Everyone vs Joker, Part 1

"The earthquake…it means that the portal to Hell is opening!" King booms. "We've done it, we've really done it! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"Alright, I'm putting this down now," Mikey announces as he drops Luis' arm back to the ground, and the Almighty Torch along with it, allowing for his Flames of Destruction to extinguish.

"I ought to thank you, Mikey Hakan," King begins to say as he turns around to face Mikey. "I'm not sure why you did what you've done, but you've been a huge help to us!"

"I didn't do it for you," Mikey replies as he begins walking towards King.

Ace puts his hand back to his bamboo sword, but retracts it when King gives Ace a small flick of the wrist and says: "At ease."

King extends his hand out to Mikey as Mikey continues walking towards King. Once MIkey's standing directly in front of King, rather than taking his hand…MIiey ignites his fist in his Flames of Destruction and punches King straight in the gut -just as Mikey did to Luis- and pierces through King's back on the other side. King's chest explodes in blood as he spits up blood on Mikey as well.

"NOOOO!!!!" Ace cries.

"Why…did you…?" King weakly asks as Mikey rips his fist free from King's chest, causing King to limply slump to the ground.

"I'm on no one's side. Not you, not Luis'," Mikey answers. "We both want to open up the Portal to Hell, but while you want to use the demons to purge the world and create a utopia, I want to use the demons to purge the world of the Pro Slayers, and force the two sides to kill one another in the process. Pro Slayers and demons…two sides of the same coin. When I'm done…no one will remain."

Before Mikey can say another word, Ace draws his bamboo sword and charges him. Ace swings his bamboo sword towards Mikey as Mikey punches a flaming black fist towards Ace, the two attacks colliding and struggling for dominance. Eventually Mikey's flaming fist over powers Ace's bamboo sword, knocking it away. That is, until Ace reinforces his bamboo sword with his light blue Cursed Power. Mikey then punches another flaming fist towards Ace, who slices Mikey across the chest with his Cursed Power reinforced bamboo sword, forcing Mikey to hop backwards. Mikey flings a black fireball at Ace, who counters by slashing through it with his Cursed Power Barrier reinforced bamboo sword. Ace then gets into position to charge Mikey again, but is interrupted when King latches onto his ankle.

"Leave this boy to me…" King weakly grunts as he slowly picks his upper body from off the ground. "You deal with the half demon."

"Yes, sir," Ace replies as he sheaths his bamboo sword and scoops up Luis, hopping out of the window to the top floor of the Temple of the Almighty Torch.

"Shouldn't the almost-deads and still-alives be the one's fighting each other?" Mikey asks as he raises his eyebrow at King.

"Well Ace and the Blue Demon need to have their final showdown, and I have a way to heal myself, remember? Just like with Slayer Hachi, three years ago now," King answers with a weak smirk as he pushes himself off of the ground. "Black Prism!" King booms as he slams his scepter onto the ground, and time rewinds around King's entire body, healing himself.

"So a fight it is?" Mikey growls as he draws his dual pistols and brings them up.

***

"What the...where are we?!" Jamie panics as she frantically looks around.

"I don't remember using my Wormhole to teleport!" Grover cries. "Heck, I've never seen this place before, so how did I teleport here?!"

After being wrapped up in Joker's Cursed Power, Ella, Grover, Jamie, and Austin found themselves transported into a stage area. On top of that, their clothes have been changed as well. Ella and Jamie are now wearing sparkly pink and yellow dresses respectively, while Grover and Austin now don sparkly suits, green and orange respectively. In front of each Slayer is a podium, which on the front has a large screen that reads their respective names and "0" underneath it.

"WELCOME, EVERYONE TO THE GAME SHOW OF DOOM!" A voice booms as the red curtains before the four Slayers open up, revealing the thousands of audience members clapping and cheering before them sitting in the rows of auditorium seats and bleachers and skyboxes.

Ella shrieks in fear.

Joker then struts onto the stage, waving and blowing kisses to the audience. Joker is wearing an orange red suit with green polka dots and wielding a pink cane and matching top hat, reminiscent of Joker's Cursed Power.

