Hello again...

How did the first days of August start? ... well I started it very well since I finally managed to get vaccinated against covid-19 after three months of waiting they gave me the Chinese vaccine although I suffered a sore throat for two days and now I have the need to eat a lot of rice and Also to go to war with Mulan hahahaha ... it's a joke, although the sore throat was something that happened to me, but my arm did not fall off.

With nothing more to say I'll let you read chapter 22

Everything bad comes back to you

The stampede of the deer was a wake-up call for the cops who continued with their search, even though they had arrested the deputy head of the robbers, the older leader was still anywhere in Minnesota with the two teenagers or at least that is what they believed. When they looked at the white car in the distance from the lake

"Are you sure what Gabriel saw?" Carlos asked getting out of the police car accompanied by Linda's parents while three more officers arrived with Alejandra's company in another car.

"I know what I saw sir" replied the officer Gabriel looking at the wife of the ornithologist who got out of the car with her companions "the ornithologist took the car with a briefcase in his hands until the accomplice we arrested shouted that his car was stolen". Everyone looks at the white ford car

"Ahhh ... Victor because you had to do something very risky" Alejandra spoke in a low voice without stopping thinking about her husband and her grandson, holding back the urge to cry

"Calm Mrs. Alejandra, your husband can't be far away." Cristina tried to calm the old woman by helping her walk through the snow.

"I am beginning to believe that the disclosure of the hiding place was a trap," commented one of the officers, pulling out his flashlight to illuminate the road (like the other policemen) to search the car.

"I told him myself" Miguel reproached "not any thief ends up revealing himself" his words made his ex-wife roll her eyes

"Look, the car" Carlos ordered two of his assistants listening to two different voices in the distance "Gabriel, Edwin, go investigate those voices and ask if they saw anything I suspect" Gabriel obeyed the order of his boss and left the group with Edwin

"Sir, there is no one here," said one of the officers after searching the car, "but there are deer tracks and people around the car."

"Without a doubt they were here," Carlos suspects, shining his flashlight on the tracks. "Isn't there a broken glass on the car?" He asked approaching the vehicle to search it.

In the distance from them, Chloe saw the humans searching the vehicle as she carried Blu on her back that she was having another small seizure and she knew that was not normal in a bird.

"I don't know what else to do, blue boy" Chloe spoke sadly, once again looking at her semi-conscious friend on his back and at the same time seeing four more humans approaching the rest of Carlos's team "if humans are not killers like you mentioned so much, it's a good time to put it to the test "

"It sounds strange to me, but a bernardo with a goose and a spotted owl scared the deer" spoke the ranger, remembering what happened "but what I least expected is that a tropical bird was near them".

"A bernardo in the forest?" Gabriel remembered the dog that he had found wandering hours ago "it must be the same puppy that I found this morning when I came to watch the lake"

"Did that cub by any chance wear a small barrel around his neck?" Alejandra asked hoping to know if it was Mily

"What was that tropical bird like?" Carlos asked another question

"It was a feathered macaw Bl ...

(Wounded dog howl)

"It must be the bernardo" Gabriel and the rest of the adults were startled by the small sound

"No ... it's Mily!" Alejandra interrupted, acknowledging the call from her cub that means she was hurt "the stampede of deer must have left her hurt!" desperate to know if it was she left the group to follow the sound

"Accompany the lady while the three of us look for more clues near the dock" Carlos pointed to two of the officers while Edwin and Gabriel accompanied his boss to the dock.

"Yes sir" replied the two officers who were walking behind Alejandra, leaving the former couple alone with the ranger and the woodcutter.

"Wow, that car is a classic" the ranger looked at the white car in amazement "you don't see many of these here"

"It is a German car and the best brand of all Fords" replied the lumberjack observing the vehicle and forgetting about his fight with the ranger.

"My grandfather had a beautiful Dodge Polara from the year 69" confessed the ranger also forgetting his fight "we traveled many places with that beautiful machine"

Being distracted by the car, Miguel and Cristina were silent and away from each other until...

"Cristina"

"Now not Miguel" answered Cristy ignoring the words of his ex

"No, really, just watch" Miguel pointed to a Canadian goose that was walking near them carrying the semi-conscious bluebird on its back.

Chloe got nervous every time she got close to humans, but for her friend's sake she had to risk taking a few more steps to shake Blu off her and gently leave him in the snow. The former couple was amazed by the action of the goose; they did not know what to say about it, giving Chloe the opportunity to leave the place without feeling threatened.

