The Mole Chap. 5: The Sneaky Fifth Task
The group were told that they had the morning off. There would not be any tasks till later on in the day so the group just relaxed. Trish was hanging out with Cena. Mickie James kept trying to butt into the conversation but was ignored. Edge and Lita were making out in the corner, not caring that other people were in the room. Triple H was talking to Maria, trying to see what she knew about the mole.
"There are only seven people left." John Cena looked around the room before turning his attention back to Trish. "It's just a shame that any one of us could be the next victim."
"I know, however it's a shame to watch out friends get knocked down one by one. Honestly though, I wouldn't mind seeing Mickie get out next or the two twisted, psychotic, demented love birds over there." Trish felt a shove behind her and turned around to see Mickie.
"Will you stop talking about me like I'm not even here?! I have shown you all the love in the world and all you do is reject me even more. Don't you think I have feelings?"
"No." Trish's reply stung Mickie. She pushed past Cena and Trish and made her way out of the room. Cena chuckled, "I agree with you. That loony needs to go next. She almost got caught in the maze task."
"That's because I hesitated. I hope it didn't make me look suspicious."
"Not at all, nothing you do can make you look suspicious in my eyes." John looked over to see Maria and Triple H chatting.
"So who do you think is the mole?" Triple H asked the clueless diva.
"Well Lita is too mean to be the mole, Edge is too selfish to be the mole, Trish is too pretty to be the mole, John is too caring to be the mole, Mickie is too hyperactive to be the mole, you are too degenerate to be the mole, and I'm too nice to be the mole." Maria looked at the irritated superstar.
"So in other words, you have no such clue who is the mole?" Maria smiled mysteriously at him before walking past him, "I know who the mole is, but who says I'm going to share that information with you Hunter?" She had said it in such a serious and unusual tone for her that it made Triple H shudder. She knew who the mole is, or so Maria said so.
'I've really underestimated Maria in this game but she's outlasted people like Shawn and Kane. I have to keep an eye out for that one.'
Lita and Edge were making too much of a scene so the other wrestlers left them. As soon as the door slammed shut they broke apart.
"I thought they would never leave!" Lita said as she rummaged through the other players' belongings."
"We'll find out who the mole is by reading everybody's journals. The mole will be ours." Edge started reading Triple H's journal while Lita was reading Trish's one.
Around two in the afternoon Chris Jericho requested the players to meet him in the test taking room.
"I know what you are all thinking, are you going to take the test all ready? The answer to that is no. The first task for today is quite easy. Each one of you will go into the confessional booth. Now the next task is to confess which player you like the least and why you want them to be booted next. We will go by the numbers on your journals." He sent a look to Edge and Lita and they knew he knew what they had done. The order they went in was as follows, Trish, Maria, John, Lita, Mickie, Edge, and Hunter.
"Okay this task is worth twenty thousand dollars. Lets see who everybody chose."
Maria looked up scared, "You didn't say anything about everybody watching our confessionals!"
"That's the way the game is, sweets." Jericho played the first confessional.
"The person whom I want off the show is Mickie, I think she's a pain in the neck and I'll finally be able to breathe when she leaves." Trish's confessional ended. Mickie gave a hurt expression to her "best friend" and moved away from her. "Mickie wait!" Trish went over to her but was ignored.
"Edge has to leave next because he's not here to play the game. All he wants to do is make out with his girlfriend." Maria's confessional ended. Edge sent a glare over to the brunette. "That's not the only reason why I'm here. I think you should keep your stupidness to yourself, bimbo."
"Mickie James has my vote to be kicked off the island. You know what I mean so don't start with the "this isn't an island stuff". She's been too annoying in this game and should go back to the WWE." John's confessional ended and he got a hard glare from Mickie.
"I think Edge should leave next because after reading his journal, he has led me to believe that he is the mole. He probably won't get kicked off for awhile because of that. I just can't seem to trust him anymore." Lita's confessional ended and she received several shocked reactions, none greater then Edge himself.
"Li, how can you say that after all we've been through," Edge made a fist and was standing over Lita when Triple H and John Cena held him back. Lita just looked away from him. "I miss Matt Hardy."
Now it was Trish's turn to stomp over to the saddened diva. "How can you say such a thing. First you ruin his life and now you want to get back with him even though you know he's dating Ashley. Only you could go that low."
"Now to continue, next we have Mickie's confessional."
"After hanging out with Trish and John Cena, trying to figure out who the mole is I would have to pick John as my least favorite player in this game. He wants Trish and everybody knows it, well except maybe Trish. Just back off." Mickie's confessional ended.
"Well it looks like someone's jealous." Triple H grinned from his spot.
