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The Mole: The Reveal


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Story: Complete - Chapters: 17/17 - Created: Dec 11, 2012 - Updated: Mar 29, 2013
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Author's Notes: Chapter End Notes: And that's a wrap! Now for a few author's clues that might have helped if you picked up on any of them. First, I invite you to go back and look at the placement of the mole's internal thoughts. You'll notice that a majority of them were placed either directly before or directly after something Kurt said. I did the deliberately to throw focus from Kurt. Couldn't make picking him out as the mole too easy given that this is a Klaine story. Likewise, I had some of his thoughts written in the third person when he was referring to himself, therefore making it look like the mole was someone other than Kurt.Next, and this clue was not deliberate. I realized I had unintentionally done it later after it was already written. But if you go back to the mountain track game chapter, you'll notice there's a direct clue to the final three in there, when I said that Kurt, Blaine, and Mercedes all gave looks in Puck's direction. Kurt, Blaine, and Mercedes were the final three.The following clues could really have only been picked up if you've seen the first season of The Mole US. Everything involving Kurt in the fort attack game, including his acts of sabotage were accurate in coordinance with that episode in the show. In fact, if Ihad switched Mercedes' and Santana's positions, every character would have been in correspondence with the right person on the show. But explaining that will also tell you who the mole was and if you want to play along with it, I don't want to spoil it. Likewise, information and things involving Kurt in the trust game were also accurate in coordinance with the episode. The mole had indeed not been told anything at all about that game. I am aware that these clues, if you put them together to match up with the actual episodes from which they came, may tell you who the mole was in The Mole US season one.Finally, you'll note that in the initial introduction and arrival order, Kurt was fourth. There are four letters in the word 'mole'. This clue was taken from one of the seasons but I'm not saying which, as again, that would give who the mole is in that season away.This ending author's note is pretty long but it was necessary. I leave you with this, thank you all for taking this journey with me! I've had so much fun writing this story and I hope you enjoyed reading it. As always, reviews make me smile. Tells what you thought! Happy reading!

"Good evening and welcome to The Mole, The Reveal," Will said. A bunch of applause revealed the seven eliminated players seated on a double couch. Behind Will were three doors. Each with a small slot over the handle. "Tonight we reveal the answer to the question on everyone's minds, who is the mole?

 

"Ten strangers, working together to reach a prize total of one million dollars. But among them is a saboteur, a traitor, a double agent working for us to try and hinder the other players from banking the money. That person is the mole. Their task is simple. To win the money, they must answer one question. Who is the mole?"

 

Applause and cheers broke as the camera panned back to Will and the eliminated players.

 

"Hello again. I'm Will Schuester and we are live in Los Angeles tonight." More cheers and applause. "Behind these three doors," and he indicated the doors behind him, "Kurt, Blaine, and Mercedes are waiting to find out, who is the winner, who is the loser, and who is the mole." Again, the eliminated players applauded and cheered. "First say hello to all the eliminated players," Will said, waving his hand at them. "Rachel, how does it feel knowing you were the first player executed?" he asked.

 

Rachel laughed. "Well, it definitely is a bit embarrassing," she replied. "But looking back on it, I probably could have been a better sport. I tend to get a bit paranoid sometimes." This caused the others a to laugh a bit light-heartedly.

 

"Santana, I understand you and Brittany hooked up after you were eliminated?" Will asked.

 

Santana smiled over at the blonde girl who was sitting next to Rachel as they were seated in elimination order with three empty spots next to Finn.

 

"Yeah, we kind if had a special connection," she replied with a smile. She reached out a hand and Brittany took it fondly.

 

"Well, we're all happy for you two," Will said. He turned back to face the camera. "Tonight we will also reveal how the mole sabotaged the game and was able to fool so many of you." He pulled out three key cards from his jacket pocket. "One of these key cards will open the winner's door. And only the winner's door. But before we find out who the winner is, I'd like to see what our eliminated players think. Rachel?"

