Sheltered Chemicals

Mini Luddy

Late at night around 3 am  In the Vienna realm a young man name Karl van Beethoven poured a cup of coffee while on his laptop. His eyes were incredibly exhausted after the long day sheepishly writing on a note pad with red ink . Karl slowly started growing more tired as he drank the bitter drink . A massive lightning bolt struck , causing Karl to snap out of his sleepiness.  The Viennese eyes were sunken purple from the lack of sleep . "How does my uncle ..do all of this ..." he questioned to himself.  Earlier that week his uncle Ludwig van Beethoven was behind on his composing because of a "realm tour " he was going to . Karl, being the "favorite nephew " decides to help his uncle out in the hopes of getting expensive gifts in the future and more music equipment.  The work was more than he bargained for but he needed to gain  favors.  Lightning struck again this time ringing in Karl's ears , "Aaaahhh i NEED to sleep" he screamed .  The lights started randomly flicking around the tenant prompting him to worry slightly.  He turned the light switch off and started making another cup of coffee, this time pouring an entire bag of sugar and heavy cream  in the pot ."I have to stay away for as long as possible " Karl told himself, drinking it straight from the pot .

"Hahaha how are you tired when it's only 3 in the morning "a cruel voice laughed at him . Karl's eyes turned into the size as pin pricks quickly grabbed a black pan . "Zeigen Sie sich als Eindringling! " he shouted blindly swinging the weapon "Ich kann auch Deutsch sprechen " the voice replied, turning on the light revealing to be no one other than Nikolas Tesla.  "Actually I can speak acht so do you wanna speak German or Valhalla ? " Tesla asked while doing his nails . "Well smart ass that's nothing impressive Mozart can speak fünfzehn ! " Karl bragged " Is Mozart in the room with us right now ? " Tesla looked around . "Yet again that's what happens when your dorky uncle has friends that are from Poland,  France,  Germany and of course Vienna..." Karl paused " Wait a minute ..why the fuck am I explaining any of this to you GET OUT "  . "Hold on, I'm looking for your uncle Ludwig,  I wanna perform an experiment and Hrist isn't telling me anything  ! I swear Ludwig is brainwashing her " Tesla felt worried.  "I don't care ! Get lost , Geh weg, bousculer, non è il mio problema , Ite invadendi domum alienam ! " Karl pushed Tesla out " If I see you again I'm calling Hrist byeeeeee " , "But my -  " Karl slammed the door on Tesla locking it . The moment the man turned around Tesla was right next to him . Karl started swinging the frying pan like mad , "Hold on I don't mean to be a threat " Tesla easily dodged Karl swings. "What do you want, man? I'm too tired for this bullshit " Karl rubbed his eyes .

"Why are you so tired god I barely know " Tesla smiled,  " I have a lot of files to organize because my uncle is an old man who doesn't understand the internet beyond liking Hrist's group human photos and making the corniest pick up lines ever...plus that secret  file of a certain goddess "selfies '' I accidentally found .   '' Karl  turned a light shade of green .  "Selfies !? You mean those awkward ones where Hrist covered her face in a mask and was cringe, " Tesla recalled.  "No ...not those '' Karl grew light headed.  " I could help organize those files ...for a price ..." Tesla stated,  " I have no money " Karl mentioned.   "No something worth more than money..." Tesla laughed "knowledge ! ".  "What are you talking about..." Karl whined , " Being a nurse, have you ever wanted to make the world a better place ? " Tesla pointed out.  "No, I could barely do surgery on my uncle without him complaining every 30 seconds that I'm doing it wrong  " Karl rolled his eyes . "Did you give him any anesthesia  ? " Tesla wondered. " Wait, I thought that was for humans ..." Karl stopped for a moment to think "Uncle has a high pain tolerance....he wasn't even in pain just bored " .  "Hmm I remember Hlokk doing open Intestine surgery on Edison...yelling at him for taking her twin to an illegal fighting ring "  Tesla recalled. "I don't know who either are, " Karl groaned.

