A/N Thank you very much to all the readers and the new follow!
I found this chapter hard to write, it feels like a bit of a stop gap until we get to the action in Foy! So I hope it's ok.
The song 'Hitler Has Only Got One Ball' was sung by British troops during WW2, it is sung to the tune of the Colonel Bogey March.
I need to work on the sex scenes! I don't think I'm very good at writing them. Practise makes perfect!
Thank you.
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Fin lay there, crippled with fear. The walls crumbling all around her. The air thick with dust, smoke and fumes, suffocating her. Her eyes burned, melting under the intense heat. There was no way out, fear held her, beneath the surface. Her bones crushing under the weight of the falling debris, her skull slowly caving in. She felt incredible pain, it stopped her from crying out. The walls continued to crumble in, fear wouldn't let her leave, this was her slow end...
Fin's eyes snapped open, it was pitch black, she was in her foxhole, still in Shifty's arms. Her dream... it was a dream, wasn't it? Being crushed to death, was that to be her death? No...
It hadn't been Fin's day to die.
...
"Hitler has only got one ball
Göring has two but very small
Himmler has something sim'lar
But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all"
Fin sang quietly to herself.
Bill looked at Shifty "I don't know who's more crazy, Fin singing that annoying song over and over or Doc being silent as the dead!"
"Hitler has only got one ball
The other is in the Albert Hall
His mother, the dirty bugger
Cut it off when he was small"
Fin continued quietly.
"They're up all the time, I don't think either of them have slept properly in ages" Shifty replied listening to Fin mumbling the song under her breath.
"Do you think we could hire some new medics?!" Bill wondered out loud.
"They always come through Bill, you're being too harsh" Shifty scolded, although Bill did have a point, he was worried about Fin, lack of sleep was a form of torture and she'd been holding out for a while now. "It's funny anyway, not annoying"
"It's only got two fucking verses!" Bill sighed throwing his arms in the air. "and she's been singing it for days, it ain't funny any more!"
Doc scooted over to where Fin was stirring her food around her mess tin, staring into it, singing the same song repeatedly, just above a whisper. "Hey Fin, you look tired"
"I'm a front line medic, I'm pretty certain this is just my face now" Fin replied not looking up "You're tired too"
Doc nodded, he was tired, very tired "You and Speirs hey?"
Fin looked up "Huh?"
"That got your attention!"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw you both in Bastogne, he may have had his back to me, but I'm pretty sure he kissed you" Doc claimed
"He kissed my forehead, it didn't mean anything" she replied showing no signs that it was something more. "Come on everyone has a soft spot for me!" Fin smirked.
"Are you sure? He's not even in Easy, why would he be close enough to have a soft spot for you?" Doc questioned "He was frantic when he thought you were buried under the hospital "
Fin liked hearing that, in a sick sort of way, he was frantic!
"Oh you know me, I emanate charm and men are just naturally drawn to me" Fin joked "I know you are too!" Fin chuckled stirring her food around again.
"Well, ok, but ya know he's married right? And I'm nearly married, so behave!" Doc teased as he got up and walked away.
"Don't worry, I'm not a home wrecker" Fin mumbled before returning to her song.
"Oh no you fucking don't!" Bill stormed over to Fin, grabbed her face with both hands and planted a passionate smacker on her lips "shut the fuck up doll! You're driving me crazy!"
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Hyde Park
"An American attack is imminent"
"She'll be with them"
"A separate squad has been sent to deal with her"
"Alive!"
"Yes"
"Oh, by the way, her codename is Loralie, it's never been Ema!"
"Loralie? Very fitting!"
...
Ardennes Forest
An explosion towards the Battalion CP caught Fin's attention. She stood up in her foxhole and looked over in the direction of the noise, she could see trees on fire. Fin watched the flames, not really thinking about them or anything gets else for that matter.
"MEDIC!" the shouts started.
Snapping herself out of the trance, she quickly hauled herself out of her foxhole and ran to the shouts as more German artillery exploded all around her.
She saw Winters standing in front shouting "MEDIC!"
"Who's hit?" Fin shouted as she approached him.
"Harry! What took you so long?!" Winters shouted, directing Fin over.
