Several hours had passed since the girls had been locked in that chamber. Keldysh had taken them to the site of the largest genocide in the 20th century: Auschwitz. They had been locked in a gas chamber.

Despite still being bound, the girls would not separate from their mother. Chayo was doing everything she could to maintain calm and composure among the three of them. But the situation was different for the girls; Aleu was very frightened and wanted to go home. Meztli was also scared, but unlike her sister, she was trying to find a way to escape.

"What are they going to do to us, Mom?" Aleu asked.

"Nothing as long as I'm still breathing."

"We have to get out of here before they come back," Meztli said.

"Meztli, calm down. We can't get out of here anyway," Chayo said, raising her voice. But she then switched to a softer, though serious, tone. "The important thing is that we're together."

At that moment, the door of the chamber opened and five men entered. They told them to stand up and took them by the arms to lead them out. Once outside, they had to avert their eyes from the sunlight. They had spent an entire day locked in the chamber and in the dark. Once their eyes adjusted, they could see that it was getting dark. During the walk, Rosario could better recognize the path since when they had been taken to the chamber, it was night. She looked on in horror at every inch of the camp, knowing the atrocities that had taken place there nearly a hundred years ago. Finally, they were taken to the SS barracks complex. Upon entering the building, they encountered Keldysh wearing a wine-colored suit along with three women: a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead, who gave Chayo a bad feeling.

"What is this?"

"Consider it an invitation to dinner. I figured you must be hungry after everything that's happened."

"How do we know you're not going to poison us?" Meztli asked, flustered.

Chayo gave her eldest daughter a stern look, signaling her to be quiet, but to her surprise, Keldysh just laughed.

"If I wanted you dead, I would have killed you as soon as I recognized your mother in the crowd. Please, Roxy, Skyla, and Venus will take you to your rooms," Keldysh said, pointing to the women as he named them.

Chayo was slightly alarmed when he said "rooms," which meant they were going to be separated, but before she could protest, the man holding her arm pulled her toward a staircase. The other two men, who had the girls, and the three women followed them to the rooms. There, the women stood in front of three doors, and the men handed the family over to them. One of them informed them that they would wait until they were ready for dinner. The three women opened the doors, inviting the family to enter. But before going in, Chayo sent a message:

"If you do anything to my daughters, I'll rip out your guts and skin you alive. And Meztli-" The girl looked at her mother "-Don't try to play the big hero, they'll end up killing you. And I don't want to lose either of you."

Meztli looked down but saw her mother nodding again.

The three of them went into their respective rooms, as the red-haired woman, or Venus as Keldysh called her, closed the door and freed Chayo from her bonds. In other times Chayo would have thrown herself on her neck, but she knew there was a possibility that she was being recorded and she did not want to risk the lives of her daughters.

The room contained a bed, a dresser, a shower and a clothes rack that held several dresses. Chayo began by taking a bath, which had helped her not only to clean herself up, but also to relax a little from the whole experience. She stepped out of the shower with a towel around her torso to find herself in a single piece of underwear and a black, long, one-legged, open toga-style dress. Next to the dress was also a pair of black high heels that looked like sandals.

Venus turned around to allow Chayo to get dressed, the latter put on the dress and heels. Venus invited her to take a seat in front of the dressing table to begin getting Chayo ready for dinner.

"So, your name is Venus?"

"It's my alias, I prefer not to say my real name," Venus said as she began to do her hair.

"...If you have an alias, can I know what you do for a living?"

Venus laughed.

"Why would you be interested?"

-I don't know, maybe because I don't trust you and I want to know what kind of people my daughters are with right now.

"Hmm, I'm a night worker. So are Skyla and Roxy, but don't worry. The boss gave us orders not to do anything to your daughters or you if that's what you're worried about."

"They better not be."

"I don't understand why you are so worried, if your daughters are with another person of the same sex as them you should feel calm."

"Would you really feel at ease knowing that you and your daughters were kidnapped and are in the company of prostitutes?"

"Honey, not all of us grew up with a nice family in this world. When I was little my father left us for another whore, my mother met a fucking drunk drug addict who started fucking me when I was your oldest daughter's age. My mother died of a heroin overdose when I was 16, her boyfriend was the one who introduced me to the world of prostitution. He started buying me clothes, jewelry, perfumes, makeup, just to make me look presentable for his clients and to profit from me. He even made me an appointment for a buttock augmentation surgery when I was 18, he said that a bust like mine should go together with a good ass. It wasn't until years later that the bastard was murdered for getting in debt to the wrong people. After his death I went into the night worker business for rich men."

"That's how you met Keldysh?"

"Him and his bastard boss. What's your history with him?"

"That's none of your business."

"I just want to know what you did to him to make him go to these extremes."

Chayo just kept quiet.

"Unless...it was someone else and... he's using you and your daughters as blackmail."

Chayo closed her eyes trying to hold back the tears, when she opened them she saw that Venus was offering her a handkerchief. Chayo took it and wiped her eyes, Venus continued to make her up.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"What do you want?"

