Major characters in this story: Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez, Russell Fabray, Judy Fabray, Sam Evans and Maribel Lopez.
Parings: Quinntana, Russell/Judy, vague Lucy/Biff + Lucy/Sam.
Warnings:
For the whole story: This story is labeled M for several reasons, mostly because the story is centered around a Nazi concentration camp, but also because Russell Fabray turns out to be a huge racist douchebag who is capable of doing despicable things. Plus I have a bad tendency to kill story characters – You have been warned!
For chapter 1: Racial ideology, racial hate, domestic violence, concentration camp depictions.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
This story is unbeta'd and my first language isn't English.
A/N: This is my first Quinntana story. I apparently can't write fluffy things, so this was the result. This story is posted for the Quinntana Week Day 7: Free day on Tumblr. If you have any feedback, feel free to tell me about it.
NB! This story is clearly AU, but I wanted to point out that in this universe Lucy has never been "Lucy Caboosey" since this AU version of her father would never tolerate that happening. In the beginning of this story Lucy and Santana are both around 16 - 17 years old.
Chapter 1
Lucy Quinn Fabray had from an early age been told that there were different kinds of humans. Her father, Russell Fabray, had always made sure she knew that she was one of the few lucky once in the world to be born into the magnificent species that was the powerful Aryan race. From as early as Lucy could remember, she had been constantly reminded by her father that she should be proud to be his daughter. Because he was after all the reason that the blood, that was currently pumping though Lucy's veins, made her a part of the master race.
Lucy loved her father dearly and why shouldn't she? He had never given her any reason not to, he had always treated her as the princess she was. So Lucy had never questioned why she so whole heartily believed that there really were other people in the world that was beneath her. She had never once blinked in disbelief when her father had told her that those people, or subhumans as he preferred to called them, needed to be neutralized to make sure their own race wouldn't be destroyed by them trying to intermix their weak genes, into the master race's pure bloodstream, in an attempt to ruin the purity of their perfect race. Lucy never questioned his motives or beliefs, he was after all her father and in her eyes he could never do anything wrong.
In fact Lucy had been one of his greatest supporters, when he had been promoted to become a commander at one of the newly build concentration camps in Germany. She had been overjoyed for his promotion, even if it meant that they had to move away from their beautiful home and all her perfect friends to live somewhere she had never been before, but Lucy would gladly do anything that could help her father achieve the glory he without a doubt deserved. Still the change hadn't been easy for her, she was after all a young woman standing on the threshold into adulthood, so losing all her friends and her childhood home had been hard on her. However she would still willingly sacrifice everything she had, if it meant that her father was happy. So even thought Lucy ended up shedding a few tears over the whole move, it still didn't take her long to put it behind her. It certainly hadn't hurt that before she knew it, she once more had several new perfect friends and a shiny new perfect room in the perfect house. Lucy couldn't have been more happy if she tried. Now the Fabray's had everything, at least that was what Lucy thought. She was wrong.
Russell Fabray didn't think that everything was perfect, at least not yet. He thought that to be a perfect family his youngest daughter needed to give him a suitable son-in-law. Lucy's older sister, Frannie, was already married with the renowned Captain Krause in the German forces, she was already expecting twins. Now Lucy's father had decided that it was high time Lucy got her perfect match, which he had been so lucky to find in Biff McIntosh, who happened to be the son of one of Germany's largest export families. If Lucy thought that the Fabray's were rich, she was sorely mistaken, because compared to the McIntosh's they were poor. That was why this marriage would be the perfect match according to her father. Not to mention that this marriage would most likely help him get relocated to Berlin to finally be a part of the power elite, which he had worked his whole life to become a part of. Of course in Russell's mind nothing could stop this from happening, but foolishly he hadn't reckoned with the fact that his beloved daughter, that he had thought had worshiped him almost like a God from she was a little baby, would be the one to rain on his parade. He was utterly shocked when Lucy had reclined the offer, that he had so excitedly presented her with.
