Tree Family

The next day Li was waking up in his bed with the drones on sleep mode next to him on the counter. He nudged the drone gently and it woke up. It started to hover and look at Li. Li got up and stretched, he picked up a bucket and went out to get some water. He put the bucket into the water and collected some.

The drone came and helped Li with the bucket; the drone carried the bucket inside and set it down on the table. Li washed his face and drank some. (Everyone has a shower system with them so that they won't have to get a lot of water into the tree; Miguel installed some small pipes behind and under the trees with help.). Li went to shower then he put his clothes back on. Li went out and got some fruit from the storage. Some people were cooking some meat for everyone and they gave him some fish to eat. Ana and Niki woke up and looked out the window and saw Li.

Ana: Morning Li.

Li: Morning Ana and Niki, want some?

Ana: Sure.

Li shared the fruits and cooked meat with Ana and Niki. When they had their fill they headed to Miguel and Blossom's tree. They went up and knocked on the side.

Blossom: Come in.

Li, Ana and Niki came in.

Blossom: Oh hello Li-kun, Ana-kun and Niki-kun, are you looking for Miguel-kun?

Li: Yeah.

Blossom: Miguel-kun is coming back shortly, Li-kun, Ana-kun and Niki-kun are allowed to wait for Miguel-kun here.

Ana: Sure.

Li, Ana and Niki sit down and wait for Miguel.

Li: What kind of person are you?

Blossom: Blossom-Chan is a dryad; Blossom-Chan can help plants.

Ana: So you are one of the monsters and machines we have been hearing about.

Blossom: Blossom-Chan is a nice monster, since Pure-Senpai rescued me now I help people by healing the injured.

Ana: You can heal?

Blossom: Blossom-Chan can, do you have any scars or wounds?

Ana: We do but...

Blossom: It's ok, you can put on this at home and it will heal them.

Blossom gave each of them a bottle of salve and bandages.

Blossom: Apply the salve to the area then bandage it, it will make scars fade away and heal wounds.

Li: Thank you Blossom.

Just then Miguel came in.

Miguel: Morning children.

Li and Ana: Morning.

Miguel: I see you met Blossom, my girlfriend.

Ana: She is your girlfriend?

Miguel: Yes she is.

Miguel and Blossom held their hands and their tattoos glowed.

Ana: Your tattoos glow?

Li: How does that happen?

Miguel: When two of us hold our hands our tattoos glow, the more people holding their hands the more they glow.

Ana: Amazing.

Miguel: So do you all want to take a tour or would you all like to get some clothes?

Li: Clothes please, then the tour.

Miguel: All right then, let's go.

Li, Ana and Niki followed Miguel to the truck outside the forest. Some people from the city helped out and got Miguel a small truck to get things to and from the fort better and carry more things at a time.

Li: You can drive this?

Miguel: Yup.

Li: Don't you need a license?

Miguel: Everyone knows what I do and they make an exception, hop in.

Everyone got into the truck and they drove into town. The children saw people waving at Miguel and he waved back at them. Miguel went through the city and headed to a clothes store. Miguel parked nearby and held the children's hands and they crossed the street. They went to the entrance and went inside.

Store Clerk: Welcome back Miguel, need new clothes?

Miguel: Need some for these new children for the sanctuary.

Store Clerk: Take your pick children.

Li: Can we?

Miguel: Go ahead but don't go expensive. Take a bundle so you have a choice in the morning.

Li, Ana and Niki went through the clothes that were their size, Miguel kept an eye on them when they were choosing and trying them on. Once they made their choice Miguel paid for them and they put them in the truck.

Miguel: I got to do some rounds, want to come?

Li: Sure.

Ana: Yeah.

They all got into the truck and Miguel headed to do his rounds. Miguel heads to the local hospital to check up on things.

Miguel: Hey everyone.

Doctor: Hey Miguel.

Miguel: How is the hospital doing?

Doctor: Actually getting a decent flow of patients and emergencies. The medicine you all make in there is really helping the tough cases since you went herbal and solving some medicinal problems.

Miguel: So all good here?

Doctor: All good, got your usual bandages and gauze here ready to go.

