Author's Note: Thanks again for the reviews everyone! I'm glad you all like my story =) It inspires me to go on! You guys are the coolest!

- Amanda

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"Who the heck does he think he is." Bugga said under her breath as they were back in D-Tent. "And what's he doing here?"

"I'm tellin' you guys!" Sneaker said loudly again. "Those guys are from that rumor!"

Bugga just rolled her eyes again, not wanting to start another argument.

"Yeah whatever man." Rocky flopped down on her bed and closed her bright green eyes. "I just wanna go to sleep for the next million years."

"We haven't even gone to the Wreck room yet." Yap said while changing into her relaxation clothes. "Come on, don't be so lazy."

"Hey, I've been digging all day." Rocky said, annoyed. "Do you expect me to be full of energy?"

"Hey you know that boy with the crazy hair?" Foxtail looked up thoughtfully. "He was kind of cute."

"Yo shut up man!" Yap threw her shirt at her. Foxtail laughed as she ripped it off.

"Come on, let's go to the Wreck Room." Rocky stood up and yawned. "Maybe we can actually get something on TV."

"I need my water bottle back!" Sneaker added.

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"I guess they're really serious about this, eh?" Magnet said as he held his stomach. It still hurt from where the water bottle and hit him.

"Hello, boys."

The D-Tent boys spun around to discover the thick curly red hair of the Warden. Her piercing eyes and blood red nail polish gleamed in the glaring sun. "Coming back for a visit?"

"Let these girls go." Stanley stood up as the other boys stared at her stupidly.

"Oh it's not that easy, Caveman." She said sharply. "These girls are in my hands."

"You escaped from jail!" Stanley's trembling hands gripped the paperwork tightly. He held it up. "I have paperwork!"

"So?" She walked over slowly, her boots clicking with every step. Suddenly she snatched the papers out of Stanley's hand and ripped them up into a million tiny pieces. "What paperwork?"

Slowly and cautiously, Stanley backed away into the group of his friends.

"I'm feeling nice today." She said coolly. "I won't make you guys dig."

"What are you going to do with us?"

"Nothing." She answered with a grin. "Yet."

"We've got to help them." Stanley whispered to his friends.

"But what can we do?" Zero asked sadly.

"I'll think of something." He replied.

"Look around." The Warden said. "What do you see?"

"I think it's obvious." Stanley said with disgust.

"Oh, it is." The Warden looked over at him. "You strong boys can be my guards."

"Guards?"

"Watch over them for me. Make sure they don't get into trouble." She looked around at the girls. "We don't have enough guards. They all ran off."

"Hmm I wonder why." Squid whispered to his friends. They snickered.

"What makes you think we'll do it for you?" Stanley said hesitantly.

"If you don't." She said dangerously. "I'll make you and your little friends suffer and possibly even feed you to the lizards." She held up her fingernails, which shone brightly like deep red rubies in the sun. "And this time you won't have your little onions to protect you from them."

"Since when are you the boss of us again?" X-Ray finally spoke up. "Let's go back into the bus."

The Warden stood in front of them. "You WILL guard for me."

Stanley watched his friends stare at the Warden blankly a little bit. They're eyes had a strange red glow in them for a second, and then it disappeared. "We will guard for you." They said tonelessly.

"Good." She grinned. "Start guarding."

Stanley looked around at his hypnotized friends. "Guys?"

No response.

"GUYS! SNAP OUT OF IT!"

"Come on Caveman." Zig Zag said as he stared at Stanley with no expression. "Let's start guarding."

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THE NEXT DAY...

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Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

The five girls got up groggily and yawned. They changed, walked out of the tent and headed towards the library.

As Sneaker yawned again, she opened her eyes to discover Magnet standing by the library with sunglasses on.

"Hey you!" She called. "I thought I told you to-"

"Is there a problem, Sneaker?"

Sneaker turned around and discovered the Warden standing right behind her. "N-no Ma'am."

"Thank you." She smiled. "Girls, I'd like to introduce you to your new guards." She called out to everyone. "This is Magnet, that's Squid, over there is X-Ray, here's Armpit, right there is Zig Zag, Zero's in the corner over there and this," she pointed to Stanley, who was looking nervous. "Is Caveman. Treat them with respect." She smiled slyly. "If you don't, you will be severely punished."

"Yes Ma'am." The girls sang.

"Let's get a moving then! Come on! Come on!"

The girls walked out slowly and they followed the boys.

They day started out hot as usual. The sun rose almost immediately and the cloudless sky made room for the sun's rays to shine all over the hot desert. Foxtail wiped her forehead.

"Dig faster, come on!" Squid called out.

"Move it, people. I said move it!" X-Ray barked.

"No time to waste, Chicas! " Magnet hollered.

Stanley looked around helplessly at his hypnotized friends. They all looked like little Mr. Sirs, marching around and around making sure everyone was digging.

"Hey."

Stanley turned around.

"You ok?" Rocky's sunburned face formed a small smile. "Why aren't you ordering us around like the rest of 'em?"

Stanley looked over at her and squinted. "Oh. Well, they were kinda hypnotized or whatever."

"Why weren't you?" Yap joined in.

"I didn't look at her red nail polish."

The two laughed. "Hey, sorry we were so mean to you." Yap apologized. "You just looked like a bunch of snobby rich boys coming outa that expensive bus. You know, we didn't know you were trying to help us or anything."

"Naw, it's ok." Stanley said, sitting down.

"Stop the chit chat!" Armpit ordered. "Dig!"

Both Rocky and Yap shut their mouths and continued to dig their holes.

"Hey ignore him." Stanley said. "So, NOW can I know why you're really here?"

"To build character." Bugga said. "I'm stuck here for the next 18 months."

"We all are." Foxtail added on.

"Build character." Stanley mumbled to himself. "I knew it."

"Knew what?" Sneaker chipped in.

"I think she's back here because she wants something else." Stanley drank out of his canteen. "She wants more treasure."

"I told you!" Sneaker snapped at Bugga. "Hey." She turned around and face Stanley, her bright eyes full of hope. "Are you that boy?"

"What boy?"

"That great great grandson of your no good dirty rotten pig stealing great great grandfather." Yap grinned.

Sneaker hopped out of her hole and squatted down next to him so they were at eye-to-eye level. "Did you come here a year ago and discover buried treasure?"

"Yeah, how did you guys know?"

"Boo-yah!" Sneaker jumped around and did a celebration dance. "In yo face Bugga!"

Instead of rolling her eyes at her, Bugga just laughed lightly.

"Hey, get back to digging!"

Stanley laughed too. "Why?"

"It was a rumor." Sneaker said, now back in her hole. "And it was a TRUE rumor." She grinned annoyingly at Bugga.

Yap snorted.

"We have to get you guys out of here."

"Hold it, big boy." Rocky said. "We're not going anywhere. We CAN'T go anywhere. No water. No food. No nothing out there."

"So we'll go to God's thumb. All of us."

"Stanley, be real." Foxtail said weakly. "The Warden already knew all of that when you came back, so we can't trick her twice. She's not stupid."

"Then we have to think." Stanley stood up. "But first of all my friends." He glanced over at the boys, marching around and around like soldiers. "We have to snap them out of it. We need a plan."

"Sorry Caveman." Yap said. "We've got nothin'."

"Actually." Stanley said as an idea came to him. "I think I've got an idea."