Amelia still didn't want to give up.
"We don't need our parents. We can find who's responsible for this weather on our own!"
"I believe they said it was Antarctica and North pole," Kibu said, "but I've never meet them."
"Neither have I, but something has to be done."
"But even our parents don't know where to look. How do we expect to find them?" Elizabeth said, crossing her arms in a way that always meant she expected an answer. All the children were silent, thinking about what they could do.
"I zhink I might know of a vay," Nancy said a moment later.
"What, what, what?!" Amelia asked with excitement.
"Ish zhere a computer around?"
"Not that I know of," Francis said as he shook his head, "Why?"
"Zhere's someone who could help," Nancy said as she winked at her friends. May looked pleased.
"Yes, I like your thinking, Nancy! I think it would be wise to ask him!"
"Si, surely he can help!" Ita started to shout with glee. Everyone but Amelia seemed to join in on all the excitement.
"Wait, who 'him'? I don't understand. Don't leave the heroine in the dark!" Amelia frowned. She followed her excited friends down the halls of the UN National Building. She didn't understand why they were looking for a computer, but they soon stumbled upon one. It was in a room that didn't have the lights on and it looked deserted.
"Are you trying to look something up online?" Amelia asked as Germanancy sat down in a spinny-chair in front of the computer.
"Sort of," Nancy told her. She turned to Ivan. "Ivan, keep an eye out for anyone vho could be coming zhis vay. Ve don't vant to be disturbed."
Ivan nodded to this request and stood outside the doorway. Amelia was still confused about what was going on, but she didn't complain. As Nancy moved the mouse around to wake up the machine, a screen soon began to light up and visible in the darkness. Nancy then moved the pointer at the bottom and clicked on an icon. As it popped up, she moved the pointer in the search box and wrote two words. It was German, and the screen went blank as it searched for whatever it was she typed. A voice soon followed.
"Who's there? What do you want?" the voice sounded male and it didn't sound too happy at being disturbed. Amelia looked around, wondering where the voice came from.
The blank screen soon showed a smrt-looking kid and Amelia jumped a bit, surprised at the discovery.
"Hello, Ladonia!" all but Amelia exclaimed a bit sneakily.
"Who's that?" Amelia said, completely astonished. The boy frowned and pointed a finger at her.
"Who do you think I am?! I'm Ladonia! I'm ruler of the internet! I can find things faster than floogle!" he said, feeling a bit proud of himself.
"Meet Ladonia," Nancy introduced the micronation to Amelia. "He's just as he says he is. He can find anything. Your grandfather, Sweden, invented him."
"Sweden?! You know that jerk?! I can beat him up with both hands tied behind my back! No one can stop me!"
"So this is why you were looking for a computer. You wanted to talk to Luna-Dude!"
"Ladonia!" the boy insisted angrily. Elizabeth decided to distract the micronation with why they came here.
"Ladonia, we need your help. Do you know where we can find Antarctica and North Pole?"
"Ever looked at a world map, sweety?! What do I look like; a dictionary?!"
"We a'know that they're out there somewhere, we just don't a'know where to look. They're not at their homes, at least we don't think'a so," Ita said. Ladonia seemed to be ignoring them now as he began to bite his nails like he was bored. Francis decided to have a go.
"Do you know where they're currently attacking?"
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't," Ladonia said, still picking at his nails. "What does it matter to you anyway? Who are you?"
"Ve're zhe children of zhe G7 und Russia's son is here vith us. But none of zhat ish important right now, we need to find zhose two so ve can confront zhem und negotiate," Nancy explained. Ladoia finally looked up from his biting and stared at them for a long time. Then he through his head back and began to laugh.
"You think you can negotiate with those two twins? They'll freeze your hearts before you can say a word. They're upset with everyone, and they want to destroy you."
"Vhy? Vhy are zhey upset?"
"I don't know," Ladonia said as he shrugged and rested his hands behind his back in a way meaning he did know, but he wasn't going to say anything more. "That's all I know."
