ELIDETH MERCURY RAISED AGAIN FROM HER ASHES TO BECOME A STRONGER WOMAN. WILL SHE BE ABLE TO FACE EVERYTHING THIS DANGEROUS TIME TRAVEL HAS IN STORE FOR HER?
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There was no turning back.
I had taken the train to Vienna and with each new stop that kept me away from Munich, the cold was bigger and bigger in my bones and I got the feeling I hadn't properly say good-bye to all the people who I had left behind and meant something to me. I didn't regret about my decision but that didn't stop me from feeling a weird tickling in the pit of my stomach. The way you feel when you're making a choice and of course you don't know if it's the right one or wrong but it's already too late because it's your damn destiny.
It felt like a boost of adrenaline, of course, but a different one than that one. That adrenaline that drove you into an ecstasy enjoying with your eyes closed and your body floating in the sky. This one was quite different indeed, driving me into an unknown and dangerous territory. The uncertainty made my chest feeling tight and yet yearning to open that dangerous entrance.
The temperature had fallen radically. We had passed from that illusion of spring to below zero temperatures. The bitter cold had made me put on some heavy clothes. I didn't carry my cell phone in my bag, of course. It was useless now, only could serve to get things worse. But underneath my clothes I was careful to hide my icepick. It was the only weapon I had to fight against my enemy and I was going to meet up Sally at last. I needed something to attack when things could get tough. And I was pretty sure they could do.
Joe, once again, was in charge of letting Elideth know I gotta make a little trip but I would return right away to work as usual. Once I made my choice, I couldn't hesitate. It would have been impossible to me stay in Munich not knowing what happened to Rudi. I was ready for the worst but I needed to check it out for myself and not spinning my troubled mind in vain. It could only serve to torture me without a clear conclusion. Only guessings.
All this time Sally had been lurking around Farrokh and me and now it was my turn. I tried to think positive. I knew the worst case scenario would be Rudi... No, I couldn't think of the word death. Though it was hard to take it away from that monster.
It's true that I had thought for a while that Joe could join me and so I wouldn't be so vulnerable, it was only me with my own strenght. But it was not a good idea when I had to meet up the very devil. It could only serve to frighten her away and maybe make her angry because the appointment was only between she and I. It was very risky making some changes into the original plan.
At last I arrived the Viennese capital. I put on my beret, the gloves and the scarf and I stepped out briskly to the first underground. My breath looked like a white and thick cloud that seemed to guide my way through the dimly lit streets. I was about to climb down the stairs to the subway station.
- Amandine! -I could hear clearly the sound of my name from a vague voice, I didn't know if it was masculine or feminine. Anyway, it came from some blocks to the north side and its echo repeated.
