Here is a new chapter…Wow I updated fast (nothing to do today) the next one will be up in a few days (probably)

Psycix- you're going to give me a big head but please don't stop lol

The Resistance

Magnus lay in bed again staring at the now more familiar lump above him in bed, it had been a few months since the death of Eric and as winter firmly set itself on the camp the pain had dulled but had not and would never go. The man who occupied Eric's bed was a rabbi, he to many of the prisoners was god on earth and they treated him as such, Eric would not have liked him and Magnus didn't. Prisoners made sure he was well fed even though it meant they were slowly starving, every time he looked at their thin bodies he knew that he was doing the right thing in sharing his food with Magda someone who needed it, not like the rabbi.

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"I lift up the cup of deliverance and call upon the Name of God" said the rabbi as he led the group of Jew's who had assembled in prayer, Magnus lay on his bunk and listened.

"We will praise our God forever" replied the crowd, they had been told what to say for a long time and this was their part of the prayer.

"Out of the depths, I called upon God! Who answered me, with great deliverance" continued the rabbi.

"We will not die, but live..." continued the group.

"I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living" continued the rabbi, Magnus rolled over and made a dismissive noise with his lips. "What is troubling you my son? Come and join us."

"I am no son of yours rabbi and it is you that troubles me, I shall not pray to a false god" said Magnus as he sat up in bed while swinging his legs to the floor, he had to be ready to fight if he needed too "You're forgetting everything Eric told you…stay down…survive" said a voice in his head "Eric is DEAD" said another louder voice.

"We pray to the one true god…we are his chosen people and he shall give deliverance" said the rabbi as he held his hands out to Magnus.

"You are a bigger fool then I thought" said Magnus "there is no God."

"You are Jewish, how can you say such a thing?" asked one of the small congregation as he sat cross legged on the floor.

"You think there is a god?" asked Magnus to which he got a nod "then answer me which is the correct answer. One God either caused, allowed or at least permits the slaughter of his chosen children or is it two God does not care. A God who does not care for me will get no praise from me, God is dead" said Magnus with such self of conviction and such passion in his voice that several of the worshipers burst into tears as he spoke what they feared to, the rabbi fell silent.

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Magnus lay in bed knowing he should not have done what he did, hope was all that kept some of these prisoners from doing something stupid, one way or another he would be responsible for deaths. The first came a day or two later when someone who shared their bunk building decided he didn't want to live without God and hung himself. The next day he was contacted by the resistance.

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Magnus was walking around the yard during exercise thinking of Magda, he hadn't seen her in a day or two and although he was sure she was fine he still worried, the days between when he saw her seemed to stretch out for ever but whenever he saw her it seemed to fly past in seconds. Magnus was so engrossed in his thoughts he didn't even notice the men approaching him.

"You're Magnus aren't you?" asked the man, he was small with bright red hair, like most people in the camp he was gaunt and his clothes hung nearly rags and they looked to big for him. Magnus looked up at him and then across to the man on his other side with a scraggy beard who was about the same size as Magnus, Magnus nodded. "We've seen you around and noticed your late night strolls to the woman's camp, we don't know how you do it but we'd like to talk to you about it" said the small ginger man in a gruff voice, "be in hut 9 after the meal and before curfew."

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Magnus's heart beat a little harder and a little faster after the meal as he walked towards hut 9. He was a little nervous about the meeting with the two strange men but they knew about his late night movements so he had to find out what else they knew. He walked as fast as he could along the length of hut 10 as a shiver ran up and down his back, the lab was in hut 10 and it was the most feared building in the camp it could occasionally prolong your life but most of the time it would end it instantly and most of the time in great pain. He knocked gently on the door frame of hut 9 before entering, several men including two from the yard sat around on bunks all eyes turned to him as he walked in, he gulped slowly as one of them stood.

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The group had discussed various things, ideas for escape, plans to get everyone more rations and everything else Magnus had never thought possible for over and hour. When they said the things Magnus began to see the possibilities in his own mind he had hope back. The resistance as they called themselves had big plans and quite a few involved Magnus, he was like all their dreams come true, a small intelligent operative who they could trust as an adult but could also use his appearance as a child to his advantage if needed. The group met every night and plotted and hypothesised but after a few weeks Magnus realised that the plans were going no where as nothing was actually getting done other then pipedreams.

