…" said Skuntank.

"And all the while, we'll take these back…" Mismagius said as she grabbed the pennant and rod from off of the floor. "You have fun, now…"

"You spent this entire time watching him kick my ass and you just take two items back?" Ursaring inquired. "Terrible…"

"You're the terrible one!" Popplio exclaimed as she blew a bubble and made it explode on him, blowing him back and making him groan.

"Come on guys, let's leave him to the Stufful…" Vaporeon said with a smile as they started heading out of the court.

"Go fuck yourselves!" Ursaring growled

"Nah...I have Dewott for that now…" Skuntank retorted, giving Dewott sultry eyes in the process.

The girls giggled at this while Dewott blushed with a reticent, yet sheepish expression.

"Alright, do we wanna stay put or try to search-"

Dewott pointed to the front door.

The girls all turned and saw that the door had numerous Stufful blocking it with smiles. It was also night time, adding to the spookiness.

"Well...we're screwed", said Vaporeon.

000

Luxray and Pyroar were the ones to go and handle the generator for the Raikous, but because of the large amount of stairs, the Raikous were still in darkness due to them not making it to the door yet.

Eventually, the duo made it to the top and smiled, panting.

"Alright...n-" Luxray started before seeing that the door had no handle. "Don't tell me we're trapped…"

"Try hitting it…"

Luxray punched the door, causing him to flinch and rub his paw. "No, that's not working…"

"Hmm…" Pyroar started before looking up and seeing the lever. "Hey, there's a lever up there!"

Luxray looked up as Pyroar said that, and using his abilities to see through anything, looking at the lever and saw that it had a mechanism that lead to a gear in the floor, but also lead to the door hinges.

"This thing is a trap and a half…" he said, getting serious. "If we do use the lever, something with fuck up the stairs, but it'll open the door as well. We need to find a way to keep us level…"

Luxray barely felt the need to use his x-ray vision. But when he did, something in him makes him immediately focused and serious. He was okay with controlling and being that way himself, but actually knowing more about what's behind closed doors or what's hidden really brought him into his best.

He pushed against the wall with a foreleg and the other with a hind leg. The length of the staircase was a bit smaller than him, so he was able to prop himself up horizontally. Pyroar could only stare at Luxray's body, drooling a bit.

Luxray saw Pyroar's daze and groaned. "Focus!"

Pyroar jumped at Luxray's outburst, snapping his out of his trance.

"Climb onto my back and switch the lever", Luxray commanded.

Pyroar nodded and climbed onto Luxray's back, causing the electric lion to groan at the larger lion's weight.

Pyroar switched the lever, causing the stairs to tilt downwards. After a few seconds, the stairs returned to their normal state and Luxray dropped, hitting the ground with a thud. He groaned as Pyroar was able to push the door open.

"It worked!"

"You can get off of me now…" Luxray said as he stood up, making Pyroar hop down.

"Nice muscle…" Pyroar commented with dreamy eyes.

"Thanks…" Luxray replied as he walked forward. He saw that the dining room had light and looked inside to see that the Enteis were inside. However, he didn't see Mightyena nor Houndoom inside. He really didn't think anything of it. However, he looked around more and saw the two alone in a room together. This arose suspicion to him.

"You head to the generator. I'll be there later…" Luxray said a hint of aggression in his voice.

"Um...okay", he said as he started up the stairs. Luxray ran over to the other staircase and went up. He looked through and saw Houndoom sitting against something, with Mightyena on the opposite side. He sighed in relief. Nevertheless, out of curiosity, he entered the room.

"Uh...what's going on in here?" asked Luxray.

Mightyena wagged her tail and immediately rushed over, with Houndoom sighing and shaking his head. Mightyena kissed him briefly, making him chuckle upon the disconnect.

"So, what happened?" asked Luxray. "Why are you two in here alone?"

"Aww...were you getting suspicious?" Mightyena asked before nuzzling him. "You know that I love you and only you...no other guy could compare…"

Luxray licked her forehead with a smile.

"Well, unless he's 'bigger'..."

"Watch it, now…" Luxray said as Mightyena giggled and kissed him again.

"Well, you had nothing to worry about. She was just trying to understand my and Absol's problem…" Houndoom said gloomily.