"No ... it can't be" Cristy spoke sadly looking at her daughter's bird without signs of life and she did not hesitate to hold it in her hands remembering and thinking about how her daughter would react if she were here

Miguel let out his concern for the bird that his daughter loved and for the first time he took Blu with his hands to feel if he was still alive "this ... this" before his ex-wife digested the words. Miguel ran to the park ranger to show him what happened.

"Lord! ... Lord!" Miguel called the watchman's attention "You protect the animals you must know something about blue birds!"

Both the ranger and the woodcutter were scared as it was the first time they saw this kind of thing "I don't know anything about ...

"Please try it!" Miguel insisted, letting out the sensitive side of him "this bird means a lot to my daughter!"

With no other choice, the vigilante gently took the blue male, pressing his hand against his chest to see if he found any signs of life. "He's breathing too fast" he puts his index finger near his beak to feel his breath. "He must be having a seizure. Or a cold but it's not that bad."

"Sir, we need you to examine this female!" interrupted one of the policemen who had accompanied Alejandra in search of her bernardo, who she could barely see with one eye and a part of her face was stained with blood "you know everything about animals"

"Both animals are injured!" It was the only thing the ranger answered with a bit of alteration because he didn't know anything about being a vet "this is the job of a vet!

"We have to take them to a clinic," Alejandra cried for the well-being of her dog. "My miracle, he is losing a lot of blood"

"Blu! ... Blu!" Linda yelled at the distance of the adults running desperately towards the direction where she saw her friend fall from the sky with Tulio's company that was behind her while officer Carlos and his assistant held Raúl and Samuel with the trembling company of Victor. Of cold.

"Grandma!" Tulio shouted with joy when he saw her grandmother with the other adults and like every grandchild who loves to be with her grandparents, he ran with her to hug her.

Linda was so desperate to find her friend but when she saw her parents she forgot for a few minutes what happened "Mom! ... Dad!" like a little girl she ran towards them shedding tears of joy so she could hug them

"Linda!" both parents shouted running towards her daughter, who were looking for her with so much courage. Both parents could not help hugging her while shedding tears of joy, her only daughter was healthy and safe

The beautiful love scene made Raúl feel more guilty about what happened, mainly when Tulio's grandmother hugged and gave multiple kisses to the face of her beloved grandson and hugged her husband who suffered from cold. The affection that Miguel and Cristy gave to her daughter made Samuel shed some tears, making him think of her mother since he had not received a token of love from her. Carlos and his companions were also happy for the beautiful reunion of both families, the gestures that the parents showed for their children made them understand that they had fulfilled the rescue.

"I don't know what my life would have been without you" confessed Cristy holding his daughter's face while still shedding tears "I promise never to leave you alone" he kisses her on the cheek

"Daughter forgive me…. Forgive me "begged Miguel holding the hands of his daughter" sorry for everything I have done to you, if I had known that this would happen I would not have...

"Don't worry dad, nothing happened to me" Linda answered after controlling her crying "Tulio defended me and helped me at all times" both parents look at Tulio being hugged by his two grandparents

"If your father were here, he would tear my eyes out for losing sight of you," said Victor, looking tenderly at his grandson, holding back his tears just like Alejandra

"Don't worry grandfather, the worst is over," Tulio replied, hugging the two old men while still shedding tears of joy. "What matters is that the three of us are together."

"I'll never lose sight of you, son, it's a promise," Victor replied, ruffling Tulio's hair covered in snow and at that moment Alejandra remembers what happened to her dog.

"Victor you have to take Mily and Blu to the zoo" Alejandra begged, breaking the hug and drying her tears "they are both injured"

"Blu?" when Linda heard the mention of her friend, she broke the embrace of her parents approaching the ranger who was holding her best friend unconscious "oh god Blu!"

"Calm, he's still alive but he needs a check-up" replied the watchman, calming down the redhead who delicately held his friend "his heart is very racing"

"I need a cell phone" Victor ordered, because he had lost it when he fell into the lake

"Here you go sir" Gabriel offered his cell phone to the ornithologist and immediately dialed the number of one of his assistants at work.

"How did that wound come about?" Tulio asked looking at Milagro that he was howling in pain.

"We found her near the entrance to the pier, she was very weak," replied Alejandra, looking sadly at her co-worker "I hope she's not serious."

"If we are lucky we would arrive at the time that the sweepers are unblocking the route," said Gabriel, supporting Alejandra.

Carlos and his companions took Raúl and Samuel to the car to take them behind bars, Tulio and his grandparents followed them as one of the policemen was holding Milagro, who was gradually losing consciousness, just like Blu, who was barely moved

"Raúl, wait," Linda asked to stop Raúl's step so that she could talk to him, but Miguel tried to protect her by holding her shoulder for fear that he would hurt her again.

