Flakka Cannibals E-Book

Jacqueline Padberg

• Herausgeber: tredition
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 363

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

In 2030, Germany will be flooded with one of the world's most dangerous drugs, known as Flakka or Flex. Drug addicts attack uninvolved citizens. Innocent children are killed by Flakka cannibals. People are jumped on and addicts bite their faces. Citizens no longer dare to go outside and live in fear of the Flakka cannibals. The drug scene is getting out of control nation-wide. Is it enough to lock up the drug addicts to get the state of emergency in Germany under control again? Is a new law necessary that prohibits the use of drugs?

Leseprobe

Jacqueline Padberg Dr. Klaus-Bernd Padberg

Flakka-Cannibals

Germany 2030

Political thriller

Foreword

Dear readers, the failure of drug policy in the Federal Republic of Germany is depicted apocalyptically in this thriller. Nevertheless. Who can guarantee the citizens that it is impossible that Germany will one day be flooded with the drug Flakka/Flex? The federal government? Really? Won't it have failed with its drug policy if Flakka has already spread alarmingly in Göttingen by the end of 2023? How can the federal government then be sure that it has everything under control? Does the population really not have to worry and can children grow up in this country without their parents having to fear that their offspring will fall victim to a Flakka cannibal? Are the laws tough enough to prevent drug addiction among young people, or are they too lax? Your opinion is important to us.

Cannabis will be legalized in Germany in 2024. Experts consider the current drug policy to have failed. The legalization of soft drugs leads to an increase in the use of harder drugs among addicts.

In 2030, Germany will be flooded with one of the world's most dangerous drugs, known as Flakka or Flex.

Drug addicts attack uninvolved citizens. Innocent children are killed by Flakka cannibals. People are jumped on and addicts bite their faces. Citizens no longer dare to go outside and live in fear of the Flakka cannibals.

The drug scene is getting out of control nationwide.

 Is it enough to lock up the drug addicts to get the state of emergency in Germany under control again?

Is a new law necessary that prohibits the use of drugs?

Jacqueline Padberg Dr. Klaus-Bernd Padberg

Flakka-Cannibals

Germany 2030

Political thriller

Table of contents

Foreword

1Double murder in the parental home

2The bloody heritage

3Supermarket rampage

4The uninvited guest

5Evacuation in the hospital

6Civil courage resulting in death

7Riot in the apartment building

8Run amok at school

9Statement of the BKA

10Is a new law necessary in Germany?

11Franz's son

12Dead bodies at the town hall

13Drama in a children's playground

14The war veteran

15The interview

16Run for your life!

17Achim

18The people in turmoil

19The new law

1 Double murder in the parental home

In Germany in 2030, a drug called Flakka has become so widespread that almost no day goes by without a drug addict running amok after consuming it. The dealers are difficult to track down and are constantly finding new ways to sell the substance. The population is not sufficiently informed about what this devil's drug can do.

How it all began.

An elderly couple own a beautiful, detached two-storey bungalow outside Berlin. They retired just a few months ago and are now enjoying their life. However, the family has a dark secret that no one knows about and which will be their undoing.

Her son has been a drug addict for years and lives on the street. The neighbors and friends don't know this. The pensioners always say that their junior emigrated to the USA after finishing university. He works there successfully as a photographer.

In reality, he has not completed any vocational training and visits his parents from time to time. He then receives a hot meal and a few euros from them. The neighbors believe that the young man is a nephew of the pensioners, whom the couple occasionally looks after. The couple disown their own son because they are embarrassed that he slipped away years ago and became a drug addict. Timo's years of drug addiction have left him so run-down and aged that no one recognizes him. Before the junkie is allowed to leave the bungalow, he always has to wait until it is dark outside. That is the condition his parents set for him to be allowed to visit them. They don't want to run the risk of him being seen at their house more often and someone recognizing him and asking the couple awkward questions.

Flakka, also known as 'Flex' in Germany, has been making headlines in Germany for years. Timo doesn't use the drug, although he knows some junkies from the scene who do. He knows that this plastic drug is quickly addictive. It is dangerous, and it destroys people mentally and physically within a short space of time.