 

She glanced over at the doors. "I think Blaine is the mole and Kurt is the winner. I did watch the rest of the season while it was on and well, they've spent the most time together so, yeah."

 

"Brittany?"

 

"I think my dolphin is the mole and Mercedes is the winner," she said, confusing a few of them.

 

Will shook his head before turning to look at Sam. "Sam?"

 

"I think Mercedes is the mole and Blaine is the winner," he said. "Blaine just strikes me as so perceptive. I just don't think he can be the mole."

 

"Puck?"

 

The Mohawk man shifted slightly in his seat. "I think Mercedes is the mole but I also think Kurt is the winner. So, yeah."

 

Will paused a moment. "Did you all watch the season?" There were collective nods around the room. "Quinn?"

 

The blonde girl smiled softly. "I think Kurt is the mole and Mercedes is the winner. You never really could tell what that girl knows," she said.

 

"Santana?"

 

"As much as I don't like saying this, I agree with Berry. I think Blaine is the mole and Kurt is the winner."

 

Will have her a curious look. "Blaine's always been your first choice Santana. You're sticking with that even though you got eliminated?"

 

"Plenty of quizzes got me through executions. But while Blaine was my top suspect, it didn't mean I didn't have others. Not all my answers went to Blaine. Just in the last quiz, I answered to the wrong people. But I stand by my decision."

 

Will nodded. "And Finn?"

 

The tall man sat back. "I've had a lot of time to think about this and I really paid attention when episodes aired. So, I'm going to say that Kurt is the mole and Blaine is the winner."

 

Again Will nodded. "Well, we seem to have every combination of opinion just about. One of you is probably right, at least. Shall we find out who the winner is?"

 

"Yes!" They all cried.

 

Will walked over to the doors. "Kurt, Blaine, Mercedes, I am slipping key cards in the slots of your doors now. One of these keys will unlock the winner's door, and only the winner's door. When I say go, insert your key card into the lock." The camera showed shots of Kurt, Blaine, and Mercedes standing inside their little rooms, each taking the key card handed to them. "This is it. Someone is about to win two hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars. Players, insert your key cards now." There was a sound as the three of them inserted the key cards. "Will the winner of the two hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars reveal yourself please!"

 

Breaths hitched in the remaining players as each handle was jiggled. The handle to the door on the right latched down and the door opened. Out stepped…

 

"Blaine!" the eliminated players all cheered. Blaine's face was pale as though he was stunned. Had he really just won two hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars? Was this real? He took a moment to compose himself before a wide smile broke out across his face, hardly able to contain his joy.

 

"Congratulations Blaine," Will said. "You are the winner and are now two hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars richer. How do you feel?"

 

Blaine took a few deep breaths, giving his head a slight shake. "Oh my gosh. This is so overwhelming. I don't know what to say." The others all laughed and applauded him again.

 

"I have to hand it to you hobbit," Santana said. "You fooled me pretty well, but you played a good game."

 

Blaine blushed. "Thanks Santana," he said.

 

Will pulled a fourth key card out of his pocket and held it out to Blaine. "Well, Blaine, you are the winner, which means you also know who the mole is."

 

"That's right," he said.

 

"Will you do our mole a favor and let them out?" Will replied. Blaine took the key card from him and slid it into the slot of the center door. "Moment of truth. Mole, take that key card and insert in the lock of the door." There was a click as the instructions were followed. Everyone was on the edge of their seats. "Mole, will you reveal yourself please?"

 

The door handle jiggled and the latch went down. Breaths were being held as the door opened slowly. This was it. The moment they had all been waiting for, players and home viewers alike.

 

For a moment nothing happened. The door stayed open. Clearly, tension was something the mole was enjoying right now. And then, a foot stepped out and a head appeared around the door.

 

"Ohhhhh!" The rest of the players cried.

 

Trademark closed mouth smile on his face, Kurt strolled out from behind the open door, looking rather smug. He had thrown so many people off.

