I finally got all of my writing off of my hard drive! More chapters on the way!

They set up camp a few miles out of a town, or that's what Sirena heard the men say. She didn't know where she was, or who they were meeting, or where she stood with all of them. The Bear would not stop glancing over at her, and eyeing the Lieutenant suspiciously. He was hovering, while the other men were off participating in more of their silly contests, he would not let his eyes off of Sirena and his commanding officer.

"Donny, it's your turn."

"What?" He said, and Sirena listened closely. Omar was standing over him with his hands in his pockets.

"It's your turn to be on watch, I'm freezing my ass off out there, I need to get some sleep."

Donny spit onto the ground next to him then looked up at Sirena and then over to Aldo. He sighed and stood up. "Fine, go get some sleep," He paused and Sirena heard him say 'wuss' as he was walking away. She didn't know what this word meant, but it must have been an insult. Omar nodded goodnight to her and walked away from the tree she was leaning against and back over to the fire.

She saw him lay down and looked over to The Lieutenant. He was sharpening his knife like he usually did, she had watched him do it every night since they had taken her in.

Shing, shing, shing.

It was the only sound besides the crackling of the fire and soft talking of the men in the distance. She turned to look back at Aldo and saw him pull a small container out of his pocket and dip his pinky into it. He sniffed something white off of his finger and shook his head, looking up and catching her eye. She looked down at her hands and took a deep breathe.

She did not know the word for it in english, but in her native tongue she would describe it as penibila. Not comfortable and the kind of position that made your stomach twist.

He had said 'later' and she had answered him even though she didn't know what he had meant by this word. She knew what it meant, but what had it implied? What was going to happen now that later was upon them? Maybe he would put that stiffness in his pants to good use. The thought made Sirena's cheeks flood with color. She was not neatinsa, not innocent by any means. But she imagined that his level of experience was far above hers.

And why was The Bear so interested in keeping watch over them?

Her thoughts were interrupted when the light from the fire was blocked out by the shadow of a person. She looked up to see Aldo standing over her, his lips pursed. His dark hair was a mess, and he kept running a hand through it. He swallowed once and collapsed onto the ground next to her.

"I wanna apologize if I made you uncomfortable earlier. It's been a long while since I was in the company of a pretty lady, and-"

"Aldo, you no need apology." She went to bite her lip, but remember the cut and stopped herself, resolving to make circles in the dirt. "You no force me, I do it because I want too."

He paused, staring out across the fire, his matured features scrunching in confusion. "What is it you wanna do, Rena?"

She turned to look at him even though he wasn't facing her, she smiled slowly. "You play stupid for me?" She says with a small smirk, and Aldo laughs. It sounds strange, almost like a cough. She has noticed that he doesn't sleep, and despite her better judgement, reaches out to lay a hand on his arm. "You shake?"

He gives a gruff nod followed by a grunt. "I gotta stay awake."

"Why?" She asks, tilting her head to the side.

"Because I gotta watch."

"Donny is on watch."

"Yeah, but I'm in charge, and these are my men. So I gotta keep watch."

She didn't ask any more questions, just stared into the fire. She wish that she would have kept the tights. It was cold at night even though it was nice during the day. Sirena had the distinct feeling that she would not be with them for much longer. They had a mission, and the people who were looking for her would show up eventually. They would track her down like they had the first time, and not even Aldo the Apache could save her then...

"Und deine Mutter? Sie sieht wie ein Pferd."

Aldo shot up immediately, padding softly over to the men. Stiglitz had also heard it, and Wicki jumped to put out the fire. Sirena turned behind her to see the trees rustling, and scattered over to the men. Donny was just breaking through the line of trees, "Lieutenant, krauts ar-"

"Over there, we heard 'em." Donny grinned, Sirena coward behind Stiglitz, avoiding all of their eyes. "Utivitch, take the girl somewhere else."

"But Lieutenant, I'm gonn-"

"Don't argue with me, Boy. Go."

He followed orders begrudgingly and pulled her deeper into the woods so that they could only see the distant shadows and outlines of The basterds. Utivitch was kicking rocks, angry he was missing all of the action. Sirena laid a hand on his arm. "I sorry."

He mustered a small smile and shrugged. "It's alright. I gotta follow orders, now matter how stup- not that keeping you safe is stupid- I mean-" he stopped himself, listening carefully to the exchange between the two squads.

Aldo Raine was not in any way excited that these germans had happened upon their camp. It seemed that it was a squad of about ten foot soldiers, and it was dark, and he was wary that there would be more. He leaned down on one knee in front of the one Wicki had confirmed was most likely in charge. "State yer business."

The soldier spit on the ground in front of him. "I will tell you nothing." Aldo smiled slightly, and Donny cracked a bat over the head of one of the soldiers in the back, who cried out in pain. The german officer seemed to grimace only for a moment.

"Now, it seems to me that if you want to avoid the same fate you should be statin' yer business right 'bout now."

He looked behind him quickly, Donny was practically giddy. "We have to find a girl."

Aldo wavered for a moment. "A girl? You see any girls here," he looked behind him. "Stiglitz over there might look pretty all dolled up, but he sure as shit ain't no girl."

The german was not stupid, he had seen the girl, he was sure of it. "She is very important to a very important man."

"I don't give a pigs ass whose important in yer world, yer plain stupid if ya' think I'm just gonna hand 'er over without a fight."

The german had nothing more to say, and all of the men were quiet as Donny and Omar disposed of the rest of the soldiers, leaving the high ranking officer for last. When he was finally done, the Lieutenant seemed out of sorts. It made the men uneasy. He whistled for Utivitch and Sirena in the woods.

Sirena had not rightfully understood most of the conversation and Smithson seemed unwilling to let her in on it. She counted the men when they returned, and breathed easy when she saw they were all alive. Aldo was sitting back on his rock, overseeing the men scalping the other soldiers. Sirena turned, trying to ignore the distinctive scraping sound she had become all too used too.

"Sirena, git over here."

She did as she was told, walking slowly over to where he was perched. Only Donny looked up and behind him, leaving the nazi scalp for only a moment to observe the pair. "What?"

"I dunno how much 'a that you heard, but they sure are lookin' fer ya'. They also know we got 'ya."

Her eyes got wide, and her jaw set. "I am becoming that word again."

"What word?"

"The one that stands for too much trouble." It was Wicki who looked up this time, catching his commanding officers eye for almost a moment. Both men knew this to be true, and it was Wicki who had informed the Lieutenant of the danger of having this woman around.

"Now, I promised to protect ya' and I don't break promises. Why don't you go over and see if you can start that fire up again, then you and I are going to have a little chat over there in them woods."

She did as she was told and had the fire going again in a couple of minutes. The men were nearly done, and she could feel a certain surge of energy passing between them. They all seemed to be awake, even Omar who had insisted he needed sleep. Aldo looked calmed and it in turned calmed Sirena, who was waiting for him to motion into the woods for her.

When the men had settled, even if it was only slightly, she felt a presence behind her. "Over here," The Lieutenant said and Sirena pushed herself off the ground to follow him into the tree line. Donny watched them carefully next to Zimmerman, who was speaking fast about that stats of a baseball team.