A/N It's back to Hawkeye again

Chapter 7

I think I've marched for miles. I don't know what they're going to do to me but I wish they'd get it over with. I wonder how BJ is feeling now. If they've found the note Margaret must know how I feel. It's all true, not written on the spur of the moment, I've been feeling that way for a long time. At that moment Hawkeye could hear faint sounds of Artillery. As he marched they became louder. He could see clouds of smoke all around him.

The sounds of the shelling were overwhelming, the enemy soldiers picked up the pace. They must be hurrying to a hide out. There were shells exploding everywhere, until they just seemed to stop. All of a sudden there was an enormous explosion. It must've been close. There was blood everywhere. Hawkeye could hardly seem to move, he managed to turn his head to see the soldiers badly wounded, if not dead. His eyes then seemed to become hazy; he couldn't make anything out until he just blacked out.

They all lay there, waiting to be found. Dead or Alive.

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Radar was in his office when the phone rang, Col. Potter had just got back from his fifth trip pout in the chopper, Radar answered.

"Sir, we're expecting heavy casualties, mostly enemy soldiers. Could be any time soon."

"Damn, ok Radar. Go get Major Winchester and tell him to prepare. Then go find Sidney and see if he's up to surgery. When you've done that; radio BJ and Margaret to see if they've got any more news."

"Ok Sir!"

Radar left his office and acted upon his orders. When the wounded arrived, they were ready despite staff being missing. They were mostly enemy soldiers in the first wave, but when the second wave arrived nothing could prepare them for what they saw. In the ambulance a familiar kaki uniform stood out from the rest. Radar went to investigate; there was blood all over them. He then got a look at the face. It was Hawkeye. He called Col. Potter but before he arrived Radar fainted. It was just too much for him. He's usually alright with it, but when you see one of your closest friends laying there it just seems different.

When Potter saw him he didn't know what to think. On one hand they had finally found him, on the other hand, would there be a welcome home or a goodbye to say?

He put Winchester to operate on him, Potter didn't feel up to it and definitely neither did Sidney. When Radar came around he was straight onto the radio to BJ and Margaret, they were heading straight back and asked to be informed on his condition.

Hawkeye had a lot of shrapnel in his chest. Some of it was near his heart. The OR was silent, much like the day everything started. Charles seemed to be holding it together, it took an hour before he finished working on him. He was taken to post op where, for now, he seemed to be ok but Charles ordered a nurse to watch him constantly for any changes. It was early hours before BJ, Margaret and the others returned. BJ and Margaret headed straight for post op where he was still stable. They kept a vigil by his bedside for hours until they found themselves falling asleep. They were then ordered to their tents for rest, if anything should happen they would be woken up immediately.

Nurse Kelleye was given the duty of watching Hawkeye. Half an hour into her shift Hawkeye was having trouble breathing. BJ, Margaret and Charles were ordered over immediately. They watch in despair, unsure of what the problem was, until Hawkeye finally stopped breathing.

"Margaret, is there a pulse?"

"No"

BJ then started resuscitating him

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