Hello again guys!. Thanks for the reviews, I really appreciate it!. Well, here's chapter 2, so I hope you like it :-). Should I continue with this?. Thanks again! :). Oh, I almost forgot. As you can see, in this chapter there is different POV's and I figure that there will also be in the coming chapters if you want more :-).
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Disclaimer: I do not own Band of Brothers, only Olivia Mae and her story. All credit goes to Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Stephen E. Ambrose and everyone who were involved in making this incredible true story about friendship, brotherhood and the bonds you make with one another while in the horrors of war.
Chapter 2:
Spina hadn't come back yet. I had a good time with Gene, my new nickname for Eugene. He taught me how the different medical stuff he had worked. He made me laugh and felt like an older brother to me already and I had only known him for an amount of hours!.
Gene told me he was from Louisiana when I asked him why he had this funny accent. "So.. Do you know where your family is now?," Gene suddenly asked. "No. The last time I saw them we were in a camp of a sort. But I couldn't find daddy or my older brother. It was only my mommy and my twin Mary, and many other women. But it wasn't a nice camp. Germans ordered us to wear some sort of pyjamas with a yellow star on our chest and made us work and they would hit if we didn't do it. We weren't given a lot to eat either," I told Gene. Suddenly he held this sad expression on his face while he nodded. My family were okay, right?.
After a little while of more talking and learning how to use the different stuff, Spina came back with four men. The tallest had flamy red hair and icy blue eyes. I could have giggled because it looked like they all had dirt on their faces. The next two were a bit smaller but taller than the last one. The one of them who were tallest was with only few inches. He had black hair and deep brown eyes while the other had a lighter haircolor – kind of lightbrown and lightbrown eyes. The last man had like dirty blond haircolor like me and lightbrown eyes. "Sir. Toye, Guarnere, Lipton. Good to see you," Gene greeted standing up. "You too, Doc. So, what's up? Who's this?," the man with red hair asked. The other men nodded at Gene who gave them a nod back. "This is Olivia Mae, but she prefers to be called just Olivia or Mae. I found her in the woods on the way here. Um, can I talk to you for a moment in private, sir?," Gene asked. "Yeah, sure?." The man looked a little confused but walked a little away with Gene.
"So Spina. Are you gonna introduce us or what?," the tall lightbrown haired man asked. He also had this funny accent like Gene but his were different. "Olivia, this is Bill Guarnere, Joe Toye and Carwood Lipton. And the one Gene is talking to is Lt. Winters. Boys, this is Olivia. Don't try to corrupt her too much, huh Bill?," Spina joked. The other men smiled at me. "What're ya' talking 'bout. You're mistaking me with Luz," Guarnere retorted smiling. I had been hidden behind Spina. I sure was shy. "Don't worry. We won't bite," Toye chuckled, crouching down to my size. I looked up at Spina who nodded assuring back. I stepped a little forward but not too much. "That's my girl." Toye smiled softly. He had this raspy voice. I'm sure he could make everything boring to sound exciting...
"What's up, Doc?," Lt. Richard Winters asked confused when they were a little away from the small group. He had been surprised when he saw that little girl. What in the world were she doing around here?. "Sir, I think this girl has been out for a lot as little girls like her shouldn't even know existed. She has been hit, she has fresh bruises. And when I met her she had this pyjamas kind of thing on with a yellow star on her chest. I'm not quite sure what it means but I know that it's not good,sir." Winters nodded, thinking about what Eugene had just said. "And she's not a civilian. She's born in Atlanta and speaks very good English. She told me the Germans took her and her family to some camp after they had kicked them out of their house in Holland," Eugene told. "From Atlanta?." The young lieutenant furrowed his brows, quite surprised. Eugene nodded. "All right. Thanks Eugene," Winters said after a moment of thinking. "And sir?."
"Yeah?."
"She's a healer."
The lieutenant looked with wide eyes at the medic, " Well, this changes things."
"Olivia," a voice called. It was Gene who waved me over. I walked to him and the tall man with hesitating steps. "Olivia, this is Lt. Winters," Gene introduced. I didn't know what Lieutenant meant but it sounded important in a way. He seemed nice, though. He smiled kneeling down to my size. "Hello, Olivia. I've heard from Doc that you healed Spina before I got here. Is that right?," the redhead asked with a gentle smile. "Yes—sir," I stammered," Have I done something wrong?." Both of them chuckled. "No, not at all. It's a good ability to have," lieutenant replied with a smile. "Well, listen. What I was going to ask you about was if you wanted to stay for the night with us. Just until we find out where your family is, all right?," Lieutenant asked. I smiled and nodded wildly. Of course I wanted to stay – These guys were sweet!. My nine and a half year old brain just didn't know what I had just said yes to – Well, at least not at that moment. For that moment I was happy.
