The Mole Chap. 6: Now is The Sixth Task
A/N: Like always, don't own anything. When I first started the story, the only pairing I had in mind was Lita/Edge. Now as the story goes on it will also have Maria/Hunter and Trish/Cena. Who knows when either of them could be eliminated since only the three pairings remain in the game. Also, now that we are on the sixth chapter this story is more then halfway done. There are only ten chapters in the story.
Chris Jericho met with the superstars at a building close to the hotel.
"Okay, today will be a relaxing day. It's a day to have fun and be yourselves. All throughout the game, you have been taking shots at each other. Which brings us to the first task. Before I tell you what it is, I need the five people who want to have fun and the one person who wants to lay back."
Edge, Lita, Cena, Trish, and Maria wanted to have fun. Triple H wanted to lie back and relax. Triple H followed Jericho out of the room and into another one.
"So Jericho, what do I have to do?" Triple H asked. He knew that he wasn't going to lie back and do nothing at all.
"Hunter, see this body vest? This is the kind we use when we play laser tag. The other players don't know it yet but their fun is playing laser tag. There are targets in there that will shoot at them as they try to rescue you. Once they rescue you the team wins the money. There's an exemption in it for you. If you are able to shoot the other players after the game is over and I mean all of them, then you will receive the exemption. There are six players currently in the game. We have three more executions to go before we get to the finals. Will you take the exemption or will you get more money in the pot. Just how much do you know about the mole? Or are you the mole and are you going to try to sabotage this task?" Jericho finished his speech as Hunter grabbed the laser gun in his hands.
"I'll do whatever I feel like doing."
Jericho met back up with the players wanting to have fun.
"Trish, Cena, Lita, Edge, and Maria. The fun task you are playing is laser tag. Triple H is the damsel in distress that needs to be rescued. All you have to do is reach Princess Hunter and the game ends and you win the money. If you get shot by the targets, then you are out. Let the games begin!"
There were two paths the players could take. Trish and Cena took one, Lita and Edge took the middle one, and Maria went down the lone path. Trish and Cena did a good job protecting the other one from attacks.
"I don't want to save Hunter. If it was you on the other hand then I would do it." John kissed her on the cheek and Trish had to move her body in front of his to protect him. She was shot and had to leave the game. Edge and Lita were not faring any better. They tried to use each other as shields. Lita tripped Edge over though and he was shot by the laser in the back. He glared at Lita before giving her a passionate kiss. Then when one of the targets fired at them, he grabbed her and let her get taken out of the game by it. She glared back at him before they walked out of the game in smiles. Maria was dodging the targets with some unknown agility. She ran full speed ahead and met up with John Cena at the end. Triple H sat there on a chair with a laser gun in his hand.
"We did it, we saved Triple H," Maria yelled out dancing happily. John Cena shook his head, "Of all people, it had to be you Hunter."
Maria extended a hand to help Triple H out of the chair when his laser gun went off. It hit her body armor and over the intercom a voice was heard, "Maria is out."
"Hey Hunter! Why did you do that?! Stop playing with me because that's not nice." Maria stood there with her hands on her hips. Triple H turned his evil looking eyes at John Cena and shot at him. John leaped out of the way and called out, "Jericho, what's going on? The game is over."
Chris Jericho and Triple H both said together, "The game is not over."
"You still can be eliminated." Chris told John. "Why are you doing this? Did he give you an exemption or something like that?"
Hunter just smiled, "Or something like that." He started rapidly firing at his rival. Triple H saw that he wasn't going to hit him this way so he pulled out his sledgehammer and stalked towards Maria. She squealed out in horror. John turned back around and raced towards Maria. Triple H turned around sharply and shot Cena. The game was now over and no money was added to the pot.
"How could you Hunter!?" Maria slapped him in the face as Trish, Lita, and Edge entered the room.
"Hunter, that was low. I wouldn't do something like that even for an exemption." John heard the others in the room.
"Who got an exemption!? Only I can have them. I must have them all!" Edge came after Triple H with a steel chair. Trish took it from him and threw it to the ground. She went over to comfort Maria.
