The gang turned around just in time to hear mysterious noises outside. Ashi grabbed Frankie's hand. "Get back there," she whispered, pointing to the display case where origami animals were set up. "Duck back there, all of you."

Wily and Bloo didn;t hesitate to run to the back of the display and duck. Mac, Coco, and Frankie followed. Ashi joined them but she didn;t duck. Her eyes were fixed on the doorway as unfamilar voices that Frankie immidiately knew were NOT Mr. Herriman or Mrs. Foster were heard.

"Can't believe that worked!"

"Ha, course it worked. That dumb security guard can't even catch a cold! Now we just make our way through this place, take the stuff and hightail it out of here." immidiately two young men dressed in black leotards snuck into the room, quiet as mice.

Bloo trembled. "Burglers...burglers..." he mumbled.

"Stay down there, don't move," Ashi whispered. Her eyes were locked upon the burglers as they entered the room and looked around the place.

"Whoa, check this out!" The first guy said as he stared at the painting.

"Yeah., that's sweet," his friend said.

"Quick, get the glass cutters!"

"I don't know if I'll be able to fit this in the sack."

"So don't use the sack. We'll just cut out this painting and load it into the truck. Then we take that gi, it's probably worth a fortune to an antique shop or something."

"You start cutting, I'll take the rest of these paintings. They're small enough to put in the sack.."just then Ashi leaped over the display case, startling the thieves.

"Who are you?"

"What do you think you're doing?"

"Who are you, a new security guard?"

"What's it look like we're doing, we're gonna take this painting and everything else in this room."

Ashi grabbed his arm tightly. "No, you will not!"

The guy laughed, "Threats from a girl!"

"I mean it! Don't you TOUCH that picture!"

"Take it easy, girl. You're frightening me!" He laughed scornfully.

His friend snuck up on Ashi and pulled a gun on her. "Look, toots, we dunno what the hell you're doing here, and we don't care. Only thing we care about now is removing the stuff in here and loading them into our truck. Now if you'll be a good little girl and kindly move out of our way, there won't be any trouble!"

"Get out of here right now!"

"Or you'll do what?!"

"Or I'll make you!"

The first burgler shook out of her grasp. "Oh you scare me! Oh, ya scare me! YOU'RE gonna stop us?! YOU are?!" he laughed. "Only thing you're gonna be is tied up and dragged down to the basement, if you're lucky!" He reached for her arm, only to have Ashi grab it and use a martial arms move to flip him over her shoulder onto the floor. His friend then prepared to shoot the gun...only for Ashi to expertly perform a roundhouse kick and knock it out of his hand, sending it flying!

"Damn crazy bitch!" the first guy said, getting up from the floor and lunging for her, only for her to slam him in the stomach and knock him on the chin when he came up for air. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the first burlger prepare to cut the display case that held Jack's painting.

"DON'T YOU TOUCH HIM!" she screamed, expertly jumping into the air, doing a mid-air somersault, and finishing with knocking him on the back of his head with the soul of her foot. He crashed into the case and fell down flat.

"God, what, you in love with this painting or something, bitch?!" the second guy said when he manned to get up.

"This painting happens to mean a LOT to me. I'll be damned if you lay one finger on it!"

"Oh really?" The guy said. He grabbed the glass cutters from his unconscious friend, but before he could make a move Ashi gave a huge battle cry, and kicked him right in his spine, knocking him halfway across the room.

Meanwhile Frankie, Mac, Bloo, Wilt, and Coco were watching from their hiding place with wide eyes. "Wow!" Frankie mouthed.

The first burgler managed to get up. "Insane troll," he mumbled. "Gonna put you in YOUR place!" He lunged for her, only to have Ashi grab his arm and twist it in two seconds, causing him to yowl out in pain. She then expertly threw him over her shoulder and into his other friend. They both collapsed in a huge bloody heap on the floor. When they got themselves untangled they both ran toward her, only to have her jump up so quick they knocked into each other. She proceeded to pick them both up and throw them out of the room.

"Anything else?"

The sounds of footsteps running were heard. "Scream, man!"

"Crazy insane little witch, she can have that damn painting!"

"There are other museums, let's beat it out of here!"

"Let's get out of here before that guard comes!"

Ashi went to the doorway. "AND NEVER EVEN GO NEAR THAT PAINTING EVER AGAIN!"

Heavy footsteps were then heard. Ashi ran over to where the gang was hiding. She put her finger to her lips and ducked down with them. Just then the security guard came into the room.

"Hmm...thought I heard noises in here." He stepped inside and looked around. Ashi and the gang huddled behind the display case, not making a sound. "Guess not."

When he left everyone slowly and quietly stood up.

"Wow, I didn;t know you could do that, Ashi!" Frankie said admirely.

Ashi smiled. "Years and years of nothing but training. It's instinctive...especially when it comes to Jack," she turned toward the picture. "This is one of the few things I have of him."

