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.

9. Jurassic Poké

*DINOSAUR SOUNDS*

000

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000

Following Heliolisk's elimination, the Raikous gathered in the foyer of their apartment building to discuss the possibilities. Blissey and Gothitelle were the only two not with them; instead, they were on the girls' floor.

"Alright, I'm pretty sure that we didn't vote out Heliolisk…" said Farfetch'd. "And I actually SAW props in Meganium's vines when they came back, so we need to find out what the hell is going on."

"Yeah, first Altaria, now Heliolisk?" asked Drilbur. "Something fishy is going on here…"

"If we're being serious...I think it's Espeon's doing…" said Typhlosion, her arms folded as she sat against the wall. "Who else would intentionally sabotage our team for no reason?"

"Come on, you guys really that the pink pussycat did this?" Delcatty asked, ironically. "Don't you think she's too distracted by her so-called 'love-life' to care about us?"

"Delcatty, you don't know Espeon like we do, and this is definitely something that she would do", said Flygon. "Altaria beat her last season, so she eliminates her unfairly early this season…"

"Uh...what 'bout th' laddie Heliolisk?" asked Clawitzer. "Did he do anythin' to cross her?"

"That's what's throwing me a bit off…" Tyranitar spoke up, sitting next to Typhlosion. "Espeon never seemed to be bothered with Heliolisk in the slightest, so why would she make it so he was eliminated automatically?"

"...Maybe she's going at it random?" Spiritomb spoke questioningly.

"That wouldn't make sense, though…" said Drilbur. "Out of all of us on this team, Heliolisk is the one that she probably hates the least. The rest of us knew her little game fast and wanted her gone fast last season, but we failed and she got to the finals. If anyone, she would have gotten rid of Tyranitar because he got third place and he annoyed her the most."

"So that brings the question...what if she's not the one doing the vote swaps like you guys think?" Shellder asked. "With the information you just gave, we can conclude that it's a 50/50 chance that she is doing it and she's not doing it…"

"So...essentially a maybe she is, maybe she isn't…" Luxray reiterated.

"Pretty much…"

The veterans groaned in annoyance. Why couldn't Espeon get over herself and just worry about her own team?

"Aw, come on, amigos…" Salandit said. "Worrying about this is going to be bad for the brain. Let's just head upstairs and get some rest…"

As if on cue, Pyroar yawned. "You know, she's not wrong. Stressing may make us perform bad in challenges and it'll make whoever is fucking with us' job easier…"

"Yeah...let's just head to bed…" said Meganium as she stood up.

All of them started heading to the elevator. Lanturn had speculation of her own, but didn't want to sound paranoid.

000

"I think Blissey and Gothitelle had something to do with our loss and the elimination…" Lanturn said. "I mean, Blissey was talking poorly about the veterans when we were looking for props and Gothitelle has the same Psychic capabilities as Espeon, so it actually makes sense."

"But, the fact that Espeon immediately called us losers as if she did something kinda throws me off", she continued. "Either she was just insulting us or she actually made us lose. Either one could be a possibility…"

000

THE NEXT MORNING

000

Raikou stretched on the couch in their trailer as he woke up. He found himself groaning and feeling a bit of soreness in his crotch. He rolled off of the couch and onto his feet with a yawn, stretching in the process.

He smacked his lips and listened around for any sound. He looked around the kitchen area and saw neither of his co-hosts there. There was only one other place they could be.

He went up the stairs and pushed Entei's bedroom door open. He saw the beast purring and drooling in his sleep with a smile on his face. He didn't want to think about what he was possibly dreaming about.

He looked to the clock next to him and saw that it was almost 11:00. His eyes widened. How the heck did he and Entei oversleep?

He heard the door open downstairs and immediately exited Entei's room to see what was going on. He went downstairs and saw Suicune hopping on the couch and turning on the television.

Raikou came down the stairs, hopping over the side rail.

"What the hell happened?" asked Raikou. "How come you didn't wake up me and Entei?"

"Oh no reason…" Suicune said, feigning innocence.

Raikou, being a bit gullible at times, came to his own conclusion. "Was that supposed to be my punishment? Not waking me up? Wow, that's...pretty lame."

Suicune scoffed. "Your punishment's already done…" she said. "And it wasn't dealing with you getting up late…"

"Oh? Then what was it?" Raikou asked as he sat next to her.

Suicune grinned and pulled the laptop out from underneath the couch. Raikou raised a brow as she placed it on the table.

"Hey, how do you know my password?" Raikou questioned, giving her a look.

"Does it matter?" she retorted. She pulled up a specific website and clicked on a video. Once it loaded up, Raikou paled upon seeing his sleeping form on the same couch he was sitting on.

"W-What's going on?"

"You'll see…"

Raikou continued watching and eventually saw Entei enter the scene. His eyes widened. And seeing the website the video was on, he could already infer what was about to happen.

He roar/screamed and immediately ran up the stairs to the bathroom. Suicune giggled to herself. "I hope he learned his lesson…"

000

Eelektrik and the rest of his alliance met up in the same horror movie set. "Well, last challenge was eventful…"

"I don't know what you'd call eventful…" said Dusclops. "We had to look for shit yet again, and we had to sit around and protect a fucking doll…"

"I mean when my team won even though we had the least amount of props on first glance…" Eelektrik explained. "Then all of a sudden we have more than everyone…"

"Eh, someone must've pulled some switcheroo crap", said Froslass. "Who cares? No one on your team got eliminated…"

"Yeah. The schizo got eliminated from my team and they all think Espeon did it…" Delcatty laughed.

Espeon smirked. "Of course. How pleasant…"

"To be fair, you got rid of Altaria by switching the votes, then", Bronzor said.

"But I didn't do anything this time around…" Espeon giggled. "Those morons are so skeptical and weak-minded that they'll place the blame on me or Dusclops ANY time something goes wrong on their team. It's quite entertaining…"

"Suddenly you're up and up again?" Froslass asked. "Did you and your mate get back together or something?"

Espeon's ears immediately fell flat and her expression changed as she and Umbreon exchanged glances. She sighed. "No, I just realized that being upset all the time won't do anything. So, I'm just getting back into the groove of things…"

"Well, that's good to hear…" said Eelektrik. "Now, onto more pressing matters. How are the friendship plans going?"

The others exchanged looks of ennui before looking back at Eelektrik with blank, annoyed expressions.

Seeing those looks, Eelektrik groaned. "What now?"

"I tried to start with Spheal, but the little bastard wouldn't listen and fought against what I wanted him to do…" Delcatty explained heatedly.

"And there's no way in hell or the Distortion World that we're going to become friends with Type: Null", said Froslass. "That girl's attitude annoys the ever-loving crap out of me…"

"Yeah, I don't see us making any progress with her…" said Umbreon.

"Well, move on to someone else, then", Bronzor said lethargically. "By the way, Delcatty. To establish a friendship, you have to do things with him that he enjoys. You can't expect him to be your friend if you're just bossing him around…"

"Okay, what the hell is the point of this friendship BS again?" Dusclops asked dryly.

"We need to establish connections with those we want gone so that we know their strengths and weaknesses and we can use it against them later", Eelektrik reminded.

"As opposed to just, y'know, changing the votes against them…" Espeon said, rolling her eyes.

"For fuck's sake, changing votes isn't a good tactic. It's a lazy tactic…" said Eelektrik. "We need to make the teams bend and fall for the tricks we play. That's how a true strategist works…"

"Okay, I'm changing the subject…" said Bronzor, not wanting to hear any more about the differences between how they could play the game. "If Espeon didn't change the votes or make the Raikous lose their props, doesn't that mean that there's another threat somewhere in the game?"

"Yeah maybe, but who cares?" asked Delcatty. "As long as one of us isn't a target, we're fine…"

"We don't know what the hell their plans are, though…" Bronzor said. "For all we know, one of us could be next…"

"Let's not focus on that, then…" Umbreon said. "I say we just worry about keeping ourselves in the game and not give a fuck about these other morons…"

"Yeah...I think I like that plan better…" Espeon said, making Umbreon grin slightly. "I'd rather not worry about these other losers."

"Well then you'll be eliminated faster because your team doesn't like you…" said Bronzor. "These people are sensitive and pretty darn predictable. You and Dusclops are obvious targets just because of your performances last season…and Umbreon is because well...you used to be mates…"

"Well, all they have to do is keep their traps shut and not insult, put down, or hinder anyone…" said Froslass.

"Oh that's definitely not happening…" Dusclops said. "These idiots are too stupid to NOT commentate…"

"Wow, you're actually enjoying something?" asked Espeon. "That's a first."

"Where'd you get that?" asked Dusclops. "I don't care about any of these people. This is a shitty game of strategy and most of the newbies that are here are just as dumb and gullible as the others from the first season. It's humorous, I'll admit, but no. I am NOT enjoying this."

"Speaking of strategy…" Eelektrik stated. "Bronzor and I went to deal with Tepig and his little posse and they mentioned some kind of plan that we can't know about…"

"Uh...okay?" asked Froslass. "Is that supposed to make us suspicious?"

"Hey, I know that it sounds stupid since it came from that sorry bunch, but a plan is a plan…" said Eelektrik.

"And who all was in that group with the sick bacon?" asked Dusclops.

"Gulpin, Piloswine, Shieldon, Gligar, Heliolisk, and Shellder were there, too…"

"Wait, Heliolisk and Shellder?!" Delcatty asked, gaining a smirk. "The schizo and scaredy clam were with them? Interesting..."

"So...two dumb gluttons, a guy that blurts out curses randomly, a nobody, a smarty-pants clam, and someone who's now eliminated…" Umbreon listed.

"Boy that plan must be something serious!" Froslass said sarcastically. "For all we know that plan can deal with food…"

"Um...didn't two of them make it further than Dusclops, though?" asked Eelektrik.

"I got eliminated by the ones who were eliminated, which wasn't in my control, so it doesn't matter", said Dusclops.

"So, you guys gonna keep going for Tepig, or are you gonna just not give a shit like the rest of us?" asked Umbreon. "I'm sure that the friendship BS won't work…"

Eelektrik groaned. "Fine, no false friendships. But the target for our team is still Tepig…"

"Whatever…" Dusclops said, rolling his eye.

000

"We're still in the beginning of this game and we haven't had much progress other than Altaria and Vanillite", Eelektrik said. "I had an inkling that they'd want to not do this based on their personalities, but it was worth a try."

000

Blissey's alliance met up behind the apartments. The only ones not in attendance were Delibird, Shedinja, and Salandit.

"Alright, Operation: Eliminate Heliolisk was a success", said Blissey. "Nice work with the votes Gothitelle…"

Gothitelle nodded. "It was no issue…"

"Wait, so it was you two that made us lose!?" Spiritomb exclaimed.

"Of course", said Blissey. "I didn't want to wait; I needed him gone as soon as possible."

"But why tho? The guy didn't even do anything and we still could have won", Spiritomb countered. "He messed up once and never did anything again."

"He's a veteran. My main goal for this alliance is for us to make it far and to do so, these veterans need to go", Blissey explained.

Noibat sighed. "Look, I'm sorry, but...I don't know about this anymore…"

"What do you mean, Noibat?" asked Blissey, giving her a look.

"You guys are literally going to purposely make us lose challenges just so you can eliminate veterans who are just like the rest of us!" Noibat exclaimed. "Just because they've competed before doesn't mean they don't deserve another chance!"

"They're all stronger than us. You know this…"

"No, actually they're not and we don't because you haven't spent enough time with them!" Noibat blustered. "Heliolisk had a mental illness, but you saw his as a threat because he competed already. What kind of bullshit is that?!"

"She has a point, there…" said Spiritomb. "We all have flaws. Just because they competed doesn't mean we should get rid of them so early…"

"Look, I'm just gonna say this. Either you change your motives or...I'll leave the alliance and tell the others…" Noibat said with a straight glare.

The two of them exchanged glances. Gothitelle was just going along, but Blissey was annoyed. First Delibird was fighting her, now these two. Didn't they get that those veterans can take them out at any time?

Nevertheless, Blissey groaned. "Fine. We won't target the veterans…"

"Do you promise?"

"Noibat, don't push it…"

"I'm not pushing anything. I need you to be fucking serious", Noibat growled.

"Spiritomb, are going to leave, too?" asked Gothitelle.

"I mean, I don't really care. I think it's pretty messed up to purposely make us lose, but as long as I'm not a target, I guess I can accept it…

Noibat turned to him in disbelief and annoyance before focusing back on Blissey. "Are you going to be serious or not?"

"I already said yes. I don't know what else you want from me…"

Noibat tightened her glare. "I'm out of here. Do whatever you want…"

She started flying away, only for Gothitelle to pull her back and threw her down using her Psychic abilities.

"You're not telling anyone anything…" Blissey harshly said to the dragon bat as she lay on the ground.

Seeing this, Spiritomb immediately twitched and reconsidered staying in the alliance. He quickly made himself invisible and transported both himself and Noibat into the apartments.

"What the-" Blissey started before growling. "Those idiots!"

-000-

Noibat groaned, rubbing her head with a wing.

"You okay?" Spiritomb asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine…" Noibat replied, dusting herself off. "Thanks for the help. Wait, you said that you didn't care. Why the hell did you help me?"

"I...changed my mind…" Spiritomb stated. "If they're going to try and be violent over if I disagree with something they're trying to do, I don't wanna be there…"

"Good choice…" said Noibat. "So, do we tell the team or-"

Spiritomb sighed. "Hard to say. They may offer a good defense for themselves. Though, it does seem like most of the team hates Blissey herself…

"Oh, well their possible defense won't matter then!" Noibat said with a smirk. "They'll be going down…"

000

Flygon and Drilbur were heading to the rec center to play some volleyball. After dealing with Heliolisk's elimination, Flygon needed something to cool him down, as hearing that it was unanimous reminded him of Altaria's unfair elimination. Drilbur suggested that they head to the rec center; Flygon obliged.

"So, you ready to get destroyed?" Drilbur teased.

"Um...sorry, but I'm the one with wings...you're the one who should prepare to be destroyed", Flygon countered with a smirk.

"Oh please. That doesn't mean anythin-"

"Hola chicos…" Salandit said abruptly as she stood in front of the guys. This caused both of them to jump in fear briefly.

"Oh, uh...hola...Salandit…" Flygon greeted.

"Yeah, hi…" Drilbur greeted.

"Where are you two handsome boys headed on this fine day?" she said with a hint of seduction in her voice.

Drilbur blushed upon hearing her call him handsome, while Flygon had no reaction, being that he was with Altaria."We're heading to the rec center to play some volleyball. Feel free to come by and watch if you want…"

"Yeah. it could be fun", Drilbur said, a blush still on his face.

Salandit eyed the two of them a bit more intently as they spoke to her. Flygon was going to be a tough nut to crack, seeing that he wasn't showing any interest. Drilbur on the other hand...he was going to be easy.

"Well, I would, but...I need to talk to Drilbur for a few minutes…" Salandit said with a seductive glance.

Seeing this, Drilbur's entire face went red and he turned to Flygon, giving him a pleading face. Flygon chuckled to himself.

"Fine, but don't take too long. I still have to destroy you in volleyball…" Flygon said as he continued his way to the rec center.

"In your dreams, man!" Drilbur countered.

Salandit rolled her eyes before regaining her sultry glance as the mole turned back around.

"So, uh…" he started as he sat down. "What'd you want to talk about?"

