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BRAWL!

The Five duos set off in the desert arena. One duo, consisting of a humanoid crow and a child with a lizard hoodie, was scrambling in the bushes, until one of them heard a familiar voice.

Shelly: Astimi Gusta!

Crow was attacked by the Mexican lady, throwing poisonous knives back at her. Leon, the kid, joined Crow in destroying Shelly when Crow leaped into the sky and ditched the two, leaving Leon with Shelly.

Leon: Don't think You've got me yet!
Shelly: Of course I do, now why wou-

Before Shelly could monologue, Leon was gone. She then noticed the green smoke nearby and fled. Meanwhile, Rico and Piper were fighting off Belle, who was clearly winning.

Piper: Mind yer' manners!
Rico: ...Just do it.
Belle Unfortunately for you, I'm in the right this time. EDGAR!

Awkward Silence...

Belle: Hehe... Where is he?

Max☠️Edgar

Belle: WHAT?!

Surge☠️Shelly
Max☠️Leon
Bull☠️Crow
Max☠️Bull

As Belle silently panics, Max and Surge collect the power cubes of the fallen brawlers and set off it the center, away from the green smoke. They see the trio, and cast a small plan.

Max: Ok, so we'll kill Belle before Edgar comes back, then we'll double kill the couple, agreed?
Surge: 👍
Max: Alright, let's go.

Surge shoots at Piper, causing the bullet to also hit Rico, but not Belle. Max, on the other hand, aims at Belle and only Belle, obliterating her.

SHOWDOWN!

Now it was Rico & Piper VS. Surge & Max. Now, the remaining brawlers haven't used their supers yet, let alone gadgets, during this whole match. Well, that was true, until Piper dropped some grenades and launched into the sky, leaving a lovestruck Rico and a unimpressed superhero duo behind. When Piper landed, she then realized what had happened. The green gas was almost at her already, and she could hear the cries of her date on the other side of the wall.

Max☠️Rico

It only got worse when she heard a voice that WAS on the other side of the wall.

Surge: FEEL THE SURGE!

Surge jumped up and landed on the pastry baker, crumbling her to purple dust.

Surge☠️Piper
Match Over! Max & Surge Win!

Squeak, a brawler made out of saliva, was watching the showdown match on the tv next to the showdown respawning grounds. Max & Surge had just teleported back there as the rest of the brawlers had respawned.

Max: Great Game!
Surge: Yep, could've been better though.
Max: At least it wasn't any worse!
Surge: Tru.

Edgar was casually drinking soda after respawning, leaving before Belle could respawning and kill him. Again. Squeak giggled at Belle's expression once she respawned.

Belle: It's not funny. I almost had then, mind you.
Squeak: Ruff! *cuddles next to Belle*
Belle: ...You know I can't stay mad at you :)

Belle and Squeak had been best friends since they've joined the brawlers. Although Squeak had Colonel Ruffs, Belle's gang...isn't what you can call complete. Nevertheless, the living spit and robber managed to get along well.

Belle: Hey, has Ruff finished that translator?
Squeak: ?
Belle: You don't even know about it, do you?
Squeak: *shakes head*
Belle: Hmm, maybe Bo would know.

Squeak just stares at Belle, unimpressed.

Belle: Oh right...
Max: Hey Belle!
Belle: Oh! Hey.
Max: Good Game. Gotta admit, we had a bit of trouble with ya.
Belle: Really?
Surge: Yep, had to deal with that electric bullet thing- OW!

The bullet from before latched onto Surge, which would eventually latch back onto Max. Belle swiped off the energy bullet and apologized.

Belle: Sorry, those things are annoying.
Max: Yeah, imagine if we were forced to be apart because of something like that.

They look at the fourth wall before resuming the conversation.

Squeak: Ruff Ruff!
Belle: Oh right! Do you know if Colonel Ruffs had finished that Translator?
Surge: 🤷‍♂️
Max: Why not just ask- oh right.
Belle: Yeah... Me and Ruffs aren't the best when we're alone, or at least, not as bad as when I'm with y'all... Well anyways, I gotta go. See ya!

Belle walked off, with Squeak following. Nearby, they pass a sleeping Sandy, who had just finished a match of gem grab. Tara and Gene had come to drag him back to the Bazaar, like always.

Tara: Sandy, you can't just lay down anywhere you want. At least pick a decent spot.
Sandy: But mom....
Gene: Hablabahabla.
Sandy: Fine...

Tara carried Sandy back into their carriage, which was decorated with whimsical and intimidating decorations that Tara herself picked. Gene waved back at her before heading over to the showdown map. He had always found them relaxing when no one's fighting in them, and the current one available was his personal favorite: Acid Lakes. No, the lakes aren't actually made of acid, that's just the name of the map. He went to the center of the map and decided to nap there before anything important happens, like the map changing. He wouldn't have to worry about that until tomorrow afternoon though, as he let his thoughts drift into sleep, unaware of how much time will go by.

When he woke up, he was faced with two pairs of eyes, one of regular blue eyes, and the other with completely inverted eyes that he didn't see often, yet recognized who they belong to when he rubbed his eyes. Max and Surge were watching Gene sleep for however long he was laying there.

Gene: Habla?
Max: Sorry, you just seem...what's the word...odd when you sleep. Anyways, we're here to get you before the map changes in an hour.
Gene: Hablaba?!
Surge: Yep, time flies fast...(was he surprised about how long it's been?)

Max shrugs as they begin to walk out of the map. By the time they were out, they noticed a trail of saliva leading to the desert outpost. The outpost was forbidden, so something was up, and the trail of saliva didn't make things feel any better.

Surge: We gotta check it out.
Max: Agreed.

The trio headed over to the outpost, where Squeak was standing, seemingly terrified.

Max: Squeak! What's Wrong?!
Squeak: Ruff Ruff! *points to the sky*
Max: What's- *pauses*

A rift was tearing the sky above them. The group of brawlers looked at the rift in fear as it stopped expanding. Suddenly, it started to suck up the four brawlers as they desperately tried to stay on ground.

Surge: Killer Rift!
Max: weredoomedweredoomedweredoomed weredoomedWEREDOOMED!
Gene: Bahabla!
Squeak: Ruff!

Everyone held onto Gene as he tried to reach the ground with his super, but the universe said no. They were sucked up the rift before someone could notice a 10 gem El Primo. The rift finally closed up as if nothing happened.