In the upcoming days after the refusal, Russell had desperately tried to reason with Lucy. He had even told her that this marriage between her and Biff would be the perfect marriage according to the Nuremberg racial laws, because neither of them had any hereditary diseases, which meant that they were both racial pure. Their combined offspring would be strong and racially pure, with no subhuman traits polluting their pure bloodstream. As tempting as that probably sounded to Lucy, his princess had still refused to accept the marriage arrangement, stating that she had no wish to leave her father's side for a man that she hardly even knew. Russell had almost exploded then, but he wisely knew that Lucy didn't react well to violence. So instead he cleverly came up with a better solution. She obviously needed to get to know Biff first. Russell had therefore quickly contacted Biff's father, so the two of them could agree on the terms on how to make Lucy see that Biff was the ideal partner. It didn't take them long to come up with the perfect solution. The best thing for them would be to arrange it so that the Fabray family would come up to the McIntosh's luxurious vacation home in the Bavarian Alps, where they could stay with them the McIntosh's for a week, which would be plenty of time for Lucy to get to know Biff and agree to the marriage.
Everyone involved had thought that the stay had been marvelous, well everyone except Lucy. She couldn't believe that her father seriously wanted her to marry such a stuck up and extremely self-centered man as Biff had turned out to be. Of course she obviously knew that this marriage would be perfect for the Fabray families reputation and up till now she had thought she was willing to do everything it took to please her father, but apparently she had been wrong. However Lucy wasn't stupid, she knew how she could please her father without actually agreeing to anything. So on their last day with the McIntosh's, she had finally agreed to the proposal, but only on the condition that her and Biff would have a long-term engagement period, in which she could live at home and under no circumstances did she want to get married before this dreadful war was over. Both families had been so overjoyed over the prospect of her finally accepting, that they had all easily agreed to her terms.
The next day there was a photo of Biff and her in all the major newspapers in Germany, proclaiming the engagement of Biff McIntosh and Lucy Quinn Fabray. Lucy found it a little bit funny that the two of them hadn't even kissed yet, but if she had anything to say about it that and the marriage would never ever happen. She just had to make sure that her father milked this engagement for all it was worth and when they were finally relocated to Berlin, like he deserved, she could finally break it off. Till then her father would be happy and as long as she didn't have to see Biff again for a long, long time Lucy would be happy too. Little did she know that it wouldn't turn out to be that easy.
One evening, not long after their return from the Bavarian Alps, Lucy came down for dinner and walked straight into a heated argument between her parents in the dinning room. She quietly sat down to listen to what the problem was and quickly understood that her father was mad about his secretary having to take a month off from work, because of her soon to be wedding and the following honeymoon. Lucy's mother, Judy, had tried to reason with her husband that this clearly wasn't the end of the world, but apparently her father didn't agree.
"As if it wasn't bad enough that she's getting married and leaving me with the problem of replacing her, but on top of that she's marring that snotty little brat that dared to criticize my leadership! You know the one who clearly wasn't old enough to be a SS officer, let alone a concentration camp inspector! I still believe he was only given that job because of who is father is." Russell was clearly aggravated. He was marching back and forth in the dinning room. "I bet he'll even end up making her pregnant! Which means that I'll have to find another full-time secretary." Judy was still trying to calm her husband down, she knew what he was capable of if he got too mad, she had unfortunately several permanent scars littered around her body to prove it.
"Can't you just take one of the other secretary's just for this week, till you can find a more permanent replacement? I'm sure they wouldn't mind." Russell stopped and glared at her.