Salandit didn't trust them being out in the open; someone could see and stop her. "Uh...let's go somewhere private", she said stroking the underside of Drilbur's chin with her tail.

She started walking towards the nearest set, which was a surfer movie set. She walked further back into the set until they were behind the large wooden bowl that acted as a pool.

"Now…" she said, running her arm up his body as a odor started emitting from her body to keep him calm. "Just breathe in and you'll be all mine…"

Drilbur was starting to feel strange. His blinking became a bit sporadic and a bit of drool came from his mouth.

"Good boy…" she said, stroking his cheek. "Now...tell me all about your friend Flygon…"

000

Lanturn had asked Meganium, Tropius, Clawitzer, and Shellder to meet up with her on the roof of their apartment building. If she was going to try and take out and expose Blissey, she was going to need extra help.

"So, what be th' problem lass?" asked Clawitzer.

"Yeah, what's up?" asked Tropius.

Meganium already had an idea as to why she asked them to come up here and she was already onboard.

"Well, I wanted to ask if you guys wanted to be in an alliance with me…" Lanturn explained. "It's not gonna be a bad thing, either. I just...really want certain people from this team gone as soon as possible…"

"Okay, but...who?" asked Shellder.

"Blissey, Gothitelle, and Noibat", Meganium answered for her.

"Exactly", Lanturn said.

"Well, Blissey I can understand, but why Noibat 'n Gothitelle?" Clawitzer asked.

"Because they're in a loop together", Lanturn said. "Blissey wants to eliminate all of the veterans because she thinks that since they've competed, they're better than us…"

"Wait, what?" Tropius inquired. "That doesn't make any sense."

"Precisely my point", said Lanturn. "The veterans on our team are nice and cool but, according to Blissey, because they have flaws and they played the game already, they need to go…"

"That's pretty...shallow", said Shellder. "They haven't done anything and having them actually gives us more guidance when it comes to certain challenges or problems…"

"That's why I want them gone, because Noibat and Gothitelle were agreeing with her", Lanturn said. "Plus, I think that they're the reason Heliolisk and Altaria got eliminated. They want to get rid of veterans, and Gothitelle is a psychic-type, so she could easily make the votes unanimous!"

"That sounds like it may actually be true…" Clawitzer said. "But if that be th' case, what be stoppin' her from swappin' th' votes again?"

"That's...actually a good counterpoint, Lanturn…" Meganium said. "We could try and get out Gothitelle first, but who's to say that she won't change the votes to one of the veterans?"

"Have you even let the veterans know just yet?"

"Well...no", Lanturn said meekly. "I just have it embedded in my mind that they may not believe me…"

"If I was told that someone what trying to screw me over or get rid of me, I'd definitely believe…" Tropius said.

"Me uncle was told by his first mate that his crew was plannin' to rebel against him 'n he cast them all into th' briny deep…" Clawitzer added. "If they be knowin' what's best fer them, they'd listen."

"Plus, if they know, they'll know not to trust them and not let Blissey walk all over them", said Shellder.

"True. So, are you guys all up for it?" asked Lanturn.

The guys exchanged looks before nodding with smiles.

"Great", said Lanturn with a smile. "And if it's successful, would you guys like to stay in the alliance? No hard feelings if you don't…"

"I'll stay…" Meganium said a smile. "The main thing you want to do is get rid of someone who's being negative, so I'm fine."

"Uh...I'll stay, too", Tropius said in an instant. Meganium sighed silently and rolled her eyes.

"Scurvy pirate code says t' stand by ye hearties, so I be still in…" Clawitzer stated.

Everyone looked to Shellder, who immediately jumped back out of nervousness.

"I'm not good with making decisions on the spot!" he exclaimed anxiously.

The girls giggled. "It's fine Shellder, we'll give you some more time…" Lanturn said.

Shellder let out a breath of relief.

"So, should we go tell the veterans now, or wait until after the next challenge?" asked Tropius.

"After the challenge would be better", Meganium said. "We don't want the team to try and purposely lose just to get rid of Blissey. Especially when she has Gothitelle changing votes for her."

"Then we handle Gothitelle first…" said Clawitzer. "Simple…"

"I wish it was…" said Lanturn. "She could change the votes at any time."

"So...maybe we lure them into a false sense of security…" Shellder suggested. "Like...make them think that we're gonna eliminate...Farfetch'd or Tyranitar. That way, they won't have to change anything and we can get them out."

"That...may actually work!" Meganium said with a smile. "But, Lanturn and I can't be involved. They'll know something's up…"

"Yeah…" Lanturn added.

"So, we just have to wait for the right moment when and if we lose", said Tropius.

"This should be good…" Clawitzer said.

000

"So. Do you and Delphox still think that Houndoom is the best guy for you now?" Breloom asked Jolteon, who laid her head in her paws.

"Hey, Houndoom was just upset", Mightyena said, defending him. "Everyone says things they don't mean when they're angry."

"Sure, but seriously? Saying that he should have been the one to rape her? That was way too low…"

"To be fair, she did say that his entire species was her problem…" Jolteon said. "That's offensive to all Houndoom that are out there…."

"I'm sure that other Houndoom will be fine…" said Breloom. "But it was still terrible…"

"He knows that it was terrible", said Mightyena. "He told me that he felt awful about saying it, but he wasn't going to take it back because of what she said…"

"So he expected her to just take what he said and not retaliate or say anything hurtful back?" asked Servine.

"No, he said that he deserved whatever came his way after that and that he had a feeling that all of us were going to hate his guts because of it…" Mightyena said. "He just didn't expect her to say that out of everything."

"Well, an eye for an eye…" said Breloom. "Hurtful statement for hurtful statement…"

"Yeah, but we can agree he's not going anywhere…" said Servine. "He may have said something hurtful and dumb...but he's the one who fixed the generator for us…"

"Yeah, there's no doubt about that…" said Jolteon. "He'd better not go anywhere just because of that."

"Well, we're not going for him, so who are we going for?" asked Breloom

"I say Type: Null…" said Mightyena. "Her attitude, as well as the fact that she knew info without being told really makes her suspicious and annoying…"

"I'm perfectly fine with that…" said Servine. "I was gonna say either her or Ursaring…"

"Don't even get me started on Ursaring…" Breloom growled.

"Yeah, it seems like he's taken a liking to you…" Mightyena said, gaining a smirk.

"Well, I sure as hell don't like him!"

"You sure emphasized the 'him'..." Jolteon noticed, grinning a bit. "Who do you like, then?"

Breloom immediately blushed. "I'm not obligated to reveal that information…"

"It's Quilladin", Mightyena said immediately. "Isn't it?"

"I'm not obligated to reveal…" Breloom repeated, causing the girls to giggle a bit.

"Hey, speaking of crushes. Where's Goodra?" asked Jolteon.

000

Also in the rec center, Goodra was playing some one on one against Dragonite in basketball. You'd think that the one with wings would have the advantage, but you'd be wrong.

Dragonite wasn't that calculated or athletic, but he was strong nonetheless. As he dribbled the ball down the court, he found himself without the ball as Goodra swept around him and headed back to her side.

She tossed it in with a smile.

"That's 23…" she said with a smile as she chucked the ball back at Dragonite, who bounced it back with a more focused expression.

Dragonite flew over quickly to guard her from behind, making sure she didn't get another shot. For a guy who didn't play a lot of sports regularly back at home, he sure did guard well. Goodra kept trying to get away and have enough space, but Dragonite wasn't letting it happen. He only had a measly 4 points.

However, that changed when Dragonite took a chance and tried to swat the ball away from her while in the position. Goodra was able to actually get away, causing Dragonite to fall flat on his stomach. She threw the ball toward the hoop, but it bounced off of the rim.

Dragonite got back up and rushed back over to start guarding her again, as she had gotten the ball as he was getting up.

Goodra didn't expect him to be so fast; now they were back to where they started. She sucked her teeth playfully upon having the larger dragon behind her again.

"You really want this ball don't you?"

"Nah, I just don't want you to score anymore…" he replied with a smirk.

"Well, sorry. But that's gonna happen eventually. Probably even right...now!" she said as she butt bumped into him, pushing him back before turning around and shooting a 3-pointer.

Dragonite blushed like mad from the slick move, giving Goodra was 'really?' look. Goodra giggled. "And that's game…"

Dragonite sighed. "Fine…" he said rolling his eyes with a small smile. "I admit, you're pretty good…"

"Aw...thanks…" Goodra said as she walked over and picked up the ball. "Glad you're not a sore loser…"

"I may be sore because of that big butt of yours, but other than that-" he joked, making Goodra scoff and playfully hit him.

"I can see someone's getting a bit more playful…" she said with a smile.

"It's mainly because I feel more comfortable around you", he said. "I don't know why…"

"So does that mean-"

"No, I'm still working with my team…" Dragonite said in a faux groan. "I actually helped out and gave them an idea on how we could be the last ones standing without the Rotoms finding anything…"

"Nice…" she said.

-000-

As the two continued their conversation, the girls had walked over to check on her. They had smirks on their faces.

Servine sighed. "I don't see why she doesn't just go out with him. It's obvious that they have a thing for each other…"

"She insists that she doesn't want a relationship right now, but I don't know about Dragonite…" said Mightyena. "She said that he rejected her attempt and said he wanted a girl to actually like him."

"Well, this'll be going on for a while…" said Breloom.

As she said that, Luxray enter the rec center and immediately saw the girls turn to him. Mightyena padded over to him with a smile and licked his cheek. "What's up sweetie?"

"Nothing, but uh...you remember what you, me, Tyranitar, and Typhlosion planned...y'know for Absol an-"

"Oh, right. It completely slipped my mind", she said before looking back to the others. "I'll be back…"

She ran back over to her alliance. "Hey, I'm gonna go work something out with Luxray dealing with the whole Absol-Houndoom situation, ok?"

"Go for it", Servine insisted. "The faster you fix those two's attitudes the better…"

Jolteon growled inwardly, which Mightyena heard. "Jolteon, at this point, you actually have a chance...no need to growl out of jealousy…"

Jolteon blushed and looked to the side just as Goodra started heading their way, noticing them standing there.

"Alright, see you girls in the challenge…" Mightyena said as she ran back to Luxray, who started walking back out.

000

"Remind me why I'm here again…" Houndoom said as he sat with Tyranitar and Typhlosion at a cafe scene. "This seems out of the blue…"

"Be patient…" said Typhlosion. "It'll make sense eventually…"

-000-

Luxray and Mightyena were bringing Absol to the cafe scene just to try and get the two to get along again. Absol was hesitant, but after some sound urging, she came along.

"The place is fake. I don't see the point of going…"

"Just keep coming…"

-000-

Houndoom saw Luxray and Mightyena heading towards them, but upon closer observation, he noticed white fur and a blue horn behind them. Houndoom growled.

"I fucking knew it…" Houndoom said, getting off of his seat. "I'm getting out of here…"

"No you're not", Typhlosion said as he picked up Houndoom and slammed him back into his seat. "You are going to sit here and talk!"

Houndoom groaned in annoyance and pain.

Absol heard Houndoom's voice and upon pushing past Luxray and Mightyena, she saw that he was sitting there glaring daggers at her.

Absol growled and glared back. "What...the hell is this?" she asked, turning back to the couple.

"You and Houndoom need to work something out so that you're not arguing with each other and fighting during challenges…" Mightyena stated with a serious expression.

"Make him keep his mouth shut and we won't have any problems", Absol stated with a glare.

"Just give this a chance…" said Luxray.

Absol growled.

-000-

The three of them made it over and took their own seats, with both Dark-types being urged to sit across from each other.

"This is fucking stupid…" Houndoom growled under his breath, earning him a threatening growl from Typhlosion. He sighed, making Absol roll her eyes.

"Alright, now first off...you two need to get all of your problems out on the table…" Tyranitar said. "Why the hell do you two really hate each other's guts now?"

"Because she started acting like I was a huge dickhead because I was still upset…" Houndoom stated. "Then as soon as I try to ap-"

"You only did it because you felt bad about the abortion, not because you still like me…" Absol interrupted.

"What does that have to do with anything? Because of your delusional personal rule, I'm in the wrong?" Houndoom asked. "That's the pettiest argument I've ever heard…"

"No, saying that YOU should have been the one to rape me was petty…" Absol retorted with a glare.

"I didn't even fucking mean that; you got me fucking pissed!"

"Well luckily I still stand by what I said. Your kind are fucking reprehensible…" she said venomously.

"Oh, but when you had me in your mouth, it was completely different, right?"

"Go fuck yourself!"

"Why would I do that if you started coming onto me hella hard when you were the one who was raped by my kind?" Houndoom asked. "I just thought you were attractive and mysterious; I wanted to bring you out of your little shell. I talked to you more and kissed you and automatically you were all over me afterwards!"

"I was stupid and vulnerable!" Absol growled. "You can't fault me for that!"

"Oh, so were you just leading me on this entire time? Did you already want to dump me and Dusclops was just a good scapegoat!?" Houndoom accused.

"No! I actually thought that you were fucking different, but I was wrong!" Absol yelled back, causing Houndoom to raise a brow in confusion. "I made a mistake...and you treated me like I was the worst being on this fucking planet! No matter how hard I tried to get you to forgive me and start over, you ignored me! But, as soon as something dealing my rape comes up again, you try to get right back by my side?"

"You're making it seem like it's awful that I actually feel bad for you…" Houndoom growled. "If that's what you're saying just because I was still fucking pissed, then that's you're own problem…"

"No, you acting like my abortion is the only way that you'll talk to me is my problem…" Absol retorted.

There was silence as the two Dark-types glared at each other. Eventually, Luxray broke the silence.

"So...uh...let's try to move on to healing…"

000

Pyroar was looking around for any sign of Vaporeon. Since any chance he had with Luxray was shot down, he was looking for his second object of affection.

He wasn't having any actual luck, but he was determined to find and start talking to her. Her looks were all that were attracting him right now, so he thought that her personality would be just as good based on what he's seen from her. It wasn't much of anything, but it was still something to him.

He knew that she usually hung around Skuntank, Mismagius, and a couple others, so he was looking for them for the most part. He had no clue where they would go.

He had already checked their apartments with no luck, though he did get a good glimpse and smell of the girls' bathroom in their room. If that sounds creepy, it's because it is.

After fourteen minutes of searching, he still hadn't found any of them or any clue as to where they could be. He sighed in defeat and started just heading back to his own team's apartments. He passed by a cafe scene where he saw Luxray and Tyranitar holding Houndoom back, and Typhlosion and Mightyena holding back Absol.

He decided not to get involved and just continued his way back, looking down. On his way back, he was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Skuntank, Dewott, and Mismagius coming in his direction. He gained a smile. "Yes!"

He rushed up to them, which Dewott noticed. Thinking he was about to attack, he took off both of his shells.

Pyroar saw this and immediately skidded to a halt out of fear, putting him exactly in front of them and giving him a burning sensation from the concrete.

"Um...hi", he greeted sheepishly, still rather scared due to Dewott's aggressive expression.

"Hey Pyroar…" Skuntank responded, feeling a bit awkward since they never talked to each other before. "How's it going?"

"Oh, it's fine…" Pyroar replied, still eyeing Dewott warily. "I was just wondering if you knew where Vaporeon was…"

"And...why do you want to know?" asked Mismagius.

