Two hours later
Hindenburg and his army had arrived by train into Berlin. The people were astounded to see them. One civilian told Hindenburg that the city's population was to be stripped of weapons and food and about half of the population were happy to sign up for the Communist party.
Hindenburg's army was outside apartment district that was just across the street from the Brandenburg palace.
"If we take this apartment district, we can cut off any escape route if they try to make a run for it," Hindenburg said to captain Dusseldorf, the leader of his private army.
"Well, how are we going to take control of this district?" Dusseldorf asked, whispering. "If someone gets over there and tells them we're coming, they'll make a run for it,"
"How are we to take out the guards?" Karl asked.
"We will go in and secure the houses by taking out the guards and silencing anyone who tries to make a run for the Brandenburg palace." Hindenburg said. "Once the guards are out of the way, we can charge across the street and take all our enemies in there prisoner. The government will be free. I'll be leader and I can quickly reunite Germany before something even worse happens."
"Good plan," Karl said.
"Alright," Dusseldorf said. "I'll lead the soldier into the apartment district. You guys try and find an alternative route around the district." Hindenburg nodded and walked off into the apartment maze. Karl and two riflemen followed. As they headed into the maze of concrete buildings, they saw a small house up ahead. As they got closer, they saw a guard standing outside it.
Luckily, Karl didn't look too much of an impostor, so he went forward and began to talk with the guard. Then, before the guard even blinked, he thrust a knife into his chest, instantly killing the guard.
Hindenburg and the two soldiers ran forward towards the house. Hindenburg turned the lock on the door and was surprised to find that it was unlocked.
"What are doing?" one of the soldiers asked.
"I'm guessing this is what that guard was protecting." Hindenburg replied. He pushed the door open and walked in. Karl stayed outside in case anyone saw them.
Hindenburg and the two soldiers looked around the house. Hindenburg found something on a nearby table. It was piece of paper.
"Look at this!" he exclaimed. The two soldiers came over and looked at the piece of paper. On it was Bern's entire plan on how he and his crew would take control of the Germania government.
"Sir," Karl called from outside. "Two enemy soldiers are coming up the alleyway,"
"Wait for them to get closer," Hindenburg ordered. "Get in here, Karl." Karl ran inside the house.
"What's your plan?" Karl asked.
"Let them get closer, then we'll kill them," Hindenburg answered. Karl had taken cover behind the door. From the hole between the door's hinges, he could see the two enemies get closer. Then, one of them spotted the dead body of the guard that was in front of the house. The two ran over to the body.
"Get them," Hindenburg whispered. The two riflemen sneaked towards the door and fired two shots at the enemy soldiers. Both were hit and dropped to the floor, dead.
"So now we know what their plan was," Karl said to Hindenburg.
"Yes," Hindenburg replied. "And the soldier who warned us about this was right. They are planning to take over the other German state and then build up It's armies and prepare to invade other civilizations.""We better hurry," One of the soldiers piped up. "Dusseldorf will probably be waiting for us,"
The four left the house and had to sneak through the apartment complex. They managed to kill several guards before they finally reached the street that separated the Brandenburg palace from the apartments.
Hindenburg saw Dusseldorf and his troops across the road, hiding in an apartment complex. Dusseldorf was signalling Hindenburg and his three men to get across the street. The four men did this and ran over to Dusseldorf.
"You get spotted?" Dusseldorf asked.
"We took down a few guards, but that's the worst we were faced with," Hindenburg answered. "What about you?"
"One of the guards made a run for it just after you left," Dusseldorf replied. "Luckily, one of our knights chased after him and managed to kill him,"
"Okay," Karl interrupted. "We need to get inside the palace.""Question is, how?" one of the soldiers asked.
"We can't charge in through the front door," Hindenburg said. "We might get mown down by rifles and arrows. We can't sneak in either. That's what they'll expect us to do,"
"So what do we do?" Karl asked.
"A distraction," Dusseldorf answered. "We'll need a large number of our troops to kill some of the palace's main entrance guards and that'll cause most of the troops inside the palace to chase after the distraction group. Then we can sneak in ad end this war before it starts."
"Good plan," Hindenburg said. A group of eighty men ran out from the alleyway and aimed their weapons in front of the palace's main entrance. They fired. The air was filled with the screams of dying troops. Six of the guards were killed.
Instantly, a squad of forty troops ran out from the palace and charged towards their enemy's army. Hindenburg and Dusseldorf's troops ran into the apartment complex. The Communists' army followed.
"Quick, now!" Hindenburg ordered. He, Dusseldorf and the remaining ten troops, including Karl, ran out of the alleyway. They were able to quickly get inside the palace before any of the Communist guards could spot them.
When Hindenburg and his troops got inside the palace, they saw a horrifying sight.
All of the senators and advisors of the Brandenburg government were hanging by ropes from several newly placed wooden poles above the main hall entrance. It wasn't hard for anyone to know that the people who had taken over the government were serious when against their enemies.
"We must end this war," Hindenburg said. The group charged through the main hall doors. Bern, Martin, Enoch and Luther were the only ones in the hall. They shot up from their seats, near the stand, Dusseldorf fired a shot and got Enoch in the head, killing him.
"ENOCH!" Bern yelled as he took out a pistol.
Hindenburg fired a shot and managed to get Luther, also killing him.
"LUTHER!" Bern yelled. Hindenburg and Dusseldorf aimed their guns at the two remaining enemy leaders.
Bern and Martin, however, were too quick for Hindenburg and Dusseldorf and they managed to duck behind the stand.
Before Hindenburg and Dusseldorf could react, their troops were gunned down. Three civilians then ran in and grabbed Hindenburg and Dusseldorf and tied them up.
"Sorry Hindenburg," Bern said as he and Martin got up from behind the stand and walked over to the two tied up men. "You won't be leader today,"
"You shouldn't be leader either," Hindenburg hissed. Bern laughed.
"We needed to be leaders to keep the first Otto's promise." Bern said.
"What do you mean keep the first Otto's promise?" Dusseldorf asked.
"We know that in the last days of Otto I, he said to his staff and successor that a Communist must always be in power," Bern replied. "Which is why we had to be in power before you were,"
"You won't win," Dusseldorf growled.
"Heroic talk from a captured enemy," Bern said, putting his pistol under Dusseldorf's chin. "Say goodbye,"
A shot rang out through the room. The civilian holding Dusseldorf let go as Dusseldorf's body fell to the floor. Martin aimed his pistol up at Hindenburg's head.
"Your next," he hissed.
BOOM! The main hall doors were blown open. Everyone was thrown to the floor. From the dust and rubble, Hindenburg could see troops in Silesia army uniforms with a cannon at the palace's main entrance.
"SILESIANS!" Bern yelled. Before he or Martin could react, a barrage of gunfire killed the three civilians. Two Silesian riflemen ran forward and cut Hindenburg's and Dusseldorf's binds. Two other soldiers ran forward and took away Bern and Martin's weapons and took them away.
"Thank you," Hindenburg said to the soldier. "You came just in time,"
"No problem," A voice said. A man dressed in a Silesian captain uniform stepped into the hall.
"Well, what are we supposed to do, now?" Dusseldorf asked. "No one's in power,"
"I am," Hindenburg said. "I've been wanting to ask a leader from the Germany side this for while."
"We already know," the Silesian captain interrupted. "We accept you as our leader and we will be glad to become one state again."
Hindenburg was blinded by happiness. His one main purpose he wanted to complete when he was leader had been completed. Germany was one again.
