Title: The Returning Rose
Author: Bobbleheadcollection
About: Our heroes are having trouble staying busy but when a new prisoner comes in they'll be to busy trying to handle this new situation to be bored.
Before: Hello everyone this story isn't a slash at all, my grammar horrible when it comes to writing slashes, but when it comes to these story that deal with a everyday normal episode, its a lot better. Therefore, I hope you all enjoy the story I know I enjoyed writing it.
The winter was harsh on every prisoner in Stalag 13. The snow fell silently but it stayed and grew into mountains of snow piles. The men in barracks 2 where chilled right down to their bones, they kept their gloves and jacket, and added blankets on top of them to keep the warmth from leaving. Newkirk sat on his bunk wrapped in two of his blankets he leaned against the wall, while smoking a cigarette, while watching LeBeau and Carter play cards. They to where wrapped in several blankets, and where wearing every single piece of clothing they own. Just then, the barracks door flew open and Schultz came in. All the men shouted at Schultz for barging in, and letting what warmth they had out.
"Ohhh, its cold OUT THERE!" Schultz yelled walking over to the coal stove to warm up.
"Well thanks for telling us Schultze, we would never had guess." Newkirk said, not really wanting to put up with anyone today since it was so cold.
"Joll-y-J-oker," Schultz said, eyeing Newkirk down, Schultz then turned his attention to Carter and LeBeau who where playing gin. Schultz taps LeBeau on the shoulder. "LeBeau, could you be so kind and make me some potato pancakes." Schultz asks very nicely. LeBeau turned his head but had to move back, because he encountered Schultz's stomach.
"I don't think so Schultze. It's so cold out it might freeze the batter." LeBeau joked.
"Rrr, Yet another Joll-y-J-oker." Schultz said making his way over to Colonel Hogan door. "Colonel Hogan, come out please." Schultz said while knocking on the door. The door flew open and Hogan came out with Kinchloe behind him.
"Yea, Schultz what is it?" Hogan to was wrapped in a blanket and wore his hat down enough so it covered his ears.
"Well I'm afraid to announce that since the weather is bad out, you and your men are to stay inside." Schultz said with a sigh.
"Glad to hear that Schultz, but what wrong?" Hogan saw that Schultz wasn't acting himself. Schultz took a deep breath and let it out.
"You don't want to hear it." Schultz said turning around to leave.
"Oh come on Schultz sure we do. Right men?" Hogan said turning to all his men who where either cuddled up in a corner or cuddling close to someone else because they were freezing. a great big, sure came from everyone, and Hogan turned back to Schultz. "See Schultz we care about, so sit down and tell us what's wrong."
"Alright if you insist." Schultz said sitting down at the picnic table. "Well I awoke up this morning and it was freezing, and then when I went to go get breakfast, I couldn't eat anything because, everything was to cold to eat, or it was frozen. Then later I find out that I'm on guard duty tonight, and now LeBeau won't make me some potato pancakes!" Schultz explained.
"Well sorry about that Schultz I hope everything goes better for you." Schultz stood up, nodded, and started to head for the door. Newkirk though leaned over and tap Schultz shoulder, Schultz looked up at Newkirk, puzzled like.
"What is it Newkirk?" Schultz ask stopping before he opened the door.
"All I wanted to say is that you need to look at having tonight as your night shift, as helping you getting ready for the Russian front." Newkirk said laughing.
""Newkirk, that's not very nice!"
"Oh come on Schultz I was only joking!" Newkirk said taking a drag of his cigarette and sitting back up. Shultze grumbled and yelled, 'Joll-y-Joker.'
Shultz open the door and ran outside, after about minute of Schultz departure, a strong wind blew open the door. All the men ran and slammed their bodies up against trying to hold it shut. Newkirk was still on his bunk, but he was holding the top part of the door close with his feet.
"Colonel we need something to hold this door shut!" Kenshin brought up.
"Hey I got it why don't we-"
"NO!" Everyone yelled at Carter before he got to finish his sentence.
"I got it, LeBeau go get the piece of lumber that's under shorty's* bed." Hogan said as he helped everyone hold the door shut, against the strong wind that dared to relieve them of their warmth. LeBeau scurried to the corner of the barracks, where shorty slept and crawled under the bunk. LeBeau came back with a long think piece of lumber. "Alright LeBeau on either side of the door there's handle, take the lumber and slide it behind them." LeBeau saw them and slide it in one, and waited until everyone moved to slide it in the other one. Newkirk was holding the only one holding the door now because if he let go the door would fly back and hit LeBeau, before he had a chance to slide the lumber in place. After LeBeau had finally place the lumber behind the handles, Newkirk finally removed his feet. They all watch as when another gust of wind try to blow the door again but it did not work the door never moved.
Later that night when everyone was asleep, Newkirk awoke to someone whispering his name in his ear. He tried to ignore it but it just was not working, the persisting voice still whispers his name.
