Author's Note: I don't own Grease nor Grease 2 or any of the Character. The only thing is the plot to the story and a few characters of my own

Summary: Grease 2 Au. One Shot. What if the T-Birds and Pink Ladies hadn't turned up just as Michael was about to reveal the true identity of the 'Cool Rider' to Stephanie? How would that have changed the course of the movie?

AN: Alright here's Chapter 23. I know I've been saying this a lot but whatever thank you to those that review it lets me know that there are people out there like what I'm writing and where I going with this story.

Chapter 23

20th February 1967 Chu Lai.

It had been a week since I had returned to Chu Lai. We still had another two weeks of rest and recuperation to go before we went back into front line. There was a football game going on between H Company and Tex's company D-Company.

"Hey Sarge" I looked over at Sorrows and Bowen as they came over bearing gifts. It was a couple of six-packs of beer. I winches as one of Tex's men was tackled by some of H-Company.

"Come Tex. I though you Australian's were good at football" I yelled over at him as he spat the dirt out of his mouth. He flipped me the bird in response. I just chuckled to my self

Half an hour later the game was over. D-Company had lost 35-21. They had been beaten by 14 points. B-Company was playing H-Company in the next game. The captains of the teams where the Sargents.

"Heads B-Company, Tails H-Company" The appointed ref said.

"Heads" I called as the coin was tossed to chose who started first.

"Heads it is" The ref said. We where starting with the ball while H-Company was on defensive. I didn't bother with the a pre-game pep talk. It was just do or die. Major Bradshaw and Captain Dawson had come out to watch the football game between H-Company and B-Company.

The Football pitch was mostly dirt rather then grass. B-Company was winning 21-20. The scores where extremely close.

Staff Sargent Carrington had a large cut above his left eye where he had cut it on a rock.

"Red 21. Red 21" The quarterback called out the play they where going to play. The instance the quarterback picked up the ball. There was nasty rivalry between the two companies ever since Sargent Campbell had taken over command of H-company.

The ball was flying through air. The player of B-Company caught the ball at the 50-yard line. Most of H-Company was trying to catch him. He reached the touch down line untouched.

Major Bradshaw shook his head as he realised it Staff Sargent Carrington who had scored the last touch down of the game.

"Good game Sargent," One of the men from H-Company said as I walked past. I gave him a nod in reply. Our company medic Jimmy Edwards was tending to the injured players.

"Good Game Campbell" I said holding out my hand to him as I pulled on my shirt. Campbell was bad sore loser.

"Yea whatever" He whined like a three old whom had his favourite toy taken off of him.

"One of these days somebody's going to give that guy what's coming to him" I commented to Tex as I pulled my combat uniform shirt.

"Yea and hopefully we're there to watch" Tex said as we walked back to our bunker.

Seven Hours Later.

What the fuck. I thought as I heard deafening explosion close to our bunker. I got off my bunk and went to have a look. There was Marines running in ever which direction with their weapons.

"Get your asses up. The base is under attack," I said trying to wake up Tex, Kirkpatrick, Sorrows and Bowen. I grabbed my M16 and Colt M19A. I threw on my combat gear. I grabbed my helmet and headed outside.

When B-Company had been assembled and had been given orders to go with D-Company and find these bastards. Ever step could be your last in the jungle. You didn't know if there was a booby trap where you would step next.

A bullet whizzed past my head. I ducked and took cover behind a large rock.

"Contact" I yelled, we all went to ground. The humming of the M60s cut up the jungle undergrowth.

I returned fire killing two Vietcong and wounding another. A grenade landed behind our defensive position. I grabbed the grenade before I exploded and threw it back at the fucking bastards.

There was satisfying explosion a someone cried out in pain. I changed the empty clip in my M16 for a fresh one.

"Lambert. Where the fuck is that artillery support," I snapped as I ducked my head as a bullet bounced off the rock I was taking cover behind.

"Five minutes Sarge" He called back.

"Tell them to hurry the fuck up. We're fucking out numbered ten to one" I snarled as I returned fire.

Four hours later.

"Sorrows hand me those binoculars," I said looking down the hill. What the hell. There was armed Vietcong everywhere. This was a base. This was a prison camp. The prisoners where a mix of American and Australian troops.

"How many guards Mike" Tex asked. I set down the binoculars.

"At least twenty maybe twenty five. That's not a base. That's a prison camp." I said handing the binoculars back to Sorrows.

"We should head back and tell Major Bradshaw." Tex said after I had told him what I had seen in that camp or rather prison camp.

"No. We're getting them out of there. There's what forty of us and twenty five of them." I said dismissing Tex's statement.

"These isn't the time to be a fucking hero Mike" Tex argued.

"Who has senior rank her Sargent McBride?" I said pulling the rank card on him.

"You do Staff Sargent Carrington" Tex said reluctantly agreeing to the plan I had to get those prisoners out of there.

