The Foxworthy Files: Mind Fire - #6 In the Series
By Susan Hart
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Susan Hart
I was born in England, but have lived in Southern California for many years. I m now retired and live in the Pacific NW in a little seaside city amongst the giant redwoods and wonderful harbor, almost at the Oregon border. My husband and I have one cat, called Midnight and she is featured in two of my latest Sci-Fi short stories. I love Science Fiction, animals, and trying to help others. I publish under Doreen Milstead as well as my own name. My photo was taken right before the coronation of QE II in the UK.
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The Foxworthy Files - Susan Hart
The Foxworthy Files: Mind Fire - #6 In the Series
By
Susan Hart
Copyright 2017 Susan Hart
Chapter 1
Berlin, Friday noon
Most of the workers that poured out of the modern office building were headed for the park across the street where they would spend their lunch break. The park was centrally located and plush with ponds and trees that lined its perimeter. The workers came from a highly talented think tank, deep within the older part of Berlin that had been occupied by the Russians after WWII.
It was lunchtime, so seating in the park was scarce. Anyone who couldn’t find a spot on one of the benches around the edge and in the middle of the park simply sat on blankets which they carried from the building everyday at lunchtime. A break in the day to enjoy the fresh spring air was welcomed by those who worked within the windowless, stuffy building where high tech, secret work took place in highly sophisticated laboratories.
On one of the benches sat a trio of scientists wearing white lab coats with nerdy pocket protectors; they were isolated from the rest of their coworkers, emerged in deep conversation.
You know we’re not supposed to talk about it,
one said, looking up.
There aren’t any bugs out here,
another replied. I cleaned it myself in the middle of the night last month.
He took his glasses off and wiped them because they’d fogged up. He returned them to his face. Is it getting much warmer out here, or is it only me?
The third man stared at him, ignoring his temperature remark. They could be using remote listening devices. Some of those things can hear you from a half mile away.
All three fished out yogurts or sandwiches from their brown bags and started to eat, even as the conversation continued to flow.
Suddenly, beads of perspiration broke out on the forehead and ran down the cheeks of the first man who had spoken. His face turned increasingly redder as he began to vibrate, both visually and audibly. A strange hum, growing louder by the second, surrounded all three.
Both of the other men stared at the heavily sweating one, but eventually, they also began to have the same symptoms in sync with their coworker. All three dropped their brown bags and stood up.
You aren’t working on some kind of toxic bug, are you?
one asked the others.
No... I’m feeling really weird. What’s happening?
A pealing scream came from the first man’s mouth, causing the others in the park to stop what they were doing and stare. Almost instantly, the other two members of the trio also began screaming frantic sounds, high-pitched and unnerving noises coming out of their throats.
Before everyone’s eyes, one of the men exploded into a million pieces, sending flesh and blood raining down over those in close vicinity. Onlookers were horrified as they dodged the falling remains of a human. Then, the other two men exploded virtually the same way as their partner.
Pieces of human bodies flew as far from the bench as the pond, several hundred feet away.
Some of onlookers ran from the park, screaming and falling over one another in the urgency of protection. Others just watched the spectacle, mouths open and breath suspended in their throats. Still others headed back across the street to the windowless building where they worked, anxious to be inside its walls of protection.
Within minutes, a dozen police vehicles and ambulances with sirens blaring arrived at the park. The lead car in the police lineup of vehicles was a black BMW, from which Dieter Wolf emerged. Standing with his arms on his hips and his long, muscular legs spread wide, he took in the visual of microscopically sized pieces of human remains scattered over the shrubbery by his car and smiled grimly.
This was his line of work. In addition, he was good at it.
In his mid-thirties, Dieter Wolf was simply everything. Incredibly handsome in a tough, no-nonsense kind of way that seemed to come naturally to certain policemen, he was the god’s gift to women, or so he thought. Steel-blue eyes, soot black hair and a well-toned, muscular body that rivaled Charles Atlas made up the man that people could see, and see him they did.
Women would feel the crotch of their underwear suddenly become wet when he touched them; some men licked their lips when he walked by. Dieter Wolf was It!
