In 3 days, Part 2 of Episode 1! Just how does Mission 1 continue and end? And where do the players head off to next?

Thank you to my first reviewers! You have kept this story alive and inspired me once again to continue! : )

Anyways, some of you might have missed it because I had updated the first chapter late, but I will either continue this third season or not continue, depending on how many reviews I get through the first episode of this story. Once Episode 1 is completed, I will make a final decision to keep this season or not. If you read my latest chapter in "The Mole: Saboteur's Island", you'll see some reasons why I was hesitant on making this 3rd season.

But! The truth is, the purpose of me creating this story is for a gift for the readers :) So if enough people want this third season to continue, than I will continue writing this happily! My love goes out to you guys!

So that is all I ask! To new and old readers alike, don't be afraid to shout out a review! Your feelings, favorite players, and suspects for this game are more than appreciated to hear! Especially to new readers. In fact, I really want to know all of your suspects. This is almost like a whole psychological test, to see who readers suspect (insert crazy lab noises here). And in fact, and frighteningly, some of you may actually be right in your guess ; )

Anyways, irrelevant for the time being. To everyone who read Part 1, I know you all want to see one of the angry players pushing McHallyboo off from the cliff for his evil mission idea.

Who is the Mole?

Enjoy Part 2!

EPISODE 1 (PART 2)

"Five down. Brave souls, indeed." Piantissimo, Flurrie, Tiny Kong, Dashell, and Princess Éclair had all made their individual, respective decisions. Most of them had jumped off the immense two-hundred foot cliff, committing their leaps of faith in hopes of earning cash for the team. Or possibly, to take money away.

"The next player…will be…" said McHallyboo, going back to the remaining group of people, "Zess T."

"Oh my…" said Mimi. Everyone turned to the elder player, and each of them couldn't help but feel an unavoidable worriedness. But the player to jump, instead of having worry as well, had a keen look of excitement on her face.

"I'm ready to play! Jumping or not," Zess T. said with determination, and she followed McHallyboo to the edge of the gap.

"No way could she be the Mole," Mimi spoke surely, as she saw the elderly toad go off.

"She's got…bones," was all Dry Bones could say.

Jump 5: Zess

"Zess," said McHallyboo, looking at the player with a grin, "it was quite a choice you made, joining this game." She laughed, as she peered over the edge of the gap with the host.

"Well, you know, you just can't let things stop you," she replied. "I knew this game would have hard stuff. And if it's a two-hundred foot cliff, you gotta do it!"

"Here is your statement," said McHallyboo, and he took out a card from his shuffled deck.

"There are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on the Earth". Zess T. thought for a hard second.

"Huh…well," she said. "There are more stars than grains of sand in the sky. There are more…" She turned to the others.

"There are more stars than grains of sand in the sky!" she said out to them. The players thought.

"I'm not an astrologist," Bowser Jr stated. "So yeah, sorry on this one! Really sorry!"

"Yeah…but I would say that it's true?" Dry Bones said, thinking. "No idea."

"I would think it was false," Mimi thought, but then rolled her eyes uncaringly, "but that is just my opinion."

"It might be false," said Dry Bones. "Or true. I wish there was some sort of shortcut to knowing the answer. Wouldn't that make everything easier?" McHallyboo stopped and turned to the crowd at Dry Bone's spoken line.

"Well, I'm going to go with it as being true, if you're all unsure on this one," answered Zess. "And I'm jumping!" She stepped her way to the edge and closed her eyes.

"Well," said the host, stepping back as the player made her way to the edge slowly. "Are you sure you are determined to-"

"YEEEHAWW!" yelled the fifty-five year old player, and before McHallyboo could give another thought into her head, she jumped from the cliff's edge and into the gap of no return.

"Oh my goodness!" The other players, back at the edge, couldn't help but clap and cheer for the player's action.

Mimi: No old lady would ever do something like that, for the fun of a game.

Bowser Jr: But come to think of it: if Zess was the Mole, there's no better role than to be the innocent elderly lady, getting cheers for everything she did. I'd be a little suspicious.

