Wizards: Calm Before the Storm
Chapter 3: Meet The Witch
Tuesday, October 7th, 1997….
It was another day at the Hofmann House. Elsa had just gotten out of her bed and had made her way downstairs to the kitchen.
When she entered, she saw Stefan, Karl and Gunter having breakfast, Stefan saw his daughter enter and smiled.
He said, "good morning, sweetheart. Sleep well?"
Elsa smiled, "yes dad, thanks."
Karl gestured to some food as Elsa sat down and said, "so Elsa, what's you fancy today. Toast and jam, bacon or Kellogg's Coco Pops?"
Elsa looked over the spread before her, thinking it over.
Elsa then shook her head and said, "nah I think I'll just have a pair of bananas."
Karl nodded, "suit yourself, just means that there's more for me, Günter and dad."
The guys all chuckled good naturedly.
However, the happy mood didn't last very long, unfortunately. As they were eating their breakfast, they heard a tapping of slippers commit towards the kitchen. They all groaned in dismay when they knew who it was.
The queen bitch herself: Elsa's great grandma.
Ida entered the kitchen with her usual scowl on her face. He looked at her grandson in law, her two great grandsons and her great daughter sitting at the table eating breakfast.
Ida then spoke, "why aren't you doing it?"
Elsa did her best to ignore the old bat as she ate her first banana.
Ida then asked angrily, "what are you lot not saluting and saying Heil Hitler?"
Stefan groaned, "because he's been dead for years, and the Nazi's lost the war."
Gunter then said, "besides, why would we salute one of history's most evil men?"
Ida gasped in anger.
She yelled, "how dare you call these men; evil!?"
Karl then stood up and looked at his great grandmother directly in the face, "everything great grandmother, every about them was evil. The start of World War 2, the Holocaust."
Ida scoffed, "the Holocaust, that never happened."
Elsa commented, "then how the Hell do you explain the countless Jewish graves?!"
Ida scoffed, "no such, all of it was a lie made by those Jewish rats."
Elsa growled, "Dad, hold me back before I strangle her."
Stefan reluctantly did as his daughter requested.
Both Gunter and Karl looked at their great grandmother with disgust. Her fanatic devotion to Hitler and the Nazi party resulted in her being the most hated woman in West Berlin, Ida knew this and revealed in it. However, she also wasn't done yet.
Ida gave a smirk and said, "you know I once visited those so called camps as you called them. I saw a pair of noble soldiers light a fire, they then brought one of those Jew rats over to it. They then stripped him naked, threw him on it and he was sizzled like a rasher."
The others all gave horrified looks.
Ida smirked nastily at them and said, "what? He deserved it."
Elsa growled, "still got a firm grip?"
Stefan said, "sadly, yes."
Karl looked at his great grandmother in disgust and said, "you are a truly despicable woman you know that great grandmother."
Ida's smirk was replaced with rage as she said, "how dare you speak to me like that, Stefan. Just how are you raising your children? I deserve respect."
Stefan growled, "I'm raising them a Hell of a lot better you would!"
Ida asked, "how? By teaching them to idolize our glorious fuhrer? Because that is what I would have done."
Stefan growled, "then you would have doomed them! Your 'glorious fuhrer' died decades ago!"
Gunter agreed with his father and said, "and your hope that gran would have followed in your footsteps completely failed as well."
Ida stiffed before speaking through clenched teeth, "don't you ever bring up my treacherous daughter again ever."
Elsa then angrily asked, "how the fuck was she a traitor?"
Ida yelled, "she betrayed our leader! Our hero! And chose to help those Jewish vermin!"
Karl yelled back at her, "vermin?! Jews are not vermin! They were innocent of every single thing that Hitler accused them of and gran knew it and that is why she and granddad helped them escape to safety."
Ida groaned and said stubbornly, "lies!"
Elsa then angrily said, "it's not lies, great grandmother, it's both truth and fact. You can't accept because you are too stupid and narrow minded to accept it, you worthless old bitch."
Ida gasped and then growled before stomping out of the room.
Elsa then shouted after her, "and will you please do us all a favor and die."
