Chapter 36: End plan
It was New Year's Eve and everyone was at Kami's house. General Stockwell had delivered the A-Team's Pardons earlier that day and they were all celebrating the fact that they were free men at last.
Hannibal looked round the room, smiling in contentment. They had all waited so long for this day to come and he couldn't have hoped for a better ending.
"Nice to see the children looking so happy," he said to Maggie, slipping his hand around her shoulder as he sat next to her on the sofa.
"It's been a long time coming," she replied, squeezing his hand affectionately.
Hannibal glanced over at Face. He was sitting with Rina and her son, Eric, looking completely relaxed and happy. It was obvious he was going to be a doting step-dad and Eric seemed to be very fond of him. Face was just about to start a new adventure in his life and Hannibal knew he had the resilience and motivation to make it work.
His gaze moved on to Kami and Craig. Together with Craig's wife, Amanda, they had been a welcome (and as it turned out, essential) addition to his dysfunctional family. He had always thought that fate had brought them together for a reason.
Murdock was sitting next to Kami, as she chatted to Craig and Amanda. He was busy winding BA up about something – a sure sign that things were getting back to normal!
"Now look Scooter …" he was saying annoyingly, whilst BA was barking back at him, "Don't call me Scooter, Fool!" Mrs Baracus, who had sort of become Murdock's surrogate mum over the years, was trying to calm the situation down.
Hannibal wondered what BA would do now that they were free men. He had always been one of life's misfits, but Hannibal was still proud of the way his Sergeant had remained true to himself. His loyalty to the A-Team had been second to none and Hannibal was sure he would be successful in whatever he decided to do with his life.
And then there was Murdock. He still had quite a long way to go with his recovery but he knew his Captain had a way of bouncing back from whatever life flung at him. And of course he had Kami now and like Face, he was just about to start living the dream that they had both talked about.
He turned back to Maggie, his piercing blue eyes full of hope for the future.
"You know Maggie ….", he started to say, before Maggie finished off his sentence for him.
"I know John," she said, "You just love it when a plan comes together!"
FINI
[Note: I'm thinking there are a few loose ends to tie up here. However, I am aware that my stories are turning into novels so will publish a new story at another date. Please review if you liked/hated the story.]