Chapter 3: Race of Time
Here's the next chapter, maybe it will be the last one of the episode, maybe not. You can play the OST music of The Mole, I believe it's called Travelling In Circles in this chapter, it suits the chapter so much and I plan to have no journals in this story, I'm not very good on mentioning the journals, in The Mole: Saboteur Investigation, I nearly forgot about the journals so I will not use journals in this one.
FFWS: The roommates are pretty fun the write about you know, having Waluigi and Rosalina together is pretty fun to write about, I hope your suspicions are correct (Yes, the Mole has been picked).
Satellizer el Bridget: You're pretty surprised on the coalition I see… I did plan to let them have the coalition after the 2nd challenge but I decided to do it sooner, I also hope your suspicions are correct and I update a random story every day depending on my mood, I think I'll finish off episode 1 before getting to Escaping Fate again.
Alpha: NO ONE LIKES WALUIGI! He's pretty fun to write about and that would bring more drama to the story and he will be pretty funny in this chapter though, even if he failed epically.
Name: Junior
Surname: Koopa
Birthday: August 25
Occupation: Prince/ Lawyer
Name: Toadiko
Surname: Toadlina
Birthday: April 16
Occupation: Chef
Name: Daisy
Surname: Saraoral
Birthday: May 9
Occupation: Princess/ Tennis Coach
Name: Boo
Surname: Ghostly
Birthday: June 19
Occupation: Scientist
Name: Waluigi
Surname: Wario
Birthday: January 30
Occupation: Treasure Hunter
Name: Birdo
Surname: Bowron
Birthday: December 18
Occupation: Teacher
Name: Dixie
Surname: Kong
Birthday: February 22
Occupation: Household
Name: Paratroopa
Surname: Glides
Birthday: August 3
Occupation: Helicopter Pilot
Name: Boomerang
Surname: Flitaly
Birthday: September 11
Occupation: Security Guard
Name: Rosalina
Surname: Galaxer
Birthday: November 8
Occupation: Scholar/ Princess
Paratroopa and Boomerang arrived at Koopa Village, there's Boo and Toadiko's bag hanging on a tree above a pond, a large cheep-cheep was opening its mouth, waiting for the branch to snap.
They read the back of the map.
It read:
'To save the bags, you'll need to grab them before the thin branch snaps and drops the bags. There's a warning, if you climb the tree, it would shake and the branch would snap, the idea of shaking the tree will make the branch snap as well, there are no catching tools and you're allowed to make your tools. NO FLYING ALLOWED WHEN TAKING THE BAGS (you're only banned from flying to take the bags, feel free to fly as in gathering items), ANY FLYING WILL BE COUNTED AS CHEATING, THE CREW WILL KICK THE TREE AND TAKE 10000 COINS FROM THE POT AND WILL THROW THE BAGS INTO THE POND.'
"Oh dear." Paratroopa laughed, Boomerang held his laughter.
"So shall we find stuff first?" He asked, Paratroopa nodded and went to a stick on the ground.
Paratroopa rolled his eyes and picked it up, "Do you happen to have tape on you?" He asked.
Boomerang looked at him as if he's crazy. "Oh no, who would take tape with them?"
Paratroopa sighed, "I was thinking of taping it together as a giant stick." Boomerang smirked.
"Wouldn't that work?" He pointed to a tree, Paratroopa turned to the place he was pointing at and smiled, he nodded and ran to the place.
Paratroopa: I thought Boomerang will be an idiot somehow but he's pretty smart, now I need sticks to get the giant stick done, looks like I need to put him back on my list.
Boomerang: Paratroopa seemed to be calm, quiet, smart and collected, he reminds me of Ice, that pal of mine is really tricky when you need information from him.
Junior and Waluigi found Goomba Village, they saw Junior and Birdo's bags on a mountain, the mountain's entrance was blocked by a gate, they looked at the back of their map.
It read:
'To get to the place where your bags are, you'll need to get the key to the mountain first, the key will be somewhere that you can get Goomnuts, there's a barrier that will shock anyone around the mountain except for the back of the gate so don't fly for your own safety. The bags will be squashed by a boulder we'll push down the path after 3 hours.'
Junior chuckled, "Oh dear, that would REALLY hurt."
