Hey! And welcome to another fantabulous chapter in The Ski Trip, which isn't even about skiing anymore! Oh well, I hope you enjoy this one anyway. Thanks for the Awesome reviews everyone!!

I don't think I could put any more authors in my fic now, but if you wanna be in it just ask.

Ziptango! My entire heart goes out to you! I was actually crying when I heard the news, I'm sorry I didn't hear them sooner, I really am, but I'm with you 100% from now on!

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Chapter 8 (Wow, I have 8 chapters!): Oh my dear God, NO!

Early morning...

Danceingfae rubbed her eyes sleepily because she thought she heard something, she opened her eyes a bit and saw some figures walking out of the camp with what appeared to be one of the turtles but it was too dark to tell. She yawned and went back to sleep assuming it was just a bathroom break.

*~*~*~*~*

Late morning...

Mily yawned and woke up and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, slowly getting up she prepared to go find Mikey and wake him up like she always did every morning but when she reached where he usually slept he wasn't there. None of the turtles were there so she ran to go tell someone.

"Dream... Dream!! Wake up!" The girl softly yelled shaking the sleeping brown haired girl awake.

"Wha...? what is it Mi?" Daydream asked sleepily.

"I can't find Mikey! Or any of them!" said Mily worriedly.

Daydream yawned and woke up the person next to her. "Night! Nightmare! Mi says Mikeys gone..." she yawned.

"Mikey's gone? Mikey's gone?! Lets go find him!" Nightmare said determinedly.

Mily looked and saw Danceingfae sleeping peacefully. "Shouldn't we...?" she asked motioning toward the last Mikey fangirl.

"Nah..." they all said and began their trek.

They searched the whole camp and found nothing well they searched almost everywhere except that nobody would go to where the guys usually 'relieved' themselves.

"You go!" Mily said pushing Daydream ahead.

"Nooo!" she squealed and pushed Nightmare.

"Ew! What if I see their..." Nightmare giggled.

They all giggled and finally Danceingfae showed up and walked straight in.

"Dance! *giggle* wait!" Mily tried but Dance walked back out looking at the three shrewdly.

"No ones in there..." she sighed and added. "Except for Azure!" she laughed and the three cracked up when a very embarrassed very blushing Azure emerged.

"Sorry Azure!' Danceingfae tittered and he just walked away blushing madly.

Everyone soon made it back to the sleeping area where most of the authors had awoken except for... Lenni.

She was dreaming and everyone thought they'd wait a bit to see how the dream turned out. Danceingfae brandished a video camera knowing she'd get something good.

"Oh Brian... I don't know whether to choose you or Raph to marry..." she sighed and acquired a goofy smile.

Everyone looked at each other and laughed as quietly as they could as Dance continued taping with her video camera.

"No... Raph don't kill Brian... can't I marry you both?"

Finally Ziptango couldn't take it anymore and burst out laughing causing everyone else to laugh out loud too startling Lenni awake.

"What are you all doing here...?" she asked.

"Nothing!" they all said and Dance hid her video camera.

*~*~*~*~*

it was about the afternoon and they guys still hadn't shown up. Even Diamond Tortoise hadn't seen them but he had a grave idea where they might be.

"You guys... something's wrong they've never been gone this long..." tmnt_luver said in a disconcerted voice.

"I know... I wrote a new song for Leo and I want him to listen to it..." TMNTpunker said sadly.

Diamond sighed. "If I'm right he may never be able to hear that song." he said seriously.

"Leo wouldn't just run away..." Ninjalara said thinking about the current situation.

"Neither would Raph!" Raphielle said shoving her fist in the air.

Ziptango suddenly shook her head snapping out of the trance she was just in, "Wait, wait did anyone hear what Diamond just said?!" she asked critically.

"Yes, please follow me..." Diamond Tortoise said leading them all out of the camp.

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Soon after walking quite a long way Arista Niara began to hear something. "Is that... drums?" she asked cupping her ear to hear better.

"They are the drums of the unholy ones." Diamond said alerting everyone to keep quiet as a camp slowly came into view.

"That must be the... the... cannibals!" Took_Baggins whispered loudly.

"Does anyone see Don? Felicia asked trying to see over everyone.

"Donnie!!" Ziptango said and pointed to a far area of the camp.

Took_Baggins searched around until she found something. "They're over there!" she said and pointed to four cages fashioned out of sticks.

Tyger growled. "How... dare... they...!" she said in a rage-filled voice.

"Ok that's IT! We have to rescue them!" Danceingfae said and rolled up her sleeves.

"Right now!" Raphielle confirmed and prepared to walk right in.

Almost immediately HexAdecimal's arm reached out to stop Raphielle from making a huge mistake. "What are you doing?! We need a plan first!" she said informing her.

