Ness and Exit Mouse: (run up to her) What the heck?

Paula: (grins) Well, I got kinda bored waiting for you guys to return, and since I KNEW you would return, I PSI Freeze-blasted the door to my jail off and came outside. There were a bunch of crows, but I blasted them too, and I got cookies! (holds up the cookies) Want one?

Ness: So you mean we just...

Exit Mouse: (grabs a cookie) Just forget about it, Ness, we’ve got the next member of our team!

Paula: Yeah, Ness, fill me in. If you’re my destiny then you better have a cool destiny yourself.

Ness: (explains premise of Giygas’ takeover of the world)

Paula: So that’s it.

Exit Mouse and Ness: (nod)

Paula: Kewl! (jumps up) Let’s go back to Twoson so I can tell my parents I’m all right.

Camera Guy: (spirals down from the sky and lands in front of them) Pictures taken instantaneously! I’m a photographic genius, if I do say so myself. Okay, get ready for an instant memory! Look at the camera...
Ready, Say, "Fuzzy Pickles."

Ness: (flips his peace/victory sign)

Paula: (stares blankly)

Exit Mouse: Fuzzy pickles! (sprays cookie crumbs out of his mouth)

(CLICK)

Camera Guy: Wow, what a great photograph! It will always bring back the fondness of memories! (shoots off into the sky)

Exit Mouse: I wish I could fly, it seems everyone around here can.

Ness: Why didn’t you pose for the picture, Paula?

Paula: I...don’t...do...pictures!

(they return to Happy Happy Village to find all the houses painted white)

Exit Mouse: That was fast.

Ness: (points over to Carpainter’s base, which is surrounded by people with torches) It looks like some sort of revolution.

Paula: (grabs Ness and Exit Mouse) Let’s go get supplies at the drugstore! (drags them inside)

Ness: I suppose I should upgrade some of my junk too. (picks out a Sand Lot bat and a copper bracelet) These should be good.

Paula: (holds up a big ribbon, a copper bracelet, and a fry pan) I’ve got what I need!

Ness: How do you expect to beat bad guys with a fry pan?

Paula: (swings the fry pan into the face of a man standing in the shop, he falls to the ground) See?

Ness: But a bat’s much better. (smacks the man in the head as he tries to get up, he crumples again) See?

Paula: (raises her fry pan) You did it wrong! Watch me!

Store Owner: Hey! Stop beating my customers!

Ness and Paula: (lower their weapons) Heh heh, sorry, sir.

Exit Mouse: (holds up a 30-pack of croissants) I got our food!

Ness: (withdraws some cash from the ATM and pays for the stuff) Alright, then let’s…(starts spasming)

Paula and Exit Mouse: What’s wrong?

Ness: (collapses to the ground) All I see is steak! (waves his hand in front of his eyes)

Paula: Steak?

Exit Mouse: He must be homesick! Quick, dial up his Mom so he can talk to her!

Paula: (dials up Ness’ house on the pay phone) Good thing I asked Ness for his phone number a few seconds ago.

Exit Mouse: Yeah, good thing.

Ness’ Mom: (answers the phone) Hello, Ness? How’s everything?

Paula: Uh, actually, this isn’t Ness, I need your help to...

Ness’ Mom: By the way, I heard you have a new girlfriend on your journey now, but I have this feeling like she’s standing right by you now.

Paula: WHAT!? I am NOT his girlfriend!

Ness’ Mom: I know that, Ness, she’s your girlfriend, not the other way around. By the way, why is your voice so strange? Are you choking on something?

Paula: ARRGGGHHH! (throws the phone down to Ness) You talk to your own stupid Mom!

Ness: (babbling) Stu stuh Steak?

Ness’ Mom: Ah, Ness, you’ve stopped choking.

Ness: Mom?

Ness’ Mom: Well, I gotta be going now, I’m busy scrubbing the toilets! Bye, honey!

Ness: (Gets up) That was probably my shortest call with her ever.

Paula: (grumbles as they head out of the drugstore)

Ness: (as they pass the one cave they DIDN’T go through) Wait a minute! (pulls the madly vibrating Sound Stone out of his backpack) I didn’t know it could do cool stuff like this!

Exit Mouse: Perhaps it’s reacting to the nearby location of a sanctuary.

Paula: Back there’s the Lilliput Steps. It seems to be some type of unusual place.