"Snifit," called McHallyboo.

JUMP 6: Snifit

The player in the red suit followed McHallyboo to the edge of the cliff, walking a bit awkwardly as he followed the host for his round. As the player left, the last three players on the cliff, Bowser Jr, Mimi, and Dry Bones, all turned to each other, a little odd-faced.

"Have you heard him talk at all yet?" whispered Bowser Jr, pointing to the player on the edge who was discussing with McHallyboo. "I don't even remember him talking at all this entire game…and that scares me."

"I talked to him while we were in the lobby…err, virtual lobby," Dry Bones spoke. "And something from him just gives me a strange vibe." He remembered his encounter with the player in the game's initial beginning.

"Do you think he could be the Mole?" Mimi asked in wonder. "Or rather…" She turned to face her two teammates directly and slyly.

"Who do you both think the Mole is?" she asked them.

"I think it could either be..." Dry Bones began. "Hard to decide, but... Tiny or Piantissimo are my top two, for reasons unknown. I'm really going to try and get on all their tracks after this first game is over. But they are my three biggest suspects." He shrugged.

"I think it could be Flurrie…or even Zess T," said Bowser Jr. "You would suspect them the least." The two others pondered a bit.

"Flurrie would make a good Mole," Mimi thought. "It just could be her. She's been trying to get the group all social together and everything."

"And Zess, I mean," said Dry Bones. "It's kinda of scary, knowing they could be the Mole."

"One of YOU two could be it," Mimi reminded them all. Before Bowser Jr. or Dry Bones could protest, they all stopped, seeing Snifit shaking his head to the host.

"You are deciding to not jump?" said McHallyboo to the player in front of him. Snifit shook his head again, but in confirmation.

"Please follow the path of the background bridge," said McHallyboo, pointing in the different direction to the player. Snifit followed the same path Flurrie had taken, several jumps back.

Snifit: The game was a little difficult.

The host returned back to the rest of the remaining three players, who waited for him anxiously.

"Our next jump will be another pair jump," he announced, and the remaining players could only wonder which two of them would have to jump together, and which one of them would be left on the top of the cliff alone.

"I will need…Mimi and Dry Bones," said the host from the list, motioning them to come with him. "Come, come. You two will make a fateful decision together." Leaving Bowser Jr. behind, the two players went off with the host.

JUMP 7: Mimi and Dry Bones

"Well, we're going to decide, and do it right," said Mimi, in a high but resolute voice. "No backing out, because that's what a little scared child would do. Right, Dry Bones?"

"Yeah, so when you give us the statement and start timing us, McHallyboo, can we know when you start to time it?" asked Dry Bones, facing the host with a false smile of excitement.

"It will start when I say the statement," said McHallyboo blankly. "Ready?" The two of them nodded, one of them obviously less ready than the other.

"All players entered the room of the lobby within an hour," read McHallyboo from his paper. The two players looked at each other.

"I think it…might have been true," state Dry Bones. Mimi nodded with no reluctance.

"I was going to suggest that too," Mimi said. "It's so silly if we really all did that long to enter the room. Let's jump!"

"Okay, hold it," said Dry Bones, finally speaking up in a full voice. "I was even planning from the beginning not to jump. I kind of decided…that…I'm not…going to…jump." Mimi's stare was unbelieving.

"WHAAAT?" demanded Mimi, looking at him incredulously. "You're not…jumping?"

"You have to understand that," Dry Bones started with defense, "I was telling myself from the beginning that I wasn't going to jump. I had decided that…in my head?"

"You...mole mole mole mole mole," she said, in both an annoyed and accusatory voice. "And even if the answer is right, you still won't jump? Please tell me this is all a mean joke!"

"Come on, I'm not trying to sabotage!" Dry Bones simply protested. "Take it easy on me." The two of them didn't say anything for a moment, but then Dry Bones just shook his head again.

"My partner is a coward," Mimi sulked, turning to the host. "I'm jumping, and he's not even doing it! And I'm just a dainty little girl." She walked towards the edge of the gap, tossing her head to back to look at her ex-jumping partner before leaping over the edge.