"Hey Newkirk." Newkirk listen carefully to the persisting voice. "Hey Newkirk, are you awake?" This irritating voice belonged to Carter.
"I'm awake now, what on bloody earth are you doing up?" Newkirk turned around and came face to face with Carter. Newkirk could see the outline of the young sergeant.
"Well its really cold and I was wandering if I could sleep next to you?"
"Andrew are bloody mad, no," Newkirk yelled and then rolled over trying to get back to sleep. "Why don't go ask someone else?"
"But I did and they all said the same thing. Well not exalt the same thing. Some where like git, and other where like-"
"Andrew, leave off please." Newkirk had turned back around and was trying to get Carter to leave, but he stop when there came a flash of lights from their window. The light was like headlights from a truck, so Carter made his way over to the window. Carter preyed the wooden doors back and was to open the actual window but they where frozen shut. "Carter can you see anything out the window?"
"No the windows are pack with snow." Newkirk unwrapped himself from his blankets and climbed down from his bed. He made his way over to the sink and lifted the foist. "Newkirk what do you see?"
"There's an ambulance in the compound and its park right next to Klink's office. Oh and now stepping out of it, is our favorite Gestapo Hochstetter." Newkirk dropped the foist back in place. "Lets go get the governor up." Newkirk lead the way to Hogan's room. Newkirk slowly creak the door open and flipped on the lights. "Colonel Hogan?" Hogan was lying on the top bunk. He sat up a little groggy at first but became alert when he saw Carter and Newkirk at his door.
"What's up guys?" Hogan asked sitting up all the way.
"Sir, and ambulance just pulled in and Hochstetter got out of it." Newkirk explained as he watch Hogan climbs down from the top bunk.
"Wonder why he's here at this time and especially this kind of weather." Hogan made his way out of his room and to the sink; he then turned to Carter and Newkirk. "Newkirk Carter wake Kenshin, and LeBeau." Hogan then turned back around and lifted the foist to look for himself.
Newkirk and Carter went to wake the other two men who where sleeping peacefully. Carter had no trouble waking Kenshin, but Newkirk had a heck of a lot of trouble waking LeBeau. Newkirk would shake LeBeau, but he would turn over to the other side. So Newkirk came up with an idea and leaned in close to LeBeau's ear.
"LeBeau, if you won't wake up, I'm going to confiscate your entire mushroom!"
"Don't you dare touch my mushroom, Newkirk?" LeBeau sat straight up and yelled at NewKirk who was laughing uncontrollably.
"I thought that would wake you!" Newkirk walked back over to where Carter, Kenshin, and Hogan were standing. LeBeau climbed down off the bed and walked over as well.
"Newkirk, that's not funny!" LeBeau said standing next to him. The group watches Hogan as he scanned the compound. "So Colonel, What's happening out there?" LeBeau asked making his way over to the stove to pour a cup of coffee for everyone.
"Well Hochstetter arrived in an ambulance, and now he has guards filling out around the ambulance. Now he pacing in front of Klink's office and now here come old blood and guts. There heading into Klink's office now." Hogan dropped the foist back in place and lead the way into his office. "Mind pouring the coffee, Kenshin?"
"Sure Colonel." Placing the silver coffee pot on the table Kenshin, plug it in, and took out the filter.
"I still don't see why you can't find another coffee pot?" Everyone turned his attention to LeBeau, who complained. The room was filled with Hochstetter voice; it projected loud and clear in the room.
Inside Klink office, Hochstetter was leaning over Klink's desk, fuelled with rage, anger; and all of it pointed to one man, Klink. Klink sat behind his desk, he looked like he was still asleep, his monocle about to fall out of his eye.
"Klink, listen to me, I have a new prisoner for you!"
"Major Hochstetter, at this time of night, couldn't you have waited until morning?" Klink suggested, but this made Hochstetter even angrier.
"NO KLINK!" Hochstetter slammed without trouble his hands on Klink's desk, which made Klink jump back in fear in his chair.
"But Major Hochstetter, how important is this prisoner that it can't wait until mornings." Klink said yawning right after he said his sentence.
"Klink, you dummkopf this prisoner isn't no prisoner. Let me show you, GUARD!" Hochstetter yelled and a Gestapo solder came in. He had gun strapped over one shoulder and on the other was a black suite case. The solder was dress in the usual Gestapo outfit, a basic black suit. "Let me have the papers on the new prisoner." The guard opens the bag, pulled out a vanilla folder, and handed it to Hochstetter. "That'll be all."
"Jawohl Major." The guard saluted Hochstetter did an about face and left the room. Hochstetter then threw the folder at Klink.
"Here Klink, this is the report of the new prisoner, Captain Red of the Royal Air force. Shout down over Düsseldorf about two days ago." Klink just stared at the Major, even attempting to open the folder.
