Curtain of ash and traces of gunpowder

Andrew was inside a glass and steel dome, supported by a copper wire on top of a building.

Natasha in the distance arrived to help her cousin, to free him from that challenge, extremely audacious and risky even for her.

I run towards the building, when a creature made of pure marble with spears appears in my eyes, in the shape of a horse from the Middle Ages.

- Serious? What else can happen in that place? asked Natasha

With a blow on her hair, raising the girl in the air appears Gladiator to help her.

- Good boy. - said Natasha

Playing the horse with its paws, the marble animal flies over and falls beside a fire hydrant.

Changing his affection, he gets up and runs to attack the big wolf. Placing his spear on Gladiator's legs, wounding him.

- Oh no! Gladiator, are you okay? - asked Natasha

Grunting in pain, the wolf howled into the sky, when Natasha spiraled her ax, hitting the horse that fell backwards.

Descending from the wolf, Natasha looks into the animal's eyes and leans her head over the Gladiator's face, caressing it with her hands.

- Everything will be fine, friend. said Natasha - Okay, let's just pull that damn spear.

The horse came in attack, Nat asha took the spear out of Gladiator's leg and placed it between the horse's mane, shattering it into thousands of pieces of marble.

- It's done. said Natasha - Come on, we have to save Andy ...

Natasha continued to follow the path over Gladiator's back, at high speed, until they got close to the building. The girl came down from the wolf, placing her ax on her back for support. Making your face look serious and worried at the same time.

- You stay here, wait for me. said Natasha - I'll be back in a few minutes.

Gladiator obeyed the command, lying on the sidewalk, near a mailbox. Natasha positioned her feet backwards preparing to run. Placing the strands of hair behind his ear, the young girl throws her ax in a spiral, hitting the building wall, intuiting to analyze if there were any traps nearby.

- Okay, I'm ready. I now need to understand where I must walk to save a life in danger. - said Natasha

Impelling himself Natasha manages to enter the building, climbing the elevator to reach the floors, there were no stairs. Inside the elevator was a large mirror. Natasha admired her reflection, fixing some flaws in her soot and ashes face.

Upon reaching the twelfth floor, the panel indicating the floors stopped showing numbers, suddenly the elevator stopped causing the gears to sparkle and with a cracking noise.

When realizing the situation, Natasha uses the bar that supported the mirror, placing her feet on it, giving support to her body. Opening the top compartment of the elevator. Dropping him on the floor, the young man manages to go out in search of the exit through the cables.

Climbing the elevator wires, when he was halfway there, he observes that the lift is broken, causing the elevator to collapse below floors.

- That was close - I think

When she gets almost close to the end of the wires, the girl realizes that she was slippery, enough to fall from up there. Putting strength on her fists and continuing to climb with effort, the young woman suddenly slips.

Natasha presses her legs to support her weight, so that she can hold the wires in her hands, throwing her body and leaning forward, lending a mortal in the air, she regains her action back.

- Ufa! That was close. - said Natasha

Finishing and reaching an opening, it exits the elevator behavior. He needed to focus his efforts on saving Andrew, and then the others afterwards.

- Andy, I'm coming. said Natasha - Hold on.

The girl reached a door that led to the top of the building, when she touched her hand, a load of energy, threw it away hitting the wall. Falling unresponsive to the floor, she passes out, while the door remains electrified for a few seconds, after some time the energy has ceased, disappearing completely.

- Sweet dreams, little girl. - said the voice

Natasha's vision gradually closed until she fell asleep, the scene continued in silence, waiting for the signs that the girl could present.

Happiness surrounded by rosemary and wild rose beds

Natasha wakes up and realizes that she is lying on top of roses, daisies, violets and surrounded by flowers, when she gets up she realizes that she is in a field of rye, swayed by the winds of the South when packing her hair. The girl closes her eyes to feel the light breeze touch her face. However, the scenery changes when the sky is gray and thundering, with lightning, when I open my eyes. The ground is dry and cracked, suddenly Lilian, Liam and Andrew appear standing a few inches away from her. When she runs over to hug — you , everyone turns to dust in your hands.

Natasha opens her eyes and realizes her body receives some stimuli like shocks running through her body, she still gets up a little bewildered, but keeps remembering what had happened.

I think of a strategy to disarm the electric door, pick up my ax and throw it towards the wood of the door, the shocks are around the ax, electrifying it completely. Leaving the rest of the door free, I fumble around for my Swiss Army knife in my boot, finding it using to unscrew the door latch. I can successfully unlock it by opening the door, and turning off the control panel inside, cutting all the wires shorting out, triggering the alarm, running with my ax well placed at the waist, going up the rest of a ramp leading me to Above the building, opening the last door, I see Andrew submerged sitting with his back to me.

