I just wanted to throw this story up to see if anyone would want me to continue with the idea I had for this movie with a new female soldier thrown into the mix. If I get enough feedback and interest I'll definitely continue, so please let me know what you think!


I shook my body, trying to get rid of the water that was soaking through my shirt and jacket. At this moment, Omaha Beach and the fight ahead wasn't the first thing on my mind. I was afraid of being shot and dying on that beach with thousands of men, sure, who wasn't? But, looking at the present on our ride to the beach, however, I was more concerned with not ripping apart the man next to me.

"You going to quit now, Thunderbolt? Huh? Women weren't made for this kind of thing." Private First Class Richard Reiben stood next to me, a smug look plastered onto his face as he held his B.A.R snugly to his chest. I grit my teeth and shot a look over at him, shifting the Springfield M1903 sniper rifle I held. "Maybe you shouldn't be out here then if this type of thing wasn't made for you."

He shot me a glare. "Maybe you should just go back to Boston-"

"Maybe you should shut your ugly mug-"

"You'll be begging me to take you to dinner when this is all over-"

"Shut it, both of you." Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath whispered harshly from behind us, his eyes giving a slight roll of annoyance as he placed chew between his teeth. I glanced back at him and he shot me a look, motioning to Reiben and mouthing 'knock it off with him.' I nodded slightly at him as I caught sight of Captain John H. Miller standing next to him staring at the ground. I looked to where his gaze was situated and saw that his hands were shaking. I opened my mouth to say something to him when the driver yelled over the sound of crashing waves. "Clear the ramp! Thirty seconds!"

I turned back around and saw the edge of the beach coming into view. I frowned and finally noticed my nerves had caught up with me, forcing my body to give out involuntary shakes every few moments.

"Port side stick, starboard side stick, move fast and clear those murder holes." I could hear Captain Miller yell from behind me and I saw everyone in front of me nod in understanding, Horvath moving past Reiben and I to the middle of the boat. "I wanna see plenty of beach between men. Five men is a juicy opportunity, one man's a waste of ammo."

"Keep the sand out of your weapons. Keep those actions clear. I'll see you on the beach." With the final words from Captain Miller the boat became silent again, my eyes darting around at the men around me. I saw Reiben swallow hard from next to me, his hands gripping the B.A.R tighter. Directly in front of me stood Technician Fourth Grade Irwin Wade, our field medic, and next to him stood Private Daniel Jackson, a sharpshooter like myself. I watched him for a moment as he shoved a hand into his shirt and grabbed the gold cross hanging around his neck, placing it to his lips and then mouthing something I couldn't make out.

I swallowed after a moment, watching the grim faces on the other soldiers around me. A whistle sounded as the ramp began to lower, everyone in front of me bracing themselves for the scramble up the beach that would take place after we landed. When the ramp fully lowered I saw bodies immediately drop towards the front, shooting my eyes up towards the hills where I knew Germans were concealed in hidden bunkers. More bodies dropped as I covered my head, Miller's hand lying flat against my back to steady himself. "Jump off from the sides! Go, now!"

I felt Miller's hand give me a push from behind and I stood up, catapulting myself over the side of the boat and into the blood-stained water. I hit the water and sunk a few inches before I opened my eyes, watching as a lifeless body fell off of the boat and on top of me. I struggled to get the dead weight away from me when I felt someone grab my forearm, hauling me above water. I took in a gulp of air and coughed, gagging on a combination of salt water and metallic blood from fallen comrades. I looked up to see Wade staring at me, his eyes wide in concern as he scanned over my body for hidden injuries. "We need to move."

He turned around quickly and made his way through the water towards the beach with me following behind. More and more men fell around us and I cringed, watching as some clutched missing limbs.

"Get me to a concealed spot and I'll snipe some of these bitches off!" I yelled over the loud noise of grenades and gunfire going off around Wade and I. He turned around and nodded at me, quickly leading us in the direction where the rest of the squad was located on a man-made hill. A blast went off next to Wade and he jumped forward, landing almost directly on top of Horvath who was attempting to contact command.

"Watch it!" Horvath shot a glare at Wade who just looked at him sheepishly, lying down on the hill next to him and shooting at the Germans in the hills. I lied on my elbows next to Miller as Horvath smacked the phone against the sand, cursing under his breath. "Damn thing's fried!"

