When the kids got back up to their room, their muscles were aching, and their clothes, hair, and feathers, were covered in dust.

"What took so long?" Samantha demanded as they climbed out of the air duct.

"What took so long! What took so long!" Meki repeated running back to Goro as he emerged from the air duct. "Wipe your feet! Close the window!"

Meki was happy that Goro was back.

"You won't believe what we found!" Arthur said excitedly.

"We found where the refugees hid during the war!" Kiyoko said, showing Samantha the old doll she'd found.

"And the old outpost power generator!" Arthur said.

"Really? Great!" Samantha replied. "You'd better go turn it on, all our power up here's gone off."...