This story is being edited in May of 2013
Captain Katie Hendrick stepped out of the hospital at Camp Toccoa; she hoped to get a smoke, before her next patient came in.
She looked over at Easy Company; they were standing at attention waiting for their CO again, Herbert Sobel, resident douche.
Katie looked over at her best friend from high school Amy, she was rolling her eyes, Sobel was late again, which was a common occurrence, this left his men standing out in Georgia heat, unable to hydrate, and on more than one occasion soldiers from Easy had been brought into the hospital needing a drip.
Katie or Dr. Katherine Hendrick, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was a 5 foot 6 inches blond with blue eyes and a bright smile.
Katie had graduated High school early and at the age of 15 she started College. Her plans had been to do research on tropical diseases, but then the war had started and she figured that they needed her more in the field, than in a lab.
Her best friend Amy had begged pleaded and threatened her way into the army and the airborne, Katie had decided to follow her to Toccoa.
At 23 Katie was a young surgeon, but one of the best if you asked her chief at Charlotte memorial.
Katie sighed when she saw lieutenant Sobel walk around the corner.
"You people are at the position of attention," Sobel screamed at the company.
Katie sighed and was about to turn around and go back into the hospital, when an intelligence officer from S2 walked up to her.
Captain Lane Easterday 21 of age was a stunning brunette with curls down below her shoulder blades, hazel eyes and her IQ was almost as high as Katie's. She had a rare talent for causing trouble and loved to drive Lieutenant Nixon bat shit crazy.
"Should we go rescue her," Lane asked Katie
"I don't know, let's just see how this plays out" Katie answered
By that time, Sobel had reached Liebgott "You want to kill Germans?" Sobel asked Liebgott
"Yes sir" Liebgott replied
"Not with this" Sobel said and banged the bayonet he was holding against Liebgott's helmet,
"wouldn't take this rusty piece of shit to war and I wouldn't take you to war, in you condition, now thanks to these men and their infractions, all weekend passes has been revoked. Change into your PT gear we are running Currahee" Sobel stoked of and Lieutenant Winters turned around "Second platoon fallout"
Amy dismissed her men and they ran towards the barracks to change into PT gear.
Lane and Katie shrugged, turned, and looked at each other "We running with them aren't we" Katie asked Lane with a sigh.
"We sure are" Lane said
Katie and Lane walked over to their barrack and changed into their pt. gear and ran over to were Easy was assembled, while they waited for Sobel to give the order to move out.
"Hey you dolls decided to join us" Luz called to the two captains when they joined the waiting company.
"Yeah I couldn't let you run up that hill all alone, you might get lost" Katie retorted.
"Well you sure will be a welcome addition to the run," Luz said
Katie and Luz bantered back and forth, and finally made a bet, about who would be up and down the hill first, Katie knew she had this in the bag, Luz might be fast, but Katie was faster.
Sobel ran alongside the company screaming at the men, one of the private tripped and Sobel ordered the Company, not to help him, he just ran of screaming hi ho silver.
Lane, Katie and Amy was third, fourth and fifth to the top, they could tell it pissed of Sobel, Lane just tapped the stone and smirked and ran back down the mountain, she was a ranking officer so Sobel couldn't do a thing about it.
The three girls were in excellent shape, Katie, Amy ran cross-country in high school, and Lane just believed in keeping in shape. Lane would actually run up Currahee on her own time, just to make sure she would beat Nixon every time.
Coming down the hill, Lane, Katie and Amy stayed behind and cheered on the rest of the company as they finished.
"Hey Luz, you owe me" Katie called after Luz
"Yeah Yeah, we will see" Luz called back.
After the run Sobel dismissed the company, Lane, Katie stayed behind, and to shoot the breeze with a few of the people from the company, while Amy talked to her men.
"So Lieb, what was up with the rusty bayonet?" Lane asked Liebgott
"God damn Sobel, sees things, he has a stick up his ass, we all going to end up dead, before we even see combat" Liebgott mumbled.
"Yeah well, if I was his ranking officer, I would put him on permanent mess duty, with the other screw ups" Lane said and shot Liebgott a sympathetic smile.
"Well captain, can't you do something about him?" Perconte asked
"Sorry guys wish I could" Lane said
"If you ever need a way out, you come see me" Katie said and winked at the guys
Just then, Amy came back and the girls headed for their barrack.
"So lieutenant Hunt, what did you do this time to make Sobel revoke all the weekend passes?" a smirking voices sounded from behind the girls,
Amy knew that voice anywhere; she clenched her fists and turned around to face her tormentor, lieutenant Speirs from Dog Company.
Amy put a big smile on her face "well I was so busy thinking about what to stuff up you're…." Before Amy could finish, Katie pushed her friend behind her and smiled at Speirs
"What the lieutenant meant to say was, Sobel was just being himself and punished the whole company lieutenant?" Katie said, while Lane escorted a growling Amy away.
Speirs gave Katie the once over and Katie got slightly pissed "Dismissed lieutenant" Katie said, Speirs saluted her and disappeared into the shadow he came from.
Katie just shook her head and walked over to the barrack, Lane and Amy had already finished their shower, Katie looked at Amy.
"What the hell Amy, Speirs is a 1st lieutenant, you could have gotten into a lot of trouble," Katie said
"I hate that fucking prick… Him and Sobel are such fucking idiots," Amy said while she put her OD. back on
Lane and Katie looked at each other "Are you sure you hate Speirs" Lane asked Amy and nudged her slightly.
"Yes he is a douche" Amy said
"Ok if you say so," Lane said
"So what are you dolls doing tonight, you don't have to stay here just because I am confined to base," Amy laid down on her cot.