"Try it again! Get them on the line!" Miller yelled over me to Horvath who just nodded, smacking it off of the sand again. Miller looked at me and then back towards the direction machine gun fire was coming from. "Private Alexandra Bolt, take them out."

Miller smirked to himself as he began firing back at the German forces, my own smile making its way onto my face as I steadied my rifle. "Yes, sir."

I shifted my body into a more comfortable positon and looked through the site, spotting two Germans in a concealed bunker immediately. I smirked when I realized they were attempting to remove a jam from their machine gun, both of them yelling at each other. I adjusted the sight accordingly and then steadied my breathing, taking the first shot and taking out the first German. The other man stared in shock as his comrade fell before I took the second shot, taking him down just as easily as the first.

"Finally got this shit to work!" Horvath's voice held a bit of relief and excitement as he got through to command, his other hand covering his other ear to listen more clearly to directions on the other end.

"Eyes open! Don't give them a window of opportunity to come back!" Miller shouted above the gunfire at us, encouraging us to keep going. I smiled, picking off another German in a bunker. The deafening noises of war and the feeling of pulling the trigger on my rifle was what I had joined the military for. Or, should I say, forced the military to give me a chance to see that I was better than half of the men they drafted. They agreed to put me through basic training and only then if I had passed could I join combat forces. The command in basic training may have been reluctant at first, but they were accepting after they saw that I wasn't just some skinny girl looking for attention. I could hold my own and was one of the best shots they had seen when it came to sharpshooters. The men I had worked with warmed up to me after a while and accepted me as just another comrade. Little did I know, not everyone I would be working with felt the same way.


"Go back to Boston, bitch! This war's no place for a woman!" I felt another shove hit my shoulder and I stumbled back, a harsh glare coming from Reiben. A few men stood around us in awe of the situation, watching as I jumped forward and landed a solid hit to Reiben's ribs.

"Take your sexist bullshit back to Brooklyn! You know damn well that I'm a hell of a lot better shot than you'll ever be!" I snarled at Reiben as I lunged forward again, knocking him in the jaw with a right hook and forcing him to stumble back. My breathing was ragged as I glared at Reiben, my heartbeat pounding in my knuckles as the pain began to arise where they had made contact with bone. A few jeers could be heard from around us where a small audience had been watching from, Private Stanley "Fish" Mellish and Private First Class Adrian Caparzo leading the peanut gallery.

"Fuck him up, Lex! Hit him in his ugly face!" Caparzo roared behind me and I smirked, his comments always riling me up or making me laugh.

"Fight back, you pansy! Hit her back!" Fish, on the other hand, wasn't very fond of me and he always went out of his way to show that. Reiben smirked at him and then wiped the blood from his lip, holding his fists out in front of him and beckoning me towards him. "Come on then."

I let out a mocking laugh and then nodded at him, placing my fists out in front of me. We watched each other for a moment as everyone made noises of anticipation around us. Reiben was a few inches taller than I was and a lot broader, but I knew I could take him if I timed my shots right. I jumped forward in a fake out and smirked when Reiben moved back a bit, taking him by surprise and bringing my right hand forward towards his jaw. A crack echoed in the air as an uproar sounded around us. Reiben stumbled back and grabbed his chin, glaring at me as he lunged forward, catching me off guard and knocking me in the cheek.

I stumbled back and grabbed for my mouth, tasting the familiar metallic of blood. I heard Reiben scoff from in front of me as he crossed his arms, a smug smirk playing on his face. "Told you she couldn't handle-"

Before Reiben could finish his sentence I had swung my right hand forward, punching him square in the nose. A sound of pain escaped his mouth as he fell back on his butt, clutching his nose and writhing around in the sand in pain.

"Jesus Christ…" Wade immediately crouched down beside Reiben as Caparzo grabbed my arms, holding me back from getting any cheap shots in while Reiben was down. I smirked when Wade gingerly removed Reiben's hand from his nose, watching as a stream of bright red blood oozed out.

"What the hell is going on here?!" The annoyed and stern voice of Captain Miller caused everyone standing around to jump in surprise, all of us turning to look at him as he walked towards our little fiasco. His face was contorted into a look of anger, his eyes scanning over all of us in an attempt to put together what had happened. He took a moment to stare down at Reiben, taking in the blood stained on his face and then looking to me, his eyes catching sight of Caparzo's grip still locked on my arms. "So, let me take a guess here…we get through the first wave of German forces, lose a shit ton of comrades and brothers, and you two decide your little fourth grade spat is so important that you have to duke it out right here on the beach while dead bodies litter the area? Dead bodies of your comrades!"