"Could you please just tell me?" he asked exasperatedly. "I've been looking for you and her for almost fifteen minutes now. I just want to talk to her…"

Upon hearing that phrase and sensing his body language, Dewott actually let up and smirked to himself, knowing what the lion was planning to do.

"Well, she's at the pool in the rec center, but-"

Pyroar had already started running to the rec center.

"What the hell was that all about?" asked Mismagius.

"I have no idea…" Skuntank replied.

Dewott just shook his head with a smirk.

-000-

Pyroar made his way to the rec center. Upon going inside, he saw numerous other contestants inside in the different courts and overhead on the track. He honestly hadn't seen that many people in there before…

He started heading to the back and entered the pool area. Immediately upon exiting, he was able to see Vaporeon climbing out of the pool. In his eyes, it was in slow motion and he was able to focus on all of her curves as the water dripped off of her body. He couldn't help but stare as the Eeveelution stretched and as she looked up, she recoiled from surprise.

"Oh...hi Pyroar", she greeted with a smile.

"Hey there, Vaporeon", he replied, returning her smile. "How're you doing?"

"I'm fine…" she responded as she sat down. "You?"

"Same…" he replied. There was a bit of an awkward silence between them, during which Vaporeon got a better view of Pyroar's body and blushed a bit.

Seeing the blush, Pyroar smiled and took a few steps toward her. "So uh...what do you like to do?"

"Well, I'm into plays and acting…but I guess you already know because of the previous challenges…" she said sheepishly.

Pyroar chuckled. "That's no problem…"

"Well, other than that, I like to cook, sometimes I read, I write my own plays sometimes…" she listed.

"Wait, you write your own? That's impressive", he said genuinely. The most accomplishing things that he could recall for himself were winning a coloring contest in 4th grade and being a bottom to two male Machamp and a female Persian all at the same time.

"Yeah, I guess...but it's just a hobby…" she said bashfully. "I'm sure that you have hobbies more interesting…"

"Well...I'll be honest...I don't do much of anything aside from a few sports…" he replied. "Hope I don't sound too stereotypical…"

Vaporeon giggled and took a few steps forward of her own. "No, you're too nice. If you were a jackass, then it'd be stereotypical."

The two of them exchanged smiles, wagging their tails slowly.

"Hey, um...I know this is gonna sound a bit weird, but...do you want to-"

"CANNONBALL!"

Pangoro jumped off of the roof and landed in the pool, splashing the two of them. Vaporeon scoffed, while Pyroar shivered immediately.

"Damn it, Pangoro!" Vaporeon exclaimed with a glare.

"What? It's not my fault that pussy cat is scared of water", Pangoro replied.

Vaporeon turned back around and saw that Pyroar had left. She sighed; she couldn't really blame him, he was a Fire-type after all.

"Aw, you wouldn't want a wuss like that anyway. I saw that look in your eyes you gave him…" pangoro said as he dove underwater. Vaporeon growled and used Ice Beam, freezing the pool solid and trapping Pangoro under.

She then entered the rec center to see if she could find Pyroar again.

000

Pangoro was shivering; his body had a blue tint and his ears had miniature icicles. "F-fucking b-bitch…"

000

Cubchoo was heading out of her team's apartment when she smelled smoke. She covered her nose immediately and started looking for the source. She started looking around and started going around her apartment. Upon making it behind the building, Cubchoo saw something that surprised her.

She saw Ursaring sitting against the back wall of the Enteis' apartment. He was smoking a cigarette with a gloomy, distant look in his eyes. She would have approached him, but she knew that he wouldn't do anything but insult her more.

She instead walked forward and hid behind a metal trash can, watching him intently. He brought the cigar to his lips again before blowing out the smoke with his eyes closed. "Pull yourself together...mom is going to be fine…" he whispered to himself. "Just win this fucking game…" he muttered. "These other fucks won't get in your way. Just calm down and keep doing what you need to…"

The jerky bear rose up and puffed on the cigarette a bit more before dropping it and stepping on it. He started heading back toward the front of the apartments through the side alley.

Cubchoo was surprised to see that the usually brash, aggressive bear was actually looking worried.

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

Cubchoo sighed and started walking back toward the front.

000

Everyone returned to the front of the apartments.

"Alright, who's excited for the next challenge?!"

There was silence for a while.

"Is that a trick question?" asked Milotic.

"OKAY!" Suicune said. "Today's challenges are based off of the film Jurassic Park!"

"Oh great...and I'm guessing that this means we have to do shit with fossils?" Dusclops asked sardonically.

"You are actually correct, Dusclops…" Raikou stated with a glare. "Fossils ARE involved in this challenge…"

"And let me guess, we have to go search for them?" asked Jolteon, raising a brow.

"Nope", said Raikou. "Something even more tedious…"

"What can be more tedious than walking around aimlessly and hoping for the best?" asked Bronzor.

000

Everyone was standing in front of a colossal sandbox. The sandbox's length and width were both 200 feet, causing a few of the contestants to gape in shock.

"Now...the object of this first challenge is to retrieve your fossils from this sandbox, but there's a catch…" Entei started.

"That's right. This is a relay race", Raikou added. "Each team will choose three players to participate. These players will then jump in at the same time and try to find a single fossil. Once a player finds a fossil, that counts as a point for your team."

"And of course, once that player is done, the next player goes in and it continues", Suicune added. "The team with the most fossils will win an advantage in the next part of the challenge."

"AND, as an extra challenge…"

Raikou picked up a nearby stick and tossed it into the sandbox, where it slowly sank on contact. This shocked everyone.

"Wait, that's QUICKSAND?!" Cherrim exclaimed.

"Yep…" said Entei. "Emphasis on quick…"

"Huh, that's weird considering that we still see the stick sinking…" Blissey commented.

The hosts turned around and saw that she was correct. Entei growled.

"Okay, how about we add some cement to it?"

"NO!"

"Then shut your traps and don't question me!"

"Whatever you say, DICK-tator…" Drilbur said before getting punched in the arm by Flygon.

000

"Hey, you had to admit that it was funny, right?" Drilbur asked the camera.

000

"Alright, now that we've gotten our daily outburst from the choleric co-host…can we just prepare for the challenge?" asked Breloom, annoyed with the perpetual blusters.

"We were just about to get to that…" said Raikou. "Go ahead and choose your three retrievers. You have just five minutes..."

000

"Alright, I think-"

"No, you don't get to suggest anything!" Typhlosion growled. "Last time you did, we fucking lost. Anyone wanna just volunteer?"

"I'll do it!" Drilbur said. " Sand is no big deal for me…"

"Same here", Tyranitar said with a smile. "And it'll take longer for me to sink!"

"Well, that's two…" said Farfetch'd. "Flygon, you're the last ground-type we have. You gonna do it?"

"Well, I might as well since you've pointed that out now…" Flygon said begrudgingly.

"Alright, that wasn't so hard now was it?" Delibird asked.

-000-

"I'll go! I'm a ground-type anyway!" Wooper said cheerily.

"Well, that was easy…" said Jolteon, returning the smile the mud fish gave.

"Hmm...I volunteer the bowling ball…" Ursaring said, making Quilladin groan to himself. "I'm really getting tired of this…"

"Your vote doesn't count…" Breloom said, defending him again.

Ursaring groaned. "For fuck's sake, you're always defending that useless ball of waste...GET OVER IT AND LET HIM PROVE HIMSELF!"

"Why the hell am I the only one who has to prove himself all of a sudden?!" Quilladin exclaimed.

"Because out of everyone here, you and Cherrim are the most expendable and Cherrim is a girl" Ursaring explained. "She's fucking useless, too, but I don't…" he stopped himself. "Just deal with it!"

"Instead of volunteering other people...why the hell don't you do it yourself?!" Breloom exclaimed with a glare.

Ursaring sneered. "Child's play sweetheart…"

"SWEETHEART!?"

"Okay, I'll just say that I'm going so that this conversation can be over…" said Houndoom.

Absol rolled her eyes. "Figures…"

Houndoom growled, as Mightyena sighed.

-000-

"Just have three ground-types go and we'll be set…" said Skuntank.

"Exactly…" said Eelektrik. "So Garchomp, Gligar, and Piloswine…you three are the main ones…"

"Of course…" Garchomp muttered, rolling her eyes.

"Um...I'm not sure if I'm comforta-" Gligar started before being picked up by Pangoro.

The Daunting Pokemon glowered. "You're doing it…"

Gligar gulped. "S-Sure…"

Dewott scowled upon seeing the panda drop the Fly Scorpion Pokemon. He couldn't stand bullies or jerks. He wanted to physically harm Pangoro, but he restrained himself.

"Alright, we've got our three…" said Bronzor. "I hope you three can find things fast…"

-000-

"Okay, your five minutes are up…" Raikou said. "Send forward your first players..."

Between the three that were chosen from each team, it took a while for them to decide who was going first. Eventually, the hosts grew agitated and decided to just choose for them.

"You guys are seriously making this more difficult than it has to be…" Suicune commented. "So, Gligar, Houndoom, and Tyranitar, you guys are going first."

Gligar groaned upon hearing who he was going against. "FML…"

"So, after them, Piloswine, Ursaring, and Flygon will go…" said Raikou. "And I think you guys have enough common sense to know who goes after them."

"Now, Tyranitar, Gligar, Houndoom, you guys get into the sandbox and we'll let you know when you can begin", said Suicune.

The guys exchanged looks of unsurety.

000

The three guys were now in the sandbox, slowly sinking.

"Y'know if this was a mud pit and we were surrounded by only girls, we could make a fortune…" Gligar commented, causing a couple of guys to snicker.

"That'd only work if you were wrestling, which you're not", Entei said. "Though, that would be interesting~"

"Okay guys, remember, find your fossils and get out of there so that your next teammate can go", said Raikou.

"Are they allowed to fight over the fossils?" asked Umbreon, gaining a sneer.

"If they choose to…" said Entei.

Ursaring smirked. "Good to know…"

Piloswine gulped, while Flygon rolled his eyes.

"I hope they realize that they'll only sink up to their waists or halfway…" Shellder commented to himself. "As long as they don't panic or move too fast or sporadically, they should be fine…"

"Alright, the challenge starts in 3...2...1...START!"

-000-

The three of them immediately began searching through the quicksand; it was difficult considering the quicksand was still slowly sinking them.

Tyranitar decided to use his large size to his advantage, walking along the edges of the sandbox to feel around.

Houndoom was trying to move quickly and feel around, pulling his paws up to sift through the sand. He continued walking around, raising his paws up to avoid sinking quickly.

Gligar was moving slowly, as his legs were already under the sand. "This sucks", he groaned. "Literally…"

Houndoom felt something in the area he was in and tried to pull it up. Eventually, he pulled it up, his arms covered in the sand.

He swept some of it off, only to see that it was a normal rock. He gaped. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Oh, we forgot to mention that there's gonna be some regular rocks in there to throw you off", said Entei.

"THANKS!" Gligar exclaimed, flailing as he was now up to his arms. He continued his way towards the middle of the sandbox, hoping that something was there. On his way, he stubbed his toe-claw on something, causing him to recoil in pain and jump, which only caused him to sink lower. He growled.

"How does this shit even work?! Are they on different levels of sand or something?!"

"You tell us…" said Suicune with a grin.

Tyranitar was on the back edge of the sandbox, still walking along them, using his large feet to feel around and progressively sinking. He was getting rather annoyed and a bit nervous as he found himself sinking lower the more he walked. He then realized something. He grabbed the sandbox border and started pulling himself back up.

"NICE SAVE, SWEETIE!" Typhlosion cheered.

Gligar and Houndoom looked at Tyranitar and saw that he was back up, but his body was half soppy and covered it sand particles.

Houndoom looked around his area and he started moving toward the border to the left of him. Gligar saw that Houndoom was moving as almost his entire body was engulfed. He reached out his claw as the hellhound moved past him. All he would have to do was stop panicking.

He grabbed Houndoom's tail, causing the Dark and Fire-type to yelp and growl back at him. He then saw the predicament he was in and kept moving. The over 100lb Fly Scorpion Pokemon slowly found himself being dragged by the lighter canine.

"Hey, that's not-"

"Shut the hell up!" Lairon exclaimed.

Houndoom made it to the border and started pulling himself up, using it for better leverage. Gligar came up a bit, spitting out sand from being dragged from where he was to there. He shuddered. "This quicksand tastes like oatmeal, feet, and desperation."

"How do ye be knowin' what feet tastes like?" Clawitzer inquired with a perplexed look.

"I plead the fifth", Gligar responded as he pulled himself up slowly using the border.

He turned back around and started moving a bit better while sinking again. He started trying to pick up and move the sand to find the fossils faster.

Tyranitar felt something hit his feet. He reached down into the quicksand and slowly pulled out a stone. He flipped it around to check it and saw that it had a shell shape jutting out of it.

"And Tyranitar finds a Cover Fossil!" Raikou announced. "That's one point for the Raikous…"

Tyranitar immediately pulled himself up a bit and rolled himself out of the sandbox with the fossil. Luxray moved a bit forward with a smirk, getting an idea.

"Luxray, don't even think about it!" Mightyena growled with a playful glare.

"I agree", said Suicune. "The only ones allowed to do this challenge are the ones you chose. You can't give them any help…"

"Hey, you didn't say that before!" Popplio reminded, glaring.

"Well we just did", said Entei. "No outside help!"

Luxray groaned, rolling his eyes as he moved away from the sandbox.

"What were you about to do?" asked Spheal.

"I was trying to get a view of the sandbox so that I can see where all of the fossils were", Luxray explained.

"Damn it! We forgot you had x-ray vision", Lanturn cursed.

"Correction, YOU all did", Blissey said. "I was actually going to suggest Luxray for this to show his usefulness, but...you didn't want any of my suggestions…"

"You're talking out of your ass, again…" said Drilbur. "I suggest a buttplug to keep it quiet…"

Blissey gaped in shock before growling with a glower.

000

"Okay, looks like we're going for Drilbur the next time we lose", Blissey commented. "That mouth of his needs to stay closed!"

000

While they argued, before Flygon began to enter, Salandit licked her lips and used her pheromones from behind him. Flygon smelled a sweet scent and felt a bit woozy. "W-What the-" he started.

"Look Timmy, a sandbox!"

Flygon took a deep breath. "Sandbox!" a child's voice exclaimed as Flygon flew inside of the sandbox. Salandit giggled.

000

"Drilbur was very informative. Who knew that someone having a family with a history of mental instability and violence would be very beneficial for me?" Salandit inquired rhetorically.

000

Houndoom started digging more, throwing some sand out of the box. He started moving more graciously until he felt some resistance in the directional path he was going in. He picked up the thing blocking his way and saw that it was another stone, but this time it had a spiral figure extending from it.

"Houndoom finds the Helix Fossil!"

000

"PRAISE HELIX!" Swirlix exclaimed with a smile.

000

Houndoom made it back to a border and hopped out, but resistance caused him to fumble and land on his stomach. He groaned.

"That's one point for us", Absol said, smiling at seeing Houndoom's pain.

Ursaring immediately got inside and started heading towards Gligar with a grin. Gligar was reaching down and effectively pulled out a rock. He was about to check it, but Ursaring picked him up and tossed him further back in the box, taking his rock in the process.

Ursaring looked over the rock and saw that it just that, a rock. He growled and threw the rock out of the sandbox, striking Quilladin.

000

"WHY?!" Quilladin exclaimed, a bandage over his nose.

