June 22nd

It was dark and late. We were walking in front of the Lider of the southern sector (Iquique, Chile).

When I saw it. I remember the smell of smoke and the blizzard that I felt when the car passed by our

side.

I remember the young woman, with yellow hair and black roots, and a serious face, peeking out the

window of the co-pilot seat.

When we reached the end of the climb, there was a car parked, it was white and had red lights behind.

When they got out of the car, it was at the exact moment that Ben cut the call. Every part of my body

felt cold, and then two women and three men got out of the car. My eyes traveled immediately to my

friends, while in the background I listened to a woman scream 'Do you remember me?'

A short, thin, black-haired woman with a fringe approached with a small knife towards Kira. The three

men pounced on Ben, one of them pulled him from his blond hair trying to hit him, but he managed to

cover his face.

Then the woman from the co-pilot seat, approaching with an iron pipe towards me, asks me

'Do you remember me?'.

She was taller, thinner and her hair looked like a bird's nest. I felt how my body was pulled back, and a

pain struck my head. Then her squeaky voice repeated ‘Do you remember me?’

My eyes turned back to Ben, and the shock filled me, one of the guys was hitting him with something

small and black, a gun. I couldn't see Kira, but I could hear her soft voice. Then the first words left my

mouth 'Take it all' I felt my throat dry, and a blow on my elbow. But I didn't care.

'Don't hurt them, take everything'. At that moment I just wanted them to stop hurting my friends.

Then the girl told me 'Your cell phone' When I told her that I didn't have it, she didn't believe me and

hit me again, this time on the wrist. A guy approached me, took off my backpack and checked my

pants pockets, and then they separated and waited for the tube girl to give them the order to leave.

As she left, she kept telling me 'I told you I was going to find you' over and over again.

I felt someone pull my wrist, and when I turned, Kira's gray eyes looked at me worried 'Are you alright?'

She had a cut on her right cheek. And then, I realized what happened, my nose became clogged, my mouth

got wet, and the first tears left my eyes.