Last time on 'A Band of Heroes'

A little different than most of the conversations at Toccoa…

After that I just remember my drunk laughing and getting up to get more.

"Ppplleaa…" I never finished my sentence as my face turned from desperation to cold flat out raw fear…

RPOV

Have you ever had the feeling were at one second you felt pretty safe and the next that sense of security gets ripped away from under your feet? Now I know you would suspect that I would be wailing and having a total meltdown right now but I was surprisingly calm. Time seemed to go into slow motion as I watched my scenery change.

The distant screams and gasps slowly fading from my ears. My dress was flapping around my legs so violently that I knew I would have marks. Coming to my senses that I was flying through mid air (seriously girl you should be a little more freaked out) I pulled the chute and the immediate pull upwards jerked me back up a few feet in the air. There is always a time to freak out…and now is not one of them.

I thought to myself as I tried my hardest to dig through the back noise of Camp Toccoa that I would hear while walking near some of the classes. Ah ah, 'we pull upon the risers' yes that's it! Fighting against the wind to steer myself from the forest that was coming closer, a fiery sting shot through my right arm.

Its okay Rory you are going to be fine…ha ha…OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO FUCKING DIE!!! So I know what I said before about when to freak out but this was just too much. Plus going in slow motion from this drop was letting me think…sadly the only thing I was thinking about was 'God who broke the damn cloak!?'

It seemed that after I started to come to my senses time went back to normal and I found myself hurdling towards the ground…wait wait that is not green! Instead I was now over a fairly sized pond that did not look so inviting. I could tell that it was a lost cause to try and steer my way out of this one so I just braced myself as best I could. The moment my shoes hit the water followed by the rest of my body I knew I was screwed (if not before).

It felt like I had just done a belly flop into the water and my body stung. My head plunged under from the sheer force of my professional landing; the boys would be so proud! I was kind of in an unconsidered state as my hair floated into my face and my hands uselessly drifted from side to side.

Oh that's right Rory…YOU ARE UNDER WATER! Using all my strength I thrust upwards kicking my legs. My soggy hair flipped back with my head as I got my first taste of oxygen in the cold night air that seemed to burn my lungs. It seemed to reawaken my adrenaline because before I knew it I had hit the silver latch that kept me attached to the parachute, risking only to go back under.

Even though I was still disoriented the energy kept me violently swimming towards the suspected shore. I hardly noticed when my hand slapped at dry sand. Dragging my soggy ass onto the small beach I let my head drop into the sand. Okay Rory you don't need to be that dramatic…I thought as I spit out some of the grainy substances that had fallen into my mouth.

Army crawling with the last of my strength I pulled the last part of my body from the taunting splashes onto the grass that lay adjacent to the beach. Only then did my adrenaline seem to disperse and what was really happening came to my mind. THAT'S when I started to panic.

My heart raced as I breathed in a hasty gasp of the muggy air. I never realized how warm it was out here until now as well as my other senses where coming to life. I ached all over; worse than ten of Herbert's beatings.

Sweat ran down my face at an alarming rate while I felt myself become light headed. My mind was in a daze covered in a thick mist of confusion, pain and PMS. My head was firmly pressed down in an awkward position against the surprisingly soft grass. I struggled to prop myself up but before I even got my elbows in position I collapsed again. Closing my eyes, tears stung my eyes as I repeated 'this is not happening to me'.

After passing out for half the day I went out for a round of golf…no but I did lay there for a fraction of the day and tried to decide what to do. Oh yes revenge was on my mind once again but I would contemplate such things on my journey…um to find….well I never got that far in my thought process. Testing my strength I slowly lifted my head up to find I was still a little dizzy but nothing serious. I am pretty sure the war would be over by the time I made my way to a standing position but I did.

So then I started my trek to where ever only to hear a distant giggle…

Hey you guys thanks for your support! Easy company is coming up next...in a very funny way LOL. I will talk more but right now I wanted to post seeming as the day

Bless all the souls that gave their lives today...

Anyways I know this was short but the next few will be realitivitly longer ;)

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