The moon is shining beautifully tonight, thought Josef as his light tan Kubelwagen vechile skidded to a halt in front of Libero's gates. Smiling through his gas mask, he chuckled as he slid out across the damp leather seats, breath rasping in the rich fall air. Slamming the door behind him, the CD player skipped over "Asche zu Asche" one last time as it came to a halt. Opening his jacket further, he breathed in deep, life flooding his lungs through his modified mask, concealing old wounds. Truly, to create beauty such as this, there must be a God. No mere chance could have created such shades of red and yellow, the feeling of cool night air against exposed skin.
"Of course, Josef, God must have his servants...isn't that the name you gave me?"
The voice echoed from across the woods, heavenly and inhumanly sweet, striking an almost forgotten chord within Josef's soul. He reeled about, scanning the edge of the brilliant colored woods, seeing nothing. Shaking his head, and damning his memories, he turned back around, but once more that voice came to him, giggling, urging him into the forest.
He couldn't resist the siren song of his lover, and let loose a cry of joy, tearing across the broken sticks and leaves, the dead and shattered of the forest, smashing through all that stood in his way. His lungs began to burn with hellfire, as he collasped into a small aclove, rolling onto his back, and looking into that haunting pare of green eyes.
"Engel...I thought I lost you forever..."
The sickening scent of hot iron flooding Josef's senses, his lover leaning down, her long raven black locks brushing across his cheeks. She laid down upon him, caressing his chest and reaching behind his neck, slowly undoing his mask, staring longingly into his eyes. Within moments, she cast aside Josef's Gas Mask, and crawled foward, leaning down with eyes closed, ruby red lips coming ever closer...
Yet never touching. Josef opened his eyes once more, staring up into Engel's towering above him, her weapons bound to her sides, and that damned symbol dancing brightly aflame against the pale moonlight. Her eyes were still full of passion, of longing, but for something far different entirely. Josef's screams echoed across the still night, as her own words scarred his soul.
"You have lost me forever..."