In 2030, dealers in numerous cities across Germany are sitting in their homes and producing the synthetic drug. They now regularly supply the junkies in Berlin with Flakka. Why did this devil's drug spread massively in Germany? In the early 2010s, a heroin ring was broken up. After the event, dealers looked around for cheaper alternatives and became aware of Flakka. One gram of the substance costs drug addicts less than ten euros. However, only 0.05 g of MDPV1 is needed for one unit of consumption. The junkies inject, smoke or snort it. Flakka is banned in Germany. It has been increasingly in circulation again since 2023.

In 2030, it is widespread in many cities in Germany. The share of Flakka in all trafficked drugs reaches unprecedented proportions.

Timo has resolved never to buy it. He knows that Flex turns people into cannibals. He prefers to stay away from the dangerous substance. He doesn't want Flex to give him delusions, paranoid episodes or panic attacks. A sensible and advisable resolution that Timo throws overboard one day.

Since corona, it has become more difficult for him to scrounge on the street. That didn't change after the pandemic. His parents have been unwilling to give him money for drugs for some time now. Their son is now forty years old and they think it's time for Timo to start changing something in his life. They demand that he goes to rehab. This is not in Timo's interest. He can't get through everyday life without his drugs. He has no intention of going to a rehab clinic. But he doesn't tell his parents that. He asks them to let him stay with them for a few days after he can hardly scrounge any money on the street. Timo lies to his mother that he will start rehab soon if he is allowed to return to his parents' house. With a heavy heart and great doubt, his parents agree to Timo moving in. They give their son ten euros a day, which he is told to spend wisely. The sum is intended for cigarettes, chewing gum and coffee. Timo is not allowed to buy anything else with the money. This has been agreed with his parents. The money is not intended for buying drugs. If he does it anyway, he will have to leave his parents' house again, they admonish their son. Timo agrees to the condition. The older couple hope that their child will make the leap this time. Their feelings are a mixture of parental love and desperate hope.

Timo takes the money and, despite his promise, makes his way to his drug dealer a few days after moving in. He tries to negotiate with him as he still wants to get his heroin. The dealer refuses and offers the junkie that he can only offer him 'bath salts' for the few euros. Flex is referred to in the scene as 'bath salts'. But you can't bathe in it ... He'll just have to make do with that, the dealer says. Timo doesn't want to consume the devil's stuff, but what can he do? He can't afford anything else at the moment. He hesitates for a moment, thinks about it, buys it and leaves in frustration.

When he walks in the door at home, his parents are sitting in front of the TV watching 'Tatort'2. They have no way of knowing that they will be dead in a few hours.

Timo tiptoes into his room. He doesn't feel like justifying where he came from. He has an addiction and is struggling with withdrawal symptoms. He urgently needs to get high and is having doubts about whether he should smoke the Flakka.

Timo waits a few hours. He struggles with himself. Then, in the middle of the night, he can't take it anymore. The addiction takes over. He gets up and puts small splinters of the drug in his tobacco as he rolls his cigarette. It stinks, this Flakka, he muses. The stuff smells like old, used socks, the junkie thinks and grins. He takes another puff and another. But his laughter soon fades. The effects of Flakka unfold and now become his trip to hell.

A few minutes later, he is lying on his bed in a drunken stupor, tossing and turning on his mattress. His parents don't notice because they went upstairs an hour ago to go to sleep. Timo struggles with delusions and is trapped in his own world after using Flakka. He is wide awake and restless. He is sweating and his heart is racing. He feels very warm. In his imagination, he is on a ship. The boat is threatening to sink and he can't get away. His parents laugh at their son and block his way when Timo wants to jump into the sea. His parents want him to drown? The water is rising in the sinking ship. He doesn't want to die! Why won't his parents let him out of the boat? Why should their only son drown? The junkie doesn't understand. In his madness, he hits his bedspread with his fists again and again. Then he turns away from the bed and tries to run up the wall of the room. He hallucinates that the water will reach him at any moment and that he will drown. He clasps his hands on the wallpaper and is busy trying to get a grip so that he can crawl up the wall. He lies down on the floor and starts to swim. He thinks he is in the water and wants to swim away from the threat of drowning. He stretches his head up so that he doesn't choke and drown. Then, in his delusions, he finds a way to get past his parents. They just laugh at him! Timo opens his bedroom door and runs down to the kitchen. For him, it's the galley, which isn't under water yet. He has lost all touch with reality.