000

Flygon, or Timmy, was trying to make a sand castle in the sandbox, completely ignoring the challenge.

"Flygon! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Blissey exclaimed.

"Sandcastles!"

"Damn it…" Drilbur growled. "He's Timmy!"

"Timmy?" asked Dragonite.

"I don't have time explain", Drilbur said. "Just know that when he's like this, he is completely sensitive, easily distracted, and child-like. "

"And since you can't go in and smack him out of it...we're screwed…right?" asked Farfetch'd

"Most likely…" said Drilbur.

Flygon was still making sandcastles as Gligar made it to the border and pulled himself back up. He glared at Ursaring in annoyance. He sighed and went back into the sand, actually losing his balance and landing face first into the sand.

Ursaring was digging furiously, throwing sand out of the way in order to find a fossil. After a while of searching, he ended up feeling something hard. He yanked the item upwards and found that it was just another rock.

He threw the rock towards Flygon, striking him in the head, and knocking him out.

"Flygon!" Drilbur exclaimed.

Umbreon laughed. "Looks like you guys are screwed."

Gligar rose up, pulling out a stone with what looked like a root jutting out of it.

"Gligar snags the Root Fossil!"

Upon hearing that, Ursaring immediately turned around with a growl, which Gligar immediately noticed. He immediately started charging a Hyper Beam as Gligar screamed and slowly ran towards the border.

Ursaring blasted the Hyper Beam, hitting Gligar and sending him out of the sandbox, luckily still with the Root Fossil in his claws.

"Thanks for the help, Ursaring", Suicune thanked. "That's one point for my team!"

"Nice job, dumbass!" Espeon exclaimed.

"Shut up, bitch!" Ursaring growled, throwing sand out in her direction.

Flygon groaned as he slowly rose up. His body was halfway sunken in the quicksand. He growled before taking a breath and flapping his wings up harshly, getting himself out of the area.

"Now, who's the dirty low down piece of trash that knocked me out, huh?" Flygon questioned.

"The only other person in there with ya, Virgil..." Drilbur said.

"Hey! They said no help!"

"NOTHING FOSSIL RELATED WAS REVEALED, SHUT YOUR TRAPS!" Delcatty exclaimed.

Flygon turned to Ursaring with a glare as Piloswine entered the sandbox. The Swine Pokemon was very nervous upon entering, not wanting to be attacked by anyone. He slowly started moving, sinking slowly as he did so.

As he moved across the box, he stopped upon seeing Ursaring be blasted across. "Well...uh…"

Flygon reached underneath the sand and pulled out a rock. He growled and threw it to the side before continuing to search.

"Hey, he's not trying to murder everyone, so that's a good thing…" said Meganium.

"Yeah, but he's still not himself!"

"I don't buy his act…" said Gothitelle. "I mean, seriously? People with MPD or whatever you choose to call it have to go through a severe amount of trauma in their lives. Flygon's usually normal and sometimes as cheery as Spheal. I think he's faking it. Especially since apparently this 'personality' isn't doing what it normally does…"

"Hey, he's not always like that. You don't know what's happened in his life…" Typhlosion said with a glare.

"Or he's just got you all fooled…" Gothitelle continued. "People pretend to be sick for attention just like how people need to have something to believe and blame if something good or bad happens. Example: still thinking Arceus is god…"

"Gothitelle...stop talking...forever", Farfetch'd said gripping his stalk agitatedly.

Flygon pulled out another stone, this time one that had a frilly sail in it.

"Flygon procures the Sail Fossil. That's two points for my team!" Raikou said with a smile.

Flygon got out of the sandbox with a grin, which disappeared once he was smacked by Drilbur. He took a breath and groaned

"Fuck my life…" he groaned, rubbing his temples.

"Alright, looks like it's my time to shine…" Drilbur said as he got into the sandbox.

Piloswine was sinking more and growled. He continued pushing the sand, eventually pushing up a stone with a claw inside of it.

"Piloswine has the Claw Fossil!"

Ursaring got up upon hearing that fired a Focus Blast at Piloswine, knocking him Drilbur. Ursaring pulled himself upwards out of the sand before rushing towards the fossil as it slowly sank back down. He was sinking, himself, but he eventually made it to it and tossed it out.

"And Ursaring snags the Claw Fossil from Piloswine, so point two for my team", Entei gloated.

Drilbur dug himself out of the quicksand quickly as Wooper dove into the quicksand. The mud fish didn't worry about sinking because he could reemerge.

Piloswine got back onto his feet as he sunk a bit more. He groaned as he did and saw Ursaring slowly moving to the right border. He used Ice Beam on the bear, freezing him in place.

Doing that gave him an idea. He immediately froze the the quicksand. After doing so, he hopped up and used a weak Earth Power, causing the quicksand to rumble and explode slightly, sending the rocks and fossils upwards. However, his ice didn't crack.

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

"A smart move!" Leafeon giggled.

Wooper was under the ice and rose out of the quicksand to see that the fossils and rocks were on the surface, but sinking again.

He quickly swam towards the nearest one. He picked one with a tail feather on it and used Iron Tail to shatter the ice in his area. He cracks and headbutted himself out, tossing the fossil out.

"And Wooper gets the Plume Fossil!"

"Three points for me, ha!" Entei laughed.

"Not so fast, ya big pussy!" Drilbur said as he slid across the ice and entered the hole Wooper made.

Houndoom got back into the sandbox as Piloswine started jumping in his area to crack his ice and retrieve a fossil underneath him. Houndoom used Flamethrower, melting the ice. The added water caused the quicksand to become more liquidy, as it was presently more granular.

The fossils immediately sank faster, but not fast enough, as Drilbur grabbed one and made his way out of the sandbox.

"Drilbur gets the Old Amber!" Raikou laughed. "Point three for my team!"

"PILOSWINE! GET YOUR ASS IN GEAR!" Milotic exclaimed.

Piloswine had procured a fossil with a rounded top and spikes around it and was heading out of the sandbox.

"Piloswine gets the Skull Fossil!" Suicune announced. "My team gets their second point. HURRY UP!"

Garchomp went inside immediately and knocked Houndoom back she started sinking quicker and moved to where she remembered seeing another fossil.

Tyranitar got back in, only for Garchomp to try and attack him with Dragon Pulse. Tyranitar used Dark Pulse to block it and slowly made it to an area near the left edge.

Garchomp pulled out a fossil with a jaw extending from it and tossed it out.

"Garchomp snags the Jaw Fossil! Three points for the Suicunes!" Suicune exclaimed with a smile.

"Two fossils remaining!"

"Nope, just...one!" Tyranitar said as he pulled out another fossil, this one having a curved appearance.

"And Tyranitar grabs the Dome Fossil!" Raikou exclaimed. "That's four points for my team!"

"Wait, this is gonna end up being a two way tie!" Vaporeon said.

"Then you'd better hope your team doesn't lose…" Entei said with a grin.

"Gligar, dude, you gotta get back in there!" Tepig urged. "We might lose this!"

"Guys, I'm not good in here!" Gligar exclaimed. "You saw how long it took me!"

Gligar found himself being picked up. "No excuses!" Pangoro exclaimed as he threw him back into the sandbox at the same time Flygon got back inside.

Houndoom was digging frantically and moving around at the same time, trying to find the fossil as Gligar got up and spat out more sand. "I hate my life…"

Flygon decided to take Piloswine's example and used Earth Power. The quicksand rumbled before exploding with heat. Houndoom was thrown out while Gligar wasn't affected due to him being a Flying-type. He did, however, get hit in the face with the last fossil.

"Hey!" he exclaimed, seeing it. He picked it up and tossed it out.

"That's four points for my team!" Suicune cheered. "Looks like the Enteis lose this first challenge!"

Entei growled as Houndoom got out of the sandbox with an irritated expression.

"You did your best, partner…" Grovyle said with a smile.

Houndoom smiled.

"His best? Ha!" Ursaring laughed. "He let himself get knocked out and barely payed attention when the fossils were risen."

"Yeah, he pretty much just cost us this challenge…" Absol added with a small smirk.

Houndoom glared daggers at her. "At least I actually volunteered to try and help, bitch…" he growled.

"Alright, let's move on to the next challenge!"

000

Everyone was inside of a museum set. There were three sets of red rope on the ground, as well as numerous bones.

"Alright, welcome to your next challenge!" Raikou started. "Assembling a Fossil Pokemon skeleton!"

"You've gotta be kidding…" Servine commented, gaping in shock.

"There are like over a hundred bones in an average Pokemon. This is gonna take forever!"

"You didn't even hear the explanation yet…" Entei stated. "Maybe bitch AFTER you get all of your information…"

Everyone remained silent, though they glared and sighed, looking at Entei before turning to Raikou and Suicune.

"Now, each fossil has between 20 to 50 pieces. The goal is to simply construct one the fastest…" Suicune explained. "The team that does so the fastest gets an advantage in the last challenge…"

"And speaking of advantages...what happens since there was a tie?" asked Delibird.

"We're glad you asked", said Raikou as Entei roared softly. He moved over to a rather large, clear area that had two separate piles of bones, along with a bottle of bone glue next to each of them. "As you can see, there are two sets of bones here…"

"Yeah...but there are three teams…" Lairon said.

"Nice observation…" Dusclops commented.

"Shut it…" Lairon retorted.

"Well, there are only two piles of piles because the last pile…"

A Machamp came in holding a rather large, cylindrical case. He put it down next to Raikou as Suicune up next to him. The Enteis' bones were already inside of the cylinder.

"...is in this…"

"And why the hell are our bones in there?" asked Goodra.

"Because you lost, duh…" Eelektrik commented.

"I think she means, 'why the cylinder, exactly'?" Zangoose clarified.

"Does it matter? Our teammates' poor performances made us lose, so I don't think questioning it is going to change anything!" Type: Null exclaimed.

"Ugh...we were doing so well…" Delphox groaned. "Couldn't you have kept your mouth closed?"

"And me doing so caused us to lose. I wonder what that means…" she said questioningly.

"It means nothing. Now shut your ass up…please", Jolteon growled.

"Now, it is in this cylinder because you all will have to retrieve them without smashing it…" Suicune said. "And…"

She began using Hydro Pump inside of the cylinder after jumping up and standing on its edge. The Enteis gaped as Suicune filled the cylinder all the way to the top, none of the bones floating to the top like they normally would.

"Wait...why aren't floating?"

"Because they each have stings tying them down", Raikou chuckled. "You guys have to figure out a way to get them all out and still assemble your skeleton like the others…"

"This is bullshit!" Breloom exclaimed.

"Well then you shouldn't have LOST!" Entei roared angrily.

"Yep, and since there was a tie for first, instead of an advantage for the winners, we have to do a disadvantage for the losers", Raikou explained. "Now, like we said, the team that assembles their skeletons the fastest will win the advantage in the next challenge."

"Now, you can't use any psychic or ghostly influence to assemble the skeleton in an instant and sabotage is NOT allowed across teams, so feel free to take your bones as far away from each other as possible…" Suicune explained.

"Wait, so are all of the skeletons the same, or do we each have different ones?" asked Tropius.

"Where's the challenge if we tell you and you instantly figure out what you need to put where?" asked Raikou. "Now, challenge begin!"

000

"Alright, what does the skull look like?" asked Pyroar. "It's the easiest way to find out what skeleton we're assembling…"

Dragonite sifted through the bones, eventually finding the skull at the bottom. It was large and rather flat on the sides with a large forehead extending outwards in the middle. There were four sockets in the skull, too.

"Well, looks like we've got a Kabutops…" said Clawitzer. "I recognize them sockets anywhere…"

"Huh. That explains the scythes…" said Blissey, picking up two bony scythes.

"Alright guys, no goofing around. If we want to win the advantage, we have to focus…" Typhlosion said.

"Fine, I guess we can throw you a bone", Drilbur said with a chuckle, causing Typhlosion to glare at him. That gaze immediately made him gulp in nervousness.

"Like I said….FOCUS…"

"Okay, I think we need to separate all of bones so that we have a better view…" said Lanturn. "That way, assembling them will be a piece of cake…"

"That could work!" said Tyranitar.

"Yeah, organization always works…" said Shellder. "Let's get these things set up."

000

The Suicunes remained in the area of the museum they arrived in. "Okay, judging by the skull's spikes, I say we have a Rampardos…" Bronzor said.

"And how are we supposed to know where all of the parts of its skeleton go?" asked Gligar.

"If we know what a Rampardos looks like, we should be fine…"

"You act like we know what goes on inside of them…" said Mandibuzz.

"You know how an average Pokemon body functions right? I know most of you have taken at least one anatomy class in school…" Bronzor said exasperatedly.

"I'm homeschooled…" Leafeon said softly.

There was silence.

"Well, uh...other than Leafeon…" said Bronzor.

"Basically, all we have to do is assemble it like a normal body…" said Honchkrow as he used his talons to dig through the pile. He eventually found a foot and placed it vertically on the ground.

"That's one foot...I thought you said a whole body…" Mandibuzz stated.

Honchkrow gave her a look; he didn't even respond.

"Here's the other foot…" Cubchoo said, picking it up and moving it to the side of the other foot.

"Well, Rampardos have somewhat thick thighs…" Manectric commented as he picked up a bone in his jaw.

"How many bones do we have?" asked Mismagius.

Charizard started counting them, eventually coming to a conclusion. "25…"

"Wow, that's pretty low…" Skuntank expressed with a smile.

"Yeah. And since all of the skeletons are different, hopefully the other teams have more!" Gulpin said.

"Less talking more putting together…" Pangoro said as he sat down and pressed random bones together in hopes of them staying together.

"Please put those bones down…" said Milotic.

000

The Enteis were just staring at the tube full of water, their bones sitting at the bottom of it.

"So...what are we gonna do now?" asked Zebstrika, looking at the others.

"Oh I don't know...it's not like we have a WATER-TYPE…" Umbreon exclaimed, gesturing to Wooper.

"Exactly…" Dusclops said. "Plus, it's easier that way, because all Wooper would have to do is go down and grab the bones in a specific order so that we can assemble it easier."

"Wow, you're actually being useful…" said Braviary. "That's surprising…"

"What have you done that has been impactful?" Dusclops retorted. "Nothing? Exactly…"

"Wooper, you up for it?" asked Goodra.

"Definitely!" Wooper said cheerily.

Braviary scooped up Wooper and got him on his back. He flew upwards and stopped at the top. Wooper walked onto Braviary's wing and jumped into the cylinder. Wooper swam up on the surface. "So which ones do I get?"

"Alright, grab the bones that look like feet, first!" Grovyle said. "We need to start from the bottom…"

"On it!" Wooper replied as he dove down.

"We may actually have a chance!" Mightyena said with a smile.

Wooper made it to the bottom and saw the strings on each of the bones. He didn't have any arms to cut them, so he faced a bit of an issue.

He started swimming back up. His head emerged. "I don't have anything to cut the strings with!"

"Come on, the strings can't be that hard to snap!" Ursaring growled. "Use those dumb things on your head!"

Wooper sighed and dove back down. He got close to the bones and started using his gills to nick at the strings. He was successful, as after her cut the strings, all of the bones started floating to the top.

Wooper swam back up once they were all lose. He nudged the bones out of the way so he could get his head through.

"You idiot, we wanted you to go slow with it and do it one at a time!" Espeon exclaimed.

"Well, sorry…" Wooper said sarcastically. "They were too close together!"

