Chapter 2

Dr. Edward Richtofen pushed open the double doors to the lab and proceeded to the operating room. About two days ago he planned to take three appraised soldiers from their home land and secure them in the lab for research purposes. What a success he thought, since he managed to get them here with little effort thanks to the Xanax. All four patients were strapped to lab tables and hooked up to IV's. The doctor smiled as he looked about his handy work. There were copious amounts of work to be done and he could tell that this time around, things were going to turn out much differently.

Edward took one last speculation about to make sure everything was in order before heading back to his personal study. He needed to find his documents so he knew exactly where to begin from here, but before he could so much as turn his back; at long last one of the patients appeared to wake up from the medication. Edward looked to his patient of whom had a bemused gaze upon his face.

"Guten Tag, Nikolai Belinski," Dr. Richtofen whispered.

Nikolai seemed to be disoriented and kept moving his head back and forth while slightly groaning from the pain of an oncoming headache. His half opened eyes could only make out blurry objects in an outwardly bright room. It took a very short moment for Nikolai's vision to completely clear up and he immediately locked eyes with the man who was looking over him.

"Ugh, where am I comrade?" Nikolai grumbled.

"Vell, currently you are in mein laboratory." Richtofen said as he slowly started to circle around the hospital cot savoring the uncomfortable look he was getting from the Russian man.

Nikolai's eyes never left the doctor's face. There was a light scar right beneath his emerald green eyes which held an icy and unsympathetic leer to them. Nikolai was looking about the room a tad bit more frantically as he tried to move his arms and legs which were strapped down to the cot only to ensure that he would not escape and cause issues within the German compound. Richtofen could sense his unease and snickered.

"Oh try as you might to get avay little rat, but as you can see I have you right vhere I need you at zhe moment."

Nikolai laid his head back down on the pillow and just stayed still for a while. He knew personally that the odds of escaping were slim to none. All he could do was feel helpless and try to figure out some sort of plan when the German left and the other allies started to wake up. Nikolai looked back over to the doctor and spit right in his face. Richtofen grabbed a nearby cloth and wiped his face off. Already he could feel his blood start to boil underneath his skin as Nikolai could only offer a smug look.

"Du bist ein Schwein!º" Dr. Richtofen barked.

Dr. Richtofen was about to assault Nikolai had Dr. Maxis not over heard the commotion and came running into the lab at an unwelcome site. His colleague was leaned over the man with his fist tightly clenched by his side. Edward had a murderous glaze in his eyes but the patient wore a humored grin.

"Dr. Richtofen! What do you think you are doing? You must conduct yourself appropriately despite the ill treatment you may receive from the patients. However I do doubt that any of them mean to directly antagonize you." Maxis reasoned.

Edward didn't reply back to the other doctor but merely regained his composure and stepped a few paces back from the cot. Nikolai chuckled lightly at the prospect.

"That's right, kneel before your owner like good dog," Nikolai jested.

Richtofen grit his teeth in fury. "I sink you should probably close zhat mouth of yours before you really irritate mich Belinski. I have no tolerance for such disrespekt."

Nikolai ignored Richtofen and tried to think of other things to occupy his mind other than his already growing hatred for the German doctor. He lay there silent and watched as the two doctors began to speak in their native tongue. Of course he didn't understand what they were saying, which secretly made him worry. Every now and then during the conversation, Richtofen would look back at him with uncertainty only to avoid contact with Nikolai's eyes and divert his attention back to Maxis. The hushed discussion went on for another two minutes before both doctors decided to leave the room and shut the lights down. Nikolai lay there in the dim light cast from the lamp in the corner of the room. He was far too concerned to drift off to sleep so he sat there in the silence, hoping against likelihoods that the others wake up so he can get some answers.

"Why is it that every German I run into is crazy just like third wife..."

1."Du bist ein Schwein!º" = You are a pig!