You're A Soldier Now

The Captain

he walks to me and pushes me towards the group "this isent a man" they all stare blinking before they all start to laugh at him "thats loony!" "theres no way!" he nods to them and they slowly start to die down, "wait.. your... your suruis. buck... he.. he's a she?" jim says pointing to me like im a dog and not a person who can hear them talking.

he nods "i found out today when i tackled her, he is defenetly a she" they all look at me with open mouths. "how.. but but.." is all i hear amoung them before buck sits on his bed "you cant tell anyone guys!"

james stands quickly "so what?! we're going to let a girl stay in our shack and... and be in the army?! we cant do that buck!" he nods looking at his hands "i know.. but if we report her then they will shoot her, if she runs away she'll still be shot, the only thing we can do is hold out until we get into the battle then.. maybe she can go MIA" i shake my head quickly "i wont do it! i want to fight! you said yourself im a good shot!"

"that was when you were a male! hello? your not aloud to be here and yet viola there you are siting there on the special howling comandos force!" i hang my head takeing a deep breath "report me if you want but... either way i'll take the bullet"

"whos geting shot now?'' we all look towards the door where a man in a spanlged suit stands with a shield in one hand and a duffle bag slung over the other.

buck runs to him giveing him a man hug with a smile "steve! wow you got big! what did you do to yourself?"

he walks to the empty bed on my beds other side and sits down "well... ya see-" he starts the story about howard stark and the super solider syrum and such.

then when hes done he frowns "so.. whos geting shot?" they all look at one another then at me breafly before james stands up with a smile "no one! we're just jokeing!" he nods "oh ok.. so whos this? a new member?"

buck sits on his own bed looking at me with narrowed eyes "this is anthony, the men call him annie though, we just call him tony" i keep a blank face as i look at the spangled man before me. he holds his hand out "then you must be anthony hudson! i've heard alot about your talents with guns" i nod my head laying back on my bed after shakeing his hand "yeah.. im an ok shot"

"shes as good as buck" pinky says with a grin.

"shes?" steve asks looking at me with narowed eyes, pinky gulps "sorry been thinking about my gal back home, i meant 'he's" steve nods "oh right..."

after a few more minutes its time to dress for bed but they all kind of sit there shooting me looks. then i get it and stand takeing my clothes with me as i walk to the bathroom.

when i come back out a few minutes later there all dressed but steve whos just trying to take off the crazy flag suit but he cant reach the ziper.

"here let me help you" i say takeing the ziper and pulling it down for him, he nods to me "thanks" and then slips out of it being now only in boxers, i avert my eyes to my hands as i sit on my bed. i can feel the teams looks boring into my head and some looking for signs i actualy am a girl.

"so... how long have you been training with a gun?" steve asks laying back on his bed with his hands behind his head and feet crossed. i shrug with a small smile "i was about eight when i started shooting, i would play with guns before that helping father with his gun shop... at least before it went bankrup" steve nods to himself takeing in the new information with ease "im sorry. maybe after the war you guys could start the shop again... dose that mean you can shoot any kind of gun?"

i think about the countless hours i spent training with a gun to make my aim steady and clear "yeah.. i can do hand guns and snipers and a few diferent types of automatics and once or twice i may or may not have taken a launcher into the woods and shot it at trees with my friends" he chuckles "how did that go for you?" i shrug and wave my hands in the air trying to describe it "well first off i say 'may or may not have' but i think if i DID that then it would go pretty bad and might end up with me grounded and the loss of a few hairs" the team laughs a bit and i think this might work if they keep it a secret...

maybe

"so... i hear there was new kinds of training today" steve says looking over me at buck, he nods slowly with a small smile "it was interesting.. i learned more then i acutaly thought possible" he says glanceing at me brefly and i know what he's talking about.

"really? so how did it go for you tony?" i look at him then close my eyes takeing a deep breath and leting it out with an "it went great"

"you look tired kid" he coments rolling onto his side and watching me, i look at him forwning "well i had a rough first day and today was... maybe more rough" he looks confused so jim speaks up "he was geting picked on so he got into a fight and buck got help and he got two hundred pushups thirty pull ups and thirty laps" steve whisltes "wow... and that was your first day?" i nod slowly siting up and rubing my eyes "yeah... i think i need air'' i walk out of the door and sit on the steps watching the few people who are up past curfew and smokeing at random shacks.

"well well well" i look over and see its henry with his crew, "annie! i thought you were dead after the training." him and his buddys share a glance and i stand up but stand my ground. "so keth saw barnes atack you earlyer.. any reson for that?" i shrug "i was out of line"

"then get back in" he says with a scoff like its obvios "why dont you? show an exsample sir" i say with a laugh.

he glares at me then looks around, "no ones here to help you now kid" he says rubing his knuckles makeing them pop, i gulp but show no emption, or as little as i can i can tell my eyes are betraying me, "my teams right inside" i say a little louder. i hear a little rusleing from inside so someone must have heard me.

he takes a fist of my shirt "but they dont really seem to care do they?" he raises his fist but a voice clears its throat "i do" i look up at steve whos looking at henry like a meal. "stay out of it flag boy" henry sneers begining to drag me away while his friends hoot and laugh.