Queen of the elements (Book 4 of The Fire Within)

Part 54: Map

(They make it to the bottom of the stairs and Lila's eyes widen as she takes in everything around her.) 

Lila: Oh! Okay, not the MTA. Not the Tube. 

Five: Trust me, this is unlike any subway you've been to. 

Lila: Well, where do the trains go? 

Five: That's the weird part. Last time I was here, Y/n and I took a westbound train. We went one station over. When we came up, it was the exact same day, exact same. 

Lila: So what's the issue?

Y/n: We were in a completely different timeline. 

Lila: Now that's interesting. 

Five: Yeah. 

(Five and Y/n look at each other when Lila yells something.)

Lila: A map. 

(Lila starts to run to on of the colomns that had what looked like a glowing subway map printed on it.)

Lila: That's helpful, init? 

(Y/n and Five follow her as she goes to get a closer look at the map.)

Five: If we could understand it. 

Y/n: The language is something completely foreign. I don't even think it's from this earth.

Lila: I once navigated the Tokyo subway with a bullet wound in my thigh and on my period, so how hard can it be? 

Y/n: If you want to give it a shot, be my guest but you're wasting your time. I already tried. 

Lila: Well maybe, you just don't know how to read a map.

(She turns and tries to start reading it.)

Y/n: Yeah, I don't think that's the issue. 

Lila: Okay, so... North to South. This connects around here. (A subway chimes.) Fuck me, this is confusing. (the train pulls in behind her and she looks up at Y/n and Five with a big smile on her face, one that Y/n didn't trust and made her even more suspicious of Lila.) Eastbound. Shall we? 

Five: We should get back to Diego. 

Lila: Boring. Come on. Let's take a ride. 

Y/n: Lila, we don't have time for this, we have stuff to do. 

Five: I don't wanna be hopping on trains until we understand this.

(Lila ignores Five and grabs both his and Y/n's hand and drags them on the train and the doors open.)

Lila; You need to move your ass! 

(The door closes behind them as Lila is smiling like a crazy women. She lets go of Y/n and Five's hand and just stares at the couple, waiting for a reaction. Neither of them gave one, except for Y/n who didn't even look at her but spoke very regally with a tone that gave away no emotion.)

Y/n: Touch me again, and I will turn you into a human ice sculpture. 

(The trains pulls out of the station.)