The next morning Barbara and Dick woke the kids up. Taking them outside, Barbara and Dick held a chart in their hands.

"OK, kids." said Dick, "Today we'll be going on two different camping trips. I'll take the boys into the forest there and Barbara will take the girls hiking down that road."

"How long will the hike be?" asked a girl to Barbara.

"About a hour."

The youngest of the girls groaned a bit which caused Barbara to smile. "Don't worry, you should be able to benefit from this." she turned "OK, let's go." Barbara led the groups of about 15 girls down the pathway as Dick, prepared to lead the boys down the path to the forest.

"OK, grab your things and let's go," said Dick. "Oh and Tim."

"Yeah?"

"Don't try to go to you-know-where."

"Oh, ok." said Tim.

"OK, then let's move."

After the boy's group had left, the Mad Hatter's goons emerged. A male goon said to one of his subordinates.

"OK, we're meant to trail the girls, and then when the time is right, we truss them up. Got it?"

"Got it Matt.," said a female goon.

Matt smiled. "OK, let's go." he lead his group of about 20 men down the road, following the girls in secret.

Meanwhile Dick was leading the boys down the pathway to the forest. Tim approached Dick and asked him:

"What do we do about the Mad Hatter?"

"Tonight's the night that we go after him."

"Good." said Tim, smiling.

"Just don't do anything reckless." said Dick.

Meanwhile Barbara's group, were nearing the barn. "OK girls, we can rest here for a little bit." The girls sighed in relief and collapsed on the grass. Barbara herself sat down next to a tree. "I wonder how Bruce is doing? I hope he's doing all right without us." But before Barbara could ponder it any further, two hands reached behind her and grabbed her arms. "Huh?" she let out. She looked and saw men and women jumping on the girls. "Hey! What's going on here?" But she was thrown onto the ground and her hands were tied with rope behind her. Before she could say anymore, the goons wrapped a white cloth over her mouth and tied it in a firm knot.

"MMMPPPPHHHH!" she shouted. She turned her head and saw that the rest of the girls had been gagged as well, preventing any calling for help. Her waist was tied with more rope completing immobilizing her arms. She looked up and saw the Mad Hatter himself standing in front of her.

"Good work men." he said, smiling. Barbara was set on her feet.

"MMPPPHHH!" she shouted in protest at him, but she was flung over the shoulder by Matt himself and carried off like a sack. Barbara looked over and saw that they had done the same to the other girls who were looking at her for help.

"MMMPPPHH!" they all shouted, but Barbara knew things at the moment did not look good, she can only hope that at this time, that Dick and Tim were still alright.

Meanwhile, the boys entered the forest. "OK, group. Stay together."

"That's not a problem," said one of the boys, as the passageways were a bit cramped. All seemed to be going fine, but Tim noticed a rustling in the bushes. He shrugged and dismissed it, but as they continued walking, he noticed it more and more.

"Um, Dick."

"What is it this time Tim?"

Tim turned his head and gasped in horror as he saw a man pointing his gun at Dick. "Dick look out!" he cried. Dick turned his head, but the man was already pulling the trigger...

The bullet whizzed through the air, Dick turned his head, and the bullet just solemnly missed him. "What the hell?"

"Damn, let at the guy. Fire at will!" the gunman shouted.

"Get down kids!" shouted Dick. "And that includes you Tim." Tim groaned as he and the other boys hit the floor. Dick jumped into the air. The gunman didn't have time to make another shot as he was brought down by a kick.

"Ah!" he screamed as he landed on his back. Several more men emerged from the bushes pointing their guns at the former Boy Wonder, Dick braced himself.

Meanwhile Barbara was having her own troubles, she and the rest of the girls had been placed in the barn. Matt and his goons were tying the girls together back to back with Barbara facing them in front. Her ankles had been bound together, which was due to her trying to kick her captors.

"OK." Said Matt. "We're all set. The timer's set for about ten minutes." He began walking out of the born door with his goons following him. "Enjoy your last moments girls." He said with a chuckle as he tossed the bomb onto the floor, which landed a few feet in front of Barbara. Upon hearing of the villain's threat, the girls began to panic.

"MMMPPPPHHH!" they began to scream, as they tried to break loose.

Barbara herself was straining in order to get to the bomb. "MMMPPPHHHH!" she shouted through her gag, she tried to break free of the ropes, but it wasn't any good. Looks like my only hope is for Dick and Tim to get here. Come on guys, hurry up!

Meanwhile Dick had just brought down another goon, he collapsed on the ground, holding his chest in pain, and then Dick took his elbow and did the same to another goon. Soon there was only one standing, a female goon holding a knife in her hand. "You ready for some of this?" she yelled as she swung the knife at Dick, Dick dodged the swipe and brought the woman to her knees.

"You may have saved the boys, but you won't save the girls. They're tied up in the barn with less than 10 minutes left until the bomb goes off. See if you can make it there in time." She laughed, as Dick knocked her out. She collapsed onto the ground.

Dick sighed. "OK guys get up." The boys did so.

"What happened?" asked Tim.

"They've got the girls inside a barn, about to be blown up."

"What?" shouted the rest of the boys, shouts came like "My sister's in there!"

"Relax. I'll get to them in time. Meanwhile the rest of you get back to the cabin."

"But…" started one boy. "Just do it! I'll inform you when it's safe to leave."

The boys nodded and reluctantly ran away. Tim stayed behind. "So what do we do?" he asked.

"First we change into our costumes, grab Barbara's and then we save them and go after Mad Hatter"

"You know, she got captured and we didn't. I think we owe her a little teasing don't you think so?" smiled Tim.

"That'd be mean."

"Yeah, but we'll do it anyway." Laughed Tim, Dick couldn't help, but join in. But then they both ran off.

"MMMPPPHHH!" came the screams of the terrified girls. Barbara was still struggling against her bonds. Please come loose, please come loose. She struggled desperately, but it seemed to be in vain as much to her horror the timer was down to ten seconds, Barbara closed her eyes waiting for the end…