"It's okay Wooper, you did a good job…" said Servine.

"Thanks. Now, uh...could I get a little bit of help out of here?" he asked. "That's a pretty big drop…"

"Really Wooper?" Braviary asked. "You, Swirlix, and Spheal were content with jumping off of a building on the first few days, but now this is a problem?"

"That was different! There was a cushion at the bottom!"

Braviary, as well as a few of the girls, chuckled. Braviary flew up and extended his wing, allowing Wooper to bite it gently. Braviary lifted him up before flying back to the ground and allowing him to land normally.

"Alright, now we need to get those bones…" said Zangoose.

Hawlucha jumped up onto the rim of the tube and started tossing the bones out of the water.

"Well, this is going to be a disaster…" Froslass said.

000

"And...there", said Noibat as she moved an arm bone to a certain area on the floor.

The skeleton was spread on the ground and looked very...disfigured. The skull, neck, and scythes were fine, but the ribs looked crooked and upside down, some spikes were in questionable places, and the arm and leg bones looked very disjointed and wrong.

"Uh...I don't think this is right…" said Meganium, looking over the skeleton.

"Yeah, this just looks….pretty crazy…" Tropius added.

"Well, can we get someone to actually set the skeleton straight, then?" asked Blissey. "I mean, there's no point in crying over spilled milk if you're able to get more…"

Dragonite decided to take the initiative and started moving the bones around. He had a decent knowledge of anatomy, so he had to make sure all of the bones fit looked accurate.

"So, once he has it corrected 'n laid out fer us, we just glue them together, right?" Clawitzer asked.

"Yep…" said Shellder before he started looking around. He grew suspicious and more nervous than usual. "Uh...g-guys? Where'd the glue go?"

"What do you mean?" asked Typhlosion. "It should still be ar-"

She turned around, looking on the ground where the glue once sat and then looking around the area's floor. She growled, her neck catching alight. "Those bastards are going to PAY!"

"Typhlosion…calm down…" Tyranitar said, placing his arms around her waist.

"What do you mean, 'calm down'?" Typhlosion growled. "Those bastards stole our bone glue! How are we supposed to be able to finish this challenge!?"

"I doubt they'd really do it. They said no sabotage…" said Farfetch'd. "If they decided to go through with it, they'd definitely have repercussions."

"Farfetch'd is right", said Gothitelle. "Perhaps we've simply misplaced it…"

Lanturn gave her an untrusting glare. She, Blissey, and Noibat talked down about veterans, now all of a sudden she's agreeing with one? Blissey seemed to have a neutral expression, but Lanturn noticed a partial smile appearing on her lips.

"Blissey...where is it?" she asked threateningly.

"Where's what?"

"The glue for the challenge…" Lanturn specified, holding a glare.

"And why are you accusing me out of everyone else?" Blissey asked, feigning innocence.

"Uh...Lanturn, I don't think you should-" Meganium started.

"Because you, Noibat, and Gothitelle are the reason we lost the last challenge!" Lanturn exclaimed.

Immediately, almost everyone gained a shocked expression except for the ones who knew and the ones in Lanturn's alliance.

"Excuse me. Why the hell are you blaming me?"

"Yeah, where's your proof?" asked Gothitelle. "You're automatically blaming us when there are plenty of people here who could have done it."

"I think my proof is the fact that you three were talking shit about the veterans when we were alone looking for props in the last challenge!" Lanturn exclaimed. "You told me and Meganium that you wanted to eliminate the veterans so that us as newcomers have a higher chance!"

"WHAT?!" Almost all of the veterans exclaimed.

"Oh please. Are you just making this up to take the target off your own back?" asked Blissey. "Maybe YOU stole the glue…"

"I HAVE NO REASON TO SABOTAGE!"

"Lanturn, lass, calm yer britches…" Clawitzer urged.

"She has the glue hidden somewhere, I know she does!"

"Sure I do…" Blissey said, rolling her eyes. "You are so desperate to get on the veterans' good side that you're trash talking me just because they don't like me!"

"NO, I AM-"

"Uh...guys, the glues over there", Spheal said, pointing to a pillar with a bottle lying on the ground halfway there.

Lanturn's eyes softened. "Oh…"

"What do you know...LIES…"

Lanturn growled. "Just because you didn't try and hide the glue doesn't mean you're not up to no good. Meganium can back me up. She was there."

All eyes immediately went to Meganium, who sunk down out of nervousness.

"Well, Meganium? Is what Lanturn claiming true?" asked Tyranitar.

"Well, yeah...but-"

"Blissey, the next time we lose. You. Are. GONE!" Typhlosion growled. "And that goes for you two, too…" she said, glaring at Noibat and Gothitelle.

Blissey rolled her eyes as Lanturn held a look of accomplishment.

"It's a good strategy and you all know it…" Blissey commented. "You act like I'm actually going to do something when it's just a strategy…"

"You're against fellow teammates…" Flygon stated. "Strategy or not, that makes you untrustworthy…"

"You have multiple personalities. If anything, YOU are untrustworthy!" Blissey retorted.

"LOOK!" Luxray roared, getting everyone's attention. "I get that there's an issue...but we need to focus on the fucking challenge!"

"I agree…" said Spiritomb. "We don't need to be arguing. We'll deal with it later…"

Blissey glared at him. She was tempted to snitch on him, as well as Salandit, Delibird, and Shedinja, but she had a feeling they wouldn't believe her.

"Fine…" Typhlosion growled. "But Blissey...just know that you are-"

"Gone, yeah yeah yeah…" Blissey muttered, rolling her eyes. "Like Luxray said, we need to focus. I mean, unless you guys are gonna try and lose on purpose..."

"We're not dumb…" Drilbur said with a glare.

Salandit giggled to herself upon hearing that.

"Let's just move on...please…"

000

"Alright...this wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be…" said Garchomp as she made sure the leg was steady on their skeleton.

The legs, sides, and ribs were all set up and shaping up to be a decent Rampardos.

"Yeah, I'll admit...this is actually kinda fun…" said Lairon as she picked up a couple of skinny bones in her mouth.

"Yeah, this is actually pretty g-g-" Tepig started as he prepared to sneeze as he got closer to it.

"NOOO!" Eelektrik exclaimed as he floated toward him and wrapped his head with his body.

Tepig's sneeze seemingly stopped once he did that. Upon feeling nothing against his body, Eelektrik sighed in relief.

"Uh...was that really necessary?" asked Shieldon, giving the eel a heckling look, his eyes blinking rather quickly. "This thing is CUNT FUCK glued. I don't think-PUSSY SMOKE BITCH!"

He groaned as everyone . "Smoke won't hurt it…"

Suddenly, Tepig sneezed, launching Eelektrik off of his face and sending him around the legs of the skeleton. The skeleton tipped over, but the bones stayed in place. Eelektrik groaned. "You were saying…"

"That...was a close one…" said Vaporeon as Charizard set the skeleton back upright.

"Let's just finish this thing before something screws us over for real…" Bronzor said.

Haxorus got the arm bones from Lairon and proceeded to glue them to the sides of a shoulder bone.

"Alright, we're almost there", said Skuntank. "Just the tail, the skull, the other arm bones, and the hands…"

"And...where the heck are they?"

A belch was heard and immediately everyone turned to Gulpin and Piloswine with agitated looks. Piloswine was passed his gaze to Gulpin, who groaned.

"Do not tell me….that you just ATE OUR BONES!" Garchomp growled angrily.

"Uh...okay...I won't…" Gulpin said.

"Way to go you fat blob! You just cost us the challenge!" Bronzor exclaimed.

"How? I'm just hungry…"

"We needed those bones...FOR THE CHALLENGE!" Mandibuzz squawked.

"Uh...okay?" Gulpin asked, sincerely confused.

Dewott twitched and took a shell off of his waist, turning it into a sword. Skuntank saw this and immediately took it away with her mouth.

"No, no, let him do it", Pangoro said with a glare. "We need those bones. He ate them, so he's gonna have to sacrifice himself…"

"Wait, what? I didn't eat the bones!" Gulpin said.

"I can vouch for him…" Piloswine said.

"Yeah right…" Manectric said, rolling his eyes.

"Guys, if he said he didn't do it, he didn't do it…" Gligar said.

"Gligar, our bones are gone and he just burped!" Milotic exclaimed.

"That means nothing! He could've just-"

"Guys…" Tepig stated, his voice overshadowed by the outrage of the others.

"Oh please…that bastard could have just…"

"GUYS…" Popplio tried.

"Just cut it out of him!"

"GUYS!" Leafeon exclaimed.

"WHAT?!" almost all of them exclaimed agitatedly, turning back around. Leafeon flinched.

They saw the three of them with the bones, which was shocking,

"HA!" Gulpin laughed before kicking punched by Pangoro. "Ow...What was that for!?"

"For wasting time!" Pangoro exclaimed. "Why the hell did you do that after we wondered where the bones were?"

"I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT OR WHY!"

"Let's just try and finish this stupid thing. It was shit like that that I was trying to avoid…" Bronzor said.

000

"Hmm...it looks like an Armaldo a bit…" Breloom commented.

"No way, it's totally a Carracosta", said Mightyena, looking over it.

"I think that it doesn't fucking matter…" growled Type: Null. "Just stay quiet and get it done!"

"I can take a guess and say that you've never had a boyfriend…" said Absol.

"No, but I know that I'd be able to keep one…" Type: Null retorted.

Absol gaped and growled. "Go fuck yourself!"

"No no, there's no fucking of any type necessary for this challenge or in general unless you're in a relationship…" Servine said, getting tired of hearing that phrase.

Espeon and Umbreon exchanged bashful looks.

"Well, how about everyone just keep their traps shut and keep putting this skeleton together", Ursaring said as he actually worked on the skeleton himself, and it was semi-accurate!

"Um...idiot, you've got the arm bones upside down and in the wrong place…" said Dusclops, seeing that Ursaring had glued the arms to side.

"We don't know what the hell this thing even is!" Goodra blustered. "Where's the skull?"

Houndoom was analyzing the skull on his own. Back at home, he actually had a collection of skulls that he liked to look at.

"Um, devil's advo-shit, can we have the skull please?" Absol asked with a hint of irritation in her voice.

Houndoom didn't respond or react to her; he maintained his focus on the skull, attempting to differentiate between whether it was a Carracosta or Armaldo. He had researched Armaldo skulls before due to him wanting to see if it had sockets due to its eyes being on the sides.

The skull was rounded with a couple of sockets and a semi blunt 'lip'.

"Hey! I asked you-"

"Absol. Calm. Down…" Mightyena said.

"I'll handle this…" Delphox said with a smile, making Jolteon gape and growl softly.

Delphox sauntered over to Houndoom. "Hey, can we get the skull so we can see what this thing it?"

"You can tell by the arms…" Houndoom replied. "Armaldo arms are blunt and kinda like a Kabutops' scythes, Carracosta arms are basically like how human hands worked, just with digits that get increasingly larger and no distinct thumb.

Delphox was surprised to hear that from him. Not only was he hot and aggressive...he was smart?! Houndoom saw her surprised expression and chuckled to himself. "You can go check now…"

"Oh...right", Delphox said, rubbing her arm as she moved back to the others.

000

"Damn it!" Delphox growled. "I'm actually getting more attracted to him! My plan was going to be seduce these guys into doing what I want, but Houndoom is making me lose focus!"

"Hmm...maybe if we actually get together...he'll be fine with letting me do whatever I need to…" she thought before groaning. "What the hell am I thinking about? He's nice; he won't want me to do shit…"

"I need to figure out a way to get him out of my head…"

000

"Well?" asked Breloom.

"He said to check the arms…" Delphox explained.

"What the hell is that gonna do?!" Absol exclaimed. "Their arms are similar!"

"Uh...actuall-" Quilladin started before getting interrupted.

"He said that Carracosta flipper bones have human-like hands with thumbs that are barely noticeable…"

Quilladin sighed. "That's what I was gonna say…" he whispered.

Ursaring looked at the arms he glued to the shoulder and saw that they were sickle-esque. He cursed to himself.

"Y'know, rather than just the arms, I think an identifying factor was the fact that THERE WAS NO SHELL!" Umbreon exclaimed.

"Well what do we do now?" asked Wooper.

"Pues bien, teniendo en cuenta que de pegamento no se sostiene todo el tiempo ..." Hawlucha said approaching the skeleton. He used Karate Chop on both points where the glue was applied, causing both of the bones to break off.

He dusted his hands off.

"Well, that worked…" said Cherrim as she picked up a bony plate with two holes. "Now we have to put this thing over the chest place.

Dusclops groaned. "Great. More work…"

000

"Are we sure that this is where it goes?" asked Salandit as they glued a small rib around the middle of the Kabutops' body. "I think it should be rather lower…"

"Yeah, I think that's better…" said Drilbur as he placed it at the lower area.

"Alright, we're almost done. Just need the neck and skull…"

"Don't forget the rest of the spikes that need to go on the back…" said Spheal, pointing to three discarded spikes.

Tyranitar picked them up and glued them before putting them on the back.

Dragonite placed the skull and neck on the top carefully.

"We did it!" Noibat cheered.

Nobody shared in her joy and instead gave her the same looks they gave Gothitelle and Blissey. She gulped.

000

"I'm not even associated with them anymore! I gotta explain it to them..." Noibat said.

000

"And it looks like the Raikous win!" Raikou announced.

The other teams groaned in annoyance as the Raikous held proud looks.

"Congratulations, you win the advantage in the next challenge!" Entei growled with a grimace.

"Wow, you forced him to say something nice...how quaint", Spiritomb said, chuckling.

"Not as quaint as me shattering that keystone of yours!" Entei blustered.

Spiritomb immediately gulped in fear.

"Alright, onto the next challenge!" Suicune said.

000

On the way to the next location, Noibat flapped down to Lanturn's side as she dragged herself across the lot.

"Lanturn, I need to talk to you…" she stated.

"Well, I don't want to talk to you…" she replied.

"Lanturn, I'm not a bad person. I need you to hear me out…" Noibat said.

Lanturn huffed and stopped. Meganium, who was walking alongside her, stopped as well. "What's up?" asked Meganium before noticing Noibat.

Everyone else passed them by, following the hosts.

"Okay, make it fast, I don't want to hear any lip from any of the hosts for being late…" Lanturn said bluntly.

Meganium was trying to figure out what was going on, but she gained a but of understanding after Noibat started talking.

"Look, I know that it looks like I'm in the same boat as Blissey and Gothitelle, but I'm not!" Noibat said. "They're the ones who sabotaged the challenge last time so that they could get rid of Heliolisk, I didn't have a part when they did it. I knew what happened, but I don't cosign with them. In fact, me and uh..."

"You and who?" asked Meganium, shocked to hear that there were more.

"Ignore it. Just know that me and whoever I'm talking about are no longer in the same alliance as them…"

"And why should we believe you?" asked Lanturn, holding an untrusting look. "You could be tricking us for all we know…"

"For what reason would I have to lie?" Noibat questioned.

"To save your ass from imminent elimination!" Lanturn exclaimed. "You're gonna need a better reason than that."

"Why the hell would I come to you with this information if I wasn't serious?!" Noibat exclaimed.

"She...has a point, Lanturn", Meganium said. "I say that we give her the benefit of the doubt. And if she turns out to be lying, then we do what is necessary."