"I think Cena needs to be taken out of the game for some really serious reasons. Not only do I not like him in the squared circle, but John...you are in for one hell of a time here." Edge's confessional ended. "Okay, Edge calm down. I know you take me as a threat since I'm going to win the game."
"I'm going to win it Cena and don't you forget it." Edge and Cena were face to face when Jericho commented, "Okay Mickie James, John Cena, and Edge all have two votes each. Triple H's confessional will be the tie breaker if he chose one of them. Lets see." The last confessional rolled.
"I pick Edge as my choice. Just because I know something good will probably happen to the least favorite person but I don't want that to happen to John."
Jericho turned the screen off and faced the group. "Edge, with a total of three votes, you are the least liked person playing the game. I am giving you the choice now either to put the twenty thousand into the pot or take an exemption for yourself. It will be your choice."
"I choose the exemption since nobody here likes me so why should I help the team? At least I know I won't be knocked out in the next elimination round. I really hope you get the least amount of answers right Lita." Edge walked out of the room while the others looked out quietly.
"I should have voted for John, at least he would have put the money into the pot," Triple H spoke, earning him more then a few nasty looks.
The rest of the afternoon went by and later that night, the players once again joined together outside in the courtyard.
"Okay divas and gentlemen, your next task," Jericho pulled a sheet off of the thing in front of them. It was a large glass bowl.
"Past this courtyard is an open area. Out in those fields are two professional ex-burglars. They will try to sneak past all of you to right here in the middle of the courtyard. Here they will try to knock over this expensive bowl. Your task is to take these paint ball guns and hit them. The task ends when either the two burglars are hit or the glass bowl is destroyed. This courtyard is made of three layers, the outside, the middle area, and here in the heart of it with the bowl. You must decide where to place yourselves. The task starts once you are all in position."
He stepped back to let the players discuss positioning.
"I think we should have the guys, Edge, John, and me on the outside so we can get them before they enter the courtyard. Trish and Mickie should be in the middle and Maria and Lita should be in the heart," Triple H said.
"Are you kidding Trips? Have the men on the outside, leaving the inside defenseless?!" Edge exclaimed. John Cena and Lita were also unhappy at the suggested arrangements.
"Defenseless?! Women can protect the inside just as good as the guys." Lita stepped on her boyfriend's foot and watched as Trish, Maria, and Mickie do the same thing.
"No offense Hunter but I just don't see it happening. Maria in the middle? Not only is she unsuitable for that position, but Lita will kick her butt. Trish and Mickie won't be doing any protecting either since they would be cat fighting in the middle. We will just be bickering on the outside." John finished and felt a shove.
"You two think you can make better positioning then me, then do it!" Triple H watched as John and Edge exchanged a glance.
"We should make the three areas a bit more balanced," Edge said. John added, "We should have a guy with a girl on the outside and in the middle. In the heart, one lone diva will stand guard over the bowl."
Mickie glared at Trish and John, "To get rid of any distractions, I don't think we should pair John and Trish, Triple H and Maria, and Edge and Lita."
"I really don't want to be with him anyway," Lita glared at Edge. Sure she thought he was untrustworthy, but his comments towards her about losing next got her hot.
"To make it fair, how about Lita in the heart, John Cena, Edge, and myself in the middle, and Trish, Triple H, and Maria on the outside." Mickie James said grinning like the Cheshire Cat.
John was about to complain when Trish butted in. "Lets have me be in the heart. How about Maria, Lita, and Cena be in the middle? Then we could have Mickie, Edge, and Triple H be on the outside."
Everybody agreed on that and took their places. Soon everybody was getting bored.
"When are they coming," Mickie asked bouncing around. She hated to stay in one place for a long time. "When they get here," Edge whispered in a harsh tone. "Well we don't have to wait much longer because I think I might see one of them!" Triple H lowered his paint gun and walked forward.
In the middle Maria was groaning about how late it was getting. She sat down and placed her paint gun to the ground. "Maybe they won't come."
Also in the middle Lita walked around, keeping her eyes open. She saw John and walked close to him. "Hey keep your eyes peeled for the intruders. What do you have there?" She watched as John turned to her and held out a computer. "I found this in the middle. It's a map of the courtyard and these dots are where everybody is at the current moment. Actually Trish found it as she was heading through here and into the heart and she let me use it."
Trish sat by the bowl and looked around. There was nobody in sight. She sighed and closed her eyes, listening to the sounds of the light wind.
The two intruders knew who the mole was and made sure to get information from them before making their way to the courtyard. It took them awhile to sneak up from the back of the field. Edge came to the middle to try to make up with Lita. She slapped him hard and then they made out. John, not wanting to stick around WWE's sickest couple, went to the heart.
"Hey Trish, how are you doing?"
"John, aren't you supposed to be in the middle?" She looked at him cautiously as she raised her paint ball gun at him. "I am in the middle but Edge has taken my spot for the moment. Since there are two people on the outside and three in the middle, I thought you might want some help guarding the heart."
