Hello! I'm really sorry it's taken so long for me to update. My best friend came over last Friday, and I was really busy this week. Also, my editor took her life savings and hopped a plane to Bermuda, so sorry if it's a bit rough or whatever. (Just kidding. But she is on vacation and won't be back for a while.) Anyway, thanks to Redkill37, Arwen, dyu123, The Star Swordsman, and s.t.s.t. for reviewing!

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The girls quickly cooked up Plan B, which was actually very simple and what they probably should have used in the first place. Violet and Mia just turned invisible, waited for the guard to leave, opened the door, and walked in.

Once they were in, though, they had the problem of finding the room where Syndrome was holding Tony and Sam captive.

"Um - I think we should go this way." said Vi, pointing to a hallway that went left.

"Actually, this way is probably correct." argued Mia, gesturing toward the right.

The girls looked at each other and in unison whispered "Uh oh."

Then Mia heard something. "Sssh." She turned to the left and put a hand to her ear. "You were right, Violet! I can hear Syndrome down this way. C'mon, let's go!" Turning invisible, she headed down the dark corridor with Violet close behind.

It was a long hallway. Finally they reached the end and came to a huge set of doors with a keypad on the right side.

"Oh great." moaned Vi. "What's this? I didn't know Syndrome's containment unit had a coded lock, although I guess it makes sense."

Suddenly, the door creaked and began to slide open. Violet and Mia turned invisible just before Syndrome came out. Before leaving, he turned and stuck his head into the room to utter one last threat. "I wouldn't suggest you talk like that to me. After all, you never know what I might do just for fun." He grinned evilly, slid the door closed, and walked back down the hall. The girls reappeared and sighed with relief.

"Okay, now we have to figure out this password." Mia stood in front of the keyboard and stared at it for a moment. "Uh - got any ideas?"

Vi shook her head. "No - wait!" She snapped her fingers, then quickly typed K-R-O-N-O-S. The screen went blank, beeped, and a mechanical voice droned, "Password incorrect. Access denied."

"Arg!" groaned Vi. "I thought for sure..." Then she got another idea. "Hey, let's try this." B-U-D-D-Y appeared, the screen went blank and beeped, and the mechanical voice droned, "Password accepted. Welcome."

"Yes!" Violet punched the air excitedly. "I was right!"

The doors rolled open almost silently, and the girls slipped in. They crept down a dark passage for several minutes until suddenly they reached the end and it became lighter. Vi lifted a hand to shield her eyes from the sudden light. Mia whispered, "Woah!"

They were in a large room with a complicated-looking control panel. The light came from lightning bolts attached to a metal oval frame, which were attached to large ball-like locks. And locked in the balls were...

"Sam!" gasped Mia. "Tony!"

Sam and Tony appeared to be asleep, but they stirred at the sudden voices. "M-Mia?" asked Sam, blinking disbelievably. "Is it really you?"

"Yes! We're here to rescue you." said Mia happily. "Now, do either of you know how to turn that thing off?"

"No, sorry." said Tony apologetically. "They haven't let us out since we were captured."

Violet walked over to very calmly to the control panel and pushed a large red button. This shut off the lightning and released Tony and Sam from the ball locks.

"How did you do that?" asked Tony with a surprise expression on his face.

Smiling wryly, Vi explained, "I've been here before, remember?"

Mia ran to Sam and hugged him. "I've missed you so much!"

He looked into her eyes and said, "Me too, Mia."

They probably would have just stood there gazing into each other's eyes if Violet hadn't coughed loudly. "Ahem." Mia and Sam broke apart. Sam grinned sheepishly, and Mia blushed. "Look, can we save all this tearful reunion stuff for after we get out of here?" asked Vi.

"Er - okay." Mia moved toward the door quickly.

Suddenly, the door flew open and Syndrome strode in. "Well, well, well." he said. "If it isn't the Gruesome Twosome and their cute little boyfriends." Chuckling evilly, he flicked a switch that turned an overhead light on and added, "You know, you took long enough to get here, didn't you? I guess it was the door look, or maybe the guards, that held you up. Anyway, now I can lock you all up until you girls agree to help me conquer the world!"

"Never!" shouted Mia very loudly. "We will never help you!"

Syndrome smiled rather nastily. "Oh, really? Well, then I guess you don't care all that much about your boyfriends." He turned to a large guard standing behind him, and said coolly, "Bring in the dogs."

The guard spoke into his walkie-talkie and a moment later three huge Doberman dogs burst through the door, growling and barking and making a terrible racket, and pulling a guard behind them. Turning to the two girls, Syndrome asked, "So, here's your choices. You can either help me, and your boyfriends will stay safe, or you can refuse - and I can't be responsible for what these dogs might do." He smiled coldly. "What'll it be?"

Violet and Mia gasped and looked at each other. It wasn't just a mere glance, it was the kind of look that carried a silent conversation between best friends.

So what do you think? asked Violet silently.

Mia raised an eyebrow. Well, there's no way I'm doing anything that nutcase says.

But what about Sam and Tony?

Don't worry, I have an idea.

Huh?

Violet - use the force!

Vi understood immediately. She turned to Syndrome and said slowly, "Well, we've discussed it, and we've decided we wouldn't help you for anything!"

Tony gasped, and Syndrome shrugged. "Okay, whatever." He knelt down and whispered to the dogs, "Kill." They jumped forward, pulling their leashes out of the guard's hands, and ran straight toward Tony and Sam, their huge fangs glinting in the light.

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What will happen next? Will Tony and Sam survive the attack of the giant killer dogs? And just what was Mia's idea? Tune in next time to find out, and please review! Anyone who guesses what Mia's idea was gets a sneak preview of the next chapter! (Leave your email with your review, and I'll send it to you ASAP.)

This has absolutely nothing to do with Star Wars - it's just a play-on-words. There's your hint! ;)