"What was that shit Donna ? !" Heisenberg exclaimed when he saw how Black fell to the ground. It was clear who had put his new toy to sleep.
"HEY, DON'T TALK THAT WAY TO DONNA !" - the doll said with an angry and squeaky voice
"OH SHUT UP DAMN YOU PIECE OF SHIT ! - Heisenberg said with so much anger when he saw the doll, maybe today he will fulfill his minor dream of breaking the doll with his boot.
"I ordered it to Donna, Heisenberg." - Mother Miranda said calmly when she saw Heisenberg's tantrum. Immediately when Miranda spoke, Heisenberg's irate expression calmed down.
"Well, Mother Miranda, may I know why?" - He asked in a more meek way towards her "mother", although her heart burned with anger in calling that monster mother.
"It is very simple, my son." - Mother Miranda said in a dominant way and then gave a cold and calculated explanation. - "As you said yourself, you have forgiven him for his crime against you, however, there is still an outstanding debt." - Miranda said while she pointed at Dimitrescu.
"Your sister was also affected in one way or another by the actions of the outsider, so I have decided to revoke your custody of Erron Black and transfer it to Dimitrescu." - Miranda finished. Miranda wanted Erron for her own affairs, however, she could not take the "toy" from Heisenberg without any justification, this would damage the relationship more than damaged between Miranda and Karl.
"BUT YOU GAVE IT TO ME!" - Heisenberg exclaimed angrily.
"Of course, my son, but remember that I gave it to you so that you could eliminate it, but you, under your arrogance, forgave him his crime, so there are no more reasons for you to guard it." - Miranda finished explaining with her voice smooth but firm.
Heisenberg felt betrayed, although the normal feelings he felt against Miranda were more than anger, a fury that he knew would sooner or later explode and destroy the monster in front of him. But for him to arrive that day he had to be patient, his "big project" was about to end, the 19 new "friends" from last week needed some extra adjustments. So with no other option, Karl accepted Miranda's verdict with resignation, a shame, that bastard Black would have been a formidable tool or maybe an ally, now it would be the food of those castle bitches, although maybe there is the possibility of Erron managed to escape.
Lady Dimitrescu saw how her brute brother had been subdued with the words of Mother Miranda, it was more than satisfactory.
"Dimitrescu, this man caused problems for your interests, so I will transfer custody of Erron to you" - Expressed Miranda addressing Dimitrescu, who, despite Alcina's great height, it was clear who had the power in the room.
"You honor me by giving me justice, Mother Miranda." - Dimitrescu said, for a moment, she had forgotten what the crime was until she remembered that Heisenberg had mentioned that Erron had interfered in the hiring of servants.
"I understand Mother Miranda, I understand the importance of justice." - Heisenberg said accepting that he had lost. - "I'll retire, if you don't mind of course."
Mother Miranda nodded, Heisenberg walking to the side of Lady Dimitrescu who was smiling at him with eyes of triumph in her eyes. Before Heisenberg retired, Mother Miranda spoke.
"Son Heisenberg, as compensation take anything from the table." - Mother Miranda said. - "What's more, everyone, my children take an object from the table."
It was a tradition for the Lord to take personal items from outsiders who came to the village, most of the time they were hikers who only carried clothes, cell phones, money and groceries. Other times they were soldiers from different organizations such as the army or private companies invading the village. Each Lord had an item preference. Donna Benevento was interested in the different fabrics of clothes or other objects with strange fabrics such as nylon or canvas. Salvatore Moreau liked the sweets or other edibles that came, , Alcina Dimitrescu was interested in jewelry or other pieces of jewelry that she could claim, while Heisenberg liked pieces of analog technology, unlike the other Lords, Heisenberg was aware of digital technology, however, for his big project "were useless, until now.
The wooden table held various items, first a leather backpack, a very strange one that Angie was examining and looking at with excitement. There was the matter of gold coins and jewels. Erron's rifle and weapons. The 2 books that were there and finally the various small objects such as the lighter, the wallet and the small pocket book.
But before the Lords could take any items, Miranda stepped forward and claimed the 2 books from the table. This was not something new, when a computer or a smartphone was there, Miranda claimed it for herself. However, Heisenberg noted the strange way in which she took the 2 books for herself.
Heisenberg examined the objects on the table, there were weapons, jewelry and gold coins. He wasn't interested in the firearms thing, then there were the pieces of jewelry, mostly pieces of gold decorated with precious stones and other shit of wealth. As for the coins they were more than important, the coins were made exclusively of gold, unlike the pieces of jewelry where Heisenberg could feel that within the gold jewelry there were apparently less noble metals.
"Well, I'll take the gold coins. It is easier to melt pure gold than less noble 'gold'." He said with a smile for his consolation prize to Dimitrescu.
