Edited by Scipion3 on Mar 3rd 2021 at 12:01:50 PM

Season 147

Arena

(Palkia finds themselves being challenged by one of the little piñata creatures in the current season to a race along a path to eat as much of the food along it as possible.)

An eating race? Yeah, I can get behind that. (Palkia says.)

(And so the race begins. Despite being able to cover more ground than it, Palkia finds the piñata a surprisingly speedy competitor. Then again, Palkia is deliberately avoiding the meat items in favor if trying to find the vegetarian and vegan foods and the food portions are conveniently just right for someone their size.)

(Palkia finishes a large tofu bowl just in time to see Newtgat bearing down on the finish line.) Oop-! No ya don't! (Palkia thunders to the finish line, and uses Spatial Rend on Newtgat just to make sure.)

(Palkia crosses the finish line.) Woo! Alright! Hey, ya wanna do another r-

(The piñata has been busted to pieces.)

O-Oh....uh...least he should be right as rain after all this is over.... (Palkia says, hastily teleporting away.)

(Not long after this, Palkia gets an invitation to Dave's assassin school.)

Assassin? Eh? Well, you're only in a place like this once. (Palkia shrugs and catches a bus. Its occupants are startled when the interior of the bus shifts and changes to accommodate the massive Legendary, without the exterior changing at all.)

Pardon me, folks. (Palkia says as he has a seat.)

(He gets off the bus at Dave's school and heads on in.)

(The personnel at the school are skeptical at first when such a large, very noticeable-looking creature comes in asking to become an assassin until the Dave replica present fills them in on Palkia's abilities. After this, they are so impressed by a creature that can warp through space without much notice that they practically throw the diploma at Palkia following their accelerated classes.)

Heh, wait'll the guys at home hear about this. (Palkia chuckles, coming out of the school dressed like Altair.)

(Dialga is still not particularly happy about a construction worker and (of all things) a glass of juice being declared superior to them.)

The indignity....how does one end up more powerful than a creature such as I? It is confounding...

(Is there something about Howie and the glass of juice that Dialga isn't aware of? Dialga has trouble coming up with something for the glass of juice because...it's just a glass of juice. Perhaps that wrench he carries has some properties they are unaware of? And that isn't even taking the general lack of logic in this place into account. It's like the Distortion World to them.)

I must hide.... (Dialga trots ahead to find a place to hide themselves.)

(Coming across the entrance to a salt mine, Dialga gathers a bunch of salt from abandoned crates into a pile and then sits inside it.) Aha! They shall not find me here! For who would suspect a pile of salt in a mine?....

(After sitting there for a while, they hear somebody walk by without taking notice of the pile of salt nearby.)

Magnificent! (Dialga says when the coast is clear.) They did not notice me-EGAD! THE SALT HAS ENTERED MINE EYES! AAAAAAUGH! TREMENDOUS PAIN!

(Dialga emerges from the salt pile and viciously rubs their eyes.)

Eye-Sicle

(Eye-Sicle can't help but laugh at Dialga as they duck their face into a stream to get the salt out of their eyes. What did they think was going to happen?)

Party

Inside

(Stanford goes over to watch the season with the Pearls.)

(Meanwhile, the rest of the Junes (including the real June) come down from tribute quarters with all of the food they fixed: the waffles, the pancakes, the cupcakes, and the huge heart-shaped cake, all pink.)

(As they pass by the others, Cleo immediately notices the June with the cake is the only one with a purple hair bobble.) I KNEW it. The original June didn't come down with us! (She alerts the others.)

How did we end up with the wrong one? (Joaquin asks.)

Yeeeeeah, she felt so bad she sent me with yall instead. (June #2 explains.)

Hrm, knew Stanford was too rough with her... (Kenny muses.)

Eye-Sicle's Lair

The Pearls clap for Palkia when they pass Assassin School.

"Congrats!" says Blue.

"Well, that was easy..." Yellow snarks.

The Junes then serve them their lunch.

"No thanks," says Yellow, "we Gems don't need to eat."

"But just because we don't need to doesn't mean we can't," says Blue. "Professor Amethyst likes eating because it's fun!"

Yellow cringes at the thought of putting things in her mouth and letting them pass through her body.

"Come on, Yellow..." Blue slices her a small piece of the pancake, "just one tiny bite... please? It'll be an experience..."

"Ugh... fine... maybe just one bite and never again..."

They were about to eat when Cleo spots the real June, who feels guilty of cloning herself.

"Oh..." says Blue, "sorry about that..."

"It's okay," says Yellow, "this party's still good! But I'll be honest with you..."

"Please, don't..."

"You need to keep those clones under control."

The Arena

That night, Mettaton receives a special delivery of various anti-torture weapons.

These could come in handy later, he says as he stores them in his phone's Dimensional Box.

Wait a minute... He examines his phone. I think I can perform another trick with this!

He spends the night practicing, and the next day, he makes his announcement for his show.

I shall now try balancing this phone on my chest! It's one of the many challenges I've read on the Internet, and let's see if this CHARMING robot can pass it!

He tries bending backwards and props the phone on his chest, but it just slides off.

Oh well, at least I tried!

The Database Library, Basement

6k1 shakes her head when Nick, Mysterio, and Agent Six (whose name she chuckles at) sing the same melody that purged Giygas to Alolan Exeggutor, causing it to keel over and die from overwhelming emotions. Still on the line with Billy, she waits for him to respond while watching the rest of the season.

Scipion's Lair

Kris follows Clyde to Scipion's room and watches Lucian brew his medicine for him. It seems that Ralsei would probably do the same to repay his enemy, but they still have their doubts.

Onox then throws the two back in their cage, with Kris relieved that he didn't poison them, and he talks to them about Lucian's "boss". Kris is confused about what he meant by that, but they think he meant Aaron. Onox then talks about how Scipion treats him, and Kris quietly brings up how they treat their teammates: by guiding them in the right direction and reprimanding them at worst if they disobey. They recall Susie being so rebellious they had to warn the monsters instead to watch out for her attacks. That being said... how are she and Ralsei doing without them?

Kris also takes a brief glimpse at the season and spots Mettaton, or rather, the one they met in Hotland, and wonders why he reverted to his box form. He's still being a great entertainer, though.

Tunnel of Darkrai

Susie and Ralsei catch up with the others and find Alex and Nick confronting Edgar and Freddy. They both get into their battle stances.

"So Freddy... I'll make you pay for kidnapping our leader, and it'll be easier this time!"

"Maybe you should take on that Murkrow because he's smaller while I... uh..."

"Be our medic, you dummy!"

"Right, right!"

Ralsei shakes in his robes. Freddy may not be as powerful as he was back in the attic, but he still looks strong...

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Mar 4th 2021 at 11:53:34 PM

Tunnel of Darkrai

Battle theme

Tokage was the first one to react and attempted to strike at one of the figures, but he immediately retreated, dodging Freddy's grasp.

"Tch! He is fast... We can't get too far from Alex, overwise he might strike us down easily." he grunted in frustration.

   "Faster than ever, indeed! I can be whenever I want in very dark places! It seems that perhaps I didn't even need to bring my mega-stone with me!"   

Several Shadow Balls were launched from all sides. The team did its best to either dodge or send the balls back, but some of them hit their targets.

James shot at one of Freddy's grinning faces, but it went through it as nothing happened.

"Impossible! Unless... he is actually using Double Team to deceive us."

"So these are all fake? And he's too fast in the dark..."

"Then we have to locate the real one and strike him down quickly. Arthur... Can you tell where the real Gengar is?" James asked Arthur.

