Chapter 19 Klausi the new man in Berlin

They marched on and came to the radio room in the old building complex. From inside they heard the Doc swearing. 

"You should have come to me with that wound hours ago, Alex!"

" I couldn't, I was on a call." 

" Hold still!" 

" Yes, yes, so the radio link is back and the jamming mode is still on, yes?" 

" All active!" came from Oleg. 

"What the hell kind of connection you have!" came from the loudspeakers. Veronica went ashen and held on to Min's sleeve.

" Yeah, like the connection, the equipment here is top notch! Only the best from the 80s bunkers." 

They reached the door. The radio room was small. A small communications facility with a table in front of it, Oleg sat typing away on the monitor. Alex sat on a stool and held a microphone in his hand. His upper body was exposed, where the doc was tending to several wounds and cursing under his breath. 

"So, there he is, almost as good as new..."

Alex put his thumbs up.

" Almost." 

" Hold still!"

"I want your name! I am Chancellor Klaus!" Alex lit a cigarette. 

"See Doc, there are still idiots out there."

He rolled his eyes. 

"Reichskanzler ( Reich Chancelor ) ... What a load of crap!" came from Doc.

"Ah, Reichskanzler!" Alex replied, then a grin spread across his face.

"Here we go..." muttered Bettina..." Gitta looked at her.

"He's going to take the piss out of him on the radio..." 

" Yes Reichskanzler !!! Man!!!" 

"Yes, what was that about again?"

" You said you picked one up!!! Man!!!"

"Oh right, some blonde!"

" What about the rest?!"

" What rest? Klaus, seriously now. The blonde was the only thing I found, otherwise just the drooling heads."

" What about this one? She's mine! "

" Oh well, I just saw that my captain caught me on the radio."

" Fuck you!!! Then give it to me!!!"

" Are you really sure? I mean, we can settle this between us!"

" Shut the fuck up and give me your CAPTAIN!!!"

Alex held out the microphone.

Uther sighed.

" You lost in the fight."

" Yeah. I know I'll buy you a drink later. But you said yourself you haven't talked to idiots in a long time."

Uther sighed again. He walked over to him and grabbed the microphone.

"Really, you wankers! You're still here!"

"Come on, I've got work to do," he announced.

"I'm rich!"

Uther leaned over Oleg and cut the connection, restoring it after a few seconds.

" Hey you!!!"

Again he took a few swings.

" I don't have time for your games, so what do you want?"

" Your guy says he has!!!"

Uther took a drag on the cig.

" Oleg change the position of our signal to Berlin."

" Aye sir."

" Yes, it's tied up in the storeroom, but tell me, wasn't your name Klausi a few months ago?"

" Fuck you !!!" 

Alex looked at him questioningly.

"You'll see."

" Hey you wanker!!! My people say you're in my town!"

" See, and I thought you looked familiar. So did you suck the right cock when you broke out Klausi?"

"Fuck you!!! When I get my hands on you! Find out where the son of a bitch is!!!"

Uther took a drag.

"The Reich Chancellor used to be a Nazi wannabe who sold his ass in gay clubs."

"Uhrg!" came from Min.

"Klausi, what do you want from the blonde, she's not even a tranny and you like it when someone takes you from behind or shoves you down her throat until you have lockjaw."

"Fuck you!!! How the fuck!!! "

Alex looked at him.

"Yeah, how the fuck do you know that?"

"Tes drinks and parties where the action is, she doesn't give a shit about johns."

Tes giggled. 

" Give me back the other wanker!!!"

Uther passed Micro to Alex.

"Ey Klausi, I just wanted to have a look because of the blonde... Yeah there Sorry man."

Alex grinned and blew out a cloud, looking behind him. 

"Hey, Bettinchen! Are you over the flu!" 

Bettina was in tears, she went up to him and took him in her arms. 

"I'm sorry, I left you there alone."

"Hey, don't worry, look, I've lost weight."

She laughed. " At least a little ..."

" Hey you asshole!!! I want an answer!!!" blared from the speakers. 

" Yeah, was distracted, yeah, so there's nothing left."

"Fuck you!

" Oh come on Klaus, I told you you could write it off as a business trip. How about bartering. I'll come by with a load of fish."

"I don't want anything from you! I want my property back!"