 

"Okay, okay," Puck said. "I never saw that one coming. Even after watching the show in detail." Kurt laughed.

 

"I have really good acting skills," he commented and then looked directly at Rachel. "Clearly still fooled you. Guess I should have gotten into NYADA anyway," he said.

 

People sensed tension but Rachel just laughed. "Point taken. I apologize for being a bitch to you for so long Kurt. We used to be friends."

 

"Touché," he said.

 

"As much fun as I'm sure we're about to have," Will said. "There's still one person waiting behind a door. Kurt would you do the honors of releasing her?" Will handed him a fifth key card. Kurt went to the door and slid it into the slot. Mercedes, inserted it into the lock, opened the door, and stepped out. Kurt hugged her.

 

"You may have lost, but you played a good game," he said. "You got to the end and that's an achievement in itself," he added. She smiled at him.

 

Will indicated for the three of them to have a seat and they all did, joining the other players. "So Kurt, you were the mole," he said.

 

"I was the mole," Kurt confirmed with a nod.

 

"We'll talk about how you fooled everyone except Blaine in a moment but I want to talk about your relationship with Blaine first."

 

Kurt laughed. "Okay," he said, taking Blaine's hand and a lacing their fingers together. Blaine smiled at him and Kurt smiled back.

 

"Now Blaine," Will began. "You suspected Kurt right from the beginning."

 

Blaine looked at Kurt. "I did yes. And that was kind of hard because I kept thinking about how I just wanted this beautiful boy for myself and my brain was telling me that he was so perfect and it's the perfect ones you need to watch out for. So it was like, he's too perfect to be the mole, therefore, he must be the mole."

 

Kurt blushed and pecked his cheek.

 

"Kurt, let's talk about the exemption and neutralization of the third episode," Will said.

 

Kurt drew a breath. "Well, I was pretty much smitten with Blaine from the moment I laid eyes on him. I decided that I had to do everything I could to keep him in the game with me as long as possible because I wanted to get it know him better," he said. "The moment I saw him I wanted him to be in the final three with me so I did whatever I could to keep him in the game."

 

"Such as?" Will prompted.

 

Kurt looked at Blaine. "Distracting him so that he would mess up to the point where other players might suspect him."

 

"The gondola ride," Santana noted.

 

"The gondola ride," Kurt confirmed. "Once I realized Blaine might possibly have felt a connection with me like I did with him, I did what I could to break his concentration so he trouble reading the map. I made sure we were paired up enough that we lost money together and strangely, people always blamed Blaine over me." He shook his head. Blaine chuckled.

 

"You still haven't explained the exemption and neutralization thing," the curly haired man said. Kurt kissed his cheek.

 

"I was getting to that honey. I knew right off the back I wanted Blaine to have the exemption. It would guarantee me at least another two days with him. Even though I knew he was on to me, and more so after getting his journal, I wanted to make sure I kept him in the game as long as possible."

 

"And the neutralization?" Will asked. Sam leaned forward, particularly interested in this little bit.

 

Kurt looked up at Sam. "That was honestly random. When I went to sneak into Blaine's room to give him the exemption, I specifically asked which key was his. With Sam, I went into the first player's room I came across. I had a key to everyone's room that night. Sam's just happened to be the first one I came to."

 

Will nodded his head. Sam looked relieved that Kurt hadn't neutralized him because he didn't like him or wanted him gone.

 

"Let's talk about how you sabotaged some of the games," Will went on. Kurt grinned. "You said you often made sure you got paired with Blaine and usually when that happened, you cost the group money."

 

Kurt nodded his head. "I remember the night of the room violation. That was purely accidental. I just wanted to see him and I forgot all about the fact that doing that would end up in the group losing money. And to be honest, I just wanted to see him."

 

There were collective aws around the group.

 

"Let's talk about the chess game. That was your first real act of sabotage, correct?" Will asked.

