ESO SOLDADO

Part Ten - Points

Early May – Berchtesgaden

Winters glances at Rene who's sitting on the hood of the jeep he's leaning against with Nixon standing on the other side of Winters. The three watch some men attempt to destroy the roadblock in front of them. Winters sighs, "when were we expecting the engineers to arrive?"

"Half an hour ago."

Rene rolls his eyes, his voice dripping with sarcasm, "oh, great, so we have a couple more hours to wait then."

"We're stuck here until they do," Rene stretches out, nodding at what Winters said.

Nixon looks at the two, "well if you're the SS, you're not gonna let us waltz into Hitler's house. Probably throw a few rocks at us yourself."

Speirs walked up to them, "if you're looking for someone to find another way up that mountain, 'Easy Company' is ready and willing." Rene nods enthusiastically, looking between Speirs and Winters.

Winters gives Speirs a nod, "duly noted. I already recommended you to Colonel Sink."

"Terrific, let's go find out where Hitler lives."

Speirs moves to walk away as Rene jumps down from the jeep, grabbing his gun and following Speirs, "I'm so ready to find out."

The two stop, Rene standing in front of Winters and Nixon and Speirs on the other side of Nixon, as Winters speaks up, "Ron, Rene, We're not sure what's up there. The colonel doesn't want us taking any unnecessary risks."

Speirs looks at Rene, before looking at the roadblock then back at Winters, sighing, "so, the French are gonna beat us to the Eagle's Nest."

"Fuck that," Rene mutters, pursing his lips as Speirs steps back and out of the way of the approaching vehicle.

The jeep stops, giving Sink the space to be able to see the men and the four salute, which Sink returns, "kids, I just had a conversation with General Leclerc." Rene looks over at the roadblock, seeing Webster and More, run back towards Grant. Sink continues, "he told me he was the first into Paris, and by God, he wanted to be first into Berchtesgaden." Grant fires another round of the bazooka, the explosion bigger, this time because of the grenades they planted on the roadblock. Rene grins, snickering slightly, attempting to hide it when Sink turns to him, "something you want to say, Bean?"

Rene shakes his head, his voice far away as he watches the men, "just enjoying the show, sir."

Sink stares at Rene for a moment before he nods once, and continues, "told him I understood his point." Sink pauses for a moment before looking at Winters, "now, you fire up Second Battalion and outflank that French son of a bitch."

Winters smirks slightly, "yes, sir." The men bring their hands up to salute Sink as his driver starts the Jeep and backs up, driving away. Speirs and Winters step towards each other, "I want 'Easy Company' in the lead. Have the men assemble down on the autobahn?"

"Yes, sir." Speirs turns to walk away, Rene grinning at Nixon and Winters before jogging to catch up with Speirs.

Rene walks into the dining room with Speirs, his eyes, and ears open as they look around, finding the quiet of the town unnerving. Rene stops looking at a table, pointing to the tablecloth, looking over at More who followed him in with Speirs, "shit, I bet this tablecloth costs more my entire life."

More chuckles before the two turn around, facing Winters and Welsh, as More clears his throat, "Major Winters, sir."

"More," Winters greets with a nod.