Miller looked at all of us in disbelief, his voice cracking when he talked about the fallen soldiers around us. We all stared at the ground in guilt as Miller sighed, running a hand over his face before looking around. "Anyone want to tell me what the fight was about?"

Everyone remained silent before Wade spoke up, everyone's eyes turning to him. "Uh…Reiben was just telling Lex that she shouldn't be here because war is no place for a woman, so she hit him and a fight started."

Miller stared at him for a moment before looking down at Reiben. "Is that true?"

Reiben, being the stubborn bull that he is, didn't respond as he looked away, massaging the side of his nose. Miller shot him a look and then turned his attention to me, raising an eyebrow. "Bolt?"

I bit the inside of my cheek before sighing, averting my gaze from our Captain. "Yes, sir."

Miller nodded at me and then rubbed the back of his neck, his sudden raised voice startling all of us. "I recommend you remove these thoughts of who is fit for war and who isn't from your minds because right now you are all here fighting next to one another! You will protect each other and you will have each other's backs no matter what! Understood?"

"Sir!" All of us responded to Miller in unison, his face still holding a look of annoyance. He nodded at all of us and then reached a hand out towards Reiben, pulling him to his feet. "We're moving out in a few. I suggest you gather what you need."

He looked around at all of us and then began walking away from our group towards another group of soldiers. We were all silent for a moment before Reiben spoke up again, a glare being shot in my direction. "Way to get a cheap shot in and try to break my face."

I scoffed and waved a hand at him. "Please. You should be thanking me since the hit made your fugly face a little better-"

"One more comment like that and I'll make your death look like an accident." Reiben stormed over to me and shoved a finger in my face, a smirk playing on my lips as I swatted his hand away. "You couldn't hit me with a bullet even if you tried. Your aim sucks."

"I wouldn't have to use bullets. I'll just kill you with my bare hands." Reiben smirked at me as he crossed his arms, earning a roll of the eyes from me as I began walking away from him down the beach. "Whatever, Reiben."

I could feel everyone's eyes on me as I began walking down the edge of the beach to nowhere in particular, my hands flying up in the air frantically. "You know what? Screw this! I can't stand to bear one more minute with him! I'll win the war myself! It'll go down in the history books and they'll talk about one lone girl winning the whole damn war herself! With just a sniper rifle!"

Everyone stared at me in surprise, even Reiben, as I continued walking farther into the distance. I grumbled as I wrapped my arms around myself, hearing two sets of footsteps running towards me after a moment. "Wait!"

I felt a hand clasp my left bicep and I looked over at Jackson, shooting him a look as I stopped in my tracks. "What?"

"Just- I don't think- Just come back. I promise Reiben won't bother you anymore." Jackson's face held a look that showcased that he didn't even believe himself as he spoke to me, my eyes wandering over to Caparzo who stood next to him, shooting the second sharpshooter his own unconvinced look. "Yeah…uh…just come back with us, Lex."

I stared at them both for a moment before I sighed, nodding my head. "Fine-"

Both of them had linked their arms with mine and were rushing me back to the group before I could comply, a glare making its way onto my face as we made our way to the group. When both men had put me back on my feet I wrenched my arms from them, wringing my left hand around my right arm. "I don't appreciate being transported like that."

"We knew you wouldn't come any other way, with your bull-headed tendencies and whatnot." Jackson shrugged at me and I sent him a glare, landing a punch to his shoulder. He shot me a look as Caparzo laughed, handing me my rifle. Wade, Horvath, Reiben, Mellish, and Miller all walked over to us after a moment, making up the rest of our squad. Miller looked around at all of us and nodded. "Ready to move out?"

All of us nodded in unison at him, following behind him as he took the lead. I felt someone bump into me from the right and I looked up to find Reiben smirking at me. "Don't go crying on me when we get into more dangerous combat-"

"How about you just not talk to me, Reiben-"

"How about I just take you to dinner some time and we'll call it even for you almost breaking my nose-"

"Ugh, you're such a dick!"

Miller sighed heavily from in front of the group as everyone else laughed quietly. He shot his gaze to the grey sky, knowing that his missions with this particular squad were going to be like nothing he had ever experienced.