“It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen”
Wolfgang stated to the troops as he was asked how things in surgery “but also
somewhat disturbing at the same” he concluded.
After the surgery had been completed on Cadet Schwartz’s new leg,
Wolfgang thought that the young lad would just be limping with the new leg, but
after he regained his strength in post-op “it was like his leg had never been
lost in the first place” Wolfgang concluded.
When he was done being surprised by the results of
Cadet Schwartz’s operation, he’d thought he find out where the troops were
billeted and thought he find a place for him there. When he was told which way to go, he
immediately jogged his way to the barracks and found it outside near the castle
entrance. The barracks was pretty much the
same as where he had been billeted before in other facilities, except for the
fact that the beds looked more comfortable.
When he had found the barracks, some of the men where happy to see him
and they then decided to show him to the mess hall/tavern, on the other side of
the castle entrance yard.
“So it’s
true that Schwartz got his leg back?” one of the soldiers asked
quizzically. “Well, not entirely” the
soldiers had a look of confusion as he said that. “You see, the doctors couldn’t completely
save his left leg, so they had to saw it off” the soldiers cringed at that very
mention of that. “But, the replacement
they had for him was so sophisticated looking; I had a hell of a time trying to
figure out until they started attaching it to his leg. As they were operating on him, they were
explaining how the process worked.”
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“We’re going to attach the nerves to the artificial
leg that you see here” Dr. Kaminski explained to the cadet who was lying on the
operating table. Wolfgang had been
watching and listening to the doctor from the observation area overlooking the
operating room. “Will he be able to ever
ride a horse again?” Wolfgang asked the Doctor through something that the orderlies
called an intercom.
“When the surgery is complete, he’ll be able to
dance a jig if he wanted too” Dr. Schreiber joked. A few chuckles could be
heard from the orderlies in the operating room.
“But seriously, he will be able to ride again. Other than losing your original leg, there
should be no problem with you after the operation, but you’ll need to remain
around the hospital for observation” Dr. Schreiber explained.
“You mean you want to make sure that my leg works
perfectly?” Cadet Schwartz asked just as the anesthesia mask was being put on
him. “You are correct young man” Dr.
Kaminski “Now, please count backwards from ten young man.” Cadet Schwartz began counting from ten to
nine and before he could reach six he was asleep. “Now let’s begin, orderly hand me the saw”
Dr. Kaminski asked. Wolfgang began
sweating as the doctor began sawing away at the unconscious cadet’s left
leg. Blood started pouring out and
Wolfgang cringed.
When the bloody task was done and the corporal was
able to prevent himself from passing out, they took the sawed off leg and put
it into a large glass container filled with some kind of liquid. “This liquid is formaldehyde, it will
preserve his leg for study” Dr. Schreiber explained. “Why
would they need to do that” Wolfgang asked himself. “Now” Dr. Kaminski stated “Let’s get down to
the real business. Orderly, please bring
me the nerve connector.” That being
said, one of the nurses stepped out of the room briefly and then came back with
a strange looking device.
The thing looked like an empty, metallic cup that
looked like it could fit around someone’s leg.
“The nerves are hard to see from the naked eye, so we created a series
of microscopic needles, which will automatically seek and connect to the
nerves” Dr. Schreiber explained. “This
part will be inside the artificial leg and when it’s attached, the connection
between the nerves and the leg will be complete. Wolfgang was still confused, but it didn’t matter to
him. As long as the young cadet got
another chance to walk again, he was fine.
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“Christ, Wolfgang, I sure as hell am not getting any
sleep tonight” one of the troopers said sounding queasy. “You wanted the details, I gave them to you”
Wolfgang said between sips of ale. “I’ve
seen my share of blood” one soldier added in “it’s the whole science thing
that’s going to keep up, because I am confused as hell. “Excuse me Corporal Freidan?” A black clad
trooper asked. “That’s me” Wolfgang
responded.
“Lady Schreiber has requested your presence for
tonight’s dinner with his lordship and the general” the trooper said
plainly. “She requested me? As in a date
requested?” Wolfgang said quizzically.
The trooper shrugged “She didn’t put it that way, she said that I should
inform you and send for you immediately” the trooper stated plainly. “Well as you can see trooper, I am not
exactly dressed for the occasion” Wolfgang replied. “Not to worry Corporal, the doctor had a suit
tailor made for you.” Wolfgang looked even
more confused than ever.