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"They have the will and the skill but they don't have the guts to do anything…they need some one to show them how to get things done, they need someone to make them do the right things at the right time" said Magnus quietly as he rested with his back against a hut, Magda had her head rested on his chest as she slowly shoved the last morsel of food he had brought into her mouth with a satisfied smile.

"Oh and who'll make them do this" asked Magda as she hugged him tight against her.

"I will if no one else will" said Magnus as he stared of into the night.

"So you're going to make them do what you want to by making it seem it's what's best for everyone?" asked Magda as she straightened up and stared into the eyes of Magnus.

"It is what's best for everyone" he growled as his eyebrows changed shape to a big V as he looked at her.

"That may be but it still sounds a lot like a certain dictator we know" said Magda with a smile, Magnus loved her for so many reasons but one of the main ones was the fact she seemed to let everything wash over her, she was sitting in Auschwitz the most feared place in all occupied Europe.

"How dare you compare me to him" growled Magnus as he stood up from Magda's arms and shot a furious glare at her.

"Oh don't be silly I wasn't comparing you to him I was just saying you were acting like him. Magnus glared once more at Magda and stormed away towards his own camp.

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He hadn't seen Magda in weeks, he lay on his bunk on what was his last night thinking about her and everything which had happened since that night and he wish that he had been able to see her again and that he wouldn't let anger get in the way. He knew she was fine, he had messengers check that she was fine and was looking after herself and was still doing okay without his extra rations. He had risen in up in his special unit who were now called Sonderkommandos, he was now third in the chain of command with only two prisoners above him, he put it all at risk one day.

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Magnus's anger at the so called resistance had been rising even more recently as he stood in the line for food, the prisoners still did nothing to help one another and that is what infuriated him most. He watched as the prisoner who dished out the meals stood on his platform with a giant cauldron like pot filled with the stew that was being dished out, it wasn't tasty and it wasn't the most nourishing food in the world but it was better then nothing. Magnus stood quietly as he walked along the line in front of him was a man from the resistance as was the man dishing out the food, in front of the resistance member was a young child, Auschwitz wasn't for children but occasionally they were there a day or two before getting moved along so it wasn't unusual to see. The distributor slopped the ladle into the child's bowl and gave him some bread which was little more then a crumb, the soup was thin and looked like nothing more then a flavoured water with some vegetables floating in it, the resistance member shoved the child out of the way and got a steaming pile of vegetables and meat from the bottom of the pot and a huge chunk of bread which could have fed two or three. Magnus got the same amount as he stepped up, the distributor smiled, Magnus didn't. He stuck his arm out towards the child who was walking past him in the other direction after getting his cup of water, the boy slammed hard into the arm of Magnus and looked up at him with tears welling in his eyes, Magnus emptied the boys bowl onto the floor in one swift motion and then handed him his own and his piece of bread then smiled. Magnus took the boys bowl and stared at the man dishing the food out "I would like my meal now" said Magnus quietly.

"Listen boy I know you think you're special but you only get one chance with us" growled the man back, he kept his voice down as not to let the guards hear.

"I wouldn't have even took that chance if I knew that the resistance was nothing more then your selfish way of making sure you keep everyone else down" growled Magnus, the scene had not gone unnoticed as the guards began to walk over.

"Listen, you'll get us all in trouble if you don't shut up and get moving" growled the man as he balled up a fist "I know you don't care about yourself but if you cross me again I'll see to it that your little girlfriend's stay isn't as pleasant as it could be or I could make her stay a lot shorter" Magnus shot forward knocking the man off his feet as he began to launch fists into his face till he was dragged off by the guards and had the butt of a rifle slammed into the back of his head.

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The pain was the first thing he felt as he came round, he felt the pain a long time before he was even sure that he was alive, the rest came all together. He sat straight up and rubbed the back of his head, he had been lying on a cold hard table that combined with the rifle butt earlier still had his brain rattling.

"You're a man of principle aren't you?" asked a voice with a thick German accent, he stood up from his chair in which he was sitting in and walked towards the table, Magnus shifted his weight away from the man in an officers uniform. He had never been called a man before and the fact that this man just did it mad him feel uneasy.

