Stefan's

Suddenly I woke up, everything was blurry, light could barely get into my eyes. I tried to look up but the most I could catch were the first two numbers and the colour of the car. I couldn't feel my left arm, but that didn't mind I hardly stood up and instantly realized my right leg was spurting blood out like a geyser but I managed to walk a few meters before falling. Unfortunately, Claire could not say the same thing, she was lying face down in the sidewalk, leaving a blood pool around her. I was getting dizzy, I had to take care of my leg but I was paralysed looking at Claire, I couldn't believe it, we were filled with joy and laughter a few seconds ago and I couldn't make my mind that I won't see her again. I fell unconscious. By Stefan Costea

I woke up hearing a siren and with someone telling me that I shouldn't be afraid. I then realized I was in an ambulance, where I fell unconscious again. I finally woke up after two days in the hospital, I had my arm plastered and they cut off my leg. My only concern was knowing what happened to Claire. The doctor entered through the door, and I asked him about my wife. He told me that she is in a coma in the intensive care unit (ICU). By Ariana Espada

My wife was in a coma, my leg was cut, i thought that the worst had happened, but I was completely wrong. Claire got out from the coma days after but, unfortunately, she passed away due to a seizure. I did not have any more reasons to live, but something in my interior prevented me from suicide. By José Gálvez

I had never felt such confusion in my life, I had opposing feelings constantly fighting, but even in the worse situation there was something that ordered my feelings.

After two weeks, I returned home. Thanks to Enzo, the abandoned dog that I took from the street, the contradictory feelings disappeared for a few days.

The house felt so quiet, I had never been without Claire before, It all seemed like if It was a dream.  By Hugo

One of many lonely and eternal nights Enzo started barking, at first I did not take importance but suddenly someone knocked on the door. I went to my bedroom to take a gun, which my father gave me when I was younger, after that I decided to open the door. Just as I open the door a burly man all dressed in black entered my house, I was paralyzed and when I wanted to react I was sitting on the sofa of my living room with the man pointing me with the gun at my head. By Pablo

The man asked me for the money, I didn't know what was he talking about. He mentioned my wife several times saying “ Her death won't make me forget” or something along those lines. Sincerely, I was freaking out so much I couldn't even think on what he was saying. When I wanted to realize, the strange man was almost in the door but before leaving he said "I'll come back for what belongs to me and if you don't have it you'll end up as Her". 

I ran into my bedroom, opened the closet and took a box full of Claire's stuff and I found it, that picture Claire had been hiding for so long. That was the moment when I understood everything; who was the strange man and what did Claire debt him. But I still didn't know what to do. By Isabel

The photo showed her wife in her trip to Birmania and surprisingly, the man that had just put a gun on his head also appeared. She went there two years ago for her job, she was an archeologist. She was holding the Mogok Ruby from the Ancient Emperors, the most famous and coveted precious stone in the world. At the back of the photo a message was written: “The power this stone has is unlimited, don’t let it set you against each other. Professor Daniel”  By Sofía

My head went blank, I didn’t know what to think. My hands were sweating and shaking, I couldn't take my eyes off that picture. After being 3 hours in shock I decided to look for Professor Daniel . When I put his name in Google, thousands of different professors appeared so in order to find him I tipped “ Professor Daniel archeologist in Birmania”. Only one linked appeared, I clicked on it and suddenly a warning went off. I hurried up and left the webpage. After this I didn't know how to look for any kind of clue that would help me. The only thing I was sure about was that I was going to die. In that instant I received an email.By Moe

The email said that I had 1 day to give back the stone ,or they would kill me ,suddenly my leg started to shake , I felt on my knees , I couldn’t believe anything of this , a week ago I was  happily married to my wife living a normal life and the next day , I’m widowed and about to die. I wasn’t ready to give up just like that , so I kept fighting. I decided to keep on looking through my wife’s things and I found Professor Daniel phone and direction , I wasn’t going to risk my life calling him ,so I packed a bag and went to make a visit to the Professor Daniel with the stone , to see if he could help me . I had only one day .By Roxana

Once I arrived, I was welcomed by his butler, who spoke with a very strong British accent, similar to the ones in the movies. I asked him if I could talk with professor Daniel. His response shocked me, he told he had passed away yesterday, under mysterious circumstances. The butler, whose name was Boris, gave me a detailed image of how professor Daniel corpse looked, and there were a lot of resemblances between the death of Claire and his. By Pedro

I couldn't believe this was happening to me. I started laughing, Boris gave me a weird look, so I stopped, I needed more information, and he was the one and only person left who could help me. "Do you remember if the professor did mention something about a stone at some point?". Boris changed his mood, he started getting nervous. "I think you should go out of here" he said while he was closing the door. I stopped him, I needed to know what he knew. By Ana Pérez

As I was sure some kind of conspiracy had caused all those mysterious deaths, I started thinking who could be behind it. Boris told me that he did not know who the instigator was, but he had the suspicion that a well-known archeologist from the University of Yale, Frances Cheltenham, was somehow involved in it. Frances was the son of John Cheltenham III, a fugitive who had arrest warrants issued against him in 44 states and DC. By Miguel

I went to the police for ask about Frances Cheltenham, but the police officer asked me several questions about him before telling me everything he knew about Frances, when he told me everything the police knew about Frances I was shocked.

