Chapter 11 - …rest harder
Inside the ZIL-131
3 kilometers from Lebyazhye
"Damn, that Aya sure does her killing efficiently," Katie said and nodded her head.
"The rest aren't paper pushers either. Shinobu did her job nicely, and your cousin also had some good kills."
"Yup! I'm proud of that squirt!"
"Heh, she's not a squirt now. She has bigger boobs than you," Ellie smiled wryly.
"Well, I guess she got the boobs, and I've got the looks…" Katie shrugged.
Ellie's face expression showed she wanted to chuckle, but she restrained herself with all her will power not to.
"Menda (Bitch)…" Katie grumbled.
"Naprawdę powinniśmy gadać więcej po Lehicku pomiędzy sobą (We really should talk Lehish more around ourselves) …" Ellie sighed.
"Oj tam, nie po to uczyłaś się brytola żeby teraz brzęczeć po naszemu, hje (Oh now, you didn't learn Brit just to rumble around in our language, heh)…"
"Hahaha! Okay, let's go… Katarzyna…" Ellie chuckled.
"Shut up, I hate my full name…" Katie mumbled sourly.
"Heh…"
Lebyazhye Air Base
Hangar
All the girls were docking their Strikers into their Launch Units.
"Hey, Aya, you didn't really show us your full potential, you know?" Elwyn asked.
"Um… Well… I didn't need to…"
"But your potential sure increased…" Tatiana said and suddenly poked Elwyn in the right breast.
"Waaaaaah!" Elwyn shrieked and turned around, guarding her pair.
Aya tilted her head in wonder and asked, "Umm? What's g-going on?"
"Ah, Aya, you weren't there when Clarke told us this… So…"
"No, Sieglinde, I'll tell her myself. Oh, and the sleeping pair too. You see…"
Therefore, Elwyn told them the story behind her miraculous breast growth.
"Oh, I see…" Aya said with an uneasy face. "B-But its nice t-that you trusted us…"
"All thanks to Sieglinde."
"Shush, I just gave you a push in the right direction…" Sieglinde mumbled with her cheeks ablaze.
The blaring of a horn was heard and the flatbed truck came into sight.
"Yay, our commanders!" Elsa cheered.
"And what are you cheering on about?" Kola's voice was suddenly heard from the side of the hangar. "You'll be the one hauling everything inside."
"Aaaaaaaw… You're right…"
"Oh, but I will help!" Nami said cheerfully and patted Elsa on the back.
"Heh thanks…"
The truck stopped in front of the hangar and turned around hundred and eighty degrees. Ellie peeked out of the cabin and said, "Everyone, get into the cars and let's go back, there's nothing on this truck that will be stored here. Kola, hop onto the back!"
"Yeah…" he sighed and ran towards the truck.
"Let's get going then," Sieglinde said. "Same way as before?"
"Oh, I wanna drive!" Elsa raised her hand.
"I wouldn't let you drive a wheelbarrow!"
"Bawww…"
"Can I do it then?" Elwyn asked.
"Any experience?"
"I can drive my pa's pickup truck blindfolded," Elwyn said, proudly exposing her chest forward.
"I guess that could do. Okay, you drive then," Sieglinde said. "Ah, wait!" she shouted and waved towards the truck.
"What is it?" Katie said as she peered out from the trucks window.
"Can you take two more with you? The jeeps will be crowded with four people in the back seat."
"I can go!" both Nami and Elsa cheered at the same time.
The two looked surprised at each other, but then they both grinned widely and jumped into the back of the truck.
"The two seem to like each other already…" Tatiana noted. "Nothing special happened while I was sleeping?"
"Beside the sudden revelation about Elwyn's boobs, pretty much nothing," Giulietta said.
"Well, there was ONE thing, but I'll tell it to ya later," Elwyn mused.
"Okay."
The girls loaded themselves onto the soviet made jeeps and they escorted the truck towards the entrance of the main building. After parking and disembarking, all of them gathered at the back of the truck.
"Now, ladies and one gentleman, we should unload all this stuff," Katie said. "I'll be coordinating everything, while Ellie goes and sees if the base didn't burn down inside or anything."