"Alright…where the Hell are we?" Austin furiously asks.

Joker turns to face Austin and rolls their eyes. "You're ruining the vibe!" Joker snaps, before turning back to face the audience. "I'm sure all of you know the rules already, but for our new players who don't-" Joker turns and leers at the four Slayers. "-I'll explain them!"

"Before you ask, Cursed Power can not be used here. The order of turns will follow from left to right, so Ella Calia, Grover Bradshaw, Jamie Ebba, and then Austin Habicht. The contestant whose turn it is will start by spinning a wheel. Whatever number the wheel lands on, is the amount of points you will receive. After the contestant spins the wheel, we will look towards the screen where the contested going first picks a category! From there, I will ask a question about the category to which any contestant can answer, but only if they press the buzzer on the podium! If they answer the question correctly, the contestant can ask for a letter to try and guess the phrase on screen! We will also be playing hangman, so for each wrong guess, I will add another limb to the hanged man. You can guess the phrase on screen whenever you desire to if it is your turn, but that guess will count for your entire turn. A guess costs one thousand points. A wrong guess will result in another limb being added to the hanged man. Also, if a contestant answers correctly then they can keep answering more questions from the same topic until they get one wrong. They'll get points for each correct answer," Joker explains as they motion to the giant game wheel, the blank electronic board, and the screen with a hangman gallow behind them.

Joker pants for breath after their long winded ramble.

"Wait, so-" Austin begins to say, but he's interrupted when Joker jumps up and turns to face him.

"I'M NOT FINISHED YET!" Joker cries, before turning back to face the audience, her beaming smile returning. "If you can guess the sentence before the hanged man does…you win! Oh! And one more thing-" Joker continues, and the next line; the audience chimes in as well. "The loser…dies!"

Ella shrieks in fear again.

"This is like…fifty game shows in one!" Jamie cries.

"Wheel of Fortune…Jeopardy…and…hangman?" Austin asks.

"Don't worry guys!" Grover proudly exclaims as he jabs a thumb into his chest. "I grew up watching game shows! We've got this!"

"Have you ever been in a game show?" Austin nervously asks.

"Nope!" Grover answers. "I just played along at home!"

"We're doomed…" Jamie sighs as she slumps downwards.

"Now then, Pro Slayers-" Joker begins to say as they turn around to face the contestants. "Let the games begin!"

"Ella Calia, would you step up to the wheel please?" Joker asks.

Ella is silent.

"Ella Calia?!" Joker asks again, louder this time.

Ella doesn't move.

"ELLA CALIA!" Joker snaps, and this time, Ella flinches.

"Y-yes…?" Ella timidly asks as she turns to face Joker.

"Would you please step up to the wheel?!" Joker furiously asks.

Ella nods meekly before slinking away from her podium and makes her way over to the giant game wheel on the back of the stage.

"Spin it," Joker orders, and Ella does as she's told, reaching up and giving the wheel a weak spin. The wheel spins slowly for a brief couple of seconds, before stopping on the number "four hundred."

"Is…is that good?" Ella stammers as she slowly turns to face Joker.

"It's not bad," Joker shrugs. "Now, pick a category."

Ella turns around to face the electronic board, where five categories appear on screen. From right to left, they read; "Luis Tramontana, History, Cards of the King, Cursed Abilities, Demons." Under each category are four monetary values. From top to bottom, they read: "100, 200, 300, 400, 500."

"Um…Luis Tramontana," Ella meekly says.

"Pick a value!" Joker snaps.

"One hundred!" Ella yelps, causing Joker to sigh.

"You've got this, Ella!" Grover cheers.

"Don't be afraid!" Jamie exclaims.

Austin simply sighs to himself.

The "100" panel then turns around, revealing the question to which Joker reads out loud: "What is Luis Tramontana's birthday?"

"Uh…December twenty-sixth…2002…" Ella answers.

"Bingo! One hundred points to Ella Calia!" Joker booms, causing the audience to cheer. "Now, four Luis Tramontana, two hundred!" Joker continues as the "200" panel turns around, revealing the next question, to which Joker also reads out loud: "What is Luis Tramontana's favorite food?"