It was in the evening and I was sitting in a truck with some of the Easy Company guys I've got to know through the day. There was Joe Toye, Bill Guarnere, Sergeant Lipton, Joe Liebgott, Cleveland Petty, Buck Compton and Donald Malarkey. I was wearing a uniform like theirs which Gene had given me. Don Malarkey were cooking...something. It looked like a small fire but it wasn't. It was something I didn't know what was he was cooking on. These guys and many others were paratroopers. I think it was a bit crazy but also exciting that they were jumping out of airplanes, only to land behind enemy lines, they called it. I also knew that many of their friends had been killed because of the Germans firing on them. All of these guys had been on a 'mission' along with Lieutenant and some others earlier after Gene and I had arrived. They told me that the mission were succeed and many soldiers who were lying on the beach they had helped, hopefully would get home to their families safely. I hoped that for all of these guys – They were so sweet against me, and I were a stranger!. They had already found some nicknames for me. Especially 'princess' and 'Red' were used. I have got the nickname Red because my face easily could turn into a shade of red when I got complimented on something. There wasn't a lot of space in the truck so I had ended up sitting on Joe's lap. I had found a way to seperate Joe Toye and Joe Liebgott's names from eachother. I called Joe Toye 'Joe' and Joe Liebgott for 'Lieb', from his last name. It smelled badly in the truck of the 'thing' Don was cooking. But I didn't show it. I was far too polite for that.
"Oh, God, I don't wanna die in this truck!," Lieb complained, making his way to the truck flap. "Ey', you're stepping on my legs!," Joe growled.
"Jesus, let me get out of here." At that Lieb were out of the truck. "Light. Light discipline. Guarnere, close that flap," Lip ordered. Bill obeyed but commented," Let the krauts cook their own goddamn food."
Joe sighed of the language in front of me. Honestly I didn't care, because I had heard my father and brother swear before. But it was sweet of Joe to be so polite around me.
"How we doing, Malark?," Bill asked. "We're doing good," Don replied, tasting the food with a spoon.
"Doing good?."
"Yeah."
"What the hell do you know about cooking?. You're Irish," Buck joked.
"Jesus, Buck," Joe commented.
"What?."
"Sir, if you have a reservation someplace else, I'd be happy to go with you," Don retorted smiling, giving us something to eat. I was given some and I tasted it. I was still too polite to show that I hated it, so I swallowed and smiled at Don's hopeful face. The others complained.
"You could actually learn something from Olivia here. She doesn't complain at all," Don told the others. "That's because the princess is way to polite, Don. But she has been raised good," Buck said smiling. All of them chuckled. I felt a little sorry for Don – It wasn't his fault.
"Jesus Christ, give me some air," Bill complained, opening the flap a little. He didn't close it, just let it fall.
Suddenly Lieutenant's head peeked in. "Evening."
"Hello,sir," Guarnere greeted. "Something die in here?," Lieutenant asked.
"Yeah, Malarkey's ass," Petty joked making all of the guys to laugh. Joe couldn't help but chuckle either. I smiled.
"Eh, any word on Lieutenant Meehan yet, sir?," Buck wanted to know. "No, not yet," Lieutenant said a bit sad. "Don't that make you our commanding officer, sir?," Bill asked.
"Yeah, it does," Lieutenant nodded which Bill returned. "Sir," Joe said taking a bottle with something in it to Lieutenant. "Joe, the lieutenant don't drink," Bill commented, but Lieutenant took it anyway. "It's been a day of first's," Lieutenant said taking a large sip. You could see him frown, so whatever it was, it wasn't good, "Don't you think, Guarnere?."
Bill looked at Lieutenant and nodded, "Yes,sir." Lieutenant gave the bottle back to Joe.
"Carry on," Lieutenant said smiling at me. "Night, sir," we all replied in choir. Before Lieutenant were out of sight, his head peeked up again, "Oh, and Sergeant?."
"Sir?," Bill said turning to Lieutenant. "I'm not a quaker." At that he disappeared. The boys started laughing after Lieutenant were gone. They sure had a lot of funny nicknames to eachother. "He probably a Mennonite," Bill laughed. "What's a Mennonite?," Joe wondered laughing along with the others. I didn't understand what was so funny.
"Looks like the sweetheart's asleep," Bill commented quietly, making all of the talk in the truck to fade. Joe Toye looked down at a sleeping Olivia Mae. She was so light and it worried Joe a little. All of them were worried. They adored her from the very first sight – Her dirtyblond long hair, her wide green eyes. They also knew about the bruises. Doc had told them. It made them hate the Germans even more. Who the hell would ever think of hitting a little girl?. Joe couldn't help but smile of her sleeping figure. He already saw her as a babysister after only one day – Most of the guys from Easy did – Well, at least them who had met her...
By nightfall, 2nd Battalion had secured Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Elements of the 4th Division began to move men and material inland. Mostly of the 101st Airborne, including Easy Company, was scattered all over Normandy.
Success of the invasion was uncertain.
- Richard Winters.
- For destroying the German guns at Brecourt Manor, the following medals were awarded:
- Bronze Stars:
-Walter Hendrix
-Donald Malarkey
-John Plesha
-Joe Toye
-Carwood Lipton
-Cleveland Petty
-Myron Ranney
-Popeye Wynn
- Silver Stars:
-Buck Compton
-Bill Guarnere
-Gerald Lorraine
The Distinguished Service Cross were awarded to Lt. Richard Winters.