Ness: Well then, we’ll have to go there first and record its melody before we head back to Twoson.

Paula: (as they enter the cave) Finally some action!

Mole Playing Rough: (charges out of the shadows and slashes Paula)

Paula: That...really...hurt...(collapses)

Mole Playing Rough: (flails its claws at Ness)

Ness: (deflects the blows with his bat)

Mole Playing Rough: (suddenly stops, and walks away)

Ness: Huh?

Mole Playing Rough: (turns around and charges at Ness)

Ness: (slams his bat into the mole, dropping it)

Exit Mouse: (munching a croissant) You tamed him, Ness, tamed him very well.

Ness: (walks over to Paula) Oh great, Paula got hurt and collapsed.

Exit Mouse: I think she’s dead.

Ness: That didn’t take long.

Paula: (as a spirit rises from her body) Morons! I’m not dead!

Ness: (completely unamazed) Oh yeah? Then why are you a ghost?

Paula: (looks around, then at her body) I have no idea. Pretty cool, huh?

Ness: (whining) Exit, I wanna die too!

Exit Mouse: Idiot.

Paula: I already said, I didn’t die! I’m merely unconscious. I need to go to the hospital, and this "ghost" is here to make sure you do it! (picks up her body) Let’s go.

Ness: Hold it, if you can take yourself there, why do we all have to go?

Paula: (smacks him in the head) Because we’re a TEAM, moron! We care for each other’s well-being, okay!?

Ness and Exit Mouse: (glance at each other, then follow her out of the cave)

(they enter the Happy Happy Hospital)

Ness: (Hands over $150 to the nurse) Paula sure is expensive to keep around

Exit Mouse: We’re safer with her alive than dead, I think.

Paula: (walks out of one of the hospital rooms) Okay, guys, I’m alive again, so let’s go find the Lilliput Steps!

Ness: (grumbling) Try not to die this time.

Paula: (glaring) It surprised me, that’s all.

(they enter the Lilliput cave, again)

Mole Playing Rough: (charges out of the shadows at them)

Paula: (smacks the mole with her Fry Pan)

Ness: (finishes it off with a SMAAASH of his bat)

Paula: Whee, killing things is fun! (they continue deeper into the cave)

Ness: (bashes a mole in the head)

Paula: (knocks the mole over a cliff) I think I’m getting the hang of this "bash" technique.

(suddenly, 20 Mr. Battys zoom down from the cave roof)

Ness: (blasts them away with PSI Rockin A) Come on!

Exit Mouse: (suddenly runs into a Mighty Bear) Oof!

Ness: (swings his bat into the Mighty Bear)

Mighty Bear: (takes the blow, then slashes Ness)

Ness: (falls to the ground) owwww, too strong for me to beat!

Paula: (grins) But not me! PSI Freeze A! (a blast of ice hits the bear)

Mighty Bear: (frozen solid, it falls over in a block of ice)

Paula: (smashes the ice with her Fry Pan) See? Easy!

Ness: (PSI Lifeups himself) Yeah, then get rid of the one behind you if it’s so easy.

Paula: (turns around just in time to be punched by the bear)

Ness: (moves to the side as Paula lands next to him) Need some help?

Paula: Thanks for the warning, jerk.

Ness: Next time, pay attention, moron!

Paula: I don’t see you doing anything!

Exit Mouse: (pops up between them) ‘Scuse me, guys, but THERE’S A BEAR ATTACKING US!

Ness and Paula: (duck the bear’s claw slash) Right!

Paula: (blasts the bear with PSI Freeze)

Ness: (bashes the bear with his bat) That tamed it!

Exit Mouse: There’s a light up ahead! (they all head into the light)

(They encounter a huge brown mole)

Ness: Wow, that is one mondo mole!

Paula: Idiot, no one uses the word mondo!

Mondo Mole: This is the second Your Sanctuary™ location, but it belongs to me now. Take it from me, if you dare!

Ness: Oh yeah! PSI Rockin Alpha! (points his hands at the Mondo Mole)

Mondo Mole: (stares at Ness)

Paula and Exit Mouse: (stare at Ness)

Ness: (chuckles and adjusts his baseball cap) I guess I need to recharge. Heh heh.

Exit Mouse: (shakes his head) Just bash it then!

Ness: (swings his bat at the mole) Eat death!

