Everyone vs Joker, Part 2

Ella opens her mouth up to answer, but before she can say anything, Grover slams his fist down on his buzzer, which buzzes in response, causing Joker's head to snap towards Grover. "Spaghetti!" Grover answers.

"Correct!" Joker exclaims, causing the audience to cheer again.

"EH?!" Ella cries as she turns to face Grover.

"Oh…sorry Ella," Grover replies as he sheepishly rubs the back of his neck. "I got a little gung-ho with that one!"

"Well, it looks like Grover Bradshaw will be answering these questions from now on!" Joker announces, so Ella slinks back to her podium, looking glum.

"And after I went through all that trouble to answer…" Ella grumbles to herself.

The "300" panel then spins around, revealing the third question.

"Where did Luis Tramontana go train during the year and a half that he was away?" Joker asks.

"Oh crap! Uhh…" Jamie stammers

Grover slams his fist down on the buzzer.

"Do you know the answer, Grover?" Austin asks.

"Nope!" Grover answers, causing Austin to sigh yet again.

"This may feel like a game, but our lives are in danger!" Austin snaps.

"Stop talking back to the man with the most points!" Grover snaps back, before turning back to face Joker "Uhh…Hell's Bar Valley?" Grover asks.

"Nope!" Joker answers. "The place is called: 'Hell's Jaw Mountain Range'!"

"Damnit!" Grover cries as he slams his fists onto his podium.

"Now, Ella, what letter would you like to guess?" Joker asks as they turn back to Ella.

"Um…A?" Ella asks.

"Well let's see!" Joker exclaims before turning to face the second electronic screen. A big red "X" flashes on screen, as the head of the hanged man is drawn.

"Better luck next time!" Joker says as they turn back to face Ella, causing Ella to whimper.

"We're screwed…" Jamie whimpers.

***

The fight between Mikey and King begins when Mikey aims his dual pistols behind him, as a steady stream of flames begins spewing from their barrels. "Exploding Flame Bullets: "Exhaust Pipe!" Mikey shouts as the flames spewing from the barrels of his dual pistols sends him rocketing towards King.

"Even after three years, you're still so rash, Michael Hakan," King sighs as he waves a finger at Mikey. "We've fought multiple times by now, so you should know that rushing in head first will never grant you the win. Not against my Cursed Ability."

"BLACK PRISM: TIME MANIPULATION."

King slams his scepter into the ground, and in one second, Mikey was using his Exploding Flame Bullets to dash towards King, and in the next second, Mikey finds himself back in his starting position, as if he had never even drawn his dual pistols to begin with.

"BLACK PRISM: ADVENT OF THE DEMON KING!"

Mikey then drops to the ground on his hands and knees as an intense, shoving pressure pushes against Mikey on either side, as if the weight of gravity itself is trying to crush Mikey.

"Now do you see, boy?" King asks. "In front of me, even the strongest of fighters are forced to kneel to the King."

"I'll never kneel…" Mikey growls as he attempts to raise a hand, only to find it forced back to the ground due to King's intense gravity. Noticing this, King smirks. "NOT TO THE LIKES OF YOU!"

King's eyes then widen as he sees -with a battle cry- Mikey slowly strain a hand to one of his dual pistol holsters, draw it, and hold it up to his forehead.

"What, are you going to kill yourself to avoid defeat?!" King cries.

"Not exactly," Mikey smirks. "CRIMSON COAT!"

Mikey then pulls the trigger of his pistol, which fires a flaming bullet that explodes against Mikey's temple. Mikey's entire body goes limp as he slumps to the ground.

"Is he…dead?" King asks. "It's not like I need MIchael Hakan anymore now that the Almighty Torch is lit, but still, now I'm just confused."

King's questions are answered when a rush of flames explodes from Mikey's body. Flames then rush from Mikey's palms, which MIkey -in his Crimson Coat mode- uses to push himself off of the ground, despite the intense pressure of King's attack. Mikey then turns to face King again, who undo's his gravity attack.

"So you're alive?" King asks.

"I'll never die," Mikey replies as he aims a singular palm at King, releasing a mighty rush of flames from his hand. "Crimson Coat: Flamethrower!"

"Black Prism: Cursed Time Distortion!" King booms as he aims his scepter at Mikey, and fires off a dark purple -almost black- emission of Cursed Power Mikey's way. The two attacks collide, then cancel each other out.

