I apologize for not updating for so long -.-'. Also I would like to say there are 4 picture clues on my profile. I'm planning to say when I post them at the end of the chapters they apply to. Axel is a Shy Guy if that was unclear (I'm still not sure if I've said that before). There is a poll on my profile, and even if you voted on the first poll you can vote on this on too. Disclaimer! Also the 'suits' in last chapter will be explained now:

The glove suits are sound proof. They are completely open with a blind fold, a mute...er...thing, and earplugs. Axel just wore a blind fold because of the robes.

The ear bud suits had openings for the mouths and ears. The mouth so they could communicate with the people out of the maze. The ears so they could hear the response.

The bandana suits were full body suits with eye holes cut out. But the players couldn't communicate with each other or hear anything.

The Exit?

Iggy stumbled forward and turned around. He saw two, big, wooden doors close and shut out the entrance. He looked around.

Iggy: Well... if I have to spend the night here at least there will be lots of soft stuff to lie on.

He face into the maze, he thought, and said, "Well, let's-a go!" He snickered and started marching forward. Seconds later he ran into a hedge, "OOF!"

Starlow giggled and said, "Come on silly!"

In his suit, Shilo frowned.

Shilo: Hmmm... Suddenly Starlow is being relatively nice to Iggy. Strange change in behavior...

Shilo sighed, "Well let's walk slowly so we don't run into anymore hedges..."

Toadbert looked around. He saw Kooper stumble and land smack on his face. Toadette ran over and helped him up. Toadette looked at the right wall of the maze. Then she looked at the left. Then the right. Then her eyes got wide. She started jumping up and down and pointing at the walls. Kooper sat up and looked at the walls too. He tilted his head.

Kooper: What the heck... Toadette was jumping up and down like and maniac for nothing. I'm not sure if she if trying to make us think she's the Mole or not, but... yeeeaaahhh...

Then Toadbert nodded. He picked Kooper up and showed him that one of the walls was nice and neatly trimmed. The other was nice but not as neatly trimmed. Kooper stood there. He pointed at the neat wall and nodded. Then he started forward.

Peach reached out and she felt the wall. It was sort of rough, but nice and square. She felt over to Bombette and Axel and guided them over to the wall. She put them up against the wall and motioned for them to follow it.

Bombette moved forward and leaned against the wall. She felt the roughness of the hedges and the branches. She wondered why the hedge wasn't trimmed better.

Iggy wondered ahead, "This is annoying. I- OOF!" He ran into another wall.

Starlow giggled, "Just follow me. I think I know where we're going."

Iggy shrugged. Then he smirked, "How do you know where we're going exactly?"

Starlow didn't answer for a little. Finally she said, "Because I'm a ninja like that."

Iggy fell over laughing. Shilo snickered, "Well if you're a ninja show us- OOF!" He felt a solid slam against his ribs. He fell over and yelled, "What was that for!"

Starlow frowned, "I didn't do any-" She was cut off by a loud explosion. She grimaced, "Guys. I think there is something DK didn't tell us..."

Iggy frowned.

Iggy: If you're going to put someone in an explosive maze, tell them first. Just a bit of wisdom from Iggy Koopa.

Toadette sat up. She tried to call out to her friends but the suit was blocking her mouth. She tried to make some yelling noises, but they were almost muted out by the suit. She looked around at the wreckage, and saw Toadbert struggling to get up. Kooper was literally stuck in the wall and burnt chunks of hedge were scattered everywhere. She rushed over to Toadbert and helped him up. She heard a thunk behind her and she jumped. But then she saw Kooper getting up and stumbling towards them. She pulled Toadbert up and then froze. Toadbert looked at her and narrowed his eyes.

Toadbert: When Toadette is playing this game every now and then she notices something. And it's always vital to the game. But it's always at the most convenient times. Hmmm...

Then she looked at Kooper and pointed in one direction. Kooper tightly closed his eyes and put his hands to his face. He looked up, a defeated look in his eyes, and shrugged. Neither of them knew the way they had come from.

