HEROES

IN TOO DEEP

Yeah, I woke up and my head was so weird. I had sex with my half brother. And Iko was wounded. He must not know about it or I will be in trouble... Not even Max and Julia, they would see me in another way.
- Good morning, Ludi.
- Good morning, Mandy. - I kissed him back and got my clothes on. So did Ludi. When we got out, Max, Julia and Iko were at the table having breakfast.
- Hurry up, or there will be no bacon or sausages for ya. - Iko lifted up and gave me a hug. I wanted to cry but that was not the time, I had to control myself.
- Morning, my love. - I said.
- Hi, angel. - He answered.
- Come on, let's eat and have some training before going to the airport. - Max said.
- What kind of training? - I asked.
- Huh... Max, what is the name of it? - Ludi asked.
- Some defending stuff you have to know, if you will face Kang. For real.
- Yeah. But why his brother was there? I also remember about Juan calling him Kang. - I said.
- They do this to confuse the enemies. Kang's mother had three siblings. One of them, Kane, passed away on the first attempt of Kang's tong to attack on California, in San Francisco's Chinatown. Tan's tong are the ones who control the place.
- From Philip Tan? - Ludi asked.
- Now who runs it, it's his son Lewis. - Julia answered.
- That's why they confused us? - I asked.
- Since that failed attack, Kim and Kang always have done this to confuse the enemies and sometimes Kang caught some people who wanted to kill Kim. Kang is more clever and stronger than Kim was. Kim was always putting his neck in danger.
- That was the reason why I got him so fast... - I said.
- Don't say that, Am! You are a great warrior! - Iko said.
- Remember if it wasn't you, Iko and I would not be here now having this breakfast. - Ludi said.
- So Amanda killed Kim AND Juan? - Max asked.
- Yeah. Please stop, I am shy! - I said.
- Let's have a toast of apple juice to her!  - Julia raised her glass.
- To Amanda! - we all said and made a toast.

I went to the bedroom where Iko and I were, and he asked me how was my night with Ludi.
- We... Fell asleep? What do you mean?
- I mean if you have done something with him. I heard some noises... But I guess I was just dreaming.
- Are you insane, Iko? Ludi is my brother! Maybe it was Max with Julia.
- It's true... - Iko's bag was done and so were mine.
- So, let's go to the defense training.

Max got us all prepared for the training. Julia joined us, and she was so cute that I could not believe she could slap someone. But she was strong! I was her example of how defensive you can be during the practice. I kept looking at Ludi all of the time but he was always paying attention to Max.
- Okay. This one is very important. It's called Novak Djokovic's final sacrifice.
- Is it something related to tennis? - I asked Max.
- Sort of... You know, Djokovic has this elasticity and it is not by chance that he is the number one of ATP ranking. This movement is called "final sacrifice" because it is to protect someone... Even if it means to be killed.
- What? - Iko said.
- You slide your legs quickly, like you are running to catch a ball in tennis, right? But in the final sacrifice, we go sliding to get in front of the person you want to protect. You stretch all of your legs and arms and slide next to the person. Julia, make it in front of Amanda.
She did it so gracefully that I was stunned. We all did the movement in front of Max. Iko was the best at it.
- Okay guys. That's all I had to say, brothers and sister. - Max said to the three of us.
- Alright. Let's get this son of a bitch! - Iko was mad.
- Let's go! - Ludi said.
We left the training room. It was time to go to the airport.
We grabbed our luggage and Max and Julia were about to leave as well... But why?
- I need to leave Seattle for a moment. Kim's death will make all the gang come over here and we need to stay safe. I'm going to my home town in Germany.
- So let's get out of here fast! - I said.
We grabbed different cars, but went to the airport. Over there we parked then and put a mark on it.
- When someone from the Lin's gang sees this mark, they will destroy this car. They pass in all parking lots of the airport everyday. The new cars are always transformed. The old ones, like yours, have to be destroyed.
- And what will I do without my car?
- Ludi, you will get a new one from your uncle. It's a grey Nissan Versa.
- Oh God. My uncle is the best!
- Let's go make our check ins. - Julia said.