"I'm not afraid to cry over a few bones," she said, and she jumped. However, forgetting how far the fall was, Mimi's piercing scream rang through the virtual world as she fell. All three males at the edge of their cliff covered their ears at the sound of the screaming, horrified shape-shifter during her fall of terror. McHallyboo and Dry Bones awkwardly looked at each other.

"So, you do have the option to take a different opinion than your part had," McHallyboo explained to him. "Would you like to?" Dry Bones actually seemed surprised.

"Yeah…as if I would have taken another choice," Dry Bones said with relief, and he quickly followed suit on where the other previous non-jumpers had taken their paths.

Mimi: Hmm! I'm embarrassed to even think that Dry Bones was one of the best players here. I'm the only one who can really win this game, it appears.

Dry Bones: First mission, and people are already going to be suspecting me. And for something that I don't even deserve it for. Natural fear is just normal. I can't wait to see what Mimi's afraid of.

JUMP 8: Bowser Jr.

The last player to make his decision and the host both stood at the top of the gap's fall. It was a long way to the bottom, but the drop was actually the last thing on the mind of Bowser's son.

"So," Bowser Jr. brought up without hesitation, "What does my exemption offer entail?"

"Ah, yes!" McHallyboo said out loud, smiling brilliantly. "Your exemption offer! It is…nothing. There is no exemption offer." Bowser Jr.'s face immediately dropped.

"But, but…I'm the last player to jump," he said, almost in a whiny voice. "I thought my round was a special! I thought was supposed to get an offer to the next round for free." The host actually patted the player on the back.

"There, there," the host said. "I believe you have been too influenced by the past seasons." The player only folded his arms in disappointment.

"But, this last jump is a bit tricky," McHallyboo went on. "Remember that rule I stated in the beginning, saying that the answer is closest to your name?" Bowser Jr. looked at the host, and then nodded, but not understanding anything.

"That rule…is not present here," McHallyboo explained. Bowser Jr. only blinked.

"Why is this last round unnecessarily confusing?" asked Bowser Jr, but he shook his head. "Bring on the statement. I'm ready to win the game for the others!"

"Here goes," the host said, as he read the final card statement out loud.

"This whole, fictional world is false…but the feelings that are produced in this game, including the fear produced from falling a fictional, virtually-created fall…are not figments from technology. They are real." Bowser Jr. looked down for a second.

"Hmm…that's a tough question, but," Bowser Jr. decided, "but, I'm gonna go with…"

He thought for one more second. "True. It just doesn't seem false to me."

"You sound certain," said McHallyboo. "Are you sure on your choice?" The player nodded.

Bowser Jr: Last person to jump...I'll either look the Mole if I mess up, or look like a hero. Which one did I want? So that's what I decided on.

"Then let it be, player." Bowser Jr. took his stance alone, the last one left on the cliff. He prepared for his jump, one foot close back from the edge and the other foot nearly off from the grassy terrain.

"Okay…here I come, players!

And Bowser Jr. jumped off the cliff, his figure being so tiny to the colossal fall that awaited him. He plummeted, over two-hundred feet to the ground, and reach the lowest ground existing in the virtual world of Lineland Road within seconds passed.

"Mission 1," McHallyboo announced, alone at the top of the cliff with a smile, watching Bowser Jr. plummet, "has finished with a jumping start. Yet again."

The players were gathered in an area that was not far from where they had begun the first mission of the game. The gap was a safe distance away from them all, but this time, they were all on the other side. They had all crossed the chasm safely…in different methods.

"Elaborate on the jumps," Flurrie said with interest, looking the players who had made the leaps of truth. "I would like to hear what thrills you all had to face on the way down. Was it frightening?"

"At the bottom of that cliff…an excellent surprise," remembered Piantissimo. "You were saved from death at the last second! My body simply floated. You would have known, too, if you had jumped."

"But my statement was false, so I did not have to," Flurrie explained.