Lanturn thought about that option. It honestly couldn't hurt. And out of the three, or four apparently, of them, she was definitely the least influential. Gothitelle needed to go first. She sighed. "Fine…"

Noibat sighed. "Thanks so much…"

"Whatever", Lanturn said, rolling her eyes. "You'd better not be lying…"

"I swear I'm not!"

"See that you're not…" Lanturn said. "Now, let's catch back up…"

000

"I don't fully trust Noibat…" said Lanturn. "She worked with Blissey; now, all of a sudden after I give them away, she wants to suddenly give them up and act like she's nothing like them? Just sad…"

"But...I may be wrong…you never know…"

000

Everyone found their way to a lab-like area, where numerous gigantic glass cases were seen smashed.

"What the hell was in he-oh, I get it now…" Popplio said.

"Your next challenge will be an ol' fashioned game of hide and seek…with a twist!"

"Uh...isn't that contradictory?" asked Shellder.

"QUIET!"

Shellder jumped and hid between Tropius' legs.

"Now...the twist of the challenge is….fossil Pokemon will be the ones hunting you down!"

Everyone's eyes widened.

"Wait...so you mean Aerodactyl...Aurorus...TYRANTRUM…"

"Yep...all of the fully evolved fossils…" said Raikou. "And like normal hide-and-seek, the last player standing wins it for their team…"

"Now, the main rule is that you cannot fight back…" said Suicune. "If you get tagged, which includes touching of any kind…"

"No duh…" Drilbur said, rolling his eyes.

"You are out. If you are seen and they get within 3 feet of you...you are out…"

"Are we allowed to help them if we are caught?" asked Delcatty.

"Nope…" Entei replied. "I'm sure they can handle you themselves…"

"Wait, so for the Aurorus and Tyrantrum-"

"Now, Raikous, since you won, you guys will have the ability to have a pardon if you get caught once. Meaning, you basically need to be caught twice in order to be considered out…"

"And ghost-types, don't even think about just turning invisible…" said Entei.

"That's not an advantage, that's an automatic win!" Vaporeon exclaimed. "That's not fair!"

"Yes it is...we won!" Blissey retorted. "Don't be mad because you guys sucked…"

"Blissey, shut it. You don't even deserve to be speaking right now with the bullshit you've pulled…" Farfetch'd stated with a grimace.

Blissey rolled her eyes.

"Alright, no more complaints or questions!" Raikou exclaimed. "Your challenge starts...NOW!"

Immediately, everyone rushed out, leaving Shellder as the last one. He squealed before hopping out after everyone else.

000

Majority of the campers split off into either a nearby set, an apartment, a building replica, or an area around the rec center.

000

Metagross decided to take a smart approach and flew on the roof of the rec center, which already had numerous other boxes and vents on it. Some of the boxes were covered with a brown, dampened tarp, so he simply yanked it off and covered himself with it.

Unbeknownst to him, Garchomp got a glimpse of him going on the roof as she prepared to enter a dumpster. She sneered to herself. That wasn't such a bad idea. Without Charizard around, she didn't feel any sort of anxiety and was able to relax herself a bit, though she still couldn't stop thinking about him. It killed her and annoyed her without end!

She decided to take a similar approach and flew onto the roof of the infirmary building.

"THE POKEMON HAVE BEEN RELEASED! I REPEAT, THE POKEMON HAVE BEEN RELEASED!"

"This place is foolproof…" she said. "Metagross definitely has the right idea…"

"Uh-huh…"

Garchomp gasped upon hearing another voice. Turning around, she growled in furiousness upon seeing Charizard sitting at a far corner of the roof.

"Now, please tell me how this is foolproof if we're in the same location…" Charizard commented.

Garchomp marched over to him angrily. "Get the fuck out of here! The chances of you being here are fucking bullshit and you know it. Out of ALL of these fucking bu-"

Charizard pulled her down and covered her mouth, much to her surprise and shock. "Quiet down…" he growled. "You'll give us away…"

Garchomp wasn't phased; she bit him, causing him to wince and stand up, glaring daggers at her. The two engaged in this glaring contest for what seemed like hours. Eventually realizing that getting into more conflict wouldn't be in the best interest, Charizard sat back down and faced away from her.

Garchomp growled, but then she remembered her talk with Lairon and what Charizard supposedly wanted. He sure wasn't acting like he wanted to make amends. She really didn't want to kiss his ass and suddenly act cordial after this interaction. Nevertheless, she took a deep breath and sat down.

"Charizard…" she said through grit teeth.

"What?" he asked bluntly.

She couldn't say that she didn't expect that response, as she was feeling the same way, but…

"We need to talk…" she said. "According to Lairon and Haxorus, you want to make amends and be allies…"

Charizard's eyes widened in shock. Lairon talking to her actually worked?! He cleared his throat. "Uh...yeah…" he responded, turning around a bit.

Garchomp took a deep breath. "Okay, I kinda agree with you. We're in an alliance, so I don't think we should be so against each other. However, I need you to understand that I don't like you touching me and grabbing me…"

"I know that…" Charizard said calmly. "But when you're compromising a situation or attacking me, you'd better not expect me to just not defend myself or take action…"

Garchomp growled. "Fine…"

"Now, I suggest you sit down and duck, because Aerodactyl and Archeops can still fly…"

Garchomp nodded before noticing a vent. It looked big enough, but apparently Charizard had the same idea, as both of them ran towards it and jumped inside, getting themselves stuck.

"Oh you've gotta-"

000

"-be kidding me…" Dusclops stated as he saw Umbreon sitting inside of an oversized spool in an alley between the sets near the front entrance of the lot.

"Hey, all of the other good spots are probably taken by now!" Umbreon retorted, defending his spot.

"So, you decide to hop into a giant spool out of all of the other possible places?" Dusclops asked, giving him a look. "Prehistoric Pokemon generally have low intelligence if they hadn't already adjusted to modern times and you're worried about them now seeing a black furry back inside of a spool?"

"Dusclops, instead of questioning our spot, why don't you find your own?" asked Espeon, hiding in a vertical sitting spool. "Y'know actually TRY to win…"

"This game is completely idiotic…" Dusclops casually said. "As long as I don't get caught first, I should be fine."

"And where are you going to go?" asked Umbreon. "You standing here is gonna be a dead giveaway!"

Dusclops groaned. "Fine…"

He phased through the side of the building to his right. Once he left, the Umbreon peeked out of the spool, eyeing Espeon other with glistening eyes. Their break had been going on for a while, and honestly, Umbreon could barely contain himself. He thought that he was doing fine, but the fact that she was actually doing better, according to her, and didn't even seem to be bothered about their relationship as of late drove him mad.

He saw that the spool she was in was a bit larger, and her body took about half of the space. He looked around before jumping out and hopping into her spool.

"Umbreon! What are you doing?!" she exclaimed in shock, as she had been laying on her side, facing away from him.

Umbreon didn't say a word, instead he just kissed her. Espeon accepted it happily before regaining her composure and breaking it. "Umbreon. Stop. W-we have to focus. This c-co…." she could even finish after Umbreon's second action, massaging her thighs.

"Come on...just for old time's sake…" he urged, kissing her cheek before nibbling on her neck..

Dusclops came back and saw the two of them in the position he expected. He sighed in irritation. "How'd I know that I'd find you two like this as soon as I left?"

Neither Eeveelution could say a word.

"Aren't you two supposed to be on a break or something?" asked Dusclops.

"We're supposed to be", Espeon said, eyeing Umbreon, who gave a sheepish smile.

"Don't be getting knocked up. You two have been screwing enough…" Dusclops said. "Like you just told me, actually TRY to win…"

Espeon smacked her lips and gave the ghost a look as he phased back through the wall. Umbreon chuckled. "So, uh…"

"Down boy…" she said with a serious tone.

Umbreon sighed. "Can't blame a guy for trying…" he commented, eliciting a giggle from Espeon as he got out of her spool and back into his own.

000

Tyranitar and Typhlosion were both in the apartments hiding behind the front desk. Tyranitar had to lay flat on his stomach so that his spikes wouldn't show up as much. Typhlosion was lying next to him with an annoyed look on her face.

Noticing this, Tyranitar grew concerned. "You okay?'

Typhlosion let out a sigh. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just...we're not bad people are we?"

"What?" Tyranitar asked. "Of course n-"

He was cut off by Typhlosion placing her paw over his mouth. Tyranitar's eyes furrowed in confusion before he heard a bit of growling and footsteps. Typhlosion put a finger to her lips to signify that he was gonna have to be quiet for the moment. Typhlosion peeked around the corner and Tyranitar just grinned upon looking at her backside.

Typhlosion saw a Kabutops looking around at the front door before heading towards the elevator. She heard the doors open and saw it vanish.

She let out a sigh of relief before looking back and seeing Tyranitar stare at her butt. She playfully rolled her eyes. "You see my ass on a daily basis, why are you staring now?" she giggled.

"Can't help it…" Tyranitar whispered back. "Now, what were you talking about? Why are you asking if we're good or not?"

Typhlosion sighed. "I don't know, I just feel like the only reason Blissey is going for us is because we're who we are…"

Tyranitar shook his head. "Sweetie, please. Blissey is getting into your head just like she got into mine. She's just playing mind games and wanted a fulfilling strategy, but got found out", he explained. "There's nothing wrong with any of us. We're not bad…"

Typhlosion smiled and kissed his cheek. "Thanks…"

Tyranitar nodded. "Now, uh...I think we need to find a new hiding space…" he commented. "Whatever just went up the elevator could come back down at any moment…"

"It was a Kabutops…"

"Kabutops, Rock and Water...yeah, we need to get the hell out of here", Tyranitar said as he stood up before helping up Typhlosion. The two of them quickly moved to the door and hurried to another area.

000

In the rec center, Vaporeon had dove into the pool, Popplio had hidden among the balls inside of the cage, Mismagius got into an empty trash can, Dewott simply stood on the overhead track, with Skuntank urging him to hide with her in the volleyball court room.

There was a big enough closet to hold them both, but Dewott simply wasn't interested. He didn't want to be caught, but the rules specifically mentioned touching and a 3 feet distance. He wanted to have some fun.

"Dewott! Come on! Please!" Skuntank pleaded.

Dewott shook his head and stood in wait. He shooed her into her area so that she wouldn't get caught. Skuntank was worried, but she went inside of the volleyball court.

Dewott sighed to himself after seeing her worried expression. She just didn't understand. Looking at the door from the high area, Dewott was unable to see those who enter beforehand, so he prepared for a surprise.

Inside of the closet in the volleyball court, Skuntank was thinking about Dewott and what he could be thinking. He never talked to her, so she never got a vocal explanation for why he acts the way he does; she just had to guess and watch his actions, which she never understood.

Why wouldn't he talk to her? Or anyone for that matter? How or why did he become a masochist? Why does he refuse to show actual emotion? So many questions flooded her mind that she'd be drowning in the closet if there wasn't a slit at the bottom of the door.

She really liked Dewott, but if they were going to be in a relationship, he was going to have to open up to her. At the moment, she wanted to talk to the girls about the situation and get their thoughts, but this challenge was much more important at the moment.

-000-

Mismagius was still in the trash can near the door and overheard the pleading of Skuntank, with Dewott being stubborn. Once she was in the court, Mismagius looked toward the door to make sure nothing was there before rising up out of it slightly.

"Dewott! What are you doing!?" she whisper-shouted.

Dewott raised a brow, his arms folded.

"You may cost us the challenge!" she stated. "Hide somewhere! Now!"

Dewott stayed put, unfazed. Mismagius groaned, seeing this. "If we lose this challenge, you'd better be lucky you're in this alliance!"

Dewott rolled his eyes as she went back down into her trash can. He knew what he was doing. Why couldn't they just trust him?

A few minutes passed by and Dewott had gotten bored enough to sit down with his feet dangling off of the side. He sighed silently before hearing something enter the building. He smirked.

000

Houndoom was back hiding in the basement of the Old Chateau replica. He doubted that anyone would check there considering that it was only explored in the last challenge and they seemingly left it there for extra decoration.

He had already seen a couple of Carracosta pass by, so he felt an inkling of security. He moved around and jumped into the pile of charcoal near the furnace. His dark body would surely blend in. Almost immediately after he buried himself, he heard the door creak open and he softly sighed in relief that he had chosen this spot.

"Hmm...this spot should be decent enough…"

He groaned upon hearing that voice. It was Delphox…

He couldn't see anything, as he was facing away from the door. He just had to hope that she didn't decide to fire up the furnace. He had the lights off, after all.

She pulled out her branch from her furry sleeve, causing it to ignite, giving her another light source.

"Yeah...seems like this could work…" she said as she walked towards the staircase. She sat down on stair and decided to just sit and wait.

"Alright...I have to get the thought of Houndoom out of my head…" Delphox muttered. "I have to stay focused. If I'm able to manipulate these other males, I may actually have a chance."

Houndoom was listening to every word and gaining a glare. He thought that she was actually nice!

"That dirty bitch…" he muttered to himself. "I thought she was cool. Wait...she's planning to manipulate the males...but thinking about me is deterring her. Interesting…"

He hatched a plan. He may end up causing some upset with a few of the girls, but he had to make sure she didn't succeed in what she was planning. He stayed put, though, as he wasn't about to compromise himself just to start early. He was going to have to either explain it to Mightyena or just tell the guys.

000

Luxray and Mightyena had eyed each other with smirks before they exited the lab scene. The two of them met up in the romantic movie set and immediately jumped into bed together.

They knew it was risky, but given the chances of the set they were in being searched first out of all the others...they gave in. The two started kissing, with Mightyena being the one over Luxray.

They started getting more passionate and promiscuous, when Luxray heard a noise amongst their "fun time". He looked towards the front entrance, as they were further back in the set and saw not one, but three figures start to enter.

He growled in annoyance before groaning. "Y-Yena, we need to move…" he whispered. Mightyena emerged from the sheets licking her lips. "What fo-"

She suddenly heard the same noise that he did and turned towards the front. She groaned softly. "Of fucking course…"

"We need to hide…" Luxray stated softly as he saw the figures start moving closer towards them. He eyed a pile of pillows in the corner. "Over there!"

"That's too small!"

"Just come on!"

The two ran towards it just as three Omastar turned a corner and saw that nothing was there. Just to be safe, they started searching the area.

One of them went over to the bed and saw a bit of an indentation and smelled a faint smell. Someone was definitely there before. It looked under the bed and saw nothing.

Another one of them went over to the pile of dolls are simply looked over it. It proceeded to move dolls to the side to see if any of the smaller contestants were hiding among them. Eventually, it ran out and saw that nothing was underneath it.

The final Omastar, seemingly the boss of the group, was standing in the same area. The other two returned and came up with nothing, which it could clearly see. It groaned and started walking out, with the other two not far behind.

Luxray and Mightyena got out of the shadows with a smile, Luxray sighing in relief upon seeing that the Omastar were gone.

"That was a close one…"

"Mhmm…" Mightyena said, sensually rubbing against him. "So...should we get back to it?" she whispered seductively.

Luxray chuckled. "Well, at this moment, no...but as soon as this is all over…" he whispered the last part of his statement into Mightyena's ear, making her blush as red as a Tamato Berry. She kissed him briefly. "I love you…"

"I know you do…" he said, returning her kiss. "Now come on, we need to find a better place than this…"

"Hmm...there's an escape ladder over there…" Mightyena said, pointing to an old ladder in the corner.

