Maci's turn! Thanks Estee for taking my turn so I can write this chapter! Hehe ;ะช And the long wait hahaha couldn't help myself the suspense was too much fun! so here we go!
Sami knew something was up with Guarnere after the movie. She heard him say he had the wrong jacket but didn't think much about it. That was until after the movie.
"Guarnere!" Sami called after him. He turned a bit. Sami could tell he was upset. "What's wrong?"
"My brother." Guarnere said sadly. "He was killed. Just found out from this letter I found."
Sami gave him a quick hug. "I'm so sorry. I'm here if you need to talk."
Guarnere smiled. "Thank you Sami. But I'm ok."
He walked away and Sami knew he want ok. But there wasn't much she could do till he was ready to talk about it.
The next day Guarnere was still out of it. But Sami knew he would be fine. She was sitting with the other men that would be on Winters plane. As they started to board the plane Sami could feel her nerves getting the best of her. It was the first time, since she joined Easy, she didn't have one of the girls with her. Meehan had split them up. Now Sami was very worried.
"They'll be ok." Roe said when he saw the worry on Sami's face. "I know they will be."
Sami sighed heavily. "I hope so."
Maci couldn't watch out the door as they came close to they're drop zone. She could see bullets zipping through the air and spot lights. The red light came on and Lipton had them all stand up. The bullets started to hit their plane. The plane next to theirs exploded heading straight for the ground, breaking apart as it went.
"Lipton, please say that want Meehan's plane." Maci begged. Lipton turned to her.
"It wasn't Meehan's plane." Lipton said but Maci could tell by the look in his eyes. He wasn't sure if it was or wasn't his plane. Maci's heart sank. Estee had been on his plane. When the green light came the soldier behind Maci had to push her forward.
"Come on Maci!" he demanded. Maci took a deep breath and jumped. She closed her eyes and just hoped she found solid ground. The moment she did Maci opened her eyes. She had no clue where she was. And no one else had landed around her. And to top it all off she had lost her gun. But there was one thing she did notice. A plane only feet away from her. Through the flames Maci could clearly make out the L4 painted on the side. Maci quickly took off her shoot and began to run towards the plane. But some one grabbed her before she could. Maci tried to scream but a strong hand covered her mouth.
"Maci it's me. Lieutenant Speirs." he whispered to her. He took his hand away from her mouth as he attempted to drag her away from the plane.
"No! Estee could be in there!" Maci demanded. But Speirs refused to let her go.
"There are Germans just on the other side of that plane." Speirs growled. "Do you know what Easy will do to me, if I let one of their precious girls get killed."
"They'll understand!" Maci demanded still fighting to get away from Speirs.
"Maci don't make me knock you out." Speirs demanded. Maci didn't listen. She felt a sharp pain in the back of her head and everything went black.
Sami helped Roe to his feet. They had dropped only feet away from each other.
"You got a gun?" Roe asked.
Sami nodded. She then looked around. "Where the hell are we?"
"No clue." Roe replied. They both started to walk but stopped when they heard some one walking up ahead. They quickly ducked behind a tree.
"Flash."
"Thunder." a voice called back.
Sami and Roe came out of hiding to find Buck. Sami smiled. "Thank god! You have any clue where we are?"
Buck nodded. "We need to head west. Lets get going."
Sami nodded. "Buck, did you see who's plane got shot down?"
Buck looked back at the girl and Roe. He didn't want to say but he was sure it was Meehan's plane. The last thing he needed was for them to be upset during this. "Not sure."
"It was Meehan's plane wasn't it." Roe said sadly.
Buck sighed. "Yeah I think it was. But I need your head here. So I'm telling you I don't know who's plane it was."
"Our heads are here sir." Sami said. "We all knew what we were getting ourselves into when we joined."
"Lets get going. We can't be that far from the assembly Area." Buck said.