"I can't... The bastard made it too dark for me to see beyond Alex's tail." Arthur hissed as Freddy launched another wave of Shadow Balls at the group. This time, Nick got hurt trying to kick a ball back.

"Ugh..." he groaned, rubbing his injured leg.

"I'll try to use my aura then..." Aaron muttered, starting to focus.

"Oh hell no!"

Aaron yelped when something bit his tail, ruining his concentration. It was Edgar, who immediately retreated.

"You stupid cowards!" Alex roared. He screamed when Edgar, starting to become confident, stroke again and pecked his head before retreating again before getting caught.

"More like a winning coward, am I right? Besides, you're the cowardly ones, being 8 against 2! You can't know where I'll strike next, and I'm not letting you idiots discovering where Fred is!" the Murkrow's voice mocked.

"Ralsei? Susie? Any ideas how we could deal with this?"

Scipion's lair

"Ah yeah... You're a boss as well... You're still bad to me." Onox grumbled at Kris after they joined the conversation.

"Onox? Why are you so mad at Kris? Did you met before?" Lucian asked.

"Yes, in Lava land, before we found the boss." the Toxtricity answered.

"Ah yes... No offense, but Aaron told me about how Scipion left you before discovering Panem." Lucian muttered.

"...I don't wanna think about it." Onox muttered, his angry look softening a bit.

"O-Of course! B-But now that I'm thinking about it... Since Kris is here, now both Susie and Ralsei are without their "boss"."

Onox stared at Lucian before above him, in deep thoughts.

"I didn't realize that..." he whispered, looking with sympathy at Kris.

"Back then, Morgan was here to tell me what to do when the boss was busy, or when he left us. But how do you want your minions to do good if you're not here to guide them?" he asked.

"That's a very good question actually. I hope Susie and Ralsei can cooperate without you." Lucian added, looking at Kris with worry.

The conversation lasted some more time until dusk came.

"Grmph... Night's falling. Gonna sleep now. You gotta sleep too." the Toxtricity grumbled, laying down on the floor.

"O-Okay... Good night then..." Lucian muttered, only to be interrupted by Onox loudly snoring.

"Oh... He's quite loud. W-Well, we should still try to get some rest as well." Lucian chuckled at Kris.

The Arena, Day 3

"Yeah, sorry miss, I'll have you know that this is guarded Capitol property- wait, did you just- huh—"
Holiday's head was a gun. Thistle's head was no more. Their suit, messy.

Elliot's house

Elliot watched the event unfold from his house with a flabbergasted expression.
"...What the fuck."
"WHAT THE FUCK?????" Thistle exclaimed, who had re-materialized as a reaper in Elliot's house, directly next to the couch Elliot had casually lied down on.
"...How the hell did you get here?" Elliot asked.
"Look, I'm just as confused as you are," Thistle shrugged, sitting next to Elliot.
"that's fair," Elliot shrugged, "...Is there anything I can do for you while you're here?"
"Alright, hear me out," Thistle said, "Those games... what the hell are their purpose, anyway?"

Edited by Smiley100P on Mar 4th 2021 at 9:13:05 AM

The Arena

Mettaton checks his batteries and realizes that he almost drained himself from his astounding performances. He finds a strange charging station and goes into Sleep Mode in it. After what seems to be the whole night, he wakes up fully charged. He then checks the station's clock, and...

That took me 85 hours?!

He shrugs, brushing it off as the usual weirdness here, then receives another package. He opens it and finds a peculiar gauntlet along with its instructions, then wears it on his right hand and turns to the camera.

With a snap of your fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, he says while demonstrating it, you can achieve perfect balance!

Behind him, half of the wild animals disintegrate.

But to my dearest fans, ESPECIALLY those from the Underground... he says while waggling his pointer finger, please don't try this at home!

Scipion's Lair

Kris thinks of how their friends would do without them. Ralsei could fill in for them in the meantime, but Susie's so stubborn she'd most likely refuse to listen to him. Maybe they could learn a thing or two from the other rescue teams' respective leaders, but they must learn to understand and work on each other's plans if they want the mission to go smoothly.

The human then realizes that it's almost nighttime, so they say goodnight and sleep on their side of the cage, just a short distance from Lucian, and their back turned away from Onox. Hopefully their friends will come up with a plan and be here soon...

Tunnel of Darkrai

Susie tries firing her Rude Buster at Freddy, but Ralsei warns her of an incoming Shadow Ball. She reflexively jumps away from it, but more of them keep on coming.

"Arrgh!" she growls. "How the hell are we gonna hit these bad guys if we can't see a damn thing?!"

"Just follow the light!"

"But Alex is moving too fa—"

Susie gets knocked down by a stray Shadow Ball, but quickly gets up. She looks at her axe and then just remembered something.

"Wait a minute... Kris said that I should use this like a tennis racket!"

She screams her battle cry and runs around striking every Shadow Ball in sight, hoping to hit the real Freddy.

"Wait, Susie!" shouts Ralsei as he tries dodging them. "Watch where you're swinging that—"

But Susie accidentally sends a Shadow Ball straight into his face. Ralsei is sent flying and hits a nearby wall, but he uses Heal Prayer on himself and gets up.

"Susie..." he says as he carefully regroups with her, "Aaron really needs our help here, and, um... you got any plans on how to defeat them?"

"Uh..." she briefly thinks of Kris, "I have no idea Ral, other than blindly spamming your attacks until you hit 'em!"

He facepalms.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Mar 5th 2021 at 4:13:06 AM

Tunnel of Darkrai

The battle kept becoming more and more difficult, as Freddy started to throw sludge bombs at the group, projectiles that they couldn't reflect. Edgar kept harassing the group before retreating by bitting them here and there or flapping his wings at them.

During the battle, Susie accidentally sent a Shadow Ball towards Ralsei, sending him flying away.

"Ralsei!! Are you okay?"

To Aaron's relief, Ralsei quickly healed himself. Susie then suggested keeping spamming attacks blindly.

"But how? They are dodging everything! Even when we tried to send the projectiles back!" James shouted, jumping to avoid a Sludge Bomb.

But then, one of the Shadow Balls Susie deflected hit something.

"UWWAAAAAHHH!!" Edgar shrieked in pain.

"I take it back... Too bad it was not the Gengar."

"Well, at least you got the bird." Nick grunted, trying to not stumble because of his injured leg.

   "You have indeed... A nice shot, I have to concede it to you. But I will not give up so easily!"    Freddy roared, starting to focus on Aaron, preventing him from using his aura correctly.

"Gh..." he gasped, having more and more trouble to dodge.

Arthur then narrowed his eyes. He whispered something to Tokage, having an idea.

"I don't like doing this but... Fine." he sighed

"You may have helped us a lot, Susie." the Grovyle said to her.

"You have a plan, do you?"

"Cover me."

Tokage left Alex's light and ran as fast as he could. He could feel Freddy following him close.

   "I don't know what you are trying to achieve, but you will not escape my grasp!"    the Gengar shouted, slowed down by the projectiles from the heroes that he had to dodge, James and Arthur, notably.

His eyes trying to adjust to the darkness, Tokage eventually saw Edgar. His right wing was badly injured by the Shadow ball and he was laying on the ground, moaning in pain.

"Aaaah... My wing hurts... That fucking hurts... " he whimpered, holding his broken wing.

Immediately, Tokage grabbed Edgar and jumped away to avoid Freddy's Shadow Punch. He soon came back near Alex and his light, holding solidly Edgar who desperately tried to escape.

"LET ME GO!!" the Murkrow squawked. Just as Tokage suspected, Freddy's attacks stopped and the grins around the group became angrier.