Fin saw Harry lying by a pile of snow with slight plumes of smoke escaping out. She could see that he had been hit in the thigh. Fin skidded to a halt and kneeled over. "Hi Sir, doesn't look too bad!" Fin said grabbing her sulfa, tearing open his trousers more and pouring it onto his shrapnel wound. Fin got out a syrette and administered it, then scrambled around for a decent bit of bandage from inside her jacket just as Doc arrived. "Do ya need morphine?" he asked
"Done it" Fin smiled at him "You got a bigger bit of bandage though?"
Doc pulled out a bandage and Fin abandoned hers and took it. "He needs an ambulance" Fin said
"On it!" Doc called standing and grabbing the radio.
"Ahh! Fin!" Harry screamed as Fin tightened the bandage round his leg.
"Stay still! You're going to be fine" Fin reassured. "Had a little fire going to keep you warm?" Fin questioned, eye balling the fading smoke.
"It's ok, we were in a dell" Harry mumbled out in pain.
"That makes it ok then!" Fin answered sarcastically, shaking her head.
Harry calmed as the jeep arrived, Nix helped Doc load him in and Doc accompanied Harry to Bastogne, Fin was reluctant to go again if she didn't have to, she didn't want to see the devastation the Luftwaffe had left.
"What took you so long?" Winters repeated his question to Fin. "You should have been quicker!"
Fin snapped her head at Winters, she knew she had dithered in her foxhole, but she still got to Harry before Doc. "I came as soon as I could Sir" Fin was annoyed, they were the ones who had lit a damn fire! But...she had dithered...
"You can go now Fin" Nix said, patting her on the back.
...
The MP's burst through the doors of the club, whistles blowing causing a panic of men running in all directions. She didn't have a pass. She jumped down off the rear of the stage and headed for a back door. She looked over her shoulder to see one hot on her footsteps. He would definitely catch her in her dress uniform and heels. She made a run for it regardless. She entered the corridor as a hand reached out of a side door and grabbed her arm pulling her inside the room. "Shh!" he said as he gently closed the door and locked it. She could hear the MP's run past on the other side.
"Thank you Sir"
He smiled.
They stared at each other.
She walked over to the door to leave.
"No" he commanded pushing her back until she bumped into a table.
He grabbed her face with both hands, kissing her hard.
"Sir! We can't " she gasped trying to break away.
"The more you call me Sir, the more you turn me on"
"Yes Sir..."
He groaned feeling for her hips and lifting her up onto the table, parting her legs, stepping between them. She pulled him in closer, wrapping her arms round his neck. Kissing him again.
She pulled away and bent her head back allowing him full access to her neck. He desperately kissed and nipped at her neck, biting, she let out a pained, passionate moan. His hands slid down her thighs, then back up, pushing her skirt to her waist, he felt for her knickers, urgently pulling at them, they ripped. She returned her lips to his as he undid his trousers, quickly he grabbed her lifting her onto him. She arched her back and let out a gasp. He buried his head into her breasts as she moved up and down against him. His breathing became heavy, he moved with her more frantically, thrusting harder inside her, he tightened his grip round her waist. She leant back placing her hands behind her as she pushed harder onto him, letting out a loud moan, he placed a hand over her mouth to silence her. She gripped him with her thighs, he forgot himself and fucked her harder, the table banging against the wall...
Composing himself, he opened the door to two MP's.
"Lieutenant Speirs! Sir!" the one said surprised. "Sorry to disturb you!"
He smirked. They quickly walked away.
He closed the door and turned "Stay where you are Corporal!" he ordered "I haven't finished with you..."
Fin jumped, waking up with a startle, she opened her eyes quickly scanning the foxhole, Luz was lightly snoring. Fin smiled, she'd have to get Bill to kiss her more often if they brought on those kind of dreams! She sighed, much better than her last dream.
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Baker Street, London
Eve sat in her office flicking through the paperwork on her desk. New orders for the agents. One order caught her immediate attention.
Codename: Loralie
It said at the top.
As Eve read down the document, she became incensed! She would deal with this in person, she did have other news as well, so she would deliver it verbally. Eve picked up her phone "I need a drop into Belgium!" she barked "As soon as possible!" she slammed down the receiver and sat back. Frustratingly, she knew she wouldn't get out there immediately.
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Ardennes Forest
Much to Fin's relief, Easy had been ordered to move position, it meant a stroll through the forest at the very least. Lieutenant Dike had made himself even more unavailable and Fin found that Buck and Lip may as well be in charge now.