"I can't just use anyone! Do you know how many people there are that would love to get a hold of my papers? Do you know how many enemies I have that would love to take over my job? I need to find someone I can trust! I can't just hire someone without making sure that they're a part of the master plan of making this country the greatest in the world! What if I hire a spy that is trying to undermined our cause? What if I end up hiring a liberal? Or even worse, what if they turn out to be racially impure! If someone found out about it, I would never come anywhere near Berlin! Don't you see that this is a really delicate matter? I can't just hire someone! Every candidate needs to be thoroughly checked out to make sure their trustworthy, not to mention pure! The people I need to contact would need at least a week to check out every applicant's background. I don't have a week, she's leaving tomorrow!" Russell was getting more and more agitated. Judy was slowly sinking farther down in her chair, silently dreading the now clearly unavoidable violent aftermath later on. Thankfully she was saved by her daughter.
"But daddy can't you just use me till you can hire a new secretary? I have this week off from school." Lucy was smiling at her father like she had solved the easiest problem in the world and her father immediately lighted up when he heard his daughter's voice. He hadn't even noticed that she had entered the dinning room, or the fact that dinner had been served ten minutes ago. He smiled brightly at her.
"That is an excellent idea my beautiful princess, why didn't I think of that. You would never betray your own father, would you?" It was obvious that it was meant to be a rhetorical question, because Russell didn't wait for an answer before he continued. "Well that settles that." He looked down at the dining table. "Ah, dinners served I see, let's eat before it gets cold." He sat down and started a polite conversation with his daughter about what she had learned at school. Judy slowly breathed out in relief and thanked God for her daughter saving her from a sure beating.
That night Lucy had problems sleeping, she was so excited to finally being able to accompany her father to work. She had always wanted to see these infamous subhumans her father had always told her about. She had never seen any of these dreaded animals before, that she knew was threatening to ruin the world she loved so much. So the next morning she couldn't even wait for her father to finish eating and she constantly nagged him to hurry up so they could finally leave for work.
Russell smiled and laughed at how adorably cute his daughter got when she didn't getting her way, but he obviously loved how happy she ended up being when she finally got what she wanted. The big smile she gave him when he told her that it was finally time to leave was well worth it. He was actually looking forward to having her by his side for the week. However after he had finally thought about the whole matter a little bit more thoroughly yesterday, he had quickly decided that he needed to watch out so his daughter didn't end up witnessing some of the more unpleasant sides of his work. Not that he had any doubt that his pride and joy would be able to handle it, but more out of him not wanting her to be anywhere near, or even breathe the same air as most of the filth they had stored in the camp at the moment. The whole thing had actually turned out to be a bit of a dilemma for him, as to how he would be able to spare Lucy from coming too close to these filthy animals. He was obviously too busy himself to watch over her, but luckily for Russell he had thankfully one of the brightest minds in the region, so he had quickly found a solution to that problem too. He would simply put one of his guys to be on "Lucy Duty" for the whole duration of her stay. That would entail keeping her out of certain areas and make sure she didn't end up in any trouble. He had already picked out the perfect guy for the job.
As the driver turned into the camp, Russell studied his daughters eager expression with a smile on his lips. He couldn't have been more proud of how well his baby had grown up if I tried. There was no doubt in his mind that he would miss having his baby girl around when she married that McIntosh kid, but Russell quickly reminded himself that it was more important for the Fabray family to become a part of the McIntosh family, than him being nostalgic over the fact that his favorite daughter would be leaving him soon. All Russell really needed was to be on the McIntosh's good side, so he could finally get access to their connections in Berlin.
The moment their chauffeur turned the car into the camp grounds, Lucy was almost jumping up and down in her seat because of the excitement coursing through her body. If she could have, she would probably have pressed her face to the car window to see as much as she could, but Lucy obviously knew that a proper lady didn't behave like an animal. Still that didn't stop her from eagerly scanning her eyes over every little bit of the concentration camp that she could see from the car.
As they drove towards the office buildings, Lucy finally managed to get a good look at some of the subhumans, but to be honest she was immediately a little bit disappointed at what she saw. The picture her father had painted her of them had always been of a group of rabid animals, ready to attack and kill you in seconds if you dared to approach them. However these subhumans, that they were currently driving by, looked surprisingly like normal humans. So when Lucy finally stepped out of the car to walk into her father's office, she was actually really disappointed by what she had seen so far. Still she tried to hide her emotions so her father wouldn't see, because she knew that he was really excited to have her working for him. She obviously didn't want to let him down just because she was disappointed.