"But Major, if this is a regular, shot down and then capture, what's with all the security?"
Back at the barracks, the men where listening very intensely not one of them daring to breath, afraid they might miss something very important. Then Major Hochstetter voice echoed through the room as he started yelling at Klink.
"BECAUSE KLINK IF YOU OPEN THE FOLDER YOU WOULD KNOW WHY!" Hochstetter said pounding his hand on the desk while yelled at Klink. Klink took the folder in hand and opened it up, a bunch of papers fell out. Hochstetter grinded his teeth together in anger, as he watch Klink drop to the floor to pick up the paper he dropped. As Klink gather the paper, he gasped as he read a piece of the paper.
"BUT MAJOR PRISONER IS-"
"KLINK SHUT UP!" Hochstetter yelled at Klink before he had a chance to finish his sentence. Klink looked around his room, in wondering why the Major silence him before he got a chance to complain.
"But major it's only us in my office?" Klink said sitting back down in his chair.
"Klink it might just be us here in your office, but your dummkopf sergeant is right out the door." Hochstetter said lowering his voice. "Klink this is classified! I and my guards and now you are the only one's who know about this is us and Burkhalter." Klink nodded then he got this expression on his face.
"Then why aren't you taking this prisoner to Berlin?"
""Because General Burkhalter said that since they where shot down inside their plane and they where the pilot, this means that they are typical solder and now a prisoner of war." Hochstetter took his gloves out of his pocket and started to place them on his hands. "Klink what I need from you, is a barracks that is bugged. This prisoner will be guarded twenty-four seven, by my guards and the only one's who are allow to see this prisoner is you, my guards, general Burkhalter and me. GOT IT KLINK!"
"Jawohl Major Hochstetter, I'll get Schultz on that right away." Klink and Hochstetter left the room.
In the barrack's Kenshin took out the plug to the coffee pot and sat it back in the corner. Hogan was now tapping a pencil on the desk, trying to think.
"Colonel what do you think?" Newkirk ask leaning against the wall of the room.
"Well it seems that who ever the prisoner is no one is getting near them." Hogan had stopped the tapping and was looking around the room now. "Kenshin is the radio working?"
"Not a chance, Colonel. The weather is so bad that we can get a outgoing, or incoming channels." Hogan sighed and slouched in his chair, he then turned to Carter.
"Carter, go keep an eye on ambulance, and notify me at once when they start moving the prisoner." Hogan said watching as Carter walked out of his office.
"Colonel, do you have any idea who this person might be?" Kenshin ask watching as the Colonel started to pace the room now.
"No I don't, and this is an odd situation. It seems that whoever this prisoner is they have the Gestapo on edge." Colonel Hogan sat down on the bottom bunk and folded his arms. It was quite in his room now you could hear a pin drop, then Carter came running into the room. "What's going on carter?" Hogan followed Carter out into the other room.
"The Gestapo guards are starting to move in formation, I think they might be going to move the prisoner?"
"Alright, shut off the light and open the door." Hogan said, and he got a response of icy cold glares from his men, when he said open the door. "Hey it's going to be open until we can see who this prisoner is, alright?" Hogan did not receive a vocal reply, but he got the general jiff of things when the men scarred to grab their blankets.
Hogan opens the door peering out he watch as Hochstetter pounded on the side of the ambulance, yelling, 'schnell' over and over again. The back of the ambulance open and four Gestapo men jumped out, they had their guns pointing inside of the ambulance. Then they saw two other Gestapo helping down the prisoner. The prisoner cuffed from head to toe, and on top of the prisoner head was a bag. Hogan grunted and slammed the door shut. Newkirk been watching the scene from his bed top and then looked down at his Colonel.
"Bit of bad luck, Colonel." Newkirk said lighting a cigarette.
"Yea this prisoner must be really special. We need to know what barracks there in. Well start that tomorrow. Right now I need some sleep." Right after Hogan said this the door flew open, and in came Schultz. "Schultz what are you doing in here?" Everyone had scattered to some end of the barracks away from the cold whispering winds. Schultz made his way over to the stove oven to warm his hands up before answering Hogan.
"Well Colonel Hogan I was coming in to wake you guys but, since you guys are up already I don't need to. So I'm going to ask all of you to get dress and meet for role call in 5mintues."
"Wait role call now" Hogan ask strolling over to Schultz who was adjusting his gun that was hanging over his shoulder. "What for!" Colonel Hogan demanded
"Because...Wait I can't tell you," Schultz said turning around heading out the door, before Hogan could address him again about the situation.
"Colonel what do you think it means?" Newkirk ask jumping down off his bunk.
"It means we're in big trouble!"
Well thats the end of the first chapter. Please stay tuned for chap 2 to find what happens next!
*Shorty is one of the guys in the barracks he's the same height as LeBeau*