- Dream Weaver
Chapter 19: The Battle of Titusville
As Buffy, Angel and the rest of us looked to the sea, We hear a strange sound and observe a shape coming to surface in the distance. “Wow ,what could that be?”, I asked. Everyone turned to look as well. “Maybe it’s a whale”, Buffy said. “Or a submarine?”, Angel said. “How could you tell the difference?”, Gunn asked. “Whales don’t have fins that big”, Xander said observing the object from the moonlit surface of the sea. “Maybe it’s a naval submarine exercise”, Willow said. “The question is which navy?” Spike asked. “Something about all this doesn’t feel right!”, Illyria said. Giovanni pulled out a telescope from his hat to observe the object more closely from the distance. Emilie said, “I know this is going to sound weird but if I’m not mistaken that looks like a German World War II U- Boat”. “I agree”, Spike added.
“Well, whoever or whatever they are, they’re sure headed this way!”, Giovanni said as he passed the telescope to all of us. We observed there were sailors coming out of the U-boat getting mounted into an inflatable raft. At that instant, Dr. Jacobi’s cell phone rang. He answered, “Hello Giles, yes Buffy, Willow and Xander are here”. Dr. Jacobi immediately passed the cell phone to Buffy. “Hello Buffy, I’m on my way to meet all of you as we speak”, Giles said. “Please hurry, we don’t have much time and listen I have to end the call because we’re in the middle of something as to which I’ll explain later, bye! ”, Buffy said as she ended the call and returned the cell phone to Dr. Jacobi. “Hey guys, whoever or whatever those things are, they’re drawing closer and closer and now they’re coming to shore”, Gunn reported.
At last a total of what appeared to be ten sailors came ashore in World war II German Kriegsmarine Uniforms who noticed us from a distance upon reaching the shore armed with machine guns. Giovanni pulled out machine guns out of his hat as Emilie produced invisible protective shields to prevent anyone of us from getting hurt or killed. As the vampire Nazis came charging at us firing away, one car parked nearby got hit with a stray bullet and exploded. All of us fired back with wooden tipped bullets and one by one the Kriegsmarine vampire sailors got dusted. Two of them boarded the raft and began to start back towards the U-boat as the rest of the rapidly fading vampire Nazi troops began to lose ground. Illyria went after the raft as she ran on the surface of the water, one of the Nazi vampire sailors staked himself while the other one was caught by Illyria deprived of the opportunity his comrade had granted himself. As Illyria dragged him to shore, all of the Nazi vampire sailors were dust.
Upon reaching the shore, Illyria dropped the subdued Kriegsmarine U-boat sailor at our feet. Spike, Angel and Emilie immediately recognized his uniform. “I think some interrogation is in order here”, Angel said. “I will not speak nor will I ever betray the one who sent me”, The vampire U- boat sailor said. “I guess we’re not communicating”, Spike added. Illyria touched the U-boat sailor causing searing and agonizing pain to go through his body. “I’ll never betray the fatherland”, the German vampire said stubbornly. “Your fatherland is gone”, I said. “And so is your fuhrer!”, Dr Jacobi added. The Nazi vampire grinned and said, “If only you knew, all of you there will be a big surprise for the world”.
Dr. Jacobi approached Giovanni and whispered into his ear, Giovanni then pulled out a syringe from his hat and passed it Dr. Jacobi who then injected it into the Nazi vampire’s arm. Dr. Jacobi then asked for me to interrogate the Nazi vampire which given the fact I’ve only interrogated people before gave me a chance to polish up on my private investigative skills. “What is your name?”, I asked. “My name is Kasper Krauss”, The U- boot sailor replied. “Who sent you here?”, I then asked. “Mein Fuhrer!”, the Nazi sailor answered. “What year is this?”, I asked. “2004”, He answered. “OK, how long have you been out at sea?”, I asked. “I joined the Kriegsmarine in 1939 and served officially until 1945, My Captain and my crew were recalled to Germany on a top secret mission.”, He said. “What was that mission?”, I asked. “Our mission was to rescue the fuehrer and make the world believe that he perished while we took him to South America.” , He answered.
“Did the mission work and what were the results?”, I asked with a feeling of bewildered astonishment as the rest of the gang looked on in baffled amazement. “It did only we weren’t told that our fuehrer had been secretly sired along with Eva Braun and we were sired by them and also our U-Boat is no ordinary U-Boat it’s also a time machine ”, the U-Boat sailor replied. “How about the eyewitness accounts of their deaths in their Berlin bunker?”, I asked. “They were doubles made to look like mein fuehrer and Frau Hitler who was Eva Braun!”, He replied. “Where are they now?”, I asked. “In that U-Boat as we speak”, The U-boat sailor said. “Enough”, said Buffy as she pulled out her stake and dusted the U-Boat sailor.
“I guess now it’s time to pay a visit to history and it shall be called Operation Cerberus named after the three headed guard dog of hell to prevent the damned from escaping and wreaking havoc on mankind”, I said. “I’m with you on that”, Angel said. “Me too, I haven’t eaten anymore bloody kraut since the war ended”, Spike said. “Well let’s go kick their butts now!”, Gunn said. Giovanni waved his wand and made an incantation in Aramaic as we turned we began to march our way towards the shore and unto the water, the water felt like solid asphalt beneath our feet as we made our way to the U-boat which still amazingly after 60 years flew it’s Nazi battle flag. The water didn’t touch nor were we even slightly wet. Emilie turned and waved her hand toward the car that exploded in battle and restored it to it’s original condition. Dr. Jacobi said, “Listen I created a glamour to avoid detection by the coast guard and the local authorities, so far anyone passing by has only seen a quiet beach but again it’s only a matter of time before the glamour wears off.” Emilie said, “Well good thing I fixed that car so whoever left it there won’t be any wiser.”
Before long, we all finally reached the U-Boat and managed to climb up it’s side and to the entry hatch. We all held our breath as our hearts were racing in anticipation of what lied within.