Xabi has been living in reformatories since he was abandoned as a child. He seldom manages to escape. Once out he meets Inaki, a middle-aged ETA terrorist who becomes his teacher and mentor.This time Xabi is in a high security correctional facility after throwing a gasoline bottle at a policeman in a street raid, nearly killing him. Xabi, with friend Joel, a young Mexican, and a Moroccan named Driss who is going to be deported, manage to escape and arrive in Madrid. They are clandestine. Xabi looks for Inaki as he wishes to join ETA, but Inaki is missing.