Its Diana again! I decided to write again because I had some ideas for this chapter and the other girls' week is hectic. The bad part is that Estee's dad has hijacked Estee's movie so I don't have it to go back to. And it doesn't sound like he's willing to give it back any time soon. He's also hijacked Estee's Saving Private Ryan movie and Green Street Hooligans so Estee is at a loss lol. Three of her favorite movies and her dad has them haha so sad. That's what you get Estee for taking your work bag to your parents house with your favorite movies in it when your cable went out. Told you not to mess with the connectors when your TV got snowy.
Estee walked all night. She didn't care how bad her body protested. She had to find Easy company or any other friendly Unit. She wasn't even sure if Easy was in Holland yet. She just knew the Germans said the Americans were here along with some British troops. All she wanted to do was find her friends.
Her feet were already torn and bleeding from lack of shoes. She had to kick them off when she escaped. She had placed them just out side the woods pointing in a different direction. Hoping the Germans would still believe she was as stupid as they had suspected and went that direction. That would at least buy her an hour or so if they had fallen for it.
Her eye had swollen shut about an hour before so her sight wasn't the greatest. Her lips were dry and cracking from lack of water. She should have grabbed a canteen or even a gun. She hadn't really thought of that before she escaped. All she could think about was surviving her escape.
Estee walked a little farther when she collapsed. She yelped out in pain. She had stepped on something sharp and cut her right foot open. She cursed under her breath and ripped the bottom of her dress into two long pieces then wrapped them around her feet. She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of that before. She really wasn't thinking straight and that fact scared her. If she didn't get her mind set right, she'd be dead before Easy could find her.
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Roe made sure Liebgott was ok as the girls took Nixon to Oma's house. They needed to get back into their uniforms.
"Nice to meet you." Oma said bringing out some food she had been cooking all night. When she found out the Americans were coming she started to cook. She sat all the food down in front of Nixon, Welsh and Winters with a huge smile on her face.
"For you." She said. The men gratefully began to eat while the girls sat back and watched.
"So how did Estee get captured?" Nixon asked. He knew it was going to be a touchy subject for the girls but he had to know. Winters saw the pained look in Diana's eyes and kicked Nixon under the table. Nixon just ignored him. He didn't like to ask so soon either, but they needed to know.
"The Germans came in during the night. They had already grabbed me, Sami, and Maci." Diana said sadly. "Estee was down here in the little room right there. Another German came through the back door and brought her out. Then another went upstairs and brought down Oma. One of them asked where we were from."
Diana took a deep breath and Oma place a comforting hand on her shoulder then continued for her. "I told them they were my granddaughters. But they didn't believe me. One went to strike me and Estee told them not to touch me in English."
"She gave it all up that quickly." Welsh said in awe. He thought Estee had been trained better than that.
"She told them she was the American spy. That we were her cover." Liz replied. "They seemed so excited to break Estee that they believed her. The took her and never came back. They left some time that night. The German Resistance informed us that when they left, they took Estee with them. My guess is she informed them that you were coming in from another direction."
Nixon sighed heavily. "If that's the case, we may have less of a change in finding her alive. Once they realize we are here, they'll kill her."
Welsh put his fork down and turn to Nixon. "Thanks for that Nixon. I just lost my appetite."
Nixon shrugged. "I just said what you two were thinking. But we need to find Estee. She could help us a great deal."
Just then a young boy, no older than twelve entered the house. Sami smiled at him and invited him in. "This is our little informant. He has family in the next town over and knows the woods well. He has been able to get information from his family."
The boy smiled and whispered something to Sami. "Are you sure?"
The boy nodded and walked back out of the house. Sami sighed and turned towards Nixon. "The German's are on the move again. But there was no woman with them this time."
Nixon sighed. That's what he was afraid of. "Sami, go find Toye, and Garcia and Roe. They have Liz, Maci and Estee's things."
Sami nodded and headed out to find the men. Nixon and Welsh then began to unload their packs.
"I have yours, Diana." Welsh said handing her a pack and a few other things. "Nixon has Sami's things."
"After you girls get your things I want Smith, Steeve, and Camdon to get to HQ and talk with Sink. He will have your weapons and ammo." Nixon said then nodded towards Liz. "Shoemaker you'll need to go to the Aid station and get all the supplied you need. Roe brought all he could with him but I'm sure you'll need more."
"Yes sir." The girls replied. Toye and Garcia walked in and began to get the girl's things out of their packs. Roe soon came in as well with Sami and Liebgott.
"Liebgott, don't you have some where else to be?" Welsh asked raising an eyebrow.
"Sorry sir. Bringing him along would be my doing." Sami said pointing to a chair for Liebgott to sit in. He did and just sat there in silence. "I'd rather not leave him alone. With Estee missing he'll be a little trigger happy."
Winters nodded at Nixon and Winters to let them know it was ok for Liebgott to stay. He would have been about the same way if Diana had been missing.
Toye handed Maci her things. And Roe handed Liz hers. Garcia stood there a little unsure what to do. He looked at Nixon then nervously over at Liebgott.
"Just put Estee's things down here." Nixon said with a sigh. "We'll take care of it till we get her back."
Garcia set Estee's things down on the table then stood their nervously. He was surprised when Maci grabbed him and brought him into a protective hug.
