'Doctor!' the Korean yelled. He pointed to Alex, then beckoned her.
'Alex, come on,' Henry said from the doorway. Alex was shaking a little, but she didn't move from where she stood.
'Doctor,' the sniper repeated.
'Why is he asking for a doctor?' Trapper asked.
'I'm no doctor,' Alex said loudly and clearly to the man on the roof.
'Doctor,' the Korean said, and then began to jabber something they couldn't understand. He pointed his gun towards the door and motioned for the others to come out. Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank, Margaret, Henry and Radar all walked out, hands on their heads. The sniper was talking angrily.
'He wants Klinger,' Alex said eventually.
'See, I told you,' Frank said. Alex walked slowly to the door and went in to get Klinger.
'You're not going to give me to him, are you?' Klinger was asking.
'You're not going anywhere without us,' Alex was comforting. The soldier on the van waited until Alex and Klinger stopped, then climbed down from the vehicle.
'If we had a gun, we could have shot him while his back was turned,' Frank hissed to the others.
'Frank, shut up,' Hawkeye said. The sniper stopped, and motioned for them to move. Getting into single file, except Alex who was helping Klinger, they all walked away from camp. There was another van a mile away, and there were three people with it, all North Korean. Luckily, one spoke English. He talked to the one who'd brought them to the van first, then talked to the group from the 4077.
'Who is the commanding officer? Or, if they are not here, the highest ranking one?' he asked.
'I am,' Henry said, stepping forward.
'I apologise for how my sniper has treated you. I told him not to shoot anyone unless threatened, but he has shot one of your. people,' the man said, after trying to decide what to refer to Klinger as. 'He found it insulting to our people that you would send men out here in female clothing.'
'I can explain that,' Henry said. 'He wants to go home, so he doesn't have to fight your people.'
'Why did you bring us here?' Hawkeye asked.
'We need a doctor for some of our wounded. Our surgeons are not as skilled as yours, and they will die otherwise,' the man told them.
'Why not just drive up to the MASH unit?' Trapper asked.
'If there were American MP's, they would have taken us prisoner. You must realise that there are many stories about what you do to prisoners, and we decided it would be easier to collect a few of you, and bring you to us,' he said. Alex nodded.
'I understand the conflict you have. We'll operate,' she said.
'Are you crazy?' Frank yelled loudly. A few guns were pointed in his direction.
'Frank, why didn't you listen to Hawkeye when he told you to shut up?' Alex asked through clenched teeth. The head Korean soldier motioned for them to put down their guns.
'Of course, we'll need a hostage, to discourage you from killing our soldiers on purpose,' he told them. There was an awkward silence.
'I'll do it,' Alex said finally.
'Alex, no, you can't! They can take Frank!' Hawkeye said as she said it.
'May we please discuss this for a second?' Henry asked the Korean. After getting an approval nod, Henry turned away and the others crowded around him, voicing their disapproval's.
'Henry, you can't let them take Alex as a hostage. They'll just have to trust us!' Hawkeye said.
'There's no other way. Henry, I'm being hostage, whether you agree or not,' Alex said, her face set.
'Alex, you can't be hostage, what if they decide to kill you anyway afterwards?' Trapper was asking.
'Everyone, shut up!' Henry yelled after a second.
'Wow, I think that was an order,' Hawkeye said, looking impressed.
'Henry, please, I'm volunteering,' Alex said. Henry stared at the nurse for a few seconds.
'You realise that there are only four doctors, two nurses and two men who have no medical knowledge here,' he said to her. 'If you go hostage, there'll only be one nurse between four doctors.' Alex was quiet.
'I can't put anyone else in that position,' she said in an almost whisper. Trapper and Hawkeye glanced at each other.
'Maybe if someone should go hostage with her,' Radar suggested.
'Maybe we should refuse to help them,' Frank said.
'Frank, don't you realise if we refuse, we'll all be shot?' Alex asked. She turned to the Korean soldier waiting for them to finish their discussion. 'I'm going hostage,' she said.