Mondo Mole: (blocks the blows) MUA HAHAHAHAHA (swipes Ness aside)

Ness: (falls to the ground) A little help here!

Exit Mouse: (munching his croissant) Come on, the savior of the world should be able to beat a little bitty mole!

Ness: (smacks the mole with his bat)

Mondo Mole: (does PSI Lifeup A)

Ness: (runs behind Exit Mouse) Now what?

Paula: (standing with her eyes closed) Hey, guys, I just realized something.

Ness and Exit Mouse: What?

Paula: (opens her eyes) That I can do THIS! PSI Thunder A! (shoots a blast of electricity into the air)

Mondo Mole: (vaporized by a bolt of lightning)

Ness: Whoa.

Exit Mouse: (nudges Ness) Looks like you’ve got some competition for the best psychic kid around, huh?

Paula: (grins) What competition?

Ness: (Ignores her) Come on, guys (they head out of the cave and into the Lilliput steps)

Paula: The footprints are so little, what could have made them?

Exit Mouse: (examines the footprints) Hm, size 4.

Ness: (holds up the Sound Stone and records the melody of Lilliput steps) I did it! I got the second melody! (flips his victory/peace sign)

Paula: Hmph, take all the credit why don’t you.

Exit Mouse: Who the heck is he talking to?

(they walk back through the cave to Happy Happy Village)

Paula: What happened to all the bad guys?

Exit Mouse: I suppose they lose their will to fight when their leader is defeated.

Ness: (bashes a Mr. Batty flying nearby) They’re a lot easier to beat when they don’t fight back!

Paula: (bashes a Mole no longer playing rough) You’re right!

(they head out of the cave and into the Happy Happy Village)

Paula: Hey, look! A bunch of people with torches are surrounding Carpainter’s building!

Ness: (watches at the people smash down Carpainter’s door and rush inside the building) Too bad, I was gonna thank him for the key. Oh well.

(they reach the Peaceful Rest Valley)

Exit Mouse: This place is a lot nicer too.

Guy on Bridge: I fixed the bridge!

Ness: Uh, good for you.

Paula: (grabs Ness and Exit Mouse) Come on! We’re almost home to Twoson! (rushes through the rest of the valley and through the cave to Twoson)

(They skid to a halt in front of Polestar Preschool)

Paula: (barges in) I’m home!

Policemen: Freeze! (point guns at Paula)

Paula’s parents: She’s back!!!!! (they grab her and hug her)

Paula: (eyes bug out) Calm down, I’m not staying.

Paula’s Dad: Huh?

Paula: (drops down) I’m going with Ness, and Exit Mouse. I’m gonna help them save the world!

Ness: Yeah!

Exit Mouse: It’s destiny and stuff!

Paula’s Mom: I knew you’d leave, so I made you this handmade band-aid. I know your powers and Ness’ should be able to stand up to anything!

Ness: (takes the handmade band-aid) Cool! A hand-aid!

Paula’s Mom: Huh?

Paula’s Dad: Yeah, go save the world, Paula!

Paula: Don’t worry, guys, me, Ness, and Exit can take care of ourselves. Also, in Threed, the next town, we’ll meet another friend!

Ness: How do you know that?

Paula: (whispers to him) I don’t, but it sounded good.

Paula’s Mom: If you’re going to meet new friends, you should have no trouble!

Paula’s Dad: Go for it!

(they head outside, and a man runs up)

Man: Hey, Ness, Everdred’s looking for you, he has something...for you. (runs off)

Paula: You know Everdred?

Ness: Yeah, I beat him up. Let’s go find him.

(they meet with Everdred at his house)

Everdred: (hastily stuffing his belongings into a suitcase) Ness! I’m glad you’re here!

Ness: What’s up?

Everdred: (shoves a wad of bills into his hands) I was gonna have you hold onto some money for me, but actually I can’t keep it.

Ness, Paula, and Exit Mouse: (look down at the wad of bills)

Everdred: It’s 10,000 dollars. Use it any way you want. (looks out the window as a siren goes off) I gotta go, I’m off to look for the Mani Mani Statue!

Ness: Hey, try the Happy Happy Village, we saw it there!

Exit Mouse: (shuffling through the bills) We have more than this in our ATM account.

Everdred: Thanks Ness! (runs out the door)

Ness: What should we do with it?

Paula: Let’s go see the Runaway Five in concert!

Ness: (shrugs) Whatever.