"I hope you're happy with yourself Trips," Lita said to him as she walked past the cerebral assassin.
"I wasn't going to hurt her. It was only to lure Cena in." Triple H walked over to Maria, took her by the hand and walked away, "We need to talk."
Jericho smirked as he looked at the other players. "Only 91,000 dollars have been added to the pot. Seven task remain to be played. The mole has prevented a lot of money from being added to the pot. Will you allow the mole to prevent more earnings?"
The group had to met later for the second task. Edge and Cena shook their heads rapidly. Triple H looked back at the two who've stopped in their tracks.
"What's the matter with the two of you?"
Edge looked at the building and frowned, "This is the place where Smackdown is being held tonight."
"I don't even want to know what we are going to have to do tonight," Cena added.
"I don't want to do it. It must be something really bad then. I'm afraid now." Maria hugged onto Hunter's arm. In the beginning Hunter couldn't stand her but now he found her to be sweet. He looked down at her meanwhile Edge uttered out, "Don't trust the game. It always burns you in the end."
They went into the Smackdown arena. Jericho joined them in one of the locker rooms.
"Each one of you have been given a wristband with your name on it. Now can you please put it in this hat. The one person I pick will have to do a special task."
One by one they placed their names into the hat. Chris pulled one out and announced quietly, "Lita."
Lita walked out of the room with Jericho and into the costume room.
"Lita, on this velvet wall there are your fellow players' names. Edge, Cena, Maria, Hunter, and Trish. In this huge bingo spinning basket are plastic balls. Inside each one is a costume. We have the tin man, a playboy bunny, a teacher, a baby, and a princess. You will pick out a ball and stick it underneath one of the player's names. After all the balls are placed I will reveal to the group which costume they have to wear. The ramp to the ring will be the runway as the players must walk down the ramp, pose in the ring, then come back here."
Lita picked out the balls one by one and placed them under the names. Then Jericho invited the rest of the players into the room.
"Today we are having a fashion show. We have Halloween costumes and you must wear it to the ring and then back. First name was Edge. Lets see which costume was in the ball Lita picked out for you. Tonight Edge will be a princess!" Jericho went through the other balls and Cena was the tin man, Maria was the playboy bunny, Hunter was the teacher, and Trish was the baby. Lita joined the other Smackdown superstars surrounding the ring as Jericho talked with the other players backstage.
"Now the Smackdown roster is at ringside. You must walk down the ramp, get into the ring, pose, and walk back up here. All of you must perform this task or the 70,000 dollars will not be added to the pot. Edge, you're up first.
"I just want to let the fans know that I hate doing this," Edge said to the camera as he walked out. He held up his dress as he made his way past the Smackdown wrestlers. Big Vito held the ropes open for him as he entered the ring. JBL was laughing on the headset.
"Look everybody, it's Princess Edge. Come on Edge curtsy for us! Ha, ha, ha!"
Edge growled at the superstars at ringside before coming back. He passed Cena and sniped at him.
"Your turn."
Cena groaned as he walked past the curtains in his tin man costume. He couldn't bend his knees, which made walking a pain in the neck. He had to be rolled into the ring because he couldn't get in the normal way. JBL made sure to comment on him as well.
"Look at John Cena. He's the tin man from that movie. He's just as stiff now as he is in the ring. They should just call him John the tin man."
He stiffly walked to the back he passed Maria and had to admit she looked hot.
Maria leaped out onto the ramp as the playboy bunny. The crowd gave their approval as she hopped into the ring.
"Man, I'd like to have that bunny inside my Easter basket," JBL announced sweating. Maria made her way to the back and saw Hunter standing back there.
"I don't think I'm going out there." Triple H looked at his costume. "I really think this is ridiculous." Maria looked at him and asked, "Why are you wearing a skirt?"
"Because, Maria, this is a female teacher's costume." He heard his music play and walked out with doubt. The whole arena was filled with laughter from the scene. The most powerful wrestler in history reduced to wearing a skirt, if only Piper was here.