 

"Yes. I actually, I had an earpiece in my ear that the producers were using to communicate with me during challenges. I've warn it several times but it was small so I don't think it would have been noticed unless someone looked closely at my ear." The group all laughed and Kurt smiled. "I'd been told that since I was the leader, it meant I was in charge of making the final moves in the chess match." He looked up at Santana and Puck. "I was also briefed that the two of you would be offered exemptions and if you got them, the group wouldn't win any money.

 

"So my instructions were simple. Stall us at the chess game long enough to ensure Santana and Puck made it to the summit first. So I decided to lose the first match on purpose. Mostly I went against your suggestions for moves because they would get us the win. I made bad moves on purpose. Then, just as the second match started, the producers gave a code green and I knew that Santana and Puck were more than halfway up the mountain. So I miraculously became a better player."

 

The group all laughed at that. Well, they hadn't even considered the difference between Kurt's playing in both matches. That went over their heads. A lot had actually.

 

Will smiled. "What about the wine game in the next episode?" he asked. Kurt blushed. He looked over at Blaine, biting his lip.

 

"Actually, that was my fault," Blaine said sheepishly. "I couldn't resist him any longer."

 

"Quinn didn't you guys say you got distracted?"

 

Kurt blushed harder. "Yeah, we were kind of more interested in each other's lips," he admitted. "I wasn't actually planning on sabotaging that one." He gave his head a bit of a shake. "But the next day in the hanging on a question game, there was sabotage in that."

 

"So you did get that question wrong on purpose?" Santana said.

 

Kurt smiled over at her. "Yes, because I was told to. I was first instructed to make sure that I was on the team answering questions. The producers had set it up that Will would give me the easiest question of the bunch. I was told to get it wrong on purpose and then used my pressure problems as an excuse." He paused and looked around at them all. "But the second part was my own idea. I knew how it would look, me getting the easiest question wrong would make me a clear suspect as the mole and too many people might latch onto me. I knew Will was going to ask us to swing for extra money, so I decided to do it and make it look like I was trying to make up for my bad performance in answering the question."

 

Santana gave her head a shake. "Well that worked. You dropped in my suspect list again because you chose to swing."

 

"No doubt about it Kurt," Rachel said. "You've been a very devious mole." Kurt smiled up at her.

 

"The mountain track game was easy to sabotage. Actually Finn did all my work for me." He looked over at the tall man who looked incredibly confused.

 

"Huh?" Finn asked.

 

Kurt laughed. "Will gave you instructions to delay one if the teams and if they arrived past seven, you would get an exemption, right?"

 

"Yeah," Finn replied with a nod.

 

"It worked in my favor that you called us. I gave the phone to Blaine though so it looked like he was suggesting to take your advice first. I knew it was the wrong way but I went along with it. I'd already decided beforehand that if I did not get the difficult route, it wouldn't be worth it to sabotage. And I may have really wanted to be last just so I could have a night alone with Blaine." He flushed and Blaine smiled, kissing him on the cheek.

 

"You two looked pretty cozy the next morning," Santana said with a smirk. Kurt and Blaine both blushed and rolled their eyes.

 

"When I was told about getting to see loved ones, I decided it wasn't fair to sabotage that game. I knew how badly everyone would want to see their family. So I left that game alone."

 

Everyone threw him a grateful smile. So happy that Kurt wasn't cruel enough to risk everyone seeing those they loved.

 

"The logic puzzle game was easy enough to sabotage and make it look natural, without anyone figuring out it had been sabotaged. All I had to do was one of two things. If I was on the 'dumb' team, I was intending to slow all calculations down so that we solved a really low number, making it easy for the other team to solve more. But since I was on the other team, I was being fed the answers through the earpiece but I made a show of working some out quickly and took care that I didn't come up with the answer to all of them as that would be suspicious."

 

"Well, that was successful," Finn said.

 

"We didn't win any money from that one," Mercedes added. Kurt nodded his head. Not that he hasn't been able to figure answers out himself.