"My jump was scary," said Tiny Kong, shaking from her memory of her plummet. "I thought I was going to go splat when I reached the bottom. That was beyond scary, just jumping from the top." She shook her head, trying to get the thought of the fall out.

"And before we knew it, there was a nice cloud that brought us back all the way to the top," said Zess T, laughing from the whole event. "It was a thrill ride, to say the least."

"Yes, and I'm sure everyone who jumped enjoyed it," Mimi said, glaring at the individual besides her. "I know I did. And I'm certain that you lost money because of your chicken-chicken move." Some of the earlier jumped turned to them, not knowing the whole story. In fact, they were all waiting for McHallyboo's announcement for the results from their game.

"Good job!" McHallyboo said, finally reaching the other side of the gap, his figure on a floating cumulus-looking cloud. He stepped off the air-bourne vehicle, as the players were almost happy to see him.

"How do you think you all did?" The players really had no answer.

"Like I said before," McHallyboo said to the entire group of players, "if you had been able to get half of the leaps correct, then you will earn some money, valued at 10,000 coins. Six leaps correct, and I give you 15,000 coins. But if seven out of the ten decisions were correctly made in this game, then you win the full money. I will grant you all the total of 20,000 coins."

"20,000…we need that," said Tiny. The players all crossed their fingers, hoping that they had won a significant amount of money for their mission. If any.

"Piantissimo…you jumped," McHallyboo said, pointing to the first player to take his action, "believing that your statement was a true one."

"Well, now that I look back," the athlete said, immediately reminiscing, "I did take a fast action on that choice."

"Umm, you didn't confer with any of us, sweetie," Flurrie spoke up, as the other immediately remembered in unison. "I believe you would have made a better decision if you had asked the group's opinion before you had made a decision."

"Why is that suspicious?" Piantissimo argued. "Maybe the Mole would have steered my direction off the right answer? You, perhaps?" Flurrie ignored him.

"And Flurrie, in contrast, it seems like you were influenced a large amount by the group," McHallyboo said, as the cloud spirit looked slightly embarrassed.

"Well, I suppose I did," she said, "however, I had believed my statement to be the opposite of what my decision resulted in."

Dashell: Now that I look at it, Flurrie was all suspicious as well. She was all like, "I wanted to do this, but the group made me do that". Knowing how the Mole acts, they like to pinpoint blame on other people.

"I believe it was both good that you, Piantissimo, listened to yourself, and that you, Flurrie, listened to the crowd. Because you both made the right decisions." The group cheered, as Piantissimo looked surprised, then pleased.

"Well well, no fuss then," Flurrie said, relieved.

CORRECT LEAPS: 2/2

"Tiny Kong," said McHallyboo. "You decided that your statement was a true one…"

"The one about the cucumber," said Tiny, nodding. "I conferred with the group, and guess decided on myself too, for that one."

"That statement was indeed…false," said McHallyboo, as Tiny looked surprised, turning to the others.

"Oh my…I believe I was wrong," said Zess, looking down at the ground momentarily.

Tiny Kong: I guess I jumped for nothing…but I immediately remembered Zess T and her confidence in her answer.

Bowser Jr: When it comes to Tiny's round, there was a lot of suspicion. Dry Bones, himself, was a horticulturist! Someone who studies food production and cultivation. Why didn't he speak up when the cucumber question came up? There was definitely something going on in Jump 3.

CORRECT LEAPS: 2/3

"Dashell and Éclair…you both made your decision together as the first pair jump," McHallyboo said. "And, you both jumped! Believing your statement was correct."

"Yep, and we both plummeted and cried at equally same decibel levels," said the Pixl, as the princess lightly smiled with humor.

"You had both made a…wrong decision," the host announced to them, as both their faces dropped, along with the group's.

"Wrong?" said Dashell, immediately surprised.

"Well…perhaps it would not have been as fun if we had not jumped," the princess spoke positively. Dashell grinned, but even still, he felt guilt-ridden.

Piantissimo: Dashell… he is indeed a questionable character. He has very cool attitude coming from him most of the time, but he does not seem like the Mole. But maybe there is something deeper in his exterior we are not seeing at first.