Ida yelled in rage as she stomped upstairs.
Stefan then let Elsa go as he sat back down. He had a look of pride on his face, both Karl and Gunter couldn't agree more with their sisters' words.
She was a much better person than Ida was, that's for sure.
Günter then said, "you guys remember how she reacted when she learned that the KKK had their asses whooped during the Battle of Hayes Pond?"
Elsa said, "yeah. She stayed in her room screaming for three days!"
….
Later that day, Albert and Elsa were both apartment searching. A year earlier, shortly after graduating from college with Elsa, Albert had gotten a well paying job as a carpenter.
Since Elsa was now pregnant, the two of them had decided to find a place of their own. They were now both with a real estate agent looking at a place which they could afford.
The agent was saying, "as you can see, it's very spacious. Lots of room for kids and pets. It's a two story walk up, but it's a very friendly neighborhood."
Albert and Elsa both looked at the apartment. True to the agent's words, it was very nice, but the main issue was the pricing. Currently, only Albert was working at the moment. Elsa had just taken maternity leave and wouldn't be back until next year.
Albert then asked, "may I ask how much will it cost?"
The agent said, "oh, well, I have the price listed on the papers I gave you."
Albert then took out the papers, both he and Elsa then looked at them. They saw that the price was just within their allowance, which was a relief to them as they both liked the place very much.
Albert said, "well, the price is just within our range, and has a lot of what we're looking for."
The estate agent smiled at the young couple and said, "well I'm happy that you love it. Anyway, please come back to my office and we'll fill out the forms."
Albert and Elsa nodded.
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The next day, there was a bustle of activity in the apartment. Klaus, Stefan, Karl and Gunter were Albert moving several things into the apartment. Albert, Stefan and Karl were moving a bed into the main bedroom of the apartment. Since it was a double bed, it was proving rather difficult.
Karl said, "jeez, this thing is frigging heavy!"
Stefan groaned, "what do you expect? It's a double mattress!"
Karl then groaned, "I can't wait for the day that robots do all our work for us."
Stefan nodded in agreement and then said, "that, and until they rebel and kill all humans."
Karl paled and said, "nevermind."
Soon they got the bed into the bedroom, once that was done they began to bring in the rest of the stuff.
After four hours, they were all done.
Elsa then came in and looked around the apartment, seeing that everything had been laid out.
She had a big dumb grin plastered scross her face.
Just then Albert came into the room with something in his hand, Elsa wondered what scheme Albert had planned for her.
Albert asked her, "do you love what me, dad, your dad and Karl have done with the place?"
Elsa said, "oh Albert. It's perfect. Everything looks just as I imagined it."
Albert then pulled this beloved into his arms and kissed her passionately on the lips. Elsa was happy that she and Albert both had a wonderful future ahead, especially with a baby now on the way. Life seemed to be just perfect for the two of them.
As they broke away Elsa then asked, "what do you have in your hand Albert?"
Albert then said, "close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you to?"
Elsa did just that. Whilst she had her eyes closed, she wondered what surprise that Albert had planned. She soon had her answer.
Albert said, "okay babe, you can open your eyes now."
Elsa opened her eyes and they widened when they saw Albert, down on one knee and with a ring in his hand.
Albert said, "Elsa…. The day we met was one of the best in my life. I can't imagine what my life would be like without you in it. I feel like I've met my soulmate, and I want to make it official…. Elsa…. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife? Will you marry me?"
Albert then slipped the ring onto Elsa's ring finger, Elsa was so taken back by this that she couldn't speak at all. Albert then stood up as he looked at her, hoping that her answer would be yes.
Elsa then asked as her eyes began to water, "are you serious Albert?"
Albert said, "I'm more serious than I've ever been, Elsa. Will you marry me?"
Elsa then began to cry with joy as she daif, "oh Albert, it's yes, a thousand times yes, I will marry you!"
Albert then picked up Elsa in his arms and spun her around. This had to be the happiest day of his life, the love of his life had accepted his proposal.
The two then shared a tear filled kiss as the others all smiled in pure joy.
Albert then said, "why don't I turn on the radio?"