"Easy dad, I'll be fine", replied Linda, reassuring her father, giving Blu "Go with the others please" to please her daughter. Miguel took Blu and followed the rest of the group.

"Linda, I…" Raúl had no words to see Linda face to face "Um…. I am so sorry"

"I know" replied Linda hugging her friend while being observed by one of the officers "I just hope Blu is okay"

"By the way, the blue-feathered female wasn't with Blu?" Raúl asked after his friend broke the hug "Samuel said he made a connection with your bird"

"No ... only Blu appeared in the middle of the forest and when she ran away again I lost her trail near the pier but I didn't see Jewel at any time" replied the redhead

"Jewel?"

"Tulio named the female, Joya" replied Linda "she without a doubt she is a beautiful jewel of the jungle but now she has disappeared"

"I wish I could go back to the past to avoid what happened but still we can't do anything unless" he looks at the policeman who was in charge of taking care of him and comes up with an idea

From a distance from the officers Chloe had observed everything that happened from the reunion between the humans to the warning that Blu and Milagro had about their accidents "I hope everything goes well" she spoke in her mind watching how they took Blu and Mily in one of the police cars

(Loud cough)

"Alice?" Chloe heard footsteps and regurgitations a few inches from her

"Are you okay Josep?" asked the female walking in the snow and at the same time looking at the semiconscious owl that was clinging to her long goose neck enduring the cold of the water.

Little by little Joshua took the air and spat out the water while holding his friend, his whole body trembling and his eyes widened looking at a figure near him.

"Alicia!" Chloe screamed with joy when she saw that her sister was alive running towards her to give her a big hug "oh god I thought I had lost you and you are soaked?"

"Monroy tried to drown Josep and I threw myself into the lake to rescue him" Alice answered without stopping shivering from the cold

"J-Joshua" Josh spoke with a little weakness raising his head to see his friends "my real name is Joshua"

"Are you okay little friend?" Chloe asked stroking the little owl's head

"Wait ... did you say Joshua?" Alice asked amazed by the owl's words and he nodded to the question "Chloe do you think he is ...

"No ... it can't be him" Chloe answered with a bit of alteration but unexpectedly she received a blow from Comet.

"It has to be him" Alice insisted showing a smile on her beak "that would explain Comet's action against him"

"There's only one way to find out, but ..." Chloe climbs on the back of the deer and stretches her wing to help her sister up "We'll find out in the morning for now we're going to our nest, they both need some warmth"

Under the clouds you could see how the snowflakes were falling but above you could see how two birds of different species were fighting each other, throwing scratches and the occasional blow. Jewel had an inexplicable strength, her years living in the wild taught her to face any species to face a predator with huge claws that in her defense hit the chest of the blue female right in the same place where she was injured when she tried to escape from the zoo

"You are not so rude without your beautiful feathers are you?" Monroy shows his huge sharp claws to finish their fight while Jewel endured the pain in his chest due to him losing air

"I don't need any of that to hit you" Jewel answered seriously but inside she was sore.

"Ahhh… what do you want to play rough with?…

"You're a ..." Without thinking twice, Jewel attacked Monroy again, slapping him but close to his neck, although for him it was only a small scratch. In response, he stabbed one of his claws into the female's neck causing her to scream in pain serving as a distraction and with the momentum of her body he did a somersault in the air to grab Jewel by the paws.

"It's a shame I have to hit that pretty face of yours again but ... we can negotiate if you want to be free" look at her eyes in a daring and evil way

"Never!"

"You are really interested in that useless fat man who needs more than a spoonful of a liquid that will never keep him alive" Jewel still did not answer but that motivated the male to keep talking "only a fool would bother to go back to a place to look to someone who doesn't mean anything! "

"And if I did that ..." Jewel answered in a firm voice resisting the scratches on her chest and neck.

"This is so absurd hahaha ..." he begins to swing Jewel with his huge claws "you ... a wild bird, are you attracted to a domestic bird?" Jewel fell silent with that question

"You see them?" Linda asked looking at some sign of a bird flying near the clouds.

"The clouds and snow covered most of the sky," Raúl replied, looking up at the sky and then looking back at the policeman who was still looking at him, carrying an acoustic horn provided by the officers and at the same time holding his cell phone. "Yes or yes this has to work"

"Okay, put the sound" Linda ordered the officer to turn on the horn and activate the buzz that Raúl recommended on his cell phone to scare away the birds.