CORRECT LEAPS: 2/5

"Zess," said the host, turning to the chef. "You had made the courageous act of jumping off the high cliff…and what a fall it was."

"Yes," she said, "and I cannot compare it to anything that I've done before in my many years of living," she said with a chortle.

"And I'm happy to say, it was a correct decision," McHallyboo spoke, as the players all cheered, much with Zess's own loud cheer as well.

"Finally, back on the right track," Mimi said, her voice lessened in annoyance and back to a pleased level.

CORRECT LEAPS: 3/6

"Okay, who was next…, oh, Snifit," said McHallyboo, looking at the player, then down at his card.

"You decided to not jump…but you were supposed to jump," the host explained. "I am sorry." The player simply shrugged.

"Wait, do we find out what his question was?" Dry Bones asked out loud, but the host shrugged off the player's request and went on.

CORRECT LEAPS: 3/7

"At this rate, it is impossible to win the full twenty-thousand coins," announced McHallyboo, as some of the players' faces displayed heavy disappointment. "My greatest apologies. But, you can still win money, depending on how these last results had gone." The players listened eagerly to the final choices and announcements of the game, resulting from the last three players.

"Mimi, and Dry Bones," the host said. "You two were actually a pair for the seventh jump. However, you made the interesting choice of making…separate decisions?"

"Let meeee tell the story," Mimi said pretentiously, before Dry Bones could even open his mouth. "We both knew that the statement was false. But Dry Bones, who knew that the statement was false as well, decided not to jump! That was sabotage right there, but not only that, he made me jump alone." She glanced another evil glare at Dry Bones.

"I just wanted to point out the fact that…the statement was actually false," said McHallyboo. Mimi's mouth dropped, flabbergasted, obviously at a loss of words. Some of the players began to chuckle.

"Oh, so I guess I wasn't the one to sabotage this game," Dry Bones said, looking a little triumphantly at his partner.

"You're just still so…Moley!" Mimi replied, refusing to give up her stance, even though she had been proven wrong.

Flurrie: These little outbursts…Mimi does a really good job at making an entire ordeal out of a little thing. My, my, what a great Mole she would be, being both innocent and suspicious at the same time. Just a great one.

CORRECT LEAPS: 4/9

"The money…really depends on this," McHallyboo said, as all eyes turned to the last player to leave the top of the cliff: Bowser Jr.

"Aww man, really?" said the player, looking less than comfortable. "Why couldn't I have gone first, or second, or third?"

"I just wanted to announce one thing," said McHallyboo, "before I release the answer to Bowser Jr's choice. There was a shortcut to this game that I mentioned in the rules. A shortcut...that would have put all of your worrying to ease."

"There…was a shortcut?" Dashell wondered. Everyone's attention immediately perked up. They even turned to face one another to see if any one of them had discovered the hint that McHallyboo was divulging to them.

(During McHallyboo's mission explanation)

"Overall, you yourself will know the best answer, on your own," McHallyboo said cryptically. "You know your name. And know which it is closer to: true or false."

The players looked at the host, thinking heavily.

"Yes. Your answers were all hidden in your names." The players seemed more stunned than ever.

"Whichever your name was closest to in the alphabet," explained McHallyboo, " to either the word 'True' or 'False', was the answer to your statement." He turned to the first player: Piantissimo.

"Your statement was true because your name in this game, with P, is closer to the letter T, for 'True', in the alphabet," said the host. He then pointed to Flurrie. "And your name begins with F, closer than ever to the word 'False." As the players realized that it was the truth, McHallyboo turned to the pairs of players.

"Combined," McHallyboo elaborated, turning to Dashell and Éclair. "Both your names were closer to "False" than "True". And for Mimi and Dry Bones, the same rule was applied. For Zess…" He turned to the player who jumped fifth.

"Both letters, T and F, were equally away from Z, so it was random for you individually," the host said.

"How on earth were any of us able to get that clue?" Piantissimo scoffed.

"Everything is of significance," Éclair realized, slowly knowing the game's importance. "Every word must be listened to. We overlook things we should not." She looked at the others, who nodded too in agreement.

