I did some more research on the characters and thought of throwing in some more stuff for the story :) Also, I will work on the new story I talked about before.
After the last of the zombies were killed Takeo went in search of Dempsey. Maybe Dempsey would know something about it, or maybe not. You never really know with Dempsey.
"I need to talk to you," Takeo said as he found Dempsey sitting down outside. He was sitting in the shade next to the box. He looked up and wondered what the asian man had on his mind. He never really said much.
"What's up, Masaki?" Dempsey asked.
Takeo ignored hearing his first name. Just because they had what he ad Nikolai called 'bonding' didn't mean they could use his first name. "It's about Richtofen. You ever feel like you've known him before?"
Dempsey thought for a moment. "I've never met a crazier man. What's this all about?"
Takeo didn't know how to put it. Should he just say what has been on his mind for a while?
"Richtofen is a strange guy, but I've met him before. More like he knows me better than I know myself..." he trailed off in thought. "And I've seen you and Nikolai before."
Dempsey raised an eyebrow at him. "Killing zombies is getting to your head." He got up and stretched his arms. "You need sleep."
"Dempsey, I'm not going crazy. I-"
"Listen, Tak, what's the chance of any of us meeting up before all of this and not remembering it?" he started walking back into the cinema. "Unless someone erased our memories." He laughed and disappeared inside.
It all hit Takeo right then. He knew what he was saying didn't make sense because his memory was erased. Everyone's memory was. Well, those lucky enough that survived Richtofen's grasp. He would get Richtofen back for everything he did to him. He went in search of Nikolai. "Maybe he remembers..."
"What are you talking about? I need fucking vodka!" Nikolai was frantically looking for the bottle of vodka he dropped. He was a little jumpy too when Takeo brought up what he remembered about Richtofen.
"Did Richtofen do something to you too?" Takeo never pressed for answers, but he wanted to know if the others remembered. His thoughts trailed to Viridian. What if she was an experiment too?
Nikolai stayed silent, which answered Takeo's question. Takeo turned Nikolai around to face him. "What the hell happened?!" Takeo was surprised at how his voice rose a little. Nikolai stared lifelessly at Takeo. He muttered something before dropping his eyes to his feet.
Takeo's patience was running thin. Maybe if he's drunk Nikolai will say something. "Let's find that bottle of vodka. Maybe that'll get your brain tickin-"
"NO!" Nikolai yelled, pushing Takeo back. Nikolai fell down and started shaking. "Need vodka so Nikolai doesn't remember..."
Then Takeo understood it all. Richtofen was the cause of Nikolai's alcoholism. Whatever Richtofen did to him, it scarred him for life.
Takeo saw Richtofen approaching with Viridian behind him. Nikolai flinched when he saw Richtofen coming closer.
"Nikolai," Richtofen said. "You dropped zis." It was the vodka bottle he dropped when that mob of zombies came at him. Nikolai snatched it and chugged down half of the bottle. He belched, now happy he had alcohol in his system.
"Ah, that's better!" Nikolai looked at Takeo. "Crazy Japanese man. You do not care about Nikolai's vodka!"
Richtofen laughed a little. "No he does not, Nikolai." He looked at Takeo. Takeo just stood there, glaring at Richtofen.
"I want to try some vodka!" Viridian hopped up to Nikolai. Being the stingy bastard he was, he held the bottle out of Viridian's grasp. There was no way she was going to have his vodka. Viridian and Nikolai were arguing while Richtofen confronted Takeo.
The two men were standing tall, Richtofen just a little taller than Takeo. "You remembered. You're smarter zan ze other two. And now you know vhy Nikolai has a drinking problem." He grabbed Takeo by the neck. "And you'll keep it to yourself. You're not getting out of zis alive, Masaki."
Takeo swatted Richtofen's hand away. "Neither are you, dishonorable Nazi."