"Surrender! Or we'll harm your friend." Tokage sternly said. No response.

"Tokage... Are you sure it's-"

Aaron got cut down by Edgar's shriek as Arthur wordlessly took Edgar away from Tokage and pinned the Murkrow against the ground with his claw, restraining him painfully. The Lucario cringed at the sight.

"This is not a bluff. I don't give a fuck if you find this cowardly or not." he hissed.

   "..."   

Edgar looked at the group, frightened. Once again, he had to screw up and now he was about to maybe get killed again.

But the Murkrow's anger started to get the better of him. His wing was broken because of these idiots. They will not get away with this.

"You know what? Screw that! Fred, go report to the others! Forget about me!"

"What?"

"We were supposed to report back to Scipion. Let him know about them and the tributes!" Edgar continued.

   "Very well... I can assure you that your sacrifice will not be in vain, Edgar. You won't be so lucky next time, heroes..."    Freddy cackled as the faces disappeared and the room went back to normal.

"Y-You..." Arthur grunted in fury.

"Ahaha!! Pissed off are we? That's what you get for trying to kill me twice and hurting my precious wing! But guess what? I'm not done yet!!"

The Murkrow started to shriek as loudly as he could. This time, it was so loud that everyone was forced to cover their ears.

"UGH! SHUT UP OR I'M ROASTING YOU!!" Alex yelled. It didn't help at all as the Murkrow shrieked even louder, even surpassing James when it came to high-pitched screams.

"This... Cannot continue... Let me take care of this foul bird." James gasped. He fired water right at Edgar's mouth, who swallowed it. His shrieks were soon replaced by long coughs.

"Finally... Thanks, dude." Alex sighed in relief

"You are all welcome." James exclaimed, posing while regaining his smug smile.

"Cough...! Cough...! Y... You... S-Sick...!" Edgar tried to say. Alex quickly knocked him out.

"Finally... Too bad the Gengar retreated." Tokage sighed.

"Yes... Now the Fox of Death knows what we have planned." James added, shaking his head.

"Unfortunately yes. What should we do with him?" Tokage asked about Edgar.

"I insist we kill him." Arthur hissed.

"Killing him? Isn't that too extreme?" Aaron exclaimed.

"He's just as a shitbag as the rest of them. I don't care about what you think. It's personal." Arthur coldly said.

"But we know nothing about him!" Aaron argued.

"More importantly, maybe he could help us reach Scipion or tell us about how Kris and Lucian are holding up if they are still alive. We'll see what we will do with him later, but for now, he is our prisoner." James suggested. Arthur looked at his secret love and reluctantly nodded. Both then turned towards Nick as he groaned and noticed his injured leg.

"Oh my god, Nick!" James exclaimed, prompting his other love to sit down.

"Hey relax. It hurts but it's not the end of the world." Nick giggled.

"Your leg is injured. That's not fine by me."

"Heh... If that can make you feel better, look over there." Nick said, pointing at... an exit, showing the stars in the sky.

"Is that... The exit? Is it night time outside?"

"It is! It seems that we got near it by accident during the battle!!" James exclaimed in relief.

"Then we should leave this damned place for good and take some rest. Before that, you should heal Nick and even Edgar, Ralsei." Aaron suggested.

Season 147

Arena

(After leaving the school, Palkia takes in some of AKMU's music.) Eh, not really my thing.

(Meanwhile, Dialga somehow ends up riding on a human's back into the sunset, which they find every bit as bizarre as the idea sounds.) I believe that we may be accomplishing this the wrong way around!

(After this, Dialga finds a large die.) Who hast left a large die in the middle of this place? Another tribute, perhaps?

(They roll the die and end up rolling a one.) But what doest this mean-OH NOOOOOO-

(An avalanche of salt comes from nowhere and buries the time dragon.)

(And it's in this state that Palkia finds them.) ...Oh hey, D! Check it out, I'm officially a-uh, D? You alright?

(It becomes obvious that Dialga is not, however. Palkia shakes Dialga and gets no response.) ...D-darn it, Dialga! I know that Eye-Sicle guy told us we'd be alright after all this, but I didn't want to see ya go out like THIS! I was hoping ONE of us would make it to the end! I woulda even been alright if you lasted longer than I did! (Palkia says, continuing to shake Dialga. No response.)

(Palkia finally sighs.) Guess I won't get anything from you right now. I'll get through the rest of all this for ya, D. See ya on the other side.

(Palkia passes the time after this by silently analyzing a Mysterio comic. Howie thought the review could have been better, but Mysterio himself seemed to like it, curiously enough.)

Party

Yeah, I got REAL carried away. (The real June sighs.) Hope none 'a my other mes have gone too far off. Sorry for all this.

Hey, least you're throwing a really legit party. (Wanda says. She tries the cake.) Food's good, too.

Yeah! This is great! (Joaquin agrees.)

Yeah, best party I've been to. Shame Tay and everyone else aren't here to take it in. (Kay says.)

Aw, thanks! We can still invite 'em, I bet! (June says as June #2 notifies them as well.) But anyway, yeah, I should really be more careful next time. Sorry again, Stan.

Apology accepted, June. I think I may have acted too rashly, anyway. Eye-Sicle had me up all night repairing the tribute summoning chamber and I was exhausted, so I hope you can forgive me for snapping at you the way that I did as well. (Stanford says.)

Yeah, I forgive ya! (June says, nodding and pumping Stanford's paw up and down.)

But please still ask me before you use anything like the cloning remote next time, though. (Stanford asks.)

Will do! (June says. She seems to be feeling better about all this now.)

What are we even going to do with all of these other yous anyway? (Jared asks.)

(Even Stanford doesn't seem quite sure.) Well, they won't simply disappear. I suppose we should simply make sure they're all at least within the grounds of the lair, and after the party, we'll decide where they should go.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Mar 5th 2021 at 6:38:10 PM

Outside Eye-Sicle's Lair

"Thanks for inviting us!" replied Mr. Star to June. "Why are there two of you?"

Mr. Star, Kirby, and the others enter the lair.

Edited by Oggy123 on Mar 5th 2021 at 7:52:14 PM

Eye-Sicle's Lair

The Pearls see Mr. Star and his guests enter and introduce themselves.

"And you must be Adeleine?" Blue asks the young girl.

"Paper has been looking for you for ages, and..."

"Would you like to work with us as one of our art teachers?"

"We're hoping that we'd get someone like you to better connect with our younger students, but..."

"You can't work full-time because you're a minor, so hopefully you'll accept a part-time job instead."

The Arena

What a show that was! says Mettaton as he looks for another charging station. He then spots a trail of footprints not long after.

I wonder who they belong to...? I must find out this mysterious tribute!

He follows along and sees the trail growing longer. Mettaton then flies up to get a better view of them.

Wait a minute... they must be invisible! He summons a bomb. Come on, Mystery Tribute... SHOW YOURSELF!

He throws it at where the trail stops and flies away from the explosion. Mettaton searches the area for the body, but the footprint trail keeps going in another direction. He sighs and goes back to looking for the charging station, not knowing that it was actually Dr. Holiday, who sprayed herself invisible.

The next day, Mettaton checks his mail and finds a fan letter. He opens it and reads it aloud.

Entertainer bot
Loves to dance for everyone
Go watch his new show!
-Yamato Kisaragi

Dancing...? Mettaton asks himself. Thank you. I'm self-taught. I'll save your haiku for future use.

Plains

James cringed overhearing "tall lizard guy" coming from Susie but didn't show anything. Likewise, Aaron overheard the conversation with concern but chose to do nothing for now.

