Wreath and mint cut

We took the bottle to Liam, hoping it would work as quickly as possible, when we arrived at the scene we saw a scene at least terrible, everything was overturned, the window was broken and Lilian was unconscious.

Natasha was frightened by the situation, I couldn't imagine what she was going through at that moment, the atmosphere became tense. She could be thinking that her sister could be dead, I know that feeling. Almost death of a loved one.

- Lily, Lily. My God what happened? - asked Natasha

- Let's lie down - there on the couch. - replied Andrew

I lifted Lilian in my arms and placed her gently, placing her head on the pillow. Gently, I laid Natasha's swords and ax on the armchair. Both were dirty.

- I can't believe it, my sister and my cousin. The most important people in my life are dying. - said Natasha

- Calm down Natalie, let's go through this, as we always did. We cannot lose hope that better days will come. - said Andrew

- Ah Andy, it is my heart's deepest desire. - said Natasha

Lilian wakes up after a while, much to the joy of Natasha who embraces her with great affection and concern. There is nothing stronger than a sister's love for the other.

- Natalie .. - said Lilian

- Hi Lily, God, I almost died when I saw you in that state. said Natasha

- Liam! We have to save him. - said Lilian

Lilian got up and ran to the room where Liam was, we got close to his bed, we saw that the headboard was surrounded by ointments in containers, which were empty. Lilian put them on the boy's wounds.

We told everything about the story of our adventure to Lilian, who was surprised that we were alive after everything that had happened.

We took the bottle and put it close to Liam's mouth, who drank the entire liquid, we waited to see what would happen.

He remained the same, without moving and looking pale, Lilian's eyes filled with water, and continued close to Liam, stroking his hair and finishing the ointment on the boy's face.

- Be well, Liam, just be. - said Lilian

We went into the living room, watched television for a few hours, and then Andrew had a brilliant idea.

- How about we make pancakes? - asked Andrew

- It's a great idea. - replied Natasha

- I'm not hungry. - said Lilian

- He'll improve Lily. - said Andrew

- You promise? - asked Lilian

- Yes, I promise, I feel that everything will be fine. - replied Andrew

Lilian wiped away her tears and smirked. Taking the bowl in her hands, leaving it close to Liam's bed.

A week later...

The sun found the clouds, illuminating the day, the sparkle remaining in Natasha's eyes as she gathered the scattered pieces of glass.

Liam wakes up, slowly opening her eyes and getting up from the bed, with her bare feet walking towards the kitchen. Taking his hands over his face, rubbing his eyes as if he had just woken up from a brief dream.

- You have to try taking a nap for a few minutes. It's invigorating - said Liam

- Liam! Glad you woke up - said Lilian

- It seems that I spent some time away. said Liam

My happiness at seeing my brother awake was so intense that I ran to embrace him.

- Brother, I hope you are well. For all that is sacred, don't do this to me anymore. Never. said Andrew

- It's okay, Andy. - said Liam

Natasha and Lilian came to hug Liam, everyone joined in a big hug, for a long time. Until something happened, a noise came disturbing the moment of the young people.

The building was under attack, bombs were installed on each side of the structure, fixing to the walls, we had less than five minutes to get out of there.

- Quick, we have to get out of here. - Said Natasha - Get the backpacks.

- Yes let's go. - said Lilian

Everyone went behind the backpacks and then ran for the door, quickly leaving the stairs, Andrew in front, followed by Liam, Lilian and lastly Natasha.

- Everybody is here? - asked Andrew

- We are, let's look for some other place to stay. - replied Liam

As they ran, pieces of the building fell from above, breaking the cars that were parked generating explosions and the debris broke the asphalt making great cracks and craters.

Andrew opened the wine car door, and the four got in and made a direct call, he managed to start, starting quickly, accelerating as if there was no tomorrow.

At high speed, shooting through the city streets that were collapsing in our eyes, Lilian in the back seat, turned to see what was happening.

- Caution! - said Lilian

A large piece of concrete almost hit us, but Andrew dodged it. Lilian was shivering with euphoria, holding and shaking my hand, while Liam was motionless in the front seat, not saying a word staring straight ahead.

- We need to get out of this war scene, we have to get to the city boundary. - said Natasha

- Where exactly would it be? - asked Liam

- Here on the map, it says we're a little far away. But we can arrive in about two hours. replied Lilian

- Great, we need to be agile to get what we want. - said Andrew

We hit the road, focusing our vision on the landscape above our eyes, with the supposed sunny sky and birds singing.

