At the hospital, Andrew bandages Natasha's face, looking at her fondly.
- I wanted to thank you for saving, you know, my life. said Andrew
- I would do anything to save life, the ones I love - said Natasha
"Good to know," said Andrew
In the next bed, Liam was still passed out, his face still littered with wounds.
- I think it's best to take care of him. Seems to be pretty hurt - I say
- Yes, I'll put some bandages on. You help me? asked Andrew
- Sure, where do I start - replied Natasha
"Here, close to the arm, " said Andrew
The cuts were of different sizes, carefully placing medicines to stop the blood, Natasha was passing the cotton with delicacy.
With his face, covered with the lock of his hair, Andrew takes it and puts it back. Natasha smiles from the corner of her mouth.
- I love your hair, the way you use your hairstyles. Of all this is my favorite. said Andrew
- Mine too, since I was a child I use it is very practical and quick to do. It also helps me to put together my everyday looks. said Natasha
Andrew is admiring his face, while Natasha finished the last preparations and applied the serum.
- I learned a lot from my parents. said Natasha
- They taught you a lot. said Andrew
- Yes, maybe I follow the same profession. said Natasha - I don't know yet, the future is very uncertain.
- We can shape it from the present, with our choices, we change the fate of the facts. said Andrew
- I missed your poetic phrases. said Natasha
- And I missed you. thought Andrew
Following the direction of the light, he walked towards the direction of the burning heart. Realizing that the girl was the light, the fire. The arrow that the hunter, hunted tirelessly through the forest at dawn. They were the footprints of a great spirit that wandered aimlessly, with loneliness burning in his chest. It has always been her, the way, perdition and salvation.
Liam
I wake to the sound of someone calling me, so far and close enough to feel the warmth of the sweet words ringing in my mind and ears ...
Save me, please. Natalie. I love you, forever.
I get up stunned and realize that we're still in the hospital, see Andrew lying on the floor next to me, while Liam was still in bed. I look up to see him better, his expression has changed. A less concerned face, let's say, relieved.
- Wake up Liam, wake up. said Natasha holding Liam's hands
- Sometimes we need to give time for things to start to fall into place, to make sure that in the end, we can have the feeling of having fought and won. said Andrew
- You're not talking about Liam. said Natasha
Andrew walked and stood looking through the large window in the room.
- No, something much bigger. We are about to start a war. We have to come out victorious or we won't be back. said Andrew
- It does not worry me, what I want to know is when we will be ready for whatever is out there. If we will be strong enough. I say
- We will have to be, for the sake of our family. Staying safe is essential for us to survive. said Andrew
Day 03
"Mountains move as the bird's vision flies over the snow-covered field, with the arrival of the heavy and uncontrolled night, I follow my most furious instincts to reach the fireflies that surrounded the ice and silver mist that spread through the movement of the long dress made of flowers. Rest after the glory that was guaranteed to me from the gentle kiss of death "
- What are you writing? - asked Andrew
- Just a few thoughts that wander wildly through my mind - I answer
- Do you do that a lot? - asked Andrew
- To tell you the truth, a short time ago. Since I got here, it's the only thing that doesn't make me go crazy. replied Natasha
- I need to find a way to distract myself. - said Andrew
- I can lend you one of my notebooks. - said Natasha
- I appreciate it, but I think I'm not that good, writing my thoughts on paper. I would end up running over my own words. said Andrew
- Soon you, a great contemporary poet. said Natasha putting the pen up
Andrew smiled, and I keep talking to Natasha until dawn.
In bed, Liam wakes up saying confusing and totally disconnected phrases, scared and sweating all over his face.
- Thorns, glass bubble, help me. said Liam
Natasha will calm him down and slowly he will wake up, as if he were in a telepathic connection with someone else.
- Liam? Hello, are you OK. Calm down, and everything is in peace and tranquility - said Natasha
- I'm fine, apart from the fact that it's all broken inside. I need a hug.