 

Will shifted a bit in his seat. "And what about the ski jump game?" he asked.

 

Kurt allowed a small smile to cross his face. "That was one of the games I had not been per-briefed on so my actions in that game were all player genuine. Just like I hadn't known about the mass neutralization. My fear was real. I was just lucky I got a question I knew the answer to. There was no way I was going off that ski jump."

 

Collective laughs went up around the group. "So dolphin," Brittany said. "You mean you didn't know everything?"

 

Kurt shook his head. "No Brit, I didn't know everything."

 

Quinn thought for a moment. "Did you know about the money offer?"

 

Kurt nodded. "I did. And I genuinely thought you deserved it but I'd be lying if I didn't say I'd been trying to get you out of the game for a while. Mainly because you were a money banker and I needed to keep as much money from the pot as I could."

 

Quinn laughed at this and just smiled down at him. "Don't worry, no hard feelings," she said, still smiling. "Anthony was really happy I brought that money home."

 

"And the chili pepper game?" Will asked.

 

Kurt frowned. "I was telling the truth about how spicy food effects me. If you saw that as sabotage, I didn't do it on purpose. I'd already told myself I'd eat the chili if it was one of the mildest ones. That's why I went with the one mouse left that was farthest away. But when it still ended up in six, I broke down because I really couldn't to it." He sighed heavily. "Spicy food messes with my stomach. One bite of that chili would have made me sick."

 

Santana looked both guilty and sympathetic. She leaned across Finn and Blaine and placed a hand on his shoulder.

 

"I'm really sorry for how I treated you over that. I had no idea you were being honest." She gave her head a shake. And Kurt got the impression that Santana wasn't always a genuine person.

 

"It's okay. I think we were all pretty riled up by then. It was by that point, I was ready to be done." He smiled softly. "I even contemplated having myself executed. But I was the mole, I couldn't do that."

 

Will gave him a sympathetic look as well. "And the fort attack game?"

 

Kurt's smile appeared back on his face. "I specifically made a point of telling the others in planning not to out me in the center, which was where I knew I could do the most damage. So I kept repeating not to put me in the center and they put me in the center. Everything after that was easy. Miscommunication between Finn and Mercedes and Blaine and Finn leaving their posts to have a shoot with Santana in the back. That left the culprit free to come in through the side entrance. I pretended not to have seen him until after he passed me. And you guys were right when you accused me of shooting off target on purpose because I did. And then I made a show of being incredibly upset and feeling guilty."

 

"Which we all fell for," Santana said with a roll of her eyes.

 

"And I got to be comforted by Blaine. Win-win, for me because we failed that game," Kurt replied with a laugh.

 

"Also," Will said. "The mole sent a copy of all your positions to the attackers." Kurt winked. Nobody could figure out how he had done that.

 

They all took a moment to laugh about everything. Kurt really had been a good mole. Nobody else had seen any of this coming at all.

 

"Let's move on to the trust game." Kurt shook involuntarily. A darkened expression came over his eyes.

 

Blaine squeezed his hand and Kurt looked at him gratefully. He took a deep breath, shutting his eyes as he drew in deeply and breathed out, attempting to calm himself.

 

"This was another game they told me absolutely nothing about. I had words with the producers for that later. Had I known what was involved, I would have voted for myself and then Blaine and I would have been tied. As it were, I knew absolutely nothing and voting for Blaine. It's not his fault what happened. I just want him to know that. But I had a panic attack because the task brought back something very dark from my past, which I told Blaine about that night."

 

Will looked positively guilty for making Kurt go through with that but it wasn't his fault either and he knew Kurt say as much. That was a bad game for Kurt to not know anything about and producers had done what they weren't supposed to, put someone's health in danger. Kurt had fainted, and there was no way it had been faked.

 

"But I've always been really adamant about facing my fears," Kurt went on. "So I went through with it anyway. But the panic attack was real. The fainting was real. Let's just hope producers learned something from this."