We had the gift of getting in trouble, since we arrived we are struggling, but sometimes I wonder if this is necessary, to constantly risk our lives, in exchange for the air we breathe. This would not be selfishness on our part, just to satisfy the ego and a possible psychotic thirst for some insane person who is constantly trying to kill us.

- Can we stop for gas? Or maybe looking for food? - asked Andrew

- I think so, we need to get some rest and also eat. - replied Natasha

- I am starving. - Liam said - It looks like I haven't eaten in years.

- A snack would be a good idea, we don't even have coffee. - said Lilian

We stopped at a gas station, which had a social shop next door, Lilian and I went to get food, while Andrew and Liam were filling up.

In the distance we could see the city, with its high buildings and hidden dangers, I was relieved to have left there, I hoped not to return there, but we do not make our destiny, only he chooses us and we have to be ready to face him. However, I had everything my family wanted most close to me and my brother was safe.

Natasha enters the store with the little girl with golden hair and freckles on her face, to put food in the backpack.

Getting close to the drinks section, Lilian finds something shiny near the soft drink cooler, it shone brightly as soon as she got close.

A golden key, but there was no opening to use, the little girl keeps it in her jeans pocket.

- By the way Lily, I love your shirt. - said Natasha

- Thanks Natalie, I sewed some embroidery on the sleeve. said Lilian

Lilian's shirt was orange with a big tiger design, with blue bards. It matched his black jeans with chains in his pockets very well.

We put drinks in the backpack, all the food we could find, until it was full to the top of food, almost so heavy that we could barely carry it.

- We already put enough, let's take it to the boys. said Natasha

- All right. - said Lilian

We left the store, without much haste. When we got close to the car, we heard sounds coming from the city. Military aircraft were coming towards us. We hid in the car, crouched in silence and waiting to pass.

- This is going insane! - said Liam

- It is not child's play, we are in a constant battle . And we need to beat it. - said Natasha

- At all costs. - said Andrew

Before we could leave, Lilian saw a beautiful garden surrounded by flowers on the other side of the road. She got out of the car to see and also smell it.

- Lilian we don't have time. - said Liam

- Please? - asked Lilian

- It's ok. - replied Liam

- You are cute. Thanks. said Lilian giving Liam a kiss on the cheek

Natasha joined her sister, sitting around the flowers, and from the roots she made a wreath for Lilian and took a rose, cutting the thorns trapped in her hair.

- It was beautiful Lily. - said Natasha - Now we have to go.

- Yes, but before you can take a picture of me, lying in the flowers? asked Lilian

- Of course, Lily. - replied Natasha

- You are amazing! - said Lilian

We continued driving through the green fields, while Lilian imagined magical creatures dancing on the lawn. Unicorns, polar bears, fairies and centaurs running through a large tree with long branches.

- What are you thinking about, my sweet Lilian? - asked Natasha

- I miss you, mom and dad. - replied Lilian

Leaning her head on Lilian's shoulder, Nata sha comforted her sister, hugging her with one arm around her belly, caressing the other, in Lilian's hair.

- We'll be back for them soon. I promise you. - said Natasha

- That's good, big sister affection. - said Lilian

- How about a tickle attack. - said Natasha

- Natalie doesn't! said Lilian laughing out loud

- Looks like they're having fun back there. said Andrew

I brought some sprigs of mint with me to make tea, that calmed me faster than anything.

I loved to rest my feet in a hot tub of water, put aromatic candles on, turn off the lights and dip completely and enjoy a good mint tea.

Andrew puts on one of his favorite songs, I close my eyes to listen, I rest my head on the bench and get some rest.

I open my eyes slowly, and notice that everyone is injured and passed out and the car is on fire.

- Lilian, Andrew, Liam. What was there? - asked Natasha - I just closed my eyes quickly.

We were surrounded by men dressed in black with guns in their hands, pointing them at us. I didn't move, I just had my hands on my head and looking at Lilian passed out.

- Don't shoot ... - I say

Suddenly, one of them shoots and Natasha's vision turns white and everything goes out for an instant ...

- Natasha, wake up. - said Lilian

- Hmm? What? - asked Natasha

- We're here. - replied Lilian

I sigh relieved, it was just a bad dream, it wasn't just that, I look at Lilian and smile.

