บท 9: History?

Location: Munich Train Station

POV: Mackensen

My train leaves at 13:15 to Berlin, the trip will at most take 5 hours, but they say we will arrive in only 4 hours at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. So I woke up at 11:00 to get a good breakfast provided by the hotel.' This the time I am getting a business class cabin. Hopefully, no one else will get one. I want to have some peace and quiet.' I smiled to myself.

God was with me as no one was in the cabin, I sat down and pulled the hat that went with the suit a bit over my eyes. I quickly fell asleep, trying to sleep my way over the ride.

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Location: 20 Minutes outside of Munich by Train

POV: Kyle's

''CRASH!'' I was pulled up by an invisible force and thrown against the wall in front of me.''FUCK! IT HURTS!'' I felt pain all over my body, some fractures and bones had to be broken.' What happened?!?' ''AAAAAAA'' I hear people screaming in pain all around me, the pain started to assault my head as I start to lose consciousness. The last thing I heard was some people screaming fire. I just saw a red glow appear as my eyes closed.

Time: 1 Hour After Kyle left by Train

Location: Kiefersfelden

POV(point of view): Rudolf's

The negotiations have ended splendidly, we have reduced the costs by 500 million, but due to many limitations some areas had to be edited:

1. The base can run on internal fuel supplies. 6 months max with lavish consumption, 9 months with normal consumption and 12 months if harsh rationing is enforced.

2. The airbase Capacity has been put to 80 planes, while storage is 300 planes. The storage capacity of the armoury has been reduced by only 10%.

3. The amount of personnel needed to operate the base with the latest innovations have decreased to only 300.000 Non-active personnel, 15,000 active personnel and place for more than 2,000 scientists. This has allowed us to reduce the surface area of the base.

4. the roads have been widened to allow 2 train tracks going in each direction and allow 3 tanks side by side to pass.

5. Escape Tunnels have been added going North, West, South and East. A prison area has been included for a capacity of 100 men.

6. Each facility has only 2 entry points, always pointing in exactly opposite directions. This allows one route to always not be blocked.

7. 10 helicopter launchpads, 5 missile silos, and many positions reinforced for tanks to be put in, in case of a siege.

'Most blueprints will be done in a few weeks. Sir Kyle said I decide the best version eventually.'

2 days have passed since Kyle left, now it is time for me to also return to Munich and start preparing the personnel.' I estimate if I pool together all my resources including my father's I can fill the external base in less than a year, I would need to slowly expand the recruitment in order not to arouse suspicion. but to get it done by the timeline is nearly impossible. Sir Kyle demands the extreme from me' i sigh dejectedly.

It is only been 3 hours since I entered Munich, but the only thing I see is people running around, tracks arriving with people, some dead, some fine, some burned to crisp. I do not really bother with this since Kyle already left yesterday. Only out of curiosity did I ask around.''Sir, what happened to create this horrendous situation?'' A 50-year-old bartender looked at me before answering:'' You must have just arrived yesterday haven't you? It seems that the train Munich-Berlin crashed with the train Berlin-Neurenberg. Most people have been brought to Neurenberg and Berlin for treatment, the leftover people were sent by train back to Munich for treatment.''

All kind of expressions appeared on my face as many thoughts and ideas went through my head,' he is fine, he is the boss, after all, he should have no problem surviving this accident' Sweat beads started to form atop of my head the more I think of the possibilities. the Bartender continued talking:'' It seems that the police suspect a communist organisation behind it, some people have been taken to Berlin for interrogation. Poor lads, their fate is sealed if they did it.'' I replied quickly before leaving:'' Thank you, sir!'' I didn't forget to leave a tip for the information given.

I Sprinted towards the barracks to ask for more detail about the accident. But the only information I got was estimated costs for repairs, the number of people dead and injured, the number of people taken for interrogation and the possible leader of the group who did the attack. 'Dammit, I can't find out if he is still alive or not, I hope he is, else my road will come to an end quickly.' I just manned up and started to formulate plans to get talented individuals to join the organisation.'I will need to make a certain test for the participants to only get the cream of the crop, but for this I need external financial support, I have to use the 500 Million RM saved from the deal than. I hope the boss can forgive me for this.'