"Was it your husband who messed with the boss?"

Chayo said nothing, which in a way answered Venus' question. But the redhead didn't ask any more questions and continued doing Chayo's make-up. When she finally finished the makeup, she went on to paint her fingernails and toenails the same color as her dress. Not forgetting the light perfume she sprayed on her. Once she was ready, Venus showed Chayo her reflection: Chayo had her hair tied in a ponytail, Venus had also applied a light make-up of salmon-colored shadows, eyeliner and red lipstick. Chayo could not recognize herself in the mirror, she felt like she was someone else since she had never put on makeup in her life.

When Chayo came out of her room she could see that Meztli and Aleu came out at the same time she did.

"Mom," said the girls when they saw their mother and ran to her.

Chayo received them in a hug and kissed their heads when she saw that they were well. But then she remarked her aspects. With Aleu she was a little calmer, they had put her in a light lilac dress with a purple belt and a purple flower, white shoes, light shades of the same color as her dress and pink lip gloss. Her hair had been styled the same way as her sister's on the day of her ceremony. Chayo had to admit, her little girl looked beautiful just like Meztli, only in this case, Chayo was a little worried when she saw how her eldest daughter looked. Meztli had curly hair and the same makeup as her mother, only her shades were pink. But she had been dressed in white heels, her fingernails and toenails were red as was her dress. The latter received a great deal of disapproval from her mother as it only covered her torso, the bottom was too far above her knees and had a sweetheart neckline that revealed quite a bit of her bust.

At one-point Chayo saw Keldysh coming up the stairs, quickly the mother placed her daughters behind her and extended her arms to protect them. Keldysh watched them for a moment, pleased with the work the women had done with the family.

"Please follow me."

This time the men did not take them by the arms; indeed, they did not even approach them. Chayo took the opportunity to hold her daughters' hands before following Keldysh.

Finally they arrived at the dining room where a feast awaited them: there was a roast chicken, salad, bread, fruit, baked potatoes and wine.

"Take a seat wherever you like."

The girls tried to stay as close as possible, Chayo sat at the other end of the table, Aleu was to her left and Meztli to her right. Finally, Keldysh sat in front of Chayo, but the distance between the girls and him was the same as that of their mother. This made Chayo quite uneasy.

They began to eat dinner in silence, Chayo showed the girls how to eat with silverware when she saw that they were using their hands. After what seemed like an eternity, Chayo managed to notice that Keldysh was not taking her eyes off Meztli. But what bothered her most was the way he was looking at her, she could notice a desire for revenge mixed with lust in their captor's gaze towards her eldest daughter.

Chayo cared about both Aleu and Meztli, but she also noticed that Keldysh had less interest in her youngest daughter. She also remembered that when she was with Bravo the first time, they were able to see the files on each of Serkin's men. Keldysh was a mercenary interested in young women, but not in children fortunately. Meztli on the other hand was already a young lady, so she already fell into Keldysh's radar of interest. But there was something else, something disturbing...

"Please don't hurt her," said Chayo, keeping calm after drawing conclusions.

"Excuse me?"

"I'll do anything you want, but please leave her alone."

"Mom?" said Aleu a little scared, but Chayo sent her a reassuring look and gave her a kiss on the head.

Keldysh smiled knowing that her former adversary had discovered her intentions, so she decided to test her to see how good a mother she was while wanting to have some fun with Meztli.

"You know what...? Remind me your name again."

The girl turned to look at her mother who nodded her head.

"Meztli."

"Meztli, I'm beginning to realize that you are your father's reflection."

She then looked at him confused.

"What do you know about my father?"

"Quite a lot, when I knew him he was a very stubborn guy, protective of his brothers and your mother, trying to appear tough and brave when inside he was being eaten by fear, but at the same time impertinent and impulsive. I wonder if you are just as loud as he is."

Meztli then realized that she was standing next to the man who had tortured Denahi years before. Her hands balled into fists, she clenched her jaw tightly, her breathing became heavier as she tried to calm herself and act wisely by remembering her totem. Even if she had lost it in the attack.

"What did you do to him?"

Meztli made a startled sound as Keldysh pulled his chair towards him, which made Chayo's protective instinct kick in at that moment. But Keldysh immediately sent her a look of: If you move, I'll kill her.

"Do you really want to know what I did to your daddy?" he asked the frightened teenager and then laughed," Identical to your father, they want to look brave but as soon as they see danger, they chicken out.

"My father is not a coward like you!" exclaimed Meztli and then spat in her face.

Keldysh wiped off the spit, but instead of reacting violently, he placed his right hand on the girl's cheek and with his thumb rubbed her lips.

"You also have your mother's spirit, I won't deny it. But anyway, going back to your father, you must know that he owed me a debt."

"What kind of debt?"