- Andy! - scream

It seemed that I could not hear myself, inside breaking the glass bell jar, it causes only a small crack, causing it to descend even further, secure in the structure so that it does not fall completely. I have to think fast a person's life was on the line and in danger.

I try to think of a definitive solution to release it, take a book out of my backpack in order to help me solve the problem, put it on the floor, crossing my legs. I start to read, the instructions to get Andrew out of that fatal trap.

- Think Natasha, please just find a way. - Natasha said to herself placing her hands on her head.

On one of the pages of the book, there were instructions on how to escape from a small space in a matter of seconds that said:

"Large structures do not always mean greater difficulty, you just need to find a negative and weak point. In every building there is one. Just investigate all the strengths until you find a small flaw that is. "

The young woman desperately looks for some fault, in vain the dome seemed in perfect condition, frustrated with all this, when she was hopeless she noticed a small protrusion at the bottom of the dome, something like a well hidden lever.

Tying a rope around her waist, she throws herself off the building and stands upside down holding the object, which was securely attached. With her small knife between her teeth, the girl begins to cut along the sides of the dome, until it opens.

Making a big gap appear and from there, Andrew plummeted down the floors, with his feet resting on the building's glass, Natasha throws her body backwards by doing a double jump and descending quickly.

Lifting her arms forward to propel her body, she descends feeling a great chill in her belly, getting close to Andrew, Natasha grabs one of her legs, leaving the two of them hanging in the air.

- Andrew, wake up - said Natasha - I need you

- Huh? Natasha? - asked Andrew

- Yes, you need to help me, I can't stand you for long. replied Natasha

- Oh yes, sorry. said Andrew - What, do you want me to do?

- We need to get to the top of the building. said Natasha - Grab my waist and take my ax.

- On your waist? gasped Andrew, swallowing hard

- We don't have much time, get it. Now! - replied Natasha

Andrew obeyed taking the ax and looking at Natasha. That he was doing his best to try to secure it.

- And now? What should you do? - asked Andrew

- Try to put the ax on the wall. - replied Natasha

- It's ok. - said Andrew

Putting the ax in, Andrew holds Natasha, and the two climb the wall and reach the top of the building.

- Thank you, you were very helpful and brave. - said Natasha

"I say the same, Nat, " said Andrew

- I am so happy. said Natasha

Natasha smiles and hugs Andrew and then heads for the exit door.

- Ah, Natasha, with I love you! - said Andrew

- Andrew! You come? - asked Natasha

- I'm on my way. - replied Andrew

Before they could leave, the glass bell jar came loose and plummeted to the floor by making a loud noise when it hit the floor. Andrew and Natasha watched the shrapnel on the floor.

- Lucky you didn't come along, buddy. - said Natasha beating Andrew on the chest

- Yeah, really lucky. said Andrew widening his eyes in astonishment

- Come on, let's go, we have a lot to do. - said Natasha

The two young men left to arrive at the street, from there they left to save Lilian and Liam.

We were on the street, we noticed something strange as we stepped on the ground, it looked like sand, but it wasn't exactly, soon after we would realize what it was.

- I feel something is wrong. - said Natasha

"I have the same feeling, Nat, " said Andrew

Even so, we continued on our way, the trail of sand and dust only increased as soon as we walked. Which was strange enough to worry about, Natasha was already a little suspicious while I was panicking.

We got a little closer to the sign with the name of Lilian, shining brightly that it was almost impossible to look directly at him.

- If you do something again with my sister, I don't even know what I do - said Natasha

- Nat, they are with my brother too, he thinks I'm not worried about him, but we have to keep our minds calm and try to be rational at a time like this, we need to be smart, not furious and irrational. said Andrew

- Sorry, you're absolutely right. I ended up losing my mind for a few moments. Forgiveness - said Natasha

"It's okay, you don't need to apologize to me, " said Andrew

Natasha looked at Andrew differently, giving a nice smile and placing her hand on Andrew's shoulder and shaking her head positively. Walking together and talking, Natasha and Andrew, barely knew what awaited them.

The dirt trail was actually gunpowder, about to explode in their directions, they were in a crossfire. So when it exploded it would blow everything up.

The sky became cloudy, ash appeared and took over the air, leaving it thin. Making it difficult to breathe, Na tasha was beginning to hyperventilate and Andrew was distressed.

- We have to get out of here ... - said Andrew

When the two went inside a building, the ground started to catch fire, flames that rose to the height of their eyes, burning everything everywhere.

