Band of Brothers - Sunshine Solider

chapter 74: the camp

" I know my heart will never be the same but I'm telling myself I'll be ok."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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( a/n ) for the next few chapters, i won't be posting too many gifs or any gifs out of respect for how serious this part of band of brothers is for people and how emotional it can be. thank you all for reading and understanding.

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Charlotte heard the blood in her ears, her heart pounding, her foot slapping the ground as she raced towards the town. She was going so fast, she had to yank her helmet from her head and let the braids fly behind her as she did so. Her feet picked up pace as she neared the town her mind a mess. She approached the trucks and saw everyone relaxing or milling about talking to citizens.

" You seen Foley?" she asked racing up to some random soldier on the side of the road, getting a firm no from him. She cursed to herself turning and spotting Liebgott, Skinny, and Babe all talking, chilled out together.

" Hey," she called to them, " guys." They turned to her, seeing the tiny medic with big blue eyes staring at them as she rushed over, seemingly in shock.

" Any of you guys see any of the officers?" she asked in such a rushed hurried voice, she wasn't sure if she was still breathing or not.

" No." Liebgott answered, slightly confused.

" No." answered Babe at the same time.

" Speak to Popeye. You ok?" Skinny said, pointing to the man lighting up a cigarette. She whipped around before she could even hear another word from them.

" Popeye, you see any officers?" she asked hurriedly out of breath. " Nixon, Foley?" Popeye pulled the cigarette from his lips and thought.

" Oh Speirs is searching them buildings right down the street." he said, as she tried to catch her breath.

" Speirs." she breathed out zooming past the guys.

" Hey, sunshine, what's the matter?" he asked, calling out to her. Her mind scrambled against as she noticed More talking to a bunch of civilians and smoking.

" More, More, have you seen any of the officers?" she asked frantically, as the boys began to notice how frantic and unlike herself she was, and how panicky she was as well.

" Uh, yeah Major Winters is right in there." More said pointing to the nearby building. She didn't even respond whipping around and turning towards the building.

" Are you alright, Charlotte?" Talbert called out as she passed him. Jesus Christ, they were using her real name, they knew something was up. She hurried toward the building, the exact time an oblivious Major Winters came out of the building.

" Major Winters." the girl said breathlessly as the Major walked briskly from the building not even seeing the girl. " Sir."

" We found something, sir, I-I don't know, sir." shit she was rambling, she felt it in her throat.

" We were out on patrol and we came across this... this..." she couldn't even find the right word her brain was a mess. Winters perked up.

" What, what, what, what?" Winters asked, stopping the girl a hand on her shoulder. " Charlotte, hey Charlotte, what is it?" Charlotte stared up at the Major with big confused lost eyes, a pair he'd never seen before and it scared him.