Bloo swollowed hard. "Uh...as I was saying...we'll be glad to help her now! Of course we'll do it now, tonight. Who needs to sleep anyway! Frankie, can I see that riddle?" Bloo grabbed it out of her hand.

"You said ONE of the few things?" Wilt asked. "What's the other?"

Ashi slowly reached under the display case and pulled out something small, red, and made from leaves. "This."

"What's that, a hat?"

"Yes. Jack made this for me when we were crossing the desert looking for Aku's fortress," she slowly moved her hand along the top. "It was the first gift I ever received from anyone. I didn;t even ask for it...he just made this," she gentily hugged it to herself. "I've kept it with me ever since. It's the only physical thing I have left of Jack. Whenever I wear it, I feel like he's near me"

"Can you wear it now?" Frankie asked. "I'd like to see what it looks like." Ashi put it on. "Oh, you look cute in it."

"Looks nice," Mac said. "He could do that?"

Ashi smiled. "Sometimes I wonder what it was he couldn't do."

"Could you tell us some more about him?" Wilt said. "He sounds fascinating. Even more so than on that plaque!"

"Yes, why don't you tell us more about him...and we can tell you more about us," Frankie said, sitting down next to her.

Meanwhile Cheese was walking around on the other side of the museum. "BLOO! WILT! FRANKIE?! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS?!" He had gotten separated from Jackie and had found himself in the medevil times exhibit. "BLOO!" he called out. "WILT! COCO! OK, ollie ollie uchs and free!" He found himself suddenly face-to-face with a huge suit of armor. "Oh...sorry, pal. Didn't mean to yell out loud. Did you get locked inside here, too?" When he didn;t hear an answer Cheese moved closer to the armor. "Say, you didn;t happen to see a grown woman with bright red hair, a little kid about so big," he held his hand a few feet off the ground. "a bright walking talking blue blob, a tall red imaginary friend with one long arm, and a bird with a head of a pineapple walking around here, did ya?" When he got no answer again he shook his head. "Look, pal, I'm not making this up, I swear. Did you see anyone that looks like that at all? Do ya hear me or what? Say, what's this here," he read from a plaque near the armor. "Maximillian Armor. Oh, so that's your name! So, tell me, Max, have you seen anyone resembling those guys? Hey, come on, don't be shy! Look, I know I'm not supposed to be here either, but I';m not alone. There's a whole group of us trapped in this museum. So, we won;t tell if you won't. Come on, let;s talk buddy. Come on, let;'s be friends, Max. If ya want, you can come with me and we can search for my pals together. I can introduce you to them. I think you'll like them all! Come on, please talk to me!"

At that moment Mrs. Foster entered the room to see Cheese in the middle of his conversation. She watched for a few moments before she finally stepped forward. "Cheese?"

Cheese turned around quickly. "Oh, hi, Mrs. Foster!"

"Hi...who are you taling to in here?"

"I'm talking to my new friend, Max!" he pointed to the armor. "Max, this is our caregiver, Mrs. Foster. We can go with her and find our friends." He turned to Mrs. Foster. "He's just a little shy. Come on, Max, you can say hi to her!"

"Uh, Cheese?"

"Yeah?"

"That's a suit of armor."

"Huh?"

"Maximillion Armor is the KIND of armor that suit is made of. There's no one inside of that. It's not alive."

"It's...not? Oh...I knew that!" Cheese started to laugh out loud. "You think I didn;t know that! I knew he wasn;t alive. I was only playing!" he laughed until Mrs. Foster left the room. Then he added in a whisper, "See you later, Max."

"Bloo, Wilt, and Coco are gonna be in such trouble when we get back!" Jackie said. "Now I can;t find Cheese! Man, those three are gonna be so grounded. I don't know what we're gonna be telling Mac's Mom. Frankie might be docked in pay, and we're gonna be lucky if we ever go on a field trip ever again!" Just then he saw the security guard in the distance. "Uh oh..." he ducked behind a piller until the guy passed by. He peeked out. "Whew! That was close...too close" He walked again, trying to be as quiet as a mouse...until he stepped on a corn chip someone left on the floor. CRUNCH!

The security guard began to turn at the sound. Jackie quickly ducked behind another piller. He waited, holding his breath until the Guard came over and swept the corn chip crumbs off the floor. While he was bent over Jackie quickly ran over to another piller and ducked behind that. "Man, what I wouldn;t give to be a superhero and have powers of speed right now!" He then jumped behind another piller. The guard finished sweeping up the crumbs and went to throw them into a trash can. Jackie came out from behind the piller and ran off in the other direction. "Wilt, Bloo, Coco, you are ALL so grounded. I can;t WAIT for Mrs. Foster to get her hands on all of you!"

When the security guard came back he began to resume his pace, until he saw a tuft of yellow fur on the ground. He picked it up and stared at it in a confused manner. "That's funny.." he thought to himself.