His parents are fast asleep at the time. As the junkie stands barefoot on the wooden floor of the kitchen, he suddenly sees water seeping in under the door. The galley is about to flood! He panics and takes dishtowels to cover the gap in the door so that the water can no longer get in. It is in vain. In his madness, Timo grabs anything he can find to prevent the water from entering the kitchen. In Timo's imagination, his parents sit at the kitchen table and laugh at their son. They are happy that he will drown. His efforts are in vain. The water runs under the door and half of the galley is under water for Timo. The table and chairs are already floating. His parents are still sitting quietly on their backsides and laughing at their son, even though they should have drowned long ago. The addict imagines that the water can't harm them. Only he should drown? He now has to find a way to survive. And he will only do so if he escapes his parents. He is quite sure of that. Timo grabs the large kitchen knife from the knife block and runs out of the kitchen. He is now in the corridor of the ship and is looking for a way out of the sinking boat. He runs up to the bedroom. No! His parents are in his way again! They were just in the galley. The junkie is desperate. He has to eliminate them or he'll drown in the boat!

Timo stands in front of the bed and looks at his mother. His imagination suddenly changes. She is now an evil witch who has only one goal: He should drown on the ship in front of her eyes. She laughs at him and sits up in bed. She points her finger at her son and hisses. In Timo's imagination, she embodies the typical image of an evil witch. She wears a tattered headscarf that is greasy and has holes in it. The old woman has one incisor that is too long, which comes out when she grins maliciously. She has two ugly warts on her face and her look is simply diabolical. Timo doesn't understand why his mother is acting so mean. She has mutated into a witch. She was just down in the galley. How could the water run up the stairs so quickly, and why is his parents' bedroom now filling up with water? Why aren't they drowning, and why should he die as their only son? Timo fantasizes that he only has one way to get out of the ship past his parents.

He has to kill her! He attacks his mother in her sleep. He grabs her by the hair and slits her throat in one go with the kitchen knife. She only twitches briefly. As she was asleep, she only notices for a split second that Timo is pulling her head back. Then death comes.

The blood runs down her neck onto the bed sheet. The veins pulsate visibly for a few seconds before the red liquid runs slowly. His mother's eyes are wide open.

Timo's father has woken up and only partially realizes what is going on. He immediately jumps out of bed and wants to flee from his son, who has gone mad, when he sees the knife. He doesn't succeed. Timo grabs him. He holds the pensioner by his pajamas and rams the large, sharp blade into his father's thigh. The junkie has hit an artery. His father screams briefly and tries to stop the bleeding with his hands. He loses a lot of blood. He screams for help and panics. Timo brutally grabs him by the scruff of the neck from behind. He stabs him in the chest, face and eyes. Timo's father is long dead and lying on the ground. His son cuts off his ears. The junkie doesn't stop stabbing him. He can't calm down. He sits on his father and stabs him again and again. The cut-off ears lie on the carpet.

The water level in the bedroom drops. When Timo assumes that he no longer has to drown, he calms down a little. He goes downstairs to the galley and paces up and down restlessly with the knife. He isn't shocked that he has just killed his own parents. He doesn't even realize it. For him, it was the only right decision to escape with his own life. Suddenly Timo sees that the water is coming under the kitchen door again. It reaches his bare feet. The junkie immediately panics and jumps up, alternating from one leg to the other. It's not over! His father and mother are still laughing at him in his mind! Timo runs upstairs. He stabs his mother, who is lying in bed and is already dead, countless times. He also cuts off both her ears. Then he rams the blade into his father's chest again as he lies motionless on the floor. The water level drops. Timo breathes a sigh of relief. For now, there is peace! He takes the cut-off auricles and goes down to the kitchen. He sits there for hours on a chair with his parents' ears in his hands and stares ahead of him. He is restless and has difficulty sitting up straight. He keeps slipping off the seat, talking to himself and has to drop the auricles and support himself with his hands so that he doesn't fall off the chair.