"And if we are not careful, then we must pay," she said, confidently.

"I should have just been made the Mole of this game," said Piantissimo, almost jokingly, "so that way, I wouldn't have to worry about such details." McHallyboo coughed and continued on.

"For you, young sir," said the host, looking at Bowser Junior, "the rule did not apply to you. It was up for grabs. You jumped…saying that your statement was true." The remaining players all stood silent, including Bowser Jr.

"And it was…"

Flurrie: Knowing that the Mole is in this game…you cannot expect to win money on everything we come across.

"A true statement," McHallyboo said grandly. "I award the team with ten-thousand coins! Congratulations!" The players all gave out shouts of victory: Ten-thousand coins, not zero, were achieved in the first game of "The Mole".

"Yes!" said Bowser Jr triumphantly as he received high-fives from some of the players. The players were immensely gratified with their first win.

Team Pot

10,000 coins

"Cheers, to the non-Moles!" Dry Bones shouted. "In other words, everyone except for the Mole, that is." He looked at the rest of the players with victory.

"I suppose the Mole had a small win, but a lose in this game as well?" Tiny spoke.

"The Mole has not conquered us," said Zess, nodding with appreciation.

"The Mole was both successful and unsuccessful in this game," McHallyboo told them all. He turned around, looking back at the gap that many of them had jumped into to win the cash.

"This is just the beginning of your entire game. This gap…this ominous, terrifying gap," the host warned them all, as the players couldn't help but look back at the large chasm behind them as well.

"This insignificant gap is just the first of many large obstacles that you will be facing in this game. This game will get trickier and more difficult. So players…be prepared."

The players, though filled with excitement, had no choice but to take in the host's words. It truly was just the beginning of the game.

Flurrie: My, well, a nice start indeed. Ten thousand coins. It was not twenty, but what can we argue? I'm afraid the Mole will have to step up their game from now on.

Tiny Kong: I really can't grasp the concept of this game. It's just sabotage, left and right! Anyone can be the Mole.

Dashell: One second, it's a little turtle student. The next second, an old toad. That's how my mind is going with suspicions. It could be any of us ten.

Dry Bones: Everyone is this game…they're literally just shouting indirectly, "Hey, I'm the Mole! Vote for me." There really ARE some suspicious things going on already, and the first mission had just ended.

Mimi: Clearly, it was suspicious that some people jumped into the gap when they weren't supposed to jump. And to the others who didn't jump: silly them, for being such cowards, as well as the Mole. It appears I am the only genuine player here.

Piantissimo: I said I would jump, and then I jumped. I didn't sabotage. Really, what more of a reason is there to suspect me, like some of the others have already begun doing so? Absurd. Simply absurd that others are beginning to suspect me.

Zess: I'm just taking this game as it is. If someone suspicious comes along, and I think they are the Mole, so be it! I will suspect them, and put them on the top of my suspects list!

Éclair: The psychology of this game is very daunting. You must obtain trust, and decide which people to give your trust to. It is a discomforting task that we must all decide for ourselves in the end.

Bowser Jr.: Really, like no one is safe in this game. But what did we expect coming here? Everyone is a glaring red flag of suspicion. I'm out to get the Mole!

The players walked forwards within the green world of Lineland Road, not knowing where they would come across next in their adventure of sabotage. But the players did not expect the atmosphere to change instantaneously. After thirty minutes, they began to see minute by minute the green in the atmosphere disappear, and as grains of sand came into view, they slowly realized that they were entering into the blistering lands of a desert. Their world was changing.

"It's sooo hot," Mimi complained. "Where are we? McHallyboo, where on Earth are you bringing us!" The players felt like they were lead into the midst of a sandy dimension.

"Where has the green gone?" Éclair wondered, watching carefully to not get sand into her shoes. "Is this how Lineland Road truly is?" The players looked above them: the image above their heads did not look like a large multitude of yellow pixels on a ceiling. Shining brilliantly across the land, it was with no doubt the exact replica of the Sun, shining luminously but fiercely above them.

