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Netta was suddenly thrown into a tiny, dark room. The teleporter had brought her here, wherever 'here' was, but where was everyone else?
Netta stood up and looked around. A single operating chair stood in the middle, and a counter stood off to the side, against the wall, with medical equipment on it. Two cabinets seemed to over the counter.
A single light above the operating chair was the only source of light for the entire room. Frowning, Netta looked for a way out.
Two double doors stood behind the chair. Netta ran over and tried to push them over. They were locked.
"Hey! Hello?" she called. Nobody answered.
Suddenly, an angry man's voice started yelling from a distance, outside the doors, accompanied by a young girls crying. They both were speaking in German.
"Come you idiot girl!" snapped the man's voice. It was getting closer.
"No, leave me alone! Vati, help me vati!" she cried.
The double doors were shoved open, and a man dragged a young, screaming girl into the room. The man looked directly at Netta, but seemed not to even know she was there.
Netta froze. "Um, uh…" she blubbered, stepping back against the wall. Again, neither the man nor the girl seemed to hear, or even see her.
"Don't hurt me! Don't hurt me!" the girl cried.
"Shut up!" the man said angrily. With growing horror, Netta recognized the voice.
Richtofen?
"Richtofen! Richtofen!" Netta yelled. He didn't even turn around.
This must be a memory! I'm looking at a memory! Oh my God, what is he doing to that girl?
Richtofen shoved the girl into the chair, strapping her down. She struggled against the bonds, sobbing. "No! Please don't hurt me!" she screamed.
"Now Samantha, you are very important to me right now. I am testing a certain drug . You either let me perform zeh test, or you die. In ordnung?
Samantha sobbed. "Just leave me alone. Please Herr Richtofen?" she begged. Richtofen just laughed and picked up a needle…
Everything suddenly blurred together, and Netta was now in a large lab, well lit this time. Two men were sitting on stools in the room, talking amongst themselves. Again, neither of the men could see nor hear Netta. Netta recognized one of the men to be Dr. Richtofen.
"The experiment failed Richtofen. Damn it, I told you it wouldn't work!" the other man said angrily. Richtofen looked humbled.
"I-I am sorry Doctor…I thought, I just thought…" Richtofen stuttered, looking down. Netta had never seen Richtofen with such low pride before…
"Element 115 is a failure. I knew it wouldn't work…we vill have to cancel zeh project. We have tried it on humans and now animals…Hitler vill not be pleased.
Richtofen was silent.
Suddenly, a loud bark was heard from the opposite room.
Netta froze. Oh my God, was that a dog? It sounded more like a lion!
A grin appeared on Richtofen's face. "Did you hear that Dr. Maxis?" he said excitedly
Both men stood up, Richtofen grinning, Maxis looking worried. "Richtofen…is that-"he was interrupted by a small voice. "Vati? Vati, where's Fluffy?" said Samantha Maxis, walking slowly into the lab. Richtofen and Maxis looked at each other.
Suddenly, the dog came charging into the room barking and growling at the three Germans. A coat of flames covered the dog, and its eyes were a glowing red.
Samantha and Netta both screamed.
That's a Hellhound! The ones we fought in Kino Der Toten
"Vati..vati what-what happened to Fluffy…?" Samantha whimpered, terrified
"Just come over to me Samantha…back against the wall…"
Richtofen started to laugh. He ran out the door, and Netta heard a loud click as he locked the door behind him.
The barks of the dog grew into roars as it began walking closer to Maxis and Samantha.
"Richtofen! Richtofen let us out!" Dr. Maxis screamed.
Samantha was crying and sobbing now. "Vati, I'm scared!"
The last thing Netta heard were the screams of Dr. Maxis and his daughter and Richtofen laughing.
"Goodbye Dr. Maxis."
Netta's vision blurred again, and she collapsed on the floor.
"Hey…hey Netta…wake up. Cmon."
Someone was gently shaking her.
"Leave her alone Dempshey! She vill wake when she is ready!"
Netta groaned, and opened her eyes. She was lying on the ground, outside somewhere. Trees loomed above her, and vines hung from above them.
"Richtofen, she's awake…"
Netta sat up, still shaken from the…dream? She had no idea what she had just experienced.
"Ah, zeh little Spanish girl is awake. Sehr gut! Now, we must get going!"
Netta stood up, gazing at Richtofen as he pulled ammunition clips out of his small bag.
I should talk to him. I don't know if that was a memory, and I had been going back in time, or just an extremely vivid dream.
I'll talk to Dempsey first…
"Hey, Nazi, where are we heading to?"
Richtofen laughed. "You will see soon Dempshey. Now, let's go!"
Netta stood up and shivered. She was still extremely disturbed by what she saw in her dream… She glanced at Richtofen again.
"Richtofen, where are we?" Netta asked, her voice still shaking a little.
"This would be an island called 'Shangri-La'! Beautiful, is it not?"
Netta frowned, but nodded.
They began walking, following Richtofen. Despite the heavy brush, he seemed to know exactly where he was going.
Dempsey looked worried. " What if we run into zombies?"
Richtofen laughed again. "That will not happen yet."
Dempsey glared at him. "And how the hell do you know that for sure?"
Richtofen shook his head, smiling. "Trust me, American…"
They walked for about ten more minutes, Dempsey and Netta trailing behind by about ten feet. Richtofen was humming some strange, German song, as happy as could be.
Netta decided to talk to Dempsey.
"Do you know…anything…of when Richtofen was a Nazi? What he used to do?"
Dempsey shook his head. "He never talks about his past. We've all tried to get him to reveal something, anything, but he never talks. I don't even know why we're fighting the zombies, or how they got here. Aren't you two old friends or something?"
Netta frowned. "I've known him for a long time…but I never knew about what he had done when he used to work for Hitler. Do you remember how you met him?"
Dempsey shook his head again. "I don't remember anything of my past. Not my childhood, nothing. I don't even know if I used to be married or not…Richtofen said it was because I had been brutally attacked by a zombie, and I fell from the balcony back at Der Riese…but I…don't know…" he trailed off, thinking.
Netta grimaced. "Is that what he told your allies?"
Dempsey shook his head. "I don't know. I've been suspicious of him ever since I can remember…because all of us lost our memories except for him. I don't trust him, but I have to, you know? It's either trust him or die. I know he must've been lying when he told me how I lost my memory…but I don't know what to believe."
Netta shook her head. "Oh...oh wow…"
Dempsey nodded. "Yeah. Exactly."
Netta took a deep breath. "Has he ever mentioned a girl named Samantha?"
Dempsey frowned. "No…he hasn't…wait…is Samantha this girl that we keep hearing? The laugh that we hear sometimes?"
Netta gasped.
Oh my God.
"I…I think so."
Look at that, no character deaths! Well, err, I guess that's not exactly right. XD Hope this was okay! Thanks to everyone for your reviews!