Miguel grabs the box filled with bandages and small medical supplies.

Miguel: Thanks.

Miguel loads up the truck and they get back in. Miguel heads to the market afterwards and he goes inside with the children. (This conversation is in Spanish but I will keep it in English so it would be translated later). Miguel heads to one of the stalls and talks to the clerk.

Miguel: Hey man.

Seller: Hey Miguel.

Miguel: How is the sales going?

Seller: Ahhh, real good, they went so fast I had to turn some people down when they got here.

Miguel: I'll bring some more when it's harvest season.

Seller: Alright, here are your sales.

The seller gives Miguel a roll of bills.

Miguel: Are you cheating people.

Seller: Nah man, they sell at the same price as everyone else.

Miguel pulls out four bills from the pile and gives it to the seller.

Seller: Respect man.

Miguel: Don't blow that all in one place.

Seller: You know I wouldn't.

Miguel heads back to the truck with the children.

Ana: What was that about?

Miguel: Hmm?

Ana: My sister knows Russian so we can talk to each other but she knows Spanish and I know English.

Miguel: Oh, he sells some of the harvest I bring since we get overloaded at the harvests and it is a good income of money for the forest.

Li: So what are you going to do with it?

Miguel: Watch this.

Miguel whistles and a truck stops that delivers other meats like chicken and pork. Miguel points to his truck and the driver recognizes what he needs and uses the radio.

Driver: This is Driver 23, come in.

Dispatcher: This is Dispatch over.

Driver: Miguel needs his usual, location the northern market, over.

Driver: This is Driver 15; I am en route to the location.

Driver: 10-4, Driver 23 out.

The driver puts the radio back and gives thumbs up to Miguel and then he drives off.

Li: What was that about?

Miguel: The market gets the fruits but a friend of mine who makes chicken feed uses corn from our fields and they get some good results

Ana: How much people do you know?

Miguel: Everybody knows somebody in Brazil.

Miguel sees a snow cone vendor.

Miguel: Hey, want to get some snow cones?

Li: What's a snow cone?

Miguel: You'll see.

Miguel got Li, Ana and Niki some snow cones while they waited by the truck and they liked them. Five minutes later a truck came and backed up near Miguel's truck. The driver got out and started packing some meat into Miguel's truck, Miguel had empty baskets that were from the same company and the driver put those inside the truck, once the truck was loaded up with what Miguel needed the driver came to Miguel.

Miguel: Same as last time?

Driver: Just the way you asked it.

Miguel paid the driver and still had some cash left over. Miguel put a tarp over what was on his truck so that it won't melt so fast.

Miguel: All right kids, lets head home.

They got back into their truck and left the city and headed to the forest. When they got back to the hangar Miguel whistled again and some drones came out of the forest to help with moving the supplies in the forest. Miguel had the medical supplies and the children had their new clothes.

Miguel: Head in and change to your new clothes, I'll make sure these are where they are needed.

Li, Ana and Niki went into the forest to their trees to change into their new clothes. Miguel put the medical supplies inside his tree, then he went to the storages to sort out what he got. Once everything was sorted the children came back to Miguel and Blossom's tree. Miguel came back out and the children were in their new clothes.

Miguel: Ready for the tour?

Li: Yes.

Miguel: Well this is the main village, where everyone sleeps in the trees. Everyone has some sort of scar or wound and we help them here. The medicines Blossom and I make are completely natural. The bandages and gauze I get is from helping the sick in the city and since I get rid of the risk of surgery in some cases and cuts down expenses at the hospital so that they got money for new equipment and renovations.

Miguel then heads to the orchard.

Miguel: This is the orchard; we grow a lot of fruits and necessities here.

They see Abagail moving from tree to tree like a monkey.

Miguel: That's Abagail, she is a real tomboy and she helps around the orchard.

Abagail sees Miguel and the children.

Abagail: Hey guys, hungry?

Abagail throws a few apples at Miguel and he catches them, he takes one and gives the rest to the children.

Miguel: We grow apples, oranges, limes, lemons, cherries, mangoes. Anything that grows on a tree we have it here.

Li: So it's all-natural?

