A Universe of Wonders

[Akura]

"We are glad you feel that way" the intruder spoke, glancing down at the snow around their feet.

From nowhere, the snow had appeared, covering the carpet around their feet. The carpet itself had softened, almost like dirt, and Axel's feet were beginning to feel cold. As he looked up from the snow, the view out of the window had changed to a view of countryside, Planet Hamburg in November.

The remainder of Axel's paradise seemed to crumble into ash, the winter breeze of the new environment carried the ash away into nothingness.

"No..." Axel whispered under his breath,

Across from them was a small farm house, covered mostly with snow. A man leaned out of the window and called out to his son.

"Quickly Axel, get inside!"

The boy scurried over and disappeared inside the house, the door closing behind him. Axel glanced down the road leading away from the house, a small contingent of land vehicles and ships headed towards the house.

"No... this isn't happening" Axel breathed heavily, running his left hand through his hair, a look of concern on his face.

"This is your mind at work Doctor von Fischer, you are subconciously escaping to this place. To home"

A couple of armoured vans rolled up the bottleneck in the road, their wheels finding some of the carefully hidden landmines. The vans lifed off the ground with a firey inferno of orange and green, throwing them into an uncontrollable roll.

The man from earlier left the farmhouse through the sidedoor, his wife close behind. The two of them were armed with rather crude guns, ready to stand off against the aggressors.

There was a bright flash, the house was gone, a large pack of Rheinland soldiers had surrounded where the house used to be, the man was being held down on his knees, a Rheinland Officer facing him. The man's wife lay nearby, no breath, she was dead.

A couple of the soldiers opened up a door in the floor, one of them returning with the young boy by his arm.

"Soldiers. Take ze boy to ze truck, and have him transported to ze nearest prison. Ze prisoners can have zere vay vith him." the Rheinland Officer ordered, as the boy was grabbed and ferried to one of the waiting trucks.

"Put me down! Put me down!" the boy screamed, "Father!"

Axel reached out his arm, helplessly glued to the spot. His eyes were locked on the man, who whispered kinds words to his son,

"I love you son. Don't ever forget that"

There was another bright flash, the Soldiers, trucks and bodies were gone, leaving only a sea of bodies, of all shapes, sizes and colours. Spread for miles across a sea of blood, the rubble of a once great city in flames on the horizon.

"This is your purpose?" the intruder asked rather innocently, turning away from the sea of the dead, "Retribution?"