Here is another chapter sorry it took so long, to tell you the truth I forgot this story existed till I got a review lol.

Psycix- thank you so much for this review, I forgot I had his fic. When I started I had such high hopes for it but then my interest got diverted and it got left behind. I came home from work the other day ready to work on my It's all greek to me (http/ and A different kind of Justice (http/ and I got this review, suddenly it was all I could thik of writing, so here's the next chapter.

Auschwitz Year One

Over a year had past since he came to the hell on earth imposed by an evil regime and those good men who did not fight. "All evil needs to triumph was for good men to do nothing" thought Magnus as he lay on his bunk looking at the sagging mattress above him. A body he didn't know in the place of a body he did.

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"Here boy" ordered the man who was in his mid-forties but still held the presence and build of a man who was younger, Magnus walked across the stinking room quietly to stand a few feet in front of the man. Magnus stared at the floor, he had been in the camp for just under a week and had eaten less then four meals, he had learned that despite the unity that could come from being in the same circumstances many prisoners still looked out for number one, even if that meant slamming a child's head into the floor to get his rations. He decided if he yielded to people before they attacked he was always in a better shape to get the rations he could get his hands on.

"Sit down" smiled the man as he patted the bench next to him "I've seen you around…you have to start sticking up for yourself." Magnus nodded silently as he continued to stare at the floor, "Look at me child" ordered the man as he raised Magnus's head towards his own. The man had a warmth that reminded him of his grandparents, "You have to fight…remember Moses…the Israelites. Forty years of struggle to establish our line, we are the proud, we are the superior race" whispered the man gently in the boy's ear "You have to survive"

Over the next few months the man, Eric Lehnser had become like a surrogate father to him, he helped him get food, stay out of fight and anything else that would help him survive. The thing which probably helped him most was how he taught him to read people especially the guards. The soldiers in the German army were not all bad, many believed in the causes of the Nazi's but so many more did not, they followed because it was their country, they followed because they were told to and they followed for the safety of themselves and their families, Magnus could now distinguish between the two kinds, he didn't like any of them but he knew he could use some of them.

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Magnus fought back tears as he stared up at the bunk above him, he was gone and would never come back, he moved the body himself, it had been his job.

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Several months into his stay Magnus, being one of the strongest in the camp at the time, mainly because of the food Eric made sure he got was selected to be part of a special task force as was Eric. "Keep your head down, be polite, be pleasant but not too pleasant" instructed Eric as he told Magnus how to talk to guards at the camp "If you're too pleasant they'll think you want something and you'll be lucky if you survive the day."

The inmates at Auschwitz were used to their family and friends in the camp being randomly shipped out of the camp with little to no notice never to be seen again. 'The final solution' was a phrase banded about but many didn't know what was being talked about because as demoralising as the movements were they did little more then move people around, Magnus knew what they didn't and so did Eric because it was their job. 'The showers' were where many people went before they were shipped out "You need to be clean before you are moved", they were never moved again in their life time.

Magnus would sit outside the room until the unit was given the order, some jobs were to dangerous for guards so prisoners were used this was one of those jobs. Experiments of all kinds were conducted in Auschwitz from ones involving radiation involved in sterilising to 'genetic' experiments, none were as terrible as gas experiments. The showers were bad enough when just used for killing let alone 'experiments'. The showers were situated as far from living quarters as could be in the camp, Magnus had seen it a hundred times. Prisoners would pile their clothing up and enter the showers to be cleaned but no water came from the shower heads only gas. Magnus hated experiment days he would sit listening to screams as various gases had different effects to the usual silent killer. He didn't cry anymore except on one day, he sat waiting for the screams but they didn't come…laughter did. A tidal wave seemed to explode as he sat there, giggling, chortling, guffawing and complete hysterics burst from the room. The people inside were laughing to their deaths and these were not quick deaths like with other gases, it took an hour for silence. The vents were always opened shortly after the final death allowing the gas to escape before his squad was sent in, they had to find any survivors and inform the guards, if they faulted they would die…every member of the squad would die if a survivor mad it through their viewing. They then had to take the bodies to the incinerators or the labs.

"I know it's horrific boy…think of the practicalities though…survival…extra food rations and if we don't do it then someone else will" said Eric as he steadied Magnus after their first run.

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Magnus lay in bed listening to the breathing of the other men in the dorm, some sobbed in their sleep while others snored some lay silently and prayed for death. Eric was gone, his only friend in the camp was gone and it was his fault.

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Magnus had had another job before his current one, running messages was easy he knew all the guards even the high ranking ones, one would give him a message for another one and as long as it was sealed when it arrived he was safe. His job let him where very few male prisoners were allowed, the female side. He would often end up standing outside for a long time while the guards talked or he would occasionally be told to walk the perimeter while they thought of a response and wrote it down, no one bothered him he could talk to anyone he liked and he did.

She had came in on the same transport as he did, her long brown hair and deep brown eyes had kept him warm on many nights in his head but he had never spoken to her until one day he ran into her on a message run. She was Magda and despite her imprisonment still sparked the fire of freedom in everyone she spoke to. "I know you" sad the girl as Magnus walked past her "You're the white haired boy I saw when I arrived" said the girl with a smile, Magnus nodded. It had went from there, the two spoke whenever they could, their conversations were brief but each time their bond strengthened, the two managed to steal a kiss once but then Magnus had to run a message and had to leave her.

