Olivia Peterson's whole life had revolved around everything and everyone in the base all her life, only leaving at select times. No, she isn't a prisoner, nor does she want to stay, but at the moment she is content with what she has. And who. One day, and a simple check in changes it all. She may never see the base again. She may do everything in her power to get back or maybe she wants to stay in this strange, chaotic world. Things are always changing, some for the worse, some for the better. These choices define us as a person if we let them, but will Olivia Peterson let them? Will she not be that same person from one side to the next? One may never know. Unless.....

Maddie enlists in the army. What has she got to lose? Her brothers best friend beats her up, her mom doesn't care about what she does, her dad is recorded as MIA, and her brother is planning to get married. Why not join the military? Why not prove the records wrong and find out that her dad is still alive? Why not look Death in the eye and laugh? Why not live to tell the tale yourself? This is the story of a girl with nothing to lose, but it turns out just the opposite...