Elsa nodded ecstatically.
Albert then turned on the radio so that both he and Elsa could listen to their favorite music station. Whilst trying to find it, Albert stumbled across a news report about the crisis over in Iran.
He and Elsa then decided to listen to it.
The man who was reading the report said, "News at 8 o'clock, the Soviet Union has protested strongly to the United States about what it calls dangerous provocation by American warships in the Arabian Gulf yesterday. This follows an incident after which serious damage was caused to the Soviet cruiser, Stalin, when she was in collision with the US Destroyer Lincoln."
Albert muttered, "this can't be good."
Elsa nodded in agreement.
She then said, "I really hope that this won't escalate into a full scale war, because if it does then you might be drafted into it."
Albert nodded in agreement and said, "I agree…. I don't wanna have to leave before I meet our child."
Albert then turned off the radio and said, "how about we watch a movie instead?"
Elsa nodded and said, "that sounds much better."
Albert then went into the bedroom and returned a moment later with a bag. He then handed it to Elsa, who took it.
Albert said, "here you go, babe."
Elsa then took the object out of the bag and saw that it was a VHS tape of Ridley Scott's Legend, her favorite film of all time.
She smiled warmly as she said, "this night just keeps getting better and better."
….
Later that night, Anna was doing homework in her bedroom whilst both listening to music and watching the television. She looked up and saw the door open as Mila came in with a plate of ham and cheese sandwiches, some salt and vinegar crisps and a glass of milk.
Mila then placed the food and drink down on Anna's table and said, "here you go love."
Anna smiled warmly and said, "thanks mom."
Mila then looked at her daughter's homework and said, "I see you're doing your homework?"
Anna nodded at her mother and said, "just finished."
Mila then looked at her daughter's television and saw that she had the news on. She saw that the news report was about the American submarine that had recently gone missing.
Mila asked Anna, "you mind if I watch the news with you sweetheart?"
Anna nodded and said, "sure, mom."
Anna took off her headphones so that both she and her mother could listen to the news report. The news reporter, this time an American man, gave a detail of the situation involving the missing American submarine.
The news reporter said, "search and rescue vessels in the area today came across debris that could have only come from the mission submarine. It is still being said in Washington that the USS Manhattan was on a routine reconnaissance mission off the coast of Iran when she sank last Tuesday with the loss of all hands."
Both Anna and Mila looked at each other, their faces grim at this news.
All of the things going on in the world seemed to only get worse and worse with every passing day.
The news reporter soon appeared on screen with a picture of the White House in the background as he continued the report, "after paying tribute to her 127 officers and men, President Bill Clinton went on to say that he held the Soviet Union solely responsible for their deaths and the vessel's disappearance."
Both Anna and Mila both looked grimly as a video of US President Bill Clinton came on screen, they listened as he began to give a speech in response to what had happened to both the submarine and to the Soviet Union's possible involvement.
Mila and Anna gasped at what they heard.
President Clinton began to speak sternly in his speech, "the unprovoked attack on our submarine and the move into Iran are the actions of a reckless and warlike power. I have to warn premier Vladimir Putin and the other leaders in the Communist Powers in the clearest possible terms, that they risk taking us to the brink of an armed confrontation with incalculable consequences for all mankind."
Anna and Mila glanced at one another with terrified expressions.
Ever since the announcement of a potential war between the Western and Communist Powers, Western Germany began making emergency plans in case war was to break out. It was announced that if the central government should ever fail, then power would be transferred to a system of local officials dispersed around the country.
In West Berlin, there was already a designated wartime controller, the City's Mayor. If it should suddenly become necessary, he could be given full powers of internal government. When or if this happens would depend on the crisis itself.
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Friday, October 10th, 1997….
The front page of the morning's news read "Britain and U.S. to send troops to Iran."
In the carpentry workshop, Albert was working hard at his job. He and his co-workers were busily carving wood into either toys or furniture like chairs, couches and beds.