When Magnus accepted his job he never thought about the fact he wouldn't be able to see Magda anymore, he was in love but he had let her totally slip his mind. Days to weeks and then weeks to months passed in his new job but Magda was still always at the back of his mind.

"You child!" yelled the guard with a motion to Magnus as he walked during exercise "you used to run messages didn't you?" asked the guard as he held a piece of paper in his hand.

"Yes sir" said Magnus as he kept his eyes pointed squarely at the soldiers boots.

"Take this to Markus Eisner" ordered the guard as he handed the letter over to the boy, Magnus knew Eisner, he was a shift manager for the guards and would often write long replies and let his wander around the grounds in the female area.

Magnus walked passed the guards holding up his letter to show where he was going, the guard merely nodded and continued trying to light his cigarette. Magnus walked through the area slowly looking for Magda but he couldn't see her, Eisner opened the door and took the letter "return in ten minutes" ordered the man before closing the door again.

Magnus searched for about four minutes when he noticed Magda, he could see why he had missed her before, she had changed. Magda was very different, gone were the beautiful features only to be replaced by a gaunt ill looking girl.

"She's been ill" said a woman who was now old before her age "Needs more food that'll put her right." Magnus looked at the girl who could barely smile, he bent down and kissed her on the forehead.

Two days later Magnus had put his plan into action, Eric had told him not to but he knew he could not have stopped a young man in love if he tried especially when the young man was nearly a teenager. Magnus managed to conceal most of his rations as he walked to his dorm, part of his privileges was trust given freely from the guards so he would not be searched.

The night came slowly but Magnus waited patiently for the right time. He slid out of bed slowly and grabbed his hidden rations before he silently crept towards the opening of the door.

He slipped silently in the shadows staying out of the searchlight until he reached the fence that separated the two genders. He waited for the optimum time and began to climb, he was nearly at the top when the spotlight began to swing towards him, he would be over and hidden by the time it got near him but it still sent his heart racing. His rough tattered trousers caught on wire and held him in place for a few extra seconds as the light swung towards him in any second he would be caught.

"What happened?" asked one guard to another.

"I don't know, the filament just broke" said the guard as he tapped the glass of the search light. Magnus would never know but his powers had once again saved his life.

Magda was waiting for him when he got there, he had gotten a message to her through the messenger that replaced him earlier the previous day. He handed the food over and despite her starvation she waited and did not gorge as he would have. "What's wrong?" asked Magnus as he stroked her hair.

"Absolutely nothing" she said as she kissed his face and then gently on the lips, the kiss was gently but held all the love and passion that any kiss ever could.

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He had done it ever since then, he cut his own rations and stored them and every few days he would brave the danger to get extra food to his love. His powers saved his life a lot without his knowing, filaments burst and when the guards took pot shots at the dark just in case, his powers would deflect the bullets. Everything was going fine until one night a guard spotted a shape moving back into the male half of the camp but was unable to raise an alarm or to stop the figure but he watched carefully.

The next morning the prisoners of the last two dorms were lined up outside in the yard with the rest of the prisoners watching, Himmler himself walked up and down the line looking at the downcast faces of the prisoners.

"My guard spotted someone heading into one of your two dorms from the female area" said the man who many considered, including Magnus, to be the most evil man in the Nazi army next to the fuehrer himself. "If the offender comes forward of their own free will only they will die if not all will die and then I shall make it my top priority to find the woman who was visited and make her cry for mercy" said the man as he stood still by coincidence in front of Magnus. He waited for a few seconds till no one came forward, he cast his eyes up and down the line up.

"Then all shall die" said Himmler as he raised his hand which was quickly followed by the guards guns. Magnus tensed every muscle in his body as he prepared to step forward, Eric shoved him back as he stepped forward in the place of Magnus. "Take him to my office" ordered Himmler as he marched off followed by the guards escorting Eric, Magnus was about to speak up when Eric looked at him straight in the eyes shook his head and mouthed "NO!"

Magnus was sent to the lab over an hour later, the 'scientist' pointed towards a cadaver covered in a sheet "incinerator" he said simply. Magnus grabbed the cadaver under the arms and hauled him out of the building without removing the sheet, he was still in shock from what Eric had don for him and was running on automatic, he wasn't thinking at all when he dragged the body into the incinerator room. He opened the giant metal grate which was on the front of the incinerator and immediately felt the flame, he pulled the sheet from the body and then looked down.

His world crashed around him as he looked at the body in front of him, "Eric" he choked out as he began to cry. Eric lay before him naked with a giant smile on his face, his eyes frozen in terror told the true story, like the gas whatever they had injected him with made him seem to enjoy his death but the eyes told the truth. Through tears Magnus closed the eyes of his friend and kissed him on the forehead and with a final "Thank you…goodbye my friend" he hoisted him onto a table and pulled the chain which moved it into the incinerator. His friend was gone and holding onto the shadow of what he used to be would not help either of them, Magnus sat crying in the room as the body burned but when the time came to remove the table he had stopped crying. He moved across the room and pulled another chain which pulled the burning hot table from the flames, Magnus stopped for a second as he looked at the numbers burned onto his arms.

"Survival Eric…I promise" vowed Magnus as he wiped a final tear "I will survive and I will bide my time but I swear to you and to my family and to Magda…I shall be free"

To Be Continued…

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