Author's note:Ok,I finally got chap 3 going.Thank you for being patient
with me,and for the encouraging and helpful reviews.Marg,thank you for your
encouragement,help,and listening to my ideas.
Extra: These "+thingies+" mean a different language is being spoken
These ~~~thingies~~~ means something is being thought
Here we go.....................
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Lebeau and Newkirk joined Carter in the radio room with Kinch,who was
decoding a message from London.
"What does London 'ave to say about our two mates?Are they who they say they are?" Newkirk questioned
"I'll know in a minute..." Kinch answered,still deoding the message.
Peering over Kinch's shoulder,Lebeau asked him
"Which code is that?" I don't recognize it."
It's called the brickhouse code" Kinch answered."It's only used for top secret messages or when they're afraid someone's listening in who shouldn't. It's also a real pain to decode!"
After finishing,went over what he wrote,and confirming it with London,Kinch read parts of the message aloud to the eager men listening.
"It pretty much says here what we heard Duffield say earlier." he stated.
=papa bear= Kinch read =major von lichtenstein is one of our men=leftenant reginald duffield of the RAF =also works as an underground agent=codename prince charming=
"They even confirm his tattoo."Kinch pointed out,then continued. =only a few of our top agents are branded with the V=as you already know=another man will be contacting you through duffield=name is dr. indianna jones=an american proffesor and archeologist=
Kinch paused before finishing the message.
duffield will explain more=sorry we couldn't contact you chaps earlier=
"They're sorry?" Lebeau snorted
"What's an archeologist?" Carter asked
"Someone who studies,searches for,and collects rare artifacts mostly." Kinch answered,distracted,while reading over the message again.
"Blimey!We're not looking for the Holy Grail,it's colonel 'ogan we'd like to find!" Newkirk exclaimed.
"London doesn't know he's missing yet,Peter." Lebeu reminded him "Obviously,this doctor wanted to contact mon colonel about something."
"But why?" Carter wondered
"I sure don't know" Kinch said while folding up the piece of paper that contained the message. "Let's go to Klink's office." he said,leading the way.
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Exiting barracks 2,the four heroes stepped out into the compound.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Carter asked.
"Well,HQ cleared both of them and Duffield already knows papa bear is stationed here.We have no choice,maybe they can help us find colonel Hogan." Kinch said
"Yeah,but what do we know of this Dr. Jones guy?" Carter asked "All we know is that he's an archeologist from Indianna."
"His name is Indianna, Andrew." Newkirk corrected.
"Well,what kind of a name is that?" Carter asked the englishman.
"Maybe it's his codename." Lebeau suggested.
"I'm agreeing with Kinch on this one." Newkirk stated
"We really 'ave no choice but to trust them."
"Oui,I also agree.Even though there are still some unanswered questions."
Lebeau said.
Kinch now whispered as they walked into Klink's outer office past Hilda,Klink's pretty secretary "I have a feeling the Leftenant's gonna explain everything.Right,Carter?"
"..............Right." Carter finally agreed.
Kinch knocked on the office door.
"Enter." the major/leftenant commanded
The men filed into the office,closing the door behind them.
"Ah,papa bear's team I assume?" Duffield spoke, in a hushed tone.
"Yes sir." Kinchloe said ,and he introduced himself,Carter,and Lebeau.
"Pleased to meet you all,I'm sure you've found out who I am.This is Dr. Jones." Duffield said,presenting the doctor.
After greeting them,Jones asked "Are any of you, papa bear?"
"No sir." they all said
"Well,no offense men,but we were hoping of meeting papa bear in person." the leftenant explained.
"No offense taken,leftenant." Carter said
"There isn't anything wrong,is there?" Dr. Jones aked with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Well....." Kinch began,looking at the others before going on.Taking a deep breath,he said. "Papa bear isn't here,he was captured last night while meeting an agent."
"What? Captured?!" Duffield exclaimed.Looking over at Jones,he asked.
"Indy,do you suppose the men who took papa bear are also holding your father?"
" 'old on a minute." Newkirk interjected "Begging your pardon,but whot's going on?"
"Dr. "Indianna" Jones explained. "The reason I'm here is to find my father."
"In a POW camp?" Lebeau questioned.
"No." Indianna answered "But your "papa bear" was the last one who had contact with him.Now that he's gone,I'm starting to believe this whole crazy thing is true."
"What crazy thing?" Kinch asked
"Supposedly,my father gave your leader some information involving a lot of high security codes for several nazi operations." Indy answered
"How do you know all this?" Carter asked
"Believe me kid,it wasn't easy," Indianna said with a half-serious look on his face.
"I mean,it's hard to believe my dad would be involved in all this spy and espionage."
"Like father,like son." Duffield quietly mentioned.
Indianna tried to cover up the leftenan'ts comment with a slight cough.
"Listen." he told the men "it seems we're both in a situation,and I know you don't fully trust me.But I have a feeling if we find my father,we'll find your leader. If it's information these guys want,they haven't killed them yet. Unless he's already told them what they need to know...."
"Colonel Hogan would never!" Lebeau said,defending Hogan.
He started towards Jones,but Newkirk held the firey frenchman back.
"Watch it,shorty." Indianna warned him,then apologized. "Ok,I'm sorry.If Hogan was able to keep this operation a secret for so long,I'm sure he can hold out much longer.