"Oh shush, stupid. I'll just be relieving Angela."
"That too…" Katie said with an overdramatic whisper, causing the girls to giggle. "Well anywho, Elsa, take the crate marked as fragile."
"Okay!"
Katie started coordinating with such passion, that everyone just had to move something off the truck.
Commander's office
A knock on the door was heard, towards which Angela answered, "Come in."
Ellie came in and Angela immediately shot off her chair and saluted.
"At ease, Angela. How was it?"
"Can I tell the simple truth, ma'am?"
"Sure."
"Boring."
"Hah, as I thought. You probably wanted to take part in the battle, but you were afraid to leave Aya on the phone?"
"Yes, exactly."
"But I actually saw her and the rest in combat from down below. My God… If that's not talent, what is? I have to call in Aya, Sieglinde, and Shinobu for a debriefing. After they end with the unloading of the truck of course. Now, let me sit down on my chair, I'm dead tired…"
"Of course!" Angela said and moved aside.
"Thanks. You can go and help the rest now, if you want. Or you can rest."
"Ma'am, did you ever see a soldier of Karlsland shirking from work?"
"Dunno. All I saw were Orussians and Lehs."
"Heh, well I will go and help my comrades of course."
"Tell the three what I want from them, okay?"
"Roger."
Angela left the room and went down the corridor. She already saw that the girls were busy moving stuff towards the dining hall, but Aya was moving in her direction with a big carton.
"Oh, hi, Angela."
"Hi, Aya. You're doing stuff too?"
"Sure! It's nice to do SOMETHING…"
"You're going to the office?"
"Yeah, why are you asking?"
"Oh, nothing. Carry on."
"Kay."
Angela went her way, and Aya knocked on the door.
"Come in," she said.
Aya opened the door and said, "Umm… Miss Katie said t-this is yours…"
"Ah, thank you, Aya. Please, dump it on the desk."
"Right."
Aya placed the carton on the desk and Ellie asked, "Angela told you anything?"
"Not yet..."
"Just in case I'll tell you personally – after you finish, get Sieglinde and Shinobu here with you. I'm going to debrief you."
"O-Okay, ma'am."
"Now scoot, I have to unpack this stuff."
"Okay…"
Aya went out into the corridor, where Angela was waiting for her.
"Come on, Aya; let's see if something's left for us."
"Mhm."
The main lobby now looked like a moor, with the girls moving steadily in and out with cartons full of unknown goods.
"Ah, Aya, you delivered the goods?" Katie asked.
"Y-Yes ma'am."
"Okay, come on, there's still stuff to carry. Oh, and there's your friend too. The more the merrier!"
Aya took a crate and she heard a distinct clink of glass bottles. She looked suspiciously at Katie, but she replied, "What? We're legal, and we're officers. At least Katie, Kola and I, scratch the officer part on him, heheh… Be careful, it's glass obviously."
"Okay…"
Aya moved on towards the dining hall, passing some of the girls. When she was entering the room, she bumped into something. The crate she held slipped out of her hands and she herself started slowly falling back. But as suddenly as that happened, she and the crate stopped falling. She looked up and saw Kola smiling at her and holding what she dropped.
He… He… HE… HE'S HOLDING ME!
Aya felt as her face was already red as the finest borsch, and Kola added insult to injury.
"My, my, devushka, you should watch where you're going."
"I… I… I… I…"
"Hey, Casanova, stop molesting Aya and move aside," Sieglinde said gruffly from the inside.
"What she said," Angela chimed in from behind Aya.
"N-No, g-girls, y-you don't have to… I-It's okay…"
Sieglinde stared fiercely at Kola, but she suddenly sighed and just squeezed past him.
"Okay, stand straight," Kola said.
Aya checked her position and stood firmly on her own two legs. Kola then gave her the crate and asked, "Should a girl like you really lug such heavy crates?"
"I…"
"She's a witch, and she has strength enhancing magic. Also, she's diligently training, so she's not the average hausfrau," Angela explained calmly.