‘A warrior of the people’ is how he often described himself, and he got little argument about the description, because most people were scared shitless of him. At least to his face, but behind his back, words like prick, bastard and son of a bitch
were commonly whispered when Dieter was being discussed. It was true; he was all of those things packed into one perfect body. Moreover, he knew it.
However, Dieter was also incredibly intelligent with the IQ of a savant. In addition, he was so full of charisma that he could get a confession out of the Pope, if the situation ever demanded it. There wasn’t another man in Berlin, or even perhaps the world, that came close to the man who had just gotten out of the black BMW; nowhere and no one.
He was always in control, both of himself and the situations he found himself in. It didn’t matter if the matter required brute physical strength or psychological manipulation; Dieter Wolf was the go-to man for the job. Always.
It was no different at the scene of this unbelievable carnage. Without a word, he gestured to the policemen and rescue personnel standing behind him, waiting for his signal. Like directed ants, they began to scurry around putting up barricades, stringing police tape and removing body bags from the ambulance.
Many of them had to put on facemasks to stop the smell or hide the gagging that filled their throats. They couldn’t be seen as weak by Dieter Wolf. However, he didn’t miss the disarray at the crime scene, imperfections found their way to him quickly in any situation.
The beautiful body leaned against the black BMW. He muttered under his breath, When the hell are they going to get their fucking act together, the dumbasses! Das ist jetzt ein bisschen zuviel. It’s too much.
He ran his fingers through the slightly curly mass of hair on his head. Maybe I need to find some international cooperation to start with. This looks like a major mess.
On his cell phone, Dieter hit the speed dial number for his direct link to the FBI in America.
Castle Rabenhorst, the following Friday
Lili’s eyes were taking in the sights of the lobby in Peter’s family castle. She was awestruck by the tapestries and monstrous marble staircase that elegantly curved upward in the vastness of the room. The inlaid tile floor reflected the redness of the huge bouquet of roses that stood tall in a priceless crystal vase on a marble table in the center of the back wall.
Just this entryway topped anything Lili had ever seen in her life in terms of living quarters. Squeezing Peter’s hand with excitement brought a smile to his lips.
I simply cannot believe we own a castle,
she whispered breathlessly. She released his hand and approached the massive rose bouquet, touching the velvety petals just to make sure they were real. How long has it been since you’ve been here?
He thought for a second. Umm…probably twenty years or close to it. I only came here as a small boy. A leasing company has been managing the rental of it for years. It does bring in a bit of useful money.
Do you like it,
he asked, teasing her. She rolled her eyes at his remark.
Do we own any more of these,
she asked like a child. Castles, I mean.
Her remark brought an audible laugh from Peter. No, sweetie. This is the only castle we own, to my knowledge, anyway. I think it will be a good base for us while we’re in Germany.
Well, of course it will be,
she said. It’s almost as big as our house in Santa Barbara, though it is quite a bit more elaborate. I cannot believe we own a castle, Peter. How neat is that?
Peter stooped over and studied a fancy inlaid design in the center of the lobby floor. I don’t remember this being here. I’ll have to call the leasing company because someone put it in without asking. They would never have authorized it before asking us, or they shouldn’t have.
Lili looked at the intricate black and white design in the form of a circular maze. What is it?
I...think it’s called a black sun. You know, a schwarze sonne.
Lili looked puzzled. No, I don’t know. What’s that? Some traditional German symbol?
Not exactly.
Peter scratched his head in thought. "I don’t know how to tell you this...but it’s an occult symbol that Hitler was associated with during WWII. Himmler loved to use it as well. He had an entire secret society thing going, along with his other monstrous ideas and beliefs.
That organization was called The Order of the Black Sun. They were into the paranormal; stuff like teleportation, ESP, and other things like that. Hitler was reported to have used something akin to teleportation as power for his UFOs.
Hitler?
Lili asked. I don’t like the sound of that name. Besides, the only real spaceship I’m aware of is the one that our Q has.
She paused. UFOs? That’s just plain bizarre.
"I’ll have the symbol chiseled out immediately, so