However it didn't take long before Lucy's mind was occupied with other things, since her father quickly put her to work behind his secretary's desk, sorting out a mountain of paperwork that hadn't been filed away before his old secretary left. Lucy was in fact so busy that she didn't even notice the handsome soldier entering, before he discreetly cleared his throat to get her attention. The unexpected sound made Lucy jump in her chair and she quickly look up at the newly arrived soldier standing in front of her desk. She involuntary blushed in embarrassment that she hadn't noticed him before. She made sure to give him one of her most charming smiles.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in. What can I do for you?"
"I'm here to see General Fabray, he wanted to talk to me. I'm Lieutenant Sam Evans by the way." Sam smiled back at her and quickly extended his hand. Lucy quickly shook it in greeting.
"Just one moment, I'll check if he's busy." It didn't take long before she came back from the other room with a smile on her face.
"He can see you now, just walk right in." Sam gave her a cheeky smile, before he schooled his facial expression in preparation of meeting his boss.
After Sam disappeared into her father's office Lucy sat in her chair, distractedly looking out of the window in deep thoughts, anxiously waiting for Sam to exit again. She couldn't help herself from thinking that Sam had to be a much more perfect example of the Aryan race than Biff was. She blushed once again when she suddenly caught herself thinking about how perfect their children would look, if he had been the one she was supposed to marry instead of Biff. When Sam finally came back out, Lucy quickly got up. She wasn't going to admit it, but she might have blushed even more when he gave her a big toothy grin and a subtle wink, before he walked out off the front door. She was a little bit disappointed that he hadn't talked to her, but she quickly understood that he probably couldn't since her father had been walking right behind him. He was now the one standing in front of her desk.
"That was one of my Lieutenants, Sam Evans, he's a good soldier. His father is actually part of the Gestapo, which you know are stationed in Berlin." Lucy could see the respect on her father's face. "I asked him to look after you while you're here." Russell saw that his daughter was about to protest. "Yes I know that you're old enough to take care of yourself, but honey this isn't the safest place to be." He pointed to the window. "I would never forgive myself if anyone of those animals out there managed to harm you in any way. I have a lot of men out there, but you can never truly understand what those things are capable of doing to a beautiful girl like you. That's why I made sure that Evans will always escort you, whenever you're outside of this office." Lucy didn't like to be treated like a child, but she also clearly remembered all the horror stories her father had told her, about why they needed to contain these subhumans. So she obediently nodded her agreement. Russell smiled and turned around to go back into his office, but stopped when he remembered something.
"Before I forget, you need to know that Evans has been given strict orders to keep you away from certain areas of the camp. Before you start to complain, he's only doing that for your own good. These areas have some of the worst animals I have ever seen and I will not have my beautiful baby going anywhere near them. This is not negotiable Lucy! If I hear that you have been anywhere near any of those places, I will send you straight home! I couldn't live with myself if something were to happened to my little princess." Once again Lucy obediently nodded her head and quickly gave her father a kiss on the cheek, but on the inside she was jumping up and down at the thought of the possibility of finally encounter these fierce animals she had dreamed of seeing.
The joy Lucy was feeling after her father's revelation was quickly subdued, when she found out that it would become a lot harder than she had thought to get passed Sam Evans to see these fierce creatures. No matter how much she flirted with him, it still didn't help. He just blankly refused to take her anywhere else, than where General Fabray had told him was safe for her. Not even the fact that she had managed to make him shyly admit that he already knew who she was and that he had actually on several occasions tried to talk to her, since they had attended many of the same gatherings, had ended up helping her in her attempt at tricking him into showing her the forbidden areas of the camp. To be honest Lucy couldn't even remember meeting Sam before, but to be fair she had always had a lot of suitors, so it was rather hard to remember them all. However she eagerly noted that it seemed like Sam was more than just a little bit smitten with her, that fact could come in handy later. So even if she hadn't succeeded in making him help her break her father's rules, she was confident that she could use his obvious crush to get her will sooner or later. For the time being she had just decided to given up for now and spent the rest of her lunch break watching, from afar, some of the newly arrived subhumans line up in rows, before they were herded in different directions. At least Sam had been willing to share some of his knowledge about what was happening in front of them.