A little later, he realizes that the water is rising around his seat. The junkie tells himself again that he is going to drown. He stomps swiftly through the water and runs into the garden. He can abandon ship! But the water is rising! He has to do something! Timo sees an axe and pulls it out of the stump. Then he goes back upstairs to the bedroom. He splits his mother's skull and chops off her legs after pulling her off the bed.

The severed legs lie next to the torso and the skull is smashed. Then Timo lets out a scream of rage and turns the old man's body onto its back. He takes the axe and strikes hard. He leaves it stuck in his father's ribcage. The junkie's clothes are covered in blood and he can't catch his breath. He wipes the sweat from his forehead with his left arm and rips his clothes off his body. "This heat! It's terribly hot!" Timo is burning up!

It takes almost 26 hours before he finally falls asleep. When the junkie wakes up, he isn't wearing any clothes. He lies stark naked on the sofa, faintly remembers and gets goose bumps. When he tiptoes upstairs to the bedroom and sees the massacre, he feels sick to his stomach. Timo throws up. He has caused a bloodbath and killed his parents.

The effect of the Flakka has worn off. The trip is over. Only now does Timo realize what he has done. The memories of the sinking ship and his fear of drowning come flooding back. He gets stomach cramps. He has to get out of the room and rushes down to the kitchen. He is completely confused and only slowly comes to his senses. Panicked, he sits down at the kitchen table with trembling hands and hyperventilates. Then he stares at the cut-off auricles. Startled, he jumps up. He has to get out of the house! The junkie runs into the garden and thinks about it.

Under no circumstances does he want to go to prison for the two murders. Timo keeps telling himself that he didn't want this. He cries. He pulls himself together and wipes the tears from his cheeks as he wanders through the grass in his bare feet. He only now realizes that he is completely naked. He has to go back into the house.

Timo forces himself and runs upstairs without looking directly into his parents' bedroom as he heads for the bathroom. He takes a bath and puts on fresh clothes. Then he looks for his mother's and father's purses in the kitchen and living room. Before he leaves his parents' house, he looks out of the window to see if the coast is clear. There is no one to be seen for miles around. He drops the curtain. Timo breathes a sigh of relief and runs straight out of the property.

Over the next few days, he withdraws large sums from his parents' account. It's summer and it's very warm in the bungalow.

Timo's parents' cleaning lady has been on vacation for a week. When she opens the front door on her first day at work, she drops her handbag and holds her nose. It smells awful in the house. She struggles not to vomit. When she enters the kitchen, she notices that there are four bloody ears on the floor and the kitchen floor is covered in blood. She is shocked and puts her hand over her mouth in horror. The woman immediately runs out of the house and pulls out her smartphone. Excited, she describes to the police what she has discovered.

A patrol car arrives a few minutes later. The officers who arrive only question the cleaning lady briefly and then enter the house alone. After some time, they return and immediately phone the police headquarters. The homicide squad is notified.

When Tom Bensky stands in the bedroom with his colleague Sturm, they can hardly believe their eyes. They have a picture of horror before their eyes. The dead old woman's legs have been cut off and are lying next to her on the carpet. A large, sharp knife can be found in the marital bed. The sheets are red and soaked in blood. Her husband is lying on his back in front of the bed with an axe stuck in his chest. The policemen see that both victims no longer have ears. What the hell has been going on here, they ask themselves.

"My God," says Bensky to his colleague, "who's been on the rampage here? This has nothing to do with a robbery-murder. Some-one's gone completely mad here. This is a massacre."

"Forensics is downstairs in the kitchen. They asked me not to stay up here too long, Tom, to keep the evidence clean. We should go down and see if our colleagues have anything for us yet!"

Who the hell has caused such a massacre? First of all, Sturm swats away the many flies buzzing around his head. He looks at the pensioner's stung eyes and gets a headache. The decomposition process is well advanced due to the high temperature in the bedroom. The corpses are bloated and flies are swarming on them. There is blood everywhere, on the walls, on the carpet and on the furniture. The stench in the house is almost unbearable. After the initial examinations, the body parts are taken to the forensics department.