I fainted, and as I fainted, the officer gave me a strange soup because there was a chinese restaurant close to the police station, he told me that it was a bat soup, and I was starting to feel bad, coughing and with a bit of fever, but with all the information that the police told me I was sure I was going to find Frances. By Gonzalo

What the police told me was that Frances was an important guy that used to sell guns to the army during the Iraq war, and all those things related with archeology were a cover. They also told me he had lost everything due to his addiction to bets and was preparing something that would blow the whole gun industry up. I knew in that moment I had something really powerful in my hands, so I wasn't going to let that stupid fever stop me from discovering the truth behind al this situation. I headed to the biggest betting office in town, I was sure that Frances would be there.

By Andrés

I got to the bet house, entered through the door and started checking the picture I had in my pocket at the same time I looked at everyone’s face. Suddenly I saw a man with long beard and a very bad look, he had a carton of wine in his hand and was using the bending machines. I looked for an angle to see his face, it was him, Frances. He didn’t look like a weapon trafficker, he rather looked like a hobo spending his money on bets and alcohol.Manuel Ruiz

As soon as possible I run next to him as fast as I could, due to my leg. At first he gave me a weird look because he didn’t know who I was. I started talking: “Hello, Frances” I said, his expression went from confusion to fear, because a stranger knew his name, he’d probably thought I was a policeman or something. I continue talking: “I know you don’t know me but I need your help”. He became more interested. I explained him all the situation and he decided that he was going to help me. As the time was passing by my fever continue increasing and I started to have trouble breathing but that wasn’t going to stop me. Elisa 

He explained to me that my wife was probably being chased  by many arms dealers due to the Mogok Ruby that was in her possession. That divine gemstone had been carefully studied by Claire and Daniel. During those two years, they discovered that if the gemstone’s glare was catalyzed and purified, it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction. After this explanation, I finally understood the whole situation, and, in order to avoid death, I decided to look for the gemstone in my house. Jacobo

Immediately  I said goodbye to him due to arrive home as fast as I could, but what i hadn't took  into account was that i only had 10 more hours for finding the stone, and the most important thing, choosing what i was going to do with it, because obviously i could not give it to them. After a few minutes driving i realised that if i choose to keep it, they were going to look for me in order to kill me, so...my life was in danger! Laura

Then I started thinking. If those people had killed my wife, and then came to me and thought that I knew where the stone was, it's because they believe we have the stone or at least we were about to get it. When we had the accident, Claire and I were leaving our wedding to go to our honeymoon. We were flying to Mexico. I wanted to go to Egypt but Claire insisted on going… I was petrified. I knew were the stone was! Javier

After I got home I packed a bag with just one change of clothes and I went straight to the airport. I got to the counters and I asked for the first flight to México, it was leaving in one hour. When I got there I remembered Claire wanted us to go to the "Pickualaca Temple" so bad. She said it was her favourite place in the world and that it was full of mysteries. Sergio Vara

Two hours later I was in land, asking for an Uber in the airport that headed Pickualaca Temple. When I said the direction, the chofer locked the car to my surprise. It was not until some minutes passed when I understood the whole situation, I was been kidnapped, and the chofer was also looking for the gem. I hadn't got time to panic when I remembered that a weird man in the airport gave me a  Colt 1911, the most powerful gun ever created in the US. My plan was the following, I had to kill the driver, and go to the Temple. Nicolás Bagur

Then I took out the gun and I shot him in the head. The car stumbled down the road until I got behind the wheel. I put the google maps to the temple and went to it. When I arrived there were many people visiting it and many police‘s cars. I left the gun in the car and covered the driver with a blanket. Then I got out of the car and stood in line. Ana Baños

After 20 minutes and little to no movement of the line, I decided to get there as fast as I could. People were yelling at me, but I didn’t care, I had to protect the stone. I arrived at the inside of the temple, but I did not know which way to go, until I saw a group of about 20 men dressed in fancy clothes, so I decided to follow them, until I realised I had left the gun in the car, and was unable to defend myself in case of being attacked, meaning I would have to be very careful not to get caught. Carlo Cabrera

I walked behind them at what I thought was a safe and unsuspicious distance, but after following them for about three minutes they all stopped and turned around. One of them looked straight at me and nodded his head towards me as he adjusted his tie. The other men stood still as he approached me. I knew that if I tried to run I'd be unable to escape all of them, so I anxiously waited to see what the individual's next action would be. A sly smirk appeared on his face. 'Claire has told me a lot about you buddy, let's have a chat.' Alexa C.