'Anyone who knows the whereabouts of lieutenant Alex Dustin, please come
forward,' the PA speakers were shouting over the camp. 'Thank you.' Hawkeye
and Trapper were lounging about in the Swamp when Klinger came running in,
the door slamming behind him.
'Must you be so loud?' Hawkeye complained, looking up at Klinger from his favourite chair.
'I just remembered, the last time I saw Alex, Radar told her he'd found it,' Klinger said.
'Found what?' Trapper asked.
'I don't know, he just came up to her and said "I've found it". She got excited and they left,' Klinger said.
'Why didn't you tell us earlier? Radar might know where Alex is, or where she's going!' Hawkeye said, jumping up.
'I didn't remember until I sat down in the mess tent, thinking about how the last time I saw Alex was at dinner,' Klinger said. Trapper and Hawkeye ran out of the tent to Radar's tent. He was sitting at his desk, doing paperwork when the two doctors burst in.
'Radar, do you know where Alex is?' Trapper asked.
'No, she's gone, remember? No-one knows where she is,' Radar said.
'We think you might have an idea about where she's heading,' Hawkeye said.
'What?' Radar asked in an alarmed voice.
'Whatcha find for Alex, Radar?' Trapper asked, leaning on the filing cabinet.
'I promised I wouldn't tell,' Radar replied, fiddling with a pen in his hands and not looking at either Trapper or Hawkeye.
'Radar, you've driven me to this, I order you to tell us what you found for Alex,' Hawkeye said. Radar looked up at Hawkeye.
'That's unfair!' he said.
'Tell us,' Hawkeye said. Radar sulked for a few seconds.
'I found out where her brother was buried,' he said eventually. Trapper and Hawkeye glanced at each other.
'We need more information,' Hawkeye said, leaning down.
'She went into Frank's office after I found it for her and asked for a couple days of leave. He wouldn't give it to her unless she told him why she wanted them. She didn't and left,' Radar said.
'I bet that's where she's heading,' Trapper said triumphantly. Hawkeye nodded.
'Radar, give us the place where Alex's brother was buried.
'Aw,' Radar whined. He went to a filing cabinet and took out a folder. He opened it and rummaged through it before bringing out a piece of paper. 'Lucky for you two, I copied it down in case I needed it again,' Radar told them. Hawkeye snatched the paper from him.
'Thanks, Radar,' he said as he stared down at the location written in Radar's messy scribble.
'Should we chase her, or what?' Trapper asked, looking over Hawkeye's shoulder.
'Nah, the MP's will catch up with her sooner or later, and I bet we don't get a couple days leave from Ferret Face to go get her,' Hawkeye said. Klinger came into the tent.
'So?' he asked eagerly.
'Found her,' Trapper said as Hawkeye passed the paper to Klinger.
'Are we going to do anything?' Klinger asked after reading it.
'No, it's best to let it lie. The MP's will probably bring her back by tomorrow,' Hawkeye said. Klinger glanced at the paper again before handing it back to Radar and left the tent.
'Must you be so loud?' Hawkeye complained, looking up at Klinger from his favourite chair.
'I just remembered, the last time I saw Alex, Radar told her he'd found it,' Klinger said.
'Found what?' Trapper asked.
'I don't know, he just came up to her and said "I've found it". She got excited and they left,' Klinger said.
'Why didn't you tell us earlier? Radar might know where Alex is, or where she's going!' Hawkeye said, jumping up.
'I didn't remember until I sat down in the mess tent, thinking about how the last time I saw Alex was at dinner,' Klinger said. Trapper and Hawkeye ran out of the tent to Radar's tent. He was sitting at his desk, doing paperwork when the two doctors burst in.
'Radar, do you know where Alex is?' Trapper asked.
'No, she's gone, remember? No-one knows where she is,' Radar said.
'We think you might have an idea about where she's heading,' Hawkeye said.
'What?' Radar asked in an alarmed voice.
'Whatcha find for Alex, Radar?' Trapper asked, leaning on the filing cabinet.
'I promised I wouldn't tell,' Radar replied, fiddling with a pen in his hands and not looking at either Trapper or Hawkeye.
'Radar, you've driven me to this, I order you to tell us what you found for Alex,' Hawkeye said. Radar looked up at Hawkeye.
'That's unfair!' he said.
'Tell us,' Hawkeye said. Radar sulked for a few seconds.
'I found out where her brother was buried,' he said eventually. Trapper and Hawkeye glanced at each other.
'We need more information,' Hawkeye said, leaning down.
'She went into Frank's office after I found it for her and asked for a couple days of leave. He wouldn't give it to her unless she told him why she wanted them. She didn't and left,' Radar said.
'I bet that's where she's heading,' Trapper said triumphantly. Hawkeye nodded.
'Radar, give us the place where Alex's brother was buried.
'Aw,' Radar whined. He went to a filing cabinet and took out a folder. He opened it and rummaged through it before bringing out a piece of paper. 'Lucky for you two, I copied it down in case I needed it again,' Radar told them. Hawkeye snatched the paper from him.
'Thanks, Radar,' he said as he stared down at the location written in Radar's messy scribble.
'Should we chase her, or what?' Trapper asked, looking over Hawkeye's shoulder.
'Nah, the MP's will catch up with her sooner or later, and I bet we don't get a couple days leave from Ferret Face to go get her,' Hawkeye said. Klinger came into the tent.
'So?' he asked eagerly.
'Found her,' Trapper said as Hawkeye passed the paper to Klinger.
'Are we going to do anything?' Klinger asked after reading it.
'No, it's best to let it lie. The MP's will probably bring her back by tomorrow,' Hawkeye said. Klinger glanced at the paper again before handing it back to Radar and left the tent.