Bensky and Sturm go down to the kitchen. Bensky is quite happy not to have to stay upstairs in the bedroom for too long. Nobody can stand the smell! It's terrible. You can really feel sorry for the colleagues from the forensics sometimes, he thinks as Sturm turns to the forensics.

"Can you say anything yet?"

"We'll soon be finished down here. Wallets are missing. No money in the kitchen or the living room. We've found the papers. We'll send them to you today. It doesn't look like one or more planned perpetrators. This seems to have been more of a rampage."

"Yes, we suspect that too. Thank you very much in the first instance, colleagues."

Sturm and Bensky are glad that they can finally get some fresh air. They breathe in and out deeply.

"What a load of shit! Let's hope it gets sorted out quickly," says Bensky as the investigators get into the car to drive to the police station.

Pathologist Dr. Joseph Roth carries out the autopsies. Inspector Tom Bensky visits him a little later with his colleague Sturm because he has a few questions.

"Tell me, Dr. Roth, did the victims notice that their ears had been cut off? And was the woman alive when the perpetrator chopped off her legs with the axe? Was the man still alive when he used the axe ....? I hope he wasn't conscious at the time. Doctor?"

The forensic pathologist takes another look at the pensioner's split skull. He steps closer to the body and glances at Bensky.

"No, the woman's throat was cut first. That killed her instantly. She bled to death. And the male victim was stabbed in the leg and chest with the knife. And several times. Neither of them realized that their ears had been cut off and that they had been axed. I have a different idea of retirement, Inspector. I wouldn't want to swap places with that couple."

"Very funny, Doctor!" Bensky murmurs as he thanks him and leaves forensic medicine.

The case is quickly solved due to the cash withdrawals with the credit card. The investigators are able to locate Timo quickly. They arrest him when he tries to withdraw money from the same ATM again. Bensky can't believe what the man has done to his parents. Now the perpetrator is sitting in the interrogation room. The junkie's whole body is shaking. He tells the investigator everything he remembers.

"Look, I had no choice. I had to kill them. I would have drowned on this ship otherwise. They were going to kill me and there was water everywhere. There was no alternative. Otherwise, I would have died. My parents wanted me to die. They even laughed at me when I begged them to let me jump off the ship. They only wanted me to die. I didn't know what else to do and killed them. These delusions came from this Flakka. It gave me paranoia. I know the stuff is bad. I didn't want to use it. But my parents cut me short. That's why I bought the cheap stuff. I had to take something. How else was I supposed to put up with the craving? They shouldn't have kept me so short! My parents are to blame."

Bensky and his colleague just shake their heads as they leave the interrogation room. Sturm asks.

"If that's true, can he be convicted at all, Tom? I assume that he wasn't sane under the influence of drugs? Or am I wrong?"

Bensky just shrugs his shoulders and says that a judge will have to decide. Their job is to solve murders, and they have done that. Sturm still finds it terrible that two pensioners had to die in such a brutal way because their son Timo was involved with drugs.

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The story is a hit with the local tabloid press. The incident in the house is reported in a half-page article. The mayor is horrified that such a crime has happened in his town. All the official sources speak of an unfortunate isolated incident. He does not go into the fact that the crime was committed under the influence of the drug Flakka.

When the mayor speaks of an isolated case, the opposition sees an opportunity to score politically. The CDU3 parliamentary group leader points out that Göttingen was already a hotspot for the drug Flakka in 2023. This was confirmed by the State Criminal Police Office at the time. The reason for the spread of Flex/Flakka was a strike by the criminal investigation department against heroin trafficking in 2012. As a result, the addicts had switched to 'bath salts', the common trade name for Flex/Flakka at the time. The CDU parliamentary group had demonstrably already seen an urgent need for action at the time, but the SPD4, with the support of the Grüne5, had not reacted. The opposition therefore had nothing to reproach itself for, but the parties in government were responsible for the conditions in Göttingen. It was regrettable that the beautiful home town of Berlin was now regarded as the drug hotspot for Flex/Flakka in Germany. The opposition is urgently asking the government of the city of Berlin what it intends to do about the proliferation of drug dealing, especially at Waageplatz. The answer was a long time coming. This was to be expected.