"You think that just because you're a little stronger than when we first fought, you can win?!" King booms. "You barely came out alive in a three on one, what makes you think that you can stand up to me now, boy? Show me your Flames of Destruction! It's the only way you'll win!"

"So you want to see my Flames of Destruction so badly, eh?" MIkey asks. "Alright, I'll show 'em to you."

MIkey extinguishes the red-orange-yellow flames flickering around his entire body, and instead replaces them with a pitch black flame, which crackles around Mikey's entire figure.

"FLAMES OF DESTRUCTION!"

***

"Crap…we're down to the last limb…" Austin grumbles.

"So if we get this letter wrong…we die?" Ella whimpers.

"We already guessed the sentence, what could it be?!" Jamie cries.

"Grover, you can't lose this!" Austin calls to Grover.

"Yeah, I know that!" Grover snaps as he stares at the screen before his, rubbing his chin. The hanged man already has everything except its final body part; its left leg. Ella, Grover, Jamie, and Austin have already guessed several incorrect letters as well as guessing the entire phrase incorrectly. If they get one more incorrect guess; they lose. They die.

"Any day now, Grover Bradshaw," Joker grumbles as they roll their eyes.

"Um…I'd like to guess the phrase," Grover replies.

"Are you sure? You do realize that if you get it wrong you die, right?" Joker smirks.

"I know!" Grover snaps.

"Then go right ahead, Grover Bradshaw!" Joker booms.

"Alright, I think the phrase is-" Grover begins to say, but he's interrupted when Joker and the Slayers hear a boom coming from the "ceiling" of Joker's Cursed Power game show room, revealing the sky above.

"What the-?!" Joker cries as they turn to face where everyone heard the boom, seeing Ace drop down from the sky above and land in the center of the stage, wielding his bamboo sword in one hand. Slung over Ace's shoulder, is the bleeding body of the unconscious Luis.

"Luis!" Ella cries.

"What happened?!" Jamie exclaims.

"Um…can I finish?" Grover asks.

"Ace, how did you get in here?!" Joker cries as they turn to face Ace.

"Your Game Show of Doom is designed to keep people in, not stop people from getting in," Ace explains as he sheaths his bamboo sword.

"Well why are you here anyway?!" Joker snaps.

"Because I need her," Ace answers as he turns to face Ella, who flinches in the process.

"Why…me…?" Ella stammers.

Ace makes his way over to Ella. In response. Grover draws a kunai knife, Jamie punches her fists together, and Austin aims a hand at Ace.

"Oh right…we can't use Cursed Power here…" Jamie sheepishly says.

"Heal him," Ace orders as he drops Luis' limp body to the ground in front of Ella. Ella gasps and covers her mouth when she sees the giant, bleeding, charred up hole in Luis' chest.

"You wound Luis then ask Ella to heal him?" Jamie asks. "What's the big idea?!"

"I didn't do that, look," Ace answers as he motions to the wound.

"It looks like…a burn mark?" Austin suggests.

"Was it Mikey?!" Grover cries. "Why would he do that?!"

"Well Mikey's not the most trustworthy at the moment," Jamie answers.

Instantly, Ella drops to her knees and places her hands to Luis' wound, but nothing happens.

"What are you waiting for, heal him!" Ace snaps.

"W-why would you want me to heal your enemy?" Ella meekly asks as she peers up at Ace.

"I AM GOING TO HAVE MY FINAL DUEL AGAINST LUIS TRAMONTANA!" Ace roars. "UNTIL I DO, NOTHING CHANGES!"

On that note, Ella finds the courage to stand up and stare Ace in the eyes. "Then I'm not doing it!" Ella exclaims.

"What?! Why not?!" Ace shouts.

"I'm not healing Luis just so you can hurt him again!" Ella explains.

"While I understand, Ella, he'll die if you don't!" Austin interrupts, and Ella turns around to face Austin, seeing him place two fingers to Luis' throat. "His breathing is faint. He has minutes left, Ella!"

"I need you to heal Luis Tramontana so we can have a fair duel," Ace explains as Ella turns back to face him. "If you don't he will die. Not that I won't kill him in our battle anyway. But would you rather let Luis die, or heal him so that he gets a chance to live?"