"Where do you get Goomnuts?" Waluigi asked, "I know that Nutty Cakes taste good but I never knew that where you get Goomnuts."
Junior tilted his head, "I don't know, let's search for a clue first." Waluigi nodded and they started searching.
Waluigi: It's not so bad yet, I just need to find where Goomnuts grow and then go to the place.
Junior: Waluigi don't know where Goomnuts grow but knew that Nutty Cake, my favourite and something completely unrelated to Goomnuts are ingredients of the cake, I never knew what a Goomnut even looks like.
Junior did pass the tree with Goomnuts in them, but he walked straight past it.
Daisy and Rosalina went inside the toy box, they saw Paratroopa and Dixie's bags tied with incredibly thick layer of metal ropes on the rails, they are at the M station right now, the train is currently at the Y station, they looked at the back of their map.
It read:
'To get the bags, you'll need to cut the ropes within 3 hours, if you didn't do it, the bags will be squashed with the train, you'll need to find tools in the shed to your east, look at the map for more details.'
Rosalina pointed to the 'east', "That way is the east." She smiled and ran towards the 'east', Daisy followed her but none of them knew that they were actually going west.
Rosalina: I wonder what tools we need for the thing, it's not going to be easy as the bags are tied with METAL ropes, I knew that will be very tiring.
Daisy: The direction doesn't seem to be correct but I'll go with it, who am I to judge people when I'm a total idiot in directions, like the time I used 30 minutes trying to find a bathroom in an amusement park?
Daisy looked at the map and gasped, "Wait! We're going west!" She shouted and Rosalina turned back in shock.
"WHAT!?"
Birdo and Dixie arrived at the dock, they saw Daisy and Boomerang's bags in a glass box floating on the water, it has a little hole in it and it will sink, they looked at the back of their map, that's common sense.
It read:
'To retrieve the bags in the glass box, it's a race against water and time, it will sink and the only way to save it is to swim and dive for the key somewhere in a large box, we suggest you to have one person only on that one because the other one should go and look for the combination in the lighthouse's whiteboard for the lock of the wood box and use the key in the wood box to open the glass box, once the glass box hits the ground of the sea, you 2 will fail the challenge.'
"Ok I'm a bad swimmer so would you mind to do the swimming?" Dixie asked.
Birdo shrugged, "Sure, go to the lighthouse for the combination, I'll try to dive for the box." Dixie nodded happily and ran to the lighthouse, Birdo sighed and dived into the water.
Birdo: I knew that isn't going to be easy, I knew that she's going to do good but I will have a hard time to search for the box if you ask me.
Dixie: I wonder what's going to be on the whiteboard… The main question to me is, what DOES the whiteboard have to do with this mission?
Birdo swam straight past the box when she reached the bottom, on Dixie's side, she gasped in shock as she discovered what's on the whiteboard.
Boo and Toadiko came to the front gate of Boo's Mansion, they didn't see Rosalina and Waluigi's bags, they decided to turn to the clue seconds later.
It read:
'To find the bags, you'll need to go in the forest, there's a path leading to a garden, there will be a snake in a cage and it will open in 3 hours, after being released, the snake will eat the bags.'
"Crap." Boo cursed, "Let's go." Toadiko nodded and they rushed off, not aware that they went the wrong direction or should I say, NO ONE knew where they are going in Forever Forest.
Boo: We only have 3 hours from the start and this is very bad, we've used up 1 hour to search for this place already.
Toadiko: Having a coalition partner isn't so bad, as long as he don't use me, I'm fine, It's weird that I think of this because I'm the one who asked for the coalition first.
They got near the garden but went the wrong way at the end.
Paratroopa groaned, his shelled belly is sticky, "Ugh, Boomerang help me!" He shouted, Boomerang burst into laughter, "Ugh, why did you tell me to use tree gum?"
"Because that's the only sticky stuff." Boomerang shrugged, Paratroopa sighed and went back to work.
"You'll pay for this…" Paratroopa cursed, only to lead Boomerang into more laughter.
Paratroopa: I think Boomerang is very suspicious, he didn't really help and this stuff doesn't really stick, he'll surely pay for this.
