Mia sat down and waited. When Ahkmenrah returned, Larry introduced her to the rest of the museum gang.

"That's Dexter," Larry said as the small Capuchin monkey climbed on Mia's shoulders. "Be careful. He slaps. Hard."

"This little guy?" Mia asked as she tickled under the monkey's chin.

"Yeah, well." Larry helped Jedediah and Octavius get onto the desk. "And these two are Jed and Octavius."

"Awww!" she said, putting her head on the desk so she could see them better. "They're adorable!"

Octavius saw Jed straightening his hat and standing a little straighter. "I thought you didn't like to be called cute," he whispered to his friend.

"That was different," Jed hissed back.

"Not much," Octavius said, rolling his eyes.

"On with the story, then, Lawrence!" called Teddy Roosevelt.

"Oh. Right," said Larry. "Well. McPhee sent most of our beloved exhibits to the Smithsonian in order for him to get new interactive exhibits. 'The Future,' he called it. Well, after they were shipped off, I got a--"

"You forgot the part about your invention-making," cut in Jed.

"Oh. Well," said Larry. "I was owner of Daley Devices for a while--"

"I heard about that," said Mia. "Mom told me that you were rich."

"Not exactly," Larry told her. "Anyways, I heard about the museum being remolded so I came back to check on these guys. The next day they left, and as I was saying, that evening, Jed here called me and told me to come to the Smithsonian, more or less.

"So I got there, and to sum it up, got stopped by a chubby guard, chased down a stairwell, and nearly eaten by a giant octopus. My plan was to go get the tablet—which Dexter here so rudely stole—and bring it and my friends back before dark. But I was too late, and got stopped by--"

"Kahmunrah." said Jed, his eyes wide.

"Yes," Larry said. "To make a long story short once again, we fought for a while, I tricked him, and then I met Amelia."

"Amelia?" asked Mia.

"Amelia Earhart."

"Oh my God." Mia said.

"Yes. She was, well…" Larry stopped, his face frozen. This was too painful.

"Let's just say your uncle was in looove," Jed told Mia, who giggled.

Larry glared at the cowboy and continued. "Kahmunrah was all mad because the Gate wouldn't open, and he told me to find out the combination or--"

"Or what?" asked Mia.

"He'd kill Jed."

"What?" gasped Mia, horrified.

"He put me in an hourglass," Jed hissed through gritted teeth.

"His words were, 'You may or may not know the combination, but I am going to give you exactly one hour to figure it out. If you do not, I will kill your friends. And please don't even think about escaping, for I shall be watching you.'" recited Larry. "It was horrible."

"What about being trapped in an hourglass, just praying that your nightguard buddy would come back for you?" said Jed. "Of course, I knew you would."

"Yeah, well, after that, Amelia and I went to Air and Space. We kind of stole the Wright Brothers' plane and crashed into the window and to shorten it, saved Jed and the museum, and got rid of Kahmunrah."

"He's really gone…forever?" asked Mia.

"I should hope so," said Jed, shuddering.

"What if he's not?" asked Mia.

"He is," Larry assured her. "I promise you that."

"One other thing…" said Mia. "What was the combination?"

"Pi."