Hong Kong

Second part.C

2da parte a

2da parte b

2da parte b

2da parte C

2da parte C

2da parte C

II

--II

3 hours later Qiang, Akame, Ken and Ye Ye were talking; Melissa and Rai apart also understood each other; all enjoying the scenery in a peaceful moment in Pak Tai To Yan.

-- It's not working," said Melissa, "I know, we should be dancing, enjoying an afternoon picnic and getting to know each other better.

-- I don't regret it," said Rai, seeing what a gift it was to behold Melissa's face so closely.

She approached him, shyly, afraid of rejection, placed her head in his lap; and he carefully placed his arm around her waist.

-- If you had told me a month ago that I would be with you today, I would have laughed at the impossibility of it.

-- The real world is not as we think it is. I know you are a student and about to start a career. I must not interfere with your time.

-- I'm not going to leave you alone. Although to tell you the truth... you spend all your time looking after me...

They were silent for a moment and little by little Rai took the initiative and kissed Melissa's divine lips...A soft, romantic, intense and sweet kiss.

Both saw each other very close and smiled.

-- Don't laugh... I'm old fashioned...

-- Well, I'll tell you that I'm realizing that milleniums are idiots; they don't like a kiss.

--Are you a millennial?

--I don't think so...I like to watch Netflix...but I also like to kiss...and you even more.

They gave each other another intense kiss and at the end Melissa nodded silently.

-- You're not leaving?

--No...

-- Because I was going to put you in handcuffs.

They both laughed and watched the others aside converse in hushed tones...

--II...

-- Who is the man who tried to kill us," Qiang asked.

-- It's my father... I can guarantee you he's a great scientist; it's clear he's got a screw loose; I really don't know what made him what he is now.

-- He's very agile for his age," said Qiang.

--He meditates, he does tai chi, he doesn't drink Pepsi.

-- I want you to tell me where my son is.

-- He's in Xi Xian and in the year 1127.

-- Are you crazy? How can you tell me my son is in the middle of the Song Dynasty war?!

--- There's a portal at the hospital where your son works... I found a young woman who could help me. I have my own war. He followed her. He's in love with her.

--My son in love? Very difficult.

-- And he is. My wife can vouch for that. The other part of the portal is over a secret gold mine. I can't start mining it; precisely because of the war.

--Wow.

--My wife found another portal next to my home that exits onto a highway here.

-- I'm going to look for my son...

-- Will it be good to go to escape from .... my...husband?" asked Melissa.

-- The war is raging...but it's better than what's happening here.

Lai Chong Wisang looked at the men who had accompanied him on his failed operation.

-- We have to see things in context...I didn't imagine that the police would arrive and that Iwo Ken would be such a cheat. Next time we will be more efficient... -- he said, picking up two sharp swords.

The two groups of men distanced themselves for a moment.

Immediately Lai Chong threw the two swords that cleanly cut off the heads of 10 men.

-- This is an incentive not to miss," said Lai Chong, retreating.

He went deeper into the secret cave on one of the thousands of islands that surrounded Hong Kong.

He removed his mask and a young, slender, good-looking man emerged before the mirror...

Then he looked at the crystal urn that held the corpse of Lai Chong Wisang.

--Master... my master... so many things I should have learned from you..." he said with tenderness and respect, cleaning the crystal urn...

II

Mek Su's time

-- I don't see you saddened by his departure," said Kathy to Mek Su, both sitting in the same stone armchair where years before Qiang and Mek Su had that painful conversation.

-- He is with his wife...I must be strong and be worthy of him...He awaits my return against everything and everyone.

-- I have an idea where they are. In a similar way I arrived here.

Mek su was about to say something to him; however, he restrained himself.

-- Would you tell me something?

-- No. Only that I must accept the time slots he gives me. I must respect him and I must respect Akame. He has turned out to be a better wife than I am.

-- Aren't you going to fight for him?

-- You're not fighting for yours either.

-- It seems to me that he's falling in love with Mei To.

-- Qiang has fallen in love with Akame. There's room for everything in love.

-- In my time they call it polyamory.

-- Here concubine... It's not undignified.

-- I'm not a second-rate dish.

-- Neither am I. It's just a way of looking at things realistically...

-Or a body to give pleasure. -I wasn't born that day.

-- You're a little arrogant. We don't choose to be born, we don't choose to fall in love, we don't choose war. We get to live a life. That's all it is. No one gets there by chance.

-- Thomas is for me?

-- That depends on your fight. For my part I won't give up. I didn't come back from death for nothing...

III

At half past twelve they arrived at the shed lot...

-- It's a few small things I'll take... if you can each help me with a bag.

Everyone agreed.

In 10 minutes Ken distributed the backpacks to each one and 2 for Ye Ye and himself...which in the long run ended up being the same for all...

IV

At 3:30 in the morning, a patient on a stretcher, a doctor, a nurse and a nurse, two family members walked silently behind them and moved down the corridor.

The corridor nurse manager silently checked her screen; all was well.

They continued to move and quickly put on their backpacks.

-- Dressing as health personnel is a crime," said the voice.

The group of men armed with knives, spears, chains rushed towards them; Ye Ye and Akame were ready to block their way.

-- Don't let go of the rope, jump exactly where I am," said Qiang, gaining momentum.

-- Ye Ye. Noooo. Come. I won't leave without you.

For her part, Melissa, without letting go of the rope, pushed Rai Chai into the void.

-- Let's go...Let's go...shouted Akame...fighting with the group of men almost to the balcony and following the rope they jumped...leaving the men stupefied looking around...They were not...The 6 were not there....... They had vanished