The Odd Man Out…Reassignment

In case you have not figured out by now I'm the writer who has taken over this story. How could I not? He specifically mentioned that he liked the 555th JFW so he has officially been transferred there and one of the first things Diana did was restore his rank because as Meggie so eloquently stated. "What Minna did to him was mother fucking bull-shit" Meggie is such a sweet little girl. The girls of the 555th are going to treat him MUCH more kindly…that does not mean that things will be especially easy for him. There is some history involving him and some of the members of the 555th that will be painful. After the first chapter make sure you have a box of Kleenex at hand…You will need it. I am going to be consulting with Danger close to make sure I have his reactions accurate so I'm not totally taking over I'm adding the 555th and my grammar and spellchecker so you should find it a much easier read He will be making sure that Wilson is kept true to form.

So I'm being transferred again. This time I'm being sent to the 555th Joint Fighter Wing. I have heard of them but not much. They are a new unit and are based on a carrier the CRNS Calypso never heard of it. It's supposed to be part of the Conch Republic navy, never heard of them either. I have heard they are officially called the Triple Nickels unofficially they are known as the Tiny Witches. I wonder what that means. I'm riding on a Westland Lysander it's a Britanian plane they have modified it with folding wings and an arrester hook. As we fly the pilot points out the window.

"There she is the pride of the Conch Republic fleet." He announced" The CRNS Calypso."

I look out the window and see what has to be one of the weirdest carriers in existence The large funnel on the over size island is belching thick black smoke and the flight deck has a strange extension on the side opposite the island. The plane came around and landed on the overhanging part of the flight deck. He taxied around to the side of the island.

"Well it looks like Major Evans and Captain Wilson are here to meet you."

I look around I don't see anybody who looks like a Major or Captain…then I see two little girls…and I mean LITTLE girls one looked to be around eight and the other around five or six. The Lysander rolled to a stop and cut its engine. I looked at the two little girl the older one had a Majors oak clusters and the younger one Captains bars. I climbed out of the plane as they approached. As they approached I saluted feeling a little silly doing so to these little girls. Both smartly returned my salute.

"Pleased to meet you Corporal Tyson." Diana said.

"I'm afraid it's Private now." I told her.

"I saw the report." Megan replied. "What Colonel Dietlinde Wilcke did to you was Mother-fucking bullshit! I mean like somebody has to do the fucking flag raising and nobody else was fucking doing it"

The language that came out of the tiny Captains mouth shocked me Diana chuckled.

"Yeah Megan is rather eloquent in her speech " she joked."But I agree with her you were treated unfairly."

The little major reached in her pocket and pulled out several Corporals stripes.

"Well we have already decided on one of your duties." Diana said, "You are now officially in charge of the flag raising and lowering ceremonies. Just remember this ship flies the Conch Republic Flag."

I looked up at the flag with its conch shell in a blue field. It had only been a few minutes since I landed and I already liked it. These little girls seemed to have a more military attitude than the older witches of the 501st

"I'll figure out what else you can do later." Diana said. "In the mean time I'll have Tanisha show you around."

I hear what sounds like somebody walking with a limp I turn around and I'm shocked to see a young black girl on crutches with heavy braces on her legs! There is no way with those braces she could fly a striker. Why is this girl even here?

"This is Corporal Tanisha Collins She is both our newest and oldest Witch." Diana said introducing them. "Tanisha this is Corporal Wilson Tyson He just transferred here from the 501st He will be in-charge of raising and lowering the flag and other duties as we find what he can do and what we need."

"Pleased to meet you Wilson." Tanisha replied extending her right hand

"Pleased to meet you too." I reply

I'm surprised by the strength of her grip. This little girl on crutches has the grip of a full-grown man! I have to know what she does here. So I ask her.

"So what does a girl on crutches do here?"

She looks at me for a moment then smiles before answering.

"I fly Grumman F6F Hellcat strikers with Alpha flight." She replied. "I joined the 555th just before the Calypso sailed I'm the newest and oldest strike witch here, I'm eleven the rest are under ten."

I can't believe that this little girl leaning on her crutches in front of me is actually a strike witch! Strike witches can't even wear pants because they would interfere with their magic and she has all this steel and leather covering her legs.