"Whatever you say." - Dimitrescu said, she knew that Heisenberg spoke with the purpose of pissing her off, although no insult from the boy could take away her smile.
"I ... want ... the pistol" - Salvatore said between stutters, when he saw the weapon, he already had a pistol in his territories, but this pistol reminded him of the one that appeared in a black and white western movie, without a doubt it would be a nice toy for him.
"WE WILL TAKE THE BACKPACK." - Angie shouted with her shrill voice when she saw the backpack, Donna was in the chair, perhaps allowing Angie to speak for her. Even to the other Lords they didn't know if Angie was an autonomous puppet or manipulated by Donna.
After the Lords took their share of the loot they withdrew one by one leaving only Lady Dimitrescu, her daughters and Mother Miranda.
All that was left on the table was the black jewelery bag and a rifle with its bullets. Plus some trinkets like the silver-plated lighter, the wallet, and the little note book. This was all owned by Dimitrescu now.
"So this is all mine now." - Lady Dimitrescu said as she took a closer look at a piece of jewelry in her gloved hand, it was a gold medallion with a skull with ruby gemstone eyes. The piece was very beautiful, there were several more like rings, earrings, bracelets and medallions, each and every one was made of noble metals and precious stones. Then there was the matter of the gun and the other minor things. They not interested at all, but now were the property of him now.
After reviewing his share of the loot, she followed the most important topic: The mortal, that mortal was hers for now. The mortal lay unconscious by Angie's dart, he was lying there among the corpses of his enemies killed in the Heisenberg show.
"Very good, Daniela and Cassandra. Bring me to the man-thing, very carefully, for now. "-She said to her daughters Lady Dimitrescu pointing at the fallen man.
"Of course mother." - Cassandra said with joy to her mother.
The two girls went down the stairs and headed to where the man-thing was down.
"We're going for our mom's prize, Daniela." Cassandra said as she examined the mess that Erron managed to commit. - "If I had participated, I assure you that this man would not survive."
Cassandra walked towards the corpse of the Varcolac, there was Erron's saber on the beast's shoulder, Cassandra took the sword and examined it, she found it very interesting.
"I don't think mom will bother if I keep the saber." - Cassandra said laughing warmly as she took the sword and attacked the air.
"That is not fair!" - Daniela said putting a face dissatisfied with Cassandra's decision.
The two girls got closer to take a closer look at Erron's body, he was down, it seemed that he was sleeping. His only wound seemed to have healed, but there were traces of dried blood.
The girls proceeded to carry him, his mother said not to mistreat him on their way, so they better proceeded to carry him by the arms. As they tried to get him to his feet, Erron's hat fell to the ground.
"Look, the hat fell off." - Daniela said when she saw the hat fall, it will most likely fall again if she returns it to its place. Daniela made a decision. - "Well, I'll take his hat for now, although it doesn't look bad at all. How do I look? "-Daniela asked her sister.
"Not as bad as ever." - Cassandra said laughing.
Both girls laughed as they carried the man up to the top where his mother and Mother Miranda were.
"I thank you for reconsidering the custody of the man-thing, I assure you that I will make the best wine." - Dimitrescu said, pleased to have the mortal at her disposal.
"However, on one condition: I want him alive." - Mother Miranda said.
"Excuse me?" - Asked Lady Dimitrescu confused upon hearing Mother Miranda's verdict.
"He entrusted you to keep them as a prisoner, I have plans for him, however, for a matter of time I do not have enough time to work with him." - Mother Miranda finished explaining.
"But Mother Miranda, a few minutes ago you sent him to the Heisenberg show, to certain death, and now you want to live it. What does this mean?" - Dimitrescu asked quickly in her words.
"That's right, but seeing such performance I have decided to carry out a new project with the man. I trusted you and your family to keep him as a prisoner inside your castle." - Mother Miranda explained to the giant woman. - "You can draw the necessary blood, but do not kill him by exsanguination. And much less cut pieces of meat, I want it in one piece. "
Lady Dimitrescu listened to Miranda's orders, she wanted justice for the mortal's insult to her castle and her traditions.
"But he committed a crime against my interests." - Lady Dimitrescu exclaimed to Mother Miranda.
"What was the man's crime against you, my daughter? - Asked Mother Miranda despite already knowing what the crime was.
"He interrupted with the hiring of a servant of the town, it seems to me that her name is Elena Lupu." - Dimitrescu said to her mother, Miranda of her.
"Excellent, I found the solution. Miranda said as she clapped her hands and smiled under her mask."This man will take Elena Lupu's place as a servant within your castle."
"A man serving inside my castle!?" - Dimitrescu said with repellency upon hearing Mother Miranda's proposal, not a man served inside his castle for decades for very delicate reasons.