"Just laugh now," Triple H told the Smackdown superstars, "I'll be back later to destroy you all and then I'll be the one laughing." He posed in the ring as JBL commented.
"Come on Hunter, we all know you love wearing women's clothing. Where do you think all of Stephanie McMahon's old outfits go to? Does Steph like when you wear that in the bedroom?" The former acolyte was about to go on when Hunter dove from the turnbuckle onto him. The whole crowd saw his skirt lift when he made the jump. After a few punches of his own, Triple H watched in satisfaction as John was carried to the back on a stretcher. He passed Trish in the back and saw her in the baby costume. He snorted at her and walked on.
Trish came to the ring and posed for the crowd before ripping off her shirt and huge diaper. Underneath it was a smaller shirt and a white thong. The crowd really enjoyed the new baby costume she wore. On the titantron, a pair of eyes flashed three times as a familiar theme hit. Lita walked out with a sneer planted on her face. The extreme diva ran down the ramp and into the ring to face Trish.
"Do you know what Trish? Jericho offered me an exemption if I can make you cry like a baby. I plan to get that one." The two divas cat fight in the ring until Trish escaped to the to the ramp.
"I guess you don't get your exemption, Li-ta." Trish sounded out the syllables in Lita's name.
The players left the arena and back to the hotel to do their confessions.
"Today you added 70,000 dollars to your pot bringing it up to 161,000. It's confession time so according to the number on your journals, Trish you're up first."
"I think I did great this time. I did sacrifice myself to save John in the laser tag task and then I stopped Lita from getting an exemption in the costume task. Who would think I am the mole?" Trish's confessional ended.
"I didn't know Hunter was offered an exemption to shoot me. That hurts a lot. In the costume task I got to dress up and got the crowd going. What type of person would think I am the mole?" Maria's confessional ended.
"I didn't think Hunter could go that low and shoot Maria. I tried my best at winning and I get knocked out of the game by, of all people, Triple H. In the costume task I had to endure some serious leg cramping. Where would someone get the idea that I am the mole?" John's confessional ended.
"Today was an easy day for me. First Edge and I got competitive and got each other out of the laser game task. Then I almost got an exemption in the costume task. I'm just glad Trish didn't get the Playboy bunny costume. When did I do something that would make people think I'm the mole?" Lita's confessional ended.
"Princess Edge!? I'll show Bradshaw a thing or two. Why would people think I'm the mole?" Edge confessional ended.
"This proves to show that the game is not to be trusted. I did what I had to do to get an exemption to stay in the game. I'm sorry I hurt Maria's feelings but this is a game and there's a price to pay. As for the costume game, I didn't like having to wear a skirt. How could I be the mole?" Triple H's confessional ended.
"I knew how the laser task would end but I thought I should act less suspicious in the costume task. I shouldn't have because everybody else actually wore those stupid costumes. No problem, tomorrow's another day." The mole's confessional ended.
It was time for the test. The players looked at each other in the room before starting on their own test.
'Did the mole want to have fun or did the mole want to lie back?'
'Did the mole get someone eliminated from the task?'
'Which path did the mole take?'
'Was the mole offered an exemption today?'
'Which costume was the mole wearing today?'
'Did the mole pick out the costumes?'
'Did the mole have to wear a costume opposite of its gender?'
'What did the mole say in its' confessional?'
'What gender is the mole?'
'Who is the mole?'
After the tests were collected, the players sat in the room waiting to see which player would be going home tonight. One by one the names turned green. However when it got to Edge's name, the screen was red. Edge and Lita hugged for a long time before Jericho broke them apart. He told Edge to gather his belongings and leave the hotel. Jericho looked at the rest of the players.
"Maria, Triple H, Trish, John, and Lita, you five will remain in the game. Two more players will be eliminated and the last three players will go to the finals. I wish you all luck and see you tomorrow morning."
'Soon I'll be able to reveal myself. The others won't know what hit them.' The mole walked out with its' fellow players.