"You are staring at my braces." She said, "You can't believe I can fly a striker with them."

"No I can't," I tell her.

"Well I can't" She tells me with a smile. "But these are special braces they have quick release latches. I can take them off faster that you can take your pants off…even if you already have your shoes off."

"I'll take you're word for it." I tell her.

She has this disappointed look on her face when I tell her that. She starts to say something when another little girl who looks around five walks up like all the girls I have seen so far her uniform is light green she has sergeants stripes on her sleeve. She is skinny with long dark brown hair.

"Are you trying to get him to take his pants off so you can see his peepee?" She demanded but she never gave Tanisha a chance to answer her question. "Ever since you started to have periods you've been doing that to all the guys you can. I don't know why but you keep trying to look at men's peepees" She turned to me still talking" A couple months ago she started to bleed from her peepee. Mary tried to stop it but she couldn't Mary is one of our healers she's real good even though she only a year and a half. She started to cry when she couldn't heal her. Wendy tried next Wendy is Mary's cousin she's five she couldn't stop it either. They had me call the 501st to try to get help. They sent their healer Yoshika and she said that it's called a period she called it something else I begins with an "m" I can't pronounce it. She says it's what happens when a girl becomes a women and it's normal. She told us all about it. I didn't understand a lot of it something to do with being able to have babies. She said if a woman can have a baby and doesn't then after a month she will bleed from her peepee. I don't understand it something about eggs and stuff. Oh I'm Sergeant Susan Garibaldi."

She extends her hand and finally shuts up long enough for me to get a word in edge wise.

"I'm Corporal Wilson Tyson" I replied shacking her hand She had a firm grip though not nearly as firm as Major Evan's "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Your first name is the same as Meggie's last name that's weird. I became a witch when I was four. I'm five now I have been a strike witch for a year. My familiar is a little brown bat He's really cute he likes to hang under my bed at home. I can make like a radio I can make like radar too. They have me stand on the roof of the bridge sometimes to look for neuroi. We don't have radar so I have to play radar. Sometimes Diana is up there using her far sight or Lynn with her Three Dimensional Space Understanding it works real good she can tell if there is a neuroi close by and what type it is. She is on the bridge roof right now. We take turns. Diana says that if we get radar for the ship I'm going to become a night witch. She says they might put me with Sanya and Heidemarie. Right now I'm with Alpha Flight. Meggie is the commander of Alpha flight I'm her number two because I'm a sergeant and have been here longer than the other two. Tanisha is in our flight and the fourth member is Cindy Jablonski she is a corporal too She has been in the 555th about half a year. She really's little she's only two and a half. Don't call her a baby she hates that. And don't forget the half she doesn't like it when that is forgotten.

"Susie it's time for you to relieve Lynn." Diana called out.

"Okay." Susie responded. "I gotta go."

She ran off calling up her magic and showing the brown ears and webbed tail of her familiar. I watch her run off I have never seen somebody who talks as much as she does.

"Susie likes to talk." Tanisha said

"Yeah I think that is an understatement." I replied. "Does she ever shut-up?"

"Nope she even talks in her sleep!" Tanisha told him. "Come on I'll show you the rest of our humble home."

Tanisha turned and headed for the island…. moving a lot faster than I would expect from a girl on crutches. I had to run to keep up. She stopped at the open doorway of what was clearly the mess.

"I assume that you have seen a mess hall before." She said. "This is ours. "

She led me over to some refrigerator doors.

"We keep some ready to eat stuff in here incase somebody gets hungry." She told me.

Tanisha opened a couple of the doors to reveal small bottles of milk and soda and wrapped sandwiches and fruit.. That was when the alarm went off.

"Neuroi sighted all flights Take off Battle stations!" Diana announced over the PA.

"Gotta go" Tanisha declared as she spun around and called up her magic and presented a rat's tail and ears as she dashed out the door

By the time I reached the doorway she was already gone. I stand there trying to figure out what to do next. As well as trying to understand what Susie had told me. They had a strike witch who is only two and a half years old and a healer who is a year and a half. I have met four witches so far the oldest is only eleven the commanding officer is eight and the other tow are both five and one is a commander of a four witch flight. What have I gotten onto this time?

Poor Wilson is he going to be able to handle his new assignment?