After building a small cage for Edgar, the group set up their camp, with a campfire at the center and three tents. The Fiery Blue Wings insisted that they shared their own tent for personal reasons.

Once that was done, they all sat down.

"...I truly hope Kris and Lucian are okay..." Aaron sighed, looking at the sky.

"Hey, you should see the good sides of things! We've got one of Scipion's allies with us!" Alex said, trying to cheer Aaron up.

"But what if..."

"They will be fine. Don't assume the worst from the beginning. Working yourself up isn't going to help. The only thing we can do is pressing forwards." Tokage said, putting his hand on Aaron's shoulder.

"Thanks..." Aaron muttered, smiling sadly.

"Ow..."

Everyone turned their head towards Edgar as the Murkrow groggily woke up. He panicked as soon as he saw that.

"Uh? Where am I?! What have you done to me?!" he yelled.

"Calm down." Tokage sternly said. Edgar became paralyzed and stared at the group, shaking.

"Ah... Aha... I-I can explain everything..." he stammered, starting to tear up. But then, he noticed something.

"M-My wing?? How??" he exclaimed, moving his wing with shock.

"Ralsei here healed your wing." Aaron said, gesturing at Ralsei.

"W-W-Why?"

"How about you tell us where your allies are?"

Edgar's shocked expression turned into a vicious frown.

"Oh... So that's why you healed me? That's a dick move. Fuck you. I'm not telling anything." he sulked. He yelped when he dodged Arthur's sudden arrow.

"Speak. I won't miss the next one."

"N-Never...!" Edgar shakily cried, shutting his eyes.

"Since when did you had the balls?" Arthur asked, raising an eyebrow.

"My guys are either idiots or creeps, but I'm not going to backstab them!" Edgar said, hyperventilating.

"Really? Wow. I was expecting the opposite coming from you."

"Will you stop with those cliches! I..." Edgar exclaimed before pausing and shaking his head.

"Okay, maybe I'm a greedy and cowardly bird, but not completely!"

"Should we actually torture him?" Arthur suggested. Aaron cringed at the proposition.

"And hearing the guy's screeches again? No thank you." Alex argued.

"Besides, he seems rather frail. I am sure he would faint as soon as we harm him." James added.

"Your choice." Arthur sighed.

"Can you at least tell us about Lucian and Kris? How are they?"

"I told you I'm not telling you creeps anything! I-"

"Please." Aaron sadly begged. Edgar was taken aback by how concerned the Lucario was. He actually made him feel bad.

"Last time I checked, they're fine. No kills, no torture, even good food. The Lycanroc is nervous as hell while the human's a freaking creep. But a nice one giving they're always near the wolf to reassure him. Can't guarantee that will last though."

Aaron sighed in relief. If Edgar was telling the truth, Scipion didn't harm them... Yet.

"Thank you. That means a lot to us." he thanked.

"So... What do you plan to do with me? Y-You're not going to kill me, yes?" Edgar nervously asked.

"For now yes." Tokage sighed.

"T-That's fair I guess..." Edgar shakily chuckled.

"Were you expecting something else?"

"Duh! I barely did anything and you guys all want a piece of me! Thank god at least some people have common senses here!"

"If you're all done here, I suggest you eat a bit of these. It's even better when grilled." Nick said, throwing apples at everyone.

"Finally!" Alex exclaimed, licking his lips.

As they ate, Aaron gave a grilled apple to Edgar, noticing that he was hungry. The Murkrow hesitantly took the food, but still thanked Aaron for it.

"If I may add something? Don't put me anywhere near those psychos. I'll only be fine with you and the healing goat around." Edgar asked Aaron.

"Fair enough. Just don't try to annoy us or anything funny." the Lucario said, shrugging.

"Technically, the only thing I can do right now is screaming as I did earlier. Don't hurt me, and I'll keep my mouth shut."

"By the way. Who's going to watch out for any stealth attacks?" Nick asked.

"I would say Arthur. He is perfect for this task." James said. The Decidueye looked at the duo angrily.

"And what if I don't want to?"

James gave him an amused, yet gentle look, basically saying "we'll do that another night. I promise." Arthur rolled his eyes and reluctantly accepted.

Billy's Mansion

An hour has passed since he reminisced back about his time in the park. He used his time afterward to continue his financial and economic management of his corporation, as well as catch up on news from Kendor. He has also received the information that George and Kayla have returned with Adrien and Mista in tow, both deciding to go into the Arena as themselves, seeing that they both had experienced the Arena pre-data clone. In fact, Adrien was once a part of the Hall of Fame with his friends. The two servants then travel again into Gensokyo, Mugenri, and Bikini Bottom in that order to recruit Patchouli, Tsubakura, and Sandy for the mission.

Then, shortly before the season starts, he receives a call from 6k1. As he opens it, he says, "okay. Give me a moment to organize my work." Billy then spends some time doing that, while watching the season in-between.

He eventually continues, "so I am guessing it is about the growing relationship between our Starbles, right?"

As he calls, his mind drifts a bit about what happens to Adrien. Sutton had talked about how he seem to be secretly akumatized, even though his appearance was unchanged on the outside. He still takes it seriously enough to order Fvearniyx to run an analysis. He needs to know if what Sutton is saying is true.

As Billy continues his call with 6k1, Fvearniyx analysis start to show that Adrien has indeed been akumatized, but the akuma seems to work differently. It did not corrupt Adrien's form, but rather it layed dormant and acted within the same frequency as the Arena signal. He theorizes, "this explains the unique case of Adrien's akumatization. The next question is, who caused this?"

Just as he is finished with his initial theory, Fvearniyx notices two workers sending the bodies of Adrien and Mista to his work room he is in now after their season. Quickly, he orders the doctors in his employ, "we need to return Mista back into his normal size before resurrecting him. As for Adrien, don't touch him yet. I need to inform Billy about the next course of action."

He tries to call Billy himself, but a doctor informs him that he is currently calling 6k1. This means that Fvearniyx has to call the clone instead.

Eagle's Hawk Corporation HQ, the Federal Interstellar Republic of Kendor

Billy's Clone is now looking at the skyline of the Baxter Superdistrict through the window behind his chair. As he watches the motions of flying cars and ships, as well as the tall skyscrapers, he receives a call. Answering it, he listens as Fvearniyx tells him about his discoveries. He then says, "I grant authorization to your request to perform the autopsy. I am also confused and fascinated by his unusual condition. Besides, your team can remove autopsy marks."

After the call, he remembers the shared messages he get about June. However, before he can write a follow-up message to her about who he will really invite for his tributes, he has to inform the tributes themselves first. So with that, begins his calls, starting with Spongebob and friends (except Sandy for an obvious reason).

Exegol

It has been days since Palpatine's League has teleported themselves out of the League of Evil. Within the planet that is special for the Sith, Palpatine managed to discover the base that he had used for his scheming back before his fall. He then had the members refurbish it to be functional again, with Herobrine doing most of the work due to his construction abilities.

Once it was back, they started to determine the organization, though the discussion still continued even today. Next, they managed to bring back few normal recruits, who were Palpatine's Sith Eternal cultists scattered in exile across the Galaxy. This was achieved by the use of Palpatine's ability to sense them and his villains' teleportation power. Also, they managed to set up a holographic display that allowed them to receive news and view channels from other universes. Hawk Moth, in his non-supervillain form as Gabriel, in particular was interested when he saw in the previous season's Reaping list that Adrien was going to be one of the tributes. His interest is piqued further when Palpatine informed him,    "I sensed with the Dark Side of the Force that Adrien is going as himself, and not as a data clone like that man usually does. This is a great opportunity."   

