Disclaimer: I do not own Inglorious Basterds. I only own Anneliese and anyone else you do not recognize.
A group of German soldiers find a lone girl on the side of the road so what do they do? What any typical man would do, see if she wanted to have a good time.
—1943—
"Ms. Lanstrour, you have been found guilty. You will be transported back to Germany to meet with the Führer." The officer tells me. I nod not looking him in the face.
That was two weeks ago…I am sitting in a jail cell…just sitting, passing the time by looking at the soldiers that are holding me here.
"Excuse me, Private Handu, but when will they be taking me back to Germany?" He just glares at me, like I asked the stupidest question in the world. I sigh and sit quietly, waiting for something to happen.
"Hilfe! Das Basterds sind hier!" (Help! The Basterds are here!) cries out through the jail. "Schützen Sie den Gefangenen, wir benötigen nicht ein anderes Stiglitz." (Protect the prisoner, we do not need another Stiglitz.) The guards around me stand in front of my cell, hoping to keep "the basterds" away.
Gun fire…boom boom boom, all of the guards on the way to my cell are taken out. All of the men look scared. I stand up, knowing that if the basterds want me, they will most likely shoot through the guards.
"Gut war es nett, Sie kennend Jungen. Hoffnung haben Sie eine nette Zeit in der Hölle." (Well, it was nice knowing you boys. Hope you have a nice time in hell.)
Some of them look back at me, while the others face front. I walk up to the bars and see the group of men standing in front of the soldiers.
"Are any of you willing to just give us the girl?" The leader asks.
"NEIN!" all of the men shout.
"Are you willing to die for your country?"
"JA!"
"Well, then boys, oblige them." I back away from the bars and then the shooting starts. After a few seconds, all of the guards are dead, and there stand the basterds.
"Now, do you speak English?" I nod, looking at all of their faces.
"Okay, my name is Aldo Raine; some call me Aldo the Apache. These are the Basterds."
"Yes, I have heard of you. What do you want?"
"We wanted to know if you would join us in our mission of killing the Nazis."
"Sure,"
"But, you are still a novice. We will have someone watch over you. You will be the one to bring the Nazis to us. Hope you don't mind."
"That will be fine with me. Can you open the cell?"
"Oh, right. Boys find the key." The basterds spread out and start searching the dead. One of them however continues to stare.
"I found it." One of the men shouts, walking to the cell. He puts the key in the lock and opens the door.
"Hello, my name is Gerold Hirschberg. Lt. Who is going to be her baby sitter?" He asks his superior. Aldo looks around to his men.
"Well, the way I see it, either Wicki or Stiglitz should watch her. You know, since they speak German." I look at the men and notice Stiglitz looking at me. I smirk at him.
"Excuse me, Lt. but may I chose who 'babysits' me?" They all look at me.
"Well, I guess we could do that. Wicki, Stiglitz, come here." Stiglitz and another man step forward. "Now, who do you chose?" All of the basterds look to me.
"I guess I'll go with Stiglitz."
"What! Are you insane?" One of the guys say to me. I look over at him.
"Well, he doesn't seem to be one to talk and I don't want to talk, so it seems that he would be the best choice." I say while smiling. Aldo nods, seeing my logic.
"Well, men, let's move out." The men start walking. Stiglitz waits for me and so does Aldo.
"Now, I suspect that you don't have any clothes…so what do you plan to wear?" Aldo asks me. I suddenly wonder to myself. What am I going to wear? It's not like I can go out and get new clothes. I wonder if one of the guys wouldn't mind buying me some clothes. Hm…
"Lt. Raine…I have a bit of a problem." His head turns and looks at me.
"What would that problem be?"
"I don't have any clothes to wear." Aldo and Stiglitz share a look.
"Well, that is a problem. Utivich, come here." A guy with bright blue eyes and dark brown/black hair walks over.
"Yes sir?"
"Utivich, we need you to go out and buy this woman clothes. Now, we'll let Wicki go with you to do the talking, but you will be picking out the clothes. Remember nothing too trashy. You'll need a German uniform. WICKI!" Aldo calls to Wicki. Wicki starts to walk over. He has brown hair and brown eyes. He seems like he would be a romantic person.
"Yes Lt?" He says paying close attention to Stiglitz and me because Stiglitz is moving closer.
"Yea, you and Utivich are going to get…What's your name again, sweetheart?"
"My name is Anneliese Lanstrour."
"Good, then we got the right girl. Anyway, you two are going to get her some clothes once we get back to camp." They nod and walk back towards the others. Aldo walks with them, mumbling about talking to Donny about something. After walking for a while, we come upon a truck. Wicki gets in then holds his hands out to me while Stiglitz holds my waist and pushes me up onto the truck. We ride in the truck for thirty minutes to an hour before we arrive at the place we were going to. Everybody hops out of the truck and go off in own direction. Stiglitz leads me to a bridge.
"We sleep here." He says while pointing to an opening. "This is where you will be sleeping." He says while pointing to the opening across from it. "There is a river, where you can bathe." He stops walking and turns to me.
"I am only going to tell you once. You may call me Hugo, since we went to school together for a couple of years. You told me that I was the only one who could call you Anelie." I smile at him, remembering when I said that. I walk up to him and look up to him. He looks down, and then wraps his arms around my waist. He pulls me into a hug. We stay there for a couple of minutes until we hear…
"Stiglitz! Bring the girl out here. We need her to get the Krauts that are heading this way." Hugo lets me drop to the ground.
"Okay Omar." Omar leaves, Hugo and I walk out. Wicki comes over to us.
"Wir erhielten Kleidung für Sie. Aldo sagt, das Kleid zu tragen. Hugo ist mit Ihnen die gesamte Zeit, die Sie mit den Nazin sprechen." (We got clothes for you. Aldo says to wear the dress. Hugo will be with you the entire time you are talking to the Nazis.) Wicki tells us in German. I nod and walk back to the area where I am going to change. One of the other soldiers follows me in; I think his name is Kagan. He stares at me while I stand in my area. The way he is staring… I don't feel comfortable.
"Hugo! Hergekommen bitte!"(Come here please.) That seems to shake Kagan out of his trance. He gulps when he hears Hugo coming.
"Anelie, was ist die Angelegenheit?" (What is the matter?) He looks and notices Kagan, "Oh. Kagan, get out of here." Kagan leaves really fast. He looks at me.
"Get dressed, we have to move now." I nod and start changing into the new dress. It is green and goes to my knee.
My name is Anneliese Lanstrour, I am a native German, but my father moved my family to France. They were killed by a group of Nazis because they had their papers in a different room. I am on a mission to take out as many Nazis as I can. The only thing I did not count on was being caught.
A.N. This story starts around the time the Basterds are attacking Ratchman and his men. I think the next couple of chapters will be fillers, filling you in on Anneliese's life and how she and Hugo met, and their relationship.