"Yes, that's not possible Klaus, really now. That's rubbish now. "

"If I catch you, I'll smash your face in!" 

" Oh come on Klaus, that was just a blonde. Can you send me some more? I mean, you must have something else in store."

"Fuck you! I'll kill you! "

Uther took Micro.

" Klausi, I'll tell you what, every morning when you send one of your people out, you'll wake up with their head in your bed and if you're bad, with punches in your mouth. 

The connection broke. 

"Okay, for him, the signal came from the Bundestag."

Alex grinned. 

"Well, yeah." 

"Doc packed his things and left.

Alex put on his T-shirt and uniform jacket, looked at the group at the door, saw Veronica there.

She was trembling.

"They all say I'm safe here, but I know Klausi ..." 

"There are four infected swarms between you and Klaus. There are no more ships on the coast. And we control the Baltic and the North Sea. He'll need a lot of firepower to get here."

"But what if?" 

Alex looked at Oleg.

"Oleg, do you want to tell him what happened to the last bandits who thought they were the best?"

Oleg turned around.

"They were shot. The ones who ran away were hunted down. Well, the boys didn't mean it." 

He turned and walked on. 

" You're in the north block now."

" She said there's a monster here," Veronica pointed at Gitte and turned away, giggling. 

" Oh yes, there is. A harlequin is going to do that later. Veronica did that?"

She nodded. 

"We've created a new society here. There are families, normal people who don't want to worry. We've made contact with other survivor groups and cleared areas to repopulate them. How many people does Klaus have with him? "

" About 200 armed soldiers, well they call themselves soldiers. That's all we've seen since the outbreak."

" So, we'll leave Berlin under observation when he breaks out. Then you'll see the monster from the North Block. "

Veromica nodded. 

" Good, then I'd say you go to rehab first and think about what you want to do with your new life."

"What about her, what is she going to do?" Veronica pointed at Bettina. 

"I'm going to be her assistant."

"Oh, you are? That's a stressful job." 

John weaved his way through the group of women. 

" Always this grouping here..." he clicked on his tablet. Bettina stared at John. John looked up and smiled. 

" A new face welcome to the north block. So Alex, your time here is over, let's move on."

Alex stood up and zipped up his shirt. 

John looked at Uther.

"Your little sparring partner has put a workshop out of action."

"Complain to him, he said he's ready anywhere," came from Uther.

John grabbed his face.

" I'm telling you, the more we clean up, the more hectic it gets."

" It's our own fault " They both walked out, Bettina followed them. 

John looked after her. 

" What's wrong with her? "

" Oh, she wants to do the work for you." 

John looked at her skeptically. 

" Really? No one's lasted long yet. All right." He turned to her. 

" You go down to the locker room now and get a uniform. Tell them I sent you. Then stand outside the building, the accommodation is on the base." 

Bettina nodded and hurried off. 

Babsi sighed.

"Come Veronica, I'll take you to the rehabilitation center."

Min looked at Gitte. 

"So, Harlequin," Min began. Gitte looked at her with wide eyes. 

" You have to help me Min. " 

" Why me? " 

" If I do now " she looked at Alex. " Well, then I might have a child." 

Min thought about it. 

" Alex!" she called out. He stopped and looked at her.

" You'll have to take care of the harlequin later." 

Alex raised an eyebrow and looked at her. Tes whispered something to him. 

"Good." He grinned. "I'll stray then," and he walked on.

Min looked to Gitte. " Better? " She nodded. 

" You really are one. You know, you gather all your strength every time you want to be alone with him. But then you're as tame as a pussycat." 

"But so are you!" replied Gitte.

"It's not about me now, but it's better now. " 

Babsi came back and looked at the two of them.

" There's something wrong with you two. "

" We just realized that we're in sync with our periods."

Babsi grabbed her face. 

" Have you ever heard of contraception?"

" Yes, but um, we want it raw and pure." 

" You two, don't be surprised if you get pregnant at the same time." 

Gitte looked at Min. " Oh yes, then we can go to the course together."

Min nodded. " We should get Babsi pregnant too."

"Hello? I'm standing next to you, I can hear you."

Gitte nodded and Min nodded back.

" He should never have put you in a unit and I should never have said that Min fancied him.

"It's his own fault," Gitte replied.