"Wolfgang, you awake?"
Rebekah was already awake, opening the curtains. Her companion blinked his eyes open as the bright mid-morning light made its way inside the room. The past two days were anything but ordinary for the two of them as they spent the first day exploring the North End of Paris. The second day however was spent with the mensch-maschine recovering from a Darkstrom soldier attack, the young lady having to play nurse.
"Well" he spoke finally, "I'm well awake now, Rebekah. Wide-eyed and so on."
"Good!!" she said, grinning to him. "'Cause we all gotta be at Champs-Elysees in a handful of hours. We're leaving Paris in the morning."
His face became alarmed. He nodded.
After a shower and choosing what to wear for the day, the two set out for Champs-Elysees, on the Northwest End of Paris. Along the way the two communicated with Ralf and Johannes, who had been staying at Notre Dame with the company of one of the priests there. Karl and Anneke were already at the Parisian monument, and Florian and Elizabeth took the local cab.
Once regrouped, the eight of them reviewed a map and, glancing to the points of the map where the destinations were marked, realized that they had a bit of ways to go before homeward.
"Any more reports of Darkstrom sightings?" Florian asked, looking to the gang.
"Not since the attack on Rebekah and Loudmouth" quipped Karl.
"Shut it, Snaffy!!" Wolfgang retorted.
"QUIET, BOTH OF YOU!!" Ralf snapped at the two. Immediately the two quarreling semi-human beings quieted down, while Florian shook his head.
"Seriously" Elizabeth spoke in a calm voice, "we need to leave first thing in the morning, so we can get to Vienna early enough without the Darkstrom figuring out what the hell is going on. We can't risk what happened to Rebekah and Wolfgang to happen to the rest of us."
Anneke nodded. "Plus, we have no idea where exactly to go from the station after we arrive in Vienna, so we'll have to be there early enough to figure out where we'll need to stay. The sooner we get to Vienna, the better."
The gang all nodded in agreement, with the exception of Johannes, who sat there quietly. Ralf glanced to her and squeezed her hand a bit with his. He had every reason to be worried about her. For one she was blind, for another she was very precious to the rest of the Düsseldorf Quartet. Add to the fact that he had fallen for her...
"Alright, so are we all agreed?" Florian asked, disrupting his best friend's train of thought.
"Agreed??" Ralf asked, blinking.
"Yes, we're leaving first thing at seven tomorrow morning" his younger best friend noted.
"Ah well yes then" the so-called leader of the bunch affirmed. "Seven tomorrow it is." He glanced to Johannes. "Sounds like you better sleep well, Fräulein Johannes" he mused to his companion. She smiled softly but said nothing.
Anneke handed the gang [except for Florian and Rebekah] each a Übermittler, which had the emblems of the Trans-Europa and the Rebellion on them. It was to look like a bracelet, all in all, so that the Darkstrom wouldn't suspect a single thing.
"These" she explained "will keep all of us connected to each other. They're communicators, but they look like funky bracelets. Rebekah and Florian already have begun using theirs', and I'm gonna help Johannes with hers."
After all was said and done, they took a local bus to the Trans-Europa station, and rested there for the evening after preparing to leave first thing the next morning.
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