However, Gabriel showed reluctance once Palpatine said it. While it may be an open opportunity as the Darth said, he also had an attachment to his son. However, Palpatine detected this feeling with his ability, so he continued,    "I notice your doubts. Think about it this way. If you can akumatize Adrien, then he may potentially present you with the Miraculous."   

   "Even if he doesn't, I can use my Force to establish a permanent link with him once I imbue your Akuma with Sith alchemy."   

Gabriel then said,    "What if both plans failed to work?"   

   "I see you still doubt me. With my link, I can slowly influence him to be swayed into our side like I did before."   

   "Also,"    Palpatine then looked at everyone present in the room as he starts to talk about the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. Once he was done, he turns back to Gabriel,    "I heard that your wife is currently in a deep slumber. I promise you that with my connection to the Force, I will eventually be able to aid the Miraculous' ability in order to bring her back to life."   

Gabriel was left stunned and silent for few seconds, before he regained his composure and said,    "I believe in you, Darth Sidious. Now, do you want me to send my akuma to my son?"   

   "yes. However, I want to do something with it."    With this, Gabriel transformed into Hawk Moth with his Miraculous after he forced his Kwami, Nooroo, into submission yet again. Palpatine also aided by threatening Nooroo with his Force Lightning. As Hawk Moth, he then created an akuma as he said,    "go forth, my akuma! Bring me my son! Go akumatize him to us!"   

Once the akuma appeared, Palpatine started to concentrate as he seem to perform some kind of a ritual. It took several minutes, but once he was done, the akuma had been imbued with the Force. Herobrine then summoned a portal that led to the Arena, giving path for the akuma to reach Adrien.

The villains soon witness as the Akuma managed to sneak away. While it went unseen in the normal season, the secret cameras showed its motion to the Gamemakers. However, they kept it as a secret to themselves, and only informed Sutton vaguely to help with his hosting material. Apparently, the enchantments that Palpatine had given allowed Adrien's akuma to assume its unique properties.

Eye-Sicle's Lair (The T.S.C.)

(With the season over, Eye-Sicle pulls the legendary dragons back in and restores them.)

If it is all the same with you, I do not wish to see a pile of salt again for as long as I exist. (Dialga says.)

I hear ya, D. I don't think I want to see any cheese dip as long as I'm around either. (Palkia agrees.)

Alright, discuss it later, I've got some new tributes to pull in. (Eye-Sicle says. He activates the machine.)

(The machine pulls in what looks to Eye-Sicle like a random pigeon and a young woman. Eye-Sicle realizes immediately that she's from the same world that the Greens were from.)

...Okay, WHAT is happening? (She asks.)

AAH! Get me outta here! (The Pigeon shouts.)

Th-That bird is talking...! (Gloria stammers, stumbling backward and bumping into Palkia.)

Well, you might be surprised at how many non-humans are capable of talking, human. (Palkia says.)

(Gloria takes one look at Dialga and Palkia, lets out a terrified squeak, then grins and chuckles for a moment before fainting dead away.)

...I was just being honest.

(Eye-Sicle debates quizzing Gloria about the Greens, but he decides that he has bigger things to worry about right now (like returning back to his normal self before the Nom Games) and decides to focus on getting ready for the season.)

(But before he can do anything else, there is a sudden blast of pink and red at the edge of the room. One of the duplicate Junes peeks in.) Hey, uh, mind if I decorate in here-! WHOA! IT'S TH' REAL DIALGA AND PALKIA! IN HERE!! RIGHT IN FRONT 'A ME!! EEEEEE!

I do mind, very much! Take your decoratin' elsewhere! (Eye-Sicle snaps.) What are you even doin' putting junk like that all over the place, anyway? Shouldn't you be with Spivey and the others?

Oh, I am! Technically. I was just decoratin' for the party! (June #14 says.)

What party?? What the hell have you all been doing out there?? (Eye-Sicle asks, jumping up.)

A party?! (The Pigeon asks.) I wanna go to the party! Let me go to the party, pleeease??

No! (Eye-Sicle barks at the bird. He stalks out of the room and sees the Valentine's Day decorations coating the hallways and even some of his robot guards.) WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY LAIR?!

Hey, chill, it's just illusions... (June #14 tries to say before Eye-Sicle makes a beeline down the hall.)

A party actually sounds pretty nice right now, especially after everything D and I just went through. (Palkia says, carefully picking Gloria up.) I hope there's no fondue, though.

Hey, y' guys should c'mon! (June #14 says.) We'd be honored t' have ya join us!

(Everyone starts down toward the lobby as well.)

Party

Yeah, they can't be too far, right? (Kenny says.)

Yeah, I hope not! (June says.) I know some of 'em are outside at this point.

I just hope Eye-Sicle doesn't get too upset over this. (Stanford says, unaware that this is exactly what Eye-Sicle is doing right now.)

(Once Mr. Star, Kirby, and the others with them enter the lair, they'll see that there are a LOT more than just two Junes.)

The original June needed more hands t' get the party started, so she used a clonin' remote to duplicate herself! (One of the Junes explains.)

Yeah, but I got a little carried away, and now we gotta find all th' other mes as soon as we can. (The original June says.) But anyway, howdy! I'm the original June!

(Everyone else properly introduces themselves to Mr. Star's group as well.)

The Arena

Mettaton's databanks are still brimming with ideas on how to spice up his show. However, he feels that whammy things are going to happen real soon, so he searches on the Internet for ideas for his final act.

Oh my... I didn't know there were humans FAR worse than Chara! That child may have killed all of us monsters in one timeline, but I can't believe those humans stooped that low enough to change Earth Prime history forever! I shall make a PSA about this!

And so he dons a cowboy outfit and makes a hammy PSA about the subject with a Southern accent so over-the-top it makes Asgore and Asriel cringe. Mettaton then attends the Feast to see if there's something entertaining he can find, but Akira eats a blue watermelon and blows a stream of ice onto him.

WARNING: CPU entering Deep FREEZE...

His metal body starts to crack under the ice, and Akira runs into him and shatters him into a pile of scrap.

The Database Library, Basement

6k1 had been talking to Billy about their Starbles since her tributes' deaths, but she was distracted by the sheer chaos that had been going on in the Arena. Besides Mettaton's fabulous show he performed, the token inanimate objects achieved sentience over the course of the season, and two of them became monsters. She also felt sorry for Su-hyun for being used as Wiz's test subject after his co-host Boomstick's death.

She takes the time to process this wild ride before arranging for Alolan Exeggutor's revival.

"And before I nominate my next tributes and finally decide on who to deploy for the rescue mission, Billy, I'll say that I had my suspicions about Mimi and Arcturus's behavior at the park yesterday. I theorize that their antennae flash when they're in love, and since they're teenagers in Starble years, well... I have to give Mimi an important talk if you're going to take Arcturus with you for the Nominator Games. I plan to randomly choose between my three assistants for my partner, if I get chosen to bring one."

Plains

Ralsei and Susie set up their tent, which Kris packed along with their camping equipment, and sit with the others at the campfire.

"I agree, Tokage," says Ralsei, "if Frisk is determined enough to keep going, then why not us?"

"And Kris is quite the persistent one," adds Susie.

Edgar, however, complains about being captured, and Ralsei nods when Aaron tells the Murkrow that he healed him. He shakes his head when Arthur threatens Edgar into spilling about the whereabouts of Kris and Lucian.

"C'mon Ral," Susie elbows him, "if he ain't gonna talk, ya might as well force it outta him."

He pouts, but Edgar then reports that Kris and Lucian are doing well.