Boomerang: I told him to go into the pond but he refused, there's only a cheep-cheep that's starving for breakfast there! Haha! Love my sense of humour.
The stick scattered again, "I give up!" Paratroopa shouted in frustration and went to a tap to clean himself, Boomerang held his laughter.
"Hey… What's that?" Boomerang wondered and went next to the tap, there's a very long stick on the ground.
Boomerang: I felt like slapping myself, seriously, there's a perfect length stick here!
Paratroopa's jaws dropped when he saw it, he face-palmed and went to the pond.
Paratroopa: I spent all that 1 hour and 30 minutes to do this and got myself dirty then bang! Here's the perfect thing! I really felt like an idiot.
Junior and Waluigi finally found the tree.
"Thank god!" Junior cheered and realised a big question, "How do we get it down?" He asked, Waluigi thought for a moment, "Watch kid." Junior growled but stood there, Waluigi started to climb the tree much to Junior's surprise, he took the key and hopped down. "There, let's go." He gave the key to Junior, "I might lose it." He smiled and Junior nodded then the duo rushed to the gate.
Junior: I don't think Waluigi is the Mole, the Mole would keep the key to themselves and lose it, he went through all that climbing so I think he's a genuine player.
Waluigi: I'm very hopeless on not losing stuff so I gave it to Junior, there are only 30 minutes (Yes, they spent ages to look for the key) and we need to hurry.
They went up the hill after going through the gate, Junior's face darkened as he remembered something. "Waluigi." He said, with his face pale.
"Yeah?" Waluigi looked at the small koopa, wondering what's the matter.
"We used 25 minutes to get here, right?" Junior asked, Waluigi nodded and was struck with realisation, "WE ONLY HAVE 5 MINUTES LEFT!" Junior shouted, they ran up the hill and at the same time, the boulder came down.
Rosalina collapsed in a sitting position on their knees, "I'm tired…" She puffed, Daisy turned back.
"There's no more time! There's only 20 minutes left with the wrong direction!" She shouted, Rosalina nodded and got up, they went to the shed to get the tools.
Daisy: I have a feeling Rosie isn't really a normal player, she seemed very tired but there's no sweat and when I said let's go, she doesn't seem tired at all and actually is very energetic, she's a hard player to read.
Rosalina: This is one of my plans… I'm tired, yes, I'm acting, yes, I'm the Mole, no. I think Daisy is pretty high on my list because she's very team working and very friendly, this attitude will be very hard to read what she is really thinking about.
Birdo found the box after 2 hours and Dixie faced a problem, this combination have 10 digits and it's about the 10 players, she had done all of the questions but there are one's she isn't so sure about.
A little earlier:
Dixie stared at the board.
It wrote:
'To find the combination, you'll need to solve these questions about the players, in top to bottom order is the combination.'
Q1. How many years have Birdo thought the GRADE 3 classes?
Q2. How much letters does Paratroopa have in his second word of his occupation?
Q3. How many people does Boomerang have in his little group of pals (including him)?
Q4. How many years have Dixie dated Diddy?
Q5. How many children does Daisy want to have?
Q6. How many siblings does Junior have?
Q7. How many years have Waluigi been a Treasure Hunter?
Q8. How many years have Rosalina been looking after the lumas minus her own age -10?
Q9. How many inventions did Boo create that Lady Bow really liked and gave a rating of 10?
Q10. How many years have Toadiko befriended Toadette?
Back at present:
Dixie had answers written down, she checked her answers one more time before heading out.
Dixie: I hope I know them well enough to answer these questions, last night everyone talked about these stuff.
Birdo: I need to wait for Dixie, she's pretty slow at this but who am I to judge her? It might be harder than anything!
Dixie ran towards Birdo, Birdo waved at her as the glass box started to sink a little bit.
Boo and Toadiko are totally lost, they are nowhere right now and they went past the garden 5 times without noticing it, Boo had gave up and decided to go out of the forest and come back in, it's hard to find WHERE they are right now, Toadiko agreed and they head out.
Boo: Dear god please let us be there in 5 minutes. I think the snake could be released anytime now.
Toadiko: Well I think we'll fail this one, this isn't going very well if you ask me…
They ran across it but quickly realised it and went into the garden.
Here's the next chapter! Until next time!