"He will." Kinch said with assurance.
Suddenly,the phone on the Kommandant's desk rang.
"Excuse me men." Duffield said before answering the phone and switching back to his fake German accent.
"This is Major von Lichtenstein,heil hitler!Ja,I have copies of all the prisoner's reports right here on my desk.The bookeeping also?Ja,I can go over those too.When will your messenger come to pick these up?Ja Ja,I will expect him.Heil Hitler!" Duffield hung up the phone.
"Ya know Reggie,you do German so well, it's scary."
Indianna said,grinning.
"Look who's talking" Duffield said to Jones before addressing all the men in the office.
"I'm sorry gentlemen,but I have a prison camp to run.When and where can we meet to discuss a plan?"
"We'll contact you in the kommandant's quarter's in about 4 hours" Kinch said before he and the men turned to walk out the door."
"Wait." Indianna said,stopping them "You're all gonna have to trust me.I'm not a nazi spy or anything.Believe me,....I hate those guys."
"You an me both,mate." Newkirk agreed, along with the others.
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"Ok,I'm gonna get on the radio and try to contact some other agents." Kinch said as they entered the barracks.
"What do you want us to do?" Lebeau asked
Before Kinch could answer,the secret tunnel entrance opened up and sergent Oleson emerged.Seeing the men he was looking for,he told them with urgency
"Sergent Baker wants to see you down below immediatley!"
They all scurried down the ladder to the radio room where they met up with Sergent Baker.
"Kinch!" Baker said,getting up from the chair that was positioned near the radio.
"Someone tried to contact you while you were gone,sounded real urgent.The transmission started to fade,so I requested she try back in three minutes while I changed frequencies."
"Good job Baker,thanks." Kinch said as he slid into the chair and picked up the headphones.Turning back to Baker,Kinch asked with one raised eyebrow.
"Did you say, she? Did she mention who she was?"
"All I know is she's one of the underground agents,codename..........Briar Rose."
Baker answered.
"Briar Rose!" Carter exclaimed "She's the agent colonel Hogan met with.I thought she was captured also.....
"Maybe they both escaped!" Lebeau said eagerly
Suddenly,the radio speaker came alive with a frantic woman's voice.
"briar rose to papa bear---can you read me papa bear?"--
Newkirk,Lebeau,and Carter gathered around the radio,pressing up against the radioman.Not noticing the sudden closeness,Kinch replied into the mouthpiece.
"This is papa bear's den,we read you briar rose."
"is papa bear allright?--is he there?"--
"Negative,briar rose.We thought he was with you." Kinch answered
"he was--but we were captured by the Gestapo and taken to a prison camp-- then we were being transsfered somewhere else--static started to cut into her transmission
"No!" Kinch shouted at the radio,over the noise.
"Fix it,Kinch!" Newkirk urged.
Kinch slapped down on top of the radio,bringing back the transmission
"That'll work." Newkirk commented,under his breath.
"Briar rose,could you repeat that last part?" Kinch requested.
"between the prison camp and our destination--papa bear helped me escape--
I had hoped he made it too--"
"So did we." Kinch agreed "Where are you now?' he asked her.
"In an underground safehouse in Venice--"
"Italy?" Lebeau said,his voice raising an octave.
"Where exactly did you and papa bear part company?" Kinch asked Rose,as the men around him pressed in closer.
"just 40 miles south of here--"
"That's near Capitzio." Newkirk affirmed "Then the guv'nor must be in that area!"
Getting his pen and pad ready,Kinch asked "Where is this safehouse,so we can contact you?"
"contact me?-- Rose hesitated --no--you can't--it's too much of a risk--"
"Give us the address." Kinch said so firmly that it even suprised the heroes,including himself.
Finally,she agreed "ok--I'll send the directions,address,and password in code--but I must warn you--trust no one--whoever set papa bear and me up is still out there--
"Don't worry." Kinch told her
"allright--be careful--" she breathed "briar rose--signing out--"
Right away,Kinch recieved the coded information.
After jotting it down quicky,he just looked at it for awhile.
"Well,whot are we standing around 'ere for,let's go!" Newkirk urged.
"Go to Venice?Then what do we do?" Kinch asked aloud.
"That's easy,find out if the colonel is around there." Newkirk stated plainly,sticking his hands in his pockets.
"That's why you asked for the information,right Kinch?" Carter asked him
"That was before I knew what I was doing." Kinch answered
"I know bloody well whot I'm doing,give me the information!" Newkirk demanded as he grabbed for the paper in Kinch's hand.
"Newkirk.....Newkirk!!" Kinch said as he stuggled with the englishman before grabbing him by the shoulders.Speaking in a more calm and understanding tone,he told the corporal. "I know you want to find colonel Hogan,we all do.But we have to think about this first."
Newkirk started to say something,but Kinch held up his hand,confirming that he wasn't finished.Newkirk listened as Kinch continued.
"We don't know what's out there.What we're getting ourselves into.The operation here at Stalag 13 could be jeoperdized if we leave."
"Without mon colonel,we'd have to abandon the operation anyway." Lebeau stated.
"That's true,Louis." Kinch agreed "So you see," he told the men "We're at an impass.Either we go to find the colonel and risk everything,or stay here and risk losing the colonel."