"It's just a proposal, you can easily send it to the dungeons if it's not useful." - Miranda said- "But wanting him alive is not a proposal, it's an order."
Alcina Dimitrescu proceeded to look down at her, accepting Miranda's verdict with no alternative. Miranda proceeded to point towards where Erron Black lay, still unconscious, who was being held by the 2 Dimitrescu sisters.
"Erron Black, for the crime of affecting the interests of Lady Dimitrescu, I order you a life of servitude within Dimitrescu Castle indefinitely." - Miranda ordered the sentence to the unconscious man who could impossibly hear her. . Then under her golden mask she proceeded to smile just to say the following. - "I will take your silence as a yes. You are free to go now. "
Then Mother Miranda wrapped herself in her raven wings and disappeared leaving Lady Dimitrescu and Cassandra and Daniela alone.
"So, will we keep him alive?" - Daniela asked her mother while she adjusted her new hat, she really wanted her mother to notice it.
"I think so, my dear daughter." - LadyDimitrescu said when she saw her daughter, the man-thing's hat was on her daughter's head. Seeing her daughter in her garment, she only made a warm, motherly smile at her daughter's antics.
"Very well my daughters, we will go to the castle. I'll take the man-thing's belongings and you to the new "servant." -Lady Dimitrescu told her daughters. She took the new items from him and started walking toward the exit.
"Yes mother." - The two girls said happily as they carried the man by the shoulders.
"Don't stop !"
"For our freedom!"
"For the Confederacy!"
"Death to the Yankees!"
"To victory!"
The captain screamed at the top of his lungs as he wielded his saber as a line of men behind him marched with their muskets, ready for battle. Their objective was to hunt down Union troops in a forest on the outskirts of a Gettysburg town where they had arrived 3 days ago.
General Lee had led the fight against the Union soldiers, despite the heavy losses of Confederate soldiers, he achieved his goal: Breaking the Union barricade. The Union soldiers retreated into the forest, weakened and disorganized, the best way to defeat the enemy is not in battle, but in retreat.
"Come on ladies, move your ass, those Union dogs are waiting for us !" - The captain shouted with all his lungs to the small line of men who hurriedly marched between the trees of the forest.
There were approximately 40 men under his command, they were initially regional battalions of each separatist state of the Confederacy, however, after 3 days of battles, they had to regroup into new mixed battalions due to the annihilation of different battalions. Among all those old men there were young men, young men who had enlisted out of desire for freedom, others out of adventure, but after several battles, those youthful faces dissipated.
Among those youngsters were a couple of Texan boys, perhaps the last Texans of Lee's entire army in the area. They were brothers, the oldest named John and the youngest Erron, perhaps between 18 and 20 years old. Always united, always next to each one.
"Don't fall, you idiot." - John laughed to his younger brother who almost tripped over a log.
"And you aim well, those bastards from Florida stole the death of that officer from you." - Erron replied to his brother, who could not shoot down an officer on horseback due to poor aim with the musket, a Florida soldier from his battalion shot him down, claimed all the glory.
"Oh come on, don't remind me of it anymore." - said John.
The line of men continued advancing until they managed to see the new defense of the Union soldiers, this defense was ready, it had artillery pieces, sandbags and small fortifications prepared in advance, this was a trap.
"For the Confederacy boys, charge !" - The captain shouted loudly, as he took a revolver and led his men to victory.
"Behind me, you idiot" -John said to his brother.
"I can do it alone, John." - Erron said. - "After all, I have a lot of girlfriends waiting for me at Wicke…."
Explosion.
A cannon shell exploded in Erron's line. Several men fell, however, Erron and Jonh managed to get to the ground. The impact zone had been filled with an intense powder mist that made it difficult to see well.
"It was close, do not you John? Erron asked his brother. His brother was on the ground with his chest on the ground, but he was not moving.
Erron touched his brother's back, he didn't react. Erron turned him around to get a better look, he saw with horror how a piece of shrapnel was embedded in his face. The handsome face of his brother, who stole the hearts of the most beautiful maidens of the town, was nothing more than a piece of meat made a shit, the eyes exploded from the impact, the teeth had been broken, the meat of his cheeks it was torn and blood gushed out like a fountain.
"Erron ..." -John said with difficulty to his frightened younger brother.
"John!" - Erron Yelled at the very badly wounded body of his brother.
"Erron ... wake up ..." -John said, taking his last breath.
"BROTHER !" - Erron shouted when he saw that the conscience of his brother died in his arms. He looked up at the surroundings with the intention of seeking help.
"DOCTOR! DOCTOR! HELP ME !" - Erron shouted to his surroundings, but he could not see anything, it was the thick fog of the battle, mixed with the cloud of gunpowder.
