Toment – Final Chapter -- ?
**POST OP
Sidney stopped point blank the moment he stepped through the doors into post op. This caused Radar to stop which in turn had Colonel Potter run right into him.
Sidney didn't flinch at the push he just received; he was too scared to move.
Potter put his hand on his shoulder, "Son, you gotta go in there and talk with the boy, he's hurting and so are you."
Sidney nodded and wondered how Potter always seemed to know the right thing to say.
He took a seat next to Hawkeye as BJ stood at the top of the bed checking his chart for the tenth time that day.
"Hawk" Sidney barely muttered as he wanted break into tears.
"Beej?" Hawkeye uttered.
"I'm here Hawk." BJ made his way around and was flattered he was the one who he asked for first.
"You're alive?"
"Of course I am…it you being alive you should be worried about!"
You could see the confusion in Hawkeye's face, but as usual it didn't last too long.
'Maybe that wasn't BJ, maybe I made a mistake.' He thought, then turned to turned to his usual humor,
"Get Hot Lips, I need a get well kiss." He grinned slightly, but didn't laugh.
BJ however did laugh. "Right away Doctor."
Potter then made his way over. "Son, Sidney is here to speak with you."
"Colonel?" Hawkeye asked. "You're alive too?! Did you guys get out of Post op before the shell hit?!"
The Colonel looked confused and made eye contact with Sidney.
"Radar! Is Radar okay? Did you all get out?!!" Hawkeye was still laying flat on his back, and his speech was far from audible.
"What son?"
"Radar, did he get out? Oh, please tell me the kid got out!" You could almost see Hawkeye face cringe with fear.
"Son, we're all fine, we are all safe."
Sidney looked on baffled.
"How'd the surgery go?" He asked his Colonel.
"Surgery Hawk?"
"Stop making me repeat what I say damnit! Did the surgery on me go okay?"
"You didn't need surgery Hawk!"
Just then BJ appeared with Margaret. Missing the previous part of the conversation. Hawkeye saw that BJ was there now.
"Beej, how was the surgery on me earlier, any complications?"
BJ also looked very confused.
"We didn't have to operate Hawk; you just had some real bad breaks and contusions. You'll heal up fine."
Hawkeye started to get agitated. "What do you mean you didn't have to operate? I was shot three times!!!"
At that point, Sidney stood up and asked everyone to leave. They complied and regrouped in the corner of post op keeping an eye on their friend.
"What happened Sidney? I gotta know, I mean are they complications? Is that why they're not telling me?"
"Easy Hawk…take a deep breath…listen, before all this happened…" He was interrupted.
"All this what? Us being taken over?"
Now Sidney was more confused then ever. It had to be those nightmares.
"There was a bad storm, you and I were in the Officers club when Radar told us to go to Post op for safety, you didn't want to you, you said that there would be a bomb and would kill them all, so when I left you to get help the Officers club collapsed on top of you, which is why you are lying in this bed right now…"
Hawkeye was silent for a moment taking it all in. After hearing it, he remembered being in the officers club when Radar came in.
"So I wasn't shot? There were no Korean soldiers?" He asked, his face looking as innocent as a four year old kid.
"No Hawk…but I think it's time we talked about those nightmares you were having…the reason why I was here in the first place…"
He looked over at his friend in the corner and smiled slightly. "They must think I'm crazy."
"No they are just concerned as am I…let's get to these dreams of yours."
The wounded man sighed and complied with the request. It took him a second to compile his thoughts and then he began…
"You and I were leaving post op, and were heading to the SWAMP to talk when we started to get shelled….I grabbed you…We were in post op…I was yelling for BJ…We got all the wounded into buses…BJ was nowhere to be found…I was giving orders…everyone evacuated except about 15 of us inkling the Colonel and Radar….I ran out looking for BJ….he was blown to pieces…then a shell…Post op was gone…they were all dead….then soldiers…I tried to fight…I was shot three times…then I'm here."
Sidney sighed. "Well Hawk, that's quite a dream, but that's all it was; a dream. We'll talk more about this later; you need to get some rest."
**MONTHS LATER
Walking outside post op. Sidney's farewell…
"Well Sidney, thanks for helping me recuperate till I could get up on my feet, as sad as this may sound, it was nice to get back to fixing up those kids in there…you didn't do a bad job yourself in there…anyway, I'm glad I can finally get some sleep thanks to you…"
"You're welcome, now how about a farewell drink to end a long ordeal…"
"No more a fitting way." Hawkeye said throwing his arm around his friend.
As the two started for the officers club, shells started hitting near the compound. Hawkeye grabbed Sidney's shirt and threw him to the ground along with himself. Crowds started racing towards post op. Hawkeye stood up still holding Sidney's shirt and yanked him into post op following the crowd. He yelled for Colonel Potter but there was no reply. He yelled for BJ and still nothing came of it.
MINTUES LATER**
"Hawkeye, I got a real bad feeling and I knew I could only share it with you…we only get shelled this bad when our boys are being pushed back this way. Looks like we may get stuck in the middle of a damn battle. And the only alternative is to run for it and hope for the best…"
THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AN: Sorry folks, thought it'd be best to end it this way, crazy I know… but hey hope for the best right! The last two parts are taken directly from previous chapters if that helps you understand…chronologically….
And if you hate this ending and want me to end it all happily…let me know!
Please review, It helps me, Help you!