"Knowing this was going to be the easiest question he'll ever answer,Carter spoke up.
"Wha-.... go get colonel Hogan of course!He does the same for us.Remeber the time when me,Newkirk and Lebeau were captured by the Gestapo while on a mission and taken to Stalag 4? You and the colonel convinced Schultz to go in there with him and get us out!"
"And think of all those times he's rescued Tiger from the Gestapo!" Lebeau added,speaking of the french agent.
"And all those crazy schemes he's gotten into with Marya,the Russian.With her,he never knew quite what he was getting into either." Carter mentioned
"Ahhhh....,Marya...." Lebeau said dreamily,thinking of the beautiful,yet troublesome (some would say annoying) Russian woman agent who always had a way of getting rid of German generals.Many times pulling Hogan and his men into her plans.
Hearing that most of them were in favor of rescuing Hogan,Newkirk grinned then looked at Kinch.
"Whot do you say Kinch? Are you with us?"he asked, his deep blue eyes pleading for the right answer.
"Oh,I was with you all the way buddy," Kinch assured him,then explained. "Just that,being the only voice of reason around here,I had to do my job."
"I understand,Kinch." Newkirk said,glad now that they all were in on it.
"Ok,let's go!" Carter said as he started to run out of the radio room.
Grabbing the eager young man by the collar,Newkirk said to him
"Don't you think you ought to gather a few things first?" nodding his head in the direction of Carter's "laboratory".
Realization lit up Carter's face "Oh yeah!!Of course ah-,.....I knew that!" Then the young explosives expert took off in the direction Newkirk indicated.
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Leftenant Reginald Duffield shuffled into the Kommandant's quarters,rubbing his temples lightly with his fingertips.He met up with Indianna Jones in the parlor,who was sitting on the couch with his feet propped up,going over some papers and maps.
Looking up at the weary Englishman,Indianna inquired with a knowing grin.
"How was the paperwork,Kommandant?"
"Uhhhnnnnnn....." Duffield said,groaning "London informed me Klink was inept and incompetant,they just never told me how much!" He went on to explain "His bookeeping and recordkeeping are terrible.I had to go over every single thing and correct it so I could make him look good for his superiors."
"Why don't you have a drink?" Indy offered,motioning towards Klink's bountiful cabinet.
"Thank you,I believe I will." Duffield said,making his way over "Would you like something to drink?" he asked Jones.
"Later...." Indianna said,going back to looking over the papers that surrounded him where he was reclining.
While pouring himself a drink,Duffield asked "Papa bear's men haven't come already,have they?"
Looking at the watch on his wrist,Indy answered "No,they haven't stopped by yet.They've still got three minutes."
"I do hope they trust us." Duffield said,picking up his glass and swirling the drink around before taking a sip.
"I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't," Indy said "In their line of work,they face trouble every day.Blowing up German bridges,messing up Nazi plans--I like these guys! " he said with a lopsided grin.
Duffield stiffled a small laugh to keep from choking on his drink,clearing his throat, he said "Yes,you don't know how long I've wanted to come here and see this operation,that's why I hope you can get papa bear back also.A man like that doesn't deserve to go to waste at the hands of the Nazis."
"No man deserves that." Indy said,grimly.
A minute or so passed before the two men heard a commotion from somewhere in the room.Looking around for the noise,Indy and Duffield noticed it was coming from the black cast iron stove.They watched as it moved to the side,revealing a hidden tunnel and the negro sergent they met earlier,who looked up and saw them.
Relieved and intrigued by his entrance,Duffield said to Kinch
"Ah,right on time I believe.Now,what have you figured out?"
"We've made contact with Briar Rose,the agent that colonel Hoagan met with last night."Kinch said as he emerged from the tunnel, with Newkirk,Lebeau,and Carter close behind."She was captured along with him and he helped her escape.If the colonel didn't make it to the safehouse ,we think he's in the area near Capitzio."
"Italy?" Indy questioned,glanicing at the map that was spread upon his lap.
"So,this agent is somwhere in Italy also?" he asked Kinch.
"Yes,she is in Venice.In an underground safehouse."
"You have all the information?Address,password,directions........?" Indy asked
"Yep,all right here." Kinch said,holding up a small blue piece of paper.
Indy reached for it,but Kinch held it back.With a suprised expression,Indy looked Kinch.
"You do know that we're going with you?" Kinch confirmed.
"What,all of you?" Jones asked,then said "I don't think so.Besides,I work better alone."
"What's the matter monsieur?" Lebeau asked with a small smile.Folding his arms and cocking his head to the side,he gave Jones a questioning glance "Don't you trust us?"
"Of course I do,but........." Indy said,looking over at Duffield for support.
"Don't look at me Indy.But think about it,you couldn't ask for a better team.And time is running out."
Refusing to look defeated,Indy quickly gave in " Allright,we'll all go.But you'd better not get in my way." he said,pointing at each of them.
"You won't 'ave to worry about that,sir.Well,except for Carter 'ere,but I'll keep an eye out for 'im ." Newkirk joked,placing a firm hand on the young man's shoulder.
"Hey!" Carter said,trying to decide if he should push the englishman's hand away for insulting him,or be grateful that he said he would look out for him.
Already wondering what he was getting himself into,Indy asked. "So,when do we leave?"
"Tonight." Kinch said,then looked around the parlor they were standing in "And we're going to need a truck and some furniture."
