Hi all this is my frist shot at a beauty and the beast stroy only i've sort of reversed the roles withBelle being the one who is the beast so tell me what you think

Disclaimer: The charaters and plot are mine but the ideas and the names are not. The idea and the story is based on Disney's Beauty and the beast

Hope you like it!


Captain Winters: Lone Rose

Prologue

Captain Isabel "Belle" Winters pushed the throttle forward and the huey chopper she was flying sped forward the main focus of the mission. The command tower. Her part of the mission hadn't even begun, not really, and already she was having problems.

The mission was going sideways before it had really begun. Belle did not like having things not go her way, not in the slightest. She knew that in the air force things went wrong on a regular basis. That was why you needed to be able to think on your feet but it didn't mean she had to like it.

She was just going to be the pick up.

She swerved as gunfire was aimed her way and she felt her stomach hit her knees. "Damn it!" She hissed.

"Some pick up." Lieutenant Cassandra Dove her wing woman replied lightly despite the situation they had found themselves in.

"Yeah great." Belle said fighting with the huey.

Somewhere above the chopper an explosion screamed through the sky rocking the chopper.

"Shit!" Cassandra said moving over the radar to get a better look "the bastards they're trying to get a lock on us."

"Just what we need." Belle said between gritted teeth. "This was meant to be a simple pick up." She shook her head. She should no better.

"Yeah everything is simple as a pilot in the Army." Cassandra said laughing. "We joined for the highs." She laughed.

Belle said, "You'll have to remind me what they are when we make it out of this god forsaken jungle." Then she switched on her mike and said,

"Base this is Rose 123"

"Base to Rose go ahead," The Base came through her mike connection. "I'm taking heavy fire." Belle reported. "Rebels have heavy artillery cannons aimed at my chopper." She said trying to keep her calm.

"We're alright Belle honey." Cassandra nodded at the radar. No lock on. Belle shook her head. Cassandra was supposed to use formalities.

Belle was her superior but they were best friends and in this situation Belle wasn't about to waste time on reminding her.

"Good." She looked at Cassandra and saw that she was fighting for calm the same as Belle herself was.

They had to be calm they had a job to do.

She had to do this. It wasn't about her anymore. There were people relying on her somewhere in the jungle she could not let them down.

She would not let them down. This was her part in the mission and damn it if she had to fly straight into the jaws of hell she would do it.

This was her job and she would complete it. As she thought this, another rocker was aimed at the chopper and would have hit her had she not moved left moments before.

Explosions and the scream of the engine as she abused it filled Belle's ears. "Come on baby," She whispered to the chopper. "You've never let me down yet. Come on just a bit more."

"You're the best flyer we've got Belle I trust you." Cassandra said not looking up. "Shit they've got a lock on move Belle!" Cassandra screamed.

Belle cursed violently as they got a lock on her and dropped out the sky until she was barely above the canopy of the jungle.

She hoped to whatever god lived in the sky that she would be able to use the trees to obstruct the gun's laser finders until she could make the pick up and get the hell out.

"Nice move." Cassandra said obviously breathing a sigh of relief. "Now try and stay as low as you can."

She was so low she could feel the trees scrapping against the chopper's feet. But she also knew that she was nearing the pick up point and hoped she'd be able to make it through the thick trees safely to land.

Another rocket broke through the canopy and exploded into the sky. "Shit." She yelped.

"These Rebels ain't giving us any." Cassandra said. "We need to find the landing base fast." She added. "Another three miles to proposed pick up."

Belle nodded pushing the throttle forward so hard it screamed in protest at her. She ignored it and pulled her mike back to her mouth.

"Rose to base," She said hurriedly into the mike. "It's getting quite bad around here any sign of the guys reaching the pick up."

"ETA three minutes." A voice crackled over the mike. "Thanks." Belle said looking at Cassandra.

"This could get bumpy Cass." She said knowing that it would be an understatement. "Bring in on!" Cassandra said quietly.

Belle laughed despite herself. Cassandra always knew what to say, even in times like this when the need was dire to make Belle feel better.

Then Cassandra was laughing, "Belle we made it. The Clearing it's just below us. Take her down." Belle looked out of the chopper window and could see flashes behind the trees.

The men had arrived.

She lowered the chopper to the ground and landed but did not cut the engine

They would not be here long enough for that.

She refused to be here that long. She had her own orders. And her crew to think about.

The roar of the blades still turning made the trees at the edge of the clearing bend at unnatural angles and leaves and debris floated round the clearing.

"Come on! Come on!" Belle whispered under her breath. They had a five-minute window to get their arses to the chopper and then after that she took off with or without them.

She looked at Cassandra and Cassandra nodded and unbuckled and opened the cargo window and waited.

The roar of the engine and the wind created by the rotators caused the braches to snap off and bend in unnatural ways.

Neither of the girls got out the chopper and in seconds the men all ten of them, Special Forces men, on a deep cover mission in the heart of the jungle needing a way out, of stepped out of the shadows. Their guns out and in khaki uniforms and their faces painted.

Without waiting they all clambered into the chopper and when all ten were secure the last in, Belle assumed it was their leading officer slammed the door and Belle took off again.

Cassandra dived into her seat and belted up looking at the radar. "The rebels are everywhere." She said in a tight voice. "You're gonna have to do some of your fancy flying to get us out of here."

Belle nodded tightly. "Artillery?" She asked. "Rocket Launchers and long distance laser scopes." "We really are in deep shit."

"Great." Belle said.

"Maybe we can offer cover fire Ma'am." One of the soldiers said. She turned and said saw it was the leader. "That would be very much appreciated sir." She said. She knew that the leader was a Major and so out ranking her.

He nodded and Belle went back to flying the chopper. Without a word the men in her chopper were organised and sat behind guns that were supplied in the chopper.

Belle felt slightly better knowing they had cover fire but ultimately she knew that getting them out of this mess was her job alone.

She got of the jungle and threw the throttle forward and gained height to get them back to base.

"ETA five minutes," she said finally.

She breathed a sigh of relief and knew she shouldn't really. It was still too soon and she wasn't safe until she was on her turf on the ground.

She pushed the throttle forward again and Cassandra screamed, "They've got a lock on! Belle move!"

"Shit!" She cursed and served but she wasn't quick enough the rocket clipped her tail.

"Base I'm hit! I'm hit!" She screamed into the mike. She turned round and said, "Get away from the tail!"

The soldiers jumped to obey her.

"We're going down!" She screamed into the mike. "Base do you read this? This is a mayday and we are going down!"

She knew that they weren't quite out of hostile territory but if she had anything to do with it, if it killed her she would get back to base.

She pushed the throttle forward and the engine screamed in protest and they cleared the trees and the base was in sight.

Belle could have sighed in relief but then she tried to control the chopper she realised she had a dead stick.

"Oh my god!" Cassandra screamed, "This is it!" Belle screamed, "Everyone brace!"

And the chopper went down in a clearing just short of the base and the last thing Belle could remember thinking was, "I'm going to die!" before everything went black.