Hello again. Once again this chapter lacks a beta so if you catch mistakes let me know and I shall do my best to fix them…also keep in mind I wrote this at one am so if its completely out there let me know too…like if I accidently have Hugo cuddling bunnies O.o…which would be AWESOME…if he didn't then eviscerate them and fees them to Wicki ….I have a scary mind…any who….let me know what you guys think….the next chapter should be up this weekend.

Dieter. He had called him Dieter. When Hugo came, he had called him Dieter. Who was Dieter? A previous lover? Clearly the man was not aware of what he had said, might not have been aware he said anything at all.

Wicki glanced over to the sleeping form of Hugo, still visible thru the trees. He had decided to let the other man sleep, taking over his watch as well as his own. After all, the man needed his sleep.

The other men in the camp were beginning to stir. Already Aldo had gotten up to relieve himself. No doubt the man would start waking the others at any moment. He wasn't exactly sure what he would do when Hugo got up, what he would say. It would probably be best to ignore it and move on, let it all be water under the bridge. Then again, who ever this dieter was he was clearly important to Hugo, and if he wanted to know about the man, Dieter was probably a good place to start.

He saw Aldo make he way over to him, and pushed all thoughts of Hugo out of his mind. They would have a long trek today, he could think about the German while walking.

"Hugo!"

Hugo quickly woke up, rising into a sitting position, eyes alert. He frowned when he saw Donny hovering over him. The Bear Jew gave him a wide smile his bat still stretched out towards Hugo.

Hugo pointed towards the polished wood hanging in front of his face.

"Did you poke me with that?" He asked, voice gravely from sleep.

Donny's smile grew wider.

"Well there's no way in hell I am stupid enough to shake you awake."

Hugo stared at him for a moment before nodding his head. The man had a point. If he had tried to touch him he probably would have broken his neck, then fallen back to sleep.

Donny moved on to wake the other basterds leaving Hugo alone.

Hugo frowned, glancing to where Wicki had slept. The man's gun and canteen were gone. He hadn't waken him up for his shift. He cast his eyes over the camp looking for the Austrian, spotting the man approaching. Wicki's eye's met his briefly, nodding a good morning.

Wicki dropped down next to Hugo, gathering his pack.

"Thank you." The German muttered, eyeing the other man.

Wicki nodded his head, eyes staying on his packing.

"You didn't have to do that."

Wicki shrugged. "You looked like you could use the rest."

Hugo frowned at the other man, watching him move. Something was wrong. Something happened and now the other man was mad. What had he done?

"Let's get a move on boys!"

Aldo's voice broke him from his thoughts. He quickly pulled on his pack getting to his feet, watching as Wicki did the same. The man sent him a small smile before moving to join Aldo.

The men fell in line, beginning their trek thru the woods. Hugo hung behind, taking up his usual place at the end of line, watching as Wicki fell into step next to Donny further up.

"So." Donny whispered. "Did you ask him?"

Wicki frowned, adjusting the pack on his shoulder.

"What?" He asked, even though he knew what the other man was referring to.

"Did you ask him about the Gestapo's?"

Wicki's frown deepened.

"I don't think that's any of your god damn business." He ground out.

Donny arched his brows, raising his hands defensively.

"Wow, calm down there!" He said quickly. "I meant nothing' by it, just curious."

Wicki glanced at his friend, feeling the anger drain as he looked into the man's wide

brown eyes. He cleared his throat, eyes going back to the path.

"Forget it."

Donny nodded his head, still eyeing the other man.

"Are ya alright there Wicki?"

Wicki nodded his head without giving it thought. No need to bring the other man into the complex equation that was him and Hugo. Would probably scare him. Not that the idea of scaring Donny was not unappealing.

He heard Donny snort at his side.

"The hell you are."

Wicki cast a quick glare at the other man.

"What'd he do?" Donny asked, head jerking to the back of the line.

"Nothing." Wicki snapped.

Donny smiled, elbowing his friend.

"Is that the problem then? He didn't do nothing?"

Wicki sighed rolling his eyes.

"Donny, nothing is wrong, I'm just tired."

"Ah." Donny said slowly, nodding his head. "Ya you guys had a late night last night." He agreed.

Wicki cast an annoyed look at his friend. After a moment has asked.

"Did you hear us or where you snooping?"

Donny shrugged, a roughish smile coming to his face.

"Might have been snooping." He admitted.

Wicki shook his head.

"At least you're honest." He muttered.

Donny shrugged.

"Figured you wouldn't get as mad if I was."

Hugo watched the two men converse, frown etched in concrete on his face. It wasn't that he did not like Donny, far from it; the man had a gift with his bat that any homicidal maniac had to admire. It just appeared that the last few times he had conversed with Wicki, he either ended up uncomfortable or angry. Today he seemed to be making him angry; he could see the tips of the Austrian's ears turning red from where he walked.