They slowly walked along making sure to keep as quiet as the could. It seem like they had been walking for hours when they finally got to a small town. The only familiar face they saw was Liebgott. He smiled when he saw them and quickly walked up to them. He hugged Sami then welcomed the two men.
"I was starting to wonder if I was the only uninjured Easy member that made it." Liebgott said with a sigh.
"What do you mean uninjured?" Sami asked.
"Maci. She's in the aid center. Got knocked out cold." Liebgott replied. "Speirs showed up a few minutes ago carrying her."
"I should go check on Maci." Roe said Liebgott pointed to where the aid center was.
"I'll come with you." Sami said following Roe. They found Maci laying on a cot looking almost lifeless.
"What's wrong with her?" Sami asked worried. Speirs came up behind them and sighed.
"She landed close to me by, what I'm guessing, was Meehan's plane. She tried to save some one. But there couldn't have been any survivors." Speirs said sadly. "I pulled her away. Which wasn't easy considering how hard she fought against me. Then this fell out of the sky and hit her hard in the head. Knocked her out cold."
Speirs handed Sami a pair of pink brass knuckles. Holding her breath Sami flipped it over to read the name, Diana. She couldn't breath. She couldn't loose both Diana and Estee. Slowly Maci began to stir. "Where the hell am I?"
"The aid center." Roe replied. He quickly checked her over. "Do you remember anything?"
Maci blinked a couple times then threw a bed pan at Speirs. "Yeah, I remember that jerk threatening to knock me out then every thing went black!"
"Don't be throwing shit at me!" Speirs demanded. "I didn't knock you out! I carried your sorry ass to safety!"
"Will she be ok?" Sami asked. Roe nodded.
"Yeah she should be up and running around in a few minutes." Roe replied. "What do you say Maci. Can you stand?"
"Yeah." Maci replied. She stood up then went right after Speirs. He grabbed her arms and glared down at her.
"Now stop it! That is an order!" Speirs demanded. Sami grabbed Maci's arm and lead her away.
"Come on lets find Lieb and Buck." Sami said calmly. "They looked a little lonely."
Maci glared at Speirs one more times as Sami lead her away. They got there just in time to Winters walk up with a handful of men.
"Guarnere!" Sami said rushing into the man's arms. Guarnere happily twirled Sami around. "Man I never thought I'd be so happy to see your face."
Guarnere smirked. "Man you know just what to say to a man."
Guarnere let him go and Sami hugged the other men. Maci hugged them as well. But when they got to Winters they both hugged him. They stepped back and Sami held out Diana's brass knuckles.
"Where did you find these?" Winters asked.
"Hit me in the head." Maci said sadly. "Knocked me out cold."
Winters lost his breath. He knew she should have been on his plane. Winters quickly hid his worry and walked up to Buck.
"What's the hold up?" Winters asked.
"Not sure." Buck said looking around. In the distance they heard some sort of cannon go off. "But I have a feeling it has to do with that."
"Yeah." Winters replied.
"Its good to see you Dick." Buck said.
"Yeah you too, Buck." Winters said shaking Buck's hand. "What's the situation?"
"Not good. Ninety percent of the men are in accounted for." Buck said sadly.
"Lieutenant Meehan?" Winters asked.
Buck's eyes told it all. "No. No one has seen him. Or anyone from his plane."
Buck saw Winters glance back at the girls. He then decided to change the subject away from Estee. "You know if he is missing, wouldn't that put you in line for the next commander of Easy?"
Estee groaned when she saw who had dropped all around her. Dog Company men. All of them under ranked her.
"Why should we listen to a woman!" a Staff Sergeant asked glaring Estee down. Estee just rolled her eyes.
"Because she out ranks you sir." Jeff replied walking up to Estee and saluted her. Estee smirked.
"Thank you Jeffy." Estee said then turned on the Staff Sergeant. "If you have a problem following orders from a female who out ranks you, then you can find your own way to the assembly area! Do I make myself clear?"
The Staff Sergeant smirked. "That's fine by me ma'am. Wouldn't want you to get me lost."
