The next morning, as everyone was getting ready to go out on the lake, Eddy went over to Hacker.

"Do you have it?" he asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" yelled Hacker. "Leave me alone! Just leave me alone!"

Eddy was shocked. Had Hacker forgotten about the tube already? But he immediately shrugged it off.

Hacker still didn't say anything about the tube once Eddy and the others were out digging. When Mr. Saito came by in the water truck, Eddy was sure Hacker would say something, but he watched in confusion as Hacker got his canteen filled and went back to his hole without saying one word.

But just as Mr. Saito was getting back into the truck . . .

"Mr. Saito! Mr. Saito!" yelled Hacker. "Wait, Mr. Saito! I think I found something!"

Mr. Saito went over to Hacker's hole. Hacker held out his shovel. On the top of a mound of dirt was the gold tube.

Mr. Saito stared for a second. Then he smiled. He got out a small walkie-talkie. "Nami, Hacker found something," he said into the walkie-talkie. "And I think you're gonna like it."

Everyone watched as Mr. Saito drove away in the truck. But a little later, he came driving back. Not only did Mr. Saito get out of the truck, Mr. Sanji got out too.

And then there was the woman who got out of the truck. Eddy had never seen her before. She was a tall woman, and she looked even taller because Eddy was looking up at her from down in his hole. She wore a white tank top and a jean skirt, and silver studded cowboy boots. A white hat covered her fiery red-orange chin length hair.

She walked right up to Hacker's hole. "This where you found it?" she asked Hacker.

"Yes, Warden Ma'am," said Hacker.

Eddy's eyes widened. This woman was the Warden? The way everyone talked about the Warden, Eddy had assumed it was a man.

The Warden smiled. She turned to Mr. Saito and Mr. Sanji. "Oh Mr. Sanji," she crooned, her voice turning syrupy sweet. "Please drive Hacker back to camp. He gets the rest of the day off. And give him extra shower time, won't you please? Also, bring back three wheelbarrows."

"As you wish, Warden-san," said Mr. Sanji, all the gruffness gone. It was like the Warden had turned him into a puppy or something.

Eddy watched as Mr. Sanji and Hacker drove away in the truck. Then his eyes went back to the Warden.

"Saito," she said, her voice normal again. "Please fill the canteens of these fine young boys."

"I already did," said Mr. Saito.

Warden's eyes narrowed. "Excuse me?" she asked.

Mr. Saito flinched. "I said I . . . "

"Excuse me?"

"But I . . . "

"Don't you think that these boys drank some of the water since you last filled them?"

"Well, maybe, but . . . "

"Moneybags, could you come here a second?" asked the Warden, beckoning to Eddy.

Eddy, shocked that the Warden knew his nickname, slowly walked over to the other two.

"Mr. Saito and I are having a small conversation," said Warden. "Did you drink any of your water since he filled the canteens?"

"Well, not a whole lot . . . " Eddy began.

"Excuse me?"

"Yeah, I drank some," said Eddy, shrugging.

Warden took Eddy's canteen from him, and began to shake it. "Hear that?" she asked Mr. Saito. "That's empty sounds. Fill it up so we don't hear any more empty sounds. Or maybe you'd like to dig and Moneybags can fill the canteens?"

"I'll fill the canteens," said Mr. Saito.

"Good," said the Warden.

A little while later, Mr. Sanji came back, minus Hacker, plus three wheelbarrows. The boys were given their instructions from the Warden.

Shade was to take over Hacker's hole (she seemed to know that Shade was the fastest digger) with Tiger and Beast Boy staying at their holes. The only difference was that the dirt was now being dug twice. After Shade, Tiger, and Beast Boy would pass the dirt up, Eddy (helping Shade), Rubberman (helping Tiger), and Brawler (helping Beast Boy) would then put it on their shovels and inspect the dirt closely in case they found anything. Then they would put it in the wheelbarrows and steer it far away from the area.

This went on for the rest of the day. The water truck stayed right there, and Warden made sure that no one in D Tent was thirsty.

"How did she know my name?" Eddy asked as he practically ran with his wheelbarrow to keep up with everyone.

"She has little cameras and microphones all over the camp," said Rubberman. "In the Wreck Room, in the tents, in the showers . . . "

"Dude, don't mind him," Brawler said to Eddy. "They say he suffers from acute paranoia."

Eddy nodded. At least now he knew why Hacker wouldn't talk about the tube earlier. He thought the Warden might be listening.

As Warden watched the other boys dig, she slowly walked around to each boy. "You're doing fine, just fine," she told Eddy.

As the Warden was sweet-talking the boys, Mr. Sanji was attempting to sweet-talk the Warden. "Oh Warden-san," he said. "You're so beautiful in this light of the hot sun. And that shade of lipstick looks so lovely on you."

When Eddy heard this comment, a light bulb suddenly clicked on in his mind. He finally figured out where he had seen something like the tube before. His mother had a lot of them in her bathroom. It was half of a lipstick tube.

With that accomplished, Eddy began to wonder who the tube belonged to. His mind raced.

H?

H?

Eddy's thought was so spontaneous, he almost fell over the wheelbarrow. As he got back into sync, his mouth quietly formed the name "Hinata." Eddy then began to wonder if the tube had really belonged to the heartbreaking outlaw.