"Oh," Trish lowered the gun and leaned on to him. They sat there together for awhile before hearing Hunter yell out, "They're here!!! Where the hell is Edge!?"
Edge and Lita broke apart as he raced to the outside. John got up and left Trish as he made his way to the middle.
On the outside.
Triple H rolled to the side as a smoke bomb was thrown at them. Edge got outside to see the smoke covering the front of the courtyard. Mickie was fighting with someone as Edge made his way over to help her. When he got there, he pulled her back.
"Mickie, Hunter, stop it! You are fighting each other!" The smoke started to clear and Hunter and Mickie saw that they were in each other's faces. Edge felt someone bump into him as they ran past him. Triple H saw another person running up to them and tackled him. Mickie shot at the guy rapidly. Edge screamed to the others inside, "One of them is past the outside!"
Lita looked for the other man and stumbled over a sleeping Maria. Lita scowled at the girl lying at her feet and was about to kick her when she saw paint flying right past her. John came running at them with his paint ball gun up and ready. The man dived to the ground.
"Aha, I got him!" John and Lita ran to the spot where the intruder fell and saw that he was gone. On the outside Mickie and Triple H were doing the same thing, but their intruder was gone as well.
"Where did he go?" Lita asked John when suddenly they heard a crash. "No! Trish!" John took off for the heart with Lita following him. They saw a distressed Trish holding pieces of the shattered bowl in her hand. "I couldn't stop him!" She wailed to the two players as Triple H, Edge, and Mickie entered the heart.
"I knew Trish wouldn't be able to handle being in the heart by herself. That's why I wanted Lita to be there," Mickie James smiled at her rival and picked up a shard of glass. She dropped it and stepped on it. Triple H went to fetch Maria and placed the sleeping diva on his shoulder. He carried her back to the test room with the group followed miserably. Chris watched as Trish sullenly walked into the confessional room.
"Okay, did I miss something," Chris asked the players.
"Don't start Jerky." Triple H placed Maria down on the couch and sat next to her.
"I let the group down. I couldn't protect the glass bowl. It's not fair that they came out of nowhere. I thought the others were supposed to stop the intruders from getting to the middle. Surely the mole let them in." Trish's confessional ended.
"Zzzzzz." The video showed Maria sleeping through her confessional.
"First Triple H chooses Edge for the least liked person when everybody knows that I am. I would have taken the money because I am confident that I'm going to win the game. We lost the glass bowl in the second task, I think Triple H could have done a better job protecting the outside." John's confessional ended.
"Guess what, Edge and I are together again. This game was depressing me but it just got better." Lita's confessional ended.
"Nobody likes me here. Everybody adores Trish more and they chose her positioning. That turned out to be bad since her plan failed horribly ." Mickie's confessional ended.
"I read the other players' journals, I confess. I did get some good info though. I also cannot go home tonight." Edge's confessional ended.
"I knew something good would happen to the least favorite person. Too bad that it had to be Edge." Triple H's confessional ended.
"We earned no money today. I guess it was a good day for me. Now only four more days of tasks are left." The mole's confessional ended.
Jericho let the players take the test since they were all tired. Triple H got Maria a cup of coffee and the caffeine woke her right up.
'Which player did the mole like the least?'
'Did the mole receive an exemption?'
'Was the mole on the outside in the bowl task?'
'Was the mole in the middle in the bowl task?'
'Was the mole guarding the heart in the bowl task?'
'Did the mole leave his or her position during the bowl task?'
'Did the mole have any physical contact with the intruders?'
'Did the mole read any other player's journal today?'
'What gender is the mole?'
'Who is the mole?'
The group reentered the room Jericho was in and sat down. Edge and Lita were looking at each other while nuzzling each other. Cena and Trish were sitting down next to each other, with Cena's hand around Trish's shoulders. Triple H was sitting down with Maria's head in his lap. Maria had fallen back to sleep. Mickie sat Indian style on the floor.
The names flashed on the screen. When Mickie's name flashed red, the other wrestlers let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry Mickie James but you are the next victim to the mole. I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave." Jericho watched Mickie get up with a frown and thought, 'Please don't go psychotic on me.'
He met up with her after her bags were packed and talked with her.
"Mickie you've outlasted people like Shawn Michaels, Rob Van Dam, Kane, and even your rival Ashley. I've got to ask you this, who is going to win the game?!"
Mickie looked at him, "Well it can't be Trish or Lita, or John or Edge, so either Triple H or Maria will win the game."
She smiled one last time at the camera before walking out.
"I'm not surprised Mickie's gone, she's such a nuisance. Who should I get rid of next?" The mole had four more days left to sabotage.