Natasha and Andrew, if they can see right, were positioned in a gunpowder circle amid the surrounding flames, the two were trapped.

With the fire coming his way, Natasha perceives the flame in her vision, pushing Andrew and being surrounded by the intense fire.

In a heap of fire and smoke, the girl tries to resist all that, but the intense presence of the flames did not allow her to retreat. When he had found a way out, a big explosion came towards him, whirling and throwing one leg against the fire, making a light breeze, which scared the fire.

Andrew lay there, still a little bewildered by the confusion, allowed himself to get up quickly to help Natasha. Walking over small strands of flame and getting very close to the girl, he shouted her name out loud.

- Natasha! Your ax! Play it for me. - shouted Andrew

The ax that was on the ground, with the blade still hot, but the handle was safe to carry.

- Take it. said Natasha tossing it to Andrew

Andrew grabs it and wields it in his hands, looking for a solution. Turning his face to the direction of the building a few meters from where he was. The young man enters and sets out in search of a fire extinguisher.

Arriving and taking in his arms, he sets out to confront the blazing fire, placing it on the ground and leaving in the middle, a great splash rising against the fire.

But it was not enough, to control so many flames, something bigger and better was needed to reduce the fire, so Andrew left and looked at the big fire hydrant, on the side of the sidewalk.

The boy approached to try to open, but without success. Thinking a lot, he deduced what was the best thing to do.

I resolve to break the lid of the hydrant, so that the water gushes against everything, With the ax in my fists, finally after a lot of struggle, I break causing the water to shoot upwards. I lift the manhole cover and position it towards the water jets.

A great barrier was formed, the water went towards the fire, extinguishing it little by little.

A great circle of water completely surrounded the incessant fire, breaking the power of the flames.

Everything was flooded, Natasha was soaked and cold, I offer my jacket for her to wear.

She thanked me with a long hug and at the same time comfortable and warm, despite her physical condition.

- We have to find clothes for you. - said Andrew

- I have some in my backpack. - said Natasha

"You go into the building and change, I wait here," said Andrew

- Okay - said Natasha

A few minutes later she looks stunning in red plaid pants, with a white shirt and a yellow jacket.

- We can go? - asked Natasha

- Sure, but where to? Who will we have to save? - asked Andrew

- I think it's better to decide on the way , maybe we should split up - I answer

- We will do so, you save your sister, while I seek my brother, how about? - asked Andrew

- Perfect, come on. - I answer

We arrived at an avenue, which had two exits, one to the right and one to the left, Natasha takes the first and I the second and we say goodbye.

- Be careful, be cautious. And most importantly, protect yourself and don't let your guard down at any time. - said Natasha

- Leave it, I will not go. said Andrew

- Keep your cell phone, to communicate with us. said Natasha

- It's at hand, don't worry. said Andrew

We shook hands and parted, I went in search of Liam, wherever he is, I will find him, under any circumstances.

I leave in the direction of the sign on top of a great monument, fix my eyes on it and without realizing I run towards the right danger.

After going a long way, I was almost getting close to the big shiny plate, when I am thrown in a spiral by some kind of magnetic shape in the shape of a triangle, which suddenly appeared in my eyes, paralyzing me completely and incredibly stunning, I remember feeling a terrible electrical charge running through my body.

I fall over my arm and face down, I remain lying down. Unable to breathe properly.

- I can't give up, not now. - thought Andrew

Liam I'm coming, wait for little brother, your irritant knows - everything is coming to you. I am surrounded by only uncertain moments that may take my life, but other than that, everything is fine.

I will do everything to protect you from the world and whoever you are, doing this with us, I promise you buddy.

I return to my conscience, with my forehead spilling sweat and entering one of my eyes, getting up drying on my shirt.

Shaking my head and gritting my teeth, I frown and watch the next steps of the challenges.

The electric blue triangle appeared again, this time I could see it, it was my size and it was just inches from the floor. And it came towards me quickly.

When he approached me, I toss my body to the side, escaping and getting behind a car.

- What am I going to do now? - Asked Andrew - I need a well thought out plan.

Andrew crouched and tried to think, while the triangle wandered between the streets as if looking for the boy. The boy rested his head on the car door and closed his eyes for a moment.

- I could run, but it would be in vain. He's faster than me. thought Andrew

The Andy swords, the swords ... a voice came into Andrew's head, the same as Liam's, echoing in his mind. Instructing you to do something.

With the swords thrown to the ground, Andrew lifted them up and positioned them in his spinning arms.