"Well we won't go anywhere, besides Katie is on call," Lane said
The three girls tried to decide what to do, but they couldn't agree on anything, finally Lane had enough "Well I am going to the officers club, and whatever trouble I can find there" Lane walked out of the barrack and headed towards the officers club, on her way there she heard a voice call out to her
"Captain Easterday"
Lane turned around and saw Luz walking towards her
"Lieutenant, what can I do for you?" Lane asked
"Is the doc at the barracks" Luz asked
"Yeah? Why?" Lane asked Luz.
"Liebgott and one of the men from Dog got into a fight and Liebgott needs stitches, the only one who won't report Liebgott to Sobel is Doc Hendrick" Bull asked
Katie had a soft spot for the rowdy boy from Frisco and the two of them went to great strength to protect each other.
"Go find her, but Lieutenant Hunt is with her" Lane said
"It's ok the Lieutenant is cool, she is one of us," Luz said
Luz had a thing for Amy, she was like a sister to him, she was tough as hell, but because of her attitude, she got into with Sobel a lot and Luz had saved her ass more than once
"Well I am going to find my own trouble, she you round" Lane said
Luz started to walk of "Oh captain go easy on the lieutenant, he looked like he had a rough day" Luz said
Lane nodded and headed towards the officers club, she walked inside and looked around, the only one there was Nixon, looking angry and drunk, a mean drunk Nixon was not a pleasant thing, Lane knew that from experience, Lane made the mistake of going at it with Nixon after he came back from a family visit.
"What's your poison soldier?" Lane asked, very well aware of the fact, that Nixon only drank Vat 69
Nixon turned his head and looked at Lane; she could tell Nixon was a mess.
"What's going on Lew?" Lane asked
Lane and Nixon had grown up n the same fancy circles, they even attended Yale at the same time, Lanes parents owned a chain of department stores and had more money than they knew what to do with.
They wanted Lane to marry well, but Lane had rebelled and joined the army, with the help of some influential friends.
"Cathy is divorcing me, she is taking the house, the kid, the dog, it's my god damn dog, she hates that dog," Nixon almost yelled.
"Lew I am sorry, but you honestly not see this happen? The two of you didn't want the same things," Lane said
"What are you getting at?" Nixon asked, what did Lane know and had she kept her knowledge from him, had his wife cheated on him?
"Lew come on, personally Cathy wasn't my first choice for you, I didn't like her when we were in school, she was just to preppy and she wanted to tie you down right away. Come on Nix do you really want to be the CEO of Nixon Nitration's in Nixon, New Jersey for the rest of your life? you would be dead before you were fifty, in my opinion you dodge a bullet" Lane said
"Yeah well, who asked you anyway, this is just one more thing my parents can be all disappointed in me about" Nixon said and turned around and motioned for another drink.
"Well no one, but come on Nix, don't be all pissy, let's go to the mess and get some grub, you need it, and I heard you guys have a day grueling tomorrow" Lane said.
"Don't tell me what to do, ok, Lane Easterday, you might be a Captain here, but back home at the play ground, you are still just little Laney, so get out of my fucking business and mind your own" Nixon said and slammed his glass down in the bar and walked out, slamming the door after him.
Well that went well, Lane thought to herself, she ordered shot of whiskey and decided to see if any of the others was at the mess.
When Lane walked into the mess she saw, some of the Easy men there, she noticed there was a vacant seat between Bull and Hoobler "hey boys can I sit here" she asked
"Go ahead, Captain" Hoobler said
"So what's up boys? find any trouble yet?" Lane asked
Bull had been Lanes partner in crime more than once, the best prank they pulled, was the time they stole a pair of Sobel's underwear and used as a flag, they were never discovered and after that prank, Sobel made sure all his belongings was locked away. Nixon had been on the receiving end to once they switched all Nixon's underwear, with ladies underwear.
Nixon knew who was behind that one and Lane was still waiting for his retaliation.
"No trouble yet Captain, you got something in mind," Bull asked
"Well not yet" Lane said
The door to the mess opened, Katie and Amy walked in with Luz and Liebgott, they joined Lane and the guys, they talked about this and that and mostly about ways to get rid of Sobel.
Luz turned around and looked at Lane, "so did you talk to Lieutenant Nixon?" He asked. "Bull told me you were heading for the officers club" Luz continued
"Yeah, it wasn't pretty, you have to keep this under wraps ok, Cathy is divorcing him and she is taking everything" Lane said
"No shit, really?" Luz said
"Yes and I may have told him, I never liked Cathy and it blew up in my face" Lane said
"That might not have been a good idea…. Wait how the hell do you know Nixon's wife?" Luz asked
"This is absolutely confidential, I grew up with Nix and went to Yale with him, My parents knew his parents etc. and that's why I am so mean to him, he was after me growing up" Lane said
"No shit really, well who would have figured, explains a lot though," Luz said
"Like what?" Lane asked him
"Well you always seemed different that the rest of them, you have class somehow" Luz said
"Thanks Luz, save it for Lieutenant Hunt" Lane smirked at Luz, who blushed
The door opened again and Winters, Speirs and Nixon walked in, Lane looked up, she locked eyes with Nixon and quickly looked away, when she saw the anger in his eyes.
Bull noticed the look and leaned over to Lane "You sure we won't have to set Nixon straight" He asked her
"No let's leave him alone for a bit" Lane said and continued to ask Bull about yesterdays field exercise.
Apparently, Sobel had fucked up and Lane was almost afraid of what that man would do with the Intel Lane collected, while in combat.
Katie was talking to Liebgott about a foot injury he acquired during yesterdays exercise, Liebgott wasn't one to complain, but his foot was still swollen and Katie, urged him to ice it.
Katie could feel someone starring at her, she looked up and noticed Winters looking at her and she smiled at him, Winters smiled back to her and looked away when Nixon elbowed him.