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Morning,the next day........on the outskirts of Venice
Indy finished stashing his clothes and other neccesities deep in the hay of the abandoned barn.Since the area around it had been bombed out,they didn't need to worry about it being in use. He brushed pieces of straw off the workclothes he was wearing and headed outside to the truck,where the others were waiting for him.
Climbing in the frontseat of the truck,which had been disguised to fit their needs,he asked Carter,who was driving "Are you sure those explosives will be ok,stored up in that barn?"
"One thing you can say about my mate Carter, 'es a man who knows 'is explosives " Newkirk jumped in,stating "When e defuses the grenades ,mate,you know they won't go off unexpectedly."
Carter sat there a second before starting up the truck and asking Newkirk,slowly
"I thought you defused the grenades..............."
Eyes widening and looking back at the barn that was not far off,Newkirk said to Carter
"You thought I defused the grenades?!
"Just kidding." Carter smiled,remembering a similar inccident involving bomb timers.
Rolling his eyes,barely believing that Carter had just gotten the best of him,Newkirk then grinned and took off the pyrotechnic's hat,hitting him on the back of the head with it.
"Ooof!" Carter said before taking back his hat without losing control of the truck.
Kinch shook his head,realizing he'd have to explain to Jones that these two men were serious when it came to the mission.
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Later that morning.......Venice, Italy
The truck soon pulled up infront of a two story house on one of the busiest streets in Venice. Parking the truck,Carter jumped out to help the men unload the furniture.Indy stayed with the truck,but promised he would come in later.
Kinch could imitate a German accent pretty well.But since he couldn't pass for a German as far as skin tone was concerned,Kinch made sure his workgloves and hat concealed his skin as best as they could.With the chair hefted over his shoulder,he could see where he was going without anyone seeing his face.
Walking up the steps to the door with Newkirk and Carter behind him struggling to carry the couch. Lebeau,clipboard in hand,knocked on the door.
The door opened,revealing an old,gray-haired woman. +"Yes,what is it?"+ she asked
+" We're here to deliver the furniture"+ Lebeau said,speaking what Jones had taught him to say while in the truck earlier.Those being the only Itallian words he knew,unless you counted eight bars of the song "Santa Lucia",but that's a different story.
Lebeau quickly handed the lady his clipboard,which conatained the password and a message scribbled on it.She quickly understood and soon ushered them all inside.
Setting down the furniture,they followed the lady down the stairs into her basement.Reaching the bottom,she opened a door and motioned them inside where they noticed a slender blonde woman,sitting on a chair.Carter recognized her from the other night.
"Briar Rose?" he spoke
She looked up to see them,but instead of relief,there was fear in her eyes.
"What is it?" Carter asked her.
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Meanwhile,outside the house, a man came up to the truck and rapped hard against the door.Indy casually turned to ask what was going on and saw that the man was in a Gestapo uniform.
~~~calm down Indianna,it's probably nothing.Carter must've double parked or something and now I'm going to get a ticket~~~ Indy thought to himself.
Before he could say anything,the man asked in english "Doctor Jones?"
Keeping under control to not respond to his name,though warning bells were already going off inside his mind,Indy said to the man in Itallian +"What is going on?"+
"Ach,you know very well what's going on,Herr Jones.Please come with us."
"Us?" Indy asked before noticing the patrol of Gestapo that arrived,all armed and pointing their guns at him.
Looking all around for a way out,Indy was surrouned.He cursed under his breath and glanced up at the house,wondering what happend.
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Carter,Kinch,Lebeau and Newkirk now saw what had frightend Briar Rose so much.Stepping out of the shadows,a Gestapo agent trained his gun on the four men.
"Put down your guns!!" he ordered.
Lebeau,closest to the door,looked up to see two more Gestapo agents coming down the stairs with the old woman,pointing a gun at her temple.
"Surrender or they both die!!" the Gestapo man said,shoving his gun into Briar Rose's back,causing her to turn pale and start to shiver.
The four men slowly put their guns down.
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Pushing them out the back door,the Gestapo took their five new prisoners out to their cars.Much to Rose's protests one of the Gestapo men,with an evil,desiring look in his eyes,dragged her to his car.Kinch and Newkirk were forced in one car while Carter and Lebeau were shoved in another.
Seeing that there was another man in the car with them,besides two Gestapo agents,Lebeau and Carter noticed it was Inianna Jones.He was already beaten and bruised and was having difficulty breathing since one of the Gestapo men had his boot shoved against his cheast.
Indy looked up,his eyes asking what went wrong.Carter and Lebeau could only answer back with the same question in their eyes.
In the other car,as it began to drive off,one of the Gestapo men started beating Kinch with every ounce of hate he had for him.He called him every derogatory name and then some.Just because he was a different color.Newkirk knew all this and with a burning light in his dark sapphire eyes, he defended his friend.
He managed to pull him off of Kinch,who was now seconds from blacking out.Soon the hate and beatings were directed at Newkirk,as blow after blow caused a new pain in his body.One man would hold him as the other struck him.
After a while,the ranking Gestapo officer said with an icy tone
"+That's enough,there will be more time for that later. We need them alive.+"
They let Newkirk go,allowing him to slump over.The last thing Newkirk saw was the sneering face of the man who beat him.
