'You're kidding,' Izzy said.
'Nope.'
'Stupid army, does it again,' Izzy complained, leaving Klinger to hand out everyone else's pay. The army had failed to acknowledge the fact that she was part of the army, and hadn't sent her any pay. Hawkeye followed her after collecting his pay, and stopped her as she went to go out the office door.
'If it's money you want, Beej and I can lend it to you,' he said.
'Nah, it's not like I go anywhere,' Izzy shrugged. She followed Hawkeye outside, and she stared up at the blue sky. It seemed hard to believe that thousands of kilometres away, was her old home, even though it was fifty years in the past. Her train of thought was disturbed when Radar ran into her.
'Sorry, Izzy!' Radar said, getting up from the ground where he fell. Hawkeye helped Izzy up, then turned to the young corporal.
'What's up, Radar?' Hawkeye asked.
'A surgeon needs to go up the front with a nurse and corpsman, to help with casualties until they get a new doctor,' Radar explained.
'Who's turn is it this time?' Hawkeye asked.
'Your turn,' Radar replied. Hawkeye sighed loudly.
'Find a nurse and a corpsman to come with me, and I'll leave as soon as I can,' he said.
'I'll come with you,' Izzy declared.
'NO!' Hawkeye said a little too quickly, turning to face her again. 'No,' he said, quieter this time. 'I want you to stay here. Where it's safe.'
'What about you? I want you where it's safe too,' Izzy said.
'You'll have to stay here,' Hawkeye said again, walking away quickly so Izzy couldn't argue.
'I can't believe him, treating me like a kid all the time,' she said angrily. 'And don't give me the "he just cares about you" speech either, I've had enough of hearing about it.' Radar shut his mouth as Izzy stormed off. Izzy was annoyed at Hawkeye, and everyone else who treated her like a little kid in camp. The cook had refused to let her take out the huge metal food tub out to the mess tent because he thought it was too hot for her to carry. Hawkeye treated her like a little kid who needed protecting all of the time. He still made her report in every two hours while she was on guard duty, even though she had proved she was apt at handling bad situations herself. Izzy had made up her mind. She was going to go with Hawkeye to the front, even if it meant she had to hide in his duffel bag.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
Hawkeye, Margaret and a new corpsman to the camp, known as Bob, had been in the jeep for sometime, when Margaret shrieked.
'Something underneath me moved!' she yelled. Hawkeye pulled over to the side of the road hurriedly, and Margaret jumped out. Hawkeye and Bob jumped out as well, and moved the blankets laying in the back of the jeep. A sheepish Izzy grinned up at Hawkeye and moved out from under them.
'Izzy?' Margaret and Hawkeye said in unison.
'What's the kid doin' here?' Bob asked bemusedly.
'I'm not a kid,' Izzy replied hotly, hopping out of the jeep.
'We're taking you back to camp,' Hawkeye said firmly.
'We can't, we're needed,' Margaret pointed out.
'And you can't leave me here until you come back. I guess I'll have to come with you,' Izzy said. Hawkeye looked like he might leave Izzy on the side of the road under the trees while they went to the front, but instead, he got back into the jeep.
'Since you're coming with us, you have to be helpful,' he grumbled.
'Helpful?' Izzy said, suddenly feeling nervous.
'Yes, as in helping us with the wounded,' Hawkeye snapped, angry Izzy was there. Izzy nodded and got back in as well. Margaret looked a little annoyed as well as she got into the jeep beside Izzy, but Bob was grinning his head off.
'Whadda know? Little kid is determined to come with us,' he said as Hawkeye started the jeep. As they got closer to the front line, Izzy could hear the bombs going off closer and closer. It was also starting to get dark, and she could see flashes of light occasionally in the sky. Hawkeye pulled up to a building which had seen better days, and he got out quickly as another man with a red cross on his helmet came up to them.
'Doctor Pierce?' he asked. Hawkeye nodded, and followed the other man, leaving the other three to get everything they needed out of the jeep.
'I don't think it was a good idea for you to come,' Margaret said suddenly, turning on Izzy.
'Hey, leave her alone, she just wanted to help!' Bob said, hauling a box out of the jeep.
'I know I shouldn't have come,' Izzy said, regretting coming as the ground shuddered. 'I just wanted to prove I'm not just a little kid.' Margaret's face softened a tiny little bit, but she turned her head quickly at the sound of a yell inside.
'I need help!' Hawkeye shouted. The head nurse ran inside, and Izzy helped Bob with the last of the equipment.
'You're a good kid, wanting to help,' Bob said kindly, picking up most of the supplies and taking them inside. Izzy followed him, the butterflies that were in her stomach a few minutes before replaced by thrashing crocodiles. She found it a little nerve wreaking that she was used to most of the explosions, save for the major ones that landed almost on top of the building, but she supposed that it was a part of her street kid side coming through. Her nervousness was coming from the thought of being near people that were bleeding slowly to death.
'Izzy, you're needed in here!' Hawkeye yelled from inside. The girl quickly grabbed the last of the supplies and hurried into the shaky building.
