A Vision Fulfilled

A Vision Fulfilled

"The Obergruppenführer watched the throngs of people massing outside of the compound, desperately trying to clamber over the fence and past the guards. He could almost hear their cries — "Let us in!" "Don't leave us to die!" "We're German, like you!" — German, yes, but not German enough. Neither was he, which was why he was here and not in a bunker hundreds of kilometers away. A steep cost, sure, but an acceptable one for an Aryan utopia.\n\nAll he had left are just a few documents to sign, formalities really, and a few goodbye calls to make before joining his family. His wife had already taken the liberty of giving the pills to the children, all of them brave to the last. In a few minutes, he would-\n\n"They didn't arrive!" the aide yelled with panic as he burst into the room.\n\n"What didn't arrive?"\n\n"The trains, the men at Hoddmimirwald Bunker said that trains two through eighteen never arrived! Train three says they haven't even left Ost-Paris yet!"\n\nIf that was true, then it meant that the largest bunker in the entire system wouldn't even be at an eighth of its capacity... "FUCK! We have to tell the Reichsführer-SS!"\n\nThe Obergruppenführer and his aide immediately bolted up from their chairs and ran down the hall, desperately trying to reach the stairwell. Even if they made it to the top and told him, how much time would they have to correct things? To locate the trains and get them moving? To seal the bunkers? Even if it was too late, a slim chance of success was better than sitting down and waiting for death.\n\nAt last, they reached the Reichsführer-SS's office, lungs burning and knees weak. They still found the last bit of momentum to sprint toward the doors. But as they touched the handle, they suddenly found the door to be flying at them, followed by a wave of searing heat, and then nothing."

"Too late."