La Casa de Papel (Palermo) // Translation

27. se pueden vivir varias vidas

18 days before the hour x

When Velez prays on the floor by a statue of Jesus in her room, Tokyo comes in without knocking on the door. Velez pauses and looks at her, Tokyo then looks at her with an apologetic face, but Velez smiles. "Come in," Velez says and gets up from the floor to lie down on her bed and look at the ceiling. Tokyo comes in and closes the door behind her.

"I didn't know you were a believer," Tokyo says and lies down next to her, also staring at the ceiling. Velez smiles.

"Don't you believe in anything?"

"Yes, I think there is something. But I don't spend my time on it ..." Velez nods. Tokyo looks at her curiously. "What do you think is after death?" Velez raises her eyebrows like it's a complicated subject.

"Either you reincarnate, or you go to paradise, or there is nothing", she replies and looks at Tokyo with a grin.

"I think there is something ..." Tokyo says, looking up at the ceiling. Velez smiles.

"The ability to reunite with your love, with the only love of your life ..." Velez replies and tokio is surprised by her answer ... (...)

While Velez is on the way to the kitchen, she hears the shots and screams of her partners getting closer and closer. She hurries as best she can, and when she arrives, she finds what she expected to see. "Velez help me!" Denver yells at her, trying to move a countertop to cover the entrance and use it as a shield.

"I'll cover you!" Tokyo shouts amid the shooting. Velez immediately runs to Denver to help him. She uses all her strength to move the countertop, which weighs several tons. Together they manage to move the heavy countertop and place it at the entrance so that they are not getting hit by the bullets of the soldiers who are on the other side, only a few meters away from them.

"Thanks for coming," whispers Denver from next to her when he looks into her eyes. She smiles at him and caresses his forearm. Velez looks behind Denver and makes eye contact with Tokyo, who smiles at her with a big smile, happy that she is there. Velez smiles at her and takes her position again, peering through one of the holes in the countertop and aiming the rifle where the soldiers might be hiding.

"What happened to Helsi?" Tokyo asks worried. Velez's heart hurts when she thinks about what happened.

"We put up the protective wall together and the sons of bitches blew up the roof. A statue fell on his leg. "Tokyo and Denver close their eyes at the thought. "Palermo, Rio and Bogota got him out," Velez says and Tokyo picks up her radio.

"Palermo?"

"Yes?"

"How is Helsinki doing?" Tokyo asks hopefully.

"We made it out and he's with Stockholm now," Palermo announces. Tokyo starts laughing with joy. Velez also smiles in relief and Denver hugs her. "Has Velez arrived?"

"Velez is here with us," Tokyo replies to reassure him.

"Thank you, Tokyo. We only have one problem. An emergency door has closed in front of us. We are locked up. Me, Lisbon, Rio and Bogota are trying to tear it down."

"Let me know if you need reinforcements," Tokyo replies.

"Thank you. Please be careful," Palermo asks and Tokyo cuts off communication. Still no progress. It can be seen that both, the group and the military, need silence. Velez notices that someone is spying on them through one of the holes in the countertop. The soldier shoots once and then hides again. Silence again. In so much silence and so much peace, Velez remembers something.