Fin watched in amusement as Buck and Lip consulted a map using Malarkey as a table. Buck repeatedly poked the map causing Malarkey to moan out loud at him. Buck threatened to nail it to him, immediately shutting him up.
"Move out!" Bill shouted at them all as Buck finalised his decision.
Fin knew exactly where they were and had a good idea where the Germans were as well despite the false intel they had probably tried to plant on her; she wondered if Herrick was still there or whether he had been moved, the Gestapo would not have appreciated her escape and they would have held Herrick responsible. She wondered if she would see him. Herrick had plenty of chances to kill her over the years, but never did. She wasn't scared of him killing her anyway, but she was scared of him handing her over to the Gestapo, he'd definitely do that. What was worse? The Gestapo slowly torturing her to death or being slowly crushed to death in a bombing? Hopefully she wouldn't find out about either of them.
Easy arrived at their new position and began to dig in, oh joy digging another foxhole.
Fin finished her foxhole with Luz. "I take it you're safe from Speirs after your drunken out burst?" Luz asked, he hadn't had a catch up with Fin in ages.
"God, I'd forgotten all about that!" Fin laughed "I've seen him since and he hasn't mentioned anything, so no worries, I hope!"
"Maybe he liked it! Most men would!'
"Maybe, but I think I'll keep the drinking to a minimum from now on, never know what trouble my mouth might get me in next!"
"Your mouth gets you in trouble without the alcohol!"
"Well, I'm just buggered then!"
"It's good to see you back to your old self again, thought you were slipping away from us" Luz said gently.
"Never! I'll always be here for you lads" Fin said approaching Luz and bringing him in for a cuddle.
"I'm really fucking glad you've stopped singing that tune though!" Luz whispered into Fin's ear.
"Bastard!" Fin laughed.
"Put him down Fin!" Buck called "I need to find Dike, fancy keeping me company?"
Fin nodded and smiled at Luz as she joined Buck. She was pleased that he enjoyed her company, she could keep an eye on Buck without making him feel like she was watching him.
Buck and Fin walked stopping at foxholes in the hunt for the elusive Lieutenant Dike. "How are you?" Fin asked Buck.
"I'd be better if I knew where the hell Dike was!" Buck sighed.
"You know i think he's better than me at disappearing!" Fin chuckled.
"Would give you a damn good run for your money! That's for sure!"
"Maybe I'll ask him for some tips!" Fin replied sarcastically.
"Let's ask Lip" Buck suggested spotting Lip and Shifty digging in.
"You seen Dike?" Buck asked Lip as they neared. Shifty looked up and smiled at Fin, she returned the smile and turned to Lip, smiling at him too.
"Around..." Lip answered.
"We're all 'around' any specific landmarks that we can look for to help locate him?" Buck asked chuckling at himself.
"No Sir" Lip grinned.
"No one has seen him all day, not even when we walked through the woods Sir" Fin added.
"Anyone know the body count then?" Buck asked.
Fin did "two" she was still keeping her promise to herself.
"Damn" Buck sighed.
Before Fin could add anything more, they were interrupted by the sound of a single gun shot..
Fin reacted, running to the sound, hovering her hand over her side arm.
"Why is it her immediate reaction to run towards danger?!" Buck barked at Lip and Shifty, after the three of them had dived into Shifty's foxhole. Buck climbed out and dashed after Fin.
As Fin ran, the call came out "MEDIC!"
"Fin! It's Hoob! He's shot!" Hashey called seeing Fin running to their position. "He fucking shot himself Fin!"
"What the bloody hell?" Fin exclaimed arriving at them.
Hoob was laying on the ground, squirming. "I didn't mean to..." He choked "went off in my pocket!"
"What!" Buck shouted arriving by Fin's side. "Why was it in your pants Hoob?"
"Where are you hit Hoob?" Fin asked desperately, not seeing anything obvious damn winter clothing!"
"My leg Fin!" He said pointing down.
Fin grabbed her scissors cutting into the trouser fabric, removing layers, it was slowing her down, Fin was worried "You're doing terrific Hoob" She smiled briefly looking up at him.
"My leg", he groaned.
"Looking good Hoob, Fin's got ya!" Buck added.
"I'm so sorry Fin! It hurts, fuck it hurts so much!" Hoobler cried.