"Ah, I understand then. Well, back to work," Kola said and went his way.
Aya exhaled and said, "Angela… I really think I'm in love… I almost forgot how to breathe…"
"Heh, see? Okay, you go back to work too, or we'll stall the rest unnecessarily."
"Kay!"
The two moved inside and placed the crate in the cool pantry. Afterwards, they repeated the same with a few other crates, and finally none were left.
"Good job girls!" Katie shouted cheerfully before all of them. "And Kola."
"Of course…" he said.
"Now, you're all free to do whatever you want, since you already had some attractions today. But don't miss dinner!"
"Roger!" they all responded.
"Come on, Shino, Sigi, we have to go to the commander," Aya said.
"What's it about?" Shinobu asked.
"Debrief."
"Ah, okay, we're going then I guess."
Sieglinde was the one that knocked on the door.
"Come in," Ellie responded and Sieglinde opened the door letting the two in before herself.
"Ah, you're here. Very good! Sieglinde, close the door."
She nodded, closed the door behind herself, and stood beside her comrades.
"Now, detailed report please. Who will be the best to do so?"
"I think Aya," Sieglinde said with a smug face. "But please, I hope you're proficient with your report writing, ma'am."
"Oh? Sounds intriguing. Hit me, Aya."
Aya's face expression changed and she started giving a report. Ten minutes later, with fingertips bleeding from express banging on the typewriter, Ellie said, "Finished… Ugh… You could have given me a better warning, Sieglinde…"
Sieglinde only smiled wryly and said, "Aya, patch our commander up."
"O-Okay!"
Aya put her hands above Ellie's hand and a ball of blue magic appeared. After a few seconds, it disappeared, and Ellie looked at her fingertips.
"Wow, good as new. But… Doesn't your familiar manifest?"
"Errrrrrrmmmm… K-Kuro doesn't manifest h-himself externally, because it would be u-unsettling…"
"Ah, yes, he's a dragon… That would look a bit too ferocious for some. Well, anyway, thanks for this debiliatingly extensive report."
"T-Thank you… I think…"
"God… A ten-page report for a five-minute battle… You sure didn't consider desk work?"
"I did…" Aya mumbled. "B-But my superiors thought o-otherwise after I showed my f-full potential…"
"Well, that was predictable. So, Sieglinde, you probably trained the girls, right?"
"Yes ma'am."
"And how are they?"
"On average in good shape, since everyone was in active duty prior to coming here. But I was unable to judge the two night witches."
"Why don't you do it after dinner then?"
"Good idea, ma'am. The four of us from Karlsland were going to do their usual training anyway."
"Very good. Now the last thing I wanted to talk about... Shinobu?"
"Yes ma'am?"
"You did hesitate a bit when you wanted to use your second sword. May I know the reasoning behind your action?"
"Err… Nagareboshi is special, ma'am…"
"Special you say? So that particular time wasn't enough for you to deploy it?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Heh, it sure is special it seems… Okay my dear ladies, you're free for the rest of the day, you most definitely deserved it."
"Roger!" the three saluted and cheered.
"Dismissed, I want to play with my new toy," Ellie smiled.
Aya tilted her head, and Ellie answered immediately, "Well, I see you're curious. I'll be a good friend and show you already."
"Oh, please… I wasn't…"
"Your eyes are simply burning with the flame of knowledge! No buts!"
"Yes ma'am…" Aya replied almost inaudibly with a red face.
Ellie leaned under her desk and she took a carton from the floor. She put it on the desk and simply ripped it apart at the corners.
"A radio?" Shinobu asked while looking the flat rectangular radio in a wooden case, accompanied by two freestanding speakers.
"Not just any radio! It's the Amator-Stereo DSS201, produced by the Diora company in Dzierżoniów!" Ellie shouted, bursting with pride.
Aya's eyes opened wide and only the inability to do so stopped her from shooting rainbows from them.
"So… So… This is that radio set popular in Lehistan?!"
"Woah, you sure are lively, hahaha! Yes, this is the most popular radio set in my country up to date," Ellie said proudly. "I see you know your electronics, Aya."