Then,there was darkness as Newkirk fell out of consciousness.
Extra: These "+thingies+" mean a different language is being spoken
These ~~~thingies~~~ means something is being thought
Here we go.....................
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Lebeau and Newkirk joined Carter in the radio room with Kinch,who was
decoding a message from London.
"What does London 'ave to say about our two mates?Are they who they say they are?" Newkirk questioned
"I'll know in a minute..." Kinch answered,still deoding the message.
Peering over Kinch's shoulder,Lebeau asked him
"Which code is that?" I don't recognize it."
It's called the brickhouse code" Kinch answered."It's only used for top secret messages or when they're afraid someone's listening in who shouldn't. It's also a real pain to decode!"
After finishing,went over what he wrote,and confirming it with London,Kinch read parts of the message aloud to the eager men listening.
"It pretty much says here what we heard Duffield say earlier." he stated.
=papa bear= Kinch read =major von lichtenstein is one of our men=leftenant reginald duffield of the RAF =also works as an underground agent=codename prince charming=
"They even confirm his tattoo."Kinch pointed out,then continued. =only a few of our top agents are branded with the V=as you already know=another man will be contacting you through duffield=name is dr. indianna jones=an american proffesor and archeologist=
Kinch paused before finishing the message.
duffield will explain more=sorry we couldn't contact you chaps earlier=
"They're sorry?" Lebeau snorted
"What's an archeologist?" Carter asked
"Someone who studies,searches for,and collects rare artifacts mostly." Kinch answered,distracted,while reading over the message again.
"Blimey!We're not looking for the Holy Grail,it's colonel 'ogan we'd like to find!" Newkirk exclaimed.
"London doesn't know he's missing yet,Peter." Lebeu reminded him "Obviously,this doctor wanted to contact mon colonel about something."
"But why?" Carter wondered
"I sure don't know" Kinch said while folding up the piece of paper that contained the message. "Let's go to Klink's office." he said,leading the way.
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Exiting barracks 2,the four heroes stepped out into the compound.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Carter asked.
"Well,HQ cleared both of them and Duffield already knows papa bear is stationed here.We have no choice,maybe they can help us find colonel Hogan." Kinch said
"Yeah,but what do we know of this Dr. Jones guy?" Carter asked "All we know is that he's an archeologist from Indianna."
"His name is Indianna, Andrew." Newkirk corrected.
"Well,what kind of a name is that?" Carter asked the englishman.
"Maybe it's his codename." Lebeau suggested.
"I'm agreeing with Kinch on this one." Newkirk stated
"We really 'ave no choice but to trust them."
"Oui,I also agree.Even though there are still some unanswered questions."
Lebeau said.
Kinch now whispered as they walked into Klink's outer office past Hilda,Klink's pretty secretary "I have a feeling the Leftenant's gonna explain everything.Right,Carter?"
"..............Right." Carter finally agreed.
Kinch knocked on the office door.
"Enter." the major/leftenant commanded
The men filed into the office,closing the door behind them.
"Ah,papa bear's team I assume?" Duffield spoke, in a hushed tone.
"Yes sir." Kinchloe said ,and he introduced himself,Carter,and Lebeau.
"Pleased to meet you all,I'm sure you've found out who I am.This is Dr. Jones." Duffield said,presenting the doctor.
After greeting them,Jones asked "Are any of you, papa bear?"
"No sir." they all said
"Well,no offense men,but we were hoping of meeting papa bear in person." the leftenant explained.
"No offense taken,leftenant." Carter said
"There isn't anything wrong,is there?" Dr. Jones aked with a hint of concern in his voice.
"Well....." Kinch began,looking at the others before going on.Taking a deep breath,he said. "Papa bear isn't here,he was captured last night while meeting an agent."
"What? Captured?!" Duffield exclaimed.Looking over at Jones,he asked.
"Indy,do you suppose the men who took papa bear are also holding your father?"
" 'old on a minute." Newkirk interjected "Begging your pardon,but whot's going on?"
"Dr. "Indianna" Jones explained. "The reason I'm here is to find my father."
"In a POW camp?" Lebeau questioned.
"No." Indianna answered "But your "papa bear" was the last one who had contact with him.Now that he's gone,I'm starting to believe this whole crazy thing is true."
"What crazy thing?" Kinch asked
"Supposedly,my father gave your leader some information involving a lot of high security codes for several nazi operations." Indy answered
"How do you know all this?" Carter asked
"Believe me kid,it wasn't easy," Indianna said with a half-serious look on his face.
"I mean,it's hard to believe my dad would be involved in all this spy and espionage."
"Like father,like son." Duffield quietly mentioned.
Indianna tried to cover up the leftenan'ts comment with a slight cough.
"Listen." he told the men "it seems we're both in a situation,and I know you don't fully trust me.But I have a feeling if we find my father,we'll find your leader. If it's information these guys want,they haven't killed them yet. Unless he's already told them what they need to know...."
"Colonel Hogan would never!" Lebeau said,defending Hogan.
He started towards Jones,but Newkirk held the firey frenchman back.
"Watch it,shorty." Indianna warned him,then apologized. "Ok,I'm sorry.If Hogan was able to keep this operation a secret for so long,I'm sure he can hold out much longer.
"He will." Kinch said with assurance.
