After the police have left, the group happily shakes hands with each other. "Yay, we got 'em!"
"And we all did itssss togetherssss!" Snake notes.
Arturo turns to his friends. "I would like to thank you all for helping me out back there. You es muy, muy good amigos!"
"You're quite welcome, little friend," Rebecca replies, giving Arturo a gentle hug. "We'll always have your back." Arturo gives a small contented smile.
Just then, the group hears a "Hee-Haw!" and whip around to see Pedro nosing around what appears to be an ordinary pile of loose rocks. "What is it, boy?" Arturo inquires as he hurries up to the donkey. Pedro motions toward the pile with his hoof, upon which Arturo begins digging away at it with his bare hands until he uncovers something shiny. "The treasure!" he gasps. "They never found it!"
Upon hearing such, the group hurries over and looks at Arturo's find in astonishment. "Wow," Mojo remarks. "It's a cache of silver ore!"
"Silver ore what?' Billy replies.
"Don't start wit' dat again!" Ace replies irritably.
Rebecca said, "This stuff's worth a fortune!" Mojo smiled as he held some silver, "Just good enough to pay off some of the bills and the mortgage of my observatory. Heck, this would be perfect for jewelry and other items used out of silver!" The group picked all of the silver and placed them into sacks, then they lugged the sacks towards the wagon and got onto the wagon with the burro.
Arturo got on Pedro's back with Grubber, while Mojo and Rebecca mounted on Esmeralda. The black mare whinnied as she reared up and kicked her legs triumphantly, then she goes into a full gallop back towards the town. Rebecca still held onto Mojo's waist and said, "You were pretty daring and heroic back there. I thought you were about to grab a sword out of nowhere and carve the letter M onto Dagmar's clothes."
Mojo chuckled, "I was thinking the same thing, too."
As they enter the town square, the group find their friends, the puppies and Mayor Sophia gathered together. "Becca! Mojo! Guys!" the girls cry happily. "Oh, how wonderful to see you all again!" the professor exclaims joyously.
"Why, it's quite wonderful to see all of you again, too." Rebecca replies happily. As Mojo brings Esmerelda to a halt, the puppies scramble into their owners' arms, yipping merrily and licking their faces. Rebecca laughs, "Oh, we're so happy to see you, too, babies! We missed you so."
As Arturo and Grubber slowly climb down from Pedro's back, the puppies quickly spy the burro and begin excitedly barking. "Foxy, Roxi," Arturo says. "We would like you to meet our new amigo, Pedro!" The puppies then quickly scramble up to Pedro and begin excitedly licking his face; Pedro gives a happy bray and begins gently nuzzling them. Rebecca gives a happy sigh. "What darlings they are!"
"Quite indeed." Mojo agrees.
Noticing the disguises the group is wearing, a curious Deanna inquires, "Say, where have you guys been?" Rebecca said as she dusted the dust off her dress, "Well, it's a pretty long story."
"You see," Mojo begins. "After we had eaten, Arturo found a treasure map which had been dropped by the silver thieves earlier outside. In order to follow them undetected, Rebecca, the Gang Green Gang and I donned disguises; we then rented a horse and a wagon, respectively, and followed, pursued and chased after them."
"We were met by Pedro at the mine's door," Rebecca elaborates. "Then the eight of us went inside and quickly found the crooks. Harry was planning to blast the mine open!" The girls gasp in shock; the puppies whimper with concern. "Don't worry, little ones," Rebecca says consolingly. Mojo and I were able to quickly distract them, with a little help from Grubber, too."
"Arturo was able to sneak in and defuse the dynamite, but the crooks quickly ambushed him," Mojo elaborates. "So Grubber and Pedro hid out of sight and socked it to the crooks, causing them to think that Arturo was the perpetrator of such actions. The rest of us then clobbered, pummeled, and socked it to the baddies until the police arrived."
"Oh my!" April exclaims.
"After the police had left," Arturo notes. "Pedro began sniffing at a pile of rocks; I dug under them and found a mucho grande cache of silver ore!"
"But silver or what?" Billy inquires. "See, it can't jus' be silver or nuthin'!" The rest of the gang groan audibly.
Mayor Sophia smiles. "Well congratulations on catching those banditos. Our police have been after them for years!"
Rebecca said, "We were glad to help out."
Mojo said as he placed an arm around Rebecca's shoulder, "Yes, for duty and humanity." Snake walked around as everyone stared at him weird. He said, "What? What'sss funny?" April giggled, "You still have those shoes on. I bet you could make a tune out of those!" Snake's face lit up and he said, "Yeah? Watch thisss!" Snake steps to 'The Mexican Hat Dance' as the shoes let out fart noises, which made everyone laugh. Roxi and Foxy barked along to the tune as they stood on their hind legs and danced around with their paws in the air. Pedro then happily joins in, braying along with the tune and tapping his hooves on the ground. "Mmn," Rebecca muses as she watches Pedro dance. "He's very sweet, and it was wonderful to meet him, but we'll need to find his owners soon."
Just then, the group hears a voice happily crying, "Pedro Mio!" upon which they whip around to see an elderly couple hurrying up to the burro. Pedro ran towards the couple and gave a happy bray, "Hee-haw!" Mojo said, "At least he's happy with his owners." The elderly couple came towards them and spoke in Spanish, which made Arturo translate, "Thank you very much for finding our little Pedro. He is like a son to us and we care for him as if he was our own."
Rebecca smiled at them, "De nada."
The couple gently cuddle the donkey. "Oh Pedro, we missed you so muy mucho! We were so worried about you!" the lady says happily. The man turns to the group. "Muchas gracias for finding our little Pedro."
"You're quite welcome, folks," Rebecca replies. "He's very sweet."
Arturo walks up to the donkey and gently pets his bristly mane. "Adios, little amigo. It was muy wonderful to meet you. Thank you for everything." Pedro gives a happy bray and gently licks Arturo's face, causing him to laugh.
"Well, we don't mean to be rude, but we must be going now. Adios, amigos!" the couple calls as the three of them begin to leave. As she watches them go, Rebecca gives a small contented sigh. "What nice people. What a nice donkey."
"Indeed." Mojo replies. Suddenly getting a wistful look in his eye, Mojo then says, "Say, would everyone like to go back to the café for a taco dinner?"
"Sure!" "Ooh, that would be lovely!" everyone happily obliges.