"You had poor little Garcia jump with Estee's things!" Maci protested. "He's smaller than Perco. How rude!"
"Talk to Bull. He picked him." Nixon said with a smirk. He knew the girls were messing with Garcia since he was a replacement and didn't get to mess with the replacements much before they left.
"We will have words with Bull later." Sami said with a smirk and hugged Garcia as well. "But since Bull isn't here we are going to gripe in your general direction, but not at you."
"The poor kid." Diana said joining in hugging Garcia. "I think Bull should have just volunteered himself. The poor guy didn't need to carry all Estee's things!"
Liz nodded in agreement. "Picking on replacements. Bull should be ashamed!"
Garcia cleared his throat. "Actually I volunteered."
Nixon chuckled. "See. He volunteered. And besides Estee has the least things to carry out of all you girls."
"Still." Maci said as the girls let Garcia go. She then quickly headed up stairs to change. The other girls quickly did the same. They were surprised at how much they actually missed the uniforms. They came back down stairs with smiles on their faces.
"Lets go find Estee and kick some German ass!" Sami demanded. The men smiled back at them they were glad to have the girls back.
"Aren't you missing something?" Nixon asked. All four girls produced a hand gun and smirked.
"Yeah, bigger guns." Diana said with a wink. "But first. Lets get one last meal from Oma."
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As Easy company started to move out of Eindhoven they decided to let the girls sit on one of the tanks along with some of the men. They didn't really want to separate them. They also let Liebgott and Roe sit with them. They knew if any one could find Estee it was that group. So they needed to stay together. The tanks began to move and the group sat upon it in silence. Every one around them carried on conversations but not them. They seemed to feel Estee was closer than any one expected. They didn't know how they knew that but they did.
When they got a couple miles out of the town something caught Roe's eye in the tree line. He nudged Liebgott and pointed at what he was seeing. A woman limped out of the trees.
"Stop the Tanks!" Sami demanded. She looked up at the British man and slapped his arm. "Damn it, stop the tank."
"My orders are to keep moving unless we are fired upon." the man replied. Diana stood up and pointed out towards the woman as she looked straight at Winters. She tried to yell over the noise of the tank but knew her words were lost.
"Fuck this!" Liebgott demanded as he jumped off the tank and raced towards the woman. He was surprised to find Roe not far behind him. By the time they reached the her the tanks had stopped and the girls were on their way. The woman wrapped her arms around Liebgott and kissed him the moment he got to her.
"Well I'll be damned." Nixon said in awe. "It's Estee. Or a very frisky local girl."
Winters smirked and patted Nixon on the shoulder as he went to go welcome Estee back. But before he got out of the truck, Nixon stopped him. Liebgott was carrying her back as Roe and Liz seemed to be digging through their medic bags. Winters didn't like the looks of that. Or the shocked looks on the other girl's faces. He soon knew why they had such a reaction when Liebgott brought her up to him. Estee looked warn and beaten. Her dress was filthy and nothing but rags. Her usual beautiful blonde hair was matted and stained red from her own blood. One eye was swollen shut and she had a fat lip. Her feet were wrapped very poorly by what looked like parts of her dress.
The other men in Easy seemed to know something was wrong as well. Not a single man uttered a word. They just watched in their own little silence. Most of them wondered how strong the bond was between Estee and her group of close friends really was. Estee shouldn't have been spotted that far away. Yet alone recognized. But some how Roe knew she was coming out of the woods at that moment. The man sitting next to him had seen Roe's head snap up and watch in that direction before Estee had even appeared from the trees. The girls and Liebgott also knew it was her the moment they saw her. Some of the Easy men thought so too. But they all had a nagging thought in the back of their heads that told them no one was that lucky to be found so easily."
"Get her up in the trucks." Winters said. Liebgott nodded and took her to the closest truck.
"Randleman, take some of your men and take their place on the tank." Winters ordered. Randleman pointed at some of his men then got out of the truck to make room. Liebgott set Estee down then got into the truck along with the girls and Roe. Liz and Roe began to look her over to see how bad she was injured. Estee didn't do her normal protesting, which scared them all. She just sat up against Liebgott's and let the two medics take care of her.
Liz felt Estee shiver as she unwrapped her feet and looked up to say something. But she then realized why she had shivered. Roe was lightly washing the mud off her face so he could see what was wrong with her eye. Every time he touched her, Estee shivered. Liz could tell Liebgott had seen it as well. He looked away and closed his eyes as if that would keep him from knowing the reaction Roe had on his girlfriend.
"Roe, Why don't take care of her feet." Liz said changing places with him. Roe looked a little confused but said nothing. "I want to be able to see her face as I accidentally push down on that swollen eye of hers. That way she feels the pain we went through when she pulled such a stunt."
Maci looked at Liz confused. "But I thought you two had planed that if we were found out."
Liz shot a look at Maci and the girl caught on. "Oh..."
Liebgott smirked. "Thanks Liz."
Liz just smiled back. She knew he had already caught on. Every one knew how Estee reacted to Roe. Even Roe himself. But it was the first time Liz saw it. She started to wonder how long Estee could with stand the connection.
"Guess I deserve that one." Estee said with a small smirk. "Hey has any one seen Nixon? I could really use a drink."
"How about a drink of water." Liz said with a smirk.