Suddenly,the phone on the Kommandant's desk rang.
"Excuse me men." Duffield said before answering the phone and switching back to his fake German accent.
"This is Major von Lichtenstein,heil hitler!Ja,I have copies of all the prisoner's reports right here on my desk.The bookeeping also?Ja,I can go over those too.When will your messenger come to pick these up?Ja Ja,I will expect him.Heil Hitler!" Duffield hung up the phone.
"Ya know Reggie,you do German so well, it's scary."
Indianna said,grinning.
"Look who's talking" Duffield said to Jones before addressing all the men in the office.
"I'm sorry gentlemen,but I have a prison camp to run.When and where can we meet to discuss a plan?"
"We'll contact you in the kommandant's quarter's in about 4 hours" Kinch said before he and the men turned to walk out the door."
"Wait." Indianna said,stopping them "You're all gonna have to trust me.I'm not a nazi spy or anything.Believe me,....I hate those guys."
"You an me both,mate." Newkirk agreed, along with the others.
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"Ok,I'm gonna get on the radio and try to contact some other agents." Kinch said as they entered the barracks.
"What do you want us to do?" Lebeau asked
Before Kinch could answer,the secret tunnel entrance opened up and sergent Oleson emerged.Seeing the men he was looking for,he told them with urgency
"Sergent Baker wants to see you down below immediatley!"
They all scurried down the ladder to the radio room where they met up with Sergent Baker.
"Kinch!" Baker said,getting up from the chair that was positioned near the radio.
"Someone tried to contact you while you were gone,sounded real urgent.The transmission started to fade,so I requested she try back in three minutes while I changed frequencies."
"Good job Baker,thanks." Kinch said as he slid into the chair and picked up the headphones.Turning back to Baker,Kinch asked with one raised eyebrow.
"Did you say, she? Did she mention who she was?"
"All I know is she's one of the underground agents,codename..........Briar Rose."
Baker answered.
"Briar Rose!" Carter exclaimed "She's the agent colonel Hogan met with.I thought she was captured also.....
"Maybe they both escaped!" Lebeau said eagerly
Suddenly,the radio speaker came alive with a frantic woman's voice.
"briar rose to papa bear---can you read me papa bear?"--
Newkirk,Lebeau,and Carter gathered around the radio,pressing up against the radioman.Not noticing the sudden closeness,Kinch replied into the mouthpiece.
"This is papa bear's den,we read you briar rose."
"is papa bear allright?--is he there?"--
"Negative,briar rose.We thought he was with you." Kinch answered
"he was--but we were captured by the Gestapo and taken to a prison camp-- then we were being transsfered somewhere else--static started to cut into her transmission
"No!" Kinch shouted at the radio,over the noise.
"Fix it,Kinch!" Newkirk urged.
Kinch slapped down on top of the radio,bringing back the transmission
"That'll work." Newkirk commented,under his breath.
"Briar rose,could you repeat that last part?" Kinch requested.
"between the prison camp and our destination--papa bear helped me escape--
I had hoped he made it too--"
"So did we." Kinch agreed "Where are you now?' he asked her.
"In an underground safehouse in Venice--"
"Italy?" Lebeau said,his voice raising an octave.
"Where exactly did you and papa bear part company?" Kinch asked Rose,as the men around him pressed in closer.
"just 40 miles south of here--"
"That's near Capitzio." Newkirk affirmed "Then the guv'nor must be in that area!"
Getting his pen and pad ready,Kinch asked "Where is this safehouse,so we can contact you?"
"contact me?-- Rose hesitated --no--you can't--it's too much of a risk--"
"Give us the address." Kinch said so firmly that it even suprised the heroes,including himself.
Finally,she agreed "ok--I'll send the directions,address,and password in code--but I must warn you--trust no one--whoever set papa bear and me up is still out there--
"Don't worry." Kinch told her
"allright--be careful--" she breathed "briar rose--signing out--"
Right away,Kinch recieved the coded information.
After jotting it down quicky,he just looked at it for awhile.
"Well,whot are we standing around 'ere for,let's go!" Newkirk urged.
"Go to Venice?Then what do we do?" Kinch asked aloud.
"That's easy,find out if the colonel is around there." Newkirk stated plainly,sticking his hands in his pockets.
"That's why you asked for the information,right Kinch?" Carter asked him
"That was before I knew what I was doing." Kinch answered
"I know bloody well whot I'm doing,give me the information!" Newkirk demanded as he grabbed for the paper in Kinch's hand.
"Newkirk.....Newkirk!!" Kinch said as he stuggled with the englishman before grabbing him by the shoulders.Speaking in a more calm and understanding tone,he told the corporal. "I know you want to find colonel Hogan,we all do.But we have to think about this first."
Newkirk started to say something,but Kinch held up his hand,confirming that he wasn't finished.Newkirk listened as Kinch continued.
"We don't know what's out there.What we're getting ourselves into.The operation here at Stalag 13 could be jeoperdized if we leave."
"Without mon colonel,we'd have to abandon the operation anyway." Lebeau stated.
"That's true,Louis." Kinch agreed "So you see," he told the men "We're at an impass.Either we go to find the colonel and risk everything,or stay here and risk losing the colonel."
"Knowing this was going to be the easiest question he'll ever answer,Carter spoke up.