"Good eye. Let's get going before something else comes!" he urged as he ran over to it, with Mightyena following him.

000

Honchkrow decided to hide inside of the large bird cage, pretending to be asleep. His plan was to hide in plain sight and hope they'd recognize him as either a prop or an average pet. He got so in tuned to his plan that he actually fell asleep.

Mandibuzz had been seen by a Tyrantrum, but not tagged nor did it get too close for her to be considered out. She flew into the same set that Honchkrow was in, and upon seeing his spot, her blood couldn't help but boil.

"Is he seriously out in the open?" she asked herself annoyedly. She heard a roar head large footsteps, which effectively startled Honchkrow out of his sleep.

"GAW! What happened?!" he exclaimed. He turned and saw Mandibuzz before glaring. He then looked towards the entrance as Mandibuzz flew up. A Tyrantrum came through the entrance and blasted a Hyper Beam at the cage, going through it and hitting Honchkrow in the process.

"HONCHKROW IS THE FIRST ONE OUT!"

Mandibuzz smirked to herself as she hid herself in the darkness of the set ceiling.

000

"Eh, I know I screwed him over, but it was his own damn fault for being in that cage like a sitting Ducklett…." Mandibuzz stated.

000

RR: 22

EE: 24

SS: 22

000

Goodra was hiding inside of a storage closet in the infirmary. She was pretty sure that she was in a good enough spot. She honestly doubted that the prehistoric Pokemon would enter the infirmary and search every nook and cranny.

Sitting down against a side wall and looking around, she admired all of the sealed boxes sitting on shelves. "Hmm...they actually do care about us being hurt…ironic."

After a while of sitting there in the warm room, she started dozing off a bit, but she heard the door close. Instantly, her eyes popped open to see Dragonite entering the room.

"Dragonite?" she asked. "What are y-"

Dragonite locked the door and turned to her as she stood up.

"Um, why'd you lock the door?" she asked suspiciously.

In response, Dragonite kissed her, putting his arms on her sides. Goodra was taken aback, but...she didn't pull away. In fact, she leaned in more! She even wrapped her arms around his neck.

She broke the kiss, their eyes glimmering. Dragonite picked her up and she clung to him, pushing her against the wall before they locked lips again.

-000-

Goodra jumped awake, panting with sweat dripping from her face. She looked around and saw that the closet door was not locked and there were no marks on the wall where Dragonite supposedly pinned and kissed her.

She blushed, shuddering upon thinking about what transpired in her mind. What did it even mean? Did she really like Dragonite? Well, judging by that dream she did, but it was weird for her. Weird...but...right.

She groaned softly and rubbed her head. She was so conflicted. She rubbed her face and sighed. "What the hell?" she whispered. "I don't even want a relationship right now...and he just…"

She stood up and began pacing back and forth in the room.

000

"I see Dragonite like a best friend...but he's so cute", Goodra stated. "That dream was something else...I mean, if that was how he'd actually treat me...I wouldn't mind at all. I guess...I guess we can try it out. I'll just have to talk to him…"

"Maybe it's a sign, anyway…"

000

Blissey and Gothitelle were both at the elimination building hiding behind the bleachers.

"Okay, new plan, we need to keep you protected at all costs. You're the ticket to us controlling this game", Blissey explained. "And a way to do that is to ensure that we win these challenges…"

"So, what's the plan?" asked Gothitelle. "I mean, I could send all of the members of the opposite team in the middle of the lot and have the fossil Pokemon catch them all…"

"No, that'd be too easy and I'm sure the hosts wouldn't like it…" Blissey replied. "I think we should find someone from one of the opposite teams, get in the sights of one of the fossil Pokemon, and just run back so that we can get them out. They didn't say anything about teleporting away, they only gave ghost-types a disability in turning invisible to hide….."

"That's true…" said Gothitelle. "So, where do you think we should check first?"

"Either the apartments or the rec center…" Blissey responded. "Those two places seem like they'll be the ones holding the most people. Let's head to the rec center first…"

Gothitelle nodded before making her eyes glow.

-000-

She and Blissey found themselves in the recreational center. They heard a few large footsteps, as well as the names of fossil Pokemon.

"Shit, there are a few already here…" Blissey said, looking around frantically.

Gothitelle looked at the trash can next to them and saw some purple inside. She smirked to herself at the same time Mismagius acknowleged them.

"What the hell are you two doing here? Find your own spots!"

Gothitelle whistled loudly, causing Mismagius to gasp. "You fucking bitch!" she exclaimed, raising out of the trashcan in a huff.

Running was heard as a Rampardos rushed toward them. Gothitelle teleported herself and Blissey away as the Rampardos attempted to headbutt Mismagius, only to phase through her and make a hole in the wall.

"MISMAGIUS IS OUT!"

Mismagius growled.

000

"Gothitelle, you are going to pay!" Mismagius exclaimed. "Well, it's a good thing that it was the only fossil Pokemon in there…"

000

RR: 22

EE: 24

SS: 21

000

Leafeon hid inside of the movie theater. He went into the theater the furthest away from the entrance and ducked down between the seats. For a theater that was usually empty, it sure was dirty and sticky.

Leafeon groaned as he lifted a paw, only to hear a velcro-esque sound. "Disgusting…." he muttered.

He suddenly heard footsteps and gasped to himself. How the hell did one of the prehistoric, pea-brained Pokemon find his spot?

However, he would soon find that it was NOT one of them. Looking in each row, was Manectric. Upon seeing him, Leafeon growled to himself and curled into a ball.

Manectric caught a glimpse of Leafeon before he curled up. He walked over to him with a small smile. He slowly made his way over and ducked down beside him.

"Hi~"

"Really...a-are you fucking serious?" Leafeon questioned. "Out of ALL OF THE OTHER THEATERS, YOU COME TO THE ONE I'M IN?!"

"I didn't want to be in one that's closer. They usually get checked first!"

"I DON'T CARE!" Leafeon growled, raising up abruptly. "If you don't leave, I WILL!"

"Leafeon, you're overreacting!" Manectric called as Leafeon started to leave. "I didn't even know you were in here!"

Leafeon didn't respond and just headed out of the door. Manectric sighed before lying back down.

-000

Leafeon stomped back to the front of the theater to hide in the room behind the concession stand. On his way, he saw a pink and blue tail slither into one of the first theater rooms.

Leafeon grew suspicious and once he glanced towards the windows, he saw a few of the seeking Pokemon heading in their direction. He gasped and ran into the same room.

Leafeon saw Milotic in a corner panting and sweating erratically with an empty pill bottle next to her. Leafeon ran over and picked up the bottle. "TamaCODIUM!?" he read in shock. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

"Leave me alone…" she panted. "It's n-none of y-"

She passed out before she could finish her statement. Leafeon gasped and groaned, throwing the bottle.

He heard door open and fast footprints, so he quickly ran, leaving Milotic behind.

000

"MILOTIC IS OUT!"

000

RR: 22

EE: 24

SS: 20

000

"Why are we sucking so bad?!" asked Gligar. "I haven't heard them say anything about anyone from another team!"

"Bad luck, probably…" Tepig said before sneezing, filling their airspace with smoke.

Gligar lifted the dumpster lid before taking a breath, allowing the smoke to exit.

"No! Close it!" Gulpin whisper-shouted. "The smoke will give us away!"

"Then what do we-"

Gulpin opened his mouth and inhaled all of the smoke, burping afterwards.

"Well...CUNT!" Shieldon exclaimed as his body quivered slightly and he twitched.

"Uh...you doing okay, man?" asked Piloswine. "It looks like you're getting worse…"

"Don't worry, I'm fine", Shieldon replied. "I'm more worried about us staying hidden…"

"Well, since Gulpin can just breathe in all of the smoke, we should be fine now…" said Gligar, grabbing a discarded sudoku puzzle book.

The dumpster they were in were near the elimination area, where luckily no fossil Pokemon were searching at the moment.

"Um...guys, now that I think about it, I don't think we should be so close to each other…" said Piloswine. "It gives a higher chance of us losing the challenge for the team since we're all together like this…"

"Hmm...you have a point…" said Tepig, sniffling. "But isn't it a bit too risky? They're already looking for us all..."

"It's better than them finding us all at the same time…" said Gligar as he lifted the lid a bit and surveyed the area. "The coast is clear right now, anyway…"

"Well, let's get going then…" said Shieldon as Gligar threw up the lid, allowing them to all to get out, minus Piloswine."

"Piloswine? What're you doing?" asked Tepig.

"Hey, this is still a good spot. Someone can still stay here…" Piloswine explained. "And that so happens to be me…"

"No fair!" Shieldon stated.

"Nobody else called it…" Piloswine teased.

"Ugh...fine", Gligar groaned as he flew off, with Shieldon and Tepig scampering in different directions as well.

Gulpin shrugged and started heading into the elimination building when an Aerodactyl swooped down and grabbed him. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"GULPIN IS OUT!"

000

"WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME?!" Gulpin exclaimed.

000

RR: 22

EE: 24

SS: 20

000

Grovyle and Servine were both on the roof of their team's apartment.

"Alright, I hope this works…" Servine said as they hide on the side of the entrance they came from.

"We jus' gotta hope that them Aerodactyl and Archeops don't fly overhead and spot us…" Grovyle said, looking upwards alertly.

"Yeah, that's a good point…" said Servine. "We need something to cover us…"

"Or we can go back and stand in tha' doorway…" Grovyle suggested as he started moving back around while still looking in the air.

"No way!" Servine retorted. "I want to face this! This needs to still be fun!"

"Well, fun's all well n' good, darlin', but I think we should still focus on the main challenge…" Grovyle said, opening the door.

Servine gave him a pouting face. "No. I've always been told to focus on important things. I have my own mindset and I want to actually do this. You can go back in, but I'm staying right here", she stated, tipping her nose upwards.

Grovyle groaned to himself and closed the door. He couldn't let a woman be there alone; it wasn't in his nature. "Alright, fine. But if somethin' goes amiss, don't get offended when I place the blame on you…"

"Psh…" Servine hissed, rolling her eyes. "It'll be just fine…" she said, sitting down. "So...why don't we get to know each other better?"

Grovyle folded his arms and raised a brow. "Uh…"

"Come on. We always seen to wind up being paired up, so we might as well try to learn more about each other…" Servine urged.

Grovyle chuckled. "Alright, fine…"

He sat down next to her, but not before pulling out a toothpick from his head leaf and starting to gnaw on it. "Ladies first…" he stated.

"Well uh...firstly, I was born into a royal family…but, I don't really enjoy it", she stated. "I mean, it's fun to have money and all, but I know that I have a purpose other than that y'know? I want to actually have a normal, teenage life. Go out to parties, prank people, get scolded by people I don't know, get injured by doing stupid things, but still having fun…"

"Ah, so you're yearning for the crazy part of bein' a teen…" Grovyle explained before chuckling. "Well let me tell ya somethin' missy, if you ask me, you've got it perfect…"

Servine stifled a laugh. "How? I have bodyguards who do every single thing for me. I can't even butter my own toast without one of them intervening. I wanna do things for myself…"

"Well, on my side o' th' spectrum...I wish I had people to do everything for me…" Grovyle explained.

Servine giggled. "So are you admitting that you're lazy?"

"Naw, I'm far from lazy. Get that straight…" Grovyle replied with a smile. "Ya see, I grew up on a farm. My pops used to always wake me up at 4:30 in th' mornin' just to carry hay bales across the field."

"Wow, that's...rough", Servine commented; she couldn't find the right words. "Why'd he do that?"

"Ah, I never questioned. When you questioned anything, you got beat…" Grovyle explained with a chuckle. "But, when my folks passed and my little sisters and big brother finally left, I was the last one and I still woke up every morning to carry the hay bales."

Servine was confused. "Wait, why would you keep doing what you hated?"

"Well, I may have hated it, but it made me stronger. And' although the methods my folks used to discipline n' teach me n' my siblings were rather…'unorthodox', it still made me a better man…" he said with a smile. "So yeah, them bodyguards of yours are a godsend. But, thinking more, if I had 'em, then I probably wouldn't be the way I am today."

"So do you see my point now?" asked Servine. "I want to be independent and adventurous. That's the main reason I'm here. I don't need the money at all…"

Grovyle chuckled. "Well, make sure you don't bring that out t' light. The folks here will probably try t' drop ya as soon as they hear that you're rich…"

"Yeah, so far the only ones that know are you, and a few of the girls…" Servine explained, looking away bashfully.

"Well…" Grovyle said as he got to his feet and stretched. "Just try to keep it between us. Wouldn't want anything t' go wrong with your plan…"

Servine got up and hugged him from behind, making Grovyle blush faintly. "Thanks…" she stated with rather sultry eyes.

Grovyle smiled at her before looking up and seeing three flying figures coming down towards them. "We need to move!" he stated quickly as he picked her up and rushed back in through the door.

He put Servine back down and she looked out to see three Archeops landing on the roof. "That was a close one…" she said. She kissed his cheek. "Thanks for the quick action…"

"No pro-" Grovyle started before jumping back upon seeing an Archeops standing right at the door glaring at them.

"GROVYLE AND SERVINE ARE BOTH OUT!"

Servine groaned.

000

RR: 22

EE: 22

SS: 20

000

Meganium hid herself in a western set, with Tropius unconsciously tagging along. Meganium was hiding behind a large cardboard cutout of a cactus.

Tropius was looking for a place to his own to hide. He looked around the set and saw that there were only cardboard cutouts, Mudsdale dummies, ropes, and a cage. There was practically nothing to hide behind. He couldn't even really fine Meganium, well...until he saw her tush sticking from behind a cactus near the back.

"Heh, looks like someone's found solace with a prick…" he joked, walking up to her.

Meganium gasped. "Tropius! What are you doing here?!"

"I was looking for a place to hide, but this place sucks…" he commented, looking around.

"You're gonna end up getting us both caught!" she scolded. "Please, find somewhere else to hide!"

"Okay, okay…." Tropius commented as she ducked back down behind the cutout, leaving her rear exposed again. He couldn't help but snicker at this. "Uh, Meganium, you may wanna cover your butt, too. You're still showing."

Meganium moved forward a bit and a second cactus cutout was placed over her, making him chuckle. "That's better…you have fun with those pricks. I'll catch you later."

As Tropius left, Meganium rolled her eyes. She held an indifferent view towards the banana-necked dinosaur. She tried hard to get it through his head that him always trying to be around her doesn't work well for her. Yes, they were friends, but nothing more, as she already explained her situation to him.

She had to admit, though, he was cute and his jokes were funny sometimes. There was a time and place for everything, however, and during challenges was neither the time nor the place.

-000-

Tropius exited the area and took flight to try and find a better hiding spot, preferably somewhere that would make it hard to see him. Because face it, a 6 foot banana tree dinosaur was far from unnoticeable.

He looked around on guard while in the air, trying to ensure that he was no spotted. If he was spotted, he was going to have to fly and hide fast.

He found himself at a bar on the opposite side of the lot. There were many places on the lot that they could hide, but since the hosts didn't fully reveal them, these were brand new discoveries. Landing on the opposite side, Tropius not only found the bar, but also a few fast food buildings, as well as more sets.

"This is cool…" he said with a smile.

He heard a screeching sound and turned around to see a couple of Aerodactyl staring at him from above. He didn't move.

"Please don't see me. Please don't see me…" he repeated in his head.