- Can come. - said Andrew

Suddenly as if it were an answered command, the triangle came towards me, glowing magically with those colors in a deadly neon.

Positioning himself on top of one of the parked cars, Andrew remained spinning with his right leg in front, and the other slightly behind with his knees bent.

A great ray of white light hit one of the cars, exploding and splitting in half, in embers.

Andrew dodged sideways, running through the cars. The young man reached the end of the path and almost fell from above, stopping his feet shortly thereafter, making his shoes stay on the edge of the car's roof.

The triangle went on destroying everything ahead, until it came close to Andrew and with the swords he started to fight, the blades shone to the point that Andrew threw them against the triangle, with sparks floating and the lights emblazoned on his face.

The swords gleamed as Andrew fought, the triangle quickly dodged and lines of energy emerged from his sides and went to confront the boy.

- Wow, the little triangle got nervous. - said Andrew

The power lines hit the asphalt and Andrew deflected nimbly, running desperately, when one of the lines got tangled in the young man's legs, levitating him.

- Let me go. said Andrew - Let's fight honestly.

Throwing Andrew back and forth, the triangle threw the boy against the wall.

The young boy tried to resist, when one of the lines that held Andrew came close to the ground, so the boy held one of the swords in both hands and cut one of the lines.

Only with one leg positioned upwards, still being played against a hunt.

Holding on to one of the manhole bars, Andrew's body stretched to the point that his belt was coming off the buckle, that's how the boy managed to pick up the sword and cut the rest of the lines.

Falling onto the asphalt, whirling on the ground, Andrew bruised his cheek, getting on his knees and then getting up.

Raising his head, Andrew opens the backpack on his back and picks up a bottle of water and drinks the liquid almost completely and puts it back. He positions himself around the triangle, and when he goes he takes the next step, Andrew threw himself into the space of the object, tilting his body to be able to pass.

The triangle after a while, started to blink and its neon light got even stronger, as if it were strengthened.

- Oh no. - said Andrew

The shiny and dangerous object left with a thirst for revenge against Andrew, thinking quickly the boy returned the bottle of water in his hands, opened the lid and fired playing, hitting the triangle in full.

Andrew noticed that the neon color was short circuited, flashing and shooting lightning in all parts of the city, causing the sky to generate lightning flashes of green color.

The boy did not notice, that the main ray of two colors, white and purple. D e inside the triangle hitting him and throwing Andrew a long distance.

...

Natasha walked and hid behind a building, watching what could happen, she felt she was being followed.

Down when I realize that my shoelaces were untied, as soon as I look up, I see that the street has changed, the way I was going, the buildings were different, there were plenty of hydrants and mailboxes, the sidewalks were wider and they had well-planted and green trees, with a fence made of iron bars.

I get confused by the situation, stop for a moment to be able to memorize the path without losing myself completely. I tie my hair that had already come undone, but I couldn't find an elastic, I cut off a piece of my lace that I hadn't tied, making it a perfect instrument for my disheveled hair.

I find myself near the sidewalk, I lean against a tree, before I can touch I feel a little tingling, descend on my hand. The tree was electrified, my luck was that I could perceive the risk I was taking in time.

- I have to keep an eye out, this place is really dangerous. said Natasha

I walk to a long path, arriving at a large fountain. I sit down, get some water and wash my face and refresh my neck, closing my eyes slowly.

Without realizing that something was watching me, intently and walking slowly. A figure approached and touched Natasha's shoulder.

I startle and take out the ax, getting close to his neck. A few centimeters from me, Lilian was staring at me, just looking scared with wide eyes.

- Natasha? asked Lilian

- Lily, how did you escape? I ask

- I don't know, let's go home. replied Lilian

- Yes, we will. We need to find the others. said Natasha

- No, just the two of us. We find it s later. said Lilian

Natasha let go of Lilian's hands when she heard that and turned her back to the girl.

- You are not who you say you are, you are not my Lilian. said Natasha

- Huh? What do you mean Natasha, it's me. - said Lilian

- It is not, Lilian would never leave anyone behind. said Natasha - Don't you dare pass her. Who are you?

Lilian's voice changed, it became dark and terrifying, his face became a very thin creature, his spine was bent forward, his face was like a fanged moose.

- What for everything is sacred, what should you be? - asked Natasha

- To the skies whitened by a smoke of ash and death, the dead tree will resurface and a great chaos in the earth will transform, breaking the soil in blood and destruction all your sins will resurface in the shadows. said the creature

- That didn't answer my question. - Said Natasha - It doesn't matter, I don't want to know anymore.