"Wha-.... go get colonel Hogan of course!He does the same for us.Remeber the time when me,Newkirk and Lebeau were captured by the Gestapo while on a mission and taken to Stalag 4? You and the colonel convinced Schultz to go in there with him and get us out!"
"And think of all those times he's rescued Tiger from the Gestapo!" Lebeau added,speaking of the french agent.
"And all those crazy schemes he's gotten into with Marya,the Russian.With her,he never knew quite what he was getting into either." Carter mentioned
"Ahhhh....,Marya...." Lebeau said dreamily,thinking of the beautiful,yet troublesome (some would say annoying) Russian woman agent who always had a way of getting rid of German generals.Many times pulling Hogan and his men into her plans.
Hearing that most of them were in favor of rescuing Hogan,Newkirk grinned then looked at Kinch.
"Whot do you say Kinch? Are you with us?"he asked, his deep blue eyes pleading for the right answer.
"Oh,I was with you all the way buddy," Kinch assured him,then explained. "Just that,being the only voice of reason around here,I had to do my job."
"I understand,Kinch." Newkirk said,glad now that they all were in on it.
"Ok,let's go!" Carter said as he started to run out of the radio room.
Grabbing the eager young man by the collar,Newkirk said to him
"Don't you think you ought to gather a few things first?" nodding his head in the direction of Carter's "laboratory".
Realization lit up Carter's face "Oh yeah!!Of course ah-,.....I knew that!" Then the young explosives expert took off in the direction Newkirk indicated.
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Leftenant Reginald Duffield shuffled into the Kommandant's quarters,rubbing his temples lightly with his fingertips.He met up with Indianna Jones in the parlor,who was sitting on the couch with his feet propped up,going over some papers and maps.
Looking up at the weary Englishman,Indianna inquired with a knowing grin.
"How was the paperwork,Kommandant?"
"Uhhhnnnnnn....." Duffield said,groaning "London informed me Klink was inept and incompetant,they just never told me how much!" He went on to explain "His bookeeping and recordkeeping are terrible.I had to go over every single thing and correct it so I could make him look good for his superiors."
"Why don't you have a drink?" Indy offered,motioning towards Klink's bountiful cabinet.
"Thank you,I believe I will." Duffield said,making his way over "Would you like something to drink?" he asked Jones.
"Later...." Indianna said,going back to looking over the papers that surrounded him where he was reclining.
While pouring himself a drink,Duffield asked "Papa bear's men haven't come already,have they?"
Looking at the watch on his wrist,Indy answered "No,they haven't stopped by yet.They've still got three minutes."
"I do hope they trust us." Duffield said,picking up his glass and swirling the drink around before taking a sip.
"I wouldn't be suprised if they didn't," Indy said "In their line of work,they face trouble every day.Blowing up German bridges,messing up Nazi plans--I like these guys! " he said with a lopsided grin.
Duffield stiffled a small laugh to keep from choking on his drink,clearing his throat, he said "Yes,you don't know how long I've wanted to come here and see this operation,that's why I hope you can get papa bear back also.A man like that doesn't deserve to go to waste at the hands of the Nazis."
"No man deserves that." Indy said,grimly.
A minute or so passed before the two men heard a commotion from somewhere in the room.Looking around for the noise,Indy and Duffield noticed it was coming from the black cast iron stove.They watched as it moved to the side,revealing a hidden tunnel and the negro sergent they met earlier,who looked up and saw them.
Relieved and intrigued by his entrance,Duffield said to Kinch
"Ah,right on time I believe.Now,what have you figured out?"
"We've made contact with Briar Rose,the agent that colonel Hoagan met with last night."Kinch said as he emerged from the tunnel, with Newkirk,Lebeau,and Carter close behind."She was captured along with him and he helped her escape.If the colonel didn't make it to the safehouse ,we think he's in the area near Capitzio."
"Italy?" Indy questioned,glanicing at the map that was spread upon his lap.
"So,this agent is somwhere in Italy also?" he asked Kinch.
"Yes,she is in Venice.In an underground safehouse."
"You have all the information?Address,password,directions........?" Indy asked
"Yep,all right here." Kinch said,holding up a small blue piece of paper.
Indy reached for it,but Kinch held it back.With a suprised expression,Indy looked Kinch.
"You do know that we're going with you?" Kinch confirmed.
"What,all of you?" Jones asked,then said "I don't think so.Besides,I work better alone."
"What's the matter monsieur?" Lebeau asked with a small smile.Folding his arms and cocking his head to the side,he gave Jones a questioning glance "Don't you trust us?"
"Of course I do,but........." Indy said,looking over at Duffield for support.
"Don't look at me Indy.But think about it,you couldn't ask for a better team.And time is running out."
Refusing to look defeated,Indy quickly gave in " Allright,we'll all go.But you'd better not get in my way." he said,pointing at each of them.
"You won't 'ave to worry about that,sir.Well,except for Carter 'ere,but I'll keep an eye out for 'im ." Newkirk joked,placing a firm hand on the young man's shoulder.
"Hey!" Carter said,trying to decide if he should push the englishman's hand away for insulting him,or be grateful that he said he would look out for him.
Already wondering what he was getting himself into,Indy asked. "So,when do we leave?"
"Tonight." Kinch said,then looked around the parlor they were standing in "And we're going to need a truck and some furniture."