"Any man willing to follow a ranking female soldier, follow me." Estee said. She turned and started to walk. She didn't even look behind her to see if any of the men followed her. Frankly she could care less. She heard some one walking next to her. She turned her head slightly to see Clay. He smirked but didn't look at her.
"You got twelve Dog men under your command, Master Sergeant." Clay teased. "They do know you went to college don't they? How did you get Master Sergeant?"
"Never finished school." Estee reminded him. "If any of us girls finished school we'd be nurses not soldiers."
Clay smirked. "Well you should go back to school when you get out of here."
"Yeah I might." Estee said with a smirk. "Mercer, Miller take point. Be on your toes boys."
They walked a little longer when some one sighed heavily. "Sergeant, Ma'am, not to sound disrespectful, but are you sure we're going the right way? Sergeant Sherwood headed north."
Estee rolled her eyes. "Well Sergeant Sherwood is a fucking moron. If he had studied the maps like I had he would know going north would lead him farther into German territory."
"Estee, we can't let them just walk into enemy fire." Travis said worried. Estee looked back at Travis then at the other men. They all seemed to he thinking the same thing.
"If you want to risk your lives to save them go ahead." Estee said crossing her arms. "Because moron Sherwood will get you killed."
"They are our friends Estee." Clay said. "What would you do for your friends?"
Estee shook her head. "You are all morons! Dog men are sophomoric idiots! You go on your rescue mission. I'm finding Easy."
Clay sighed. "Come on cousin, we need a strong leader. And I know you'd do the same if it was one of your friends."
Estee groaned. "Alright fine! Uh stupid Dog men! How the hell did I get stick with you! Why couldn't I have landed near Liebgott! Or hell even Guarnere!"
Estee gave the men to walk in twos spread out a bit but stay in ear or eye shot. That way they could find signs of the other men. Before they could find Sherwood and his men, they ran into them.
"Fall back!" Sherwood demanded. Gun shots came zipping past them.
"Dog company! Hold your positions!" Estee demanded. "Find some cover! We should be able to hold them back from here!"
"I said fall back!" Sherwood demanded.
"And I said hold your position damn it!" Estee yelled at him. "Your a soldier Sergeant Sherwood. Not a pansy ass!"
Sherwood growled at her. "You are not a commanding officer of Dog Company!"
"Do you see any one higher ranked than me?" Estee spat back as she fired at the Germans that were charging from the trees. "Stand your ground Pansy."
The men stood their ground as Estee barked orders at them. When the shots died out, Estee turned on Sherwood. "You ran from twenty Germans Sergeant. How many men did you lose retreating?"
"Four." Sherwood replied bowing his head a bit.
"And how many did I lose?" Estee asked. Sherwood glared her down.
"None, two injured." he replied.
"Then maybe next time Sergeant, you should shut the fuck up and listen to my command!" Estee growled, then turned to the other men. "Help the injured. We're moving out!"
Jeff laughed and walked up to Sherwood. "Its better to never argue with her. Just nod and say yes ma'am. Because she always wins."
Ten minutes later they walked into a small town where Speirs met them. Estee looked back at Sherwood and smirked victoriously.
"Glad you made it." Speirs said to the men.
"Yeah take your men back!" Estee growled. The men walked past her and she glared them down. But her eyes shown pure hatred when Sherwood past. "Later Pansy."
Speirs gave Estee a confused look. "Whats gotten you so ticked off?"
"Oh nothing." Estee said, her words dripped heavily of sarcasm. "Just a pig headed Staff Sergeant, that almost got your men killed. Oh and tried to undermind me."
Speirs raised an eyebrow. "Sergeant Sherwood?"
Estee nodded. "Good ol Pansy. Ran away from only twenty Germans." Estee then looked around. "Any chance you know where Easy is?"
Speirs smirked. "Taking some German guns a couple miles away. I'll take you to them. That is if you can put up with D company a little longer.
Estee rolled her eyes. "Oh great. I can't wait."