'HaveyouseenMargaret?' Izzy asked breathlessly as she stumbled into the
Swamp.
'What?' BJ asked, amused. Izzy took a deep breath and tried again.
'Have you seen Margaret. I have to get to her before Frank otherwise I might get a court martial,' Izzy said.
'I think she's in Post op. If not there, try the showers,' Hawkeye said. 'Why the court martial?'
'Potter said if Frank could get someone to back him up on the court martial forms he wants to put in against me, Potter will put them through to HQ,' Izzy said. Hawkeye stood up quickly.
'We'll help you look,' he said.
'Let me guess, you want to check the showers?' Izzy asked bemusedly, waiting for Hawkeye and BJ to pull on their boots. Hawkeye grinned slyly.
'The thought never crossed my mind. But if that's where you want me to search. . .' he said.
'Come on,' BJ urged. 'We'll stall Frank, you look for Margaret.' Izzy nodded and ran to Post op.
'Is Major Houlihan here?' she asked Nurse Baker.
'Nope. Try the mess tent,' Baker replied. Izzy was gone again, glancing through the canvas of the Mess tent as she went. Frank was there, and Hawkeye and BJ were talking to him, hopefully trying to talk him out of the court martial. Izzy ran to the showers, and went in. Margaret wasn't there, but she did manage to startle the two nurses showering there.
'Rats!' Izzy stomped her foot before running out. Radar was standing nearby when she ran out, and he stopped her.
'Major Houlihan is in her tent,' Radar told her. 'She was in Post op when you and Major Burns were looking for her, but she's there now.'
'Thanks Radar, I owe you one,' Izzy said, racing for Margaret's tent. She knocked on the tent door and waited.
'Come in,' Margaret called, sounding not as angry as she usually did.
'May I speak with you for a moment, Major?' Izzy asked as she opened the door. Margaret sighed.
'Major, is it? What do you want?' she asked.
'Margaret,' Izzy said, coming in quickly, and sitting on the cot. 'I know it's not my place to tell you want to do, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't back Frank up on the court martial papers he's got on me.'
'Court martial papers?' Margaret asked. Izzy explained quickly what was going on, as she was afraid Frank would burst in on them at any second.
'Please, don't let him send me away! I like it here!' Izzy pleaded. 'This has to be the best place in Korea to be during the war.'
'Why would I agree with Frank on that?' Margaret asked.
'Well, you did meet up with each other every other night before you met Don -- I mean, that guy in Tokyo,' Izzy said.
'What does that have to do with anything?' Margaret asked, looking a little annoyed at how Izzy dared accuse her and Frank of having an affair.
'I figured he'd still have a little impulse on you,' Izzy shrugged.
'Impulse! Him? On me?' Margaret shouted.
'So you won't back him up?' Izzy asked.
'No!' Margaret still sounded outraged.
'Ok, thanks, Margaret,' Izzy said thankfully before withdrawing from the Major's tent. She backed into Frank, and she jumped when he grabbed her.
'What are you doing?' he demanded.
'Aren't I allowed to skulk around like I'm guilty of something?' Izzy asked. 'Jeez, it gets so a member of the FFD can't spy any more.' She grinned cruelly as she said this until Frank let her go and began knocking on Margaret's door as Izzy zipped away quickly. It'd be nice to hear Margaret go off at Frank for once, but if she was caught, Margaret might agree with Frank to get her court martial after adding "spies on personnel in the camp". She went to the Swamp, where Hawkeye and BJ were relaxing.
'You kept him away for just long enough, thanks,' Izzy said to them.
'It's ok,' BJ said. She told them how she'd talked Margaret into not agreeing to help Frank with the charges.
'I'm always being threatened with court martial orders. Never happens, though,' Hawkeye said lazily. The PA system crackled to life, and the three looked up expectantly. After the usual breath tests, came the message.
'Private Parker to Colonel Potter's office, please, Private Parker to the Colonel's office.
'Do you think maybe Margaret agreed to back Frank up?' Izzy asked suddenly. She couldn't help her voice from shaking slightly.
'Come on, we'll back you up,' Hawkeye said, leading her out of the Swamp.
'But what if she agrees with Frank? What if everyone thinks I'm a little terror and should be tarred and feathered before being thrown out of camp?' Izzy asked, digging her heels in the dirt a little.
'Potter would have let Frank put those orders through right away if he didn't like you,' BJ reassured Izzy.
'And if we didn't like you, we would have tarred and feathered you weeks ago,' Hawkeye added. Izzy was refusing to walk now, so the two surgeons had to drag her. They stopped at the Colonel's office door, and BJ gave Izzy a little push.