The creature darted towards Natasha, grabbing her by the neck and knocking her into the fountain, with her head in the water and hanged with blurred vision from being in the background.

- I need to get out, this creature won't stop until it kills me. - thought Natasha

Scratching his skeletal arms, I manage to get support to kick his stomach, making him move away from me.

I get up without being able to breathe properly, opening my arms and shaking my head.

I manage to get out of the fountain, and go down to the asphalt, this time the creature had turned into an innocent little girl.

- Please do not hurt me. I didn't mean it, forgive me. - said the creature

I lift my hand and smack her in the face and then I kick her very hard, knocking her away.

- I shouldn't have done that. said the creature

- Or what? What are you going to do about it? - I ask

The creature's fangs grew larger, and claws made of its own bones emerged from its hands.

I wielded my ax and left it in my hands, attentively watching the creature that had climbed into one of the mailboxes and clenching its claws on the metal. Sharpening and preparing to attack.

- Come on, I'm waiting. - said Natasha

- In my haste, my dear, it does not base perfection. Just like the wind that blows the leaves of dew, flying over and falling in the stream, sailing and floating in the perfection of humanity's decline. said the creature

Natasha faces the creature, only attentive to the animal's next steps, meanwhile the dark moose blew her nails and directed her gnashing teeth towards the girl.

- Now my child, you decide, how you will die. - said the moose

- Not this time. - said Natasha

The girl started towards the creature, when the moose approached it disappeared as soon as the ax cut the air.

- You must be aware, I have powers beyond your imagination. Don't try to hurt me. - said the creature

- You tried to kill me, I must return the favor. - said Natasha

Disappearing in full view of Natasha, the creature with its arms knocks Natasha in the face and she falls to the ground.

- You can't with me, I am an ancient being, created to defy foolish humans like you. - said the creature

- It may be, but first we will fight and we will see that you will win in the end. - said Natasha

The fight begins, Natasha kicks the elk's legs, falling on the ground in a daze, the girl uses the ax handle to choke the creature, standing on top of her, with her knees on the animal's belly.

- Let go of me, foolish creature. said the moose - I don't know what I can do with you

The moose manages to escape, releasing black smoke from its mouth and blinding Natasha for a few moments.

Lifting Natasha and throwing her a few centimeters, the girl hits a brick wall, the creature is left with all its paws on the ground and starts to run transforming itself into a big lion.

Natasha still with blurred vision, can see the animal's silhouette approaching, groping the ground, she finds her faithful ax.

The creature opens its mouth to try to bite Natasha, who swerves under the lion, stopping with her hands on the asphalt.

The lion roared loudly, running his yellow eyes across the street, trying to find the girl who had been hiding.

- Little child, don't try to hide from me. said the creature

Natasha's ax almost hit the lion, which ended up deflecting quickly with a jump.

- What are you trying to do? - he asked the creature

- Saving time. - I answer

Natasha ran away, the creature followed each step. The girl tried to run as fast as she could.

Arriving between the avenue that had two poles well positioned on either side of the road, Natasha took a rope and tied it at each end and waited a few inches away.

Without realizing it, the lion immediately came to meet him, getting tangled in the rope, when he tried to jump to attack Natasha, who defends himself by putting his arms between his face.

The animal was trapped entwined between the rope, unable to move, becoming the horrifying creature again.

- It looks like you were defeated. - said Natasha - Now tell me, who created you and what is this place.

The creature hesitated for an instant, trying to bite and break the rope, but its mouth was stuck.

- My master made me with an objective, just to fight with one of the participants of the challenge. Mission I failed on. said the creature

- Well, I ask for a deal. I release you and in return do me a favor. - said Natasha

- It's fair. You have my word. - said the creature

Natasha takes the ax and cuts the rope that held the creature firmly by releasing it.

- I thank you for your mercy and clemency. said the creature

Natasha nodded, untying the remaining knots.

- I want to send a message to your master, tell him that, you can continue sending the challenges. We will continue to fight for our lives and that no one can change our final destiny. said Natasha

- Make sure I send the message. said the creature kissing Natasha's hand

- Excuse me, young warrior, I need to leave now. said the creature disappearing.

Natasha leans against the building and rests for a while, crossing her legs while sitting. Leaning her head against the wall, she closes her eyes.

Soon after, I rest my body on the floor and lift one leg up, bending the knee.

I look up and see the blue sky surrounded by clouds, the sun shining and warming the weather on all sides.

"The ability of the sea ​​is reflected at sunrise and sunset , the song of birds and the rebirth of the young woman with orange hair who fights with the heart and the ax, with the shine and thirst for victory causing an impact on the land where you step and fight. "