"Really?" Ralsei smiles. "That's real nice to hear!"

"I'm glad about that, too," says Susie, "buuut I doubt if you're being truthful about them."

Nick then gives them their meals, and Susie finishes her apple first.

"Whoa..." says Ralsei, "guess you were really hungry after all that fighting, huh?"

"Mm-hm."

But when the teams then discuss on their plans, she gets up, stretches her arms, and prepares to leave.

"I'll just be in our tent if you need me Ral... or not."

Plains

"I do not know about you, but I too am starting to feel exhausted. I wish that you have a pleasant night." James said, getting up before leaving, followed by Nick who waved at the group.

Arthur said nothing and got up, starting to survey the arena.

"Are you going to be-"

"Yes." The Decidueye said. It was clear he didn't want to be disturbed now. Aaron nodded.

"Yeah. I'm tired too. Are you coming Aaron?" Alex asked, yawning.

"Well..." Aaron sighed, pointing at Edgar who cringed at the Charmeleon.

"Oh... Right... He wants only you and or Ralsei in." Alex grunted, crossing his arms.

"Then we'll sleep with Susie. If she doesn't want us in, we'll sleep outside. I'll manage."

"Outside? But it's so damn cold!" Alex protested.

"You have literal fire on your tail Alex. You won't catch a cold." Tokage sighed, his eyes blinking from fatigue and slight annoyance.

"Oh well... Good night then!" Alex said before both joined Susie, asking her if she wanted to be left alone or if she was fine to rest with them.

Once the duo left, Edgar sighed in relief.

"Wow... You're actually keeping your word." he muttered, surprised.

"Is that so surprising to you?"

"Well I'm your nemesis ally. And we took your friends. I expected you to treat me much worst."

"Even if what you said was false, harming you would be useless." Aaron sighed.

"I am telling the truth! Ugh! Just use your stupid aura on me if you're not convinced!" Edgar hissed in annoyance, earning a chuckle from Aaron. The Lucario then walked towards his tent, carrying Edgar. He stopped in his tracks and looked at Ralsei.

"Are you not going to join Susie? I mean, unless you want to be with me. That's up to you."

Arena (right before the season)

Sylvanas and Carmilla were among the last to arrive. Although they were officially nominated by Scipion, they were not affiliated with him just like it was the case for Veran, Ultimecia, Queen Chrysalis, and Zira before them.

   "Hmph. The old man and his pet are here. Wonderful"    Carmilla sarcastically said, facepalming upon seeing Dracula and Lisa.

   "If you could stop complaining already."    Sylvanas muttered, stoically looking at the other tributes.

   "To think we are forced to wait because there are already plenty of fucking leagues already around. This is so frustrating."    the vampire complained.

   "The amount of other evil forces are a problem, yes. But we are not here for that."    Sylvanas coldly replied.

   "Tch! That worthless mummy and his masked abominations, I know. Still, you can't convince me that these are worst than the other leagues around."   

   "I don't know much about the former, but the Blight Ganons themselves are concerning... They have gone awfully silent ever since Terminus's league did the same. Medusa suspect they might be much more dangerous to our plans than what they currently let on."   

   "But why does she think they are linked to the nominators? I can understand for the mummy but them? They have nothing in common! And it's not like they are a threat to the Blights either. Asides from one or two, they are just idiots or even humans."   

   "That, I cannot tell."    the Banshee queen replied, readying her bow.

Edited by Scipion3 on Mar 5th 2021 at 12:21:37 PM

Office Room, Billy's Mansion

In his study/office, Billy continues his call with 6k1. He responds back, "I also have the same theory as you, 6k1, and I am also planning to talk with Arcturus about his relationship before the season. And speaking of the Third Nominator Game, I already intend on bringing him, George, or Kayla as one of my three reserves for the season in case they get accepted alongside me."

Medical Room, Billy's Mansion

In the meantime, Dr. Shrnietr begins the autopsy on Adrien in a private room accessed within the Medical Room, while the other doctors are working on resurrecting Mista in the main area. He starts by using ultrasound to detect where the akuma is. The device eventually returns the result, which is that the shadow of the akuma is visible around his brain. Fvearniyx thinks, "this is another unusual sign. An akuma usually doesn't linger in the akumatized's internal organs, but rather they disappear as they possess the victim."

Fvearniyx soon starts making an incision to access the akuma. He is prepared to purify the akuma with a purification device that he has brought in before the autopsy. As he opens up the area, the akuma starts to fly out. However, Fvearniyx immediately notices that it is dark blue instead of purple, and that it has electric charge all around.

Then to his surprise, the akuma starts firing Force Lightning at him. He manages to quickly grab an isolating material before he gets hit, but he still gets a small sting at one of his legs. This sends him kneeling on one leg, but he then quickly tries to run, despite stumbling a bit. He then shouts, "what exactly is this akuma?" as he tries to activate the purifying device. Just as he starts turning it on however, the akuma releases a jolt of lightning, blasting the machine to ruins and slamming Fvearniyx into the wall with the explosion.

Since Mista's resurrection is still underway, Fvearniyx says to himself, "I can't let the akuma ruin Mista's revival." Fvearniyx soon reaches for his bracelet to send a signal to Billy. The emergency code manages to reach the man, but the akuma then sends another shock, frying the device and burning the arm with electricity.

Eagle's Hawk HQ, the Federal Interstellar Republic of Kendor

Billy's Clone is now calling his signature tributes. He starts with Spongebob, who is now in his house, by saying, "hello Spongebob."

"Hey Billy! What's the matter?"

"I am inviting you into a party that one of my nominator's friends from the land is having."

"oh, who are they?"

"Her name is June. She is a land creature who is having a party now."

"wow, that sounds so fun! I'm going to let my friends know!"

Spongebob then hangs up. Using the time that Spongebob needs to invite his friends, Billy calls four of the JoJos next. They are Jotaro, Giorno, Josuke, and Jolyne. He decides to invite their adult versions from the recent years. Thus, he decides to start with Jotaro, hoping he will relay this to his daughter, Josuke, and Giorno.

Exegol

   "go, my akuma! Spread evil into that man's residence! Akumatize that doctor!"    Hawk Moth boasts as he sees the situation through the eyes of his akuma. Meanwhile, while anyone can't see it for themselves for now, Palpatine shouts,    "make him feel the Dark Side of the Force! Give him unlimited power!"   

Eye-Sicle's Lair

Mr. Star and the others go in.

"Whoa... Anyway, i'm Mr. Star."

The others then introduce themselves as well.

Adeleine responds to the Pearls' request.

"Well, i don't see why not!"

Edited by Oggy123 on Mar 6th 2021 at 10:42:05 PM

The Database Library, Basement

"Really? But I'll still talk to Mimi about this regardless. Anything else? Because if none, then good luck to us in the Nom Games!"

Eye-Sicle's Lair

Blue kneels down to shake Adeleine's hand. "Since we're still partying, we'll skip the interview and hire you already! Congrats!"

"We'll just inform Paper about you when we go back to work!"

The Pearls then approach Mr. Star.

"You're one of 6k1's friends, aren't you?"

"And are you from space?" Yellow asks, looking at his antenna. "Because we're also from there, too!"

Plains

Susie stuffs herself in her sleeping bag and prepares to go to sleep, but is bothered by the sound of Alex and Tokage approaching her.

"Go away..." she says, "don't feel like sleeping near your tail cuz this bag's thick enough, Alex."

Meanwhile, Ralsei simply nods at Edgar.

"I'll take your word for it."

He then follows Aaron to his tent.