Aya nodded affirmatively that a normal person would get a neck cramp by now.
"Okay, then you do the honors."
"R-Really?!"
"Yup, go at it."
Aya looked frantically for a power outlet, and just as she found it, she took the radio and speakers and plugged the power plug into the outlet. She pushed the square button above a ~ symbol and the backlight came on.
"Oooooooh! Green, the 2c revision!" Aya cheered.
"My, you REALLY know your electronics... Okay, gimme a tune, Aya."
Aya quickly moved the dial on the right and some classical music sounded from the speakers.
"Not half bad… But there's something even better than this in the stuff you all moved around…"
"Better than a radio… No!"
"Shush, don't spoil it! You sure are showing those hundred ninety IQ points, heh…"
"How many?!" Shinobu shouted in wonder. "And I thought that I was good with my 140…"
"That isn't that bad, Shino… You are in the top five percent anyway," Aya gave off a disarming smile.
"Well, I suppose so."
"Scoot already you three, shoo!" Ellie waved them off.
"Roger!" the three cheered and ran out.
"So, Aya, what will you be doing now?" Shinobu asked.
"Umm… Before dinner I usually just lie down and read a book..."
"Not the most social of past times but okay. I thought we would do that thing already…"
"Oh… That thing… Uhm… Well, okay then. I guess there's still some time for reading…"
"That thing?" Sieglinde asked.
"I lost a bet, and now I have to give Aya a foot rub. But she proposed we do one each other, so…"
"A foot rub is okay I guess… I'll go catch some fresh air."
They wandered to the door to the bedroom, but Aya peeked through the door and immediately stepped back.
"What is it, Aya?"
"T-T-T-T-Too much p-p-people for s-s-something so i-i-intimate!" Aya said with a face as red as the Soviet flag.
"Oh, I see… Then if everyone is here, we should go to the bath… Yeeees… A hot bath and a foot rub… What do you say, Aya?"
"That sounds… nice. Let's go get our bath supplies then."
"Maybe just me then, you'll cause too much of a stir. If you of course don't have anything against me rummaging your luggage."
"No, nothing against it… Just be good with Angela."
"Yeah, yeah…" Shinobu said and entered the room.
Aya went down the corridor and leaned against the wall near the entrance to the bath.
"I haven't had a bath with Shinobu in… errr… crap, it was when she was there then… But I can't pinpoint an exact date. Anyway, long fucking time ago. I hope I will not flip when we start rubbing… Gaaaaaaaaah! What am I thinking of?! Jesus Christ Almighty! Damn Sieglinde and her weird bisexual implications! Damn Ko… heh… heheh… He sure is a manly man… I wonder if he's single? But… Why am I even thinking of this? I barely know him, yet I behave like a girl from high school! Oh wait… I actually am one… Sigh…"
"Hey, Aya," Shinobu's voice sounded above her suddenly.
She looked up and saw Shinobu smiling at her, holding towels and whatnot.
"Oh, Shino. No problems on your end?"
"Nope, nothing I couldn't handle with my tongue."
"That sounded…"
"Oh shut up and let's get this on with…"
"Heehee…"
The two moved into the undressing room and Shinobu simply started pulling off her uniform.
"This feels a bit weird…"
"Why?"
"I mean… In the Bundeswehr, we don't have big baths… We just use showers… Individually… Towels and stuff…"
"You're shy to undress before me, is that it?"
"Um… A bit…"
"Come on, Aya, we're friends here. Only us girls. Besides, from what I could have see while you're in your sleeping attire, you don't have anything to be ashamed of."
"R-Really?"
"Duh!"
"Well, okay then…"
Aya undressed herself to her undergarments, and Shinobu said, "You don't think that bathing in those will be awkward?"
"Give me a bit…"
"Kay, kay…"
Aya took a deep breath, and pulled of her bra and panties in under five seconds.
"Now now…" Shinobu said and nodded. "Just looking at your body should be enough to pass every physical exam."
"Oh please… I'm not even half of what Sigi developed… And you look good yourself, heehee…"
"Grandma would get a stroke if I were a slacker, hahaha!"