'Nope.'
'Stupid army, does it again,' Izzy complained, leaving Klinger to hand out everyone else's pay. The army had failed to acknowledge the fact that she was part of the army, and hadn't sent her any pay. Hawkeye followed her after collecting his pay, and stopped her as she went to go out the office door.
'If it's money you want, Beej and I can lend it to you,' he said.
'Nah, it's not like I go anywhere,' Izzy shrugged. She followed Hawkeye outside, and she stared up at the blue sky. It seemed hard to believe that thousands of kilometres away, was her old home, even though it was fifty years in the past. Her train of thought was disturbed when Radar ran into her.
'Sorry, Izzy!' Radar said, getting up from the ground where he fell. Hawkeye helped Izzy up, then turned to the young corporal.
'What's up, Radar?' Hawkeye asked.
'A surgeon needs to go up the front with a nurse and corpsman, to help with casualties until they get a new doctor,' Radar explained.
'Who's turn is it this time?' Hawkeye asked.
'Your turn,' Radar replied. Hawkeye sighed loudly.
'Find a nurse and a corpsman to come with me, and I'll leave as soon as I can,' he said.
'I'll come with you,' Izzy declared.
'NO!' Hawkeye said a little too quickly, turning to face her again. 'No,' he said, quieter this time. 'I want you to stay here. Where it's safe.'
'What about you? I want you where it's safe too,' Izzy said.
'You'll have to stay here,' Hawkeye said again, walking away quickly so Izzy couldn't argue.
'I can't believe him, treating me like a kid all the time,' she said angrily. 'And don't give me the "he just cares about you" speech either, I've had enough of hearing about it.' Radar shut his mouth as Izzy stormed off. Izzy was annoyed at Hawkeye, and everyone else who treated her like a little kid in camp. The cook had refused to let her take out the huge metal food tub out to the mess tent because he thought it was too hot for her to carry. Hawkeye treated her like a little kid who needed protecting all of the time. He still made her report in every two hours while she was on guard duty, even though she had proved she was apt at handling bad situations herself. Izzy had made up her mind. She was going to go with Hawkeye to the front, even if it meant she had to hide in his duffel bag.
**~~*~~*~~*~~**
Hawkeye, Margaret and a new corpsman to the camp, known as Bob, had been in the jeep for sometime, when Margaret shrieked.
'Something underneath me moved!' she yelled. Hawkeye pulled over to the side of the road hurriedly, and Margaret jumped out. Hawkeye and Bob jumped out as well, and moved the blankets laying in the back of the jeep. A sheepish Izzy grinned up at Hawkeye and moved out from under them.
'Izzy?' Margaret and Hawkeye said in unison.
'What's the kid doin' here?' Bob asked bemusedly.
'I'm not a kid,' Izzy replied hotly, hopping out of the jeep.
'We're taking you back to camp,' Hawkeye said firmly.
'We can't, we're needed,' Margaret pointed out.
'And you can't leave me here until you come back. I guess I'll have to come with you,' Izzy said. Hawkeye looked like he might leave Izzy on the side of the road under the trees while they went to the front, but instead, he got back into the jeep.
'Since you're coming with us, you have to be helpful,' he grumbled.
'Helpful?' Izzy said, suddenly feeling nervous.
'Yes, as in helping us with the wounded,' Hawkeye snapped, angry Izzy was there. Izzy nodded and got back in as well. Margaret looked a little annoyed as well as she got into the jeep beside Izzy, but Bob was grinning his head off.
'Whadda know? Little kid is determined to come with us,' he said as Hawkeye started the jeep. As they got closer to the front line, Izzy could hear the bombs going off closer and closer. It was also starting to get dark, and she could see flashes of light occasionally in the sky. Hawkeye pulled up to a building which had seen better days, and he got out quickly as another man with a red cross on his helmet came up to them.
'Doctor Pierce?' he asked. Hawkeye nodded, and followed the other man, leaving the other three to get everything they needed out of the jeep.
'I don't think it was a good idea for you to come,' Margaret said suddenly, turning on Izzy.
'Hey, leave her alone, she just wanted to help!' Bob said, hauling a box out of the jeep.
'I know I shouldn't have come,' Izzy said, regretting coming as the ground shuddered. 'I just wanted to prove I'm not just a little kid.' Margaret's face softened a tiny little bit, but she turned her head quickly at the sound of a yell inside.
'I need help!' Hawkeye shouted. The head nurse ran inside, and Izzy helped Bob with the last of the equipment.
'You're a good kid, wanting to help,' Bob said kindly, picking up most of the supplies and taking them inside. Izzy followed him, the butterflies that were in her stomach a few minutes before replaced by thrashing crocodiles. She found it a little nerve wreaking that she was used to most of the explosions, save for the major ones that landed almost on top of the building, but she supposed that it was a part of her street kid side coming through. Her nervousness was coming from the thought of being near people that were bleeding slowly to death.
'Izzy, you're needed in here!' Hawkeye yelled from inside. The girl quickly grabbed the last of the supplies and hurried into the shaky building.