'No, she's not!' Trapper yelled, but Henry put a hand on his shoulder.
'She's going hostage,' he told the angry Hawkeye and Trapper. The Korean nodded, and two soldiers with guns stepped forward, their guns trained on Alex.
'You do something we don't like, and we'll shoot her,' the doctors were told. Klinger was helped over to Alex by Radar, and the two were left with their guards as the others went onto the van to tend to the hurt men.
'Are you ok? You look a little shaken,' Klinger said.
'I'm fine,' Alex said, looking anything but fine. She sat down, knees up to her chin, and head resting on her folded arms on her knees. The others came out of the van, carrying wounded. Hawkeye gave Trapper a meaningful glance before they put the wounded on the ground to operate. There were only six men, bloodied up and in a lot of pain, but it took them a while to help them, as they could only work in two groups, being a person short. It took them two hours to help the enemy soldiers, and Hawkeye was happy to see that the chances of their survival was very high.
'We've fixed up your men. Are you going to let us go?' Henry asked.
'I believe you have done a very fine job, and so.' the Korean was saying but he stopped when Frank tried to make a run for it. Guns were pointed at Alex's head, and Margaret yelled at Frank to stop.
'You're going to get us all killed!' she screeched at Frank, who had stumbled on a rock.
'Come back, slowly,' Frank was told. Alex was shaking badly, the guns still pointed at her head. Frank came back cautiously.
'Are you still going to let us go?' Klinger asked, leaning against a tree. The enemy soldiers were staring angrily at Frank, who'd sheepishly come back, and the people from the 4077 were waiting with held breaths.
'You are not to tell anyone of this,' the English speaking soldier told them.
'Tell no-one, got it,' Henry said. There was a few moments of waiting, when the Korean said something to his men, and the guns were lowered from Alex's head.
'Thank you,' Hawkeye said, going to help Alex up. The eight of them left, Trapper helping Klinger along, and Hawkeye helping the shattered Alex back to camp.
'Alex, come on,' Henry said from the doorway. Alex was shaking a little, but she didn't move from where she stood.
'Doctor,' the sniper repeated.
'Why is he asking for a doctor?' Trapper asked.
'I'm no doctor,' Alex said loudly and clearly to the man on the roof.
'Doctor,' the Korean said, and then began to jabber something they couldn't understand. He pointed his gun towards the door and motioned for the others to come out. Hawkeye, Trapper, Frank, Margaret, Henry and Radar all walked out, hands on their heads. The sniper was talking angrily.
'He wants Klinger,' Alex said eventually.
'See, I told you,' Frank said. Alex walked slowly to the door and went in to get Klinger.
'You're not going to give me to him, are you?' Klinger was asking.
'You're not going anywhere without us,' Alex was comforting. The soldier on the van waited until Alex and Klinger stopped, then climbed down from the vehicle.
'If we had a gun, we could have shot him while his back was turned,' Frank hissed to the others.
'Frank, shut up,' Hawkeye said. The sniper stopped, and motioned for them to move. Getting into single file, except Alex who was helping Klinger, they all walked away from camp. There was another van a mile away, and there were three people with it, all North Korean. Luckily, one spoke English. He talked to the one who'd brought them to the van first, then talked to the group from the 4077.
'Who is the commanding officer? Or, if they are not here, the highest ranking one?' he asked.
'I am,' Henry said, stepping forward.
'I apologise for how my sniper has treated you. I told him not to shoot anyone unless threatened, but he has shot one of your. people,' the man said, after trying to decide what to refer to Klinger as. 'He found it insulting to our people that you would send men out here in female clothing.'
'I can explain that,' Henry said. 'He wants to go home, so he doesn't have to fight your people.'
'Why did you bring us here?' Hawkeye asked.
'We need a doctor for some of our wounded. Our surgeons are not as skilled as yours, and they will die otherwise,' the man told them.
'Why not just drive up to the MASH unit?' Trapper asked.
