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They all stood still. Hawkeye and Klinger went up closer to the bushes to see if it was even a person. Elsie looked over at Margaret and Margaret put her arm around Elsie as if to guard her. Elsie knew that this was probably to comfort her, but felt more scared now because she knew that her mom was scared. She watched carefully as they both went up to the bush. They stopped and talked with each other for a minute, but she couldn't understand what they were saying. Klinger was the one who stepped into the bush. His face turned white. He had held of a gun. Slowly, he pulled the gun back and the man carrying it slowly came out. Elsie suddenly got a bad feeling.
"That's the enemy isn't it?" she asked.
Margaret just nodded. Elsie could feel Margaret's grip get tighter around her shoulders.
"Don't you have a gun Klinger?" Margaret asked.
Klinger turned back.
"Yes ma'am, in the jeep," he said.
"You idiot!" she hissed.
Four other men emerged from the bushes. Elsie stood with Margaret's arms completely wrapped tightly around her. She could definitely tell that Margaret was getting nervous. The one man said something that she couldn't understand. Elsie suddenly yelped as she felt a gun go into her back. Margaret jumped and looked back. There he was. Standing there with his gun pointed at them. All three girls looked over at Hawkeye and Klinger who were also standing at gunpoint. There was another shout and they all went the direction that the men lead them.
"Mom," Elsie quietly asked.
"Yes?" she asked.
"What is going to happen to us?" Elsie asked.
Margaret waited to answer. She knew that there was nothing good to come from this. They have operated on prisoners.
"I don't know, but I can tell you that it's nothing good," Margaret said.
Elsie just kept walking forward. That answer was not a surprise. For a minute she didn't even know why she had asked. If you are at gunpoint and being forced to go some where it can't be good. They kept walking silently. As they did Elsie just looked around and watched every one else. They all looked scared. They walked until they got into a wooded area and then were forced to sit down. Margaret went and sat down against a tree and motioned for Elsie to come and sit down by her. Every one watched as the men conferred with each other. Margaret had a streak of guilt. Her daughter was now a prisoner of North Koreans. If she would have met her daughter earlier, before she went to Korea, they would not be in this situation.
"I don't think we're getting out of here any time soon," Hawkeye said.
Gina looked over at him with worry.
"You think?" she asked.
"Hey, don't get mad at him. It's not his fault that we're here right now," Klinger said.
"If you would have brought your gun with you none of us would be right here right now," Margaret said.
"Like I was supposed to know that we were going to get captured," Klinger said.
"You're supposed to be prepared," Margaret said.
"Oh come on. Who cares whose fault it is? It's not going to get us out of this," Elsie said.
"I'm afraid nothing is going to get us out of this," Gina said.
"Great," Elsie said and then sat back.