"Hey, was that the trademark Sakamoto laugh?"
"Yup! Just like my Grandma! Now, let's hit the showers!"
They went under the showers, and afterwards they dipped themselves in the hot water of the bath.
"Oooooooooooh… Hooooow gooooood…" Aya moaned from pleasure.
"Indeeeeeeed…" Shinobu moaned along. "So, want that foot rub already?"
"Please…"
Shinobu made a wry smile and submersed her hands.
"Wah…" Aya shouted briefly and silently as Shinobu touched her thighs. "That tickles… And that's a bit too high for a foot rub…"
"Heh, sorry, I had to tease you a bit… Well now, let's move those naughty hands of mine to their rightful position."
Shinobu moved her hands and carefully grabbed Aya's right foot.
"Mmmm… It's pleasant…" Aya mumbled as Shinobu proceeded on.
"A skilled warrior should know how to relieve himself and others," Shinobu smiled.
Aya chuckled to those words.
"Ara, ara (My, my)…" Shinobu sighed. "Anata wa kakushin shite kurōzetto no chikandesu… (You sure are a closet pervert)"
"Sore ga tame ni Sigi no subetedesu (It's all because of Sigi)…" Aya murmured.
"Oh! You've brushed up on the language! How nice!"
"Heh… It would be a bit weird if I wasn't fluent in Fusogo, given my heritage…"
"Well, it would be… And what do you mean that it's all Sieglinde's fault?"
"She's just so horny… I'm wondering if she's really bi or straight L…"
"Guess she's still a virgin though?"
"From what I now yes…"
"And you?" Shinobu smiled wryly, making Aya red like a tomato.
"I… I… K-Kola h-holding me t-today was the f-first time a m-man held me…"
"Wait, what now?"
"I was about to fall an… he held me…"
"Oh, okay."
"And you, Shino?"
"What me?"
"Did you… with a man…"
"B-B-Bullshit! A warrior doesn't need love to thrive!"
"I didn't say anything about love, Shino…"
"Either way – no," Shinobu grumbled with a face as equally red as Aya's.
She continued with the rubbing, and Aya took over.
"Hmmm… I wonder if I should use my medical knowledge on you…"
"Medical knowledge?"
"Well, I could cause you immense pleasure with just a foot rub… As a thanks for being my friend for example…" Aya said with a sultry voice.
"Gods, Aya, stop this wickedness!"
"Heehee… No, but seriously, do you want a premium foot rub or a normal one?"
"I'll take the normal one for now. I have to earn the premium one, shouldn't I?"
"If you say so…" Aya shrugged and moved on with the rubbing.
"Mmmmhhhhn… Aaaayaaa… Are you sssure you're not doing the ooooother one?" Shinobu moaned and squiggled from pleasure.
"Heh… I wanted to give you a free sample anyway," Aya winked.
"Geez… Nice sample… But please, go on normally…" Shinobu said breathing heavily.
"Everything for my friend," Aya smiled and continued normally.
After everything, the two returned to the bedroom. Sieglinde glared intensely at Shinobu, and surprisingly, Giulietta did so for both of them.
"What?" Shinobu asked pretentiously.
"You look as if you were done…" Sieglinde said with furled eyebrows.
"You must have mistaken me for yourself. Or for the Romagnan for that matter," she nodded towards Giullietta, making the latter look away immediately.
"Or maybe… Ayaaaaaaaaa! That was supposed to be special!" Sieglinde moaned in protest.
"Shino was my friend before I even met you…" Aya puffed her cheeks.
"Well okay… At least now I know what happened."
"What happened?" Elwyn asked.
"Not your damn business, thunder tits."
"T-T-Thunder tits…" Elwyn said in disbelief and her eyes started shining with tears.
"Hey, hey, no need to cry over just one remark!"
"Mmmmm… Mmmmm… Ah, I have to do it!" Aya panicked.
Aya quickly ran up to Elwyn and hugged her.
"No need to cry, Elwyn… You want to know what we were doing?"
"Uhuh…"
Aya whispered into her ears, so that Elwyn's face went red.
