Hi! So, Virals is my favourite book series, and M*A*S*H is my favourite TV series, and this happened. You don't need to have read Virals and watched M*A*S*H to read this, but it'll make more sense if you know about one of them. And if you really, really hate Hi/Ella or Hawkeye/Trapper, this is probably not going to be your thing. Don't say I didn't warn you.
It's a little AU, because Chance is not Viral, Trinity does not exist, Ella knows about the flares, and this takes place somewhere between Season 2 and Season 3 but mentions a character who I don't think appeared until later. It is only going to get more AU from there...
It's a little bizarre, but hey, I wrote it, so what do you expect? :) It should still be pretty cool, though.
Disclaimer: I will say this only once - I do not own Virals or M*A*S*H.
South Korea, 1951
The body was found in the early morning by a young Army nurse. Her screams woke everyone else, and for a while everyone just stood and stared at the corpse of a man who, only yesterday, was alive and well, or at least as well as one could be in a warzone.
The cause of death was initially unknown. He was shot three times; once in the stomach, once in the heart, and once in the head.
His killer was among the crowd, faking alarm so convincingly no-one would guess he had been involved.
This was not the first body found. In fact, it was number fifteen in a string of unsolved murders. The victims were all stationed in this particular unit, and were all shot three times. Each time, no-one had heard the gunshots. The killer was much too clever for that...
There was no time for launching an investigation. As the body is moved, the killer slips away.
This wouldn't be the last body found either.
He would never be caught.