Lost In Stardust

Chapter Sixteen

"We could ask for help",Taya suggested.

"NO!",they both yelled in unison.

"Ace will have our dignities served on a silver platter",he explained.
"With a side of fancy onion rings",Delta added.

Dax and Taya looked at each other and shrugged.
"Then how do we get out of here?",Dax asked.

Delta pulled out her dagger and began flipping it. She balanced it on her fingertips before letting it fall to the ground.

"Come with me",she instructed Omega.
He followed closely behind her.
She knelt down and pulled out a large wooden box from under a metal bench.
"Break the lock",she commanded him.
He pulled at the rusty padlock and it fell apart easily in his large hand. He helped her pull the lid open. The box contained a few papers,a set of binoculars,a telescope,a pack of red markers and a rope.

Delta sifted through the papers before spotting  what she had been looking for.

"Found it",she yelled excitedly.

Dax and Taya walked over to where the two raven haired siblings were sitting. Delta was holding a large tattered sheet of paper between her thumb and forefinger. It was old and torn in a few places.

She laid it down on the floor and smoothed out the wrinkles.
"We're here,and we have to get here",she traced a line across the map with her small fingers.

"Let's go"

The four of them hurried out of the weapons room and pooled in to the elevator. Omega pushed a button and the elevator moved swiftly upward before coming to a halt. The doors opened and they stepped out and into a long passageway.

"Pretty sure we're in the sleeping quarters",Omega stated.

"Of course we're in the wrong place,Omega you idiot you packed the wrong map",she whacked him with the blue prints of the president's private ship. This prompted Omega to smack her on the head. He had had enough of Delta beating him up every second she got. They were now on the floor. Delta sitting on his back. She was pulling on his right hand and left leg in attempt to connect the two limbs.

They were making so much noise that the next time the elevator doors opened,a sleep deprived Alpha was standing in the elevator with his arms crossed. He walked swiftly to where Delta and Omega were throwing each other on the floor and picked both of them up by the arms.

It was comical to see the two flailing their arms and legs still trying to kill each other despite being told by Alpha not to.

"I thought you guys were going to the kitchen",he said.

Delta sighed.
"We were,but we got lost",she mumbled.

Alpha set them down and reached for the speaker phone in the elevator,he pressed a button  and the speaker crackled to life.
"Yeah?",a tiny voice asked.
"It's me,it's okay it's just Del and Omega",Alpha glared at his siblings.
"Lemme guess,those two idiots got lost again",Ace cackeled.
"When I find a way out of here,yours is the first ass I'm gonna kick",Delta warned.

"Ace owes me,I told him they'd have to ask for help eventually",Haze teased.

Alpha sat down.
"This is gonna take a while he told the two Nashkan teenagers. They both sat down. Taya was looking cautiously at Alpha while fumbling with the straps on her backpack. It was only thing she had been able to save in the invasion.
Alpha massaged his temples then placed his elbows on his knees. He covered his face with his hands and closed his eyes.

After a lot of teasing from Ace and Haze and five hundred threats from Delta,they slowly  made their way in to the elevator.

"FINALLY",Omega sounded relieved.
They spilled into the kitchen.

"Do you want something to eat?",Delta asked Alpha.
"No,I'm just gonna sleep",he said,rubbing his eyes. "See ya kid",he waved at her then stepped in to the elevator and was gone.

"His loss",Omega shrugged,peeling a banana.

Delta rubbed her hands together and smiled mischievously at Taya and Dax.

"Let's cook up a storm",she grinned.