The screaming continued for quite some time until the boat lurched to a halt. The group sat in silence, wondering what they should do. Finally Teresa had the courage to see what had happened.

"Land ho!" She called down to her friends.

Everyone slowly climbed out of the vessel, still a little shaky after their rough arrival.

"Looks like the S.S. Guppy made it through the storm with only a few minor dents and scratches," Teresa observed as she examined the boat, which lay, beached like a great whale, on the white sand.

"But Mr. Digg didn't!" Miranda showed everyone Mr. Digg's characteristic glasses.

"If this is what happened to the glasses," Kate snatched them from Miranda, who glared back menacingly. The glasses were almost broken in two, and there was a deep crack on one of the eyepieces as well as the scratches. "Then what could have happened to Mr. Digg?" Kate cried out in despair, hoping she wasn't liable.

"I'm sure Mr. Digg is okay and he should be swimming to meet us here any minute now…"

*Hours Later*

"Any minute now…"

"He's not coming!" Kate yelled, exasperated, her eyes scanning the sea for any signs of their teacher.

"Okay, okay, so I was a little off," Ethan tried to calm Kate. "Maybe he's going to the mainland to get help."

"In the mean time, we should wait for him on the beach and attempt to do nothing irrational." Larry suggested and sat down heavily on the sand.

"Forget you! Lanny and I are going to check out what's in the jungle," Matt grabbed his pal and started heading for the thicket.

Teresa jumped in front of them. "Larry is right, we shouldn't do anything foolish," Larry nodded his head in approval. "But we should try and find out what's on this island." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"We could turn it into a Survivor like deal. Gordo has his cameras, its pure genius! And I'm sure this will be something we won't want to forget." Matt smiled at this prospect of gaining fame and fortune.

"Let's split into the groups we were supposed to be in." Teresa picked up what was left of Mr. Digg's clipboard. She smiled, "It looks like he changed the groups so Matt and Lanny could be included. In the first group are Matt, Miranda, and Lanny."

"What?!" Miranda said, flabbergasted. "Lanny doesn't even talk! How are we supposed to get anything done?"

"Come Jane," Matt grabbed Miranda's hand and a camera. "Cheetah and Tarzan save us all!" All three ran into the forest.

"In the second group will be Kate, Ethan, and Lizzie."

"Ugh! I have to be with you!" Lizzie and Kate said in unison, disgusted at the idea. Ethan just stared off into space. Lizzie took a camera and the three wondered off into the jungle.

"Well," Teresa looked up from the clipboard at Gordo and Larry, "Look's like we're the third group."

Larry jumped up from the sand. "Excellent…" he smiled evilly. He linked arms with Teresa. "Come Lieutenant Gordon, the Star Flotilla Power is waiting." With that, the last group trekked into the forest, not sure if they would make it out again.

A/N: Sorry this one took so long! I had some big tests, but it's almost the end of the school year. So maybe more chapters faster and sooner? Hmm… (Twirls invisible beard.) If only I had a beard… Anyways, you'll get to find out what the characters are really like… WHAHAHA!!! Stay tuned!