Jigsaw Warheads by David Gordon

Author:David Gordon [Gordon, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

19

September 4, 1945

Novus Ordo base at Pontebba 10:30 p.m.

A guard brought food to Luchese, Garth and Ruben in the test subject quarters. All three ate the cheese and bread that was brought to them.

Earlier, another guard had taken Ruben’s scanner, which was camouflaged to look like a radio, and Garth’s TMD device, which resembled a compass.

“What do you think they’ll do to us?” Ruben asked.

“My sister has always been interested in science and experiments,” Luchese said. “I’m sure it will be horrible.”

“It can’t be as bad as what the Turks did to my people during the war,” Ruben said.

“You don’t know her like I do,” Luchese said. “She dreams of ways to inflict pain on humanity.”

“All this time I’ve known you,” Ruben said, “and you never mentioned her. Why is that?”

“I thought she was dead.”

“Hold on,” Garth interrupted. “You can be killed?”

“Of course, we can. Some of us have been lucky and cheated death through the ages.”

“That’s good to know,” Garth said.

“Who would’ve thought,” Ruben said, “on the day you and the others recruited me and my people in Turkey, that it would all end here.”

“Have some faith,” Garth said. “We’re not dead yet.”

The door opened and Lilith entered with Pilo, Angelo, Rene and Bernadette. The children rushed to Luchese, who embraced them. “Are you two okay?” Luchese asked.

“Holy Shit,” Garth said. “What the hell happened? How are you two here?”

“We grabbed them after we blew up Lavonia’s apartment,” Angelo said.

“Bastards!” Luchese shouted, and lunged at Angelo. Garth held him back. “This isn’t the time,” Garth said.

“Listen to your friend, brother,” Pilo said.

Luchese faced his siblings. “This latest scheme of yours, like the others, won’t work.”

“We think it will, brother,” Lilith said.

“You think using Patton and his Nazi forces to attack the Russians will work?” Garth asked. “And what about that V2 rocket? What are you going to do with that and the uranium you have mined?”

“That would be telling,” Angelo said. He took out Ruben’s scanner and Garth’s teleporter. “Your radio and compass do not seem to work,” he noted.

“Your goons must have broken them when they took them from us,” Ruben said.

“Perhaps,” Angelo said.

“Ruben…” Pilo said, as noticing him for the first time. “Angelo, he was in Sicily with me and my brother, in 1860.”

“Impossible,” Angelo said.

“Is it?” Pilo asked, and stepped toward Ruben. “Show me your left thigh.”

Ruben pulled up his fatigue leg. There was a bullet-scar on his left thigh.

“That’s where the sentry shot you when you and my brother escaped me in 1860.” He turned to Angelo. “What do you say now, Colonel?”

“I don’t know what to say.”

“Lilith,” Pilo said. “The hypnotic conditioning therapy you did on Patton and his mistress… Do the same with Ruben and these others. I want to know everything they have in their heads.”

“It will be done, Caesar.”

“Angelo,” Pilo said. “We should notify the Suzerain immediately about this development. It could affect our strategy.”

“Agreed,” Angelo replied.

“The hell you will,” Luchese said, and shoved Angelo to the floor. The scanner and TMD.

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