Ch. 5

"Ah come on it's cold."

"Me bum is frozen."

"s'il vous plait"

"No wonder the Krout's eat so much fating food. So they won't feel the cold." that last comment brought on laughter, and serval more comments relating to large people.

"Hogannn. Keep your men under control." Klink said while he waited for Shultz to finish counting.

"So I can keep committing cause I'm not one of Hogan's men. In that case-"

"Alright that enough. You to Kent."

"If I was back home I'd be watching my brothers play in the river." Kent muttered. The winter had come early. It was early-October and it had already gotten bitterly cold. It had yet to snow. But already several had come down with colds. Carter being one of them, he stood there ready to collapse.

"Sir, several of my men are sick. And having to stand out here is not helping."

"To bad perhaps they should dress warmer." Klink said.

"You mean like your men on the Russian front?"

"Hogannn."

"All present and accounted for." Shultz said braking in with prefect timing.

"Dismissed." Klink whorled then head to his office. The prisoners heading into the barracks.



They where sitting around the stove when Kinch came up the ladder.

"What's up Kinch." Hogan asked.

" message from London." Kinch hand Hogan the message. Hogan read it then looked over at Carter. Who was fast asleep.

"Great. Just great." He then looked at the others.

"Kent, Newkirk." Hogan said. They both looked up from their cups of coffee.

"Sir?"

"Gov'ner?"

"How are you at making and placing bombs?" Hogan asked. Newkirk and Kent held a silent conversation. Finally Kent looked at Hogan.

"We could do it, as long as it's just the basics."

"In that case I need enough to blow a small ammunition bunker."

"What the plan Gov'ner?" Newkirk asked as they started for the ladder.

"I'm sending you two out tonight. London said and I quote ' papa bear, we have a bit of a problem. We need the ammunition dump blown tonight. But only send two. The rest might be needed to pick up a package. We know you chaps can handle this no problem.'" Hogan said. Kent and Newkirk looked at each other once again in silent conversation. Hogan was proud of the way Kent so easily fit in to the group. She filed a hole that he didn't relsie was there. And the way she spoke her mind was refreshing, but irrating at times. 'At least she doesn't slap me.' Hogan thought to himself. Finally Newkirk turned to Hogan,

"we got it covered, Gov'ner" with that the two disappeared down the ladder.

***

"We 'ave two minutes between each patrol." Newkirk said looking thur the binoculars. They then slipped out of there hiding place and ran up to the building. It was an old deserted farm house.

"Remember ten minutes." Kent said. Then they separated to place their bombs. Amber was waiting for Newkirk when he finally appeared next to her.

"Sorry, ran into a patrol." He murmured.

"'s okay we still have seven minutes." Kent said as they head off. But some thing was bothering her. Then it hit her.

[flash back]

"Hey Amber just remember the timers in this bucket have to be doubled."

"What?"

"Like if you need ten minutes put twenty on it or else you only have five minutes."

"No problem Andrew."

[end of flashback]

"holy cow crap. New-" before Kent could finished an exspolision ripped thru the air. Slamming Kent into Newkirk. They rolled till they hit a tree. Shrapnel raining down on them. When the shrapnel stopped falling Newkirk sat up.

"What in the bloody..." he then relised that he couldn't hear himself talk. There was a ringing in his ears. Kent sat up and shook her head. Newkirk tapped Kent on the shoulder, when she looked at him he nodded his head in direction of camp. She shook her head and covered her eyes. He surged then pointed. She stood up and looked around and pointed to a fallen grove of tree. When they got there Newkirk gave her a you-got-to-be-kidding look. She smiled and pulled a branch out of the way. Kent pointed in, he got down and saw that there was a small tunnel. He squirmed his way thru till he hit a opening, just wide enough for him and Kent. Newkirk turned around and waited. Soon enough Kent was backing in. After they had situated themselves. They waited.

"'ey Amber, can you 'ere?" Newkirk whispered.

"Yeah I can here those patrols. And the dogs." Kent whispered, constraining on staying awake. Serval hours later. And too many close calls. The sun started to appear.

"We'd better stay 'ere till sunset." Newkirk puled a candy bar from his pocket, "hungry?" he broke of half and hand it to her.

"Thank's. Do you want first watch or should I?" Kent said tiredly.

"'ow do you feel?"

"Like my rag doll, when my brothers would steal her and toss her around."

"I'll take first watch." Newkirk said. Kent lied down and curled up. Then the wind picket up and she started shivering. Newkirk laid down next to her and raped his arms around her. She stiffened up.