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Morning,the next day........on the outskirts of Venice
Indy finished stashing his clothes and other neccesities deep in the hay of the abandoned barn.Since the area around it had been bombed out,they didn't need to worry about it being in use. He brushed pieces of straw off the workclothes he was wearing and headed outside to the truck,where the others were waiting for him.
Climbing in the frontseat of the truck,which had been disguised to fit their needs,he asked Carter,who was driving "Are you sure those explosives will be ok,stored up in that barn?"
"One thing you can say about my mate Carter, 'es a man who knows 'is explosives " Newkirk jumped in,stating "When e defuses the grenades ,mate,you know they won't go off unexpectedly."
Carter sat there a second before starting up the truck and asking Newkirk,slowly
"I thought you defused the grenades..............."
Eyes widening and looking back at the barn that was not far off,Newkirk said to Carter
"You thought I defused the grenades?!
"Just kidding." Carter smiled,remembering a similar inccident involving bomb timers.
Rolling his eyes,barely believing that Carter had just gotten the best of him,Newkirk then grinned and took off the pyrotechnic's hat,hitting him on the back of the head with it.
"Ooof!" Carter said before taking back his hat without losing control of the truck.
Kinch shook his head,realizing he'd have to explain to Jones that these two men were serious when it came to the mission.
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Later that morning.......Venice, Italy
The truck soon pulled up infront of a two story house on one of the busiest streets in Venice. Parking the truck,Carter jumped out to help the men unload the furniture.Indy stayed with the truck,but promised he would come in later.
Kinch could imitate a German accent pretty well.But since he couldn't pass for a German as far as skin tone was concerned,Kinch made sure his workgloves and hat concealed his skin as best as they could.With the chair hefted over his shoulder,he could see where he was going without anyone seeing his face.
Walking up the steps to the door with Newkirk and Carter behind him struggling to carry the couch. Lebeau,clipboard in hand,knocked on the door.
The door opened,revealing an old,gray-haired woman. +"Yes,what is it?"+ she asked
+" We're here to deliver the furniture"+ Lebeau said,speaking what Jones had taught him to say while in the truck earlier.Those being the only Itallian words he knew,unless you counted eight bars of the song "Santa Lucia",but that's a different story.
Lebeau quickly handed the lady his clipboard,which conatained the password and a message scribbled on it.She quickly understood and soon ushered them all inside.
Setting down the furniture,they followed the lady down the stairs into her basement.Reaching the bottom,she opened a door and motioned them inside where they noticed a slender blonde woman,sitting on a chair.Carter recognized her from the other night.
"Briar Rose?" he spoke
She looked up to see them,but instead of relief,there was fear in her eyes.
"What is it?" Carter asked her.
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Meanwhile,outside the house, a man came up to the truck and rapped hard against the door.Indy casually turned to ask what was going on and saw that the man was in a Gestapo uniform.
~~~calm down Indianna,it's probably nothing.Carter must've double parked or something and now I'm going to get a ticket~~~ Indy thought to himself.
Before he could say anything,the man asked in english "Doctor Jones?"
Keeping under control to not respond to his name,though warning bells were already going off inside his mind,Indy said to the man in Itallian +"What is going on?"+
"Ach,you know very well what's going on,Herr Jones.Please come with us."
"Us?" Indy asked before noticing the patrol of Gestapo that arrived,all armed and pointing their guns at him.
Looking all around for a way out,Indy was surrouned.He cursed under his breath and glanced up at the house,wondering what happend.
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Carter,Kinch,Lebeau and Newkirk now saw what had frightend Briar Rose so much.Stepping out of the shadows,a Gestapo agent trained his gun on the four men.
"Put down your guns!!" he ordered.
Lebeau,closest to the door,looked up to see two more Gestapo agents coming down the stairs with the old woman,pointing a gun at her temple.
"Surrender or they both die!!" the Gestapo man said,shoving his gun into Briar Rose's back,causing her to turn pale and start to shiver.
The four men slowly put their guns down.
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Pushing them out the back door,the Gestapo took their five new prisoners out to their cars.Much to Rose's protests one of the Gestapo men,with an evil,desiring look in his eyes,dragged her to his car.Kinch and Newkirk were forced in one car while Carter and Lebeau were shoved in another.
Seeing that there was another man in the car with them,besides two Gestapo agents,Lebeau and Carter noticed it was Inianna Jones.He was already beaten and bruised and was having difficulty breathing since one of the Gestapo men had his boot shoved against his cheast.
Indy looked up,his eyes asking what went wrong.Carter and Lebeau could only answer back with the same question in their eyes.
In the other car,as it began to drive off,one of the Gestapo men started beating Kinch with every ounce of hate he had for him.He called him every derogatory name and then some.Just because he was a different color.Newkirk knew all this and with a burning light in his dark sapphire eyes, he defended his friend.
He managed to pull him off of Kinch,who was now seconds from blacking out.Soon the hate and beatings were directed at Newkirk,as blow after blow caused a new pain in his body.One man would hold him as the other struck him.
After a while,the ranking Gestapo officer said with an icy tone
"+That's enough,there will be more time for that later. We need them alive.+"
They let Newkirk go,allowing him to slump over.The last thing Newkirk saw was the sneering face of the man who beat him.
Then,there was darkness as Newkirk fell out of consciousness.