Author's note: Thanks so much for all of the kind, encouraging reviews. I'm glad people are enjoying my story. Sorry this chapter took so long, I've been crazy busy. My plan was to finish by Halloween (hence, the theme of the story) We'll see how that goes.


Robin Plunder's mind was racing as he sped through the desert back to the set. It was not often that he was faced with a moral dilemma. Being raised in the Plunder family had enabled him to operate in the grey areas of ethics pretty well. But this time it was difficult.

Perhaps it was because this time it personally involved him. He had always known about his uncle's crazy schemes, but they were always somewhere far away and didn't directly affect him. This time however, he was taking the flack for it. And now that he had full knowledge of what was happening that technically made him an accessory to the crime.

Even that would not have bothered him so much a few months ago. But now his life was looking up. He had recovered from his embarrassment over the phony bat attacks and he was back on a big movie project. And he was dating a gorgeous movie star. For once it seemed like his life was going well and he didn't need his shady uncle and his crazy girlfriend- or whatever she was- to jeopardize that.

The situation was still complicated though. He could not just sell out his uncle and send him to rot in prison. His Uncle Looten was greedy, corrupt and possibly psychotic, but he was still family. The only family that Robin had. Looten had practically raised Robin after Robin's mother, Raven, had died when he was just ten. Looten had been very close to his sister and took her death particularly hard, perhaps the reason why he took such good care of her son. That and the fact that Looten's father, Robin's grandfather, had no interest in raising an orphan, especially one who had brought so much shame to the family by being born out of wedlock.

Robin still felt bitter and angry when thinking about his childhood. That was one thing that Bambi understood about him. If anyone could understand coming from a messed up family it was her.

The Jeep screeched to a halt, kicking up clouds of dust. Robin jumped out of the vehicle and stormed to his office.

It was just a few minutes later than the Planeteers and Bambi returned to the movie set.

"You guys wait here," Bambi said, hopping out of the Jeep. "I'll go talk to Robin and find out what's going on."

Bambi strolled quickly across the set to Robin's office and walked inside without bothering to knock.

"Bambi!" Robin exclaimed, seeming rather surprised. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to ask you what you found when you went out to investigate the mummy sightings."

Robin looked nervous and uncertain. "Um… nothing. It's all just rumors."

"Are you certain?" Bambi asked. "You didn't find anything?"

"No." Robin said, even though his voice wavered.

"Well, I think there has to be something. All these people would not just be making up stories." Bambi was trying not to sound agitated. "I think I'm going to go check it out myself."

"No!" Robin yelled.

Bambi raised her eyebrow. "Why not? I thought you said there was nothing out there."

"I…" Robin was stuttering. "It's dangerous in the desert at night. I don't want you to get hurt."

Bambi was stunned. "Okay," she said softly. "I'm going back to my trailer now to get some rest. It's getting late."

"Okay, good night," Robin said.

"Good night," Bambi replied, turning and walking out the door.

The Planeteers were all waiting anxiously outside to hear what Robin had said. The look on Bambi's face said it all. "He denied everything," she said. Her voice carried a mixture of anger and sadness. "He said there was nothing going on."

Wheeler opened his mouth as if he were about to say "I told you so" when Linka gave him a hard nudge to the ribs. "I'm sorry," Linka said quickly, before Wheeler had a chance to say anything insensitive.

"I guess I should have listened to you guys," Bambi said.

"There's nothing wrong with being optimistic or seeing the best in people," Ma-ti said sympathetically.

Bambi gave him a half-smile. "Thanks Ma-ti. Well… I guess it's up to us to stop this grave robbing. Let's go back and see what we can do."

The drive back into the desert was not nearly as exciting as the first time around. The group definitely felt tense, and even Wheeler could not think of a joke to lighten the somber mood. They were all pretty much silent the entire time.

They stopped the Jeep several hundred yards from the entrance of the tombs. They walked the rest of the way, keeping in the shadows as much as possible.

They weren't far from the entrance to the tomb when they heard a strange growling noise behind them. They turned around to come face to face with a mummy.

"Is that what I think it is?" Wheeler said, sounding rather worried.

"It's a mummy!" Linka exclaimed.

The group stood back apprehensively as they regarded the strange creature standing before them. It looked menacingly at them with glowing eyes.