"I won't tell" he said lightly. She giggled and relaxed. And was soon a sleep. Newkirk shied and muttered, then fell asleep himself.

***

Hogan paced the tunnel. Five steps across, twenty down, five across, twenty back.

"Colonel almost time for roll call." Kinch said. Hogan nodded and headed up the ladder.

"Raus, raus." Shultz said coming in. He then knocked on Kent's door, "gnäädige Frau Kent time for roll call."

"She's not in there." Hogan said.

"Where is she? Please Colonel Hogan no monkey bussnies." Shultz pleaded. Hogan thought what to tell Shultz that would let him count her and Newkirk as here. Then an idea hit him.

"Well Shultz it's like this," Hogan started to lead Shultz out the door, "Kent and Newkirk got into an argument. Now there not talking. So I made them both stay in my room till they get along. But nobody is allowed in till they make up."

"Oh." Shultz said.

"Report." Klink said.

"Just say all present and counted for." Hogan said. Shultz looked helplessly at Hogan. Who nodded encouragingly.

"All present and counted for." Shultz said.

"Good." Klink turned and went into his office. Hogan disappear back down the tunnels

***

Newkirk snapped awake. Looking around he noticed he had slept the entire day. He started to set up when he relised his arm was being used as a pillow. Gently he shook Kent "I don't wanna get up mom, it's Kevin's turn to milk the cows." Kent said. Newkirk rolled his eyes and thought, 'And 'ere I thought Carter was the only one to do that."

"Listen the sun is setting, if we don't get back to camp soon the Gov'ner's going to kill us." Amber sat up. Newkirk got a good look at her before the sun sat completely. He noticed where the black face paint had flecked off, she was really white. And since he felt horrible, she had to be worse. Kent had been directly behind Newkirk when the blast hit.

"'ow do you feel?"

"I'm dizzy, I have killer headache, I'm also really hot." as she said this she started shivering.

"Do you think you can walk?"

"Yeah, but I should hold on to something." she whispered. They crawled out of there hiding spot. Amber held on to Newkirk's shoulder. They slowly made there way back to camp. It was an hour till roll call when they finally made it back. Kent sat in the bushes looking at the tunnel entrance.

"I don't think I can make it." Kent said

"I know you can make it." Newkirk said. Kent shook her head but dashed over there anyway. She was waiting for Newkirk at the base of the ladder, when she decide lying down would be nice. When Newkirk came down he found Kent asleep on the floor. He immediately started shaking Kent.

"Come on mate, don't do this now." Hogan came around the corner with his pistol drawn. And was happy to see his two lost sheep, even if they had been slightly mishandled.

"What happen?" Hogan asked. Kneeling next to Kent.

"To Bloody much." Newkirk said. Hogan gently picked up Kent.

"Can you make it?" Hogan asked, Newkirk stood up and nodded. Hogan placed Kent on the one of the extra cots. Newkirk took the other. Hogan went up the ladder. The guys where already up. And waiting.

"There back. Lebeau fix some coffee, weak. Kinch I need the medic. . ." Hogan started ordering.



"What wrong?" Hogan asked as the medic was checking out Kent. Newkirk was sitting on the other cot. Sipping his coffee, wrapped in many blankets.

"I got all of the shrapnel out. They weren't in very deep, but a couple of them where getting infected. And she lost a lot of blood. Sleeping on the cold ground didn't help much ether. Right now there's not anything else I can do. It's all up to her." The medic then turned to Newkirk. "Your turn."

"I'm fine, mate." Newkirk said, Hogan was about to order Newkirk but the Medic beat him.

"So where dose it hurt?" He said. Newkirk grumbled and pulled of his shirt to revile his bloody back, that had serval shrapnel wounds.

"I thought as much."

***

"Raus, raus." Shultz said coming in. "Colonel Hogan please let me at least see the two.."

"Of corse, but you have to be quite there sleeping, they had a long talk last night." Hogan opened the door of his room to revealed the two sleeping prisoners. Shultz nodded then got the rest of the prisoners out of the barracks.

"Report." Klink said.

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hi my computer is acting up but not as badly as I thought it would. So here is the next chapter. I don't know... there is some thing wrong with this one and I can't put my finger on it. Oh well. WASP fact: Avenger Field Air Base near Sweetwater Texas is/was the only all female pilot trying base. WASP flew every kind of plane used in WWII.

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