<P> The Kidds go to Timothy, who takes them to the High Cultural minister . He gives the Kidds the Ming vase in exchange for the diagram . Timothy asks the Kidds to trust him, with Bella Kilgore, who had survived jumping into the Nile (in Danger Down the Nile), backing him . He takes them to Dionsyous Strecking, the boss of Aramis . Bella takes the Ming vase from the Kidds, promising to return it when time comes to give it to their mother's kidnappers . It is revealed that Timothy works for Dionysous, rather than the CIA . They are sent to Germany to find their father's treasure using Tommy's memory from their last visit when they were young . </P> <P> They journey to their safe house in Munich where they find a painting by Marc Chagall . Dionsyous takes the painting to fill a museum owned by the Chinese cultural minister, who pays him in return . The Kidds manage to create a racket and succeed in getting a ticket to cinema, where they escape with the help of Petra Pichelsteiner, a German girl and takes her along with them . She reveals herself to be the daughter of their parent's friends . The Kidds call Timothy, who mocks them but unknownly gives them a clue . They go to a museum in Neuburg, where they find paintings hidden by the Nazis . Dionsyous arrives and takes the painting, however Petra calls the Interpol and they arrive . All his henchmen are arrested except Timothy and a man named Franz Hans . The Kidds see their ship, the Lost, in the Isar river with their parents in them . They are followed by Timothy in a speedboat and Dionsyous in a helicopter . Timothy falls into a strong current . The Kidds use a jet pack and strikes Dionysous's helicopter and falls . Timothy and Dionsyous are arrested . The Kidd family is reunited and sets sail for Russia to find the Amber room . </P>

Middle school treasure hunter's secret of the forbidden city