The double murder remains in the local press for a few weeks, after which the crime is forgotten. People turned their attention to other topics.

2 The bloody heritage

Achim is the nephew of the murdered couple. He is horrified when he hears about the drama that has taken place in Berlin. For good reason, he doesn't tell his wife about the double murder. He is beside himself when he learns that he will inherit the bungalow. The victims made a will years ago in which Achim was named as the sole heir. His parents had disinherited Timo because of his drug addiction. He only received his compulsory portion (statutory share). Under no circumstances did they want to finance his addiction after their death.

When Achim finds out about his inheritance, he bursts into tears of joy. He also inherits a savings account with 50,000 euros. He is a tiler by trade, lives with his loved ones in Göttingen and is the sole breadwinner. He has a wife and three children to support. They can't make any great leaps from his salary, but they manage to make ends meet. The family has dreamed of owning their own home for many years. They have never given up on their dream. Now their dream is finally coming true. Achim often visited his aunt and uncle as a child. But he hasn't had any closer contact for decades. He can't understand why they chose him as their heir. His joy at the inheritance is understandably great.

Achim was informed of the murders of his aunt and uncle. He initially concealed the murders from his wife Sibylla. She had worked full-time as a waitress in a restaurant in Göttingen until 2024. One evening, a terrible accident happened there. A man under the influence of drugs stormed into the restaurant and stabbed employees and guests like a madman. He caused a bloodbath and unimaginable suffering. The drug addict killed two waitresses and three people who were enjoying their dinner in the restaurant. Sibylla was unlucky. The perpetrator had stabbed her in the left kidney. The organ could not be saved. Since then, Achim's wife has lived with just one kidney. The incident has taken its toll on her psychologically and continues to burden her to this day. She is also aware that the perpetrator went so berserk after consuming Flakka. The media made no secret of this and reported on it extensively.

The drug Flex was a big problem in Göttingen in 2023. The city developed into Germany's flex hotspot until 2030, after which it became Berlin. The couple are unaware that the situation in other federal states is currently no better. They often change the channel or turn off the radio when the media report on violent crimes that took place under the influence of drugs. The word 'Flakka' still triggers Sibylla today. Achim knows that. That's why he hasn't told his wife what happened in the bungalow in Berlin.

In Göttingen, with a population of around 120.000, there are now over 200 drug users who regularly consume this dangerous substance. Achim and Sibylla know that some of the junkies have been known to run amok under the influence of drugs. It was reported in the newspaper that Flakka is being mixed by dealers in normal apartments in Göttingen. Just a few days ago there was another raid. Huge quantities of Flakka were confiscated from a two-room apartment and six men were arrested. Her eldest son Kevin, who had read about it on the Internet, told his parents.

Sibylla has wanted to leave this city for years. She believes that this drug problem only exists in Göttingen. However, the family has not yet been able to move to another town for financial reasons.

Achim is informed by the notary that two brutal murders took place in the bungalow under the influence of drugs. When the notary gives him a full explanation of what happened in the house, Achim gets goose bumps. After receiving the keys and papers, he drives there with an uneasy feeling in his stomach to see for himself. He talks to Sibylla and drives to Berlin on his own to see everything and take care of the formalities.

The two-storey bungalow-style house is located in a privileged, upmarket residential area. No one would think that such a disgusting crime could happen in this upmarket area. But that's what happened. There is a well-kept front garden and mature trees in the garden. Overall, the property makes an appealing impression, Achim thinks.

With a sinking feeling in his stomach, he takes the house key out of his trouser pocket and unlocks the door.

It smells terrible, he thinks, when he sees the blood in the kitchen. He inspects all the rooms and quickly leaves the house again. He searches the internet for a crime scene cleaner and finds what he is looking for. He drives to the company the same day, signs a contract and hands over the keys. He asks the contractor to remove all traces in the house as soon as possible. Achim can't imagine that the bungalow will be habitable after the crime scene clean-up. After two weeks, Sibylla's husband receives a phone call.

"We are finished with your property. Your house smells pleasantly fresh again. You won't find another drop of blood. The property is ready to move into. Where should we send the spare key and the bill?"