-TLH
**POST OP
Sidney stopped point blank the moment he stepped through the doors into post op. This caused Radar to stop which in turn had Colonel Potter run right into him.
Sidney didn't flinch at the push he just received; he was too scared to move.
Potter put his hand on his shoulder, "Son, you gotta go in there and talk with the boy, he's hurting and so are you."
Sidney nodded and wondered how Potter always seemed to know the right thing to say.
He took a seat next to Hawkeye as BJ stood at the top of the bed checking his chart for the tenth time that day.
"Hawk" Sidney barely muttered as he wanted break into tears.
"Beej?" Hawkeye uttered.
"I'm here Hawk." BJ made his way around and was flattered he was the one who he asked for first.
"You're alive?"
"Of course I am…it you being alive you should be worried about!"
You could see the confusion in Hawkeye's face, but as usual it didn't last too long.
'Maybe that wasn't BJ, maybe I made a mistake.' He thought, then turned to turned to his usual humor,
"Get Hot Lips, I need a get well kiss." He grinned slightly, but didn't laugh.
BJ however did laugh. "Right away Doctor."
Potter then made his way over. "Son, Sidney is here to speak with you."
"Colonel?" Hawkeye asked. "You're alive too?! Did you guys get out of Post op before the shell hit?!"
The Colonel looked confused and made eye contact with Sidney.
"Radar! Is Radar okay? Did you all get out?!!" Hawkeye was still laying flat on his back, and his speech was far from audible.
"What son?"
"Radar, did he get out? Oh, please tell me the kid got out!" You could almost see Hawkeye face cringe with fear.
"Son, we're all fine, we are all safe."
Sidney looked on baffled.
"How'd the surgery go?" He asked his Colonel.
"Surgery Hawk?"
"Stop making me repeat what I say damnit! Did the surgery on me go okay?"
"You didn't need surgery Hawk!"
Just then BJ appeared with Margaret. Missing the previous part of the conversation. Hawkeye saw that BJ was there now.
"Beej, how was the surgery on me earlier, any complications?"
BJ also looked very confused.
"We didn't have to operate Hawk; you just had some real bad breaks and contusions. You'll heal up fine."
Hawkeye started to get agitated. "What do you mean you didn't have to operate? I was shot three times!!!"
At that point, Sidney stood up and asked everyone to leave. They complied and regrouped in the corner of post op keeping an eye on their friend.
"What happened Sidney? I gotta know, I mean are they complications? Is that why they're not telling me?"
"Easy Hawk…take a deep breath…listen, before all this happened…" He was interrupted.
"All this what? Us being taken over?"
Now Sidney was more confused then ever. It had to be those nightmares.
"There was a bad storm, you and I were in the Officers club when Radar told us to go to Post op for safety, you didn't want to you, you said that there would be a bomb and would kill them all, so when I left you to get help the Officers club collapsed on top of you, which is why you are lying in this bed right now…"
Hawkeye was silent for a moment taking it all in. After hearing it, he remembered being in the officers club when Radar came in.
"So I wasn't shot? There were no Korean soldiers?" He asked, his face looking as innocent as a four year old kid.
"No Hawk…but I think it's time we talked about those nightmares you were having…the reason why I was here in the first place…"
He looked over at his friend in the corner and smiled slightly. "They must think I'm crazy."
"No they are just concerned as am I…let's get to these dreams of yours."
The wounded man sighed and complied with the request. It took him a second to compile his thoughts and then he began…
"You and I were leaving post op, and were heading to the SWAMP to talk when we started to get shelled….I grabbed you…We were in post op…I was yelling for BJ…We got all the wounded into buses…BJ was nowhere to be found…I was giving orders…everyone evacuated except about 15 of us inkling the Colonel and Radar….I ran out looking for BJ….he was blown to pieces…then a shell…Post op was gone…they were all dead….then soldiers…I tried to fight…I was shot three times…then I'm here."
Sidney sighed. "Well Hawk, that's quite a dream, but that's all it was; a dream. We'll talk more about this later; you need to get some rest."
**MONTHS LATER
Walking outside post op. Sidney's farewell…
"Well Sidney, thanks for helping me recuperate till I could get up on my feet, as sad as this may sound, it was nice to get back to fixing up those kids in there…you didn't do a bad job yourself in there…anyway, I'm glad I can finally get some sleep thanks to you…"
"You're welcome, now how about a farewell drink to end a long ordeal…"
"No more a fitting way." Hawkeye said throwing his arm around his friend.
As the two started for the officers club, shells started hitting near the compound. Hawkeye grabbed Sidney's shirt and threw him to the ground along with himself. Crowds started racing towards post op. Hawkeye stood up still holding Sidney's shirt and yanked him into post op following the crowd. He yelled for Colonel Potter but there was no reply. He yelled for BJ and still nothing came of it.
MINTUES LATER**
"Hawkeye, I got a real bad feeling and I knew I could only share it with you…we only get shelled this bad when our boys are being pushed back this way. Looks like we may get stuck in the middle of a damn battle. And the only alternative is to run for it and hope for the best…"
THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AN: Sorry folks, thought it'd be best to end it this way, crazy I know… but hey hope for the best right! The last two parts are taken directly from previous chapters if that helps you understand…chronologically….
And if you hate this ending and want me to end it all happily…let me know!
Please review, It helps me, Help you!
-TLH