"Dayum… Okay, thanks for the heads up. And f-for the hug…"
"Heehee… Your boobs are very soft. I liked hugging you."
If Elwyn's face was simply red before, now it was deep carmine.
"Come on, Aya, just relax after the bath," Angela sighed.
"O-Okay…"
Aya complacently went to her bunk and simply lied down with her hands under her head.
"That Elwyn is really a nice girl… I wonder if we can be friends? But I'm feeling a bit sleepy… Kuro?"
"Yes, Mistress?"
"The usual please…"
"Have a good sleep, Mistress."
She closed her eyes and dozed off.
"Daaaaaw… How cute…" Elizabeth mused.
"I guess it's a typical Aya Afternoon Nap," Elsa said.
"A what now?" Aina asked.
"Heh, the nap expert speaks… Aya's familiar shuts her off, so to speak. We can make a military parade around her, and she'll still be sleeping."
"Oh? Why does she use her familiar?"
"She doesn't want to be a burden…" Angela sighed. "A bit escapist, but if she wants to do so…"
"It's a bit sad," Tatiana stated. "But everyone has their cross to bear I guess."
The girls procrastinated until dinner, which turned out a true feast.
"Honest work is reworded with honest rations!" Katie said proudly.
After they ate, Ellie said, "Now, a surprise for all of you. I don't think all of you will be satisfied, but whatever now. Aya, see the two cartons by the wall?"
"Yes…?"
"Put them on a free table and unpack them."
"O-Okay!"
Aya ran to the two cartons and took both of them at the same time. She placed both on a free table and unpacked the smaller one.
"Oh? Another radio?"
"Same type," Ellie said. "This one's for everyone to use. For the time being, I guess having it in your room would be the best option, but I'm thinking of a replacement," she winked.
"Oh… A replacement… So… A co…"
"Don't spell it out loud! Sheesh, that noggin of yours sure is working overtime…"
"I'm sorry…"
"You don't have to be. Now, open the second one."
"Okay."
She ripped apart the second carton, and she saw a TV set in a bronze wooden case.
"Wooooooooow… A Jowisz 05!"
"Produced by the Warsaw Television Works!" Elwyn added.
Aya and Elwyn looked at each other amazed and then nodded affirmatively.
"I guessed we need some entertainment, so I brought it here. Set it up, Aya."
"Oh, can I help?!" Elwyn asked while moving her eyes between Ellie and Aya.
"Sure you can," Ellie smiled.
Aya only nodded affirmatively and Elwyn approached her. They silently set up everything, and Elwyn whispered, "Why don't we turn it on together?"
"A-As in both of us at t-the same time?"
"Uhum."
"O-Okay…"
Elwyn place her index finger on the red button turning on the device, and Aya, a bit hesitantly, placed her finger on Elwyn's.
"Three… Two… One…" Elwyn counted down. "Go."
They both pressed the button and the kinescope came on.
"Well… For now, the display looks like Detroit in the sixties…" Kola said with a sarcastic grin while looking at the static on the screen.
"Um… Ma'am, w-was this TV u-used?" Aya asked.
"Yeah, it's second-hand. Why are you asking?"
Without answering, Aya just pressed one of the channel buttons and picture with sound came up.
"Still a bit on the snowy side," Kola said.
"Ah, I know!" Elwyn cheered and pulled off an antenna off the back of the TV.
She plugged it into a port and the picture immediately improved. The girls looked at the screen, where currently a cartoon was displayed. An anthropomorphized wolf dressed like a stilyagi was chasing an anthropomorphized cute rabbit, but the formers plan was foiled by another anthropomorphized animal, a hippo constable. The wolf shouted "Zajac, nu pogodi!" and the credits came in.
"Yay! That was fun!" Marie cheered.
"Yeah!" Elsa chimed in.
"Aren't you forgetting something, Elsa?" Sieglinde asked.
"What?"
"Training time."
"Baaaaawww… Okay… Come on, Aya…" Elsa muttered.
"Coming."
"You two," Sieglinde pointed at Aina and Tatiana. "You're going with us."
