BtVS pre-series Fic in ten parts: Promises Made To a Lady #5

[kerkevik_2014]

With this fifth drabble we reach the halfway point in this ten-part pre-series Buffyverse epic; we also reach, after Stalingrad, the most important event in the chain leading to the conclusion of World War Two in Europe. Some of the first images in my head of this main character came from this section of the story, though none of them are actually still present.
The whole thing was written in three rapid bursts over a few short hours on Sunday afternoon. Maybe I should lose my access to the internet more often...


TITLE: Promises Made to a Lady V. Messages from the Never Departed
AUTHOR: kerkevik_2014
LENGTH: 100
A/N: It's D-Day and the characters various endgames are beginning to come into play. One note here to be added to the narrative. Gustav was born in Germany on the other side of the border with Alsace, at a time when Alsace was a German province. His Slayer Emilie, though French-speaking, was conceived when Alsace was not yet under French control.

V. Messages from the Never Departed (June 1944)

The Slayer had four hours on Gustav before he hit Juno Beach; he was unconcerned.
Even a Slayer couldn't get ahead of him for days yet.
All changed radically when he found the note left on the body of a Flemish SS gunner.
Riddled with bullets; he was nevertheless not fooled.
As they moved the corpses from the emplacement; he spotted the message.
The German was horrendous, but translated into Quebecois it was crystal clear.
It was taunting him.
It was hunting her.
It helped that there never had been a Captaine Richard Neuvelle for a body to be found.


May the Goddess watch over us all,
'tis ok to be Takei,
Kerk TehKek