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Linka and Ma-ti were startled by the rumbling sound of the explosion in the tomb.

"What was that?" Linka asked nervously.

"It sounded like an explosion," Ma-ti said, also sounding very worried.

They both struggled against their restraints now, desperate to get away and check on the safety of the other Planeteers.

"There has to be a better way than this," Linka moaned after a moment. The ropes were starting to cut into her wrists now and she could feel her skin stinging.

They both looked up at Oakey and Dokey who were assigned to the task of guarding the two of them. They were playing with their rings, trying to figure out how to make them work. Of course, they had no clue of what to do.

"They're really not too bright, are they?" Ma-ti said softly.

"Nyet," Linka replied. "They are as dumb as stones…"

"I think you mean rocks," Ma-ti said.

"Thanks, Wheeler," Linka said sarcastically.

Ma-ti chuckled. "What I'm trying to say is that it shouldn't be too hard to get away from these guys."

"I know, I think I have an idea," Linka said.

They both looked up at the Pinehead brothers. Dokey was trying to fit Linka's ring onto his thick fingers, though he didn't have a chance of actually making it work.

"Hey guys," Linka called sweetly. "Do you wanna know how those rings work?"

"Um… okay," the brothers answered in unison.

They lumbered over to where Linka and Ma-ti were sitting. "Okay… what do we do?" Dokey asked.

"Well," Linka said in her nicest voice. "It would help if you untied my hands, then I could show you."

The brothers looked at each other for a moment before deciding to comply. Wow, Linka thought. Plunder really got desperate when he hired these guys. Good thing Bleak didn't work for him anymore.

Once her hands were free Linka reached out for her ring. "Come on, guys. I just want to show you how it works."

Once they handed her the ring, Linka didn't waste anytime slipping it on her finger and blowing them away with a violent gush of wind.

She undid Ma-ti's restraints and he quickly retrieved his ring while the two Pinehead brothers were too stunned to realize what had happened.

"You know, that was so easy I almost feel bad for them," Linka said as they were running away.

"Me too," Ma-ti replied. "Almost…"


"I can't believe she buried you alive!" Wheeler said. He was pacing nervously in the now sealed off chamber. "I mean I've heard of sibling rivalry, but give me a break!"

Bambi was sitting on a large stone sarcophagus, one of the few items left in the room, presumably since it was too heavy to pick up and move. She had her arms folded across her chest and she looked like she was thinking. She did not seem nearly as anxious as Wheeler and the others.

"She wasn't always like this, you know," Bambi said thoughtfully.

"Your sister?" Gi clarified.

Bambi nodded. "That accident that messed up her face- I think it also messed up her brain."

"Well, that's just great," Wheeler said. "It doesn't help us get out of here. It's time to take some action!" He held out his hand as if he were going to use his ring with Bambi grabbed his wrist.

"Wheeler!" She exclaimed. "We probably don't have much oxygen in here as it is, we don't need you burning away what we do have!"

Everyone looked at her, stunned. "What?" she said. "My sister isn't the only one who's good at science, you know. It doesn't take a genius to realize that if he starts a fire, we are going to suffocate."

"And if I try to use my ring it might cause a cave in," Kwame said, sounding disappointed.

"What are we going to do?" Gi said anxiously. "We can't just sit around here and wait!"

The group seemed despondent for several moments as they considered their options. Suddenly the silence was interrupted by Linka and Ma-ti yelling for them. Their voices were quite muffled, and the others could barely make out what they were saying.

"Linka!" Wheeler exclaimed, happy to know that she was safe.

"Wheeler," he heard her distant voice respond.

"You need to go back to the set and get some help!" Bambi yelled.

On the other side of the cave-in, Linka and Ma-ti were having just as hard of a time hearing the others.

"What are they saying?" Linka said, sounding somewhat nervous.

"I will found out," Ma-ti said. He stretched out his arm and yelled "Heart" activating the power of his ring. After a moment Ma-ti told Linka what was going on. "They are all safe. They want us to go back to the set and get some help."

"Come on then, let's hurry," Linka said, turning and running for the Jeep.


It did not take long to finish loading the artifacts into the trucks once the Planeteers were taken care of. Looten Plunder and Dr. Blight surveyed their work proudly.

"We're going to make millions from this," Plunder said gleefully, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

Dr. Blight laughed wickedly, followed by her typical sigh. "And this time there is nothing those Planet-Punks can do to stop up.

Now it was Plunder's turn to laugh. "Yeah…" he said, pausing suddenly. "Did you really have to trap your sister in that cave-in?" he asked cautiously.

"Oh lighten up, Looten. Those brats will find a way out of there eventually. They always do. But by then we'll be long gone!" She hopped into the passenger's seat of one of the trucks.

Plunder got into the driver's seat and started the engine. "You didn't have to tell them Robin was involved… that's just cruel."

"Looten!" Dr. Blight yelled angrily. She took a deep breath and started again, with a far more gentle tone. "You're not getting soft on me are you?" She rested her hand gently on his forearm and gave him a sweet smile.

"Hmph," Plunder scoffed, straightening his back and setting his jaw. "Not a chance. Trust me, I'm just as cutthroat as ever!"

Dr. Blight smiled and settled back into her seat as they drove off into the night.


Linka ended up driving the Jeep back to the set. It was a rather frightening experience. She was nervous, and didn't know the road. Several times she hit a rut and it felt like the Jeep would flip over. Somehow, though, she and Ma-ti made it back to the set safely, although they both seemed a bit pale as they got out of the Jeep.

It did not take long for a mob of people to surround them. Word must have gotten out pretty quickly that Bambi had gone out into the desert to investigate the mummy sightings.

"Where is she? Is she safe?" the director demanded anxiously.

"She's trapped…" Linka started to say when she was interrupted by another member of the crew.

"What I'm trying to say is…" Linka started, before she was interrupted again. She was starting to become rather agitated, and her face showed it.

"Everybody calm down!" Someone yelled from the back of the crowd. Everybody stopped and turned around to see Robin Plunder standing behind them.

"It's you!" Linka said harshly, her eyes narrowing.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Robin asked, making his way through the crowd until he was face to face with Linka and Ma-ti.

"You know what it means!" Linka said angrily. "Your uncle and his partner in crime Dr. Blight trapped Bambi and the other Planeteers in a cave-in inside one of the tombs!"

Robin suddenly looked pale. "That's terrible!" he exclaimed. "We have to stop them!"

"What do you mean? You're working with them." Ma-ti said.

"I'm… I'm not working with them," Robin said. He sounded genuine.

"But we saw you with them at the tombs," Linka said. "And when Bambi asked you about it, you denied everything."

A sudden look of realization appeared on Robin's face. "Oh my God. This is not what I intended to do, I was just trying to protect her."

Ma-ti and Linka exchanged glances. "I think he is telling the truth," Ma-ti said. Linka still had her doubts, but Ma-ti's intuition about people pretty much always proved to be right, considering he had the power of Heart.

"If that is true, and you are not working with them, why didn't you tell her?" Ma-ti asked.

"I was going to tell her as soon as I figured out what to do. My uncle is crazy, but he's still my family. I can't just hand him over to go to prison," Robin said.

"So what are you going to do?" Linka said, still not quite trusting him. "I don't see how he could not go to jail for something like this."

"I think I have it figured out," Robin said. "But it doesn't really matter now. What's more important is getting Bambi and your friends out of that tomb. Come on, let's go!"