"Sun, shine," McHallyboo said grandly.

"So you rig the world to change into something completely different?" Piantissimo said almost in an unimpressed voice.

"No," the host said, confused. "This is how Lineland road is in real life. Welcome to Yold Desert!" The players, as they continued walking, looked around in wonder. They reached a large mountain dune, and all at the same time, they continued to climb it up.

"Yep," Dashell stated, having no trouble travelling up the sand mountain compared to the other players. "One second, grass. The next second, desert. I would know. I used to walk these lands…well, you know. With Mario."

"Ah, so you've been here before," Dry Bones said, trying to kick against the sliding sand. "That makes perfect sense, if you were the Mole."

"Remember what I said in the beginning of this game, man?" Dashell said, almost with caution. "If you vote for me…you're making a mistake. You really are."

"Okay, okay," said Dry Bones defensibly. "I didn't accuse you."

"No hard feelings," Dashell wanted to reconfirm with his teammate. "I'm sure it's your second-nature to suspect people in this game...along with everyone else. We're not here to make friends, man."

"It is also second-nature for individuals to be friends with one another," Eclair spoke, then with realization, looked at Dashell. "Human nature, as well." Dashell glanced at the princess, who smiled and turned away. He looked back ahead, smiling a bit.

"Okay, so we're friends now," Dry Bones confirmed, sticking out a hand to Dashell with a nervous smile.

"Everyone's accusing each other of being the Mole," Tiny Kong, shaking her head, "when the real Mole is just laughing." Dry Bones and Dashell looked at each other. The players and the host continued to huff up the hill.

"Ah, here we are," said McHallyboo, as they all finally reached the top of the sand mountain they had taken their time to climb.

Ahead of them, a small piece civilization existed. It was almost like a series of many large tents stretched across the sand land that waited ahead of the players, all different in colors and providing comfort to the stranded players who viewed the small land of life.

"A bazaar, or a small town…in the middle of the sand world…" said Zess with wonder. "I'll be!"

"Well, if it involves shopping," Mimi said excitedly, "then I'm up for it! I'm so tired of all this Mole-stuff already." She reached into her wallet pocket.

"Welcome to the newly established pit stop for travelling tourists," said McHallyboo, relieved himself, "set in the middle of Yold Desert to comfort people in this sandy land." He pointed to one of the tents that was placed in the front of the crowd of shelters.

"And that is where we will all be sharing something fabulous together," McHallyboo said, pointing.

"And, what would that be?" Flurrie asked with curiosity.

"Lunch!"

The players ate the wonderfully exotic meal that was set before them, along with downing as a whole group a plethora of jugs of water. The heat in the restaurant tent was undoubtedly still present, but the tent had an interior designed so luxuriously build and close to a 5-star restaurant that the players could barely mind.

"My my…this is quite classy food for a desert tent," said Flurrie, taking a bowl being passed around. Shish kebabs and similar meat-based dishes littered numerous plates in the center of the table, and a magnificent bowl holding a plethora of falafels was being picked off from and eaten, until it was already half empty.

"Is this calamari?" said Mimi, chewing on something that she didn't like. "Yuck!"

"Well, if that's a first!" Zess said, completely surprised. "Calamari is a delicacy. How can you not like it?"

"Usually, I choose what I want to eat...on my own adventures," Mimi said, her plate not having as much food as the others. She was indeed a picky eater.

"Calamari...an Egyptian delicacy too," said McHallyboo, shoving in a dry mixture of chopped nuts onto his plate. "All these dishes are Egyptian cuisine. We are in a desert, after all."

"This food...it is fit for a grand king," Éclair spoke appreciatively.

"Yeah, it's a pleasure to be eating here," said Bowser Jr, then added, "Even with the Mole at our table."

"Dessert time, in the desert," said the owner of the tent restaurant, and he served a large plate of tan-colored macarons to the players. All ten players immediately wolfed down the dessert plate with pleasure.

"You see…I can't help but wonder," said Dry Bones, "if the food on this table is real or not." Nobody else seemed to care but him.

