Agent with a History

Heinrich smiled and shrugged, "I have to admit the legitimacy of that point I suppose. I take comfort in the fact that all this stolen wealth will single handedly usher in the dawning of a new Reich. This time we will succeed not only in our conquest of any and all that oppose us, but also in the complete annihilation of your filthy kind!" He finished, fairly spitting out the last few words, with caustic venom lacing his tone, even as hatred shown from his eyes.

Iya had regained control and his face was a mask as he asked, "If you feel so strongly against me, then why am I still alive?"

"Perhaps because I wish to relish watching you suffer, as the treasure you have spent your whole life coveting, is taken away piece by piece. Now for a man like you that will be torture. There is also the matter of your wealth. You are a very wealthy man in your own right and even with this fabulous treasure we, just like you, can never have enough money to satisfy us. Once we have all your wealth we'll let you die, painfully that is. A man of your size will take some time to starve away I would imagine. Now while this is all amusing it's distracting me from my main goal!"

Heinrich wheeled around to face me. "You will show me the gold now and as a favor I'll let you have a bullet between the eyes and thus let you avoid having to witness your lover's torture, as well as experience your own."

The depth of this man's darkness was beyond anything I had ever encountered. The cold look of his eyes left me chilled and I turned away toward the distant throne determined to end this monster's reign, before it ever got started. The cold grasp of his hand on my arm stopped me and I glanced back into his snake eyes.

"Do you take me for a fool, make believe queen? Tell us where it is and my men will go on an attest to your honesty, while you stay here."

I coolly gestured toward the throne. "The gold chambers lie beyond the throne, but only a Candace may go near the throne, any others attempting it will find their way into an early grave."

"We'll see about that. You, you and you go check out her story." Three of the armed men stepped over the gold link chain that divided the room and started out across the large square marble slab floor.

A slab flipped vertical on one of the men and the man's cries faded, as he fell headlong down into an uncharted dark void below the floor. The other two men paralyzed in fear stood where they were. Heinrich practically screamed,