AN: Just so you know, I'm not giving up on my other stories. It's just that this was absolutely itching to be written.
"So, what's the best part of being a famous archaeologist?"
Cody Martin stared at the ground. He was thinking about… well, mostly Bailey, but there were a lot of things on his mind, like the fact that in this place he was a famous archaeologist. And the fact that the tomb of Zaria had become one of the most visited places in the whole world because of him. And the fact that Doaenis Alasa had just asked him a question. Man, being on a talk show was awesome! "I'd have to say…" he stated, before he saw Zack motion from offstage to come over.
"Not now!" whispered Cody, just loud enough that the world could hear.
"Yes now!"
Cody sighed. "I'll be right back," he said, facing the camera.
"So, Cody," said Zack, pointing, "I just saw a girl over there. The name's Lea McCormick. Looks like your type."
"By which you mean – "
"She's a geek."
"And you think that's enough to get me to like her? Besides, I already have Bailey, thank you very much."
"Yes, but don't you think she's just a bit too… boring farm girl-y? And just curious… who's that babe over there?
"Her name is Doaenis Alasa. She's forty-six, she's a famous talk show host, and she's way out of your league." Cody left his brother and returned to his interview, muttering under his breath, "Are we even related?"
As Bailey Pickett and London Tipton wandered cluelessly through the woods, the latter began to complain: "You know, these branches are ripping up my clothes!" "You know, my earring almost got caught on that!" "You know, that squirrel just ate a piece of my hair!"
"I don't care about the squirrel that just ate a piece of your hair!" Indeed, Bailey didn't. She just wanted to get out of this place. It had been so long since they'd gotten lost that both of them had forgotten how they'd gotten lost. They just wanted to get un-lost.
Suddenly they heard a voice: "Sugar Daddy, this is Paranoid Android. Come in. Over." The voice was male, deep, and scary, and it seemed to come out of nowhere.
Bailey was about to say something when they heard another voice, apparently coming through a walkie-talkie: "Yeah, cut to the chase."
"Do you have any idea as to the location of Hannah Montana and/or Walrus Head? Demon Hunter and I have been looking all over for them. Over."
"Well, Walrus Head's dead. Remember? He's been dead for, like, a month. And Hannah Montana… sorry. Haven't a clue. Over."
"Well, doesn't matter. Soon the Crown of Zaria will be ours! Over!"
"Don't get so excited. Over."
"Don't worry, I'll try not to. Over and out."
Bailey and London stared blankly at each other for a few seconds, not really sure what to say. Then Bailey broke the silence: "Oh. Oh, my."