His plea was ignored and the two Aerodactyl started flying in his direction. "Crap!"

He quickly started running as the two Fossil Pokemon gained speed and attempted to blast Hyper Beams at him. Tropius dodged both of them before using his wings to fly forward. He turned around and saw that the Aerodactyl were augered on him like a Mothim to a flame.

As he dodged more of their attacks, he kept trying to keep distance between them. However, as he turned back around, he found himself slamming right into a large billboard on the opposite side, above a second entrance into the lot.

He groaned and was hit by two Flamethrowers.

-000-

"TROPIUS IS OUT!"

Meganium sighed. "Of course…" she whispered.

However, as soon as she said that, the cutouts she was hiding behind were slashed, revealing her. She groaned.

"MEGANIUM IS OUT!"

The Kabutops that slashed the cutouts smirked, but upon seeing her glare, it immediately paled.

000

RR: 20

EE: 22

SS: 20

000

Dragonite was inside of the infirmary looking around for a good spot when he heard noise coming from one of the doors. Opening it, he saw Drilbur and Salandit kissing. Immediately, he closed the door and rubbed his eyes.

"Fuck's sake…" he muttered as he continued his way toward another area in order to get a better spot. He had already been found by a Kabutops in the apartment, so he had to get a better place to hide.

He opened another door and saw Flygon inside admiring all of the sharp needles. Dragonite froze and gulped as Flygon slowly turned around with a sinister look in his eyes. He quickly closed the door and blocked it with his body. However, Flygon stabbed him in the butt through the door, making him jump in both fear and pain.

He saw a nearby wooden chair and placed it against the door before moving on while rubbing his butt.

"Jeez, here I thought that this place wouldn't be used as a hiding or seeking place…" he stated as he walked down a hall. He heard faint footsteps and looked behind himself, seeing nothing. However, he turned to a room and placed his head close to it in order to hear if that's where the noise was coming from.

He then heard a familiar voice and gained a small smirk. He grabbed the knob and turned the door, only for it to not open. He raised a brow. "What the-"

After a few seconds, he finally opened the door, revealing Goodra, who upon seeing him gained a blush. Dragonite didn't even notice the blush, instead, he inspected the knob, twisting it and fiddling with the locking mechanism, which made Goodra's eyes widened.

"Hmm. That's weird…" he commented. "On this side it works fine…"

He didn't even have a chance to react as Goodra moved towards him and locked their lips together. Now, this was his first kiss, and the fact that Goodra said that she didn't want a relationship really made this feel a bit weird on his side.

When the kiss was broken, they locked eyes. Goodra saw a confused look in Dragonite's eyes and immediately recoiled.

"OMA, I'm so sorry!" Goodra apologized, her face flushing.

"No, no need to apologize…" Dragonite said, approaching her. "Just...why?" he asked with a chuckle. "I thought that you didn't want a relationship yet…"

Goodra sighed and wiped her face. "I don't know. I just…" she plopped on the ground.

Dragonite was still a bit in awe about the kiss, but he still enjoyed it. However, seeing that she was actually upset about it despite initiating it, he had to show that it didn't faze him. He sat down next to her. "You okay?"

Goodra didn't know how to feel. In her dream, when he kissed her, it was amazing; when she kissed him, it still felt amazing, but...she couldn't help but feel like she was doing something that was wrong. She couldn't respond.

Getting no response, Dragonite was getting worried. Was she upset that she kissed him? Did she not want the kiss to happen? What was the issue? Well, instead of trying to talk again, Dragonite took a deep breath and pulled a rather bold move. He leaned over and kissed her, causing the blush on Goodra's face to grow larger.

Dragonite broke it after a few seconds. Goodra's head was flooding with so many emotions that once he broke their second kiss, she pushed him down and got over him, kissing him for the third time.

000

Both Dragonite and Goodra were in the confessionals with bashful, confused looks on their faces, Goodra sitting on Dragonite's lap.

"So, uh...what just happened?" asked Dragonite.

"I...think we're going out now", said Goodra, giggling a bit.

"Well, uh…" he said, clearing his throat as a blush appeared on his face. "That's great."

Goodra kissed him once again, lying against him.

000

"Well, I guess my letting friendships build plan didn't work", said Goodra. "Stupid dream. Well, at least we won't have to just tease each other anymore. And the friendship thing can still stand."

000

Haxorus and Lairon were both inside of the cockpit of a fake shuttle in a space station set.

"It's kinda cramped in here…" Lairon commented.

"Imagine if you were evolved…" Haxorus commented. "Then it'd be worse."

Lairon giggled. "Well, at least we have protection if those fucking fossil Pokemon try to attack…"

"Yeah, but if they get too close, we're screwed…"

"Please. I doubt they'll be smart enough to even check in here…" Lairon commented. "We've seen like five Cradily and three Armaldo pass by."

"That doesn't mean anything…" said Haxorus. "There are probably dozens of others that'll walk by and check this place…"

"Yeah, you're probably right…" Lairon replied with an aggravated tone. "These bastards always give us the most tedious challenges…"

"Well, we should be used to it by now…" said Haxorus, patting her side. Lairon assessed their situation and moved closer to him.

Haxorus saw a sultry expression grow on her face and raised a brow. He knew what she wanted, but not wasn't the time nor the place.

"Lairon, we need to focus on the challenge…" Haxorus stated. "Plus, you know how you are…you'll be a bit too-"

Lairon tackled him before he could finish.

-000-

Pangoro entered the space set afterwards and heard groans and creaking. As he ducked behind a large styrofoam moon replica, he noticed the space shuttle rocking slightly before seeing a bright light come from it.

He didn't care in the slightest, he just knew that he needed to stay hidden. Whoever was in the shuttle was likely screwed, because he saw a few Bastiodon heading in his direction. He didn't know if they were going to come in or not, but he wasn't about to risk it.

His thoughts were soon confirmed as two Bastiodon entered the set. He couldn't attack them, and they saw the shuttle shaking slightly, so if the ones inside were part of his team, they were fucked.

The two of the Bastiodon didn't seem to hear the commotion in the shuttle, as they seemed to have ignored it. Pangoro saw this and grew confused. "Could they not see nor hear the disturbing sounds coming from the shuttle.

He sat down against the moon as the two Shield Pokemon made their way around.

"CHERRIM, QUILLADIN, AND BRELOOM ARE OUT!"

Pangoro stifled a laugh, unintentionally causing the moon to move a bit. He acknowledged his error and hoped that the Bastiodon didn't notice. Apparently, they did anyway, as he slowly turned to check, he saw them both charging at him.

"You've gotta be kidding me…" he stated deadpanned as he was slammed into the wall.

"PANGORO IS OUT!"

After seeing what happened, Haxorus and a now evolved Aggron seized this opportunity and headed to the back a bit.

000

RR: 20

EE: 19

SS: 19

000

Hawlucha was hiding underground, specifically the sewers. There was no way that the dinos would find him down there. "En la tierra debajo de la tierra donde los fósiles no me pueden atrapar", he sang.

"DRILBUR, FLYGON, DRAGONITE, AND GOODRA ARE OUT!"

He chuckled. "Tres oponentes y un compañero de equipo. No está mal..."

"For you…" he heard a familiar voice say. He growled and clenched his fists before turning around and seeing Salandit behind him, her coquettish eyes peering at him as if she wanted something dirty. "Hola señor…"

Hawlucha huffed. "Dos preguntas", he said, closing his eyes and holding his hands together in aggravation. "Uno, ¿Por qué demonios me sigues molestando? Dos, ¿CÓMO DEMONIOS LLEGASTE HASTA AQUÍ!?"

Salandit giggled as she started approaching him, with him backing away with every step she took towards him. "Well, one...you're the only one who I'm able to talk to without the risk of being sold out. These idiots don't have the decency to know our beautiful language…"

"Ha! Ahí es donde te equivocas", Hawlucha laughed. "Jolteon puede hablar nuestro idioma…"

"You really think a single puta will do anything?" she asked. "You're as foolish as they are. As for the second question...you act like there's only way down here…"

Hawlucha glared at her. "Vete…" he stated simply.

Salandit looked behind him, not moving at all, and saw a trio of Omastar coming down. She started emitting her pheromones; Hawlucha took heed of this after inhaling the sweet scent.

He quickly turned around, only to be blasted by a Water Gun, along with Salandit.

"HAWLUCHA AND SALANDIT ARE OUT!

Hawlucha growled at the lizard, but it seemed that she disappeared. He rubbed his temples. "La molestia…"

000

RR: 16

EE: 17

SS: 19

000

"ALRIGHT COMPETITORS! WE'VE DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT A SPEED ROUND! THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE FOSSIL POKEMON WILL NOW BE AT 90% AND THEY WILL BE MUCH FASTER!" Raikou exclaimed. "HAVE FUN!"

000

"That can't be good…" Farfetch'd whispered to himself as he hid inside of a wardrobe closet in one of the sets. "Higher intellig-"

He didn't even get to finish as a Tyrantrum opened the doors and charged up a Dragon Pulse.

"Crap…"

000

RR: 15

000

Clawitzer and Lanturn were both hiding in a miniature pool in one of the sets, using a thick pool cover to hide themselves better.

"I don't think this plan is going to work anymore, Clawitzer…" Lanturn said.

"Calm yourself lass, it'll be f-"

A Kabutops suddenly slashed through the cover and hopped in with them.

000

RR: 13

000

Eelektrik was simply asleep on a wooden frame near the ceiling in one of the sets, with Bronzor pretending to be an artifact by floating against the wall and closing his eyes.

Eelektrik's sleep was ruined immediately by an Aurorus nudging him off the side. It then eyed the wall and saw Bronzor. It whipped its tail forcefully.

-000-

"Would you fuck off?!" Absol exclaimed, as she and Type: Null were both inside of an adventure set. At the moment they were fighting over an empty burlap sack that was big enough to hold one of them.

Suddenly, a loud thud was heard as a hole was made in the wall thanks to Bronzor being smashed through by the Aurorus.

The Aurorus looked through the hole and eyed the two, who gained nervous looks. It blasted an Ice Beam at them both through the new hole.

000

EE: 15

SS: 17

000

And so the fossils continued to find contestant after contestant, the speed round really dwindling them down. Overall, the campers had some pretty creative and nice hiding spots. Shedinja had blended in with the wallpaper of the dining room in the chateau replica, Shieldon had hidden in an air vent, and Pyroar actually dove into a full dumpster and covered himself up.

There were five players left on each team and the Pokemon's intelligence and speed were restored back to their normal states.

For the Raikous: Blissey, Gothitelle, Delcatty, Spheal, and Shellder, surprisingly, remained.

For the Enteis: Houndoom, Metagross, Jolteon, Froslass, and Dusclops remained.

For the Suicunes: Charizard, Garchomp, Vaporeon, Dewott, and Manectric were left.

"Alright, things are all tied up right now…" said Suicune. "It looks like anyone can win it…"

"Yep...all tied up…" Raikou repeated.

Dragonite raised a brow. "Uh...no. What about our advanta-"

"SSHHHHHH!"

"Wait a second…"Entei started before growling and turning to Raikou. "You were calling your guys out on PURPOSE, WHEN YOU KNEW THEY WERE STILL IN?!"

"Hey, players gotta play the game…"

"NO, THAT'S CHEATING!" Skuntank exclaimed.

"That's so not fair!" Zangoose growled.

"Hey, it's their advantage. Plus, I doubt they want to go back out there and just sit around for hours…"

"FUCK THAT!" Suicune roared. "You cheated you bastard! So, I think that means that Entei and I win by default…"

"WHAT!?" Raikou exclaimed. "You can't do that! How is it che-"

"Exploitation…" said Bronzor. "You gave your team an unfair advantage and then tried to make so that even if all of your players lost, they had an extra lifeline so that you win no matter what…"

"And because it's two against one, I say that Raikous, you're heading to elimination tonight!" Entei roared.

There was an uproar from the Raikous about how it was unfair and that they won the previous challenge so they deserved it.

"Shut up! Majority rules!" Suicunes exclaimed.

Raikou glared daggers at the two of them. "Okay, fine you big babies…"

"You're just gonna give in?!" Flygon exclaimed.

"Majority rules hun…" said Mismagius. "Plus you deserve it after sending Gothitelle and Blissey to fuck some of us over…"

"Wait...we didn't tell them to do that!" Lanturn exclaimed.

"Uh huh...sure", said Mismagius, rolling her eyes.

"Well, if we're losing, we know who we're getting rid of…"

"Now, go and find your other teammates and Raikous meet back at the elimination area tonight…"

The Raikous growled.

000

All of the Raikous met back at the elimination area, almost all of them glaring at Blissey and Gardevoir.

000

"We all voted for Gothitelle…" said Typhlosion. "However, there's a possibility that she changed the votes anyway…"

000

"So long Lanturn…" Blissey commented with a smile.

000

"Alright, time for a non-vote altering elimination…" said Raikou.

"Uh...come again?" asked Spiritomb.

"From now on, any attempt to swap votes will be futile…" said Raikou. "I'm tired of bullshit always being the downfall of this team, so no more vote changing."

Blissey and Gothitelle immediately paled as they exchanged looks.

"Alright, when I call your name, you're safe", Raikou said. "Luxray, Pyroar, Tyranitar, Typhlosion, Flygon, Farfetch'd, Lanturn, Tropius, Meganium, Clawitzer, Noibat, Delibird, Salandit, Shellder, Spheal, Shedinja, Drilbur, Dragonite, Delcatty, and Spiritomb, you're all safe."

"Blissey, Gothitelle, one of you is leaving tonight, but you're both here for similar reasons…" said Raikou. "The one going home is…

…

…

…

…

…

…

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...Gothitelle."

Blissey sighed in relief. "Sorry chick, didn't think they were going to get rid of our chance…"

Gothitelle scoffed. "Whatever. I was glad to help you. All you god worshipers annoyed me anyway. Oh, and Delibird, Salandit, Spiritomb, Shedinja, and Noibat, nice backup…"

"Hold on, now. WHAT?!" Flygon exclaimed.

"You should know that we stopped dealing with you after the first few meetings…" Delibird said. "Therefore, you calling us out means nothing since we don't care about Blissey or her ploy…"

"So you say…" said Gothitelle as she went down toward the limo.

The veterans glared daggers at all of the newcomers. It seemed that they couldn't trust any of them after all. They started leaving.

"Alright, I'm sure you guys have a lot to discuss, so you're dismissed…" Raikou stated. "Meanwhile these bastards are gonna be waiting on me…"

000

Raikou sulked back to the trailer. Upon entering, he found himself being hit on the head with a frying pan.

He growled as he looked at Entei, who looked stunned.

"Uh...Suicune. It didn't work…" Entei said nervously.

"You two know that this is bullshit…" Raikou growled. "My team had a good advantage. So what if I exploited it? It was still in effect! You seriously ended the challenge early because you wanted to be petty…"

"Petty my ass!" Suicune growled. "If you start cheating, that means that we can do the same, but then you'd try and complain!"

Raikou growled. She was right. "Well, I say no punish-"

"Shut up", Entei growled. "You're getting a punishment…"

Raikou groaned.

000

And there we go. Gothetille is eliminated and the vote swapping is now over. Lairon evolved at last, Dragonite and Goodra are officially together, feuds are slowly getting settled, but are others going to emerge? Hmm...We'll see. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you next time on Ultimate Total...Pokemon...Action! See ya guys, BYE!

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