Luxray sighed. "You'll pull through, man. There are plenty of other fish in the sea…"

"And I'm unsure about most of those fish…" said Houndoom.

"You'll see", said Luxray. "Now I've gotta go and help Pyr-"

Mightyena immediately locked their lips together again and started pushing Luxray onto his back. Houndoom raised a brow, but once he saw Mightyena's wink, he knew what she was doing and started to head to the room across.

-000-

Pyroar was taking care of the generator, with the TV static in the room providing him with more light.

He was connecting the wires rather quickly, as he was thinking of it as a matching game and was determined to win. Luxray said that he'd be there later and didn't really give any explanation. He just saw him go into the room on the other side before he got to where he was.

He finished a fifth one when he heard a ding from the room beside him. Turning around, he saw Eelektrik and Manectric rushing back. Of course, their team was the last one to get to the generators.

Similar to the others, the large plush bear doll, the same Bewear made itself seen and knocked Pyroar into the TV before yanking out the wires and this time stomping on the generator before melting into the floor and disappearing.

-000-

Luxray head a bang and looked at the center room to see Pyroar knocked on the ground with a shattered TV next to him. His eyes widened.

"'Yena, I gotta go check on Pyroar, something's wrong", Luxray said. "And...you're just distracting me anyway, aren't you?!"

"Gotta play the game…" she said with a giggle.

Luxray smirked at her. "Well, if that's the case…"

He rolled them over. "I guess I oughta do something about it.."

Mightyena blushed.

-000-

Pyroar groaned and got onto his feet. "What the hell?" he muttered as he looked at the TV and the generator. Now he barely had light and Luxray was doing who knows what!

"Hey!" Luxray said as he ran inside. "What happened?"

Never mind…

"I don't know…" Pyroar muttered. "Something knocked me into the TV and...now the generator's busted a bit and we don't have any light. Where the hell were you?"

"I got a bit held up…" said Luxray. "Mightyena was distracting me so that I wouldn't make it back and help. I taught her a lesson though…"

Pyroar rolled his eyes. 'Well, we still don't have light, now…"

"Who needs it?" asked Luxray as he started doing the wires, using his x-ray vision to see in the dark.

-000-

"'Tis be goin' awful…" Clawitzer said.

"We can see that, shrimp…" Delcatty replied, a hint of agitation in her voice.

So far, most of their teammates have been taken out by a dark force. The only ones left were Drilbur (who was still underground), Tyranitar, Clawitzer, Delcatty, Shellder, Salandit, Heliolisk, and Tropius.

"This has nothing to do with the actual movie…" said Salandit.

"Well, they said basis...so they probably just decided to focus on the doll and possession parts. Looking for props, though, that's a bit excessive…" Shellder added.

"We're lucky that the Rotom have stopped for the most part…" said Tropius.

"Yeah, well now-AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Heliolisk screamed as he was dragged underground.

"And then there was seven…" said Tyranitar.

"THE SUICUNES' TIME HAS STOPPED! ALL SUICUNES REPORT OUTSIDE!"

"Whoa...I wonder what happened there…" said Shellder.

000

"Okay that's bullshit and you know it!" Garchomp exclaimed.

"Sorry, but when Piloswine got taken, a Rotom jumped into the doll…" said Raikou. "You guys are done…"

"I was doing a good job, too…" said Piloswine. "No Rotom knew…"

"Well, too bad for you guys-"

Entei growled in anger upon watching the screen. Suicune looked over to see what he was mad about and snickered. "ENTEIS! YOUR TIME IS UP! HEAD ON OUTSIDE!"

"WHY DID THOSE IDIOTS NOT USE THE VACUUM TO KEEP THEM AWAY?!"

"Probably because those things can possess electrical appliances…AND YOU GAVE US ONE AS AN ADVANTAGE!" Cherrim exclaimed.

"They don't like vacuums for fuck's sake!"

"Oh…"

Raikou chuckled. "Looks like my team wins this time…"

-000-

"Whoa, we actually won!" Tropius cheered as the the furnace suddenly swung back open, giving them light again.

"Wait...how the hell does that even work?!" Shellder exclaimed. "That makes no logical sense. Furnaces don't use-"

"Don't complain. We have light now…" said Delcatty. "And we've practically won…"

Tyranitar rose up and stomped three times, signalling Drilbur to come back up. The mole popped back up with an aggravated look. "That...was boring…"

"Sorry dude…" said Tyranitar.