 

Will nodded his head. "Noted. And the repel game?"

 

"As some people realized, I was told ahead of time that the opportunity for an exemption would be given to the first player who said the word and instructed to do so." The players all nodded. "So I said exemption and was awarded the opportunity. That way when I messed up the combination on the lock, in looked like I was doing it on the pretense of getting the game's most valuable exemption. I was planning on getting the combination wrong anyway."

 

Well, wasn't that a clever tactic. Cover up sabotage with the chance to earn an exemption. Who would have seen the double entendre there?

 

Kurt glanced at Blaine. "I only did one small sabotage in the test of knowledge game. Blaine knew me too well and I just wanted to see him again when it was his turn to hide. I actually had producers telling me what the right answers were in my ear," he went on, looking at Blaine. "So when Will asked about the hair thing, I knew Mercedes had answered Blaine but that question really was tough enough that if we got it wrong, it really didn't look like sabotage. As it were, it was Blaine who insisted she answered me, so I went along with it."

 

Mercedes looked at them both for a moment before smiling and shaking her head. So Kurt's sabotage in that game really hadn't been noticeable because he chose the fright question to play on it.

 

"And the maze game?" Will asked.

 

Kurt actually blushed. "I decided that I wasn't going to sabotage that at all. I wanted the chance to play like a real player. The producers were going to tell me the way from my entrance to center to ensure I got there first and kept the other players from looking at the docier. But I told them no. I wanted to play this last game like a real player. So I had no more clue what direction to go than Blaine and Mercedes did. In the end, it was Blaine who got there first."

 

He looked at Blaine and smiled warmly. Will smiled too. "Blaine, as everyone saw in the episode, you were offered the docier but did not read it. Why?"

 

Blaine looked around at them all. "Even if we were being given the okay to read it, I felt like it would give me an unfair advantage over the other players and I wanted the final quiz to be on a fair level. I've always played fair."

 

"That must have taken a lot of courage," Mercedes said. "I would've read it myself."

 

Santana and Finn both nodded. "I think a lot of us would have," Finn said. "It just shows how genuine a guy Blaine is that he was able to turn that temptation down."

 

"And as we have since learned," Puck said. "He knew who the mole was all along."

 

They all collectively laughed.

 

"There you have it folks, did you catch all the clues?" Will said. Blaine held up his hand.

 

"If you can give me one second before you close us out Will, there's something I want to say to Kurt." Kurt looked at him with a confused expression on his face. His heart jumped up into his throat as Blaine stood up and got down on one knee in front of him, taking both hands in his.

 

"Blaine?" Kurt said in a small voice.

 

"Kurt Elizabeth Hummel, I know we only met four months ago and I know the circumstances weren't ideal by any means. But these past two months in Chicago with you have been some of the happiest of my life, even if we were both on edge about the reveal. I love you so very much." He withdrew one of his hands to pull a small black velvet box out of his pocket. Kurt's breath hitched. "Kurt, there is a moment, when you say to yourself, 'oh, there you are. I've been looking for you forever.' I've had my moment Kurt and it's you. I want to spend the rest of my life loving you in every way possible." He opened the box to reveal a beautiful silverband set with one distinct diamond surrounded by sapphires. "Kurt, will you be my mole and do the honor of marrying me?"

 

Kurt had tears in his eyes. He could not believe this was happening. Blaine was proposing to him. He couldn't speak so he just nodded and threw himself into Blaine's arms as everyone else broke out in applause and cheers.

 

"There you have it!" Will repeated. Blaine was sliding the ring onto Kurt's finger. "Kurt, you were an amazing mole. And congratulations to Blaine again for being our winner. Most important congratulations on your engagement guys. That's a wrap for this season. See you all next season when we do it all again. Goodnight!"

 

That was one hell of a ride! Goodnight America! thought the mole one last time as he kissed his new fiancé.


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