Bombette carefully walked around the pit. She felt Axel bump into her and she bumped into Peach in turn. Ever since she got caught on that trip wire and they had spiraled down pit trap they had been sucked in the ground for ever. She once she felt like they were going to lose this challenge. Then she felt Peach jump up and grab Bombette. Bombette had a start, but then she realized what Peach was going to do. Suddenly she felt herself flying in the air and land solidly on the ground. She felt Axel land on top of her. They had developed a way to communicate with each other. They drew the letters on each other's hands. She felt Axel draw 'I'm seeing if Peach needs held.' She assumed he meant help, but she didn't care.

Shilo fell over. They had been walking for what seemed like hours. He sighed and whined, "Ninja, How much long-" Suddenly everything was quiet. There was the sound of the wind and nothing more.

Iggy turned his head, "Shilo? Shiiiillllloooooo? Starlow, I think there is something in here... Other than us I mean..."

Shilo felt himself falling and then he abruptly hit the ground with a thud. He gasped. The air here was cold and strange. He didn't like it. "Guys I'm down here!" He waited for a response when he felt a blast of wind, "Are you OK?" He thought he recognized the voice, but something was off. It sounded sort of mechanical, robotic even. He called back but there was no answer. Then he heard a click and a shout, "Are you there Shilo?"

Shilo smiled. This was defiantly Iggy. He had they annoyed tone with a hint of 'You better be glad I'm not laughing at you right now." Shilo yelled, "Yeah! I'm down here! How'd ya find me?"

Iggy grunted and there was an audible thud. Then he heard Starlow's voice, "I just led Iggy to the trap door. How are we-"

She was cut off as Iggy shoved her out of the way, "How are you supposed to get out of there?"

Shilo smiled, "Well the pit isn't too deep so maybe you can just pull me out!"

He reached up and felt Starlow's foot, which he grabbed and he was pulled up. But right as he was surfacing, he felt the blast of wind again, except this time, it didn't go away. It just kept getting stronger and stronger. He heard Iggy shout, "It sounds like that's a wind tunnel you're in!" Then all sound was muted out by the wind. Shilo felt himself slipping from Starlow's grip and he yelled, "I'M SLIPPING!" and he flew out of Starlow's grip and down the impossibly long tunnel.

Then Starlow screamed, "Let go of my star! I'm going to get him! You come in after and then we won't lose the money!"

Iggy yelled back, "Letting go in three... two... one... NOW!"

Starlow felt Iggy let go and whizzed down the long tunnel. She could hear Iggy jump in and hit a wall. She laughed as she heard it. She could feel the air getting colder when she breathed in. Suddenly she felt the wind forcefully push her out of the tunnel and into the air. She wished she could see, she felt so high up. She laughed and Iggy flew out of the tunnel. There was a loud whoop from him and he screamed loudly. Then they both landed on the ground with a hard thump. They were both getting up when Shilo said, "Where are we?"

Kooper closed his eyes and thought. He turned his head and squinted at the hedge. Toadbert looked at the sky and Toadette paced and stared and the ground. Eventually Kooper pointed to the left which Toadette looked at and nodded. Toadbert on the other hand, tilted his head and narrowed his eyes.

Toadbert: I don't get anyone here... We are all so focused on pretending on being the Mole and looking for clues that none of us are thinking about getting the money. We are just letting the Mole lay back and relax! And if he does that then we'll never be able to find him!

Toadbert nodded reluctantly and followed the others who had taken off without him. He noticed a thin wire running from hedge to hedge. His eyes narrowed. He ran up to the others and tugged them back. Toadette tilted her head at him and pointed. Toadbert nodded and walked up to the wire. He pointed at it, careful not to touch it. Kooper's eyes widened.

Kooper: Dang it, they have these traps everywhere.