"And how will you exactly make us go?" Tatiana asked.
"If I say I want the two of you evaluated, then what say you?"
"Evaluated? Gospodin, the Karlslanders and their tables and numbers…" the Orussian sighed profoundly "For the sake of my peace, I'll go."
"I can also go, if you want," Aina said and yawned.
"Yes, I want it. Let's get dressed and proceed," Sieglinde said.
"The rest of you, as stated earlier, have free time, with restrictions listed earlier," Ellie said. "Oh, and don't overheat the TV please, it cost me an arm and a leg, despite it being used…"
The Karlslanders and the night witches went out, and Elwyn started toying with the TV.
"Hmmm… This looks like ARD, but it's snowing like hell… And… Woah, something in Britannian but… Meeeh, the sound and picture quality…"
"If you want, I can make a new antenna for tomorrow," Kola said.
"Oh really?!"
"Yeah, really. Just give me some time, and you'll have something that could probably catch a signal from Liberion!"
"Thanks in advance!"
"Yeah, yeah… Go back to watching Orussian broadcast; the cartoons mostly don't have voiceovers anyway."
"Kay!"
"One box and so much fun…" Katie shook her head.
"When we were young, we only needed a stick and a stove lid to have fun, huh?" Ellie smirked.
"Bah, hahahaha!"
3 hours later
Gym
"That's it for today, girls!" Sieglinde said loudly.
With that, Aina simply fell flat on the floor, with Tatiana simply sitting beside her out of breath.
"I though… this would be… evaluation… not… execution…" Aina mumbled.
"Standard Bundeswehr Physical Examination Procedure," Sieglinde shrugged. "I'm surprised you followed through. You sure you're not Specnaz, comrade?"
"Even if I were, I can't exactly tell it, right?" Tatiana rebuked.
"Guess not. But looking at you, I wouldn't imagine you would pull through my evaluation," Sieglinde looked at Aina.
"Uh, yeah… The doctors said… that it would be better… if I keep my body in shape…"
"So your narcolepsy doesn't worsen?" Angela asked.
"Yeah… It works…"
"Hah! A fit body is always good for ya!" Sieglinde shouted proudly.
"You're all in shape from what I see…" Tatiana said while looking around.
"We take our jobs as soldiers seriously," Angela said with a smile.
"You know what my Grandma said in such occasions? Train hard, rest even harder!" Elsa cheered. "Bath time!"
"I doubt she had that in mind…" Sieglinde muttered and looked at Aya.
"Um… I bathed today so… Errr… I'll just take a sh-shower when you'll all be in the bath…"
"Kay," Angela said.
"Coming?" Sieglinde asked the two on the floor.
"Suuuure…" Aina muttered but just a second later she fell asleep.
"Seriously…" Sieglinde sighed. "Elsa, take her with us, we'll wake her up the Karlslander way!"
"Aw, seriously? Come on…" Elsa mumbled.
"Just do it."
"Kaaaaaay…"
Elsa hoisted up Aina from the floor and said, "Bleeeeh, she's wet like a dog in a monsoon…"
"You'll get clean yourself anyway. But… Hey, Aya, did you scoop up where the laundry room is?" Sieglinde asked.
"Um… No…"
"No problem, I'll inquire about that," Angela said and ran away.
"Aya, you get our stuff, okay?" Elsa asked.
"Get it yourself, you slacker."
"No, it's okay," Aya said with a smile and went on after Angela.
While going down the corridor, she peeked through the open door to the dining hall and saw that most of the girls were watching TV. She went on to the bedroom and opened the door. Mildly loud music fell into her ears, and she saw that the radio was under the window, with the green illumination on.
There was only one person in the room, and she didn't notice Aya yet, being immersed in her Batman comic.
"I guess skulking around isn't an option, despite the radio playing… I might as well just go and fetch the stuff…" Aya thought.
Aya slowly walked to her bed and took her supplies, and then Elsa's. Afterwards, she took those of the other two and just as she turned around towards the door, a voice startled her.
"Hey, Aya…"
"WAH!" Aya shouted and jumped up.