"Does it seem real?" McHallyboo asked him.

"Of course, but…" Dry Bones stopped talking, knowing that McHallyboo wouldn't finish the rest of the conversation.

"I think we should all just sit back, and relax," Bowser Jr. said, his mouth full of macarons. "The food's safe. My stomach was growling, and now it's not anymore." In a slight moment, he chuckled.

"I'm already beginning to like this game." The other players looked at him.

"Wow, you've changed," said Mimi, giggling a little. "I thought you weren't going to like this game at all. Being so evil and all."

"Said who?" Bowser Jr. said, annoyed but shrugging off the player's words.

"Yeah, I'm enjoying this game too...surprisingly" Tiny said truthfully. "Even though the first mission was anything but easy, I like these first moments too."

"Hah. I am not enjoying this game," Piantissimo said, who barely touched his food. "In fact, I do not think I will ever enjoy it, as long as the Mole is here!"

"Why is that?" Flurrie inquired. "You seem to hold your own opinion."

"It is of simple reason," said the athlete, as all eyes turned to him. "One of you is just lying every time you speak a sentence in this game." The players around him seemed to pause in eating their meals.

"The Mole's job is to break the team apart," Piantissimo continued, and his statement held truth. "So of course, we must conclude that nothing is good! There is a vile, malevolent individual in this game who is always up to no good. And my job...our job...is to defeat her or him." The players at the table all looked at him. They didn't want to agree or disagre.

"Well, fine, sure" Dashell said, casually with a nod, "I guess you're right. It's our mission, as a team, to defeat the Mole in this world."

"That is a funny thing for you to say," McHallyboo interrupted, who stopped eating his food for a small moment. "Because at this rate, you are all already losing to the Mole. In fact, you probably will be for the rest of this game."

"What makes you say that?" Flurrie asked McHallyboo. Everyone's attention was turned to the host of the game.

"Because this whole world is the Mole's world," McHallyboo told them, with a small, forming grin. "And while you're still in it…and as long as you walk in it…the Mole has all of you under her or his control."

Whoa…what a line from McHallyboo. o_o That host must have been through a lot, having endured two seasons of such...deception. So do forgive him.

Part 2 over! The players discover more of just how curious and sinister their environment is! In more ways than one. What will the Mole do in the next, upcoming mission of the game?

Now, I would like to do something that I had always wanted to do since Season 1 of the Mole…review replies! Yep : ) I shall gladly communicate with every reviewer at random intervals from now on, on random chapters after I see their comment. Thank you to my first reviewers of this story! Now, let's see what I have here…

sixthsense6: Thank you for your review and I am delighted to be back as well! Life is all about risks, so do not feel pulled back from your suspicions at all ; ) Good luck!

Princess Toady: Why, if it isn't the Mole themself! How have you been, my friend/agent in crime? Hehe! Yes, the titles for my previous Mole seasons, I realize, all have hidden meanings that aren't seen until the end. This one is more straight-forward though, but I'm glad you pointed that out!

Moley Koopa: Such funniness is, I did include a moment of dialogue with your list of favorite towards the beginning of the chapter! Coincidentally, actually! But just watch out, because a favorite of someone just might be the Mole as well, heh.

The Smart One 64: I was not able to reply to your superb last message, so I'll just respond half-arsed here. Oh goodness, the world malfunctioning …I laughed heavily, imagining how horrified the players and McHallyboo would be if that ever happened at an occasion, lol! Your character reflections were just great to read as well. Oh, and about the clue you found, I sneezed in reply to it (even though you had told me not to xp). Do not feel afraid to state these clues openly whenever you want to in a review! I will not judge them.

Champ 15: Champ! If it isn't a pleasure to see you again! And yes, with a wonderful review as well! I appreciate both your Favorites list and Suspects List very much, and in a way, agree with some of your favorite selections (am I allowed to say that, as the author? o-o)

Anyways, like I said previously, your reviews are really important to me for continuing this third season! Readers and reviewers amuck, I thank you all for continuing to be amazing people! Part 3..to arrive soon. –eats a shish kebab-