"I'll go sleep with you..." He yawns. "Susie may be rude, but she's... been in a terribly bad mood since Kris was kidnapped..."

Plains

As Tokage expected, Susie wasn't in the mood and quickly expelled him and Alex from her tent.

"Urgh... She's quite grumpy, don't you think?" Alex grunted, slightly frustrated.

"I may be wrong, but perhaps it's the fact that Kris was taken away. That, and she is strong-willed." Tokage said.

"Yeah... Kinda like when we first met you and I always argued with you, no?" Alex chuckled.

"Perhaps... I also liked neither you nor Aaron back then. The only thing I wanted was to save my father, so I merely tolerated you." Tokage muttered, taking a twig and holding it into his mouth as he laid down.

"Yeah. And you acted like a stupid edge lord, even after you agreed to definitively join our team."

"You're exaggerating." Tokage spitted.

"Sure. Night, Mr. semi-wild Pokémon." Alex cackled.

"Good night, fat moron." Alex stared angrily at Tokage but laughed it off.

Meanwhile, Aaron was more than surprised that Ralsei didn't want to be with Susie. He would have expected him to sleep with his teammate.

"Oh... Alright then. Make yourself comfortable." he said, entering the tent with Ralsei and Edgar.

After putting Edgar's cage down, he prepared the beds himself. He took one last look outside and noticed Tokage and Alex outside before laying down.

"It seems Susie is sleeping alone. I hope she won't feel too lonely." he sighed before turning to Ralsei.

"I also noticed she seems quite worked up... Maybe I have nothing to say about it since you two know each other longer than I do but... Have you tried talking to her about it?"

Eye-Sicle's Lair

Ooh, you guys are all from space? Neato! Wait'll Grampy hears about this! (June says.)

(It's at this point that Eye-Sicle enters the lobby of the lair where everyone is (with Dialga, Palkia, the Pigeon, and Gloria not far behind).)

What the...?!

(Jared's eyes go wide upon seeing first the Legendaries, and then Eye-Sicle, still in bubble dragon form.) E-Eye-Sicle?! Is that you? (He tries to keep himself from laughing.)

I DON'T wanna talk about it. I just wanna know HOW to get back to my normal self before the Nominator Games AND why there's a party goin' on in here.

June simply wanted to throw a party for the others. (Cleo explains.)

Yeah, uh, sorry 'bout decoratin' the entire place. The decorations are all illusions, so they'll go away, and we'll deal with all the extra mes. (June says.)

See that ya do. (Eye-Sicle says, still unamused.)

(Stanford notices Gloria, who is still passed out.) Eye-Sicle, who is that?

If I had to wager a guess, I'd say she's from the same sorta place as that ridiculous family that I've still heard nothin' about since I sent all those dingbats after 'em. (Eye-Sicle answers. It's at this point that it occurs to Eye-Sicle that Stanford doesn't seem all that concerned about this. He raises an eyebrow at this (or at least he would if he currently had one), but opts to wait until the two of them are alone to interrogate Stanford about it.)

(Gloria starts to come to.) Ughhhhh, what a weird dream... (Then she regains her senses enough to see the wildly decorated room, the many identical fox-like creatures running around, and all of the other unusual people standing nearby.) Nope, I'm still dreaming. ...H-Hey! Put me down already!

(Palkia carefully puts Gloria back down on the ground.)

(Meanwhile, the Pigeon flies atop a piece of cake and starts voraciously pecking it.) Best day ever!

Office Room, Billy's Mansion

"I want to ask you one more thing. I am going to admit that I am still not experienced in talking about that kind of relationship to my pet, so I want to ask you some advice on what I should ask and tell Arcturus about."

However, during the call, Billy gets interrupted by the sound of a beeping alarm and the red light signal flashing at the top of the room's door. This makes him says, "there must be an emergency situation in my mansion now. I am going to end this to address the problem. I can just call you back after I am done dealing with the incident, and you are done with nominating your tributes and deciding the rescuers for the mission."

Morth International Space Station ALPHA

"Hey, Elliot?"
Elliot was staring at a computer screen, possibly watching the news or something, as Barnaby got his attention. "Yeees, Barnaby?"
"I think that reaper wants your attention again."
"...Are they pissed?"
"Yeah."
"Fuck it, let them in like a call or something."

So Elliot opened a call and Thistle appeared, casually waving at them.
"Elliot."
"Sup, bud?"
"I'm checking the announcements section of the last season and, like, why the FUCK did you give me he/him pronouns?"
"...They/them wasn't an option. ...That and the host still referred to you with those pronouns. It's a strange technical limitation that's not really in anyone's control."
Thistle sighed. "of fucking course it's not," they said before looking to Elliot. "And you still nominated tributes?"
"Hey, they're both pieces of shit," Elliot said, "One of them's a narcissist who's clearly very full of himself and wants to kill half the multiverse just to solve a problem embedded in the faulty distribution of wealth rather than any capacity problems, and the other reminds me of my dad."
"I-..." Thistle was honestly flabbergasted. "How does a fucking planet remind you of your dad?"
"That's a personal question, sweetheart," Elliot said, sipping a glass of milk, "But I understand why you asked."
"...I'm out of here."
"Take care, then."
Thistle visibly rolled their eyes before closing the call. Elliot then sighed, took a minute, then got back to work.

Edited by Smiley100P on Mar 7th 2021 at 8:06:09 AM

The Database Library, Basement

"Me neither, since majority of my knowledge about love comes from watching all those weird pairings hook up in the Games."

6k1 laughs nervously. While she helped Dave and Fira get together, she'd have to do her research on how to properly lecture her pet about the birds and the bees, as she has seen many tributes take the phrase literally, even President Snow back in S52.

She was about to give Billy the best advice she could when she suddenly hears an alarm from his end.

"Oh no, did something happen back there? Either way, talk to you later!"

She ends the call and then dials the number of Townsville Hall.

"Why hello, Girls!" says the Mayor. "Has there been any trouble in Townsville lately?"

"Heehee, nope! This is TRP-6001, Database Manager and Head Librarian of the Database Library, and I'm going to nominate you and your secretary for the Hunger Games."

She explains to him about data cloning and asks if he'd like to avail of it.

"Hmm... I'll go call Ms. Bellum for her thoughts on this!"

6k1 can hear her footsteps on the other end and listens to the Mayor pass the information to her.

"While the Mayor once fought Fuzzy Lumpkins over his hat while I once fought Sedusa in hand-to-hand combat, who's going to run Townsville if he or both of us leave?"

"Well, why not just elect another official as vice mayor?" asks 6k1.

"Because nobody wants to run against him."

"Not that I mind!" the Mayor chimes in, "but why don't you go to the Arena for me, Ms. Bellum?"

"Then who's going to watch over you while I'm out?"

"Uh..."

"That's why I think it's best for us to be data cloned, Ms. 6001."

"Alright then. Good luck to you both!"

Eye-Sicle's Lair

The Pearls widen their eyes with shock when Eye-Sicle and his guests arrive at the party room, but introduce themselves anyway.

"What happened to you?" Blue asks him.

"I thought you were a bear!" adds Yellow. "Did you shapeshift or something?"

She laughs at him, but Blue quickly shushes her.

"Apologies for that," she says to him, "she's, uh... kinda like that sometimes, but she means well!"

"But I was gonna say that we're both shapeshifters, too!"

"Just that we only do that for our work since our students have different kinds of hands!"

"And why are you purple, human?" Yellow asks Gloria.

"Don't question it, we've seen a purple human in the Arena before!"

"Eh, right..." She darts her eyes as she recalls Sci-Twi back in S128.