'If there were American MP's, they would have taken us prisoner. You must realise that there are many stories about what you do to prisoners, and we decided it would be easier to collect a few of you, and bring you to us,' he said. Alex nodded.
'I understand the conflict you have. We'll operate,' she said.
'Are you crazy?' Frank yelled loudly. A few guns were pointed in his direction.
'Frank, why didn't you listen to Hawkeye when he told you to shut up?' Alex asked through clenched teeth. The head Korean soldier motioned for them to put down their guns.
'Of course, we'll need a hostage, to discourage you from killing our soldiers on purpose,' he told them. There was an awkward silence.
'I'll do it,' Alex said finally.
'Alex, no, you can't! They can take Frank!' Hawkeye said as she said it.
'May we please discuss this for a second?' Henry asked the Korean. After getting an approval nod, Henry turned away and the others crowded around him, voicing their disapproval's.
'Henry, you can't let them take Alex as a hostage. They'll just have to trust us!' Hawkeye said.
'There's no other way. Henry, I'm being hostage, whether you agree or not,' Alex said, her face set.
'Alex, you can't be hostage, what if they decide to kill you anyway afterwards?' Trapper was asking.
'Everyone, shut up!' Henry yelled after a second.
'Wow, I think that was an order,' Hawkeye said, looking impressed.
'Henry, please, I'm volunteering,' Alex said. Henry stared at the nurse for a few seconds.
'You realise that there are only four doctors, two nurses and two men who have no medical knowledge here,' he said to her. 'If you go hostage, there'll only be one nurse between four doctors.' Alex was quiet.
'I can't put anyone else in that position,' she said in an almost whisper. Trapper and Hawkeye glanced at each other.
'Maybe if someone should go hostage with her,' Radar suggested.
'Maybe we should refuse to help them,' Frank said.
'Frank, don't you realise if we refuse, we'll all be shot?' Alex asked. She turned to the Korean soldier waiting for them to finish their discussion. 'I'm going hostage,' she said.
'No, she's not!' Trapper yelled, but Henry put a hand on his shoulder.
'She's going hostage,' he told the angry Hawkeye and Trapper. The Korean nodded, and two soldiers with guns stepped forward, their guns trained on Alex.
'You do something we don't like, and we'll shoot her,' the doctors were told. Klinger was helped over to Alex by Radar, and the two were left with their guards as the others went onto the van to tend to the hurt men.
'Are you ok? You look a little shaken,' Klinger said.
'I'm fine,' Alex said, looking anything but fine. She sat down, knees up to her chin, and head resting on her folded arms on her knees. The others came out of the van, carrying wounded. Hawkeye gave Trapper a meaningful glance before they put the wounded on the ground to operate. There were only six men, bloodied up and in a lot of pain, but it took them a while to help them, as they could only work in two groups, being a person short. It took them two hours to help the enemy soldiers, and Hawkeye was happy to see that the chances of their survival was very high.
'We've fixed up your men. Are you going to let us go?' Henry asked.
'I believe you have done a very fine job, and so.' the Korean was saying but he stopped when Frank tried to make a run for it. Guns were pointed at Alex's head, and Margaret yelled at Frank to stop.
'You're going to get us all killed!' she screeched at Frank, who had stumbled on a rock.
'Come back, slowly,' Frank was told. Alex was shaking badly, the guns still pointed at her head. Frank came back cautiously.
'Are you still going to let us go?' Klinger asked, leaning against a tree. The enemy soldiers were staring angrily at Frank, who'd sheepishly come back, and the people from the 4077 were waiting with held breaths.
'You are not to tell anyone of this,' the English speaking soldier told them.
'Tell no-one, got it,' Henry said. There was a few moments of waiting, when the Korean said something to his men, and the guns were lowered from Alex's head.
'Thank you,' Hawkeye said, going to help Alex up. The eight of them left, Trapper helping Klinger along, and Hawkeye helping the shattered Alex back to camp.