A/N: I never realized this until Amandasarah brought this to my attention, but this chapter was skipped on accident and never made it on with the story, so here it is please read and review the story should make more sense now.
Ch. 7: Neither One Prepared
Maria got a priest to come over and doctors to come and take her Father. While they were making plans Maria did as her Father said and listened to her heart. She came up with an idea, and soon everything was arranged for her Father's burial. Maria told them what she was going to do and why she would be leaving in a couple of minutes, forever. They agreed that she must leave and were very supportive. With their support she left her small house forever with a few of her items, leaving the priest and the doctors to bury her Father.
While Maria was leaving, Lukas had assembled an army of the finest Nazi men at the Captain's home. Lukas decided to go and talk to the Captain alone. Then if needed he would bring in reinforcements.
"Good day Captain von Trapp." Lukas told him politely as the Captain invited him to come and sit on the terrace by the lake. "Maria has told me some interesting things about you." He told him.
"Oh do you know her? What did she say?" The Captain asked him. He realized his mistake when remembering this person's name was Lukas.
"Yes Maria is my fiancé who was very happy to be back with me." He lied. "Well she told me that you fell in love with her and forced her into doing some things…she was not happy very crushed, to tell you the truth." He smirked. "Did you honestly think that she would love you when she has someone like me who is so much better than you? Maria would never fall for an old Sea Captain like you."
"I would never touch Maria if my life depended on it…"
"Well you are convicted nonetheless and I also know you are planning on an escape. So now we caught you before one of your horrific acts and you are under arrest for forcing Maria to go to bed with you. Just like all the other woman, Captain. I wonder what your dead wife and children would think of you if they knew the truth about you and how you really got seven children." Lukas told him while pulling out a gun. Lukas put his hand on the gun attempting to put the trigger.
"I never did anything like that. I love Maria, I would never harm her." He told him while reaching for his gun. In the process of trying to murder Georg, Lukas slipped on the moist marble of the terrace and fell. The Captain took the opportunity and held the gun to Lukas's neck.
"Wait don't shoot…I will do anything!" He cried. Georg was ready to kill him considering how mad he had just made him, but Georg heard a soft voice calling him from the lake. At first he thought it was an angel. It was so sweet and calm. Then he glanced up and realized it was almost better than an angel. It was his angel and she had really come back. His Maria.
"Georg!" She shouted while running up to the steps of the terrace. Georg glanced at her, entranced that she had called him by his first name. It had sounded so much like what Agathe would use to call him.
"Maria?" He questioned. She nodded. He turned his attention back to Lukas. Maria looked down at him and Lukas. She was not surprised to see him there. Looking over at Lukas he told him. "If I let you go free you have to let me and my family go and leave our house immedianly."
Lukas thought about it for a moment, he grinned and agreed to it.
"Alright it is a deal." He said. With that he released Lukas from his grasp.
"Leave." He commanded, while turning his back toward him and his face to Maria. By this time the other Nazis were present looking at Lukas. Lukas turned around and noticed Georg's back was turned. He took his dagger out in one hand ready to fight more if that is what it should come to. Then he aimed at Georg's heart.
"Georg! Move!" Cried Maria as the gun fired. Maria flung herself at Georg as Georg moved slightly so the bullet ended up piercing his rib cage instead of his heart.
"You are my wife Maria! You will come with me and we will be married tonight. I told you he would be dead before you could help him!" Lukas cried. He lost his balance as he tried to grab Maria as she flung herself at Georg, falling hard to the ground and landing on his own knife.
The other Nazis watched all of this. Since they heard guns being fired they had come running. They presumed Captain von Trapp dead due to the fact his breath was becoming shorter and shorter. They also knew they could be in deep trouble if anyone found out this was murder for no reason. So they took their injured friend away quickly, and told Maria that they would file papers of his death. As they left Maria ran over to Georg finding him lying on the cold ground breathing heavily.
"Maria…" He murmured. "Maria you came back."
"Of course I came back. I was never going to leave you in the first place." She told him.
"Maria can you promise to watch over my children?" He asked her weakly.
"Georg, no please, please don't think that way. We are together now, that is all that matters. Everything will be fine. You will heal and then everything will be all right, you'll see. Oh if only I had never left. I should have stayed with you…"
"No. It isn't your fault Maria." He told her putting his hand on her face. "Maybe it wasn't meant to be. You will watch them?" He asked hopeful.
"Of course I will." Maria answered beginning to cry even harder.
"Goodbye Maria." He mumbled as his hand fell leaving her face. He lay there motionless on the ground.
"No!" Maria shouted. "This can't be happening." She mumbled softly. "Please don't leave me Georg, please…I…I love you." She finished. She finally admitted it, but knew it was to late. Why had she not told him before she left that she loved him. With tears running down her face she went to retrieve a blanket and call a doctor.
Meanwhile seven scared children were in their Father's study glancing at the Edelweiss, which the last petal was about to fall from. They had thought they had heard thunder and were surprised to see it was not raining. It was merely dusk. Gretl's official time for when she was born would be in another ten minutes, according to Liesl. The children turned around when they saw Maria walk in.
"Children?" She asked. They looked at her in utter surprise.
"Maria?" They asked. They were each excited that she was here. "Why are you crying?" Gretl asked softly and the other children looked at her lovingly.
"I am afraid that I have to tell you. Your Father I think has just passed away." Maria said lowly. They looked at her about to cry themselves. "Here come over here and I will explain." Maria told them. The children left with Maria and walked out to the terrace where the Captain lay, not even realizing the last petal of the Edelweiss in his study had just fallen.
Maria explained to them what had happened as they walked. The little ones were in tears and the older ones in a state of complete shock. Maria looked out at Georg laying on the ground.
"So I decided since I am taking care of you from now on we will leave this war destroyed Europe and leave for America at once." Maria finished. "I hope that is alright with you." Seven heads nodded. "Alright we will leave on the first available boat tonight."
"Who is going to bury Father though?" Asked Marta.
"Well…" Maria began as she glanced back out to the terrace. She noticed something strange and found herself at a lose of words.