“How the hell did she manage to have a tailor made
suit for me?” he asked with an even more confused look. “I have no idea of that sir” the trooper
stated plainly “but I was told to bring you to her quarters immediately, so that
you could change for this evening.”
Wolfgang was completely surprised by this strange turn of events. “Come on corporal, maybe you’ll get lucky
tonight” one of the soldiers grinned.
Wolfgang shot a cold look at the man and he immediately turned back to
his card game.
“She is
one strange woman. What women with a
career as prominent as hers want with a grunt corporal like me?” He asked himself these questions.
“Sir, if you don’t mind, she’s waiting” the trooper said. When Wolfgang stuck his head out, he saw that
she was waiting for him out in the main yard.
She waved with a smile on her face.
Wolfgang grinned “Well I mustn’t keep a lady waiting, now can I?”
Wolfgang said to the trooper. The
trooper grinned “No sir, you cannot.”
That being said Wolfgang headed over to the large fountain that serves
as the center area of the main entrance.
“I’ve been waiting for you” Hilda said with a smile
as she walked up to him close enough to almost smell her fresh breathe. “I take it you’ll be joining me tonight?” she
replied pleasantly. “Why yes indeed
pretty lady” Wolfgang said with a smiled.
Hilda blushed “That’s wonderful, now let’s go and get you changed into
something more presentable” she said as she grabbed his left arm that Wolfgang
held up for her to grab.
“Just one
question: how did you know my size?” he questioned. “It’s simple” she smiled “I sized you up from
the moment I met you” she replied. “I
hope you like pine green”
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Two hours had passed since Schroeder woke up, just
shortly before the very same trooper from earlier knocked on his door. “I see that your awake, I’ll inform his
lordship and the general that you will be joining us” the trooper saluted as he
shut the door behind him. With that
done, Schroeder began to turn on the bathtub faucet. It still amazed the young Captain that such
technologies were available. Under
normal circumstances, his bath tub would have to be filled by bucket, but he
didn’t care for that, especially since he was already half naked.
He tested the water for himself. The water was fine enough to stand without
getting oneself burned or chilled, so he then climbed in and began applying
soap. After thirty minutes of bathing,
washing his hair and shaving over the wash basin, he immediately donned the
dress uniform that was hung up on the coat rack. It looked almost like his parade uniform from
his days at the academy, epaulets and shoulder tassels along with bronze
colored buttons for the jacket, except for the fact that it had a pin on it
with a snarling wolf head and a pair of crossed lighting bolts on it.
“Must be the Wulfkorp logo” Schroeder said to
himself out loud. He then proceeded to
put on the dress pants and the uniform.
After making sure he was proper he then stepped out of the room to the
trooper from earlier, standing outside.
“Escort you to the dining hall sir” he said as if he was commanded to
bring him there. Schroeder motioned for
him to lead the way and lead the way the trooper did.
Schroeder was being brought down the same ay he had
come up: large, winding staircase that was down the hall, with a now empty
hallway that was filled with the stain glass windows of the famous members of
the Wulfcastle family and finally a stone walkway that overlooked the main
courtyard near the main entrance, that lead to the centermost point of the
building that was the main dining hall.
When the trooper opened the door, the room was
magnificent. It had a medieval-Germanic
look to it complete with fireplace against the back wall, tapestries along the
walls depicting the famous emperors of Germany Harbin
His eye then caught Sergeant Bruckner, dressed in a
more cleaner looking uniform than he had earlier, along with Sheila Horton who
was wearing jeans with no holes at all, a cowhide dinner jacket with steer-head
tie around her neck. To Schroeder’s
amazement they kissed before Bruckner pulled out the chair for her and helped
push her in, before he sat down next to her.
Schroeder walked up to Bruckner “I see your
masculine charms with the women have finally paid off” Schroeder said as
Bruckner turned around to stand up.
“They certainly have, and more so” Bruckner grinned. “Honey, you don’t want to be telling him what
we do in the sack, now do we?” Sheila stated politely. “I guess that’s more so” they chuckled as
Schroeder made that remark. The doors
opened again, showing Corporal Friedan and Dr. Hilda Schreiber entering the
room.
