Chapter 4

The van was parked behind some bushes, Hannibal was watching through his binoculars as Tate got out of his vehicle with the briefcase full of money in his hand, he left the rest of his men in the cars and walked towards a small cabin.

'You know BA, instead of growling, why don't you try a less ferocious animal sound, like, um, lets say the purr of a cat, go on BA, just, puuurrrrrr!' Murdock suggested, leaning over and placing his hands on BA's seat. BA looked round at Murdock.

'What you talkin bout fool!' BA growled.

'Ok, so we still got a little work to do there, its ok though, we'll have you purring in no time big guy' Murdock's smile was wide.

'I ain't no cat!' BA replied abruptly, turning round in his seat, he glared at Murdock who just gave him one of his crazy looking grins. BA shook his head and turned back round.

'Oh, I don't know about that BA, we all know you love a little tickle behind the old earlobes' Murdock replied, tickling behind BA's ear, BA roughly grabbed hold of Murdock's arm and pushed him away.

'Hannibal you better tell that crazy fool to sto-' BA started, but was cut off by Hannibal.

'Give it a rest guys' Hannibal told them, 'Look, Tate's getting back in the car'

'Hey, I wanna see!' Murdock whined, Hannibal tried to hide an amused smile as he passed the binoculars to Murdock, Murdock took them and leaned in-between Hannibal and BA with the binoculars fixed to his face, 'They're leavin, what now Colonel, we goin gettin the money back?'

'No, the suitcase can stay there' Hannibal replied, 'If Tate's hiding it in there, then my guess is he's stashing it there for the time being, probably planning on moving it tomorrow' he started to get something out of his pocket, 'Here Murdock, put this bug in the suitcase, just in case my theories wrong'

'Will do Colonel' Murdock nodded, taking the bug from Hannibal's palm. He got out of the van and made his way towards the cabin, his journey took a little longer than Tate's because BA, following Hannibal orders, had parked the van further away. Murdock reached the cabin and tried the door, it was locked, he smirked slightly, 'Where's the Faceman when you need him?' rooting in his pockets he took out a pocket-knife and was starting to place it into the lock when something caught his eye, sighing, he grabbed a radio from his other pocket and put it to his mouth.

'Umm, we have a couple of problems Hannibal, the doors locked, and if I open it, then whooo-ooooo, whooo-ooooo!' Murdock shrieked the sound of an alarm.

'Ahhhhhh, ok Murdock I get the picture' Hannibal replied, as though he was slightly in pain, Murdock stopped his alarm noises, and Hannibals tone of voice changed from one of pain to one of amusement, 'I guess Tate really doesn't trust his men.'

'What should I do Colonel?' Murdock asked.

'Come back Murdock, we don't wanna set off the alarm, at least not yet' Hannibal ordered.

'Righteo' Murdock replied, he placed the bug in a small gap on the door and walked back to the van.

'Ok BA lets go back to the store' Hannibal said as Murdock got into the van, BA did as Hannibal said and started up the van, 'where's the bug Murdock?'

'I hid it on the door, you know, so we'll know in case anyone opens it' Murdock answered.

'Good thinking Captain' Hannibal smiled.

'BA, how about just one smile, just one little itty bitty smile' Murdock pleaded.

'Shut up fool!' BA groaned.

'Awww, come on BA, don't be shy, just smile, grin a little, you got any milk?' Murdock asked, leaning over BA's shoulder.

'Milk?' BA questioned, pushing Murdock away so he could see the road.

'Yeah milk, I don't care if your smiles only wind, at this moment I'll take any kind of smile, it'll be a start, and then we can work on it big guy!' Murdock answered.

'Fool, you talkin crazy talk' BA snarled back.

'BA, why does your emotional animal vocabulary only consist of growly snarly beasts?' Murdock asked, 'come on BA, you gotta try a new animal, if you don't like purring then how about a horse, or a little mouse, or, or a rooster, yeah, that's it, a rooster, be a rooster BA!'

'Hannibal the crazy mans Jibba Jabberin again!' BA growled.

'Go on big guy; give us your best rooster impression' Murdock pleaded, BA turned to Hannibal and groaned when he saw the amused look on his CO's face.

'I think Murdocks right BA, you would suit a rooster' Hannibal grinned. BA groaned loudly, and Hannibal tried to look as serious as possible, 'BA lighten up, Murdock lost a dear friend of his today, and he's not sitting around being miserable'

'If the crazy fool don't shut up, that apple ain't gunna be the only thing that gets broke today!' BA growled, Murdock leaned over BA's shoulder and was about to open his mouth, but stopped when BA raised a clenched fist towards his face, so instead he just settled back in his seat quietly.

Hannibal turned to face the window as his attempt at keeping a straight face was failing miserably, then he quickly turned his head in BA's direction, 'Step on it BA, I think I've got just the plan', his grin was wide and his eyes were bright.

BA did as he was told but not without grumbling, 'Aww man, not the Jazz!'

TBC

A/N – Sorry the chapters short, I'll make the next one longer.