"Stay John, stay with me, you idiot!" - Young Erron said through tears hugging his dead brother.
As Erron mourned the corpse of his brother, a battle cry was heard from several men standing in front of him, wearing their blue uniforms and proudly carrying the old American flag.
"DEATH TO THE TRAITORS !" - Shouted one of the soldiers in blue, followed by a battle cry and several muskets aimed at the wounded Confederate soldiers. Erron froze, he took his musket to defend himself against the various muskets aimed at him. He and the other remaining men fired, after firing, the Union men in blue responded with more shots.
After firing his own gun, he took his brother's musket to fire again, however, he was received by a bullet impact in his left shoulder, causing him to fall to the ground.
It was the end, a charge of Union infantry was approaching, their taunts and battle cries were heard. Erron knew what would happen, being wounded they would simply stab them with the bayonet of a rifle ending his "agony" and give him a quick and "human" death. He just closed his eyes accepting his fate that he would share with his brother.
"It's not the end yet, Erron." John said in a soft, reassuring voice to his younger brother, despite being so disfigured in his face that it was impossible for him to express words.
"BROTHER, YOU ARE ALIVE !" - The young man said between tears for his brother.
"You just have to wake up." - Said John.
"What the hell are you saying, let's get the hell out of here!" - Erron exclaimed trying to drag his brother away.
"Wake up Erron. Just wake up. "-His brother said as his body began to crumble into ash, the whole battlefield seemed to be turning to ash, the trees, the other corpses, the Union soldiers who were approaching, everything was turned to ash.
"Just wake up." - The last thing John said before disappearing into ashes.
Soon, as Erorn tried to make sense of what had happened, an explosion hit the ground in his direction, causing Erron to fly off into the distance, causing his eyes to close.
Erron opened his eyes, his body was drenched in cold sweat, his heartbeat was at the limit, he could feel it even the parasite inside his heart felt it move with speed. He was sitting on a couch when he woke up.
"A nightmare, just that." - Erron told himself, the last thing he remembered was the dart in his arm before the world went dark.
Erron then checked himself, his wounded arm was bandaged, but he did not have his armor pieces nor his ammunition cartridges, nor his pistol nor his pistol holsters. Even his own hat and mask were missing. He was vulnerable, but where was he really?
Erron, I look around and notice that I was no longer in the abandoned church where he played the damn Heisenberg game, the place was much better than that damn place, this place screamed luxury wherever he looked.
The room where I was was very cozy, with a soft red tapestry on the walls, with a burning fireplace, the armchair was very comfortable and the atmosphere of the place was warm compared to the cold outside.
"Where am I really?" - Erron asked into the air as he got up, he still felt weakened by the dart and the stress of the battle.
Suddenly a "knock, knock" was heard from the other side of the gate. To then open it, a female figure appeared from the door in a maid dress, the woman looked old, maybe 50 years or more. But even so you could see that she had a slender figure.
"Mr. Black, I see you're fine." - Said the woman to then introduce herself. - "My name is Mariana, senior servant of Dimitrescu Castle, under the orders of Lady Dimitrescu."
"Lady Dimitrescu? The giant woman? "- Erron asked Mariana.
"Yes it is. She has brought you here to her castle, in fact, I am coming for you to bring you to her lordship. " - Mariana said to Erron.
"Why did she bring me here?" - Erron asked, preparing to fight even with the woman in front of him, he did not feel safe in a place he did not know, much less without his weapons.
"That she will answer her questions, that's why I have orders to take him before her, please follow me and do not try something out of place." - The woman explained.
"I understand, I hope you also don't try anything." - Erron said to the woman.
"Of course, it is rude to attack our guests." -Said the woman.
Erron approached her and the two of them set off through the corridors of the castle, Erron looked at the pictures hanging on the walls, the furniture with gilded pieces, the marble floor and other such luxurious things. He also saw some other maids cleaning the floor or cleaning the walls, they looked at him and went back to work, in addition to gossiping among themselves.
"What a beautiful castle." - Erron said as they walked up the stairs to the upper rooms.
The woman said nothing, she just continued with her path, guiding the Erron who only looked at the walls and the other pieces of wealth such as medieval knight armor and vases.
They walked for 3 more minutes until they reached a large door, before Mariana knocked on the door, she approached Erron and saw him directly in the eyes and then said in a low voice.
"Look Mr. Black, for your sake, be respectful with the Lady, she doesn't have much affection for men, so don't do something stupid." - Mariana said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I don't like men either." - Erron said with a smile to the woman.
"Very well, don't say I didn't warn you." - Mariana said, thinking - "This idiot won't last long."
Then Mariana knocked on the door, "Knock, knock"
"Come in." - A female voice with authority was heard from the other side of the door.
"Very good Erron, here we go." - Erron said to himself