Apparently they were being separated, firstly by gender since they obviously didn't need them to try to breed more subhumans. Which reminded Lucy of her father's saying that they all had a bad reputation of behaving like primitive animals with rabbit tendencies, so separating them seemed wise. After that the two groups were than separated by strength, since they needed the strong once to work for their living. When Lucy asked what they did with the weak that couldn't work, Sam had gone eerily quiet before coughing and scratching the back of his head. Then he pointed towards the nearest line that was slowly walking past them in the distance. Lucy could see that they were heading towards one of the grey buildings and Sam quickly explained that they were going to be disinfected in the showers first, since they didn't want the guards to catch any of their vermin or diseases. Lucy couldn't help feeling her heart jump in unexpected sympathy, when one of the guards hit one of the smaller children for trying to run back to the other group, most likely wanting to see his father again that probably had been picked out to be in the strong group. Lucy couldn't understand why she suddenly felt bad for the little boy, that obviously hadn't done anything wrong, but he was after all the offspring of the filth her father had told her was trying to take over their rightful living space. Those things were all trying to ruin everything that was good about their country, so he probably deserved everything he got, didn't he? When the soldiers had finally managed to fit the whole group inside the shower room, which Lucy thought was way too small for such a large group, Sam took her hand and said it was time to get back to the office.
Later that day and the next day too Lucy tried to spot the little boy again, but to no prevail. She couldn't see him anywhere. The truth was that she couldn't see any of the kids she had seen walking past her. It felt a little bit strange that she couldn't see any of them. When Lucy started looking a little bit closer at the subhumans, that she could see. She quickly noticed that she couldn't recognize even one, that resembled someone from the weak group, that she had seen walk by her that first day. It was then it suddenly hit her that she actually couldn't see any children or old people either. After that it didn't take Lucy long before she noticed the fact that there were barely any women behind the fences, there were mostly men. That was something she found to be really strange, since the group that had walked by her had been only women, with the exception of some of the children that also included males. When Lucy finally asked Sam about it, he once more scratched is neck and told her that it wasn't so unusual, because the weak group had to be in isolation for at least a week before they could be put out with the others, just in case any of them had a contagious disease. That explanation actually made sense to Lucy, but it still didn't explain why there weren't any other children or old people in the camp and why there were so few women. For each day that went by, Lucy got more and more questions.
Like the fact that she knew that her father had told her from she was a little girl, that the people she saw behind the fences weren't humans, but somehow that didn't stop her heart from hurting when she saw how badly some of them seem to have been treated. She rarely saw them being beaten, but Lucy quickly started to suspect that her father had told his guards not to do that in front of her. Which had quickly been confirmed on two separate occasions, when the guards had stopped a beating because they saw her coming. After that Sam had made sure to make their presence known, which was probably why she hadn't seen anymore beatings. Either way Lucy could still see that a lot of the subhumans had wounds after what had to be severe beatings. It really made her heart bleed to see how thin and unhealthy they all looked, just standing there, staring back at her with big empty eyes. However what really surprised her was the fact that not one time did any of them lash out at her or say anything rude, like she had thought they would. This whole experience had ended up being so surreal that Lucy didn't know what to believe anymore. She had tried to get some answers from Sam, but the more she asked the more he started shutting down, or he ended up trying to distract her with other really boring topics that she couldn't care less about. Slowly all the unanswered questions was starting to drive Lucy crazy, she needed some answers. That was why she decided to take matters into her own hands to find some of them, but first she needed to get ride of her watch dog.