Doctor Who NA02 - Timewyrm 02 - Exodus by Terrance Dicks

Author:Terrance Dicks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-07-13T01:05:48+00:00

2: REUNION

The cheers died away at last, and the Fuehrer left the podium. Hermann Goering hurried after him. Hitler would be tired and drained as always after his speech, and he would need the reassurance of his most faithful supporter at his side. Goebbels and Ribbentrop would be sucking up to him as usual, but they could be discounted. Himmler was the one to worry about, thought Goering grimly. His influence was growing in a very worrying fashion. Recently Hitler had taken to referring to him as his faithful Heinrich...

Making ruthless use of his bulk and his authority, Goering barged his way through the crowd to the entrance and his waiting limousine.

At the magnificent reception in the Deutscher Hof, the Fuehrer's favourite old hotel, Goering was first at Hitler's side. "A magnificent speech, my Fuehrer," he said solemnly. "As always, you show us the way forward. We are nothing without you."

Himmler bustled in to pay his own grovelling tribute, but after that it could only be second best. Party officials and high-ranking officers gathered round to add to the ritual chorus of praise, and Goering, looking on with cynical amusement, signalled a waiter for more champagne. An SS officer came into the room and whispered in Himmler's ear. Himmler scowled, asked questions, then followed the messenger reluctantly from the room.

Curious, Goering strolled after them.

In the anteroom he found a small dark man and a pretty round-faced girl, under the guard of a nervous SS Captain and a couple of stormtroopers.

"The gentleman claimed to be a guest of the Fuehrer," the young officer was saying. "Upon his orders, I ejected Herr Essler of the Nuremburg Party Committee from his box." He gulped unhappily. "Later however, at Herr Essler's insistence, I checked the guest lists and found no mention of any such visitor. As the gentleman insists he is the Fuehrer's guest, I thought it best to refer the matter to the highest level."

Coldly Himmler surveyed the two prisoners. "The story is absurd. I would have been informed. They are undoubtedly terrorist assassins. Take them to Gestapo HQ, and execute them as soon as they have confessed."

The Captain turned to give the order but before he could speak Goering intervened. "Not so fast, Heinrich," he boomed. "Plenty of time to shoot them later. Let's have a look at them."

He loomed menacingly over the male prisoner. "So you claim to be an old friend of the Fuehrer, eh?"

The man inclined his head. "We met in Munich - in 1923."

"I don't recall seeing you."

"Yet I saw you. I trust the wound left no ill-effects?"

Goering laughed and slapped his belly. "Oh, I survived as you can see. The doctors' drugs harmed me more than the wound! They pumped so much morphine into me they damn near turned me into a drug addict." He turned to Himmler. "I think we'd better check this man's story. You know how the Fuehrer treasures anyone from the old days - his "old fighters" he calls them."

"I tell you I would have been informed," hissed Himmler furiously.

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