"The point is you are changing humanity  for the better ! Tesla pointed out . " Do I look like I give a damn about humanity ? " Karl started pushing him out "I'd say  goodbye but there is no good in goodbye with you ! " he slammed the door shut .  "But you are helping a noble cause "  Tesla was right behind him again . Nickolas was basically a salesman that just wouldn't go away .  Karl turned around quietly grabbing a rubber chicken then cracking his knuckles  . Before Tesla could speak Karl tackled him resulting in a massive fight full of angry German swearing . After a few minutes Karl opened the door . "I'm glad we had a talk ! Just remember no more random visits at three in the morning.."Karl stated . "Noted "  Tesla had a rubber chicken wrapped around him clumsy walking away.

He slammed the door rubbing his eyes with a loud sigh.  He made another pot full of coffee, pouring another bag full of sugar and cream before drinking it while organizing for his uncle.  By the time it was in the morning he was finally finished , Karl stripped most of his clothing off . He slammed himself onto Ludwig's messy bed , "Damn you uncle " Karl hissed barely able to sleep despite working all night on the project . It was probably because of the caffeine style in his system but that didn't deter Karl.  He got up going through Ludwig's medicine drawer , "He wouldn't mind right if I borrowed his melatonin right ? " Karl grabbed a bottle of gummy bear sleeping medicine.  He shoved a handful in his mouth before putting it ,s fixing the unorganized messy . Finally the medicine did its work making Karl sleepy.

While waiting to fall asleep Karl looked through old photos of Ludwig .  They say gods don't age unless they hit their prime and with Louis it's still hard to tell . Ludwig didn't exactly like talking about his childhood or anything like that . All he mentioned was that Karl was just like him . In Fact Everyone said that exact statement.  Its gotten to the point were he is nicknamed   "Mini Luddy '' from Beethoven close friends . Despite being named after his father  Kaspar Anton Karl van Beethoven, people always questioned if Karl was Ludwig's son. Quite naturally his uncle was happy to claim Karl as his own while his biological father seethed with jealousy.  Kasper never said anything but Karl could tell so he stayed quiet while Ludwig was oblivious.  Now they were rumors of Karl being Ludwig's secret  child  . Thankfully his uncle denied stating that " If I  wanted a son I wouldn't steal my brother's wife  !  " and "Karl  his  my son in spirit " . At least Ludwig finally accepted his sister in laws  after he found his girlfriend Hrist. His mother and uncle still don't like each other for gods knows why but they are quiet about it instead of screaming  . Karl wondered if  Ludwig was secretly jealous because his father and uncle had a wife and he didn't .

" Some things are just better left a mystery " he  shook his head . It was getting hard to think because of the medicine  making him drowsy.  Karl took one last look of his uncle's picture.   Ludwig hair was much shorter and raven black instead of wild mane . Despite that he is still recognizable looking every calm and full of life . A few thoughts ran through his head  making him more and more tired . "Why...do I care so much ..." Karl questioned,  he didn't have time to answer himself as his head plopped on the pillow . A few seconds later Karl fell into a deep sleep , Tesla opened the door sliding himself near Karl . "So you do care about your uncle..." Tesla whispered, grabbing an old photo of Beethoven.  The inventor never fully got along with the composer due to their clashing personalities . It wasn't hatred at all, just disdain because Tesla couldn't understand Beethoven's cold judgmental personality and Hrist warm fluffy loving smile .Ludwig just spat too much venom for Nickolas to make an antidote.

How could his darling niece  love someone so crude , childish , hot tempered,  suspicious god with less  manners then a stray dog . Tesla asked Hrist a few times on what she saw in him but Hrist only spoke nothing but good about him . She talks about how romantic and kind he is then  showed him the many gifts he gave her. At the end of the day  Hrist is a grown woman who is capable of taking care of herself in witch Tesla had learned  to accept . Sasaki and Qin seem to have taken a liking to him . Alvtir questions on why Hrist would choose someone "so old" , while the youngest one Ou asked a million questions then demanded both Karl and Beethoven play with him . Simo was fine with Ludwig but stated that " If you break her heart I'll send you into a permanent slumber ".  Basically as long as Hrist is happy then that's all that matters . Tesla could easily see how deeply in love she is with him so he let his distaste for him go, replacing it with curiosity.  Maybe one day they could get along if he just understood Ludwig more.

Tesla  pulled out a smartwatch clicking it on Karl's right wrist. Finally, he plucked a black feather laying it on the watch that turned a bright blue then turned off.  Tesla put the photo in Karl's arm . "Until later Mini Luddy " Tesla slowly closed  the door allowing the much younger man to sleep ...at least for now ...