"Come on, you big fool," said Andrew
Andrew and Liam hugged, Natasha watched happily. However a thought hovered over his head, if Andrew was here, it meant that Lilian was also in trouble and in need of help.
- We have to find Lilian, she is the last hostage to be saved - said Natasha
"Go oars out in the morning to look," said Liam.
- No, we just need to leave now. It's less risky - said Natasha
"Come on, we have to get equipped," said Andrew
We prepared everything to face the dangers that would appear, however we were not always ready. It was a matter of risking all the playing cards and just waiting for the final move.
We were walking around the city, not knowing where to start, when a voice directed us through the darkness of dawn.
- To the survivors, a challenge that requires skill and strategy. Only the most worthy will go on, one will be left behind, the second lost and alone will remain indefinitely until he finds his strength and the last will succumb to death through the dark clutches of destruction. said the voice
- Okay, let's settle this, we split up. Each gets the phone. An application will guide us through the corners of the city. Whoever finds Lilian first notifies the others and we go back to Andrew's house - said Natasha
- All right. - said Liam
- Count on me, together we will go and stay. - said Andrew
They all joined hands and nodded, looking at each other, and then parting and disappearing into the silence of the night.
- Turn on the flashlights, it will help to walk in the dark - said Natasha
Spotting a factory, Natasha heads toward it in hopes of finding Lilian. Looking through the broken window, he can't see anything.
I decide to go in quietly, when I come across a luxurious department full of corridors, it seemed to be an indecipherable maze.
I try several times to get in, but I always return to the same place. So I take a different path and see a large trapdoor that led to a hidden section of the factory.
Arriving I find, with a frightening scene, Lilian was hanging, levitating inside a glass bubble with energy cables supporting it , and around it iron spines covering the whole space.
- Lilian, no. - said Natasha almost fainting
The strands of energies made a noise, snapped at each other, shaking the floor on Natasha's feet.
The girl would need a lot of caution, to release her sister from that deadly trap, her mind was constantly working to think of something safe and reliable to do, at that moment, Natasha observes the place well.
The walls were made of technologies, circuits and plates. The ceiling had been designed to look like the sky during the day, filled with pink clouds like cotton candy. If the clouds move, changing position without stopping.
- It would be beautiful, if it weren't tragic - I say
I think about climbing over the air tube, to reach the top of the dome, so I take one of the disconnected wires and throw myself in Lilian's direction.
Hovering in the air, I reach over the glass bubble, I see the image of Lilian sleeping hypnotized with a sleepy expression.
I try to break the glass, but I realize that it would be impossible, since the glass was thick and after all there was a lot of energy circulating throughout the environment.
First it was necessary to control the electromagnetic impulses of the wires, next to me there was a kind of long pipe, connected to a type of ventilation tube. I grasp it tightly and break it — letting go and bringing it back with me to dry land.
Using the object, Natasha takes and points in the direction of the wires, playing in a spiral, the pipe is stuck between the energies, oscillating in all directions.
Lightning strikes Natasha's stomach as she flies over, falling through heavy barrels.
Meanwhile, Andrew and Liam continued to roam the city. When they are surprised by the voice.
- For the rest of the participants, we will have to increase the degree of the dangers to sweeten the significant experience of being in Lethal Challenges.
Liam came across and ran on sight, a large creature coming quickly towards him.
A rhinoceros with eyes made of ruby, with its horn surrounded by what looked like shards of glass.
"Not that, now I'm screwed," said Liam
The animal suddenly appeared in front of him, as if it had teleported, opening its nostrils and dragging shards over the asphalt, running furiously against Liam.
...
Andrew walked the streets absently admiring the architecture of the buildings, while trying to communicate with his friends.
Without realizing it, he discovers a convenience store, a few steps from where he was, getting there Andrew picks up a worn backpack, puts some food that he found useful to take to others.