"Yes... a plan, lets get back to camp." Diamond Tortoise said thoughtfully and began walking away from the cannibals.

*~*~*~*~*

Everyone gathered around the campfire area where Danceingfae and some of the older girls led the plan-making.

Dance had obtained a pointer-stick and Kali and Ziptango were working on a small model of the cannibal's camp.

"Ok we need to do this fast, we know that the cannibals will probably try to *shudder* eat them after dark so we don't have much time." Arista Niara said taking charge.

"Right, we need to split into teams, Felicia, Egor, Diamond and Azure you are team A and you need to be on lookout." Danceingfae affirmed and they nodded solemnly.

"Team B which is Tyger, Ziptango, TMNTpunker and me are in charge of making a distraction." Danceingfae finished.

"Ninjalara, Took_Baggins, Arista and Lenni you guys are team C rescue, you are the ones who will get the Turtles out of their cages after Team B makes a distraction." Ziptango spoke up.

"Team D will be Daydream, Nightmare, HexAdecimal and Mily. You three are in charge of leading the Turtles away after the distraction." Ziptango directed.

"tmnt_luver, Kali and KiKi you guys are Team E on medic duty in case anyone's hurt and artillery if the enemy gets that far." Mily said and the three looked at her a little worriedly but nodded.

"The plan will go as follows, Team A, B, C and D will all be fitted with a walkie-talkie to keep the other team notified of the happenings." Danceingfae said and handed each team a walkie-talkie.

"Team B will infiltrate from the back of the camp with Team C close to the Turtles. Team A will keep in touch if they see anything. Team B will have to think up a distraction ahead of time for this to work, when that happens Team C you must be swift in freeing the Turtles so Team D can take you all away." Danceingfae guided with her pointer.

"Team E will remain at camp with the artillery and first aid kit." Ziptango said confirming the plan.

"We strike in two hours so everything must be ready by then, this is serious you guys, take whatever precautions necessary." Arista said and everyone nodded.

*~*~*~*~*

Everyone had gathered in their groups to prepare for the mission.

Tyger, Danceingfae, Ziptango and TMNTpunker were all discussing what kind of distraction to do.

"Ok how about, I play my guitar and then they all wander to where we are and Ziptango you can throw something at them!" TMNTpunker said proudly.

"Um, well maybe Donnie has something that will help us." Ziptango said sighing.

"Lets go look through his stuff!" Danceingfae laughed.

"Are you sure we should?" Tyger asked but the other three were already running over to his bags. "Ah well," she laughed a little and ran to catch up.

Mily, Daydream, Nightmare and HexAdecimal were also deciding on what approach to take.

"Boy, she sure picked the worst person to be a navigator, I have the worst sense of direction!" Mily sighed irked by her current position.

"We can make a map!" Daydream said and started scribbling on a piece of paper.

"Uh.. Dream are you sure you know what you're doing?" asked HexAdecimal worriedly.

"She never does don't worry." Nightmare said laughing a little.

Daydream finished and held her drawing up proudly. "There! Here's our camp and there's their camp!" she smiled and pointed to the scribbles.

Mily paled a little "That's not a map! It would look more like this!" she cried and grabbed the paper.

On another end of the camp Ninjalara, Took_Baggins, Arista Niara and Lenni were suiting up for the big rescue.

"Glad I brought a lot of Army clothes." Lenni said egotistically holding up many shirts and pants.

"Cool, lets put them all on." Arista Niara smiled.

"Aw, I look horrible in these, I wish I could wear something in a Hawaiian print." Took_Baggins sighed and slipped on an Army t-shirt.

"Well we'll have to make do," Ninjalara sighed and put on some Army pants.

Arista's face suddenly lit up. "I have Army face paint!" she said and pulled it out of her bag.

"Just like in the movies!" Lenni laughed.

Felicia, Egor, Azure and Diamond were all sitting waiting for the time to come.

"Hate waiting! Want lolli!" Egor said stamping.

Felicia sighed and handed him a lollipop. "Did anyone notice we have a very boring job?" she asked.

"Every job has importance." Diamond Tortoise said intensely.

"Well, lets be ready for anything." Azure smiled.

Tmnt_luver, Kali and KiKi were gathering artillery and first aid kits.

"Paintball guns!" KiKi said happily.

"I can't wait to use this..." Kali smiled evilly.

"Lets hope we don't have to." tmnt_luver said a little scared.

Everyone was just about ready and the moment of truth approached faster than ever. It was dusk and the rescue of the century as Ziptango so thoughtfully named was about to occur.

A/N alright, my hands are getting stiff, Zip I dedicate these next few chapters to you!