"Something seems strange about this mummy," Kwame said.

"You mean like the fact that mummies aren't real?" Bambi asked. "Or at least not mummies that roam the countryside attacking people."

"What is it then?" Ma-ti asked. He held out his hand and yelled "Heart!" attempting to determine what it was. "It's definitely not… alive?" He did not really know the correct word to use.

"It reminds me of the animatronic monsters we use in the film," Bambi said.

The Planeteers all looked at each other knowingly. "Do you think this is another one of Dr. Blight's creations?" Gi asked.

"If it is, then we are probably in a lot of trouble," Wheeler responded. "Let's get out of here."

The group started to walk away when the mummy started following them. As they picked up their pace the mummy seemed to get faster. After a few yards the mummy stopped and shot a bolt of electricity at them.

"I didn't know mummies did that!" Wheeler yelled as he ducked behind a pile of rocks.

"Not normally," Gi said.

"My sister does have a tendency to overdo things," Bambi added.

"I'll take care of it," Kwame said. He stretched out his arm and yelled "earth" causing a hole to open up in the ground and swallow the robot mummy.

"Come on, let's get out of here before it figures out a way to get out of there!" Wheeler said. The group sprinted the rest of the way to the entrance of the tomb.

Cautiously they stepped inside the tomb. They shone their flashlights around.

"So far, so good," Gi said.

Linka stopped when she thought she heard a sound coming from one of the corridors that veered away from the main entry. "Did you hear that?" she whispered.

"I did," said Ma-ti, who had been standing next to Linka. The others had not heard anything though.

"Ma-ti and I will check it out, then" Linka said.

Linka and Ma-ti walked down the corridor in the direction of the noise they had heard. They entered into a large chamber when they where grabbed from behind by Oakey and Dokey.

"Hey boss, we got 'em!" Dokey exclaimed proudly.

Dr. Blight and Looten Plunder emerged from around the corner, grinning wickedly.

"Well, well," Dr. Blight said. "Look who finally decided to show up."

"I assume the rest of you brats around here somewhere?" Plunder said. "Don't worry, it won't be long until we find them too. Oakey, Dokey, tie these two up, and take their rings."

Linka and Ma-ti struggled against the two gigantic brothers but they couldn't get away. A few moments later their hand were tied behind their backs and Plunder and Blight had gone off to find the others.

Wheeler, Gi, Kwame and Bambi continued further into the tomb. They came to a large burial chamber with hieroglyphics covering the walls at the end of the passageway. Cautiously they stepped inside. Even the dim illumination from their flashlights was enough to see how much had been stolen.

"Can you believe it? This place has been stripped clean!" Wheeler remarked, sounding disgusted.

"It is terrible," Kwame added. "Think of all that could have been learned from those artifacts."

Bambi frowned and shook her head. "I don't know why my sister does these things."

"Why don't you just ask?" The group turned to see Dr. Blight standing triumphantly in the doorway to the chamber. "I don't understand why you do the things that you do either."

"Babs," Bambi said darkly. "This plan is crazy."

Dr. Blight frowned slightly. "You know I get tired of hearing that."

"Maybe you should stop coming up with such crazy ideas," Bambi retorted.

"You know it's not only my idea. There are others involved too…"

"Like Looten Plunder!" Gi said bitterly.

"And his nephew Robin," Wheeler added.

"Robin?" Dr. Blight asked with a wicked grin. She looked deviously thoughtful. "This was his idea to start with. I guess he's the crazy one."

"You're lying!" Bambi yelled, tears in her eyes.

"Am I, Sis? You don't look like you think I'm lying." Dr. Blight laughed cruelly. "But it doesn't matter though, you're going to have plenty of time to think about it." She held up a small device that looked like a remote control. "I'm going to make sure the archaeologists of the future have something to dig up!"

"You're crazy, you're not going to get away with this you know," Wheeler said. "Bambi's a big movie star. As soon as people realize she's missing they're going to come looking for her."

"And by then I plan to be far away, enjoying all the money I made," Dr. Blight said. She stepped back out of the tomb and pressed a button on the device, causing an explosion and sealing the entrance to the chamber trapping Bambi, Wheeler, Gi and Kwame inside.