The Pearls then look up at Palkia and shake his claws, with Blue taking the left and Yellow taking the right.

"Congrats for passing Assassin School!"

Plains

Ralsei follows Aaron inside his tent and lies in his bed, imagining a covered hole in the tent's ceiling so he can look at the stars.

"Aaron..." he says, "I'll try talking to her first thing in the morning. Best to refresh your mind from the trip before resolving things with someone as stubborn as her... And while I'm trying my best to keep up without Kris, Susie... well... she's known them longer than I did, so..."

Plains, night

"I understand... Let's hope the night will refresh her mind as well." Aaron said, hugging Ralsei one last time, with, of course, being careful of his chest spike.

"You really are a hugging person, aren't you?" Edgar said, amused. Aaron didn't felt like answering and went to bed.

"Good night." he muttered.

Plains, next morning

Aaron yawned and stretched before getting up. Noticing that Ralsei was still sleeping, he gently woke him up.

"Good morning, Ralsei." he muttered.

"Took you long enough to wake yourselves up, uh?" Edgar giggled from his cage.

After readying himself, Aaron got out of the tent, carrying Edgar. He was surprised to see all of the other Pokémons packing their stuff and readying themselves.

"Well finally!" James sarcastically exclaimed upon seeing him and Ralsei.

"You are already all awake?"

"Yes. We don't want to waste much time, remember?" Tokage said.

"Yeah. Would you mind helping us?"

"Sure thing!"

Before Aaron left Ralsei's side, he discreetly whispered to him.

"You should talk to Susie before we leave if you still want to do so. Don't worry, I'll make sure no one notice if you don't want to be disturbed."

Scipion's lair, next morning

Onox and Lucian were still sleeping when dawn came.

   "Wake up!"    a familiar roar echoed through the room. Lucian yelped, waking up before looking nervously at Scipion.

"Boss? Boss!" Onox exclaimed, running towards the Zoroark and hugging him with all of his might.

   "Will you stop that?"    Scipion hissed.

"Oh... Sorry boss... But I was very worried..." Onox apologized. Scipion sighed and shook his head before smirking.

   "That's fine. Don't worry, I'm fine now, you big idiot."    Scipion giggled, lightly punching Onox in the chest. His smile quickly turned into an evil one as he looked at the prisoners

Lucian shuddered when Scipion walked towards the cage, a red aura emanating from his claws. He shut his eyes when he heard Scipion slashing at the cage, thinking he was attacking them. Instead, the cage's entrance got broken.

   "You can go now."    Scipion said, crossing his arms.

"W-What?" Lucian stammered, eyes wide opened in shock.

   "Figured out that this cage may be too small for you two. You're free to go everywhere you want and hang out with us, as long as you don't disturb anyone. And of course, you can't leave this place."   

"W... Why?"

   "Think of that as my way to thank you for earlier..."    Scipion sighed, smiling.

"O-Oh... W-Well I hope that wasn't too painful for you." Lucian nervously said, lowering his ears

   "Painful? Don't remind me! I spent the fucking night vomiting and Edgar kept watching me during it. I won't lie, he is creeping me out from time to time."    Scipion chuckled, looking at Clyde.

   "And that was a wonderful lullaby to me."    Morgan cackled, entering the room.

   "So everyone's awake then?"   

   "Not all. The Gengar has not come back yet."    Morgan pointed out.

   "Yes... This is concerning..."    Clyde muttered.

   "Fox of death!!"   

Everyone turned around to see a panting Freddy entering the cavern.

   "Ah, Freddy! Took you long enough."    Scipion said, smirking.

   "...Where is Edgar?"    Clyde interrupted, looking more and more worried. Freddy sighed deeply.

   "I am unfortunately bearer of bad news... The Fiery Blue Wings and the two Delta warriors are with the Rescue Squad. And with them, several tributes coming from the nominators Billy and TRP-6001 are to arrive shortly. As for Edgar... He had been caught."    he grunted, frowning.

The evil Pokémons stared wordlessly at the Gengar.

   "What?"    Clyde spoke, frowning angrily, which surprised everyone else.

   "Are you kidding?"    Scipion growled, eyes wide opened.

   "I wish I would. I am sorry for my failure to retrieve Edgar, but he told me to leave and report to you. Punish me as you see fit."   

   "Forget it. You did your job well enough for me, Freddy."    Scipion said, shaking his head. He started to wave his claws, containing his fury.

   "This is a disaster... Now the nominators themselves want to ruin everything! Can't they just fucking understand it's personal? I just wanted to deal with Aaron and his stupid team, fuck!"    the Zoroark roared.

"So what do we do now, boss?" Onox asked, once again worried about his master.

   "I know what we should do."    Clyde said, catching the attention of everyone, a determined look on his face.

   "I will go and save Edgar by myself. If I fail, at least the rest of you must prepare to stand our ground here. Sir Scipion, you should contact some of your villainous tributes and ask them to help."   

   "...But I'm the leader here... I'm the one who's scheming!"    Scipion protested.

   "And what is your plan? Clyde's idea is the way to go for me, you shitty moron. Besides, I already made some... arrangements with some of your most deadliest tributes."    Morgan interrupted.

   "What? Without my consent??? And what if some of their tributes died? The noms are going to ban me for this!"    Scipion exclaimed.

   "Can you blame yourself for Kris being stupid enough to defend Lucian and falling into my hand? Can you blame yourself for the nominators sending their tributes against us? They know what we can do, especially what you and I can do. If they happen to die, it's their fault for being reckless."    Morgan snarled, mockingly caressing Scipion's cheeks with his hair.

   "Grrrrr... Very well Clyde. But I insist that none of you don't kill any tributes."   

"Ok boss! I won't punch the baddies too hard." Onox exclaimed.

   "I understand, Fox of Death! Gehehe!!"    Freddy laughed.

   "Capturing them is the worst I intend to do."    Clyde sternly added. Scipion then turned towards Morgan, who shrugged.

   "You know what my answer's going to be. I won't waste an opportunity like that and you can't convince me overwise."   

   "Fine... But it's your responsibility."    Scipion grunted. He turned towards Onox.

   "Onox! You're in Clyde hands now. Even though he doesn't have hands at all... From now on and until I say so, you follow his command."   

"Yes boss!" Onox exclaimed, saluting his boss before turning to Clyde.

"So, you're my second tiny boss now!"

   "That is correct. Onox, we must depart immediately."   

   "Alright. Good luck you two."    Scipion wished.

   "Goodbye, Kris and Lucian. With a bit of luck, we will meet again."    the Shuppet said at the prisoners, before leaving with Onox.

   "Freddy, you should take some rest. You've done enough for now."    Scipion said at the Gengar.

   "Very well, Fox of Death. I look forward to my rematch against those pesky heroes! Gehehe!"    Freddy said, before leaving, leaving only Scipion and Morgan with the prisoners. Lucian couldn't help but shudder at the vile look the Morgrem was giving him and Kris.

   "Morgan..."    Scipion grunted.

   "Fine, fine..."    Morgan sighed, shrugging his shoulders.

   "Mark my words, you two... I will have my little moment with you. One way or another."    he sinisterly laughed, leaving. Once he was alone, Scipion rolled his eyes, groaning.

   "I'm frustrated now... Damn it! I need something to cheer me up... But what...?"    he ranted, walking back and forth and talking to himself. Lucian couldn't help but giving a worried look at Kris, especially when the Zoroark started to talk about praising his own mane.

Scipion then stopped a huge smirk on his face. Lucian backed down a bit as the Zoroark turned towards them, a slightly insane smile on his face.

   "You two know how to fight, right?"