As soon as Drilbur came out with the doll, a Rotom that was hiding behind the furnace darted out and entered the doll.

"RAIKOUS! HEAD ON OUT!"

-000-

"ALL CONTESTANTS PARTICIPATING IN THE GATHERING OF PROP, PLEASE RETURN WITH THEM!"

-000-

As everyone who stayed in the chateau waited, eventually everyone who was looking for props came up. Ursaring, Popplio, Skuntank, Blissey, and Noibat were the only ones who ended up being turned into plushies via the Stufful.

"Well...let's review the times since they were all pretty close", said Suicune as she went to the timers.

Suicunes - 2:15:32:08

Enteis - 2:15:59:43

Raikous - 2:16:13:55

"Alright, how many props does each team have?"

"We've got nine", said Metagross.

"And we've got-" Meganium started before noticing that the props she had were replaced with balloons and tissues.

"What the-"

"We've got...thirteen?!" Vaporeon presented in a questioning manner.

"HA!" Suicune exclaimed. "My team wins!"

"And with absolutely no props...looks like your team loses…" Entei said before laughing.

Raikou growled and glared at his search party. "You didn't find...ANY!?"

"No, no, we did!" Meganium exclaimed. "I swear we did. You could check your cameras!"

"Then why don't I see any?!"

"Um...blame the Stufful?" Blissey said as she was held by Gothitelle. "Or...something else…"

Lanturn glared daggers at her.

"Have fun at elimination, losers…" Espeon said with a smile as the other teams left.

Immediately, everyone's attention turned to her and they glared. Seeing this, Lanturn's glare lightened up. Maybe it wasn't them.

"Well, I'll be seeing you guys at elimination…" Raikou said grumpily as he stomped to the building.

The Raikous exchanged glances.

000

"Tonight, what I want to happen, happens…" Blissey said. "Gothitelle's gonna be handling the votes, so it's gonna be bye bye Heliolisk…"

000

All of the Raikous were sitting in their usual places.

"Who'd you guys vote for?" Pyroar asked Tropius and Meganium.

"I went for Blissey", Tropius said. "Her attitude was kinda wrong and she came back with nothing after all of that…"

"Okay, cool…"

"Alright, you all know the routine…even though you SHOULDN'T", he snarled as he came up with a tray of Stufful dolls. "But, because these votes were unanimous…"

"WHAT?!" nearly everyone exclaimed.

"Yeah, so Heliolisk...you're gone, buddy…" Raikou said.

"Okay, this is bullshit. I DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM!" Farfecth'd exclaimed.

"I DON'T THINK ANY OF US DID!" Typhlosion exclaimed, her neck flames flaring up. "This unanimous bullshit needs to stop!"

"It's okay guys, I want to go anyway", Heliolisk said. "There was a reason I haven't been doing much since my screw up. Too many things going on that I can't control and...I just need professional help…"

"Well, if you say so…" said Shellder.

Heliolisk started walking down the carpet and entered the limo, which promptly blasted off.

The Raikous furiously went back to their apartments, thinking that Espeon had something to do with their loss and their second unanimous elimination.

000

Raikou was asleep on the couch in the trailer. Suicune placed a camera on the table, as well as his laptop.

"This'll teach you…" Suicune said.

Suicune went upstairs to find Entei. The lion was hiding under his covers, which was very horrible.

"Get down there you big baby…" Suicune said.

"Fuck you!"

"No, that's what Raikou's gonna be doing to you…" Suicune said. "And if you don't get down there, I will make sure your punishment when your team loses is worse…much worse."

Entei gulped and sighed. "Fine…"

"Good point...now go get some!" Suicune encouraged.

Entei growled annoyedly before heading down the stairs.

000

And there we go! Heliolisk is now gone. Lots and lots of things are starting to happen. Houndoom and Absol now hate each other...how nice. Lanturn is now more suspicious about Blissey and her little group, as she should. We have some girl talk from both Lairon and Jolteon's alliances. The friendship plans are slowly starting, too. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you all next time on Ultimate Total...Pokemon...Action! See ya guys, BYE!

Next time: Time for pre-history class!