Fin ripped through Hoob's layers. She finally got to his leg, it was an artery, there was so much blood. She desperately tried to get to it, she needed to stop the blood flow, he'll be gone soon if she didn't.
Lip and Shifty arrived. "Hey Hoob, you're doing great!
"Fin?" Buck looked at her for answers.
Fin faintly shook her head so as not to draw Hoob's attention, although he was fading. "We need a jeep, the artery is withdrawing, I can't reach it, there's too much blood" she whispered to Buck. Fin battled, digging her hand into Hoob's thigh, desperately trying to locate the retracting artery. Hoob didn't even flinch, he'd stopped moving, stopped making a sound.
Fin looked down at the stillness of Hoob's body. "I'm so sorry fella, I tried" she whispered placing a kiss on his forehead.
The men all froze; staring down at Hoob's lifeless body.
"That's three now" Fin confirmed to Buck.
...
Buck and Fin later confirmed Hoobler's death to Winters. "He just had too many clothes on Sir, I couldn't get to him in time. He hit a major artery" Fin explained.
"Sounds like it would have been the same outcome without the layers Fin" Nix said trying to comfort an obviously devastated Fin. She was covered in Hoobler's blood still with no signs of her making any attempt to remove it.
Fin wasn't as close to Hoobler like she was with some of the other lads, but she was on him quickly, all the worse really, making her attempt to save him completely hopeless. The Krauts were killing her lads without even pulling the trigger themselves.
She walked back to her foxhole, Luz was wrong, she wasn't herself, she didn't feel like herself.
Speirs, he'd be a welcome distraction right now, but Dog company were too far away from their new position.
...
Speirs walked Dog Company's line, annoyed that he was unable to meet Cara again before Easy moved out. He needed to talk to her. He needed to tell her he wanted her and that he would divorce Edie after the war, explain it properly, so that Fin would know he wasn't stalling, it was just for the baby, not Edie. Cara hadn't asked him once about Edie or the baby, she'd only stated the fact that was what he had. Edie's letter had decided this. He couldn't ask for a divorce until he could go back to England.
He worried about Cara, she was devastated by the death of that Belgium nurse. He didn't know if people dying around her was the main cause of his worry for her or whether it was the Luftwaffe bombings. Either way, he wanted to be there for her, but he couldn't. He took out her photo from his inside pocket and stared at it as he lit a cigarette.
...
Fin stood with the lads as they ate. "You ok beautiful?" Shifty asked handing Fin her mess tin.
"Cheers, yes I'm fine thanks, a little sad you're not in my foxhole" Fin replied
"Hey, am I not good enough?" Luz asked walking over
"Always! I was just being polite!" Fin laughed winking at Shifty
"Hey!" Shifty exclaimed
"Digging myself a bit of a hole here!" Fin chuckled thankfully being saved by Bill making himself known.
"Look who I found!" Bill announced, it was Toye. Fin went over and hugged him, "Good to see you lad" she smiled "How are you healing?"
"Just fine Fin" Toye replied smiling.
"Where did you get hit?" Webb, a new replacement asked.
"Joe got hit in the arm!" Bill replied for him.
"Have a lot of you been injured?" Webb asked.
"It's called "wounded", Peanut. "Injured" is when you fall out of a tree or something!" Martin scoffed, making Fin giggle.
"Don't worry, there's plenty to go around, you'll probably get hit at some point, don't want you feeling left out now, do we!" Fin said to Webb.
"Most guys here have at least been hit once, Alley is a two timer, Bull got a piece of exploding tank, Luz though, never been hit, you're a lucky a bastard!" Skip added
"I'm not lucky, I want a hit in the ass, then Fin can look after me, she likes a good ass!" Luz laughed teasing Webb.
Fin nodded " I do, I'm definitely an ass kind of girl...arse! God damn it!"
The men laughed.
Skip continued "Liebgott, took a hit in the neck in Holland, Popeye, that guy there, he got shot in the ass in Normandy, Buck got shot in his rather large butt in Holland and Fin well she's just a fucking pin cushion!"
Buck turned around, lifted his jacket and pointed to his ass.
"It's an Easy Company tradition, being shot in the ass", Penkala said
"Where were you wounded?" Webb asked Fin.
"It would be easier for her to tell you where she hasn't got a wound!" Luz laughed elbowing Fin.