- I'm glad we got here. said Natasha

We were on the edge of the city, there was a big wall dividing, we needed to find out where it was. We took the strings and with a makeshift hook, we rotated the rope to attach to the top. As soon as we got it, I feel it burning on my neck, it was a tranquilizer dart. I have time to look at Andrew.

- Run away, it's a trap ... - said Natasha

Returning to the vision still blurred, Natasha wakes up and looks down, thousands of buildings below the size of ants, trapped in a crane by the legs, the girl tries to get out of there, but every time she moved, the crane went down a few centimeters until when it fell completely.

- Back to the challenges. said Natasha shaking her head

A large sign appeared indicating where each of the participants was in neon, white and yellow letters with the names of Natasha, Liam, Lilian and Andrew blinking and glittering.

Lilian wakes up scared to find herself trapped thousands of feet away from the floor, calling for Natasha, the little girl remained distressed.

Andrew was really intrigued how they had come back to the city, the last thing they remembered was being close to the big wall on the city boundary, then nothing, as if it had been erased from their minds.

Liam remained asleep while his body swayed gently between the currents that supported his body, still unconscious.

- There must be a way to escape from here, without falling into certain death. - said Natasha

Pushing her back forward, to reach her ankles, she gropes for something in her legs. She finds a small screw loose near the structure , throwing her body to loosen it, she activates the crane that descends a few centimeters below, before she holds on the steep stairway that led to the end of a building.

By loosening the screw, it sticks in the opening of the lock and thus begins to try to open the lock. After trying for a while, she unceasingly manages to open it.

Dropping from a long height, Natasha remembers her ax at the waist. The girl pulls and pushes her body forward, so that the ax serves as a shield for she was just around the corner.

Crossing a window pane in one of the buildings, Natasha used the ax to give support when breaking the glass. Rolling on the floor, and getting up right afterwards, she looks back and realizes that, what she feared most had come true, there was no way to get out or escape the challenges.

- So, do you want to play? Let's play! - said Natasha

Dodging a few shots in the small office, hiding behind the desk. Natasha needed to think fast to escape that situation. Closing her eyes, to reason, the young warrior draws a plan.

Lifting the table a little, so much that it drops to the floor, she throws it towards the great gap that became the windowpane, again throwing her body to the floor, dragging herself towards the door handle, opening it with agility and she ends up escaping.

As soon as he left, he noticed a long corridor that led to a poorly lit exit with only the light written Exit.

Before he could take a step, flamethrowers went off, coming out of the walls with blue and yellow fire.

- Think Natasha, think. said Natasha

The young woman returns to the room opening the door slowly, realizing that the shots had stopped, looking for a solution to face the fires, she seeks something that can protect her.

Near where he was, there was a large piece of glass, almost his size, an idea popping up in his mind.

Taking the glass in her hands, the young woman leaves in search of her destiny, so as not to find an old friend, death.

Coming close to the wall she touches her face, realizing that there was a rupture where the flamethrower passes . Now she already knew where the point of danger would be.

The flamethrower was triggered by movement, with every step Natasha took was perceived by invisible infrared rays.

When I was reaching the break position, she throws the big piece of glass upwards, triggering the flamethrower, causing the reflection of the glass to throw the flames upwards.

Natasha skidded across the floor, getting up and tilting her back back. Getting out of that mess.

Running to the exit, kicking the door down, Natasha uses the door as a surfboard, down the stairwells.

With the wind in her loose hair, she had lost her favorite rubber band while fleeing the city.

Reaching the end of the building, Natasha descends from the door, towards a window that was possible to see the city in full.

Tying her hair in a tight bun, Natasha analyzes her options to save her family, with her eyes on the sky, she realizes where they were.

Running around the city streets, looking to the sides, Natasha is taken by surprise to see that she was being attacked by ninja stars from the clouds.

Dodging some she ran faster, two of them get close to Natasha's face and legs, grabbing her ax and counter-attacking, throwing it back into the clouds.

- These challenges will still end my life. - I think

Natasha continued through the city, putting on her waist again. A big explosion broke the asphalt, raising a great chasm, rising the ground a few meters from the ground.

I threw my body against the chasm without thinking twice, throwing my rope with the hook, sticking in the asphalt stone. Climbing using the forces in my arms, climbing using my legs crossed on the rope.

I reach the top, turn my vision back to the path, and see Andrew's name a few miles from where I was.