Achim replies that he will come by in person on Monday to collect the keys. He will then also settle the claim immediately.

At the beginning of the week, he covers over 750 kilometers in one day for the outward and return journey. After paying the crime scene cleaner's bill, he drives straight to the bungalow. There are no traces of the crime left in the property. There is nothing to suggest that two terrible murders took place in this house. The bungalow is clinically clean and the whole house is fragrant. He rubs his hands in glee, snaps a few photos of the premises for his family and drives home satisfied.

In the evening, he tells his wife Sibylla about the house. He still prefers not to tell her about the two murders. She throws her arms around Achim's neck when she sees the photos. She is excited and can hardly wait to see the property. Finally, out of this Göttingen! Away from this drug city! Peace and quiet at last, the mother thinks. A dream she has been dreaming of for years is coming true for her.

At the weekend, the couple set off with their children. The whole family immediately falls in love with the property. The kids plan and distribute the rooms even before they move in. The change of school is no problem for them. They want to get out of Göttingen. Achim quickly finds a permanent job as a tiler in Berlin, as tradesmen are desperately needed.

The summer vacation starts. The family moves to the cosmopolitan city of Berlin. The bungalow is in an upmarket residential area and has 216 square meters of living space. At first it's all sunshine and roses. The stress of the move masks questions that might have been asked if things had been calmer.

Sibylla learns that Flakka is used by many drug addicts in Berlin a few days after school starts in the big city. And she is informed of the drama that has taken place in her bungalow.

When she has dropped her children off at school and stops at a red light on the way back, she thinks she is dreaming. A naked man is sitting in a tree! It looks like he's trying to copulate with a thick branch! He is ramming around on the tree trunk. Nobody honks behind Sibylla when she doesn't drive off when the light turns green. All the drivers look at the naked man. Many are outraged and horrified. Achim's wife gets out of the car. A few passers-by are already standing on the sidewalk watching the man. She takes a closer look at him. He keeps shouting that he is omnipotent and tries to have sex with the sturdy branch. He has an erection and his rubbing causes an injury to his thigh. The man continues to copulate with the tree. It seems as if he doesn't even notice the people standing below him in the meadow. The people are confused. They don't know that the consumption of Flakka has triggered the man's delusion of wanting to have sexual intercourse with a tree. Sibylla just shakes her head as she gets back into her car and thinks about it. Maybe there are more weirdos in the world than I thought? She tells a neighbor she visits that morning about the incident. The woman wants to welcome the new resident to the neighborhood. She says that she knows the man. He was a drug addict. Achim's wife had already thought so and realizes.

"Yes, but he must have a massive drug problem. What sane person would think of having sex with a tree? I wonder what they're using that makes them so crazy? We had a lot of junkies in Göttingen. This Flakka has become a big problem there. I hope it's not as bad in Berlin. It's terrible and scary to see what drugs do to some people. ... Shall we go into the house? I can make us a fresh cup of coffee."

The neighbor agrees. The woman looks around a little anxiously and follows Sibylla into the kitchen.

"You know, I think it's great that the house is being lived in again. But I don't think I could have done it after everything that's happened here."

"Why? What do you mean? What happened here?" Sibylla asks and immediately has a bad feeling.

"Well, didn't they tell you about the two murders? It's horrible what happened to the pensioners here. They were brutally slaughtered at night with a knife and an axe and nobody noticed. Just imagine that. You're lying in your bed sleeping peacefully, and next door your neighbors are killed by burglars! And you don't notice a thing! ... Oh, you didn't know that? Sorry, that's embarrassing! I thought you knew ... I assumed that you were informed. I'm sorry about that. Well, be that as it may. This basket is for you and your husband. It's a welcome gift from me and my husband. … I have to go and clean the windows now. Please give my best regards to your husband! I'm sure we'll see you again soon. And thank you for the coffee. It was delicious."

The neighbor can't disappear as quickly as she would like. Sibylla feels dizzy and her face is white as a sheet. She takes the woman to the door without a word. She can't believe what she has just found out. Why didn't Achim tell her that two people had been killed in her house?

In the evening, when the children are in bed, she reproaches her husband. Achim justifies himself and reassures his wife.

