Chapter 11
Upham and Mellish fell asleep, Miller and Jackson where chatting by the door.
"I don't even know why I bother being a Medic" Wade sighed
"Why are you then?" Marvella asked, the Tiffany necklace was still in her hands.
"I didn't choose to be a Medic they just put me as one because my Father was a doctor"
"Wow" Marvella said stunned
"Nothing exciting"
"Uh yeah it is, you must be a rich family then" Marvella chuckled
"We use to be but we lost everything" Wade said looking down at the floor. "My dad was an idiot... he failed at his job and so did I" Wade added
"No you didn't" Marvella said raising her voice a little louder, Miller and Jackson looked over at them both Wade heavily sighed.
"You know what" Marvella said nearly in tears "I think it's better to die knowing someone close is trying to save you and knowing that your surrounded by your friends... then dying alone!" Marvella said with a tear dropping from down her face. She put on her necklace, and moved away sitting by the door. Leaving Wade heartless.
"Look at that sky" Jackson said to Miller and Marvella. The sky was mixed red, white and a little yellow not to dark but not to light just right. Marvella felt guilty she's the closest to Wade than any other solider there, she also felt like something bad was going to happen to her.
"At least they're in Paradise" Miller said half hour later. The beautiful sky was gone it turned black with no clouds but with a thousand stars with the half moon making the tiniest light.
"I wonder which star are Reiben and Horvath's" Marvella said looking up.
"What the fuck that!" Jackson said looking through the lens of the sniper gun, Marvella thought she said something wrong but in fact Jackson seen something.
"Marvella, go to Wade and wake up the others" Miller ordered Marvella did as she was told, Wade helped wake up the others.
"What did you see, Jackson?" Miller asked for the second time
"This can't be happening" Jackson said. "There are loads of Germans again" He added
The squad started to panic, Miller, Jackson and Mellish seen another little narrow window. The three lied down to get to it as it was build onto the bottom of the wall. Miller opened the window and all three hung out.
"Shh" Mellish said putting his finger to his mouth. Upham took a step backwards and hit is back onto a few spades that where hung up on the wall, they fell down hitting Upham with a loud noise. Everyone turned and looked.
"What the fucking hell are ya do-"Jackson shouted but stopped the squad could hear a few footsteps walking their way. They all ran and jumped into the hay moving it around to hide themselves, two Germans came in looking around.
"Ich wette, es gibt nichts hier oben" (I bet there is nothing up here) the fatter looking German said.
"Umm, finden dieses Mädchen ist ärgerlich mich jetzt, ich wette, die Amerikaner haben ihr kam" (Umm, Finding this girl is annoying me now, I bet the Americans have got her) The other soldier said. Upham moved his head to Marvella they both stared at eachother deepley the others relised and wanted to know what they where saying.
"Ja, aber wir Deutschen haben es ganz klar, dass, wenn sie jemanden erzählt ... weiß, was passieren wird" (Yeah, but us Germans have made it completely clear that if she tells someone she... knows what will happen) The first German said
"Ich hoffe, sie wird sagen, es wird lustig sein" (I hope she does tell it will be funny) The soldier said while they both walked out with a laugh.
The squad waited for a few moments and then got out of the hay.
"What where they saying?" Miller asked brushing himself down with all the hay falling to the floor
"Umm" Upham looked at Marvella, he didn't know either to tell them or not. Marvella looked worried well everyone waited for their answer.
"They said th-that they bet nothing was up here...and that there Captain was an idiot" Upham hesitated, Marvella relaxed.
"I wish I spoke German" Mellish said as he laid onto the floor.
"Yes, I'm a bit concerned that you guys bitch about me" Miller stated as everyone was on the floor getting ready to sleep.
"No, Sir" Everyone said at the same time
"We would never do that to our deer Captain" Jackson teased
"If you find it hard to laugh at yourself, I would be happy to do it for you Jackson" Miller said, everyone started to laugh except Jackson whose mouth dropped.
"What you looking at?" Miller kindly said
"I dunno the tag fell off" Jackson said while everyone started laughing again.
Everyone started to fall asleep in their own time. Marvella was sat agents the hay fiddling with the necklace around her neck and Wade was preparing his bag for the next day like he has to do every night, it was like a routine. Marvella watched as he got out his bandages, morphine, scissors, and tubes of iodine, a bottle of ammonia, tourniquets, pins, forceps and a Jack knife, she watched how he sorted them all out like they where his toys. Wade looked up and realised Marvella was watching him. They looked at each other deeply not knowing what to say.
"I'm sorry" Marvella whispered
"I shouldn't have snapped back at you like that...I'm the one who should be saying sorry" Wade said
"I'm afraid" Marvella whispered trying to get out the words. Wade stopped what he was doing and walked over stepping over Upham he then sat down by Marvella and gave her a hug.
"There no need to be afraid"
"I'm going to die no matter what you do" Marvella whispered she then started to cry
"No you won't...I won't let it happen!" Wade said hugging her tighter as she hid her head into his arms. Wade felt horrible; someone younger than him saying they're going to die no matter what was just not fair.
It was early morning as the soldiers where already walking through the fields again, it was raining heavily everything and everyone was wet right through.
"I think we should stop" Upham suggested
"Why?" Jackson asked
"B-Because I'm wet through"
"No shit" Jackson replied as he wiped his face that was dripping down with rain water.
"I think that's a good idea" Miller said walking faster, he spotted bags of sand piled up it wasn't talk and it wasn't long so it would have to make do while they rested.
"Umm Miller?" Mellish asked as everyone was sitting by the sand bags.
"Yes?"
"I'm still getting wet...I thought you said we were going into a shelter?"
"What in the middle of the field?" Miller said
"I think he is saying there is not any shelter in the field" Jackson highlighted
"Shut up" Mellish whispered
"There is actually" Marvella said pointing to an old brick wall that was tall and very long but in the middle was a gap as if a door use to be there.
"That's a wall not a shelter" Upham snapped, Jackson looked at him and then looked through his gun lens.
"Upham if you look you can see a house" Marvella said looking at him.
"Well that's good!" Miller said getting up and starting walking towards the house that was on the other side of the wall, Mellish, Wade and Upham followed.
"Let's go a different way" Marvella said standing up
"Why?" Upham said with a feisty look
"What is wrong with you?" Wade said facing him. Upham ignored him.
"I'm not having this again; I say we go this way... AND YOU JACKSON!" Miller started to get angry
"Marvella right, we should go another way" Jackson said looking out of his lens
"Oh my god" Mellish sighed
"God won't help you" Jackson said
"Ha-ha funny!" Mellish faked
"Give me a good reason why?" Miller asked
"Look" Jackson pointed, everyone turned to look and seen two German soldiers walk past the gap by the wall.
"Quick" Miller whispered the rest of the squad ran back to the sand bags
Miller was the first to shoot the German to the floor
"What the fuck are you doing?" Jackson said. Marvella and Wade kept down. Suddenly a few Germans came out and fired.
"SHOOT!" Miller shouted, even know nobody wanted to they did as they were ordered.
"UPHAM!" Wade shouted
"MAN DOWN, MAN DOWN!" Mellish shouted.
While the others were shooting Wade tried to sort out a screaming Upham.
"HOW IS HE?" Marvella shouted above the guns shots, and then Upham stopped screaming.