The radio was on, and Bill Clinton was giving a speech on the ever worsening situation in the Middle East, "both the United States and British governments have been forced, reluctantly, to take action to safeguard what they believe are legitimate Western interests in the Middle East. These administrations have therefore resolved to send units of their rapid deployment forces, both the US Central Command and the British S.A.S into Western Iran. Both myself and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are confident that the Soviet Union will take note of our resolve and will desist from its perilous course of action."
Albert glanced at his co-workers in worry over this development.
Just then, their boss entered. Albert and his co-workers continued their work.
The boss walked around the workshop and saw that Albert and the others were working very hard.
He noticed Albert and walked up to him and said, "good day Albert."
Albert said politely, "oh, hello sir. Just working on carving out this wooden train."
The boss smiled at Albert's hard work. Although he was stern, he was also a kind and understanding boss who was greatly impressed by his employees hard work.
He said, "well then; keep up the good work."
Albert smiled at his boss's kind compliment and said, "thanks Mr. Herman."
Mr. Herman replied, "you're welcome Albert, may I ask how's Elsa doing?"
Albert said, "oh, she's doing alright. Working through her pregnancy one day at a time."
Mr. Herman then asked, "when is the little one due?"
Albert said, "around five months left."
Mr. Herman then asked, "do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?"
Albert said, "Elsa wants it to be a surprise."
Mr. Herman then said, "bet you're looking forward to it?"
Albert smiled and said, "that I am."
Later at four o'clock, Albert finished work and headed home in his Ford Maverick.
Fortunately for him, traffic wasn't heavy and he was home at 4:20.
He parked his Ford Maverick in the underground carpark and took the elevator to his and Elsa's flat. As he entered, he heard the shower running, Albert gave a smile at the thought of Elsa in the shower.
Then the shower was switched off, meaning that Elsa had finished her shower and was about to dry herself off.
Albert then asked, "Elsan you in the shower?"
Elsa's voice sounded from the bathroom, "just finished, like to come in and rub some oil on me?"
Albert chuckled and said, "like you even need to ask?"
Albert made his way towards the bathroom, slowly discarding his belongings.
He then entered to see Elsa looking at herself in the mirror, wearing only a towel around her head. She heard the bathroom door open and turned to see Albert standing in the entrance.
The happy couple smiled at one another.
Elsa then picked up a bottle of body oil from the bathroom cabinet and turned to Albert and asked seductively, "what do you think?"
Albert smirked lustfully and said, "I think someone's in for a passionate massage…."
Elsa giggled as Albert quickly stripped down and gently took the oil into his hands.
Albert then poured a little oil onto his hands, then he gently began to rub Elsa's shoulders.
Elsa moaned as her love rubbed her shoulders.
Albert's hands then moved down to Elsa's back. He gently rubbed the oil into her wet skin, her skin was so soft, especially after having a shower.
She kept moaning as his hands moved along her body sensually.
Albert smirked and said, "you really love this, don't you Elsa?"
Elsa nodded breathlessly.
Soon Albert's hands made their way to the best part of Elsa, her buttocks.
Elsa giggled as she felt Albert's hands on her buttocks.
Elsa then turned her head and said seductively, "be sure you rub that oil into my bum, really good baby."
Albert smirked and said, "as you wish, my Goddess."
Albert then began to rub the body oil deeply into Elsa's bum cheeks. Elsa moaned in ecstasy at Albert's hands massaging her bum. It was very obvious that she was getting very aroused by the massage.
At the rate his hands were massaging her, she felt like she was gonna drag him to the bed!
She then turned around and grabbed Albert by the head, she then dragged his mouth towards her as she gave him a deep and heated kiss.
Their tongues swirled together in a passionate display.
The two of them then broke apart and stared at each other, pure love in their eyes.
Albert said, "I love you Elsa."
Elsa replied, "and I love you too Albert."
The two of them then shared a gentle and loving kiss. It was such a sweet and tender moment.
Albert then asked seductively, "do you want to take this to the bedroom?"
Elsa moaned, "Hell yes."
Elsa then removed her towel as Albert then picked her up bridal style, the two of them had smiles of both seduction of love on their faces.
Albert began carrying her towards the bedroom.
Albert then entered the bedroom with Elsa in her arms, he then kicked it shut with his right foot…..
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