"Yes, it's true, darling. My uncle and aunt were murdered here. But it wasn't a burglar. The neighbor is talking nonsense. My relatives were killed by their own son. He had a massive drug problem and his parents wanted him to go to rehab. That's when he went crazy because they didn't want to finance his drug habit anymore. ... I couldn't tell you that. You would never have agreed to move in here if you'd found out beforehand. But there are no more traces of the crime. It's been thoroughly cleaned. A crime scene cleaner was here. We can live here without worrying and have nothing to fear."

Sibylla looks at Achim in shock, wrinkles her nose and has reasonable doubts.

"I don't know if I want to stay in a house any longer where two people have been lying dead. I find it a bit creepy, to be honest. You shouldn't have kept this from me! What drugs did the son take to kill his own parents? ... You don't know that? But that's important. Not that it's worse here than in Göttingen with the drug addicts! That could be possible, Achim! Imagine that this Flakka has spread here too. Then soon there will only be lunatics running around in Berlin. Or in the whole of Germany! Oh, my God! Do we have to flee abroad? How else are we supposed to protect ourselves from the junkies?"

"Sibylla, there are addicts all over the world. We don't need to emigrate. Maybe there are even more in other countries than here? Then you'll have to fly to the moon. The chances of meeting a junkie there are slim. There's no reason, my angel, to move out of here. You can feel safe here in the bungalow, I promise you that."

Sibylla snuggles up to her husband on the sofa and hopes he's right.

Flakka continues to spread in Berlin. The situation is already out of control. But Sibylla and Achim don't know that yet ...

Hardly a day goes by without a drug addict going crazy or running amok with Flakka. Flex poses a danger to the citizens of Berlin. So far, politicians have kept this from the public. The mayor of the city fears that people might panic if they knew that Flakka turns junkies into aggressive cannibals. He therefore prefers to keep the inhabitants in the dark. But the incidents in the town are increasing. Not much time passes before the next disaster. One Monday morning, as the family sits at the table for breakfast, a sad report comes on the radio. Sibylla turns the volume up.

A Berliner jumped out of the window of his apartment tonight. He had been standing stark naked at the open window for some time. He kept shouting that the dinosaurs were alive and would trample him to death if he didn't jump. The police tried everything to calm the man down. At the same time, the fire department gained access to the victim's apartment when he climbed onto the windowsill and jumped from the seventh floor of the apartment building. All help came too late for the man. The reasons why he felt he was being chased by dinosaurs and jumped out of the window have not yet been clarified. Officials believe that the consumption of the drug 'Flakka' triggered the man's actions. Junkies we interviewed knew the addict. They report that the drug Flakka has increasingly become a problem in Berlin and that the victim used it regularly. We will inform you in detail as soon as there is any news and wish you a pleasant start to the week.

Achim gets up immediately and turns off the radio. His children want to know exactly what kind of drug 'Flakka' is? Their father can't and won't explain it to them. Instead, he asks his sons to get ready for school and drives them there. During the day, while doing the housework, Sibylla ponders the news all the time. She remembers the murder that took place years ago in Göttingen in the restaurant where she worked. In the evening, when her husband is at home and the children are in bed, she asks about it.

"What about this Flakka, darling? Is it getting more extreme here than it was in Göttingen? Be honest with me! They said on the radio today that the devil's drug is spreading more and more here in Berlin and that people are starting to get scared. Junkies are now taking this drug in many cities in Germany. There are more and more attacks on innocent citizens. You have to imagine that. I find that worrying. The mayor gave an interview today. He admitted that Berlin has had a problem with this drug for a long time. However, he did not want to unsettle the population and has therefore treated the issue moderately so far. He said that the consumption of Flakka should not be underestimated. Citizens should stay away from drug addicts. Those responsible were taking care of the problem. ...What does he mean by that, Achim? Do you think these lunatics could be dangerous to us too? ...Maybe it was a mistake to move here. Imagine if something happened to our sons because some junkie went crazy. I'm a burnt child, you know that! I'm terrified that something terrible will happen to us!"

Achim interrupts his wife. He takes her in his arms and reassures Sibylla.