"Sorry, sorry!" Elwyn apologized quickly. "I didn't intend to scare you!"
"Oh, okay… I understand…"
"Thanks for comforting me earlier…"
"Um… No problem…"
"Probably took a lot of you to just hug a stranger, huh?"
"Well… Uh… We're not TOTAL strangers… I mean… You know…"
"Yeah, we're connected in a peculiar way…" she said with a dreamy voice. "Say, you sure know your way around electronics."
"Oh, pshaw… I needed some kind of hobby, and since mechanics are slowly getting moved on the backburner, I chose electronics…"
"Right?! Microchips are the damn future! Transistors are justice!"
"Eheheh, I'm not that much of an enthusiast…"
"Heh… Taking a bath again?"
"No, I'll just take a shower…"
"Now wanting to reveal yourself too much yet?"
"Yeah…"
"Won't blame you, I know that pain… Okay, go now, Aya. Oh, crap, I didn't even ask you if I can call you that…"
"No problem… E… Elwyn…"
"I think this is the beginning of a friendship…"
Aya only blushed heavily and ran away.
"F-F-Friendship! Oh my God! A new friend! Oh my oh my oh my…" Aya stumbled around in her mind.
She almost bumped into Tatiana in the corridor, but the Orussian dodged her swiftly.
"Hah, not so hasty, comrade!" Tatiana said jokingly.
"S-S-Sorry!"
Aya ran over to her comrades and gave them their bath supplies.
"I'll wait, okay?" Aya asked.
"If you want…" Sieglinde responded.
Aya just sat beside the door and watched the four go inside. She affixed her gaze towards the ceiling and waited.
Shower room
"Okay, Elsa, place her on the floor so she doesn't topple," Sieglinde said.
"Yeah, yeah, you don't have to tell me how to do it…"
She took Aina from her back and put her in a faux yoga position, so she wouldn't move.
"You do the rest…" Elsa mumbled. "I don't have the heart to do it…"
"Suit yourself," Sieglinde said with a devilish grin and turned the cold handle of the shower.
It took a few seconds, but Aina finally shrieked surprised and jumped to the side like a scared animal.
"W-W-What was that?!"
"A wake up," Sieglinde said indifferently.
"If you weren't superior in rank to me, I would fucking kill you on spot now…" Aina said with her voice filled with rage.
"What the fuck did I do?!"
"You really want to know? Fine! I almost fucking drowned in a lake in the winter when I was on a stroll with my brother. He saved me, but he drowned himself. End of story!"
Corridor
"Oh my…" Aya said quietly as she heard everything from the corridor.
"What's happening?" Tatiana asked suddenly.
Aya shuddered but she somehow turned around and said, "N-N-Nothing…"
Tatiana looked at her suspiciously, but she simply entered the room after a shrug.
Shower room
"And what about that?" Sieglinde asked.
"W…H… Oh yeah…" Aina calmed down. "You couldn't have possibly know… Jesus, I made a fool of myself… Sorry…"
"Shit happens. And… That wake up was kind of forced…" Sieglinde struggled with words.
"Translation – I'm sorry," Elsa said with a wry smile.
"Hahaha!" Aina laughed. "Okay, apology accepted, heheh…"
"I see you're all having fun? Can I join in?" Tatiana asked.
"Depends on what you can contribute."
"Then maybe another time."
"Whatever," Sieglinde shrugged.
The rest of the day was very peaceful, comparing to the previous hours. The girls tended to themselves, then there was supper, and they went to their beds. The two night witches stormed into the night, and the rest slept peacefully. With some exceptions.
Commander's bedroom
"Hey, Ellie?" Katie whispered.
"What, Katie?"
"I remember something."
"Oh?"
"Do you know what will be in three days?"
"Dunno, should I?"
"Well, it could boost the morale of the unit a bit."
"Tell me."
Katie went over to Ellie's bed and she whispered something that was barely audible even to herself.
"Really now? In three days?"
"Yup!"
"Then we have to do something nice on that occasion. Sleep tight, Katie."
"Yeah, night, Ellie."
The cartoon mentioned was of course "Nu, pogodi!"
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