"We take as many alive as we can." I said as we sat in the undergrowth of the jungle.

I nodded to the mortar gunners who had set up a mortar position in the undergrowth surrounding the prisoner camp.

They fired off mortar shots. That would get the bastards attention. Both D and B Companies moved out from the undergrowth and went about entering the prison camp.

Soon the dust settled and ten Vietcong lay dead. The other fifteen had been tied up where being guarded as the prisoners where released.

"Lambert radio through for a couple of Hueys and make it quick hey" I said as Jimmy tended to the injured prisoners.

From the looks of the camp it was fairly new. The Hueys arrived within an hour. The former prisoners of the prisoner camp where loaded into one. The prisoners we had captured where taken in another with D-Company. B-Company loaded into the last Huey before heading back to Chu Lai.

22nd June 1967, Rydell California

Millicent Carrington had not been at all happy when her youngest son had told her that his girlfriend Nancy was pregnant a year ago. He had done the right thing and they had been married in a civil ceremony in November after Billy had finished his training for the Marine Corp.

Her second grandchild and first granddaughter to be born this year had been born in mid March a week earlier then the due date. Jessica Rose-Alexandra Carrington was born 7 pounds 8 ounces on the 22nd of March.

She was apple of her father's eye. Billy was leaving from Camp Pendleton and heading over to Vietnam until the end of his enlistment, which ended in June of 1969.

Her daughter in law Nancy had asked if she and Allan could look after Jessica while she visited an old friend in Los Angeles. Patrick and his now Fiancé Samantha Morgan where getting married soon.

But Patrick had told her he wanted to wait until Michael came back from Vietnam in May of next year. Rose was also engaged to be married to a man by the name of Ben Cassidy. Ben was a former Marine he was at least a year older then Rose.

They were getting married in July on the 10th. Millicent had a suspicion that Ben Cassidy was the same Private Cassidy that Michael had nearly been killed saving the life of nearly two years ago.

Her eldest grandchild and grandson Connor was the spitting image of his father with features of his mother. But Millicent could swear Connor was the exact same as what his father had been at his age.

She remembered back to January when Connor had first been born. She and Allan had come to visit them at the hospital. Michael had been there much to her surprised and Allan's too. They had though he was in Vietnam still.

He had explained to her that he had been given leave state side for a month by his commanding officer. He had been gentle with Connor. But that boy was stronger then most babies his age.

24th June 1967 Chu, Lai

I was sitting on an ammo crate when I spotted a familiar person. My youngest brother Billy. What the hell is he doing here? I though to my self as I got off the ammo crate and walked over to he was standing next to another Marine.

"Billy" I said announcing my presence to him. Billy's friend noticed the scars on my chest and the tattoos on my shoulders.

"Hey big brother. It looks like me and Ricky are in your company or something." Billy explained. That was going to be interesting having my younger brother under my command.

"Private First Class Ricardo 'Ricky' Sanchez" Billy's friend said introducing himself.

"Staff Sargent Michael Carrington" I said shaking Ricky's hand.

"Soon to be Gunnery Sargent," Tex said corrected. I had forgotten that I was up for a promotion soon.

"Thank you for that memo Sargent McBride soon to be Staff Sargent" I said biting back at him.

"Billy why do you and Ricky drop your gear in that bunker back there. There's a couple of spare bunks there." I said Billy nodded before he and Ricky walked towards the bunker I shared with Tex, Kirkpatrick, Sorrows and Bowen.

"Did you know he was coming" Tex asked as soon as they where out of earshot.

"Nah. I didn't. I knew that he was getting deployed soon. I didn't know he would be assigned to the 2nd and 4th let alone my company" I said shrugging my shoulders.

30th July, 1967. Rydell California

It was all over Rydell that Nancy Carrington had skipped town a month ago. Leaving her three month old daughter with her grandparents. It didn't stop the wagging tongues of the town gossips to spread rumours as to why she had left town.

Stephanie could not contemplate why Nancy had left Billy and Jessica to skip town. Maybe it had something to do with Billy being deployed to Vietnam. That was still not a reason to abandon your husband and three month old daughter.

Michael had been deployed for well over two years. They had survived this long. Though there was a difference between their situation and Billy and Nancy's situations.

Michael had come home from Vietnam a few times. The first time because he had been wounded a few months after he had left for Vietnam, the second time was earlier this year when Connor had been born in January.

"What no gun this time" Stephanie looked up to see Johnny standing there.

"No. It's locked up in the safe" Steph explained as she walked back in the living room

"So how's my godson" Johnny asked sitting down beside her.

"He's fine." She said.

"I heard about Billy's wife up and leaving him and their daughter Jessica" Johnny commented about what had been the talk of the town for the last month.

"Yea. I feel sorrier for Billy then her. You don't just up and walk out on your husband and three month old daughter without an explanation like she did" Stephanie said honestly she had never had much time for Nancy herself.