Up ahead of the line Aldo raised his hand for silence, and conversation ended among the basterds.

They had moved in silence for a good four hours before they came across a group of Nazi's held up by the road. They employed the usual routine, circle the enemy then move in. The usual chaos ensued there after. Shooting and screaming everywhere. It didn't last long; the small convoy had been filled with young men afraid of dying. One look at Donny's bat and they knew what they were in for. In the end they had five prisoners.

Aldo had found a rock to his liking and was talking to one of the young men now, Omar standing next to him to help encourage the kid, just in case.

"Hey!"

Hugo turned to the sound of Hirschberg's voice watching as the man made his way over to Utivich.

Utivich looked up from scalping, blue eyes watching the other man approach with confusion.

"Me?" Utivich asked.

Hugo frowned, seeing the anger in Hirschberg's walk. If there was one thing that really got on Hugo's nerves, it was when the other basterds picked on the little man.

"Ya you!" Hirschberg snapped, stopping before him. He pointed to his neck. Blood could be seen, a gash along the side.

Hugo raised a brow. So Hirschberg got hurt. Too bad. Why was he bothering Utivich about it though? Wicki was their resident medic?

Utivich craned his neck looking at the wound on Hirschberg.

"How'd that happen?" he asked in genuine concern.

"It happened because of you!"

Utivich blinked, eyebrows rising in shock.

Hugo snorted. Utivich shot Hirschberg, hilarious. Too bad he missed it. He turned his full attention to the conversation, eager to see where it would lead.

Wicki finally glanced up from the other side of Utivich where he had been scalping his own victim.

"Utivich shot you?" The man asked incredulously.

Hirschberg sent him a glare before turning his anger back to the little man.

Utivich quickly rose to his feet.

"I shot at the guy behind you!" He said quickly. "He was coming around fast. He didn't see him." He addressed the last part to Wicki.

Wicki got to his feet as well, shrugging the incident off.

"It happens." He said, giving Hirschberg a sympathetic smile. "I'll patch that up for you. It's too bad it happened, but not Utivich's fault."

He gave Utivich a pat on the shoulder.

Hirschberg's glare deepened.

"Well he should have fucking looked where he was shooting!"

"Hey now." Wicki said, stepping forward.

Utivich turned red glaring at the other man.

"I did look!" he yelled back. "And if I hadn't fired you would have been dead!"

"Guys cool it." Wicki said, moving o separate the two basterds.

Donny began making his way over to the fight, his eyes settling on Utivich, taking in every word the smaller man said.

"I saw him!" Hirschberg yelled back, stepping closer to Utivich.

Wicki placed a hand on the man's chest, holding him back.

Hirschberg glanced down at the hand before slapping it away.

"Don't you fucking touch me Wicki!"

Wicki blinked, not bothered by the man's anger.

"What did you say?" he questioned, after all he was the superior officer.

Donny stopped next to Utivich, eyeing Hirschberg.

"Great!" Hirschberg said, raising his arms in defeat. "All you fags sticking together."

Stillness filled the forest at Hirschberg's words.

Aldo's head quickly turned back to the other men.

"Who did what now?" He asked in confusion.

Omar shrugged by his side, eyeing the others with wide eyes.

Hugo walked forward pushing Hirschberg away from Wicki.

"Back the fuck off." He growled.

Utivich looked startled, blue eyes wide, looking between Hugo and Hirschberg.

Hirschberg gave a forced laugh.

"Right, got to defend your bitch."

Hugo growled again, moving forward to break the younger man's neck. Wicki quickly latched onto one of his arms, holding him back, watching as Hirschberg stumbled back in fear.

"Leave Dieter alone!" Hugo yelled.

The forest fell silent, all eyes now on Hugo. The color drained from his face, as the words spoken sunk in.

"Wicki, I meant Wicki." He breathed out.

Utivich to a step forward, eyes on Hugo.

"Who's Dieter?"

Aldo quickly stepped forward, doing his best to block Hugo from the other men.

"Alright that's enough now!" Aldo yelled. "We ain't got time for your pissing and moaning! Now get to work!"

He pointed to Hirschberg.

"Me and you gonna have a chat, go wait for me over there." He said pointing to the rock he had previously been sitting on.

Hirschberg nodded numbly moving to fill Aldo's orders.

The basterd's slowly moved, pulling out their knifes to gather their scalps.

Aldo turned to the German standing behind him, eyeing him wearily.

"You alright son?" he asked quietly.

Hugo nodded, unable to form words. He didn't wait for Aldo to respond, he turned on his heel and brusquely walked deeper into the forest.

Wicki quickly stepped to Aldo's side.

"Sir-"

"That's fine son, go get him." The blonde spoke, interrupting whatever Wicki was about to say.

Wicki nodded quickly before running off into the woods to follow his lover.