"Relax, I mean you no harm, I saw what you did today for that young boy…it reminds me of my family, I have a son about your age and one about the boys age" said the soldier before he snapped back into the character that was drilled into all soldiers whilst they trained, all the humanity drained from his face. "You are lucky it was me who was on shift and no others because you would have been shot…of course you may still be" said the man which sent shivers up and down the spine of Magnus "Why don't we chat…"

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Magnus got back to the dorm late but found none of his usual bunk mates there but the entire resistance. The fist slammed hard across his face as he struggled to break free, they were holding him down while the man who he fought with earlier slammed his fist hard into his head. "You're not the only spy…we have friends too" yelled the man as his fist slammed again into Magnus. "Someone heard…they think I betrayed them" thought Magnus. The soldier in charge had offered him unlimited privileges if he acted as a spy or if he would divulge to him the members of the resistance.

"The resistance as a group is of no concern but what they represent could put dangerous ideas into peoples heads…I would see it as a personal favour and of course would do the same for you if you would help me to destroy the group, I could be a powerful friend…" said the soldier with a smile which twisted from friendly to evil quickly "…or a powerful enemy."

Magnus refused to betray his fellow prisoners even though it probably meant his own death. "You don't know what's good for you child" yelled the soldier.

"When he is not being nice, I am no longer a man" noted Magnus in his own mind.

"I trust you will keep this little meeting a secret" said the soldier "if my superiors found out that I tried to negotiate with the lesser species I would not like to think what would happen to me" the soldier strode out of the room but stopped as he reached the door "Know this child today you have made a powerful enemy and the next time you infringe the rules once no matter how small the infringement you will find yourself on the experimenters table for more then recovery."

They wouldn't listen as he tried to talk, his mouth filled with blood as he tried to speak. His blood began to boil with anger as the beating continued, the building shook, the ground shook, the entire camp shook as prisoners and guards alike braced themselves. Magnus screamed and the beating stopped instantly, he opened his eyes to see only the sky, he sat up on the floor to see the shambled ruins of the hut, the bunks lay around the room as did his attackers and the roof of the hut had been blown clear off.

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Magnus lay in hut twelve where his group had been put since they could not stay in their own dorms, they had been there for three days, no one not even Magnus knew what had happened but it had once again put the fear of god into many even Magnus. The day after the accident Magnus had sent a message to Magda, tonight was the time they were supposed to meet. He swung his legs to the floor and looked for his boots, the boots were no where to be seen, he looked under his bunk and saw the scraps of leather that had been his footwear. The boots had been destroyed by someone "Sabotage" thought Magnus as he glanced around the room, having no footwear was a serious offence, everything was a serious offence. He glanced around the bunks at the men sleeping, ladle man lay with a smile wide on his face "He did it" thought Magnus as he began to crawl towards the bunk. His stomach scraped across the rough floorboards, the floor creaked and the man stirred as Magnus reached for the boots but luckily he did not wake up.

Magnus sat in the doorway as he slid on his boots "better him then me" sighed Magnus as he began his ever perilous journey to see his lover, the search light failed again just as it was about to swing onto Magnus but as ever he escaped by the inadvertent use of his powers.

Magnus stood at the usual meeting place for he and Magda, the shadows of hut 23 was the perfect meeting place for the two, it was dark so no one could see them and then the guards patrolled the area sporadically. "She's late" thought Magnus to himself as he looked at the moon, his father had taught him to tell the time by the sun and the moon and he in turn had taught Magda, she was always on time but tonight she was late and that didn't sit well for Magnus.

A spotlight suddenly beamed down directly onto Magnus as he squinted into the brilliance, he heard the cocking of several guns and made out the shadow of several figures moving, he had been caught.

"Well look what we have here" laughed the soldier who had made him a proposition earlier in the week "fancy seeing you whilst we were out for a stroll…I shouldn't be surprised really, we already ran into your friend" smiled the man as the lights clicked off and Magnus came face to face with Magda, tears streamed down her face as the guard held her tightly with his hand clamped over her face.

"General Von Strucker, Shall we execute them?" asked one of the guards who had his gun pointed at Magnus.

"No!" barked Von Strucker "Young Magnus had a conversation earlier this week and I want to see if he was paying attention first…Magnus why was it important that I crushed the resistance" asked Von Strucker.

"They were a symbol" said Magnus with a slight growl in his voice as he stared at the man with fire burning in his eyes.

"Exactly…You are a bright one aren't you. You and you're friend here have broken so many rules that I think you should be a symbol or perhaps even an example of what happens when you break the rules. Soldier escort them both back to their bunks, they shall be hung at dawn for the entire camp to see…"

To Be Continued…

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