Miguel: Yup, we don't use chemicals.

Then they head to the hive.

Miguel: This is our hive for pollinating flowers and trees.

They seem Raheem at the hive.

Miguel: Hey Raheem.

Raheem: Hey Miguel, just checking on the bees.

Raheem had his shirt off and was checking on the bees, some of them were on him crawling around.

Ana: Shouldn't he have on some sort of protection?

Raheem: The bees here are friendly and they know me.

Some of the bees came to Miguel but the children were scared.

Miguel: Don't worry, they are just curious.

Miguel stretches out his hand and the bees came to rest on his arm.

Miguel: See, the bees will get to know you all soon enough.

The bees fly off from Miguel hands.

Miguel: They provide us with honey and we provide them with a lot of flowers to let the hive grow this big.

Miguel then headed to the fields.

Miguel: This is the fields; we grow grapes, tomatoes, corn, whatever we need.

Li: What's that tent out there?

Miguel: That is our greenhouse, any plants that need high humidity or colder climate is in there.

They see Violet out in the fields with a set of bees, she was hovering and the bees were pollinating the plants.

Miguel: Hey Violet.

Violet waves her hand.

Miguel: Violet and Rose don't talk.

Ana: But how come Blossom can talk but not Violet or Rose?

Miguel: Blossom wanted to learn our language so that she could talk to me and we could start our relationship. Raheem and Violet are in a relationship too but he knows what she is thinking.

Li comes close and he can see the bees at work. Violet comes and rubs her hand in Li's hair. Then Li came back to Miguel. Then Miguel took them to the flower fields where Rose was taking care of the fields.

Miguel: These are the flower fields, people come here to smell the flowers and be free.

Ana: It's so beautiful.

Miguel: Go on, blow off some steam, I'll watch you all.

Li, Ana and Niki head into the fields and they start to run in the fields and started to smell the flowers. They felt more at home. After thirty minutes they came back, Rose was there and she put two sunflowers in each of the girls' hairs and gave Li a tiger lily.

Miguel: Feel better?

Ana: A lot better.

Li: Thank you for letting this forest become our new home.

Miguel: This is your new home now.

Niki started to yawn.

Miguel: Looks like it's time for bed for you three.

Miguel squats down.

Miguel: Salta sobre mi espalda, te llevaré a tu árbol. (Hop on my back, I'll take you to your tree.)

Niki hops onto Miguel's back and he takes her back to their tree with Li and Ana. Miguel put Niki down in their bed.

Miguel: I brought over your salves and bandages, here you go.

Miguel hands the salves to Li, Ana and Niki.

Li: Thank you.

Miguel: Make sure to apply to scars and wounds and I brought this to clean out your system and get some of that bad stuff you inhaled out of you.

Miguel handed each of them a small bottle. Li, Ana and Niki took the bottle and drank the contents in the bottle.

Ana: Blech!!

Miguel: Yeah, not the best tasting medicine but it works.

They hand the bottles back to Miguel.

Miguel: Want me to help you with the salves.

Ana: No we got it.

Miguel: All right, night children.

Li and Ana: Night.

Miguel leaves them and heads back to his tree.

Ana: Want me to help you?

Li: Sure.

Li took off his shirt and he had a few scars on his skin.

Ana: What are these from?

Li: I was in the drug section; they hit me when I wasn't doing a good job. You two?

Ana: Sex section but they didn't get to us yet since we were brought in the day before Pure came but on the way there they bruised us a lot.

Li: Did they...?

Ana: Only me I tried my best to not let them get to my sister.

Li: I'm sorry you had to do that.

Ana: Thanks.

They each apply the salves on their bodies and bandage them up. Once they were bandaged up they said their good-byes and Li went to his tree. Ana and Niki went to sleep holding each other but Li was a different story, he was still restless, Ana and Niki heard Li and went for Rose, Rose came and went to Li and she comforted him to calm him down. Ana went back to Niki and they turned in for the night. Rose held onto Li like a mother to let him sleep. Li held onto Rose and he started to sleep. Everyone else started to fall asleep in the forest and everyone was happy they welcomed Li, Ana and Niki.

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