'You have to find out sooner or later,' he said. Izzy nodded, took a deep breath, and went in.
'What?' BJ asked, amused. Izzy took a deep breath and tried again.
'Have you seen Margaret. I have to get to her before Frank otherwise I might get a court martial,' Izzy said.
'I think she's in Post op. If not there, try the showers,' Hawkeye said. 'Why the court martial?'
'Potter said if Frank could get someone to back him up on the court martial forms he wants to put in against me, Potter will put them through to HQ,' Izzy said. Hawkeye stood up quickly.
'We'll help you look,' he said.
'Let me guess, you want to check the showers?' Izzy asked bemusedly, waiting for Hawkeye and BJ to pull on their boots. Hawkeye grinned slyly.
'The thought never crossed my mind. But if that's where you want me to search. . .' he said.
'Come on,' BJ urged. 'We'll stall Frank, you look for Margaret.' Izzy nodded and ran to Post op.
'Is Major Houlihan here?' she asked Nurse Baker.
'Nope. Try the mess tent,' Baker replied. Izzy was gone again, glancing through the canvas of the Mess tent as she went. Frank was there, and Hawkeye and BJ were talking to him, hopefully trying to talk him out of the court martial. Izzy ran to the showers, and went in. Margaret wasn't there, but she did manage to startle the two nurses showering there.
'Rats!' Izzy stomped her foot before running out. Radar was standing nearby when she ran out, and he stopped her.
'Major Houlihan is in her tent,' Radar told her. 'She was in Post op when you and Major Burns were looking for her, but she's there now.'
'Thanks Radar, I owe you one,' Izzy said, racing for Margaret's tent. She knocked on the tent door and waited.
'Come in,' Margaret called, sounding not as angry as she usually did.
'May I speak with you for a moment, Major?' Izzy asked as she opened the door. Margaret sighed.
'Major, is it? What do you want?' she asked.
'Margaret,' Izzy said, coming in quickly, and sitting on the cot. 'I know it's not my place to tell you want to do, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't back Frank up on the court martial papers he's got on me.'
'Court martial papers?' Margaret asked. Izzy explained quickly what was going on, as she was afraid Frank would burst in on them at any second.
'Please, don't let him send me away! I like it here!' Izzy pleaded. 'This has to be the best place in Korea to be during the war.'
'Why would I agree with Frank on that?' Margaret asked.
'Well, you did meet up with each other every other night before you met Don -- I mean, that guy in Tokyo,' Izzy said.
'What does that have to do with anything?' Margaret asked, looking a little annoyed at how Izzy dared accuse her and Frank of having an affair.
'I figured he'd still have a little impulse on you,' Izzy shrugged.
'Impulse! Him? On me?' Margaret shouted.
'So you won't back him up?' Izzy asked.
'No!' Margaret still sounded outraged.
'Ok, thanks, Margaret,' Izzy said thankfully before withdrawing from the Major's tent. She backed into Frank, and she jumped when he grabbed her.
'What are you doing?' he demanded.
'Aren't I allowed to skulk around like I'm guilty of something?' Izzy asked. 'Jeez, it gets so a member of the FFD can't spy any more.' She grinned cruelly as she said this until Frank let her go and began knocking on Margaret's door as Izzy zipped away quickly. It'd be nice to hear Margaret go off at Frank for once, but if she was caught, Margaret might agree with Frank to get her court martial after adding "spies on personnel in the camp". She went to the Swamp, where Hawkeye and BJ were relaxing.
'You kept him away for just long enough, thanks,' Izzy said to them.
'It's ok,' BJ said. She told them how she'd talked Margaret into not agreeing to help Frank with the charges.
'I'm always being threatened with court martial orders. Never happens, though,' Hawkeye said lazily. The PA system crackled to life, and the three looked up expectantly. After the usual breath tests, came the message.
'Private Parker to Colonel Potter's office, please, Private Parker to the Colonel's office.
'Do you think maybe Margaret agreed to back Frank up?' Izzy asked suddenly. She couldn't help her voice from shaking slightly.
'Come on, we'll back you up,' Hawkeye said, leading her out of the Swamp.
'But what if she agrees with Frank? What if everyone thinks I'm a little terror and should be tarred and feathered before being thrown out of camp?' Izzy asked, digging her heels in the dirt a little.
'Potter would have let Frank put those orders through right away if he didn't like you,' BJ reassured Izzy.
'And if we didn't like you, we would have tarred and feathered you weeks ago,' Hawkeye added. Izzy was refusing to walk now, so the two surgeons had to drag her. They stopped at the Colonel's office door, and BJ gave Izzy a little push.
'You have to find out sooner or later,' he said. Izzy nodded, took a deep breath, and went in.