No Trace

                In Albrook there was a big valley that was full of green trees and nature was abundant. It is recognizable that for that intention it was called Green Valley. This place had never been inhabited by man until progress reached it and its green forest became roads. In the forest there was a small river which inside had a cave in which water didn’t reach because of the flow it carried. This river was the home for many creatures and the water hydrated the animals.

                Before Green Valley became a complex of duplexes full of playing children, the hidden cave was the home of a family of Noriega oppositions that could never leave. This people weren’t brave enough to confront the dictatorship, but they weren’t cowardly enough to leave the place in which their family had lived for many years. The cave was a decent home which will absorb light and was big enough for a small family to live. During the morning they will come out and kill animals for food. They will get wood to make small fires which smoke will be absorbed by the humidity, but the flame wasn’t.

                The US invaded Panama and Noriega was taken out. Panama was still in shambled by this, but Noriega was gone. The family didn’t have any communication with the world so they kept living in the cave. They had become used to drinking water off the stream, using broken coconut shells as glasses; the sweet smell of blood was as good as a CH perfume. The kids had grown as tigers, carefully watching the animals get near the steam for necessity, and then stabbing them with sharp pieces of rocks. They were wild, they were untamed, they were self-sufficient, but they weren’t immortal. When construction started the rocks on top of the cave were flattened by digging equipment and other building items. The roof of the cave broke, making the cave collapse. No one knew of the family, and no one knew what happened to them. Were the old steam stood, there is mansion. Around are a set of duplexes were human families live. No one knows what happened beneath their feet.