31-05-2019, 02:49 PM
Dietz watched on the television someone finally went out and bought as his men went up in explosive failure. Through a long-lensed news camera on the ground, he saw the girl they thought was Contessa run and hug the woman who'd been driving the truck. A tall, bald man joined them before they were surrounded by soldiers and entered an Armored Personnel Carrier. The television remote's casing cracked in his hand before he hurled it at the postcard on the wall.
"Not only did those assholes fail, they failed to kill the WRONG Contessa!" He shouted at the men milling around the safehouse. "If they'd at least SUCCEEDED in killing the wrong woman, it might have demoralized the real Contessa into cancelling the film!" The camera zoomed in on the other woman as she turned around and they got a good close-up of her. And for the first time, Heinrich Dietz laid eyes on Contessa Helena de San Finzione's face. And understood that this minor inconvenience would, if anything, increase her resolve. He looked for the remote, remembered that he'd just thrown it across the room, and turned off the TV by hand. He turned to Dummkopf.
"Tell me, Dummkopf, that while you were 'renting this place,' you found others where we could fall back to, because this is the time to do such a thing. Tell me you've done this much right so that I don't leave you behind with a bullet in your head."
"Jawohl!" Dummkopf replied quickly. "I have arranged other places to hide nearby."
Dietz gave him a sadistic smile.
"Then you live to disappoint me another day." He turned back to the others. "Clear everything out! We are changing locations. They were in a studio van, wore studio uniforms, and had the proper papers from the film studio. If she hasn't caught our agent already, she will soon! Any parts of THOSE fools that might have survived could lead her back here! I wish to be gone before then.
The Nazis began unplugging computers and gathering papers to abandon their safehouse.
* * *
The medics in the APC confirmed that Lady Maria was unharmed and were now examining La Contessa and Mander.
"Well, Dearest One." Helen said to Maria as someone looked in her ears. "I made certain you wouldn't die in a fast car for a reason."
"Thank you, Great-Grandmama." Maria said, sitting back in her seat. "I did not die in THAT sports car TODAY!"
Helen smiled and accepted the small victory. As soon as they'd determined that her hearing had recovered, she got out her phone and called Ramirez.
"Hernando, are you with Luc?"
"Si, Contessa." Ramirez shouted over the siren of his vehicle. "Ortega has been keeping me updated on the other line, we are heading toward you now. We found the mole, but... he won't be answering any questions."
"I see. Ok, meet us at the castle. If Luc and/or Mander need to meet up and have a round of 'Who's More Macho' or whatever before we can all play nice, let's get it out of the way now." Mander shook his head and made a gesture to indicate that it wouldn't be needed. "Mander says he's cool with it. When you get to the castle, meet us in the War Room. If you still have Ortega on the other line, tell him to come, too."
"Si, Contessa. Your study in the Palace?"
"No." Helen replied. "The new one in the Government Wing. See, I was thrown to the ground by his first shot and temporarily out of it when he attacked Maria. Until I recovered, I was unable to perform my duties during that time; which means that Dietz has now committed..."
She waited for Ramirez to complete the sentence.
"A direct crime against La Contessa Herself. I understand." They ended the call.
* * *
Ramirez told his driver to go faster as he and Luc sat in the back seat. He stuffed his phone back into his pocket.
"Lady Maria is safe. You and I are needed at the castle at once."
Luc nodded. He'd been catching up on the news on his iPad.
"Dietz wouldn't be fool enough to try to hit the castle again.
"That's not why we're needed." Ramirez told him "He has attacked Lady Maria. We are needed to talk La Contessa out of declaring Open Season on Heinrich Dietz."
"Not only did those assholes fail, they failed to kill the WRONG Contessa!" He shouted at the men milling around the safehouse. "If they'd at least SUCCEEDED in killing the wrong woman, it might have demoralized the real Contessa into cancelling the film!" The camera zoomed in on the other woman as she turned around and they got a good close-up of her. And for the first time, Heinrich Dietz laid eyes on Contessa Helena de San Finzione's face. And understood that this minor inconvenience would, if anything, increase her resolve. He looked for the remote, remembered that he'd just thrown it across the room, and turned off the TV by hand. He turned to Dummkopf.
"Tell me, Dummkopf, that while you were 'renting this place,' you found others where we could fall back to, because this is the time to do such a thing. Tell me you've done this much right so that I don't leave you behind with a bullet in your head."
"Jawohl!" Dummkopf replied quickly. "I have arranged other places to hide nearby."
Dietz gave him a sadistic smile.
"Then you live to disappoint me another day." He turned back to the others. "Clear everything out! We are changing locations. They were in a studio van, wore studio uniforms, and had the proper papers from the film studio. If she hasn't caught our agent already, she will soon! Any parts of THOSE fools that might have survived could lead her back here! I wish to be gone before then.
The Nazis began unplugging computers and gathering papers to abandon their safehouse.
* * *
The medics in the APC confirmed that Lady Maria was unharmed and were now examining La Contessa and Mander.
"Well, Dearest One." Helen said to Maria as someone looked in her ears. "I made certain you wouldn't die in a fast car for a reason."
"Thank you, Great-Grandmama." Maria said, sitting back in her seat. "I did not die in THAT sports car TODAY!"
Helen smiled and accepted the small victory. As soon as they'd determined that her hearing had recovered, she got out her phone and called Ramirez.
"Hernando, are you with Luc?"
"Si, Contessa." Ramirez shouted over the siren of his vehicle. "Ortega has been keeping me updated on the other line, we are heading toward you now. We found the mole, but... he won't be answering any questions."
"I see. Ok, meet us at the castle. If Luc and/or Mander need to meet up and have a round of 'Who's More Macho' or whatever before we can all play nice, let's get it out of the way now." Mander shook his head and made a gesture to indicate that it wouldn't be needed. "Mander says he's cool with it. When you get to the castle, meet us in the War Room. If you still have Ortega on the other line, tell him to come, too."
"Si, Contessa. Your study in the Palace?"
"No." Helen replied. "The new one in the Government Wing. See, I was thrown to the ground by his first shot and temporarily out of it when he attacked Maria. Until I recovered, I was unable to perform my duties during that time; which means that Dietz has now committed..."
She waited for Ramirez to complete the sentence.
"A direct crime against La Contessa Herself. I understand." They ended the call.
* * *
Ramirez told his driver to go faster as he and Luc sat in the back seat. He stuffed his phone back into his pocket.
"Lady Maria is safe. You and I are needed at the castle at once."
Luc nodded. He'd been catching up on the news on his iPad.
"Dietz wouldn't be fool enough to try to hit the castle again.
"That's not why we're needed." Ramirez told him "He has attacked Lady Maria. We are needed to talk La Contessa out of declaring Open Season on Heinrich Dietz."
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