Wolfgang was dressed in a pine green colored, simple
tailor-made uniform that was more casual than military. Dr. Schreiber had her hand in the crook of
his left arm. She was dressed in a plain
white dress, whose blouse cover her legs, except for her feet and shoulder
straps. “Looks like you finally found
yourself a woman” Schroeder said to Wolfgang.
“And one who isn’t some tavern wench” he said smiling back. Hilda smiled as Schroeder tipped his hat to
her.
Just as Corporal Freidan and Dr. Hilda Schreiber went
to their sets near the end of the table closest to the main dining room door,
another person came in through the main doors.
It was Helga, but not like he had ever seen her before. She wore the most beautiful coral blue dress he had
ever seen on her, that went left her shoulders exposed and manage also to cover
up her magnificently large round breasts.
Her blouse was a match of coral blue with white stripes. But what really caught his eye was the
necklace she wore. It had pearls on it
with a seashell in the center of it.
“You still had the necklace I gave to you on your birthday?”
he said with look of surprise on his face.
“I never forgot it, nor did I ever think of disposing of it” she said
“it always reminded me of you” she said with a weak smile. “Even after I broke off my marriage to you?”
he asked quizzically. “No Heinrich, it
was my fault, you don’t need to keep telling yourself that” she said with an
apologetic look on her face. Schroeder
put his right index finger up to her chin.
“I forgive you then” he said as she then smiled.
They then together walked hand in hand and sat next
to Bruckner and Sheila. Just as they
did, a lone trooper next to a set of doors in the right hand corner of the room
announced the arrival of Baron Ludwig von Wulfcastle and General Johann von
Krieger. Everyone stood up in the room
as the Baron entered the room. He was
wearing a greenish-grey military dress uniform, with silver colored buttons and
lapel pins, along with a series of medals.
The General followed behind him, wearing the same uniform he had on
earlier. As everyone bowed to him and
the General, the baron motioned for them to take there seats just as cooks came
out from a door at the baron’s right.
The meal consisted of a roast pig that was put in
the center of the room, along with plates that had cooked goose and
hasenpfeffer, sliced carrots covered in gravy and mashed potatoes. Fruits were also made available for those who
wanted it, as well as the finest wines were made available. “Drink up; I have plenty of fine wine shipped in
from France
“Now that you have all had your fill, I’d like to
propose a toast” the Baron said joyfully as Schroeder, Bruckner, Friedan, Harbin Harbin for
his assistance in researching the stolen weapon” Harbin
“Captain Schroeder” the baron called out to
him. “I have a special gift for you from
Ulrich.” Schroeder had the same look of
surprise on his face that Bruckner had at what the baron just said. Before Schroeder could ask why, a trooper
came up to him with a large case. When
the trooper opened it for him, he was amazed to find what was inside. “My cavalry saber!?” Schroeder responded with a look
of surprise on his face. “Not just your
cavalry saber” von Krieger piped in “But a more new and improved version of it,
go ahead and unsheathe it.” Schroeder
stood up to remove the sword from the box and then the sheath. It was his cavalry sword, but different. It was brand new looking and had saw-toothed
edges on the sharp side rather than smoothed sharpened steel.
“I don’t understand” Bruckner said quizzically “at
one point I thought he said that the captain was just a boy?” Von Krieger and Lord Wulfcastle
chuckled. “He did say that, I was there”
von Krieger continued with a chuckle “but what he didn’t say is how proud he
was to have finally met a person, other than himself, that was able to stand up
to that vile creature Steel Monger without, how he put it “without crapping
one’s pant’s” he stated as such” the General said as he took a sip of fine
wine.
“He actually said that?” Schroeder said as he looked
surprised. “Ulrich isn’t the emotion
type, hon” Sheila stated. “He’s about as
hard as rock both inside out” she concluded.
“But inside he’s a good man. His
first experience with Steel Monger just shook the very nature of his reality” Harbin
“It makes me feel sorry for how I thought about him
earlier” Schroeder said apologetically.
Helga tugged on his left arm “It doesn’t matter Heinrich” she said
compassionately “I forgive you. I just
thought you and Bruckner were being insensitive jerks.” Schroeder nodded, just as the baron clapped
once more. “Alright then, now that all
have made peace with Ulrich’s grudges, how about a little song and dance?”