"First Sergeant Lipton over there", Skip added, "he got pieces of shrapnel in Carentan…one chunk in the face, another chunk almost took out his nuts".
"How are those nuts, Sarge?" Bill inquired.
"Doin' fine Bill", Lip laughed, "nice of you to ask."
"Could always ask Fin to check?" Bill teased
...
Orders came through for Easy to move back to their original line, just outside Foy. Fin knew an assault on Foy could be imminent any day now. This excited her. There would be some proper action at last, she hated digging in waiting to be hit.
A few of Easy were to stay back with Dog company to help hold the line.
Fin stood to the side as the men filed past her, it was a perfect opportunity to ask if each of them were ok and if they needed anything. She stood over Perconte, Christenson and Webb who were in their foxhole holding the line with Dog.
"I'll save you a spot next to me!" Luz said as he walked past high fiving Fin.
"Nah, spot next to me doll!" Bill said winking at Fin as he went past.
Toye was next, looking down at the three men in the foxhole "Been nice knowing ya!"
"I wouldn't drink too much if I were you", Moore laughed as he was next to walk by.
Webb looked at Perconte who was brushing his teeth, Christenson smirked, confused, Webb turned to his attention up to Fin. Fin shrugged her shoulders at him, hiding her grin.
"Becareful if he offers you a cigarette" Malarkey laughed as he was next to pass by.
Fin, Perconte and Christenson laughed.
"If who offers us a cigarette?" Webb asked looking at each of them in turn.
"Speirs", Christenson answered.
"Who?"
"Lieutenant Speirs, the stories about Speirs are all bullshit anyway".
"What stories?" Webb probed looking at Fin again, only to receive a smile from her in response.
"Well, he shot a Sergeant of his for being too drunk"
"You're shitting me!" Webb exclaimed again looking at Fin for confirmation, but Fin just made a gun with her hand and shot herself in the head causing them all to laugh except Webb.
"There's another one saying that Speirs gave cigarettes to twenty German POWs and then shot them!" Christenson added.
"Fuck! Twenty POWs! That's unbelievable!" Webb muttered.
"It was thirty!" Fin thought she'd add her two pence worth.
"Thirty?"
"Yeah, I know a lad, who knew a lad, who knew another lad, that was there" Fin smirked rising a chuckle out of Perconte.
Out of nowhere, Speirs appeared. "Christenson" he didn't make any eye contact with Fin.
Fin stared at him, he'd heard everything! She was pleased that he looked ok, he had a bit of stubble going on, Fin liked it. She thought she'd hang on a bit to see how this all panned out.
"Lieutenant Speirs" Christenson replied.
"I got the name right, didn't I? Christenson?"
"Yes Sir"
"What are you men doing out here?" Speirs asked.
"We're watching the line Sir" Christenson replied.
"You keep up the good work, while you're at it, you might wanna reinforce your cover"
"Oh actually Sir, Lieutenant Dike said we didn't have to bother, that we're only gonna be here one day" Perconte answered.
"Lieutenant Dike said that huh?" Spiers enquired glancing quickly at Fin who seemed to be enjoying this little exchange between him and the men. "Then forget what I said, carry on" he said turning away.
"Oh any one care for a smoke?" Speirs asked turning back to them
The men all shook their heads vigorously causing Fin to muffle a laugh. Hearing Fin, Speirs turned his attention to her "You?" he asked offering out his pack.
"Cheers Sir' Fin replied walking up to Speirs and placing the cigarette in her mouth. Speirs stepped in closer and lit it. He looked into her eyes; he thought he detected that twinkle, he wasn't sure.
Speirs turned and left, stalking back through the forest. He would have liked to have spoken with her properly, but the situation didn't allow.
Fin winked at the three men and walked in the opposite direction.
"Bet she's sleeping with him!" Webb said a little too loudly for both Fin and Speirs to hear.
Fin spun round first walking back up to the foxhole. Speirs hung back to see how Cara would handle it.
"I beg your pardon Webb!" Fin glared at him " I am most certainly not sleeping with Lieutenant Speirs!" She hissed.
The men stared at her, nervously.
"It's just blow jobs!" She quipped turning on her heel and sauntering off after the rest of the Easy men.
Perconte choked on his toothbrush before laughing, joined by Christenson.
Speirs grinned, Cara was back!
