It was a long way from the harbor to the camp, and the truck just jumped for the amount of stones that was on the trip, it was a large group of nurses that was necessary for the camp, as there were very few and was too many soldiers. Kaydence was looking down, she was the youngest of the group, 99% were women over 50
"You're too young to know of medicine" they repeated the same thing that made her angry, sure that she had experience!
BOOM
The truck jumped so great that Kay did fall to the floor hitting her head
"Haha, you wouldn't even know it's a hit"
Kaydence just sat back in his seat as if nothing had happened "You'll see, I'll show you I'm no fool," she whispered
"I heard that you demanded to come to this camp exactly, why?" Asks a woman standing next to her
"My brother is there, and I want to protect him. my father died, I don't want to happen with him"
Before she could finish, the truck began to slow down, they were nearing the camp entrance.
The doors opened and Kay stood but was the last to leave.
Unlike the others, four men helped her to get off the truck "thank you very much," she said, but when they were helping to lower realized that one of them put his hand where he dont't have to put it, she tried to pass this occasion.
When he raised his head to see the camp saw a long line of soldiers waiting for them at all, a big welcome.
"Welcome ladies! I hope you don't have problems and if you have a problem you can consult with me"said the sergeant of the camp
Meanwhile in row Andrew just looked and longed to go to hug her sister who had come
"Hey, do not you think the redheaded nurse is very good?" Dempsey said, nudging him "I would not mind having a special 'date' with her"
Andrew look into his eyes "What did you say?"
"You heard me, the new nurse is hot"
Andrew pushed the another Marine, jumped on him and started beating
The row is scattered and tried to separate the two Marines who were fighting. Kay saw what was happening and told the sergeant to turn around "that's my brother!" She tried to run to fetch his brother but was stopped by two soldiers who grabbed her arms "let me go my brother is there" the sergeant came up to her
"Miss, we want our soldiers to fend for themselves"
"But he is going to kill him!"
"Not exaggerated, if we see that it goes further than expected try to stop them, but if not, let them do what they want"
Kay almost gets to mourn for the many punches she saw. The sergeant looked at her with worried face and realized that if it did not end maybe she would leave the camp and cost them much getting new nurses for this camp "Stop this!" He said
Before they could separate, Andrew gave to Dempsey a big punch, leaving him unconscious
"Well, I guess you'll have your first two patients" chuckled the sergeant
"Why you fought with that man?" Kay scream, her scream traveled throughout all of the tent. who has not heard it, it's because is deaf
"For nothing, it's just annoying me his presence" replied his brother
She just let out a sigh and grab a bottle of alcohol and a cloth, she wet the cloth with the contents of the bottle. She put the cloth tightly wound in the arm of her brother
"Hey, you don't have to push so much!"
"Don't say anything, and I don't stand you, I come here and I hope even a greeting. What I get? A fighting fool"
Before Andrew could respond, a nurse came in and told to Kay they need her help
"Go, I'll take care of the Bands"
"Okay, bye An"
When Kay came to the tent where was called, a nurse was waiting outside
"What happened?"
"We cann't control the marine who hit your brother, maybe you can do it"
"Why me?"
The nurse chuckled "you'll see"
She entered to the tent and the soldier was sitting on his bed looking down, was badly beaten, but the blood had been cleaned earlier by the other nurses
"I said, bring the new nurse" Tank said a tired voice
"Uh... excuse bu-"
"I told you" Tank interrupted "I will not leave" he stopped talking as he had raised his head and confirmed that he was talking about was exactly what he wanted to know "you are the sister of the guy who struck me, no?"
"Yes, sorry, he's an idiot who is carried away by the moment"
"Nothing happens, but now something good going to happen" Dempsey began to approach her
"W-why would you need me?" She says stammering of nervousness, the marine had come too close to her
"I was thinking ..."
He grabs her waist and pulled her towards him, a small smile on his face was placed
"STOP! I am not of those, "she said to pull the soldier away "if you call me for that, I have to go"
She left the tent totally embarrassed, basically, he seemed nice, but she was so shy to talk to him without shame. She stood at the door of the tent thinking about what had happened
"Hey baby, I promise not bother you, come in"
Kay came back to the tent, but this time with a big nervousness. Tank was lying on the couch with his eyes closed "I'm waiting," he said with a sarcastic tone
"Please don't make this more difficult for both"
"I don't try to do anything difficult"
She sighed and grabbed a thread and a needle "I need to sew some wounds on your back, I need..." she not continued the sentence
"What?"
"...take off your shirt"
"that's it? Haha, okay"
"Now I need you to lie down with your head down" she grabbed the thread and passing through the needle and began sewing "how strange my brother always insults me when I have to sew a wound"
"I can put up with anything, Tank Dempsey does it all"
"Hehe"
she calmed down a bit after that little joke
The next morning many soldiers left the camp as it had begun a strategy, although Kay wrote a long note to his brother and Tank were they are really hurt and need to heal the wounds
"Okay, accepting that these soldiers are here, but only for a short time, we need they for a mission on Peleliu that we are organizing, I give you two weeks maximum" Kay recalled the words of Sergeant
Hours, days ...
It was the 13th day, and the next his brother and Tank would leave. During these two weeks Kay was quite 'friendly' with Dempsey, and he knew it.
was a starry night covered the sky, it was quite cold
"This is your last day here, I'll miss you ..."
"Me too, but you know sister, I need to do this for our country"
"Yes I know ..."
"Baby! Come on, I need something! "Heard the voice of Tank, what makes Kay get up and run to him
"Well, just leave me here alone" snorted his brother feeling a little forgotten
Kay walks out, looking to Tank, she looked to the tents and there he was beckoning to enter, she runs to the tent.
"Yes?"
Dempsey puts an arm over her shoulder, and makes walking up a small "bed" that was on the floor. And accompanied him to sit on it
"This is my last day here, and would not leave without saying goodbye"
"I also don't wanted to leave without saying goodbye..."
"You were going to say something else?"
"I... I love you"
He smiled and they both lay on the bed
A farewell was difficult, if it's true. Kay did not want to leave either, they were part of her life and now also Tank
"Promise me you'll come back and you'll never forget ,e"
"I promise"
They got into the boat, 1944
After several months, he gave announced, the Battle of Peleliu was over. Kay was waiting at the port to greet his brother, while she was nervous about if he never got off the boat, did not hear from him for a long time.
The soldiers began to drop and Kay try to ask the other marines if they knew anything of his brother, many not heard by the number of people who was there
She raised her head and saw his brother on the boat waving to her, it seemed that he was sitting, because compared to the other was very small. She motioned for him to get off the boat but he refused
"What's going on?" She asked
When his brother started down saw that he was accompanied by two other people, other soldiers. When low Kaydence could see what was happening, his brother was in a wheelchair, his legs had been frozen during the war
"An ..." she said with tears in her eyes
"I did my best, but ..."
"I do not care you're in a wheelchair, I only care that you are alive!"
A big hug and cry. Once Kay could calm wonder
"And Tank?"
"he was sent on another mission, a soldier who was trapped and had to go to the rescue him"
"So... he's not coming?"
"No"
Kay's eyes filled with tears again