The power of the loudspeaker made the sound louder and both predatory and tropical and common birds have ears that are sensitive to that sound.

(If you like to hear the sound you can look for it as a buzz to scare away the birds)

"Ahhh! ... That damn buzzing!" Monroy screamed when he felt the loud sound rushing behind his eardrums and Jewel stopped swaying.

Jewel also did not tolerate sound and while hanging like a piñata she tried to cover her ears with her wings since that sound would be a lot to scare and distract the birds "where does that noise come from?" Although he was face down, Jewel tried to see where the sound was coming from and at the same time saw how Monroy suffered from the loud buzzing because his ears were more fragile than Jewel's.

"Those damn hunters!" she kept cursing the eagle loosening the female from her clutches. Jewel felt the loosening and quickly slipped out of the predator's grasp to float back into the air.

"Don't even try it, fragile feathers!" Monroy seriously warned "if you attack me they will catch us both!"

"Hunters or we won't end up in a box!" Jewel responded by plummeting and at the same time holding the sound and of course Monroy was not going to stay behind even if his ears were broken he would catch the bird that reminded her of his past.

"It doesn't work Raúl" Linda still didn't see anything in the sky

"This noise has to work, it always upsets Monroy" Raúl replied without giving up "even he gets angry when he hears that noise"

"Look there!" the policeman pointed to two birds swooping down

"It's Jewel!"

"That bird is huge!" the cop confessed "he will catch her in less than a minute!" determined to help; he drew his pistol pointed at the predator

"You won't just hurt him!" shouted Linda with annoyance when she saw the action of the officer

"It is an endangered specimen miss" the policeman replied without changing his mind "if that eagle kills it will be too late"

"But…

"Linda" Raúl interrupted with a calm voice "leave him ... nothing will happen to him"

"But what if he doesn't survive?"

"I no longer want others to make the same mistakes as me" replied Raúl, accepting his friend's luck.

Linda was so kind and sensitive to any animal that crossed her path, although she knew that the golden eagle was Raúl's accomplice, she did not want him to get hurt but the policeman was right if Jewel was injured, her species would be completely extinct with a calmer look I accept that the policeman would mark the predator with his weapon

"Running away will not make you get rid of me Jewel" Monroy indicated with an evil laugh leaning his body further and reaching his claws to catch her.

Jewel flapped with all the power that her wings had but her injuries were so strong that they only made things worse, she did not know what to do about it and much less in which direction to go from afar, she looked at some humans and immediately recognized the subject that the put in a box to take it to another cage but colder

"And we reached the end of the chapter" was the first thing Monroy said when he managed to catch Jewel with his huge claws squeezing her neck "hehehe ... for a moment I thought you would achieve it but what do you get when you are in love?" He looks at her, head on

Jewel was choking again from the male's grip. With what little sight she had, she looked at one of the humans pulling out a pistol pointed at her and the hawk "you only become weak, you do nonsense nonsense to fill that void inside you! ... It is not like that!"

"N-no ... I know ... if this is love or compassion but all I know is that ... everything you do comes back to you" Jewel replied with a wise and serious voice.

BANG!

"Accckkkkggg! ..." the shot had aimed at one of the wings, his eyes widened as he felt the pellet shatter his bones completely. He was so focused on Jewel that he didn't see it coming without the second wing, he couldn't fly anymore and ended up losing his balance until he fell from the surface along with Jewel that she too was scared by what happened.

"It worked", the officer celebrated seriously and sadly because it was the first time that he had killed an animal with his weapon.

"Go!" Raúl ordered to follow the direction where he saw his friend fall from the sky

The fall was not so strong due to the snow that was still falling and protecting the ground but for Jewel it was torture to touch the cold ground, her wounds and blows hurt too much, and the cold was killing her with what little strength she had. She walked away from the dead eagle and crawled as far away from the spot to avoid being seen but it was too late in less than a minute she lost consciousness of her her strength was gone

"They're here!" shouted Linda looking at both unconscious birds distanced from each other holding back tears at this scene and she was encouraged to hold Jewel

"Oh no," Raúl said in his mind when he saw that his wounded bird showed no signs of life.

"It's very cold, but she breathes little," Linda said, feeling Jewel's few heartbeats.

"Climate change can kill her, we have to take her to the zoo," said the officer, holding the golden eagle "and also him."

