Don moaned and rubbed his head.

'Good morning, honey. Rise and shine.' The feminine voice was slightly echoing, and was somehow a little muffled. He couldn't distinguish whose voice it was. Not yet. That would come later. How did he get here? The hard ground on which he was lying was slightly shaking. He stated that he was inside a vehicle.

'Don?' He heard the voice again. 'Top, are you awake?' A masculine voice. Top… He knew where he was, and who'd been talking to him. Agnes and Gordo.

'God damn it.' Collier got himself up, causing a slight headache, but it wasn't bad enough to interrupt his movement. He sighed and moaned while he rubbed his head to get a clearer mind and vision.

'There you go.' Agnes' face was close in front of his own and he squinted his eyes a bit.

'Any headache?' she asked. Don shook his head. 'Nah.'

'Do you feel like you're going to be sick?' she then asked.

'No. God damn it, woman. I know the symptoms of a concussion, I don't have them.' He got himself up, as he felt the need for fresh air.

'No need to be rude, Wardaddy.' she replied, but she didn't sound offended either way.

Collier opened the hatch, and popped outside. He inhaled the fresh air, and then Agnes suddenly popped up before him, her body almost pressed against his due to the narrowness of the hole.

'Where are we?' he asked, looking around at the fields that they were moving through. Agnes sighed.

'Well, I don't know the exact location, but we're headed for the crossroad.' she replied.

'Where are the others?' 'Binkowski was left behind. He's well and alive but Lucy Sue is leaking oil.' She fell silent and looked at her feet.

'Roy?' Her eyes met his, and she shook her head.

'What happened to the Tiger?' Agnes shrugged and scratched her head.

'Lucy Sue failed Binkowski too soon, so we had to take him out on our own. Binkowski told me to take command so I did.' Wardaddy sighed as he looked at the girl in an inspecting manner.

'Did you take out a Tiger?' Agnes nodded.

'Then I'm very fucking proud of you.' He embraced her as he managed to put a smile on her face. She pressed the side of her head against his chest.

'What were you? In the British army, I mean.' he asked after a few dozen seconds of silence, still holding her tight, resting his chin on top of her head.

'Corporal Towler. I had five people under my command, I led a machine-gun squad as leading sniper.' It was quiet for a few seconds.

'You never told me how they died.' Don then stated. Agnes buried her face in his chest.

'I don't want to talk about it.' They remained standing silent for about ten seconds.

'Agnes?'

'Yeah?'

'Did you call me honey just a minute ago?' he asked and Agnes laughed and freed her face again.

'Gordo told me to do it to see if you would speak anyone's name.' Collier smiled. 'That's stupid.'

'Hey, you won't tell us anything about your past and home, how are we supposed to know you if we don't even know your wife's name? Do you even have a wife at all?' Collier sighed and then pressed Agnes' head against his chest again.

'I did.' He sighed but it didn't sound like a sad sigh, more like a satisfied sigh. 'Yes I did, sweet girl.' Agnes thought about that for a second. 'Did she die?' she asked, truly intrigued. Wardaddy sighed again. 'She left me. Not for another man, at least, not that I know of. She just disappeared. She left me a note saying nothing more than: Dear Don, I've gone but worry not, you won't be bothered by me anymore. I love you, Lucy.' Agnes turned her head upwards to look at him.

'That seems cruel.' 'It wasn't meant cruel. Lucy wasn't a cruel person. She was lovely, actually. But something had always been off about her. I just didn't really care about that.' 'You speak of her in past tense, do you presume she's dead?' Agnes suggested.

'I don't know. But I know I'll never see her again. So I might just pretend she's dead.' Agnes leaned her head against his chest again.

'Lucy is a pretty name.' she muttered. 'Do you know that when I was younger, about eleven or so, I always wished my name was Lucy?' Wardaddy scoffed. 'Why? I like Agnes better. My mind somehow links the name to strength.'

'And do you know any other girls named Agnes?' 'No.' 'Well now you know where it comes from.' He pinched her side so she would crawl out of his grasp.

'Don't get your head in the clouds, now.' 'Oh please. You know what happened in Normandy, and I know you've not forgotten.' They both grinned. 'I meant physical strength.' Collier joked. 'Yeah. How about you go fuck yourself, Wardaddy.'

'Radio check. Love 1-6. Are you receiving?' Collier immediately grabbed the radio.

'This is Love 1-6, receiving. What is your message?' he replied.

'We need immediate backup. Baker Company is trying to take a town, but the Krauts using anti-tank against foot soldiers. We got no tanks.'

'Which town?' Collier asked. 'Ersdorf. Do you know where that is?' 'I do, but I got to hold a very important crossroad. Who's giving you orders?'

'Captain Waggoner. He told me to tell you this is first priority. The crossroad can wait, we gotta take this town.'

'What about the Krauts heading for the crossroads then?' 'They're delayed by the Canadians. Will give you at least a day time.' 'Alright. We're headed your way.' 'Ersdorf, North gate, we'll meet you there.'

After Collier had checked the maps, it only took them about fifteen minutes to drive there, as they weren't obliged to follow the roads. They driving a tank, after all.

They arrived at the scene in about ten minutes, already hearing gun-fire from far away. Wardaddy grabbed the radio again.

'Baker Company, are you receiving?' Within about ten seconds he got a reply. 'Yes.'

'Can you give me any information about the enemy hide-outs? Maybe we can take them out from farther away, I don't wanna bring my crew in danger unnecessarily.'

'They should be visible from outside the city-walls, but you can't get close enough to actually hit them, those walls are very high.' Collier grinned.

'Well, that's why we got a sniper.' 'What?' 'Where are they located?' 'Somewhere between the south tower and the east tower.' 'Alright. Got it. I'll see what we can do.' He put the radio down again.

'Okay, Gordo, drive about half a mile more to the east. Agnes, you keep your eyes open and tell me when to stop.' 'Roger.' Agnes scoured the city-walls, and when they finally came to the other side of them, she could see a small anti-tank canon on top of the wall.

'What do you want?' Collier asked her. 'A few dozen metres further, then halt.' Gordo had already heard her, and followed her orders. They stopped in an open field, and Agnes popped inside for a second to get her rifle. She installed herself on top of the Fury, sitting on her knees on the side, the rifle installed on the rotating part –that wasn't rotating-. She searched for the cannon again, and then –through her scope- tried to identify the Krauts operating it. Collier got his binoculars out, following her glance, and that way he was able to identify the people too.

'Hmm. They're moving.' he said, in a frustrated way. He saw Agnes grin, without her moving an inch away from her scope.

'Movements are predictable, Top.' She waited for another ten seconds before firing a bullet, but she had hit her first target in the head. 'That is damn impressive, girl.' Collier complimented.

'I have to say, I agree.' she replied, giving notice that this had been one of her best shots in a long time. She took the second one in the back, and that was all there was. Collier grabbed the radio.

'We took out the anti-tank.' he stated. 'Brilliant. We'll meet you at the north gate.' 'You got it.' It took them two minutes to get to the north gate, where they found out that inside the city, Baker Company was still competing with the presence of some more Krauts, hiding in buildings. But they were just regular-weaponed soldiers, so they were taken out within minutes, being finished by shell of the Fury.

Then suddenly there was ease.

A/N: Hey there! The next chapter, there you go. I must say I'm not completely satisfied with the chapter, because I'm really not sure about what originally went on in Wardaddy's past, so I just tried to figure out a way myself.

I hope you liked it, though! Please leave a review, I love reading every single one of them. The next chapter will be up soon, only gotta do some re-writing here and there, but it's almost ready for upload. Until then, Shaeme.