"He destroyed my dignity, my manhood. So, I paid him back in the same coin... with interest. First I started stripping him naked to make it more fun, but quietly, I only left him in minor baths. I proceeded to hit him in various parts of his body but he didn't scream, he just endured the blows. Then I decided to use an electric rod, but he still didn't make a sound. I started to get bored so I decided to change toys. This time I used a metal rod that had one end burning, and oh, what a screaming hit it made. I continued like this enjoying the smell of burning flesh and the screams of pain coming from your father, but oddly enough...it wasn't enough for me. So I went from burning, to whipping, but I never thought that the pain of a whipping could render you mute. After a few moments I thought I had killed him if I hadn't seen that he was breathing."

As he finished his sentence, he paused as he watched Meztli's chest swell with each breath. He began to play with his finger running across the girl's upper chest but not touching her breast. Just to see her face when she got scared.

"That was only the first part, then I proceeded to pull out her fingernails and toenails. You should have seen her face and how she trembled when I pulled out her nails, she couldn't even scream from the pain. But I almost ruptured my eardrums when I pulled out his molars, then I remarked that your daddy looked thirsty, so I gave him some water. Only...I might as well have put a towel over his face and poured water on him until I almost drowned him."

Keldysh stopped touching her chest, but immediately took one of her hands and began to analyze it.

"I also remember piercing both his hands and feet. Just to move on to the last and most fun phase."

Meztli looked at him in horror.

"You-"

"Yes, I did. Now you understand why I say you are his reflection. You have her face, her personality and her spirit." Keldysh then picked her up and laid her down on a nearby couch and then climbed on top of her. " So, I'm going to put him through all that hell again," the man squeezed her cheeks with one hand "through you."

"NO! MOM, HELP ME!"

"LEAVE HER ALONE!" said Chayo as she lunged at the man and threw him away from her daughter.

Meztli stood up and stood behind her mother, she was followed by Aleu who had seen the whole scene. But again, had been petrified and could do nothing to protect her older sister.

Keldysh had stood up laughing at Chayo's reaction. She was a good mother after all.

Immediately one of the men entered the room interrupting the scene.

"Sir, you have a call."

Keldysh left the room and picked up the phone.

"Speak."

"Sir, we have a problem."

"What's going on?"

"The target is already here, but he didn't come alone."

"The brothers also came?"

"It's not just the brothers sir."

The contact sent him a recent photo of Denahi with his brothers, but the group was not alone. And Keldysh could never forget the faces of Bravo team. This totally changed things, but then Keldysh had another idea, he then gave orders to his men to take the family to Roxy's room.

Meanwhile in the room, Chayo was trying to comfort Meztli from that experience. Even Meztli was trying not to cry in front of Aleu so as not to scare her more than she already was. It was at that moment that three men entered the room, Chayo turned to stand in front of her daughters to protect them, but one of the men told them to follow them. The girls had no choice, they went back up the stairs and entered Roxy's room. Chayo could recognize that Aleu had been prepared there by the size of the clothes.

After a few minutes Keldysh entered the room, the girls approached their mother as they saw their captor close the door.

"Don't hurt them" Chayo said "I'll do whatever you ask me but please don't touch my daughters."

"So, you're willing to sacrifice yourself for them?"

"It's what any mother would do. Whatever you plan to do with them, do it with me."

"No mom!" Meztli exclaimed, grabbing her by the arm.

"Don't do it, Mommy, please," Aleu begged, hugging her.

Chayo just closed her daughters in her arms trying to hold back the tears, gave them a last kiss on the head and asked them to be strong.

"Take care of your sister Meztli," she whispered to her eldest daughter who nodded her head, also trying to hold back tears.

Chayo then separated from her daughters and followed Keldysh, the mercenary looked at her with a smile that made you want to punch it off. As the two adults left the room, one of the men closed the door locking the girls in the room.

Aleu began to bring out all her pent up emotions, she hadn't cried in front of her mother because she didn't want to look like a scared, whiny little girl, plus she was afraid Meztli was going to make fun of her like he always did when she was scared or petrified. But now, after everything that had happened, Aleu could no longer contain herself and burst into tears.

Meztli approached her little sister, but to Aleu's surprise, instead of teasing her, criticizing her or blaming her for what had happened, Meztli locked her in her arms while also taking out her emotions.

"I want to go home Meztli."

"Me too Aleu, me too."

"What's going to happen to mom?"

"Don't worry about that, remember mom used to be a warrior. She can handle anything."

But seeing that her methods to make Aleu feel better didn't work, Meztli decided to use something more subtle.

"Hey, remember that song mom used to sing to us when we were little?"

"The one she used to sing when it took days for dad to come back from hunting or fishing?"

"Yeah, that one. You want me to sing it for you? I can change the lyrics if you want."

Aleu wiped her eyes and nodded as she hugged her big sister.

Now hush little baby don't you cry everythings gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady I told ya
Big sis's here to hold ya through the night

Keldysh took Chayo to another room, but this one was not like the others, it was quite dark, it only had a light bulb hanging from the ceiling, a mattress and the most disturbing thing...

A small film camera.

Chayo mentally braced herself for whatever Keldysh planned to do to her, she finally entered the room followed by Keldysh. Who ended up locking the door while two other men guarded the entrance.

I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
We fear how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise Mama's gon be alright