The
guests were shown to a room right next to the dining hall which led to the
ballroom. Schroeder wondered if Helga
would be joining him as a dance partner, but she shook her head and indicated
for him to leave the room with her.
Schroeder shrugged, he knew Helga was never much for dancing, but she
must have wanted to step out and talk more about the relationship. With that being the case, he followed her out
of the dining hall.
“I am going to my personal quarters, which is where
I want you to go with me” she said.
Heinrich didn’t question why, so he just followed her anyway. By the time they had left the dining hall,
there was a full moon out. It was
beautiful, like Helga in her fine coral blue dress. After following her down a series of
hallways, they passed by the main work area where he had been earlier. A few scientists were still conducting some
experiments, but not as many as there were earlier.
They came to another hallway which leads pass the
armory, training hall, shooting range and locker rooms. “As you can see, the officer’s quarters are
right up these stairs, but that’s not where my room is, it’s right past there”
she explained. After going up the spiral
staircase, the reached the hallway where the officer’s quarters were, but
instead of taking a right where the officer’s quarters were they took a left
instead. “This is where I and most of
the scientist sleep. Although many of
scientists refuse to be far from their work and often bunk with the
soldiers. Often at times they don’t sleep
for days due to their obsession with their research and the Baron often orders
the troops to force them away form their experiments for their own good.”
Schroeder didn’t seem all that interested “I know
it’s nice that we are back on talking terms, but I don’t think you brought me
here to talk about the habits of your fellow scientists and researchers. Are we here to talk about something?”
Schroeder asked firmly but politely.
Helga nodded “this is my room” she said as she was opening the
door. As Schroeder entered the room he
noticed how well it looked.
It was double bed with blue and white sheets, a
single row of book shelves that probably had the various scientific subjects
that Helga pursued a large chest of drawers for her clothes and cabinet for her
dresses, coats and makeup, another door was to the left side of the room
indicating the washroom. A pair of
windows was on the left and right side of the bed with the moonlight shining
out of them. As he was observing the
room, Helga lit an oil lamp on the side of her bed.
“Heinrich, lock the door” she asked. Schroeder turned around to the lock the
door. He turned the lock underneath the
knob and brought down the heavy bar, which barred the door. “Interesting security system, but it’s quite
useful for keeping intruders out. Just
as he said those words, Helga walked right up to him and kissed. It surprised him completely, but he didn’t
refuse and began kissing back.
She then parted with him and put her head on chest. “Heinrich I just wanted to tell you again I’m
sorry for what I did to you so long again” she said sadly. “You already told me it was my fault?” he
said sympathetically. “Yes, but I want
to keep telling you that so you can stop blaming yourself” she said as she
began to sob as she looked up at him. “I
just didn’t want you to die as my uncle and my brother. Even though there would be nothing you could
do to save them, I just didn’t want to be a widow with no children” she said
with tears rolling down her eyes.
“I wouldn’t want you to be that either, but ever if
I wanted your hand in marriage, it would have made the Braun family just as
contemptible as my family. After what my
bastard of an older brother did, frontline combat was the only solution to
restore my family honor and I would have then asked for your hand in
marriage. I went on for years since the
marriage was called off, blaming myself for not having for not considering how
you felt about me and the dangers that came with being a frontline
soldier. But tonight, I still forgive
you because I loved as I have always” Schroeder finished with a smile.
Helga’s sobbing stopped as she looked up at Heinrich
with a smile “I am so happy to hear that and I still love you, so much so that
I would never go for another man until I was able to make amends. With that being said” she backed off to
remove her gloves and began to remove her shoulder straps holding up her dress,
letting it fall to the floor it to the floor around her ankles to reveal her
naked body. Her body was heavenly
looking in the moon light, showing off her ivory colored skin, large round
breasts and firm buttocks with smooth thighs.
She stepped out the dress that was around her ankles and walked up to
Schroeder. She pressed her breasts
against him to kiss him.
“That
being said, I want us to make love together and reignite our passion together”
she said as kept on kissing him and undoing the buttons on his uniform. “Hard to disagree with you on that one” he
said between kisses and him undressing himself.
When he was completely unclothed, he dropped her on back onto the bed,
where she was sweating heavily and her magnificent breasts were rising and
failing with every breath she took. He
laid on top her panting form, pressing his chest against hers and spent the
next several hours making sweet passionate love, to someone who was no longer a
former lover.
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