"I'd better fill up, and take whatever is necessary," said Andrew
You know when you predict the fall of the dandelion blown away and blown away by the wind, shattering into thousands of pieces, flying in the distance towards the unknown made by cutting embers, creating an extremely gentle chaos in making a gale of bluish tulips in mine melted heart.
I open my eyes slowly, feeling an excruciating pain in my numb body, I can barely get up, I lie there for a few moments until my strength returns.
I get up placing my hand, feeling my face for any injuries, there was nothing. I was fine, with only a few uncomfortable sensations and every now and then my legs gave shock.
- Lilian! - I'm going.
I realize that the energy had circulated to the ceiling causing the sky to be electrocuted.
I take the opportunity to deactivate the glass bubble, rising to reach Lilian's body, I take her in my arms, as soon as I can and I run, look back and see, the bubble coming off and falling and breaking into millions of pieces.
The shards came like knives in my vision, I can see behind my pupils the image arriving quickly.
I run with Lilian's weight in my arms and deflect, hiding behind a wall.
- We are saved - said Natasha looking at Lilian
Jumping on the rhino's back, Liam is submerged and unable to hold on. With an impulse he stands with his swords. Walking over him, Liam doesn't think about what could happen.
With a kick, the boy is launched by rolling the asphalt twice and placing his swords on the ground.
- Come on buddy, next round - said Liam
With the horns, the rhinoceros tries to reach. Leaning and moving your body backwards. Deflects the blow with precision
Leaving upwards, sticking his sword in the animal's paw, with a supersonic cry the rhino throws Liam into the air again.
- Dude, what a difficult thing to defeat. said Liam
In order to defeat it, it was necessary to reach its horn and break a piece in half. With that the animal would give way.
Liam after a while, runs and jumps, hitting his weak spot, destroying the rhino in an explosion of ash and dust.
Soaked by the dust left, Liam shakes his hair to remove the soil that was left.
"I need an urgent shower," said Liam
Walking through the heart of the city, Liam, Natasha and Andrew met. Surprised and happy, they return to their hiding place.
- Glad you are alive - said Natasha
" It was close, I almost died," said Liam
- Almost really, luckily. If it wouldn't be in a closed coffin at the moment - said Andrew
- Let's think about the best now, our security - said Natasha
We went home, Andrew offered to carry Liam, he was stronger than me, in physical shape.
We put her on the bed, cover her with the comforters, and let her rest.
- Finally safe and at home. Finally. said Natasha kneeling stroking Lilian's hair
"We'll be fine, we've been through worse, " said Andrew
Liam came into the room with ice cream cups in his hands, smiling and with his mouth full and said:
- Look, what I found.
We took the glasses and went downstairs, to the living room, to watch television.
Andrew walked around the house, as if studying each compartment, incredulous and confused.
- It looks so much like our house, but I don't know, with a dark style. - said Andrew
- I realized that since I got here - said Natasha
Everyone was talking when in a matter of seconds, a wave of insects appears. They are flying over the lights of the lamps near the wall.
- People , I don't like that. - said Liam
We watched in amazement at the scene, in less than a few moments the insects moved towards us. We got off the couch quickly, letting the bowls fall on the rug.
We were chased down the entire floor, Andrew ran for the stairs where, while he was climbing the steps, he was chased down from the stairs.
Natasha runs to the kitchen, taking a spatula and wrapping it in a cloth. Soaked in alcohol, it lights up the match, forming a torch of fire.
Liam helps Andrew to get up, Natasha comes running and with the torch in her hands she shakes towards the insects.
Fleeing on the way to the rooms, Natasha runs and burns half the animals, the other part of them flee through the window on the side that was open.
- Are you okay? - I ask
- Yes we are, we just need some time - said Liam
Natasha and Liam, help Andrew to sit. The trio throw themselves on the couch together and rest. Looking up, staring at the ceiling, Natasha closes her eyes for a moment.