But then Toadette froze and looked a little upwards. Her eyes widened and she visibly gulped. Toadbert looked up too. He saw the hundreds of wires running every which way. Kooper looked at the other two. Suddenly there was a rustle. The leaves on the other side of the maze moved. Bombette walked out followed by Axel and Peach. Suddely Bombette tripped on the wire and fell face first onto the grass. Peach broke the wire stepping down to help Bombette up and the wires overhead snapped down on them. Only Axel managed to dodge the wires... somehow. He blindly walked around, fumbling over the wires. Peach reached out and grabbed him and traced something on his hand. He got up and started fumbling with the wires. He managed to break a few of Peach's wires. He walked over to the 'See no evil' group and Kooper managed to grab Axel. Axel immediately jumped and tried to get away. But Kooper managed to get his hand and draw 'This is Kooper!' Axel stopped struggling and bent down to fumble with the wires.

Starlow got up and floated to the hedge. She heard Shilo and she called out, "So how was the ride?"

Shilo laughed and said, "It was amazing! It was like I was flying!"

Iggy gave a pained smiled and called, "Guys, I think I did something to my ankle... I can't get up..."

Starlow gasped and floated over. Somehow Shilo was already there and looking down at Iggy. Starlow looked at Shilo and said on the count off three, lift him up. One... two... three!" They both hoisted him to his feet and he gasped and collapsed. Starlow looked at him and asked, "What feels painful."

Iggy blindly looked up and said, "My ankle, like I said before..."

Starlow laughed, "Well what feel painful IN your ankle?"

Iggy thought and finally said, "It feels like I shattered it."

Starlow frowned, "But bones shouldn't be able to shatter that easily..."

Iggy winced as Shilo turned his ankle, "I know, but I have Hypocalcaemia. It's kind of common as a Koopa. So it helps that we have shells."

Starlow was startled that he was so calm about breaking his ankle. He acted like this happened every day. She tilted her head, "You sound so calm..."

Iggy nodded, "Well I broken bones at least as many times as I've fought the Mario bros. It's kinda grown into a normal thing."

Shilo grimaced, "Well I don't think you broke the bone."

Starlow immediately grew hopeful, but Iggy knew better.

Shilo continued, "But it is shattered."

Starlow sighed. Iggy nodded. Shilo said, "Well I guess that's it for us...?"

Iggy nodded again. Starlow sighed, "I guess..."

Shilo smiled dejectedly, "Well I'll get your suit off come over here..."

Starlow floated over and Shilo found the zipper. He unzipped her who then unzipped him and Iggy. They all looked up at the night sky and one of them muttered, "So... calm."

Kooper got up and bent down to undo Peach. She had been stuck for at least an hour and they still had to get Toadbert out. Bombette walked over to a wire and lifted it from the hedge. She turned her head and 'looked' at the others Toadette looked at Kooper who shook his head and the duo moved to the next wire. They pulled it up and Toadette jumped. On Bombette she wrote 'Perfect!' Toadette started tugging on it and Axel and Kooper began working to get Peach out. She shifted and grabbed another wire. She tried to pull herself out and it was no use. Peach lifted her hand and Toadette lifted the wire a little. Peach was able to pull herself out mostly with the exception of her boots. Axel then grabbed a wire and pulled up on it. Kooper took some of the wires and twisted them until the tension broke them. Peach then jumped up and brushed off the dirt that was on her suit. Then they all went over to Toadbert who was still lying under the wires.

Starlow sat up, "Did anyone else hear that rustle?"

Shilo nodded and Iggy frowned. Then, out of nowhere, DK walked through the hedges. He looked at the trio of contestants and said, "You know that you guys are still going to have to stay here during the night, right?"

All three people nodded and DK continued, "Well I'm here to get Iggy. We need to get him medical attention for his broken ankle."

Out of the hedge stepped two Koopa Paramedics with a stretcher to carry Iggy on. They loaded him up and disappeared through the hedge.

Shilo smirked, "That was awkward..."

Starlow nodded, "In a strange way, it was..."

Bombette tugged on the wire until it broke. It was the last one that was needed to free Toadbert. He got up and shook himself off. Toadette took Peach's hand and wrote 'Bye,' on it. Then they both separated into the two different groups. Peach ran ahead and caught up with her group. She felt the walls and put her group back on the right track.

Thank goodness this is done! It took me forever to write! Well... Remember to R&R and that there is a new, and I do mean NEW, poll on my profile. So anyone who voted before and any new fans are able to vote! Thanks ~ Shilo Burbans