Soldiers of the Damned Page #4

Jesus Christ.

I'm sorry, my friend.

- Jung's.

- Not possible.

- Nevertheless,

it is his dagger.

- Jung's dog tags.

Maybe someone took

them from Jung's body.

Used the knife to kill Nic

and planted the dog tags.

- Why would anyone do that?

- Very good, Lieutenant.

You're right, in a way.

It would have been a

great pleasure of mine

to execute Sergeant Lang.

In fact I had the intention of

hanging him myself

on our return.

However, out here I would

say there's a great need to

retain the men we have left.

Don't you agree, Major?

- Major Metzger didn't do it.

Not with a knife.

He's not good enough.

Major, the Sarge was right.

This forest, this

place is possessed.

The forest took him.

It happened right

in front of my eyes.

Same thing happened

to the Russian sniper,

and it happened to the Sarge.

You saw the ashes.

- Now listen, all of you.

I do not believe that a

person can turn to ashes

and mysteriously re-appear.

I do not believe a

forest can be possessed,

and I do not believe this

place is inhabited by ghosts,

demons and hob f***ing goblins.

So let's get something straight.

Sergeant Lang died at

the hands of a man.

Let's get this supernatural

sh*t out of your heads.

We have a mission to accomplish

and the quicker

we do this mission

the quicker we get

back to our lines.

So we move fast and

we move in pairs.

I don't want anyone left alone.

Is that understood?

- You're overlooking the obvious

solution to this conundrum.

- What's that, Major?

- Private Baum

killed Sergeant Lang.

He was the last

to see him alive.

He was the last to

leave the ravine.

He could have easily

taken the dagger

and from what we've just

heard he is clearly psychotic.

- That's crazy.

Why would he kill him?

For what reason?

- That's the advantage

of being psychotic.

One does not need an excuse.

- Private Baum has fought

this war for so long

he cannot remember

what came before it.

It's all he knows.

He's lived with

us, fought with us

and mourned with us.

We are his family.

He would sooner kill

himself than kill one of us.

Is that clear enough

for you, Major?

- Yes.

He is your man, Major.

Yes, he is.

Take the lead with Nadel.

Private, you're

with the Professor.

- Yes, sir.

- Keep a watch on Baum.

- You don't believe

Metzger, do you, sir?

- Logically Dieter's

the obvious culprit.

Metzger was right there.

Christ, Eric, he wouldn't

be the first person

to go insane

because of this war.

We've seen all this before.

- But Dieter?

Part of me hopes Metzger's right

- Sir?

- Because I don't like to

think of the alternative.

- Don't worry, Dieter.

No one believes what he said.

- Major Fleischer

put him straight, didn't he?

- He did.

There is some hostility

between those two, isn't there?

- You could

say that, Professor.

- Why, what happened?

- About four months

ago the Russians

had pushed us back to Balta.

The SS were killing as

many Jews in the town

as they could before

the Russians arrived.

We found Metzger hanging

Jewish children from trees

along the main road that

runs through the town.

50 kids were hanging there.

So the Major told

Metzger to stop.

Of course he wouldn't.

So it ended with Major

Fleischer kicking the-

well he beat him up quite badly.

The SS picked him up and

charged him with treason.

Two weeks later

the Major turns up.

No explanations.

Carl, Private

Scherer, thought that

Colonel Schwab had

put in a good word.

You could always count on Carl

to get reliable information.

- Why did they let him go?

- Carl thought the Knight's

Cross probably helped.

Hitler himself had

pinned it on him.

Did you know that?

- Private, check up ahead.

Who are you?

- Where did you get this

uniform, you old bastard?

He is defiling the

uniform of the SS.

It's a capital offence.

- Take your hands off him.

- This man is not capable

of dressing himself.

He's far too frail.

- Someone dressed him in it.

- So why put the

dog tags on him?

- Lieutenant, do you

remember Nic's story?

About the paratroopers?

- Yes. I remember.

I would advise you to

keep your mouth shut.

The Major won't

thank you for it.

- Lieutenant, you

know I wouldn't

question the Major's

orders, but this place.

Why don't we just

get out of here?

Surely he can see it.

- That's right Private.

You follow the Major's orders.

We complete our

mission, that is all.

- Sir.

- Metzger.

- Stop!

- Fuchs!

- Metzger.

- I saw you.

I saw you!

- German wallet.

- Looks like this is

a couple of weeks old.

Hasn't healed well.

That's the old man.

It's the same scar.

Obviously taken...

Looks younger in

this photograph.

- He's wearing an SS uniform.

- He willingly defiled

the SS uniform.

It was a legitimate execution.

- He was SS.

- This can't be.

This is a different man.

Upon our return I will have

you arrested for murder.

- And what, exactly, are

you going to tell them?

Are we going to take the

body back with us, Major?

- Lieutenant, relieve Major

Metzger of his weapons.

He is under arrest.

- I don't think so.

- I heard a shot, sir.

- Lieutenant, we're

leaving in five minutes.

Help the Major onto his feet.

- Yes, sir.

- A word.

- Nicely done, Rolf.

- Bernd believed that there

was something in this forest

at those coordinates,

something significant.

- What?

- Alright. An artifact, a relic.

- Is that it?

My men are dying for

an ancient piece of

junk they want to

put in a museum?

- I know. This

mission is absurd.

But I've been thrown

in this as well as you.

Do you really think

I'm happy to be here?

- For Christ's sake, Anna.

- I know.

- I'm just trying to

keep my troop together,

keep my men alive.

- But that's all you can do.

- What gives them the

right to manipulate us?

Puppet masters

making us dance into

hell with wide

grins on our faces?

- All we can do

is find the relic.

We must find it and get back.

It's our only chance.

- Alright, Anna.

But I've got a feeling

someone or something

doesn't want us to find it.

- Fleischer!

Where are you, Fleischer?

- Metzger

- Professor?

Nadel!

- Right, let's go.

Private, keep a

close eye on him.

- Yes, sir.

- What is it that

you say to them, Private?

- It's nothing

that should concern you.

- Please, tell me.

- Just keep walking.

- Is it something to

do with your heritage?

You know that Reich

Minister Goebbels himself

declared that the Sioux

Indians are Aryans?

I know, how could

such a mongoloid race

be compared to

the German people?

Did you whisper to your wife

and child before they died?

Oh, no.

Of course.

They were raped and killed while

you were away, weren't they?

Terrible thing, war.

Not being able to stay at

home and protect your family.

- How do you know this?

- I know everything about you.

And your comrades.

It's my job to know.

I know that your grandmother

was a Red Indian whore,

and for some reason you decided

to carry that stain

like a trophy.

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