"I know you're hiding somezhing. Tell us!" Ladonia ignored Nancy and began to whistle at a Hetatube theme.
"Hold on!" Ivan said as he walked up. "If you helping us in finding Antarctica and North Pole, then we can giving you what you are desiring, da?" Ladonia suddenly became interested in the other children outside the computer screen.
"Sounds like a deal. What do I get out of it?"
"Freedom to walk around freely in our world for a short time. I bet it's really cramp in there, da?" Ivan smiled. Ladonia frowned as he studied his smiling face. He looked interested for a moment, but then he crossed his arms.
"What if I don't want to help you?"
"If you don't, "Ivan said as he began to move his hand to the 'power' button, "I'll shut you off."
"You wouldn't!" Ladonia said, looking a bit scared.
"I will, if you not helping."
"Okay, I'll tell you for crying out load, just don't shut down the power!"
"Quick change of heart," Kibu said, amazed. The computer screen bleeped and up popped an image of the world map. A red light marked a spot on one of the seven continents; Asia.
"Is that where they are?" May asked as they stared at the computer screen.
"Yup, that's where you'll find Antarctica and North," Ladonia's voiced echoed behind the screen.
"Wait, how do we know this isn't a trap?" Amelia frowned. "Is that really where they are?"
"You said you wanted to know their location, and I showed you. Now where's my freedom, like you promised?"
"Should we trust him?" Francis asked as the children circled in a huddle, away from Ladonia.
"I thinking so, because we made promise," Ivan smiled.
"But he could be lying to us. He knows all we want is to find those twins and all he wants is to find a way out. The internet is both his home and prison," Elizabeth said. "He thinks we'll believe anything he says."
"But we'a don't have a choice, right?" Ita said with a shrug. "He could be telling the truth."
"And he may not," May said.
"Hello?!" came Ladonia's impatient voice, "Do we have a deal or not?" the children broke up the huddle and turned their attention back to the micronation.
"Are you tell zhe truth?" Nancy asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course I am!"
"Are you sure?" Ivan began to sing as he moved his hand closer to the 'power' button. Ladonia looked as if he was beginning to sweat.
"Tell us the truth," Kibu said, "or we shut you off and you never wake up again." He wasn't used to making threats, but he too wanted to make sure it was clear. Ladonia began to breathe panic-like as Ivan's hand was now inches away from the 'power' button.
"OKAY! STOP! I'll SHOW YOU WHERE THEY REALLY ARE!" Ladonia screamed in desperation. A new red location appeared on the map and the fake disappeared.
"So they are on Antarctica!" Francis said, "You lied to us!"
"Yes, I've been stuck here for so long, I just wanted to get out of this prison for a little while," Ladonia said, his voice starting to break into tears. Ivan took his hand away from the 'power' button and Ladonia sniffled and calmed down a little.
"You should be ashamed of yourself!" Elizabeth scolded, "Why, you're noting but a big baby on the inside!" Ladonia nodded.
"Yes, I'm so lonely in here, you know. I'm lucky to even be friends with the other micros, let alone ever get the chance to visit your world. Can I still come out, even just for a little while?"
The children looked at each other for a moment.
"Well, he did help us find the twins," Ita said.
"Yeah, and we did promise to let him out for a while," Amelia said, rubbing the back of her head.
"I'm sure it's lonely," May sighed a bit sadly. Germanancy nodded and turned to Ladonia.
"Ve'll let you out, und if you promise to behave zhen ve'll let you stay in our worl longer. Agreed?"
Ladonia started to push at the screen.
"Yes, yes, I'll do anything! Please, just let me out!"
Germanancy smiled as she pushed the 'enter' button and Ladonia disappeared from the computer screen. He reappeared beside the children and his face lit up like a candle.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" he exclaimed as he began to jump for joy around the room. He then ran out the door, and the children didn't see him again that day.