Raúl tried to be strong when he looked at his injured partner but also remembered that thanks to his actions his eagle was about to destroy a unique species "I'm sorry, great partner I did this to you and now you are paying for my mistakes" accepting his fate began to walk in front of the officer who did not stop holding Monroy considering that he was detained the officer wanted to help the young offender

The kidnapping and reunion of two teenagers kidnapped by a gang of dangerous people was the center of attention during the nightly news of the town of Moose Lake as well as the arrest of the most wanted thieves in the state as well as the discovery of birds of different species with different injuries by an unknown predator and the discovery of two lost blue macaws in one of the coldest places in the country.

Moose Lake Newscast

Woman reporter: At this moment we are at the Zoo in the town of Moose Lake where one of the employees saw the thieves kidnap some endangered birds better known as Spix's macaws, the owner of the Zoo Mr. Nahuel Hirschfeld tells us your experience about what happened

"Mr. Nahuel, how did you feel during what happened?" The reporter asked speaking with the zoo owner at night while he was in the zoo's loading area.

"The truth is that I did not think that one of my employees was working on the wrong side ... in addition to putting two of my best ornithologists at risk, he put his identity and two birds that the Brazilian government assigned us to protect," he replied. Nahuel.

"And do you know anything about those birds if they are out of danger or at risk?"

"For now nothing is known they are still in the operating room" replied the owner.

"And what about the kidnapping of the two teenagers?" I ask once again "do you meet one of them?"

"One of them studies with my partner Victor and another is a relative of the same person"

"This must have been a big surprise to you as an animal protector."

"The truth was it was an unexpected game, I still don't believe in what happened"

"What would you say to that employee of yours who dared to work for the most wanted criminals in the state?" asked the reporter

"I hope you pay for what you did and that all this teaches you that you don't play with life" Nahuel replied with a bit of seriousness looking at the recording camera.

Journalist: The retention of Minnesota's Most Wanted Criminals made many citizens who fell victim to the riot happy, but the most surprising thing is that two of those criminals dared to talk about all the details they did to get to the top of the robberies. .

(A recording is shown where Fidel, David sitting in a trial while Samuel and Raúl spoke with the judge about what happened)

"Tell us, Officer Carlos," asked the reporter, interviewing the police while in the courtroom after the jury finished. "How was your job to find the criminals?"

"At first we had to follow his instructions to get the boys back, we ended up in a distraction from one of the kidnappers but we managed to find the teenagers healthy and safe on the lake dock" Carlos replied, remembering what happened.

"And what do you think of the result of your work?"

"That I could not have done it without the help of my classmates and the parents of both adolescents who gave me their trust and support so that all this was possible," he replied with joy, the achievement of his rescue with his companions.

Woman reporter: This arrest has become increasingly viral in our community that many people through their social networks thank the Police for their great work and the courage they had to face these criminals.

(Publications from different social networks are shown with images of the places and people who were victims of Fidel's attacks and his accomplices thanking the commissioner of Moose Lake with a publication or a small gift)

The kidnapping and discovery of Linda Gunderson and Tulio Monteiro has been and will be from now on the last assault by these criminals who have been highly wanted for several months.

(A recording is shown where Linda and Tulio are getting out of the police car with several reporters surrounding the vehicle before entering the zoo)

"Well, that was not how I wanted to become famous but finally my face is seen in another country," Tulio spoke when he saw the news in the surveillance room with the company of Linda, Cristina and Tulio's grandmother who was standing there attending a call from your mobile with hours after what happened in the lake

"Reporters always exaggerate things when it comes to kidnappings" answered Cristina "that's life in the United States"

"These two days have been the longest and most traumatizing of my life" Linda confessed with a bit of sadness.

"I always looked at the dangers of being mugged but I never thought I would experience it," Tulio confessed, remembering what happened.

"I just hope Blu is okay"

"Easy darling, everything will be fine" Cristy encouraged his daughter who was still worried "that boy was very brave to survive from that predator and he deserves a good review as does his new friend who was also very brave" hugs his daughter

"She is right we were working all night I know it will be worth it" Tulio replied

"In fact it is the first time that I do an emergency operation", confessed Linda breaking the embrace with her mother.

"This is the fourth or fifth operation that I have performed, but this was the first time that I treated more birds," Tulio replied, remembering everything that happened at night when she worked with his grandfather.

"Tulio, your mom wants to talk to you," Alejandra interrupted, handing her cell phone to her grandson.

"I hope you are well my brave boy" Linda spoke in a low voice waiting for some information about her macaw

And we come to the end of the chapter dear readers. What do you think of what happened? The buzzing Jewel and Monroy heard works with some birds to scare them away from public places like city pigeons, will Mily and Blu survive? Why was Alice surprised when Josh revealed her real name?

His criticism and comments will be heard (as long as they are related to the story) until the next publication.

Atte: JAQUI (JMG, RIO)